Boucher Ship Model Installation Ceremony

November 17, 2011-11AM

The installation ceremony of the 1929 model by Horace E. Boucher of USS Houston CA-30 at the National Museum of the US Navy is now a proud memory of over 100 of our USS Houston survivors, families and friends who attended it on Thursday, 17 November 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Though the upcoming December issue of the Blue Bonnet will provide detailed coverage of the installation event, we want to draw your attention to an article published in the website of the Naval Historical Foundation at: www.navyhistory.org/2011/11/uss-houston-survivors/

Master Craftsman, Michael Aufiero has provided the Association with an amazing slide show. The slide show chronicles the construction, delivery and installation of the model case to the National Museum of the Navy in Washington, D.C. The photos are stunning!

Model Slide Show

In the photo is (from left to right the family of CW04 Arthur R. DuHaime: David his wife Christine and baby Aidan (almost 3). Spouse Anne DuHaime, Dave's Kira (8). Ray's Cole (8), Dave's Ian (5), Ray's Emily (12) and wife Siobhan, and Ray DuHaime.

Not in this photo is Arthur's youngest James DuHiame and his two children Carter and Katie. Brandon Petro (14), David DuHaime's stepson is absent from the photo as well.

Behind the family is the model of the USS Houston that was unveiled in Washington DC on November 17, 2011

Reservations can be made by calling toll free 888-421-1442 or 402-592-6464 or online at: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/USSHOUSTON

Reunion 2011 Photos courtesy of the Flynn, Ranger and other Families

Survivors and Shipmates in attendance:

Front Center: Basil Bunyard. Back, left to right: Marvin and Helen Sizemore; Bill Ingram, Sylvia and Howard Brooks, David and Donna Flynn, Ray Kester

USS Houston CA-30 Survivors Association and Next Generations

Today, our Association continues to perpetuate the memory of the ship and
her courageous crewmen. Efforts of many others have helped to remember the
ship and her crew, as well. A beautiful Monument stands today in the City of Houston as
a permanent rememberance of USS HOUSTON (CA-30). Names of all crewmen
are inscribed on its sides.

Since the Monument was dedicated in 1995, our Association
members (survivors, as well as family members and friends of those who served aboard
USS HOUSTON) have gathered in March of each year at the monument site to remember
and to honor all of her gallant crew who fought during the HOUSTON's last stand on
1 March 1942. If you'd like to join the Association, click here for a membership form.

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Contact us at email: contact@usshouston.org

Survivor Bill Ingram is a star!

The Florida Veterans Project recently completed a documentary entitled Prisoners of War-Stolen Freedom. It is the story of 4 POWs and recently aired in Jacksonville, FL. Bill Ingram's story represents the World War II era POW.

SECOND

USNA FOUNDATION PERMANENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNER ANNOUNCED MARCH, 2011

At the 2009 Reunion, the Scholarship Committee announced the establishment of a PERMANENT scholarship with the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation which will be awarded FOREVER. The ‘USS Houston CA-30 Memorial Scholarship’ will be awarded at least biennially. This scholarship affords a prospective candidate to the U.S. Naval Academy a complete year of preparatory cadet school training prior to entrance into the U.S. Naval Academy. With the additional academic year, the graduation success rate for an Officer in the US Navy/Marines during the subsequent four years at the Naval Academy is significantly increased. What a fitting, everlasting memorial to the sacrifices made by the brave men of the USS Houston CA-30! We appreciate the generosity of the USS Houston CA-30 Survivors Association & Next Generations members and others who so unselfishly donated funds in the drive to establish this permanent scholarship.

The USS Houston CA-30 Memorial Scholarship The USS Houston CA-30 Memorial Scholarship, a scholarship established by the USS Houston CA-30 Survivors Association in memory of the ship and her men "Still Standing Watch Over Sunda Strait" is Lenue Gilchrist, III from San Antonio, TX, a graduate from Randolph High School in San Antonio, TX. His parents are both Air Force Officers and spent his childhood in numerous different locations. Lenue earned ten varsity letters, four track, four cross country and two basketball. He earned various recognitions in all sports and served as team captain on each team his senior year. Lenue attended Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, PA, this year under Foundation sponsorship.

Click here for USS Houston CA-30 Survivors' Association Annual Internal Scholarship Award Application