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HPRA
NEWSLETTERS The APRIL 2022
Newsletter is out.
The next one is scheduled for JUNE 20, 2022
"NOTES,
NOTICES etc..."
NOTE:
Photos on this page (and others) may have links to a larger version
and will open in a separate Tab/Window.
The
2022 reunion scheduled for June in Milwaukee has been postponed
indefinetly.
A
new plan is
now in place for a reunion to take place "SEPTEMBER 19-22/2022 in
CHARLESTON SC." For
more details, select the "2022
HPRA Reunion..." link in the left hand
column. The April newsletter has this story on page 1.

John J. Pepas (LtJG/55-58)
John
Pepas passed away on 29 April 2021 in Spring TX. at the age of 89. John
served aboard from 1955-1958.

Roger W. Nelson (LT/60-62)
Roger Nelson passed away
25 August 2021 at the age of 82. Roger served aboard from 1960-62. He
was involved with "DASH."
WESTPAC
1969 -
Transit
to Austrailia and New
Zealand with Equator Crossing
(Select photo for larger image)

Steel Beach Cookout
Flight
Deck Band

Equator Band
Equator
Crossing

Plymouth New Zealand
Panama
Canal
In Hawaii returning from
WestPac (Pearl Harbor). Filming "Tora Tora"
New
Zealand
1969 Visit
During WESTPAC
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image for a larger version.
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these photos,
let us know via the
"contact..." link at the
bottom of this page.