*** NOTICES ***
Underlined items are links to other pages or external websites
COMMANDER TAYLOR LETTER 8/14/1968 - prior to WESTPACUnderlined items are links to other pages or external websites
BEWARE -- VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM HACKED - PLEASE READ
[Link to:] Armed Forces Locator - VCP SCAM (Hack)
The 2017 Reunion is in Harrisburg PA - June 20-22 is complete. The
recap posted, now and get ready for Savannah in Sept 2018.
PC RANSOMWARE - In the news a lot lately - Please Read and Take Action
MESOTHELIOMA and the USS HUGH PURVIS - A must read
(Left column, Resources, MESOTHELIOMA)
DID YOU SERVE ABOARD THE HUGH PURVIS WHILE SHE WAS IN VIETNAM WATERS? Select for more...
NEW SCAM ALERT - From the USVCP/Armed Forces Locater
Disabled Veterans BEWARE!!
NEW PAGE - "WHAT I DID AFTER MY TIME IN THE NAVY"
ON
THIS PAGE
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HPRA CHARTER ***
The Hugh Purvis Reunion
Association (HPRA) charter is to plan and
arrange
reunions, assist our members in locating other
shipmates and provide information from the V.A.
and other resources that may benefit you. Membership in the HPRA is
granted
all
those men who served aboard the USS Hugh Purvis DD709 in any year, for
any
length of time, in any rank or rate.
Membership information is
available here...
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MEMBERSHIP
INFORMATION
(You can also update your information here)
Remember, the HPRA, this Website, the Shipmate Directory and the Newsletters are not possible without your financial support.
An electronic copy (PDF) of the Shipmate Directory is available to ACTIVE members via email from the HPRA president (email Link).
*** HPRA NEWSLETTERS ***
The HPRA newsletter is published quarterly and is sent to all ACTIVE members via Email or USPS. If you get your NL via email, it not only saves postage costs (high), but will also be in color for many of the photos. So please consider using this method. NL's dating back to 2006 are available to ACTIVE members. For a complete copy, use the "Latest Newsletter ..." link below (Active members only).
(The next NL will be in mid October, 2017)
Latest Newsletter (from the HPRA President)
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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 (In Progress)...
PHOTO ALBUM's and SLIDESHOWS are now available on the
[Link to]"PIX GALLERY" PAGE
PHOTO ALBUM's and SLIDESHOWS are now available on the
[Link to]"PIX GALLERY" PAGE
NOTE:
The albums and slideshows are hosted by the GoDaddy Photo Albums
system. The slideshows will not display titles or captions;
the
album versions will
We are waiting for submission of
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)
- 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
(from John McNamara - LCDR - C/O 1972)
(^select for larger image^)
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
"Wes Hoch"
(58-60)
- Presented
at 2013 HPRA Reunion Dinner by J.J. Larson
ALL 25 REUNION DANGLERS
from Sal Contello
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)
