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Chapter & Department News
2 NORTHWEST ALABAMA CHAP. II [AL]
For the eighth year we took top honors at our state fair. This
year’s theme was the Chosin Reservoir Campaign of
November/December 1950, and the recipients of the Medal of
Honor.
Our diorama displayed the positions of the First Marine
Division and the Army’s 31st Regimental Combat Team, composed
of some 3,000 troops.
As we explained, all together they faced the onslaught of six
Chinese divisions. In order to escape, the U.S. forces had to fight
their way seventy miles from Hagaru to Hungnam. Along the
way they faced countless Chinese roadblocks and ambushes—all
in minus 20° weather.
Some idea of the intensity of the fighting can be found in the
fact that sixteen Medals of Honor were awarded in just 28 days.
George J. Ellis, 1020 Wildwood Park Rd
Florence, AL 35630
Bill Gober (L) and Bill Gotcher (R) staff the Ch 2 booth sat the Alabama
State Fair
Diorama presented by Ch 2 shows Marine and Army positions from Chosin
Reservoir to Hungnam
19 GEN. RAYMOND G. DAVIS JR. [GA]
Eleven members of the chapter visited the recently completed
National Infantry Museum adjacent to Fort Benning, in
Columbus, GA. We were joined by two young men who were to
receive their commissions as Second Lieutenants the next day.
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CH 2 members set up their booth at the Alabama State Fair (L-R) George
Ellis, Bill Gober, David Brown, Eric Plunk (The center art work is by Norma
Strickbine, wife of Chosin Few veteran Norm Strickbine, U.S. Army)
Ch 19’s President,
Robert McCubbins (L)
Georgia Governor Sonny
Perdue at the Governor’s
Annual Veterans Day
Proclamation signing at
the State Capitol
November – December 2009
The Graybeards