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Army

U.S. Constabulary Assn Outpost Eight, April 12-15, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Contact: D. Purrington, (206) 246-3654.

3rd Sqdn, 5th Cavalry, June 12, Washington, D.C. Contact: R. Alcala, 301 Ridge St., Arlington, MA 02474-1724, (781) 316-8482, fax: (781) 316-1573, rhalcala@aol.com.

97th Signal Bn, May 9-14, Florence, Ky. Contact: M. Taptick, 3 High Ridge Cir., Uncasville, CT 06382, (860) 848-0895, mike97th@myeastern.com.

11th Transportation Co, Light Helicopter (H-34), Formerly 328th Transportation Co, May 15-19, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Contact: A. Causseaux, 5822 Westchester St., Alexandria, VA 22310-1121, (703) 971-3218, allenb4@verizon.net.

Marine Corps

USMC 4-55 Basic Class (All Members of 4-55 K, L, and M Cos), June 16-19, Quantico, Va. Contact: D. Browne Sr., 9818 Flintridge Ct., Fairfax, VA 22032, (703) 323-1908, d.brownesr@att.net.

15th SBC (Quantico, Va., 1952), June 1-4, Arlington, Va. Contact: R. Lukeman, 3017 Hemingford Ln., Oklahoma City, OK 73120, (405) 842-3601, jrlukeman@aol.com.

China Marine Assn, Oct. 5-9, Hampton, Va. Contact: B. Parker, (252) 453-4124, missida296@aol.com, or A. Goetz, (410) 742-0930, ag-gunner@juno.com.

Navy

USS Donner (LSD-20), May 1-5, Mobile, Ala. Contact: L. Parvin, 15-B Lakeshore Ave., Birmingham, AL 35209, (205) 942-1422.

USS Benner (DDR-807), June 1-5, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Contact: R. Coveney, P.O. Box 2228, Malta, NY 12020, (518) 899-3384, currach9@aol.com.

USS Yellowstone (AD-27), May 12-14, Charleston, S.C. Contact: P. Bowen, 9394 S.W. 101st Ln., Ocala, FL 34481, (352) 854-1387, paulbowen51@myfamily.com.

USS Bataan (CVL-29/LHD-5), All Sqdns, Staffs, and Detachments for All Years, May 11-15, Fort Myers, Fla. Contact: D. Shipley, 4341 Country Club Blvd., Cape Coral, FL 33904, (239) 549-8143, shipmate50@earthlink.com.

USS Brownson (DD-868/518), May 1-5, Las Vegas. Contact: N. Doskow, (253) 537-4771, ndoskow@gte.net.

Navy Seabees, All Eras (CBMU-302), and Naval Support Activity (Da Nang, Vietnam), June 16-19, Branson, Mo. Contact: D. Schill, (856) 234-2273, dwschill@aol.com.

USS Henry County (LST-824) and USS Holmes County (LST-83), June 14-17, Laporte, Texas. Contact: L. Bobst, 4733 Gwinnett Arch, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, (757) 490-8773, larry87@cox.net.

USS Hamul (AD-20), Oct. 4-9, Albany, N.Y. Contact: A. Small, 212 Points of Woods Dr., Albany, NY 12203-5501, asmall@nycap.rr.com.

Air Force

307th Air Refueling Sqdn, Lincoln AFB, Neb., and Selfridge AFB, Mich., May 17-20, Las Vegas. Contact: G. Berger, 10037 Hope Island Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89134-7557, (702) 228-3676, sabgb@earthlink.net.

58th Ftr Gp; 69th, 310th, and 311th Sqdns; 474th Ftr Bmb Wing Gp (World War II), June 15-20, Washington, D.C. Contact: J. Kupferer, 2025 Bono Rd., New Albany, IN 47150, (812) 945-7649, jkupfere@iglou.com.

Reader Exchange

Adm. Michael Bucchi, USN—I am looking for him. Contact: A. Carter Jr., 138 Friar Tuck Rd., Sherwood Forest, MD 21405, phone/fax: (410) 849-3503, carterassociate@webtv.net.

John D. Kowalczyk, USA, and Frank J. Harasiemowicz, USA—I am looking for them. I do not know their ranks. I served with Kowalczyk in World War II in Co E, 2nd Inf Rgt. I served with Harasiemowicz in the 505th Parachute Inf Rgt, 82nd ABN. They are from Schenectady, N.Y. Contact: R. Korkin, 3107 Gambriel Ct., Louisville, KY 40205-2734.

Col. Benson F. “Frank” Landrum, USA—I am looking for him. We served together on Advisory Team 22, Pleiku, Vietnam, in 1964 and 1965. Contact: D. Major, 158 Valley Airport Pl., Cotter, AR 72626-9108, phone/fax: (870) 430-5678, ddmajor@centurytel.net.

2nd Lt. Robert A. Ross, USA—I am looking for anyone who served with him. He was in the 15th Inf Rgt, 3rd Div, and he was killed in action in Italy. He graduated from Inf OCS at Fort Benning, Ga., in January 1943. Contact: E. Ziebell, 6342 Waterway Dr., Falls Church, VA 22044.

Capt. John Condon, USN—I am looking for him. He was the U.S. naval base commander in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Contact: J. O’Neal, 54 Via Nomentana, Chula Vista, CA 91910-1024, (619) 427-1364, jimmaro@cox.net.

Lt. Robert Button, USA, and Capt. Barnes, USA—I am looking for them on behalf of Roberto Serna, who served with them in Love Co, 85th Inf Rgt, 10th Inf Div, from 1955 to 1958. Contact: R. Martineau, 387 Boynton St., Bedford, NH 03110, (603) 799-1279, xpunm@aol.com.

Capt. Jerry Beatty, USAF—I am looking for people who served with him to reconstruct some of his military career. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, flew AC-47s in Vietnam, and spent several years at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Contact: D. Van Veldhuizen, 402 Scott Dr., No. 3L3, Scott AFB, IL 62225, david.vanveldhuizen@scott.af.mil.

Cmdr./Capt. David and Amanda Berger, USN—I am looking for them. He was with the JAG Corps, and he was last stationed at Norfolk NAS, Va. We served together at Fort Worth NAS, Joint Reserve Base, Texas, from 1995 to 1997. Contact: D. Bruner, 206 Forest Trail, Isle of Palms, SC 29451, (843) 886-6601, cobruners@att.net.

Master Chief R.W. Robinson, USN-Ret.—I am looking for him. He was a master chief personnelman and retired as the command master chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in the early 1990s. Contact: G. Smith, PSC 802, Box 8, FPO, AE 09499, thesmithsinuk@btinternet.com or ldousnret@aol.com.

CWO4 John Wilford Sharer, USA—I am looking for him. He was with the Army for at least 37 years. He flew in Vietnam with the 1st Cav Div from November 1966 to November 1967. We served at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga., from December 1967 to December 1969. His last known address is in Manhattan, Kan. Contact: W. Terry, 15757 N. 90th Pl., No. 1148, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, (480) 563-1096, dfcpilot@earthlink.net.

Maj. Robert Stevens, USA—I am looking for him. He served in Hanau, Germany, from 1967 to 1968 and was in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 with the 25th Inf. He later served with USAR Special Forces in Washington. Contact: J. Caldwell, 131 W. South St., Worthington, OH 43085, (614) 888-1245, fax: (614) 888-0643, bgjec@aol.com.

Cmdr. David P. Smith, USN—I am looking for him. He graduated from the University of Illinois and was commissioned through the OCS in 1976. He served on the USS Blakely (FF-1072) from 1977 to 1980. Later he served at the Naval Weapons Station in Earle, N.J. Contact: T. Spence, P.O. Box 13429, El Cajon, CA 92022, (619) 368-5813, warjet00@hotmail.com.

Maj. David Richardson, USAF—I am looking for him. He graduated from the University of Montevallo, Ala., and Samford University ROTC in Birmingham, Ala., in 1980. His last known assignment was in Japan. Contact: M. Golden, 1415 Hillside Ct., Auburn, AL 36830-6324, (334) 750-1066, fax: (208) 361-6304, ascet@charter.net.

44th Ftr Sqdn (World War II)—I am looking for former members and families. Contact: J. Cook, 182 Idell Ct., S.E., Salem, OR 97302, (503) 364-1670,