From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 04:07:04 PDT
Well, that would be my fault on the name of the group.
..........I forgot you guys became "Rolling Thunder"
>Though I did wonder when that guy said that you diddent own the trucks. I knew that you and Max Levell owned yours.......well until Max sold "Iron Butterfly" anyway.
Lord knows we have talked enough about your M54 and the history of the 8th GP. Glad you spoke up to clear all of that, I have been a big fan of what you gys have been doing for a long time, I just wish you guys were here in the USA so I could join you with my trucks.
Jeff in VT
> From: "Stuart Beeney" <stuart.beeney@btinternet.com>
> Date: 2003/09/05 Fri AM 03:55:14 EDT
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: [MV] YELLOW NOSES IN VIETNAM
>
> Dear All,
> I'm writing to you all to clear up some misleading information
> and Bullshit concerning the group of Vietnam Vehicle owners and Re-enactors
> from the UK.
>
> Firstly the group has a official collective name which is Rolling Thunder,
> The Vietnam Experience, within this name there are groups who portray
> various areas of the Vietnam War, Please see below for a list of some of the
> main groups
>
> Rolling Thunder, The Vietnam experience.
> Vietnam Historical Group
> American Infantry Preservation Society
> 2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery (105 mm Howitzer Towed)
> 173rd Airborne Brigade
> 5th Special Forces Group Airborne
> Indo China
> 8th Transport Group
> 7th Battalion Royal Australian Army
> Charlie's Sanctuary (Collection of NVA VC Equipment)
> 25th Tropic Lightning
>
> As well as those above we also have many individual members who collect
> other areas of the Vietnam War including SEALS, Marines, etc etc.
>
> Secondly I would like to dispel the Bullshit about our vehicles and I quote
> "Their vehicles are mostly borrowed from persons like myself who would
> rather not dress up in a uniform" This is totally un-true and a very
> misleading statement especially as we have never borrowed this persons
> vehicle and never will. All Vehicles are owned / maintained etc by members
> who all wear appropriate uniforms for their type of vehicle. Its fair to say
> that some members only have the basics to complement there vehicle where as
> other members are full on collectors of equipment and clothing as well as
> vehicles. The Second Bullshit quote is "THEY did not know why some of their
> trucks had the pastel snouts either" Well all I can say about this statement
> is its untrue, we can all hold our hands up within Rolling Thunder and say
> we don't know everything about Vehicles or everything about the War, and if
> I said we did then I would be lying. The Guys who own the Vehicles with the
> Bonnet markings including myself have all spoken to Guntruck Veterans such
> as James Lyles (Author of the Hard Ride Guntruck book) as well as other coll
> ectors and veterans about markings with a aim of getting it right and not
> being a insult to those who lost their lives. Alternatively if he means that
> other members (Non Vehicle Members) aren't aware of the reasons behind the
> yellow markings then that's a bit like expecting a collector of infantry
> equipment to know everything about a US Navy SEAL.
>
> As for the comments concerning our friends from Germany who derpict 25th
> Tropic Lightning being a load of Drunks (quote "the case-of-beer-per-hour
> Boys" and "I must say that I have never seen beer-bellies like theirs in any
> of my pictorial records") I Agree that they do enjoy a drink but the fact
> that its done tastefully out of sight and it during show closing times and
> there has never been a problem with it seams again a pointless comment.
> Concerning "beer-bellies " well all I can say to that is isn't that a bit
> personal. I can think of some large characters within the group and they had
> jobs that reflected this, one guy was a cook and the other was a storesman,
> They do this for there real job and were more than happy to do this for the
> group, plus they aren't the age to be "Grunts in the Field " and that's
> their words not mine.
>
> I'm sorry if anybody thinks that this is dragging on, but I haven't spent
> the last year promoting Rolling Thunder for it to be attacked by unfounded
> comments, which aren't necessary. We are always willing to listen to
> comments whether they are good or bad as long as they are constructive.
>
> Thank you for listening and if anybody would like to know more about what we
> do then please contact me or you can visit our Web site at
> www.rolling-thunder.org.uk
>
> Regards
> Stuart Beeney
> Joint organiser of Rolling Thunder.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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