A publication of Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. ®
An organization chartered by the U.S. Congress
June 2001/July 2001
Reunions
7/17 Calvary reunion, all troopers, any year. September 20-23, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Jose L. Martinez, 10360 St. Catherine Ln., St. Ann, MO 63074; 314-432-7910; jlmartinez69@hotmail.com
All Vietnam-era Seabees: Let’s get together again. East Coast reunion, February 1-3, 2002, Hampton, Virginia. Contact: Bruce MacDougall, 804-739-5526; SeabeeMacD40@aol.com
Reunion for 3rd Sqd., 17th Air. Cav. Assoc.. Part I: August 31 to September 2, Tampa Bay, Florida. Part II: Caribbean cruise, September 3-8. Special veterans and friends pricing arranged for hotel and cruise. Contact: Gary Lee Allen, 3440 E. Dudley Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227; 317-783-4275; 317-329-0400; yrag19@earthlink.net
Second annual reunion of the Northeast USA Vietnam Veterans Reunion Association, Inc., July 20-23, Doman Road, Freehold, New York (30 miles southwest of Albany). A memorial service will take place at 2:00 p.m., July 21. Contact: T.J. Smith, 518-634-2499; jarhead@francomm.com or Jim Hannon, 215-368-0359; jimhannon@adelphia.net
Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association reunion, August 29 to September 1, Sheraton Ferncroft Resort, Danvers, Massachusetts. Contact: Al St. Onge, 603-881-7752; aastonge@aol.com or www.USNCVA.org
Technical Research ships: AGTR/AGER: USS Oxford, Jamestown, Liberty, Belmont, Georgetown, Banner, Palm Beach, Pueblo, USNS Pvt. J.T. Valdez and J.E. Muller, January 6-13, 2002, at sea aboard Holland American’s MS Massdam, western Carribean. Contact: George Cassidy, 127 Ann Ave., Mystic, CT 06355; 860-536-6848; gcassidy@snet.net or www.members.tripod.com/~USS_OXFORD
First Kilo 3/9 reunion (not WWII), June 1-3, Las Vegas, Nevada. Contact: Robert Stewart, 727-581-5454; rwsusmccpa@cs.com
An open reunion for all veterans of the Vietnam War, Mobile, Alabama, Chickasabogue Park (I-65, Exit 13), July 26-29. Contact: http://www.VietnamVets.Homestead.com
6924th Security Squadron, Danang AB reunion September 27-29, San Antonio, Texas. Contact: Jim Hartman, 518-587-6944; JHartmann@usa.com
2nd Bn., 3rd Mar. (Vietnam-era Association) will hold its fifth annual reunion in Quantico, Virginia, July 21-25. Contact: Chuck Jenkins, RR 1, Box 234, Kahoka, MO 63445; 660-727-2700; devildog65@yahoo.com
The 11th Armored Cavalry veterans of Vietnam and Cambodia, the Blackhorse Regiment, will host a 100th anniversary reunion in Washington, D.C., August 3-5, Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill. Open to all military and civilian personnel assigned from 1901 to 2001 with the Blackhorse Regiment and a special invitation to families of veterans who were lost while serving with the Blackhorse. Contact: Ollie Pickral, 972-235-6542; www.11thCavNam.com
Delta Co., 2nd Bn., 16th Inf., 1st Inf. Div., 1967-68. We have located 95 former members and are having our Eleventh Reunion on the weekend of July 20, Woodstock, Illinois. Contact: Don Dignan, 16485 Pollyanna, Livonia, MI 48154-2741; 313-845-3752; 734-525-0157 (home); Ddignan@Ford.com
Vietnam Security Police Association, October 4-7, Chamberlin Hotel, Hampton, Virginia. Contact: Steve Gattis, 909-986-6991; gattis@gte.net or bratemail@aol.com or www.vspa.com
E-mail us at TheVeteran@vva.org