20 November 2009

NEWSLETTER
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
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 Elected officers for 2009-2010 are as follows;

PRESIDENT   TOM BRADSHAW    VICE PRESIDENT   BILL RIDINGS
   TREASURER   JOHN FOX         SECRETARY   DICK HAMANN

RANZY WESTON WAS SELECTED AS 2ND VICE PRESIDENT

                                             

2010 USS Wisconsin BB-64 Reunion
September 8-12, 2010
Olympia Resort, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
_City of Oconomowoc Home Page
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REMINDER
If you have not paid your dues, the “M” (for member) next to your name on the website membership roster list has been removed.
You will have to submit another application in order to reinstate the “M” indicator.
If you believe this was done in error,
please contact LaDonna Bradshaw, bb64members@aol.com 
Membership Application

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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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   BADGER MAILING LABEL

When you receive your December issue of the Badger, please look at your mailing label, if it says "THIS IS YOUR LAST BADGER", it means your membership will expire before the next issue, which will be in April.  You should have a renewal envelope in your issue.  If you don't have an envelope, please mail your dues to:  USS Wisconsin Association, PO Box 227, Marion, MS  39342.  Dues are $20 per year for one and $10 per year for each additional member of your household that wants to renew.  Your membership expiration date is always printed on your Badger mailing label.



FROM MY PERSONAL LOG

On This Day, November 20th.
1952 Portsmouth, VA. Oct. to Feb. 11, 1953
1953 Sasebo, Japan Nov. 20th. – 22nd. At sea Nov. 22nd. To Nov. 24th
Inchon, Korea Nov. 24th – 26th President of Korea, Syngman Rhee came aboard on Nov. 25th  
1954 Norfolk, VA., Nov. 20th. To Nov. 29th.
1955 Brooklyn, N.Y.  Navy Yard Oct. 18th to Dec. 9th.
On Oct. 18th, Wisconsin, while being towed from Bayonne, N.J. by 10 tugs, went aground at the mouth of the East River. She was stuck close to an hour in the mud of Diamond Reef about 500 yards north of Governors Island.  Thirteen commercial tugboats and three Navy tugs finally got her loose.

My personal log ended when I was transferred off the ship on June 20, 1956 to be disch

 

TEE SHIRT AND PIN DESIGN

Deadline for the design of the reunion pin and tee shirt is February 1st. 
The contest is open to all association members.  The prize is a free room for 1 night at the reunion.

 

Please mail or email your design to:

 

Tom Bradshaw

PO Box 227

Marion, MS  39342

bb64bt1retired@aol.com

(601)693-4614

Good luck and get your design in as soon as possible.
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    In Honor Of Our Military
XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL 

    
If you go to this web site, http://www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a  soldier that is currently serving in Iraq.  You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services. 
This started in 2006.

You can check Snopes by clicking on the following, if you have any doubts about this.
 http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/letssaythanks.asp

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

FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS