Join us for the MEMORIAL WALK - Bastogne, Belgium
13th December 2008
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Honoring the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
the BASTOGNE BULLDOGS
Registration and payment through www.bastognehistoricalwalk.be
64 years ago, on December 16th,
1944 the Battle of the Bulge - the greatest land battle in the history of the
American Army - began.
This years walk will take us through the area around Mande-Saint-Etienne, west
of Bastogne, where the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division
jumped out of open army trucks on the 19th December 1944 in order to immediately
march off to the different areas around
Bastogne which were threatened by the Germans.
Three routes are available: 7,
13 or 20 kilometers.
Registration and payment ONLY through the official
organisation at www.bastognehistoricalwalk.be
This year, as the Memorial Walk
honors the 101 Airborne Division's 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, we intend
to give the Walk a special twist,
since our American Member of the
Board, Joseph M. Bossi, will be attending.
Joe is the present Honorary CSM
of the 327th Infantry Regiment, and DMOR (Distinguished Member of the Regiment).
With the regiment
presently in Iraq, Joe is the person who takes care of the grieving families
of those members of the regiment who are killed in action by
attending every memorial service on behalf of the regiment. In order to show
our support to Joe, who represents all former and present
enlisted men of the 327th Infantry Regiment, we invite you to join us on the
Memorial Walk.
We intend to get a nice group
together. So, DO THE WALK and NOT JUST
THE TALK, and join us.
Send an email to the webmaster and
we will let you in on our plans!
