Louis Mendez
undated photo taken at a 508th reunion
(courtesy Heimer Swanson) |
 Slow
Down!
1954 - MSgt Rock Merritt and NC State Trooper were assigned to nab
speeders on highway to Ft Bragg.
Rock was the battalion Sergeant Major, 2nd Bn, 504th PIR at the
time. |
 Command Sgt Major Kenneth
Merritt
is greeted by Lt. Gen. William C. Westmoreland, then Commander, XVIII
Airborne Corps and Ft. Bragg during Honor Guard Ceremonies at the Main
Post Parade Field, 13 Jan 1964
(official US Army photograph) |
 Kenneth R.
"Rock" Merritt, Command Master Sgt. with 35
years of service (Biography) |
Rock Merritt
President, 1980 Reunion
(courtesy of Static Line) |
Ralph Boroughs [r] and Rock Merritt [l]
shared a table at a 508th reunion |
 Kenneth
"Rock" Merritt
sporting his 82nd Airborne tie at the Airborne Awards Week, April
2008 |
CSM Kenneth J. Merritt
at the 2008 reunion, Fayetteville NC |
|
 General
Omar Bradley
was another dignitary that Rock had a chance to meet Taken at the
Association of The United States Army (AUSA) meeting in the Sheraton
Park Hotel, Washington DC, 1977. Rock brought the men named
"Soldier of The Year" by each of 16 major commands at Bragg to the
meeting and Gen Bradley wanted to meet all of them.
Gen Bradley was the last surviving five-star commissioned officer
of the United States and the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
(courtesy Bill Goudy collection) |
