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Would You Like to
Learn Who is
Already
Registered For the
2018 Reunion?
Now what
are you waiting
for? Don't you
want to join
these fine
Cannon Kings and
their spouses in
Branson? Get
busy and reserve
a room at the
Branson Grand
Plaza Hotel -
You can cancel
at no cost up to
24 hours before
your scheduled
arrival date.
Once you have
reserved your
room complete
and mail the
registration
with your
registration
check. You
won't be sorry!
Join Us For
the 2018 Reunion
We will meet
in Branson, Mo on
the evening of
Tuesday, August 28,
2018 for an
unofficial get
together in the
hotel bar. The
official
Registration and
Welcome Reception,
including a cash bar
and hors d'oeuvres
later that
afternoon, will
start at 12:00 Noon
on Wednesday, August
29 in one of the
hotel meeting rooms.
We will hold a
dinner/banquet the
evening of Thursday,
August 30, 2018.
If the above link
does not take you to
a new Reunion
Information webpage
please
Click Here
to Download a
Registration Packet
as a PDF.
If you still
have trouble in
loading either of
the above links
please
send
an email
Don't
hesitate - Make your
reservations now!
We hope to set a
reunon attendance
record for the 2018
Reunion. To do
that we need you to
attend! Get
busy now - Do it
now! We look
forward to seeing
you in Branson in
August 2018!
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There's New Content
on the Website
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Cannon King
Restores Vietnam
Era Jeep
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Remember this
vehicle from your Army
Service? Dennis Weehunt,
former Service Battery
Cannon King, sure does! He
just renovated this one.
Why? Wait until you see the
finished work and learn why
he did it..
Click Here to See
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From its
beginning in
2002
QuanLoiDotOrg
has served not
only those who
were in the
6/27th
Artillery, but
also anyone who
served at
Quan
Loi, Vietnam.
Quan Loi was a
unique place.
Located in the
middle of a
French rubber
plantation with
the airstrip
used as a golf
course for
French
plantation
managers, it
also included an
Olympic-size
swimming pool
and several
lighted tennis
courts as well as
a club house for
the plantation
managers to
fly-in with
their families
and unwind at
those
facilities.
We have always
welcomed photos,
stories or
memories from
anyone who
served at Quan
Loi. We
recently
received three
short memories
from Jack Curry
who served with
Graves
Registration,
1st Infantry
Division, at
Quan Loi from
January to March
1968. Jack has
become an
"honorary"
Cannon King when
he and his wife,
Jane, attended
the 2016 Branson
Reunion of the
6/27th Artillery
Vietnam. Jack
gives us three
unique memories
of Quan Loi and
we thank him for
them as well as
the duty he
performed in
Quan Loi.
Click Here to
read Jack's
memories.
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Five Myths
About VA Health Care
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The VA
has been in the
news lately with
the recent
firing and the
ill-considered
appointment of a
new Director.
Unless you have
been asleep for
the last several
weeks you know
of the effort to
expand the
Choice Program
or the
suggestions to
completely
privatize
veteran's care.
Here is a good
article recently
published by the
Washington Post
for your
information and
consideration.
Click
Here to Read
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Have You Seen Any of
These Around Lately?
A 175 mm Gun
recently photographed by
Dennis Weehunt at Yuma
Proving Grounds in
Arizona. To see other
photos taken by Dennis
on his recent visit to
YPG -
Click Here.
If you know of
any other 175mm Guns or
8 inch SP Howitzers
around the country snap
a photo and
send it
to us.
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The Movie 'The
Post' is a War
Movie
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Steven Spielberg's 'The
Post' is available
on DVD and from NetFlix
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Steven
Spielberg's
movie, 'The
Post',
is in
Spielberg's own
words, "a war
movie". If you
have not had the
opportunity to
see it yet,
(it's newly out
on DVD and
available from
NetFlix), you
will find it
begins with a
combat scene
from the Vietnam
War.
The movie goes
on to tell the
story in 1971 of
the publishing
of the Pentagon
Papers, "officially
titled Report of
the Office of
the Secretary of
Defense Vietnam
Task Force, is a
United States
Department of
Defense history
of the United
States'
political and
military
involvement in
Vietnam from
1945 to 1967".
Commissioned
by then
Secretary of
Defense, Robert
McNamara, it
confirmed for
some that the
Government knew
that we were
losing the War
as early as
1967. No matter
your opinion of
the publishing
and what the
Papers contain
themselves, the
movie presents
an interesting
story in the
Spielberg
style. It could
lead you to
investigate the
papers and their
publication
further.
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