3 FEBRUARY 2012
NEWSLETTER
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OUR 13TH REUNION WILL BE JULY16-22, 2012

AT THE SHERATON NORFOLK WATERSIDE HOTEL

NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Reunion website is now active on our website home page, www.usswisconsin.org

and on our newsletters. To access, click on the following:

www.militaryreunionplanners.com/wisconsin

Attendee’s names have been listed as of January 31st.

Please READ the instructions carefully!

Hotel reservation information, Events information, payment methods,
airport transportation, parking and how to submit your completed forms are

covered on the reunion website.

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NEW AND REINSTATED MEMBERS

 

John K. Powell

AG3                   OA                   Division

1991-1991

Stanley Vyhlidal

EN3                   A                      Division

1956-1957

 

 

 

 

NEW AND REINSTATED ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

 

Arlene Vyhlidal

Wife of Stanley Vyhlidal

1956-1957

 

 

 

 

NEW EMAIL ADDITION

 

Joseph Mottola

SN                    3rd                     Division       

1956-1958

 

 

 

 

IN MEMORIAM

 

NON MEMBER

 

DATE OF DEATH

Lawrence J. Clipper

ENS     5th     Division       1953-1954

1/22/2012

 

 

 

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SHIP’S HUSBAND
Sometimes when a ship is heading for the yards, an old salt says that she is going to see her husband now and it causes novices to wonder what he's talking about. A ship's husband was once a widely used term which described the man in charge of the shipyard responsible for the repair of a particular ship. It was not uncommon to hear the sailors of creaky ships lament, "Ah, she's been a good ship, lads, but she's needing her husband now."
In the course of a ship's life, she may have had more than one husband but this had little bearing upon her true affections. Tradition has it, her love was saved solely for her sailors.



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

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