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Date of Last Update: Dec 1, 2009

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Class Scribe, Earl Albright - send him email for the Assembly!

Send me stuff to post here!!! Frank Monaco

Phil Doleac - Class Leader Conference Notes

team john gibbons

From Classmate Ray Gibbons: :r.gibbons@woodgibbons.co.uk My son John, who lives with us here in the UK, competes for the USA in Modern Pentathlon at the Junior level. He was US Youth A Champion in 2007 and the Junior Champion in 2008 and 2009 and competed in the Youth A World Championships in Johannesburg (2007) and the Junior World Championships in Portugal (2007) and Egypt (2008). He is enroute to compete in the 2009 Junior World Championships in Taiwan. The modern pentathlon is essentially a military sport (sometimes called the military pentathlon rather than modern pentathlon) and Gen. Patton competed for the US when it was first introduced at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. I wonder whether you might pass this email on to our classmates, or have some ideas on how we might publicize his cause. It is not easy to interest people here in supporting someone competing for the US!

We have just put up a website that gives his complete story: www.teamjohngibbons.com. He is also mentioned on the Olympic Committee website www.usapentathlon.org/ (see: http://usapentathlon.org/news/article/13667 but be prepared to read down the page to see him mentioned.)

All the best and Beat Navy, Ray Gibbons

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Nick Sebastian - Memorial Day, 2009 Pictures

LTG Jimmy Lovelace Change of Command May 4, 2009

Write up thanks to Rich St Denis
Photos by Frank Monaco
More photos here
On May 4 at Ft McPherson, Georgia, LTG Jimmy Lovelace relinquished command of U.S. Army Central (ARCENT -- formerly Third Army – “Patton’s Own”), which he led for nearly 17 months at the end of a distinguished 39-year military career.

At the Awards Ceremony just prior, he received the Distinguished Service Medal for his remarkable leadership, while wife Gail fittingly received both Department of the Army and U.S. Central Command awards for her many caring contributions in the community. The night before, Lace hosted a gathering of about 30 family, friends and classmates on base.

In his retirement speech which was by turns humble, humorous and touching, Lace expressed his deep appreciation to the many people who shaped his life and career, with an especially moving tribute at the end to wife Gail and to his father who joined Third Army exactly 64 years ago to the day. He also paid heartfelt tribute to West Point and his classmates, 17 of whom were in attendance.

Classmates attending:

Ben and Patty Bentley
Don and Betsey Blakeslee
Julian Burns
John and Janet Cogbill
Steve Cook
Jim Crawford
Dominick and Mariella Crea
John and Cathy Drinkwater
Bart and Mary Engram
Terry Hilderbrand
Kerry Lawrence
Chuck McAteer
Rich and Malinda Measner
Frank Monaco and son Frank Jr
Paul Passaro
Rich St Denis and Kathy Klein
Jim Young

Testimonials from Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen George Casey, and the Commanding General of U.S. Central Command, Gen David Petraeus, made it abundantly clear that Lace was a soldier’s soldier who, true to our class motto, rendered selfless service with integrity. His steadfast and deep devotion to soldiers was also markedly evident at every turn of the ceremony.

Lace and Gail, you have made us all proud many times over.

Send LTG Lovelace Congratulations!

From John Fishback - Attached please find our photo from the Thailand Founders Day dinner. The photos were by decades of graduates so I am there with the former and last Supreme Commander of the Thai Armed Forces, GEN Boonsrang Niumpradit, Cl of 71, and Steve Sykes, Class of 1978.
At the dinner, the Ambassador of the US present GEN Boonsrang with the State Departments highest medal, the Legion of Merit for which GEN Boonsrang definitely deserved as one of the finest examples of a foreign grad of USMA. Coincidentally, the head of the Philipine Armed Forces is also Cl of 71. We must has trained them right !!

I am happily retired on the beach here in Thailand and have two guest condos on the beach for visitors as well. JD Smith was my last victim.

Ring Melt 2009 - USMA 1970 Melts Down for USMA 2010 - 40th Reunion (Rhode Island).
George Allin from Fort Leavenworth donating his grandfather's ring from the class of 1904; Jim McHone donating my original/spare ring; and Jerry Sidio who works at URI.

Cadet Brandon Mulrine '10 the chair of their Rng and Crest Committee. A cadet read the bio of each ring donor.
When the Class of 2010 marches by us next April their rings will have gold in them from the Class of 1970

More Veteran's Day Pictures from Nick

NCEA - Toby's Pix

Paul Dixon on a custom WWII Tour of the ETO.. He's standing in a Tobruk bunker on Point du Hoc

Paul Franke and John Carlson receive Army A Letters at Hall of Fame Weekend. Bob Knight elected and entered Hall of Fame. Other pics with gyovai, oxley, castleman, carlson and franke.. Rich Castleman returned for first time since graduation for ceremony.

Jim Odermann (D3, USMA 1970, jodermann@comcast.net
We recommend a cruise to any company looking for a reunion idea. Everyone who went considers it probably the best vacation they have ever had. Especially the most time to just share time with company mates since graduation.

We had a D3 Reunion Cruise to Alaska the last week in July. The night before we embarked we were joined by Kris Davis, Brian Davis' widow, for Dinner and a memorial for Brian. This was two weeks after his death.

A case each of wine and champagne were specially labeled for us and brought on board with special permission by the cruise line.

Female Memorial Attendees, Left to Right: Betty Urlaub, Marcil Larsen's mother; Marcia Larsen; Kris Davis; Janice Odermann; Kris Harper; Linda McHone; Christie Treat; Cindy Thompson, friend of the Odermann's and mother of LTC Jeff Thompson '93 currently aide to General Dempsey; Terry White, Janice Odermann's sister.

Photo of all cruise attendees, Front Row, Left to Right: Betty Urlaub, Marcia Larsen's mother; Linda McHone; Marcia Larsen; Kris Harper; Christie Treat; Janice Odermann; Terri White, Janice Odermann's sister; Cindy Thompson, friend of Odermann's; Beth Hanna. Back Row, Left to Right: Jim McHone; Brad Larsen, Gil Harper; Terry Treat; Jim Odermann; Scott White, Odermann's Brother-in-law; Cleve Thompson, friend of Odermann's; John Hanna.

Male Grad Memorial Attendees, Left to Right: Terry Treat; Phil Doleac; Jim Odermann; Jim McHone; Brad Larsen; Gil Harper. Doleac drove up to Seattle from Portland to join us for the memorial.

53 professionally framed West Point prints in 18 crates driven in a van From SC to the AOG for donation to West Point.
Jim McHone

Four D3 members gathered at my home in Columbia on June 20.From there left is Gil Harper who just started a new job in Charleston, SC still in logistics and transportation..Next is John Adams who just attended his mothers funeral at Ft Benning. John's father now lives alone at Ft Benning at age 89 and just shot his first hole in one last week.John still teaches school in Massachusetts and is building a log home in Vermont.John Hanna still practices OB/GYN in Columbia and is also building a log house on a lake here. I live in Columbia and have been retired from my surgical practice for 10 months. I have my last cancer chemotherapy on July 2 and then plan to attend a D3 Alaska cruise at the end of July
Jim McHone
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