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United States Naval Academy Alumni Association

Shipmate Volume 35, Number 10 Executive Director W. S. BUSIK, '43 Captain, U. S. Navy (Retired)

December, 1972

FEATURES F-14A and Phoenix Score Huge Successes Army-Navy Memorial Window Dedications

Assistant to the Executive Director RICHARD A. TEEL, '36 Captain, U. S. Navy (Retired)

Board of Trustees Fall Meeting

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Distinguished Alumnus Award

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Alumni Assembly Addresses Director of Publications ROY C. SMITH, III, '34 Captain, USNR (Retired)

Alumni Assembly Questions and Answers The Solution

Editorial Assistant ANN DONALDSON

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The Laws of the Navy Executive Secretary "SAM" BERRY

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"How Happen I Were in Pearl Harbor"

by Tai Sing Loo 24 Alumni Tours

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Auditor's Report

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DEPARTMENTS Contributors PAUL R. SCHRATZ FRED LARDNER BUDD THALMAN

Sea Breezes

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The Mail Boat All Hands

Navy Sports 3

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THE COVER The new Navy window in the Fort Myer Chapel (Arlington) donated by the Class of 1940. See the story on page 7.

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Paul Schratz '39

D o w n T o T h e Sea In Slips Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt has done it again. Years of sex discrimination against women in the Navy came to an end with historic "Z-Gram 116." For generations the American female truly has not been treated as the equal of the American male.

T h e male welcomed his menial position, content to be able to place the fruits of his labor at the feet of his goddess. Womanhood was placed on a pedestal in a position of honor and respect. For the female were none of the harsh realities of man's rugged life at sea, of swabbing and 'stoning, of britework and brass. The turnout at dawn and tureen on a shingle were forever the man's lot. For the lady fair no night vigil on stormy bridge nor sweaty toil amid throbbing engines. Not for her the lonely watch, faculties ever alert though bonetired from the long day's toil.

T h e Z-Gram announces a far-reaching program to accord women's rights and opportunities equal to their male counterparts in all areas of the Navy. Anticipating passage of the Equal Rights for Women Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a S e c N a v / C N O Task Force (male) is snooping through musty laws, regulations and policies to be marked for the deepsix. Limited entry of women is authorized into all enlisted ratings and Staff Corps, to 1974 N R O T C programs, to joint StafI Colleges including the National War College and, in a pilot program, to sea duty aboard the hospital ship USS SANCTUARY.

T h e new policy will undoubtedly receive the enthusiastic support of the Fleet.

There are many reasons, some valid, why women should spearhead the march into many highly technical fields now dominated by men. Philosophers tell us that women are the bearers of culture, not its makers. W o m e n read philosophy but do not write it, play music but do not compose it, view art and architecture but do not create it. Women at sea, therefore, appear ideally qualified to release men from dull, routine jobs which the female by nature is better qualified to perform.

The men, naturally, are then eligible to move up to executive positions of higher responsibility where their superior imagination and creativity can be given full play.

What we can't fathom is the backlash and petition signing from the backwater wives of Norfolk and San Diego. We men realize fully that there are going to be problems when the gals go ashore in Bangkok and Naples, to be preyed upon by the vultures inhabiting those glamorous foreign ports. But in time, there's no reason to fear that the lasses won't learn the same lessons which the lads have had to learn, that there are standards of behavior ashore, that we are all in a uniform which we wear with pride, and that there are some things which we do in the old home town and get away with but which we just can't hope to get away with on liberty on foreign shore.

There's another problem, one which hasn't been much discussed. What if liberty is granted and nobody goes ashore.''

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Shipmate: I read with keen interest the letters of Messrs. R. W. Fischer and J. T. Collier reprinted from the Washington Post in Shipmate, Vol. 35, No. 9, September-October, 1972. Their opinions about the service academies and other institutions are well thought out although they are opinion and rebuttal. The letter of Mr. Fischer could have been paraphrased and applied to the situations many of us experienced while in the military service in relation to tenure and social stricture.

The Naval Academy was and we hope is an excellent preparation for the Naval Service. However, it entails now and in the past too long a service obligation for a young man unsure of his life's work. In a sense, an 18-year-old should not be made to obligate himself for 9 years with few options to reconsider. Many must feel, as I did when a poor preference number is metered out, like one conscripted for 4 to 5 years of an undesirable and inescapable period of servitude. This can best be summarized in an opinion of sea duty as experienced by this observer. By tradition, men going to sea have always existed in overcrowded, unhygienic, impersonal and degrading conditions.

The long periods at sea and on cruises are those of boredom aggravated by separation from family, lack of intellectual stimulation and personal freedom. Duties involving legal and disciplinarian tasks for many are repulsive, and when resignations are submitted, many reasons, such as poor leadership on the part of senior officers, broken promises and insecurity are not listed. These because of fear of criticism; having them involuntarily changed, as were some of my letters as a midshipman; or fear of retribution.

Hopefully, in the future, some attempts will be made to correct some of these problems and to provide for the young officer with intellectual stimulation and freedom from an overbearing bureaucracy.

G. F. Kishel, M.D. '60

Shipmate: While it is not germane to the story in the September-October issue. Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf's flagship during the "Crossing of the T " was the LOUISVILLEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as it was from

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January to mid-November 1944â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and not the PENNSYLVANIA.

All due credit to Dr. Paul Dudley White for saving him for that achievement but I can assure you that, judged from the navigation bridge during the above ten months, the Admiral, though always considerate and cheerful, needed no further assist to command and communicate and, as history shows, effectively.

Samuel H. Hurt '18

Shipmate: The dual compensation law has, over the years, discriminated most unjustly against the retired regular officer by reducing a large portion of his already earned retired pay when he works in a civilian capacity for an appropriated fund or non-appropriated fund federal activity. Those who have been affected, no doubt, know of this discrimination in some detail and a further recitation is not needed here.

The undersigned understands that attempts to correct this inequity by legislative processes have been, and would no doubt continue to be, fruitless.

Therefore, the route to equity appears to be the courts.

In order to process a court case, it is necessary to obtain a well qualified attorney and the funds to pay him. Thus, both moral support and financial support to pursue the matter would be up to the retired officers to mount a joint effort and take the case to court. I would like to hear from others who would join me in such an effort.

George C. Waters, Jr. '41 Capt., SC, USN (Ret.) 35 Ivy Way Port Washington, N.Y. 11050

Shipmate: If any reader has a good photograph of CinCAsiatic's old flagship, ISABEL, in her Far East configuration of white hull, buff stacks and upperworks, and full deck house occupying most of the upper deck, I would be most grateful for its loan to illustrate my forthcoming book, "Cruise of the LANIKAI."

K e m p Tolley '29

All Hands Hubbard, Executive Director, T h e Admiral Nimitz Center, P.O. Box 777, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624.

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Admiral Ralph W . Cousins '37 relieved Admiral Charles K. Duncan '33 as U.S. Commander-in-Chief Atlantic and N A T O ' s Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in ceremonies aboard USS JOHN F . KENNEDY ( C V A - 6 7 ) at Norfolk on

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October 1972. Admiral Cousins came to the dual command from service as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Duncan retired in that grade on 1 November.

To All Who Knew Fleet Admiral Nimitz T h e Admiral Nimitz Center in Fredericksburg, Texas is nearing the deadline for receiving short stories, anecdotes, and jokes involving Fleet Admiral Nimitz.

These will be published, with proper credit, in two publicationsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;/ Remember NIMITZ and NIMITZ: An Admiral's Humor. So many excellent ones have been received that the Center is reluctant to go to press for fear of missing some! Anyone with a joke or story relating to the Admiral is encouraged to send it to Douglass

One of the Naval Academy's best known and best loved teachers. Professor Donald C. Gilley, Director of Musical Activities, retired on 1 October after nearly three decades of service here.

A well known organist and choirmaster before beginning his career at the Naval Academy, he assumed direction of the 135-man Chapel Choir in January 1944.

Since that time the Choir has performed at all Chapel Services for the Brigade of Midshipmen, at the White House, on network radio and television, in motion pictures, at churches up and down the East Coast and at an Easter Service in the Hollywood Bowl. He was the first director of the famed 100-voice Midshipmen's Glee Club, an organization that subsequently achieved prominence through annual tours throughout the nation and numerous other public concerts. In 1950 Professor Gilley founded the Antiphonal Choir which currently numbers 160 midshipmen as members. In addition to singing at the weekly Protestant Services at the Academy, the choir's annual schedule has included appearances at the National Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Temple Emmanuel and the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church for the Massing of the Colors.

Professor Gilley is perhaps best known in the Annapolis area for his work in connection with the Academy's annual Christmas presentation of the "Messiah."

Last December he celebrated his 25th anniversary as director of the Handel classic, performing before capacity crowds in the Naval Academy Chapel.

H e personally designed the organ in our photograph, which is in the Academy Chapel. Over the years he has presented more than 40 organ recitals and is the composer of numerous pieces for the organ and other instruments. His composition for organ and string quartet was performed at the American Music Festival at the National Gallery of Art. As organist for the traditional June Week weddings at the Academy, he has played the "Wedding March" an estimated 1,000 times.

Professor and Mrs. Gilley will continue residence in their home in Annapolis.

Banjos of '21 The Naval Academy Band's opening concert of the 1973 Fall Season, on 13 October, featured the "Banjos of '21." This popular group, made up of members of the Academy Class of 1921, has been entertaining the public with Dixieland melodies of the '20s since their midshipman days. Vice Admiral George L. Russell and Rear Admiral John A. Waters have been famous as a banjo-piano duo all during their Navy careers. Captain Justin H . Dickins has been a gifted banjo player since his midshipman days and, along with lawyer Arthur Condon, plays with the "Bars and Tonics," a group of lawyers and doctors from the Annapolis area.

When the group was playing during the 50th reunion of the Class of 1921 last year, tokens of the occasion were presented to the wives of the Superintendent and the Commandant of Midshipmen. T h e tokens were bricks taken from the old Naval Academy wall on King George Street that

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Capt. Dickens a n d "Red " C o n d o n rehearse w i t h L C d r . Muffley, Leader of the Naval A c a d e m y Band.

had recently been torn down—a sentimental reminder to those who had gone over the wall either to visit their girls or returning to escape them. T h e inscription on the bricks reads: This brick was part of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1903-1971. On its 50th reunion, the Class of 1921 confides that "Brick walls do not a prison make."

ASEE Award

Congratulations!

Ens. P. G. Brown '72 is congratulated

by Naval Academy Professors Richard Hirsch (left) and Bruce Rankin on winning first place honors in the American Society of Engineering Education senior design competition. Brown, the project leader, and three other members of the Class of 1972 designed a portable breakwater for small marinas as part of the midshipmen's senior design course in Ocean Engineering at the Academy.

Another team of midshipmen also under the guidance of Professors Rankin and Hirsch won second place in the 1971 A S E E competition for designing a disposal system for submarine sanitary tanks.

From World War II through today, the Navy has had its history recorded by dedicated artists in over 4,000 paintings, which are periodically exhibited throughout the country and in the Combat Art Gallery in the Washington Navy Yard. Thirtyseven of these paintings have been reproduced in color prints, faithful reproductions of extremely high quality, and are illustrated (one color) in a pamphlet, "Your Navy from the Viewpoint of the Nation's Finest Artists," which is available from the Naval Publications and Forms Center, 5801 Tabor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19120. The prints generally are 22"x28" priced at $2.00 each but some of the latest reproductions are larger and priced at $4.00 each. The pamphlet contains a convenient order blank for obtaining any of the 37 prints. Readers in the Washington area may see the entire print collection at the Combat Art Gallery.

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Dr. J. Alan Adams, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy since 1965, has recently returned from a year at Cambridge University in England where he was a visiting scholar in the Engineering Laboratory.

At the invitation of Professor Sir William Hawthorne, Head of the Laboratory, Professor Adams studied and worked with the Computer Aided Design Group. While at Cambridge he presented guest lectures on numerical techniques to both graduate and undergraduate students, and gave seminars on computer aided education to faculty members. Research during the year was directed toward techniques of computer graphics and mathematical methods for curve and surface description.

As a result of this experience in England, new concepts are now being introduced into an elective engineering course in computer methods which is available to midshipmen who are working toward an engineering degree. Professor Adams is continuing to collaborate with members of the Cambridge University faculty on current research problems of mutual interest.

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F-14A and Phoenix Score Huge Successes

Preparation LCdr. Donald G. Klein '59, pilot, and Lt. Jack H. Hawver, Jr. '65, NFC, prepare F-H.A. for take-off prior to first multiple missile launch against multiple targets.

First photograph of a Phoenix missile launching from F-14A Tomcat fighter

Last August the F-14A "Tomcat," armed with the AWG-9 Weapon Control System and long range Phoenix missiles, completed its Navy Primary Evaluation with outstanding success. T w o aircraft, flown by five different crews, were put through every conceivable phase of jet fighter operations in fifteen days of testing, accumulating over 100 hours of flight time.

T w o of the flights were over five hours duration and most were of three hours, many of them including in-flight refueling.

For such a new aircraft and weapon system combination, this was a tremendous achievement.

Tests of the missile and control systems were equally outstanding. In one the Phoenix scored a hit on a tiny drone simulating a jet fighter at "extremely" high altitude. In another it destroyed a jet fighter drone at the record distance of 76 miles. But the phenomenal success was in the simultaneous launching of multiple missiles against multiple targets from a single aircraftâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the first such launching ever.

This launch of two AIM-54A Phoenix missiles against two widely separated QT-33 drones was the climax of evaluations to test the capability of the AWG-9 Weapon Control System, which can fire up to six missiles against separate targets and guide them all simultaneously. The F-14 (LCdr. Donald G. Klein '59, pilot, and Lt. Jack H . Hawver, Jr. '65, missile control officer) was vectored out in a "lookdown, shoot-down" attack against the two QT-33's, approaching at different altitudes and ranges on courses crossing the F-14 track. The AWG-9 acquired both targets, while continuing to scan for others. Both missiles were launched and successfully guided; one scored a hit but the other missed because of an internal electrical failure near the end of its flight.

Well satisfied, the Navy activated its first two Tomcat squadrons at N A S Miramar in San Diego in October, with others to follow. T o quote one recently retired three-star aviator, "This is the best fighter we've ever had and probably the best in the world." ^

Ready T w o F-14A No. 9 with a Phoenix under each wing preparing for takeoff on multiple launch flight

Completion Pilot and NFO being congratulated by Hughes .â&#x20AC;˘\ircraft Co. officials on successful multiple launch of Hughes' Phoenix missiles.

Army-Navy Memorial Window Dedications Commander Leigh Winters, U S N (Ret.)

Our cover shotvs the netv U.S. Navy ivindow in the Post Chapel at Fort Myer, Virginia. This is the story of how that idea became a reality.

Last summer the West Point and Annapolis Classes of 1940 jointly dedicated a pair of stained glass windows to the memory of their classmates, academies and services in the Post Chapel, Fort Myer, Virginia.

U S N A '40, no newcomer to stained glass window dedications, had previously installed one at the Naval Academy Chapel in 1954. T h u s the genesis of the idea for an Army-Navy collaboration came naturally to N A '40's president during 1970-1971, Major General John F . " F r i t z " Freund, USA. T o be frank. General Freund had a rough time selling his plan for a Memorial Window, but several years of recent combat duty in Vietnam had hardened his resolve to sponsor a tribute to the quickly-forgotten servicemen w h o labor and die for our country.

Fritz started his campaign by enlisting a hard core of some twenty 2nd-Tuesdayof-the-Month diners in the D. C. area who

carry on the alumnus business for U S N A '40. Enthusiasm for the project was, at first, far from unbridled. Gradually Tuesday followed 2nd-Tuesday until he wore down the objections and stomachs of all who survived the monthly class luncheons.

Word went out to all hands in N A '40 via Shipmate and personal letters. Then the indefatigable Fritz contacted the Chiefs-of-Chaplains of the Army, Navy and Air Force, who agreed to underwrite the considerable costs of preliminary iconography for eight stained glass windows. The Marine Corps and Coast Guard were drawn into the project; now all the services were represented. An approach to West Point's USMA '40 through its local class officers provided the catalyst to spark the enterprise through to completion.

Both West Point and Annapolis Classes of 1940 responded with donations more than adequate to purchase two windows.

T h e Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and the three Chiefs-of-Chaplains each underwrote one of the remaining six spaces. A guiding theme, the Neiv Testament, was selected for the three Chaplains' windows on the port side, with the Old Testament illustrated by the five windows to starboard.

Over one hundred USMA-USNA '40 classmates and their ladies attended the first installation and dedication ceremonies on 11 June 1972. Presentation statements were made by Colonel Kermit R. Dyke, U S A F (Ret.), for USMA '40 and by Rear Admiral John D. Chase, U S N , for U S N A '40. T h e acceptance speech was given by Colonel Porter H . Brooks ( C h C ) USA, Post Chaplain, Fort Myer. Hymns and anthems were movingly sung by T h e Navy Band Sea Chanters, directed by Lt.(jg) D a n Clemens, and assisted by the congregation of classmates. Selections included Eternal Father, Strong to Save, and The Corps.

This article would not be complete without mention of the fine artistry of

Mr. Henry Lee Willet, Chairman of the Willet Stained Glass Studios of Philadelphia, Pa., and of the administrative coordination of the entire project by Colonel Joseph R. Andrews ( C h C ) , USA, Staff Chaplain, Military District of Washington.

T h e gratitude of U S N A '40 for the completion of its latest project is perhaps best summarized by the inscription on the bronze plaque to be placed below its window: W i t h T h a n k s to G o d from U S N A '40 A final dedication ceremony, when all eight windows are installed, will be held in January 1973.

T h e little Post Chapel at Fort Myer was uniquely proper for a joint USMAU S N A '40 dedication. It has served the military community since late 1935-1936; coincidentally just about the period in which our then-schoolboys, sailors and soldiers of the future, were preparing to enter the two service academies. During 1971 the Post Chapel averaged seven weddings and twelve funerals per week; many of them involving classmates, children and friends of '40.

A few steps east of the Chapel is Arlington National Cemetery, one of the United States' most magnificent national shrines and the largest of all our national cemeteries. Its 420 acres are located on the gently rolling Virginia hills overlooking the Nation's Capital across the Potomac River. The ten miles of paved roads and three miles of walks that wind through the cemetery are shaded by thousands of trees. In the new section, white marble markers, 24 inches high, fall away in all directions, in lines unbroken except for occasional larger stones marking earlier graves. Many of '40's classmates are there.

Board of Trustees Fall Meeting 28 September 1972

Auditor's Report The Board approved the audit for FY 1972 and noted our sound financial status in spite of the unexpected costs incurred when Alumni House suffered severe fire damage, was restored and vastly improved in its safety systems and service areas.

This success was only made possible by the generous response of individuals, classes and chapters to the Association's appeals for annual funds and for the restoration and improvement program. A summary of the auditor's report is on page 81.

Naval Academy Athletic Association a plan to combine the two membership drives in FY 1974. If this is as successful as expected, three of the four supporting organizations will be operating jointly in membership and fund raising under coordination of the Alumni Association.

One fine example of successful cooperation was in joint action by the Athletic Association, Alumni Association, Naval Academy Foundation and the Naval Institute to preserve the radio broadcasts of Navy football games. Washington station W R C had carried our games for many years but this year, under changed management and format, dropped them. When the four organizations agreed to underwrite the cost, W W D C in Washington agreed to make the broadcasts and to provide for their pick-up by other local stations. Thanks to loyal alumni in Texaco, that company agreed to sponsor the entire broadcast program and to make time available to the four organizations â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and to the Naval Recruiting Commandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for their own public service messages. This case clearly proves that joint action for the common good is not only feasible but far more effective than independent operations.

Membership T h e Executive Director reported that there were 15,232 members of the National Association as of the meeting date, an increase of 1,000 over the previous year. After discussion of various programs in effect and under consideration to make membership more meaningful, a goal of 20,000 members was set for the end of FY 1973. T h e Trustees then adopted a policy statement that the number one priority for the alumni dollar should be membership in the National Association, followed by other programs and projects for support of the Academy in order of individual preference.

Blue and G o l d Commendations The Board, acting for the Association, commended Blue and Gold Program Reserve Officers on their outstanding recruiting efforts for the Academy over the past year. Plaques were awarded to the top leaders in the five recruiting areas: LCdr. Leo J. Peck (SC) '59 of Middletown, RI; LCdr. Mervin C. Williams of Merritt Island, F L ; Capt. Robert G. Bruce of Minneapolis, M N ; Capt. Emerson Emory of Dallas, T X ; and Capt. Robert D. Simpson of Salt Lake City, U T . Additional letters of appreciation, signed by the President of the Association, are being sent to other outstanding recruiters in each area.

Joint U S N A Support Programs Last year, for the first time, the annual appeals for funds by the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy Memorial Fund were combined under Alumni Association management.

This campaign was so successful that the Board of Trustees approved a pledge of $25,000 to the Memorial Fund over the next three years with an immediate initial contribution of $10,000.

In order to extend further the benefits of joint mailings to alumni by the various organizations supporting the Academy, the Board directed the Executive Director to discuss with the

Michelson to the H a l l of Fame Dr. Albert A. Michelson, Class of 1873, who first measured accurately the speed of light as an Ensign instructor at the Academy, was elected last year to the American Hall of Fame and induction ceremonies are being planned for 1973. Other organizations with which Dr. Michelson was connected after leaving the Navy will also participate in the ceremonies but the Naval Academy, through its Alumni Association, is expected to coordinate the planning and fund raising. Admiral Anderson will therefore appoint a distinguished alumnus to spearhead this drive. 4 )

T h e Alumni Association Board of Trustees held its semiannual Fall Meeting in Alumni House on 28 September under the chairmanship of Association President, Admiral George Anderson. Luncheon guests of the Board were the Superintendent, Vice Admiral Mack, the Commandant of Midshipmen, the Academic and Admission Deans, the Director of Athletics, members of their staffs, the Midshipman Brigade and Deputy Brigade Commanders and the Class Presidents of '73, '74 and '75. T h e major items of business conducted are summarized below:

Distinguished Alumnus Award Call for Nominations

Background At its Fall Meeting in 1971 the Association's Board of Trustees approved an award to be presented "to that alumnus of the Naval Academy who has made the most significant contribution to the tvelfare of the Nation, thus reflecting great credit upon the United States Naval Academy." The Board stipulated that the President of the Association appoint the Chairman and members of a Selection Board and promulgate a precept to it annually, even though it is recognized that the award may not be given in every year.

The Award The Distinguished Alumnus Award will consist of $1,000 and a plaque suitably inscribed with the citation above.

Selection Members of the current Selection Board are Mr. David B. Benham '41, Chairman, VAdm. William P. Mack, USN '37, RAdm. William A. Brockett, USN (Ret.) '34, VAdm. P. D. Stroop, USN (Ret.) '26, Capt. J. H. Pennington, USN (Ret.) '44, Mr. Ira W. Kane '53, LCdr. W. W. Vaughan, Jr., (SC) USN '64, and Capt. W. S. Busik, USN (Ret.), Secretary.

Admiral Anderson is a member ex-officio.

Each member of the Selection Board is requested to seek out candidates for the Award and to prepare a biography or resume of his career along with a personal recommendation stating reasons for considering him qualified. A call for nominees from individual alumni will be published annually in Shipmate requesting the same information. This is that call.

A meeting of the full Selection Board will be held in March 1973 to conduct a final screening of the candidates to be presented to the Board of Trustees at the 1973 Spring Meeting.

All nominations and accompanying credentials should be forwarded to the Executive Director, USNA Alumni Association, Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. 21402 prior to 15 March 1973.

Criteria All alumni are eligible for the Award; however, normally alumni such as the incumbent chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, etc., would not be recommended for the Award.

Among other criteria to be established by the Selection Board, a recipient must be living; he probably will not be on

active military duty; through the years he will have so distinguished himself by his contribution(s) to the welfare of the United States that he has brought great credit to himself in the eyes of his countrymen and thereby enhanced the prestige of the U.S. Naval Academy. He will have demonstrated, throughout his career, steadfastness to the ideals and principles which have made our Navy and Nation great. He will have exemplified, in his personal and official life, the integrity and character fundamental in the concept of a professional naval officer and gentlemen.

The Selection shall take into account such special factors as: (a) Activities that have epitomized (promoted) morale, patriotism, dedication and other qualities of the spirit that are basic strength of the Nation as well as the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Naval Academy. (b) The name is well known both through National Recognition and the importance of his contribution to National Defense. (c) Contributions that have increased national understanding of the importance of the sea to U.S. and world freedom. (d) Actions that have furthered keeping the U.S. strong at sea as well as in other military power. (e) Diversity of contributions and achievements.

Election The Selection Board will nominate no less than two and no more than four prospective recipients of the Award to the Association President for vote by the Board of Trustees. To receive the Award, a candidate must receive at least 20 votes of the Trustees. Only one vote will be taken. If no f-andidate receives the necessary votes, no award will be given that year

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Alumni Assembly Addresses 30 September 1972 ADMIRAL MACK Distinguished officers and gentlemen on the podium, members of our alumni and their ladies, it is my privilege to welcome you to the Naval Academy, not that we need to welcome you officially because this institution has been in your hearts ever since you left it and we know it will always be. I am very happy that you had a brief chance yesterday and this morning to see the Academy once again because I think you will agree that just like any lady who advances in years, her beauty increases too.

We are going through the final stages of a construction period which began in 1965. As you came down Maryland Avenue into the Yard, I am sure you noticed the blue fence to your left. Behind that fence is the last segment of our Master Building Program of the current era, the Nimitz Library, which we expect to complete in January. It will be a magnificent library; it's just beautiful. T h e hole next to it, with lots of concrete jutting out of it, is the foundation for the Engineering Studies Complex. This project will take about two years to complete and when it is finished, it will house one of the finest sets of laboratories anywhere in existence in the country, and certainly one of the finest in an undergraduate institution. T h e upper story will house many of our academic facilities and classrooms connected with science. In the immediate future we plan to enlarge Mahan Auditorium and rearrange the buildings behind it. Then we will settle down in what will possibly be our last major building program for many years to come. But the first increment, finishing the library and engineering studies complex, will bring to fruition many of our dreams for the Academy's future. W e will have a beautiful campus in which the midshipmen can get to the most distant class in seven minutes. Bancroft Hall at that time will still be in good condition, the athletic facilities around it improved, and our Academy will be a magnificent institution, one of which we can all be very proud.

You might want to know a little about other facets of the Academy; academically, I think, we are currently stable yet sufficiently flexible. W e now offer 300 courses.

of which 200 are taught each semester with midshipmen able to choose from among 20 or more majors. W e have roughly a half civilian and half officer faculty, under an able and aggressive Academic Dean who is making sure the Academy keeps on top.

Our intramural sports programs continue to be supported through our intercollegiate program, which generates the needed funds. We see a continuation of this system and I think you will see this afternoon a sort of renaissance here, led, hopefully, by our football team. The young men here are midshipmen first and athletes second. You will be very proud of these men. If you were at Penn State you know what I am talking about. Today, I hope you will find them equally good.

There is one area in which we are seeking improvement and your Association has done a magnificent job recently in helping us. I am sure Admiral Anderson will want to tell you about that. As you know, we do not have money for recreational facilities. Under Admiral Calvert's direction there was a program started asking for one-time donations for creation of a three-part facilities program. The Crown family of Chicago donated some $700,000 to build our new sailing center which we hope will be started in the near future. It will be located on the edge of Santee Basin and will be a magnificent addition to our sailing program. I am sure you know our sailing program has very little appropriated money in it. The second project and the one we are most interested in is the conversion of Dahlgren Hall into a student union, where midshipmen can take their girl friends and families and entertain them on rainy or cold days. In addition to snack bars, a top deck will be extended one-third the way across the hall with alcoves and seated areas where small groups of midshipmen and friends can sit and talk. Additionally, the floor in the far end will be converted to an ice skating rink for recreational skating by midshipmen and friends. The rink will be able to be taken down in roughly 12 hours time and put together as a dance floor or used for a mammoth party such as for Homecoming. Dahlgren will be air

conditioned. It wasn't bad there last night but as you all know it can be sweltering.

T h e third project is the eventual building of the outdoor facility which will be centered around a swimming pool near the present reflecting pool. It will contain facilities for girls where they can dress to play tennis, swim, attend barbeque parties and other outdoor entertaining by the midshipmen. W e are in the midst of a campaign now to get the necessary funds for this program. We are asking corporations, foundations and friends to consider us in their plans. Many have already responded and we are doing well.

T h e Association has helped us greatly and we are sincerely appreciative. All of this means that your Naval Academy will become an institution that truly can compete for the young men in this country who are looking for a career and a toprate education. This recruiting aspect is a must because, as you know, there will be no draft shortly. We must provide young men with the opportunity for a Navy or Marine Corps career. W e want to provide our nation's youth with a Naval Academy that is excellent in all respects; academically and physically and with superior athletic standards, and an Academy that has outstanding recreation facilities. We think we have a well balanced and excellent program. I hope you have time in the remainder of the weekend to wander around the Naval Academy and look at the areas I have been telling you about and to assess for yourself the improvements in the Naval Academy. We need help always and count upon the Alumni Association not only to guide us in our activities and what we do; we need your ideas and help and know we can get it from you. W e know you always have strong leadership. I was privileged to sit with your Executive Board yesterday, and they do provide magnificent leadership.

This is always characteristic of this group.

I know you will always have a strong president. Our Association has one now and I take great pleasure this morning in introducing your president, a very distinguished naval officer, Admiral George Anderson.

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your Association has done a magnificent job recently in helping us."

VAdm. William P. Macf{, Superintendent

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ANDERSON

It is great to be here and see all of you.

It is great to be introduced to you by such a distinguished Superintendent of the Naval Academy as Bill Mack. I must say I am very, very grateful, as you should be, that we have a Secretary of the Navy who gives to this position of great importance to the Navy, today and the future, a man such as this; not somebody who might not have the background or the motivation that Bill Mack does. All alumni are fortunate that Bill Mack is Superintendent.

As I look in this audience there are many friends. I would ask you to recognize my distinguished predecessor and his charming wife. Admiral Arleigh Burke and Bobby. There are many things dear to the heart of naval officers, to all of us of the Naval Academy. One of those is looking out for elderly people or widows; Arleigh is tremendously interested in bailing out the precarious financial situation of Vinson Hall and I urge all of you to do whatever you can to maintain the financial stability and the growth of that institution.

We cannot let it go down the drain. I want everybody to do what they can to help out Vinson Hall. Arleigh is behind it; John Alford, one of our distinguished graduates, is arranging a campaign to raise funds, so please help them out.

I look around and I see another dear and old friend and distinguished officer, a former Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Admiral Fred Boone and his wife, Polly, came back for the Class of 1957 reunion. T h e Class of '57, which happens to include my son, is here for their 15th reunion.

I do not believe that those of you here have any reason to complain about what's going on at the Naval Academy. Let me give you some thoughts as we see them from our point of view as your Board of Trustees. W e met the day before yesterday. W e are very proud of the standards that have been maintained. For the first time, I believe, the Board of Trustees in your behalf issued a resolution of commendation for Jim Calvert for maintaining the standards here at the Naval Academy under very difficult times. Under the pressure of a Secretary of the Navy who wanted to be liberal, a permissive society, and

the troubles that prevailed with regard to young people throughout the country, Jim Calvert resisted efforts to downgrade our traditional standards. We can look at his performance with a great sense of pride that he stuck to his guns in the best of naval tradition. Now, again, we have a Superintendent who will stick to the principles that have made our Academy so wonderful.

T h e second thing I would like to tell you is that your Association is solvent.

We have our financial heads abo\e water.

We are grateful for the contributions that ha\ e been made in the past and we hope that you will continue them in the future.

W e will put your gifts and dues to verv good use. The administration of the organization has been in excellent hands with Bill Busik, who took over after he and I burned down Alumni House first thing after we took office. Alumni House has been restored and it is better than ever.

T h e staff and Bill and Roy Smith, the editor of Shipmate, ha\e done a superb job this year. In fact, we are in a financial position where it was with great pleasure that your Board of Trustees offered to the Superintendent of the Naval Academy a guarantee of $25,000.00 over the next three years for the Superintendent's Memorial Fund, the recreational project he mentioned to you, and a check for $10,000.00.

This is a contribution on behalf of all of the alumni, which brings up the percentages of alumni who are contributing to the Superintendent's Memorial Fundâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a factor that is important when we go to outside donors who ask, "Well, how many of your alumni are contributing.''"

I can also say your Association is maintaining, through Bill Busik's leadership, the closest rapport with the Naval Academy Foundation. Last week we had 6 Foundation boys on the starting football team. We have them throughout the athletic teams at the Naval Academy. T h e Foundation needs your support and generosity, if you can afford it.

We have many activities and organizations in the Navy that call upon us for contributions, but I was asked by the Board of Trustees to come to you and say that your first loyalty should be to your

own Association. Because this Association maintains the contact and the communication among us all, from headquarters here to the classes and to the chapters throughout the country, assists in the class reunions, maintains the closest liaison with the Superintendent to know what the Association and its alumni can best do for the Naval Academy, for the Navy and for the country. So please, those of you who are members, continue your membership; those of you who are not members, join!

Those of you who are members and know some person who is not a meinber, get him to sign up. W e have a goal of getting not less than a total of 20,000 members by next year. W e now have 15,232, as of Thursday last, which is about 1,000 ahead of last year. W e are going to do better than last year by the end of this year and by the spring we hope to have 20,000 members. This will be good for the Academy, for the people of the Navy, and for the country. W e are going to get them.

Last spring, we had the pleasure of making the first award to the outstanding midshipman who met the criteria of best combining academics, leadership and athletic performance. I presented a check of $1,000 to this midshipman and I said, "I hope you are going to put it to good use."

He said, "Oh, yes, sir. This will go to help pay my tuition." I said, "Your tuition; what do you mean.'" He said, "Sir, I am going to Cal Tech and then when I finish my master's, I am going on down to flight training. I have a Guggenheim fellowship but I have to pay the rest of it." H e said, "I will use this for tuition." I think this shows that we selected the right type of midshipman to whom to present your first alumni award. W e look forward to the same type in the years to come.

Next year at homecoming we will present an award to an outstanding alumnus; hoping this will begin a recognition for some of the very distinguished people who have graduated from this institution and who in naval service, Marine Corps service or in civilian life have done so much for their country.

W e have quite a bit of discussion about women, girls at the Naval Academy, and I want to tell you that your alumni are in

12 favor of girls at the Naval Academy. W e are in favor of girls at the Naval Academy the same way you lovely ladies are; who come down here first as drags and later marry into our wonderful service, who give support to us over the years and produce sons who enter the Naval Academy (5.6% of the Class of 1976 are sons of Academy graduates), who have lovely daughters measuring up to the standards to which we all adhere who come down and marry into the Navy or Marine Corps.

But, as for midshipmen, where the primary purpose is to serve in combat ships of the Navy and combat units of the Marine Corps (I speak as an individual, we do not yet have a vote of the alumni) I am personally against the idea of introducing girls as midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. There has been a great deal of irresponsible talk from responsible people about putting women on board combat ships in the United States Navy. Your Association has not taken a position on this, but I think most of your senior graduates have mumbled about this situation. We, speaking as individuals of course, are unalterably opposed to any concept that would involve putting women aboard ships in the United States Navy except hospital ships. The reason for this is not because we discriminate against girls, but because we respect them.

You know there is an old tradition in the Navy: women and children first, protect our wives and children. W e look back in time at the Cuban missile crisis and the first thing we did was to get our dependents out of Guantanamo Bay in case something might happen. We believe that there is a tremendous place for girls in the Navy; the W A V E S have done wonderful work and I think as time goes on we can expand their services into other specialties and areas of action. They can do some things better than some of the men we are able to get without the pressure of selective service to assist recruiting but I know few, if any, officers in the Navy who would want to have women serving on board any of our combatant ships! I hope that when I introduce our two distinguished speakers that they will give you their personal views as to whether they favor girls as midshipmen at the Naval Academy or whether they favor girls on board ships in the United States Navy. I leave such expression to their judgment.

These are the principal accomplishments of the Association. W e have a great organization. W e want it to grow and we know it will with your help. It is now my great pleasure to introduce a great naval officer

to you, the new Vice Chief of Naval Operations. H e is a Tennessean and a fine naval officer, distinguished in peace and war; he comes with a background of naval aviation, two Distinguished Service Medals, many other awards of combat and service. It is a great pleasure to introduce to you Admiral Mickey Weisner, of the Class of '41. We are glad to have you on board; it is great to have you with us.

A D M I R A L 'WEISNER In that Admiral Anderson zeroed-in very clearly on the new women-in-theNavy issue, I think the best thing to do here is to present our position on this before I proceed to give you your annual "State of the Navy" report.

First, we believe the approach we have taken is a sound one for several reasons.

At this point in time, as you know, the Equal Rights for Women Amendment to our Constitution is going through the process of ratification. It seems certain that it will be ratified and thereby become a law of the land as early as next summer.

Anticipating this, decisions had to be made so that the Navy would be in position to handle whatever changes will or might occur and the decisions were based on the most competent advice available to the Navy—including a good deal from members of this Alumni Association.

Many of the changes that will result from this Amendment have yet to be identified. Undoubtedly, many of our existing laws will be challenged.

There is one, as you know, that prohibits women from serving in combatant ships or aircraft. This law could be changed as a result of the constitutional amendment if it is challenged successfully.

Aligned with this is a fact that we have been on record to the effect that there is no place in the Navy for discrimination based on race, color, creed or sex.

Still another compelling reason may be found in looking ahead to the All-volunteer Force era which begins about the same time we expect the Equal Opportunity Amendment to be ratified. Simply put, we know we are going to need every man and woman we can get in order to keep our ships and aircraft operating. W e are convinced that women can and will solve many of the future manpower problems we expect in a "no-draft" situation.

T o get down to specifics, the women's pilot program in the dependent support ship, SANCTUARY, is nearing the operating phase. So far, we have assigned 56 women to an unprecedented variety of billets ranging from clerical, communications and

supply to, of course, medical and dental ratings.

W h a t we learn from SANCTUARY operations will tell us what we can and can't do as we move into a future that promises evolutionary thinking and decisionmaking.

With the hope that I have "cleared the air" somewhat, I am going to retreat behind the podium now and tackle my report to you great stockholders. i!^

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In beginning, I want to say that while it is a very great pleasure to substitute for Admiral Zumwalt today, I am going to ask Bill Mack here and now to make certain that whoever is the Secretary of Defense next year at this time gets early word on the next homecoming date. Hopefully, this will enable the C N O as well as the C M C to come here as they were scheduled to and participate with you.

Next, based on the overriding importance of the subject and because my recent job knowledge is still fresh, I want to make some observations about our U.S. Navy in the Western Pacific.

T h e demands that are being placed on our people there can only be called extraordinary. You all know the demand level rose dramatically as a result of the North Vietnamese marching across the DMZ over the Easter weekend of this year.

At that time, as I recall, Admiral Mack —who was the Seventh Fleet Commander —had three carriers, one or two cruisers and 25 to 30 destroyers. Shordy thereafter, the size of his fleet almost doubled—surging to a total of six carriers, four cruisers and nearly 60 destroyers. One thing that we can only regard as remarkable is the fact that while we met these sudden increased commitments in the Western Pacific, our commitments in the Mediterranean and other commitments to N A T O , for example, remained constant.

Of course, the net result was painful. In the case of the carriers, out of a force of 16 we had 9 or 10 carriers deployed—or en route to deployment overseas—at any one time.

When you consider that, from the C N O on down, we have been striving for a one in three deployment ratio as a matter of absolute necessity, then you can see the effects of the thinness in our assets when Washington blows the whistle. You simply make do with what you have at the time.

T o appreciate this fully—and we have hopes more of our critics will, eventually —the buildup in the Pacific came at a

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T h e Assembly Speakers Dr. Bruce Davidson, Academic Dean; RAdm. Max Morris, Commandant; Adm. George Anderson, NAAA President; Adm. Maurice Weisner, Vice CNO; VAdm. William Mack, Superintendent; LGen. Hugh Elwood, Deputy Chief of Staff, USMC; and Capt. Bill Busik, NAAA Executive Director.

time when we were down from a 1966 total of about 1000 ships to something like 650. The over-straining carrier picture I called attention to is easier to understand when we realize we had 24 in 1968 but found ourselves with a force level of 16 in 1972.

At this point, let me report that we will have a force level of 16 carriers through FY 73 and we think we'll have approval for a force level of 15 for FY 74.

So much for hardware; now, I want to look at the people picture in relation to these events in the Western Pacific.

On the one hand we were forced to show our young sailors out there the highest tempo of operations in modern naval history. They met the challenge and they are meeting it today.

On the other hand, paradoxically, we were forced to give up what we call the "augment billets." These were billets in excess of normal allowance that, for the past 4 or 5 years, have made life tolerable on the carriers, in the airwings and on many other ships.

It is absurd to have to report that your ships out there are manned at less than normal peacetime levels. Still, it is a fact and I have emphasized this to highlight the most unprecedented demands that we have seen our youngsters live with for so long.

The questions are often asked as to how we do it and how they do it. The answer is that we have no other choice but to take it out of our hides, and consequently, their hides. W e are taking it out of their hides when the turn-around time between deployments of 9, 10, or 11 months is cut to 4'/2 or 5 months. W e are taking it out of hides, so to speak, as far as the ma-

terial condition of the ships is concernedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; primarily, because we are not getting them for upkeep when we should. And, in some cases, the same is true where it concerns overhauls.

At the same time I must say your young sailors and your young officers are showing us the finest kind of morale. This is based not so much on what my judgments were as Seventh Fleet Commander (which might be suspect) but on those of several of our highest ranking naval officers and distinguished civilian officials. W e can account for the high state of morale in different ways but I believe it is because these great young men are convinced truly that they are contributing to something of enormous importance.

I don't have to suggest to this audience that almost all of our Navymen in the Western Pacific are worthy of the fullest pride and greatest thanks we can muster.

T o me, it is a source of never-ending frustration that the publicity goes to the shipjumpers, the malcontents and the other kinds of "bad apples" about whom we can't help but read if we read newspapers at all. It would be an interesting "twist" if more news media searched out the favorable side of our long and noble support of the South Vietnamese. I saw thousands of good stories out there, as did Bill Mack and many of you in this audience.

It is time now that I mention the bright side of the Navy coin.

Most recently, I know you have been reading about the mild controversy that arose when Admiral Zumwalt announced he was going to homeport a destroyer squadron and staff in Athens.

T h e only unusual thing about this as far as I'm concerned is that we are putting

something good back in the hides of our Navy people. There is no doubt the C N O feels most strongly about the matter of homeporting. More than that, he has taken his first significant steps to have our men with their families a greater portion of the time or, to express it another way, have the families with their men.

In this regard, our experience in past years certainly has been on the plus side.

I can recall one destroyer squadron that we homeported in the Western Pacific for 5 or more years until we called them back in 1969. At that time they were our top performers because they had the best materiel condition; they were operationally superior and they had the highest retention rate. T o top this they had the highest morale. This has all been documented and this is what we hope to achieve with the homeporting now underway.

T h e present homeporting program started several months ago when Admiral Zumwalt sent a destroyer squadron back into Yokosuka. H e followed with the destroyer squadron and staff movement to Athens in September which drew quite a bit of attention; in fact, it still is.

I want to mention a few highlights of the Athens homeporting that should be of interest here. First, we transported the more than 800 dependents on Navy ships.

I guess we shouldn't overlook the fact that there were 22 cats and 52 dogs on the safari. All told, the operation in getting them over there went well and the families are settling in quickly and nicely.

I'm certain you've seen reports to the contrary so let me say that we do have some people who are disgruntled, which is par for any course. There are some who don't like the distances to be travelled;

14 there are some who find the trafiic confusing; and, there are some who found the housing situation not quite what they expected. These are isolated shortcomings for the most part and the overall settling-in is going well.

This plus factor leads me to comment on another o n e ^ t h e Navy's share of the Defense budget.

As Admiral Anderson reported a while ago, the overall Defense budget—from the standpoint of percentage of G N P or the overall federal budget—is down. In fact, it is down to its lowest point in 20 years in terms of real dollars.

At the same time, the Navy's portion has been increased to a certain extent and is larger today than those of the other services.

There may be many reasons for this, but I believe the main one has been the tremendous effort of Admiral Zumwalt in this area. H e has spared no one who has anything to do with the budget process in making certain they understand the need for a modern Navy. They must have a new appreciation for our Nation's dependence on control of the seas if we are going to support the other armed forces or be able to work with our many allies overseas. I think he has gotten this message across most effectively and this is the reason your Navy may continue to get a better "shake" as far as the annual budget split is concerned.

My last point now—and that is a promise—concerns something that is always a high interest item at one of these meetings—the retention picture of your Navy.

In a nutshell, things are looking up. Our first term reenlistments—which were 10% in 1970 thereby marking the low point— rose to 2 0 % by last June. I think you'll agree that is a dramatic increase and we hope the first term trend continues.

In 1970, we found a similar situation in the case of submarine officers as retention of these extremely vital people simply bottomed out. Today, I can report it is on the rise and in the neighborhood of 3 3 % which we find most encouraging.

T h e same was true in the case of Naval Aviation. In 1970, officer retention hit a low of about 2 5 % . In the past fiscal year, it reached 34%.

However, the relative brightness of the latter two specialty groups doesn't apply to the picture of our surface warfare officers as far as retention statistics are concerned. There is much confusion resulting from a trend in 1970 that was down to 15%, then rose to 17% in 1971 only to go

down slightly in 1972.

The C N O has approached the serious problem by directing strong concerted efforts in this area. Along this line, a retention study group recently emphasized the improved image aspect as being a most important consideration in the case of all our officer areas.

If we seek help from each of you—which we do certainly—it is in the area I have just discussed. T o make us look better—to make young people want to join us—to make them want to stay; these are the challenges you can handle as few can.

As always, we need and welcome your wonderful help.

Now, with Admiral Anderson's permission and in keeping with the spirit of this occasion, I want to close with a short reflection about a friend of mine from Tennessee—a famous football coach of years ago named H e r m a n Hickman. One time, after he had coached West Point through too many successful seasons, he was heard to say that the only way to deal with alumni is to keep them a little sullen but to be sure you don't let them get rebellious.

He might have had something when he said this—but, as I look around today—I don't see any evidence of either emotion.

Mr. President—you have a great alumni and I think you. Sir! G E N E R A L EL'WOOD If today's Homecoming spirit equates in any way to that first Homecoming, some twenty years ago—and I think it does—a man could get into trouble this morning to talk about anything more profound than "how to outwit a jimmylegs in the nuclear age," "how to beat Army in December," or the passing of the detachable cuffs. So I shall touch briefly on only three points.

First, I bring you the warm good wishes of the Marine Corps' most illustrious Severn alumnus, our Commandant, General Bob Cushman. There is a perverse "Hundredth Night" twist to this situation where he, my first classman, must ply his trade today while his plebe takes his ease at Annapolis. Such is the way in Washington. I know he regrets his absence from this occasion; he takes pride in his Severn River origins and, in his absence, I dare suggest that the Naval Academy may well take pride in him.

Now, a word about the "Old Corps." As you undoubtedly know, Marine ground forces have been out of Vietnam for over a year, although our air units continue to operate both with the Seventh Fleet and

the Seventh Air Force. T h e Corps is down to 198,000 from a peak Vietnam strength of 320,000 and the Fleet Marine Forces are again structured as three divisions and three wings—as established by law twenty years ago. These forces are disposed throughout the world, either with or in close proximity to their Navy amphibious counterparts, to provide a rapid response at the most likely trouble spots. These amphibious forces are capable of a broad spectrum of operations, from "show of force" to full-blown combat assault. T h e Marine Corps' most driving motivation remains immediate readiness.

Hopefully, the term "Old Corps" has struck a responsive note in this select group of "Old Grads." But at this point in time the term has a more specific application, for two reasons. First, as we emerge from seven years of conflict of fixed pattern, there seems to be a compulsion by many to cast about for new and revolutionary strategic concepts. The Marine Corps continues to focus on its traditionart of amphibious warfare which, in the light of the current strategy of realistic deterrence, would have to be invented if it did not already exist.

Secondly, we are definitely "Old Corps" in dealing with our "people problems."

W e have great respect for modern day progress in hardware technology and try to take every advantage of it. But we are not persuaded that recent progress in sociology is compatible with the hard realities of ground combat. So, without regard for, or judgment of the mores and modes of contemporary society, the Marines have elected to hew to the "lean and mean" standards of their forefathers.

Finally, a word about the Navy-Marine Corps team. In coping with the day-to-day vicissitudes of our respective services, the outward manifestations of this team are not always apparent. Yet it is there, born in tradition and nurtured here on the Severn, in the foc'sle berthings of the fleet, in every church and dispensary, and a hundred other places. It is a singular blending of complementary forces whose past history has been brilliant and who presently provide the only capability for assured, sustained, precisely-metered projection of power against an enemy land.

It"j a great team and here, at the cradle of naval spirit and naval power, is as good a place as any for a Marine to say so.

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Alumni Assembly Questions and Answ^ers PART I Questions to the C.N.O. 1. " H o w d o w e compare U.S. N a v y w i t h Russia n o w — s h i p for ship and age of ships.'"

D . A. D e a n '37 The Soviet Navy today is larger and newer than the U.S. Navy. W h a t is perhaps more disturbing is that the Soviets are adding newer and more capable ships to their fleet at a faster rate than we are. Indeed, we continue to reduce our Navy's strength until, in the near future, it will be questionable if we could assure victory at sea in a conventional or limited nuclear conflict with the Soviets.

More specifically, the U.S. Navy now has a total of 520 ships while the Soviet Navy can muster some 2,000 ships.

In major combatant ships—carriers, cruisers, and destroyers—we today have 247 with an average age of 16 years while the Soviets have slightly fewer, 223 ships, but with an average of only 9 yrs.

In the category of submarines the U.S. Navy has 138 undersea craft, 97 of which are nuclear propelled. At the same time, we still operate a score of World War IIbuilt submarines, albeit extensively modernized. The Soviet Navy has some 345 submarines, more than 100 of which are nuclear, and all are of post-war construction.

But today's navies cannot be measured only by numbers and ages of ships. T o quote Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Gorshkov, head of the Red Navy: We have had to cease comparing the number of warships of one type or another and their total displacement (or the number of guns in a salvo or the weight of this salvo), and turn to a more complex, but also more correct, appraisal of the striking and defensive power of ships, based on a mathematical analysis of their capabilities and qualitative characteristics.

T h u s , comparison must address sub-systems—radars, power plants, specific weapon capabilities, etc. Here the Soviets lead in some areas and we in others. For example, the Soviet Navy is the world leader in anti-ship missiles and gas turbine propulsion at sea today.

A final consideration—and perhaps the most important—are the missions of our respective navies. Our nation and its allies must have use of the seas in peace and in war, to survive and to prosper. The Soviet purpose can be described as aimed at denying us this use. Thus the composition of our two navies is quite different and the aircraft carrier which has since W W I I played such a prominent role in sea control and projection of power ashore is still the key element of our surface force even though the Soviets have none. T h e drastic reductions that have recently taken place in our Naval strength are best illustrated in this category where we have gone from 24 CVs in 1968 to 16 today and a projected 12 in the not too distant future.

Again, it is questionable if today's U.S. Navy can remain the preeminent naval power in the face of constrained budgets, increasing costs of men and equipment, and the Soviet maritime challenge.

2. Please e x p l a i n h o w W A V E S onboard ship w i l l improve the ship's ability to carry o u t its combat mission.'

W . Grossetta '43 I don't think it is a matter of women improving our ships' ability to carry out their missions—rather, it is a combination of several factors that will place women aboard Navy combatant ships. T h e most important of these is the question of what changes in the law may come about as a result of the ratification of the Equal Rights for W o m e n Amendment to the Constitution. I anticipate many changes to current laws which may very well include

changes to the provision which now prohibits women serving onboard our Navy ships, other than transports and hospital ships. In short, we are simply gearing up for changes that appear to be very much in the offing in the near future.

I might also add that as we approach the date of our changeover to an all volunteer force, we are going to need every man and woman we can get in order to keep our ships and aircraft operating. Additionally, having women serving aboard ship will give more of our men a crack at shore duty—probably the biggest problem we face in retaining personnel. Finally, I happen to believe that there is no place in the Navy for discrimination based on race, color, creed or sex.

3. H o w does the N a v y specifically plan to attract and retain the surface warfare officer corps w h e n faced w i t h a decreasing retention rate already in the l o w teens?

M. A. Libbey III '67 T o solve this problem we went straight to the Surface Warfare Community itself and brought in a number of officers to work on recommended solutions. These people met here in Washington for one week and came up with a long list of suggestions that are currently being staffed by various offices within the Department.

The suggestions include, but are not limited to, such things as a special distinguishing uniform device similar to that worn by our aviators and submariners; expanding the activities of the Destroyer School to that of an advanced surface warfare school; sending Surface Warfare Officers to N R O T C , U S N A and OCS to assist recruiting into the surface community; special emphasis through our public affairs people on the excitement and challenge of the surface navy and expanding the utilization of small ships and craft in recruiting.

16 All of these and many more are under consideration or in the process of being implemented. Meanwhile, I would call upon all of our alumni to do everything in their power to assist us in this vital field during their contact with their fellow active duty officers and with the civilian community. W e need all of the help and ideas we can get and I'm counting on you to help bring the retention rate in this community up to a more respectable figure.

4. Conceptually, have "Sea Control Operations" and "Sea Projection Operations" added a n e w d i m e n s i o n to modern warfare at sea.'

C. E. P o w e l l '54 No, these are two roles that the Navy has filled for many years along with that of Overseas Presence. The newest of the four roles is that of Strategic Deterrence which began with the advent of the nuclear age.

I like to describe these as follows: —Strategic Deterrence —Projection of Power Overseas —Sea Control, and —Overseas Presence Our Polaris/Poseidon combination, or Strategic Forces, are the Navy's contribution to our nation's nuclear deterrent. In the decade ahead, as enemy weapons become more accurate, our sea-based missile systems will continue to increase in importance to our country.

Second, our Projection Forces enable us to extend our power across the oceans and into the Eurasian rimland. These forces include our Merchant Marine, which now carries 95 percent of the logistical burden of supplying our Army and Air Force overseas with such necessities as aviation fuel, food and ordnance. In the years ahead, despite new technology, we will still rely on sealift to carry more than 90 percent of the logistical requirements of our sister services overseas.

Other Projection Forces include our strike carrier forces with planes capable of projecting power hundreds of miles inland, and our amphibious ships with their ability to project our Marines ashore overseas.

Our Sea Control forces are composed of a complex calculus of weapons systems including our attack submarines, maritime patrol aircraft and strike aircraft operating from our carriers which deal with the enemy surface fleet and submerged submarines. Their job, simply stated, is to ensure that our sea lines of communications from

the United States to our allies are kept open.

Our final, and perhaps most important mission, is that of Overseas Presence . . . the ability to maintain silent and, because they are out of sight of land, invisible forces anywhere on the oceans of the world.

This mission is performed by both Sea Control and Projection Forces. T h e more obvious and less silent Overseas Presence comes in the form of those Projection Forces which are used in a Quemoy, Lebanon or Mediterranean crisis such as we have witnessed in the Middle East.

5. W h a t is the status of V i n s o n Hall?

T. W . M c K e c h n i e '62 Vinson Hall, for those of you who may not know, is experiencing difficulty and it badly needs our help. W e are about to embark on a fairly large fund-raising campaign that will last over the next two years, but we now have an immediate goal of $100,000 to keep the residence functioning.

N M C G F , Navy-Marine Corps Coast Guard Foundation, started Vinson Hall as a residence for officers' widows and retired officers, many of whom had no place to go and others who merely wished to enjoy the companionship that only Vinson Hall could offer them in their later years.

Hopefully, Vinson Hall is only a beginning and once it becomes a viable, reasonably self-supporting operation, the Foundation will be able to expand the residence hall concept to other areas and to the enlisted retired community. This is all part of a much larger, and more vital human problem, with which neither the Navy nor our entire government have come to grips over the centuries since we first built a Navy. I promise that we are going to use the human resources we have to work toward measurable progress in the sphere of retired personnel and the real needs of widows and dependents of deceased Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard people.

Most Sea Service widows are too proud to ask for help for themselves. Many feel that this is somehow a reflection on their husbands if they let their needs be known.

Too many elect to spend their last years in penury rather than (as one widow put it) "worry their friends." But tve are their friends, and we have real reasons to worry.

Our job is to make sure that the security provided by Vinson Hall will be offered as long as it is needed, and that other facilities taking advantage of its

hard-earned experience can be built and operated with high competence and consideration.

PART II Questions to the Naval Academy 6. Is there any w a y civilian graduates can have club privileges at the N a v a l Officers' Club other than at H o m e c o m i n g time?

J. B. Reid '37 T h e Manual for Messes Ashore governs membership in all officers' clubs. Just being a Naval Academy graduate is not a criterion for Naval Academy Officers' Club membership.

Capt. W. L. Foster Deputy for Operations

7. Is it n o w possible to receive premed undergraduate training at USNA? It is possible, however, the Bio-Science major is limited to 2 % of each class at the time of the major selection. This major is in effect now for the Classes of 1974, 1975, and should continue for future classes.

J. F. Kelley, Jr. Asst. Dean for Academic Affairs

8. W h y is it so difficult to get a comparative annual (fiscal year) financal statement from the Athletic Association? W h y shouldn't such statements be published to the members of the Athletic Association? D i t t o above questions regarding N a v a l Academy Memorial Fund and w h y is this fund necessary J. B. Cash '25 T h e Naval Academy Athletic Association and Naval Academy Memorial Fund financial statements are available upon written request to the Director of Athletics and to the Secretary of the Naval Academy Memorial Fund. T o publish such statements for distribution to all members would be a prohibitive effort financially.

T h e Naval Academy Memorial Fund is a one-time fund raising effort approved by the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations to construct a student union, sailing center, and recreational park complex. Details are in question number 10. Fund information for the necessity of this campaign and its goals can be secured

17 by visiting the Memorial Fund office, 3rd floor of the Administration Building.

Capt. J. O. Coppedge, U S N (Ret.) Director, N A A A LCdr. T . W . McKechnie Secretary, N A M E

9. W i l l chapel be n o n c o m p u l s o r y in the near future?

W . H. Russell '57 Compulsory chapel attendance continues to be the subject of litigation, and the outcome may not be k n o w n for a considerable length of time.

Cdr. R. L. Slater, J A G C Staff Judge Advocate

10. W h a t is the status of the U S N A Memorial Fund to provide a sailing center and improved recreational facilities at the Academy, and w h a t are the estimated dates for c o m p l e t i o n of these projects?

H. E. Sears '28 As of 22 September the Memorial Fund has raised $2,681,864.00 of the $3.3 million needed to carry out the Recreational Facilities Program. T h e current status of each facility is as follows: (1) Sailing Center—Architects' final drawings expected in October, will advertise for construction bids in early November.

Date of completion estimated at 12 to 14 months after contract is let.

(2) Student Union (Recreational Facilities Complex) (a) Indoor—Plans for the indoor portion of the Student Union/Recreational Facilities complex consisting of a Reception/Lounge Area and an Ice Skating Rink are in the final stages of completion and we expect to advertise for bids for this portion of the program in early November. Also, funds are available for the basic renovation and construction but we still need approximately $200,000 to complete the interior appointments in an appropriate manner. Estimated date of completion of the basic renovation of Dahlgren Hall is 14-16 months after the contract is let. (b) Outdoor—the warm weather adjunct to our Student Union, consisting of a Recreational Park centered around an outdoor pool, is at the conceptual design stage and holding. W e hope to obtain sufficient support to continue with a goal of commencing construction in the Spring of 1973.

VAdm. W . P. Mack

11. W h a t is the situation regarding the admission of w o m e n candidates to the N a v a l A c a d e m y (There were numerous questions asked in this regard and the f o l l o w i n g is a summary to date.)

In response to nominations of two female candidates last year, the Secretary of the Navy ruled that under present regulations women could not be admitted legally to the Naval Academy. Accordingly, both sponsors of these female candidates were informed that their nominations were invalid, and we have responded in a similar manner to all inquiries and applications since then.

W h e n the Secretary said that the Navy would not admit women to the Naval Academy, he announced at the same time that the Navy was opening its reserve officer training program to women, with the first co-educational pilot program being established at Jacksonville University in Florida. Subsequently, Admiral Zumwalt, in his Z-116 message on Equal Rights and Opportunities for W o m e n in the Navy, announced that midshipmen programs at all N R O T C campuses would be open to women in FY 74.

T h e reasons advanced for not accepting women as midshipmen have been related to the combat role at sea of U S N A graduates. Under present law. Title 10 U.S. Code, para. 4015, women are precluded from service on board vessels other than hospital ships and transports, or in aircraft that are engaged in combat missions. T h e demand for the Naval Academy's output of officers qualified for the combat role far exceeds the supply. Retaining a satisfactory percentage of male officers beyond the initial service obligation has been a much greater problem than maintaining a high retention rate of women officers. For these reasons, it seems wiser to reserve the Naval Academy for educating male officers only.

As the proposed constitutional amendment (House Joint Resolution 208) proceeds toward ratification, and the SecNav/ C N O Task Force on law/regulation/policy changes needed to eliminate disadvantages to women completes its work, it is possible that the question will be reviewed again.

R. W . McNitt Dean of Admissions {Continued

on page 18)

17th bL 18th C. Houses 30 miles Annapolis—35 miles Washington— Some on the Patuxent—all near marinas—in Lower Marlboro—a tobacco port in the 17th C , and today a unique community of early houses, most of them being moved from poor sites elsewhere in Md. & Va. and re-erected here on good 3 to 6 A. sites, with all their period features carefully preserved, plus thorough modernization—30 in all eventually.

Some Examples:

The Barnes House—in the pines 4 bedrooms (one downstairs) $69,500 w/3 A.

Tlie Willis Wharf House 4 bedrooms—2J^ baths—formal living room $100,000—4 A. overlooking the Patuxent

The Harbourmaster's House 11 rooms—5 bedrooms—3 baths 33' panelled living room $100,000 (or $125,000 with acreage) Elsewhere in Md.—c. 1699 to modernize, and c. 1666 near the water, at $85,000 Hundreds of others in Md., Va., New England, Great Britain, Ireland, the Continent

PERIOD HOUSES 1317 W i s c o n s i n A v e . , N . W .

W a s h i n g t o n , B . C . 20007 (202) 333-6992 & 333-5843

12. D o y o u have statistics s h o w i n g the numbers percentages of midshipm e n w h o have been attrited each year by class, voluntarily and involuntarily over the past ten years? Believe the figures w o u l d be of general interestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; as w o u l d the percentages of each class w h o resign after c o m p l e t i o n of obligated service.

N o r m a n C. Gillette '36

Class 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972

Maximum Membership

T h e attrition summaries for the last ten graduating classes are as follows: This office does not have information regarding the number of resignations after completion of obligated service.

E. T. Heise Registrar Ed. Noteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Shipmate ivill endeavor to obtain this data for early publication.

Number Graduated

1226 1301 1240 1326 1295 1346 1328 1347 1396 1383

13. W h a t is the present ratio of civilian instructors to military instructors? A n d h o w many of the civilian instructors are g r a d u a t e s of the N a v a l Academy?

D . W . Rhodes '62 There are presently 273 civilian instructors and 275 military officer billets assigned to the academic departments. T h e civilian faculty includes fifteen Naval Academy graduates and one Military Academy graduate.

Comdr. D. A. Shelso Asst. Dean for Faculty & Finances

14. W h a t management education does the m i d s h i p m a n receive w i t h regard to work-load scheduling, task identification, and civilian/military labor management relations?

R. V. Buck '58 One of the more popular areas offered as part of the majors curricula is the management major. It is anticipated that about 10% of each entering class will choose this option. Those who select this discipline are introduced to the principles of management, including planning, organizing, and staffing, in one of the initial courses in the major. Such traditional tools as the Gantt chart, and more current techniques such as P E R T / C P M and systems analysis are also introduced early in the sequence and are used to solve problems of increasing complexity as the student advances through the curriculum.

Labor/management relations is covered

876 925 801 868 889 836 879 839 875 906

Total Losses Percent 28.5 28.9 35.4 34.5 31.4 37.9 33.8 37.7 37.3 34.5

Voluntary Losses Percent 10.7 9.3 14.8 16.1 15.8 20.4 17.7 19.3 18.4 21.7

most thoroughly in the course on personnel management, where the similarities and differences between labor relations in the public and private sectors are developed. Civilian/military labor management relations are included as an integral part of this segment.

Additionally, a majority of the midshipmen are required to take NS452, The Junior Naval Officer. This course includes several pertinent course segments such as shipboard administration and organization, the 3-M system, and practical exercises in schedule planning. Relations with civilian yard personnel are also discussed.

Asst. Prof. R. E. Steed Management Science Dept.

15. W h a t are the present and future prospects for a midshipman to attain a commission in the N a v y Supply Corps?

H. G. D i t t m a n '67 T h e Supply Corps is allocated a quota of one physically qualified candidate from each graduating class. In addition, the Supply Corps along with the Civil Engineering Corps is allowed to commission those midshipmen who are not physically qualified for the Navy Line. After receiving his commission each officer has available the Line Staff Transfer Board wherein he may request a transfer to one of the Staff Corps or Restricted Line communities.

Capt. W. G. Fisher Dep'y Comdt. of Midn.

16. A junior officer's stock in trade is his men. I feel the N a v a l Academy has in the past poorly prepared mids h i p m e n for dealing w t h enlisted personnel from master chiefs to seamen apprentices. Has any improvement been made in this area? D o you feel there is a need here?

R. A. Wallace '68 Six senior enlisted advisors are assigned within the Office of the Commandant.

Their purpose is to provide the midshipmen with an insight, guidance and information concerning officer/enlisted relations from the C P O level. This program has been underway since late spring this year and has partially filled the gap that previously existed.

Capt. W. G. Fisher Dep'y Comdt. of Midn.

17. A s alumni, w e enjoy seeing m i d s h i p m e n in action on the athletic field. They've always dstinguished themselves academically too. W o u l d it be possible sometime to see them in action in this area (Springfield, Va.)?

Perhaps it could be in seminars or delivering talks or presenting papers to semi-public groups of alumni.

W o u l d any m i d s h i p m e n be interested?

Prescott Palmer 'AA Each year during the Christmas and spring leave periods midshipmen speak at local schools and civic organizations. This program is called Operation Information and is administered by the Candidate Guidance Office. W e do not, as a rule, make midshipmen available for seminars, presentations, etc., during the academic year in an attempt to limit draw downs on academic time.

Capt. W. G. Fisher Dep'y Comdt. of Midn.

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The Solution

This photograph in the September-October issue of Shipmate produced a veritable flood of correspondence, far more letters than we could print or even acknowledge here. T h e only complete identification of all the flag officers was made by RAdm. Charles Lyman, U S N (Ret.) '26, but he did not have to rely on memory. His father was the Marine standing at the extreme right, and he has a similar photograph listing names and billets. Unfortunately, his copy does not include or identify the civilians in the rear, presumably from Mr. Roosevelt's staff.

Seated V A d m . W . R. Sexton, Commander Battleships, Battle Force VAdm. F . H . Brumby, Commander Scouting Force Adm. David F . Sellers, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Fleet AstSecNav. Henry L. Roosevelt Adm. Joseph M. Reeves, Commander Battle Force VAdm. Harris Laning, Commander Cruisers, Scouting Force RAdm. T . T . Craven, Commander Battleship Division One

The picture was taken in April, 1934 on board USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38), Fleet Flagship, anchored off Colon just after the U.S. Fleet had completed an emergency transit of the Panama Canal—in 30 hours. T h e occasion was a Fleet visit by Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, and perhaps a class reunion, for he was a non-grad alumnus of 1901. Subsequently the combined Fleet exercised in the Caribbean en route to N e w York for a formal visit to the World's Fair. Admiral Reeves then relieved Admiral Sellers as Commander-in-Chief and Sellers became Superintendent of the Naval Academy.

Standing RAdm. W . S. Pye, Chief of Staff, Scouting Force Unknown RAdm. Adolphus Andrews, Chief of Staff, Battle Force RAdm. F . J. H o m e , Commander Training Squadron One RAdm. C. E. Courtney, Commander Cruisers, Battle Force RAdm. E. C. Kalbfus, Commander Destroyers, Battle Force Unknown—possibly RAdm. J. R. Defrees RAdm. C. P. Snyder, Chief of Staff, U. S. Fleet RAdm. John Halligan, Jr., Commander Aircraft, Battle Force Unknown RAdm. H . E. Lackey, Commander Cruiser Division Four RAdm. A. E. Watson, Commander Destroyers, Scouting Force Tentatively, RAdm. N . E. Irwin, U S N (Ret.) RAdm. C. R. Train, Commander Cruiser Division Three RAdm. M. H . Simons, Chief of Staff, Cruisers, Scouting Force BGen. Charles H . Lyman, Commanding General Fleet Marine Force Our sincere thanks to all who responded.

RAdm. A. D . Ayrault, U S N (Ret.) '21, provided the interesting sidelight that a similar gathering of the clan was held earlier in San Pedro to greet the Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Chairmen of the House and Senate Naval Affairs Committees. Since prohibition had just been repealed, the question arose as to restoring the wine mess aboard ship—but not for long. T h e nineteen flag officers present voted 18-1 against.

Here are the identities, in ranks and commands held, from left to right in each row:

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How Happen I Were in Pearl Harbor" T a i Sing Loo, Former U.S. Navy Photographer

According to the late Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, any scholar of the Dec. 7, 1941 attac\ on Pearl Harbor who had not read Tai Sing Loo's version of it was not well-informed.

At the time of the attac\ he was one of Hawaii's best-\nown photographers and perhaps the most widely \nown and most universally li\ed civilian employe of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.

Immediately after the attac\ 30 years ago he wrote his version of it and it has since been widely reprinted exactly as he wrote it.

On the 6th of Decemher, Saturday afternoon, I had made arrangement with Tech.

Sergeant Christen to have all his Guard to be at the Main Gate between 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning to have a group of picture taken in front of the new concrete entrance as a setting with the "Pearl Harbor" for Christmas card to send home to their family.

Sunday morning I left my home for Pearl Harbor after 7:00 o'clock. I was waiting for my bus at corner Wilder Avenue and Metcalf Street. Saw the sky full of antiaircraft gun firing up in the air, I call my friend to look up in the sky, explain them how the Navy used their Antiaircraft gun firing in practising, at that time I didn't realize we were in actual war.

Our bus stop at Bishop and King Streets. We heard alarm ringing from third story building of the Lewers &

Cooke, Ltd. Saw the window shattered. I walk up to Young Hotel corner and cross the street. Stop for a coup of coffee at Swinky and Franky.

Suddenly all excitement arouse the Honolulu Fire Engine rush down Bishop Street and all directions. Taxi full load of sailor and marin.e dashing toward Pearl Harbor. I'm very much surprise what's all this excitement.

I wave taxi to stop and get on it to go back to Pearl Harbor. When I approach to Pearl Harbor surprize with great shock. Thought one of our oil tanks caught in fire, showing black velum of thick smoke in the air. I got off at the main gate of Pearl Harbor, met all the guards with arms and Machine Gun in placed. I was great shock with surprise the war are on.

Watching many Japanese war planes attacked Pearl Harbor, dropping bombs right and left on dry docks and Ford Island. Suddenly terrific explosion. Fire broke out.

I was very calm and waiting for the opportunity to get a ride to the studio to get my camera. I was at the Main Gates standby with Marines. Guards at the Main Gates were bravery and cool headed to keep them by standing away for safety and clear traffic. There were the young, fighting Marines. We were under fire. T h e Japanese planes painted in aluminum, red ball under each wing, flew very low toward the Main gates.

I wish my Graflex with me. I would had a wonderful close up shot of the Japanese.

Again the Japanese flew around the Navy Housing Area and turn back, head direct to Hickam Field, very low to drop a bomb to the Hangars, with terrific explosion, set fire the buildings. More planes flew direct the dry dock. Suddenly, I saw one plane had a hit. It flew direct toward West Locke stream of smoke screen.

N o w this my opportunity to get in the Yard, one of the Leadingmen of Machine Shop drove in his automobile. I hop in, he take me to the Studio and pick up my Graflex Camera to take some picture, second thought I change my mind, reason is because first place I didn't had no order, the second place I didn't had my famous Trade-Mark helmet on.

I had a new English Helmet from Singapore, given by Admral Murfil a year ago, so I'm afraid some one will make a mistake me as a Jap and shot me down.

I went up to the Administration Building everythings O.K. I met Mr. William Mcllhenny and Mr. W . C. Bohley at the stairway. W e talk and both went toward the dry dock.

I went to the Supply Dept. and saw many boy had a Steel Helmet on, so I get permission to get one, the size are too large and heavy for me so I select one smaller size painted green and white stripe.

I went direct to the dry dock to help put out the fire on U.S.S. Cassin had the depth charges on her stern and the U.S.S. Pennsylvania bow between Cassin and Downes. I knew it was very dangerous it may exploded damaged the dry docks and the U.S.S. Pennsylvania. We put our hoses directed the depth charges keeping wet.

An officer came near by said keep up the good work we had our hose right at it all the time, and I turn around and saw Lieut. Spear, order all men stand back, some things may happen, so I obey his order and ran back toward U.S.S. Pennsylvania, sudden really happen the terrific explosion came from the Destroyer few people were hurt and some fell down.

I notice some large pieces of Steel Plates blew over the dry dock when I turn around and look, afterward I notice two extra hoses without nozzles.

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7 was great shoc\ with surprise the war are on."

So I went to the Fire Station and brought back 2 volunteers pointed direct the depth charges, I call for more volunteers to help me clear and straighten up the hose around the First Street to clear for traffic at the same time purpose to give the fire fighter a chance to extend the hose across the bow of U.S.S. Pennsylvania to fight the fire at the Downes on Starboard side.

Here come another Fire Engine from Submarine Base, I direct them to place their engine and connect this Hydrant No. 151 and direct them to the depth charges, so everything are well done and successful accomplishment their service.

A few words of my appreciation and vote of thanks and successful credit to Lieut.

Spear, in charge with his gallant spirit to kept his staff and volunteers calm, right at the job to see the depth charges were wet and kept away the fire. T h e Marines of the Fire Dept. of the Navy Yard, are the Heroes of the Day of Dec. 7, 1941, that save the Cassin and Downes and U.S.S. Pennsylvania in Dry Dock N o . 1.

I saw the crew threw out empty 5" shell on the dock. I gether up in piles with some sailors, so I met Chief T. to help me order some hose from Supply Dept. to place in this Hydrant N o . 151, corner Avenue D and First Street. I also request Lt. Foster to order me more hoses, with in half an hour the Chief brought back 6 new hoses and other load from Lt. Foster and other Chief which I have about 12 lengths of hose to stand by. Why I order this hoses for.?

T h e answerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for emergency something may happen I will be there with readiness, reason why, the magazines were taking out from the U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and many casing and empty shell, at the same time were under fired the Jap Airplanes flew over head where up in the cloud: T h e U.S.S. Pennsylvania Antiair Craft

crews were in full action, I wasn't excited and very calm about Street to protected the 2 new hoses. I were little worry because I have no nails and lumber to nail between the two planks separated while the heavy traffic going by with Emergency Cases to the Naval Hospital without crushing the hoses.

I met Captain Swain passing by I had his permission to have the carpenter of the Boat Shop to help me nail this planks together. H e went to telephone, within few minutes four men marching down with nails and lumber. I were very happy, here comes the Carpenters ready to started nailing, suddenly the roaring Anti Air Craft Guns in action.

I call my men to dodging for safety, after the Enemy Planes disappear we all returns to our duty, the four men didn't come back at all left the hammers, nails and lumber, so I was very fortunely for two of our local boys passing by and helping me to furnish the job, it were very thankful to volunteer their service to stand by with me during the Emergency.

I had two men standing by the Hydrant No. 119 locate Corner Avenue E and First Street near the head of Dry Dock N o . 1, four men guarding the two hoses in emergency for readiness in case of fire broke out from the Magazine Casing.

I was self volunteer to be Traffic Police and directing the Traffic during the rushing hours or Emergency, I get a big piece o.' Maroon cloth to signaling the ambulance to look at those planks, easily passing over, to save my hose and other word to give the wounded patients rest easily from rough crossing on the heavy planks.

I directed all four hours to kept the First Street clear of right away to the Naval Hospital.

Many heavy contractor trucks passing by with all defenders and emergency call employee, to report to the shop for

standby. I direct all this group of trucks turn up to Avenue E and unload the employees. Everythings were successfuly exciting.

I enjoyed my duty and a word of appreciation to my volunteers friends of their bravery and courageous to their service, during the emergency and Under Fired. Everythings were under control and we all secure and roll up the hoses and returns to the Supply Dept. W e were hungry no lunch so I brought each one a Box Ice Cream for lunch and we all dismissed about 3:30 P.M. One of the Marine patrol approaching towards me, if I will do the boys a great service of the Marine Guards and Sailors, which their have no lunch and some without breakfast, so I went to the garage to take my Red Put-put to the 3rd, Defense Fleet Marine Mess Hall to see my friend Tech. Sergt. Newland for help, I told the story regards the Post Guard have been neglected to release for lunch. Tech. Sergt.

Howland were very kind and his cook to prepared some sandwiches, ham and chicken, fruit all I can delivery to the Post.

You should hear what were their saying. "Charles, you are one life saver!" I have been riding round and round the drydock until everyone had a sandwiches on e\ery post except the Fuel Oil Farms.

I send 50 chicken and ham sandwiches, apples and oranges and buns with ham.

After I returns the Mess Sergt., report no breads be served and water are being poison. I serving some Civilians and the Post and Guards H o t Tacks, apples and orange. T h e water is poison. At the drytlock all the workman have no lunch and hungry, working on the U.S.S. Downes and U.S.S. Cassin, I ran short of everything about 6:00 p.m.

I told the men go to the Mess Hall, of the 3rd, Defense to have their meal with

26 out charges and drink tomatoes juice and fruit. About 7:00 p.m. I went to the garage to have them take me to the main gates. As the last though I have the driver drove me to the Mess Hall the Mess Sergt. gave me 3 gals, can iced-cold tomatoes juice and 3 dozen oranges and bag full of Hot Tacks, I gave the driver to take back to garage night force.

I left the Navy Yard at 7:30 P.M. at Main Gates. I was very fortunely an automobile pass by. Lady invited me to take me back to town, she just drive off the

Ferry boat from Ford Island. She left me off the Hawaiian Electric Co. It was a black out night. I walk across to Army and Navy Y.M.C.A. to the Beretania Street to walk direct to the Thomas Square and stopped for a rest.

I ask the soldier guard on patrol, with appreciated very kindly if he will halt an automobile to take me home, if convenvenience on their way home. I told him I came back from Pearl Harbor, I'm Chinese. So shake my hand and glad to be of service, to the Chinese friend.

An automobile approach and stop, the soldier request the owner if he will help to take me home to the University. Happening the driver know me very well, he heard my voice, so he invited me in his car and drove me to my home at the front door, I extend my appreciation and thanks him very kindly to see safely home.

My wife and four children were happy and thankful I were safely at home. As the Confucius say, "Every Kind Deeds its return many, many time Folds."

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Capitol Hill Fred Lardner '22

Shipbuilding Funds Funds approved for shipbuilding and conversion in fiscal 1973 total $2,970,600,000.

While this is a substantial reduction from the $3,564,300,000 requested in the Administration's budget, there will be no corresponding reduction in the production program.

Only one item, apparently, was eliminated. T h e budget called for conversion of two guided missile frigates at $93.5 million each. Conversion of one of the frigates was delayed, at a saving of $47,000,000. Other reductions are as follows: DD-963 Spruance class destroyer program ATS rescue and salvage ship Trident (ULMS) submarine Sea Ointrol Ship (funded under R.D.T. & E.) PHM patrol hydrofoil missile ship (partially funded under R.D.T. & E.) Outfitting Costs Cost growth

1363,000,000 22,100,000 50,000,000 10,000,000

60,400,000 6,200,000 35,000,000 $546,700,000

Both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committees agreed on an allowance of $247,000,000 for construction of an additional seven DD-963 destroyers, scheduled to cost $610,000,000 in the budget. " T h e total recommended is for advance procurement when, and if, these seven additional ships are fully funded," the Senate committee said. "It is the view of the committee that the current status of this program and the L H A ship program dictates a rescheduling of the funding for the 30 ships covered under the existing DD-963 contract. T h e committee has been advised that the contractor has agreed to extend the date for exercising the option for ships numbers 17 through 23 from January 15, 1973, to January 15, 1974.

Therefore, the recommended action does not endanger the Government's rights under the contract."

Funds for the Trident lead submarine and three follow-on submarines total $807,900,000 for fiscal 1973, of the total of $980,000,000 sought in the budget. This allocation includes $311,000,000 for ship-

building and conversion (compared to $361,000,000 in the budget); $470,400,000 for Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, for continuation of the development of the Trident I missile and associated equipment; $23,500 for other equipment.

R. D. T. &E. Congress approved $2,545,213,000 for Navy Research Development, Test & Evaluation, a little more than the House proposed and a little less than the Senate proposal. T h e 1972 appropriation was $2,352,319,000, while the 1973 budget request was $2,813,787,000. These figures indicate the growing importance of R D T & E. T h e more important projects being handled by this section include the new Submarine Launched Cruise missile program, Surface platforms, advance development, part of the Surface Effects Ship; V I S T O L aircraft for the Sea Control Ship; Sea Control Ship; P H M hydrofoil missile ships; Trident long-range submarine ballistic missile.

Congress approved $6,000,000 for the Submarine Launched Cruise Missile Program; $32,100,000 for the Surface Effects ship program; and $30,400,000 for the two hydrofoil missile ships. Congress specified that at least 51 percent of the components of the Trident missile must be obtained by competitive bidding.

T h e money figures printed herewith are for fiscal 1973, and are said to be all that is needed for this year.

purchase and operation of aircraft for the sole purpose of proficiency flying for those individuals not assigned to flight duties.

This provision has never included a waiver with respect to other hazardous duty incentive pay categories, such as duty on submarines, demolition assignments, and flight deck operations. " T h e House bill provides that the above described waiver shall not be applicable to those ranks above colonel-Navy captain (paygrade 0-6) who are not assigned to combat flying duties. The Defense Department has requested the deletion of this provision.

"It is the view of this committee that the Defense Department should review the entire area of incentive pay, the performance requirements for receiving such pay, and the inequities resulting under the existing statutory provisions, and early in the next session, submit to the Congress a proposal to correct these inequities.

"However, the committee recognizes that it would not be fair to the individuals concerned to deny flight pay to those officers in pay grades 0-6 and above as proposed in the House provision which provides no time for review and legislative action. Therefore, this committee recommends that the House provision be amended to delay the effective date until June 1, 1973. It is the view of the committee that this amendment provides adequate time for legislative action on this matter."

T h e date chosen for such action was May 31, 1973.

"Fly Before Buy" Flight Pay Changes "For a number of years," the Senate Appropriations Committee said, "the Defense Department Appropriations Acts have included a provision waiving the requirement for actual flying (proficiency flying) in order to receive flight pay for those rated officers who are assigned to non-flying duties. The purpose of this provision has been to save the cost of the

Both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committees have been insisting that the Services complete development of new weapons systems before signing contracts for production. " T h e committee desires to express again its concern with the continuation of the practice of initiation of production of major weapons systems before the completion of development programs," the Senate committee said.

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'Without

a Respectable Navy;

Alas

America!"

John Paul Jones

"In this bill, the committee has recommended substantial funds for the production of the Air Force's F-15 air superiority fighter and the Navy's F-14 fighter and S-3A ASW aircraft, all of which involve an unacceptable amount of concurrency of development and production. These production funds are recommended only because the failure to provide funds for these programs would adversely aflect the Government's position under existing contracts. In the future, the committee will insist upon the completion of the development program for new weapons before recommending production funds, and the Department of Defense is expected to provide for the implementation of this policy in its contracts for the development and production of new systems. In other words, the committee expects to adhere strictly to the Department's announced policy of 'fly-before-buy.' "

said it found a number of areas where military and civilian job conversions would be appropriate, as in Data Processing, Defense Supply Agency Management, Security Review Functions in the office of the Secretary of Defense, and Recruiting.

Regarding Recruiting, the committee said that a pilot program might be adopted to determine the feasibility of civilian recruiting of military personnel. " T h e civilians could either be employees of the Defense Department or employees of a private firm under contract to one of the military departments," the committee said. "Retired military personnel would be the most obvious candidates for this type of job."

T h e Navy increased its recruiting forces in fiscal year 1972 and wants to increase them again this year, so that on June 30, 1973, it will be about 5,500 recruiting personnel.

Military Or Civilian Jobs.'

Funds For Fiscal 1973

"It is Defense Department policy that civilians will be used in all positions not requiring military incumbents for reasons of law, training, security, discipline, rotation, combat readiness, or a need for a military background to successfully perform assigned duties," the House Appropriations Committee said.

The General Accounting Office made a survey on the alleged extensive use of military personnel in civilian positions, and concluded that large numbers of positions occupied by military people could be converted to civilian positions during fiscal 1973. However, a lack of staffing guidance at the installation level and apprehension that Congress would not provide the flexibility to make justifiable conversions in terms of increasing civilian authorized spaces and permitting the transfer of funds, has handicapped military departments in employing more civilians.

T h e Navy presents a special problem; it must maintain an equitable sea-shore rotation policy which requires more jobs ashore than would normally be necessary.

T h e House committee after hearings

Total allotment of funds for fiscal 1973 operation of the defense agencies is about $74.6 billion, considerably less than the budget request for about $79.6 billion. But there is little change in the amount of work contemplated in the budget; many of the reductions are in the form of stretchouts.

T h e Navy gets money for all its ship building projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the N I M I T Z or fourth

A-carrier, six nuclear attack submarines, conversion of six more Polaris submarines to Poseidon missile carriers, additional DD-863 destroyers, the Trident submarine program, vessel and missile, some of the new ships, as the sea control ship and the hydrofoil patrol missile ship.

There is additional money for civilianization of K P dutiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Army, $65,000; Navy, $6,650,000 Marine Corps, $1,300,000; Air Force, $20,000,000. In fiscal 1972 the Navy and the Air Force implemented the program at 90 percent of their bases.

W h e n fully implemented, the cost of this program will be around $200,000,000, including about $22,000,000 for the Navy.

The Navy appropriation for personnel is comparatively high, $5,306,749,000 only $75,000,000 below the budget estimate. A summary of Navy's military personnel strength is provided in the table below.

P C S T r a v e l . T h e Navy gets $262.2 million for Permanent Change of Station Travel, and there was an increase in this amount of $600,000 for shipment of household goods. PCS funds provide for transportation of personnel to first duty station; transfer of personnel within the Navy and separation travel of personnel. Provision is also made for transportation of dependents of military personnel, household effects, and automobiles, and payment of dislocation allowance as dictated by PCS assignments or by changes in the home port of ships and the permanent duty station of certain ships.

SUMMARY OF MILIT.ARY PERSONNEL STRENGTH Fiscal year 1971 actual

ManYears

End Strength 30 June 1971

Fiscal year 1972 planned

ManYears

End Strength 30 June 1972

Fiscal year 1973 planned End Strength ManYears 30 June 1973

Total program: Officers

77,217

74,557

73,561

73,424

72,811

72,198

Enlisted

573,867

543,981

529,572

524,529

524,130

525,231

4,315

4,485

4,251

4,243

4,243

4,243

655,399

623,023

607,384

602.196

601,184

601,672

Academy

cadets

Total program

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No Free Imports

T h e House Appropriations Committee has w o n its fight to force t h e D e f e n s e D e p a r t m e n t t o a b a n d o n its n e w practice of p a y i n g t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d d u t y costs o n foreign automobiles a n d household goods i m p o r t e d i n t o t h e U n i t e d States by m e m bers of t h e military services.

O n M a y 2 1 , 1971, t h e D e f e n s e D e p a r t m e n t a n n o u n c e d t h a t it w o u l d start s u c h a policy o n July 1, 1972. N a v y m e m b e r s could n o t p a r t i c i p a t e , for t h e N a v y d i d n o t specifically b u d g e t f u n d s t o p a y for this policy in its fiscal 1973 b u d g e t . N o w t h e p r o g r a m m u s t e n d o n D e c e m b e r 3 1 , 1972, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e latest C o n g r e s s i o n a l decision.

I n M a r c h , 1961, t h e D e f e n s e D e p a r t m e n t issued a directive p r o h i b i t i n g t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a t g o v e r n m e n t e x p e n s e of pers o n a l l y - o w n e d foreign a u t o m o b i l e s a n d g o o d s . A s a result of t h e M a y 2 1 , 1971, directive, a b o u t $11,000,000 w a s b e i n g s p e n t o n i m p o r t a t i o n of foreign m a d e automobiles.

T h e S e n a t e c o m m i t t e e said " t h i s is a m a t t e r w h i c h s h o u l d b e subject t o a u n i f o r m policy applicable t o all U n i t e d States p e r s o n n e l a s s i g n e d t o overseas posts, a n d the Defense D e p a r t m e n t military a n d civilian p e r s o n n e l s h o u l d n o t b e subject t o m o r e restrictive a l l o w a n c e s t h a n t h e pers o n n e l of t h e State D e p a r t m e n t a n d o t h e r G o v e r n m e n t agencies." " P e r s o n n e l e x p e n d i t u r e s by m i l i t a r y service p e r s o n n e l h a v e b e c o m e a significant factor in t h e overall b a l a n c e of p a y m e n t s p r o b l e m , " t h e H o u s e c o m m i t t e e said. " I n 1960 e x p e n d i t u r e s by U . S. Military pers o n n e l a c c o u n t e d for $3,087,000,000 i n direct defense expenses e x p e n d i t u r e s m a d e a b r o a d for g o o d s a n d services. By 1970 t h a t p e r c e n t a g e increased t o 38 p e r c e n t for a n e s t i m a t e d $4,851,000,000 in overseas defense e x p e n d i t u r e s . " P r i o r t o July 1, 1972, t h e r e w a s a limit a t i o n of 2,000 p o u n d s ( 2 5 0 0 p o u n d s for a first l i e u t e n a n t a n d 3,375 p o u n d s for a c o l o n e l ) t h a t a m e m b e r could h a v e s h i p p e d from overseas u n d e r t h e P C S a l l o w a n c e on household goods shipments. Those limits w e r e increased drastically to 7,000 p o u n d s for a n E-4 a n d t o 20,000 p o u n d s for a g e n e r a l , w i t h a n a v e r a g e s h i p m e n t of a b o u t 10,000 p o u n d s . T h e c o m m i t t e e e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h e cost of this policy w o u l d h a v e b e e n $12,000,000 in fiscal 1 9 7 3 .

T h e weight limitation o n imported g o o d s will r e t u r n t o w h a t it w a s before July 1, 1972. ^

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President— ADM. G . W . ANDERSON, JR., USN (Ret.) '27, McLean, Va. Vice President (Eastern Area)— R A D M . ROBERT W . MCNITT, USN (Ret.) '38, Annapolis, Md.

Vice President (Central

Area)—

MR. DAVID B. BENHAM '41, Oklahoma City, Ok.

Vice President (Western

Area)—

L G E N . VICTOR H . KRULAK, USMC (Ret.) '34, San Diego, Ca.

Past President— MR. HANSON W . BALDWIN '24, Roxbury, Ct.

Executive Director— CAPT. W . S. BUSIK, USN (Ret.) '43, Annapolis, Md.

TRUSTEES Superintendent's

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A t Large (To serve through Spring Meeting 1973) CAPT. LUCIEN CAPONE, USN '49

CAPT. S. O . JONES, USN '51

LCDR. T . C . LYNCH, USN '64

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(To serve through Spring Meeting 1974) RADM. W . A. BROCKETT, USN (Ret.) '34

CAPT. C . J. MERDIN-GER. ( C E C ) USN (Ret.) '41

LT. ROGER T . STAUBACH, USNR '65

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(To serve through Spring Meeting 1975) MR. WILLIAM A. ANDERS '55

VADM. PAUL D . STROOP, USN (Ret.) '26

CAPT. CHARLES E . GURNEY, I H , USN '52

LCDR. WOODROW W . VAUGHN, JR.. (SC) USN '64

From Local Chapters RADM. JOHN W . AILES, III, USN (Ret.) '30,

CAPT. JACK H . PENNINGTON, USN (Ret.) '44,

Washington, D.C.

New York

MR. 0^vEN F. KEELER, JR. '43, Deu-oit

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A Few Inches From the Yard Midshipman Michael P. O'Sullivan '73

The return of the Brigade brought many changes this fall.

With it is a football team which, in our estimation, certainly has arrived. Jim Garban leads a team which has the Brigade flying high. They certainly proved it last week at Homecoming. Boston College just couldn't stand up to Navy. If this sounds one-sided, it is. It reflects the winning attitude which has set in here. Missing for six long years has been that air of confidence, that dynamic energy. Well, it has come back in full force and is here to stay. W h a t an exhilarating feeling to be able to hold your head high and say "That's my team and I'm proud of them." This spirit was evident on the team's return after the Penn State game. 1500 men (not all of whom were plebes) staged the biggest spontaneous pep rally we've had here in years! Needless to say, the players were shocked.

Their comments were, " W e beat ourselves" and "I don't believe it" (referring to the pep rally). Truly, the Homecoming game was won that night. W e may be too idealistic after three games, but it sure feels good.

On the other side of the picture. Academic year has set in with full force. We've just finished four week exams and are now beginning to pull in the slack. A greater seriousness prevails at the Academy. Men now view academics as a key to the future. They realize more fully that nuclear power school is one of the necessary elements, that the Navy of the '70's and '80's will need the talent of many graduates in this field. T h e new plebe class has been given a greater opportunity to perform well during the first semester. Professional questions and extracurricular activities—except spontaneous (.?) pep rallies, of course—cannot violate plebe study time. Upperclassmen often discuss professional topics at the table rather than demand verbatim answers. T h e atmosphere tends to become more academic and professional in the wardroom (ex-Mess Hall—and the new name is descriptive), but we still have some of the traditionals down there. A couple of days ago the wardroom mess served cannon balls. I counted seven plebes trying to down the traditional twelve. T h e classic event was a firstie and a plebe racing each other; yes, folks, racing each other. It was a tough battle but the plebe won 12 to 10. A tip of the hat to '76.

Very soon the firsties will be making the biggest decision of their lives, for service selection day is fast approaching.

Many of them loudly claim that they're going to make the right decision. Others say that they have no idea. Does that sound typical.? As of 1 October 1972 the prospective service selections appear as follows: lumber

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Between now and Service Selection Day, most first classmen will go through an identity crisis, myself included. Questions will be asked, "Is this the right decision?", "Do I really want to spend the rest of my life in this area.''", "Will I make it.''"

I asked these same questions four years ago in my senior year in high school. I guess you just can't get away from them.

Five years from now they'll probably be popping up again.

As 1 look back on my three years I ask myself,"Am I ready.''

Am 1 prepared.''" That nervous, restless feeling will remain with us until we make that big decision.

T h e presidential election is upon us and with it a drive for voter registration. In the past two weeks this drive has accumulated some impressive statistics:

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Politics has become a big topic at the Academy these days and vehement discussions are heard in company areas. Both candidates have a number of supporters. Most Midshipmen are pretty wide open in their views but the worst mistake one could make would be to categorize them by groups. In any case, most Midshipmen are very much concerned with the problems now facing the nation. With the advent of some very liberal professors, they are now faced with the need to take stands on issues. As one professor remarked, "In the past few years there has been a greater tendency for Midshipmen to challenge statements made by professors rather than accept them as gospel."

This year begins the second under the Brigade reorganization. For those of you who don't know what this means, here is a brief description. T h e Brigade Commander in effect commands two organizations. On one hand are the six Battalion Commanders who work directly with the Brigade Commander and pass all word directly from the Commander to their Battalions. On the other hand is a shipboard organization. T h e two Regimental Commanders now are the Admin, and Operations officers, under whom are their respective staffs. T h e idea of Brigade and Regimental Staffs still pertains, but only at formations and parades. The Deputy Brigade Commander serves as Chief of Staff, coordinating the functions of the staff. W h a t has resulted is an efficient organization that handles effectively the complex problems of the Brigade. ^

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Navy Sports Budd Thalman, Sports Information Director, Naval Academy Athletic Association

Dramatic Navy Comeback Topples Air Force From Unbeaten Ranks T h e air is rare in Colorado Springs and so was the Navy football team's performance in a 21-17 upset of Air Force that sent the Falcons tumbling from the ranks of the unbeaten and the ratings of the national wire services. In a jubilant Navy locker room, Coach Rick Forzano called it one of his greatest wins in coaching. A strong running game, a near flawless performance by reserve quarterback Al Glenny, and an inspired showing by an ailing defense were the elements of victory. " T h e Navy triumph was no fluke," Air Force skipper Ben Martin admitted in his post-game comment. " T h e difference in the game was that Navy maintained possession. T h e Midshipmen controlled the line of scrimmage."

Statistics underlined Martin's evaluation.

Navy runners piled up 271 yards on 64 carries. T h e quarterbacks, Glenny and Stuvek, added 123 more with 10 pass completions in 14 attempts. Against a Falcon defense that had permitted five opponents an average of only 266 yards per game, the Midshipmen ran and threw for 394 yards.

If possible, the defensive statistics were even more impressive. T h e Falcons entered the game ranked fourth nationally in scoring (43.8 points) and their explosive attack had averaged 432 yards per appearance.

Even without starting linebacker Jim Garban and with only limited service from ace tackle Glen Nardi, the Mids allowed only 17 points and 281 yards.

Air Force controlled the early tempo of the game with a touchdown and a field goal the first two times it handled the football. Quarterback Rich Haynie capped an 86-yard drive in 12 plays by sneaking one yard for the opening touchdown at 4:36 of the first period. A pass interception by Steve Heil led to a field goal by Plebe Dave Lawson in the second stanza, a 37-yard boot that boosted the Air Force margin to 10-0. Pat Virtue's theft of a Rich Haynie, first steal of the season against Air Force, set the stage for Navy's scoring bow. Al

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For his flawless performance against Air Force, Coach Rick Forzano selected second classman Al Glenny (pictured here passing against William & Mary) to start against the Duke Blue Devils in Norfolk's Oyster Bowl attraction.

Glenny, in the game for starter Fred Stuvek, called the number of tailback Cleveland Cooper on consecutive plays, the second a 32-yard scoring sprint around left end. Roger Lanning's successful P A T closed the gap to 10-7, the score at halftime.

Glenny took the Midshipmen on a 75yard scoring march the first time Navy got the ball in the second half. On second and seven from the Air Force 30, the second classman lofted a perfect pass to tight end Steve Ogden, who took it at the goal line and easily stepped into the end zone.

Lanning's point upped the spread to four points.

Air Force finally cracked a seam in the aroused Navy defense on a 61-yard scoring pass to split end Bob Farr, who took the ball between two Navy defenders. With 6:36 to play, the Falcons were again in charge, 17-14.

Making maximum use of his personnel and the clock, Glenny launched the Navy offense goalward. Twice on fourth and short yardage, the Midshipmen went for the first time and each time were successful, once on a 13-yard pass to Bert Calland, once on a two-yard sneak by Glenny. W i t h 37 seconds to play, the Midshipmen had

arrived at a third and one situation at the Air Force five. After a consultation with the coaching staff, Glenny pitched out to tailback Dan Howard on a pass-run option play. Howard, who had earlier completed a 35-yard toss to split receiver Jack Forde, sized up the scrambling Air Force defense, tucked the ball under his arm, and turned upheld. Andy Pease applied a crunching block ahead of him and Howard ducked into the end zone for the decisive touchdown.

Offensive standout for the Midshipmen was youngster running back Cooper, who gathered 144 yards on 26 carries. Glenny, in his longest stint of the season, completed six of seven passes for 71 yards and added 22 yards on six running plays.

Here is a brief review of other Navy football action since our last report in Shipmate:

Penn State 21, Navy 10 "If we had gotten our offense and defense together," Coach Forzano said, "it might have been a different ball game."

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halftime included only one touchdown, a six-yard scamper by quarterback Dennis Franklin.

On the second half kickoff, Plebe Ike Owens fumbled and Michigan recovered.

Six plays later, Franklin hit Bo Rather with a nine-yard T D pass. After the ensuing series, John Stufflebeem punted to Wolverine Dave Brown, who returned it 82 yards for another Michigan score. "They were the big plays, no doubt about it," Forzano said. " W e cannot make mistakes like that against a Michigan team and not expect to get burned."

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Syracuse 30, Na'vy 14

Dan Howard (24), who picked up a near-record 239 yards on 34 carries against Boston College, maneuvers here behind Donald Montgomery's (70) block on Eagle defender Brad Newman.

Instead, the Midshipmen played their best defense in the first half, offense in the second, and nationally-ranked Penn State escaped with a 21-10 victory before 50,457 in Beaver Stadium.

In a stunning turn of events, the Midshipmen found themselves ahead of Penn State, a 56-3 winner in the same game a year ago, 3-0 at halftime. T h e Navy bulge could have been even bigger save for missed opportunities at the Penn State three and ten in the first half. T h e Lions outscored Navy two touchdowns to one in the third quarter and carried a tenuous 14-10 lead into the final two minutes when Lion linebacker John Skorupan picked off a Fred Stuvek pass and raced 32 yards for the touchdown that put an upset out of reach.

single game performance was topped by only one midshipman since varsity football became a part of the Academy program in 1879. It earned him a share of National "Back of the Week" honors from the Associated Press.

Even at halftime, thanks to a pair of Roger Lanning field goals, the Mids heated up in the third period. Howard carried five times in a drive of 37 yards, including the final yard and a go-ahead touchdown.

On the next possession, Howard broke through a gaping hole in the BC defense and sprinted 41 yards to paydirt. Reserve tailback Cleveland Cooper caught the spirit with a 71-yard touchdown gallop, the Midshipmen's longest run from scrimmage in six years.

Syracuse found conditions ideal for three first period touchdowns to deal Navy its third setback of the 1972 season, 30-14, in ancient Archbold Stadium. Forced to punt into the wind from their own 15-yard line early in the opening period, Navy presented Syracuse with a golden opportunity at the Midshipmen's 35-yard line. T h e Orangemen cashed the chance with a scoring thrust of eight plays. Twice more in the opening period, the Orange registered touchdowns, never driving more than 60 yards.

Navy got a five-yard touchdown pass from Fred Stuvek to Steve Ogden to close the margin to 21-6 at intermission. T h e Midshipmen's defense, without linebacker Jim Garban and tackle Glen Nardi, stiffened in the second half but Syracuse placekicker Bernd Ruoff collected nine points on three field goals. Reserve quarterback Al Glenny tallied the final Navy T D on a one-yard plunge with 30 seconds to play, then passed to Ogden for the two-point conversion.

Michigan 35, Navy 7 Navy 27, Boston College 20 Tailback Dan H o w a r d , a second classman from Pittsburgh, Pa., rushed for a near-record 239 yards on a record-tying 34 carries as Navy steamroUed Boston College in the Homecoming game. Howard's

What was a close Navy-Michigan game blew wide open in the second half when the Wolverines cashed in on two early mistakes by the Midshipmen and sailed to a 35-7 victory before 81,131 in Ann Arbor.

Michigan's total of 172 offensive yards at

Light-weights Dispatch Cornell, Rutgers Enroute to Eastern Title Defense Coach Jack Cloud's mighty mites quickly broke on top of the Eastern 150-Pound

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Football League standings, a position not unfamiliar to the Navy lightweights, with opening victories over Cornell (19-10) and Rutgers (28-20).

A quarterback battle between second classman Pat McNallen and youngster Marty Mason has provided plenty of fireworks for Cloud's club. In the Cornell game. Mason passed for two touchdowns to tight end T o m Maitland and scored another himself to account for 18 points.

N o t to be outdone, McNallen passed for a pair of tallies and added a third T D on a running play to match Mason's performance in the win over Rutgers.

Soccer Road Bumpy Without Scoring Leader, Top Goalie Operating without number one goalie T i m Dantzig (who resigned) and co-scoring leader George Giessing (broken leg), the Navy soccer team struggled to a .500 record in the first month of the 1972 season. T h e Midshipmen defeated Brooklyn College 2-1 in the opener and came back to blank George Washington 6-0 in game two.

T h e hooters ran into their first difficulty at Air Force. Playing their first game ever in the high altitude at the Air Academy, the Midshipmen dropped a 3-0 verdict, their first loss in three games with the Falcons. A week later at Pennsylvania's Franklin Field, the Quakers dealt Navy a second consecutive setback, winning 4-1 before 12,000 fansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;largest crowd ever to see a collegiate soccer game in the United States.

Four-game scoring leaders for the Midshipmen are Keno Knieriem, youngster from Oceanport, N.J., and T o m Panik, a Plebe from Bethlehem, Pa.

Maryland Harriers Ruin Navy Bid For Undefeated Cross Country Record Maryland, with a record-breaking performance from its number one runner, dashed the Navy cross country team's hopes of an undefeated season with a 25-30 victory over the Midshipmen as Shipmate's December issue went to press. In a losing cause, the first four Navy runners were under the Academy record for the five-mile Annapolis course, headed by Steve Gilmore

who did the distance in 24:22. T h e record was 24:53 established by Bruce L o w m a n earlier in the fall. Greg Williams' record of 25:03 had stood without challenge since 1965.

Until the Maryland disappointment.

Coach Al Cantello's well-oiled machine had all the earmarks of a perfect season with convincing victories over LaSalle (15-50), Seton Hall (15-50), Georgetown (16-47), N e w York University (17-46), and St. John's (15-50).

Top runner for the Midshipmen was second classman Bruce Lowman, who finished first in four straight races and set a course record in the process. Following Lowman closely were the Kramer twins, Jim and Jeff, and Canton, Ohio, product Steve Gilmore.

Varsity Athletic Schedules Released For Winter Season Captain J. O. Coppedge, Director of Athletics, recently released the following athletic schedules for the 1972-73 winter sports season: Bas\etball: November 29, Haverford.

December 4, Dickinson; 6, Baltimore; 9, Pennsylvania; 13, at Temple; 16, at Memphis State; 18, at Louisville; 28-29, Old Dominion Classic at Norfolk, Va. January 6, Muhlenberg; 10, Randolph-Macon; 13, at Air Force; 17, American University; 20, Maryland at Norfolk, Va.; 27, at Princeton; 31, at George Washington. February 3, Rutgers; 6, Virginia; 9, at Gettysburg; 10, at Penn State; 14, at Georgetown; 17, Manhattan; 24, Army. March 3, St. Francis.

Fencing: December 9, St. John's; 13, Princeton. January 31, at Penn. February 10, Columbia; 17, at Penn State; 24, Army.

March 3, at N Y U .

Gymnastics: December 9, Syracuse. January 13, at Temple; 20, Penn State; 27, at Cornell. February 3, Springfield; 10, at Pittsburgh; 17, Massachusetts; 24, at Army.

Pistol: December 9, Coast Guard. January 6, at Merchant Marine, February 9, Air Force; 24, Army. March 3, at M.I.T. and Boston State.

Rifle: December 9, Coast Guard; 13, at C.C.N.Y. January 6, at Merchant Marine; 13, West Virginia; 20, East Tennessee State. February 3, Penn State; 10, St. John's; 14, William & Mary; 17, V.M.I.; 24, at Army.

Squash: December 7, at Wesleyan & Trinity; 8, at Williams & M.I.T.; 9, at Amherst & Stevens; 15, at Hobart & Cornell; 16, at Toronto & Rochester. January

6, Seton Hall; 13, Princeton; 17, at Pennsylvania; 20, Fordham. February 3, Stonybrook; 6, Franklin & Marshall; 9, Harvard; 24, Army.

Swimming: December 6, North Carolina; 9, at Harvard; 13, at Maryland. January 13, Dartmouth; 16, Johns Hopkins; 20, Ohio University; 27, at Cornell. February 3, Yale; 7, Villanova; 10, Syracuse; 17, Princeton; 24, at Army; 28, at Pennsylvania. March 3, Fordham.

Trac\: December 9, Fordham and N.Y.U. January 9, Princeton; 13, Pennsylvania; 20, Maryland; 27, at Pitt Relays.

February 3, Penn State; 10, St. John's; 17, at Army; 24, at Heptagonal Games.

Wrestling: December 6, Southern Illinois; 9, Syracuse; 13, Cal State; 14, at Washington; 16, at Far Western Tournament. January 6, at Pittsburgh; 10, at Princeton & Temple; 13, at Harvard; 17, Wilkes College; 20, Iowa State. February 3, at Lehigh; 10, Penn State; 16, at Maryland & Buffalo; 23-24, at E I W A Championships. March 3, at Army.

Old Dominion Classic T h e Navy Basketball team will play in the Old Dominion Classic on 28-29 December 1972 in Norfolk's new | 3 0 million coliseum, SCOPE. T h e excellent field comprises Navy, Stanford, Virginia Tech and the host team, O.D.U. Double-headers will be played each night starting at 7:30 p.m. with Navy playing Stanford in the first game on opening night. Ticket prices are f 10, | 8 or $6 for the two nights, half that for one night only. Tidewater Virginia alumni are urged to turn out and support the Navy team.

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Class News DEADLINE: For February—10 December; for March—10 January

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Sec'y and Treas., RAdm. Frank A. Braisted, USN (Ret.), 3104 Cleveland Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 46

Sec'y, Capt. Clyde R. Robinson, USN (Ret.) 107 Scott Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 40 We lost our good friend and classmate Kent Hewitt on 15 September in Middlebury, Vt. He was an outstanding member of our class and had an illustrative career. (See the November "Last Call" section for details of his life.) To Floride and their two daughters we send our deepest sympathy. We also feel your great loss.

One of the last letters received from him said this: "It seems a long time since I was in Annapolis, and I miss seeing my so many good friends there. But the Annapolis Hilton in no way replaces Carvel Hall. Many good friends have offered us temporary occupancy of their apartments, but Floride wants a holiday from housekeeping when she leaves here.

"We hope that you and your good wife are hale and hearty and are enjoying life as much as we feel fortunate enough to do. Our very best to you both.

"Sincerely, your classmate, old friend, and relief 'Pennsy' gunner. Kent Hewitt."

Happily we pass along the announcement that Marjorie and Bill Amsden celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on 16 October. Congratulations and many best wishes to them!

08 Pres., Capt. A. H. Sec'y, Cdr. Allan El Miradero, P.O. Percent Members:

Douglas, USN (Ret.) G. Olson, USN (Ret.) Box 131, Bonita, CA 92002 40

We deeply regret to announce the deaths of two honored classmates, Capt. N e l s o n W . Pickering, USN (Ret.) and Capt. John Rankin, USN (Ret.). We extend heartfelt condolences to their families. (See "Last Call" for details of Rankin's life and the September-October "Last Call" for Pickering. Ed.) Some cheerful news comes from Mrs. Raymond G. Thomas in Gaithersburg, Md.: "Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Thomas, 13005 Darnestown Rd., Gaithersburg, Md., announce the marriage of their daughter, Ann Christine, to Mr. David Lee Drechsler on Saturday, 23 September 1972. Ann is the second grandchild of the late Cdr. Raymond G. Thomas, USN (Ret.) and Mrs. Thomas. The young couple will live in Hyattsville, Md., while Ann finishes at the U. of Maryland. Etavid is employed in the District."

Eugene B. Wilson writes from Hartford, Conn., that he and his wife Genevieve have completed their project, "Space Exploration," begun in the middle 1940's. We will have more about this in the next issue of Shipmate.

I regret to report the death of our classmate, Capt. Ward WilUam Waddell, USN (Ret.), on 14 September in Mercy Hospital, San Diego after a long illness. Ward is survived by his widow, Lucile, of the home address, 1432 Montecito Way, San Diego; two sons. Ward W. Jr. and George L., both of San Diego; five grandchildren; and a brother, James C. of 495 San Fernando St., San Diego. See "Last Call" for an account of his life.

We send birthday greetings in December to: Bowman on the 3rd, Settle on the 4th, Spalding on the 13th, Saxer on the 23rd and Stephenson on the 25th.

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Sec'y, RAdm. Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.) 5509 Grove St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Dorsey O. Thomas 725 West Blvd., Kokomo, IN 46901 Percent Members: 33.5 A letter from T o d (MGen. John E.) Sloan written by his daughter, Mrs. Brown, at his dictation, expressed deep affection for his classmates of 1910. He had had a "stroke" and was paralyzed on his right side. Regretfully, he passed away after the letter on 15 October. Tod was one of our distinguished classmates. It will be recalled that he was Commanding General of the 87th Division (The Blue Devils)—the first division to enter Rome in that famous march up the Italian Peninsula in 1944. The class sympathizes with his daughter, Lucia Brown, and other members of his family. Details will follow.

As this is read the three youngest of 1910—your reporter. Coots (Capt. J. B.) W i l l and Charlie (RAdm. C. J.) Moore—will have entered their 84th year. Maybe that is why something cheerful to say is at a premium.

Anna Louise and Charlie Moore have had a very pleasant visit to their usual summer spot at Small Point Beach, Me. Son Jay is finishing the house he has been building himself for several summers and son Tim is now on the Academic Staff of the War College.

The book so well reviewed in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Shipmate is splendid. 1910 fares well in this historic work about The Amphibians of WWII and their Commander—our old friend and associate Admiral Kelly (Spuds) Turner. There is honorable mention of Ainsworth, Beary, Cooke, Mitscher, Moore, Pownall, Reifsnider, Sherman and Weyler.

We are grieved to report the death of Capt.

Edwin J. (Pop) Gillam at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda on 28 September 1972. In his younger

days Pop gallantly overcame the ravages of tuberculosis and sleeping sickness and served faithfully until after WWII. In September of this year he suffered two abdominal operations and finally succumbed to complications that followed the operation. He is survived by his widow, Irene, of 4000 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Washington, D . C ; by his son, Edwin Jr.; and four grandchildren.

Pop will be remembered by his many friends who admired his loyalty, his modesty and his rare sense of humor.

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Sec'y, Capt. W . D . Chandler, USN (Ret.) 2029 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 38.5 Margaret Hicks (Mrs. E. H. (Billy)) writes that she now has two grandsons in the Naval Academy, Edward J. Casey III, a youngster, and William E. Casey, a plebe, and hopes that another grandson, Harold Hicks Casey, will enter in 1973.

Isabelle Badger (Mrs. Oscar C.) reports being very happy in her new home at Heritage Village, Southbury, Conn. Much to do and delightful people, a few old friends and many new ones.

She has one of the largest units and has rooms for friends passing her way. During the summer she visited Isabelle and Jack Schroeder at their home at Christmas Cove. She saw four grandchildren and her first great-grandchild, a twoyear-old girl. She also visited the Mountain View House at Whitefield, N.H., and Long Island for the birthday of her six-year-old grandson, Kenny McClelland. A very happy summer vacation.

Elsie Bieri (Mrs. Bernard H.) reports she still likes to travel but misses Bernard's company. In early September, with Eva and David as company, she flew to Switzerland to attend the wedding of a niece of Bernard's as well as to visit the Bieri clan. They landed at Zurich, picked up a car and then drove to Bern, Lucerne, and Brienz on the lake of that name. The wedding service was held in a 500-year-old church, followed by typical Swiss celebration. After driving to Lugano, the north of Italy, parts of Austria, Salzburg, Innsbruck, they flew home on 17 September after a "never-to-be-forgotten two weeks."

Cdr. Scott D o u g l a s McCaughey died on Thursday, 28 September, in Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, Cal. Requiem Mass was at St. Matthew Catholic Church on Monday, 2 October.

Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery, Tuesday, 3 October, with full military honors.

Honorary pallbearers were Charles Moore '10 and classmates Bob Griffin, Raymond McClung, Ray Cygon, Bill Buder and Dwight Chandler. Scott is survived by his widow, Gladys, of 2518 E. First St., Long Beach, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Ann Williamson; sons, Scott Jr., Capt. William H., USN (Ret.), and David B.; 20 grandchildren; and 2 great-grandchildren.

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Pres., VAdm. George H. Fort, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert A. Lavender, USN (Ret.) 3133 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Percent Members: 46 Froggie Fulton responded to his birthday postcard: "Health—Excellent; Happenings—Nothing worth mentioning, just taking care of myself; Hopes—Lots of them, am confident that some of them will be realized; Habits—Exemplary—Try to keep out of trouble; Hobbies—Mostly reading, might take up chess. Warm regards to all the class."

The response to the birthday card to Ed McKitterick: "Carry on at 83. Best wishes. By M C M." Dorothy and Josh Venter have returned from Denver, Col., where they visited their daughter, Phyllis, her husband Phil Powell and three grandchildren. They flew out but came back on the Zephyr. Josh wrote that he wanted a farewell binge on an old choo choo.

Steve Robinson flew east to celebrate his birthday with the Lavenders and then join a conducted tour through France, Italy, Greece and Spain.

George Gillespie has been having trouble with his back, but at present is improving. The class wishes George a rapid recovery.

Helen Morrissey has been visiting friends on the West Coast.

George Fort is still in the hospital, but is making progress through physical therapy.

The 60th reunion of the class was a very singular affair: it was unique and unusual and it was sole and single—Heinie Kieffer was the only member of the class in Annapolis. Heinie did all by himself all the functions of an anniversary: he registered at Alumni House, attended the dress parade, went to the ball game, attended the homecoming KT reception, went to the dinner in the mess hall and he stayed all night (Saturday) in Annapolis in the Field House. The class owes Heinie a rousing cheer and a rising vote of thanks!

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Pres., VAdm. Glenn B. Davis, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., MGen C. G. Helmick, USA (Ret.) 4784 Old Dominion Dr., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 46 It is doubly sad to report the death of Capt.

Paul Cassard, USN (Ret.) and his wife Minna.

Paul died on 8 October at his home in New York City. Minna died of cancer on 27 October. Services for Paul were held 12 October at the Church of the Resurrection in New York City; Minna's were held there on 31 October. They were both cremated and inurned in St. Paul's Cemetery in Prince Frederick, Md. on 1 November. To their daughter, Mrs. Karen O'Brien, goes our deepest sympathy.

Cdr. William P. Bacon, USN (Ret.) '16 sent me a 1913 Lucky Bag and a '16 Howitzer, for which he had no further need. The Howitzer I have turned over to MGen. Fay B. Prickett, USA (Ret.), Secretary of USMA '16. The Lucky Bag is available for anyone in the class who has lost his; first come, first served! I lost my Lucky Bag in a fire years ago, and I know the gratification of

getting a replacement. Our sincere thanks go to Bill Bacon for his thoughtful generosity. The October Army-Navy '13 luncheon was attended

by G l e n n Davis and Gardiner Helmick for Navy, and T e x Davidson, Pink Crane, Johnnie Johnson, and Ernie D u p u y for Army. The Navy needs reinforcements!

A note from T h e b Thebaud: "As of November 1st, Theb and Babs Thebau's address will be 129 Greenberry Cir., Providence, Annapolis, MD 21401—Come and see us." We are delighted that they will be nearby, and hope Theb will reinforce the Navy at our luncheons.

Lloyd Gray reports that Edie broke her hip some time ago, and they have been closely confined to their home in San Diego. We hope that her recovery progresses rapidly, and that they will be able to make it to the East Coast for our reunion in 1973.

George D a l e has sold his houseboat—too much for one man and difficulties in finding a good crew. He still has a smaller boat which he plans to take to the Colorado.

Mike Hudson tells me that he has entirely recovered from his difficulties which prevented his attending our 59th reunion. He and Hazel are looking forward to our 60th.

Polly and Sei Seibert are well setded in their new home on Cape Cod, and are feeling very much at home there. They took a trip to New Hampshire and saw the beginning of the fall colors for which New England is so noted. They are planning to go to Florida in February.

Marnie Abbott has had three eye operations, two cataract and one for detached retina. She reports that they were very tedious, but that she has 20/20 vision now. We are happy with her for the successful outcome.

The class is very grateful to Frances Sleeper for a very generous check for the class fund.

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Pres., RAdm. H. A. Spanagel, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. W i l l i a m K. Beard, USNR (Ret.) 199 Hanover St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Charles D . Swain, USN (Ret.) 4130 Hurley Dr., La Mesa, CA 92041 Percent Members: 42 John Hale, always ready to "Bird Dog" for our column despite his worrisome health problems, has passed on to us the following news about "Our Joe" Lahodny . . .

William Joseph Lahodny and Mrs. Marie John.son of Washington, D.C, were married at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D . C , last 14 June. At the time of the marriage both were residents of Rossmore Leisure World where Mrs. Johnson and her sister shared an apartment. Mrs. Johnson had shordy before returned from an Air-Sea Tour of the Far East (Japan, Taipan, Thailand and Hong Kong).

After a honeymoon in Bermuda the Lahodnys are at home at: 3320 Chaiswick Ct., Rossmore Leisure World, Silver Spring, MD 20906. They and the Larsons are close neighbors. (Ed. Note: It is understood that Joe's son, Joe, Jr., is a retired Navy captain.)

The football season opened 16 September with a lackadaisical game with William and Mary which we were fortunate to win. The Russell Perrys and Dessa and I were the only class members present. The following week my brother (Jeff, class of 1921) and his wife, who live in State College, Pa., offered us "free board and

lodging" for the Penn State-Navy game—which "generosity" we accepted!

Homecoming wasn't for us. Your secretary was the lone class registrant. However, the "Pennucks" Pennoyers came up from Virginia Beach in time for the football game on Saturday and spent the remainder of the weekend with us. So far as the record shows, ours was the fourth senior class registered. The other three were: 1905, 1910, 1912. Like '14, each had a lone representative.

More treasures from "Hogan" McGuigan's scrapbook. This time a remarkably interesting letter to "Hogan" from "L. E." B r o w n e reciting some of his adventures in Petrograd. It is too long for publication in Shipmate and too interesting to be deleted so I shall contact "The Powers" and try to find an appropriate place so it may reach the public via Navy "communications."

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Chairman, Class Comm., Adm. A. D. Struble, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Adm. Arthur D . Struble, USN (Ret.) 4017 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Percent Members: 62

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Pres., Adm. Arthur W. Radford, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. George P. Brewster, USN (Ret.), 611 West 40th St., Baltimore, MD 21211 West Coast Reporter, Capt. George F. Chapline, USNR (Ret.), 1327 Inspiration Dr., La JoIIa, CA 92037 Percent Members: 58 The class of 1916, their wives and widows send Season's Greetings to all—and especially to our alumni in arms who, by answering the call of duty at sea or elsewhere, will find themselves separated from their homes and dear ones during those precious days. May they enjoy the peace and happiness we all pray for at Christmas time. We shall be thinking of them and wishing them well. A note from Mary Awtrey in Winter Park, Fla., relates that she and Nemo are well except that neither sees as well as in their younger days and hence had a bit of difficulty reading the fine print in the class notes in Shipmate as introduced by the new format of the Sept.-Oct. issue.

Mary wonders if others had the same difficulty.

The staff of Shipmate had hoped the new spacing between lines would make it easier to read.

Apparendy not by all of us older citizens!

It is with deep regret that we just learned of the death of Fred Kirtland on 7 Oct. at the St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, N.Y. No other details other than an Associated Press article in the papers are available at this time. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Mary and all the family.

More information may be forthcoming in the Jan. issue of Shipmate.

WEST COAST NEWS The Sept. lunch of the classes of 1916-17-18 was held on the 14th at the Officers' Club, Marine Corps Recruit Depot. This meeting was unique in that not only did we enjoy a most splendid eggs benedict course menu as arranged by Don Curtis, but in thoughtful consideration for our ages we were provided with table chairs of very comfortable overstuffed leather upholstery which we deeply appreciated, as we also did the fine new bar located nearby in the refurbished Garden Room. Present were from: 1916—Terhune,

38 McGirmis, Carrington, Walter Webb, Herndon, Chapline, Rodgers, Root, Emerson and Grassie; 1917—Wainwright, Kiland, Richards, Bennett and Rogers; and 1918—Curtis and Perkins. Six of the ladies gathered for their cheerful lunch in the recendy redecorated main dining room.

The December lunch will be held on Thursday the 14 th in the same Marine Corps Recruit Depot Officers' Club Suite. This is always a cheerful gathering just before Christmas, and while we can't hope for a white one in these parts, we can still pay proper and traditional tribute to Saint Nick and his many helpers. We hope for a big turnout for this one.

General planning for the big Valentine Party for wives and widows is continuing. This true gala occasion will be held on 15 Feb. in the Neptune Room, Officers' Club, NAS, North Island (Coronado). Come join us at noon on that day if you are anywhere in the vicinity at the time.

If you plan to do so, please let "Ye West Coast Scribe" know, if possible, by 1 Feb. so that all may be properly greeted. But late arrivals will be more than welcome regardless.

The Radfords on their late summer tour of the West Coast spent a few days in La Jolla with the Col. Paul Davisons (Marianna's sister). Raddy regretted that they could not remain longer so as to be able to be with us at our Sept. lunch. They did try to contact, one way or another, all members of the class in the area during their limited stay here.

Happy New Year to all!

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Pres., RAdm. Walter C Calhoun, USN (Ret.) 4230 Fordham Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Sec'y, Capt. J. G. M. Stone, USNR (Ret.) 248 King George St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 57 At Homecoming were Ward Davis, Connie Forshew, Jack Jenkins, Chuck Kelly, Marion and Pi Park, all of whom attended the B.C. game and Adelaide FuUinwider's party following it. They all seemed to have a good time—easily done with such a hostess!

It is with profound regret that the passing on of our T e x Rogers is reported. He was buried in Arlington. It is doubtful if anyone in '17 was more beloved than Tex. He came to us from '16 and bilged with Egg Mentz (roommates) on those awful '16 semi-anns. No one made more friends in the class. Major General Ford Ovid Rogers, USMC, we salute you and were proud to have you in the class. May you rest in peace. We loved you and your smile, and most of all, your laugh.

We also announce with profound regret the passing on 21 September of Thomas Dashiell Ross. It occurred at U.S.N.H. Oakland, Cal. "T.D." was our oldest and smallest member.

Perhaps BuNav thought he would grow but he never did except in our affection. Quantity never compared with quality anyway and Tommy had plenty of the latter. We understand that he had not been well for years but really do not know any particulars. We shall miss him.

This year's football schedule was arranged when we had the likes of Bellino and Staubach. Our team is good but the opposition simply too tough at times.

It will please all to know that N i i i o Gregory is home again after being in the hospital or a nursing home nearly all this year.

It seems a shame that there is no secretary of 1900 to write up the passing of so colorful an officer as Hugo W. Osterhaus. Your secretary for one knew him all his (secretary's) life and was devoted to him. His assumed meanness was just a front. He was really very gentle.

A very happy Christmas and New Year to all classmates and friends, particularly to contemporaries in the Navy and to the Staff of Shipmate.

No one except class secretaries can possibly appreciate how much we all owe to their diligence and forbearance.

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Pres., Capt. W. J. Malone, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Perry R. Taylor, USNR (Ret.) 1211 South 25th St., Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 52 We read in September newspapers of a novel way to steer an aircraft carrier—by sail. During the night after the first attack on Truk Atoll, the iNTREPro was torpedoed by Jap planes. The rudder was jammed and the steering engines destroyed with flooding aft. The captain ordered a sail rigged to assist steering. That captain was none other than our beloved T o m m y Sprague. For his skillful leadership he received his first but not the only wartime decoration, the Legion of Merit.

It is with sadness and great reverence that we must report Tommy's death on 17 July at the Frederika Convalescent Hospital in Chula Vista, Cal. The immediate cause was cardio respiratory.

His ashes were inurned in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego. A memorial service was conducted by the Reverend Dr. John Hauser, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Coronado. Dipping of the Navy colors, the sounding of taps and the music of the Navy Hymn followed a brief eulogy

by Tommy's pastor who departed from the Episcopal custom of not adding to quotations from the prayer book.

Tommy had been ill for nearly three years. The deepest sympathy of the class goes out to Clare, his wife, and to his son and daughter and eight grandchildren.

He was the 11th generation of male descendants of William Sprague who setded in Massachusetts in 1628 from Dorsetshire. He was born in Ohio, attended public schools in Lima and studied at Ohio State U. before entering the Academy with our class. Soon after WWI, he transferred to aviation and it was in that capacity that he rose to fame and prominence.

In 1920 Tommy married Evelyn Curry (sister of the wife of Erskine) in San Diego. They had two children, Isabel, now Mrs. Louis P. Spear and Martin, both in Coronado. After his retirement he and Evelyn setded in Piedmont Pines, Oakland, for their retirement happiness but she died in May 1962. Soon thereafter. Tommy moved to Coronado to be near his children and grandchildren. In December 1964 he married Clare, widow of Don Carpenter '16, who died in April 1940.

They lived together in Coronado until he became ill in 1969. After three months in the naval hospital, he became a patient in a private hospital where he remained in a hopeless, helpless condition for nearly three years.

It is not necessary to repeat details of Tommy's naval career as that can be found in "Last Call."

But we do want to remind classmates of his spectacular work protecting the Leyte landing for which he received the Navy Cross. But it is most

appropriate to emphasize his great gift of buoyance and cheerfulness. He will be remembered for his consideration and kindness. We quote from a journalist: "Perhaps the single greatest feature about his work has been the humaness of his feeling toward 'the team.' So far as possible when dealing with great numbers of officers and men he has ordered every case treated with personal interest for the benefit of the man as well as the Navy."

Up nearly to his death he somehow retained his sweet smile and chivalrous manners. The courage he showed under such depressing conditions certainly was the mark of a man.

We know that Clare is very much bereaved even though she knew Tommy would not recover.

Address her at 1528 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, CA 92118.

When tears have cleansed the cloudy lens of memory And restored clear vision of the past.

The strength, the spirit of the man.

Will far outshine the frailty of the last.

For here was one who made his mark, Who wore the mantie well.

Who left a gende, quiet legend For those who knew to tell.

Courage, valor, concern for men Were written on his page.

Service, love, a life inspired For this and every age.

Composed by Clare's son, Capt. Dan M. Carpenter, USN, on his flight from Tommy's funeral to his station in Bremerton.

Chic and Vince Murphy enjoyed two weeks in August with friends on a lake in the Maine woods.

They had no mail, no phone and as it turned out no fish.

By the time you read this D u v i e Duvall will have returned from a two-months trip to southern Europe. He started on 19 Sept. as a passenger on board the Italian Line, LEONARDO DA VINCI. In the Sept.-Oct. Shipmate you will find a piece about Red Baldwin concerning an award to a military academy of which he is a trustee.

In giving us this information Red very modesdy mentioned a meeting with the SecNav. But he did not explain. Lately we have learned the reason from Bailey Connelly '20 who was invited to the same meeting. It was the occasion of presenting Red the Navy Meritorious Public Service Citation. Our belated congratulations!

Once again it is our sad duty to report the passing of another classmate (see "Last Call").

Harry v o n Hasseln died 27 July in Peabody, Mass. after experiencing a developing lung cancer discovered in Sept. 1971. .After retirement in January 1947, Harry purchased a large home in Peabody where he concentrated on raising his three children and enjoying a stationary home life. His hobby was gardening made attractive by ample grounds. His family did litde traveling, confining their tours to New England, New York and New Jersey, except for periodic appearances for Grace and him at class reunions. Soon enough, the ambitious gardening became too much. Grace and Harry bought a comfortable Cape at Marblehead where the enjoyable gardening could be continued on a limited scale.

During his residence in Peabody, Harry attended Boston University, acquiring credits permitting him to teach in public schools. He did not seek full time employment as a teacher but substituted

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The von Hasselns celebrated their 50th anniversary in Dec. 1970 at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Randall Cameron, in Waltham, Mass. There they had the pleasure of being with their three children, 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Harry entered Chelsea Hospital in July 1971 for a hernia operation. Soon thereafter the lung tumor was discovered. He entered a civilian hospital in Marblehead, subsequentiy returned to Chelsea and finally in mid-July 1972 entered the Pilgrim Nursing Home in Peabody where he died.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to Grace and to her two daughters, son, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Address Grace at 97 Lafayette St., Marblehead, MA 01945.

About mid-Oct., Polly and T o m m y D o b y n s started their annual jaunt to be with their children and grandchildren in Connecticut and Massachusetts. We are happy to announce that Tommy celebrated another birthday, 16 Oct. BIRTHDAYS IN DECEMBER We send December birthday greetings to Earl Stone on the 2nd and Mike Hutson on the 15th.

Thad Hoppe's birthday falls on 2 Jan.

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Pres., VAdm. George C Dyer, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, VAdm. W m . M. Callaghan, USN (Ret.) 1110 Randolph Rd., McLean, VA 22101 Percent Members: 57.5 Following several years of declining health and illnesses Logan Ramsey died in Philadelphia on 25 September. Burial services and interment were held in Arlington National Cemetery on 2 October. Honorary pallbearers attending were: Dyer, Greer, King, McGurl, Schildhauer, Settie, Wynkoop and your scribe. Logan's wife, Harriet, died in 1967. He is survived by a son and daughter.

The latter's address (Miss Mary Arm Ramsey) is 170 Lakeside Rd., Ardmore, PA 19003.

Bits and pieces from letters and postcards to George D y e r and other recipients. Eleanor Jennings was touring Japan in September and October. During same period Dotty and Y e n Coney had been in France, Switzerland, Austria and when last heard from were heading for Italy.

Laurence Schetky reports that they are staying pretty close to home to avoid another robbery such as the one that occurred several years ago while they were temporarily absent. They are planning to come to the 55th reunion provided a relative can be obtained to live in while they are away, Ralph N e t t i n g states that he is still working and that he and his spouse are also coming to the 55th. Joe Buchalter again has itchy feet and is projecting another visit to Yugoslavia via some as yet unannounced way stations.

Because of flu attacks that victimized the SchaefiFers and emergencies that beset some of the other usual attendees '19's representation at homecoming was rather poor. Only nine sat down to the fine roast beef dinner—two Dyers, two McGurls, three W y n k o o p s , Nelle Stevens and Sallye Lamb. Walter Ansel was present at the pre-dinner noisy cocktail period but departed before all hands were piped into the Mess Hall.

Most of the above group were augmented the following day at the homecoming game by the two Greers, Dutch Schildhauer and Maude Crichton with four members of her family.

Joy Ofstie's book. Lady in the Navy, has been published by the Naval Institute. She has kindly offered to autograph a copy for the 19th Company library in Bancroft Hall. The Duke University Press, College Station (Box 6697), Durham, NC 27707, sells Walter Ansel's Hitler and the Middle Sea for $12.75. George Dyer's fine two-volume work. The Amphibians Came to Conquer—The Story of Admiral Kelly Turner, is selling well.

Madeleine and Sunshine Murray arrived in the Washington metropolitan area in late September for a three weeks or more visit with daughter Suzanne and the grandchildren.

The monthly class luncheon in Washington on 3 October was attended by Dyer, DuVal, Fink, King, Setde, Wynkoop and your reporter.

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Pres., Capt. Donald R. Osborn, Jr., USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. W m . A. P. Martin, USN (Ret.) 2 St. Mary's St., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 55 Bill Sinton writes on 26 September: "Am sure you already know of Jim Wilson's death a couple of weeks ago. He had recently been married to a Marine widow. He had a heart attack, went to our Navy hospital here, got along fine, went home and a few days later had another massive attack and died almost immediately. I saw him at the hospital after the first attack and everything seemed rosy.

"This leaves Dinty Tague and me the only representatives of the class in the area. He and I are in a regular golf foursome that plays twice a week. We don't get any better in spite of frequent play and regular practice but we don't seem to get much worse either. What we lose in distance we make up by seldom leaving the fairway. Incidentally we both just celebrated our 75th birthdays. (Congratulations to both!) Christine and I celebrated, last month, our golden wedding anniversary. (Congratulations again, Bill, and Christine, too.)

"Pensacola still seems a very popular place for retirement. We specialize in aviators and medicos but have a good scattering of others, too. Our beach has just become a National Seashore so I'm sure there will be a greater influx. Our best to all the gang." (Ed.—We still don't know the details of Jim Wilson's death nor who his widow is.)

Capt. John S. Tillson, USN, COMNAVSOUTH, Box 141, FPO NY 09524, son of our late classmate, writes on 4 Sept. The survivors are: Mrs. Helene Luba Tillson, 518 E St., Coronado 92118; John, as above; and daughter Susan Tillson Metzger, wife of Capt. Wm. L. Metzger III, USN (Ret.), Pensacola, Fla. "Dad lived an active life to the end. On the golf course only seven weeks before he passed away. Rites were attended by Adm. Hartman, Elizabeth Sackett, Mary Rust, and Dot McCarty ('24) among others." The class sends much sympathy and best wishes to Helene, John and Susan.

Margie Mead writes: "George and I thank you for your kind letter of sympathy. General was deeply fond of all his classmates . . . he missed seeing them all at the class luncheons which you well know he was unable to attend for over a year.

He did manage to get to his doctor almost to the end. After that the doctor had to make housecalls. We had him here on Sunday the 30th of July and he was going to hospitalize General on Monday morning (July 31). So his passing was a great shock to the doctor when I had him paged

at the Washington Hospital Center early Monday morning. George and I are deeply grateful for the generous contribution of the class of '20 to the Navy Relief Society in General's memory. Again our heartfelt thanks for your sympathy and to the class of '20's honorary pallbearers and their sympathy."

Mrs. Peg Barker, Kewpie's widow, writes from 3702 16th Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 33505, 10 Sept.: "I appreciate your kind note of sympathy which was received yesterday. We had 32 wonderful years together. Kew was placed on the retired list 30 June 1941 and recalled to duty the next day. He finally retired to the dreamtown of his boyhood . . . he thoroughly enjoyed the lazy life here. We had a 26-foot cabin cruiser and loved to spend hours on the Gulf just fishing and relaxing.

I was able to keep him reasonably comfortable and happy at home—with no help whatever—for the past seven years and three months after his doctors told me it was an absolutely hopeless case of cancer.

"Kewp's memorial service took place a month ago today. He was cremated and his ashes tossed into the Gulf on the incoming tide. Olin E. Gates, Kewp's roommate at the Academy, lives here and attended the service. I asked the organist to play the Navy Hymn and the minister read the words."

On 12 Sept. our VW in which Frances and I, your secretary, were driving to DC suffered a blow-out (right rear tire) about ten miles west of Annapolis, on Route 50. The VW turned over and landed upright on the median strip. The VW brought $32.50 after the towing charge. Frances was six days in the Naval Hospital here with a broken collarbone and two ribs. We were spared, D.G.!

On 19 Sept. our Jack Lyon—much esteemed, now here no more and sorely missed—wrote: "Gladys and I send our best wishes for a speedy recovery. I think you should call off the party because it is a great chore for Frances under the best of circumstances. We are busy getting ready for ours on the 23rd; have to start early because we can take only a few hours of effort each day.

Expecting about 40 and are very sorry that you two can't make it. We are not going to the homecoming game, but will make the trip to arrive at your house as it ends, bringing the Crowes with us. Do take good care of yourselves. Jack."

There were 14 classmates at the 29 Sept. luncheon: Aldridge, Carter Anderson, Christmas, Crist, Crowe, Daggett, Lloyd Harrison, Holsinger, C V. Lee, Jack Lyon, Frank Maichle, Mansfield, Osborn and Pearson.

At the homecoming cocktail party and dinner that same evening Rosita and Slim Cowdrey were on hand, also Crist, the Fahrneys, Harrisons, Korns, C V. Lees, Martin, the Clyde Smiths, Harriet Taylor and Loretta Watson.

At the game Saturday Crist and the P o p Perrys were present but did not make the Open House. Present also: the Bergesens, Fahrneys, C V. Lees, Maichles, Curts, Andersons, Christmases, Harrisons, Osborns and Clyde Smiths.

After the homecoming game the Open House at the Martins with the anonymous co-host welcomed: the Carter Andersons and their two adopted daughters, the Bassetts, Becks, Bergesens and their son and his wife, Christmases, Crowes, Germany Curts, Fahrneys, Greers, Haffs, Harrisons, Heinemans, Hcpburns, Korns and their daughter Mrs. Martha Williams, the Lyons, Frank Maichles, Paul Millers, Osborns, Clyde Smiths, Harriet Taylor, Loretta Watson, our Paul Watson's

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42 son and his wife, Marion Wooldridge and Logan McKee ('21) and Hitch Saunders ('22) and Betty. Frances's sister Helen, Mrs. Remsen Johnson, also was present.

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Pres., Mr. Homer O. Eimers Sec'y, RAdm. William B. Fletcher, USN (Ret.) 1866 Lindamoor Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 54.5 Belatedly we learned with regrets of the death of Cdr. D e L o n g Mills on 31 lanuary 1972 at Virginia Beach, Va. No further details are available at thihs time. He is survived by his widow Martha, whose last address was Bay Colony, Virginia Beach, VA 23450, and a daughter Mrs. Martha E. Webster, whose address is unknown. The class extends deepest sympathy to the survivors.

A note from Mr. Roy M. Signer reports with regrets the passing of his mother, Mrs. Frances Williams Signer, on 9 September at her home in Newhall, Cal. She was the widow of Capt. Roy M. Signer who died in 1954. She is survived by her son and a grandson, David M. Signer, both of Newhall. The class extends deepest sympathy to her son and grandson.

It is with deep regrets that we must report the death of Cdr. Randolph Ford, USN, who died of wounds shortly after being shot down over North Vietnam as a POW in 1968. The news was reported by the recently released Lt. Gardey. Cdr. Ford was the son of Marion and Francis Ford.

In addition to his wife and parents he is also survived by two sisters. The class extends most sincere sympathy to the survivors.

Faye Wilkie and Margaret and Jim Dudley teamed up to entertain the class for the September luncheon on 27 September at Faye's lovely farm in Bluemont, Va. in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Copious libations and a lovely buffet were enjoyed by Betty and Ducky Lamdin, Jane and L. A. Brown, Louise and Homer Eimers, Eleanor and Cat Brown, Polly and Fred Boone, Alwilda Ferris, Mary C. Leggett, Nina and Heber Brumbaugh, Blackie Loker with Lula Lee Bowman, Carol and Ed FuUinwider, Kathryn and George Russell, Vera and Harold Houser, Mary and Buddy Braun (up from King George, Va.), Bert and Sherwood Smith, Lucile Kelley, Vee and Dan Gallery, Gerry and Bill Fletcher (just returned from England and the continent). Belle and Jimmy Robertson (up from Augusta, Ga.), Margaret and Don Giles, Ruth and Dee deRivera, Aleck Alexander, Alice and Joel Newsom, Margaret and Swig Swigart, and Van Hamilton.

Faye Wilkie lent me a recent issue of Guideposts published by Norman Vincent Peale and Mrs. Peale, containing a prize-winning true story anecdote written by her granddaughter Catherine E. Wilkie, entided "One Dark Day." Cathy has enjoyed a remarkably active four years in high school and is now a freshman at Stanford. She has two sisters, Karen, a freshman in high school and apparently destined to follow her older sister in school activity, and Susan, who is now three.

Cathy has also won an additional prize for her writing.

Naval Academy homecoming was earlier than usual this year, having been held on 29 and 30 September. Friday, the regular registration at Alumni House followed by a dress parade. Then the world's biggest cocktail party in Dahlgren Hall followed by dinner in the mess hall. The following enjoyed the festivities: Gertie and Clar-

ence Aldrich, Isabel and Bill Alexander, Polly and Fred Boone, Jane and L. A. Brown, Eleanor and Cat Brown, Phronie and Wop Barbaro, Nina and Heber Brumbaugh, Mary and Dave Byerly, Mick Carney, Bert and Tommy Dell, Ruth and Dee deRivera, Margaret and Jim Dudley, Louise and Homer Eimers, Marjorie and Dolly Fitzgerald, Gerry and Bill Fletcher, Margaret and Don Giles, Doris and Van Hamilton, Harriet and Jimmy Hughes, Charlotte and Ed Kline, Betty and Ducky Lamdin, Mary C and Durward Leggett, Blackie Loker, Elizabeth and Logan McKee, Belle and Jimmy Robertson, and George S. (Pete) Young.

Of course you all know the result of Saturday's football game. Navy 27-Boston College 20. It was an exciting game, well played by both teams.

Navy finally has speed in the backfield in the persons of Dan Howard and Cleveland Cooper.

Doris and Van Hamilton were off to England on 2 October for about a month.

Raye and Dick Dickins had a cocktail party at Alumni House on 11 October.

Mrs. Ray Dickens, who was instrumental in the recent passage of the Survivors Benefit Bill

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Not much to report actually. A quiet month withal. The first class luncheon of the fall season was held in the Patio Room of the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island. Just to keep the record straight the muster was as follows: John Ames, Abe Carlisle, Joe Connolly, Nick Coulter, Wyatt Craig, R. K. Davis, Eddy Duncan, Doc Harris, Lew Johns, Wayne McDowell, Norman McKee, Johnny McQueen (presiding), John Madden, Slats Moore, Phil Nichols, Charley Roland, Piggy Schwien, Tommy Thomas, George Van Deurs and Charley Woodson. A small contingent of wives held forth in the main dining room.

The foregoing was well above average for the kick-off luncheon.

On Saturday, 30 September, Lee Davis entertained a group of friends and neighbors including many '21ers at cocktails and buffet in the Patio Room of the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island.

Kay and Slats Moore spent the month of October driving through the wilds of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico en route to Colorado to cheer Navy in a win over the Air Force Academy.

Hank Divoll, who has been quite ill and is now recovering nicely, reports a change in address to 206 Sand Hill Cir., Menlo Park, CA 94025.

From the Pacific Northwest comes a note from Dal Emory (to D o n Giles). He reports that Shorty Poole is confined to a wheel chair but

that he gets around to a few of the social gatherings. Opal is taking excellent care of him. Dutch Greber is starting his fourth year in a nursing home. Dal sees him a couple of times each month.

The rest of the class in the area are well and doing fine. The Logan McKees visited the Toppers in mid-September.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY AREA Since the scribe for San Diego County is traveling in the East, he has begged off for this issue, but promises to make it up in the next.

22 Pres., Capt. A. R. Sanborn, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. J. L. Pratt, USN (Ret.) 4000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 36.5 Would that we had the talent of Shaw or a Conrad to do justice to our 50th reunion for the benefit of those who could not attend. The party given by Elizabeth and Oliver Walker in Washington at the Sulgrave Club on Thursday evening, 22 September, set the tone. A superb affair. The music, the dancing, the luscious supper, the delicious Adantic salmon caught by the host, and above all the 200 who came in their best bib and tuckers made a wonderful evening. In addition to the distinguished members of our own class there were: Gen. and Mrs. Maxwell Taylor '22 West Point, the George Olmsteads '22 West Point (Jerry's brother), the Kastners '22 West Point, the John L. Sullivans, honorary members of our class, and beautiful Mrs. White, the granddaughter of our own Adm. Henry B. Wilson.

Aroostine (Seals) Riddle was expected but Fred, just out of the hospital, wasn't quite up to it yet.

Our hostess wore a corsage of cymbidium orchids from the class, which blended with her lovely gown of flowered brocade. Both Elizabeth and Oliver, assisted by President Zeke and Marjorie, received the guests at the head of the stairs leading to the ballroom, where music from the orchestra added to the spirit of the occasion with bright and familiar mnes. Sleepy Hall brought his banjo, and during the party all hands came to rapt attention as his first chord was heard.

Sleepy swung into "Poor litde Mids who have lost our way," "Greensleeves," and all the others, played with a verve which gave no hint of the 50 intervening years. The acoustics were good, the spirits mellow—it was lovely. Thank you, Elizabeth and Oliver.

The weather had been threatening on Thursday, but Friday dawned clear and crisp as more than 300 began registering at Alumni House —from 39 States, including Hawaii, and from England, France, and Spain. An amazing turnout.

At Chauvenet Hall we were welcomed by Bill Busik, the executive director of the Alumni Association, and Capt. Foster, the Superintendent's Deputy (the Superintendent was at Penn State with the football team). Each of us was presented with a handsome and beautifully inscribed vellum certificate to mark our golden anniversary. Then a fine talk, illustrated with slides, about the Naval Academy of the future: the proposed sailing center; the conversion of Dahlgren Hall to an ice skating rink and ballroom for dancing, with a lounge for the mids and their drags; two Olympic-sized pools—one outdoors; and more lounges in Mahan Hall for the midshipmen and

43 their giris. At the end of it Ward Harrigan rose to ask if he could "ship over."

The Superintendent's cocktail party in his garden was indeed very pleasant. We were received by Capt. and Mrs. Foster, charming hosts, the senior ones left aboard.

Busses took us from the Superintendent's Quarters direcriy to the Bay Ridge Country Club for a fine buffet dinner with good music by a Navy band "combo." The high spot of the evening again was Sleepy Hall—assisted by several of his old friends from '21: George Russell, Justin Dickins, and Red Condon, plus Levi York '20 and accordionist from the Navy band. A local doctor (Dr. Hochner) filed in for John Waters, who was ill at the time. They played up quite a storm.

The harvest moon was shining as we departed— to charge our batteries for the big doings on Saturday. All hands regretted that the Bay cruise had been cancelled, but the Hagerstown Almanac decreed otherwise. And who knows what might have happened to sailors on a night like that.

Saturday dawned clear and fine. The pictures of the class taken on the steps of Michelson Hall were excellent for a picture of 300 people—but these were very special people. One was taken with the gals and one without; we'll tell you where to write for them.

The men then adjourned to a business meeting in Mitscher Hall while the ladies went to the midshipmen's store for a treasure hunt. The business meeting was highlighted by Harry Pierce's announcement that the Memorial Fund had reached its goal of 1100,000. The class officers reported on many facets of class activities and services during the past five years including the memorials, the 22 nd Company Wardroom program (Sherman Clark), the state of the treasury, the Roll Call, etc. A plug was made for greater class membership in the Alumni Association. The '22 enrollment is far below the norm. Many may not be aware of this. Suffice it to say that the Alumni Assn. functions as an invaluable service organization and center for our, and all other, classes— and for the Academy itself.

After the business meeting the men went to lunch with the midshipmen in the mess hall and the ladies to Holiday Inn for a whing-ding of their own. A great many went to the Plebe football game in the afternoon. We won handily from Naval Academy Prep. Quite a bit of talent.

It was a great day to just be there and to let memory drift. Remember the time when Adm. Eberle, bless his heart, ran out on the field waving his sword to quell the riot during the Great Lakes game.' And the sea wall where some of us took our dates in the moonlight—to explain the intricacies of the armaments in the gun shed. But let's get ahead with the reporting job before nostalgia takes too much of our allotted space.

To say that the ball at the Hilton on Saturday night was a huge success would be an unforgivable understatement. It was great. Professor Bell just has to be proud. Were he looking down, or up, he must have rubbed his hands in glee and chanted "boom drip drip, boom drip drip" as his graduates took to the ballroom floor and danced to music so well remembered from the times we tripped the light fantastic with the belles of Crabtown (we were about to say "Yard Engines" but didn't) and the lovely ones who braved the old W.B.&A. or the Shore Line to brighten our sequestered lives. And, though the years have been full of other things, much of the magic returned that Saturday evening, especially when the lovely voice of Harry Stevens' daughter joined with the

orchestra to make it even more reminiscent of the days of our youth.

Lydia Whitgrove said she hadn't realized how many handsome men there are in '22; and I was certainly taken with the ladies, who were not only lovely, but, to use an expression—"they was gowned," a compliment and a credit to the committee and all who participated.

The menu is a keepsake. Our Cole Phillip's girl of the '20's on the cover, and inside—pictures of the class, our famous teams, and panoramas of the Academy as we knew it when. The selection of capon as the main dish reminded one of an old saying (from the days when we called the girls "chicks"). "Why do all the girls on Broadway wear capes.'" The answer was "Because they can't get in trouble with a capon!"

Almost everyone turned out for Chapel on Sunday morning. We quote from Art Bates' letter, "As always, perhaps the most impressive highlight of our visit was attending the Chapel Service prior to the Memorial Service. 'Eternal Father Strong to Save' is always a thrill to hear, but being there in the midst of the regiment of midshipmen, looking at the beautiful altar and the Porter window, it seems as though one is really still a part of it; and my spine tingled as the color guard marched so briskly up the aisle with our flags whipping in the breeze." The Chaplain spoke of the interest of the midshipmen in seeing such a remarkably large group of septuagenarians walking about the yard —under their own steam. "They themselves, in 1922, marvelled at the class of 1872 as that class walked by Bancroft Hall during their 50th. I've heard that someone said at the time. They must be dinosaurs!' " Chaplain Voth also told the midshipmen that the class of '22 had six oarsmen in the crew that won a gold medal in the Olympics of 1920 and that four of them and the coxswain were in the congregation as he spoke.

During the Memorial Service for classmates who have gone before, held after the regular service, and conducted by Chaplain Dolaghan, there was special mention of Charley Ashley, who had planned to be there but didn't make it. After Chapel, at the despedida luncheon. Chief Mee said he felt like an angel thrice blessed since he had attended mass before Chapel, then Chapel, then the Memorial Service.

The farewell luncheon was a fitting way to end our greatest reunion under the most pleasant circumstances. A delicious luncheon with a spot of cheer beforehand and a chance to thank Hitch and his committee for the great planning job which had made our three days so pleasant and memorable.

Our report would not be complete without a list of the more than 300 who attended. Please forgive any omissions. A few signatures in the registration book are difficult to decipher and we haven't been able to relate two with the reservation lists.

The Frank Akers, Nina Anderson, the E. P. Archibalds, Eddie Arroyo, the Carlos Badgers, the Hal Bakers, the Brad Barrietts, the Art Bates, the Bauernschmidts, the Ernie Beckers, the Herb Bergers, Jeannette Bibby, the Worthy Biders, the Clint Blounts, Tess Blue, the Pat Bordens, H. A. B. Brown, the Al Bruces, the Art Bryans, Martha Burroughs (Parsons), the Harry Buders, the Horace Butterfields, the John Cadys, the Bev Carters, the Bert Cassels, the Hubie Chandlers, the Sherm Clarks, the Wink Clarks, the Jim Clays, the Bev Colemans, the C. O. Comps, the E. J. Cramers, Ruth Cooper, the Batt Cruises, Howard Davison, the Dick Doles, the Frank Dougalls,

Tommy Dugan, Helen Dunkleberger, Chick du Pont, the Ralph Earles, the Henry Ecdes, Bill Egan, the Russell Ehles, the George Eighmys, the Ken Ekelunds, Ted Elliot, the Carl Espes.

The Perk Fentons, Idella Fink, Bill Finn, the Al Fishers, the A. M. R. Fitzsimmons, Anna Flynn, the Jess Forsyths, Jack Fullenwider the Vin Gallaghers, Deb Garvin, Bessie Gardner, Carmen Gardner, the Sam Grosecloses, the Jake Haleys, the Sleepy Halls, the Dave Hardins, Ward Harrigan, the John Harpers, the Carlyle Helbers, the John Higgins, the Bob Hollises, Al Homann, Hazel Hooper, the George Hunters, the Harry Ingrams, the M. C. Jacksons, the Beany Jarretts, John N. Johnson, the Don Johnstons, the Glen Jones, the Leonard Kaplans, the Al Kastners, Austin Keeth, the Bill Kinsolvings, the Omer Kneelands, the Sam Kosses, Helen Krecek, the P. K. Lcbermans, the John Lesters, the John Lewises, the Libbys, Dorothy Lott, the MacComseys, the Locke MacKenzies, the Al Malstroms, Dot Manseau, the Leon Maneeses, the Masselinks the Alan McCrackens, the R. P. McDonalds, Martha Mcintosh, the Chester McGhees, the Ken McManeses, the Bob McMurrays, Jim McVey, the Charley McWhinnies, Charlie McWillie, the Chief Mees, Billie Miles, the Chauncey Moores, the Bill Mooters, the Marion Murphys, the Pete Needhams, the George Neelys, Roger Nelson.

Cy Olch, the Howard Orems, the Johnny Parkers, the Henry Pauls, Leon Pawley, the Charlie Phlegers, the Harry Pierces, the Doc Pratts, the Dale Quartons, Rags Ragonnet, the Dave Raus, Lee Richardson, the Bill Riggs, the Jim Riseleys, the Armand Robertsons, the Al Rosensteins, the Fish Rowes and daughters, the Al Rudds, the Rudolph Ruperts, Sam Sampson, the Zeke Sanborns, the Hitch Saunders, Nina Scherrer, the D. K. Severns, Curtis Shears, Ralph Shepard, the Bob Shorts, the Sam Silvermans, the Red Sinclairs, the Bob Smiths, the Strib Snodgrasses, Ed Solomons, the Abe Staceys, the Marion Staples, the Harry Stevens and daughters, the Murray Stokes, the John L. Sullivans, the Karl Swetts, the Ed Taylors, the Bill Terrells, Elizabeth Thieme, the Ted Tituses, Archie Tolk, the Al Toneys, the Humphrey Toomeys, the George Trousdales, the Arch Uehlingers, the Johnny Vests, the Charlie Voegelis, the von Schraders, the Oliver Walkers, the Harvey Walshs, the Hank Walters, the Bill Wares, the Frank Watkins, the Max Wells, the Paul Wells, the Frank Whitakers, the Jerry Whitgroves, the Pete Wiedorns, the Otto Wierums, the Mickey Yelvertons.

Notes: Bobby Hollis was hospitalized just after the reunion at Walter Reed but not as a result thereof. He is home now. Park Fenton had a twinge the day he arrived in Annapolis and was turned in at the Naval Hospital. He is progressing nicely at this writing and should be at home well before you read this.

A l Toney thinks that one of the highlights of the whole affair was the beard of Chauncey Moore. "It grows more plentifully each year. He received admiring glances with dignity and restraint, and upon being asked what use he made of his remarkable adornment, said it relieved him of the necessity for neckwear whereupon he lifted his beard to show that he had donned a tie in deference to the occasion."

The Class pictures may be obtained by writing Toms Photos, 1003 Forrest Hill Ave., Annapolis 21403. $2.50 each (black and white) for the classmate picture or the one with the ladies, $4.00 for both plus 40 cents postage. In color the cost is $4.50 each, no postage charge.

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23 Pres., Adm. Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.) Class Reporter: Capt. Valentine L. Pottle, USN (Ret.), 660 Americana Drive, Apt. 47 Annapolis, MD 21403 Sec'y, RAdm. Morris Smellow, USN (Ret.), 100 S. Cherry Grove Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 42 Marion and Cabell Gwathmey "surfaced" suddenly at Scaffold Creek with a sprinkling of Anne Arundel County folk, to report their departure the next day for San Francisco in a desperate effort to attend Maryan and Bill Thayer's party at Treasure Island on 9 October. The Gwathmey "pad" basks in a lovely setting on the water and deep in a wooded section—which may or may not have a bearing on the selection of the Creek's name. Cabell writes later that they missed the party by one day despite minimum stopovers in Chicago and Denver, they did however meet with the Thayers the following day, joining Ruth and Bob Casson who had come up from the Southern Colony of '23. The three stalwarts— Thayer, Casson and Gwathmey evidendy went sailing alone resulting in a disastrous deflation to their collective ego. It seems that a "smashing" performance in small craft handling and seamanship was critically observed by Ruth Casson who quiedy remarked that the performance reminded her so much of the fabled voyage of Wynken, Blynken and Nod, as they traversed the Belvedere Lagoon.

Cabell also sends a San Francisco Newsletter of the American Society of Civil Engineers which identifies Bob Waddell's son, R. P. Jr., as candidate for Secretary of ASCE (San Francisco).

You may recall that Bob Sr. passed away in 1951 and that his widow Ruth later married P. G. Nichols in '21, now of San Mateo County. Cabell notes that Bob Jr. is an up and coming young engineer with a personality that will take him far in his chosen profession—and anywhere for that matter.

With fond memories of a perfect summer we belatedly report that Dot and Fred W a l t o n invited the Washington/Annapolis contingents to an August picnic at their swimming pool at Magnolia Hill, their impressive, charming, new "contemporary" home designed by Dot. In the photograph '23 class picnic at the Waltons on 2 August

are the Tuckers, Cuttings, Smellows, Potties, Sprungs, Beaumonts, Heubels, Kitty Kern and Bob Morris.

Karl Hensel reports from Fort Myers, Fla., that Virginia and N a t Hawthorne's telephone is on vacation rental indication they are still (October) in their Marston Mills home; that Inez and Fritz Price do not answer at Cape Coral; that Frank Lamson-Scribner, whose grass grows high, is the only Floridian to report in. Karl, when not embroiled with City Hall on the subject of hotel complexes desecrating the waterfront, or with the Corps of Army Engineers dredging up spoil bank islands in the Fort Myers area leaving them to remain eyesores or wash away to sea level to become menaces to navigation, now has established a most interesting and productive liaison with the State nursery. (Colonel Gwathmey note.) He is planting these spoil banks with salttolerant Mangroves and Australian Pines provided to him by the State of Florida. (Remember Midway Islands, Karl.?) Your scribe, in addition to his genuine admiration for this ecological effort, would like to recommend a few acres of Scarioli bushes with a flock of Gooney Birds to provide the fertilizer.

Louie Brendel says from San Diego that Nelson and Andy Anderson are headed for the East Coast this time to inspect two grandsons.

They make 13 grands and one great-grand. Can any class members top that.' Louie also reports that there is something wrong with his head after flying home with Emmy on a charter flight from Rome in one day! They had spent a month visiting Jan and her three children and son-in-law Dick Montgomery in that city.

We regret to report that on 16 September Memorial Services were held for Maude Cone, beloved wife of D a n Cone. Sincere condolences are extended to Dan whose address is 2727 N. Atlantic, Apt. 621, Daytona Beach, FL 32018.

We mourn the loss of Paul Koonce who died in Florida on 5 July and was buried in Arlington with full military honors on 10 July. Midge wrote of her deep appreciation for the flowers and attendance at the funeral.

On Tuesday, 26 September, Charlie Beaumont was laid to rest under a canopy of trees in the beautiful Naval Academy Cemetery overlooking the Severn River. Services were held in crowded St. Andrew's Chapel, USNA. Honorary pxallbearers were George Dyer '19, George Bauernschmidt '22, Emmett Sprung, Tommy Tucker, Merle Huebel,

Morris Smellow. To Jean Beaumont, our deep sympathy and love in her great loss.

On a less somber note, plans for the 50th are pretty well firmed up except for the scene of the dinner dance on Saturday night. We have two options according to N e i l Dietrich and Morris Smellow: Michelson Hall, the new science building, or the Hilton Inn. The former is a bit limited for dining and dancing, and the latter has its drawbacks also. This is mentioned not to steal the Committee's thunder but to arouse a bit of enthusiasm and planning on the part of All Hands to make the reunion attendance overwhelming. In this day of charter flights and cut rates, why not several from the North, East, South and West in May 1973.?

The first season luncheon of the Washington/ Annapolis Chapter was held at Bethesda Officers' Club on 13 September. Present: 23 for '23. Our new President, Jim Cutting, has arranged for a special guest from the Academy every other luncheon meeting in an effort to keep abreast of what is going on behind the walls. On II October, Bo Coppedge, the Director of Athletics, spoke and on 13 December Professor Bruce Johnson (Steam) will hold the floor.

24 Pres., RAdm. G. R. Hartwig, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Paul Siegrist, USNR (Ret.) 22 Macopin Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Asst., Mr. Robert A. Keyer Box 7234, Richmond, VA 23221 Percent Members: 45 Homecoming 1972 was good for 1924, especially with our Saturday night gathering at Severn Side Farm. There are those who complain that "Homecoming is the same every year"—but that is a feature that appeals to most of us. And seeing the same old familiar faces gets to be more interesting each year!

Your reporter had a little time at Alumni House on homecoming Friday to watch (and greet some of) those who were registering, and to admire the refurbished house; but dismissed the idea of seeing if we had any classmates lunching with Midshipmen—sons in Bancroft Hall—it's too late for that. But we did find the Dress Parade of Midshipmen as interesting and impressive as ever; a smaller crowd present because of threatening weather. And we had a good turnout at the Friday evening reception and dinner, where we found visitors from a distance in Bill Deutermann, the Dale Harrises, Kanakanui, the Tiemroths and Red Williams. It was also good to greet Cleo Kalisch there, looking really recovered from illness. And it was interesting to note a few of our people staying in Dahlgren Hall a while for dancing after dinner.

Saturday brought the rain that limited attendance at the Alumni Assembly, which was interesting as usual. The rain did not amount to much at the football game, which was easy to take in victory—and there we found many classmates we had not seen on Friday. Well, the great gathering at Kitty Mercer's following the game was (as before) "just right!" Roy and his Committee did a great job in arranging; and Kitty was assisted by the Hoffmans and Richardses. Really some fun!

We counted 35 classmates (most with accompanying wives) present for one or more of the homecoming events, plus two widows: Alphabet Adams, Count Austins, Bradleys, BuUises, Buxtons,

45 Cabanillas, Callahans, Deutermann (with sister), Duvalls, Mildred France, Furths, Grant, Harrises, Hartwigs, Hoffmans, Ilsemann, Red Johnsons, Keyers (with son and his bride), Kalisches, Kanakanui, Longfellow, Millses, Sarah Neale, Pattersons, Richardses, Ruckers, Siegrists, Sutiiffs, Tiemroths, Tichenors (with lady guest), Welsfords, Wileys, Red Williams, Stan Williamses, Woodyard, Worthingtons and Wrights. (Please wire in any omissions!)

While they were in the Annapolis area Hal Tiemroth, Red Williams and Ed Woodyard attended the 27 September Washington lunch, where they were welcomed by Berliner, Bullis, Dyer, Hartwig, Johnson, Kalisch, Longfellow and Swart. We dunno who told the best story.

"I am fully back to battery now, and starting to work on my golf game in order to be ready for Roy and his gang next summer," writes Joe Farrell in an interesting report from which we quote: "We did get East, and had a good time with the Hartwigs, who had a group in for KT and buffet. Bertschy still at the Triangle X Ranch at Moose. Monty Berthold and Bride Ann threw a wonderful KT party at T.I.; saw everyone in the area there. Red Williams and Dave Wight are still doing the tournament circuit in the Western Area. Ashby Evans helping to get the market over the 1,000 mark. This winter we hope to go south for the '24 get-together in San Diego, and hope it will be as great as last year. Had a note from Swede Ekstrom, and all seems to be going with a fair breeze down there. He had contacted the Towners in Seattle and found Strohecker on a Senior Citizen golf tour. Ran into Buddy Yeomans at the Berthold party, and he is in great shape, and due to take off for Europe. Norma and Frank Gardner also there. We are hoping to see the Landstreets, returning from homecoming."

We were invited to the opening of the one-man show of paintings and photographs by Jack Engeman at the Three Arts Club in Baltimore; and the Press reports his works were also exhibited on six days in October, describing Jack as a "self-taught artist and photographer (who) has written 12 young adult career books and coauthored 7 patriotic color sound film strips for school use."

From Gene Rook we learn of the 12 August wedding of Miss Deanna Hollingsworth Kreiser, daughter of BGen. and Mrs. A. W . Kreiser of "Sundown," White Stone, Va., to Richard W. Scroggs. Gene adds: "Sundown is the old place with 22 rooms Alex bought; and over the years he put a lot of work into it, reducing the number of rooms and modernizing itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and it accommodated the mass of guests for the reception. Duke and Rook represented the bride's father's class."

Gene adds that a letter Edith had from Quill (Mrs. Bud) Fisher informs us that the Max Schreiners are moving to San Clemente, Cal. Also that the Richters were coming East in midSeptember to visit the Fishers at their Lewes, Del. farm. And when Gene learned that R e p Replogle was making a reservation at Tides Inn, he went right over to see that Rep got the red carpet treatment; and the young lady standing next to him, when she heard the name, said, "I know him!" So Gene asked her name, and she said "Eisenhower." She is young John's wife, and said: "My husband was Ambassador to Belgium when Mr. Replogle was Ambassador to Iceland, and we met at a conference." Yes, Gene, it is a small world.

Weary Wilkins is among those favoring a permanent set of officers in our class organization,

We continue to have suggestions for our 50year reunion: Skipper Warburton suggests a white-works jumper breakfast, with the typical Mess Hall fare served on old mess tables.

Now, let our last line be Jenks Longfellow's new address: 4201 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016.

Wilkins, Martin and Townsend get together at Largo and suggests appointment of a Committee to recommend necessary changes in the By-Laws to make officers and directors self-perpetuating; the recommendations to be submitted to our members at the 50-year reunion. Adds Weary: "We boys of '24 are getting closer to the end of the line!"

Count W o l o w s k y reports, "We have lived here at El Cajon for 8 months, and feel we now are qualified to report mobile home life has many merits. Recendy we had a chance to display some of them to Guava and Shady Layne, who also joined us in attending the August Class Dinner at NAS, North Island,, which was hosted by Evie and Dutch Shultz." (We're told the Hursts hosted the November dinner.)

Did you read Bert Kalisch's letter to the New York Times in its 10 September issue? It was a classic defense of the American Newsreel, 19111967, which had been belitded in an earlier letter.

Well, his long career with Pathe puts Bert in a position to lay down the facts about the Newsreel, and Bert let 'em have it!

The San Antonio Express tells us of the high standing of Rene (Mrs. Sam) Morrow in the field of needlework, which she teaches. Rene participated in the Royal School of Needlework May Centennial in London, where she visited with the Queen Mother, who "extended her warmest greetings to Texas."

We're late in reporting that 6,000-mile August auto trip made by Icky and Pinky Hopkins.

They covered Colorado, and then on to Calgary, Lake Louise, Banff and Jasper. Pinky also reports that Miriam and Ed Layton made a fine trip to Scandinavia-plus. Also, in August the Bud 'Veomanses were leaving for Palm Desert, where they are building a new homeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but they'll keep their Del Mesa home in Carmel for summer use.

It's sad to have to note the passing on of another one of our stalwarts, Alan Hunt, 25 September, at Santa Barbara. Details in the "Last Call" section. It was Frank Sessions (long time no see) who called us about Al; Frank had gone from North Dakota to see Al in his last illness.

Your reporter remembers Al and the late John Rhamstine as close Bancroft Hall neighbors for four years.

Reported travellers include Felix H o w l a n d , who, en route to Afghanistan, visited London, and says, "When I was in London during the Blitz I worked as a volunteer in Westminster Hospital between ships, or wandered from bombshelter to bombshelter. This should be different, and I hope to make the most of it." Elisabeth and Ralph Mills reported enjoying Lausanne on their Europe trip in September, and planned to get a car and "drive around Europe as did Fritz Furth." The Krafts missed homecoming because of a European trip; and Martha and R o l l o Wilson missed homecoming because of a trip through Colorado and Texas. September found the Burchetts again at Reno, from where Blackie reports: 'Tor exercise I swim for an hour daily, despite the fact that I was on the sub squad!"

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Pres., RAdm. R. E. Cronin, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. F. K. Loomis, USN (Ret.) 3055 Foxhall Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 41.5 The September luncheon of the WashingtonAnnapolis group was well attended with 20 classmates present. Two out-of-towners, H a m p Mitchell and Bill Turney, were especially welcomed. Others attending were: Toon Benson, Burrowes, John Brown, Cash, Cronin, Ford, Gill, Goetz, Hoffner, Hurd, Johns, Johnson, Loomis, McFarlane, Wally Newton, Slaven, Stirling Smith and Stryker.

Ralph Sentman is now the local trustee from Philadelphia to the National Board of the Alumni Association. He attended the semi-annual meeting of that board at Annapolis on 28 September where he and Schuyler Pyne, the Annapolis local trustee, represented our class. Ralph has been extremely active in Association business, both nationally and locally, and a terrific worker in the "bird dog" business. He has been responsible for locating and getting many well-qualified candidates to apply for and enter the Academy. Good work, Ralph, and keep it up!

At the homecoming game with Boston College we also greeted Retta and Stroke Blackwell and Ginnie and Charley Weeks. Also among those present at the "world's largest cocktail party" in Dahlgren Hall on Friday evening of homecoming weekend were Toon Benson, Blackwell, Cash, Foose, Gardner, Hoffner, Hurd, Woolsey, John.son, Hamp Mitchell, Naquin, Nevins, Pyne, Query, J. M. Robinson, Stirling Smith, and Turney. Jimmy Query, who has had such a rough time physically these last couple of years, was there in his wheelchair having the time of his life being the center of attraction in our class area. Noreen takes wonderful care of Jimmy who is so fortunate to have such a grand gal by his side.

As a living memorial to Capt. E. B. Taylor, Jr., USN '53, a large Blue Adas Cedar tree wdl be planted on the Naval Academy grounds near Michelson Hall and Maryland Avenue. Classmates and friends desiring to contribute to the memorial may send contributions to the Alumni Association, marked for the Captain E. B. Taylor, Jr. fund.

Fran Grimes left on 28 September for her third trip with the Commissioned Officers' Club of Philadelphia. This time they are going to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and a five-day cruise on the Rhine. She will be back in time to greet her daughter Camille and her husband who are now vacationing in Portugal, and stop briefly in Jenkintown on the way to their class reunion at William and Mary. She was looking forward to her ArmyNavy game house party.

Bob McFarlane reports on a trip to Scoriand in September. After two days in Edinburgh with the St. Andrews Society, Pat and he struck out on their own to explore the haunts of their ancestors, particularly the Isle of Skye, the home of Pat's ancestors and the Loch Lomond district, stronghold of the McFarlanes.

46 They tried to taste a bit of everything, the changing landscapes from Edinburgh to Inverness, to Skye, to Holy Loch, to Ayr, the finest hotels and "bed and breakfast"; palatial restaurants and family pubs; straight malt whiskey and lager on draught. They met interesting and delightful people wherever they went. Bob played golf at St. Andrews, Gleneagles and Troon, and drove over 1200 miles on the left side of the beautiful, twisting, narrow roads, challenged by native drivers who like to pass on curves or just before the crest of a hill.

The McFarlanes were particularly impressed by the cleanliness everywhere; no litter, signs or scribblings; shining windows; neat streets and country roads. They rarely saw policemen and loved the hotel room minus locks and keys because they were unnecessary. Pat and Bob took a trip to Greece in October.

Judge Eller tells us that he and Jim had a lovely trip to England and Scotland. They flew to London, thence to Glasgow from which, after a bit of side-tripping, they proceeded to the island of Barra in the Hebrides, the home of the McNeill clan. Returning to Scotland, they rented a car and visited various historical and family haunts including those of the Malcolm clan.

After doing the highlands and the lowlands of Scodand, the Filers visited Yorkshire and northern England. Returning to London for a spell, they then set out for Exeter in Devon and to places in Cornwall. They visited the Scilly Islands which lie off Land's End and traversed Dartmoor and Exmoor visiting Torquay where we all spent two weeks on first-class cruise. After a visit to the Channel Islands they flew home from London.

Great trip!

W a l t Mayer writes that he saw Frank Timberlake recendy and that Frank is recovering very well from an operation in which he had a "complete hip-joint replacement" of his right hip at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco. Walt said that Frank looked his old self after nearly three weeks in the hospital (mid-September) and was getting along nicely on crutches. As Frank expected to be back to his usual active life in eight to ten weeks he should be that way as of the date of this publication.

Here is a bit more background to add to last month's write-up on Bull Wright. The Japanese attack found Bull in the Philippines in command of STURGEON which he had commissioned earlier at Mare Island. As you may recall, during the first months of the war our submarine skippers were plagued by poor torpedo performance. The Mark VI magnetic detonator had been kept so secret that it never had had a real service test in peacetime and the designers had gradually increased the length and weight of the warheads so that they substantially exceeded those of the practice heads used in peacetime exercises, with the result that the torpedoes were running 10 to 12 feet below the set depth. The warheads were later found to distort on impact angles between 70 and 110 degrees on the bow so that the detonator jammed and would not function. All of these defects were discovered and corrected by Charley Lockwood and his boys in the war zone with no help from the "Gun Club" or Newport. As can be imagined the skippers in the early months were frustrated and discouraged, some even asked to be relieved after their first patrol. Bull had a couple of frustrating patrols, but by this time Charley Lockwood had found in Australia about the deep running torpedoes and passed the word on to his skippers. On Bull's third patrol he was able to send

in the memorable message, "STURGEON no longer virgin" having sunk a couple of Japanese freighters. This message is inscribed on a plaque under the STURGEON'S batrie flag in the submarine room of the Navy Memorial Museum in the Washington Navy Yard.

We had a surprise call from Jack Charlson in which he said that he and Marge were touring the East by air to see family and friends. We were delighted to hear from him and asked him to send us an account of his trip for publication in an early Shipmate.

Mike Fenno had a six-week stay at Bethesda but was released in early October saying at that time he was feeling quite well.

Joe Stryker continues to keep in close touch with his "Chicks" which is the tide he uses for our unremarried widows of classmates. His "Chick Feed # 3 " dated 21 September 1972 was sent out to over 70 for whom he has addresses. If any reader of this item knows of a "Chick" who may not have received a copy of Joe's excellent sheet, please communicate with him at 3108 Cameron Mills Rd., Alexandria, VA 22302. Joe believes he has good addresses for the vast majority of the ladies and if changes do occur he asks that those having such knowledge please let him know. Joe is really to be congratulated and thanked for his marvelously gracious and thorough handling of the widow and N.O.K. matters for the class.

We had a letter from Jug Ray saying his wife Ruth had prepared a pamphlet on gun control.

Anyone interested in her views should contact Jug direcdy.

A number of other classmates have had sieges in Bethesda, among whom are Cronin, Burrowes, Elliott and Pefley. As of this writing (10 Oct.) all are improved or are improving and we hope very heartily that by now (early December) they have returned to good health.

We badly need news for Shipmate; please keep

We spent two days in Tucson, Ariz., with Tilly and Jesse Hull in their charming home so close to the desert that quail and coyotes are very often in their backyard and yet only a few minutes from a gorgeous golf course to which the CS was introduced by his much superior golfing host. Slade Cutter 'i6 was one of our foursome, an old friend from Naval Academy duty about 15 years ago.

Four days in Coronado were delightfully exhausting. One of our most impressive surprises, along with that graceful new bridge and the great, towering, high-rise apartment buildings dwarfing the fine Coronado Hotel, was the comparative youth and vigor of so many of our contemporaries.

Growing old together, or at least at the same rate, has its advantages!

The Taylor Keiths ('28) loaned us their home while they were "back East," and we thoroughly enjoyed Betty and Jack Wells, Fitz and Hal Lee, Max Leslie, Esther and "PD" Stroop, and near-classmates, Emmie and Tom Hamilton '27, Clare and Walter Price '27 and Phyl and Larry Freeman '27.

The accompanying snaps need no elaboration, as they show five far from gloomy people.

P. D. Stroop, Jack Wells and Claudia Smedberg

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Pres., RAdm. Kenneth Craig, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. H. A. Fravel, USN (Ret.) 3410 15th St., North ArUngton, VA 22201 Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W . R. Smedberg, III, USN (Ret.), Box 178, Crystal River, FL 32629 Percent Members: 44 This is being written, in long-crabbed-hand in Sun Valley, Idaho on 6 October, to make the 10 October deadline in Annapolis for the December issue.

Because your corresponding secretary has been out of touch with his mail since 5 September, any contributions or items of interest from classmates which may have been mailed to me in the past five weeks will not appear until the January Shipmate.

Only yesterday, in a telephone call from my Retired Officers' Association office in Washington, did I learn of the death of Capt. Charles E. Briner, USN (Ret.), at the Naval Hospital in Washington, D.C, on 2 October 1972. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery on 5 October.

Charlie lived only four months after the death of his beloved Helen on 2 June. The class extends deepest sympathy to their daughter, Helen Engel.

The Smedbergs left "Secure" in Florida on 5 September by auto on a seven- or eight-thousandmile hegira not yet completed on 6 October, during which a number of classmates and old friends made the trip more than worthwhile.

Tom Hamilton and Betty Wells On 18 September we drove to Disneyland and a '26 class luncheon at the Disneyland Hotel attended by: Marusia and Skipper Asserson, Welford Blinn, Martha and Joe Callahan, Doris and George Crissman, Isabel and Mort Fleming, Bill Floyd, M. B. Gurney, Helen and Fielder Jones, Reatha and Ben Kaiser, M. F. Leslie, Phil Niekura and wife, Helen and Anderson Offutt, Virginia and Knox Perrill, Harry Pottie, P. D. Stroop, Helen and Dennis Sullivan, Kathryn and Charles Whiting, and Claudia and Smeddy Smedberg. PD Stroop has done a fine job of getting Southern California '26ers together as a regular thing about once a quarter.

The next four days, still at Disneyland, were mostly work for the CS who had to run the Retired Officers' Association Convention, and for

47 Phil N i e k u m , whose many months of planning and hard work as Chairman of the host convention Committee produced a beautifully executed series of events which ran like clockwork. Evelyn and Charlie H o m e and Chester Kunz were other classmates present for one or more events.

One of the non-working, very pleasant events planned by Phil Niekum, who was accompanied

by Rose, was a special evening in Disneyland for convention attendees where our tickets entitled us to every attraction and—most memorably—without the usual crowds and long periods of standing in lines. I regret that more classmates could not have witnessed the splendid result achieved by Phil and his small committee through his detailed planning for every convention possibility.

From Disneyland we drove to San Francisco where Amelia and Jack Taylor had a truly beautiful luncheon in their lovely apartment overlooking the Bay, on a sunny, cloudless and fogless Sunday. On very short notice they had managed to gather Jane and Art Rule, Helen and Paul Watson, Mary and T e d Frederick, Gene and Harold Jenkins, and Kate and Jack Taylor.

On our way further north we stopped in Redding to have a short visit with Margaret Grant Young, Jim and Bobbsie's daughter, whose husband, Steve Young, manages a bank there.

We drove to Crater Lake, arriving there after two nights of snow, but on a sunny day, which gave that exquisite gem of a lake a setting that I cannot describe in words. Those of you who have been fortunate enough to have seen Crater Lake know what a breath-taking experience it is.

Those who have not should try to get there some day.

The magnificent roads in the West, particularly 1-5 which is four-laned or wider all the way from San Diego to Seattle and on to the border, were happy surprises to us, whose driving in that part of the nation had been many years ago. It was a great pleasure to find 70- and 75-mile speed limits on usually sparsely traveled throughways, after some of the two-lane, crowded main roads in the East.

We spent a night with Evelyn and Scotch McLean on their beautiful Squaw Point near Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island. At the dinner at the Naval Air Station, of a large group of retired officers of all services and their wives, Scotch reminisced about four of us present who had started at the Naval Academy over 50 years ago, all of whom had found their current wives in Seatde; Jim Russell, D o n Brown, Scotch and the C S . We deeply regretted that we could not stay longer for some salmon fishing, because of my tight TROA schedule, but Evelyn and Scotch managed to fit in a surprise luncheon with a tremendous cake, in celebration of the CS's 70th birthday, the next day before he and Jim Russell drove to Seatde for dinner with another large gathering of retired officers and their ladies that night.

There is very little news at this writing. First, I must correct a statement I made in last month's column. The reunion news will not be carried in this issue but rather will follow in next month's column. Sorry about that but 1 just got mixed up in my dates.

The Washington-Annapolis group held their first get-together of the new year with a class luncheon, stag, at the Army-Navy Town Club in Washington on 28 September. Attending were: Sullivan, Bristor, Haley, Conner, Mitchell, Van Mater, Fairlamb, Phillips, Neblett, Leahy, Donaho, Eckberg, Cooper, Irvin, King, Quackenbush, Schumm, Tooke, Bruner, Habecker, Hubbard, Shook, Lange, Giambattista, Van Swearingen, Sipe, Malley, Caswell, Barnes and Hunter. In addition, we welcomed Tim D o n o h u e to the group, recendy moved to Arlington from Boston. Tim said the government moved his wife, who is a Civil Service official, and he came along as a dependent, but he still insists that he is the senior.

We joined Claudia and Gerry shordy before midnight at their serene place on American Lake, outside Tacoma and left the next day, after a ride around the lake Jim Russell grew up on.

Jim's account of the August reunion of the PV-1 and PBY Squadrons of PatWing Four at Oak Harbor was fascinating. They not only had an amazing turnout of former officers and men who had served together in the Aleutians, but also had as their guest Vice Admiral Hiroichi Samejima of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. He had led formations of Japanese "Kate" bombers from the deck of the carrier RYUJO to bomb some

We are sad to report the death of Edgar B. Hands, Jr. on 17 September 1972 at Minden, La. He was a Plebe year classmate of ours. We extend his widow our sympathy.

Bobby Hubbard took a nasty fall in her apartment on 20 September and wound up in Bethesda with a broken hip. She is progressing nicely and hopes to get home the latter part of October.

Walter Price sent me a nice note filling me in on the Jimmie Willis family. He had read my appeal for information in the previous issue of Shipmate. And Myron Graybill sent a note about

of the planes of PatWing Four in Dutch Harbor in June 1942.

From Tacoma to Pordand, then East through scenic Columbia River gorges we drove to Sun Valley, Idaho, where we joined Betty and Jack Wells for a week of relaxation and golf on a truly beautiful and challenging course. From here we go to the Grand Tetons and who knows what other of America's grandeurs.

It takes a trip like this to remind one of the tremendous beauty, serenity, and vastness of this great country; .so easy to forget as we read the headlines about demonstrations, criticisms of our way of life by those who would tear it down, and denunciations of those in authority who have helped to develop, to make possible, and to preserve these heritages, privileges and freedoms of ours.

Benny Helmick wrote from Basking Ridge, N.J., of a delightful cruise he and Rose enjoyed this past summer in the Norwegian Amerilia Line ship SACAFJORD to the North Cape and ports in Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Holland, and Belgium.

It was Benny's first revisit to Copenhagen and Antwerp since our midshipman cruise. The highlights were North Cape, the Fjords, and Leningrad, and perfect weather all the way—on North Cape at midnight, it was 75 degrees, and it had been 90 degrees during the day—a 100-year record!

A Merry Christmas and the best New Year ever to all '26ers everywhere.

27 Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert M. Barnes, USN (Ret.) 2800 Quebec St., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. W m . D . Irvin, USN (Ret.) 3011 Foxhall Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 44.5

six more of the missing. It's great help. Please look some more. There are still 21 widows for whom we have no address, no information. See your last issue of Shipmate for the complete listing.

T o m Hamilton wrote saying that the day was propitious since the San Diego group had just had their first luncheon at North Island under the new President, Frank Turner. Over 40 turned out—good time, good food, good company. He also said, "Emmie and I had been up to San Francisco for the going-away brunch for Gene and Janet McKinney and it was a nice affair. We sat with Wick and Barbara and with Margaret Coll. We had a fun time with them. Wick looked great, but apparently he returned to the hospital where his heart took a turn for the worse. Em and I are going to Silverado again before the trip East for the 45 th. The only other local news is that McGarry and Walter Price are the hottest golfers around here."

Mitch Matthews wrote to send me Mrs. E. C. Mayer's address and to say that they were moving back to their home in Princeton.

RAdm. John Henkel, USN (Ret.), died on 8 October in La Jolla, Cal. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. The class sends its deepest sympathy to his widow. Melody.

Heinie Armstrong sends the following sad report on the loss of Frank Wickhorst: "We have lost a really great classmate—great in all respects. Frank Henry 'Wick' Wickhorst passed away on 13 September 1972 following a confinement of a week in the Providence Hospital, Oakland, Ca. His weary heart finally ceased to function.

"A Rosary was celebrated on 14 September, an Ecumenical Mass in the Chapel of the College of the Holy Name the following day with interment .services at the Sunset Cemetery in El Cerrito, Cal. "The love and respect the community and the country held for 'Wick' were evidenced by the large attendance at all services. The Class of '27 was represented by: the Mayfields, Lugibihls, Tom Hamilton, Healds, Goyettes, Gullets, Goudges, Fords, DeKays, Dysons, Arnie Cassady, Blakes, Rosie Boyd, Hank Henry, and the Armstrongs.

"Before attending the Naval Academy, Frank was a teammate of Red Grange on the freshman team at Iowa. Let us recall that Frank was the captain of the 1926 Annapolis National Football Championship team. Grandand Rice once wrote: 'There's no greater tackle than Wickhorst.' Frank was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1970.

"Unfortunate injuries he received in football ruled him out of a commission on graduation.

Leaving Annapolis, he went to Iowa as assistant and line coach to Bert Ingwerson, where he stayed until 1931. That year, Bill Ingram called him to the U. of California at Berkeley to serve as line coach, where he remained for the next 11 years.

During his coaching career he was judged by the large number of great players he developed, five of whom became 'All American.'

"At the outbreak of WWII Frank was recalled by the Navy, to assist Tom Hamilton in setting up the Navy Pre-Flight Training Program. Later he became Chief of that Program, remaining there until he was transferred to duty in a carrier in the South Pacific.

"After the war, he served as head coach of the U. of California at Berkeley until he moved over to serve as the Director of Personnel and Training for Kaiser Industries in Oakland, Cal.—a position he held for 22 years. Following this he took the

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1927 in 1957 position of Personnel Manager of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency. Following retirement, he became a development consultant for the College of Holy Name, Oakland, Cal. "For many years he was very active in numerous civic affairs. He occupied several positions in the Lions Club of Oakland, where he became its president. He was quite active in the affairs of the YMCA. "Frank is survived by his widow, Barbara, a brother, George and a sister, Laura Landis."

At the time of our 45th reunion we include this picture taken at our 30th reunion. You'll note a lot of young fellows and some really young girls were there.

28 Pres., VAdm. Harry E. Sears, USN (Ret.) Eastern Corr., RAdm. P. R. Anderson, USN (Ret.), 4354 Lorcom La., Arlington, VA 22207 Western Corr.: RAdm. W . A. Cockell, USN (Ret.), 3222 Browning St. San Diego, CA 92106 Percent Members: 47 Saturday, 9 September, marked the beginning of the fall and winter social activities of classmates and alumni. Bert and John Kent hosted a most delightful cocktail-buffet at their lovely home in Woodacres. Enjoying the festivities were: Helen and Harry Sears, Jean and Art Binney, Owsley and Callie Stanley, Rit and Vi Rittenhouse, Cornelia and Jimmy Bierer, Ginny and Jimmy James, Mary and Zeke Peden, Ginny and George Collins, Louise and Bob Morris, Elsie and Bob Archer, Hattie and your CS. George Collins was most recendy discharged from the Bethesda Naval Hospital after surgery and was in good health and spirits. Keep up the good progress, George!

And speaking of the Bethesda Hospital, the past month has seen three of our classmates there for tests and surgery. George Collins as aforementioned; Rit Rittenhouse for testing and release for possible future surgery; and A l M o m m for correction of a hernia. Rit has returned home to await further developments. Al Momm was in and out so fast he hardly remembers he was there. All the above are doing nicely, thank goodness!

Classmates in the Washington-Annapolis area held their first class luncheon of the fall season at the Army-Navy Club on Friday, 15 Sept. It was a huge success in that we had 11 present, the largest number attending in a month of Sundays. Present were: Sears, James, Binney, Stanley, Kent, Collins, Gerin, Peden, Carusi, Finnegan,

and Anderson.

The first Alumni Association, Washington chapter, luncheon was held on Wednesday, 20 September, at the Army-Navy Club. The BLC scored again by having the largest number of any classes present! Seems a shame that the larger classes don't have the turnout and support provided by our group. However, we took pity on the three '27ers, Blinn Van Mater, Gordon Caswell and Tom Cobb King by having them sit with us! Present were Gerin, Finnegan, Sears, Peden, James, Binney, Stanley and your CS. Capt. Bo Coppedge, Director of Athletics at the Naval Academy, gave the address and talked, naturally and frankly, about our prospects for the coming year. From his remarks, I believe you could say that things are looking up! At this writing, our football team is two wins and two losses. By the time you read this the Army-Navy Game will have just been played. Hope all you guys and gals have kept your fingers crossed!

Homecoming this year was as always a gala affair. Again the BLC made some kind of a record for atetndance, having a total of 38 present and filling three tables for the dinner in the mess hall. Dona and Jimmy Boyd were signed up but were not present perhaps due to ill health. We missed them. Present were: Andersons, Archers, Nate Babbitt with his fiance, Maretta MacNamara, Bert Belanger, Binneys, Bowers, Ed Dexter with Betty Berry, Jameses, Joneses, Kents, Al Momm, Morrises, Pedens, Scotts, Sears, Stanleys, Vince Treanor, Boui Kendall Sheppard and Helen (Lovelace) Cherbonnier. Your CS had the good fortune to be seated between these two lovely ladies for the dinner!

Then the football game on Saturday was a real cliff hanger! Afterwards classmates were invited for cocktails by Jean and Art Binney in their commodious suite in the Maryland Inn. Among those present were: Andersons, Stanleys, Collinses, Bill Ettlinger with Florence and relatives, Jimmy Bierer, and Bert Belanger. Mary Tyler and John Urquhart have just returned from an extended visit in Scodand where John probably renewed his Highland Costumes for the next fling of the Washington chapter of the Saint Andrews Society.

As yet I have no report of their doings but will endeavor to extract one in the near future.

A postcard from Andrena and John W o o d ward reads as follows: 9 Sept. "Dear Petey and Hattie: Tried to reach you in Washington last Wed. between flights but no answer. (Hattie, the Stanleys and I were up in Cape May, N.J., for a last fling on the beach.) A week or so in Germany.

Picked up a car (Mercedes Benz)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;you sold us!

Then sort of rambling thru S. France and maybe

Spain with a look-in on a couple friends of long standing. Our best."

While in Annapolis for homecoming our Pres. received the following note from George Moffett: "Dear Harry: Please express my regrets to our classmates at the 22nd homecoming that I can't be with you. My brother Charles, Capt.

USN '38 (Naval Aviator), made his last landing on 26 Sept. and will join his forefather at 3 P.M. tomorrow, Friday, in Arlington. Maybe I shall make the Boston College game and see some of you there. Every wish for a successful homecoming. I hope I can stay alive till forty-five! George."

We hope so too, George!

Nancy and Bob Watts have given up their residence in CharlottesvUle, Va., and have returned to Washington area. As you all know, through this column, that Nancy has been suffering from a chronic heart condition requiring readdy available hospital facdities. They have setded at 5288 Chandler St., Bediesda, MD 20014, with the Naval Hospital nearby. Best of luck to you, Nancy. We're glad to have you and Bob back among us again.

The two snapshots were taken during the James' trip to Florida this spring, when they got together with the T o m Roberts, Gallerys and Bob Archer. Bob's the one with the Yul Brynner haircut!

Georgina and George King have finally setded down in their permanent residence at 31 Hildurcrest Ct., Simsbury, CT 06070. We'll miss them from our local gatherings!

Your class officers and their spouses wish you all will have a very Merry Christmas. And please, keep those notes of your activities coming in to your East and West correspondents, so to make this column more informative.

The Jameses visit friends in Florida

Pres., RAdm. Gus Johansen, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. C. B. Laning, USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church, VA 22041 West Coast Sec'y, RAdm. Robert N. S. Clark, USN (Ret.), 29303 Stonecrest Rd., Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 Percent Members: 43 Our shipmate the Doctor! Burl Bush was honored with the degree of Doctor of Science by Cleveland State University upon his retirement

49 diis year. We note that the citation mentions among his many qualifications and accomplishments that Burl graduated from USNA in 1929, served during and after the war years with the Navy and that "his experience has given him the ability to develop practical solutions to problems.

He has been both innovative and practical, ready to move into the future but aware of the historical roots of the institution. He was primarily responsible for the early establishment of the Master's programs in engineering, the development of a doctoral program (now in the planning stage) and the inauguration of a program in engineering technology." It is particularly complimentary to Burl that he became Dean of the School of Engineering of CLU, without the degree of doctor.

But, as Professor Kitteridge, Dean of literature at Harvard once said, "Who would examine me?"

Charlotte and D o n Weiss are sharing the healthy benefits of retirement in Hawaii. They looked absolutely great when we saw them on their stop in Washington near the end of a world cruise. Here they were the guests of their old friends the BuUises, staying at their lovely country home near the Bullis Academy outside Washington.

Ted Trieble, son of Chuck and Jo, was taken prisoner after being heard talking from his parachute over North Vietnam territory in September.

Item: Jane Jackson is on the mend and is already planning a trip with Roy to Switzerland, France and England. Roy loaned your Secretary his ITT gold retirement pin which we have worn alongside our McGovern pin at several Demo fund gatherings. Item: Betty Denham is now Mrs. Luke H. Loughman, a New York attorney. Last week she and Grace Birmingham flew down in Luke's plane for an old-time reunion with the Johansens.

Item: Phil Osborn visited Zero Meridian (Greenwich to Marines) and particularly enjoyed the S. Kensington Science Museum. Don't miss the Naval Academy on your visit to London. What a mess hall! Recendy Caryl and Phil visited the Squeak Duryeas in Portsmouth, N.H.; also Jack and Gloria Cown '35 in Augusta. Henry Ford visited the Osborns. Phil says Marie and Bill Allen are back in local circulation, taking in all the home football games. Ed Stayer wrote from Louisville that he would be at the homecoming game but we missed connections. Ed is still playing good tennis and hopes to challenge Jimmie Farrin soon.

W o o d y Teague's bank has a monthly newssheet which regularly comes to this non-depositor.

We have been able to follow the bank's expansion under Woody's chairmanship. This month his litde bank has reached a billion in deposits in 38 California-wide offices. This spread is going to be difficult for Woody to cover on his motorcycle.

Last year Woody shrugged off the president's job and became the chairman. Governor Reagan noted his growing laziness and has just appointed him Chairman of the California Commission on Housing and Community Development, a tough job.

The halfway year between the five-year reunions marks the low spot in attendance at the Academy homecoming weekends. Your secretary missed it (business trip to New York) and has this report from President Gus: There were very few at the KT and mess hall dinner and that was too bad, for Charlotte and D o n Weiss were there from Hawaii. Next day our team pulled a beautiful upset over tough Boston College. Part of our class sat on each side of the field with not much demarkation of clas,ses. We hear that two '29ers sitting with the Boston crowd stared at each other

until the last quarter and then one said, "Say, don't I know you?"

Carl Johnson, long time organizer and director of the restoration of the Colonial village of Strawbery Banke, announces his plans to retire as consultant and at last have the freedom for travel.

As your Secretary, who is a "part time community manager" knows, these philanthropic jobs pay litde and trap one into full time effort. If you go Portsmouth-way, don't miss seeing the result of Carl's work. Carl himself, however, will probably be travelling. Item: A momentous additional announcement will soon be made by the large '29 community at Portsmouth. .\ clue may be found in an earlier column.

Following last month's complete lack of news from you guys, a real letter was received from Gcndeman Chick Frankel: "We've been out in trip across country with some slight detours such these parts for a full month now, after a leisurely as NYC, Ottawa, Seattle, etc. ."Ml our worldly possessions, aside from those contained in the Plymouth three-way-stretch trunk, are in storage in the Washington area awaiting completion of the Frankel menage at Rancho Bernardo. In the meantime we are enjoying not only the California climate, but the use of a friend's home until our own home is finished.

"Didn't do any freeloading en route, but did a couple of overnights at military installations listed in that marvelous compendibus 'Military Lodging' with VIP treatment at less than peasant rates, a welcome relief from the highwaymen encountered along the arteries. No problems en route, but on arrival, after unloading the weighty tools and miscellaneous, found that the spring had acquired a permanent set giving us the sporty low slung profile of a decade ago instead of the miniskirt effect of today with the indecent exposure of gas tank, shock absorbers and other dangling accessories.

"We've gotten in touch with Gus and Jo Gray as well as Art and Isobel Hill; I found out from .Art that Al Loomis is home from the hospital and we expect to see them this evening. We find that almost daily supervision of construction pays off here as well as it did in Virginia, not only to retrieve errors, but to let the wood butchers know that big brother is watching them. We are presently trying to zero in on the choices of appliances, tiles, colors, etc.; that's really not very difficult because all I do is eventually determine what Terry really wants and then supply the confirmation which is all she really needs from me.

"The changes around San Diego continue to astound us although we now accept that automobiles have a governor that operates in reverse—no deceleration below 80 on the highways; they apparendy use the dead reckoning traffic system out here—if you don't reckon, you're dead. We are getting braver now and sometimes ease into the medium slow (70 MPH) lane."

As the class Executive (and lunch) Committee begins its fiscal '73 activities, it is taking up the problem of organization, research and publication of the coming Five Year Muster Notes. Most lacking is anyone to gather together news of our widows. '29 is among the several classes which maintains no central effort to contact our widows and to keep information and service help alive.

Bill Darnell has done an excellent start for the California-based widows. The Exec Committee recommends a widow's editor and several area helpers. They feel that a widow should head the operation, with help from both classmates and wives. Please—any volunteers?

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Pres., RAdm. Wreford G. Chappie, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y., RAdm. M. H. Simons, Jr., USN (Ret.), 5506 Cromwell Dr., Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 49 A sad note from Alice Estabrook reads as follows: "With regret I must write you of Bill's death in Tyler, Texas on 11 September. We had been called there by the death of his aunt on 2 September, and nine days later he died from the heart disease he had been batriing since his retirement. Bill's funeral service was held in Trinity Church September 14 in Fayetteville where he had gone all his life. He was buried in the village cemetery where his famdy has lain for over a hundred years. I shall continue to live here in the famdy home until events dictate some other move." Alice's address is 7206 Genesee St., Fayetteville, NY 13066. The class extends deepest sympathy to Alice.

The Washington, D.C. group got together for luncheon at Ft. Myer on 7 September. Present were: Red Ailes, Bob Craighill, Tim Dorner, Bill Gentner, Andy Jackson, Chief Masterson, Stan Miller, Gene Sands, Red Sharp, Bill Snead, Waddy Wadsworth, Eddie Wagner and Glen Williams. It was reported that up to this time only two requests for class of 1930 plaques had been received by Bill Post. Since the purchase price was based on a minimum of 50, it may be necessary to drop this project.

The speaker at the September USNA Alumni luncheon meeting at the Army and Navy Club was Bo Coppedge, Director of Athletics at the Naval Academy, His subject, quite naturally, was athletics at the Academy. It seemed as though Bo was trying to tell us that, in general. Academy athletics are in good shape but our football team could use a lot of that old pep dispensed in such large measure by Jonas and Bill Ingram in our day. Attending the luncheon from '30 were Red Ades, Dick Hunt, Chief Masterson, Buff Simons, Elly Wakefield and Glen Williams.

Peg and Red Ailes entertained the class after the homecoming football game. From out of town enjoying the superb hospitality and good company were Dottie and Mike Block, Ella May and Bill Doyle, Kate and Dick Herms, Bernie and G e o r g e Kosco with their daughter Ann, and Helen and Mike Sanchez and Agnes and Jack A g n e w . From the local area were Fred and Martha Beans, Bob and St. Clair Craighill, Tim and Helen Dorner, Kate Ensey, Jim and Cici Howard, Andy and Bertha Jackson, Jack and Louise Jones, Chief and Charlotte Masterson, Towser and Jean Miller, Bob and Dottie Moore, Gene and May Sands, Red and Bettie Sharp, Buff and Louise Simons, Bill and Patty Snead, Ted and Ev Stevens, Eddie and Anne Wagner, Don and Fran Weller, Dave Whelchel and Glen and Vera Williams.

Bobbie (Shaffer) Wheeler visited Charlotte and Chief Masterson in Washington on her way back to Nairobi from visiting her daughter in Michigan.

We hear that Frank Sloat married loan East, widow of Capt. Walter J. East (USNA '34), on 17 August in Coronado, where they plan to live.

The members of the Southwest Group of '30 have elected M o o n Chappie as president. Jack Moreno as vice-president and Ed Brumby to serve as secretary. It was a pleasure indeed to

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Northern California class of '30 and friends see Jack and Stuie Moreno during their sojourn in Washington, D . C , in late August.

Elinor and Pete Brady's youngest daughter, Elena, was married to the Reverend Thomas Edwin Adams on 24 August in St. Margaret's Church in Washington. The Bradys recendy visited their daughter Clarke in London. They also .lisited old friends in The Netherlands and went to Switzerland to relax and see Zermatt and Lausanne and more old friends. Pete says that since he returned from Europe via Seattle (where he attended the reunion of his old command HAILEY) he has received eight subscriptions for the Fortieth Yearbook.

Evelyn and Harv Burden took leave from San Diego to visit Spain and Italy.

Louise and Buff Simons recently enjoyed a week of beach living at Hilton Head, S.C Betty and Harmon Briner and Dottie and R i p Briner were recendy in Washington for the funeral of Charles Briner ('26). Shordy thereafter -Anne and Eddie Wagner went up to spend a weekend with Harmon and Betty.

Word has been received that a sizable number of West Coast classmates are in favor of a 45th class reunion in 1975 but are not in favor of a class Forty-Fifth Yearbook. We would like to hear more about this especially from the SOCAL and the NORCAL groups. It's not too early to start thinking about it.

Don't forget the class Christmas cocktail party from 7 to 9 in the Bethesda Officers' Mess on Friday, 8 December 1972. Also be sure to note on those new 1973 calendars the coed class luncheon at Alumni House on Sunday, 6 May.

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Pres., RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. John Crumpacker, USN (Ret.) 1000 Twinbrook Pkwy., Rockvdle, MD 20851 Percent Members: 49.5 Ed MacDonald reports that Fanny Andrews drove up to Medford, Ore., from the San Francisco area on 3 September to show her prized Rhodesian Ridgeback, Nomusa (the happy one), at the Southern Oregon dog show, leaving husband Dick to attend a four-day jamboree (stricdy male) back in home territory. Afterwards she brunched at the Medford Country Club with three '31s who have setded permanendy in beautiful, fruit-famous, sports-conscious Rogue River Valley: Lou and Mike Myers (host), Joyce and Billy King, and Jessie and Ed MacDonald.

Fanny admitted at one time that she and Dick really would like to live in Oregon with all that good fishingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they frequently come up to the Rogue for sea-run steelheads. The only thing that holds them back, she says, is their vast collection of "junk" gathered throughout the years.

Although Nomusa did not garner a prize in Medford, Fanny continued on north to Eugene and Roseburg for showings there. She has great faith in her dog, a species that was once used to bring lions to bay. Her kennel also includes two Corgis of show caliber.

Ed MacDonald says he does not intend to go to the Antarctic nor Jessie Bell to England this winter. They will remain home on the six and onehalf acres, she to keep the place happy and he to landscape and work on two books that should soon be in the mUl. This will be the first time in six years that they will have Christmas together.

The following letter received from Harry Gimber III '57: "A shift in the schedules of both Admiral John S. McClain, Jr. and my father, Harry Gimber '31, gave me the privilege of representing the class of '31 at the recent CINCPAC

change of command ceremonies, which also closed the Admiral's many years of naval service. After his return to Washington he will retire about I November.

"The ceremony was held at Hickam AFB here in Hawaii on 1 September and was highlighted by the presence of President and Mrs. Nixon, as well as Admiral Tom Moorer '33, Chairman of the JCS. The President presented Admiral McCain with the Distinguished Service Medal, his second, in recognition of his achievements in the four years he spent as CINCPAC. In his brief speech he praised the Admiral for his leadership during this difficult period and also paid tribute to the McCain family for their long tradition of notable service which now spans three generations.

"Admiral McCain spoke direcdy to the 1500 men and women of the various services assembled for review in front of him. He closed out his remarks by expressing his great confidence in the future of the nation because of what he had observed in the performance of today's youth under the stresses of war.

"Admiral Noel Gayler '35 then relieved as CINCPAC and the impressive ceremony was concluded with the passing in review of the troops and a fly-by from each of the services. Approximately 6000 people attended the ceremony.

"I couldn't help but feel great admiration for America's ability to produce leaders like Admiral McCain. Hats off to '31 for giving the start to such a fine gendeman!"

Homecoming was well attended this year. Those from out of town were: Clark and Doris Barr, Dale and Jean Bauer, Sherry and Ruth Betts, Dean and Jane Black, Benny and Nan Field, Barney and Ruth Sieglaff, and Les and Muriel Wood.

From the local area came Jack Chew, Jack and Lou Crowley, John and Vera Crumpacker, Jim and Jean Davis (Jim is now treasurer of the Washington Army-Navy Club succeeding Floyd Myhre, who resigned), Jack and Peggy Fitzgerald, Mike and Katherine Gaasterland, Ray and Frannie

51 Hunter, Mark and Jean Jensen, Cy and Mary Merkle, Abie and Lynn Metzger, Jack Minor, Carl and Kay Mott, Jack and Ruth Parham, George and Marie Peckham, Dick and Cesca Steere, Sammy Taxis, Ted and Gus Torgerson, Don and Frances Wilber, Fast Bill and Carlotta Williams, Jack and Polly Williams, and Slow Bill and Verna Williams.

We filled four tables in the mess hall Friday night for dinner.

All who were stdl in Annapolis on Sunday were invited to a coffee in the 31st Company wardroom which we sponsor.

I need material for these Shipmate articles and hope something other than travelogs will develop.

I'd like to know what each classmate who is still employed is doing and think I could make an interesting article out of that.

Please note that we are a 50-50 class. Half of us are members of the Alumni Association. It would be greatly appreciated if those who are members and will read these words would talk the Association up with the others.

32 Pres., Capt. J. D. Lamade, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. G. E. Pierce, USN (Ret.) 5416 Lambeth Rd., Bethesda, MD 20014 Percent Members: 43.5.

HERE AND THERE WITH '32 The following letter from Jack Counihan has been received: "Enjoyed getting the class roster 1972 but would like my address to read: 4, rue Mediterranee, Apt. 15-C, Tangier, Morocco— Tele 386-83. That way any '32er coming this way can stop a while and enjoy our Moroccan hospitality. Glad you included all the original survivors that entered in '28. I've found the location of many I've wondered about after they left us during the ensuing years.

"Sorry to have missed the 40th but business and personal affairs delayed me here. Did get to talk to a classmate in Washington who updated me on the proceedings. My trip covered North Stonington, Washington, Wilmington, N . C , Jacksonville, Fla., Dallas and Phdadelphia. My impressions of the States were not completely in accord with the media. Everywhere one could feel the cut and thrust of strong competitive economic life and the high growth rate especially in the South.

They've always said 'The South would rise again' and by the looks of it, they are doing it.

"One of the highlights in Jacksonvdle was a luncheon given for me by one of my old Reserve Squadrons, VP-741. We started the mobilization overseas training operation there in 1954 which developed into the Ready Reserve and which through the years not only contributed to Reserve Readiness but in tremendous side dividends to the countries visited from their personal professional contributions."

Count Ruckner represented our class and the Washington chapter at the recent Board of Trustees meeting of the Alumni Association. One of the items discussed was the low level of support given the Association by alumni. All of us who receive Shipmate are members and have paid our dues. Let's all get after the rest of our classmates to support our Alumni Association.

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Chrmn., Mr. Turner A. Duncan Box 90, Rt. # 1 , Arnold, MD 21012 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dale Mayberry, USN (Ret.) 270 Providence Rd., Rt. # 5 , Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 47 The active duty ranks of the class of 1933 were again depleted this month when Charlie D u n c a n and Hal B o w e n ended their long and distinguished careers. We wish them all the best in their retirement. Assuming that the secretary's grossly inadequate records are accurate in this regard, these latest retirements leave only six classmates still on active duty: Bulkeley, Cobb, Kaufifman, George Miller, Moorer, and Joe Williams.

Despite threatening weather and the upcoming 40th reunion next May, homecoming was quite well attended by classmates this year. The weekend was made memorable by the usual massive cocktail party in the armory, followed by a delicious dinner in the mess Jiall, an exciting football game in which Navy defeated Boston College, and a delightful party hosted by Bill D a w s o n at his lovely waterfront home south of Annapolis.

Those attending the Dawson KT party had the opportunity to inspect Charlie Curtze's beautiful new sailing yacht which he and Bill had recendy sailed across the Adantic. Hopefully we can persuade Charlie or Bill to provide an account of their trip for a future edition of Shipmate.

Still another feature of homecoming that should be mentioned was the kind invitation of members of the 33rd Company of Midshipmen extended to classmates and their wives to visit the 33rd Company Wardroom. Although other commitments prevented many from accepting this much appreciated invitation, Willie R a k o w and Tad Duncan reported that the recent redecoration of the Wardroom has been beautifully accomplished, and they thoroughly enjoyed meeting Mid'n Harry J. Rucker, the Wardroom President, LCdr. Townsend, the 33rd Company Officer, and several other members of the Company who were present for the open house. Attending some or all of the homecoming events were: Mortons, MacDonalds, McMullens, Travises, Croghans, Bowens, J. Fergusons, G. Fergusons, Sublettes, Dawson, Blouins, Turner Duncans, Rakows, Ramee, Neville, Curtzes, T. Connolly, Strean, Loughlins, Dora Lee Rowe, Cameras, O'Brien, Chase, Dawes, Chick King, and Ogdens.

There was another gathering of classmates last month at the Naval Academy, but the occasion was a very sad one—the funeral of George Koch.

As was reported briefly in the November issue of Shipmate, George died of a heart attack on Sunday, 17 September. Services were held the following Wednesday in the Naval Academy Chapel. He was buried with full military honors in the Naval Academy Cemetery. The following classmates attended the services: Slayton, Rakow, King, Mayberry, Barnum, Strean, Loughlin, Staley, Turner Duncan, Galantin, Travis, Blouin, Lane, Dawson, Christopher, Derickson, Ogden, Bill Davis, and Madeline Kane Hurlburt.

Continuing on a sad note, we have learned of the death on 2 August of Jean Pyle, wife of classmate Randy Pyle. All will join in extending deepest sympathy to Randy and his family.

Deepest sympathy wdl also be extended to Dick Poor whose son, Austin E. Poor, died recendy following heart surgery.

At this point there is litde additional news con-

cerning plans for the 40th reunion. Although reservation requests have slowed a litde following the initial surge, interest in the project is obviously high, and the success of the reunion seems assured.

If you have been procrastinating about sending in your reservation form and check, please take the bull by the horns and do it now. Early knowledge of the number expected will greatly assist the committee in their planning.

34 Pres., Capt. H. D. Fuller, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr., USNR (Ret.), 129 Spa View Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 45.5 Homecoming '72 was well attended by '34—22 classmates. Noteworthy were the real out-oftowners, the Carl Coens, Dick Kanes, Fink Fischers, Marv Ludfelt, John Metcalfs and the Bob Townsends. The game on Saturday brought out more of the local classmates, but the "piece of resistance" was the open house chez Marj and Ernie Christensen following the game —26 classmates and their spouses.

Ed Dissette (107 Poinciana Ln., Harbor Bluffs, Largo, FL 33540) reports: "This might be of interest for your *34 column and, as a matter of fact, for many other class columns ranging from Admiral Lockwood (1912) on down through every class whose graduates served in WWII. I've published a book. Guerrilla Submarines, on the supply and maintenance, by submarines, of our guerilla operations in the Philippines during WWII. Of course, there were many others associated with this unique operation who were not N.A. grads but most of the submarine action, which this book is all about, involved our 'people.'

"The story behind the story (non-fictional) is interesting. Two years ago Kent Loomis (1925), who was then Director, Navy History Div. of CNO, suggested to a prolific writer of military sagas that he write on this subject. He, the writer, was a retired Air Force colonel, with the incredible name of Hans Christian Adamson.

"Adamson died before he was able to put the work together. A year later I agreed to take over the project. Through the good offices of Kent Loomis I had access to all declassified (and efficiendy de-balled) patrol reports of most of the submarines involved in this unique operation. A number of people came forward with first-hand accounts of their experiences with the guerrilla movement, and I was able to incorporate most of this valuable information to make the text more readable than a straight synopsis of a handful of terse patrol reports. Of course I took a bit of 'poetical license' here and there to humanize some of the situations, but basically the text is factual.

"Mazie and I have a pleasant home on the waterfront in the vicinity of Clearwater and would like to hear from any classmates passing by.

Our two children are now 'en escape'—married and busily replenishing the newest generation."

At Christmas . . .

Remember our POW/MIA's

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Pres., Capt. Jefferson D. Parker, USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. L. M. Detweiler, (SC) USN (Ret.), 6650 Van Winkle Dr., Falls Church, VA 22044 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W . H. Packard, USN (Ret.) 5600 Yorktown Blvd., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 42 Homecoming '72 brought forth to one or more of the events the following '35ers: Harriett and Conrad Abhau, Margarette and Bob Black, Phyllis and Rod Badger, Anne and Joe Bettens, Poppy and Clag Claggett, Dottie and Bing Crosby, Bobby and Morrow Decker, Ida Mary and Lou Detweiler, Lib and Jim Eppes, Dottie and Henry Eppes, Zoe and Charlie Fadem, Fran and Gabby Gabbert, Jessie Gay, Ann and Tom Gillmer, Helen and Hirsch Goldberg, Monica and George Hutchinson, Sellen and Ea Keats, Bob Kelly, Ethel and Fletcher Lamkin, Joe Lyle, Winnie Lyndon, Jack Mann, Jane and Red McDonald, Mary Ann and Ed McLean, John Miller, Margaret and Wy Packard, Pete Paradis, Penny Paret (Bud was in the Far East on an official visit), Louisa and Jeff Parker, Tony Parry, Betty and Kagey Schacht, Alice and Edd Scott, Marion and Bobo Thomson, and Winnie and Charlie Turner. The honor for having come the farthest goes to the Goldbergs from San Francisco. A hole-in-one by Charlie Turner won him a trip to England with the right timing for a homecoming stop-over.

Kagey Schacht, as he has for many years, kindly arranged the logistic support for '35's annual pregame luncheon which was its usual big success, giving all attendees a chance to exchange news, memories and a few views. Pete Paradis brought his camper down from Massachusetts full of apples which he dispensed to all takers. The Midshipmen of 35th Company invited '35ers and their wives to coffee and rolls in their wardroom Sat. morning before the Alumni Assembly. The early hour and the heavy rains at the time reduced attendance for what could be one of the highlights of homecoming, talking with the young men of "Our Company." Buzz Borries' youngest son, Midn. Bob, came up during the coffee to see the Football Hall of Fame citation won by his Dad which is displayed in the 35th Co. wardroom and which he had not seen before.

A letter from Jack Barleon in Boston, Mass., advises that he attended his 11th National Convention of the Paralyzed Veterans of America in July at Miami Beach, and he's booked for next year's convention at San Francisco. This summer he also got down to Cape Cod for a day's visit with Louise and Jefif Parker at their home in Chatham. Jack reports, "their house has an incomparable view— the ocean out one window and the winding Oyster River and Oyster Pond, decorated with bright splashes of boats of all sized shapes and types out of the other window. No wonder that old salt from the center of Texas chose such a spot for his summers." Jack also advises that his mother moved this summer from Boston to Vinson Hall in McLean, Va. and would enjoy seeing any '35ers and friends in the vicinity.

Bob Cushman's wife, Audrey, received much favorable and well deserved publicity in the Washington press and the Navy Times for her efforts to redecorate and restore the Commandant's House to a condition as historically authentic in furnishings and decor as is possible. She wants to make it a home that the Marine Corps can be

proud of. From a quick look at the downstairs in Aug., she is well along towards her objective.

Barbara and N o r m Meyer spent an exciting three weeks in Europe in July. The highlights, as reported by Norm: flying Icelandic from N.Y. to Luxembourg; seeing Paris in 32 minutes between trains; 10 days in Spain at Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Grenada and Barcelona and visiting the caves of Altamira, a visit with Vic Moitoret '41 in Monaco; a climb up the Matterhorn in Switzerland, fulfilling a lifelong ambition; vista doming down the Rhine Valley to Amsterdam; a short stop at Strasbourg; and home "broke, tired and happy." Aside from their flights over and back, they had no reservations which left them free to roam at will which they did, aided by their Eurail Passes. As of the time of his writing (26 Sept.), he was anticipating a visit in Nov. by George Doster from St. Simon's Is., Ga., who has an uncle nearby in Sdver City, N.M. Being so far from the Navy, Norm says he welcomes such visits to "this clean, attractive place at 6000' on the edge of a great national forest and a hikers' paradise." (And that may explain how Norm happened to be in shape for that Matterhorn climb.)

Many have submitted their Class Directory forms this year, and some are still coming in. For those that haven't sent them in yet, how about sending them as, or in place of, Christmas cards.

Anyway, here is some of the information received so far and not recently reported in this column.

For those who have seen book reviews in the Navy Times under the by-line W . W . Armstrong, that's our Army. He reports that he is also self-employed in La Jolla as a tax consultant.

His son, Bruce, is proving himself to be an excellent student, presently a junior at Brown Univ., Providence, R.I. Cy Austin, after a brief period trying out retirement, is back to full employment, this time at the Ventura Div. of Northrop Corp., working up targets for use by the Navy.

Wally Boud, who works for the N.J. State Navigation Bureau, reported becoming a Life Member of the Alumni Assoc. His daughter, Mary, now Mrs. M. Brasel, lives in Casper, Wyo. Pete Boyle, in reporting a new address: 1555 Lakeside Dr., Apt. I l l , Oakland, CA 94612, said: "I have returned from S. Vietnam after 5 years with the State Dept. My special assignment was with USAID as a logistics advisor to 3 civilian ministries." Pete is now working for John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co., Oakland.

D o n Clay has a new involvement as a sales associate with Brown Realty Co. in Albuquerque.

He continues as owner and principal officer of D. C Associates, a management consultant and engineering services firm. Serving as Pres. of the Navy League of N.M. uses up some of his remaining time.

Jack Cown, after two years in Augusta, Me. working for the IRS, observes that "the winters are terrific—makes a well-rounded 4 seasons!"

Dottie and Bill Hazzard are back in San Diego having completed their 360-day camping trip through Europe. They put 30,192 miles on their camper.

Bob Jackson gives the following on his activities: VPres. of Graves South Dade Co. in South Miami, Fla.; Director, U.S. Bank of Seminole in Sanford; member of Kiwanis and various Masonic orders including Shriners; member of Greater Sanford Chaml>er of Commerce.

Katherine and Lou Mills live in Bethesda where Lou is retired from Civil Service and is a

self-employed consultant. They get their recreation at the Lakewood Country Club in Rockvdle, Md. Phyllis and Snick N o w e l l also live in Md. Snick shifted from the sea to the soil as a selfemployed stock and crop farmer at Rocky Ridge.

Hope the rocks are only in the name and not in any of the land which Snick has to plow.

G e o r g e O'Connell sent in a note from Anniston, Ala., with his Directory form. He is Corporate Manager and Secretary of the Leslie Corp. in Anniston and also First V.P. of Anniston Warehouse, Inc. Other involvements are with Chamber of Commerce, United Fund, Junior Achievement and Anniston Textile Assoc.

Gus Hendricks, who is an Ass't Prof, teaching math at Jacksonvdle Univ., Fla., reports that his wife, Bonnie, died last April (Rod Badger, Acting Chairman of the Class Councd, sent the Class' condolences to Gus upon receiving word of this sad event.)

B. J. Woodward's widow, Barbara Garside, from Cuder, Me., updated the news on Woody's children: Susan, the eldest, is a widow with two sons; Sara is Mrs. Peter C White; B. J. IV has B. J. V and another son; Michael is unmarried and attending the Univ. of Ga. on a teaching fellowship working for his doctorate in history.

Gus Scott is in his 11th year as an instructor of physics and chemistry at the DuVal High School in Prince Georges County, Md. He is also Head of the Science Dept. at that school. Gus and .\lice find the long summer vacations one of the main inducements for longevity in this profession.

Vince Sweeney in Falls Church, Va. is Executive V.Pres. and Director of Suburban Savings & Loan Assoc, of Bailey's Crossroads.

A l W e l d o n is Ass't to the V.Pres. and General Manager of the Florida Research & Development Ctr. in West Palm Beach, Fla. of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Div. Address changes received this past month: Ed P e n n e b a k e r , 9100 Single Oak Dr., Apt. 34, Lakeside, CA 92040; Lou Ayers, 2100 Tanglewdde. Apt. 323, Houston, TX 77042; Bob Stivers, 255 S. 2nd, Ripley, OH 45167.

Merry Christmas!

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Pres., RAdm. J. E. Rice, USN Sec'y., Capt. W . M. Hanger, USN (Ret.) 4720 Sedgwick St., N.W., Washington, DC 20016 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W m . A. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale, VA 22003 Percent Members: 40 Having survived homecoming weekend, we are now sitting here at our "mill" grinding out copy and bemoaning the loss to Michigan after such high hopes after the B.C. victory. Making use of the unexpected long Columbus Day weekend, here goes with the news.

The joint husbands/wives luncheon on 13 September at Vinson Hall was the usual success it always is when the gals are present. All together 23 turned out including Claudiana and Joe Rice's guests: Mrs. Keith Prevost, an aunt; Mrs. Kelly Sullivan, Joe's sister-in-law; Mrs. Roscoe Powers, a cousin; and Mrs. Bruce Davis, widow of our own D a v e Brown—all of whom had come up for Joe's change of command ceremony on 12 September. Others present were: Blanche and Jack Baumeister, Pat and Dick Bradley, Ede and Bdl Ellis, Norm Gillette, Helena and Jim Gray, Rosa

53 and Frank Law, Margaret and John Oseth, Claudiana and Joe Rice, Margot and "Onion" Phdlips, Mary Ware, and Joe Woodville.

Bits of news picked up were: Mary Ware is enjoying her new home and gets to do a lot of riding, but tropical storm Agnes in June gave her some problems. . . . Margot and "Onion" are becoming commuters between Washington and Spain. . . . The Grays now like yogurt; in Roumania it was get used to it or starve. Helena relates the experience Jim had with the 78-year-old female doctor who encountered him in the sauna and said: "Capt. Gray, you are so magnificent, so big, so strong. What are you doing here at Dr. Asian's Otopeni Clinic?" Whereupon Jim quickly replied: "I'm here with my wife!" . . . The Baumeisters left the luncheon early to please an anxious grandmother. Said Jack as they left: "Can you imagine me having to take a babysitter home at my age?"

"Davvy" Davenport is now the Director of Youth Programs for the National Alliance of Businessmen in Orlando, Fla. We're sorry we missed seeing Ginny Stark during her September/October visit to Alexandria.

She returned east to assist her sister, Mildred, in taking care of their mother who was hospitalized at Circle Terrace in Alexandria. By phone we learned Harry is still very much the school teacher and golfer, and that Kathy had graduated from high school and was entering junior college. My how time do fly; seems like only yesterday that we were at Kathy's christening party in Parkfairfax.

Had a telephone call from Eve and W e b b Kiker early in September telling us of the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Laura, on 17 September at their home in Cuthbert, Ga., to LCol. Wdliam J. Patterson, USA, who is stationed at Fort McPherson and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Patterson of Calimesa, Ca. Laura's maid of honor was her aunt. Miss Jean Williams of Atlanta, and the best man was her brother, Lt. Edward Bruce Kiker, USA, flown down from Fort Greely, Alaska. After the reception, the bride and groom left for Paradise Island in the Bahamas for their honeymoon. We all wish the newlyweds much happiness.

A note to Joe from Frank Springer had the following to say: "Many thanks for sending the class picture and the changes to the Class Register.

I've enjoyed identifying various classmates in our Plebe picture and will frame it for hanging in a conspicuous place in our home. . . . You and the Yearbook Committee deserve a great deal of credit for keeping all of us informed of addresses and vital statistics. . . . The next time you are in the Los Angeles area, please get in touch with us.

Minta and I would be delighted to see you. . . .

Regards to all."

Chuck Houston wrote on 4 September: "Your recent letter with all the information about the class get-together, and also the USNA picture and changes of address, reminded me that I have been very negligent about my dues. I guess I must be two or three years in arrears. Sorry, no excuse except just plain procrastination, I guess. . . .

Please correct my address to read: 662 Davit Ln., Redwood City, CA 94065. . . . Wish we could join you all for homecoming this year, but I'm afraid we can't make it. Hope you have a grand turnout and a very wonderful time. . . . Our very best regards to all who make it."

A 24 September note from Ben Oelheim tells us of his latest change: "Looking out over Cowpet Bay on this quiet Sunday morning, I am witness

to one of the most exhilarating views on earth. . . .

I am here teaching mathematics in Antilles School because we couldn't resist the opportunity to do so. Our daughter, Jacquie, decided to give up her job in New York and to find employment here while she lives with us. Valya, whom I left in Copenhagen on 29 August, arrived in New York yesterday in the RAFAELLO and wdl join us next week. We will welcome any of the Navy, especially '36ers, who plan to come this way before next June when the school year ends. . . . Please change our address to 28 Leeward Way, Cowpet Bay Village, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00801 and our best to all."

J a k e Fyfe dropped us a line on 27 September: "I just wrote a letter to Jasper McDonald as a result of noting (courtesy of latest corrections to '36 Register) that he now lives in Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head, S. C . . . Hilton Head came up since Mary Lou and I have been sort of looking for the ultimate retirement spot for a couple of years now, and Hilton Head is on our list. I am going to Florida on a business trip next month, and since our son is stationed at the NAS in Mayport, Mary Lou is coming along to visit with him, his wife, and two of our grandchildren.

Since Hilton Head is on the way, we plan to stop there for a few days and check it out; hence the letter to JN. . . . Please correct our address to read: 9 Madison Ln. South, Newport News, VA 23606, not South Newport News. . . . As for class news, I really don't have any except the Chenaults just got back from Australia where they visited their son Dave who is an exchange officer with the Australian Navy. . . . 1 see Moose Brown and Jim O'Grady occasionally, but the Navy-Duke game may perhaps bring out the full slate of '36ers in the Norfolk area. . . . My best regards to all attendees at homecoming."

Just prior to homecoming came news from Jack N o e l : "Receiving your changes to the '36 Register reminded me that we should send in our new address. After 10 years in Paris, we have given up our apartment, resigned from various clubs, and moved to Spain. We have now dropped the hook for the last time at Sotogrande, a large development on the Mediterranean coast near Gibraltar.

Our address is: La Arboleda, 17 Avila, Sotogrande, Cadiz, Spain, tel.: 792066, a beautiful place in a rolling cork oak forest starting at the beach alongside a river. . . . While in London this past summer we saw many old friends, but no '36ers.

We stayed with Fil and Jay Gilkeson '37 and saw Mary and Ralph Cousins and Donny and Bush Bringle. . . . Class golfers may he interested in the following: Mary and I spent August touring Scotland by car and playing various golf courses—some 20 of them. The variety of the golf and the charm of the Scots, to say nothing about the countryside, were all outstanding. Our favorite spot was Guillane where Trevino won the Open this year.

The chddren walk around with golf clubs and everyone, quite literally, plays and talks golf. The green fees averaged about a pound. Will be glad to provide more detailed information to anyone interested. . . . Now that I am more or less retired, we plan to travel and to visit home where there are many things we would like to see. Meantime, we hope those who come to Europe will call us and drop in at La Arboleda, 17 Avila for a visit. . . . Cordial greetings to all."

Another card from Peggy and Rosey Ryan says: "Surprise! We've moved again. Hopefully this is our real retirement home. . . . Rosey is busy researching and writing naval history at the libraries at Stanford while 1 house-hunt and learn

how to be a grandparent. . . . Our mailing address is: P. O. Box 5628, Stanford, CA 94305."

Homecoming was again very successful and truly "36 for '36" with a good turnout. Friday night following the Dahlgren Hall Reception found '36 filling three and a quarter tables in the mess hall with our old friend and soccer coach.

Tommy Taylor, as guest of honor. Saturday, after a real dreary, rainy and cold "cliff hanger" of a game, found all gathered at the T o m Kimmels' lovely home over in Providence across the Severn.

In all some 56—too numerous to carry a full list here—classmates and guests turned out for the Friday and Saturday events. Out of the area attendees were the Combs, Ed Kings, Myers, E. J. Hoffmans, Carmichaels, Meades, Tyrees, Eisenbachs, Lederers, Stimsons, Gene Riewe, and Mrs. Hanger, Willard's mother. A wonderful party! We are most appreciative of the hospitality and hard work of the Annapolis clan who were our hosts— especially to the gals who slaved so hard in the kitchen to provide us with such a wonderful buffet dinner. Well done, gang!

We were glad to see Charlie Eisenbach II ('67) on Friday night and to see how well he has recuperated from his wounds. He is now a student at the U. of Florida, Gainesville, majoring in speech therapy Jack Carmichael is at the U. of Georgia in the Continuing Education Deparunent E. J. Hoffman is filling a chair in the School of International Studies at the U. of South Carolina.

Got into a discussion on the changeover to Social Security Numbers on everything and what did numbers mean anyway? Found out that while in Guam, Ann Teel traveled all over the Orient on a Diplomatic Passport with a number 131 on it.

It wasn't until she got home, without question, that Dick pointed out she had travelled all over on his old Naval Academy laundry number, not his service number.

Had a lovely two-day visit with Bunny and Vince Combs after homecoming. They parked their Airstream trailer at the back of our driveway, and made themselves right at home. It's really something when your house guests provide their own living quarters, isn't it? It was fun seeing them, having martinis in the Airstream, followed by a cookout on our patio, and hearing all about their meanderings as trailer-ites. We hope they'll be back again very soon.

That's about it for now. A Merry Christmas to you all.

37 Sec'y-Treas., LCdr. J. P. M. Johnston, USN (Ret.) 2118 Bancroft PI., N.W., Washington, DC 20008 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Wesley Steesy, USN (Ret.) 9127 Sligo Pkwy., Silver Spring, MD 20901 Percent Members: 37.5 And so, our 35th anniversary has come and gone—but not to be forgotten by the 94 classmates and their 88 mates who attended the 29-30 September weekend events. Except for a few warm raindrops during the game, we enjoyed fine weather. Events in order were: (1) the Friday afternoon parade, with a very good class representation present. (2) The Friday evening KT reception (of all classes) in Dahlgren Hall, followed by dinner in the mess hall. An ample block of tables awaited us, and for a couple of hours we sought out those we couldn't locate in the

54 Dahlgren Hall mob. Yes, we lifted the tables, once or twice with Bobbie Shupper aboard. (3) The Boston College football game, in which two wellmatched teams ground out plenty of yardage (including a Navy 72-yard run, the longest in six years). In that final, wild quarter, Navy outscored BC three touchdowns to two for a final 27-20 victory. (4) The aimiversary dinner where we strained Hubbard Hall (Boat House) to its capacity for good drinks, a fine dinner, and plenty of table-hopping. States Mead had decorated the walls with various items (Logs, Annapolis newspapers. Tridents, etc.) of the mid-'30s, and there were miscellaneous other contributions. Speeches were kept to a minimum, basically the introduction of the Anniversary Committee, and four of our eight remaining in uniformâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including Superintendent Mack. Joe D o d s o n showed movies (in an impromptu "theater") of our days-gone-by, enjoyed by a good number, late in the evening.

(5) A class representation attended the impressive Sunday Chapel services, most of whom then repaired to Tecumseh Court to observe one final meal formation. In between these events were imprompw gatherings of various sizes at Howard Johnson's, Maryland Inn, and elsewhere.

The following were in attendance: Charlie and Mary Minter, Owen and Pat Chambers, Lee and Betty Goss, Jack and Eleanora Mingay, Don and Grace Dean, Waffles and Becky Ingling, Bob and Helen Farrington, Ralph and Mary Cousins, Wes and Marcella Steesy, Bunky Fuhrman, Tom and Mary Cunningham, Joan Thomas (Mrs. Ned), Art and Maggie Fisher, Gordon and Martha Matheson, Adrian and Pat Rich, Johnny and Bernice Nielsen, Tom Nixon, Blake and Mariedora Moore, Walt and Mary Barry, Don and Pat Mehlhop, Dinty and Bea Moore, Johnny and Betty Johnston, Frank Smart, Bulldog Morrell, Peyton and Pat Carroll, Monty and Libby Ballinger, Bunny and Bobbie Shupper, Sid and D. J. Bottomley, Paul and Margaret Huelsenbeck, Walt and Ruth Reid, Boyd and Helen Clapham, Reynolds and Pat Smith, Jack and Bess Slaughter, Henry and Natalie Sipple, Mike and Pat Shea, Si and Bonnie Ramey, Jack Watkins, Frank Rydeen, Bob and Priscdla Wescott, Harold Etchen, Jim and Edna Carnes, Squire and Cynthia Pridmore, Frank and Mary Jane Patriarca, Cliff and Margrit Messenheimer, Johnny and Jean Lajaunie, Larry and Bea Brandey (newlyweds), Paul and Libby Taylor, Ed and Mary Ellen Scofield, Skeet and Jeanne Gardes, Bob and June Northwood, John and Vivian Shaffer, Frank Worth, Sneed and Dottie Schmidt, Tom and Connie Turner, Wayne Brown, Mel and Geri Cooper, Paul and Peg Hartmann, Joe and Dottie Gerath, Jim and Midge Denton, Morgan and Nancy Baldwin, Charlie and Missie Dodds, Frank and Peggy Taylor, Keith and Betty Robertson, Bill Howland, Rex and Eleanor Wheeler, Jesse and Dode Robinson, Jack and Joan Obermeyer, John and Esther Simpson, Tom and Madeline Miller, Jim and Anne Cruse, Hank and Oweita Burfeind, Mac and Curly Adams, Harrison and Pat Glennon, George and Connie Rouzee, Joe and Nancy Dodson, Tom anxJ Eloise Davies, Fred and Ethel Janney, Bill and Pat Snyder, Walt and Fran Stencil, Duke Ferrara, Jack and Ray Wadleigh, Warren and Betty Ford, Fe and Helen Degolian, Fay and Pat Wilsie, Bob and Jane Tate, Fred and Pat McKay, Jack and Marge Reed, Frank and Ann Blasdel, John Garvin, Mac and Genevieve Chase, Charlie and Jo Gibson, Bill and Ruth Mack, States and Doris Meade, Tracy and Nini Holmes, Joe and Betty Rengle. (Note: "Pat" has been substituted for a few missing names.)

This anniversary was some 16 months in the planning, and certainly was an overall success. We truly missed the many who were unable to attend, and let us hope that our 1977 anniversary will be even larger ('72 was a bit larger than '67).

As a whole, the Washington group discussed and planned the event, a few of the key figures included: Charlie Minter, our "more-than-hisshare" Chairman; T. Mac Adams, food and beverage; Morgan Baldwin and others, housing; W e s Steesy, souvenirs; Johnny Johnston, finance; all others, encouragement and support.

Your CS hopes all attendees will return the distributed "dope sheets" to provide him with material for future Shipmate columns. A number of them are already in hand, and their contents will be shared starring next month. Wes Steesy reports that quite a number apparendy still are under the impression that he personally donated the collection of souvenirs distributed. Not so; sorry about that. He merely procured them (he's in the promotionals business) with a portion of the $20 per head paid in.

So let this be our motto: "THINK FORTY!!!"

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for tail-gating followed by a rousing Navy Victor)' over Boston College. After the game, we gathered at the USNA Officers' Club for a fun cocktail party arranged by Hank Jackson and duly voted a hearty well done. Among those seen during the weekend and not already mentioned were: Shirley and Jim Andrews with Eleanore Fitz-Patrick, Anne and Snowden Arthur, Jean and OIlie Bagby, Helen Jane and Bib Bidwell, Ruth and Joe Blandin with their daughter and .son-in-law, Bobbie and Dick Bowers, Louise and Bill Boykin, Mary Bullard, Janet and Deke Ela, Olive and Irv Fike, Jo and Carl Fleps, Allison and Norm Fryer, Jean and Grant Heston, Dotty Hinman, Jean and Art Johnson, Al and Fred McEntire, Bob McNitt, Emilou and Agee Melvin, George Muse with daughter Kathy and husband, Peggy and Hugh Robinson, Sylvia and Mike Rindskopf, Betty and Gordon Smale, Peggy and Tom Washington, Jane and Walt Small, Eve and Frank Whalen, Ann and Al Church, Dick Church, Muriel Wells, Jean and Steve Mann, Marie and Jack Mansfield, Harriett and Hugh Elwood, Mickie and Otis Wesche down from Pittsford, N.Y., and Nels Nelson newly moved to Washington.

Pres., Col. John A. Saxten, Jr., USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. John A. Bogley, USN (Ret.) 3900 Watson PI., Apt. 7B, Washington, DC 20016 Percent Members: 43

Janet and D e k e Ela gave a lovely dinner party in their new home in Arnold, Md., which put the icing on the cake of a real fun weekend. So to all those whose efforts made for such happy gettogethers, we say many thanks. To all of you who missed out on the fun, we say make plans to join us next year for our 35th.

CHARLES SIMONTON MOFFETT

CLASSMATES ON THE GO

Charlie passed away at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital on 26 September from a pulmonary embolus. He was buried in Arlington with full military honors near the grave of his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Admiral Moffett. The class sent flowers and Dick Cooper, Ray DuBois and A g e e Melvin served as pallbearers. Luella and Charlie have lived at Virginia Beach since retirement. Betty Bardshar kindly opened her quarters to Luella and we all joined the family there after the services. It gave us a good chance to express our deepest sympathy to the family and assure Luella of the real togetherness of the class of 1938. Fred Barshar was in Brussels on Navy business so we are most appreciative of Betty's warm kindness. I learned that Fred is retiring on 1 January so we wish them good luck and God Speed in their second career.

Sylvia and Mike Rindskopf have returned from their European tour and temporarily setded in an apartment in Annapolis whde looking for a permanent home. Mike has joined the Annapolis office of Westinghouse for his second career and we wish him the best of luck. Ann and A l Church have taken off for London to attend he International Conference for the revision of the regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Seems these large jumbo tankers are a danger to navigation. Good luck, Al, and I hope your committee does better than one I once attended where the admiral just issued an order that there would be no more collisions.

With their youngest daughter getting married and all the other chicks having flown the coop, Olive and Irv Fike have moved to Annapolis.

New address is 1302 Hawkins Ln., Annapolis, MD 21401. Boo and K. G. Robinson left Annapolis by car to visit their daughter on the West Coast. Elaine and Jake Bland have flown to Italy where they will pick up a car and tour Italy, France and Switzerland.

Shirley and Jim Andrews journey up New England way to see famdy and friends. Mary Jane Muse attended the arrival of new granddaughter, Tracey Lee, daughter of Mary Anne and Bob Wood. Congratulations to the proud parents and grandparents. Marie and Bill Spears are spending some time in Norwich, N. Y., setding her mother, Mrs. O'Hara's estate. Jane and Walt Small visited their lovely new condominium in Sarasota, Fla. Jean and Grant Heston and I have leased it for the month of February and are looking forward to our winter vacation, kindness of the Smalls.

The Washington group wives journeyed to Annapolis for their monthly luncheon hosted by Toody Wood with Ruth Blandin assisting. The treat was delicious Maryland crabmeat graciously served in Toody's lovely Duke of Gloucester Street home. The next luncheon will be at Jean Heston's

HOMECOMING Mary and Mac McGivern came up a week early to spend some time with their daughter and son-in-law. This occasioned a fun party at Lo and Ralph Weymouth's quarters and a chance to get the homecoming festivities off to a good start. Mary and Mac both looked well and fully enjoying life in Florida. They were guests of Grace and Skip Giffen for the homecoming weekend. Others from out of town were Peggy and Joe Bauer down from Marlboro, Mass.; Harriett and George Dalton from Philly and guests of the Hartigans; Peg and Fred Greene from Westfield, N. J. and guests of the Hank Jacksons; Barbara and Jake Reed from Virginia Beach and guests of the Berthrongs; and the Andy Olahs from Cleveland Heights and guests of the Morrisons. Bob Fletcher came alone from Ann Arbor, Mich, as his wife was not feeling too well.

The Friday night dinner in Bancroft Hall was attended by enough hardy souls to raise two tables in the air. Most of us are saving up our strength for our 35th reunion next year. On Saturday a good group gathered in the parking lot

55 lovely Arlington home with Muriel Wells as co-hostess.

A goodly number of classmates were on hand for the opening football game and a heartening victory over William and Mary. Marie and Bill Spears and Muriel Wells journeyed down with me and luckily Marie brought a jug of water and tons of ice for the weather was downright hot and we all got dehydrated. Jean and Red Coward came up from Whispering Pines and were weekend guests of Peggy and T o m Washington. As a surprise, Sandy Coward flew in from San Diego for a family reunion before he heads for Vietnam with the USS KITTY HAWK Air Group. Good luck, Sandy. Others on fiand for the game were the Andrews, Connie Jackson, Art Johnsons, Fleps, McEntires, Washingtons, Hartigans, Don Nelson, Raymers back from their trip to Norway, Al Churches, Steve Mann and the John Stevens down from New York.

There will be a California '38 reunion party at the COM, N.\S, Imperial Beach near San Diego on Friday, 8 December. It wdl be a no-host cocktaU affair from 1900 to 2000; dinner-dance from 2030.

Those wishing to attend get in touch with E. C. Ogle, 359 Elder Ave., Imperial Beach, CA 92032.

Cost is $5.00 per person.

NEW CLASS ROSTER Harry Holton writes from Sacramento, Cal. to express his appreciation for the new edition of the roster. This was a hurried attempt and done with mosdy free labor but it has generated the interest we hoped for in locating many classmates.

So please send me any new addresses of those you keep in contact with and have moved. In this way our next edition, which I hope might be for our 35th reunion, wdl be more complete.

Robbie Harmon sends in a new address for the Dan Henrys—5921 Lajolla Mesa Dr., LaJoUa, CA 92037. Swede Olsen has done a masterful job for the San Diego group and I pass along the new addresses: Jim Brenner—Valley View Trail, Pine Valley, CA 92062; Harry Foley—1419 Catalina Blvd., San Diego, CA 92107; Tom Foster— 11990 Adorno PI., San Diego, CA 62128; Dan Harrington—6275 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego, CA 92119; Swede Olsen—6248 Snowbound St., San Diego, CA 92120; BUI Radiff—1425 Carissa Ct., Chula Vista, CA 92010; Bob Sinnott— 8545Q Tidewater Dr., Norfolk, VA 23503; Frank Swiderski—P.O. Box 3912, San Ysidro, CA 92073.

Thanks, Swede, and hope your December class party hosted by Kitty and El Ogle is a huge success.

George Whiteside sends his new address—396 Grants Trad, Centerville, OH 45459. George works for the Philco-Ford Corp., in the Communications and Technical Services Division in Dayton. Thanks to all you kind folks and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to each and every one.

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Pres., Capt. C R. Chandler, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt F. P. Anderson, USN (Ret.) 2725 N. Wakefield St., Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Memh)ers: 38.5 It is with deep regret that I report the death of R a y m o n d P. (Rip) Kline suddenly on 1 Oct. 1972 at Jacksonville, Fla. Following funeral services on 4 Oct., he was buried at sea in accordance with his expressed desire. In lieu of flowers, the class of '39 made a memorial contribution to the Heart Fund. Old "Ripper" was truly an indi-

vidual in his own right. There was always something special about him with that deep-seated loyalty of his, not only to his countless friends but also to the Navy, which he loved. Our paths crossed many times over the years from our initial tour in USS NORTHAMPTON to our reunion at Annapolis 30 years later, and I can truly say that Rip always impressed me with his steadfast dedication to the service while at the same time being able to enjoy life to the fullest. I can still hear him singing "The Streets of Laredo" in his efforts to liven up a gathering. His passing will be deeply mourned by friends both in and outside of the Navy. The class extends its heartfelt sympathy t, his widow, Tibby, and to his brothers and sisters.

I also regret having to report the death of George Duncan's wife, Aggie, suddenly on 15 Sept. at NAS, Patuxent River, Md. in an automobile accident. Funeral services were held 19 Sept. at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Lexington Park, Md., followed by interment in the Arlington National Cemetery. Survivors, in addition to George, include two sons, Alfred and George, Jr., and two daughters, Agnes and Julia.

Many of us remember Aggie back to our Midshipman days when, as a Navy Junior, she visited the Naval Academy quite frequently, especially to see George perform in our musical club shows. She was practically considered a part of '39, even then.

The class will miss her and extends its deepest sympathy to George and the children in their sudden and tragic loss. Address: 141 Williams Dr., Lexington Park, MD 20653.

Needless to say, our monthly Wash, luncheon on 4 Oct. was not the boisterous and joyous occasion that it usually is, due to the shocking news about Rip Kline. However, with 25 of our regular attendees showing up, we still had a pretty good session of commiserating and comparing notes.

John Gore, Comptroller for the Ret. Off. Assoc., gave us some late info on the recendy-passed Survivor Benefits Bill (if you don't have the dope on this by now, write me). Ernie Schwab reported that he and his wife, Betty, recendy returned from a tour of Paris and Brussels, and also Frankfurt, where they visited their daughter, Trudi. With characteristic acumen, he entertained us briefly by relating some candid impressions of Europe '72. By coincidence, they went over on the same United States charter flight with Anne and Stan Kerkering, and Janice and N o b l e Harris, who reported a wonderful time sightseeing in Italy, Switzerland, Austria and West Germany. Incidentally, Ernie is with RAND Corp. here in Wash., not RAC as I reported in the Sept.-Oct. issue.

N e d Beach has done it again! This time it's his fifth novel about WWII submarines. Dust on the Sea. A sequel to Run Silent, Run Deep, Ned's latest literary effort has just recendy been published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., and should now be at your favorite bookstore. We wish you luck, Ned, and may it be another best seller!

Last month I gave you a new address on V a l Holzapfel in Brussels which turned out to be slighdy incorrect. Here is the latest: Mgr., Pers.

Dev. and Training, 3M Europe, S.A. 53/54 Avenue des Arts, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

Thanks to Sally and Bob Gulick, I now have an up-to-date address listing of our '37 classmates living in the Los Angeles area. Upon checking it against previous information, 1 find that the following either are new or incorporate minor corrections: Nate Asher, 45 E. Rodell PI., Arcadia, CA 91006; Bob Border, 20514 Calpet Dr., Walnut,

CA 91789; Paul Glenn, 626 Wash. Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90403; Herb Hein, 670 Fairway Dr., Camardlo, CA 93010; Bill Hitchins, 102 Jasmine Dr., La Habra, CA 90631; Jim McAllister, 426 Camaritas Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91766; Ed Reed, 18937 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91324; Geo. Roberts, 1824 Loma Vista Dr., Beverly Hdls, CA 90210; M. B. Royalty, 1240 S. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105; Henry Singleton, 384 Delfern Rd., L.A., CA 90024; Jaime Trauger, 450 W. 20th St., Long Beach, CA 90806; and Bill Valentine, 44849 N. l l d i St. West, Lancaster, CA 93534.

That all for now, since none of the oudying hamlets checked in with us this month. Please drop me a line, especially if you have moved, changed jobs, quit altogether, or just want to say hello to the class. We want to keep track of you.

Remember 1974 will be our 35th anniversary and, in 1978, it wdl be 39 for '39!

No Flip Clips this time. However, Carolyn and I want you-all to know that we now have both a Doctor and a Lawyer in the family. No. two son, Bill, passed the Va. State Bar examinations last summer and was admitted 2 Oct. to practice law in the Supreme Court of Va. He is now at Quantico on active duty with the Marines (a 1st Lt., JAG Corps). Our older son, Philip, is a Navy Doctor (Lt.) on duty at Naval Hosp., Portsmouth, N.H.

40 Pres., RAdm. John Chase, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 701 S. 23rd St., Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 29.5 WASHINGTON REPORT The football season's first gathering of the '40 clan was under the hospitable roof of Loretta and Ted Hechler after the Navy-Wm. & Mary game (a 13-9 squeaker) on 16 September. It had been a glorious, sunny, Indian summer afternoon. Our stalwart classmates, sun-burned and shirt-sleeved after four H O T hours in the Navy stands, came to the Hcchlers' Lookout Road rambler like French foreign legionnaires to an oasis. Ted kept the "well" running clear and cool, and lovely Loretta's luscious larder out-dated any oasis! The day ended with all the old favorites sung around a modernized electric player-piano—or, to put it another way, rendered by some of the following: Ace Barton and son Mike, Betty and Jack Bowell with daughter and son-in-law Clair and Phd Ellis, Mary and Bill Carpenter, Caroline and John Greenbacker, Charlotte and Gene Lamiman, Mary and John Montgomery, Sis and John Refo, Bee and Bob Wann and son Steve, Dee and Early Winters.

Norma and Jim McConnaughhay represented '39.

Despite chdl winds and rain the homecoming game in Annapolis provided a glowing 27-20 win over favored Boston College. In this game, as in the previous week's 21-10 loss to a strong Penn State, Navy demonstrated the potential to have a winning season. After the game '40 headed out Spa Rd. to recuperate at the large and lovely home of Lucille and Bob Pauli. Helyn and W a l l y Utley brought a BIG celebration cake (with and inscribed "4.0" and the game score "27-20" in the frosting) down from New Jersey. Ummmm-delicious! And the host Paulis provided a turkey and ham buffet so tasty that we borrowed the recipe for the Ham Slices Barbeque Sauce for you: "Marinate in a casserole dish for one hour or longer—Vi cup oil, 2 tb. catsup, 3 tb. soy sauce,

56 2 tb. vinegar plus garlic salt. Bake at 320° until bubbly. Double or triple the ingredients for large canned ham." Feasters came from far away Ohio, Minnesota, New Jersey and Florida. Helen Udey helped record the following noses: Andersons, Berndtsons, Bowells, Dick Brown, Carpenters, Chases, Gene Dueber, Eckerts, Eschs, Hardys, Healeys, Ted Hills, Hdlers, Jacksons, Keatings, Lambs, Meyers, Montgomerys, Muhlenfelds, Quinns, Schneiders, Sledges, Udeys, Wanns and Winters. Margie and J. J. Jackson were the mosttravelled, up from St. Petersburg, Fla. They came up on the piggy-back auto/railway, and recommend it highly.

Remember the old Sail Loft in the D.C. Gun Factory ? That's where we attended the Navy Relief Balls in midshipman days. Well, Dee and I had the pleasure of attending an honest-to-gosh Change of Command Ceremony there for our hard-working Treasurer. RAdm. Raymond John Schneider, USN, relieved Joe Rice '36 as Commander, Naval Electronic Systems Command 12 September 1972. The ceremony had originally been planned for Admiral Leutze Park in the Washington Navy Yard (new name for Gun Factory).

It rained on Ray, of course. So capable classmates, Art Esch and Ray (The Rainmaker), just shifted Honor Guard, Band, and hundreds of guests from wet park to warm and dry sail loft. (Sec. note: Disregard last month's Shipmate wherein we prereported the above event as occurring in Leutze Park. That's what happens when we attempt to "crystal-ball" these columns!)

A recent news item in the local Sunday Star and Daily News reminds us that the traditional, annual Navy Ball for the benefit of the Navy Relief Society wdl be held about the time this issue hits the mail boxes—8 Decemljer. Unlike olden days, this gala wdl be at the Sheraton Park Hotel in N.W. Washington, D.C. And Art Esch, as Commandant, Washington Naval District, is up to his epaulets in the planning for it. Call him at Tingey House for tickets. All contributions happily accepted. Hurry!

And don't forget—there is a combined '39 through '42 dance this month, 16 December in the Crystal Room at Patton Hall O Club, Fort Myer, Va. Betty and Jack Bowell have the details.

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE FROM FLORIDA: Johnny Williams and J. J. Jackson are coordinating a class get-together in Orlando for the second weekend in February 1973. There wdl be a dinner at the O Club, etc.

For details contact Johnny at 2554 South French Ave., Sanford, FL 32771. PLEASE PASS THE WORD TO EVERYONE IN FLORIDA AND NEARBY. Our class is still batting less than 30% in NA Alumni membership—so the news in Shipmate needs to be reinforced by word-of-mouth/letter, etc. An easier way??? Ask our absentee '40 mates to send in their annual $12 and they'll get Shipmate, too. This means non-grads as well as retirees. They have always been needed to support class. Navy and national goals; now more than ever—since there are fewer, just a handful, left on active duty.

Hampton, Ga., sends word that native son, Cary Hall, is running for the state legislature down there. Best of luck to our former Lucky Bag editor!

FROM JAPAN—a more accurate translation of J. C. Smith's home address: 36-24 Jingumae 3 Chome, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150, Japan. JC is with the Dresser Machinery Group as the Far

East (Tokyo) Manager. Write to him via AIR MAIL only; ordinary mad goes by slow boat and takes months.

WINDOW DRESSING This just about wraps up the class Memorial Window drive. Treasurer Ray Schneider reports that 127 classmates contributed to its purchase and installation. The final two donors: John Hardy and Scott G o o d f e l l o w . Thank you both!

The Army Chief-of-Chaplains is printing a brochure concerning the joint service stained glass window dedications in the Post Chapel at Fort Myer, Va. It will be distributed early next year following the final installation and dedication.

Write us if you miss your your copy.

See the cover!!!

THE SECRETARY'S CORNER MISSING CLASSMATE: a letter to Dr. W . J. "Bill" Mauer has just been returned from 25 E. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602. It was marked "Moved. Address unknown." Does anyone out there know where Bill is now? » * * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0 * • •

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Chairman, Capt. Jay Houghton, USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda, MD 20034 Percent Members: 31.5 Jim Bartlett retired on 29 September. Jim's last assignment was Vice Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Good luck for the future, Jim, and please keep us posted on your whereabouts.

Lou Davis has been appointed Director of International Development for Archer Daniels Midland Co., and a vice president of Archer Daniels Midland International, S.A., a whollyowned subsidiary involved in the worldwide trading of agricultural commodities. ADM is one of the nation's largest processors and exporters of agricultural products. Lou will be responsible for developing a broad range of new ventures and export markets related to his company's various agribusinesses. Lou has had a 25-year career in marketing, manufacwring, finance, engineering and administration. His last 14 years have been devoted to international operations, including resident assignments in Asia and South America. In case you did not know, Lou graduated from the Rutgers University law school and is a member of the New York and Illinois Bar. Cass Casstevens is a professor of Business Administration at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. III., and is preparing to give his total attention to undergraduate education. Since WWII, he has worked primarily in adult education at Procter & Gamble, Ford Motor Co., and for the past 13 years at SIUE. Cass writes that he is impressed with how important it is to keep on learning. His own studies terminated last year, at least temporarily, with receipt of a Master's degree in Business Administration. Also last year, the American Management Association published a book which Cass co-authored entided Coaching, Learning and Action. To show you what a small world it still is, Jackie and Victor D e l a n o bought their present home from Cass's first cousin who years before first introduced Cass and his wife, Paula, to each other. Cass wrote that "small world" happenings like these are among the things he really misses about the Navy. Don't we all?

Sheldon Kinney has been relieved as Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Pacific Fleet and has been named President, New York Maritime College. The change of command ceremony was held aboard USS PROVIDENCE in the Vietnam war zone rather than in San Diego as is normally done.

Sheldon was quoted as saying that he "thought it would be ideal to hold the change of command where the center of gravity is."

Last August, at Congressional Country Club near Washington, Pat Zirkle received a prize for the second low gross score in the Lillian Payne Invitational Tournament. Congratulations, Pat. The final returns of the 1971-72 annual fund drive for the Naval Academy Aumni Association are now in and there were 97 contributors from the class of '41 who gave a total of $2,074.

In the polling for the '72-'73 Executive Committee in the Washington area, 56 classmates got their ballots in time to count. The new committee was inaugurated at the September class luncheon and they are: Chairman—James C. Houghton, Vice Chairman—^John C. Doherty, Secretary— John G. Messer, Class Committeeman—Thomas C. Buell and Treasurer—Jacques B. Hadler.

Remember that the class luncheons have resumed and, as before, will be on the last Wednesday of each month. Although the word is not yet final, they will probably continue at Blackie's House of Beef, 23rd and M, starting at 1130.

42 Pres., Capt. P. S. Smith, USN Sec'y, R. S. Day, CLU P.O. Box 6042 Shirlington Station, Arlington, VA 22206 Percent Members: 36.5 Essentially this is a report of get-togethers, past, present and future. It starts with homecoming and our 31st reunion. The all-out effort last year must have taken its toll, as the ranks were a bit thin.

Attending the "over-sized" cocktad party on Friday evening were Layton Allen, Bill Brown, Frank Carter, Childers, Doyle, Ehreke, Garrettson, Herndon, James, Jennings, Kurtz, Reed, Shear, Stewart, PS Smith, Carol Turner, Underwood, Vose, WerthmuUer and Woodson, along with your faithful correspondent. Most attended with wives, but not all, and I must confess I didn't take notes.

So to avoid confusion, I've elected not to list the gracious and lovely ladies who were there. Needlesss to say, those who did attend were the center of our attention.

On Saturday evening, after being treated to an outstanding gridiron clash, we gathered as in years past at the North Severn Club. John Wallace, fully and most unselfishly backed by Betts and Bill Divine (who were repeating as host and hostess), served up a most ample buffet to balance the endless flow of conversation. We were joined by, and then joined in turn, the class of '64 who were holding forth upstairs. The years and the late hour mellowed the age-gap, and provided a .scintillating climax to the day's festivities. My records were a bit more complete, so this will provide a means of matching some of the attendees on Friday night as well. The mini-reunion included Frank Andrews, Bob and Re Childers (and their son-in-law Bruce Meade and daughter, Judy Lee), Hap and Clara Lee Day, Jud and Jane Doyle, John and Marion Drew, Bill and Betts Divine, Max and Trilby Duncan, Gus and Ginnie Ehreke, Jake and Peg Glick, Jack and Mary Helen Hill, Jack and Ted James, Joe and Gina Jeffrey,

57 Harry and Shirley Kelley, Ace and Betty King, Bill and Betty Kurtz, Bob and Elaine Palmer (and his French boss and wife), Rufe and Betty Porter, Harry and Peg Rice, Paul and Marcelle Ruehrmund, Bill and Vera Schoenfeld (and his older brother and wife), Pete and Dorothy Smith, Sully and Dolly Sullivan, Hank and Marjorie Sweitzer, Bill and Anne Underwood, Bill Vose and Mary Barnard, John Wallace, and Bud and Joan Woodson.

The October Washington luncheon was moved to the Officers' Club at Annapolis, thanks to the good offices of Frank Andrews, who is on loan to the Academy from Catholic U. for this year.

Bo Coppedge and Bill Busik were on tap to update the attendees on the Athletic Association and the Alumni Association. A large number of ship and squadron plaques were delivered to the Eighth Company Wardroom in our continuing effort to support this worthy endeavor.

The year 1972 will close out socially with a gala on 16 December at the Fort Myer Officers' Club for the Washington contingent. This year wdl be a particularly outstanding event as we are including the USNA classes of 1939, 1940 and 1941, and the West Point Class of 1942. Any members of these classes, as well as our own, who might be in the Washington area that weekend, should let me know so that we may make the proper provisions.

Two flag officer changes of interest to the class involve the appointment of Bill Houser to the coveted role of DCNO-Air, and the retirement of Jack James to enter the investment business with Reynolds in Alexandria, Va. Bill and Betty Lou were at the homecoming game, but the press of business kept them from joining us either Friday or Saturday evening in spite of their intention to do so.

Peg and Buzz Betzel were extended three months on the tour in Peru, but have now returned to Alexandria and retirement. By way of balancing our numbers in the Washington roster, Isabelle and George Britner have moved to Old Greenwich, Conn.

And to keep the ball rolling. Jack Hill is busy planning our annual spring cocktail party, Frank Andrews will host the annual Father's Day piknik, and Trilby and Mac Duncan with Vera and Bill Schoenfeld will handle next year's homecoming frolic Saturday evening following the game.

43 Pres., Capt. Robert Adrian, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, III, (SC) USN (Ret.), 647 Kaimalino St., Kailua, HI 96734 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Frederic Hansen, USN (Ret.) 5677 Rayburn Ave., Alexandria, VA 22311 Percent Members: 34 Mail this month has been at an all time low— namely, zero. Dick Phelps did forward a note from Bill McQuilkin. The paragraph below is of interest: "Won't be able to attend the homecoming since we have setded down in Spain. I am working for the Garvey Bodega (Sherry and Brandy) as their director of marketing for the USA. I hope to return to the USA often but unfortunately will be unable to do so in time for the homecoming. Give my best to the troops and encourage all to come visit us."

The McQuilkins' address is NAVSTA Box 1828, FPO New York 09540.

Homecoming weekend was extremely big this

year and attendance was very good considering that we had such a large gathering on 19 June in Washington. Over and above the homecoming activities the Thirty Year Supplement was available for distribution at the Saturday night party and it was extremely well received. We have already acknowledged Dick Zimermann's work in connection with the publication of the book.

Bill Kastenbein did the art work and Bill Luberda was number one assistant. Many other people were involved and they are mentioned in the Foreword of the book. Very litde in the way of new information not contained in the bxjoklet was gleaned from various conversations at the homecoming functions.

Homecoming activities were planned by Hank Bress, D a n n y Freeman, Bernie Moulton and Bill Busik with assistance from Bill Doyel.

John Gano collected the money and passed out the ladies' pins and men's tie tacks at the Saturday night party. Ralph Leedy was responsible for the negotiations with Badey, Banks & Biddle. The whole weekend's activities went off in great fashion with perhaps the weatherman being the only fly in the ointment.

The Annapolis group was well represented by the Adrians, Nolans, Slocums, Freemans, Busiks, Doyels and the Lazenbys. From Norfolk we had the Clyde Andersons, Beavers, Harry Clarks, Thompsons, Hardcasdes and the Grays. We had a threesome up from Mexico City of Bernie Bennett and Maggie and Gordy Snyder. Norma and Chuck Pendleton were in from Hawaii and spent about another month in McLean awaiting the birth of their number two grandchild. The Kirklands, Clemenses, Heseltons and the Mahers were in from California. The Erkenbracks from Mississippi were also in attendance. Florida was represented by the Strongs, Bob Smiths, Watsons and the Zechellas. Saturday night party attendance was 218 and there were some in addition who attended the Friday night party, the pregame activities in our tent and the game. John Gano, 6323 Thomas Dr., Springfield, VA 22150, has a supply of class crest sterling silver gold dipped ladies' pins and men's tie tacs by Bailey, Banks & Biddle. Price $2.50 each plus 25(} for mailing. Contact John if interested.

Hopefully the mail will start coming in again next month.

44 Pres., Walter W. Honour Sec'y, Mr. D a l e V. Ness 6520 Walters Woods Dr., Falls Church, VA 22044 Annapolis Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. W i l l i a m C. Gibson Nav E, i6 Williams Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401 Percent Members: 30.5 At the October luncheon a new set of officers for the Washington chapter was elected by acclamation. They are RAdm. Ray Burk, President; Larry From, Vice President, and Charlie Miller, Treasurer. We all owe a special vote of thanks to outgoing officers—Walt Honour, Bob Cook and Ed Napier—who gave us the most effective and loyal leadership for the past year.

Homecoming was just what the name connotes but as always you just can't see everyone. At the Friday night party at Dahlgren Hall Marty and Jim Landon set the record for travel again coming from San Francisco. Saw Paul Arbo, who is retired and working for Tetra Tech in Arlington. Otho Sappenfield had come down

from the Veterans Hospital near Havre de Grace where he is the chaplain. Hank Gorman came up with the addresses of two of our class who have been out of touch for some time. They are Sam Trapani, 93 Flint St., Somerville, Boston, Mass., and John T w i g g , 136 First Parish Rd., Scituate, Mass.

Following the game and the sweet victory over BC, '44 met for a well attended party at the Naval Station with arrangements by W i n d y W h i d d e n and John Donaldson. The following were present: Rojo and Lyn Adamson, Blackie and Lois Blackburn, Dan and Nancy Brooks, Ray and Ramona Burk, Jack and Katty Christman, Bob and Mary Coogan, Ernie and Jean Cornwall, Vance and Evelyn Cox, Red Dog and Elaine Davis, John and Phyllis Driscoll, Gordon and Rosemary Duncan, Jack and Helen Godfrey, Hank and Peggy Gorman, John and Mae Heintz, Walt and Elaine Honour, Mark and Ginnie Hdl, Joe and Joyce Jennings, Randy and Margie King, Algy and Dorothy Kohn, John and Ruth Livingston, Charlie and Betty Miller, Ed and Kay Napier, Bill and Ruth Payne, George and Alice Prestwich, Tom and Carrie Rhees, Bill and Carol Sherwood, Red and Sara Smith, Ted and Nancy Snyder, Jim and Mitzi VanPelt, Jim and Pug Victor, Jack and Marge Wohler, Windy and Melissa Whidden, Steve and Alexis Dalamater, Baldie and Dottie Chapman, Dick and Bee Deprez, Elk and Wes Kelly, Jim Lowery, Bill and Lillian Etter, Charlie and Marge Becker, Howard Dawson, Bdl Upshaw, Paul and Mary Crutchfield, John and EmUy Donaldson, and Hoot and Fran Gibson.

Orrie Creapeau has been elected first vice president of the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers. Orrie is general manager. Inland Steel Corporation in Chicago.

Joe Heald sends another report from Brussels.

The arrangements for the 30th reunion (European contingent) of the Class of '44 at the Pension Kathrina in Erpendorf, Tyrolian Austria, are progressing. Reservations have been received from the following famdies: Barbour, Heald, Walsh, Goudie, Awtry, Alexander and Grace. Hopefully the Cutters from Naples and the Blalachs from Stuttgart will also join the party.

Barbara and Jim Holbrook, now living near Pittsburgh, report the marriage of their daughter, Nancy Ann, to Summer Rollings in June. Both graduated from the U. of Denver. Betty and Charlie Miller (uncle and aunt) attended the wedding in Sewickley, Pa. Dan Brooks, after retirement from the Navy this fall, was married to Nancy Stokowski at the Academy chapel on 23 September. They are planning an extended cruise in the Caribbean in their sailboat.

The Oyster Bowl game on 28 October was well attended by '44. Seen were Margie and Randy King, Betty and Charlie Miller, Melissa and W i n d y Whidden, Mary and Bob Coogan, Elaine and D o n Davis and many others.

Elk and Wes Kelly are now living in Providence, Annapolis. Elk is in the real estate business.

Nonie and Jim Allen are now living in Westport, Conn. Jim has left Johns ManvUle Company and is in business for himself.

Charlie and Betty Miller had a delightful trip to Scodand, England and Portugal earlier this year.

In Portugal they visited Pat and Gene Masica out of '45. Gene is Chief of the Naval Mission there.

Hank Hanssen has retired and taken a job as Clerk of Court in Detroit. Betty will join him when school is out in the spring.

58 Kay and Vince Cassani are back in Washington after a two-year tour in San Diego. At the October luncheon they were given a round of thanks for their outstanding job on the Silver Anniversary Directory.

The following was received from Jake Laboon: "The class of 1944 stationed in Hawaii and their wives held a dinner party Friday, 8 September 1972 at the Cannon Club, Fort Tuger. In attendance were 11 classmates and 10 wives. The following enjoyed a great evening: Barbara and Lou Bogan, Betty and John Burke, Betty and Creight Cook, Maggie and John Delargy, Phyllis and Ken Gummerson, Jake Laboon, Buck and Dick Ryzow, Rena and Tom Solos, Peggy and Wayne Surface, Elsie and George Talley, Lucy and Buddy Yates.

"Before dinner, the group gathered at Jake Laboon's apartment for cocktads. A gala time was had by all.

"The Class holds monthly luncheons on the last Thursday of each month at the O Club, Naval Station, Pearl Harbor. This is a good time to make plans for upcoming events and to relax over a sandwich for an hour or so.

"Classmates who might be passing through Hawaii are urged to contact some member of the class during your stay. Someone always has room for as long as you might like to stay. This goes for those who are looking for a vacation, too.

"Jake Laboon has relieved Creight Cook of the duties involved as Class Secretary of the Hawaiian group. Jake may be contacted through COMSERV PAC Headquarters, or through the local phone book for Hawaii. Come and stay awhile with us.

Aloha!"

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Pres., Capt. Sam Rorex, Jr. Sec'y, Mr. J. C Barron 1569 Eton Way, Crofton, MD 21113 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. G. F. Rester 1723 Fernham Ct., Crofton, MD 21113 Percent Members: 33 On 12 September at Ft. Myer Officers' Club we opened our '72-'73 series of class luncheons with an excellent turnout: Adams, Baldwin, Barron, Bradley, Conover, Cooley, Dale, Doolin, Dzikow•ski, Findly, Forbes, Fortson, Gardner, J. Haines, Hastings, Hayes, J. R. Johnson, Lipfert, M. Marshall, McCord, McDevitt, Merrick, Montgomery, Perkins, Poe, Priest, Rester, Schaffer, Shelton, Silliman, T. Taylor, Thomas, Watson, D. Wdson, and Wise. Details were described on the 22 October class of '45 sailing party in Annapolis aboard the famous yacht AMERICA—courtesy of Schaefer Beer.

'45's private Navy continues to expand. At the Norfolk Naval Station there are three classmates' boats in a row—the latest addition being John Chappell's 36' diesel motor sader Miss LIBERTY. Ken Chambers has a 32' power boat named for his daughter MELISSA. Herb Poorman sports a beautiful custom built 41' glass and teak ketch from the Orient—appropriately OUT OF SIGHT. It seems that we have enough boats in the class to warrant a register, so how about sending me your boat's name, type, and size along with where she is berthed. I will compile and publish this info, and supply copies at least to all boat owners. To keep the list to some reasonable size perhaps we should limit it to 22' and over, with overnight accommodations. Let me know if you would be interested in a '45 burgee. If there's sufficient interest, we'll see what we can get together.

We were saddened to learn of the death on 3 Oct. of Cdr. Robert M. Waters, USN (Ret.).

Bob retired in 1968 and passed away at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville. Interment was at Arlington, with full military honors.

RAdm. A l Marschall, CEC, assumed the reins as Vice Commander of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Arlington on 1 Oct. Al and Maria have five children, ranging in age from 12 to 26.

The news in the last edition on our upcoming Thirty Years After book brought forth two inquiries as to how to subscribe. In case anyone else needs the details, this gold bound best-ever volume will be published, in color, in 1974. Karl Munninger is running the show, and you can reserve your copy by sending him your check for $12, payable to " '45 Book." Karl's address is 1 Webster St., Albany, NY 12208. Karl will be sending out a mailing shordy to request photographs and data on each classmate for the book.

Homecoming this year was great, even including a win over the spirited Boston College football team. The drizzle of rain didn't dampen our spirits. Jack Barron, Bud Bowler and Fred Lamartin did a tremendous job of setting up the class dinner-dance at the Annapolis Hilton. The party was enjoyed by: Homer and Sue Adrianse, Vern and Rae Anderson, Bill and Marjorie Barnes, Jack and Elbe Barron, Alf and Bobbie Bergesen, Bud and Beno Bowler, Don Brooks and MariLou Drake, Paul and Zita Burdett, Jack and Pat Cabaniss, Bill and Ginny Campbell, Jim and Betty Cockrill, Wiley and Sally Conover, Ted and Polly Doolin, Mai and Kathryn Fortson, Bdl and Doris Geiger, Ed and Ann Hastings, Al and Carlotta Howard, Jerry and Lil Johnson, Fred and Betty Kelley, Jim and Peggy Kennedy, John and Mac Kidd, John and Alice Kinnear, W. L. and Kay Lewis, Don and Joan Logic, George and Pat Maxwell, Bill and Elbe McGarry, Doug and Trudy Mclntyre, Karl and Peg Munninger, Stu and Barbara Nelson, Perry and June Ferryman, Don and Helen Poe, Randy and Nancy Prothro, Jerry and Ginnie Rester, Don and Anne Rockwell, Ed Roeder and Eleanor Wdtsey, Sam and Taffy Rorex, Charlie and Barbara Roth, Larry and Carolyn Shaffer, Bill and Giovina Shuman, Bill Sturgeon, Thad and Nancy Taylor, Bill and Nola VanOss, John and Mary Helen Wise, Bud and Pat Wiser, R. B. (Bob) Williams, Ed and Jean Losure, Don and Peggy Shelton, and Ken and Betty Chambers. We are already starting to plan for the "big THIRTbf," so block it out on your calendar, and get your reservation in early for one of the 50 rooms we have reserved at the Annapolis Hilton. Dates are 25-27 October 1974.

Rose and Paul Shulman wrote us from Israel, where their permanent residence is 28 Vitkin Street, Haifa. They have lived in Israel for 25 years. They still think of '45 and welcome any classmates passing through. Their phone number is 242058, so why not call Paul and Rose when you're in the vicinity?

A letter from Max T h o m p s o n reports that the San Diego '45ers are "Looking Alive" too. A festive group gathered at the Naval Station O Club there on 30 September for cocktails, dinner and dancing. The band played a salute to '45 and continued through the evening with 1945 vintage tunes. Those in attendance were: Art and Midge I^vy, Greg and Pat Panawk, John and Julie DeGrazier, John and Jane Bock, Bill and Polly Ferguson, Jack and Joanne Riley, Mac and Kay MacEwan, Pat and Mary Ellen Gowan, Mace and Hdda Milliken, Max and Charlie Thompson, John

and Beth Potter, Harry and Susy Stebner, Bob and Pat Tartre, Jack and Anne Batte, and guests Bee Hodsdon and Jack and Jean Morse. Max reports that they are on the lookout for any '45ers in Southern California who are not on the list. He retired two years ago and is a Trust Officer with San Diego Trust and Savings Bank. Max and Charlie still have a potful of kids at home, and things are never dull there. They welcome a call from any classmates passing through. The next '45 San Diego chapter meeting will be the ArmyNavy game festivities at the home of Midge and Art Levy.

Lee White looks on as Maj. Gen. E. C. D. Scherrer, USA, Chief of the Joint U.S. Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMMAT), presents her husband, Capt. Edward C White, the Legion of Merit in Ankara, Turkey. Capt. White was cited for "exceptional leadership and management ability" as JUSMMAT Chief of Staff. The Whites are now in the Washington area where he is with Naval Research.

From Manila we were pleased to hear from L. J. (Jay) Taylor, who teaches systematic and contemporary theology at St. Andrew's Theological Seminary in Quezon City. Jay and Polly and their two young daughters moved out there last December. Jay's three sons are all married, two of them being Army officers and the third graduating from college next year. Jay and Polly have three grandchildren. Jay was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1961, and served two parishes before undertaking further graduate work in 1968. He received his Ph.D. in Theology from Duke University this year. His letter sounds as though they enjoy the many challenges in the Phdippines. He and Polly would warmly welcome any classmates who could get by to see them. Address of the Seminary is P.O. Box 3167, Manila, Phdippines.

LOOK ALIVE!

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Pres., Capt. G. W. Ellis, USN Sec'y, Mr. C W. Kennedy 7911 Sleaford PI., Bethesda, MD 20014 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. C. V. Wilhoit, Jr., USNR 4821 Mt. Bigelow Dr., San Diego, CA 92111 Percent Members: 38 It seems as if I hardly get one column in the mail before it is time to write the next one but the deadline is once again upon me! Dorothy and I returned last night from five days in Norfolk where we attended the annual conference of the Naval Reserve Association. We had made plans in advance to break away from the conference one night to spend with classmates and so notified Dick Knight who notified all the area classmates to that effect. It was a wonderful evening of seeing old friends again, most of whom we hadn't seen in ages and, of course, it was the only way

59 we could have seen classmates at all, considering our busy conference schedule. Our thanks to Dick and Connie Knight, especially, for making it all possible.

One of our biggest surprises in Norfolk was in seeing Pat and Bob Welander. Not only had I thought Bob was stdl homeported in Charleston but also I thought he was still deployed to the Med. They had just been to the change of command ceremony that afternoon (6 Oct.) in which Paul Boyd turned over command of DESRON Two and headed for duty in OpNav. Seems as if Paul didn't have much warning on his orders.

Without realizing that we would be seeing each other, Ruth Johnson had previously sent me the picture of their oldest son, Curtis, taken with "DOC" after Curt's swearing in at the Air Force Academy. Ruth wondered if there were other '46 sons in USAFA '72 and I had to admit that I wasn't too sure but that I thought the answer was no. I know I will receive an immediate correction if I'm wrong—I always do!

"Doc" and Curt Johnson—Naval Air greets Air Force W e s Schmidt wrote to proudly hail the graduation of son Wes Jr., from USNA '72, and has every reason to be proud!

We had a picture taken of classmates who attended my change of command in Long Beach on 15 Sept. but as of this date the photographers mate who took them is claiming production slowdown due to budget restrictions and we may not be able to get them in this issue! From what I hear we may be having the same trouble with ammunition!

I understand from some who attended that the 27th reunion was up to the usual (high) '46 standards. It was, of course, held during homecoming weekend, 30 September, and included a tailgate party following the Boston College victory and a cocktail and dinner-dance at the Crofton Country Club.

Just received a short but most informative letter from Bill Slesnick which I couldn't possibly paraphrase as well as he has written it—so I won't.

"Heard that Gerry Mclntyre is teaching, so went to the 13th edition of American Men of Science, where all of us academic science teachers appear.

Found him for you. It says that Robert Gerald Mclntyre took a Ph.D. in physics at the U. of Oklahoma in 1959 and went to the U. of Texas at El Paso as an associate professor in 1965 and was promoted to professor of physics in 1966.

Address given is Department of Physics, U. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79907. The 13th edition isn't all that current but the 14th edition

(entided, incidentally, American Men and Women of Science—ah! women's lib) is coming out volume by volume and the set in the Dartmouth Library is only up through the letter K. "Did I tell you that I ran into two classmates in Japan when I went to the Boy Scout Jamboree in 1971 ? First was Bob White, there as a Scoutmaster from Tennessee. I hadn't seen him since crew days when he coxed and 1 tried to row.

Then, at the Osaka Airport on our way back, I ran into Capt. Burr Wilcox between planes on his way to Korea."

Jack Langille, whom I recendy reported to be Deputy Director of the Defense Communications Agency, gives his address as 2009 Freedom Lane, Falls Church, VA 22043. D o n Lindsay confirms the address given a couple of years ago as 8259 N. River Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53217.

Eddie Lord says his address is P.O. Box 1830, Pueblo, CO 81002 where he is vice president of Colorado Fuel & Iron Steel Corp. Dick Lyons is Chief of the Naval Section, MAAG Germany and gives his address as Box 340 U. S. Embassy, APO New York 09080. The location is Bad Godesberg.

Bill Lyster is a dentist and gives his address as 75 Bancroft Ave., Reading, MA 01867. Darryl Magee works for General Electric and gives his address as 2649 Wdlowlawn S.W., Roanoke, VA 24018.

Lois and "Doc" Martell have moved to 202 Fairmont Ave., Chatham, NJ 07928 where "Doc" is Pres., Div. Litton A.R.S. Jeanne and Mac McHenry have changed their address to 1645 Kurpiers Ct., McLean, VA 22101.

Ruth Johnson handed me an item clipped from the Norfolk paper which indicated that Mac McWhorter recendy resigned from the U. of Georgia to accept the post of commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. Don't know whether or not his address will change due to his new position but the last one I had for Mac was 160 Arbor View Dr., Athens, GA 30601.

Ruth and Russ Miller live at 6204 Powhatan Ave., Norfolk, VA 23508 where Russ conducts business as Investment & Financial Management, Inc. Lois and Paul Mitchell give their current address as 14425 Parkvale Rd., Rockvdle, MD 20853. Mitch is employed by Vitro Labs.

Pat and Rick Moore have moved to 29075 Millard Dr., Bay Vdlage, MI 44140 where Rick is associated with Champion Service Corp. Nick Nichols is now living at 309 Brandywine Dr., Old Hickory, TN 37138, having moved there from Newark, Del. Jerry Heath gives his current address as 15 Brister's Hill Rd., Concord, MA 01742. He works for the Raytheon Co. "Scotty" Parrish has retired from the Navy and gives his retirement address as 722 Bayshore Dr., Tarpon Springs, FL 33589.

Bea and G e o r g e Pavis are living at 4230 N. 25th St., Arlington, VA 22207 while George is serving with the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group in OSD. Mary Ann and "Pete" Peters still live at 3011 Vcndome Terrace, Norfolk, VA 23509. "Pete" is Director of Shore Safety at Naval Safety Center.

Jackie and Bill Porter remind us that their address is still Applcwood Lane, Baltimore, MD 21212 and that Bill is still Head of the Physics Dept. at The Oilman School.

Dottie and Ray Quallen live at 109 Asci Dr., Pittsfield, MA 01201 where Ray is a design engineer for General Electric. Revell and 'Tritz" Radloff report that they still live at 90 Via La Paz, Greenbrae, CA 94904 where "Fritz" still enjoys his second career as a school teacher.

Nancy and Sam Rae moved some time ago to 1541 Coachwood St., La Habra, CA 90631 where Sam still works for Owens-Corning. G l e n n Reiff gives his current address as 59 Villa Dr., Pueblo, CO 81001. Pat and Fred Ritchie live at 16 Otter Dr., Old Saybrook, CT 06475. Fred is a Division V.P. for Federal Paper Board Co. 1 have just discovered that somewhere along the line I have missed reporting the selection of Robby Robertson to rear admiral in the lAG Corps and I hope that doesn't get me in trouble with the legal authorities! Robby and Trish live at 7002 Girrard St., McLean, VA 22101.

The current address for Jo and W a l l y Schirra is 5555 South Trenton, Englcwood, CO 80110.

Ethel Scott is living at Qtrs. J, Naval Station, Long Beach while Wiley is deployed in USS OKINAWA. They are just down the road from my new headquarters at Terminal Island Reserve Center.

"Si" Simons gives his current address as 829 S. Serrano Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90005, where he is a manufacmrer's representative. Evelyn and M^c Snowden give their new address as 1320 Elsinore Ave., McLean, VA 22101. Mac is on duty in OpNav. Joe Thompson, attorney at law, gives his address as 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

RAdm. John Tierney has recendy taken command of Fleet Air Whidbey and for a short period of time was acting Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District as additional duty.

Dick Tinney writes: "Since retirement in July 1971 I have been at Tidewater Community College here in Virginia Beach. I'm teaching business subjects such as Business Math, Principles of Business Management, Introduction to Business. Also, I am the Coordinator of Cooperative Education.

We have quite a few retired Navy officers on the faculty. The Community College System in Virginia is rapidly expanding and could use additional faculty in the years ahead. So, if one has a Master's degree it is well worthwhile investigating."

No more space, folks, and by the time you read this it wdl be time to wish you all a Merry Christmas! "Daisy"

47 Pres., Capt. C. E. Donaldson, III, USN Sec'y, Capt. C. Turner Joy, Jr., USNR 1555 Siesta Dr., Los Altos, CA 94022 Percent Members: 36.5 WASHINGTON AREA REPORT The Washington luncheon series opened the new season with lunch at Fort Myers Officers' Club on 14 Sept. In attendance were Bell, Fisher, Donaldson, Enright, Schempp, Holfield, Sanders, Hudner, Hays, Lee, Yuengling, Readdy, Maynard, Moss, Marousek, Larkin, von Gerichten, Gallup, Bowdey, Ace Adams, Linder, Rex, Guertin, Heininger, B. B. Brown, Carnahan, Stevens, Cummings and the one who put it all together as luncheon chairman, R. C Brady. We meet the second Thursday of each month for lunch at various places.

Received a nice card from Joe Williams who reports, "1 have retired to a Friendly Nut Farm (sic). My current address is J. L. Williams, Yatesville, GA 31097."

Homecoming this year started with the usual bang on Friday, 29 Sept. A formal class meeting was duly called for 0900 Saturday, 30 Sept. with the following attendance: Fortson, Brungot, Apthorp, Yeatman, Ridgway and J. Donaldson!

60 Nice try, but it was mighty early in the morning.

That evening we gathered in Alumni House for our 26th reunion and a nice dance and buffet put together by Dick Yeatman and his Annapolis contingent who have done so well by us in managing these Annapolis affairs of the class. Celebrating the event were these couples: Apthorp, Bowdey, Brady, Brungot, Carnahan, Chapman, Donaldson, Fortson, Foster, Gardiner, Geary, von Gerichten, Guertin, Heininger, Larkin, Lee, Lilly, Maynard, McNatt, Moss, Ridgway, Sweetman, Schuknecht, Wiggins, Yeatman, Yuengling, R. W. Sloan, and Guy Ford with his guest, Wanda Martin. We had a fine band playing music of the early '40's until Mike Larkin took the floor to lead the band and the people in his heart-rending version of the old Japanese favorite "I Ain't Got No Yo-Yo," all in Irish-Japanese, followed by "When Irish Eyes Are Smding." Mike no doubt missed his calling! Next day many of us went to chapel and then up to visit our 7th Co. Wardroom. Since drags were invited, it was an unusual event and gave a few of our wives an opportunity to see the real inside of Bancroft. When I was a Midshipman, it never entered my mind that I would someday be able to bring my wife into my old youngster year room! Yours truly presented our annual check for $100 to support 7th Co. Wardroom activities to the Company Officer, LCdr. Tony Lemke, at a small ceremony in the Wardroom attended by the Lees, Yeatmans, Donaldsons, Sweetmans, and several 7th Co. first classmen, including the Company Commander. The room is in good condition and is a real boon to the lads.

They spend about $25 a month (out of their pockets . . .) on popcorn!

The long-awaited Yearbook-25 arrived at Alumni House just in time for demonstration during the homecoming weekend. By now you should all have your copies in hand. For those who haven't received theirs or those desiring additional copies, we have a limited supply available for $18 each. Just drop me a note and a check payable to "Class of 1947, USNA," and send to Capt. C E. Donaldson II, USN, 1950 Foxhall Rd., McLean, VA 22101.

First prize for longest distance travelled has to go to D o u g Rumble who flew in from his duty station in Madrid for a week, including the ball game on the 30th. Ginny and Lou Guertin were in town en route their new duty station in Oslo where he wdl be Chief of the Navy Section, MAAG Norway.

That's it from Washington. Best regards, "Jeep."

LEST WE FORGET OUR POW'S Captain James B. Stockdale, USN Captain Jeremiah A. Denton, USN To all of those who worked on our 25 Yearbook, I know the class joins me in sending a resounding "Well done." I know I wdl always treasure mine as I am sure you will.

For those of you who have not mailed in your ballot for the new class officers please do so immediately. For those who may have misplaced the ballot, nominees are: For President—Stu Evans and Dick Gardiner; Vice President—Floyd B o w d e y and Bruce Oliver; Secretary—Jim Moss and Chuck Slonim; Treasurer—Bo Heininger and D o u g Sloan. Send your ballot to Jeep.

Bob Lee has retired and is now with Water and Systems Management in Montgomery County, Md. At a recent Stanford football game in Palo Alto I trained the binocs on the Stanford Pom Pom

girls to find that Susie Scoles was a member of this elite group. Dad, Ed, is now the Director of Housing at Stanford University. Bob Enright has departed the Washington scene for the Defense Electronic Supply Command near Dayton, Ohio where he is the Chief Engineer. Bill Teasley was finally sprung out of California and is now on duty at the Naval Ordnance Systems Command in Washington.

The week prior to homecoming found Ginny and Barney Martin hosting a BYOB party at their lovely home in Tantallon. They have done a truly remarkable job with their home—green thumb and all. Present were Jim and Jeanette Doyle, Bill and Shirley Crowe, Gordon and Regina McPadden, Stu and Lee Kearney, "ST" and Ellen Hayes, Mitch and Jinny Karlowicz, Bob and Leigh Lee, Lou and Ginny Guertin, Bob and Rosemary Enright, Bob and Pat Brady, Tom and Mary Bell, Jack and Fran Stevens, Leo and Gloria Hoffman, Don and Birgit Toohill, Tom and Georgia Hudner, Eli and Jean Kirk, Jeep and Pat Donaldson, Floyd and Hope Bowdey, Pete and Mary Pate, John and Georgia Van Sickle and your secretary who could never miss a good party. Hors d'oeuvres were delicious and plentiful, thanks to the '47 wives.

In case you missed it—call Betts Carnahan when it comes to liverwurst, Horatio loved it!!

And so it is from sunny northern California— 'til next month.

48 Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, VA 22302 Percent Members: 29.5 Another homecoming is history, and this one marked more or less the 25th anniversary of the graduation of one chunk of our class. The other chunk fell off a year later, and so, next year we will again mark our 25th with a celebration at homecoming. If you missed this one, think of how lucky you are to be of '48 stock. You get another chance. I have heard a few rumblings indicating that our planning group in Annapolis did not send the flyers on the class party far and wide enough.

A. G. Opitz so indicated from Monroesvdle, Pa. Next year we plan to use the full Alumni Assn. roster, so if you can read this, you should get a flyer on next year's class doings after the Saturday game . . . date as yet unknown.

As for homecoming itself, the Friday night party was its usual wall to wall old grads, with an amazingly large number of what seemed to be very young ones. We had a large turnout, which was certainly matched at the Saturday football game. Saturday I personally counted 60 classmates in the stands, and there were certainly others I didn't see. T o m N u g e n t arrived towing some dozen or so foreign student officers from the War College in Newport. These he managed to seat in the '48 section, from which vantage point he carefully explained the details of the game to his charges. Since it rained off and on throughout the game, and the chilly wind blew in from the west.

Bill Brendle probably didn't sell his quota of Coke to the crowd. The game was great—surely will be the best of the year with the possible exception of Army later on.

Saturday night after the game we assembled at the Galleon Restaurant at South River, as we had the past two years, and we really drew a crowd.

The arrangements were made by the always most effective Annapolis group, and a well-oiled machine they were. Ray Lochner, who is inde-

fatigable, did the money collecting, and he and Hutch Hutchison are to be congratulated for a fine job. I shall save some of the details of the party for the next issue since Ray has not yet sent me the roster.

Dick Hoffman, who is a most faithful correspondent, having once written this column, is Commander Oceanographic System, Pacific, in Pearl. A September letter reports: "I have been on the road quite a bit of late and in my travels I have seen a number of classmates. So many, in fact, that it prompts me to compose one of my sporadic reports from the field.

"In early September, I made a fast trip to the East Coast and was able to say hello to Ty Dedman, who, you know, is in OPNAV. On that particular trip I was able to work in a visit to Parents Day at Kings Point, where I saw son Roger sworn in to the Regiment (and with a haircut yet!). The day I returned to Pearl I ran into John McConeghy at a party and was able to apologize for not correcdy identifying him as CO PONCHATOULA in my last letter (I had him in HASSAYAMPA). Off to Guam the following week and a luncheon with Whitey Wiedman, CO Nav StaGuam, and Hank Clay, CO HUNLEY. Also a lovely dinner with the Weidmans at Spruance House. Then to Yoko where I ran into Bill Kanakanui, CO OKLAHOMA CITY, and Bill Bacon, CO Repair Facility, Yoko. As soon as my biological clock was back in enough order to let me get back to work, I got a call from Ferd Manganaro, CO Puget Sound Shipyard. Haven't seen or heard of Ferd in years, so it was particularly pleasant to talk to him.

"Also after my trip, I was tickled to catch RAdm. Fred Baughman on a trip through. Fred is the S-3 'Viking' aircraft program manager and was inspecting and observing P3C support in preparation for fleet introduction of the Viking. Mary Lou and I were fortunate that Fred was able to join us and some other old friends for a pleasant evening."

Incidental Intelligence: Warren Ortland retired on the past 30th of June. Chantee Lewis is CO at Pt. Mugu. A l Jansen is Prof of Naval Science at Rice Univ. W a l t Alt is out at Salt Lake. Carolyn and George Ball are building a swimming pool in the backyard of their newly constructed house on St. Stephens Road in Alexandria. George, while continuing to work for Litton, is about halfway thru his after-hours law school. "There was George Ball, his law books clenched firmly in his teeth, clawing a swimming pool out of the raw earth of his backyard with his bare hands."

I won't concern you with detads or names involved in the September regular class luncheon at O'Donnell's, except to say that H o w i e Kay, Cliff Morgan, H o w a r d Crosby, and George Ball all brought their wives. Don't forget, wives are now invited to all luncheons, so girls bring your husbands. Also, Gene Spalding was present, having finally been snared for a tour of Washington duty.

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Pres., Mr. John E. Benoit Sec'y, Col. Eugene O. Speckart, USMC P.O. Box 2741, Arlington, VA 22202 Percent Members: 29.5 GENERAL The turnout for the homecoming weekend may not have been the largest but the quality was

61 excellent and the noise level was well above the normal for a class gathering. The Friday evening cocktads at Dahlgren Hall followed by dinner in Bancroft Hall was a great affair. Those on hand to enjoy it were the Barrows, Bartholomews, Benoits, Bohs, Bradys, Brandts, Dee Buders, Cobbs, Coburn, Countses, Danises, Derbys, Dobsons, Donlons, Donoher, Egan, Eustaces, Fosters, Frosts, Glickmans, Gobers, Grabowskys, Hammers, Hickeys, Horans, Hogans, Jenkses, Jerry Joneses, Kings, Klemms, Knoizens, Walt Krauses, Marquardts, Parsonses, Stdeses, Strombergs, Swansons, Tolberts, Truebloods, Venables, Walterses, Wamsleys, and the Jim Wdsons. About half of this group managed to hold the fort over night and were ready to do batde on Saturday. (In some cases the flesh was a litde weak Sawrday morning but the spirit was there.) Reinforcements arrived at various times during the day in the form of the Baumans, Beckwiths, J. D. Buders, Coontzs, Junkers, Kleins, Koachs, J. H. B. Smiths, Speckarts, Vossler, and the Wallaces.

The class dinner-dance at the Annapolis Hilton Sawrday night provided a fitting climax to a great day of football. The hotel chef really outdid himself with the prime rib for dinner. At $10.00 per person you would have a hard time finding a better way to spend a Saturday night. Those of us who were there enjoyed ourselves immensely but we could use some additional attendance next year. As in past years we shared the hotel facilities with the class of '45 and we are still looking forward to the year when our attendance will exceed theirs. Of course our brave little band managed to keep '45 in line all night but let's all make a note of next year's homecoming and see if we can boost the attendance a litde.

During one of the dance intermissions D e e Butler gave us a report on a visit he received from Mr. Shunsaku Tasaki, the Executive Director of the 77th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. The 77th class would have been the class of '49. Mr. Tasaki presented our class with a Japanese naval officer's sword and a Midshipman officer's dirk, and told Dee that his alumni group would like to establish a rapport with our class.

Sword and dirk presented by Mr. Tasaki The inscription on the stand reads, "To the Corresponding Class of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis from the 77th Class of the Japan Naval Academy, Eta Jima." Mr. Tasaki's visit and proposal will be considered at the next meeting of the Executive Committee.

Hats off to the K. V. McArthurs. Not only does Barbara keep us advised of the news in the Norfolk area, but, when things are quiet down there, she and Ken also make the news. It is a real pleasure to welcome aboard the newest '49er, Krista Lynn, born 11 August 1972. Congratulations, Barbara and Ken. No doubt about it, you have the record. As for Dee Butler's claim that no one else is competing—we'll check the source of his information.

G e n e Wielki retired last February and is pursuing a Master's degree at Brooklyn College of the

City University of New York. He is still a bachelor and his address is 26 Ebbitts (shades of the old Bums) St., Apt. 51, Staten Island, NY 10306.

Reid Stringfellow is now CO of the USS CAMDEN, Jim

Scott is CO of the USS

BUTTE, and

Sumner Shapiro is on the CINCLANT staff. Frank Schlosser has retired and is living in Annapolis.

Jim Murray is the CO of the USS SIMON

LAKE, FPO New York 09501. Bob N e e d h a m is at the U. of North Carolina NROTC unit at Chapel Hill. Andy N e l s o n is on the staff of COM USMACV, APO San Francisco 96222.

Don't forget the Marine Corps Reserve Christmas Toys for Tots project. You can find a container for outgrown or unneeded toys in most of the large shopping centers. If you can't find a place to donate toys, do like the good men do, check with your local Marine reserve unit or recruiter.

WASHINGTON AREA Recent arrivals in the area include Bill Lynch, OP-941P, and J. H. B. Smith, Naval History Division at the Washington Navy Yard. Speaking of Naval history, for those of you who are interested the Naval Historical Center maintains an excellent Memorial Museum in Building 76 at the Washington Navy Yard.

The local luncheon group had a rather subdued gathering at the Orleans House on 12 September.

The only business transacted was cocktails before lunch. Those present were Myers, Hammer, Mickey McDonald, Boh, Jerry Jones, J. D. Buder, Ray Miller, Hickey, Albers, Bartholomew, Barrow, Swanson, Benoit, Clark, Ringwood, and myself.

We still meet on the second Tuesday of the month and are happy to see anyone who can make it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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Pres., Capt. D. G. Fraasa, USN Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W . L. Jensen, USN 2507 N. Vernon Arlington, VA 22207 Percent Members: 35.5 While bits of information are starting to dribble in to your new corresponding secretary, they are, of necessity, limited. John Coughlin kept us all so well informed over the past couple of years that I must confess that I thought the entire thing was automatic. Now I know—you have to go out and find the information. Thanks, John, for your sincere efforts over the years.

We haven't had any statistics for a time and I must admit I was fascinated with the information that I found with just a litde effort.

Of those that graduated on 2 June 1950, namely 692, 167 are still on active duty in the Navy—• this rounds out to 24 percent of the graduating class. Of the 166, 69 are presendy located in the Washington area (roughly 41 percent). 101 have recorded post-graduate degrees in their records and four are Ph.D.'s. We have 36 commanders, 127 captains, and four admirals. There are 54 of the 1310 designators, 38 of 1110, 28 of 1120, 20 of 1400, 11 of 3100, 7 of 1510,5 of 5100, and one each of 1610, 1350 and 4100. I must admit that I found the statistics of interest and should any desire additional information on the class, then please write.

By this time some of you may have noticed the effects of the limited PCS funds that are avadable, either in your own personal instances or in the effect on your organization. If it is of help—

you are not alone. By this rime the word should be fairly well spread that there is a real problem in the availability of such funds. Since I am on duty in the Bl section of BuPers, I can observe at first hand the problems that arise in trying to meet the requirements with the minimal funds avadable.

All this at the time when we are really trying to take advantage of the graduate trained officer in appropriate assignments corresponding to his subspecialty. The bureau calls it Operarional/Technical/Managerial System (OTMS) and as you may have noted in the October Officer Personnel Newsletter the attempt is very serious in nature to make the whole thing real and believable. The results of the recent captain and commander selecrion boards reflect this. You may start to counsel your best people that there are now many avenues that they might pursue to the more responsible assignments.

Of the previously mentioned 68 classmates in the Washington area, six appeared for the first Wednesday of the month luncheon in the Executive Dining Room at the Pentagon. This doesn't seem exactly right and something should probably change. I believe the interest is there, but that it might take a bit of promoting to get the entire thing in higher gear. While the Pentagon dining room may not be the best place to gather, it is vastly superior to the "New" Hogate's which has proved impossible. We shall stay with the Executive Dining Room, Pentagon through January 1973 and hopefully we shall have a new location that is centrally located for the Feb. attempt.

The luncheons are really a very valuable contact point to bring all back into the main stream. At each luncheon the thought comes to me that, "Son-of-a-gun" they have the same problems that 1 do. Many times they have helped provide solutions to those problems. If you are stdl a doubter, come give the class luncheon a try. It turns out that we have about as much worthwhile phdosophy as any these days.

At any rate, the attendees at the most recent luncheon were—Tom Ross, W a l t Flint, Corky Angleman, D o n Fraasa, T o m Anderson and yours truly—along with John Coughlin who formally turned over the records and announced, "You've got it. Buddy." With this initiation, therefore, we shall attempt to provide the means whereby the class may be kept informed as to the doings of its members. Any requests for information will be studiously honored and as long as John Brick provides the funds for postage— no letter will go unanswered. John has insisted that I chop everything through him if I want the postage and I must admit that poses a bit of a problem.

Attendees for the October luncheon on the 4th were: Walt Flint, Harry Krantzman, Frank Roth, Tom Ross, Don Jarrell, Don Fraasa, Alex Grosvenor, Barney Barnett, Sam Doak, Dick Fox, John Henderson, Jim Kennedy, Daryl Tripp and Wayne Jensen.

John S. McHenry, class of '73 and the Company commander of the 17th Company, has extended an invitation to all members of the class to visit the Wardroom of the Company. He says that if you didn't make it during homecoming, then "Drop in most any time and we wdl make you feel at home." I believe what John is trying to tell us is that all original thought didn't leave the Academy when the class of '50 left—wouldn't you agree, Joe Howard? John has asked what kind of a job the dry cleaners did on your blues after the swim in the bay. We all have taken a special interest in the 17th and have noted with

62 pride the special crispness that they present in the march-ons at the football games.

Homecoming and the reunion at Boiling AFB was particularly well attended and was enjoyed by all. The attendance at home football games has continued to increase over the years. Even if you don't have season tickets—come on over next year and you wdl be delighted with the number of classmates that appear.

Phil Ryan writes that on his way west to relieve JUNEAU at sea he visited with Bud Congdon who is with G. E. in Mission Viejo, the Kempfs, Grimms and McNallys in San Diego and Pausners and Ridderhofs in San Francisco. Received word that Carol and Charlie Cooper spent three weeks on a European vacation during October. Seems like the last time I had three weeks was in 1955, Charlie. Am just going to have to learn to manage better.

Three retirements were revealed as of 1 October, Col. Bill Simons and Col. John Hobson of the Air Force and Capt. A. Law Kivlen of the Navy.

John was awarded the Legion of Merit and Law received his second Legion of Merit, having been presented one upon his departure from NAVFORV. Our best to you all in your career transitions.

Start those cards and letters coming, folks.

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Pres., Capt. W. W. DeGroot, III, (CEC) USN Sec'y, Cdr. Bruce L. Meader, USN 5609 South 5th St., Arlington, VA 22204 Percent Members: 34.5 Despite two rousing good social events prior to the deadline for this column, class news is worse than sparse. Not a single letter or card during the month of September.

Well, the homecoming party following the football team's successful day against Boston College was a real success. Some 88 sports enthusiasts gathered at the Elks Club, as is our custom, to renew acquaintances. I have it on hearsay only that there were several classmates either new to the area or who made the trip back to Annapolis from the hinterland, but apparendy the party was so good no one can remember who they were. If you were one of the out-of-towners (and remember being there), how about dropping me a line? I do know that N o r m Carlson came all the way from St. Louis and probably took the honors for distance traveled.

D a v e James is back in the area, having retired from the Air Force. Dave is going into the real estate business; I'll give him a plug shordy. However, if you're headed for the Washington area and need help in house-hunting, drop me a line and I'll see to it that Dave gets the word.

Admiral Kidd (Chief of Naval Material) was the guest speaker for the 3 October monthly luncheon, and he certainly drew a crowd. One of Eastern Airlines' sleek greyhounds of the sky had a bent gadget (or some such) and kept me from making this fine event. However, Herb Zoehrer did his usual good job in getting the dope to me afterwards. Here is the list of attendees (and you'll note some names here that haven't graced this column in a long time): Al Raithel, Lee Doggett, George Yeager, John Heigl, Don Moyer, Herb Zoehrer, Bill Smith, Charlie Paddock, Bob Bradley, W. L. "Jack" Frost, Jack Wales, Frank Grandfield, Paul Lautermilch, Ward DeGroot, Cal Hurd, Pat O'Gara, John Francis, Hal Vail, Paul Barnes, George Mueller, "Bo" Dietrich, Jim McNerney, Phil Pahl, Bob Owen, Dick Stanley, Mert Batch-

elder, Gene Saylor, George Govan, Fred Trost, Pat Corrigan, Paul Tuzo, Bdl Marin, Bill Aston, the two Bill Thompsons—W. S. and W. J. (side-byside as in the Lucky Bag), Howard Ruggles, Paul Goslow, Dick Eckert, Bob Swart, Mike Patten, Jack Hamilton, Dick Livingston, Warren Kitterman, Tom Ward, Dan Marangiello, Art Casale, Dave Soracco, Charley Kosonen, Art Ward, Tom Boyce, Jerry LaPides, Lee KoUmorgen, Ralph Whisder, John Bres, Dick Fontaine, John Head, and Ed Clausner.

Meanwhile, Jim Irwin in Frankfort, Ky., to speak at a Crusade for Christ rally, was the victim of a locker room theft. The gold watch given him by President Nixon was stolen from his locker whde playing ball at the YMCA, according to the Associated Press. They quoted Jim as telling the crowd at the rally, "I came to Frankfort, and now I'm broke. I'm praying to get it back." We hope you do, Jim. Kin McKee has joined me on the Army-NavyAir Force Cotillion Committee. Kin will be in charge of stag guests for this excellent dance series for service juniors, and I will continue to plug away at publicity. The next dance is the Christmas dance on 23 December. If you need more information, call me at 671-6268.

Look for information in the next issue of Shipmate on the class of '51 Winter Formal. Date and venue have not been set yet, but you may be sure it will be a splendid event. Because the planning is starting early (way back here in October), things ought to be really on track when winter sets in here in D.C. See you in January.

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Pres., Cdr. N. F. Stein, USN Sec'y, Capt. W. G. Fisher, Jr., USN Office of the Commandant USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 29 The big news since the last issue is homecoming weekend and our 20th reunion festivities. For those of you who were unable to attend, you missed a gala weekend. The high points were the alumni reception in Dahlgren Hall (glasses compliments of '52) and the dinner in the Midshipmen Wardroom, the football victory over Boston College (including the '52 banner on the water tank), and the class party at the Barn Restaurant (all 381 of us).

As I talked to various classmates and their better (and prettier) halves, I think the general con,sensus was that the dinner-dance at the Barn was the highlight of the weekend. I know for Lucille and me, meeting and seeing wives and classmates in the 17th Company and seeing other old friends was delightful (and interesting). I hope each of you shared the same enjoyment that we did.

I would be remiss if I didn't once again thank, for all of us, those classmates who made our 20th reunion so successful: D o u g Lockwood—overall coordinator and driving force; Ron Campbell— treasurer, reservations, and cruise; Jim Troutman—favors (i.e., hats, scarves, charms, tie tacks); Biscuit Wev—tent at the game; R o n Hattin—Barn Restaurant plus decorations; Phil Duckett—motel reservations; and Lou McMillan—'52 signs on water tank. Thank you. Hopefully I will have pictures for the next issue.

As you know, most of the class news was covered during the homecoming bull sessions, however, I do have a few items to pass on.

LCol. Jim Smith, USAF, was recendy awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.

For those of you who didn't have a chance to talk to Gerry Hilland at homecoming, he retired from the Navy on 1 August. He is currendy working as a registered representative for the AARSAND and Company in Washington, D.C. A note from Ralph Gross: "Been living in Arizona (on the Colorado River across from Needles, Cal.) for the past five years. I've been in public education all that time and am presendy teaching physics and physical science at the Mojave High School."

Also, from Bo Bartley: "The Bardeys will be unable to attend this year due to activities in my new position. As you know I vowed to retire if I was not the first '52er to make general. When the star list was announced this spring I decided that it was time for Captain 'Bo' Bardey to bow out.

Before leaving active duty 30 June I was offered and accepted Managing Directorship of the Delaware S.P.C.A. Sort of confirms Pete Barry's prediction that I would end up going to the .

"Joan and I became grandparents yesterday when Robert Jr.'s wife gave birth to an adorable girl. It surely made me feel all 40 of my years.

Please pass the word that though we still reside in Dover my office is less than five minutes from the Stanton Exit of the Delaware (JFK) Turnpike.

The exit also gives access to Delaware Park. After leaving the pike go north towards Stanton about one half mile on Del. Rt. 7. Our facdity is on the left of the highway with a sign opposite the entrance. I can provide shelter to any number of classmates on short notice. My office phone is 998-2281. Would like a short visit from anyone traveling through the area."

That is all for now. My madbox is empty.

When you have a spare moment please pick up your pen and tell us about yourself and your famdy. Merry Christmas to each of you and may the new year bring many happy moments.

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Pres., Cdr. S. D. Frost, USN Sec'y, John W . Davison, Jr. 158 Edwards Ferry Rd., Leesburg, VA 22075 Percent Members: 25 After a welcome change in our homecoming game fortunes, over 50 couples gathered at the Elks Club for what has become our traditional class dinner party. The fare was up to its usual high standard, and the spirits high. As Chairman of the class organization, D a v e Frost expressed our thanks to Chuck Mumford for a job well done, and oudined plans for next year's 20th, to he headed up by R o g Booth. We hope to publish a sequel to the Lucky Bag to distribute at the reunion. It should be a great affair, so start planning now to be there. Herewith the least bad of your correspondent's random photographic efforts . . . we'll try to have some serious shots next year.

Everybody have a merry Christmas . . . and somebody do something so the PAO's at least will send me some mail.

As a living memorial to Capt. E. B. Taylor, Jr., USN, '53, a large Blue Arias Cedar tree wdl be planted on the Naval Academy grounds near Michelson Hall and Maryland Avenue. Classmates and friends desiring to contribute to the memorial may send contriburions to the Alumni Association, marked for the Captain E. B. Taylor, Jr. fund.

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residing in Annapolis, I'll have to incur a couple of shames too.) Let's ALL vow not to miss next year.

Parting thought: Before "Zero Defects" was policy, was it all right to have any? Anyone remeber? Oh well, GENERATE MAIL!

Pres., Maj. Clyde D. Dean, USMC Sec'y, Cdr. R. M. Olsen, USN OSD/ARPA R and D Center APO San Francisco, CA 96346 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. John E. W e l l s 810 Monroe St., Apt. T-3, Annapolis, MD 21403 Percent Members: 25 Several milestones since last we squeezed in a few words: Happy 197th birthday. Navy! Since October 30, 1775, when the Rhode Island delegation argued successfully for the Navy's establishment by the Continental Congress, each generation has been entrusted to carry on a proud tradition born in the blooding of ROYAL SAVAGE. Ever wonder why that noble name has never been given a chance for vindication of our childbirth pain? It does seem as though we should assign the task to a new carrier someday.

Homecoming '72 as described by W a l t Richards: "Many new faces at the '54 blast this year.

175, in all, braved the rain and cold, and saw Navy trounce B.C. 27-20. Much credit and thanks has been passed along to me for the success of the homecoming party; however, I think all of our thanks are due to those who ably assisted in this effort. Namely, Lee Fribcrger who coordinated all the committees and Roy Wight, Corky Anderson, Lou Reasonover, Bill Hargrave, and all their lovely wives who assisted in decorating, band, club, and food arrangements. Without this team effort, the task could not have been accomplished. I know I speak for all of us at USNA it was a pleasure to host all of our classmates of 1954.

Next year bring along some newcomers!"

Ed Tipshus, recendy retired from the Marines, has joined the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstract Service in Columbus, Ohio, as manager of the data processing department. Our congratulations to Ed, and best wishes for a sarisfying new career. (Incidentally, Ed, you'll find that we civilians don't salute.)

Jerry Garlitz is now with NORAD in Colorado Springs as a surveillance operations officer. Jerry and Jo Ann reside at 316 Crystal Hills Blvd., Manitou Springs, Col. Albert Freer has been assigned to Norton AFB, Cal., in the capacity of systems program manager with the AF Inspection and Safety Center.

Jo Brendel's new duty station is Andrews AFB, Md., where he is a systems program staff officer managing R&D of US.4F Aerospace. Also arriving there for similar duty is Mauro "Malt" Maltagliati. Jo and Marcia made it to homecoming. Malt, unfortunately, did not. Shame! Shame!

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Pres., Cdr. Otto A. Zipf, USN Sec'y, LCol. A. J. Chiota, USAF 7708 Jaffrey Rd., Oxon Hdl, MD 20022 Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. J. J. Kronzer, USN Management Science Dept., USNA Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 22 Loren Alfred (LCol., USAF) has received the Joint Service Commendation medal for meritorious service as operations advisor to the Royal Thai Air Force. Loren is now stationed at RichardsGevaur AFB, Mo., where he is serving as Chief of Operations and Training, 1840th Air Base Wing.

Dr. Robert J. (Jack) Higgs has been designated Distinguished Faculty Member by his colleagues at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tenn. An Associate Professor of English, Jack was lauded as an "enthusiastic teacher, interpreter of literamre and respected member of his department." Jack is recognized as an authority on the literature of Appalachia and has lectured extensively in this field.

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Ch. Exec. Com, Cdr. Gene McPardand, USN Sec'y, Cdr. Robert H. Schmidt, USN Box 1926, Annapolis, MD 21404 Percent Members: 24

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Pres., Cdr. H. M. S. Gimber, USN Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. U. R. Lamay, USN P.O. Box 885, Benjamin Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Percent Members: 27

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Pres., Cdr. John Poindexter, USN Sec'y, LCdr. Bob Harshberger, USN Aerospace Engineering Dept., USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 26.5

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Chmn. Exec. Com., Cdr. Edward B. Baker, USN Sec'y, LCdr. Martin J. Finerty, Jr., USN P.O. Box 1692, Annapolis, MD 21404 Percent Members: 26 HERE AND THERE The Pennsylvania State University public information department informed us that W a y n e Messner fulfilled all requirements and was awarded the degree of Master of Business Administration on 24 June 1972.

Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., announced the addition to their faculty of David Guthrie in the field of speech and drama. Dave was a teaching fellow at NYU for the past three years and completed his course work for his Ph.D. while there. He also has been active in the summer theater participating in the Starlight Musical in Indiana; Thomas Playhouse in Maine; and Roger Producing Co. in Ohio.

The Outstanding Young Men of America Board of Advisors selected D a v e Bottorff as one of the Outstanding Young Men of 1972. The program, now in its eighth year, recognizes the abilities and contributions of men between the ages of 21 and 35 (and there are few '59ers in the age bracket any more). The men arc honored for their ;ichievements in their communities, professions, and country. As part of this designation, the individual is included in the 1972 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America. The book is an annual biographical compilation sponsored by leading men's civic and service organizations. The awards volume, which is published in November, features the accomplishments of about 8,000 young men of exceptional achievement from throughout the country. When selected for the award, Dave was assigned as Operations Officer with the San Diego Navy Public Works Center.

He previously earned his Master's degree in Civd Engineering and is presently attending Stanford University, participating in postgraduate studies concentrating on his Master's degree in Business.

Upon his detachment from BUPERS where he served as Head of the Planning, Programming and Analysis Branch in addition to other positions, Steve Snyder was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Steve is presendy in Command of USS VREELAND, homeported in Piraeus, Greece.

Noted in the officer orders was the assignment of Ing Kiland and Grif Hamilton to destroyer command in the mod-squad recently formed in Pearl Harbor.

Charlie Pease updated his address by informing us that he, Angie Fernandez, the long, lost Marine, and Bob Hydinger are presendy students

64 at Naval War College in Newport. He recendy completed a tour with VP-45 at Jacksonville where D a v e Troyer is still enjoying the sunshine.

M o Clark is also in the Jacksonville area serving with the world famous Hurricane Hunters and flying a weather version of the P-3A. I'm happy to report that Mo, his wife, and family are doing fine.

The San Diego area '59ers have an active group headed by Lloyd Adams and Mai Bruce. I credit these two as head even though this might be in error because they are the gents sending the mail. They are attempting to keep track of classmates in the area and have done a good job of updating our class address list. Any classmates moving to the San Diego area should contact either Lloyd or Mai for information concerning class functions. Lloyd is presently Chief Staff Officer for COMDESRON 23.

Dick Martin and Joe Brantuas are in the F-14 program at Miramar and recently commissioned a new squadron as CO and XO respectively.

What leadership that squadron can expect!

Carl Keske is now firmly entrenched in the Cleveland area and cheering the Browns every Sunday when not at work with the Marine Division of the Cliffs Iron Company. Carl served as a class agent in the recent USNA annual fund drive.

To Carl, T o m Clift, Ed Gibbons, and all the other class agents, we extend the sincere thanks of the class executive committee for a job well done.

The Washington area annual class picnic was held at Quantico in August thanks to the superb efforts of Joe Flynn. Approximately 35 couples with a total of 150 children participated in the day's events of egg tossing, racing, fishing, and of course beer consumption. The McGlincley clan won most of the races, but with seven chddren Joe and Diane are able to have a contestant in every event. The Fitzpatricks, with six children, weren't far behind in total number of participants, but in gold medals it was no contest. D a v e Frye and bride won the parents egg-throwing contest by displaying true compansionship. Most wives got a strange look in their eye whenever they threw that uncooked egg to their beer drinking husband, but Joan displayed a gentle touch on her soft floating pitch. Needless to say, great fun was experienced by all attendees. Any classmate arriving in the Washington area should contact Joe for information concerning the annual picnic as well as the monthly class lunch. He is stationed at USMCHQ. Homecoming this year was a total success both on and off the field. We have now totally regained our reputation as a class that knows how to enjoy a party. Approximately 40 couples attended the cocktail party at the Sheraton Motel following the game. I won't go into the detads other than to say some of us arrived home at 0200 from a cocktail party scheduled from 1800-2000. Make plans to attend next year if you missed this time, because it is a weekend you'll discuss all fall trying to remember some of the things you did and saw.

MISSING PERSONS This month share your Shipmate with one of the following classmates for whom the class and Alumni Association have no valid address: R. J. Facciani, J. F. Featherstone, C. L. Ferris, J. R. Finlen, M. M. Fleming, R. L. Forbes; also provide updated address to the class Secretary.

RISE AND SHINE WITH '59!

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Pres., Mr. Henry A. Lawinsky Sec'y, "Chico" Chavez P.O. Box 7009, Ausrin, TX 78712 Percent Members: 30

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Pres., Mr. James Traa Corr. Sec'y, LCdr. Kenneth G. Craig, USN VA-115, FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Percent Members: 26 A new address was received for Arnie Swart.

Arnie is now residing at 3921 Peachtree Court, New Orleans, La. Mike Freney reports that he has been on the road quite often. Can any classmate beat 15 moves since graduation? Mike, a Major USAF, is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at Rice University under the Air Force Academy sponsorship. Mike taught at the Academy for two years and hopes to return there upon completion of his swdies. Sally and Mike welcome visits from classmates in Houston at 2165 Dryden Rd., Houston, TX 77025. Sally and Mike have a son, Byron, aged 8, and a daughter, Gillian, aged 7. Both are Navy fans, report Mike, even in dark eras.

A l Maybach is now in Naples on the staff of STRIKFORSOUTH (NATO Staff). Al believes his last letter was written when they were in Key West. Since then the Maybachs have enjoyed a typically hectic and enjoyable Navy life. While in Key West, Bonnie Suzanne was born on 6 May 1966 and Jill Marie arrived on 7 Feb. 1968 to join brother Robert Allen, born in Long Beach in 1964. The day that Jill was born, the Bureau called and said would he not really like a oneyear tour in Vietnam, away from the rat race of raising their latest arrival. On 1 April the Maybachs departed for San Diego. Al underwent 13 weeks of schooling at NAB Coronado, Cal. before going to Vietnam as an advisor. Bob Grubb was in the same CI class and headed for the Senior Advisor job at Coastal Group 21 while Al headed for Coastal Group 14, south of Da Nang. They arrived in Saigon in Aug. In April '69 Al moved to CG 13 and completed his tour there.

July saw Al back in the states healthy and hearty. The Maybachs packed and headed for Norfolk where Al joined the USS VERMILION in Sept. as the Ops Officer. The mighty VR went to Florida once, Caribbean twice, and Bermuda once, along with lots of short one- and two-week trips to sea for training. However, in Aug. '70 she was selected to join the unemployed ranks and on 15 April '71 was decommissioned. Al spent the last three months as XO and Inactivation Coordinator.

One advantage of inactivation of a ship is that you have a long lead time to discuss with the friendly detailers the next billet. This Al did and received a set of orders to Staff, STRIKFORSOUTH in Naples. Naples may not be the garden spot of the world, Al says, but it is a heck of a lot closer to Europe than Norfolk. The Maybachs arrived in mid-May and finally moved from a hotel into an apartment on 2 Aug. Since arriving he has seen Jerry Black, the XO on a Norfolk-based DD, now Chief Staff Officer for COMDESRON 18 in Key West. Milt Jones is at SUBFLOT Eight, which shares the top deck of building L at AFSOUTH with STRIKEFORSOUTH. D o n Campbell is the

Assistant Public Works Officer at NSA. D a n Sullivan was Ops Officer in the E L PASO and is now en route to USNA. Since the first of this year, the Maybachs have travelled to Germany in Jan./Feb. and to France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Austria in June and July. It has been fun, but the weather failed to cooperate and it rained steadily for most of the trip. Al can be reached by writing to him: Staff, STRIKFORSOUTH, FPO N.Y. 09524.

Your CS regrets that Sue Pappas' letter was not included in an earlier article. Sue wrote to inform us that Jack is now a Research Scientist (Acoustical Physicist) with the Navy Research Laboratory in Wash., D.C. Jack has found that the civilian world is as unique and challenging as the Navy was. Since he is with the Laboratory, he is still very much involved with the Navy and its future. Sue is now busily selling real estate and is associated with a firm in Vienna, Va. The Pappas are both able to stay in close contact with many of their military friends. Their home phone is 631-1116.

Mugs M c K e o w n has left the Chargers of VF161 to take command of the Navy's Fighter Weapons School at NAS Miramar, San Diego. This prestigious command has been so deservedly given to a real MIG-killer. Your CS can't think of anyone who could better impart the traditional aggressive spirit and professional fighting knowledge to future MIG killers than Mugs. Congratulations and best wishes in the first of your many (we hope) commands!

Get it done with '61!

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Pres., LCdr. John Hewitt, USN Sec'y, LCdr. Howard Pinskey, (SC) USNR-R W. R. Grace, Clarksville, MD 21029 Percent Members: 29.5 At all times, and especially at this holiday season, let us never forget . . .

Bradley G e n e Cuthbert Edward Anthony Davis Paul Edward Galanti Lucius Lamar Heiskell Charles Richard Lee John Michael McGrath Homecoming '72 was a huge success and a great time was enjoyed by all attendees. Close to 400 classmates and wives were at the cocktail party dinner-dance at the Ramada Inn. Many classmates took advantage of the weekend to visit the greatly expanded and modernized Academy facilities and renew old friendships.

It is really difficult to thank all those couples who helped to make the homecoming weekend successful. Their efforts were truly appreciated.

However, I would like to thank my committee of Sandy and T o m Draude, Dee and Lee Ewert, Linda and W a y n e Hickam and Marty and Jim Henderson without whose hard work and unselfish sacrifice things never would have run smoothly.

At a class meeting on Sunday morning topics such as propo.sed memorial fund and up to date address data were discussed. These and other subjects will be fully explored and information will be disseminated to all classmates as soon as it becomes available.

There was very litde news in the mad pouch this month since many classmates were in for the Beat Boston College affair. However, our

65 perennial bachelor, John White, writes from the USS PARSONS where he is XO that he is again off the Vietnam coast with the 7th Fleet. He's been at sea for 165 days out of the last 206; 80.1 per cent, he reports. When in port he saw John Regan on way to a sub as XO, and Art V a n Saun, who is stationed in Yoko. John intended to lift a Mai Tai at the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Bar for the class of '62 on homecoming weekend and invites classmates passing through Yokosuka to ring him up in PARSONS . . . if she's in port.

We heard from another long quiet classmate recently. Leigh Harris is living in New York and since his return from Vietnam has been pursuing his musical studies and career as a French hornist and conductor. Leigh is associated with a Reserve Surface Division as a LCdr. In response to many requests, I have included the names of our departed classmates: Lt.(jg) C. T Acreback, USN 10/26/64 1/Lt. W. L. Arbogast, USMC 12/26/64 Lt. J. P. Borsic, USN 3/29/67 Lt.(jg) P. D. Brodeur, USN 5/22/64 1/Lt. R. A. Burgin, USMC 3/19/63 Capt. T. L. Carter, USMC 11/10/68 Capt. B. R. Delphin, USAF 3/20/67 Ens. A. J. Egerton, USN (Ret.) 1/23/64 Lt. C. W. Fryer, USN 8/7/66 Lt.(jg) J. M. Fultz III, USN 10/27/64 Lt. L. R. Grant II, USN 7/6/67 Lt. R. W. Hastings, USN 5/14/66 Ens. E. L. Hayhurst, USN 6/10/62 Lt. D. R. Hertzfeldt, USN 3/12/68 Lt.(jg) D. W. James, USN 4/14/64 P. M. Kelley 12/2/67 J. K. Knapper, Jr. 3/7/64 Lt. C A. Knochel, USN 9/2/66 Lt.(jg) J. P. Koch, USN 10/16/65 Capt. J. A. LaVoo, USMC 9/19/68 Lt. R. L. Laws, USN 4/3/66 Lt.(jg) T. E. Murray, USN 10/28/65 Lt. S. T. Myers, USMC 2/29/64 Lt. P. J. Nelson, USN 2/27/70 Lt. M. T. NeweU, USN 12/14/66 Lt.(jg) G. H. Osborn, USN 9/24/65 LCdr. J. R. Poe, USN 8/4/70 Lt. J. D. Renfro (SC), USN 11/7/66 1/Lt. C S. Roberts IV, USAF 3/6/66 Lt.(jg) C A. Sewed, USN 1/24/64 LCdr. J. W. Sloat, Jr., USN 6/26/71 Lt.(jg) R. G. Tanger, USN 6/26/64 J. R. Zahn 8/1/59 That does it for this month. I sincerely hope the holiday season and new year bring health, happiness and well being to you and your families and that our brave POW/MIA's wdl be swifdy and safely returned to us.

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Pres., Lt. Joe Bustamente, USN Sec'y, Mr. Eli Dabich, 543 Manor Rd. Severna Park, Md. 21146 Percent Members: 27.5 ODDS AND ENDS Philip Gubbins is Maintenance Officer, UA195, flying the S.H. A76. The squadron is on board the KITTY HAWK. Jack Thorne is on board; he's Staff Communicator for CTF-77. Gub was in port with the ORISKANY and saw Travis Beard who has the CATS on the O. boat. He also saw Frank Hilton who is Comm officer on board ORISKANY. W i n t h r o p Orgera just checked out as Second Officer on the 720/707 air-

craft. Glen Takabayashi went to work with Western this year, after being furloughed from .American. Gary Baldwin and family are living in Minneapolis where he is selling real estate while Northwest is on strike again-.

Robert Lagassa is tactics instructor. Staff, U. S. Naval Submarine School. He recendy completed tour as engineer officer, USS ETHAN ALLEN (Blue). Bob and Barbara have two children and live in Groton, Conn. They budt a second home in the New Hampshire Lake Sunapee area that serves as an escape back to nature—particularly during the winter skiing season. Always a spare bed and warm hearth for a transient classmate . . . sounds inviting. Bob is listed in the Lake Sunapee phone book in town of Newbury. Classmates Bob has seen recendy: Jary (Lew) Lewis— Navigator on SSBN undergoing Poseidon conversion at Electric Boat Co., Groton. J. C. (Sam) Garde—OPS/NAV in USS NAUTILUS. A l Hellawell—now with Eastman Kodak of Rochester, N. Y. Bill Hahn—Navigator in USS BEN FRANKLIN. J o e Fossella—now with an engineering consultant firm in Northern New Jersey.

Drake Donahue—just received orders from Engineer of USS POLLACK to OPS/NAV of Sturgeon Class SSN. Mario Fiori—OPS/NAV of USS PARGO. Bill Sheehan—OPS/NAV of USS TREPANC. T . J. ( T o m ) Robertson—^Material

Officer, Sub. Squadron 10. T o m Pessoney— Acting CO of USS LINCOLN, during off-crew period prior to crew consolidation, prior to shipyard overhaul. Mai Wright—left USS ROGERS for orders to NROTC Unit Princeton.

Mike Corgan—OPS on Precom unit DLG being commissioned. Bob would especially like to hear from classmates of the 2nd Co., particularly Derek Simmons. Thanks, Bob, for keeping us up to date on our classmates.

Patrick Frank, Jr. has been appointed instructor of English at Washington and Lee University. Pat holds a M.A. degree in English from the U. of Virginia, where he has taught seminars and classes in composition, and he expected to have the Ph.D. from Virginia by the end of this summer.

T o m D a d e received his MS in nuclear engineering from Pennsylvania State University this past June.

Received a letter from Travis Beard who, as I've mentioned before, is in the "Mighty O." Bill Baumhoffer is also on board the ORISKANY as Assistant Carrier Air Traffic Control. They are on a WestPac deployment and keeping very busy.

Travis does manage to play some lacrosse with the Oakland Lacrosse Club when the ORISKANY is back in Alameda. That plus some camping at Yosemite with Joan and son are about the extent of Travis' between deployment activities. He has managed to drop in on "our man in Manila," namely. M a x Ricketts.

Gayle and Stach Baumgart went down to Dallas for D a n Hennessy's wedding in June of this year. Ken McGuire was an usher in the wedding.

Homer Smith recently returned for his first tour of duty in the U. S. He missed the now generation and finds himself a part of the went generation. Homer married in '66 and converted from Navy line to CEC in 1967. Currendy employed at Naval Station, San Diego as the Staff Civil Engineer, and living in Coronado.

Congratulations to Sue and Terry Abell on the birth of their fourth daughter in June. Terry is now working for a bank in Elkhart, Ind. Sherwood (Zimm) Zimmerman has joined

the general office of Carolina Power & Light Co. in Raleigh as a senior engineer in the special services department.

Our sympathy goes out to Linda Smelley whose husband Allan died this summer. Allan was our classmate and we are sorry to hear of the tragic news.

So far, the response for our 10th reunion has been fantastic. The majority of replies have been favorable. Sometime this winter I'll be sending out another flyer on homecoming '73. Anyone who hasn't sent their reply yet, would appreciate hearing from you.

Thanks again for all who sent in news for this month's article. Please keep in your prayers our brave POW's and their families. Our hope is that soon they wdl all be released and back home with their families. There are eight P O W / MIA's from our class. They are Terry Lee Boyer, Michael Paul Cronin, Wilson Denver Key, Charles Weldon Marik, Alexander John Palenscar III, James Kelly Patterson, Edwin Benard Templin, Jr. and John Bowers Worcester.

1 have a request for all those who have moved recendy or are anticipating a move in the near future or any rime for that matter, please send a change of address to the Alumni Associarion so that they can change their mailing list. We had close to 75 letters returned because of unknown addresses . . . this wastes class money.

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Pres., Lt. Thomas J. Swartz, USN Sec'y, Lt. James S. Baumstark, USN USS TuLLiBEE (SSN-597), FPO NY 09501 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. Grant Fulkerson, USN Weapons and Systems Eng. Dept.

USNA, Annapolis, MD 21402 Percent Members: 28.5 Homecoming '72 proved to be a big success for the alumni as well as the football team. The weather man didn't cooperate too well, but we still managed to have a good turnout at all the events, including our own class party Saturday night. Listed below are those people who attended any of the homecoming events: Diane and Frank Benner, Jo and Don Burns, Pam and Bob Buttram, Susan and Mike Caputo, Patti and Strom Evans, Mike and Tom Flory, Pat Bledsoe and Dick Fredlund, Ann and Grant Fulkerson, Betty and Ken Fusch, Tony Garcia, Linda and Dan Gibbons, Diane and Al Gotdieb, Jan and Don Hannsz, Carol and Phil Jacobs, Dave Kanning, Teddie and Gary Kellner, Teddie's parents.

Dr. and Mrs. Hoff, Annie and John Kendall, Murray Kaplan, Mary George and John Kipp, Mardy and Steve Laabs, Francie and Tony Lemke, Cheryl and Charles Lounsbury, Karyl and Jim Kraft, Tom Lynch, Mary and Tom McFeely, Bonnie and Mike Murray, Diane and Bob Nichael, Beth and Jim Ounsworth, Marcia and Winston Peters, Hugh Rissieuw, Joan and Ron Sanders, Rae and Jim Seeley, Jan and Don Seyk, Jean and Dave Sjuggerud, Maureen and Don Smith, Sherry and Bill Starks, Kathy and Joe Stewart, Ann and Denny Sullivan, Nancy and Jim Tolbert, Patricia and Ben Thomas, Sharon and Bill Wdson, Jan and Eric Woods, and Dottie and Web Wright.

While I'm on the subject of homecoming, plans are now being made for our TENTH reunion at Homecoming '74. We are planning to have a large dinner party for all of those who can make it here for the festivities. We would also like to

66 organize parties at various locations throughout the country for those people who can't make it to Annapolis. It may be a litde early to start making plans for those parties, but if you're interested in planning and organizing a party in your area please drop us a line and we will assist you in any way we can.

The mail has been quite slow recently, but fortunately I was able to collect quite a lot of information at homecoming and I still have a lot of letters left over from the summer. We are going to be running out of material shordy so please drop us a line so that we can keep the column full.

The next time you are on an Eastern flight check and see if there isn't at least one crew member from '64. D o n Burns, R o n Sanders and Ben Thomas are all flying for Eastern as are about 40 other classmates. Don and Ron both fly out of Adanta and Ben flies out of Washington.

Also flying for Eastern are Ken Middleton (New York), Charlie DeSantis (Adanta), D a v e Gould and Andy Anderson (Washington), and Butch Lenhardt and Dick Merritt, both flying out of New York.

Not to be outdone. Bill Wilson, who flies for Delta, says about 20 classmates are now flying for Delta. Bill got out of the Navy in Dec '69 and has been flying for Delta since then. He and Sharon, an ex-stewardess, were married in Oct. '71. They are living in Lilburn, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, and they invite any classmates in the area to stop in and say hello. Rick Harris and Phil Slough are both flying for Delta and are homebased in Miami.

Jim Ounsworth is living in Charlottesvdle, Va. and attending U. of Va. law school. Dick Fredlund and John Kendall have both recently completed law school. John is practicing Marine Law in the Philadelphia area and Dick hopes to begin his practice shordy in Calif, or New Mexico.

Jim Seeley is also out of the Navy and is now the golf pro at the Prince Georges Country Club in Bowie, Md. Jim has been spending his winters as a touring pro in South Africa, but he will be staying in the states this winter to try and qualify as a touring pro in this country.

Another Academy golfer of some renown, T o m Flory, is now living in the Annapolis area. Tom is owner and manager of a moving and storage company.

D a v e Kanning flew in from the West Coast just for homecoming. Dave and his family will be leaving shordy for Brisbane, Australia, where he wdl be an exchange officer with the Royal .A.ustralian Air Force. Dave and his wife Diane have just had a new addition to their family; a son, Kevin, was born 12 September.

Gene Berger was recendy appointed as a Department Manager in the Pharmaceutical Production Division of the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Brooklyn, N.Y. Gene has worked for Pfizer since leaving the Navy in 1969. He and his wife Reva and their two children are now living in Colonia, N.J. Jay Eggers, '64's "Salty Sam," graduated in June from the Stanford law school. He planned to start practice in August in the San Diego area.

Jay mentioned that he had seen Hank Graham, who lives in L.A., and Curt Jergens, who lives in San F'rancisco. Jay and Hank are both stdl living the carefree life of bachelors.

George Leonard is now serving as the loan officer for Loan Division G of the First National Bank of Chicago. George joined the bank in 1970 after leaving the Navy. He and his wife Gloria

and their two daughters Tracy and Amy live in the Chicago area.

Bill D u e writes from Fort Walters, Tex., where he is presendy serving as the Airfield Operations Officer. The Army seems to move people around more than the Navy if Bill's tours are any indication. Bill and his wife Sandra have two boys, Kenneth and William F. 111.

Dennis Ray is working in the office of the Supervisor or Shipbuilding, Third Naval District.

While at Monterey Dennis became an EDO and he says he is really enjoying the change from surface line. When Dennis wrote he and his famdy were living in temporary quarters at Fort Wadsworth at the tip of Staten Island, but they were hoping to get into permanent quarters this summer.

We seem to be getting a larger contingent here in the .Annapolis area, both as instructors and company officers. Walt Sowa, Chuck Krulak, Tony Lemke, John Beardsley, Steve Jones, Tony Garcia, Frank Benner and John Kipp are all serving as company officers. W e b Wright is teaching in the EH&G Dept.; Jim Shannahan in Computer Science; T o m Murray in Management; and Bob Buttram, Al Gottlieb and I in Weapons. Gary Kellner is working in the Candidate Guidance Office.

Mary and Barry Beck and their son Keith (2) are living in Houston. Barry works for the law firm of Fulbright, Crooker and Jaworski. Ann and Lyndon Bell and their three sons Ray (5), Jason (2) and Howard (6 mos.) are also living in Texas. Lyndon is working for the Campbell Soup Co. and they are living in Paris, Tex. Patricia and Walter Fatzinger and their three children, Robbie (8), Christine (5), and Eric (3) are living in Bowie, Md. After leaving the Academy at the end of second class summer, Walter went on to get his degree from George Washington University and later his law degree from American U. He is presendy working as an attorney and trust officer with the First National Bank of Maryland in their Baltimore office.

Lee Fernandez is working as an accountant for Ernst & Ernst in San Diego. He left the Navy in 1970 and after a year of accounting at San Diego State he took his present position. Lee and his wife Ann have one son Kirk (2).

Hopefully, next June we are going to publish an up-to-date class roster. It is impossible to do this without help from all of you. We sent out questionnaire last spring and thus far the return has been slow (about 25 percent). Beginning with next month's column we are going to list names of those persons on whom we have no current information. If you see someone whose address you know or about whom you have some information please send it to me. If you did not receive a questionnaire or if you neglected to remrn it please send me the following information: name; address; employer/duty station; wife's name; children (names and year of birth).

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Pres., Lt. Pat Donelly, (CEC) USN Sec'y, Lt. Richard P. Genet, USN USS LiPAN (ATF-85) FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Percent Members: 24 Susie and Charlie Morrison announce the arrival of Melinda Main Morrison on 6 October

at the Naval Hospital in Annapolis. Melinda, who weighed in at a healthy 10 lbs., 5 oz., joins a big brother, Matthew, age 3. Charlie is currendy on duty at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, after having completed six months of Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico.

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Pres., Capt. Robert L. Spooner, USMC Sec'y, Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Jr. 3920 Ingraham St. 11-313, San Diego, CA 92109 Percent Members: 23 I had a letter from Judy and Bo Wiley in Fayetteville, Ark. and they happily announced the arrival of Buford B. Ill on 29 Sept. at seven lbs., seven oz. The father was passing out cigars between his first year law classes at the University of Arkansas. Bo's address is 603 Park Ave. 72701, and would like to bet on a few Arkansas games this season.

N o a h Sexton is in So. Dartmouth, Mass. with Old Colony Trans. Co. as assistant Director of Maintenance at their corporate headquarters. Noah and Mary have a five-year-old daughter and at this writing were expecting their second arrival.

Noah would like to hear from Pete Howton, Pat Carroll, T o m Letter or any of the old 26th Co. gang. His address is 240 Highland St., New Bedford, MA 02748.

Jimmy Lewis arrived on the San Diego scene in late August to join the new F-14 squadron at Miramar. Jim could barely see out of his Porsche that was packed with everything including a lacrosse stick when he arrived. Unfortunately, San Diego doesn't have any professional lacrosse clubs to moonlight.

Walt Frischner is out of the service and has setded in San Diego while working for an electronics firm. You never can tell what you'll be able to do with that knowledge imparted in Sampson Hall!

We should have a report on the homecoming activities for next issue. I was hoping to have some information for this writing, but our East Coast contingent hasn't checked in yet. Don't forget to drop us a line, and let us know what is happening. In the meantime, if you haven't paid your dues, write that check, and be in the know with Shipmate!

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Pres., Lt. Dave Materna, USN Sec'y, Lt. Charles H. Jeffries, II, (CEC) USN Code 403, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Phdadelphia, PA 19112 Percent Members: 27.5 I missed a great game and lots of news by not making it to homecoming. Mike Currie mentioned a party after the game, which we would enjoy hearing about. I was off on a couple weeks TAD in Port Hueneme, Cal., and enjoyed a visit with .'\nn and A l W y n n . The Wynns have a daughter, Cris, and a son, John. Also present were Garry Reed, stationed at the Naval Civil Engineering Lab with Al, Bill Hanley, who is at Mare Island, Ed H a m m from Pensacola, and Kip Prahl. Jolene and Kip were en route to Hawaii with their newborn, Colette. Dot and Jim Slaughter are located at San Diego where Jim is an ace with the Public Works Center.

Jules Selden informed us of his departure

67 from active duty with the Marine Corps. Jules is with Mobil Oil Company.

John Millen has begun his second year of studies at Virginia Theological Seminary. Pril and John have three children, Scot, Laura, and Chad. John reported visiting Betty and R o n Stoll at the U. of Toledo. Ron is in his second year of law school. The Stolls also have three children, David, Kristen, and Carin.

Destroyer School is being infiltrated on a continuing basis with '67ers. Jim Gilbert was a recent graduate and now is aboard the USS LOWRY. Presendy at DesTech are Allan Tulloch, Susan and Paul Watkins, John Sheldon, Gerry Buckley and Dick Meade.

Nancy Lindfors wrote a nice note and brought us up to date on Bo. Located in Portsmouth, R.I., the Lindfors have two sons, Eric Carter and a newborn, Matthew Allen. Bo is weapons officer in the USS TALBOT. BO and Linda recendy were able to visit South America as Linda met the ship at Rio and Buenos Aires.

Merry Christmas.

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Pres., Lt. Dennis C. Blair, USN Sec'y, Lt. R. Mitchell Brown, III 20 Georgia Ave., North Kingston, RI 02852 Percent Members: 25 We recently received a letter from Bill Center out in Yokosuka, where he was chief engineer aboard USS GURKE. Bill, Karla and their 18month-old son, David, have spent three of their first four years in Japan, and he prides himself on being a real WestPac rat. He thought a few of his old "buds" would get a charge out of his new orders. He reported for duty 30 October aboard USS EXPLOIT out of Charleston, S.C. and became the new commanding officer in December.

Despite enjoying the Far East, he should be happy to return to "the world" now, and hopes to see some classmates when they get setded. He did see Don Pelletier, who is chief engineer in the R. B. ANDERSON, also out of Yokosuka. Bill spent a few hours with Gary Burger in Cubi Point; Gary was heading for some CONUS leave last July.

In other news of WestPac origin, on a more somber note, I learned a few details surrounding Spence Dry's death. He was serving with Seal Team One on a highly classified mission somewhere in WestPac, and died on 6 June. Upon return to the States he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, with four Seal officers serving as pallbearers. See "Last Call."

I received a welcome letter from Dick Evert in VF-24 yesterday. He had just returned from a nine-month WestPac deployment with HANCOCK and wrote the day after he returned. Talk about motivation! It seems he saw a lot of action throughout the Indochina theatre, but was fortunate to have Marty over there to cheer their in-port periods. They took in the sights and culture of Japan, trying the local hotels in Kyoto and sampling the good life in Tokyo. Hong Kong brought the usual barrage of purchases and an unqualified recommendation for dining at Gaddis' in the Peninsula Hotel. He saw Charlie Dittmar on a troop transport in Cubi, and M i k a Prince, who was in with VA-215 off ORISKANY. He also informed me of the tragic, untimely death of D a v e T h o m p s o n in VF-24. His plane flew into the water on a night cat shot 13 August.

He wrote, "We just lost radio contact and that

was it." Marty called Ruthie Thompson and she was doing as well as could be expected. She has since sold the house in San Diego and moved back to Pittsburg. Again it saddens us all, and on behalf of the class, let me extend our sincere sympathy to Ruthie and her family.

Dick saw a lot of Kevin D w y e r in VF-211.

Kevin was glad to greet his active 11-month-old son, Kelly, upon his return in early October. Kelly and his mom met the fly-in and although he didn't appreciate the noise, he didn't seem to complain about the champagne afterwards! Dick and Marty recendy had Barb and Joe Lucey over for dinner. After receiving his wings in 1970, Joe instructed in Beevdle for 15 months and just finished the F-4 RAG. Dick expects a six-month turnaround for VF-24 and then another chance to excel in those F-8's. Good luck to them, and enjoy that shore time.

I received word that Capt. Rich Blank, USAF, was at Floreane AB, Belgium, for the Allied Forces Central Europe Tactical Weapons meeting in September. Rick and his wife Ruth are stationed at Bitburg AB, Germany, where he is the weapons systems operator in an F-4 with the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing.

Terry and Rick Buchanan wrote that they were leaving Portsmouth following completion of LAPON'S yard period. They expected to be in Virginia Beach from October until next summer sometime when he expects orders. Rick was in New London, Conn, last May and June and passed his engineer's exam in July, along with Bill Boykin. Rick and Terry stayed with Patty and W y n n Harding in Virginia Beach last August.

Wynn is aboard FINBACK out of Norfolk. Rick Kadlick is with Rick in LAPON, and he and Ann had a daughter, Kristie, last March. Also the Buchanans have heard from Babs and Rick Miller and Jan and John Knapp down in Jacksonville. Jan and John were expecting in November.

On the local scene I heard from Maureen and Al Costlow in VXE-6 based out of Quonset. Al, Mike Riley and Jay Gilmartin left for the ice in October and expect to return from Antarctica in February. Mike Lagow and Jack Ludwig are still with the SARATOGA half of the Shamrocks and should be back in February. Rumor Control has various alternatives for the other half, but wherever we may find ourselves Sandy and I would like to wish all our friends and classmates the warmth and happiness of the Christmas season.

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Pres., Lt. William H. Newton, III, USN Sec'y, Lt. (jg) M. E. Rachmiel, USN Flag Lieutenant, ComCruDesFlot 3 FPO San Francisco, CA 96610 Corr. Sec'y, Lt. W . B. W o o d , Jr., USN Rt. 4, Box 4600-58, Oak Harbor, WA 98277 Percent Members: 36.5 Season's Greetings! Hope everyone has recovered from all those Beat Army parties by now, and I hope you are all preparing for a happy holiday season. On with the latest.

R o n Mueller came through this month with a letter so full of news that I almost used it verbatim for my article. Ron is just finishing a tour in Saigon as a fleet liai-son officer to the civilian press corps. Part of his job entails taking members of the press out to various ships on the line, and during these trips he has the opportunity to see many classmates. During a recent visit to the

AMERICA, Ron ran into Eric Bries, who is part of the HC-2 detachment aboard. Being not only classmates but company-mates, Ron and Brieser had a lot of talking to do. Other trips have afforded Ron visits with Steve McHenry aboard PROVIDENCE, W e s Stanfield aboard CONSTELLATION and T o m Wojciechowski at)oard HULL.

The chopper pilot who carried Ron out to HULL was none other than Steve Ward. Returning to Saigon, Ron ran into K e n Ture, who is stationed with our men in green on Okinawa. Ken had just finished a few weeks temporary duty as a forward air controller in country. Ron has just accepted a set of orders to Adanta to open up a new branch office for the Chief of Naval Information. He expects to arrive there late this year and is anricipating a three-year stay.

G e o r g e Kuck dropped me a note proclaiming that he and Janie are proud parents of a baby girl, Kristin Leigh, born on 17 August. Both George and Mike McGee are on the Marine staff at the Army's Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Okla. George invites any classmates passing through Sooner country to stop by and see them at 5112 Liberty N.W. in Lawton.

Mike Hallett wrote recendy extolling the virtues of the surface nuclear Navy. Mike is aboard TRUXTUN along with fellow classmates George Bieda, Jim Stevens, D u b y Joslin and Bill Rogalski. Quite a representation on one ship!

Other surface nuke types Mike has seen include Bill Laz aboard ENTERPRISE, Lannie Phillips on the new construction crew for CALIFORNIA and Keith Maynard, who has just left the LONG BEACH for the NROTC unit at Missouri. Mdce and his wife Patricia have one son, Mike II, who was born during Mike's first WestPac deployment.

Last July the TRUXTUN left again for WestPac with a scheduled return in December . . . and Patricia is expecting again in November. Sounds like the old Navy story.

If any of you heard a series of loud whoops and yells coming from the Long Beach area in late October, it was none other than Marshall Rachmiel celebrating the end of his aide's tour. Rack has accepted orders to become an instructor at FAAWTC in San Diego, where he and Janie have bought a house. He mentioned that his shoulder feels ten times lighter where the aiguilette used to be, but added that he srill occasionally says "yes sir" when Janie asks him a question.

No more letters this month, but I have run into or heard about several people. Ray Morris has recendy finished the P-3 RAG at Moffett Field and has joined VP-48 there. He and Peggy live in nearby Mountain View. Rich Batdorf is in VA-I92 flying A7-E's aboard KITTY HAWK. John Post is flying Marine CH-46's with HMM-164 in WestPac. John Ohlinger is now aboard SANTA BARBARA and is also flying '46's. I ran across Oily in Subic in September, and you could just see how the pressures of war have gotten to him. His golf game has gone down five strokes. John B o n e completed his 200th A-6 combat mission in September; in his left seat (on his first combat mission) was yours truly.

That's about it for this month. Sorry the news was so slim, but the normal shore to ship mad service has not sent a lot of letters this way . . . either that or you all haven't been wriring (heaven forbid!). Once again, I hope the holiday season is very happy for all of you. Best of luck in '73, and please keep up the letters!

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Pres., Ens. Jeff Schott, USN Sec'y, Ens. Fred Hall, USN USS INCHON ( L P H 12)

FPO New York 09501 Percent Members: 41 A letter ending with "The only way is underway-BT" has got to be from a real fun boy.

G i n o Marchetti has relieved as Morale Officerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1st and 7th Fleets while Jo Jo is on special assignment in the Adantic. Salty, Kathy and Amy are living in Southern California while Gino is aboard USS MACKENZIE as Supply Officer. Ed Williamson is also aboard MACKENZIE but is due to leave the ship soon. While deployed in WestPac Gino has seen T o m Sher, Lenny Supko, and Pat Dawson. Denise and Ben Tucker were married in October '71. Gino also said that Terry Manson is now married and owns a pet parrot who is teaching Terry to talk.

Chuck Ringer is also stationed on the West Coast. Chuck is with Minesweepers out of Long Beach and is scheduled for a flight school class beginning 10 December. Many other class members are also in the area and stationed aboard minesweepers: Russ Panico (USS ESTEEM), Chrisy and Ken N e l s o n (USS GUIDE), D o u g Bond (USS ILLUSIVE), Mary and T i m Shannon (USS CONELICT), and Bob Fitzgerald (USS CONQUEST).

Russ Panico has orders to the Fox (DLG) as DCA and he recently was best man at Bob McPhail's wedding in Long Beach. Bob Fitzgerald will also be reporting to a DLG, JOUETT, as DCA. Cris and Ken Nelson will be moving to San Diego about the first of the new year where Ken will be stationed aboard a new DE, the KIRK. Bob Burton is also aboard a minesweeper and he and Carol are living in Hunrington Beach.

Bob has seen R o d Hackman and Pat Mackin 9th Company members in San Diego

who are stationed in Long Beach with the surface nuclear program. John Crisp may have orders to the ESTEEM as XO, but Bob said that nothing definite had been heard by the end of the summer. Gloria and Bob Berger are living in La Mesa. Bob was detoured in the HORNE for a year and has moved from ACIC to MPA. The Burtons recendy made a trip East to attend a couple of weddings. Laura and Ben W e l c h were married in Gulfport, Miss, on 2 July. D a n Pike, Hall Dillon, Paul Duncan, and Dale Stahl also attended the wedding. Bob and Carol went on to Phoenix, Ariz., to see Kathy and T i m Brace married. Tim and Kathy have since moved to Greece where Tim's ship, VREELAND, is homeported in Athens. Tim also became the brotherin-law of Bill Magnan when he married Kathy.

Bill and Donna are stationed in Kingsville where Bill spent the summer flying midshipmen. The Burtons received a postcard from Mar and N o r m Carley while they were in Spain last summer.

Norm had been working with Allied frogmen in the Med and had taken some time off to give Mar a chance to visit.

Betsy Linville, secretary and wife of Jim Linville, sent the photograph taken in San Diego and news about members of the 9th Company now on the West Coast. Pictured from left to right are: Minnie and Lou G o e n , Betsy and Jim Linville, Dennis Lunghofer, Sue and John Nathman, and George Sauer. Jim Zaborowski is lying in the center.

Jim Linville is qualified as EOOW aboard USS BAINBRIDGE and he and Betsy are living in Long Beach. John is flying F-4's out of Miramar after receiving his wings and Master's in Aero last spring. Lou is flying out of North Island and he and Minnie live in Chula Vista. Dennis is an NFO on the new EA-6B out of Whidbey Island, Wash.

George is the Comm Officer in the DEHAVEN in Long Beach. Jim Zaborowski has recendy deployed for WestPac aboard USS TRUXTUN.

Other class members in the San Diego area include John Kelly and T o n y Watson who are stationed aboard SNOOK as EOOW's. Jim Nottingham is in San Diego aboard SCAMP. Dick Click is up in Lemoore flying attack jets, and Bill Helfen is aboard NATHAN HALE out of Pearl Harbor.

Melinda and W i l l i e Bramlett were back in the States for three months while Wdlie attended ASW school in San Diego. Our man in Japan then returned to Yokosuka as ASW officer aboard USS PARSONS. Jim Perry is also in PARSONS. The only other class member starioned in Yokosuka is Tim McClain.

Willie says that D a n n y R u g g has returned to the States with the HIGBEE. John Cumming, a member of 31st company with Willie, married his longtime sweetheart, Pam, on 18 November.

Dave McCampbell received orders to attend Salvage Diving School in D.C. and then reported to the USS PRESERVE as XO. Willie hoped to hear from more people after his return to Japan in November.

On the East Coast, Bob Alden has returned to Mayport with Darlene and Robbie after a sixmonth Med cruise. Ken Slaght also reported aboard the PRATT in April with DESRON 14 staff.

W o o d y Sutton is in the Squadron aboard the INGRAM. Chuck Garrison was deployed to the Med aboard TATTNALL. Bob ran into Gary Tettelbach in Naples last May. Jim McClane was also in Naples and he reported that Earl Fought is alive and well aboard the GREENE. Dupree Parker was in the area in the LEAHY. Bob organized a rock band during the deployment and he was lead singer with the group. The band got many chances to play in clubs ashore and, of course, during UNREPS. Pat and T o m Bender toured Northern Europe in October. Luckily, they planned their trip coincidentally with a four-month deployment of Tom's ship, USS MCCLOY.

Judy and John Schilling sent the news from the Norfolk area. Last April they attended Kathy and Ed Tempesta's wedding, just before Ed reported to Athens for Supply School. Ed cleaned himself up considerably in order to get married and hereafter he would like to be referred to as "Mister" Pig Pen. Karen and Bob Wachtel and Mike Gottlieb were also at the wedding. Bob is on a leave of absence and is attending Med school at the U. of Maryland. Mike is starioned in California as our last line of defense in WestPac. John Schilling is FCO aboard USS CONYNGHAM and has seen a few familiar faces in the Norfolk area. Karen and W a l l y Gunter and their 10month-old son Andrew are living in Virginia Beach while Wally is FCO aboard MITSCHER. D a n Akerson is the ClCO aboard DUPONT and Ken Keymer is the DANIEL'S navigator. Another Sixth-Company type. Chuck Adams, is in town aboard a nuclear submarine.

Brad White is also living in Virginia Beach and is flying with HC-6. Frances and Bob Casteel were in Norfolk for precommissioning of USS DALE and have since moved on to Newport.

Debbie and Chuck Paddock live in Newport News. Chuck is now in WestPac aboard BIDDLE. Marion and Cliff Kolson are srill in Camp Lejeune and they say that there are srill a few members of the class in the area.

An anonymous donor in California sent the following pieces of information. Barry Steelman is married and living in Long Beach. D o u g Lamartin finished his M.S.E. at Catholic U. last year and is now aboard the MULLINNIX. Babs and

69 Bobby A t w e l l were living in San Diego untd Bobby's ship, BAUSELL, was transferred to Yokosuka. T i m McClain was also aboard BAUSELL with Bobby. Dale Brehm and Cindy were married back in February 1971. Jean, Bob Blount, and their daughter are also living in Norfolk.

Marion and T e d W o l f e and their two children were living in San Diego while Ted was aboard PARKS, hoping for in-country orders. Rosemary and Clay Whitaker have a daughter and were awaiting orders last April to relieve Clay from the PARKS.

Jacquelyn and Pat Slattery are srill in San Diego and Jacquelyn sent some current news.

Russ Olson moved from Texas and is now starioned at Miramar. George M o e also arrived at Miramar in June. Denny Ryan was married on 24 June and moved to Newport for an October Destroyer School class.

Gail, Mark and Larry Gretzinger are back in Pensacola where Larry is flying T-39's. Gad sent Mary Ellen and T i m Cocozza's new address at the Naval Research Lab, D. C and reported the arrival of Tim Jr. last spring. H u g h Brown was married on 2 September to Linda Johnson of Fort Walton Beach and they have moved to Miramar.

Donna and Ray DeCario were also married on 2 September in Miami. Marty Vanden Brook and Frank Lord were still in Kingsville last May awairing orders. Charlie and Robb Miller are at Moffett Field with Sharon and Steve Songer.

Phil Allen was last reported to stdl be in Meridian. Phil's sister-in-law, Chris, married Beetle Bailey and they are stationed in Corpus Christi.

This makes Beetle Phil's nephew and obligates them to be nice to each other. Phil Eslinger is stationed at Sauflcy Field, and Mike D o o l i n is in Lemoore flying A-7's. Allison and B o b Tamburini are stationed at Barber's Point, Hi. Betty and Jay Jans are living in Fallon, Nev. Betty announced that Jay received his wings on 17 March and became a father 10 days later.

Cynthia Denise Jans was born in the Naval Academy hospital, shordy before the Jans family moved to Nevada. Jack Moody is an NFO and is also stationed in Fallon. Hellen and Kent Hamlin became the proud parents of Kent Jr. in May, born at the Sub base in Groton, Conn.

Charlene, Robert, and Steve Walmsley are at Andrews A.F.B. in D.C. Steve Hazelrigg is an instructor at Kingsville, and Y o g i Forrester is stationed at Miramar as an NFO. Peppy and Rock Miles are at NAS Oceana. Kathy and Carl W i c k are now living at Whidbey Island, Wash. Betty Jans extends an invitation for anyone flying through Fallon to look them up.

In November Jeff Krstich will be leaving Saigon, where he has been flying CH-40's for the past year. Jeff was back in Denver with Carla for a couple weeks last May and A l N u s o m stopped by on his way from the ROGERS to Norfolk where he is an Admiral's aide. Matt Breede wrote to Jeff and said that he is now aboard the YARNELL. Bob Christiansen saw Jeff while passing through on his way from the Philippines.

Mary Ann Hook wrote for Jim H o o k who was deployed as an A-3 NFO aboard the ORISKANY. Mary Ann and Jim are the proud parents of a year-old redhead named Brian. If anyone knows how to contact D e n n y Williams please drop Jim a note at VAQ 130, FPO, San Francisco.

Jill and Chuck Frary are back in Annapolis where Chuck is the new Officer-Inspector-of-Uniforms. Chuck was stationed with the SeaBees in USNMCB 5 and has been at Port Hueneme since returning from Vietnam last year. Chuck will be

in Annapolis for two years and has offered to provide aid in organizing homecoming events and other class functions in the area.

Chuck was in Bien Hoa with Steve T h o m p son and Jim Spore, who are now attending Georgia Tech. T o m Dickey is stationed with NMCB 10 and has recendy returned from deployment to Rota. Other members of the 22nd company include Mike Charley, who is stationed in San Diego, and Dick Folga, who is a station pilot up in Point Mugu. Jean and Sam Hollier were married on 17 June after Sam remrned from Okinawa. Diana and John Marino are living in San Diego with their new daughter, Erin. Barbara and Jack D o d d are also in the San Diego area.

Chuck also reported that Jan and Charlie Chaplin are now stationed in Bermuda.

Terry Morgan passed on two letters he received from Dale Gange and Jim Maxey, both stationed in the EVERETT F . LARSON, out of Long

Beach. Dale and his wife Su have moved to San Diego on orders to the USS STERETT. Jim, still a bachelor, has also gone to San Diego to become Comm Officer on the COMDESRON 3 staff. He is hoping for a change of designator to Supply Corps early next year. Jim requests that members of the class graduating with the 33rd company send him their address for future communications.

Pat and John Reynolds announce a slight change of orders. Instead of Keflavik, Iceland, John is now stationed at the Marine Barracks, 15th Naval District in the Panama Canal Zone. Pat extends an invitation for anyone passing through the Canal Zone to look them up through Navy Housing, Fort Amador.

News of the Marines would not be complete without a word from Gunney Sonnenberg.

Nancy and Bob are in El Toro where Sonny is Wing data processing officer. Scotty Sonnenberg celebrated his first birthday on 10 May. Bill Melby was also in Southern California for three months and has moved out to Hawaii toflyF-4's as NFO, Pat McGahan is also in Hawaii and stationed aboard USS JOHN HANCOCK. Clyde Ihrig is also aboard a nuclear submarine and he and Jennifer live in Charleston. Cindy and T o m Counihan are living in Long Beach. Tom was in San Diego briefly to pick up a new LST on which he is the Operarions Officer. Kathy, Suzanne and Carl Loguidice have moved to Parris Island since Carl returned from Okinawa. Karen and T o m Marsilio are living in Twenty-Nine Palms and own a house and a horse. Jeff Lewis also lives in Twenty-Nine Palms and dates Tom's horse.

Penn State University sent notification that Bill Stockho received his Master's in nuclear engineering last June.

While I was in the Med Jeff Schott continued the search for the lost Lucky Bags and he may have reached the final solution to the problem.

Extra Lucky Bags were found in storage, and in October I mailed a list of 11 names with postal fees to the Academy in hopes that the books will be mailed soon. Lucky Bags were ordered for the following people: Dan Akerson, Jim Linquist, Mark Kane, Joe Reid, Jack Missimer, Dave Burrows, Casey Bahr, Chuck Ringer, Jim Schwenk, Jim Bowlin, and Bobby Burton. Many other people who requested Lucky Bags have changed their address since they wrote a long time ago. As soon as I receive current addresses, I will order books for the following people: D u k e Dubia, N e i l Midkiff, T o m Shields, Frank W a h l , and 1 need a new residence address for D a v e Burrows—the other copy was sent to your home address. Anyone

who did not receive their original Lucky Bag please send me your address and I'll order one for you.

Notify me if there are any more problems with delivery.

Jeff Schott paid the $5 postal fee for each book out of his own Miami bank account and he asked me to say this somewhere in the article: "Vote for Jolly Jeffery in '75." Jeff is now in Texas for advanced jet training. He reports that Kevin Kelley is a C O . in NEWARK. Imagine, Kevin is the first one in the class to have his own command. This certainly is a disappointment for those of us who shined our shoes and were extra polite every day.

Casey Bahr went to Munich for the Olympics with the U.S. soccer team. While he's in training for '76 Casey plans to fly helicopters at Lakehurst, N.J. I apologize to those of you who have waited so long to see your news in print. I print everything I receive, but the length of this article is limited .so I've had a "carry over" during the summer with the heavy mail. This article wraps everything up, and, as I should have expected, I don't have a single thing yet for next month.

Happy halfway: December 3rd.

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Pres., Ens. Michael E. McCuddin, USN Sec'y, Ens. Theodore A. Hermeling, Jr., USN 151 Surfway, Apt. 45, Monterey, CA 93940 Percent Members: 41

72 Pres., 2/Lt. Joe Glover, USMC Sec'y, 2/Lt. Frank Gibson, USMC Spirit of '72 608 Rome, Bossier City, LA 71040 Percent Members: 58.5 Christmas approacheth—don't forget to send us a card with your current addresses: mading address and home address. Keeping our address records current and complete will aid class communication tremendously as that time-gap from 7 June grows wider and wider.

Home games at USNA srill draw a few of '72 back each time. "Scamper" Ryskamp and H a p Harrington flew out from Frisco for homecoming, joining Craig Killough, Kevin Chambliss and others from Nuc school for an after-thegame party at Bill Round's apartment. T o m Jones, T o m Schuler and Andrea, Mad-dog Mooney and yours truly showed up from Quantico. R o n Lanning, Rich Been, Ed Burnette and Jim D e v i n represented those still hanging on at the Academy.

A long-hair invasion of O'Bannon Hall by Ryskamp, Lanning and Harrington sparked a reunion party in Tom Jones' room that resulted in a midnight visit from the JOOD. The party then moved to Goose Byers' apartment where it eventually came to an end with an evicrion warning from an unsympathetic apartment manager.

The '72 tent-and-keg was a bit over-shadowed at homecoming by the circus tents of some of the older classes. Consequenriy, not too many found their way to the pre-game festivities. But have no fear, the beer wasn't wasted—just transferred to Bill Round's place for the after-the-game victory celebration.

70 Matrimonially, Ben Tenaglia writes from Vdlanova U. (Box 1236, Villanova U., Villanova, Pa.) that Bob Liggett and Janet Morgan became Ens. and Mrs. Liggett at the Chapel 1 Sept. Congratulations to both.

Thanks for the word, Ben. Drop us a line about college life.

Debbie and Jim Goddard are rocking out in San Diego (550 Oxford Street, Apt. 607, Chula Vista, Cal.) before taking his DD across the Big Water—if the ship's glue and baling wire supply

holds out. Beefer Davidson and John McLaughlin had an apartment in the same building until a going-away party for Rick G a l l u p forced them to look elsewhere for new quarters.

But the word is—the party was worth it.

Rumor has it that D o n White, Mike Gorman, D o n Frahler, Greg Lane and certainly others have been seeing some action lately. Keep your heads down, don't fall overboard, and write us about what's happening.

The Lucky Bag was mailed out about 20 October to your home addresses. If it hasn't been received by now, write me direcdy at T.B.S. (Frank Gibson, C-2 Company, Box 40, T.B.S., M.C.B. Quantico, Va.) and I'll see that you get your copies.

Any comments, pro or con, are also solicited.

We need more letters to make this column go.

Marriages, transfers, adventures, parties, where you've been, whom you've seen—anything—just write.

Merry Christmas.

Chapter News AKRON-CANTON Mr. E. L. Coen 1053 Rotch Ave., N.E. Massillon, OH 44646

ALBUQUERQUE Mr. Manuel P. Sanchez 1805 Lafayette Dr., N.E. Albuquerque, NM 87106

ANNAPOLIS Lt. David C. Wayne, USN 4 C Sellers Rd., Arundel Estates Annapolis, MD 21402

ATLANTA Capt. Roger Carlquist, USN CO, NAS, Marietta, GA 30060

BALTIMORE Mr. Delano J. Fitzgerald 115 Tunbridge Rd. Baltimore, MD 21212 The Baltimore chapter met at the Penn Hotel in Towson on 17 October. Present were: John Harper '22, John Johannesen '23, Val Havard '26, Bev Bristor '27, Debbie Fitzgerald '27, Fred Weiss '30, Bob Goll '42, Dick King '42, John Jennings '46 and John Seney, associate.

It was decided that despite the small turnouts meetings would be continued in the traditional pattern, stag on the third Tuesdays of October and March and mixed on the same Tuesdays of December and May. The December meeting this year will be the customary recruitment meeting.

John Jennings '46 was elected president of the chapter.

Busik and allowing him to brief the officers and trustees on various areas of interest at the Academy, to assist in planning for the upcoming "Operation Information" at Christmas, and discuss membership drive plans. At the luncheon meeting he presented members with an interesting and informative look at the plans of the Association, a look at Navy's football prospects, and answered many questions from the floor. Over 40 alumni were present, representing classes from '08 to '72.

This also was the first meeting for the newly installed officers and trustees elected at last May's annua! meeting. The new president is Hugh Wayman Howard '37; vice-president, Robert H. Wescott '37; treasurer, Wdliam J. Beck III '63; and secretary, G. Gilbert Tallau '56. Re-elected as National Trustee to Alumni House was Walter J. Toner, Jr. '43. Local trustees are Henry A. Ingram '22, William J. Daly '41, and Gdbert A. Buccola '54.

The schedule of meetings for the coming year for the Boston chapter is as follows: 1972: 12 December—evening meeting at Hanscom Field, Bedford; 1973: 9 January—luncheon, Charlestown Shipyard; 13 February—same as January; 13 March—evening meeting. Coast Guard Club (hope to have Coach John Masur of the Patriots); 14 April (Saturday)—joint meeting with New London and Newport chapters at New London; and 8 May (Saturday)—visit Maine Maritime Academy—guest speaker and host, RAdm. Ted Rodgers '40.

Any alumnus moving into the area is welcomed to the chapter and encouraged to contact either the president or secretary for a schedule of meetings.

BREMERTON LCdr. Warren A. Chase, USN (Ret.) 553 Juniper Bremerton, WA 98310

BOSTON Mr. G. Gilbert Tallau The Faulkner Hospital 1153 Centre St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Noon—2nd Tuesday Charlestown O' Club The first meeting of the new year was held at the Charlestown Naval Shipyard Officers' Club on 12 September. Guest speaker was Capt. Bill Busik '43, Executive Director of the Alumni Association. The regular meeting was preceded by an Executive Committee meeting, welcoming Capt.

BUFFALO Mr. William Ciesla 81 Hdton Dr. Kenmore, NY 14217

CHARLESTON, S. C. Lt. C. G . M e n d e n h a l l , III, USN 21 Archdale St. Charleston, SC 29401

CHICAGO Mr. James W. Gillman Box 13—Union League Club 65 W. Jackson St. Chicago, IL 60604 1900—1st Friday Naval Armory

CINCINNATI Mr. Robert E. Reid 102 Burns Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45215 CLEVELAISfD Mr. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr. 16401 Marquis Ave. Cleveland, OH 44111

COLORADO Mr. Ernest B. Granville 5245 E. Iliff Ave. Denver, CO 80222

COLUMBIA Contact: RAdm. W m . L. Anderson, USN (Ret.) Rt. 1, Box 44C Chapin, SC 29036 Inactive

COLUMBUS Mr. L. D e k e Lang 358 W. Cassady Ave. Columbus, OH 43209

CONNECTICUT Lt. Jay N o e l Whiting, USN Curiosity Lane Essex, CT 06426 Quarterly Varies in different parts of the state

CARACAS Maj. A n g e l o Fernandez, USMC USNAVSEC, USMILGP c/o U. S. Embassy APO, New York 09893 1230—1st Thursday Club 200

CORONADO Mr. William H. Krumrei 5561 Fontaine St. San Diego, CA 92120 1800—2nd Tuesday North Island O Club

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DETROIT RAdm. L. J. Jacobi, USNR (Ret.) 729 Fisher Rd. Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

EUROPEAN Mr. Lawrence A. N o v a k Verson Europa, S.A. 51, Rue de la Vdlette Charleroi, Belgium

FLORIDA SPACE COAST Cdr. J. I. Hightower, (SC) USN (Ret.) 1010 N. Fiske Blvd.

Apt. 23 Cocoa, FL 32922 1200—3rd Saturday Varies

HOUSTON Lt. R. A. Kutch, USN 5707 Creekbend Houston, TX 77035 First Friday—11:30 Houston Club

HUNTSVILLE Cdr. Russell Croft, USN (Ret.) 8008 Allison Dr., S.E. Huntsville, AL 35802

INDIANAPOLIS Mr. Joseph F. Paull 6860 Chaucer Ct. Indianapolis, IN 46220

JACKSONVILLE Mr. Richard K. Gaines, Jr. P.O. Box 21, Ortega Station Jack,sonvine,FL 32210 1st Thursday, Sept.-June At the June meeting of the Jacksonville chapter the new slate of chapter officers was installed.

Among the highlights of the evening were the outgoing remarks of past president. Jack Little. Mr. Litde noted that it was no coincidence that Naval Academy graduates were to be found not only in their various high capacities as Naval officers but in many and varied positions of civilian life from high governmental appointees and business executives to a myriad of important and needed community professions and positions. Mr. Litde noted that there was a certain indefinable trait in all these men that could undoubtedly be traced to their days as midshipmen.

Our new president, George Bains, urged members to make known their desires as far as meetings and format were concerned and hoped that they would recruit as many as possible of the area alumni as members. He looks forward to a fine year for the Jacksonville chapter.

Mayor Hans Tanzler gave a very fine talk about the various aspects of being mayor of Jacksonville at the September meeting in the Mayport Officers' Club. A good turnout heard the mayor mention some of the light moments of his job and some of the heavy moments. He made us aware of the human side of political life, which we are so often apt to forget. Mayor Tanzler thanked the Naval community for its contribution in men and spirit to the growth of the BOLD NEW CITY.

Many thanks to the mayor for giving us such a fine evening. We all enjoyed it.

KANSAS CITY LCdr. John Owen, USNR-R 821 W. 54th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64112

KITTYHAWK Mr. J. W . Gallagher 294 Cherry Dr. Centerville, OH 45459 Monthly, days vary O Club, Wright-Patterson The first fall luncheon of the Kittyhawk chapter was held on 25 September 1972. Maj. Gen. Homer K. Hansen, Aeronautical Systems Division's new vice commander, addressed the gathering. Gen. Hansen commented on his previous assignments in SEA and Washington. He pointed out the importance of maintaining a strong integrated effort between the operational and research communities within the Air Force and illustrated the progress being made in this area.

Then, on Saturday, 7 October 1972, we joined the Michigan alumni for what is becoming an annual football excursion to .\nn Arbor. The bus trip, the dinner at the Plantation Inn, even the weather was great.

At the October luncheon Maj. Bill Hodge '57, a graduate student at the AFIT School of Systems Management, discussed and highlighted his thesis for his Master's degree, "A History and Analysis of Naval Academy Graduates in the Air Force."

LCol. Bo and Jo Newsome '54 have graciously invited the Kittyhawk chapter and their families to a picnic on their farm near Piqua, Ohio. Horseback riding, touch football and fishing are on the agenda.

LOS ANGELES Mr. Peter R. W h i t e 3234 Larissa Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90026 1900—3rd Wednesday Allen Center, LB Naval Station

LOUISVILLE Mr. Willis H. Fisher 230 Kenwood Hill Rd. Louisvdle, KY 40214

LYNCHBURG Mr. Robert E. Schmidt 229 Chesterfield Rd. Lynchburg, VA 24503 The August activity of the Lynchburg chapter was a delightful evening at the Peaks of Otter Lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Cocktails were enjoyed in a private dining room, followed by a tour through the buffet line.

Present to enjoy the occasion were Bruce and Helene Abel '64, Frank and Mary Buder '43, Si and Ann Daugherty '58, Bud and Diane Humphries '65, John and Marie Jacobsen '46, Dave and Ellen McCarthy '59, George and Jeanne McDaniel '39, Ed and Laura McLyman '65, Tom and Lorena Moore '24, Mike and Pat Morley '61, Gary and Anne Newkirk '66, Bill and Sherrie Purdy '65, Bruce and Sandi Richey '64, Bob and Ginny Schmidt '61, Roger and Joanne Tetrault '63, Dick

and Margaret Vopelak '62, and Dick and Beth Wiseman '50.

MILWAUKEE LCdr. T . C. Cheney, Jr., USNR-R 988 Chesterton Ct. Oconomowoc, WI 53066

NEW ORLEANS LCdr. L. I. Cole, USNR OINC, NWSED, NAS New Orleans, LA 70140

NEWPORT Capt. P. C. Staley, USN (Ret.) 2 Kane Ave. Middletown, RI 02840 1830—last Tuesday, Sept.-June OClub

NEW YORK Mr. John R. Antonicelli 83 Overlook Ave. Eastchester, NY 10707 Noon—3rd Tuesday NYU Club/Williams Club

NORTH TEXAS Mr. Frank A. Liberato 3311 Woodford Dr. Arlington, TX 76013 1130—4th Thursday City Club

OKLAHOMA CITY RAdm. Lewis E. Coley, USN (Ret.) 4212 N. Harvey Parkway Oklahoma City, OK 73118 ORLANDO Mr. John I. Cumberland, Jr. 358 Starling Rd. Winter Park, FL 32789 1130—2nd Friday, Sept.-June NTC O Club The greater Orlando chapter held a joint meeting with the Orlando chapter of the Navy League on 13 October, with wives in attendance. Dr. Lou Brady, President of the NL local chapter, introduced Capt. Gilooly, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Training Center, who, in turn, introduced the speaker, Viv Hirsch, Vice President of the National Navy League, who gave an interesting background of their activities.

The following active duty officers were present: Capt. Gilooly, NTC; Capt. Burkhart, Chief Staff Officer, NTC; Capt. Anderson, (MC) C O .

Naval Hospital; Capt. Haislip, C O . Recruit Training Command; Capt. Payne, ChC, NTC Chaplain; Capt. Finley, C O . Naval Training Devices Center, and Col. Tweedy, USMC, Senior Marine Officer, NTC. Cdr. Joe Ball, USN (Ret.), read a proclamation signed by Orlando's Mayor Langford establishing Navy Day in Orlando.

In addition to about 20 Navy Leaguers, the following regular members and guests were present: Jack Beardall '41, Henry Bernstein '26, Curt Cordell '46, John Cumberland '44, Paul Dudley, Bill Davenport '36, Ed Dillard '56, Joe Febel '60, Pat Finnegan '35, Bill Fuller '39, Enders Huey '41, Dick Jack '35, Dave Kribs '45,

72 Jim Marks '38, Don Neddo '40, Chadie Nicholson '19, Rollo Norgaard '28, Dave Rau '22, Herm Ray '29, Bob Rice '27, George Robdlard '24, Bill Rossell '35, Mike Sellars '34, Bill Sims '45, Harry Smith '30, G. Varni '59, Max Wells '22, Dick White '33, Joe Williams '40. Earl Piper '27 is recovering from a lung operation and is in good shape.

PENINSULA VAdm. Chester C. Smith, USN (Ret.) 357 Yerba Buena Ave. Los Altos, CA 94022

PENSACOLA Cdr. H. J. McRoberts, USN (Ret.) 2371 Bayou Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32503 At the September meeting of the Pensacola chapter RAdm. Jim Ferris, Chief of Naval Air Training at Corpus Christi, was the principal speaker. He spoke to 100 members and associate members about the Naval Air Training Command's plan for future training of Naval Aviators so that the high quality of the wearers of the Wings of Gold will be kept there—high quality— whde saving the tax dollar. This will be accomplished largely through the employment of technically advanced synthetic trainers and a larger stint of primary training to eliminate those who do not measure up in the earlier stages of the program.

RAdm. Ferris al.so enjoyed a reunion with Lee Williams Mitchell and her father-in-law. Bill Williams, at the meeting. When Lee's late husband, Lt. Percy Williams (USNA '55 and All American Lacrosse), reported to carrier duty, RAdm. Ferris was his first skipper. The two families have kept in close touch throughout the years. Lee's oldest son. Jack, now 14, is already making plans to enter the Naval Academy.

PHILADELPHIA Lt. John P. Santucci, USNR 112 Haines Mdl Rd. Delran, NJ 08075 1930—3rd Thursday O Club, Phd. Naval Base

ROCHESTER

SAN FRANCISCO

Mr. Melvin H. Long NROTC Unit River Campus Station Rochester, NY 14637

Mr. Charles W . Butler 360 Marion Ave. Mdl Valley, CA 94941 1815—1st Wednesday Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club

SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. Burrill, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymote Way Sacramento, CA 95822 At a meeting of the chapter officers at the home of President John Daniel '43, Vice-President John C Burrill was designated Shipmate magazine "Reporter" 23 September 1972.

Our newly formed (1971) chapter held its first picnic, a family affair, in the park overlooking Folsom Lake, about 25 mdes east of Sacramento, Saturday, 26 August. Attendees included: Ed and Mary Lee Axtell '48, Jack and Gwen Baker '48, Paul and Alva Basilius '48, Mrs. H. V. Bruns (widow of member of class of '90!), Jack and Carlotta Burrill '38, Horace and Alice Corbett '18, John and Janet Daniel '43, Nappy and Elizabeth Kivette '25, Les and Rosemary Sellers '59 (who came the farthest, from Merced), Mo and Carolyn Slater '42 and Dick and Agnes Stockwell '46.

Mrs. Bruns is an Annapolis girl whose father was a retired Army Officer. She showed the rest of us how to be lively and interesting. Alice Corbett proudly displayed her miniature, now 55 years old, dating back to a 1917 wedding for the early graduation of the class of 1918. In fact it was amazing how many of those present were three-year grads.

Retired Chief Petty Officer Williamson and his superbly disciplined German Shepherd police dog "Ralph" gave us a thrilling and occasionally chilling demonstration of what Ralph does under various commands and situations. When the leash is on collar, Ralph reacts completely different than when leash is on body harness. Chief Williamson is a State Park Ranger. He and VAdm. Kivette knew a lot of the same people who served in the USS MACON (for you younger people that was a dirigible).

Paul Basdius did a great job of printing a roster of alumni (and widows) in this area.

ST. LOUIS PITTSBURGH Mr. David P. Shapland 764 Vanderbilt Dr. Monroevdle, PA 15146 Noon—1st Friday The Pub, Monroevdle

LCdr. Robert F. Diebel, Jr., USN 8658 Old Towne Rd. St. Louis, MO 63132 Quarterly Varies

ST. PETERSBURG RICHMOND RAdm. R. J. Foley, USN (Ret.) 12 Dahlgren Rd. Lower Tuckahoe, Richmond, VA 23233 1200—2nd Monday The Richmond chapter of the Alumni Association has elected the following named officers for the coming year: President, Jewett P. Moncure '20, Vice President, David Chain '60, and Secretary/ Treasurer, Robert J. Foley '27.

Meetings are held at noon, second Monday of each month, at the Engineers Club, located in the Jefferson Hotel.

The Secretary, at the above address, may be reached at phone number 784-3289.

RAdm. M. P. Russillo, USN (Ret.) 16016 4th St. E. St. Petersburg, FL 33708

Thirty-nine of the faithful and their guests appeared at FAdm. Nimitz Club the evening of Wednesday, 4 October. John Dale Hodapp '39 opened the meeting with a few moments of silent prayer in remembrance of the men who lost their lives in NEWPORT NEWS and for our own fellow

alumnus, Frank Wickhorst '27, who passed on 13 September. He was a loyal and long-rime member of this chapter and we will miss him as a friend. Our sympathetic understanding goes to Barbara, his widow. Our chapter made a donation to the Naval Academy Memorial Fund in his memory.

John passed around a "get-well" card for us all to sign which will be mailed to Frank Timberlake '25 who was hospitalized for a hip displacement and is now at home recuperating. A speedy recovery, Frank!

We had the pleasure of welcoming aboard the following "first-rimers" who said they liked to be with us and are planning to join up: Jim Schermerhorn '53, John McMahon '48, Jerry Patton '45 and Art Kealy '67 who, incidentally, had the honor of representing the junior class present.

We were glad to see Bill Dolan '26 who was visiting us from the Seattie chapter. Deac Hans was again senior for the class of 1914. Classes of '44 and '45 this rime shared the honors of the most members present.

The main event of the evening was a fine talk by our own member, Capt. William B. Hayler, '45, USN (Ret.), on the subject "State Maritime Academies." Bill is on the staff of the California Maritime Academy at Vallejo. After rerirement Bill turned to the merchant marine for another career and obtained a Master's license "for Steam or Motor Vessels, Any Gross Tons, Any Ocean."

He has also contributed quite profusely to Naval Institute Proceedings.

The speaker first traced the origin and development of the first nautical schools, starring with New York in 1875, followed by Massachusetts, Maine and Pennsylvania with California on the West Coast and Texas on the Gulf. New York is the largest of the state maririme academies, with an enrollment of 750, is now part of the University of New York and offers a four-year course with degree. Stephen B. Luce was considered to be influenrial in its establishment.

The California Maririme Academy originated in 1929 at Tiburon and after a few years moved to sea. The present Academy was established in 1944 and is nicely located on Carquinez Strait at Vallejo and has its own piers. It is a three-year course with an enrollment of 225 midshipmen.

Major emphasis in the course of instrucrion appears to be on cargo stowage, ship-handling and navigation with considerable "do it yourself" and engineers developing the capability of performing machine shop work to meet emergency repairs.

On the annual cruise, the GOLDEN BEAR, formerly the CRESCENT CITY ( A P A - 2 1 ) , is manned entirely

by the midshipmen and worked with a minimum of supervision. Graduates are expected to qualify for a Third Assistant Engineer's license and the deck personnel a Third Mate's license. Bill showed some excellent slides of the GOLDEN BEAR taken during a cruise.

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SANTA BARBARA

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Capt. H. H. Kait, USN (Ret.) 877 La Mdpita Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Capt. R. J. Badger, USN (Ret.) 926 S. 26th St. Arlington, VA 22202 Noon—3rd Wed., Sept.-May Army-Navy Club

SEATTLE Capt. John R. Middleton, Jr., USN (Ret.) 1637 77di Ave., N.E. Bellevue, WA 98004 1830—1st Wednesday, Sept.-June COM Sand Pt.—Pier 91 Alternate months O Club

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA Cdr. E. C. Powell, USNR (Ret.) 11345 S.W. 108th Ct. Kendall Branch, Miami, FL 33156 Last Saturday—Noon Airliner Motel

his viewpoint but nevertheless were still enchanted by his remarkable fluency and presentation. No speaker of the many heard on this subject has presented a speech so scholarly and convincingly and yet he spoke without the aid of any notes.

The October meeting was held at the ArmyNavy Town Club with about 100 alumni being in attendance. '05 was the senior class, '62 the junior and '27, the speaker's class, had the most members there.

Our speaker was Adm. George Anderson, former CNO and present Chairman of the President's Joint Intelligence Committee as well as President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. He gave us a very stirring address about the need for maintaining a strong military force and particularly a strong Navy. He was, of course, addressing individuals who were in complete agreement with

WILMINGTON Mr. Russell S. Davis, J r .

Box 27 D, R.D. # 2 Hockessin, DE 19707

WINSTON-SALEM Mr. John G. Palmer 4220 Witherow Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Last Call B E A U M O N T , CHARLES D A V I D , JR. '23 (CAPT USN RET), 24 September 1972, Annapolis, MD BRINER, CHARLES EMIL '26 (CAPT USN RET), 2 October 1972, Bethesda, MD BURWELL, J O H N T O ' W N S E N D '01 (LCDR USNR), 30 September 1972, Charles Town, WV CASSARD, PAUL '13 (CAPT USN RET), 8 October 1972, New York City, NY ESTABROOK, WILLIAM SEARS, JR. '30 (CAPT USN RET), 11 September 1972, Tyler, TX GILLAM, E D W I N JAMES '10 (CAPT USN RET), 28 September 1972, Bethesda, MD H A N D S , E D G A R BEACH, JR. '27 (LCDR USNR), 17 September 1972, Minden, LA HENKEL, J O H N FISHER '27 (RADM USN RET), 8 October 1972, La Jolla, CA HICKEY, A N D R E W SAMUEL '06 (CAPT USN RET), 8 February 1972, Kingston, NY H U N T , A L A N T H O R N T O N '24 (COL USMCR RET), 25 September 1972, Santa Barbara, CA K I R T L A N D , FRED D U R R E L '16 (VADM USN RET), 7 October 1972, Roslyn, NY KLINE, R A Y M O N D PHILIP '39 (CAPT USN RET), 1 October 1972, Jacksonville, FL KRAMER, A L W I N D A L T O N '25 (CAPT USN RET), 8 October 1972, Miami, FL LYON, J O H N BALLACHEY '20 (RADM USN RET), 14 October 1972, Tucker, GA McCAUGHEY, SCOTT D O U G L A S '11 (CDR USN RET), 28 September 1972, Long Beach, CA MOFFETT, CHARLES S I M O N T O N '38 (CAPT USN RET), 26 September 1972, Portsmouth, VA MOORE, CHARLES L E I G H T O N , JR. '33 (CAPT USN RET), 8 September 1972, Mdledgeville, GA PILGER, H E N R Y N I C H O L A S '70 ( 1 / L T USMC), 23 September 1972, Crytoya Island, Norway POOR, A U S T I N ENGLISH 59, 3 October 1972, Washington, D.C. RAMSEY, L O G A N CARLISLE '19 (RADM USN RET), 25 September 1972, Philadelphia, PA

R A N K I N , J O H N WILKES '08 (CAPT USN RET), 24 September 1972, Newport, RI ROSS, T H O M A S DASHIELL '17 (LCDR USN RET), 21 September 1972, Oakland, CA SPRAGUE, T H O M A S LAMISON '18 (ADM USN RET), 17 September 1972, Chula Vista, CA T O M L I N S O N , WILLIAM GOSNELL '20 (VADM USN RET), 13 October 1972, Bethesda, MD V O N HASSELN, H A R R Y WILLIAM '18 (CDR USN RET), 27 July 1972, Peabody, MA W A D D E L L , W A R D WILLIAM '09 (CAPT USN RET), 14 September 1972, San Diego, CA WATERS, R O B E R T M I D D L E T O N '45 (CDR USN RET), 3 October 1972, Jacksonville, FL W E I D N E R , R O B E R T EUGENE '46 (CDR USN RET), 6 August 1972, Virginia Beach, VA

H U G O W I L S O N O S T E R H A U S '00 RAdm. Hugo W. Osterhaus, USN (Ret.), died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital on 17 September.

He was the fifth oldest alumnus of the Naval Academy. Funeral services were held in the Ft. Myer Chapel; burial followed in Arlington National Cemetery.

The Norfolk native graduated from the Naval Academy in 1900. He served at sea for eight years and then was assigned to the Washington Navy Yard for two years. During that time he served as a White House Aide. Duty in the USS SYLPH, USS NORTH DAKOTA, USS IDAHO and

USS

MCCALL preceded a four years' assignment at the Naval Academy.

Adm. Osterhaus served at sea during WWI. He was in the USS

ARKANSAS, USS E L OCCIDENTE,

CO of USS WHEELING (for which he received the Navy Cross), and USS ANTIGONE. He also had the Italian War Cross for WWI service.

In June 1919 he reported to the Receiving Ship at Mare Island, Cal. He had additional duty as CO, USS INTREPID until January 1920. He was Captain of the Yard at Mare Island until November 1921 when he had brief duty at the Naval Barracks, Hampton Roads, Va. From January to

July 1922 he was CO, USS ELLIS and then was designated COMDESDIV 40 and CO, USS

GILMER.

In September 1922 he assumed command of the USS PROMETHEUS. TWO years later he began instruction in the senior course at the Naval War College. He was assigned Captain of the Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., in June 1925. In November 1927 he took command of the USS RICHMOND after which he had a tour on the Naval Examining Board and then Bureau of Navigation until June 1932.

Adm. Osterhaus next was COMSUBRON 4 and CO, Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor. He retired on 30 June 1935 but was recalled to active duty during WWII. He served from June 1941 to February 1943 with Patrol Force, 12th Naval District.

From that time until his retirement in September 1945 he was in charge of Training and Personnel activities in that district and had additional duty as Commander, Training Center, Treasure Island.

Surviving is his brother. Dr. Karl Osterhaus of Hampton, Va.; and a granddaughter.

J O H N T O W N S E N D BURWELL '01 LCdr. John Townsend Burwell, USNR (Ret.), died in Charles Town, W. Va., on 30 September.

Services and interment were at the Burwell Cemetery in Old Chapel in Millwood, Va. Born in Millwood, he was a 1901 graduate of the Naval Academy. As a midshipman he was in the Batde of Havana Harbor during the Spanish-American War. He later participated in an expedition through the Isthmus of Panama surveying for the Panama Canal. While there he came down with Yellow Fever, which forced his retirement in 1906.

During WWI and WWII Cdr. Burwell was recalled to active duty. In the latter he served as a member of the ration board.

In his civilian life he worked in real estate and was a farmer. He won many awards as a breeder of Shorthorn catde. He also contributed to various historical publications, wrote several novels and published a play, "The Heretic."

Cdr. Burwell is survived by his widow, Rosalie, Millwood, VA 22646; a son, Charles of New Canaan, Conn.; and five grandchildren.

74 A N D R E W SAMUEL HICKEY '06 Capt. Andrew Samuel Hickey, USN (Ret.), died 8 February in Kingston, N.Y. The Kingston native graduated from the Naval Academy in 1906. During WWI he served in the USS N E W YORK and later was awarded a Letter of Commendation for his services as CO, USS WILKES. In November 1919, as CO, USS MADDOX,

he visited Viborg, Finland, in connection with the American Relief Administration of Supplies for Russia.

Following brief duty at Naval Headquarters, London, he assumed command of the Lafayette Radio Station, Croix d'Hins, Gironde, France in Aprd 1920. He was ordered to the Office of the Naval Attache in Paris in December. In September 1922 he took command of the USS MAHAN. Capt. Hickey was appointed Naval Attache, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Santiago, Chile in 1924. Two years later he was given additional duty as Naval Attache, Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1927 he became CO, USS SAPELO and transferred as XO, USS MISSISSIPPI in December 1928. From November 1929 to June 1930 he served in the Office of Naval Intelligence. During the course of his tour there he also served as Vice President of the National Board of Elections in Nicaragua.

In June 1931 he reported for instruction at the Naval War College. Following two years as CO, USS HENDERSON, he reported as Assistant Superintendent of the Naval Observatory in Washington, D. C From October 1937 to June 1939 he was COMDESRON 3, Battle Force. He then served as Chief of Staff and Aide to Com 15 and transferred to Com 3 in February 1941. Brief duty as Naval Attache, Lisbon, Portugal and Madrid, was followed by his assignment as Naval Inspector of Ordnance, Providence, R.I. from September 1941 to October 1942. During the latter tour he served as Aide to the King of Greece during his U.S. visit.

Capt. Hickey served as Naval Attache in Mexico during WWII. For outstanding service there he received the Legion of Merit. He retired in March 1946.

He also had the Cross of Chevalier of Legion of Honor from France, the Mexican Service Medal and the Officer of the Crown of Belgium.

Surviving is his sister, Mary Hickey, 446 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401.

J O H N WILKES R A N K I N '08 Capt. John Wdkes Rankin, USN (Ret.), died in the Newport Naval Hospital on 24 September 1972. Funeral services were held in Emmanuel Church there on the 27th. Honorary pallbearers were Como. Gad Morgan '16, USN (Ret.), Capt.

Harry Heneberger '25, USN (Ret.), Capt. George Hawes '40, USN (Ret.), and Capt. Eugene Henry '39, USN (Ret.). Cremation followed and his ashes were buried at sea.

Born in Charlotte, N . C , he was a 1908 graduate of the Naval Academy. Following six years at sea he returned to the Academy as an instructor. Duty in the USS KEARSARGE and USS WYO-

MING preceded a two-year tour in BuOrd. From 1924 to 1926 he served as COMSUBDIV 9. He then went to the Naval War College as a student and stayed an additional two years as a member of the staff.

Capt. Rankin became XO, USS RALEIGH in September 1929. In June 1931 he was again ordered to the staff of the Naval War College. Following a year in the staff of CinCUS he took command of the USS HOLLAND. He became Chief of Staff and Aide to Com 16 in August 1936.

In 1938 he became CO of the newly-commissioned USS PHOENIX. TWO years later he reported as Inspector of Ordnance in Charge of Naval Ammunition Depot, Puget Sound. He retired from there on 1 January 1947.

Capt. Rankin is survived by his widow, Betty, 27 Everett St., Newport, RI 02840; two daughters, Louise, wife of LCdr. Warren Walker, Jr. '40, USN (Ret.), of Ardmore, Pa. and Mrs. Rosalie Fonda of Durham, N . C ; a brother; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

L L O Y D C R O W STARK '08 Mr. Lloyd C Stark, ex-governor of Missouri, died on 17 September after suffering a stroke at his home in Clayton, Mo. Funeral services were held in the Episcopal Church in Louisiana, Mo.; burial followed there.

Born in Louisiana, Mo., he was a 1908 graduate of the Naval Academy. He served in the Navy for eight years and during WWI transferred to the Army and attained the rank of major. He then left the service and joined his brothers in the family business. Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards. That business was founded by his family in 1816 and was the first commercial nursery west of the Mississippi River. The firm is still known around the world as the developer of Stark's Delicious and Golden Delicious apples.

Mr. Stark won the governorship of Missouri in the 1936 election in a landslide with the help of the political machine of the late Tom Pendergast.

He helped smash that machine when he took office.

He replaced the machine's election board in Kansas City, pushed through legislation to put the Kansas City and St. Louis police boards under state control and fought election fraud in those cities. Gov. Stark also attacked wide-open vice gambling in Kansas City and his investigators provided the information that enabled a grand jury to return 162 indictments that broke the machine.

He served as governor from 1937 to 1941. Before the end of that term he began campaigning for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. He fell 8,000 short of Harry S. Truman, who was backed by Pendergast.

Gov. Stark returned to the famdy business after the Senate defeat.

His first wife died in 1930. Among his survivors is his widow, Katherine, Aberdeen Farms, Eolia, MO 63344; a son, John W. Stark of Tucson, Ariz.; two daughters, Mrs. Richard E. Strassner of St. Louis and Mrs. Richard Bull; a brother; and a sister.

E D W I N JAMES GILLAM '10 Capt. Edwin James Gillam, USN (Ret.), died 28 September in the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Born in Stanton, Mich., he was a 1910 graduate of the Naval Academy. As a midshipman he played varsity baseball all four years and was captain of the team for two. As a member of the crew of the USS E-2, he was responsible for saving the lives of the crew and for preventing the sinking of that vessel in 1912 in an accident caused by damaged batteries. As a result he was later assigned to work with Thomas Edison to determine whether the Edison then-experimental battery would be acceptable for submarine operations.

During WWI Capt. Gillam was a recruiter in Des Moines, la. and served as an instructor and XO of the Submarine School in New London. His WWII service was in the Office of the CNO and personnel officer on the staff of Adm. H. K. Hewitt in the Med with the 8th Fleet.

During his career he also was navigator of the

USS MILWAUKEE. His accurate plotting to find shoals and reefs marked on the navigational charts of the time laid the ground for the complete revision of the South Pacific Ocean charts.

He retired 1 June 1939 and was recalled to active duty during WWII. His final retirement was 20 October 1945.

Surviving are his widow, Irene, 4000 Cathedral Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20016; a son, Edwin J. Jr. of .\rlington, Va.; and four grandchildren.

SCOTT D O U G L A S M c C A U G H E Y 11 Cdr. Scott Douglas McCaughey, USN (Ret.), died in Memorial Hospital, Long Beach, Cal. on 28 September. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born in Macomb, 111., he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911. As a midshipman he was senior company commander his first class year, the designer of his class crest, art editor of his Lucky Bag, and a letter man in track and football.

During his Naval career he served at sea in survey ships, gunboats, enemy prize ships, monitors, destroyers and batrieships. He also served in the square rigger SEVERN. In the Haitian Campaign of 1917 he was commended by Gen. Smedley Buder, USMC, for bravery under fire while leading a land force company from the USS CONNECTICUT in the capture of Fort Riviere.

Scott Douglas McCaughey '11

Cdr. McCaughey served as XO and navigator of the destroyers BEALE and BADGER in WWI. He

was engaged in ASW and convoy escort operations out of Queenstown, Ireland. After the War his sea duty included the USS CALIFORNIA and USS TEXAS and CO of the USS DOWNS and USS

SMITH THOMPSON. He also distinguished himself as a communications expert whde working in that field in the States and abroad.

In 1938 he graduated from the Naval War College. He then joined the NROTCU at Northwestern University. He retired on physical disability in December 1940 but was recalled to active duty in September 1943 for a three-year tour with the Court Martial in Long Beach, Cal. Surviving are his widow, Gladys, 2518 E. First St., Long Beach, CA 90803; three sons, Scott D. Jr. and David B. McCaughey of Long Beach and Capt. William H. McCaughey, USN (Ret.) '43 of Los Alamitos, Cal.; a daughter, Mrs. Robert J. Williams of Huntsvdle, Ala.; 20 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

75 PAUL C A S S A R D '13 Capt. Paul Cassard, USN (Ret.), died 8 October in New York City. A Requiem Mass was said at the Church of the Resurrection in New York City on 12 October. Burial was in Prince Frederick, Md. Born in Prince Frederick, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1913. For the next seven years he served as sea. In April 1920 he reported for flight training at NAS, Pensacola. After being designated naval aviator he remained on duty as an instructor until June 1922. Following two years with Aircraft Squadrons, Adantic Fleet, he served as XO, NAS, Norfolk.

Capt. Cassard was a member of the Board of Inspection and Survey until December 1926 when he went as the aviation member of the Naval Mission to Brazil. In October 1929 he joined the staff of Commander Scouting Fleet as Aviation Aide. From August 1930 to June 1932 he was XO, USS WRIGHT.

He then returned to NAS, Pensacola as Superintendent of Aviation Training. For the "exceptional record for safe flying" made by that station under his command, he received a Letter of Commendation. From June 1935 to May 1936 he was in the USS ARIZONA and then transferred as XO, USS WYOMING.

In June 1937 Capt. Cassard returned to Annapolis as XO of the Postgraduate School. He completed the senior course at the Naval War College in May 1940 and in June assumed command of the USS ARGONNE. In March 1941 he reported for duty at the Navy Department and later in the Office of Naval Intelligence. During that time, in December 1941, he welcomed the Honorable Winston Churchill in the DUKE OF YORK off the

Virginia Capes and escorted him to Washington for his first conference with President Roosevelt.

In July 1942 he reported for duty to Headquarters, Eastern Sea Frontier, New York. He was retired for physical disability in October 1944 but remained on active duty. He transferred to the Navy Department in December 1944 and finally retired 30 June 1950.

Capt. Cassard was the senior alumnus on the Naval Academy Alumni Association trip to London in May 1972.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Karen C O'Brien; and one grandchild.

THOMAS L A M I S O N S P R A G U E '18 Adm. Thomas L. Sprague, USN (Ret.), died 17 September at the Frederika Convalescent Hospital in Chula Vista, Cal. Born in Lima, Oh., he graduated with the class of 1918 from the Naval Academy. As a midshipman he was managing editor of The Log. After service in the USS CLEVELAND and USS MONTGOMERY he had flight training at NAS, Pensacola, earning his wings in August 1921. Staff duty for Commander Aircraft, Pacific Fleet preceded a year in Observation Squadron 2.

From June 1923 to July 1926 he served at NAS, Pensacola and then reported to Observation Squadron One. Following three years at NAS, San Diego he took command of Scouting Squadron 6 and was Aide to COMCRUDIV 3. In June 1932 he transferred to command of Scouting Squadron Ten. .\i\rr\. Sprague next became Superintendent of the Aeronautical Engine Laboratory, Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia. Sea duty in the USS

CO, USS POCOMOKE and CO, USS CHARGER was

followed by his assignment as Chief of Staff and Aide to Com FAIR, Quonset and to Commander Air Force, Adantic Fleet. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for service in that capacity.

After fitting out the USS INTREPID he took command of her in August 1943. He participated in the campaign leading to the capture of the Marshall Islands and the first carrier attacks on Truk Atoll. After the INTREPID was attacked and damaged by Japanese torpedo planes Adm. Sprague ordered a sail rigged to help steer her 6000 miles to San Francisco for repairs. For outstanding service in that command he received the Legion of Merit.

In July 1944 he became COMCARDIV 22. That division took part in the capture of Saipan and Guam in the Marianas and of Morotai in the New Guinea campaign and later participated in the invasion of Leyte. He received a Gold Star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit, the Navy Cross, and Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon for that service.

He next became COMCARDIV 3 and Task Group 38.1, which engaged in fast carrier pre-invasion operations against the Japanese homeland, earning the Distinguished Service Medal. He also received the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon with Bronze Star.

Adm. Sprague reported as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel in January 1946 and became Chief of Naval Personnel in February 1947. In October 1949 he assumed command of Air Force, Pacific Fleet. He retired 1 April 1952 and was recalled to active duty in 1956 in connection with the negotiations with the Philippine Government in regard to U.S. military and naval bases in the Philippine Islands. His final retirement was in February 1957.

Surviving are his widow, Clair, P.O. Box 281, Coronado, C ^ 92118; a son, Martin C Sprague of Coronado; and a daughter, Mrs. Isabel Spear, also of Coronado.

H A R R Y WILLIAM v o n HASSELN '18 Cdr. Harry William von Hasseln, USN (Ret.), died 27 July at the Pilgrim House in Peabody, Ma,ss. He was buried at Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Mass. on 29 July with graveside services conducted by the Reverend John Gall of the Lutheran Church.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Cdr. von Hasseln attended Boy's High School there and entered the Academy in 1914 with the class of 1918 and was graduated 29 June 1917.

He served consecutively in the USS DUBUKE,

He was a member of the Retired Naval Officers' .Association and the Veterans of World War I. Surviving are his widow, Grace, 97 Lafayette St., Marblehead, MA 01945; daughters, Mrs. Randall Cameron, Jr. and Mrs. John E. Kelley; a son, Harry, Jr.; a sister, Mrs. John B. Stauf; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

L O G A N CARLISLE RAMSEY '19 RAdm. Logan C Ramsey, USN (Ret.), died on 25 September in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital.

Burial with full military honors was at Arlington National Cemetery. Classmates serving as honorary pallbearers were: VAdm. William Callaghan, VAdm. Marshall Greer, VAdm. T G. W. Setde, VAdm. George C Dyer, RAdm. Daniel M. McGurl, RAdm. T. P. Wynkoop, Capt. Donald C King and Capt. C H. Schildhauer.

Born in Washington, D . C , he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1919.

Following three years in the USS TEXAS he had flight training at NAS, Pensacola and was designated naval aviator in December 1921. He served with air squadrons of the Adantic Fleet for two years and then reported to NOB, Hampton Roads, Va. In September 1925 Adm. Ramsey was assigned to the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department. There he organized the Aerial Navigation Section and served as a member of the Federal Board of Maps and Surveys. From August 1927 to September 1929 he served in aviation units in the USS LANGLEY, USS LEXINGTON and USS SARATOGA.

Duty at NAS, Pensacola preceded a tour in the USS N E W YORK and USS CHICAGO.

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USS KENTUCKY and the USS CAMDEN until Jan-

SARATOGA and USS LANCLEY preceded his return

uary 1924 when he was ordered to the Navy Yard, New York, for duty. He joined the USS SAMNAS in May 1926 and in July 1929 reported to the Third Naval District. In March 1931 he transferred to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation plant for duty in charge of fitting out the USS DAHLGREN. He had command of her from commissioning on 1 April 1932 until June 1934 when he reported for duty at the Powder Factory, Indian Head, Md. Cdr. von Hasseln joined the cruiser NORTHAMPTON in April 1936 serving as her First Lieutenant and Damage Control Officer until Aprd 1938. He served in the New York Navy Yard until April 1941 when he was ordered to duty in the Naval Operating Base, Bermuda. His next duty was at the Boston Naval Base until retirement, 1 Jan. 1947.

to NAS, Pensacola as Superintendent of Aviation Training. Consecutive duty as XO, USS RANGER,

Cdr. von Hasseln had the Victory Medal, Patrol Clasp, and the American Defense Service Medal.

Adm. Ramsey completed the junior course at the Naval War College in 1936. He next reported to Bu.^er as head of Industrial War Plans. In April 1941 he joined the staff of Commander Patrol Wing Two. It was his radioed message ("Air Raid. Pearl Harbor. This is no drill.") that told the world of the Japanese attack. Ironically he had written an article enrided "Aerial Attacks on Fleets at Anchor" which was published in 1937 in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz later called that article "a prophecy of Pearl Harbor." Adm. Ramsey was awarded the Legion of Merit and a Gold Star in lieu of a second one for his performance during that period.

He then had duty in connection with the conversion of the aircraft carrier escorts USS CORE and USS BLOCK ISLAND. He took command of the

latter and earned a Bronze Star Medal for participation in anti-submarine warfare. In March 1944 he became Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander

76 Fleet Air at Norfolk. He received a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon for that service.

In June 1945 Adm. Ramsey took command of the newly-commissioned USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

He was assigned Commander, Naval Air Base, 4th Naval District in August 1946. He retired 30 June 1949.

He is the author of The Navigation of Aircraft which was published in 1929 and was for many years the standard text on this subject.

After retirement he became executive vice president of the Spring Garden Institute and was active in civic affairs. He served on the Board of the American Cancer Society, and was a member of the Union League, the New York Hangar of the Quiet Birdmen, MOWW, Retired Officers Association, and the USNA Athletic and Alumni Associations.

Adm. Ramsey is survived by his daughter, Mary Ann Ramsey, 170 Lakeside Rd., Ardmore, PA 19003; and his son, Logan Ramsey, an actor, of North Hollywood, Cal. CHARLES D A V I D B E A U M O N T , JR. ' 2 3 Capt. Charles D. Beaumont, Jr., USN (Ret.), died 24 September in the Annapolis Naval Hospital. Funeral services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel; burial was in the Academy Cemetery.

Born in South Norwalk, Conn., he was a 1923 graduate of the Naval Academy. Duty in the USS ARKANSAS and USS MARYLAND preceded subma-

rine training. Much of his early career was aboard submarines, among them the USS R-6, USS R-10 as CO, and USS HOLLAND. Early shore duty included instructing at the Naval Academy and engineer at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base.

During WWII Capt. Beaumont put the USS ESSEX into commission and served as her engineer officer. Following duty at the Bureau of Engineering he took command of the USS MONTOUR. He then retired on 1 January 1947.

In his civilian life he was a manufacturer's representative for the Aircraft Marine Products of Harrisburg, Pa. and later headed the Annapolis branch of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. He was a member of the Annapolis Rotary Club and the MOWW. He also served as a director of the Maryland National Bank.

Capt. Beaumont is survived by his widow, Jeannette, 14 Franklin St., Annapolis, MD 21401; a daughter, Mrs. Jean B. Cobean of Pleasantville, N.Y.; a son, Charles D. Ill of Old Greenwich, Conn.; and seven grandchildren.

ALAN T H O R N T O N H U N T '24 Col. Alan T. Hunt, USMCR (Ret.), died in a Santa Barbara nursing home on 25 September following a long illness. Services and interment were in the Santa Barbara area.

Col. Hunt was born in New York and served in the Marine Corps before entering the Naval Academy, from which he graduated with the class of 1924. He returned to the Marine Corps for commissioned service after graduation, serving mainly with the 2nd Brigade in Nicaragua. He transferred to the Marine Corps Reserve in 1928.

After qualifying as an airship pilot he served for some years as co-pilot of the Airship VOLUNTEER. Later he became interested in service for the blind, and was engaged in making books for the blind. He returned to active duty in the Marine Corps during WWII, advancing to the rank of colonel. His latest business affiliation was with the Veterans Administration, working in the interests of the blind.

Surviving are his widow, Virginia Minnegerode Hunt, 1524 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; two sons Harry S. and Charles T ; and five grandchildren.

A L W I N D A L T O N KRAMER '25 Capt. Alwin Dalton Kramer, USN (Ret.), died 8 October in the Lutheran Medical Center, Miami, Fla. Funeral services were held in the Ft. Myer Chapel; interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born in Worcester, Mass., he was a 1925 graduate of the Naval Academy. He remained at the Academy after graduation for duty with the rifle team and later participated in the matches at Camp Perry, Oh. After four years at sea he returned to the Academy for duty with the rifle team.

In September 1929 he joined the USS DETROIT. The next summer he again served with the Academy's rifle team and participated in matches, winning the Scott Trophy and the Distinguished Marksman's Medal. He rejoined the USS DETROIT in September 1930. He was detached the following June for a third tour with the Navy rifle team.

The team won the Chemical Warfare Trophy in matches at Camp Perry.

Capt. Kramer was assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in October 1931 for instruction in the Japanese language. In November 1934 he reported to the Office of Naval Intelligence.

From June 1935 to June 1938 he served in the USS DECATUR and as XO, USS WATERS. He then

returned to the Office of Naval Intelligence where he served until May 1943. During that period, he told a Pearl Harbor Board of Inquiry in 1946, he saw 13 messages sent from Tokyo to the Japanese Embassy in Washington. None of these specified war, but his interpretation was that they indicated a break in diplomatic relations. The 14th note, which he did not see until after the attack, announced that attack.

In May 1943 he was ordered to the Joint Intelligence Center in Pearl Harbor. From March 1945 to May 1946 he was again on duty at the Office of Naval Intelligence. He had the Navy Unit Commendation and Ribbon awarded the Naval Communication Intelligence Organization during the War period. His last assignment before retiring on 1 September 1946 was with the Naval Retiring Board.

He setded in Florida and was owner and operator of an avocado and tropical fruit grove. He was an adviser in the making of the recent film, "Tora! Tora! Tora!"

Capt. Kramer is survived by his widow, Mary, 14925 Grafield Dr., Leisure City, Homestead, FL 33030; two sons, Gerald and Alfred; a brother; and a sister.

CHARLES EMIL BRINER ' 2 6 Capt. Charles E. Briner, USN (Ret.), died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital on 2 October. Following funeral services at the Ft. Myer Chapel he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

The Philadelphia native graduated from the Naval Academy in 1926. After three years in the USS MISSISSIPPI he transferred to the USS MER-

viNE. He resigned in December 1929 and entered the Naval Reserve. He worked for the McKay Chain and Forging Co. in Pittsburgh.

Capt. Briner was recalled to active duty in February 1941 and was assigned to the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C. The following year he reported to the Naval Ordnance Plant in Louisville, Ky. as Inspector of Ordnance in Charge

and later became C O . For his services there he received a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon.

From October 1944 to September 1948 he served at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard as ordnance officer. Upon completion of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School he was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance as head of the Management Control Branch. In August 1952 he began the course at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He returned to BuOrd in July 1953 as Systems Director for Budget, Facilities and Workload. He also served as BuOrd member of the Navy Research Facilities Review Board and as Deputy Member of the Navy Research and Development Committee.

In April 1955 Capt. Briner reported as Assistant Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory. He took over as Superintendent in September 1958. He retired 1 July 1961.

Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Helen B. Engel of Timonium, Md.; a brother, Capt. Harmon Briner, USN (Ret.) '30 of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; and a sister.

F R A N K H E N R Y W I C K H O R S T '27 Capt. Frank H. Wickhorst, USNR (Ret.), died 13 September in Providence Hospital, Oakland, Ca. Funeral services were held on the 15th in Holy Name College.

Born in Aurora, 111., he attended the U. of Illinois before entering the Naval Academy. As a plebe he was a wresder and on the football and lacrosse teams. The next three years he was a first string tackle on the varsity football team. In 1926 he was named captain of one of Navy's greatest teams which won nine games and ended the Army competition with a 21 -21 tie. At the end of the 1925 season he was named AIlAmerican.

Capt. Wickhorst resigned his commission at graduation in 1927 and accepted a coaching position at the U. of Iowa. He went to the U. of California as line coach four years later. In Aprd 1941 he reported for active duty in the NROTCU there at the U. of California. He went to BuAer in January 1942 and in August 1943 he transferred to duty with DCNO for Air as Director of Naval Air Physical Training. Upon his return to inactive status in 1946 he was named head coach of the U. of California.

From 1947 untd his retirement in 1959 Capt.

Wickhorst served as Director of Personnel Procurement and Training for Kaiser Services (H. J. Kaiser Co.). He retired from the Naval Reserve in Aprd 1965.

Surviving are his widow, Barbara, 8061 Phaeton Dr., Oakland, CA 94605; a sister; and a brother.

WILLIAM SEARS ESTABROOK, JR. '30 Capt. William S. Estabrook, Jr., USN (Ret.), died 11 September in Tyler, Tex. Funeral services were held in Trinity Church in Fayettevdie, N.Y.; burial followed there.

A native of Fayettevdie, N.Y., he was a 1930 graduate of the Naval Academy. After three years in the USS WEST VIRGINIA and USS WATERS, he

was assigned as a student to the Torpedo School in San Diego. From June 1933 to June 1936 he served at sea in the USS HALE, USS LANGLEY, USS RICHMOND and USS COLE.

Capt. Estabrook was a smdent at the Naval Postgraduate School from June 1936 to July 1938.

Following brief duty in the USS MINNEAPOLIS, he transferred as engineer officer to the USS WILSON and then took command of the USS SCHENK. In November 1943 he became CO, USS MERTZ.

77 Two years as a Battalion Officer at the Naval Academy was followed by another sea command, the USS UVALDE. From February 1949 to February 1952 he was assigned to the Bureau of Ships. He next was CO, USS NAVARRO. In January 1953 he was ordered to the Alaskan Sea Frontier as Inspector General.

Following four years in the First Naval District he was assigned Chief of the Naval Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Germany, in April 1958. He retired 1 July 1960.

Among his survivors is his widow, Alice, 7206 Genessee St., Fayetteville, NY 13066.

CHARLES S I M O N T O N MOFFETT '38 Capt. Charles S. Moffett, USN (Ret.), died in the Portsmouth, Va. Naval Hospital on 26 September. Following funeral services in the Ft. Myer Chapel, he was buried with full mditary honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, III., he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1938. Duty in the USS CHICAGO and USS

FANNING was followed by flight training and designation as naval aviator in February 1941.

He then joined VF-71 in the USS WASP and served in combat until she was sunk on 15 September 1942.

For the next two years he served as Operational Fighter Instructor at NAS, Jacksonville. He then took command of VF-16, serving in the USS BON HOMME RICHARD and USS RANDOLPH. For service

in that command he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and a Gold Star in lieu of the Second Air Medal.

In December 1945 Capt. Moffett became Flag Secretary to COMCARDIV One. From July 1946 to June 1948 he was at BuAer after which he took command of the Naval Air Facility, San Juan, P.R. In February 1950 he had duty in connection with aircraft research in the Office of Naval Research. A year later he took command of Tactical Air Control Squadron Two. He served as XO and then CO of the USS SALERNO until September 1954 when he joined the staff of the Naval War College. In February 1957 he reported as Naval Attache, Cairo, Egypt.

From March 1959 to July 1960 he was CO, NAAS, Milton, Fla. He spent a year at the Army Language School before reporting as Naval Attache, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Capt. Moffett was ordered as Staff Planner, Standing Group, NATO in September 1963. A year later he was designated Chief of Staff and Aide, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Southern Command/Commandant, 15th Naval District. He transferred to the staff of CINCLANTFLT in January 1968 and so served until he retired on 1 July 1968.

Among his survivors are his widow, Luella, 932 Oriole Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23451; two daughters, Dianne L. Moffett of Virginia Beach and Mrs. Sheila Ruby of Aspen, Col.; a son, Charles S. Jr. of New York City; two brothers, RAdm. W. A. Moffett, Jr., USN (Ret.) '30 of Virginia Beach and Lt. G. H. Moffett, USN (Ret.) '28 of Annapolis; and a sister, Mrs. C Q. Mohan of Charlotte, N.C. R A Y M O N D PHILLIP KLINE '39 Capt. Raymond Phdiip Kline, USN (Ret.), died suddenly 1 Oct. 1972 at Jacksonvdle, Fla. Funeral services were held 4 Oct. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville followed by burial at sea, as he had requested.

He was born in Bloomington, 111. and graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1939. After serving almost two years in USS NORTHAMPTON, he

reported to NAS, Pensacola, in March 1941 for flight training. Designated naval aviator in Nov. 1941, he joined the Advanced Carrier Training Group, Pacific, for further instruction. From April 1942 until April 1944 he piled up a most impressive combat record in the Pacific, flying with five different Bombing Squadrons in four different aircraft carriers, and being awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses and eight Air Medals.

From April 1944 to February 1945 Capt. Kline served as Training Officer with Scouting-Bombing Squadron Five at the Naval Air Station in Miami and, during the latter months of the war and until April 1946, was Planning Officer on the Staff of Commander, Naval Air Operational Training Command, Jacksonvdle, Fla. After a year's service as Flag Lieut, to CINCPACFLT, he was a student at the Naval War College from July 1947 untd May 1948. He had further instruction at NAS, Jacksonville and in September was attached briefly to the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Oceana, Va. He commanded VA-84 at NAS, Jacksonvdle from September 1948 to November 1949, and for the next seven months was a student at the Air University, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala. In June 1950 Capt. Kline reported as Head of the Air Intelligence Branch in the Office of CNO, and in May 1952 was detached for duty as Commander Carrier Air Group Ten. He was a student (Submarine Warfare Employment course) at the Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Va. from December 1953 to February 1954 and then reported as Intelligence Officer at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe. He remained in that assignment until July 1955, when he became XO, NAS, Corpus Christi, Tex. In February 1957 he reported for duty with the precommissioning detail of the USS RANGER at the Fleet Training Center, Norfolk, Va. and joined her as XO upon her commissioning on 10 August 1957. From Aprd 1958 to October 1959, he served as Safety and Plans Officer on the Staff of Commander, Naval Air Force, Adantic Fleet, after which he commanded the Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Adantic, at Norfolk. In September 1961 he assumed command of the USS SEVERN and in November 1962 became CO of the USS BON HOMME RICHARD. A year later

he became Chief of Staff and Aide to ComCarDiv Seven.

Capt Kline was assigned to the Joint Secretariat, JCS in May 1965 and in March 1967 was ordered detached for duty as CO of the Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS, Jacksonville, where he served until his retirement on 30 June 1969.

Survivors include his widow, Sibylla Pringle (Tibby) Kline, 4209 Timuquana Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32210; two brothers, Robert W. Kline of Bloomington, 111. and Ralph E. Kline of Tampa, Fla.; and two sisters, Mrs. Harry E. Smith, of Springfield, Va. and Mrs. Lamont Gosser of Davenport, la.

J O H N SMITHERS D A V I S ' 6 3 CapL John S. Davis, USAF, was killed in a midair collision of two F-4 Phantom jets over the North Sea near Lowestoft, England on 21 August.

Funeral services were held at the AH Saints Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. on 1 September. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Born in Washignton, D . C , he was a 1963 graduate of the Naval Academy. He entered the Air Force upon graduation and was assigned to the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-

Patterson AFB, and then Stanford U. for graduate work. He received his MS degree in 1964.

Capt. Davis flew 100 combat missions over North Vietnam during 1967 and 1968 in an RF4C Phantom. He flew over heavily defended sections in order to photograph the bombing results of the tactical strike forces and to obtain prestrike photos of proposed targets. Approximately one-third of his missions were flown unescorted at night.

In 1969 he attended the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB, Ala. At the time of his death he was stationed with the Royal Air Force at Bentwaters, England.

He was a Life Member of the Alumni Association.

Surviving are his widow, Ann Louise, 4023 Oliver St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015; and two sons, John and William. The famdy has requested that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of contributions to the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

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Vemon Baker Certified E^ibllc Accountant 6302 Blenheim Road Baltimore, Maryland 21212 September 14, 1972 Board of Trustees, The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc. 247 King George Street, Annapolis. Maryland 21402 Gentlemen: I have examined the balance sheet of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Incorporated as of June 30, 1972 and the related statements of income and ejq>ense for the year then ended. My examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such t e s t s of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as I deemed necessary In the circumstances.

In my opinion, the accompanying balance sheet and statements of Income and expense fairly present the financial condition of the United States Naval Academy Alumni AssoclaUon, Incorporated at June 30, 1972 and the results of Its operatlcms for the year then ended in confonnlty with generally accepted accounting [Rlnclples applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceedlng year.

Respectfully submitted«

$ 52,341.97 2,245.50 17,347.04 5,135.13 17.064.21 $ 94,133.85 BOOK VALUE 5105.944.07 10,320.96 3,470.68 32.080.68 29.030.48

S362.473.90

OTHER ASSETS: Cash - Endowment Fund, Liberty National Bank and Trust, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Securities Endowment Fund (Market 5 3 9 9 , 5 5 7 . 6 2 ) * Prepaid Expenses - Schedule A-1 Total Other Assets Total Assets UABIUTIES AND NET WORTH CURRENT LL^BntTIES: Accounts Payable Accrued Taxes Deferred Contributions - Schedule A-1 Total Current Liabilities DEFERRED INCOME: Prepaid Dues - 1973 - Future Prepaid Sales and Advertising Total Deferred Income NET WORTH: General Fund Surplus - Schedule A-1 Endowment Fund Surplus - Schedule A-1 Total Net Worth Total Liabilities and Net Worth

180,847.07

$181.626.83

$ 47,107.07 351,769.69 58.577.56

3,185.25 5,376.70 2.382.60 $ 10,944.55

5120,037.91 4,685.00 1.000.00 125,722.91

$176,463.29 419.304.49

•Bonds not traded June 30, or July 3rd, 1972 Included at cost of S41, 706.53 Bonds traded were up 2.15% over c o s t .

$

S

595.767.78 $732.435.24

12.10 458.50 1.912.00 2.382.60

$154,182.13 S 25 ,004 .84 S

1 ,004 .00 1 ,719 .68

2 ,723 .68

22,281.16 $176,463.29

$252,078.05 29.573.00 $281,651.05 S134,.929,.76 S

1 ,004. .00 1 ,719. 68

1.,723..68 137,653.44 $419,304.49

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC

INCOME:

DEPR. RES. $ 97,104.14 28,552.10 14,294.84 40,995.75 680.00

2,927.26 470.60 48,993.47 6,186.23 $ 58.577.56

GENERAL FUND SURPLUS: Balance July 1, 1971 Add: Income per Statement Less: Restricted contributions Capital Gains On Securities Balance June 30, 1972

BALANCE SHEET As ot lune 30, 1972

CAPITAL ASSETS: Buildings Office Fum and Fixt.

Clubroom Fum. and Fixt.

Alur-.l House Fum. & Fixt.

Equipment - College Ave. Land Total Capital Assets

$

DEFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS: Tenth Company USNA Ninth Company USNA Matching Gifts Total

THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. INC .

CURRENT ASSETS: Cash - Schedule A-l) Accounts Receivable - Shipmate - Alumni House - Insurance Claim Inventories Total Current Assets

$ 21,122.30 5,200.58 20,100.00 5,100.00 319.09 500.00 $ 52.341.97

PREPAID EXPENSES: Insurance Taxes Records Expense Postage, Copyrights, e t c .

Total

ENDOWMENT FUND SURPLUS: Life Membership Fund July 1, 1971 Paid in During Year Balance June 30, 1972 Surplus from Earnings Balance July 1, 1971 Add: Restricted Contributions Gains on sale of Securities Endowment Fund Surplus from Earnings Endowment Fund Surplus June 30, 1972

Vemon Baker Certified Public Accountant

SCHEDULE A-1

For fiscal vear ended Timi2 30, 1972 CASH; LOCATION; Annapolis Banking and Trust Company Capitol City Building and Loan Annapolis Federal Savings and Loan First Federal Savings and Loan Provident Savings Bank Petty Cash Total

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT For fiscal vear ended June 30, 1972 SHIPMATE RECORDS TOTAL

S 28,012.33 Advertising 140,555.65 Dues Subscriptions 13,613.60 and sales Sale of: 28,762.01 Liquor 29,650.62 Food 964.05 Chlnaware 9,057.25 Chairs 1,878.16 Records-Music 1,785.00 Crests Alumni House 10,515.13 Activities Contributions: 191,185.88 General 1,004.00 Restricted Endowment Fund 6,426.78 Dividends 6,974.60 Interest 1,719.68 Capital Gains 3,510.00 Rental Income 607.65 $476,222.39 Totals EXPENSES: Commlssion-AdvS 6,687.89 102,885.32 Mech.&Mall.

Cost of Goods Sold: 15,018.55 Liquor 23,029.30 Food 707.72 Chlnaware 7,239.80 Chairs 1,281.98 Records-Music 1,219.79 Crests Other Clubroom 24,257.85 Costs G & A Expenses 156,880.50 2,793.99 Rental Expense 66.424.89 Total Exp. $408,427.58 Net Income Before Depreciation $ 67,794.81 9,126.34 Depreciation $ 58,668.47 33.663.63 Net Income

S 12,365.58

S 15,646.75 75,476.56

12,068.00

1,545.60

EXHIBrr B ALUMNI HOUSE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION S 65,079.07

$ 28,762.01 29,650.62 964.05 9.057.25 1,878.16 1,785,00 10,515.13 191,185.88 1,004.00

$ 24,433.58

S 92.668.93

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3,098.75 18,860.87

S 82.612.22

6,426.78 6,974.60 1,719.68 3,510.00 607.65 $276,507.66

3,589.14 84,024.45 $ 15,018.55 23,029.30 707.72 7,239.80 1,281.98 1,219.79

47,707.54

50,038.63

24,257.85 16,025.20

$ 43.109.13 2,793.99 66.424.89 $112,328.01

S 69.667.16 $137,652.22 $ 88.780.19 and Fire Loss S (45,233.58) S (44,983.29) S (6,167.97) $ 1 6 4 , 1 7 9 . 6 5 925.42 1.545.72 1.961.73 4.693.47 S (46,159.00) $ (46,529.01) S (8,129.70) $ 1 5 9 , 4 8 6 . 1 8 33,663.63 5 146.159.00) 5 (4b,529.01) S (U.riS. 70) »1Z5.»^2.55

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