InfoSheet - Richard T. Parrish
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When F Troop went up to 1 Corps from April ‘72 to stand down in 73, I was extra duty Mess Officer most of that time. They were part of F Troop then, and our great Mess Sergeant was a volunteer on his pre retirement posting. As a prior General’s mess steward from the states, he worked miracles cooking on field ranges in 1/2 of our generator shack. His swaps with Air Force depot in Danang netted steaks, which he combined with locally (200yds down beach) purchased Tiger Prawns, for charcoal (local) surf and turf most Saturdays. His reputation drew any transients with air access so much that our regular drawn rations were insufficient. Corps had to put out a directive that drop ins for meals must be on official business.
