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Military reunions

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USS Puget Sound (AD-38) – Aug. 11-14 in Seattle. Contact John Seymour, 114 E. Valleywood Drive, Collierville, TN 38017; (901) 853-1450; e-mail rebels45@yahoo.com; visit www.usspugetsound.org.

USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13/DDG-44) – Aug. 17-21, Charleston, S.C. Clarion Hotel. Contact Rodger Hall, 1286 Steakhouse Road, Knoxville, IL, 61448; (309) 289-8750; e-mail hallr44@yahoo.com.

USS Forrestal (CVA/CV/AVT-59) – Aug. 23-28 in Franklin, Tenn. Contact Jim Stewart, 21 Viburnum Lane, Levittown, PA 19054-1307; (215) 943-7626; (888) 434-5955; e-mail forestall-cva59@juno.com.

USS Boxer (CV/CVA/CVS21, LPH4, LHD4) – Aug. 25-27 in Somerset, N.J. Contact Ken Wyant, 5945 Mud Run Road, Easton, PA 18040; (610) 253-5347; e-mail kgwmrr@aol.com; or visit www.ussboxer.org.

USS Frontier (AD-25) – Fall in Corpus Christi, Texas. Contact Robert Smith, 39 Clyne Ave., Spotswood, NJ 08884; (732) 251-1773.

USS Missouri (BB-63) – Sept. 1-5 in Albuquerque, N.M. Contact Herb Fahr at (516) 931-1769; e-mail MoBB63Mo@aol.com.

USS Mount McKinley (AGC/LCC-7) Sept. 7-11 in Charleston, S.C. Contact Patrick Tracy, 345 E. Carmel Drive, Sanford, MI 48657-9234; (989) 687-6288; e-mail paddytom1@aol.com.

USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) – Sept. 7-11 in St. Louis. Contact Herman Chambers, 220 Meister Way, Sacramento, CA 95819; (916) 736-3140; e-mail ddg22etcm@aol.com.

All East Coast Based VAW Squadrons (VAW-12, VAW-120 through -127) – Sept. 7-11, Valley Forge, Pa. Contact Terry McManuels, 1673 Kilt St., Virginia Beach, Va., 23464; (757) 479-2261; e-mail macs@visi.net.

USS Trinity (AO13) – Sept. 7-10 at Hilton Garden Inn, Chesapeake, Va. Contact Donald Haycraft, 5 Will Lane, Bridgewater, VA 22812-1717; (540) 828-1142; e-mail haycraft001@yahoo.com.

7th Armored Division – Sept. 7-10 in Washington, D.C. Contact Charles Barry, 947 “A” St., Meadville, PA, 16335; (814) 333-8051; e-mail Cbarry@Zoominternet.net.

USS New (DD-818) – Sept. 8-11 in Chicago. Contact Richard Palmer, 2545 Housley Road, Annapolis, MD 21401; (410) 266-6353; e-mail rpalmer@aol.com.

Farragut Naval Training Station – Sept. 9-11 at Farragut State Park in Athol, Idaho. Contact Gene and Lorraine Cooper, 1248 S.W. Crossway Court, Port Orchard, WA 98367; (360) 876-4470.

USS Long Beach (CGN-9) – Sept. 11-19 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, San Francisco. Contact Don Shade, 299 Kiantone Road, Jamestown, N.Y., 14701-9370; (866) 352-2469; e-mail LBCGN9@aol.com; visit www.usslongbeach-assoc.org.

USS Lavallette (DD-448) – Sept. 14-18 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Contact Lloyd Whitmer, P.O. Box 11, Lakeview, MI 48850; (989) 352-7478; e-mail imlloyd@webtv.net.

ASA Okinawa/111th Sig Svc Co (49-52)/327th Comm Recon Co (1952)/8603rd AAU (1952-1954)/8603rd DU (1954-1956)/3rd US ASA FS (1957-1960) – Sept. 15-18 in Branson, Mo. Contact Paul Watson, 17 Baker Road, Salisbury, MA 01952-1442; (978) 465-7473; e-mail W562236@aol.com.

USS Maddox Destroyer (DD-168/DD-622/DD-731) – Sept. 15-18 in Mobile, Ala. Contact Cliff Gillespie, 215 Wichita Ave., No. 605, Huntington Beach, Calif., 92648; (714) 960-5283; e-mail cwgilles45@aol.com.

USS Ernest G Small (DD/DDR-838) – Sept. 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Ron Palinkas, 3867 E. Phillips Blvd., Pomona, CA 91766; (909) 465-1460.

USS Rowe (DD-564) – Sept. 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Bob Wood, 19785 Summit Ave., Rockford, MI 49341; (828) 256-6008; e-mail DinaMLRS@charterinternet.com.

USS Watts (DD-567) – Sept. 15-18 in Nashville. Tenn. Contact Jim Hanks, 8550 Riverside Drive, Brighton, MI 48116; (810) 231-2215; e-mail jhanks@tm.net.