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Date registered: June 27, 2011
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- President’s Message — October 22, 2013
- Beavers Dilemma — April 16, 2013
- The Gus Bivona Story — April 16, 2013
- Visit to USS Franklin — April 16, 2013
- Photos — April 16, 2013
Date registered: June 27, 2011
Oct 22
Dear Shipmate, Thank You, for finding and visiting our web site. Please take the time to look round and bring back some “Shang” memories, and please remember to sign our guest book.The USS Shangri-La Reunion Association is made up of former CREW, SQUADRON, AIR WING, MAR-DET and DETACHMENT members (Officers & Enlisted) from all years …
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Apr 16
Another ‘Reightler’s Ramblings: This one could be entitled “Elevator Error” or “Compaction” but it would have the semblance of being humorous which it is not. So I will call it “Beavers’ Dilemma” One day in August 1945 while the Task Group was cruising off the coast of Japan, a group of us Airdales were …
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Apr 16
The Gus Bivona Story This session I’d like to deal with our 1944/45 Ship’s Band. Those of you unlucky crew members who followed after WWII never got to hear that wonderful group of very talented, entertaining Musicians. Like all Ship’s musicians they took care of the routine Navy ceremonies under a career Navy CPO but …
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Apr 16
KEN REIGHTLER’S VISIT TO THE USS. FRANKLIN This Reightler’s Ramblings will concern my official visit to the USS Franklin(CV-13) at Pearl Harbor. I have told this story numbers of times but I’m sure there are members from the 1944-45 crew who do not know about it.This happened sometime in late March, early April 1945 …
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Apr 16
Text and photos (Though sent in be Kurt Spitzner) were taken from the October 1965 issue of News Horizon. U.S.S. Shangri-La’s monthly news magazine published aboard and by the crew of the U.S.S. Shangri-La (CVA-38). COLLISION !! “COLLISION, collision, starboard side forward ! All h a n d s, man your battle …
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Apr 16
I’ll call this story the “Shangri La oils the French Riviera” I know there are some out there other than me who will remember. While at anchor in Cannes on the French Riviera late in May 1965, Someone inadvertently made a bad valve line up while pumping tanks around for ballast and pumped literally …
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Apr 16
….AND THERE WERE TIMES THAT I WISH I HAD STAYED IN THE NAVY… I too have a 1970 Shang story….. In 1969-70 I was in Viet Nam with the 101st Airborne Division. I managed to get a 3 day ‘in-country R&R’ to Saigon. One night I was walking down the main drag in Saigon and …
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Apr 16
I received this Christmas Card from Frank Smith PO/2, VT85 1944 – 45 And it come with the following note:Tom – Here is a repro (computer)of the Christmas Card we were given from the Shangri-La in 1944. My wife Melba saved everything pertainingto the Navy, from my enlistment in 1942 to my discharge in 1945. I have a great scrapbook.Maybe …
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Apr 16
I am Cdr. Jim Reid Reid, USN ret. and the last Shang A/C Handler. I made the final WESTPAC cruise then was part of the decom crew in Boston. Please recognize that this is a 31 year old tale and some of the delatils may have faded., but the memory is special: SHANG Nostalgia (File: …
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