June - 97th Signal Battalion Association

President’s Message… The View From HereTried & Truers; Tried and Truers,When I joined the Association When I joined 2004, the it Association was not for the in 2004, reason it that was I wanted not for to the become reason the that President, I wanted but torather to experience the camaraderie of my fellow soldiers who experienced many of the same things that I had.become the President. It was so that I may realize the camaraderie of my fellowIt was not until I was approached to become the Vice-President, did I ever think of being so honored by my fellowcomrades in arms. soldiers This who has been had experienced especially humbling the same for me, things and I find did. it It difficult was not to express until later, my feelings. when Iwas approached to become the Vice President, did I ever think of being so honoredWe currently have abysmallmycorefellowofcomradesmembers whoin arms.attendTheour Nationalexperiencereunions;has beenless thanespecially2% ofhumblingthe membership.forOur next reunion is going to be in Branson, MO, and it would be extremely gratifying to me to see a lot more ofthe members there.me, and I find it difficult to express my feelings.At our last reunion there We currently were only have two members a small core of the of Officers members Corps who attending, our MG Albert National Crawford Reunions; and myself.The organization than was 2% not of established the membership. to a non-commissioned Our next reunion officers is going Group; to be it in is for Branson, ALL former MO, mem-and itlesswould bers of be the extremely 97th Signal gratifying Battalion. to Let’s me see to see a really a lot good more turnout of the at membership he Branson Reunion. attending. At our last reunionI know, were I have only two some members pretty big of shoes the to Officers fill. Bob Corps Sentell MG was Alfred and is Crawford one of the and finest myself. people The I know, organization and I will dowas my best not established to be worthy to of the be position. a Noncommissioned Officers group. It is for All former members of the 97thSignal Battalion. Let’s see a really good turnout in Branson.T&TIMeirknow,HorvitzI have some pretty big shoes to fill. Bob Sentell was and is one of the finest people I know,and I will do my best to be worthy of the position.T & T Meir HorvitzAdministrative Notices/NewsAttentionPlease, send any administrativenews items pertaining to memberships,change of addresses (incl.e-mail), illnesses, deathsnotices...only to :Secretary/Treasurer:James A. Dykes1167 Oak Knoll Court,Folsom, CA 95630Tel.: 916-984-4634E-mail:97sigbnsectrea@pacbell.netThe Communicator is now ONLINEFrom: Jon KilburnAs some of you know, I have set up all editions of The Communicatoronline since 2005 in a secure area of the 97th Signal BattalionAssociation website www.triedandtrue.org/communicator/We have converted those issues to a PDF format, so they can beeasily viewed, printed and/or saved with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.These issues and any following issues will have color pictures andgraphics, where available. There is a link on the page for downloadingthe latest version of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, if you don’t alreadyhave it loaded on your computer.You may forward this message to all Association members, Associatesand their families.The access is Username & Password protected to keep the informationfrom getting into the hands of spammers. As added security,there is a link to it online… you have to go directly to the link belowand use the Username& Password in lower case, exactly as shownbelow; so either bookmark the page, or better yet, keep a copy of themessage for reference:http://www.triedandtrue.org/communicator/New ID: comunic8trNew Password:pswdp7th4uJon Kilburn,Webmaster e-mail: webmaster@triedandtrue.orgor: jon@kilburn.orgPage 2The Communicator