6 JANUARY 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

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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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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REINSTATED MEMBER
Thomas R. Marshall	CWO 4 Ships Bos’n	1988-1991
NEW & REINSTATED ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Roberta Tabor	Wife of Melvin Tabor	1955-1958
	NEW EMAIL ADDITION
David Pinion	MM3 M Division	1988-1992
	EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGE
Willy Arlequeeuw	EN3 A Division	1952-1956
Scott Childress	BT3 B DIVISION	1987-1992
	IN MEMORIAM
MEMBER		DATE OF DEATH
William S. Richardson	EM3 E Division 1944-1946	12/24/2011
NON MEMBER		DATE OF DEATH
Hugh F. Murty	GM1C Division Unknown 1944-1945	11/23/2010

Battleship Wisconsin: Official Virginia Landmark!

The Wisconsin was recently added to the Virginia Landmarks Register by the Department of Historic Resources.
The Battleship was among the 10 total sites added to the state registry in December.
The sites will all be nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

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FACEBOOK AND TWITTER 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 at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/171335346266438/

Twitter, login to your account and search for: @WISCONSINASSOC

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