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Issue #37, July 2007, Table of Contents
MOH FOR SSG IRA PERKINS PAGES 1 6
Material about an effort to have two Silver Stars and a Bronze Star upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
1ST BRIGADE CONTINUES VIETNAM ODYSSEY PAGES 7 9
Accounts of First Brigade (S) actions reported in the 25th anniversary edition of the Fort Campbell newspaper THE SHIELD AND CIRCLE.
OBITUARIES PAGE 9
The obituary of CPT(R) Jim Martin, 2/327 A dates?.
TOM WILLARDS JOURNEY PAGES 9 & 10
Story about the North Dakota Oral History Project that was conceived and directed by Tom Willard.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PAGES 11 14
Messages from First Brigade (S) veterans taken from the brigade web site, e-mail and mail sent through the U. S. Postal Service. Most mail that may be of interest to a majority of First Brigade (S) veterans is published.
STATIC LINE AWARDS FESTIVAL PAGE 15
The mast head of the monthly paper along with a few photos of First Brigade (S) veterans who attended the annual April All-Airborne gathering.
SCREAMING EAGLES WWII FOUNDATION PAGE 16
CSM(R) Joseph M. Bossi, 2/327 HHC 6/66-7/67 is a board member and the U. S. contact for this foundation headquartered in The Netherlands. They work to form and maintain close ties born in WWII between the 101st Airborne Division veterans along with their families and friends.
SUBSCRIBERS PAGES 21 24
This list is composed of the names and addresses of NEW SUBSCRIBERS, RENEWED SUBSCRIBERS and ADDRESS CORRECTIONS. The list is shorter in this issue because the Postal Service was very slow with delivery of renewal notices. Many renewals have been received after the publishing deadline.
MUSSELWHITE FATHER AND SON DMOR PAGE 25
An account of the parallels of father and son in two airborne divisions with both being honored as Distinguished Members of their regiments.
ANOTHER OF THE GREATEST GENERATION PASSES PAGES 26 28
This account of the funeral of MG S. H. Matheson by CPT Barry Hana, HQ-PIO 3/67-3/68, is an exemplary tribute to a great man who led a great brigade.
60 REDS KILLED BY GI PLATOON PAGE 28
A short account of a deadly firefight in September or October of 1967.
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU PAGE 29
Wounded warriors hit links in full swing, the story, by the American Forces Press Service about teaching amputees to play golf. Tom Willard invented a prosthesis to help with the golf swing and participated in the instruction.
SSG BILL HUTCHERSON WRITES PAGES 30 32
Letter written to the Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL by Bill Hutcherson and their take on it. First published in THE SCREAMING EAGLE of March April 1967.
ITEMS FOR SALE PAGES 33 35
Covers of all back issues are shown in thumbnail format along with First Brigade related memorabilia. An order form is included.
AIRBORNE ASSOCIATIONS PAGE 36
Some associations and publications that may be of interest to vet