USS Holder Association's 26th Annual Reunion

10 October 2004 through 14 October 2004

The shipmates of the ships named USS Holder DE-401, DD-819, and DDE-819 got together in Las Vegas, Nevada at the New Frontier Hotel and Casino for their 26th reunion.

Events of the 26th USS Holder Reunion

Sunday, 10 October 2004

This was Check-in day and time to meet fellow shipmates. In the evening we opened the hospitality room.

Monday, 11 October 2004

0700 - 1000   Breakfast in the Orchard Cafe  

We boarded the buses and we were off for a tour to Lake Mead. We went aboard a Mississippi-style paddlewheel boat at Boulder City and cruised the largest man-made lake in America. After the cruise we toured Hoover Dam before returning to the hotel. We had the evening free to do what we pleased. 

Tuesday, 12 October 2004

0700 - 0900 -   Breakfast in the Orchard Cafe  

We were off again, this time by bus to Nellis Air Force Base, where we held our memorial at the Base Chapel. We had lunch at the Officers Dining Room before our tour started with a lecture about the Thunderbirds Precision Flying Team. We toured the museum and saw the Thunderbird planes out on the tarmac. After we returned to the hotel our time was free and we were on our own.  

Wednesday, 13 October 2004

0700 - 0900 -   Breakfast in the Orchard Cafe  

The Annual Business Meeting was held in the morning.  

1730 - 1900   We had a cash bar, raffle drawings, and Presentation of Colors. We also had photos taken that could be purchased later and a reunion photo album was also available.  

 We had our annual Banquet with live entertainment. We had 140 people (shipmates and guests) at the banquet. 

Thursday, 14 October 2004

  Check-out and time to leave Las Vegas to get back to normal.  

Once again we were happy to see some first timers.
They were:

• Walt Buell
• Andy Carpenter
• Leslie Deickman
• Joe Delgado
• William Grudowski
• Ron Linn
• Pete Padavana
• Carl Patfield
• Joel Pinkus
• David Scott
• Tony Zimmerman

Shipmates in attendance included: