22 October 2010
NEWSLETTER

CALENDARS

If you are looking for additional 16 month calendars, you can purchase these calendars for $7.00, including postage. Checks or money orders need to be made payable to the USS Wisconsin Association and mailed to,

PO BOX 227 Marion, MS 3942. This offer is available to non members also.

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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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FROM MY PERSONAL LOG

On This Day, October 22^th
1952 My personal log starts when I came aboard Dec. 22, 1952
1953 Kobe, Japan Oct. 20^th – Oct. 23^rd. At Sea to join Task Force 77 Oct. 24^th – Oct.25^th
Sasebo, Japan Oct. 26^th – Nov.7^th
1954 At Sea Oct. 20^th – Nov. 3^rd

1955 Brooklyn Navy Yard Oct. 18^th – Dec. 9^th

1956 Portsmouth, VA May 14^th – Bow replacement. (Collision}
My personal log ended when I was transferred off the ship on June 20, 1956 to be discharged

	EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE
James Sheffield	GMG3	1988-1991

Battleship Wisconsin opens doors for inside tours
Click on the following;
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/10/battleship-wisconsin-opens-doors-inside-tours?cid=srch
Following is a link to the TV station, WAVY
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/military/New-areas-of-Battleship-Wisconsin-open-to-public

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A sad email from Charles & Verna Dee Beck, SS Division 1950-1953 that their youngest
daughter, Tanja, passed away on October 13^th.
Our Deepest Sympathy to the Beck family in this time of grief.

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

FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS