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PRESIDENTS LETTER
May 14, 2025
Presidents Letter
May 14, 2025
Vietnam Veterans of the 2d Battalion 1st Marines, Inc.
Holiday Inn National Airport
DC 2025 Reunion
Arrive July 9 - Depart July 13
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!!
The Reunion is almost upon us. We have a high level of participation this year. We have over 45 rooms already reserved by our Marines. Our room bloc is presently set at 55 rooms. We can increase our allocation, if required, however the increase is based on availability. Please make your reservations as soon as possible to ensure your room at our low rate of $124+tax.
You can make reservations for the hotel using one of the following methods:
(1) The best method is to use our web site at: www.2dbn1stmarines.org pressing the Reunion Info tab, hitting the Make Reservations Here link and complete your reservation by choosing room type and securing your reservation with a credit card.
(2) The second method is to call the hotel registration line at (888-294-5059) and use our code WAR. This code is required to receive your discounted rate of $124+ tax.
All reservations must be made by June 17, 2025, to ensure rooms are available in our Bloc of rooms but as mentioned prior, we may have to increase our room commitment and that must be applied by June 1.
The rooms with double beds tend to be a popular reservation so make your reservation as soon as possible to insure availability. Our room rate is also available for three days prior and three days post of the Reunion.
The hotel has a free shuttle service from Reagan National Airport. The shuttle operates from the hotel every half hour starting at 4:30am and ending at 11:00pm. There is no need to call the hotel to make pickup reservations as the shuttle operates continuously on the half hour during the time span shown above. Pickup point is outside the terminals at the Hotel Pickup enclosures. The hotel provides self-parking at $20 per night (its normally $40) for those who drive to DC.
We are having excursions to the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on July 10th, the Friday Night Parade at the (8th & I) Barracks, and the 4th Annual Ladies Luncheon on Friday, July11th. You can sign up for all or parts of the excursions on the website or by sending the paper registration form to:
Mario Sagastume at 778 Silverado Estates Ct., Chico CA 95973
This year, as in the past, our Banquet and Ladies Lunch will be buffet style. The menus for both the Banquet and the Ladies Lunch are excellent and provide a variety of tastes to satisfy your palate.
Once again, the Quilts of Honor organization will be presenting quilts to (20) of our Corpsman and Marines. If you do not have a quilt, and you would like to have one, call either Tim Dunn (303-887-9275) or Tony Kilroy (314-477-8800) to be eligible for a quilt.
We have a poll on the website to help us determine how many will be going on the various excursions, the Ladies Lunch, and the Banquet. This poll helps us to contract the correct number of buses we need and the amount of food needed for the buffet and Ladies Lunch. We must finalize our transportation requirements by June 20th.
We hope you all will join us this year in D.C. Many of you have told me that you are bringing family members. My familys attendance at the reunions has been a revelation to them of our Brotherhood, Courage, and the meaning of Semper Fi. Its our families and our fellow Marines that will maintain our legacy.
We'll see you in July and if you have any questions, you can always contact me.
Tony Kilroy
314-477-8800
