Military III
Military III |
| Amphibious Group Three, U.S. Seventh Fleet/TET Offensive As Assistant Intelligence and Ground Order of Battle Officer on the Staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Seventh Fleet, from 8 February 1967 to 30 September 1967, Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Major, was decorated for his incisive reasoning and broad knowledge of intelligence matters as they related to reaching conclusions in the achievement of allied goals in Vietnam and the Task Force 76 Mission. Major Gutheinz's most important accomplishment was forecasting the TET Offensive. Major General J.J. McMonagle (USMC Ret), former commander of the First Marine Division and Camp Pendleton, addressed this important accomplishment of Lt. Col Gutheinz, at Lt. Col. Gutheinz's funeral at the Riverside National Cemetery on February 4, 2000. As an Intelligence Operative in Vietnam, Major Gutheinz went behind enemy lines and across enemy borders gathering information. Click here to go back. |
| Third Marines, Third Marine Division As Regimental Intelligence Officer for Third Marines in Vietnam from 21 July 1968 to 4 December 1968, Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Major, provided Intelligence Reports which proved invaluable in the conduct of combat operations; made recommendations concerning targets for artillery, air and naval gunfire missions, and directed the scope and location of reconnaissance missions. Click here to go back. |
| Second Battalion,Third Marines, Third Marine Division As Executive Officer and Commander (for a ten day period) of Second Battalion, Third Marines, Lt. Col. Gutheinz, then a Major, repeatedly disregarded his own safety to accomplish his mission in the most respected battalion in the Marine Corps, during a time of unprecedented hostilities with the enemy. Major Gutheinz was decorated for his performance in that battalion. Click here to go back. |
| Operation Home Coming In 1972 and 1973, while assigned to Camp Pendleton California, Lt. Col. Gutheinz was the U.S. Marine Corps representative in Operation Home Coming, the mission to bring American POW's back from North Vietnam. Lt. Col. Gutheinz flew all over the world to help facilitate the recovery of this nations POW's. The most famous of the POW's to come home was most likely Senator John McCain. Click here to go back. |
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