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| Reunion Morning Report | December 27, 2006 @ 4:38pm | We are late getting the morning report up due to a family emergency (we've had a year filled with them).
We do know of several that plan on attending, late Nov. there were 14-17 Blue Ghosts. Now that things are under control, hopefully we can return home and get the list posted in early Jan. as well as add the banquet info.
Make your reservations for the hotel anytime and as soon as you can!
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!
Dan and Donna DeLor |
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| October 29, 2006 @ 12:27pm | For those who like "free stuff" and are near a Golden Corral, they have an appreciation day the first Monday after Veteran's day. From their site:
Military Appreciation Monday (First Monday after Veteran's Day) is set aside for Golden Corral to honor all active duty and retired military personnel with a free "thank you" dinner and beverage at any Golden Corral restaurant. No identification is required.
Since 2001, Golden Corral has served 1,230,960 FREE meals to active duty and retired military personnel and has raised $1,393,883 for the Disabled Veterans Organization.
The Disabled Veterans Organization accepts contributions to be used in local and state DAV chapters. |
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| Thomas T. Oliver | October 18, 2006 @ 8:47pm | | Ginger Oliver Morton would like to hear from anyone who remembers her brother, Tom T. Oliver. Tom served with Blue Ghost from 1971-1972. Her email: gmorton@shtc.net |
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| Signing in necessary to post to Forum | August 12, 2006 @ 12:28am | Unfortunately, we had to go to members only for writing a message in all the forum categories. Of course family members & friends are site members and all are welcome to sign up.
A few posts were lost, those who posted as a guest got spammed heavily and even closing the forum to posting enabled the same threads to be used so we had no choice but to delete each subject with spam.
The Member's Database section needed a script revision and thanks to Nick Loadholtes, it is open to Blue Ghosts again.  |
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| A photo of Fred Zimpfer | July 31, 2006 @ 11:50am | You can find a picture of Fred (Snake) in the Vietnam Photos gallery in the Blues Platoon album. His photo is on page one of this album, on the left of the bottom row.
The person in the foreground is John Harris. From left to right in the background is the Blue’s Chieu Hoi scout (I think his name was Quan or Quang, I called him Chuck). Fred Zimpfer is in the center (without a helmet or bush hat). I am embarrassed that I don’t remember the name of the Blue on the right although the face is very familiar.
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| June 24, 2006 @ 4:14pm | In my hurry to post I forgot to put my email address!
I can be reached at porrison(at)hotmail.com. Just replace the (at) with the actual @ symbol (it keeps the spam trawlers at bay).
Thanks again,
~~Paul Orrison |
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| Son looking for info on father | June 24, 2006 @ 12:23pm | Hello,
My name is Paul Orrison, and I am the son of Stephen L. Orrison. It's my understanding that he served with the Blue Ghosts sometime after May 30, 1970. I don't know exact dates, or much about his time in-country, aside from his being a platoon leader, and picking up his nickname "Blue" from serving with this unit (as have apparently a couple of others).
I was hoping that someone may be able to provide me with any information about his service in Vietnam. I know next to nothing about what he did in the Army until about 1983.
My father passed away 9 years ago, well before I was ready to learn what he had gone through (he also had a hard time talking about it). As a result, all I know comes from the occasional story, hearsay, and odd accounts from some of my high school classmates (he spoke to a history class once, but died before I got up to that part of class).
Thank you for your time.
~~Paul R. Orrison |
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| Looking for some help | June 19, 2006 @ 11:54am | | On April 17, 1971 I was pilot of a scout ship and I believe John Alvarado was my gunner. We were shot down while doing security for the blues on the ground who were securing another scout that was shot down previosly. I would really like to talk to someone who was a witness to the incident and who could validate my VA claim. If you can help, please contact me at timandgailp@msn.com or call me at 520-574-0834. Thanks. Tim Petersen, Blueghost 10 |
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| Fred Zimpfer | June 12, 2006 @ 9:58pm | | Guys, thank you so much for your help. I spoke with Freds daughter today and told her what i have found. She cried for a few moments before telling me to thank you all. She will be contacting those that left there e-mail addys. Again, thank you all so much. |
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| Searching for Fred, cont'd | June 12, 2006 @ 1:32pm | I thought I would add a little. Others (other than Fred's daughter) should hear something about Fred or as he liked to be called, "Snake". Snake was a consumate "bullshitter", he loved telling stories so it was difficult to tell when he was pulling your leg or being frank. He also hated arbitrary authority (must have made life in the military very difficult for him).
One short story about Snake (if you don't mind). We were operating up in Que Son valley once and the operation was interrupted by headquarters and we were redirected to join an operation south of Chu Lai down near the "horse shoe". The flight stopped in Chu Lai to refuel before continuing on and our slick stopped to refuel across from the PX. Snake decided to run into the PX for some cigarettes while the slick was refueling and I tagged along to get something to snack on.
New regulations at Chu Lai required everyone to have clean uniforms, no bush hats, etc. However, we were covered in paddy mud, having been put on the ground a couple times to check out areas the scout thought deserved a closer look.
An MP had been posted at the door of the PX to insure that no one entered that did not meet the new regulations. We were, of course, refused admittance until we put on clean uniforms and shined our boots. Snake said nothing but turned and started walking back to the slick. My heart sank... I knew Snake was more than furious since he didn't argue. I quickly explained the situation to the MP then noticed his face went white. I looked back and saw Snake stepping out of the slick with his M-60. The MP dissappeared.
A big smile spread across Snake's face as he hefted the gun across his sholders then continued on into the PX to buy his cigarettes. When I asked him what the f*** he was doing, he just slapped me on the back and laughed. He explained that he had no intention of doing anything... He just wanted to see how serious that MP was about keeping working grunts out of the PX. |
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