Point Alpha and environs.
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Reunion Photo Album
CSM Carlton Martin, our official photographer for the 2013 Reunion in Louisville, has compiled a book of photographs of the Reunion. The book is available from CSM Martin for $60 (for the first ten - if more are sold the cost will increase to $70 to cover additional expenses), which includes postage. CSM Martin is donating a portion of the proceeds from the first ten books sold to the scholarship fund, so here is an opportunity to not only relive the great good time had at the Reunion, but also to contribute to a worthy cause. You can preview the book at
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZNWzRu1ZNGj1Q&emid=sharepbviewer&linkid=link3&cid=EM_sharpbview
Books can be ordered by contacting Carlton at mrtcarlton@aol.com or at his postal address:
512 Sundance Lane
Georgetown, TX 78633
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Can You Identify?
Don Ricks is doing some research into the Blackhorse along the Czech border prior to Vietnam and he is trying to identify the tall, field grade officer in the photo below. Can anyone assist? If so, please contact Don at 256-301-1536 or at
donrix@charter.net.
The specialist to the right is SP4 Harry I. Kee, aircraft mechanic/crew chief, Aviation Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1962?-64 (entered active duty 23 July 1958).
Other names based upon name tags are: Holman and Ackerman.
Commanders of the 11th ACR during that period were:
Colonel Chester E. Kennedy, 11th ACR, 1963-64
Colonel Donald P. Boyer, 11th ACR, 1964-65
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New Website of Interest
The Gold Vault Chapter, which hosted the Louisville reunion, has a new website of its own - www.blackhorseveterans.org. It's well worth a visit.
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Origin of the Regiment's Nickname?
Joe O'Leary, who served in A Troop in 1966-67 sent the following note to our historian Don Snedeker:
"I just read this in a Vet's Bulletin. Do you know if it's true?"
USA Unit Nicknames: The Blackhorse - 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. In the early 1900s, the regiment was camped at the Presidio, and the residents of San Francisco nicknamed the regiment due to majority of their horses being black in color.
Don's Response: The Regiment was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey, south of San Francisco, in the 1920s and 30s. It started with one of the Troops being mounted on black horses, then spread to one of the squadrons.
During this period, the Regiment was frequently called upon to provide extras for various Hollywood Old West movies, to include one or two with Ronald Reagan. The best horsemen also participated in riding shows and competitions all along the West Coast, as well as parades in SF and LA. The 11th Cav Officers' Polo Team was quite successful.
I had not heard that the residents of San Francisco had come up with the nickname, but it is possible.
Allons!
Don
Do any of you budding historians out there have any additional information on this? If so, please contact Don at blackhorse4@verizon.net.
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We want your input!
If you have an item of interest to the membership that you would like to see in future eBlasts or our bi-annual newsletter, please send items directly to banditsix@aol.com. The more detail you provide the better. In particular if you have knowledge of the passing of a former member of the Regiment and want this information published, please provide details of Regimental service and/or an obituary. This is your newsletter, please contribute.
You can always find the latest news and information on the Blackhorse Association at: http://www.blackhorse.org
If you run into Blackhorse veterans or serving members of the Regiment, let them know about the Association and point them to the website.
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