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The Florida Chapter
Chapter Officers
President - Leo Williams, B 1-5 CAV
& 15 MED
3098 Golden View Ln., Orlando, FL 32812
(407) 277-5763
dragin52@hotmail.com
1st Vice President - Woodrow N. Hines, Sr., A 1-7 CAV
wnhinessr@juno.com
Vice President - Plans & Opns - Gilbert Harris, 13 SIG
mgharris1@juno.com
Vice President - Membership - Thomas Horas, C 8
ENG
thoras@aol.com
Secretary - William M. Litvjak, C 5-7 CAV
wlitvjak@cfl.rr.com
Treasurer - Thomas J. Campbell, 15 QM
1135 Pisgha Dr., Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
(407) 774-5043
The Chapter
The Florida Chapter was chartered in 1987 and has four sub-chapters or Troops that meet quarterly in four different locations in Florida. The Florida Chapter meets quarterly around the state and the location and dates of these meetings are announced in The Charging Saber.
The Chapter holds a mid-year meeting/reunion in the January/February period of each year. The 2012 mid-year meeting will be held from 2-5 February at the Howard Johnson's located at Interstate 4 and SR Highway 436 West. This was formerly the Holiday Inn and Clarion Hotel & Suites and has always been the home of the Why Not Lounge and Waterfall Cafe. Make your reservations early. The Chapter regularly attends the Vietnam and ALL Veterans Reunion that is held in Wickham Park in Melbourne each Spring. Annual Chapter dues are $10 per year and Lifetime Chapter member dues are $150. The 2011 reunion at Melbourne (5-8 May) was dedicated to the memory of Ken Baker, who died on 18 August 2010. Ken served with D 2-8 CAV in 1968-69 in Vietnam and was a Life member of Baker Troop. It is difficult to find a Veterans organization in Florida that did not have Ken's fingerprints on it.
The Chapter publishes a newsletter, The Charging Saber, that is published bi-monthly to inform members of Chapter activities and also of activities in the Troops. Bob Johnson, rodojohn5@centurylink.net, is the Editor for The Charging Saber.
The Florida Chapter administers a Scholarship Fund that provides a $400 scholarship to children of Chapter members. This is overseen by elected Trustees that receive, process and award the scholarships from a separate fund from the regular Chapter funds.
The Florida Chapter has hosted three 1st Cavalry Division Association reunions: The 41st Reunion in 1988 and the 47th Reunion in 1994 were both held in Orlando, and the 61st Annual Reunion in Jacksonville in 2008. Additionally, the 19th Reunion of the Association was held in Miami in 1966.
The Troops
Florida
Chapter "A" Troop
President
- Walt Smith - D 2-7 CAV
5090 Ironwood Trail, Bartow, FL 33830
(863)
644-7207 tarbucket67@yahoo.com
Contact Verlin
"Buck" Rogers for meeting information buckngeri@yahoo.com.
Florida
Chapter "B" Troop 'Baker Troop'
Mailing address: 400 S. Sykes Creek Parkway., Merritt Island, FL 32952
President - Bill Franklin, C 1-7 CAV
(321) 255-0868 SWFWWF@aol.com
B Troop meets quarterly at area restaurants in Melbourne or Merritt Island.
The meetings are usually dinner meetings on Tuesday evening. Spouses are encouraged to
attend.
Florida
Chapter "C" Troop
President - Leo "Doc" Williams -
B 1-5 CAV & 15 MED
3098 Golden View Ln., Orlando, FL 32812
(407) 277-5763
dragin52@hotmail.com
C Troop is located in Central Florida
area surrounding Orlando and Orange County and meets at the Orange County VFW Post 2093 located at 4444
Edgewater Drive in Orlando on the 2nd Saturday of each month except June and
July. These
meetings begin at 1100 hours. Contact Tom Horas, (407) 894-5213, for additional information.
Florida
Chapter "E" Troop 'Black Hats' - http://www.seahog.org/cav/
President - William
D "Stretch" Hungerford - 1st Signal
15 Desert Candle Dr., Lehigh Acres,
FL 33936
(239) 369-7871 wdhung@earthlink.net
E Troop's meetings are generally held at 1300 hours on the fourth
Saturday of each month from September to May at the Country Kitchen at 2921 East Palm
Beach Blvd across from the Hess Station in Fort Myers. Contact
Andy Dulay for additional information at AirCav@Comcast.net.
Chapter Meeting 3 October 2009
E Troop Christmas Party 2008
Updated as of: 19 January 2012