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Time sure does fly when you‘re busy! It seems that we were celebrating the holidays just yesterday, and yet here we are on the verge of summer. Needless to say the museum has been extraordinarily active during the first five months of the year. In February the Texas Military Forces Historical Foundation staged its first major fund raising event in support of the museum. The ―As Time Goes By‖ Valentines Dinner/Dance was a huge success. The event sold out, the music provided by the Sentimental Journey Orchestra under the direction of Ted Connerly was fantastic, the food was great and everyone had a wonderful time. More importantly over $20,000 was raised at the event, with $3,400 of it earmarked for the War on Terror exhibit the museum is currently constructing. A big thank you has to go out to all the volunteers and staff who pulled off this very special evening, and especially to Linda Joseph, Bill and Tracie McMeans, Tim Weitz, Scott Swenson, Chris Hunt, Al Lloyd, Mark Hobbs, R.G. Gates III, Bill Harris and members of the museum‘s living history detachment, for everything they did before, during and after the dance. No sooner did February fade away than the museum was asked to support the change of command ceremony for the new adjutant general Major General John F. Nichols. Our part in the program was to provide our M3 Halftrack and a crew to drive MG Nicholas and his predecessor Major General Jose Mayorga during their review of the troops at the ceremony. This was a big honor and we were delighted to be part of such an important occasion. Throughout the first six months of the year, we worked steadily on our new Texian Revolution exhibit, which was finally completed in early April. By far this is one of the best exhibits we have put together. For the first time the entire story of the revolution is being presented in the museum. In addition we‘ve just finished a new exhibit on the Cold War and the role of the Texas Military Forces in NATO missions. The innovative exhibit designs, including the graphic and text panels, seen in these new displays, highlight the style and concepts of future exhibits already on the drawing board. The living history detachment has been very active, being in the field almost constantly throughout the spring. The men and women of the detachment truly outdid themselves during this year‘s Muster Day/ American Heroes event! In addition to participating in the Museum of the American G.I. open house and battle reenactment last March, they put on an outstanding performance at the Central Texas Air Show in May. Right now they are preparing for the Memorial Day weekend Close Assault 1944 program as well as a living history and weapons firing display at the Audie Murphy Museum in Greenwood, Texas this June. On July 4, you‘ll be able to see them in Elgin as part of the city‘s Independence Day celebration. Speaking of Muster Day, for once the weather was absolutely perfect for the event. More than 16,000 people attended and the crowds at the World War II battle reenactment were the largest in event history. The reenactment itself was also larger than anything we‘ve done in the past. Focusing on the week-long fight around Montelimar in August 1944, more than 150 reenactors recreated the struggle by the The Director’s Corner by Jeff Hunt Inside this issue: Exhibits Report Gates‘ Honored Graphic Arts Report Deputy Director‘s Report Valentines Dinner Dance Photos Muster Day Photos Temple Air Show Photos New Exhibits Special Guests Visit the Museum Foundation News Gift Shop Clothing Announcements Memorials/ Life Members Upcoming Events 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 Volunteers of the Quarter: Abigail Nersesian and Jessica Higgins Abigail (left) and Jessica (right) are fairly new volunteers but they have made a big impact in a short time. They have been working in the library and archives and they have cleared our backlog of over 300 uncataloged library books! They are beginning to work on switching all the books over to the Library of Congress catalog system. In addition it was Jessica who discovered our leak in the library ceiling and she and Abigail worked tirelessly for over 3 hours helping us save the books from water damage. Abigail is a second year graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin's School of Information. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts in History from Arizona State University. She is an avid reader, gardener and a collector of vintage aprons. She resides in Pflugerville with her husband, four dogs and two cats. Jessica was a double major in English and Linguistics at the University of Florida. In addition she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach English in Hong Kong. Currently she is a Masters of Science in Information Studies candidate at the School of Information, University of Texas at Austin. Volume XXIV, Issue 2 Spring 2011 Continued next page

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Time sure does fly when you‘re busy! It

seems that we were celebrating the holidays

just yesterday, and yet here we are on the

verge of summer. Needless to say the

museum has been extraordinarily active

during the first five months of the year.

In February the Texas Military Forces

Historical Foundation staged its first major

fund raising event in support of the

museum. The ―As Time Goes By‖ Valentines

Dinner/Dance was a huge success. The

event sold out, the music – provided by the

Sentimental Journey Orchestra under the

direction of Ted Connerly – was fantastic,

the food was great and everyone had a

wonderful time. More importantly over

$20,000 was raised at the event, with

$3,400 of it earmarked for the War on

Terror exhibit the museum is currently

constructing.

A big thank you has to go out to all the

volunteers and staff who pulled off this very

special evening, and especially to Linda

Joseph, Bill and Tracie McMeans, Tim Weitz,

Scott Swenson, Chris Hunt, Al Lloyd, Mark

Hobbs, R.G. Gates III, Bill Harris and

members of the museum‘s living history

detachment, for everything they did before,

during and after the dance.

No sooner did February fade away than

the museum was asked to support the

change of command ceremony for the new

adjutant general – Major General John F.

Nichols. Our part in the program was to

provide our M3 Halftrack and a crew to drive

MG Nicholas and his predecessor – Major

General Jose Mayorga – during their review

of the troops at the ceremony. This was a

big honor and we were delighted to be part

of such an important occasion.

Throughout the first six months of the

year, we worked steadily on our new Texian

Revolution exhibit, which was finally

completed in early April. By far this is one of

the best exhibits we have put together. For

the first time the entire story of the

revolution is being presented in the

museum. In addition we‘ve just finished a

new exhibit on the Cold War and the role of

the Texas Military Forces in NATO missions.

The innovative exhibit designs, including the

graphic and text panels, seen in these new

displays, highlight the style and concepts of

future exhibits already on the drawing

board.

The living history detachment has been

very active, being in the field almost

constantly throughout the spring. The men

and women of the detachment truly outdid

themselves during this year‘s Muster Day/

American Heroes event! In addition to

participating in the Museum of the American

G.I. open house and battle reenactment last

March, they put on an outstanding

performance at the Central Texas Air Show

in May. Right now they are preparing for the

Memorial Day weekend Close Assault 1944

program as well as a living history and

weapons firing display at the Audie Murphy

Museum in Greenwood, Texas this June. On

July 4, you‘ll be able to see them in Elgin as

part of the city‘s Independence Day

celebration.

Speaking of Muster Day, for once the

weather was absolutely perfect for the

event. More than 16,000 people attended

and the crowds at the World War II battle

reenactment were the largest in event

history. The reenactment itself was also

larger than anything we‘ve done in the past.

Focusing on the week-long fight around

Montelimar in August 1944, more than 150

reenactors recreated the struggle by the

The Director’s Corner by Jeff Hunt

Inside this issue:

Exhibits Report

Gates‘ Honored

Graphic Arts Report

Deputy Director‘s Report

Valentines Dinner Dance Photos

Muster Day Photos

Temple Air Show Photos

New Exhibits

Special Guests Visit the Museum

Foundation News

Gift Shop Clothing

Announcements

Memorials/ Life Members

Upcoming Events

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6

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10

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Volunteers of the Quarter: Abigail Nersesian and Jessica Higgins

Abigail (left) and Jessica (right) are fairly

new volunteers but they have made a big

impact in a short time. They have been

working in the library and archives and they

have cleared our backlog of over 300

uncataloged library books! They are

beginning to work on switching all the books

over to the Library of Congress catalog

system. In addition it was Jessica who

discovered our leak in the library ceiling and

she and Abigail worked tirelessly for over 3

hours helping us save the books from water

damage.

Abigail is a second year graduate

student at The University of Texas at Austin's

School of Information. She holds a Bachelor

of the Arts in History from Arizona State

University. She is an avid reader, gardener

and a collector of vintage aprons. She

resides in Pflugerville with her husband, four

dogs and two cats.

Jessica was a double major in English

and Linguistics at the University of Florida.

In addition she was awarded a Fulbright

scholarship to teach English in Hong Kong.

Currently she is a Masters of Science in

Information Studies candidate at the School

of Information, University of Texas at Austin.

Volume XXIV, Issue 2 Spring 2011

Continued next page

Page 2 BG JOHN C. L. SCRIBNER

TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011

36th Infantry Division to cut off the retreat of

the German 19th Army from Southern

France. The Texas Military Forces, the

Museum and the Foundation went all out to

stage this event – bringing in two Sherman

tanks, a Stuart tank, German halftrack and

M8 Armored Car to reinforce the museum‘s

own stable of operational WWII vehicles.

The Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air

Force flew two of their warbirds over the

battlefield, which, in addition to professional

pyrotechnics, made for the most dramatic

and dynamic battle we‘ve ever staged.

This effort was supplemented by the

outstanding interpretation living historians of

other time periods – Vietnam, World War I,

the Texas Revolution, Civil War and Punitive

Expedition – put forward. As is always the

case, the comments and reaction from

visitors was very enthusiastic and visitation

in the museum quite robust – more than

3,700 folks actually toured the museum

over the weekend. In case you are keeping

count, visitation for the first four months of

the year has exceeded 14,000 people,

putting us well on our way to doubling last

year‘s record breaking numbers.

The museum also hosted some very

special guests this May – including a

delegation of officials from Ghazni Province

in Afghanistan and the Secretary General of

NATO. To learn about those very exciting

events, look for my article later in the

newsletter.

These successes are tinged with a note

of sadness, however, due to the passing of

long-time volunteer Vivian Hughes. Ms.

Vivian, as she was affectionately called, was

an institution at the museum, working two

weekends a month at our docent desk for

many years. Her sweet and kind personality

made her a hit with the staff, her fellow

volunteers and our guests. We are deeply

honored by her service to the museum and

the Texas Military Forces, and will miss her a

great deal. I have no doubt, however, that in

spirit she will always be with us and the

docent desk will forever have a residual glow

of happiness because she once worked

there.

The Director’s Corner (continued)

Work on our conspicuous storage Quonset Hut began at end of

April and finished 6 May. It houses our tables, chairs, easels,

and other miscellaneous equipment. Doors will be added soon.

There is a large opening in the roof to let in light, allowing us to

avoid having to run electricity to it.

Photo 1: Shane, Ed, Al, and Mary putting up the framework.

Photo 2: Ed and Shane putting on the tin.

Photo 3: Almost completed conspicuous storage Quonset Hut.

RG took breaks long enough to take the pictures.

Page 3 Volume XXIV Issue 2

Exhibits Report by Edward Zepeda

Where do I start? Usually I make

sketches, 3D models, and order materials.

We plan our projects to the nth degree trying

to stay months ahead of execution. Most of

the time reality rears its ugly head and

multiple exhibits insert themselves into a

well crafted and already tight schedule.

Honestly I don‘t know where all these

exhibits and exhibit ideas come from or why

they gang up on my poor defenseless

sensible schedule with its margins for error

and time for safe construction accounted

for.

Additionally and unfortunately, my

sensible schedule does not include time

spots for newsletters or procrastination

based around newsletters, so I find myself

as I did last newsletter writing this about a

month late with the foundation president

glaring from under his cowboy hat at me

through the door of my office. I‘m pretty

sure he believes that it helps my process.

I‘ve been told that I have accomplished

quite a bit in the time between newsletters,

and I‘m sure that I have. I‘m not the type of

person who keeps score or likes to look

backward. When we do finish something, I

think we get an average of ten minutes to

feel good about it before we move on to the

next project. We‘ve replicated road signs for

the re-enactments, constructed conspicuous

storage in the shape of a Quonset hut,

reworked the gift shop and dogtrot exhibit.

That‘s just off the top of my head. If I really

think about it, we built an exhibit into a

lighted doorway, prepared for the fundraiser

dance by repainting and reworking Gallery

two, and further and because of that, we

have the NATO Exhibit which was crafted

planned and executed in six days. That is

just as fast as the staff can work with a full

crew of volunteers and draftees without the

aid of time travel.

I am fairly proud of the Quonset hut; as

I said before, it was built as conspicuous

storage and the hut looks like it ought to be

there standing next to the mess truck.

Quonset huts belong on military posts the

world over. This particular one replaces the

shabby plywood storage room while filling

the same purpose possibly even better than

before. This purpose built space stores our

scaffolding, vacuums, floor buffer, all the

tables, chairs and easels, all the while

managing to look like it belongs in the

space. Our finally finished Dog Trot cabin

has a roof and a new case attached to a new

wall. Extraordinary for the simplicity, a

custom case in a custom space with custom

furniture and mounts the equivalent

purchased or contracted out would cost

upwards of $7000. We pinch pennies. We

make as much as we can in house. The

work goes faster and easier with the good

company and the efforts of our volunteers.

The director has teased me for being

the man who plans where he puts his nails

into the things that he builds, and I do.

Camp Mabry Garrison Commander, LTC

Les Edwards (left) and Deputy Garrison

Commander, COL (ret) Jack Taliaferro

Bob and Jean Gates

honored by Camp Mabry

Garrison Command

Replicated road sign

Col Edwards presents his Challenge coin to

Bob and Jean Gates in recognition of their long

and distinguished service to the museum.

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TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011

Well first of all, I finally figured out the

right settings for the plotter to get it to print

correctly. That‘s certainly a relief. It came

just in the nick of time too, since we needed

it to work properly for the new NATO exhibit.

In addition to generally assisting where

needed, my major contributions this spring

came in photo selection and backdrop

production. Jeff picked the photos for the

Cold War and Bosnia, I picked the ones for

Kosovo and Afghanistan in the new NATO

exhibit.

One element of exhibit design that we

like to use whenever we can, is a photo

backdrop for the exhibit case. The NATO

display was no exception. There were 3

cases this time. Bosnia and Kosovo both

got standard pictures of the area, showing

the vernacular architecture and local

terrain. Afghanistan got something slightly

different, I picked a picture showing several

camels taken from a moving vehicle. I

enlarged them using fractals and they

printed out quite nicely since our plotter is

now behaving itself.

Going back in time for a moment, I

replicated the ―Rick‘s Café Americain‖ sign

from Casablanca using photos of the

original. We mounted it on the main

entrance doors of the museum for the

Valentines Dinner Dance.

Muster Day went well. I actually

managed to capture some Muzzle Flash for

the first time. Ed and I build the La

Coucourde sign for the Reenactment. I

drew plans for it in Microsoft Publisher. We

based it on a period photo of the real sign.

Fortunately I already had the correct font. I

had sourced it a few weeks earlier for an

unrelated personal project. So that saved

quite a bit of time. I printed 2 copies out at

life size, one for construction reference and

one to cut out the letters from. We taped

the letters on medium density fiberboard

and cut them out on the band saw. I think

the final product speaks for itself. You can

see it on page 3.

The other large format project I worked

on recently was the new backdrop for the

F-16 Cockpit. It‘s a formation of Texas

National Guard F-16s. I couldn‘t find a

picture like that, so I changed the tail

markings of the aircraft on another photo

that otherwise fit the criteria.

Here‘s a close up of a couple of the tails.

Graphic Arts Report by Robert R. Gates III

An M5A1 Stuart Tank supports the US 36th Infantry Division during Muster Day.

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It has been a long time since the last newsletter! A lot has gone

on during that time, the dance, Muster Day, the NATO Secretary

General visit to the museum etc… I will let Jeff and others catch you

up on all the goings on and I will report on cataloging and other

regular tasks.

Our docents continue to do a great job greeting the visitors and

doing tours. We‘ve done a number of large school tours including

ROTC, school and Cub Scout groups. A big thank you to all the

volunteers who helped out on Muster Day; Dennis, Dwight, John, Bob,

Mary, Jonathan, Angela, Jim, Rusty, Norm, George, and Sgt. Gray.

Other volunteers and staff are busy working on cataloging artifacts.

Mike and Mike have been busy working away on the huge backlog of

cataloging and I have a new catalog volunteer starting in May so we

will get even more done. Jessica and Abigail have been busy working

in the library and have cleared the backlog of donated library books!

They will soon begin the work of switching the books over to the

Library of Congress system which RG Gates set up. As always we

couldn‘t manage without our wonderful volunteers and we welcome

new volunteers; contact me by phone or email if you are interested in

working at the museum.

We have received a large number of donations in the past few

months, many of them World War II related. New donations since the

last newsletter include:

2nd Bn, 131st Field

Artillery ‗Lost Battalion‖ artifacts

from George Zerbis including

his Japanese issued POW tag.

Artifacts from Thomas E

Dyson, 124th Cavalry during

World War II. Among the items

are 350+ letters written to his

wife during his 5 years of

service.

A

trunk and

documents

belonging

to Brigadier

General

W.H.

Wilbur,

36th

Division.

Items relating to the

Stabilization Force 7, Bosnia

mission of the 49th Armored

Division, donated by Colonel

Hamilton including a map of

the Srebrenica massacre site.

Previously uncataloged items

from the museum‘s collection:

A Nazi flag taken from

Landsburg Concentration

Camp, by Charles Bickle

Service Company, 141st

Infantry Regiment . This is the

concentration camp liberated

by the 36th Division.

A Mexican

Cavalry sword

dating to 1800-

1840 made

from a Spanish

B r o a d s w o r d

with a French

Light Cavalry

hilt.

Be sure to visit our gift shop. We continue to

add new items and the used books section is

always a treasure hunt as new books are

constantly being donated. We continue to take

donations of documents and artifacts related to

Texas Military Forces, and Texas military history. I

am happy to answer any questions about the

donation process or the museum‘s artifacts. You

may call or email me at the museum.

phone:(512) 782-5394

email: [email protected]

Deputy Director’s Report by Lisa Sharik

Page 6 BG JOHN C. L. SCRIBNER

TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011

Valentines Dinner/Dance

Miss Erika Koenig, poses beside a 1949

Chrysler convertible at the Main Entrance

of the Museum for the Valentines Dinner

Dance. She made her own dress.

The caterer served a wonderful meal.

The Sentimental Journey Orchestra

provided 1940s music.

Everybody enjoyed dancing. It was an

unforgettable, fantastic evening. We plan

to have another Valentines Diner/Dance

on Saturday 11 February, 2012

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Muster Day

Military members being sworn in as American citizens. Demonstration of Civil War weapons, and their rate of fire.

Demonstrating a WWI Harley Davidson motorcycle.

Three different models of a Sherman Tank participated in the reenactment.

The American Forces engaged against the German 19th Army. BOOM!

Commemorative Air

Force planes strafing

the battlefield.

Page 8 BG JOHN C. L. SCRIBNER

TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011

Temple Air Show

The Vietnam Reenactment at the Central Texas Air show, took place in May at the Temple Airport.

New Exhibits

Right: The newly completed origins of the Texas Military Forces

exhibit. The roof of the Dog Trot was the last element to go into

place.

Below: Main part of the new Texas Military Forces in NATO

missions exhibit. It was constructed in a very short period of time,

in order to be ready for the visit of the NATO Secretary General.

Special Guests Visit the TXMF Museum

In addition to our regular guests, the

museum has hosted some very high profile

dignitaries this spring. On May 2, five

Afghan officials toured the museum with

soldiers of the Texas National Guard‘s

Agribusiness Development Team, who they

have served with in Ghazni Province,

Afghanistan. The AGD teams have done

some remarkable work, bringing their

unique civilian and military skills to help the

farmers of Afghanistan improve their

techniques and crop yields.

This group planned to hold a press

conference in the museum to discuss this

important program. Just by happenstance,

their visit occurred on the morning after U.S.

forces killed Osama Bin Laden. As you

might imagine, every news station in Austin

sent a crew to see what the Afghans and the

TXMF had to say in regards to the death of

the most wanted terrorist in the world, as

well as the contributions of our Agricultural

Development (AGD) teams to Operation

Enduring Freedom. The Afghans expressed

the same satisfaction with the raid on Bin

Laden as most Americans, and the press

conference was an enlightening one. It was

a great pleasure to meet some of our

Afghan partners and members of the AGD;

their visit was all too brief.

Even before our important Afghan

visitors arrived at Camp Mabry, the museum

staff had been assigned an even bigger

event to prepare - a visit by the Secretary

General of NATO, which would take place

only a week later. This was going to be a

very, very big deal! The purpose of the visit

was to thank the men and women of the

Texas Military Forces for their participation

in NATO operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and

Afghanistan, as well as to emphasize the

vital role of the National Guard and the

United States in NATO.

In order to make the Secretary

General‘s visit more interesting and to

highlight the troops and units he was here to

thank, the museum staff decided to

undertake the construction of a major

exhibit on the role of the TXMF in NATO

missions. That was an incredibly ambitious

decision as it would give us only six working

days to do something that usually would

consume six to eight weeks. Our feeling,

however, was that if the troops can respond

to the most taxing and dangerous

challenges at a moment‘s notice, we could

surely do this to honor them. It probably

goes without saying that the museum‘s staff

and volunteers not only rose to the

challenge but exceeded their own

expectations for what the exhibit could be.

By the time the Secretary General‘s

party arrived, the museum sported an

impressive, brand new exhibit on TXMF in

NATO. The Secretary gave a very moving

speech on the part the TXMF have played in

Europe and the Middle East. It was a great

honor to meet him and host his event. After

his speech, the Secretary General, along

with the entire command staff of the Texas

Military Forces and 171 veterans of its NATO

missions were the first to view the new

exhibit on the history they had help make. I

am most happy to report that the exhibit

received rave reviews.

In less than a week that exhibit went

through concept, research, writing, editing,

design, mount making, construction, artifact

selection/preparation and installation.

From looking at the display you would never

guess it had been done in 1/8 the time

normally required, or that the museum

managed that feat while handling two large

school tours, constructing a new Quonset

Hut in the museum, participating at the

Central Texas Air Show in Temple and

handling the visit by the Afghan delegation

during the same period.

Special thanks must go to Chris Hunt

for designing the exhibit panels, Al Lloyd,

R.G. Gates III and Shane Meyers for helping

with the graphics, mount making and

installation, and the museum staff for

putting the whole thing together. Everyone

worked extra hours, weekends and long

nights to make it happen. This new exhibit

is, therefore, not just a testament to the

valor, skill and dedication of our soldiers

and airmen, it is also a testament to the

talents, skills and dedication of the museum

staff and volunteers.

If you haven‘t been to the museum in

the last couple of months, we invite you to

stop by and see our new NATO and Texian

Revolution exhibits, perhaps while you and

your family attend our Close Assault 1944

living history program over Memorial Day

weekend. We‘d love to see you!

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Abdul Hossain Sultan Hossain-Director of Agriculture,

Irrigation, and Livestock; Ghazni, Afghanistan

His Excellency, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary

General, NATO addresses the audience.

Secretary General Rasmussen and MG Nichols, Adjutant

General, viewing the NATO exhibit. Ed Jeff, Shane and Al move a portion of the Berlin Wall

into the Museum, for the NATO exhibit

Page 10 BG JOHN C. L. SCRIBNER

TEXAS MILITARY FORCES MUSEUM

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011

Foundation News by Albert C. Lloyd Jr.

Wow!!! This year has started with a

bang and it has not slowed down a bit. We

had the Valentine's Dinner/Dance on 12

Feb and it was really successful. The

foundation made about $20,000 after all

expenses and the comments of people

attending encouraged us to do it again. So

folks, mark Saturday, 11 February 2012 on

your calendar - this is the date of our next

Valentine's Dinner/Dance. Ms. Bertha and I

were unable to attend due to my Chemo,

but we will be there next year!

As most of you know, I was diagnosed

with Stage 4 Lung Cancer in my right lung -

it was inoperable and they could not use

radiation because my lungs were too fragile

- so we tried Chemotherapy. On 14 April of

this year, my Oncologist told me to get out

of his office and do not come back until July

2011 when we would do another CT Scan

and evaluation. Ms. Bertha and I thank

everyone for the thoughts and prayers

during this time.

The next event was American Heroes/

Muster Day weekend. I was able to go to the

Museum on Friday, 15 April for 3 hours and

Jeff told me that I was not to come out and

work the weekend like I have for many years

in the past. Fooled him - used my scooter

and worked 10 hours on Sat and 11 hours

on Sun. It sure felt good to get back into the

swing of things. We had the largest crowd

ever attend this year and the Foundation

even made a little bit of money.

Before we even got a good rest, we

were told that we would be hosting a visit by

5 Afghan officials on Monday, 2 May. Jeff

Hunt and his staff plus a few volunteers put

together a great display and program for

this event. Stop and breathe! No rest for the

wicked or the museum. The NATO Secretary

General would arrive for a visit on the

morning of Tuesday, 10 May. Ed Zepeda

and several volunteers were in the middle of

building a Quonset hut in the south end of

the museum for conspicuous storage. We

were told to get it finished and put up

another display showing the Texas National

Guard involvement in NATO. From

conception to completion it was done

thanks mainly to the Museum Staff, Shane

Meyers, and Chris Hunt, RG Gates and I

helped when we could. Again the museum

came through for the Adjutant General.

Slowly, ever so slowly the Foundation is

getting on sound fiscal bases and is able to

buy much needed supplies and materials

for the museum to move forward. We are

working hard at getting grants, donations,

etc., but we really do need your help!! No

matter how small, any amount of money you

can donate will certainly help; but you need

to give for it to do any good.

Adult T-Shirts: $15, Kids T-Shirts: $10,

Hats: $15, T-Patch Magnets $5.

Buy in the Gift Shop of the Museum,

or order online at

www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org

Click on ―Gift Shop‖

Page 11 Volume XXIV Issue 2

Executive Committee

President:

Albert C. Lloyd Jr.

Vice President:

Richard Gruetzner

Treasurer:

Marcus M. Hobbs

Secretary:

Christine Wizda

Directors:

MG Jose S. Mayorga

BG Joyce Stevens

BG John Nichols

Richard A. Box

William E. Harris, Jr.

William V. McMeans

Tim Weitz

Ex-officio Member:

Jeff Hunt

Texas Military Forces

Historical Foundation

Board of Directors

Scheduling. Persons wishing to schedule tours and/or use of facilities of the museum should contact

Mr. Gene Emmons at 782-5659.

Randalls Good Neighbor Program. When you use your Randalls Card you could be helping the

Museum. How? Just go to your local Randalls store Courtesy Booth and ask for Good Neighbor

Program form. Fill out the form and be sure to enter 5150 beside the Charity # _______. The store

will then process the form and whenever you use your Randalls card, you will be contributing to the

Museum. Randalls sends us a check at the end of March, June, September, and December.

Help Wanted. Our museum has a limited number of unpaid intern positions open. We are looking for

high school and college students who think that they might be interested in learning the inside

workings of a museum. They will be exposed to all facets of the museum from A to Z and everything in

between.

In addition to our intern program we have a continuing need for volunteers to assist the full time staff in

the following areas:

Announcements

NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS

If you have a story or commentary that you would like to see in the Museum Newsletter,

feel free to submit it to the Director.

Deadline for submission to the next newsletter is no later than June 30, 2011.

NEWSLETTER STAFF

Editor: Lt Col (Ret) Albert C. Lloyd Jr.

Asst. Editor, Graphic Design/Layout, Photographer: Robert R. Gates III

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

Chris Hunt

Public Information Office, Camp Mabry

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Published Quarterly by the Texas Military Forces Museum

P.O. Box 5218, Austin, TX 78763-5218

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This newsletter is not an official publication

of the Adjutant General’s Department of Texas.

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REMEMBER TO USE YOUR RANDALL’S CARD, Code : 5150

Library/Archives

Clothing Conservation and Storage

Exhibit Construction and Maintenance

Leather Conservation and Storage

Artifact Classification, Conservation and Storage

Office Administration.

Volunteers may work as little as four hours a month or as many

hours as they want to work.

We also can schedule ―service projects‖ for Boy and Girl Scouts.

Memorials

Alda Craft

Life Members

No new life members this issue

If you are interested in any of these programs and want to know more about them, please contact

Jeff Hunt, Museum Director at 782-5770.

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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Spring 2011

Upcoming Events

If you would like to be placed on an E-Mail

list to be notified of upcoming events as

they are scheduled, please provide your E-

Mail address to Gene Emmons at:

[email protected]

All events will be at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX

unless otherwise noted.

Close Assault 1944: 28-29 May 2011, 11

AM and 2 PM

Annual Meeting: Saturday, 20 August 2011,

10 AM Conference Center, TMFM

Board Meeting: Saturday, 20 August 2011,

1 PM Conference Center, TMFM

Opening of Global War on Terror Exhibit: 10

September 2011

Close Assault 1944: 12-13 November

2011, 11 AM and 2 PM

Valentine's Dinner/Dance: 11 February

2012, Time: TBA