1st Cavalry Division Links

• 1st Cav Division Association - A non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit soldiers and veterans fraternity.
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• 1st Cav Division in Vietnam - A comprehensive history of the 1st Cav Division in Vietnam.
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• 1st Cav - Through the Eyes of an Infantryman
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• Sheridan's 1st Cav Chapter - The Northern Illinois Chapter of the 1st Cav Division Association.
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Festhead Stuff

• Jim Peterik - An American musician and songwriter. Jim is best known as one of the members in the band Survivor and as vocalist and songwriter of the hit song "Vehicle" by The Ides of March. He also co-wrote the anthem "Eye of the Tiger," which is the theme from the motion picture Rocky III. Over the years, Jim has co-written songs for the likes of .38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackhawk, Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar, Cathy Richardson, Van Zant, Brian Wilson, and REO Speedwagon. He is currently fronting a new band, Pride of Lions, and has a regular series of yearly concert performances with an all-star cast which are known as World Stage.
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• Cass Elliot Web Page - Mamma Cass Elliot web page.
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• Denise Brigham Web Page - Denise has performed with many Chicago area big bands and orchestras. For several years she had her own highly acclaimed nightclub show and has been a frequent special guest with many other well known entertainers that perform in the Chicago area.
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• The Buckinghams - From Chicago's Holiday Ballroom to America's living room on The Ed Sullivan Show, across the USA and in the White House, The Buckinghams have stayed true to their Chicago roots. Audiences and critics have affirmed the demand for the music of The Buckinghams, proving that success is sweeter the second time around. Original founding members Carl Giammarese and Nick Fortuna continue to deliver a powerful replay of their hits and solid gold memories.
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• The Cryan' Shames - The Cryan' Shames are an American pop rock group from Hinsdale, Illinois. They originally formed as The Travelers, with founding members Tom Doody ("Toad"), Gerry Stone ("Stonehenge"), Dave Purple ("Grape") of The Prowlers, Denny Conroy and Jim Fairs from The Roosters, and Jim Pilster ("J.C. Hooke"). The band later changed its name to The Cryan' Shames in 1966. J.C. Hooke, having been fitted for a hook as he was born without a left hand, was responsible for naming the group because of the problem they had coming up with a name ... "being a Cryan' Shame.
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• Ronnie Rice - Ronnie Rice picked up a guitar when he was 16 years old and hasn't put it down yet! He began his musical career as a solo performer in Evanston, Illinois. In the late 1960's, Ron joined the Chicago-based group The New Colony Six and sang lead vocals on many of their hit records, including oldies favorites "I Will Always Think About You" and "Things I'd Like to Say".
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• The Turtles - Very few rock performers have remained as vital through the 1960's, 70's, 80's, and 90's as have Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman... and as The Turtles, featuring Flo & Eddie, they continue to maintain a vigorous tour schedule.
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• 7th Heaven Band - 7th heaven has been around since 1985. They are known to be one of the busiest band’s in the world. They play 250+ shows a year and have TONS of live experience. They have had greats highs and low lows. Their sound has been compared to a modern Def Leppard, which they are honored to be compared to and are a AOR arena rock type of band.
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• American English
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• Instant Karma - Instant Karma takes you on a Magical Mystery Tour through the life and music of John Lennon.
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• Bob Abrams - Bob Abrams is one of the most entertaining guitarists and vocalists in the Chicago Area. With The Buckinghams Bob has appeared on: Entertainment Tonight, The Nashville Network’s Classic Rock With Wolfman Jack, PM Magazine, Good Morning America and numerous national, local, and cable television shows including The PBS Special, "Sixties Pop Rock Reunion". The Buckinghams are also known for their powerful version of the National Anthem which they have performed at many well known stadiums across the country and are regulars at Cubs and Sox Games.

Veteran Stuff

• Naperville American Legion
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• Congressional Medal of Honor Society - The Congressional Medal Of Honor Society of the United States of America is perhaps the "most exclusive organization" in our country...it is certainly one of the most unique. Its small membership includes men of all races, social classes and economic levels.
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• Military Benefits
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• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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• The National Resource Directory
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• Disabled American Veterans
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• Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
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• Veterans History Project - The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
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• Department of Defense
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• Army Sniper Association - The Army Sniper Association is a nonprofit organization, formed by snipers, for snipers. The mission of the Army Sniper Association is to develop a climate of camaraderie among snipers past and present, to foster the concept of the sniper within the active military, to ensure and strengthen relationships within the active military, and to always conduct ourselves as professionals. The Army Sniper Association is a community, brought together by the knowledge of the sciences and the appreciation of the art involved in being a sniper.
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• The Vietnam Center and Archive - The mission of the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience; promoting a greater understanding of this experience and the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia. Its functions are threefold: support for the Vietnam Archive and the collection and preservation of pertinent historical source material; promotion of education through exhibits, classroom instruction, educational programs, and publications; and encouragement of related scholarship through organizing and hosting conferences and symposia, academic, educational, and cultural exchanges, and the publishing of scholarly research.
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• Woodridge VFW Post #1578
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• VietNow - VietNow is the veterans organization you always meant to join, but just never quite got around to. VietNow is a group of men and women, people just like you. And the reason you should care is because VietNow is working every day on the veterans issues that are important to you right now...today
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• US Army War College - The U.S. Army War College (USAWC) is the Army's ultimate professional development institution that prepares selected military, civilian, and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational environment.
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• The Vietnam War Resources - The largest source of references on the Vietnam War that I have ever seen.
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• Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Allen Lynch - To his fellow soldiers, Illinois native Allen Lynch is a hero; to the enemy force that ambushed his battalion in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, he was a nightmare.
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• Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Sammy Davis
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• Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Gary Wetzel
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• Fred Andrew's Links to the Vietnam War - This is the site where I eventually hooked up with Lee Dworshak and Ken Havens' brother, Russ.
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• Randy Mixter - Randy contacted me via my web site and is a fellow Vietnam veteran. He is writing his personal story as well and this is his site.

Patriotic Links

• Operation Support Our Troops - Illinois - Our mission is to support the needs of our members of the armed forces of the United States of America deployed in harm's way. We accomplish our mission by sending packages of items that are not readily available to our troops in their deployed locations, along with personal letters, cards and notes of support from the community at large.
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• Jackie Marx - Originally from the Chicago area, Jackie Marx has lived in the Valley of the Sun since 1991. She is a published author, playwright and composer. Rocket City! "The American Dream ... Interrupted, Jackie's full-length musical drama, has been produced in the Chicago area, Dallas, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona. She has performed her original music throughout the United States and in Australia, at the Vietnam Veterans' Welcome Home March in Sydney. She performed her song You Took Me Down Under, a song written for the six Aussie vets who came to Chicago in 1986 for the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Parade. Upon returning home, she wrote The Flowers Have Come Home, a song about the 'diggers' who returned from the Vietnam War. Jackie's poignant 9/11 song, Angels in the Ashes...Heroes Born that Day, an integral part of The Angels & Heroes Project, was sent to all first-response teams in New York and New Jersey.
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• Britt Small - Since his involvement in the veterans’ movement, Britt has been an unfailing advocate of all veteran issues including, POW/MIA, Agent Orange, PTSD, homeless, hospitalized and incarcerated veterans. Britt has served as Vice-Chairman of the National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition, on the Board of Advisors for BRAVO, and is a Life member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, the Military Order of Purple Heart, the Midwest Chapter of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and several organizations such as AmVets, VietNow and VVA.
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• Joe Cantafio's Home Page
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• Joe Cantafio and the 101st Rock Division - Group leader and Chicago rock and roll celebrity Joe Cantafio, formerly of Jade 50’s, created the 101st ROCK DIVISION after his one year solo effort, the “Let Freedom Sing” tour, successfully ended on September 11th, 2002. Let Freedom Sing, was created to heal and give a break to the firefighters of a New York firehouse as well as family members of firefighters lost on September 11th. While flying home from a concert, the brother of lost FDNY firefighter Stephen P. Russell, Cliff Russell asked Cantafio, “What do we do now?” Cantafio answered, “Let’s bring it to the troops!” In 2004, the 101st ROCK DIVISION set out on a world tour. The group, performed concerts in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Djibouti, Africa and Bahrain.
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• Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band - "Lieutenant Dan" is the character Gary Sinise portrayed in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, a role for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. As Gary began visiting troops around the world, people (even little kids) who didn't know him as Gary Sinise, the actor, would recognize him as "Lt. Dan". Those in the miliary also seem to identify strongly with the character. And so the name for his group was an easy choice: Lt. Dan Band!
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• National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum - In 1981, a few Vietnam combat veterans put together an artistic and historical collection that would become a timeless, humanistic statement of war on behalf of all veterans for future generations.
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• The Virtual Wall - Remembrances, poems, photos, letters, and citations honoring those named on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
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• Forgotten Heroes - Forgotten Heroes is a charitable organization whose purpose is to recognize those long term hospitalized veterans that are typically either bed-ridden, mobility challenged, or otherwise socially disadvantaged; deployed American and Coalition Armed Forces and active American Military personnel on US bases across the world.
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• Service and Honor - This is the official site of the Vietnam Veterans 25 Year Reunion. The Chiacgo Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Parade that was held in 1986 was the largest of its kind ever and the committee has been resurrected to hold a 25 year reunuion in Chicago in 2011.

Health Links

• American Liver Foundation - Illinois Chapter - Illinois Office of the American Liver Foundation.
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• FAIR Foundation - The FAIR Foundation was formed because of the inequities in disease research spending by Congress and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and because of America's organ-donor crisis. Their missions are to ensure fair and equitable distribution of research funds by our government for all diseases with cessation of the existing, inappropriate favoritism given HIV/AIDS and to fight for pre- and post-transplant care of patients, organ and tissue donor awareness and the need for new donor policies in the USA to reverse America's organ-donor crisis.
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• Gift of Hope - Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network is proud to serve as the federally designated not-for-profit agency that coordinates organ and tissue donation and supports families of donors in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and northwest Indiana.

Personal Favorites

• Havens Family Home Page - The Havens Family Web site contains a variety of photo albums and written materials designed to reflect the lives of the descendents of Frank and Julia Havens and Anders and Godfreda Anderson. I served with Ken Havens in Vietnam for a short time, but got to know him fairly well and have been in contact with Ken's oldest brother, Russ over the last few years.
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• The Green Bay Packers - Read the latest about the Super Bowl-bound team from Titletown.
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• The Minnesota Vikings - Read the latest about Brett Favre's latest team that he decided to un-retire with.
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• Don Imus - Don Imus is not for everyone. He has been fired from his hosting of radio shows many times for saying what he thinks. But he is a very interesting individual. He is currently on Fox Business News from 5-8 a.m. Check him out!

Lee's Recommendations

My friend, Lee Dworshak, who I served with in Vietnam, has suggested visiting the following sites. Lee has been a tremendous help advising me on the developing of this web site, so be sure to visit his business sites.

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