I'AM A "SILVER ROSE" AGENT ORANGE MEDALS RECIPIANT
EVENTS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF MY
LIFE FOR EVER!
(ME) GREG PAYNE
2008
APRIL 18,1967
In remembrance I, GREGORY PAYNE, WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS SITTING WITH THOMAS ALLEN METTERT, MARINE CPL ROBERT ARNOLD METTERT's YOUNGER BROTHER WHO GAVE THAT FATEFULL TALK THAT DAY ON APRIL 27th, 1967 IN MRS. VIRGINIA RICHARDS "CWP" CLASS (CONTEMPORARY WORLD PROBLEMS CLASS)WHOSE HUSBAND INCODENTLY WAS A CIVILIAN WAR CORRESPONDANT AT THE TIME AND VERY COINCIDENTLY MET BOB METTERT OVER THERE AND ACTUALLY WITNESSED HIS DEATH, FIRST HAND BEFORE THE MARINE CORPS HAD A CHANCE TO NOTIFY THE FAMILY, BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGTOPN AT THE TIME HE NOTIFIED HIS WIFE LONG DISTANCE FROM DANANG, VIETNAM AND TOLD HER OF THE EVENT!!!!! IT WAS HELL ON MRS. RICHARDS BECAUSE SHE HAD TOM METTERT IN HER CLASS AND SHE COULD NOT FACE HIM WITH THE TRUTH THAT SHE WAS SWORN TO SECRECY NOT TO TELL THE FAMILY, UNTILL THE MARINE CORPS HAD GONE THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO DO SO FIRST!!!!!!! TOM METTERT AND I GRADUATED FROM HUDSON"S BAY HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE OF 1967!!!!! My being both long term friends with alot of these people go back as far as 1956 for me, as well as being FAMILY as well to one! Picture and remembrance supplied by his friend, Gregory Payne
THE COLUMBIAN
Shell Fatal To Marine in Vietnam The war in Vietnam has again been brought close to home, as the death of Marine Cpl. Robert Arnold Mettert of Vancouver was confirmed Wednesday night by the Defense Department. The corporal, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mettert, 1208 Brandt Rd., was killed last Sunday in the vicinity of Khe Sanh, to become the 11th member of the armed forces with Clark County ties to die in Vietnam. Mrs. Mettert said she was first notified of her son's death Tuesday, but official confirmation did not come until the following evening. He was said to have died of chest wounds suffered from an exploding 81mm mortar shell. The 20-year-old Leatherneck had just arrived back in Vietnam for his second tour of duty. Mrs. Mettert said he had served 13 months there, before coming home on leave last March. He volunteered to go back and left here 21 Apr (1967) arriving in Vietnam just seven days before he met death. Mettert was born 14 Dec 1946 at New Castle IN. He was a 1965 graduate of Hudson's Bay High School and a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He had been a Columbian paper boy for about five years from 1959 to 1963. In addition to his parents and his brother at home, the corporal is survived by another brother, Thomas, and sisters, Mary Ann and Joan, all at home. Mrs. Mettert said the funeral arrangements will be made by the Vancouver Funeral Chapel when the body arrives from overseas with the services to be held at St. Joseph's Church. She also noted that thought she appreciates the sentiment, she would prefer not to receive flowers at her home. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 11 May 1967)
Funeral Due For Marine Killed In 2nd Viet Tour.
Cpl. Robert Mettert of the U.S. Marines will be buried in Willamette National Cemetery with full honors Monday morning.
He could be taking it easy in a soft assignment Stateside, but he died instead, in battle near Khe Sanh, just below the DMZ in South Vietnam.
He was struck by an 81-mm mortar fragmant in the chest. "We did everything we could to save him." one of his buddies wrote," but it was no use."
That was Sunday, 7 May (1967). Ten days later Mettert's body came home in a sealed coffin, marked "body unviewable."
The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m.,Sunday at the Vancouver WA Funeral Chapel.
Corporal aged 20. Cpl. Mettert, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mettert, 1208 Brandt Rd., Vancouver WA was 20. He had already served his 13 month tour in Vietnam. He would have automatically returned to a quiet stateside assignment for six months. But he volunteered to return to the thick of the fight near Khe Sanh. Why? To save some money he told his mother.
"He was determined to pay his own way through college," she recalls. But the truth came out when he talked to a class of seniors at Hudson's Bay High School, where he was a graduate with honors in June, 1965. "It may sound corny," he told his schoolmates last month, during his last home leave," But I happen to love my country. We had to fight for our freedom, when we were getting started. Now we are a rich and powerful nation and I feel we have an obligation to help others fight for their freedom."
Fear Admitted "Aren't you Afraid?, the students asked.
"Sure Im afraid whenever I go into action, "I'AM RUNNING SCARED." he said. "Everyone is but you get so busy you don't think about yourself. "You know you can get it any day," he told his teachers " I've said goodbye to everyone."
That was his last day at home, 21 Apr (1967). He was back in Vietnam by April 30. His mother got a letter dated 3 May (1967) telling about some hot fighting for Hill 831 near Khe Sanh, but assured his mother he was back in the safety and comparative comfort of Camp Carroll, the main Marine artillery plateau.
He was in command of a squad and had been recommended for promotion to sergeant. Four days later he was dead, just seven days after starting his second tour of duty in Vietnam.
His brother, John, now at home, also volunteered to serve two sucessive tours of duty 19 months as a Marine Corporal in Vietnam. John was released from active duty 4 April, 1967.
Mr. and Mrs. Mettert have a son, Thomas A., and two daughters, Mary Ann and Joan Renee at home. Cpl. Metterts survivors also include an aunt, Sister Antonetta, a nun at Dayton OH, and the grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Mettert of Newcastle IN.
Cpl. Mettert was a junior dealer for the Oregonian for five years before enlisting. (Oregonian, Portland OR, 20 May 1967)
TOM METTERT MY BEST FRIEND WHO
WAS WITH ME IN OUR CWP CLASS AT HUDSON'S
BAY HIGH SCHOOL VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON 1967
ALSO JOINED THE MARINE CORPS AS DID HIS TWO
OLDER BROTHERS. MR. JOHN E. METTERT THE BOYS
DAD WAS ALSO A MARINE INFANTRYMAN IN WWII
ON GUADELCANAL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS THE
ASSAULT AND MOP UP OPERATIONS FOR ALL FOUR
YEARS OF THE WAR. IT WAS AN ALL MARINE CORPS
FAMILY!
I GRADUATED FROM HUDSON'S BAY HIGH
SCHOOL IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON ON JUNE
6th 1967.
1967
1968
I ATTENDED CLARK COLLEGE IN VANCOUVER
FROM 1967 - 1968 FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE GOING
INTO THE MILITARY, WHERE I MAJORED IN
GRAPHIC ARTS, AND WAS BOBBY KENNEDY's MAIN
REPRESENATIVE FOR PRESIDENT. I WAS INROLLED
IN HIS PROGRAM FOR OUR AREA CALLED "BOBBY
KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT, FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE
OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON." BOBBY KENNEDY
WAS SHOT ON JUNE 5th 1968, AND DIED ON THE
OPERATING TABLE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER ON
JUNE 6th 1968. IT WAS THE DAY BOBBY KENNEDY
DIED THAT I PICKED UP MY BOOKS AT CLARK
COLLEGE, AND WALKED DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER TO
THE ARMY RECRUITER AND VOLENTEERED FOR
COMBAT DUTY IN VIETNAM AS A COMBAT
INFANTRYMAN. I HAD SEEN ENOUGH AND WENT TO
JOIN MY FRIENDS IN VIETNAM. SO I JOINED THE
U.S. ARMY INFANTRY ON JUNE 6th 1968, THE DAY
BOBBY KENNEDY DIED I JOINED THE U.S. ARMY
INFANTRY A "RED LETTER DATE" IN U.S. HISTORY.
"BOOT CAMP" FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON 1968
A VETERANS' FAMILY MEMORIAL
HALL OF HONOR
LEAVING FOR "BOOT CAMP."
(Me) Greg Payne, "Boot Camp" Fort Lewis,
Washington, June 1968
(Me) Greg Payne, "Boot Camp" Fort Lewis,
Washington, June 1968
(ME)
GREG PAYNE
(Boot Camp
Graduation Picture)
Fort Lewis, Washington
August 1968
ADVANCED INFANTRY
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ADVANCED INFANTRY TRAINING
"TIGERLAND"
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
September 1968 - November 1968
"TIGERLAND"
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
WELCOME
TO
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
WELCOME
TO
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
TIGERLAND
"HOME OF THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN
(ME) GREG PAYNE IN ADVANCED INFANTRY
TRAINING AT "TIGERLAND" FORT POLK,
LOUISIANA 1968.
(Me) Greg Payne wearing helmet, PFC John Wise
With cigarette "Tigerland Home of the Combat
Infantryman" Advanced Infantry Training, Fort
Polk, LA November 1968.
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ADVANCED INFANTRY TRAINING
"TIGERLAND"
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
September 1968 - November 1968
"TIGERLAND"
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
WELCOME
TO
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
WELCOME
TO
FORT POLK, LOUISIANA
TIGERLAND
"HOME OF THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN
(ME) GREG PAYNE IN ADVANCED INFANTRY
TRAINING AT "TIGERLAND" FORT POLK,
LOUISIANA 1968.
(Me) Greg Payne wearing helmet, PFC John Wise
With cigarette "Tigerland Home of the Combat
Infantryman" Advanced Infantry Training, Fort
Polk, LA November 1968.
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OFF
CAMP CASEY
BASE CAMP
KOREA DMZ
7th INFANTRY DIVISION
(LIGHT)
1970
7th INFANTRY DIVISION 1st BATTALION
(LIGHT) 32 INFANTRY
7th INFANTRY DIVISION
(LIGHT)
BAYONETT BADGE
WHERE I WAS ASSIGNED TO:
B COMPANY 1st BATTALION 32nd INFANTRY
7th INFANTRY DIVISION
(LIGHT)
AFTER MY TOUR ON THE DMZ IN KOREA I ETS'ED
BACK TO THE STATES IN 1970 TO FORT HOOD,
TEXAS , WHERE I GOT LUCKY AND DROVE A JEEP
FOR OUR CO CAPT PERRYMAN WHO COMMANDED A
SERVICE BATTERY IN AN ARTILLERY UNIT AND
WAS A FORMER MARINE CORPS OFFICER THAT
TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY TO GET HIS
CAPTIANCY DUE TO A RANK FREEZE IN THE
MARINE CORPS AT THAT TIME. ANYWAY I DROVE
JEEP FOR CAPT PERRYMAN FOR THE DURATION OF
MY TIME IN THE MILITARY AND TOOK PRESIDENT
NIXON'S EARLY OUT TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE IN
APRIL OF 1971 I WAS THEN SEPARATED FROM THE
MILITARY WHERE I WENT BACK TO CLARK COLLEGE
CLARK COLLEGE VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON ENGLISH & JOURNALISM SPRING OF 1971 AND MY UNINTENSIONAL INTENT ON BECOMING AN INDEPENDANT VETERANS' ADVOCATE.
TO STUDY ENGLISH AND JOURNALISM. I WANTED
TO WRITE A BOOK ON VIETNAM, INFACT THE
WHOLE TIME I WAS OVERSEAS I WANTED TO BE A
FREELANCE WAR CORESPONDANT. IT WAS THE
FACT THAT I HAD A "HIPPY" AS AN ENGLISH
PROFESSOR AT CLARK COLLEGE IN VANCOUVER,
WASHINGTON WAS WHEN MY WORK AS AN
INDEPENDANT VETERANS' ADVOCATE ACTUALLY
BEGAN WHEN I WENT BACK TO CLARK COLLEGE
AFTER THE MILITARY IN 1971 I STOOD UP
AGAINST THE LIBERAL LEFT AND DEFENDED US
VETERANS AGAINST THE LIES OF JANE FONDA AND
JOHN KERRY CALLING US "BABY KILLERS".
FROM THERE IT LEAD EVENTUALLY TO MY FIGHT
WITH AGENT ORANGE AND MY OWN HEALTH
EFFECTS. I HELPED TO PIONEER THE AGENT
ORANGE ISSUE, BY JOINING THE 1986 CLASS
ACTION SUIT AGAINST THE DOW CHEMICAL
COMPANY, AND PASSING THE AGENT ORANGE
SCREENING EXAM BY THE DOW CHEMICAL
COMPANY THEN WITH THE HELP FROM
WASHINGTON STATE SENATOR PATTY MURRAY OF
MY HOME STATE OF WASHINGTON AT THE TIME
REFERRED ME TO SEND MY PAPERWORK TO THE
(LATE) U.S. SENATOR BROC ADAMS WHO MANAGED
TO GET THE TRUTH OUT OF THE VA THAT WORKRD
IN MY FAVOR THEN WHEN I HAD TO MOVE TO
OREGON TO LIVE NOW AT THE OREGON VETERANS'
HOME HERE IN THE DALLES, OREGON. I THEN GOT
HELP FROM U.S. SENATOR RON WYDEN OREGON
STATE REPRESENATIVE, AND U.S.
CONGRESSWOMAN DARLENE HOOLEY OREGON
STATE REPRESENATIVE AND THEY HELPED ALOT
AND I'AM STILL CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM
TO GET THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE
MEDAL" SET UP AS AN AUTHORIZED "CHEMICAL
WOUND MEDAL" EQUIVILIANT TO THE PURPLE
HEART AND EXPAND IT'S PERAMATERS TO BE USED
AND MEDICALLY COVERED AS A "CHEMICAL
WOUND MEDAL" I THINK THIS KIND OF MEDAL
HAS BEEN LONG OVER DUE FOR A LONG TIME
NOW! WE HAD TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE
NECULAR AGE WE CAN NOW PREPARE OURSELVES
FOR THE "CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGE!
THIS WAY THE "SILVER ROSE THAT ORIGINALLY
WAS SET UP BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS
CAN BE USED TO COVER ALL VETERANS' FROM ALL
WARS AND FROM ALL GENERATIONS. STARTING
WITH "AGENT ORANGE AND VIETNAM ON
FORWARD IN TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AS A
"CHEMICAL WOUND MEDAL" WITH FULL MEDICAL
COVERAGE JUST LIKE THE PURPLE HEART COVERS
BLOOD WOUNDS!! YOU WILL SEE MORE OF MY
WORK FOR THE VETERANS AS YOU WILL SEE AS
YOU READ FURTHER ON DOWN THIS PAGE..
TO WRITE A BOOK ON VIETNAM, INFACT THE
WHOLE TIME I WAS OVERSEAS I WANTED TO BE A
FREELANCE WAR CORESPONDANT. IT WAS THE
FACT THAT I HAD A "HIPPY" AS AN ENGLISH
PROFESSOR AT CLARK COLLEGE IN VANCOUVER,
WASHINGTON WAS WHEN MY WORK AS AN
INDEPENDANT VETERANS' ADVOCATE ACTUALLY
BEGAN WHEN I WENT BACK TO CLARK COLLEGE
AFTER THE MILITARY IN 1971 I STOOD UP
AGAINST THE LIBERAL LEFT AND DEFENDED US
VETERANS AGAINST THE LIES OF JANE FONDA AND
JOHN KERRY CALLING US "BABY KILLERS".
FROM THERE IT LEAD EVENTUALLY TO MY FIGHT
WITH AGENT ORANGE AND MY OWN HEALTH
EFFECTS. I HELPED TO PIONEER THE AGENT
ORANGE ISSUE, BY JOINING THE 1986 CLASS
ACTION SUIT AGAINST THE DOW CHEMICAL
COMPANY, AND PASSING THE AGENT ORANGE
SCREENING EXAM BY THE DOW CHEMICAL
COMPANY THEN WITH THE HELP FROM
WASHINGTON STATE SENATOR PATTY MURRAY OF
MY HOME STATE OF WASHINGTON AT THE TIME
REFERRED ME TO SEND MY PAPERWORK TO THE
(LATE) U.S. SENATOR BROC ADAMS WHO MANAGED
TO GET THE TRUTH OUT OF THE VA THAT WORKRD
IN MY FAVOR THEN WHEN I HAD TO MOVE TO
OREGON TO LIVE NOW AT THE OREGON VETERANS'
HOME HERE IN THE DALLES, OREGON. I THEN GOT
HELP FROM U.S. SENATOR RON WYDEN OREGON
STATE REPRESENATIVE, AND U.S.
CONGRESSWOMAN DARLENE HOOLEY OREGON
STATE REPRESENATIVE AND THEY HELPED ALOT
AND I'AM STILL CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM
TO GET THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE
MEDAL" SET UP AS AN AUTHORIZED "CHEMICAL
WOUND MEDAL" EQUIVILIANT TO THE PURPLE
HEART AND EXPAND IT'S PERAMATERS TO BE USED
AND MEDICALLY COVERED AS A "CHEMICAL
WOUND MEDAL" I THINK THIS KIND OF MEDAL
HAS BEEN LONG OVER DUE FOR A LONG TIME
NOW! WE HAD TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE
NECULAR AGE WE CAN NOW PREPARE OURSELVES
FOR THE "CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGE!
THIS WAY THE "SILVER ROSE THAT ORIGINALLY
WAS SET UP BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS
CAN BE USED TO COVER ALL VETERANS' FROM ALL
WARS AND FROM ALL GENERATIONS. STARTING
WITH "AGENT ORANGE AND VIETNAM ON
FORWARD IN TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS AS A
"CHEMICAL WOUND MEDAL" WITH FULL MEDICAL
COVERAGE JUST LIKE THE PURPLE HEART COVERS
BLOOD WOUNDS!! YOU WILL SEE MORE OF MY
WORK FOR THE VETERANS AS YOU WILL SEE AS
YOU READ FURTHER ON DOWN THIS PAGE..
AGENT ORANGE THE BEFORE AND AFTER EFFECTS OF THE LAND DEVISTATION BY OPERATION RANCH HAND BY THE U.S.A.F. DONE IN VIETNAM BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1964 - 1975
AGENT ORANGE
2-4-5T
THESE NEXT SET OF PICTURES WILL ALL BE IN
NUMERICAL ORDER ACCORDING TO THE LENGTH
OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL 2-4-5 AGENT
ORANGE AND IT'S LAND DEVISTATION OF
VIETNAM THERE OF.
PICTURE #1
VIETNAM JUNGLE BEFORE
AGENT ORANGE
PICTURE #1
PICTURE 2
PICTURE #3
PICTURE #4
DRY DEAD JUNGLE AND UNDERBRUSH,
BODIES OF DEAD VIET CONG AND DEAD
AMERICAN G.I. BOTH KILLED EACH OTHER
IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT, YET THE VIET
CONG STILL HID IN AMBUSH IN THE UNDER
BRUSH, SO WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH IN
THE USE OF AGENT ORANGE???
PICTURE #5
PICTURE #6
PICTURE #7
FINAL STAGES OF AGENT ORANGE LAND
DEVISTATION IN VIETNAM. TRIPPLE
CANOPY JUNGLE REDUCED TO DESERT
IN AN ERRIE ORANGE HAZE OF DRY DUST!
AGENT ORANGE SPRAYING RELEASE MAP
1964 - 1975
FROM OPERATION RANCH HAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
AGENT ORANGE HELP LINKS
HELP LINK
FOR ANY VETERAN SUFFERING FROM "AGENT
ORANGE" "PLEASE CLICK ON THE BANNER BELOW"
OR COPY THE "URL" BELOW!
http://www.agent-orange-lawsuit.com/link.html
AGENT ORANGE
THE ORDER OF SILVER ROSE
POLITICIANS THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH TO DEAL WITH MY AGENT ORANGE CASE.
ON THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL I
I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE
POLITICIANS THAT HELPED ME GET TO JUST WHERE
I'AM RIGHT NOW TODAY ON THIS LEVEL!
WASHINGTON STATE (THE LATE)
SENATOR U.S. SENATOR &
PATTY MURRAY WASHINGTON STATE REP.
BROC ADAMS
OREGON STATE GOVENOR
TED KULONGASKY
U.S. SENATOR & U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN &
OREGON STATE REP. OREGON STATE REP.
RON WYDEN DARLENE HOOLEY
U.S. CONGRESSMAN &
WASHINGTON STATE REP.
BRIAN BIARD
THANK YOU, FOLKS!
I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE
POLITICIANS THAT HELPED ME GET TO JUST WHERE
I'AM RIGHT NOW TODAY ON THIS LEVEL!
WASHINGTON STATE (THE LATE)
SENATOR U.S. SENATOR &
PATTY MURRAY WASHINGTON STATE REP.
BROC ADAMS
OREGON STATE GOVENOR
TED KULONGASKY
U.S. SENATOR & U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN &
OREGON STATE REP. OREGON STATE REP.
RON WYDEN DARLENE HOOLEY
U.S. CONGRESSMAN &
WASHINGTON STATE REP.
BRIAN BIARD
THANK YOU, FOLKS!
THE BISBEE, ARIZONA MEMORY GROUP AND MY CITIZENSHIP CITATION TO BISBEE, AZ OVER THE MEMORIALS THAT I WROTE FOR SGT THURSBY MY SQUAD LEADER IN VIETNAM
BISBEE, ARIZONA MEMORY GROUP
WITH A PICTURE OF MY SQUAD LEADER SGT
RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY IN MY RIGHT HAND.
AND A COPY OF MY BISBEE, AZ PROCLAMATION
IN MY LEFT HAND,TO BECOME AN HONARY CITIZEN
OF BISBEE SIGNED BY NINE GOVENORS INCLUDING
THE GOVENOR OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA HIMSELF!
AND A PICTURE OF THE BISBEE, ARIZONA VIETNAM
VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAQUE WITH MY SQUAD
LEADER SGT RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY'S NAME ON
IT!
FORMER ADMINISTRATOR DAVID LOOPER
OF THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME IN THE
DALLES, OREGON HOLDS OUT AN
AUTOGRAPHED VERSION BY THE AUTHOR
THE "B" FOR BISBEE MEMORY GROUP BOOK.
WHILE I HOLD UP A HIGH SCHOOL PICTURE
OF MY SQUAD LEADER IN VIETNAM SGT
RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY KIA 1 APRIL
1969. 3rd SQUAD 1ST PLATOON ALPHA
FIRETEAM D COMPANY 4th BATTALION 12th
INFANTRY 199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE.
IN MY LEFT HAND I'AM HOLDING THE
BISBEE, ARIZONA PROCLAMATION MAKING
ME AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF BISBEE,
ARIZONA SIGNED BY NINE DIFFERENT
POLITICIANS INCLUDING THE GOVENOR OF
ARIZONA FOR WRITING MY SQUAD
LEADER'S MEMORIAL AND HAVING IT
POSTED ON THE VIRTUAL WALL ALONG
WITH PFC JAMES EARL BOUYER, AND SP/4
WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATES WHO WERE ALL
KILLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME ON 1ST
APRIL 1969,
3rd SQUAD 1st PLATOON
D COMPANY 4th BATTALION 12th INFANTRY
199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE APO 96279
MARCH - APRIL OF 1969
MY YEN, WAS WHERE MY SQUAD LEADER AND
TWO OTHER OF MY SQUADMATES WERE KILLED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME ON APRIL 1st 1969.
(Please see my memorials on the NAVIGATION BAR
at the top of this page) or easier yet just click on
this Link MY FRIEND'S MEMORIALS
3rd SQUAD 1st PLATOON
J. E. BOUYER R. A. THURSBY W. A. DEBATES
KIA 4/1/69 KIA 4/1/69 KIA 4/1/69
WITH A PICTURE OF MY SQUAD LEADER SGT
RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY IN MY RIGHT HAND.
AND A COPY OF MY BISBEE, AZ PROCLAMATION
IN MY LEFT HAND,TO BECOME AN HONARY CITIZEN
OF BISBEE SIGNED BY NINE GOVENORS INCLUDING
THE GOVENOR OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA HIMSELF!
AND A PICTURE OF THE BISBEE, ARIZONA VIETNAM
VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAQUE WITH MY SQUAD
LEADER SGT RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY'S NAME ON
IT!
FORMER ADMINISTRATOR DAVID LOOPER
OF THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME IN THE
DALLES, OREGON HOLDS OUT AN
AUTOGRAPHED VERSION BY THE AUTHOR
THE "B" FOR BISBEE MEMORY GROUP BOOK.
WHILE I HOLD UP A HIGH SCHOOL PICTURE
OF MY SQUAD LEADER IN VIETNAM SGT
RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY KIA 1 APRIL
1969. 3rd SQUAD 1ST PLATOON ALPHA
FIRETEAM D COMPANY 4th BATTALION 12th
INFANTRY 199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE.
IN MY LEFT HAND I'AM HOLDING THE
BISBEE, ARIZONA PROCLAMATION MAKING
ME AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF BISBEE,
ARIZONA SIGNED BY NINE DIFFERENT
POLITICIANS INCLUDING THE GOVENOR OF
ARIZONA FOR WRITING MY SQUAD
LEADER'S MEMORIAL AND HAVING IT
POSTED ON THE VIRTUAL WALL ALONG
WITH PFC JAMES EARL BOUYER, AND SP/4
WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATES WHO WERE ALL
KILLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME ON 1ST
APRIL 1969,
3rd SQUAD 1st PLATOON
D COMPANY 4th BATTALION 12th INFANTRY
199th LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE APO 96279
MARCH - APRIL OF 1969
MY YEN, WAS WHERE MY SQUAD LEADER AND
TWO OTHER OF MY SQUADMATES WERE KILLED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME ON APRIL 1st 1969.
(Please see my memorials on the NAVIGATION BAR
at the top of this page) or easier yet just click on
this Link MY FRIEND'S MEMORIALS
3rd SQUAD 1st PLATOON
J. E. BOUYER R. A. THURSBY W. A. DEBATES
KIA 4/1/69 KIA 4/1/69 KIA 4/1/69
MY AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE" CEREMONY PICTURES TAKEN AT BOTH THE OREGON VETRERANS' HOME IN THE DALLES, OREGON, AND AT THE VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON FAIRGROUNDS ON SUNDAY NOVENBER 6th 2005
TO THE GIRL WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE TO
POINT THE WAY TO THE AGENT ORANGE "SILVER
ROSE MEDAL" MS KAREN ROTH.
"THE SILVER ROSE" AGENT ORANGE
MEDAL DISPLAY PLAQUE
AT THE VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th, 2006
"THE SILVER ROSE" AGENT ORANGE
MEDAL DISPLAY PLAQUE
AT THE VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th, 2006
PICURE #2 (CLOSE UP)
(ME) GREG PAYNE, WAITING FOR THE SILVER
ROSE CEREMONY TO BEGIN AND MY NAME TO
BE CALLED ...
(ME) GREG PAYNE KISSING U.S.CONGRESSWOMAN
DARLENE HOOLEY OREGON STATE REPRESENATIVE,
AFTER SHE PUT THE SILVER ROSE MEDAL UP OVER
MY HEAD.
U.S. CONGRESSMAN & WASHINGTON STATE REP.
BRIAN BIARD PLACES THE "VETERANS OF
OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" UP OVER
MY HEAD AT THE VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS ON
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.
U.S. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BAIRD
WASHINGTON STATE REPRESENATIVE JUST
FINISHES UP PUTTING THE "VETERNS OF OREGON
HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" UP OVER MY HEAD.
U.S. CONGRESSMAN BRIAN BAIRD THEN
PRESENTS ME WITH THE CITATION CERTIFICATE
FOR THE "VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE
SERVICE MEDAL" AT THE VANCOUVER
FAIRGROUNDS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.
TWO MEDALS IN ONE DAY BOTH FROM THE
UNITED STATES SENATE AND THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS! (WOW!) WHAT A HUMBLING
EXPIERENCE! MY FRIEND MARYANN EDWARDS
AS MY CNA ESCORT FROM THE OREGON VETERANS'
HOME STAND BEHIND MY CHAIR.
MY FAMILY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT MY MOM, HER
BROTHER MY UNCLE KENNY, WIFE MARIE, MY
MOM'S YOUNGER SISTER MY AUNT DOROTHY AND
MOM'S OLDER SISTER MY AUNT MARION, ALL AT
THE AGENT ORANGE SILVER ROSE CEREMONY,
VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS, SUNDAY NOVEMBER
5th 2006.
(ME) GREG PAYNE, HOLDING THE "SILVER
ROSE" AMD THE "VETERANS OF OREGON
HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" CITATION
CERTIFICATES AT THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER
ROSE" CEREMONY VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.
(ME) GREG PAYNE, HOLDING THE "SILVER
ROSE" AMD THE "VETERANS OF OREGON
HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" CITATION
CERTIFICATES AT THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER
ROSE" CEREMONY VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006.
Corporal Larry Yockelson U.S. Marine Corps #411-06
Sergeant First Class James R. Breese U.S. Army #412-06
Specialist E-4 Gregory Zelmar Payne U.S. Army #413-06
Specialist E-5 James Dillion Jr. U.S. Army #414-0
Specialist E-4 Nicola Martino U.S. Army #415-06
CLOSE-UP OF (ME) GREG PAYNE, HOLDING THE
"SILVER ROSE" AND THE "VETERANS OF OREGON
HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" CITATION
CERTIFICATES AT THE "AGENT ORANGE "SILVER
ROSE" CEREMONY VANCOUVER FAIRGROUNDS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5th 2006. (PLEASE NOTE MY
MEDAL'S AUTHINICATION NUMBER #413-06 ON
THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF MY CITATION
CERTIFICATE.)
MY AUNT DOROTHY TAKES A DRINK OF WATER
FROM A BOTTLE WHILE I (GREG PAYNE) MY MOM,
AND MARYANN EDWARDS MY CNA ESCORT FROM
THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME ALL LOOK ON AT
THE MAN TALKING TO ME AT THE NATIVE
AMERICAN INDIAN "SALMON BAKE" AT
WOODBURN, OREGON. THIS WAS THE LAST
PHASE OF MY MEDALS CEREMONY TRIP, AND
NATURALLY IT WAS ALL WET, RAINY, AND COLD
FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON TO WOODBURN,
OREGON THE WHOLE DAY DURING THE MEDALS
CEREMONY, BUT THE TRIP OUT FROM THE DALLES,
OREGON WAS WELL WORTH IT!
KAREN ROTH FROM THE VFW "COOTIES" AND I CELIBRATING OUR VICTORY OVER THE VA.
(ME) GREG PAYNE AND KAREN ROTH OF THE
VFW COOTIES CELABRATING OUR VICTORY OVER
THE VA BY HOLDING UP MY AGENT ORANGE
"SILVER ROSE MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE IN A
FRAME ALL READY TO HANG BACK UP ON THE WALL
IN MY ROOM AT THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME IN
THE DALLES, OREGON. THE PLACQUES ON THE
WALL IN THE BACKGROUND IS A COLLECTION OF
ACHIEVEMENTS AND A LIFE TIME OF MY WORK FOR
THE VETERANS AND FAMILY. KAREN HELP ME ALOT
IN HER EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THESE TWO MEDALS.
SHE PUT HER'S AROUND MY NECK.
PICTURE #2 (ME) GREG PAYNE AND KAREN ROTH
OF THE VFW COOTIES CELABRATING OUR VICTORY
OVER THE VA BY HOLDING UP MY AGENT ORANGE
"SILVER ROSE MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE IN A
DISPLAY PLAQUE.
PICTURE #3 (ME) GREG PAYNE AND KAREN
ROTH OF THE VFW COOTIES CELABRATING OUR
VICTORY OVER THE VA BY HOLDING UP MY AGENT
ORANGE "SILVER ROSE MEDAL" AND
CERTIFICATE.
(ME) GREG PAYNE WITH MY AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE MEDAL" AND MY "VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" IN A DISPLAY FRAME IN MY ROOM AT THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME IN THE DALLES, OREGON.
(ME) GREG PAYNE HOLDING UP
MY AGENT ORANGE "SILVER ROSE MEDAL AND
CERTIFICATE IN A FRAME.
(ME) GREG PAYNE HOLDING UP MY "VETERANS OF
OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" AND
CERTIFICATE IN A FRAME IN MY ROOM AT THE
OREGON VETERANS' HOME THE DALLES, OREGON.
(ME) GREG PAYNE HOLDING UP MY AGENT
ORANGE "SILVER ROSE MEDAL" AND THE
"VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE
MEDAL" CERTIFICATE IN A FRAME.
(ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING MY FINAL ENGRAVED COPY OF MY "VETERANS OF OREGON HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" FROM THE STATE OF OREGON.
(ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING MY ENGRAVED &
FINAL COPY OF MY " VETERANS OF OREGON
HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" AT THE OREGON
VETERANS' HOME THE DALLES, OREGON
(ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING MY ENGRAVED &
FINAL COPY OF MY " VETERANS OF OREGON
HONORABLE SERVICE MEDAL" UP AND AROUND MY
NECK AT THE OREGON VETERANS' HOME THE
DALLES, OREGON 97058.
MY MEDAL OF VALOR CEREMONY
(ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING THE
"WARRIORS MEDAL OF VALOR" GIVEN TO ME BY
THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, TRIBES INCLUDE
THE SIOUX, THE CHEYANNE, THE CROW, THE
COMMANCHE, THE CHEROKEE, THE BLACKFOOT,
THE YAKIMAS, THE NAVAHO, THE NEZ PIERCE, THE
ARAPAHO, AND THE APACHE. IN SHORT IT WAS
"THE NATIVE AMERICAN CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA COUNCIL." AT THE OREGON
VETERANS' HOME B-WING DINING ROOM AREA.
(ME) GREG PAYNE RECIEVING THE
"WARRIORS MEDAL OF VALOR" GIVEN TO ME BY
THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, AT THE OREGON
VETERANS' HOME B-WING DINING ROOM AREA THE
DALLES, OREGON.
terima kasih
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