Previously Held MOS 05B20-Radio Operator
05C10-Radio Teletype Operator
31Z-Telecommunications Operations Chief
76Y20-Unit Supply Specialist
96B10-Intelligence Analyst
Service Years
1966 - 1987
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
1st Infantry Division Certificate
2nd Infantry Division Certificate
Army Wheel Vehicle Driver Certificate
Certificate Of Achievement
Certificate Of Appreciation
Cold War Certificate
Reforger Certificate
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
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One Day at a Time Lord...
Another Day Above Ground... Thank You Lord..
Great Campfire and Beer Day...
Great Week for Outdoor Time...
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Don't Blink - Life goes faster than you think...
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Just A Perfect Campfire And Beer Evening...
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Another Day Above Ground - Thank You Lord...
From the arm chair ((my walker)) I just know this evac could have been handled so much better, but considering the time, amazing effort -- but very high cost....
Guess I will continue updating... stuff still seems to just drop a day or two.... Oh well, Life Goes On...
Not really sure why, but it seems that I have been adding the same names to my Brothers lists these days and for some reason they are not taking for more than a day... And my profile keeps going back to a day or two eaarlier, even if I update this part every day.... Oh well... keep tryin'
Be A Good Talker, But Also Be A Good Listener.... One Day At A Time Lord...
It Costs Nothing To Be Kind To Someone...
Maybe a waste of time?... Gonna keep on anyway... Been told take this down, change this and that... Well, I will continue doing what I think I want on my profile for my survivors to see about what I know that I was involved in... -- my MOS was NOT authorized a CIB for my time in Nam, guys there after me with same MOS got one -- Oh well, I know what actual enemy fire I was involved with (including some really close one on one encounters) and since our medics didn't always get their notes -- if they themselves even made it back to the firebase -- into our records, the purple heart that I should have gotten well, again - I can show you the scars but could care less about what extra eye candy I can pin on my casket when my time is over... So will continue to carry on... God Bless All...
Currently retired... living with my Service Dog (Charlie) and trying to keep my health ((lots of Agent Orange and PTSD issues)) from getting any worse... Used to love traveling in my Motorhome... but no longer able to do that... Kinda getting all this military history together so that hopefully (maybe after i'm gone - they sure don't appear to be interested now) my family will take the time to see what all I did thru the years...
Continue to update and use my TWS profile to do my part in making sure Brother and Sisters are Remembered...
Charlie - yes, we have heard all the jokes about a Nam Vet with a dog named Charlie... But he is my life saver... So much Loyalty!!
Every Morning... A Gift
God speaks to me every morning... He tells me to 'get up and get out of bed... I am not done with you yet!'...
So I promise Him that I will strive to say what needs to be said to whomever crosses my path today...
And in appreciation for that daily 'gift,' I end each day by thanking Him for the day and promising Him that, if He gives me one more day, I will try to do better...
--- Pops (D. Cameron - 9/15/2019)
I just want to live this life running, and when it's done, I want to be totally out of breath and scream... man what a ride!
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Keep God In Your Life and Move Forward... =====
I have several MOH and POW Vets in my Remembered Veteran group that I wanted in my Rememrance Profiles group -- just can't figure out how to get them there -- So please Check them out -- Great reading and info...
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History is not there for you to like or dislike... It is there for you to learn from. If it offends you even better - because you are less likely to repeat it. It is not yours to erase -- It belongs to all of us!
-= We're all part of One Race - The Human Race... =-
Remember the Past but Live for the Future... Today's a Good Day to have a Great Day... Never...Never...Never Give Up... Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last - Ya Never Know... Take Time To Be Kind To Someone Today...
Praying that the hate in this country
will not destroy our nation.
Please Note --
My photos now include two complete IVY LEAF papers that I sent home from VietNam ((Thanks - Diane))...
Some of my 'Wallpaper"
Certificate (Training) - Driver Education - Ft Riley / 9-13 Feb 70
Certificate (Training) - Radio Teletype Operator (05C20) - Ft Gordon / 6 Oct 72
Certificate (Training) - Intelligence Analyst (96B) - (Correspondence) - Ft Huachuca / 1 Jul 74 - 13 Jul 76
Certificate (Training) - Intelligence Analysis (96B20) - Ft Huachuca / 19 May 78
Certificate (Training) - Radio Set AN/GRC-122B - 66 MI Group, Munich / 27 Sep 74
Certificate (Training) - Race Relations - USMCA Munich / 15-16 Dec 75
Certificate (Training) - Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC) - Ft Huachuca
Certificate (Training) - MI Basic NCOES (BNCOC) - Ft Huachuca
Certificate (Training) - MI Advanced NCOES (ANCOC) - Ft Huachuca / 9 Oct - 14 Dec 79
Diploma - US Army Marksmanship Training Unit - Pistol Instructor and Coaches Clinic - Fort Benning / 5 Apr 73
Certificate - Basic Electronic Circuit Applications - Bell & Howell Schools / 24 Feb 75
Certificate (Achievement) - SOT Briefing - 317 Eng Bn, Camp Eschborn, Germany / 21 Nov 77
Certificate (Achievement) - Fundraising - Greater Augusta UFC / 14 Oct 73
Certificate (Appreciation) - Special Olympics - Sierra Vista, AZ / 18 May 78
Certificate (Appreciation) - Defensive Driver - USMCA Munich / 27 Feb 76
Letter (Commendation) - Exercise Freedom Vault - Osan Korea / 10 Mar 71
Letter (Commendation) - Solid Shield 79 - 24 ID, Fort Stewart / 10-24 May 79
Letter (Commendation) - Development of USAICS Soldeierization Program - Ft Huachuca / 18 Nov 82
Letter (Congratulations) - 1975 Competitive Shooting - German Police - Munich / 4 Feb 75
Letter (Appreciation) - Wintex Exercise - 66 MI Group - Munich / 27 Mar 75
Letter (Appreciation) - Exercise Blue Flag 84-4 - US Air Force Tactical Warfare Center - Eglin AFB / 9 Oct 84
Letter (Appreciation) - US Mobile Training Team Support - Armed Forces of El Salvador - US Air Defense Center, Ft Bliss / 5 Oct 82
Letter (Appreciation) - Soviet Orientation Team Support - Bremerhaven Military Community - Germany / 28 Oct 77
Letter (Appreciation) - Support - Army Basic Skills Education Program - RCA Service Company - Ft Huachuca / 26 Jul 82
Letter (Appreciation) - Support - Munich Military Police - Germany / 4 Oct 75
HAVE SERVED AS:
Radio Operator
LRRP Team Member
Radio Teletype Operator
Radio Teletype Team Chief
Radio/Radio Teletype Instructor
Assistant Operations SGT
Pistol Instructor
NCOIC Post Pistol Team
Supply SGT
Intelligence Analyst
Tax Advisor
Instructor with the Soviet Orientation Team
Unit RREO Advisor
NAICT Member (multi posts)
Post Theater Manager/Cashier (multi posts)
Theater Projectionist/Repair Tech
Career Counselor
Unit Tax Advisor
Manpower Management Team Member
Training NCO
Detachment 1SG
Intelligence SGT
Senior Intelligence SGT
Operations SGT Instructor
Senior Instructor
Master Instructor
Chief Enlisted Instructor
Chief, Support Branch
OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS:
1 Year - Republic of Viet Nam
3 Years - Republic of Korea
6 Years - Federal Republic of Germany
UNITS:
4th Infantry Division
24th Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
Combined Field Army {ROK/US}
Eighth US Army
501st Military Intelligence Group
66th Military Intelligence Group
18th Military Intelligence Battalion
83rd Ordinance Battalion
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Cochise County Children’s Center Counselor
Movie Theater Projectionist/Cashier/Manager
Jerry Lewis Telethon Worker
Pop Warner Football Coach/Official
Little League Baseball Coach/Official
Dependent Youth Activities
Special Olympics Hugger
Boys Town Supporter
Boy Scouts of America
Cochise County Search and Rescue
Smoke Jumper - Desert/Mountain Terrain
Volunteer Fireman
Youth Counselor for Church/Camp/Juvenile Courts
My Travels
By no means, would I consider myself a world traveler, however, I have been to more places than most people my age. Mostly in my military travels, but sometimes with family. Viet Nam, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Midway Island, Berlin, and Germany were military associated travel; Mexico, Italy, German, Switzerland, Austria, and Canada were family associated travel, and some of each of these were also combined military and family. Although I have been to most states in the Continental United States, I have not been to Hawaii.
The 2nd Division was first constituted on 21 September 1917 in the Regular Army.It was organized on 26 October 1917 at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France.
The 2nd Infantry Division is a formation of the United States Army. Its current primary mission is the pre-emptive defense of South Korea in the event of an invasion from North Korea. There are approximately 17,000 soldiers in the 2nd Infantry Division, with 10,000 of them stationed in South Korea,accounting for about 35% of the United States Forces Korea personnel.
The 2nd Infantry Division is unique in that it is the only U.S. Army division that is made up partially of South Korean soldiers, called KATUSAs (Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army). This program began in 1950 by agreement with the first South Korean president, Syngman Rhee. Some 27,000 KATUSAs served with the U.S. forces at the end of the Korean War. As of May 2006, approximately 1,100 KATUSA soldiers serve with the 2ID. There were also more than 4,748 Dutch soldiers assigned to the division between 1950 and 1954.
Twice during World War I the division was commanded by US Marine Corps generals, Brigadier GeneralCharles A. Doyen and Major GeneralJohn A. Lejeune (after whom the Marine Corps Camp in North Carolina is named), the only time in U.S. military history when Marine Corps officers commanded an Army division.
He organized and commanded the 5th Marine Regiment in World War I, and in France took command of the 4th Brigade, 2d Division, composed of the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments and the 6th Machine Gun Battalion. from 26 October to 8 November 1917, he served as commanding general, 2nd Division (United States), the first Marine officer to command a U.S. Army division. He returned to the United States, dying of influenza during the height of the global pandemic on 6 October 1918 at Quantico, Virginia.The 4th Brigade went on to win a historic victory in Belleau Wood. Brigadier General Doyen's contribution to these victories was recognized by the posthumous award of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the first to ever be awarded.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was named in his honor during World War II. Lejeune is often referred to in the present day as being the "greatest of all Leathernecks" and the "Marine's Marine."
Major General John A. Lejeune, U.S. Marine Corps, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1920-1929)
MOH Recipient(s) Private Frank J. Bart U.S. Army, Company C, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division.
being on duty as a company runner, when the advance was held up by machinegun fire voluntarily picked up an automatic rifle, ran out ahead of the line, and silenced a hostile machinegun nest, killing the German gunners. The advance then continued, and when it was again hindered shortly afterward by another machinegun nest this courageous soldier repeated his bold exploit by putting the second machinegun out of action.
PVT Frank J. Bart
MOH Recipient(s) SFC Junior D. Edwards,U.S. Army, Company E, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
SFC Edwards, Company E, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. When his platoon, while assisting in the defense of a strategic hill, was forced out of its position and came under vicious raking fire from an enemy machine gun set up on adjacent high ground, SFC Edwards individually charged the hostile emplacement, throwing grenades as he advanced. The enemy withdrew but returned to deliver devastating fire when he had expended his ammunition. Securing a fresh supply of grenades, he again charged the emplacement, neutralized the weapon and killed the crew, but was forced back by hostile small-arms fire. When the enemy emplaced another machine gun and resumed fire, SFC Edwards again renewed his supply of grenades, rushed a third time through a vicious hail of fire, silenced this second gun and annihilated its crew. In this third daring assault he was mortally wounded but his indomitable courage and successful action enabled his platoon to regain and hold the vital strongpoint. SFC Edwards' consummate valor and gallant self-sacrifice reflect the utmost glory upon himself and are in keeping with the esteemed traditions of the Infantry and military service.
SFC Junior D. Edwards
MOH Recipient (s) Corporal Victor H. Espinoza,U.S. Army, Company A, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
For acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an Acting Rifleman in Company A, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Chorwon, Korea on 1 August 1952. On that day, Corporal Espinoza and his unit were responsible for securing and holding a vital enemy hill. As the friendly unit neared its objective, it was subjected to a devastating volume of enemy fire, slowing its progress. Corporal Espinoza, unhesitatingly and being fully aware of the hazards involved, left his place of comparative safety and made a deliberate one man assault on the enemy with his rifle and grenades, destroying a machinegun and killing its crew. Corporal Espinoza continued across the fire-swept terrain to an exposed vantage point where he attacked an enemy mortar position and two bunkers with grenades and rifle fire, knocking out the enemy mortar position and destroying both bunkers and killing their occupants. Upon reaching the crest, and after running out of rifle ammunition, he called for more grenades. A comrade who was behind him threw some Chinese grenades to him. Immediately upon catching them, he pulled the pins and hurled them into the occupied trenches, killing and wounding more of the enemy with their own weapons. Continuing on through a tunnel, Corporal Espinoza made a daring charge, inflicting at least seven more casualties upon the enemy who were fast retreating into the tunnel. Corporal Espinoza was quickly in pursuit, but the hostile fire from the opening prevented him from overtaking the retreating enemy. As a result, Corporal Espinoza destroyed the tunnel with TNT, called for more grenades from his company, and hurled them at the enemy troops until they were out of reach. Corporal Espinoza's incredible display of valor secured the vital strong point and took a heavy toll on the enemy, resulting in at least fourteen dead and eleven wounded. Corporal Espinoza's extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Best Moment Apr 85 - Apr 86 Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of Brigade Intelligence Section for the 3rd Brigade, 2nd. Infantry Division, Republic of Korea Coordinated the intelligence and security efforts of the staff section’s enlisted personnel and insured their preparation for field deployment. Office manager/administrator in the areas of personnel, files, and records management. Supervised a 1~4-man section. Provided interface with unit training representatives to incorporate section training plans into the unit training schedule. Managed section personnel/resources to Insure timely completion of projects. Served as the Brigade ADP System Security Officer and principal advisor to the commander on automation matters within the command. Designed, developed., and implemented the Brigade’s ADP Systems Security Program.