548^th RTG Association

Reunion and Monthly Update for July 2010

(Note:  If you are a member and did not receive this by email on July 3rd, 2010, please contact us so we can update your email address)
 

     We now have less than a week until we meet in Dayton for our first reunion.  Everything is falling into place and it promises to be a memorable event with 121 people attending the banquet on Saturday.  For those of you who could not make it to this reunion, hopefully you will be able to make the next one. 

            There are only a few changes since the last update:

-         We still have one opening for the Memphis Belle restoration tour and may have some no shows, so if you decide to go, let us know.

-         I have received 548^th patches and they will be on sale at the reunion in the 10^th Puka (Hospitality Suite, the hotel’s B-52 Fortress Room).  We will also have the 548^th coins on sale for just $3.00 each.

-         I will also have 8 x 10 prints made up of most of the group photos that are posted on the website, stop by the Puka and help us put names to the faces.  Ben Oakes will bring a scanner, so if you have any old photos from our days at the 548th, bring them along so we can add them to the website.

-         Since almost everyone is driving to the reunion, I will be renting an SUV instead of a van.  So far only Ben Gomes and James Wilson have requested to be picked up at the airport, if anyone else needs a ride, please email me and I will be happy to pick you up.  At the reunion, I will have a local Dayton cell phone, 937-825-3526, I will turn the phone on Thursday morning, up until then, email is the only way to contact me.  If you or your family need to go somewhere at the reunion, just give us a call or stop by the Puka and we will drive you anywhere you need to go.

-         As a reminder, the dress for the banquet is Aloha/Hawaiian.  You may also dress up or go casual if you prefer---Shorts and jeans are not allowed.  You may want to wear some comfortable shoes because we will have an hour and half free rein of the AF Museum at the end of the program.  Meet at the entrance of the museum at 5:00pm on the evening of the 10^th.  You may want to wear some comfortable shoes because we will have an hour and half free rein of the AF Museum at the end of the program.  Meet at the entrance of the museum at 5:00pm on the evening of the 10^th.  We must depart the museum premises NLT 10:00pm.  The dress for Friday’s picnic and all other events at the reunion is casual, shorts and T-shirts are OK, as long as they are in good taste.

     The current Demographics for the 213 members of the association are:

Aloha

Bill