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Reunions

Military

USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) is being planned, contact Phil Davidson, 1000 Fountain Terrace, No. 206, Lewistown, MT 59457; (406) 538-9517.

U.S. Army Second (Indianhead) Infantry Division July 16-19, Little Rock, Ark.; contact Dallas-Fort Worth Branch, Second Infantry Division Association, 2813 Sanders Drive, Garland, TX 75042.

USS Newport July 24-27 in Washington D.C.; contact Larry Eckard, (704) 256-6008.

DASPO July 24-27 in Colorado Springs; contact 7488 Daisy Circle, Macungie, PA 10862; (610) 398-0473.

USS Mississippi (CGN-40) in conjunction with the decommissioning of the ship, July 30-Aug. 2 in Norfolk, Va.; contact Gary Ward, (919) 362-1708.

3rd Medical Battalion 3rd Marine Division, March 1964-March 1967, August; contact Jim Moore, 712 Bessie Drive, White Hall, AZ 71602; (510) 247-1214.

2nd Battalion 34th Armor Dreadnaught Vietnam Aug. 1-3, in Fort Knox, Ky.; contact Bill Hopkins, (502) 352-4438 or Bill Holden, (509) 534-9105.

1st Marine Division Association veterans of the “First To Fight” division from World War II, North China, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Cold War campaigns, Aug. 6-10; contact Jerry Brown, (703) 803-3195 White House Medical Unit Aug. 8-10, St. Louis, Mo.; contact Shirley Kelly, P.O. Box 7199, Boca Raton, LA 33431; (561) 276-2872.

USS Arctic (AF7) Aug. 9 in Omaha, Neb., or Oct. 8-13 in Cocoa Beach, Fla.; contact A.M. Kent, 17637 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406; (818) 345-3987.

84th Infantry Division Railsplitter Society Aug. 16-20. Orlando, Fla.; contact National Headquarters, 84th Infantry Division. Railsplitter Society, P.O. Box 827, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-0827; (605) 334-8787.

82nd Airborne Division Aug. 18-24, Buffalo, N.Y.; contact 82nd Airborne in Buffalo, 5459 Northcutt Place, Dayton, OH 45414-3742; or Shirley Gossett, (937) 898-5977.

U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet, 1910-1942 Memorial reunion, Aug. 20-24, Washington D.C.; contact Melvin Dowd, 1513 E. Cambridge Lane, Spokane, WA 99203; 747-1028.

Army Otter-Caribou Association Aug. 20-23, Albuquerque, N.M.; call (800) 626-8194.

Covered Wagon Association USS Langley (CV-1 AV-3), USS Pecos (AO-6), USS Whipple (DD-217) and USS Edsall (DD219) Aug. 24-28 in Norfolk, Va.; contact Henryetta Cokor, 11643 County Line Road, Gates Mills, OH 44040; (216) 423-3487.

USS Biddle (DD-151) Aug. 28-31 in Boston; contact John Flanigan, P.O. Box 8790, Toledo, OH 43623; (419) 843-2192.

USS Blakeley (DD-150), USS Badger (DD126) and USS Breckinridge (DD-148) Aug. 28-31 in Boston; contact Gustav Harris, 10819 Belmont, New Port Richey, FL 34653; (813) 842-3020.

USS Ernest G. Small (DD/DDR-838) Aug. 28-31, Boston; contact Donald Wayman, 18 Asselin Ave., Webster, MA 01570; (508) 943-3206.

USS Helena (CL-50, CA-75, SSN-725 and FG-9) Aug. 29-Sept. 2 in Portland; contact Bill Bunker, President, USS Helena Organization, 596 A W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007.

63rd Infantry Division Association, 49th National Aug. 30-Sept. 3, Town and Country Hotel, San Diego; contact Mrs. Barney Forrest, 360 E. Ninth Ave., Collegeville, PA 19426; (610) 489-9523.

USS Uhlmann (DD-687) September, Lexington, Ky.; contact William Lyon, 629 Cecil Way, Lexington, KY 40503; (606) 278-9692.

USS Rigel (AR-11/AF-58) September, St. Louis, Mo.; contact Robert Bochansky, 722 East Skyway Ct., Payson, AZ 85541; (520) 474-4138.

USS Wilkinson (DL-5) September, Mystic, Conn.; contact George Pajak, 80 Rhodes Avenue, Feeding Hills, MA 01030; (413) 786-1343.

USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD/DDR-713) September, Minneapolis; contact Robert Levine, 439 Weld, West Roxbury, MA 02132-1109; (617) 327-3286.

103rd Infantry Division, World War II Sept. 2-7, Omaha, Neb.; contact Harold Schrechengoat, 1464 Fourth St. S.E., Mason City, IA 50401-4438; (515) 423-2100.

USS Bexar (APA-237) Sept. 3-7 in Colorado Springs; contact James Redding, 221 S. Joaguin, Coalings, CA 93210; (209) 935-1439.

Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Sept. 4-7, Auburn, N.Y.; contact Walt Steesy, P.O. Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299; (607) 532-4204.

303rd Bomb Group based at Molesworth Air Base, England, World War II, Sept. 4-8, Pittsburgh, Pa.; contact Carlton Smith (209) 533-4033.

441st Engineer Depot Sept. 4-6 at Ridpath Hotel, Spokane; contact Mike Burdette, Box 1144, Deer Park, WA 99006; 276-6709.

USS Kenton (APA-122) Sept. 4-7 in Danvers, Mass.; contact Leonard Mullen Sr., 159 Weare Road, Hampton Falls, NH 03844; (603) 926-8484.

USS Rowan Muster Sept. 8-12 in Las Vegas; contact George Doktor, (707) 996-2205 or Leo Moore, (201) 875-4582.

USS Columbus (CA-74-CG-12/SNN-762) Sept. 10-13 in San Diego; contact Al Lewis, 726 E. Covina Blvd., Covina, CA 91722-2955; (818) 339-3568 or (818) 966-5481.