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101st Abn Div and Lancer Associations

Reunion of 2003

Reno, NV

The reunion in Reno was a great hit. For the Lancer unit dinner we had 27 Lancer members present and a total of 48 people with guests. The unit dinner roll call included:

Russ and Dorothy Balisok

Roger and Inger Olsson

Randy and John Gilliam

Walt and Nancy Fuller

Dennis and Barb Souza

Paul and Margaret Cole

Dan and Carolyn Shea

Lanny Ruck

David Mussey

Glenn and Sally Marr

Glen Weeks

Eddie and Karen Hester

Tom and Judi McGee

Herbert Malloy

John Scarlett

Ben and Connie Fisher

Terry and Karie Willman

Steve Smith

Gene and Dianna Parks

Mike Rocklen

Joe Smith

Reggie Kenner and friend Kate

Mike and Mary Ann Romer

Dana and Betsy Lane

Mike and Elaine Dorris

Pete and Mary Jo D'Agostino

Tom McGall

Dan and Linda Martin

Lane Curruthers

Lanny's notes on the reunion:

We started with an wonderful invocation by Russ Balisok (hopefully a written copy will soon be available to all), the Pledge of Allegiance, a few songs by Reggie Kenner (One Verse of America the Beautiful and several verses of "This Land is Your Land" - all sang along and it was great fun), and then our Missing Man Memorial Toast by Paul Cole (very moving)! The food, ambiance, and company were as good as it gets and I seriously doubt we will ever have a better Unit Dinner; However, we will try anyway next year in Hampton, Virginia and it certainly could be better if all those who read this attend!

Unfortunately, the group in Columbus failed to follow through on their proposal and Hampton became the alternate final site. 2005 will be in Tampa, Fl! The facilities at the Reno Hilton were superb as was the Hospitality Suite and both Dinners! General Freakley and Sinclair gave an excellent blow by blow description of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" with a great slide show at the Awards Dinner Saturday evening!

We had a fair turnout at our business meeting at 7 AM (hmm, that explains it - last year was at 9!) and many members stayed over for the Aviation Meeting in which several changes were made to the Constitution and new officer elected. Pursuant to the arguments of the Lancers that we would not defer our unit dinner to a "Aviation Dinner", a compromise was reached in which there will be an "Aviation Group Luncheon" which will be on Thursday and be included within the Registration Form! Tom McGall was added to the list of "Honorary Lancers" for his efforts on the ground in helping our crew members in an LZ (perhaps those that know this story should repeat it or give a little more detail?)!

While I understand the Tours were excellent, I only went on the G2 Tour - Gambling and Golf; suffice to say my golf was lousy and the gambling even worse - I did have a helluva lot of fun for 5 days! Hithand - Lanny - 13

Lancer Unit Dinner Photos


Paul Cole	Lanny with the Romers and Sheas	A look down the West Wing	A Look up the North Wing	Joe and Karie taking photos

Another of the West Wing	Dennis and Barb Souza	Randy, Russ and Eddie chatting	Elaine and Mike Dorris with Roger Olsson	Ben and Connie Fisher

Lanny with Paul and Margaret Cole	Mike Rocklen and Tom McGall	Walt and Nancy Fuller	Karen and Eddie Hester	Joe Smith next to Russ

Russ and Dorothy Balisok	Linda and Dan Martin	Steve Smith	Judi and Tom McGee	Kate with Reggie Kenner

Terry and Karie Willman	Mary Ann and Mike Romer	Carolyn and Dan Shea	Gene and Dianna Parks	Pete and Mary Jo D'Agostino

Roger and Inger Olsson	John and Randy Gilliam	Glen Weeks with Ben Fisher	John Scarlett next to Dana Lane	Dana and Betsy Lane

Crew of Lancer 653 David Mussey, Tom McGee and Randy Gilliam