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De-Briefing Report by
Jayeson Vance
150th Anniversary of the Post at Alcatraz Island
December 30. 2009
Where:
Alcatraz Island Dock
When:
Wednesday December 30, 2009 0900 -1300 hrs
Who:
U.S. Army Personnel: Elements of the 63rd RSC Command
Group, 1SG Barlow 191st Army Band “Band of the Wild West,”
Eldon P. Regua, Major General, Commanding General 75th Battle
Command Training Division, Armed Forces Reserve Center Houston Texas.
Brigade Command Sergeant Major Roy A. Wells 91st “Wild West”
Training Brigade Ft. Hunter Liggett, California. Thomas Christianson CIV
63rd RSC Historian. MSG Stanley Kamiya acted as point of
contact for the Army and coordinated their end of the event.
National Park
Service Personnel: Craig Kenkle Acting Deputy Superintendent,
Golden Gate NRA, Amy Brees Supervisory Park Ranger. Jayeson Vance, Owen
Simcoe, David MacDonald, Lori Brosnan, Craig Glassner, Volunteers in
Parks: Bob Hubbs, Brad Schall, Sean Dempsey, John A. Martini, John
Nevins, Friends of Civil War Alcatraz members. Jayeson Vance acted as
point of contact for the National Park Service and was overall event
coordinator.
What: Twenty-one
gun rifle salute in 3 volleys with M-16s, Color Guard with replica
original 3rd Artillery Regimental flag included. Bagpiper
played “Garry Owen,” bugler “Ruffles and Flourishes”,
National Anthem and remarks by Major General Regua and Deputy
Superintendent Kenkle, followed by “Taps.”
There followed a
special behind the scenes program lead by John A. Martini and an
additional program by Ranger Vance.
In December of 1859,
the first Post Return was written for the “Post on Alcatraz Island.”
One hundred and fifty years later, the original garrison was officially
and formally remembered on Wednesday December 30, 2009.
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150th Anniversary Photos
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February 21, 2010 meeting - West Coast Conference 10:00 a.m. – War
Memorial Building, San Francisco
