July / August 2024
On Saturday, June 8th at Racines’ Pritchard Park Veterans Memorial a granite stone signifying the Kettle Moraine Chapter of the 1st Cavalry Division Association of SE Wisconsin was unveiled along with the names of 18 members of the chapter. Additional bricks will be engraved with chapter members over time. The 1st Cavalry Division, also known as the First Team, has an honored history in many past wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, and the War on Terror. Forty-four members of the 1st Cavalry Division have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Pictured above is the unveiling of the memorial. From left is Racine Mayor, Corey Mason; in center is Racine County Veterans Service Officer, Shawn Rivers; on the right is Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave. In the background on the left is Mike Lorber, Vice President of the Chapter, and next to him on his left is chapter president, Fred Douglass. PIC1
In the group photo of the initial inductees at Pritchard Park Veterans Memorial are, starting from the extreme left front row and indicating their country of service is Joe Bever (Korea); Archie Molina (Vietnam); Thomas Putnam (Vietnam); Darry Dahl (Vietnam); Paul Petersen (Vietnam); Julius Mianecki (Japan); and Mike Kopaczewski (Vietnam). Back row from left: Robert Richter (Vietnam); Bill Berns (Vietnam); Mike Lorber (Vietnam); Fred Douglass (Vietnam); Andrew Sabin (Iraq); Harold Bourne (Vietnam); Gerald Nelson (Vietnam). Not pictured: Matt Dragicevic (Vietnam); and Emmett Hicks (Vietnam). Two bricks are inscribed with the names of two deceased members, both previous chapter presidents, Gordy Weiner and Dick Schwarten.
20 April 2022
The photo above was taken at our March 12, 2022 meeting.
The Kettle Moraine Chapter of Southeastern Wisconsin met on March 12, 2022 at The Bunker sport’s bar in Waterford, Wisconsin to commemorate the chapters’ donation of 1st Cav decals on this Vietnam era gunship. Members standing are (left to right): Gordie Weidner (chapter president), Fred Douglas, Robert Richter, Mike Kopaczewski, Julius Mianecki, Paul Petersen, Mike Lorber, Jerry Nelson, and Thomas Butnam. Not pictured: Archie Molina, Bill Burns, Harold Bourne, Joe Bever, and Andy Sabin. The chapter also donated a bronze plaque highlighting the 1st Cav’s history.
20 June 2017
Chapter meets quarterly on the second Saturday of March, June and September at 12:00, at the Bunker in Waterford, WI. On the second Saturday of December at 12:00 (for the elections of officers) at the Meyers Restaurant in Greenfield, WI.
