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Minutes from our online chapter meeting held 13 September are now published and available for download.

Click here to download the September 2020 meeting minutes. 

Our Chicago Chapter newsletter for October 2020 is now available for download. Thanks once again and always to Vice Chairman Glenn Granat for producing the newsletter, including this month's special feature on Operation Rhino. 

Click here to download the October newsletter.  

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A friendly reminder that applications for 82nd Airborne Division Association college scholarships are due by 15 Oct. Scholarships are granted annually by the 82nd Airborne Division Education Fund and made to all eligible applicants. 

Eligible are former troopers within two years of separation and dependents of Assn Life members seeking a Bachelors degree at an accredited college or university. 

Full eligibility requirements and application forms are available on the Assn website. Let me know if there are any questions. AATW!

Click here to learn more and find forms. 

Our Chicago Chapter welcomes a new member, Ronald Gensaw of Merrillville, IN. Ronald served with HHC/2-508th PIR (82nd Airborne Division) as a Medic from 1983-1986. 

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Our chapter newsletter for September 2020 is now available. Check out this latest edition with updated events and a history report featuring Operation Market Garden. Thanks for Vice Chairman Glenn Granat for another outstanding monthly newsletter! 

Click here to download the newsletter. 

On 23 Aug, a LGOP visited Chicago Chapter member Stan Gryga to celebrate his 98th birthday. Stan is glider qualified and served with HHC, 82nd Abn Div from 1942-45, "From Casablanca to Berlin". 

Many thanks to Glenn Granat, Steve Corcoran, Tom Carter, and Rudy Acevedo for their time and contributions, to Smallcakes of Naperville for the amazing cupcakes, Accents By Jenny for the terrific patriotic floral arrangement, and to Jersey Joe Scherer for his support. 

Happy Birthday, Stan! 

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The minutes from our July 2020 chapter meeting have been published on here our website. Click here to download the meeting minutes. 

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National has rescinded the All American (Sustaining) Membership, which carried a one-time cost of $350 and then a "maintenance" fee" of 50% of current Annual dues starting in year six. 

At this time, the Association has reverted back to the standard life-time "All American" membership at a one-time cost of $350. This, of course, in addition to the ongoing Annual membership. 

If you have any questions, just post a response here, contact us via our Contact Form, or email us at info@chicagoairborne.com 

The August 2020 edition of our Chicago Chapter newsletter is now available. Many thanks once again to Vice Chairman Glenn Granat for producing the newsletter. This month's history feature is the 82nd Infantry Division of WWI. 

Click here to download the August 2020 Newsletter. AATW! 

The Summer 2020 edition of The Paraglide, the official quarterly magazine of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, is now available online.

This issue features introductions to the 82nd Airborne Division's new Commanding General and Command Sergeant Major, announcements of the NCO and Trooper of the Year, and information about a limited edition 82nd Airborne Division Association Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced by Boundary Oaks Distillery. 

Click here to visit the National website to read it now.