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Reunions

Army

36th Evac Hosp (Vietnam), Nov. 11-14, Arlington, Va. Contact: A. Philiben, 2285 N.E. Meadow Ln., Bend, OR 97701, (541) 318-5713, annephiliben@bendcable.com.

498th Air Ambulance (Vietnam), Feb. 3, San Antonio. Contact: R. McBride, 7500 Callaghan Rd., No. 207, San Antonio, TX 78229-2858, rmcbride@satx.rr.com.

Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, March 4-5, MacDill AFB, Fla. Contact: D. Wayne, 3930 Venetian Way, Tampa, FL 33634, dhwayne@usa.net.

30th ADA Brigade (Okinawa), March 17-20, Orlando, Fla. Contact: W. Bellis, 3812 W. Palmira Ave., Tampa, FL 33629-6811, (813) 839-2501, bellwilli5@aol.com.

Marine Corps

Golf Co, 2nd Bn, 9th Marine Rgt, 3rd Marine Div, Nov. 7-9, Arlington, Va. Contact: J. Horn, P.O. Box 458, Stillwater, OK 74076, (405) 372-3515, jmhorn03@swbell.net.

E/2/7 (Korea, 1950–1957), Feb. 27–March 3, Las Vegas. Contact: D. Greenlaw, (760) 945-0146, dgreenlaw@cox.net.

Navy

Air Task Gp One, Nov. 11-14, Pensacola Beach, Fla. Contact: D. Ferrell, P.O. Box 206, Athens, TN 37371, (423) 745-9390, fax: (423) 744-7169, ferrell@usit.net.

USS Sea Devil (SSN-664/SS-400), April 14-17, Norfolk, Va. Contact: M. Martin, RR 1, Box 2875, Palmyra, VA 22963, (434) 589-8298, mikemartin@firstva.com.

New England Chapter, Naval Cryptologic Vets Assn, April 15-16, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Contact: B. Marois, 36 Breslin Ave., Cohoes, NY 12047, (518) 237-0015, marois@acp.edu.

Pensacola Pre-Flight Class 35-64, April 22-24, Pensacola, Fla. Contact: M. Gordon or B. McGuiness, P.O. Box 296, Clearlake, WA 98235, n504mg@adelphia.net.

USS Lloyd Thomas (DD/DDE-764), April 27-30, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Contact: R. Scherrer, 4812 Admiration Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464, (757) 467-6270, scherrerva@aol.com.

Sqdn 13, Charlie Instrument Flight Instructors (World War II, Chase and Cuddihy Fields, Texas, 1942–1947), April 28-30, Kansas City, Mo. Contact: R. Powell, 5 Sunset Cir., St. Joseph, MO 64503, (816) 279-1347, rgpowell@stjoelive.com.

USS Ashland (LSD-1 and LSD-48), May 4-8, Charleston, S.C. Contact: P. Adams Jr., 9 Andrea Rd., Newark, DE 19702-5109, (302) 834-1806, psadams@delanet.com.

Air Force

41st Military Airlift Sqdn, March 30–April 3, Charleston, S.C. Contact: S. White, (843) 763- 6516 or (843) 367-9510.

Pilot Training Class 55-E, Dec. 1-5, San Antonio. Contact: E. Anthony, 102 Da Gama Dr. , Universal City, TX 78148, (210) 658-5176, enanthony@aol.com.

2 TCS/ALS/AS (Past and Present), Dec. 1-4, Little Rock, Ark. Contact: E. Markie Jr., 266 Cannon Dr., Little Rock, AR 72099-4800, (501) 987-3653, edwin.markie@littlerock.af.mil.

Pilot Class 56-N, Malden, Mo., and Mariana, Fla., April 4-7, Las Vegas. Contact: J. Fleck, (858) 487-7255, jackfleck@san.rr.com.

556th and 6091st Recon Sqdn, April 27-28, Las Vegas. Contact: B. Buchanan, 330 Vine St., Vacaville, CA 95688, (707) 446-2825.

Blindbat Mission (All Former Blindbats), April 28-30, Biloxi, Miss. Contact: R. Krach, 1723 Thomas Jefferson Dr., Biloxi, MS 39531-3303, (228) 374-2041, flarebird@aol.com.

1st ACCS/Night Watch, April 28–May 2, Washington, D.C. Contact: J. Blackburn, 1410 Grandview Dr., Crestview, FL 32539, (850) 683-0507, jimb6624@hotmail.com.

OCS Class 57-D, April 11-14, Biloxi, Miss. Contact: G. Schiefelbein, 815 Edgewood Dr., Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367-2403, (636) 625-2695, gordylsl@aol.com.

Coast Guard

USCGC/USS Rockaway, April 29–May 1, Phoenix. Contact: F. Carlsson, P.O. Box 1514, Tavares, FL 32778, phone/fax: (352) 253-0588, adselinc@aol.com.

USCGC Chase (WHEC-718), April 29–May 1, Atlantic City, N.J. Contact: J. O’Callaghan, P.O. Box 6733, Yorktown, VA 23690, (757) 291-5041, jocallaghan@tcyorktown.uscg.mil or uscgbosn@yahoo.com.

Reader Exchange

Lt. William Mayer, USA—I am looking for him. He served in the Army Air Corps in the Martin Provisional Group in Walla Walla, Wash., in 1943. He was reassigned in the summer of 1943. Contact: W. Heller, wheller@attglobal.net.

Lt. Thomas E. Franks, USN—I am looking for anyone who knew him. He was in the Navy from 1943–1946, and he was a liaison to the Marines in Guadalcanal and islands in the Pacific. I think he worked for a unit attached to the Naval Bureau of Ordnance. Contact: L. (Franks) Morgenthau, 64 E. 86th St., New York, NY 10028, (212) 452-8844, fax: (212) 452-1401, lfm452@aol.com.

7715 EUCOM Ordnance School, Eshwege, Germany—I am looking for instructors who were stationed at this school from 1948 to 1952. Contact: A. Graham, 812 E. Tangerine Ave., Lompoc, CA 93436, argra@mail.com or argra8113@msn.com.

522nd Engr Utilities Detachment—I am looking for members who participated in the demolition of the Adlerhorst Bunker in Ziegenberg, Germany, in August 1947. Contact: P. Sanders, 55 Postal Co., Unit 20230, Box R-246, APO, AE 09165, pauls09165@hotmail.com.

Pilot Training Class 58-E (1957), Bartow AB, Fla.—I am looking for information about members of this class for a reunion. Contact: J. Rathgeber, 11510 Yates Ford Rd., Fairfax Station, VA 22039, (703) 503-9554, johnwrathgeber@yahoo.com.

Capt. Ronald L. Meyer, USA—I am looking for him. He was a helicopter pilot and then my CO in C Co, 2nd 35th Inf, 3rd Bde, 25th Div at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, from 1964 to 1965. Contact: A. Meyer, 505 Whitten St., Ingleside, IL 60041-9141, (847) 587-1891, alnm@owc.net.

Cmdr. David Jenks, USN—I am looking for him. He is a former division officer for the U.S. Naval Examining Center in Great Lakes, Ill. Contact: J. Rush, 4485 Yarmouth Pl., Pensacola, FL 32514, w4mlk@cox.net.

Lt. Col. John Hawkins Jr., USA—I am looking for him. He was stationed in Seoul, Korea, from 1988 to 1989 and sang in the Southpost Chapel Gospel Choir. Contact: C. Cannon, 22 Heather Dr., Morgantown, WV 26505-3668, (304) 599-2035, carlhcannon@prodigy.net.

1st Lt. Steven Raymond Daigle, USA—I am looking for him. He left active duty March 1, 1993, from the 26th HHC Sup Bn in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Contact: C. Daigle, 4870 Old Federal Rd., Quincy, FL 32351, alleyezonme@t-online.de.

Lt. Col. Kent Harrison, USA—I am looking for officers who served under him in the late 1970s in Schweinfurt, Germany. Contact: B. Padilla, 1010 Iron Mountain Rd., Cheyenne, WY 82009-8528, (307) 638-9319, safariclub@wyoming.com.

Veterans of Underage Military Service (VUMS)—I am looking for servicemembers who were in the military before they turned 18 years old. Contact: R. Thorpe, 6616 E. Buss Rd., Clinton, WI 53525, (608) 675-4925 or (888) 653-8867.

WO Raymond “R.E.” Daddario, USAF—I am looking for him. We were in the 11th Air Div in Alaska. Contact: L. Nowak Jr., 5100 John D. Ryan Blvd., No. 734, San Antonio, TX 78245, (210) 645-0444.

Brig. Gen. Harold “Buck” Adams—I am looking for him. I do not know his service. Contact: E. Adams, 782 Lakecrest Dr., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, eddie.adams@misawa.af.mil.

Lt. Col. Bill Saunders—I am looking for him. I do not know his service. Contact: T. Lapham, 2305 S. I St., Rogers, AR 72758, (479) 636-5343, triplapham@msn.com.

Robert W. Parker, USA, and Phillip E. Crossan, USA—I am looking for these Chinook pilots from B Co, 228 Avn Bn. I do not know their ranks. They rescued me from a downed chopper in Vietnam in early October 1966. Contact: C. Goodson, 12309 Woodland Ave., N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87112, (505) 293-0725.

Lt. Walter P. Chrysler Jr., USN—I am looking for officers who served with him. I am researching and writing a book about him. He is the son of the automobile founder, who lived in Norfolk, Va., and donated his art collection to the Chrysler Museum. He was in the Navy in the ’40s and resigned his commission in December 1944. When he resigned, he was based in Key West, Fla., and he died in 1988. Contact: P. Earle, 5215 Argall Ave., Norfolk, VA 23508-1712, (757) 446-2254, peggy@pilotonline.com.

Col. Roy M. Canfield Jr., USAF—I am looking for him. We graduated from the University of Alabama Air Force ROTC in May 1951. We received our commissions together. Contact: J. Bonduris Jr., 609 Warwick Rd., Birmingham, AL 35209, (205) 879-5244, jbonduris@bellsouth.net.

“Dirty Thirty Group” (Vietnam, 1962–1964)—I am looking for members who are interested in having a reunion. Contact: J. Rathgeber, 11510 Yates Ford Rd., Fairfax Station, VA 22039-1510, (703) 503-9554, johnwrathgeber@yahoo.com.

Lt. Col. Russ Lembke, USAF-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was in the Medical Service Corps. Contact: J. Fincher, 2649 Tompkins Rd., Jamestown, NY 14701, jfincher@madbbs.com.

Capt. Eugene E. White, USN—I am looking for him on behalf of Lt. Gooch, USMC. He was the CO of the USS Hampshire County from 1966 to 1968. Contact: C. Gill, cwgill@ashland.com, or W. Posson, 486 Chicago Ave., Stuttgart, KS 67661-9551, (785) 543 6790, bposs@phillipsburg.net.

1st Lt. David M. Shoup, USA—I am looking for him. He was the CO of HHD, 523rd Sig Bn, Americal, in Chu Lai, Vietnam, from 1967 to 1968. Contact: J. Wilkins, 592 N. Emerson Ln., Hainesville, IL 60030, (847) 543-8906, sgtwilkins@aol.com.

Workhorse of the Western Front—I am looking for information about the publisher or the Library
of Congress data used in this book. It was published in 1946. Contact: W. Lee, 920 Riverview Dr., No. 164, Rio Rancho, NM 87124, wilbrook@webtv.net.

1st/2nd Lt. Tom Wells, USAF—I am looking for him on behalf of my cousin, G. Upham. He was copilot of B-24s in World War II, 726th Bmb Gp, 15th AF 451 Bmb Gp. B.J. McKinnis trained him at Mitchell AFB, N.Y., and he was assigned to Africa and Foggia, Italy. Contact: R. Clarke, 9127 Sedgley Dr., Wilmington, NC 28412, (910) 452-0301, cepcas@aol.com.

Capt. Raymond Sundquist, USA—I am looking for information about his service. He served with the Army Rangers during World War II in the Pacific campaign, but all his records were lost in a fire. Contact: J. Thompson, 1534 S. 1800 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84108-2681.

Richard “Dickie” G. Chapman, ANG—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He was an aviator in the South Carolina National Guard in the ’60s and a helicopter pilot for the 51st Aviation Co. He later applied for active duty and served in a Vietnam aviation unit. I think he is from Greenwood, S.C. Contact: H. McClure, 341 Mountainview Rd., Landrum, SC 29356.

Col. Robert G. “Gregg” Paillex, USAF-Ret.—I am looking for him or his wife, Linda. His last known assignment was U.S. CENTCOM from 1982 to 1985. Contact: E. Lakin, 256 Gage Hill Rd., Hopkinton, NH 03229-2404, (603) 746-2204, earlelakin@aol.com.

AAF Company Commander, Sqdn T, Sheppard Field AFB, Texas—I am looking for the AAF captain who was my company commander during August 1945. Contact: R. Tulley, 8186 Poplar Grove Dr., Warrenton, VA 20187, (540) 347-4324.