Re: Brothers of the 84th Engineer Association -- 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

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Date Posted: 09:42:02 03/10/18 Sat
Author: don larson john fedder woody- heq.a co.84thebc
Subject: Re: Brothers of the 84th Engineer Association

>ents: Brothers of the 84th Engineer Association Viet
>Nam
>
>Paul Farley, Paul Bylin, Richard McCorrison, Klim
>Nessmith, Aaron Brown, Dan Toomey and Darcy Zahn have
>carried this association. The successful continuation
>of the Association depends on involvement from its
>members. Elections will be coming in August and I urge
>each and every member to consider running for office
>and taking an active part in the Association. Most of
>the work has been done and only the daily business
>needs to be addressed. The Association belongs to all
>of the men of the 84th who served in Viet Nam. It is
>this lack of participation that disturbs me the most.
>I would hate to see the Association fall to the way
>side as so many Viet Nam Associations have in the
>past. Your interest and participation is vital for the
>growth of the Association. I realize we are all busy
>in our private lives. I have a son in the Navy and a
>daughter in medical school. My time is limited, but I
>believe in what our Association stands for. It is also
>a chance to create any change in the Association, if a
>new Board of Directors disagrees with the current
>Board of Directors. This is my personal opinion and
>does not reflect in any way the feelings or leadership
>of the current members of the Board of Directors. I am
>asking for each member to consider becoming involved
>in the Association and take an active part in its
>leadership. On a personnal note I have found it very
>rewrding when I am able to help a Viet Nam Vet find
>information in regarding his Army unit he served with
>in Viet Nam. Even if his unit is not the 84th. We are
>all brothers and all share a bond that will bind us
>together for a life time. We are not the Great
>Generation of our fathers but we are our Fathers
>Son's. We must carry on the bond of service. Please
>give serious thought to this request for service to
>your Associaton. It has been my honor to serve as the
>Historian for the Association. Any association grows
>with the input of new leadership and new ideas and new
>direction. I would welcome any comment regarding this
>posting and can be reached at jposs@dc.rr.com I ask
>each of you to remember the joy you had when you found
>the Association site and to renew that joy and become
>a part of the association leadership.
>Thank You
>JD Poss
>Historian 84th Viet Nam Association

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