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The Octofoil, March/April 1996 College of the Holy Cross CrossWorks The Octofoil Special Collections 3-1-1996 The Octofoil, March/April 1996 Ninth Infantry Division Association Follow this and additional works at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/octofoil Part of the Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Military History Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Ninth Infantry Division Association, "The Octofoil, March/April 1996" (1996). The Octofoil. 315. https://crossworks.holycross.edu/octofoil/315 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at CrossWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Octofoil by an authorized administrator of CrossWorks. THE 412 Gregory Ave.• Weehawken, N.J. 07087 THE NINTH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION Volume XLXXI Number 2 Mar-April 1996 Ninth Infantry Division LADIES CORNER New York Site for Reunion June 4-7, 1996 Reunion Program Well, it's April, the sky is Concord Hotel blue, the sun is shining, I Tuesday, June 4 saw a Robin Redbreast last 9:00A.M. Registration Lobby Thursday, and today I actu­ 9:00A.M. Golf Outing Lobby ally feel like writing a col­ 4:00 P.M. Board of Governors Meeting TowerS umn. It won't be much of 7:00-8:00 P.M. Dinner Dining Room one, just bits and pieces ­ 8:30 P.M. Welcome Party (Beer, Soda, Cordillion like: Have you sent in your Pretzels, Chips) - Cash Bar reservation for the Dancing Imperial Room 9:30 P.M. Concorde in June yet? Do 10:15 P.M. Showtime Imperial Room you have your Pollyanna gift bought yet? Do you have a nomination for a donation to Wednesday, June 5, 1996 a Veterans' home/hospital? 8:30-10:15 A.M. Breakfast Dining Room Are you a member of our 9:00A.M. Registration Lobby 9:30A.M. Women's Auxiliary Meeting Cordillion Auxiliary yet? Do not mail 9:30A.M. General Meeting Forum me your answers, just do it 10:00 A.M. Committee Meetings please! As for myself - all is Budget and Finance fine here at the Taubners, By-Laws Joe and I are set for the Miscellaneous Reunion and hope that we Newspaper have a good showing of Nominating General Meeting continues Company B, 47th people, at 11:00 A.M. least more than the 6 from 1:00-2:00 P.M. Lunch Dining Room 4:00 P.M. New Board of Governors TowerS last year. I also mailed in a THE CONCORD RESORT HOTEL 7:00-8:00 P.M. Dinner Dining Room nomination for the Veterans WELCOMES THE OLD RELIABLES 8:30-10:00 P.M. DJ Disco (Cash Bar) Cordillion Administration Medical to the 9th Infantry Division Association 10:15 P.M. Showtime Imperial Room Center on Kingsbridge Rd in 51st Annual Reunion, June 4-7, 1996 The Bronx, New York, which As one of the snowiest winters on record in the Thursday, June 6, 1996 . has a Spinal Cord Injury Northeast melts away to the coming of spring, the lush 8:30-10:15 A.M. Breakfast Dining Room Patient Computer Labora­ Lobby green hills and woodlands of the Catskill Mountains beck­ 9:00 A.M. Registration tory. It bridges the gap ons 9th Infantry Division Association comrades to the 10:00 A.M. Memorial Service Cordillion Cordillion between physical disability world-famous Concord Resort Hotel. Located on beautiful 6:30 P.M. Cocktail Hour and the outside world. 7:30 P.M. Banquet Dining Room Kiamesha Lake in New York State the 1996 reunion head­ 8:30-10:00 P.M. DJ Disco (Cash Bar) Cordillion Doesn't that sound worth­ quarters is ready to receive Ninthmen, ladies, and guests· 10:15 P.M. Showtime Imperial Room while? Think about it and we with outstanding accommodations, gourmet meals, var­ Friday, June 7, 1996 will vote on it in June. Well, ied activities and star entertainment. 8:30-10:15 A.M. Breakfast Dining Room that's the end of my bits and The Greater New York Area Chapter, your host for the 1:00-2:00 P.M. Lunch Dining Room pieces. Take care and we'll 51st Annual Reunion, and the Concord, have worked dili­ Strike Tents see you in June! gently to make your stay pleasurable and memorable. Ellie Taubner Besides fun and camaraderie this reunion promises to 85 Smith Avenue have one of the most debated renewed issues placed Bergenfield, NJ 0762 J before World War II members - the acceptance or non­ acceptance of 9th Infantry Division Vietnam Veterans for . Florida Chapter Ladies membership.. Auxiliary News The Memorial Service for our 4,581 buddies lost in WWII and those who have since left us will be honored in Kevin Billon was our chef a special and moving ceremony. at the New Orleans school of If you haven't made reservations to attend yet, call the cooking. He demonstrated Concord immediately at 1-800-431-3850, and hopefully, the creole cooking tech­ you will be aCcommodated. Rip Van Winkle's long sleep is niques as he went along, and about to end. On June 4, 1996, Rip will fully awaken to the kept us laughing with his tumultuous arrival of the Old Reliables to the 51st Annual humorous stories. Reunion in his Catskill Mountain abode - greeted by It was a most unusual your host - the Greater New York Area Chapter. Come event and all present really one, come all! enjoyed it. We were served lunch that Kevin cooked. It TRANSPORTATION George Nicklin, 47th supplies photo taken at the last was wonderiul and different Public: Worcester Memorial Services. Shown l-r Walter from our every day meals. Shortline Bus Company (212) 736-4700. O'Keeffe, Janet and George Brown)taken before the The ladies of the Florida Van Service: 800-759-5548. luncheon. Chapter wishes to thank Limousine Service: 800-762-6212. PRESIDENT'S CORNER each and everyone from the Private: After a number of years of working hard to peddle my other chapters that helped From New York City and Metropolitan Area: (2 hours) own books, it's nice for a change to be touting another's. to make the cooking school George Washington Bridge to New Jersey Palisades This is the book for many members of the Association a big success with your Parkway to New York Thruway North. whose combat time with the Division came in the Fall of presence. We had fun and Proceed on Thruway Exit 16 and proceed on Rt. 17 to Exit '44. It probably started after a long, bumpy ride in the hope you did also. Thank 105B. On Route 42, follow signs to the Concord. back of a deuce-and-a-half and might have ended a short you for being there. From Southern New Jersey & Philadelphia: (3 hours time thereafter in a searing flash beneath one of the ever­ Lila Stansell from Phila.) New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 11 Garden State dripping pines of the Huertgenforst. Hail and farewell, President of Ladies Parkway North to New York State Thruway North. N.Y.S. sometimes before one even learned which part of the 9th Auxiliary .Thruway to Exit 16 Rt. 17W). Proceed on 17 West to Exit he had joined. Edward G. Miller's A Dark and Bloody Florida Chanter 105B (Rt. 42). Follow signs to thp Concord. Ground, (Texas A&M University Press, about $30) is 217 River Beach Dr. .From Scranton; Pa. Route 84 East to Rt.17 West .to.Exif. Ormond Beach, Florida 1058. Follow sign~ to the-Concord.. guaranteed to bring back the clammy shivers of those 32176 awful days. From Connecticut:· Route 84 West to Rt. 17 West to Exit The Huertgenforst is a huge estate of lumber-on-the­ EDWIN H. LUSK 1058. hoof climbing up over deeply eroded remnant hills pro­ 131 Auburn Rd., From Boston and New England States: Mass. Turnpike to viding the headwaters of Western Germany's Roer River, Indian Springs, Al 35124 Sturbridge Exit. Route 86 South to Route 84 West. a major tributary of the Rhine and a potential obstacle to I need a pair ot 60th In!. Proceed to New York Exit 4W to Route 17 Quickway West the First U.S. Army's reaching its initial goal inside cro~sed rifle insignia. Please to Exit 105B (Kiamesha Route 42 North). Turn North on Germany. Over the years, as an aid to local agriculture let me know where I can Route 42. Follow signs to the Concord. Estimated driving and coal mining, the Roer's seasonal flooding had been order a set. A used set time from Boston - 4 1/2 hours; Springfield - 3 hours. brought under control by the construction of a series of 'would be fine. AIR: Stewart Airport located at Newburg, New York. dams. These impounded enough water so that its sudden Thanks. Carriers now operating: American, Delta, United Express release could flood the river greatly and rapidly, thus Edwin Lusk. and U.S. Air. greatly improving its defensive possibilities. This factor P.S. The above insignia Car Rental: Major car rental agencies are located at all was an integral part of Nazi Germany's Westwall plan­ will go on myoid uniform New York Airports and Stewart Airport. Driving time. from ning. Indeed, the Siegfried Line fortifications ran through which I am donating to the Stewart to the Concord is 50 minutes. the Huertgenforst due south from the city of Aachen, one National Infirmary Museum of its major bastions. at Fort Benning, Ga. Also Deadline for next issue July 20th Continued on page 6' three other items. THE OCTOFOIL THE OCTOFOIL Tip ofthe Hat Form 2579 should be sent to THE 9th INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION 412 Gregory Avenue, Weehawken, N.J.
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