Thursday, December 25, 2008

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AT CHRISTMAS

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.

Know the line has held, your job is done.

Rest easy, sleep well.

Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.

Peace, peace, and farewell... Author unidentified

Friday, December 19, 2008

UNKNOWN ADDRESSES

Addresses of these members unknown


Freddie J. Britton, Gale E. Britton
Steven E. Clark, Thomas F. Curran
Gerold J. Diltz, Harold Eklund

Richard A. Greig, Nicolas J. Haiducek
William P. Henn Jr., Jon N. Kirk
Dwayne W. Miller, William P. McGuire
Donnie A. Rainwater, David L. Ruch
Gary L. Smith, Kenneth L. Smith
Larry N. Smith, John W. Tharp


We are starting to shorten this list. The organizers would like to make one more attempt to get as many addresses of our members as possible before they mail out the notice of our 2009, reunion. If any addresses of the members above are known, please email them to the unit's email address: bearcat1011th@yahoo.com

Monday, December 8, 2008

1011TH FAMILY MEMBER BATTLING LEUKEMIA

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The unit has been notified that Lisa Spillman Mesa is going through extreme chemotherapy in her battle with Leukemia. (article above).

A fund has been set up in a Tulsa bank to help with some of her non-covered medical expenses. The address for Lisa's medical expense fund in the article above is not correct, the address should be:

Lisa Mesa Arnest Cares Account
502 S. Main St.
Tulsa, Ok. 74103

Her father, Glen Spillman was a member of the 1011th in Emporia and served with our unit in Vietnam. Glen passed away with cancer in 1995.


Lisa's mother, Judy Spillman Welch, has been in attendance at many 1011th reunions over the past several years.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lisa and all of her family.

Please feel free to help out with Lisa's medical fund. All donations will be very much appreciated.

40TH YEAR REUNION (from our return to the states)


The 40TH YEAR REUNION DATES HAVE BEEN SET

The organizers of the reunion ( Larry Gales and Ron Worchester) have set the dates for August 28th (Friday night) and the 29th at the Best Western in Emporia.

On Friday night the 1011th will have a room reserved just off of Annie's West bar (in the Best Western). The thought on setting up this room was the group would have a place to visit away from the bar if they choose.

The Friday get-together will run from 4:00 PM until about midnight.

On Saturday the group will meet in the Courtroom with an open (cash) bar at 4:00 PM and then dinner will be served around 6:00 PM.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the same hotel for those who want to stay closer to the activities.

If there is anyone you know that does not have any email registered with the 1011th, be sure to let them know about the reunion and ask them to send their email address to us at bearcat1011th@yahoo.com. We use this email for correspondence with unit members as well as notification of new posts on our blog.

There will be further notice coming via postal mail sometime in early 2009.

Hope you all can make plans to attend the reunion this year, it should be a good one!