Lawrence
“LC” Fruwirth and his wife Corrine, joined the 17th Signal Battalion
Association
in July 2008. LC served in the Motor Messenger Platoon with B Company
of the
17th Signal Battalion from Nov 1959—May 1961. LC found us through
a notice
in The Legion Magazine. LC and Corrine reside in Bismarck,North Dakota.
You
can reach LC at his email “lcfruwirth@bis.midco.net. We look forward
to
having them visit and share their memories of the 17th at upcoming reunions!
Quinton
Ash, who served with the 17th Signal Battalion from September 1959—April
1962 recently joined our Association after being tracked down by our membership
chair, Bill Moore. Quinton is now retired from civilian life and resides in Dallas
Georgia. We look for-ward to hearing more of Quinton’s experiences in the
“middle battalion” years. Happy 70th birthday to Quinton in September
this year!
COL Glenn Kennedy, Commander of the 17th from July 2004 until
it’s deactiviation in September 2006, joined the Association as member #568.
COL Kennedy recently left the Pentagon and took command of the Garrison at Fort
Gordon Georgia. We hope to have Glenn and wife Angela join us at the 2010 reunion
in Baltimore to relate his experiences in the Battalion during both Iraq (second
battalion deployment) and the deactivation. Glenn has promised articles on those
events for future newsletters.
James J. Clindist, SSG USA Retired and his
wife Elaina, join us from Henderson Nevada. James served in both the 17th and
the 440th. He served in the Army from December 1972 to June 1994 so is a relative
“youngster.” We look forward to hearing more about Jim’s time in
these two illustrious units as that time of our history is a little light! James,
check out the 440th reunion info on page 3—sounds like it might be in your
neck of the woods!
Stephen D. Rogers served as a SP4 in the Regular Army
with the 17th Signal Battalion and then as a First Lieutenant in the US Army Reserves
from 1960-1963. Stephen and his wife Lea now live in Reno Nevada and found us
on the web while checking to see if the 17th Sig-nal Battalion was still an active
unit. Glad to have you join us and we look forward to seeing you at the next or
future reunions!
Welcome to William & Patricia Black from Little Neck
NY who joined our Association in October 2009. William served with the 17th from
06-61—04-65 as a Sergeant. William is member number 571 and we look forward
to seeing him and Patricia in Baltimore in 2010—as it is just a couple miles
down 95 from NY!
Welcome to Richard & Gail Constant from Framingham
MA who joined the Association in January 2010. Richard served with A Co, 69th
in Long Bin Viet Nam (outside of Saigon) in 1966. Richard and Gail then moved
to Pruem Germany with the 447th Signal Battalion. While there from 66—69,
he commanded HHD, 447th and Company A 447th which had the single side band radio
communications for various classified sites in Germany, The Nether-lands and Belgium.
Richard retired in 1974 and pursued a career in insurance. Richard got interested
in our group after seeing Bill Moore (our recruiter) in a diner in New Jersey
with a 17th Signal Battalion pin on his cap! It pays to advertise and Bill makes
a great walking bill-board! From Framingham to the 2010 reunion site in Baltimore—a
short trip for our newest members!
Receently joined members are Manfred
& Eva Burchartz. They served as a PFC in the 17th from December 1959 to June
of 1961. Manfred was "found" by Herb Hinton and then helped in by Bill
Moore. Manfred & Eva are retired in Pennslyvania. They are Members # 579
We
are indeed pleased to have you and welcome to the 17th Signal Battalion Association.