*** NOTICES ***
Underlined items are links to other pages or external websites
Underlined items are links to other pages or external websites
NOTE: The registration cuttoff date
for the Savannah reunion is August 5, 2018.
Also you must make your own hotel reservations. See the 2018 HPRA SAVANNAH REUNION page for more information.
NEW Agent Orange List of Ships - 2018 Version. See the "Veterans Health" page
"I Think I've Been Phished" - What should I do?
An article from "Ask Leo". Very important information.
NEW SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS - PLUS A SCAM ALERT...
New MEDICARE Cards - [LINK TO:] From the "Office of the Inspector General"
[Link to:] MEDICARE CARD SCAM ALERT
Also you must make your own hotel reservations. See the 2018 HPRA SAVANNAH REUNION page for more information.
NEW Agent Orange List of Ships - 2018 Version. See the "Veterans Health" page
"I Think I've Been Phished" - What should I do?
An article from "Ask Leo". Very important information.
NEW SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS - PLUS A SCAM ALERT...
New MEDICARE Cards - [LINK TO:] From the "Office of the Inspector General"
[Link to:] MEDICARE CARD SCAM ALERT
More disability linked to Agent Orange...
[Link to:] www.armedforceslocator.com/locate-disability-research2.html
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2017 Memorial Service at Gettysburg Battlefield
in front of the Pennsylvania Memorial - June 22, 2017
Our Harrisburg reunion,
6/20 - 6/22, 2017,
is
history. As we concentrate on 2018,
here are the links to the Harrisburg photos and
more (Always In
Progress)...
PHOTO ALBUM's and SLIDESHOWS are available on the
[Link to]"PIX GALLERY" PAGE
PHOTO ALBUM's and SLIDESHOWS are available on the
[Link to]"PIX GALLERY" PAGE
NOTE:
The albums and slideshows are hosted by the GoDaddy Photo Albums
system. The
slideshows do not display titles or captions;
the
album versions will.
We are always looking for
more
photos from our attendees for this presentation. Please check back
often.
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SEA STORIES ***
(From DD709 shipmates - submit your own)
(From DD709 shipmates - submit your own)
| A Ride on a Nuclear Submarine | by Bob Mead (62-64) |
| Cuban Adventure | by Bob Mead (62-64) |
| Tin Can Sailorman | A poem from Tim Brady (68-69) |
| The SS Warrimoo | from Dennis Dow (65-70) |
| The Fate of the USS Harwood | by Butch Guzejko (66-68) |
| My Shipmate - "Chico" | by George Beal (50-52) |
| 1962 Americas Cup Races | by Bob Mead (62-64) |
| Portholes | by David Barter (52-55) |
| Shadowing a Russian Helicopter Carrier | by Wayne D. |
| The Hugh Pervert | by Hugh Tulloch via Dennis Dow |
|
(Updated Annually)
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| 2018 HPRA SAVANNAH
(Update 6/8/2018)
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| HPRA History (Update 2/10/2017) |
| HPRA Officers (Updated 10/31/2016)
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| Membership (update 10/24/2016)
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| General Information (Update 12/28/2017)
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| Ship's History (Updated 1/14/2011)
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| Commanding Officers (Updated 04/17/2017)
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| MARCH 1, 1945 MUSTER (new 8/31/2015)
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| Ports of Call (New 6/7/2016)
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| In
Memoriam (Update 4/30/2018)
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| Slideshows
& Albums (Update 5/13/2016)
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| Galleries (Update 7/5/2017)
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| Videos (Update 1/31/2017)
|
| Send
your memories |
| Purvis Odds
& ends |
| WHAT I DID (update - 3/11/2017)
|
| Veterans Resources (update 4/15/2018)
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| VETERANS HEALTH (update 12/20/2017)
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| VA
Alerts (update 1/14/2017)
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| MESOTHTHELIOMA (New 6/9/2017)
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| PC &
Security Info. (Update 11/1/2/16 )
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| The
Old Navy (#1) Contributed
by Steve
S.
|
| The
Old Navy (#2) Contributed
by Steve
S.
|
| A
Sailors
Dying
Wish
Contributed by George
B.
|
| Not EVERYONE
Can
Be Contributed
by George
B.
|
| A
Sailors Thoughts Contributed
by Steve S.
|
| Where
did they go? Contributed
by Dennis
D.
|
| Comparative
Military Contributed
by Gene S.
|
| Wes
Hoch" (58-60)
- Presented
at
2013 HPRA Reunion Dinner by J.J. Larson |
| I
Was A Sailor
Contributed
by Sal Contello (multiple
sources)
|
| The
Death of navy Tradition
by LCDR
Thomas Sousa (ret.)
Contributed by Sal Contello |
|
USS
Hugh
Purvis Namesake
 Pvt.
Hugh Purvis USMC (left)
(Select PHOTO for more) |
CDR John Linville (1961 - 1963). He has been moved from his original resting place (unknown) to his new one at
Arlington National Cemetary.
James C. Linville
| BIRTH | 5 May 1924 |
| DEATH | 14 May 1985 (aged 61) |
| BURIAL | Arlington
National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA |
| PLOT | Sec: 66, Site: 6167 |
| MEMORIAL ID | 49248315 · View Source |
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SPECIAL ITEMS & DOCUMENTS
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| 1Cettificate
of Delivery to the Turkish Navy  From John McNamars LCDR - C/O 1972 (select pix for larger image) |
 Select for the USS Hugh Purvis DD709 Navy memorial Plaque |
  First day Issue & last day of postal service Aboard the USS Hugh Purvis (Select photo link) |
USS Hugh
Purvis - 1970/71 *** During the period 1970/71, the Hugh Purvis went through a sad - turning to - good - period up to and through its last med trip (70-71). The link below is the letter received at the end of that trip to COMMANDER - DESRON 10. Both the original (copy) and a clean version are presented. to: Commander Desron 10 (clean) to: Commander Desron 10 (org) (courtesy Wayne Dupre) |
| (VIDIO) Destroyer Crew Life: Destroyer Men 1970 US Navy Multiple ships including the USS Brownson DD868 and USS Gearing DD710 (from Tom Reilly) |
"THE
BRIDGEPORT
POST" October 29, 1945 The USS Hugh Purvis visits Bridgeport Ct. "Read all-about-it!!" |
 Named after a Hugh Purvis Shipmate Select above for story, then select "Ship's Namesake" |
 The Doolittle Raid |
| Pearl Harbor After the tourists have left for the day (A YouTube Video) |
Naval
Photos - Modern ships (Contributed by George Baker) 3 Carrier Group (Contributed by Gene Sampieri) |
The day
the Navy learned it could fly from ships "MatchboxFleet" (Contributed by Lawrence Kettinger Jr.) |
 The story of the USS Indianapolis sinking: the aftermath |
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REUNION DANGLERS (from Sal Contello) COMMANDER TAYLOR LETTER 8/14/1968 - prior to WESTPAC (Contributed by Tom Kelleher) |
Visit "Navy museum ships" "KILROY WAS HERE" How could we forget... (from Steve Singlar) |
The
SULLIVAN BROTHERS and the USS Juneau (CL-52) On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2018, the wreckage was located in over 2 miles of water off the Solomons coast in the South Pacific. |
