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2008
Dues - January through December - are now payable
The
2008 Reunion will be in conjunction with the 5th Division over
Labor Day weekend in the Washington DC area.
SOCIETY
OF THE FIFTH DIVISION &
STEEL TIGERS: 77th ARMOR ASSOCIATION
AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
SHERATON NATIONAL HOTEL (ARLINGTON, VA)
Register online
at www.armedforcesreunions.com/5inf
or download
the mail-in registration form.
Download
the Sheraton Hotel Registration form here.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
1:00pm - 7:00pm Reunion Registration Open
1:00pm - 3:30pm Pentagon Tour hosted by 77th Armor Association
but open to all. See registration desk for details.
1:00pm - 12:00am Hospitality Room Open
8:00pm Society Executive Board Meeting
Evening and Dinner on your own. The hotel shuttle provides transportation
to Pentagon City Mall and the Metro. Please see the bell desk
for schedule
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
Breakfast, included for hotel guests
7:30am - 8:30am Reunion Registration Open
8:30am - 3:00pm MEMORIALS TOUR & MEMORIAL SERVICE (description
follows)
3:30pm - 6:00pm Reunion Registration Continues Additional hours
will be posted at the reunion, if necessary.
4:00pm - 5:30pm Steel Tigers Executive Committee Meeting
4:00pm - 12:00am Hospitality Room open. Silent Auction bidding.
6:30pm - 10:30pm CAPITOL STEPS (description follows)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
Breakfast, included for hotel guests
8:30am - 9:45am Society Executive Committee Meeting
9:00am - 2:30pm Hospitality Room open. Women only before noon
9:00am - 2:30pm MOUNT VERNON TOUR (description follows)
10:00am - 12:00pm General Session Business Meeting
Lunch on your own. Free afternoon to explore on your own
1:00pm - 2:00pm Steel Tigers Membership Meeting
7:00pm - 11:00pm Dinner Buffet, with pre-dinner music by the US
Army Band and guest speaker Ronald E. Neumann, Ambassador to Afghanistan
(retired)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31
Breakfast, included for hotel guests
7:00am - 8:30am Past President’s and wives breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Chapel Service
9:30am - 10:15am Society General Membership Meeting
10:30am - 4:00pm STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER (description follows)
6:00pm - Cash Bar and social hour
7:00pm - 10:00pm Banquet Dinner, entertainment, installation of
officers, guest speaker, and dancing.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Breakfast, included for hotel guests
Farewells and departures.
Register online at www.armedforcesreunions.com/5inf
or download
the mail-in registration form.
SOCIETY
OF THE FIFTH DIVISION
TOUR DESCRIPTIONS
MEMORIALS TOUR
Friday, August 29
Begin today’s tour at Arlington National Cemetery, where
we will board Park Service Trams and proceed to the Tomb of the
Unknowns for the changing of the guard and laying of a memorial
wreath. Then continue on the tram tour of the Cemetery, to see
Arlington House, home of General and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, and the
gravesites of President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy and his brother
Robert, lit by the eternal flame. After leaving Arlington enjoy
lunch on your own and free time at the Ronald Reagan Building
food court. After lunch we’ll head for the WWII Memorial,
the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during
World War II. The Memorial, which was established by the American
Battle Monuments Commission, honors all military veterans of the
war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large, and
high moral purpose and idealism that motivated the nation’s
call to arms. We’ll have a brief service and wreath laying
here before heading to the Vietnam Wall. This imposing granite
structure lists the names of all service members who lost their
lives in that conflict. Here the group will place another wreath
in memory of fallen comrades.
8:30am board bus, 3:00pm back at the hotel $25/Person includes
bus, escort, and admission. Lunch on your own.
CAPITOL STEPS
Friday August 29
The only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the
Congress, Capitol Steps is a troupe of current and former Congressional
staffers who satirize the very people and places that once employed
them. They monitor events and personalities on Capitol Hill, in
the Oval Office and other centers of power, taking a humorous
look at serious issues and providing laughs for millions. Capitol
Steps has become a Washington, DC institution for providing a
tasteful blend of musical and political comedy.
6:30 pm board bus, 10:30 pm back at the hotel
$62/Person includes bus, escort, and show
MOUNT VERNON TOUR
Saturday, August 30
Board bus for a walking tour of Mount Vernon, the Georgian-style
mansion and estate of our first president, George Washington.
Fourteen rooms of the house are open to the public. The spectacular
view from Mount Vernon’s portico presents a panorama of
lush green lawns extending to the Potomac River. Forty acres of
manicured grounds, including Washington’s Tomb, pleasure
gardens,
and restored dependencies are available for visitors to enjoy.
Enjoy lunch on your own at the Mount Vernon food court at your
leisure.
9:00am bus, 2:30pm back at hotel
$48/Person includes bus, guide, and admission
STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER
Sunday, August 31
This museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution’s National
Air and Space Museum, is dedicated to the preservation and display
of its collection of historic aviation and space artifacts. Located
at Washington International Dulles Airport, the facility has large
aviation and space exhibit hangars. The museum currently has over
eighty aircraft and dozens of space artifacts on display including
the Space Shuttle “Enterprise,” an SR-71 Blackbird,
the Dash 80 prototype of the Boeing 707, and the B-29 Superfortress
“Enola Gay.” Lunch options include a food-court style
McDonald’s and coffee place. You may tour the exhibits at
your own pace, but there is a lot of walking, so please wear comfortable
shoes.
10:30am board bus, 4:00pm back at the hotel
$32/Person includes bus and escort. Lunch on your own.
Driver and guide gratuities are not included in the tour prices.
Please plan to be at the bus boarding area at least five minutes
prior to the scheduled time.
All tours require a minimum of thirty people, unless otherwise
stated
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY FOR ARMED FORCES REUNIONS,
INC.
For attendees canceling reunion activities prior to the cut-off
date, Armed Forces Reunions, Inc. (AFR) shall process a full refund
less the nonrefundable AFR registration fee ($9 per person). Attendees
canceling reunion activities after the cut-off date will be refunded
to the fullest extent that AFR’s vendor commitments and
guarantees will allow, less the non-refundable AFR registration
fee. Cancellations will only be taken Monday through Friday from
9:00am until 5:00pm Eastern Standard Time, excluding holidays.
Please call (757) 625-6401 to cancel reunion activities and obtain
a cancellation code. Refunds processed 4-6 weeks after reunion.
Canceling your hotel reservation does not cancel your reunion
activities.
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Here for Pictures and Highlights from the 2007 Reunion!
The "Steel Tigers
77th Armor Association" was formed at our first reunion, which was
held at Ft. Knox, KY, in the summer of 2000. Tom Rosser and Patricia "Peach"
Johnson were the one's responsible for bringing so many of our regiment
together after so many long years.
This web site is dedicated
to all of the valiant tankers from the 77th Armor Regiment who served
so willingly and bravely in WW11, Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia and Iraq.
Please check the tabs on the left side of this page to
view our guest book, newsletters, history, picture gallery or to contact
one of the officers, etc.

Group shot of the veterans
during our 2001 reunion
at The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, KY

COL Nickolas served as Commander from March to June
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2007
Reunion
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LTC Gallivan
will assume command of the First Battalion 77th Armor on June 24,
2008 at Fort Bliss Texas.
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