Summer 2007 (35th Edition)
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Army
Anyone with information about WAC veterans Victoria A Gilliam, Elizabeth “Betty” J Ferra, Jenelle L Jones, Nancy L Jones or Supply SFC Thelma Potts who were stationed at Ft Belvoir, VA, WAC Det from 1959-61. Vicky and Betty were med techs. Please contact Leta (Waddle) Horine at lwhorine@wmconnect.com.

Anyone with information about SP4 Janet Roper. We served at Dolan Barracks, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, from 1985-87. We had good times together and I want to thank her for getting her military license so she could take me to the airport. Please contact Deborah S Packard at deborahpackard@sbcglobal.net.

Anyone with information about WACs Lillian Conover, Helen Price, Helen Starkey, Eleanor Knack, “Hamp,” “Waddy,” “Paulie,” “Brownie,” “Dills” or others who served with me circa 1949-52. Please contact Ione G Shadduck at lgshaddy@aol.com.

Anyone with information about Bertha Elizabeth Pitman of NJ, who served in Gulfport, MS, and Dayton, OH, during WWII. Please contact Ilona Kwiecien at april50@earthlink.net or 603-532-6358.

Anyone with information about WAC Barbara Bennett. Also, any WACs who served in Okinawa, Japan, between 1966-69. Please contact Mary L Valencia at homefront9576@charter.net.

Anyone with information about SPC Jacqueline M Delmast of Chicago, IL, who served in Frankfurt, Germany. Also, anyone with information about SPC Gayla (Buie) Newkirk of TN, who served at Lee Barracks in Mainz, Germany, from 1986-90. Please contact Betty (Gibbons) Turner at skeyewalker00@yahoo.com or 586-206-2984.

Anyone in “Fitness Plt,” Ft Jackson, SC, from Jan-Apr 1985. One drill instructor was SGT White. Also, anyone who attended AIT, D Co, 2nd Bn, Ft Sam Houston, TX, from Apr-Jul 1985. Please contact Pamela Diane Officer at pamela.officer@gmail.com.

Anyone with information about LT Fox (first name unknown), a nurse at the 15th Gen Hospital, Liege, Belgium, in Mar 1945. She treated me after I was wounded and I would be very grateful if I could find her. Please contact Oscar Hoganson at cepanick@aol.com, 715-359-8003 or 2002 Park Rd, Wausau, WI 54401.

Anyone with information about WAC Lola Mason of Renova, PA, who served in New Orleans, LA, during WWII. Please contact Kevin Greene at revkgreene@yahoo.com.

Anyone who attended basic training with Drill SGT Heckard, C Co, 7th Bn, 2nd Brigade, Ft Jackson, SC, from Aug-Sep 1978. Sherry Herard and I would like to put a 30-year reunion together. Please contact Tamson Lynn Will at tammy313@ptd.net.

Anyone who served at the 33rd Field Hospital, Würzburg, Germany, from 1969-71. Please contact Doris (Clingerman) Etlinger at cdetling2@msn.com.

Anyone who served with my late mother, WAC Glennette (Page) Staloch of MN. She was a switchboard operator in Casablanca, Algiers, and Caserta, Italy, from 1942-45. She attended basic training at Ft Des Moines, IA, and advanced training at Ft Oglethorpe, GA. Please contact David Mark Staloch at david_staloch@mcgraw-hill.com.

Anyone with information about WAC Valeria Brinegar. She was born in WV and raised in Westmoreland, PA. She enlisted in Pittsburgh, PA, on Jan 23, 1943. Please contact Christine (Riley) Strautnieks at Dreamgrdn@aol.com.

Anyone in Grafenwoehr, Germany, from 1978-79 who moved to Garlstadt, Germany, with the 498th Support Group. Please contact Julie Anita “Red” Smith at jlstrcklnd@yahoo.com.

Anyone who attended basic training in summer 1952 with 3rd Plt, D Co, Group 1, Basic Training Bn, Ft Lee, VA. I have a group picture and wonder where everyone went. Please contact Mary Lou Burford at bayousis1930@bayou.com.

Anyone with information about Ivy Rogers of NY, who enlisted in 1943 and attended basic training in Daytona, FL. She deployed to England. Also, anyone with information about Josephine Cele Reisenman. She was an officer assigned to 131st Airways Communication Systems Sqd, London, England, from 1944-45. Also, anyone with information about Ruth Mobius or Trudy Gilbert from Co 5, 21st Reg, Ft Oglethorpe, GA, Feb-Mar 1943. Ruth was also in Co 4, 1st Reg, 24th OC class, 1st WAAC Training Ctr, Ft Des Moines, IA. I served with these women and would like to give them each a copy of my service-related memoir, in which they are all included. Please contact Jeanne Bearmon at jbearmon@gmail.com, 952-920-6388 or 4550 Minnetonka Blvd #108, Minneapolis, MN 55416.

Anyone with information about WWII nurse 2LT Ann Kruse of the Mt Zion/Decatur, IL, area or any of her family members. She served at the 225th Station Hospital near Anzio, Italy. I have a picture of her that I’d like to give to the family. Please contact Patricia Ramsay at samfoxlady3@hotmail.com.

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Marine Corps
No Marine Corps submissions were received for this edition of In Search Of ...

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Navy
Members of Co 41, Bainbridge, MD, from Dec 1965-Feb 66. Your RCPO would like to hear from you. Please contact Mary Ann Hammer at
maryannhammersrjc@yahoo.com or 1055 W College Ave, #136, Santa Rosa, CA 95401.

Anyone with information about my late mother, WAVE Janet Coit Petrucci of RI. She served in Washington, DC, circa 1942-45. She supervised the shift that broke the Japanese Code. Please contact Sandra O’Connor at soccape@aol.com.

Anyone with information about Barbara Saunders, who served in the Pensacola/Milton, FL, area circa 1984. Please contact Jason McLaurin at irwinjn@hotmail.com or 850-313-6571.

Anyone with information about Becky Nicholson, Rhonda “Beetle” Bailey or any photographers stationed at NISC, Suitland, MD, or Norfolk, VA, or NAS Oceana, VA, from 1973-88. Also, anyone who knew Tony Dart. Please contact Debra (Weber) Dart at Trainwench@comcast.net.

Anyone with information about Sherry Ann (Pede) Smith stationed at Barbers Point NAS, HI, from 1978-81. The last I heard she was married to ADCM Donald A Smith and living in Virginia Beach, VA. Also, any women who attended boot camp in Orlando, FL, in Nov 1972. Please contact Sharon (Gilluly) Jackson at lee_sharon2002@yahoo.com.

Anyone with information about Loyddean “Butch” DeBraccio of Syracuse, NY, who graduated from 1st Reg, Bainbridge, MD, in Sep 1960. Please contact Karen (Drake) Russo at klr701@yahoo.com.

Anyone with information about HM2 Bobbi Payton, who attended PT tech school in Bethesda, MD, from 1968-69. Please contact Dianne Radcliffe at txdrad@earthlink.net.

Anyone with information about nurse Anne R Haley. She served at Twentynine Palms, CA, and in MN, circa 1998-99. Please contact Patricia (Brennan) Tate at aftaters@hotmail.com.

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Air Force
Anyone with information about Sgt Suzanne Moon. We served at March AFB, CA, from Mar 1968-Jan 70. Please contact Sandy Moren at s_r_moren@yahoo.com or 952-807-1903.

Anyone with information about Rosemary Ferguson of Key West, FL. We served at Lackland AFB, TX, from Apr-July 1955; SAC HQ, Offutt AFB, NE, from Aug 1955-56; and Ramey AFB, PR, from Aug 1956-Sep 57. I saw her in 1958 in Washington, DC. She was in Los Angeles, CA, in 1964. Please contact Electa (Cox) Person at Electacox@aol.com.

Anyone with information about Rosemary Slingsby, who attended basic training from Jun-Jul 1971. She was British and joined the service after living in MI. Please contact Clarice “Clancy” Preston at jetjock737@cox.net or 7598 Lindberg Dr, Alexandria, VA 22306.

Anyone with information about my roommate, Margaret Simmonski of PA. We were stationed at Offutt AFB, NE, circa 1959-60. The last time I saw her she was a Capt. Please contact Madeline (Candies) Hopson at madhop65@yahoo.com, 504-392-2416 or 3251 Wall Blvd, Apt 105, Gretna, LA 70056.

Anyone from 3707th BMTS, Flight W039, Feb 1979. Our TI was TSgt Paul Panamaranko. Please contact Dorm Chief Susan (Harrell) Whaley at MSusanWhaley@aol.com, 772-538-3188 or 16 Sunset Dr, Sebastian, FL 32958.

Anyone with information about A/2c Mildred (Hott) Eisert. She served at Eglin AFB, FL, circa 1962-65. Please contact Gerald Francis Eisert at Eillim2@aol.com.

Anyone with information about MSgt Genevieve Elliot, NCOIC of the USAF Regional Hospital maternity ward, March AFB, CA, from 1963-67. Also, anyone born there during those years. Please contact Corkey (Junkin) Addcox at PO Box 964, Mount Shasta, CA 96067.

Anyone with information about the “70 Super Strutters.” We attended basic training at Lackland AFB, TX, in Jan 1974 and we were the first flight of the year. Please contact Cathy J Williams at cathy.williams@afrc.af.mil.

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Coast Guard
No Coast Guard submissions were received for this edition of In Search Of ...

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We Also Served
Anyone with information about Mary (Hague) Hack, who was in the Cadet Nurse Corps in WWII. Please contact Christine Hack at cehack@earthlink.net.

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All Services
Women Vietnam veterans from New York City, NY. I am working on an oral history project about Brooklyn’s Vietnam veterans and am also writing a book on NYC Vietnam veterans and would like to hear your stories for possible inclusion. Please contact Philip Napoli at pnapoli@brooklyn.cuny.edu.

Reunions
Anyone who worked in communications aboard the USS Ranger or the USS Independence. Reunions are being planned. More information is available at www.ussranger.us and www.ussindependence.us. Please contact Ronald R Phillips at the-swabbie30@cfl.rr.com.

Anyone who attended basic training with Drill SGT Heckard, C Co, 7th Bn, 2nd Brigade, Ft Jackson, SC, from Aug-Sep 1978. Sherry Herard and I would like to put a 30-year reunion together. Please contact Tamson Lynn Will at tammy313@ptd.net.