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SNIPERS [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 89] informationexchange Reunions Army Nurse Corps Assn, May 2-4, Las Vegas. Contact: L. Moss, 3029 Arbor Dr., Manhattan, KS 66503, (210) 650-3534, mail@e-anca.org. 2nd Inf Div, Korean War Vets Alliance, May 20-24, Charleston, S.C. Contact: R. Hockley, 10027 Pine Forest Rd., Houston, TX 77042, (713) 3340271, rmh-2id-kwva@earthlink.net. 11th Transportation Co (Lt Hel) (H-34), May 21-24, Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Contact: A. Causseaux, 5822 Westchester St., Alexandria, VA 22310, (703) 971-3218, allenb4@verizon.net. 36th Inf Div Assn, June 1-4, Springﬁeld, Ill. Contact: E. Stapleton, 2133 Holmes Ave., Springﬁeld, IL 62704, (217) 544-9323. 14th FA Rgt Assn, June 22-25, Lawton-Fort Sill, Okla. Contact: C. Maldonado, (210) 681-0132. Society of the 1st Inf Div, July 12-16, Phoenix. Contact: Society of the First Infantry Division, 1933 Morris Rd., Blue Bell, PA 19422, (888) 324-4733, fax: (215) 661-1934, soc1id@aol.com. VFAW-3, June 25-28, San Diego. Contact: S. Graham, (210) 344-2625, vfaw3@ﬂash.net, or H. Young, hlyjr@earthlink.net. USS Raleigh (LPD-1), June 29–July 2, St. Simons Island, Ga. Contact: S. Southard, raleighre union@bellsouth.net, or J. Weatherspoon, (703) 330-8422, jweatherspoon@worldnet.att.net. USS Kemper County (LST-854), July 13-16, San Diego. Contact: J. Simonson, 2931 S. Cooper Ave., St. Cloud, MN 56301, (320) 253-2167, jsimo nson@stcloudstate.edu. one of the primary demands of the insurgency during negotiations with U.S. military ofﬁcials was that the Marine snipers be pulled back. “What Marine snipers were able to do was gain access inside the city and take out the terrorists from their own safe haven,” notes Coughlin, whose previous platoon participated in the battle of Fallujah. “When the terrorists were walking across the street in what they thought was a safe area, the next [thing] they knew they were dropping like ﬂies. They did not want to face Marine snipers.” And though it doesn’t make the evening news, the covert work being done today by Marine snipers in Iraq and Afghanistan is saving the lives of both American service personnel and innocent civilians, Coughlin says. “Every day there are sniper teams out there looking for insurgents placing bombs. Not trying to stop them from exploding them — they are stopping them from placing the bombs,” Coughlin states. “They are engaging them all the time. I guarantee that they are hitting at least a couple a week.” The Marine scout/sniper has evolved considerably since the Vietnam era, but what will the future hold for these specialized warriors? “I foresee snipers continuing to serve in their current role as a supporting asset to the Marine infantryman on the ground, because that is the ultimate mission,” says Hood. “We continue to look for ways to make them more lethal on the battleﬁeld and in a larger number of operating environments. A great deal of that has to do with putting the most technologically advanced weapons systems in the hands of the sniper team leader to continue to make him a more effective weapon to the battalion commander.” MO 100 MILITARY OFFICER MARCH 2006 Air Force Pilot Class 51-A, April 4-7, Winter Haven, Fla. Contact: J. Reese, 956 N. Heron Cir., Winter Haven, FL 33884, (863) 324-3342, skybird343 @aol.com. RF-101 Pilots, April 27-30, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Contact: B. Welch, (615) 595-6414, benjow elch@comcast.net. 485th Tactical Msl Wing, June 1-5, Crystal City, Va. Contact: J. White, 485th TMW, PO Box 339, South Montrose, PA 18844, (570) 278-2482, 485tmw@stdcomp.com. Pilot Training Class 56-I, June 7-11, Dayton, Ohio. Contact: R. Taylor, 5498 Aryshire Dr., Dublin, OH 43017, (614) 766-6420, rltaylor5498@ earthlink.net. 351st Bmb Gp Assn, June 15-18, St. Louis. Contact: C. Hammond, PO Box 281, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, (717) 766-1489, bombgroup351st@aol.com. Fairchild AFB, 92nd Bmb Wing (WWII), All Units, July 28-30, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Contact: G. Perham, 2820 E. Snowberry Ln., Spokane, WA 99223, (509) 535-9865, perhgd@ieway.com. Marine Corps 1976 WO Basic Class, July, southern California. Contact: G. Anasagasti, 3529 Cannon Rd., No. 2B, Box 413, Oceanside, CA 92056, or T. Mulloy, woreunion@yahoo.com. Navy USS Perry (DD-844/DMS-17), April 19-25, Washington, D.C. Contact: J. Malmendier, PO Box 606, Boiling Springs, PA 17007, (717) 258-9695, Web site: www.ussperry.com. VBF82, VF18A, VA172, and VF172, May 4-6, NAS Pensacola, Fla. Contact: D. Smith, (703) 5604119, dsmith21@gis.net. AOG Reunion Gp, May 17-21, Phoenix. Contact: W. Waller Jr., 3100 Shore Dr., PH 52, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, (757) 217-2356, wallerwn @wcbeach.com. USS Swanson (DD-443) (WWII), May 28-31, Fall River, Mass. Contact: J. Sloan, 1701 Greenway Dr., Augusta, GA 30909, (706) 7360276, jsdd443@knology.net. USS Shangri-La (CV/CVA/CVS-38), All Crews and Air Groups, June 7-11, Michigan City, Ind. Contact: G. or T. Mansﬁeld, Great Lakes Museum of Military History, (800) 7265912, (219) 879-4761, gregnterr@comcast.net. USS Bowen (FF-1079), June 22-25, Charleston, S.C. Contact: R. Burke, 925 Charter Club Dr., Lawrenceville, GA 30043, (770) 338-1069, ricky_burke@hsb.com. NAS Sanford, All Units and Sqdns, 194268, June 22-25, Sanford, Fla. Contact: R. Feeback, 205 Poinsetta Dr., Sanford, FL 32773, (407) 3022252, dlfrsf@aol.com. USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950), June 22-25, Nashville, Tenn. Contact: J. Turley, PO Box 287, Basye, VA 22810, (540) 856-2575, trly anch@shentel.net. Reader Exchange 1st Lt. John Silas Sheffield Peirson, USA— I am looking for anyone who served with him during WWII. He was the S-2 of the 3rd Bn, 290th Rgt of the 75th Inf Div during the battles for LaRoumiere Hill in the Belgian Bulge. He was KIA on Christmas Day 1944 and buried at HenriChapelle. Contact: R. Peirson, 100 Oceano Ave. No. 14, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 965-7841, rik@dayone.com. James Zephaniah, USA—I am looking for him. I do not know his rank. He is from Puerto Rico and was stationed at Jeumont Caserne, La Rochelle, France, from 1956-58. Contact: T. O’Brien, (513) 421-0118, amtob65@fuse.net. Maj. Gen. Vernon Chong—I am looking for him. I do not know his service. He was associated with Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio. Contact: D. Loudin, 106 Valais Ct., New Bern, NC 28562, (252) 636-2913, godl12@earthlink.net. Cpl. Torchy West, USAF—I am looking for her. She was in an article in the June 1946 issue of Air Force Journal, now Airman magazine. She was stationed at Hamilton Field and was assigned to ATC as a crew chief on C-54s ﬂying between Hamilton and Hawaii. She is from Oklahoma and had worked at one of the Douglas plants inspecting C-47s be- http://www.ussperry.com

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