This banner art was stolen from Wes Guidry's Missiles of Key West
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From
May 17th to May 21, 2006 the First All HAWK Veterans Reunion was held
at the U.S. NAS in Boca Chica, Florida.
This was the fifth HAWK Reunion organized and arranged by
Wes Guidry and his lovely Louisiana Belle wife Judy. The previous
reunions had been limited to those HAWK Veterans who served in Key
West. This time all HAWK Vets were invited. Ask anyone who attended and
they will tell you it was a resounding success!
Captain James K. Scholl, the Commander of the NAS Key West hosted the reunion at the Naval Air Station. His hospitality and attention to detail made this reunion the best yet. We all want to thank Captain Scholl and his outstanding staff or their hard work and efforts. They made this an event that all of the attendees will remember for a long time. The
Participants were:
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Stafford, Virginia Jeff Barton of Newark, Delaware Richard B. Brigmond of Greene, New York Tony Favarula of Poland, Ohio Jack and Jeannie Floyd of The Villages, Florida Richard Gilbert of Louisville, Kentucky Wes and Judy Guidry of Lake Charles, Louisiana Bud and Sharon Halpin of Washington, Pennslyvania Ed and Sarah Kahalley of Hazel Green, Alabama Tom Lyons of Flint, Texas |
Paul and Ann Mann of
Bostic, North Carolina Mike and Jill Mlinar of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jerry and Lynn Rhyne of Brunswick, Georgia Frank and Audrey Ronkowski of Zephyrhills, Florida Gary and Claudia Schmidt of Omaha, Nebraska Lowell St. Cyr of St. Petersburg, Florida Ray Vogel of Brick, New Jersey Bob Weymouth, Jr. of Memphis, Tennessee Richard Whitt of Riversdale, Georgia Mike and Jeannette Zboray of Greenwich, CT |
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The event started at the Pavillion behind our barracks. The local
Budweiser Distributor donated a couple kegs of beer and hot dogs were
prepared on the grill. The cookout began at noon and the participants
trickled in all afternoon. One of the Richards grilled while the rest of us did some serious damage to the donated kegs. The cookout started at noon and went on into the evening. Captain Scholl stopped by to welcome us back to the Naval Air Station and a reporter, Jenny Babson, from the Miami Herald came by to cover the event. We cooked out, drank beer and swapped lies into the evening. |
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The first evening we worked on the kegs of Budweiser and consumed
numerous hot dogs. Tired from out travels most of us retired early in
preparation for the next days activities. A few die hards rolled the
kegs into the Recreation Room and continued to swap lies and renew old
friendships and create new ones. We had a busy day coming up. In the morning we were going to visit the tactical sites and a lunch at the Geiger Key Marina was planned. |
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