Help Us Welcome Home the 173rd, 2-503 (INF) Airborne Back to Italy in American Style

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Thank you so much for always keeping us up to date on all of the good these great soldiers do. Thank you also for the address to send funds to. These men deserve the grandest welcome home!!!
Thanks for keeping us posted.. i'll take you up on your suggestion and see what I can do. I'll definitely send something from me! I also have some donated items that they could use for the event such as coffee.. i'll send an email to the contact and ask.

PAY PAL link is working until at least May 21st. :) THANKS TO ALL WHO'VE SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT :) GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU.

I just found out about your site.
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This world would be a better place to have more individuals like Matt, your son. To be selfless and honorable, it is no wonder that everyone was touched by his friendship. Today's youth need a model like to Matt to follow and look up to as they find their way in life. To give ones life for a cause that they love and want to protect. America is so lucky to have men like your son. They allow us to sleep soundly in our beds here in America as they fight for our continuous freedoms. In addition, to help build up a country that is not even theirs.

Dear J. Winn,

Thank you so much for your kind words. We so appreciate your families contributions to our freedoms as well! I am thankful that Matt had the honor of serving under your son, also Matt's very close friend and brother. We are anxious to meet him in October along with so many other brave warrior hero's.

Take care and enjoy little Summer when you go care for her soon!! And Give your son a BIG OL HUG from Matt's Mom and Dad

Cheryl B.

God bless the families and friends here who have lost Paratroopers.

Our Chapter is donating to the 173rd's homecoming and we will be urging our members to support it by purchasing T-Shirts.
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Our Chapter is doing this to support the 173rd Airborne; and to remember and honor 173rd Sgt. Josh Brennan, McFarland, Wisconsin who was KIA in Afghanistan while fighting for his 173rd Brothers last year.

God bless the Airborne. God bless all.

ATW,

Tom Laney, Editor
Badger Airborne News
Badger State Chapter
82nd Airborne Division Association
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AMAZING!!!! How wonderful for our Airborne Family to be there and support regardless of Brigade numbers or divisions :)

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! You are amazing people!

Tom,

Our sincerest appreciation to you and your members for supporting this. We couldn't do this without the support of Americans like you and those in your organization. We want these paratroopers to know that AMERICA welcomes them back from this horrendous deployment - and they WILL know that!

Thank you T.

We want the 173rd guys to know that we understand and appreciate the bond that exists between Paratroopers as Maggie Megellas always points up. We can have some fun with the different units but there are, unfortunately, not many Paratrooper outfits left and we respect the 173rd Airborne as Brothers and part of the best: AIRBORNE!

Tom

Dear Terry

Dear Terry & Cheryl- Greetings from Alaska. I would like to commend you for this noble effort and to extend my condolences for your loss.

In 1967-68 I was a Signal Corp 1LT stationed in Bien Hoa & Long Binh,RVN. My Company area was right next to the 173rd ABN Bde. As I was jump qualified I was welcomed into their O Club. Made a lot of good friends there and got to know that theirs was a hard row to hoe. In late January of '68 I was attached to the 1st Bde of the 101 st ABN Div for commo support in the field. We were going into the mountaintop of Nui Ba Ra near Song Be when we were shot down in the Chinook I was in. Dustoff came in and picked up those of us who were wounded and took us back to the 93rd EVAC Hospital in Long Binh. The ward I was in consisted of nothing but 173rd, 101st and Aussie wounded. The night before Tet, around 2330 hrs all hell broke loose. The VC were in the wire not 100 meters from where we were at. The nurses worked frantically getting everyone under their beds and covered with mattresses. They did this with no regard for their safety. God bless these brave souls. There we were with nothing but our IV's and nighties for protection. Somehow that frightening night passed with no one getting further injured. Thoughout my life I have felt a special bonding with those men who quietly endured that frightful night, even though I didn't know a single one of them. The 173rd has had a special place in my heart since then.

Good luck in this endeavor. As I couldn't find a Paypal link I mailed out my donation today. God bless America.

Yours truly, Harvey

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