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Photograph by Gil Jones
Memorial Day 2004 at Ed and Kathy's house
L to R Kathy Schmelzer, Art and Pam Tiller, Vickie and Richard Bittle, Arlene and Bruce Crandall, Pam Jones and Ed Schmelzer. |
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Memorial Day 2004 at Ed and Kathy's house
L to R Art and Pam Tiller, Vickie and Richard Bittle, Gil Jones, Arlene and Bruce Crandall, and Ed Schmelzer |
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Art and Pam Tiller |
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Ed, Art, Pam, Arlene, Bruce, Richard, Vickie, Pam and Gil |
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Art and Pam Tiller |
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Richard and Vickie Bittle |
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Ed Schmelzer giving a great toast to all present. What a wonderful group of people this was to spend Memorial Day with! |
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Vickie, Pam and Gil Jones |
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Arlene and Bruce Crandall.
Major Bruce P. Crandall "Snake" was assigned as Commanding Officer of "A" Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in the Republic of Vietnam in 1965-66. Bruce's heroic efforts in the Ia Drang Valley are well documented in the book and film "We Were Soldiers" by Joe Galloway
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Richard and Vickie Bittle |
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Richard and Vickie Bittle |
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Pam and Gil Jones |
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Arlene and Bruce Crandall entertained us all with several stories over dinner
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Gil, Ed, Art and Pam all listen to a story from Bruce Crandall. |
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Bruce, Arlene, Richard, Ed and Gil check out a book about the "Gathering of Eagles" Bruce was inducted into the elite "Gathering of Eagles" by the United States Air Force in 1996. He is one of only seven Army aviators so honored.
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Photograph by Kathy Schmelzer
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Photograph by Kathy Schmelzer
Arlene Crandall and Victoria Bittle |
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Photograph by Kathy Schmelzer
Arlene Crandall, Kathy Schmelzer and Victoria Bittle |
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The group |
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Gil checks out a captured VN weapon |
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