Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans

Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans

Here are some events you can attend in 2015 with other destroyer vets.  Our next ship reunion will be in Pensacola in 2016.

Reunion- San Antonio - 2-6 OCT 2013

Hotel

Doubletree by Hilton Hotel San Antonio – Downtown

502 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd.| San Antonio, TX 78207

Phone: 210.388-0355 | Fax: 210.224.9130 | Hotel: 210.224.7155

Our rates are $99.00 a night and includes breakfast for 2

Approximate taxi fare from the Airport is $27.00

Reunion schedule

Wednesday Oct 2^nd – Reunion begins – Meet and greet in hospitality room

Thursday Oct 3^rd – Hop on hop off tours of San Antonio are $19 for one day and the hotel shuttle will take us to the pickup point. There is also an air conditioned trolley tour for $29 with a 2 day pass (days do not have to be consecutive) that will pick us up at the hotel. – Tours to be taken at your leisure – Hospitality room in the evening.

Friday Oct 4^th – Bus trip to Fredericksburg WWII museum - Entry cost is $8 each. We are estimating transportation plus the entry cost to the museum to be approximately $30 each – Lunch is on your own and there are many nice restaurants close by the museum – Hospitality room in the evening

http://www.fredericksburgtexas-online.com/

http://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/index.asp

Saturday Oct 5^th – River cruise. The cost is $6.00 each and the hotel will be providing free shuttle service

http://www.riosanantonio.com/?page_id=2

Farewell Dinner

Sunday Oct 6^th – Shift colors - ship underway - until next year

PRINT THIS AND CONTACT DETAILS (PDF)

SHIPS STORE ITEMS

For the next few months - consider getting some ships store items from Joseph Allen who keeps these for sale for the organization.  Here is a link to the information you need. Print out the page and make up an order. Caps - crests - rockers - etc.

And The Banjo Played On | USO

And The Banjo Played On | USO
USS Franklin has a close relationship to USS O'Callahan.

Agent Orange - blue water navy

Recently - there is a greater interest in assigning AO claims to the BLUE WATER Navy. We have some sailors who could use the VA help given their current conditions.  Here are some LINKS to help you sort out your exposure for  claims.  Several of our crew are now on the list for VA health benefits, having had some help from the documents and links provided.

ACTION REPORT 1
ACTION REPORT 2
ACTION REPORT 3
ACTION REPORT 4

DECK LOGS 73- (JAN1-JAN31) (cease fire Jan 27)
DECK LOGS 71-(AUG1-SEP7)
DECK LOGS 70 (APR 5-20)

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - VIDEO

LETTER of EXPLANATION (Veteran support letter)
BLUE WATER AWARENESS for AO (offered by USS Bainbridge's Mike Yates

Agent Orange claims ease
for shipboard sailors -

There may be some USS O'Callahan sailors who served in these units as well. This link was contributed by Joseph Allen. One sailor had earlier asked if the deck log of O'Callahan might show of his temporary assignment to a PBR and shore activity that would verify his exposure to agent orange. I am not sure if those logs would show the unit assigned but the logs are housed in naval archives in Washington D.C.

Information from Answers.com

USS O'Callahan: Information from Answers.com
Our ship is featured in wikimedia.com !
Nice detail entry with photos.

From Here To Eternity Tribute

Just for fun folks. Maybe we should all rent this movie and watch it again soon. This was my only impression of Hawaii before O'Callahan pulled into Pearl.

USS Blue DD-744 WestPac 1969 - 1970 part 1

Enjoy the footage. Some of these ships were with O'Callahan in Pacific deployments.

Story about Fr. O'Callahan

Click on the link to read the Irish Catholic blog.

clipped from irishcatholichumanist.blogspot.com Jesuit Chaplain Wins Medal of Honor, 1945

Return to the Philippines

This article by RADM McKinnon is a must read for anyone who ever was in port in Subic Bay or Cubi Point.