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

[Sir Gawain]

That's no surprise.

[Senator Pardek]

Yeah - and don't tell Victoria that the handsome fellow in that photo is obviously gay.

[Sir Gawain]

She said it was Pardek. hehe

[MistyCA]

I am glad you are enjoying your new job and still getting to do the CG stuff! Sounds like life is looking up! :))) My good thoughts are with you, Tonk!

[MistyCA]

You look great in your new car! See mine? I adjusted the suspension and the engine so that it runs fast and smooth! You can't even tell it's moving! LOL!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Misty. Yes, it's AC's birthday, but he was getting sleepy from riding his new bike during the afternoon, you know how little kids are so excitable, and then he had his birthday party and ate cake and play with the balloons and he got really tired. He should be back tomorrow, I hope.

[MistyCA]

Me too Jen! Behind and hustling as fast as I can to catch up! :)

[Snow Bunny]

Goodnight Jen, sweet dreams.

(((( hug ))))

[Victoria Delsoul]

Gave you what?!

Can't tell.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're welcome. Sweet dreams.

Cya tomorrow.

[HiJinx]

Shucks, didn't even pay attention to the post number...
Sent that sentiment out to SAM, and then went to the kitchen to clean up after supper.
OBTW, who left all those dishes in the sink? The dishwasher isn't broken, is it?

[HiJinx]

G'Night, Jen...
Have fun tomorrow!

[SAMWolf]

Let me know if you need more.

[Senator Pardek]

MEOW!

[MistyCA]

OMG, that is just awful! The very first homicide my husband worked on as a homicide investigator was a child about Samantha's age. A woman killed a little boy named Javier Angel. I will never forget it.....so senseless and stupid! She was here from Mexico and she chose this poor child to torment. As the trial went on I couldn't imagine the strength the parents had to muster to sit through it! I kept wondering how on earth, if someone had killed my child, could I sit there day after day without screaming my lungs out at the person who did it! The murder of a child....there are just no words to express the horror of it all, and I am so very sorry that you are one of those people who has had to experience such a thing. God Bless you.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I have something for you, Bunny.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, Jen. I just love my car. They are so much fun to zoom around in. Lookin' mighty fine as you zoom.

[Snow Bunny]

LOL.....I promise to clean up all the dishes.... hahahaa

[Kathy in Alaska]

I love how your hair blows in the breeze.

[Snow Bunny]

These are wonderful. I am going to put one of them as wallpaper on my big computer. Thank you sooo much !!