Attention Association Members – please see the attached document for information and links to register for the 2024 Reunion and Monument Dedication in Washington DC.

Below please find a letter from our Chairman, Paul Kaupas, with information regarding the progress on the CAP Monument, and Association Dues.

Please see the following for the current status of the 2023 reunion, in Jacksonville FL, Nov 8-13, 2023.

You will need to downlaod and print the registration form, and then send it and your payment to Deb Murphy. (Address is at the bottom of page 3)

Please see the following letter with details about the current status of the CAP Monument, and what’s next to come:

2023 CAP Unit Veterans Association REUNION Location is Jacksonville, Florida

This reunion will be at the Hilton Doubletree Riverfront Hotel, this is a beautiful location sitting on the St. Johns River. The dates are November 8 through November 13, 2023. Please see the attached PDF information and link for hotel reservations, to ensure you receive the CAP rate of $129.00 plus tax use the link. We hope to see all of you there it should be another great site for a reunion.

In addition, the 2022 Reunion photos have been posted on CAP.VET under reunions and a selection at the bottom of the home page.

(photos courtesy of Rick Frantz and Trena Philo).

CAP Unit Veterans Association Board

Just a small update to let folks know that we are working on both the 2023 Reunion being somehwere in Florida, and the 2024 Reunion being in Washington D.C.

The 2022 CAP Unit Veterans Association Reunion is now set, and accepting registrations.

This year’s Reunion will be at the Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort, in Chandler Arizona from November 9th-14th.

You can get a full agenda, booking details and registration information here:

Please print and fill out the registration form and mail it in ASAP.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Phoenix.

Dear Cap Marines,

On behalf of the board members we extend to each and every Cap Marine and spouse, a very Merry Christmas and hopefully a Happy New Year.

As a brotherhood we look forward to seeing fellow Cap Marines at the yearly reunion. However the events of 2020 changed all that.

The 2021 reunion will be in St. Louis. The information will soon be posted on Face Book and our organizational new Web Site: CAP.VET. This site replaces the previous one managed by Fred Caleffie.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Simper Fidelis

Paul Kaupas
President

Following lengthy discussion and debate via email, the board in a 7-1 vote, decided to change the location of the reunion from Ft Worth Texas to St Louis MO for our reunion in 2021.   

After the first of the year, especially with COVID-19 situation, we were given the time to fully analyze the reunion locations for the central CONUS in 2021.  Analysis of Ft Worth, TX  left some of us with discomfort when we analyzed some of the important factors to our members.  It turned out that the best place to be in Ft Worth was downtown where there is a wonderful historic cowtown area with plenty of bars, restaurants, live music, and an indoor bull riding area.  It sounded on the surface as a great place to spend a few days.  But we found out that we could NOT get a hotel downtown that would allowed us to bring in our own liquor, beer or wine or have a hospitality room large enough with enough freedom of rules to enjoy.  This was due to city or area ordinances. 

The only hotel we could meet our needs was several miles away from the downtown and was in the middle of a corn field.  Not only were the premises not attractive for hanging out, there were no places nearby to get food or drink or needs easily.  You would have to UBER, hotel van or cab down to the cowtown area if you wanted to go out for dinner or drinks.  Additionally we learned that the trip from the airport was a challenge. It involved having to get your baggage and get on a separate train that would leave you off some distance from the hotel.  After all considerations we had concerns about our aging members we didn’t think the hotel or the travel to entertainment would have pleased everyone.  

During this period Paul took a trip to analyze the St Louis venue.  He reported that it was great and he thought that our members would like it.   It is a nice hotel complex with several shops and restaurants of several different types.  The hotel management has agreed to favorable terms that will give us a large hospitality room and reasonable price on liquor and beer.  There are a number of sites in the area that make for some great trips.  We are now in that phase of preparation.  It will be, tentatively from Sept 27 till Oct 6th, 2021.  Weather looks great during that time.  Some of the trips in consideration are a trip to the Busch plant to see the famous Clydesdale Horse team.  We are also looking into a relaxing length dinner cruise on the Mississippi. The state of Missouri also has a full size Vietnam Memorial Wall approximately one hour away from our hotel. Some of our members have never been to Washington, DC Vietnam Memorial Wall so this may be a tour option. 

We think that the facilities at the Westport Complex sound totally self contained and will provide a lot of drinking, dining, coffee etc without having to go very far.   All on the premises. 

Westport Village has easy access to St. Louis airport. 

Westport Plaza

We have added a Searchable CAP Roster. This is in the same format as the Association Member Roster we already had, but is a compilation of data from Association records, and Fred Caleffie’s previous site and represents all of the CAC/CAP Marines the Association is aware of.

Searchable CAP Roster

Please look it over, check your own information, check your buddies’ information, and send us corrections through the Contact Us page.

We hope that this will prove to be a valuable resource to CAP Marines, historians, and researchers going forward.