All former ship’s company, Marines, Air Group personnel, officers and enlisted, who served aboard the U.S.S. Tarawa CV-CVA-CVS-40 and similar personnel, current or veterans of the U.S.S. Tarawa LHA-1 are eligible for membership in the U.S.S. Tarawa Veterans’ Association. Membership dues are $15 a fiscal year from July 1 to June 30. The dues cover the routine operations of the Association and the cost of printing and mailing our quarterly, Tradewinds. Only dues-paying members receive all four editions of Tradewinds every year. Although all shipmates are welcome to attend the business sessions at our annual reunions, only dues-paying members can vote on Association business. Make your check or money order payable to The U.S.S. Tarawa Veterans’ Association and mail it to our treasurer, C. Roscoe Turner, 16 South Street, Walton, New York 13856.