You'll recognize them at the 60th, they look thusly now.

Floy Ashley W Jean

Bill Cuthbertson W Millett

Jerry Dickson nd W Janice

John Hook

Jim McDonald W Aline

Update on Ash ... Ash's last military assignment was as Deputy Commanding Officer Readiness Group, Fort Snelling where he served from 1975 to 1976 and was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services on his retirement from the United States Army in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. On retirement Ash accepted the position of Commandant of St. Thomas Academy, where he served as such until 1978. From 1978 to 1990 Ash was in the Real Estate business. Ash and his wife Jean make their home in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Update on Bill ... Bill's last military assignment was to Headquarters, Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin AFB, Florida where he served until 1971 when he retired from the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel. In 1985 Bill became a Real Estate Developer. Bill and his wife Millett make their home at Lake Concordia in Vidalia, Louisiana.

Update on Jerry ... In 1968 Jerry received orders to OJ3 Commander in Chief Pacific where he served until 1972. On return to stateside Jerry was assigned to the 2849th Air Base Group, Hill AFB, Utah where he served until he retired from the United States Air Force in 1979 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Jerry and his wife Janice made their home in Layton, Utah.

Update on Jim ... Mac's last military assignment was to Headquarters, United States Army, Vietnam where he served until 1972. Jim was decorated with the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services; and retired on disability from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. Since retiring Mac obtained a Masters degree in Military History from Kansas State College at Pittsburg and served as Contract Administrator with the ARCO Pipe Line from 1980 to 1986. His wife Geraldine passed away in 1993. In 1995 he moved to Florida where he met Aline and they were married in Las Vegas in 1998. Mac and Aline reside in a retirement community in Spring Hill, Florida.

On Fri, 9/2/11, James McDonald wrote: "Greetings to all my great classmates. Another year has rolled around and fortunately I can still make Roll Call each morning. I will have to say that I’m a little slower in making it each year and the minute caller would have to start with a ten minutes warning. Aline and I are doing well here in Florida. We try and keep as active and busy as possible. Oh we both have our aches and pains but who does not have some at our age. We have given up some travel or I should say we limit travel and only make the easy trips. I still manage to play golf three times a week but I have to admit that either the courses have gotten much longer or my clubs are not responding and do not do what I think they should do. One thing for sure. age has not improved my handicap. Aline tries to get to the pool several times a week and participates in water aerobics. Some days she just goes to the pool and walks and then takes advantage of the hot tub. Aline still gets to play bridge as often as she can. Lately she has made some contacts and manages to play duplicate in several sanctioned games. The highlight of the year so far was attending our 60th reunion. I thought the reunion was great and being able to see many old friends. I was disappointed that I was not able to see my old roommates but Jerry has passed away and Max's health did not allow him to attend. I thoroughly enjoyed the tape that Ernie Peixotto made and I have enjoyed looking at it since the reunion. He did a great job making it up. We expect to have a quiet fall and expect that we will be having some work done around the house. I found out today that we have a sink hole so they will be coming in to repair it. Sink holes are not unusual and the neighbors all around me have them. In November we will be going on a cruise over Thanksgiving. Aline decided to take her children on the cruise. Then the kids decided to take some of their children. Counting all the children, grand children and great grand children there will be 21 of us making the cruise. We are looking forward to the cruise and visiting the eastern Caribbean. We have received some information about another cruise in February that we are interested in and have made reservation for that.It will be on the Royal Caribbean Line on one of their new large ships the 'Allure of the Seas’. Both cruises are sponsored by our travel club and we get picked up right in our development and transported to and from the dock. It makes it quite easy for us. Now that our 60th reunion has passed I guess we will have to look forward to our 65th. The great Long Grey Line must keep moving on. Grip hands." Jim

Bob Prehn W Cathy

Max Scheider W Carolyn

Vete Vetort W Alice

Update on Bob ... After retirement Pete went into the performing arts industry and has appeared in several movies. Pete and his wife Cathy make their home in Wilmington, North Carolina. The January 1995 Assembly noted "that in September son Bob and wife presented grandchild #13, Harrison Payne Prehn. Pete says that he and Cathy are still struggling to be `found' in the film industry. He did several Matlock programs last summer and Pete has auditioned for speaking parts in 6 other films." On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 Pete reports as follows: Thank goodness for our listserver program and Dick Breakiron, and also for Larry's Mintz's "My Day" initiative. I don't say that gratuitously, as I frequently recall how bonded we were as cadets, yet after graduation we, naturally, drifted far and wide.Welost track of many friends from cadet days. I missed that connection...I know others did also. Sure, major reunions and the mini's helped, but they are brief and often don't allow time to visit with everyone. OK, enough on that.I feel the transition from cadet days really began at Branch Selection Night. Remember those emotions? Damn, there were still about seven slots left in the Airforce when my name was called. I was tempted, but went Infantry instead. After graduation many of us gathered at Benning for basic, then Airborne School, and after a brief 3 month tour at Ft Ord, the Korean experience came along, and I was reunitedin the 160th Regt,/40th Div. with Walt Steidl, George Orton and John Tatum. Then came Okinawa, where my first son was born...and a number of class-mates came down there from Korea. I can't name them all, but I saw a lot of Paul Coughlin, and thats where he and I started celebrating our mutual birthdays together. Paul and Sara had their first daughter there (Cindy), and we began plans for a wedding 20 years down the road between Cindy and my new son, Bob. Our planning failed, but they remain good friends. Paul replaced me as Aide de Camp to the CG upon my departure from Okinawa.Over the following years I had the normal duty tours, and I consider them all as positive...11th Airborne, The Third Infantry at Ft Myer and Mcnair,, C&GSC at Leavenworth (my hometown), AFSC at Norfolk, Vietnam (twice)...but I consider my battalion command in the 82nd as the best assignment. Along the way, I added a daughter, Winston, and another son, David to the household. Bob, the oldest, is CEO of a hospital in New Orleans, Winston and her husband own a restaurant in Banner Elk, NC, and David is an investigator for Met Life in Hattiesburg, Ms.The MBA I received from Syracuse led to my final assignment as Comptrol-ler, The Army Transportation Center at Ft Eustis, followed by my first civilian job as Dean, Finance and Administration, Rappahannock College, Va. During this period, I married Cathy, and shortly thereafter, we moved to her hometown, Wilmington, NC. I amdelighted that we have joined three other classmates and wives here, Thorsens, Matneys, Joe and Jean Rogers, plus Dick Breakiron in nearby Myr-tle Beach, SC.,and meet once a month on Sundays as the '51 Brunch Bunch. Life is good !I'm sure this is more information than you really needed, but thanks for listening.I love you guys !Pete On Thu, 7/23/09, Usma51pete@aol.com wrote: I'm turning 81 today, and I can feel the hinges starting to squeak a bit louder, I really can't complain how-ever... I have been blessed with good health, all things considered. Cathy and I are still in our home of 23 years, in Wilmington, NC. Cathy was born and raised here and I feel we made a good decision to retire here. Wil-mington has a lot to offer...its right on the ocean, it has a relatively large art community, especially film and community theater, the weather is normally pleasant year-round, except when the hurricanes decide to leave you Florida folks alone and come up here to harass us! Thankfully that hasn't happened in 4 or 5 years! Oh yes, Wilmington has tourist interest in a place called "Ft Fisher" which some historians say was the last battle of the civil war because at that time in the war, 1864 & 65, Wilmington was the only port still open, that the "blockade runners" could get supplies from Europe, etc in to the Confederates. The battle for Ft Fisher included the largest beach assault of the war. If you saw the movie "GLORY", the battle here was similar. My oldest son, Bob is CEO of a rehab hospital in LaFayette, LA. He and his wife have given us 4 grand-children. My daughter, Winston, and her husband own The Bayou Smokehouse restaurant in Banner Elk, N.C. They have two sons. David, my youngest, recently left the insurance business and now works with the Hattiesburg, MS. Hospital in their EMS program. He is studying to become an EMT on their Mercy Flight program. He and his wife have given us 4 grandchildren, one of whom is with NASA in their Space Station activity. When we add Cathy's son and daughter and their children , and grandchil-dren we have a lot of addresses to remember. Finally, a special highlight of being in Wilmington is that there are three other USMA Class of 1951 members here, Pete & Nancy Thorsen, Joe & Jean Rogers and Ed & Herma Matney (they have a home here and one in Southern Pines) AND they meet regularly for lunch or dinner.....great getting together to tell war stories! Life is good!

On July 24, 2011 Bob writes, " I'M ACTUALLY ONE DAY LATE, AS I WAITED FOR PAUL COUGHLIN TO GET HERE TO WILMINGTON, NC. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, PAUL AND I HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING OUR BIRTHDAYS TOGETHER, WHEN POSSIBLE, SINCE OKINAWA, 1953. HIS IS 7/25 AND MINE IS 7/23. SINCE HE IS ARTILLERY AND I AM INFANTRY, WE WEREN'T ALWAYS CLOSE ENOUGH TO GET TOGETHER, BUT OF THE 58 YEARS WE'VE HAD TO WORK ON IT, WE FEEL WE'VE MADE ABOUT 29 OF THEM, PERHAPS A FEW MORE. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE 23RD, WE MET WITH CLASSMATES JOE & JEAN ROGERS, PETE & NANCY THORSEN AND THEIR SON, DAVID, PAUL COUGHLIN AND MY WIFE, CATHY AND I. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL DINNER AT A GREAT RESTAURANT, BUT MOSTLY THE EVENING CONSISTED OF AN EXCHANGE OF TALES OF CADET DAYS, PLUS EXPERIENCES OF DAYS IN THE SERVICE. IF ANY OF YOU HAD "BURNING EARS" SAT. NIGHT, CHANCES ARE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU...BUT NICELY! TODAY, THE 24TH, PETE THORSEN GRACIOUSLY INVITED US TO USE THE SURF CLUB AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, AT WHICH HE'S A MEMBER, WHERE WE ENJOYED A BEAUTIFUL BRUNCH....AND, WE DISCOVERED WE HADN'T EXHAUSTED OUR BAG OF "TALES OF DAYS GONE BY" FROM LAST NIGHT. WE MISSED ED AND HERMA MATNEY, LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT TEMPORARILY OUT OF TOWN...ED WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SOME INTERESTING TALES. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A GREAT GET-TOGETHER, AND PAUL AND I HAVE ENJOYED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BASH." PETE PREHN

Update on Max ... Upon retirement, Max accepted a position with the Ralph M. Parsons Company where he served as a Construction Manager and Project Manager from 1981 to 1991. During that time he worked on the improvement of AMTRAK's Northeast Corridor, the upgrading of air traffic facilities for the FAA, and the extension of Chicago's rapid transit system. When he retired for a second time in 1991, Max and his wife, Joyce, relocated to Austin, Texas, where Joyce passed away in 1995. He subsequently married Carolyn, and they continue to make their home in Austin where Max serves as a Mediator for the Austin Dispute Resolution Center.

Update on Vete ... Vete's last military assignment was as Deputy Project Manager of the XM1 Tank and he served as such from 1978 to 1981 when he retired from the United States Army as a Colonel. Vete and his wife Alice make their home at Grosse Point Woods, Michigan.