Pride of Pensacola, but reunion in Mobile? | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal

Pride of Pensacola, but reunion in Mobile? | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal: "Bob DiMonte wanted to bring a reunion of USS Lexington veterans to Pensacola.

After all, the aircraft carrier was based here from 1962 until it was decommissioned in 1991.

But, when the USS Lexington Association holds its reunion Sept. 16-20, some 200 veterans and spouses will be going to Mobile instead.

DiMonte, 66, the reunion's organizer, says he dropped the idea of having it in Pensacola after a Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce staffer failed to follow through on two promises to send him a package of convention, hotel and tourist information, and then suggested that DiMonte come pick up the package himself."