Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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I 5On the Line of Fire n 1983, 011 a ship headed to , wards Beirut Lebanon, to re- lieve the unit that was already there, Ed Zahler heard abaut the pohtica'l' unfest 111' Grenada and the bombing of the United States headquar- ters 1n Beirut. ' Our ship received orders , ' to $2111 south, and tWo days Zahler, a j6hior and sergeant 31:11 the Marine Corp Reserves 3 Was Speaking of the Grenada 11313113913611, ,3 ' I was a little apprehenswe but I knew with the training I : had that I was pr6par6d for 1t ' Really, I didn t have a lot of ,, time to think abbut what Was going on, once we were 6311 the island. It was just do your , job and make sare- you do it tight; hecahse if you dida t, ,yeu could, get yourself, or seme6ne els'e, kiIIed ' It was the first oifensive 63p- 3 erauon th6 Marine Corp had been,3111volved in since Vtat- , 5' 11am 5 3 Orxgmally from Rocky 3, vaer OH,Zah5161' jo111ed the Marine Corp when he was 3 517, arid has been a part of the 5 Corp for eight years ZahIer 33 1 has wanted to he a Marine 5 since he was eight years 61d It was a parsonal challenge. I, wanted, ,to be, the best I 3 ceuld he I Went into the servide to pro- tect the nation, said Zahler, being a Marin'e' IS my professibnf' 5' 3 At the beginning of the invasion, in the m6 m 111g we had a helibopter assault 3311311 Grenada, then at seven o clock that nlght We had an amph1b10us assaiilt, -;-s3aid Zahlar. washout fortyahve minates 111111611 1111161410111: 3 oondltlons no lights were used There Was a cloud cover and 1'10 starlight s6 we gcouldn tsee a th1311g., , 5 As an amphahlous tractor driver, which was the main trpop transport from ship to sh6re, 211115161 partlmpated in mechanized oggratiens 6311 the island. ' 'Infahtry and amtracks amphibious 33tract61fs, were used to transport the ttoops inst6ad 61 making them walk If anything happens, we make them dist 111011111116 just a quicker Way 6f getting the job done Th6 trob'ps landed on Oct 25 and ' stayed on Grenada and Caraicaou, an- bther nearby 1312111121 11111111 Nov 1, 1983 ' months, We W616 in the water 3 3 3 '- slight shb'ck, he 166ked'dow11 and right After Grenada, Zahler went straight to Beirut. I was there for five and a half from November of 19853 to F ebruary 1984. Then our, ship stayed off the c'oast'from'February523 to Mardh 01 33Ap111, onstandby. Everyone stayed on I A part of 1:16 Army Corps for eight years, Ed'Zahler has seen action' 111 Grenatia and Beirut PHOTO BY: JefColquhsun 5551106111 during that time, 3166221111611. While pulling guard dutyone night, ZahIer caught 'a flash out'ofthb'corher of his eye then he heard aping. Feeling a below where he was sitting was a scar of '5 ch1pped paintI'A sniper 's buII'et had just 3, barely missed hitting him. I think he 75 was just trying t6 harra'ss 11's He was probably just shooting at the amtrack, I don t reaIly think he saW me Zahler was involved 111 combat action 5 that resulted in fatalities whil6 in 3611111; Normally the enemy did harrassment- ' type of attacks but this one Was heavier; On December 9, they made a direct hit with a m6rtar'on one of our observation posts which was outside of our lines. We 5 had eight Marines at the post, only one survived. 3 The only time We were involVed 111 . Medal which :5 given after three years of firing was when they fired 011 us. There were seven different incidences in the time we were there and most of them happened at night. The Jimayal government asked the United States to keep the international airport open but Jimayal lost power and no longer had con- trol of the army. At that time, we pulled out because our commitment was to his gov- ernment, since he was no longer in power, we couldn't be there any longer. Zahler is an honor graduate from two law enforcement adademies. He attended the law enforcement academy for Marine military police at Lacklaad Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. The other was a police academy at the Coast Carolina Community College in Jacksonville, N.C., which certified him to he an officer anywhere in that state. He qhalified as the high shooter for his class. 22111161 is with'the lst Milia tary Police Company in Lexa ington'; 0n campus he is a 165- ident adviser in Thompson Hall, Which consists of en- ' forcing University regula- tions and helping students ' with problems. Zahler will graduate in Dec. 1989 with a bachelors degree in sociology with an emphasis in corrections. His minor is horsemanship. I've got a kind of selfish reason for my minor. The only place in the Marine Corp that uses harses'is the military :10. lice unit stationed in Hawaii. I'd like to stay in theMarine Carp until I retire, then I'd like to get a ranch in Wyoming or Moxitana; I plan to run' my own sta- ble. 'Zahler, Who is' trying to become a l 4 commissioned ogicer, has received the combat Action Ribbon and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon for services ihBeirut, the Marine Corp Exp6ditian- ary Medal for participating in combat in Beirut; the Humanitarian Service Medal for evacuating civilians from Beirut, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon for serving six months on a ship, the, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for services in Grenada, and the Good Conduct service in the military . ... By: Donna SeWard I m m - - Feature 245