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Reunions.....................................
Baker Company Veterans met at the
Comfort Inn, Edgewood, MD on 17-
21 Sept, 200. Highlights of the reunion
was a trip to Aberdeen Proving Grounds, a
remembrance ceremony for our departed
brethren and an address by Colonel Kong,
Air Attaché Republic of South Korea.
The 2001 reunion will be held Sunday
November 4-8, 2001 at the Quality Inn
and Suites, Dayton Beach. Florida. For
more information contact John
Gogliettino 203-269-0747 or Dr. Don
Sonsalla 651-429-1634.
(Thank you Don Sonsalla for photo and
letter. A proud and great looking group of
veterans)
Baker Company, 15th Regt, 3rd, Division Annual Reunion
Baker Company Veterans at the last reunion, it was held at the Comfort Inn, Edgewood, MD Sunday
September 17 to Thursday September 21, 2000. Dick and Connie Ashton chaired the meeting.
568th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Co. Association meet
Forty-three members who served in Korea
with the 568th Ordnance Heavy
Maintenance Company met at Nashville’s
Marriott Airport Hotel the week-end of
September 29-October 1, 2000, to mark the
group’s 50th anniversary of deployment.
The 568th, a Tennessee National Guard
unit, was activated in early August, 1950,
and landed at Pusan in September. From
there, the Company moved north with the
8th Army, eventually settling in its final company
area, the Japanese Imperial Army and
Governor’s Headquarters Compound in Itae
Wan, on the Tank Bypass, near southeast
Seoul’s 31st Traffic Circle.
During the War, the 568th rebuilt and supplied
“everything from watches to tanks, and
anything in-between”, earning U.S and
South Korean Presidential Unit Citations.
On June 4, 1954, the 568th was deactivated,
its charter returned to Nashville, and remaining
active-duty members transferred to the
82nd Ordnance Company (HM).
The present 568th Association meets
annually in cities of the members’ choice,
and will hold its 2001 Reunion in
Charleston, SC. The organization is open to
anyone who served with the 568th, and
information is available through Herb
Peppers, 612 Weatherbeaten Place,
Hermitage, TN 37076.
(Thank you David Depew for photos and letter.
A great looking group of veterans.)
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