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Army

OCS 2-70 Fort Benning, Ga., March 23-26, Santa Fe, N.M. Contact: H. White, 14111 Linden Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11436-1035, (718) 529-3641, captain14111@hotmail.com.

Navy

MCB-22 and all who supported MCB-22, March 17-19, San Antonio. Contact: C. Biermann, 127 Crestwood Dr., Kerrville, TX 78028-4830, (830) 895-2189, carlton@ktc.com.

Air Force

607th Air Control Sqdn and Tactical Control Sqdn at Luke AFB, Ariz., Feb. 17-20, Phoenix. Contact: kenjiseta@gimail.af.mil.

Pilot Tng Class 56-O, March 9-12, Tucson, Ariz. Contact: J. Kerr Jr., 1439 Fulbright Ave., Redlands, CA 92373, (909) 792-7003, john_kerr@eee.org.

Reader Exchange

Mothers—For an article in Military Officer, I am looking for stories about moms of servicemembers and moms who are servicemembers. Memories, anecdotes, letters, and photos from past to present, happy or sad, are welcome. Contact: K. Racette, 5239 N. Catherine St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, kellie-racette@excite.com.

Lt. Col. Crone, USMC-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was an aviator, CO of Cobra unit in RVN NAVAIR Systems Command, and AH-1J program with Iran in 1975. Contact: T. Hill, 323 Edgewater Dr., Pensacola, FL 32507, (850) 453-1729,
sundsvalla@earthlink.net.

Michael Aaron Wooten—I am looking for him. I do not know his service or rank. He was born July 21, 1964, and was a respiratory tech 91V. Contact: R. Burleson, 535 Waymarket Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48103, latinqueen_9@hotmail.com.

Capt. Silas O. Nunn III, USN-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was CO of USS Coontz (DDG-40) from 1976-77. I was his chief engineer. Contact: D. McCullough, 1032 Taft Rd., Chesapeake, VA 23322, (757) 421-0471, dgm1098@aol.com.

7th Platoon, MCRD—I am looking for anyone who was in boot camp in San Diego, March-May, 1938. Contact: C. Cormier, 8310 S.W. 28th Pl., Gainesville, FL 32607, (352) 332-7887, cjcormier@earthlink.net.

Maj. Joseph Baker, USA—I am looking for him. He was a cavalry officer. Contact: D. Garrison, 905 N. Lexington St., Arlington, VA 22205, (703) 869-7146, ldgarrison@earthlink.net.

Lt. Ronald Cherry, USA—I am looking for him regarding Operation Cedar Falls. He served in Btry A, 8th Bn, 6th FA, 1st Inf Div from 1966-67. Contact: R. Carletta, (503) 654-9685, rac117@comcast.net, or J. Seely, 46-402 Haiku Plantations Dr., Kaneohe, HI 96744, (808) 235-5466, jbs1236@aol.com.

Maj. Charles F. Manning, USA-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was a 1st Cavalry airborne inf pilot on Pathfinder Committee in 1972. He was in Vietnam from 1965-69. Contact: J. Manning, 17454 Meadow Lake Cir., Fort Myers, FL 33912, (239) 482-7027, soccergramma@hotmail.com.

Maj. Kenneth Naumann, USA—I am looking for him. He was a special forces CO in Vietnam. Contact: B. Martin, 5570 Coach House Cir., No. E, Boca Raton, FL 33486, (561) 750 2137, fax: (561) 750-8228, charliemail1@aol.com.

Lt. Cmdr. H.V. Cronk, USN-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was CO of the USS Pelican (AMS-32) during the Korean War. Contact: W. Brown, 923 Hatteras Ave., Clermont, FL 34711, (352) 241-0479.

2nd Lt. Sheldon Sandler, USAF—I am looking for anyone who served with him in North Africa, Sicily, or San Severo 1944-45 in the 309th in WWII. Contact: M. Sobel, P.O. Box 9636, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067, (858) 722-4361, emodoc@cox.net.

John D. Kowalczyk and Frank J. Harasiemowicz—I am looking for them. I do not know their service or rank. Kowalczyk served in WWII, Co E, 2nd Inf Rgt, and served in Normandy. Harasiemowicz was 82nd Abn. Both are from Schenectady, N.Y. Contact: R. Korkin, 3107 Gambriel Ct., Louisville, KY 40205.

1st Sgt. Henry Mangus, USA—I am looking for him. He was a high-level admin mos inf in Korea during Vietnam. He was in Co C, DLIWC Presidio of Monterey, Calif. Contact: F. Holloway, 3110 Belmead Ln., Tyler, TX 75701, (903) 593-0015, fax: (903) 593- 2333, frederick.holloway@us.army.mil.

Diane Polk—I am looking for her. I do not know her service or rank. She was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. Contact: H. Polk, 1631 Fernwood Glendale Rd., Apt. E4, Spartanburg, SC 29307, henrypolk@bellsouth.net.

Lt. Cmdr. U.H. “Jack” Rowley, USN-Ret.—I have been looking for him and his family since Hurricane Katrina. Contact: D. Kaider, 8817 Alliston Hollow Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, (301) 963-2867, dkeith@comcast.net.

Capt. John Esch—I am looking for him. I do not know his service. He worked in an air traffic control field and with security police as a staff sergeant. Contact: S. Kent, 1024 Hillside Dr., Webb City, MO 64870, skent@joplinmo.org.

William J. Henderson, USAF; Bruno Kaminsky, USAF; Joseph A. Lacey, USAF; Earl W. Nethercutt, USAF; Jack J. Shore, USAF; and Roy L. Thompson, USAF—I am looking for them. I do not know their ranks. They graduated RO Class 53-8 from James Connally AFB, Texas. Contact: W. Johannsen, 1319 YZ Ave., McAllen, TX 78504, (956) 687-4329, jerylf@juno.com.

CWO4 Walter T. Johnson, USA-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was military intelligence and served in Taiwan 1960-64 as a Mandarin linguist. Contact: W. Thayer, 4724 Kellogg Dr., Woodbridge, VA 22193, (703) 590-3753, thayerwb@comast.net.

Frank Mathias—I am looking for him. I do not know his service or rank. He graduated WOC flight school at Fort Walters, Texas, Class 69-39. Contact: L. Goldsmith, 1629 N. Dunworth St., Visalia, CA 93292, peterpilot335@comcast.net.