Jim May standing in front of the monument
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2-22,
10th Mountain Division Monument
Doing
It Themselves
The
2/22, 10th Mountain Division monument project that we were introduced
to at the DC Reunion is proceeding full speed.
The Soldiers of 2-22, 10th Mountain have taken a lesson from
the past and are not going to wait for 30+ years nor are they depending upon
anyone to help them to honor their fallen Brothers.
They are “Doing It Themselves.”
In
a recent e-mail discussion between LTC Dennis Sullivan, CO 2-22 and members of
the 22nd Infantry Regiment Society’s Monument Committee regarding
the Monument it was revealed that the Soldiers of 2-22 are providing most of the
funding for the project from their own funds.
The
discussions provided LTC Sullivan with some ideas as well as sources for the
monument statue. Under
consideration is a statue that would be nearly identical to the statue that is
being placed at the Infantry Museum at Ft Benning.
All agreed that this would provide not only a fine statue but a great
degree of continuity between the Regiment and Battalion monuments.
The
accompanying schedules provide information on what has been accomplished, what
has yet to be accomplished and how the 2-22 Active Duty Troops plan on paying
for this monument. I’ve asked
Mario to post the entire Power Point on our web site so that those who are
interested may view the entire layout and monument scene.
When we visited with 2-22, 10th Mtn before their recent
deployment we went to the site where the monument will be placed.
The site is part of a much larger monument arrangement that will be used
by all of the 10th Mtn Battalions.
At the center of this site is the 10th Mtn Memorial.
The statue is that of a WW II Soldier helping a Present Day Soldier scale
a mountain side. I have sent Mario a photo of this Statue to accompany the Power
Point.
The
Board would like to open a discussion regarding VN 222 making a donation to the
2-22, 10th Mtn monument fund. Those
of you on the Vietnam Triple Deuce Group e-mail can easily join in the
discussion. Those of you who are
not on the Group e-mail can join the e Group or send me an e-mail, jlmay@tds.net,
and let me know that you’d like to be in on the discussion.
I will see that you are covered by adding your e address to all
responses. And those of you who do
not use a computer may let your thoughts be known by contacting any of the Board
Members by phone.
Jim May
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