4th Brigade Combat Team

2009 Rendezvous Veterans Activities
Fort Campbell, KY


506th Veterans Tour
Thursday - May 28, 2009
0800 hrs-1500 hrs

Open to all 506th veterans and their families

Tour of
        - Engagement Skills Trainer (Computerized Marksmanship Facility)
        - Medical Skills Training Center (Modern Combat Medical Training Facility)
        - Post Museum (506th centric displays)
        - Call For Fire Center (Computerized call for fire facility)

Rally point for start and end of tour will be the 1st BN HQ parking lot 4th BCT area
        (vicinity Market Garden Road and Currahee Road-near Gate 7)

Transportation will be provided by active-duty 506th

Lunch not provided by active-duty 506th, but dining options available on post

Parking available in 4th BCT area at no cost

No cost for tour itself

Although bus transportation for this tour will be provided, veterans have the option to provide
        their own transportation to each tour site and can start/end tour at their own discretion

photos from MAJ Pat Seiber (4th BCT Public Affairs Officer, 2007-2009)
Transportation Van

A van convoy was provided by active-duty Currahees.

(L-R): Sonny Farley (D/Mortar Battery, 1st ABG, 506th, 1962-1964; A Co, 2nd ABN,
506th, 1964-1965); SFC(R) Merle Delagrange (D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971);
and Krystal Phillips, wife of Greg Phillips (D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970)

There were four stations, and the vans broke into four groups, moving the veterans
around post. Prior to the van convoy, all veterans were present at an Awards
Ceremony, where Silver Stars, Bronze Stars, and Purple hearts were awarded
to soldiers who had just returned from Afghanistan.


Call For Fire Center
A civilian DOD employee explains polar plot and other ways to "call for fire" in the
computerized Call For Fire Center. To the left is a screen showing an electronic
battlefield and veteran"students" have military maps on the desks in front of them.

Tools of the Trade
(Center Front): Fred May (A Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971) checks out the
"tools of the trade" that current Currahees use at the Call For Fire Center.

Computerized Marksmanship Facility
(L): Tony Cox (D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971) at the Computerized Marksmanship Facility


The next four photos were taken at the Don F. Pratt Museum

Museum Displays

506th centric displays

C-47 "Skytrain"

C-47 "Skytrain" with WWII re-enactor
(Front): SFC(R) Merle Delagrange (D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971) and his son Josh

WWII Jeep

This WWII Jeep was parked near the front door of the Museum.
(L-R): Greg Phillips and SGM(R) Dick Doyle, both from D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970

Delagrange
(L): SFC(R) Merle Delagrange (D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971)

BBQ Lunch
Thursday - May 28, 2009
4th BCT, 506th Infantry Area


4th BCT, 506th Infantry Area
(L-R): Joe Zeyen, Jr., Joe Wisneski, Terry Tole (all from C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1968);
unknown; and Pat Wisneski

BBQ Lunch
photo from Octavio Laguna (C Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1964-1966)
(Clockwise from left): Hoyt Bruce Moore, III (A Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971); Ruth Laguna;
Ruth Helwig; Peggy Pearson, Octavio Laguna (C Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1964-1966); and Ron
Helwig (B Co, 1st ABG, 506th, 1960-1962)

Historical Display Room
Quartermaster Sales
4th BCT, 506th Infantry, Building 7073

photos from Octavio Laguna (C Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1964-1966)
Welcome Table

(L): Hoyt Bruce Moore, III (A Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971) greets 506th Association
President Don Thies (B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1970-1971) at the Association Welcome
Table in the lobby of Building 7073.

(Far Right): SFC John F. Kohne served as a Currahee in Korea; Iraq; Fort Carson, CO;
Afghanistan; and Fort Campbell, KY.


Historical Displays

Both active-duty and veteran Currahees stopped by to look at the displays.

(L-R): Ralph Matkin (Medic, A Btry, 2nd BN, 319th FA, 1969-1970);Greg Phillips
(D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970); and Kenneth David (D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970)


Quartermaster Sales Tables

506th Association Quartermaster Sales Tables
All Quartermaster items are available for purchase via US Mail.

CPT Josiah Brett Blalock
(L-R): CPT Brett Blalock (A/HHC, 1st BN, 506th, 2005-2009) and Hoyt Bruce Moore, III
(A Co, 1st BN, 1970-1971). CPT Blalock was the active-duty POC for help in unloading,
loading, and moving the 506th Association's Quartermaster items and historical displays
among Fort Campbell, the Sportsman’s Lodge, and the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.

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