Irene Moore {L} visits U.S.
Constabulary Trooper Gordon Beld {R}.
Gordon Beld was stationed in Germany during the Occupation of Germany
and Austria. While in Germany he had this portrait
painted of himself holding a Cal. 45 by a German artist. This
photo drew the interest of Ken Gott, a Historian at Leavenworth who had
been on the history channel doing documentaries from time to time and
the civil war round tables. Mr. Gott has written an Army Issue
using lessons learned by the US Constabulary of 1946-1952 and what is
happening in today's war.
He choose Gordon Beld's photo for the cover of this Army Issue. It will
be sent to Iraq and Afghanistan for our troops fighting in today's war.
The
US Constabulary web site at
work.
January 7, 2002
To the Web Page Editor
Irene Moore
Dear Irene,
My name is
Mitch Boon. I was stationed at Bad
Hersfeld, Germany with
Tank Co. 3rd Battalion, 14th Armored Cavalry from December 1954 through
May 1957.
I have an interesting experience that pertains to both the 14th Cavalry
and the Constabulary that I would like to pass along.
During my teenage years in the mid to late 1940’s I lived in Glendale,
Oregon, a booming logging community with 700 population. It was one of
those small towns where everyone knew one another. I entered the army
while living there and over the years have gradually lost touch. Though
I moved away I have never completely forgotten my friends and neighbors
there. I also have had many friends in the army, especially in Germany
with the 14th Cavalry. Over the years I have often thought it would be
nice to make contact with these people. Through the VFW I learned about
the 14th Cavalry Association, and purchased a computer, hoping to
locate old classmates and army buddies. It has paid off many times over
and the other day as I was browsing the 14th Cavalry Website I clicked
into the 14th Constabulary and from there, into an attachment listing a
military museum at Medford, Oregon. The museum is at the White City
Domiciliary, which was a part Camp White during the Second World War. I
can look out the back door of my house see where Camp White once stood.
And since I live so close to the Domiciliary I decided that I had no
excuse not to look at their museum. As I was looking over their
memorabilia I noticed a picture with the Circle C emblem and a picture
of a trooper standing next to an aerial photo of the barracks at Bad
Hersfeld. A nice lady came over and told me that she is the wife of the
museum manager. She told me that
Al Inlow her husband was not feeling
well but was expected to be there the next day. She says the soldier in
the photo was him and that he had been with the Constabulary at Bad
Hersfeld along with a couple other men from the Rogue Valley. One from
Ashland about 15 miles south of where I live and another from Central
Point.
That night I received a call from
Cliff
Cooper the Central Point
Constabulary member asking me if I used to be stationed at Bad
Hersfeld. One thing led to another and the next day Cliff, Al and I had
coffee together at the Domiciliary. That was a very enjoyable meeting
and I’m hoping we can get together again soon. I asked Cliff if he
happened to have relatives in Glendale. He said that he grew up there
and as we were talking he mentions remembering my sister. Glendale is
such a small town and so far away from Bad Hersfeld that it seems like
a one in a million shot that two people would be in both those places.
Well Irene it's a small world so you would think that I could condense
this story. Actually I'm hoping to expand on it by making new friends
and rekindling old ones.
You take real good care Irene and let your Constabulary friends know
that I enjoy their site and I will dig into it often.
Mitch Boon
6698
Ponderosa St.
Central Point, OR 97502 1-541-826-7750
mgboon@connpoint.net
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