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Saturday, December 05, 2015

The short version of my remarks this morning at the Opening ceremonies for the 62nd St. John Catholic Church Christmas Bazaar


This is the short version of my remarks this morning at the Opening ceremonies for the 62nd St. John Catholic Church Christmas Bazaar December 5, 2015 at 8:00 am

By Baltimore Sun writer Kevin E. Dayhoff, the former mayor of Westminster from 2001-2005

This year the bazaar is open from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
43 Monroe Street, Westminster, MD 21157

Good morning. On behalf of Westminster’s past and present elected officials, I would like to welcome you to the 62nd consecutive St. John Christmas Bazaar.

For the past 12-years I have been a journalist at the Baltimore Sun writing mostly history. At my age I am greatly amused that many events that took place in my childhood are now studied as history by today’s school children.

I look forward to the Christmas bazaar every year. When I was very young, the bazaar was part of a family adventure during the Christmas season.

During my high school years from 1969 through 1971, I often attended Mass at St. John with a good friend. I recall when the last Mass was held on February 4, 1968 at the church building on Main Street in town.

Last year when my wife Caroline and I were enjoying lunch at the bazaar with Mary Mussari, I was pleased when John Bryan asked me to speak at this year’s opening. Mr. Bryan told me that recently the ceremony has been dedicated to our servicemen and women – - and that this year we are paying a special recognition to Vietnam Vets.

It was just a few short weeks ago that our community came together to observe Veterans Day. No community does it better than Carroll County.

I served stateside in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1971 to 1973. Although I was not deployed, it has remained a sobering event in my life to have stepped-up the plate, despite a high draft number, signed on the dotted line, and
volunteered to serve during the Vietnam War.

This year, schools set the example for all of Carroll County by commemorating Veterans Day with many thoughtful, and well-planned services and programs.

In recent years Veterans Day has turned more somber. In the past, much of the community came together to celebrate the end of World War One and World War Two, and the Korean War.

Much of the nation saw nothing to celebrate for decades after the end of the Vietnam War. The war had dragged-on for over 19 years - for what seemed an eternity.

After the United States ended its direct involvement in the war on August 15, 1973, veterans were treated with scorn by the American left that proudly heaped insult upon injury upon those who served during the war.

Thankfully, the current youngest generation has seen fit to honor its veterans that have served proudly in the first and second Gulf Wars – and they treat Vietnam veterans with great dignity and respect.

Over 2.7 million Americans served in the Vietnam War. The average age was 19. Of that number, 300,000 were wounded in action, and 75,000 were disabled.

It has been estimated that almost 5 million military personnel and civilians, from all sides, lost their life in the Vietnam War. Of the 58,200 names listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington DC, 1,046 are Marylanders who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Although many Vietnam era vets still harbor a deep-seated resentment as to how we were treated, the manner in which we are treated by the youngest generation brings tears to our eyes and has gone a long way to heal the wounds of decades of being abused and ignored.

Today, we pay a special tribute to the eighteen fallen heroes from Carroll County, whose faces are etched in the black granite monument in the Vietnam Memorial Park on Willis Street that was dedicated on May 28, 1990.

We hold dear in our hearts the eighteen names: Ronald Kenny; Christopher Miller, Jr.; Carl Egolf; James Byers; Russell Amoss; Russell Milberry; Everett Justice, Jr.; Michael Kidd; John Feezer; Sherman Flanagan, Jr.; Muriel Groomes; Joseph Oreto; Frederick Magsamen; Franklin Underwood, Jr.; James Zumbrun; Joseph Blickenstaff, Jr.; David Steger; and Herbert Mulkey, Jr.

The faces of the eighteen names on the monument are frozen in time. Some we knew. Some we didn’t. But they were all someone’s son or father or brother or uncle – or a cherished childhood friend. Their faces have been silent for many years, but they all have a story to tell.

Today it is only right to recall the profound words from Ephesians, “Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, and be armed with the power of the Spirit, so that we may continue to make the Gospel understandable to those of us, who after many years, still have unanswered questions…”

God Bless and Semper Fi to all our brothers and sisters in uniform that served and died to protect our freedoms - and cannot attend the bazaar. Thank you for having me speak with you today. It was an honor. 
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Eagle Archive ExploreCarroll.com: PFC Ronald Kenny, 18, Binh Dinh province Feb. 19, 1966

Eagle Archive ExploreCarroll.com: PFC Ronald Kenny, 18, Binh Dinh province Feb. 19, 1966 by Kevin Dayhoff http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/05/eagle-archive-explorecarrollcom-pfc_27.html

This Memorial Day we remember the service and sacrifice of a fallen son of Carroll, Ronald M. Kenny http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/05/eagle-archive-explorecarrollcom-pfc_27.html

My Memorial Day column this Sunday in the Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/, is Ron Kenny, a 1965 graduate from Robert Moton High School and the first son of Carroll to be killed in Vietnam… http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/05/eagle-archive-explorecarrollcom-pfc.html


In past Carroll Eagle Archives columns we have shared the stories of some of the eighteen fallen heroes from the Vietnam War who faces are etched in the black granite memorial in the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park on Willis Street.

The stories of Frederick John Magsamen, Christopher Jesse Miller, Jr., Stanley Groomes, Joseph William Blickenstaff, Herbert Eugene Mulkey, Jr., James Norman Byers and Sherman E. Flanagan, Jr., have been told.

I cannot imagine what Private Kenny went through. He was light weapons grunt and left Mount Airy Maryland in the idealistic mid-1960s to be dropped into the Battle of Battle of Ia Drang and then right into the Battle of Bong Son… Up against the NVA 22nd and the the Sao Vang - Yellow Star – Division, 2nd VC Main Force Regiment…

On November 17, 1966, the 7th Cavalry 2nd Battalion lost 150 American soldiers in 16 hours at LZ Albany northwest of Plei Me in the Central Highlands – 35 miles from Pleiku…

Kenny was killed in action in the ‘Iron Triangle’ region of Binh Dinh province, in Vietnam Feb. 19, 1966, along with Sgt. Elzie Jefferson Collins, Jr., and Sgt. Freddie Wallace Green. This was soon after the Battle of Bong Son – Operation Irving, January 28 to February 12, 1966.

Bong Son was essentially the second major battle of the war, not that long after the 5th Cavalry had been engaged in the Battle of Ia Drang, November 14-18, 1965, also in Binh Dinh. Many know Binh Dinh as where An Khe and Camp Radcliff were located – not far from Camp Holloway airfield at Pleiku.

Kenny had entered the Army following graduation. In November 1965 he was stationed in central-coastal Vietnam in an area remembered for its heavy combat and high American casualties at the time.

Kenny was deployed with C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; which can trace its roots as far back as 1855, when it was organized and deployed in Texas in the Native American Plains Wars. The 5th Calvary regiment participated in twelve campaigns in Vietnam.

The area known as the Iron Triangle was a heavily fortified position about 12-miles below Bong Son in the hills south and east of the Kim Son Valley, and was defended by a combined Viet Cong (VC) – North Vietnamese Army (NVA) force that included the Sao Vang - Yellow Star – Division, 2nd VC Main Force Regiment, and the acclaimed NVA 22nd Regiment.

We remember PFC Kenny. God Bless him. Memorial Day is important…

Very little has been written about Private First Class (PFC) Kenny. In my research I came across a You Tube, “An Khe, Vietnam; “Films of 1st Cavalry Air Mobile at An Khe, Vietnam, filmed between December 1965 and January 1966…” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD81o3yYwV0

“Films of 1st Cavalry (Air Mobile) at An Khe, Vietnam, filmed between December 1965 and January 1966. Films were done as part of a briefing for the Army leadership.”


Be sure to read more this Sunday in the Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/

Eagle Archive www.ExploreCarroll.com:  FC Ronald Kenny, 18, Binh Dinh province Feb. 19, 1966 by Kevin Dayhoff... http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/05/eagle-archive-explorecarrollcom-pfc.html

Eagle Archive www.ExploreCarroll.com:  FC Ronald Kenny, 18, Binh Dinh province Feb. 19, 1966 by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/nvz7lvt

[Films of 1st Cavalry Air Mobile at An Khe, Vietnam, filmed between December 1965 and January 1966…]

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Eagle Archive: Wampler's life of service made him an apt participant on Memorial Day By Kevin Dayhoff, May 19, 2012 ... and proud veteran. He was the Memorial Day parade marshal for more than 44 ... missed, but not forgotten. This Memorial Day, I'll be saying a prayer for ... sacrifice for our country, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...

... represent "Miss Poppy" for the observance of Memorial Day. In the United States, the poppy is most often worn on Memorial Day. Pat Davis, who is assisting the ... this," said Amass of Krauss. Kevin Dayhoff

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Charles Fisher Sr., 95, attorney and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital Center, dies By Kevin Dayhoff, June 26, 2012 ... Department of Public Welfare during the day, and attended classes three evenings ... head of Westminster's annual Memorial Day parade with other local veterans ... John Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to St ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... will be remembered on the first Memorial Day since his death in January ... Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens' Memorial Day observance, in Timonium ... Valley has conducted an annual Memorial Day observance since 1967. The memorial ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, September 9, 2011 ... cookouts over the three-day Labor Day weekend, men and women ... have any memory of that day or weren't yet born ... attend one of the several memorial services that will take ... 11 anniversary, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, November 1, 2011 ... Shellman founded Westminster's Memorial Day Parade in 1868 ? today believed ... the longest continuously running Memorial Day parade in the country. She ... Arlington National Cemetery," the Memorial Day poem for Antietam Battlefield and ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, Carroll Eagle and Steve Kilar, Baltimore Sun, January 12, 2012 ... Base. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and ... Interment will be later that day at Arlington National Cemetery ... join the military. In the days following news of Seidler ... payable to: The Matthew Seidler Memorial Fund, c/o Susquehanna Bank ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, January 7, 2012 ... no additional details were released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt's family ... the pride we'll feel when we see Matt's name on the EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base will not extinguish the sorrow ...


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Sunday, May 26, 2013

#MemorialDay at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial To Thank those who serve

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Eagle Archive: For Memorial Day, we recall a fallen soldier who made sure we remembered others By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... on the granite Vietnam Memorial, in Washington. More ... County. After attending Memorial Day ceremonies at the Westminster ... Cemetery on May 28, Kevin Dayhoff may be found at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park on Willis Street ...

Eagle Archive: Wampler's life of service made him an apt participant on Memorial Day By Kevin Dayhoff, May 19, 2012 ... and proud veteran. He was the Memorial Day parade marshal for more than 44 ... missed, but not forgotten. This Memorial Day, I'll be saying a prayer for ... sacrifice for our country, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...

... represent "Miss Poppy" for the observance of Memorial Day. In the United States, the poppy is most often worn on Memorial Day. Pat Davis, who is assisting the ... this," said Amass of Krauss. Kevin Dayhoff

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, June 2, 2012 ... Westminster for the expanded 145th Memorial Day parade and ceremonies. Main ... had been the focal point of many Memorial Day observances in Westminster ? after ... May 30, 1868. This year's Memorial Day address was delivered by Navy Commander ...

... to visit the USS Maine Memorial Plat in the middle of ... Cemetery. The Maine Memorial area, surrounded by ... It was on the second day of military operations ... Well," and, to this day, the battle is commemorated ... south in February Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at…

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, Story January 28, 2013
... cemetery when they attend the annual Memorial Day parade. The annual observance ... before, make plans to attend the Memorial Day ceremonies in Westminster. This ... the Westminster Cemetery, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, January 12, 2013 ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... The good ole' days were indeed hard ... often took several days, and it was made ... microwave oven, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... much easier than day-to-day life in ...

Charles Fisher Sr., 95, attorney and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital Center, dies By Kevin Dayhoff, June 26, 2012 ... Department of Public Welfare during the day, and attended classes three evenings ... head of Westminster's annual Memorial Day parade with other local veterans ... John Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to St ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... will be remembered on the first Memorial Day since his death in January ... Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens' Memorial Day observance, in Timonium ... Valley has conducted an annual Memorial Day observance since 1967. The memorial ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, September 9, 2011 ... cookouts over the three-day Labor Day weekend, men and women ... have any memory of that day or weren't yet born ... attend one of the several memorial services that will take ... 11 anniversary, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, November 1, 2011 ... Shellman founded Westminster's Memorial Day Parade in 1868 ? today believed ... the longest continuously running Memorial Day parade in the country. She ... Arlington National Cemetery," the Memorial Day poem for Antietam Battlefield and ...

By Kevin Dayhoff, Carroll Eagle and Steve Kilar, Baltimore Sun, January 12, 2012 ... Base. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and ... Interment will be later that day at Arlington National Cemetery ... join the military. In the days following news of Seidler ... payable to: The Matthew Seidler Memorial Fund, c/o Susquehanna Bank ...


By Kevin Dayhoff, January 7, 2012 ... no additional details were released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt's family ... the pride we'll feel when we see Matt's name on the EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base will not extinguish the sorrow ...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Dayhoff The Tentacle Remembering the Sacrifice of Vietnam

Remembering the Sacrifice of Vietnam

Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, July 15, 2009 http://www.thetentacle.com/

On Saturday, at 1 P.M., members of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Air Cavalry Troop – the Black Horse Regiment, from all over the country – will pause to remember the fallen from the Vietnam War at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park at Willis and Court Streets in Westminster. The public is invited…

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