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SUMMER1990 Wire and Picked up and Rehabilitated More Than 800 Miles of Wire PERILOUS POLES .... Under enemy fire, men of the 570th Signol Company maintain the frogile wires that link far-flung units of the Trailblazers in the Vosges. Two buddies, rifles at ready, stand guard. One is crouched on the hillside at the right, the other is just visible at the lower left. In less than two months, the company laid and strung 1,100 miles of SUMMER1990 wire and picked up and rehabilitated more than 800 miles of wire. / The President's Report 1990 Reunion Norman Johnson promises to be bigger/better/gala-er Reunion ' 90. Everything is set! a $10 discount for each person . The official form is in the Accommodations will be excellent; the program will be Spring, '90 magazine. Again: You can use a Xerox. interesting and there will be many other things to do; there will The fee includes gratuities and tax. be old friends to visit and new ones to meet. And we've asked Chairman Neal Gibbs of the registration committee, his wife the weatherman for his best days. Bev, who's working with him, and Secretary Lou Hoger report Here are a few things to check off: that pre-registrations are coming in at a record pace. 1. Hotel accommodations The new addition to the Riviera Hotel has been completed 4. Air fare discounts and that makes the facilities absolutely the best. Kristofers, their United Airlines is our official Reunion airline and it is newest restaurant, for instance, is located at the base of the offering good rates to Vegas. On round-trip fares, you are new tower. It offers pool-side breakfast and lunch and has allowed5 a % discount on any published discount fares in effect "steakhouse atmosphere" for evening dining. when tickets are purchased. These are subject to applicable But rooms will be at a premium so hurry and get your res­ restrictions. ervations in today. Thecut-offisAugust 15. The hotel is holding A 40% discount applies on unrestricted coach fares . 600 rooms for us but only till 30 days before our event. The These special rates will apply only between Sept. 13 and official reservation form was printed in the "Trail blazer" for Sept. 23. To obtain them, you must use the "Meeting Plus" ID Winter, 1990. You may make a Xerox of it if you don't want number: 449GU and order tickets at your travel agent or at an to cut up your magazine. The bargain rate of $59 is offered airlines counter. for two nights before the Reunion and three nights after. There are many post-vacation fare specials as well as bargain senior-citizen rates on other airlines, too. So it would 2. Method of payment be smart to consult your travel agent. There was some misinformation about reservations. Please read this carefully: 5. Car rental bargains All-State Car Rental has offered us special daily rates A one-night deposit is required with reserva­ ranging from $26.95 to $30.95 with 150 he miles per day. tions. This can be charged to American Express or You can reserve a vehicle by calling toll -free 1-800-634- you can send your personal check. 6186. Be sure to tell them you're with the 70th Division at the To settle your account when you check out, you Riviera Hotel. All-State is located in the baggage-claim area can , repeat "can", use Visa, MasterCard, Diners, of the airport. American Express or traveller' s checks. You can­ not use a personal check at that time. 6. Sight-seeing tours Wednesday is our free day to have fun on our own. Las 3. Registration discount Vegas offers lots and lots of tourist fun . Hoover Dam, Lake If you pre-register for the Reunion before Sept. 1, you'll get Meade and Red Rock Canyon are famous sites. There's a tour Volume 48 Number 3 Summer '90 President Secretary-Treasurer Chaplains Norman Johnson Louis Hoger Alex Johnson is published four times o year by the 70th Infantry Division 3344 Bryant Ave. 5825 Horton St. 833 N . Carlyle St. Association for its members and friends. Subscription: $10 Anoka, Minn. 55303 Mission, Kans. 66202 Arlington Heights, annually. II. 60004 Vice President-East President-elect Historians * * Editor William Kiefriter Neal Gibbs Edmund C. Arnold Donald C. Pence Rev. Don Docken* 50 Woodhill Dr. 11910 Moonlight Rd. Carolina Trace 920 Third St. 3208 Hawthorne Ave. Willow Grove, Po . 19090 Olathe, Kans. 66061 Richmond, Virginia 23222 285 Fairway Lane Hudson, Wis. 54016 Sanford, North Carolina 21730 Associate Editor Vice President-West* Asst. Sec.-Treas *. Chester F. Garstki Dr. Eugene Petersen Paul Thirion Calvin Jones 2946 No. Harding 1850 Randy St. 6669 Nicolett Ave. 227 NE 105th Ave. Ch icago, Illinois 60618 San Leandro, California 94579 Riverside, Cal. 92504 Portland, Ore. 97220 2 70th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER The President's Report SAN AEMO TOWER ROOM IN THE INN . ... All Reunion activities will take place under one roof reception will be . and what a roof it is! Here's a plan of the first floor of Since this map was furnished us, the parking lot at the the Riviera. Registration will be at (1}. The lavish theater far left has been replaced by additional casino space and where we'll enjoy the colorful revue is at (2).1n the rooms a new restaurant, bar and shops have been added at (3) we'll have unit gatherings, the business meeting and around the Monaco Tower in the lower right. the banquet. The Hospitality Room is at (5} and atop the If there are any revisions, they will be announced at the Monte Carlo Tower (4} is where the wine-and-cheese Reunion. to Old Nevada Museum, a Night Club Extravaganza and show your memorabilia. Members of the Hospitality Commit­ other city tours. There will be a Gray Line table near our tee will be on hand to give you a hand. registration point at the Riviera . Or you may want to call them at 1-800-634-6579 and ask for Mike Adams' office. Again, 11 . The program tell them you're at the Trail blazer Reunion . The program has been arranged so that you'll have the There are many overnight trips that would fit in nicely just needed time to visit with friends and enjoy the attractions of the before or after the Reunion . hotel itself and the surrounding city and area. Here is the schedule: 7. RV and auto parking Sunday, Sept. 16: Early registration, 2 to 5 p.m. Hospitality There are two new parking ramps at the Riviera available to Room will be open. guests at no cost. Monday: Officially the Reunion opens. Registration, 8:30 The Circus-Circus Hotel and Casino, located right across the a.m. to 8 p.m. Wine-and-cheese reception . Return-to-Europe road from the Riviera has an RV park with full hook-up participants-and anyone interested in those tours of our facilities. Rates are $1 0.70 per night. Excellent facilities battlefields-may have dinner that a German cook will pre­ include pool, showers, sauna, and shuttle-bus service. Their pare. Accordion music will make us reminisce about evenings toll-free phone is 1-800-634-3450 or you can write to 500 on the Rhine. Circus-Circus Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89609, attention : Jackie Tuesday: Late registration, 8 to 5. Business meetings, unit Elliott. get-togethers and the Ladies Luncheon make a busy day. And in the evening we'll see "Splash", the award-winning show in 8. 'Blazer souvenirs the Riviera theater. There will be some new 70th items available and many of We~nesday: A free day until the annual Awards Dinner the old stand-bys at the Sales Table. and dance. Thursday: The Memorial Service, an event of great emotion. 9. The Raffle And then .. So long 'till'92! You're invited to bring along items for the traditional Raffle. Be sure to come; be sure to invite some buddy, especially one You might consider items traditional to your home area or who hasn't had the great pleasure of a Reunion before. those that have sentimental value to a fellow-Trail blazer ... and your own handicraft is always welcome. Bring your gifts to the Hospitality Room. There will be many drawings during the three days. Omholt dies As this issue is being made up at the printers', word comes that Delyle Om holt, immediate past president of the 10. The good ol' Hospitality Room . Association, has died in his home town of lola, Wisconsin. Always the heart of the Reunion, the Hospitality Room will He had been elected in Philadelphia in 1984 and reelected have extended hours to give all of us opportunity to visit with in Portland in '86. No details of his death were available as old friends and to renew old Trail blazer bonds with new this issue went on the press. friends. There will be bulletin boards and display tables to Summer, 1990 3 70th Monulllent? Where? When? Who? Many offer viewpoints By Edmund Arnold The suggestion that the 70th Association consider erecting association with the Ozark site. The same applies, doubled, to a monument in Wingen-sur-Moder brought, not unexpect­ Camp Miles Standish or the Port of Boston. edly, a variety of reactions. Or maybe we don't want a monument at all. Maybe the A significant one is that Wingen-indeed all the Vosges memories each man carries in this heart, in the stories he tells actions-was not one of those of the 70th Division but rather his grandchildren, in the yellowing papers of 1945 are suffi­ of Task Force Herren.
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