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]

I know, poor kneezles. He puts up with so much from me. hahahahahaha

[MistyCA]

Really cute! :)

[SassyMom]

Misty, how is your sunburn???????

[MistyCA]

LMAO! I think we need to make you a NHW sign! :))))

[MistyCA]

LOLOL! I have to go outside and get some work done but I am laughing too hard to even see straight! LOLOLOL!

[MistyCA]

OMG....do be careful with that plumbing system! :)) LOL!

[MistyCA]

Man, I am just now recovering from that plumbing fixture picture! Geez....to think he got the parts for that thing at Home Depot! Yikes!

[Euro-American Scum]

Garry Owen, sir!

[MistyCA]

This is absolutely heartbreaking! What a sweet, cute little girl and to think that some monster could do this to her is just beyond comprehension. I am very sad to think about what she must have gone through. Soooo sad. Sooo disgusting. I would like to be the person who castrates that animal!

[Kathy in Alaska]

These ship history lessons each day are terrific. And the BIG GUNS are loud! Thank you.

[SassyMom]

Hi, Kathy! It's GREAT to see you here! WOO HOO!!!!! I hope you are having a great day!

[MistyCA]

Awesome, Jen! Here I am to offer myself up to Ronnie for a dance! :))))

[SAMWolf]

Wow! What a coincedence!

Snow Bunny, tell souris I look just like Sam Elliot! LOL

[MistyCA]

What is so amazing about the resemblance is the fact that a 5 yr old child gave the description.

[SassyMom]

Hi, SAM!

[MistyCA]

I love HOme Depot and would gladly spend my entire allowance there! :))))

[MistyCA]

Oh, the move. It's so slow and there is so much to do...I even vacuumed all the cobwebs out of the garage rafters! LOL. Now sealing the roof of the motorhome to make sure we do not float away in a rain storm! :)))) Just lots and lots of things that need taking care of before we can actually leave. This move is a biggy. Slow and exhausting.

[SAMWolf]

There's been a slight change of plans.

I'll be around tonight for a while until the guy I'm going to Trillium with can get off work. The I'll be around for part of Saturday. Well be leaving for our "Official vacation" early Sunday and be back on Friday night.

[SassyMom]

WOO HOO!!!! kneezles is done with the plumbing job and guess what??????NO LEAKS!!!!!YIPPEE!!!!!!And no blood, no cuts or bruises. YEA!!!!!!

[SAMWolf]

Might as just stay on the floor souris.