USS Hugh Purvis - DD709

USS HUGH PURVIS (DD709)
REUNION ASSOCIATION (HPRA)

Haze Gray and Underway! Welcome Aboard! The web site for all shipmates of the USS HUGH PURVIS - DD709, from commissioning to its transfer to Turkey in 1972. Come aboard and have a look around. If you like what you see, let other shipmates know what they are missing.

(Updated - 12/28/22 - Holidays)

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(updated 10/26/2022)
2022 hpra reunion

CHARLESTON, RECAP

(NEW - 8/30/2022)
HPRA History
(updated 8/30/2022
HPRA Officers
(NEW 7/14/21)

"USS HUGH PURVIS"

Ships History

(updated 5/29/21)
commanding officers

(updated 1/28/22)
Commissioning Crew
(updated 3/1/1945)
DD709 Ports of call
(updated 7/6/21)
in memoriam Listing
(updated 9/12//2022)

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(Update 10/26/2022)
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(Update 5/25/2020)

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Veterans Resources
Links Verified 1/19/2021

CPL. Hugh purvis
USMC

Pvt. Hugh Purvis USMC (left)
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(UPDATED 8/26/2022
The resting place of Hugh Purvis

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HPRA NEWSLETTERS

The OCTOBER 2022 Newsletter is Available (active members only).

Our next newsletter is scheduled for Mid-JANUARY, 2023

"NOTES, NOTICES etc..."

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The Charleston reunion for 2022 was a great success. If you missed it, you missed a fine time. The reunion recap is available - see link in left hand column.

Our next reunion will be in Norfolk VA. from June 11-14, 2023. Basic information will be available in January. both hare and the newsletter. In 2024 we will be Tampa FL. in early to mid May, 2024. This is to beat the heat that picks up in late May/early June.

Our "In Memoriam" list is available on a new page. See the listing >>> "HERE"

Photos from the 2022 Charleston Reunion

This is a sampling of photos from the "HPRA" reunion in Charleston, NC - September 19-22. Select a photo for a larger version.

For more, please see this page "Galleries"

2022 Charleston "The 50's"