REUNION ASSOCIATION INC.
The Association was incorporated on October 24,
1996,
certificate issued in Richmond, Virginia.
The purpose of the Corporation is to conduct the
annual reunion meetings of the USS Kaskaskia (AO27)
Reunion Association, Inc.,
founded as a group of persons from among those who had
served aboard the tanker ship of the same name at any time
during its period of active service, 1939-1969, and to organize
or provide for the organization and conduct of such meetings
and
of any other meetings of the members or any of them, and
to
carry on such incidental fund-raising, publicity, informational,
and other activities as the Directors may from time
to time determine to undertake.
President....J.D."Jimmy" Tabb
VicePresident ....Don Seymour
Treasurer.... John Bakowski
Newletter Editor/Secretary.... Dan Asher
Recording Secretary.....Doug Coughlin
.....E Mail Doug Coughlin@oilfieldtrash.prodigy.net
Chaplain....Marvin Bryant
We would like to invite you to join the USS Kaskaskia (AO27) Reunion Association, Inc. The KAS had a 30 year life and we have shipmates in our Association, who have served on the KAS since its christening in 1940, through the WW II, Korean War and the Vietnam War era to its final decommissioning and sale for scrap in 1969 at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. Jim and Maxine Wescoat were the founders and hosts for the first KAS reunion held in St. Louis, MO, in 1990. The second reunion was held in Charleston, SC, the third in Buena Park, CA, the fourth in Dallas, TX, the fifth in Kansas City, MO, the sixth in Myrtle Beach, SC, and the seventh in San Antonio, TX. The eighth reunion was held in Washington, DC on September 4-7, 1997. The 9th reunion was held in Seattle, Washington, September 24-26 1998. The 10th reunion was held in St. Louis, Missouri on September 23-25 1999. The 11th reunion was held in Jacksonville, Florida, September 13-17,2000. The 12th reunion was held in Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY., September 19-23,2001. The 13th reunion was held in Memphis, TN., September 14-17, 2002. The 14th reunion was held in Pittsburgh, Pa. The 15th reunion was held at the Ramada Inn, Taylor, MI, September 16-19 2004. The 16th reunion was held at the Piccadilly Inn University in Fresno, CA, September 14-18, 2005. The 17th reunion was held in Branson, MO,September 13-17, 2006. The 18th reunion will be held in Montgomery, AL, October 17-21, 2007. We hold a yearly reunion, and during the meeting, a president and vice president are elected and a new location for the reunion is voted upon by the shipmates. The dues are only $10.00 a year, payable to the USS Kaskaskia (AO27) Reunion Association, Inc. Please mail the dues to John Bakowski, Treasurer, his address is, 312 Pointview Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15227-3136, telephone number (412) 885-0162.
Our Newsletter is called the USS Kaskaskia Blast, and is mailed to dues-paying members at least 3 times a year. The Blast announces future reunions, information about past reunions, and shipmates often send in interesting sea stories regarding their experiences aboard the KAS, and you are invited to do so as well. Please send your news items to the Editor, Dan Asher, 1482 Autumn Ridge Circle, Reston, VA 20194. Pictures are also welcome, and we will gladly return to you, after we make copies for the USS Kaskaskia Photo Album, A BLAST FROM THE PAST.
When you join our Association, we will send you a roster which includes the shipmates who were on the USS Kaskaskia from 1940 to 1969, and the latest Blast. If you know of any other shipmate not on the roster, please send me his name, last known address, and telephone number. Enclosed also is an information form that is helpful in updating our records, please return this form to me, even if you are not able to attend the reunion. Shipmates often ask what happened to this or that shipmate, and with our updated roster, we are able to give them information about friends they have not seen for many years.
WELCOME ABOARD
