8 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 8th          
1952 My personal log starts when I came aboard Dec. 22, 1952
1953 At Sea Oct. 2nd – Oct. 13th  Yokosuka, Japan Oct. 13th – Oct. 19th
         USS Wisconsin relieves the USS New Jersey BB-62 Oct. 13th  
1954 Norfolk, VA. Oct. 7Th – Oct. 14th  At sea Oct. 14 – Oct. 16th Hurricane Hazel

1955 Bayonne, N.J. Sept 9th – Oct 18th 

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

 

 

 

REINSTATED MEMBER

 

George  R. Griel

S1/C                 1st                    Division

1944-1946

 

         IN MEMORIAM

 

NON MEMBER

 

DATE OF DEATH

Edward Kreher

SA                     6th                    Division

1978

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REUNION 2010
Photos of reunion 12 are now on our website. Go to “Our Reunions”
scroll down and click on 12th Reunion

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NAUTICUS

Received the following request from Nauticus;
We are having our Gala for the opening of the interior of the Wisconsin on the 16th of October.
We would like to reach those on your mailing list.
The invitation is located here: http://www.nauticus.org/newsletter/galainviteb.html


                                                                                                                                                                                                       INVITATION

Norfolk Mayor Paul D. Fraim, and the Board of Directors of Nauticus, The National Maritime Center request the pleasure of your company at the
Wisky* Benefit Gala Saturday, the sixteenth of October, two thousand and ten
at six-thirty in the evening.
Enjoy refreshing cocktails at our open bar, delicious heavy hors d’oeuvres,   40s-era live big band music and an exclusive preview of the
newly opened interior areas of the Battleship Wisconsin.
Benefit Donation: $64 each

RSVP by October 8 (Development Director will take reservations after the 8th ) by purchasing your tickets online at www.nauticus.org/wiskygala.html
or mail check payable to "Nauticus Foundation" to:
Candice Crocker
Nauticus
One Waterside Drive
Norfolk, VA 23510
Info and questions: 757-664-1005
Attire: Cocktail
*"Wisky," "Wiscy" or "Whisky" were the affectionate crewmember nicknames for the Battleship Wisconsin

 Limited number of tickets are available.

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

 

FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS