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What's Up Now:

• Poinsettia Bowl
• San Diego area classmates at TV Party for Army-Navy game.
• Central Virginia Chapter Luncheon on September 20, 2007
• Navy-Air Force & Navy-Duke Football - San Diego Get-Together
• Tom State and Al MacDiarmid get together in Spokane.
• Steve Kaiser with Bull Dolphin catch.
• Steve Kaiser with Cobia catch.
•  Pt. Mugu Air Show with AF Thunderbirds and Bill Anders.
• "Age No Barrier", Eldon “Skip” Steele ‘55
• San Diego area classmates gather to watch the Navy-Army football game.
• San Diego area classmates gather to watch the Navy-Notre Dame football game.
• Decommissioning of USS DOLPHIN.
• Classmates gather to watch Navy football team beat Stanford 37-9.
• Photos from USS Leyte Gulf (CG55) -our "Class Cruiser".
• CLassmates gather at the Jamaica Village Clubhouse in Coronado Cays for a luau.
• Northern Neck Luncheon in Fredricksburg, April 27.
• Western BBQ in Coronado, CA.
• Dark Ages Dinner in Oxnard, CA.
• Steve Kaiser kisses a dolphin and Norm Palladino strikes out in whale watching.
• Six photos posted of Chinese New Year Party, Coronado, CA.
• Seven photos posted of Poinsettia Bowl Game and Party.
• San Diego area classmates at TV Party for Army-Navy game.  Santa Barbara area classmates at La Cumbre Country Club for Army-Navy game.
• 1953 Inaugural Parade eMemory
• Tom Davis on his Harley.
• Navy-Notre Dame Football
• Photos from Ned Floyd on "Revenge in Exile" book signing - classmate & author Scot McCauley.
  
• Class 50th Reunion Sep 6-11
• June 28, 2005 - Classmates from San Diego Gather at Point Loma for dinner.
• Gary & Margo Snyder tour Disney World's Epcot Center on Segway Human Transporters.
  
• Two changes. One is a Remembrance on Ed Browder including new historical data on the N3N.  Second is a Sea Story on Pat Taylor and the N3N which has been available through a buried link in our Class Cold War memorial section, but is now on the Sea Stories page.
• Dark Ages Party in Oxnard, CA.
• San Diego area Classmates gather to celebrate Chinese New Year.
• Charlottesville, VA '55ers gather to watch Army-Navy game.
• Mt. Pleasant, SC '55ers gather to watch Army-Navy game.
  
• Ventura County Calif. '55ers get together to watch Army-Navy game.
• San Diego area '55ers get together to watch Army-Navy game.
  
• San Diego area '55ers get-together to watch Navy play Notre Dame.
  
• Coronado '55ers get-together to watch Navy beat Air Force.
• Classmates Gather in Sacramento, CA. Al MacDiarmid, George H. Martin and John Haynes met for USNAAA local chapter lunch.
  
• Classmates and wives in the greater San Diego and beyond gather at the Jamaica Village Clubhouse in Coronado Cays for a luau on Thursday, 26 August.
  
• Crab Fest 2004 at Wes Saunders' home.07-01-04:  The Class held their Spring Party in Coronado on Saturday, 22 May.  Besides the usual suspects from greater San Diego, some visiting fireman, who had attended Bill and Donna Balls' Reunion for the 21st and 22nd Companies, also attended.
• On 21 May Donna and Bill Ball threw a reunion warm-up party at their Coronado home for members of the class of 1955 of the 21st and 22nd companies.
• May 21-22, 2004 Joe and Pat Dunn hosted a gala event surrounding the visit of two '55 classmates {Mal MacKinnon (14) and Joe's 16th company-mate, Tommy Cann, both with their OAO's, Roz MacKinnon and Shirley Echard} to their home in Stoney Creek Village.
• Al Kozischek Memorial Service page posted.
  
• '55ers of the Ventura County, California area got together 2/13/2004 at the Port Hueneme Officers' Club (Bard Mansion) to celebrate the "Dark Ages".
•  San Diego area Classmates gathered in Coronado Cays, 22 January, to celebrate Chinese New Year.
• Dick and Lavon Jones hosted a Houston Bowl game party for 55ers in the greater San Diego area. 2 photos
• A page with photos from San Diego '55ers get-together to watch 2003 Army-Navy game.
•  Jack Tallman visits friends and family in Ventura County, California. - Celina McHale, Norm Palladino, Burt Munger, Jack, Pinky Palladino, Ed (Breeze) McHale and Irene Munger.
• Tom State and his wife were in Oxnard and Camarillo for an Air Force reunion of the old Oxnard AFB. 55ers gather for dinner.
  
• Crab Fest 2003 at Wes Saunders - 14 great photos on two pages by Gary Snyder.
  
• Steve Kaiser took 8 photos of the USS Mustin while visiting Pensacola on the way to San diego for the official commissioning. View these 8 photos on this page.
  
• Classmates receive invitation to commissioning of USS Mustin (DDG 89).
  
• Classmates gathered in San Diego for a Mid Term Reunion April 30 through May 4, 2003.
  
• 55'ers LUNCHEON 23 APRIL at MOUNT HOLLY "STEAMBOAT" INN.
  
• San Diego area Classmates gathered in Coronado Cays, 1 February, to celebrate Chinese New Year.
  
• Dick and Lavon JONES hosted Class members in the greater San Diego area for the 2002 Army-Navy game. 
  
• Hal and Dot Pabst visit USNA November 20, 2002.
  
• The Bowen Cup, which brings together former and current squash players, is held annually during Homecoming Weekend. This year, members from six decades were represented, including graduates from the 1950 era (Peyton Wise ‘53, Robin Pirie ‘55, Buddy Parker ‘55).
  
• Jerry and Lilia KOWALSKY hosted a gathering of classmates in the San Diego area for the Notre Dame game.
  
• The '55 clan in Southern California celebrated VJ Day, 14 August 2002, with a luau at the Jamaica Village Clubhouse in Coronado.
  
• Charlie Plumly stopped at Dan and Rita Butterfield's home on Lake Monocan in Stoney Creek of the Wintergreen Resort in Central Virginia before heading off on his 2002 attack of the Virginia portion of the Appalachian Trail.
  
• Classmates in the San Diego area celebrated the Battle of Midway by a roast beef dinner at Ned and Lynne Floyds' home on 4 June.
  
• A cluster of pages about the classes of 2005 and 1955 bonding. Includes Reaffirmation Day, Induction Day and a page on the Mustin family. "Fifty Years Later".
• USS Leyte Gulf CG 55 Junior Officer Professional Excellence Award for 2002 . This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
  
• Email exchange between Pat Taylor and Steve Kaiser sheds some light on the origin of the submarine force insignia.
  
• Photos of the Nov. '01 Glen Warner Soccer Facility Dedication were posted. Two distinct Web Sites are offered. One has 40 photos and the other 32 photos. The lead-in is long but necessary.
  
• San Diego '55ers gathered Feb. 12, 2002 with out-of-area classmates in Coronado, CA to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
• Three classmates send their best wishes with Cristmas 2001 Holiday pictures of themselves: Rip Wieler, George Martin and Marv Glickstein.
• Ventura County '55ers gathered at LaCumbre Country Club Santa Barbara, Calif. Saturday, 1 December to watch the Army-Navy game on TV, then enjoyed dinner at the Port Hueneme O' Club. 19 pictures posted . The pictures include: Ray Medeiros and his friend Barbara Obinger, Ed & Celina McHale, Wally & Peggy Olsen, Rene & Burt Munger and Norm & Pinky Palladino.
• Dick and Lavon JONES hosted the San Diego contingent of '55 to watch the Army game on TV, Saturday, 1 December 2001. Phil MONAHAN came from the New Jersey shore. Joe and Leslie DANIEL drove down from La Quinta, CA. The '55 nomad, Al MACDIARMID and his friend Jean, dropped by en route to their winter quarters in Benson, AZ. Others in attendance included Tom BOUCHER, Roger and Jo COFFEY, Ned and Lynne FLOYD, Chuck and Sandy HENRY, George JOHNSON, Jack MORRA, Bob PRICE, Pat (Mrs. Charles E.) KENNEY, Hugh and Peggy EBSTER, and Bob and Karen WEIR. In all, 31 pictures posted.
• The San Diego contingent of '55 gathered at Ned and Lynne FLOYDs' home Saturday, 17 November to watch the Notre Dame game on TV.
• Photo during Tommy and Betty Cann's visit with Joe and Pat Dunn at their home in Stoney Creek of the Wintergreen Resort in Central Virginia, October 18, 2001: '55ers Dan Butterfield, Joe Dunn, Tommy Cann, and Jack Renard.
• 09-27-01 Photo of Jack Renard, Tony Hastoglis, Jerry Nay, Dan Butterfield, and Tom Emery taken at Charlottesville USNAAA Chapter Luncheon . Jerry is visiting from nearby Lexington. Jack and Dan are residents of Wintergreen about 30 miles south, Dan having moved from San Diego in April. There is a total of 13 classmates from the area.
• Three August 2001 pictures from Ned Floyd added. Classmates in the San Diego area enjoyed a VJ Day luau and camaraderie at the home of Ned & Lynne FLOYD.
• Picture taken in 2001 at the home of John R. Sullivan's brother, Mike, Capt. USN(Retired). Mike is USNA '62 and lives in Kingwood, TX. John Sullivan and Bill Greene were roommates in the 3rd company. Bill married John's sister Pat.
• Ned FLOYD (18) visits USNA '55 roommates. 3 pictures include Tom DRAKE (18), Charlie EDSON (13), Ned & Lynne Floyd and Mary Edson McDonnell DePrisco. Mary is John McDONNELL's (13) widow and Charlie's sister.
• Gary Snyder (1) made his first visit to Pensacola, and several classmates got together at NAS Pensacola "O" Club for dinner.... four photos .