1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
22nd Infantry Regiment Society Reunion
Washington, D.C. May 2008
Front, from left:
Bill Bukovec, Mark Petrino, Steve Russell (holding 22nd Infantry
Iraq guidon)
Mark Woempner (holding 22nd Infantry Afghanistan guidon)
Martin Oelklaus (holding MIA/POW flag)
Photo by Mark Petrino
Three 1st Battalion
Commanders during Iraq deployments
Left - Steve Russell, Center - Craig Osborne, Right - Mark
Woempner
Photo by Mark Petrino
Robert Gentry of C 1/22 holding wreath that he and five other 22nd vets place at the Wall
Photo by Bob Babcock
Parade of 1-22 vets and families to the Wall
Photo by Bob Babcock
End of parade to the
Wall. 3-22 brought up the rear,
behind 1-22 and 2-22 vets
Photo by Bob Babcock
From left: COL (Ret) Awb
Norris, Honorary Colonel of the Regiment,
LTC (Ret) Steve Russell, LTC (Ret) Mark Woempner, and LTC Craig
Osborne,
all former 22nd Battalion Commanders, prepare to place a guidon
at the Wall, in honor of LTC Barney Neal, CO of 1/22 killed in
Vietnam
Photo by Bob Babcock
Mark Petrino and his
wife, Diane, prepare to place the guidon in honor of
PDC David Mendez, a friend, who was the first B 1/22 KIA in
Vietnam
Photo by Bob Babcock
Bill Bukovec, Bob
Babcock, Mark Petrino and other 22nd vets
prepare to place guidons at the Wall
Photo by Bob Babcock
Guidons that have been
left by 22nd vets and family members at the Wall -
in all, over 825 miniature guidons were placed at the Wall on 2
May 2008
Photo by Bob Babcock
Reflections in the Wall
Photo by Bob Babcock
The name of David
Mendez, first B 1/22 KIA in Vietnam
can clearly be seen
Photo by Bob Babcock
Bob Babcock points to
the name of Richard D "Buck" Ator,
B 1/22 Company Commander who was KIA on his second tour in
Vietnam
as an advisor
Photo by Mark Petrino
Bob Babcock places guidons at the Wall
Photo by Mark Petrino
Bob Babcock, Mark Petrino and Bill Bukovec
Photo by Bob Babcock
Diane Petrino and Bill Bukovec
Photo by Mark Petrino
Bob Babcock, Mark Petrino and Bill Bukovec
Photo by Mark Petrino
Three 1st Battalion
Commanders from the Iraq deployments:
Mark Woempner, Steve Russell, Craig Osborne
Photo by Bob Babcock
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