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Membership Form
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The Ripcord Association
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FSB Ripcord
Memorial Page
List of Names of KIA in The Battle of Ripcord
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Ripcord
Association
Membership
Roster
updated
6/26/10
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Newsletters
Archive
All of the past
Ripcord Report Newsletters
Read all the
"Prospectorives" from
John Mihalko, Ray Blackman, Chuck Hawkins, Chip Collins,
etc
See how the newsletter has changed format thru the years
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Biographies
Read the Biographies of men
that fought for Ripcord
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Tributes
Read the tributes of men that fought for Ripcord
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Honors
Read the Honors given to men that fought for Ripcord
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Writings / Stories
Read articles sent in by Association
Members
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Favorite Links Page
Send your favorite
website to put on this page
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Ripcord Membership Comment Page
Here is a page with all the new
members, or old members and their
comments they want to share. Their name, unit and e-mail address.
Send me your comments to post at:
frank@ripcordassociation.com
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Ripcord
Buddy Search
Letters and requests for
information about some of our Ripcord Veterans
send your requests to
frank@ripcordassociation.com
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Ripcord Reunions
Past, Present, and
Future Reunions
Dates and Photos
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Christopher Jensen
has submitted
some of his photos
for us to view.
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Facebook
The Ripcord Association is now part of Facebook
For all of you that are familar with Facebook
The Ripcord Association now has a page
Ripcord Association
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 Latest
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9/6/10 |
National Geographics
Channel
"Inside the Vietnam
War"
Date to be aired
on NGTV
Mon Sept 13, 8pm
(EST)
Mon Sept 13, 11pm
(EST)
Several Ripcord Veterans
Fred
Spaulding and
Frank Marshall
were interviewed for
this show which includes
The Battle of Ripcord
in the 3rd hr of the show |
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9/5/10 |
2010 Reunion
Registered Guests so far
We now have 135 Registered
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9/2/10 |
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8/29/10 |
FSB Ripcord on YouTube
Here is
another video of Ripcord on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u28K54oZ1k0
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8/27/10 |
VFW Magazine
Article by Chuck Hawkins
Rendezvous at
Ripcord
Richard Kolb would like to hear your
comments about this article.
Send your comments to:
rkolb@vfw.org
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to view the article in .pdf |
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8/26/10 |
Jerry Brenke just sent me this link:
FSB Ripcord on YouTube
Click here: YouTube - 101st Airborne Division At
Fire Support Base Ripcord, Vietnam War, July 1970
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8/21/10
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Ripcord Report Newsletter
Spring 2010
Issue #83 |
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8/21/10 |
Newsletter Archives |
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8/18/10 |
Membership Form is now available again.
Please update your membership information and
especially your e-mail if you have recently changed
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8/4/10 |
Future Reunions
These are tentative locations
and still being negotiated
2011 Mobile, Al
2012 Lexington, KY
2013 Mrytle Beach SC
2014 Myrtle Beach, SC |
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7/30/10 |
The 40th Anniversary Ripcord Association
Reunion
October 6 - 10,
2010
Radisson Hotel Fort Worth, Texas
Make your Reservations now!
Rooms are Limited
Radisson Hotel, Fort Worth South
1-817-293-3088
Use the code "Ripcord" when making reservations
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7/24/10 |
Facts about The Battle of FSB Ripcord |
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7/22/10 |
Members Comments
Read what our NEW and OLD members have to say and
report.
Comments on what happen to Alpha Company 40 years
ago today! |
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7/10/10 |
Hell on A Hilltop (Ben Harrison's
Book) is now available in
electronic Kindle format
Hell On A Hill Top - Kindle Edition -
Kindle Book (July 9, 2010) by Harrison, Ben, Moore,
Don, Pribbinow, Merle, and Dinh, Phan Van
Buy: $9.99
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Kindle Store: See
all items
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7/10/10 |
FSB Ripcord Memorial Page
List of Names of KIA in The Battle of Ripcord
Updated / Added /
Changed (thanks to all that send corrections)
248 American Soldiers were killed in The
Battle for Ripcord |
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7/1/10 |
Steve Harber tribute page on
Facebook
to honor his life and his legacy.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sgt-Stephen-J-Harber-Memorial-Page/127622923929178?ref=sgm |
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6/26/10 |
Ripcord Association Membership Roster
Updated |
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6/26/10 |
Ripcord Association New Members
See newest
members - scroll down this page |
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6/26/10 |
Archived Posts and items
Past items from this page are
now being saved |
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6/24/10 |
Keith Nolan's Last Book "Search and Destroy"
Now in Book
Stores
Read the
Press Release ---- > |
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6/21/10 |
History of Ripcord Association update |
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6/17/10 |
Viet Nam—Going Back Forty Years Later
Bob Worrall's trip
back |
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6/9/10 |
Agent orange Benefits update |
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6/6/10 |
Ripcord
Vets gather at Wash D.C. |
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Don't miss this one!
If you have not been to a Ripcord
Reunion,
then this is the one you should be at!
The 40th Anniversary
Ripcord Association
Reunion
October 6 - 10,
2010
Radisson Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas
Make your Reservations now!
Radisson Hotel, Fort Worth South
1-817-293-3088
Use the code "Ripcord" when making reservations
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See who
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Now in Book Stores |
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Read and send me
your review
frank@ripcordassociation.com
Keith Nolan's final book
Search and Destroy
The Story of an Armored Cavalry Squadron
in Vietnam
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2010 Ripcord
Gathering in Wash D.C.
A few of the Ripcord Veterans and
their families got together in Wash D.C.
See the photos
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Ripcord Report Newsletter
Issue #83 Spring 2010
Do you get the newsletter
from the website or e-mail and still
receive the newsletter by Postal Mail Delivery, save the
Ripcord Association postage money and time. Send me an
e-mail to request stop mailing you the newsletter
frank@ripcordassociation.com
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Ripcord Association
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When was the last time you
updated your Membership If you
have moved, changed your e-mail address, etc
Please go to our Membership Page
and fill out the membership Form
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DONATIONS
Donations are very important!
Donations
pay for the printing
and mailing of the newsletter
and help with
the cost of organizing the Reunions.
All checks
should be made
payable to
“Ripcord Association”.
Please send all donations to:
Lee Widjeskog
493 Stillman Ave
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
E-mail:
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The Ripcord Association History
Read how the
Association
was started in 1985 and what
it has
evolved to today.
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Unit History
Read the history of the
2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry,
101st Airborne in Vietnam 1970
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Keith Nolan's Book
"RIPCORD -
Screaming Eagles Under Siege"
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Gen Ben Harrison's
Book about The Battle of
Ripcord
"Hell On A Hilltop"
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Operation
Texas Star*
By
Gen John J. Hennessey
Declassified Authority: 927623
Operations Narrative
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National Geographics
Channel
"Inside the Vietnam
War"
Date to be aired
on NGTV
Sept 13, 8PM
Several Ripcord Veterans
Fred
Spaulding and
Frank Marshall
were interviewed for
this show which includes
The Battle of Ripcord
For more information
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Here is the
NGC Blog interview of
Frank Marshall and Fred Gilbert taped in Wash. DC at
the premier of the show "Inside the Vietnam War"
The National Geographic show
"Inside the Vietnam War" is a "must see" program
about the History of Vietnam and the worst battles
of the war.
To see the video clip from the NGC
Blog site,
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Keith
Nolan Memorial Page
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Anna Britt Nolan
Trust Fund
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