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2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery

(Taiwan) Association

271 Shady Oak Drive

New Market, AL 35761

<http://www.2-71adataiwan.com>

Volume 7

Newsletter 2

July 2003

2004 Reunion Site Visit

In the last newsletter, we mentioned that Karl and Pat

Kolm came down from Waco to help Bob and Lois Mackin-

tosh with the hotel site selection process. Here is a picture of

the group at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in San Antonio.

Bob and Lois Mackintosh with Karl and Pat Kolm

In Memoriam

James L. Millwood

, Gibson, GA (31

st

Engr)

Stephen W. Woomer

, Phoenix, MD (178 Ord Det)

Contact your old buddies

Those who attended the Nashville reunion last year

received a copy of our mailing roster for members and non-

members. If you did not attend the reunion, you may want a

copy of the Association mailing list with addresses, telephone

numbers, e-mail addresses, and unit affiliation. Members

should send a note to 2

nd

Missile Bn, 71

st

Artillery (Taiwan)

Assn, 271 Shady Oak Drive, New Market, AL 35761, or

e-mail to bmack@ardmore.net. Non-members, who served

with us on Taiwan, may receive the same addresses by

enclosing a small donation ($1.00) with your request to

cover the cost of mailing.

Renewed Memberships

Astin, John, Pompano Beach, FL (C Btry-Sig)

Drum, Connie, Eutawville, SC (178 Ord)

Garcia, C. Louis, Buena Vista, NM (Hq Btry)

Hodge, Norris “Nick” C., Marianna, AR (C Btry)

Johnson, Mrs. Robert E., McComb, MS (Hq Btry)

Lewis, Nat, El Paso, TX (B Btry)

Leyder, Don , Mechanicsburg, PA (Hq Btry)

Magnus, Ralph, New York, NY (A Btry)

Martinez, Filimon, Denver, CO (C Btry)

Mayer, John, Osage, IA (D Btry)

Phillips, S.L., Mt. Pleasant, NC (C Btry)

Provost, John, Mount Dora, FL (Hq Btry)

St. Amour, Leo, Havre de Grace, MD (C Btry)

Wilson, Wes, El Paso, TX (B Btry)

Notes from the Troops

4/6/03

From: Jimmie Rogers (D Btry)

Bob,

Did you get my dues for 2003? Hope this finds you

and Lois doing fine, we are doing OK. The allergy is in

full bloom here in NM. Hope your weather is better.

Don sent yours and Dave’s E-Mail addresses to his

friend in San Antionio. Have you heard from him?

(Regarding a reunion hotel) Don hasn’t. Hope you all can

find us a good place for the next reunion. We are looking

forward to it.

Don is really looking forward to the next one. He

really enjoyed the one in Nashville. He knows now what it