; 35th Infantry Regiment (Cacti) Association

Cacti War Stories Index


Welcome to War Stories!!

In this part of our website we are providing space for our members to post their stories from their war. While war always has its stories of battle and heroics, there's often the other side. The bit of humor that we all remember. In this section you're likely to find stories of both kinds. And if you want to tell YOUR story, send it to Tiny here.


Select one of the following stories. New stories are flagged in red.

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"Ole Didn't Joke Much in Them Days"  Jim "Doc" Hall  Bravo 2/35th  May 1970  

18 May 1969  Wiley Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  18 May 1969  

29 March 1969  Wiley Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  29 March 1969  

A Difference my Son Made  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  1967-68  

A Formidable Foe  Ray Gleason  A Co 2/35th  Vietnam  1968  

A Near Casualty of War  Hoyt Mason  HHC 1/35th  Vietnam  1967  

But I know Morse Code  Terry Savely  HHC 2/35th  Vietnam  8/68  

Day From Hell  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  3 April 1968  

Day from Hell Continued  John Morgan  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  May 1968  

Easter Sunday  Jim "Doc" Hall  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  March 29th 1970  

Easter Sunday- Part 2  Mike Slyck  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  March 29th 1970  

NEW   Ghosts  Art Hughes  Bravo 1/35th  Vietnam  1968  

Highway Security  Kevin Ryder  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  1969  

His Name Was Roger  Jim "Doc" Hall  B Co 2/35th  1970  

Hock's Night Out  David N. Muxo  Bravo 1/35th  Vietnam  1969/70  

Just Another Day in the Nam  Jim Doc Hall  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  April 24 1970  

Killing Crabs the Hard Way  Roger Ellis  Thailand  

Korean Nights  Fred Miller  Korea  

Laughing to keep from Crying  Wiley "Tiny" Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  1969  

Lessons Learned  John Lorts  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam- Japan  1967  

NEW   Luck of the Stupid  Art Hughes  Bravo 1/35th  Vietnam  1967  

My Experiences with the 35th Infantry Regiment  Charles R. Sheaffer  Hotel 2/35th  WW II  1943-1945  

My Mother the Patriot  Dick Arnold  A 1/35th  Vietnam  

No Please Damn It, Just Keep Your Steak  Dick Arnold  A 1/35th  Vietnam  

Odd Things Remembered and Not Yet Forgotten  Dick Arnold  A 1/35th  Vietnam  

Plei-Trap Remembered  Bob Kilpatrick 119th  Vietnam  March 1969  

Puckered  Wiley Dodd  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  1969  

Rappeling Mission  Len Calabree  Recon 2/35th  Vietnam  September 1969  

Remember When  Bob Maves  Bravo 2/35th  1969-70  

The Coffin Corner  Don Blankin  Charl 2/35th  Vietnam  Fall 1968  

The First Time  Dick Arnold  Alpha 1/35th  Vietnam  June 1 1967  

The Snake  Vaughn Brauer  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  June 1966  

The World meets Vietnam  Kevin Ryder  Delta 2/35th  Vietnam  July 1968  

Those 55 Gallon Drums  Rocco "Doc" DeRosa  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  1967  

Three's Company  Peter Birrow  Bravo 2/35th  Vietnam  February 1969  Asian "Three Pete"

Tuesday Morning  Wiley Dodd  Recon  Vietnam  16 March 1969  

What a Difference a Year Makes  Kevin Ryder 2/35th  Vietnam  1968