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314th INFANTRY REGIMENT and

79th RECONNAISSANCE TROOP

79th Infantry Division, World War II

63rd ANNUAL REUNION

September 24 - 27, 2009 -- Daytona Beach, Florida

Our next reunion (the 63rd Annual Reunion) will be held from September 24 - 27, 2009, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The reunion will take place at the Plaza Ocean Club Hotel, 640 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach, Florida 32118, toll-free: (800) 806-3859; tel.: (386) 239-9800. Daytona Beach can be reached by air through the Daytona Beach International Airport and, by car, via I-95 and I-4. The hotel is about six miles from the airport. The reach the hotel from the airport, drive east on US-92 to the Atlantic Ocean and then north on FL-1A for about one mile. When you book your reservation, be sure to tell the hotel that you are attending our Reunion, so that you will get our special rates. For further infomration, please contact Eric Gill, 2009 Reunion Chairperson, 4393 Ridgewood Avenue, Suite 1, Port Orange, FL 32127, tel.: (386) 788-1776 (office) or (386) 547-1488 (cell).

The reunion will include all soldiers (and their families and survivors) who served in the 314th Infantry Regiment or the 79th Reconnaissance Troop or who supported those units of the 79th Infantry Division during World War II (Dec. 1941 through VE Day 1945). Soldiers (and their families and survivors) of any other units of the 79th Infantry Division who served in World War II, all present members of the 314th Infantry Regiment and all other members of the Association are welcome. Please make plans to attend. To obtain an application to join the 314th Infantry Association, click here.

Our 2008 (62nd Annual) Reunion took place in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. We express our thanks to Mike and Caryn Neff and Joe Campbell, Reunion Co-Chairpersons, whose efforts made the reunion special and a complete success.

My wife, Thais, passed away on March 19, 2006. In 2005, we survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita together. We were both confident that New Orleans will in due time be restored and I remain confident that it will. She shared my view that, if you came to the 1999 New Orleans reunion, you now know what it means to say, laissez les bon temps roulez ("let the good times roll"). When you come back to N'Awlins, please let me know; I would be happy to see you. I would also like to hear from you even if you do not make it back to our home town.

You can learn about the history of the 314th Infantry Regiment, and the 79th Infantry Division and its other units, by clicking the highlighted words on this page.

J.J. Witmeyer Jr.
Director, Secretary and
1999 Reunion Chairman
314th Infantry Association World War II, Inc.
139 Imperial Woods Drive
Harahan, LA 70123
Phone/Fax: 504-737-6729
E-mail: jjwjr@bellsouth.net

I look forward to seeing you again in N'Awlins. -- Thais and J.J. Witmeyer, Then and Until Recently

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We have received a number of inquiries about locating the burial sites of deceased veterans in Europe and information about military funerals. A compilation of useful websites on those issues has been located at this link. Information about the US military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services who served during the 20th century is available at the web site of the National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records.

The US Army Has Reactivated the 314th Infantry Regiment, Now Deployed in Iraq.

We have been advised that the US Army has reactivated the 314th Infantry Regiment and its First, Second and Third Battalions as cadre training units. All have reployed to Iraq. The activation of the Regiment and its three battalions followed the earlier activation, on October 17, 1999, of the 1st Bn, 314th Inf at Fort Drum, NY. Administrative headquarters of the 314th Infantry Regiment in the US remains at Fort Drum, located in northern New York, near Watertown, NY about a 70 minute drive up I-81 from Syracuse, NY.

Music to remember by:

In the background, "The Army Goes Rolling Along," the Official Song of the U.S. Army.

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now so that the music will play automatically. To stop the The Army Goes Rolling Along music, press the button above with the "square" in the center.

For additional GI music from World War II:

press this icon to hear Maria Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich, the German-born actress and singer who became an American citizen and rode with General George S. Patton to USO shows in the ETO, sing the WW II version of the added American stanza of Lili Marlene (NOTE: depending upon the speed of your modem, your browser and your plug-ins, this song can take up to three minutes before it starts. Please make certain that you have stopped any other music before you start another one.)

to hear the music of Lili Marlene without the lyrics, start this player. (NOTE: To start this player, press the right arrow button below after The Army Goes Rolling Along stops or stop that music first by pressing the "Crescendo" player button above with the "square" in it.)

Click the song name at the end of this sentence to read the full text of Lili Marlene.

Click here for links to other associations of World War II division veterans.

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