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NEWSLETTER
July 25, 2012
If you were initiated into E-8, you are
an E-8 Brother for life!
REMEMBER! Anything after
initiations is history. You only share what you want to. Please try to join us
at a future reunion.
Dear E8 Brother,
2012 Reunion comments:
Marilyn Waxman: “I came to the reunion not knowing
anyone but having heard a lot about E-8. When I left I felt I had been at a
family reunion, and now I was one of the family. I am really looking forward to
seeing all my new friends next year”.
Rick: Marilyn commented after the theater:
Everyone gathered in the hotel and the friendship and love demonstrated in the
room was overwhelming. Especially when the brothers from the ‘40s, 50s, 60s
& 70s celebrated as one.
MG Ret Don Jacka (G-7): “What a
warm reception you extended to Jan and me!
Your hospitality was greatly appreciated and the
camaraderie was very welcoming. Jan and I were able to make so many new
friends”.
The common background of Pershing Rifles is so strong
that it easily bridged the cultural and era gap…members of E-8 were our
brothers before we met and upon meeting you, our shared commonality galvanized
that relationship.
Commemorative
E-8 Challenge Coin:
When you see one and hold one in your hand you are
holding a piece of nostalgia. Many of the brothers have made their donations
and received their coin(s).
Comments after getting the coin:
Tony Bianco ‘64: The coin is a piece of art.
Greg Sarno ’56: I will place the coin alongside my other
Army coin.
Steve Cocheo ’52: I am delighted that I have been given a
legacy embodied by the E-8Challenge Coin. It states…that I served my country
well and will be remembered by my Character, Integrity, Brotherhood and Patriotism.
Herb Lash ‘56: The
coins look terrific. Especially the date 1959
on the coins. It was my last year I was on the drill team.
Barry Becker ’61: The coins are more fantastic than the
description! Wow..a lifetime memory in my hands. A true keepsake and memento to pass on to my
kids.
GEN Colin L Powell Former A-8 CO: Thanks for the
handsome coin. Fond memory of the old days
Jim Walsh ’59: Send me 12 more. That makes 26. (2 per
grandchild plus me)
To get one for yourself send a check for $ 9.00 each
payable to Robert Sierra, mail to 1005 Lowber Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-3635
E-8 Web Site.
It
can be found at http://pr-company-e8.blogspot.com/
. Anyone can access it. Enjoy reunion pictures, Antique Rifleman videos, check
out our TO.
2013 Reunion: Winning location is Norfolk/
Virginia Beach VA.
Time: Late April 2013.
Luncheon: Planning for the lunch is ongoing.
DATE: December 2, 2012. Lunch in the Student Center; Guided tour of our campus;
see the new building and renovations. So far about 50 have said they were
planning to join us. Do you want to check out your college memories? Please let
Tony Bianco know you will join us. Tony0733@aol.com
.
West Coast Reunion: Planning is under way for a reunion on
the West Coast. Tentative location Newport Beach, CA; March 2013?
NEWS:
Bill Flanz: Has been living overseas since 1973.
After getting his BA at NYU, he got an MBA at The University of Michigan, spent
19 years at Chase Bank. In 1986 he went into private equity where he has been
most of the time since. He has lived in Japan, Greece, Italy, UK & Hong
Kong, where has been for 26 of the last 32 years. His “15 minutes of fame” came
when he was Chairman & CEO at Gucci as part of a private equity
turn-around.
He and wife Janet have four children from their
previous marriages, celebrating their 31 st anniversary. Two live in London,
two in the US.
His father (95) and mother (92) are “still hanging in
there” in NY.
As a member of a business group, “The Aspen Group”,
interested in evaluating world conditions, he was impressed with the
professionalism of today’s US Air Force after a meeting in Colorado Springs.
Frank Draskovic: Living in CA, still working, but
slower than years ago. Has various collections, like coins that he is starting
to sell.
Current interest is USA and world military medals.
Latest find: an attributed 1900 Boxer Rebellion Army China Medal; given to an
American US Army Signal Corps soldier, later killed on an army base in Texas. Frank
loves the research in validating. He
also plans a series of articles for the ANA magazine about military medals
struck at the US Mint.
Roger Faulkner: Lives in Colorado Springs and had to
evacuate due to the fires. Returned home to find all was OK.
Lyndsey &Nicky Turner: Did not have
any damages from the earthquakes in Italy.
Hal Haith: According to his wife, Pat, Hal passed
away.
Black E-8 Shirts: I’ve been asked for shirts and checked. I
can get more at a cost of $ 15.00 plus shipping, additional cost of $ 2.00 each
for size 2XL or larger, with a minimum consolidated order of 12. If you want
one or more, let me know.
If we exceed the minimum amount I will place the order
and request the money from you.
Is there interest in a mini reunion in
Florida? Anita Freudenthal will work on one if there is enough interest
NOTE NOTE
NOTE
If something were to happen to
you, do you have a method of informing anyone outside of your immediate
family? Please have someone in your
immediate family let me know at pre8mike@aol.com
so I can advised everyone.
CHANGED EMAIL ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, OR
MOVED?
Please let me know.
Do you have information to share with
your brothers?
PLEASE send in
items for the newsletter.
Please: Send me an
email, even only the word “hello” if you haven’t sent me an email in the last
year. I hope you are all well.
Mike
LOST & MISSING
The
following are our lost people. If you can give me a clue where to look, we will
try to find them. Year is initiation year:
Stuart Barrett ‘54 Edward
Goldstein ‘54
Robert Lee ’66
Clark Brennan ‘49
William T Craig
’56 Michael
Nigro ‘61
Armando Jose Sanchez ‘67 Stuart
Schulman ‘50
Meir Shamoon ‘58 Don
Silberman ‘51
Dennis Howard
‘48 Paul
Johnson ‘53
Robert Jones III
‘67 Egbert
Kirnon ‘53
Michael Kozuck
‘51 Arnold
Kriegel ‘54
Daniel Ursitti
‘52 Nunzio
Russo ‘54
Steven DiJoseph’65 Henry
Myers ‘58
Stewart B Nellis
‘49 Allen
Z Paul ‘48
Steven L Rosenberg ‘60
Robert Wolf ‘49
Laurence Richards ‘53 John A Ross III ‘51
David Roth ‘61 Nelson
Gonzalez ‘68
Harry R Wiener
’55
Harry Lansing ’53 Jeff Lederer ’67 Jim
Dutton
‘53
Richard Lohse ‘65 Jaime
Lopez ‘67
Richard Gibson ‘51
Fumio Hagiahara ‘52
John Hall ‘61 Stanley Small ‘58 Robert Hammerman’52 George Hill ‘62
Arthur Hardman ‘59 Donald
Smith ‘56
Herman Smith ‘65 Richard Smith ‘52
George Stokes ‘60 William
Trapp ‘66
Stanley Lane ‘52 George
Lang ‘56
Allan Devrishian ‘48 William
G Dill ‘54
Richard DiStefano ‘52 Richard Eckert ‘51
Brian Egan ‘67 Frank
Farnum ‘62
IN MEMORIAM:
Michael Baumgarten ‘53 Sidney Bernstein ‘61
Marvin
Bernstein ‘50 Ken
Brody ‘49
Al Busch ‘52 Jerry
Butkera ‘65
Hugo
Daffara ‘49 Art Walder ‘59
Ben
Diamant ‘50 Richard
Elkort ‘51
David
Emanuel ‘61 Peter Freudenthal ‘51
Edward
Gerken ‘65 Anthony Gristina ‘50
Joseph
Juhasz ‘51 Edward
Kaplin ‘48
David
Braverman ‘61 Harry Lansing ‘53
Larry
Lippe ‘55 Jim
Marcus ‘60
Frank
Manfredi ‘58 Illis Jurisson
‘60
Raffaelle
Marzella ‘56 Joe
Melanson ‘49
Paul
Munter ‘48 Peter Nathan ‘54
Joe
Nieves ‘59 Wally Perner ‘51
Don
Protzmann ‘48 Vinnie Raia ‘51
Nick
Romanofsky ‘48 Milton Rose ‘48
Joel
Rozenzweig ‘56
Allan Schrier ‘49
Edward
Stiefel ‘60 Irwin Tenen ‘54
John
Terpstra ‘48 Arnold Van
Aken ‘60
Irwin
Wasserman ‘48
Al Stone’53
Robert
A Yates ‘58 Leonard Zafonte ‘59
Hong
Chin ‘62 Davide Ruocco ‘59
Alan
Berger ‘56 Larry Burns ‘59
Myron
Helman ‘50
Tom Giustiniani ‘67
William
Baraja Frauenfelder ’52 Norm Swirin ‘54
Stefan
Poplawski ‘53 Gary Mazza ‘57
Hank
Rossini ’51 Harvey
Engelsher ‘49
Sal
Divita ’48 Bill
Kahl ‘56
Donald
Elkort ’52 Rudy
Bachmann ‘60
Hal
Haith ‘53
