25th IDA Annual Reunion
Veterans of the 12th Evac Hospital in Cu Chi will be joining us at our Virginia Beach Reunion on 8-14 September 2019.
Our 12th Evac doctors, nurses, technicians, other specialists and administrative staff who patched our wounds, saved our lives and mourned our fallen who were brought to them, will be among the Veterans who will gather as a family in Virginia Beach. Were you or a friend patched up at the 12th Evac? If so, be sure to say “thanks” and give a hearty handshake to welcome them to the brotherhood and sisterhood of Tropic Lightning Veterans who gather for our 70th Annual Reunion.
Each year the Association sponsors a reunion. The reunion location is moved around the country each year to give as many members as possible an opportunity to attend. Every five years the reunion returns to Schofield Barracks.
Details about our 2019 reunion in Virginia will be published in our quarterly publication for members, Tropic Lightning Flashes and is available in a PDF reunion packet. To register for the reunion or make your hotel reservations, print out the the forms found in the packet and mail them with your payment. You will also find details about reunion activities and tours. Click here to download the PDF reunion packet
Sunday, September 8
Early arrivals and afternoon packet stuffing
Monday, September 9
Early arrivals. Registration opens. No planned activities
Tuesday, September 10
9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Morning tour includes First Landing Cross at Cape Henry, Old Cape Henry Lighthouse and Military Aviation Museum with box lunch included.
Afternoon free
Hospitality Room opens officially PM
Evening
Welcome Cocktail Party in the Hospitality Room
Wednesday, September 11
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Museum
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Norfolk Botanical Gardens and Chocolate Tasting Tour
Afternoon
Meeting 14th Infantry Regiment Chapter
Evening
Executive Council meeting
Hospitality Room open all day
Thursday, September 12
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Jamestown Settlement Tour with return via Yorktown and the Revolutionary War battlefields
Evening
Buffet Dinner and Auction
Hospitality Room open all day
Friday, September 13
9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Norfolk City Tour, MacArthur Memorial and Museum followed by Spirit of Norfolk luncheon cruise.
4:00 PM
Tropic Lightning Heritage Society get together
PM
12th Evac Hospital meeting and get together
PM
Free time for individual activities
PM
Evening entertainment in the hotel
Hospitality Room open all day
Saturday – September 14
8:30 AM
Annual Meeting
10:30 AM
Memorial Service
PM
Free time for individual activities
6:00 PM
Cocktail Party and Banquet
The forms and reunion details we put on our site are in Adobe Acrobat format and require the free reader to view or print them. If you don’t have this piece of software, visit the Adobe website and download it.