Patrol Squadron Five 2004 Reunion

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Patrol Squadron Five 2004 Reunion
(recorded April 23rd and 24th, 2004 at the Baymeadows Holiday Inn, Jacksonville, Florida)

Please support your U. S. Sailors and Marines by donating to the

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

"It was a great honor to meet you brave men. Thank you for participating in the efforts to have your shipmates returned to American Soil. (A special thanks to Nevins A. Frankel of WWW.VPNAVY.ORG, Robert "Bob" Pettway, Don Latimer, and Nick Mulich for all their hard work)

- Jeff Redding

This page contains photos and audio clips of the men who flew with the crew lost in January 1962 recorded at the 2004 VP5 Reunion. You may need to turn the sound up or down on your computer. I will soon edit the video tape from the reunion and make it available to everyone.

(click on the photos to hear the sound files).

Mrs. Gaila Pettway reads;
"The Reunion", by Rachel Firth
(clip does not include entire poem)

Reunion Dinner Guest Speakers & Kozak Family


HMCS (Retired) John Bastien Mr. Bastien was in charge of recovering remains during the 1966 recovery mission.	Major (Retired) Jean P. Cole (Marine Corps) Mr. Cole was the Officer In Charge of the 1966 recovery mission.	ATR3 Robert Pettway Mr. Pettway graduated from Georgia State University after his enlistment in the navy, and retired as a Special Agent from the U.S. Secret Service with 30 years of government service in 1996.

The Kozak's
The Kozak Family
Mrs. Kozak (1)
Mrs. Kozak (2)
Michael Kozak
Patricia Kozak

Please listen to the veterans who flew with our lost Cold War Heroes.


LT David AMIDON	(sound file) AT2 Daniel BURGESS	AT1 Marvin COLEMAN
AT2 William DENMARK	AD2 Lanny FOWLER	ADR3 Michael GISH
AO3 John GOOD	AT1 Robert HUBBARD	AT1 Donald LATIMER
AE2 Donald LEBOLD	AE2 Ernest (Nick) MULICH	ADR2 Herbert PAYNE
ATR3 Robert PETTWAY	AT2 Lloyd (Doug) SCOGGINS	ADR2 John SCOTT
AT2 Roger STRALEY	ATR2 Willie WILLIAMS	We Shall Leave No Man Behind!

(I like how Mr. Ernst sums it all up.)

ADR2 Thomas Ernst

Click Here to see an audio video file of the credits rolling.

Click on the above image to see an audio/video file of the credits rolling. It inicludes old 8 MM footage and music.
(This is a large file about 4 minutes in length, it will take about four minutes to download with a high speed modem.)
But, please take a look, I am proud of how the credits turned out.

Photos by Don Latimer (click on photos to hear description)	Bob Hurst's Wedding Reception
Norman Russell and Fiancee Bonnie Williamson	Bob Hurst and his friend Claude Hale
Bob Hurst and new bride Phylis (Phillips)	Bob Hurst and Claude wearing Spanish style hats in Rota, Spain.
Hurst, Anderson, and Russell	Norman Russell and his friend Grover New Years Eve Party
New Years Eve Party in Rota, Spain	Norman Russell's and Bob Hurst's Tombstones

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