101 st Airborne Division Association
Massachusetts Special Events
PRESS RELEASE
Massachusetts 101st Airborne Unit to Honor a Fellow Trooper
Killed in Afghanistan
The 101st Airborne Division Association - Massachusetts Special Events is
sponsoring its first annual memorial fishing trip in memory of Spc John M.
Dawson, a medic, who was killed in the line of duty last week in Afghanistan.
Director of Massachusetts Special Events Dick George, along with Lawrence, MA
VSO (Veterans Service Officer) Jamie Melendez will spearhead the trip focusing
on fellow members of the 101st Airborne Division veterans. George said the trip
will take place in July out of Plum Island, Newburyport, MA and members of
Dawson’s family will be invited.
George, who raises funds for the trips from friends and local businesses, has been
running fishing trips for local veterans including World War II veterans and
several from a homeless shelter in Boston for a number of years under the flag of
the 101st Airborne Division.
Contact: Dick George [email protected]
Website: screamingeaglesma.org
C 781.254.4492
VSO Jamie Melendez [email protected]
Office 978.620.3282
NORMANDY – HOLLAND – BASTOGNE
SOUTHERN GERMANY – VIETNAM – SAUDI ARABIA
AFGHANISTAN - IRAQ