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Army

4-7, Columbus, Ga. Contact: J. Woodall, 2902 Colton Pl., College Station, TX 77845, (979) 693-1129, woodalljg@yahoo.com.

Canisius College, N.Y., Army ROTC, June 3-4, Buffalo, N.Y. Contact: A. Smaczniak, 125 Goering Ave., Buffalo, NY 14227, (716) 684-1839, ajs6@buffalo.edu.

36th Inf Div Assn, June 9-12, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Contact: B. Southall, 7558 Daughtery Capley Rd., Bon Aqua, TN 37025-9609, (615) 799-0333, bates93044@aol.com.

26th Inf Rgt Assn, June 15-19, Dulles, Va. Contact: G. Cocke, P.O. Box 255, Burke, VA 22009, (703) 250-9085, dobol25@aol.com.

Society of the 1st Inf Div, July 20-24, Washington, D.C. Contact: J. Sanford, 1933 Morris Rd., Blue Bell, PA 19422-1422, (888) 324-4733, fax: (215) 661-1934, soclid@aol.com.

Signal Units (29th Sig, Thailand), Oct. 26-31, Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: R. Gettz, 3091 Blackbird Ct., Melbourne, FL 32935, (321) 259-7039, asachitoseassn @earthlink.net.

Navy

USS Terrebonne (LST-1156), April 13-17, San Antonio. Contact: D. Bader, 102 St. Andre St., Worthington, OH 43085, (614) 841-1223, redab@columbus.rr.com.

NMCB 128 Seabees, April 14-17, Biloxi, Miss. Contact: J. Rickman, (228) 374-6859, john.rickman@keesler.af.mil.

USS Mullinnix (DD-944) Assn, April 27-30, Norfolk, Va. Contact: R. Houghton, 1144 Barfield St., Daniel Island, SC 29492, (843) 277-4362, bobnmj@earthlink.net.

USS Washburn (AKA-108), May 19-21, St. Louis. Contact: D. Moore, 193 Crescent Ave., Gibbstown, NJ 08027-1615, (856) 423-0938.

AOG Reunion Gp, May 16-20, Newport, R.I. Contact: W. Waller Jr., 3100 Shore Dr., PH52, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-1199, (757) 217-2356, wallerwn@wcbeach.com.

NAS Sanford, Fla., All Units and Sqdns, 1942-1968, June 24-26, Sanford, Fla. Contact: G. Bohm, 450 River Dr., Debary, FL 32713, (386) 668-4851.

USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4), July 13-17, Buffalo, N.Y. Contact: J. Dupuis, P.O. Box 449, Inlet, NY 13360, (315) 357-3799 or (315) 357-3704, dupuisatcamp@frontiernet.net.

USS Boston (CA-69, CAG-1, and SSN-703), July 14-17, King of Prussia, Pa. Contact: A. Hebert, P.O. Box 816, Amherst, NH 03031-0816, (603) 672-8772, www.ussboston.org.

USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), July 24-29, Philadelphia. Contact: R. Crooks, 4830 99th Pl., S.W., Mukilteo, WA 98275, (425) 355-4476.

Air Force

614TFS Lucky Devils, April 4, Las Vegas. Contact: M. Wallace, 4724 Stavanger Ln., Las Vegas, NV 89147, (702) 876-5775, colmatt@prodigy.net.

444th Ftr Interceptor Sqdn, April 14-16, Charleston, S.C. Contact: W. Mitchell, 535 Mimosa Rd., Sumter, SC 29150, (803) 469-3297.

Pilot Training Class 50-B, May 12-15, San Antonio. Contact: H. Evans, 9500 Castlewood Dr., Austin, TX 78748-6109, (412) 282-2830, hoandme@aol.com.

47th Bmb Gp (L), World War II (N. Africa, Italy, and S. France), May 12-15, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: T. Ykema, 3802 S. Shannon Dr., Tempe, AZ 85282-5946, (480) 831-1354, tykema@aol.com.

307th Air Refueling Sqdn, Lincoln AFB, Neb., and Selfridge AFB, Mich., May 17-19, Las Vegas. Contact: G. Berger, 10037 Hope Island Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89134, (702) 228-3676, sabgb@earthlink.net.

Air Transport Command Assn (All Veterans of MATS, ATC, and AMC), May 19-21, Savannah, Ga. Contact: R. Ravitts, (815) 229-1122, devonshir@att.net.

394th Bmb Gp (584th–587th Bmb Sqdn, World War II, B-26), June 3-5, Valley Forge, Pa. Contact: E. Shook, P.O. Box 277, Enon, OH 45323, (937) 864-2983, shook585@aol.com.

RAF Chicksands Alumni (All Services, All Years), July 28–Aug. 2, Chicksands Priory, England. Contact: W. Grayson, 16314 Bawtry Ct., Bowie, MD 20715.

Reader Exchange

394th Bomb Gp, World War II, England—I am looking for information about this group. Contact: R. Blandin, 184 Oakhill Dr., Lompoc, CA 93436, (805) 733-1536.

Marc DeBearn, USA—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. I think he is stationed in Germany. His wife’s name is Sunnie. Contact: M. Sherwood, 8802 Irma Ct., Boonsboro, MD 21713, (301) 416-8308, mdhsherwood@hotmail.com.

Lt. Frank Blair, USN—I am looking for him. Contact: J. Mulvaney, 8 Queens Grant Cir., Shallotte, NC 28470, (910) 754-4075, corey122@atmc.net.

James C. Sayers—I am looking for him. I do not know his service or rank. Contact: T. Sayers-Hopkins, 117 Town and Country Dr., Huntsville, TX 77320, (936) 295-9444, stephen.hopkins@sbcglobal.net.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacqueline Wurst, USN—I am looking for military staff who served with her in Japan from 1977 to 1979 and at NAS Lemoore, Calif., from August 1979 until her death Oct. 5, 1980. I am writing a story about her. Contact: T. Brannon, 130 La Floricita, Pismo Beach, CA 93449, (805) 773-0635, tewardbrannon@aol.com.

Lt. Col. Bill Keefe, USA-Ret.; Maj. Larry Brough, USA; Capt. Bruce Holroyd, USA; and Capt. Wayne Cowser, USA—I have written a book and need to contact them. Keefe went to New Mexico State University in 1963 and majored in physics. He lived in Huntsville, Ala., in 1990 and taught college computer courses. Brough graduated from New Mexico State University in 1965 or 1966 in mechanical engineering. He taught at the Naval Academy and then in Da Nang, Vietnam, when he helped me support tanks. Holroyd was the commanding officer of the 570th Ordnance Co in Yongson, Korea, in 1965 and then took command of an ammunition company south of Seoul. Cowser is from Uvalde, Texas. He served on the 38th parallel in Korea in 1965. Contact: J. Adams III, 22202 W. Hilton Ave., Buckeye, AZ 85326, (623) 386-3807, fax: (775) 416-4480, jradams3@yahoo.com.

Col. Cowan “Skeeter” Hill, USAF—I am looking for him. I knew him after he retired, and he lived in Oxnard, Calif. He moved to Nevada and then went to live with his daughter in the San Francisco area. He was a World War II pilot and later a test pilot. Contact: J. Strickland, 5540 W. 5th St., Unit 40, Oxnard, CA 93035-3868, (805) 984-0245, bndmstra@aol.com.

CWO C.R. Davis, USN—I am looking for him. He was on the USS Conyngham (DDG-17). Contact: R. Hall, 540 Cantershire Pl., N.E., Bremerton, WA 98311-9206, (360) 692-4051, rhall5311@aol.com.

Lt. Col. Raymond John DeThorne, USA—I am looking for anyone who knew him. He served with the 82nd Airborne Div during the Cuban Missile Crisis and in Vietnam in 1964. Contact: D. DeThorne, 1627 Oxford Cir., State College, PA 16803-3239, ddethorne@juno.com.

Maj. John Nolan, USAF—I am looking for him. We were stationed together with the 5th Ftr Sqdn, McGuire AFB, N.J., and the 339th Ftr Sqdn, Chitose AB, Japan, in the 1950s. Contact: J. Redrup, 316 Mimosa Dr., Franklin, NC 28734, (828) 524 2787, jredsr@dnet.net.

USS Arlington (AGMR-2)—I am looking for officers, particularly supply officers, who served on the USS Arlington (AGMR-2) between 1966 and 1971. I need information about a chronic health condition now being experienced by former crewmembers. Contact: B. Dickinson, 805 Quaker Ln., Alexandria, VA 22302, (703) 370-3089, fax: (703) 370-2091, wdickin953@aol.com.

Maj. David McIssac, USAF—I am looking for him. He taught history at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Contact: T. Quinlan, 24825 Shiloh Ln., Conifer, CO 80433, (303) 838-4391, tomqueue@earthlink.net.

Col. Mary A. Maier—I am looking for her. I do not know her service. We were in school together at Central Michigan University in the early 1970s. Contact: G. Yager, 1105 Rebecca Dr., Austin, TX 78758, gmy2248@yahoo.com.

CWO4 Francis Amertranio, USN—I am looking for his burial location. He served in World War I, World War II, and Korea. He is from Mount Vernon, N.Y., and was a famous Navy diver/photographer. Contact: R. Landry, P.O. Box 1893, Laytonville, CA 95454-1893, (707) 984-6197.

Class 42-D, Brooks AB, San Antonio—I am looking for people who graduated from flying school with this class. Contact: R. Taylor, 6636 Catalina Dr., Riverside, CA 92504-1800.

3650th Basic Military Training Wing (1950 to 1956), Sampson AFB, N.Y.—I am looking for members of this wing and all permanent party, basic trainees, and special training school personnel for a possible reunion. Contact: C. Phillips, P.O. Box 331, Williamsville, NY 14231-0031, (716) 633-1119, chip34@aol.com.

David Shirk and Robert Butler, USA—I am looking for them. I do not know their ranks. They were stationed in Germany with me. Robert and his wife, Ginger, lived in the same housing area in Rothwestern, Germany. Contact: P. Evans, 231 W. Spruce St., Tamaqua, PA 18252, (570) 952-8382, jamjam3@verizon.net.

Sgt. Maj. Vera Harris, USA—I am looking for her. She was the squadron’s command sergeant major for the 2nd Armored Cav Rgt in Fort Polk, La. She deployed to Iraq at least 18 months ago. Contact: H. Richardson, P.O. Box 5008, Fort Lee, VA 23801, (804) 541-3586, richardsonh@lee.army.mil.

Capt. John Adams, USAF—I am looking for him. He was at Langley AFB, Va., in the Tac Comm Rgn in 1969. Contact: D. Allen, 20 Westbrook Dr., Hampton, VA 23666, (757) 838-4888, birdboss@aol.com.

Lt. Cmdr. Howard Naylor, USN—I am looking for him. He and his wife, Joan, have five daughters. We served together in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 1971. Contact: A. Grieshaber Jr., 100 N. Summerlin Ave., Sanford, FL 32771-1568, (407) 330-5604 or (407) 324-9372.