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Post by 26th on Jun 15, 2008 12:19:35 GMT -5
Defending Bataan!!! Photo taken in SF 2008 in Don Plata's room, taken with my camera by Frank. Will need to photo shop someone under that rifle butt later. Rudy
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Post by 26th on Jun 25, 2008 21:20:18 GMT -5
Hey Philip: Some more shots of the parade. Picture of after party pig, 2 views of my family and friends. All the flags and vehicles attached are my friends and family. One photo is from the local papers front page. The others are of me of course. One galloping with saber and the rest waiting for parade to start with a beer. Rudy/26Cav
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Post by 26th on Jul 5, 2008 15:39:41 GMT -5
Hi All: My local parade in my City this time for the Fourth of July. I drive councilman Jim Reed and his family. Had a great time as usual. Will see some of you soon next week in San Pedro. Rudy/26Cav
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 5, 2008 21:52:34 GMT -5
Great shot. What's around your neck?
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Post by 26th on Jul 5, 2008 23:39:49 GMT -5
VeeVee
Pirate girls came by and threw colored beads around my neck.
Sorry you can not make San Pedro.
Rudy
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 6, 2008 8:01:31 GMT -5
Did you have to lift your shirt to get beads from them (grin)
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Post by indiosbravos on Jul 8, 2008 12:08:12 GMT -5
The more and more I dream of having my own Jeep...
Lovely pictures...
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Post by 26th on Jul 17, 2008 18:18:45 GMT -5
Hi All: Representing my Unlce, "PFC Saturnino Ramos Cabigas" on Bataan. Dismounted due to lack of food at the Fort MacArthurs Days this July 12th,08. 26th Cavalry Regiment Troop E He was one of the 109 survivors of 750 men of the 26th Cavalry. Rudy/26thCav/Blood of Troopers
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Post by 26th on Aug 4, 2008 18:03:39 GMT -5
Hi all: I was just talking on another thread and it got me thinking looking for something. The attached is what kind of family history I have to work with. This is what my father said was his birth certificate, used since 1964 until his passing. Along with it is a picture of a Filipino in Vietnam in 1965, my brother. He passed away in 1974 from agent orange. The other is my Mexican side from my mothers other half. A goof off picture taken in 1966 in our house of my mom, yes my mom. Those were the radical days in America. She hated that picture for years. Yea Victor that was a real one in those day's.
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Post by VeeVee on Aug 5, 2008 7:00:32 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your brother. What unit was he in?
How in the heck did you get your mom to pose for that picture??? It begs for a funny caption...
"Don't make me ask you to take the trash out one more time..." ;D
I hope you still have the Thompson.
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Post by 26th on Aug 5, 2008 11:31:22 GMT -5
Reluctantly!! But it sure is a classic since she is gone also. I put old pictures like this on t-shirts for a family reunion and it was the hit of the party. Her surviving sisters and brothers loved it. My brother served with Co. B, 78th Signal Battalion, Sixth Army, Delta area, 4th Corp I think. All my cousins that served are gone also and they went out with cancer, 2 confirmed agent orange. Just lost them 2-3 years ago, 4 of them. I have 2 brother in laws, one brother left from Nam and one uncle from Korea. Here is my cousin Andy the other half Flips in my family that passed away but another Flip in Nam. Wounded 5 times, silver star, bronze star, etc. He served with the 25th in I Corp, Ashu? Valley area, he was in all kinds of stuff. Was missing in action for 1 month or so.
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Post by VeeVee on Aug 6, 2008 5:30:10 GMT -5
Ashau valley? What happened to him? Why was he MIA for 1 month?
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Post by 26th on Aug 6, 2008 10:53:07 GMT -5
He would always want to be point man. When he was point, no one died or got ambushed. When he was not he got wounded and guys died. He hated that to then end. When we were kids we lived out in the country, well San Jose area was country then, and he was good at finding us and sneaking up on us.
His story was that during a battle he was captured just like in the Hamburger Hill movie. He was taken into a tunnel and moved around for a month, then he escaped.
He came back sterile, adopted kids, skin peeling off his hands, kidney, all kinds of stuff.
He refused any payment from the government for that agent orange crap. Generals used to call him to go get medical attention but he refused, until the end when he was on kidney dialysis.
All his life he said he hated the VC. When they started to move into San Jose he was freaking out. Every time he met them at stores or next to them in a car, he would just start sweating. You could see the physical change happening right in front of us. He almost made it to 60.
Anyway will miss him and his stories. His brother in law and him served at the same time and saw each other in Nam. His sisters husband. He is gone also.
Man, I have seen my sister in laws brother go "Rene", Joe who we raised, KIA, will see him on the Wall next month. He left instructions to tell my mom first instead of his grandmother and I was the one to answer the door. Thought it was a cousin because he just left. Lasted a month or so, got it in the head.
Those are some of my other family members other than the Cabigas's, but we were all one in those days.
Seems in those days one would come home and another would leave. All the going away parties were at my moms including the neighborhood kids.
Brought back some good memories writing this. Thanks Vic.
Rudy
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Post by 26th on May 16, 2009 11:27:35 GMT -5
Hi all: It's been awhile since I have added to this. Finally after 27 years and three searches by St Louis they found something with my dad's name on it. No records of my dad have survived because he left them in the Philippine and they were destroyed during the Jap invasion, then the US bombings. The US Army had a big fire in 1973 and all copies went with it. It was only my dad's words and a card he wrote on that he served with the 26th. We got a record that he was in the army during the time he mentioned but they did not put down (PS) next to his service number. Two day's after I got back from the reunion and talking to Dan and Felipe about pay, low and behold the US Army sent me something they found in the national Archives. My dad's "Final Statement" of 83 years ago. Wow I am I excited. Where he joined, where discharged, which squad, Head Quarters Troop like he said, how much he made for June $7.50, but most of all 26th(PS) all over the place. In the words of the General> Whooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Happy Trooper Rudy
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hawkins2ndcav
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On the border somewhere near Columbus, New Mexico
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Post by hawkins2ndcav on May 16, 2009 22:27:09 GMT -5
That's absolutely awesome!! It's like someone reaching accross time- I'm glad this worked out after all the years.
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Post by VeeVee on May 17, 2009 14:09:08 GMT -5
I'm very happy for you Rudy. Priceless!
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Post by 26th on May 17, 2009 21:39:57 GMT -5
Thanks Guys>
Funny Captain Fernandez was off by 50 cents. He was getting 9 dollars a month so he thought 7 for my dad.
Gentelmen that is about 25 cents a day for all they did. If anyone ever feed and groomed a horse holy cow!!
Boots and saddles again someday.
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hawkins2ndcav
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Post by hawkins2ndcav on May 17, 2009 22:17:29 GMT -5
Uncle Sam got a very good bargain. :-)
These days, you can't get anyone to do it for less than $10 a day, at least around where I live...
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Post by RayAdillO on May 18, 2009 5:20:56 GMT -5
Congratulations Captain Rudy. That's irrefutable official confirmation right there. There is nothing like a piece of history that leaves no reasonable doubt...........WoooooAhhhhh!
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Post by 26th on Sept 15, 2009 11:52:35 GMT -5
Hey Folks: Long time no posting on this section. Just received some paper work i sent in for of my uncle Saturnino who served with Capt Fernandez. I always wondered why he was so old when I saw that he enlisted in 1940, 27years old. The papers I received which were blurry as hell showed that he severed in 1936, 37,38 and 39 which means he reenlisted in 1940. The one being shown has a 1939 date which is different from the blurry one with finger print. Since he mustered out in 1946 that means he was a 26th Cav scout for 10 years. It also showed that he kind of reenlisted in 1945 when he was, what they say returned to military control again after being MIA from Bataan. What I found most interesting is the quote "loyalty status of veteran not in question by this headquarters". Would it be that some MIA's that came back were deserters and were being checked out? I am sure the mention of loyalty was because they found out he was still fighting with Troop "C' in upper Luzon during the MIA period. They also mentioned in another paper that he lost no time for pay during that time and he was given about 1200 dollars in back pay when he mustered out. He must of bought plenty of San Miguel I hope. Any way just a note to say I am still finding stuff on my family and sharing for historical purpose. Peace and hope to see some of you at Chino. That means you Ray and bring the General. Rudy/26th Cavalry
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