I KNOW THAT BOTH DONNA AND PHIL WEATHERWAX ARE HAVING MANY HEALTH ISSUES. WE WISH THEM A FULL AND COMPLETE RECOVERY.

THE SAME GOES FOR THE MANY MEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T KEPT IN TOUCH AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE. WERE AGING QUICKLY AND I PRAY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REGROUP NEXT OCTOBER IN NASHVILLE.

Sadly, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our 2022 Reunion in Branson. We had less than 20 registrations and reservations. Not only is that far too few to break even but too few of our fellow Seabees to gather around and tell Seabee stories.

The glitch is gone. The Reunion application will be out very soon.

It is scheduled for September 15-18 in Branson as we have tried before. Set your calendar and LET YS KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED AND WATCH FOR DETAILS. Email me, mcb3doc@gmail.com and I'll make sure to forward any details as they are confirmed 

I miss my MCB 3 FAMILY.

PLEASE TRY TO CATCH UP ON BACK DUES IF YOU CAN. THE MINIMAL EXPENSES CONTINUE.

DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION NUMBERS AND A HIGH COVID POTENTIAL IN BRANSON THIS YEAR'S REUNION WILL BE CANCELLED

MAKE SURE YOU CANCEL YOUR RESERVATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THE HOTEL ASAP TO AVOID ANY PENALTIES.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO RESCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER IN 2022. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW SOON.

SELECT THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF ANYBOARD MEMBER FROM THIS GROUPING OR CONTACT ME, HAROLD SCHRAGE AT MCB3DOC@GMAIL.COM OR 818-681-7852 FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

Thomas Banner <tom.banner@sbcglobal.net>; Arnold Delao MCB 3VRA SK <emblad@powerc.net>; Dave Walker MCB 3VRA Chap/Hist <davethreewits@sbcglobal.net>; Dennis P Strecker MCB 3 VRA Sec <seabee6768@gmail.com>;  Ray Yeatman MCB 3 Chaplain ; Ken Gordon MCB 3 VRA Treas <kb.gordon@sbcglobal.net>; Russell G Stevenson MCB 3VRA MA <rusty2647@comcast.net>; Walter Linder MCB 3 VRA VP <wvl3006@gmail.com>

I can't keep up with the website as most members have never visited it.  Please visit www.seabee3.org and sign the guestbook.

Tom Banner, President 

IGNORE THE DRAFT BACKGROUND.

PLEASE READ AND RESPOND TO THIS INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT WILL BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THE CORRECT INFO IN TO US NOW. NO CANCELLATIONS AFTER THE CUT-OFF DATE OF AUGUST 31, 2021.

NMCB-3 VRA 2021 REUNION REGISTRATION FORM

SPAM  does exist and I  will delete it when I see it.  WE DO NOT PROMOTE BUSINESS SERVICES OF ANY KIND ON THIS SITE SO PLEASE DO NOT POST ADS IN THE GUEST BOOK.

This is part of the packet you will receive very soon along with the registration packet. Please notify your buddies to watch for it and verify that we have the correct addresses for them AND FOR YOU as some of us have moved in the past few years.

This has been a horrid year second only to our time in country for stress.  We pray for a better year 2021 and hope we can meet again at our reunion in Branson. We may have lost members of our reunion family this year and may still lose more before then but they will be remembered in our hearts forever. 

We had to cancel our reunion for 2020 due to the lovely Covid 19 virus. We all hope that this will be under control soon and that we can meet again in the fall of 2021.

Our annual dues of $30 is usually collected at our reunions. I ask that you send in that amount or any you can as our expenses remain the same and we don't fundraise other than through our auctions and drawings at the meetings.

Please send your dues by check or money order payable to the NMCB3 Reunion Association. Mail it to our Treasurer, Ken Gordon, 429 Baker Avenue, Ventura, CA, 93004-1556.

Hello people. It has been a long time since I have updated anything on this site.

2020 has been a difficult year for all of us. Our world has changed drastically, and we are all trying to adjust to the new reality. All the organizations I belong to have slowed down or stalled in place. There are few meetings if any and I hope that this changes soon with better new results for Covid 19.

I have had a physically challenging year. My back issues kept me down for most of the year with a spinal surgery in March. That was followed by various infections and a subsequent surgery repairing three hernias. I am beginning to feel normal and hope to be fully active soon.

DAVIS, Vesta Ann (1946 - 2019)

Mrs. Vesta Ann Davis, 73, of Barbourville, the widow of Jackie L. Davis, passed away Tuesday morning, July 9, 2019 at Baptist Health Lexington.  She was the daughter of the late James M. and Lucille West Noe.

Those that remember her charm and southern style will know that she was 'something special' to her Jack, her family and to all of the MCB3 Veteran Reunion Association.

Our group has presented a wreath to be there at the service. I hope that someone local can attend and represent us.

Hey Doc,
William Wiley sent me a message that someone had left a 67-68 cruise book at a joint reunion in Colorado. If you can email our guys And see if any one knows who’s it is.

Please contact Walt Linder at wvl3006@gmail.com if this is yours and you left it in Colorado.

December 8, 2018

RE: NMCB 3 2019 Reunion Hotel and Agent Orange Silver Rose Application Info:

Hello to all my fellow Seabees:

I hope everyone is doing well and all of you and your families have a very Happy Holidays.

Curtis Stagner served with 3 from 87 - 89 in Alpha Company. He lost all of his since then and wants to remember toe GOOD times. Any other guys from that era around to help him?

1/18/19   Gene sent me this email about Gerry. I received it yesterday and just checked my email today. Let’s put the word out. I am only able to send it quickly to those I have emails on. If y’all let everybody you are in contact with know the word will get out. Don’t email me and ask if so and so is on my list, just contact them. That would be easier. If I already have let them know I’m sure they’ll let you know I did.

The Vietnam Warrior’s Lament

 Was it a war or was it not, a time of flux for some of us 

 A tumultuous time, a time to pray, a time of conflict, we tucked away

 At times we share a look inside, a soul so numb, so vilified 

 We keep inside, those horrid thoughts, we brand ourselves a deadman’s walk

 In combat once, civilian now, a troubled soul which won’t resolve

 To we who know, a brotherhood, to others though, misunderstood

 Address us now, this emptiness, this fragile man, this hopelessness 

 Regarded us then how ere you must, so quick to judge with vile repress 

 Come back again and tell us now, how good we were, a hero child

 Once driven by uncertainty, a cost so high, a travesty 

 With dreams that steal our minds it seems, those wretched haunts we can’t redeem

JAMES A. PIMENTAL

This will be our 19^th Annual Reunion.  It has been almost 50 years for a lot of us since we came home. As time goes by, ever so quickly, we all need to take the time and the opportunity to stay in touch with each other whenever possible.

This year we will be holding our Reunion at the:

Residence Inn Arlington Capital View

2850 S Potomac Ave

Arlington, VA  22202

PH# 703-413-1300

You can register to receive all the updates made to this website by registering. It's easy.  On the news page you will se a Mailing List box on the right ubder the color banner. Click on it and you will be lead to a mailing list subscription form. Fill in the boxes and click I'm not a robot and we will know you're out there. You will be to the list.

 IF YOU AREN'T GETTING EMAIL,  SEND ME YOUR CURRENT INFORMATION AND I'LL ADD YOU TO THE LIST? Name, address, city, state and Zip code. Email and phone INFORMATION is also requested. 

mcb3doc@gmail.com 

I received notice of her passing yesterday and need to post a note about this spirited lady. She has been an active part of this MCB3 reunion group since WAAAY before it started. She met and married David (Dave) back in Port Hueneme and has enriched our lives with her humor, her story telling ability and the ability to organize things.

Please help us remember our fallen brothers that may have been missed before. Send the names of the departed to:

Dennis Strecker, SWF 2, MCB 3   

DaNang 65, Chu Lai 66-67, Phu Bai 67-68

Victor Horvath, President *

Tom Banner, 1st VP *

Walt Linder, 2nd VP

Dennis Strecker, Secretary

Kenneth Gordon, Treasurer *

James Pimental, Master-at-Arms

Dave Walker, Chaplain/Historian

Gilbert 'Ray' Yeatman, Chaplain

Harold Schrage, Webmaster

Officer names with stars are for a 2 year period until 2019. The others expire at the 2018 reunion when those offices are selected agian, perhaps by the same good people.

At 1729 hours, September 22, 2017, muster was held by the 4th Squad, 2nd Platoon Charlie Company MCB3. The names were called loud and clear - until coming to SHOTWELL, LEE - which was followed by silence. The name was called the second time, again followed by silence. When called the third time, I believe I heard a voice from above which said ´His watch is over, Lee is now present and accounted.

UNITED STATES NAVY

CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS

CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS

100TH ANNIVERSARY

MARCH 2, 1967 SEABEES

IN

ACTION

SEABEES

25TH ANNIVERSARY

MARCH 5, 1967

c.1

STORY OF THE SEABEES

WORLD WAR II TO VIETNAM

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND

MILITARY READINESS - SEABEES - CODE 06A

WASHINGTON. D. C. 20390

202 OXFORD 77177, 77178

U.S. NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS

"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS - WE BUILD, WE FIGHT"

"CAN DO!"

....... .

VOL. XXIV, No. 5 U.S. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER, PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA 4 MARCH 1966

The Seabee Tradition

BY LCDR W. D. MIDDLETON

THE NAVY'S Seabees were less than six months old when their

first unit came under fire early in World War II. Only

three weeks after the Marines assaulted the beaches of Guadalcanal

in August 1942, Seabees of the Sixth Naval Construction

Battalion followed them ashore to begin the difficult job of converting

This year, 2017 is the 75th anniversary of the best group of men America ever sent to war. Their history is amazing and we should rejoice in our contributions to the CEC/Seabee tradition. Please celebrate this momentous day with me in your typical CAN DO fashion.

Howard D. Eskridge (K9GYI), 71, passed away peacefully in his country home near Tuscola, IL on Friday, December 9, 2016 surrounded by family and his favorite furry friend, Miss Sadie Schnauzer.

Howard was born May 15, 1945 in Decatur, IL, the son of Homer and Grace (Howell) Eskridge. He married Kathryn (Meyer) in 1979. On June 29, 1986, he married Judy (Blain) Henderson in Arcola, IL. She survives.

Also surviving are his daughters, Kendra Chriss of Gibson City and Jodi Samsa of Chicago, along with granddaughters, Elise Chriss and Ava Samsa. Howard is also survived by his sister, Judy Day of Tampa, FL and several nieces and nephews.

He received a BS in Business from Milliken University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Governor’s State.

I KNOW THAT I AM RUNNING THE WEBSITE BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR OTHERS TO CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES, JOKES, FACTS, COMPLAINTS, ETC.

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THIS WEBSITE AS A FRIEND OR MEMBER. SEND YOUR REQUEST TO ME BY PULLING DOWN THE SUPPORT ARROW ABOVE AND USING THE CONTACT US BUTTON.

UPDATES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ENTERED. I'M SENDING NOTIFICATION TO ALL MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AS THEY ARE ENTERED. THE REST IS UP TO YOU BUT I AM WILLING TO HELP YOU DO THIS. Keep us updated with a current mailing address and let us know the names of lost members for our memorial list.

You can log on by entering your email address. Click forgot password and a temporary one will be sent to you. You have the opportunity to change your password to something you remember. Please look at the information. Did I fail to make you a member or make any errors?

You all can help me by updating your information for now.

I have reattached the MCB3 history from 1950 to 1967. Does anyone have a summary of events that followed after that so I can add more to our ABOUT US section under the SUPPORT pull down?

PLEASE CREATE A FEW SHORT ARTICLES, NEWS, SPECIAL DATES, ETC. TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ME TO CUT AND PASTE IN HERE. PLEASE SPELL CHECK IT BEFORE YOU SEND IT. I ALSO WANT A SINGLE PICTURE TO POST ALONGSIDE YOUR NAME. PLEASE SEND THAT AS A JPEG ATACHMENT. You can also send me small photo albums like mine to begin with. We’ll get fancy later.

I am saddened to report the passing of our brother, John LePera, the ultimate Seabee patriot. He fought a hard battle this past year dealing with his Agent Orange complications and succumbed on Tuesday morning, February 23rd.

John was born on January 29, 1948 and passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. John was a resident of Surfside Beach, South Carolina at the time of his passing. John was a proud veteran of the United States Navy Seabees. He was married to Illona and is survived by 3 sons and 5 grandchildren.

John has been involved in all of our reunions until his health issues forced him away. We will miss him dearly.

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