|
From the Association Historian
DeLoyd Cooper
Dear friends,
Our mini-reunion in Jackson,
Tennessee November 8-9, 2002 brought together twenty-one of our comrades,
seventeen wives,
and seven other family members
~
the grand total was 43 folks. Even tornados in the Jackson area,
Saturday night could not dampen the 275th spirit and the joy of reuniting
with our veteran friends, of the Valiant 275th Armored Field Artillery on this Veterans Day weekend.
|
Veterans & Wives who
Attended |
|
| Joe & Beulah Baker |
|
James & Cathy Buchanan |
|
DeLoyd & Edna Cooper |
|
Harry & Phyllis Davis
|
|
Tom & Lovinah Dobinski |
|
Elton & June Good
|
|
Talmadge & Doris Grant |
|
John & Maurice Matthews
|
| Rupert & Ann McDonald |
|
John R. Owens |
| Harold Peters |
|
Bill & Ruth Pilati |
| Thomas & Nell Rainey |
|
Harold & Sara Ricks |
| Bob & Nell Schnulle |
|
Herman G. Schroeder |
| Milton Sealand |
|
James & Marge Spoon |
| Kenneth & Ruth Stevens |
|
Robb & Lois Walton |
| Boyd & Ruth Wiggins |
|
|
| |
|
Children, Grandchildren and
other relatives
of
275th Veterans who attended the reunion |
|
At the Jackson, Tennessee reunion, we were happy
to meet the son and daughter of Lt. Neil Clark from El Dorado,
Arkansas. Lt. Clark won the Silver Star for his actions Dec. 16,
1944 with the 275th AFA Bn, a date that we all will
remember vividly. Mike Clark and his sister Kathi Wong seemed to
enjoy meeting their father’s comrades. We hope that they will
feel welcome at future reunions.
|
|
|
|
Kathi Clark Wong & Mike Clark |
|
|
Recently their sister, Genna Morrow has been in touch with us
and has shared news clippings and the photo of their father,
Neil and their mother June Clark, taken about 1942. Click the
photo below, to see the portrait she sent to us of her parents.
|
|
|
Contacting us, also, by
email, Jim Price has shown great interest in our web
site and the Battalion's history. Jim has sent us
several of his father's war-time photos. To see them as
well as Ray Edward's photos, click on James Price's
photo. » |
|
|
| Michael Clark, |
|
Kathi C. Wong, |
|
Lt. Neil Clark's
Son |
|
Lt. Neil Clark's
Daughter |
|
Dan Stewart,
|
|
George
Wong, Kathi's, Husband |
|
DeLoyd
Cooper's Step-son
|
|
Mattie,
Lt. Clark's Granddaughter
|
|
Gus Schroeder,
|
|
Betsy Wall,
|
|
Herman
Schroeder's Son
|
|
Robb
Walton's Daughter
|
|
|
|
|
The reunion in Jackson TN, November 8th and
9th
2002 was a festive affair. Our host and hostess, Kenneth and Ruth Stevens
were very thoughtful and gracious. The facilities were very nice, the food
delicious and the fellowship was great. Everyone is grateful to Ken
and Ruth for the fine job they did in organizing the reunion.
Sunday morning, Nov. 10,
veterans and their families reluctantly said their farewells to begin
their return trip home to all over Tennessee, to Illinois, Alabama,
Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia. Plans are already being made for another
reunion at the same time next year.
Click
here to see
Reunion Photos from Cathy Buchanan
Departed Friends
Sadly,
we
have recently updated the list of our departed veterans. Please let us
know, if there are other changes that need to be made.
Please let Bob Schnulle or DeLoyd Cooper know, if
you should hear
that a member or the wife of a member has died.
We will try to keep everybody informed.
|
We
wish to extend a very special invitation to our Veteran’s
children and grand children who discover this website to contact
us to share the memories of their 275th veteran parents and
grandparents.
The
most recent family to discover our web site is the family of Lt.
Neil Clark, four of whom attended our Jackson mini-reunion. One of
whom flew in from California.
|
Reunion Photos from Cathy Buchanan
|
Association Internet Web |
Awards: |
|
|
|
|
|
World Top 100 Military
Websites
Award of Excellence
|
Military.com,
(part of The History Channel)
Distinguished Site
|
Thanks to the many contributors to the success
of the 275th Armored Field Artillery Association web site.
Since published in June last year the site has had
more than 12,000 hits, including visitors from over twenty foreign
countries.
DeLoyd
Cooper,
Association Historian
19- 31st Street East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405-2239
Phone; 205-752-3311
Email dcooper1924@comcast.net |
Robert
Schnulle,
Chairman of the Board
105 N Quail DR
Countryside, IL 60525
Phone; 708-482-3112
Email rschnulle@AOL.com |
|
|
|
We hope to see everyone at our next gathering. We
will be telling more about it when plans are firmed up.
|
