Legendary Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Tm and my introduction

[jconners]

"Spirit of Robert Rogers in the Footsteps of Lauri Torni and Tutelage of Frenchy Theriault...FIRST Wave"

The legendary Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66 was awarded TWO Presidential Unit Citations, the nation's highest unit decoration for extraordinary heroism for their participation in the Battles of the Ia Drang (Pleiku November 1965) and Nathan Hale (Trung Luong June 1966)...the ONLY Recon/LRRP, Ranger or Special Forces Unit to be awarded TWO Presidential Unit Citations during a single combat tour of duty…in ANY US Conflict or War; conducted the historic FIRST night combat rappel during the Battle of the Ia Drang along the Cambodian border while attached to the 1st Airborne Brigade and lead by RANGER Lawson; and performed DOD/MACV/OP-35 directed long range reconnaissance (LRRP) operations lead by 101st RECONDO Grimes along the northern Cambodia and southern Laos borders in the spring of 1966 ..."Laying Down FIRST Tracks in the Central Highlands…Chinese Bandits Penetrate Deeper...and Where Others FEARED to Tread!"

RANGER Jerry Conners, Captain (jconnersn94k@att.net) 775-847-0214 (Ranger Class 502), Master Parachutist (Honor Graduate of 101st ABN Jumpmaster Class), Special Forces Weapons Expert (1964-65 SF MOI, Weapons & Branch), 101st RECONDO (Brand Number 1919), Army Aviator, AMOC, NRAS-PAL, Military Intelligence Officer Advance Course, Task Force Gramas..."Loose Nukes" Recovery Team Greece/Turkey 1974, Sensitive Weapons Theft (RAF Terrorist) Interdiction Team Misseau, Fort Campbell Sport Parachute Club 1963-64

Chinese Bandit 13
Chinese Bandit Recon LRRP Team 1st Bn (ABN) 8th Cav 1965-66
http://www.geocities.com/d6566mustangs
http://www.geocities.com/d6566mustangs/history ... for more articles on the combat and reconnaissance patrols performed by the Chinese Bandits

[Des]

Mr. Conners, far be it for me to question your statements, however, would you be the same individual who is in question on these sites here:

http://www.armyranger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=34821&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=jerry+conners&start=0

http://forum.americasarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=259361&page=1

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/t=69788/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html

and among others, here:

http://forums.milnet.ca/forums/index.php/topic,64308.0.html

I really hope you could prove me wrong, but I also really do hate the Walts

[mtnsldr]

I recall some of this from before, and would encourange Ranger Conners to explain some of his claims that have been disputed elsewhere...

[Spider]

Ah it's the return of Ranger Connors and the Ukranian Pickpockets... I remember him.

The funniest quote from this http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/t=69788/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html is this one.

If watching numerous Vietnam films had taught me anything, apart from the value of headbands, it was that rolling a massive joint was the perfect preparation for a dangerous mission. So I did.

[SlightlyCatholic]

RANGER Jerry Conners, Captain (Ranger Class 502),

Jerry,

The only class I could find at Ranger School that was listed at "502" was class 502-79, which graduated in 1979. If you did graduate from that class (and your dates on the other events are just wrong), could you please tell us where you are in this photo? If you aren't in the photo, could you please clarify which class you graduated from?

The photo is below:

https://www-benning.army.mil/rtb/ranger/photo/502-79.jpg

My information is from: https://www.infantry.army.mil/rtb/photo.htm#79

[mtnsldr]

Seminarian Tim:

If I remember correctly, that is one of the few elements of his story that has been vetted. The folks over at ArmyRanger.com are no joke, and apparently he attended Ranger School as he claims, but as an ROTC student (they used to do this in lieu of what we now know as National Advanced Leadership Camp).

see the post HERE (http://www.armyranger.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=34821&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=jerry+conners&start=45) by LRP1.

These guys have folks down at the school house that can verify anybody. They're pretty quick on the poser trail.

MTN

[SlightlyCatholic]

Ok I see it now...thanks for pointing that out to me. The way the classes are listed on the website I gave, there was no Class "502" until '79 and he seemed to predate that class. Anyway, thanks for the heads up.