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Show the more than 200 veterans who have registered for the reunion, will have an opportunity to remin- ' isce with one of their former commanders. com-manders. Admiral James Fife, who retired recently after more than 40 years of Naval Service. Admiral Fife will review changes in the submarines over the past 12 years and discuss the "Outlook for Submarines." Officially called "Submarine Veterans Ve-terans of World War II," this is the third annual reunion and the first to be held in the center of the Navy's submarine activity. Besides Be-sides the base, school and ship- . yard, Groton is also the headquarters headquar-ters of the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Submar-ine Force. Many of the submariners will arrive early to participate in submarine sub-marine cruises which are being arranged by Fleet Submarine Force. Cruises have been scheduled sched-uled for two days prior to the opening of the convention. i :r ; i u v r sea, Customers shopping in the South East Furniture Store, Saturday, were greeted by beautiful Miss USA, Charlotte Sheffield, who served as hostess. Submarine Vets Reunion. Sept. 13 When the submarine veterans of World War II hold their reunion here Sept. 13-15, besides reminiscing reminisc-ing they will get first hand information infor-mation about the Navy's atomic submarines. From the first skipper of the USS Nautilus, Captain Eugene P. Wilkinson, they will get an account ac-count of that sub's operations with the fleet during the two and one-half one-half years he was aboard. And during a tour of General Dynamics Corporation's Electric Boat shipyard, where the trio of A-subs, Nautilus, Seawolf, and Skate were built, they will see other oth-er nuclear submarines under construction. con-struction. Eilkinson, now attending the Naval Na-val War College at Newport, R.I., will address the submarine veterans vet-erans during the Saturday, Sept. 14 luncheon session at the Gris-wold Gris-wold Hotel. Prior to the noon session, ses-sion, the former submariners will tour the shipyard and visit the nearby U.S. Naval Submarine Base, where the Navy maintains its Submarine School. At the banquet Saturday night |