The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

Sp5 Curry, Sp4 Hurdle and Sp5 Burnett
Clint Curry, Jim Hurdle and Sp5 Bob Burnett outside the FDC conex at St. George, June '69.  For some reason I have "Gorilla Bob" for Burnett, but we called him "Bullet Bob".  He wanted to be a race horse trainer but those of us in contact have no post-Nam info on him.  Hurdle was working on his PhD at Michigan and was one dissertation short of a doctorate in economics when the draft caught up with him.  He had a stainless steel pot and spices and with a little C4 , found rice and donated c-rats he could make a great meal.  I found him again 20+ years ago and he is now Dr. Hurdle.  My undergraduate degree was economics and had finished 10 hours of law school when I volunteered for the draft a month before my number was up.  Jim was a Samuelson economics guy and I was a Friedman disciple.  We would have some great arguments.  The XO loved to sit in on our debates, but had no idea what we were talking about.

Sp5 Curry, Sp4 Hurdle and Sp5 Burnett

Clint Curry, Jim Hurdle and Sp5 Bob Burnett outside the FDC conex at St. George, June '69. For some reason I have "Gorilla Bob" for Burnett, but we called him "Bullet Bob". He wanted to be a race horse trainer but those of us in contact have no post-Nam info on him. Hurdle was working on his PhD at Michigan and was one dissertation short of a doctorate in economics when the draft caught up with him. He had a stainless steel pot and spices and with a little C4 , found rice and donated c-rats he could make a great meal. I found him again 20+ years ago and he is now Dr. Hurdle. My undergraduate degree was economics and had finished 10 hours of law school when I volunteered for the draft a month before my number was up. Jim was a Samuelson economics guy and I was a Friedman disciple. We would have some great arguments. The XO loved to sit in on our debates, but had no idea what we were talking about.

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