Dayton 2025

Bill Walker one of the Lancers from the Vietnam War

introduces a reunion 50 years in the making, at the Dayton Hope Hotel

Steve Crimm, John McGarr, Bill Walker, David Strassman, Howard Strickler, Tim Pasquarelli, 

Steve Smith (RS 16), Don Pipes, Dana Lane, Andy Archer, Bill Griffith, Barry Beard, Dan Bush, Allan Milberger, 

Dan Pegg, Curt Smith, Bill Walker, Jerry Chandler

Howard Strickler “Doc”

Dan Bush “Bushwacker”

John McGarr, Don Pipes, Dan Bush, David Strassman, Howard Strickler, Tim Pasquarelli, Bill Griffith, Dana Lane

Tim Pasquarelli, Bill Griffith, Dan Bush

Tim Pasquarelli

Dan Bush

A special thanks to Gary Bowman who put together a goodie bag for all the Lancer attendees and once again for Bill and Denise putting together a very memorable reunion🚁

Bill Walker

Thank you, Bushwacker! It was such a pleasure to try to make it a special reunion for the most remarkable men I have ever known. Great wives, too!

Gary Bowman

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Bill Walker

It was a great weekend and I’m so glad that so many Lancers got to record their stories for posterity. Denise showed me Tim’s post about the breadcrumbs leading to our luncheon in the museum. I have to confess that being a Warrant, I mistook them for croutons and ate them all, explaining why some had trouble finding us. Finally, this video reminds me of attending mandatory drug meetings conducted by RLOs and our responses. 17

Walter White

Help me out. I am trying to put names with faces. Steve Crimm, John McGarr, David Strassman, Howard Strickler, Tim Pasquarelli, Steve Smith (RS 16), Don Pipes, Dana Lane, Andy Archer, Bill Griffith, Barry Beard, Dan Bush,

Allan Milberger, Dan Pegg, Curt Smith, Bill Walker, Jerry Chandler

Dan Bush

Once again, thank you, Dave and Cheryl Strassman and vortex for the wonderful raffle gifts, I can’t wait to site my new scope in🚁

Bill Walker

Me, too, Dave. Thank you so, so much for the scope, and everything else you donated! Bill

Tim Pasquarelli

Yes, the drawing was outstanding. Dave Strassman brought 12 or 14 items plus hats and other memorabilia donated by the top optics manufacturer, Vortex. Probably $4,000 to $5,000 worth of optics from binoculars to range finders and scopes. The photo below shows an example.

We learned so much about each other and ourselves. Example: Dave Strassman formed, equipped and owned/ran an asphalt paving company for 50 years. That’s an incredible feat if you know anything about construction.

Steve (RS16)

Don’t believe anything Pegg says about me. 😏😏

Tim Pasquarelli

Someone suggested we bring to Dayton a then and now photo.

We really didn’t get around to it. Let’s get’er done.

Then:

Now:

Maybe if everyone does this and we can put them in a special section on our website.