For all you lucky people reading this, here is a preliminary Agenda for the USMC Combat Helicopter Association Reunion in Fort Worth, TX 2006:
Agenda for HMM-262 Vietnam Veterans Association at the USMC Combat Helicopter Association 11th Biannual Reunion 2006
Thursday
•9:00 am Check In/registration at the Convention Center and Tigers Den*
•12:00 NOON – Fox and Hound**
•5:30 pm Popamsoke Texas BBQ, time to be announced, at the Convention Center
•After the BBQ Tigers Den* or Fox and Hound**
Friday
•8:00 am Golf Tournament, see information in your packet
•9:00 am Check In/registration again at the Convention Center and Tigers Den*
•12:00 Noon – Fox and Hound**
•5:00 pm Cash Bar at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, outside the Crystal Ballroom
•6:00 pm Buffet in the Crystal Ballroom
•10:00 pm Tigers Den at the Fox and Hound**
Saturday
•9:00 am Rotor Head Riders, see information in your packet
•9:00 am Tigers Den*
•12:00 NOON – Fox and Hound**
•5:00 pm Popasmoke Cocktails and Dinner at the Convention Center
•After Dinner—Tigers Den* or Fox and Hound**
Sunday
•Good Bye Brunch by Popasmoke (time to be announced) and Check Out
*Tigers Den is our squadron area in the convention center with cash bar at the Convention Center
**Fox and Hound English Pub and Grill, they have a very large bar area for eating and drinking (This is Dutch, pay your own tab) LOCATION: 604 Main St., Fort Worth, TX, just a few blocks from the Radisson Plaza Hotel (soon to be the Hilton Hotel) between 6th and 7th street.
REMEMBER, you must be registered with USMC COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION TO GET THE HOTEL DISCOUNTS AND ATTEND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE REUNION, registration will take place at the Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX.
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Agenda for HMM-262 Vietnam Veterans Association at the USMC Combat Helicopter Association 11th Biannual Reunion 2006
Thursday
• 9:00 am Check In/Registration at the Convention Center and Tigers Den*
• 12:00 NOON – Fox and Hound**
• 5:30 pm Popamsoke Texas BBQ, time to be announced, at the Convention Center
• After the BBQ Tigers Den* or Fox and Hound**
Friday
• 8:00 am Golf Tournament, see information in your packet
• 9:00 am Check In/Registration again at the Convention Center and Tigers Den*
• 12:00 Noon – Fox and Hound**
• 1:30 pm Special Movie “An Ocean Away”**** at the Convention Center
• 5:00 pm Cash Bar at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, outside the Crystal Ballroom
• 6:00 pm Buffet in the Crystal Ballroom with Guest Speaker Col. Christopher “Caveman” Holzworth (C.O. of the Marine Aviation Training Support Group (MATSG), Pensacola, Florida) and Special Guest Medal of Honor recipient Doc Ballard).
• 10:00 pm Tigers Den at the Fox and Hound**
Saturday
• 9:00 am Rotor Head Riders, see information in your packet
• 9:30 am Stockyards, meet in the Radisson Hotel Lobby***
• 9:00 am Tigers Den*
• 12:00 NOON – Fox and Hound**
• 5:00 pm Popasmoke Cocktails and Dinner at the Convention Center
• After Dinner—Tigers Den* or Fox and Hound**
Sunday
• Good Bye Brunch by Popasmoke (time to be announced) and Check Out
*Tigers Den is our squadron area in the convention center with cash bar at the Convention Center
**Fox and Hound English Pub and Grill, they have a very large bar area for eating and drinking (This is Dutch, pay your own tab) LOCATION: 604 Main St., Fort Worth, TX, just a few blocks from the Radisson Plaza Hotel (soon to be the Hilton Hotel) between 6th and 7th street.
For those who would like to go to the historical Fort Worth Stockyards for shopping, restaurants, cattle drive, and entertainment (i.e. gunfight shows), only 3 miles down Commerce St., which turns into N. Main St. to E. Exchange, LOCATION: 130 East Exchange Ave., Fort Worth, TX. Everyone can share driving or take a taxi. For those staying at the AmeriSuites it is located just down the street from there and we will see you there around 10:00 am.
* “An Ocean Away” is a documentary about the return of Lt Donald Matocha USMC who was killed in action in 1968 on Dang Ma Mountain just out side Dang Ha near Razor Back, the Matocha Family, the North Vietnamese Soldier Mr. Van Loc, and the Dallas Girl Recon Team.
REMEMBER, you must be registered with USMC COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION TO GET THE HOTEL DISCOUNTS AND ATTEND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE REUNION, registration will take place at the Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX.