CMC Class Notes Winter 2017
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RICHARD MEYERS ’60 days with family in Denver. After a reconnected at our 50th reunion Arkansas to spend a night in Branson. ’60 120 Grand Palm Way few days, we drove to Michigan for a weekend. They visited Hermosa We pushed on to Kansas City for notes Palm Beach Gardens, FL quick visit with our grandchildren and Beach to stay with RICK LEARNED and an afternoon at the WWI Museum Class 33418 their parents. In December we will his wife, Siva Zhang, and Seattle, which was also a really great exhibit, 561-624-2811 drive to California before fying to where they spent time with Kathie and saw a fne art museum. Finally, Cell 914-772-5260 Hawaii to celebrate our 50th and DICK GLASSBURN and Beverly and we returned to St. Louis and made [email protected] anniversary with our daughters and JOHN GREEN. Many old stories were stops at the Truman Library and the their families. We will fy back to foggily recalled and embellished Churchill Museum. It was a great Pacesetters Southern California and spend a few upon. If laughter is truly the best trip and we met lots of wonderful days to celebrate New Year’s with medicine, we all overdosed on our Midwest people and enjoyed some BOB SUNSHINE ’61 Charlotte’s sister and family before meds. great conversations. Go visit your AAA 1261 Cumberland Cross driving back to Kansas. Beyond that offce and get a set of books. We had a ’48 ’49 ’50 ’61 Road we are considering several travel JOHN GREEN ’66 wonderful trip. I send my best wishes JIM STOESSEL ’50 Santa Ana, CA 92705 options for 2018.” 3490 Point White Drive NE to the great Class of 1967.” 44 Westvale Meadows #A [email protected] HOWARD SOHN contributes, “The Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 JIM CARSON writes that he has Concord, MA 01742-2855 only class-relevant tidbit I have: 206-842-0159 recently completed his second 978-369-2104 I’m off to Israel in November, [email protected] historical work, Chasing Mosby, Killing [email protected] I received a nice picture where I work with several NGOs RICK LEARNED ’66 Booth: The 16th New York Volunteer from TAIN BODKIN sunning ’62 toward the fuller integration of Arab [email protected] Cavalry. Jim provides the following himself at his home on the citizens (21% of the population) into summary: “Near the end of the Civil POSITION OPEN beach in Mexico (if you want a copy of mainstream Israeli life for the beneft War, Army Chief [email protected] ’51 the picture just let me know). He of all. On a previous trip, I visited BOB NOVELL writes, “It has of Staff Henry W. President Benson addresses the class of 1952 looked good. I also saw him at our with Svi Smith, son of GREG SMITH, been a very busy year for Halleck described class reunion in late April along with with whom I reconnected at our ’67 both Sharon and me. We’ve the 16th New York FRED FULLER, who had lots to say about POSITION OPEN their association and also the Monterey across all his countryside on trails 50th. And the most irrelevant tidbit: had more visitors visit us without much Volunteer Cavalry as CHUCK BATTERSON ’56 recent books he had read. SANDY [email protected] County Vintners and Growers that still exist today. We walked from My wife and I just acquired a puppy chance to take trips. But we found an ‘cowed and useless’ ’52 [email protected] WEINER looked great as did BILL ’56 Association. Congratulations to Al. Moreton-in-Marsh to Stow-on-the- (20 years since our last dog died) 11-day window in October and after they were ‘cut SYMINGTON, BRENT HOWELL (with We hope all our ’57 mates are Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, around whose life expectancy matches our decided to try and see the mid-South up’ by Confederate Beth), DUKE WYATT, and a few other planning to join in our annual reunion to Chipping Campden, and back to own (optimistic) projection. Strategic of the U.S. First thing I want to Colonel John Mosby’s Sally and SCOTT EVANS classmates. The campus itself is to be held in October 2018 in Carmel, Moreton-in-Marsh, seven towns in planning…” mention is that I became a member of Rangers. The took a pleasant trip to the growing as we read these notes—a to be co-hosted this year by the all on the self-guided tour arranged METE TUNCAY reports from Turkey, the Marines’ Memorial Association in following April, the ’53 ’57 Northwest and British special space. aforementioned Mr. Scheid. by Cotswoldwalks.com. We walked “Due to a hemiplegic stroke I suffered San Francisco. We have stayed there in New Yorkers made Columbia in the early fall. Highlights in 2006, I am not physically ft for the past several times. We stayed one their place in history We are sad to report the passing of about seven miles per day, the longest MARSHALL SALE ’62 DAVE ARBUCKLE ’53 included Glacier National Park, Banff, long trips. Also, my wife, Ayla, suffers time when STEVE WOODWORTH and his when 26 men led by Lieutenant RICHARD WEILEIN on Dec. 19, 2016. being about nine miles, as our luggage 505-690-0299 Lake Louise, and, most especially, from Parkinson’s. However, in late wife, Robin, were using the hotel as a Edward P. Doherty captured and killed [email protected] Our deepest condolences to his family was being carried to the B&B in the [email protected] visits with Maggie and LOU KNAFLA in and friends. next town. We must have gone over June this year we went to Ankara base for a visit to the wine country. John Wilkes Booth. Creston, B.C., and with Nancy and hundreds of feld gates, kissing gates, for the graduation ceremony of our Being a member gives you access to “An amalgam of three partially FRITZ DELBRUECK in Portland. On the BERNIE MARSHALL ’57 and over stiles where you hop over grandson, Emre, who graduated from reciprocal clubs all over the country formed regiments, the 16th was DON DOTZAUER ’54 last day of their trip, Scott and Sally [email protected] the fence or stone wall. Walking the Science High School. After taking and even in some foreign countries. If plagued by early desertions, poor [email protected] were reached by a neighbor friend university acceptance tests, Emre you are a vet, you should consider leadership, and a near mutiny as its ’54 REID SHANNON ’57 Cotswolds was one of the best weeks ’63 telling them the news of the deadly fre was found eligible to be enrolled First Battalion prepared to march to [email protected] we’ve ever experienced. becoming a member as the benefts are storm in Santa Rosa. Scott reports, “Coming back, we told the U.S. POSITION OPEN at Bilkent University in Ankara, tremendous. We used our membership northern Virginia to bolster the outer “The entire development east of us, KOSTA GEORGE passed away Customs folks in Detroit that we’d [email protected] where he will be studying industrial in St. Louis for lodging and plan to use defenses of Washington in October Coffey Park, and the adjacent eastern in January of this year. He had contact with felds of farm engineering. We are proud of him. it again in other cities in California and 1863. The regiment spent most of the ’55 half of our development, Windrose, was one of the few of us animals, wondering what they would “If any of my classmates come to also when we travel overseas. (For remainder of the war chasing Mosby’s were completely wiped out. One block who could get into CMC today. Prior ’58 do. Even though it had been two Turkey we can arrange a meeting further information, visit marineclub. cavalry. They won a few tactical from us, the fre department was fnally to entering CMC, where he graduated weeks since our walk, (we visited LARRY BERGER ’64 at Ayvalık on the Aegean coast next com/reciprocalclubs.) victories but were mainly confounded able to stop it spreading farther west cum laude, Kosta served for four years, BOB MCCRARY ’58 other places), they dipped all the larry_berger@external. spring or summertime. The beach “Our trip was much too much. We by the Confederate guerrillas. into our street. Five very close friends during the Korean confict, in the 1703 Milan Ave. shoes we had worn on the trails in ’64 mckinsey.com is so nice with fne golden sand. drove 1,300 miles in nine days, but “Drawing on personal letters, got no warning at all and lost U.S. Army’s initial guided missile South Pasadena, CA 91030 some disinfectant slop. We were The Aegean food is delicious; lots frankly it was worth it. Our focus was diaries, and memoirs by men of the everything, escaping with their lives, BILL DAWSON ’64 program at Ft. Bliss, Texas, and White Fax 626-441-0501 happy we had others to wear for our of similarities with Greek food. Missouri and Tennessee. We used 16th, and the recollections of Mosby’s cars, and very little else. Advice we will [email protected] Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. [email protected] next fight home.” However, I’ve been told prices the Auto Club books and looked for men, this deeply-researched history now follow: Assume that your property While at CMC, Kosta played end on ALLYN SCHEU hosted lunch for STEVE HALLGRIMSON ’64 are much cheaper.” Liaison note: gems to visit.