Ron Raymond was looking forward to seeing Quisenberry but didn't meet up with him at the reunion for some reason.

He was at the Branson Reunion. He was the 1st Sgt. of Alpha when it was at Ft. Lewis before going to Vietnam. Here he is to the right in a photo with Col. Logan on left and unknown to me reunion attendee in the center. Notice of death: https://bakercountypress.com/2018/09/vernon-bennett-ex-commissio...

I actually have the orders for the Good Conduct medal someplace. Anybody want to see what one looks like? :D I got a friend who will remain nameless who served a year in Vietnam and three years altogether and got a good conduct medal but didn't get an Army Commendation medal..... and he didn't get a...

Randy, if they aren't inscribed with your name on the back I'd be surprised. If anybody is reading this and wonders how to get a replacement...free one time..... of your medals as listed in your records ....check out this post in the links forum. They will sometimes give you the wrong bolo badge... ...

The Government will give every veteran ...or their next of kin... one re-issue of their medals and bolo badges if they are asked for by filling out some printed online forms. And the medals will be engraved on the back with your name... unlike the ones issued in Vietnam.

Good surprise Randy.

From the 6th of the 31st facebook page: 31ST US INFANTRY REGIMENT ASSOCIATION REUNION 2018 IS CANCELLED With a sad and heavy heart the Commander and Board of Directors of the 31st US Infantry Regiment Association announce that Reunion 2018 at North Myrtle Beach, SC is Officially Cancelled. The Board...

Looks like the 31st Association reunion will begin hours after Hurricane Florence hits the Atlantic coast with a center that could be over or near Myrtle Beach. Should put a damper on travel arrangements for attendees. To say the least.

The first and only 6th battalion 31st Infantry reunion was in Branson in 2015. Three years ago already. Since that reunion several of the guys that attended have passed on. One guy attended only to die a couple weeks afterward of cancer. Perhaps attending gave him some satisfaction and completed som...

I've showed it before in bits and pieces. I can email anybody that wants one a copy large enough to study it a little better if need be. On it is marked Gettysburg, Chamberlain, FSB Jackson at the very top edge that we tore down in about August of 1970....near where "the island" adventure ...

The latest prognostication: Do you frequent a San Diego bookstore, and know the owner//manager? If so, I could surely use your help by emailing me their contact information, so they can receive the Press Announcement of “My Life Outside the Fishbowl,” The Urban Miyares Story – release date scheduled...

I posted this at the 6th of the 31st Facebook page. Robert Stewart shared a link. 13 hrs Anybody get to the point that they think that they need some help from the VA but are sitting on it, because they always have saddled up and moved on, like John Wayne, and thinking maybe the feeling will pass th...

A merger has taken place. A publisher with a gross revenue of $80,000 a year, purchased the lesser valued Goldminds Publishing , Urban Miyares' publisher, for $28,000. Wow..... talk about big business buying out smaller business. Maybe they will have to rent a larger UPS store drop box. Wonder if th...

Randy, glad you got to the end of this trail and are satisfied with how your efforts were rewarded in the end. I appreciate your telling of what you went through. Maybe someone who is on the fence about seeking help will read this string and will be encouraged to seek help now that you have detailed...

So in the last few days, Trump has thrown more sanctions on the back of Russia because a former turn coat Russian spy got high tech assassinated in England. And that wasn't enough pot stirring so he turned around and put some hard sanctions on the Turks...who were supposed to be our friends in the &...

Ron has talked to us on the Skype a couple times recently. However, he has more recently lost his home in California due to the fire storms. Haven't heard from him since he had to evacuate the area of Shasta. Maybe he will make it back to the Skype soon to tell us how he is making out. There is a Sk...

They ought to put the military industrial state on a budget. But.... it is politically popular to be strong on defense. The only problem is that much of it is just pissing away money on toys that are unnecessary, or in the case of that expensive Air Force fighter, that has been sucking up money for ...

The Polar Bears were about to get their Regimental name.

In the newspaper a hundred years ago today.

Ron Madewell. E5 Alpha 69/70 lost his home in that fire in Northern California this week. He's got another place where he can live luckily, but obviously he has lost much. There are other guys from California that may subject to the same fate. Keep them in mind.

Saw this story where a restaurant tried to drum up business on Sunday by offering a 20% discount to people who show a Church bulletin. No doubt this happens all over the US . I've seen it happen in my neck of the woods fairly regularly. It's just an attempt to drum up some business for the restauran...

See this link to Dennis Moss.

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Update on the photo: Hi Robert - Thought I’d give you an update on that photo you posted on the forum. Someone pointed out the gentleman in the far left of the back row was a LTC or Major…..I zoomed in and think I can read enough letters on his name tag that it could be Gary Chittester. Gary took ov...

The media has their shorts in a wad over it. The war hawks in Congress...John McCain etc., are all turning red in the face..pun intended..... and demanding all sorts of Annie Get Your Gun things. The Democrats are loudly in the chorus, as they have always been...see Hillary and Bill too. How about a...

After the lawyers get through with the Ride the Ducks in Branson I got a feeling there will be no more Ride the Ducks in Branson.... and maybe anywhere else. What I want to know is how is it that there are so many franchises? We got them in Mobile. How many of those things from probably WWII can sti...

I noticed the same thing. Guess Lt. Colonels get different grade medals from us enlisted men.

Saw this in a February 23, Go Devil.