Koh Tang Mayaguez Vets Organization Guest Book

Just wanted to let you all know that Bob died this morning at 10:15 am. He died peacefully. Our family is dealing with alot of grief over how fast this has happened. Thank you to all of you who made the Branson reunion so special for Bob and for the vest. He will be dressed in his vest for the visitation. Funeral will be Saturday, August 2nd at 11;00 am at North Isanti Baptist Church in Cambridge,MN. 2248 313th Ave NE, Cambridge, MN 55008

Brothers,
Brother Bob Dochniak and family needs your prayers.

Bob has suffered from seizures for over a year off and on. On July 23rd, he had a severe seizure and has been unresponsive since. Through tests, the doctors at Cambridge Medical Center have determined he has lung cancer that has metastasized to his brain. He will be going home on hospice care on Saturday. For the latest updates, here is a caring Bridge link.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/bobdochniak2

Please Pray for Bob, Laurie & family.
God Bless
Fred

Good job. long time Semper FI

HEY AL HOW WAS THE REUNION? STILL WAITTING TO SEE ALL THE PICS OF MY BROTHERS. WHEN WILL THEY BE POSTED?

Good Morning Brothers. I have received a few requests to do a test email so that we can verify good and bad email address's. I will be doing this over the next few weeks as I will have to add the names by hand. Unfortunately merging emails from one location to another is not going to work. The new email address I will be using for the organization will be kohtangvets@gmail.com I apologize for the delay but I felt this was the best option to protect individual privacy. Please take a moment and send an email to this address and that will save some data entry. If you do not wish to be on this email list then simply send a message with REMOVE in the subject line. Thanks for you patience. God Bless Larry

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have put the newest pictures of Knife 13 on the mayaguezfallenheroes.com site. I now only need 4 more Air Force heroes to have all 41 of them. And if anybody has pictures on any of the ones that have passed please send me a copy so they to can e posted along side of their brothers in arms.

Semper Fi
AL

I wanted to thank everyone for the Awesome Get Well card I received yesterday. I start cardiac rehab this week.

I've made good progress after Triple By-Pass although I still have a long way to go. Thank you all very much for your thoughts and prayers.

It is hard to believe next year will be 40 years since the Mayaguez recovery. Hopefully I'll be able to attend the reunion.

God Bless and Thanks Again,
Charlie
ABF-2 USS Coral Sea CVA-43 12/1971 - 6/1975
SSG US Army 1982 - 1996

When I was back visiting in Md. in May, 2012, my good friend, Al Baily, invited me to come and meet those of you who made it to the reunion at his and Tina's house. I've got to say, it was a real honor to meet all of you who were there-all 3 branches: Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force. I recently was able to purchase a copy of "The 14 Hour War", to increase my knowledge of what all of you went through, and am now passing it around for others to read. I would also consider it an honor to meet many of you again in the future. Semper Fi!
Ron Goodrich, 7th Comm Bn, 3rd MarDiv, 1971-1972

Just coming back to say thanks to ALL you brave men, living and not. Thanks to my friend Larry Barnett, who is a proud Marine, and was engaged in this battle.

By providence, on May 19th, I ran into one of your members, Allen Bailey, at Midway Airport. He saw a patch on my vest and recognized that I served as an Air Force Security Policeman. It was 17 of our guys, as well as the helicopter crew, that crashed and died on the way to rescue the Mayaguez. Allen told me that at your reunions you graciously recognize our guys along with yours. For that I say, "Thank You, and Welcome Home Brothers."

Jim Stastny, VSPA Chaplain and Kennel Master