James Rick Pooler

JAMES RICK POOLER

Rick Pooler served with us 71-72. He is from He is from San Martin, CA.

PHOTOS

Rick shared some of his Vietnam pics with me but I misplaced them. I wrote him to see if he could resend the pics and I never heard from him again.

NOTES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Dec 12, 2009 Rick wrote:

Hey, Shortround. Thanks for passing along the photos. "Bro Coon" was one of my favorite guys. He was a friendly guy, and never gave me any crap, even tho I had to assign some pretty unpleasant duties to him. I was never comfortable calling him Bro Coon, and called him by his real name... Crosby Lanham, even tho he preferred his nickname. "Sgt. Ed" and Lt. Guill were real quality guys and were still with the unit at Phu Bai when I ETS'd. Any idea what became of them ? Anyone hear from the "Douche" ?
My duffle bag got lost somewhere between Da Nang and Seattle, so the only photos I have are the ones I sent home. I'll try to post some when I go back to Ca. in the spring. Do you happen to recall the name of the firebase near Phu Bai, that was brand new, having just been built for the ARVNs to take over ? It was so new, the rats hadn't even taken over the bunkers yet. I have some pictures from there, and can't, for the life of me, remember the name of that place. You and your family have a cool Yule. Rick

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