Into Cambodia - Keith Nolan [245]
his wife and three children, organizing sporting events for the city recreation department of San Juan Capistrano, California. Lieutenant Colonel Westerman (CO, 1-5 Mech) retired as a colonel with two SS, two LM, SM, five BSMv, four AMv, ten AM, and PH, and is now staff vice president for Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles, California. Specialist Fourth Class Gunn (C/1-5) is now an operations manager living with his wife in Richmond, Virginia. Specialist Fourth Class Tinsley (C/1-5) was discharged with two PH. Now on his second marriage, he has a son from each and is a fire department sergeant living in Pamplin, Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel Parker (CO, 2-22 Mech) won the SS, LM, DFC, BSM, nine AMv, and ARCOMv for his tour, and upon retirement as a colonel became a corporate vice president in Dunwoody, Georgia. Lieutenant Colonel Vail (CO, 2-22) received the ARCOMv on his first tour and the SS for Cambodia, saw two of his four children also opt for military careers, and retiring as a brigadier general is currently president of his own consulting business, living with his wife in Fairfax, Virginia. Captain Goldsmith (S-3, 2-22), after two tours that earned him the SS, DFC, BSMv, two BSM, AMv, four AM, ARCOM, and PH, moved smoothly up the ladder with a battalion and then a brigade command, and he currently wears colonel's eagles. First Lieutenant Giasson (HHC/2-22) won two BSM and an ARCOM and is a lieutenant colonel. First Lieutenant Yarashas (A/2-22) returned from his year of war with two BSMv, BSM, ARCOMv, ARCOM, and PH. He and his wife now have three children, and he is a businessman in Bound Brook, New Jersey. Sergeant Koch (HHC/2-22) won two BSMv, two BSM, ARCOMv, two ARCOM, PH, and the RVN Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star. Now a mailman and a captain in the National Guard, he is married and lives in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Sergeant Sewall (A/2-22) is married, with two children, and works in retail management in Montgomery, New York. Specialist Fourth Class Albright (HHC/2-22) was discharged with the BSM, two ARCOM, and two PH. Now married with children, he is a distillery worker and housepainter in Lawrenceburgh, Indiana. Specialist Fourth Class Daugherty (B/2-22) rotated with the BSM, AM, two ARCOM, and two PH, and was divorced within the year. Now remarried, he is a general foreman living in Windsor, Connecticut. Specialist Fourth Class Ross (A/2-22) was mustered out with two ARCOMv and a ten-percent disability for hearing damage. Now a college graduate with two children, he works as a building contractor in the area of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Private First Class Hiedeman (A/2-22) is now a full-time sergeant in the National Guard and lives in Vancouver, Washington. Lieutenant Colonel Hazelwood (CO, 3-22 Infantry) won the LM, two BSM, and AMv for his tour, retired as a colonel, and is now with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, living with his wife in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Major Cavezza (S-3, 3-22) is now, as everyone expected, a brigadier general on the fast track. Captain Pride (CO, C/3-22) finished his tour with two SS, BSMv, and two AM, and with two children from his second marriage and three stepchildren from his second wife's first marriage, is presently a lieutenant colonel. Command Sergeant Major Rommal (3-22) won three BSMv and AMv and retired early to spend more time with his four sons, having since earned a master's degree in history and a civil defense position in Columbia, Maryland.
Colonel Williams (CO, 3d Brigade, 9th Division) earned during four combat tours two SS, two LM, DFC, BSMv, four BSM, twenty-eight AM, ARCOM, and two PH, and remarrying after the war retired with his colonel's eagles and a job as a realtor to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lieutenant Colonel Claybrook (CO, 2-47 Mech) won the BSM in Korea, and the SS, LM, three BSM, nine AM, and two ARCOM during his two tours in Vietnam, retired as a colonel, and is now a corporate executive living with his wife in McLean, Virginia. Major Weeks (S-3, 2-47) took home the BSMv, three BSM, AMv, and PH from two years in Vietnam, and now raising his