 Presenting Resolution To Retire
Norb Studelska, Vice-President of the 508th PIR Association read the proclamation for the benefit of the audience. (courtesy Bill Natio
(Read the Resolution)
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Recognition & Farewell
was delivered by Association Past president and Trustee, Paul Hamblin
(courtesy Bill Nation)
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Pensive Moment
Ernie Lamson listens intently to the speakers as the ceremony winds down. (Note the 508 Red Devils watch!)
(courtesy Bill Nation) |
 Lt. Gen. W. F. Ulmer, Jr.
told the 508th vets he had been to Blanding before them. His father, Capt. Ulmer, had been garrisoned at Camp Blanding when Ulmer was a youth and he remembered the camp well although, he said, "it has changed a lot since then."
(Read more about Gen. Ulmer)
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 Ken 'Rock' Merritt
President of the 508th Association welcomed his comrades and recalled the days when many of them had been trained at Blanding.
His comments regarding what it felt like to be a "lowly, lonely Private" brought gales of laughter. Rock survived basic training, jump school and the war. He served 30 years in the Army and retired as a
Command Sergeant Major.
Read
Paraglide article
(courtesy Bill Nation) |
 LTC Ted Mauzey
Deputy Commander of the Camp Blanding Joint Training Center welcomed the 508th and their families to the camp. |
 Roland Hall
President of the Camp Blanding Museum and Historical Association assured the veterans that their unit artifacts would be well cared for |
