Philadelphia 2005 Reunion Photos - US Marine Corps Vietnam Veterans Tankers Association

Day 1 – Belmo and Blues in the lobby of the hotel

Day 1 – Bill Wright takes the helm of the VTA leadership

Day 1 – Dick Carey announces his resignation as president and passes the torch to Bill Wright

Day 2 – A room full of guns at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Ordinance Museum

Day 2 – An M 48 tank ballistic computer sold for many dollars

Day 2 – Belmo gives Blues instructions on how to do it at the Port History Museum

Day 2 – Carl Fleischmann Bill Wright and John Wear getting ready for the fun filled and action packed auction

Day 2 – Frank Vinning and Carl Fleishmann make their plans to overthrow the VTA Board

Day 2 – Garry Hall his wife Donna wishing to be on the crew of this one at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Ordinance Museum

Day 2 – Inspecting an M 1 Abrams tank at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds

Day 2 – John Wear pulls out his wallet to pay for the item that was the money maker for the auction

Day 2 – John Wear I paid how much for that thing

Day 2 – Prints donated to our auction by world famous painter and Iwo Jima Marine Charles Waterhouse

Day 2 – The excited crowd during the Action Auction at the Slopchute

Day 2 – Wally Young and his bride waiting to board the bus for Aberdeen Proving Grounds

Day 2 – Wally Young Lynn Young and John Wear at the Reading Terminal Market discuss what to have for lunch

Day 2 – Aberdeen Proving Grounds Ordinance Museum

Day 3 – Garry Donna Hall in front of the Liberty Bell Independence Hall behind

Day 3 – Doc Hackemack wife chats with John Wear his wife at the Farewell Dinner

Day 3 – CB Doten inspects a presentation at the Port History Museum

Day 3 – Anticipating a great lunch at the Reading Terminal Market

Day 3 – A plaque on the USS New Jersey dedicated to Sea Going Marines

Day 2 – Sonny Venturi outside of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds Officers Club

Day 2 – Some of our beautiful wives enjoy the Action Auction too

Day 3 – Getting ready to board the USS New Jersey

Day 3 – Hutch Hutchinson sights in with the USS New Jerseys

Day 3 – Justin Donnelley enjoys some of the photo albums that members bring to share

Day 3 – Vax says I just wanna go to beddy bye

Day 3 – A Segway tour of the Art Museum Park

Day 3 – Boathouse Row on the Schukill River

Day 3 – Rick Lewis entertains the entire table at the Farewell Dinner