Here is photo of the Ft. Lewis captains.

When the 6th of the 31st battalion pulled out of Ben Luc headed for deactivation, Ron Madewell was in the back of a deuce and a half and noticed the Alpha guidon still waving outside of the company HQ. He resolved that the Arvins weren't going to get it so he jumped out of the truck and rescued it. ...

Ron was in 2nd Platoon from October of 1969 to October of 1970. He now has an album started. You can take the link.
http://www.6thofthe31st.com/gallery/ind ... n-Madewell

We are back in touch. Good to see you are now making some progress getting your dad's DSC nomination resubmitted with the added help of a now found witness who had signed the original witness statements.

Geofrey your email has some problem. Emails bounce.

This is the book published for the 31st Infantry Regiment. You can get a copy through the Association for $25 or Amazon for $42.75, or off of Ebay for $66. The credit for writing it is a bit ambiguous from Amazon: By the Members of the 31st Infantry Regiment Association;Foreword by General Barry R. ...

A copy of the document nominating him for the DSC.

Moss ended up an E6. This may be some HQ outfit at maybe the brigade level. Can't tell for sure but a good percentage don't seem to have CIB's.

But SSgt Moss was a real hero. He earned a DSC and a boat load of other medals.

Third from left top row is Dennis Moss. He served in Charlie company end of 68 and for sometime in 69. At one juncture he became a sniper ..and a highly decorated one judging from his obituary. This may have been the Sniper School as a guess or...not. Anybody shed any light on where this was, who el...

His son contacted me today. He would like to make contact with guys who remembered him. Geofrey.Moss@erm.com Dennis Harry Moss – 29 May 1948 – 2 June 2018 Dennis Moss was born on May 29th 1948 in Spokane, Washington, son of Harry and Alberta Moss. The second youngest of four children, Denny grew up ...

Thursday night we had two new voices on the Skype chat. Both were from Alpha. One from the original Ft. Lewis boys. One from late 69 until October 1970. Neither had ever been to a reunion before, neither the 31st Association, which both belonged to, or at the Branson stand alone non Association affi...

Ok... I mass emailed the above message... with a couple of exclusions...like death and people I know I don't get along with. The email adddresses are three years old so I know many will bounce. If you are reading this and didn't get an email ...and are interested.... let me know.

Ok ...the above idea is long and winded and reminds me of a scene in which Archie tells Edith to "stifle" at some point. Here is at least an improvement: Alpha Company, 6th Battalion of the 31st Infantry, 9th Division ring any bell with you? I hope so. You’re name is on the Alpha Roster I ...

I want to send a message out to Alpha guys in a mass email. This is the too long version I know.... but the problem is I have to sell myself before I can sell anybody else and this long screed is the result of the process of selling myself on an idea. In any case, if you have nothing better to do he...

Just noticed this story. Seems a combat veteran of Afghanistan got admitted to West Point. He recently graduated. But.... he got kicked out of the Army with an "other than honorable" discharge for advocating Communism and posing with a pro Communism message in his hat and wearing a Che Gue...

That first Go Devil I posted an image of turned out to be worth $100 to somebody. Now that's hard to believe.

Maybe this one you would be more interested in. July 1969.

That photo was also in the first issue of the stand alone Go Devil news in November of 1969. Just found out about this today.

Floyd sent me a notice that at a site for the 709th Maintenance Battalion there was mention of the history of the 6/31st being in Ben Luc. Dean Ayers, years ago, had me some photos to put in our album in the other topics section. So I got to taking a look at that repair and fix anything outfit. The ...

Thanks for responding Mike. I know someone, 6th of the 31st guy, who got one recently from somebody he knows. He has no idea of the history. He doesn't know how it got into the US or when. But....since it has no safety on it then it either entered the US as a trade item before 1968 or could have bee...

The Kodak instamatic was the camera of the Vietnam War for the soldiers at the pointed end of the spear. They were cheap....less than $20. Made between 1962 and 1970, they could be dunked in a river and be dried out, reloaded and were good to go again. There was no light meter. There was no built-in...

Here is one I saw today of a Baptist Church leader wanting a statue of Jesus removed from the outside of his church where it has been stuck to the wall for the last ten years because a Jesus statue looks Catholic and violates their "core values". “We have discovered that there are people t...

I have completed all tasks the Readjustment Counselor, Veteran Representative for my County, and the VA have asked, including seeing my personal physician, an audiologist, neurologist, podiatrist, optometrist, orthopedic specialist, and of course, my time spent with a psychologist. Now that's a lot...

Now days if somebody in the public eye says something mean or racist or sexist, or in some way insulting, then somebody else in the public eye condemns them as not aligning with their "values" and the miscreant is fired or black listed or black balled or now made to wear a scarlet letter f...

Sorry about that, Vern. I figured it was you answering since you are the only one who usually answers. Should have paid more attention.

Jerry sent me an email .....and yes Jerry, I had had a few drinks. It was only three beers....but....
Sorry I confused you with Vern.