I served with the 244 SAC from Aug 69 til I went home on leave in June 70. I was an avionics tech in the Signal Platoon. Anyone remember Major Lanny ("ducks-in-a-row") Standridge? How about those "combat" volleyball games, or the first time we got hit with mortars? Or First Sgt. Turner?(BIG guy!) When I got back off leave, the 244th had been deactivated, so I was sent to Lonh Thanh North, to the 73rd SAC, another Mohawk unit. Was there until I came back to "the World" in Aug 71. Ahhhh, those Freedom Birds! We were cramped, tired, and had homely stewardesses, but we were on our way HOME! I was one of those dudes who actually kissed the ground when I landed in Kansas. Kissed it for myself, and all the guys who didn't get that opportunity. I still love this country, and wouldn't change much of anything about my service in Vietnam. People seem to appreciate us more now than back then. Too bad. Just glad we always have the welcome mat out for our troops coming home these days! God bless America!