11 November 2011
NEWSLETTER

OUR 13TH REUNION WILL BE JULY16-22, 2012

SHERATON NORFOLK WATERSIDE HOTEL

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

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Please keep your email address up to date with LaDonna
even if you don’t want it posted online.

Please contact LaDonna Bradshaw,
bb64members@aol.com. Or (601) 693-4614
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NEW MEMBER

George W. Johnson

Senior LT     Aviation  Division

1945

 

 

 

NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER

Michael L. Bowers

Interest in military history

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                       QUILT
Ruth Protivnak, wife of our shipmate John, 1951-1955 R Division, sent me this photo of an interesting quilt.

What’s interesting about it is that this quilt was made from past USS Wisconsin reunion and cruise T-shirts.
 A great novel idea.

Ruth had the quilt made up as a Christmas present for John by her friend, Rose Ciarlone.

Nice work Rose

 

 

 

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Applebee's Says 'Thank You' to Veterans and Troops - With a Free Meal on Veterans Day
Applebee's Continues Tradition of Serving Free Meals to the Neighborhood's Real Heroes Each Year on Veterans Day

LENEXA, KS -- (Marketwire) -- 10/12/2011 -- In what has become a neighborhood tradition, Applebee's will again thank our nation's veterans and troops by inviting them to their neighborhood Applebee's for a free signature entrée on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.

For the third year, Applebee's will salute our nation's military, hoping to top the 1,024,000 million free meals served last year from coast-to-coast. Since Applebee's first began thanking the military with a free meal, restaurants have served more than two million veterans and active duty military members on their day of remembrance and respect.

"We say 'Thank You' with a free meal but this day at Applebee's is really more about creating connections," said Mike Archer, president of Applebee's Services, Inc. "At every Applebee's on Veterans Day, military gather to share stories, meet up with old friends and make new ones. It's our favorite day of the year and we are honored to serve and thank them again this year."

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FACEBOOK INFORMATION

If you are a Facbook member, you may want to check out the following two Facebook pages;

I Served on USS Wisconsin BB-64                   USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Reunion 2012

Neither of these two pages are association pages. Pages were started by former crew members wanting to rekindle shipboard friendship.

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If you have interesting stories about your time aboard the Wisconsin,
please share them with us. Email them to me at
Dombb64@ptd.net


PLEASE REMEMBER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR PRAYERS,
OUR SICK AND DEPARTED SHIPMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS