TIMELINE
1300-Wreath Laying Ceremony: location Ft. Benning Memorials adjacent to the NIM(NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM)
1400-Cemetery pay respects to fellow members: Location Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery
1500-Have a get together and eat dinner and toast to our fallen Brothers.
The Reunion was a Big Success it was good that fellow Brothers and Sisters got together and reminisced about those days that will forever be something that few will ever understand. Once again Thank You Chris Petty and your wife Deborah Petty for Spear heading and Hosting and opening your house to the Red Devils Family.
*************Battalion Commanders Message************
TO ALL RED DEVILs..........MERRY CHRISTMAS & GREETINGS TO ALL ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION : JUST CAUSE.
I want to THANK YOU ALL for your Patriotism, Loyalty, Dedication and Courage.
THANK YOU for making the Panama RED DEVILs the best unit in which I ever served or observed.
THANK YOU for keeping the Panama RED DEVILs alive with your reunions, action events, and communications.
Additionally, I want to THANK Chris Petty for organizing a 30 year anniversary gathering in Columbus,/ Ft Benning, Ga on the 20th. I hope to see many there..........but, I know, regardless of where you are, we all will remember Mike and Troy.....our 2 Fallen Heroes.
ALL THE VERY BEST TO YOU & YOURS..........
RED DEVIL.....fitz
******Another Letter From a Fellow RED DEVIL******
To the brethren of the Parachute Infantry, Diablos Rojos. As the day comes to a close, a memory shall return to me. It was one of the happiest, yet most painful memories that I have ever endured. Most that knew me in those days, knew of my birth place, Panama. I doubt any would have imagined that I walked the streets surrounding the Comandancia decades before that night, and following days in 1989. Growing up poor in the Santa Ana District making a dime to help support your mother and sisters was never part of my conversation with my peers. Watching Roberto Duran, former General Torrijos, and yes the ultimate evil Noriega, just a few feet from me was part of a history that few would ever know. I saw our operation differently than those around me. Having lost my aunt, nephew, niece and their father was a price they paid for opposing a vile regime. Although a sad event, I carry their memory with me, and those whom were next to me, focused on removing a man that violated all laws of humanity against his own people and those whom we called a brother in arms. Although not a citizen of the US at the time of our operation, my brothers saw me as their own, a Red Devil willing to take the fight to the enemy. Because of them, and our leaders the evil was removed, and Panama is today a thriving economy where democratic ideals are debated daily in their national assembly, the canal larger, all the signs that in my opinion say that our actions were a Just Cause. No matter how history may define our actions, or those that were never there speak about us, Panama is free today from a reign of terror, you can beat that. I saw Chorrillo burn that morning, and my soul cried, tears fell, but the spirit of the Airbone Infantry pushed me forward, IOT complete our tasks. I shall always be proud to say that I served amongst America's best, Red Devils in baggy pants, in the Airborne Infantry. As I remember our past, I pray to our Lord for your successful future in all your endeavors.
Anytime, anywhere, with the speed of thunder.
R/
Edgardo A. Coronado
PVT, USA, (R)
B-Co, 508th PIR
Diablo Rojo
1300-Wreath Laying Ceremony: location Ft. Benning Memorials adjacent to the NIM(NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM)
1400-Cemetery pay respects to fellow members: Location Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery
1500-Have a get together and eat dinner and toast to our fallen Brothers.
The Reunion was a Big Success it was good that fellow Brothers and Sisters got together and reminisced about those days that will forever be something that few will ever understand. Once again Thank You Chris Petty and your wife Deborah Petty for Spear heading and Hosting and opening your house to the Red Devils Family.
*************Battalion Commanders Message************
TO ALL RED DEVILs..........MERRY CHRISTMAS & GREETINGS TO ALL ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION : JUST CAUSE.
I want to THANK YOU ALL for your Patriotism, Loyalty, Dedication and Courage.
THANK YOU for making the Panama RED DEVILs the best unit in which I ever served or observed.
THANK YOU for keeping the Panama RED DEVILs alive with your reunions, action events, and communications.
Additionally, I want to THANK Chris Petty for organizing a 30 year anniversary gathering in Columbus,/ Ft Benning, Ga on the 20th. I hope to see many there..........but, I know, regardless of where you are, we all will remember Mike and Troy.....our 2 Fallen Heroes.
ALL THE VERY BEST TO YOU & YOURS..........
RED DEVIL.....fitz
******Another Letter From a Fellow RED DEVIL******
To the brethren of the Parachute Infantry, Diablos Rojos. As the day comes to a close, a memory shall return to me. It was one of the happiest, yet most painful memories that I have ever endured. Most that knew me in those days, knew of my birth place, Panama. I doubt any would have imagined that I walked the streets surrounding the Comandancia decades before that night, and following days in 1989. Growing up poor in the Santa Ana District making a dime to help support your mother and sisters was never part of my conversation with my peers. Watching Roberto Duran, former General Torrijos, and yes the ultimate evil Noriega, just a few feet from me was part of a history that few would ever know. I saw our operation differently than those around me. Having lost my aunt, nephew, niece and their father was a price they paid for opposing a vile regime. Although a sad event, I carry their memory with me, and those whom were next to me, focused on removing a man that violated all laws of humanity against his own people and those whom we called a brother in arms. Although not a citizen of the US at the time of our operation, my brothers saw me as their own, a Red Devil willing to take the fight to the enemy. Because of them, and our leaders the evil was removed, and Panama is today a thriving economy where democratic ideals are debated daily in their national assembly, the canal larger, all the signs that in my opinion say that our actions were a Just Cause. No matter how history may define our actions, or those that were never there speak about us, Panama is free today from a reign of terror, you can beat that. I saw Chorrillo burn that morning, and my soul cried, tears fell, but the spirit of the Airbone Infantry pushed me forward, IOT complete our tasks. I shall always be proud to say that I served amongst America's best, Red Devils in baggy pants, in the Airborne Infantry. As I remember our past, I pray to our Lord for your successful future in all your endeavors.
Anytime, anywhere, with the speed of thunder.
R/
Edgardo A. Coronado
PVT, USA, (R)
B-Co, 508th PIR
Diablo Rojo
