Co B- 2/ 23 Mech Inf - Dmz 1967 - 1969

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Entry Name	Last Message
TOM MRAZ	June 3, 2019
GARY DURAN	October 16, 2018
JOHN DEANGELO	November 5, 2014

Entry: 8180

CO B- 2/ 23 MECH INF - DMZ 1967 - 1969

TOM MRAZ wrote on June 3, 2019

Sugar Grove IL

Comments:

Chingo's, I was Korea Jan 68 to May69.I was a medic in HHQ with time spent
with the line companies when medical coverage was needed. Barrier,QRF,OP,GP,
and H&K patrols.
I talked with you Bugsy awhile back when you were still working glad to
hear about the VA work you do. I do keep in touch with a hand full of
buddies. Sadly I must report the passing of SGT. Bayona {Med. Plt .And also
, Karl Borg AKA POWERMAN ! HHQ co. RIP. Tom

Entry: 7727

CO B- 2/ 23 MECH INF - DMZ 1967 - 1969

GARY DURAN wrote on October 16, 2018

Manteca CA

Comments:

I got in country October 1967. I was in battalion maint. I think We have
emailed or even spoken by phone. My job was recovery. Your motor Sargent was
Joe Biela. He and I went through track mechanics school at the same time in
Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and we were both sent to Ft. Meade, Maryland to the 6th
Armored Calv.

We both went to Korea the same time. He is alive and well. Now at 70,
retired, I am a volunteer at the Livermore V.A. Hospital CLC. My volunteer
days are Tuesdays, and sometimes I go in on thursdays. I sold my business
after being a slave to my own creation for 31 years.

Sometime in the summer of 1968, I went on a recovery operation to retrieve
our mess truck stuck in the zone. There was the mess truck, and a wrecker
truck stuck in the mud. We were dispatched. Then my VTR got stuck. All in a
straight line.

It got late and we spent the night in the zone. The next day B company, Joe,
was called to get me out. It took both of us to pull out the wrecker truck
and the mess truck, they were so deep in the mud.

That year in South Korea was the best year of my life. I hope you are
getting compensation from the V.A. From exposure to agent orange. We were
exposed in 1968 between April to September. I have a ton of health issues
now all related to agent orange.

I had a double heart bypass done by the V.A. In Palo Alto. If you would like
to chat more, I would be open. I have a ton of pictures, slides and movies.
My niece lives in cotati and we go to the accordion festival there.

Our camps were Lawton in the south and Dodge in the north. I remember that
cold, freezing theater on the north side, and that old steel one way bridge.
If you ever have to go to Livermore for anything try making your appointment
for a Tuesday or a Thursday. If not, I will gladly come there to meet up
with you.

Thanks, Gary Duran, aka BUGSY

Entry: 6690

CO B- 2/ 23 MECH INF - DMZ 1967 - 1969

JOHN DEANGELO wrote on November 5, 2014

Sonoma California

Comments:

John DeAngelo
Co B 2/23 Mech Inf
Sp/4 Motor Pool

Looking to hearing from some friends that were there. We rotated between two
camps - One north of the Freedom Bridge, one south of bridges. Have some
pictures of both camps to share. One puzzle is the camp names ?

Just caught up with another guy who was there in the same unit - Burt Baca, we
spent over 4 hours talking about our time there,

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