User talk:Spinnersdad

I don't know who reads these posts. I was stationed at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation (soon to become Ft. Indiantown Gap) from May of 1975 until September of 1977. I wonder if any one is interested in the the fort's history at that time or the things that occurred there. I know lots of interesting things. I also have several questions about the fort as it is today. I will be happy to provide my email address though I don't know if that's acceptable here. I was in the Army for 20 years. The "Gap" was always one of my favorite assignments. I lived with my wife in Lebanon since there was almost no on post housing. There was a small mobile home park near Memorial Lake. Is it still there? 1975 was a very interesting year at the Gap. Normally the number of active duty troops was something under 100, but that year was the year we helped something like 8,000 Vietnamese find new homes. There were active duty troops drawn from all over the Army temporarily assigned to the Gap. I don't know how many there were, or where they came from. One day the Vietnamese were all gone and so were the extra troops. I met a young Army Doctor during Desert Shield/Storm who had been a child from Viet Nam and remembered IGMR. She had grown up in the Ft Chaffee area. She became a doctor and a Regular Army Captain. She was a good friend. Sometimes we do things right. There was a gas station restaraunt just outside of the main entrance to the Gap (southside). Had some of the best fried chicken carry out I ever had! Spinnersdad (talk) 04:48, 2 September 2008 (UTC)