the national museum of the u.s. army fort belvoir, va...newsletter editors: jerry petersen &...

Mar 2021 www.1sba.wildapricot.org Volume 21, Issue 2

Newsletter editors: Jerry Petersen & Eddie Fulwood 1

The National Museum of the U.S. Army

Fort Belvoir, VA

The 2021 Reunion will take place from September 15, 2021 thru September

19, 2021 in Crystal City, VA. The reunion hotel is The Double Tree by Hilton, Crystal

City, VA.

Only active members and their guests may sign up for the reunion. If you are

not a member of the 1st Signal Brigade Association, or if your membership has

lapsed, please join the association, or renew your membership before you register

or book a hotel room at the Double Tree. Registration, hotel, fees, tours, and

additional details can be found on our website:

www.1sba.wildapricot.org

http://www.1sba.wildapricot.org/



Schedule of Activities

Wednesday, 15 September 2021 1200-2300: Hospitality Suite Open (w/1SBA Store) – open at the DoubleTree Hotel Commonwealth Room. 1500-1900: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, Pick up Name Badges and Reunion Packets. Welcome photo taken. Late Registration will be available for Reunion ONLY, including the Banquet.

Thursday, 16 September 2021 0900-2300: Hospitality Suite Open (w/1SBA Store) – open at the DoubleTree Hotel Commonwealth Room. 1000-1100: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, Pick up Name Badges and Reunion Packets. Welcome photo taken. Late Registration will be available for Reunion ONLY, including the Banquet. 1100-1445: Spirit of Washington Lunch Cruise - Enjoy a 2-hour lunch cruise with live entertainment, narration, and a bountiful lunch buffet, onboard the Spirit of Washington. Round trip bus transportation from the hotel is included. 1500-1700: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, Pick up Name Badges and Reunion Packets. Welcome photo taken. Late Registration will be available for Reunion ONLY, including the Banquet.

Friday, 17 September 2021 0800-0900: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, Pick up Name Badges and Reunion Packets. Welcome photo taken. Late Registration will be available for Reunion ONLY, including the Banquet. 1000: (Optional) Bus to Museum (prepaid). 1030-1530: National Museum of the U.S. Army – Visit the museum and browse the artifacts from the American Revolution to the present, including the 1SB plaque. 1530: (Optional) Bus to hotel (prepaid).



1630 to 1800: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, Pick up Name Badges and Reunion Packets. Welcome photo taken. Late Registration will be available for Reunion ONLY, including the Banquet. 1700-2300: Hospitality Suite Open (w/1SBA Store) – open at the DoubleTree Hotel Commonwealth Room. 1800-2130: (Optional) Unit Dinner (prepaid). Dinners will be in the hotel with room locations to be determined.

Saturday, 18 September 2021 0800-1000: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, pick up name badges and reunion packets. Welcome photo taken. Late registration will be available for Reunion ONLY, including the Banquet. 0830-1030: Business Meeting – Washington Ballroom in the DoubleTree Hotel. Speakers at the Business Meeting will be determined later. 0900-1700: Hospitality Suite Open (w/1SBA Store) – open at the DoubleTree Hotel Commonwealth Room. 1100-1630: City Tour and Vietnam Wall – Narrated bus tour of D.C. with a stop at the Vietnam Memorial. 1230-1400: Arlington Cemetery – Visit to Arlington and a stop at the Vietnam Memorial. 1730-1930: Reunion Registration Desk Open – Check‐in, pick up name badges. Welcome photo taken. Late registration will be available for the Banquet. 1800-1830: Group Photos at the DoubleTree (location and photographer to be determined). 1830-1930: Social Hour - DoubleTree Hotel (room TBD). 1930-2200: Brigade Dinner - DoubleTree Crystal Ballroom. (business casual [collared shirt and slacks for men], coat and tie, or the military uniform). The bars are “cash and carry”, and the meals are plated dinners. Featured speaker is LTG Schultz. 2200-2300: Hospitality Suite –at the DoubleTree Hotel Commonwealth Room.



Sunday, 19 September 2021 0900-1200: Hospitality Suite at the DoubleTree Hotel Commonwealth Room. 1100: End of the Reunion. Recently, two of your board members visited the Army Museum and provided these pictures.

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to correct the address and re-mail it. This is usually done by sending you an Email, if possible. If your physical or Email address changes, PLEASE

update that information on your association profile.



Table of Contents

1. 2020 Reunion – pages 1 - 4

2. Association Purpose, Goals & Charities –

page 5

3. Chairman’s Comments – page 6

4. Board Meeting Summary – pages 6 - 7

5. Pictures Wanted – page 8

6. New & Passed Members – page 8

7. News from 1SB Korea – page 9

8. 2018 Reunion – page 10

9. Vietnam Casualty Facts – pages 11 - 14

10. Jagged Sword, Spring 1971 excerpts - pages

15 - 19

11. 1st Sig Bde Website Store – page 20

12. Vietnam Poetry – page 21

13. Application for Association Membership –

pages 23 - 24

The 1st Signal Brigade Association membership

is open to all those that have served, or are serving

with the unit, including family associate members.

Originally this service was primarily in Vietnam and

Thailand and is now headquartered in South Korea.

All those meeting these requirements are

encouraged to join. A membership application is

attached at the end of this newsletter, or you may

join on our website at:

https://1sba.wildapricot.org/Apply.

A list of board members, history and events are

readily available on the association website, which

includes the most up-to-date information about

association activities.

Purposes and Goals

- Promote continued comradeship among the

past and present members.

- Preserve historical heritage.

- Promote and establish activities that enhance

the US Army Signal Corps.

- Provide contributions, grants, and scholarships

to further these purposes.

- Administer funds and property for these

purposes.

1st Signal Brigade Association

Charitable Donations

As is customary at our reunions, the 1st Signal

Brigade Association announces donations to

charitable organizations supported by the Army’s

Signal Corps family and those that support our

soldiers. Since 2010, the 1st Signal Brigade

Association has contributed over $13,500 to

various charitable organizations. At the 2018

Reunion in San Antonio, TX, the Association

approved charitable donations to the Fisher House

at Fort Gordon, Georgia ($2,000) and the Army

Historical Foundation for a Tribute Plaque ($5000)

at the Museum of the U.S. Army. Recently

approved was an annual contribution to the 1st

Signal Brigade in Korea to support the educational

and historical aspects of the Brigade’s Signal Week,

Signal Ball ($1500), and the National Museum and

WWI Memorial ($250).



From the Association Chairman

Distinguished Colleagues,

I am happy to report that your association

reunion committee has finalized almost all the

details for our 2021 reunion. Registration is now

open on our website for the reunion, hotel and an

assortment of tours that are certain to be

entertaining as you renew acquaintances from our

time serving together.

We have intentionally spotlighted the new

Museum of the Army located just outside Ft.

Belvoir, Virginia for our main Friday tour. I have

made this visit on several occasions and find the

museum extremely interesting with something for

everyone. Additionally, there is the Spirit of

Washington cruise on the Potomac river on

Thursday, the Vietnam Memorial Wall, and

Arlington Cemetery on Saturday. Should you have

interest elsewhere, our hotel is located a subway

ride away from the many historical and unique

sites of the Washington DC area.

Besides the tours, our seemingly most

popular event is the informal get togethers at the

hospitality suite where many stories are

exchanged, and long past relationships renewed.

On Saturday morning we have our annual members

business meeting. Attending this gives insight and

input into how your board conducts and operates

the association. Our banquet on Saturday evening

is the culminating semi-formal Army ceremonial

event we hope all will attend.

We hope the pandemic may have played

itself out by this reunion, as it looks as if most of us

will have be vaccinated and perhaps it might be a

reunion as in the past. If not, we all tuned into

wearing masks, social distancing and the like so are

fully capable of enjoying ourselves under these

minor constraints.

If you can, recruit another unit member to

attend or bring a friend.

Pete Kind

Pro patria vigilans

Board Meeting Summary – 20

February 2021

- Membership Report: 601 members with 461

active. Overdue members are increasing.

Efforts are in-process to recruit active-duty

members in Korea.

- Web Report: Reunion sign-up web page is

finalized for both registration and hotel, with

an added feature of members able to view who

else has registered. 40 membership cards

were mailed during November thru January.

Photos were received from 2 members. The

January 2021 newsletter link was mailed to

members.

- Sales Report: Sales are slow with no reason to

buy more stock at this time. New tee shirts are

on hold but should be available for the reunion.

- Admin Report: 1 question about on-line access

to purchasing ball caps. One membership card

was corrected.



- Association Chapters: No discussion.

- Directors and Officers: No discussion

conducted.

- 2021 Reunion:

o 2021 reunion registration, hotel and

tours are finalized with on-line access at

the association web site.

o Still some minor issues with the hotel

regarding breakfast and parking.

o Schedule of activities is generally

finalized.

- New Business; No discussion conducted.

- Next Meetings; 8 May, 17 Jul, 18 Sep (at the

reunion), 13 Nov.



The 1st Signal Brigade is seeking all photos related to the unit and its activities. Contact the webmaster at

[email protected] to add your photos to the unit archives.

New Members and Taps

Eric Albert, Yongsan, Korea, 2006‐2008, 2013‐2017, 2019‐present

Carl Cannon, 1st Signal Brigade, XO, Youngsan, Korea

Jerry Hazlett, 1st Signal. Brigade, Saigon

Gary Nolder, 362nd Sig Co, Cam Ranh Bay, Nov ’69 – Mar ‘72

Timothy Rhoton, 69th Sig Bn, Camp Gaylor, MACV; 1968‐1969

Taps

No members were reported for this newsletter.

mailto:[email protected]



1st Signal Brigade – Korea – Welcome Letter

Welcome to the 1st Signal Brigade and the Republic of Korea. Whether this is your first

time on the peninsula or a return assignment, you can look forward to a rewarding tour of duty

in the “Land of the Morning Calm.”

You are joining a proud line of military professionals who helped the Republic of Korea

become a booming world economic power and one of our strongest allies. You are a part of

our Good Neighbor Program and the way you interact with our Korean friends makes a real

difference in the strength of our Alliance.

Every Soldier, civilian, contractor and family member stationed in Korea represents the

United States. Treat our Korean friends as you would want to be treated. Korea is an ancient

nation with a rich 5,000‐year history.

The people of the Republic of Korea have developed this nation into a vibrant economy

that competes in the international arena with the 15th largest Gross Domestic Product in the

world, and the largest ship building facility found anywhere.



2018 Reunion – San Antonio, TX

5 – 9 September 2018 – 193 in Attendance

Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205

For the names of all in the picture ‐ http://1stsba.org/Brigade_reunion2018_GroupPhoto/

http://1stsba.org/Brigade_reunion2018_GroupPhoto/



Some Interesting Vietnam facts compiled by member Dave Wilson



Members memoirs will return in later issues.

We are featuring articles from the “Jagged Sword.” Spring 1971. This was

the official newsletter for the brigade.

Following is the sixth and seventh articles “Buddism in Vietnam” and

“Going to Class in ‘Nam” from this issue. Should you have any other

issues of this publication or anything like it, please send them to the

webmaster at our website.



Website Store Ball Caps ‐ $15

Bumper Sticker ‐ $2 Challenge Coins ‐ $18

Tee Shirts ‐ $26

1st Sig Bde Medical Grade N90 and N95 masks are available at https://www.pm13tactical.com



Vietnam Poetry from member

Jerry Brooks

For You

When you come home

from war

nothing you can say or do

you just hope and pray

people will understand you

I have been away

for quite some time

find it very difficult

to say what is on my mind

They took away my

legs but not my heart

now I’m back home and

a new life I must start

Please do not feel sorry

for me and think what

he might be going through

Please remember I did

this for my country and

I did this for you

One Cup of Coffee per Month

What is the annual cost of

membership to the Association? That

would be the same as the cost of

twelve cups of coffee. The monthly

cost of $1.25 for each cup of coffee

equates to $15.00 for the year.

One Cup of Coffee per Month

Don’t you think that being a member of our

growing Association is worth the cost of a

one cup of coffee each month?

Membership Application Page 1

Application for Membership

*Regular Membership shall be open to any person who was or is currently assigned to the U.S. Army 1st

Signal Brigade. See Bylaws on-line at https://1sba.wildapricot.org/ for veterans who are also eligible for

Regular Membership.

Associate Membership shall be open to the surviving spouse or child of any person who would have been

eligible for Regular Membership and such other persons with some connection to the 1st Signal Brigade

as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Life Membership shall be open to any person eligible for Regular or Associate Membership, who pays

such one-time dues as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Please select a membership level (based on above descriptions)

*Regular - 1 year - $15.00

*Regular - 2 years - $25.00

*Regular - 3 years - $35.00

Life - $250.00 (see above)

Associate - 1 year - $10.00

Associate - 2 years - $17.00

Associate - 3 years - $25.00

*First Name ___________________ Middle Initial ____ *Last Name ____________________________

Nickname ____________________

Spouse’s First Name _____________________ Spouse’s Last Name ____________________________

*Email Address_______________________________________________________________________

*Phone Number(s) (home) ___________________________ (cell) _____________________________

*Address ____________________________________________________________________________

*City __________________________________ *State _____________ *Postal Code ______________

*Military Status (Select one):

Active Duty Active Reserves Retired

Discharged Civilian

*Military Unit ________________________________________________________________________

Please indicate the unit you were or are with, e.g. 459th Sig Bn, 41st Sig Bn Korea, etc.

*MOS _____________________________________ *Years __________________________________

*Assigned Grade _____________________________ *Last Grade ______________________________

*-Required field

Membership Application Page 2

Select the past reunions or events attended (if any):

1995 Reunion in Washington D.C.

(prior to Assn. Inc.)

2000 Reunion in Crystal City, VA

(prior to Assn. Inc.)

2004 Reunion in Rosslyn, VA

2006 Reunion in Crystal City, VA

2007 at “The Wall” in Washington D.C.

2008 Reunion in Augusta/Fort Gordon, GA

2010 Reunion in Tucson, AZ

2012 Reunion in Colorado Springs, CO

2013 Vietnam and Korea Trip

2014 Reunion in Colonial Williamsburg, VA

2016 Reunion in Branson, MO

2018 Reunion in San Antonio, TX

Comments:

Please mail this form and a check or money order in the amount of your membership level (see above) to:


PO Box 562

Aberdeen, SD 57402

Allow 4-6 weeks for processing

Thanks, and Welcome,

Board of Directors


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