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A 63-year tradition comes to an end.
Join us for our Final National WWII Reunion.
September 16-18, 2010
Columbus, Georgia - Home of Ft. Benning
All former 3AD soldiers (of any era) and families
are invited.
>> Reunion Registration <<
ENLARGE
above photos
BULLETIN from the ARMY
TIMES
May 27, 2010: Armor Center move to Ft. Benning
From Jim MacClay, 3AD.com staff
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ABOVE at Ft.
Benning: an M4 Sherman with 3AD markings
is on display outside the National Infantry Museum, patiently
awaiting its move to the grounds of the new National Armor Museum,
which is scheduled for construction at Ft. Benning starting in
2011. (Photos in 2009 by John Marshall of Macon, Georgia, 36th
Inf. Cold War veteran.) |
Ft. Benning taking over from Ft. Knox in 2010 - 2011 as the
new home of the national Army Armor Center & Armor School.
Artist
renderings of new national Armor Center at Ft. Benning.
Photos of
new Armor Center under construction.
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3AD
in World War II
Interviews
of WWII Vets
3AD
in Cold War Gulf
War I & Desert Storm
Note: Additional videos are always wanted.
Please contact the webmaster.
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Col. Brewster to lead reunion
memorial service & battle streamer ceremony
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Col. Olin Findley Brewster is returning for
the fifth time this decade to again be the organizer and main
speaker of the Memorial Service. His presentation of the 3rd
Armored WWII Battle Streamers is part of that moving and educational
ceremony. He has previously attended the reunion about a dozen
times over the years with his father, the late Lt. Col. Olin
Brewster, who served with the 3AD during 1941-45 and in combat
as Battalion Executive Officer with the 32nd Armored Regiment.
In 1995 Lt. Col. Brewster became President of the 3AD Association.
Learn
more about Col. Brewster,
including a video and bio.
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Colonel (Ret.)
Olin Findley Brewster |
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Lt. Gen. Frederic J. Brown (Ret.) to be
guest speaker at WWII reunion banquet
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The 3AD WWII Association is honored to announce
that Frederic "Rick" Brown will be a very special guest
at the 2010 reunion. He served with Spearhead in 1957-59 with
1/33rd Armor in Gelnhausen, Germany, which was his first major
duty assignment after West Point. His father (of the same name),
Frederic J. Brown, was 3AD's much acclaimed Division Artillery
Commander in WWII, who in 1959 became Division Commanding General,
followed by command of V Corps and his 3rd star. It's understandable
why the Brown family feels a very special attachment to the 3rd
Armored.
"Rick" Brown's 32-year military
career and post-military service to the nation is extraordinary
to say the least. To only touch the surface, his background includes
Commanding General of the Army Armor Center & School and
Ft. Knox (1983-86); Commanding General of U.S. Fourth Army (1986-89);
two tours in Vietnam, including 1/4 Cavalry commander, 1st Infantry
Div.; Distinguished Service Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Silver
Star, Bronze Star (with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters); service in offices
of Army Chief of Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security
Council, and White House; a Ph.D. in Political Science; and the
author of four books on military studies.
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Left photo:
In March, 1945, Col. Frederic Brown, 3AD's Division Artillery
Commander in WWII, is presented the Legion of Merit by
Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Commander of the VII Corps. At the
time, the Colonel's young son "Rick" was in elementary
school. At top right in this photo is Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose,
Commander of the 3AD.
Right photo:
Lt. Gen. "Rick" Brown during his 1986-1989 assignment
as Commanding General of the Fourth U.S. Army, Fort Sheridan,
Illinois.
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For
more complete bio and photos of LTG Brown and his father
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The National Infantry Museum now open at Ft.
Benning.
The National Armor Museum coming next.
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Attendee's at the 3rd Armored
WWII Reunion in September, 2010, will
have the remarkable new National Infantry Museum (pictured below)
to explore. We should never forget the great accomplishments
and legacy of Spearhead's 36th Armored Infantry Regiment in WWII,
which suffered more than half of the Division's combat casualties.
In the spring of 2011, construction is planned to start for the
National Armor & Cavalry Museum at Ft. Benning with an equally
impressive and even larger complex. The National Infantry Museum
opened its doors on June 19, 2009, before a crowd estimated at
over 5,000 with General Colin Powell (Ret.) as the main speaker.
Powell's Army career, after infantry officer training, began
with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany in 1958. |
National Infantry Museum
Museum's website
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A NEW BOOK BY ROBERT KAUFFMAN
WWII Veteran of the 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3AD |
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"THE REPLACEMENT"
Released in late 2009
and available on Amazon.com
Bob Kauffman joined the 36th AIR, Co D, in
Normandy in mid-June, 1944, as a replacement for a rifleman who
had been killed. Between then and May, 1945, he was wounded three
times, twice hospitalized, and twice rejoined Co D. It's not
an exaggeration to say that Kauffman's harrowing close-in experiences
as an infantryman, and his close-calls with death, exceeded those
of any Hollywood-portrayed soldier, real or fictional. How he
somehow survived was nothing short of a miracle. This engrossing
book will put you at his side, but, beware, this was a time when
infantrymen did not have body armor and bullet-proof helmets.
Read
book's Introduction & Foreword,
and enlarge the cover.
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