07-04-2006, 11:43
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Who Is This?
From a recent trip to our nation's capital.
Anyone know who Gabriel R. Alamo is, without looking it up?
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07-04-2006, 13:29
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Hey TR
I dont want to cheat, but i think his name is in one of my books. Maybe the SOG book? or 15 months in SOG.
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07-04-2006, 14:21
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Originally Posted by badcarma
Hey TR
I dont want to cheat, but i think his name is in one of my books. Maybe the SOG book? or 15 months in SOG.
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Doubtful.
TR
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07-04-2006, 19:23
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Gabe Team
The SF capabilities demonstration team at Fort Bragg in the 70s and 80s was nicknamed the Gabe Team. I believe he was the namesake. In my job I got to watch about a dozen of the demonstrations.
I recall the team being disbanded around 1985.
I remember reading a sign at the site saying Gabriel Alamo was a DSC recipient.
Can't tell you what he did to earn it.
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07-04-2006, 19:57
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Yes - found it.
DSC for action on 6 July 1964.
Was he RD's Tm Sgt?
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07-04-2006, 20:12
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Originally Posted by 112thSOLCA
YWas he RD's Tm Sgt?
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http://www.homeofheroes.com/profiles...es_donlon.html
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07-04-2006, 20:12
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C'mon guys - 7th Gp thought enough of what he did to name their Motor Pool after him. There was even a painting of the action with a plaque in the entrance corridor. Peregrino
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07-04-2006, 20:15
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Originally Posted by badcarma
I dont want to cheat, but i think his name is in one of my books.
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reading does not equate to cheating...
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07-04-2006, 20:15
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Cheaters!
I said without looking it up! 
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07-04-2006, 20:18
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I said without looking it up! |
sorry, TR...i looked nothing up...i've been on that guard mount as a sentinel...somethings you never forget...Houston, Alamo, Donlon...
i did, however, Google up a website for those who are not quite as long in the tooth as others of us...
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07-04-2006, 20:34
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Mostly didn't cheat
TR - I answered mostly from existing knowledge and memory. Only used other resources to find his DSC citation. Then I deduced the answer based on the dates in the citation.
Therefore, I respectfully request a reclassification to "rule bender".
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07-04-2006, 20:37
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Alright, you got it!
Next time, lets make these young pups work on it a bit more first.
Good job, guys. Pop Alamo would be proud.
TR
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07-05-2006, 10:45
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Alright, you got it!
Next time, lets make these young pups work on it a bit more first.
Good job, guys. Pop Alamo would be proud.
TR
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Was out training, so I missed this one. But I knew the correct answer, without looking it up.
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07-05-2006, 11:06
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lksteve, I just did not want to go tearing though the books it would have been like looking it up then. Just doing like i was told but know ill look.
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07-05-2006, 11:38
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