Fort Wolters, Mineral Wells TEXAS.....yup, one in the same!
Thomas M McHugh wrote:
> FORT WOLTERS ??? Near Mineral Wells TX ??? That was my home base
> while in the Aviation Engineers, SCARWAF. Special Category Army
> Attached With Air Force. At that time it was WOLTERS AIR FORCE BASE.
>
> Tom McHugh, NJ
> 52 M38A1
> MVPA, MTA
>
> On Fri, 11 May 2001 21:32:56 -0500 Pike Bishop
> <wildbunch1@mindspring.com> writes:
> > Camp Wolters and Camp Hood here in Texas are now Fort Wolters and
> > Fort Hood.
> > Wolters was always an aviation meca I believe. During Vietnam, it
> > was primary
> > helicopter flight training (T-55's), before going to advance
> > training at Rucker.
> > Hood is well known as the armor and mech infantry post. While Fort
> > Wolters is
> > now defunct (Texas State Rifle Assoc maintains a 1000 yard rifle
> > range there),
> > Fort Hood is of course still blowing and going and is the largest
> > military
> > installation (I think), in the world.
> >
> > Pete & Renee Davis wrote:
> >
> > > The Mountain Division was also stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in
> > Jericho, VT.
> > > I had to make a couple of deliveries there when I drove for a
> > small freight
> > > outfit near Burlington. One of the shipments consisted of boxes of
> > night
> > > vision goggles, and the count was one box short. The officer in
> > charge was
> > > not very happy. I distinctly remember seeing several of those
> > articulated
> > > Haaglund snow machines in the motor pool.
> > >
> > > GE also test fired the miniguns they made in South Burlington at
> > Fort Ethan
> > > Allen. They set them up under corrugated sheet metal awnings and
> > chewed holes
> > > in a gravel bank. I got to hear one once. Imagine the fastest drum
> > roll you
> > > ever heard, using sledge hammers on a boiler. Wouldn't want to be
> > on the
> > > wrong end of that.
> > >
> > > Pete Davis
> > > pandr@cybertours.com
> > >
> > > Thomas M McHugh wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ken,
> > > >
> > > > The Army has & had many bases that were Camps in the 50s & 60s.
> > Forts
> > > > in the 60s & 70s. Now camps again for a few.
> > > >
> > > > Camp Pickett VA in 50s I believe was upgraded later.
> > > >
> > > > Camp Drum NY (Pine Camp) was then upgraded to Fort Drum & the
> > Mountain
> > > > Division was stationed there full time.
> > > >
> > > > I am sure there are many more.
> > > >
> > > > Tom McHugh, NJ
> > > > 52 M38A1
> > > > MVPA, MTA
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 11 May 2001 01:44:08 EDT Recovry4x4@aol.com writes:
> > > > > It was my understanding that Forts were Army and Camps were
> > Marines.
> > > > > Now I
> > > > > don't know!
> > > > >
> > > > > Kenneth Engle
> > > > > Loxahatchee, FL
> > > > > '52 Stude M-275 tractor
> > > > > '78 Casemaster Pioneer Tool Trailer
> > > > > Recovry4x4@aol.com
> > > > >
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