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Charleston
2006 Reunion
Clarion
Hotel
23
- 27 April 2006
Photos
by Whitehurst, Highland, Kulikowski, Latham, Gingrich & Plantation
Photography
Members
Attending
Portraits by Plantation Photography
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| Roger & Dottie Beamer |
Larry & Jan Boggess |
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| R T Boykin Jr |
Vern Biaett & Millie Lamb |
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| Ivens "Buck" Buchanan |
Laurie & Donna Bunten |
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| Jim & Carolyn Carlton |
Bill & Grace Carrier |
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| Albert "Jim" & Elaine
Cinnamon |
Jim & Barbara Cone |
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| Bob & Nancy Corti |
Dallas & Julie Crosby |
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| Don & Phyllis Daley |
George & Rita Davis |
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| Bob & Shirley Delany |
Bill & Joan Filpula |
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| Bud & Jan Flanik |
Darrell & Lois Gallenberger |
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| Jim & Judy Gardner |
Mike & Jan Gingrich |
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| Hank Grogan & Jane Schafer |
Merl & Shirley Hahn |
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| Bob & Gwen Hansen |
Bill & Linda Hastings |
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| Tom & Judy Hattan |
Tom & Gloria Highland |
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| Elmo & Pat Hills |
Brent & Anne Horn |
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| Jim & Mary Jacobs |
Earl & Sue Johnson |
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| Harry & Carol Jones |
Don & Martha Kellum |
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| Paul Koski |
Vince & Harriet Kovacich |
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| Al & Mary Kulikowski |
Jarvis "Flip" & Sandy
Latham |
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| Bob Matich |
Tony & Bev Minnick |
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| Wally & Pat Mitchell |
Don & Angie Nigro |
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| Gerry & Helen Otten |
Paul & Grace Palmer |
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| Bob & Norma Patterson |
Jim & Helen Rusher |
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| Jesse & Arlene Sears |
Clarence & Charlotte Southerland |
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| Jerry & Joan Sparks |
Don & Marilyn Stallard |
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| Bruce & Evie Stufflebeam |
T R Taylor |
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| Noble & Gladys Timmons |
Pete & Wendy Todd |
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| Jim Villa & Bobbi Karsteter |
Wally & Peggy Whitehurst |
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| Billy & Jean Williams |
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Squadron
Photos
by Plantation Photography
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307th Armament & Electronics Maintenance
Sq |
307th Field Maintenance Sq |
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307th Organizational Maintenance Sq |
307th Headquarters Sq |
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370th Bomb Sq |
371st Bomb Sq |
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372nd Bomb Sq |
424th Bomb Sq |
Around
the Hotel...
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Are we there yet? Gloria Highland enjoys
a luxury C-17 flight from McCord |
Flip gets registration set up |
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By Golly, lets get started |
Pete & Ski check out the memorabilia |
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Missions - Long Ago. Who remembers? |
Hospitality rapidly filled up |
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Billy gets the Lobby organized |
I remember that! |
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Did anyone bring cards? |
Paul Koski & Bob Matich share Desert Storm
experiences |
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Hank brought his working clothes |
Who told Wally to relax? |
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Flip puts out the reunion ops order |
Brent Horn receives the next reunion chairman's
symbol of authority, the coveted legendary Fur-Lined-Pot |
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| Flip & Mike tell Brent how easy it is to put on a reunion.
They lie! |
Plantation Photography lines us up for squadron photos |
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Nothing beats seeing old friends again |
Tom Hattan, Jim Villa & Bruce Stufflebeam
trade war stories |
Monday
AM - The City Tour
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The first of many bus rides |
Military Museum diorama shows the Redcoats
leaving Charleston |
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Back on the bus...let's go downtown |
but first it's lunch time |
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fabulous view with Ft Sumter a bump on the
horizon |
Old Town is charming and
quaint |
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Hold on...we're gonna eat there tomorrow |
The Market Place...blocks and blocks of shops |
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Doc & Joan Ordiway enjoying a purchase |
Jim & Mary Jacobs: Will it fit OK? |
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Hank Grogan peruses while Wally Whitehurst
purchases |
Brent & Anne Horn find some upscale shopping |
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Where are we supposta go now? |
Wally & Don Nigro relax while Peggy goes
looking for more bargains |
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Don't want to miss the bus... |
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Monday
Evening - The Dinner Cruise
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We decided on the bigger boat in back |
Gotta hurry... |
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...So you can wait in line |
But the elegant meal and service was well
worth it |
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We were parked next to the Yorktown... |
...and hoped we didn't get swamped |
Tuesday
AM - Fort Sumter
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Down to the sea...for a ship... |
and once more, queue up... |
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Underway at last...a view of the city |
He visited his brother flyers... |
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... but, the landlubbers sat inside |
There she is... |
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The Ranger told how things got started... |
but, defensive hardware wasn't much help |
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Delany's, Highland's, Flaniks at the Fort |
307th Bubbas meet at Bubbas for lunch... |
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...and a beer or two... |
Coolest place to await the bus |
Wednesday
AM - Patriot's Point
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Another day, another tour... |
to see the carrier Yorktown |
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The Chief of the Boat told us how not to get
lost |
My golly, this is a big place!...the hangar
deck |
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Tim Timmons is right at home |
Our briefing room never had easy chairs |
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Wally & Roger wonder if they used ATO |
Looks like a runway obstruction... |
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R T "I used to be a swabbie" Boykin
and cousin Logan Teachey, do the FOD Walk |
...Go Falcons, Beat Navy! |
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Carrier escort? |
Where's Leonard DiCaprio when you need him? |
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Most of us would never fit in the bunks on
this thing |
Bill Carrier & Yorktown Carrier |
Thursday
Evening - The Banquet
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| Pete
Todd & Flip Latham unveil the 307th
Plaque hung in the lobby
of the Clarion |
Prepared by the Clarion, we all signed it |
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| The
Maintenance Troops all got together |
Tony Minnick greets Gen Duane & Mrs Cassidy |
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| Jim
Villa & Jim Cinnamon razz Julie, our friendly Brit barmaid |
Villa, Karsteter, Sears, Cinnamon's & Rusher's |
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| Tom
Hattan donated a B-47 print that we auctioned off |
Wendy admires R.T.'s kitty tie as Mike watches |
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| Milling
around in the lobby |
Rosalie & Duane trade old tales with Jerry Sparks |

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| In
remembrance of POWs and MIAs who can not dine with us |
Mike, it's called a flashgun, says Bud |
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| A
toast "To those who have gone before" |
Rosalie & Duane Cassidy |
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| Pat
& Vince visit the bar |
Grogan's Heros: the 372nd contingent |
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| Friendship
of many years standing |
Bob Corti and the Cassidys |
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| Everyone
has a digital camera now |
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