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Show Roy James, Phil Ficarra. Duane Hall, Saluting Uintah Dale Lee Dale Lee Dale Lee was born and raised in Vernal. In July 1965, Lee joined the 115th Combat Engineers (National Guard) in Vemal. After attending guard meetings for nine months, he knew that he wanted to join the regular United States Army. "I had a desire to serve my country full-time, to the best of my ability," says Lee. "I volunteered. I was not drafted." Lee entered boot camp in March of 1966 at Ft Ord, Calif. He also took Advance Infantry Training at Ft. Ord and graduated with an MOS of 9 IB. "I was trained specifically specif-ically with 81mm mortars. I volunteered volun-teered for Airborne School finishing finish-ing 'jump school' in late August of 1966 at Ft. Benning, Ga. At this time I volunteered for Special Forces Training." After passing rigorous mental and physical testing, Lee began Special Forces Training at Ft Bragg. N.C., in September 1966. "Medical training train-ing for Special Forces was very difficult dif-ficult in order to prepare for assignment assign-ment to a 12-man A-team, acting independent of regular daily support sup-port from military units for long periods of time," says Lee. He attended the Johri F. Kennedy School of Unconventional Warfare while in Ft. Bragg, plus an additional addi-tional 48 weeks training as a Special Forces Medic. This training took Lee to different post assignments, assign-ments, including Ft Sam Houston, Texas and Ft. Sill, Okla. While stationed in Ft Sam Houston, Lee married long-time sweetheart, Sharron. "She became a very good 'Army wife and helped me through the intensive medical training. How many men are greeted at the door with a kiss and then asked, 'What is the difference differ-ence between wet and dry Beri-Beri? Beri-Beri? Or, what are the main symptoms symp-toms of Kwashiorkor? What is the first symptom of breakbone fever? Is the Dengue Fever?" She helped me through the traumatic time of 'dog lab.' and in September 1967, 1 graduated from SFTG as a full fledged Green Beret, MOS 91B4S." Lee was assigned to the 7th SFG in Ft. Bragg as an instructor. In October 1967, Lee volunteered for the 5th Special Forces Group serving serv-ing mostly in South Vietnam. In November he transferred to the 5th SFG. Lee worked mostly with "Bru" Montengards, Chinese "Nungs" (body guards) and some South Vietnamese LLDB (South Vietnamese Special Forces.) He began his duty in a Da Nang military hospital for Vietnamese military and civilians. He spent mid January through April 1968 in Khe Sahn for the infamous Tet Offensive of Khe Sahn of 1968. "I will say that we 'kicked butt,' even if the American Press didn't think so at the time." While stationed in South Vietnam. Lee belonged to the 5th SFG(ABN). MACV-SOG. FOB-3 stationed at the Khe Sahn during the siege "with a lot of very brave U.S. Marines, Air Force, Navy and Army people who are still very special to me," says Lee. Lee is a member of the Utah American Legion and Khe Sahn veterans, and says. "I have been a productive member of my country since leaving the military. I am proud of my service in Vietnam, and I am especially proud of my friends who voluntarily served, gave their all and died there. We gave our best enthusiastically." Veterans' Corner Cmdr. American Legion 789-8153 State Cmdr. DAV 789-7299 Cmdr. VFW 5560 789-4643 Basin Veterans Andrew Jay Andreasen Andrew Andreasen Andrew Jay Andreasen, son of Phillip and Shari Andreasen of Vernal, will begin basic training with the Utah Army National Guard on August 27. Andreasen scored a 65 on the ASVAB test and enlisted June 23, 1999 qualifying for all bonuses offered by the National Guard. He joined the 1457th Combat Enigneers as a light-wheeled vehicle vehi-cle mechanic. "My grandpa was in the National Guard for 38 years." says Andreasen. "I joined the guard because of his influence on me and for the outstanding college benefits." bene-fits." Mini-grants support injury prevention TriCounty Health Department is excited to announce the availability of $5,500 in Injury Prevention Mini-Grant funds to assist community commu-nity agencies, schools, or coalitions in the tri-county area with injury prevention projects. The deadline for funding proposals propos-als is Friday, Sept. 24. Funding amounts will range from $250 to $1,000. Projects must provide services ser-vices or programs for Uintah. Duchesne, andor Daggett County residents. Selection of mini-grant recipients will be made according to the strength of the submitted proposal and the following criteria: (1) the extent to which the project addresses address-es injury andor violence issues faced by residents in the Basin; (2) the scope of interaction with the project target population, i.e. children, chil-dren, youth, senior citizens; (3) the extent to w hich the project collaborates collabo-rates with other community partners; part-ners; (4) the level of creativeness of the project to deliver prevention messages; and (5) the methods and extent to which the project evaluates evalu-ates program objectives. Mini-grant funds for the 19992000 Fiscal Year were secured through TCHD contracts with the Utah Department of Health Injury Prevention Program. For more information or to request proposal guidelines, call Lori Olmstead at 781-5475. Pride of the Valley festival fi. celebration of art j and culture Enjoy a proud tradition of art, music, theater and more at a Labor Day festival brimming with Colorado wine and cuisine, performances, demonstrations and kids stuff. Only $1 per person, $5 per carload and free parking. 5ptmbr 4 th & Sth. Cross Orchards Historic Farm. Gates open at 10 am. giuikd ju::ctio:j vititOR cotvftno tt L XMtoitctf 9f jjUbrtnhu 800-962-2547 www.grand-junction.netevents 7?lWw Pro OranJuntrt.m.a)8l6 GlenAred Glen E. Allred was born, reared and lived most of his life in Uintah County. In the spring of 1942 his B.Y.U. classmate, roommate, and best friend. Dale Rex, and himself hitchhiked to Salt Lake to enlist in military program where we would receive some special training and hopefully be able to serve together. Everything went well until it came to the physical exam. Dale was declared too tall at six feet seven inches and Allred was detected to have a trace of albumen in his urine. Both were rejected. There wasn't much for his friend to do, but with a change of diet, Allred thought that he could take care of the problem, so after a few weeks later he tried again to enlist, but again the same problem showed. Later that summer he gave it another shot and again had the same result. So when school resumed that fall. Dale and Glen again enrolled in school and launched upon their senior year and continued their studies. Early in November the chairman of the physical education department depart-ment at B.Y.U accompanied by the superintendent of the Emery County School District visited me and plead for help. They desperately needed a teacher and coach at one of their high schools. Though he would have preferred to have stayed in school and finished his degree at that point, he agreed to go help them out. However, by dropping out of school he would become eligible eli-gible for the draft and so stated to the superintendent, whereupon he called his draft board concerning the situation and received an assurance assur-ance from the board that they would not call him up until the school year ended in the spring. The next day he withdrew from school, traveled to Green River and started his teaching-coaching career the following Monday. But, before the week was out, he received "Greetings" from the draft board. He called the superintendent and he was fit to be tied. He called the draft board and was told by them that they had called him up to fill their quota for the month (they had record of me having been rejected three times), that they were sure that he would fail the physical and everything would be all right. So after eight days of teaching, he reported to the same reception center cen-ter in Salt Lake, stripped off and got into line. When he got to the receptionists recep-tionists desk he recognized Allred and said "You wouldn't have needed need-ed to undress and take the physical, but seeing as how you have, you may as well go on through." Allred did and needless to say, passed the physical and was on his way to becoming a GI, a bitter-sweet result His basic training took place at Ft Riley, Kansas in the Military Police. From there he went to Ft Custer, Michigan where different types of training took place, then he was sent to Ft. Lewis, Washington and joined up w ith men who had returned frcm building the Alcan Highway to Alaska as cadre for a new Engineer Combat Battalion. I was assigned to the Headquarters and ended up as the battalion photographer. We had maneuvers on the deserts of Oregon during the summer and early fall of 1943, were given furloughs, rode a train to Camp . Miles standish, Mass.. then sailed from Boston to Glasgow, Scotland in January of 1944 and rode a train into Southern England. They had further training while camped at Grimms Ditch, the Stockton Woods in the vicinity of Salisbury. There was never another soldier from the state of Utah in my unit If Awes I k A Glen Allred during the three years I served, which was disappointing to me, but I did come in contact with two men from Vemal. One was Norval Massey who was in our "sister" battalion, the 246th Engineer Combat Battalion and I v isited with him sometimes. The other was High W. Colton who I knew, from home. He and my father were friends and associates in horse racing rac-ing activities in the Uintah Basin in the 1930s. He and I watched horse iaces together a couple of times at a large track near Salisbury. Colonel Colton eventually became the commander of the 1104th Engineer Combat Group of which the 246th and 247th were a part and led the group through the European campaign. We landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France several days after D-Day so the Beach was secure and fighting was taking place a few miles inland. As engineers engi-neers we were repairing roads and bridges, building bridges, etc. My main duties were picture taking and developing them so they could be studied to aid in repair of roads and bridges. There were some interesting interest-ing experiences in getting some of the pictures. One I might mention was the picture taking of a huge, blown up bridge across the Rhine River near Dusseldorf. where while taking the pictures I could also see enemy soldiers on the far bank of the river. The photos had to be taken in daylight. I might say, I did a lot of shooting, but never shot a single time with the M-l rifle I had with me at all times. When V-E Day arrived on May 8 1945, we were near Magdeburg on the Elbe River where a few days later the Russians showed up and 1999-2000 Concert Series 7&0 pm at the Vernal Middle School 0 " 'V Lis November 12 Lauren Pel o mi Living Roots of Music - t - i i 1 February 18, 2000 -f Children Dance fr Thcatev (V J 1j t . I J - S v , k.- V . J liVxJ T" " " A '"' AX .,-..- - r. ' , - " - yfWj, Z:?:;i?:z::?zi .Cr;:;:rr:;rr:f More or r-J-. "",-'. " 1 V V.. V Wednesday, August 25, 1999 Vernal Express 5 Vernal sailor helps refugees by Mike Malta Aboard USS Inchon (MCS 12)-Demonstrating 12)-Demonstrating genuine concern for people, the Navy has played a vital role in humanitarian efforts in Albania since April 10 by supporting support-ing Operation Shining Hope. Navy Airman Amie L William, the 21-year-old daughter of Dennis and Ten Williams of Vemal. supports the success of this mission. Stationed aboard the USS Inchon (MCS 12). Williams, the 1996 graduate grad-uate of Uintah High School, joined the Navy two years ago, in December of 1997. Williams is an airman on board and she contributes to the mine countermeasure ship's mission of delivering much needed food and supplies to refugees. When asked what is most satisfying satisfy-ing about the ship's role in these missions, Williams responded, "I think the greatest benefit is that we get to help these peopie. We are not just doing an exercise; this is finally the real thing." The USS Inchon is an Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship home ported in Ingleside. Texas. The ship specializes in mine detection and countermeasures. When the Inchon left its home port on March 1. a routine five- the three of them came across the river in a boat w ith two of my companions com-panions and I plus an old childhood friend and neighbor of mine, Glyde Gam Barrow, who grew up in Ballard. Uintah County, who I ran into at his artillery unit, greeted us. I took pictures of our friendly meeting meet-ing with them. About this time I took pictures of Colonel Colton giving awards of various kinds to soldiers in the 1 104th Group. A few days later two jeep loads of us traveled to Berlin where I took pictures of the Brandenburg Bate, Templehoff Airdrome, the Olympic Stadium, Reichstadt where Hitler ummtaia mis uoinnciu s September 24, 1999 Vladimir Koclmnski Pianist January 20. 2000 Kate McLcod Folk Singer month deployment was planned, including stops in the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf. Hover, once the crisis in the balkans escalated, creating a real world emergency, the Inchon and its crew of more than 1,000, including Williams, were sent to the Adriatic Sea. There, they were joined by other units to provide humanitarian relief to the suf fering refugees. Asked what duties this Sailor is responsible for, Williams answered, "I provide administrative support for all personnel on the ship." When not engaged in the timely and safe completion of the ship's mission, Williams tends to other goals and responsibilities. "My professional goals for this deployment are to earn my enlisted aviation warfare wings and to learn more about my rate." Two things are certain. One. the Inchon is prov iding needed relief to the unfortur;a;e refugees and contributing con-tributing greatly to the overall relief efforts in the region. Secondly, without the determined support of Amie L. Williams and a thousand other Sailors, non of this help would be possible. died and other government buildings build-ings and ruins and ruins and more ruins. On the way through France we went through the suburbs of Paris, but on the way home I got to spend a day and an evening in Paris. While in the British hies. I had the privilege of visiting Glasgow, Sallsibury. Southampton and London. In Germany, besides Berlin. I visited Frandkfort, Aschen, Kassel and Hamburg. Leige was the largest city I visited in Belgium and Magdeburg was the large m Holland, and w e drove all the way across the nation of LuxeWfbure. |