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The reunion on September 17 - 22, 2002 in Duluth, Mn. was a blast!
Here's
the pictures from the reunion courtesy of Mike Parenteau, Don Small and Don
Basham.
The official welcome by the Duluth Sub Vets (+ ore boat bow)
The Vista Star Dinner Boat (loading guests)
Mary Ann Christiano, Karen Wyatt's Mother, Anne McConnell,
Karen Wyatt and Yuko Basham
Pat Murphy, Andy Elnicki, Dick Fiske
Ray Wyatt
Carl Weber
Ore boat stern under aerial lift bridge
Heading out for the cruise leaves a lighthouse in the wake.
Mike Parenteau and Ken Caye
Yuko and Don Basham
Anne McConnell
Eric Sybenga and Don Basham
Mike Sobkowski and James Rostberg
Sam Abernathy, Dick Fiske and
Eric Sybenga
Time for dinner... a short line is nice for the Valeros.
Karen Wyatt and her mom get started.
Somebody always bucks the line for a snack.
Folks are settling in for a nice meal.
There's always time for "footsie".
John Puras, Warren and Trudy Valero
Don Small, Yuko Basham, Abe Kern, Jack Ford and Carol Polermo
Kaye and Bob Peterson with Chuck Kennedy
Rod and Rosemary Lovdal with Vonnie and Earl Daetz
Don Basham, Ken Caye, Pete and Ronnie Peterman
Lucinda (Cindy) Sobkowski, Angelo Christiano with Mike
Sobkowski and Sam McConnell
Jim and Kathy Rostberg with Carl Webber and Dick Fiske
Steve and Jayne Dunphy and Mary Ann Christiano
Anne McConnell, Andy and Carol Elnicki (Ray Wyatt and Pat
Murphy seen over Anne's shoulder)
Karen Wyatt, Sam Abernathy and Eric Sybenga
Bob Peterson with Bergall Association T-Shirt (the big
tease!)
Kaye Peterson
Back row: Sam McConnell, Andy Elnicki, Don Basham, Pat Murphy, Eric
Sybenga, Steve Dunphy
Front row: James Rostberg, Ray Wyatt, Mike Sobkowski, Sam Abernathy
(667 crew)
Lucy and Maryann Ott, Yuko Basham and Anne McConnell
Dick Fiske and J.J. Ott
Carl Weber and J.J. Ott... The camera caught Carl off guard,
or he's about to kick somebody's ass?
Dick Fiske, Carl Weber and Chuck Kennedy (Carl may
still be considering the above!)
Angelo Christiano studying a war patrol story?
Andy Elnicki, Steve Dunphy and Sam McConnell
Rod Lovdal
Don Small, Pat Murphy and Eric Sybenga salute a fun reunion
Don Basham (appears WAY too happy... they do call it a
hospitality suite!)
Carl Weber, Chuck Kennedy, Bob Peterson and Don Small
J.J. and Maryann Ott
Carol Palermo and John Puras in the Hospitality Suite
WWII War Patrol crew members under her Battle Flag
Carl Weber, Chuck Kennedy, Don Small and J.J. Ott
Abe Kern with Maryann and J.J. Ott
J.J. and Lucy Ott with John Puras, Rod Lovdal and Earl Daetz
Abe Kern, J.J. Ott and Ken Caye off on a jaunt?
"Dip me!" John Puras and Maryann Ott take a spin.
Back row: Bob Peterson Carl Weber, Abe Kern Warren Valero
Middle row: Chuck Kennedy, Don Small J.J. Ott, John Puras
Front row: Earl Daetz and Rod Lovdal (320 crew)
Back row: Steve Dunphy, Pat Murphy, Bob Peterson, Carl Weber, Abe
Kern, Warren Valero, John Puras Rod Lovdal
Middle row: Dick Fiske, Chuck Kennedy, Don Small, J.J. Ott, Don
Basham
Front row: Eric Sybenga, Earl Daetz, Angelo Christiano, Andy
Elnicki, Mike Sobkowski
320 and 667 guys under the Bergall's Battle Flag (same as
above)
Here's a neat Duluth building!
The skywalk escalator
We have an initial attending list as follows:
Name |
Accompanying Party |
SS-320 Tour |
Name |
Accompanying Party |
SSN-667 Tour | |
Ken Caye | '56-'57, SO2 | Sam Abernathy | '68-'70, FTGU2 | |||
Earl Daetz | Vonnie | '49-'52, EM3 | Don Basham | Yuko | '70-'75, RM1 | |
Jack Ford | Carol Palermo | family | Angelo Christiano | Mary Ann | '71-'75, YN1 | |
Chuck Kennedy | '44, EM2 | Steve Dunphy | Jayne | '68-'72, MM(?) | ||
Abe Kern | '54-'55, EN3 | Andy Elnicki | Carol | '68-'72, EM1 | ||
Rod Lovdal | Rosemary | '49-'56, SO1 | Dick Fiske | '69-'71, FTGC | ||
John Ott | Lucy and Maryann | '44-'57, ENCA | Sam McConnell | Anne | '70-'75, ICC | |
Mike Parenteau | son of Joe | Pat Murphy | '69-'72, SK3 | |||
John Puras | '52-'56, EMCA | Eugene "Pete" Peterman | Ronnie | Friends | ||
Bob Peterson | Kaye | '49-'51, ET2 | James Rostberg | Kathy | '76-'79, STS2 | |
Don Small | Rose Mary | '44-'45, RT2 | Michael Sobkowski | Lucinda | '72-'77, FTG1 | |
Warren Valero | Trudy | '46-'48, MoMM3 | Eric Sybenga | '68-'71, TM2 | ||
Carl Weber | '45, RM3 | Ray Wyatt |
Karen and her mother |
'73-'76, CDR (CO) |
The next reunion was in September of 2003 and in "wife-friendly" Reno, Nevada. Click here for the highlights
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