Baker Index A Special Tribute to Manuel "Manny" Baker for his devotion to the 3rd Armored Division: Longtime 3AD WWII Association member Association Vice-President for Southern Region Present at the Division's official inactivation ceremony in 1992 Provided 3AD.com the only known video of that 1992 ceremony Present at the Association's 63rd & Final Reunion in 2010  1992 invitation card from Manny's personal collection: (Above: actual size: 4" x 5")   Abridged from December, 1992, 3AD Association Newsletter: "CASING THE COLORS" (formal inactivation - or retirement - of the 3AD) The Ceremony took place on October 17th, 1992, at ten o'clock on Brooks Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky. Maj. Gen. Paul Funk addressed those in attendance and asked the WWII Veterans to stand to be recognized. The twenty-five 3rd Armored Division WWII veterans in attendance were as follows: Baker, Manuel - Serv. Btry. 54th Danay, John - Hq/33rd DeSoto, Ernest - Col. USA Ret. Edie, Bill - CGB & Hq/36th Epiey, Herb - 1/36th Esbrook, Andrew - E/32nd Freear, Joe - G/32nd Fullerton, Bill - Hq/391st Garcia, Armand - Hq/83rd Gardocky, Julius - D/83rd Hanneman, LeRoy - Hq/23rd Hirt, Charles - 143rd Sig. Kellihan, George - A/54th Latham, James - B/54th Limmroth, Weldon - 143rd Sig. Mclntyre, Ed - A/703rd Riensche, Robert - 143rd Sig. Robinson, Joe - Hq/Sup. Schumacher, Marc - C/33rd Shacklette, Thane - 32nd Sherman, Guy - D/83rd Stager, Bob - Med/Att. 36th Steele, Russell - Hq/33rd Swenson, Harley - B/32nd Wood, Claude - B/67th  Baker Index