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and dedication of the reconstructed 1971 Alpha Company Monument. |
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Ray Wheelan dug the holes, aided by SPC John Hutson and PFC Michael Prewitt. |
| While a front-loader tractor had to be used in Crestline,
OH to place the monument on the platform and into a pickup, at Fort Campbell, the unloading and placment of the monument was accomplished by nine Able Company soldiers! |
| The monument replica is in the ground! |
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(R): CPT Justin Michel [A Co (CO), 1st BN] |
| (L-R): Active-duty soldier
PVT Virgil Johnson [HHC (S4), 1-506th),
Fred May (A/1-506th, 1970-1971), and Gary George (A/1-506th, 1970) dig holes for the five Honeymooner Holly shrubs used as a backdrop for the monument area, while Hoyt Bruce Moore, III (A/1-506th, 1970-1971), prepares the monument for the final coat of sealer and metal work to be installed on the face of the monument. |
| Active-duty soldiers SPC Daniel Bray (HHC,
1-506th) and SSG Jason Pinckney (C Co, 1-506th) help Fred May spread marble chips, which were used to simulate the white beach sand around the base of the original monument in Vietnam. Not pictured, active-duty soldier PFC Joe Rhodes (1-506th), who also helped with installation tasks. |
| Drilling the first hole for the CIB on top of the monument |
| Putting glue into the hole for the CIB |
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the CIB . . . the first piece of metal work on the replica monument. |
| Alpha Company veterans were given a 24-foot square
section in the 1-506th area for the monument, bronze plaque, garden benches, and landscaping, which included five Honeymooner Holly shrubs and, under two Cleveland Pear trees, solar-powered lights to illuminate the monument and bronze plaque. |
| Left garden bench |
| Right garden bench |
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without whose approval and assistance this project could not have been completed: COL Thomas Vail [HHC (RCT CO), 506th RCT]
-- for giving permission for the A/1-506th |
