Reunion 2005 Gettysburg, PA

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 H. Kelley

 

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

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