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The Association was
organized in 1985 to:
A. Perpetuate the
friendship and comradeship of the men who served in the 86th Blackhawk
Infantry Division during World War II, and
B. Perpetuate the memory of our fallen
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In 2007 the
" 86th Blackhawk
Memorial Foundation"
was formed to raise funds for:
Assembling and installing
the
"86th Division Memorial Statue"
within
in the "State Of California Military Museum" at San Luis Obispo, CA |
Click to view:
California
Military Museum at San Luis Obispo |
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Contact Gene Lowe for information about
contributions to the Foundation. |
(219)465-1379 |
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Mail your contribution, which
is
tax deductible, to:
Jerome Deitz, Treasurer,
OPERATION BLACKHAWK
MEMORIAL
370 Glennallyn Drive,
Valparaiso, IN 46383-5901 |
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Click to view the National
WW II Memorial |
WWII Memorial-President Behrends and Past
President Bookbinder Sept 8, 2006
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II Memorial - Contribution By 86th Blackhawk Division Association |
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Department Of Defense |
Pentagon Channel |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
PASSING OF A GENERATION |
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Veterans- Information |
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Museums - History - WW I
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World War One - U S National Museum |
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Each man who
served in the
86th Blackhawk Infantry Division during the
period 1942 - 1946, is eligible and encouraged to become a
member of the Association.
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Each member receives, by mail the "
Blackhawk Bugle" the Association's newsletter (3
times per year) and a Membership Roster. |
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For more information about
membership in the Association, change
or correction of address, telephone, Email or, to report the death of
a member or a former Blackhawk
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David Herold -
2nd
Vice President - Membership
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the E-Mail Button below to send your information by E-Mail Memo to
David Herold or other Officers |
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BLACK HAWK, the original, and Black Hawk, as
personified in the officers and men of the 86th Infantry Division in
World War I . This is a photograph of the old Indian warrior from whom
the fighting 86th took its name. Back in 1837, a delegation of Sauk (or
Sac), and Fox Indians, headed by Chief Keokuk, went to Washington where,
on October 21 of that year, they made a treaty ceding to the United
States most of their land in Iowa. Keokuk was accompanied by Black Hawk1
whose adventures and warlike character had made him a conspicuous public
figure, so much so that the celebrated artist, Charles King, painter of
many well-known Indian portraits, induced him to sit for the portrait.
The result was the above picture, which became one of the celebrated
McKenney and Hall collection of Indian portraits. Beneath the original
painting is the inscription "MA-KA-TIA-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAH - - Black Hawk, a
Sauk Brave".1
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Obtain Information via Email
from an Officer or Webmaster of the 86th Blackhawk Division Association
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Date Last Edited:
12/23/2007 06:56:45 PM
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