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756th Tank Battalion Association: The 756th Tank Battalion Association The 756th Tank Battalion maintains an active Association that has been in existence for 20 years. Though time is taking a toll on the number of veterans who can attend each yearly reunion, the numbers of family members and associates is increasing. Currently, the Association has membership of over fifty veterans plus the spouses of sixteen others who have passed on. In addition, nearly fifty family members of veterans living and deceased have joined the rolls. The Association also has two associate members with a great interest in the history of the 756th Tank Battalion. The most recent reunion of the 756th Tank Battalion Association was held September 13th - 16th, 2007 at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington, West Virginia. The reunion was hosted by "C" Company veteran Robert Gill and his family. Highlights included a tour of the Huntington Art Museum and the Blenko Glass works. No one went hungry the entire time! Thanks to Robert Gill and his family for another wonderful and memorable reunion! Eleven veterans of the 756th Tank Battalion were in attendance. 2008 ASSOCIATION REUNION UPDATE!! The next reunion will be held September 11-14, 2008 in the Washington D.C. area. The tentative plans are to hold the reunion a the Fair Lakes Hyatt Hotel. Two bus trips are planned--a visit to the WWII Memorial on Friday, September 12th, and a visit to the Air and Space Museum on Saturday, September 13th. The Association dinner will be held the same evening.
The reunion will be hosted by Denis Hannan and family. Watch for further details here in the next few weeks.
If you are interested in joining the 756th Tank Battalion Association, please e-mail the webmaster at:
Photo from the 2007 Reunion in Huntington, West Virginia
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Veterans in attendance (left to right, back row): Denis Hannan, Charles Pelley, Gene Palumbo, Mike Sudvary, Robert Gill, (left to right, seated):, Henry Sanislow, Jack Brown, Frank Cockerill, Jack Deenihan, David Redle, Clyde Guild. (Photo courtesy of Russell Jones)
Photo from the 2006 Reunion in Akron, Ohio
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Veterans in attendance (left to right, back row): Gene Palumbo, Richard Coombs, Frank Cockerill, Denis Hannan, Henry Sanislow, Robert Gill, Charles Pelley, and Mike Sudvary. (left to right, seated): Jack Brown, Sam Liberto, David Redle, Clyde Guild. Photo from the 2005 Reunion in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin
(Click on photo for enlargement) Veterans in attendance (left to right, back row): Marvin Kempf, Ralph Donley, Robert Gill, Bud Fink, Joseph Salvatore, Richard Coombs, Charles Pelley, Denis Hannan, Henry Sanislow, and Paul Taylor. (left to right, seated): Henry Deicken, David Redle, Clyde Guild, and Frank Cockerill.
A Reminder to the Veterans:
If you have WWII or 756th Tank Battalion material that you are interested in preserving for future generations, the Association has selected the PATTON MUSEUM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES as the "official" repository choice. All material sent by you to the library and identified as "756th Tank Battalion" historical material will forever be cataloged as such and made available for future researchers wishing to research the 756th Tank Battalion.
The Museum will proudly accept any "archival material" such as books, documents, papers, letters, photographs and films. Any other object or "artifact" (such as a uniform, insignia, equipment, or weapon) should be cleared ahead of time, as the Museum must consider storage space before acceptance.
The PATTON MUSEUM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES will accompany the Armor School when it moves to Fort Benning, Georgia. However, but for now all archival donations or inquiries about artifacts should be sent to:
Patton Museum P.O. Box 208 Fort Knox, KY 40121-0208
Larger Shipments or boxes only should be sent to:
Patton Museum 4554 Fayette Avenue Fort Knox, KY 40121
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