Thursday, May 28, 2020
TO THE WILLIAM J. PAMMER FAMILY,
MY NAME IS RONALD T. STUMPP AND I MET BILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, AT AN AIRBORNE MEETING, IN PT JERVIS. THE CHAPTER AT THAT TIME WAS CALLED "TRI-STATE MID-HUDSON CHAPTER 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. THE CHAPTER WAS THE 5TH IN THE STATE OF N.Y. WITH SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS, LIKE BILL, WE BECAME THE LARGEST IN THE STATE IN A FEW YEARS. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER 100 AIRBORNE CHAPTERS IN AMERICA AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF VETERANS LIKE BILL WE WHERE IN THE TOP 5% IN A MATTER OF A FEW MORE YEARS. WHEN I WAS VOTED CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAPTER I SPOKE TO BILL AND A FEW OTHER MEMBERS AT A MEETING FOR THEIR SUPPORT TO NAME THE CHAPTER AFTER ITS FOUNDER "WALTER E. HUGHES CHAPTER" WITH BILL'S SUPPORT, AND THAT OF OTHER MEMBERS, WE WHERE HAVING A BIG AFFAIR AT WEST POINT" OFFICE CLUB,"
AND AGAIN WITH BILL'S SUPPORT WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL 100+MEMBER. IT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE TO WALT AND HE KNEW ALL THOSE THAT WERE APART OF THIS AND HE LATER GOT ALL OF US TOGETHER FOR A PERSONAL THANK YOU.
THE CHAPTER IS STILL ACTIVE BUT THEY MEET A LITTLE MORE EAST OF PT. JERVIS..
GOD BLESS THE PAMMER FAMILY AND ALL THAT REMEMBER HIM.
RONALD T. STUMPP
PAST CHAIRMAN
WALTER E. HUGHES CHAPTER
RTS82NDDIV@HVC.RR.COM
