2011 St Petersburg Reunion Photos

Oflag 64 Reunion

St. Petersburg, Florida

October 13-16, 2011

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St. Petersburg Skyline at night (Google Image)

Our Hotel - Hilton Bayfront
St. Petersburg

Registration - Hospitality Room & Annette Secor Nelson

Hospitality Room
l-r: Pat Bender, Arlene Rosenthal, Nancy Klinkenborg, Janet Ellsworth. Seated front: George Rosenthal

Hospitality Room - l-r: George Rosenthal, Sid Thal
Standing: Bill Caldwell

Hospitality Room l-r: Sid Thal, Maria Christmann, Rosa Lee
Standing: Annette Secor Nelson

Hospitality Room - Oflag 64 Banner

Hospitality Room - Oflag 64 Flag
l-r: Sid Thal, Maria Christmann, Rosa Lee, Pat Bender

Hospitality Room - Oflag 64 Drawing by Jim Bickers (loaned by Annette Secor Nelson)

St. Petersburg from the Hospitality Room window looking to the right

St. Petersburg from the Hospitality Room window looking to the left

Entrance to the Chihuly Museum in St. Petersburg

Chihuly Museum - sculpture made of plastic

Chihuly Museum - windshield glass encased in wire mesh

Chihuly Museum - paintings and glasswork on display in the museum lobby

Chihuly Museum - glasswork display in the museum lobby

Chihuly Museum - “Mille Fiori” (a thousand flowers)
Google Photo (photos were not allowed within the museum itself)

Chihuly Museum - glasswork lit from above to enhance the beauty of the work
Google Photo

Chihuly Museum - glasswork called “Persians”
Google Photo

Chihuly Museum - Niijima Floats
Google Photo

Chihuly Museum - glass sculpture fashioned from neon tubes
Google Photo

Bird of Paradise - near the Chihuly Museum

Tropical flower in the Hilton Hotel garden

Downtown St. Petersburg

“The Pier” - restaurant and shops contained within the structure

The Columbian restaurant located within The Pier
Seated l-r: Herm Littman, Jeff Bender, Pat Bender, Pat Cochran

The Columbian restaurant located within The Pier
Seated l-r: Mike Littman, Herm Littman, Jeff Bender

The Columbian restaurant located within The Pier
Seated l-r: “Doc” Di Francesco, Sid Thal, Maria Christman, Jim Littman, Mike Littman

The Columbian restaurant located within The Pier
Seated l-r: George Rosenthal, Arlene Rosenthal, Anne Kreutzer, Karen Rossi

The Columbian restaurant located within The Pier
Seated l-r: Herm Littman, Chris Littman, Jeff Bender, Pat Bender, Pat Cochran

The Columbian restaurant located within The Pier
Seated l-r: Pat Cochran, Janet Ellsworth, Bill Caldwell, Nancy Klinkenborg, Ray Klinkenborg

“The Pier” at night

St. Petersburg at night from “The Pier”

Holocaust Museum Entrance
St. Petersburg

Holocaust Museum - boxcar and displays
(Google Image - photos were not allowed within the museum itself)

Holocaust Museum - displays near the entrance
(Google Image)

The Dalí Museum entrance

Dalí Museum - bench in the “melting” style outside the museum walls

Dalí Museum - glasswork as seen from inside the museum walls - (Google Image - photos were not allowed within the museum itself)

Dalí Museum = Golden Spiral staircase within the museum (Google Image)

Dalí Museum - glasswork as seen outside the museum (Google Image)

Dalí Museum - Painting
(Google Image)

Dalí Museum - “Discovery of America” painting
(Google Image)

St. Petersburg trolley outside the Dalí Museum

St. Petersburg architecture and plant life

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l=r: George Rosenthal, Arlene Rosenthal, Anne Kreutzer. Background: Bill Caldwell

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Anne Kreutzer, Karen Rossi, George Rosenthal, Arlene Rosenthal

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Richard Peterson, Pat Bender, Pat Cochran, “Doc” Di Francesco

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Jimmie Kanaya, Dorothy Warthen, Ellen Warthen, Lynn Kanaya

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Phil Lester, Chris Littman, Carole Lester, Herm Littman, Mike Littman

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated: Jim Littman

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Jeff Bender, Rosa Lee, Sid Thal, Maria Christmann

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Ray Klinkenborg, Nancy Klinkenborg

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Tiffany Skidmore, Willow Skidmore, Walt Skidmore, Conner Skidmore, Tyler Skidmore

Breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room
Seated l-r: Janet Ellsworth, Elodie Caldwell, Bill Caldwell

Marcia Kanners on her way to breakfast in the Hilton’s Tangerine Room

Kriegies and families on the bus to MacDill Air Force Base

MacDill AFB - Tour Guides
Airman Ellis and Airman Shelby in front of the “Mess” hall.

MacDill AFB Operations Center for Coalition Forces

MacDill AFB Radar and Communications Dome

MacDill AFB Security Police Boats that patrol the waterway next to the base

MacDill AFB coalition leadership
l-r: Brigadier General Jens Praestegaard from the Netherlands
Colonel Dylong from Poland, Colonel Lenny Richoux from the USA

MacDill AFB coalition team with Kriegies standing l-r: Col. Lenny Richoux, Sid Thal, Brig. Gen. Jens Praestegaard, George Rosenthal, Jimmie Kanaya, Col. Dylong, Ray Klinkenborg. Seated l-r: “Doc” Di Francesco, Herm Littman