39TH ANNUAL REUNION FOR SHIPMATES OF
THE DESTROYER USS CORRY (DD-463)
SUNK IN COMBAT OFF UTAH BEACH
NORMANDY, FRANCE ON D-DAY
JUNE 6, 1944
The Reunion Was Held in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sept. 13 - 16, 2012
39TH ANNUAL REUNION FOR
SHIPMATES OF
THE DESTROYER USS CORRY (DD-463)
SUNK IN COMBAT OFF UTAH BEACH
NORMANDY, FRANCE ON D-DAY
JUNE 6, 1944
The Reunion Was Held in
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sept. 13 - 16, 2012
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 VIEW OF HOTEL FROM THE BEACH AT SUNSET |
 FLAG FLOWN ON USS CORRY ON D-DAY |
 OCEAN VIEW BY THE HOTEL |
 KING NEPTUNE AND HIS STAFF TOOK TIME OUT FROM THE ANNUAL NEPTUNE FESTIVAL TO PAY A VISIT TO USS CORRY SHIPMATES CHET FURTEK, GULLY GULLICKSON, AND TOM GROOT. |
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FRIDAY EVENING AT THE HOTEL |
CHET FURTEK AND WIFE NANCY. |
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 GULLY AND CC. |
 JOHN VOZEL. |
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| SATURDAY WE ATTENDED THE HUGE AIR SHOW AT NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA.  |
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 GULLY AND CC. |
 STUNT PLANE |
 "HERITAGE FLIGHT" WITH MODERN FIGHTER AND WWII FIGHTER |
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 BRITISH ARMY STUNT PARATROOPERS PERFORMED. |
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 BLACK DIAMOND AEROBATIC JET TEAM IN ARCTIC CAMOUFLAGE PAINT. |
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 US NAVY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT MADE SIMULATED STRAFING RUNS. IT WAS LOUD! (WE WERE PROVIDED WITH FREE, MUCH-NEEDED, EAR PLUGS.) |
 PYROTECHNIC EXPERTS ON THE GROUND CREATED SIMULATED BOMB EXPLOSIONS DURING STRAFING RUNS. |
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THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS WATCHING THE RENOWNED U.S. NAVY BLUE ANGELS FLYING DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON.
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 BLUE ANGELS PILOTS PREPARING FOR FLIGHT. |
 BLUE ANGELS JET WITH GROUND CREW. |
 BLUE ANGELS AIRCRAFT STARTING UP. WE HAD FRONT ROW SEATS! IT WAS LOUD! |
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 2 UP, 2 DOWN. |
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 THE BLUE ANGELS USE A U.S. MARINE CORPS C-130 HERCULES AIRCRAFT NICKNAMED "FAT ALBERT" TO CARRY THEIR EQUIPMENT, SPARE PARTS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL BETWEEN SHOWS. |
 BLUE ANGELS SUPPORT PERSONNEL TOOK TIME TO MEET USS CORRY SHIPMATES. |
 BLUE ANGELS PERSONNEL WITH USS CORRY SHIPMATES JOHN VOZEL, CHET FURTEK, AND GULLY. |
 GULLY WITH BLUE ANGELS PERSONNEL. |
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 BLUE ANGELS PILOTS AFTER LANDING. |
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 THE GARAYS HAVING A BITE TO EAT AFTER A LONG DAY. |
 ROSE THOMPSON AND NIECE PAT TAKING A REST AFTER A LONG DAY. ROSE'S HUSBAND SERVED ABOARD HMS VIDETTE, WHICH DOCKED ALONGSIDE THE USS CORRY DURING THE WAR. |
 HEADING BACK TO THE BUS. |
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 LONE TABLE SET FOR CORRY SHIPMATES UNABLE TO ATTEND. |
 CHOW LINE. |
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 MUSIC BY THE FABULOUS LINDSAY FAMILY. |
 CORRY SHIPMATE TOM GROOT. |
 GULLY'S WIFE, CC. |
 GULLY SPEAKING IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE CORRY |
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 24 CANDLES LIT FOR EACH OF THE 24 USS CORRY SHIPMATES LOST AS A RESULT OF THE D-DAY BATTLE, |
 AND ONE LARGE CANDLE LIT FOR CORRY SHIPMATES NO LONGER WITH US. |
 THE GARAY BROTHERS, |
 FLO GARAY AND SONS RECEIVING THE USS CORRY D-DAY FLAG FROM GULLY. FLO'S HUSBAND, LIEUTENANT (JG) PAUL GARAY, RETRIEVED THE FLAG FROM THE SINKING CORRY ON D-DAY. LT. GARAY ALSO RECEIVED THE US NAVY BRONZE STAR FOR RESCUING TRAPPED SHIPMATES BELOW DECK. |
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SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL |
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 GULLY WITH THE BREAULT SISTERS, DENISE AND JAN. |
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 GULLY, CC, AND GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. |
 USS CORRY SHIPMATES JOHN VOZEL, GULLY, TOM GROOT, AND CHET FURTEK. |
PHOTOS: G. GULLICKSON, K. McKERNON
