• Preserve the military record, and naval history of the U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167, and to perpetuate the memory of her service. Honor those who gave their lives in the service of this country while aboard U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167.
• Comfort those who lost family, shipmates, and friends aboard the U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167.

Membership is open to all who meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Must have served aboard the U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167 Any U.S. Navy, U.S. Army or Allied Forces stationed, serving or involved in operations aboard U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167 Any relative of anyone stationed, serving or involved in operations aboard U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167
• Parties interested in preserving the Naval History of U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167

The first reunion was held in 1993 in Westchester County, New York. The second reunion was held in Washington, DC in 1995 and Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Jr was gracious enough to speak, at the Lincoln Memorial, to the family members, survivors of the mining in remembance of the 25 killed on November 1, 1968. Subsequently, in 1999, The Westchester County Association (LST-1167) was incorporated and its purposes included conducting annual shipmate reunions and establishing a USS Westchester County Memorial.

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