3 FEBRUARY 2012
NEWSLETTER

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 31^st.

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 3^rd Division	1956-1958
	IN MEMORIAM
NON MEMBER		DATE OF DEATH
Lawrence J. Clipper	ENS 5^th 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

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