SOUTH PORTLAND, ME REUNION 2007 (Upcoming)

REUNION NEWS

(Not everything, but at least you can log in your room)

LOCATION: South Portland, Maine (it won't be cold in September)

HOTEL: Holiday Inn Express
303 Sable Oaks Drive
South Portland, ME 04106
(207)775-3900

Continental Breakfast served to the crew each morning (No charge).
Room cost per night: $109 plus tax

DATES OF INTEREST:

ARRIVAL: Wednesday, September 5th Check-in time: 4:00pm

THURSDAY, SEPT 6TH:

9:30 am-10:00am: Bus will load for a drive to Winslow, Maine to tour the Central Maine Veterans Memorial Park. Bring your camera and look for the granite stone listing honor to the crew of the USS Bryant (DD665).

l:20pm: Drive through Winslow Supply, Inc. See where Dan hung out for the last 37 years. Mona met her Dan here.
l:45pm: Drive to Oakland, Maine and have our mid-day lunch at 2 pm at the Early Bird Restaurant and then back to the Holiday Inn, South Portland. Evening meal on your own.

FRIDAY, SEPT 7TH: Breakfast and lunch on your own. Enjoy the crew members of the USS Bryant in our Hospitality Room d make ready to board our VIP bus once again at 5:30 PM for a short ride to "Vinny" T's Restaurant to enjoy an Italian family feast. A complete dinner and it is free to the entire crew of the Bryant. This meal is compliments of two New England corporations, Metromatic Manufacturing of Medford, MA and Winslow Supply, Inc. of Winslow, ME. The Reunion Committee sure hopes that everyone enjoys this special evening.

SATURDAY, SEPT 8TH:
10:00am: Business Meeting in the Hospitality Room of Holiday Inn. Lunch on your own.
5:00pm: Meet at the Hospitality Room for a photo shoot of the gang.
5:45pm: Walk over to the Marriott for our banquet (next door) for our 6:00pm banquet. Midnight snacks on your own.

SUNDAY, SEPT 9TH: Head for home and we hope and pray that you had a great time with the Bryant Crew. It was fun putting it together. May our Lord bless us all, especially the 36 shipmates we left behind. It was an absolute pleasure- --

Dan & Mona DeRoch     Pete & Shirley High

ALEXANDRIA,VA REUNION 2006

The following pictures were received of the 2006 Reunion in Alexandria, VA.


Pic 001
The WWII Memorial with the Lincoln Memorial
in the background. 		pic 003
Bob LaPlante and his daughters,
Melanie and Lynda
pic 005
Dan and Mona DeRoch		 pic 006
Dan DeRoch

PHILADELPHIA, PA REUNION 2005

Some pictures from the 25th Reunion at Philadelphia.

pic 007
Jack Taylor and his daughter, Jackie O'Neal 		pic 008
Lewis and Shirley Miller with Audrey Lindberg
pic 009
Monument to Okinawa Battle 		pic 10
Joe Veylupek, our lost crew member
pic 002
Bob Grenier, Phil Seay and Dan DeRoch 		pic004
Son and daughter-in-law of shipmate Tom Carroll
with Dan and Mona

USS BRYANT REUNIONS

 Year Place Host
1st 1980 Virginia Beach, VA ?? No minutes
2nd 1982 Atlantic City, NJ Tom Carroll & Lloyd Towner (no minutes)
3rd 1983 Jacksonville Beach, FL Floyd Greer
4th 1984 Charleston, SC John Radford
5th 1985 Norfolk, VA Adrian Barwick & Art Landon
6th 1986 San Diego, CA Angelo Guerrero (no minutes)
7th 1987 Savannah, GA John Radford & Everette Owens
8th 1988 Nashville, TN Burnell Lindberg
9th 1989 Lake Placid Frenchy Latour
10th 1990 Jacksonville Beach, FL Everette Owens
11th 1991 Baton Rouge, LA Burnell Lindberg
12th 1992 Fall River, MA Doyle Wilson
13th 1993 Dallas, TX Bob Welch
14th 1994 Omaha, NE Joe Veylupek
15th 1995 Kill Devil Hills, NC Bill Grant
16th 1996 Annapolis, MD Bill Glidden & Bob Grenier
17th 1997 S. Portland, ME Dan DeRoch
18th 1998 San Antonio, TX Bob Welch
19th 1999 San Diego, CA Angelo Guerrero
20th 2000 Baton Rouge, LA Burnell Lindberg
21st 2001 Boston, MA Mona C. DeRoch & assistant
22nd 2002 Seattle, WA Bob LaPlant
23rd 2003 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Bob & Peggy Welch
24th 2004 Rockford, IL
 Burnell & Audrey  Lindberg
25th 2005 Philadelphia, PA
 Anne Marie Nalence with Edward & Josie
26th 2006 Arlington, VA
 Bob Grenier and Andi Guard
27th 2007 Portland, Maine
 Dan & Mona DeRoch
Pete & Shirley High
28th 2008