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Comment on Breakfast With Buffum by George T. O'brine

George T. O'brine — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:07:32 +0000

wow………….It is my memory, perhaps wrong, that in my freshman year the fall of 1967, in the homecoming parade of that year there were small contingent of graduates from classes that started in 1898 through the class of 1920.
I lost interest afte that year. one other question, there were anumber of Buffums from Salem. did the gamily ahve shipping ties or ties to Salem? In 1918, three masters were still being used to haul lumberand things of that nature.

Comment on Breakfast With Buffum by RHM

RHM — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:54:59 +0000

Riser,

They don’t have the Memory Book yet. I’ll be donating it over graduation/commissioning weekend in May.

Essayons! – Randy

Comment on Breakfast With Buffum by Alex Riseborough

Alex Riseborough — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:12:12 +0000

Did you make copies of the archive? I don’t see a digital version in the Norwich library collections.

- Riser

Comment on Norwich Flashback: Potter, Colby Sawyer, and Assistant Commandants by RHM

RHM — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:06:24 +0000

@Dave – Thanks for sharing that one. It seems like one of the biggest challenges for NU ’95ers was trying not to laugh during CSM meetings in Dole Auditorium! Thanks for the flashback.

Hope all is well on your end. Essayons! – Randy

Comment on Norwich Flashback: Potter, Colby Sawyer, and Assistant Commandants by David Crabiel

David Crabiel — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:50:35 +0000

Who could forget Joe Potter whipping the class of ’95 rooks into a frenzy, telling us we can have all the M&M’s we want at the Aber Farm. The rooks going wild. Then CSM Miller storming in and yelling at us that we were treating the Commandant like Arseno Hall!

That was fantastic! You were a great leader, we all looked up to you.
Thanks
Dave Crabiel ’95

Comment on Going to War With Ernest N. Harmon (III of III) by RHM

RHM — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:40:58 +0000

Thanks, Bill. I’m glad you liked it and appreciate the feedback immensely.

Essayons!

Randy
NU ’93

Comment on Going to War With Ernest N. Harmon (III of III) by Bill Habig

Bill Habig — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:25:26 +0000

I purchased your book today. And today I finished it. Nice job!

Bill Habig, 87

Comment on Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan by Jon W. Ostrom

Jon W. Ostrom — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:32 +0000

I also knew Colonel Donovan from F Troop, 6th ACR at Fort Meade, Md. I was one of the clerks in the orderly room 1967-68, he was a leader who completely understood the value of Spree-D-Core, I can remember his getting permission for F Troop to wear a red bandana around our neck while on the parade field. He was a man that when you had contact with him you respected him and liked his personalty.

Comment on Going to War with Ernest N. Harmon (I of III) by RHM

RHM — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:55:30 +0000

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the note.

Harmon squeezed a lot of mileage out of that “losing your head” story – he started telling it in 1950 and never stopped. But never was it more appropriate than in the wake of the Panty Raid!

Thanks for the reference on the motto as well.

Essayons!

Randy

Comment on Going to War with Ernest N. Harmon (I of III) by robert g. poirier '66

robert g. poirier '66 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:14:41 +0000

Randy – really enjoyed reading your book on my kindle. Thought you’d be interested in a couple of tidbits. On the NU motto: Gary Lord and I had tracked down its origins we;; before his article (see my NU book “By the Blood of Our Alumni, 1999). Also on the Great Panty Raid (end note on p. 397 of the same book): Ernie Harmon’s “lose your head” story may well have orgininated as you say, but he told it to the entire Corps at 2nd Mess the day after the raid while “counseling” us on our behavior. I was a rook at the time. The Corps had received mass punishment (except the Zoobies of the Band naturally) before reveille that morning. A number of cadets, including some seniors, were booted out and many others pounded the pavement for many hours. A fun time was had by all. Congrats on your book and best wishes. Yours in the Corps, Bob Poirier ’66

Comment on “Rook Book” Size Paperbacks of “Norwich Matters” by Alexis Presti-Simpson

Alexis Presti-Simpson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:07:26 +0000

Randy,

On behalf of the Alumni Association, thank you for authoring this incredible work! You make Norwich Alumni proud! We’re all looking forward to hearing more about “Norwich Matters” in January!

Essayons!

Alexis Presti-Simpson
Pres, NU Alumni Association

Comment on Norwich Matters by Randall H. Miller by Derran

Derran — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:59:26 +0000

Great book. Very enjoyable read. It would have been nice if you would have mentioned the society numbers and their meanings though. For example….Night Riders 192, Skull and Swords 572, etc…

Great work!

Comment on Norwich Matters by Randall H. Miller by Rob Warholic '99

Rob Warholic '99 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:26:25 +0000

Great eBook, when will it come out in hard copy, I would like to put it on my coffee table in my office?

Comment on Norwich Matters by Randall H. Miller by Adam

Adam — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:57:18 +0000

I just finished reading the book, and found it to be well written and informative. I would however, like to request more information on the history and specifics of the Junior Ring itself. There are many rumors and much mythology surrounding the ring (largest in the country, has been used to kill an enemy during combat, etc.) and I would love to know the truth behind them.

Comment on Norwich Matters by Randall H. Miller by John Smith

John Smith — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:47:03 +0000

When Does the Book come out on a hard copy?

Comment on Norwich Matters by Randall H. Miller by Jason Corbett

Jason Corbett — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:47:45 +0000

Way to Randy, good stuff!

Comment on Norwich Matters by Randall H. Miller by Loreily Pardo

Loreily Pardo — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:16:55 +0000

Hi Mr Miller, just downloaded your book to my iPad. I’m hoping to get my Rook an autographed copy! I messaged you on FB!

Comment on Norwich Flashback: NU Name Change of 1880 by RHM

RHM — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:07:47 +0000

Hi Joe,

Norwich did relocate to Connecticut briefly in 1825, but when the town of Middleton refused to grand the land title, Alden Partridge marched everyone back to Norwich, Vermont. The land in Middleton eventually went to Wesleyan University.

*Norwich, Connecticut was incorporated in the late 1600s.

Thanks for stopping by. – Randy

Comment on Norwich Flashback: NU Name Change of 1880 by Joe

Joe — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:56:20 +0000

During the Civil War Norwich relocated to Connecticutt for, I believe, two years before NU returned to Vermont. In fact, that resulted in the naming of Norwich, CN.

Comment on Norwich Flashback: Todd Retires, Schneider Inaugurated by Joseph M. Booth

Joseph M. Booth — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:32:52 +0000

I love all these article and photos that you have posted. I’m a 2010 graduate. I would have to vote that Gen, Schneider will still be in office. I think after all he has done with the 2019 plan that it’s his right to see it through. However, i would venture to say that it would either be his last year or maybe the year after. He’s still a money machine, but like any good machine, it’s eventually got to be replaced.

Comment on Norwich Flashback: A Tale of Two Campuses by Tiki Archambeau

Tiki Archambeau — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:18:59 +0000

Hey Randy, saw your post on Twitter for this blog post. Wow, blast from the past! Thanks for the memory. And thanks for posting my article from the Guidon. Not sure I even have a copy around of that one.

What a strange time that was. In hindsight, for a new president looking over the landscape, this decision really was a no-brainer. Turns out is was a wise decision despite the reservations of many. Kinda wish I saved myself 4 years worth of bus trips but hey, it built character. VC was the kind of place that could grow on you as it did for me.

I remember you fielding questions from the Corps in the auditorium and some of the heated questions about the decision. How about offering your insight of that time and how you felt in your unique position when hearing complaints from Corps members? I’d be intrigued to read about it.

Thanks again for the post.

Comment on Meet Colonel Timothy H. Donovan by Willard Terry

Willard Terry — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:34:09 +0000

I knew Colonel Timothy H Donovan at Fort George G. Meade,MD when he was a Captain. He was my troop commander 1967-1968. This was F Troop 6th Amored Cavalry.

I looked up to him as ‘the greatest’ soldier I had ever met (and apparently I was right).

He seemed bored with this assignment and was eager to get back to Vietnam.

I can not explain how thrilled I was to finally find something about him. I had searched his name from the time I got on the internet.

Comment on Norwich Flashback: Saddam Hyperbole, Deadlines, and Women in Combat by Chet Parzych

Chet Parzych — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:39:51 +0000

Women in combat? Ask the squad saved under fire by the female medic, who just got the Silver Star. As far as I go, I have been on alot of CONOPS with females manning the turret guns or commanding the MRAPS and Hummers.

During rest halts, they joke and smoke like the rest of us, or water the dogs on the side of the road. On the move, they are fierce, pissed off, and willing to shoot anything that gets in our way.

Aside from that, when I see them hump 100 pounds of gear and heavy weapons up the side of a mountain, let them be 11Bs.

Are there women who can? Sure. Let them in I say. What about women dying in combat? It hurt me to see her go just as bad as the one next to her.

We see the news today that there are no more combat troops in Iraq, and women are not in combat in Afghanistan. In Iraq they man guns, turrets, towers, and gates. In Afghanistan, I saw several on gate duty. Outside the gate. They are the first to take a car bomb and the last to say they don’t want to stand the post.

They are soldiers. Deal with it. Seperate quarters is a must, and that is the next challenge for the military which they are not taking into account in the DADT repeal. We have essentially when from two groups willing to engage in sex to three. Doesn’t that mean seperate quarters? I think the studies ignore that fact. Do I oppose it? No. They are already there and dying. Fact.

CJP

Comment on Norwich Flashback: Bar Brawl, Buzz, and DAKA by Kenneth R. Stock

Kenneth R. Stock — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:31:12 +0000

Very interesting flah backs. NU ’68

Comment on Norwich Flashback: Potter, Colby Sawyer, and Assistant Commandants by Chet Parzych

Chet Parzych — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:12:43 +0000

Ahhh….”him”. The one true reason I don’t donate to old NU. As he put it, I don’t give bleeping a care what you think (being the class of 93)about this campus after you graduate.