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Description Power projection exercise in Hawaiian waters with the Enterprise Battle Group and PhibRon 3/37th MAU. Amphibious landing at Kahoolawe on 27 June.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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January / 1981
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December / 1981
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember MASS-2 DET-A, Lt Mike " IRON MIKE" Simonean 2nd Lt James Anderson Sgt Vance Ross Sgt Russell Ryks Sgt James Bancroft LCpl Dennis Smith
Memories I got to hump a radio for RECON on this op, RECON had made a landing at Smuggler's Cove on Kahoolawe and their boat got turned over in the surf, their radios went to the bottom and they had to dive and get them.
They brought them to the COMM unit because their PRC-47 didn't work anymore. COMM told them they just didnt know how to use it, they rightly got upset. So, their Lt was talking to MY Lt and told My Lt of their predicament, and MY Lt told their Lt that, "Hey, we've got a PRC-47 and I have a Sgt who LOVES to go out in the field!"
So, as an Air Winger, I got to hump a PRC-47 with RECON for a day. It was quite a thrill, and not as rough as I expected it to be, and all chipped in to help if I needed it humping a 70 pound radio and 50 pound battery pack.
I tried my best to do it all myself, I felt I had to to do my share anyways, but they told me that even they dont have someone hump it all themselves, either.
At the end of the forced march all night, slow pace, we sat down on a small hillside to call in Naval Gunfire and that got called off, so we waited for extraction.
While waiting for extraction, about 15 CH-47's came in with an Army Regiment to Kahoolawe, landing right in front of us. It was a sight to see, so many men all at once.
So, they all got out and ditty boppped, I thought not much of it, I mean, I was an Air Winger and had never seen Grunts en masse in the field, maybe it was normal to just mill around waiting for the word, you know?
So, they formed up in columns, marched about 100 yards and stopped, and were ordered to hold up for further orders.
AWL-Right! Off came the ALICE packs, the sateen shirts, off came the T-Shirts from underneath, on came the sunglasses and suntan lotion!
Out came the BOOM BOXES from their ALICE packs, the hair picks, small radios, potato chip bags, whatever.
I was stunned, but, hey, maybe they just were trying to enjoy themselves, affter all, it was Hawaii still, right?
So, after 5 or 10 minutes, some Army Captain came around and ordered everyone to saddle up! Get ready to move out!
It was what happened next that proved it to me: "What the motherfuck? We just got here! Got Dammit! Mother Fucker! Fuck This Shit!"
I was stunned. They all said this in earshot of that Captain. I mean less than 10 feet away from him, shouting it.
I just looked at the RECON guys and asked, "Have you ever see Army troops in the field before?
