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REUNION PACKET UPDATE - MAY 2013
Time is running out…
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OPEARTION SIN CITY 50th Anniversary Reunion, Las Vegas, N.V.
26 – 29 August 2013 173d Airborne Brigade Assn.,
hosted by Chicago & Florida Chapters
www.2013Reunion.com
ALL SKY SOLDIERS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS In addition to all that Las Vegas offers; www.173rdairborne.com/2013/things.htm our Hotel is not only family affordable but family friendly- day care ( www.173rdairborne.com/2013/hotel-photos-play.html ) also with a 70 Lane Bowling Alley ( www.173rdairborne.com/2013/hotel-photos-Bowling.html ) and a 18 Movie century complex ( www.173rdairborne.com/2013/hotel-photos-movie18.html ).
Check it all out www.2013Reunion.com
The Orleans ***; 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 89103, 702-365-7111 Toll Free: 800-675-3267 - $29 a night + Tax and fees, Rate good for 25 to 29 August 2013
Reunion Contact: Jim Bradley 727-376-2576 after 4:30 pm EST (Please) [email protected] *** Photo I.D. needed to register at the Hotel. & no children in the Gambling areas
Plan today and see you in Vegas !
PRINT THIS FORM AND MAIL IT IN WITH YOUR CHECK TO THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW
OPERATION SIN CITY
50th Anniversary Reunion, Las Vegas, N.V.
26 – 29 August 2013
173d Airborne Brigade Assn.,
hosted by Chicago & Florida Chapters
www.2013Reunion.com
Name ____________________________________Phone_______________________________
Address_____________________________City__________________State_______Zip_______
Units served with the Brigade________________________________
Circle Shirt Size: S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4 XL . Guests:
Name:_____________________Relationship:_________Shirt Size: S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL
Name:_____________________Relationship:_________Shirt Size: S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL
Name:_____________________Relationship:_________Shirt Size: S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL
Registration Fees: ^^ (Before 25 July 2013) Registration Fees: (25 July 2013 or later)
_________ $ 150.00 per Member ___________ $ 165.00 on or after 25 July 2013
_________ $ 150.00 per Guest ___________ $ 165.00 on or after 25 July 2013
_________ $ 150.00 Gold Star Family member
_________ $ 100.00 per Vendor Table - 173d Vendors only *
_________ $ 75.00 Active duty Soldiers (NOT on Orders)
_________ FREE Active duty Soldiers (on orders; i.e.; Command, Color Guard)
_________ FREE GOLD STAR Luncheon -173d Gold Star Families **
_________ $ 25.00 Sky Soldier Adoption Program “ Have your meals on me
_________ $ 40.00 Hoover Dam Tour 1/2 day Tour, per person - 27th August 2013
_________ $ 73.00 South Rim Grand Canyon all day Tour, per person - 28th August 2013 _________ $ Total Cost
Sky Soldier Adoption Program: At this reunion we have active duty Sky Soldiers fly in from Italy (6,000 miles- one
way) and must pay the airfare, hotel, meals and reunion fees …costing then thousands of dollars. We try and offset
their cost by giving them a break on the registration cost. You can help out by purchasing a meal voucher so our
active Sky Soldiers traveling in from Europe will have reduced cost. Please contribute to our Sky Soldier Adoption
Program and let him/her their meals donated sponsored you!
Make Checks Payable to: 173dABA 2013 Reunion
Mail Checks to: 2013 Reunion, c/o 5640 Wellfield Road, New Port Richey, FL 34655
Hotel: The Orleans ***; 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas, Nevada 89103, 702-365-7111
Toll Free: 800-675-3267 ID Code A3SSC08 - $29 a night + Tax and fees,
Rate good for 25 to 29 August 2013 or go on line to www.orleanscasino.com/groups
Reunion Contact: Jim Bradley 727-376-2576 after 4:30 pm EST (Please)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^^ Refunds if notified prior to on by 25 July 2013, no refunds after 25 July 2013
* Only authorized 173d vendors may have a raffle, one per table in the vendors’ area only
** 173d Gold Star Families Members (KIA’s; Spouse, Parent, Siblings, Children)
*** Photo I.D. required to register at the Hotel. & no children in the Gambling areas
Things to Do !
Vegas Strip Top Attractions Attractions Off the Strip
Bally's Jubilee! All Access Backstage
Tour - $ 9 Bellagio -Fountains - Free -Gallery of Fine Art -Free -Conservatory - Free -Art by Cirque du Soleil - Free -The Tuscany Kitchen -? Caesars Palace -Fall of Atlantis/Aquarium -Free Circus Circus -Adventuredome -$27 All Below -4-D Special FX Theater $ 7 -Canyon Blaster % 7 -Chaos $ 7 -Disk 'O $ 7 -Inverter $ 7 -Motion Rides $ 7 -Rim Runner $ 7 -Sling Shot $ 7 -World's Largest Circus -Free CityCenter -Fine Art Collection -Free -Gallery at CityCenter -Free -Water features at Aria - Free
Flamingo -Wildlife Habitat - Free Imperial Palace -Auto Collections - $ 9 Luxor -Bodies..Exhibition - $32 -Titanic: Artifacts - $ 28 Mandalay Bay -Shark Reef $ 18 MGM Grand -CBS TV City Center -
Free -CSI: Experience - $ 30 -Lion Habitat - Free Mirage -Gardens & Dolphin $ 17 -Volcano - Free New York - New York -Roller Coaster NY-NY $
14 Paris -Eiffel Tower $ 10 Rio -Show in the Sky $ 13 Excalibur -Motion Rides $ 10
Showcase Mall -GameWorks $ 1 - $ 35 -M&M's World - Free Silverton -The Aquarium - Free Stratosphere -Big Shot - $ 13 -Insanity-The Ride $ 12 -SkyJump Las Vegas $
110 -Stratosphere Tower $ 16 -X Scream $ 12 Tropicana -LV Mob Experience $
40 Treasure Island -Sirens of TI - Free Venetian -Gondola $ 16 -Madame Tussauds LV $
18- $ 35 -Streetmosphere Shoppes
- Free Wynn Las Vegas -Penske Wynn Ferrari
Maserati $ 10 Also on the Strip -Vegas Indoor Skydiving
$ 75 -Welcome-Las Vegas
sign - Free Fashion Show Mall -Fashion shows - Free
Atomic Testing Museum $ 9 - $ 12 Combat Zone Paintball $ 20 all day
Dig This (Bull Dozier) $ 400 Ethel M Chocolate Factory Free
Fiesta Ice Arena $ 10 Fremont Street Experience -Free Gold & Silver Pawn Shop - Free
Las Vegas Natural Hx Museum - $ 10 Children's Discovery Museum $ 9
Marjorie Barrick Museum $ 5 Neon Museum and Boneyard $ 15
Nevada State Museum - Free Old Mormon Fort $ 15
Pinball Hall of Fame 25 Cents Pole Position Raceway $ 55
Race car rides $ 110 + Red Rock Climbing Center $ 15 +
Sky Combat Ace $ 329 + Springs Preserve $ 19
Sunset Stampede - Free Zero G (Airplane) $ 4,000
Zip Line at Fremont St. $15 Zoological - Botanical Park $ 9
Through The Eyes Jim, Thank you for taking the time to talk with me on Friday. I am excited and honored about the
possibility of the “through the eyes” exhibit being a part of the reunion in Vegas.
I was a member B Co 3/503rd 173d Airborne Brigade (SEP) until we were deployed to An Khe. I
went to the jungle school, given a blooper and ended up humping the mountains of the highlands. I was
promoted / demoted to an assistant gunner and then given the rock and roll monster. I early December I
was injured during a mortar attack and returned to Camp Radcliff. While recovering me spent most of my
time drawing sketches of the men and the war. My work was seen by an officer and I was offered a job as
a combat artist. My profile would not allow me to return to the field as an 11 bravo.
I was glad to be out of the fight but hated the politics and remps of the rear area. I began to feel
that I had abandoned my buddies and complained a lot to my NCOIC. He soon became sick of my
bitching. I came in one morning and was asked if I still wanted to return to the field. I found a camera on
my desk and was told I was promoted to combat photographer.
From December 67 to December 68 I traveled all over the Nam to all of the battalions and support
units recording the men, missions and stories of the war. I made over 50 combat assaults and encountered
the Vietnamese enemies as well as the bugs, agent orange, monsoon, rage, guilt and pretty much being a
loner.
On 2 September 1999 I created “through the eyes”, a non-profit Vietnam exhibit. The exhibit
started with one table of photographs and a few collected pieces of memorabilia. Since then I have taken
the exhibit to forty-nine states, Canada and Vietnam. I have been to over 320 venues from the 20th
anniversary of the Wall in DC to high schools in small town America. The exhibit now has 45 display
cases, 2000 photographs and 3000 pieces of memorabilia, equipment, uniforms, and weapons (non
function or replicas).
The exhibit is designed as a walk through display. It is family friendly with no blood and guts. It is
primarily focused on the 173rd and United States Army. This is because that is what I knew and did. The
exhibit has an educational program that is presented to the public and educational institutions from grade
school to university students. An oral presentation has been developed to share the humor, horror and
brotherhood of the war and coming home.
The exhibit also is supported by providing all that it needs. This includes tables / table cloths,
lighting, electrical, audio, visual, tents, display boxes and handouts. A complete indoor presentation
could be set up in an area about the same size. This would include our mini theater with 300
documentaries, movies, and interviews about Vietnam.
Our goal is to both present and explain the many aspects of Vietnam and the men and women
whom served. It has a magic that arrives with the veterans, families and guests. Before long you can hear
the conversation turn to statements like “I forgot about those”, “do you remember?”, “welcome home”.
The sounds of laughing, crying, and mini reunions fill the exhibit. Unconsciously these actions are joined
with the feeling of healing, closure and understanding that we were, and are not alone.
We find ourselves giving away many of the framed photographs to the veterans. More than you
can imagine, herd guys will find a picture of themselves, their buddies or their fire support base. The love
and looks on their faces when I take a framed and matted photograph off of the wall, hand it to them
saying welcome home is payment enough.
We sell nothing and do not charge any fees for the exhibit. We do put out a donation jar with a
sign that reads “your donations are the only funds for the upkeep, maintenance and continued travel for
the exhibit – thank you
I look forward to meeting you all in Vegas - Airborne John F Hosier
Save your seat on the “HERD” Grand Canyon Adventure Cost $73 per person
(Normally a trip like this cost $120-$220 a person) Name _______________________________________________________Phone___________________________ Address____________________________________________City__________________State_______Zip_______ Guests:
Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________ Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________ Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________ Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________
Total amount Inclosed $________________ Make Checks Payable to: 173dABA 2013 Reunion Mail Checks to: 2013 Reunion, c/o 5640 Wellfield Road, New Port Richey, FL 34655
THE HERD MOVES TO THE CANYON 28 AUGUST 2013
We also plan to have a private Tour to the Grand Canyon and a separate tour to the Hoover Dam (see below). This
will be a separate event with a separate registration and fee in order to get the great deal we were able to arrange.
You should register in advance so we can plan on the Number of Busses, as we must arrange in advance. The day
trip talks a full 14 hours with you having the opportunity to see and be at the Southern Rim (The most Beautiful
part) of the Grand Canyon. You will ride in a Luxury coach to and from and spend the day with your buddies and
friends. You will have lunch at the Bright Eagle Lodge and return back to The Orleans Hotel.
OTHER GREAT “EXTRA” EVENTS AT THE REUNION 27 Aug 2013 at Noon
One more Dam Tour
The Great Hoover Dam
Save your seat on the “HERD” Hoover Dam Adventure Cost $40 per person (Normally a trip like this cost $ 50 - $ 80 a person)
Name _______________________________________________________Phone___________________________ Address____________________________________________City__________________State_______Zip_______ Guests:
Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________ Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________ Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________ Name:___________________________________________ Relationship:_______________Cost ______________
Total amount Inclosed $________________ Make Checks Payable to: 173dABA 2013 Reunion Mail Checks to: 2013 Reunion, c/o 5640 Wellfield Road, New Port Richey, FL 34655
DRAFT SCHEDULE OPERATION SIN CITY – 2013 Sunday 25 Aug 2013
1500 Advance Reunion Team Arrives at Hotel
1700 Advance team Dinner
1830 Advance Team Meeting (2 Floor chairs)
Monday 26 Aug 2013
0900 Advance Reunion Team meets with POC Hotel for Rooms sets ups
1000 Reunion Team Arrives at Hotel
1100 Vendors arrive for set up (Esplanade K & L Together)
1200 Registration Vendor open (Esplanade K & L Together)
1200-2000 Hospitality Open (Esplanade J & M Together - Entrance from Esplanade K)
1800-2400 Open time to see Vegas at night (on your own) Discount tours and shows available
Tuesday 27 Aug 2013
0800 Reunion Team (Esplanade K)
0900-1800 Registration open (Esplanade K & L Together)
0900-2000 Vendors open (Esplanade K & L Together)
0900-2300 Hospitality Open (Esplanade J & M Together - Entrance from Esplanade K) *
1300-1700 Hoover Dam Tour (Separate fee)
1900-2100 President Reception (Dauphine Room F)
0900-2400 Open time to see the Grand Canyon, etc with Discount tours available
Wednesday 28 Aug 2013
0630-1930 South Rim Grand Canyon Tour (Separate fee)
0730-0900 BOD Breakfast – voting members only (French Market Buffet)
0800 Reunion Team (Esplanade K)
0900-1200 BOD Meeting (Dauphine Room A & F) *
0900-1800 Registration open (Esplanade K & L Together)
0900-2000 Vendors open (Esplanade K & L Together)
0900-2300 Hospitality Open (Esplanade J & M Together - Entrance from Esplanade K)*
1200-2400 Open time to see Vegas (on your own) Discount tours and shows available
1200-1400 Gold Star Lunch (French Market Buffet)
Thursday 29 Aug 2013
0800 Reunion Team (Esplanade K)
0900-1500 Registration open (Esplanade K & L Together)
0900-1700 Vendors open (Esplanade K & L Together)
0900-1700 Hospitality Open (Esplanade J & M Together - Entrance from Esplanade K)*
0900-1200 General Members Meeting ( Decatur Room – Mardi Gras Ballroom)*
0900-1200 Good time for ladies to use discounts at the Spa, etc
0900-1800 Open time to see Vegas (on your own) Discount tours and shows available
1800-1900 Cocktail Drinks – main 2 Floor hall near Mardi Gras Ballroom (Dress Code for Banquet is a Jacket and Tie, Dress Greens or Blues)
1900-2400 Banquet Mardi Gras Ballroom (Decatur & Toulouse Rooms)
Friday 30 Aug 2013
0730 Reunion Team (Esplanade K)
0800-0900 Memorial Service ( Bienville H)*
0900-1300 Vendors open (Esplanade K & L Together)
1500-1600 Meeting with POC for Hotel
Saturday 31 Aug 2013
0900-2400 Open time to see Vegas (on your own) Discount tours and shows available
*WiFi
50th Anniversary Book
Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Throw Blanket
50" x 68" Full Color Tapestry 100% Made in the U.S.A.
PRE-ORDER TODAY - PICK UP AT REUNION
Order now your Blanket, Cost $49:95 per blanket
Pick up at the Reunion
Name _________________________________________________Phone________________________
Address___________________________________City__________________State_______Zip_______
Total amount $ 49.95 per blanket _____________Make Checks Payable to: 173dABA 2013 Reunion
Mail Checks to: 2013 Reunion, c/o 5640 Wellfield Road, New Port Richey, FL 34655
Mail Application and Payments to;
173d Abn Bde Assn
Dennis Hill
97 Earle Street
Norwood, MA 02602
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Make checks payable to;
173d Airborne Brigade Assn.
Please circle the appropriate boxes below
New Renewal Change of Address, Change of Chapter
Annual Membership Ends on 31 December of each year - $ 24.00
Regular * Associate
Sky Soldier Veteran Gold Star Spouse of
deceased Sky Soldier
Life Membership $ 173.00
Regular * Gold Star (Parent or Spouse)
*Regular Membership open to those assigned or attached to the 173d Airborne Brigade
Enter current or updated information in the right columns below
Service Number (B446349) (Use first Letter of last name and last 6 of service/SSN)
First Name ( John)
Middle Initial (W.)
Last Name (Smith)
Email ([email protected])
Current Mailing Address (Street or CMR 427)
Address 2 ( Box #)
City (Town or APO)
State (or AE)
Zip Code / APO #
Home Phone 555-555-1234
Cell Phone 555-555-1234
173d Service Dates (02/2003-02/2005)
Unit while with the 173d: (A-1-503rd or Co A/Support BN)
Chapter Affiliated to:(4, 18, At Large)
Gold Star Relationship (Wife, Mother, etc) (PFC Mike Smith 11-08-67)
