Another Currahee Gone IP: 107.191.169.164 Posted on September 11, 2016 at 02:04:30 PM by Jerry B
RECEIVED THE BELOW MESSAGE FROM KIP ROLLAND(3-506 LRRP 68-70) - THANKS KIP!
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Subject: Sgt Philip Goodman
Just received word that Phil Goodman passed away at the Audie Murphy Veteran's Hospital, San Antonio, Texas on August 7. He has been cremated. His wife, Jean, is arranging a Memorial Service for this Saturday. Internment is being worked out but it will be in a military cemetery. As most of you know, Phil served in the Long Range Patrol unit of the 3-506th during 1970. He was part of the Cambodian invasion and was with them when they went back to the 101st Airborne in August. When they returned to Camp Eagle the members of the LRRPs were offered spots with L Company/75th. The platoon leader, Lt. Montano, and a few others took up the offer. Phil and the others remained and the unit returned to a Recon Platoon. Phil lived his service in Vietnam up until has death. May God bless and keep him. His tiger fatigues, boonie hat and boots were donated to the 101st museum at Ft. Campbell several years ago.
Kip Rolland
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I FAILED TO HAVE MUCH COMMO WITH PHILIP, OR FEW OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LRRPS OVER THE YEARS. HE, LIKE MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR BATTALION RECON PLATOON AFTER OUR ORIGINAL RECON PLATOON MEMBERS--THE CURRAHEE SHOCK FORCE (67/68) RENAMED LRRP 3/68)--HAVE NEVER WANTED MUCH TO DO WITH OUR BATTALION. IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET MEMBERS MORE INVOLVED. I CREATED A SPECIAL PAGE/SECTION HERE ON THE WEBSITE FOR HIM AND THE LRRPS (SEE THE ARCIVE SECTION:/ARCHIVES/recon_3506). I EVEN STARTED TO DO A BOOK ABOUT OUR "GHOST TROOPERS", BUT PUT IT ASIDE DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS. FOR REASONS NEVER CLEAR TO ME, THE POST-CSF MEMBERS MORE CLOSELY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES WITH DIVISION RECON, RATHER THAN CURRAHEE RECON. I HAD NUMEROUS DISCUSSION WITH PSG SSG OLAN PAYNE PRIOR TO HIS DEATH CONCERNING THIS ISSUE. SSG PAYNE WAS AN OUTSTANDING SOLDIER AND PROUD CURRAHEE. DURING MY TOUR WITH THE BATTALION, I MADE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO GET OUR RECON PLATOON PHOTOS AND STORIES INTO OUR DIVISION AND OTHER MILITARY NEWSPAPERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. FOLLOWING MY TOUR, I FOUND HARDLY ANYTHING WRITTEN IN DIVISION MEDIA ABOUT OUR RECON PLATOON. I DO KNOW THAT SOME FINE TROOPERS FILLED THE RANK OF THE CURRAHEE LRRPS AFTER WE BOAT TROOPERS DEPARTED, i.e. JIM WYATT, KIP ROLLAND, SSG PAYNE, LT. DAVE GLENN, LT. JIM STONE, DON BROWN TO MENTION JUST SOME. I WISH I HAD GOTTEN TO KNOW PHILIP MORE.
