LSMR 409 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Reunion
September 28 - September 30, 2005
The 2005 reunion is over and from all the
responses I have received, it was a giant success.
Everyone was so impressed with the Gettysburg
area, first of all, the beauty of the surrounding country-side,
and second, the Civil War history and how to this day, you can almost see the
tremendous battle that took place there for
three bloody days as you tour the battlefield.
The real high point was the bus tour to
Washington, DC. We departed Gettysburg at 7:30 AM and arrived
at Arlington National Cemetery. There we witnessed the "Changing Of The
Guard" at the Tomb Of The Unknown. I
wish everyone in the United States could see this ceremony, it makes you proud
to be an American. After that we toured the WW II, Korean, and Vietnam
Memorials. All were very impressive.
A group meeting was held to determine the site of
the 2006 reunion and it was agreed that "BRANSON, MO." would be a
great location. Mr Leo Kelley will host the event which will also be in
September 2006. It was also suggested the reunion be extended to 4 days
instead of the usual 3 days, this was agreed to.
Watch your E-Mail and mark your calendar for a
good time with your SHIPMATES at Branson, Mo.
To those of you that want to contact Leo, see the
following:
Leo Kelley
22 Porter Street
Whitehall, NY 12887
518-499-0074 Home Phone
518-232-7015 Cell
David A. Maldet
Past Host
1st row L to R Thomas
Perry, Leo Kelley, Jim Skryja, John Santopietro
2nd row L to R Bob
England, Don Dodson, Burl Dean, David Maldet, Tommy Joe Davis, Chester Baur
3rd row L to R Nick
Yasko, Joe Martinelli, Pete Rauch, Jerry Greider, Jim Oxford, Gagriel
Zwirski
4th row L to R John
Bauer, Earl Billing, John Mueller, Herman Williams, John Aguilar, Tom
O'Donnell
Adm. George Meinig
Ken Benson
Ladies in attendance
Updated: 18 Oct 2005 Webmaster:
Fred Pfeiffer our409@att.net