Reunions

Army

14th Cav, All Timeframes, May 31–June 4, Tacoma, Wash. Contact: F. Varljen, 6508 Shamrock Rd., Manassas, VA 20112, (703) 791-6218, f.varljen@verizon.net.

4th Bn, 503d PIR “Geronimo Bn” (1966-67), June 23, Fayetteville, N.C. Contact: J. Tarr, 6804 Lumsden St., McLean, VA 22101, (703) 821-6838, jtarr@cox.net.

3rd Sqdn, 4th Cav, July 26-30, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: C. Quickmire, 1 Sweet Bay Dr., Columbia, SC 29209, dewb4ubs@earthlink.net.

709th Maintenance Bn and 99 CS Bn, 9th Inf Div, July 27-29, Phoenix, Md. Contact: D. Ayres, (410) 527-1204, deanayres@comcast.net.

12th Armored Div “Hellcats,” Sept. 6-9, Minneapolis. Contact: J. Hollerbach, 1430
E. Idaho Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55106, (651) 771-0367, jecho12@msn.com.

183rd Aviation Co “Seahorses” (Vietnam, 1966-73), Sept. 7-10, Washington, D.C. Contact: M. Gibson, 16524 Ranger Trail, Huntersville, NC 28078, (704) 655-8584, mgibson55@adelphia.net.

163rd Inf Regt, 41st Inf Div, Sept. 15-17, Helena, Mont. Contact: J. Upshaw, 2016 Highland St., Helena, MT 59601, (406) 442-5956, jgupshaw@juno.com.

12th Evac Hosp (Vietnam), Sept. 27–Oct. 1, Honolulu. Contact: G. Holmes, 1534 Colonial Ct., S.W., Olympia, WA 98512, (360) 943-3843, garth.holmes@comcast.net.

Marine Corps

Women Marines Assn, Sept. 1-5, Louisville, Ky. Contact: M. Merritt, merrittone@comcast.net, www.womenmarines.org.

Navy

USS McCawley (APA-4 Survivors Assn), June 27-29, Philadelphia. Contact: C. Cannon (985) 748-4131, hwy10biggun@i-55.com.

VAH-4 “Four Runners” (VP-57, VAQ-131), June 29–July 2, Oak Harbor, Wash. Contact: A. Archer, 4770 Bayshore Dr., Blaine, WA 98230, (360) 392-0868 or (360) 393-9425, a3dskywarrior7@comcast.net.

USS Ogden (LPD-5), Aug. 23-27, Portland, Ore. Contact: J. Hunter, 757 Rogahn St., N.E., Hillsboro, OR 97124, (503) 640-8000, hunter@hevanet.com.

USS Nashville Assn (CO-43), Sept. 3-6, Arlington, Va. Contact: L. Meyer (505) 299-4123, www.ussnashville.org.

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.

USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13), Sept. 7-9, Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: M. Bruce, 813 Branding Iron, S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87123, (505) 293-3841, brubru@comcast.net.

Patrol Sqdn 11 (VP-11), Sept. 8-10, Brunswick, Maine. Contact: E. Brittingham, 2956 Hathaway Rd., No. 1109, Richmond, VA 23225, (804) 560-3306, captemb@erols.com.

PBAY-2 Privateers of Patron (VP-28, VPHL-8, and VPB-108, 1945-52), Sept. 12-14, Las Vegas. Contact: J. Miller, 11411 Sunnyslope Dr., Kansas City, MO 64134, (816) 761-8724, patronvp28@aol.com.

Navy Mail Service Vets Assn, Sept. 12-17, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: J. or B. Smerdon, (415) 333-6865, bjsmerdon@aol.com.

USS Bennington (CV/CVA/CVS-20), Sept. 13-16, Asheville, N.C. Contact: J. Downs, downshappy@aol.com, www.uss-bennington.org.

USS O’Bannon (DD/DDE-450/DD-987), Sept. 13-16, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: J. Hilton, 1441 W. Vista Alesha, Tucson, AZ 85704, (520) 408-9756, jihilton@juno.com.

USS Hamul (AD-20), Sept. 13-16, St. Louis. Contact: A. Small, 212 Point of Woods Dr., Albany, NY 12203, arthurh@nycap.rr.com.

USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445, DD-992), Sept. 17-20, Carson City, Nev. Contact: B. Foss, 8973 Williams Rd., Spring Grove, VA 23881, (804) 458-3295, fax: (804) 458-3296, rfossoct@aol.com.

USS Eversole (DD-789), Sept. 27–Oct. 1, San Diego. Contact: T. Trainham, 218 Whistle Way, Locust Grove, GA 30248, (770) 320-7511, tjt1958@yahoo.com.

Air Force

Pilot Training Class 54-M, Aug. 23-27, Orting, Wash. Contact: J. Bradley, 22104 177th St., E., Orting, WA 98360, jammar@comcast.net.

Pilot Class 43-K, Sept. 6-10, Chattanooga, Tenn. Contact: M. Dean, (334) 514-6877, yoe43k@elmore.rr.com, or H. Jacobs, (707) 426-4959, jakes43k@aol.com.

306th Bombardment Wing, Sept. 11-17, Savannah, Ga. Contact: J. Demes, 1585 Mercury St., Merritt Island, FL 32953, (321) 452-4417, www.306thbw.org.

Cadet Classes 54-17 and 55-H, Sept. 14-17, Lexington, Mass. Contact: G. Christy, (203) 775-1195, christy010@earthlink.net, or R. Waggoner, (804) 794-0668, regwaggon@aol.com.

B-47 Stratojet Assn, Sept. 21-23, Wichita, Kan. Contact: D. Cassiday, 1402 W. Downer Pl., Aurora, IL 60506, (630) 859-1922, colcass@sbcglobal.net.

600th Photo Sqdn and 601st Photo Flight, Sept. 27-30, San Antonio. Contact: R. Marshall, 254 Quetzal Dr., S.W., Albuquerque, NM 87105, (505) 254-7984, rronmarshall@aol.com.

64th Troop Carrier Gp, Sept. 27-30, Ogden, Utah. Contact: C. Stowell, 2622 N. 1125th E., Ogden, UT 84414, (801) 782-2008.

Photo Mapping Assn, Sept. 27–Oct. 1, Omaha, Neb. Contact: D. Kingsbury, (314) 961-0519, photomapper@charter.net.

Pilot Training Class 43-I, Frederick, Okla., October 2006, Washington, D.C., Contact: B. Kraham, 8901 Lochaven Dr., Gaithersburg, MD 20882, (301) 926-8486, bill.kraham@gmail.com.

Coast Guard

USCG Rockaway (W-377)­, Oct. 27-29, Wilmington, N.C. Contact: Rockaway Reunion, PO Box 1514, Tavares, FL 32778, www.uscgc-rockaway.org.

Reader Exchange

Lt. Col./Col. Jack Starich, USA/USAR-Ret.—I am looking for him. Contact: G. Marwick, 5520 E. Cherry Ridge Dr., CA 93012, gtmarwix@aol.com.

1967 1st Marines Combat Leader—I am looking for him. I think his initials were “A.S.” Contact: J. Gibbs, 62320 N. Star Dr., Montrose, CO 81401, jgibbs@montrose.net.

Maj./Lt. Col. Bruce W. Presley, USA-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was CO of the 12th Co, TSB, at Fort Benning, Ga., in the early 1970s. He was from Maryville, Tenn., and attended Tampa University. Contact: G. Marlor, 1867 N. SR 134, Wilmington, OH 45177-8828, (937) 382-1755, gmarlor@cinci.rr.com.

Maj. Jack Watkins, USA—I am looking for him and his wife, Lori. He was a helicopter pilot stationed in Germany from 1973-74. We were in Vietnam together in 1967. Contact: W. Richards, 6419 Pelican Dr., S., St. Petersburg, FL 33707, (727) 381-6222, wilhrich2@yahoo.com.

USAF OCS Classes 56-D, 57-A, and 57-B—I am looking for classmates. Contact: J. McWilliams, 6011 Burnside Landing Dr., Burke, VA 22015, (703) 250-6740, johnandmarjean@msn.com.

Edwin Blakely—I am looking for him or anyone who knew him. I do not know his rank or service. I last saw him September 1944 in Paris. Contact: K. Brower, 3825 Mary’s Creek Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76116, (817) 244-0950.

CWO Woodrow Bivins, USA-Ret.—I am looking for him and his wife, Ernestine. He served in Mannheim, Germany, in 1949 and in Yokohoma, Japan, in 1954. Contact: C. Lowe, 9745 62nd Ave., S., Seattle, WA 98118, (206) 725-0378.

Lt. Col. William Fitts, USMC-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was the former CO of the Marine barracks in Naples, Italy, in 1980 and retired around 1984. Contact: C. or J. Blacker, (406) 883-5790, caryjjb@compuplus.net, or B. Whaley, 7275 Beryl Ln., Missoula, MT 59804, (406) 251-2181, whale@montana.com.

Robert “Bob” Ellis, USN; Robert “Bob” Ferguson, USN; and Richard Norton, USN-Ret.—I am looking for them. I do not know their ranks. All were in VF-84 in the late 1950s. Contact: D. Davis, (904) 264-8338, rsqueakdavis@aol.com.

Col. Albert N. Weidhas Jr., USA-Ret.—I am looking for him. Contact: P. Baillargeon, PO Box 737, Slatersville, RI 02876, michbaillargeon@aol.com.

Col. (Chaplain) William “Bill” Schuermann, USA-Ret.—I am looking for him. We were stationed together at Offutt AFB, Neb., in the 1960s and ’70s. Contact: B. Hartzell, PO Box 172, Cape Fair, MO 65624, (417) 538-2187 or (417) 527-8579, johartzell@interlinc.net.

AACS/AFCS/AFCC/AFCA/AFC4A/AFFSA—I am looking for former and present communicators. Contact: C. Maginnis, 6032 S. Bell St., Tacoma, WA 98408, (866) 299-1045, c.maginnis@comcast.net, www.aacsalumni.com.

Maj. Mark Jansen, USA—I am looking for him. He was in the Corps of Engineers and served as an attaché in New Delhi, India, from 1969-71. Contact: E. Donohue, 13127 Ingram Dr., Smithsburg, MD 21783, (301) 824-3237, edonohu@gmail.com.

Maj. Joe B. Miller, USA—I am looking for him or anyone else who may have witnessed my accident during a training jump with the ACE Bde at Fort Bragg, N.C., in May 1972. He was assigned to the 35th Sig Gp. Contact: J. Hill, 3021 S.E. Aldercrest Rd., Milwaukie, OR 97222, (503) 653-9524, john_harry@comcast.net.

Naval Medical Corps, Da Nang, Vietnam (1967)—I am looking for anyone who was given a psychiatric misdiagnosis that led to a medical discharge. Contact: D. Herrmann, 3502 Poplar St., Terre Haute, IN 47803.

1st Lt. Russell H. Kehn, USAF—I am looking for him or other pilots of the 11th FIS based in Duluth, Minn., in 1953. Kehn was flying wing for 2nd Lt. Raymond H. Palon Jr., who died in Lutsen, Minn., from an F-51D crash Feb. 17, 1953. Contact: H. Olson, 14115 S. Suddley Castle St., Houston, TX 77095, (281) 859-4679, haolson@swbell.net.

BIOC 22 Class, December 1957, Fort Benning, Ga.—I am looking for graduates and a copy of our class picture. Contact: W. Fulton, 230 Waccamaw Dr., Salisbury, NC 28146, (704) 630-0090, bfulton@carolina.rr.com.

Richard Earl—I am looking for him. He was with the 2/30th Inf FRG in Schweinfurt, Germany, from 1973-75. Contact: R. Ekman, PO Box 275, Morristown, NY 13664, (315) 323-5211, richardekman@yahoo.com.

Patrick Anthony—I am looking for him and his wife, Sandy. I do not know his rank or service. We lost contact after 1979. Contact: R. Ekman, PO Box 275, Morristown, NY 13664, (315) 323-5211, richardekman@yahoo.com.

Pvt. Joseph Popio, USA—I am looking for him. He was with 242 Inf Rgt, 42nd Div, during WWII. Contact: J. Garber, 27500 Cedar Rd., Apt. 208, Beachwood, OH 44122, bestleftyfencer@aol.com.

Alan T. Stanwix-Hay—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank or service. He was in World War II and had various assignments at the Pentagon. Contact: J. Burns, (303) 678-7654.

Sept. 11, 2001—MOAA wants to hear your memories and personal experiences from this tragic day in history. Submissions might be used in the September 2006 issue of Military Officer. Contact: Military Officers Association of America, Attn: Editor, 201 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314, or editor@moaa.org.