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Post by kenny on Sept 10, 2007 13:18:28 GMT -6
Lt. Col. Brice Custer Commanded the 7th U.S. calvary from April 4 to 8 1947, June 25 to 30 1947, Aug. 13 to 21 1947.
Does anyone have any more information about him?
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 10, 2007 17:24:38 GMT -6
He is still alive and living in Texas, I believe.
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Post by harpskiddie on Sept 10, 2007 17:24:53 GMT -6
kenny:
Google and ye shall find.
Gordie,
what's the good of my caring, if someone is sharing those arms with me?.............
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Post by Rabble on Sept 10, 2007 19:19:50 GMT -6
Hi Diane, I think that you may have your Custers mixed up! Brice Calhoun William Custer born 1902 died 1969.  His son Brice Calhoun Custer, born 1927, author of "The Sacrificial Lion", who I last saw at the West Point Convention and may still be alive, used to live in Georgetown, Texas. (He has a son - also Brice Calhoun)! Regards Ron |
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 10, 2007 19:25:39 GMT -6
Oh, I'm sure you are correct! Sorry for the confusion, all.
To the best of my knowledge, the elder Brice Calhoun Custer is still with us. He appeared at New Rumley Day in June 2005. I think the word would get around if he had passed.
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Post by kenny on Sept 10, 2007 19:34:55 GMT -6
I think I found out more about Lt. Col Brice Custer. It meanly from the friend of the little big horn battlefield, Robert Utley. Brice is either Gen. Custer ,Capt. Custer and Boston Custer grand or great nephew.
He had appearance in the movie warpath. He was corporal on and rode behind the movie Custer bearing his personal banner.
Beside commanding the 7th. He also commanded the reserves in Billings.
According to the information., he had pass away. I don't when he had die. Maybe one of his kids know. If he had any.
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Post by kenny on Sept 10, 2007 19:38:43 GMT -6
Hi Diane, I think that you may have your Custers mixed up! Brice Calhoun William Custer born 1902 died 1969. His son Brice Calhoun Custer, born 1927, author of "The Sacrificial Lion", who I last saw at the West Point Convention and may still be alive, used to live in Georgetown, Texas. (He has a son - also Brice Calhoun)! Regards Ron Brice Calhoun probably was the one that was in the movie warpath. I seen the movie and i don't remember seeing a old man bearing the banner. oh yeah Rabble I typing in my post above. When you were posting yours. But anyway, thank you. |
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Post by Rabble on Sept 11, 2007 6:00:54 GMT -6
Brice Calhoun William Custer, who was a grand-nephew of George Armstrong, was presented with the Croix de Guerre by General Zinovi Pechkoff, Ambassador of France, at a parade in Tokyo on 28 July 1948, and was later Military Governor of the Yamagata Prefecture. He returned to the US and was promoted to full Colonel 18 July 1950. He volunteered for service in the Korean War, which incidentally had started on [glow=red,2,300]25 June 1950[/glow], and ended up as a senior advisor to a ROK Division.
He retired with full military honors at Fort Riley.
Paramount filmed "Warpath' in 1950 and this was the film in which BCW Custer appeared as a Corporal bearing the Regimental Standard.
regards
Ron
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Post by kenny on Sept 11, 2007 10:50:50 GMT -6
I didn't know there were more then one movie name warpath. The one thought that Robert Utley was referring to was the one that came out in the late eighties or early nineties. But I think the one that came out in eighties wasn't the same type of movie as the one that came out in the fifties.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Sept 11, 2007 11:53:43 GMT -6
Hollywood hasn't had a new idea in fifty years. Even the new Russell Crowe movie, 3:10 to Yuma, is a remake of a '50s western.
No offense to Rabble, but couldn't they find an American actor to star in a western . . . ?
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Post by elisabeth on Sept 11, 2007 12:40:51 GMT -6
Come to think of it, Christian Bale could make a pretty good Custer ...
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