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Currahee Packages Project 2004-2005
Donors



Thanks go to the following who contributed to the 2004-2005 Currahee Packages Project

Capital Builders, Inc., corporate donation from Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Corporate donation from Johnson & Johnson: $1,500 of their products (BandAids, dental floss, anti-itch cream, etc.)
After Hours Emergency Animal Clinic of Hollywood, Inc., corporate donation from
Ronald M. Ridge, HHC, 1st BN, 69-70 (LNO, 2nd BN, 319th FA)
Bill Perry, A Co, 1st BN, 67-68 Michael M. Foreman, B Co, 2nd BN, 70-71
John Milford, friend of
Michael Olden, A Co, 1st BN, 90-91
Linda Collinge, sister of SP4 Charles E. Robena
[HHC, 3rd BN (272nd MP), KIA 2/25/68, Vietnam]
Richard A. Ruggeri, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71 Daniel G. Luechtefeld, C Co, 1st BN, 87-88
Cary Gail Peel, D Co, 1st ABG, 56-60 Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Bill Riley, friend of PFC Gilbert Van Every
(D Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 42-45;
awarded DSC for Bastogne)
Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
in memory of his RTO Gary James Fuqua
and his squad leader Dennis Lavern Waszkiewicz
John O. Lally, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71 Nicholas W. Obrenovich, D Co, 1st ABG, 57-60
Christopher L. Perkins, A Co, 3rd BN, 68-69 Sean B. Furniss, C Co, 1st BN, Vietnam
Catherine Schubert, mother of active-duty
2nd Platoon, C Co, 1st BN, 506th soldier
SGT Wayne S. Raulerson, A Co, 1st BN, 68-69
Hamburger Hill survivor
Michael C. Bookser, B/E Co, 1st BN, 69-70 Alan Kleinschmidt, C Co, 1st BN, 70-71
Howard E. Wilson, Jr., C Co, 3rd BN, 67-68 Isaac D. (Buddy) Waugh, Jr., military historian
CW4(R) Donald G. Eberle, HHC, 1st BN,
66-67 and HHC, 3rd BN, 67-68
David R. Stanley, DDS, Currahee Dentist
56th Medical Detachment, 93-94
Darryl Lee Reina, A Co, 2nd BN, 69-70 LTC(R) Robert B. Clemens, B/C/D Co, 3rd BN, 70-71
Ronald V. York, E Co, 1st ABG, 58-59 Dale E. Lane, A/HHC, 2nd BN, 69-70
MSG(R) Neil H. Dobbins, USAF
brother of PFC Donald M. Dobbins, Sr.
HQ (Medic), REGT, 506th PIR, 42-44
Wayne R. Beardsley, son of
CPT Wayne P. Beardsley, MD
(Medical, 2nd BN, 506th PIR 44-45)
David H. Gouge, D/HHC, 2nd BN, 68-69 Hugh A. Hagan, A Co, 1st ABG, 57-59
Gary L. Swedberg, A Co, 2nd BN, 68-69 Leonard E. Vierling, HQ, 2nd BN, PIR, 1945
COL(R) Robert N. Crittenden
C Co (CO), 1st ABG, 62-63
William L. Paton, B Battery, 2nd BN, 319th FA
FO for A/B/HHC, 2nd BN, 506th, 70-71
James G. McCoy, D Co, 1st BN, 70-71 Larry Abbott, HHC(Medic), 1st ABG, 58-60
Ron Townsend, C Co, 1st ABG, 59-60 LTC(R) Joe R. Alexander, A/E/HHC, 3rd BN, 67-69
LTG(R) Joseph W. Kinzer
HHC (BN CO), 1st AASLT, 77-78
LTC(R) William L. Schwartz
B/D/E/HHC(Recon), 1st ABG, 60-62
LT David A. McCrillis, HHC, 1st BN, 91-92 Joseph L. Jerviss, Sr., B Co, 3rd BN, 67-68
Gregory P. Phillips, D Co, 1st BN, 1970 MAJ Tom Duckett, III, B Co, 1st BN, 1971
COL(R) Larry A. Redmond
D Co, 1st ABG & 1st BN, 62-64
Kristine M. O'Keefe, daughter of
Patrick S. O'Keefe (E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1945)
Frank Casey, HHC, 2nd BN, 1968 COL(R) Edward C. Weckel, C Co, 1st ABG, 59-61
Ted Michel, HHC, 1st BN, 94-95 CSM(R) Stanley V. Harris, C/HHC, 2nd BN, 66-68
Kathy and John W. Jackson
D Co (Mortars), 1st ABG, 57-60
Lucius P. Bernard, Esquire, friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
David J. Humphrey, HHC, 3rd BN, 1971 Emory S. King, Jr., C Co, 1st ABG, 60-63
Jim Feikert, C Co, 1st BN, 69-70 Michael E. Sullivan, C/E Co, 3rd BN, 68-69
Ronald L. Helwig, B Co, 1st ABG, 60-62 Terry A. Crawford Jr., B/HHC, 1st BN, 90-91
Candy Harper, (from the law firm of
Trainor - Robertson), friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Roger Akers (from the company
Akers Capital, LLC), friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Octavio Laguna, C Co, 2nd BN, 64-66 Ian K. Shumaker, C Co, 1st BN, 68-69
Thomas J. Peacock, D Co, 2nd BN, 69-70 William E. Willey, Jr., B Co, 1st ABG, 60-63
Jim D. Wake, A/HHC (Medic), 1st BN, 70-71 Ralph Gasporra, Jr., Mortar Battery, 1st ABG, 58-59
Jason Shaw, grandson of
CPL Gilbert D. Shaw [HQ (LMG Platoon),
2nd BN, 506th PIR, 42-45]
Hoyt Bruce Moore, III, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
in memory of 1st Platoon, Alpha Company members
Gary James Fuqua and Dennis Lavern Waszkiewicz
Ken Parr, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71 LTC(R) Robert J. Mairs, III, HHC, 3rd BN, 67-68
Phillip Stanley, D Co, 1st BN 69-70 John P. Georgiton, C Co, 1st BN, 70-71
Jim O'Laughlin, A/HHC, 1st BN, 69-70 Joseph E. Huesing, C Co, 1st AALST, 75-79
Jennifer Jacobsen (from the law firm of
Stein and Baydaline), friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Bob von Almen, C Co, 2nd BN, 70-71
in memory of SSG Gordon Alan "Mike" Stoakley,
(C Co, 2nd BN, 506th, KIA 02/16/71)
Carl P. Rebele, M Co, 3rd BN, 1952 CSM(R) Robert F. Gilbert, D Co, 1st ABG, 56-63
Anthony F. Cox, D Co, 1st BN, 70-71 SFC(R) Frank Sicari, HHC, 1st ABG, 56-58
Edward A. Peters, III, son of CPT Edward A. Peters
(REGT HQ, 506th PIR, KIA 06/09/44)
Lorna Tuck Colbert, sister of 1LT Andrew Edward Tuck, III
(F Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, KIA 07/07/45)
Buddy Jenkins, A Co, 2nd BN, 1971 Gary R. Belair, B Co, 2nd BN, 70-71
James Zurbuchen (from the company
BZ Properties), friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Jack Fisher Chapter#23, DAV, Adjutant
Robert D. Salisbury, A Battery, 2nd BN, 319th FA
FO for D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 67-68
Ted Allen, C Co, 3rd BN, 67-68 LTC(R) Thomas J. Muskus, B Co, 2nd BN, 70-71
Richard and Cindi Vincent LTC(R) Patrick Skinner, HHC/D Co, 1st BN, 69-70
Robert W. Goodwin (from the company Western
Preferred Investment Co., Inc.
), friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Chuck Trainor, (from the law firm of
Trainor - Robertson), friend of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Larry Baumgarten & Associates Rick Marquette, B Co, 2nd BN, 1971
Taylor and Marilyn Clayton, friends of
Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Rick Cheney, (from the company Granite Bay Holdings),
friend of Michael J. Metzger, B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Chris Burns, B Battery, 2nd BN, 319th FA
(RTO for A Co, 2nd BN, 506th), 67-68
Shirley Stanger, sister of Michael J. Metzger,
B/C/D/HHC, 1st BN, 66-68
Karen Peine, friend of Sabina May and
Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
John T. Acklen, brother of
CPT Robert Acklen, Jr., B/C Co, 3rd BN, 69-70
Larry Abbott, HHC, 1st ABG, 58-60 SFC(R) Jack K. Miller, B/HHC, 3rd BN, Vietnam
Dolores I. Nizich, friend of
Larry Abbott, HHC, 1st ABG, 58-60
Jackie Cartwright, PC, friend of
Larry Abbott, HHC, 1st ABG, 58-60
Jane McLaughlin, MD, parent of a Culver
Academy military cadet, who is a student of
MAJ Tom Duckett, III, B Co, 1st BN, 1971
Erma and Denis Parsons, Past-President of
The 101st Airborne Division Association;
327th GIR, 101st Airborne Division, 44-45
Ron Townsend, B Co, 1st ABG, 59-60 COL(R) Michael S. Byington, C Co, 1st BN, 74-75
John Jackson, D Co, 1st ABG, 57-60 Cheryl and Pat Hyman, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
Pete Parsons, B Co, 2nd BN, 70-71 Lawrence J. Bowman, C Co, 1st BN & 3rd BN, 67-68
Kurt E. Maag, D/E Co, 2nd BN, 70-71 Carolyn Bender, sister of
CPT Robert Acklen, Jr., B/C Co, 3rd BN, 69-70
Ben Infuso, A Co, 1st ABG 62-64; 1st BN, 64-65
Don Thies, B Co, 2nd BN, 70-71 MSG(R) Kenneth R. C. Adams, Jr., A Co, 3rd BN, 68-69
Beat R. Degen, E Co (Recon), 1st BN, 69-70 Nicholas C. Di Pette, A Co, 1st BN, 68-69
Richard C. Thorne, D/HHC, 2nd BN, 67-68 "Wild Bill" Guarnere, E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 42-45
Charles E. Lemons, D Co, 1st BN, 68-69 David R. Stanley, DDS, HHC, 1st BN, 93-94
Ronald A. Frawley, D Co, 1st ABG, 59-62 Clement J. Dombrowski, C Co, 1st BN, 69-70
Mike Reid, C Co, 1st BN, 1971 SGT(R) Terry M. Smith, E Co (Mortars), 1st BN, 1971
Lewis John Oswald, A Co, 3rd BN, 67-68 Robert Mark Jones, A/B/C/HHC (Medic), 3rd BN, 67-68
Jeffrey G. Hagadorn, D Co, 3rd BN, 1970 COL(R) Bob Seitz, B/C/E (Recon)/HHC, 2nd BN, 70-71
Gary E. Martz, C Co, 1st BN, 73-75 LTC(R) William Scandrett, Jr., HHC, 1st BN, 1969
Edith B. Cuneo, mother-in-law of
Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
LTC(R) Francis F. Patalano, C/HHC, 3rd BN, 69-70
Fred G. Shipman, friend of Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
Stuart A. Holloway, E Co, 1st BN, 1971 Angela Florentino, 506th supporter (personal web site)
David A. Hafner, A Co, 1st BN, 75-78 COL David L. Clark, HHC, 1st BN (BN CO), 2002-2005
Helen Gilberto, friend of Sabina May and
Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
Ronald L. Helwig, B Co, 1st ABG, 60-62, in memory of his uncle,
Donald L. Helwig, T/5, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII
Gene Overton, C Co, 1st BN, 67-68, in memory of Joseph Glaspie - 3rd Platoon and Lawrence Coney - fellow Plt Sgt/Friend
- 2nd Platoon, as well as all Currahees lost during Operation Toan Thang, II (13 June 1968 - 23 September 1968) while
opconned to 25th Infantry Division - Cu Chi & Trang Bang.
500 pens from Jean Spear, 506th supporter from West Milford, NJ
$200 of neck coolers from Annette Cannon, representing the Newcomer's Club of Spartanburg, SC
$400 of brand new board games from Troop 670, Den 2, Tiger Cubs, Battle Hill School, Union, NJ
Snacks from Peggy Ginnovan, friend of Ronald L. Helwig, B Co, 1st ABG, 60-62
Snacks/personal products from Paul R. Miller, HQ, REGT (Medic), 506th PIR, 42-45
Magazines/snacks/personal products from friends of Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 70-71
Magazines and personal products from Divers Anonymous (NJ Scuba Dive Club)
Magazines and personal products from In Too Deep (NJ Scuba Dive Club)
Cub Scout Troop 55, Sea Girt, NJ, raised money to purchase 6 phone cards, which have been sent to the 1-506th.



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