Throughout the day, the spacious comfortable
lobby outside the DESA convention area was a favorite gathering
spot for relaxing and enjoying old friends. Various
displays were presented which included an overview of this
website, desausa.org, and the DESA Roll of Honor listing the
over 1,000 names of the men and their ships who lost their
lives in service aboard a DE.
The signin board for convention attendees
also was present and was viewed often as crewmembers checked to
see if their shipmates has arrived. Monday evenings Early Bird gathering
was the kickoff of the convention. DESA President Dick Ager (USS GANTNER DE 60)
and his board of directors and Angie Ager along with her
Ladies' Auxiliary board members greeted and welcomed each
convention attendee as he entered the reception hall.
Large round tables with plenty of chairs dotted the room,
surrounding a beautifully appointed cheese hors d'oeuvre table. Use the scroll buttons, <
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The signin boards for convention attendees. Display of www.desausa.org sample pages DESA DE Roll of Honor display Webmaster Pat Stephens talks with John Cosgrove, USS GENDREAU DE-639 and Ray Windle USS FIEBERLING DE-640 Never a dull moment in the lobby! Ralph Parkes-Pfeil, Charlie Blincow, Robin Parkes-Pfeil & Al St. Jean Donald DeSandre & Carolyn LaBriola USS COOLBAUGH DE-217 Bill & Gwen Murray USS COOLBAUGH DE-217 & JoAnn Weast, husband served in USS GOSS DE-444 Don & Marion Osborne, USS DECKER DE-47 Roy Curtis, Fred Perkins, Bert and Joe DeLuca USS BROUGH DE-148 LtoR: Peter Piro, John Cosgrove USS GENDREAU DE-639, Bill Reed USS REYBOLD DE-177 BOD members enjoying the lobby area The Wine and Cheese reception was beautifully presented The reception was very well attended Front to back: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Corbin, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie O'Leary USS WHITMAN DE-24 Tim Rizzuto, Ship Superintentent, USS SLATER DE-766 Harold Roth, USS TOMICH DE-242, with his daughters LtoR: Milt Kochert and Lou Riccitelli, USS COOLBAUGH DE-217 Seated: Mrs. Bob Horton with Mary DeSantis and Bob Horton, USS THOMAS J. GARY DE-326 LtoR: USS COFFMAN DE-191 Plankowners John Naylor, RDM 1/c, Charles Mizell, GM 2/c, Clyde Richardson, FC 3/c. All were aboard until decommissioning. The family of Charles Mizell USS NAIFEH DE-352 LtoR: Phil Sapovits, Bob Rothardt, John Christensen, Frank Vergata, Aldon Webb, Merle Josefiak USS COOLBAUGH DE-217 gang minus 2. It was rumored the 2 missing crewmembers were over at Mickey's place. LtoR: Earnie Bean, EN 2/c 1955-58; Tom Sowell, STG 2/c, 1962-65. USS BROUGH DE-148 Elwood Huff, SF 1/c, USS ROBERT F. KELLER DE-419 Sue and Kenneth Golliher, USS HOLLIS DE-794 Ralph Parkes-Pfeil, HMS Gardner K-478/DE-274, CCFA and
Tom Kidd, USS KENNETH M. WILLETT DE-354 Webmaster Pat Stephens with Al St.Jean holding a plaque made by Al for the 1st DESA convention held in 1976. Hezzie Driggers, BM 2/c, USS GANTNER DE-60, Plankowner, 1943 - Feb 45. Transferred to USS WALSH DE-601/APD-111 until 1946 Mr. & Mrs. Bill Murphy USS COOLBAUGH DE-217, WWII Clifford Eng, F 1/c, USS FOGG DE-57, aboard last 6 months of ship's service and put her into mothballs.
The signin boards for convention attendees.
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