ARMY

1ST & 9TH INFANTRY DIVISIONS—5TH BATTALION, 60TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, VIETNAM (ALL YEARS) June 22–25, St. Louis, MO, Contact: Tony Sparaco, Ph: 516-293-6219, Email: tony_sparaco@yahoo.com.

1–40 CAV ABN, OEF 11–12 June 9–11, Las Vegas, NV, Contact: Kalen Dringman, Ph: 605-858-8142, Email: kalterdring@yahoo.com.

7TH BATTALION/8TH ARTILLERY June 8–10, Lawton, OK, Contact: Wayne Faas, Ph: 641-485-0083, Email: automatic8-faas@mediacombb.net, Web: automatic8th.com/Reunion.html.

7/17 CAVALRY REUNION, RUTHLESS RIDERS & PALE HORSE Aug. 3–7, Killeen, TX, Contact: Joe Wirth, Ph: 201-661-8076, Email: joseph.wirth@yahoo.com.

8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT ASSN. May 17–21, Columbus, GA, Contact: Tommy Harris, Ph: 770-254-0705, Email: tharris@numail.org, Web: www.8cavalry.org.

19TH & 34TH INFANTRY REGIMENTS, 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION (KOREA & JAPAN 1950–53) April 24–26, Pigeon Forge, TN, Contact: Llannie Ellison, Ph: 205-349-2237.

76TH ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION BATTALION April 27–29, Lebanon, TN, Contact: Richard Cerone, Ph: 207-647-3877, Email: rfcerone@gmail.com.

88TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND TRUST TROOPERS, SOUTHEASTERN CHAPTER May 8-11, North Myrtle Beach, SC, Contact: Preston Bryant, Ph: 803-245-4462, Email: plbtboat@atlanticbb.net.

97TH ENGINEER BATTALION (CONSTRUCTION) Sept. 14–17, Fort Wainwright, AK, Contact: J. Neil Jednoralski, Ph: 785-825-6847, Email: jneil.jednoralski@cox.net.

101ST ABN 2/319TH ARTILLERY ALL BATTERIES VIETNAM 1967–72 May 11–14, Nashville, TN, Contact: Jim Miller, Ph: 708-205-0548, Email: ssjimmy@comcast.net.

101ST ABN B 2/501 67–72 July 13–16, Great Falls, MT, Contact: D. Reinheimer, Ph: 314-846-9494, Email: dmrb2501@aol.com, Web: b2501airborne.com.

227TH ASSAULT HELICOPTER BATTALION April 25–29, Nashville, TN, Contact: Howard Burbank, Email: chickenman@227ahb.org, Web: www.reunion.227ahb.org.

981ST MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, KITZINGEN, GERMANY July 13–16, Branson, MO, Contact: MSG(R) David Donohew, Ph: 941-391-0955, Email: topdog01.dd@gmail.com.

A TROOP, 2ND SQUADRON, 17TH CAVALRY, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION ALUMNI ASSN. May 3-6, Charleston, SC, Contact: Doug Doerr, Ph: 904-509-2814, Email: ddoer4uf@aol.com, Web: AlphaTroopAlumni.com.

D COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, 198TH LIB, AMERICAL DIVISION VIETNAM Aug. 17–21, Washington, DC, Contact: LTC (Ret) Lynn Baker, Ph: 870-253-1591, Email: LDBHistory@yahoo.com.

DELTA TROOP 7/1 ACS BLACKHAWKS VIETNAM May 18–21, Fort Knox, KY, Contact: Joe Vernengo, Ph: 586-337-3334, Email: jvern106@comcast.net.

FIREBASE AIRBORNE 101ST ABN 2/501 INF, 2/319 & 2/11 ARTILLERY May 11–14, Nashville, TN, Contact: Jim Miller, Ph: 708-205-0548, Email: ssjimmy@comcast.net.

K CO, 159TH AVIATION REGIMENT June 30–July 2, Savannah, GA, Contact: Bridget Gatewood, Ph: 410-971-9642, Email: kco159th@aol.com, Web: www.kco159th.com.

MACV ADVISORS VIETNAM April 5–9, Louisville, KY, Contact: Lewis Grissaffi, Ph: 619-922-8682, Email: luisaffi@yahoo.com.

MERRILL’S MARAUDERS & DESCENDANTS Aug. 4–6, West Point, NY, Contact: Jerrie Daly, Ph: 651-204-5504, Email: mmpdtreas@gmail.com.

SOCIETY OF THE FIFTH DIVISION Sept. 7–11, Kansas City, MO, Contact: Robert Dudley, Email: colrdudley@aol.com, Web: societyofthefifthdivision.com.

TOCS CLASS 14–67 AT FORT EUSTIS May 21–23, Williamsburg, VA, Contact: Chris Abernethy, Ph: 832-507-0977, Email: cabernet050@gmail.com.

MARINES

1ST BATTALION 3RD MARINES (ALL ERAS) Aug. 1–6, Savannah, GA, Contact: Don Bumgarner, Ph: 562-897-2437, Email: dbumc13usmc@verizon.net.

2/3/3 VIETNAM VETERANS ASSN. April 26–29, San Antonio, TX, Contact: Art Ferguson, Email: clydesdadfergy@aol.com.

BULK FUEL ASSOCIATION April 27–30, Columbus, OH, Contact: Howard Huston, Ph: 609-432-4027, Email: hhust61@aol.com.

EAST COAST DRILL INSTRUCTORS ASSN. PARRIS ISLAND CHAPTER April 20–23, Parris Island, SC, Contact: Kenneth D. Miller, Email: usmcpidi@charter.net, Web: www.parrisislanddi.org.

“G” 2–7 VIETNAM VETERANS REUNION Aug. 3–6, Cape Girardeau, MO, Contact: Jim Stroman, Ph: 573-545-3901 or 949-510-7888.

LIMA CO. 3RD BATTALION, 1ST MARINES (LIMA 3/A) Sept. 7–10, Oklahoma City, OK, Contact: Kenneth Prewett, Ph: 405-416-0880, Email: limathreeone@gmail.com.

MARINES OF LONG AGO April 25–28, Quantico/ Fredericksburg, VA, Contact: Joe Cullen, Ph: 203-877-0846, Email: aircooledmg7@aol.com, Web: www.marinesoflongago.org.

USMC VIETNAM TANKERS ASSN. Sept. 21–25, St. Louis, MO, Contact: John Wear, Ph: 215-794-9052, Email: johnwear2@verizon.net.

NAVY

USS ABNAKI (ATF-96) Sept. 6–10, Linthicum, MD, Contact: Jackie Vaughan, Ph: 410-414-5182 or 443-532-5889, Email: jackie.vaughan@comcast.net.

USS JOHN R. CRAIG (DD-885) Sept. 6–10, Norfolk, VA, Contact: Jerry Chwalek, Ph: 734-525-1469, Email: jermail@ameritech.net.

USS LAWRENCE ASSN. (DDG-4/DD-250) May 2–7, Jacksonville, FL, Contact: Craig Bernat, Ph: 814-322-4150, Email: dguts@usslawrence.com, Web: usslawrence.com.

USS LITCHFIELD COUNTY (LST-901) Nov. 8–11, San Antonio, TX, Contact: Don Lerche, Ph: 309-928-3395, Email: donlerche@yahoo.com.

USS RASHER REUNION (SS/SSR/AGSS-269) Sept. 6–11, Napersville, IL, Contact: Richard Moore, Ph: 804-815-0730, Email: drifterpilot@cox.net.

USS ROBERT A. OWENS (DDK/DDE/DD-827) Sept. 6–10, Wayne, PA, Contact: Kohn Wanko, Ph: 215-355-3982, Email: johnwanko71@msn.com

USS SATYR (ARL-23) June 1–5, North Charleston, SC, Contact: Jerry Toney, Ph: 904-641-5354, Email: toney@usssatyr-arl23.com, Web: usssatyr-arl23.com.

USS SHANGRI-LA (CV-38) June 6–12, Norfolk, VA, Contact: Leo King, Ph: 443-799-4231, Email: leok4350@yahoo.com.

USS SUTTER COUNTY (LST-1150) Nov. 8–11, San Antonio, TX, Contact: Guy Simmons, Ph: 978-476-3895, Email: guysimmons@aol.com.

USS PARK COUNTY (LST-1077) Nov. 8–11, San¥Antonio, TX, Contact: Mike Kempf, Ph: 317-490-4229, Email: m.w.kempf@sbcglobal.net.

USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-27) Aug. 23-27, Columbus, GA, Contact: Paul W. Bowen, Ph: 352-208-5400, Email: bowp@centurylink.net.

VAW-123 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION May 27–29, Norfolk, VA, Contact: Rob Hablewitz, Ph: 757-461-3977, Email: rhablewitz@nestecinc.com.

AIR FORCE

485TH TACTICAL MISSILE WING June 16–18, Colorado Springs, CO, Contact: Chris Ayres, Ph: 719-650-6089, Email: ClemsonAyres@gmail.com.

55TH & 58TH WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRONS June 7–10, Branson, MO, Contact: C. R. Layton, Ph: 918-446-6945, Email: conradlay@aol.com, Web: sites.google.com/site/58thwrs.

819TH RED HORSE-VIETNAM 1966–67 May 8–10, Myrtle Beach, SC, Contact: Joe Crowder, Ph: 210-673-1798, Email: njpquiltcrazy@gmail.com.

RED HORSE ASSN. Sept. 12–15, Lexington, KY, Contact: Dick Aldinger, Ph: 407-859-7436 or 407-399-8937, Email: famdinger@aol.com, Web: www.rhassn.us.

ALL SERVICES

COUNTER PARTS-LOC April 5–9, Louisville, KY, Contact: Lewis Grissaffi, Ph: 619-922-8682, Email: luisaffi@yahoo.com.

INQUIRIES

• Searching for any Air Force personnel who lived or worked in the canonment area at Don Muang Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, during the Vietnam War. Looking for those individuals who were there during the years 1967–1968. Contact Tommie L. Byford, 214-471-3671, Email: tommiebyford@hotmail.com.

• Searching for anyone stationed at Camp Carter, Vietnam, in October 1968 who remembers when three members of Danang East Security were wounded in the vicinity of Marble Mountain on Oct. 1, 1968. One was named Henry Smith. I was later told Henry Smith succumbed to his wounds in December 1968. I have been unable to find any verification of Henry Smith’s death. If anyone has any information, contact Elmer Smith, 814-392-0146, Email: esmith8008@aol.com.

• Searching for anyone who served in Korea in 1951–52 and helped build Camp Casey. I was a Signal Corps sergeant in charge of 82 men. Nicknamed “Ducklegs,” 8th Army, 7th Division, ICORE. Contact John Morris Hinderlider, 326 Old Mountain Road, Goldendale, WA 98620, Email: celilofalls49@yahoo.com.

• Searching for anyone who served in Vietnam (1967–1972) with the 101st ABN 2/319th Artillery, all batteries. Contact Jim Miller at 708-205-0548, Email: ssjimmy@comcast.net.

• Searching for anyone who served with me from 1955 through 1956 in Korea, 7th Division 49th Field Artillery, located 1 mile from Freedom Bridge. Contact Bob Halligan, 78 Woodside Ave., Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604-1127, Ph: 201-390-2826.

• Searching for anyone who served with me in C Battery 1/8th FA, 25th ID at Schofield Barracks, HI, who remembers me saving a young boy. SP4 Bob Claridge from the unit hosted a barbecue at his home on the coast. SP4 Mike Clark, also from this unit, helped bring me to shore that day. I am looking to see if SP4 Claridge or anyone else who may have been there that day knows the name of the boy’s family and also the city where the event occurred. I would like to find out what that roughly 50-yearold man is doing today. Contact Rick Albrecht, 5419 W. Dardanella Road, Apt. 219, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, Ph: 605-728-9608, Email: mrrickalbrecht@yahoo.com.

• Searching for anyone who served with me in Soc Trang or¥Binh Thuy, Vietnam with 82nd Med. Dustoff during 1968–69. They called me Bogus Bender. Call James R. Bender, Ph: 281-799-9335.

• Searching for anyone who was at the Song Ong Doc Navy Base in July 1970. This is about the attack on the base by enemy troops. The Coast Guard cutter was unable to provide gunfire support, but a Navy destroyer was in the location and came to help. Contact Gary H. Thompson, 1569 Eagle Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901, Email: ght77@bresnan.net.

• Searching for anyone who was in Korea 1955–56 in the 19th Ord. Co. Or has knowledge of Ord. Co. Commander Richard R. Bailey or anyone in the 19th Ord. Co. Contact Don Welser, P.O. Box 123, Grayling, MI 49738, Ph:¥989-745-8076 or 989-390-9174.

• Searching for Chief James Mellon, US Navy, an old friend last known in Philadelphia, PA in 1964, stationed in the Navy Yard. Contact Frances DeMarco, 626 Kings Highway, Mickleton, NJ 08056, 856-249-8435.

• Searching for contact information to locate Robert M. Elton, Lieutenant General, US Army, former DCSPER, DA (retired in 1987). Contact L. L. Davis, 2920 Ruddell Road, SE, #11, Lacey, WA 98503, 253-651-1729.

• Searching for anyone who served with John Leroy Plemons, 73rd Engineer Company (Construction Support) 1st Army, July 1963 to June 1966. Contact Karen Plemons at 317-694-7411.

• Searching for fellow retired Marine who served with me on LFM 2-60 (1/8 in the Mediterranean), in Iwakuni in 1960 and 1961 (1MAW) and again in 1970 while he was on the Inspector General staff and I was stationed at 4th echelon electronics repair in Iwakuni. Contact GySgt Claude E. Piotte, (Retired), 212 Allen Road, Billerica, MA 01821.