Dispatch Archives
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2005
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About the original Deadeye Dispatch
Keeping the memory alive
The Last Man Club ceremony
Essay contest winners
96th Div. Medal of Honor Awardees
Poem: Always a Deadeye
96th Div. Monuments and Memorials
Today’s Deadeyes
Photos from Okinawa tour
96th Div. plaques at Camp White and Arlington Cemetery
Photos from Camp Pali, HI
Ann Moroz and Marjorie Main
Letter from Sen. N. Coleman, and visit to his office
Barbara Schmidt’s talk at 2006 reunion
Messages from the younger generations, and from 96th Div. Vets
A Providential encounter
Poem: The Railroads in WWII
Sen. Dole visits 96th at WWII Memorial
Photos from tour of Arlington Cemetery
Joyce Confer’s talk at 2006 Memorial Service
Path of Victory
Poem: Are All My Soldiers In?
Spring
WWII combat Vets focus on the future
96th Div. Okinawa exhibit at Eldred, PA museum
Photos from Leyte tour
96th Div. Leyte exhibit at Ft. Douglas museum
“This is a ugly, ugly war”
A child’s tribute to the 96th
2004
Fall
Floyd Brehmer Honoree at WWII Memorial Dedication
Photos of WWII Memorial Dedication
Photos of Okinawa tour
Transition Committee report
Letter of support for Filippino-American vets in Virginia
Flag of 101st Airborne Div. sent to 96th reunion
Newspaper story on 96th Div. reunion
Spring
Photos of Philippines tour
How we saw the Japanese soldier, and vice versa
Thoughts on the transition
Passing the Colors
96th Div. Monuments and Memorials
Natl. WWII Memorial Dedication details
1946 magazine items on Gens. Easley and Bradley
Photos of the Div. Band at Medford, OR
Newspaper item on Addie and Ed Mockrish
2003
Fall
Tribute to Larrain Strand
Our younger generations speak
Casualty statistics from Lt. Col. Reed’s talk
Philippines’ Presidential Unit Citation
Okinawa battle exhibit at Ft. Douglas museum
Natl. WWII Memorial Dedication events
Meet Richard Heindel
Words to Taps
Spring
Deadeyes called up for action
Natl. WWII Memorial Dedication
Program: Presentation of 96th Div. Flag at MacArthur Memorial
Passing of Clarence Craft
Photos: 96th Div. Flag presented at MacArthur Memorial
96th Div. Display at Ft. Douglas Museum
How the Deadeye Dispatch started on Leyte
Transition Committee Minutes
Poem: When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
2002
Fall
Transition Committee activities
The Port Chicago Explosion
Photos from Okinawa Tour
Spring
763rd Tank Battalion monument at Fort Knox, KY
How to get Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
General Order of 96th Div. Presidential Unit Citation
Propaganda in WWII
Dedication of Pacific Wing at Natl. D-Day Museum
Poem: When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
2001
Fall
History of Taps
Dedication of Plaque at Natl. Museum of Pacific War
Presidential Unit Citation Award Ceremony
Okinawa Tour photos
Spring
More on the re-enactors
Presidential Unit Citation Certificate and Award Ceremony
Dedication of Beauford Anderson Hall at Fort McCoy, WI
How to get Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
About Beauford Anderson
96th Div. Plaque, Natl. Museum of Pacific War
Poem: Just a Simple Soldier
2000
Fall
Three shared shell hole, bullet and reunion
96th Memorial Libraries, Leyte
Spring
Lyrics of Don’t Send Me In
They re-enact Co. L, 383rd
Monument and Memorial Tree dedicated at Arlington Cemetery
Wedding GI Style -
1999
Fall
Dedication of 96th Memorial at Arlington Natl. Cemetery
Poem: Recycled Gis
Monument Dedication at Pacific Cemetery
Letter: Visit to Leyte; Liberation Day Ceremony
Spring
A fight with Japanese paratroops
Monument and mosaic maps at Pacific Cemetery
Passing of Capt. Louis Reuter, Jr.
1998
Fall
Dedication of Camp Adair monument
About the 1971 Reunion in Denver
Joe Camilleri’s story
Pacific Stars and Stripes story about the 96th
Spring
96th Div. Monument at Camp Adair
Their love began at Camp Adair
Plans for WWII Memorial in Washington
96th Div. Memorial in Natl. Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Thoughts on the Combat Infantry Badge
1997
Fall
Spring
When the Jeep was born
Thoughts on what is special about a veterans’ reunion
Letter: Stories my late husband told me
Letter: A replacement reaches Okinawa
1996
Fall
The war story of a snub-nosed .38
50th Anniversary visit to Okinawa, with photos
Three 96th Vets receive DAR’s Medal of Honor
Spring
TV crew from Tokyo visits 96th reunion
“I was in the 96th Reserve in 1940”
1995
Fall
Her Grandpa’s war
Final report on Easley and May monuments, with photos
Status of the 96th Army Reserve Command
Spring
Healing wounds of WWII
50th Anniversary return to Leyte
Philippines offers WWII Medals
Cartoon from Nov. 17, 1944 Deadeye Dispatch
1994
Fall
Document: Presidential Unit Citation
Poem: Army Life
He was pronounced dead, but survived
Report on restoration of Easley and May monuments
Japanese soldier’s flag returned
Spring
Letter from a witness to Gen. Easley’s death
1993
Fall
Two Deadeyes from two generations at the reunion
A plan to restore Easley and May monuments on Okinawa
Okinawa Battle monument being built
Toast to the Deadeyes and the “Deadeye Gals”
Poem: No New Deadeyes
“Hoss” will always be remembered
Letter: Update on Camp White
Spring
Letter: Casualty figures by division
1992
Fall
More about Camp Adair
Spring
Update on Camp Adair
Missing Easley and May monuments found
1991
Fall
A break in the long cruise to Leyte
Reunion with a LST crew
This is Bob VonHolle
Letter from John Archibald: The original Deadeye Dispatch
Spring
Jean and Arthur MacArthur in 1990
John Archibald retires from St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Two Vets meet again, after 43 years
1990
Fall
Lyle Ridgway’s experience as a disabled Vet.
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1989
Fall
Poem: Who Am I?
Poem: Soldier
Spring
Memories: That First Christmas in Oregon
1988
Fall
The 96th ARCOM connection
Poem: Memorial to the 96th Division
Spring
Our first reunion hotel is razed
1987
Fall
Clarence Craft recovers his lost Medal of Honor citation
Spring
Letter from Gen. Bradley
Who was Jim Bradley?
1986
Fall
Double Jeopardy
Priceless Souvenirs
Spring
Passing of Minor Butler
Award of Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Poem: Reunion’s End
Frank Matheny’s Collection
History of Camp San Luis Obispo
1985
Fall
Award of Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Spring
1984
Fall
Poem: The Outpost
Spring
L Co 383rd on Kakazu West
Poem: Ode to the 96th Division
1983
Fall
Spring
1982
Fall
Spring
Street named for Gen. Easley
Poem: Deadeye Memories
1981
Fall
Dogtag solves a mystery
Spring
Southern Okinawa from the air
Poem: Memorial Memories
A Private who sculpted Generals
1980
Fall
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Fall 1979
Spring 1979
CIB Holders can ask for Bronze Star
Fall 1978
CIB Holders can ask for Bronze Star
Precious Moments
Poem: Memorial to 96th Division
Spring 1978
Designation of Hill 120 on Leyte as “96th Division Veteran’s Memorial Park”
Photos: “Remember Them Days?”
Poem: Memorial to 96th Division
Fall 1977
Poem: Visit from St. Nick
Poem: Memorial to 96th Division
Puzzle
Spring 1977
Photos from 1944-45 (and more)
Lyrics of “Don’t Send Me In”
Fall 1976
Spring 1976
Rev. L.F. Todd
Fall 1975
Spring 1975
Fall 1974
Spring 1974
Leyte tour - Dulag memorial
Visit to Powell Butte, OR
Fall 1973
Visit to Bend, OR
Spring 1973
Easley plaque in Waco, TX
Memoir - Col. C.D. Sterner
Fall 1972
Spring 1972
Bradley plaque in Rolla, MO
Easley marker on Okinawa
Aerial view of southern Okinawa
Photos from Bend, OR maneuvers
Memories of Gen. Easley’s death
Fall 1971
Beginnings of the Association
About the Japanese soldier
Spring 1971
Leyte in 1969
Fall 1970
Oahu in 1970
Spring 1970
Okinawa in 1969 -
1969
Fall
Profile of Lt. Col. L.P. Colins, Jr.
Photos of Okinawa in 1969
Spring
Profile of Lt. Col. R.R. Glenn
1968
Fall
Photos of Okinawa, 1945
Spring
1967
Fall
Comic book page about the 96th
Profile of P.E. Bauer
Information on M-14 and M-16 rifles
Newspaper clipping: Death of Gen. Bradley
Spring
Profile of Col. E.T. May
Profile of Maj. Gen. R.G. Gard
Profile of Rev. E.J. Konisky
Profile of Lt. Col. P.E. Clark
Profile of Dr. W.H. Hewes
Profile of Brig. Gen. C.H. White, Jr.
Profile of Maj. V.N. Thompson
1966
Fall
Profile of Col. C.D. Sterner
Spring
Lt. Col. R. Graybill Died
1965
Fall
Spring
1964
Fall
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