The Red Dragon

The Newsletter of the

7th Battalion 8th Artillery
Association

REUNION:    PLANNED

When?          JUNE 14, 15, 16, & 17, 2007

Where?         Lawton, (FORT SILL) OKLAHOMA.

Hi Everybody

Well, summer is over and now we're less then a year away from our first reunion. Please take some time and let us know if you plan to attend.

The Holiday season is a great time to look up some of your old Buddy's from "Once upon a time and far, far away". Go to our web site. http://www.7th8th-arty.com

We have over 1900 names on the member’s roster on the web page. We could use some help locating these guys.

SP5 Ruben (CHICO) Gutierrez has volunteered to be Point man for the first reunion of the 7/8^th Artillery Association. Everything is starting to come together. We now have a definite date. It will be on June 14, 2007. The 3rd Friday of the month (15th) will be a FIRE POWER DEMONSTRATION FRIDAY.

The following is a tentative schedule and is not "locked in stone".

June 14, 1200 hrs until 2000 hrs - Registration

June 15, TBA* - Fire Power Demo. - CG Briefing

June 16, TBA*- A.M. - Post tours - Afternoon - members meeting - Evening - Reunion Dinner for all in attendance (includes family members).

June 17, TBA*- A.M. - Memorials - Check out.

* (To Be Announced = TBA)

If possible we will have a room set aside for "old times they’re are not forgotten". Will need someone to staff this.

Since this is our first attempt at a reunion, we don't expect it to come off without a hitch or three. First one to complain gets to do the next one!

We are expecting the members living in the Lawton area to step up and give us a helping hand with the schedule and tours.

We will not have a good handle on times until about four (4) months out. As soon as we have the info we will publish it on the web page and by email. For those without email, an effort will be made to contact them by "snail mail".

Chico will need your support contact him at Chico34tango@aol.com or your can get him on his cell phone at (210) 215-7606

George Bradley (automatic8@hotmail.com) will be heading up the attendance committee. We need a show of hands. If you think you even might be able to attend, please let George know now, so we can get in idea of how many people we will have. You can call him anytime at 325-646-5066 or write to him at: George Bradley, 2200 1st Street, Brownwood, TX 76801.

The more we can get the better the reunion will be. There is power in numbers and the prices for accommodations, transportation, and meals will vary by the size of the group. Please take the time to contact fellow members; this would help if you would like to have rooms next to those you served with.

If you would like to contact someone that served in the Battalion and that individual is not listed in the members list, please contact George Bradley at email automatic8@hotmail.com. If the member you are seeking is in the master data base, then your request for contact will be sent to that member. You will be contacted when the request is sent or notified that no info is available for the member.
Make sure that your correct name and any info you want forwarded is sent to George.

Thanks and see you at the reunion. Gary D. Harrington 7/8th Artillery Association gharrington@cableone.net