USS
HUGH PURVIS (DD709)
REUNION ASSOCIATION (HPRA)
REUNION ASSOCIATION (HPRA)
"the hpra"
- hpra
information
(updated 2/10/2022)
- 2022
hpra reunion
(NEW - 3/24/2022) - HPRA History
(updated 1/1/21)
- HPRA Officers
(NEW 7/14/21)
"USS HUGH PURVIS"
-
Ships History
(updated 5/29/21) - commanding officers
(updated 1/28/22) - Commissioning
Crew
(updated 6/30/21)
- DD709 Ports of call
(updated 7/6/21)
- in memoriam
(updated8/9/2022)
"MEDIA
& OTHER"
REUNION
"SWAY" SLIDESHOW's
REUNION
"SWAY" SLIDESHOW's
- Slideshows
& Albums
(Update 05/29/2020)
-
Galleries
(Update 10/5/2018)
-
Videos
(Update 3/28/2022)
- Short Stories
Sea Stories & POETRY(Update 5/25/2020)
"RESOURCES"
- Veterans Resources
Links Verified 1/19/2021
Story
of
Hugh purvis
Hugh purvis
Pvt. Hugh Purvis USMC
(left)
(Select PHOTO for more)
(UPDATED 11/7/2018)
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THE BATTLE OF GANGHWA 1871
AMERICA’S FIRST KOREAN CONFLICT
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The resting place of Hugh Purvis
Hand Drawn
from A photo
(Select PHOTO for more)
(UPDATED 11/7/2018)
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THE BATTLE OF GANGHWA 1871
AMERICA’S FIRST KOREAN CONFLICT
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The resting place of Hugh Purvis
Hand Drawn
from A photo
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"NOTES,
NOTICES etc..."
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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.
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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.
Howard H. Ferrell (52-55/LtJG)
Howard Ferrell
passed away on 13 April 2022 in Oklahoma City, OK. Howard was 93.
Howard was a regular attendee, along with his wife Peggy of the HPRA
reunions. We will certainly miss him.He was also the
HPRA President in 2004 and 2005, and a Lifetime member.
WESTPAC
1969 -
Transit
to Austrailia and New
Zealand with Equator Crossing
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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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If you can remember any names in these photos,
let us know via the
"contact..." link at the
bottom of this page.
