A Note from Fast Eddie or Carl Z.

Hi All,
Thanks for the info on things and all the contacts. I have been on the sites but not lately as I have been busy. Good stuff there,I enjoyed looking at it all. Sounds like you all had some fun at gathering. Sorry we missed it. We went to the UP on vacation and were up there Friday in Mackinac City along the way. Should have stayed the night in HL and visited you all but we were antsy to get north. You know how it is. Hopefully I can make the next get together.
A while back when Jim was still alive I stopped down to see him but he he was gone to treatment so I left some money and a card for him and family. It wasn't long after that, he passed away. Hard to believe he is gone . He was a lot of fun in the old days.
I keep myself pretty busy these days with research work and I am on and a big part of a Reunion committee. I have been very active in my NCO Academy doings and currently I am getting ready for a Reunion in Ft Benning GA.in October. We have had two and I have been the MC at both and will be at this one .Two of us are doing most of the planning and work so it is hectic. I just got off the phone with retired Command Sgt Major Plumley who will be our guest speaker there. He was played by Sam Elliot in the movie "We Were Soldiers Once" .I am active in that group and also my own unit from Nam. We had our very first Reunion a year and a half ago and will meet again in April in St Louis. I was with an infantry company in Nam and was a squad leader and platoon sgt. They are doing a documentary on us and should finish it after this reunion. You may see it someday on tv. They will no doubt mention "Big Bad Bravo" in the headlines.One of my friends that was killed in Nams Mother and I have stayed in touch all these years . She became the National President of the Gold Star Mothers Of America in 2005. We went to her convention in Dallas.She is such a dear and will be at our Reunion also.
I have had some heart problems and a back surgery but seem to be hanging in there ok at present. Say hi to all and hope you are all doing well, "Fast Eddie"as Jim would call me-----Carl Z