Melbourne High School - Mel Hi Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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MelHi Class of 59 X Roll Coll Agnes In Memnnum Dun Garnett Ed Cossaboom Jim Crane Lee Cressman Eitel Mickey Goodenough Platt Roscoe Rocky Grider, Ir. Hay Hadley Joy Hampton Brabham Lisa Uverstreet Drury Judith Ann Preset Thomas Arthur Pinot Jimmy Alton Willis Edward Patrick Wynne Lt. Don Cornett, about to board the transport ship MAURICE ROSE, three months before he was killed in Vietnam in November 1965. ur MelHi classmate, US Army Znd Lt. flnfantryj Donald Cornett was killed in Vietnam at the infamous Battle of Ia Drang Valley at Landing Zone ILZJ Albany The Battle of Ia Drang Valley has been memorialized in the book - which became the Mel Gibson movie - We Were Soldiers Then...and Young, by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore fRet.J, the U.S. commander at LZ X-Ray and U.S. News Senior Writer joseph L. Galloway who as a reporter for United Press International was present throughout the fight at X-Ray From the book comes a chilling account of the lesser-known second part of the battle, the desperate encounter at LZ Albany - the deadliest one- day battle of the Vietnam War. Excerpt: As dawn broke over Landing Zone Albany on Thursday November 18, the Americans began slowly expanding their perimeter, moving out into the woods. The battlefield was silent now. For Pat Payne of the Reconnaissance Platoon, shock set in when the searchers returned with the body of Lt. Don Cornett, the much loved executive officer of Charlie Company His face was truned to the side, Payne remembers. He looked like he was asleep. A helicopter landed and stirred the wind. Cornett's hair blew in the breeze and it was beyond my comprehension that such a wonderful person had been killed. Photo courtesy .lim Lawrence, a friend of Don's in Vietnam.

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Glass ut '59 REUNIUN 2003 Melbourne High School Classes of1958 and 1359 Joint Reunion October 24 and 25, ZUU3 at the Melbourne Beach Uceanfront Hilton Hotel Melbourne, Florida Pnoonnm Flunnv, llcronen 24'ru Get Re-Acquainted Cocktail Party S-1U pm Uceansicle Patio Snrunnnv, llcronen 25'rH Champagne Brunch 9-10:30 am Saturday Evening Cocktails B pm Dinner 7 pm Dancing to Uur Uldies B-1U pm OK to insert nonsense where appropriate!

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Roll Call X MelHi Class of 59 Classmates We've losl coniaci with many of our classmates! Have coniacl info? See page ll. Listed alphabetically by last name, as we knew 'em Married last name Spouse Abraham, Carol A. Marion Wendall 16830 Neenach Road, Apple Valley CA 92307 760.247.5929 Albritton, Gloria Bemice Beckwith 3833 Seagrove Lane, Melbourne FL 32904 Bissey, Larry Ian Box 622, Pie Town NM 87827 505.772.2521 1jb59ml1sCQyahoo.com Boring, Rosetta 321.984.4093 gloriaQfit.edu Bottomley' Alice EH?abefh Amit Anderson, Richard Donald Baker, Sara lSal1yJ Lydia 647 Newport Ave, Grover Beach CA 93433 2231 WluOWV16W Dr, Rlchmond TX 77469 281.238.0907 alicearndtG.Dao1.com Braynard, Gary Lynn Sbaker3921CQearthlink.com Bridges' Glenn D' 8850 Park Byrd Rd, Lakeland FL 33810 B313-ZS, SfePheIl lSteveJ E1'H05f 863.688.0480 flo1'ida.kitchensCQaol.com PO Box 942, Ogunquit, ME 03907 BI'00kS, BHIDZIEI. A1111 P6Cl.61' 984 Peachland Ave NE, Palm Bay FL 32907 Banks, Linda Virginia Shatzer 605 Greenwood Manor Circle, West Melbourne FL 32905 321.723-9284 1.ShatzerCQwor1dnet.att.net Brooks, Nancy Brown, Donald Brollet Barnette, Lou Ann Platt jack deceased Bryant, Carole Vivian 504 Parkside Place, Indian Harbour Bch FL 32937 ' 321.777.3131 Baron, Dorothy lDottieJ jean Nelson Steve 5037 Toproyal Lane, Jacksonville FL 904.242.2534 dne1son642C.Daol.com new address after January 2004 Behm, jeny William Benskin, John Bruce 1822 Sabal Palm Dr, Melbourne FL 32934 Buckholz, Fred Bruce 1060 Geneva St, Livermore CA 94550 Bugg, William Edmunds Butler, Bettie Butler, Martha Warren Byers, Richard Cairnes, Carolyn 321.751.4414 800 Riverside Dr, lndialantic FL 32903 Benson, Lanny Carlton Ben'y, Bill 321.723.4381 cnenstielCQao1.com Capek, Patricia lPatJ Jane Carpenter, Carol Lynnette Robbins Edwards Nenstiel Smith ? Rob Jared