Parade Duty - Really Great Event
Yesterday, my M-715 along with 9 other military vehicles, did parade duty for the York, PA halloween parade. The theme was military veterans appreciation and that why we were all asked to attend. Unfortunately, whoever ended up slotting the divisions split all of us up. The group was to lead the parade, in truck era order, however every truck was slotted separately and they would not change it. Everyone was upset about that. I moved up myself behind a friends duce but the others stayed where they were slotted. It would have been an impressive string of vehicles. We had an M35, M715, M3 half track, M38, 3 WW2 motorcycles and 2 National Guard Humvees. Everyone was in the correct uniform for the era.
The M35 and I were near the front and it was one of the best things I ever did. People by the thousands on a 3 mile route stood, clapped, cheered and saluted us. The police at the intersections came to attention and saluted. The grandstand was full of WW2 vets and they rose and clapped. A big difference from in the 60's and 70's when we were afraid to wear our uniforms.
Getting ready
My view for several hours
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SFC, HQ,129th Sig Co, PAARNG, Vietnam Era
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