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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Girl Scout 85th Anniversary - past and present girl scouts and families invited, Aug. 16, 1-7 p.m., Camp Four Echos; contact 747-8091.

379th Bomb Group World War II - former members who served with the 8th Army Air Force in Kimbolton, England from 1943-45, Sept. 19-23, Savannah, Ga.; contact Jan Rumberger, 925 Hertzier Rd., Machanicsburg, PA 17055.

Military

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, 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 (DD-219) - 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 Ave., Webster, MA 01570; (508) 943-3206.

Ashville Class Patrol Gunboats (PG’s) - end of August, contact Terry W. McManuels, (757) 479-2261.

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 Dr., 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; 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, Colo.; contact James Redding, 221 S. Joaquin, 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.

148th Field Artillery Battalion - Sept. 9-12, Rogue Regency Inn, 2345 Crater Lake Highway, Medford, OR.; William M. Payne, 483-6075.