D 3/5th & C 3/17th
LIGHT HORSE
18th Annual Reunion
at LZ KING
in
Austell, GA.
After Action Report
This year's Reunion was a resounding success.
Somewhat accurate head counts put attendance at anywhere from 120 to 130 Troopers and Family members.
All of the credit for the great time we had goes to Bill and Kim (Sparky) King and the super effort and quick thinking they put forth
to make this gathering of Eagles so successful.
The Event began Friday afternoon. Crappy weather was forecast on Saturday so the Hosts made arrangements to move all the food, beer, soft drinks and other necessities to the Hotel. The hotel staff was fairly helpful but did seize the opportunity to capitalize on our "dire situation". For the first time in 15 years, the reunion was held indoors.
We were especially pleased to have many of the guys who took the Unit to Vietnam in 1967.
We call them "Plank Holders"
Photo courtesy of Wayne Lovell.
Most of these photos were taken by Teresa Kirkland and Cindy Callison
All identification is from left to right and front to rear.
The first group of random shots was taken on Friday at LZ King.
Ed Vite, Jim Bennett, Norman Schreiber, Vern Delaware
Ed was in Viet Nam in 1968 at BearCat with the 240th assault helicoper company.
Chuck Hutchinson, Steve Kirkland, Sonny Kayser
"Top" Daryl Bensen, Sonny Kayser, Rick Roll, Steve Kirkland
(You'll see Steve in a lot of the photos because it was his daughter who did the pjhotography work)
Bill Rowe, Sonny Kayser
Red Hagen, Bill Rowe, Bill King
Dave Coyle's wife, Steve, Dave Coyle
Rick Roll, Sonny Kayser, Max and Brenda Bradley
Les "Same Same" Smith and guess who
John Boyett & Rick Roll
Bill Rowe & Charlie Kilmer
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