We are excited to announce our reunion details for 2024!
We look forward to our next reunion in San Antonio, Texas, 16-20 October 2024, which will include a visit to the National Museum of the Pacific War. Thank you to Alfredo Cooke and Tom Huffhines for organizing this forthcoming FDMA reunion.
We will continue honor the legacies and the heroic sacrifices of the 5th Marine Division veterans from WWII and Vietnam. May they never be forgotten! 
My thanks also go out to Bill Baumann, Alfredo Cooke and all those helping us to expand our membership in furtherance of this goal.
- Skip Werthmuller, Captain USN (ret)
Event Details:
Date: October 16-20
Where: San Antonio, Texas
Event Location: Historic Menger Hotel
Location: Menger Hotel
With tradition and style befitting the oldest continuously operating hotel west of the Mississippi, the elegant Menger Hotel welcomes guests with a nod to San Antonio’s colorful past intermingled with its cosmopolitan present—all just steps from famous World Heritage Site—the Alamo.
Step into our exquisite Victorian lobby and be transported back to a time when Theodore Roosevelt gathered his Rough Riders in our very own Menger Bar. This long-rooted landmark is renowned for its refined architecture, museum-worthy mementos, and esteemed history—including a long line of honored guests.
Book early and let us know the date and times of arrival at the airport so our great Airport Detail can meet you and take you to the hotel. If you require an Accessible Room, call ahead to the hotel and reserve early. There are three (3) rooms with roll-in showers and no bathtub. There are five (5) rooms with bathtubs that have rails.
You may book your own room reservations by contacting The Menger Hotel at (800) 345-9285. Ask for FMDA rate of $169 per night (+taxes).
Planned Reunion Activities:Â
Tour to the National Museum of the Pacific
5th Marine Division History Corner
Iwo Jima Presentation
Vietnam Presentation
Iwo Jima & Vietnam Veteran Q&A Session
Saturday Night Banquet
Guest Speakers:
Featured Speaker: Sergeant Major Harold Overstreet
Mr. Leighton Wilhite, 5th Tank Battalion
Mr. Thomas H. Begay, 5th Signal CO., 27th Marines, Navajo Code Talker
Mr. Bill Baumann
Mr. Mike Archer
Mr. Gary Gordon & Mrs. Mari Garcia
Registration and Form
You can register right now using the downloadable PDF form. You can used Adobe Acrobat to open or you can print from your computer and fill it out.
Questions:
For questions regarding the Fifth Marine Division Association reunion, please call Alfredo Cooke at (210) 854-6024.
Mail registration form and checks to:
Payable to FMDA (First Marine Division Association)
C/O Tom Huffhines
P.O. BOX 728
Weatherford, TX, 76086