Scenes From the 19th Reunion of the 449th Bomb Group

716th Squadron Veterans
Back Row: Ken Blake, Al Ilzaliturri, Vernon Petersen, Bud Rosch, Ted Beale, George Henry
Front Row: Paul Farrell, Eugene Gordon, Chester Ray, Bernard Bowers, Fred Movey,

717th Squadron Veterans
Back Row: Lynn Kinnamon, John Aulner Jr, Wally Green, Leroy Compson, Robert Kubiak
Front Row: Clif Denny Jr., Ed Kolek, Jack Hartle, Ed West, Ray Bohn

718th Squadron Veterans
Back Row: Harvey Gann, Jim Cady, Leo Alpert, Bob Hathorn
Front Row: Morris Coffee, Al Hewett, John Bloomingdale, Matt Mathieu

719th Squadron Veterans
Back Row: Floyd Trodgon, Rudy Acosta, Iggy Garcia Jr.
Front Row: Walter Bynum, Harold Strack, Bill Hamill, Robert Geisert , Jack Meyer, Max Minton,
Walter Dillon, Ted Bratzler

Wing and A Prayer Choral Group
(Ed West (717th), Ken Blake (716th), Paul Farrell (716th), Leroy Compson (717th),
Bob Hathorn (718th) and Ed Kolek (717th). (Not seen is Lynn Kinnamon (717th))



449th Veterans and the Oak Ridge Boys (Back Row) with General Chuck Yeager (Center, Back Row)


The “449th Museum” Exhibit
Dan and Carol Livingston’s private collection exhibit