Issue Number 45 August 2009
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views of other individuals and is in no way an Official Publication of the 63rd Infantry Division or 63rd Infantry Division Association.
views of other individuals and is in no way an Official Publication of the 63rd Infantry Division or 63rd Infantry Division Association.
Time for another bit of news for the
63rd Infantry Division group. Summer
is upon us and in a few days many will
be attending the National Reunion in
Boston. This newsletter will be
brief-just thought I would bring some
new information to your attention.
REUNION: The National Reunion will
start on 12 August in Boston, MA.
Details concerning the reunion can be
found on the Reunion Page.
HOLACAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
SEEKING LIBERATORS OF
CONCENTRATION CAMPS:
Ms Shelby Queen, the Special Event
Coodinator at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum is
seeking members of the 63rd Infantry
Division who actually participated in
the liberation of Concentration Camps
in Germany during WWII.
The purpose is to focus on the role
liberators played in the liberation of the
concentrations camps during the
Museum's annual Days of
Rememberance Ceremony at the
Capital Rotunda in Washington , D C.
It is her plan to invite and recognize
those liberators to the ceremony.
If you participated in the liberation of
one of the many concentration camps
in Germany during WWII, you can
make yourself known by contacting Ms
Queen at sqeen@ushmm.org or by
regular mail : Ms Shelby Queen,
Special Event Coordinator, United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place,
Washington D C 2004 or by telephone
202-314-0332.
63rd Infantry Division group. Summer
is upon us and in a few days many will
be attending the National Reunion in
Boston. This newsletter will be
brief-just thought I would bring some
new information to your attention.
REUNION: The National Reunion will
start on 12 August in Boston, MA.
Details concerning the reunion can be
found on the Reunion Page.
HOLACAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
SEEKING LIBERATORS OF
CONCENTRATION CAMPS:
Ms Shelby Queen, the Special Event
Coodinator at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum is
seeking members of the 63rd Infantry
Division who actually participated in
the liberation of Concentration Camps
in Germany during WWII.
The purpose is to focus on the role
liberators played in the liberation of the
concentrations camps during the
Museum's annual Days of
Rememberance Ceremony at the
Capital Rotunda in Washington , D C.
It is her plan to invite and recognize
those liberators to the ceremony.
If you participated in the liberation of
one of the many concentration camps
in Germany during WWII, you can
make yourself known by contacting Ms
Queen at sqeen@ushmm.org or by
regular mail : Ms Shelby Queen,
Special Event Coordinator, United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place,
Washington D C 2004 or by telephone
202-314-0332.
NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET:
The Blood and Fire Publication can
now be viewed on the Internet. The
plan is for those individuals who want
to receive their Blood and Fire
Publication via the Internet to make it
available as soon as the copy is sent
to the printer.
Individuals desiring to view the Blood
and Fire on the Internet should contact
Donna LaCosse at
hlacosse@netnitco.net and let her
know. Use of the Internet will save
postage, printing and other fees
associated with the publication of the
Blood and Fire.
I have put several of the latest issues
of The Blood and Fire on the Internet
and they can be accessed from the
Index Page of the 63rd Infantry
Division Website at www.63rdinfdiv.com
They can also be accessed directly
from the following page of the web site,
www.63rdinfdiv.com/bloodandfirepublicationissuespage1.html
If you have problems accessing the
Blood and Fire Publications, please let
me know at joyclint@comcast.net.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA
IMAGES:
Many new photographs and
memorabilia images have been added
to the web site photo sections.
Pictorial History of the 63rd Infantry
Division in Combat
Miscellaneous Photos and Images
The 63rd Infantry Division on
Occupation Duty
We are still seeking new material, so
check out those old shoe boxes and
contribute your photos before it is too
late. All photos of 63rd Infantry
Division Personnel will appear in the
appropriate photo section of the web
site as well as on the Pictorial History
of the 63rd Infantry Division CD and
the History CD's of the unit concerned.
The Blood and Fire Publication can
now be viewed on the Internet. The
plan is for those individuals who want
to receive their Blood and Fire
Publication via the Internet to make it
available as soon as the copy is sent
to the printer.
Individuals desiring to view the Blood
and Fire on the Internet should contact
Donna LaCosse at
hlacosse@netnitco.net and let her
know. Use of the Internet will save
postage, printing and other fees
associated with the publication of the
Blood and Fire.
I have put several of the latest issues
of The Blood and Fire on the Internet
and they can be accessed from the
Index Page of the 63rd Infantry
Division Website at www.63rdinfdiv.com
They can also be accessed directly
from the following page of the web site,
www.63rdinfdiv.com/bloodandfirepublicationissuespage1.html
If you have problems accessing the
Blood and Fire Publications, please let
me know at joyclint@comcast.net.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA
IMAGES:
Many new photographs and
memorabilia images have been added
to the web site photo sections.
Pictorial History of the 63rd Infantry
Division in Combat
Miscellaneous Photos and Images
The 63rd Infantry Division on
Occupation Duty
We are still seeking new material, so
check out those old shoe boxes and
contribute your photos before it is too
late. All photos of 63rd Infantry
Division Personnel will appear in the
appropriate photo section of the web
site as well as on the Pictorial History
of the 63rd Infantry Division CD and
the History CD's of the unit concerned.