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Reunions

Iwo Jima Survivors Assn, invites members of all services who served before, during, or after the Battle of Iwo Jima, 21-23 Feb. 93, Wichita Falls, TX. Contact: Iwo Jima Survivors Assn, of Texas, P.O. Box 1657, Bowie, TX 76230.

LCI National Assn., Apr. 93, Las Vegas, NV. Contact: W. Kopacz, 155 Main St., Port Mon­mouth, NJ 07758. 908-495-0672.

Pensacola Preflight Officers Indoctrination (O.I.) classes, late 1945-early 1950, Apr.-May 93, Corpus Christi, TX. Contact: J. Ralston, 18638 Upper Bay Rd., Houston, TX 77058. 713-333-4075.

USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), 25-28 Mar. 93, San Diego, CA. Contact: R. Haw­ley, 348 San Felipe PI., San Diego, CA 92114. 619-460-9998.

USS Betelgeuse (AK-260), 23-25 Apr. 93, Charleston, SC. Contact: A. Miller, 8612 Delhi Rd., N. Charleston, SC 29418. 803-797-7727.

USS Breton (CVE-23), May 93, Hickory, NC. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5145, Hickory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274, 704-256-5765.

USS Cambria (APA-36), Feb. 93, Myrtle Beach, SC. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5310, Hickory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274. USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), 27-30 Apr. 93, Reno, NV. Contact: R. Irwin, 1321 Maple­wood Ave., Norfolk, VA 23503.

USS Clennon (DD-840), Feb. 93, Myrtle Beach, SC. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5310, Hickory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274.

USS Estes (AGC-12), USN, Army, USAF, USMC, and civilian personnel, 22-24 Jan. 93, San Diego, CA. Contact: L. Pettett, 1632 Dorothy Ln., Newport Beach, CA 92660. 714­650-2390.

USS General W.A. Mann (AP-112), Crew and passengers, 1943-66, 27-30 May 93, New Orleans, LA. Contact: J. Bligh, 685 Squire Cr., Naples, FL 33942. 813-353-0891.

USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124), 25-27 Mar. 93, Hattiesburg, MI. Contact: H. Paul, 2099 S. Oregon Ave., Sanford, FL 32771.407-322-7879. USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156/AG-81), 18­20 Mar. 93, Cocoa Beach, FL. Contact: V. Colan, P.O. Box 2207, Hendersonville, NC 28793-2207. 704-697-2748.

USS John King (DDG-3), 19-21 Feb. 93, Columbus, OH. Contact: D. Stratton, P.O. Box 2, Olive Branch, MS 38654. 800-824-6831. USS Johnston (DD-821), Mar. 93, Pensacola, FL. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5310, Hick­ory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274.

USS Kanawha (AO-1), 5-8 Apr. 93, San Diego, CA. Contact: P. Sutherland, 2319 SE Spyglass Dr., Vancouver, WA 98684. 206-254-1850.

USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14), 30 Apr.-2 May 93, Tupelo, MS. Contact: R. Pound, P.O. Box 1531, 410 Clark St., Tupelo, MS 38802. 601-842-0572, 601-842-8247.

USS LST-202, USCG, WWII, 1-2 Apr. 93, Seneca, IL. Contact: W. Gholston, P.O. Box 287, Mosier, OR 97040. 503-478-3453.

USS Macon (CA-132), 15-18 Apr. 93, Macon, GA. Contact: J. Amicone, 588 Gallivan Blvd., Dorchester, MA 02124. 617-436-7202.

USS Mullinex (DD-944), Mar. 93, Hickory, NC. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5310, Hick­ory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274.

USS Navarro (APA-215), 27-28 Apr. 93, Laughlin, NV. Contact: G. Baker, HC 62, Box 7422, Bullhead City, AZ 86430. 602-754-3301. USS Norfolk (DL-1), Feb. 93, Norfolk. VA. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5310, Hickory NC 28603. 704-256-6274.

USS Tarawa (CV/CVS/CVA-40), 1-4 Apr. 93, Charleston, SC. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5310, Hickory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274.

USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14 and CG- 47), 29 Apr.-2 May 93, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Contact: R. Scholl, 8105 NW 93rd Ave., Tama­rac, FL 33321. 305-721-6590.

USS Tucson (CLAA-93), 1944-49, 28-31 Jan. 93, Tucson, AZ. Contact: A. Hall, 6807 Day Rd., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. 206-842-9221.

USS Uhlmann (DD-687), Mar. 93, Charleston, SC. Contact: L. Eckard, P.O. Box 5145, Hick­ory, NC 28603. 704-256-6274.

VC-27, 21-23 May 93, St. Louis, MO. Con­tact: H. Harms, 3515 Elwood Dr., Ft. Wayne, IN 46815. 219-483-5388.

VF-11, "Red Rippers,” 30 Jan. 93. Contact: P. Pompier, VF-11, NAS Miramar, San Diego, CA 92145-6102. 619-537-1211, 619-537-4878,

or AV 577-1211.

VP-72, 27-30 Apr. 93, Ft. Worth, TX. Con­tact: N. Little, 2435 Pleasant Hill Rd., Pleas­ant Hill, CA 94523. 510-935-3139.

Pass-Down-The-Line Notes

National Security and National Competi­tiveness: Open Source Solutions, Interna­tional Symposium, 1-3 Dec. 92, Washing- ' ton, DC. Contact: Open Source Solutions, 1914 Autumn Chase Ct„ Falls Church, VA 22043. 703-536-1775.

Researcher would like to hear from any sub­mariner who had any contact with receiv­ing station Fremantle Western Australia (for­merly Old Women’s Home) during 1942-45.                                                          :

Contact: Mrs. M. McPherson, 25 Clara Rd., \ Hamilton Hill 6163, Western Australia.

Naval Museum wishes to contact USN, ! USCG, and USMC personnel who served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, with regard to special project. Contact: Warships & Marine . Corps Museum (Int)., GPO Box 3949, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia, 2001.

Researcher seeks USN and USMC person­nel who were .50-cal machine gunners dur­ing Vietnam through Desert Storm era. Also individuals who worked on developmental pro- 1 jects of this caliber (or its derivatives). Par­ticularly interested in people who worked for Frankford Arsenal or industrial governmental development of U.S. military .50-caliber am­munition. Contact: Keith Pagel, 1582 W. Han- | ley Rd., Lexington, OH 44904. 419-884-3033. Researcher seeks information on the history, development, and use of all the world’s as­sisted aircrew escape systems, 1900 to pre­sent. Would like to hear from anyone who has had experiences/anecdotes about ejection seats, developments, tests etc., especially from eject- j ing aircrews. Contact: Mike Bennett, 57, I Cheviot, Wilnecote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 4JP England.

Relative seeking any veteran who shipped out of New York port of embarkation on 17 Aug. 1944 bound for the UK and arriving 25 Aug. 1944. Also seeking anyone who might have served with his father in 38th Replace- ! ment Bn., 65th Field Hospital, 4337th U.S. Hospital Plant, 342nd Engineer General Ser- I vice Regiment, 414th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun ■ Bn., and the 335th Harbor Craft Co. Contact: j Tom Oblinger, 22788 Teppert, E. Detroit, MI 48021-1928. Call collect: 313-774-4831.

The USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) New Jer­sey chapter would like to let shipmates who

For brochures on the Action Series and Ceremonial Certificates and Ship and Aircraft photographs send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to: U.S. Naval Institute. Photo Library. 118 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, MD 21402-5035. Quantity discounts available.

served in her know that the book Flight Quarters, a history of the USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) is once again available. Contact: Irving Tarchis, 474 Albermarle St., Rahway, NJ 07065-2212.

Seeking sailors and airmen currently re­siding in DE, MD, NC, VA, and WV who served in escort carriers during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam to form a regional chapter of the Escort Carrier Sailors and Airmen’s Assn. Contact: Elton Powers, Vil­lage Dr., Apt. 818, Lynchburg, VA 24502.

Author seeking any documents relating to the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (ex- USS Merrimac). Contact: Philip Callaghan, c/o 738 Weatherbee Rd., Baltimore, MD 21204.

Author writing a ship’s history of USS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366) wishes to contact any­one who may have information on the late Capt. Merrill M. Sanford, USN, LCdr. Thomas R. Pearson, USN, and LCdr. John LaCava, USN, all were commanding officers of the ship. Contact: George Clark, 528 Ortego St., San Francisco, CA 94122. 415-566-1165.

Seeking information on the WWII U.S. Ma­rine Corps International Harvester tactical trucks, their deployment and employment for historical study on them. Contact: Kon- j rad Schreier, Jr., 1639 Mandeville Canyon Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Member seeks shipmates who served with , him in the USS St. Paul (CA-73) in the 5th division, 1951-55 and USS Yancey (LKA-93) in the OC division, 1968-70. Contact: Thomas Lovely, 1421 Talisman Cr., Va. Beach, VA 23464. 804-467-1740.

Author/researcher would like to hear from ¹ crew members of the former USS SS-130 (S- 25) taken over by the Free Polish Navy in Nov. 1941 in New London, CT, or from base personnel. Seeks reminiscences, anecdotes, etc. Contact: Capt. George Parnell, 43 Lacey Green Dr., Kirkland, Quebec, Canada, H9H 3H6.

Seeking officers and crew who served on board USS Extractor (ARS-15) during tor­pedoing on 24 Jan. 1945. Contact: Claude Conner, 7231 Parkside PL, Rancho Cuca­monga, CA 91701. 714-945-9699.

Seeking officers and crew of the USS High- knds (APA-119). Also members of the 5th Marines Div. 2-27, under Major Antonelli, who landed at Iwo Jima. Contact: Henry Sampley, 15615 Harvest Ave., Norwalk, CA 90650. 310­863-1705.

Seeking shipmates who served on the USS P'nia County (LST-1081) during and after ^lhe Korean War (Feb. 1950 through Dec. ^l956) and WWII (Jul. 1945-46). Contact: Leslie Coffee, 905 E. Watson Dr., Tempe, AZ 85283. 602-730-5872.

Naval historian seeks Naval Academy and general naval memorabilia. Contact: Gerald Motl, 11826 Village Park Cr., Houston, TX 77024. 713-467-7784.

Mcmber/researcher desperately needs to have ^access to Buships “Internal Combustion En- gme Index,” Section #1. It was printed around "48. Contact: Robert Daly, Sr., 65 Governers ^Ave-, Milford, CT 06460-3439.

Seeking Capt. John A. “The Grey Fox” Harkins, USN (Ret.). Capt. Harkins was Com­manding Officer of VS-28 in 1962, CO of USS Essex (CV-9), 1965, and worked in DCNO- Air later. Contact: D.A. “Tony” Felder, P.O. Box 2764, DFW, TX 75261.

Seeking Royal Navy vets who served on board the Insect-class gunboats on China station or the Mediterranean Sea (1931­1943). Contact: Richard J. McMichael, 1809 Dewey St., Boise, ID 83702.

Researcher seeks naval personnel who served in the Kurile Island campaign (including Adak servicemen) in WWII. Contact: Kevin Hutchinson, 15804 Horger, Allen Park, MI 48101.

Seeking former Marines who were assigned to Guard Co., Marine Barracks, 8th & I, Bldg. 58, Washington Navy Yard, Wash­ington, DC, all years until 1975. Contact: Don Maurer, 8876 Fairpark Ave., NW, Canal Fulton, OH 44614-9615.

Newly formed Cruiserman association seeks USN and USMC personnel who served on board U.S. Navy cruisers. Contact: Anthony Totilo, Cruisermans Assn., P.O. Box 8296, Cranston, RI 02920-9998.

Member attached to Charlie Company, 1st Marines, 1st Bn., during the Korean War seeks Navy hospital corpsman Raymond V. Holland who treated him on the bat­tlefield. Contact: Franklin Foosaner, 2626 Homecrest Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11235. 718­934-0031.

Author researching a biography of WWII VAdm. C.A.F. Sprague of Leyte Gulf fame.

Seeks reminiscences, diaries, letters, photos, and information from anyone who either knew Admiral Sprague and his family, or who served with the admiral, before, during, or after WWII. Contact: John Wukovits, 23281 Heritage #102, Woodhaven, MI 48183. 313-676-5473.

Author/researcher seeks information on the gunboat USS Tulsa (PG-22). Contact: Thomas Buckley, Dept, of History, Univ. of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 74104.

Author preparing a history of Navy warrant officers, seeks photographs of warrant offi­cers at work stations, ceremonies, shipboard, warrant officers mess mates, with other in­formation that is identified and dated. Con­tact: R.F. Carlton, HC1, Box 178A, Eagle Har­bor, MI 49950, 906-289-4252.

Researcher seeks information, photos, and any related items from officers and en­listed serving on any of the LCM-converted “monitors” in Vietnam. Contact: Jerry Har­low, 1505 Kirkwood Rd., Baltimore, MD 21207. 410-788-4716.

The Admiral Nimitz Museum and Founda­tion together with the U.S. Naval Institute are in the process of developing next year's symposium on the war in the Pacific. They seek Pacific War veterans of 1943 to share their experiences along with noted authors and his­torians. Contact Helen B. McDonald, Curator of Exhibits and Programs, Admiral Nimitz Mu­seum State Historical Park, P.O. Box 777, Fred­ericksburg, TX 78624. 512-997-4379. Fax: 512-997-8092.

Researcher seeks information on a possible submarine loss, which would have occurred on 28 July 1951 in the Yellow Sea, NW of Inchon. The submarine would have been So­viet or Chinese. The incident involved screen units of Task Element 95.11 and occurred following the retrieval of a MiG 15, in shallow water off the mouth of the Ch’ongch’on River. Contact: Donald McElfresh, 9121 Summer Glen Ln„ Dallas, TX 75243. 214-343-8337.

Relative of W.M. Qu seeks WWII Petty Of­ficer Fishmen who was in charge of trans­porting naval trainees to the U.S. from China; Capt. Howe, Miami Naval Training Center Commanding Officer; or officers and crew of USS Decker (DE-47) shortly before the ship transferred to the Chinese Navy in 1945. Contact: Delin Qu, 1845 W. Larpenteur Ave. #10, St. Paul, MN 55113. 612-645-1877.

Modeler constructing model for museum needs information concerning recoveries of Apollo 8 by USS Yorktown (CVS-10), 27 Dec. 1968, and Apollo 11 by USS Hornet (CVS- 12), 24 Jul. 1969. Especially interested in markings and bureau numbers of aircraft on board each ship during recovery and special gear installed on board ships for recovery. Any photos sent will be copied and returned. Con­tact: J.M. Peeler, 109 Murrell St., Troy, SC 29848.

Seeking former Ltjg. Joseph Golaseski (spelling may be Goleseski, or Golazeski).

He served on board the USS Canisteo (AO- 99). Contact: Rene Humbert, 227 NE Coni- fier Blvd. #49, Corvallis, OR 97330-4140.

Author seeks those who served on salvage ships built by Basalt Rock Co. at Napa, CA, for reminisces and anecdotes. Contact: LCdr. John W. Ackerman, USN(Ret.), 2089 White Oak Dr., Stow, OH 44224.

Ship modeler seeks photos of USS PCE-842 through USS PCE-904 and information on the “Corn Belt Fleet,” Great Lakes Re­serve’s training vessels, 1947-71, especially

USS PCE-880. Contact: Steve Kohls, 1524 N. 25th St., Sheboygan, WI 53081. 414-459-8652.

Newly formed Fleet Marine Force Grunt Corpsmen formed. Contact: FMF Grunt Corpsmen, 9828 Tiffany Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32216. 904-641-6692.

Author writing a history of the USS Spru- ance (DD-963)-class destroyers seeks those involved with the design, operations, mod­ernization, or other aspects of these ships, or who have action photographs. The book also covers the USS Kidd (DDG-993) and USS Ticonderoga (CG-47, ex-DDG-47) classes. Contact: Cdr. M.C. Potter, USN, 11436 Cor­ley Ct„ San Diego. CA 92126. E-Mail: arte- con !potter@ suntan.sun.com. Researcher/author seeks information on the contributions of the Navy Seabees to the Guadalcanal campaign, Aug 1942-Feb. 1943. Seeks unit histories, photos, etc. Contact: Larry DeVries, 6514 Harverhill Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55346. 612-949-9604.

Seeking officers who served on board the USS Quincy (CA-71), 1952-54. Contact: Richard Lewis, 4867 Texhoma Ave., Encino, CA 91316. 818-783-3571.

Index to Advertisers

A&J Manufacturing Company................. 19

Antheil Booksellers................................ 20

Artistic—The Binky Cap........................ 23

Bennett & Harris Company..................... 28

CASA..................................................... a

CAE Electronics Ltd................................ 8

Caterpillar, Inc....................................... 45

Computing Devices International ... 6, 7

Crown Publishers, Inc.......................... 115

DuPont Kevlar......................................... 1

EDO Corp.,

Government Systems Div....................... 53

FMC-Naval Systems Div.......... 3rd Cover

Fusion Video......................................... 19

General Dynamics,

Electric Boat Div................................... 51

Ft. Worth Div..................................... 2, 3

General Rent-A-Car............................... 26

Grumman-Boeing-Lockheed................... 49

Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding... 2nd Cover

Lockheed AX Team............................... 29

McDonnell Douglas,

AX....................................................... 21

Missiles.................................. 4th Cover

The Military Book Club........................ 13

Naval Institute Press............................. 122

Newport News Shipbuilding................... 54

Peterson Builders, Inc............................... 4

Raytheon Company................................ 66

The Beverly R. Robinson

Collection............................................. 24

Ship’s Hatch........................................   20

Space Coast Marketing

& Research........................................... 23

Sprite Industries..................................... 23

Textron Marine Systems......................... 65

TRW Systems Integration Group______ 25

USAA.................................................. 18

United Technologies-Sikorsky

Aircraft................................................. 27

Vintage Limited, USA........................... 20

Vought Aircraft Company............... 15, 17

Westinghouse Marine Div....................... 22

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.... 24