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The Currahee!Currahee! the Newsletter of the 506Th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association (Airmobile — Air Assault) Special Edition January 2015 TheThe Currahee!Currahee! The Newsletter of the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association (Airmobile — Air Assault) An open letter to all our members and friends COL(Ret) J.J”Joe” Johnson, Secretary A Co, 1-506—Vietnam 1970 our history and legacy please consider making a donation to th Fellow Currahees and friends of the 506 Airborne Infan- the Association's General Operating Expense Fund. try Regiment Association, sadly, the ranks of WWII and Viet- Memberships and donations can be completed by click- nam-era Currahees are thinning. As a result, our member- ing either the Membership or Programs/Giving links on our ship numbers and donations are declining and we need your website ( www.506infantry.org ), or by mailing in the forms. help! to the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association, 950 To safeguard the future of this Association, we have re- Glenn Drive, Suite 150, Folsom, CA 95630. duced or eliminated some of the programs everyone expects from us, such as maintaining and updating certain portions We’ll be going home again in 2016! of the Association website. Our operating costs are paid solely out of our annual dues and infrequent, but very wel- Many military posts that have been associated with the come donations to the 506th over the years. The list inc;udes Fort Benning, Fort General Operating Ex- Carson, Camp Toccoa, Camp Greaves and many others. But pense Fund. for the last few generations of Currahees, Fort Campbell is Basically, this Asso- Home, ciation , which was It certainly is the home of the 506th Association. It was forged by our Brother here, 20 years ago, that a small group of Currahee veterans warriors who fought so took the early steps in the formation of our organization. valiantly on D-Day, at Now with the anniversary looming we think it’s time to go Market Garden, and at back home for our 20th reunion in 2016. Certainly there the Battle of the Bulge were other good choices advanced for consideration. At the in World War II; and on 506 business meeting at Branson we discussed suggestions for Hamburger Hill and at Charleston and San Antonio while San Francisco, San Diego Fire Support Base Rip- and several others received support They all had much to cord in Vietnam; and offer including many activities, amenities and points of in- more recently in terest. Ramadi and in Al-Anbar, Khost, Paktika and Kandahar Prov- At our January board meeting we gave preliminary ap- proval to plan for the 2016 reunion to be at Fort Campbell. inces in Iraq and Afghanistan is in trouble! We are very close Three major factors influenced a Fort Campbell decision: it to needing life support and without an increase in dues pay- was favored by many members at Branson; it offered a set ing memberships and donations; YOUR Association will cease of practical considerations such as a concentration of Curra- to exist as we know it in perhaps two years. hee retirees and veterans within a reasonable driving dis- We ask for two things. First, if you are a current or for- tance, enough venue completion to assure value and selec- mer Currahee, please join your Association. Secondly, if you tion; and strong support for the idea from active duty lead- are a friend of the Currahees and someone who cherishes ers who want to maintain strong connections with the Asso- ciation. We’ll get the details of date and venue to you as soon as possible. We hope to see many of you there. What’s special about this issue? In an ongoing effort to make best use of our limited financial resources it has been determined that we are no longer able to send out full copies of our January Newsletter to people on our Currahee roster who are not Dues Paying Members because the cost has become too prohibitive. This abbreviated version does not have all the content and features sent to Dues Paying Members, but we hope it will help keep you informed about Currahee news and events. Remember—it’s renewal time for annual memberships. The 506th Association is a 501(c)(19) War Veterans Organization, a non-profit charitable organization. All gifts are fully deductible. Answering the tough questions Currahee Short Notices John Lally, Chairman of the Board A Co., 1-506 IN, Vietnam 1970-71 “What’s in it for me?” AchieveLinks Program ending Whenever we meet with our fellow Currahee veterans, that’s a Many of you signed up for the AchieveLinks® program common question. Reunions, Rendezvous, unit dinners...at through ARC. We hope you have enjoyed your membership. every opportunity we try appealing to unit loyalties, friendship, Unfortunately, the national response to the program will pride and charitable feelings. And yet, year after year, about be winding down its operations, and will fully cease to oper- 10% of our rostered members ante up $25 a year to keep the ate on March 13, 2015. 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association going for the other 90%. Why do they do that — Association has already been notified of the program’s ter- and why don’t the others step up to help their comrades? The mination. answers might surprise you: Beginning January 13, 2015, members will no longer be able to shop through the achievelinks.com portal. All “It costs too much.” In my years with this organization I Links® Reward Points earned through purchases prior to have rarely heard that excuse. The annual dues of $25 this date will become available for redemption immediately. are a pittance...it’s the same as half a tank of gas a year; As a member, you will have until March 13, 2015 to redeem one box of .45 ammo at the range a year; one delivered your Links® Reward Points. If after February 27, 2015 your pizza a year; two movie tickets (without popcorn) a year; Links® Reward Points balance is below 1,200 you will not or three packs of cigarettes a year. Remember, it doesn't be able to redeem for any item in the portal and your re- mean giving up all of these...just one item once a year. maining Links® Reward Points will be forfeited. Any Links® There may be a few old Currahees who really can’t swing Rewards Points remaining after March 13, 2015 will also be $25 a year; if so, we work with them to make member- forfeited. ship possible. “I don’t get anything out of it.” This could be true...but IF Notifications and only IF you have no interest whatsoever in your old It is very important that you communicate with us any buddies, in the history that you created with them, or in changes, updates and corrections in location, status or con- the heritage that continues to this day. If you ever read tact information we keep on file. We use this information the newsletter, check out our website or Facebook page solely to keep in touch with you about Association and Cur- or attend a reunion, you are benefitting from the work rahee events, unit reunions and similar Currahee-related others have done or paid for. If you benefit from informa- purposes. Under no circumstances do we give, trade or sell tion about VA benefits or economic and medical issues, your personal info to any other person or organization with- you are getting far more out of the Association that it out your permission. costs. The key information is name, street address, city, state “I don’t want to do the veteran thing...sit in a bar, buy pull and zip; email address, unit and period of service, and pri- tabs, get drunk and tell lies.” Good for you...and welcome mary phone number. to the right place. Talk to your fellow vets...they want We depend on our members to voluntarily notify us of more; they want to help. That’s why they visit hospitals such life changes, and also to notify us of hospitalizations, and attend funerals—to be there for soldiers and their honors received and deaths. Accurate information also families. That’s why they take grievously wounded GIs on helps keep costs down for mailings and publications. outings, or see that their kids have Christmas presents. Reunions and other events They pay their own way...travel and expenses...rather that We try very hard to keep track of small unit events for Curra- reduce the amount of purchasing power of charitable con- hees, and also major events for related organizations like the tributions. We are proud of this organization and of the Ripcord Association, Screaming Eagles association and so forth. sterling reputation we enjoy. Sometimes it isn’t easy...but Please notify the Association’s administrative office as soon as the rewards are incredible. you hear of these events. “I won’t know anybody there.” This I understand, I’m Telephone: (800) 506-0506 about as socially inept and bashful as any person you E-mail: [email protected] know. When I joined all I looked Continued on p. 11 Snailmail: 950 Glenn Drive, Ste. 150 Folsom, CA 95630 2 2-506 Change of Command There was a lot of fanfare with the Battalion passing in review for the commanders, in which Don Thies, Frank and I Gary Gilliam joined as they passed in parade, they knew who we were and C Co., 2-506 Vietnam 1970-71 of your support to the men of the Currahee Nation. On December 18th Frank Matsko and I; along with Don Following the change of command there was a reception Thies of Bravo Company 70-71, Joe Johnson and wife Mar- for LTC Kurt Smith and wife, Amanda at the museum.
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