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 Thanksgiving Day Food Drive:

 Press Release

 

The Retired Sergeants Major of the CSRA kicked off its Thanksgiving Day Food Drive starting Monday November 1st through Wednesday November 17th. The food drive consisted of Retired Sergeants Major as well as members of the community collecting canned goods such as canned meats, fruits, vegetables, and soups, as well as toilet articles such as tooth paste, shampoo, soap, shaving cream, deodorant, and shower gel.                            

The purpose of the food drive is to provide assistance to families located in and around the CSRA who may be in need of aid and support during the Thanksgiving holiday period. All products were picked up and delivered to the Augusta Golden Harvest Food Bank on Thursday November 18, 2010. The Retired Sergeants Major of the CSRA collected and turned in 650 pounds of food products and $150.00 in cash and checks. The Golden Harvest will distribute the items to soup kitchens around the CSRA to assist in feeding the homeless and to support individuals and families who are in need.

            CSM (Retired) Johnathan Fisher, president of the Retired Sergeants Major of the CSRA stated that the food drive far exceeded his expectations, and with this success, he will start planning for next year, and hopefully, it will prove to be even more successful than this year’s food drive.

Quarterly Breakfast

Saturday, October 23, 2010  09:00hrs 

Gordon Club, Magnolia Room

The Retired Sergeants Major of the CSRA hosted its quarterly breakfast at the Gordon Club on Saturday morning October 23, 2010. During the breakfast, the president of the Fort Gordon Sergeants Major Association, SGM Jeffery Watts presented the Sergeants Major Association Certificate of Recognition and the Sergeants Major Association Recognition Flag to CSM(R) Olin Dorsey and CSM(R) Hector Zapata for their dedicated and distinguished service to the nation.

CSM(R) Olin Dorsey was born on June 17, 1925 in Harlem, New York. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1943 and quickly rose through the ranks before obtaining the rank of Command Sergeant Major. He served with the Quartermaster in the Pacific Theater during World War II. However, after returning home after the World War II, reality smacked the returning soldiers in the face when they found that jobs – at least for black troops – were hard to come by. That prompted many returning black soldiers, including him, to re-enlist and make the military a career.  CSM (R) Dorsey saw how the military changed after President Truman signed Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, to integrate all branches of the military. He served with the 24th Colored Infantry (Buffalo Soldier) Regiment during the Korean War, and he also served in the Viet Nam War. CSM(R) Dorsey’s three decades of service has been marked with a number of assignments and schools to include the United States Army Noncommissioned Officers Academy. He served as command Sergeant Major of many different units, and he was responsible for training and developing some of the Sergeants Major and Command Sergeants Major who were station at Fort Gordon and retired over 30 years ago.

CSM(R) Hector Zapata is from Laredo, Texas; he enlisted in the United States Army in December 1954 and attending Basic Training at a cold Fort Bliss, Texas. He attending Advance Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Mammoth, New Jersey, where he trained as a Military Police (MP).  During CSM Zapata’s career, he was assigned to the following units:

·        1956 – 1962:  Verdun,  France

·        1963 – 1967:  Fort Gordon Military Police School

·        1967 – 1918:  545th MP Company, 1st Calvary Division, Republic of Vietnam

·        1968 – 1970:  Fort Gordon, Georgia

·        1970  - 1971:  School of the Americas, Fort Gulica, Panama Canal Zone

·        1971 – 1973:  Reassigned to Fort Gordon and helped relocate the MP School to Fort McClellan in 1975

·        1979 – 1981: CSM, 103 MI Battalion (CEWI) Wurzburg, Germany

·        1981 – CSM, Basic Training Battalion, Brims Barracks, with his final assignment as the Battalion Command Sergeant Major of the 4th Signal Battalion Fort Gordon, Georgia

·        CSM Zapata retired on August 1, 1984