| The Davis Award (Posted 3 July 2010) |
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. The Davis Award display/info pages will be coming soon. In the meantime, check out the Davis Award Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) at Davis Award SOP We are in dire need of a volunteer Davis Award Chairman for the year 2011 (May 2010 - Jun 2011). Duties of the Chairman are outlined in the above link. If you can spare a few hours of your time as an active member to help our association in this most worthwhile project please contact our President at President@8Cavalry.Org for further direction. EC Whitey Reese
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| Quartermaster Store 8th Cav Regt Association (Posted 20 April 2010) |
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. Our Association now has a new Quartermaster (Trooper Larry Hempfling) as replacement for Trooper Bob Cable. Hopefully our QM Store will be up and running before much longer. Will keep you informed. Whitey Reese
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| Looking for anyone that knew Richard Guy "Doc" Sherwood C/2/8th, KIA 7 Dec 1967 (Posted 24 January 2010) |
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. I received the following e-mail request for information concerning Richard Guy "Doc" Sherwood on 23 January 2010. Mr. Reese, I was wondering if you could help me. My name is Harvey Lake and I live in Jackson, Michigan. I would like to know if any of the 1st Cavalry Division veterans was with or knew anything about Richard Guy Sherwood. KIA Dec 7,1967. His unit was C/2/8th Cav Regt, 1st Cav Div. Could you send me anything you can to put me in touch with anyone that knew Richard (Doc) Sherwood. Or Have anyone contact me. Use this email address cutlasss@sbcglobal.net My Brother Roger Lake,went to school with Doc(Richard) Sherwood and they were close friends up until the time Doc left for Vietnam. We called Richard, Doc, that was his nickname, I knew Doc from my brother and he was well liked by my mom and dad. The cemetery where Doc is burried is on a hill by a side road that I take all the time to go back and forth to town. There isnt a day that goes by that I dont think of him and the service that they had for him when came home for good to be laid to rest. I have never asked anything about Doc all these years on what happened and the story behind the war he was fighting.Any information on him and what happened to Doc could help put a little closure on his death. When Doc left our house when he was home on leave, he told my mom that he wasnt coming back. He was leaving the next day for Vietnam. Two months later he was killed. thank you
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| 4th Bn 8th Cav Regt, Gelnhausen, Germany Reunion, July 2011 (Posted 26 September 2009) |
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. Received the following from Trooper Ken Osborne 23 Sep '09. ****** Trying to get the word out! I am the group leader for the 8th Cavalry and 33rd Armor reunion in Gelnhausen Germany scheduled for July 2011. Many of our members are members of the 8th Cav and 3-33 armor who served in Germany as part of the 3rd Armored Division in the late 1980s. We served alongside 3-8 Cav and 1-33 Armor during our tour. We want to get the word out to all former 8th Cav veterans who may have served with us in the 3rd Armored Division. Our facebook page is: Click Here We would love to include your unit in our reunion. Could you please post this link? Check it out and let us know what you think. Thanks so much for your time! Ken Osborne
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| Death Notice: MAJ Harry D. Murphy MG Trp and HH Trp, 8th Cav Regt WWII. (Posted 17 September 2009) |
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Harry Duane Murphy December 9, 1918 - August 29, 2009 MURPHY, Harry Duane 90 of Dayton passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Englewood Manor. He was preceded in death by his parents Harry J. & Mary E. (nee Heywood) Murphy, his sister Louise Stewart and a granddaughter Jennifer Morrison. Duane is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Norma L. (nee Swank) Murphy; one daughter Roberta L. Morrison of Dayton; one son and daughter-in-law Michael D. & April Murphy of NC; one brother Harold E. Murphy of Dayton; seven grandchildren Rebecca (Curt) Roach, Charles Morrison, Sara Murphy, Matthew (Laura) Murphy, Jonathon Murphy, Brooke (Aaron) Harvath, Meredith (Mike) Kelleher; three great-grandchildren Stephanie, Kelli & Matthew. He was an accountant and had worked for the Ohio Paper Co. (Miamisburg), Dayton Steel Foundry and retired from the State of Ohio. Duane also was retired from the US Army Reserves, was a member of the Retired Officers Association, American Legion, N.A.U.S., US Cavalry and 1st Cavalry Associations and Happy Corner Church of the Brethren, he also volunteered for 15 years at Good Samaritan Hospital in the finance department. Duane’s funeral tribute will be 10:00 AM Thursday, September 3, 2009 at the TOBIAS FUNERAL HOME ENGLEWOOD CHAPEL, 675 West Wenger Road with Pastor Kelly Meyerhoeffer presiding, burial will follow in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. His family will receive friends at the funeral home, Wednesday evening from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers contributions if desired may be made to the Good Samaritan Foundation or the Alzheimers Association. Major Murphy was a member of Machine Gun Troop, 8th US Cav Regt from 1941 through World War II and was then assigned to Hq and Hq Troop in 1945. Carl W. Moreland
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| Looking for Gerald Allen Polston Was member of 8th Cav Regt sometime during years 1957 through 1965 (Posted 2 September 2009) |
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. I received the following e-mail request for information concerning Gerald A. Polston on 31 August 2009. Pamela Polston would appreciate hearing from anyone that knew Gerald or has info about him. Please contact her at the listed e-mail address. Thanks.
SIR, MY NAME IS PAMELA POLSTON AND I AM TRYING TO GATHER INFORMATION IN ENGLISH RATHER THAN ARMY REGARDING MY LATE HUSBAND, GERALD ALLEN POLSTON.
HE SAID HE WAS STATIONED AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA AND IN GERMANY. THE RECORDS THAT I HAVE FOR HIM SHOW APO’s, SO I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS AT ANY GIVEN TIME OR WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE. ALSO, NO ONE SEEMS WILLING TO POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO FIND THIS INFORMATION. I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THE HOPE THAT THE CONNECTION THROUGH THE 8TH CALVARY WILL LEAD ME TO A HISTORY OF THE SOLDIERS WHO MADE UP THAT GROUP DURING THE TIME MY HUSBAND WAS A MEMBER. ANY INFORMATION OR DIRECTIONS YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. PAMELA POLSTON
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| Death Notice: CPT Pierce Jefferson Burke, Jr., "Jeff" D/2 8th Cav Regt, "Angry Skipper" Vietnam War. (Posted 26 July 2009) |
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. Blythewood: A funeral service for Pierce Jefferson Burke, Jr., "Jeff", 68, of Blythewood, will be held at 12:30 o'clock, Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, 5202 Colonial Drive, Columbia. Interment with military honors will follow at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery. The family will received friends from 6 until 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 520 Gervais St, Ste. 300, Columbia, SC 29201. Mr. Burke died July 23, 2009. Born in Winter Haven, Florida on May 25, 1941, he was a son of the late Pierce Jefferson Burke, Sr. and Margie Baggett Burke. Jeff was a retired captain of the US Army, and a decorated Vietnam War veteran. He served in Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), "Angry Skipper". Survivors include his wife, Sandra of Blythewood; daughters and sons-in-law, Tracy and Scott Harling of Columbia, Carol and Mustafa Karadeniz of Atlanta, and Lesa Burke of Blythewood; seven grandchildren, brothers, Asa Mack Burke of Panama City, FL, Joseph Carter Burke of New Orleans, LA; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Jeff was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. www.ShivesFuneralHome.com (803) 754-6290 Mike "Mouse" McGhie
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| Death Notice: Pauline R. Krivda Wife of Trooper William Krivda Jr., Hq & Hq Co, 8th Cav Regt, Korean War. (Posted 20 July 2009) |
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. LADY LAKE, Fla. -- Pauline R. Krivda, 85, died June 17, 2009, at The Villages Hospice House. She was born in Manchester, N.H. and had worked there as a bookkeeper for a television station. She moved here in 1992. She was a member of the ladies auxillary of the Knights of Columbus and a member of St. Timothy Catholic Church. Family members include her husband, William Krivda Jr. of The Villages; a son, Maurice R. Charpentier Jr. of Fruitland Park; two stepdaughters, Ann Blaha of Dayton, Ohio, and Ida Elaine Norris of Pataskala, Ohio; a broter, Charles Montminy of Manchester, N.H.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. SERVICES: Calling hours are Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Beyers Funeral Home, Lady Lake. A funeral service will be Monday at 8:30 a.m. at St. Timothy Catholic Church, Lady Lake. The Rev. Gerry Shovelton will officiate. Burial will be in Florida National Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Cornerstone Hospice, 601 Cassa Bella, The Villages FL 32162. Published in the Union Leader on 6/19/2009 Whitey Reese
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