Paul Allen and the Vulcan Inc. folks have had a very productive year. Most recently they announced the find of the USS HELENA CL-50, one of the light cruisers that accompanied STRONG as part of Desron 21 during the engagements in the Kula Gulf in July of 1943. HELENA went down on July 6th, just 25 hours after STRONG. To read about this and see articles on all the ships recently located by the RV PETREL and its crew, see: https://www.paulallen.com/category/conservation-exploration/
In other news, the date and hotel location for the 2018 STRONG Association Reunion has been announced. The dates are Tuesday September 4th through Saturday September 9th. The hotel is the Best Western Plus just northeast of the Baltimore airport and 30 minutes from Annapolis. Our Wednesday trip will be to the US Naval Academy. Friday will be a tour of downtown Annapolis and a 40 minute river cruise. As soon as I have other details on the agenda and when to make reservations I'll post them and send a note around to you all. Looks like there are good public transportation options there and I look forward to a possible trip into D.C. to visit the WW2 Memorial.
And, just in case there is anyone in the Los Angeles area who might be working on scripting The Castaway's War (had some website hits from that town), feel free to contact me for back stories and information. Haven't heard much since the film was optioned, but just so someone knows I'm open to help out in any way I can. Just sayin'.
Tammi
In other news, the date and hotel location for the 2018 STRONG Association Reunion has been announced. The dates are Tuesday September 4th through Saturday September 9th. The hotel is the Best Western Plus just northeast of the Baltimore airport and 30 minutes from Annapolis. Our Wednesday trip will be to the US Naval Academy. Friday will be a tour of downtown Annapolis and a 40 minute river cruise. As soon as I have other details on the agenda and when to make reservations I'll post them and send a note around to you all. Looks like there are good public transportation options there and I look forward to a possible trip into D.C. to visit the WW2 Memorial.
And, just in case there is anyone in the Los Angeles area who might be working on scripting The Castaway's War (had some website hits from that town), feel free to contact me for back stories and information. Haven't heard much since the film was optioned, but just so someone knows I'm open to help out in any way I can. Just sayin'.
Tammi
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