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Our
2005 reunion in Chicago was a huge success,
largely through the efforts of Bob and Ellen Colangelo,
Bill and Bea Geise, and our hospitality team of Olive
Sauter, Norma Corey, Charlene Polanski, and Bea Geise. All attendees are to
be commended for their contributions to the group
dynamics and camaraderie in such an informal and
hospitable atmosphere as we all enjoyed. Bob Colangelo and
Sinatra were right... Chicago is a great town worthy of
its own song. Chicago afforded us a great site for our
reunion.
Highlights
of our reunion included the welcoming of new members Marty
and Hedda Brock of the 410th, and Kevin Walsh, nephew of
412th pilot Lt. Paul "Joe" Walsh KIA February 2,
1945. Other
newcomers included Lisa Parkinson, daughter of 412th Scott
Ames and Jaime Kingery, niece of 411th Harry Wilson. To
our new members we say, "Thank you! Come aboard as
family, and Blue Skies!" With our returning attendees
we pray, "Thank You Dear God by whose grace we were
able to attend our reunion once again with our comrades-in-arms."
Also of
great interest were the archival films of the XXIX TAC
mission flights contributed by Gary Walford. With his
permission, these will soon be included on this website.
Stay posted!
Tom Ritz
was busy at his post every day of our reunion in the
Hospitality Room scanning the many documents and photos
contributed by our members for inclusion on this website.
We suggest that you frequent this website for these new
additions.
Check out
the Fall/Winter Newsletter
for more details of our Chicago '05 reunion.
Featured below is our
group photo as we posed in the hotel's atrium after a busy
day of touring and shopping in Chicago:
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| Back row left to
right: Bob Colangelo,
George Cooper, Ed Strobel, Ernie Ritz, Bill Geise, David
Schwartz, Wayne Barber, John Kinn, Bob Corey, Al Hagg, Gene
Ross, Norb Polanski, Paul DeHart, Joe Ritz, Tom Ritz, Carroll
Wooge, Wylo Wooge, Joe Ritz Jr., Marion Kloess.
Seated left to right: Ellen
Colangelo, Louise Cooper, Moe Richardson, Vera Richardson, Linda
Thurman, Roy Thurman, Frances Harvey, Lillian Reeves, Allen
Arthur, Olive Sauter, Anne Wohlfeil, Bea Geise, Joy Hagg, Norma
Corey, Charlene Polanski, Mary DeHart, Lisa Parkinson, Barb
Barber, Scott Ames, Inez Ross, Jaime Kingery, Harry Wilson,
Julie Fortuin.
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