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Quincy, Mass. Sept. 4, 5, 6, 7, 2003 APOLOGIES TO B.M. ____ ____________________fK ' See Pages 7,8 ^ YOUR NEXT VBOB REUNION... ^ • 3 ^ ' 'mr\\ JMIIIIIllii QUINCY, MASS. r 8 M ILE S SOUTH OF H ISTO RIC BOSTON SEPT. 4, 5, 6, 7, 2003 COM PLETE D ETAILS PAGES 16, 17, 18, 19 r w ^ - ' VETB^NS OF THE Neil B Thompson •CAUF JRNIA* •IOWA* STATEN ISLAN3 (Ul) READII4G (LXIV) FRESNO lOtVAlXXXrV) Carmine D. Burzumato 718-966-3795 Sam uel B Scales 61C-9:!l-2560 BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 740th Tank Battalion (Med) Kenmith Hohmann 559-227-5232 PKsP Reis 712-368-2335 630 Woodrow Rj 3419 F oster Ln Joseph F. Zimmer 4111 N. Sherm an St. 10} Oavenpol St Staten Island. N^ 10312 Reading, PA 19605 INC. Fresno. Ov 93726 87th Infantry Division Holstein. lA M025 P.O. Box 11129 GENESSEE VALLEY (LVIl) CUMBI-RLAND VALLEY (LXV) GEN. GEORGE S. PAITON, JR. (XHI) H/.WKEYE STATE (XLIV) Marlin J. Cocoa 585-671-1229 John W Fague 717-5 M)-<817 Oonakj C. Stafford 4C»-662-047:i Arlington. VA 22210-2129 H^rokl R Lin<1strom 515-278-0081 813 Hawthorne Rd 306 Lurgan Ave Tw o Y ears: 101 N'ia Stxlerin: 4195 75th SI. Webster. NY U580-2625 Shippensburg. PA 17257 703-52&4058 Aptos.CA 95003 Frederick R. Carmichael 0<sM>ines. lA 50322-2551 MID-HUDSON V ALLEY (UX) •RHODE ISLAND* 87th Infantry Division GOU)EN SATE pC) •MARYLAND-DC* Herliert Goodwii 914-783-3601 RHOOIE ISLAND (XXfV) Russell S. Rodgers 415-731-822J> Peter F. Dounis Mi\RYLAND/i:.C. (ill) PO Box 285 WitHarTi G aynor 401 -4 )7 -1297 Published quarterly, THE 1912 lOUi Ave 75th Infantry Division John T. Worth ngton. III Monroe. NY 10950 PO B 0 < 164 BULGE B JGLE is the official San l-rancjsco, CA 94116 Robert F. Phillips 3110 (^racefilc Rd «CC-203 W arren, Rl 02665 publicatior of the Veterans of Si ver Spring. VC 20904 LONG ISLAND (LXIII) SOUTHERN CAUFOR flA (XVI) 28th Infantry Division David Saltman 516-221-5096 •SOUTH CAROLINA* the Battle of the Bulge. John W. 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Belgium (^ e o n sb u r'r New Yortc 12804 Changewater, NJ 07631-0041 IHH IUJLCJK BUGU-: Ma> 2003 be the approval we have received from the United States Senate President's Message and the House of Representatives to place a more visible monument to our battle in Arlington Cemetery.
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