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February 2023
(02/23/2023)    - Updated "Fallen Gladiator" Page  - Click HERE to Preview
                                                   
                   
Elkins, E. Robert - Earl Robert Elkins of Columbus, Ohio, passed from this life on Friday, October 28, 2022 at the age of 91. He was a Lifetime Member of our Reunion Group and served with VF-62 as an Aviation Storekeeper (AKAN) from 1953 t0 1954.
June 2023
(06/10/2023)    - Updated "Reunion News" Page  - Click HERE to Preview
                                                   
                   
Added Reunion Cover Sheet and POD
(06/10/2023)    - Updated "Fallen Gladiator" Page- Click HERE to Preview
                                                   
                   
Hottel, James - Jim Hottel, of Catawaba, VA., was peacefully surrounded by his loved ones as he passed away on June 9, 2023 after suffering a stroke.   James was a member of our Reunion Group and served as an Aviation Metalsmith Third Class (AME3) with VF-62 from1951 to 1955.
July 2023
(07/28/2023)    - Updated "Fallen Gladiator" Page- Click HERE to Preview
                                                   
                   
Soehlman, Thomas - Tom passed away on July 26, 2023.  Tom served as an (AZ-2) with VA-106 and later retired from the Navy as an AZ Chief.   He was a Vietnam veteran serving with our Squadron on Yankee Station onboard the USS Forrestal in 1967, and a survivor of the tragic fire that had taken the lives of 134 sailors on July 29, 1967 on Yankee Station.  He was not a member of our Reunion Squadron.

Grammer, Robert Sr - Robert Grammer Sr. Passed away on July 19, 2023 at the age of 83.  Bob served as a Hospital Corpsman, Third Class (AMH-3) with VA-106 from 1957 to 1960 and deployed on the USS Essex with the Squadron.  He was a lifetime Member of our Reunion Squadron


(07/31/2023)    - Closed the Squadron Store