WORLD WAR II VETS CROSS COUNTRY FOR ARMY MUSEUM

From: Regulatory Intelligence Data | Date: June 12, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 12, 2000) -- Two World War II veterans, Bill Endicott and Eugene Poynter, are making a cross-country trip to celebrate the Army's 225th birthday and to raise awareness for a new Army museum.

Travelling in a vintage Army jeep from the Korean War, these veterans of the 33rd Infantry plan to leave from an Army birthday celebration at Fort Lewis, Wash., and hope to arrive in Washington, D.C., about two weeks later at the future site of the World War II memorial.

These long-time friends are taking their arduous trek in support of ...

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