Bruce Richards

This is a rough summary of my US Army assignments from my Enlistment in December 1959 to my Retirement in February 1982.

(Click on the below patchs for links to the major command)

 
 Jan  1960    Basic Training       Ft Knox      KY    F-8-3 
 Mar  1960    1st Armor Regiment   Ft Knox      KY  
 Sep  1960    17th Trns & Happy/Dragon Valley   SK   Camp Casey & Camp Kaiser
 Sep  1961    Airborne Test Board  Ft Bragg     NC  
 Jan  1962-63 Automotive School    Ft Knox      KY    C-6-2
 Jun  1963    37th Trans Group     France            77th Trans Co
 Jan  1964-66 106th Trans Bn       Germany           598th Trans Co 
 Jun  1966    585th Trans          Ft Lewis     WA   Pre Deployment to Nam
 Sep  1966-67 8th Trans Gp         Vietnam              585th Trans
 Sep  1967    Infantry Trng Ctr    Ft Benning   GA  
 Nov  1967-69 1st Tng Bde          Ft Sill      OK  
 Jun  1969-70 D Co - 4th Maint Bn  Rep of Korea      Cp Stanley & Cp St Barbara
 Nov  1970-71 190th HEM            Ft Hood      TX  
 Sep  1971-74 66th Main Bn         Germany           48th Maint Co
 Sep  1974-78 101st Airborne       Ft Campbell  KY   801st Maint Bn
 Jul  1978-79 HQ Garrison, TMP     Rep of Korea      Camp Humphreys
 Jul  1979-81 101st Airborne       Ft Campbell  KY    326th Eng Bn
 May  1981-82 A Co 304th Sig Bn    Rep of Korea       Cp Red Cloud & Cp Colbern
 Feb  1982    101st Airborne       Ft Campbell  KY    Hq Company 101st

For you guys that served in Korea late 60s, early 70s.

Final update on HR 299 from 7th ID Camp Casey & DMZ veteran Gene Clarke. President Donald Trump signed the bill. The bill moves the start date for presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in and near the Korean DMZ to 1 September 1967. That will make about 7,000 more Korea DMZ vets (about half from the 2ID) eligible for the presumption of exposure to AO. It looks like the effective date is 1 January 2020.

--> Pictures of Camps in Korea <--

--> Significant Events in Korea <--

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Camps in korea

If you served in Korea, check these sites:
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmzvets.htm

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