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RAVEN FACS A non-profit veterans organization

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 FAC Memorial Dedication Shakey's Memorial Service 2006 Reunion pictures
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  In memory of Don Service    

 Remember the Raven Reunion October 16-19, 2008

"This years reunion brings something special.  Craig Duehring will be giving a briefing on the status of our MIAs.   See the Ravens-only page for some News. "

Reunion Details  

Contact the President of EAPLS  or the Webmaster of this website.

 

2008 Scholarship Winners

Apr 11, 2008

 It is my distinct pleasure to announce the winners of the 2008 Distinguished Ravens Scholarships.  The winners will be contacted shortly to arrange presentations.

 

Jack (Spider) Webb Memorial Scholarship ($3,000)

Phoua Xiong  

St Paul, MN

 

Samuel M Deichelmann Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)
 Nancy Thao  

Owasso, OK

 

Marlin L Siegwalt Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)
 Choua Moua

Seattle, WA

 

Charles D Ballou Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)

Pa Foua Vang

Marysville, CA

 

Edward (Hoss) McBride Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)

Pawoua Vu Xiong

Brooklyn Center, MN

 

Joseph K Bush, Jr Memorial Scholarship ($500)

Lojay Kiatoukaysy

Waldron, ARK

 

 John J Bach Memorial Scholarship ($500)

Linda H Xiong

Carmel, IN

 

Daniel R Davis Memorial Scholarship ($500)

Jamie Lee

Parks, ARK

 

Henry L Allen Memorial Scholarship ($500)

Vang Xiong

Marysville, CA

 

  

Ed Gunter                                                                                     Lee McKinley

President, EAPLS (Raven FACs)                                            Scholarship Committee Chair

THE LAIR OF RAVEN

 by Craig Duehring

 

A silent figure dressed in green
And dozens like him, most unseen
Walk with mortars, knives and guns
Into the lair of Raven

One by one behind the other
Each a Communist, each a brother
Move, they, the elite - Hanoi's sons
Into the lair of Raven

From routes 7 and 71
Across the PDJ they run
Up against the mountain wall
Into the lair of Raven

Brazen are they, bold for sure
They will whip the Yankee cur
Watch the Meo lackeys fall
In the lair of Raven

Now a hard spot hove 's in view
A hilltop manned by VP's crew
The enemy laughs and prepares to attack
In the lair of Raven

The sudden scream of mortar shells
Accompanied by shouts and yells
Tempts the friendlies to fall back
In the lair of Raven

­But overhead they hear a sound
An ominous shadow sweeps the ground
The weak among them turn to run
From the lair of Raven

Suddenly that tiny speck
Speeds a rocket toward the deck
White smoke billows to the sun
In the lair of Raven

Bombs and rockets pound the trail
And CBU falls like hail
Napalm, smothering, covers all
In the lair of Raven

Chaos rears her ugly head
Gathers to her all the dead
Till she holds them one aid all
In the lair of Raven

Silence filters through the trees
The smell of death pollutes the breeze
The grey plane goes from whence it came
Beck to the lair of Raven

Communist armies turn your head
A certain ground you dare not tread
For here abides freedom’s flame
Its called the lair of Raven

 

C. W. Duehring

Long Tieng

Summer 1970