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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:
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1956 – 1962: Verdun, France
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1963 – 1967: Fort Gordon Military Police School
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1967 – 1918: 545th MP Company, 1st
Calvary Division, Republic of Vietnam
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1968 – 1970: Fort Gordon, Georgia
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1970 - 1971: School of the Americas, Fort Gulica, Panama
Canal Zone
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1971 – 1973: Reassigned to Fort Gordon and helped relocate
the MP School to Fort McClellan in 1975
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1979 – 1981: CSM, 103 MI Battalion (CEWI) Wurzburg, Germany
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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
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CSM Zapata retired on August 1, 1984
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