by Jim Sheppard » Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:03 am
As most of you know, I am a busy person before these reunions. I am in the middle of a massive mailing to our now extensive list of family and friends of our KIAs. Nearly 100 letters will go out in the mail tomorrow...and I will begin sending emails to at least twice that number by early next week. These letters invite these folks to join us for the Memorial wreathe laying ceremony that takes place on Thursday Morning, April 30th.
It dawned on me today that some of you have contact with some family and friends and know of them planning to attend. PLEASE be aware that we would like to know in advance who is coming. Check with me to be sure I am aware of these folks.
I am looking forward, as always, to seeing many of you...great friends old and new!
I have given up on hounding many of my former Charlie Company friends. They don't know what they are missing...and I am not going to try to convince them any longer. Each time they put off attending...they run the risk of never seeing some of our number again. Just to name a couple, both Richard Kerr and Tom Schroeder passed away not too long after they attended the last reunion. They will be missed.