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2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery

(Taiwan) Association

271 Shady Oak Drive

New Market, AL 35761

Volume 4

Newsletter 3

November 2000

Hq & Hq Battery Troops

Front, L to R: Larry Trieglaff, Joe Dougherty,

Paul Lapham, Willard Ottman, Dan Kukowski,

Harry Habenicht

Rear: Don Woodin, John Provost, Charlie Trost,

Frank Serpico, Stu Moody, Mike Conniff

A Battery Troops

Front L to R: Joe Duchesne, Glen Ramsey, Frank

Rivers, Ray Gradick, Dan Funamura, Casimoro

Morin

Rear: Jim Telford, Dick Croft, Don Sneckenberger,

Al Havard,

From the Editor

The two most important subjects in this newsletter are

the

highlights of the reunion

we just completed in St.

Charles, Missouri, and the

Taiwan trip

many of us will

embark on in April 2001. If you think you may want to go

with us to Taiwan, please read the information carefully, as

we need a deposit in a few weeks to get a pretty firm count of

those who are really interested.

The 2000 Reunion

Our Second Reunion in St. Charles, Missouri, 12-15

October 2000, was a great success. We had 56 of our troops

there, with a total of 109 members and family members

participating. It could only be improved by having more

troops in attendance. Two write-ups of the activities follow,

one by

Walt “Chuck” Lapsley,

and the distaff view by

Karen O’Connell

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REUNION 2000

2

nd

Missile Battalion, 71

st

Artillery

MEET ME IN ST LOUIS

The members of our battalion met for the second reunion

commemorating the 42

nd

year of our arrival on Taiwan. Over

100 members, guests and wives met in St. Charles Missouri

located just west of St. Louis. I flew in from the West Coast

to Lambert Airport on October 10, 2000 one day prior to

check-in at the St. Charles Holiday Inn Select. I was far

from being the member coming from the farthest distance to

be at the celebration.

Danny Funamura

and his wife flew

in from Koloa, Hawaii on the island of Kauai. Several

members drove in from all points of the compass.

After checking in I wandered around a bit and discov-

ered that another military group, the 684

th

Field Artillery was

also holding their reunion at the hotel. Their registration area

was across the lobby from our area. The group had served

the country a few years earlier than our Battalion. Bob had