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2nd Missile Battalion,

71st Artillery

(Taiwan) Association

Volume 3

Newsletter 1

March 1999

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, 71st Artillery Regi-

ment Insignia, and the 823 Campaign Badge of Honor.

Courtesy of Dave O’Connell

From the Editor

This is the first newsletter of 1999 and the first since the

Reunion Newsletter of December 1998. There is a lot of

news here and several places where we ask for information.

Please respond to those requests for information.

Also included in this newsletter are information about a

Nike-Hercules Red Canyon Range Camp Reunion, and

information from Lloyd Evans, Chairman, for 99/00, of a

sister organization formed this year to represent all men

eligible for the 823 Campaign Badge of Honor..

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Artillery (Taiwan) Assn.

We are almost finished with the paperwork to set up our

“non-profit” association. Charlie Trost, Dave O’Connell,

and Bob Mackintosh have been working on the

Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws. We

expect to get them off by the end of March.

You might ask why we need to Incorporate. We

are doing this primarily to protect the officers of

the association when they have to sign contracts

for our reunions. Reunion hotels have stiff

penalties for canceling a reunion. This should

not happen, but if it does, the cost should not be

on the shoulders of the person who signed the

contract.

Once the Executive Committee incorpo-

rates the Association, they will expand the

Board of Directors to seven members who will

elect the first officers of the Association.

Thereafter, the officers will be elected annually

by the general membership.

Membership

Membership is open to all men who served

with 2/71 in Taiwan and our support units.

Family members, and others with close rela-

tionship to a deceased member, may also may

join. To date, we have 90 members. We

encourage all of you to join, as the annual $15

membership fee pays for newsletters, costs

associated with searching for more of our

troops, and pre-reunion commitments and down payments.

New Members

Since the last newsletter, the following have joined the

Association:

G. Thomas Ambler, Gardenville, PA

John E, Astin, Pompano Beach, FL

David J. Diedrich , Athern, WI

David Henryhand, Philadelphia, PA

Donald G. Jackson, El Paso, TX

Fidel C. Olivares, Jr., Arlington, TX

Carl L. Paparazo, Garden Grove,CA

Lloyd A. Saylor, El Paso, TX

Lawrence A. Williams, Mesa, AZ