765th TRSB Newsletter October 2009

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N.w.Bremerton,Wa.ph360.373-5448email [email protected]: ill Hill 101Graham Rd. Jasper,Tn.37347 h.423-942'2644Bremerton, Wa Reunion coordinator: Dick Lund (Address bove)VP & Assistant coordinators: Sue Hamilton, 2024 WindingCreek Lane,Mason,Oh.45040, h 513-398-071e-mail stlrjuUl1ar&t.{.r!.:s1r91- heryl& Peny Schneider 0560McKelvey Rd. Cincinnati,Oh. 5240ph 513-648-0351 -mail [email protected]"*r Letter: Bob & Dan Kalan 2158 King Mesa Dr. Henderson, v. 89012 Ph.702-260- 224, e-mail!1ql111.,i!i11.1.191Video Photographer: Frank Rowe 755 Racine Ave. Columbus, Oh. 43204 ph 614-274-5270Chaplain: Ben Smith 1929Hixson Pike Chattanooga, n.37405 ph423-265'5147Web Site: Nancy Cunnirigham,5634 ichard, allas, x.75206,Ph.214-823-9366, -mail Lttttrirtlttrt.,ll;t:'l765 I{i storysite, http //griffincunningham.neVGriffi IMAIN/765 h.htm765 Reunion site, http /gri fi ncunni .net/7 htm

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Hello 765 riends,

We want irst to express ur sympathy o Dick Lund on the oss of his wife ust twoweeks before he reunion.

Despite his loss, he did an excellentob

of organizing nd hosting he reunion; which weall enjoyed very much. We thank him for all his work that he put into it.

The highlight of the reunion was he Clambake t his home on Puget Sound. His familyand riends worked with him on it and t turned out to be a great ime with very goodfood. Thank you all for your work and help hat you gave o Dick. We also had a harborcruise of Puget Sound which was very nteresting. After the cruise, we had a good andunique uncheon t aTea Room Cafe, t was very much enjoyed y all. Anotherinteresting activity was a visit to an Underwater Museum complete with Submarines,Torpedoes nd other exhibits.

We had a surpriseguest at the reunion, her name was Myrna, she was King Davenports'

sister; She ives n Tacoma, WA. Kings daughters ave kept her nformed of ourreunions nd activitiesand she wanted o be a part of it this year. She s a very ovelylady and we enjoyed er company ery much.

Myma Davidson1033S. MeyersTacoma,Wa. [email protected]

We wish to thank Sheryl and Perry Schneider nd Sue Hamilton on all of their work thatthey did on helping Dick Lund on putting his reunion ogether.

It was voted at the business meeting hat our next reunion will be n St. Louis, MO.This will also be our 25tranniversary f our reunions; ince St. Louis s where we hadour first. We contacted rv Harris,who ives n St. Louis and he will put t together. fyou have anything hat you'd like to help with or suggestions, ou may contact im.

Our best wishes o all of you,

Audrev. Bob and Dan Kalan

B u g s s e o , q R E T H O S E w H O C A N G IV E W I T H O U T R E M E M B E R I N G

ANo TAKE wITHoUT FoRGETTIG



August 3,2409599 Sharon LaneHamilton,Ohio45013

Dear Audrey, Dan and Bob,

We thought t is about ime that we send a short communique othe group since we haven't written for months. Since Bill can't get

around oo well, wo are imited in our ability to travel at length.Therefore, we find it impossible o plan to attend he reunion

this year. A sad oss or us, ndeed! For we really miss all of ourfriends from the 765th. uckily, we still get to visit with Frank andEvelyn Rowe since we live so close ogether. t's always fun to bewith them.

We haven't heard a thing from Mr. Ha for over two years now.So, t is with great regret hat we must drop his membership. Wehave no idea what has happened o him. It is likely that he hasjoined our fallen comrades, ut we can't be sure.

We will be sending a note and our dues o Bill and Billie thisweek so that we may remain members of our group. We hope allthat are planning to attend he reunion have a gloriously good timeand return home safely.

You three ake good care of each other and hanks or all ofvour hard work.

As Ever,Trif, Carole,BillRothfuss





24 Timber LaneNewington , cr 061-L1fune 30, 2009

H e l l o John

cot your note $rith the article about the 765th written by sgt uall .

name s fami l iar, bu t t don ' t rea11y remember im.

Funnv how an ar t ic le such as th i s br inqs back memor ies . Red ru l le rand i used to n lav qin rummv n the lao tor pool off ice . l l aybe you ' l lremember ha t i red-hed 5 kid-s and his wi fe and the k ids l iVe atscof ieJd gar racks in uawai i . He never got pa id and r swore tha t Iwould f ind out why. His records were 1os t , and in a ' l l the t ime wewere in Korea , r never d id ge t the answer.. t -he ra i le rs tha t ua l l descr ibed were used a l l the t ime . Red a l so putra i le rs on a 3 /4 ton t ruck and we used to go up t rack to the var iousRTo's we operated before the 714 operatinq Bn came n. rt 's how wepaid the glys working the RTos . Red drove-and the pay off icer and rwent a long . r th ink you came wi th us on severa l occas ions .

T h e r e i s o n e e r r o r i n H a l l ' s r e c o u n t i n q . r t h i n k t h a t you a n d Ijo ined the .765th in Seoul on the day the ou t f i t wqs pul - l ' ing .backto pusan s ince the ch inese were a t tack inq nor th of seoul and wewanted to re loca te to the shops in pusan- to avoid be ing takenover by the chinese .

r had taken over Personnel from touis racopetti around the LSth ofoecember when the medics found out that touis had diabetes andinva l ided him home.

rhe chr i s tmas ar r iva l tha t brought us up to s t rength was a mess . rgo t a ca l l f rom 3d TMRS n taegu tha t 250 men were coming n. Thesef re re pr imar i ly draf tees s ince the complement e had were RA's andreserv is t s . l i l nans d idn ' t have any idea as to what n- ro he menwouJd ar r ive . So , ned ru l ' l e r and r got jeeps wi th walk ie ta lk iesd ispa tched to a l i the loca l RTos . rhe f ina l ly came n about 2 :30 ptv la t the RTo n eusongin .

rhey hadn't eaten, but the 765th Mess sgt put out a great crisatmasfor them.

t could go on ad f in i tum. But th i s i s enough.

Good to hear from you. Josie and t trust that you an d ttancy ar edoing well. Have a wondderful summer.

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

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

Frustration is trying to ind your glasses without your glasses.

Aspire to inspire before you expire.



March/April Mystery PhotosRe the "Mystety Photo A" that appeated n the March/Apt'il issueaJ'The Graybcards, p. 48.

I knorv exactly what it is. It is a picture of a U.S. rnilitaryambulance. f you will look carefully, you will see stretchermountings attached o tlre sides of the arnbulance. The rvheeis areflorn a raiiroad car and it is a rniddle-size older passenger us thatruns on rails. I know because rvas a passellger on one in May orJune 1953.

The laihnad line ran frorn up north to Seor.rl,South Korea andenabled he rnedics to transport badly injured soldiers who couldnot be treated n field hospitals. Plus, it could transport perhaps 6or 7 wounded. t also had a bus en{:ine and shifted as f it were aregular bus.

I will never orget hat ride. We made t in about one-and-a-halfhours o Scoul. Since t was so close o the ceasc ire. the ambu-lance nr.ay have been discontinued soon after Jnne or July 1953.

Hope this notc clears up that mystery.SFC Ray L. Hunter,4024 Main Street,Alexandria. YA22309

It lvas a bus/ambulanceI rvas n an advance party of the 765th TRSB (Transportation

Railway Shop Bn.), wirich consisted of 32 rn en. We arrived inKorea on or about Labor Day 1950. The rest of the men came non Chrisfinas Day. One of those men turned out to be an oldfriend, Ed Spangenberg, of Porl Jeruis, NY.

Anyway, we did rnany things and kept real busy during thatfall and very cold, cold, cold winter.

We had a lnotor pool sergeant, Howard "Red" Fuller. Theroads were terrible, so Red put a set of railroad wheels on a %-

.Jon^Other han aimlanes.su-ch s P-5 s and Corsairs, his 4x4 wasthc tastest ransportation n Korea.

Sorneone ot tt.," dea of putting rail units on buses. do notktto'uv f we converted fifteen or. tnore of these buses and usedthern as ambulances. They could use the rails up close to thefront, raise their rail wheels, turn the vehicle around at a'y roaclcrossing, re-align the bus, put down the railers, and travel therails with rvonnded back to a rear hospital a great deal faster thanlegular ambulances ould 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

7-16/09

Dear Bob, Audrey & Dan

Hello from Tennesse!

Got the nice newsletter and note aboutyour

recent hospital stay. This was a real surprise o us. Iwould have sent you a get well card had I knownsooner. 'm sure glad you're doing okay, and likeus, still planning on making the reunion. I'm reallylooking forward to it. I'm afraidour groupwill besmall this year; but it doesn't take a lot of people tohave a good time. I need to get our reservations atthe hotel. I haven't done t yet.

Take care of yourself no more colds for Audreyand tell Dan he has o stay well towatch over youand his Mom.

Love to allBill & Billie

Dear Audrey, Bob, Dan

Sorrv but we have to miss the reunion. Don's60thclass reunion is the sameweek-end. He'scommitted to it.

Hope you are both well, we ate great. Anxious tosee where reunion will be next year.

Have fun.Love, Jinny & Don

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Subject: Military Railway Service ConferenceFrom: [email protected]: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:16:28 0000 UTC)To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], tmfoundation@ne,tzero.net, [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Stephen G.Warner" <stephen.warner@nsco{p.com>, [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected][email protected], ombamett0l @verizon.net, oanne enkins <[email protected]>,[email protected], isele anders <gisele.landers@nsco{p.com>, ertrand inard<[email protected]), [email protected], rawforfcountypost [email protected]>,[email protected],

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To Friends of the MRS;

A small but vibrant group of MilitaryRailway Service (MRS) Veterans were in attendance at

the 67th Annual Transportation Corps Conference(TC

Week) at Fort Eustis from July 29ththrough August 1st. A total of six \A/Wlland Korean MRS veterans and about the samenumber of post Korean veterans were in attendance. MRS units represented ncluded he714th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion TROB), he715th Railway OperatingBattalion ROB), the 3rd Transportation MilitaryRailway Service (TMRS), the724th TROB,and the 765th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion TRSB). The MRS Veterans took partin TC Week events starting with the Wednesday evening social cebreaker held at theTransportation Museum and ending with Friday evening Transportation all.

The organized MRS program, which was used as part of the Army Transportation MuseumFederation's ATMF) annual meeting, was well received. American Short Line and RegionalRailroad Association president LTG (R) Richard Timmons provided an overall view oftoday's short line and regional railroad andscape. COL (R) Thomas Sweeney presentationon the History of the MRS covering he Army's involvement n rail activities rom West Pointengineers surveying of the earliest rail lines onward was of PBS documentaryquality. Insight on the pre Fort Eustis home of Army Rail, Camp Clareborne, A, wasprovided by LT Melinda West with her thesis on the building, operation, nd demise ofthe Clareborne and Polk Military Railway.

Elements of severalArmy History Detachments were on hand o conduct ndividualMRSVeteran interviews o insure that their knowledge, experiences, and contributions were

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captured or future generations. History s not merely a collection f individual xperiences,they are essons earned or those nvolved n solving he logistical roblems f today andthe future. The Transportation Museum proved a major attraction or not only he MRSVeterans but the general publicas well. For his years TC Week, he TransportationMuseum was able o complete everal new railexhibits s part of it's ongoing efforts ocapture and display he accomplishments f all modes of ArmyTransportation ver heyears.

TC Week represented Fort Eustis homecoming or the MRSVeterans n attendance hoexplored he installation efreshing heir knowledge f the railnetwork nd acilities, ocationof their ong gone WWll wooden barracks, nd other acilities.A surprise ind or oneveteran was the Museum's ospital ar (awaiting estoration) tored behind he MG CarlGray Rail Shop. His ast assignment t Fort Eustis n the early 1950s was as a member ofthe team condueting perational ests on this class of car. Fridaymorning he groupparticipated n a "staff ride" o Portsmouth o tour Maersk's cean and CommonwealthRailway erved on dock ntermodalterminals omplex. This state of the art complexnotonly handles tandard ontainers ut has also been configured o be able o handleoversized argo and vehicles o includemilitary.

In addition o the Fort Eustis Conference, ive MRS units continue o hold ndividuallysponsored eunions. he 749th ROB held t's eunion n Columbus, H, n midAugustand he 712th TROB will be meeting rom August 30th hrough September th n GreenBay, Wl . In September he 729th RQB willbe meeting n Washington, C, rom he 10ththrough he 12thwhile he 765th TR$B willbe meeting n Salt LakeCity,UT, rom he 16ththrough he 18th. From October 3rd hrough he 7th he 732nd ROBwill be meeting nJacksonville, L.lf you plan o be in any of these areas when hese units are meeting, eriously onsider

stopping n and hanking hese "greatest eneration" rmy railroaders or their service o ourcountry.

Overall, oth participants nd organizers ere satisfied with he conference esults o thepoint hey want o do some railoriented event n 2010. Theirdoes seem o be $omeincrease n carrier militaryactivities. The BNSF operated military ppreciation assengertrain or severalWyoming, Montana, nd NorthDakotaAir Force bases ast year and plansto repeat again his Fall. C$X has scheduled military ppreciation ay at Jacksonville nNovemberwhichwill nclude nvolvement f Fort Eustis Transportation orps personnel.wouldpersonally ike o thank he MRS veterans, oth hose who were able as wellas thosewho were unable o attend, or their nterest n this undertaking nd heir many contributionsto includedonation of memorabilia nd helping dentify dditional eterans. As you canimagine he ability o travel s becoming major ssue or this generation f veterans" heATMF s continuing ts efforts o identiffadditionalMRSVeterans nd desires o establishcommunication inkvia newsletter dvising f museum activities nd uture events. Andfinally,a sincere hank you o all, boJh military nd civilian,who contributed o the formalprogram, elated activities, nd administrative upport hat made his conference ossible.

MarkMetz(717) 597-2636

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