USS WALKE (DD 723) ASSOCIATION THE WALKE TALK Volume 87 – February, 2014 President’s Corner USS Walke Association From The President Officers President Frank Comacho It is time to start preparing and making your plans to attend the upcoming First Vice President Walke 2014 Reunion in Springfield on September 14 19. This is a very – Alan Fear special event since it is the We Association’s 25th Anniversary year. Second Vice President look forward to seeing everyone there, and hope to see all past attendees Mike Young at our previous reunions who were not able to be in Ft. Lauderdale….you Secretary/Treasurer were missed. Also, it was such a great pleasure to meet and introduce Richard Williamson newcomers into our group and we are anticipating that they will be Historian again and again. Richard Williamson I want to take this opportunity to commend and thank Carole Violette, Chaplain Editor of the the excellent job she did on the layout, Erik Hansen “Walke Talk” for color pictures and graphics in the November newsletter. Nice going, Chief Master of Arms Carole! Charles Murphy Imm. Past President If you have any information, or have a story you would like to share with Eugene Hansen your shipmates, please inform Carole at carolev13@msn.com, or to 114 Walke Talk Editor N. 55th Ave., Yakima, WA 98908, so it can be included in the Carole Violette And, also, please notify Richard Williamson if you have any changes in address, phone numbers, or email. Officers & Walke Talk Editors’ addresses and We are still in need of hosts for the 2015 reunion in the West, and email addresses are sites are Denver, Portland, and have heard some scuttlebutt lately elsewhere in this about maybe having it in Long Beach. We are still open for suggestions and volunteers. As was noted in the November Walke Talk, I look forward to serving you as President of our Association, and certainly encourage and welcome comments or new ideas from all of the members. I can be reached at 661-323-8836 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting, or by email at dcamacho37@att.net. I am hoping and will try to do as good a job as my predecessor, Eugene Hansen, who did an excellent job serving as our Association President the previous two years. Frank Camacho
USS WALKE (DD 723) ASSOCIATION THE WALKE TALK USS Walke Association Officers President Frank Comacho First Vice President Alan Fear Second Vice President Mike Young Secretary/Treasurer Richard Williamson Historian Richard Williamson Chaplain Erik Hansen Chief Master of Arms Charles Murphy Imm. Past President Eugene Hansen Walke Talk Editor Carole Violette Officers & Walke Talk Editors’ addresses and email addresses are elsewhere in this Volume 87 – February, 2014 President’s Corner From The President It is time to start preparing and making your plans to attend the upcoming Walke 2014 Reunion in Springfield on September 14 – 19. This is a very special event since it is the Association’s 25th Anniversary year. We look forward to seeing everyone there, and hope to see all past attendees at our previous reunions who were not able to be in Ft. Lauderdale….you were missed. Also, it was such a great pleasure to meet and introduce newcomers into our group and we are anticipating that they will be again and again. I want to take this opportunity to commend and thank Carole Violette, Editor of the “Walke Talk” for the excellent job she did on the layout, color pictures and graphics in the November newsletter. Nice going, Carole! If you have any information, or have a story you would like to share with your shipmates, please inform Carole at carolev13@msn.com, or to 114 N. 55th Ave., Yakima, WA 98908, so it can be included in the And, also, please notify Richard Williamson if you have any changes in address, phone numbers, or email. We are still in need of hosts for the 2015 reunion in the West, and sites are Denver, Portland, and have heard some scuttlebutt lately about maybe having it in Long Beach. We are still open for suggestions and volunteers. As was noted in the November Walke Talk, I look forward to serving you as President of our Association, and certainly encourage and welcome comments or new ideas from all of the members. I can be reached at 661-323-8836 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting, or by email at dcamacho37@att.net. I am hoping and will try to do as good a job as my predecessor, Eugene Hansen, who did an excellent job serving as our Association President the previous two years. Frank Camacho
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