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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Updated
Preliminary Itinerary<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Honoring the
World War II “Lost Battalion”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">All Former
Prisoners of World War II<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Saturday,
August 16, 2008 <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">Ride
Captain: William (Bill) Crow (LASER)
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">
817 360-1819, </FONT><A title=mailto:aqsi6@msn.com
href="mailto:aqsi6@msn.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">aqsi6@msn.com</FONT></A></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">Co-Captains: Don
Massey (Eagle)</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">
Mike Brown (Choo-Choo)</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">Mission</SPAN></B></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"> Profile:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"> N</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">TX Patriot Guard Riders HOTH:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Lost
Battalion Association Annual Reunion, Saturday, August 16, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
through 12:00 p.m. at the Omni Hotel at US Highway 635 at Luna Road in Farmers
Branch, Texas. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Map:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A title=http://tinyurl.com/6lzyae
href="http://tinyurl.com/6lzyae"><FONT
size=3>http://tinyurl.com/6lzyae</FONT></A><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">__________________________________________________________________ </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">Staging
Information: </SPAN></B><B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red">There are four (4) important Stage
requirements as follows:</SPAN></I></B><B><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">(1) No
later than 0900 (9:00 a.m.) The Traveling Liberty Bell (David Hall) in-place
under the main lobby drive through in the outside lane </SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">at the Omni Hotel at US Highway 635 at
Luna Road in Farmers Branch, Texas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">(2) No later than 0915 (9:15 a.m.) The
Patriot Guard Riders will stage and park their bikes just south of the Omni
Hotel main entrance drive through (in an area designated) adjacent to the main
hotel entrance.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Parking may be
limited at this location and others may have to park at another (yet to be
designated) location.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(3) No later
than 0915 (9:15 a.m.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The PGR Flag
Masters truck will be in place in designated area with 100 flags.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the PGR Riders arrive all riders
proceed to the Flag Master vehicle and receive a flag.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please leave the flag “furled” until at
your posted location.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PGR personnel
will be available to direct you to your post location.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Once at your post, please un-furl the
flag and begin doing what we do best, “Stand Tall and Silent with Honor and
Respect”.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(4)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No later than 0915 (9:15 a.m.) The
Bagpiper (Mr. Steven Creed) will be in place at the location of the Traveling
<st1:City w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> at the main entrance to the
hotel.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We should
have time to assemble, brief and post as the Heroes will emerge from the hotel
at 1000 (10:00 a.m.)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please
remember, the Patriot Guards Riders attendance is a complete surprise to the
Heroes and family members.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In that
regard, when you arrive please be as quiet as
possible.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P></DIV>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Order of
Service (What we are going to do)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Patriot Guard
Riders (PGR) will form two lines of flags (9’ spacing) from the main lobby
elevators to and out of the main entrance to the hotel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Additionally we will form a circling
line to the left of the Traveling <st1:City w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City>
<st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1:City> (as you are looking at and or facing the
Traveling <st1:City w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City>) to the edge of the drive through.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">On the right of the Traveling <st1:City
w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City>, we will form a flag line to the auxiliary
entrance just to the south of the hotel main entrance.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Depending on the number of participants
we may continue the flag line in a corridor in the hotel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Best hope is we will have near 100
riders).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red">We
must be in place and have flags posted no later that 0945 (9:45 a.m.) to ensure
we are posted prior to any early arrival of the
Heroes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Bagpiper
will proceed to the elevator in the main lobby and on signal will begin to
“pipe”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The elevator doors are
expected to open at 1000 (10:00 a.m.) sharp with the Heroes and family members
ready to begin the walk to the Traveling <st1:City w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Bagpiper will” pipe” and begin a
slow dirge walk to the Traveling Liberty Bell and will curl around to the bell’s
left (south) side of the flag line allowing all of the Heroes to stand or sit
directly in front of the Traveling Liberty Bell.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Heroes families will be behind
them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(We are expecting 100-125
family members in attendance). <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">When all
Heroes and family members are in place Mr. Hall will begin to toll the Traveling
<st1:City w:st="on">Liberty</st1:City> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> an appropriate number of times (7
indicating completion) and then inform the Heroes and families about the meaning
of the bell. (3-4 minutes) Following that time, Mr. Hall will invite the Heroes
(as many as will and can) to salute and ring the bell.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Following the Traveling Liberty Bell
activity, The PGR Ride Captain will share a moment of information regarding the
PGR Challenge Coin and will ask 15-18 PGR Riders to step forward and present the
Challenge Coins to the Heroes. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Following the
challenge coin presentation, The Traveling Liberty Bell will once again toll the
number of times representing the number of Heroes that have past since the Lost
Battalion Reunion last year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Immediately following the tolling of the bell the Bagpiper will begin to
“pipe” and lead the departing Heroes and family members along the PGR flag line
into the auxiliary entrance doors just south of the main lobby entrance, along
our flag line and into the conference room for the memorial service.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Heroes and family members will
proceed to the conference room on the first floor for a 30-40 minute memorial
service dedicated to those POW that have passed since the last
reunion.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Patriot
Guard Riders have been invited to bring the flags and form a circle around the
memorial service room and remain for the memorial service.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After all Heroes and family members have
made their way into the memorial service room the PGR should enter silently and
proceed to circle around the walls to provide walls of flags for the
service.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Following the
memorial service the Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to meet and greet
and share light finger food and drink with the Heroes and families on the
12<SUP>th</SUP> floor meeting area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">I think the outside PGR activities
will take approximately 15-17 minutes if we move along
appropriately.<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is an
opportunity to see and meet some of the last living Heroes of World War
II. All were POW incarcerated by the Japanese. This HOTH may be (is)
a once in a lifetime privilege for our North Texas Patriot Guard Riders as these
men are survivors of the harshest form of human abuse ever recorded and are true
living American Heroes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">“Please be
flexible as we honor these Heroes”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>“Things do not always happen according to best laid
plans”.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">William (Bill) Crow,
(LASER)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Don Massey
(Eagle) and Mike Brown (Choo-Choo) <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">The following
is a brief synopsis of the history of the Lost Battalion and the men of the USS
Houston that we are supporting. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">History of the Lost
Battalion:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"> </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th
Infantry Division,</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">Texas</SPAN></I></B></st1:place></st1:State><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black"> Army National Guard</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">And </SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black">Survivors of the USS Houston, “The
<st1:City w:st="on">Battle</st1:City> of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Java</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Sea</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>”</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black">It is
with great pride and historical interest, the 2nd Battalion 131st Field
Artillery, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard is the "Most
Decorated Unit" in Texas War History and the Heavy Cruiser USS Houston is the
"Most Decorated Vessel" of its class in the US Fleet.</SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The <B><I>Lost Battalion Association</I></B>
is composed of the men of the <B><I>2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th
Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard </I></B>and <B><I>those men
who swam ashore from the Cruiser USS Houston (CA-30)</I></B> during
the <B><I>"Battle of the Java Sea"</I></B>, when she was heavily battle damaged
and sank, and <B><I>those who survived 42 months of "Hell" as prisoners of the
Japanese during World War II.</I></B><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Japanese incarcerated all of the
American prisoners from the <I>131st Field Artillery</I> (less E Battery) and
the <I>USS Houston</I> together in the <I>10th Battalion Bicycle Camp</I>, a
former Dutch installation in <st1:City w:st="on">Batavia</st1:City> (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jakarta</st1:place></st1:City>) Java.
Battery E remained in the Soerabaja area until moved to <st1:City
w:st="on">Nagasaki</st1:City> and other areas in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> via <st1:City w:st="on">Batavia</st1:City>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region> in Nov and Dec, 1942.
Thus, two units (Army and Navy) of the American Armed Forces consisting of 902
men, disappeared from the face of the earth, seemingly sacrificed in hopeless
effort to save the Netherlands East Indies from overwhelming numbers of the
Japanese Army and Navy.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">What was to become an unbelievable string of
events which, for some, would last for three and a half years and was to mold
the Prisoners of War (POW) of the <I>2nd Battalion 131st Field Artillery and the
USS Houston</I> together in a bond closer than blood. This Army and Navy
group of POW suffered together through 42 months of humiliation, degradation.
physical and mental torture, starvation, and horrible tropical diseases with no
medications. Many have said the hardest part was watching friends die
slowly, day by day, with the survivors often thinking, fleetingly, that maybe
they (the dead) were "the lucky ones".<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The men were brutally treated and
forced to work in hot steaming jungles and the monsoon seasons of Burma
chopping down trees, hand building road beds and bridges, laying ties and rails
with primitive tools in construction of the now infamous <B><I>"Burma-Siam
Death Railway"</I></B> Some of the men were mining coal and/or working on
the docks in Japan while living in horrible conditions without heat or
sufficient cover during two Japanese winters, where real starvation was a daily
companion. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Of the 902 men taken POW, 668 were sent to
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Burma</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Thailand</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
worked on the <B><I>"Death Railway" (Bridge on River Kwai of historical
fame)</I></B>. Of the total 163 who died in POW camp, 133 died working on
the railroad. After completion of the railroad, 236 of the men were
disbursed to Japan and other South East Asian countries to work in coal mines,
shipyards, docks etc and a few remained at "Bicycle Camp" in
Java.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Moving from Java to Singapore by Japanese
transport ship and then to Burma, Thailand or Japan, the men were packed like
cattle in the ship lower holds, taking turns sitting, standing, squatting, or
laying down while suffering from sea sickness, dysentery, malaria and or other
tropical diseases. They stood in their own or their neighbor's filth,
because it was impossible or not permitted by the Japanese to get to the ship
side latrine on the main deck. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">During the Japanese transport of the
prisoners of war, many of the men were killed by American submarines
and American bombers attacking the Japanese transport ships while they were
en-route to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> and
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>.. When liberated, the men
were found to be scattered throughout many locations in South East Asia,
<st1:City w:st="on">Java</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Burma</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region>, French Indochina, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:place
w:st="on">Manchuria</st1:place>, and other
locations.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Since the Battalion had disappeared when the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">island</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Java</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> had surrendered, no
one knew where they were, the War Department knew nothing and nothing was heard
from them for 42 months. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">So each year since 1945, the survivors of
the POW "Hell", along with their families, meet each August to keep their
<B><I>“Bond of Brotherhood”</I></B> strong and <B><I>to remember and pay honor
to those who died in Prison Camps and the 575 who have died since liberation and
the 646 who died in action, in a futile effort to save
Java.</I></B> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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