August 22, 2008 Reunion Registrations Due 8/28
If you have not mailed or completed your online registration for San Diego Oct 1-4, the cut-off date is less than a week away.
Thank you to all members who have returned their information update form from the recent newsletter. We need these to verfiy this information for the new association directory to be printed this fall. Thank you also to those who have contributed to the 381st Memorial and 381st Scholarship funds.
August 6, 2008
The Association newsletter has been mailed and is enroute to all members. Mail delivery for this type of mail varies around the country but the newsletter should arrive soon if you have not already received it. You will find a response form to send back confirming your mail and email addresses for the updated association directory to be printed this fall. Please respond so our directory information will be current. We are also requesting your donations to the Memorial Fund for the maintenance of the 381st Memorial at Ridgewell and the Scholarship Fund for the college scholarships sponsored by the association. Please support these worthy efforts in memory of the 381st BG.
Reminder: Deadline for submitting 2008 reunion registration activities is rapidly approaching on August 28th. Hope to see many of you in San Diego Oct 1-4. Click on the reunion tab for details.
Kevin Wilson,PhD President, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association Email:Wilsonkvn@aol.com
May 23, 2008
Reunion packets are now enroute to all association members for this October 2008 reunion in San Diego. Click on the updated 2008 Reunion tab for more details of the reunion. This is the 30th reunion for the Memorial Association and we are hoping for good attendance from our vets, their son and daughters, grandchildren, and friends of the group.
Hope that everyone has a good Memorial Day Holiday. We remember all of our veterans this weekend including those who paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives in service to our country. From 1943-1945, the 381st Bomb Group lost 585 men with many more wounded and POW. The group history pamphlet published at the end of the war was dedicated to "those who paved the way to the target with their lives" We honor their service and do not forget.
Kevin Wilson
President, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association
January 15, 2008
New Address for 381st BGMA
Please note the new contact information for the 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association in the link on this website. Dr. Gayle (Sunderland) Post is the new Secretary/Treasurer for the association and is handling all association business. Members will be receiving a mailing regarding the new addresss, dues, etc in the near future. The new address for the association is 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, P.O. Box 380, Ft. George Station, New York, NY 10040. The email contact for the association is as follows: ridgewell381st@yahoo.com
All association applications, dues, etc. should be directed to this mail or email address.
Gayle took over the secretary duties from Joe Waddell who handled all the duties with great devotion and exemplary service for over seventeen years. Joe continues to be an active Board member and assists the officers and board with association issues. Please reserve the date for the 2008 381st BGMA reunion in San Diego this year from Oct 1-4, 2008. Reunion information will be sent to all members later in the year and we encourage you to attend. Our annual dues remains at $15.00 per year with lifetime memberships also available (see the links on this website for more info). We have increased the amount of the 381st BGMA General Joseph Nazzaro Scholarship this year to $1000 for the first year of college and $500 per year for each subsequent year. Please consider a donation to the scholarhship fund, the Memorial fund, or the association to support these worthy efforts in memory of the 381st.
November 11, 2007
Veterans Day
Today on Veterans Day, we remember and celebrate our 381st veterans and all veterans who have served in defense of our country. We remember the over 1373 casualties of 381st personnel including those killed in action or prisoners of war. During this time of war, we also remember and celebrate those in active service in duty around the world who continue to sacrifice for our country.