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

[SassyMom]

Be sure to take your dictionary of North American cuss words with you.

OOPSSSS..... I think I heard one of those words and now he is off to Home Depot again. LOL

[WVNan]

Home Depot!? Isn't that the scourge of us wives lives? That is where the husband finds all of his toys. Takes up all the money you could have had to spend on that new dress that you really really need.

[MeekOneGOP]

Morning fellas! It's always so comforting to see you! :))))

And it's always nice to see your happy soul here too!
I'm probably way behind the curve here, but......how's things goin' with the move?

[SassyMom]

ROFLOL.... Yep, that is Home Depot.....hahahahaha. Home Depot is kneezles FAVORITE store. LOL

[WVNan]

I can imagine that he looked like that to a five year old, especially if he didn't have his glasses on.

[SassyMom]

Oh, and by the way, I do need a new dress really really bad. hahahaha I think I should go shopping....woo hoo....

[WVNan]

Yep, my hubby's too. If it weren't for that store we would be rich. I kid you not. He recently bought a chandalier that we don't even have a place for, because it was "on sale" for $24.95. Now the box is sitting in the middle of the floor in the spare room and I don't know what to do with it. Haha. Anybody need a pretty chandalier? I'll make you a good price on it...$50.

[SassyMom]

ROFLOL... I have to give kneezles a budget when he goes there. hahahaha I learned early in our marriage that I shouldn't go out for margaritas before going to Home Depot with kneezles. LOL After a margarita or two, he was able to buy just about anything. hahahahaha Maybe that would work the other way around, like when I want new furniture or clothes or something. LOL

[WVNan]

Hehehe never hurts to try. Well girl, I need to go to work. See you later tonight (maybe). God bless.

[SassyMom]

Well, I hope you have a great afternoon. (((HUG)))

[blackie]

Big Aloha Ronnie...Bump !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

[Kathy in Alaska]

You make the neatest graphics. Thanks.

[HiJinx]

Two or three Coronas and the credit cards are yours?
Is that what you're trying to tell us?

[MistyCA]

LMAO! Too funny! :))))))))))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks you for the daily flowers. You guys have such exquisite taste.

[MistyCA]

How's the weather up there? Just checking before I come to melt away in the heat! :))))

[MistyCA]

Yup! YOu said Sam Elliott was your #1 choice of men! Yup! I remember that! :))))))

[MistyCA]

Sassy! YOu really DO have to be more careful what you make that poor husband of yours say! LOLOLOLOL! :) HAHA!

[SassyMom]

You got it correct, HJ. LOL

[MistyCA]

Hi Colleen! Good to see you! HOpe you will be around more often very soon! :))))