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

[Snow Bunny]

Exactly!

I watch a lot of movies from the 30's and 40's I have on tape. Many of them would be banned now with the expressions they used and the dialogue in them. Words that now are not PC by the liberals, who do not follow their own regid standards.

[MeekOneGOP]

Yes. Sad, bump.........

[Snow Bunny]

HI Tonkin!!!!!

((((((((((((((((((( hug ))))))))))))))))

Thank you for your schedule! I would worry about my brother you see if you did not let me know what you are up to. giggle

Love ya Tonkin I am so glad I got to hug you in person.heh heh

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Stumpy, good to see you.

[Pippin]

Good evening, Tonkin!

[Snow Bunny]

Well er ah..let's see....hmmmmm Sam looking like Sam Elliot.....actually Sam looks more like Mel Gibson. Hope that is OK.

Mel, sit down and keep watching Fox News. giggle.

[SassyMom]

One of my best friends during college loved tea parties. So, for her birthday we had a tea party for her at 2:00 in the afternoon and we all wore our best dresses, hats, and gloves. We served all of the traditional tea time foods and we had a BLAST! We watched Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea (My favorite girl movies). When she got married her reception was a Victorian Tea. It was a lot of fun too.

[4TheFlag]

Hey Everybody, 104 in Rapid, boy did they blow that forecast for the mid-90's today.....and they still have their jobs...sigh....

The Latest....

The Little Elk Fire laid down Thursday afternoon under weather conditions favorable to the firefighting effort. Lower temperatures and higher humidity helped firefighters gain ground. (Journal photo by Alan Carroll)

For Pray4 and the Big Elk Fire there..pics from Colorado

An air tanker that was sent to battle the 1,200-acre Big Elk Fire near Lyons crashes Thursday evening, killing the two people on board.

[Snow Bunny]

I know, it is so frustrating.

Late tonight I think I will open my word program and copy and paste all the comments and send it to his other email. That way he can see all of them.He is such a dear friend.It will be a little surprise for him when he opens his mail.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"I would worry about my brother you see if you did not let me know what you are up to."

Thanks Sis!
You AND the Canteen are always 1st in my thoughts.
I just want everyone to understand why I am not in the Canteen as much as I used to be.
This is my home away from home.
This is where I come to be with my "family".

[Snow Bunny]

That is a NEAT post! Thank you sooo much GG. It is so great to see you.

[SassyMom]

That is so sad about the tanker that crashed. Lyons isn't to far away from my folks. It is far enough away that they aren't in any danger, but I'm sure they can see the fire.

[JulieRNR21]

Fantastic and much deserved tribute to an outstanding soldier & Freeper!

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[Snow Bunny]

YESSSSS we are your family and love you.

Tra lalalalala

And it is home like you say that makes me sooo happy Tonkin. I love out late night raids of the fridge too in the Canteen kitchen.giggle.

(((( hug ))))

[Snow Bunny]

I agree Cote!!! And as I get older I am so glad wheh someone says they care more about the inside then the outside. LOL I agree with you.

[SK1 Thurman]

Boy,
I know that feeling!!!!!!!!! Just coming back from vacatin a week ago and work is hectic with long hours plus the cell phone ringing. Now hubby leaves on Sunday to head to Va. for a week, and then some. No work here in Mayport. So 2 days a week not enough, but they also have, his company bid on the Harry S.Truman. So, 21 July he heads to Va. for god knows how long. Then one of my cats or dogs got ahold of my step-daughter's hamster, she ,and it is dead. So, I have 3 almost 3 weeks old, and a batch of 6 she, Tiger had on Monday that we need to feed via a eye dropper. Is never endig at this house. Then I have the duty blues sarting on Mondayil the 28th!!!!!!!!!!! School starts here on 7 Aug. I tell ya, CALGON, take me away!!!!!!!!!!


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