THE OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE BOYS ORGANIZATION
A SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS
WE SALUTE OUR VETERANS AND OUR TROOPS!
With the utmost respect and appreciation, The Official White House Boys Organization has created this page to honor White House Boys (and their families) who have served in the military to protect our country and our freedom. We want to sincerely thank them all for so bravely serving our nation.
No matter what branch of the service, nor if they served in peace time or in war, it is our intention to acknowledge the White House Brothers and/or their family members who have served (or are currently serving) our nation. We welcome photos and info from anyone we've missed. Please send info to mailto:theofficialwhitehouseboys@gmail.com
BRYANT MIDDLETON
Bryant entered military service 1964 as a private, a high school drop out, with a lengthy juvenile record. He retired 22 years later as a commissioned officer with a graduate degree and a wonderful family. He lived in six different countries, learned to speak three foreign languages and visited 47 different countries. During his military service he attended 28 professional military schools.
His military decorations include The Combat Infantryman Badge, two Bronze Stars w/V, three Purple Hearts, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Senior parachute badge, Honduran jump wings, German military jump wings.....
..Special military crew member flight wings and 17 other decorations, badges and tabs. During his military career he served in positions from rifleman on a fire team through....
every leadership position (enlisted and officer), Battalion and General staff positions to include Battalion Executive officer as well as foreign military liaison officer.
"RLTW" - RANGERS LEAD THE WAY
Press the arrow below to view a documentary on the LRRP's. Per Bryant, Most of the things mentioned in this video are true with the exception of moving in the open as shown in the videos. It gave me chills and made my eyes tear up, must be because it's raining here in my office. We never, never, never moved in the open and moving was always difficult because of all the equipment we carried, easily 100 pounds. Most of the stuff we carried was ammo+++, 8 canteens of water, extra frags, Claymores, extra radio batteries, blood expander units, and food if there was any room left in the ruck, in that order. To this day I still don't understand how I did that or how the rest of my LRRP buddies did it. And how for 22 years did nearly the same thing day after day, in between attending school. I could sit here and mention things that happened that would seem so impossible, but are beyond true. I actually had an NVA (enemy soldier) physically step right on my chest in the dead of night. He stopped and looked down at me and I was looking up at him (my eyes must have looked like two large white dinner plates) and that was the thing he ever saw. It scared me so bad and I was shaking so badly as I pointed my 357 at him that I nearly missed him and I was holding onto his leg too. Believe it or not, the enemy soldiers were not the worst thing about the jungle, the snakes (cobras, vipers, etc), bugs, poison centipedes, horrible tree fire ants, mosquitos with malaria and dengue fever, and leeches just to mention a few things. I often have people ask when I was in Nam and I generally say "Last Night" But with all the babble out of the way, the videos are nearly right on the money and Yes, Recondo school was a Bitc..........three weeks of pure hell and made Ranger school seem like a cake walk.
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HAPPY VETERANS DAY
11-11-11
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TERRY V. LEVINS
This picture of Terry Levins made Newsweek magazine back in 1969 while he was in combat. Like all other young soldiers, he was scared, and thanks the Lord for bringing him home in one piece. Terry was awarded two purple heart's, one Bronze Star Metal, a Combat Infantry Badge,National Defense Service Medal, Marksman (rifle M_16), 1st class Gunner(M60 Machine Gunner), Viet Nam Service Medal,Viet Nam Campaign Medal W/60 DVC. Says Terry, he was also awarded a very bad memory, because the only brother he had was killed over in Viet Nam, after Terry returned home. Says Terry, "That's why I hate WAR. God bless all of the servicemen that are fighting for our freeddom."
Terry V. Levins Plant City , Florida.
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174th Assault Helicopter Company
DOLPHINS & SHARKS
Crash Rescue // NCOSP4-SGT
1967-68 October 1964
He volunteered for the draft in Arcadia, FL and was inducted into the US Army at Coral Gables, FL. As a PVT-E1, and took his first train ride to the Reception Center, Ft Jackson, SC, where he was processed into the Army. October-December 1964He received my basic training at A-1-1, Ft Gordon, GA.
January-April 1965
He was extremely fortunate to have his mechanical skills recognized and was assigned to the Aviation School, Ft Rucker, AL. There he received aircraft ground handling (MOS 67A10), SE/SR helicopter mechanic (MOS 67M20 for the OH-13 & 23), and SE/SR/T helicopter mechanic training (MOS 67N20 for the UH-1). He was also promoted to PVT-E2.
April 1965-October 1966
He sailed out of Brooklyn Army Terminal on the USNS Patch for an eight day journey to Bremen Haven, Germany. He was assigned to the 8th Infantry Division at Bad Kreuznach, for further reassignment to Company A, 8th Aviation Battalion at Finthen Army Airfield, approximately 15 miles north of Mainz/Wiesbaden. However, since Company A had CH-34 helicopters and an abundance of 67P20's, and Chaz had 67-November and typing skills from college, he was utilized as a clerk in the Orderly Room, Flight Operations, and Finthen Consolidated Mess Hall. No slacker, this draftee, received promotions to PFC-E3 and SP4-E4.
October 1966
Alas, he did not perceive himself to be a lifer either, so he took his honorable discharge at Ft Hamilton, NY.
January 1967-January 1968
After two months of civilian life back in Arcadia, he re-enlisted and was processed back into the Army at the Reception Center, Ft Benning, GA. Enroute to RVN instead of going back to Germany, he was processed through Oakland, CA, to 90th Replacement Battalion, Long Binh. He was assigned to the 1st Aviation Brigade at Nha Trang, then to the 174th Assault Helicopter Company at Lane Army Heliport outside of Quin Nhon. When the company moved to Bong Son in March, he drove a convoy 2 ½ ton truck and saw Viet Nam's beautiful country side from ground level. He went by landing craft to Duc Pho in April 1967. He was promoted to SGT-E5, Crash Rescue Team Chief (MOS: 51M40) while maintaining supervision of the Orderly Room clerks, mail room, guard mount, preparation of the Officer Efficiency Reports, and flew relief flare ship and other "milk" runs. He left RVN via Cam Rhan Bay to Ft Lewis, WA. He received a Bronze Star for Meritorious Service and was recommended for, but never received, an Air Medal.
February-October 1968
He was assigned to Headquarters Company, Aviation Division, Dugway Proving Grounds, UT as the hangar maintenance liaison NCO (the military signature) to Page Aircraft Maintenance. They maintained an OH-13 and a CH-21 "Flying Banana," and a U-6 Beaver and a U-8 Seminole fixed-wing airplanes. This was when the thousands of sheep were killed by nerve agent and the civilian pilot, with Chas as his trusty crew chief, flew the visiting dignitaries over the area. He was also was called upon to assist an Air Force team in unloading an UH-1D from a C-140 at Hill AFB in Orem and reinstalling the main rotor and blades. August 1968-November 1969
He was assigned to Headquarters Detachment, Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA as a Crash Rescue Team Chief for helicopter "touch'n'go" training fields. During the thousands of touchdowns conducted day and night, there was only one emergency call. This was an outstanding record of flight safety training on behalf of all the new fling-wing jockeys and their RVN veteran IP's.
September-October 1969
He completed the NCO Battalion Staff Chemical School (MOS: 54E40) at Ft McClellan, AL. His request to attend the school was precipitated by the Utah sheep incidence. No pun intended, but he was unnerved by the incident and wanted to know more about chemical warfare.
December 1969-July 1970
Assigned to S3, Headquarters Company, 6th Missile Battalion (Hawk), 65th Artillery at Key West Naval Station, FL as Battalion Staff Chemical NCO. He was promoted to SSG E6.
August 1970-August 1971
He was assigned to G2, Current Affairs Division, 8th Army Headquarters, Seoul, Korea as the Classified Document Custodian NCOIC.
August 1971-December 1972
His last assignment was to Headquarters Company, Chemical Center and School Battalion, Ft McClellan, AL as an instructor for EOD shipping and handling of leaky chemical munitions. He received another honorable discharge
MAY GOD BLESS THE WHITE HOUSE BOYS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SO BRAVELY SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!
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11-11-11 From Eric Utley: Happy Veterans Day! Airborne, All The Way! ~Eric~ 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vietnam 68-69.
ERIC UTLEY
Eric Utley was drafted into the U.S. Army on April 9, 1968 His Basic training was at Ft. Benning, Georgia - Sandhill. ~ Advanced Infantry training, at Fort McClellan, Alabama
U.S. Army Parachute School, Ft. Benning Ga, Sept 18th 1968. ~ Vietnam - Oct. 1969 to Nov 1969, 173rd Airborne Brigade, B-Co, 4th Bn.
Awards: Parachutists Badge, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Vietnam Cross of Galantry, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and Bronze Star with V device, Honorable Discharge. Combat Infantryman, M-16 Rifleman, and M-79 Grenadier, Seirra Delta, Search & Destroy, II Corps Vietnam. Honorable discharge November 1969.
RICHARD HUNTLY
(US) Army Feb.1969 B-Co. - Fort Benning, Georgia "23
Richard was a firefighter. All Army bases have their own protection services, including fire departments. Army firefighters are responsible for protecting lives and property from fire. Firefighters control fires and help prevent them in buildings, aircraft and aboard ships. Firefighters supervise or performs firefighting, rescue, salvage and fire protection operations.
Some of the duties as a Firefighter may include:
- Perform rescue and firefighting operations during structural fires, aircraft crash incidents, vehicle emergencies and natural cover fires
- Perform emergency response duties during hazardous materials incidents
- Operate pumps, hoses and extinguishers
- Force entry into aircraft, vehicles and buildings in order to fight fires and rescue personnel
- Drive firefighting trucks and emergency rescue vehicles
- Give first aid to injured personnel
- Inspect aircraft, buildings and equipment for fire hazards
- Teach fire protection procedures
- Repair firefighting equipment and filling fire extinguishers
JOHN GIDDENS, US ARMY
(Son of Brother Manuel Giddens)
ALTHOUGH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO WAS MADE AS A MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE... IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR *ANY* DAY OF THE YEAR! WE APPRECIATE *ALL* OF YOU!
