11-22-2010, 18:59
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Thanks for trying, brothers.
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Tiny Young was the intel Sgt on my first team. He was a heck of a guy. I guess he was one of the few guys big enough to run with oxy-acetylene tanks on his back. Paul Poole and a couple of others were in the company. They were larger than life and more fun than any other group of guys I've ever seen. They were truly the great heroes of their generation.
The only guy who could have put it together and kept them together was Bull Simon. I never met him but the Raiders spoke of him with great affection and admiration.
Those guys did more to save those POWs than all the other strategies combined. The NVA began to treat them more humanely after the raid. They knew that their game was about to be blown and they wouldn't be seen as the great humanitarians of the world but as the criminals they were.
Jake, Joe Lupyak, and all the other guys were and still are in my eyes, the greatest unit of warriors ever put together. No high-speed selection course, no multi million dollar training area. Just a bunch of SF guys who were given a mission.
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11-22-2010, 19:29
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...and I'll never forget this oped cartoon...says it all...
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11-23-2010, 00:24
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I had the honor of meeting a raider while training at Fort William Henery Harrison in Montana.
I can't remember his name to save my life, but it was a very humbling experience indeed.
There is another thread on here that has a photo of him and myself when I was in Montana.
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11-21-2011, 20:02
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Gone but not forgotten...RIP, George.
Richard
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
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11-21-2011, 22:48
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Meadows was no young CPT
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If you heard a presentation at Ft. Bragg by an officer who served as a young Cpt at the time of the op it was probably Meadows.
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11-22-2011, 09:39
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I was with the 6th Group at the time, legendary warriors walked among us at Fort Bragg.
The excitement was palpable and volunteering for an unknown mission was a dream come true, "many were called, few were chosen' and the incredible feeling of being "left behind" when friends were selected was disappointing.
40 years on, I'm proud to have stood with such men ! 
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11-22-2011, 10:58
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I was with the 6th Group at the time, legendary warriors walked among us at Fort Bragg.
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Several of those legendary warriors still walk among us, rather, we walk among them in awe, in the Fayetteville area.
Kenny Mac and several 'other' true warriors can always be found at CM's or at 1/18.
Proud thanks out to all who knew and worked with these true QP's.
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11-22-2011, 13:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Light
Tiny Young was the intel Sgt on my first team. He was a heck of a guy. I guess he was one of the few guys big enough to run with oxy-acetylene tanks on his back. Paul Poole and a couple of others were in the company. They were larger than life and more fun than any other group of guys I've ever seen. They were truly the great heroes of their generation.
The only guy who could have put it together and kept them together was Bull Simon. I never met him but the Raiders spoke of him with great affection and admiration.
Those guys did more to save those POWs than all the other strategies combined. The NVA began to treat them more humanely after the raid. They knew that their game was about to be blown and they wouldn't be seen as the great humanitarians of the world but as the criminals they were.
Jake, Joe Lupyak, and all the other guys were and still are in my eyes, the greatest unit of warriors ever put together. No high-speed selection course, no multi million dollar training area. Just a bunch of SF guys who were given a mission.
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They truly are the "BEST of the BEST".............
Big Teddy 
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SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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11-22-2011, 15:10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RB
Several of those legendary warriors still walk among us, rather, we walk among them in awe, in the Fayetteville area.
Kenny Mac and several 'other' true warriors can always be found at CM's or at 1/18.
Proud thanks out to all who knew and worked with these true QP's.
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Is Kenny Mac still alive? Amazing. I always enjoyed the Sunday pool parties at Sky King's house, Kenny Mac and Pappy were almost always there. They had some amazing stories.
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11-22-2011, 18:54
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
They truly are the "BEST of the BEST"............
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Indeed. Amazing men...
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