Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/11/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Bombers sent stuff: Jim McKEOWN ('53), David DOUGLAS ('62) Linda REINING ('64), Nancy MALLORY ('64) Pat DORISS ('65), Rick MADDY ('67) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: George VALDEZ ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley SCOTT ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jefferson SAUNDERS ('69) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Jim McKEOWN ('53) Re: [original] Sandstorm Sophomores I was the sports editor my senior year (1953) and my assistant sports editor was Wayne CAMPBELL ('55), a sophomore... Wayne became the sports editor for the following 2 years, I believe... I know as a sophomore he wrote most of the stories, even under my by-line, because of my participation in sports... that's my story and I'm sticking to it... -Jim McKEOWN ('53) ~ from beautiful fall weather Sacramento ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David DOUGLAS ('62) To: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) My apologies to Dick COLE and Corlee "Corky" WILLIAMS (both '54) for saying I was the first sophomore on the [original] Sandstorm staff. Click the following link to the 2/5/60 Sandstorm issue, page 4, "SANDSTORM Staff Positions Switch; Staff Adds Three Juniors, Sophomore." I did not write the article and plead ignorance of anything that happened prior to my joining the staff. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Dou/161011-SS-2-5-60.jpg My mom religiously kept any article that mentioned me for my scrapbook. -David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Linda REINING ('64) Re: More Memories How many remember being completely disoriented when you first entered junior high? I remember being so afraid that I'd never make it from class to class with ONLY five minutes between classes. Getting to know and remember all the names of the different teachers and which rooms to go to and where they were. and the lockers... ugh! no matter what year or whether it was at Carmichael or Col-Hi, I always seemed to manage to get a locker that no matter how hard I tried, I could NEVER get that blasted combination lock to open! I'd end up carrying all my books from class to class, till lunchtime, then fiddling almost my entire lunch time trying to get the blasted thing open, so I could switch books for the afternoon classes. What about those "stylish" PE clothes??? White blouses and blue shorts... name had to be on both... not using a "marker" either... sewn on, so had my mom embroider first and last name on both items. and how much of a shock was it to realize you had to take a shower, before going to your next class? modesty and privacy quickly "went out the window". How many remember the school carnivals? Always thought those were so much fun: cake walks, "white elephant" store, all sorts of games, "fortune tellers", costume contests, and just lots of fun... Think there was even a dance, once we were in junior high. Christmas pageants and class parties, too. Remember moms bringing cupcakes for someone's birthday? Valentines parties and decorating shoe boxes to put the Valentines in. Hope this gets others to bring up long forgotten memories and we "flood" the Sandstorm. -Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) Re: Joe KEEFE ('64) Tri-City Herald What fun to see Joe in a video. Haven't heard anything about him (and many others) for a long time. Joe and Ken FINLY ('64) used to play and sing for us at church and in Seekers. I think I have a 45 the Four Winds made. -Nancy MALLORY Johnson ('64) ~ in Western TN where I think fall has come -- tho they are saying it will get back in the 80s. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) Re: Ladies of '65 October Luncheon The "Classy Ladies of '65" are getting together this Friday (October 14th) for Lunch at the Village Bistro Cafe in Kennewick, which is located in the Marineland Shopping Center. WHEN: Friday, October 14, 2016 TIME: 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM WHERE: Village Bistro Cafe, 5215 Clearwater, Suite 114, Kennewick So, Ladies, if you'd like to join us for a unique dining experience, mark your calendar then contact me no later than Thursday (October 13) so I can add your name to the headcount! If you have any questions, please contact me. -Pat DORISS Trimble ('65) ~ West Richland ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Rick MADDY ('67) Re: M1-M2-M1 Garand The nomenclature of weapons jumps around a little bit. For example, when I was a jr. and sr. and we were hunting jacks and sometimes rats at the dumps, a .22 caliber rifle used a clip in both bolt and semi-automatic weapons that fired long and long rifle bullets. I do not recall the shorts. I had a single shot bolt action that was my dad's (1919-1989) when he was a child; Sears catalog; Savage, 1930ish. I would fire shorts in it. We also had tube fed semi-autos and the tubes either ran under the barrel or down through the stock. Never heard the word clip magazine as they are sometimes called now. The spent shell casing was ejected out the top of the breech or underneath the breech, depending on models of the .22 rifle. Only higher caliber rifles had what we called magazines during these times. I would have to ask Phil "Not That Phil Collins" COLLINS ('67) if he fed his .22 magnum with a clip or magazine, but I believe it was clip. I could be wrong. This was important stuff. In Marine Corps boot camp, where COLLINS ('67) and I spent a lot of time tearing the M16 down and putting it back together again and again and again in a classroom, we never fired the weapon. During the week at the rifle range while the DIs were turning us boys into green amphibious monsters we fired an M14 for our uniform badges. We lived with our M14 all the time for weeks. I fired an M16 only towards the end of my training during the first session of Infantry Training at Pendleton after boot camp and not that much at Advanced Infantry Training after coming back from 30 days leave. July '67, it is a three year old weapon. Maybe they needed the weapon and bullets in Vietnam. Not until 1969 did the Marines switch to sleeping, eating... everything, with the M16 during boot camp. About the same time they ended service numbers. Training was one day after another firing a multitude of weapons. M-60 machine gun, B.A.R., flame thrower, M79 Grenade Launcher (Blooper), digging holes, route stepping for miles sometimes, blowing stuff up with C4 or det cord, crawling under wire or jumping over it, sleep deprivation, digging holes, mass confusion at times, throwing live grenades, walking around in the bushes and stepping on a loud 'firecracker' type device and be told you were dead and just killed all these men standing around you. Oh yea, first aid classes. Digging holes. Fun stuff. Never fired the M1 or M2 carbines that I recall. The biggest difference is the M1 is a semi-automatic weapon and the M2 has a selector in the trigger housing group so you can fire semi-auto or auto. Both use magazines. We did fire the M1 Garand. The WWII weapon was a 30.06 caliber, but I believe we were firing the later .308 Winchester model; the 7.62 X whatever. The weapon was breech fed with eight rounds. Targets were white painted 50 gallon drums across a small gorge. I remember silently chuckling within my head when the last round came out along with the clip and the tingling noises when the two halves of the clip landed on the metal action of the rifle. Reminded me of the old WWII movies I was radicalized by as a child. Slipper clips. And a completely different rifle than the M1 and M2 carbines. My rifle in Vietnam was the first model; M16A1. It was Jammie (new word). Scuttlebutt was it had known problems. You had to keep it clean in an almost impossible place. We had 20 round magazines and put only 17-18 rounds in them because of the jamming problems with the rifle. My first rifle would catch the end of the spent casing as it was being ejected. A posible hair raising problem in the field. This Marine was standing very near me when I was firing the weapon. Both in semi and then automatic. As I was clearing the weapon he asked me if there was a problem. I did not know who he was other than probably making sure my rifle worked. He had no rank on his uniform of any kind, like a Pvt., but since I was 'the cherry' he was there watching to see if I even knew what end of the rifle was the business end. *Thank the Lord for all those rats! I said, yes, this rifle is a POS. He told me to grab another one. I did. My second rifle worked just fine. We were standing on a berm that surrounded the CAP unit. He told me not to stand at attention nor salute him and introduced himself as 2nd Lt. Ruggles and he was my platoon commander. I apologized for not recognizing the rank. Carry on, Marine. Sir, Aye Aye, Sir. In hindsight, I would not have minded carrying an M2 Carbine with a 30 round magazine loaded with 25 rounds. I do enjoy my Sturm, Ruger & Co. Mini-30 7.62X.39mm. Unfortunately California does not trust me with a 20 or 30 round magazine. They are against CA law to own. They do trust me with a 10 round magazine, but Ruger does not make them. Ruger makes a 5 round magazine. Something so small I almost want to call it a clip. Terrible thing being a third responder with 10 round after market magazines. -Rick MADDY ('67) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************