2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment 1967-68
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Bravo Company photographs
taken 8 March 1968 at Quang Tri  Click on picture to view larger version |
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Company Command Group and Weapons Platoon. Click on picture to view larger version Front row Left to right: 1/Sgt Fernando B. Rodriguez, Capt Peter O'Sullivan, Lt Thomas DeYoung, Kenneth Glover, Chuck Haynes, Don Nielsen Row 2 Left: Artillery FO ,Artillery Sgt, Artillery RTO, Tom Edwards, Unidentified, William Lewis Row 3 Left: Unidentified (aka Hoss), Unidentified (medic?), Mike Spehar, Jack Stengel, Herbert Blanchard (?), Unidentified, John B. Tucker, Manuel Pino, Unidentified, Unidentified (aka Hippie) |
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1st Platoon - Aztec  Click on picture to view larger version First row seated left to right: LT. Charles Ready, Plt Sgt Emanuel Bradford, Cleveland Hayes, 1 Unidentified, 2 Unidentified, Anthony Alvidrez, 3 Unidentified, 4 Unidentified, Jimmy Harrison, 5 Unidentified, Bob Delaughter, 6 Unidentified. Second row kneeling left to right: Gary Stine, Gary Happel, Herbert Owens, James Krys, 1 Unidentified, Peter (Jack) Rodholm, 2 Unidentified, 3 Unidentified, 4 Unidentified. 3rd row standing left right: Marcus Fisher, Ron Olibas, 1 Unidentified, 2 Unidentified, 3 Unidentified, 4 Unidentified, George Davis, 5 Unidentified. |
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2nd Platoon - Blackfoot  Click on picture to view larger version First row seated from left to right: George M. Anderson, Richard J. Swimm, Gene L. Hedberg, Francis (Frank) Vena, Randy M. Wheeler, Frederick S. Jackson, James K. Miles, 1 Unidentified, and Donald B. England. Second row kneeling from left to right: William E. Graff, Ralph R. Mercado, Kit L. Bull, 1 Unidentified, 2 Unidentified, 3 Unidentified, 4 Unidentified, Henry H. Nagami. Third row standing from left to right: Council Robinson, Richard A. Miller, Charles F. Guthman, James E. Bakich, 1 Unidentified, 2 Unidentified, Dempsey W. Parrott, Michael E. Brinchek, John D. Peters, Lt. James C. Smith, Plt. Sgt. Julio Santana-Navarro. |
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3rd Platoon - Cheyenne  Click on picture to view larger version First seated from left to right: Jimmy L. Owen, Donald K. Rayner, Byron P. Shaw, Samuel E. Walker, James Harrison, Lt. Thomas E. Beach, Plt. Sgt. Leon R. Smith, G. Raymond Bono, 1 Unidentified, Anthony E. Alvidrez, Robert L. DeLaughter, John L. Lich, 2 Unidentified. Second row kneeling from left to right: James L. Ford, 1 Unidentified, 2 Unidentified, Jack Rowe, James D. Gregory, Michael (Tom) Hager, Roy E. Ashton, 3 Unidentified, Curtis L. Klock, 4 Unidentified, 5 Unidentified, 6 Unidentified. Third row standing from left to right: Charles E. Hass, William E. Cracchiola, 1 Unidentified, 2 Unidentified, Peter J. Angle Arthur L. Maese, Larry Seidel, 3 Unidentified, 4 Unidentified, 5 Unidentified. |
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 Award of the Valarous Unit Citation to Bravo Company by Commanding General 1st. Cavalry Division, General John Tolson, February 1968. |
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 General Tolson and on his left, our Battalion Commander, LTC Howard Petty, who was killed on 15 March 1968. Receiving the award, Captain Peter O’Sullivan, Commanding Officer, Bravo Company. Guidon Bearer SGT Richard Miller. |
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BRAVO COMPANY OFFICERS AND SENIOR NCOs, FEBRUARY 1968  Front row left to right: Captain Peter O'Sullivan, Sergeant Richard Miller (standard barer) and First Sergeant Fernando B. Rodriguez. Row two left to right: Lieutenants Charles Ready, Jim Smith, Thomas Beach and Thomas DeYoung. Row three left to right: Sergeants Emanuel Bradford, Julio Navarro-Santana, James Harrison, and William Lewis. Thanks to Steven Gordon for this photograph. Probably taken immediately after the award of the Valarous Unit Citation to Bravo Company by General Tolson. |
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