Welcome to the site, Mr. Jones! I am looking forward to getting to know you.

Hugs,

Brooke

Sir, can't tell you how excited I am regarding your presence here. Thank you, thank you for joining. You have made my day and I'm sure Rocky's too. Rocky has become a really quick friend and I look forward to our friendship too.

It means a lot to me and certainly to the other board members here. We look forward to your comments.

HOT DIGGIDY DOG!!!!!!! NOW THERE ARE TWO (2), RED BULLS here.

Sure glad to see my buddy aboard. Hey Watson tell em about your jeep.

ON A somber side----Last Sat. 5/6 was V/E Day and no one here rememered. Tonite Wife and I are going to our monthly meeting of the Amer. G.I.Forum and I damn sure will bend some ears. How about your end Joe? Got your e-mail, how is your foot getting along? Man be careful out in the woods. Ketch me later. Rocky. Marion what did I tell you about my name!!!

Oh Rocky you are sadly mistaken my dear. There's a whole running topic on VE-Day! It's been running for several days.

http://208.56.11.96/Invision/index.php?showtopic=2349

Marion my love, I was talking about here,(K.C.) that's the here I meant.

I wasn't refering to we 'uns on this form. I guess I think in Spanish and

write in English. Gets confusing. Rocky

Reread second line of above.

Gotcha my dear. Sorry for misinterpreting. Sometimes it's easy to do when reading. When talking to someone it's much different.

Yes, that is sad. Seems that in too many localities, they just don't get it. It ain't important. Not in their little worlds.

Estimado Rocky:

Usted es un querido amigo, ningún asunto lo que idioma. Me encanto que usted esté aquí. Soy complacido muy que Watson está aquí también. Gracias para sus contribuciones a este sitio y su amistad.

Mucho Amor

Hi Watson: Welcome aboard the forum. Its great to have another line company dogface with us. I'm afraid I was with a different Division in WW 2. The 3rd Inf Div.

Keep on posting and to hell with spelling, punctuation, and typing mistakes. They dont

matter much anyway.. Yes Watson, I was a PFC Rifleman. And Roque, leg getting useable enough for a trip on the ATV back in the woods this afternoon for some more trail cleanp.

I will echo Joe's sentiments; we don't care about your grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. We are just very glad to have your here, so type away and we'll lend you our ears. We just want to hear about you! You're in good company here with all the other vets.

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE WAR,I HAVE A LITTLE THING INSTANCE I WILL TELL ON MYSELF.

OUR DIVISION HAD ALREADY WENT INTO ROME,AND BEYOND.SOMETIME LATER IWAS GIVEN A FIVE DAY PASS TO GO BACK TO ROME. THEY HAD MADE MUSSILINI'S PALACE OVERLOOKING ROME OUR REST CENTER.ANOTHER GUY FROM MY COMPANY WAS WITH ME,SO WE CHECKED IN,AND WENT STRAIGHT TO ROME.

WE WENT TO A HOTEL AND RENTED IT FOR THE FIVE DAYS WE WERE GOING TO BE THERE,THE ROOM NOT THE HOTEL. WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE SITES,AND VISITED A LOT OF THE BARS,WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK TO THE HOTEL,I ASK MY BUDDY WHAT THE NAME OF THE HOTEL AND THE STREET IT WAS ON.

HE DIDN'T REMEMBER AND NEITHER DID I. SO WE HAD TO GO RENT ANOTHER ROOM. MONEY WAS NO PROBLEM,YOU COULD BORROW FROM YOUR BUUDDIES ANYTIME YOU COULD GO ON A PASS. FOR YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD EVER GET TO GO ON ANOTHER ONE.

I WONDER IF ROQUE EVER PULLED A STUNT LIKE THAT?

WATSON JONES

Hey Watson, send Audrey a line and tell her about this forum. I will also

write her and see what she says. MARION-This lady is,Mrs.Lawrence Kwilose,

Her husband was in Hq. Co. 135th, am I right Watson? And buddy forget

your spelin jest rite wots on yer mind. JEST RITE, YA HEAR!! Rocky

Estimado Rocky:

 

Usted es un querido amigo, ningún asunto lo que idioma. Me encanto que usted esté aquí. Soy complacido muy que Watson está aquí también. Gracias para sus contribuciones a este sitio y su amistad.

 

Mucho Amor

Hay mi querida amiga, que buen espanol tiene Uds. Le podria decir

algunas cosas bonitas, pero la respecto muchisimo.

Su querido amigo como siempre. Senor Roque

Watson! How come you got to go to Rome and we didn't, meaning

me and Ryan and Carillo. We had to keep going ahead. You lucky dog!!

Did you get to see where they hung Mussollini? Rocky

Alaskan Gal,Marion,Marion you can twist this old man around your little finger.

And I love it. I told my wife, Elizabeth how well we communicate and she

gives me that little MEXICAN smile with a hug and sez "I'm glad".

I gotta tell you a little story about one of the NICE times I had in Italy.

We had just got back off the line and pitched our pup tent when my buddy

Kenneth Ryan said, Hey-Riojas, remember where we saw  that bunch of

chickens back there? I said yeah, well go get one and I'll go over to the

Mess tent and I'll  borrow a skillet and stuff and we can eat chicken. I said,

how the hell am I going to get one, all he said, "You got an M-1 doncha"

Needless to say I came back with one. And he was waiting for me. So I

said how the hell you gonna clean this thing, He said just hold it by the

legs. WITHIN 5 MINS. HE HADE THAT CHICKEN SKINNED, ALL I COULD

SAY WAS 'DAMN' AND HE ANSWERED, WE DO THIS IN OKLAHOMA ALL

THE TIME. We carried a little coleman stove took one of my canteens

marked gas. filled up the stove while he cut the chicken up and boy

did we eat.  Course he also got fixins fer it. just me and him

had a feast.  I think this was the summer of '44 still in the mountains.

AND THE WARWAS TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my rare nice moments. Roque J. Riojas to my gal, just Rocky

Excuse me Sir, but you just mentioned a name that triggered some childhood memories if it's the same man....Kenneth Ryan. Was this Kenneth Ryan by any chance from Brooklyn NY???

Jim

PS- oops! Guess I spoke too soon...he was from Oklahoma...

ROCKY SGT ROIG AND I WENT IN TO MILAN ,HE WAS RIDING IN MY JEEP,WHY I DON'T KNOW. THE PARTISANS,I THINK THEY WERE CALLED ,HAD ERECTED A SCAFFOLD LIKE RIG AND HAD MUSSOLINI AND HIS MISTRESS HUNG UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN

WATSON JONES