Shipmates Checking In	Pat and Bob Litza with Jo Lynn Landers First Landing Cape Henry Virginia	Marc Arsenault on the decks of the USS Wisconson BB 64
It was a windy and rainy day in the Norfolk area	JoLynn Landers enjoying the bucket weather	Back to shore Kathy Arsenault followed by Don Shields
Commanding Officers Building Norfolk Home of the USS Cromwell Bell	Joe Csizmadia and Larry Percival with the USS Cromwell Bell	Reunion Chairman Jerry Skorch
Larry and Nina Percival USS Cromwell	Charlie(Shoe) and Norma Holzschuh USS Hartley	Bill Haman USS Joseph K Taussig with Don Shields USS Lester
Bob Litza and Sandy Skorch	Bob Epps, Bill McColl and Dick Soltis	Bob and Judy Epps USS Courtney
Phil and Gail Passler USS Dealey	Bill McColl and Bill Price USS Dealey	Al and Claudette Bardsley USS Van Voorhis
Three Amigos   Present and former chairmen Bob Kitchen, Marc Arsenault and Jerry Skorch	Barbara and Richard Soltis USS John Willis	Bob and Edith Kitchen USS Lester
Ron Bauer, Roy and Mary Linn Hoffmann USS Cromwell	Skip and Martha Urbati USS Lester	Jo Lynn and Larry Lander with Ann Bruckmoser
Mary Linn Hoffmann and Bob Litza	Mariners Museum Portmouth VA	Litzas and Arsenaults exploring the Mariners Museum
Bob Litza with a model of the USS Monitor's gun turret  as it was found underwater	The USS Monitor's cannon undergoing restoration treatments	Exploring the top side deck of the full scale replica of the USS Monitor
Bob Litza on the bottom side of the USS Monitor replica	Marc, Jerry and Ron chat with guest speaker CDR Kurt Mondlak XO of the USS Mahan	Judy Epps and Sandy Skorch
Kathy Arsenault and Karen Davis	Bob and Pat Litza USS John Willis	Jim Perkins and Gail Cleere USS John Willis
Don Shields with Ann and Lou Bruckmoser	Rich and Lee Legg with Gerald and Linda Bowen	Karl and Diane Petersen USS Van Voorhis
Steve Kittle and Wilbert McCartney	Guest Speaker  CDR Kurt Mondlak XO USS Mahan	Newport Dealeys traditional Sunday morning Memorial Service USS Cromwell presiding

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CHAIRMAN’S LETTER 2009  Veteran Brothers,    Can you believe that the eleventh reunion of the Newport Dealeys is already behind us?  First there was Seekonk MA, then Lake George NY, Norfolk VA, Charleston SC, Lancaster PA, Newport RI, Jacksonville FL, Baltimore MD, Philadelphia PA, Nashville TN and now back to Norfolk VA in 2009.  I don’t know how you feel, but you all have become family to me and Sandy. We look forward to being with you for this short time every year. Chairing the reunions doesn’t leave much time for visiting, darn-it, although I did have so much fun and memories doing the job!  Most of us registered on Thursday, September 24th, at the Norfolk Airport Hilton, once again, just as we had done the first time in 2001 after the Towers were hit. Of course, 2009 was a much, much happier reunion. We were actually able to tour the largest naval base in the world both from land and the sea. The cooler, rainy, windy tour didn’t seem to dampen anyone’s spirits, as there was plentiful laughing going on in that “good company” and it did remind us of our long past Navy days off Newport RI. A highlight of the base tour was a scheduled (but not publicized) stop at the base Commanding Officers building to view the ship’s bell of the USS Cromwell. Many USS Cromwell shipmates took advantage of this photo-op to gather and pose around the bell.    Friday’s dinner proved to be informative, when Bill Dudley, a former LTJG onboard the USS Cromwell, brought us up to date on a new memorial to the US Navy placed on Utah Beach in Normandy France. Bill enlightened us of the dedicated efforts and fund-raising it took to get the US Navy to be finally recognized for its roll in the D-day invasion,   A door prize raffle, which lucky attendees received some great gifts, provided us with lots of fun. The raffle was followed by a presentation by Marc Arsenault. He informed us of his investigative findings and the locations of some of the Newport Dealeys ships’ artifacts such as anchors, bells and other ship memorabilia that survived a bygone era and are now on public display.  Next year’s chairman, Ron Bauer, presented a sneak-peek into Mobile, AL for 2010.   Saturday provided an historic look at early America through Williamsburg VA plus the fascinating tour of the Mariners’ Museum and the Monitor exhibit, which is a tour in itself! The exhausted group managed to snap-to-it with clean faces for the photos before dinner and the wonderful speaker, LT. CDR. Kurt Mondlak, XO of the USS MAHAN DDG-72 accompanied by his wife Brittiany. He brought us up-to-date on today’s comprehensive & technical & tactical Naval Operations in the Middle East and throughout the world through his personal experience and inspirational slideshow. Makes one proud of our volunteer forces, doesn’t it? DJ Paul Bell got us up to dance the rest of the night.   Ron Bauer led the USS Cromwell Crew in our Sunday Morning Memorial Service just as solemn as it always was and should always be to tribute our fallen comrades. Saying goodbye is never easy but we look forward to some Southern Hospitality in Mobile 2010.  God bless you all with Fair Winds and Calm Seas. Shipmates Forever  Jerry Skorch USS Joseph K Taussig Newport Dealeys 2009 Norfolk Reunion Chairman

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