Military II
Military II |
| Korean War In the Korean War from 1952 to 1953, Lt. Col. Gutheinz was a First Lieutenant and Executive Officer of Company G, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division (Reinforced). Lt. Gutheinz was decorated in that war for disregarding danger while under heavy enemy fire by directing the evacuation of the wounded from Combat Outpost Number Two on 2 November 1952, and repeating that hazardous mission in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Carson on 3 Febuary 1953; and for relieving another company at Combat Outpost Vegas |
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| on 30 March 1953. Lt. Gutheinz relief of Combat Outpost Vegas was part of the Nevada Cities Campaign which commenced on 26 March 1953, when thousands of Chinese soldiers attacked Combat Outpost Carson, Vegas and Reno, resulting in over 1000 Marine fatalities. In one of the patrols First Lt. Gutheinz led, every Marine who served under him was killed or wounded. Lt. Gutheinz also served on Bunker Hill, Hill 155 and Personality Hill which had the motto, "forsaken by the devil and inhabited by Marines." Click here to go back. | |
| Nationalist China In 1958 through 1960 Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Captain, served in Nationalist China as an advisor to the Nationalist Chinese Marines. During this time period American families were evacuated from Nationalist China, when the Communist Chinese began shelling two of Nationalist China's islands. Lt. Col. Gutheinz became the center of an international incident. This occured when he severely injured a Nationalist Chinese soldier he caught attempting to rape his maid. Click here to go back. |
 Joe Sr. and Joe Jr. with the King of Taiwan's Aboriginies. (The King and his tribe were former head hunters.) |
| Buffalo, New York Between 1962 and 1964 Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Major, was Inspector- Instructor Commander over the Marine Corps Infantry Dept. at Buffalo, New York.Click here to go back. |
| Vietnam/ DaNang In 1965 Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Major, participated in the landing of Marines at DaNang. This landing of the 3rd Marine Corps Division signified America's formal entry into the Vietnam War. While in Vietnam his son Patrick died, his second child to die young. The first was Patricia. Patrick was buried near his maternal grandfather at Arlington Cemetery. Click here to go back. |
| Naval War College In 1966 Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Major, attended and graduated from the Naval War College in Newport Road Island. At the Naval War College he developed his Intelligence Secondary. His primary MOS was Infantry. Click here to go back. |
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