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USO Canteen FReeper FRiday....ALOHA RONNIE.......July 19,2002
ALOHA RONNIE and Snow Bunny
Posted on 07/19/2002 12:59:48 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family, friend of the family, neighbor, who served their country, take a brief moment of your day to thank them. Thank them for the sacrifice they made for the better good of their country.
We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper Style, are thankful for every service member in our military, who has served our great nation.
So, to the men and women who answered the call, in both times of war and peace, thank you.
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Message from Snow Bunny to all those who visit the Canteen.
This is how I think of the USO Canteen Freeper Style. It is like a cottage down a road, a place where a weary veteran can spend the night.
Since it opened, it is magical how so many Freepers who post here, feel it too. It has been so dear how the Freepers kept making it a cottage - a home-type of place that had a huge living room for them to visit in and a dance floor, a library, etc.
Many Veterans have written to me, saying that the Canteen is like home to them for the first time since they served.
This is your Canteen - a respite from our busy and sometimes troubling world. Make yourself at home.
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The USO Canteen Honors FReepers who have served, or are now serving their country.
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You may have a loved one who has served in the past. We at the FReeper USO Canteen would like to honor each and every one.
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I DRANG'.. 1st Cav Licensed Mustang with ALOHA RONNIE Guyer in front of his home at Christmas with Lights Home,
American Flag ..Cross ..
'WE WERE SOLDIERS'.. Cap -&- all
ALOHA RONNIE
Ronnie Guyer, Sp/4
HHC, 1/7th Cav 1965-66
Vet/Battle of IA DRANG-1965 - LZ Falcon
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother."
Shakespeare, Henry V
IA DRANG S-1 Personnel Clerk
After IA DRANG-1965 I typed up Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's Letters of
Condolances to the Hero families of our many Hero KIA -&- WIA Soldiers
ALOHA RONNIE was Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's
personal Radioman/Driver/Orderly right up to
IA DRANG-1965 Campaign
In November 1965, 450 U.S. soldiers were dropped
into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley.
They were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers.
CH-47 Chinook and S-2/3 Personnel HHC, 1/7 Cav above hill west of Bong Son-Operation White Wing/Masher April 1966
PleiMi.jpg = SP/4 Ronald W. Guyer (HHC, 1/7 S-1 Clerk) standing at entrance to Plei Me Special Forces Camp awaiting AirLift to LZ Falcon IA DRANG Valley 14 Nov 65
Commo Platoon HHC, 1/7 Cav resting in Bong Son Farm backyard, March 1966. (Paul Smith's Group)
SP/4 Ronald W. Guyer standing with a visiting young Senator TED KENNEDY at 1st Cav Div HQ October 1965
First Light 14 Nov 65 at French Fortress east of Plei Me Special Forces Camp / Lt. Col. Hal Moore planning Air Assault into LZ X-Ray 30' to my right front.
Up close picture of Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore taken in 1/7 Cav Battalion Area at An Khe just before or after our Plei Me-IA DRANG Operation, late 1965.
LZ FALCON, a smiling and Victorious Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore newly extracted from LZ X-RAY, along with the 1/7 Cav, thanking the HHC Medical Aid Men for their work at LZ X-RAY.
LZ FALCON, Helmeted Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore thanking 1/7 Cav Battalion surgeon Capt. Robert Carrara for his valiant and heroic work at LZ X-RAY saving lives. S/Sgt Keeton is on the left. LZ FALCON Medical Aid Station 2nd Lt (?) on the right is the one who pronounced S-2 CPT Tom Metzger KIA after his extraction from Huey at Falcon fresh from X-Ray.
Sp/4 Ronnie Guyer standing in front of the closest thing to a Christmas Tree to be found on Christmas Day 1965 at 1/7th Cav HQ at An Khe
Victorious Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore at PLEIKU Airstrip reading Congratulatory Telegram from Commanding General William Westmoreland who immediately followed him on top of this Jeep to personally salute the members of the 1/7 Cav for their "Outstanding Victory" at IA DRANG
1st Cav. Div. Commanding General Harry W.O. Kinnard welcoming the 1/7th Cav back to Home Base at An Khe. A smiling Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore is in the middle.
The first two Communist North Vietnamese Regular POW's of the Battle of IA DRANG fresh from LZ X-RAY are escorted from Helicopter to Helicopter at LZ FALCON by members of the HHC, 1/7 Cav. Associated Press Photographer is running to the right to get in front of them to take the picture that is in 'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE....AND YOUNG.' Shadow of me taking this picture is at lower left. I consider this Picture one of the best. Notice M-16 POW wounded knee on one of the POW's in the middle of the picture.
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Actor SAM ELLIOTT who portrays Hero CSM BASIL PLUMLEY to MEL GIBSON's Lt. Col. HAL MOORE in ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS'.. with ALOHA RONNIE Guyer/Radio Operator to both in Vietnam ...and the real IA DRANG-1965 Hero S-3 Operations Officer Capt MATT DILLON ...who I also Clerked for ...to the left at our Year 2001 IA DRANG Alumni D.C. Conference. (photo taken by Kevin Burke)
With our very own ALOHA RONNIE Guyer/Radio Operator to both in Vietnam ...
and the real IA DRANG-1965 Hero S-3 Operations Officer Capt MATT DILLON ...
who ALOHA RONNIE also Clerked for ...to the left at the Year 2001 IA DRANG
Alumni D.C. Conference.
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Vietnam Troopship the USNS ROSE
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To: kneezles; ALOHA RONNIE; Snow Bunny
Good Morning, Kneezles, Snow Bunny!
Thank you, ALOHA RONNIE, For your service for our country. Congratulations on being the FReeper of the week! Have a great day!
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posted on
07/19/2002 7:56:39 AM PDT
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Pippin
Comment #82 Removed by Moderator
To: kneezles; SassyMom
Is that you, Sassy? Good morning!
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posted on
07/19/2002 7:57:41 AM PDT
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Pippin
To: souris
YES, IT'S SASSY.......POOP!!!!!! I think we need to figure out how to have another computer. YIKES!!!!! (mumble, mumble,mumble) Don't worry, Sam and Mel it is SassyMom that has a crush on you and MY heart belongs to kneezles. hahahahahahahaha
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posted on
07/19/2002 7:59:36 AM PDT
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SassyMom
Comment #85 Removed by Moderator
To: SassyMom
Yes, you two do need another computer! LOL!!! I was starting to get concerned about Kneezles! having a crush on Sam Elliott and Mel Gibson! LOL!!!
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:03:29 AM PDT
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Pippin
To: souris
Leave Clara on! I love Mel! Drool!!
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:04:32 AM PDT
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Pippin
To: LindaSOG
Well, thank you very much...
Anybody have a box of tissues?
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:04:52 AM PDT
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HiJinx
To: souris
Please don't take my picture off. I loved it!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:05:29 AM PDT
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SassyMom
To: HiJinx
Howdy, HiJinx! in about 5 minutes i leave work for the weekend. Yippie! We're going out for lunch.
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:07:00 AM PDT
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Pippin
To: Snow Bunny; FallGuy
WELCOME HOME!
~~~Hope you had a wonderful vacation, missed you! Praying that you will be able to move to Oregon real soon. Still no computer, so I have not read all the posts on all the threads. Try to lurk and post when I can.
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:07:55 AM PDT
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deadhead
To: HiJinx
I don't have any tissues, but I do have a HUG for you! ((((HUG)))))
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:10:13 AM PDT
by
SassyMom
Comment #93 Removed by Moderator
To: deadhead
Hi, Colleen. Thanks for the pics of the Oregon lighthouses.....BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I hope you have a great day!
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:11:53 AM PDT
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SassyMom
This is probably Frederick Winsor's most famous Whimsy.
The Hydrogen Dog and the Cobalt Cat
The Hydrogen Dog and the Cobalt Cat
Side by side in the Armory sat.
Nobody thought about fusion or fission,
Everyone spoke of their peacetime mission,
Till somebody came and opened the door.
There they were, in a neutron fog,
The Codrogen Cat and the Hybalt Dog;
They mushroomed up with a terrible roar --
And Nobody Never was there -- Nomore.
"The Space Child's Mother Goose" 1958
To: aomagrat
I sure like seeing those big guns firing! Thanks for bringing a Navy history lesson each day! Jen
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:25:45 AM PDT
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Jen
To: ALOHA RONNIE; All
Thank you Aloha Ronnie for serving our country. You are a true hero! God Bless You
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:27:08 AM PDT
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SassyMom
To: ClaraSuzanne
Oops, saw this too late!!
Well, when you come back tonight, remind me to say "Hi!", ok?
HJ
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:28:37 AM PDT
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HiJinx
To: AntiJen; All
To our troops that are fighting for our freedoms this day. Thank you for what you are doing. I appreciate you and I am sooooooo VERY PROUD of you!!!!!! God Bless You!
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:28:59 AM PDT
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SassyMom
To: LindaSOG
1886 USS Atlanta commissioned, first steel cruiser in the USN Georgia girl hugs (NHW) for you Linda, most awesome history teacher!!!
Jen (proud to be an All-American Georgia girl)
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posted on
07/19/2002 8:31:09 AM PDT
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Jen
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