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2024 Reunion Reminder

by | Aug 12, 2023 | , ,

Our coming 2024 USS Yosemite Reunion will be held in Rhode Island. This is just a Quick Reminder about our 2024 Reunion on April 24, 2024Rhode Island is a change of venue for us. We usually have our reunions in the southeast or southwest. The USS Yosemite Association...

2024 USS Yosemite Reunion Update

2024 USS Yosemite Reunion Update

by | Jul 31, 2023 | ,

The Hotel is beautiful, just renovated during COVID. I looked at all the rooms that we would have for our events. In all cases, the rooms are bigger and better than the rooms of our previous Reunion in Jacksonville. I was particularly impressed with the room for our...

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Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 8

by | Aug 7, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Liberty On the Atoll We had liberty on one of the islands that...

Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 9

by | Aug 6, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Ice, Solid Gold There were two enemies in the South Pacific;...

Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 10

by | Aug 5, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Dysentery Hits The Yosemite One of the things you have to...

Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 11

by | Aug 4, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Shaft Alley The "A" division had to help out in a number of...

Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 12

by | Aug 3, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. We left our hero at Christmas aboard the Yosemite. A time when...

Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 13

by | Aug 2, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Our hero has almost come full circle now that the USS Yosemite...

Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 14

by | Aug 1, 2017 | , ,

Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. This a 14-part sage, click on Yosemite Ship Sage to read the...

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