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I was the S-1 (Adjutant) from May 1968 to December for HQ & HQ Co. I was activated by the RI Army National Guard, sent to West Point as a unit with the 115th MP Co. After a year, was sent to the 1st Infantry Div. and assigned to the 1st Cbt. Engr. Bn. The guard was recalled and I went back to West Point, took command of the 115th MP Co. They used to kid me all the time as I was an MP in the Combat Engineers, a National Guardsman with all the West Point graduates there and from New England and my accent. Later I commanded the RI Military Academy RIANG and the 1021st Civil Affairs Group US Army Reserve. Retired at a Lt. Col. after 35 1/2 years of service. I was awarded 2 Bronze Stars while at the 1st Engr. Bn. I was diagnosed with cancer from agent orange and had a prostatectomy in 2000. The cancer came back in 2014 and I'm still dealing with it.
Admin Reply by: F.C. "Chuck" Humphrey
Dear John III,
Thanks for all the information about your army career. Sorry to hear that you’re still battling agent orange caused cancer. I’ve been lucky so far. I recognize your name from my 11 years as a organization secretary there aren’t too many John Nelsons III on the Members roster. Another member from the Vietnam war era, John Cookinham III also was from R Island & Brown University.
Hope to see you at our 2021 reunion in the Washington , DC area.
F C “Chuck” Humphrey, Webmaster
Thanks for all the information about your army career. Sorry to hear that you’re still battling agent orange caused cancer. I’ve been lucky so far. I recognize your name from my 11 years as a organization secretary there aren’t too many John Nelsons III on the Members roster. Another member from the Vietnam war era, John Cookinham III also was from R Island & Brown University.
Hope to see you at our 2021 reunion in the Washington , DC area.
F C “Chuck” Humphrey, Webmaster