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Originally Posted by tom kelly
The entire 1st Gp. group consisted of 4 Companies and all personnel were quarted in Machinato, across the road from Hgy 1 was the Marine AIRBASE FATIMA. The 1st Group CO from 25 August 1962 to July 1964 was Col. Robert W. Garrett. From August 1964 to June,1966 was Col.Francis J. Kelly. The Gp' SGM was Robert L. Depue who left in April 1964 and was replaced bySGM Howard E. Bostwick. The Company C Commanders were Major Raymond C. Call 28 Nov. 1962 to 3 Feb. 1964 replacing him was Major Elmer E. Monger 4 Feb.1964. Personnel wer rotated TDY to Vietnam for 6 month tours and most of the Teams returned to Okinawa.C Company had a roster of @282 people includung those on TDY to Vietnam. The roster I have was printed up for the Thanksgiving Day Dinner 1964, at the time I think C Company had 3 or 4 A Teams TDY in Vietnam. I was on A-333 in Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day 1964The roster did not list the Team members who were KIA in Vietnam. e.g. William Toth and George Underwood. Also in August 1964 The 5th SFG(Abn) transfered to Vietnam from Bragg & ALL TDY Teams were assigned to the 5th Gp. The orginal 1st Gp TDY Teams returned to Okinawa and the 7th Gp. to Bragg. After 50 years this is the best recall of record that I can recall. Tom Kelly
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Great info! We will be traveling to Oki this spring and taking a former 1SFG member with us from that era. He hasn’t been back since he was there in 64-65 time frame. The names you mentioned are the some names I’ve heard him mention. Although it’s changed significantly since then and from when I was last stationed there in 1998-2000, I’m hoping we can find some familiar spots for him. Anyone know if the current Camp Kinser is where Machinato was?