Site Updates – 30 January 2025
Honor Roll:
Bledsoe, Tony – updated contact information
Schrum, Robert – updated contact informaton
Haddock, Dee – updated contact information
Oue Losses:
Lawrence, Thomas ‘Lee’ M. – 8 NOV 2024 per wife Eileen
Honor Roll:
Bledsoe, Tony – updated contact information
Schrum, Robert – updated contact informaton
Haddock, Dee – updated contact information
Oue Losses:
Lawrence, Thomas ‘Lee’ M. – 8 NOV 2024 per wife Eileen
Reunion information and registration are now available.
Added preliminary information for 2025 reunion
Shirley Hull notified me that Bob Hull passed away at 9:25PM on 1 December 2024. Arrangements are still being finalized, but there will probably be a couple viewings. One viewing will be on Sunday, 8 December and the second on 9 December at 10AM, with a funeral service at 1150. More finalized details will be forthcoming. RIP Bob.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Visitation will be Sunday, December 8, 2024, from 4:00-6:00 PM at Snyder Funeral Home – Lasater Chapel, 11337 Upper Gilchrist Rd. in Mount Vernon and one hour prior to services on Monday. Funeral services will be held on Monday at the funeral home starting at 11:00 AM with Pastor Wesley Humble officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens with military honors conducted by the Knox County Joint Veterans Council. A luncheon will be served at Snyder Funeral Home -Lasater Chapel’s family center after burial.
Honor Roll:
Ice, Richard – updated information
Castro, Vince – all new contact information
Honor Roll:
Doug Clifton – new contact information & e-mail
Photos:
2024 reunion photos
UB-282 thru 285 – new
TSN-1247 – new
Honor Roll:
Mosier, Dusty – updated info
Payne, Jerry C – new info
Coulson, Tom R. – updated e-mail
Our Losses:
Kaczynski, Henry M. ‘Hank’ – 20 JUL 2024
Reunion 2024 Photos
Reunion 2024 photos from Grand Rapids, MI are now available for viewing on the website.
Added 2024 Reunion photos
By now you all have seen Rich’s resignation as the reunion location finding coordinator. I will be assuming the role of the primary reunion coordinator beginning with the 2025 reunion. For the most part, the transition should be transparent for reunion attendees. However, I would like to form different committees with various tasks in setting up the reunions. For example, a 6994th representative usually does a pre-contract visit to the proposed hotel to judge its suitability for our needs. In the future, hopefully we will have a volunteer from that city to do the site check. In doing this, we will save travel costs for the primary coordinator to visit the site. I’d also like to perhaps set up a committee to discuss hospitality suite refreshments, and perhaps a committee to solicit raffle items.
There are also other topics that need to be discussed about future reunions, such as time of year and perhaps picking a ‘home city’ for the reunions, such as the Prop Wash Gang, which holds its annual reunions in Laurel, MD.
To this end, I am asking that if you have any suggestions regarding the way the reunions are run, or have suggestions for future locations, please send them to me ASAP so they can be discussed at this year’s business meeting. As a slight deviation in the business meeting, I would like to have any attendee (including guests) attend the meeting if they are serious about helping with future reunions.
Rick – [email protected]