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The 2005 reunion was held October 4 through 7 at the Sleep Inn, Baltimore, Md.

One of the main attractions for us was a tour of one of our sister ships the USS Torsk SS423, The Torsk is being restored by the TVA a group of volunteers. www.usstorsk.org/ A donation of $479 was made on behalf of our crew to maintain the historical ship.

At the Top of the World Observation Level on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center, we enjoyed a 360 degree view of the city, the view was fantastic. Many other local attractions such as Ft McHenry and the B & O Railroad Museum and the National Aquarium were visited. A few managed to see DC for the grand tour.

The best attraction of the reunion was not the sights but the wonderful company we shared. Old friendships were renewed and new friendships started. Many no longer have the good health and vitality they once enjoyed. That was not a detraction but a reason to grow closer and we did.

Never in the course of human history have so many lies been told in so short a span of time. The same old story could be heard in many variations. All of them very good and very interesting.

Dave Thames the leading volunteer on the Torsk gave a fantastic talk about the efforts of volunteers to restore the historic submarine that sank the last two combat Japanese ships of WW2.

George Hinda and Glenn Minteer were honored for serving on the boats in WW2.

Tom Hopely sent a donation of $263 in the name of the USS DIABLO to the US Submarine Veterans
Charitable Foundation to be applied to the Brotherhood Fund for Huricane Relief. This was made possible by the proceeds realized from the donations of Jean Markle's ceramic lighthouse, Robbie Robinson's Submarine Book and Tom's floor mats.

Baltimore's Inner Harbor, ESPN Zone, Lightship, water taxi pier, National Aquarium, USS Torsk SS423

At the reunion were the following crew and mates:

BOB    BELLUZZI TM2 54-56, ROSE MARIE BELLUZZI
HARRY J BEILA TM3 63
DON  BUCKLEY  EM1 54-57, CAROLINE BUCKLEY
FRED BUCKLIN  EM3 51-53, LINDA BUCKLIN, EARL BUCKLIN
JOHN BURBANK  SOSN    61-63, DEBBIE BURBANK
TIM CALVERT  EN3    59-62. CAROL CALVERT
JACK COLLINS ETN3 61-62
BILL DAVY TM3 59, JUDY DAVY
JOHN "JACK" C GILL EM3 63-64, AUDREY GILL
A. TONY    FINOCCHIO EN3    54-55
BOB "GOODY" GOUDREAU RM2 52-55, GAIL GOUDREAU
EMILIO  GROSSI QM3    50-51, MARIE  GROSSI
NOLAN HADIX SOSN 57-59, SANDY    HADIX
CHARLES HILGENDORF IC2    60, PATRICIA HILGENDORF
GEORGE  HINDA    EN1 47-50, JAMES WILHELM
TOM HOPELY    EN2 53-55, SARA LEE FINK
ANTHONY    JAWORSKI    MM3    46-48, JUANITA JAWORSKI
BOB "JEFF"  JEFFERS    ETN2 60-62, HARRIET JEFFERS
BOB "JOHNNY" JOHNSON    RM3    51-54, FAYE JOHNSON
FRENCHY LABBREE    ET2    55-59, JEAN    LABBREE
TOM LAMBERTSON    LCDR    61-64, FRANCELLE LAMBERTSON
ROY LARGE   EM3    51-55, LOU LARGE
DAVID    LINK MM3    60-61, JACKIE    LINK, DAVID LEICHT, DEE LEICHT
RED  MARKLE EN1    61-63, JEAN MARKLE
DAVE MATTHES QMSN    59-60
BILL  McCABE   LTJG    50-52, LU    McCABE
BILL  MEYER RM3    64
GLENN  MINTEER, Sr.    EN1    47-51
BOYD "ARCHIE"  MOORE    EN1    55-57, NITA MOORE
JOE PASCHALL   ET3    50-52, SCOTTIE  PASCHALL
GLENN RYAN RD3 49-53, POLLY RYAN
DAVID W REMICK FN 47-48
ROBBIE  ROBINSON  TM1    60-64, SARAH ROBINSON
KEN  SCOTT   IC3    60-63
JOE SIMEONE    EM3    49-52, KATHRYN JOHNSON
JIM STURDIVANT    ETR3    62, SANDY  STURDIVANT
KEN WEIT MMFN 61-62, JOAN WEIT