CHANGES SINCE JANUARY 1, 2003


For 2002 changes go to '02 Changes


12-22-03:  Added a second page of 4 photos to the San Diego '55ers get-together.

12-17-03:  Added a page with photos from San Diego '55ers get-together to watch Army-Navy game.

12-04-03:  Edited the copy on Main menu and other web page with the Jim Griffin story because of inaccuracies.

12-02-03:  Posted a page on Jim Griffin who was shot down in Vietnam.

11-21-03:  Posted November Class Notes from Shipmate.

11-05-03:  Jack Tallman visits friends and family in Ventura County, California. - Celina McHale, Norm Palladino, Burt Munger, Jack, Pinky Palladino, Ed (Breeze) McHale and Irene Munger.

10-25-03:  Posted a photo of classmates gathered in Camarillo, Calif.:  Tom State and his wife were in Oxnard and Camarillo for an Air Force reunion of the old Oxnard AFB

10-23-03:  Posted October Class Notes from Shipmate.

10-22-03:  Posted September Class Notes from Shipmate. -- Posted a web page for the article in October Shipmate on the Commissioning of the USS Mustin. This page is accessed from either the Main Menu or the special Mustin pages under the 1955-2005 50th Anniversary section.

09-23-03:  The e-mail roster pages are updated.

09-23-03: Added a June Week '55 photo of 2nd Regiment Staff: Hank North (24), Otto Zipf (15), Burt Munger (17), Luke Boudreaux (20), Bill Lowrey (17), Percy Williams (17) and Al Toney (19).

08-28-03:  Posted Jul/Aug Class Notes from Shipmate.

08-07-03:  Posted:  Crab Fest 2003 at Wes Saunders - 14 great photos on two pages by Gary Snyder.

08-06-03:  Posted a section at the top  of the 50-years later page describing the submittal of bio information for the "50-year Later Book".

08-01-03:  June Class Notes from Shipmate posted.

07-17-03:  New link to Mustin Family page added to Main Menu as the date for USS Mustin commissioning draws close. This page updated to include latest information regarding the family history.

07-07-03:  The Search Indexing excluded the USNA-AA portion of the class website for three weeks ending today. New report for June added to Search Results page.

06-29-03:  Posted the eMemories of 2002. Four exchanges of email messages on our listserve: Black N, Mokes, USS Bennington and Buckingham Palace '52.

06-10-03:  Steve Kaiser took 8 photos of the USS Mustin while visiting Pensacola on the way to San diego for the official commissioning. View these 8 photos on this page.

06-09-03:  May Class Notes from Shipmate posted.

05-20-03:  Mid Term Reunion. Twenty photos posted from Gary Snyder and the two photos from Jack Tallman enlarged.

05-15-03:  Classmates receive invitation to commissioning of USS Mustin (DDG 89).

05-14-03:  The e-mail roster pages are updated.

05-13-03:  Classmates gathered in San Diego for a Mid Term Reunion April 30 through May 4, 2003. Twenty-five photos posted.

04-28-03:  55'ers LUNCHEON 23 APRIL at MOUNT HOLLY "STEAMBOAT" INN.

04-17-03:  April Class Notes from Shipmate posted.

03-25-03:  Letter from our President, Denny Sullivan, and Fred Tolleson regarding class donations for gifts from our class to the USNA for renovating the John Paul Jones Crypt and the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. This to honor our 50th. Link is off the 50 Year Anniversary page.

03-25-03:   Information for 16 classmates who have died was revised based on a complete reconciliation of the entire death database provided by the Class Secretary. Names of 2, John Draves and Devon Jensen, were moved from the "Current" page to "Decade" pages appropriate for their dates of death. 8 names which had been overlooked were added to the "In Memoriam" section.  Cause of death was revised or added for 6 names.

03-20-03  Obits from Last Call section of March 2003 Shipmate were added to the Remembrances page in the "In Memoriam" section for Hughes, O'Hara and Taylor. Obit from Last Call section of Jul/Aug 2002 Shipmate was added to the Remembrances page in the "In Memoriam" section for Henry. The delay was due to a late delivery of the magazine to your webmaster - like ten months late. Also, added to the Remembrances were notes from the March 2003 Shipmate Class Notes section for Goins, Abernathy, Ehrle, and O'Hara.

03-05-03:  March Class Notes from Shipmate posted.

02-13-03  San Diego area Classmates gathered in Coronado Cays, 1 Febuary, to celebrate Chinese New Year.

02-12-03  PG School class picture circa 1961.

02-12-03  21st company 2/C's at ease after softball: L-R, Dyer, Benton, Coffey, Nelson, Weir, Alexander.

02-12-03  Youngster crew team:  Coffey, Blandford, Hensley, Fountain, Ebert, Watson, Graue and Scott.

01-30-03  Obituary with picture for Sanda B. Helms was added to the remembrances page of "In Memoriam" section.

01-30-03  Another page added to the "50 Years Later" section. This page is from the Jan/Feb '03 Shipmate where the article was published on the class of '05 crest design. The class of '55 is in the crest design.

01-30-03  Pages added to the "1955-2005 50th Anniversary" section.

01-30-03  Jan/Feb Class Notes from Shipmate posted.

01-29-03  The "In Memoriam" section was updated to include 12 deaths reported in 2002.