*** NOTICES ***
Underlined items are links to other pages or external websites
Underlined items are links to other pages or external websites
NOTE: The
Savannah Reunion Hotel Registration Code is "HPR" not the one
listed in
the Feb. Newsletter. - The
next Newsletter will be June 1, 2018
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NEW Agent Orange List of Ships - 2018 Version. See the "Veterans Health" page
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The Sullivan Brothers and locating of the USS Juneau
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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
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NEW Agent Orange List of Ships - 2018 Version. See the "Veterans Health" page
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The Sullivan Brothers and locating of the USS Juneau
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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
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More disability linked to Agent Orange...
[Link to:] www.armedforceslocator.com/locate-disability-research2.html
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In Memoriam
Robert Gresens
62-66 - SM
Robert Gresens
62-66 - SM
[Link to:] Obituary
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HPRA NEWSLETTERS
The next Newsletter will be JUNE 1, 2018
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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 waiting 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 |
The SULLIVAN BROTHERS and the USS Juneau (CL-52)
If you are or were a
Destroyer
Sailor, you very likely know the story of the Sullivan Brothers and the
USS JUNEAU - CL-52. The brothers were five men from the one family
serving aboard the Juneau in November of 1942. This was allowed when
the all agreed they would nor serve if not allowed to be together.
Normally this was against regulations.
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.
For more on this story, select
the "title" above
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
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
Select
for the Hugh
Purvis - DD709 Navy memorial Plaque
USS Pennsylvania - VIDEO
Largest SUB in the US Navy
"THE BRIDGEPORT
POST"
October 29, 1945 - The
USS Hugh Purvis
visits Bridgeport Ct.
"Read all-about-it!!"
NEW
Destroyer Crew Life: Destroyer men 1970 US Navy
Multiple ships including the
USS Brownson
DD868 and
USS Gearing DD710
(from Tom Reilly)
Named after a Hugh Purvis Shipmate
Select above for story, then select "Ship's Namesake"
The day the Navy learned it
could fly from ships
Contributed by Lawrence Kettenger Jr.
"MatchboxFleet"
Contributed by Lawrence
Kettinger Jr.
"KILROY WAS HERE"
How could we forget...
from Steve Singlar
First day Issue envelope & last day of postal service select photo link
ALL 25 REUNION DANGLERS
from Sal Contello
COMMANDER TAYLOR LETTER
8/14/1968 - prior to WESTPAC
CERTIFICATE of DELIVERY
USS Hugh Purvis to Turkey July 1972
Contributed by John McNamara
LCDR - C/O 1972
Hugh
Purvis - 1970/71
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During the period 1970/71, the Hugh Purvis Went through a sad - turning to - good - period up to and through the last med trip (70-71). The link below is the letter received at the end of that trip by COMMANDER DESRON 10. Both the original (copy) and a clean version are presented.
courtesy
Wayne Dupre (69-72)
to: Commander Desron 10 (clean)
to: Commander Desron 10 (org)
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During the period 1970/71, the Hugh Purvis Went through a sad - turning to - good - period up to and through the last med trip (70-71). The link below is the letter received at the end of that trip by COMMANDER DESRON 10. Both the original (copy) and a clean version are presented.
courtesy
Wayne Dupre (69-72)
to: Commander Desron 10 (clean)
to: Commander Desron 10 (org)
