SAILING LIST
Philadelphia, PA - October 1 - 4, 2018

  The 75th diamond anniversary reunion of BANG has come and gone.  Our hosts, Ike Cohen and Michelle Ostapiej wanted to make this one special and indeed it was!  They planned many surprises for us during our four days in Philadelphia including a great lunchtime musical show by three sisters on the fantail of the battleship New Jersey, specially minted challenge coins from the four BANG flags and patches and BANG pins for the ladies as well as the presentation of a flag that flew over the US Capitol building and a congratulatory letter on BANG's 75th anniversary from the President of the United States!  

Ike and Michelle also arranged for Matt Fash and his mom and dad from the US Navy Memorial in Washington, DC to spend two days with us conducting and videoing interviews with BANG sailors who volunteered to recount memories from their time on BANG.  Thirty of us volunteered and these video interviews will be professionally edited and posted on the Navy Memorial web site for all to view for posterity.  Thanks to all who participated in these interviews helping us, "... perpetuate the memory of the USS BANG, and the men that served aboard her."

Final as of 9/30/2018

53-55	Charles Kimball	EM		Estelle & Mark Walerzak	Guests
55-59	Gary & Dae Probst	EN	64-66	Harry and Jo Ann Ross	ST
56-58	Marvin and JoAnn Christenson	ET	64-67	Jack & Diane O'Connor	MM
56-58	Dick & Chris Flanagan	RM		Frank & Claudia Steinmetz	Guests
56-59	Phil & Dot Beals	CS	66-68	Gabe and Pam Lewis	FTGU
57-60	Deane & Connie Hadfield	EN		Diane & Karla Lindquist	Guests
57-60	Wayne & Elaine Thalasinos	TM	66-69	Charles Dougherty	MM
58-62	Dick Gahan	IC	67-68	Eric & Sally Ericson	TM/td>
	Kathy Seader	Guest	67-68	Jim & Esther Hampton	ET
62-65	Charles & Patricia Archer	RM	67-68	Denis & Maureen O'Brien	TM
63-64	David Smith	FTG	67-68	James & Harriet Schultz	TM
63-65	Lawrence Schafer	ET	67-70	Rob Bridle	EN
63-66	Rocco & Nancy DeLeo	EM	68-69	Alan & Linda Thole	IC
63-66	Ed & Jane DeLong	EN	68-70	Tom & Rose Hill	MM
63-66	Len Fagotti and Marilyn Barratt	EN	68-70	John and Darlene Kraft	RM
64-66	Jim and Yolanda Klein	EN	68-71	Bill and Joan Fenton	LT
	Harley Jr, Jennifer, Shelby & Harley III Wilson	Guests	70	Ike Cohen & Michelle Ostapiej	SK	Our Hosts
	Harley Sr. & Kathleen Wilson	Guests	70-71	Paul Schramm	ET
	Gerald & Judith Holmberg	Guests	71-72	Luis Arellano & Wendy Kingsbauer	ST

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