CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY NUMBER 100 AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY MILITARY REUNION

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CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY NUMBER 100 AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY MILITARY REUNION

Fort Mitchell, KY/June 5, 2007—It won’t be your standard birthday celebration during an upcoming military reunion in Northern Kentucky.

The 21st Regimental Combat Team holds its annual military reunion June 13-16, at the Drawbridge Inn.  During the reunion, members will be celebrating the 100th birthday of Retired General Miller O. Perry, who commanded the 52nd Field Artillery in the First battle of the Korean War.  Perry will be making the trip from his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The group plans to honor General Perry at a special breakfast at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 13.  It will also present him with a birthday cake on the second day of the reunion, Thursday, June 13, at 1:30 p.m. in the group’s hospitality room at the hotel.
 
The 52nd Field Artillery supported the 21st Infantry throughout the Pacific during World War II.  The 52nd also went with the 21st to Korea and was at the first battle of Korea.  The 21st actually has quite an illustrious history.   It spans over 140 years of honorable service.  The group, known as the Gimlets, served at Cedar Mountain, Virginia in 1862 and at Pearl Harbor, 1941.

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