Reunions

Military

USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) is being planned; contact Phil Davidson, 1000 Fountain Terrace, No. 206, Lewistown, MT 59457, 406-538-9517.

USS Gurke (DD-783) April 10-13 at the Regency Plaza Hotel in San Diego. Contact Dale Strine at 7024 Ballinger Ave., San Diego, CA 92119-1337, or call 619-465-6458.

USS Purdy (DD-743) April 10-13 in St. Louis, Mo. Contact Larry DiPasquale at 3744 Surrey Drive, Allentown, PA 18103-5329, or call 610-433-4787.

Aleutian Island Military Veterans April 20, May 19 and June 3, for information send a selfaddressed stamped envelope to Al King, P.O. Box 130327, Sunrise, FL 33313, by April 7.

7th Bomb Wing-36 Association April 24-27, Fort Worth, Texas; contact Richard S. George, P.O. Box 330279, Fort Worth, TX 76163, or call (817) 292-4932.

USS Arcadia (AD-23) May 1-4 in St. Louis, Mo. Call James Rawls, P.O. Box 794, Hemingway, SC 29554, or call 803-558-9356.

USS Rupertus (DD-851) May 1-4 in San Francisco, Calif. Call Layton Buckner at 320 Lake Almanor West Drive, Chester, CA 96020, or call 916-259-2230.

USS Nantahala (AO-60) May 1-4 in Charleston, S.C. Call James Ripley at 1158 N. Boulevard, N. Charleston, SC 29406, or call 803-554-4068.

USS Cadmus (AR-14) May 1-4 in St. Louis, Mo. Contact James Rawls at P.O. Box 794 Hemingway, SC 29554, or call 803-558-9356.

USS Marias (AO-57) May 1-4 in St. Louis, MO. Contact James Ripley at 1158 N. Boulevard, N. Charleston, SC 29406, or call 803-554-4068.

USS Bates (DE-68/APD-47) May 1-4 in Reno, Nev. Contact Bill Hickman at 213 White Road, Castle Rock, WA 98611, or call 360-274-8690.

USS Breton (CVE-23) May 1-4 in Charleston, S.C. Contact Arthur Thornbuy at 5130 S. Dearborn, Indianapolis, IN 46227, or call 317-787-6494.

USS General W.A. Mann (AP-112), (TAP-112) May 2-5 at the Quality Resort in Mission Valley, 875 Hotel Circle South, San Diego, Calif. Contact Jerry Bligh at 685 Squire Circle No. 102, Naples, FL 34104-6589, or call 941-353-0891.

USS Renville (APA-227) May 5-8 in San Francisco. Contact Oscar Lax at 12 Lenox Terrace, S. Orange, NJ 07079, or call 201-762-4560.

USS Lexington (CV-2) Club May 8-11, Red Lion Hotel, Ontario, Calif.; contact Walt Kastner, 466 Ivy Glen Drive, Mira Loma, CA 91752, or call (909) 681-1101.

US 8th Army Unit, Sugamo Prison May 14-17, Albuquerque, N.M.; contact (800) 866-5252.

USS Vicksburg (CL-86) May 15-18 in Charleston, S.C.; please contact John Desiderio at 22 Greenbriar Road, Turnersville, NJ 08012-2114, or call 609-589-5461.

USS Cambria Coast Guard Veterans (APA36) May 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Sam Belfiore at 2668 Alum Creek Drie, Columbus, OH 43207, or call 614-443-9051.

168th Inf. Regt. May 22-25 in Charleston, S.C. Contact Raymond Dupere at P.O. Box 53403, Fayetteville, NC 28305, or call 910-484-4365.

USS Fall River (CA131) Sailors and Marines, May 29-June 1, Boston; contact David Morris, 812 N. 26 St., Reading, PA 19606-1313, or call (610) 779-4828.

USS Fall River CA131, Sailors and Marines May 29-June 1, Boston; contact David Morris, 812 N. 26 St., Reading, PA 19606-1414, or call (610) 779-4828.

USS Maddox Destroyer (DD731, 622, 168) June 5-8, Orlando, Fla.; contact Joyce Metcalf, 12686 W. Highway 55, York, SC 29745, or (803) 222-3180.

USS Sperry (AS-12) Submarine Tender, 1942-1982 June 26-28, Branson, Mo.; contact Jim Taylor, 5081 Holly Farms Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23462, or call (757) 490-2462.

USS Portsmouth (CI-102), 1944-50 June 26-30, Buffalo, N.Y.; contact Joseph Barber, 70 Maloney Court, Winsted, CT 06098, or call (860) 379-5364.

3rd Medical Battalion 3rd Marine Division, March 1964-March 1967, August; contact Jim Moore, 712 Bessie Drive, White Hall, AZ 71602, (510) 247-1214.

84th Infantry Division Railsplitter Society Aug. 16-20. Orlando, Fla.; contact National Headquarters, 84th Infantry Division Railsplitter Society, P.O. Box 827, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-0827, or call (605) 334-8787.

82nd Airborne Division Aug. 18-24, Buffalo, N.Y.; contact 82nd Airborne in Buffalo, 5459 Northcutt Pl., Dayton, OH 45414-3742, or call Shirley Gossett, (937) 898-5977.

US Navy, Asiatic Fleet, 1910-1942 Memorial Reunion, Aug. 20-24, Washington D.C.; contact Melvin Dowd, 1513 E. Cambridge Lane, Spokane, WA 99203, or call 747-1028.

Army Otter-Caribou Association Aug. 20-23, Albuquerque, N.M.; call (800) 626-8194.

USS Helena (CL-50, CA-75, SSN-725 and FG-9) Aug. 29-Sept. 2 in Portland; contact Bill Bunker, President, USS Helena Organization, 596 A West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007.

USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD/DDR-713) September, Minneapolis; contact Robert Levine, 439 Weld, West Roxbury, MA 02132-1109, (617) 327-3286.

103rd Infantry Division, World War II Sept. 2-7, Omaha, Neb.; contact Harold Schrechengoat, 1464 Fourth St. S.E., Mason City, IA 50401-4438, or call (515) 423-2100.

3rd S.A.D., 8th Air Force, B-24 Liberators of the 2nd Air Division, World War II, Sept. 10-13, Ridpath Hotel in Spokane, contact Cecil Heath, 1408 N. Dick, Spokane, WA 99212, 926-4290, or John Julian, 12114 E. 38th, Spokane, WA 99206, 891-6074 or 926-5498.

USS Long Beach Reunion Sept. 10-14, San Diego, Calif.; contact Don Shade, P.O. Box 69, Clymer, NY 14724-0069, or call (716) 355-6661.

USS Forrestal (CVA/CV/AVT-59) September 16-21 in Hyannis, Mass. Contact Jim Stewart, 21 Viburnum Lane, Levittown, PA 19054, or call 215-943-7626.

USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE 75) and squadrons VC14, VC 88, and UC 99, Sept. 18-21, Norfolk, Va.; contact Ginny Canaday, 5868 Argyle Way, Riverside, CA 92506-3513.

Battleship USS Maryland (BB-46) Sept. 19-24, Kansas City, Mo.; contact Dick Beaman, 471 Vivienne Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076, or call (408) 722-4966.

USS Springfield Bluejackets Inc., (CL66/ CLG7/SSN761) Sept. 23-26, Springfield, Ill.; contact John Adams, 255 North Road, Unit 83, Chelmsford, MA 01824-1425, or call (508) 256-2239.

USS Taussig DD746 Sept. 24-28, Nashville, Tenn., contact Vincent Esposito, 7 Astronomy Lane, Levittown, NY 11756, 516-579-4449.

USS New (DD-818) October, Charleston, S.C.; contact Jack Moraski, 412 Arlington Road, Hoyt Lakes, MN 55750; (218) 225-2606.

USS Passumpsic AO-107 members serving 1946-1973, Oct. 1-4; contact Don Bowles, 234 S. Parkdale, Wichita, KS 67209, or call (316) 722-8704.

USS Grayson (DD435) Oct. 7-10 in Virginia Beach, VI. Contact Dave Craigmile, 6902 Greentree Drive, Naples, FL 34108, or call 941-591-8768.

SHAEF/ETOUSA Veterans Association Oct. 10-13. Kansas City, Mo.; contact Alan Reeves, 2301 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94115, or call (415) 921-8322.

USS Canberra (CA-70, CAG-2) Oct. 15-18, Charleston, S.C.; contact Paul McManuels, 317 Somerset Drive, Shiremanstown, PA 17011, or call (717) 737-2516.

USS Salamaua (CVE 96) and Squadron VC 70 and VC 87 Oct. 15-19, San Antonio, Texas; contact John Smith, 7268 Northwest 16th, Ankeny, IN 50021-8823, or call (515) 289-1467. USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) November, Norfolk, Va.; contact Richard Balt, 1430 Catamount Road, Fairfield, CT 06430, (203) 259-5479.

USS Yancey (AKA-93) Nov. 13-16, San Francisco, Calif.; contact Richard Balt, 1430 Catamount Road, Fairfield, CT 06430, (203) 259-5479.

For more information on military reunions, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Military Reunion News, P.O. Box 355, Bulverde, TX 78163-0355, or call (210) 438-4177.

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