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Army

47th Inf Regt, April 21-23, Fort Benning, Ga. Contact D. Smith, 1451 Oakmont Pl., Niceville, FL 32578, (850) 897-6613, dssmith247@cox.net.

OCS Alumni Assn (All Classes, Locations, and Dates), April 21-24, Fort Benning, Ga. Contact: G. McCoy, 2860 Forest Highlands Dr., Marietta, GA 30062, (770) 973-3170, colgmccoy@mindspring.com.

5th AAA Bn (AW and MBL), April 27-30, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: C. Peet, 10536-181st Ln., N.W., Elke River, MN 55330, (763) 633-4614, repeet2@aol.com.

31st Inf “Dixie” Div, May 2-6, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Contact: M. Spencer, P. O. Box 31331, Jackson, MS 39289, (601) 992-0472, marionspencer@yahoo.com.

Brotherhood of US Army Vets, May 18-23, Falls Church, Va. Contact: G. Patterson, (732) 872-1397, northpoleboxl@aol.com.

2nd/32nd Field Arty “Proud Americans,” May 19-22, Arlington, Va. Contact: R. Jones, (513) 583-1632, rjones2u@aol.com.

26th “Yankee” Inf Div Vets Assn, June 16-18, Gettysburg, Pa. Contact: R. Raney, 27 Forest St., Peabody, MA 01960-4138, (978) 531-2257.

42nd “Rainbow” Inf Div, July 12-16, Indianapolis. Contact: P. Pettus, 1121 N. Desloge Dr. B1, Desloge, MO 63601-2944, (573) 431-6184, jrpazir@juno.com.

96th Inf Div Assn, July 25-31, Arlington, Va. Contact: G. Rastall, 4636 Whisper Way, Pensacola, FL 32504, (800) 468-9090, georgerastall79@cox.net.

GHQ 1st Raider Co/X Corps Sp Ops Co, Aug. 17-19, Eugene, Ore. Contact: T. Lovelace, 2552 Erin Ln., Eugene, OR 97408, (541) 342-8010.

30th Inf Div (World War II), Aug. 31–Sept. 3, St. Louis. Contact: D. Jepsen, (785) 539-4816, dickjepsen@yahoo.com.

Marine Corps

All Florida Marines, May 6-8, Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: M. Galyean, 746 McIntyre Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789, (407) 740-5097, koolade@earthlink.net.

HMM-265, May 19-21, Jacksonville, N.C. Contact: T. Bastyr, (770) 304-2290, tmb2sdb@numail.org.

Echo Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Marines 1965-1969, in Vietnam, June 5-9, Triangle, Va. Contact: D. Hinman, 16 Lakewood Village, Medina, NY 14103-1846, echo2367@rochester.rr.com.

Navy

USS Noble (APA-218), May 5-9, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Contact: E. Miller, 83 Merryall Rd., New Milford, CT 06776, (860) 355-8604, edwardfmiller@earthlink.net.

USS Atule (SS-403), April 19-22, Jacksonville, Fla. Contact: J. Rupertus, (800) 763-7536.

USS Purdy (DD-734), April 20-24, Jacksonville, Fla. Contact: L. DiPasquale, 3744 Surrey Dr., Allentown, PA 18103-5329, (610) 433-4787.

USS Bryant (DD-665), May 12-16, Philadelphia. Contact: A. Nalence, (215) 322-9337, highpower@erols.com.

Medical Service Corps, May 13-15, Crystal River, Fla. Contact: J. Peterson, 216 Pine St., Homosassa, FL 34446, (352) 382-1971, jpeter21@tampabay.rr.com.

USS Johnston (DD-827), May 18-23, New Orleans. Contact: D. Heitzman, (262) 495-4657, heitzman@idcnet.com.

USS Malabar (AF-37), June 17-19, Mystic, Conn. Contact: W. Savage, 3 Meeting House Ln., Niantic, CT 06357, (860) 739-5087, wilesav@aol.com.

USS McCauley (APA-4), June 28-30, Biloxi, Miss. Contact: J. Cannon, 18343 Hwy. 10, Kentwood, LA 70444, (985) 748-4131, hwy10biggun@i-55.com.

USS Missouri, Aug. 31–Sept. 6, Albuquerque, N.M. Contact: J. Stempick, (203) 281-4693, jackrayeg4@aol.com.

Air Force

Pilot Training Class 56-I, April 7-10, San Antonio. Contact: W. Schierman, 3912 114th St., S.E., Everett, WA 98208, (425) 338-5534, wess@premier1.net.

388th FBW, Clovis, N.M., and Etain, France, April 14-17, Phoenix. Contact: B. McCollum, (480) 595-9020, go388phx05@aol.com.

1st Airborne Command Control Sqdn, April 28–May 3. Contact: J. Blackburn, (850) 683-0507, jimb6624@hotmail.com.

6911 RGM, May 5-7, Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: R. Merrill, (303) 985-3575.

Pilot Class 52-A, May 12-15, Dayton, Ohio. Contact: D. Schmidt, 6916 W. Kimberly Way, Glendale, AZ 85308-5755, (623) 561-0474, dlsch@cox.net.

47th Bombardment Gp Assn (World War II), May 12-15, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: W. Jones, 31002 Executive Point, Tega Cay, SC 29715, (803) 548-0822.

Society of Combat Search and Rescue, May 13-14, Moody AFB, Ga. Contact: T. O’Connor, (253) 265-3314, toconnor@harbornet.com.

68th FIS-FS, June 16-19, Fairborn, Ohio. Contact: W. Hearon, 7548 University Dr., Shreveport, LA 71105, (318) 797-3331, wvhaze@bellsouth.net.

FB-111, Pease, NH; Plattsburgh, NY; and Carswell, Texas, July 21-24, Portsmouth, N.H. Contact: D. Dow, 11 Maplewood Dr., Hampton, NH 03842-1929, (603) 926-2550, davdow@earthlink.net.

Mobile Aerial Port Sqdns (MAPS), July 29 - 31, Wheeling, W. Va. Contact: M. or A. Bishop, 34 Rockledge Rd., Wheeling WV 26003, (304) 243-9572, abishone@aol.com.

Reader Exchange

134th QM Co—I am looking for anyone who served with this unit in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, from 1966 to 1967. Contact: R. Young, P.O. Box 2961, Fort Smith, AR 72913, ryoung@uafortsmith.edu.

Any Club Manager from EUCOM/RVN during ’60s/’70s—I am looking for interviewees for a TV project. Contact: T. O’Brien, 1257 Ida St., Cincinnati, OH 45202, (513) 681-8295, amtob65@fuse.net.

Michael Lee Mercer, USN—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He graduated from The Citadel in 1967 and attended Navy Officer Candidate School from 1967 to 1968. He served in the Navy (aboard Minesweepers) in the late 1960s. Contact: R. Morrison, 517 Wesley Oak Cir., Saint
Simons Island, GA 31522, (912) 638-7396, morrisonbob@bellsouth.net.

Lt. Col. Robert Bodell, USAF—He was attached to Charleston AFB, S.C., in the mid-1950s. I am looking for his daughter, Patricia Jo, and son, Robert Blaine. Contact: S. Poisson, 1830 Tamarand Way, San Diego, CA 92154, (619) 429-4712, fax: (619) 429-5972, iusereiki@cox.net.

William ”Bill” Looney, USN—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He was a full Navy lieutenant at U.S. NAS North Island, Calif., in 1952. I think he is a graduate of Naval Air Training Station, Corpus Christi, Texas. Contact: P. Fauks, 841 Alexandra Ave., Glendale, MO 63122, (314) 821-2853.

Capt. Al Gerken, USN-Ret.—I am looking for his widow. He died about a year ago. Contact: K. Butler, 6037 23rd St., North Arlington, VA 22205-3412, (703) 538-5213, klbutler1210@hotmail.com.

Freiham POL Depot, Germany—I am looking for anyone who served at Freiham POL Depot outside of Munich, Germany, from 1959 to 1963. Contact: R. Young, P.O. Box 2961, Fort Smith, AR 72913, ryoung@uafortsmith.edu.

Robert Lamont, USN—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He was in a school in Damneck, Va., in 1990 and then took a ship out of San Diego. I think he is from Syracuse, N.Y. Contact: W. Healy, 2421 Country Way, Fayetteville, AR 72703, aburris442@hotmail.com.

Lt. Col. Gerry Wickline, USAF-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was a B-52 aircraft commander. Contact: S. Lochocki, 5 Woodside Ln., Pittsford, NY 14534-2307, (585) 381-6187, slochock@rochester.rr.com.

Col. John Carter, USA—I am looking for him. He was commanding officer of 1st Bn, 50th Inf, in 1968 in Vietnam, and an instructor at the Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Md., in 1969. Contact: J. Woodall, 2902 Colton Pl., College Station, TX 77845, (979) 693-1129, woodalljg@yahoo.com.

Jack C. Rasor, USAF-Ret.—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. Contact: W. Wegner, 5149 Jeffdale Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364-1316, (818) 225-7336, wlwegner@msn.com.

Sgt. Royetta “Nea” Johnson, USAF—I am looking for her. She was a 1973 graduate of Keesler’s Radio Operator Technical Training (AFSC 29353). She had assignments to Loring AFB, Maine; Kadena AFB, Japan; and Offutt AFB, Neb. Contact: J. McCormick, (303) 814-0217, jimccor@cs.com.

Maj. William Miller, USAF—I am looking for anyone who served with my father. He was in the 419th Sqdn, 301st BW. He flew B-17s. He was shot down twice: on Feb. 25, 1944, (rescued by Navy off Anzio, Italy) and on March 30, 1944, (spent 13 months in Stalag Luft 1, Germany). Contact: B. Miller, (803) 641-9504 or (803) 292-2571, bietdongquan@yahoo.com.

Veterans of Underage Military Service (VUMS)—I am looking for servicemembers who were in the military before their 17th birthday. Contact: R. Thorpe, 6616 E. Buss Rd., Clinton, WI 53525, (608) 676-4925 or (888) 653-8867.

W. Dood, USAF; C.W. Cook, USAF; Col. Burley, USAF; Maj. Gen. Price, USAF; and Bob Sperdutti, USAF—I am looking for any of them. They served in France in the 1960s. This is all the information I have about them. Contact: T. O’Brien, (513) 421-0118, amtob65@fuse.net.

Lt. Pete Frikker, USN—I am looking for him. He was commanding officer, RAID River Assault and Interdiction, No. 72, in Vietnam between 1969 and 1971. Contact: B. Rossi, 21 Ruby Dr., Stafford, VA 22556,jfssecure@yahoo.com.

Steve Stevenson, USAF-Ret.—I am looking for him and his wife, Doris. I do not know his rank. He was an Air Force officer in the ’70s. Contact: J. Morris, 14097 Huntington Ln., Lansing, KS 66043, (913) 727-6552, fax: (913) 727-3696, djmorris01@sbcglobal.net.