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This page is a tribute to my old Army Buddy...HUTCH
Click here for the history of Wisconsin's 32nd RED ARROW Division.
In 1958 I went for basic training in the Army, at Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri.
I was in the Wisconsin National Guard.
I had the priviledge to be asigned a bunk next to a farm boy from Iowa..Bob Hutchinson.
We become instant buddies, and helped each other thru the training.
If one had KP or guard duty, the other would make sure that his
buddy's equipment was ready for the next day.
Hutch's chuckle and sense of humor,
was all that was needed to make basic training a fun time.
In about 1961, President Kennedy ordered the Wisconsin 32nd Division to active duty.
Our Division was not at full strength,
so other units from out of state were also called to fill our ranks.
Hutch from Iowa was one of those called.
We again met up in Ft Lewis, Washington, where we were for another ten months.
After returning home, we both were busy raising our families,
and sadly lost track of each other.
In 2005 with the help of the Internet, I was able to find my long lost buddy,
in the very small town of Lone Rock, Iowa.
In 2006 I traveled west to see Hutch again.
When approaching Lone Rock on a country road,
there is a sign that says...LONE ROCK-NEXT THREE EXITS.
I later found out what the sign meant. The town is only three blocks long!
Don't you just love those country folk?
As you can see from our Army picture, and the current one, neither one of us have changed.
Hutch had the same chuckle, and sense of humor that brought back many fond memories.
Hutch is still a farm boy. He gave us a tour of his farm...corn as far as you can see.
Farming is hard work, but provides a good life.
Check out this picture of "IOWA CORN"
Some humor from a farmer, who says to a fancy pants city guy passing through....
we are impressed with your $50,000.00 car,
but we have a $200,000.00 combine that we drive only three days a year.
GOD bless Hutch, and all the other farmers,
whose knowledge and hard work provide good food for the rest of us.
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