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April 2008
Added S Division Picture and Unknown Misc Pic

January 2007
Taffy III Reunion/Bob Hope Tribute Pictures

August 2006
John Ibe Tribute
Added picture, Clete Ring and Navy sons.

April 2006
Added Smehyl, Charles (Picture) to KIA.

March 2006
Added Faust pictures in Family Donated Pictures of web photo album.
Relocated Osterkorn and Brown pictures to Family Donated Pictures.

February 2006
Added Memories of WWII By Mrs. Louise Sherrod Bassett

January 2006
Added Washington 2006 Reunion pictures to Photo Album

August 2005
Added Painting by Joseph McGraw and link on homepage to PDF file for VC-10 Leyte Gulf archives report by pilots .
Updated picture of James Holland.

August 2005
Added new CVE links and Intro to fighter plane painting on home page.

August 2005
Added picture for Louis Lucchesi
& misc updates.

March 04,2005
Added reunion photos from 2004 and 2005.

March 04, 2004
- 1st note on Reunion News
- Added account of Floyd Green.

Oct 28, 2003
Update Board of Governors page. Added brief Bio for Richard R. Ballinger, USN (Ret.)
Updated info for "Faces of our KIA's"

Sept 28, 2003
Updated hometown for Dean Gilliatt
Activate link for Biography of Capt. H. Burt Bassett.

Sept 15, 2003
Updated/added new pictures to "Faces of Our KIA's" :
Burford, Laurn, Prokop, Pilgram

Added Brief Biography of Capt. H. Burt Bassett.

August 29, 2003
Added missing hometown info to "Faces of Our KIA's"

August 28, 2003
Survivor Account - Herman W. Privette, Sr.

July 21, 2003
Added The Marianas Campaign
    includes:  June 17 - June 18 - June 19 - Messages from the Captain.

April 23, 2003
Updated Faces of our KIA's

April 16, 2003
Added reunion news update.

April 01, 2003
Added VC-10 reformed squadron narrative by Harry T. West, Lieutenant, USNR
September 20,1945

Added link for future use. Coming soon... The Marianas Campaign. 

April 01, 2003
Added 2nd division photo- ships company.

March 28, 2003
Support Our Troops added to opening page or go directly.

March 27, 2003
Added ships of Taffy III to monuments page.
Added Kilroy was here to links.

March 19, 2003
Updated picture of Robert Knight in Faces of our KIA's.

Feb 26, 2003
Added Colorado Springs Reunion pictures from Don Reynders.

Feb 19, 2003
View monuments to Taffy III, The link to the monuments page can be found from the Bob Hope Tribute on the index page (Home page) or from the Special Interest page.

Feb 07, 2003
Thanks to all who have waited so patiently. A new redesigned "Faces of Our KIA/MIA" section is now completed and available to view. These pages with pictures (if available) and personal information can be viewed from the main KIA page. To view, please click here and look for the gray box.

Dec 04, 2002
- REUNION PICTURES, 2002 Colorado Springs - Now listed in the Web Photo Album
   **coming soon...A redesigned section for Faces of Our MIA/KIA.

Oct 9, 2002
- Added survivor account of Marshall Mitchell (deceased 1960's)
supplied by a family member.

Sept 6, 2002
-Added LCI 337 Rescue Report

Aug 29, 2002
-Added About VC10 History as recorded by Capt. Ed Huxtable.

Aug 13, 2002
- Added new section "Donated Pictures from Family Members" in Photo Album. First entry is from nephew of Lt. E.A. Osterkorn, Tom Ahlfeld.

July 21,2002
-Added article about Earl Bagley written by Terry Bohle Montague for the Extraordinary Stories column in The Meridian Magazine.

June 25,2002
-Added link for USS Utah

June 15, 2002
- Updated "Faces of Our Missing and Killed in Action".
- Added note to credit designer, Allen Gitlin, of VC-10 insignia.
-Updated Special Interest Page- added link to off site page about Howard M. Rivers.

June 7, 2002
- Added reunion info.

May 13, 2002
- Added survivor account of Charles Heinl.
- Added Legal Notices page.
- Updated Contact Info. , Governors.
- Updates to Opening page of site.
- Technical update, Leyte Gulf page.

April 5, 2002
- updated index page and corrections to White House pages.

March 29, 2002
- updated photo album and added VA Beach pictures.
- added "The Men of the Gambier Bay" Book for purchase.
- update opening page and moved reunion survey to reunions page.
- added Shellback initiation.

March 11, 2002
-minor updates

February 22, 2002
-Added new pictures to "Faces of Our Missing In Action."
-Added Boggs Crew picture to Air Crew Pictures.

February 07, 2002
-Added to survivor accounts: Ball, Galey, McClendon, Vilmer, Topczewski
-Added names to Pictures at Annapolis MD reunion. Annapolis 03, Annapolis 04
- Corrected names in VC10 crew.

January 22, 2002
-Added "Faces of our Lost in Action" - To honor our Men Lost in Action, a link from their name on the Lost in Action page takes you to a picture of them. Those individual pages will, in the future, include personal information such as home town, age, etc.
-Added Aircrew picture.

January 14, 2002
-Added Michael Towstik article from The Staten Island Advance to Special Interest page and Survivors page.
-Added pictures from J Zube.

January 8, 2002
- Guest book and What's New buttons added to all main pages.
- Corrected VC10 names Hathaway, Caudice, Dahlen and added Lischer (prior unknown photo 74) per James Lischer.
- Ongoing General maintenance site wide.

January 4, 2002
- Added info. for site map.
- Revised survivor account page.
      Moved Lynch to elect. dept. and corrected link.
      Moved Judd to elect dept.
- Ongoing General maintenance site wide.

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October 28, 2001
-Revised survivors page with added accounts

October 25, 2001
- Added William F. Cordner survivor account.

September 17, 2001
- Added links to Bob Hope tribute on links and special interest page.

September 4, 2001
-Added survivor accounts. (more to be added)
-Added White House presentation pictures.
-Added George Washington Commissioning photos.
-Added Newport Reunion photos (7 photos).

****I will be doing more performance updates to the site over the next few months that will not be visible to you. If you come across any broken links or errors, please notify me.****

August 5, 2001
-Added reunion survey.

August 3,2001
-Added official reports on rescue of survivors at Leyte Gulf.
-Updated links on Leyte Gulf pages from reports pages.
-Survivor accounts page has been added. Survivor accounts will be added soon.

July 30,2001
-Added Portland- 2 Reunion Pictures.

July 19,2001 (rev-B)
-(rev-B) Added Portland-1 (year 200) reunion pictures. These include many picture of those in attendance. Portland -2, and 3 to be added soon.

-(rev-A) Corrected VC10 Officers Photos: 61 Dan Selders, 71 Joseph McGraw, 72 Gene Seitz, 73 Gilliat

-As there have been some concerns from some users about the picture and sound not being on the opening page, I have uploaded a new version. Picture and sound should be fully loaded within 15 seconds for users with a basic telephone connection. Please let me know if you experience any difficulties or it seems to take an excessive amount of time. webmaster
-As I have been trying to respond to many emails and guest book entries (taken a short vacation as well) I have fallen a bit behind. New additions will be coming soon. Please take a moment and sign our guest book at the bottom of the opening (Home) page.

July 5, 2001
-Revised opening page (Home page).
-Added Special Interest page with links to George Washington, Oval Office (new), Huxtable article (new), and more.
-Moved Geo. Washington link from links menu to Special Interest page.
-Added new pictures to Photo Album: Vc10 (2 folders), Lisle and San Diego reunion pics.
-Added more links on Learn More page.
*****More to be added in approx. 2-3 weeks.*****
***** Thanks for all the guest book entries, emails and phone calls.*****

June 30, 2001
-Added Battle of Leyte Gulf reports and pictures.

June 16,2001
-Added Kissimmee/Cruise Reunion and Virginia Beach Reunion pictures.
Added links (learn more) to National Chief Petty Officer's Assoc. and USS Elokomin (AO-55)
-Added link on opening page to get Flash Player.
-Corrections.

June 14,2001:
-On the Missing In Action page, a link to a poem written by LT John P. Sanderson, VC-1O Torpedo Bomber Pilot, shortly before a fatal catapult launching which claimed the lives of L T. Sanderson and his crewmen J.L. Richards and William Zanon, on July 26, 1944, off Saipan, Marinas Islands.
-Added names of unknown to N Division picture.
-Added names to Gas Gang
-minor corrections