Into Cambodia - Keith Nolan [244]
Major General Bautz (CG, 25th Division) for his two years in combat in WW II and his three in Vietnam wore the DSM, SS, four LM, three BSMv, JSCM, twelve AM, and three PH, and retired to a consultant position with the Institute for Defense Analysis. He lives with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia. Brigadier General Greene (ADC, 25th Division) won the SS, BSM, and PH in WW II, and the LM and four AM during his first tour with MACV, and the DFC for Cambodia, retiring to an executive position in Alexandria, Virginia. Brigadier General Thurman (ADC, 25th Division) earned four LM, two DFC, four BSMv, two BSM, thirty-seven AM, and PH during a year in Korea and three years in Vietnam, and retired with three stars to be a corporate vice president in Alexandria, Virginia. Colonel Whitehead (CO, 2d Brigade, 25th Division) won the LM, SM, five BSM, four AM, and PH for his two tours in Vietnam, and retired with two stars and an analyst position in McLean, Virginia. Colonel Holliday (CO, 2d Brigade, 25th Division) wore the SS, two BSMv, and PH from Korea, but Vietnam gave him only an early retirement. He has a new career as a university professor and lives in Norfolk, Virginia. Major Fiore (SO, 2d Brigade, 25th Division) rotated with two BSM and two AM, resigned his commission, and now on his second marriage is a businessman in Panama. Captain Moorefield (AdC, CG, 25th Division) resigned his commission, returned to Vietnam in 1973 as special assistant to the U.S. ambassador (he came under rocket fire as he helped organize the final evacuation in 1975) and is now a representative of the Department of Commerce. He lives with his wife and child in Venezuela. Specialist Fourth Class Pybon (25th Aviation Battalion) won the AMv, ARCOMv, and PH during twenty months incountry and is now married with one daughter. He is a supervisor in the flight-test and crew-training division of a major airline company and is a platoon sergeant in an attack helicopter troop of the National Guard. He lives in Tacoma, Washington. Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell (CO, 3-4 Cav) wore the LM, DFC, two SM, three BSMv, two BSM, and eleven AM for his two tours, and retired as a colonel to an executive's desk in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Lieutenant Colonel Knotts (CO, 3-4) won the PH in Korea, the BSM and seventeen AM in Vietnam, retired as a colonel, and is now a stock market private investor. He lives with his wife in Ocala, Florida. Major Kremer (S-3, 3-4) is presently a colonel. Captain Connor (CO, B/3-4) is presently a lieutenant colonel. Captain Swinney (CO, C/3-4) won the SS, three BSM, and PH. Currently a reserve lieutenant colonel, he is a corporate senior vice president in Dover, New Hampshire. Captain Schulcz (CO, C/3-4) won the BSMv in Cambodia, plus the SM, six BSM, and ARCOM for his two tours, and retired with silver oak leaves and twenty years. He lives with his wife and two children and is starting law school in Vienna, Virginia. Command Sergeant Major Hickey (3-4) won the DFC, SM, four BSMv, BSM, AMv, eleven AM, and PH, and now lives with his wife in Holly, Michigan. Captain Tieman (CO, A/2-34 Armor) won the BSMv, AM, and ARCOMv, and is now part owner of a peach tree nursery that does business internationally from McMinnville, Tennessee. First Lieutenant Flowers (B/2-34) came home with the BSM, three AM, ARCOM, and PH, left the service for a career in the life insurance business, and married after the war. He divorced after two children, one of whom still lives with him in Monument, Colorado. First Lieutenant Forster (A/2-34) won the BSMv and PH for Cambodia, and is now back on the ranch with