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2010 USS Bunch Reunion
The 2010 USS Bunch Reunion will be held in New Orleans from 9/22 through 9/26 at the Sheraton Four Points hotel. For details and registration information, click here.

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Date

News

27-Jun-2010 Posted 2010 reunion details.
16-May-2010 Posted Fall, 2009 / Winter 2010 newsletter.
3-Apr-2010 Update Directories and Taps list.
25-July-2009 Posted Summer, 2009 newsletter. 2009 reunion details are included.
18-July-2009 Posted request for assistance for Charles Byrd.
19-April-2009 Posted letter from Paula Sothman.
21-Jun-2008 Posted Spring, 2008 newsletter.
27-Jan-2008 Posted Fall, 2007 newsletter and 2007 reunion photo.
4-Jul-2007 The 2007 USS Bunch Reunion will be held in Jacksonville, Florida, September 5th through 9th. Follow this link for more information.
29-Oct-2006 Added group photos from the 2006 reunion held in Branson, Missouri, September 6th through 10th, 2006 to the reunions page.
16-Jul-2006 Updated ship's directories.
9-Jul-2006 The next USS Bunch reunion will be held in Branson, Missouri, September 6th - 10th, 2006. See the Reunions page for more details.
30-Apr-2006 Added 2005 reunion photo taken in Hanover, PA to the reunions section.
14-Nov-2005 After years of planning and organizing many successful and wonderful reunions, David Hibbs has turned the responsibilities of coordinating future USS Bunch reunions over to Curtis Bunch and Paula Sothman (Hickey). They are making tentative plans to hold the next reunion in Branson, Missouri in 2006.
8-Sep-2005 Added obituary for Benjamin D. Hyde.
28-May-2005 Updated member, and associate member directories and taps list in the Directories section.
8-May-2005 Added photograph of the USS Bunch's captain from July, 1944 to August, 1945, Benjamin D. Hyde.
6-Mar-2005 Updated member, and associate member directories and taps list in the Directories section.
13-Feb-2005 Added more photos to third pages of photographs in the Photo Gallery courtesy of June Henderson.
12-Feb-2005 Added more photos to second and third pages of photographs in the Photo Gallery courtesy of June Henderson.
12-Sep-2004 Added 2004 reunion photo taken at the US Navy Memorial in Washington, DC to the reunions section.
6-Sep-2004 Added more photos to second page of photographs in the Photo Gallery courtesy of June Henderson.
25-Aug-2004 Added second page of photographs to the Photo Gallery courtesy of June Henderson.
23-Aug-2004 Added another batch of photographs to the Photo Gallery courtesy of June Henderson.
22-Aug-2004 Added numerous photographs to the Photo Gallery courtesy of June Henderson.
21-Aug-2004 Updated directories.
3-Aug-2004 Added photograph of Otto A. Winderl, provided by his granddaughter, Carol.
9-May-2004 Updated directories.
14-Nov-2003

Added photograph of 2003 reunion in Virginia Beach, Virginia to the Reunions section.

28-May-2003

Consolidated Crew, Taps, and Directory pages into one page.

24-May-2003 Updated Directories page and Taps page
26-Apr-2003 Added 2002 North Charleston reunion photo to the Reunions section. Also added captions for 2001 Gettysburg reunion photo.
12-May-2002 Added reunion photos for 1988 through 1998 to the Reunions section. Also added captions for all reunion photos except 2001.
17-Feb-2002 Added first three reunion photos for 2001, 2000, and 1999 to the Reunions section. Photo captions to follow shortly.
25-Nov-2001 Add a bucket load of pictures to the Photo Gallery section. If anyone can help identifying any of the crewmen in the photos, please email the webmaster.
11-Nov-2001 Deck log for July 4th, 1945 has been posted in the Deck Logs section.
15-Sep-2001

    Well, the word is out. Perhaps a bit premature but that's alright. It was a long time coming but the crew of the USS Bunch, their families, and friends finally have a website in their honor. There is a ton of content to go up on this site and I will be adding it as I have time. Dave Hibbs has provided me with a vast amount of information and quite a few pictures so I'll be busy for quite a while.

    At some point in the future, I'd like to ask all crew members, or family members, who would like to do so to please submit articles about their experiences to be published on this website. All submissions will be linked from the Crew Roster section. I'd also love to have photographs of as many crew members as possible. I'll need a little bit of time to get caught up on all of the information I have back-logged first. I'll post a notice when I'm ready for submissions.

Just so you all know, as of September 15th, here's what's posted:

Detailed history of the USS Bunch
Brief biography and photograph of Kenneth Cecil Bunch
Complete roster of USS bunch crew members
Complete list of deceased crew members
Brief histories of the Bunch's sister ships of Escort Division 19
Directories of Bunch crew, associate members, and email addresses
Article by Lt. Cmdr Benjamin Hyde
about World War II Ocean Escorts
Links to related websites
USS Bunch guestbook

Military service of David Leroy Hibbs, Sr.

             
 

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