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Reunions

Army

1st and 2nd Intel School Staff and Faculty, Aug. 25-26, Fort Bragg, N.C. Contact: J. Dunn, 18 Teal Point Dr., Scarborough, ME 04074, (207) 883-0605, jwdunn6@aol.com.

188th Parachute Glider Inf Rgt, 11th Airborne Div, Sept. 7-9, Fort Bragg, N.C. Contact: S. Gay, (910) 488-0084, or B. Kurland, (252) 728-6482.

86th Ordnance Co, Sept. 27-29, La Valle, Md. Contact: E. Reilly, PO Box 5284, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316, (814) 382-6606.

Armed Forces Nuclear Energy Assn, Sept. 27–Oct. 1, San Mateo, Calif. Contact: J. VanNorman, 2285 Monument Dr., Lincoln, CA 95648, (916) 408-0713, wsribbit90@yahoo.com.

220th Reconnaissance Airplane Co “Catkillers,” Oct. 6-8, Houston. Contact: C. Finch, 1331 Parrott Trace, Greensboro, GA 30642, (706) 467-9389, cfinch4444@aol.com.

5th AAA Bn (1949-58), Oct. 18-21, El Paso, Texas. Contact: T. Zimmerman, (303) 369-1157, jntedzn@aol.com, or V. Wages, (915) 751-0901, vwages@elp.rr.com.

War Brides Assn (WWII), Oct. 25-29, San Antonio. Contact: E. Craig, PO Box 1812, El Centro, CA 92243, (760) 352-4191, classicalmuse@sbcglobal.net.

Marine Corps

USMCCCA Conference, Aug. 30–Sept. 2, Tysons Corner, Va. Contact: J. Paxton, 110 Fox Ct., Wildwood, FL 34785, (352) 748-4698, usmccca@cfl.rr.com.

Navy

USS Uvalde (AKA-88), Sept. 5-7, Rochester, Minn. Contact: R. Ruyle, 420 Steinway Rd., Lincoln, NE 68505, (402) 488-8926, bobruyle@alltell.net.

USS Mount McKinley Assn, Sept. 6-10, Dayton, Ohio. Contact: L. Temanson, 10749 108th Ave., N., Maple Grove, MN 55369, (703) 425-6315, lateman@comcast.net.

VF-74 “Bedeviler,” Sept. 7-10, Reno, Nev. Contact: D. Svajda, (913) 599-3282, dsvajda@hotmail.com, www.tailhook.org.

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103), Sept. 8-10, Boston. Contact: J. Ellis, 4 Bedford Ave., Gilford, NH 03249, (603) 527-0526, scottandjudyellis@yahoo.com.

USS Bainbridge (DD-246), Sept. 17-20, Mount Pleasant, S.C. Contact: C. Aldridge, 10306 Big Ben Rd., Lot 206, Riverview, FL 33569, (813) 671-4094, ngtingale@netzero.net.

USS Denver (CL-53/LPD-9), Sept. 21-24, Oklahoma City. Contact: J. Peters, 810 Brandie St., Tuttle, OK 73089, (405) 392-3320, jnp1954@pldi.net.

USS Kankakee (AO39), Sept. 21-25, Jeffersonville, Ind. Contact: R. Stewart, 523 Mockingbird Dr., Long Beach, MS 39560, (228) 864-3010, ussao39@aol.com.

USS Mountrail (APA), Sept. 28–Oct. 1, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Contact: D. DiCoio, 17 Francis Rd., Lincoln Park, NJ 07034, (973) 696-3725, d-dicoio@webtv.net.

Silver Eagles Assn, Oct. 1-5, San Diego. Contact: A. Price, 900 Alameda Blvd., Coronado, CA 92118, artap@tns.net.

AE Sailors Assn Inc., Oct. 4-8, San Diego. Contact: A. Moore, 5200 S.W. 25th Blvd., Unit 4206, Gainesville, FL 32608.

USS Wedderbury (DD-684), Oct. 5-9, Branson, Mo. Contact: L. Ash, 1912 E. County Road BB, Foxboro, WI 54836, or M. Walsh, (818) 785-5056.

USS Passumpsic (AO-107), Oct. 5-11, Charleston, S.C. Contact: E. Hunt, (843) 761-5057, ltscusn@homexpressway.net.

VP-45 (VP/VPB-205) Assn, Oct. 25-29, San Antonio. Contact: S. Riddle, PO Box 123045, Fort Worth, TX 76121, (817) 244-2703, s.riddle@ieee.org.

USS Diablo (SS-479), All Hands, Nov. 1-4, Kingsland, Ga. Contact: T. Lambertson, PO Box 86, Port Aransas, TX 78373, (361) 749-4598, capttom479@yahoo.com.

Air Force

101st Airborne Div Assn, Aug. 2-6, Minneapolis. Contact: S. Bass, executive secretary, PO Box 929, Fort Campbell, KY 42223, www.screamingeagle.org,
www.militaryreunionplanners.com/airborne.

28th Bmb Wing Assn, Aug. 26-30, Rapid City, S.D. Contact: A. Leenknecht, (605) 348-7244, or L. Neu, (605) 574-4728.

376th Bmb Gp, North Africa-Italy (1942-45, WWII), Sept. 5-10, Wichita, Kan. Contact: C. Andrews, 500 Maona Ave., Fond du Lac, WI 54935, (920) 921-0696, candrews@milwpc.com.

366th Ftr Assn (WWII and Gunfighters), Sept. 7-10, Philadelphia. Contact: J. France, 2301 St. Claire Dr., Arlington, TX 76012, (817) 860-2780, luv_2_fly@sbcglobal.net.

Pilot Class 54-K, Sept. 11-14, Branson, Mo. Contact: R. Thorpe, 6616 E. Buss Rd., Clinton, WI 53525, (608) 676-4925.

487th Bmb Gp Assn, Sept. 13-17, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: D. Denbeck, 12303 Rose Ln., Omaha, NE 68154, (402) 496-0097.

Malden AFB, All Servicemembers and Civilians, Sept. 14-16, Malden, Mo. Contact:
R. Thorpe, 6616 E. Buss Rd., Clinton, WI 53525, (608) 676-4925, www.maaps.net.

511th AC&W Gp Assn, 613th, 847th, and 848th AC&W Sqdns, and 39th AD (ADCC), Sept. 20-24, Chattanooga, Tenn. Contact: D. Simmons, 704 S. Grove Rd., Richardson, TX 75081, (972) 231-6518, dona7112@sbcglobal.net.

99th Bmb Gp, Sept. 24-28, Las Vegas. Contact: H. Fouts, 777 Tiffany Bend St., Las Vegas, NV 89123, (702) 320-9784, hsfouts@cox.net.

50th Ftr Bmb Wing (Clovis, Hahn, and Toul AFBs), Sept. 21–Oct. 1, Hampton, Va. Contact: F. Crowe, PO Box 5403, Williamsburg, VA 23188, (757) 345-0922, fredcrow@cox.net.

388th Ftr Bmb Wing (Clovis, N.M., and Etain, France), Oct. 5-8, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: J. Blumer, 4813 Jarboe St., Kansas City, MO 64112, (816) 531-4050, (623) 214-9183.

23rd Photo Reconnaissance Sqdn, Oct. 8-12, Cocoa Beach, Fla. Contact: J. Mundhenk, 650 Paula Ave., Merritt Island, FL 32953.

435th Aerial Port Sqdn, Nov. 9-12, Branson, Mo. Contact: F. Norton, (618) 355-0632, derfnorton@aol.com.

Reader Exchange

Capt. Ray W. Hall, USA—I am looking for anyone who knew him. He was in the Florida National Guard and died June 2, 1972, in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War. Contact: T. McKenna, 203 Bliss Rd., Montpelier, VT 05602.

Ejection History—I am looking for anyone who was ejected from aircraft. Contact: M. Bennett, 106 Main St., Clifton Campville, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, AE B790AP, mbenshar@aol.com, www.ejection-history.org.uk.

Lt./Lt. j.g. Robert Haldane Ferris, USN—I am looking for him. I served with him when he was the shipping and receiving officer of CINCNELM, London, England, 1951-52. Contact: G. Barrett, (905) 648-4980, geoff.barrett@sympatico.ca.

Master Sgt. Charles Holland, USAF—I am looking for anyone who served with him at Udorn or Korut, Thailand, from April 1972 to April 1973. I’m interested in the storage, use, and movement of Agent Orange into or out of the stations. Contact: M. Holland, 7820 Fairlake Dr., Wake Forest, NC 27587, (919) 562-5530.

Lt. Col./Col. Jack Knight, USAF—I am looking for him and his wife, Kathleen. He was CO of the 533 AC&W Sqdn at Wheelus Air Base, Tripoli, Lybia, in the late 1950s. Contact: E. Pruett, 7029 San Bartolo, Carlsbad, CA 92011, (760) 602-9392.

Maj. William H. Klinedinst, Maj. Bruce C. Packard, and Maj. Bernard J. Magelky—I am looking for them. I do not know their services. All of them were members of 709th Maintenance Bn in Dongyan, Vietnam, between 1968 and 1969. Contact: B. Albert, 8426 Cherry Valley Ln., Alexandria, VA 22309.

USAF UPT Class 68-F, “Fanny’s Flyboys”—I am looking for classmates. Contact: H. Rogers, (904) 221-0618, 2surfbirds@bellsouth.net.

Rear Adm. Ralph Weymouth, USN—I am looking for him. He had an assignment at Sigonella, Sicily. He was CO of the Fleet Air Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in 1969. Contact: J. Cannizzaro, 2785 Shenandoah Dr. S., Orange Park, FL 32065, (904) 264-8365, roandoc1948@bellsouth.net.