The 58th annual reunion of the 761st Tank Battalion and Allied Veterans Association was held in Killeen, Texas from Thursday August 17th, until Sunday August 20th at the Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. The Association held its 48th annual reunion here almost 10 years ago, to the day, in August 1996. Lt. Col. Wilbert Byrd […]
The 57th Annual Reunion was held August 18 -21, 2005, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana (note, eight days after the Reunion ended, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana.)
The 56th Annual Reunion of the 761st Tank Battalion and Allied Veterans Association was held in Washington D.C.from Thursday, August 26th, to Sunday, August 29th, 2004, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Old Town Alexandria. Photos from the 2004 Reunion are available in the Gallery (thanks to Floyd Dade and his daughter Shelli Hill.)
1972 Reunion,Chicago 1-3 September 1989 Reunion,Hilton Head, S.C. 1989Reunion (Hilton Head, S.C.)photo courtesy of AaronDotson, COL, USA Ret
Thirteenth Reunion, 1-3 September 1961 Chicago IL Material provided by daughter Irmgard M. Cooper
1951 ReunionThird Reunion, 24-26 August 1951 Detroit MI 1954 ReunionSixth Reunion, 1954 Chicago IL 1958 ReunionTenth Reunion, 29-30 August 1958 Detroit MI Material provided by daughter Irmgard M. Cooper
Come Out Fighting: The Epic Tale of the 761st Tank Battalion First published in 1945, it gives an account of experiences of the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II. The 761st was the first African American tank battalion of the U.S. Armed Services. The author of the book, Trezzvant W. Anderson was a war […]
Edgar James Hammock was born May 5, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Charles and Mamie Hammock. Ed was one of seven children. He grew up in a house at 630 Panama Street and attended Philadelphia public schools. Ed was drafted into the United States Army in August of 1943 and served in the […]
Master/Sgt (Ret) Jonathan B. Hall, 88, of 4529 Ottawa Street, Columbus, died on Monday, August 2, 2010 at Columbus Hospice House. Graveside services will be conducted on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 10:00 AM in Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, GA with a Military Chaplin officiating according to the Charles E. Huff's International Funeral Home. […]