USO Canteen FReeper FRiday....ALOHA RONNIE.......July 19,2002

ALOHA RONNIE and Snow Bunny

[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.

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

[HiJinx]

Ohhhhhhh.....you really are special! Thanks!
(Hey kneezles, you lucky guy!!)

[Jen]

~~~~~SALUTE~~~~~ to you Aloha Ronnie, my brother in arms and FReepdom! WOW, is all I can say to what you have done in the Army and for your FR activism. I am most impressed and honored to meet you! Welcome home and to the USO Canteen FReeper Style. Hope you'll stick around and hang out with us here. {{HUGS}} Jen

Bunny - you are amazing. I love the opening graphic and your heart-felt welcome messge. The Canteen keeps getting better and better. {{HUGS}} to you!

[SassyMom]

[Jen]

No, I'm leaving for Oshkosh (the air show), and will be gone all week. I am afraid the air cover won't be available next week.

RA & GW - We cannot let the Canteen be without air cover while Aeronaut is gone! Can you guys fill in?

Any other pilots out there - report in! Replacements are needed!!!

[HiJinx]

ALOHA RONNIE, thank you for all you have done, for all you do for our great country. As long as men like you are here to serve the Republic, we will survive!! Thanks again.

Snow Bunny, what can I say? Another fantabulous FReeper FRiday thread!!!

HJ

[tomkow6]

Can I help???????

[Jen]

Thanks to you too Valin for the daily history inputs! I told LindaSOG that I never liked history until she started bringing the daily history lesson to the Canteen. I also enjoy your posts and aomagrat's each day. Thank you so much for what you bring to the Canteen to help educate us all on our nation's and military's history. Jen

[Jen]

Anybody have a box of tissues?

Spookie is the Canteen's tissue supplier.

[ProudEagle]

Good morning all! And welcome back Snow Bunny, we missed you.

[HiJinx]

Yeah, but Spookie is out today with her children, enjoying the great outdoors, or some such nonesuch as such.

Guess I'll have to bypass the middleman and go straight to the source!

[ProudEagle]

Well done Aloha Ronnie.

[RonDog]

From:

We Were Soldiers -- The New Mel Gibson Epic
Quicktime Movie Trailers | 12/09/01 | N/A
Posted on 12/09/2001 4:27 PM Pacific by Rocko

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To: ALOHA RONNIE

Who is/was GARRY OWEN?

90 posted on 12/9/01 11:54 PM Pacific by RonDog

To: RonDog

...GARRY OWEN =

...U.S. 7th Cavalry Gen. ARMSTRONG CUSTER's 15th Century Scottish Military Guerilla Hero =

...Our U.S. 7th Cavalry Salute .."GARRY OWEN, Sir".. instead of .."Good Morning, Sir"...

...Thank you for asking, Ron

91 posted on 12/10/01 12:09 AM Pacific by ALOHA RONNIE

To: RonDog

...Come to think of it, Ron, I was asking the same qestion myself upon my arrival to Headquarters/Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Summer of '65.

...Good question, indeed.

92 posted on 12/10/01 12:17 AM Pacific by ALOHA RONNIE

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Thank you for your service, ALOHA RONNIE!

GARRY OWEN, sir!

[Jen]

"Can I help??????"

I doubt it.....

Here's a special song just for you Tom! Hope you enjoy it!!!

"Go Away, Little Girl" by Donny Osmond

Can you hear him singing... "Go away little girl, go away little girl, I'm much too homophobic for Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! I would never mess, with a man in a dress, so go away little girl, and find some other girl to play."

[SassyMom]

Good morning, Jen! I hope you are having a SUPER GREAT day!

[bluesagewoman]

Need a new pilot?

[Militiaman7]

Saluting, ALOHA RONNIE
Welcome Home and Thank you for your service.

[Jen]

Hi Sassy!!! Yes I am super great, but I'll get better! hehehehehe ;-)

Happy Friday, my FRiend. And to K-man too!

[Jen]

Yes!!! The Canteen needs air cover for next week. Thanks so much. Snoopy is an awesome pilot.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Morning, King!

Stay cooool! : )