Camp Holloway Dispensary - Where Are They Now?

Lloyd Beemer
Beverton, OR
Lloyd.Beemer@providence.org

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Lloyd's Bio

Prior to induction into the Army was a “medic” working for the Ventura County General Hospital and previously at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Apparently the Army needed medics, so in 1967 I got my papers. Boot camp was Ft. Lewis, AIT was Fort Sam Houston.

During my leave, just prior to going to Viet Nam, I met my Carol, we wed following my Viet Nam tour and has now been my wife for more than 38 years.

When in Viet Nam, my initial home was Camp Holloway. Shortly following the 1968 Tet Offensive, With Kerry Pardue and Capt. Merrill Merman, moved to Ban Me Thuit. I returned home on Christmas day, second to the last plane to go back to the States.

Desiring to go to school, I graduated from Portland State University with a degree in business and followed that with a Certified Public Account certification and license from the state of Oregon. For most of my career, I was a CPA in public practice.

About nine years ago I left public accounting to return to the hospital system as an internal auditor. I have progressed in this career to where I am now the Compliance and Audit Regional Director for Washington and Montana, for the Providence Health System (this includes the St. Vincent (Hospital) Medical Center that I first began my work experience out of high school).

I guess I was destined to return to the medical field!

Roy ? Butler
Datil, New Mexico
eMail address ?

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Will be added at a later date.

Bruce N. Bigley
Senaca, Missouri
20 June 1967 to 20 June 1968
bbigley3@hotmail.com

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Will be added at a later date.

Dave W. Cuva
Boardman, OH
5 December 1967 to 31 January 31 1969
Dcuva63@zoominternet.net

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Before entering the service, I was employed by US Steel in McDonald, Ohio while attending Youngstown State University and lived in Campbell, Ohio.

After my release from the service January 31, 1969 I was hired by General Motors (Argonot Reality Div.) July 1st 1969 to help oversee the construction of a new Fisher Body Stamping Plant, a new van assembly plant and new alpo paint system in the existing assembly plant. At the completion of all construction I was hired into the material department of Fisher Body Plant and July 1st 2007 will be the start of my 39th year. I currently expedite steel and consignments.

I was seeing a Nurse in 1972 and when I put off getting married , she married someone else - end of story. It's now me and Chuck the dog. I have lived in a home in Boardman, Ohio ( suburb of Youngstown) since 1974.

After recently talking to many of our Medic friends, I have finally come home. Glad we are all still here. Welcome Home!

Drafted in 1967 shortly after high school while working as an assistant produce manager in a local grocery chain in Oklahoma City, I was not a happy camper as a soldier. But serving as a medic in Vietnam had a profound impact on me. While I couldn't have cared less about the formalities of the military, I soon learned the important responsibility of being a medic and 'being there' for our guys.

During the first twelve years after returning home I got into the states first Emergency Medical Technicians class, drove an ambulance for 3 yrs, worked in two of our major emergency rooms, taught CPR and First Aid for the Red Cross, and was hired to help get a new emergency room started and trained the E.R. Techs.

Becoming disillusioned with the lowered quality of medical care by so called "Health Care Management" in the early 1980's, and needing to make a decent wage, I went to work for the friend of a doctor who was starting a custom millwork cabinet shop. Ralph Lauren became our most prominant client and we built his stores and clothing departments all across the nation and even a few outside of the country. My employer turned out to be a bad money manager and couldn't keep to a production schedule and lost the whole thing in 1997.

I met Jackie in the early 1970's and helped her raise her 2 yr. old son, Grant, who I'm proud to say is now a very fine young man. He became a paramedic with the fire department. Grant and I, unknowingly, both responded to the bombing of the Oklahoma City Murrah building by Timothy McVeigh. He was on duty training and I was driving to work and responded as a citizen. Jackie and I eventually went our separate ways and my relationships have been realatively shorter every scince.

I learned to sail in 1978 and have sailed many lakes in Oklahoma, Beaver lake in Missouri and Padre Island on the coast of South Texas several times. Sailing has become my passion. I've missed sailing for the last few years as I am trying to recover from an unidentified spinal and nerveous system disorder complicated by arthritis. But I intend to get back into things soon.

I am glad to hear about and am anxious to learn more about as many of you as I can. Hope you are all doing well and enjoying a good life.

Remember our fallen brothers and always support our Troops and First Responders !! God Bless you all.

After high school, I attended college for a year. Got a notice to take my physical by draft board. I signed up for additional year to become a medic as I was told I would be working at a nice safe hospital instead of going to Vietnam as infantry. (Never did work in a hospital--I quess they saw me coming.)

I was assigned to the 755th Medical Detachment March 23, 1968, was there about 2 months. From there I went to the 8th Medical in Ban Me Thout with Dr. Mirman and Lloyd Beemer. We were later joined by Pishlo, Rosenbaum, Wheeling, Reyna, and Wanyo. Again, I was there about 2 months then was sent to Recon, 2/47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division in the Delta for the rest of my tour in the field as a field medic. Let me tell ya, I was excited no pissed off. I was wounded and went back to my unit after a brief stay in hospital. I went home March 23, 1969 a totally changed man.

I got married about six months later and went to Germany my last 10 months in the Army. I came back home to Sauk Village, IL and found work right away.

I went to work at Ford Motor Company but was laid off 3 times within the first 6 months, so I left and became a police officer in Sauk Village, IL. I was there about 10 months then moved to Newport News, VA where I became a police officer there for the next 8 years. I earned my AAS and BA degrees in Criminal Justice. I left the local police department and worked at the Post Office as a carrier. This was suppose to be temporiary until I finished my background check to become Post Inspector. I reached age 35 before it was completed and ended up staying a carrier for 10 years and relocated to Scottsdale, AZ and worked as the Public Relations Director for the Postal Service. After a year my assignment was terminated so I left and went to work for Universal Technical Institute recruiting graduating high school seniors to become automotive/diesel mechanics, autobody technicans, and HVAC technicans. My terrority for 4 years was the state of Tennessee and I lived in Knoxville in 1998 I transfered to Phoenix, AZ for 3 years and my last assignment was Fresno, CA for 2 years. I started finding some of the guys I was with in Vietnam while in CA on the internet. I started writing about my job as a medic. I have had a reunion with the medics from Ban Me Thout for 3 years and I also see the guys from the 9th Infantry often. I currently serve as the National Commander, Medics-Corpsmen. We are a group of medics and corpsmen and nurses who are going to have the first National Medic-Corpsmen reunion June 8-10. 2007 in Branson, MO. You all are most welcomed to join with us.

I began filing claims with the VA in 1984, they denied my claims and I went away. I had a heart attack and ended up in the VA hospital in 2004, I reopened my case and was given total disability after the VA admitted they made an error and gave me back pay for 24 years. I retired two years ago. I am have PTSD and rated at 100% service connected disablity.

I have written a book about being a medic that was published April 2005 http://www.freewebs.com/kerrypardue.

Would like to hear from those that might remember me.

Before entering the Service, I was a radio DJ in Roanoke, Virginia. After returning to the States, I continued my career as a DJ for WROV-AM in Roanoke. Later that year, I took a job at WELK-AM in Charlottesville,VA. I received my FCC First Class Engineering License in 1972.

After years in Roanoke and Charlottesville, VA, I returned to my home town of Knoxville, TN in 1980 to work at Scripps Howards Flagship radio station WNOX-AM as a DJ & Chief Engineer.

Following a year managing WRJZ-AM (where I met and married my wife Gloria), we purchased WKGN-AM radio, a Solid Gold Rock-N-Roll station. After selling WKGN in 1991, I began my TV engineering career.

After building two different shop-at-home format TV stations in the Knoxville area, I was hired by one of the America's foremost satellite uplink companies, to build and operate a satellite uplink facility near St. Augustine, FL, at the World Golf Village and Hall of Fame, where I continue to work. I uplink PGA TOUR golf to satellite, to 143 different countries, world-wide.

I am a LifeTime member of the VFW and PaidUpForLife member of the American Legion. I have been in the Civil Air Patrol for 37 years, and I just retired as Squadron Commander of our Squadron. Gotta keep flying.

Gloria and I, with our Beagle and two Pomeranians, live on a barrier island East of St. Augustine, FL on Vilano Beach and we enjoy Touring on our Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycle. Take a look at my personal WebSite by clicking on www.FloridaDude.com.

It is GREAT to be back in touch with my fellow Camp Holloway Docs & Doctors!

Lynn (Jerry)Ellis
Oklahoma City, OK
19 March 1968 to 22 May 1969
jelynn51@yahoo.com

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James Fishburn
Augusta, GA
jfishburn4@knology.net

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Kerry Pardue
Chandler, AZ
kerrypardue247@yahoo.com

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Kerry's Bio

A. J. (Marty)Sartin
Vilano Beach, Florida
4 April 1968 to 17 May 1969
FloridaDude@bellsouth.net

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