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.22 Reunion of USS Whitehurst 1950 - 1969 Crews
October 16 - 18, 2008, El Paso Texas


Hosts Arnold & Gladys Pettijohn


Hosts Max & Chris Crow

15 October 2008, the hosts arrived at the hotel and started preparing for the arrival on Oct. 16th of about 50 shipmates and companions.  GP & Arnold, Chris & Max, have been collecting materials for the welcome package; El Paso data, various souvenirs, sweets and booklets & other mementos of the 1956 Whitehurst Cruise to WesPac, financed by Wally Pete Shelton who was a crew member in the Radar Group in 1956.


Wally Pete Shelton produced the cruise book


8" x 11" Book  of the 1956 Cruise to WesPac

Candid Shots in the Hotel, Arrival Day

17 October 2008

Boarding Bus to La Mesilla, NM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

The Dance of the Old Sailors

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Dance

   

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