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   Checker Board (Newspaper) - October 1, 1997, Hampton Roads, Virginia                                99TH INfANTRY Kansas City Reunion July Southwest offers bargain fare to KC Southwest Airlines will offer gain fares to 99ers and their friends or fam ily members flying to the Kansas City Con The convention will be held at Westin Crown Center Hotel beginning July and continuing through July Southwest normally has the lowest fares of most and is noted for and As the official carrier for the Kansas City the airline will grant an additional 10 percent The official designation to use when or dering tickets and a tollfree number will be published in the next issue of your Checker Southwest Airlines serves the following cities Bal Corpus Detroit El Houston Hobby and Interna Kansas Las Little Los New Oklahoma Orange Salt Lake San San San San and 1998 dues are due NOW Yor dooz r do if the address label on this issue has a 1997 Its time to Take a look at the your the top line has the date That pav The annual fee is Why not avoid the hassle by paying a couple of years in ad vance Who pays Who doesnt have to pay Anybody who feels financial The Checkerboard will not be denied to any veteran of the 99th or any widow of a veteran of the If any veteran or widow feels financial just return the dues notice with that message and the dues will be marked Paid for an other This is possible by the generos ity of many members who send a little bit extra when paying their own Do it before you Send your check to 99th Membership Manager PO Box Marion KS 668610099 PS Another good reason for paying now is it keeps the Association from having to It costs to send you a PPS Due to postal regulations there is no grace We cant mail you a Checkerboard after January if your dues for 1998 are not paid in Thats federal regulations Stained glass windows reflect heroism of the 99th A full color photograph in the Pittsburgh depicts the majesty of one of the stained glass windows now in place at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial The windows are a fitting tribute to veterans of combat in the 99th Infantry Division during World War II in Harry chairman of the 99th Archives was interviewed by the newspaper about the windows Nicholas was commissioned to render the stained glass artistry to recognize the heroism of members of the 99th during the Battle of the The basis of the windows comes from a drawing made by the late Robert an accomplished artist and combat veteran of service in the said when he was asked to con struct the he thought the image was too But the newspaper article stated that the graphic depiction of battle is a candid portray al of what happened in the Ardennes when the 99th became nicknamed Battle There was this blood in the and the artist He Should we show this violence Cant we show some peace A 99th veteran told the We had to go through this to get now told the artist how young Americans in their teens and early 20s had surprised in overwhelming force and how the steadfast efforts of the 99th lead to the eventual downfall of the German We held McCracken adding that the 99ers were a bunch of Robinson died in He had served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University in His is en the The windows will be dedicated in a public ceremony at 11 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial just three days pri or to the anniversary of the Battle of the One window is the battle described above and depicted in the photo with this sto The other window shows the numerous crests of the various units of the 99th and at All are in full The windows cost more than A major contributor was Maxine in memory of her late husband Paul who was a combat veteran of the Others made indi vidual contributions and a large portion was provided by the 99th Archives Dick Byers of the 99th Archives Committee wow when he saw the full color photograph from the newspaper un full color is not available in the Vince is hopes to be in Kansas City Friends who have been concerned about Vince Dudzinskis health problems will be happy to hear that he is encouraged and there is no growth in his who lives in Sacramento and was in was not able to attend the Charlotte convention but hopes to be in Kansas He says he feels but Shirley had been down worn out from taking care of him during his It was my turn to take care of he Vince reports hearing from 99th friends from all across the and from after the story about his illness appeared in the He said the prayers of countless friends had a healing Now we hope to stay healthy and come to Kansas Byers commented that the artist had done a terrific job and McCracken should be com mended by the membership for taking the leadership role to see this project He said he was glad that nobody wimped out and the violent scene depicted by Robbie we fought a war against War is never Nearly of our fine young 99th men died violently in less than six months fighting this war and we owe it to their memory to never forget Byers to display nothing but a sani tized version of what the 99th went through would be cheating the memory of these sacri fices as well as cheating future generations of the knowledge that was is a sickening Bob Dettor featured in golf magazine article The issue of The Club Golfer magazine featured 99th veteran Bob Dettor on the cover and in an article The cover had three pictures of as and the article on Dettor shows him in typical pose with Bob is 75 and says he cant agree with those who say they cant play golf because of something that happened to He says he went through and nearly flunked out because of the physical strain then he was wounded twice in combat during World War II in the 99th Infantry has had two heart a severe survived an airplane crash and a serious car wreck and several He also was captured during the war in Europe and sur vived as a prisoner of the He says he is a perfect example that any one can play He plays every when Dettor is an attorney who is active in com and educational The story is an inspiring It goes into detail about capture on near He and men of his pla toon in were stripped of their clothing and dog tags probably to be used by Ger mans disguised as He was a POW near Limberg and later were trans ferred to Moosburg where they were liberat ed by the 14th Armored Division on April He says that if you want to play go tee it Nothing deters Bob

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