______________________________________ July Luncheon "Sentimental Journey through France" Dr. Wilbur Mattison was born in Anderson, S.C. in 1922. After high school graduation, he enrolled at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. and graduated in 1943. Because of World War II, his class was not able to attend the R.O.T.C. summer camp training program and, upon graduation, he and his fellow classmates attended The Officer's Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia. He was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Infantry and was assigned to the 103 rd Infantry Division that served in the 7th Army in France in World War Il. Ultimately, as a 1st Lt. he commanded a Rifle Company in the 410th Infantry Regiment. In January 1945, he was wounded in battle. An extensive period in an Army hospital was necessary, and during this time, he elected to pursue a career in medicine. He enrolled in The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and, after graduation and a period of post- graduate training, he moved to Menlo Park, California, where he joined the Department of Internal Medicine at The Menlo Medical Clinic. Also, he served on the Clinical Faculty of The Stanford University School of Medicine. Wilbur retired in 1988. In 2014, he and his daughter, Mrs. Patricia O'Dell, moved to Ellijay, Georgia, where he now resides.
Our Program and Events chairman, Mike Ehrlich has secured a block of ten rooms - the maximum allowable by the lodge for our group. These rooms will be allocated to the first ten who responded to the survey. If you are among the first ten, you should contact the lodge using the booking information / procedure below to secure your reservation. The ten rooms each have two queen-sized beds and a kitchenette. So please let us know if there will be any any room sharing among those making the trip without a spouse. The remainder of travelers will be placed on a waiting list and advised if anyone of the first ten decide not to attend. These wait-listed travelers can make alternative lodging arrangements on their own or contact one of the two hotels listed below. We do not have a group arrangement with these hotels: Holiday Inn Express - https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/pensacola/pnswr/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-US-_-PNSWR If you choose a hotel not listed make sure it is close to the base since our tour on Wednesday morning [17 Oct] begins promptly at 9am. Other event arrangements as outlined in the first announcement are pending completion and will be communicated to you as information becomes available. Please let Paul Goldstein know if you want to attend this trip. mailto:paul.f.goldstein@gmail.com |
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