USS DuPage Society Reunion Pictures

September 4-7, 2002

Baltimore, Maryland    

    This year's reunion was held in Linthicum, Maryland, a suburb just south of Baltimore Maryland.  Attendees participated in an evening reception on the 4th, general meeting and dinner at Jim's Hideaway Crab House on the 5th, a tour of Washington DC on the 6th, followed by a luncheon and evening dinner.  

    The crew and their families traveled to Washington D.C. and participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial, that was dedicated to the USS DuPage and its crew.  Additional stops included the Korean War Memorial, Lincoln Monument, Viet Nam Memorial, Capitol Building, and the Roosevelt Memorial.  On Saturday, the crew and their spouses, were hosted for a tour of the White House followed by a luncheon, hosted by the family of the USS DuPage Society's daughter, Vernon Nielson.  Later on Saturday evening, we went to the Rose Restaurant for a lovely dinner reception and closed the reunion.

    If you are interested in obtaining a video tape of the reunion, please email Rob Carr at gerob@comcast.net or call (248)-620-2889.  For a nominal fee, Rob can make a video tape and mail to you in a few days.

    Enjoy the pictures.  PS - if you have any to post, please email them to Rob Carr.

Andy Krish at the Annapolis War Memorial.  Opening day, general meeting, and pledge of allegiance.

Vernon and crew for the General Meeting of the USS DuPage Society, September 5th.

Dan Simeon thanks USS DuPage for Watch received for his service as Secretary of the Society.

Dinner pictures on Thursday night.  A Maryland crab anyone????

USS DuPage shipmates at the US Navy War Memorial in Washington DC, September 6th, 2002.

Various pictures in Washington D.C. with the USS DuPage Society Members and Families.