A wreath was laid at the marker at the entrance to the Robert F. Sink Memorial Trail. |
Veterans of all 3 battalions of the 506th PIR attended the reunion events. |
Dedication ceremonies were held for the new highway
sign placed by the Georgia Department of Transportation and sponsored by the Rangers Association. |
Joseph R. Beyrle, Sr. (I Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945) was the organizer of the 60th Anniversary Reunion. During the reunion, Joe held a book-signing at the Stephens
County History Museum for the book, The
Simple |
Members of a Midwest-based E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR,
101st Airborne Division WWII Historical Reenactment Society, Inc. attended the reunion events. |
Robin Sink McClelland, daughter of COL
Robert F. Sink (REGT CO, 506th PIR, 1942-1945), in the Reunion Hospitality Room at the Shoney Inn in Toccoa. |
G Company, 3rd BN, 506th PIR veterans used this as
opportunity for a Company (L-R): Bob Izumi; LRC(R) Tom Kennedy;
Miles Allen; Robert Parks; Stan Clever; Check out the 3-506th PIR pages for photos of G Company Currahees in 1942-1944. |
The 506th Association set up a display table
in the Shoney Inn lobby. The table included many of the 506th PIR items that had been sent to the Association, and was used to collect more WWII-era photos and information for the Association web site. Peggy Pearson is behind the table, gathering information from Paul R. Miller (Surgical Medic, REGT HQ, 506th PIR, 42-45) while Hoyt Bruce Moore, III (A Co, 1st BN, 70-71), with back to camera, talks to another Toccoa Currahee veteran. |
(Kneeling): LTC(R) Joe Alexander
(A/E/HHC, 3rd BN, 67-68). (Standing
L-R): Ronald |