From Pearl Harbor |
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1/19/2017 |
Gary
Roosma ’58 went
to Pearl Harbor for its 2016 Remembrance Day
Commemoration. He wrote, “I attended the 75th
Anniversary National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Commemoration in Hawaii this past December 7, 2016.
Photo Right: me alone was taken at FT DeRussy on
December 7, 2016 during the 25th ID
75th anniversary commemoration of the attack
The
main commemoration took place at Pearl Harbor early in
the morning on December 7th to coincide with the 1941
attack. I received an invitation to attend as a military
dependent survivor as I lived at Schofield Barracks when
my father was a battalion commander with the 21st
Infantry Regiment. Later that day I attended the 25th ID
commemoration at Ft DeRussy."
Photo Left: includes Dave
Swanson ’58 and
Lenny Katsarsky
’59 who
accompanied me throughout the day to the events
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West Point Radio Club Honors Hugh Morgan ’58 |
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1/19/2017 |
John Ulmer ’62 sent
me a pdf of an article about the West Point Radio Club
and Hugh
Morgan ’58 who
it honored in thanks for a contribution from his estate.
Here’s what John wrote, “Hugh and I have been friends
for over 50 years, having met while he was a young
captain at Ft. Campbell, KY. By some twist of fate, we
both ended up in Knoxville, TN after leaving the Army.
When Hugh died back in August, his family asked me to
assist them with liquidating and disposing of his ham
gear. This has turned out to be a daunting task since he
had over 60 years of collected valuable items, together
with lots of parts and supplies that only a ham could
love. In sorting through all of this, I found boxes and
boxes of old QST magazines some going back to 1929. None
of these are collectors items and thus do not have much
value. I was ready to haul them to the dump, but decided
to take a shot at finding them a good home. I got in
touch with the West Point Radio Club and got an
immediate response. Yes, they were in the process of
setting up a new "ham shack" and would welcome the
magazines to begin building their library.
Important for your class is the fact that they are
proposing to name the library in honor of Hugh. I have
375 pounds of QST magazines sitting on a pallet in my
garage awaiting shipment to West Point next week. CPT
Matthew Sherburne is the OIC of the club and has asked
the family to provide photos of Hugh along with his
obituary which they will post above the book case(es).
Hugh obtained his ham radio license at age 14 and was
assigned the call sign W4VAB. He was vice president of
the West Point Radio Club his firstie year. It is
fitting that Hugh should be honored this way.” I can’t
figure out how to imbed the PDF here.
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The Symphony at the Mini |
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1/19/2017 |
The
highlight of the mini reunion in Carmel was the Symphony
performance by the Monterey Symphony Orchestra,
particularly its rendering of the West Point Graduation
March. Jody
LeTowt ’58 not
only organized the whole mini reunion with the
assistance of his friend, Sherry St. Clair, but he had
also sponsored the Symphony performance which was also
attended by, and appreciated by, a large number of
people from the local community. Jody had found that the
West Point Army Band had music scores available for a
symphony rendering of the Graduation March which they
could email to the Monterey Symphony Orchestra. Their
rendering of it was beautiful and memorable.
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The Big Sur and The Monterrey Aquarium |
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1/19/2017 |
The
Mini included an enjoyable bus trip to the Big Sur with
views that are spectacular and a very pleasant picnic
lunch. We also had a visit to the Monterrey Aquarium
that was extremely interesting, a stop no one should
miss if they are visiting the area..
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The Tuck Box |
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1/19/2017 |
The
Tuck Box in the center of Carmel proved to be a great
place to get lunch during our stay there. The Tuck Box
was started, and owned and operated for many years by Jody
LeTowt ’58 who
organized the mini.
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From Grand Cayman |
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1/19/2017 |
We, Pete
& Lynne Penczer ’58 went
to the Kaibo Club at Rum Point in Grand Cayman with Mike
& Marcia York ’58 where
we said “Happy Birthday” to the wives.
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Mini Reunion in Carmel |
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1/9/2017 |
Jody
LeTowt ’58 organized
a really wonderful Mini Reunion in Carmel, CA. It added
to a string of great Mini Reunions for our Class and was
reminiscent of the one done by Jody about twenty years
ago in Carmel.
Photo Right: Class Dinner
There won’t be one next year, a Class Ex Comm decision,
so our next reunion will be the 60th back at West Point.
Finally we’ll get to use the Thayer Hotel.
Photo Left: Memorial Service, Singing the Alma Mater
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Jay Raymond's assumption of command |
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1/9/2017 |
Pete
Kusek ’58 sent
along a picture with the note “Air Force Chief of Staff
David Goldfein passes the guidon of the Air Force Space
Command to newly promoted General John (Jay) Raymond at
Peterson AFB on October 25 2016.” John
& Barbara Raymond ’58 must
be over the top proud.
Photo: Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein and
General John (Jay) Raymond
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First Class Club |
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1/9/2017 |
The renovated First Class Club, our class gift
originally to our school, is now almost finished with
its latest complete renovation necessitated by
structural problem found a little while back that closed
the club. I won’t try to tell the story of the
renovation, but a soft reopening is expected now for
next March. The class got a full report following a
couple of days with a lot of work by Dale
Hruby ’58, Munge Moore ’58, Brad Johnson ’58 and Tony
Smith ’58 reviewing
progress and helping sort pictures that had been in the
Club before it was closed. Tony has been the point man
on this, has done a terrific job with it and has kept us
well informed.
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A Charleston Gala |
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1/9/2017 |
Chuck
& Celia Hansult ’58, got
through the annual Charleston Symphony Gala that Celia
ran that was a big success. Chuck wrote, “The CSO gala
is now history, thank goodness, and we are making plans
for the trip north to family weddings... On the
subject of the gala, I am attaching a photo from the
event. The CSO Maestro, Ken Lam, Celia and I are posing
by the cake celebrating the 80th anniversary season of
the orchestra. There is a story about the cake. Ken Lam
is the resident conductor for the Brevard NC Music
Festival which is held every summer over seven weeks.
Students from high school level through college and
graduate schools from all over the world compete for
slots at the music center. Two or three orchestral
performances a day are offered to the public. It is very
intense for the students and great for the aficionados
of classical music. Celia and I spent three days at the
home of one of my high school classmates who lives in
Brevard and attend a concert each day.
Photo: Ken Liam, Celia Kramer Hansult & Chuck Hansult
By coincidence, it was also the 80th anniversary of the
festival. When we first got there, we saw this cake on
the lawn in front of the amphitheater. As co-chair of
the CSO gala, Celia immediately said, “We have to have
that cake!” So she arranged with the good offices of Ken
and our friend who lives there to acquire the cake after
the festival closed. It required a considerable amount
of refurbishment which was performed in our parlor
before we had it ready for the event, but it turned out
very well.”
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Army Notre Dame Tailgate |
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1/9/2017 |
Dick
Buckalew ’58 sent
me this picture from the Army Notre Dame Tailgate party.
Photo: L-R John Willauer ’60, Chuck Densford ’58,
Phil Regan ’58 and Dick Buckalew ’58
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On a Cruise after the 2008 Mini |
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1/9/2017 |
Herb
Johnson ’58 sent
me this old picture of not so old people from after the
2008 Mini.
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D-2 at the Carmel Mini |
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1/9/2017 |
Paul
Ruud ’58 sent
me this picture of the D-2 contingent at the Carmel
Mini.
Photo: L-R Bill and Nancy Gillette ’58, Patty and Paul
Ruud ’58 and Stew Willis ’58
Bill and Nancy Gillette’58, Patty and Paul Ruud’58
and Stew Willis’58
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From Paris |
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1/9/2017 |
Jack
May ’58 and
Iris were in Paris in October. Here they are at the Club
Cercle.
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At the Carmel Mini |
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1/9/2017 |
Chuck
Densford ’58 took
this very good picture of Pete
& Lana Bahnsen ’58 at
the Carmel Mini. C-2 was well represented.
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More From Charleston |
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1/9/2017 |
Chuck
and Celia Hansult ’58 visited
us, Pete
and Lynne Penczer ’58, here in Fairfield, CT,
shortly after the Carmel Mini Reunion and between family
weddings here in the Northeast. Shortly before that they
had had storm and flooding in Charleston with evacuation
being in order. Chuck wrote: “Celia and I evacuated to
Charlotte where the weather was fine with the exception
of one day of heavy rain. We headed back to Charleston
on Monday to find that everything was fine there too. We
had no damage. The power did not go off in our
neighborhood.
Photo: L-R l. Chuck Hansult, Sally Tilley, Celia Hansult
and Jim Tilley
There were lots of leaves and small branches on the
ground that took a day of clean up, but we were really
lucky. as it turned out, the upstate in SC and NC fared
worse later on as the rivers began to overflow because
of the heavy rains inland. Most of the damage on the
coast was caused by wind and the storm surge. By the
time it got to Charleston the storm was a category one
so the winds were not too severe and the surge was
reduced from what it might have been. Water on our
street did not come up over the curb. Just a few hundred
feet away it was over 3 feet deep.” They also visited
with Jim
Tilly and Sally ’58 during
that time.
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An Annual Gathering |
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1/9/2017 |
Frank
Waskowicz ’58 sent
me a picture taken at the Annual Gathering of
Washington, D.C., Contingent hosted by Alan
& Florence Salisbury ’58 and
provided by Chuck
Toftoy ’58
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Class Lunch in D.C. |
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1/9/2017 |
Alan Salisury ’58 sent
a quick note about the class lunch in D.C. with Sandy
Cohn ’68 as
the speaker.:” For those who missed this weekend's
C-Span Book TV coverage of our class luncheon with Sandy
Cohn, ’68 speaking about his two most recent books (The
Presidents First Year, and World War IV), here's a link
to that video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?414121-1/presidents-first-year-world-war-4
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From San Mateo |
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1/9/2017 |
CA Jerry
& Barbara Lewis ’58 met Harry
& Karolyn Kramp ’58 for
a visit and lunch by thr lagoon in San Mateo.
Photo: Karolyn Kramp, Barbara & Jerry Lewis ’58, & Harry
Kramp ’58
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K-1 Company Reunion, San Diego, 1999 |
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1/9/2017 |
Bill
Serchak ’58 sent
another old picture of not so old people, the K-1
company reunion in San Diego in 1999.
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Normandy |
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1/9/2017 |
Dick
Schonberger ’58 sent
me a very interesting story of his recent trip to
Normandy and to Bastogne. He wrote, “Have been to
Normandy several times highlighted by leading the 101st
Abn Div contingent for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day. A
group of about 140 pax from the staging areas and
departure airfields in England, then Normandy for the
D-Day activities, to Holland and Market Garden AOR with
the Dutch, to Bastogne and the Mardasson Monument where
they dedicated the Boix de Paix, highlighted by a tree
planting ceremony where a tree was dedicated to each
veteran.
A few weeks before our departure, I was contacted by the
Bastogne people who asked that we provide a brass plaque
for each of our veterans that would eventually be placed
on their tree (then a sapling) in the Forest of Peace.
Although most of our vets were WW II, we had a few VN
vets on the tour. When I asked about them, I was told
they are vets too, so they said to make plaques for
them. Working with our Assn Secretary, it was real
scramble, but we got the job done in time.
Some time ago, I was surprised to receive the photo
collage from Bastogne. I was back again in 2004 and
pleased to see my tree, a birch (I believe) was thriving
after several years of drought. The forest design is
supposed to be modeled after the UNESCO Mother and Child
symbol.
As you can imagine I am pleased and humbled to have my
name among the 101 vets in that hallowed ground of
Bastogne.”
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