Reunion News
The 2025 CV/CVA 19 Reunion will be in San Antonio, Texas at the
Holiday Inn San Antonio - Riverwalk,
217 N St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
September 26, 2025 to October 3, 2025
The First reunion was in Boston in 1980; 1982 in San Diego; 1984 in Charleston; 1986 in Chicago; 1988 in New Orleans; 1990 in Las Vegas; 1992 in Seattle; 1994 in Virginia Beach; 1996 in Corpus Christi;1998 in New York; 2000 in San Diego; 2002 in New Orleans;2004 in San Francisco;2006 in Charleston; 2008 in San Diego; 2010 in Washington D.C; 2012 in Chicago; 2014 in Jacksonville; 2016 in San Diego; 2018 Kansas City; 2021 Charleston SC; 2023 Reno NV.
Reunion Update from Mike Greene
2nd Vice President USS Hancock CV/CVA 19 Association
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Hello fellow shipmates, by now I hope everyone is back and fully recovered from our 2023 Hancock Reunion in Sparks Nevada. There were over 100 attendees and everyone I talked to really enjoyed the week in the Reno area. The tours were fun and informative and shopping in Virginia City was the highlight for my wife Billie and her new silver and opal neckless and matching earrings. The fascinating story of the Donner Party and how they became trapped in the Sierra mountains during the winter and had to resort to cannibalism to survive the winter, what a wild story of our early pioneers. The oysters shack at the Nugget was my favorite restaurant with the fresh fish offerings and my wife liked the fried shrimp. The chicken fried steak at Rosies was pretty good too.
I also wanted to give everyone an update on the Reunion Scholarship program we offered for the first time for members who would like to attend the reunions but lack the funds to make the trip possible. We had 4 members who were accepted and 3 of them were able to make the trip. It was the first time to attend the reunion for all of the scholarship winners and I can tell you for sure they really had a good time and plan to make it again in San Antonio for 2025’s reunion. Those of you who missed the Reno reunion, don’t make that mistake again and make sure you make it to San Antonio as we are all getting older and you never know how much longer you will be able to attend. God Bless and stay safe and keep it headed into the wind.
Sincerely,
Mike and Billie Greene
