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I Buddie* And Wives Reunited HereWorld WarServed In World War IITankers Enjoy Reunion HereFive Concordians got together for a reunion near Naples. Italy, in early 1944 They are. left to right, in pictures at right, Carl Propst, Howard Troutman. George Kluttz. Elmer Spence and Walter Haene.Spence and Haene were members of the 751st Tank Battalion, which held its 24th consecutive reunion this weekend in Charlotte The others were members of an ordnance battalion headed by the late Col Tom Wolfe of Albemarle They got together when the ordnance unit got the assignment of waterproofing the 751st tanks prior to the American-English amphibious landing at Anzio Jan 22, 1944 Also in Wolfe's unit st the time were other Cabarrus and Stanly county residents, including H W. (Petei Calloway Jr of Concord.The other smaller picture shows Propst, Spence and Haene ss they appeared Saturday when the 751st reunion group came :o Kannapolis for a tour of Cannon Mills plant and lunch at the V’MCA Propst is head of Propst Construction Co. in Concord low Spence is vice president and assistant director of manu-acturing for Cannon Mills Co Haene is an engineer on the itaff of Mechanical Engineers, Inc., Charlotte. Troutman, who was once a cotton buyer for Cannon Mills Co.. has mov'd to New England Kluttz, who still makes his home in Concord, was out of town for the weekend and unable to come lere for the modem reunion.World War II Buddies Reunited Thin WeekendThe 1944 picture came from Haene s wartime scrapbook [he others on this page were shot by Charles Foster. Daily ndependent staff photographerNearly 150 of the ex-tankers and their wives made the trip o Kannapolis They gathered on the Cannon Mills office steps or the large group picture above. In addition to a tour of ^lant One. they saw a presentation of Cannon's top lines by lay Draper and then visited the company's personal order lepartment for some shoppingAbout 200 registered for the reunion, which is headquartered it Ramada Inn Southeast in Charlotte A highlight Saturday light was a dinner at which Col Louis Hammack. former com-nanding officer of the 751st, was the speaker. _TrafficChargesAired
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Kannapolis Daily Independent
Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Sun, Oct 01, 1972
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