Reunions

Military

USS Newport - July 24-27 in Washington D.C.; contact Larry Eckard, (704) 256-6008.

DASPO - July 24-27 in Colorado Springs; contact 7488 Daisy Circle, Macungie, PA 10862; (610) 398-0473.

USS Mississippi (CGN-40) - in conjunction with the decommissioning of the ship, July 30-Aug. 2 in Norfolk, Va.; contact Gary Ward, (919) 362-1708.

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

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

2nd Battalion 34th Armor Dreadnaught Vietnam - Aug. 1-3, in Fort Knox, Ky.; contact Bill Hopkins, (502) 352-4438, or Bill Holden, (509) 534-9105.

1st Marine Division Association - veterans of the “First To Fight” division from World War II, North China, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Cold War campaigns, Aug. 6-10; contact Jerry Brown, (703) 803-3195.

White House Medical Unit - Aug. 8-10, St. Louis, Mo.; contact Shirley Kelly, P.O. Box 7199, Boca Raton, LA 33431; (561) 276-2872.

USS Arctic (AF7) - Aug. 9 in Omaha, Neb., or Oct. 8-13 in Cocoa Beach, Fla.; contact A.M. Kent, 17637 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406; (818) 345-3987.

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; (605) 334-8787.

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

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

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

Covered Wagon Association, USS Langley (CV-1 AV-3), USS Pecos (AO-6), USS Whipple (DD-217) and USS Edsall (DD219) - Aug. 24-28 in Norfolk, Va.; contact Henryetta Cokor, 11643 County Line Road, Gates Mills, OH 44040; (216) 423-3487.

USS Biddle (DD-151) - Aug. 28-31 in Boston; contact John Flanigan, P.O. Box 8790, Toledo, OH 43623; (419) 843-2192.

USS Blakeley (DD-150), USS Badger (DD126) and USS Breckinridge (DD-148) - Aug. 28-31 in Boston; contact Gustav Harris, 10819 Belmont, New Port Richey, FL 34653; (813) 842-3020.

USS Ernest G. Small (DD/DDR-838) - Aug. 28-31, Boston; contact Donald Wayman, 18 Asselin Avenue, Webster, MA 01570; (508) 943-3206.

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.

63rd Infantry Division Association, 49th National - Aug. 30-Sept. 3, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego; contact Mrs. Barney Forrest, 360 E. Ninth Ave., Collegeville, PA 19426; (610) 489-9523.

USS Uhlmann (DD-687) - September, Lexington, Ky.; contact William Lyon, 629 Cecil Way, Lexington, KY 40503; (606) 278-9692.

USS Rigel (AR-11/AF-58) - September, St. Louis, Mo.; contact Robert Bochansky, 722 East Skyway Ct., Payson, AZ 85541; (520) 474-4138.

USS Wilkinson (DL-5) - September, Mystic, Conn.; contact George Pajak, 80 Rhodes Ave., Feeding Hills, MA 01030; (413) 786-1343.

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

USS Bexar (APA-237) - Sept. 3-7 in Colorado Springs; contact James Redding, 221 S. Joaguin, Coalings, CA 93210; (209) 935-1439.

Sampson Air Force Base Veterans - Sept. 4-7, Auburn, N.Y.; contact Walt Steesy, P.O. Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299; (607) 532-4204.

303rd Bomb Group - based at Molesworth Air Base, England, World War II, Sept. 4-8, Pittsburgh, Pa.; contact Carlton Smith (209) 533-4033.

441st Engineer Depot - Sept. 4-6 at the Ridpath Hotel, Spokane; contact Mike Burdette, Box 1144, Deer Park, WA 99006; 276-6709.

USS Kenton (APA-122) - Sept. 4-7 in Danvers, Mass.; contact Leonard Mullen Sr., 159 Weare Road, Hampton Falls, NH 03844; (603) 926-8484.

USS Rowan Muster - Sept. 8-12 in Las Vegas; contact George Doktor, (707) 996-2205, or Leo Moore, (201) 875-4582.

USS Columbus (CA-74-CG-12/SNN-762) - Sept. 10-13 in San Diego; contact Al Lewis, 726 E. Covina Blvd., Covina, CA 91722-2955; (818) 339-3568 or (818) 966-5481.

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

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

World War II Christmas Island General Pacific-APO 915 - Sept. 11-14, in Livermore, Calif.; contact D.C. Allen, 1076 Via Madrid, Livermore, CA 94550; (510) 447-6096.

USS Norfolk (DL-1) - Sept. 11-14 in Norfolk, Va.; contact Lee Strozinsky, (608) 783-3672.

USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4) - September in Mystic, Conn.; contact Harry Buckley, (203) 426-3787.

USS Forrestal (CVA/CV/AVT-59) - Sept. 16-21 in Hyannis, Mass.; contact Jim Stewart, 21 Viburnum Lane, Levittown, PA 19054; (215) 943-7626.

USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE 75) - and squadrons VC14, VC88, and UC99, Sept. 18-21, Norfolk, Va.; contact Ginny Canaday, 5868 Argyle Way, Riverside, CA 92506-3513.

USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD/DDR-713) - Sept. 18-21 in Minneapolis; contact Robert Levine, 439 Weld, West Roxbury, MA 02132; (617) 327-3286.

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

3rd Engineer Battalion - Sept. 21-24 in Colorado Springs; contact Vince Keegan, 108 Adams, Ryan, IA 52330; (319) 932-2281.

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

USS Mount McKinley Association - Sept. 24-28, Norfolk, Va.; contact George Betts, 16921 Boulder Way, Macomb, MI 48042-3515; (810) 786-6896.

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

USS Flint (CL97) - Sept. 25-27, Melbourne, Fla.; contact Ted, (602) 584-2412.