1997
Columbus, Ohio

1997 Reunion
L to R Top: Gerald Neale, Floyd Helm, Bill Backs, Jerry Butler, Ben Phillips, Ed Stickrod, Dave Bernardy, Dale Hess.
Bottom: Lyle Vanderbrook, Wayne Barnes, Max Bohn, Mel Barth,
James Wallace, Gus Cone

The 1997 14th USASA Field Station Reunion was held in June in Columbus, Ohio.

Fourteen guys showed up, along with many of their wives. Activities included golf, dinner, video and slide shows (although Max Bohn brought the wrong slides), and poking fun at one another on Saturday, and a Sunday morning breakfast.

Those who attended are pictured at left.

Max Bohn, Dale Hess, Bill Backs,
Mel Barth, & Ben Phillips

Bill Backs & Mel Barth

Gerald Neale, Ben Phillips & Dale Hess

Saturday Golf
Mel Barth, Lyle Vanderbrook,
Bill Backs & Ben Phillips

Sunday Breakfast
Wife of Floyd Helm, Max Bohn, Ben Phillips, Mel & Ylonne Barth,
Gerald Neale, and David Bernardy

Ben Phillips, with headset
and trying to get into his uniform.

Wayne Barnes & Jerry Butler

Dale Hess & James Wallace

Lyle & Ami Vanderbrook

Unknown Feet, Ben Phillips, Floyd Helm, Gerald Neale,
Gus Cone, Bill Backs, and James Wallace

At left: Lyle Vanderbrook & Ed Stickrod; Max Bohn with onion rings; Ben Phillips presenting Mel Barth with the Formosa medal he never received; and the cake.