THE EXTRA LINEFEED

Summer, 1997 2nd Edition
OUR NUMBERS R GROWING !!!!
This past year has been one of a continued effort to locate folks that have been on our Missing In America (MIA) list. I am happy to report since the last newsletter an additional 40 fellow RRCUVers have been found! I have appreciated all the tips and military orders you have sent to me. They have helped in letting our buds know that there is an effort to help each other reach some of their old friends. Another major development involves the "building" of our "home" on the World Wide Web. Our distinguished 509ther Ralph (Dennis) Kennedy is working his butt off to put it together. The home page address is https://members.tripod.com/Ralph_Kennedy/index.html Remember that this site is "under construction". So, if it is not available when you first try, try again later. You might look up Army Security Agency on the web and see some of the sites others are operating. If you have photo's, 'funny money', piasters, things of that nature, please scan to Ralph's E-mail address (sarge@xroadstx.com). He will convert anything that gets to him in whatever format. He says he can convert everything but live chickens! If scanning or E-mail is not available to you, U.S. mail it (no duce and 1/2s pls), and include amount of postage stamps to return item(s) to you. He also asked me to remind you that the sooner your transmit (sorry) send stuff, the sooner we can all share the memories! Our plan is to have memorabilia, a place to honor those who have died, letters to other vets, zinger 509th stories, music from AFVN, and much much more. We truly owe a lot to Ralph who I "volunteered" for this task. Without his continued push we would still be depending on the Post Office to pack mule the info to you. Which raises the issue of the use of the computer for us. In order to cut down on the cost and save some trees along the way, we will send The Extra Linefeed to your E-mail address. Of course the advantages are you receive it sooner, you will receive the extended edition since space won't be a problem, its saves us the printing and postage, you can make direct comments back to us at no cost to you and it's harder to lose or misplace. If you personally do not have E-mail there are free services via Hotmail and others, or you could use any other family member's E-mail address or if you prefer not to have it, it will be part of the Homepage and you could find it there. Ralph or I will be happy to set it up for you if you wish. We also plan to have back issues upon demand. If you have an E-mail account and you did NOT recently receive my "smoking" Vietnam postcard, please send me your E-mail address ASAP. If we have the wrong address or if you moved please send your new address/E-mail and phone number(s)work and home.

REUNION?
There hasn't been a person that I've talked to who fails to ask me when and where the reunion be held. I'd like to formalize it at this time and say thus far there 4 major groups: Group (1) says let's do a getaway conference at Las Vegas This would also be our 30 year TET anniversary (1998). Group (2) prefers either Pennsylvania or Ohio area where most of the folks are from and so it would require the least amount of travel by all. Group (3) wants to be able to do some long range planning and do a REUNION 2000 at the Wall in DC. Group (4) wants to do it tomorrow, wherever! Certainly we could do two. So I ask again for your input and I would like those who would like to step forward to help in the planning to E-mail, write or call me. I see CHAT conference calls as an excellent (an inexpensive) vehicle in organizing and facilitating this reunion. I especially hope that we can attract those from these areas who can provide us with more of a local perspective with direction. Also it's another good way to reacquainte yourself with those who you haven't had a chance to work with for some time. (The good old days!) Each time I speak to one of you I get a great rush that tells me it's going to happen, it's going to happen!!

THANK YOU
At this time I would like to thank everyone that sent everything from letters, pictures, Vietnam money, money and good words of support for this endeavor, and articles and letters I have given to Ralph for publication on the web so billions can see. We have just enough postage to cover this edition of the newsletter. It cost us about $1 for each copy (the printing and postage are the only costs). Consequently, receiving the newsletter by E-mail will be a great cost savings and a more efficient way of communicating with you. So any extra stamps or loose change you have would be appreciated. Now that we have Ralph as our token "volunteer" on board, our labor costs have been absorbed and we expect to deliver your EXTRA LINEFEED on a more regular basis. Ralph will also be providing RRCUV T-shirts, that you can wear proudly, and he will donate any extra change to help with our newsletter costs. In addition anyone wishing to advertise on our Homepage can do so. Or if you just have a message to pass on this would be a good vehicle to do so.

LOCATOR ROSTER
To save on space in this issue and because we want to make sure all our addresses, phone numbers and E-mail address are current, we did not print that information. You should thoroughly check the list of the adds we have made and you can contact us and we will provide you with any address/phones that we have available. Again, if there are additional folks you want us to try to locate for you please provide me with the correct spelling of at least the person's last name. Of course additional information will enhance the possibility that we will able to locate your bud. Copies of old orders have been one of the best ways. For anyone wanting a copy of their 201 file from the service, contact me and I'll send the form to request it.

DAVID MESSAGEMEN'S TOP TEN LISTS
On the lighter side as we've followed the stories about our Presidents I always wondered if a RRCUVer could have become President. The findings of my report below.
WHEN WE WERE IN NAM WHY DIDN'T ONE OF US RUN FOR PRESIDENT
10.         PX privileges would have to be revoked
9.         Transmit aisle would have been down one operator
8.        Job sharing with wife in States couldn't be worked out
7.         The title "Spec 4 Pres" lacked appeal
6.        Too late to change Selective Service's Lottery System
5.         Army had better dental benefits
4.        MP shack wouldn't approve parking permit for Air Force 1 on volley ball court
3.         Presidential matching funds paid in Piasters
2.        Secret Service would monopolize Bom Bom Stand seating
1.         No more chick for tea!Another study that we just concluded was on word usage in Vietnam. Some of you may differ with the results, but E words were the most popular. Here are the findings.

MOST COMMONLY SAID "E" WORDS BY MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP
10.        Evacuate
9.        Ellsberg
8.        Eat
7.        Enemy
6.        Exchange
5.        E-4
4.        ETS
3.        Early Out
2.        Extend
1.        Expedite!

The following piece was contributed from Lloyd Willis's archives with reference to the Bravo and Charlie tricks' athletic rivalry.(a note that was posted in com center)

ATTENTION LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF BRAVO TRICK
Now is the time for all good men to come to the dispensary and see all the members of Bravo trick try to cop out of the game of the century. Charlie Trick accepts your challenge and will not be held responsible for injuries suffered by Bravo trick members, physical of any nature!--And better make that physical or mental!!. After all, some people just ask for trouble. You understand of course that you will be playing against such great professionals as Go go Mitchell, Begger Baggs, Crazy Legs Willis, Bad Breath Barefoot, Peeling Peter Gallimore, Skinny Berg, Gald Eagle Mohn, Bannnnnnnana eaten Monkey, give me a Zoe Price, Bonnie Smith, Handmeek, Waterboy Bare, Team Doctor Wurstsliger, LT. Myers, Magillia Gorilla Jeffe, Two Ton Wobbrock, Herman the German Miller, Frog Face Curtis, So Brother House, Nug J Price, No Underwear Ever Sullivan, and many other favorites. You can be sure that these guys will be playing their best because they will be scouted by one of the coaches from Torrance State Mental Hospital. (not reported who won) .... but I'm sure we'll find out!

Many of you have asked me, some very bluntly, who are you? Or, I don't know you!! So to try to help you, I'll share the front page story from the South African Newspaper ARGUS from Cape Town on Dec. 5, 1970.

G.I. Beat the System
"YANKEE INGENUITY" -- The ability to come out on top in difficult situation-- is a quality which Americans prize highly. A brilliant example arrived in Cape Town today. Ed Perhay a 20-year-old soldier from Napa California, had been in Vietnam for more than two years. At last his 30 day leave came up--and it was then that Perhay showed his ingenuity. He found a regulation which states that soldiers may elect to take their leave in any part of the free world, using commercial transport if military aircraft were not available. Perhay filled out his leave application for Tristan Da Cunha. His luck began when it was found that all reasonably direct flights from Saigon were filled for some weeks. So Perhay took a flight to Hong Kong, then a ship to Alaska via Hawaii, he crossed the United States to New York and shipped out on a freighter bound for Cape Town. Then his luck failed him. Perhay had counted on waiting in the Cape for several weeks before any ship sailed for Tristan Da Cunha 2,400 kilometers away. But the American consulate found that the research vessel R.S.A. was due to sail in two days, and advised him to be on it. Perhay enjoyed himself on Tristan--"it's the farthest place possible from Vietnam." he said--but once again fate was against him. A sailor was injured and the R.S.A. was force to return to Cape Town. Ed Perhay can't really complain even though he will have to start the long return journey to the war on the other side of the world after a few days in the Peninsula. He will have stretched a 30 day leave to 70 days--or more, he experiences transport problems on the way back.

FRIENDSHIP
I'm not much on poems, but a fellow vet submitted the following and I thought the theme worked well with what we are trying to accomplish.

AROUND THE CORNER
By Charles Hanson Towne
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone,
I never see my old friend's face,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine-we were younger then,
And now we are busy-tired men,
Tired with playing a foolish game,
Tired with trying to make a name,
"Tomorrow" I say, I will call on Jim,
Just to show him I'm thinking of him,"
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
Around the corner! yet miles away:
"Here's a Fax Sir"
"Jim died today."
And that's what we get, and deserve in the end,
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
And that's what we get and deserve in the end,
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

HOW CAN I REACH YOU, YOU ASK ...

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NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE/FAX/EMAIL
Ed (WeaZZel) Perhay PO BOX 191073 PO BOX 191073 Sacramento, CA 95819-1073 Sacramento, CA 95819-1073
Ralph Kennedy 1309 11th Place Big Springs, TX 79720 915/268-9087/915/268-9087/FAX 915 -268-1811 https://members.tripod.com/~Ralph_Kennedy/index.html E-mail - sarge@xroadstx.com