Floyd Dade-National President 761st Tank Battalion & Allied Veterans Association following the Banquet in Washington D.C. *

Seated: Floyd Dade; Left to right: Candidate for political office in Washington D.C.; Roscoe Strozier from Detroit, MI; James B.Jones from Hattiesburg, MS

Guest Speaker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the 56th Annual Reunion. He is a sports legend, scholar, humanitarian and author of "Brothers in Arms" a story following three 761st tankers in World War II and telling their unique story.

Edris J. Dade, wife of Floyd Dade-National President 761st Tank Battalion & Allied Veterans Association in Washington D.C. at the 56th Annual Reunion

Christopher Burwell (grandson of Floyd Dade-National President-761st Tank Battalion & Allied Veterans) and James B. Jones of Hattiesburg, MS returning from Field Trip to Arlington National Cemetery and World War II Memorial on the National Mall

James B. Jones (came to the 761st Tank Battalion as a replacement tanker in the Spring of 1945) returning from the bus trip to Arlington Natiional Cemetery and World War II Memorial on the National Mall (August 2004)

In background: Dorry Bates (wife of Baron Bates, the son of the late Col. Paul L. Bates who was Battalion Commander of the 761st Tank Battalion during World War II) and Preston McNeil of New York (veteran of the 761st Tank Battalion) returning from the bus trip to Arlington National Cemetery and the World War II Memorial on the National Mall *

Roscoe Strozier, Detroit, Michigan Chapter, an allied member (761st Tank Battalion & Allied Veterans Association) returning from bus trip to Arlington National Cemetery and World War II Memorial on the National Mall during the 56th Annual Reunion hosted by the Washington D.C. Chapter

William McBurney (New York Chapter) returning from bus trip to Arlington National Cemetery and World War II Memorial on the National Mall during the 56 Annual Reunion hosted by the Washington D.C. Chapter in August 2004 *