Fort Sam, Bragg, Carson Drum, Jackson, DixHamilton, Wadsworth, and I forget the base in Panama or Germany...but never ever Hood.
I was there 70-71, and it is huge. At that time, it was home to the 1st Cav and the 1st & 2nd Armored. LTG Beverly Powell was commander of III Corps and Ft. Hood. Chris
I was there as I worked out of Ft. Hood for 3 years. I was there the day the maniac killed 13 and shot plenty of others. That was not a fun day.
That limited edition WWII generation who on one single day knowingly faced as many deaths as the 9 year combined total deaths of Iraq and Afghanistan. We will never see another group of men like them. Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone is my hero. Your dad, and his brothers in arms are my heros. May God rest their souls.
I've visited Fort Hood several times (best bowling alley ever!) I was shocked by the sheer size of it.
In the made-for-tv series, Band of Brothers, brief clips of interviews with the real-life men portrayed in the show were aired. In one of those clips, Dick Winters (CO of Easy Company) recounted a conversation with one of his grandchildren. He was asked, "Grandpa, are you a hero?" and his response was, "No. The real heroes are still over there." Chris
My dad retired at Fort Hood and I went to school right outside Fort Hood. Still go down there to see family ever couple of weeks. That appears to be a fairly modern token since at has the M1A1 Abrams tank on it. If I remember correctly they came into service in the early 80's. My MOS was 2146 main battle tank tech working on those, USMC.
Speaking of Ft. Hood, my nephew's unit left Rochester yesterday morning for Ft. Hood. After two weeks of training there, they deploy to Afghanistan. They're part of a general support aviation battalion.
The token was probably sold in the Fort Hood Post Exchange (military department store). If you find one from Fort Baxter, Kansas, please let me know.
