40 Year Deployment Reunion Salt Lake City, Utah June 13 to June 15, 2008

My, how time flies! Have you stopped to think it has been 40 years since the 47th deployed to the Republic of South Viet Nam? It has been nearly four years since our reunion in Beaumont, Texas. Now we are going to gather for another fun weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. Accomodations and the Day Room for the reunion will be at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel in downtown Salt Lake. We invite you - and your family and friends - to join us at our "Deployment" Reunion! The Hotel indicated they will honor the above reunion rates a few days before and a few days after the reunion, depending on availability. Reserve your room needs early in order to ensure getting the reunion rates if you plan to come early or stay longer. Friday, June 13 to Sunday, June 15, 2008   Room Rates Salt Lake Plaza Hotel 122 West South Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Single or double Triple or Quad (number of people per room) $79.00 per night, $89.01 with tax $86.00 per night, $96.90 with tax Tax room rate: 12.671% Hotel Phone Numbers 801-521-0130 800-366-3684 801-322-5057 (fax)   Reunion Hotel Reservation Code: 6704 Make room reservations early. Hotel will honor reunion rates a few days before and a few days after the reunion, depending on availability. The Hotel provides a complimentary shuttle from and to the airport. Locate the hotel kiosk in the baggage claim area and call the hotel for a shuttle pickup. The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel kiosk number is 176. See Hotel Cancellation Policy (below) and why it is a good idea to reserve your room early There is plenty to see and do in and around Salt Lake. Remember, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake. A five minute walk from the Hotel and you can stand on the spot were the awards ceremonies were held. A short ride on Trax (light rail train) to the University of Utah to the football stadium is where the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held. Olympic Cauldron Park, next to the stadium, is the location for the Cauldron, the awards ceremonies Hoberman Arch, and the visitor's center. As part of the University, historic Fort Douglas is the location for the Olympic Village, which housed the athletes and trainers. Also, the Fort Douglas Army Museum, which has a Loach, a Huey, and an Apache as part of the display, is near by. PS, if any of you need to visit the VA hospital, it is right across the street from the University. Close by the University is the mouth of Emigration Canyon, which the Pioneers came through. There is a lot of pioneer history at Heritage Park, where This Is The Place Monument and Pioneer Village are located. Across the street is Hogle Zoo. One block from the Hotel is the Energy Solutions Arena, home of the NBA Utah Jazz basketball team. Abravanel Concert Hall is across the street from the Hotel. Convenient to the Hotel is a walking tour, which includes the Church Conference Center, the famed Mormon Tabernacle - home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Brigham Young's home, and the Church Art & History Museum. Free tours are available. The Joseph Smith Memorial Building has computers available where you can research your "roots" for free. And there is much more. The newly remodeled Utah State Capitol Building has tours available and the Viet Nam Memorial is located on the Capitol grounds. The world's largest open pit copper mine, Kennecott Copper,, is a must see. There is a visitor's center and an observation deck. Binoculars really make the pit impressive. In the pit the trucks look like tiny “match box trucks.” Up close, the trucks are huge; their wheels are approximately 10 feet in diameter. For those who fly to Salt Lake, depending on the approach to the airport, your plane may fly near the copper mine. Park City, 45 minutes from Salt Lake City up Parleys Canyon, is an old silver mining town that is now a residential area for the rich and famous. It was the location for the Olympic ski jump, the luge, bobsleigh, and the skeleton. A tour is available. Park City is a popular tourist attraction where the group could easily spend an afternoon eating, shopping, and sight seeing. Recently, the Sundance Film Festival was held in Park City and Salt Lake. The Festival was founded by actor Robert Redford. A possibility, if there is enough interest, would be an old fashioned hamburger and hotdog barbeque at our home in Centerville, approximately 20-25 minutes north of Salt Lake City. This is only a small sampling of what there is to do and see in the Salt Lake area. For more information about Salt Lake City visit www.VisitSaltLake.com. Start making your plans to come and renew acquaintances, friendships, and have a good time. If there is something you would like to see or do, let me know and I'll see what I can do to arrange it or point you in the right direction. For the group activity on Saturday, we will visit Kennecott Copper Mine in the morning and the Olympic Park and Park City in the afternoon. That evening we will hold our group reunion dinner at the Hotel. For the barbeque, the group activities on Saturday, and the reunion dinner we will need a count of how many are participating to secure tickets, reserve transportation, and arrange for the meals. Please see the Reunion Registration Form for information on the costs of the activities. Remember; make your Hotel reservations early for the reunion rates. I'm looking forward to seeing you there! My contact information is: Dick Leonard P O Box 793 Centerville, UT 84014-0793 Home 435-214-0738 47_40Reunion@xmission.com Dick Leonard 2008 Reunion Chairman