USS Hugh Purvis (DD709)
Reunion Association
(Updates - 8/28/2023)
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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION  -  "Also, use this to update your information"
HPRA NEWSLETTERS  -  "Latest: July 2023 - Next: Late October 2023"
Electronic copies (PDF's) of the Shipmate Directory, By-Laws and Newsletters
are available to all "ACTIVE" members via email from the HPRA president (email Link)
HPRA
information
(updated  5/1/2023)
2023
Norfolk RECAP
(New - June 28/2023)
DD709
History
(updated 1/1/2023)

Galleries
(updated  7/1/2023)
HPRA
History
(updated  1/1/2023)
2024
HPRA Reunion
(updated  8/1/2023)
Commissioning
Crew
(updated  1/1/2022)

SlideShows
(updated 1/1/2023)
HPRA
Officers
(updated  5/1/2023)
DD709
Ports of Call
(updated 6/21/2023)
Commanding
Officers
(updated  7/9/2023)

Stories and More
(UPDATED 7/9/2023)
NOTES:
The 2024 HPRA Reunion is scheduled for Annapolis MD. from June 10-13. For details and updates see the "2024 HPRA Reunion" link above (updated 7/24/2023).
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IN MEMORIAM
Joseph F. Quinn Jr. (60-62/IC3)
   Joe  Quinn passed away in his sleep, 7 August 2023. He served aboard from 1960 to 1962 as an IC3. Joe and wife Hilde were regular attendees of our reunions and were present this year in Norfolk 2023.
We will miss him.
"Fair Winds and Following Seas"
(Obituary)
IN MEMORIAM
Jerold J. Larson (LT/59-62)
   Lt. Jerold "JJ" Larson served aboard the Hugh Purvis from 1959 to 1962 and was the Deck Division Officer, which included Gunnery. He passed away 8 August 2023 in Virginia Beach, VA. Internment will be at Arlington National Cometary.
    Lt. Larson retired in 1983 as a full Captain. He  also attended several of our reunions.

"Fair Winds and Following Seas"
(Obituary)

Photos from Earlier Years!!
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From the WestPac - New Zealand Visit
DASH


WestPac 1968-69 Equator Crossing
Equator Crossing Trio
(1968-69) Nice Hair

Equator Crossing
(1968-69)

Steel Beach
Cookout

Who is that
Creature?

    The following appeared on Facebook and was written by one of the members of the HPRA. It is true for all of us, being "at that certain age."

To all Veterans 50 years of age
and older.........

    Most of us are going through the next phase of our lives now. We are at that age where we see wrinkles, gray hair and extra pounds. We ran a war machine, homes, paid the bills, dealt with illness, sadness and everything life assigned to us. Many of us went to war and had the chance to return to our loved ones.
   
We remain survivors...
We are warriors in calm......
We are strong, we are also veterans of an old era and proud of it........

    Even though our bodies may not be what they once were, they carry our souls, our courage and our strength. We have good red blood in our veins. We will all enter this chapter of our lives with humility, grace, and pride in everything we've been through, and we should never feel bad about getting older. It is a privilege that is denied to so many people.
My age: 72
At a younger ageSteve today
by Steve Tindall





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