elsie item issue 69 - USS Landing Craft Infantry
elsie item issue 69 - USS Landing Craft Infantry
elsie item issue 69 - USS Landing Craft Infantry
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California LCIers to Host Pearl Harbor Day Luncheon<br />
California State Director Joe Flynn announces that the annual Pearl Harbor Day luncheon will be<br />
held at 11:30 AM, Saturday December 5, 2009 at Hunter Steak House, 1221 Vista Way,<br />
Oceanside, CA.<br />
“There is easy access to the luncheon location from the freeway,” reports Joe. “There will be no<br />
registration fee, but you’ll have to bring at least one LCI story to get in. (Don’t worry – if you<br />
don’t have one there will be plenty of old timers there with who will be happy to share one of<br />
theirs with you!)<br />
For full information and directions, contact Joe at 627 Bradford Road, El Cajon, CA 92019. Joe<br />
can be reached by phone at 588-7078 or by email at joeglo@msn.com.<br />
Space is limited, so please register by November 27, 2009<br />
The Ohio LCI Association: Report on the Sixth Reunion<br />
On Wednesday, September 9th, 2009, The Ohio LCI Association held their 6th Reunion and dinner<br />
banquet at the Radisson Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. This year was extraordinary due to the fact<br />
that we had in attendance the Navy Public Affairs Officer from Columbus, Keith Bryska, our Guest<br />
Speaker, Command Master Chief, Donald Magnes and (9) Chief Selectees. The Chief Selectees<br />
(due to be promoted to Chief on 9/14/09) asked if they may have the opportunity to attend our<br />
dinner banquet so they could have the pleasure of meeting Navy Veterans that served on LCIs during<br />
WWII.<br />
We started with a Memorial Service to pay tribute to (4) fellow Ohio LCIers that had passed<br />
recently. Six of the Chief Selectees felt honored to participate in the Memorial Service and did<br />
the readings for the Rose Ceremony (written by the National LCI Auxiliary Chaplain Michael<br />
Gatton).<br />
Prior to our Guest Speaker, our own Treasurer, Diane Churchill, gave a talk on Women on the Home<br />
Front and Military during the 1940s. She ended with a few words from “Bell Bottom Trousers” as<br />
a special tribute to her very own Sailor, Dick Churchill. Our Guest Speaker, Command Master<br />
Chief Donald Magnes ((30) years in the Navy) followed with a talk about his Navy Career, the Navy<br />
Today and a heartfelt tribute to all WWII Navy Veterans.<br />
It was decided to hold our Seventh Reunion in combination with the National Reunion, which will<br />
be held in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2010.<br />
Submitted by James Aydelotte<br />
Director, Ohio LCI Association<br />
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