Reunions

Army

22nd Inf Regt, Co F (1950-52), Oct. 13-15, Sacramento, Calif. Contact: J. Attarian, 20300 Reaza Pl., Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2440, (818) 710-9227.

455th BG (Italy, WWII), Oct. 19-23, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: G. Riggs, P.O. Box 93095, Austin, TX 78709-3095, (512) 288-5672.

Navy

PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat Sqdns and Maintenance Support Gps, Sept. 15-17, Pensacola, Fla. Contact: J. Angelillo, 475 Meridan Ave., Southington, CT 06489, (860) 628-2173, jangelillo@aol.com.

USS Pittsburgh (CA-72), Sept. 28–Oct. 2, Rapid City, S.D. Contact: Jim Linton, (412) 486-0206, linton0124@aol.com.

USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2/LHD-7), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS New Orleans (LPH-11), Nov. 2-5, Baton Rouge, La. Contact: R. McAnally, 38B Frissell St., Hampton, VA 23663, yujack@megalink.net.

Naval Gp China — SACO, Nov. 2-5, Palm Springs, Calif. Contact: R. Rutan, 45-480 Desert Fox Dr., LaQuinta, CA 92253, (760) 360-3800.

USS O’Bannon (DD/DDE-450/DD-987), Nov. 2-6, Jacksonville, Fla. Contact: J. Hilton, 1441 W. Vista Alesha, Tucson, AZ 85704, (520) 408-9756, jihilton@juno.com.

USS Mississippi (EAG-128), Nov. 3-6, Tucson, Ariz. Contact: J. Jacobs, 6115 Village 6, Camarillo, CA 93012, (805) 384 9153, jakeann@juno.com.

A-3 Skywarrior Assn, Nov. 3-6, Corpus Christi, Texas. Contact: T. Maxwell, (660)
882-8073, tmaxwell3@sbcglobal.net.

VP Officers West Coast, Nov. 4-6, San Diego. Contact: D. Ritchhart, 17544 Plaza Otonal, San Diego, CA 92128, (858) 674-0749, dritchh1@san.rr.com.

USS Bainbridge (DD-246/DLGN-25), Nov. 9-14, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Contact: L. Poythress, 4741 Rushing Dr., Wilmington, NC 28409, (910) 452-6338, budpoythress@wbellsouth.net.

Air Force

1094th USAF Special Reporting Sqdn, Sept. 23-24, Appleton, Wis. Contact: R. Helms, 2419 S. Greenview St., Appleton, WI 54915-4832, (920) 734-8437, rhelms1@new.rr.com.

303rd Bomb Wing (SAC), Oct. 3-6, Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: B. Dettmer, (505) 294-0564, dettmer_jw@compuserve.com.

815th Trp Carrier Sqdn, Oct. 13-16, Ashiya AB, Japan. Contact: S. Gaskill, 5227 Route U, Washburn, MO 65772, (417) 435-2304, sgaskill@leru.net.

966th/79th AEW and C Sqdns, Oct. 21-23, Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: P. Szymkowicz, (503) 645-3917, philszy@europa.com, or J. Skelton, (903) 723-5008, trustme5@juno.com.

Pilot Training Class 56-D, Nov. 3-6, Colorado Springs, Colo. Contact: T. Hanson, 6547 N. Academy Blvd., No. 451, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, (719) 632-1779, troyhanson@juno.com.

406th Ftr Gp, Nov. 8-12, San Antonio. Contact: S. Johnson, (608) 868-3603.

Pilot Class 49-A, Nov. 10-14, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Contact: T. Whitlock, 209 Nature’s Trail, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548, (850) 864-2088, bonnwell@cox.net.

Pilot Trainig Class 55-D, Nov. 16-18, Las Vegas. Contact: J. Reed, 1705 Monte Carlo Ct., Santa Rosa, CA 95409, (707) 539-2184, fax: (707) 538-9877, jrflies@aol.com.

Thunderbirds Alumni Assn, Nov. 17-20, Las Vegas. Contact: D. Wilson, 7661 Angel Crest Cir., Las Vegas, NV 89117, (702) 871-7197, doewilson@aol.com.

All Services

Frankfurt American High School, Germany (1946-1952), Oct. 20, Tucson, Ariz. Contact: D. Klinger, P.O. Box 537, Leavenworth, WA 98826, (509) 548-5480.

Buffalo State College First Armed Services Reunion (All Military Graduates,
Students, and Faculty), Nov. 4-6, Buffalo, N.Y. Contact: K. Ward, Alumni Affairs Office, (716) 878-6001, (800) 672-2722, wardka@buffalostate.edu.

Reader Exchange

Ernest Burkholder, USA—I’m looking for him. I do not know his rank. He served in the 10th Inf Div. Contact: R. Martineau, 387 Boynton St., Bedford, NH 03110, xpunm@aol.com.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bns of the 7th Rgt—I am looking for “Cottonbalers” who served with or supported the regiment in any war to invite them to join the 7th Inf Rgt Assn. Contact: B. Jennewine, 11015 Browning Rd., Lithia, FL 33547, (813) 571-2547, bgtd96@aol.com.

Society for Military Travelers (SMT)—I am looking for information about the SMT or any organization that may have replaced it. Contact: E. Armbruster, 1031 U.S. Highway 90 W., Apt. C, Defuniak Springs, FL 32433, (850) 892-0157.

Book Research, WWII, Europe—I would like information for a book I am researching related to WWII experiences in the 323rd Bmb Gp, 1944-45, Europe, and the 215th Field Arty, 1944-45, Europe. I also am looking for information about the USS Colby Victory from 1945 until its return from France to Camp Patrick Henry, Va. Contact: M. Hanthorn, 3238 Morcom Ave., Oakland, CA 94619.

Pfc. Clarence Eugene “Gene” Reasoner, USA—I am looking for information about him. He was from Nashville, Tenn., and originally was assigned to the 1st Inf Div (“Big Red One”) in WWII until April 1946 and then assigned to 390th Military Police Bn in Unna, Germany. He died July 1, 1946, in Hamm, Germany. Contact: T. Reasoner, 1007 Peninsula Ave., Tarpon Springs, FL 34689, (727) 934-7539.

Civil War Research—I am looking for information about an inscribed Civil War (Ames, 1861) bronze cannon presented to Brig. Gen. Robert E. Moss by the Wadsworth Band, New York City, May 3, 1886. Contact: W. Orbelo, 110 Honey Bee Ln., San Antonio, TX 78231, (210) 828-1873.

Lt. Joseph Rudolph, USAF—I am looking for anyone who knew him. He died in an airplane accident in 1943 while flying a B-24 bomber in Britain. He was from Phoenix. Contact: J. Rich, 792 Florence Ln., Healdsburg, CA 95448, (707) 431-7145, jrich4@juno.com.

OCS Class 38, Fort Benning, Ga. (1942)—I am looking for classmates. Contact: J. Nine, P.O. Box 6371, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33310, (954) 327-1397.

1958 Ranger Classes 4 and 5—We are looking for classmates and would like to plan a reunion and compile classmate biographies. Contact: V. Gammons, (770) 953-3332; R. Messick, (928) 771-1804; or N. Gibson, (817) 303-8338.

Capt. David A. Wolters, USA—I am looking for information about him. He commanded the 270th Signal Heavy Construction Co in France and Germany in WWII (1944-45). This signal company was comprised of black enlisted soldiers. A brief history of the unit also would be appreciated. Contact: S. Kovach, 18 E. 41st St., Suite 401, New York, NY 10017.

LST-211—I am looking for officers who served aboard the 211 from its commissioning to September 1945. Contact: J. Bryan, P.O. Box 299, Queenstown, MD 21658, (410) 827-7054.

Capt. Jerry Sparks, USA—I am looking for him and his wife, Lois. He served in or near Frankfurt, Germany, in 1962. Lois taught in the DODDS Platenstrasse School. Contact: T. Teska, 800 Pearl St., No. 506, Denver, CO 80203, (303) 832-7167, tcteska@mfire.com.

554th Railhead Co (1943-46—Ardennes and Normandy, France; Central Europe; and Rheinland, Germany)—I am looking for members of this company. Contact: D. Quackenbush, 68 Elbrook Dr., Allendale, NJ 07401.

329th FIS and 57th FIS—I am looking for officers who served in these squadrons. Contact: K. Geddes, P.O. Box 293, 4610 Aulima Rd., Lawai, HI 96765, (808) 332-5038, f.geddes@verizon.net.

Troy Brewer, USMC—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He was a pilot in VMFA 232/VMFA 235. His last known duty station was MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, 1985. Contact: W. Wilcutt, 136 Johnson Point Rd., New Bern, NC 28560, (252) 514-2301, wwilcutt@cox.net.

Calvin Page, USAF—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He was stationed in West Berlin, Germany, in the mid-1980s. He later was assigned to Randolph AFB, Texas. Contact: B. Coyne, 1714 Creekwater Blvd., Port Orange, FL 32128, (386) 761-5275, bcoyne9444@aol.com.

Thomas Tillman—I am looking for him. I do not know his service or rank. He went to Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., in the early 1970s and later joined the military. He is from Valdosta, Ga. Contact: L. Brunson, 2917 Whispering Hills Dr., Chamblee, GA 30341, lukebrunson@bellsouth.net.

Col. Robert Hughes—I am looking for him. I do not know his service. He worked at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Contact: A. Pastor, 44480 Mayberry Ave., Hemet, CA 92544, (951) 927-2310, taodak@msn.com.

Arthur Boyd “Ozark” Clark, USMC—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He is a native of Beaver, Penn., and a 1955 graduate of Slippery Rock State Teachers College. He was a member of the first Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class. Contact: N. Campbell, 4747 Camino Del Rey, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, (805) 683-3331, campn@earthlink.net.

Capt. Carl E. Rainey, USAF-Ret.—I am looking for him. He served in the 4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron in South Dakota, 1989-92. He retired from Holloman AFB, N.M., in 1994. His wife’s name is Marjean. Contact: J. Robinson, 949 N. Darlene Dr., Vail, AZ 85641, (520) 762-5258, robinj@hotmail.com.

Capt. Robert H. Alexander, USN-Ret.—I am looking for him. Contact: N. MacLellan, 80 Whistlewood Ln., Hendersonville, NC 28739, nornjmac@cytechcis.net.

Joseph Alphonso Lane, USA—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He commanded the 2nd Bn, 84th FA, at Fort Carson, Colo., in the 1960s. I think he retired to California in 1968. He was born in Xenia, Ohio, about 1930. Contact: R. Moore Jr., 2031 Rockhill Cir., Manhattan, KS 66502, (785) 776-5677, moorerhjr@peoplepc.com.

Lt. j.g. Roger A. Andersen, USCG—I am looking for him. He is a 1959 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He’s originally from the Chicago area. He served aboard the USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83), from 1959-61. Contact: W. Schobert, 4619 Grandwoods Dr., Lansing, MI 48917, (517) 323-0316, schobb@aol.com.

Michael A. Taylor, USAF—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He was stationed at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, in the 1980s. His wife’s name is Mona. Contact: M. Oglesby, 4617 Genesee Ave., Dayton, OH 45406, (937) 626-7047, mypublishingco117@yahoo.com.

Capt. Robert H. Rankin, USN—I am looking for him. He was the skipper of the USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) in 1994. I am doing a historical project on the Gompers. Contact: D. Fino, 40205 Road 88, Dinuba, CA 93618, (559) 679-4141, dfino@hotmail.com.

Lt. Col. Boyd D. Wagner, USAF—I am looking for information about him from the time he served in the Pacific in WWII until he died in a P-40 crash near Eglin Field, Fla., on Nov. 29, 1942. I am also looking for information about the Buzz Wagner Memorial Aerial Gunnery meet held at Eglin Field in November 1943. Contact: J. Moschgat, ACSC/CV, 225 Chennault Cir., Maxwell AFB, AL 36112, (334) 953-2288, fax: (334) 953-4174, james.moschgat@maxwell.af.mil.