It is unusual to find two reunions taking place in consecutive years. Up until 1975 the sequence had been every three years. Beginning with the 1977 that changed to every other year.

In 1974 the reunion was in Las Vegas while the
1975 reunion took place in Sacramento, California.

This information comes from the below photos at the

USS Helena Organization web site

In the second page is part of an article titled

THE COLD WAR YEARS

ALL HANDS MARCH 1975

1975

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