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9TH
BIENNIAL REUNION |
"Great Reunion", "Best one I have
attended", "Had a great time, can't wait for the next one", "Fantastic Hotel"
"Wow!, What a reunion"
These are just some of feedback that we have received about our reunion.
Really was a great reunion. Everything seems to have gone smoothly.
No major complaints.
The Management and staff of the Sheraton Music City Hotel were very
accommodating and went out of their way to make us comfortable.
We were given one section of the hotel for our registration, sea stories and
banquet rooms and our ship's store.
Our one big disappointment was that our reunion shirts had a major flaw in the
background color behind the guns. We had to return them all to the
manufacturer.
The tours were great and the sea stories were even better than last reunion.
We had a good turnout for our sing-along, lead by Martin Sippel. Our
Western night was a lot fun with square dancing, etc. Craig Duncan and his
musical group were just fantastic. They played a good mix including Blue
Grass. They entertained us at our Banquet with a repertoire of music from
all eras.
Our compliments to the girl singer who accompanied the band.
Photo Credits: Dom Menta # 1-87,
Bill Walther #88-106, Pete Murphy #107-111,
Ed Lowe #112-114, Mike Rigdon #115-123, Joan Romantowski #124-126
1 Registration desk |
2 Sing-along, sea stories room |
3 Sing-along |
4 Bus to the General Jackson Riverboat |
5 Entertainment aboard the Gen. Jackson. Tim Watson performing. |
6 Lunch and a show |
7 Tim Watson and Jim Bennett. Jim didn't know he could play the violin. |
8 L to R: Dick Hamann, Dom Menta, Mike Rigdon, Dempsey (Clem) Clemons |
9 Waiting to debark |
10 Deacon Bob and Peg |
11 Square dancing |
12 Lounge area |
13 Business Meeting Pres.Carl Capestrain opens meeting. |
14 Nice turnout for meeting. |
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16 Questions from the floor. |
17 Carl and Bill |
18 Capt. J. Blesch nominating Tom Bradshaw for VP |
19 Lil Menta expressing her thanks, after receiving a standing ovation for her time and effort in helping to put this reunion together. |
20 RADM J. Kavanaugh |
21 Tom Bradshaw, our newly elected Vice President, conveys his thanks. |
22 Dave Patrykus, congratulating Tom. |
23 Memorial Service Invocation Deacon R. Simpson, Chaplain |
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26 National Anthem |
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46 Mr. James Drury, Bagpiper |
47 Retire The Colors |
48 Buglers, Michael Hodgis, Sam Knepley |
49 Ships Store |
50 Ships Store |
51 Checking Banquet Table arrangements. |
52 George and Sylvia Tully |
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54 Jack Trimmer, Marty Sippel |
55 Cocktail Hour |
56 Spurgeon, Joan Stanard |
57 Morgan Dunorant, grandson of Ralph Morrison, 1943-1946 6th Div. |
58 Banquet Invocation, Deacon R. Simpson, Chaplain |
59 Introduction of Our President, by Bill Lewis, Sgt. At Arms |
60 Welcome speech by Our President, Carl Capestrain |
61 Now that's dancing |
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Don Samuels, Assistant commissioner of Veteran Affairs |
63 Gabe Fiore receives an award for his work as our 2nd Vice President |
64 Tom Bradshaw receives a Busy Badger Award for his work in recruiting 3rd generation crewmembers. |
65 New Officers are sworn in. Bill Henson, President John Fox, Treasurer Tom Bradshaw, Vice President |
66 Bill Henson presents Carl Capestrain, with a plaque in honor of his time as President of our Association. |
67 Carl presents J. Kavanaugh with two donation checks from our Association. One is for The Battleship Wisconsin Foundation, to help maintain our ship. The second check is for The National Maritime Foundation, to help support the young school children's educational programs at Nauticus. |
68 Jo Lewis, who made that beautiful quilt, picks out the winning grand prize ticket for the quilt. |
69 Grand prize, and the winner is, William Reese, 1944-1946 FA Division |
70 Jo Lewis receives a plaque for the work she did on the quilt and for donating it as a raffle prize. |
71 Picking another winner |
72 2nd winner, is Bill Frost |
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74 3rd winner is, Gretchen Thibeault |
75 4th winner is, Gabe Fiore |
76 5th winner is, Tina Medberry |
77 6th winner is, Lil Menta |
78 In remembrance of our fallen shipmates. |
79 Marty Sippel, leading us in song. |
80 Recipients of The Busy Badger Awards Tom, Jo, and Bob Lou Sinagra also received this award. |
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85 Go Ray Go! |
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87 Great music from Craig Duncan and his group. |
88 Joe and Rosemary McStay |
89 Ed Gavin |
90 Bill Walther, Paul Westbrook. This was Paul's first reunion and he said he had a great time. |
91 The Coliseum, home of the Tennessee Titans. |
92 Bill Walther, Joe and Rosemary McStay, Paul Westbrook, aboard the General Jackson. |
93 Paul, Joe, Rosemary |
94 Bicentennial Capitol Mall Park |
95 Ryman Auditorium |
96 Bill Walther and friends |
97 Time for breakfast, Isadore & Mary Staskiewicz |
98 Navy Color Guard |
99 Banquet time. Isadore & Mary |
100 William Luck |
101 Bill Walther |
102 Ray and Muriel Ney |
103 Dom and Lil Menta |
104 The Marines have landed! |
105 Fred Borner Check that mustache |
106 Isadore Staskiewicz, Ed Gavin, Bill Lewis |
107 Two love birds, Violet and Pete Murphy |
108 Betty and Allen Barbas |
109 Kitty and Jerry Wiedenhoeft |
110 Florence and George Sprock |
111 The Signal Crew |
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114 Dorathy Bryan and Jack Trimmer |
115 Dempsey (Clem) Clemons, Joe and Judy Determan |
116 The Sales Team Dom, Dave and Dick Standing in the back are Marlis Patrykus and Clem |
117 Lunch cruise on the General Jackson |
118 Old and new skyline |
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121 Bicentennial Park. State map in concrete & brass. Clem stands on spot he was born. |
122 Marine Honor Guard |
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126 Lil and Dom |
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