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Summer 2004 (22nd Edition)
USA | USMC | USN | USAF | USCG | We Also Served | Reunions | All ServicesArmy
New members for Chapter 50 of the WAC Veterans Association, San Diego. The Chapter currently has members from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm. Join other women who share your military memories. Please contact Mary Harrington, President, at 619-501-6818 or womanvet@juno.com.SP4 Linda J Prosser, a mess cook, who was stationed with the WAC Detachment, Ft Belvoir, VA, between 1959-60; reenlisted; and was assigned to Ft MacArthur, CA. Also, SP4s Elizabeth "Betty" J Ferra and Victoria "Vicky" A Gilliam, who were stationed at Ft Belvoir, VA, between 1959-61, and may now be living in AZ. Please contact Leta "Smokey" (Waddle) Horine at letawac58@peoplepc.com.
Anyone with information about 2LT Margaret L Koblitz, USA NC, of LaCrosse, WI, whose first duty station was Army Air Forces Technical Training Command or A.A.F.T.T.C., Miami Beach, FL, circa 1942-44. Please contact Margaret (Merrick) Scheffelin at scheffelin@csus.edu or by calling 916-485-8196.
Bernadette Peterson who served on Ward 2 with the 3rd Field Hospital between 1967-68 and roomed in the Newport Bachelor Officer Quarters. Please contact Bernice (Mitchell) Whiteside at blm1211r@msn.com.
Anyone with information on the life or military career of Army Air Corps/USAF nurse Col Rosemary (Hogan) Lucero for an article which I am writing about her for publication in one of the national military history magazines. Rosemary was one of the nurses wounded and captured by the Japanese at Corrigedor and imprisoned until Feb 1945. She went on to be one of the first five USAF nurses to be promoted to the rank of colonel. Please contact MSgt Rick Lawrence, USMC/USAFR (Ret) at ww2tulsa@yahoo.com.
Any women who served in C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery in Giessen, Germany, between 1983-87, in support of the Hawk Missile mission, especially Eric, Rockwell and Rowland. Please contact Hilda "Ortiz" Griep at element0353@yahoo.com.
Anyone with information about TSG Dorothea "Thea" Adgate, USA, who worked as a stenographer in the General Staff-Overseas Conference Room at the Pentagon circa Mar 1943-Feb 1946, especially anyone who can confirm her dates of service and the name or number of the unit she was assigned to at Ft Myer during that time. This is for a book I am writing about the top-secret work done there. Please contact Dorothy (Meyer) Madsen, author, at Megmadsenchgo@aol.com.
Anyone with information about Yvonne "Vonnie" Kinden of Champagne, IL, who served with 1st PERSCOM, Schwetzingen, Germany, between Oct 1981-Nov 1982, and was later assigned to Brussels, Belgium, where she had a son. Please contact Elizabeth "Liz" (Sartori) Jobes at elizabeth.jobes@yale.edu, by calling 860-528-0566 or writing to 98 Bliss St, East Hartford, CT 06108.
SP4 Ann Cresswell of PA who was stationed at Ft Huachuca, AZ, between 1966-67. Please contact Gabriele "Gabby" (Pilz) Byron at gbyron1946@aol.com.
Anyone with information about Miriam (Turner) Edwards, whose last assignment was 1SG, Dental Activity, Ft Riley, KS, between 1997-99; or 1SG Jeanette Leonard, US Army Dental Corp, whose last known assignment was Ft Bragg, NC, between 1999-2002. Please contact Jennifer McNeill at jmcneill22@comcast.net or by calling 706-798-5515.
Gail Keane who served in the Frankfurt, Germany area between 1975-78, or anyone who served in US Military Community Activity Darmstadt USMCAD in Darmstadt, Germany, between 1975-79. Please contact Belinda D Lea (Smith) at smith_belinda@sbcglobal.net.
Marine Corps
Anyone with information about Cpl Carole (Lau) Francisco, USMC, who was stationed at Parris Island, SC, in the summer of 1966; served at Camp Pendleton, CA, through August of 1967; and was later stationed at Barstow, CA, perhaps in supply. She is originally from Anaheim, CA, but after her marriage and discharge she lived in Jenks, OK, and then, in the late 1970s, in Diamond Bar, CA. Please contact Beverly (Hoyt) Holmes at dbholmes@chartermi.net.Anyone with information on CPL Kathryn (Reinhardt) Putnam, USMC, of CO, who served with the Motor Transport, Schools Battalion, Camp Pendleton, CA, circa 1982-85. She was married to Raymond L Putnam III and had two children, but later divorced. She remarried, had another child and then we lost contact. Please contact Connie Wilson at workinmom81@msn.com, 815-235-9212 or 1598 Meadowbrook Ln, Freeport IL 61032.
Navy
Anyone with information about LT Maude Miller, USNR, of San Antonio, TX, who served in Washington, DC, between 1942-43. She married and moved to CA, where we lost contact. Please contact Helen (Julius) Ernst at 2319 Blueridge Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, by calling (650) 854-2863, or by e-mailing eendoxi@aol.com.Anyone who was in Co 27 at RTC (W), Bainbridge, MD, between Aug-Oct 1964 or was stationed or lived in the WAVE Barracks, Long Beach Naval Station between 1965-67. I would really like to hear from you. Please contact Dawn "Cookie" N Cook at nancydawn@usadatanet.net.
Anyone with information about Wilma Jensen of NJ who was stationed at the Pensacola, FL main base in 1945 or WAVE Jeanne Bailey Taylor of Chicago, IL, who was stationed at Quantico, VA, circa 1945. I would love to hear from them. Please contact Edith (Fletcher) Gant at Gantj@sbcglobal.net.
Anyone with information about LTJG Maria S Miranda of Tucson, AZ, who was a nurse stationed at USNH Camp Lejeune, NC, in the late 1950s and was discharged in 1959. Some time later, she joined the USAF as a nurse. Her birthday may be Nov 11 and she was probably born in the early to mid 1930s. Please contact Sandra "Sandy" (Bryan) Jensen at SJensenA@aol.com.
Anyone with the name of a WAVE who was murdered at NAS Jacksonville, FL, a few weeks prior to January 12, 1969; the exact date of murder is also needed. I am trying to get the Jacksonville Sheriff's cold case unit to investigate whether this murder was ever solved. Please contact Kathleen "Kathy" (Powell) Godfrey at 215-331-4418 or by e-mailing kgodfrey@cozen.com.
LT Kathleen O'Brien of St Paul, MN, who was a communications officer in Sasebo, Japan, between 1968-70 and then went to Newport, RI. Please contact Joan Fontana through Florentina "Tina" Hooker at tinahook@juno.com.
Air Force
Anyone with information on the life or military career of Army Air Corps/USAF nurse Col Rosemary (Hogan) Lucero for an article which I am writing about her for publication in one of the national military history magazines. Rosemary was one of the nurses wounded and captured by the Japanese at Corrigedor and imprisoned until Feb 1945. She went on to be one of the first five USAF nurses to be promoted to the rank of colonel. Please contact MSgt Rick Lawrence, USMC/USAFR (Ret) at ww2tulsa@yahoo.com.Anyone with information about Lurleen White or Jeanne (Raecke) Brooks who served in the 2045 Communications Group, Andrews AFB, MD, between 1956-58. Please contact Nancy Barriere at YANCYEB@AOL.COM.
Anyone with information about LTJG Maria S Miranda of Tucson, AZ, who was a nurse stationed at USNH Camp Lejeune, NC, in the late 1950s and was discharged in 1959. Some time later, she joined the USAF as a nurse. Her birthday may be Nov 11 and she was probably born in the early to mid 1930s. Please contact Sandra "Sandy" (Bryan) Jensen at SJensenA@aol.com.
Members of USAF OCS Class 62-C that graduated in March of 1962 from Lackland AFB, especially Helen L Case, Mary E Gardner, Gayle D Hall, Margaret R Lloyd, Pauline M Piscitello, Margaret L Simmonski, Nancy L Variell, and Sigrid A Von Theumer, for a reunion in 2005. Please contact LtCol Gary Younkin, USAF (Ret) or Paula Younkin at gyounkin@hotmail.com or pdy@tconl.com.
Coast Guard
Anyone who served with Storekeeper Nina Elizabeth Dodd of Covington, VA, who trained at Hunter College and was later stationed in FL and Washington, DC, during WWII. While she is now deceased, her time as a SPAR meant so much to her that I'd like to get in contact with some of her friends. Please contact Ms. N K "Katy" Vess, Ms. Dodd's niece, at bearskaty@aol.com.We Also Served
No We Also Served requests were submitted for this quarterly edition of In Search Of.Reunions
Project Identify and Recognize's 2nd Recognition Ceremony for Home Economists and Dietitians, Jun 25, 2004, Veterans Center and Museum, Chapel of the Old Naval Hospital, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Invitations will be sent to all registered members in the Project's database. Please contact Janett Gibbs at jangibbs@ix.netcom.com or by writing 135 Meadowview Rd, Athens, GA 30606.Feb 1979 USAF 3707th BMTS, Flight W039, San Antonio, TX, 25th Reunion, Jul 2004, Orlando, FL. Please contact Dorm Chief M Susan (Harrell) Pawlowski La Flam Whaley at MSusanWhaley@aol.com or by calling 772-388-3880.
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Annual National Convention - Military Appreciation Celebration for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom servicemembers and their families, August 6, 2004, Quest Center, Omaha, NE. Please contact Rose at rdrjr@cox.net or by calling 402-292-8912.
3650th Basic Military Training Wing (1950-56), Sampson Air Force Base Reunion, Sep 9-12, 2004, Sampson State Park (formerly Sampson Air Force Base), Romulus, NY. Please contact Chip Phillips, Treasurer and Business Secretary, Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association, Inc., at PO Box 331, Williamsville, NY 14231; by calling 716-633-1119; or by e-mailing chip34@aol.com.
23rd Biennial Women Marines Association (WMA) Convention, Sep 4-8, 2004, Westin Horton Plaza Hotel, San Diego, CA. Please contact Ellie Judge at 760-439-1447 or via e-mail at sgtmajjudge@cox.net.
World War II Flight Nurses Association Annual Reunion, Sep 16-19, 2004, The Seneca Hotel and Suites, Chicago, IL. Please contact Frances Thorp at 799 Yellowstone Dr #270, Vacaville, CA 95687-3445.
All Services
Women with degrees in Home Economics, Family and Consumer Sciences, Dietetics, or related fields of study who have served or are serving in the US military. Project Identify and Recognize, under the sponsorship of American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, wants to document and recognize the accomplishments and contributions of these professionals. Please contact Janett Gibbs at jangibbs@ix.netcom.com or by writing 135 Meadowview Rd, Athens, GA 30606.