BOBA lost one of our long-time founding members of the VBOB Lehigh Valley Chapter this week, Lionel Adda (99 INFD 393 REG). Chapter president Steve Savage said, “He was one of the Mainstays in our education program almost from the very beginning and spoke to hundreds of students and adults over the years. We shall miss him, his wit, his guidance, and his friendship.”

Lionel Adda
99 INFD

On his birthday (January 17, 2021), Lionel sent us an article he wrote for our “Bulge Memories” column which is printed in the The Bulge Bugle^®  Winter magazine. We wish he could have seen it in print, but we are so glad he recorded his experiences so that we could share his memories. Lionel was 99 years old. Condolences to family and all his friends in Lehigh Valley VBOB.

Click here to read about Lionel’s Christmas on Elsenborn Ridge.

REGISTER by Sept 30th to attend our Annual BOBA Reunion October 21-25, 2021 in Charleston, SC!

Meet Bulge veterans and hear their stories during a guided panel discussion. Attend our annual banquet and wreath-laying ceremony, and tour some of the area’s amazing sites including the Charleston Harbor, The Citadel, USS Yorktown and more! Come join us!

REGISTER for a FREE livestream “The Hurtgen Forest: Prelude to the Battle of the Bulge” on September 21 at 2:00 pm on ZOOM.

Offered by Virginia War Memorial and hosted by BOBA Historian and VWM Education Director Jim Triesler.

The Bulge Bugle® – Summer 2021 Features

To read the current Summer 2021 edition, join our organization. 

The following is content featured in the latest Bulge Bugle®.

• The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
• Spotlight on the 106th INFD “Golden Lions”
• Stopping the Germans and Saving the Bees – Vernon Brantley (75 INFD 289 REG AT CO)
• Art Brodin (87 INFD, 549 AAA BN) RECEIVES HIS MEDALS 75 YEARS LATER
• Bulge Memories! – J. David Bailey (106 INFD 422 REG F), Harold Grant Stoops (80 INFD 317 REG C), Harold W. Kimmel (212 QM LAUNDRY PLATOON), Raymond Wenning (30 INFD 117 REG A). Douglas Harvey (84 INFD 334 REG 1 BN HQ) Thomas E. Hoke (87 INFD 312 MED BN C)

To read more stories below from our previous 2021 Bulge Bugle® editions, join our organization. 

• WWII Veteran Irving Locker (116 AAA Gun Bn) featured in presentation to Northern CA Belgian Club 08 Jan 2021
• Memories of John Bowen, Devoted BOBA member, volunteer and historian
• Check out Veteran Livestream Playbacks
• Identify photos from the Patton Museum! – link coming!
• A History of West Michigan Chapter (23) 1992 – 2020 – link coming!
• Remembering the Battle of the Bugle – link coming!
• ARMDD SPOTLIGHT – 8th ARMDD Association “The Thundering Herd”
• BOBA Member Ken Mar Receives Gold Medal for Chinese-American Veterans
• My Father’s War: Piecing it Together (9 ARMDD 2 TK BN A)
• Priceless Gifts (35 INFD)
• Brothers In The War (2 INFD)
• Bulge Memories from Lionel Adda (99 INFD 393 INF D)
• More Bulge Memories from 99 INFD, 83 INFD, 80 INFD and 9 AIR FORCE!