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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
THE
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Muster
Continued from page 1
Libby said having Hufstedler honored at
Muster is perfectly in line with the Aggie tradi
tions he cherished so much.
Carmen Pendergraff, Blanco-Caldas’ sister,
will hold a candle at Aggie Muster in memory of
her brother. Blanco-Caldas, the passionate Puerto
Rican-tumed-Texan, who was never without his
guitar, was killed in Iraq on Dec. 28, 2(X)3.
Pendergraff said she misses her bigger-than-
life brother greatly and that although attending
Muster is one of the hardest things her family will
have to do, she couldn’t imagine not going.
“It’s finally saying goodbye.” Pendergraff said.
“It’s the last chapter of his book. 1 don’t think he
would’ve wanted it any other way.”
This is the first time Pendergraff has attended
Aggie Muster, and she said she is honored that
Blanco-Caldas is a part of such an amazing tradition.
“It validates the fact that once an Aggie, always
an Aggie,” Pendergraff said. “Ernie couldn't have
chosen a better place to go to
school and a better family to
belong to. A&M really made
him into the man he was.”
Blanco-Caldas built five
Aggie Bonfires while attending
A&M and was also a Singing
Cadet and a Ross Volunteer.
Blanco-Caldas’ aunt, Joan
Maymi of Sandy, Utah, said not
a day goes by that she doesn't
look at his picture and think of
her nephew. She said that some
times she still calls his cell
phone just to hear his voice, and
that she leaves a message telling
him that she misses him.
Maymi said that although she
Jessica said it's been hard raising her I',
old son, Justin, without Rozier, and thatsli
going to Muster will help give herclosmt,
“It’s not something I ever wanted to»(
soon,” she said. “I guess I’mdoingOK.I
about him all the time, but Icanthinkah
thoughts and not just about his death,’’
Rozier’s mother, Barbara, said her in
brilliant son loved the traditions <
feel of the University.
“The first time he set foot on campus,
that was where he was supposed to be,"sin
Barbara said Rozier was, by nature,a
and meticulous young man, and that the
and information that he picked up atA®
enced him to go into the Army.
“He knew he needed to be therr
believed that freedom is not free,” she
said that every generation was called and
his turn to defend our freedom.”
Barbara said her son truly earnedhisit
the roll call.
“Jon lived a lot of life in 25 years,”she
Muster Chair Cindy Abbott said ills
ate that these soldiers art
44
Muster signifies that
we are all Aggies, and
once an Aggie, always
an Aggie. You will
never be forgotten.
— Cindy Abbott
Muster chair
at this year's
Aggies have a historydj
ing the ultimate sar
(heir country.
“I think they de
Abbott said.
Muster will begin n
a.m. with a flag-n
mony featuring
Band, Corps of Cade|
Class of 1954.
At 11 a.m., Muster I
holding a barbecue a|
Academic Plaza or at Sk
rains. The barbecue »ilj
day long.
is nervous about going to Muster, she knows that
it is just one of the things keeping her nephew
alive in spirit.
“I'm scared because I know it's going to bring
up those feelings again, but in the same, it’s some
thing that helps us realize we re not going through
this in vain, and were not going through this
alone,” Maymi said.
Jonathan Rozier’s wife. Jessica, will hold a
candle at Muster for her husband, w ho was killed
on July 19. 2003 while on patrol duty outside of
his tank. Jessica, who met Rozier while they were
in the Corps of Cadets together, said her husband
was a die-hard Aggie who nobody ever seemed to
have a problem with.
Students can visit the Reflectionsdispt j
Memorial Student Center, which will fea
sonal items of those on this year's rollcal
The doors at Reed Arena will openai.Avl
and the Muster feature speaker will td
llagler. Class of 1958.
Shannon Vogt, senior marketing iw|
Roll Call and Families Sub Chair,encour^J
dents to attend because she saidit'saspe; !
that helps bond the Aggie family together
Abbott said that w ith more than DO.'J
worldw ide, this is something even Ag|
share in and that epitomizes the A]
“Muster signifies that we are all AggftJ
once an Aggie, always an Aggie,’i
“You will never be forgotten.”
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Endangered Species Act.
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