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

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for your service Aloha Ronnie. It must have been a real honor to know Col. Moore.

[SAMWolf]

Thank you, Linda.

[SAMWolf]

Royal Marines walk down a tarmac before boarding a plane at Kabul aiport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, July 19, 2002. The largest British ground deployment since the Gulf War, at its peak numbering 1,700 troops, began phased out from Afghanistan and the last British combat forces in Afghanistan pulled out Friday, July 19. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

[SAMWolf]

Off to Work. Hope to see you all at Lunch.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

FReeper NYCop sent me this and I have his permission to share it with you.

"Today at work I had the pleasure of being thanked in person by one of the guards at Gitmo for my letter which was printed in the base newsletter. I found out that JT160 is located right here in Uniondale LI and he said the guys all love getting mail. It felt real good to hear him say thanks. I told him of our upcoming collections of items listed by Snow Bunny and he said the guys would appreciate anything we could do. This soldier is also a Nassau County Police Officer and he came to interpret for us on a robbery case. The whole thing was very cool. Thanks for your help with that."

U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Joint Task Force 160
Click on the logo to visit this site.




Click on the e-mail link to request your e-mail be included in
The Base Newspaper called The Wire.

CLICK HERE
to send your e-mail.
Point of Contact: Pfc. Daniel P. Kelly
E-mail: kellydp@jtf160.usnbgtmo.navy.mil

[Fred Mertz]

Thank you both.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

My new schedule: (All times PST, add 1 hour travel each way)

This week only Mon-Fri 8-5 (training)
Starting this Saturday
Sat and Sun 8-5
Mon, Tue, Wed 11:30-8 PM

Thur Coast Guard 7:30-4 PM

Fri off day except 8/2 (Coast Guard needs me this Fri 7:30-4 PM)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Have a great day.
Thank You for ALL you do to help the USO Canteen and the military.
See you tonight.

[Mudboy Slim]

Good mornin', Ms. Bunny...and ALOHA RONNIE, YOU DA MAN!!!

FReegards...MUD

[Valin]

1944 Marianas Turkey Shoot: Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho and Shokaku sunk

Soon after dawn on June 19, 1944, the flight deck of the U.S.S. Lexington has become a frenzied blur of moving color. Blue-shirted plane handlers merge with the yellow of the plane directors, hookmen in green, chockmen in purple and firefighters in red all darting about readying aircraft for launching Pilots haul themselves into their cockpits and fire up their big radial engines, then, with a great howl of noise and rush of power, hurl themselves into the sky.
Radar has already picked up a large number of bogies approaching the American carrier force and TF-58 Commander, Rear Admiral Mitscher, has ordered every available Hellcat into the air. Immediately they are airborne, the Hellcat pilots will be vectored towards the intercept, 90 miles out the two mighty aerial forces will collide.

On that historic day, American Navy pilots ripped into wave after wave of enemy aircraft. As each new onslaught arrived there were more fighters there to meet them. Other squadrons joined in the melee and the radio circuits crackled with shouts, curses, warnings and cries of encouragement. "Hell this is like an old time turkey shoot!" yelled one pilot - and thus the battle became known as the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.

By the late afternoon the sky over TF-58 was swept clear of enemy aircraft, two Japanese carriers had been sunk by submarines and an incredible 373 enemy planes shot down. Mitscher lost only 23 aircraft and not one of his task force was seriously damaged. The U.S. Navy pilots had won an historic victory that paved the way to the final onslaught upon Japan.

Seen hurtling off the deck of the U.S.S. Lexington in Nicolas Trudgian's highly dramatic painting is the F6F Hellcat of Lt. Alex Vraciu of Fighting Squadron VF-16. With 12 victories already to his credit, Vraciu would add a further 6 to his tally in the space of just 8 minutes on that momentous day.

[Valin]

Lafayette May Become U.S. Citizen
Yahoo! | Thursday, July 18, 2002 | The Associated Press

Posted on 07/18/2002 11:02 PM Central by Willie Green



For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Marquis de Lafayette, a French general who fought alongside George Washington during the American revolution more than 200 years ago, is closer to becoming an honorary U.S. citizen.


The House Judiciary Committee passed by voice vote Wednesday a resolution that would put Lafayette in the company of Sir Winston Churchill, Mother Teresa and Raoul Wallenberg as honorary U.S. citizens. Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who helped save thousands of Jews from Nazi death camps.


Committee spokesman Terry Shawn said he had no idea why it has taken so long for Congress to act on Lafayette. The Columbia Encyclopedia says the Chambrun family, direct descendants of Lafayette, are honorary U.S. citizens.


The measure must pass the House and Senate before the honorary citizenship is granted.


Lafayette helped the struggling American colonies fight the independence war against Britain after arriving in Philadelphia in 1777, where he was appointed a major general by Congress.


He quickly won the friendship of Washington. He distinguished during the war, was wounded and shared the winter hardships at Valley Forge. He also designed the modern French flag in July 1789, combining the royal white of France with the blue and red of Paris.

[deadhead]

Thank You Ronald for serving our Great Country!

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS

[kneezles]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! YOu got me there!!!! That was a good one!!!!