Charlie Black Comments and Recollections : Search There are now 46 messages in our guestbook. 1 2 3 >>> Viewing messages 1 to 20. Your name (required) Your message (required) Where in the world? Your email address Michael Enders Wade, your Aunt Tracy and I are very proud of you to follow in your Grandfather's steps and serve your country in the military. Charlie would be quite proud, also. Thank you for your service. Uncle Mike 2 July 2010 - Coventry, CT Charles Wade Ledford As many may look and see my name is Charles i was named after Charlie Black. He was my grandfather although i was born after his death i see how many people he touched and helped and it makes me happy. I am very happy to think that I may be someone too look to and see the impacted of his life. I joined the United State Air Force in Oct. of 2008 i also am currently deployed i am very proud of my grandfather and hope that he looks down and smiles when he sees me! 4 March 2010 - Middle East eric burnett anyone remember jimmy rogers c com 2/8(abn)1st cav. in country mar 66 wounded nov 66.3rd and 4th platoon 31 January 2010 mrs jlhelms my sicere sympsthies as a usmc wife ret for dear charly 1 January 2010 name 30 December 2009 Robert Price (Ltc ret) I arrived in RVN in Mar of 1966, assigned to the 228th ASHB, 1st Cav. Two weeks later our Chinook was shot down in an LZ during an extraction of an infantry company,We were supporint the 227th AHB. Fortuneatley the infantry was there as none of the 13 Hueys of the 227th could get in., and Charlie related the whole incident, which lasted all night. . Great reporting. 8 September 2009 - Brandon, FL Clyde Shy I was interviewed by Charlie in the aftermath of a day in hell flying a Cobra gunship. Charlie titled the article "Pilot Wages One Cobra War" I had no idea he had passed away until today, it leaves a true sense of loss 29 July 2009 - Austin Tx Loyless Harris As a young reporter in the early 1960s, I met Charlie. He gave me so many tips and I credit him with my successful career, which ended with me as an editor. 14 March 2009 - Southwest Georgia Nick 12 March 2009 - USA, New York jimmy l. rogers anyone know jimmy l .rogers 21 January 2009 Robbie Moody Charlie Black hired me, a Univ of GA soph, to be the 1970 summer intern at the Columbus GA Enquirer. I am writing a story about Charlie based on a letter he wrote me. I need to hear from anyone on the Enquirer staff the summer of l970 or anyone who worked with Charlie Black in any capacity. 8 October 2008 - Atlanta GA angelo thompson h part. or when we pulled back to dry creek bed ann sgt neear a lot about lzxray want to know where is my buddie "williy" (williams) who kept the mortars & lites in the sky for our brothers trapped on the hill the moive seemed to miss that 23 June 2008 - po box 674 foresthill,ca 95631 BaskEstuank While the skills old to assemble them are certainly powerful, it is the unrevealed organize underneath that transforms the bracelets from sheer jewelry into stories. In this anyhow, the copper acclimatized for the bracelets was in reality the outer jacket of a 155mm artillery hull — the remnants of war, unfortunately, that are as much a large of Cambodia's annals as Angkor Wat. What has happened here has a approachable of brain to its bovine beauty. Etching the patterns of the Ogygian prior alters the figurative patterns of Cambodia's more just out and unhappy prior into something sure: skills and incomes for victims of genocidal conflict. senks 2 June 2008 - Uganda Robert Allen Coody Uncle Charles was my uncle, may his memory never fade. Somewhere I still have a Green Beret which he presented me. 22 May 2008 - Arizona John White (de gringo) **Reunion 2008** B Co., 1st Bn., 7th Cav Aug. 1-2-3, 2008 6 S 260 Hankes Rd Aurora, IL 60506 Contact: Ed & Judie Huss 630-907-0775 or ed@thewoundedsoldierfundraiser.com Undoubtedly the BEST "B Co." reunion I've ever attended. All B Company troopers invited. This is NOT a big commercial gathering! It's a down-home, on the farm, reunion of brothers. I'll be sure to alert all in attendance of "Charlie's site." 65-66 26Romeo 29 March 2008 - Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX John White I arrived in An Khe Dec of 65, as an Ia Drang replacement. I was assigned as RTO, 2nd Plt., B. Co., 1st Bn., 7th Cav. I knew Charlie. Ate with him, shared water and ammo with him and have searched high and low for his writings. Although I saw him from time to time with his manual typewriter, I never saw him use it. Told him one night, "Sure hope you can type fast." He asked why. I said, "Cause if we run out of ammo, it's your job to throw words at'em!" Charie always had a great sense of humor, out in the bush. A real "goof" at times. Later in my tour, as a door gunner with B. Co., 229th AHB, Charlie trusted me to run his dispatches, at times, back into base camp. Thank you so very much for finally putting his writings up for the public to read. He was one of the, if not THE, greatest reporter to roam the bush "with his boys." Garry Owen, Charlie! 28 March 2008 - Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX Wayne Laraway I have a message sent in 2006. Charles Black wrote an article for the Columbus newspaper in 1965. My name was in the article. It was about a patrol we were on. Could you please send me a copy of the article if possible. Thank you, 22 March 2008 Carl Langley By divine accident I found this website dedicated to one of the most entertaining and committed journalists I ever knew after 50 years in the news business. In the 1960s I was a young reporter at the Augusta, Ga., newspapers when I met Chuck Black. We enjoyed too short a friendship for soon he was off to Columbus and from there to cover the Vietnam War. He and little Joe Holloway, an AP photographer were my friends and they did some of the greatest work I ever witnessed while braving enemy fire with our troops. I was a Chuck Black and Joe Holloway fan from the start and missed them very much. I often tell people about those two brave men and fellow journalists. They were my heroes and I couldn't have picked two better people to emulate. Chuck's picture is just as I remember him. He was a mighty force in a small package, and so was Little Joe. I miss them very much. 7 March 2008 - Aiken, SC/USA Don Berninger Charlie wrote many articles from Vietnam in 1968. Do you have any of these archived? I remember reading an article Charlie wrote in which he interviewed my father, Mel Berninger 3-17 Air Cav 1966-1968. I am interested in tracking that down. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. 3 January 2008 - Plymouth, Michigan Travis Shipp I had many talks with Charly between operations, The 1st Cav press section was housed (tented?) with the Admin Co at An Khe. I was assigned to the co for a short period where I met him even after I went on to my assigned battalion I was close enough to be able to visit regularly. He always had time to talk to a young LT. I learned a lot about news writing and human nature from him. 28 December 2007 - Carmel, IN 1 2 3 >>> You can search this guestbook by: Message : - Name : - All : Please type some text: