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Bremerton, Wa Reunion coordinator: Dick Lund (Addressabove)
VP & Assistantcoordinators:SueHamilton,2024WindingCreekLane,Mason,Oh.45040,ph 513-398-0713
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765TRSBREUNION SEPT.2OO9
BREMERTONWA.
Hello 765 friends,

We want first to expressour sympathyto Dick Lund on the lossof his wife just two
weeksbeforethe reunion.

Despitehis loss,he did an excellentjob of organizingandhostingthe reunion;which we

all enjoyedvery much. We thank him for all his work that he put into it.

The highlightof the reunionwasthe Clambakeat his homeon PugetSound. His family
and friendsworked with him on it and it turnedout to be a greattime with very good
food. Thankyou all for your work andhelp thatyou gaveto Dick. We alsohada harbor
cruiseof PugetSoundwhich wasvery interesting.After the cruise,we had a goodand
uniqueluncheonat aTeaRoomCafe,it wasvery muchenjoyedby all. Another
interestingactivity was a visit to an UnderwaterMuseumcompletewith Submarines,
Torpedoesandotherexhibits.

We had a surpriseguestat the reunion,her namewasMyrna, shewas King Davenports'

sister;Shelives in Tacoma,WA. Kings daughtershavekepther informedof our
reunionsandactivitiesandshewantedto be a part of it this year. Sheis a very lovely
lady andwe enjoyedher companyvery much.

Myma Davidson
1033S. Meyers
Tacoma,Wa. 98465
253-566-2313
mydavid@netzero.com

We wish to thank SherylandPerry Schneiderand SueHamilton on all of their work that

they did on helpingDick Lund on puttingthis reuniontogether.

It wasvotedat the businessmeetingthat our next reunionwill be in St. Louis, MO.

This will alsobe our 25tranniversaryof our reunions;sinceSt. Louis is wherewe had
our first. We contactedIrv Harris,who lives in St. Louis andhe will put it together.If
you haveanythingthat you'd like to help with or suggestions, you may contacthim.

Our bestwishesto all of you,

Audrev. Bob and Dan Kalan

Bugsseo ,qRE THOSE wHO CAN GIVE WITHOUT REMEMBERING

ANo TAKE wITHoUT FoRGETTIG
 August 3,2409
599 SharonLane
Hamilton,Ohio
45013

Dear Audrey, Dan and Bob,

We thought it is about time that we senda short communiqueto

the group sincewe haven't written for months.SinceBill can't get
aroundtoo well, wo are limited in our ability to travel at length.
Therefore,we find it impossibleto plan to attendthe reunion
this year. A sadlossfor us, indeed!! For we really miss all of our
friends from the 765th.Luckily, we still get to visit with Frank and
Evelyn Rowe sincewe live so closetogether.It's always fun to be
with them.
We haven't heard a thing from Mr. Ha for over two yearsnow.
So, it is with greatregret that we must drop his membership.We
have no idea what has happenedto him. It is likely that he has
joined our fallen comrades,but we can't be sure.
We will be sendinga note and our duesto Bill and Billie this
week so that we may remain membersof our group. We hope all
that are planning to attendthe reunion have a gloriously good time
and return home safely.
You three take good care of eachother and thanksfor all of
vour hard work.

As Ever,
Trif, Carole,Bill
Rothfuss
24 Timber Lane
NewingtonCT 061l l
June30.2009

Hello Bob, Audrey and Dan

It's heensometime sinceI've writtEnto you. The e-mailsyou sendalangkeepus in

touch^but it's not quite the sameasa letter-

I wasn't awarethat thereis an outfit calledKorea Veterans,The Graybeards.

I'rn sureyou rememberJohnMalay who editedthe Newsletterbeforeyou took on the

taskwhen John left the group. He is now a memberof the Graybeardsandreceivestheir
news lettcr. John sentme the enclosedarticle from their newslctter.It was writtcn by a
?651h member,Sgl. Hall, a namewhich I recognizehut can't place-

Also enclosedis a copy of my replyto Johnin which I commenton the articleand

reminisceon tho earlydaysof the ?65th-

Perhapsyou and someof the groupthat regularly attendthe reunionswere in the arrival
on Christrnas1950.

I just found, while cleaningout my deskthe enclosed5 photographsthat I took of the

backshopsand the truck railer I mentionin my letterto John. It looks like they were
taken in the spring of 1951. Notesare on the backof eachphcto. The pictureof Captain
Tarrant,the baualionAdjutant Officer wastakenin the doorwayto Lt. Cal Hank's office,
the BattalionCommanderat that time.

At leastI've written somethinghopefully of interest.

Physicalconditionagaineliminatesrny long distancetravelingso I won't makethe

reunionin Washington. A greatplace. I wasput on TDY at Ft. Newton in downtown
Seattlefor 30 daysowith a classA pas$,so I wasableto get aroundl evenin the dnzzle,
and hit all the clubs andjazz venuesbeforeI shoppedout.

lt can only havegottenbetterand ['m sureall who attendwill havea tnernorabletime.

With the prograrnDick Lund hassetup.

EnoughBS. Josieand I hope that you, Audreyand Dan will be pas$edyou physical
problemshavea wondert-ulsurnmerand enjoy W*shington.

60tta
24 Timber Lane
Newington , cr 061-L1
fune 30, 2009
Hello John
cot your note $rith the article about the 765th written by sgt uall.
n a m ei s f a m i l i a r , b u t t d o n ' t r e a 1 1 y r e m e m b eh
r im.
F u n n v h o w a n a r t i c l e s u c h a s t h i s b r i n q s b a c k m e m o r i e s .R e d r u l l e r
a n d i u s e d t o n l a v q i n r u m m vi n t h e l a o t o r p o o l o f f i c e . l l a y b e y o u ' l l
r e m e m b e rt h a t i r e d - h e d 5 k i d - s a n d h i s w i f e a n d t h e k i d s l i V e a t
scofieJd garracks in uawaii. He never got paid and r swore that I
would find out why. His records were 1ost, and in a'll the time we
were in Korea, r never did get the answer.
. t - h er a i l e r s t h a t u a l l d e s c r i b e d w e r e u s e d a l l t h e t i m e . R e d a l s o p u t
railers on a 3/4 ton truck and we used to go up track to the various
RTo's we operated before the 714 operatinq Bn came in. rt's how we
paid the glys working the RTos. Red drove-and the pay officer and r
w e n t a l o n g . r t h i n k y o u c a m ew i t h u s o n s e v e r a l o c c a s i o n s .
There is one error in Hall's recountinq. r think that you and I
joined the.765th in Seoul on the day the outfit wqs pul-l'ing.back
to pusan since the chinese were attackinq north of seoul and we
wanted to relocate to the shops in pusan-to avoid being taken
over by the chinese.
r had taken over Personnel from touis racopetti around the LSth of
oecember when the medics found out that touis had diabetes and
invalided him home.
rhe christmas arrival that brought us up to strength was a mess.r
g o t a c a l l f r o m 3 d T M R Si n t a e g u t h a t 2 5 0 m e nw e r e c o m i n g i n . T h e s e
f r e r e p r i m a r i l y d r a f t e e s s i n c e t h e c o m p l e m e nw
t e had were RA's and
reservists. lil nans didn't have any idea as to what n-rothe men
w o u J da r r i v e . S o , n e d r u l ' l e r a n d r g o t j e e p s w i t h w a l k i e t a l k i e s
d i s p a t c h e d t o a l i t h e l o c a l R T o s . r h e f i n a l l y c a m ei n a b o u t 2 : 3 0 p t v l
at the RTo in eusongin.
rhey hadn't eaten, but the 765th Mess sgt put out a great crisatmas
for them.
t could go on ad finitum. But this is enough.
Good to hear from you. Josie and t trust that you and ttancy are
doing well. Have a wondderful summer.

I was always taught to respect my elders, But it keepsgetting harder tofind one.

The irony of lfe is that, by the time You're old enoughto lwtowyourway around,
yott're not going anwhere.

Frustration is trying to find your glasseswithout your glasses.

Aspire to inspire before you expire.

March/April Mystery Photos
Re the "Mystety Photo A" that appeated in the March/Apt'il issue
aJ'TheGraybcards,p. 48.
I knorv exactly what it is. It is a picture of a U.S. rnilitary
ambulance.lf you will look carefully, you will see stretcher
mountings attachedto tlre sides of the arnbulance.The rvheeis are 7-16/09
florn a raiiroad car and it is a rniddle-size older passengerbus that
runs on rails. I know becauseI rvas a passellgeron one in May or Dear Bob, Audrey & Dan
J u n e1 9 5 3 .
The laihnad line ran frorn up north to Seor.rl,South Korea and Hello from Tennesse!
enabled the rnedics to transport badly injured soldiers who could Got the nice newsletter and note about your
not be treated in field hospitals. Plus, it could transport perhaps6
recent hospital stay. This was a real surpriseto us. I
or 7 wounded.It also had a bus en{:ineand shifted as if it were a
regularbus.
would have sent you a get well card had I known
I will never forget that ride. We made it in aboutone-and-a-half
sooner.I'm sure glad you're doing okay, and like
hours to Scoul. Since it was so close to the ceascfire. the ambu- us, still planning on making the reunion. I'm really
lance nr.ayhave been discontinued soon after Jnne or July 1953. looking forward to it. I'm afraidour groupwill be
Hope this notc clears up that mystery. small this year; but it doesn't take a lot of people to
SFC Ray L. Hunter, have a good time. I need to get our reservationsat
4024 Main Street, the hotel. I haven't done it yet.
Alexandria. YA22309 Take care of yourself no more colds for Audrey
and tell Dan he has to stay well towatch over you
and his Mom.
Love to all
Bill & Billie

Dear Audrey, Bob, Dan

Sorrv but we have to miss the reunion. Don's

60thclass reunion is the sameweek-end.He's
committed to it.
It lvas a bus/ambulance Hope you are both well, we ate great. Anxious to
I rvas in an advance party of the 765th TRSB (Transportation seewhere reunion will be next year.
Railway Shop Bn.), wirich consistedof 32 rnen. We arrived in Have fun.
Korea on or about Labor Day 1950. The rest of the men came in Love, Jinny & Don
on Chrisfinas Day. One of those men turned out to be an old
friend, Ed Spangenberg,of Porl Jeruis, NY.
Anyway, we did rnany things and kept real busy during that
fall and very cold, cold, cold winter.
We had a lnotor pool sergeant, Howard "Red" Fuller. The
roads were terrible, so Red put a set of railroad wheels on a %-
The quoteof the monthis by JayLeno:
.Jon^Other than aimlanes.su-ch as P-5 I s and Corsairs,this 4x4 was
thc tastesttransportationin Korea. "With hurricanes,tornados,fires out of control,mud
Sorneonegot tt.," idea of putting rail units on buses.I do not slides,flooding,severethunderstorms tearingup the
ktto'uvif we converted fifteen or. tnore of these buses and used
country from one endto another,and with the treat
thern as ambulances.They could use the rails up close to the
front, raise their rail wheels, turn the vehicle around at a'y roacl of bird flu andterroristattacks,'oArewe surethis is
crossing, re-align the bus, put down the railers, and travel the a goodtime to takeGod out of the Pledgeof
rails with rvonnded back to a rear hospital a great deal faster than Allegiance?"
legular ambulancescould on the roads.
I don't knorv what outfit did the interior work on the buses.
They rvere not fancy, but they were fast and practical.
Arthur C. Hall (Sgr),
40 Center Sireet,
Waterloo,NY 13165,
(315) s39-2969
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To Friendsof the MRS;

A small but vibrant group of Military Railway Service (MRS) Veterans were in attendance at
the 67th Annual TransportationCorps Conference (TC Week) at Fort Eustis from July 29th
through August 1st. A total of six \A/Wll and Korean MRS veterans and about the same
number of post Korean veterans were in attendance. MRS units representedincludedthe
714th TransportationRailwayOperatingBattalion(TROB),the715th RailwayOperating
Battalion ROB), the 3rd TransportationMilitary Railway Service (TMRS), the724th TROB,
and the 765th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion(TRSB). The MRS Veterans took part
in TC Week events starting with the Wednesday evening social icebreakerheld at the
TransportationMuseum and ending with FridayeveningTransportationBall.

The organized MRS program, which was used as part of the Army TransportationMuseum
Federation's(ATMF) annual meeting,was well received. AmericanShort Line and Regional
RailroadAssociationpresidentLTG (R) RichardTimmons providedan overallview of
today's short line and regional railroad landscape. COL (R) Thomas Sweeney presentation
on the History of the MRS covering the Army's involvementin rail activitiesfrom West Point
engineers surveying of the earliest rail lines onward was of PBS documentary
quality. Insighton the pre Fort Eustis home of Army Rail, Camp Clareborne,LA, was
providedby LT MelindaWest with her thesis on the building,operation,and demise of
the Clareborne and Polk Military Railway.

Elementsof severalArmy HistoryDetachmentswere on hand to conductindividualMRS

Veteran interviewsto insure that their knowledge,experiences,and contributionswere

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capturedfor futuregenerations.Historyis not merelya collectionof individualexperiences,

they are lessonslearnedfor those involvedin solvingthe logisticalproblemsof todayand
the future. The TransportationMuseumproveda majorattractionfor not onlythe MRS
Veteransbut the generalpublicas well. For this yearsTC Week,the Transportation
Museumwas able to completeseveralnew railexhibitsas part of it's ongoingeffortsto
captureand displaythe accomplishments of all modesof ArmyTransportation overthe
years.

TC Week representeda Fort Eustishomecomingfor the MRSVeteransin attendancewho

exploredthe installationrefreshingtheir knowledgeof the rail networkand facilities,location
of their long gone WWll woodenbarracks,and otherfacilities.A surprisefind for one
veteranwas the Museum'shospitalcar (awaitingrestoration)storedbehindthe MG Carl
Gray Rail Shop. His last assignmentat Fort Eustisin the early 1950swas as a memberof
the team conduetingoperationaltestson this classof car. Fridaymorningthe group
participatedin a "staff ride"to Portsmouthto tour Maersk'soceanand Commonwealth
Railwayservedon dock intermodalterminals complex.This stateof the art complexnot
only handlesstandardcontainersbut has also beenconfiguredto be ableto handle
oversizedcargoand vehiclesto includemilitary.

In additionto the Fort EustisConference,five MRS unitscontinueto hold individually

sponsoredreunions.The 749thROBheldit'sreunionin Columbus,OH, in midAugust
and the 712thTROBwill be meetingfrom August30ththroughSeptember3th in Green
Bay,Wl. In Septemberthe 729thRQBwill be meetingin Washington, DC,fromthe 10th
throughthe 12thwhilethe 765thTR$B will be meetingin Salt LakeCity,UT,fromthe 16th
throughthe 18th. From October3rd throughthe 7th the 732ndROBwill be meetingin
Jacksonville, FL.
lf you plan to be in any of these areaswhentheseunitsare meeting,seriouslyconsider
stoppingin and thankingthese"greatestgeneration"Army railroadersfor theirserviceto our
country.

Overall,both participantsand organizerswere satisfiedwith the conferenceresultsto the

pointthey want to do some railorientedeventin 2010.Theirdoesseemto be $ome
increasein carrier/ militaryactivities.The BNSFoperateda militaryappreciationpassenger
trainfor severalWyoming,Montana,and NorthDakotaAir Forcebaseslast year and plans
to repeatagainthis Fall. C$X has scheduleda militaryappreciationday at Jacksonvillein
Novemberwhichwill includeinvolvementof Fort EustisTransportation Corpspersonnel.I
would personally like to thankthe MRS veterans,both those who were able as well as those
who were unableto attend,for their interestin this undertakingand their manycontributions
to includedonationof memorabiliaand helpingidentifyadditionalveterans.As you can
imaginethe abilityto travelis becominga majorissuefor this generationof veterans"The
ATMFis continuingits effortsto identiffadditionalMRSVeteransand desiresto establisha
communicationlink via newsletteradvisingof museumactivitiesand futureevents. And
finally,a sincerethankyou to all, boJhmilitaryand civilian,who contributedto the formal
program,relatedactivities,and administrative supportthat madethis conferencepossible.

Mark Metz
(717) 597-2636

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