Reunions

Fri., March 21, 1997

Military

USS Gurke (DD-783) April 10-13 at the Regency Plaza Hotel, San Diego. Contact Dale Strine at 7024 Ballinger Avenue, 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.

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. 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 Gen. W.A. Mann (AP-112), (TAP-112) May 2-5 at the Quality Resort in Mission Valley, 875 Hotel Circle South, San Diego. 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, Calif. 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 (APA-36) May 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn. Contact Sam Belfiore at 2668 Alum Creek Drie, Colombus, OH 43207, or call 614-443-9051.

168th Infantry Regiment. 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.

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