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DAVE From the Worn desk of yout 'EXE' (From the last Newsletter)
This is your past, EX, used-to-be President. You missed a great event if you were not at the Orlando reunion! The new President (Bob Sweetwood) will introduce himself on this Website. I congratulate him on stepping forward and accepting the position. All I can say is its been a pleasure serving and representing both you, the membership, and the Association, over these past years. It has been a great ride! After meeting and talking with the new President, I have full confidence in him filling the position. If you weren't at the
Orlando reunion, you missed the second largest we have ever had! There was somewhere about 150 people there, so many coming and going that it was hard to get an accurate count. The theme for this reunion's > >memorabilia was centered on the first Squadron emblem the "Gunfighter". There were 11 inch Teddy Bears dressed as pilots, leather jackets and helmets, goggles and the scarf with the emblem screen printed on one side. Competition was high in getting one, only 24 were given out. Each table at the banquet had 1 each bottle of white and red wine with the "Gunfighter" emblem labels. All this was thanks to the host, Jan Stevens who thought this up. Thankfully there were no fights over the empty bottles or bears! SEE TomTeddyBear ln Website Hpme Page! Now it's onto the next reunion! Jerry Henry , as some may know,
has volunteered to host a reunion in Nashville, Indiana, yes Indiana. More to come on this later as times and dates are decided on and fmalized with the hotels. See you there, start planning now! During the banquet at the reunion, I asked the members to write down 2 things for the newsletter. They were the most memorable experience they had while in the 319th and the other was why they came to this reunion. The responses we got will appear in this and future newsletters. Now I ask you, who did not attend the reunion, to send in your most memorable experience. Please take a moment to do this, it will help keep the newsletter alive. Send to either Clarence Fry or me, Email or snail mail but do it! Thanks to All! The "ex"
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