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Shipmates,
The weather is getting warmer, and the days are getting longer. It is time to make plans for the 2025 Annual USS Goldsborough DDG20 reunion. This year’s reunion will be in Albuquerque at The Sheraton uptown, September 28th through October 2nd.
Bob Franklin has another great reunion planned. Sunday is meet and greet during registration. This year we are only scheduling one day of activities on Tuesday. We will tour The Museum of Nuclear Science and History followed by lunch. We will then travel to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center before returning to the hotel. Monday and Wednesday will be free days to allow you to pick from the many different activities Albuquerque has to offer. Some may want to take the Sandia Peak Tram up the mountain or take a hot air balloon ride while others may like old town or some of the museums and galleries. You may want to go up to Santa Fe or go to a casino. There is no shortage of things to do.
As we are having our reunion a week earlier due to the International Balloon Festival starting on October 3rd , there will be lots of balloon activities besides all the other activities Albuquerque has to offer.
Thursday we will have our memorial service prior to the business meeting and of course the banquet and auction will be in the evening. If you are planning on attending the reunion, please get your registration in and room reservations in as soon as possible. This helps to schedule the bus and meals and to make sure we have enough rooms blocked off at the hotel. We will be staying at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown. Like most everything else, the room rates are higher this year, $159.00 a night which includes breakfast for 2, but the reunion registration is less, $175.00. Our room rate is good from September 25th – October 2nd. If you would like to extend your reservation to experience the Balloon Fiesta, the hotel is offering a special group rate of $309, based on availability.
Please use the following link to book your room:
Book your group rate for USS Goldsborough
We have received word from the following who are planning on attending:
Bill & Pat Biller
Peter & Nobuko Boyd
Virgel Cain
Mike & Jane Crumpton
Larry & Cynthia Fry
Jim Haag, Tony Haag, Mike & Christy Haag
Jon Heck
Gerald “Jerry” King
Jonathan Olson
Christine Satterstrom & Ginger Bennett
Bill Schmitt
Jim Swartz & Luan McQuown
Pat & Connie Taylor
Jim & Lisa Vallin
James Villasenor
Max Vonderhorst
Ted & Donna Wolf
Many of us have changed a little since serving on the “Goldy”. If you have not previously submitted a picture of when you were on board the “Goldy”, we are asking you to send a picture to help jog our memory a little.
If you have never attended a reunion, you will find it is a great time. Whether there is anyone you served with on the Goldy or not, you will find we are all brothers who served, and our spouse and friends all have a great time hearing our stories and spending time together. The tours and areas we visit are a great way to see this great country. Our reunions rotate across the country every 3 years to make it as convenient as possible for shipmates to attend. We are always looking 2 years ahead to find a great place and shipmates to host a reunion. The 2026 reunion will be in Biloxi, Mississippi hosted by Bob Franklin. The 2027 reunion will be in the Eastern time zone, so we will be deciding on that at this year’s meeting. If you would like to host it, we have plenty of shipmates that will help you get through it. Hope to see you this year or at one of the future reunions.
Hope to see you in Albuquerque!!!
Bill Biller
HT2 77-80
