The First 764th Radar Squadron, Air Force and Civilian Personnel, Reunion Was Born.
How
the reunions got started by Chuck Thweatt.
Chuck Thweatt was at the
American Legion Post No 1, in St Albans, Vt in September 1994, and bumped into Jose Guevara. Jose and Chuck were stationed
together at the 764th Radar Site in St Albans from 1955 to 1957 and became very good friends. As they were reminiscing about each-others-life developments, Jose said. “Let’s have a 764th
reunion”. Jose took a piece of paper out of his pocket and stated, “this
is a list of eight ex-radar guys that I have collected”. I took the list
from his hand asked, “what do you mean”? Jose responded with, “I
want to get a reunion going”. I said, “this is quite a list”,
and I stuck it in my shirt packet. Jose said, “you just wait a minute,
I have been working on that list collecting names for a long time”. I replied,
“yeah you already have eight names and that is a good start”.
Reunions are to be held every two years starting in 1995.
A 764th Radar Squadron exhibit was started in 1995 at the St Albans Historical Museum located on Church
Street, St Albans, VT.
