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Issue #2, October 1998, Table of contents
BRIGADE COMMANDERS Page 1
In this issue Colonel James S. Timothy is featured. Brigadier
General Willard Pearson
and Brigadier General S. H. Matheson will be featured in
subsequent issues. The editor
is searching for official photographs and resumes of these three 1st
Brigade
Commanders.
BEGINNING THE ODYSSEY Page 2
Stories by Brigade Movement Officer, Colonel Dennis "Duke" Vasey,
USA, Ret., and
Brigade Information Office photographer and writer Sp/4 Gil B. Valle,
set the tone for
the 33rd anniversary of the arrival of the 1st Brigade in Viet Nam.
MEDAL OF HONOR Page 6
According to the records available to the editor three men of the 1st
Brigade earned the
Medal of Honor. 1LT James A. Gardner, Sp/4 Dale E. Wayrynen
and SFC Webster
Anderson. LT Gardner is featured in this issue. The remaining two
will be prominent in
future issues.
VIET NAM VALOR AWARDS Page 7
The valor awards printed in this issue comprise one of two and one half
pages now
available for use in the magazine. If you have orders listing men who
received awards
for valor please contribute them. They will be scanned and returned to
you.
MOVEMENT ORDER Page 10 & 11
Copies of the Brigade Movement Order were furnished by CSM Grady
Jones, USA, Ret.,
who was Brigade Operations Sergeant.
POETRY Page 12
Peter Griffin contributed a file folder full of his poetry. OLD
ABE is printed in this
magazine. Each issue will have a poem by Peter.
SUBSCRIBERS Page 14 - 17
THE DIPLOMAT AND WARRIOR,VIET NAM ISSUES Page 18 & 19
BOOK REVIEW Page 20
The review of SPECIAL MEN, by Dennis Foley, in this issue was a
happy happenstance.
The book was in a book store and was purchased and read just in time for
this magazine.
Too late for this issue, Larry E. Forrest (an original LRRP with
the 1st Brigade who
furnished information about the original 1st Brigade LRRP Teams) sent a
copy of the
book SIX SILENT MEN by Reynel Martinez. It will be reviewed in
the September
issue.
REUNION STORY Page 22 & 23
The 6th Bi-Annual Reunion of the 1st Brigade, (Separate), in the
"Clarksville - Fort
Campbell" area was an unqualified success. More stories and photos will
be used in
subsequent issues.
RETURNED MAIL Page 29 - 33
This list of 1st Brigade veterans contains the names and the addresses
used to mail
material about the magazine. If you have a correct address or addresses
for them please
send it.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Page 34 & 35
All letters received before June 1, 1998 are acknowledged and printed in
total or
summarized. Your letters are welcomed and solicited.