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A tour of a silver mine in Wallace, Idaho, was onthe agenda for Tuesday, the first day of thereunion. Wednesday the LCIers took to the waterfor a tour of the 23-mile long lake which is one ofthe great tourist attractions in the area.The reunion was capped off by a grand banquetdinner. Gordon Smith, President of theAmphibious Forces Memorial Museum, reportedon the recent move the 713 to Portland for viewingduring celebrations surrounding Veteran'sDay. (See article on this elsewhere in thisnewsletter.) Gordon told the LCIers and theirwives that plans are being made for a new hulland engines for the 713 which would make it anoperating ship again.A contact with a local reporter resulted in alengthy article in the local paper, featuring picturesand stories of the LCIers. Good use wasmade of the excellent photos contained in thenew 2007 LCI Calendar for the article.All in all, it was a great reunion in a beautiful placeand the LCIers are looking forward to next yearwhen they can repeat this enjoyable experience.A Late Report from Ohio...The Ohio State Reunion was held September 18-19 in Columbus, Ohio. Just as we are going topress we received this report from Jim Aydelotte,State Director for Ohio:Just got back from Ohio and it was a wonderfultrip. We had a good time. 35 people attended andit was great. We now have 55 plus members andgetting stronger. I have people who make phonecalls to other members and also try for new members.It has worked for us. We will have the 4threunion at the same place in September 2007. Itwas great because another navy outfit was therethe USS IZORD a destroyer group and they plan tobe there next year, as they has such a good timewith us. There were about 30 in their group. I hopeother groups are having the success that we arehaving. See you in Branson....and at least one reunion yet to come!!Florida LCIers to Meet atCocoa Beach in JanuaryConnie Mulherin, State Director for Florida, hasannounced plans for a reunion at the HiltonBeach Oceanfront, Cocoa Beach, FL, for January14-16, 2007.With a beautiful beach-front location next doorto the launch platforms of the Kennedy SpaceCenter, the hotel promises to be a popularreunion site for the large number of LCIers livingin Florida as well as for all “Snow Birds” who maybe in the area.Hotel reservations can be made by contacting theHilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront hotel by phone,or by regular mail. The mailing address is 1550N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 31931. Thetelephone numbers for the hotel are 321-799-0003 and 1-800-445-8667. When making reservations,be sure to specify GROUP CODE: LCINAVY.A special room rate of $109 per day has beenobtained. This rate is good for three days beforeand three days after the reunion.For further information and registration materials,contact Connie Mulherin at 1520 Sea GullDrive, Titusville, FL 32796-3776, Connie's telephonenumber is 321-268-1713 and his emailaddress is cmlherin1@cfl.rr.com18
An Appeal to our Life MembersGentlemen, we need your help!By becoming a Life Member, you've already demonstrated your loyalty to your LCI Shipmatesand the value you place on being a member of our Association. We want you to know that yoursolid support in the past is genuinely appreciated. We have learned to count on you and we do sonow in putting this request before you.You've read elsewhere in this issue of the sad news of Tiny Clarkson's health. There's an immediateneed to give him and his faithful wife Janet relief from their Treasurer duties. Search is underwayfor a member who may be able to take over, but this could be a lengthy process, so, in the meantime,your Board of Directors has approved my suggestion that we contract with an outside professionalfirm, Nehemiah Communications, located in Columbia, SC, to do the work. If we are to do this,we need additional financial resources.The Board of Directors has therefore authorized me to make an appeal to our Life Members for aone time donation of $25.00.Now, it's not easy to ask shipmates - special friends - for money, but we think it's what we need todo at this time. More than a few of you have come up to me in the past and said something like,“If you need more funds to keep the Association going, let me know”.It's not as though we're going to collapse tomorrow if we don't receive your gift. We'll hang on andmake this thing work for a good while longer whatever, but it surely would be a great help and a greatencouragement to all of us if you could stand along side us at this time and help us with your donation.Can we count on you?Please send your check to me made out to USS LCI NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and write on it“Life Member Donation”. It will be our pleasure to acknowledge your contribution in a future issueof the newsletter. Also, we will be happy to send you a letter of acknowledgement so that you canclaim your donation as a deduction on your income tax.Finally, to encourage you and me too—I've just received a $50.00 donation from a Life Memberwho's also a Board Member! That's a great startMy address:John Cummer302 Pinewood Cottage LaneBlythewood, SC 29016Thanks very much for considering this!19
Page 1 and 2: OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THEUSS LANDI
Page 3 and 4: A LENGTHY—AND IMPORTANT“WORD”
Page 5 and 6: In this issue you will find a ballo
Page 7 and 8: POLL OF MEMBERS ON DUES INCREASE EF
Page 9 and 10: LCI 632Donald R. CarneyLCI 687Sam J
Page 11 and 12: The Zudells—One Big, Happy LCI Fa
Page 13 and 14: Mark your calendar! Get your Hotel
Page 15 and 16: Baseball at Anzio!Remember Anzio? T
Page 17: Indiana LCIers Hold First ReunionMi
Page 21 and 22: “Might you have any knowledge of
Page 23 and 24: area of firing. As the LCI's passed
Page 25 and 26: Survey Group of the North China For
Page 27 and 28: Another Stern Winch Story!ByRalph E
Page 29 and 30: A Great Tribute to the Flagfrom a G
Page 31 and 32: Your Officers and Board of Director

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