Mighty Eighth Reunion to be the Last

Mighty Eighth Reunion (Added: May 22, 2009)

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By: Alice Massimi | WSAV News 3
Published: May 22, 2009

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Some World War Two Veterans are spending the weekend with their brothers in arms.
The 491st and 492nd Bomb Group, both units of the Mighty Eighth Air Force are in town for their annual reunion.
The veterans and their family members spent today visiting with one another and touring the Mighty Eighth Museum.
Sadly though for the 491st this will be their last reunion.
“I want to have memories of all of them in good shape when we are able to operate good. so i want us all to see that. you know time marches on but memories are forever and the memories should be sweet and good,” explains John Calvin Shahbaz.
More than two hundred people are in town for the reunion, fifty of them are veterans ranging in age from 91 to 83