2004
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Squadron members are listed in alphabetical
order. (* Associate or widow.)

The 776th
Squadron
Ankey, Elton; Cook, Bill; Davis, Simon; Gordon,
Jim; Jenkins, Hobart; Karle, Henry*; Leverett, Virgil; Matthews, J.M.;
Monacelli, Thomas; Mumaw, Jim; Patrino, Anthony; Perkins, Lewis;
Pietronigro, Angelo; Porteous, Walt; Skinner, Charles; Spence, Phillip
and Weinberg, Robert.

The 777th Squadron
Agee, Charles; Aubrey, Edmund; Bridges, John;
Callahan, Clifton; Deck, Lawrence; Dersch, John; Drollinger, Howard;
Freeman, Walter; Garner, Leslie; Haverkos, Robert; Holzapfel, Jack;
Kennedy, Jim; Krafft, Ottmar; Lambert, Douglas; MacClemmy, Ralph;
Patterson, Willard; Ken Richardt; Rohner, Jack; Scroggins, Ken; Sherard,
Donald; Simon, Bernd and Utley, Charles.

The 778th Squadron
Barnes, Frank; Bates, James; Boyer, Warren; Corr,
Jim; Edelstein, Mel; Felzien, Gerald; Fitzpatrick, John; Harden, Bob;
Hubbard, George; Krynovich, George; McConnell, Tom; Rawlings, Art;
Ringel, Robert; Rucigay, John; Smith, Richard; Spankowski, Daniel;
Taylor, Gene; Tomlinson, John and Walker, David.

The 779th Squadron
Douglas, Louis; Fabrey, Robert; Fowler, Robert;
Grcevic, Joseph; Klika, John; Maronpot, Raymond; Prewitt, Tom and
Wingfield, Robert.

The 464th's 2004 reunion hosts,
Charles and Nell Skinner, in Mobile, Alabama.

A bevy of beautiful southern belles welcomed 464th
members to the 2004 reunion in Mobile, Alabama. Back: Shirley and George
Hubbard (778th) and Adaleen and Bob Harden (778th).

Elise Rawlings surrounded by lovely teenage ladies dressed in
ante-bellum dresses. The young women were the 464th's
welcoming committee. |

One of these beautiful southern belles posed with Don Sherard
(777th). |

Art Rawlings was quite smitten with this bevy of beauties, as
well. |

Art Rawlings with one of the Mobile ladies. He said he wished he
was 16 again! |

George Krynovich takes his turn posing with one of the young
ladies. |

Our (past) president Jim Kennedy and his wife, Kate, admire one
of the Mobile girls. |

Back: Jack Rohner, Ken Richardt, Art Rawlings and George
Krynovich. Front: Hank Richardt and Don Sherard. |

Back: Jack Rohner (777th), Ken Richardt (777th),
Art Rawlings (778th) and George Krynovich (778th).
Front: Elise Rawlings, Hank Richardt and Don Sherard (777th). |

Left to right: Jack Rohner, Ken Richardt and Art Rawlings. |

Elise fondly calls them "the 3 Stooges." Left to right: George
Krynovich, Don Sherard and Art Rawlings. |

Left to right: George Krynovich, Don Sherard, Art and Elise
Rawlings, Tom Tomlinson and his father, John (not shown), dining
at Felix's Fish Camp. |

Elise Rawlings, Tom Tomlinson and his father, John (778th)
at Felix's Fish Camp. |

Left to right: Art Rawlings, Kate and Jim Kennedy. |

Art and Elise Rawlings. |

Elise and Art Rawlings, George Krynovich and Don Sherard at the
Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear, AL. |

Left to right: Art Rawlings (778th), Don Sherard (777th),
Elise Rawlings and George Krynovich (778th) in the
Hospitality Room. |

Left to right: Art and Elise Rawlings with father and son - Tom
and John Tomlinson (778th) - prepare to enter the
banquet room. |

Gene Taylor (778th) and his wife, Ruth, entered the
banquet room as eveyone stood while the entertainer sang the Lee
Greenwood song, "I'm Proud to be an American." |

An unidentified couple who appeared to be having a good time at
the banquet. |

Jim and Kate Kennedy at the banquet. |
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"...and one by one the old warriors come. Pilgrims, drifting
across the land they fought to preserve. Greetings echo across
the lobby. Hands reach out and arms draw buddies close. On a
table spreads of old photographs, a test of recollection. Talks
turn to war...and...planes...and foreign lands. Stories are
told, then told again. No matter how often...each time I see
them - it almost moves me to tears." Elise Rawlings, October
2004 |