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Shipmate ISSN 0488-6720 (USPS 494-440) Executive Director W. S. BUSIK, '43 Captain U. S. Navy (Retired)

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Volume 46, No. 6

July-August, 1983

FEATURES Board of Trustees Meeting 12 NAFAC '83 13 The Danube Passage 15 A Most Important Letter 20 Editorial 21 Episode at Omaha Beach

by VAdm. Lorenzo S. Sabin USN (Ret.) 23 Beachhead Roundup

by Susan Godson Ph.D. 25 Ingenuity

by Capt. Riehard B. Laning USN (Ret.) 28 Perilous Navigation

by Capt. Everett H. Steinmetz USN (Ret.) 29 Needed: Lethal Big Gun Submarines

by Capt. Julius Grigore. Jr. USNR 31 Sea Pressure and Sex

by Adm. LJ. Galantin USN (Ret.) 34 Navy Music

by Charles A. Richardson 43 Commissioning Week 1983 47 DEPARTMENTS Contributors' Biographies 6 A Few Inches From The Yard 45 Sea Breezes 7 Navy Sports 50 The Mail Boat 8 Gift List and Order Form 54 Officers and Trustees 14 Class News 55 All Hands 16 Chapter News 110 Lucky Bag of Books 37 Last Call 114 Capitol Hill 39 Classified Services 118

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USS PICKEREL (SS^524) surfacing at a 72° up angle — an all-time record — off the Philippines in March 1950. Photograph courtesy of Capt. Paul R. Schratz USN (Ret.) '39, then commanding PICKEREL. We regret the blurred picture, but it is the only one extant of this most unusual event.

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THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SHOOT DOWN THE F/A-18 NOW IS MISINFORMATION.

THE F/A-18 ALWAYS COMES BACK FOR MORE. Survivability has been built into every inch of the F/A-18 Hornet.

Penetrating to the target and attacking successfully are the key. As one Hornet pilot said, Tiange doesn't matter unless you can get home Fighter again!" armament Because the Hornet is both » a fighter and an W attack plane, it Surface has a survivabil- attack armament ity advantage no simple bomber has: Unlike all other attack planes, it can fight its way to a target, attack, andfightits way back.

There's a lot more to the survivability of the F/A-18. The pilot has unparalleled threat awareness, vdth 360° visibility, 360° radar warning receiver coverage, and 120° long-range radar detection.

Innovative design throughout the Hornet, including a backup avionics system that allows the pilot to complete the mission and get home safely, reduces vulnerability if the plane is hit.

Because of its supersonic speed and superior maneuverability, the F/A-18 makes a rare target.

It's faster and easier to handle than other attack planes. So it allows a pilot to get in and out of a hostile area more quickly.

That gives the enemy less time, and less chance, to attack. It gives America a plane and a pilot that are ready for more.

THE F/A-18 IS THE PILOT'S CHOICE. As more and more pilotsflythe Hornet, it's becoming the plane they prefer. Because of its dual mission capability, the F/A-18 strike fighter lets a pilot take best advantage of the situation he's

in. The F/A-18 is built for total flexibility: Just the flip of a switch lets the pilot go from fighter to attack mode. The enemy doesn't know which threat he faces. And the Hornet pilot can react instantly to changing combat conditions. That means better accomplishment of his mission and greater survivability.

Pilots also prefer the advanced cockpit of the F/A-18.

It gives the pilot control over an array of vital information that is far superior to data available on other aircraft.

And it's all where it belongs, at eye level. With the F/A-18 head-up display, the pilot can keep his eyes on the sky and watch his mission data at the same time.

Because of its advanced radar and avionics, the Hornet can see in the dark and in bad weather. The F/A-18 is the plane a pilot feels completely confident in when the sun's not shining.

Half the time it isn't.

The Hornet gives a pilot everything he wants in a plane: Cooperation, reassurance, and superiority.

THE F/A-18 IS READY, WILLING AND ABLE. When the United States Navy Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPEVAL) completed its study of the F/A-18 last fall, it gave the plane kudos for many reasons—its multi-roleflexibility,its autonomous operation, its avionics, and other superior qualifies.

One which got the Hornet high marks was availability.

The F/A-18 is easier to maintain than most other planes. The

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General Electric turbofan engines —two of them for safety and performance—each have 8,000 fewer parts than an F-4 engine.

That's 8,000 fewer things to worry about. The maintenance bays are at shoulder height.

So the convenience of keeping their feet on the ground means less time needed for the maintenance crew tofixthe rare problem.

A comparison study shows that the F/A-18 requires less than one-Tiai/'the maintenance manhours per flight hour as an A-6E or an F-14A. Less maintenance and higher reliability translate into lower ownership costs. F/A-18 operating and support costs will be 20 to 40 per cent lower than current fleet aircraft.

The F/A-18 is also more reliable —almost twice as many flight hours between failures as the A-7E, the A-6E, the F-14A, or the F-4S.The F/A-18 is a plane you can count on.

THE F/A-18 IS TWO PLANES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. Because it's capable as both an air-to-air fighter and a groundattack bomber, the F/A-18 is one plane that does the job of two. Its high reliability and easy maintainability add up to low lifecycle costs, and fliat further enhances its cost-efficiency.

No defense budget is unlimited. That's why nations like Canada, Australia and Spain choose to rely on the F/A-18 for their greatest defense value.

And SO does America.

Contributors' Biographies VICE ADMIRAL LORENZO S. SABIN USN (RET.) Sabe Sabin '21, an Ordnance PG, served in surface ships, the Service and Amphibious Forces and in various staff assignments, but his area of expertise was amphibious warfare. In 1942-43 he organized, trained, and led LCI(L) Flotilla 2 on the first trans-oceanic voyage of such craft, participating in the African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns.

At Normandy he commanded the Close Gunfire Support Group and the initial assault convoy, then became Naval O-in-C at Omaha Beach. In 1954 he commanded the operation lifting refugees from North to South Vietnam and in 1955 the evacuation of Chinese nationalists from the Tachen Islands. In 1956 he was ComPhibLant, then served as Chief of Staff to SACLant from 1957 until 1961.

SUSAN H. GODSON, PH.D. Susan Godson was graduated from George Mason University and received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History from American U. Her recent book. Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall and Amphibious Warfare, was reviewed in the October 1982 issue of Shipmate. A niece of Admiral Hall, she is a free-lance writer living in McLean, Virginia, and has published a number of articles on naval history. This is her first contribution to Shipmate.

CAPTAIN RICHARD B. LANING USN (RET.) Dick Laning '40 completed University of California (Berkeley) graduate school (Biophysics) in 1950 and the National War College in 1960. During World War II he served in YORKTOWN (CV-5), HORNET (CV-8), SALMON (SS-182), and STICKLEBACK (SS-415). He later commanded PILOTFISH

(SS-386), and TRUTTA (SS-421), and was commissioning CO of HARDER (SS-668), SEAWOLF (SSN-575), the second nuclear submarine, and PROTEUS (AS-10), the first Polaris tender. After planning billets in OpNav, he retired in 1963 to become a corporate planner with United Aircraft until 1971, and is now a full-time freelance author.

CAPTAIN EVERETT H. STEINMETZ USN (RET.) Steiny Steinmetz '35 spent World War II in submarines, completing eleven war patrols ending with two Navy Crosses in command of USS CREVALLE (SS-291). Postwar assignments included additional tours in submarines, BuOrd, student at the Naval War College, and two tours in Mine Force, Pacific. Command of USS BRYCE CANYON ( A D - 3 6 )

and DesRon Three preceeded assignments as Chief of Staff to ComServRon Three and ComMinPac. In 1965 he retired in the Long Beach area, where he was employed in the association management and personnel fields.

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CAPTAIN JULIUS GRIGORE, JR. USNR-R Julius Grigore was graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy and the University of Detroit. He also completed the Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, and studies for senior reserve officers at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval and National War Colleges. He served in World War II, Korea and four years of the Vietnam crisis.

Of his twenty-six professional articles, he is noted for "Amphibians Against the Fifth Element: Mud," "The Great Lakes for All Seasons," and "The 0-5 Is Down." He is the recognized authority on the Free French submarine SURCOUF, the most powerful submarine of her time.

PAUL R. SCHRATZ '39 Following a distinguished career in submarines and in policy planning in Washington, Paul retired as Captain USN to be come Director of International Studies at the University of Missouri. Later he served on White House-Congressional Commission on Foreign Policy, as a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a professor at Georgetown University. He has been a faculty member of the Naval, Air and National War Colleges, and was the first naval officer to be awarded a Mershon doctoral fellowship at Ohio State and a Wilton Park Fellowship from the British Foreign Office.

JOHN F. SLINKMAN John was the first Editor of Navy Times, serving from 1951 through 1974 and earning the Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award on retirement.

Subsequently he edited The Officer, pubUshed by the Reserve Officers Association, for several years and continues to contribute editorial and special articles to both publications. He has long been a respected member of the Washington Naval and Maritime Correspondents Circle.

THOMAS F. BATES A 1960 graduate of Notre Dame, Tom Bates became Director of Public and Sports Information at Gannon College in Erie, Pa., in 1961, and also was publicity assistant for the AU-American Bowl Football game at Buffalo in 1962-63. In 1967 he was appointed Director of Sports Information at Lafayette College, where his publications won honors for editorial excellence and his peers rewarded him with high offices in their professional associations. He joined Navy's staff in September 1973.

MICHAEL D. MATTEO, JR. Mike Matteo '84 from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, is our midshipman columnist reporting from within Bancroft Hall. In keeping with a tradition begun three years ago, Mike is also a member of the 11th Company. A Political Science major who hopes to attend law school someday, Mike is extremely interested in present world affairs and his ultimate goal for the long future is to succeed in politics. For the moment, however, his interests are more in squash and tennis.

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Paul Schratz

A Sentimental Journey In World War II I placed a sparkling new submarine in commission as Executive Officer. The troops picked for new construction were always quite special; these were superb. Most of the enlisted were fresh from the farm but they were intelligent, well trained, educated, and highly motivated. I was one of the few officers or men who had had combat experience on previous submarine patrols. As one of the few to get off SCORPION before her loss in the Yellow Sea, I was still carrying the torch for my old shipmates. That loss emphasized the problem of working a new crew into a team alert and ready for combat by the time we left the Yard.

A major problem arose shortly after arrival in New Hampshire at the fine old Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. One of omofficers immediately became smitten with a very attractive young lady, a tall bnmette. That was okay, but she was the wife of another officer whose submarine followed ours down the building ways a week later. My officer was one of two in the sub named Wright — nicknamed Wilbur and Orville, naturally. Both were bachelors; Orville was dark complexioned with a somewhat sinister mien disguising a shy, introvert personality. The gossip made him the culprit but he was a real pussycat. WUbur was a tall, wavy-haired blond, angelic looking and a minister's son — and he was the real culprit.

Wilbur and Lily, let's call her, were soon deep in a passionate affair. It often seemed that the only reason the men went to the Yard in the morning was to give the wives a few horn's on the telephone to exchange the latest gossip, and we weren't much better. A first class scandal was in the making and a blow up seemed inevitable.

About this time another wholly unrelated incident produced wholly unanticipated consequences. Endeavoring to stimulate the officers, especially the inexperienced ones, to a full realization of their forthcoming responsibilities in the combat zone, I wrote a short memorandum to help prepare them and their departments for future needs. If a radar or sonar failed in Formosa Strait or off Honshu, it was not an adequate excuse that the necessary replacement part was not on the shipboard allowance list. They Shipmate, July-August 1983

and their technicians were to examine their equipment with extreme care and outfit themselves with spares or substitute parts as necessary, whether or not they happened to be on the allowance list. The Shipyard was the big PX, and it wasn't really stealing, "There is no such thing as a Seventh Commandment in a Navy Yard."

The skipper liked my memo and gave it the highest praise — he adopted it as his own. He took it to the division commander: "Here's a memo I just issued to all my officers and thought you'd be interested." The DivCom took it to the SquadDog and said, "Here's a memo I just issued . . . " who passed it to the ComSubLant CincLant, who sent it to the Chief of Naval Operations. The CNO issued it, over his signatiu^e, as part of a guidance kit sent to all new construction commanding officers throughout the war.

Meanwhile, back to Wilbur and Lily. I liked Lily a lot. She was intelligent, an excellent dancer and fine company.

Wilbur was a superior officer of great potential. But a crisis was brewing and I coimted the days until we could get away from the Yard and be on our way. We finally left Portsmouth for the last time, a week before Lily's husband was to leave in his ship. We headed for Newport and torpedo trials at the Naval Torpedo Station. Lily left with our wardroom wives, and met us on the dock on arrival.

The famed old Viking Hotel was then in its glory. We met every evening in the historic dining room. Wilbur's parents came up from Florida for a last visit before we went off to war and diimer was a gala occasion. About nine o'clock every evening, Wilbur was always the first to make his apologies for an early departure to the sack. As torpedo officer, he was extremely busy and needed the sleep, he claimed, whereupon he disappeared to a room across Bellevue Avenue to the Muenchinger King Hotel and to Lily. Underway at seven each morning, Wilbur barely made the last ferry to the Torpedo Station, only to collapse in his bunk. We saw little of him until he came fully alive when the mooring lines were secured at the end of the day's work.

Arriving at midnight in a driving rainstorm, Lily was the only "wife" waiting on the pier. Wilbur again played fast and loose with working hours until the skipper finally lowered the boom. A big Washington's Birthday Ball celebration at the Club happened just two days before our scheduled departure for the Pacific.

Among other disciplinary measures, Wilbur was specifically forbidden to bring "that woman" to the Club. He arrived a bit late, Lily on his arm, and compounded his crime by missing ship for a routine move onto the marine railway the following morning.

That's when I finally blew my stack. I had been extremely patient and, I hope, understanding, about the affair, making every allowance for our inuninent departure. He had let us all down terribly and, given his potential, I felt greatly disappointed at his repeated transgressions of accepted standards of behavior. Looking at me with increasing disbelief, he finally interrupted, "But you gave me permission!" Astonished, I asked what the devil he was talking about. From his jacket pocket he puUed a ragged copy of the memorandimi on thievery in a shipyard. I learned for the first time that in the St. James version of the Bible, stealing is against the Eighth Commandment; the Seventh is: "Thou shalt not commit adultery."

Finishing at Newport, the ship departed for New London and our last shakedown training under ComSubLant.

For further information, please contact Mid. 1/c Noel H . Enriquez, 19th Company, Bancroft Hall.

The USNA Photography Club Presents a photography show sponsored by the Creative Arts Committee, to be held in Mitscher Hall for Homecoming.

The show features photographs taken by midshipmen of scenes ranging from Summer cruises to the Naval Academy.

All faculty and alumni are cordially invited.

The Show will be open to visitors: Friday Saturday Sunday

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The Mail Boat Negotiation Pays Shipmate: 1 noted with great interest the number of letters commenting on your November 1982 editorial on "Peace and the Nuclear Freeze Movement," especially one from my Classmate Rear Admiral Joe (Slim) Quilter. I am fully in accord with his views.

1 cannot understand President Reagan's refusal to sit down and talk with the head of the USSR on the various options that have been offered by the Russians.

As an old hand in labor relations for a half century, 1 have always advised management and unions to at least listen to each other with open minds. This doesn't mean you have to agree. You have the opportunity to see as well as to hear your adversary state his views. You can also explore those views in great depth without any commitment on your part.

I'm glad to read in the press that our new Secretary of State George Shultz takes this approach in his dealings with heads of foreign nations. 1 would expect this attitude from him as he too is a professional labor negotiator, and we are both colleagues in the American Arbitration Association whose membership believes in listening before you inake up your mind.

Any opportunity to decrease tension and reduce the danger of nuclear war, should be welcomed by our President. Instead of invective and harsh words, it is time to sit down and listen. A nuclear freeze is a good way to begin. The terms and conditions can be agreed upon in joint negotiations without prior conditions.

Matthew Radom '28 Sounds at Sea Shipmate: Concerning the "Hole" in which appears in photos taken on her return from the record-breaking 60-day submerged run in 1958, we too were surprised; hadn't known about it until surfacing just before entering port.

As best we could reconstruct, here is what happened. As we left New London at the start of the patrol we made cruising speed of 15 knots submerged. After the first day we noticed growth of a slight hum of self-noise in the light metal streamlining superstructure near the sail.

The second day we practiced some high SEAWOLF

speed maneuvers with large angles which would have pleased Ned Beach and Paul Schratz. At the completion of these we were emitting very low self-noise again and were delighted. We could only conclude that something loose had departed or tightened-up. We were otherwise unaffected. The prolonged high speed runing by SSNs did bring about change in extra pressure hull structures from those which sufficed in fleet boats.

This vulnerability of light superstructure has probably been a factor in the trend to single hull submarines, even though some feel that single hulls are more vulnerable to contact weapons.

Dick Laning '40 See the article "Ingenuity" in this issue.

Owed to Admiral Carney Shipmate: It is always fun to read "Mick's" letters to the Editor, particularly to those of us whose soundings have gone beyond the 80 fathoms mark to whom his yarns often bring nostalgic remembrances. A recent one regarding the late VAdm. "Tip" Merrill's (Class of 1912) signal to TRENTON was one such.

In the Spring of 1927, I was attached to USS McCoRMiCK ( D D - 2 2 3 ) on the

Asiatic Station. My skipper (and ComDesDiv 39) was Cdr. J. M. (Morris) Smeallie (Class of 1905). LCdr. A. S. ("Tip") Merrill was our squadron (DesRom 15) engineer. He had fleeted up (?) to that job from being skipper of McCORMICK.

DesDiv 39 was making a sortie from Manila Bay for some night training exercises just before "going up to China in the Springtime."

"Tip" had gotten himself ordered to McCoRMicK (he had an enduring affection for his old ship) as staff observer for the maneuvers.

On one exercise, one of his ships (I can't recall which one) did something which puzzled Capt. Smeallie, so he told his signal officer (Ensign Ray) to make a signal to the offending skipper — "For God's sake, what are you doing?"

Since the Signal Book did not seem to have that specific signal, 1 asked the skipper if "Church Pennant Interragatory" would do. He replied, "By all means, make it."

"Tip," sitting alongside the skipper, laughed and said, "That's a hell of a

good signal. Commodore. I'll remember that one. Someday maybe I'll want to use it myself."

He apparently did remember, as attests "Mick's" yarn about his signal to TRENTON! Thanks, "Mick," for making me remember.

C. C. Ray '25 P.S. Personal to Editor. In those days, if we cast our eyes over to the anchorages of the 45th Division and let our gaze linger on NOA, we would frequently see a perky youngster named Roy C. Smith III (whose Dad was NOA'S skipper), strutting around the topside with the general demeanor that he owned the bloody ship!

(Ed note — He did!)

A Reasonable Nickname Shipmate: He was a Filipino mess attendant whose pantrymates called him "Mac"; which seemed odd. So he was queried as to how come he had a nickname usually associated with Gaelic ethnic origins.

In his voluble learn-as-you-earn English, overlaying tribal dialect and church Spanish, he explained that in his barrio, children must be given, in addition to any others, a name of Christian religious significance. That was easily understood.

Trying accurately to quote his description of his intermediate devout name is not necessary, but it was understandable.

It came out "Immaculate Conception."

Apparently, in the pantry, that logically abbreviated to "Mac." R. B. Carney '16 Sixth Fleet Exercise for Franco, 1954 Shipmate: It was one of the worst days 1 had ever experienced as I took USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) into Valencia inner harbor on 10 October 1954. We were to pick up Generalissimo Francisco Franco, staff and media to witness a major fleet exercise, the purpose being to impress El Caudillo with the strength and versatility of the U.S. Fleet, sitting, as it were, in his backyard. We were negotiating a bases treaty with Spain at the time which, if successful, would greatly lighten our logistics chore in the Med. The weather wasn't bad, it was lousy!

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Capt. Sears, VAdm. Combs, Generalissimo Franco

feet high, and the rain was coming down in sheets. Due to the size of his entoiuage. Franco was embarked in a goodsized harbor craft but, while its size acconunodated and protected its passengers, it posed problems for its coxswain in bringing it alongside our accommodation ladder. After several futile passes, I told Bernie Strong, my fine Exec, "Hell, I'm getting imderway to make a lee for these chaps." Which we did, with the stern of our 968-foot hull dangerously close to the shoals of the inner harbor.

With the Spaniards on board and duly greeted by T. S. (Theta) Combs, ComSixthFleet and RAdm. Batt Cruise, ComCarDiv6, their chiefs of staff and several of my key officers, we got underway and headed East at 25K. You won't believe it, but as we approached the exercise area at precisely H-hour, the sky opened up and we steamed into the most beautiful weather you have ever seen.

Not a cloud overhead and here was the Fleet — a sight to behold! Beside the CORAL SEA and her screen, there were several cruisers under Arleigh Burke, many DDs under Don Varian, submarines and a miscellany of supporting vessels.

Franco and Combs made their way to the bridge and we promptly ensconced El Jefe in my chair where he could really see the sights. The fleet was magnificent.

Cruisers were firing broadsides at a distant target, enveloping it in colored splashes. Destroyers were dumping depth charges close aboard. Submarines were doing their bit and we even had Marines on one side of the flight deck firing at targets set up on the opposite side. Our AA batteries were putting biu-sts into a towed sleeve overhead. Some sight, and it was difficult to take it all in at one time.

The final act was the ever-spectacular launch of the air group; a squadron each of F9F Cougar and F2H Banshee fighters was catapulted, AD dive bombers made free deck takeoffs and the A3J heavy bombers were then catapulted. Lastly, the special mission aircraft, early warning birds, etc., took off.

By now the forty-odd visitors had made their way to the after end of the flight deck, where the rows of folding chairs had been set up. At this point I Shipmate, July-August 1983

closed my eyes as the Air Group attacked a sea sled being towed in our wake only a thousand yards astern. Assorted rockets, bombs and gunfire struck the target. The dramatic conclusion of this spectacular display of firepower was a dive bombing attack by a single plane flown by the squadron commander. As one of his officers was heard to exclaim, "Here comes Red Dog Johnson with a load on!" His Douglas Dauntless AD weighed only 12,000 lbs. empty. He did indeed have "a load on" with over 14,000 lbs. of assorted ordnance, which he released right on target with a tremendous blast which scared the hell out of everybody — me the most!

Needless to say, the exercise was a huge success — the biggest ever held in the Med — and a fine commentary on the careful planning and execution by Admirals Combs, Cruise and staffs.

After lunch and a guided tour of the ship by our guests, we headed back late afternoon for Valencia, and you guessed it — the same horrible weather. However, we had learned our lesson. A good lee, abreast the wind and sea, had the motor launch quickly alongside the gangway loading its happy and much impressed passengers. Another day in the life of a Sixth Fleet skipper.

Harry Sears '28 Is This Understood?

Shipmate: Reduction of paperwork has long been a concept devoutly to be wished. Even way back in the days B.C. (before computers), countless efforts were made to communicate clearly with maximum conciseness and minimum verbosity. Some efforts succeeded; others never got off the ground, including one occasion when my attempt in this area could not be labelled an unqualified success.

Clarence Selby "Pluvie" Kemff '97, rear admiral USN, was Commander Battleship Division One and I was his Flag Secretary. The Admiral was a clever, pragmatic boss who made it clear to his staff that he wanted us to show initiative at all times, and particularly not to bother him with routine minor matters. 1 assumed that reduction of ordinary paperwork came under the latter heading.

The long-standing and long-winded '' From-To-Subject-ReferencesEnclosures" format was acceptable for important, official communications; but there was much intra-Division correspondence which could be handled more simply and less formally — at least so 1 thought. I had the print shop run off simple memo forms which could be used in routine communications to the Commanding Officers of the four battleships in the Division. The basic plan was to reduce wording to a minimum and to use abbreviations wherever possible.

Printed at the top of the page was the

heading "ComBatDiv One Memo." Just below the heading was "To CO " with space to fill in the abbreviation for each of the four old ironsides which comprised BatDivOne — ARKANSAS, WYOMING, TEXAS, and NEW YORK. The prefix

USS was not included.

The first day the new memo form was used was for some minor conmiunication long since forgotten, so I signed it "By Direction." When it went out for delivery and almost before you could say Holy Smokes, I was astounded to see the skipper of the Flagship TEXAS, Captain (later Vice Admiral) Sherwood A. Taffinder '06 standing in the doorway of my office. I jumped to my feet to greet him. He lost no time in explaining his unexpected visit...

"Fitz, sit down!" — Smiling, but not fooling. I sat at attention.

"— you can call me SHERRY" — Trouble. I wouldn't call him anything but "Captain" " — you can call me TAFF" — Something wrong. I'd better call him "Captain, Sir." " — you can call me BULL" — His nickname, but decidedly not for me. " — you can even call me CAPTAIN" — A needle, but said with a disarming smile. " — but I'll break your neck if you ever again call me CO-TEX\\\" The ship's print shop ran off amended memo forms that afternoon.

W. F. Fitzgerald, Jr. '21 Out for Blood Shipmate: In December 1944 my small radio intercept team and I reported on board USS NATOMA BAY (CVE-62) to the late Adm. Felix B. Stump '17, from whom I heard the major details of our next operation against Mindoro. During the preparatory period, the Admiral was very busy conferring with commanders of other units assigned to him. On one of these evenings he did not return to NATOMA BAY until well after the movie was in progress on the hangar deck. The film was Dracula's Cousin, another Bela Lugosi vampire flick with "Count Alucard," (Dracula spelled backwards) as the protagonist.

The movie had been in progress for some twenty minutes when Admiral Stump's barge approached the gangway.

Count Alucard had emerged from his coffin and embarked on his first nefarious mission, dressed immaculately in the Bela Lugosi vampire cloak. Approaching the house of his first victim-tobe, he pulled out a calling card inscribed "Count Alucard". After a slow but hefty knock on the door, he was greeted by a butler, to whom he proffered the card and demanded, in chiUing but stentorian tones, "Announce me."

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But, as Count Alucard was knocking on the door, the OOD sighted the Admiral's barge approaching and sounded the proper gongs on the loudspeaker system. Immediately after Count Alucard's demand to "Announce me," the overpowering announcement came over the loudspeakers throughout the ship and the hangar deck, "ComCarDiv Five. ComCarDiv Five."

The timing could not have been better.

It was split-second perfect. The movie broke up with the crew rolling in the aisles between chairs and bedding rolls.

Forrest R. Biard '34 Mount Washington — A Salvation Shipmate: It would only be natural for seagoing people to question, "Why would a landmark such as the lofty peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, figure in a seagoing situation?"

Well, it was this way.

In December of 1942 I returned from a command in the Pacific Ocean area to take over a new destroyer being built by the fabulous shipbuilders in Bath, Maine.

The EATON ( D D - 5 1 0 ) was delivered to the

Navy at Boston — crew and equipment were aboard. Of the near 350 crewmen, only 48 had ever been to sea! Since the vast majority of them came from that 10

state, I dubbed them my "Arkansas Coon Hunters."

It being wartime, the captain of the Navy Yard was anxious for me to get clear and start my shakedown. So on a given afternoon, EATON put to sea in a severe north-easterly gale. Seas were mountainous and in a very short while, ninety percent of my landlubbers were suffering from mal-de-mer. First to fail was the gyro compass, so we had to shift to magnetic, compensation of which was not too good.

22 November Open USNA HQ HuntingtonSheraton Hotel, Pasadena 23 November 1530—Army and Navy Bands, Navy Drum and Bugle Corps at Pasadena City College 2000—Army and Navy Glee Club/ TV Pasadena Civic Auditorium 24 November Mids Thanksgiving dinner with hosts 1830—Pep rally at Disneyland 1930—Disneyland open for mids, cadets, hosts, alumni and friends (modest fee) 25 November 0630—Parade formation, Pasadena 08(X)—Navy tent open, brunch and cash bar 0800—Parade 0850—Army march-on in Rose Bowl 0935—Navy march-on 1145 — Kickoff for game 1530—Navy tent open, post-game celebration by classes (finger food, no host bars) 1800—Alumni reception. Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles Further details in September Shipmate

we got a fix from which I laid a course for Casco. As per doctrine, the ship was due off there a half hoiu before daylight.

With special lookouts stationed in the bow, I was overwhelmed and happy when at almost precisely the anticipated time of arrival, a voice from there reported, "Buoy sighted 1000 yards ahead." It marked the entrance to the swept channel leading to Casco Bay! God bless Mt. Washington!

Edward L. Beck '25

I elected to steam in a rectangular course during the night 'til it became time to head for Casco Bay. At about 0300 I asked my navigator for a course to our destination. He, being seasick, was vague and uncertain. Consequently, I entered the radar compartment off the bridge, wherein a good old seasoned radar man, an Irishman by the name of O'Flaharty, was on duty. I asked him what could he pick up to get a fix — and he told me the only thing he could get was Cape Cod, but added, "Captain, here to the northwest is something I pick up and can get a good bearing. Do you think it could be Mt. Washington?" he asked. I checked and believed we had something worth trying.

With its bearing and that of Cape Cod, Shipmate, July-August 1983

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Board of Trustees Meeting 26 May 1983

Executive Director's Report (Highlights) Membership — We closed the membership year on 28 February with a total of 22,586 members, a net gmn of 855 over 1982. Of these, 9,582 were Life and 13,004 Regular Members. In addition, there were nine Honorary Members (now eight with the subsequent death of Prof.

Donald GiUey — see "All Hands") and 124 Associate Members, with 1,717 widow subscribers to Shipmate. When General P. X. Kelley becomes Commandant of the Marine Corps on 1 July, he will be extended Honorary Membership.

Records — At the end of May we complete the transition from a leasing arrangement with CADCOM to our own in-house computer system. This will not only handle all alumni records and Register data, but also accounting and bookkeeping, fund raising and word processing. The new system enables us to provide more and better services to members, classes and chapters in a more economical manner.

Annual Fund Drive — As of 1 May, the Annual Fund Drive had produced a total of $522,366 from 5,954 individual donors, compared to $416,297 from 4,926 donors in all of FY '82. Other restricted and unrestricted donations from 14 donors provided an additional $420,160 for a grand total of $942,526.

(By 26 May the grand total had exceeded $1,000,000.) Of particular note were roughly 1,000 more donors than last year and an encouraging high participation by the younger classes.

Planned Giving Program — The Alumni Association continues to benefit from the generosity of many alumni as shown in trust funds and bequests. For example, from the second George H. Schneider '21 will, we have paid for our new computer system and have $105,694 under investment in the Contingency Fund.

Capital Campaign — The Superintendent has asked RAdm. Mike Marschall '45 to head a long-range master planning committee, and the case statement (what is needed and why) is being routed to those whose inputs are necessary for final refinement and approval. However, two important points should be noted: (1) Before kicking off the fund raising campaign, we will first ascertain the intention of the Government to support or not the listed projects, and (2) the campaign will not be addressed to the alumni body but

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to funds, corporations and some individual givers.

Insurance and Investment Programs — The Group Insurance Program continues to grow in healthy fashion with 1,256 members and 464 dependents insured for a total coverage of $43,670,000. The Hospital Income Plan includes 224 members and 140 dependents for a total coverage of $56,410.

The Group Investment Program is nearing a million dollar total and frontend loading has again been reduced.

There is now no sales charge for the Chemical and Surveyor Funds and only 2% for the Putnam Income Fund. This program is of especial benefit to midshipmen as part of their estate-building plans, and we find many second classmen opening investment accounts as well as more and more older alumni.

Life Membership Fund — All life membership fees are deposited in this fund, which continues to generate sufficient income to support the life members.

It is, however, under constant review to insure the viable continuation of that support. At present the Fund investments are valued above cost, with a 12% appreciation and an 8.7% return on investment.

Publications — The noteworthy item is that Roy Smith has requested retirement as soon as a qualified relief can be selected and have a sound turnover. The search for a relief should be concluded by 1 June with a good number of candidates in consideration.

The May issue of Shipmate contained articles by Admiral Holloway, former CNO; Admiral Carroll, Commander MSC; and Frank Drozak, President Maritime Trades Dep't. of AFL/CIO. All three, in different fashions, pointed out the criticality of our lack of sealift and its merchant marine base. We therefore printed 100 extra copies of that issue, which the Chief of Legislative Affairs has distributed on Capitol Hill.

Actions by the Board 1. Approved the 1983 election results for officers and trustees of the Alumni Association, and approved the allocation of twelve trustees to local chapters.

2. After a thorough discussion of its provisions, approved the FY '84 budget, totalling $1,341,900 income, $1,325,088 of expenses and $40,000 of depreciation for a net income of $1,812.

3. Renewed for another three years the contracts of the Executive Director and Treasurer of the Association.

4. Approved a floor motion to invite Capt. Dwight Taylor USNR, of the greater Washington DC area, to become an Associate member.

5. A resolution proposed by the Atlanta Chapter against building a major road access through residential areas to the planned President James E. Carter Library was considered beyond the limits of the Association's charter.

Actions by the Incoming Board 1. Approved memberships of standing committees, except the Nominating Committee, which is presidentially appointed.

2. Set the Fall meeting date for 20 October 1983.

'39 Gavel Presentation — During the luncheon recess, Capt. F. P. Anderson USN (Ret.), President of the Class of 1939, presented the Class's traditional gavel made of wood from USS CONSTITUTION to Mid'n. James H. Flatley IV, a third generation Navy Junior, as President of the Class of 1983. He also welcomed the new class into the alumni body, with 99% life membership, and into the services. ^

Bill Mack turns over to Charlie Minter

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NAFAC '83 Associate Professor Michael C. Halbig, Ph.D., USNA

The twenty-third annual Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference was held on 19-22 April 1983. With news of Pershing II deployments, INF talks, new pressure for trade restrictions, and growing competition within the West for resources and markets on the front page almost daily, this year's theme, "The Western Alliance in Transition", was highly topical. The delegates who gathered in Annapolis represented the largest and most international group ever attending a Foreign Affairs Conference.

With us for the first time were cadets from the Japanese and Canadian Defense and the Brazilian Naval Academies, in addition to their coimterparts from West Germany and Great Britain, who had sent representatives in previous years.

The conference provided an ideal opportunity, particularly in light of this year's topic, for the much talked about "successor generation" to confer on the new challenges the West faces.

In his excellent opening address. Admiral Bobby R. Inman, former Director of Naval Intelligence and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1981-82, outlined the new realities, world-wide, with which this new generation will have to contend. That evening, speaking from his long experience as ambassador in Boim and Moscow, Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., Deputy Secretary of State, 1981-1982, discussed the NATO Alliance in the 1980s.

Wednesday brought us two of the most popular speakers of the entire Conference: Ji Chaozhu of the People's Republic of China and Ralph P. Davidson, Chairman of the Board of Time, Incorporated. Minister Ji, Counselor for Political Affairs at his embassy in Washington, was an especially interesting figure, having served in key duty as interpreter during the historic visits to China

by Henry Kissinger and President Nixon in the early 1970s.

Wednesday evening, the student delegates gathered in Mitscher Hall Auditorium for a panel discussion on "Global Policy for the Alliance: the Sharing of Responsibility." One of the panelists was Jack Mendelssohn, State Department "Diplomat in Residence" in the USNA Political Science Department, 1975-77, and until recently, principal deputy to General Rowney on the START delegation in Geneva.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

As in the past, the actual "heart" of the Conference took place in seminarstyle round tables which convened over the entire four days. Months prior to NAFAC '83, students had been assigned papers researching a particular aspect of the issues facing the Western Alliance.

These papers provided, in aggregate, a sound basis for the discussions in each roimd table and their task of generating a policy proposal to be presented to the Conference as a whole. Captains J. A. Butterfield and William B. Garrett, both '59, Royston C. Hughes, '60, and Captain J. C. Strasser, '63, were among the twenty senior experts from the diplomatic corps, academe, the military, and private industry who chaired this year's ten round tables.

Students discuss "A Viable Defense Policy for NATO"

And Admiral Arleigh Burke observes

Thursday, French Ambassador Bernard Vernier-Pallier, a former chief executive officer of Renault, articulated his country's special place in the West, and

that evening, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Jr. addressed some 500 guests attending the Foreign Affairs Banquet on the role and importance of a 600-ship navy in the West's defense.

The Wrap-Up Session on Friday, gave each of the ten round tables an opportunity to present its policy recommendation to a panel of outside experts: Commander Dennis Blair '68, former Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow, was joined by Dr. John Stempel, Director of the State Department Situation Room, and Major General Indar Jit Rikhye, Indian Army (Ret.), President of the International Peace Academy, a United Nations-sponsored institute for training international negotiators.

Midshipman Randy Wood '83 and his staff did a fine job coordinating the multitudinious details of NAFAC '83.

Their performance in organizing the Conference bodes well for a successful career in the fleet. Just as importantly, their pride and professionalism showed off to our many guests the best traditions of the Naval Academy and the Naval Service.

NAFAC bids farewell later this year to its officer-representative since 1981, Captain Joseph A. Jockel, Director of the Division of U.S. and International Studies, who will be retiring from active service, thus giving up a close involvement with the Foreign Affairs Conference which extends back well over a decade.

Everyone associated with NAFAC, from student delegate on up, owes a large debt of gratitude to this dedicated officer, who has worked hard to assure the success of this and many previous NAFACs. USNA alumni continue to provide us with essential help in the funding of this highly-regarded international gathering.

This year again, Arleigh Burke '23, P. D. Stroop '26, James L. Holloway III '42, Charles S. Minter' 37, Thomas N. Moorer '33, and Wes Burnett '43 joined friends of the Conference from Exxon Corporation and the Sarah Scaife Foundation in raising funds to meet the annual Conference budget, which comes entirely from donor sources. Vice Admiral Mack, President of the Alumni Association, and Captain Busik, Executive Director, join me in thanking these men for their support, which makes NAFAC possible.

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USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OFFICERS President V A D M . CHARLES S . M I N T E R J R . U S N (Ret.) "37,

Annapolis M D Vice President

USNA Alumni Golf Tournament — Homecoming 21 October 1 9 8 3 , USNA Golf Course

(Eastern Area) —

Cliairman: Capt. George V. Zeberlein, Jr. USN (Ret.) '54

A D M . I J. GALANTIN USN (Ret.) ' 3 3 ,

Pinehurst N C

18 Hole Medal Play, Flighted by handicaps but no handicaps used within flights, and a Calloway System flight for those without handicaps

Vice President (Central Area) — M R . J. KiRBY EwiNG '45 Houston T X Vice President

(Western Area) —

C A P T . 'WaLiAM A . ROBINSON USN (Ret.) ' 5 3 ,

Coronado C A Executive Director — C A P T . W . S . BUSIK USN (Ret.) ' 4 3 ,

Annapolis M D Treasurer — C A P T . J. D . OLIVER, J R . USN (Ret.) ' 4 3 ,

Annapolis M D

TRUSTEES Past President — V A D M . 'WILLIAM P . M A C K , USN (Ret.) '37

Annapolis M D Superintendent's

Representative

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C A P T . ALAN K . R ^ F E Y C E C USN '61

USNA, Annapolis M D

At Large (To serve through Spring Meeting 1984) M R . WILLLAM D . CRAWFORD '48 C D R . STEPHEN M . D U N C A N U S N R R '63 C A P T . ROBERT T . S . K E I T H , J R . USN '58 C A P T . JAMES A . LOVELL, J R . USN (Ret.) '52

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1985)

Notes: (1) Individual class-sponsored tournament entries submitted via class sponsor not later than 1 September.

(2) Other individuals should submit own entry application.

(3) Carts to be paid for when signing in at course.

(4) Entry fees are not refundable; they will be used to defray tournament expenses with any remainder going to the Navy Golf Team.

This applies in case inclement weather forces cancellation of the tournament or withdrawal for any reason.

(5) Starting times will be assigned by the Tournament Committee, beginning at 0830 on 21 October.

(6) All entries must be received not later than I October, preferred as soon as possible. Early entry will assure early start.

(7) Wives may play with their husbands.

(8) Make checks payable to USNA Alumni Golf Tournament; $10 for each alumnus, $5 for wives. Mail to Alumni House — Attn: Homecoming '83 Golf Tournament.

(9) See April 1983 Shipmate for further details

C A P T . RICHARD E . FOSTER USN (Ret.) '41 R A D M . PAUL E . HARTMANN USN (Ret.) '37 V A D M . RAYMOND E . P E E T USN (Ret.) '43 C A P T . ROBERT E . Q U I N N J R . C E C USN '56

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1986) L T . F R E D B . H O R N E USN '76 R A D M . DONALD T . P O E USN (Ret.) '45 L G E N . PraLff D . SHUTLER U S M C (Ret.) '48 C A P T . CHARLES W . TRAVIS USN (Ret.) '33

F r o m Local Chapters R A D M . DAVID L . MARTINEAU USN (Ret.) '33

Connecticut V A D M . ROBERT L . TOWNSEND USN (Ret.) '34

Greater Washington, DC Assoc.

M R . JOSEPH N . PORTNEY '52

LOS Angeles C D R . BRADFORD D . SMITH USNRR '62

New York L C D R . P E T E R C . CARROTHERS USNR '63

North Texas M R . JAMES V. HEALY '54

Philadelphia C A P T . STEPHEN N . W H I T E USNR (Ret.) '39

Peninsula V A D M . PAUL D . STROOP USN (Ret.) '26

San Diego/Coronado C O L . CHARLES W . COLE U S A F (Ret.) '53

San Francisco

Please print or type Class

Name _ Address Phone

Check one: Please enter me in: OPEN DIVISION. My handicap is I will advise of any change as of 1 September 1983. (Handicap cards or authorization note from your Pro will be required on signing in.)

CALLOWAY Flight. I do not have an established handicap. In this flight handicap will be determined from tournament scores.

I have enclosed $10 entry fee for myself (and an additional $5 entry fee for my wife).

I have enclosed check for for support of the golf team because I will be unable to enter the tournament.

Yes/No I plan to play simultaneously in the Class of tournament.

Class sponsors will submit a list in order to block class entries together.

Yes/No Request an electric cart.

Yes/No My wife will play with me.

M R . FRANK C . MARTIN '59

Southeast Florida (Miami) M R . JERRY L . M C G A U G H '57

Texas Golf Coast C A P T . DONALD R . J E X USN (Ret.) '47

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The Danube P a s s a g e

Otir two-week itinerary was a rather new one for Alumni Holiday Tours and, we thought, very weU selected. We were a relatively small group — 40 from the University of Rochester and about 30 USNA, so logistics were not difficult and we moved smoothly from one place to another. Budapest, our next stop and the first time for many of us behind the "Iron Curtain," was fascinating, but noticeably dirtier than Vieima. Although much reconstruction has been done in

thirty years, there are still many pockmarks from the shelling of World War II and countless repairs and patches to be seen on the old buildings. We enjoyed programs of wine, gypsy music and hot Hungarian food. At night we climbed the ramparts outside our hotel to watch the full moon rise over the broad panorama of the Danube with its eight bridges spanning the river from old Buda to the somewhat newer industrial and business area of Pest. This, I think, is one of the great sights of the world and truly spectacular.

In Budapest we boarded the good ship THEODOR KORNER for four days on the river. The THEODOR KORNER is not exactly the QE II but a nice little river boat spotlessly clean, with splendid service and delicious meals. We basked in the sunshine, exclaimed at the beautiful scenery, were constantly amazed at the speed of the current in the river and the ease and dispatch with which the Captain maneuvered his ship in and out of the many sets of locks as we worked our way upstream. At Grein, one of the many picturesque villages along the way, we were smilingly welcomed by the local burgomeister and went ashore for a typical German band concert in the square. Our intrepid leader, Jim Oliver, volunteered to lead the band and we all laughed heartily when he ended with a great flourish, but "the band played on."

Ray and Nancy Wilhite '42 enjoy the view of Budapest

Home on the river, MFS THEOIKJR KORNER

On a warm, moon-lit evening in late April, Mike and I sat in Vienna with a group of USNA alumni on the first leg of a trip through the Danube valley.

Spring had come to that beautiful city — fruit trees were in full flower, chestnut trees and masses of lilacs were bursting into bloom. In the countryside bright green and yellow fields stretched for miles in every direction. We had visited that area before so Mike and I elected to skip the side trips to Salzburg and the "Soimd of Music" country. Instead, we spent our few days in Vienna revisiting the wonderful old cathedrals and palaces — Schonbnmn so huge and ornately decorated that it boggles the mind — going to the opera, listening often to the Strauss orchestra in the Stadpark, and, not to be missed, attending a performance of the Boys' Choir, singing their hearts out for the special enjoyment of our group.

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Another evening of eating, drinking wine, music and dancing, and off we went again up river to Passau, where we left the ship and boarded one of the splendid European trains to Mainz and Wiesbaden, our last stop.

In Wiesbaden our hotel was the rather elegant old Nassauer Hof, where we arrived just as many people in evening clothes were strolling through the lovely park across the way enroute to a gala performance at the opera house. Our first impression was therefore one of sophistication and good living, an impression that remained with us during our few days stay and made us hope to return for a longer visit another time.

By now, with many walks over old cobblestone streets behind us, some of us had begun to lose our first adventurous spirit so we missed an optional trip to Heidelberg and chose instead a day's cruise on the Rhine with a visit to the very old Braubach castle. As this turned out to be the very worst walking of the whole trip, we were not quite as smart as we thought we were! Back to the hotel for a festive farewell dinner and our holiday was ended. It had been a happy two weeks.

Norma Honsinger

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All Hands USNA Change of Command VAdm. Edward C. Waller USN '49 has announced that he will be relieved as Superintendent of the Naval Academy by RAdm. Charles R. Larson USN '58 on 31 August and will retire on 1 September.

Admiral Waller says, "I cannot think of anyone I would rather have relieve me."

A profile of Admiral Larson will follow in the September Shipmate.

We will be sorry to see Marty and Ed Waller leave the Academy, but wish them fair winds and following seas wherever they go.

Attention All Hands The following note has been received from Capt. J. O. Coppedge, Director of Athletics: Effective 1 August 1983, new NCAA regulations state that "All contact in person with a prospective student-athlete, or relatives or legal guardian, off-campus for purposes of recruitment shall be made by insitutional staff members. Such inperson, off-campus contact by representatives of an institution's athletic interests is prohibited."

This means that, effective 1 August, the only people who can have face-toface contact off-campus with prospective athletes, their relatives or guardians, are coaches and employees of the Naval Academy. Alumni and friends of the Athletic Association can help by phone, and by sending in the names of prospects, but cannot contact them face-toface. This rule, however, does not apply to Blue and Gold Officers, who recruit all students for the Academy.

Expanded Insurance Eligibility The United Services Automobile Association has expanded eligibility for automobile and all other insurance to include former officers of the Armed Services who resigned prior to reaching retirement status. All alumni who have served on active duty in commissioned status are now eligible for USAA insurance of any kind without having to be now on active duty or retired.

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For those interested, the USAA address is USAA Building, San Antonio TX 78288.

Trident Scholars, 1983-84 Only three Trident Scholars have been selected for the coming academic year: — Douglas J. Brown, whose project is "Synthesis of Steroisomeric-Metal Complexes Using Phase-Transfer Catalysis and Photochemical Transformations."

— Kristine Holderied, whose project is "Analysis of the Effect of Controlled Pressure Charges on the Stimulation of Bioluminescence in Noctiluca marina."

— Bruce L. Lipphardt, whose project is "Factors Affecting the Carbon Dioxide Exchange Between the Atmosphere and the Ocean in the Atlantic Ocean Region."

We wish them well!

Midshipman of the Year Mid'n. Lisa Yustak '83 was named "Midshipman of the Year" by the Greater Annapolis Chamber of Commerce, based on her outstanding leadership and service to the community. The award was presented during the Midshipman of the Year banquet held on 28 April.

Mid'n Yustak, Commandant, and CofC officials

The first woman to receive the award, Yustak was active in the Academy's Big Brother/Big Sisters group. Earlier in the year she received an outstanding leadership award from the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Maryland. She has two "little sisters," aged nine and eleven.

Last year she was secretary of the naval group and this year was its president.

Putting words to action, Yustak also helped establish good community relations while aboard a destroyer last Summer. On a four-day port visit to St. Croix, she and 18 enlisted crew members visited an orphanage to help with painting and repair work.

A 1979 graduate of Alleghany High in Cumberland MD, Lisa was president of the National Honor Society, active in the student government, French and Pep Clubs, ran track and was active in gymnastics. At the Academy she has been a member of the womens gymnastic team and also found time for sailing.

After graduation Yustak has TAD with the Academy's Disbursing Office prior to entering the Supply Corps School in August.

Midshipmen Research Projects Several midshipmen first class (now graduated with the Class of 1983) made important presentations in midshipmanfaculty projects during the Spring of 1983. Michael Boehle, with Prof. Samuel Elder of the Physics Department as his adviser, presented a paper at the Student Section of the American Physical Society in Baltimore which discussed "The Digital Analysis of Vowel Phonemes for Use in Continuous Speech Recognition," the result of a research project course.

Digital analysis was performed on the eleven basic vowel sounds to find a means of achieving phoneme, and thus speech, recognition. Two methods were used in the processing of each phoneme.

The first method made direct comparison of the sampled signal using one cycle of the speech waveform, and the second used finite Fourier Analysis performed over one cycle of the speech waveform.

Darrell Montgomery delivered a paper on "New Evidence on the Evolution of a Post-War Air-Atomic Strategy, 1946-49," at the Harry S Truman Presidential Conference, Hofstra University. Written under the direction of Associate Prof.

Robert Love of the History Department, the paper was the first to exploit newly opened records of the British Admiralty.

Based on research in London and Washington archives, the paper argued that the post-war Joint Chiefs of Staff were forced by President Truman to adopt an air-atomic strategy despite the Shipmate, July-August 1983

inadequacy of American and British military assets to achieve the foreign policy objectives of the administration.

Assistant Professor Richard Souska of the Weapons emd Systems Engineering Department organized a session on modeling and simulation and served as chairman at the 4th annual Pittsburgh Conference on that topic. Joey Miller presented a paper, "Self-Learning Method for Solving Shortest Path Network Problems," in which he summarized his work in his independent study project.

The Great Croquet Bowl Last April neighboring St. John's and the Naval Academy buried the hatchet and replaced it with a mallet, with a solid backgroimd of beer, champagne, and gin tonics enjoyed by players, rooters and spectators. The first "athletic" competition between the two since St. John's gave up intercoUegiate lacrosse after winning two national championships arotmd 1930 was a croquet match played on St. John's campus. VAdm. James Stockdale USN (Ret.) '47, now a member of the St. John's Board of Visitors, opened the match with a ceremonial whack of ball with mallet.

"Navy has to accept any challenge that comes its way," said Mark Hagerott '83, Rhodes Scholar and captain of Navy's team. Cdr. Jim Buttinger '67 of the Academy bought a set and the mids practiced on Worden Field after a Wednesday parade. On Saturday they sallied forth, attired in pieces of various uniforms topped by plastic "boaters" bought for the occasion, to meet the Johnnies — one of whom wore an Army uniform from the pre-World War I days when St. John's was a military school.

Eventually, after a ferocious contest and great rooter excitement on both sides, St. John's emerged victorious by a score of 2-0. Armapolis Mayor Hillman, dressed in colonial garb, presented the winners with "The Annapolis Cup," a three-foot high trophy deposited in the bar of Annapolis's Little Campus Inn for permanent display.

The losers were awarded a croquet set with which to practice for next year. As the Commandant of Midshipmen said, "We'U be back."

Pistol Team Remembrance The Naval Academy Pistol Team Club Room was dedicated at the Academy on 30 April 1983 as a memorial to the late Ens. Kurt T. Israel USN '80, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Israel of Phoenix, Arizona.

Ens. Israel died on 16 February 1981 in a recreational scuba diving accident while assigned to the Navy's nuclear power training school in Orlando, Florida. He had plaimed on entering the submarine service.

While at the Naval Academy, Ens. Israel was a member of the pistol team, earning varsity letters in 1978, 1979 and 1980. In 1979 he was named an AllAmerica marksman, having set a national collegiate record in pistol shooting. He was also on the Superintendent's and the Commandant's Lists for academic achievement and was a member of Tau Beta Pi (Engineering) honor society.

The Kurt Israel composite

Navy's Brett Muhenberg

Croquet is popular enough at St. John's to warrant a Croquet Club and a column in the student newspaper. The columnist, freshman Kevin Heybum, thought it a good idea to encourage friendly relations by challenging Navy to a match. Despite the fact that no croquet set could be found in the Academy, Shipmate, July-August 1983

It is with deep regret that we report the passing of two retired members of the civilian faculty who had served at the Naval Academy for a combined total of almost seventy years. Donald C. Gilley, retired director of musical activities, died on 11 May 1983 in Annapolis. Prof. Gilley came to the Naval Academy in 1944 from the Navy Chaplain's School in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he had directed the choir on a weekly national broadcast entitled "The Navy Sings." At the Academy he established and directed, for 25 years, the annual presentation of "The Messiah," was first director of the Midshipman's Glee Club, and organized the Antiphonal Choir. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, he had received a graduate degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and he had also taught at Earlham College, Butler University, and the Jordan Conservatory of Music.

Professor Donald E. GiUey

Prof. Gilley was an honorary member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, an honorary Chaplain of the Navy, and a member of the American Guild of Organists.

Memorial services were held at the Naval Academy Chapel. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Young Gilley, 1917 Harwood Rd., Annapolis MD 21401.

Earlier in the month. Prof. Homer B. Winchell, former Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, died in Sevema Park, Maryland. He was named Professor Emeritus at the Naval Academy when he retired in 1961 after teaching French, German and Spanish since 1920. For many years he also served as coach of the plebe soccer team. continued on next page

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Prof. Winchell was a graduate of Princeton University, where he had been graduated with honors in 1916, and held a master's degree from Middlebury College. He had studied as well at the Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. He was an associate member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Mary Mosher Winchell of Severna Park, two sons and two daughters, and twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Deepest sympathy is expressed to the survivors of these two men who contributed so much to the Naval Academy.

Israel's family, Classmates and friends contributed the funds for the Pistol Team Club Room, located adjacent to the pistol range in Bancroft Hall. A composite painting, which includes a portrait of Israel, will hang in the room, along with a plaque dedicating the room to his memory. Various awards and honors earned by the Naval Academy pistol team members will also be displayed here.

In 1982, the Ens. Kurt Thomas Israel Memorial Pistol Award was also established. It will be presented annually to that member of the pistol team who has contributed most to the team. The recipient's name is engraved on a plaque which will remain on display at the Academy, and a match-grade pistol is given to the winner.

Kurt Israel as a Midshipman pistol shooter

Naval Academy Professor Honored Professor Eugene L. Keating, Mechanical Engineering, is one of 25 educators from across the nation selected to receive the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award for 1983. The award was inititated in 1964 by the Society of Automotive Engineers to recognize outstanding educators in the engineering fields and to provide them an opportunity to keep up with current industry philosophy and trends. Keating was chosen from more than 100 applicants.

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will be working at NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, in the atomic physics section of the general field of autoionization. He will probably be looking at the scattering of electrons and positrons from hydrogen, while identifying continuing research projects that will be pursued in the years ahead.

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Prof. Keating and midshipmen students

MS from Michigan, and a Ph.D. from Drexel. He is a member of the Energy and Environmental Study Group responsible for developing alternate energy programs for use in the Navy. He is deeply interested in the coming generation of vehicles operating on alternate and synthetic fuels, and has helped develop one such vehicle, the Naval Academy Heat Balanced Engine. He has also advised students on design projects ranging from a wind-powered heat pump to a hydrogen naval propulsion system.

Summer Research Programs The American Society for Engineering Education, in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Office of Naval Research, is once again supporting a program of summer faculty research in engineering and science at the various NASA and Navy research and development centers throughout the country. Four members of the Naval Academy faculty have been selected to participate this summer. Ass't.

Prof. Carol Crawford, Mathematics, has been awarded a research fellowship at the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, Carderock Laboratory. Dr. Crawford was also selected to receive a research fellowship award by the U.S. Army Summer Faculty Research and Engineering Program, to be carried out at the Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Assoc. Prof. Irene Engle has also been selected for two summer research fellowships, and she was chosen to spend the summer at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington where she will investigate problems in solar systems plasma dynamics.

Capt. Thomas McKnight USAF of the Mechanical Engineering Department has been awarded a research fellowship at NASA, Langley Research Center, to work on a low speed aerodynamics device involving stall-spin characteristics of general aviation aircraft; he will then flight test these configurations.

Prof. R. H. Adkins, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Physics Department,

We have had several inquiries as to what costs the Military and Naval Academy will incur by switching the Army-Navy game from Philadelphia to Pasadena's Rose Bowl on 25 November 1983. We are happy to report that the answer is none.

The game is being produced and funded entirely by the Army-Navy Game Foundation of Pasadena, an organization founded especially for that purpose. The Foundation is covering all expenses for transportation, food and lodging for the two brigades, as well as the teams and official parties, and has guaranteed the two Athletic Associations no less net return than they would have earned by playing in Philadelphia. That return is likely to be more, for the Foundation expects to fill the Rose Bowl to its capacity of 104,000 where tickets sales in Philadelphia have averaged only about 70,000 in recent years.

Lucky Bag Available Mrs. Richard H. Proctor, Cobb Hill Road, Cazenovia NY 13035, has a 1923 Lucky Bag for anyone interested. Write her directly for details.

Recruiting Does Very Well A report from the Navy Recruiting Command indicates that, for the third consecutive year, recruiting goals have been reached. For an unprecedented 34 consecutive months the monthly enlisted goal has been attained, an unparalleled achievement since the inception of the All-Volunteer Force. In addition, quality was up, 77% of all male nonprior service active duty enlistees having received their high school diplomas. In addition, 13,000 veterans returned to naval service, over 4,000 of these in the rates of E-5 and above, highly motivated personnel who are invaluable to the Navy in training and skills reclaimed.

Minority recruiting showed a slight increase with both Black enlisted accessions and Hispanic enlistees showing a small gain over FY-81 totals.

Officer programs had another outstanding year with goals achieved in nearly all programs. The nuclear propulShipmate, July-August 1983

sion officer candidate program had the best year ever, with 72.8% of goal attained. A 35% increase in medical program goals was reached, and the Chaplain Corps attained 1(X)% of goal, recruiting more chaplains in FY-82 than have been recruited since World War II. Recruitment prospects for FY-83 appear to be very good. Over 94,000 enlisted men and women must be brought into the active Navy, and over 40% of the enlisted goal has already been signed up in the delayed entry program. Top priorities will continue to be in minority and nuclear power recruiting.

The good news on personnel status and retention is counterbalanced by increased manpower costs and some personnel program adjustments to remain within strength and budget ceilings. A more senior, experienced force brings with it a cost increase; the offset has been met by shifting funds from hardware programs, for the Navy continues to place its emphasis on funding persoimel programs rather than equipment. Further, savings were made, for example, by volimtary extensions of persoimel on station, thus eliminating moving costs, and by increasing the number of no cost moves.

country and in several overseas ports by naval reservists during the Spring of 1983 as part of exercise "Rainbow Reach '83." The exercise provided a realistic scenario for participants which involved increased world tension and military activities in key areas throughout the world.

The exercise tested the ability of units to respond rapidly to MSC expansion requirements during mobilization. The exercise also evcduated the capability of the reservists to establish MSC offices at their mobilization sites. Reservists deployed to 19 different ports in Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Subic Bay, Guam, Alaska and Hawaii. MSC Headquarters, MSC Atlantic, Pacific and Far East commands were also augmented by reservists during the exercise.

"Rainbow Reach ' 8 3 " was one of the largest military exercises ever conceived, organized and executed entirely by reservists. More than 1,700 members of 45 MSC reserve units participated in the exercise. Also involved were reservists from a variety of units and other services including the Army's military traffic management command, the Merchant Marine, Coast Guard, Navy control of shipping organization units, and Navy convoy commodore reserve units.

Overall, more than 2,000 reservists participated in the exercise.

MSC Growth Program The largest commerical order in U.S. shipyard history has been signed for the Navy's Military Sealift Command 13-sliip T-AKX program. Five Maritime Prepositioning Ships at a cost of $775 million will be built, and chartered under the terms of the contract. VAdm. Kent J. Carroll USN, commander of the Military Sealift Command, has signed agreements to charter five General Dynamics ships for five years, with four options of five years each for a total of 25 years per ship. Identical charter periods have been signed with Maersk Line, Ltd., converting five ships, and Waterman Steamship Corp., converting three ships, for a total of 13 ships at a total cost of $1.7 billion.

The five General Dynamic ships are the first oceangoing commercial cargo ship to be ordered from U.S. shipyards since December 1981, and the 13 ships will provide seagoing jobs for more than 500 U.S. merchant seamen.

The T-AKX ships will have roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro) capability and will carry enough cargo to support three Marine Amphibious Brigades — a total of 46,000 men — and be positioned near potential trouble spots around the world.

MSC Readiness Exercise The Military Sealift Command (MSC) was maimed and ready throughout the Shipmate, July-August 1983

Merchant Marine Looking Up In a move to use natural resources more readily available to American shipping, the merchant ship SS JADE PHOENIX, 128,000 deadweight tons and the largest U.S.-flag dry bulk carrier, has been converted from a liquefied natural gas configuration to carry dry bulk and is now the world's largest coal-fired ship.

She has completed her maiden voyage, carrying a record load of wheat from the Pacific Northwest to Egypt. A sister ship, SS GOLDEN PHOENIX, will be operational soon.

Passenger liners may be returning to the maritime scene in the United States in the not too far future. Cruise America Line Inc. has announced a project to obtain two Danish-built luxury liners for service on the Great Lakes and along the coastal waters. The ships would also be available as auxiliary transports if necessary.

People to People Crewmen from USS HOEL (DDG-13) recently turned out to help the fire-torn community of Macedon, Australia. A devastating brush fire had swept through a large portion of southern Australia, leaving hundreds of people homeless and

more than 70 dead. Impressed by the generous hospitality of the Australian people, the crew of the San Diego-based destroyer wanted to return that generosity by aiding the victims of the fire and contacted the American Consulate to arrange an opportunity to lend physical assistance to people in the damaged area. Macedon, a community of 1,500 people, had been among the hardest hit towns, with six civic buildings and four churches engulfed by flames, and four hundred homes in the town and surrounding area completely or partially destroyed.

Members of the crew and community leaders worked to clear away the rubble and construction was begun on a community center as a temporary meeting place for all community civic clubs and churches. Upon completion of the day's work, a check for over $4,000 was presented by the ship's commanding officer, Cdr. Russell H. Buckley USN '64, to the local scoutmaster, who announced that the scouts wished to name their unit for the American ship.

Reunion Notices USS JAMES E . CRAIG (DE-201) — Reunion on 12-14 August (site not given).

Contact Duane B. Engeldinger, 540L W. Lincoln Creek Drive, Milwaukee WI 53218 — Phone (414) 466-5763.

USS BLUEGILL (SS-242) — In connection with Sub Vets Convention 31 August — 4 September at Registry Resort, Scottsdale AZ. Contact Ray (Basil) Phipps, 135 Porter Drive, Annapolis MD 21402 — Phone (301) 268-1895.

USS PHILADELPHIA (CL-41) — 20th annual reunion in Orlando FL on 11-18 September, at Dutch Resort Hotel. Contact Frank Amoroson, 93 Dunbar St., Somerset NJ 08873.

USS GRAYSON (DD-435) — On 21-23 October in Kansas City (MO or KS?).

Contact Don Rasmussen, 560 22nd N.E., Salem OR 97301 — Phone (503) 362-5614.

USS CHEW (DD-106) — Shipmates' cruise in December 1984. Contact Jesse Pond, P.O. Box 205, Sperryville VA 22740 — Phone (703) 987-8515.

USS OMMANEY BAY (CVE-79) and

Composite Squadron VC-75 — To plan for a reunion and to locate additional participants, survivors and families of deceased shipmates are urged to contact Lloyd Beighley, Secretary, 3620 Lloyd Place, San Diego CA 92117.

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A Most Important Letter Honorable Marjorie S. Holt, Member of Congress

This letter, reprinted with permission of Rep. Marjorie Holt (R. Md.), deserves the attention of all alumni. Unfortunately, the critical need for a revitalized U.S. merchant marine and shipbuilding capability does not speak for itself.

May 25, 1983 Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole Department of Transportation Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Madam Secreteiry: I have carefully reviewed your March 11th response to my letter of February 18th about the decline of the U.S. merchant marine.

As you might expect, my concern is based on the defense-related aspects of the steady decline in our merchant marine. It would be difficult to defend this country or any of our allies without the capacity to move troops and supplies.

It is vital, as President Reagan recognized in October 1980, that we preserve our shipbuilding industrial base here in this country.

This cannot be accomplished by relying solely on ship building for the Navy.

In your letter you said that the Administration is proposing an operating differential subsidy for foreign-built U.S. flag vessels, use of the capital construction fund for foreign construction, plus relief from the ad valorem tax on foreign repairs.

There are no new orders for merchant vessels in America's remaining 27 ship building yards. How is his proposed policy going to affect that pitifully small number of yards?

With no new commercial vessels being built after 1984, it is estimated that 30,000 jobs will be lost. Where will these trained people be if we need them in a sudden emergency?

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How will we quickly rehabilitate yards and machinery laid idle for months or maybe years because of the Administration's policy of encouraging and subsidizing shipbuilding in foreign countries?

We import about 26 commodities which are essential to our defense needs.

Are we to rely on a merchant fleet that has fallen to Uth in rank in the world or are we to trust foreign fleets to carry these essentials in an emergency situation? (By way of contrast, the USSR carries 55 percent of its essential imports in its own fleet.)

You might say that in the event of war we could immediately nationalize all foreign vessels in American ports. I've observed some of these ships at anchor in the roads off Annapolis in Chesapeake Bay. Some of my constituents service these vessels. I am told that most of these ships are in terrible condition, with crews that are poorly-paid foreigners who do not speak English. Their machinery is falling apart. Are these the kinds of vessels we want to carry our essential cargos?

I am enclosing copies of three articles from the May issue of Shipmate, published by the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association: "The Falkland Experience", by Admiral Holloway, demonstrates that the British could not have won that campaign without its national merchant marine.

"The Myth of Free Trade", by Mr. Drozak, illustrates that there is no open market, free trade, in shipping. All other merchant fleets are subsidized by our competitors.

Vice Admiral Carroll's article, "Military Sealift and the U.S. Merchant Marine", emphasizes that Navy's need for a strong merchant marine.

I hope you will read all three carefully.

We simply cannot depend on the Navy's shipbuilding program to preserve the civilian shipyard mobilization base.

We need both and we need to find ways to adopt policies that will eliminate in-

efficient clunkers in our present merchant fleet. The Maritime Administration kept these obsolete vessels in operation by paying an operating differential subsidy, including fuel, for them to carry grain to Russia — the "Soviet Grain Subsidy".

The ODS does not normally include fuel costs, which is another fact that puts our merchant marine at a disadvantage because of the use of inefficient steam turbines, which were indirectly mandated

by Congress in 1970, by the Merchant Marine Act. In general, U.S. policies have put the merchant marine in the desperate state it is in today. There is no coordination among the many agencies that are involved in maritime. We need a comprehensive policy.

We also need to find ways to promote competition in the U.S. merchant fleet to lower carrying costs. There are some U.S. flag vessel owners who are running successful operations. We have to find out how they do it.

We should aim for a modernized and efficient merchant fleet, built in U.S. yards by American labor. We should search for accommodations with the unions that will make our costs competitive, both in the construction and the crewing functions.

Reducing regulations will help us move toward these goals and that is about the only part of the Administradon's proposals relating to maritime affairs with which I can agree.

Rebuilding the fleet is an important personal goed of mine and I will deeply appreciate it if you will ask one of your staff people to work with me to find ways to accomplish it.

Sincerely, s/Marjorie S. Holt Member of Congress ^

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Editorial The U.S. and Central

America

Senator Barry Goldwater said recently that he considered the situation in Central America to be the most critical problem facing the United States today. We tend to agree; there are other problem areas in the world also of vital interest to us, but they seem to be in a balance-ofpower status. Uneasy as that balance may be, neither superpower is pushing for a direct confrontation either in Europe or the Near East. Despite harsh words and open threats by the Soviet Union, negotiations are continuing on both fronts. Central America, however, is a completely different problem. It has greater immediacy for us because of its proximity and its strategic position on the Caribbean b-at, unfortunately, that problem is less recognized by the American people than those of other areas.

It is quite clear that the Soviet Union is reaching out into the Caribbean area, directly and through its surrogate, Cuba.

Castro came to power because the American press and people supported him as the idealist "freedom fighter" (same words today) against the dictator Batista, and ever since has been exporting communist revolution throughout South and Central America. Through a similar process, the pro-U.S. dictator of Nicaragua, Somoza, has been replaced by a commimist-oriented government equally as repressive as its predecessor. Grenada has gone over to communism, a beginning in the Leeward Island chain, as has Surinam, formerly Dutch Guiana on the South American Coast. Now the effort is concentrated in El Salvador, with an unprecedented build-up of Soviet-Cuban supplied armaments in Nicaragua and a steady supply line to the guerillas in El Salvador. Honduras and Guatemala are feeling pressure and even pacific Costa Rica is wondering what's next.

There are two points of view being expressed about El Salvador in the press, the Congress and the public. The majority holds that this is a genuine revolution, a war against a dictatorial regime that

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suppresses human rights and retains all the wealth for itself. Therefore, it is a popular and proper revolt, one that the U.S. Goveriunent should support instead of backing the oppressive government — the same arguments used for Cuba, Nicaragua, and, for that matter, Vietnam.

The minority view is that the revolution is not a popular uprising; that it was fomented and is led by communist agents, supported by the U.S.S.R., Cuba and Nicaragua, as part of a long-range master plan for Soviet domination from Panama to Mexico. No doubt the present regime is restrictive on human rights and does control the wealth, but that has been and is true of nearly every Latin American government, left or right.

Why, then, should we ignore our own national security interests in the area and fail to support fully a friendly government on human rights grounds? After all, the Salvadoran guerillas have shown themselves to be as vicious as the government troops and there is little to choose between them as far as human rights are concerned.

There is some merit in the majority view. We would like a world where every nation fully respected human rights as we see them, and we don't like corrupt, oppressive govermnents. We have been very active, especially during the Carter administration, in trying to force our views of human rights on other governments, including punitive actions against (then) Rhodesia and (still) South Africa. But those pressures have been applied only to weaker countries that coidd not reply in kind. We have never taken firm and consistent action against the worst violators of human rights: the Soviet Union (except possibly by non-participation in the Moscow Olympics), China and Vietnam.

Nor are we likely to do so. Can we really stand on ethics and morality as the basis for such a selective policy?

If we don't like the repressive actions of some foreign governments, there are

ways to influence them to change — military and economic aid, sugar and other import quotas, for example — that can be effective, given patience on our side for long-term rather than immediate results. But, of course, patience in foreign relations is not an American virtue; we expect action now, regardless of the local situation, and, if nothing happens before the problem disappears from the front pages of the press, tend to forget what is being done and go back to the original condemnation.

In Central America we are faced with the threat of a systematic, gradual takeover of the entire area under a carefully-laid, long-range plan. First Nicaragua, then El Salvador; followed by Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica, opening the way to Panama and the Canal. Those who doubt the Domino Theory have only to look at Indo-China, where (North) Vietnam has taken over South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and is applying pressure on Thailand. Soviet control of and bases in Central America and the Canal Zone would dominate the Western Caribbean — and note recent high-level Soviet threats to place nuclear missiles adjacent to U.S. borders if we deploy Pershing missiles in Europe.

Where would they be located?

Should that develop there would be a popular demand, as with Cuba in 1962, to do something about it, which would probably require military action on a large scale. It would take a lot of time and a great deal of pure force to clean out the area, tieing us down in Central America and leaving the Soviets a free hand to move against Europe or the Middle East. Without active and intensive U.S. support, neither area could defend itself against the threat or use of conventional or nuclear forces.

True, this scenario is hypothesis, but it follows the demonstrated Soviet pattern — exploit local problems to foment revolution; first support, then take over concluded on page 41

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Episode at Omaha Beach '*At Least You Can Smell Like a Gentleman!* V i c e Admiral Lorenzo S. S a b i n U S N (Ret.)

On 14 Jime 1944, nature unleashed an were either swamped, or foimdered. A assault on United States armed forces at large number sank. Huge floating derOmaha Beach which was fjir more ricks were heaved all over the harbor, destructive and far more disruptive of finally breaking up and sinking to allied efforts than any success the enemy become navigation hazards after the had been able to attain during the entire storm abated. The storm lasted three Normandy campaign. The local populace days; those three days constituted a stuntermed it the worst storm ever to hit the ning victory for the enemy — who hadn't Normandy coastline within anyone's livfired a shot! ing memory. It lasted three days and On the afternoon of 23 Jtme, a conafter it abated, conditions on and off of ference was held aboard USS AUGUSTA, Omaha Beach were a complete shambles. flagship of RAdm. A. G. Kirk, overall So powerful was the force of the storm operational conmiander of U.S. Naval Forces at Normandy. Attending were that it broke the back of the old Royal Kirk's principal subordinates, key Navy battleship CENnmiON, anchor ship members of their staffs, and such other for the breakwater of the artificial harofficers whose assignments made it likely bor. Most of the other ships which that they could contribute to the purpose formed the breakwater were smashed to of the conference. I was among the bits or heavily damaged. Steel dredges "such others". The purpose was to assess supporting the Lobnitz piers for the storm damage, to evaluate the overall Mulberry Harbor were torn loose from situation, and to form a coordinated plan their moorings, huge pylons were disfor returning the situation to normal lodged, uprooted and tossed about like splinters. Many of our landing craft were operating conditions. The conference started at 1300, it was terminated shortly sunk, wrecked or damaged beyond before 1800. I don't think that I shall repair. Some were lifted bodily by the ever forget that conference — all because force of wind and sea and hurled on to I couldn't keep my big mouth shut! the beach, where they were buried to A weary lot of bedraggled, tired, their gunwales by an avalanche of sUt ragged and dirty personnel from the and sand. Some of the personnel in those shore parties and the beach groups were small craft were buried with their craft.

Their pitiful cries for help could be heard among those who assembled around by those of us whose duties required us Storm destruction at Omaha Beach to be on the beach. Rescue squads, men equipped with shovels and tied together for security against the force of the wind, were sent to the beach to dig out those who had been trapped. All efforts of the naval shore parties and beach imits plus the Army shore battalions were directed towards battling the storm. Efforts in direct support of the war, of necessity, ceased.

Admiral Kirk's mess table in the cabin of his flagship. They were unshaven, unkempt, dirty, and completely worn out from sleep-broken nights caused by enemy air raids prior to the storm and three completely sleepless nights during which they had battled that storm without rest. They looked like skeletons with their skin drawn taught over gaunt faces and with big holes below their eyebrows were their eyes should have been.

Recently arrived from England to take over as Commander Landing Craft and Bases (whenever it was established) was RAdm. John Wilkes, highly regarded, greatly respected, and professionally competent. Wilkes was clean shaven and metictilously attired in a tailored uniform of khaki drill. It didn't help matters for me that John Wilkes had been my administrative boss in England before the assault and was likely to be again. My own professional respect and warm personal regard for him should have warned me to lay back on my oars before churning full speed ahead but, in my poor state of mental and physical fatigue, I misinterpreted his remark as a criticism of my people and an adverse reflection on their performances of duty.

What Admiral Wilkes had said was that he had taken occasion to visit the

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beach after he arrived from England and prior to the conference. He said that never in his life had he seen such an utter state of confusion and that he had wondered how it was ever going to be put into some semblance of order. My blood pressure started rising when he first began to talk and by the time he finished, I guess it was up to superheat. I looked down the table at Will D. Wright with his emaciated face, then at Dayton Clark with his eyes downcast and his long bony fingers folded across his chest, and then at Miles Imlay, that fine, big hulking Coast Guard officer whose sixfoot-four, two-hundred-twenty pound frame seemed to have shrunk to five-feetfour and a hundred pounds — and I blew my stack. I mean I reaUy blew it in words to this effect: "Admiral Wilkes, all during the crosschannel movement while we were struggling with foul weather, during the assembly in the objective area in pitch darkness, during the assault against a well defended enemy coast, during enemy anti-assault mortar fire, air raids, bombs and bullets, you have been sitting in a comfy bomb proof in England. You were still there after we got a lodgement on Omaha Beach and still there while this terrible storm was beating the bejesus out of us. Now you come over here all prettied up in a clean tailored uniform and tell us there is confusion on the beach. Hell yes, of course there is confusion; but the same dirty, filthy guys who have been battling to keep that confusion to a minimum are going to straighten it out. Take a look down there at Imlay and Wright and Clark and tell me if they look like they have been resting on their oars! Or better still, since I'm closer to you, take a look at me — no, you don't have to look at me; you can smell me!"

I was about to continue when Admiral Kirk cut me short in a soft but very firm voice. "Captain Sabin," he said, that will do!" For about a minute, the longest minute I can ever recall, nobody said a word. Then Admiral Wilkes answered my outburst. Long before he finished I realized that I had completely misinterpreted his comment. It was correct, it was valid, and he had in no way intended it as a criticism of anyone. Thoroughly ashamed of myself, I mumbled an apology and waited for Admiral Kirk to lower the boom on me. But he said nothing — at that time. The conference continued until shortly after half past five. As the conferees began to leave.

Kirk said to me, "Sabe, I'd like you to remain after the others have left." I 24

thought "Well, here it comes, but at least he's courteous enough not to give me what I deserve in front of all the others." I stood there waiting while the Admiral leafed through some messages on a file board he hadn't had time to scrutinize. One of them was a copy of a message I had sent to my boss. Rear Admiral Hall, Task Force " O " Commander, in which I had expressed some impatience with "the soldiers" for dragging their feet with the unloading of ships in the congested harbor. Without a word he passed it to me. I read it and passed it back to him — without a word.

But I was thinking: "Oh, boy. This is just fuel for the fire he is about to light around me."

Finally, he turned to me and said quietly: "I'd like you to have dinner with me and my staff here in my cabin."

Again I thought. "What is this man doing to me? Here I am waiting for a well deserved tongue lashing and whatever else follows and he invites me to dinner!" It took me a minute or so to recover, then I expressed my appreciation for his invitation to have a nice meal, properly served at a table with a white cloth and linen napkins, but I said: "I must decline, sir, because, one, I have work to do on the beach; and two, quite frankly, no one would want to sit next to me because. Admiral, in plain English, I'm so filthy dirty I stink!"

"Yes", replied the Admiral. "I think you do. In fact, I can smell you from here." "But," he added, "I think we can handle both of those objections. You have to eat somewhere and considering the time, you can't do much ashore before you eat, so you might as well eat here. Now, as for being stinky filthy, there is a tub bath here in my cabin which was installed for the use of President Roosevelt when he used this ship. I don't think he would mind if I let you use his tub. Meanwhile we'll have your wash khaki uniform cleaned up and blower-dried while you are in the tub.

We'll send to the ship's store and get you some new underwear and sox." Then he paused for a moment, swung his chair around until he faced me and roared: "Now you get yourself into that tub of warm, soapy water and you stay there until you get unstunk! When you come out, at least you will smell like a gentleman even though there are times when you don't act like one!"

I had been luxuriating in that tub of warm soapy water for about twenty minutes when in walked the Admiral's orderly with my clean uniform, fresh

underwear and sox. Behind the orderly was the force Medical Officer, Capt.

George Dowling — who was carrying two pint bottles of bonded bourbon whiskey.

He put one pint on a chair and handed the other to me. Very solemnly he intoned: "On the recommendation of the Force Medical Officer and with approval of the Force Commander, you are hereby directed to consume several health-giving belts of this prescription medicine. The other bottle, over there on the chair, plus anything left from yours, if there is anything left from yours, is to be taken ashore for the improvement of the health and welfare of Captains Wright, Clark and Imlay. Understood?" I gulped down the first belt and replied: "Understood, Surgeon." Right off I began to feel better. Later on, after I got ashore and delivered the medicine as directed to Clark, Wright and Imlay, they felt better, too. In fact, we had enough of that medicine left to interest General Hogue in improving his health and welfare.

After the best meal I had eaten since I left the United States, Admiral Kirk took me in his "skimmer" barge for a tour of the harbor. There is a long twilight up around Normandy in the Summer, so there was plenty of light to see the debris and wreckage caused by the storm, scattered all over the harbor. Here was distressing proof of the fury of that storm. Surveying the mess, the Admiral said: "I know how tough the going has been for all hands. I'm very proud of all of you fellows." After he deposited me on one of Dayton Clark's few remaining piers that hadn't been washed away by the storm, I tried to thank him. He cut me short with a wave of his hand and said, "Forget it."

Of course, I shall never forget it. It still leaves me with a feeling of pride for having had the privilege of being a member of a military service with leaders whose qualities are not measured alone by their professional competence, but also by a compassionate understanding as well. There are some things about the battle for Omaha Beach that I may forget. But never will I forget Admiral Kirk's words to me while I was waiting for a completely merited reprimand: "Now you get yourself into that tub of warm, soapy water and you stay there until you are unstunk! At least when you come out you will smell like a gentleman even though there are times when you don't act like one."

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Beachhead Roundup How an Aviator Captured

150 Italian

Soldiers

Susan H. Godson, Ph.D.

Perhaps his mid-western background had given him a feel for cattle herding, or maybe he had watched John Wayne movies on board USS PHII.ADELPHIA. For whatever reason, Lt. (jg) Paul E. Coughlin (AV-N) USNR executed an amazing roimdup on the beaches of Sicily on D-Day, 10 July 1943.

When the 45th Infantry Division began hitting the beaches near Scoglitti, it ran into fierce resistance. From the dunes rising behind the beaches, Italian soldiers peppered the invaders with fire and quickly called in reinforcements and air support. They intended to push the Americans back into the sea.

Before army artillery reached shore, the light cruiser PHILADELPHIA, part of the naval task force landing and supporting the Forty-fifth, used her guns to help the furious beachhead battle. She catapulted two SOCs (scout-observation planes) to pick out targets and to direct her gunfire. These tiny, slow-moving Curtiss Seagulls were not designed for battle. With a wing span of 36 feet and weighing just over 5,000 pounds, the SOCs had a maximum speed of only 165 miles per hour. Armed with one fixed forward-firing .30 caliber machine gun in the wing and another flexibly mounted machine gun in the rear, they carried two 100-pound bombs. The biplanes were easy targets for anti-aircraft guns or enemy fighter planes.

When the PHILADELPHIA hurriedly launched SOC No. 8-CS-4 at 0930 on DDay, the pilot, Lieutenant Coughlin, thought he was off on another reconnaissance mission. He soon found himself in the middle of the brawl on the landing beaches. He had already made a name for himself as a daring pilot. During the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, he had flown an SOC spotting plane on anti-submarine patrol near Cape Kantin, French Morocco.

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Lt. Og) Paul E. Coughlin USNR

PHILADELPHIA hoisting in her SOC

charges, severely damaging the boat. He received the Air Medal for his flying skill and excellent marksmanship.

At Sicily the young pilot took along Aviation Radioman Second Class Richard Shafer, who served as gunner. As they circled through the smoke and dust over the beach, they spotted Italian troops in-

dustriously working on defenses behind beach Green-Two. Coughlin dived close to the enemy position and dropped one of his small bombs. The bomb failed to explode, but Coughlin's attack scattered the soldiers and kept them from working on the fortification.

Pulling out of the dive, Coughlin noticed an American forward patrol on the beach at the foot of a cliff. The G.I.s waved and motioned toward the hill.

They apparently needed help gaining the high ground. Circling over the hilltop, Coughlin first saw some movement, then soldiers running into a hedge. He dropped his remaining 100-pound bomb on the spot but this bomb, too, was a dud.

Again and again Coughlin flew his plane over the hilltop, strafing with the free and fixed machine guns. Soon Italian soldiers waving white flags jumped from the hedge. Coughlin had some prisoners and had to figure out what to do with them. "Let's round them up," he called to Shafer. Flying low, Coughlin waved them toward the beach. If they dawdled, Shafer sped them along with a burst of fire.

More white flags fluttered over four entrenchments on the hilltop. As Coughlin pushed his original prisoners past each position, he motioned for the entrenched soldiers to come into the open and join the march. Most did. Some moved a little slowly — until Shafer encouraged them with his machine gun.

Coughlin and Shafer, like a couple of collies nipping at the heels of a herd of cattle, nudged their charges along. If a prisoner strayed or if the group began spreading, the gunner changed their minds with a few shots near the stragglers. The enemy soldiers moved forward, picking up more men as they went.

Once more the herd started to spread.

Just at this moment Shafer's free machine gun jammed. Now the only working armament was the fixed 25

forward-firing gun in the wing. Would this be the end of the roundup? "Don't let them know," Coughlin yelled to the gunner. "Point your gun at them when I circle." He brought the SOC in low over one prisoner trying to escape. Shots rang out, and the Italian scampered back in line. Surprised, Coughlin looked around and saw the quick-thinking Shafer, aiming the broken machine gun with one hand and firing his .45 automatic with the other. The gunner grinned broadly.

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Flying back over the hill, Coughlin strafed the hedge and other likely hiding places. He flushed out 30 more Italian soldiers and pushed them to the crest of the hill.

Suddenly, on the starboard beam, Coughlin glimpsed a burst of anti-aircraft fire. Glancing around, he saw two German Messerschmitts rapidly closing his tail. The enemy fighters had just shot down the PmLADELPinA's other SOC a few miles northward before zeroing in on Coughlin, but he had been too busy to notice. Realizing his SOC was easy prey, he put the plane into a steep dive as an anti-aircraft battery in the PHILADELPHIA fired on the Messerschmitts. Discouraged, the fighters darted inland.

When the danger passed, Coughlin zoomed back to the hill and found his prisoners had vanished. The familiar staccato of the wing gun and a few shots from Shafer's .45 into the hedges and small buildings brought the recalcitrant troops back into the open. Coughlin herded them to the beach where the 45th Division happily corralled about 150 Italian soldiers.

Coughlin flew back to the PHILADELPHIA, landed astern, and the seaplane was hoisted on board. When he and Shafer climbed out of the plane, the PHILADELPHIA'S crew cheered wildly. No one had ever before seen such an incredible roundup. Coughlin's feat, the PHILADELPHIA'S commanding officer believed, ranked with the exploits of Sergeant York in World War I and of the "One-Man Army of Bataan."

Later, Coughlin and Shafer deservedly received the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroism and extraordinary achievement . . . while participating in aerial flight . . . during the invasion of the Island of Sicily . . . " The citations were understated tributes to the courageous, innovative naval pilot and radioman whose selfless service aided the Allied victory at Sicily.

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Ingenuity When the Captain Found His

Marbles

Captain Richard B. Laning U S N (Ret.)

In 1958 the Russian success with Sputnik had raised a demand for US spectaculars, and President Eisenhower had let it be known that he wanted advanced notice of any such to allow for proper exploitation. Bombers circumnavigated the earth, NAUTILUS and SKATE were involved in transiting the North Pole, and TRTTON would circumnavigate the earth submerged.

My command, USS SEAWOLF

(SSN-575), the second nuclear submarine, was very much like NAUTILUS except that its power plant used liquid sodium instead of high pressure water in the primary coolant loop. After a couple of years of fascinating operations she was approaching the end of first core life and we were preparing for one more major operation. With Polaris on the way, it was vital that we prove the ability of submarines to operate completely submerged for sixty days at a time. Engineering this capability had involved a process of discovering one toxic gas after another, and the invention of ways to purify the internal atmosphere of its buildup of contaminants. Our main support in this activity was Mr. Red Gates in BuShips.

We could make the sixty-day demonstration during a prolonged ASW exercise, except that the long-planned electrolytic oxygen generator was not yet available. I asked Red if there weren't some other way to provide the 30-day supply of oxygen required to supplement the 30-day supply we had in compressed oxygen and in our compressed air banks.

In an amazingly short time. Red had let a contract and acquired the couple of thousand oxygen candles needed. These were cylindrical grains about 3" in diameter and 3' long, in which a thermite reaction heated potassium perchlorate to generate oxygen in a pair of cylindrical ovens with internal ignition.

We were due to leave our berth alongside USS FULTON on a Tuesday. Oxygen candles and gear arrived on the preceding Thursday. As soon as these were loaded 28

we started test runs only to find that, in addition to generating oxygen, we were generating a trace of chlorine such that in about 20 hours the boat's atmosphere would be unacceptable!

A phone call to our stalwart Bureau friend must have been one of the most traumatic he had received, but he gamely said he'd try for a solution. I said we'd also try from our end. Knowing that silver nitrate will "get" chlorine, we calculated the quantity required and placed a tentative requisition with my classmate Supply Officer in the tender.

With one solution feasible, we decided to try for a cheaper answer when our Chief Hospitalman pointed out that while he had been with the Marines in Korea, they sometimes added photographic Hypo to reduce excess chlorine in drinking water.

We sent out immediately for some of the magic substance for a test, calculated the amount required, and turned to the design of a chemical reactor in which to purify the oxygen.

About this time an enraged supply officer arrived to report that our two-hourold requisition would amount to commandeering all of the sliver nitrate east of the Mississippi in four-ounce bottles with air pickup from hundreds of points.

He was much relieved when I sheepishly changed the need to a few hundred pounds of "Hypo," proving that outrageousness also is relative. We had that stuff late the next day.

The chemical reactor design included two vessels, each constructed of the tops of two 50-gallon plastic carboys used to transfer sulfuric acid, chemically welded together with the necessary tygon tubing connection. The oyxgen would be purified as it passed through these reactors in contact with the Hypo solution.

When none of the local companies could supply the 'A " plastic beads normally used for promoting the gas-liquid mixture, I handed $10.00 to an auxlliaryman and told him to go to the near town of Norwich and buy $10.00 worth of

marbles. To allay any possible fears in the mind of the vendor that this massive purchase of marbles might be intended for purposes of some deleterious celebration, I sent with him a very official letter.

By now, it was late Friday evening. I called Red Gates and went home to dinner. When I returned a couple of hours later, I noticed some mirthful glances in my direction and a file of giggling sailors peering into my cabin. On my bunk was an enormous pile of bagged marbles, and my grinning Exec, Yogi Kaufman, explained that the whole crew was happy I'd found my marbles!

Test proved our kluge worked, and Red Gates was relieved. I whispered to the Force Commander, Adm. "Fearless Freddy" Warder, (whose WWII exploits in SEAWOLF had made the name memorable) of our intent to set a new world record of 60 days out of touch with the atmosphere. He agreed it seemed a bit too shaky to alert the President.

When about five days from port return, we had set the record and I sent a dispatch to that effect. We arrived to a huge welcome quickly arranged. I heard that the President, who had visited SEAWOLF a few months before, had been enraged by the lack of notice.

So I quickly made sure that he heard the story of the Captain's finding his marbles — and he was mollified.

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Perilous Navigation A World War H Sub in the Norwegian

Sea

Captain Everett H. S t e i n m e t z U S N (Ret.)

Is the sextant to become non-extant?

Indications are that, although it may not yet be an actual endangered species, the sextant no longer is treated with the reverence it once received. How many of the sea stories we old-timers tell involve that beautiful instrument of delicate precision? Some of the waystops we reached were by dint of oiu- own navigational prowess. A navigator and his sextant were inseparable. Their combined effort spanned the mimdsme to the almost divine. Did you ever meet the navigator who was not convinced that he and his trusty weapon were not Number One, All-America, All-Pro, All-Everything?

My stint as a navigator was not very long — only one year. But it was during World War II and it did, shall we say, cover the waterfront, starting in the Firth of Clyde and ending at Mare Island. A rather circuitous route was travelled to get from Scotland to California; a patrol or two in the Bay of Biscay, followed by one in the northern reaches of the Norwegian Sea, and then one in the Western Approaches to Britain which was climaxed by a return to New London instead of Scodand. Charts and pubs were barely exchanged before it was off to the Pacific; Pearl Harbor, a patrol off Taiwan and finally on to Vallejo for a much welcomed overhaul.

All this was accomplished in the submarine BARB, which became quite famous after I was detached. But there is solace in the thought that through no negligence on my part she was afloat, ready and available to take her part in history.

Submarine navigation was then somewhat different and possibly not as accurate as that of our surface ship brothers. After all, they had designated spaces in which to brood over their charts, almanacs, sailing directions, pilots, and other pertinent pubs. We too, had the full allowance of aids, but certainly no charthouse. One had difficulty finding a spot large enough to set down a plotting sheet without folding it first.

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Submariners just weren't on the surface during the morning and evening twilight, the traditional period for taking star sights, at least not in combat zones. Consequently, we took our sights in the dark hoping that the good old eyeball would distinguish a horizon that was relatively uniform and not marred by fuzzy spots or different-hued cloud formations. An apparent horizon was substituted for the real thing. Some of us discarded the telescope eyepiece of the sextant and others became adept at the use of bubble octants. I preferred the former and after considerable practice, it was surprising what excellent results could be obtained.

I must admit that the practice period did not exactly soothe the ulcers of skippers who had not served their navigational tours under similar circumstances.

We submariners managed to find our patrol areas and rendezvous points and even believed that we were always within our assigned moving havens or submarine safety zones. There probably were a few near misses, but we did operate independently. After all, we did not have the opportunities of our surface ship brothers to exchange routine position reports — maybe even hestitating slightly at two-blocking our own until we had a peek at what our compatriots were flying.

Shortly into 1943, I made a routine transition from Engineer to Exec and Navigator. I not only managed to find our usual patrol area in the Bay of Biscay, but of more import upon its conclusion, I also found our base at Rosneath, Scotland. Our mission while patrolling in the Bay of Biscay was to locate, identify and attack Axis shipping.

In this coverage, we were backed up by British Sunderland flying boats. Lurking in the distant background were Royal Navy warships ready to dash in for the kill.

The the arrival of Spring and longer hours of daylight, these sub patrols were no longer required. Rumor had it that we would be sent to the Mediterranean. But

no, on our next patrol BAKB and BLACKFISH were sent north to the Norwegian Sea. It was suggested that we would escort a Murmansk-bound convoy and while surfaced pick off U-Boats lying in wait. You can imagine our reaction to this fantastic idea! Fortunately, orders ignored this concept and we proceeded to patrol area north and east of the North Cape in the vicinity of 70° to 70°-30' North, where we hoped to intercept the super battleship Tmprrz, known to be in Altenfjord. It was anticipated that TmPITZ and other German warships might be utilized in hit-run tactics on Allied convoys enroute Murmansk, break out into the Atlantic, or both.

The fact that daylight hours at this time of year were even longer in the Land of the Midnight Sun than in the Bay of Biscay was not lost to us. No restrictions were imposed as to whether we should operate submerged or surfaced. So off we went for a beautiful spring cruise to the top of the world.

The same Gulf Stream that warms our Atlantic coast does likewise for Norway.

It is here that it gradually disintegrates, but still provides a bit of warmth and plenty of fog for mariners. It did not take long to find out that the sea highway from England to Russia was heavily travelled and if debris counted, rather hazardous. If it floated, you name it and the chances are we saw it. There was no need to caution lookouts to be observant. The marks of a vicious life and death sea struggle hammered home the message.

In one degree, navigation was simpler.

As we got farther north it never really got dark, so sights could be taken at twihght. But the problem then became to find something to shoot; at one point there were only five heavenly bodies visible on a clear night. Additionally, the atmospheric conditions of refraction and icing left something to be desired. Running up sun lines and fathometer soundings became routine. Even the gyro com29

pass posed a temporary challenge, for latitude adjustments reached the stops at 65° North. Fortunately, the operating manual provided the solution. Loran was yet to come and we had no radio direction finder. Surface search radar was not Mark One, Mod One, Serial Number One — but it was close. It didn't reach out too far. Radar profiles may have existed then, but not for us. When we did get land contact, a large stretch of the imagination was involved in assaying a positive identification. I don't wish to convey the impression that we alone were subjected to all these trials and tribulations. Navigation in northern climes is different and it necessitates a continuous learning process to be able to answer affirmatively that age old question posed to Navigators, "Where the hell are we?"

Once on station, we assiduously attempted to tie knots in our wake. If we could have zigged straight up we would have tried it. Occasionally the sighting of a German patrol plane would convince us a periscope depth search was more in order. We tried our best to create a pattern. Vjiriety sometimes is not only the spice of life, but life itself!

After some two weeks of this. BARB was assigned a new area. It was off the northern coast of Iceland and east of Greenland — a spot from which to observe ships entering or exiting Denmark Strait. Ship contacts, other than a few fishing boats, had been zilch.

Perhaps TIRPITZ would elude BLACKFISH and we would get a crack at her? We headed southwest, but the farther south we got, the colder it became. The icy, hazy atmosphere that hampered celestial navigation intensified. The Land of the Midnight Sun turned into the land of perpetual overcast, fog, and snow flurries.

My right arm, CQM Danenhower, who before he turned in his suit years later, would be Exec and Navigator of a sub and later skipper of his own submarine salvage tug, agreed we had reached Iceland — but where? We pored over charts, sailing directions and consulted everything available. With the exception of a few random sun lines and shaving the legendary bewiskered moon, celestial navigation was practically impossible.

With crossed fingers, we finally decided that we had positively identified a small island off that rugged and, as far as we could determine, uninhabited coast. For the next two weeks we used it as a reference point and never strayed too far, always easing back occasionally to reassure ourselves that our one contact 30

with reality had not disappeared. Nothing was sighted during this elysian odyssey — who in his right mind would be caught here! At long last we received the awaited message — all is forgiven, terminate patrol. But there was a hooker! First we were to report the position of ice fields to the north and then proceed to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands for escort to Rosneath.

Why the powers that be wanted BARB to tell them exactly where the icefields were, baffled me. I had heard that if one more aircraft were to be based on Iceland, that bastion of defense would succumb to their combined weight and sink slowly into the sea. But then it dawned on me! Those same powers realized as well as I that given a choice between submarine navigation and aviation navigation, take the former every time. Vindication at last; with happy, albeit, hopeful heart, I made a tough decision and recommended due north as intercept course. Buoyed by their confidence yet questioning their sanity, I resolved to give those powers my best shot.

The ice fields were not elusive. We found them, and without forewarning.

Not the huge bergs of TITANIC fame, but equally hazardous sleazy, murky small stuff that converted waves into a mass of rippling half-set Jello. We slammed on the brakes and gazed in awe at this unfamiliar view. A moment later the dullwitted navigator recovered his aplomb and ordered the pit log swordarm housed. Alas, too late — it wouldn't budge! Obviously, some of that small stuff was not as shallow as it appeared.

Our swordarm was bent and no longer would speed input to the Dead Reckoning Indicator be automatic. This instrument, though not completely accurate, was indeed a very useful tool and had become an important ingredient in determining our estimated positions of the past weeks.

True, speed could be set manually but accuracy would suffer further. What was one more adversity? After all, problems when homeward bound never attain the proportions they otherwise might.

Having pinpointed the icefields, the remaining objective was to get to the Shetland Islands and on time. Off we went, four mains on the line, zigzagging at our best speed. Though our departure point was based mainly on dead reckoning and the weather showed no cooperation, we still had a good thing going for us — the fathometer. The Norwegian Sea is deep and the 100 fathom curve is sharply delineated. Its neighbor the North

Sea is shallow, and its juncture with the former is generally defined at the 100 fathom curve, which is also very distinctive. So we had two pretty good signposts to check our latitude. The morning of our expected arrival at Lerwick didn't exactly dawn; it arrived in a lesser degree of overcast. By 0830 the sun made a few feeble attempts at showing itself. A couple of sun lines hopefully established longitude and combined with fathometer readings, the estimated position was reported to the Skipper along with a recommendation to change course 40 degrees to starboard. While he was digesting this 40, not four degree alteration, I assured him the EP was pretty good, that radar should pick up land about 1130, and at 1200 we should be abeam our landfall. With a glazed look, he gave an affirmative. What other alternative did he have?

As we proceeded, the visibility receded.

Before long it started to snow, becoming quite heavy by 1100. To say I spent an anxious half hour is putting it delicately.

But by golly and almost on time radar made land contact. The burning question was, was it the promontory I predicted?

Time passed ever so slowly but we riveted our attention on the radar scope.

As mentioned before, profiles and such were not available; but who needed them? Everyone became an instantaneous expert at identification. Shortly after 1200 (only seconds if you can believe me), the snow was replaced by brilliant sunshine and guess what loomed up broad on our starboard beam? — the lighthouse I was expecting!

Naturally anything beyond this point was anticlimatic, for me anyway. That night, not only safely in port but comfortably ensconced in the rest camp of our British submarine compatriots, a slightly tipsy U.S. submarine Skipper was heard to mutter almost continuously, "40 degrees to starboard." His even tipsier Navigator just grinned — no, smirked would better describe it.

As I said. World War II submarine navigation was a challenge. All it took was a good assistant, proper use of all the tools, a conviction that your gut feeling is right, and, of course, a proper appreciation of Brennan's "God Loves U.S. Sailors 'cause their hearts is pure gold."

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Needed: Lethal Big Gun Submarines Captain Julius Grigore, Jr., USNR

Mr. Paul Cohen's provocative article.

Cargo Submarines for Naval and Merchant Uses, in the June 1980 issue of the Naval Institute Proceedings, gave rise to an idea for another useful submarine concept.

In 1925, Hector C. Bywater, the British joiunaUst and naval expert for the London Daily Telegraph, wrote his popular novel The Great Pacific War. Bywater, with an uncanny vision for anticipating in fiction what was to occur in fact, forecast the American-Japanese War of the Pacific (1941-1945), including the Imperial Japanese Navy surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941; the destruction of an American battle fleet; the raid on Dutch Harbor; the capture of our Pacific island possessions, including the Philipines; submarine attacks on the United States Pacific coast and an intended Japanese attack on our P a n a m a Canal.

Bywater's prophetic book told of the deadly 7,OCX) ton undersea cruiser NAGOYA belonging to the Japanese Imperial Navy, which had twin 8-inch (203 mm) guns in an enclosed watertight turret. He fictionalized a typical combat patrol of NAGOYA, which resulted in devastation of elements of the American Navy at Truk: NAGOYA appeared at Truk a forenight after American occupation. On the morning of July 12th in Eten harbor, the American cruisers COLUMBUS (Capt. Louis Bateman) and HARTFORD, eight destroyers, the aircraft carrier ALASKA, and a number of transports and auxiliaries were at anchor.

Six miles offshore the destroyers MELVIN, CLEMSON, REm and THORNTON were patrol-

ling, the first pair to the eastward, the other two more to the north. Nevertheless the enemy was able, in spite of this vigilant watch, to spring a surprise. A look-out in CLEMSON was the first to sight the huge submarine as she surfaced midway between the destroyer and shore. Her turrets swung around, and two tongues of flame spurted from her twin 8-inch guns and exploded Shipmate, July-August 1983

with deadly effect. CLEMSON was brought to a standstill and promptly holed at the waterline by two more shells.

Having disposed of CLEMSON in less than a minute, the monster fired on MELVIN, whose commander, realizing the futihty of attacking with only 4-inch gims, maneuvered to use torpedoes. One torpedo was fired wide of the mark. Another was about to be fired when an enemy shell must have burst on a track of torpedoes, for MELVDJ disappeared in a sheet of flame and smoke.

NAGOYA now directed her fire against RETD and THORNTON with such deadly accuracy that they were compelled to throw up smoke screen to escape, but not before REro was holed.

Obviously, Bywater painted a vivid action scene by providing that necessary element of drama to depict how in that era, and even during World War II, a submarine of NAGOYA's powerful big gun capability could surprise and devastate an unsuspecting enemy.

While Bywater's extraordinary prediction may have motivated the Japanese Imperial Navy to attack and to win at Pearl Harbor, it fortunately did not influence them to build big gun submarines. H a d they done so, as the situation was in 1941-42 for the Allied Navies in the Pacific, the history of that war could have been written in favor of Japan. I-Boat Captain, by Harrington and Orita, cites how the Japanese submarine 1-17 (Cdr. Kozo Nishino), on 25 February 1942, had easily terrorized the populace of the West Coast of the United States by briefly shelling the Elwood oil field inside Santa Barbara Strait: Newspapers in California carried panic headlines and stories about the shelling by a "Jap U-Boat." Demands were made on the American Govermnent to protect the coast with its Navy. For 17 rounds of (140 mm) ammunition, Nashino's men cost the U.S. Navy many millions of dollars in time, money, ships and men, providing escort (and coastal protection). Three years would pass before the West Coast waters were considered safe from our (Japanese Navy) attacks.

There were other outstanding deck gun actions by submariners during World War II, but most were isolated incidents. One involved the USS NAUTLLUS (Cdr. Wilham H . Brockman) with her two, fore-and-aft, 6-inch deck guns off Makin Island in support of Carlson's Raiders on 16-17 August 1942. Then, in late September 1942, Brockman blasted two fishing trawlers out of the water off the east coast of Japan. (Following the death of the Free French SURCOUF by collision in the Caribbean on 18 February 1942, NAUTILUS and her sister, USS N A R -

WHAL, became the largest, most powerful submarines in the world.)

The most famous of all submarine artillerists during World War II was Cdr. Ben Bryant RN, later Rear Admiral and Flag Officer, Submarines, commanding the legendary H M S SAFARI in the Mediterranean. His harrowing exploits and many successes are well documented in naval history and in his ever popular book Submarine Commander.

But the most notorious deck gun action of all, the one creating the most publicity, terror among civil populace and consternation among military, naval and political officials, was that one, recounted above, involving Nishino with 1-17. For a pittance of effort and resources, Nishino's audacity caused the U . S . Navy to tie up scores of ships and small craft to patrol the West Coast for over three years of the war, at a cost of tens of millions of dollars, even though shelling attacks on the United States were never repeated by the Japanese Navy.

A big gun undersea cruiser, such as NAGOYA, was in existence during World War II. She was the 4,318 t o n , 361 foot long, Free French submarine SURCOUF (Capitaine de Fregate Georges 31

By the time work was restarted. World War I had ended.

About this Mayers wrote: There was great anxiety in Royal Navy submarine circles that German underwater designers might produce formidable artillery submarines which, acting closely together in the Atlantic, could blow our escorting vessels out of the water, like the German cruisers GNEISENAU and SCHARNHORST had done on the Scandinavian routes.

As the Royal Navy was building submarines to carry 12-inch guns we could see no reason why the Germans could not do likewise; after all the Germans had taken the lead in many other technical developments (shells, mines, airships).

HMS M-1 with her 12" gun. Courtesy Imperial War Museum London

Louis Blaison), launched in November 1929. In addition to carrying 22 21.7-inch diameter torpedoes, SURCOUF was built around an enclosed watertight, power-operated turret with twin 8-inch guns; with 300 projectiles per gun. Her guns could be elevated 18째 above horizontal, depressed 5째 below horizontal and trained 180째. Each gun could fire three 260-lb shells per minute to a range of 30,000 yards. The impact of a direct hit on a merchantman or light destroyer of that era could have blown either vessel out of the water, and put fear in those fighting her from aboard larger platforms. Is it any wonder why SURCOUF, during her time, with her twin 8-inch guns, torpedo power and seaplane carrying capability, was the most powerful submarine in the world?

Tactical use for Stmcoup's 8-inch guns was to load while submerged, with watertight tampions in place. SURCOUF would then plane up to a depth at which her gun muzzles would just be out of the water, while otherwise remaining submerged, except for her range finder. Tampions would then be removed by remote control, her guns fired on a bearing and range fed control from in the conning tower, after which the tampions would be closed and SURCOUF would return to periscope depth to observe fall of shot.

Besides being able to bombard an enemy coast at leisure, it was possible to surface, for close-in-fighting, with a loaded gun pointing at a moving target observed through the periscope, and within seconds fire point blank at a surprised enemy. SURCOUF'S gun loading, remote control of the tampions and firing procedure, "Up32

Boom-Smash-Down" in seconds, could be repeated until the enemy had been destroyed. These were features which had been tried and proven in the Royal Navy's big gun submarine M-1 (exHMS K-18), with her single 12-inch gun.

LCdr. Colin Mayers RN (Ret.) once Senior Instruction Officer, British Submarine School, in Submarines, Admirals and Navies, wrote this about M-1: "The first 12-inch shell, with its tremendous destructive effect, was aimed in the expectation of making a knock-out blow at very short range; since the trajectory of the shell was flat the gun calculations were simple. It was not intended to wait on the surface to see the result of the shot. This could be observed through the periscope."

When M-1 was about to be completed, during World War I, the project was deliberately postponed, which included M-2, 3 and 4, because the British Admiralty considered an idea had been conceived which would be more useful to the German than to the Royal Navy. Cdr. F. W. Lipscomb, OBE, RN (Ret.), in his book The British Submarine, spoke of this strange circumstance, likened to the United States Government deliberately postponing the development of the atomic bomb during World War II: The M-l's represented forethought well in advance of other countries and it is a pity that such achievements had to be written down by the Royal Navy because they were deemed more useful to the enemy than to ourselves.

So, according to Robert Garrett, in Submarines, M-1 was draped in tarpaulins, and her blueprints hidden. No more work was done on the project for a year.

Early in the post-World War I period, the wraps were taken off the ultrasecret M-1 project and, after her completion and trials, while commanded by Cdr. G. S. Brodie, an extraordinary exercise took place. For this intriguing episode of how M-1 sank the great battleship HMS HOOD in a mock attack, eighteen years before that famous warship was actually sent to the bottom by the German pocket battleship BISMARCK on 24 May, 1941, we refer again to Mayers: After I went to serve with Captain Max Horton, Commander, Atlantic Fleet Submarine Flotilla, I suggested to him that M-1 be given a trial to determine whether she could render better protection to a convoy than conventional submarines and surface craft, and to settle the question by a test at sea. Horton, fascinated by the unique, through his coimections with the Admiralty arranged for this competition.

The powerful battle cruiser HOOD, whh its eight 15-inch guns was selected to raid the convoy; the latter was to be defended by three light cruisers and five submarines, among them M-1.

When HOOD appeared the light cruisers, supposedly aiding the convoy, took flight, or as the Admiral of the light cruisers subsequently explained: "He tried to mislead HOOD and draw her away from the convoy." But a young officer listening to his superior's explanation remarked in sotto voice: "What the hell could he do but run, unless he wanted to get blown up." The five submarines stayed to face the music; so they adhered to their simple tactics of diving and stationing themselves between the retreating convoy and the advancing HOOD, attacking the latter with their torpedoes and a 12-inch gun.

HOOD was hit by a sudden dummy 12-inch shell, at only 1,000 yards, and went out of action. The convoy was saved.

Before a large gathering of officers at Gibraltar to discuss the tactics in which submarines for the first time had acted in close cooperation with a convoy, it was interesting to read the observation of Admiral A. C. Cowan RN, who had commanded HOOD. He considered the M-1, with her 12-inch gun, as "the most remarkable warship in the Royal Navy."

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(By one of those strange twists of fate, which only war can devise. Max Horton as Vice Admiral, Flag Officer, Submarines, had SimcouF under his aegis from July 1940 to February 1942 and for a time she flew the White Ensign, the battle flag of the Royal Navy.)

The M-1 and HOOD exercise had great relevance to SURCOUF because at the start of World War II she was the first Allied submarine to be used for protection of a convoy. In her case it was Convoy KJ-2, slow convoy from Jamaica to England in September-October 1939. Later, in March 1940, SURCOUF was used to escort Convoy HX-118 from Halifax to England, along the North Atlantic route. This practice was, however, found to be impractical by the British Admiralty, as the presence of even an AUied submarine caused imdue fear and panic among convoy crews.

Adm. Paul Ange Ortoli FN (Ret.), now deceased, who was the first Free French Commanding Officer of SURCOUF, remarked to the author, in May 1978, that she could have effectively disabled the lockgates of Normandie Drydock at St. Nazaire. Instead, on 28 March 1942, Operation CHARIOT was launched directly to assault and destroy the gates with the consequent loss of the "dock buster," HMS CAMPBELTOWN (ex-USS BUCHANAN), 169 dead commando and naval personnel, and 200 prisoners. This was an extreme penalty to have paid when, by comparison, the task could have been done nearly as thoroughly, and more economically, by offshore bombardment from a mobile, semi-submerged platform. Had SURCOUF been of other than Free French nationality she could have been used frequently, early in the war, to disable the Normandie Dock and to attack U-boat pens along the French Atlantic coast. British war policy, however, and rightfully so, precluded the use of French forces fighting French, or of French attacking Metropolitan France or any part of the French Empire.

Why more SURCOUF'S were not built was due to diplomatic, political and naval matters, beginning with the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22, involving the London Naval Conference of 1930, and ending with the fall of France in June 1940. It is possible, however, that an Allied fleet of SURCOUF'S in the late 1930's could have served as a deterrent to the start of World War II, much the same as NATO and Soviet nuclear, missile carrying submarines are deterring the start of World War III today.

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Scale model of SURCOUF, showing twin 8" turret and float plane

The U.S. Navy, utilizing available technology — modem Ughtweight, rapidfiring weapons; sophisticated fire controls; silent propulsion; dynamic positioning and beamed bearings from satellites — has within its capability and resources to vastly improve upon a M-1 battleship or StJRCOUF-type undersea cruiser. It could produce a successful prototype of an armored, long-range, survivable big gun submarine with high speed, deep diving capability within four years.

Thereafter, it could construct a fleet of at least thirty such submarines for fleet operation within a decade.

Even though our Navy is contemplating modernization of four mothballed World War II battleships, equipping them with long range missiles and VTO jump jets, they still would not match the stealth and element of surprise offered by the proposed undersea cruiser or battleship. Such undersea warships would broaden and strengthen our conventional warfare capability and reopen a sphere of naval warfare, particularly blockade, siege and selective bombardment of offshore and onshore facilities, not now possible of being performed with economy and effectiveness by our air, military or naval forces.

Moreover, these submersible warships could perform an integral and overlapping role in tone with the naval philosophy expounded by Admiral of the Fleet S.G. Gorshkov, Soviet Navy, in The Sea Power of the State:

to the level of development of material means for warfare.

At the same time, the navy has, since ancient times, been capable of and has conducted war not only against an enemy navy, but also against ground troops, against which the delivery of naval strikes often has played a major role in achieving the intermediate goals of the war and which has often led to the occupation of certain territories.

In other words, the employment of navies in wars was regarded, even in far off times, as the method of more easily and effectively achieving the goals of war.

There is no need for the U.S. Navy to remain deficient in bridging that "strategic" gap pointedly referred to by Admiral Gorshkov. Technology and resources are available to develop anew a class of formidable big gun undersea battleships and cruisers which could provide the required "mutual support" between our strategic land and naval forces. It only remains for someone within our Navy to kindle interest in having s'lch undersea monsters conceived and duplicated in numbers required to "Up-Boom-Smash-Down" the enemy.

Imagine the economy and effectiveness of such powerful offensive weapons for achieving the "goals of war" against targets of necessity and opportunity, but not necessarily always being at-sea-onalert, or for show of force and flag across the ocean theaters of the world???

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The appearance and prolonged existence of miUtary (or, as it is sometimes called, land strategy) and naval strategy have historically proved of little value, and, at certain stages in the development of the armed forces, have stemmed to a certain degree from the limited capabilities for mutual support by the army and navy due 33

S e a Pressure and A Problem

of Scientific

Research

Admiral I. J. Galantin U S N (Ret.)

Serving in the two Pearl Harbor based submarine squadrons in 1949 were three Division Commanders (Gallaher, Schade, Galantin), and two Operations Officers (Davenport, Kinsella). We were contemporaries, all married about the same length of time. One Saturday afternoon we were relaxing with our families at the swimming pool beside the Sub Base Officers Club, keeping a watchful eye on our jumping, splashing, squealing progeny. Suddenly we were aware that the ratio of girls to boys was 15 to 1!

"Quick! Get a photographer," said someone and we hurried to round up the elusive, improbable evidence of submariners' procreational discrimination.

Only the last-born child of the five couples present was a boy. He was Antone Joseph (Skippy), son of Antone and Mary Gallaher. Tony was not only my '33 classmate but he and Mary had been with us in the winter class at Sub School in 1936. After five lovely daughters they were overjoyed to be blessed with a son. Rumor had it that one week after Skippy's birth Tony was asked who the baby resembled. Tony's reply became legend in the Submarine Force: "I don't know. I haven't looked at his face yet."

In fact, the imbalance of sexes was compounded; Tony and Mary were to have still another daughter, as did Arnie and Becky Schade. For our particular group of submarine officers, the female to male ratio is 17 to 1!

This curious fact remained in the back of my mind and was occasionally a topic of humorous discussion on social occasions. It remained only that until 1968 when I read a news story in London to the effect that the children of British Navy frogmen were nearly always girls.

No one knew why, so Cdr. Philip A. White RN, MBE, the father of two girls, attempted to find out. Said he, "I began looking into this when a 12-man diving team with their wives in Malta produced 34

11 girls and only 1 son." In another sample of 25 divers, 75% of their offspring were girls.

While Cdr. White acknowledged the myth that "it depends whether you were facing east at the vital moment", a noted obstetrician at London's Hammersmith Hospital said at the time, "The possible reason that leaps to mind is the effect caused by pressure changes on the body."

Disappointed by so superficial and unscientific analysis of so intriguing a subject, I passed the international evidence to Capt. George F. Bond (MC) USN. George had been with me in the Fleet Ballistic Missile program, and in 1968 was Assistant for Medical Effects in the Navy's Deep Submergence Systems Project. Specially trained in Diving Medicine, he was himself a diver of long experience, a dedicated scientist engaged in important research seeking to extend man's ability to do useful work beneath the sea. Of fundamental significance to this effort was his discovery that once a diver's blood has been saturated with breathing gases at a given depth, the time required for decompression is a function only of the depth and not of the length of time the diver remains at that depth.

Now, after the lapse of many years.

Dr. Bond's findings can be revealed: "In accord with my reputation for accelerated correspondence, I hasten to reply to your query of many months ago, concerning sex disproportion in siblings of diving personnel. The obvious time lag results from detailed planning, some field work, and some weeks of bemused consideration of the results of preliminary surveys.

"Commander White's remarks, first uttered at a cocktail party last winter in Portsmouth, resulted in a deluge of research proposals from various biological laboratories. The lowest price tag was not inconsiderable. To most of these supplicants, I replied in a negative

fashion, by telephone. Meanwhile, I undertook a preliminary investigation — an inquiry which, I hasten to add, will not hold up under careful statistical scrutiny.

"Some ten years ago, in conformance with the cyclical nature of these fables, my escape training instructors sought from me verification of the legend of female progeny and sterility amongst the diving fraternity. The fact that the two situations were mutually exclusive did not disturb my co-workers; nor, apparently, did they believe the visual record of our biannual picnic affairs. Nonetheless, I followed through with a rapid survey which revealed a normal male/female ratio in offspring, and a remarkable degree of fertility. Regrettably, I failed to publish my meager findings; nor did I further pursue the issue.

"Some weeks ago, in a completely untruthful session with my colleagues, the question was again reiised. One doctor, with a straight face, claimed to have interviewed 218 hard-hat divers, with very sad results. According to this informant, 68.7 percent of his diver informants could not recall the number, sex, names, or birthdates of their children. An additional 10.3 percent averred, he said, that because of the hippie influence, they could no longer distinguish sons from daughters, and were not sufficiently interested to pursue the question. The remaining 11.0 percent had been remarried so often as to invalidate their record.

"Another colleague, who works with caisson workers, drew a complete blank in his inquiry. He got no response whatsoever, on the basis that none wished to light off another paternity suit. This would seem to be a singularly unprofitable area of research.

"Finally, in careful consideration of Cdr. White's allegation, our group looked at cause and effect. The concensus was that perhaps the reported female imbalance might merely reflect the desire Shipmate, July-August 1983

Skippy Gallaher and 15 submarine daughters at the Pearl Harbor O Club pool, 1949

of a naval rate to volimteer for an escape from an all-female household. This, of course, may be a canard.

"In all seriousness, we have investigated a rather careful study of the possibility of disproportionate birth ratios, if for no other reason than to answer the recurrent questions which arise. To this end, my office is initiating research within the Navy of the procreational records of all married aquanauts, a group of median-experienced deep sea

divers, instructors at our two submarine escape training tanks, plus the crews of several Polaris submarines. We cannot ignore the possibility that, if the chaff of superstition be removed, a kernel of truth may be discovered.

"The final answer will require more months of investigation; but perhaps the ultimate report may provide an aU-time answer to this recurrent headache. You have done us all a great service by forcing the issue."

It would be a pity should the results of Dr. Bond's research fall on barren ground. Are the young men and women of today's Navy able to sustain its tradition of scientific excellence? We pass to them the burden of arduous field work and painstaking analysis required in so fertile a field.

A biography of Admiral Galantin was in the June issue of Shipmate.

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The Scholarly Warrior

by Professor Paolo E. Coletta. University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1980. 256 pages, illustrations, maps and charts, $10.25.

In Scholarly Warrior we have another very readable and thoroughly researched naval book by Professor Coletta of our Naval Academy staff. It details the naval career of RAdm. French Ensor Chadwick, Class of 1865 at the Naval Academy. Chad wick, who had many virtues, also had the propensity of writing letters to the Secretary of the Navy during the period of 1883 to 1894. Quotes from many of these long and detailed letters keep interest at a high level.

The book contains many related events to hold the interest of those whose careers in the Navy started sixty to ninety years later than Midshipman Chadwick's.

The broad spectrum of the book falls naturally into four areas: (1) It tells the most complete story of the Naval Academy when it was shifted from Annapolis to Newport, Rhode Island, as well as the interesting trivia of a career in the Navy during the second half of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th Century; (2) It details the tremendously successful effort by Chadwick as Naval Attache in London in rounding up and sending to Washington plans of new British-built ships and important new ordnance material essential for the building of the Great White Fleet; (3) It details not only the problem of creating new ships but the somewhat drastic changes in naval organization, even though the latter changes did not become law until the office of the Chief of Naval Operations was created in 1915 and promotion by selection instituted in 1916; and (4) It tells most interestingly of the sendees of Captain Chadwick as Chief of Staff to Rear Admiral Sampson, Commander Atlantic Squadron, and details the Battle of Santiago from the Sampson point of view. Chadwick was a member of the Court of Inquiry that looked into the blowing up of the battleship MAINE in Havana on 15 February 1898, and later requested an investigation which turned into the Court of Inquiry into the conduct of Commodore Wmfield S. Schley at the Battle of Santiago.

The Class of 1865 entered the Naval Academy 147 strong (Professor Coletta says 203) of whom 85 graduated, 27 became Flag Officers by seniority promoShipmate, July-August 1983

tion, and five (Goodrich, McCalla, Chadwick, Converse, Brownson) left their footprints on the sands of time. Chadwick graduated number five in his class at Newport on 22 November 1864 (threeyear class). His class was the first to receive an ensign's gold bar on graduation. This action by the navy did not please Congress, which legislated that "one year's service at sea" was required before an ensign's commission could be given. Later this was changed to two years service at sea, which lasted until 1912.

Chadwick was assigned to the steam frigate SUSQUEHANNA, soon to be the flagship of the South Atlantic Squadron, a force he was to command 40 years later. As a passed midshipman, he received $300 per year while on leave or waiting orders, $350 per year while on shore duty, and $400 per year while on sea duty. Chadwick went from the SUSQUEHANNA to the training ship SABINE, to the sloop JUNIATA, to the GUERRIER, to the TuscARORA. When reporting in 1868 to the JUNIATA he was a senior lieutenant and watch and division officer. She was a bark-rigged screw sloop of 1900 tons, showing the flag along the east coast of South America, the west coast of Africa, St. Helena, and the Falklands. After duty in TuscARORA, in 1872 he was ordered to shore duty at the Naval Academy (after eight years of sea duty) to teach mathematics.

During his next cruise at sea, commencing in 1878, he was executive officer of the POWTIATAN, an old side-wheeled

steamer that had been with Commodore Perry in Japan 24 years before. Probably the most important event during this cruise was his marriage at age 34 to Cornelia Jones Miller. She was twelve years his junior.

While in Europe on leave, he studied the training systems of the British and French Navies and Merchant Marine and prepared a report, which was published in 1880 by the Senate as an executive document and adopted for the United States Navy. Chadwick's next detail was as Assistant Inspector of the Third Lighthouse District with headquarters on Staten Island.

The turning point in his career arrived when the Office of Naval Intelligence was established on 23 March 1882 and it was decided that Chadwick would be the first

Naval Attache sent abroad. Nearly onesixth of his career was spent in this one detail, which was very much to the benefit of the Navy. Chadwick was 18 years out of the Naval Academy, with great personal tact, charm and courtesy.

He had the marked advantage of speaking French and Spanish and understanding Italian, while his wife, who had been raised in Germany, spoke German. Our Navy was small, ranking 12th among the navies of the world. Chadwick had the capacity not only to observe but to research and write on technical matters; the frosting on the cake was that he was a skilled draftsman.

Chadwick flooded the Navy Department with drawings and plans of ships being built in Britain for the Royal Navy as well as for the Italian, Spanish and Chinese Navies. The reputation of British building yards continued to grow and soon they were also building ships for the Brazilian, Japanese, Chilean and Russian Navies. Chadwick was able to secure plans for a number of these ships and forward them to the Navy Department.

Congress, however, was not only economy minded, it was parsimonious as far as the Navy was concerned. It had passed a shipbuilding bill, but provided no funds for construction. Later, on 3 March 1883, it reduced the number of cruisers authorized from four to three, the ATLANTA, BOSTON and CHICAGO, and

provided construction funds for those three, the first of "The New Navy."

Some thoughtful person finally sprung Chadwick's detachment, and he took command of the YORKTOWN, a 1700 ton twin screw gunboat. Chadwick placed her in commission on 23 April 1889 as a commander, well known and respected at the top echelon of the Navy. He had received four letters from two Secretaries of the Navy, and he had written at least 32 letters to the four most recent Secretaries, for they are indexed and, in part, quoted. Because he was eight years away from promotion to captain, an effort was made to speed up his sea-going training, which had been zero when he was in London. The YORKTOWN was ordered to join the Squadron of Evolution, which consisted of the ATLANTA, BOSTON and CHICAGO, all protected

cruisers of 3000 tons, the newest and best we had.

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The new Secretary, Benjamin F. Tracy, ordered operations at sea "to test at sea strategy and tactical principles studied at the Naval War College to determine doctrine for the modern United States Navy" just being buih. On a trip to Lisbon, Portugal, the three ABC cruisers and the YORKTOWN, under command of RAdm. John G. Walker, encountered a real walloper of a North Atlantic storm. The three cruisers sailed through it with minor difficulty, but YORKTOWN had a major problem and ended up lying to, banked fires, a dozen oil bags over the starboard side and her steering quadrant broken.

She limped into Horta, where temporary repairs were made to the steering gear, and arrived Lisbon on 23 December 1891.

The Squadron of Evolution made a Mediterranean cruise, after which the YORKTOWN was sent home to New York while the rest of the squadron went to South America. YORKTOWN'S steering gear needed to be repaired and the facilities of ports to be visited were inadequate.

On 18 July 1891, Cdr. Robley D. Evans relieved Chadwick in command of the YORKTOWN. Chadwick, after performing a number of chores for Secretary Tracy, became Chief Intelligence Officer from 21 August 1892 until 30 June 1893, but problems and the number of nonintelligence tasks assigned him were beyond his capabilities. On 14 September 1893 he was fortunate to relieve Capt.

George Dewey as Chief of the Bureau of Equipment, but felt his Bureau had been downgraded when a commander relieved a captain. In a letter to Alfred Thayer Mahan, Chadwick wrote a truism about duty in the Navy Department that has stood the test of time.

"I find myself standing at the foot of a glacier of papers, which would overwhelm me if I did not work like a horse digging away at the butt end. It is a constant and overwhelming movement which I have never before experienced."

Chadwick was promoted to captain in 1897, 33 years after graduation from the Naval Academy and, at age 53, after 13 years as a commander, which tells the basic problem of the seniority promotion system. His next detail was as skipper of the 8150 ton armored cruiser NEW YORK, flagship of the North Atlantic Squadron, with RAdm. Montgomery Sicard on board. When the MAINE was blown up in Havana, Chadwick was appointed to the Court of Inquiry, of which Capt. William T. Sampson, skipper of the IOWA, was senior member. Admiral Sicard was ailing and ordered ashore for duty on the Naval War Board. To relieve Sicard, Sampson was so ordered, and asked Chadwick to serve as his Chief of Staff.

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commodores. Secretary of the Navy Long authorized him to operate independently of Sampson until he joined Sampson, when he should report to him. Schley was senior in rank to Sampson, but junior in command held. He then fiddlefaddled around Cienfuegos, Cuba, where the Spanish ships were not failing to carry out the positive orders of Sampson to go to Santiago, where the Spanish ships had arrived way back on the 19th of May.

French Ensor Chadwick

Winfield Scott Schley William Thomas Sampson

During the rest of the war, Chadwick continued most active as both Commanding Officer of the NEW YORK and Chief of Staff to Admiral Sampson. These services are well detailed in The Relations of the United States and Spain; The Spanish-American War, a two-volume book which Chadwick wrote after retirement.

After the war was over, Chadwick kept gnawing away at Commodore Schley, got himself a letter of reprimand from the Secretary of the Navy and otherwise diminished his service reputation. Schley was five classes senior to Chadwick, and making water run up hill was as difficult in 1899 as it is today. Receipt of a sword on "Chadwick Day" at Morgantown, West Virginia, on 10 October 1899 was a fitting recognition of a thoroughly capable officer, still a captain and growing a bit cantankerous.

From 1900-1903 Chadwick served as President of the Naval War College and a charter member of the General Board and was promoted to rear admiral. Soon after, President Theodore Roosevelt was faced with the decision as to who of the senior rear admirals would command the Great White Fleet on its voyage around the world. Chadwick was anxious for the job but the choice fell to RAdm. Robley D. Evans and Chadwick went to the South Atlantic Squadron. From that day until he retired on 28 February 1906, Chadwick would not be satisfied with any of the billets offered him by the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. When retired, he wrote steadily. The Causes of the Civil War was published in 1906, The United States and Diplomacy in 1911, and 77ie Relations of the United States and Spain: the Spanish-American War was published in 1915. He edited the Graves Papers and other documents relating to the naval operations of the Yorktown Campaign July to October 1781, which were published in 1916, and his 77ie American Navy was published in 1915. With these books and 25 articles that he published in the Naval Institute Proceedings, Century Magazine, Scribners, New York Evening Post, Colliers, and other leading magazines, Chadwick well proved his qualifications as "The Scholarly Warrior."

George C. Dyer '19 'If Shipmate, July-August 1983

Capitol Hill John F. Slinkman

House, Senate Move to Deny Active Force Increases As this column went to press on 20 May, Congress still had not adopted a budget resolution, the House Armed Services Committee had just reported the defense authorization for FY 1984, and the House Appropriations Committee was sending an '83 Defense supplemental appropriation bill to the floor with some of the money for Pershing missiles which had been withheld from the regular '83 appropriation. But other legislation was moving, as reported below and in Jime Shipmate, and long hearings on the defense authorization in the Senate, on the construction authorization, and the actual money bills in both chambers were near an end.

Most details of the big just-reported defense authorization must be deferred.

The big news is rejection of all increases requested for active force strength (Army strength, indeed, is cut 2,0(X) below '83), approval of requested increases in the Reserves and National Guard, and denial of nearly every requested new personnel benefit. But, on Navy ships, the House Committee approved all but one mine coimtermeasures ship of the 23 requested.

The House Armed Services Committee's refusal to approve the 37,000 additional military — 11,900 Navy and 2,700 Marine Corps — is likely to prevail in the Senate. The HASC and two Senate Armed Services Committeemen — John W. Warner (R-Va.), former SecNav and chairman of the Nuclear Forces Subcommittee, and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), former chairman of the Manpower Subcommittee — have prepared an amendment to the authorization which also denies the additional actives as well as the proposed 16,000 more civiUans. Rationale of the House Committee and the two Senators is the same: More missions and jobs for the civilian components, using the resulting savings to avoid cuts in operations, maintenance and procurement.

Warner and Nunn also seek reductions in headquarters and support staffs.

Defense opposed the Regular-toReserve mission shift in testimony before the committees, but Reserve leaders favor it.

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As June Shipmate stated, the Housepassed first budget resolution, H.Con.Res. 91, limits Defense growth to 4%; forcing many reductions in the President's requested 10% growth. It allows a 4% military and civilian pay increase each of the next three years; delays retired pay and veterans compensation increases by six months. The President wanted a year's freeze on all increases.

After long and bitter debate the Senate Budget Committee now has reported a resolution allowing a 5% Defense growth; allowing the same 4% pay raise as the House but delayed from October 1983 to April 1984, and delaying the annuity and veterans increases by eight months. The resolution is being bitterly debated on the Senate floor; the already too generous (in the President's view) non-defense entitlements are being somewhat further increased while Sens.

Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) and Nunn are seeking to raise Defense growth to 6.5%

The President's budget had recommended making permanent the limiting of cost-of-living increases for nondisability retirees under age 62 to half the regular COLA increase. In the face of rising protests and concern over futiue retention, he has withdrawn that proposal, but it is still retained in the House version of the budget resolution. The Senate Budget Committee version drops it and allows full COLA raises, but with the eight-month delay. Jepsen's pay bill also allows full COLA, but it does adopt Presidential budget recommendations for rounding retired pay to the lowest full dollar amount and for eUminating the "look-back" provision. The "look-back" law allows a retiree to retire under the pay scales of a year earlier, as increased

by COLA, if it is more advantageous.

Jepsen would retain for three years the "look-back" option for those eligible to retire when the bill becomes law but who choose to remain on active duty.

Both Armed Services Committees, which actually must vote any miUtary pay increase, but within budget resolution guidelines, are approving the 4% raise, but effective from April 1984 and excluding E-ls, E-2s, and possibly O-ls.

Otherwise, the basic pay raises are across the board, being too small for "targeting." Chairman Roger Jepsen (Rlowa) of the Senate Manpower Subcommittee has introduced general pay bill, S. 989, similar to that the Senate did not pass last year, which he intends to offer as an amendment to the defense authorization. Its many provisions, in addition to the basic pay raise, include reauthorizing aviation officer continuation pay for a year, increasing flag and general officer ceihngs, BAQ for ships in overhaul, and Reserve benefits. One round-trip for dependents in U.S. high schools or colleges to their parents' oversea stations is provided; Defense had asked and the House Committee has voted one such trip a year.

The House Armed Services' defense authorization bill, while embodying the active basic pay raise, defers retired pay changes for later consideration. The subcommittee, Les Aspin (D-Wis.), an avowed critic of service retirement (but not an opponent of retireds working for the federal government), will hold extensive hearings in June. That still could be in time for retirement provisions, if inserted in the authorization by the Senate as plaimed, to be left in the final version of that bill.

Not only is the Administration backing away from a COLA cap for miUtary retireds but the Joint Chiefs of Staff have formed a task force headed by BGen. Mary A. Marsh USAF, the Joint Staff's director of persoimel and manpower, to monitor proposed retirement changes and to coordinate service responses. That ad hoc group also will review the retirement proposals of the Fifth Quadrennial Review of MiUtary Compensation when that in-service group reports this faU. Preliminary reports indicate the Fifth Review may come up again with a contributory retirement proposal and recommendations for foreign and parachute pay and tmiform allowance revisions. But the Review probably will oppose subjecting anyone on duty at the time of a retirement change to that change.

Senate Rejects 50% COLA Raise But Favors Other Retiree Cuts In addition to the six- or eight-month delays in retired pay increases mentioned above, there are several other provisions in the budget resolutions and in other pending legislation of concern to retirees.

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Justice Changes Pass Senate: Courts Busy on Military Issues Congress and the courts have been busy on military justice matters. The Senate has passed a series of amendments to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The Supreme Court heard the government's appeal from a Court of Appeals decision overturning Feres even while a House Judiciary Subcommittee was hearing arguments pro and con — definitely con from Defense — on a bill, H.R. 1492, which would amend Feres to allow suits by some service people. The Court of Military Appeals was making some important decisions. The Supreme Court also was refusing to hear four other service-related cases.

Senate-passed S. 974's many amendments to the UCMJ include: Allowing appeals of Court of Military Appeals decisions to be taken by the government to the Supreme Court; denying Boards for Correction of Military Records power to overturn courts martial, limiting them to clemency and to record corrections; creating a special punitive article for drug offenses; ending mandatory Court of Military Appeals review of sentences involving flag officers. Changes also are proposed in post-trial reviews and in the composition and duties of the Code Committee. The drug article states the President shall prescribe maximum sentences by executive order. He did just that last October, increasing maximum sentences for drug offenses, which at present are prosecuted under Article 134, the "general" article.

The House Armed Services Committee has promised to consider justice code changes this year.

Statements of Supreme Court justices at their hearing on Feres indicate they will uphold that doctrine of immunity of superiors from lawsuits, a view reinforced by their refusal to hear servicemen's appeal from a Third Circuit Court's upholding Feres. The justices instead heard the government's appeal from the Ninth Circuit's reversal of a trial judge's holding that five black Navy enlisteds had no standing to sue their superiors for alleged discrimination. Reversal of the 32-year-old Feres ruling would allow many suits by service people against superiors.

The four cases denied review by the highest court were: — Appeal of an anti-nuclear group which had tried to address those attending an Air Force open house, — Two other cases which sought to interject courts into internal military administration. One was by an enlisted Reservist barred from a commission because of age, the other by two soldiers who said their training did not qualify 40

them as practical nurses as it had been implied it would.

— Appeal of an Army officer from a CaUfornia court's division of his retired pay with his divorced wife. Sidney H. Yateman had argued that the division of pay came while he was on active duty in 1978, before the effective date of the Former Spouse Protection Act. Yateman said the McCarty decision should have overruled such divisions and the Protection Act could not, constitutionally, reinstate them retroactively.

The Court of Military Appeals tightened military discipline in two decisions which tend to amend earlier rulings. In Lockwood it broadened military jurisdiction over offenses committed off station and in Blaylock it said commanding officers have the right to withdraw cases initially referred to a summary or special court and submit them instead to a higher court. The court also is reviewing the first death penalty case in years; if it upholds the sentence against Army PFC Wyatt L. Matthews, he could be the first person executed by military justice since 1961.

The Lockwood decision tends to uphold military jurisdiction if the offense was committed on or near a military installation, or tended to injure the military's relationship with the community, or posed potential damage to the service's reputation or morale.

Court Rulings Don't Stop Draft Suits or Aid Ban The government is continuing draft registration despite a judge's ruling and despite a House Education and Labor Committee vote to delay the ban until 1 February 1984. Registrations, prosecutions and aid ban all could be affected, of course, by final outcome of either district court case or passage of the delay bUl. On registrations: A California district judge in November dismissed the government's prosecution of a draft evader on the grounds that prosecutions were selective and that the required 30-day notice was not given before registration regulations were put into effect. The government appealed to the Ninth Court of Appeals and meanwhile has continued registrations — and prosecutions. It's now selecting names at random from lists of non-registrants to avoid any complaints of selective prosecutions. And, discovering that some Reservists and some former Regulars are unwittingly not among the 95.4% of draft-age males who have registered, the government is taking corrective steps. Registration is now a routine part of discharge processing. The first man convicted for not registering, Enten EUer, meanwhile has been ordered

by Judge James C. Turk to begin two years' unpaid laundry or kitchen work at a VA hospital after he finishes college in June. EUer will get room and board.

On student aid: A Minnesota judge said 9 March that the Solomon amendment to the '83 defense authorization act was " a bUl of attainder." The government is appealing and is readying regulations to cut off student aid effective 1 July on loans made since the 8 September 1982 effective date of the aid-ban provision. The House Education Committee on 28 AprU reported H.R. 2145, which would delay the effective date of the ban to 1 February. Committee dissenters argued that such legislative delays because of court action would only encourage "Frivolous lawsuits" to obtain delays and would remove pressure on courts to resolve such suits promptly.

Even several who voted for the delay made it clear, in written statements, that students who violate the law should not get educational aid.

Terms of reference of H.R. 2145 also require House Armed Services Committee approval. That committee has no intention of reporting the bill. Proponents may try to offer it as an amendment to the defense authorization.

Maritime Legislation Moves Maritime legislation is getting much attention in Congress. In addition to its passage earlier of S. 47, validating the conference agreement system, the Senate now has passed S. 1037, authorizing appropriations for maritime programs for FY's '84 and '85, and S. 46, codifying the commercial shipping and navigation and recreational boating laws administered by the Coast Guard. The Commerce Committee has approved S. 655, which authorizes $42 million for the National Sea Grant College Program in '84 and $46 million in '85. The President had asked for no Sea Grant funds.

The House Merchant Marine Committee has not formally reported any bills, but it has voted to approve Sea Grant authorizations and a conference vaUdation bill and been holding hearings on the maritime authorization and on bills to improve deep-water ports. It plans hearings on H.R. 1242, the Boggs' bill to require periodically increasing proportions of shipping to be carried in U.S.-built ships.

The maritime authorization passed by the Senate allows $401,294,000 for operating subsidies but defers construction matters for later consideration. It increases federal support of the California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York and Texas Maritime Academies with a total of $3 million fuel oil allowance. S. 46's reworking of Title 46, Shipmate, July-August 1983

U.S. Code, wiU eUminate such situations as 13 separate and often ambiguous references to types of vessels the Coast Guard is to inspect.

The Transportation Department is seeking user fees for the Coast Guard again and an advisory committee, appointed by the President at the request of the Merchant Marine Committee, says the Coast Guard spends too much time and money helping recreational boaters in non-emergency situations and should charge for it. The Coast Guard Subcommittee chairman. Rep. Gerry Studds (DMass.) says that's Uke having fire departments charge for putting out house fires.

JCS Organization Debated Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff is again going to be the subject of House Armed Services Conunittee hearings. This year a Defense proposal is before the commitee along with the sweeping proposals of Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) The Defense proposal lengthens tours of the Joint Staff and its director and aUows more repeat tours. It clarifies the powers of the JCS Chairman as a Unk between the Secretary of the Defense and the unified and specified commands.

Skelton told the House 20 AprU that was not enough. His bUl, H.R. 2560, abolishes the JCS and creates a single principal miUtary adviser. Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), the retired Marine colonel-astronaut, also wants more changes.

The House last August had passed a JCS reorganization biU after long hearings. That bUl, which died in the Senate, created a senior Strategy Advisory Board, aUowed more Joint Staff continuity and created a deputy chairman — an office the present JCS strongly opposes.

The House meanwhile on 3 May unaiumously passed H.R. 1692, which puts the Marine Corps Commandant on the Armed Forces PoUcy Council. Congress made the Commandant a regular voting member of the JCS in 1978 but neglected to put him on the councU where the other JCS members serve, along with the Secretary, Under Secretary and Deputy Secretaries of Defense and the three Service Secretaries. The coundl advises SecDef "on matters of broad policy relating to the armed forces."

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nuclear weapons." As passed 4 May by a 278-149 vote (after a vote to recommit was lost, 175-247), H. J. Res. 13 is far different from the version reported 14 March by the Foreign Affairs Committee and which was expected to be ramrodded through. No fewer than 30 amendments were adopted, mostly intended to preserve U.S. nuclear power and to insure the resolution does not impose restrictions on the President's treatymaking powers. Even if a further amended version emerges from the Senate the President may well veto it.

House Foreign Affairs Committee got "come-uppances" in two other matters.

Its cuts in aid to El Salvador are being partly restored in further action. And resolution "directing" the President to furnish information on U.S. covert activities in Honduras and Nicaragua, which was referred also to the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, was reported by those two groups with recommendations that it not pass.

The Intelligence Committee turn-down was by unanimous vote.

AsstSecDef for International Security Affairs. The Senate also finaUy confirmed Joseph H. Sherick as Defense's first Inspector General and — after bitter debate but with substantial Democratic support and a good 57-42 margin — Kenneth L. Adelman as the new Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

The bill, S. 653, which estabUshes a Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, which passed the Senate 23 March (see June Shipmate), also cleared the House 9 May with a couple of technical amendments, thus assuring final passage.

Puget Sound and the Gulf Coast could be future carrier homeports as part of the Navy's program to further disperse the basing of the fleet, VAdm. WiUiam J. CowhUl, Deputy CNO for Logistics, told a House Armed Services Subcommittee.

SSN-709 will be named the USS HYMAN G . RICKOVER in honor of the nuclear-propulsion pioneer, SecNav John Lehman has stated. Mrs. Rickover wiU be asked to sponsor the attack submarine when the sub is launched in August.

Still Other Actions Reporting the authorization for intelUgence operations of the government for FY '84, the Senate IntelUgence Committee declared, "the continued growth of U.S. inteUigence capabiUties should remain among the nation's highest priorities." WhUe most details are secret, S. 1230 makes the Director of Central IntelUgence, now in Executive Level II, the 15th government official in highest Level I, and advances the Deputy Director from Level III to Level II. It also provides that a miUtary officer appointed Director or Deputy Director of the InteUigence Community Staff will retain aU miUtary rights and privileges but will be completely free of miUtary control and will not be charged against the flag allowances of his service.

The House has passed H.R. 2065, the '84 authorization for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, in the form in which the Science and Technology committee reported it — which was with increases in virtually all budget requests and with a protest against NASA's taking on additional work for Defense. A fourth of the twoscore committee members, in turn, protested that protest.

Chapman Beecher Cox is the Navy's new manpower "boss." He was nominated to succeed John S. Herrington, AsstSecNav for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, who is undertaking special assignments at the White House.

Richard Lee Armitage '67 was nominated to succeed his boss, Francis J. West, as

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the "popular" revolution; and end up with control of local government. Look at Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, and the continuing gueriUa war in Namibia, where the Soviets have secured strategic positions from which to dominate both sides of the vital trade routes around South Africa. Beginning with Cuba and Nicaragua, it seems clear that the same pattern is being foUowed today in Central America and, unUke Americans, the Soviets are not pressed for time.

It is very easy to take the comfortable and inexpensive view that "it just ain't so" and let things drift along on their current course with a band-aid or two to cover the external bleeding. But this nation cannot trust its security to such an assumption. The potential threat is there; we must be prepared and wUling to take the necessary actions to prevent that hypothesis from becoming fact — before it is too late.

If we can't or won't take appropriate action in our own backyard, who wiU believe in our support anywhere else?

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Navy Music On and Off the Alumni Association

Records

Charles A. Richardson

The Navy is known for having a great variety of music associated with its activities and traditions, much of which has its origins m the days of saU when most of the hard work was done by hand. The Sea Chantey, developed as a work song, fiUed the need to coordinate the efforts of many men working together on a single task. Singing a song that everyone knew, with appropriate rythm and tempo, aUowed crews to work together with great efficiency.

Most Chanteys have two parts, verses stmg by the chanteyman and a chorus stmg by the crew, and they had different tempos to fit the work; Capstan Chanteys were used for weighing anchor. Stamp and Go Chanteys for hauling ropes, and they could not be interchanged.

Chanteys were highly popidar, but there are various other sources for seagoing music. There were strong folk music traditions, borrowed in part or in whole by saUors and modified at times to fit the new context. Historical events, special occasions, or simply the wish for free expression of thoughts and feelings provided a rich source of inspiration for composing baUads, fo'c's'l and wardroom songs to be sung off-duty. AU together, music became important to boosting morale and early on became part of ceremonial occasions.

With the passage of time and changing circumstances, many of the old songs, handed down only in oral tradition, were lost. As the survivors were handed down, styles changed and traditions of performance were altered or lost, and modem communications systems aUow others to provide music for saUors at sea rather than saUors performing their own. Even so, the old music stiU strikes a responsive chord in most Usteners. For those interested m Navy music, many of these old songs and their traditional arrangements are in The Book of Navy Songs, pubUshed by the Naval Institute.

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In recent years I have had the pleasure of working with the Naval Academy musical organizations in producing a number of record albums of Navy music, which are available through the Naval Academy Alumni Association: Annapolis Sounds, Eternal Father Vol. II, Set Sail, The Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps Vol. II, On Tour, and Handel's Messiah. I would Uke to thank Mr. John B. TaUey, Director of Musical Activities; Mr. James Dale, Ass't. Director and Chapel Orgaiust; Naval Academy Bandmasters Lt. John Bledsoe and Cdr. AUen E. Beck; and the Brigade of Midshipmen for their fine cooperation in making these records possible.

The most demanding of recordings are those made of Uve concerts, such as the Messiah and On Tour records, where everyone is under great pressure to get everything right the first time. There is no chance for a retake; aU the equipment must work perfectly, the mircophone placement and recording levels have to be just right. For these reasons a Uve concert recording, when aU goes weU, has a special kind of excitement and emotion not found in studio recordings.

The Messiah recording was something of a cUff hanger, for it was also being filmed on video tape. Normally I would have had two performances to choose from in making the tapes, but this time there was only one when the other was taken up by the filming. There were technical problems in the video equipment that required a number of retakes, which began to tax the endurance of the performers. In one instance the tenor soloist had two pages of his music stick together, so he went one way while the orchestra went another. The PA system did not work well and was not helpful to the overall sound. All that made it difficult to set recording levels and check for balances. Since the video taping was in bits and pieces, I did not know the

timings of individual musical selections or the total performance time for the whole, information I needed for planning when to change reels of tape during the next performance.

The foUowing day I came in, set up my equipment, and made guesses as to the times, levels, and balances that would be required to get the best recording.

Fortunately, everything went perfectly.

The only problem came when I had to change reels. The tape fell off one of the reels, I began to get tied up in it, and it took longer to fix than usual. During this break, Mr. TaUey lost track of my cues and began to talk to someone in the audience or orchestra. I waved my hands wUdly trying to get his attention to go on. FinaUy the Superintendent noticed my gestures and said, in a voice loud enough for many to hear, "You can go now, Barry," which amused the audience but was a bit embarrassing. However, the record turned out very weU and has been criticaUy acclaimed as one of the ten best audiophUe records ever made.

Annapolis Sounds is a special album.

OriginaUy undertaken as part of the Bicentennial, it focuses on music of the Colonial period performed in the city at the time of the Declaration of Independence and the Revolution. The music consists of Sea Chanteys simg by the USNA Glee Club; madrigals, typical popular songs performed at home for evening entertainment, done by the Singers Madrigale; and instrumental music by the Brass Quintet, Woodwind Quartet and organ. The brass selections feature some of the earUest American music, including "The President's March," "The Toast" (to George Washington), and "Yankee Doodle." In contrast to these American compositions, a then popular work by Haydn is played by the Woodwind Quartet. The organ selection is typical of colonial times, done on an entirely mechanical, tracker-type

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organ like those of the 18th Century. The recordings were made in the old historic buildings of the city in order to complement the music and performances with the excellent acoustics of those old homes.

Eternal Father, Vol. II is the second in a continuing series of records to preserve some of the music performed in the Naval Academy Chapel. (The first volume is out of print, but there are plans to reissue it.) The Chapel is not only visually beautiful, but has superb accoustics, and its organ is one of the finest in the country. The building's height makes difficulties in recording because it is often necessary to position the microphone a great distance from the floor, many times so high that it appears a mere speck suspended in space. The recording problem is then to balance soloist, chorus and organ, with some experimentation to get the best results.

Many stories can be told about these sessions, but two that come to mind were totally unexpected. On one occasion Mr. Talley had just started the downbeat when I heard on the headphones, instead of music, a tremendous slapping sound. I looked up to see that he had been attacked on the forehead by an aggressive fly, which he had just demolished with his hand. The fly was awarded a posthumous Purple Heart by the Choir for its kamikaze attack on the Director. Another instance occurred at the end of recordings the music "Evil Shall Not Prevail," when a bird flew into the Chapel and made all kinds of noise. Its calls can still be faintly heard on the recording of this piece.

In addition to the vocal music on this record, there are a number of organ works performed by Mr. James Dale, who plays with virtuoso skill and great taste.

Set Sail is a two-record album and is the most ambitious of all the recordings in terms of scope and effort, spanning a period of two hundred years of American folk and saihng traditions. Its thirty-nine musical works, in which all the Naval Academy musical organizations perform, include Sea Chanteys, Navy and Naval Academy music, fight songs, wardroom songs, ballads and marches. "Anchors's Aweigh," "Navy Blue and Gold," "Blow the Man Down," "Submarine Song," "The Footlifter," "Marine Corps Hymn," "We Saw the Sea," and "Farewell to Grog" are just a few of its selections. The album took two years to produce, and many of its selections are first time anywhere recordings.

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Several versions of "Anchor's Aweigh" are included in order to provide a comparison of the original march, the fanfare and vocal versions. "Blow the Man Down" is performed in the original chantey style, "Old Man Noah" takes a lighthearted poke at skippers of any age, and "Farewell to Grog" marks passage of the 1862 law banning alcoholic drinks aboard ship to prevent some of the problems of "What ShaU We Do with the Drunken Sailor." There are also stunning performances of "America the Beautiful," "The Star Spangled Banner," and "The Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark," which has that special quality of humor that comes from the sea. The Naval Academy Band plays several marches, one of which, "Christopher Columbus," written for and dedicated to the Band by Charles Gabriele, is here recorded for the first time.

On one occasion of recording the Academy Band, something most unexpected happened. A trumpet player took such a deep breath that he hyperventilated and fainted, falling off his chair into the instruments of the percussion section. When the player recovered, the Bandmaster remarked, "I greatly appreciate your wiUingness to play more than one instrument, but the last cymball clash was five bars too early." The Ufe of a musician is not an easy one.

The Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, Vol. II contains formation music, popular and jazz tunes in very effective arrangements with performance and sound to watch. Most music is for the entire Corps, but there are a few selections for drums only and one for bugles alone. The volume of sound produced is rather overpowering, which made it necessary to record at 45 RPM rather than the usual 33 in order to get the full range of sound onto the disc. Real sound enthusiasts will find that this recording tests the limits of their systems.

On Tour is the newest release, a live concert recording of the Glee Club in the lighter side of its repertoire, featuring the specialty groups and with audience reaction adding to the fun. The '50s group, the "Segundo Skivvies," get the greatest reaction as they sing some of the oldies such as "The Duke of Eari," "Zing!

Went the Strings of My Heart," and "Little DarUn'." The "Segundo Skivvies" began as a specialty group in the early 1970s but the quality of their first efforts was such that they were kept under wraps for the first two years to allow time to develop their present high poUsh. In 1975, their first appearance, at

the El Segundo High School in Los Angeles, caused a response so wild and noisy that it was impossible to hear a word that was sung. From that appearance the group took its name.

Recording this concert was especially difficult because there were a variety of musical groups, with movement on stage during the performance, and at the same time I was also providing audio feed for a TV crew from Germany's Bavarian radio and TV network. Unfortunately, I did not discover until after the taping that each time the film cameras started or stopped, they put pops and clicks onto the tape. Getting rid of those noises took many hours of editing. Another problem was that I had to keep a low profile with regard to microphones, equipment, and my presence. Tape changes had to be made, so I rigged up a cue light that glowed red to tell the performers to wait until I was ready with a new tape. In one instance, the red light was on; the Glee Club members saw it and tried to delay the Director's starting the next number until the light went out. But to no avail, he didn't see it and went on ahead. Fortunately, I was able to save the situation by using another tape of the same selection taken from another performance.

To complete recording projects of this nature, a great deal of time, effort and planning are required, and it is all too easy for something to cause a delay or cancellation. The recordings released to date represent work done over a period of about eight years, but I believe they constitute a substantial and important contribution to those who love good music, well performed and recorded. I hope that this background will provide pertinent information to those who have an interest in Navy music, both on and off the record.

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A Few Inches From The Yard Midshipman Mike Matteo '84

Summer time is here once again, but unUke most college students, midshipmen are as busy as ever. After a grueling set of final exams and a busy Commissioning Week, one would think that they deserve a break. But alas, our Summers are busier than the academic year. Everyone seems to be off travelUng somewhere. Some are on WestPac, Pac, Med or I^ant cruises, some are involved in the saiUng cruise-credit program, and others are off to Fort Benning, Georgia, for Airbom School or Ranger School.

I am presently enrolled in a special program, the Marine Option Cruise at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. It is so beautiful here that it is sometimes hard to keep my mind on training.

Involved in this program are fifty-five midshipmen who are interested m a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps. The four weeks of training are divided into two, two-week phases: one with the air element of the Brigade and one with the ground element. The mids are "sponsored" by the First Marine Brigade and foUow their hosts wherever they go. So far, it has been a wonderful training experience and an exceUent opportunity to learn about the Marine Corps.

But, what is happening back at the Academy? While some mids are attending Summer School or participating in ACTRAMID, the rest of Bancroft is busy housing the Class of 1987. It is hard to beUeve that my class is now at the top of the Academy ladder. Plebe year seems as though it were yesterday. I remember it so vividly. The Class of 1981 were my Firsties, and now 1984 is in charge of '87.

Those poor plebes. They arrived early in July scared and helpless, and now they are all that in addition to being confused. I'm sm^e that 1-Day is one they wiU never forget. I remember that day so weU — saying good-bye to Mom and Dad, then promptly getting yeUed at. Things change so rapidly those first few days that it is hard to keep up with the pace.

New haircuts, new uniforms, hospital corners and waxed decks become the new way of Ufe. It's no wonder the first days are a jumbled mess. Life seems bad enough, but then the Ust of things to memorize "verbatim" comes out — several pages long! What good wiU come of me memorizing the third verse of the "Star Spangled Banner"? Why should I learn the name of every statute in the Yard? I thought I was a midshipman, not a tour guide. The heat and the humidity all contribute to a difficult Plebe Summer. And that first day of PEP — out on the field at 0600 with the voice of Coach Lenz booming over the PA system, doing push-ups, sit-ups and sprints until I thought I was paralyzed. And the worst part of the whole deal was that the day was only one hour old. I thought that taps would never come.

But, something very interesting begins to happen a few weeks into the summer. Suddenly, memorizing three menus, "Navy Blue and Gold," the names and hometowns of the platoon members, and A Message to Garcia does not seem so difficult. And those exercises? No sweat! Pretty soon, things do not look as hard as they did. When Parents Weekend arrives, signifying the end to a long Summer, all plebes have a Shipmate, July-August 1983

great sense of accomplishment. Those who have survived the arduous summer know that they worked hard to make it.

Nothing beats the feeling or the proud look on Mom and Dad's faces when they see you in your summer whites for the first time. Soon though, the academic year wUl begin, and studies wiU become the number one priority. 1 am very fortunate to be able to help train the Class of 1987, and in late July I will get my chance to mold new midshipmen. It should prove to be a most rewarding experience.

But, enough of Plebe Summer. What of the rest of the Brigade? What are they doing? The new Third Class are busy at sea learning about the enlisted portion of the Fleet, swabbing decks and chipping paint just like any other sailor. Along with this experience comes a respect for the workhorses of the Navy. This first-hand experience will reap many benefits for the midshipman in the future.

The Second Class are busy running around the East Coast, spending one-week periods at three different bases to give them a brief introduction to the different forces of the Navy and Marine Corps. It's one week in Quantico firing M-16s, M-60s, M-203 grenade launchers, viewing a Uve fire exercise complete with Cobras and Harriers, and participating in an ambush exercise. The Marines give an excellent show, and after a week, "grunt" does not seem such a bad title. Another week is spent in Pensacola with the aviators of the Navy, the highlight being actual stick-time in a Navy aircraft. Of course.

Rosy O'Grady's isn't too bad either. The third week is spent up in New London, where the Mids get to take a three-day indoctrination cruise in a nuclear submarine. It is a most rewarding experience and a chance to see what the "sUent service" does for a living. The last four weeks of the Summer training program are spent back at the Academy with courses in speech and Soviet naval tactics. One week is spent aboard the YPs, learning how to send flag signals, navigate and participate in stationing drills. After seven weeks of training, three weeks of leave is the order for the Second Class.

The First Class are at sea too, but instead of chipping paint, they become a part of the ship's watch routine, standing JOOD watches underway and OOD watches in port. This is their first chance to use a Uttle of the knowledge they have gained from three years of navigation and shiphandling courses. Practical experience is gained with maneuvering boards and man overboard drills. These mids also get a good chance to witness wardroom life aboard ship. Some may even be assigned as assistant division officers. With luck, there wUl be some good liberty ports and a chance to see new parts of the world.

Summer is indeed a busy time for Midshipmen and, long before it seems time, another academic year wiU begin.

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Commissioning Week 1 9 8 3

Outstanding Midshipman Award

Faculty Honors and Retirements

Winner of the Alumni Association's Outstanding Midshipman Award for 1983 is Frazier W. Frantz of Hammonton NJ In high school he was all-league in football, basketbaU, and track, and was Valedictorian of his class. At the Naval Academy he was a tight end on the varsity footbaU team with two letters, a member of Sigma Iota Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies, and a distinguished graduate with a 3.82 academic average in his AppUed Sciences major. He was the Brigade Commander for the second semester and for Commissioning Week, and was given high praise by the Commandant of Midshipmen for his leadership in that post.

The Outstanding Midshipman Award is a check for $2,(XX) presented to that midshipman of the graduating class who best exempUfies the ideals and traditions of the naval service and who best combines outstanding leadership and professionaUsm, academic distinction, and athletic achievement.

The Dedication Parade, first major event of the week, honored Lt. Michael C. Tracy USN '75 who received the WUUam P. Clements Award for excellence in education, and nine faculty retirees: Professor Emeritus John R. Smithson (Physics), Professors WiUiam J. Battin (Mech. Eng.), WUUam M. Belote and Paolo E. Coletta (History), and Donald G. Sheets (Chem.); Associate Professors John M. Higgins (Phys. Ed.), Herbert M. Neustadt (Elec. Eng.), WUUam J. Strange (Math), and Vadym V. Utgoff '39 (Aerospace Eng.). AU the retirees received special retirement pins from the Alumni Association, presented

by Captain Busik.

Outstanding Midshipman Frazier Frantz

One, Two, Three The first, second and third graduates in the Class of 1983 are Mark Gorenflo of Herndon VA, WUUam McCool of Lusby MD, and Thomas Nicholas of Butler PA. Gorenflo is the son of Capt. WiUiam Gorenflo USN (Ret.) and Mrs. Gorenflo.

With a 3.96 academic average as an EngUsh major, he was one of seven Trident Scholars for 1982-83, studying MUton and the historical-Uterary relationShipmate, July-August 1983

Gorenflo, McCool, and Nicholas

ship between the sciences and humanities in the 17th Century. He was Regimental Commander for the 1982 Plebe Summer and Brigade Commander for the FaU semester this year. And he is one of two USNA Rhodes Scholars selected this year among only 32 in the nation. After completing two years at Oxford in poUtical studies, economics and phUosophy, he plans to enter the nuclear power program.

McCool is the son of LCdr. Barent McCool USN and Mrs. McCool. He carries a 3.91 academic average as an AppUed Science major, was captain of the cross-country and a member of the track teams, earning five varsity letters. After graduation he wiU have temporary duty in the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Academy, then begin graduate studies in computer science at Maryland and, after graduate school, report to Pensacola for flight training.

Nicholas is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nicholas, a member of Phi Kappa Phi (honor society for math and science), and a SecNav recognized distinguished graduate with a 3.87 academic average as a Physics major. He is Vice President of the Protestant Chapel Choir, a member of the Glee Club and of the German Club. He spent a threeweek exchange visit to the West German Naval Academy, and also a semester as exchange student at the Air Force Academy. After graduation he wiU enter the Civil Engineering Corps and begin CEC School in July.

Dedication Parade (1. to r.): Superintendent, VAdm. Edward Waller; Academic Dean, Bruce Davidson; Assoc. Prof. William Strange; Prof. William Belote; Prof. Paolo Coletta; Assoc. Prof. Herben Neustadt; Assoc. Prof. Vadym Utgoff '39; and Commandant of Midshipmen, Como. Leon Edney

In a separate ceremony. Prof. Bruce Johnson (Naval Systems Eng.) and Assoc. Prof. WUUam M. Lee (Mech.

Eng.) were presented with 20-year service pins by the Superintendent.

Rite of Passage The annual assault on the Herndon Monument, signifying that happy transition from plebe to youngster, set no records but was thoroughly enjoyed by a grease-covered Class of '86 and several thousand spectators. After 1 hour, 43 minutes and 55 seconds, Kevin Delamer of Hauppage NY managed to remove the plebe white hat and replace it with a 47

the Forrestal Award. Both also received Superintendent's Letters of Commendation.

Mid'n Ramsey selected for his Color Giri Miss Kristen L. Waller, 18-year old daughter of Superintendent and Mrs. E.G. Waller, a student at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. She made the traditional transfer of colors in Tuesday's Color Parade in fine fashion, blessed with excellent weather. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second time a Superintendent's daughter has been chosen as Color Girl, the first being the daughter of Capt. Francis M. Ramsay in the mid-1880s.

The proud 19th Company Officer is Lt. Samuel J. Locklear USN '77.

Graduation and the Graduates On the way to the top

uniform cap. He was promptly carried by his jubilant classmates to the Chapel steps, where the Superintendent presented him with a pair of admiral's shoulder boards.

For comparison, the shortest time on record for the Herndon climb is three minutes by '65 (Edwin R. Linz) in 1962 and the longest was 2 hours, 43 minutes by '83 (WiUiam F. Frietag) in 1980.

Tradition says that the plebe who replaces hat whh cap wiU be the first in class to make admiral. Unfortunately, available record data doesn't go back beyond the 1957 climb and data is missing for three of the five years before 1962, so proof of that pudding must wait.

The graduation address by SecNav John Lehman was an excellent, concise discussion of the challenge of leadership in these days of rebuilding a Navy to fight — and win — at sea. He pointed out that we are now well on the way to having a fully modern, 600-ship Navy.

Color Parade and Color Girl For the first time ever, the 19th Company won the color competition for overall excellence in 1982-83. Mid'n Blake Ramsey of Virginia Beach VA, Company Commander for the first semester and for Commissioning Week, received the Stewart Wight Hannah Memorial Trophy and Brian McGee of El Paso TX, second semester commander, Transferring the colors

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SecNav addresses 1983

The Class of 1983, with 1,068 grads, is the largest ever to be graduated from the Academy, thanks to a near-record low attrition of 23% overall. However, the graduates include only 52 women, the survivors of 90 who entered in 1979. Of the graduates, 879 (45 women) were commissioned in the Navy, 177 (seven women) in the Marine Corps, five in the Air Force and one in the Army. There were five foreign nationals from the Philippines, Venezuela, Honduras, Peru, and Jamaica, and one not commissioned for physical disability.

Two of those commissioned in the Navy will attend medical schools under a

re-instituted program that requires an 18-year commitment after completion of medical education and training.

There were 108 distinguished graduates, including three women and six of the seven Trident Scholars. The top woman, 31st in the Class, was Cheryl Dolyniuk, First Regiment Commander and winner of two athletic trophies with 12 varsity letters. There were 328 degrees in designated engineering specialties and 740 undesignated Bachelors of Science.

The Class of '83 brings 1,073 new Life Members to the Alumni Association, 99% of the graduates and several nongraduates, which is another new record.

Navy service selections included 233 (six women) to aviation pilot training, 121 (two women) to NFO training, 265 to nuclear power (222 submarine and 43 surface), nine to submarine strategic weapons, 151 (seven women) to surface warfare plus seven men in special operations, 83 (20 women) to the various staff corps and LDO categories, and ten women to unrestricted line without warfare specialty.

Thirty-nine of the graduates, including all of those mentioned previously, received letters of commendation from the Superintendent for their contributions, through officer-like qualities and positive character, to the development of naval spirit and loyalty vrithin the Brigade of Midshipmen.

In addition to Blake Ramsey, Burke Scholarships (postgraduate school after 2-3 years active service) were awarded to Gregory Olson, Michael Byman, Joseph Baehr, Joseph Tofalo, Daniel Snyder, Joseph Creed, Mark Olson, Paul Helm, and T.P. Spriesterbach. Burke Equivalents for the Marine Corps were awarded to WiUiam Lietzau, Joseph Smith, Joel Yourkowski, Malcolm Lemay, Erica Ryder, Karl Herzog, Lawrence McCombs, D.B. Montgomery, George Whitbeck, and Michael Beall.

Mark Gorenflo and Mark Hagerott won Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford and nine other graduates were awarded immediate postgraduate scholarships/fellowships at civilian universities: Joseph Schoppy and Scott Bell to Nuclear Engineering at UVA, Thomas Looke and Anthony Basile Electrical Engineering at CalTech and RPI, William McCool Computer Science at Maryland, Dan Dixon Ocean Acoustics at Texas, Don Nobles Naval Architecture at Michigan, Brian Donegan Mechanical Engineering at Catholic U., and Randolph Wood Engineering Management at MissouriRoUa. Eight other graduates who participated in the Voluntary Graduate Education Program completed most of the work for their master's degrees during first class year and expect to complete their programs by the end of 1983.

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And, for a final touch, there were 21 Chapel weddings, the same number as last year, which included two couples of classmates and two sisters who married into the Class of '83.

Other Attractions Conunissioning Week has formally opened with a USNA Marine detachment color ceremony in Tecumseh Court on Friday morning; an inspection of the troops in full dress with fbced bayonets preceding the color raising. Academic departments and the YP patrol craft were open for visiting in the afternoon.

The Naval Academy Band gave four outdoor concerts in the Chapel Walk bandstand on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The male Glee Club gave concerts in old Mahan HaU on Saturday and Monday evenings, the women's Glee Club in Memorial HaU on Sunday afternoon foUowed by a James Dale recital of "pops" music on the Chapel organ, and

The Blue Angels pass in review

the Drum and Bugle Corps paraded its show routines on Ingram Field Monday afternoon.

CathoUc, Jewish, and Protestant baccalaureate services were held separately on Sunday morning in the Main and Mitscher Hall Chapels, with other services also available during the week.

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Navy Sports T o m B a t e s , Sports Information Director, Naval A c a d e m y Athletic A s s o c i a t i o n

Stretch Run by Spring Sports Teams Produces Another Outstanding Year There may have been years when achievements in some sports were more glamorous — bowl games, NCAA competition, national titles in a host of sports — but it is going to take some doing to match the 1982-83 academic year for overall winning percentage in Navy's 30 intercoUegiate sports.

With some postseason competition still to be conducted in crew (IntercoUegiate Rowing Championships), golf (team selected for the NCAA Tournament), and sailing (the Mids are poised to win their seventh straight national collegiate championship). Navy's varsity teams showed a winning mark of .695 this year, winning 267 contests whUe losing 115 and tieing 7. That compares to a year ago when the percentage was .667. The .695 mark may be the highest ever in Academy history and is definitely the best in the past 15 years. The closest to this was in 1971-72 when the percentage was .687.

As the school year concluded. Spring sports made a major contribution to this year's percentage: baseball had a record 31 wins (31-10-1); women's crew went 10-1, golf was 3-0 after being stymied early in the season by poor weather, men's track was 4-0, and women's track went 6-1.

The Midshipmen athletes also enjoyed their greatest year ever over their counterparts from Army, winning 17 while losing only three. The five Spring sports scored a clean sweep, including a sudden-death extra hole victory in golf and a 5-4 squeaker in tennis.

The only losses by Navy teams to Army during the entire year were 2-1 in overtime in soccer, a 69-67 defeat in indoor track and a six point loss in rifle.

Four Navy teams went unbeaten this year — cross country (5-0), wrestling (18-0-2), men's track and field (4-0), and golf (3-0). Pistol won national collegiate championships in two of three shooting categories and sailing appears to be good for another national title.

A summary of the Spring sports reveals: Baseball (31-10-1) — Navy recorded its most wins ever in this sport but had to settle for second place in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, thus miss50

ing a chance for the NCAA playoffs.

The Midshipmen, after a brief letdown in mid-April, fought their way back into the EIBL title chase by wanning 10 straight games, including four against league opponents. Then Navy had to travel back to Ithaca NY on Commissioning Week weekend to makeup its rained out doubleheader with Cornell. The twin wins over the Big Red, 9-6 and 6-2, gave the Midshipmen a 13-4-1 record while Harvard had a 14-3-2 record. Thus the two had a make up the 3-3 tie of 17 April. The Crimson took the measure of Navy, 10-1, at Ithaca the next day and earned the trip to the NCAA Northeast Regionals.

Navy took Army twice during its late season 10-game win string, 6-2, and 12-0.

First classman Bob Baldocchi, a catcher, and second classman Tom Baker, an outfielder, drove in two runs in each game.

Batting leader Andy Loferski

First classman Andy Loferski, who played centerfield for the Midshipmen for the past three years, topped the squad in hitting a blistering .430 average in 43 games and also topped the squad in RBI's with 48, in doubles with 11, in triples with five and in home runs with seven. He also had a team-high 20 stolen bases (in 21 attempts) and was the team leader in runs scored with 47. He was selected to the NCAA Northeast Regional All-Star team.

Other top hitters for the season included second class first baseman Mike Nichols with a .326 average; second class

third baseman Bart Rowe with a .321 avg. and 26 RBI's; second class leftfielder Andy Ponseigo with a .305 avg. and 36 RBI's and Baldocchi with a .297 avg. and 35 RBI's. Baker added 33 RBI's and first class infielder Tony Rodgers had 27.

Veteran coach Joe Duff, who has now completed 22 seasons at Navy, had a young pitching staff this year. Top individual was second classman Craig Michael who posted a 7-2 record with a 2.81 ERA. Other regulars were plebes John Eustace (3-0, 2.91) and Drew Tanner (5-3, 3.20), second classman Steve Cochran (5-1, 4.54), and first classman Craig Gibson (4-2, 4.68).

Team losses wUl be heavy "up the middle" as catcher Baldocchi, pitcher Gibson, second baseman Rodgers and centerfielder Rodgers all have graduated and shortstop Rick Wilson has resigned.

Heavyweight Crew (4-2) — Navy won the Goes Trophy (against Cornell and Syracuse) but was beaten by Harvard and Penn (by one one-hundredth of a second) in the Adams Cup Regatta.

In the Eastern Sprints in mid-May, the Midshipmen varsity eight finished third in the Grand Finals behind Harvard and Brown. In the second varsity competition at this Regatta, Navy was second, marking the first time in two years that the Mid second varsity boat had lost a race.

Navy's freshman heavyweight was third in the Petite (Consolation) Finals.

In winning the Goes Trophy, Navy scored a sweep for the third straight year and won the Goes Cup for the fifth straight year.

Lightweight Crew (2-3) — The youthful Midshipmen were victorious in the Callow Cup near the end of the Spring, defeating Penn for this trophy.

In the Eastern Sprints the varsity eight was second in the Petite Finals while the second varsity came on to place fifth in the Grand Finals and the freshman eight was sixth in the Grand Finals.

Women's Crew (10-1) — Had an excellent year in regular season competition, including an impressive victory in the Women's Varsity Race at the President's Cup Regatta in Poughkeepsie NY in late April.

In the Dad Vail Regatta at Philadelphia in mid-May, the Navy varsity eight had the unfortunate experience of being disqualified in the Women's Varsity Eight Grand Finals when the Mid boat Shipmate, July-August 1983

strayed out of its lane and interfered with another boat. The Mid women were leading the race at the time. Earlier in this regatta, Navy had been second in a time trial and had won a semi-final heat.

Georgetown, a team Navy defeated earUer in the season, won the varsity eight race.

Golf (3-0) — Rainy weather just about wiped out the dual portion of the golf team's schedule but it managed to post triumphs against the three opponents it did face, finished second in the NCAA District II qualifier at Easton MD and earned the first invite to the NCAA Golf Tournament for a Navy team since 1967.

Perhaps the most dramatic moment of the year came against Army when the two teams finished in a deadlock, 367-367, after 18 holes of regulation play.

It was decided to play an extra hole and on that one the two school's top five players respectively tied again. The coaches decided to go to the sixth man's score on the hole, where Plebe Brian Bickford of Navy had a par while Army's Bob Rubino took a bogey, thus earning the Navy win. Ironically Bickford's 18-hole total does not count in the five-man team score.

In that match, second classmen Scott Spooner, son of former Mid quarterback Hal Spooner, fired a one-under-par 71 and Eric Meyer had a 73. Spooner and Meyer had the top season averages with 77.1 and 78.6 marks respectively.

Lacrosse (5-6) — Navy suffered a 13-8 loss to Johns Hopkins in the season finale and vrith a 5-6 mark was not chosen for the NCAA playoffs for the first time in the 13 year history of this tournament. The Midshipmen had some good performances late in the season, including the 10-9 wins over Army and Maryland, both of whom were selected for the postseason tourney. However, some early season losses to unranked teams saddled the Mids with a burden they were unable to overcome.

First classmen Rich Wehman, an attackman, and Phil Skalniak, a midfielder, were both selected to play in the North-South AU-Star Game in early June. Wehman, saddled with injuries this year, had a team-high 26 goals and 5 assists for 31 total points. First Classman Bruce Seitz topped the team in scoring with 13 goals, 33 assists for 46 points.

Wehman ended his career with 95 goals and 35 assists for 130 points.

One of the team's bright spots for next season should be on defense where goalie Steve Nims, a plebe this past year, will be returning. Fie had some brilliant moments and recorded 126 saves for the season. Also returning on defense will be Joe Papetti, a third classman; Dan Doster and Don Dugan, both segundos.

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Seitz, Wehman and Skalniak along with Bob Bianchi all graduated. They were the top four scorers in 1983.

Tennis (14-6) — Veteran coach Bobby Bayliss closed out his 14th season at Navy with a pair of 5-4 wins over Army and Cornell respectively.

The victory over the Cadets was the fourteenth in a row for the Midshipmen and was keyed by a 6-2, 6-2 win at number two singles by second classman Bayly Taff and his teaming with plebe Dave Jones for a 6-4, 7-6 win at number two doubles.

Top records for the 1983 season came from Jones who was 15-4 at number five; youngsters Mike Dashiell, 15-5 at number four, and Franz Wagner, 14-6 at six; and first classman Bill Mountford, 12-8 at number three.

Men's Track & Field (4-0) — First classmen Leo Williams and Perry Puccetti were the pacesetters for Navy's track and field team in the season-ending meets.

WiUiams, the AU-America high jumper, finally achieved an elusive goal when he took his specialty at the Penn Relays in late April with a meet record leap of 7-5.

This was one meet in which he had never garnered a first place. Puccetti at this same meet won the javelin throw with a school record toss of 262 feet, 9 inches, surpassing his old school record by over eight feet. That was the best javelin performance at the Penn Relays since 1979.

Plebe Dan Williams was sixth in the Penn Relays high jump with a 7-2.

At the Heptagonals Games Association Track & Field Championships, Williams won his fourth straight high jump title with a 7-3 and is probably the only athlete in history of the Heptagonals Games Association to win four individual championships both indoors and outdoors in one event. Puccetti won the javelin with a heave of 243 feet and second classman Mark Newman captured the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:02.90.

Also at the Heptagonals, second classman Joe Konicki was second in the high jump (7-0) and firstie Frank Blundetto was second in the javelin (230-1). Navy finished third in the team standings with 93 points, behind Harvard (130) and Princeton (115).

At the IC4A Track & Field championships, Puccetti won the javeUn for the second straight year with a 254-3 effort while Williams, after taking the high jump for the past two years at this meet, had to settle for a second place with a d-WA. The Midshipmen were 10th in the team standings with 21 points. Both men were to participate in the NCAA Championships in early June.

Women's Track & Field (6-1) — In the first Heptagonals Women's Track & Field championships. Navy was eighth out of ten teams and had youngster Stefani

Green win the 4(X)-meter hurdles in a time of 1:02.58. At this meet, youngster Charlotte Monk was fourth in both the discus throw and the shot put.

Navy hosted the Eastern AIAW Division II championships in mid-May and the Midshipmen were fourth in the team standings. Green won the 400 meter hurdles in 1:01.76 and was second in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:11.1.

Monk was second in the discus throw (128-4) and second in the shot put (40-5), the latter a school record. Navy's 4x800 meter relay unit of Sue and Nancy Honan, Laura Hinkley and Green was second with a 9:13.7 clocking.

Green qualified for both the 400 meter hurdles and 800 meter run at the NCAA Division II Women's Championships in late May and placed third in the 800 meters, thus winning AU-America recognition for the second straight year.

More Good News from Sailing Team On 23-24 April Navy won the Middle Atlantic Women's Dinghy Championship at New York Maritime, which qualified Navy for the National Women's Championship to be sailed at Corpus Christi in June, one of the five events that count toward the Fowle Trophy and the overall National CoUegiate Championship.

At the Coast Guard Academy, Navy won the Bryant E. Moore Trophy and the Interservice Dinghy Championship, making a clean sweep of the interservice titles for sloops, yawls and dinghies.

Navy also won the Coho Memorial Regatta (Larks) at Webb Institute, the Penn Spring Regatta (420s) at Pennsylvania, and the Atlantic Coast Monotype Intersectional (Lasers) at St. Mary's College in Maryland.

But, alas, the next weekend saw Navy, winner of the Kennedy Cup and the Intercollegiate Large Yacht Championship for the last three years, suffer three disqualifications and finish sixth in the 1983 regatta. The winner was New York Maritime, for the first time ever.

However, Navy placed second to Merchant Marine in the Middle Atlantic Team Racing Championship and so qualified for the nationals in June, another of the five events of the overall nationals. Navy won the Army Mule Regatta at West Point, the Engineer's Cup at Webb Institute, and a Georgetown regatta for women on the Potomac, all sailed in dinghies.

On 7-8 May, after a see-saw battle with Merchant Marine, Navy won the Middle Atlantic Doublehanded Championship and qualified for the nationals in June.

That gives Navy a berth in each of the five events of the national championships and, with a second and third in the

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On the last weekend of Spring competition. Navy won the Town of Hempstead and Cornelius Shields Trophies in a twoday sloop regatta at New York Maritime and the Plebes placed second behind Webb Institute in the Middle Atlantic Freshman Regatta sailed at Annapolis.

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On the weekend of May 7-8, the Navy Rugby Club competed as one of four regional champions in the USA Rugby Football Union National Collegiate Championships at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Navy won a berth in this tournament by capturing the Eastern championships the previous weekend in Philadelphia by defeating the University of Massachusetts 24-6 in the semi-final match and James Madison University 22-12 in the Eastern finals.

Navy's opening game in the national finals was against the Air Force Academy. Because of the delays encountered by some of the Navy team in arriving on scheduled commerical airline flights. Navy was without three starters at game time. Since no substitution is allowed in rugby. Navy started the game playing two reserves and with one player short. With the arrival of the delayed players twenty minutes into the first half.

Navy's squad came to fidl strength after playing evenly against Air Force. The first score of the game came with 12 minutes gone in the second half when Navy's Joe Rixey drop kicked for goal from 25 yards out to make the score 3-0.

Air Force got on the scoreboard a few minutes later when they converted a penalty kick to even the score at 3-3.

Navy failed to take advantage of a couple of scoring opportunities in the middle of the second half and the score remained deadlocked until Navy committed a costly penalty in front of the Air Force try zone which was converted for 3 points. The game ended about a minute later with Air Force leaving the field with a narrow 6-3 victory.

Navy met the University of Illinois in the consolation finals the foUowing day.

Illinois scored first on a penalty kick 25 minutes into the first half to make the score 3-0. Navy pulled ahead five minutes later when winger Bill Murray broke free down the left sideline for a try. The conversion by Rob Haskins was good for a 6-3 Navy lead which they held at halftime. Navy increased its lead shortly after the second half kick off when Jim Stewart broke free off a penalty play for a try to make the score 10-3 in favor of Navy. Navy then completely dominated the remainder of the play of the game Shipmate, July-August 1983

and scored 4 more tries to end the game with a convincing 32-3 victory and a 3rd place national championship finish.

Navy had four players selected to the championship tournament select side: Navy captain Bob Papadakis at hooker, Malcolm Lemay at wing forward, Brian Hodges at 2nd row, and Bill Murray at wing.

Air Force was defeated in the championship game 13-3 by the University of California-Berkeley.

Participation in this tournament culminated a successful season for the Navy rugby club that finished with a A side record of 21-4, B side 13-3, and C side 13-2. Next year should be another strong year for Navy rugby.

Due to the excellent response shown in the Navy "Old-Boys" game last year at Homecoming, another alumni game is scheduled preceding the Navy-Pitt game on 22 October this year. If any alumni are interested in participating in this match contact Major NeU Fox 301267-2401 (autovon 281-2401) or Captain Bob Wolf at 301-267-3165 (autovon 281-3165) to reserve your positions.

Dolyniuk, Williams Capture Top Athletic Awards for 1983 Three-sport star Cheryl A. Dolyniuk and Leo W. WiUiams II were the recipients of the Naval Academy's top athletic awards for 1983. These awards, the Thompson Trophy, the Naval Academy Athletic Association Sword, and the Vice Admiral WUUam P. Lawrence Sword, were presented during the annual Prizes and Awards Ceremony held in Commissioning Week.

Dolyniuk received two of the awards — the Thompson Trophy Cup as the midshipman "who had done the most during the current year for the promotion of athletics at the Naval Academy," and the Admiral Lawrence Sword as "the female midshipman of the graduating class considered by the Athletic Council to have personally excelled in athletics during her years of varsity competition."

She is the first female athlete to ever win the Thompson Trophy Cup since the admission of women to the Academy.

WiUiams, a four-time AU-America in indoor track and a two-time AU-America in track and field, received the NAAA Sword as "the male midshipman of the graduating class considered by the Athletic Council to have personally excelled in athletics during his years of varsity competition."

"No two people better exemplify the ideals that these awards represent than Midshipmen Dolyniuk and WiUiams," noted Navy's Director of Athletics, J. O. Coppedge. "Both of these young people display the high qualities we seek from our student-athletes."

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record of 7-3 !4 and the Heptagonals outdoor mark of 7-3 Vi. In IC4A competition, he won the high jump indoors twice and outdoor championship twice.

Williams won the Thompson Trophy Cup a year ago.

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Trophy winners Williams and Dolyniuk

Dolyniuk is the first women athlete at the Naval Academy to earn 12 varsity letters, gaining them in volleyball, swimming and crew. She was an AU-America in swimming for four years, three times while placing in the AIAW Division II championships and this past year while placing in three events in the NCAA Division II Women's Swimming championships She was captain of both the women's volleyball and women's swimming teams, holds three individual school records in swimming, and is a member of three relay units that have school records. Last fall, she was named an Academic AUAmerica in Division II Women's VoUeyball.

Dolyniuk was also the First Regiment Commander for the second semester, and was graduated with distinction.

Williams has carved an athletic legend that may be unsurpassed in this history of indoor track and track and field at the Naval Academy. In addition to holding the school record for the high jump indoors (7-6) and outdoors (7-6!4), he won the high jump title at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships in both 1981 and 1982, each time setting records. This past year at the NCAA Indoor Meet he did a personal best of 7-6, second place in that event.

In NCAA Track & Field Championships meets (outdoors), Williams won the high jump title in 1981 and was second with a school record leap of 7-614 in 1982.

He won the Heptagonals Games Association Indoor Track Meet high jump crown four consecutive years, only the second athlete in the 36-year history of this Meet to accomplish such a feat.

He also won the high jump four straight years at the Hepts outdoor meet, the only athlete in modern times to do so. He holds the Heptagonals indoor high jump

Kevin Rogers, an assistant at William & Mary the past three years, has been appointed an assistant football coach at the Naval Academy. He wiU coach the Mid tight ends and offensive tackles. He replaces Paul Boudreau who resigned earlier this spring to join the staff of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

Steve Belichick, an assistant football coach at the Naval Academy for the past 27 years, will now be an administrative assistant for head coach Gary Tranquill.

Captain Dave Papak USMC '76, who was Plebe/JV coach last fall, becomes the ninth fuUtime member of the football staff as permitted under a new NCAA rule that takes effect August 1. He wUl continue to be the head Plebe/JV coach.

Rogers, a graduate of William & Mary, lettered three years as a linebacker for the Indians. He coached high school football and track for three years before becoming a part-time assistant at Ohio State for two seasons. After a year as head coach at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, FL, he joined the William & Mary staff as coach of the offensive backs.

Belichick, who first came to the Naval Academy in 1956 after coaching stints at Hiram College, Vanderbilt and the University of North CaroUna, wiU continue to coordinate the scouting responsibilities plus overseeing the administrative aspects of the football program. During his 27 years at Navy, he has been a varsity assistant, a junior varsity coach and a scout. In recent years, his on-field coaching has been primarily with the Midshipmen punters.

Papak, an outstanding defensive tackle on Navy teams of the mid-1970's, returned to the Academy as the Plebe/JV coach last summer. He was a regular for the Midshipmen for three seasons and was credited with 250 tackles, including 91 in 1975 when Navy was ranked third in the country in team defense. He was twice selected "Defensive Player of the Game" in the Army-Navy contests and was an Associated Press All-East honorable mention in 1975.

Papak recently spent four years as a CH-53 heUcopter pilot with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

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10 and prior send directly to Shipmate Percent Members: 75 Living Grads: 4

11 Chairman Class Conun., RAdm. G. J. McMillin USN (Ret.) 4242 Linden Ave., Long Beach CA 90807 Percent Members: 83 Living Grads: 6 It is with deep regret that we have learned of the death of Ellen Culver Barr, widow of Capt.

Eric Uoyd Barr USN (Ret.), in Bremerton, Washington. She was married to Eric upon his graduation. Ellen had been trained in the Lexington Avenue School for the Deaf in New York City and then had taught at that institution. She had worked with Navy Relief in Long Beach and San Pedro on the West Coast, and at New London in the East, and during World War II she was a Grey Lady at the Marine Hospital in SeatUe. Survivors include three sons, Christopher of Seattle, Franklin of Poulsbo, Washington, and Capt. Eric L. Barr Jr. USN (Ret.) '34 of San Antoirio; a daughter, Ellen Cashen of Fairbanks, Alaska; a sister, Mrs. Stanton Greaie of New London; seven granddaughters and three greatgrandchildren.

Memorial services were held at the Christ Episcopal Church in Seattie, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery. Our deepest sympathy is expressed to the family.

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13 Sec'y-Treas., MGen. C. G. Helmick, USA (Ret.) 3002 Cimningham Alexandria VA 22309 Percent Members: 79 Living Grads: 14

14 Sec'y, RAdm. Donald Royce USN (Ret.) 65 Meadow Road Riverside CT 06878 203/637-2773 Percent Members: 75 Living Grads: 10 Rndolph Frank Hans, Captain, USN, Ret., died at Prather Convalescent Hospital in Alameda California 14 April 1983. He was "Deac" to Fourteen and his friends. Retired in 1935 as a lieutenShipmate, July-August 1983

ant conmiander, recalled to active duty in November '39 and retired again in December '45 as a captain.

I first had the news as a telephone call from the Alimini Association at Annapolis. A note to Ted Ruddock in California sought more information; Ted said that from about the early '50s Deac was, together with John Falge and the Ruddocks, in attendance at the Treasure Island Club monthly aliunni dinners. "As to his naval career, I know very litUe. My only contact with him was while we were ensigns and were on duty in the New York Navy Yard. 1 never saw him again until I came to the Bay area in 1948. At one time I think he was in Naval intelligence and was in the thick of things for a whUe. He was a fine man and I'm sure a good naval officer. He has a niece residing in Oakland CA, 647 Beacon Street, Miss Henrietta Hans."

This morning I received a letter from Mrs. C. A. MacGowan, Box 12 Menlo Park, California, widow of Chartte MacGowan 1914 USNA. "In the March issue of Shipmate you noted that you had lost track of Deac Hans. I am sorry to tell you that Deac passed away at Prather Hospital in Alameda on 14 April. On 17 January he was moved from his regular apartment to the Health Unit at the Lake Park Retirement Association in Oakland. I saw him on 9 February; he was frail but had excellent care. On 28 February he was trsmsferred to the Convalescent Hospital. How very sad it is to lose those whose friendship we cherish. I do not know how I could have survived when Charles was laid to rest in Arlington without the help of Jolin Hale. Often I think of those happy days at Wellesley College many years ago when Charles and I introduced Ned EUsberg to Lucy Buck, and Bob Hayler to Nola Birch. Since Nola and Bob were both from Muncie, Charles and I decided they should know each other. I look forward to reading the Class News in Shipmate. Sincerely, Geneva MacGowan."

I never served with Deac after graduation, and knew very little about his career. We wiU depend on Shipmate to dig that out for us. I did see him a nimiber of times mostly at reunions and at the dedication of the Rooks Memorial at the Naval Academy. I noted a glimpse of him in the Nov., '73 Shipmate: "Our October colimm carried second hand news of Deac Hans. We have now heard directly from Deac — this time from Oakland, where, according to his letter he expects to remain for an indefinite time. "For the last twelve years I have lived in the East Bay area because of the climate and have played golf daily. I go to the monthly meetings of the Alumni and Ted Ruddock and I represent the senior attending class. I have not been East in about five years unfortunately, having lost my yen for travel which I did copiously years ago — twice around the globe — once to Trans Sibursky besides two European trips. I doubt 1 will be East for the next reunion."

Deac hailed from Harrington, Nebraska. He was quite a fencer and was Academy champion and Captain of the fencing team. He was a loyal member of his class and we will miss him. A donation will be sent to the Navy Relief Society in his memory.

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16 Pres., VAdm. Bertram J. Rodgers USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. George P. Brewster USN (Ret.) 611 W. 40th St., Baltimore MD 21211 West Coast Reporter, Capt. George F. ChapUne USNR (Ret.) 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla CA 92037 Percent Members: 82 Living Grads: 13 We regret to announce the loss of another worthy Classmate. George Hussey Jr. (VAdm.) died in Lagtma HiUs, California, on 17 April after a short iUness. Services were held in the St. Margaret of Scodand Episcopal Church, San Juan Capistrano, on 21 April. George's remains were cremated and his ashes are to be scattered at sea from a selected destroyer in accordance with his wishes. The Class was represented at the services by an appropriate wreath.

We all extend our deepest sympathy to Phoebe Nell, his son William (Ted), his grandchildren and other dear members of his family for their great loss, which is also ours.

Please see "Last Call" of Jime for more information concerning this outstanding officer and gentleman.

West Coast News It was with deep sorrow that we learned of the loss on April 17th, of our West Coast neighbor, George Hussey. Upon his second retirement, Phoebe Nell and George settled in the beautiful, restful new Lagtma Hills area of Southern California. They joined our 1916-17-18 Classes Aimual Wives and Widows Parties, and George attended many of our regtilar monthly Luncheons. Recently his health prevented our enjoying George's presence. His remarkable Naval career and accomplishments are reported from the East.

The 1916-17-18 Classes monthly limch at the Officers' Club, Marine Corps Recruit DejKJt, was attended by only 'Ing' Kiland,' 17 and Don Curtis, '18, on April 14th. Don made the usual fine arrangements at that club, and we absentees were the losers. "Ye Scribe" regretfully was absent due to a bout with the flu.

On Monday, May 23rd, at The All Saints Episcopal Church (where Amos had been a very active member for years) a Requiem Eucharist was conducted for our Classmate, Amos Barstow Root, who passed away at the Grossmont Hospital on May 19th, after having suffered his second stroke in the last six months. Present at this Service, which was very well attended, were: 1916 Joe Loventhal and "Ye Scribe"; 1917 — Admiral Kiland and Colonel Richards with his wife; and 1918 — General Curtis. These were from the 1916 — 17 — 18 Classes lunch of which Amos was an 55

original organizer. There also were several yoimger naval officers present. Inurnment (after cremation) was at the Grossmont Memorial Park, next to his late wife and their eldest son. Dr. Root. His younger son, who survives him, was at the Service with his family and relatives.

During World War I Amos was transferred from the battleships to the submarine force, where he contracted " T . B . " and was transferred to the Los Animos, Colorado, Naval Hospital, from which he retired July 16, 1920. With his lovely wife they settled in San Diego, where "Ye Scribe" visited their house early in 1926, and found him regaining his health. He entered the real-estate business, where he was very successful, and in later years was selected by the City of San Diego as one of their real-estate evaluators.

Diuing World War II he returned to active duty and reached the rank of commander before his second retirement. Illness followed the loss of his wife, after which he moved from their fine home on Point Loma to a rest home in La Mesa, and late last year joined Joe Loventhal at the excellent "Jeatme's Nursing Service Rest Home." His cheerful personality will indeed be missed by all who knew him.

The 1916-17-18 Classes lunch was enjoyed at The Officers' Club, Naval Air Station, North Island (Coronado), Thursday, May 19th, in the Bare Foot Bar overlooking the big swimming area with the many cabanas. A standing period of silence was observed for Amos, Capt. USN Lawrence Wainwright (Ph.D.) ('17) and Capt.

USNR J.G.M. Stone ('17). It was good to have Phil Warren ('17), of Rancho Santa Fe, present again. Others present were: Chapline ('16), Kiland ('17) and Curtis ('18). "Ing" KUand handled all the fine arrangements. Colonel Richards ('17) had planned on being present but had to cancel that forenoon.

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Send news directly to Shipmate Percent Members: 78 Living Grads: 21 Capt. John (Jack) G. M. Stone USNR (Ret.) a graduate of USNA Class of 1917, died at his home in Annapolis, on April 29, 1983, in his 90th year. He was buried with full military honors at the Naval Academy Cemetery on 3 May. He is survived by his wife Bernardine, a sister, Mrs. Chandler Gates of Mt. Dora, Florida, a daughter, Mrs. Alexander Warrick of La Jolla, California, a grandson and a great-granddaughter, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Jack was bom (an "Army Brat") at Washington Barracks on January 30, 1894, the son of Colonel William Porter and Martha Eleanor Williams Stone. His brothers, Capt. Ellis S. (USNA ' 11) and Caleb predeceased him. His first wife, Frances G. Wendell, whom he married in 1919, died in 1948.

After sbc years of active duty he resigned from the Navy to become treasurer of the Wheatena Company of Rahway, New Jersey, in 1923 and remained active with them until 1932. In 1939 he returned to active duty as a lieutenant commander (reserve) at the Boston Naval Shipyard and rose to the rank of captain before his retirement in 1946. He married the second time in 1949 and moved to Annapolis in 1953, residing at 248 King George Street until his death.

It may be recalled that one of Jack's chief claims to fame was that he was the last living person to have shaken the hand of John Paul Jones. As a young boy he happened to be in Paris in 1905 when Jones' body was discovered. He was invited to witness the exhumation by an uncle who was par56

ticipating. His report of the incident was included in a recent publication of the autopsy report and has been mentioned in Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not.

18 Sec'y, Capt. Perry R. Taylor USNR (Ret.) 1211 South 25th St., Ariington VA 22202 Percent Members: 86 Living Grads: 27 Reference is made to your column in October Shipmate in which the death of Frances, wife of William J. Malone USN, was announced. At that time, July 1982, Savvy's daughter, Frances Ann, had come to Savvy's home (Largo) from Miami, and also his son. Bob with his wife Gerry, living in Houston, had joined his father on that sad occasion. After a memorial service was conducted in Clearwater, Frances' body was taken to Arlington, accompanied by Frances Aim; but Bob and Gerry remained in Largo with distressed Savvy.

Frances Ann, Bob and Gerry Akhough he had been mobile, his sight and hearing had partly failed him. Consequently the problem of living alone, even with weekly visits of his daughter, was very difficult. Soon he moved to a health center in Clearwater where excellent care was available. Even with such care the recent loss of his partner of 60 years was too much for him to bear. His health did not improve and because of kidney failure he passed away during the night of 13 March. He was buried with his wife in Arlington on 17 March. Sully with his driver, John, Jr. ('43), and Perry with Nell were at the graveside.

Chaplain William L. Dike, Commander (ChC) USN, conducted an appropriate service. Flowers from the Class and from relatives and friends adorned the grave. Daughter Frances Ann and son Bob with wife Gerry came some distance to attend the ceremony. It was indeed sad to say farewell to Eighteen's popular and pleasant class president.

His dedicated and extensive career as a Naval Architect included the supervision of the building of various Navy vessels in shipyards from coast to coast. It also included two years service on the staff of the Commander, Scouting Force. In his preparation for this, his senior course at the War College diverted his attention from the building of war ships to the important problems of operating at sea, 1937-1938. Details of his active duty can be found in "Last Call," June.

But the language of "Last Call" can hardly portray the demands on such a specially trained officer in a Navy shipyard and his being in charge of shipbuilding in several civilian yards. On the one hand, he had to deal with pressures from congressional friends of the civilian employees; whereas, in dealing with work in civihan yards he had to answer some urgent pleas of the contractors with respect to efforts to modify plans and specifications. Also, he had to criticize mistakes and insist on proper corrections, with perhaps variations in design which would not weaken construction. Savvy was able to continue pleasant con-

tacts with contractors day after day, especially during the WWII years. This took ingenuity, knowledge, and understanding with harmonious consensus.

In addition to conducting his work patiently and effectively, his family was of great interest to him.

Frances Ann majored in biology and business at Mary Washington, then becoming a Navy lieutenant working with communications in the Pentagon. Bob majored in chemistry and mathematics at Duke and went to sea as an officer and later taught at the Academy for several years.

Savvy was so interested and fascinated by his active duty work that he, unlike many of us, did not look forward eagerly to retirement. In fact, he settled down in Florida believing that a rest was his best activity, but his health became worse, perhaps because of the heavy responsibilities in WWII. Earlier he had won his appointment to the Academy by competitive examinations in Kansas City in the late Summer of 1913, following high school graduation. After this he accompanied his father and brother to Nebraska where they became peace officers, carrying guns. It could be said that his success as a marksman, Plebe year, benefited by the interval in Nebraska. As Savvy progressed as a midshipman year after year, he became respected in a simple and unaffected way that only served to satisfy his Classmates' estimates of him as a leader. As a Company Commander, first class year, "he was just the same frank, unassuming, genial-hearted Savoir, with a precipitate hastiness of speech that reminds you of nothing so much as a mountain waterfall'' (to quote the Lucky Bag).

19 Pres., VAdm. George C. Dyer USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. G. Laurence Schetky USN (Ret.) 5606 Glenwood Road, Bethesda MD 20817 Percent Members: 86 Living Grads: 22 The great Sixty-fifth Reunion occurred on schedule. May seventh, and was a great success in every way. There were eight Classmates on deck, viz., Sarah and Bill Callaghan, Miles Du Val, Adaline and George Dyer with daughter Georgia and her husband, Dorothy and Ralph Netting, Red Schoeffel and son Peter, Whitey Whitehead with friend Joe Balthis, Florence and Tom Wynkoop and daughter Norma, and Larry Schetky and granddaughter Barbara Patterson. Then ten of our wonderful widows, viz., Evelyn Brooks, Miriam Bryant, Dorothy Coney, Virginia Kinkaid, Elizabeth Metzel with daughter Patty Mohler, Faye Settle, Marie Sprague, Nellie Stevens, Sara Beltz with son and daughter-in-law, and Erica (Mentz) and Sammy Samouse. Regrets had come from others who had to cancel after having planned to come. Of these, Dorothy Atkins was in a hospital in Germany with a serious perforated ulcer.

Lunch at Alumni House started festivities, when pictures were taken. After lunch came a short business meeting, when George and Larry (President and Secretary) signed a document providing for the turning over of Class funds to the Alumni Association who will administer the fund for furnishing flowers at funerals of members of the Class and/or widows as occasion requires. The reception at the Superintendent's House, by Vice Admiral and Mrs. E. C. Waller, was a delightful affair. At this very wonderful reception, George Dyer, on behalf of the Class of 1919, presented to Mrs. Waller a very artistic brass opium pipe warmer filled with local spring flowers and engraved "With Gratitude — The Class of 1919."

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Nineteen gets together

Miles Du Val, Joseph Balthus, Whitey Whitehead, Red Schoeffel

Ralph and Dorothy Netting Miriam Bryant and Evelyn Brooks

Sara Beltz, Virginia Kincaid, Bill Callahan, Larry Schetsky R. to 1.: George Dyer, Sara Behz's son, Whitey Whitehead, Joseph Balthus

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Adaline Dyer, Wes Burnett '43, and Whitey Whitehead

Larry Schetsky and Barbara Patterson, his granddaughter, then Norma Wynkoop and Miles Du Val And please note that the Class entered Buchanan "Commissioning Week" now held in mid-May House, the Superintendent's Quarters, by the front each year, early May or late April might be the door, a boon much appreciated by the invitees as most suitable time for a Class gathering. Prethey considered the mounting of that formidable commissioning activities bring quite a few visitors staircase which makes such an imposing setting for and Commissioning brings very many, so that local the entry to the Superintendent's home. Our hostelries are filled early. Mead Pearson is doubtHonorary Scholar, Midshipman fourth class ful of a plan for a 65th since most of us are already Elizabeth Cambre, a charming young lady, was "feeling our years" and the difficulties of travel with us. Midshipman Fred Beltz, Jr. joined his are onerous. So I feel it prudent to make no commitments until/or unless we have enough options grandmother and us at the reception.

Dinner at the Officers' Club was attended by to make any plans.

As for Homecoming in October 1983, the situatwenty-one. Some had had to leave earlier for various reasons. A special Anniversary Cake tion for accommodations is about the same. But topped off a delicious dinner. George gave us a here the time required would be less — the Alumfine rundown on all members of the Class not pre- ni House Hostess has been kind enough to reserve sent, and the evening ended with the singing of a space for a small reception in Alumni House "Auld Lang Syne." And a final note: this is the from 1600 to 1800 on 22 October (after the footfirst Reunion held on the 65th anniversary of ball game) and accommodations further from graduation of a Class in 14 years. The Class of town could be reserved. If anyone desires to at1905 was the last one to have done so. tend the Friday evening KT party and dinner in A note from Cid Wildman sent regrets that he the wardroom, a close hotel reservation would be had to miss the Reunion for physical reasons. He more desirable. If there is an individual opinion reports seeing Charlie Nicholson, who has suffered on these subjects, please let one of us here in Ana stroke but is able to get around with a cane. It napolis or Washington know soon, seems that quite a number of us need canes now.

Spring is with us and our local travelers are back Miriam Bryant has been honored by the receipt also — Marion Wooldridge from California and of a plaque, inscribed "The U.S. Naval Academy Eleanor Bassett from Texas. And Consuelo Alumni Association presents this plaque to Mrs. Crowe, back from a tour through the Pacific, is Eliot Bryant for her outstanding support of the now back in Washington. She writes, in part, as Association and the Academy as a member of the follows: "It was an eighteen-day trip to Australia, Leadership Club, 1983." Miriam has made New Zealand, Moorea, and Tahiti. I went with a generous donations to the Alumni Association. childhood friend who was a bridesmaid at my wedding 53 years ago, her husband and another couple from my home town. White Plains, New York.

The cities in Australia were very clean, no litter, no dogs running loose, and the same in New Pres., RAdm. Mead Pearson USN (Ret.) Zealand; everyone obeys the law. We visited Sec'y, Capt. C. F. Swanson USN (Ret.) Canberra, the Australian Capital, a beautiful city, Fairhaven, Apt. B-213, 7200 Third Ave., as well as Melbourne and Sydney. In New Zealand, Sykesville MD 21784 South Island was my favorite. We went up to the Class Correspondent, Tasman Glacier, Mt. Cook, in little six-seater n l - m e ^ s i d S o i n t Dr., Annapolis MD 21403 planes and all got out on the glacier, then went Percent Members: 80 Living Grads: 82 over the mountains to Milford Sound. The mountain peaks were all covered with snow. We visited We have sent a few questioning notes regarding ^^^^p stations. The scenery was fabulous. The possible plans for a Sixty-fifth Reunion. With

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Savvy Forrestel with Emmy and Frank Maichle

Benny Decker with Todd Stroud, Harry's grandson North Island is different but also very lovely — plenty of farms, rich soil and beautiful flowers.

We visited Christ Church, Queenstown, the Glow Worm Caves, Rotorus, Maori settlements, Auchland. We were entertained by a New Zealand couple in their home for dinner, in groups of 2 and 4. We were four at our dinner with a lovely couple in a very beautiful home. He, Mr. Van der Sluis, is an exporter-importer, and she is an opera singer — they have two adorable 'Dutch' children.

We went on to Tahiti and found that a devasting cyclone had struck two weeks before we arrived.

Fortunately for us oiu- hotel had a small emergency generator. The storm damage was dreadful. We were driven only part of the way around the Island as the roads were completely blocked. The French Government sent 200 expert electricians, to help reconstruct the lines for power and light. Not a banana was left on the trees after the storm. The natives were bathing in the streams, washing clothes, and no one drank the water. In our group of 14, plus the guide, no one got sick. It was the trip of a lifetime and most enjoyable."

Emily Heineman occasionally sends a friendly note. She is apparently keeping busy and helping Amelia when she can.

Another depressing event. Our number two Classmate, Savvy Harrison, passed to the beyond, after a long struggle, on 5 May 1983 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington.

Elizabeth and her children received condolences at the funeral parlor on Monday, 9 May. The funeral ceremony was performed at the family church. The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church on Chevy Chase Circle on 10 May. The burial with a simple graveside ceremony was in Arhngton National Cemetery with the sounding of taps and the three volley salute to an honorable and decorated veteran who had contributed much to the service of his country.

Oats Holsinger was the only Classmate able to attend at the time and represented the Class.

Among the Class of 1920 oriented sympathizers who attended the ceremonies were Jeanne Anderson who represented Viola (who was unable to atShipmate, July-August 1983

tend) and widows Consuelo Crowe (who kindly gathered information for our column), Virginia Lee, Happy Osbom, Wee Christmas, Gladys Lyon. Among the participants in the cortege and at the interment expressing their sorrow were Elizabeth with her daughter, Polly Wilson, and her sons, three of whom were in miUtary uniform.

We deeply regret the loss of another noted and loved member of the Class.

The family expressed thanks for the beautiful flowers tribute presented by the Class.

MEMORIES Harry Markell has kindly sent me a number of copies of snapshots that he carefully took at our 60th Reunion. I expect Harry sent copies to each subject but as a pleasant memory 1 hope to add one or two copies in our "Memories" occasionally.

21 Sec'y RAdm. J. R. Dudley USN (Ret.) 164 Edwards Ferry Road Leesburg VA 22075 703/777-3887 Sec'y. San Diego Area: RAdm. Logan McKee USN (Ret.) 738 Glorieta Blvd., Coronado CA 92118 Treas., Col. Sherwood B. Smith USA (Ret.) 5005 Garfield St., NW Washington DC 20016 Percent Members: 79 Living Grads: 119 Some of us 'Golden Oldies' find an interest in the card game 'bridge.' The American Contract Bridge League supervises the records of those who play duplicate bridge and keeps a total of individual rating points members earn at sanctioned games. The member ratings are classed as novice, junior master, master, or life master, depending on the points earned. A monthly bulletin lists achievements at various tournaments, as well as general suggestions or hints by well-known players on using conventions or treatments. One of the 'Letters to the Editor' praising the game was alleged to have come from one Capt. James Roberts of Coronado, California. This captain happens to be our well-known 'Stogi," who has long had a gift for interesting writing, but who denies sending a letter to any editor. He addressed the executive director, who must have deemed it worthy of publication. Stogi's Coronado Bridge Unit had honored him by presenting a "GOLDEN AGE MASTER" certificate last January. In reply to a congratulatory letter, Stogi says "the Golden Age Certificate is not exactly a Congressional Medal of Honor." He thinks it ranks somewhere between a Bronze Star and an unsat fitness report. It's a great joy that he has conquered his former blindness, even tho he admits he and Mary sometimes play a Qub when they should have played a Spade, and/or put a Diamond where a Heart should have been.

It's good to see that our Navy football squad has a game with U of Va at Charlottesville this September. That's one away game your scribe hopes to attend in addition to the home games.

Now that a Californian has been elected Commander-in-Chief and favored the Rose Bowl, how about a Candidate from Hawaii or Alaska?

An Army-Navy game in the Hula Bowl or at Elmensdorf A.F. Base would be a novelty.

West Coast News

The San Diego Chapter of the Class of 1921 held its regular monthly luncheon at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, on Tuesday, 26 April.

Present were the following: Abie Cook, Sydney Dodds, Tom Esling, Hod Gorry, Bris McHugh, Logan McKee, Ivan Miller, Tim O'Brien, Stogi Shipmate, July-August 1983

Roberts, Don Smith, Leo Stafford, Rex TaUman, Ray Tarbuck and Bunny Wray.

Lucy and Paul Abernethy had just returned from a Caribbean Cruise. Sabe Sabin was visiting relatives in Dallas and Don Smith was leaving for a meeting in Pensacola. Leo Stafford presented each person present with one of his home-grown orchids.

The first coaling — let the women do it.

The Chinks — goats' milk ice cream.

First liberty in Colon — Hardy's.

American Bar, Coconut Grove.

Ashore in New York with 50 cents.

Mosquitos in Provincetown* (See next paragraph.)

Being pointer at target practice.

That first Sept. leave — salty sons of the world.

22 Pres., RAdm. Frank Akers USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. D. H. Johnston USN (Ret.) 3928 N. 36th St., Arhngton VA 22207 Corr. Secy, RAdm. J. L. Pratt USN (Ret.) 4000 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington DC 20016 Percent Members: 76 Living Grads: 147 A flurry of latter-day spUcing during the past two years: Larry Holcomb and Elaine Knowles; Doc Pratt and Cindy Hamilton; Ford Taylor ('25) and Betty Saunders. Now we have a letter from Ward Harrigan. (No, Ward is still available.) His letter reports the marriage of Peg Evans, Deak's widow, to professor emeritus Henry Pettit of Boulder, Colorado — the latest targets of Cupid's arrows. Peg and Henry knew each other some 35 years ago in Colorado when Deak and Peg were there on duty and, in the Summers, occupied the Pettits' mountain cabin while the Pettits visited England. Time went by. Deak died in '66. Peg put her three sons through college and, with her brood on their own, became an active member and leader in the Sierra Club. Her climbs and exf)editions were accomplished at home and abroad, just like our other world traveler, BiUy Miles.

When Peg returned to San Diego, who should show up but Henry Pettit, now a professor emeritus and a widower. The old friendship ripened. They flew to England to be married in Chelsea Old Church, famous as the last resting place of Sir Thomas Moore (and two of Henry VIII's wives). The Old Church gaining fresh fame when Henry and Peg joined hands.

The bride and groom now reside at 1333 King Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, high in the Rockies.

Lovely.

Apropos the foregoing, we repeat the now famous description of '22 by our handsome redheaded lady bus driver during the 60th Reunion.

When stopped at the Academy gate by the "Jimmy Legs" with the question, "Senior Citizens?" she delighted her passengers by answering, "Heck no. Class of '22, Sixtieth Reunion!"

Turning the calendar back sixty-five years: DO YOU REMEMBER by Alvan Fisher Your first stenciling party.

First broom and water fight, company formation afterwards.

The "water soaked" veterans from the San Diego.

That first set of blues. Do you dress right or left?

When '21 returned.

Suck 'em up! Wrinkles!

The first chow of the Academic year with the "upper classes."

The Bare axe Plebes and the Basement Rats.

The Great Lakes Game. Adm. Eberle's sword.

Christmas Carnival — 2000 people, 1500 goats and one frog.

When the 1st Batt. saved Crab town from burning.

U-boat Jupp.

Hundredth Night as plebes.

"Ain't" no more plebes.

The first drag at the June Ball.

That first day and night on the Crab Cruise.

Swing hammocks.

•THE FRUSTRATIONS OF PROVINCETOWN (Summer of 1919) Alvan had a 48, after coaling ship in Boston.

Returning to Provincetown on the ferry he chanced to meet a pretty girl who was summering there.

After visiting The Monument they strolled out on the dunes. Clouds of mosquitos nipped things in the bud, and Alvan and his attractive companion beat a hasty retreat. Que lastima!

Same evening: Another youth, returning to the dock about 9:30 PM to catch the boat back to his ship, ran into Miller Redfield who had two girls.

Miller needed assistance and led me to one because it was as dark as the inside of your hat at that end of the dock. I couldn't see the spare girl but her voice was friendly, and I was quite taken by the touch of her hand. (Only twenty minutes to get acquainted before the last boat.) But we made a httle progress — largely by braille, and arranged to meet during daylight the next day. But I couldn't get liberty. Told Art Pew of my "blind" date. He was intrigued, kept the date, had a great time and said she was a beauty. Que lastima!

Leonard Kaplan died on the fifth of May. An engineer and naval architect, Leonard was actively engaged in that profession for almost sixty years; the first half building ships for the Navy — the last thirty years with two leading engineering and marine architectural firms in New York.

His expertise and experience led to one of the toughest of tough assignments in 1942 as repair officer at our Naval Base in Iceland, the crux of North Atlantic convoy activity during the first phase of World War II. Then later, at the destroyer repair base in San Diego where the long line of ships moving from the Atiantic to the Pacific, and those damaged in combat, put in for rapid servicing and repair. The ease with which he got things done was truly remarkable. Many of his Classmates and a host of other ship captains tell stories of his considerate and efficient solutions of their problems.

Burial was at Arlington. His honorary pallbearers were Frank Akers, Art Bryan, Bev Carter, Owen Comp, Carl Espe, Don Johnston, John Parker, Doc Pratt, Russ Sturges, and Harvey Walsh.

Leonard's formal obituary will be found in the "Last Call" in this issue. That which is written in this column is a measure of our great resp>ect and feeling for this modest Classmate who became a legend in his time.

Shortly before going to press we received by telephone the sad news that Red (Valvin) Sinclair died suddenly at his home in Palisades, New York, on April 24th and was buried in Blanford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia. Red's wife Dorothea is sending information which will be covered in the next issue.

Note: A decimal point and a zero got lost, and a comma moved into the average yearly class treasury expense figure in the May Shipmate. It should have been $962.50 instead of $9,625.

It wasn't George's fault, and it certainly wasn't mine! Just one of those things.

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23 President and East Coast Reporter Adm. Arleigh A. Burke USN (Ret.) 8624 Fenway Dr., Bethesda MD 20817 Sec'y, RAdm. Elliott Strauss USN (Ret.) 2945 Garfield Terr., Washington DC 20008 West Coast Reporter Capt. H. H. Connelley USN (Ret.) 544 Silvergate Avenue, San Diego CA 92106 Percent Members: 91 Living Grads: 127 The Environees are an incredible bunch.

Nobody would believe that we had 16 out of 28 people show up for lunch on 6 April, and it was a rainy day too. Those who made it were: Bernard, Curry, Cutting, Edwards, Holderness, Johannesen, Johnson, Lewis, Moran, Morris, Pottle, Rigler, Strauss, Tucker, Wadbrook and Burke.

And only two of us forgot to sign the cards. Not bad. We missed those who couldn't make it. That fellow Von Dreele was in Hawaii for a couple of weeks. He estimates his time at home is 23.23%.

Ray Lewis reported they had seen Don Kelsey at a luncheon in Florida but not enough time to talk.

Our West Coast reporter is the best reporter any Class has on any coast. You'd think he could be relied on absolutely but every once in awhile, Mike fails to report what happens right in his own home town. One of the articles he missed had the headline "Mission Bay Crew Classic Draws Fans Of All Sorts." Cheryl Clark's headline signaled that she knew what she was going to write about, she wanted to cover the most important part of that whole wonderful day. She wrote, "Capt. H. H. "Mike" Connelley, 81, sat in the bleachers west of Mission Bay yesterday, wearing an old straw hat decorated with commemorative buttons from nearly every past San Diego Crew Classic.

"Along with all the kids and adults and college alums who come every year to watch the races, eat hot dogs and drink beer, he's a big fan. " 'It's a good place to sit in the sun,' he said. " 'Besides,' he added while Peggy, his wife, wasn't hearing, 'It's also a good place to come and watch all the pretty girls.' " 'This year,' he noted, 'the crew classic is much better organized than ever before. They really went all the way,' he said.

"Connelley, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who looks forward to returning to Annapolis for his up-coming 60th class reunion, admired all the colorful Alumni cabanas set up along the beach.

"Only a few feet away is a bright yellow and blue tent, a group of rowdy UC Berekely graduates, etc." The rest of the article wasn't nearly as interesting because Mike wasn't quoted.

I've never met Cheryl Clark but 1 would bet she is a cute, pretty little reporter.

This is being written just before the 60th and we know that too many of our beloved Classmates are not going to be there. One of them is Earl Maeser whose son Earl wrote a letter to Speed Edwards which expressed the thoughts of many of those who couldn't come. "Although Dad's health has improved somewhat since my last letter, he simply feels too weak and unsure of himself to make the long and difficult trip. It is, therefore, with deep regret that 1 must advise you that he will not be in attendance.

"It is very difficult to find words to adequately express how my father feels about the Academy and all of your wonderful Classmates. I suppose the best way to express that is to ask you to refer to your own feelings. Having known him now for some nearly 50 years, 1 can tell you that the in60

tensity of his loyalty to that institution and to you gentlemen is somewhat overwhelming. I have never heard him speak of the Academy, his associates, or his experiences there and in the Navy with anything less than terrific pride. Dad did not have the advantages of a normal childhood and thus the Academy provided a stability in his life which he had never before experienced. The sharing of growing experiences with many of you thus was a very important part of the formation of his character, and while he has never achieved great wealth in this world, he was blessed to learn with and from you the importance of patriotism, honor, sacrifice, duty, and love, among other things. It will never be possible to express adequate thanks to those who assisted him. Somehow, perhaps, the words of this letter will reach out into the eternitites to all those who shared in his education in order that they might somehow realize his (and our) deep appreciation.

"Dad is extremely disappointed not to be able to attend, but his thoughts will be with you. He wishes a successful reunion for all present. Please know that Dad will be thinking of you all on this occasion in a very special way. Signed, Earl Maeser."

Young Earl has put into words we could never match the profound influence we have all shared in our Naval Academy experiences. And so, though his father was not able to be with us for the 60th, his spirit and loyalty have furnished a lasting inspiration for all of us.

Some quick 60th Reunion notes Right at the beginning our 60th Reunion acquired special meaning, for we were picking up our handsome name-plates in the very room restored by the Class of '23.

Historic Alumni House carries its own aura in every room, but some of us who came from afar were seeing for the first time the latest drapery contribution of the Class to the room they have underwritten for so long.

Happy meetings were not the only pleasant activities on Friday morning, 29 April. At 1153 the 23rd Company wardroom was turned over to the T.L.C. of the Class of 1953. Those cheerful young fellows, the Class of '53 that is, took it over with vim and vigor, as they always do, and before the ceremony was over, '53 had arranged to turn it over to '83 in 2013. RAdm. Linn Feh USN, son of our Kathryn and Don, was a member of the '53 delegation.

Everywhere we were impressed by the gracious welcome and cooperation of the Naval Academy officials. Alumni officials and our Classmates who had a hand in smoothing our way. We couldn't fail to realize the extensive planning and detailed work that made the reunion happen. The two class delegations, '23 and '53, had lunch with LCdr. P. J. Keuhlen USN '71, the company officer, and his 23rd Company. The whole Mess Hall procedure was completely different from our time, but the two notable changes were that the meal was "shipping over" chow and most of the Midshipmen had eaten and cleared the hall in 7'/2 minutes, and that wasn't just the scoffers either — that was 90% of the brigade. The 23rd company coiuteously waited for the old grads to finish. We still have some visiting privileges to the wardroom whenever one of us wants to refurbish his memories.

The dinner at the O & F club that night was the first get-together all of us had and the club made that a joyous occasion, the highlight being a Midshipmen quartet who were kind and generous enough to learn our old songs. Some of our Classmates did a pretty good singing job too.

The business meeting on Saturday was over in time to let Bob Oakes get lots of good photographs

of our girls before the noonday formation. The transcript of the business meeting will be sent to all hands when it is typed in the smooth, which Elliott Strauss is doing himself. He is probably the only man in the Class who is both a good typist and an expert calligrapher, and he doesn't waste either talent.

Our Class had lunch in the Mess hall with the Commandant, Como. Leon Edney USN '57, trying to keep order at his four tables of '23. He didn't do so well, but that was a special meal too with the rich and plentiful ice cream reminding us that the Academy still has its own dairy.

Our big class dirmer at the Holiday Inn on Saturday night was magnificent, only it was all over in one night. That wasn't long enough to visit with everybody, but we all tried.

At each of the events we missed our Classmates who weren't there, and whom we wished could have been there to share our remembrances of other days, but all hands, whether there or not, had a share in the crowning event of the reunion.

That was no ordinary Memorial Service held "During 60th Reunion on 1 May 1983." The heart of the Service, which was called "The Remembrance" was indeed a "Gift" from Chaplain Larry H. Ellis. His warm friendliness and good cheer lighted his words of appreciation with the comfort of understanding. Moreover he assured us that all who remained had still a part to play in Our Father's plan. We are grateful for the Chaplain's inspiring message; his thoughtfulness we will always remember. We are grateful to " J o " Johannesen for furnishing the background data to the Chaplain.

But there was yet another rendezvous to stave off the time of parting. From the Chapel we walked back to the Officers' Club for a very special occasion. In the name of the Class Widows and in appreciation of the long-time consideration shown them, our Edie Gold hosted a luncheon for all who could stay.

And so ended this momentous event whose success was insured by months of planning and hard work by many hands, directed by Speed Edwards.

Some statistics: Classmates attending 39 Wives 30 Widows 15 Children and Grandchildren 16 Honorary Member 1 Guest of Classmate 1_ Total 102 The booklet of photographs will be out someday, for which we can thank that wonderful classmate. Bob Oakes, who has more energy than all the rest of us put together.

Have just heard that Captain F. W. Laurent, "Shm," has died. No details. Please see "Last Call."

West Coast News Frank Rigler favored us with a copy of an interesting article in the National Maritime Historical Society's magazine Sea History. Arleigh had written an article which gave a very frank and clear description of his days aboard USS WALLER, flagship of Destroyer Division 43, beginning in the early days of 1943 in the Solomon Islands.

Arleigh's description of his own reactions in the preparation for batUe as well as those after the battle, gives one the feeling of experiencing similar frustrations, as well as successes, particularly in keeping an accurate record of events during battle. Arleigh finishes his article with the observation that his experiences causes him "to have serious doubts as to the accuracy of the very precise battle records — that I read in the accounts of some historians."

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But Arleigh's reactions during battie brought him the greatest of success and enduring fame that will live in the annals of American Naval History forever.

The following report by Cabell Gwathmey is quoted verbatim for obvious reasons. It is good.

"From the Bay Area Fragment, USNA Class of '23 . . . With Alyce's support. Bear Arnold discharged in conmiendable style the duties of 'Lone Arranger' for the limcheon meeting at NAS Alameda on 20 April 1983. A perfect sunny day foimd everyone in high spirits. The assembly included: Charlie and Ruth Walker. Bill and Esther Stock, Packy and Alice Schade, Bill and Sally Mendenhall, Bear and Alyce Arnold, Red and Annabel Lusignan, Cabell and Marion Gwathmey, Harriet Williams, Bert and Mary Shone and their guest Betty Scallon from Des Plaines, Illinois.

"The upcoming 60th reunion at Aimajjolis was discussed. The only firm commitments for attendance were those of the Mendenhalls and the Gwathmeys. Packy Schade is a 'possible.'

"After Bear Arnold estabUshed that Red Lusignan would be the 'Lone Arranger' for the next meeting at NAS Alameda on 19 October, proper attention was given to scholarly observations on ciurrent trends in human behavior in different situations. Participation was generjd and apparentiy well informed.

"The meeting adjourned to the 19 Oaober date, but not before extracting from Packy Schade a promise to report then on his forthcoming consulting expedition to China."

A quote from Jewel Carson. "It's a boy again.

That makes seven great-grandsons. This newest boy is named for Kit and he is still in orbit. I wUl try to get him back to earth in time for the Retmion." We'll see you there.

A brave note from Adah Fulton says she is coping very well. She is very thankful for the support, love and devotion given by DeWitt's daughter, particularly since his death in December.

CabeU Gwathmey said one big advantage of fleeing to Maryland every Summer is to let his accumulated "gimmie" mail ripen in the local post office at San Rafael.

Karl Hensel can put the longest and most informative letter on a i>ostcard! I believe he has a special typewriter that squeezes words and Unes together so that they occupy about one-half the normal space. Thank heavens for that typewriter.

Eari Maeser has chosen to move to the rest home in which Bess has been living the past year. His daughter, Margaret Cannon, wrote us that she and her brother take his mail and read it to him as he caimot see now. He keeps up with the world through records, as his mind is clear and active and interested.

Betty and Al Maher are getting settled in their home at 7023 N. 11th Ave., Phoenix AZ 85021, after their visit to Pensacola. Al asked for another "Red Book" because he had given his to Ned Keating when they saw each other in Florida.

A good note from Bill Mendenhall assured us he and Sally would see us at the Reunion.

Virginia Spangler, in one of her lovely notes, suggests that if their cold weather keeps up perhaps their winter visitors may consider Florida next year.

Wayne Spangler writes that she may abandon her home in Houston temporarily this Summer and come out to California for a visit. Maybe we will be able to see her in San Diego — hope so.

Anyone desiring a Lucky Bag of 1920, 1921 or 1922 free, write or call Capt. H. H. Connelley, 544 Silvergate Ave., San Diego CA 92106; tel.

619/222-2473.

And, Mrs. Richard W. Proctor, Cobb Hill Shipmate, July-August 1983

Fleet Champs — 1922

Road, Cazenovia NY 13035, has a 1923 Lucky Bag available. Send a note directly to her if interested.

BiU Twining sent us a snapshot taken of a group of midshipmen — the crew of #4 turret of the USS DELAWARE after SRBP in August 1922. If Shipmate can reproduce the 61-year old snapshot, perhaps it wUl be printed in this column. Those we know in the picture are Harry Temple '24 out in front. In the front row are Frank Timberlake '25, Charlie '23, Frank Ward '23, P. L. F. Weaver '24, Voge '25. Back row: D. P. Tucker '25, W. E. Verge '24.

24 Pres., RAdm. Howard Lyman Collins USN (Ret.) Sec'y and Columnist, Mr. Robert A. Keyer Box 7234, Richmond VA 23221 E. Coast Sec'y, RAdm. H. B. Miller USN (Ret.) W. Coast Sec'y, VAdm. C. E. Ekstrom USN (Ret.) Percent Members: 85 Living Grads: 156 Attending the Washington Group Meeting on 27 April at the Bethesda Officers' Club were: Leo Bachman, Helen and Mike Bradley, Margaret Craig, Edith and Tom Dyer, Dot Hartwig, Marie and Bob Keyer, Faimy and Wally Petersen, Eddie Rawlins, Mary and Bob SutUff, and Martha and Rollo Wilson. Towards the end of the meeting, Wally Petersen arose and said: "I quit as the president of the Washington Group, finally and as of this moment!" He cited the length of time he had served as president, and other factors and said someone else should take the reins. Wally has been president since 1968 when, at a meeting that Summer, George Robillard got up and made the same statement as Wally, giving the group no recourse.

George had then been president a nimiber of years.

It seems, historically, folks in the Washington Group do not want to be "stirred" and the president stays in office too long. No action was taken on finding a replacement for Wally and it was agreed to go along until the July meeting on the 4th Wednesday, and Mike Bradley agreed to handle this meeting. Wally as president drew the respect of the entire Class and his departure from office is viewed with the greatest of regret.

Mention was made the West Coast group had expressed the thought that greater attendance from that area would be created for the 60th Reunion if some dates other than 23-24-25 June could be arranged, preferably in April or May. Howie Col-

lins has knowledge of these thoughts and has the subject imder advisement. He was informed the matter was presented at the 27 April meeting.

Thehna Johnson (Mrs. R. F. J.) writes from 302 E. Joppa Road, Apt. 1502, Towson MD 21204, and AnnabeUe Ashenhurst is at Peppermill Farm, 12510 Yates Ford Road, Clifton VA 22024. Sarah Neale still works full time for the State of Maryland and her day time social activities are slowed thereby. She resides at 1105 Ramblewood Road, Apt. C , Baltimore MD 21239. Eleanor M. Mulbry, 18156 Daves Ave., Monte Sareno CA 95030 tells us of the loss of her mother, Eleanor G. Michelet, on 18 February 1983 (Swede's widow) and of her love for the Navy. Eleanor Michelet's father was Reed Marquette Fawell, Navy '05.

Eleanor Michelet's brother Reed M. Fawell II, is a colonel. Marine Corps. Eleanor Mulbry's husband, Leonard W., is Naval Academy 1948. The departed and, during life, always quiet and silent Swede never divulged these secrets.

Savvy Crampton reports that he and Honor are surfacing again after physical problems. Honor with bronchitis most of the Winter and Savvy from gsdl bladder operation early Fall 1982, followed by a heart attack in September which put him back in the hospital for a pacemaker implant.

Pacemaker job was supervised by Savvy's son. Dr. Richard, who resigned from the Navy years ago as a lieutenant commander. Medical Corps.

Richard is now the cardiologist at U of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. Savvy's advice to call: "Keep away from those short knives."

Rumor has it that John Shannon was to be in Coronado for a day or two at the end of April after finishing the golf tournament at Monterey.

Any graduate or non-graduate of 1924 USNA who desires can submit a mini-biography of their career to Min Miller or the Columnist and Min will write it up: choice of these persons to date has been at random and basically those you have seen published cooperatively sent in the information when their name was picked.

Lois and Bill Bullis's trip to Yugoslavia and Venice in the early part of 1983 with late March return ran afoul of the weather. Bill said it was the worst that part of the world had suffered through in centuries, terribly cold with bitter winds in the usually mild weather on the Adriatic Coast of Yugoslavia. A motor bus trip was made by Lois and Bill to Venice where it was 5 degrees below zero. The thousands of pigeons usually flying around St. Mark's Square were all huddled together on the groimd for warmth. Only the busy 61

large motorboat traffic on the Grand Canal kept it from freezing over. It was impossible to visit the Lido because of the ice.

Praise and thanks to Martha Wilson and Easley Cameron for their help with news from their areas when called on for the benefit of the column. It is requested, again, that wives answer mail from the Class when received if husbands may be unable to answer.

Jeannette and Jack Kennaday were back in Castine, Maine, about 1 April after visit to Nancy Varga, daughter, in Coronado/San Diego. Jack says he played golf with his athletic daughter Nancy and she beat him every time though she had not played in IVi years.

Red Ruhsenberger reports so far this fiscal year there have been no deaths in the Three Century Club membership, the first such year since he started it five years ago.

Where else could it happen except in Texas? A couple of years ago a beautiful black Angus was chosen as grand champion of a fat stock Show.

At one stop on an exhibition trip it was unfortunately exhibited during a heavy drizzle. The puddles underneath became more black and more black and pretty soon Blackie became Brownie or Spot. The artiste who had sprayed the animal had failed to use waterproof paint. The chronicles do not say whether Brownie hung his head in shame or whether the judges were embarrassed; however, it is pretty hard to embarrass a Texan. Charles Huckins, son of Tom, as a result of the Class's contribution to the Foundation in memory of his father, also made a personal contribution of $100.

The fourth Wednesday of March found the faithful four, Fred BeU, BUI Bullis, Wally Petersen and E^die Rawlins meeting for lunch in the Washington area.

Among the few in '24 who can lay claim to having served in two World Wars is Denmead Kolb.

With WW 1 in full swing, Denmead completed officer's training at St. John's College in Atmapolis.

Appointed a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, he was shipped off to Kelly Field in San Antonio.

After seven months and already packed for overseas duty, the Armistice sent him back home to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. From there it was just a short distance across the Bay to the Naval Academy which he entered as our Classmate. Even as a midshipman there remained some affinity to the Army for his plebe roommate was Bert Kalisch who later did the Army proud. But, the Navy was well represented for Bill Davis was the third roommate who more than held his own.

Denmead departed us in 1922 and for several years was a member of Swift and Company's organization, ending up as manager of their branch in Salisbury, Maryland. But, his heart was still Navy and in 1934 he organized a Naval Reserve Unit, becoming its C O . with the rank of ensign USNR. In the meantime, he and Kitty, his wife, established themselves as leading realtors and insurance agents. Their acquaintanceship had expanded through the area and before long a group of public-spirited citizens persuaded Denmead to run for the Maryland General Assembly from Wicomico County. Duly elected, Denmead seemed always to be drawn back to Annapolis where he served during the next eight years, but the combined business and legislative loads proved more than Kitty and he wanted, so once more he hung up his hat exclusively in Salisbury. That is until Pearl Harbor propelled him intathe difficult position of carrying on special investigations for the Navy Department while simultaneously serving with the Maryland State Guard as Captain. With the war over, once more Denmead pulled his business together and at the same time he began 62

to devote more and more attention to civic responsibilities by serving in organizations designed to assist various community needs. Throughout the long history of Wicomico County, the Eastern Shore had sent their men off to the military. Now it was Denmead's son who became a midshipman in the Class of '55.

Little wonder that Denmead's forebears fought in every war since the Colonial Wars. Denmead helps keep alive the patriotic motive demonstrated by the early settlers by stimulating the various National Societies of those wars. With civic work piling up, he still found time to take course at the American University as well as at Syracuse. If any of us are thinking of moving into one of those beautiful Eastern Shore mansions, Denmead and Kitty are the ones to see, that is, if they are not out crabbing along the Chesapeake or occupying one of the numerous blinds awaiting the arrival of a flock of ducks or geese to serve as their diimer.

Martha and Red Ruhsenberger left early in May for Miami and West Indies ports. Fire Room Bunker, hearing of the proposed trip, wrote: "When in command of a transport that made these islands about once a month I had special fondness for Charlotte Amelia and Bluebeard's Castle. Was required to anchor in St. Thomas for three days, when weighing anchor, there was no anchor.

A CPO had neglected to put a pin in the securing of the last shot and the anchor is still in the deep.

How the ship kept from drifting on the beach remains a mystery to this day."

Ladies, 1. to r.: Kay Burroughs, Betty Ekstrom, Winnie CoUins; Classmates: Evvie, Swede, Howie — Coronado, February 1983 Swede Ekstrom received a visit on 30 April from John Shannon after John's golfing at Cypress Point. He had seen Elizabeth and "Pinky" Hopkins at Pebble Beach. Talk came easily of days in CALIFORNIA and at Pensacola and of John's tales of South America. Swede cannot go to Golden Aviators at Pensacola late this month (May) but Min MUler will be present and possibly Bradley and Sutliff from Washington. Hope to have '24 attendance after the meeting.

It is with deep regret and condolences to the family that the death of Grace Hoffman, Charlie's widow, is reported. Memorial services were held in Coronado/San Diego on 5 May after her passing the previous week. Interment was at Naval Academy where Charlie is buried.

We have also learned of the death on 18 April of Mildred A. Barnes, widow of Arthur Dayton Barnes who died in 1965. Our most sincere sympathy is expressed to the family.

25 Pres., RAdm. Walter C. Ford USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. George F. O'Keefe USN (Ret.) 2003 Glen Dr., Belle Haven Alexandria VA 22307 Columnist: RAdm. Schuyler Pyne USN (Ret.) 259 Providence Road, Annapolis MD 21401 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 144 A top item of our agenda for this issue is our mass birthday good wishes to the new members of the "eighty-and-over club" whose natal days will fall in the second half of 1983. Their names, chronologically arranged, are as follows: Karns, Sugnet, Schultz, Weston, Goldenson, Ivey, Larson, Garrigues, Brennan, Pyne, Criddle, Badger, Hammock, House, HuU, Stubbs, Sears, Markham, H. F. Smith, Phillips, Ford, Silsbee, O'Keefe, Standley, Steele, Murphy and Wogan; a goodly twenty-seven twenty-fivers to whom we say "many happy returns of the day!"

The gals and guys from inside and outside the Washington Beltway joined together in an excellent coed gathering at the O and F Club of the USNA on 4 May. Present with wives were Benson, Cash, Eckley, Eller, Ford, Griffin, Hicks (our newest arrival), Nevins, Pyne and Turney. Anita (Anderson) and husband, honorary Classmate Clyde Bourke, were with us too, as were Anne Tonseth and her steady. Red Slaven, as well as Barbara Delany, Metita Johnson, Noreen Query and Ruth Reamy. Young Mark Tuzo and his nice wife, both of whom we have adopted, graced the party with their attendance. Thus there were thirty members and affiliates of our Class for this festive matinee.

Due to illness, tmtimely deaths and other reasons, certain persons who have been regular attendees were absent. We missed them. The only pieces of business were an announcement by president Henry Ford that the next mixed get-together would be a luncheon at the Officers' Club in Bethesda sometime in September, date to be determined later, and the presentation to our treasurer. Red Slaven, of a class Certificate of Recognition for his many faithful years in office and for his excellent assistance over a long period of time in many class projects. We all thank Red for his achievements.

We have, with great pleasure and pride, learned of the selection of Roger F. Bacon to be a commodore, U.S. Navy. He is the son of Ruth and the late Bart Bacon and was in the Class of 1959.

He is the first unrestricted line officer Twenty-five junior to make flag rank, although we do have one supply corps regular rear admiral, Edward L. Walker Jr., and one supply corps reserve rear admiral, Alexander Jackson III. According to the roster of flag officers. Roger has already assumed his new title and is wearing his wide stripe as chief of staff to ComSubPac. Congratulations, Roger, from all of your father's Classmates, and the wives and widows thereof. We also send Ruth our felicitations.

Danny Stubbs, recently of Nebraska but now of Orlando, Florida, writes that Margaret and he were at the April meeting of the Orlando Alumni where they sat with or saw Fred Warder, Kitty and Red Eye Coleman, and Betty Lambrecht. Fred brought his grandson, Jonathon Warder, a very personable sub-teenager. And at their table also were Bob Adams, son of our Jug Adams, and Red Eye's son Bob Coleman. A nice group!

From about fifty miles to the southwest in Lakeland, Bucky Harris sent in a long and newsy epistle covering a wide variety of subjects. Bucky and his wife of fifty years, Alice, came to our fifShipmate, July-August 1983

tieth reunion in 1975, but she died in January 1976 and shortly thereafter, Bucky, who had been attending alumni meetings in Orlando, was rammed by an uninsured motorist, totally wrecking his car.

Bucky was severely injured, almost totaled himself, as he puts it. After much treatment at the local hospital he was moved to a VA hospital which did a good job and he now gets around quite well with the assist of a cane.

Some of us may remember Bucky's USNA roommate, George Dwight Hunt, who died while a midshipman in 1923. Both he and Bucky were from Wyoming, had the same birthday (4 February 1903), and went to the U. of Wyo. together before entering USNA in 1921. Bucky goes on to tell how on 3 February 1923 George became ill, was taken to the hospital and died, apparently of cerebral meningitis, on his twentieth birthday, 4 February; a tragedy of long ago, and one of the seven that occurred while we were at the Academy.

Bucky continues with a good account of his experiences in the Caribbean in 1941 when he went as Adm. Greenslade's interpreter to Martinique on a mission concerning French warships and gold.

But that is a story that we suggest Bucky write for Shipmate an article or letter in his own words, for it is general interest more than for class notes. Suffice to say, however, that Bevo Bond was the pilot of the PBY that took Bucky on one leg of his trip back to the U.S.A. In his concluding paragraph, Bucky says he is so limited in his ability to travel that he feels he must miss the 60th reunion. Thanks nevertheless for his good letter, and best wishes to him.

From another Marine, this time in San Diego, we have a letter from Ray Rahiser about how Pauline and he flew to Miami to take a transcanal voyage back to California in MTS DAPHNE. The trip was an April affair with stops in Jamaica, Cartagena, through the Canal (no liberty ports), Acapulco, Manzamillo and Los Angeles. It was put on by a Navy and Marine retired group. The retired group and the Rahisers enjoyed making some new friends from both services. Ray concludes by saying it is nice to be home, but he does miss that round-the-clock, diet-wrecking, supersuper food.

Another weU-seasoned traveler is Tommy (F. J.) Thomas, whom we saw briefly at a class luncheon in May 1982. He writes to say that after their stop in Washington to visit one son, they proceeded to Maine, stopping off to see other sons in Brooklyn and in Lexington, Massachusetts, en route. Next, on to Ohio (where they still have a place) before pushing further west to Colorado Springs, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruses. Thence they returned to Coral Gables via Austin, Vicksburg and Pensacola. At the latter place they encountered the Kit Carsons, who live in Azalea Trace, a lovely At USNA Prep — 1927

Shipmate, July-August 1983

retirement place which the Thomases eyed as a possibility for themselves when they stop moving around. For this Summer they plan to give up their rented place in Florida and do the rounds of family again, but return to Florida in the late Autumn for another snowbird season down there. Tommy reports good health for Bette and himself and says they hope to make the sixtieth reunion.

A very noted member of the Class of 1920, Benny Decker, has sent in a picture of a group taken in 1927 at the N.A. Preparatory Class in San Diego and showing Beimy and his instructors. Benny says that in the previous year he had four '25ers whom he thought very highly of, so he asked for some of our Class of 1927 and got those shown. As he had asked for athletes, he was given four wrestlers and a football player. He says it was a great group who produced a remarkable record of entrants to the Academy. Those in the picture are as follows, 1. to r.: standing, D. G. McMullan (originally in our Class, but graduated in '26), Kershner, Benny Decker, Red Day; in front. New, Timberlake, and CPO McKibben.

Word has been received from the Naval Academy Foundation that Pat and Bob McFariane have established a Class of 1925 Memorial Scholarship in their names. This wonderful action on their part puts our Class definitely in the lead for honor scholarships established by or in the name of Classmates.

In the April issue we told about Doc Lyons 80th

"Doc" Lyons blows out a candle on his 80th birthday party last December. We now have a picture of him doing his stuff snuffing out a candle at that celebration on the island of Maui. The gal in the background is a Coast Guard lieutenant, a former C O . of a|ocal Coast Guard station.

Via Charlie SUsbee we have a postcard from Russ Thomson reporting that Bonnie and he spent four very wet months in Coronado during their annual pilgrimage there. At various times and places, including the March Alurrmi limcheon, they visited with or saw the Briggs, Bonds, Geo. Purmont, H. F. Smiths, and Wests.

In May, Jane and Schuyler Pyne made a trip to Tarrytown, New York, and to West Point where he attended the 1983 Triennial of the Society of the Cincinnati as an alternate delegate for the New Jersey Society. (The Cincinnati consists of a general society of thirteen state societies representing the thirteen original states and of a French society. Its members are male descendants of officers who served in the Continental Line in the Revolution or in the French forces which aided our cause.) Founded by George Washington, Henry Knox, von Steuben and others in May 1783 near Newburgh, New York, it was very appropriate that this particular gathering be held in the lower Hudson Valley. The men attended meetings but were able to join the ladies for some tours of historic place and for all social affairs. An outstanding

event was a visit to West Point, where a dress parade was held to honor the Society. This was followed by luncheon in the Cadet Messhall, a vast Gothic granite structure which puts the USNA Messhall to shame. Although it may have been the cadet mess equiavalent of "shipping over chow," it was an excellent meal, served, nevertheless, in true messhall (family) style. On the way back to Tarrytown by chartered boat down the Hudson, Schuyler was talking to a middle-aged delegate from Georgia whose name was Walter Hartridge and who said he had an uncle who had graduated from West Point in '22. Upon being informed that Schuyler was a USNA grad, the Georgia man said that he had another uncle who had graduated from the Naval Academy in 1925. It turned out that his uncle was Walter Hartridge Strong, our Classmate from Savaimah, Georgia, who resigned voluntarily upon graduation and from whom we have not heard since. According to the nephew, Walter ("Itch" as he was sometimes called) became a highly successful business man down in Savannah, but had passed away in the 1970s. This is the only bit of information either we or the Alumni Association have ever had about Walter, and the latter is writing to General Strong, the West Point uncle, and/or to Mr. Hartridge to see if we cannot get more info on our man.

Betty Lambrecht has a new address: 200 St. Andrews Blvd., Apt. 2611, Winter Park FL 32792.

Short note from Harry Shiver says he hked the write-up on him in April Shipmate; thought it was pretty nice for a bilged-out plebe. Thanks, Harry, for the nice remark, and also for the check you enclosed. Both are greatly appreciated. Sorry that you will not be able to get to the sixtieth.

In April of this year we received notification from the Naval Military Personnel Command (BuPers to us old folk) that George P. Biggs had passed away on 23 February 1979. We had not heard from or of George for many years. He retired from the Navy in 1947 as a lieutenant commander and settled in California. Your writer recalls seeing George and his wife in Bremerton in the mid-1930s, and vaguely remembers that we did have a letter from him for a Shipmate writeup in the mid-1970s. That's all! If anyone knows any more about him or his family, please let us know.

BUI Marshall died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital on 27 April after a protracted illness. He was buried in Arlington with full military honors on 2 May. There was a good turnout for him with several Classmates, wives and widows present. Bill was one of our prominent grads. As a midshipman he was a track star, a star man academically, a striper, and in many activities. He had a brilliant naval career, very largely in destroyers at sea, and quite a bit of foreign duty. Upon retirement from the Navy as a vice admiral, he became the first president of the Bourbon Institute, an organization dedicated to the promotion of this distinctly American product, particularly abroad. This he did well, earning kudos from a wide number of sources, including the president of the USA, for achievements in building foreign markets. Being a Kentucky man, he was made a "Kentucky Colonel" on the governor's staff. Bill had a whole chest full of military decorations, both foreign and domestic, including the Croix de Guerre from France and others from Italy, Brazil, and the Philippines. In all, he was a most unusual person.

Some of us may remember how he saved the day (for everyone) at our 40th reunion dinner in October 1965 when he happened to have a couple of cases of bourbon in his car trunk and our liquor was late in arriving at Hubbard Hall. To Kitty we all send our very deepest sympathy.

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26 Pres., RAdm. Kenneth Craig USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, VAdm. W. R. Smedberg III USN (Ret.), "Secure," Box 178, Crystal River FL 32629 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 180

Seated, Webster and Langley; standing. Rule, Watson, Frederick

L. to r.: Gwen Mayfield, Hugh Webster, Jane Rule, Paul Watson, Jean (Crouse) Jenkins, Roscoe Newman Starting on a happy note is the report of Hugh Webster's 80th birthday party on April 6th; Hugh's delight at having achieved the status of octogeneu-ian is evident in the picture showing him and his cake, Jane Rule over his left shoulder, then Paul Watson, and Gene Crane Jenkins. The second picture shows the five Classmates present; Art Rule, Paul Watson, Ted Frederick, Hugh, and Tom Langley. Ted Frederick writes that Betty Webster's large dinner party was a combination of birthday and a sad farewell to Helen and Paul Watson, who were to move East in April or May, to take up residence in Vinson Hall, in Virginia.

Ted says that he manages to run 2 miles, six days a week (tho' not very fast).

"PD" Stroop was home long enough this Spring to host, with Rod LoveU, the '26 contingent in the So-Cal area; 25 in all, at PD's home on Point Loma. From the Los Angeles-Long Beach area came Crissmans, Potties, Campbells, Perrills and Ruth Reich. The seven widows, Marusia Asserson, Dorothy Carroll, Alice King Davis, Helen Nelson, Lorene Oberholtzer, Ruth Reich and Betty Wells outnumber the widowers, Stroop and Lovell.

Peggy Wells and Virginia Crissman were the party consultants and did most of the work; the bar tenders, Stroop and Lovell having very littie to do, in comparison to the bar needs of contemporaries of only a few years ago. It was reported as a "congenial, happy lunch."

In April, Stroop flew to Norfolk for about a week, then returned through Washington where he stayed with Ford Taylor, getting in on Ford's and Betty Saunder's wedding plans, which eventuated on 4 April. In early June the Taylors and PD were leaving for ten days of golf In Scotland, after which the Taylors toured Southern England by car and Stroop went to the Algarve Coast of 64

Southern Portugal, with three congenial 'pals' (his words), for a week before returning to London.

When he was returning to the States, he didn't say.

Jim Grant hasn't appeared in this column for a long time, but the CS finally got him to admit that "nobody has heard from me in quite a while," mainly because he and Marcia travel back and forth between the orange ranch in Ojai and home in Belvedere, across the Bay from the San Francisco skyline. "Mail just piles up and slows down," he adds. Incidentally he commented on his regret that, by moving back and forth between their two places, he had missed so many Class reunions and seeing old friends again.

A letter, dictated by Max Leslie, arrived just before the deadline for this issue, saying that he is getting along pretty well, but is looking forward to the arrival in July of his son Bill, who will retire from the Navy on 30 June and move into Max's home with him. He also sent a newspaper photograph showing him presenting the first place trophy for the Annual Max Leslie Golf Tournament, this April, to Len Bassett, USNA '40, the winner; particularly interesting to this CS because Leonard had been IOWA'S outstanding guimery officer during my tour in command in the Korean War. That was more than 30 years ago, yet Len didn't appear to be any older in the picture.

Mario VangeU writes that he and Katrina have finally sold their Washington home and moved into a life care center in Naples, Florida. He says it is a "great improvement over Washington and Marco Island, where they had spent the last few Winters. Their new address is Moorings Park, 100 Moorings Park Drive, Apt. 103, Naples FL 33942, where they would be delighted to see any Classmates passing through Naples. Their oldest daughter, Mary, is married to an Indiana University professor; their oldest son, Nicole Lebano, is now a captain in the Signal Corps of the Army, stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, and married to an Army Junior. Their other daughter, Katrina is married to a pediatrician in Orlando and has three stalwart sons. A nephew, Arthur Vangeli, is in the Class of 1986 at the Naval Academy.

The Harry Pottles were in Annapolis for the May 25th Graduation Day ceremony at which their youngest daughter's son, Kevin Lawrence Smith, exchanged his midshipman stripes for the gold bar of Marine Corps Aviation. Is he, perhaps, the first Class grandson to go into the Marine Corps? He will be married in the Academy Chapel five days after graduation to, as Harry says, "the very lovely Rosa Maria Arribas."

Frank Busey writes that he has "paid up" Aloha books for the following but doesn't know how to reach them: Mrs. B. F. Brown, Mrs. W. G. Cooper (Lois is in a nursing home in Newport and this CS will see that one of her son's is told to contact Frank about the book), Mrs. E. N. Leonard, Lt. H. J. Bergeron, Mrs. S. M. Tucker, Mrs. G. T. Fullerton (Helen Salzman, I believe: CS). Anyone reading this and knowing the address of any of the above should tell them to contact Capt. F. L. Busey, Box 906, LaPlata MD 20646.

Stroop forwarded a long article, sent him by Horace Butterfield, '22, who lives in Tacoma near Jim Russell, telling of Admiral Russell's career in the Navy and tireless campaign since retirement in support of a strong National Defense. That newspaper article is too long to quote here except for some of Jim's final remarks, which are useful to all of us in talking to our neighbors, as follows: "Admiral Russell perceives the Trident submarine program and other nuclear and non-nuclear Defense Department developments as deterrents to Soviet adventurism rather than as threats to world peace. Russell said he is alarmed at the Soviet Union's nuclear and non-nuclear buildup

and that talk of a growing U.S. Government deficit may weaken this nation's resolve to counter the Soviet threat. He said that Americans should be willing to pay more in taxes so the nation's defenses can be strengthened without the federal budget dipping deeper into red ink.

"This is exactly how we got into World War II," Russell said concerning a defense posture that he regards as too weak. "Nobody thought the Germans would do it. And the Japanese wouldn't have taken us on had they thought we were better prepared. Some people would have us pray that we never will have another war, but we have to live in the real world.

"To me, there is only one solution — that's to be strong enough to prevent the Soviets from engaging in nuclear blackmail" end of quote! At 80, Jim Russell is still steaming full speed ahead.

We, his Classmates, are very proud of him.

John Sylvester writes about the '26 luncheon on 26 April, which was held in the Yacht Club in Annapolis, with Nat Barker being the instigator and host, "a most gracious and generous host on a most auspicious day for a tremendous success," as John put it. Present were: Adair, Barker, Greenacre, Logan, Moses and Strange from AnnapoUs, Havard from Baltimore, Busey from La Plata, and Buchanan, Katz, Lovett, Morrison, Stiegler, Strain and Sylvester from the Washington area.

Don Alexander has done a splendid job of stirring up interest in the Rose Bowl appearance of the Army-Navy game, at 11:45 A.M., Friday, November 25th, as has the Los Angeles Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, which has estabUshed an Army-Navy Game Committee and mailed an excellent compendium of information, which Don has sent to aU '26 Classmates on the West Coast. Incidentally, an updated postcard, mailed in Hong Kong by Don Alexander and received by the CS in early May, says that "Mary and I are taking advantage of a special package tour right now. We enjoy Hong Kong more every trip; will be in Korea next week."

Carmen and Al Mumma with Claudia Smedberg The Mummas and Smedbergs have exchanged visits, Claudia and Smeddy golfing with them at Mountain Lake, near Lake Wales (FL), in late February. Al and your CS's foursome won a tournament of best-ball-in-foursome, thanks mainly to Al's handicap (which is anything BUT& handicap to him) and his ability to come up with magnificent shots at the most crucial times. They came to Crystal River in late April for more golf and bridge; our enthusiasm being such that we are scheduled to be at the Mumma's summer home at Bald Peak Colony in New Hampshire for several days over the Fourth of July for a Member-Guest tournament there.

In the interim, the Smedbergs wiU fly to Washington at the end of May for a June wedding of granddaughter Susan Stuart Smedberg, who will be married in Christ Church in Georgetown, her great-great-grandfather's church for forty years, 'way back when.' Bill and I are seizing that opportunity to play in a Father-Son tourShipmate, July-August 1983

nament at Chevy Chase, and that Club's MemberGuest golf tournament, which will delay our return to "SECURE" until 21 June. Then, on 23 June the CS flys to Denver to be the speaker at the Annual USS IOWA Veteran's Association, he having placed that GREAT SHIP back into commission in 1951 and taken it into the Korean War. In midJuly we wiU be back in Capon Springs (WV), until the 1st of September, when we return to Washington for a few weeks of golf and Naval Academy football.

And now for some sad news. The Alumni Association has just learned of the death of Capt.

John AUen Winfrey USN (Ret.) on 12 January '83, in Memphis. The CS has no details but has written to his Virginia to express deep sympathy from John's Classmates.

Then, on 11 April, 1983, we lost LCdr. WUliam Gleason AUen USN (Ret.). His Helen has written that about two years ago he feU and sustained a commuted fracture of his right shoulder which pierced the nerve of his right arm, causing him inabiUty to use it. Soon he developed emphysema which grew worse and became acute in early April.

He was hospitaUzed and placed in intensive care but begged to go home. He was brought home where he seemed happy and content for three days when he peacefuUy passed away. He was buried in a miUtar>- funeral in Holy Cross Cemetery on April 15th, with Johnny Johnston, Ted Kobey and Bob Lowther in attendance from the Class. Those of us who watched BiU box at the Academy were always impressed by his brilUant and courageous attitude, asking no quarter, voicing no complaints and taking pimches stoUdly. Helen wrote that he Kved his Ufe Uke that, saying at the end, "Life has been mighty good to me." They had lost their daughter in 1979, after she had had many happy years with the airlines, flying aU over the globe, and they lost their son. Bill, Jr., in 1980. He had served in the MiUtary Sea Transportation Service and had received a commendation for his work from President Carter. The Class extends deepest sympathy to Helen, who Uves at 425-39th Ave., San Francisco CA 94121.

27 Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hanulton USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Cari L. Steiner USN (Ret.) 203 Riggs Ave., Sevema Park MD 21146 301/647-1258 Percent Members: 89 Living Grads: 242 The activities of the St. Petersburg area group have gone imreported for some time. Joe Bonlware, brings us up-to-date with a short resume of their most recent gatherings: On December 14, 1982, Chris and MUte RussUlo hosted a fine party at their home in Redington Beach. Present from our group were Moores, Tagues, Davies, HeiUgs, Mildred Kaitner and the Boul wares.

For viewing and celebrating the Army-Navy game aU met at Dodie and Joe Boulware's condo in Redington Shores. Present were all the above except Mary and Phil Tague, who were temporarily on the biimacle Ust. Mildred (Garcia) HeiUg and her husband Bob (of the Class of '31) were a great addition to the celebration.

Emily and Ted Moore hosted their annual Christmas luncheon at the Garden Seat, Clearwater. AU hands were aboard.

January 3, 1983, Mildred and Bob HeUig hosted a grand party celebrating their first anniversary.

All the group was present and had a great time.

Mildred Kaitner entertained with a wonderful dinner at her home in Redington Beach on January 15,1983. AU were there plus Knick Knickerbocker, Shipmate, July-August 1983

who had dropped in to spend a few days with the Boulwares.

On March 25 Evelyn and BUI Davies entertained at a superb cocktaU and buffet party in the elegant recreation room of their apartment building, "Gull Harbor," in N. Redington Beach. Those present from the '27 group were Emily and Ted Moore, Mary and Phil Tague, Mildred Kaitner, and Dodie and Joe Boulware. The HeiUgs were out of town and the Russillos were up north to attend a family wedding.

Our Class was represented at the funerals of CUff and Ethel Wickman by aU of our group, both Classmates and wives. Those two are sorely missed at our gatherings.

Heinie Armstrong reports from Northern CaUfornia that Argyll Buckley passed away on 30 March 1983. He had been Ul for several years and lived in Cupertino, California. The Class extends its sympathy to his widow, Ruth, sons John and Thomas, daughter Patricia and the grandchildren.

Further details appeared in "Last CaU," June issue.

Betty and Heinie are scheduled to attend the initial gathering of Desron 23, the "Littie Beavers," with Admiral Arleigh Burke Squadron Commander, heading the Ust of distinguished representatives. The event wiU take place 27-29 October 1983 at Arlington, Virginia. Heinie commanded USS SPENCE.

Frocking of Capt. Jan V. Armstrong USNR

by RAdm. Henry J. Armstrong USN (Ret.)

Heinie was the proud papa when he piimed on the eagles of his daughter, Jan V. Armstrong, foUowing her promotion 16 April 1983 to captain, USNR. Jan is on the staff of RAdm. Donald S. Albright, Jr. USNR ("50).

Word has been received that Marjorie Buttrey, wife of Tooney Buttrey died on March 24, 1983, in FaUbrook, CaUfornia. The Class extends its sympathy to Tooney, their daughter AlUson, and two grandsons.

The March luncheon of the San Diego County Chapter was Tuesday the 29th at the Admiral Kidd Club. Present: Tex and Muriel Anders, Ceese Caufield, Clarence and Bobby Coffin, Cliff Cooper, Ziggy and Frances Dawson, Dutch and Sally Deutermann, Tommy and Dale Flynn and their guest Jake Fife '36, Tommy and Emmie HamUton, Jimmy and Mary Jane Hogg, Harry and MadeUne Hummer, Ken Keepers, Meade and Erika Kitchen, George and NataUe Knuepfer, AUce ManviUe, Tommy and Kalene Massie, Bobby McCann, Mims McKinney, Hank and Mary Lou Paige, Walter Price, Robbie and Nadine Bobinson, Alan and Anne Southerland, Bus and Lucie Trafton, and Wash Willcox. A short discussion of things-to-worry-about, such as another "contrived" gasoUne shortage and the very apparent advance of the USSR in the two treasure houses.

South Africa where our much needed minerals are and the Near East oU. Followed by some excellent jokes by guest Jake Fife and Tommy Hamilton.

Elizabeth and Snowy Hansen have recently changed their address to: Cathedral Village, 600 East Cathedral Road, D-317, Philadelphia PA 19128.

Parker Fairlamb, Jr. died April 8, 1983, at Georgetown Hospital, Washington. The Class ex-

tends its sympathy to his father, Parker, Sr. I have the unhappy task of reporting the death on April 23, 1983 of John Glenn McClaughry in Annapolis, Maryland. A memorial service was held on April 29, 1983, at St. Andrews Chapel at the Naval Academy and burial was private. Details of his outstanding career appear in "Last Call."

The L.A. Class group now consists of six members for the monthly luncheon at the Long Beach O' Club. However, for the April meeting on the 29th, only BUI Kern and Red Scoles could attend.

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Pres., RAdm. Edwin B. Dexter USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Capt. Albert O. Momm USN (Ret.) 121 Glen Oban Dr., Arnold MD 21012 Rorida Cort., RAdm. R. N. Norgaard USN (Ret.) 121 N. Phelps Ave., Winter Park FL 32789 West Coast Corr., RAdm. W. A. CockeU USN (Ret.) 3222 Browning St., San Diego CA 92106 N. Eastern Corr., Capt. R. O. Burzynski USN (Ret.) Box 145, New Castle NH 03854 Percent Members: 90 Living Grads: 68 Matt Radom reports that at a ceremony in his old home town of Hartford (CT), the Hartford Courant presented "Certificates of Recognition" to 33 outstanding volunteers from Connecticut.

Matt was one of six selected for "Outstanding Volunteer Work in the Field of Citizenship and Community Action 1982-83." There were about 200 people there, including Mart's wife, Marjorie.

The principal speaker was Mrs. George Bush, wife of the vice president. Pictures of the selectees were shown on a 20-foot screen. Matt remarks: "First time I've ever been 20 feet taU." Matt continues: "Have taken up breadbaking and have a recipe for a never-fail deUcious bread made of oatmeal, bran, and unbleached flour.

Anyone can have a copy by sending me a stamped addressed envelope. I've had fun providing our family bread, and am trying other recipes for variety.

"I'm hoping to attend our 55th, but have to wait for a reply to an inquiry about an invitation I received to join a New England 'People to People' group scheduled to visit China and USSR at about the same time in October."

At Homecoming some years back, a few members of the BLC got to recalling old tales — enroute from the Alumni House to the Blue Lantern Inn, where they had diimer. Apparently it had been a joyous occasion: one story led to another until someone suggested that aU members of the Class ought to write their humorous experiences to be coUected into a book. Vince Treanor undertook this task, resulting in "Old Tales Retold": anecdotes for '28's 45th Reunion, with the idea of enlarging it, to include other Classes of the Academy. Vince Treanor is no longer with us; someone else should undertake this coUation!

One of the "tales retold" was by Matt Radom, when he and your C/S were JO's in the battleship WYOMING, flagship of VAdm. Taylor '90, Comdr.

Scouting Fleet. The OOD would supervise the after gangways, while the JO of the Deck manned the forward gangway from which the senior officers departed and arrived in their various barges and gigs — along with the required number of sideboys manning the side. As Matt tells it: "VAdm. Taylor rated 8 sideboys coming and going — which seemed very often when in port.

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yelling for the bosun's mate, the bugler, the messenger, in a frantic effort to get word to the captain, the exec, the flag Ueutenant and the barge crew. Then I called for the sideboys. Horrors!! — only seven showed. The admiral came striding out as the barge came alongside. He obviously noted the uneven number of sideboys, grunted something, and went down the gangway with the usual pipes, bugle sounding 'tenhut,' and everyone saluting, everyone that is — except one sideboy.

"Well, as I expected, I got chewed out plenty by the flag Ueutenant; the captain and exec gave me not very friendly looks, and I saw my career going up into the murky sky over Hampton Roads.

But I had a brilUant idea: if he rated 8 sideboys coming and going, and was short one going, why not make up the shortage on his return? Sure enough, when he came back aboard, there were nine sideboys, smartly saluting along with all the others. I saw the admiral give a quick look, smile, and go into his cabin.

"No one said a word, so I figured I could look forward to a career in the Navy. After that frightening experience, never again did I let a sideboy leave the bench unless I had a spare on hand to take the place of anyone who had to go."

In early May, the Class of '27 invited the BLC to a joint co-ed luncheon masterminded by CharUe Tooke '27 and Sinbad Addison '27, at the O & F Club at the Naval Academy, for Alumni, wives and widows of the Baltimore/Washington/ AnnapoUs area. The diminishing size of the BLC was indicated by the limited attendance of only Ginny and Jimmy James, Blair and Al Momm, and John ZabUsky and Dorothy Fee. (C/s comment: It was a special pleasure to see again many who had been almost "Classmates" . . . a too infrequent "reunion.")

Mac Leary, who is handling the 1983 Alumni Drive for the BLC, reports that as of mid-April 47 donors of the Class have contributed $3,650, compared to a total of $5,372 by 79 donors in 1982. For the last two years, the BLC has led all classes in percentage of donors. Mac says, "BeUeve it or not, we are ahead this year on donors than we were at a simUar period last year. With this in mind, and with additional responses anticipated, we may be able to better 1982."

29 Pres., RAdm. Roy S. Benson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Cal Laning USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church VA 22041 Corr. Secretaries: So. Cal., Cdr. BUI Darnell USN (Ret.) 2003-224 Bayview Hts. Dr. San Diego CA 92105 No. Cal., RAdm. Dick BaUinger USN (Ret.) 25 Teal Rd., Belevedere CA 94920 Florida, RAdm. Daniel Carison USN (Ret.) Doral Mobile Homes, Villa No. 17 Clearwater FL 33515 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 118 Charley PhUlips, please copy. Red Morse flew to Seattle to sample the new concoctions of his two nephews who run Fratelli's ice cream company.

Charley, be sure to try their Amaretta and Grand Marnier — ice creams, not liquor. Red spent two weeks (overhaul?) in Bremerton and says he never reaUzed what a beautiful suburb of Seattle it was.

(Neither did we.) Visiting Snoqualmie, he described a fantastic breakfast there and also mentioned the FaUs, higher than Niagara. En route San Francisco, he determined that the "Ship Ashore" at Smith's River is the best motel in USA. At San Francisco, Red got his nephew, Peter, married.

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California Host — Joe Berkley and then returned to Exeter, to prepare for the Alumni June cruise to Scandinavia.

The Social Whirl. As the Florida season closed in March, your secty and companion transferred to San Diego in order to attend the Berkley's Spring Mexican Gala. Irene and Joe sent invitations to sixty-three, ranging from San Francisco to Tijuana. Though some were travelling, fiftyfive replied and thirty-eight came, from as far as Walnut Grove and Phoenix. There were occasional difficulties in recognition of several advanced beards, such as Wally Baird. The set-up in the beautiful yard of the Berkley home was fehcitous.

Many tables in the blossoming garden, delicious Mexican dishes not the least of which were the individual mixes of margaritas, an area where Joe is a master. Irene was assisted by four of the Rancho Bernardo ladies. Among the seldom seen were Mac McKUlop from Phoenix and Bunny Ashford, brought by Buck Brandley.

In May, the Jet Set transferred activities from Florida and CaUfornia to the nation's capitol. The Winston Browns opened the season with a loaded tea party at the Army-Navy Country Club. There one found, mixed, such diverse groups as alumni from Mary's Smith College, Win's Annapolis grads, and members of the Chevy Chase Lazy Waltzers. Kay Davison reappeared after long treatments for her leg. The Johnny McElroys were both there, the Johansens, the Lanings, and Rosy Junghans. Jack Dalton's law partner announced that Jack was in court with a case, but Jack showed up finally. Frank Novak's sister and her husband, the Holbrooks, were newcomers in Washington to settle Frank's estate. Mrs. Holbrook hoped to find her midshipman escort to a Youngster Hop, but couldn't remember his name.

A few days later, the WB&A gang held its Spring Coed in the gracious penthouse dining room of Vinson Hall. Johnny McElroy poured sedately for a long Happy Hour beforehand. Win Brown came Dorothy Flatley, widow of VAdm. James H. Flatley, with grandson James H. Flatley IV (right) and Midn.

Greg Goins, president of 12th Co. wardroom at presentation of picture of FLATLEY (FFG-21)

Sam Strong at the Berkley Fiesta with five or six cracked ribs which he said occurred in an ordinary way from carrying a highbaU down a stairway in the dark. Mary has had to postpone her spring gardening trip to their home in Maine, where they always have the latchkey out to Twenty-niners. Prez Roy Benson and Vida presided at the table. As a surprise, Al Boyd dropped by for dessert, on his way from Boco Raton to the Berkshires. After an overnight rest, Les Richardson, Bing Mitchell, Jack Dalton and yr secty attended the Washington Area Alumni lunch at Fort McNair, where a very encouraging report on the quality of new Annapolis Classes was received.

And so to bed.

The past Winter and delayed Spring have been hard on us Twenty-niners. To our losses in January and March we must add two more sailors and four mates.

Sam Griffith died in Newport in late April. He had survived six months of operations and pneumonia in Bethesda, only to suffer pulmonary arrest the day after he returned home. Shortly before, we had made two dates at Bethesda to renew our old discussions, each to be canceUed by relapses. Sam had probed deeply in poUtical and military philosophy and had written many books and articles. His last book, on the British side of the Revolutionary War, is definitive on the subject. His translation of the Chinese works on gueriUa warfare and his accounting of the modern army of China were, or should have been, of aid to us in Vietnam. And all of us know his great book on Guadalcanal. Sam had much to give and we shall miss him. Belle stays on in their dual homes of Newport and Maine.

We have heard only briefly of "Red" Albert Lucas passing in Yazoo City. There, he and Molly raised the largest and youngest family in our Class. We don't know whether MoUy will stay in their large acreage homestead.

Earl Schreiber lost Wyn in April. Their joint efforts in the community of Roxbury, New York, were extremely broad, and we have enjoyed their reports of restoration of their big home. We noted that Betty Denham LoughUn attended the funeral.

We have no word of Earl's plans.

Have we reported the loss of Pat Humphrey's Peggy? While in Kansas City in April, we had a long and anecdotal lunch with Pat, who seems to be as humorous as ever, and recovering slowly.

He sends greetings to all of us.

Ann Davidson, who might weU have been called our class sponsor, died in Annapolis in April. Her presence had been deeply impressed upon the preparations and performance of our last four reunions. Her grace and solicitousness for us in our many gatherings in the Supe's Home, the Alumni House, and everywhere in Crabtown, have made Shipmate, July-August 1983

a great impression up)on us. We wonder how we can do without her.

Just as we go to press we've received word that Sarafan Rembert died early in May. Pat had predeceased her some six years. She was living alone in their home in ArUngton.

30 Pres., RAdm. Wreford G. Chappie USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Capt. Herbert H. Marable USN (Ret.) Watergate Village, Bldg. 7, Apt. 202 1035 Norman Dr., AnnapoUs MD 21403 Percent Members: 92 Living Grads: 192 To aU you Classmates "out yonder", — .ALOHA! As a prelude to the resumption of the Class of '30 "NEWS," 1 should Uke to take this opportunity to express my regret for being a bit tardy as your Class secretary, but the years seem to be creeping upon me. However, 1 assure you that it was indeed unintentional, for 1 certainly did not foresee a three-week sojourn in the confines of Triplet Army Medical Center followed by a bout with a very simple chair, which 1 lost incidentaUy, resulting in two broken ribs. These events coupled with severe mail forwarding problems and the need to seU my home, find a new 'adobe hut' to hang my hat, and moving on a tight contract schedule sort of took up my spare moments. So0-0, if you were upset, you may take it out of my hide, but you'U have to catch me first. By the way, 1 may take this opjKirtunity to warn you that 1 plan to visit Tahiti, AustraUa, and New Zealand next year for about three months. Do I hear the loud clamorings of any volunteer(s) to take over this job, at least for that period of time? Maybe the 'outbackers' nm a more efficient postal system.

1 did not receive most of my Christmas mail untU the first of May. Think over my generous offer why don't you!

Now 1 should Uke to offer my apologies to Katherine Engleman for faiUng to mention her wedding at the appropriate time. Unfortunately the problem was lack of knowledge due to nondeUvery of mail, so 1 truthfuUy did not know about it until I just received a bracing reprimand from someone who did know, but he apparentiy did now know that I did not know. WeU, we better get off that merry-go-round! Frankly, I do not think that wiU have jeopardized the happiness of Katherine's joy at being a new bride. We aU congratulate you, Katherine, and offer our very best wishes for a long and very happy honeymoon!

The event of the season seems to have been the 52'/2 REUNION in San Diego. Fred Bradman has provided me with a truly professional report of the event, including daily activities, but due to a restriaion in space. Brad, I am going to have to editorialize, using as many pictures as possible to provide a stimulus for fond memories to those who attended. Here goes!

"A LOOK BACK AT AND A-HALF FIFTY" Betty and Bill Drane You might study the above pictures carefuUy — Else Bradman and Audrey Bourgeois I can guarantee you'll see some changes — But on to the PARTY! Thursday, 17 March — The excitement, fed by anticipation over a period of many months, began building on the night of 17 March, with more than thirty of our (San Diego) people in the Hotel del Coronado, our Reunion headquarters — a day early. Both casual and pre-arranged meetings in the Hotel lobby and later in the spectacular Crown (dining) Room persisted until late in the evening when the long day for early arriving members of the Eastern group took its toU on them, leaving the Western group of early registrants to fend for themselves.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

Lucy and Clyde Stevens Betty and John Kinert

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Midshipman cruise in 1927 — Gatun Locks, Panama Friday, 18 March — The influx began early. Our registration center was a veritable beehive of activity most of the day, as the earlier arrivals Ungered in anticipation of being reunited with those who would arrive later. Such as — "Hi, Joe, good to see you" and "Hey, Sammy, you're looking great — not a day older" (now is a good time to examine the two pictures above) or "By golly, if it isn't Mike and Betty — Let's get together at the cocktail session and have dinner together!"

After settling into their hotel accommodations, the movement of participants toward the evening reception began. By dinner time, 152 had assembled, still flush with the memories of shared relationships of earlier years, many spent in the immediate environment of the grand old "Hotel del." SmaU groups of participants finding pleasure in the company of one another well into the wee

hours of Saturday morning — the sense of Reunion!

Saturday, 19 March — A spectacular, sunshiny day; and a blessing too, what with the scheduled group photo session, and the optional area tours.

At the morning photo session, 127 early risers showed their faces. Others slept late or would join the Reunion group later. A well-attended business meeting brought Classmates up to speed on where we have been and where we aie as a Class. Our president. Moon Chappie, presided at this first ever business meeting held practically in his own back yard. Gene Sands spoke to the matters of our current involvement. BUI Nelson shared info on early plans of our 55th Reunion in Annapolis in later October 1985. BUI Sanders, Fred Bradman and Lee Boyle covered our efforts to make this one a " g o " and remembered, with thanks, those

who had helped it to become just that. Bob CraighUI reminded us of our immortality and offered us his thoughts on advanced planning for the inevitable. We committed to spur our West Coast efforts in the quest for timely news of the Class of 1930 family for Shipmate. BRAVO, YOUR SECRETARY CHEERS YOU! And for those of you who have faithfully submitted items with the hope of seeing those items reappear in the news, but in vain, my apologies and I thank yoii and promise they wiU ultimately appear at a more timely and consiste sequel to your efforts.

Just bear with me! Chief Masterson described problems and suggested solutions, to the extent they may be available, in the matter of long term medical and custodial care.

The second of the evening receptions, much Uke the first, but with participation augmented by this

At the Hotel del . . . 1983

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Else and Fred Bradman

Lil and BiU Nelson with Rachael Coe

Mireille Famham with Charlotte and Chief Masterson

Assembling for the Class Picture — in the foreground, Mary Margaret Walter, ???, Doc Strohbehn, Anne (Quiggle) Strohbehn day's arrivals, some moving into the places of some of Friday night's participants who didn't care to dance or who found this evening the time to accept diimer invitations of old friends not included in the REUNION group, attracted 137 participants. Notable was the repeat of extraordinary services by WaUy Ebert. Our diimer-dance; was there ever another four-piece dance band that knew aU the good old dance music of the 1930's, the 1940's and the 1950's? And who played it aU at a decibel level always below that of the conversation of the people Ustening — and dancing — to it? Also we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the birth of our revered leader; the lovable, the hardy.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

the courageous Moon Chappie, everybody's great friend. Kudos to Fred Lucas, way over there in Sedona, Arizona for reminding us that this date would be Moon's 75th birthday!

Sunday, 20 March — We carried out our traditional Memorial Service, with Bob Craighill officiating. The Hotel's Garden Room was transformed, temporarily, thanks to Janet O'Beirne and Jack Moreno, into a place of worship. Participation in the service by SW AREA "designated volunteers," BUI Sanders, John Seargeant and Jack Moreno. Attendance by firstgeneration offspring honoring the memory of their fathers; Bunny Bowen's son John and daughter GaU, and their spouses, Judy Bowen and Mike Jordon, honoring " J B " . Kaye Hindrelet's daughter, Kathy, and her husband, Larry Brydon, remembering "Bert." Marie (Rutter) Short's son, Mike, and his wife Donna, honoring "Foo." Thanks a lot. Bob! The Despidida luncheon; leavetaking, goodbyes, but only until next time to 73 Classmates, 62 wives, 21 widows, and 17 guests who cared enough to come together in reunion; 92 from Southern CaUfornia, 16 from the rest of CaUfornia, 6 from Arizona, 12 from Florida, 3 from Hawaii, 3 from Maryland, 2 from New Jersey, 7 from Peimsylvania, 2 from South Carolina (Bride and groom, the Heywards), 2 from Texas, 22 from Virginia, 6 from Washington State — 173 people. Didn't they aU look great!

Have recentiy heard from Peter Hansen, son of Henry Otto Hansen, that his mother. Otto's widow, is in a very poor condition in a rest home where he is able to visit herfive-to-sixdays a week, and has asked that "If any members of the Class of '30 would care to correspond with her, 1 wiU deUver the mail — read it to her — and write back her response." His address is Peter Hansen, 20555 Lake Canyon Drive, Walnut CA 91789.

A cortected address — Mrs. D. D. Hawkins, 120-128 Ave. 2 N. E. BeUevue WA 98005, care of Mrs. Maurice Robkin.

My apologies Harry, I had to write long hand what I turned in, but the printer apparently misspeUed your name; better luck next time.

RegretfuUy we have to report the recent death of John Flynn who died on 13 February 1983 in Letterman General Hospital, the Presidio, San Francisco.

BUI Doyle, George Kosco, Pike Douglas and BiU Moffett please note — 1 hope to be able to use the interesting information that you have so thoughtfuUy submitted, but wiU have to work them in to future issues due to Umited space.

Harrison H. Holton please note — HopefuUy you have noted already that the April issue reported the death of Bowen F. McLeod. The secretary of the Class wishes to thank you for your thoughtfulness.

31 Pres., RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Edward M. Day USN (Ret.) 6214 Winston Dr., Bethesda MD 20817 West Coast Corr., RAdm. Andrew J. HUl USN (Ret.) 1295 Bangor Street, San Diego CA 92106 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 238 Two more Classmates have joined the greatgrandfathers' club: Fannie and Dick Andrews report the arrival on 7 March 1983 of Brianna Bembrey Lawrence, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence; Lindsay Lawrence is the daughter of Fannie and Dick's no. 2 daughter, Dixie Smith.

On 2 April, Peg and Bob Theobald joined Jean and Bob Bengston (USNA '34) in welcoming their first great-grandson, Shaun Michael Smith, the grandson of the late Bob Bengston (USNA '60).

We aU join in welcoming these new arrivals who, if they follow in their great-grandfathers' footsteps, might become members of the Class of 2005 USNA! Wedding BeUs — Mrs. Leta Wood, of Hilton Head Island, and Fast BUI Williams were to be married on 2 July. Mrs. Wood came to Hilton Head from Beaufort where she was a claims representative for the Social Security Administration. She attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and was director of pubUcity for Notre Dame College for Women. She lived in Cuba before, during, and after the revolution and was society editor of the Havana Post. Don WUber was to serve as best man, thus returning a compUment of 52 years ago, when Bill was best man for Francie and Don's wedding.

The Alumni Association's Annual Fund Drive for 1982-3 ended 30 June, and we hope that the final count wiU show the Class of 1931 in our usual place, weU up on the Ust of donors. The next fund drive is now underway and deserves the same sup)port we gave to earUer ones. Our donations make a real and direct contribution to assuring the Navy of the best possible officers . . . and while the Navy with the best officers may not always win, nevertheless that's the way to bet . . . let's keep it that way!

Last Call We have a belated report that Joe O'Brien's widow Catherine (she was Eddie O'Neill's sister) died on 14 July 1982.

Kay Pottinger died 10 May 1983, in Orange, CaUfornia. Memorial services were conducted at Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California, on 13 May. "AB" Metsger has worked up some statistics that show good cortelation between class standing on graduation for 7739 officers beginning with the Class of 1897:

Part of Class 1st Fifth 2nd Fifth 3rd Fifth 4th Fifth 5th Fiftii

No. of Flag Officers Percent Attaining Flag Rank 224 14 5/2% 130 8'/2% 91 6% 5% 77 3'/2% 53 " A B " then went on to show that for our own Class a definite statistical cortelation exists between age on graduation, class standing, and attainment of active duty flag rank: Age on Grad. DistributionAvg. Class Standing VoActive Duty Flag Rank 41% 10% Under 21 '/a yrs 12% 45'/2% 21'/2to22'/2yTS 25% 9% 22'/2to 23'/2 yrs 39% 52% 7% 551/2% Over 23'/2 yrs 24% 4% 69

He concludes: " . . . the young student on the average performs much better scholastically, has higher probability of ultimate professional success . . . much of the reason for this is that the youngest group contains only the fastest learners . . . and they tend to succeed, other things being equal."

We are trying to get " A B " to work on correlation between midshipman rank (5-Stripers, guidon POs, 2 POs, etc.) and attainments . . . and if he does that then we'll get him working on attainments vs. laundry numbers!

In May 1983 Shipmate we reported that John L. Snow had died in January 1983. Blanche sent the photo of John shown here, and wrote that he had been in poor health for much of the past year, finally succumbing on 25 January. The Pensacola Yacht Club, of which he was a member and had been Rear Commodore, carried this note about John in their publication Jib Sheet: "The month of January brought the passing of PYC's long time moving force, John L. Snow. John L. was a powerboat owner, a perfectionist, an 'in-charge' person who demanded that he be in control of all •W'

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Oscar Hagberg reports that the Tidewater Virginia Group of the Class of 1931 held its April get-together on the 24th at AU and Bob Gadrow's home. These monthly affairs have taken the form of Sunday brunches at the home of the host. Attending this one were: Lib and Bunny Brunelli, Audrey Dempsey, Frances and Joe Foley, Doris and Oscar Hagberg, Elizabeth Lefavour, Adele McMahon, Marion and Jesse Motes, Alice Tucker, Anne and Rusty Williams, Muriel and Les Wood, and Mike Wood. Margaret Toth and Hy Massey were not able to attend, and Kathleen (Johnsen) Geyer had to stay home because John Geyer was ill. A good time was had by all, and we hope to be able to bring you a photo of the group next time.

Carol Moore came through Washington on her way to Europe for a trip along the Rhine and Danube, with a stop in Vienna. Carol says she is proudly wearing her Class of '31 blazer patch . . . better get yours while they're still available.

The Naval Academy's Language Study Abroad Programs are benefiting from the fund that Marshall Cox established under his will. Forty-eight members of the Classes of '83 and '84 are in the 70

program for studies in China, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, and Spain. The Cox fund provides about $50,000 a year to these programs.

And we conclude by expressing our deep sympathy to the O'Brien family, and to the Pottingers, in their sad loss of a loved one.

32 Pres., RAdm. Emerson Fawkes USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Terrell A. Nisewaner USN (Ret.) 7121 Helmsdale Road, Bethesda MD 20817 Percent Members: 85 Living Grads: 217 Here and There With '32 Most of us, after that last afloat command or afloat duty, gave up active sea duty for one of quieter hours ashore with perhaps a fling with one of the cruise ships for a lovely catered journey.

Muddy Waters even made several cruises on one of these lovely ships as a "Narrator" (not his official title) to keep the passengers informed and throughly regaled with his expert knowledge of the area, both land and sea, of the region in which they were touring. Certainly his five years as Oceanographer of the Navy and his subsequent tour on the staff of the oceanography department of the Florida Institute of Technology eminently qualified him for a tour position of this nature.

In addition, "Suze" got in on some of the goodies by being able to make some of the cruises with him.

Now we are down, insofar as is known, to one Classmate in a sea command. This character, Joe McGoldrick, who has since retirement lived in England where he was gainfully employed, then San Francisco, later Hawaii, back to La Jolla, California, and then to Florida, is now the proud skipper of CHRISTINA VII, a trustworthy seagoing vessel and Ocean 37 type with which he plans to tour almost exclusively in the inland waters, i.e., the rivers and canals of England and the continent.

Joe is rather an experienced hand in this canal cruising inasmuch as he and his lovely daughter Tessa a few years ago made a protracted jaunt through the canals of England and Scotland and wrote up a very interesting journal of their travels and travails.

Joe, who has had a very interesting and much traveled career, is always looking for a new challenge. While in Hawaii, where he earned a master's degree in education administration at the University of Hawaii, Joe also took advantage of his Masquarade experience at the Academy to play briefly in the old "Hawaii 5.0" series and his previous journey through the rivers and canals of England attracted the interest of the National Geographic Society. Joe recently had to fly back to the States because daughter Tessa was involved in a water skiing accident in California, potentially a very serious affair, and, while back, called to check on the whereabouts of his "second" copy of the 50-Year Book . . . the dreamer . . . and say that he was checking on the final supplies and passenger list for his forthcoming cruise which won't end until he puts the boat up for the winter somewhere down in the MED. Louise and Modoc Sunderland who are known for their fabulous off-beat, almost yearly trips, everything from building a boat in their backyard and sailing it to England, camping out in New Zealand or sailing and poling their way through the waterways, rivers and canals of the East Coast in a boat of their own design, hopefully, might join Alma and Joe McGoldrick this Summer.

Louise and Modoc had planned a safari through the Sudan, or perhaps it was a trip by car and

Hardy Mountaineers at Lake Arrowhead — 1934 — Bob and Betty Young, Tim Fleck, Joe McGoldrick camel through some other tropical paradise that consists of three-quarters sand and the other quarter more sand, but, at last reckoning, hinted that a change in plans might be in order. Their plans are loose and they could jump either way.

If so, they would be worthy Shipmates. Nothing fazes either of them. With National Geographic contacting Joe to say that they are interested, we might be reading more about this cruise in the future.

Dee and Paul Harrington were in the Washington (DC) area in April visiting their son Pat (Paul Jr.), a practicing attorney in Fairfax, Virginia. Both are in great shape and Paul regretted that he was going to miss the April Class luncheon by just a few days. Paul had called to check on the current status of one Salem Van Every who, thankfully, after entirely too long a siege in the Charlotte Memorial Hospital for a heart by-pass, which was not helped one bit by other complications, is finally home in his lovely apartment in Morrocroft Place and is recovering rapidly (?). Well, anyway, he is recovering and in Nan's last letter she reported a 150% improvement since a certain C/S had paid him a visit a few weeks earlier.

The April luncheon at the Channel Inn drew a sterling contingent of eighteen and, although the Channel Inn had gotten tangled up in reserving our normal room, it was stiU a spritely meeting.

Present for the festivities were Jack Morris, WiUie WilUamson, Walt Ennis, Modoc Sunderland, Beau Lyons, Al Parker, Count Ruckner, Howard Prince, Ralph Johnson, Bill Stuart, Emerson Fawkes, Jack CoUett, Al Shinn, W. I. Bull, Lloyd Mustin, Van Van Evera, Mel Young and Andy Nisewaner.

After the luncheon the Channel Inn provided a room where we could have a Class meeting and discuss all events of earthshaking importance. A brief discussion of our Class finances was given by our esteemed Treasurer and we are in sound condition. Then the Class discussed the possibility of a "52'/2 year Reunion" and it was voted overwhelmingly to hold one with a site in Florida as the locale. Initially it was considered that Sarasota would be a good location, but Johnny Chittenden heard about this nefarious plot and wrote in highly recommending Pensacola instead.

A meeting of all available members of the Class Council plus the Secretary and aU available past presidents met in Annapolis to discuss two items . . . a pending super Class project to leave the Shipmate, July-August 1983

.•\ mommg-after sorr>' group — chambers, Dial, McGoldrick and Smith at Mt. Rainier in 1933

Nona and Corky Ward at their house on the Severn — 1981

mark of '32 distinctiy at the Academy and to discuss our p>ossible mid-Reunion.

Pensacola was definitely voted as the best choice for a mid-Reunion between the 50th and the 55th and Tut Tuttle has volunteered to be the Chairman of the affair. No specific date has been set, but mid-April 1985 was one suggestion. This would be out of the expensive "Winter Season" and be approximately half-way between the two Reunions. Pensacola has a lot going for it, but this is stiU in the planning stage. Send in your suggestions to Tut or our Class President, Emerson Fawkes.

The suggestion for a lasting and worthy class contribution to the Naval Academy has been made before, but it was the spark of Don Thomas who got the recent movement underway. We caimot just pick out something we think is nice. We work through the Alumni Association which is fuUy famiUar with the "Shopping List" of desirable projects approved and sought after by the Superintendent's Office. None of these projects is undertaken by the Class or private funding until it is fuUy determined that no Federal funds wiU be made available. Many past Classes have made some lasting and very beautiful contributions to the Academy. Beginning in the FaU we wiU start our drive with a goal of $32,{X)0 for our project.

It is a bit too early to discuss specifics, that is a long way down the pike, but a start has been made and Francis Foley is keeping close touch in the Annapolis area. You wiU hear much more about this in a future issue of Shipmate. In the meantime send us your suggestions and ideas.

Coincidence or what? There were many events during World War II which appjeared to be coincidental. Classmates kept appearing in unusual places with more than normal frequency. Were these merely normal happenings or was there something else involved? Here are some brief examples.

There were four men from upper Michigan in '32: Matt Koivisto, BUl Schroeder, Sam McCornock and Jack Homer. Matt was lost in PEARY at Darvrin in February in 1942. Whitey Gates, Jack's roommate in MARBLEHEAD, was lost in the same ship at Cavite. BUl Schroeder, after Pensacola, was ordered to the aviation unit in CALIFORNU, a ship which Jack left shortiy before.

After putting RETO in commission and joining the Fleet on the West Coast, Jack resigned from the regular Navy and went into the Reserves. He was assigned a running mate in the regular Navy who turned out to be none other than Sam McComock.

When the Reserves were ordered to active duty.

Jack went to GILMER. At almost every turn, who should be there but REID. They met in mid-Pacific

escorting damaged ships back to the U.S. When GILMER, with no radar, was lost in a fog enroute Adak, Rem gave her a radar fix. When REm sank a submarine off Adak, GILMER ran an antisubmarine patrol while she picked up Japanese survivors.

A year later, GILMER, converted to jm APD, went to the Southwest Pacific via SoPac. Sure enough, there was REID with Squadron FIVE, and, after a few months, along came Sam zis commanding officer. Jack went aboard to visit Sam and hear about the "daisy-cutter" dropped alongside by a Jap which put about 150 holes in the ship, including several in Sam's blues. This was about the only damage sustained by REm from Jap aircraft until she was sank. Jack put her in commission; Sam put her out, "by running aground in 600 fathoms of water" as he told Jeane. Jack wasn't the only member of '32 to have served on the gaUant old GaMER. A certain C/S of '32 had a great tour in her before the shadowy days of Pearl Harbor.

One of our Classmates who is stiU a driving force in many fields is the hard working and unstoppable "Tut" Tuttle. One of the founding fathers and staunch boosters of the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, he still serves as one of the powers that make it grow. If one were watching on the Winds of War review, ABC Channel, in early February they would have seen our inimitable and sterUng "Tut" in one of his finest hours. Further, as Chairman, Legislative Liaison, Pensacola Council of the Navy League, in February 1983, he sent out powerful dupUcate letters to Senator Paula Hawkins (Florida), Senator Lawton Chiles (Florida) and Congressman Earl Hutto, (1st District, Florida) expressing strong support for a mutuaUy agreeable and verifiable reduction in nuclear weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union. Speaking for the membership of the many organizations he was representing, and the letter was written with their fuU support and approval, he stated that we uniformly oppose a nuclear freeze at present levels which would not only lock our nation into an inferior position but would also prevent any assurance that the Soviets would abide by an arms agreement reached, since they have not done so in the past and since they have never permitted on sight inspection which is the only totaUy reliable means of verification.

There was nothing new or startUng about the views expressed, but the poUticians would almost have to be impressed with the numbers (in the thousands) whose viewpoints he was expressing.

One of our wonderful Classmates was Thomas F. WUliamson who died as a lieutenant commander in August 1942 from injuries received aboard the USS S-31 while on a war patrol in

Shipmate, July-August 1983

Betsy and Dick Matter with friends in Italy — 1979 Alaskan waters. His beautiful widow "Jimmie" later married Cdr. Lawrence R. Geis '39, a Naval aviator, who later retired as a rear admiral. Larry died in November 1980 and, in the Jacksonville Times-Union edition of April 3rd, there was deUghtful notice that she had re-married to retired Navy Captain Tom Blackburn, a lifelong friend.

Only family members were present but they included Jimmies' (and Tom WilUamson's) son Thomas WilUamson and his chUdren up from Washington, Tom's brother Mark, of San Francisco, and VAdm. Paul Blackburn from Hilton Head, aU representing the bride's family. Jimmie and Tom are now making their home in JacksonviUe. A deUghtful note from Rex Little greeted me as a happy harbinger on the First day of Spring. He stated that their great N.E. weather changed from shirtsleeves and 60 degrees to 22 degrees and snow in just two days with a record faU of 24" on February 12th. However, he indicated that they couldn't complain overaU; it was not reaUy cold and the wildest it got was 18 below zero. To some pieople this brings forth a pwint. Just how cold does it have to get to be considered "reaUy cold."

Early in March Sylvia and Rex took a "Rest cure" in Newpx)rt and throughly enjoyed its " O " Club, its varied activities and the deUghtful food.

The day after their return their area was hit with one of the worst ice storms of recent years with no pwwer for over ten hours, but Rex's investment of over three years ago finaUy paid off big dividends. ThoughtfuUy, ahead of time, he had instaUed a 3.5 KW motor generator in garage complete with a separate wiring circuit to the basement feeding the furnace, water heater, sump pump and an extension to the kitchen. They had heat, hot water, a dry basement and a burner to cook on. It pays to be prepared.

We've lost another ex-member of the distaff side of the Class. The funeral of the charming Anne (Brindupke) Davidson, whose second husband Johnny Davidson '29, was ex-Supt. of the Naval Academy, was held at the Academy on Friday April 8th. The service at the Chapel was beautifuUy done and interment was at the Naval Academy cemetery. Honorary paUbearers included Brooks Hartal, Jim CoUett and Don Thomas. Don returned to San Diego in time to attend the bimonthly Class luncheon which was attended by Dick Blair, Al Cope, Tim Fleck, Jack Kaufman, BuU Ovrom, CharUe Palmer, BUl Short, Don Thomas, Bob Walker and Bud WUIard. Don reported that the group assembled are prepared to run the 55th Reunion in Coronado in 1987 (God willing) and that advance notice of the pending Class project for the Naval Academy was well received.

It is with extreme regret that we must repwrt the loss of Harriette B. WyUe, wife of BiU Wylie, who died in their home in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, on 13 March after a long iUness. A real dynamo, Harriette was a member of the Junior League of Waterbury, the Newport Garden Club and was a 71

Board Member of the Edward King House Senior Citizens Center. She devoted many years of service to the Navy Relief Society and was a gracious hostess known to many members of the Class in particular and the Navy and their other civilian friends, entirely too numerous to mention, in general. The Class extends its heartfeh condolences to BiU, their daughter, Capt. Elizabeth Wiley USN, and their son Cdr. Peter C. Wylie USN, both of Washington.

Francis Foley sadly reported the death of his remarkable mother, Josephine Foley, on April 3rd.

Known to an usual number of '32 by reason of being in Coronado, Pensacola, and Long Beach for almost ten years during our Ensign through LCDR days, she was widely admired for her charm and tenacity. A Navy widow she had two sons graduate from the Academy, Paul Foley '29 and Francis '32. In the end she rebelled against confinement to a wheel chair but went down with flying colors at 98 plus after having lived a very interesting, useful and productive life.

Lloyd Mustin had a nice little tidbit to report about another grandson going into the Navy.

Lawrence C Baldauf III, their daughter, Mrs. Douglas St. Denis's son, graduated last Spring from U.C.L.A., Class of '83, entered the Aviation Officer's Candidate School (AOCS) at Pensacola of February 5, 1983, was graduated and commissioned an ensign on May 8th. From there it will be to flight training, but the date has not yet been set.

33 Pres., VAdm. Bernard M. Strean USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Leo Erck USNR (Ret.) 4515 Willard Ave., #2109-S Chevy Chase MD 20815 301/654-6522 Percent Members: 84 Living Grads: 263 Part of this report consists of items Archie Wright has thoughtfully passed along to us to close out the final weeks of his term as Class Sec'y. His account foUows.

Before we hear the story of the Golden 50th (and what a Great One it was!), there are a few leftovers from the approach phase that should be told to preserve the continuity. The April luncheon for the W/A Gp. was attended by 16 C/Ms including Shelly Shellabarger who was in town visiting his two daughters Susan (Mrs. W. J. Catlett, Jr. USNA '61) and Janet (Mrs. C P. Williams USAF '74) both of whom with their families are living in the D.C. area while their husbands follow active duty military assignments in the area. Shelly and Betty were departing for a European vacation in early April to return in time for the 50th, after which they expect to return to Albuquerque by the end of the Summer. Also attending were: Blouin, Caldwell, Chase, Cobb, Erck, King, Lacey, Macdonald (note spelling, BiU!) Martineau, McKibbin, Geo Miller, Pratt, Strean, Travis, and Wright.

Margaret and Gerry O'Brien left that day for a Bermuda holiday, so we are glad to report Gerry has made a successful recovery from his hospitalization in late February. Our speakers at the luncheon were Dave Martineau and George MUler, with Charlie Travis and Jay Chase addressing the 50th Reunion plans, and after the luncheon a short business meeting was held to receive and review the report of the nominating committee for Class Officers to be presented to the Class at the 50th reunion business meeting.

Eddie Fredericks reports that the W/C Gp held its monthly luncheon at the Adm. Kidd Club on 8 April with 10 C/Ms attending: Gibbons, 72

Wagstaff, Rumble, Mencke, RouUard, Felling, Gamon, Bruning, Coye, and Fredericks. The '33 wives held their quarterly luncheon concurrently with the foUowing attendees: Jean Hampton, Maggie PeUing, Ruth Jordon, Ernie Grimm, Elsa Bird, Mary Gallaher, Helen Gamon, Nita Gibbons, Lee Riddell, Ruth Beyer, Podlewski, and Maudie Fredericks. Everyone was preparing for June Week West, to be held in San Diego 24-26 June, and the Fredericks are manning the HospitaUty Center. Eddie says his San Diego group corresponds on a monthly basis with Bob Vogeley,- who as we know, has been confined to the Nursing Home, Building #2, Butler Veterans Administration Hospital, Butler PA 16001, for several years. Eddie sent in some more "activity" reports covering the Tom Blackburns, the Jack Coyes, and the Bennett Dodsons, but since they'll all be at the 50th reunion maybe we wUl get even more exciting reports from them in person. We were glad to hear that Eveline and Walter Clark, Phoenix, Arizona, were both weU and active high handicap golfers enjoying their "golden days" but sorry that they can't make the 50th.

Sadly we quote from a letter dated 18 April, '83, from C/M Dick Gazlay, Alameda, California: "Just a short sad note â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mary Lou died April 15 after a prolonged illness. She had been miserable and frustrated following a massive stroke seven years ago, following which she understood very weU but could speak only a few words and could do nothing without help. Fortunately I've been able to take care of her at home by myself until a year ago when she became too weak to help me move her, so I had to take her to a nearby convalescent hospital where I continued to visit her several times every day. We have had 47 happy years together so it wiU take me a while to get back on an even keel. I'm taking her home to IndianapoUs to be buried next to her mother and father as she wished. Our two sons wiU join me there."

The Class sends deepest sympathy to Dick and his family in their loss of a beloved wife and mother.

Another sad report; an urn containing the ashes of Margot Hanson, beloved wife of Murray Hanson, of Naples, Florida, was interred in Arlington Cemetery at 13(X) on Monday, 9 May 1983. Margot died on Sunday, 1 May, in Naples after several days of hospitalization. We were aware of Margot's health problems with the publication of our 50- Year Book; however Murray indicated that she battled against the great odds even to the end.

The gravesite service in Arlington, conducted by Cdr. Dike (CHC) USN, was attended by all members of the family and representing the Class were Janet and Smoke Strean, Bill Macdonald, Bob Curtis, and Archie Wright. The Class expressed deepest sympathy with flowers at the gravesite. In addition to Murray, she is survived by their two daughters, Kami Smith and Mimi Beauvais, and three grandchildren.

And some good news: the Bill Pratts and Archie Wrights became proud grandparents of grandsons on 1 May and 2 May respectively. Jean and Bill's daughter Mary Holcomb presented them with an 8 lb. 4!4 oz. grandson, Michael Paul Holcomb, and Hartiet Lankford presented Archie and Adelle with a 7 lb. 2 oz. grandson, Taylor Thomas Lankford.

We were delighted to have a note from Susan Bellinger, 132 Tradd, Charleston SC 29401, expressing her delight with the 50 Y.B. and her anticipation of renewing old frendships at the 50th, and she thoughtfully enclosed two clippings from the Charleston News & Courier â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Evening Post reporting on the activities of two of our distinguished C/Ms. Tom Moorer was being interviewed on the occasion of his being awarded an

honorary Doctor of MiUtary Science Degree from The Citadel. Tom strongly supported the President's military budget, warning against giving the world an impression that the United States lacks the will to defend itself and its allies from aggression and pointing to the dangers of the misconceptions arising from the "nuclear freeze" movement.

And George MUler, in an article entitled "View From the Bridge," reviews the ongoing debate over the landbasing of strategic nuclear missiles. "It is possible," he says, "that land-based nuclear weapons could be luring the Soviets into launching a surprise attack on the U.S. If so, the irradiated survivors might take comfort in the fact that they armihUated 2,000 enemy missUes." In other words, the land-based leg of the U.S. strategic triad, given the current state of technology, is not only vulnerable to Soviet attack, but absurd. The only reason for maintaining it is poUtical, not strategic.

George's concluding observation: "Where there is no vision, the people perish." *** This is the initial effort of your newly-elected Sec'y. to put together the '33 Class News. At the outset we want to get into the record sentiment of appreciation, as expressed "loud and clear" at the class meeting on 14 May, and elsewhere, for the fine job Archie Wright has done in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of Sec'y-Treas. during his just-completed term. AU of us are greatly indebted to Archie for his contribution.

Our goal is to maintain the high standard he and his predecessors have estabUshed, and toward that end we solicit your cooperation and participation in reporting news and events of interest to the Class.

Nothing in the past 50 years has done so much to crystaUize the class spirit as our 50th reunion, held in Annapolis on 13-15 May. Coming on top of the recently pubUshed 50- Y.B., it inspired pride in being a member of the Class, and reinforced the impression gained from reading the 50-Y.B. that this was not an undistinguished class, that it has amply fulfiUed its mission, and that it has made a significant contribution to the Navy and the nation during a crucial period in the history of the country. In addition, there was a lot of good fun and feUowship. It was a time for renewal of friendships with people we hadn't seen in years. At last count, the attendance was 339. It was truly a Golden Reunion.

The schedule of events began with a golf outing on Friday morning with exactly 33 members and wives participating. They were Bob Keating, Charlie Robertson, Tom Black, Jim Tucker, Blish Hills, Selby Santmyers, Joe WiUiams, Ed Metzger, Jane and Roy Davenport, Jimmie and Tom Blackburn, Jay Chase, Pete Galantin, Bob RiddeU, Howie Kuehl, Marion and Al Ryan, Ken Meneke, Danny Meneke, Edy and Ren Hayden, Eve and Charlie Robbins, Jim Reedy, Pablo Masterton, Carl Hibben, Sal Militana, Shelly Shellabarger, Dough HoUaday, Champ Blouin, Elmer Glen, and Saint St. Germain.

Jim Tucker had the low net score for our Classmates. Edy Hayden was low scorer among the six wives who played. Eve Robbins had the most difficult struggle on the Naval Academy course, but did manage to survive. All three were presented with prizes by Jay Chase, who, being the only '33er still a member of the Naval Academy Golf Club, made the arrangements for the outing and coordinated with the Reunion Committee.

Everybody had a great time, and the weather cooperated with a warm sunny day. We thank you.

Jay, for sponsoring a fine event, and for your report.

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A cocktail buffet Friday evening at Hubbard Hall (boathouse) provided the first opportunity for most of us to meet. It was a joyous occasion. The food and Ubations were exceUent, and the excitement of renewing old friendships was even better.

Despite the partying of the previous evening, there was a good turnout at the class meeting on Saturday morning in Mitscher HaU (which didn't exist in our day). FoUowing opening remarks by our class president, we were given a warm welcome by the Commandant of Midshipmen and Acting Superintendent, Commodore Leon A. Edney USN '57. He stated that, although there may be arguments about which Class produced the most flag officers, the Class of 1933 wiU be within the top few in that department. He reported that the Naval Academy is in good shape. Although, in keeping with the times, there is less rigid discipUne, and the Mids enjoy more privileges than in our day, the quaUty of education is better than ever.

The Academy has been officiaUy recognized as being among the top engineering institutions in the country, and the best among the four service academies. The athletic program is in exceUent shape, with a goal to win 68% of the athletic contests in which it participates. The main goal remains, however, and that is to develop leaders and to provide a foundation in leadership. When the test comes, we must be ready.

In presenting anniversary certificates, Capt.

W.S. Busik USN (Ret.) '43, executive director, USNA Alumni Association, remarked that each year the 50th reunion classes seem to be getting younger, which would make us the youngest class in N.A. history to be celebrating its 50th reunion.

Our distinguished Classmates Tom Moorer, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed three critical issues facing our country today: (1) the problems in Central America, (2) the nuclear issue, and (3) the confUcts between the Congress and the Executive Branch of our government. He urged support of the Administration's programs. It is planned that a synopsis of Tom's remarks will be prepared and issued to members of the Class through the courtesy of EUiott LoughUn and the Naval Academy Foundation.

In presenting the President's Report, Smoke Strean recaUed some major class activities during the past five years, including the 46th West Coast Reunion in Coronado orchestrated by Pickles Heinz, and the 47'/2 in Orlando artanged by Arnie Schade and Mary AUce and BiU Davis. The most important accompUshment was pubUcation of the 50-Year Book. For the latter. Smoke expressed the unUmited gratitude of the Class for Gerry O'Brien's contribution, plus that of BUI Pratt, Morgan Slayton, and Ray Thompson, who, along with Gerry, were the editors. In addition, Eddie Fredericks and Howie Kuehl made substanShipmate, July-August 1983

tial contributions from the West Coast. Not to be overlooked is the great help given by Gerry's wife, Margaret "Mike" O'Brien. This group turned out an exceUent product, on time, and within budgetary guideUnes, a rare accompUshment in these times. The most meaningful accompUshment, however, is the feUowship that has been maintained over the years. As Smoke put it, "That's what it's aU about."

No revision of the Constitution was required, since Jim Ogden had done such a good job in preparing the existing one. A special tribute was given to Jim for his long, faithful, and dedicated service, and to his widow, Betty, who provided so much support for Jim's work on behalf of the Class.

Archie Wright presented the Treasurer's Repwrt, with the bottom Une showing that the Class is solvent. A recent gift of $500 to the 33rd Company's Wardroom Fund was noted. Also, the Class voted to issue a '33 roster every two years to keep names and addresses up to date.

George MUler, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, placed in nomination the slate of class officers for the next five-year term. The slate included the president and secretary-treasurer as Usted at the top of this column, plus Turner Duncan and Eddie Fredericks as Eastern and Western vice presidents, respectively. Smoke, Turner and Eddie are tried and true veterans who have been giving us loyal, faithful, and distinguished service in past years, and the Class is indeed fortunate to have them continuing in their jobs. Yours truly accepts without chaUenge the statement that he was brought on board to get some young (?) blood into the picture. We enjoy working with older men.

A special acknowledgement was given to the Reunion Committee. InitiaUy, the committee consisted of Dale Mayberry, Jim Ogden, WilUe Rakow, and CharUe Travis. With the untimely deaths of WilUe and Jim, coupled with Dale's eye problems which Umited his activity, the main burden feU to CharUe. His efforts went far and beyond the caU of duty, and the success of the reunion reflects CharUe's extraordinary performance, which extends to obtaining an important contribution from his charming granddaughter, Linda Osbum, who served as hostess at the Hospitably Center. Thank you, Linda.

The class meeting was foUowed by visits to the 33rd Company wardroom. As you wiU have observed, a class wardroom is one of the many changes made in the estabUshed way of doing things since our time.

Luncheon on Saturday was held at the Officers' and Faculty Qub. Smoke and Hank Strozier entertained by roasting each other. If there were any television agents present we should be seeing Smoke and Hank on TV soon. The Class sang

"TWrty-Three's Blue & Gold," a tribute to the Class composed by M.B. "Burt"Brown and submitted shortly before his death in January 1982.

Ralph Styles led the singing, piano accompaniment was by Leo Erck, who also played a couple of piano solos. Immediately foUowing the limcheon a class picture was taken. Then there were tours of the Academy buildings and historic AnnapoUs. A dinner dance at the HoUday Inn baUroom capped a fine day. The music was exceUent, with a lot of tunes from our era. By popular acclaim, Connie and Hal Bowen won the prize on the dance floor with their energetic shag.

Sunday's activities included CathoUc and Protestant services at the Main Chapel, foUowed by a Memorial Service for our departed Classmates.

At the Memorial Service Smoke Strean read the Old Testament Lesson and CharUe Travis the New Testament Lesson. Chaplain R.W. Bedingfield USN (Ret.), an honorary member of the Class of 1933, gave "The Remembrance," a deeply moving message recalling significant events in the history of the Class since we entered the Academy in 1929. In essence, he said that the Class of '33 has "fought the good fight, run a good race, and has kept the faith." Bob Bedingfield has served at the Academy, and since his retirement three years ago has been Pastor of a large congregation in BronxvUle, New York.

The deUghtful week end came to a close with a Despedida Sunday afternoon at Alumni House.

Here is a late news flash. As the dinner dance was winding down Saturday night there came the exciting announcement that "Jimmie" and Tom Blackburn have volunteered to put on a 52'/z-year reunion in JacksonviUe, Florida, in 1985. Stay tuned!

34 Pres., VAdm. Robert L. Townsend USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr. USNR (Ret.) 129 Spa View Ave. AnnapoUs MD 21401 Percent Members: 90 Living Grads: 294 A letter of appreciation from Betty Rutherford: "I have just returned from a visit to Subic Bay to see our son Allan and his family. Reg wanted to make the trip last year, but the doctor forbade it. It was good for me to get away — to help me return to a routine without Reg but with a supportive community and my caring famUy. Reg's death has made me more aware than ever before of the marvelous support service people give to each other, and 1 just wanted to share with you my appreciation of the part members of the Class 73

Worth Scanland points to HAWKBaL encounter with Japanese convoy in World War II (U.S. Navy photo)

have played â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bob Townsend's attending the services in Arlington, the donation to the Heart Association, and Roy Smith's personal card on a copy of Shipmate . Howie Kuehl (Class of '33) and Hart Kait also gave me much needed support.

AUan expects orders this Fall and will probably go to Norfolk. I hope to be able to visit them there and possibly attend the 1984 class reunion."

Another interesting report from Worth Scanland telUng of a moment in submarine history not likely to be repeated. "My father ('09) was also a submariner, so since the young age of two I have been no stranger to submarines. I made by first dive in a submarine when I was eleven, and have a vivid recollection of standing on an orange crate in the control room so I could see through the periscope.

This sea story took place about midway between Guam and the Philippine Islands, at a point in the Western Pacific Ocean knovra as the Mariannas Deep because it happens to be the deepest place in all the earth's oceans, some 35,000 feet from surface to a dark and mysterious bottom. It was early June 1950 and I was on my way to the Western Pacific, along with several other submarines of the THIRD and FIFTH squadrons based in San Diego. As the Group Commander, it seemed to me to be a meritorious idea if we stopped exactly over the deepest water hole in the world and took a swim. So, with the proper flag signal, we aU came to a stop in a glassy sea, and as leader I was the first to strip off my shorts and shirt and do a graceful swan dive from the bridge wing of USS FLORIKAN. Glancing about at my squadron from the height of eye of six inches, I spotted USS CATHSH roUing easily a few hundred yards off, and feeling in a gregarioius mood, I struck out with a lazy crawl toward her silhouette.

As 1 approached I could see much scurrying about on deck, and the swimming suddenly ceased as I drew closer. When I had reached the curved side of CATFISH'S black hull, a knotted line was tossed to me, and I scrambled over the side. Try to visuaUze my amazement and the scene, as 1 found myself naked as the day my mother brought me forth into this world, confronted with four sideboys at salute, the Chief of the boat sounding the Bo'sun's pipe and I'm being greeted with a cheery 'welcome aboard Commodore' and each of them wearing his birthday suit."

Two brief announcements: Doug Cordiner and Sinnie Gannon were married at his home in Highlands on 13 AprU 1983 and Bob Johnston and Dorothy Pepper were also married recently.

35 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: 82 Living Grads: 259

The annual Class sword presentation was held on 29 April in Memorial Hall with the 35th Company, many representatives of '35, and numerous interested friends in attendance. This year's presentation was unique in many respects, yet retained many of the features which have become traditional in the past twelve years of this event. Two swords were presented, and Jeff Parker, as Chairman of the '35 Class Council, made the presentations. The first was awarded to Midn. Steven M. Zotti USN '83 who was selected by his Company Officer, Capt. Charles Robinson USMC '74, as the outstanding Midn. 1/c in the 35th Company.

He was 6th Battalion Commander, first set, was president of the Semper Fidelis Society, compiled a 3.47 grade average, and took graduate school courses at American University in addition to his Academy courses. He entered the Academy through enUstment in the Marine Corps and attendance at the Naval Academy Prep School, so, it is logical that he chose service in the Marine Corps for his post-Academy career. Since the Class had no Marine sword on hand, one was purchased, inscribed and awarded in memory of our distinguished C/M, Col. John J. Cosgrove, Jr. USMC. The second sword presentation was made in the memory of Dusty Dornin and was funded by the balance of contributions received last year from Dusty's family, friends and Classmates for two memorial chairs in the Memorial Stadium. Because of his spectacular athletic record at the Academy, it was deemed appropriate to use these remaining funds to purchase a sword and award it to the outstanding athlete in the 35th Company. Midn.

1/c Andrew J. Loferski USN was chosen for this honor. He is a star baseball player, leading the Navy team last year in batting average, home runs, triples, runs, and runs-batted-in. He was selected most valuable player of the NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament. Additionally, he was 35th Company Commander, first set, and plans to enter the Naval Aviation program. Because he was at West Point for the Army-Navy baseball doubleheader on 30 April (which Navy won), his roommate, Midn. 1/c John C Sheenan accepted the sword on his behalf.

Class representatives attending the presentations, after enjoying evening meal with the 35th

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Company, included: Rod Badger, Lou Detweiler, Ellie Dornin from California with son Robert and his wife Shirley and son Chris, Margaret and Gene Fluckey who now live in Annapolis, Mary and Gamby Gambacorta from Florida, Jesse Gay, Pete Islev-Petersen, Ed Keats, Fletcher Lamkin, Red McDonald who handled the purchase and inscription of the swords, Wy Packard, Jeff Parker, George Powell, Betty and Kagey Schacht, Stevie Stever, Bobo Thomson, and Don Wulzen from California. Capt. Victor A. Karcher USN '61, 6th Battalion Officer, represented the Commandant.

Tom Baldwin's grandson, Midn. Justin Baldwin USN '84, is in the 35th Company, and reported that Tom is stiU Uving in Carlsbad, CaUfornia, and is just about retired from his Social Security work.

Ellie Dornin with son and family were house guests of Betty and Kagey Schacht, and the latter held a reception at their home after the presentations. This gave EUie's many friends a chance to greet her, reminisce on Dusty's achievements and speculate on his reaction to the events of the evening. Others present besides '35ers included: Es and Rip Miller, Barbara and Wallie Schlech ('36), Henrietta and Paul Schratz ('39) and Father John Laboon ('44). It was a nice conclusion to a memorable evening.

Mary Lou and Don Wulzen were on a travel venture to the Gulf and East Coasts, visiting friends and seeing the sights. They stopped with Louisa and Jeff Parker on 3-7 May, and Don accompanied Jeff to the Class Council lunch on 4 May at the Ft. Myer O'Club. During the period of the Wulzen visit, Jeff received a phone caU from his plebe year roommate, Dick Hale, who was visiting the Washington area from Austin, Texas.

A dinner get-together was arranged. They hadn't seen each other in 51 years, and their last contact was a Christmas card-letter exchange in 1940. Dick still had Jeff's letter written from JOHN D . EDWARDS in Manila, and he brought it with him to prove it. This must be some sort of a record for retaining correspondence from a C/M. Needless to say, there was an interesting exchange of news, with Louisa, Mary Lou and Don Ustening in. An update on Dick's news will appear in the next column.

As wiU be noted in the "Last CaU" section, Eari Sneeringer died on 7 May 1983 after a long period of failing health. He had hved for several years at Vinson HaU in McLean, Virgiiua. Funeral mass was held at Ft. Myer Chapel, and interment, with full military honors, was at Arhngton National Cemetery. Class representatives paying their last respects to Earl were: Rod Badger, Bob Cushman, Lou Detweiler, George Hutchinson, Fletcher Lamkin, Margaret and Wy Packard, Jeff Parker and Stevie Stever. A contribution from the Class is being made to an appropriate charity in Earl's memory.

News of the death of Ned Denby's widow, Betty Caillouet, is regretfully passed along. She died in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on 1 April 1983 and was the wife of Jean Caillouet '30.

Bob Jackson of Lake Mary, Florida, writes on 24 April that he is recovering slowly but steadily from a successful triple by-pass operation on 21 March. This was his second such repair job. He retired from the Navy in 1959 for disability with heart problems before by-pass operations had been invented. In 1976, he had a double by-pass and now he wonders if his five by-passes gives him some kind of a record for '35. As evidence of his being well along the road to recovery, he authored the following on Central Florida Class activities.

On 7 March, several C/Ms and wives met for cocktails at Jane and Pal Finnigan's home, then adjourned almost around the corner to the O'Club Shipmate, July-August 1983

at the Naval Training Center, Orlando, for Dutchtreat dinners. Others in the party were: Jane and Ned Dougherty (over for the day from St. Petersburg where they were visiting from Newport), Mary and Gamby Gambacorta, Katie and Bob Jackson, and Hellen and Hugh Winters (wintering at the Jackson guest cottage, from Virginia Beach). A highUght of the evening was the realization of Gamby that he was the only bald Classmate in the party. He immediately conducted a survey among Classmates present to discover whose head of hair he would choose, if a choice were to be had. After some concentrated decision making, he chose Pat Finnigan's luxuriant growth. (Congratulations, Pat.) On 11 March, the troops rejoined to celebrate Hugh Winters' 70th birthday at the Jackson house. Hellen and Katie made some effort to obtain a Belly dancer for Hugh, but the deal feU through. A pleasant evening was enjoyed by all, the same local group as above plus several neighbors and their wives.

In response to query Burris Wood reports that on 19 June 1982 he and Mrs. Ethel Gowin were married at the Highland Park Presbyterian Church in DaUas. They are now living at 1201 Glyndon Dr., Piano TX 75023. (Welcome to the Class, Ethel.)

The Bay Area group lunched on 21 April at the Moffett Field O'Club with the foUowing exchanging sea stories: Frank Bartows, Clark Carter, Spike Ewald, Dixie FarteU, BiU Germershausen, Hersh Goldberg, Bud Gruner, Ralph Metcalf, Bill Samuels and Frank Wheeler. Ross Freeman was visiting his brother at HUton Head, South CaroUna, BUI Germershausen having taken over from Ross as reporter for these luncheons.

Bob Prickett reports that the "Old Guard" in Los Angeles enjoyed its luncheon on 18 AprU at the Sun Palace in HoUywood. Others in attendance were: Cy Austin, Soupy Campbell, Bruce HemphiU, Frank Herold, John Thomas, Bob Vasey and Ken Veth. Bruce HemphiU travels the furthest for these luncheons, about 100 miles round trip from Huntington Beach, and enjoys his status as chief regidar attendee. The festivities being planned by the Los Angeles Branch of the Alumni Association in connection with the Army-Navy football game in the Rose Bowl on 25 November is expjected to offer special opportunities for get-togethers with out-of-towners.

As has been obvious from previous columns, George Hutchinson and his bride. Patsy, have been traveling extensively since their marriage on 26 November 1982. In a braggram received in early May, George reports they have been on four honeymoons. The first (official) one was a one-night stand (sic) at the Annapolis Hilton. The second was a one-month visit to the West Coast for Christmas with #2 daughter and fanuly in San Francisco, a week on Big Sur (before the storms), a leisurely drive down the coast partying with Marge and Steve Sherwood, Peg and Skip SeUars, and Cathy and Marc Peppard, and finally a stay at the del Coronado long enough to see many of the San Diego contingent at two successive weekly Class luncheons. The third was a two-week drive down the East Coast to Key West. Along the way, they visited Marion and Brooke Jennings in Wilmington, (NQ, Terry and George Doster and Louise and Chick Murphy on St. Simons Island, and Dutch and Art Decker at Jacksonville, They had to cut this trip short in order to get back to close the sale of George's house in Hampton, Virginia.

The fourth was a Smithsonian-sponsored cruise of Indonesian Islands in March and April in a Greek ship from Singapore, with exploratory tours on Java, Flores, Komodo (to see the dragons) Salayar and Sulawesi (Celebes). On the way home.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

they made a 3-day rest (?) stop in Hong Kong.

Other honeymoons are being planned and will probably be executed before this is published.

Don Van Ness from Rancho Bernardo (CA) was in the Washington area following attendance at the annual meeting of the Naval Academy Foundation. Ann and George Powell gave a reception/ dinner at their Bethesda, Maryland, home on 7 May for a class get-together for Don. George had cherry blossom petals scattered along the road and driveway leading to his house. He was also showing off his newly completed small Chinese garden with white stone streams, black rock mountains, and soft mulch land areas which his cat was eying as a convenient Utter box. (And this is a good place to end this column.)

36 Pres., Capt. Frank G. Law USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. EUis USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale VA 22003 Percent Members: 85 Living Grads: 169 If you are stiU concerned or confused about Al Fleming's obituary published in the May issue "Last CaU," your attention is invited to the Editor's apology to Al published ahead of our June '36 column and also in "Last CaU" of the June Shipmate. Our appreciation is expressed to the many who called concerning the May report.

We hasten to assure all that Al is hale and hearty, very much aUve, and at present reported to be here in the east to play golf and to visit with Classmates and friends. We can only say that we are very sorry that the editors misinterpreted our report of "Mac" Fleming's death in our May column and erred in publishing the obituary — an error for which both Bill Busik and his editorial staff have apologized personaUy to Al, your President, and your Reporter.

The April luncheon held at Vinson Hall brought 19 of us together for the social hour and an exceUent meal. Present were: Nancy and Fred Bennett; Dorothy and Paul Bjarnason; Dick Bradley; Dorothy and Mack Butler; Ede and Bill Ellis; Parker Folsom; Rosa and Frank Law; Madeleine Moreau; Lib and Dixie Nohrden; Margo and Onion PhiUips; and Kathleen and Jack Ryder.

News picked up included that Dorothy and Mack Butler were leaving on the Alumni Association's Danube tour; that Lib and Dixie Nohrden had spent Easter with Lib's daughter in Philadelphia; that PhylUs and Dick RothweU were in Europe untU June; that Kathleen and Jack Ryder had visited Marian and Bert Ort in Texas where they also had dinner with Margie and Russell Faust; and that Bunny and Vince Combs had bought a summer home in Prescott, Arizona, to which they can fly away from the summer heat to Yuma. Following luncheon, Frank Law reported on plans for the 50th Reunion and our contributions to the 36th Company Wardroom, and then inquired as to whether anyone present would be available to go to Newport to make the presentation of the annual '36 Gold Watch Award at the Naval Academy Prep School. There being no volunteers for the latter, the luncheon adjourned with agreement that our next get-together would be on 8 June.

In spite of a broken ankle and being on crutches following a bad faU while walking the dog, Frank and your Reporter, accompanied by Rosa and Ede, drove down to AnnapoUs on 13 April for luncheon with Audrey and Randy Meade and a planning discussion for the 50th Reunion. Prior to that, Frank and your CS visited the 36th Company Wardroom to see what was needed by the Mid-

shipmen and to present them with a gift from Madeleine Moreau — a framed picture of the Naval Academy as it was in 1908 — and the 1936 Class Crest Plaque, a gift from Jean Willman. It was a very pleasant visit, and we found out first hand from the wardroom president and Company Officer what was needed to dress up and to modernize the Wardroom, in particular an ice maker for the refrigerator. . . . As for the 50th planning discussion, much was considered, but nothing decided upon. However, very shortly you all should be receiving a letter with questionnaire from Frank as to what you all may desire. We have been trying for the Annapolis Hilton as headquarters, but understand that another Class has already signed up for all the available rooms in '86. We'U keep you informed as plans progress. Frank was to be off crutches by 6 June.

Sorry to report that Danny Entler was back in the hospital again during late April and early May. However, as of this writing we are happy to say he is at home again, and we all wish him well and a speedy recovery.

Model of PiLLSBUKY obtained by Capt. Coppola in Cheefoo, China, in 1940

Painting of IOWA presented to USNA Museum by Capt. Joseph A. Coppola USN (Ret.) A wonderful letter from Joe Coppola (9 Apr.) reported on his two contributions to the Naval Academy Museum — a 38-inch scale model of the 4-Stacker USS PaLSBtjRY (DD-227) and a 12 in.

X 24 in. color painting of the USS IOWA (BB-61).

In his letter Joe included a very interesting story about his tour in the PILLSBURY and about early battle actions in the Asiatic/Pacific area. We regret space limitations preclude including his story here, but it is our intention to submit it to "Mail CaU" and to place it in the Class History Book. The painting of the IOWA was a gift to Rita and Joe by the late Otto Voll of Bremerton, Washington, a marine artist and a very dear friend. It was painted by Mr. VoU in 1945; he used a newspaper photograph taken while the IOWA was berthed at Pier 91 during a commemorative Navy Day visit with other ships of the THIRD Fleet. Joe was IOWA'S engineer officer at the time. His gift of the painting was accepted for the Museum by VAdm. E. C Waller USN, in November 1982. In a later note (24 Apr.) Joe wrote that Rita and he had dinner with Grace and Wells Thompson ('28). Grace is the sister of our late Classmate Louis Gulliver who was lost at sea when the USS ASHVILLE (PG-21) was sunk in 1942. Joe suggests that we include a summary at the end of the next Class Roster to include what has happened to Classmates since our graduation. A good idea, Joe. We have not had such a summary since the dedication section which was published in the '36 Book back in

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the late sixties.

A note from WUIard Hanger (28 Apr.) forwarded a letter from Dave Seaman (15 Mar.) which had been sitting in his Washington apartment's mail box since mid-March. Willard reported that Anita and he had been in Washington for a couple of weeks, selling the Cathedral Street apartment in The Towers as weU as furniture not needed in Hilton Head, a mission that was successfully completed on 23 April. Willard noted that his name was still being carried in Shipmate as the Class Secretary and that this should be corrected since he had resigned as such following his retirement as a law partner in 1982 and his ultimate move down to Hilton Head. Anita and he sent their regards to aU and regretted they were not able to join us at the April Vinson Hall luncheon.

Thanks, WiU, for forwarding Dave's letter. It now clears up the mystery of a later note (22 Apr.) from Dave making cortections to his March letter. Keep in touch, and drop in on us the next time you are up Washington way.

In connection with the above, please note that your CS has reUeved WUIard and is now the ClassSecretary. Contributions to the 1936 Class Fund (we do NOT have annual dues), personal notes to our President, and reports of deaths or illnesses of Classmates should be addressed or phoned to Frank Law at his home address: 1142 Illinois St., ArUngton VA 22205; tel.: 703/536-8162. All Class correspondence regarding Class news, items in Shipmate, or requests for information should be addressed to your Secretary at his Annandale address given at the head of this column. Do not address mail to ASNE. Both Frank and your CS retired from the ASNE full-time staff over a year ago. HopefuUy, we'll soon get together to pubUsh an up-dated Roster, but it's not easy since we're not next to each other in the same office anymore and no longer have a helpful secretary.

Dave Seaman's original letter (15 Mar.) brought the foUowing news: " . . . Emily and I have built a lovely place here on San Juan Island on 8 acres of huge trees, a pond, etc., and would love to see any Classmates any time. Our son is getting married here in our living room on 26 March, and we have three grandsons by our daughter who lives in Carnation, Washington. We have a 25-foot sloop, so we cruise around a little in the Summer, and during October/November '82 1 helped a friend move his boat (a Masthead Cutter designed

by Peter Hatfield) from Seattle to Long Beach.

(Enclosed was a copy of the account of their horrendous, stormy passage that was published in the Friday Harbor Power Squadron's Harbor Lights of March '83.) I wiU be sworn in as Exec of the local Power Squadron on 22 AprU, so will be kept busy for the next two years! I'll be 71 in October, but 'I can stiU climb the riggin' Uke my daddy used to do.' . . . We hope to take our car on the Alaskan Ferry in August and revisit the state where we spent about 13 years, and perhaps we'll make the next Class Reunion too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we'll see about that . . . Our regards to all." Thanks, Dave, for the news, even though it was late getting to us.

Keep us informed on the Seaman family's travels, and our congratulations on becoming the squadron Exec.

Speaking of travelUng, in a phone call from Paul Stimson we learned that Emily and he would soon be heading south to Florida and then on in June to Belize, C.A., where Paul has a cattle ranch.

Dorothy and Mack Butler returned from their AprU "Danube Passage" trip a week ago. Said they had a good time and thoroughly enjoyed the congenial company of their Alumni Association shipmates. They visited Vienna and Budapest, both in the height of their spring beauty, and then

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boarded a river steamer for the four-day cruise up the Danube, stopping at picturesque Austrian towns along the way. On arrival at Passau on the German-Austrian border, the tour group took the train to Wiesbaden for a final three-day stay before heading home. Among those in the group were Jean and Bob Beer ('31). Jean is Del Quackenbush's sister-in-law, and Mack said she reported Del in good health and enjoying life.

A note (17 May) just in from Ben Oelheim gave his current address as 36 Lacey Ave., Doylestown PA 18901, and news as follows: " . . . We have survived a rough winter in Doylestown and have decided that we do not have to suffer through another. We are looking for a warmer clime where we can exercise on an outdoor tennis court and Val can pursue her interest in ballet . . . We did drive to Florida last month where Valya enjoyed a surprise reunion with a brother she last saw in Shanghai in 1940. While there we discovered that Lake Placid exists not only in New York State, and we did call the Meyers but were unable to see them . . . On our way north we did stop on St. Simons Island in Georgia and were invited to a gourmet dinner with Gordy and Jack Carmichael, replete with fabulous gimlets. They Uve in a delightful spot." Thanks for the news, Ben, and a new Roster should be forthcoming very soon.

Once again we regret having to close with sad news. In a short note (5 May) John Preston wrote as follows: " . . . Regret to tell you that my first and only mate, Maribel (Mez to her friends), lost her two-year fight with the 'Big C on 18 April 1983. Although she was in great pain for several months, she never lost her faith that she would 'muddle through' somehow. Having looked out on the water from our condo and also having completed the SABOT Sailing Course with our grandson, Trevor Phillips, she asked to have her ashes scattered on the sea she loved so weU. After fortyfour years of happy married life, the loss is hard to take except for the fact that it has removed her from the sort of life style none of us wants." Our deepest sympathy is expressed to John, to daughters Joan and Anne, and to members of the family in the loss of their loved one. Personal messages of condolence may be sent to John at the home address: P.O. Box 682, Balboa CA 92661.

Also we are sorry to report that on 6 May our Classmate and good friend Charles ("Chuck") Houston died at the Naval Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, after a period of several weeks' illness.

Funeral services were held at the NAS Naval Chapel with the Station's Chaplain and Chuck's personal minister from his Gulf Breeze church jointly conducting the services. Our deepest sympathy is expressed to Elizabeth, their son Charles, and members of the famUy. Classmates and friends may send personal condolences to Elizabeth at the home address: 912 Aquamarine Drive, Gulf Breeze FL 32561. Our appreciation is expressed to Bon Amme for his phone caU advising of Chuck's hospitalization and to Walter Boyd who represented '36 at the funeral and arranged for the floral tribute from the Class in remembrance of Chuck.

That's it for now. Have a good summer vacation and keep us informed of where you are and what you are doing.

37 Pres., VAdm. William P. Mack USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., LCdr. J. P. M. Johnston USN (Ret.) 2118 Bancroft PI., N.W., Washington DC 20008 Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. John R. Wadleigh USN (Ret.) 313 Brick Market Place, Newport RI 02840 Percent Members: 79 Living Grads: 206 Bob Tate has sent in a half-century reminiscence which is a most appropriate opening for the 1983 summer Shipmate column. In Bob's words, "Ten years ago while driving to my office it occurred to me that it was June 8, the fortieth birthday of the Class of 1937. Now a decade has passed, and it is June 8, 1983. Fifty years ago today the first elements of our Class stood at what we thought was attention in 'Mem' Hall and swore to uphold the Constitution. Here we are fifty years later â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the 'four years together by the Bay' certainly was a powerful influence, wasn't it? Happy Birthday '37!" Many thanks. Bob, for greetings which we aU echo. Certaiidy the figures which Frank Shamer recently sent concerning attendees at our 45th last September show that we do. 115 members of '37 were represented, with a total of 237 attendees on hand for one or more of the class gatherings in Coronado. I have Frank's alphabeticaUy organized list and will be glad to forward a copy to any statistician who may be interested.

Frank Buckley, Uving near the Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula (MS) writes of the launching of the fifth USS YORKTOWN (GG-48), the second Aegis cruiser. Many of '37 wUl be glad to see a famous Navy name back in the Fleet. Frank was aboard the third YORKTOWN from 1939-40. BUI Crenshaw was a plankowner on that ship and swam away from her at Midway. Your CS, BiU's roommate from the summer of 1940 until Midway, remembers at least fifteen Classmates whoflewin CV-5 based squadrons during the period. Many others flew off the fourth YORKTOWN (CV-10) during that ship's long service. Frank wrote that he is still following his lighter-than-air interests, and this Summer will be in Europe delving into the work of Hans von Schiller, German dirigible engineer of the World War II period.

From deep in the heart of Texas, Hank Rowe reports that all goes weU with him and Suzy in her hometown of Dallas. They see their children and grandchildren frequently. Hank dabbles on occasion in real estate and keeps touch with the services through the TROA Chapter of Greater Dallas, led by a Navy president with a membership of 95% Army and Air Force. Hank reports no recent word from others of '37 in area, Dressendorfers and Cresaps.

April 12th marked a regular Washington group luncheon chaired by Jim Denton, and attended by Don Baer, Bob Farrington, Larry Brantley, Ed Finney, Paul Hartmann, Fred Janney, Johnny Johnston, and Bill Mack. Jim's important news of this gathering was that BiU, recently relieved of his duties as president, USNA Alumni Association, was persuaded to "volunteer" to be Chairman of our 50th Homecoming in May of 1987 at the Naval Academy. Thanks, Bill, and congratulations, Jim, on your executive powers! BiU reported that our class gift program for 1987 is on schedule, and that other Classes are picking up the ball after Chariie Minter's writeup in the March column. BiU had an article on the project in the June Shipmate.

Social life in the Coronado area continues unabated as Barbara and Bunny Shupper report.

My last column speculated on whether '37 sailors Shipmate, July-August 1983

HMS BRTTANNU entering San Diego harbor — taken

by Bunny Shupper from Bob Erly's sturdy craft would be out to welcome HMS BRTIANNIA with the Queen on board. They were, on board Bob Eriy's boat, as Bunny Shupper's photo of Her Majesty's yacht attests. Lois and Bob had just returned from a Med cruise on board SS ROYAL ODYSSEY foUowed by a visit in their beloved Lisbon. East Coast visitors to Coronado included Arm and Fog BlaisdeU, (in Bunny's words, "Fog looked fine — Ann looked elegant"), and Babe and Hank Transue who spent a few days as guests of El Crenshaw. The Transues held up well as the Coronado contingent did their best to wear them down with a series of get-togethers. On April 23, Jeaimemarie Gardes was married at Christ Episcopal church to Richard Phelan, a busy attomey-at-law in Coronado. Shupper fanuly news noted Barbara's sale of her medical secretarial business, replaced by regular Red Cross volunteer work each week. Bunny took his 13-year-old grandson, Tim Cox, to see the Super Bowl contest. Tim, a loyal Redskin fan from Great Falls, Virginia, "could have flown home without an airplane" when the game was over. A surprise birthday party for Barbara by civiUan friends brought over 100 to the Roeder PavilUon in March.

L. to r.: Pickles Heinz '33, Barbara Shupper (at her birthday party), and Fillmore Gilkeson A photo of our West Coast newsgatherer at "39" is included, as weU as an alert Classmate listening, in the form of FiU GUkeson. As of this writing Barbara and Bimny are off on a long family trip, to see son Tom in Tulsa, son John in Columbia (SC), the Mehles in Virginia Beach, daughter Diane outside of Washington, granddaughter Pamela in Hartford (CT), and then to the British Columbia to visit the Empress Hotel in Victoria.

A misfiled report on other Coronadans is of interest for our traveUing readers. DJ and Syd Bottomley made an autumn trip to the far Pacific, flying from L.A. to Bora Bora, Tahiti, thence to the north and south islands of New Zealand, on to visit Australia's Great Barrier reef, and finally to Suva, Fiji, where they spent three days islandhopping by steamer. In Barbara Shuppers words, "Both Bottomleys had nothing but raves about the entire trip."

Bob Wescott writes that he is still working with the Massachusetts Port Authority, particularly intested in a possible return of Navy ships to the Boston area. New York and Narragansett Bay are competing with Boston on this project — guess Bob and I are betting on two different winners.

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in Boston, and both wonder where Wyman Howard is hiding these days.

A pleasant part of this task is hearing from ladies of 1937, and a note last month from Patty Mehle was most welcome. For the sixth year Patty was the leader of the Tidewater Chapter, Naval Academy Alumni, Spring Dinner Dance. On March 24 Alumni and their ladies took over the entire Little Creek Officers' Club for a formal, sitdown, candlelight dinner. This year Classes from 1921 to 1977 attended, and as always it was a sellout, the most elegant and unique black tie affair in the area, given by either the military or civilian sector. Proceeds go to Navy Relief, and the committee elicits extensive support from area shops, stores, and restaurants. The door prize list appeals not only to the ladies but to seagoing gourmets from four-star types to new ensigns.

There was something for everyone in the drawing of prizes (that is for everyone who was lucky). Patty also reported that their son, 1st lieutenant Charles R. Mehle II, is now stationed in the DC area at Arlington Hall. Time does fly; last time we saw Charles, the Mehles were at Breezy Point sending Charles and brother Lance off to school each morning.

Anne and Jim Cruise sent in the foUowing from a "snowbird" venture in the Caribbean in April.

"How many of us can claim the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be 'The Odd Couple' in the heart of San Juan and continuing on to a deUghtful week end in the Virgin Islands? We accepted an invitation to join Aime's brother, Gus Prentiss, West Point '37, and his charming wife Corinne at a Greyleg mini-reunion in April. We had 'muchogusto' despite having to be constantly alert for the chaUenge to be first with 'Beat Army.' " Hope you checked out USMA '37 on their 50th reunion plans, Jim! When this column hits the mailboxes, Brantleys and Dentons should be back from a two-week European venture, a week in the republic of Ireland followed by ten days in Scotland during the last half of July. Smooth flying and safe driving all of your Bea, Larry, Midg and Jim. Larry also sent word of Mary Jane Patriarca who had a leg amputation in Pensacola's Sacred Heart Hospital. She is now back at home and progressing well. Frank Shamer reported that Larry Julihn is recovering nicely after quintuple by-pass heart surgery, and Wayne Brown has written that Hubie Reece in Seattle has had a rough bout with the surgeons, but as of late April is doing well.

We are holding the good thought for all, and may good health return in the days ahead.

Wayne Brown continues to send in news and comments, along with a picture on occasion. His photo of our Chaplain Corps Classmate, Frank Smart, conducting the 45th reunion service on the Coronado strand in September was most welcome.

Chaplain Frank Smart conducting 45th Reunion Service in Coronado — 19 September 1982

Following a suggestion by Wayne on a "give and take" forum for 50 year memories, let me close this edition with commentary on a Sunday night in August 1933. Our Class formed the Plebe Battalion, some 435 strong, fairly weU indoctrinated in formations, driUs, and Saturday inspections. We occupied four decks of Bancroft's 3rd wing and spilled over into the 4th wing. At some time after "Taps" we were aU unceremoniously summoned to indoor company parades by the watch. On our 2nd company deck there was water and lots of it coming down from above. The upper-class cruise boxes in our corridor were suffering. Who was responsible? My recoUections include an irate Duty Officer, the late, Lt. William Hank USN '25, resplendent in white service with sword, but barefooted, addressing each platoon and threatening dire consequences if the culprit did not confess. Also it was a long wait while he visited the other seven platoons of the battalion — my feet were cold and the water was not draining off very well. Did Mr. Hank ever find out? Comments and amplification on this plebe summer "incident" wiU be most welcome!

38 Pres., Col. John A. Saxten Jr. USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Snowden Arthur USN (Ret.) 10207 Dickens Ave., Bethesda MD 20814 Percent Members: 77 Living Members: 273 John BurrUI has suggested to John Ferriter that the Class of '38 achieve a 100% membership in the Alumni Association by means of purchasing an annual membership for the 64 Classmates who do not now belong. He hopes that the grateful recipients of these gifts will then use their own money to buy life memberships for future years. (They might also wait to see if Santa Claus would come again.) Also, John Burrill is under the impression that 1 have some problem with my hands "that makes writing difficult" and 1 therefore need a tape recorder and a supply of blank tapes for Shipmate business. This is a misapprehension. My main problems have always been with the head, not the hands.

The annual husbands-wives luncheon of the Washington Group took place on a bright day, last April 28, at the Fort Myer's Officers' Club. Sbttythree celebrants swapped sea stories, guzzled assorted drinks, savored relatively delicious crepes stuffed with beef, listened to the exhortations and witticisms of the presiding officer, John Ferriter, and hoped that they might be lucky enough to win a pot of golden chrysanthemums as a door prize.

These flowers were provided by the hanchoes of the luncheon, Jean and Grant Heston.

Here is a list of those who attended: Betty and Gordon Smale, Jack Bogley, Jo and Carl Fleps, Kay and Chet Owens, Ann Church, Anne and Snowden Arthur, John Ferriter, Jeanne Mann, Mary BuUard, Betsy and Harry Mason, Gaines Blasdel, Olive and Irwin Fike, Shirley and Jim Andrews, Gigi and Phil Beshany, Allison and Norm Fryer, Connie Jackson, Margaret and Frank Jones, Fran Hartigan, Emmy Lou and Agee Melvin, Peggy and Rhett Trickey, Doris and Ray Berthrong, Janet and Deke Ela, Mrs. Ela, Annabella and Ray DuBois, Ro Brown, Sylvia and Mike Rindskopf, Jean and Connie Coiu-ad, Marie and BiU Spears, Dicky and Dick Church, Jean and Grant Heston, Marie Wells, Mary and Rab Irvine, Peggy and Hugh Robinson, Hartiet and Hugh Elwood, Jim Payne, OUver Bagby, Betty and Jack Raymer, Dotty Ingham, Bob BidweU. 77

West Coast Zimanskigram From Zimanski, Chairman Photo. & Narrative Committee, 45th. "Once again I cite some stirring memories. Hopefully they will stir others in our Class that served during the most eventful period in our Navy's history.

"I can StiU feel the hand that FDR extended with a smile on 2 June 1938. It was big, warm and fleshy. I saw FDR again in 1941 on the occasion of the Atlantic Charter with Churchill on board AUGUSTA. True to form, he tried without luck fishing from the forecastle in Argentia Bay. Beset by weighty problems, he was thoughtful enough to send to aU British crews there a basket of fruit and cheese, most welcomed by them after almost two years at war. Dick Pratt '36, 2nd Div Off., can attest to a barrel of empty liquor bottles the day after those many meetings and festivities.

Surely Churchill couldn't have polished them off all by himself despite his reputation. It was during this historic occasion that 1 learned first hand that Adm. Ernie King's martinet reputation was no myth. One day when the dignitary traffic was especially heavy on board. King came down to the quarterdeck where I was the OOD. He looked me squarely in the eye and uttered the foUowing five immortal words, 'You son of a bitch!' and promptly, without further ado, returned to his cabin, leaving me flabbergasted and transfixed by the spontaneity of his assessment of me and its affect on my own self-appraisal. Many years later his barber who served him many years. Jack Vivas, informed me that King suffered from migraine headaches. Perhaps this scoop will comfort the legion of officers who likewise were humbled by this otherwise great officer who served his country very weU in the best tradition of our Navy. I'm sure we have all forgiven him his idiosyncrasies.

"The AUGUSTA tour of duty was otherwise exciting. In November 1942 as flagship of the Invasion Force at Casablanca with none other than Gen. George Patton embarked, the AUGUSTA was almost done in by the gallant but uncooperative French. Acting on intelligence that the battleship JEAN BART was out of action by virtue of earlier US attacks,AUGUSTA ventured within range of JEAN BART in pursuit of other targets when — shockingly — she opened fire on us with her 15-inch guns. How close did her salvos come to the AUGUSTA? I was at my battle station. Spot 1, located 128 feet above the waterline in the foremast. I hereby attest that BART'S yellow dyed splashes stained the exterior of Spot 1! Fantastic gunnery performance considering BART was in drydock, was heavily damaged the previous day or two with many casualties, while AUGUSTA maneuvered at high speed and at very long range from BART.

"Enough from this narrator. Let's hear from all the other nartators in '38 (that is from everyone!!) on the occasion of our 45th.

"We will be looking forward to your visit to Coronado in a few weeks."

Good omens portend if one always goes clockwise around the Buddha and Hindu shrines, and spins the prayer wheels the same way. No demons will invade one's house if a phallic symbol is hung from the corner eves. These are other lore according to the Joneses and Elas from their most recent adventures in Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. Mary EUis, Frank's widow, added sparkle to the '38 representation on a nature tour in March/April. "The trip began with some 30 hours incarceration in a 747 with two brief fuel stops enroute New Delhi; and on to Kathmandu, Nepal, two days later. Some city sightseeing, but the week in Nepal was largely occupied with outside walks, one all day in the lower levels of the Himalayas

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near Pokhara. We expected to, and did see, brilUant birds, exotic spring flowers, and glaciercovered peaks. We didn't expect, outside the cities, to sense the concentrated presence of devotees of the world's most populous religions, scores of people at every turn of the trail miles from the dense masses we thought we'd left behind us. The Annapurna range was an impressive sight, with 26,000 foot peaks, although they and other of the Himalayas were all too often obscured by heavy haze from dust and the smoke of millions of wood fires, the source of heat for cooking. Everest and companion peaks were only really clear when we flew above 25,000 feet to observe them. The same haze stayed with us the entire trip. " There foUows an interesting, detailed description of the tour, but space limitations preclude printing it all.

Bobette Gugliotta has just become a reporter on the distaff side of the team covering the 45th reunion news.

Bud Wolfe and Beverly extend invitations to a cocktail buffet supper at their home, 10 Wickham Place, Hillsborough CA 94010, on Sunday, September 11, at 3 p.m. If you plan to come, please RSVP before 1 August.

39 Pres., Capt. Fernald P. Anderson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. W. J. Rube USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Ave., McLean VA 22102 Percent Members: 78 Living Grads: 393 Blackie Blackburn reported on the latest activities of the Northern California contingent of '39. See photo which shows left to right, Eddy, Palus, Spector, Ellis Fisher, Blackburn, Graham and Gould, with wives across the front: Ursula Spector, Peg Blackburn, Marcia Fisher, Peg Palus, Helen Eddy, Peg Graham and Mary Gould. Not shown were Tex and Maria Harris. Ellis Fisher arranged an RRR session (the Russian River Rendezvous) in late April. The Fishers live high above the Russian River, 15 miles west of Santa Rosa. The rendezvous started with a chicken curry luncheon at the Fishers combined with a birthday celebration for Pinky Palus — toasted with champagne.

All stayed at the Northwood Motel, a golf complex, with lots of golf planned (of course). Herm Spector drove the girls around for sightseeing of Goat Rock while the other men played golf. Apparently there were some local wineries in the vicinity, (one run by a relative of Ben Jarvis), and this didn't seem to help class solidarity along with Specter's claiming he was going to report the wives' talk he overheard, relative to their husband's retirement activities. Several cocktail sesAt Fisher's Russian River Rendezvous

sions and dinners later, there was enough information exchanged to record here that: the Goulds went to AustraUa and the great Bartier Reef before Christmas, the Spectors did Japan and ThaUand earlier; the Chuck Jenkins were off traveling to Indiana for his 50th high school reunion and from there to Europe; and of course the Grant Rogers' were shooting rapids on the Tons River in India; the Grahams were in Paris for the wedding of their son; and the Eddys are headed for the East Coast for family weddings, etc., while Howie Thompson was reported to have had a third grandson.

(This is news?)

At the monthly meeting of the '39 Executive Committee Danny Weitzenfeld, wanted to know what a Haiku poem was. (He reads Shipmate'.) 1 explained the 14 words bit and Tom BeU expanded on my definition. "It is personal, contains mystery, sex and religion and even has royalty in it." When Danny asked for an example, Tom recited his Haiku poem: "My God, the Queen said, I'm pregnant again, I wonder who did it." (Exactly 14 words?) After this, Danny tabled "A Proposal to the Executive Board for a 1939 Foundation."

When I asked him "Why?" Danny said, "This will give the people in Washington something to do." (Who needs that?) Then Paul Schratz asked if Grant Rogers would attend our East Coast 45th reunion, suggesting that he might be a co-MC for the banquet or brunch. To which someone suggested that that was unUkely because "He's afraid of the competition." When Charley Chandler showed the block of wood and gavel from the CONSTITUTION to be presented to the USNA graduating class president — one got the impression that a few more years of removing this amount of lumber from the CoNSTiTtn:ioN's huU and she'U sink. From all of this one might gather that these Committee meetings are mostly social in nature. True.

Three more news items of interest: The University of Miami has estabUshed a Graduate School of International Studies. Miami's president says, ' 'Because Greater Miami is rapidly becoming one of the most important international cities in the world, our new school assumes unique significance. Dr. Rafael C. Benitez, professor of law in the UM School of Law, wiU serve as acting dean of the new school. Dr. Benitez joined the UM in 1967 where he taught courses in the field of international and comparative law and presently directs the international student program." And Jim Dunford sent a news clipping relative to the groundbreaking for the Lawrence E. Geis Southeastern Marine Technical Center of Florida Junior College. There, "Jacksonville's aspiring marine craftsmen will be trained in Marine trades starting in 1984. The $1.7 million center is named

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Tlie Disrrict Board oflrustees. the Presideru, fuciJtv iDiJ Staff of FloriAi junior College at Jtictsoraille coniialK miiie you to the GroitnJbreakmg (}<fn?mony ybr tiw

'jiuTCnce R. Geis Sout/wostem Marini? TecAnical Center 6935 EiCTgreen AtCTUtf Tuesday. .April 19. 1983 11.00 A.M. TV center, loaned on the St. ]oh\s RHCT, iiill offer career occufutiomil trommg f>rqgriims in s/iifnani jrui ossocidteJ nurittmi; sfcills in honor of Admiral Geis who worked tirelessly to bring it into being during the years after his 1975 retirement."And "the USS HOEL (DDG-13) commanded by RusseU H. Buckley, USNA 1964, son of our Russ Buckley lent aid to the fire-torn community of Macedon, Australia." Crew members cleared the rubble away from the sites of civic buUdings and churches. The meeting hall of the Boy Scouts was reconstructed, and a check for funds raised by the ship was presented to the Macedon's scoutmaster who announced that his unit "would in the future be named after the HOEL."

A note from Vic Boatwright reports he's just back from Vieima, Munich, etc., after a tour with the Richmond Bar Association and friends from his hometown, Portsmouth, Virginia. He visited his oldest daughter in Barcelona, enroute home.

Art Fisher says that plans for the 45th in San Diego are "going smoothly; we're hoping for a good turnout." He notes that Bob Truax showed his rocket at the Los Angeles Convention Center the first week in May; that Roger Paine was laid low with a serious heart attack in mid-April but was on the mend; and that the atmual San Marcos raft trip is planned for Saturday, 23 July, with Val Holzapfel in charge.

The most faithful post card senders, Ginny and Bob Lawrence, maUed another. "Here we are at Nida and John Renfros'. Last tught had their neighbors Jane and BiU Gentry in for cocktails — hadn't seen BiU since 1939. Before joining Naval Academy tour to Africa, stayed with Anne and Norman Short at Garden City (NY). Then 16 days of chasing hons through the bush in a landrover.

Bob Smith along, a most congenial gentieman. We wiU visit him in Asheboro (NC) on way home."

Judy Reaves sent in many items of Class news: "Isabel and Lon Spear sold their famUy home in Coronado and moved to Napa, to build a ranchtype home with central courtyard. It will have an entryway to show off Isabel's magnificent needlejwint rug which she did to Lou's drafting. Vi and Tommy Thomas continue as busy as if they weren't OLD! She works fuU time and he consults and plays with a huge computer which he has rigged to answer the phone — 1 feel as if I'm talking to E.T. whai 1 caU. Fred Clarke plays golf with Hank weekly and reads to a wonderful blind teacher who is also a fine musician; has Hank (Reaves) helping him. Hap Jolly belongs to a writing club and is working on some marvelous stories to get down for posterity. Bob Dexter is StiU working fuU time at USIU here. Eileen Clark is active and has been a real inspiration to us all since Bob died — comes to aU the '39 affairs. John Weatherwax writes pxetry for aU special occasions; had to qiut taking 20 aspirins a day as it ate holes in his innards which had to be removed, but plays golf 4 times a week. They own a condo in Park City, Utah, which they rent out to skiers and visit at times. Guy Mendenhall and wife chaperoned a class from the Beaumont Texas High School Shipmate, July-August 1983

where Mendy works; the kids were here for training and barracks-living at the Naval Training Center. Saw Jane and Sigmund Bobczynski at an Art Show Friday; two of Ouida Reilly's watercolors in it. The Bobczynskis were going to a Catholic couple's retreat for the week end. Ouida and Dunny ReUly incredible, she on Coronado Beautiful, a watchdog group which has done wonders, and Dunny with another group which plans ahead to keep our city from being another Los Angeles."

A news item: "Jake Vandergrift, a builder, and Al Kincaid, a carpenter, are walking around these days with an extra bounce in their steps, a hard job finished and their faith in human goodness restored. In December 1981, Vandergrift (J. J. Ill, our Classmate's son) read about the local murder of a Robert Duncan who while on an extra night job at a filling station, to earn money for his children's Christmas presents, was shot dead in a robbery. 'Jakey' wondered what he could do to help, but unUke others, 'he did something.' He and Kincaid built a three-bedroom bungalow for the widow overlooking West River near Annapolis.

They put it up for her — the first house she ever owned — partly at cost and partly for free. They cajoled and begged and bartered with local contractors for cement, wiring, plumbing etc., and they banged nails and cut timbers and in the end the Duncans had a home." Jakey said, "For us it was a real uplift to find people who do care (meaning his contractor friends)." He added, "It's hard to get on the phone to somebody who's donating and yeU at them to hurry up, but in time the job got done."

Jack Michel caUed me to see if I'd seen the news item in the Washington Post and said, "It must be Jake Vandergrift's son. Sounds Uke his old man in action."

As promised, George Duncan sent in a report of the '39 Mississippi cruise on the DELTA QUEEN

— a paddlewheeler from the turn of the century.

The first night at sea (?) the twenty-two '39ers were hosted to a Captain's diimer — with many toasts.

Friday at a "singalong" — after a stop at Baton Rouge and visit to Huey Long's domain including seeing MagnoUa Mound, an old plantation home.

Doug Syverson sang the chorus and parody to "Shanty in Old Shanty Town" aU at the same time and on one note, according to wife Hope. Ernie Schwab produced a super "Rebel YeU" which won him a prize as "The Most Distinctive Voice." Ernie said that his roommate, BiU Hogaboom, made him learn the yeU before he could visit Vicksburg on Sep leave. Marion BeU won the "Steamboat Adele Stiles, Marion and Tom BeU, Toni Greene, Betty Schwab, George Duncan, Hope Syverson

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Adele Stiles, Jack Baur, Her Fairchild, Tom Bell, Ehnor Baur Get Acquainted Bing Prize" on the first day. Bob Green won on the second day and had free drinks for aU '39ers. On the 3rd day they landed at Natchez and visited Stanton House, Longwood and The Bum. When they landed at "Under the HiU Natchez," Tom Bell wondered what all the to do was about Natchez, until he went over the hUl on the tour and saw the rest of Natchez. And old retired Navy chief introduced George to French Fried Pickles. Ugh. On Friday night, Adele Stiles won two Steamboat Races, Der FairchUd won three for $25 and Fred Bush bet on #4 everytime and refused to pubUsh his losses. On Saturday, the Class played the steam calliope and tooted their way up the Mississippi, getting certificates for those who exhibited this musical (?) abiUty. There was more touring of St. FrancisvUle, etc., but importantly there were other '39ers aboard (not previously mentioned) who made it a very friendly and exceptional cruise. Elinor and Jack Baur of St. Thomas were a great surprise and pleasure to have back in the fold. They said that they'U make the 45th. Fred Taeusch from Ponte Vedra Beach reported that he plays lots of tennis with BUly Bryant who left the Boys School at Xmas of first class year. Fred is a volunteer fire chief with the Sawgrass Resident Volunteers (sounds Uke the sort of outfit that was in Carter's Inaugural Parade).

Fred Bush worried about his car left behind in New Orleans when he heard that there'd been 10 inches of rain there on the day they left port. George concluded his note with: " '39 led the way and were the stars of the steamboat. Everyone had a grand time. A great jazz band and we had the run of the ship — even the engineroom bilges Oooking for the golden rivet?). The gals aU steered and tooted."

After a six-year bout with cancer, George Cattermole succumbed. A congenial, loyal '39er, he'U be much missed. The Class offers its deepest condolences to his family for the loss of a fine Navy man.

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40 Pres., Cdr. Theodore Hechler Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler Place, Alexandria VA 22302 Percent Members: 78 Living Grads: 308 Washington Report The Wednesday special, corned beef and cabbage (and the low price), keeps drawing that ol' 2nd-Wednesday-of-the-Month bunch back to the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington. So, Ted HUl hosted the usual quorum of fifteen hungry souls for another informal session amid the splendor and privacy of A/N on 13 April. Fifteen Classmates were there: Paul Desmond, Oz Gray, Vince Healey, Ted Hill, Neil Rogers, Mike MichaeUs, Larry Lockett, Gene Lamiman, Bob Quinn, John Montgomery, BUl Scott, Ed Sledge, Hugh Vickery, Ray Schneider, and Winters. Ted Hechler, under his doctor's care and advice foUowing surgery, waited this one out in his AnnapoUs home. The lunch bunch sent a card and a prayer his way — hoping for a speedy recovery.

For the merry month of May, Virginia and Ted Hill went 'all out' to set a fitting stage in the enclosed Sun Porch of the A/N Country Club for a Husbands and Wives post-Mothers' Day lunch.

The date was Thursday, 12 May. The weather was Perfect + (sunny, but cool enough for the ladies to wear their new 'ultra-suedes'). The view from the porch was magnificent — over the golf course and the Potomac, with the Capitol in the distant background. And the dinner? — Tenderloin steak with an almond souffle for dessert . . . Wish you all could have been here . . . Even though it was a working weekday, 35 of the local family were able to attend: Kay and Ace Barton, Betty and Jack Bowell, Maxine Pole with Dick Brown, Lu and Paul Desmond, Jo and Oz Gray, Jane and Bud Keister, Charlotte and Gene Lamiman (Gene completely recovered from a springtime blood aberration that caused a temporary partial paralysis), Mary and Lou Mayo, Marge and Ed Muhlenfeld, Margaret and Ray Schneider, Thelma and Bill Scott, Betty and Harv Seim, Mary and Ed Sledge, Ruth and Bob Triplett, Penny and Hugh Vickery and Dee and Early Winters with #1 daughter, Sandra Leigh — a pert and pretty midthirties redhead (says her dad). No formal talks had been planned — so the ladies had a chance to air their views. This made the post-dinner session one of the liveliest in many a moon. After lunch was over the male chauvinists got together and decided to double the number of husband-andwife meetings next year.

News from Here and There Those of us fortunate enough to have a copy of "John and Vera's 1983 Itinerary" for the period 16 June-23 July know just how the ORGANIZED couple (Vera and JP Barron) make preparations even for vacation trips. Ve-ry impressive. This summer JP and bride are driving up from Florida to Castine; thence via the Green Mountains, Springtime '83 in West Virginia — Ginny Hill, Mary Sledge, Thelma Scott, Jo Gray and Betty Ann Taylor

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Poconos, Skytop and Amish Country, Williamsburg, Charleston, Jekyll Island (GA) and homePort St. Lucie (FL). Since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Dee and I shaU copy Vera and JP's format when we draw up our program for this Summer's visits to a new grandson (by Dana, daughter #3) in Alaska, and to Castine Caper XIII in Maine.

Also at hand is Bonnie and Hank Vaughan's Spring trip schedule to the Islands; Kona, Maui, Kauai and Oahu in April and May. Hank, an ol' "kamaaina"-boy, wisely pre-selected condos on each of the islands for greater space and privacy and freedom to visit all the boyhood swimming holes. Their itinerary was laid out in the rectangular spaces of a bi-monthly desk calendar.

(Reckon I'U copy that format, too.) Hank is back in Crystal Lake (IL) by now, and will be happy to tell you, one-and-all, how to get " . . . a terrific 'package tour' which provides round-trip air fare, inter-island air fare via Hawaiian A/L, luxury condomiiuums at each island, and car rental at each stop — all for 2/3 usual retail rates . . . " Just tell him that a nene bird told you.

After a silence of too many moons — Yvonne, gifted spouse of Bob Kalen, has taken pen in hand (typewriter in lap?) again to report on " . . . a very eventful year at the Kalens. Bob had open-heart surgery January 19th. Never one to do things halfway, he had four bypasses. After two months of recuperating he has returned to work and looks and acts like a new person. (Sec. note: this has got to be an improvement!). Eighteen hours after the operation he was taking command of the SICU (Surgical Intensive Care Unit). He left no doubt as to which person was doing his job correctly, and those he thought were in error. He had to be told that they do not give an 'E' for the best bed in SICU . . . " Congratulations on a complete recovery to Bob — and 'keep a stiff upper lip' to Yvonne!!

When Bob White caUed from Contoocook (NH) last March to report the untimely death of Bob Bogardus in Oregon, he also mentioned a happier event — the marriage of son Wilmont Goodrich "BiU" White, in Aimandale, Virginia, to DanieUe Francis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Christian Manie of the Australian Embassy in Washington. Congratulations to the happy pair!

And, thanks to Bob for 'passing the word.'

Sally Bogardus, understanding the depth of affection that her Bob Bogardus and all the rest of us Castine Caperers have for Maine memorabilia, sent a news clipping recently describing the clever manner in which a 30-ton piece of a 19th century Downeaster was shipped from the Falkland Islands area to the Maine State Museum. Paul Rivard, director of the museum " . . . convinced a manufacturer to give him . . . tools to dismantle the ship. He sweet-talked the Navy into carrying the tools to Argentina and had former Sen. Edmund Muskie . . . talk the Argentinians into overlooking customs fees . . . scotch and beer were used to entice a British Arctic survey ship into hauling the wreck back to England. The Maine Maritime Academy carried the hulk back to the United States strapped to the deck of its training ship . . . " The square-rigged Downeaster cargo vessels were Maine's contribution toward making the United States the world's greatest maritime power in the mid-1800s.

The Secretary's Corner Veronica, eldest daughter of our late J. Robert "Otto" Treanor, sent us the following page from her Dad's poetry portfoUo: "A true story. The 19-year-old boy was named 'Gombasi,' and was from Brooklyn. He was a 'runner' for his older brother's floating crap game.

All his youth was spent in an atmosphere of crime.

He was incorrigible. In trouble from the start, he was in the brig (USS NEVADA) awaiting court martial for punching an MP in the nose, when the war started (7 December 1941)."

The Boy From the Brig He was just a boy who could not be led.

"Discharge him now" the court had said.

When the Japs attacked he was locked up tight.

Unfit to serve in his country's fight.

We turned him loose when the battle tune Of the bugle said, "It's now — not soon."

A bomb on the boat deck then stripped bare All but one of the eight guns there.

The boy from the brig, wrench in hand.

Bullied together, from those who could stand.

Enough for a crew for that one last gun.

And shot down a plane beginning its run.

A second bomb caused a holocaust; The last gun silenced, he climbed the mast.

To an open place where a Lewis gun Waited in vain for its crew of one.

Blinded by blood, aiming by ear.

He poured such fire in a plane so near.

It struck the mast.

And so, at last.

The brave one died in the awful flame — Ever our country shall honor his name.

He was just a boy who could not be led.

"A total misfit," the court had said.

The Navy thought him a total loss.

Till the boy from the brig won his Navy Cross.

J. Robert Treanor

****ONLY FORTY IS 4.0!****

41 Pres., Capt. Aubrey D. Engle USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda MD 20817 301/320-3887 Percent Members: 71 Living Grads: 284 Mac McLellon has been foUowing up on a suggestion made at the 1982 Melbourne reunion concerning some sort of documentation for our 45th reunion in 1986. As of now, two possibiUties have appeared: a biographical book similar to Who's Who or an historical data assembly with submissions from individual Classmates on their Ufe and experiences since graduation. The first looks Uke a rather expensive operation that would need substantial seed money to get started, and the second would need an accessible repository plus good, continuing class support. Either alternative requires considerable more ground work to get started. Perhaps there might even be some better ideas. Either Mack or I would welcome your comments or suggestions — written or by phone. Last spring, Mac had a stomach-intestinal blockage that hospitalized him on an emergency basis. He is now convalescing with a long scar and a little less internal piping, but feels well and is regaining strength and weight.

By now you should certainly have received TuUy SheUey's flier about next winter's reunion on Captiva Island in Florida. If you did not, he can be reached at 813/472-4078. The big dinner wiU actually be on 7 February and the rest of the time will include boating, tennis, golf, sheUing, fishing, walking, sitting and swimming (in any order you wish) while living comfortably at 'Tween Waters Inn. A 20% discount is available for reservations made before 1 September, and after that date the room rate is scheduled to go up about 5% without a discount! If you think you can go, you had better get your reservations in soon and save money.

Sheldon Kinney has embarked on at least one new endeavor since retiring from the Maritime College at Fort Schuyler where he served for presiShipmate, July-August 1983

dent for many years. He is now organiring an academy at Malmo, Sweden, for the United Nations to train maritime experts for developing nations.

At a recent class luncheon in Washington, a new Classmate was elected. Eriing Hustvedt entered with us in June '37 but left shortly thereafter because of an eye problem which was later determined to have been misdiagnosed. Eriing then went to MIT where he graduated with the Class of '41 and subsequently became a naval aviator.

ErUng has been participjating in many Washington class functions as a guest of BUI Heavey so he is now on his OWTI! FinaUy, here are the ritals on Eriing for your old directories. Capt. Eriing H. Hustvedt USNR (Ret.), wife — Janie, 5105 Phihp Road, Annandale VA 22003, 703/256-0415.

42 Pres., Capt. Robert F. ReUly USN (Ret.) Sec'y, R. S. Day CLU P.O. Box 6042, ShirUngton Station ArUngton VA 22206 Percent Members: 74 Living Grads: 401 What's the Dope Want to wish everyone a pleasant Summer and we'U aU come roaring back with the start of the footbaU season in September. The Washington luncheons have been suspended for July and August and wiU resume on the second Wednesday in September at Ft. Myer. Plans are going forward for the 45th Reunion in Coronado in 1986.

The organizing committee is looking at the week end before the aimual West Coast June Week celebration which is scheduled for Monterey. As plans firm up, we'U report in this column.

Homecoming this year wiU find the Class gathering at Hubbard HaU on 22 October. BUI Morrow has arranged also for the use of this facUity at Homecoming 1986 — the 45th. And, as in years past, we wiU plan to have a taUgate assembly area near the fence in the southwest quadrant of the parking lot for each of the home games this year.

Plan to come by at least an hour before kickoff and bring your picnic basket and join the fun.

As promised, the First Aimual '42 Quantico Cup Golf Tournament was held at the Marine Base on 22 April — this after a three-day rain-delay. The weatherman finaUy provided the best day of the year, and the course was in great shape in spite of the rains and cold weather we had been experiencing. Thirteen Classmates participated: PhU Cole (Columbia, MD), Max Duncan (AnnapoUs), Jake GUck, John Haffey, " J T " HUl, Bob Knight, BiU Montgomery, Bob Muller, Bob Prouty, Art Rawson, Bob ReiUy, Jim SmaU, and Hal Wynne.

A few local members joined as substitutes for some of the last minute canceUations to balance the foursomes and snaffled a prize or two.

Jim SmaU won the Quantico Cup Trophy with a whopping low net of 58 (don't ask him about the gross score). Bob Prouty fired a low gross of 85, which won him the Marine Cup Trophy, and also produced the longest drive. Max Duncan won 5th Low Net and BUI Montgomery won closest to the pin. Jim's low net was due to the vagaries of the Peoria Handicap system, much to his very great surprise and glee. It was obvious that everyone had a great time and "JT's" efforts were much appreciated. As a result, the second Annual Tournament is scheduled for 24 April 1984, so mark your calendars.

The May luncheon at Ft. Myer was a great success with the following Classmates in attendance: ReiUy, MuUer, Rice, Porter, Montgomery, Kurtz, Shipmate, July-August 1983

Small, PS Smith, Welch, Sweitzer, WerthmuUer, WUhite, Knight, Rowan, Connor, BiU Crawford, Herndon, Froude, Day, Stahl, Robison, Haffey, JT Hill, and Stegemerten. This was Harry Rice's final luncheon as he and Peggy move to the Lehigh Valley this Summer.

The Father's Day piknik at the Days was set to go — rain or shine — as this goes to press, and a great time was anticipated for all. No predictions on attendance, which promises some material for the next edition.

Ted Gerber has retired a second time, this time from MobUe Shipping Co., after 20 years. No particular plans in the wind for Nan and Ted, as they traveled extensively overseas with his business.

Nonetheless, they took a 6,000 mile, six weeks' driving tour of the southeast to visit famUy and friends. They hooked up with the Paul Smiths in Decatur (GA), as they Uve just a few steps from the Gerbers' son. Ted enclosed a picture of their visit with Jean and Paul, but it was a bit dark for reproduction.

Vira and BUI Schoenfeld have been licensed by the Coast Guard to carry passengers on sailboats and are engaged in deUvering saUboats between Annapolis and the Virgin Islands (four trips to date). Their record-breaking trip was a 9'/2-day jaunt from Annapolis to St. Croix last FaU. At one point, they were surfing to 12 knots on a broad reach in 40-knot winds and 15' sweUs on a storm jib and a reefed mizzen. That was in a Gulfstar 50 ketch. One of these trips, they plan to bring their own boat, an O'Day 32, back to AnnapoUs from Tortola, BWI. The Murch entourage was fuUy involved in Commissioning Week '83, as Midn. Christopher H. Murch became 2nd Lt. Murch USMC, and gave a new dimension to an AU-Navy famUy. Chris foimd the appeal of the Corps' esprit overwhelming, although Moe seems to think his previous enjoyment in camping out as a kid has resulted in a weU-programmed, 5-year camping trip.

Peggy Tofalo checked in with an update on aU of the planned celebrations for Commissioning week when not only Christopher Murch graduated, but also their Joseph (1st Batt Commander, and wasn't Chief mighty proud of those four stripes); the Woods twins, Robert and Mark, Jr., and Christopher Rice. Joe had a 3.70 grade point average in his AppUed Science Major and was selected as one of 10 Burke scholars from '83, which entitles him to be sent to graduate school after his first tour of duty.

BiU Morgan took my hint of a blank '42 column recently and hastened to report on a chiU taste-off held by the local '42 group at the Hacienda Ahuacatepec as a preUminary to the San Diego Coimty ChiU Cook-off. Contestants Jim Salassi and BUl Morgan, using three separate recipes, conducted a "bUndfold" test of the three and that based on the recipe of Larry Tichenor, Bruce's father, won. InformaUy judged the best at the

cook-off, it took none of the five prizes awarded due, perhaps to the lack of discerning taste buds ascribed to the '41 judges, or, perhaps for lack of a sufficient sampUng of the Tequila Sunrise served at the hacienda event. Bob Poage, John Drew, Bruce Tichenor, BUl Morgan, Hank Woessner and Jim Salassi joined in this mighty effort. As a resiUt of the cook-off, Gentieman Jim and WUd BiU have become known as Los Dos Compadres and undoubtedly they will be heard of at future cookoffs, and as names to be reckoned with. Jeannette and Roy Wertmuller have visited the Morgans prior to the chili furor and brought them up-todate on the Washington scene. Roy was there on business and reported his surprise at the tremendous changes in the San Diego-Coronado area since an earlier visit many years ago.

Just to keep the record straight, Pat and Art's son Kevin (now Ueutenant USN) and Muriel Kotalawala were married at the Naval Amphibious Base Chapel, Little Creek, on Saturday, the 30th of AprU 1983.

43 Pres., Capt. Robert N. Adrian USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. WUUam T. Peach, III (SC) USN (Ret.) 647 Kaimalino St., KaUua HI 96734 Cort. Sec'y, Owen F. Keeler Jr. 207 Meadow Gate Dr., AnnapoUs MD 21401 Percent Members: 72 Living Grads: 434 We are stUl hearing items from that swinging fortieth reunion. At this rate we may be able to keep it going until the next big Proud-to-Be hoedown and then start all over- We're indebted to David Sterrett for nominating Louise and Len Field for the longest mUeage traversed from origin to the International Hotel. They headed west from Guam and didn't quit until they saw the '43 cocktaU pennant at B.W.I. That has to be real ambition and class loyalty — and upwind aU the way too! Good show, Len and Louise!

The same source also suggests that Mike Strohl should go in the Bumett/Keeler Book of '43 Records for having the fastest average speed for the reunion trip, having riden a Concorde both ways. That one sounds good, David, but did you notice how fast some of those guys traveled from the hotel door to the bar? At any rate, congratulations to you super winners — sorry, prizes were not in the budget. Now, does anybody have any other candidates for glory and notoriety?

How come nobody's eating?

Mickey Bennett and family Mickey Bennett writes volumes on how to get a picture of ten — count-em — members of one family all at once. Unfortunately, space wiU not permit printing the whole story of this effort, but we are glad he shared the great result with us so 81

we could display it here for you. Mickey says they plan to build a home at Point Arena, about 100 miles north of Frisco, and — his words — likely raise some sheep, do a lot of chores, moderate tennis and jogging and a fair amount of sitting. He also says, and he can explain why, that his library is short a copy of the Physical Training Manual (1940-41 Edition). Does anybody have any idea where he can get one — he's tried the usual places.

Now 1 sold mine to Barnes and Noble forty years ago, Mickey; maybe they still have it!

Messcook Whidden, Ketch TURTLE — 1941

'Jig Jig" Bailey — YP Cruise — 1941

George Ringenberg sailing off Lahaina, Maui

Chuck and Jim AUer at the Pendletons Maui seems to be getting a lot of attention from Easterners this Spring — and for good reason; remember, the Valentine party in Washington was snowed out? Norma Pendleton sends a couple of pictures to prove that she and Chuck have seen a few Classmates, Jim Aller and George Ringenberg, to name a couple. Eleanor and Earl Buckwalter were also there, visiting their daughter.

And then there was something about a tennis match between Earl and Chuck — did Earl reaUy demand that rematch. Norma?

We have the sad duty to report the passing of Polly Smyers, wife of Charlie Smyers, who lives at 10 Highland Avenue in Northfield, Vermont.

Polly died on March 18th after a short illness. Her memorial service was attended by many community leaders and faculty of Norwich University. We all extend our deepest sympathy to Charlie and wish him well in the future.

One of the ketches

USS JAMESTOWN — 1941

'44 Workout — Fantail Transom of JAMESTOWN*

44 Pres., Cdr. Paul W. Crutchfield Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wynn V. Whidden USN (Ret.) 6156 Loch Raven Dr., McLean VA 22101 AnnapoUs Cort. Sec'y, Capt. Jack E. Godfrey USN (Ret.) 40 Franklin St. AnnapoUs MD 21401 301/268-6474 Percent Members: 84 Living Grads: 606 82

Shipmate, July-August 1983

40th Anniversary Reunion Plans We now have over 600 people signed up for our 40th Anniversary festival and Homecoming. This means that attendance wiU exceed that of any previous class 40th reunion. Those who plan to attend and have not yet sent in their request forms and checks should do so Jis soon as possible. For those who do not plan to attend but would Uke to purchase '44 mementos of the occasion, you may do so by ordering them (with an accompanying check) from Charlie MUler. For the men, there is a gold and sUver embroidered class crest pocket p>atch at $20.00 each. For the ladies, there is a blue and gold tote bag with crest at $15.00 each.

A Last Hurrah By the time you read this. Admiral L. J. Long wiU have been reUeved on 1 July as Commander and Chief Pacific by Admiral WiUiam J. Crowe ('47) at Hickam Airforce Base in Honolulu. Bob's retirement from active duty marks the last one for '44 as weU as the longest period of conunissioned active duty in the Class â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 40 years and almost one month.

Bob and Sara's tour in the top U.S. miUtary job in the Pacific was eminentiy successful from every standpoint. Bob provided the kind of superlative leadership which has characterized his whole career as a submariner who rose to the rank of admiral as Vice Chief of Naval Opjerations before taking over the big unified command, CINCPAC. Sara, as his first lady, has become known throughout the miUtary service as a gracious and charming hostess with inteUigence and wit not often surpassed. Together they have provided a record of service to the Navy and to the nation which should be an inspiration to young Navy couples of today and a source of pride to aU of '44. We congratiUate them and wish them great happiness in retirement.

We shoiUd aU have a chance to be with Sara and Bob at the 40th. After 1 July they wiU have moved to their new home at 247 Seaman's way. Providence, AnnapoUs MD 21401.

BUI Flannery sent in two cUps from the Jacksonsville paper, the Florida Times-Union, with the comment, "When 1944 writes, everybody reads!" The clips were letters to the editor from Elaine Honour, Walt's wife, and R.K. Awtrey.

Elaine was correcting some misconceptions about the USNA and reports which had appeared in a Times-Union article. She backed up her statements with her sources of information: Capt. Walt Honour ('44), LCdr. Walt Honour ("67). Cdr. Craig Honour ('68), and Lt. Eric Honour ('69) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her husband and three of their four sons.

Bob Awtrey's letter to the editor addressed the discriminatory variances in automobile insurance rates, and pwinted out that if we can't tolerate the situation, we should also do something about the discriminatory practices in rates for term Ufe insurance for more elderly folks.

A number of Classmates have sent notes along with their applications for the 40th to Ed Napier.

Some of them are summarized in the foUowing paragraphs.

BUl White reports that he retired in August 1969, and he and his wife Jo have since traveUed considerably in Mexico and Central America. During this time, BiU attended the University of the Americas in Mexico and obtained an M.A. in Mexo-American Anthropology. He has since worked occassionaUy at anthropology in Mexico and Belize. The Whites Uve on five-and-a-half acres of land in Oakland, Oregon, and usuaUy go South for the Winter.

Tenney Ford says he retired in 1966 and then got his M.A. in Education at Penn State. He returned to St. Petersburg, Florida (from where he entered the USNA) to teach. After retiring again in 1978, he and his wife took up traveling by "VanCamper" and have visited friends and Classmates over the country. The Fords give their address as 813 Bay Point Drive, Madeira Beach FL 33708.

Rusty King wrote that he hopes aU his Classmates from Central High in Washington (DC) who were also '44ers or married one wiU be at the 40th. He mentioned Ludlow Allen, Shannon Cramer, Tom Thomaides, BiU Wootton (who married Betty Roberts) and Qaude Lanciano (who married Arlene Sheibel). Rusty's address is P.O. Box 888, Santa Paula CA 93060.

NOSTALGIA My appeal for early pictures produced results!

Bob Wulf and Ray Bock sent in a stack of old photos to refresh us on younster cruise and Academy days. We wiU have to sttetch out pubUcation of these great old photos to avoid using too much space in a single issue of Shipmate. This spread of photos is through the courtesy of Bob WiUf. We wiU run more of his and Ray Bock's later.

See you at the 40th . . . WVW

Frank KeUy MaflBag Frank KeUy sent in a cUpping from the San Francisco paper announcing his appointment as vice president in the marketing division of Rudolph & Sletten, Inc. Frank broke into the contracting business in 1974 when he joined Bartett & HUp. By 1953 he had become chief estimator for Barrett Construction Co. In 1967 he joined the San Francisco architectural firm of Stone, Martaciiu and Patterson and eventuaUy retired from that firm at the end of last year as senior vice president. Frank and his wife Jane live at 45 Alannah Court, Palo Alto CA 94303. The photo he enclosed shows that life has been good to Frank.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

45 Pies., Capt. Cari W. Gronemann USN USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. H. Y. Davidson USN (Ret.) 6108 Larastan Drive Alexandria VA 22312 703/354-4632 Cort. Sec'y Capt. Dutch Schuiz USN (Ret.) 5100 26th St. N., Arlington VA 22207 703/536-7156 Percent Members: 64 Living Grads: 729 LOOK ALIVE!! Read again the new masthead!

First off, it teUs you that we have a new slate of officers for the Association of the Class of 1945, the basic corporate body of the Class of 1945, U.S. Naval Academy. Assuming that Pete Perkins did

not put a Mk 48 torpedo into the June 14 election of Class Officers, the foUowing were elected: Carl Gronemann, president; Chuck Gardner, vice president; secretary. Hub Davidson and treasurer, Fred KeUey (second tour). Carl, who did such a superb job as vice president and acting presiding officer in the absence of Mike MarschaU, is no newcomer to the podium. Chuck Gardner wiU have the respwnsibiUties of the monthly luncheons for which he is weU-quaUfied, having been a regular attendee at the second Tuesday functions at Ft. Myer. Littie credit has been given to the function of the vice president, whose job it is to activate and monitor the 10-12 separate call Usts prior to each monthly luncheon, contact the Ft. Myer Club, select the menu, contract with the club for a specific number of paid attendees, reserve the room and appointments, coUect the money at the door, and, finaUy, pay off the club at the end of the luncheon, hoping that the "no shows" have not put us into the hole again. A tip of the Green Bowler to those who served last year.

You know, in several past columns I've been pubUcizing the attributes of a four year old fiUy, "Devil Made Me," owned in part by Ozzie Dale and Jim Montgomery. WeU, after two wins, a second and a third on the Maryland tracks, she ran in a claiming race, and yes she was purchased! But don't fret, dear reader, for Ozzie Dale now has a colt, "Rocket Guitar," who shows some promise; maybe he'U show up as the "Keimel Rations Can of the Year?"

But the real big thing on the scene for this issue is the inputs from you to the Forty Year After Book. The letter from Dick Van Orden, pubUsher, and chairman of the committee, went out in June and you should have it either in your completed file or in your action basket as you read this. Don't delay in sending in the biographical sheet and fotos, one picture of you and your spouse and one a general interest "historical" foto from Midship)man days. No, these wiU not be returned. It won't cost you much to make a copy of your favorite nostalgic foto. The data must aU be in by 1 September so Van's committee can get it to the printer in order to have the completed book in hand before the 20 October 1984 40tii reunion. The quaUty of the book wiU equal or surpass the Thirty Year After Book for which we are in eternal debt to Karl and Peggy Munninger (now Mrs. Paul F. Formel of Albany NY). Just in case this column reaches Classmates who do not have at least one copy of the Thirty Year After Book, write or caU me (Dutch) immediately.

One of the great advantages of Uving within the National Capital area of Washington is the opportunity to attend the second Tuesday luncheons of the Association of the Class of 1945. President Mike Marschall has maintained the high quaUty of the featured speakers, such as RAdm. Wayne Meyer, project manager of the Aegis Program on 12 April, and General P. X. KeUey USMC on 10 May. Both of these luncheons were weU-attended by 38-45 Classmates from this area and those who are able to program their business trips to DC to coincide with the Class luncheons, such as Fred Ulam of Ventura (CA) and E^ari Fannin of Toledo (OH).

At the 12 April function, RAdm. Meyer made a stirring presentation of the Aegis Program, with an impressive movie segment of USS TICONDEROGA sea trials, foUowed by a question-and-answer period.

And then, on 10 May, MGen. CharUe Mize, former member of the "Green Mafia," introduced Gen. Paul X. KeUey USMC, the new Commandant of the Marine Corps, who gave a candid and dynamic update of the Navy/USMC team capa83

bilities in the Mideast and worldwide. Naturally,. there was a spirited question-and-answer period, leaving us all thankful that the Corps is in the hands of such a capable leader.

And then there was the delightful letter from Joan and Eldon EUiott of 7 S. Harrington Lagoon Place, CoupevUle WA 98239. As noted in the May issue, Joan Dedrick was married to Mr. Eldon M. Elliott on 7 April 1983 at 2030 in Joan's home, 666 N. Seaside Drive, CoupevUle. After a cruise in MS TROPICALE to Puerto VaUarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas, they returned to their new residence. Since Joan's home is on the West side of Whidbey Island and EUiott's home is on the East side, the couple had to decide whether they wanted sunrise or sunset, each with a breathtaking view of Puget Sound. They chose the sunrise and are now trying to jam aU the furniture into one house. EUiott is an electronic engineer celebrating his 39th year with Boeing in Seattle, and he and Joan have many mutual friends in the area. As EUiott said, "Sunrise for us seems appropriate because sunrise signifies the start of a new day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or in our case, a new life together."

EUiott concludes, "Since Joan and I have one each of nearly everything, the only thing we need from all of our friends are your best wishes." Yes, the Class of '45 does wish the best to you both!

Along with his $40 check for the USNA '45 Book, Bob Close of 204 Austin Blvd, Edinburg TX 78539, pens a note: "All well down here on the Mexican border. I'm stiU teaching math at Pan American University (13th year) but would not keep the department head job since it took away my summer travels. Hope to hang up the chalk holder soon and build a house on the Chesapeake on a piece of land I own near AUne and Paul Converse on Nassawadox Creek."

Around the Beltway and Beyond: Actually, the beltway does very weU for itself . . . But, beyond, did you know that USS JARRETT ( F F G - 3 3 ) was

commissioned at Todd Shipyards on 2 July 1983?

Were any of you there? What a fitting memorial to our own "Uncle Beanie," VAdm. H. B. Jarrett '22 . . . Job Mart: Lee Bert Fmdiy is with the International Research Institute of McLean, Virginia; Frank Clifford is president of Clifford Associates, 13 Wellington Lane, Sugar Land TX 77478; BUI Barnes is executive scientist with ORI Inc. of Silver Spring, Maryland . . . Jack Kalina is a private consultant; Al Larkins is head of Larkins Construction Co., General Contractors, of 120 Canal St., San Rafael CA 94901; Dick Jortberg works with the Commonwealth Research Corp. of PO Box 428, Chicago IL 60690; agency manager for State Farm Insurance at 6355 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Suite 305, Woodland HiUs CA 91367 is Pete Hustad, CLU, CPCU; president of Abbott Transistor Labs Inc., of 639 S. Glenwood Place, Burbank CA 91506, is Jack Batte and Dan Brooks is associated with Logicon of 1815 N. Lynn St., ArUngton VA 22209 . . . Change of Address Cards: Elva and Craig Randall, 10240 Parkdale Ave., San Diego CA 92126 from Wickford (RI); Mary and Pat Hannifin, PO Box 458, Santa Fe NM 87501'; Edie and Chan Swallow, RadcUffe Ave., St. Michaels MD 21663 and 1847 N. Uhle St., Ariington VA 22201; Syd Wynne writes that he will be at Box 713 CSA, Frankfort Ml 49635 until 1 November and then back to his permanent home in Bradenton (FL) . . . Doric and Ted Cochrane and Rita and Cliff Bermann tied up together in the Inland Waterway some months ago (that is, their boats did . . . ) . . . Did you know that the Association of the Class of 1945 subsidizes the cost of a Shipmate subscription to 47 widows of the Class who have not remarried?

Eight have remarried . . . Again our second Tues84

day luncheons are so great in that they bring out from the woodwork such Classmates as sailplane pilot Al Blackburn from McLean (VA) and Joe Henson, current president of the AAU. Johnny Johnson produced two guests, Larry Sullivan and Boots McKinley . . . Randy Protho is looking for four '45 Miniature rings. You can write him at 9120 Levelle Drive, Chevy Chase MD 20015 . . . Mike Marschall reports that Dr. Bob Curtis of SFran has had his latest mystery, "Harry's Story," published in the April issue of the Twilight Zone magazine. Mike also noted that Bob Curley is talking about chartering a '45 plane for the 40th reunion at Harbor Place in Baltimore . . . Early Bird responses to the 40-Year-After Book have exceeded S2200. Naturally, Dick Van Orden was the 45th Classmate to place his order.

Send your $40 to USNA '45 Book, PO Box 7148, Alexandria VA 22307 . . . And thanks to Mrs. Paul F. Formel (Peg Munninger), Louise H. Kurfess, Jack Batte, Rice York, Mary Kessler Day, BiU Barnes, and Tom Utegaard for their substantial gifts to the '45 Gift Funds which Al Olsen now reports a balance of $7891.09. What is noteworthy is that we received our first matching gift from National Can Corp., thanks to Warren O'NeU. To remind, the address for your deductible contribution is: USNA Class of 1945 Foundation, PO Box 10962, ArUngton VA 22210 . . .Gus Swainson has been named secretary of the New York Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association. He is reprogramming his home computer to handle the Chapter work. As I recaU, the last time he did that, he dumped the entire Class of '45 . . . John Kirby Ewing and Don Poe were elected to the Board of Trustees of the USNA Alumni Association.

Congratulations!! . . . Attending the First Annual Naval Submarine League Symposium on 3 May at the Arlington Sheraton Hilton were Jack Knudsen, Frank Clifford, Bert Findly, George EUis, Ski Dzikowski, Dutch Schuiz and BUl Barnes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plus about 220 submariners, active and retired . . . Ann Hastings is home and is showing steady improvement after suffering a left side aneurism in February and an operation at Bethesda Naval Hospital in March . . . According to Dick Neuendorffer, Paul F. AUmendinger has been named executive director of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers . . . VAdm. Lando Zech Jr. is retiring on 1 September after thirty-nine years of active duty. VAdm. WiUiam P. Lawrence will relieve him as Chief of Naval Personnel. We all wish a happy and comfortable retirement to Jo and Lando who have kept the "Look Alive" flame burning for so many productive years . . . FinaUy, Ancient Mariner BiU Flynn advises: "That gleam in your eyes may be only the sun's reflection in your tri-focals."

46 Pres., RAdm. Harvey E. Lyon USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, "Daisy" WUhoit 1103 Santa Rufina Ct. Solana Beach CA 92075 619/481-2093 Percent Members: 61 Living Grads: 830

47 Pres., Adm. Wesley L. McDonald USN Sec'y. Capt. W.B. Johnson USN (Ret.) 8653 Gates Head Rd., Alexandria VA 22309 Percent Members: 67 Living Grads: 678 Getting right to the mailbag . . . Jack Fisher has been elected executive vice-president of Raymond

Fernando Sisto Builders. Jack joined the company in 1977 after retirement as rear admiral, CEC. Fernando "Fred" Sisto, professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was also honored as a Distinguished Faculty Member at the annual dinner of the trustees of Stevens Institute. WhUe chief of propulsion at the Curtiss-Wright Research Division in the 1950s, Fred obtained pioneering results on the then-new problem of destructive blade flutter in jet engine axial compressors, a continuation of doctoral research done at the MIT on the key role of staUing.

"Mase" WeUs has been elected to the position of executive vice-president. Environmental Science and Engineering, Inc. by its board of directors.

ESE is an international environmental consulting firm. "Chuck" Schoman received the Navy Superior CivlUan Service Award, the second highest award given civiUan employees, for his work as director of plans and programs on the staff of the technical director, David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center.

"Chuck" is a captain in the naval reserve, a threetime recipient of the Navy Meritorious CivUian Service Award, as well as a winner of the federal government's William A. Jump Award and industry's Roland Isker Award. The award was signed by Jack WiUiams as Chief of Naval Material and who, as I mentioned last time, retired on 1 August. Ken Robinson reported that he again had run in the Boston Marathon on 18 April, this time in 3:28:29. Ken says, "Jack Pennington, '44 and I claim to be the oldest Alumni (at age 60) to have ever run Boston as competitors. Jack is senior by class and by rank, but 1 am senior by age. He beat me in this one, but we both quaUfied to run it again in 1984." Congratulations to all of you on your achievements, and in demonstrating the abilities and diversity of our Class!

Turner Joy made my day with the foUowing letter; "Dear Warren, First, may 1 offer my congratulations on assuming the class secretarial chores, a sometimes demanding task but one 1 enjoyed very much. I will do my best to keep you supplied with West Coast info, particularly from the June Week West activities. HopefuUy, this year will be the only one we will miss, but the 'stork' has priority in that our daughter will be delivering our 2nd grandchild sometime between 15 and 30 June. Enclosed you will find three pictures that were taken on a trip just completed.

"Shirley and I spent a week in San Diego with Lillian Cummings. She is doing just great and is surrounded by three of her children and two grandchildren. She just returned from a trip to Pensacola to watch her youngest son, Bobby, '81, graduate Shipmate, July-August 1983

Virginia RetaU Merchants Association. Wes, as you aU know, is now Supreme AUied Commander, Atiantic Fleet. Shirley Crowe writes that she and BiU wiU be living in Qtrs. A, 6 Hale AUi Road, Honolulu HI 96818. Bill's assumption of command of the Pacific Fleet was to have taken place as of July 1st. John Prehn suggests that a good question for future plebes would be "What USNA class had members occupying the posts of CinCLANTFlt and CinCPACFlt simultaneously?"

And I guess that should help to quaUfy '47 as "Best on the Severn." Johnny.

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Top, Turner Joy with Dick Bi\in, then "Mac" McLeUan and John Van Velzer — Bottom, back, Shirley Joy, Brtty OUver, Roimy Pavelle, Pat Raftery — front. Turner Joy, Bruce OUver, Jack PaveUe, Jack Raftery us aU posted on West Coast doings. How about from NFO school. Oldest son. Corky, is with the Naval District, working in supply, whUe no. 1 son, some input from the Mid-west for a change?

With deep regret, I inform the Class and most Tom, has launched a very successful looking career especiaUy those who sang in the Chapel Choir, of as a famUy practitioner in San Diego. Daughter the death of Don GiUey, choirmaster, on May Lin is married to a lawyer in La JoUa — two 11th. Mr. GiUey took over, as I can best recaU, chUdren. During our visit I had limch with Dick Bivin and thus picture No. 1 which was taken on late in our plebe year, and brought an energy and enthusiasm to the job that had the choir struggling the grounds of Bishop School in La JoUa where vaUantiy through the "HaUelujah Chorus" before Dick is the business manager. From La JoUa, we many weeks passed. Later, he mounted a fund head to Carefree, Arizona, which is just north of drive that secured a new and wondrous organ for Phoenix, where we spent a week playing golf and the Chapel, and his skiUs at that instrument visiting with Ginny and John Van Velzer. They brought great pleasure to those who attended his have a lovely home on a hiUtop overlooking the concerts. We mourn his passing. area — and as always, they were most gracious The Navy-Virginia game on Saturday, Septemhosts. Picture No. 2 was taken at their home ber 10, at Charlottesville wiU be preceded by a foUowing a game of golf with "Mac" McCleUan gourmet bar-b-que at Waft Johnson's "Pagebrook at the Boulders. Mac has hved in Phoenix for Farm" near GordonsviUe, starting at 2:00 PM, several years and has had a very successful career with game time at 7:00 PM. Block reservations are in real estate. He ain't too bad on the Unks either being made at the QuaUty Inn at Exit 25,1-64 and — 1982 Arizona Seniors Champ!

US 250. If outside the Washington-AnnapoUs area, "Sadly, we left Carefree and headed north via caU Heck WUUams. 703/521-5832 for a flyer witii Sodano, where, I learned after reaching Las Vegas, detaUs. that Stan Turner has his winter residence and is Don't forget the joint '47-'45 Golf/Steak dinwriting a book. Leaving Sodano, we traveled ner outing on October 15th at the Evergreen Counthrough the scenic Oak Creek Canyon to Flagstaff try Club. CaU "Bo" Heininger, 703/754-4523 for and then to Bryce and Zion National Parks. For details. IncidentaUy, the joint '47-'49 Spring Fling those '47ers who have never seen this part of the country — a must see. In Las Vegas we stayed with at AnnapoUs went very weU. A mass "spooning" by the members of '47 present precluded any Betty and Bruce OUver — and what else — more "shoving out" by '49ers during the exceUent lunchgolf. However the highUght of our visit was a '47 eon at the O'Club, with an attendance of over 70, get-together at the OUvers and thus picture No. including 28 from '49. Upcoming events include 3. The able photographer was Bob Apple '44. It a class dinner for the Homecoming Weekend was a great evening with many sea stories being which wiU be at Harry Browne's Restaurant, State told. Jack PaveUe has been in Las Vegas for three Circle, AnnapoUs, at 7:30 PM, Saturday night, 22 years and is in real estate, while Jack Raftery has October, and the Annual Christmas Party been there for some time and is currently work"Brunch" on Sunday, December 11th at the Ofing at the nuclear test fadUty at Jackson Flats. Too ficers' Club, Bethesda. pooped to pop, we headed home to Arnold oiUy Wrapping it up, Don Whitmire reports that he to find that while we were gone — more rain and and Joan just returned from a trip to the West snow — the amount of which made our Winter Coast to visit their new grandson. Their son. Bob, the wettest of this century and it ain't over yet — Class of '74, the father, is now at PG School and how does 78 inches of rain grab you — 3 times has been flying VPs. John Prehn passed me a cUpnormal. . . . Sincerely, Turner." ping on an address by Wes McDonald to the Thanks, Turner. You do a great job of keeping Shipmate, July-August 1983

Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria VA 22302 Percent Members: 60 Living Grads: 666 So, let's talk about the weather. It has been rather poor this Spring, has it not, with the possible exception of Coronado. We have had a continuing series of rainy week ends with a few sunny days sandwiched soggily in between. Some of you have experienced an inordinately large amount of snow, which has been fine for the ski resorters.

1 hope none of you biult in the lowlands, bayous, and quagmires of the deep South, where an excess of water has been the problem.

So, you see, the weather takes the place of Class News, since there remains Uttle. One bright point: The May 2 Washington Post favored us with a column with pic of Johnny Rasmussen, who has been promoted to vice president of generating engineering and construction for the Potomac Electric Power Co. of local fame. John had been manager of this division since he retired in '76. He is a member of the Business Round Table and serves on construction industry cost-effectiveness task force and its Construction Committee. We wish John and DoUy lots of fun in the new job!

Gene Spalding, who has been a key man in the Washington area '48s for some time, has kindly contributed some copy to your Scribe this month.

It goes something Uke this: Mary and Dick Rainey were in town recently. Gene had lunch with Dick and found that Dick was in town on business as material manager for the Sylvania Systems Group, Western Division, of the GTE Products Corp. located in Mountain View, CaUfornia. Some of his work is with NAVELEX. Son John, USNA '72, married the first woman naval aviator, Barbara Ann AUen. She was a P3 plane commander, and was tragicaUy kiUed a year ago while serving as flight instructor at Pensacola. John is also a flight instructor at Pensacola. The Raineys' son Joe is USNA '82, and he and John are two of their seven children. Rainey and Spalding were in the same company aU three years at Mother Bancroft, and both retired as captains, supply corps.

Gene is a program manager for VSE Corp. in Crystal City. He supervises logistic engineering support to NAVAIR in the area of bombs, rockets, pyrotechnics, bomb-racks, and missUe launchers.

Gene and JuUe Uve near AnnapoUs (Heritage Harbor). Son, Bruce, USNA '73, is with Advanced Technology Co. at Crystal City, providing technical engineering support to NAVSEA. Son, Brian is a Chief Radioman (RMC) stationed at Dam Neck, Virigina.

Warren "Hoss" Graham came through town in the middle of May with Nancy and the boys, Curry and Mike. He and Nancy were back temporarily from Taiwan for Curry's graduation from Emory U. in Atlanta. Curry gets his ensign stripe in the middle of the Summer after he gets an ROTC Midn. Cruise out of the way. He then goes to Newport for Surface Warfare Officers School, 85

thence to sea. Son Mike continues to follow horse seriously at Virginia Interment College, and he wiU one day produce and handle a Derby winner — no doubt about it. (Knowing Warren, he'U probably forget to bet on him.) Wanen works for BDM and expects to continue to befuddle the Chinese Republic for at least another year.

Bill Small moved in May from his post as Vice CNO in the Pentagon to Naples and the two hats of CINCSOUTH and CINCUSNAVEUR. He reUeves BiU Crowe ('47), who moves out to CINCP A C Bill and Janet will occupy the commodious and comfortable quarters that go with the job, overlooking the Bay of Naples. A check of the May issue of the Institute Proceedings indicates that BiU is the sole '48 survivor stiU serving on active duty.

On Wednesday, 11 May, the regular '48 luncheon honored Bill, who was departing that afternoon for his new job. He invited us all to come visit, and I suspect he'd even be glad to see the rest of you guys if you get out that way.

The Class luncheon mustered the following mates: Gene Spalding, Grechanik, Martenson, Stacy, Carlquist, Don Hall, Dick Bates, Jack BeU, Dick Adams, Jochum, Knock, Dittmar, Arnold, Andrus, Bartow, Doxey, Borlaug, Ortieib, Ghormley, Prichard, Ortland, your Scribe, and of course. Bill Small. For your info, the next luncheon will be in September on Thursday the 15th, at the Army-Navy Country Club. Y'all come.

The Sumner Moores saw the graduations of two sons this season. Kitt received his MBA with honors from the Darden School of the U. of Virginia, having done a very-successful seven-year stint in the supply corps prior to returning to school. His excellent background has landed him a nice job with Alexander and Baldwin, the venerable Hawaiian sugar company. Kitt will be superintendent of material and planning for the Maui plantation and mill operation. Son Peter graduated from Washington and Lee U., with a degree in politics and French, and will be gaining some experience in one of the distinguished local think tanks this Summer.

OK, everybody. Write!

49 Pres., RAdm. John C. Barrow USN (Ret.) Sec'y Mr. T. Paul Riegert Class '49 PO Box 2741, Ariington VA 22202 Percent Members: 66 Living Grads: 616 REMINDER: If you are coming to the DC area, our class luncheons are every 2nd Tuesday, 11:30 A.M., at the New Orleans House in Rosslyn at the Va. side of the Key Bridge. We would like to publish when other groups of Classmates get together, i.e., NYC, Los Angeles, Lexington Park, etc., so let us hear from you.

News and more news! The response has been great. Thanks and apologies to each of you who has sent news only to learn by the time it appears that it has become ancient history, e.g., one class critic, a Shakespeare of the PR profession, and one of the most faithful class correspondents, was compeUed to call my attention to this fact with a poignant verse that ended with "Please try to use the latest news, not stuff that's dSja vu " (Paul Laric). My thanks and apologies to Shipmate; they have been compelled to use stale news because of the way I forward it and the fact that the magazine only allows so much space to a Class. So when we have a lot of news as this time, I submit more than my allowance and only part of it is published.

Also, if 1 miss a month or am late with my submission, they use what wasn't used from previous time. So much for that . . .

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I am sorry to start this column with a sad note.

As you know, Arch Ruggieri died February 4, 1983. I spoke with Arch shortly before he died.

He was aware of the seriousness of his illness and asked that 1 tell the Class how much he appreciated them and how often he thought of them. He gave me some names that I contacted, and he had heard from John Hemann, and that John was recuperating from an illness and that his new wife was taking good care of him. He said that he had also heard from Gerry Dyer who expected to get his law degree this year. As many of you know.

Arch was an AU-American soccer player at the Academy. He went into the Marine Corps after graduation and stayed through the Korean Conflict. He left the Corps and became marketing manager for several large national companies for 16 years, then started his own business which he operated until his death. He was active in the Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Business Associates and vice president of the Berwyn Centennial Celebration.

He was also associated with a theater group, — as actor, director and producer. He was chairman of the Chester County Board of Realtors. Arch is survived by his mother, his former wife, a son and five daughters.

Another sad item is the death of LCdr. Albert A. Schaufelberger USN '71, son of Virginia and Al Schaufelberger, tragically kiUed in El Salvador on 24 May. Young Al was on duty with the Navy mission and prior to his death had received high visibiUty in the media as "America's military connection" with El Salvador.

Al and Virginia live at 512 Tarpon Blvd., Fripp Island SC 22920, tel.: 803/838-3276. The deepest sympathy of the Class is extended to the family.

Next Idea: Update on active duty Classmates.

Rumor has it that three will retire in September — Ed Waller, Ralph Ghormley and Tom Kilcline.

Remaining on duty after that date: Jim Watkins, Kiddy Carr, Ed Briggs, Bob Walters, Joe Ekelund, Glen Clark, Jim Webber and Bill Hamihon. Ed Kocher retired last April and now resides in Carmel, California.

Back to my favorite pen pal, from whom I have three current letters, each with a square-rigger as letterhead and a pennant which reads, "Don't Give Up the Ship." Paul Laric, you're a prince, and thanks for your faithful support. Don't give up on me — I'll get all of your news into this column sooner or later. In your first letter. Bob Walters was the NY Alumni guest speaker (I believe that news made a previous issue), and you also said that Phil Vladessa was trying to pry a photo of the meeting loose from somebody who was on vacation. Also, there is a comment about your vacation which states: "Like ships passing in the night . . . BiU Stutt and Paul Laric recently caught glimpses of one another at the JFK baggage checkout counter. It developed that they had both spent the previous eight hours aboard the same plane out of Geneva, Switzerland, returning from

respective family ski vacations — Gstaad, Switzerland and Val d' Is^re, France. To make up for lost time, they met at a lunch a few days later to exchange ski stories . . . and, yes, sea stories from way back."

Your second letter informs the Class of Arch Ruggieri's death and lists an address to send condolences, RD 3, Kenneth Rd., Kenneth Square PA 19348. The third letter forwarded the promised alumni photo, which is showTi here with, it is hoped, the correct caption.

The following "tid-bits" are not in chronological order: Betty and BUI Callaghan have returned from a business trip they made to Spain this Spring; they have a summer place on the Mediterranean near Gibraltar. (Betty promises more news later.) Bill said that he. Bob Ripley, Jim Smith and Harry Bryant each bought a place in the same area on the Med some time ago. Jim and Harry are deceased, but their famiUes stUl use the apartments, and when all four famiUes are there at the same time there is "high elation" and it is a real fun time. BiU and Betty made a side trip to Crete where they met CharUe Smith and his lovely Greek wife.

Charlie works for Northrup and lives in Crete; he has something to do with drones for a NATO missile range. He also reports to Athens periodically where he maintains an apartment and checks in with his father-in-law, a Greek Army officer.

At the last meeting of the Naval Academy Foundation, Jim Watkins and Ed WaUer were honored guests and four other Classmates present. AU were "Poolys" — (JV footbaU players) — Grabowsky, Wood, Goldman and HamUton. Fred said he wouldn't miss a meeting because he eats his contribution's worth of crabs at each meeting.

Our April luncheon reported that Jack Leisure is living up to his name. He is enjoying Ufe on an 800-acre estate that adjoins a national forest.

Classmates are invited to join Jack for "leisure" hunts in his woods — PO Box 102, RD #1, Blair PA 17006 (near Hershey).

Speaking of hunting, according to Bart Bartholomew, Randy Young retired as C O . of the Yorktown Depot where he had invited Classmates to use his place for hunting. Is that offer still good, Randy?

Another hunting invitation, this time from Vessel Point Lodge, Knotts Island NC 27905; tel.: 804/428-8531. Marvin Frazee invites Classmates to hunt fowl or fish. He says he can sleep ten in comfort, twenty in sin, or two-hundred-and-fifty "Bay Belle" style, whatever that means.

Marv report seeing Fran and Dan Florence during a spring vacation in Florida.

The Navy League hosted a reception on 25 May to kick off the Navy's summer pageants at the Navy Yard. AU area Classmates were invited guests of the CNO. Those who missed it lost out on a great time and a good show. (Barkley Wood feU asleep while watching TV and missed out. He blames it on too much work, but I think it's A.G.E.) Earlier in March the Navy League spon-

At the New York meeting with Bob Walters, deputy CNO — front, 1. to r., Phil Vladessa, Bob, Bobbie (Mrs.) Horan, Chuck DiBenedetto; standing — Ed Maguire, Fred Horan, David Sprague, Bob Salomon, Jack EngUsh, Paul Laurie, Don Lister, Dan Kahn, Harvey Conover, Dick Glickman

Shipmate, July-August 1983

sored its annual exhibit for sea-air-space at The Sheraton Hotel. Jim Watkins was the main speaker and provided an inspiring message on our Navy's readiness. Other Classmates who attended were Sbap Shapiro, Bob SeUe and WaUy Valencia. Bob and WaUy were accompanied by their wives, and 1 spoke with WaUy's wife, Maeve-Anne, who informed me that their son Ed Uves in NYC (where they went after the exhibit) and their daughter is a teacher in Reston, Virginia.

My betrothed and 1 had diimer with Katherine and Bob SeUe; Bob is a Ufe member of the Alumni Association and a national director of the Navy League as weU as chairman of its investment committee. Bob operates The Investment Counsel Association of Massachusetts in Boston.

According to Al Thomson, Marjorie and Wes Ijndsey's son Bruce was married this Spring and theu other son, Scotty, is a major in the Marine Corps. Both are Naval Academy graduates. And Ted Hammer states that OUve and Joe Kirkbride's daughter was married the first week of May. (More mfo later from Ted?)

50 Pres., Cdr. WUliam A. Kiehl USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wayne L. Jensen USN (Ret.) 499 SkyhUl Q . , Chula Vista CA 92010 Percent Members: 65 Living Grads: 510 It should be noted that the Naval Academy Alimrni Association goes along with aU the provisions of corporation responsibUity, i.e., you must be aware of meetings, voting privUeges and those other things that must be brought to the attention of its stockholders or membership. This, the Alumni Association has always done. Sometimes the term "issued the caU" has been misunderstood and perhapK your Cortesponding Secretary has not explained fuUy. The By-Laws of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association provide that each Class . . . may send a representative to the Board meetings, . . . but not have voting privUeges. Cap>taln Busik has again expressed the hope that aU Classes wiU remain weU represented in Board of Trustees Meetings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the last held on 19 May. The views of the Class are expressed in many different forms, but it shoiUd be understood that any input to the Executive Director, WUUam S. Busik, can best be done through the Class Secretary. All of your thoughts and desires for change are welcome. Together with the change of editors, now is the time for aU to let be known your desires for change in the format for informing the rest of the aass.

In an interview with the San Diego Union the end of April, Sylvester Foley told that paper that, "There's a clear difference between nuclear weapons and nuclear propulsion, and that's not always perceived in the various areas where we go." He added that the Soviet Pacific Fleet was once the backwater of the Soviet Navy. That's aU changed. It is now the largest of the four Soviet Fleets. Perhaps with those observations on the part of CINCPACFLT, some of the votes on the behalf of Western Congressmen might change.

Marvin Schenker writes from 215 North Coconut Lane, Miami Beach FL 33139, to say that Diane Stimler reports that our Classmate, Dick Slimier, passed away 28 February 1983 after suffering from leukemia first diagnosed in May 1982.

He is survived by wife Diane and three grown children, Paul, Sandy and Jody. Dick's ashes, in accordance with his request, wiU be scattered at sea on the Oregon Coast. Diane resides at 4153 Hwy. 238, JacksonvUle OR 97530. Marv and Dick were Plebe year roommates and later shipmates Shipmate, July-August 1983

in HELENA (CA-75). They both served in submarines and had X.O. tours simultaneously in Key West boats. Together they hosted Ueutenant commander wetting-down parties. Dick had retired in Oregon and worked as a property appraiser, and raised cows, horses and game birds, along with fishing on the coast. We wiU al\ miss this straighttalking, down-to-earth friend. Classmate and ship)mate. Marv retired in 1977 after a career almost entirely in submarines, including three submarine commands and two commands ashore. In 1977 Helene and Marv went home to Miami, Florida, and the commerical shipping business. He has been associated with the Port of Miami, "Cruise Capitol of the World," and manages the service end of a major marine electronics firm catering to commercial shipping at Miami and Port Everglades.

Also, he has become an avid sailboat racer, racing his own sloop and often crewing on ocean racers. The Schenkers have two grown sons who Uve together in Miami. Harold is a senior staff counsel at Ryder Systems corporate headquarters and Allan teaches windsurfing and biulds surf saUers.

The date is 11 August 1857 and Richard Mercer has invited friends for a Soiree at Parkhurst, his West River home. Dinner is served at 1700 with dancing at 2(X)0 in the magnificent ballroom. The guests arrive by carriage along the circular driveway. After 126 years, Parkhurst is stiU one of the coimtry's architectural treasures. Today it is owned and appreciated by Donna smd Bryon Lee. Bryon decided five years ago that AnnapoUs was the retirement place for him, and so he bought Parkhurst. Then he found talents he never knew existed for the numerous repsur and restoration jobs he was caUed upon to do. The Lees caU their South County place a dreamhome because it aUows for quiet time when they can relax and look over their pasture lands. They have several horses and ponies and Doima points to two blue ribbons won in recent riding meets. Donna says as weU that she and Bryon Uved in eighteen different homes during the active service career, but now they are truly at home in AnnapoUs. The WUey Press recentiy pubUshed Planning for Organizational Success: A Practical Guide by our own Bruce Stone. Bruce is president of Lakeview Associates, and senior research associate at the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University in TaUahassee. Bruce is a senior member of the Society for AppUed Learning Technology and resides in Pensacola, Florida.

Samuel F. Powel, 111 The Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, has announced the appointment of Sam Powel III, as technical director of the U.S. Coast Guard's Research and Development Center in Grot on, Connecticut. Sam transferred from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to the Coast Guard, both Department of Transportation agencies. Sam's duties are to provide scientific, technical and managerial leadership for the center.

He serves as principal advisor to the Commanding Officer.

Roy Highberg sends his last report of Washington (DC) doings and his last from the McLean address. The Flagship was the site of the April luncheon at which 15 were present: Pete Block, Deke Forbes, Roy, Rocky Holman, BiU Kiehl, Ward Lasley, Gayle May, Ed McLean, Lee Minnis, Gene Morin, Bob OUver, Tom Ross, BiU Smoot, Roy Snyder, and Ted Speaker. Rocky hadn't been aroimd Washington for some time and he is quality assurance manager at Bethlehem Steel Spartows Point Shipyard in Maryland and Ed McLean works for the Environmental Protection Agency. Ann and Tom Ross are now back in the Annapolis area and besides their work, are kept busy by their five grandchildren. Ted Speaker has a new grandson who was recently baptized in the USNA Chapel. BUl Kiehl announced that it looks Uke the dedication of the 30th gift wiU be in late Summer or early FaU, and he hopes to combine it with a P-rade and a get-together. Washington area residents will be advised.

From 753 Ashdale Dr. Apt. 2, Charleston SC 29407, Jesse Schultz checks in to assure all that he is aUve and kicking. He advises that he has resigned from his position as administrator of the Hibernian Society and since that time has just been a member and doing the traveUing he always intended to do. He remembers weU his last encounters with your C S . when they last got together in Japan in 1966. Jesse just packed the car and took off for points South and West of Charleston.

In Florida he visited with a former X.O. and then with brother, Paul, Class of '38. From Florida he drove along the Gulf Coast over to Houston and watched TV with F. Ames Smith. It was the first time he had seen Ames since graduation and he says that the Smiths were getting ready for their daughter's wedding. Ames is doing weU with EXXON. Then on to RosweU, New Mexico, and a sister's home before the venture on to El Paso and a reunion with Harry Hussmann and Doris. Jesse, Harry and J. B. FarreU had roomed together aU four years at the Naval Academy. Harry is prospering, running his father's many enterprises. Unfortunately, the visit was cut short when Doris received the sad news that her father has passed away. Zeph promises to keep in touch and adds that he sees Don Fears and Bob King fairly often.

Dave Emerson was in Charleston for awhUe after retirement, but has since moved to the DC area.

In the 1982 Annual Report of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, we are pleased to note that Thor Hanson is indeed on board and doing the job. Thor says that he is pleased and privileged to be in the new career as the president and chief executive officer of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He adds that a goodly portion of his time wiU be spent in deciding just how to bring the Society's influences to bear in Washington â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on legislation and other government actions that affect research and patient services.

In San Diego, we thought that D-Day the 6th of June was a good day to get-together and celebrate the fact that none of us had to storm the beaches at "Omaha" that 6th of June so long ago.

And so the visit of Dick Thurston down from Prove, Utah, was enough excuse to gather the Class of '50. It appeared that we would get eighteen out of '50 out to lunch and then that evening the Thurstons, Howards and Skinners gathered for dinner at the Jensens. Perhaps this wiU be the start of monthly events in the San Diego area for the Class of '50. Dick is getting along very weU, stiU enjoys the many seafood offerings of San Diego, and particularly enjoys the heady oxygenfiUedair of a sea level environment.

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51 Pres., Cdr. Bruce L. Meader USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Jack Hamilton, USN (Ret.) 9215 Cutting Horse Court Springfield VA 22153 Percent Members: 60 Living Grads: 603 April was a busy month, what with a Board meeting and the Annual Meeting on the 16th at Alumni House in Annapolis. It was a bash, and the 86 people who came for the fun beat the old total by a bunch! Preceded by the Maryland-Navy lacrosse game, which our boys won in an upset 10-9 in the last 25 seconds (same score they had beaten Army by the week before), the gang assembled at six on a fairy tale afternoon — trees budding, some azaleas out, and everyone in good humor, except for the parking! Dick Livingston, who made all the arrangements and supervised flawlessly throughout the evening, put on a fine show, with an open bar and hors d'oeuvres (the latter mostly for the ladies while we had our meeting), a great curry dinner, and a side table wUh chilled chabUs a'plenty. Really weU done. The meeting was its usual raucous self, but a few things got done — like elections, news of the class gift status, and several stirring motions. Our new directors — Bill Marin, Lou Sarosdy, and Bill Smedberg! Welcome to the "can do" Board — every once in a while. For our outgoing directors, Jim Mehl, Paul Tuzo and Dutch Schuller, thanks for the help, and mostly for the patience and perseverance. Jim hosted most of our meetings at his office in Crystal City, and Paul is still with us as tour director (more later!). The officers remain as is until next year, except for three-year President Bruce Meader — Ward DeGroot as Vice Prexy, Joe Bray as Treasurer, and moi. Three directors stay on for another year — Dick Livingston, Doug Mow and Brooke Read, who have also done much for us all in their first year.

The class gift status amounts to this: after intensive research by the committee of Trent Shaver and Ward DeGroot, and still more investigation

by Bruce Meader, we have decided that the Alumni Association will keep track of our contributions separately, and will do the administering, and when we get sizeable chunks saved up we can designate them for worthy projects — as decided by the Board. This frees future boards, saves us the trouble of administering (a no-small effort), and has as the only drawback that we don't add the investment earnings to our total. But, importantly, you can get a tax deduction by giving to the Alumni Association, but you can't by giving directly to the Class. So — we beUeve it's a good deal, and those gathered at the meeting believed the same.

The out-of-towners at the meeting were Monica and Jim Loferski, down from New Joisey to see us, but especially their son Andy, who is a hot hitter for the baseball team, like .500!; our "external locals" Eileen and Fred Gambke from Richmond; and Fredda and Jim Winnefeld, back from a two-year stint in Santa Monica with RAND Corporation, and now in their old home at 4000 Belle Rive Terrace, Alexandria VA 22309. Was good to see June Doering with son Chip, and Eric Nelson, who spends most of his time captaining a tanker round the world. Woody Johns was also there, absenting himself from California for a while to write a book, and Uving at Andrews AFB. The other locals were the Bannermans, Benjovskys, Boyces, Brays, Brumfiels, Christners, DeGroots, Dewings, Dietrichs, Doggetts, Gilchrists, Cinders and guest Lee Ingham,

Hamiltons, David R. Jameses, BiU Johnson, Betts Sherman and Dick Livingston, Peggy Nelson and Al Maclnnis, Marins, McCrelesses, Meaders, Mehls, Mows, Don Moyer, MueUers, Will Olson, Raithels, Reads, SchuUers, Shaffers, Shavers, Smalls, Smedbergs, Stockdales, Stuarts, Swarts, Thomases, Tuzos, Watts, Woodburys, and George Yeager.

About this time you should be getting the annual mailout. In addition to the reports of the last two meetings, plus financial statement, you should find a return postcard. It's important! Please fill it in to give us info for the upcoming directory.

And please also let us know your interest in going on one of the cruises we're planning. Paul Tuzo has put together a wealth of info on cruises, and the headliner is next year's cruise to Alaska. We're also planning a trip to Jamaica, or possibly elsewhere in the Caribbean, by air, to stay at a hotel for a week. We're most anxious to know your honest interest in going, so we can make plans.

So get the cards back pronto. We need plenty of lead time.

Bruce Meader reports that 14 attended the May luncheon at the Flagship — Bannerman, Boyes, Brodie, Brumfiel, Christner, Corrigan, Dewing, lacona, Meader, O'Kane, Redfield, Shaver, Tuzo and Woodbury. Yours truly contracted the "Tom Boyce syndrome" (proposal writing) and got waylaid.

For those who remember BUI Harvey, who died in the Med in an air crash back in 1963, Don Moyer passed on a clipping from the Williamsport (PA) paper at the annual meeting, that Bill's mother Ruth died after 90 years of life and just 11 days short of her 60th wedding anniversary.

Our mailout announcing the annual meeting prompted oiUy one returned notice, for Bob Harding, Col. USAF (Ret.). Anybody know his whereabouts? Our missing list is still only 25, so let's keep it that way, or less!

Edward Clausner Lee "Eagle Eyes" Doggett has done it again, spotting the following news in the April issue of the Maritime Reporter: our Ed Clausner, who has been the director of the ocean technology division of Tracor Marine, Inc. at Fort Lauderdale has been named vice president of the company. In his new capacity, Ed is responsible for the ocean technology/engineering divisions, including scientific, engineering, and marine-oriented activities, as well as the three company-owned research vessels and the naval vessel SEACON which is operated and maintained by Tracor Marine under government contract. Ed also directs an engineering group that designs and supervises the fabrication of special-purpose deck machinery and electronic equipment in support of their marine operations. Among Ed's other functions is supervising the design and implementation of deep-ocean mooring systems. Now, Ed, it's only fair that you consider using your three vessels for our class cruise in 1984! Right on!

Roger and Lyn Lewis If you happened to read the 1952 news in the May issue, you may have seen a famiUar face, unfortunately positioned in the wrong area by the photographic editor. Here it is again — Lyn and Roger Lewis. As reported in the May issue, Roger died on 14 February in Fort Lauderdale. Our deepest sympathy is expressed to the family.

This may be the last state/area Usting in this column, depending on our getting out the class directory in the Fall. So, this month we start at the beginning of the alphabet with Alabama, Arizona, then pick up the oversees and Latin American bunches. Alabama: Mrs. Henry L. Baulch, 3408 Royal Carriage, Montgomery 36116 (Jocelyn H.); LCol. Donald A. Brewer USAF (Ret.), 3926 Meredith Dr., Montgomery 36109; Mr. John W. Coleman, 2306 W. Aberdeen, Montgomery 36116; Col. Bernard S. Morgan, Jr. USAF (Ret.), 2808 Bentley Rd., SE, Huntsville 35801; Col. David T. Stockman USAF (Ret.) (Lucia), 102 Tuckabatchee Ct., Montgomery 36117; Mr. Antonio R. Torruela, P.O. Box 2502, Huntsville 35804; Mr. Donald E. Walston, 4425 Fredericksburg Dr., Mountain Brook 35213.

Arizona: LCol. Richard L. Anderton USMC (Ret.), 6507 S. Rita Lane, Tempe 85283; Col. Jackson H. Bowden USAF (Ret.), 3840 N. 43rd Ave., Apt. 22, Phoenix 85017; LCol. James R. Brown USAF (Ret.), 622 Calle Bolo Lane, Goodyear 85338; Maj. Charles B. Duke, Jr. USAF (Ret.), 9264 E. 29th St., Tucson 85713; Mrs. John T. Heigl, Jr. (Lois A.), 2439 E. Brown St., Phoenix 85028.

Latin America: RAdm. Geraldo Sykvio C. Guimaraes BN, SQS 113 — Block G, Apt. 603, Distrito Federal, Brazilia 70376, PA312, Brazil; RAdm. Osvaldo F. (Fourzan) Marques MN, Director, H. Escuela Naval MUitare, Anton Lizardo. Vera Cruz, PA356, Mexico (Teresa); Capt. Armando Reategui PRN (Ret.), Ministerio de Marina (Epaprode), Avenida Salaverry, Lima, PA372, Peru; Capt. Alfonso Maria Saenz EN (Ret.), P.O. Box 7337, Guayaquil, PA336, Ecuador; Capt.

Carlos Socrates Tovar VN (Ret.), c/o Commandancia General de la Marina, Avendai VoUmer San Bernardino, Caracas 101, PA384, Venezuela.

Overseas: Capt. John H. Bres USN (Ret.), Staff, CINCEASTLANT, APO New York 09241; Capt.

Armen Chertavian USN (Ret.), c/o US Embassy, Box R, APO, New York 09667; Capt. Gulmer A. Hines, Jr. USN (Ret.) (Bud) (Sue), Redatacks, 10 Sandy Lodge Rd., Moor Park, Richmansworth WD3 ILJ, EU52, England; Capt. Rafael Augusto Taylhardat VN (Ret.) (Anna Maria), Calle de Bristol 14, 20-A, Madrid 28, PA376, Spain; LCdr. Thomas W. Trout USN (Ret.), B Flat Seabridge Hall, 225 Seabridge Lane, Newcastle Staffs ST5 3LS, England. Gerry Thomas is also overseas, in Taiwan, but don't have an address for him.

News has been sparse this month, but the board has much to do during the Summer and early FaU, getting out the annual report, putting together the directory, and lining up the Homecoming party at Bay Ridge Inn on 22 October (Pittsburgh game).

Don't miss it. Plan on it now. Write soon, aU of you (ten per month!).

Shipmate, July-August 1983

52 Pres., LCdr. Bosquet N. Wev Jr. USN (Ret.) Capt. Frank N. Hannegan USN (Ret.) 9378 Tartan View Dr., Fairfax VA 22032 Percent Members: 61 Living Grads: 623 The advantage of a selective memory is that the passage of time can be ignored when it is better for the ego to perpetuate the view that one really is StiU quite young. As someone said recentiy, middle age is halfway between your present age and 100. (Perspective obviously is the key.) Anyway, a few years ago at BuUis a fellow student made quite a splash in the newspapers. It seems that in order to get from his home in Alaska to prep school in Silver Spring and thence to the Naval Academy he rode a bike! In company with his father and sister, he traveled down the then unimproved Alcan Highway to the lower 48 and then headed East until the approach of the start of school forced the journey to end. Even in this era of remarkable individual accomplishments Dave Sperling's bike ride stands cis a true measure of determination and spirit of adventure. As you wiU see from the foUowing letter Dave stiU "goes for the gusto": "Just a short note (my first) to give you an update on our whereabouts and to track down addresses of a couple of our Classmates.

CNO saw fit to retire me (4 Feb. 83) foUowing an extended tour as Defense and Naval Attache in Cairo, Egypt. Probably the most interesting tour of my career, of which 11 of past 13 were spent overseas in Germany, Italy, SicUy and Egypt. A two-year break was spent in Pensacola as CNET IG. My family UteraUy grew in DOD schools.

Oldest son, Mike, graduated with USNA '81 and is now completing training as an A-6 B/N at Whidbey Island, wiU join his squadron with Yokusuka-homeported USS MTOWAY. Daughter MicheUe is married into the Navy, a mother of two-year-old daughter (the most brilUant and beautiful granddaughter in the world), and receives her nursing cap on 7 May at Pensacola (Judy and 1 wiU fly down for the occasion). Youngest son (Doug) is a coUege student at Pensacola and has high hopes to also foUow the 'old man' into naval aviation. I am presently employed by Coin Depot Corp. of Elizabeth (NJ) and Uving in Long Island but anticipate moving to inland New Jersey in the future. Judy and I completed 26 years of a super marriage on 3 March and looking forward to as many more in the future. Now that we're settled down on the East Coast, perhaps we can find the time to participate in a '52 reunion. P.S. Yes, Judy and 1 were in the stands, a short distance from President Sadat on the day of his assassination.

6 October 1981 wiU always be remembered with great sadness."

Wilson bridge nightmares, creeping and crawling on Shirley Highway, jackknifed tractor trailers on the "outer loop" by the Mormon Temple, the 495/1-95 jam-up at Springfield, or worst of aU bUzzards at rush hour: To you not of the Washington area, those are some of the detractions from an otherwise enjoyable Ufe style. P. A. Lindsay decided the detractions outweighed the advantages, and took off for Ufe in Maine. He writes, "I'm alive and well in Hancock (ME) and was elected last November as president of the State's Pine Tree Chapter of TROA. I'm also in my 3rd term of elected town official, being First Selectman, Assessor and Overseer. The weather is not that bad, the air is pure, and the scenery is outstanding. It's a pure deUght to go to a Navy PX and Commissary in Acadia National Park. Beats the heU out of 1-95. I just couldn't see becoming a

Shipmate, July-August 1983

'Freeway Bandit' when I retired in '79. Instead I took off for rural life in Maine and really enjoy being part of the community; doing-helpingsharing. It is much more rewarding than chasing the almighty $$. Wes Dow is expected up this way in June. Does anyone know the whereabouts of BiU Harthron? Beat ARMY (soundly)!!! P.S. 1 garden, hunt (out back) and am trying for the third time to win a spot in the moose lottery." For those contemplating a trip north, P. A.'s address is Eagle's Roost, Hancock ME 04640.

It was inevitable. Announcing a youngest baby challenge had to generate a response. From Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lee Appell writes " . . . the latest Shipmate has prompted me to write. Howie McCollum's claim to the youngest offspring at ten isn't good enough. My son is seven and he has two sisters, ten and eleven years old. AU three are native Floridians, having been born in Fort Lauderdale.

Eddie Pastorino lives up the coast a few miles in Delray Beach. We see each other regularly since his business is in Fort Lauderdale. Both of us had planned on attending the 30th Reunion but last minute circumstances changed that. I enjoy your column! Best wishes to you and all our Classmates in the DC area."

It is reputed to be the silent service, but if it has been to now, things are changing in the submarine Navy. As you can see from the following letter from Vince Argiro, the submariners have organized to articulate their views as well as to enjoy a bit of camaraderie. "Yesterday I went to the first annual meeting of the Naval Submarine League.

It was a mini-class reunion! '52ers present were: Al Bress, Bob Connelly, Charlie Darrell, Curt SheUman, Howard McCoUum, BiU Roberts, Frank Wadsworth, Jake Brown, Jack O'ConneU, Al Kelln, Biscuit Wev, Woody Ramsey, Jim Keane, Rae Arisen and Harry Simpson. The Submarine League is a new organization formed to provide active support for a strong submarine force. Al Kelln has been key to getting this organization started — and he has dene an eutstandng job.

There are over 700 members already on the rolls with over 200 at this first meeting. Al, Woody Ramsey and Jim Keane are on the board of directors. Anyone interested in joining, please contact me for details. Sorry Joan and 1 are not able to attend the annual class meeting but we had a conflict — ASNE, which 1 could not get out of." For those interested, Vince's address is Newport News Shipbuilding, Tenneco, Crystal Square 4, Suite 505, 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, ArUngton VA 22202.

The trip to Reading, Pennsylvania, to take advantage of the discount shopping and the hospitality of Jack Sheehan's motel is becoming an annual event much looked forward to by those here in the East. This year's outing was 8-10 April and was well attended. Hork Dimon reports: "Those that made the easy drive to Reading had a fabulous time, drizzly weather notwithstanding. Friday evening a group went downtown and dined by candlelight in an 18th century log cabin. A great meal! We closed the place 3 Vi hours later. Others chose to take advantage of the Friday seafood buffet at Sheehan's motel, and pronounced it the best they had ever had. Saturday evening we had cocktails in the Board Room and a private dinner in the Library. Another great meal, fine service, the whole bit. Those that let this function pass missed a really grand time, especially since in between meals the Class of '52 was aU over Reading, saving money like mad in the 200 factory outlet stores located there. Even those who weren't buying much found it great fun to just see these places.

Classmates had no trouble maxing the course, for Jack had a staff member give us all a briefing on

the setup at nine Saturday morning and handed us each packets of maps and info. Those who participated in this year's gathering: Carmen and Larry Layman, Dolly and Ed Leonard, Bev and Brice Bradshaw, Joan and Vince Argiro, Didi and Virg Moore, Marilyn and Tom Tonseth, Petey and Biscuit Wev, Ann and Harry Bixby, Betty and Jim Fischer, Nan and Jim Quinn, Patty and George Brown, Sjana and Hork Dimon, Rosemarie Blades and Jerry Madigan."

On May 6th the Washington area contingent gathered at Fort Myer for the annual Spring Dinner dance. The turnout was quite good despite the competition from ASNE, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. The participants were: Sally and John Alexander, Ginny and Marv Alexander, Rita and Garnett Bailey, June and Jake Brown, Ann and Harry Bixby, Sarah Jones and Larry Chambers, Betty and Jim Fischer, Nancy and Frank Hannegan, Fran and Ron Hattin, Emily and John Haaren, Nancy and Bob Jacob, Peggy and Jim Keane, Lois and Doane Kiechel, Rosemary and Walt Locke, Rheala and Don McPadden, Peg and Tom Norman, Nancy and Paul Peters, Eloise and Doug Payne, Lois and Dick Smith, Jane and Bill Studabaker, Betty and Harry Spencer, Bobbie and Jim Troutman, Penny Vahsen, Petey and Biscuit Wev, Margo and Jack Wilson, and Rita and Jerty Zacharias. Since this also served as a business meeting, Jim Fischer presented his treasurer's report. It was quite detailed, so I will only summarize here, but should anyone desire to see the full report please write your secretary for a copy. The bottom line is that the '52 bank account, deposits and investments total (as of 6 May 83) is $19,490, as compared to $16,195 on 7 May 1982. Jim also reported that we have a stock of ties, buttons, scarves, jewelry, napkins, towels, etc. valued at $3,093. Anyone interested in buying any of these specialized class items should write direct to Jim. Before wrapping up, a like father-like son note.

Dick Denfeld's son Phil has proven to be an accomplished athlete as was his father. Phil is playing professional football for the Arizona Wranglers in the United States Football League.

Congratulations, Phil; the '52 football fans will look forward to following your successes.

WeU, ya'U, that's it for now. To those who responded so admirably to my pleas for support, many thanks for your letters — it was great hearing from you.

53 Pres., Capt. Augustine E. Hubal Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. C. E. Mumford, GRI 1303 Towlston Rd., Vienna VA 22180 703/759-3115 Percent Members: 59 Living Grads: 644 Monthly luncheons continue to be weU attended on the first Tuesday of each and every month.

Thirty-six classmates attended the May luncheon.

Eugene Van Hoof, 734 W. Washington, Jackson MI 49201 and Bull Purdum just happened to be in town for a Naval Submarine League Conference. Purdum promised to give us an update on his solar home in RI. On 9 May

1983,

onboard USS

BLUE RIDGE

(LCC-19), in Yokosuka, Japan, VAdm. M. Stacer Holcomb USN, Commander United States Seventh Fleet, was relieved by VAdm. James Robert Hogg USN '56. BGen. Harry James Mott III USAR reports his current address as 1900 S. Eads Street, Arlington VA 22202. Harry left USNA during 3/c year and is now brigadier

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general in the Army reserves, stationed at the Pentagon as director Army reserves.

In Rockville, Maryland a man rammed his car into a woman's car on 1-270 and when she stopped to survey the damage, assaulted her, bit off her right eyebrow, and fled when a passing motorist intervened. You guessed it, retired Marine Col. Bruce Ogden was the passing motorist who intervened and took the woman to the State Police Barracks. The attacker was later apprehended.

Dave Frost has retired and is the new staff director for management at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Joe Gildea has retired and is now in charge of the Saudi Arabia Ship Repair Facility.

On Friday, 29 April 1983, eight members of the Class attended ceremonies in which the Class of 1923 turned over sponsorship of the 23rd Company Wardroom to the Class of 1953. The ceremony included an inspection of the wardroom on the first floor of the Fourth Wing, followed by noon meal formation inspection and noon meal with members of the 23rd Company. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke led the six Class of 1923 representatives.

Art GUmore has been working hard trying to locate some 200 missing Classmates that do not have a current address on file at the Alumni Association. We will try to publish a list of these individuals in the future.

30th Reunion — Reservations are pouring in for the big event. This is being held the weekend of 23-25 September, with the Annapolis Hilton as headquarters. Extra flyers may be obtained from the class sec'y.

USNA Homecoming — during the week end of 21-22 October wiU feature a class brunch on Saturday morning prior to the football game, much the same as last year's big success.

54 Pres., Col. FitzwUliam M. Woodrow Jr. USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. R. K. Sheehan USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. M. J. Stoffel USN (Ret.) 6208 Jefferson Blvd., Frederick MD 21701 (O) 703/734-6615; (H) 301/371-4166 Percent Members: 58 Living Grads: 639 A note from Bob Schlenzig arrived too late to be of help to him, but is of interest to us: "1 volunteered to coordinate our class participation in the June Week West festivities to be held at the Town and Country Hotel, San Diego. For those who have not been to San Diego in recent years, there are many attractions — the famous San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Wild Animal Park, Tijuana, (including horse races and buU fights), good beaches, harbor cruises and a lot of Classmates.

"John Tate helped out with the '30 minus 1' reunion. For those wanting to contact me, my duty Station is C O . , Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, Box 106, Naval Station, San Diego CA 92136, 619/235-2524, A/V 958-2524. Marion and 1 are in quarters at the Amphib Base, 115 Rendova Circle, Coronado CA 92118, 619/437-1231.

During June Week West, Classmates from LA and SD formulated Class plans for the 1983 A/N Game in the Rose Bowl to assist those who are joining from other parts of the country."

Dwight and Maxine Agnew

David S. Bigelow Tenneco Inc. announces that David S. Bigelow has been named president of the newly created executive board of Poclain S.A., Tenneco's international construction equipment affiliate. Poclain, which has headquarters in Le Plessis-Belleville, France, created the executive board, which is responsible for the operation of the company.

Bigelow joined the Tenneco organization in 1975, when he became senior vice president of corporate operations at J. I. Case in Racine, Wisconsin. He earned graduate degrees in civil engineering and business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic and the University of Chicago, and he was on active duty for seven years and had extensive business experience in Canada, England and Brazil before joining Tenneco.

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Dwight Agnew sends: "Greetings from sunny Charleston! As you can see from the enclosed photograph, Maxine and I were married on 9 April here at the Weapons Station. Classmate Pete Wells, who is the director of the Family Services Center for the Commander of the Naval Base, Charleston, was my best man. Maxine and 1 went to Bermuda for our honeymoon and while there had dinner with Donna and Ned Shuman. They live in quarters right on the water at the Navy Annex which overlooks Ned's sailboat moored closeby. Incidentally, Ned won the open ocean sailing race the week end we were there. Donna is enjoying the horseback riding around the beautiful countryside of the island.

"About the only other Classmate 1 see on a somewhat regular basis is Fred Franco. Charleston is in his marketing area and he comes by for a visit a couple of times a year.

"I am toured to remain on as Commanding Officer of the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, until June of 1984. 1 hope that Maxine and 1 can make it up for Homecoming this year and get to see some of the Washington crowd."

Dick Boverie is now a vice president of Citicorp in New York. Prior to joining Citicorp, Dick was serving as director of defense programs on the National Security Council staff at the White House.

Dick had been with the National Security Council since he retired from the Air Force in June 1982;

he moved from the National Security Council to Citicorp in April of this year.

As mentioned in the last column, Guy Cane has assumed responsibility for Homecoming arrangements and sends: "Please pass along to '54 that they don't have to wait for an invitation to make their wishes known regarding the 30th reunion plans. Call me anytime with ideas on how to make it a great one. Office number, D.C. area, 202/260-1780 and home is 301/269-0996, or drop me a note at 11 Shipwright St., AnnapoUs MD 21401."

And congratulations are due Ned Martin who is now Commander Sixth Fleet and has been promoted to vice admiral.

Barney and Joyce Greisen, Kathy and Maury Werness Barney Greisen and his wife Joyce joined Kathy and Maury Werness to represent '54 at the Colorado Spring Diimer April 29th at Lowry AFB Officers' Club. Two "Mother Bancroft" films were shown after dinner: the first was circa '50s and then one about life at USNA in the '80s. Barney and Maury both agreed "things have certainly changed!"

Both the Greisens and Wernesses are planning to attend the Army-Navy Football Game on the West Coast this November. Anyone in Colorado wishing information about this is invited to contact Maury at 303/922-6336 (days).

55 Pres., Capt. John W. Renard USN Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Clif Shumaker 8800 Old Courthouse Rd., Vienna VA 22180 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 594 Not much news due to a travel schedule too hectic to allow even local calls while passing through China Lake, Port Hueneme, San Diego, Panama City and Philadelphia. I did hit it lucky in New London; John AUes was my principal audience.

John reported that Don Knepper's reUef has been ordered in as CO SUBASE, but he didn't know where Don was off to. Renard's orders to CO NPRDC San Diego have been published.

Denny SulUvan reports that he and Don Linehan have volunteered to locate lost Classmates in preparation for the 30th. 1 wish them luck, but you out there, remember they wiU need aU the help they can get.

Dave Dunn sent in a handsome contribution to the Russ BIythe Memorial Chair Fund, but didn't include a report on his trip from Florida to San Diego in his new 48' cruiser.

Ed Eassa dropped me the following note. "Just finished the taxes: lousy year for taxes, great year for money. 1 am still in the beer distribution business in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Picked up my private pilot's ticket and am looking for a plane. If anyone has a Cessna Cardinal or Grumman Tiger available, give me a call.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

"It's a Uttie sad that the Class hasn't made many contributions to Shipmate. Every issue seems quite void of what is going on."

Bob BaUinger's father sent his class ring in the event that a Classmate has lost his and needed a replacement. Bob was kiUed in Korea in the early Seventies. The ring has a gold plug with a script B instead of a stone setting, and is for a very smaU finger. In the event we have no small '55 Bs out there, I plan to approach one of the local Naval museums or historical societies regarding setting up a smaU display in Bob's memory with his ring and crest as the centerpiece.

Bob GaUagher checked in over the week end.

Bob and Peg were in Cincinnati with Betty and Gordon Bedford, having another mini-reunion.

Bob's law practice in Morgantown, West Virginia, is prospering so he and Peg have an active Summer of traveUng scheduled. Doesn't Maine in June sound great? Gordon contmues his bout with emphysema, but remains undaunted. He took Peg for her first motorcycle ride. No, they won't send pictures.

Paul Suthertand reports that he has joined the grandparent club as of May 2. Paul also reported he had encountered Wave Graham, visiting from Atianta, at a dinner party hosted by Geoff Gardner.

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Capt. James W. Blanchard Jr. USN (Ret.) LCol. R.H. Lyle USAF (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. P. C. Peterson USN (Ret.) 13007 Clarion Road Fort Washmgton MD 20744 Percent Members: 56 Living Grads: 546 The last stop at the maU buoy yielded some better data than previous pickups, which helps make the column a Uttie more enUghtening. The foUowmg letter from Tortance, Ccdifomia's "Jake" Jacobson is an exceUent example: "Over the past several months I have come in contact with several Classmates who are in the 'lost but not forgotten' category and I thought I would drop you a note to pubUsh their whereabouts in case anyone that reads the column would be interested.

"Don Alser, Jesse Buckelew and I have been involved for most of our careers together in the space side of the Air Force. Both of them have retired now and work for TRW. Don is located here in Los Angeles and his address is 93 Cypress Way, RoUing HUls Estates CA 90274. Jess is located in Denver, Colorado, and his address is 12032 E. Maple Ave., Aurora, 95129.

"On a vacation trip to HawaU last Fall, Joan and 1 fled the hurricane on Oahu and traveled to the big island of Hawau. Much to our surprise we ran across another Classmate, Jules Gervais. We had a pleasant afternoon getting each other caught up on a Ufetime of activities. Jules left the Navy at the 5 year point and became involved in tropical agriculture. Best 1 csm recaU what he said — he worked in Central America for a few years and spent several years in charge of an enormous banana plantation in the PhiUppines. He now owns and operates Kuaola Farms, LTD, P.O. Box 4038, HUo, HawaU 96720, in which his main pursuit is raising anthurium flowers. He and his lovely wife from ThaUand, Soontaree, invited traveUng Classmates to drop by when they can.

"Joan and 1 continued to enjoy our life here in Los Angeles — 1 certainly enjoy my job in the space business and Joan is enjoying being an associate professor in the nursing department at Shipmate, July-August 1983

California State University at Long Beach. She also writes a monthly column in Ladycom magazine which is available at all commissaries — the column is called "Ask Joan" and is on health issues.

"Our son. Matt, now a firsty (Class of '84) in the 19th company, wUl join our second son, Jim, a freshman at Georgia Tech, on summer leave in a few weeks here at home. Our daughter Betsy, who graduated from U.S.C, is married and lives nearby. If any Classmates are in the L.A. area, the whole Jacobson clan would be glad to see them and catch up on the past 27 years.

"Hope to see you at Homecoming this Fall or next. Warm regards, Jake."

Thanks for the great update, Jake; I wondered where the roomies settled down. Incidentally, I noticed the new two-star stationery and can't find previous mention of it in my files.

Congratulations.

Last month's column must have struck home or the San Diego group received the stamp we sent.

Jim Thomas took the opportunity to keep the column up to speed on past and planned events as follows: "This is an extraordinary report from '56 West, and that a visit by Alice and Walt Stammer precipitated a luncheon outside of our established schedule. Walt arrived as an elected city councilman from Edmond, Oklahoma, at taxpayers' expense to recruit San Diego-area businesses to relocate to Edmond.

"After the laughter receded over Walt's mission, lizard-skin boots, mustache, and sUver belt buckle and bowlegs, we truly enjoyed seeing and hearing an old ship and submarinemate again. Alice and Walt showed off an enviable set of pictures of their 160-acre Oklahoma ranch, 35 cattle, pond, and other country Uving achievements. Further, the 'Walt Stammer Stories' competed for attention, and we presented him with an aerial photograph of San Diego as a memento. His mission may have been an exercise in futility and questionable judgment, but dear friends Uke AUce and Walt brighten even San Diego with their presence.

"The emergency luncheon at Hamburguesa with the Stammers on 28 April 83 included Eleanor and Paul Foumier, Bob Shinn, Martha and Pete Spink, Em and Joe Talbert, Martha and Jim Thomas, and Gina (to-be) and Bob Watkins. Meanwhile, our regular luncheon schedule continues, with 25 or so people routinely attending. Mai Malloy was the duty host on 12 January 83 at Hamburguesa, and Don Johnston on 16 March 83 at 94th Aero Squadron. Jim Edgerton took the one on 11 May 83. The future schedule includes 14 September and 2 November 83.

"Our next major events require maximum publicity. First, June Week West will feature a hotel-room type class party on 22 June 83, and the All-Hands Dinner-Dance on 24 June. Meantime, we are planning an elaborate Army-Navy event at the Rose Bowl. We plan to charter a party bus, do some tailgating before 1130 PST kickoff, sit in a block and party on the return trip to San Diego. Deadlines are upon us, so we need to hear ASAP from Classmates anywhere who wish to participate. Please call promptly, and we shall do our best to accommodate. In case you attend the game but make your own arrangements, look for the '56 banner over a bus somewhere, and please join us. We don't want to preempt anybody, but hereby volunteer as the '56 watering hole for the Class of '56 at the Army-Navy game, Friday, 25 November 1983."

POC: Jim Tomas (619) 487-1150 Joe Talbert (619) 435-5640

The DC Chapter luncheon held in May permitted the group of about forty to hear BUI Flight give an insight on what the Class of '87 can expect and how they stack up against the national average. Nick Brown, who is about to retire, gave an unclassified synopsis of the Five Year Defense Plan and Con Stevenson submitted a proposal for the Class of '56 Thirtieth Anniversary Memorial Gift. As dedicated subscribers of this column, you can be sure to hear about all three of the above items in the near future.

In late April, Barbara and Mike Gluse picked up their belongings in Charleston and moved to sunny downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, where Mike took command of Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

From the Civil Engineer side, comes news that Bob Quinn wiU leave San Francisco and come back east to NAVFAC Headquarters. We already have a seat for him at the next luncheon. Jack Shanley departs from NAVFAC and has been appointed as the Anne Arundel County Director of Public Works.

In rounding out news of my 20th Company roommates, I received a cUpping from the Camden (Arkansas) News, courtesy of J. P. Smith, with a photo of Harry Barnes presiding as Thirteenth Circuit Court Judge. 1 know that Honest Harry will make the proper decision.

Late word from the local DC area advises me that Rog Lyle entered Bethesda NMC in May to undergo by-pass surgery after two heart attacks.

Hopefully by the time this is printed, Rog is back on his feet and working on plans for the 27th at Andrews. We all wish him the best and look forward to his active participation.

James R. Hogg Just in time for a short addition: We are proud that a Classmate has just taken command of the Seventh Fleet. VAdm. James R. Hogg recently took over in a change of command ceremony on board BLUE RIDGE in Yokosuka, Japan, relieving VAdm. M. Staser Holcomb USN '53. Jim's previous assignment had been as commander of the Seventh Fleet's Surface Combatant Force.

His new command stretches from the Cape of Good Hope to the Cook Island group in the Pacific and from the Antarctica to the Kurial Islands, with 60,000 men and women, 400 aircraft, and 75 ships under his command.

Congratulations and our very best wishes in this important station, Jim.

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57 Pres., LCol. George F. Warren USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. Frank Barnes 218 Seminole TraU, Danville VA 22030 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. F. N. Howe, Jr. USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Cir., Fredericksburg VA 22405 Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 745 Elsewhere in this edition is recorded the passing of our friend Ed Mahon. His companymates closed ranks immediately upon receipt of the word and set about to provide for us the details you see.

We were awfully fortunate to have a Classmate Uke Ed. Jack O'Donnell has agreed to coordinate contributions for a Memorial Chair for Ed. (Please contact LCol. J. W. O'Donnell USMC (Ret.), 7830 Glenister Street, Springfield VA 22151).

The Word Blowing down out of Golden, Colorado, comes the latest from Dick Sargent: "Just a quick report in the 'Small World Isn't It' category.

"Background: Still hanging in there in the Marine Corps Reserves. I was lucky enough to be selected to be Asst. Chief of Staff (G-2) of the 4th MAW. That's the good news. The bad news is 1 Uve in Golden (CO) and my monthly drill station is Cecil Field, Florida (traveling at my own expense, of course!) Enclosed you will find a picture of Jim McGinn and me (Room 3401 B.H.) at RESMABEX in Yuma this March. Jim is Asst.

Chief of Staff (G-4) of the 4th MAW â&#x20AC;&#x201D; small world!

signed systems, equipment, supplies and services.

His office works with the Air Force major commands in developing plans for improving the way they do business with civilian contractors so that the cost of operating and supporting the Air Force's weapon systems, sub-systems, and equipment is reduced. Gallagher received a BS from the Naval Academy and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Dayton, Ohio, in 1969. He was promoted into the Senior Executive Service in 1980 when he became deputy assistant to the commander for International Logistics, AFLC." Attaboy, Jim.

Dick Adams Meanwhile, back in Buffalo the election of Richard G. Adams to president of Buffalo Brake Beam Company of Lackawanna has been announced by the Board of Directors.

"Mr. Adams joined Acme Steel Malleable Iron Works, a division of Buffalo Brake Beam Company, in 1969 after an extensive career in the Uiuted States Navy. He becaue executive vice president of Buffalo Brake Beam in 1973. Mr. Adams is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey.

"Mr. Adams lives in Youngstown, New York with his wife, Nancy, and two of their four children. His address is 990 River Road, Youngstown, NY 14104."

Thanks for sharing this news with us, Dick.

Congratulations.

We're still looking around for the other photograph that was taken at the 25th reunion.

Do you have it?

Jim and Dick do Yuma

"Last Saturday, April 16th, I was waiting to run in a lOK roadrace at Cecil Field. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a red-headed greyhound touching his toes right next to me. Upside down he looked familiar, so 1 said 'Hi, Bob.' A little surprised, he stood up, and right side up it was, in fact. Bob Lowenthal. He is the commanding officer of Kings Bay, Georgia, submarine base. As I said. Bob resembles a greyhound, so there was no opportunity for a picture together!"

Dick went on to also say that he and Jim McGinn were both scheduled to sit on the colonel selection board in late May and wanted to let anyone in the area who owed him money know he was going to be around. Presumably that word got out a little late to do any of them any good.

Last time you heard about Jim Gallagher, you may recall, he had just been selected to the Senior Executive Service. Well, he's still at it: "WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB, Ohio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James M. Gallagher, will be the new Deputy for Contracting and Manufacturing, Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division (AFALD), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

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58 Pres., Capt. Paul A. Polski USN Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Wayne E. Scott 11 Apple Seed Ln., Gaithersburg MD 20878 301/258-0323 Percent Members: 52 Living Grads: 732 Friends, neighbors. Classmates, lend me your ears. I had mine lowered for a naval reserve admin inspection and haven't heard a word since.

Reminds me of the story about the little boy whose mouth was stolen. After many trials and tribulations, it was found and returned. Upon restoring his mouth, he said . . . "Thank you." Has the summer affected you, too? Read on.

This issue is dedicated to . . . you guessed it . . . people. People in the news are: Tony Russo, Long lost, he's turned up as assistant professor of oceanography. Leeward College, University of Hawaii, 1798A Paailuna Way, Pearl City HI 96782. Wow, what a great place to be lost.

Dan Leary. Also long lost, and no wonder. He was first a Marine. He resigned his commission, attended the University of Maryland, and then

joined the Peace Corps. They sent hun to the Palau Islands. (My dictionary says, "A group of islands in the Pacific, between Mindanao and the CaroUne Islands; area, 175 sq. mi.; population, 8,000".)

He returned from there and attended the University of Auburn, Auburn, Alabama, where he received a Ph.D. in fisheries. He worked at the University of Hawaii. He went to the Philippine Islands as an advisor to US AID for 4 years. Then he came back to the USA and lit (lighted?) on a small farm in the Ozarks. Between consulting jobs which take him back to Asia, he's learning to be a real farmer. Find him at Route South, Box 39, Moody MO 65777. (I'm exhausted.)

Ray Williams. J. R. "Stump" WUUams, the 14th Co. whiz, reUeved as commander of the Naval Surface Weapons Center, White Oak (MD) and Dahlgren (VA) on 30 June. No newcomer to the NSWC, Ray had served as assistant weapons systems department head from '76 to '78, when he became head. Surface Anti-Air Warfare Branch in OPNAV. From October '80 to September '82 he was CO, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach (CA). His most recent job was as director of the underwater warfare systems group within NAVSEA's Combat Systems Directorate. Ah well, just another '58er doin' greater.

Jerry BeUows. Confirmed our meeting at Great Lakes some 30 years ago. (See May Shipmate). (It gives me a very warm feeling to know someone actually reads this. P.S. Congrats on 0-6, Fitz.)

Jer sez: "Now gainfully employed as corporate treasurer for Servamatic Solar System, Inc., as of AprU 25th. You can find us Usted under 'additional O T C in the Wall St. Journal. (I looked them up . . . S22M net revenues in FY ended April'83.)

Would like a new sign up sheet for the 25th reunion. With current job, 1 think I can manage it.

Previously sent in form saying 'no.' Hope that I can still change my decision.

"Life is very hectic with wife Joan's sons graduating in June from UCLA and high school . . . one each. My 1958 roommate chain letter (It's not what it sounds like, Asst. Postmaster General John Gentile) just made the rounds again. Mac Baldwin is still in Idaho, Jerry Larson at Great Lakes or vicinity, Bing Bassett at Pensacola, and Kip Banta in South Africa. We're still in (8 Ravenhill Lane) Moraga CA 94556." Thanks for the note, good friend. And for the nice words.

Your paperwork is on the way.

Jack Rennie. The Boston Globe, 19 AprU, (if it's worth having, U's worth waiting for!) reported: "John C Rennie, president and founder of Pacer Systems, Inc. of Burlington, has been chosen by the Massachusetts smaU Business Advisory Council as the state's 1983 small business person of the year. The state selection is automatically entered in national competition. Pacer's services center mainly on the design, development, life cycle support or advanced airborne electronics systems and aircraft support systems." Jack, my good friend, 1 know 1 speak for all your Classmates when 1 say we sincerely and heartily congratulate you on your outstanding efforts over the years, and we applaud you for the honor so bestowed. But Jack . . . and I know that you know what's coming next . . . just how the devil did you ever quaUfy as a small business person? We love ya, fella. 1 hope you win the national award and teU us all about it at Homecoming '83.

Paul O'Connor. Didn't get his flyer. Write to: "Deckhouse," Harbour Rd, Warrick, Bermuda.

Hope you have one by now, and I hope you are making the crossing this Fall.

Pete Corr. Commander, Naval Education and Training Center, Newport (RI) as of 29 June.

Keith Gariand. Student, Industrial College of Shipmate, July-August 1983

John L. Potter and family (find John) the Armed Forces, Washington (DC).

John Potter. No dope. Just a family portrait.

Judy, gal, you two have a great-lookin' fanuly.

A group of truly Greater '58ers, fer sher.

John Vick. To OPNAV. Marty Martindale. We got your Homecoming form. You forgot to put in the check. Beth, get that guy squared away, wiU you? (Seventeen years you try, seventeen years you faU. But you keep trying. How? How.) (She's Indian, if you hadn't guessed.)

Howie Pabst. Certified speciaUst, National Security Affairs, general.

George AUender. Certified speciaUst, National Security Affairs, Europe.

Bob Slaven. Certified speciaUst, strategic planning, nuclear. (Bob, I never see you to say I'm saving the plebe year picture for you that you gave this column months ago.)

Gatje, Gerson, Coyne, Fisher, O'DonneU, Runzo, Slyder, Polski, Sorensen, J. D. Peters, GentUe, Mooney, Pierce, LeBer, Werner, M. Moran, Goodwin, Peltier, Buss, W. MitcheU, P. Westphal, Thoureen, Kennard, R. CaldweU, GigUo, Sinnett, Mdsel, Ojahleto, Nazak, Nicholas, and Buck. Accomp>aiued by eleven "secretaries" for the aimual Bring-Your-Secretary-or-Mistress-In-Disguise Secretaries' Week celebration, otherwise known as the DC — April luncheon, those 31 '58ers had a baU, so to speak. Not much info leaked out. In fact, no info got out about the goings on. Ask one of 'em. If you find out anything, teU me. Don't forget to ask about pictures. I'U pay above scale if they're clear.

BiU Schram. Sent me a super letter. Was surprised, I'm sure, to see his letter to Polski with similar data appearing in the April issue, arriving m Geneva only days after he wrote to me. Unless fire or earthquake supplants it, I'U nm it next month. Thanx, BUl. Poj Walters. Reports that, as of 10 May, he's fielded 220 responses to the Homecoming flyer.

There wiU be 161 Classmates at the reunion, 320 total attendees, 131 rooms reserved, 55 sets of class crests plus 15 individual ones. Now mind you, you are reading this only two months from the BIG EVENT. If you haven't yet decided, elect to come.

If you haven't yet sent your flyer response, send it today. If you've lost it, write me or call me.

Those numbers at the head of the class column belong to your own Rover. Use 'em. Let us know your plans . . . and please try to be courteous to your class events planners by letting us know with as much lead time as you can provide. Many of us have been working on this event since 21 June 1981. Help us help you all have a good, hasslefree time by giving us timely head counts for the various elements of the BIG 25TH. Thanks in advance.

Bert Concklin. WeU, not reaUy Bert. Rather, his wife, Jean Cooper. Jean was the subject of a marvelous article in the Food section of the Washington Post a few months back. It has taken Rover untU now to sniff it out. The article was entitied "Judging the Judge," for Jean is, by day.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

an administrative judge for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD, we call it.). Under the cover of darkness, however, Jean the Judge turns into Cooper the Cook. And a very good cook at that. Post reporter Shelley Davis said, "On the contest circuit. Judge Cooper is a winner." Among her prizes and awards are third place (cash) in the Campbell Soup Company's recent "Fine Kettie of Zoup" contest, a grill (which she caUs the James Beard Memorial Grill) from Taylor CaUfornia CeUars outdoor barbequing contest, a cooking course at L'Academie de Cuisine, a subscription to Bon Appetit magazine for being a finaUst in Hecht's "Just Desserts" contest, and bunches of other cook books, aprons, plaques, letters of commendation, and on and on. She learned to cook to keep from starving in law school, and her work and her hobby stiU are in step: as a "circuit-riding" judge, she gets to sample food ani dig out recipes and cook books aU over the country. If she ever pubUshes her own recipe books, the first of which is caUed simply "Book I," I'U let you guys and gals know. Oh, Bert, why aren't you a tub of lard? (Maybe he diets whUe she travels.) Great cuticle, and a couple of great sounding recipes, too. I'm gonna try the CampbeU winner. Winter Borscht, with my first fireplace fire this FaU. FootbaU Fans Among Us. Don't forget the Navy footbaU season starts soon. Professional footbaU may be a year-round sport now, but it's not that way yet at the USNA. The opener is 24 September against Lehigh (who?). Look for our 1958 sign, and come taUgating just inside the Taylor Street entrance to the parking lots.

We submitted a very weU defined and exphcit (in the best sense of the term sketch of the 1958 taUgate area for the footbaU season, but it far exceeded the mechanical capabiUties of the Shipmate staff, hence a verbal description of where we shaU be. (Pay attention; we may ask questions.)

As we aU know, the Stadium is laid out on a northwest-southeast orientation, right? Right. The street in front of the Stadium, Taylor Avenue, runs at a 90° angle, approximately. Facing the open end of the Stadium, on the porthand Qeft to some of the slower learners) is a shaded deU of grass 'n trees which runs along Taylor Avenue. And this is precisely where the Class of 1958 wiU disport itself.

Any problems?

Everyone. Enjoy what's left of your Summer.

See you at Homecoming. Start savin' up for your trip to the Rose Bowl for Army/Navy on 25 November.

Bye for now. Luv/Rover.

59 Pres., Cdr. Lloyd H. Adams USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. John A. Butterfield USN OASD (MRA&L), Rm. 3C980 Pentagon, Washington DC 20301 Percent Members: 52 Living Grads: 622 Nice note from Gary Wheatley who took command of the JFK on 14 April 1983: "WhUe onboard JFK as p)art of my PCO turnover, I had the pleasure of meeting three of our front running Classmates who are touring various miUtary faciUties as part of the new flag officer 'Capstone' course. On 8 April we gathered in front of 'CaroUne 11' (i.e., die JFK 'COD' or CI aircraft): Commodore Bob Kihune, me, Roger Bacon and Cec Powell (new BG, USAF.) It's sure great to see '59ers wearing stars. Rise and Shine, Gary."

You bet it is great, and what a super reunion for some '59ers!

• '59ers on board JFK "Burger Jack" had a squib in the Navy Times of 16 May on p. 59 (that is fitting!); "Capt. Jack B. Austin relieved Capt. Luther F. Schriefer as Commander ASW Wing 1". Jack had also been mentioned in Naval Aviation News "Life in the Fast Lane" and was described as the executive assistant for VAdm. Schoultz "who runs interference for the boss."

That magazine also featured a couple of our '59er carrier skippers, and their brief bios read: Capt. Richard L. Martin, C O . CARL VINSON, homeported in Norfolk. Dick had previously been X.O. of NiMiTZ and had command of the amphibious transport FRANCIS MARION, and he has

been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal twice and the Air Medal six times. And, Capt. Robert J. KeUy, C O . ENTERPRISE, home port, Alameda.

Bob had previously been X.O. and OPS of ENTERPRISE and also had command of the amphibious transport PAUL REVERE, and he has been awarded ten Air Medals and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V twnce. The best of everything to these two great Classmates who have been holding positions of such importance and responsibiUty. 'Twas too late to get a bio for Gary in the N.A. News, so here's hoping he takes pen in hand and foUows up! There was brief mention of another fine '59 Skipper, Daniel B. Branch, C O . of USS ORION, homeported in Sardinia. Dan was proud to designate an Ensign Johnson as a Surface Warfare Officer foUowing his 3rd tour on the ship, having come up through the ranks after earUer earning his EnUsted Surface Warfare Specialist insignia and being commissioned as an LDO. Dan appeared in a March '83 issue oi All Hands, p. 31, at a cakecutting ceremony aboard his ship, as ORION celebrated her 39th anniversary.

SmaU world department . . . 1 was in my Pentagon office talking business with some representatives from the United Seamen's Service when as they showed me copies of USS Reports I spotted our Classmate Freeman Neish. Freeman works for USS, had done a fantastic job and now he is codirector of the center in Okinawa, where a major new construction project is imderway. Good going. Freeman!

In my varied workload (one "hat" as the coordinator for physical fitness for DoD) I have had occasion to talk to Tim Tinsley, who works in the training organization for the Marine Corps. Nice to have friends you can turn to! Then, when 1 was on the road involved in another "hat" as the program manager at DoD level for RAPIDS (RealTune Automated Personnel Identification System) where we are testing new ID cards . . . who should 1 turn to/run into at Seymour-Johnson AFB, Goldsboro (NC) — one of our test sites — but BiU Posey. BiU retired from Air Force duty there about 3 years ago, and now works on the base in a civilian capacity in an engineering capacity. His neighbor and friend works on the ID card project at the local level . . . beautiful small world!

Also stopped at Littie Creek Naval Amphibious Base, another test location, and only had a chance 93

to talk to Martha Donovan on the phone to get a sitrep on the clan. Wish we could test the ID card on Frank's ship, USS NASHVILLE, but impossible due to ship's schedule, plus no time to catch Frank aboard . . . he will be off in August I am told to command the USS

BELLEAU WOOD out on

the

West Coast. Congrats Frank! — for many reasons . . . for daughter Amy's decision to accept her appointment to the Naval Academy (Class of '87) and daughter Julie's upcoming year of study abroad in France . . . a talented family for sure!!

I grabbed an old copy of The Gator, 11 Feb '83 edition, and big as life on the front page, there was a picture which featured '59ers. Capt. Ronald H. Jesberg, commanding officer of USS GUAM (LPH-9) and Capt. Francis R. Donovan C O . of USS NASHVILLE (LPD-13) were amongst amphibious force officers awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in ceremonies conducted by ComPhibGru Two. Way to go, gang!!

The latest URL Commander Board which was re-convened has Capt. Richard D. MUligan USN as one of its members. Rich, as I think you know, is headed to become C O . of N E W JERSEY . . . great!

Como.-selectee Robert K. U. Kihune, Chief of Staff, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific, wiU reUeve RAdm. Milton J. Schultz, Jr. as Director, Command, Control, and Communications System, U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe.

Someone else who had a great trip to the JFK, Ron Denney! Taking time from his busy duties for SecNav in manpower and reserve affairs, and getting out of the Pentagon for a day, Ron spent about 24 hours with Gary Wheatley on JFK and told us he had a ball! He managed a cat shot and saw the ship from stem to stem; he was impressed with the pace of activity, and at aU hours (including early morning/middle of the night refueling) and Ron came away refreshed from a time out with the "real Navy."

BUI Garrett, Ron, and 1 carpooled over to the May luncheon at Fort McNair. 'Twas a nice affair, well attended (about 41 fearless '59ers . . . willing to eat that Army chow month after month) and we heard an excellent presentation on the DDG-51 program by Capt. Sy Nunn. Here's the cast of characters who were there to receive the poop sheets. Sy got us laughing from the start when he said, "As a Reifsnyder-trained man I'll quickly pass out the gouge."

Attendees at the 5 May luncheon included: Lloyd Adams, Bob Bovey, Geoff Cant (on active duty for two weeks, working on a project for OSD Reserve Affairs), John Leder, Walt Dziedzic, John Butterfield, Steve Snyder, Ralph Christy, Ing Kiland, Jack Funderburk, Dean Simmons (caught him enroute from Morocco headed to the PI where he will continue his work with Voice of America), Rick Johnson, M.J. Finerty, Jr., J. W. Sapp, Bob Wiley, Walter Wynn, Charles Houghland, (on his 2 wks active, working with JAG over in Hoffman Bldg.), J. E. Nourie, BiU Hancock, Dick Winter, Bill Garrett, Jim Wilson, Dave Johnson (visiting from Minnesota where he is employed by FMC), Bruce Nordwall (who defended the air arm of the Navy in repartee with the SWOs during the 'Shipbuilding' pitch led by Sy) Art Emmerson, Walt Szczypinski (who functioned as Sy's backup man during the briefing . . . still don't have a freebie you passed out at earlier luncheon, Walt), Ron Denney, Bob Morgan, Gary Smith, Sy Nunn, Dick Robinson, Russ Anderson, Hank Daidone, Bob Hurd, Mike Fitzgerald, Dave Dyke, Jack King, Tom Bond (whose son is about to graduate from USNA as I type this), John Paine, and Mickey Garverick.

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Many thanks to Roger Erickson (and Lloyd) who did a lot of legwork and Uaison to put together the nice graduation anniversary Chapel 'n Brunch program on the 5th of June '83!

Planning ahead for Homecoming 83, remember that the Class of '59 sponsors the Wardroom of 19th Company. We are strongly encouraged to visit "our company," the 19th, (and this year's Color Company!!) on Saturday the 22nd of October and enjoy some refreshments in the Wardroom — 0900 to 1000. However, anytime you might be in the USNA area and you wish to see the 19th, check with the OOW (you must still remember where Main O is, and OWW's office . . . those things have not changed!) . . . you can probably go on up . . . that is if there is no Bonzo on duty who takes delight in saying 'no.'

Frank Donovan was a hit at the Spring SWO luncheon at the Academy. He and Martha drove up from Norfolk for the affair, well attended by such folks as Adm. Arleigh Burke (who was "our" CNO when we were midshipmen), the Commandant (Como. Edney '57), and the visiting Commandant of the German Naval Academy. A few folks were in town because of the Naval Academy's Foreign Affairs Conference. Our Poll Sci guy. Rod Tomlinson, was involved, and the future DivDir of US & IS, BUI Garrett, was over from the Pentagon as a Roundtable Moderator . . . and Roger had to keep everyone well fed and cared for during the four-day affair.

Ya done well, Rog . . .banquet was super!

Ing KUand seems very happy with MerriU Lynch et al. He was headed for "charm school" and more training in the Big Apple for about a month just after the May lunch. He hoped to meet Ron Denney up there cuz Ron was to pull his active duty time about then. Ron is doing a fantastic job as one of the leaders in SecNav's organization. He really is a Navy guy as he was telling us about the boat he has. Other owners include old friend and fellow soccer player Skip Yerkes . . . let me hear from ya! . . . reminisce about our hopping around Europe that Summer after 2/c cruise. . . Denney, Yerkes, and crew enjoy lots of saiUng! Some of these recent orders may have been reported already, but here's a late recap: Mai Bruce to SURFPAC, Gary Geist to OPNAV, George Lehmberg to SUB PAC, John Gunther to HQ AFSOUTH, Jack Lovell to USS INCHON, Doug Volgenau to SUBRON 10, Gerald E. Egan to USS SIMON LAKE, Bill Clautice to SWFPAC, Tom BiUings to NSD Yokosuka, John Dettbarn to CEC School Pt. Hueneme, Ted Baker to CDS 23, Roger Bacon (Como.-selectee to OPNAV — Strategy and Theater Nuclear matters). Bob Byng to FACSFAC VACAPES, Buzz Hoever to CO COMMSTA NEA MAKRI (I envy his assignment to Greece), Jon Ives to FACENGCOMHQ, Sam Ligon to DCASR Atlanta (good job, and I know Sam is happy!). Hank Mauz (Como.-selectee headed, 1 think, to Ops Readiness at SHAPE HQ).

No recent developments on where Stan Legro may be headed. Betting still is on a very good assignment for the administration in Washington.

Steve Snyder sure likes his new position with PEPCO. Snyders were happy and very busy prepping for daughter's wedding on 4 June. Alex Castro very busy of late cuz he is Latin American expert and the situation just to the south of us has kept him tied to his Pentagon office.

Joe Flynn missed the last luncheon; was representing HQ and DC-area Marines at the AllMarine Handball tournament out on the West Coast. I do not have all the details, but I think he did very well and was quite pleased with 2nd place in doubles and 4th in singles. Way to go, Joe! Looks like we should have had a Washington

area party at the Denny's home in northern Virginia on 26 June. The Sunday afternoon bash will feature fun and games alongside and on Lake Barcroft . . . some of the SWOs can get recertified on the party barges.

1 just received a nice letter from Denny Brezina, and will pass news on to you: "Joan's doing very well with the Department of Health and Human Services. She is the director of the division on statistics and computer modeling in the office of the Secretary and works directly for a deputy assistant secretary. During the Carter administration it was macro-economic modeling for welfare reform and national health insurance, and now its studying to gear up with minicomputers for staff.

"We've opened Oakwood (15 minutes south of Annapolis) to bed and breakfast guests and have had people visit from 20 states the last two years, including parents of mids down for footbaU weekends and graduation week. We also were featured on the 1983 Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage on April 23. Nearly 500 people came to see the house and gardens that day. (They're aU gone by now.)

"I'm writing articles for magazines and newspapers — mostly light, humorous pieces (that's a switch) on the house tour, Gunston HaU, bed and breakfast and the serious subject of alcohol and drug abuse (published in the Washington Post, Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Baltimore Sun).

"That and a million other things keep us busy.

Sincerely, Dennis."

P.S. Free commercial courtesy of your secretary.

For B 'n B at Oakwood: Call 301/261-5338.

That is the news for now. Have a great Summer, and while you are out soaking up some sun and relaxing, drop your Class a line. A few Unes in 10 minutes would be super!

60 Pres., Raymond T. Burkley Sec'y, Capt. Robert E. Osmon SC USNR c/o Commander, Fleet Air Mediterranean FPO New York 09521 Percent Members: 52 Living Grads: 655 I didn't need to use a "Mystery Photo" this month as 1 received a terrific photo of seven of our Classmates in the New London area. John Schmidt writes, "On a day in early March, a unique event occurred with the Class of '60 in charge of the entire waterfront in New London.

From left to right the group consisted of: John Groth CO, USS FULTON (AS-11); Jim Patton Chief of Staff Officer, Submarine Development Squadron Twelve; Pete Chabot, COMSUBRON TEN; John Schmidt, Chief of Staff, COMSUBGROUP TWO; Sam Ward, CO, Naval Submarine School; and Rich Lang, CO, Naval Submarine Support Facility.

"Missing from this august assemblage was Lew Powell, who was at sea on sea trials in command of USS FLORffiA (SSBN-728). We recentiy bid' farewell to Sam Ward who departed to be Chief of Staff, COMGARGRU ONE in San Diego. With any luck, he hopes to have the blackshoe and aviation communities squared away in short order."

He added, "The Class of 1960 is enjoying each other's company in the New London area." It certainly sounds like it and I for one think it's great.

"When two or three or more shall meet, and old times retold . . . " At any rate, in retrospect, it certainly appears that Admiral Rickover knew exactly what he was doing when he selected this Shipmate, July-August 1983

In charge of New London stalwart group of Classmates, to represent us in the submarine force.

Jack Shaw

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Murray of Toledo, Ohio, he is married to the former Janice Muren of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Capt. and Mrs. Shaw have two daughters, Elizabeth and Suzanne.

Elizabeth (a sophomore), attends the University of California, Berkeley. Captain and Mrs. Shaw reside in Coronado, California with their daughter Suzanne, a senior in high school.

Best of luck to you in your new job. Jack. 1 know the gang in the DC class Chapter will be more than happy to have you as part of their group, and all of us in the Class of '60 are very proud of your early selection. Hope to see more honors come your way.

I was sent a copy of an announcement which reads, "The Commanding Officer, USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7), announces the change of command at which Capt. Thomas A. Mercer, U.S. Navy '62 was reUeved by Capt. PAUL W .

PARCELLS, U.S. Navy, '60 aboard USS GUADALCANAL ( L P H - 7 ) on Tuesday, Fifteenth of

1 managed to make contact with our other Commodore selectee. Jack Shaw, and asked him to provide me with his biography. He presently is the commanding officer of USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN-25)

in San Diego, but in Navy Times I recently saw his new orders to be deputy director of strategic and general operations (code J-3) in the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Jack expects to have his change of command around 1 July. I outline his biography as 1 think it is interesting to note the career patterns that led to the early selection of Jack as a commodore.

Jack was bora in Dallas and raised in Indiana, thus getting a taste for sophisticated travel. After graduation his first sea duty was in EDSON, where he did everything but mess cook. Then he became aide to ComCruDesFlot THREE and acquired a taste for high Uving before taking nuclear power training. Later he served in CHARLES F . ADAMS for about two years, then on board BAINBRIDGE as DCA and OPS before attending postgraduate school when he earned an M.S. degree in management.

In January 1971 he signed in for the six-month course at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, then served in the office of CNO, systems analysis division, before taking command of FARRAGUT for two years. This was followed by duty as the first readiness and training nuclear propulsion officer on the staff of Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic, before becoming executive officer of LONG BEACH prior to reportmg to the command of BAiNBRmoE in May 1980.

Jack's decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, the Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, Battle Efficiency Ribbon with three awards, and other campaign awards resulting from Vietnamese and Indian Ocean service.

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March at sea." Congratulations to you, Wick. Our whole Class wishes you the best of luck in this command. GUADALCANAL is presently off the coast of Lebanon in the peacekeeping mission, supporting the Marines ashore. HopefuUy GUADALCANAL wiU pull into Naples before her return voyage, so I'll be able to get some updated and personal information on Wick.

Buck Bonifay, my old 17th companymate, and now a Colonel in the U.S. Army, sent me a most informtive and appreciative letter which I think you wiU all enjoy. "Another member of the 17th CO. 'Turkey Bowl' undefeated team checking back into the '60 net. I dropped by the Alumni House last week to escape business at Ft. Meade, and the hostess ran me through a gauntlet for failure to stay in touch. 1 was presented a complimentary copy of the April Shipmate and an application to join the Alumni Association. Then I was told to get my register computer entry updated and finaUy to write my class secretary and plead for forgiveness. (You are forgiven, but you must continue to write once a year.) Being a good soldier for nearly 23 years, I'm carrying out her orders.

"Reading your most informative article brought back many fond memories and some drippy nostalgia. Let me quickly bring you up-to-date.

The Army has proven to be the right choice for me. I've been from Viet Nam to Iran, and California to New Jersey, the majority as a troop commander. I've been further proof of our Alma Mater's line of 'whenever two or three shall meet.'

Just a few examples Bob Manser was my best man in Colorado. Hank PhUlips and I closed a bar in Stuttgart, Germany. Bob Preasley, John Martin, and I were in Viet Nam together. Mike WUlseyand 1 married San Diego school teachers who were roommates, and Larry Waterman and I were enjoying tours in Iran before the Shah departed.

"I've been adopted by the Class of '60 at West Point, but as 1 approach these last few years of active duty, old school ties become more meaningful. 1 had dinner with the Bessengers, and talked to Pat CecU in South Carolina. Hank PhiUips and 1 tracked each other through our commands. Mike Willsey and 1 have been close with family ties and I'm still trying to find Dick Stanley. (DickBuck's address is HQ, ARMRII, Plans Officer, Fort Dix NJ 08640, so now you have no excuse not to write, as well as any other of Buck's old friends.)

"If any of '60 flies through McGuire AFB and have some time, I'm just next door at Ft. Dix and the door is open. Bob, good to know you are the class communicator, and keep up the good work.

(Easy with letters like this one.) I'll hope to get to Homecoming and play in the golf tournament in October. Also I'U try to abide with the nice spirit and letter of our Alumni House hostess (Thank you hostess, whoever you are) and stay in touch.

This wiU probably apply to a bunch of us who have gone away." Thanks for a great letter. Buck. It was super to hear from you. Glad you are back into the fold.

Apparently my assumption of the corresponding secretary of the Class has caused my 17th Co. shipmates to feel motivated or guilty or something, because they are writing on a regular basis. Hank Papa also checked in this month. Hank is a LCol. in the USAF Reserve and the Uaison coordinator for the State of Alabama for admission to the USAF Academy and AF ROTC. Sounds like a good man to know if you have a son or a daughter who is interested in this one of the "other" Academies. Hank writes, "Just a quick note to say a great deal in the shortest time. Recently talked to Pat Cecil and Frank Bessenger, my old 17th company roommates, who definitely are credited with my keeping the straight and narrow as a member of '60. They appear to be doing great, with Frank training to get me down to the fish camp for the little extra-curricular activities (hope to do the same) and Pat hoping to visit me Mardi Gras next.

"Since I have seen you at Homecoming and reunion I've been healthy and well. Theresa and I are fortunate in many ways: Henry Jr. is just finishing plebe year and faring much better than his Dad. Terri is preparing to enter Spring HUl College in Mobile in September. Michelle and Patrick are healthy and active. The high-Ught so far this year is Michael. He joined us 13 January 1983, and as you can imagine a definite surprise but a true blessing. (Congratulations, Hank. I hereby certify you as being the most recent father of the Class. It will be interesting to see how many more new fathers the Class will generate over the next 10years.) So the Papas and the Mama (Cute!!!) are all great and awaiting your visit to the South.

Hope you and the boys can make it. Love to see y'all.

"Flying the 747 with PANAM still and very active in NCAA soccer as an official. The latter helps a lot to keep the pasta from taking a heavy toll.

Great article on Paul Ilg. (Thanks.) We were together in VA-22 and the flight program. This country is fortunate to have the caUber of flag officers it does." (Amen, and well said. I couldn't agree more.) Although Hank's letter had Frankfurt, Germany, letterhead stationery, he provided a return address of 3806 Ashley Drive South, Mobile AL 36608. Thanks for the informative letter. Hank. I will try to make it someday. CIAO untU next month.

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61 Pres., Capt. Roger P. Onorati USN Corr. Sec'y, Mr. James L. George 10 ValUngby Circle Rockville MD 20850 Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 655 While it still might be Summer, due to scheduling you have to start thinking about FaU and especially that great football season we will have.

In other words, start thinking about ordering your tickets for this season if you want class seating.

As I mentioned last month, we have decided to have a class tailgate for all the games this year.

There are only four home games this year against Lehigh (ticket deadline, 15 August), Air Force (deadline, 29 August), Pittsburgh (deadline, 12 September) and finally Syracuse (deadline, 26 September). Homecoming this year is the week end of 22-23 October and that game is Pittsburgh. As I recaU, last time we played Pittsburgh at Homecoming they were ranked about number three and Navy scored a big upset.

And, speaking of Homecoming, we will, of course, have our usual good tune including taUgate and a party at George Dewhirst's. Also, this year wiU be the very important election for a new president. More on this in later columns, but again, do not forget about the football tickets.

And speaking of elections, on approximately 1 August the Class will be sending out a letter on many items including nominations for the Class President. Also included in the package will be more information on Homecoming, a report from Bob Hofford on the fundraising effort, and other news of interest for the Class.

A. B. Komoroske A man who gets around m a big way is Al Komoroske, recently appointed manager of international marketing for the Far East and Western hemispheres. General Electric's nuclear energy operations, Campbell, CaUfornia. He had previously been in international sales for Taiwan and Korea, but now is expanding a bit. Al has his MBA from the University of Santa Clara.

There is one social event planned for the Summer for the Washington-AnnapoUs group. We are going to try a brunch at the Officers' Club on Sunday, 7 August. We intend to have this from approximately 0900 to 1300 in order to get a good crowd and to accommodate both chapels' services; the Catholic Mass is a 0900 and the Protestant service at 1100. While nothing is planned after the brunch, Annapolis is a nice place to spend the afternoon. We intend to either get a separate room or rope off an area. Final detaUs will be promulgated through the phone tree, but you might put 7 August on your calendar for a nice day in Annapolis.

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Received two changes of command invitations which I had to regret. Capt. Michael David Bradley was relieved of his command of USS BALTIMORE (SSN-704) on 16 April at Newport News, and Capt. ArUngton Fichtner CampbeU was relieved as commanding officer of USS OHIO (SSBN-726) (Gold) on 3 June at Naval Base, Bangor, Bremerton, Washington.

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Latest models The column received a "quick note" from Bob Fenick and Ed Straw who are both at the aviation supply office in Philadelphia. Bob is now the executive officer while Ed is the operations officer.

Bob and Ed write that "Our Naval aviator Classmates can rest easy" with them in charge.

They also enclosed a picture which leaves no doubt about what a great Class they came from.

Stan Lepo dropped Bob Hofford a short note stating that he is now an independent truck driver and while he loves it, he is on the road quite a bit.

He writes that he is "learning the business from the ground up and enjoying the hell out of it."

He continues that he hopes to have a smaU fleet in a couple of years. What's your handle, Stan?

(1 learned that from Ustening to Jerry Reed songs).

The Washington branch of the 21st Company had a Uttle get-together last month. Rich Fluegel was in town from the West Coast for a few days and Warren Hoppe arranged a little lunch. Those that attended were R.T. Davis, Jim George, Jimmy Ibach, and, of course, Warten and Rich.

Notably missing were Rich Holly, Gene Dvomick and Charley FarreU. This was the first time that most of us had gotten together with Rich since graduation.

FinaUy, have some sad news to report. 1 received a call from Shipmate that Classmate Raymond K. Matzelle passed away on 23 May. Ray had been Uving in Fairfield, New Jersey. President Roger Onorati expressed the Class' condolences to the family.

Am stUl waiting to hear from all those Regional Vice Presidents.

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62 Pres., Cdr. Aubrey W. Hickam Jr. USN Sec'y, Cdr. Howard Pinskey SC USNR-R P.O. Box 3380, AnnapoUs MD 21403 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 730 Summer is in full bloom in Annapolis now and the town is really alive and filled with visitors.

Homecoming '83 As reported in the last issue of Shipmate, Al and Phoebe will be hosting this year's annual gettogether. The location has been changed to accommodate more Classmates and have a larger area in which to party. The new location is still on the grounds of the Academy and it will be in the Shipmate, July-August 1983

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Robert Crown SaiUng Center near Santee Basin on the water. The date is Saturday, 22 October, and the time is right after we beat Pittsburgh at around 1730. The dress is casual and the food is buffet style. The price is estimated to be around $10.00 per person. This information along with a map and other particulars will be mailed out to all Classmates in our summer mailer. Included in this package will be a ballot for election of class directors. Please read these papers carefully and return them as requested. See you in October.

Around the Fleet

Nick LaDuca and friends

Bob Beer, Pete Glasier, Jerry Blesch Bob Beer sent along this photo of three Classmates assigned to

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(AD-38). Bob is the supply officer, Jerry Blesch is the commanding officer and Pete Glasier is the executive officer. AU three are captains. The photo shows Jerry on the left and Bob on the right pinning eagles on Pete. In July Jerty headed for Hawaii and Bob went to Washington (DC) as commanding officer of the NRFC From USS RANGER, Bob Kennelly writes that he is aboard as safety officer and stiU bagging landings in the C-IA aircraft. Steve Todd is also aboard, the executive office. Ralph Santi is the OPS officer for COMNAVBASE San Diego and was a big player in the extremely successful visit of Queen Elizabeth and her party aboard RANGER. During the ship's INSURV the inspectors advised the ship that Capt. Sal Martinelli generated considerable policy influence on the Navy's OSHA program on the OPNAV staff. When RANGER enjoyed a rare inport period she was visited by Bryce BUIings, an ex-VP pilot, who now resides in Utah and is a civil service employee. The last bit of news from Bob concerns John EUer, a Coronado resident who recently retired from active duty and is employed by a contractor who manages carrier maintenance programs.

Our Classmate Barney Walsh sends sad word from Pensacola, Florida, of the death in late Spring 1983 of Al Straupenieks. He died of a heart attack. Al was with our Class, then turned back in '63 and graduated with them. He was a graduate of NAPS. We will all miss his Latvian accent and friendly smile.

Our Marine Corps Classmate correspondent Ray Madonna provided us with this photo and other good information.

The photo shows Classmate Nick LaDuca, wife Dorothy, and their children as Nick is being presented the Defense Meritorious Service Medal

by BGen. M . C Padden USAF. Nick retired from the Corps last July and is now a manager of information systems with Halifax Engineering Inc. in Alexandria. The citation reads: LCol. Nicolas J. LaDuca, USMC, distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious service from August 1980 through July 1982, while serving as an ADP Operations Officer, assigned to the Command Systems Operations Division, Operations Directorate, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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development, operation and user understanding of large complex automated systems supporting the National Military Command Center and the worldwide Military Command and Control System. The exceptional leadership, dedication, and innovative abilities demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel LaDuca in all of his duties have resulted in major improvements to the automatic data processing capability of the National Military Command System. The distinctive accomplishments of LCol. LaDuca culminate a distinguished career in the service of his country and reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Marine Corps, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Department of Defense.

Ray reports that the Marine Corps, in its wisdom, split year group '62 for the '83 promotion to colonel. As reported earlier, seven Classmates, Tom Draude, Don Christy, Jock Arick, Andy Hesser, P.J. Jones, Bob Falkenbach and Bill Gage were promoted. Ray has decided to change careers, not retire, and has joined a company in Northern Virginia and wiU continue to Uve in Manassas. In other Marine Corps news, Don MUler is now at Headquarters Marine Corps working for and old friend of '62, BGen. Paul Slack.

John P.T. SulUvan and his wife Donna Rae Uve in northern Virginia where he is associated with Computer Data Systems, Inc. That's our story for this summer issue. Please make reservations for this year's Homecoming party and fill out the election ballot. A card, letter or photo would also be nice. Until next month stay healthy and happy.

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Pres., Cdr. Mario P. Fiori USN Sec'y, Cdr. Norm Shackelton USN 231 Chatham Ln., AnnapoUs MD 21403 Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 720 We were saddened to hear of the untimely death of Al Straupenieks. He died of a heart attack on Friday, 18 February 1983, in Fairfax, Virginia. He is survived by his wife Sandy and two daughters, Anita and Laura. A funeral was held at Arlington National Cemetery and several Classmates were present to show their respect for Al. By now each of you has received the twentieth reunion package from our president, Mario Fiori.

The weekend promises to be very enjoyable with evening cocktails at Dahlgren Hall on Friday, 21 October 1983, followed by dinner in the King Hall Wardroom (Mess Hall). At 1000 Saturday there will be a memorial service in the Chapel for departed Classmates. Then at noon there will be a tailgate party prior to the Navy-Pittsburgh game.

Cocktails and dinner starting at 1900 complete the evening. On Sunday morning. Catholic and Protestant Services can be attended by those who desire, foUowed by a brunch at the Naval Academy

Officers' Club. If you have not received an application for the twentieth, write John DetweUer, 5515 Northfield Road, Bethesda MD 20817. Those who did receive Mario's letter, please send your $50.00 deposit to John. Incidentally, the letter contained a TYPO. Brunch wiU be $7.00 not $17.00.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the 20th.

We will soon have a celebrity in our midst. I received a letter from actor Charlie (now Skipp) Lynch on Columbia Pictures letterhead. He writes, "1 had to good fortune to finally get a part in a film in which I walk and talk at the same time.

Six weeks in the Vermont and California snows made me think not fondly of survival school at Whidbey Island before I want to Nam in '70, so, I was somewhat prepared. I am stiU in uniform however, since this is definitely a para-miUtary film. Release date so far is June 24 nationwide.

It is called The Survivors and I'm praying for it to be a big, big hit so everyone wiU notice me. I'm hard not to notice since the somewhat crazed character I play always has an attache case handcuffed to his wrist. If this sounds humorous — good — since it's supposed to be a wacky comedy. I also have two commercials running around the country: Cadbury Chocolate bars in which I devour a candy bar in an unusual manner and a new McDonald's in which I play a diving coach.

Can you imagine it — me, who barely got through the swimming course at the natatorium. See you at the twentieth. Skipp."

Reed Farrington and Mike Rubel Mike Rubel wrote anA enclosed a photo of Reed Farrington and himself. "Reed resides in Carmel (CA) area and has become a successful artist there as weU as in other parts of the country. Reed's first wife, Sandy, passed away five years ago, and he was recently married to Jeannie Tresnor from Gig Harbor, Washington." Mike is heavUy involved in the commercial/industrial real-estate field, and recently formed a real-estate syndication company to purchase and develop property in the Tacoma area. He has completed a 20,000 square foot retail/office complex and wiU soon start construction on a 35,000 square foot warehouse rehab on the water in downtown Tacoma.

Bob Cronin writes from the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering, and Systems that Jim Farley received his JD from Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, in 1974 and since 1978 has been an attorney with Kiernan and Finnegan in San Francisco, specializing in state and federal compensation defense. He also writes that Mickey Mays is CO, USS BUCHANAN ( D D G - 1 4 ) .

Rowena and Jerry Harken and their children flew to Japan in January for Jerry's new job as amphibious warfare officer on COMSEVENTHFLT Staff. Also on the staff are Dick Wyttenbach (OPS/Plans) and Denny Conley (Asst OPS).

Others in Yokosuka include Joe Bustamante (CO, USS KNOX) and Flack Logan (XO, USS MIDWAY).

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Presentation of Class Crest Plaque at Alumni House - - 1. to r., Phil Gubbins, Bob Harper, Terry Abell, Mario Fiori, Bill Busik, Ed Brady and Bruce Webb A Class of '63 Crest plaque was recently presented to the Alumni Association and has been placed in the Tap Room in the Alumni House. Present for the ceremony were from left to right: Cdr. P.S. Gubbins USN, past president; Cdr. R.L. Harper, USNR-R, Lt. T.A. Abel, USN (Ret.), treasurer; Capt. M.P. Fiori USN, president; Capt.

W.S. BnsUi, USN (Ret.) '43, Maj. E.C. Brady, USAR, vice president; and Cdr. B.C. Webb, USNR-R. Gary Hopkins wrote to say, " I just wanted to you know that the Class of '63 has the Classes of '64 and '62 beat! (See Dec. 82 and Mar. 83 issues.)

Barbara and I had a boy on November 24, 1982.

David Evans Hopkins, 9 Vz lbs. He has two sisters, Dorothe, age 15'/6, and Nancie, age 12. We just thought we'd try one more time for a boy after Sign right here 18'/2 years of marriage! I want to know who can August. He and Susan are looking forward to their top this in the over-40s crowd? I've been in the stay at Fort Adams and the upcoming year.

Jax area for 4 years now and love it! I work with Jim reports that Butch BaUback blew through a communications consulting firm." town last week, dropped off his calUng card with Sorry for the missing articles in May and June. a member of Jim's crew and left town without a The maU bag was empty for the May submission caU — so much for the EDOs. In the photo Jim and I was out of town attending an executive is awarding SA Davis an award for being food serdevelopment program at the University of viceman of the quarter. All right!!!

Houston at the time of the Jime submission. Keep Bob BeU, CO of WM. V. PRATT ( D D G - 4 ) also the letters coming. See you at the twentieth. in Charleston, dropped us a nice note this month — QuaUty '63 — too. Bob has been CO about 15 months now and expects to keep the job untU January '84. From the tone of Bob's letter he is obviously enjoying his tour, which included a Med Deployment last Summer and FaU. That deployment included Ops off Beirut, escort of PLO leader Yassar Arafat Pres., Cdr. Thomas J. Swartz USNR from Lebanon to Greece, and a swing through the Sec'y, Cdr. James Baumstark USN Black Sea. Most recentiy PRATT made a month 3409 Middle Plantation Quay long good-wiU tour to several Central American Yirgmia Beach VA 23452 ports.

Cort. Sec'y, Jeroid F. (Jerry) Anderson Other surface Classmates Bob occasionaUy sees 5173 Dungannon Rd., Fairfax VA 22030 in the Charleston area are Jay McDonald, CO, 703/278-8277 USS SEMMES CDDG-18) Jim Arrison of the Percent Members: 55 Living Grads: 724 aforementioned HANCOCK, Art Drennan, CO, First, a belated round of congratulations to aU USS BOWEN, FF-1079. Dick Schmidt, CO, USS the new Captains in the class. Dave Ahem, Brent MuLLHviNLX, DD-944, Bob Jones, CO USS Bennitt, D J . Wright, and Art Harris represent the NICHOLSON along with BiUy WUUams who is SUPaviators, Al Krekich and Ward Clark the surface SHIPS Charleston. community, BOI Habermyer and Win EUis the subBob goes on to say how much most everyone mariners along with Larry E3berfeld, now a 1510, enjoys Charleston and would love to stay in the Bob Woodniff, a 1440, and Ted Gordon a 2500. area. It is Bob's third tour there. Bob also adds Heartiest congratulations to all of you. his name to the growing Ust of Classmates planning on attending the 20th reuiuon in the Fall of On the news front, a couple of our skippers '84. More on that later in the coliunn. In closing from Charleston checked in with letters to keep Bob extends an invitation to stop by and visit what us up to date. Jim Arrison, CO of USS JOHN HANhe proudly (and with some prejudice perhaps) caUs COCK (DD-981) writes to say his change of comthe finest DDG in the Atiantic Fleet. mand was May 27 and he was reUeved by a member of '65, John Collins. Jim is slated for the News of aviator Classmates comes from a vari10-month course at Newport which starts 10 ety of sources this month. Tom Raffo wrote from

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Orange Park, Florida, very near NAS JacksonviUe while spending another week end working in the office. Tom presently has his own company, T. G. Raffo and Associates, and deals in individual and corporate insurance planning.

He is also still very active in the naval reserve at NAS Jacksonville. Tom notes that John Evans relieved Ron Testa '63 as CO of VP-30, the P-3 replacement training squadron for the Atlantic coast. This is a bonus command for John, having already had a tour as a fleet squadron CO in Brunswick. Dick Phelan recently left Jax with his squadron, VP^5, for deployment to SigonneUa. He is scheduled to be relieved at Sig in July. The Phelans get to stay in Orange Park for awhile, however. He is slated for the local Wing Ops Officer job. Tom sees Bob Donalson who is also an active reservist at NAS Jax. Dick Bums is CO of VT-10 at NAS Pensacola. Dick's wife, Bobbie, brought brownies to a recent baseball game where Tom's son (Tommy) was playing against Pensacola. Tom writes that Harriet is going to start a taxi company soon. With three kids in three different schools, plus a little one at home, she has the necessary experience! Tom also noted that the Jax contingent is making plans for the upcoming 20th.

J. MaUory Taylor, one of our most faithful correspondents, writes to teU us that son Pete has finished his tour as CO of VT-24 in BeeviUe, Texas, and is now the assistant air boss in EISENHOWER (CVN-69) and is slated for the air boss job in August. Pete and Bea bought a new home in Virginia Beach, but hated to leave BeeviUe. They enjoyed being on a smaU base. Granddad reports his two grandsons, John and Jay, are growing Uke weeds.

As for the senior Taylors, they are both doing weU and spent a good portion of the past winter in the Florida Keys. It is always a pleasure to hear from Mr. Taylor.

Read McCleary, one of my feUow pUots at American Airlines, assumed command of VR-57 at NAS North Island on May 21. VR-57 is a reserve squadron that flies the C-9, the miUtary version of the DC-9.

The "youngest child of the Class" contest continues to draw entrants, but as of now no new winners. Frank Davis writes from Brazil to say that Keven Alan Pepe Davis was born 15 July 1982 — however he had not seen the May Shipmate which reported that Tom Swartz's son, Mark, as the current youngest child. You know, the first Uar just doesn't have a chance.

Frank goes on to say that he now has five chUdren, two American daughters from his first marriage and now three BrazUian sons with his present wife, Maniucha. Frank is with Lone Star Industries in the cement business. He and his family wiU be in the States in July and August and would Uke to hear from some of the 20th company troops.

Here in Washington the quality of the bureaucracy took a quantum leap forward. Bernie Maguire was sworn in recently as the associate director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Preparedness Programs Directorate. Bernie wUl be responsible for managing the federal government's role in civU preparedness. Prior to his nomination to the FEMA post, Bernie was president and chief executive of the VPA Corporation of Virginia, a management consulting firm specializing in poUcy development and executive decision analysis for the energy industry and related firms.

Regarding the 20th Reunion; Right now we promise only one thing. Wherever we have it, it won't be cheap. Start saving your money now.

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65 Pres., Cdr. Hugh W. Howard Jr. USN Sec'y, Cdr. Dave Anderson USN 2460 Cordero Rd., Del Mar CA 92014 619/481-0561 or 225-7121 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 736 Greetings, gang. Hope the Summer finds you all weU. Have a bunch of names to drop so I'U get right on it. Received a letter from Mike Goodwin updating us on some more of our Classmates taking command of the new FFGs. Mike commissioned USS MAHLON S . TISDALE (FFG-27) in

November. He's also run into Andy Fahy who commissioned USS JOHN HALL ( F F G - 3 2 ) on the

East Coast and Ernie Tedeschi who took command of USS DUNCAN (FFG-10) and recently painted on

the Golden Anchor for having the best retention in his squadron. Mike also advises that Chip Seymour commissioned USS COPELAND (FFG-25)

in November and that he's seen Ralph Dobson who is family services officer for the Long Beach Naval Station and Bob Zitzewitz who is now XO of the Navy Contracting Office in Long Beach.

Dick Harris Dick Harris' squadron PAO was kind enough to send me a bio and mug shot of Dick, used in his recent change-of-command ceremony. Dick turned over command of Reserve Patrol Squadron 68 in late April. At the ceremony, Dick was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding performance. While Dick was CO, PATRON 68, flying the P-3, led all other Reserve PATRONS in the areas of mobiUzation readiness, safety, training and retention. Dick's squadron has been awarded the CNO's Safety Award and the Noel Davis " E " Trophy as the Naval Reserve's top ASW Squadron and has also been nominated for the Meritorious Unit Commendation for outstanding contributions to National Security.

Dick is now assigned to the staff of Commander Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic in Norfolk. In his 'real job', Dick flies for Eastern out of Washington (DC) and is also an associate with the Greater Potomac Development Corporation in Gaithersburg (MD) where he lives with wife, Judy, son, Steven and daughter, Stacie. Way to go, Dick.

Here's what he looks Uke these days.

Good ol' BUI Erickson sent me an invite to his commissioning ceremony which 1 had to miss. Too many miles between San Diego and Bath, Maine, where Bill's command, USS DOYLE (FFG-39) became part of the active Fleet in late May. Most of the rest of my news is gleaned from Navy orders or other magazines where I'm liable to spot some familiar names. We find: Chariie Roach being assigned to the NROTC unit at Florida A&M, Ronnie Baker heading home to Norfolk, where he'll be working at the Naval Air Rework Unit on the Naval Air Station there, Paul Bloch ordered to the staff of COMSEVENTHFLT where he'll 100

George Conn wrote from Arizona where he is presently on the 26th NORAD Region staff at Luke AFB near Phoenix. George's famUy, his wife Jacki and two children, Riley and Meghan, will Jan/Feb issue of Surface Warfare as stalwarts in be moving in a few months as he forges on to conthe Yokosuka-based Destroyer Squadron 15. tinue a career which has kept him busy in ASW Howie KOSS is enroute USS AMERICA (CV-66), Jim helos.

Stark turned over command of USS PURER While furthering USN-USAF joint interoper(FFG-6) (to BUI Hunt) and is probably by now roaming the halls of the Puzzle Palace for OP- ability (sounds formidable) George was aboard USS CHANDLER (DD-996) with Hank Strickland.

NAV. Meanwile, Dave Vigrass has been ordered Later, while in Norfolk, he met Hugh Ronalds and to AIROPSUPFLD in Washington, Sonny HarRob Crenshaw. Hugh is at CINCLANT while Rob rison moves across town DC to NAVSECGRU is one the SURFPAC Staff. Finally, as the photos and Frank Mixner has orders to the Human show, the Epsteins and Conns got together at ColResources Management Center in Norfolk. orado Springs for the Navy-Air Force game. Steve You should all have by now the latest update lives in Jackson Hole, Wyommg, where he builds of our directory, diligently mailed out by Jeff beautiful homes in a price range matched by the Lewis. The update informs us all that we have a altitude. Bob Beck and Jim Beesely were also there. block of 100 rooms reserved at the Annapolis Jim is a marketing manager for NCR in Colorado HiUon for our 20th, 18-20 October. If you wish Springs. to reserve a room for Friday/Saturday nights, send In the DC area, Jim Haley has turned up on the a check for $50 made payable to "Pete Gness c/o JCS staff in the Middle Eastern Affairs section 20th Reunion" to Pete Gness, 3966 Wood Edge following a stop at the Naval War CoUege. Take Drive, DavidsonviUe MD 21035. Reservations for heart, all you old car buffs! Jim still has his nights other than Friday/Saturday should be made Jaguar, the same silver XKE he bought before directly to the AnnapoUs Hilton at (301) 268-7555. graduation. Bruce VaUey, writing trenchant prose Pete's also the guy to contact about this year's Homecoming. His phone numbers are: (202) as the special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, has not one, but two Pontiacs in his garage, a '65 693-8240 (O) or (301) 261-7032.

Finally, 1 must sadly report the death of another and '66. Certainly we can all remember those days when firsties alone could drive and when gasoline Classmate. Norm Padgett was tragically kiUed in was thirty cents a gallon. an auto accident on 17 April 1983 in St. Johns That's aU for now, remember to write or call, County, Florida. He had just retired from active and start planning now for the West Coast ediduty on 1 January. He is survived by his widow, tion of the Army-Navy Game. Carl McCuUough, Patricia A. Padgett, a daughter. Amy, two sons, at LATWINGPAC, has offered to help coordinate Ashton and Eric, and his parents, Clyde and arrangements of the Class for a party after the Mildred Padgett of Marquez, Texas. Our congame. Let's start now to make our representation dolences to his family on the loss of this fine the best in the West.

Classmate.

join BUI Hancock who was recently reUeved as CO,

USS TOWERS ( D D G - 9 ) . Bill and Ed Pratt , CO, USS KIRK (FF-1087) were written up in the

66 Pres., Cdr. John S. Redd USN East Coast Corres.: Corr. Sec'y. Cdr. Thomas F. Marfiak USN 9005 Stoneleigh Ct., Fairfax VA 22031 West Coast Corres.: Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Jr. 1205 Prospect Ave., Suite 400 La Jolla CA 92037 Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 659 First of aU, let me express my apologies to those who have turned to this column in recent months to find an empty spot. It has been a busy time in the Strategic Concepts Branch in OPNAV, but thanks to some new people, you will now have a more regular submission of news and views from the hub of the nation. You can do your part to assure a regular column if you'll dust off those pictures and limber up those pens to drop me a note. Take just a moment to give us an update on where you are, what you're doing, and send it along. If you're in the area, give me a call at 703/573-6156.

Steve and Joan Epstein, Jacki and George Conn

67 Pres., Cdr. David E. Church USN Sec'y, Cdr. Don Eraser USN 8310 Terra Grande Ave. Springfield VA 22153 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 728 Well, friends and neighbors, the time has come once again to delve into the exploits of our Classmates. The Washington (DC) area grads held another soiree at Fort McNair in May. The setting there is really quite nice, and the club is far away from the bomb blast area of the War College. Surely a political activist can target a War College, but only a true fiend and terrorist would have the audacity to blast an officers' club. Undaunted and never faint of heart, a good twentyfive per cent of the one hundred seventy or so queried coughed up the stipend for an extended Friday lunch. Among the cast of many were Hank Giffen, Pete Long, Clint Wright, Steve Kramer, Al Thornton, Rich Olson, Ed Lewis, Dick Glasow, Denny Lister, Jerry Lareau, Doug Faber, Marshall David, Jack Airlie, Bob Lang, Ted White, Doug Ogden, Sid Skjei, Adam Llewellyn, Mike Cathey, Sid Mohsberg, John Marshall, Tom Perkins, Dave Church, Ron Brino, Steve WoodaU, Fred Heinemann, Roy Murphy, Ed Finney, Bob Hawthorne, Tom Griggs, Dick Moore, Pete Dabbieri, Jim Barrett, Tim Martin, Dave Santoro, Roger Charles, Mike Svendsen, Bill Hickman, Burlie Brunson, Rene Chicoine, John Hobbs, BiU Belden, Jim Christensen, and Duke Armstrong.

Dave Church held forth as class presidents are wont to do, filUng us in on the building programs and physical changes to The Yard. He also did a good job of promoting Navy sports, which have Shipmate, July-August 1983

recently made Army-thrashing an enjoyable habit.

There seems to be continued enthusiasm for such events, so late Summer may see another in order to prepjare for a smashing tailgate at Homecoming. To their undying credit, this group also responded monetarily to a plea for the '83 Annual Fund, and I pass on many thank yous for jdl your generosity. Contributor-wise, this wUl probably puU us out of the ceUar-dweUer cat^ory in number of donators. 1 hope and trust out-of-DC folks wiU also add to the loot pile.

1 got to play the "you look famiUar" game with Dave Finch recentiy. Whilst suetching the limits of both diet and wardrobe at a posh Crystal City eaterie, I bumped into a famUiar-looking feUow on my fourth trip to the dessert table. After stoking up my courage to interrupt this gent's lunch by poUshing off a king-sized piece of Danish ap)ple pie, I wraddled over to his table and burped my name. Dave responded by clanking his ring against the edge of his plate in an attempt to guard his noon repast against the many crumbs cascading from my rumpled corduroy suit. I knew then that my ring knocker sense was probably cortect. In order to get me away from his table quickly, he confessed to be doing some PCO work before assuming command of SSBN 654 Gold. Tom Moore is in a simUar situation involving SSBN 632.

Dave questioned where the other 1120 folks might be anchored, so for him and others interested, I include the foUowing. Chuck Beers, COMSUBLANT; Dave Candkr, CO USS TULUBEE; Bfll Carver, XO SSBN 633 Gold; Bart Qark, CO USS OMAHA; "Core" Corcoran, CO SSBN 630 Blue; Gary Detter, XO SSBN 628 Blue; Bob EngUsh, CO USS FINBACK; BUI Evans, EA at CINCPACFLT; Dick FieW, CO USS POLLACK; Jim Fletcher, CO USS LEWIS AND CLARK; KU Gay, COM-

SUBPAC; Steve Gray, CO USS INDLANAPOLIS; Mark Haley, CO USS PLUNGER; Bob Hawthorne, Program Analysis in DC: Larry Keegan, CO USS LIPSCOMB; Tom

Kent, CO

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Joe

Krohl, CO USS NORFOLK; Al Lawver, CO USS ATLANTA; George Lear, CO SSBN 658 Blue; Bob LoweU, XO SSBN 622 Blue; Norm Marks, CO USS NATHAN HALE; Mike Martin, SSBN 644 Gold; Ken Mero, XO SSBN 627 Blue; Rich Mies, Tufts University; Tom Moore, PCO SSBN 632; Tim Moore, XO USS ASPRO; Bob Mushen, instruaor at Idaho FaUs; BUl Norris, USS MEMPHIS; Dick Raaz, CO USS HADDO; Joe Sabatini, CO SSBN 631 Blue; Wesley Sherer, CO SSBN 631 Gold; Jim Smith, CO USS SCULPD*; Kurt Traulman, XO USS PHnjU)ELPHLA; Pete Tzomes, CO USS DRUM; George VoUunan, CO SSBN 616 Gold; Paul Ward NSEAOP SUP SUPFDWASH; Jim Welsch, CO USS WHALE; CUnt Wright, OPNAV 223F. The above mformation is derived from a number of sources in the "Bureau," and its veracity is subject to the considerations one would normaUy give to a detailer. Quick perusal of the aforementioned shows a large percentage of COs and XOs, proving that a few confrontations with higher authority pay off in the long run.

The supply of '67 Supply Corps folks looks Uke this: John Atkins, PMS in DC; Pat Beamer, headed from COMNAVSURFGRMED in Naples to USS SIMON LAKE; George Garrett, COMNAVSURFLANT in Norfolk; Tom Griggs, from Navy Petroleum in Alexandria to OPNAV; BUI KeUnn, comptroUer at COMNAVAIRPAC; Dick Kirtley, DCASPRO; Dale McQuinn, Tom Nelson, and BUl Wise, aU at SPCC in Mechanicsburg; MerriU Schlegel, NS Philadelphia; Don Tabb, NSD Yokosuka; and former Yokosuka neighbor Bob Thuriow at CINCUSCENTCOM. Our Geophysics Classmates (1800 designator) are Herb Colomb at DMA in Suitland, Maryland; Shipmate, July-August 1983

Wayne Olsen, weather guesser in IKE; and John Pfeiffer in Monterey with FLENUMOCEANCNMB. News from the hinterlands included a press release from a PR firm in Omaha. Jack Diesing was recently recognized for outstanding sales achievement by being made a charter member of Alexander and Alexander's Summit Club. He was one of the only 79 qualifiers of the many employees of the world's second largest insurance brokerage and financial services company. Jim Fletcher chimed in with a computer-generated letter concerning his move from the beautiful city of New Orleans. As mentioned earlier, Jim is one of the 1120s who generaUy hear of shore duty only as a rumor. Jim is outbound from EPMAC, but related the fine addition the Navy made to the last Mardi Gras by contributing a submarine disguised as a float for the local parade. We can aU bemoan a lost contact for Mardi Gras, since the Class of '68 is providmg the reUef for Jim's old job. Chuck Scherck took time off from his scarecrow duties in the Midwest cornfields to pen a letter about Tim Cohane. Tim, the former basketbaU team captain and basebaU player, is now the roundball coach at Dartmouth. His name surfaced in an article about the NCAA BasketbaU Rules Committee, of which he is a member. We expect his next appearance wiU be in this new season's Final Four.

Kudos to aU the writers and phoners, and a pox on all who have yet to make themselves famous by being immortalized on the pages of this august periodical. Stay tuned for the whereabouts of aU the AEDOs, NFOs, and EDOs in the next instaUment of that renowned soap opera "AU My Classmates." More anon.

It is interesting to hear that Lou Romano has been ordered to the home office of Union Carbide Corporation (Linde division) and was to relocate his family in Danbury, Connecticut, sometime during the month of May. Lou had been employed with the industrial services of Union Carbide in Houston, and is looking forward to joining the Connecticut Chapter of the Alumni Association — "Howdy, Pardner!"

68 Pres., LCdr. James C. CarroU USN Sec'y/Treas., LCdr. Al Thacker USN Deputy for Management U.S. Naval Academy, AnnapoUs MD 21402 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 646 How's your tan? Are we reaUy on the downhiU side of Summer already? Hope aU summer moves have gone OK. Remember, there is no known relationship between your preference card and your orders but, since 80% of the officers are in the top 10% it doesn't matter anyway. You'U do your average above average job. I note that out of the 747 of us commissioned URL, only 282 are stUl on active duty, which is about the normal percentage. I also note that there aren't many correspondents in our group. I may have to start using Natioruil Enquirer informants to get class news.

We haven't missed an issue in over two years now so how 'bout helping out. One short note a year from everyone wiU provide lots of input for me to editorialize on.

1 received a short letter from Mr. "Athletics" himself, John Church. After an iUustrious civiUan career as a cabinet maker he went to Saudi Arabia to fly helos for a few years and now is stiU there as superintendent of aviation safety for the western region in Civil Aviation. He and wife Kathy have been married about three years now and should have their first Uttle Saudi by press time. John had a lot of good words about job opportunities and

the Ufestyle in Jeddah if you are interested in a second retirement.

An interesting note came in from Chris Slebo's eldest tax deduction, son Kevin, now at Frederick MiUtary Academy and planning on being Class of '88. Embarrassed that Chris has failed his fraternal duty to write, Kevin told me that Chris is (or was) XO of SPARTANBURG COIWTY ( L S T - 1 1 9 2 ) ,

dodging shore based projectUes off the coast of Lebanon. Also mentioned was orders as chief snipe in NASSAU. Kevin indicates that he is intent on being an admiral's son and makes me feel like 1 should be cleaning my brass or shining shoes just reading his gung-ho letter.

Professor Mike Ruth Jim Santee passed by on a "break" from his missionary work in Taiwan, and I saw a picture of Mike Ruth in All Hands teaching up in Newport. Denny Blair was here representing the National Security CouncU for the Academy Foreign Affairs Conference.

That about wraps up the news and views to close out the Summer. Anyone with orders here and an interest in graphic B.S. might want to contact me about taking over the column. As much as I might try, eventuaUy (soon) 1 will have to get orders elsewhere. ILLIGTTIMUS NON CARBORUNDUM. P.S. Anyone interested in copies of the five-part series done on our Class by the Baltimore Sun should contact Ken Pease, the pubUc affairs officer at the Naval Academy.

69 Pres., WUUam H. Newton III Cort. Sec'y, Maj. R.D. Gamer USMC 4702 B MCDEC, Quantico VA 22134 Percent Members: 46 Living Grads: 711 Thanks a lot, gang! Another month of empty promises and an empty mail box. I appeal to aU relatives and friends (if any) of the Class of '69.

Either write to me on their behalf, or shame them into coming out of the closet — Please! For any other Alumni who happen to read this column: If you see a clean-cut, cream-of-the-crop, aUAmerican boy lying facedown in the gutters of Olongapo (or Naples), check his ring finger and look for a '69 crest. If it's there, please send me his name and the circumstances smrounding your discovery. You'll be handsomely rewarded for your trouble.

We did have one interesting event since the last issue. Joe Chopek and Mike Qark artanged a fantastic get-together at the Key Bridge Marriott in DC on 29 April. What made it interesting was the guest Ust — '69ers from USNA, USMA, and USAFA. The Army finaUy won something. The score was: Anny-24; Air Force-15; Navy-14. The Air Force is also credited with one spouse in attendance.

Aside from the pleasant company and the novelty of meeting our sister service brethren, Joe and Mike artanged for the able assistance of two 101

charming ladies who took a census and later prepared the information for our use. Additionally, there was a sumptuous cocktail hour buffet.

You would be well advised to make the next one — assuming of course that we can get phone numbers and names of those in the area and that we get the word out in time for ya'U to make plans for "working late."

Here's the roster of those who made it: Joe Chopek — real-estate developer in DC with partner, Mike Clark; Mike Clark — ditto Joe's job, except delete Mike and insert Joe in the partner slot; Steve Comiskey — just made the break from DC law firm to hang his own sign — also affiliated with Joe and Mike; Barry Amos — back in the Navy and teaching at USNA; Doug Berry (JAG) — action officer at HQMC in the Personnel Management Division; Mike Hough — F/A-18 project engineer at Naval Air Systems Command; Roger Vehora — Avionics Systems Project Officer at Naval Air Systems Command; BUI Cima — marketing rep for North American Aviation; Denny Yotras — working for Dynamics Research Corporation in DC area as a software manager/ marketing rep.; George Mertz — assigned to the Pentagon as a special projects officer; Paul Alfieri — Flight clearance officer for air vehicles (systems engineering division) at Naval Air Systems Command; Jim Cummings — sorry Jim, I forgot! I'll catch you next time; and Baker Smith — director of labor relations. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Besides aU these folks, Gerry Witowski stopped by in early May while on a two-week active duty stint. In real life, he's manager of aerospace marketing for the Rosemount, Incorporated.

When you pilots and BNs/RIOs check your cockpit gauges and gadgets, think of Gerry; his company put a lot of them there.

That's about it for this time, but you have two months to get your name in print since this is a double issue. Take the time to drop me a note. If you have an aversion to writing, give me a call at home (703/221-1960) after 1900 or at work (202/692-5661/90) between 0630 and 1700.

Until next time . . .

70 Pres., Terry R. Huff Sec'y, LCdr. Al Bergstrom JAGC USN Dept. of Leadership and Law U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis MD 21402 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 671

71 Pres., LCdr. Peter P. Schneider Jr. USN Sec'y, Charies E. Boyer UI 606 Dunberty Dr., Arnold MD 21012 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 698

72 Pres., LCdr. Alfred M. Joseph USN Sec'y, LCdr. George Z. Berry USN 465 I Avenue, Coronado CA 92118 619/435-1143 Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 761 I'm starting to get more letters! I suppose some of you felt sorry for me and picked up your pens.

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Homecoming Week — 1982 For beginners, 1 have some more baby news.

Betty Jean and Gary Hall are now the parents of Cheryl Elizabeth born 24 April. Gary is leaving DC this Summer and heading to San Diego for his XO tour. Tara and Dave "Rosy" Rosenzweig have Joshua Andrew as of 29 March.

Steve, Gale, Bradley and Heather Soroka Gale, Bradley, Heather and Steve Soroka live in Severna Park (MD) where Steven is a program manager for Westinghouse. Gale wrote that they are expecting their third child in October. She also included a tenth reunion picture of them with Tara and Rosy Rosenzweig and Barb and Joe GaUuccio.

Joe and Barb have three children, Richie, Andrew, and Lauren. They live in Long Island, and Joe is working on his MBA. Tara and Rosy are in Alameda (CA) where, in addition to the above news about their new child. Rosy is in graduate school. Gwyn, Brian, Courtney, and Randy Bent are in Coronado, and Randy is now working for Linkabit Corp near La Jolla. Thanks for the nice letter. Gale. Sorry, but I'm out of the '72 thumbs.

Ginny, Billy and Skip Wheeler are in DC. After tours on a DDG and CG, Skip is now with the Naval Sea Systems Command where he travels a great deal as the AAW program manager in the Aegis Shipbuilding Project Office. Rick GUbert is a plant engineer for Mobil Chemical in Woodland, California. He and Suzy have three chUdren — Kelley and twins Doug and Katie. They now live at 730 Heather Lane, Woodland CA 95695. Skip also reported that Betsy and BUI Morris are in Annapolis where BiU is an oceanography instructor.

Dean Glick wrote from the battleship NEW JERSEY that on board for the firing of the first Tomahawk Missile were Chris Yates, a civilian technical representative for General Dynamics; Jerry Jenkins, EDO officer with the Joint Cruise Missile Project office; and Dean, Combat Engagement Center Officer and Assistant Ops on board.

Lenny Kaplan is working for GE in Denmark (marrying a local girl?). Joe Driscoll is a detailer back in DC and Patch Blakey is a company officer back at school. Thanks, Dean.

Other news — Steve Christensen is saving the Navy countless miUions of dollars while working in OPNAV back in the Pentagon.

73 Pres., LCdr. Dan Musmanno USNR Sec'y, Mr. Dirk P. D. Mosis III 709 W. Lang, Alvin TX 77511 Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 740 Well, Classmates, it was a very scarce month for news. 1 bet that all of you are in contact with companymates as you prepare for our 10th. WeU, let's have a little news to help your scribe out — please.

Mike Kane, a companymate of mine, is now an MD doing his residency at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. He wiU be there for three years of internal medicine training. But the big news is that "Moik" is getting married to a pediatrician in September. Mike, are you sure you're a doctor? I can still read your script.

Thanks, and congratulations, Mike!

Karen Larson wrote for Randy and Erik. They are in Irving, Texas, where Randy went after leaving the Navy in '79. He met Karen there. He is production control manager at the S.P.M. Plant of Otis Engineering (oilfield equipment). Their number is 214/254-1756. Thank you, Karen.

Lisa and Jay Carothers write from Hong Kong where Jay's latest promotion with Phillips Petroleum Co. had brought them. He is vice president of finance for aU of PhiUips Asian companies.

Lisa wrote the letter, and tells us that Jason Camden joined them this past Christmas Eve. George Parrish dropped in a few weeks ago. They are looking forward to the reunion. Their phone numbers are work — 5-265002, and at home (3 Katowall Rd., 26B, HK) — 5-t61581. Thank you, Lisa!

Ken Mayeaux, another old 15th companymate, wrote. He's organizing our company get-togethers, but no real news.

I guess we had a bit more than 1 realized. See you at Homecoming! '83 — '73 equals lots of news to catch up on. Be there! Beat Pitt! '73!

74 Pres., LCdr. Donald Loren USN Sec'y, LCdr. Ken Pisel USN M-5 Phythian Rd., USNA Annapolis MD 21402 (H) 301/263-5078, (O) 267-2782/3 (AV prefix 281) Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 764 Greetings, '74! Commissioning Week has officially started and yet another batch of ensigns and 2/Lt's will have hit the fleet by the time you see this. I've trained some of this group, so if you Shipmate, July-August 1983

have any complaints, please write. The complaints weapons officers: Steve Johnson in FOSTER out of wiU be ignored, but at least I'U know that San Diego, Jim Fry in BRISCOE out of Norfolk and somebody is out there reading this monthly sub- Doug Crowder, who'll be in STUMP as of mission. This year one of my fun-filled duties in- November. BiU Lee is still up there but has trancluded superrision of the Herndon "lub job." I'd sitioned from instructor to student (a thought that never realized just how much fun 200 lbs. of lard terrifies me). And finally, Mary and Skip Syer, could be, and by the time my Class of '85 lube plus two, are reported as being out of the Navy detail was finished the touri were both impressed living in Westchester, Pennsylvania. Thanks for and perplexed. Most could figure out why '85 was the call, Ben. so prominentiy displayed, but were at a loss as to The letters for the month are unique in that the why '74 was on Herndon. The additional pleasure one is quite legible and the others are all typed. of standing right there during the assault on Hern1 can't tell you how great it is to be able to read don brought back the memories of exactly how letters without wondering what half of the words bad 1000 hot, sUppery bodies could smeU! are. Now if we could go just one step further and 1 hope that aU of you are having a pleasurable double space. (Just kidding.) The first letter is from Summer. PersonaUy, 1 predict that 1 have had a a wife who had a great idea. Wives can send letgreat Summer and am probably back to work get- ters to me and their husbands wiU see them while they are out on deployment. Why didn't 1 think ting ready for another assault on ignorance around 22 August. For those of you that are planning to of that angle before?! get season tickets for the home games, don't wait Sunny Evans, wife of David "Lurch" Evans, t(0 long. Better yet, do it now so that you can enwas good enough to write and teU us that they and sure that you can get into class seating. their two daughters, Elizabeth (3) and Sarah (15 This p)ast month has shown a sUght return months) have been Uving in San Diego since '74, toward the level of communication of which we with the exception of a few months in Newport. are capable (I got some maU). We had four letLurch is presently material officer for DESRON ters and three phone caUs as weU as our first of31 deployed aboard CARL VINSON by now. Her ficial meeting of class officers. At the meeting we data on Classmates is as foUows: "BUl Mason is were able to clarify some questions as to how we also assigned to the staff of DESRON 31. His wife intend to handle the ten year reunion. 1 won't go Peg and daughter Meghan reside in Chula Vista. into any details now because we stiU have a few John Odegaard and his wife Lois (also a Ueutenmore decisions to make and we have plans to put ant commander) are stationed in San Diego and out an info letter with complete detaUs sometime Uve in Coronado. between December and February. If you have any "The guy who owns the house next door to us, pressing questions in the meantime, feel free to caU Gary Carter (Carts) is stationed in Gaeta, Italy. me.

Gary, his wife Debby and chUdren Nicholas and Now on to the news. First the phone calls, startKeUy wiU be returning to Newport this Summer ing with the most recent and shortest. Ted for War CoUege. After that we are aU hoping that Knhlmeyer (USMC) caUed as I was poUshing my they return to San Diego. We were happy to learn shoes to run out to Herndon. He did manage to that Kevin O'Brien (O.B.), wife Ann and chUdren teU me that he had recentiy been assigned to Joseph and WUUam wiU be coming to San Diego Henderson HaU in DC before I cut him off (sorry, this Fall. Kevin wiU be assigned to KITTY HAWTC. Ted). Thanks for the caU; I hope to get more from According to their last Christmas card, Jeannie you later. 1 also got a call from another comand Dan Mamsa and the boys are stiU in Florida."

I)anymate, and Ted's old roommate, Kevin She goes on to teU us that Brian Rabe recently "Satch" Morgan. married an AustraUan lady by the name of FeliSatch and Kathy, with Kris and Kerry, are aU city. They are Uving in HawaU, which must suit aUve and weU down in Charleston (SC), where he her quite weU in that she is reputed to be an accompUshed photographer and scuba diver. Back was in USS VALLEJO untU June. He has since on the East Coast we have Karen and Andy Anmoved on to places undetermined at the time of drews, with daughters Meredith and Lauren, Uvthe caU, but fully expected to remain in Charleston. ing in Charleston. Sunny doesn't say what ship, The list of names he provided includes Robert but does say that he is probably out cruising by Dunn, who's engineer in WOODROW WILSON. Joinnow. Great time for the letter and the idea. 1 hope ing him there as nav/ops is Jim Lyons. Other that Lurch was pleasantly surprised to see your engineers mentioned include Ben Wachendorf, names in print. For aU of you wives who are at voN STEUBEN (Blue) and Rich Terpstra in this very minute rushing to get pen and paper, STURGEON. Nav/ops types include BUl Wright, also remember that 1 write with a two-month lead time in STURGEON and Guy Graupmann, in BATFISH. (i.e., it's now September).

Al Lercbbacher was also reported on as being the docking officer at the Charleston NavSta. Two The next letter is from Rick WUson who states guys that Satch mentioned from the old 3rd Co. that he felt compeUed to write and have it noted were his brother-in-law, BiU Lahneman, who is stiU that reports of his death have been sUghtly exagin SAMUEL E . MORISON out of Mayport, and Jim gerated. It seems that he ran mto a friend who said CampbeU, who is stUl down at ROTC duty at he had read a couple of years back that Lt. Rick Auburn, but is slated to roU in October. Thanks, Wilson had been kiUed. If that report was true.

Satch.

Rick wanted to go on record that it was somebody else. He even goes so far as to aUude that it may The first caU of the month and the last one meneven have been a ploy to generate maU for this coltioned came from Ben McMUIan, who reported umn. (I'd Uke to go on record that I have not that he and Karen had a baby boy in November. stooped so low as to report false deaths — yet.

(They got equal bilUng, but I'U bet she did most It sure worked weU though, didn't it?) He also of the work.) His name is Daniel. Congratulations! wrote as a means to practice on his new wordBy now, Ben is one of our crew in NIMTTZ where processing program. (Another great reason to he is DCA. At the time of his caU he was finishing write.) department head school and provided a list of Rick and Carolyn left the Navy in 1979 and he names with some future jobs. His Ust was topped went to work for Buckeye CeUulose, a division of

by Karen and Dave Lipinski, whose next tour was either unknown or 1 missed it. Betsy and Dave An- Procter and Gambel. He is currently working as a project manager trying to design and buUd a new tanitus had a daughter named Emily in January woodyard at the piUp miU. "To attest to the fringe — another congratulations! The next three are aU

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benefits of civilian Ufe, in five years of sea duty we were blessed with one son. Josh. After only nine months in Perry (FL), Ben was b o m . " (1 won't attest to the scientifc validity of that study, but it sure sounded like replication was in order.)

The only other Classmate that Rick can report on is John Scott, who began work at Buckeye one week ahead of Rick. John it seems has remained closer to his shipboard engineering experience than Rick, having spent the past four years in the plant powerhouse. He and wife Jane have three chUdren: Laura, Andrew, and Kate. The only other item of note was that Rick had seen Chris "Nitrol" Nigon's name mentioned as being a resident of Cincinnati. While in the vicinity. Rick was unable to locate Chris. Chris, are you out there?! Thanks, Rick; 1 hope to see you and John at the big TEN. The third letter of the month comes from Larry Turner who reported running into his old roommate out at Camp Pendleton while he was on the West Coast on business. Mike Becker " . . . has the Corps weU in hand or maybe it's the Corps that has Mike in hand. Anyway, Capt. Becker finaUy abandoned bachelorhood in February. His wife, Susie, haUs from the Oakland (CA) area and is a terrific person. Mike expected one more overseas tour while at Pendleton before getting orders to the East Coast, probably Marine Corps Headquarters in DC. Mike and Susie are hoping to make it to Homecoming in '84.

"Mike brought me up to speed on a few others from 18th Co. Brace Whomsley, another Grunt, although a flying one (A-6s) is now an instructor at Pensacola. Mike also thought that Bruce may soon abandon bachelorhood.

"The last update I have is from another roommate from school, Frank Cohee. Frank and wife MolUe and two sons are leaving the Navy for civiUan Ufe in June. Frank has been hired by Bechtel . . . and wiU be helping to clean up Three MUe Island. They'U be looking for a house around the Harrisburg area. Frank was a surface nuke and was most recentiy on ROTC duty at Ga. Tech."

Larry's final comments were about an enterprise he has entered with Kevin Flannery and Dennis Crowe. They aU work for Pacer Systems in Ft. Washington, (PA) and have just estabUshed RING KNOCKER LOCKER. Their plan is to market USNA clothing items — mainly T-shirts and sweatshirts. "These aren't cheap imitations, but the Real McCoy official issue." Not only that, but they'U also carry the same items in youth and toddler sizes. What they are trying to do isfiUthe gap that any ordmary coUege bookstore would normally fiU — maU order items to Alumni. As it stands now, you guys either wait for Homecoming or come and get one of the guys assigned here to get your booty for you. Now RING KNOCKER LOCKER wiU fiU that gap for you.

Larry goes on to ask me to provide RING KNOCKER LOCKER some free pubUcity. WeU I'm sorry to say that I just can't do it. I can't mention the Une about " a good and reputable product" or the endorsements by Shipmate and the Mid Store. And 1 certaiiUy won't mention that RING KNOCKER LOCKER is usmg your address at 1613 Jumper St., Norristown PA 19401 (215/279-0545). It is a matter of principle; I won't tarnish the Uterary reputation I worked so hard to earn by resorting to cheap commerciaUsm. (Good luck!)

Ted Mixon sent the final letter complete with a group picture and group letter from '74 in MIDWAY, out of Japan. Unfortunately, 1 went over my length limitation a half a page ago, so we'U see it next month.

WeU, '74 fans, that'U have to do it for this month's news. I do have one request for aU of you

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pack rats out there. Do you remember second semester 1/C year? We had a course, NS452, which was basicaUy an introdurtion to being a division officer. Well it ceased to exist in 1976 and 1 am in the process of creating a course along the same lines. NS452 had a project that included a division officer's notebook — did any of you save the project or anything about that course??? If you did please caU me ASAP (collect at work or home, although I'd prefer work). I'd greatiy appreciate it.

That's aU until next month, so untU September, ciaol

75 Pres., Lt. Edward R. Hawkens USNR Sec'y, Lt. Steve Hubbard USN OZ Division, USS EISENHOWER (CVN-69) FPO, New York NY 09532 Percent Members: 46 Living Grads: 714 Bonjourno!! Duty days overseas are good for one thing . . . writing inputs for class news columns! At this time IKE and 1 are sitting a couple of miles away from the fleet landing in Naples, after having just arrived yesterday. We left Norfolk on 27 April for a standard Med deployment into November. Ah . . . haze gray and underway . . . what can one say? Actually Naples is a new experience for me. Even after a previous three-year sea tour aboard EDWARD MCDONNELL I had never spent more than a few hours in this city, on two different occasions. As they say, though, everybody eventually comes back to Naples sooner or later. During this cruise we tentatively have visits scheduled to Athens, Alexandria, Barcelona, Palma, and Naples and a couple of more places.

Love those libs! Maggie and 1 are planning to be together for a few days if possible, too, so it should be an interesting Summer.

Well, you aU are not doing such a steUar job of getting mail to me these days. Don't teU me you're losing interest! This is a crucial time to keep everybody informed of our whereabouts . . . especiaUy since so many of us are getting out and sampling the wares of the civilian "sector." 1 did receive two things recently, a postcard from Pat Gooley and a hand-carried note from Larry Warrenfeltz.

Pat's card was dated 16 March and postmarked Hong Kong . . . that's right, deployed again. The picture is a standard tourist scene showing the floating restaurants in Aberdeen at night. Off the top of my head 1 can't think of which ship he's on, but he indicated he was due to transfer in a few weeks to USS MARS (AFS-1) to become the ops boss. Thanks for the note, Pat, and smooth sailing!

I received Larry's letter as part of the Med inchop turnover, when IKE relieved NIMITZ. He happily reported he is being sent back to Monterey to get his doctorate. "Actually it's for remedial golf — I didn't lower my handicap enough during the first go-round!" Uh-huh, that's what 1 thought . . . no wonder everybody wants to go to PG school! Anyway, Congrats to the Feltz, and once again '75 excels! If you thought that was good news wait 'til you hear this one . . . Larry and Nancy also have a new addition to their family!

Lyndsay Kate was born 13 February joining 19-month-old (at that time) brother Jimmy. Unfortunately Dad wasn't home for the big event (the Navy's funny that way . . . ), but he was able to fly home for awhile during a week-long Naples stop, so he could meet her. Larry also mentioned some other '75ers aboard NIMITZ. Mike Groothausen is a CAG LSO; Mick Clements is a maintenance-type with VF-41; Dennis Poulos flies 104

with VF-84; and Jim Droddy is the ship's assistant navigator. Good gouge, Larry; thanks. He makes another good point . . . "These'birdfarms' are sure different from the Greyhounds of the Fleet, aren't they?" Yes Larry, they sure are . . .

Well, sports fans, due to the appalling lack of mail I've been getting, that's all I can turn around to you this month. C'mon, guys and gals, let's get with it! Also, don't forget Homecoming October 21-23. The game wiU be with Pitt and the '75 tailgate party will once again be a featured event.

A good time will be had by all of course, and everybody who is anybody will be there.

We just had a mail call so 1 thought I would add the news brought by another note. Barbara and Stu Richards announce the birth of a new son, Stephen Alan, on 28 April '83, weighing in at 9 lbs. and a half ounce. Congrats to the proud parents!

Now, folks, I must go. Have a good Summer and again, don't forget homecoming. Ciao for now! Steve.

76 Pres., Lt. Morgan B. Pearsall USN Sec'y, Capt. Joe Buranosky USMC 24575 Copper Cliff Ct., El Toro CA 92630 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 712 It seems like it was just a few days ago that I sat down to write the last column. It has been a busy month, and I've received a lot of letters, talked to a few Classmates over the phone, and had the good fortune to get together with Dennis Dilucente. A few weeks ago, MaryK and 1 were running on the track adjacent to one of the runways at El Toro when an F-5-F from Top Gun was landing. The guy in the back seat waved to us as the plane was taxiing to the parking ramp. As it turned out, Demus Dilucente had come up for the Top Gun training with VMFA-314, and we did get the chance to visit with him. Dennis is doing well and enjoying his tour at Miramar.

1 received a letter from Nancy Shaffer; she.

Curt, and their two girls, Amanda and Julie, are living in Manassas. Curt got out of the Corps last April and is a military analyst for Santa Fe Corporation in Alexandria, Virginia. Nancy had other news to pass on. Robin and Mike Yeager and their daughter, Emily, just moved to Kingsville, Texas, where Mike works for Mobil Oil; he got out of the Corps in August '81. Congratulations to Barb and Mike Kelly who had their third son in December. Mike works for General Foods in Smyrna, Delaware. Gerri and Bob Jackson are in Garden City, New York, where Bob is a Navy recruiter and Gerri is a stockbroker. Margie and Al Gambone and their two children are in Gambrills, Maryland, where Al works for a medical supply company. Sally and Mark Moore and their children, Sarah and Rex, are doing well in Texas where Mark is an instructor at BeeviUe. Doris and Gary McConnell are stationed at Kirtland AFB and doing well. Chris and Lenny Mokan and their children, Steven and Ashley, were transferred to Anaheim, California, where Lenny works for Corning. Diane and Mike Halloran and their children, Matthew and Maggie, live in Corpus Christi where Mike works for Exxon.

1 heard from Jim Francis a few weeks ago. He is an engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding, but says he still has excellent leads on houses for sale in Bradford, Pennsylvania, if anyone is interested.

Jim is doing well and recommends a new book about to come out entitled The Return of Philo T. McGiffin, written by a coworker of his and a feUow Naval Academy Alumnus, Dave Poyer '71.

A belated Father's Day wish to Tim Traaen from his sons!

Wayne Jakubowski sent word from Mystic, Connecticut; he and his wife JoeUe were getting ready to move to Manassas, Virginia, where Wayne wiU be working for IBM. Wayne was leaving the Navy after finishing his tour as an instructor at the advanced officer trairung department at sub school. He also had some other news to pass on. Frank Inzirillo is stiU teaching at sub school.

Dave Fleischman was finishing up at SOAC and was on his way to San Diego. BUI Ostendorf and Rusty Pope are still going strong at the University of Texas Law School.

I received a letter from John Krase a few days ago. John is at MAWTS-1 in Yuma along with Larry Astyk and John Rader. Keith Champion is flying with VMFAT-101 after recycling through the pilot pipeline, and Jack Kirk is supposed to follow in trace. Congratulations to Dr. Dan Mitchell and his new bride. Teal, who were married December 18. John was at the wedding along with Sal and Tom Wood and their three boys who came from Whidbey Island, and Sue and Tom Pumphrey, who came from Virginia.

Congratulations are in order for Lisa and Vic Neves who had twin boys, Eric Michael and Christopher Lee, born on 10 March 83!

Mara wrote and told me that Tim Traaen reported aboard USS CARL VINSON in March and will be deployed with the ship untU October when she pulls into her new homeport in Alameda.

I spoke with Alex Cobble, and it looks like the big date is set for the first week end in December, and then had the opportunity to catch WiUiam Brown and things are going well for him at SMU. Also talked to Vic Thombs recently and he is finishing up at AWS and getting ready to go to test pilot school at Pax River. There's no other news to report for now. Stay in touch.

Homecoming — 1982

Shipmate, July-August 1983

77 Pres., Capt. Peter W. Grieve USMC Sec'y, Mr. Daniel F. Busch 2405 Lemontree Ln., Piano TX 75074 PeKcnt Members: 74 Living Grads: 910 Sorry 1 missed last month, but the time seems to sUp away. It doesn't seem like we have been in Texas a year. 1 am again sorry to report the death of another Classmate. Peter Olsen died in April, but I have no details except his wife's address of 13568 Stoney Creek Rd., San Diego CA 92129.

Our condolences to his family.

Greg Gray writes from the University of Alabama where he graduated from medical school in June. Greg and his wife Myma are now in San Diego doing an internship in internal medicine.

Tom Gorman has left the Navy and is working for Westinghouse near BWI airport and is living in Glen Burtue. John Burton is an NROTC instructor at CorneU and Ray Tranchant is an NFO flying F-14s out of Oceana, Virginia.

Mark Claussen will leave his admiral aide job in London in the Fall and head for CEC Basic School at Port Hueneme, CaUfornia. Jim Rowan is a navigator on A-6s in Cherry Point and wiU deploy soon in SARATOGA. Tom Keeley is an instructor in VA-12 in Pensacola. John Bukaukus has finished legal school and is headed for Camp Lejeune.

Ed Anderson and his wife Amy are Uving in Virginia Beach and are the proud parents of their first chUd, Kathryn, bom in April. Cari Moore and his wife Cheryl are living in SUver Spring, Maryland, and Carl is working at the Washington Navy Yard. Shan Delmar has finished his tour as XO in CONSTTTUTION and is now at Newport in

department head school. Shan and his wife Frances and a baby girl, Jennifer, on Mother's Day. Ron MiUer and his wife Marsha were expecting in June and are moving this Summer from San Diego to New London.

Marv Rogers is in Orlando with the recruiting mobUe training team and Jerry Bennett is still in Norfolk as an instractor with HC-6. Dave Hayes is working for the Singer Corporation in Maryland.

Tom Amiino is an instractor at a RAG at Moffett Field. He has bought a house in the area and his new address is: 41996 Via San Carlos, Fremont CA 94539. Dave Aland is married and teaching SWOS in San Diego. Tom Hejl is leaving his A-7 RAG soon and should stay on the West Coast somewhere. Dan Porter is out of the Marine Corps and Uving in El Paso, Texas.

Frank Spence and his wife Mary sent the picture from Teresa and KUton Kingsman's wedding in February at NAS Norfolk. Frank is now in El Toro, California. BUI McCuUoch and Sandy are stationed in Quantico. Glen Bacon is stationed at Pt. Mugu at V-XE-6 and is a naval flight surgeon.

Group at the Kingsman Wedding

Shipmate, July-August 1983

Al Clever and Gail are both stationed at the Academy. Betsy and Monty Packer are stationed in the Washington area. Debbie and Roger Fleischer and two children are stationed in Virginia Beach. Loren Plisco and Patty are living in Pennsylvania and working for the N R C 1 had a long talk with Pete Grieve about many things the Class could be doing. There wiU be elections soon as we are supposed to have elections every five years. If anyone has ideas about a class project or some ideas about where the Class should be headed, let one of us know. We are going to try to be more active over the next few years. I also asked Pete to summarize the G.l. Bill problem as 1 get many calls on this. 1 will close with the letter, and please let me hear from all of you this Summer.

Several Classmates have written me asking whether service academy graduates of 1977 rate G.l. BiU educational benefits. According to the letter of the law, we do not, and I do not expect this to change. 1 know of several Classmates who have applied for and received the old G.L Bill. Good luck to those who try.

The remainder of this letter summarizes our Class' efforts to reinstate the G.I. BiU. In 1979, Marc Watson had thoroughly researched our case and submitted an appeal to the Veterans' Administration. His appeal was denied; the VA expressed sympathy for his plight, but its hands were tied by the expUcit wording of the law that had terminated the G.I. BiU. We were denied educational benefits by that law, and unless that law was changed, there would be no administrative avenue of redress. We then turned to legislative means.

In December 1980, as that session of Congress was ending, the Class of 1977 of all service academies had a bill in the House of Representatives. Due to our letter-writing campaign and lobbying efforts, 45 Congressmen had agreed to co-sponsor the biU. Despite this sigiuficant support, the bUl was actively blocked from leaving the Veteran's Affairs Committee.

One week prior to my departure from Washington for an overseas tour, 1 secured an audience with the man most responsible for the bill's blockage, the chief counsel to the committee. 1 presented our legal case to him, and he countered with non-legal arguments such as, "Why should the taxpayers provide you with a second free education?" and "The Pentagon fears mass attrition for your Class if the G.l. BiU is granted."

I was prepared, and rebutted each one. By the conclusion of our meeting, he conceded that: a) we had a legitimate claim to G.I. BiU educational benefits; b) Congress had inadvertently discriminated against us in drafting the legislation that terminated the G.I. Bill; c) there was indeed an inequity between our ROTC contemporaries and us as a result; and d) he would no longer actively block the bill.

However, he stated that he could not support

the bill either, despite its merits, because of budget constraints. We had won the battle but lost the war. The number of co-sponsors grew to 100 before the end of the session, but the bill never left committee. The bill was reintroduced during the next Congress, but with no Classmate in Washington actively pushing for its passage, the bill died.

Back then, several prospective "new G.l. BiUs" were batted around Congress and the Pentagon.

Today, because of the recent history of easily-fiUed enlistment quotas, none is seriously discussed. In this environment (under the current Administration's cutback of the VA budget), returning our case to Congress would be fruitless. Until the current political climate (and the economy) change in our favor, the legislative avenue of redress wiU not exist for this issue.

While 1 was working on the legislative angle.

Marc Watson was pursuing from a legal standpoint. His case bounced back and forth between district court and claims court, because neither one would accept jurisdiction. After several years and substantial cost for trying, he too hit a dead end.

I won't say that our Class wUl never get the G.L BiU, but by the time we do, I don't think any of us would need it. 1 hope this answers your questions. If you have any more, you can write to me at: 20 Harrison Avenue, Monson MA 01057. Pete Grieve.

78 Pres., Lt. Kenneth E. Waldie USN Sec'y, Lt. Bob Schmermund USN 13201 Iris Court, Bowie MD 20715 301/390-6754 Percent Members: 75 Living Grads: 965

79 Cort. Sec'y, 1st Lt. Larry KiUstadius USMC 820 McMUlan Ave. #10 Wilmington NC 28403 919-799-4129 West Coast Reporter Lt. Francis J. Dombrowski USN Naval Air Trairung Unit, Mather AFB Sacramento CA 95655 At-sea Cort., Lt. (jg) J.E. McFadden USN USS MississffPi (CGN-40), FPO NY 09578 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads 913 Dear Sir, I thought 1 had better address this letter properly since most of my readers outrank me! Maybe someday the Marines will catch up with the Navy, but it won't be for a long while. Now that 1 have given aU you fuU Ueutenants your due, 1 don't want to hear any gloating about being senior to us lowly captain selectees.

This was a pretty good month for letters although most of them were fairly short. Before 1 get started 1 am putting an APB out on Sharon and Tom Brandl. Where are they? By the way, 1 know you are all anxious to learn how 1 did at the George Hamilton Suntan Open. Well, 1 started off doing real well in the preliminaries but lost in the semis when my haircut Une showed. The price I pay for being 'FEW AND PROUD.' Brian Philipp stopped by Camp Lejeune on his way to Newport. He is going to be an instructor at NAPS. He wiU take it upon himself to fuUy train our future junior officers. The thought is rather sobering, don't you think? 1 can't really believe anyone would trust Philo with a young mid! Tom 105

McPhillips recently flew his helo down to the Swamp on the family plan. Tom's wife is off to flight school, leaving Tom to rattle around their castle all alone. Ken Cobura wrote from KingsviUe but is back on a ship somewhere by now. He was recently in the Indian Ocean with Jim Wise and Scott Colenda in USS BARNEY. They should be in the yards at Norfolk still. He went on to mention that he has been in touch with Jim Luxhoj who had to leave the Academy during first class year due to medical reasons, and he expects to graduate from Virginia Polytech this year. Ken tells all to contact him if they want Jim's address.

Ken also had a very interesting love story. It seems Lee Rogers got himself a wife that is "cold as ice." Not her personality mind you, they met in Antarctica. I kid you not! Lee was fuels officer and she was, (I really can't stand it), the morale officer! Ken says we all know that she did a great job! Her name is Sarah, and Beth and George Last were at the wedding. That is definitely one heck of a story to tell your grandchildren.

Justin and Kim Pavoni David Jackson informs that he has returned to the surface community. He is aboard the USS Harbor WA and any visitors are welcome to drop SARATOGA as the surface module officer. He and by.

Christine reside in Neptune Beach, Florida. All That is all for now, fellow defenders of the Classmates are welcome. He also saw David Frost American lifestyle; take care of yourselves and recently; Dave is going to the U of Navy to teach write soon! And you over there . . . turn over for in the Seamanship Dept. in August . . . hey he's goodness sakes you look like a rock lobster! Au there now! Bob 'call me doctor' Eaton wrote to revoir, Laurent K. me about his recent travels around the USA. He • • • • • has been in Bremerton (WA), Newport (RI), and From the "At Sea Correspondent", Class of should now be in Norfolk, aU within a year. He, 1979, LT Jeff McFadden: Gina and Junior were plaiming on living in Despite the fact that days at sea seem to drag Virginia Beach. He saw Dick Tobey, Jim Staudt, a bit, our Mediterranean deployment is finally and Dave Soranno while studying for their drawing to a close. One month from this writing, engineer's exam. Bob and all the rest successfully the '79ers from the MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, and passed the exam. Congrats to all the others too.

NIMITZ will be back home. My vaUant shipmates, Speaking of engineer's exams, Pete Parsons Mark Shell, Rob Wray, Butler Newman, Tim wrote to say that he passed his too. He mentioned Hancock, Mike Many, Mike Knapp, Chuck Paul Hanrahan and Lyle Snide as also being sucWeUcel and I just pulled down the ship's fourth cessful. Pete is the new battery control officer on board USS MISSISSIPPI. He spoke of going to the consecutive grade of "excellent" on the Operational Reactor Safeguards Exam. The guys in Kennedy Space Center and seeing Gary Herbold sitting there in his USS GUAM hat. Gary is a Marine NIMITZ are going through their ORSE right now. but going to the ship as the combat stores officer. Speaking of NIMITZ, Steve FUlipow recently informed me with great pride that he had orders as Pete also visited Sandy and Dave Emerling in communications officer on USS KIDD (DDG-993).

JacksonviUe. Sandy should have the house filled with furniture by now. Dave Krueger married the That's the ship with the $18,000 couch in the wardroom that you have to be SWO quaUfied to sit on. former Jean Ann Lester in Silver Spring (MD).

Steve also informed me that Dave McDonald has Tom McLemon and his wife Cathy were also in orders, making some vague reference to the Amattendance. Dave's father, a minister, helped bassador Walters special interest unit. Talk, Dave! preside, which must have been very nice. Dave is Pete Parsons is on his way here to the Miss, after currently at PG school in Monterey. Pete also a stop at guided missile school. Ralph Spaulding brought up a subject that quite a few others have and Gary Blazin are both heading out to the West asked about. Who is our Class President; also, do Coast for duty in USS LONG BEACH, and Dave' we have a class charter? If so, how can us commoners get a copy of it. I don't know about the Soranno passed his engineer's exam, left the Big E, and is uUimately on his way to USS REEVES in rest of you but I would sure like to find out about Japan. this items. I think if I were informed I could put Rich Hayes sent me a great letter about a month in in this column for all to see. I really can't ago, full of good news about West Coast nukes. understand how the President gets elected. Any It seems that my last article espousing the virtues comments, Niners? of my ship evoked a challenge from the men of Now to a more positive subject; Justin Pavoni the USS "BiUy" BAINBRIDGE. Rich, Mark Dancer, wrote to tell about his wedding. He got married Jim Ziolkowski, Tom Weatherald, Tony Menlast September at the Academy. Larry Taggart was diola, and Joe Harriss are members of that ship's in the wedding party. Kim and Justin are out at fine wardroom. They've been all over WestPac, Whidbey Island, Washington. Justin recently saw and their ship was recently selected for the MaJimmy Van Langen down in San Diego along with jorie Sterrett Battleship award. Nice job, guys.

Drew Bragal. Both are doing just fine, thank you.

What would the Navy do without the Class of '79?

They are flying F-4s aboard USS CORAL SEA. Best of luck to them all as they cram for their Justin also risked his marriage by spending a couengineer's exams. ple days with the Flying Circus, Dave Olson and Rich also informs me that Mark Heinrich is with those wild Pohlmeyer Boys! O, Mo, and Po are the supply department in Subic. Scott Van Buskirk doing great, flying A-7s and driving the young girls ran into Rich in San Francisco; Scott's still in USS crazy in Lemoore (CA). Congratulations, Justin, SEAWOLF, and his wife Mindy and daughter Jessica as the Tubes recently sang . . . "She's a beauty." are doing just fine. Chris Cadiz was last seen on Justin and Kim are living at 1233 Cascade Dr., Oak board USS MARVIN SHIELDS. Pete Carrier is still 106

"tubing it" out of San Diego. Another nuke cruiser packed with our Classmates is USS "Tommy" TRUXTON, curtently in overhaul in Bremerton. The wardroom includes Thomas Doyle, Steve Mason, Ivar Ikstrums, Lanny Glover, and PhU Cullom.

I ran into Tim Flynn at the O-club in Athens, Greece. He left TRUXTON and had just arrived as the 1st lieutenant in ARKANSAS. Scott Gray wrote not too long ago, in the midst of packing his mind full of nuclear trivia in Groton, Connecticut.

Scott's in BERGALL, and will probably move on after his exam. Hey, Scott, did you pass?

It certainly is a time of great transition for the '79ers, so keep in touch and let everyone know where Navy life finds you these days. I'll be back in Norfolk in a month, so drop by Pier 25 and stay for dinner on one of my duty days. Keep those cards and letters coming!

80 Pres., Lt. (jg) WUliam W. Crow USN Sec'y, Lt. (jg) Jeffrey A. Tomeo USN VS-30, FPO, New York NY 09501 East Coast, Mr. Gary Smith 11653 Charter Oak Ct., Apt. 201 Reston VA 22090 NE Sec'y, Lt. Og) James B. McGee USN Apt. 14, One Freedom Circle Portsmouth NH 06809 Percent Members: 95 Living Grads: 937 It is close to that time of the month again and boy, did the letters and phone caUs ever pour in.

1 received a tremendous letter from my roommate, Chuck Zingler, the intelligence officer in NDIDTZ. Zing has orders to be enroUed in the master's program at defense inteUigence school here in DC and after school. Zing will reorganize the Pentagon.

Chuck sent some info on twelve Classmates who are on board NIMITZ also. Mike Wallace, personnel officer and SH-3 pUot; Pete Jerome, A-7 pUot; Dave Lancaster, ordnance officer and S-3 Tacco; Mike Reed, personnel officer and S-3 Tacco; Mike Shettle, schedules officer and S-3 Tacco; Lionel New, 1st lieutenant and NFO; Kari Butterbrodt, AE branch officer and F-14 RIO; Bob Oxborrow, ECM officer and EA-6B NFO; Joy Hayden, Rdivision officer; Mike Durkin, reactor controls division officer; and Mike Timmerman, SH-3 pilot.

Zing has some Jacksonville news. Tom 'Pinhead' Feldman is flying P-3s and Zing says Pinny got married in April to Marilyn. AU the A-7 pilots in the area are Pete Jerome, Chris Klein, Mike 'Wuba Killer' Buzzel and Steve Luekeitas.

Ginny and Chris Klein also brought a mansion and are reporting doing well and Buzy has not changed at all. He is on a round the world cruise and it is reported that he has a woman (or Wuba) in every port. Zing saw Dave Ernest, Mike Brown and Vic See (SH-3 pilot), all in CONNOLE.

Pete Jerome dropped a short note on some of the boys in 26th Co. Greg Miller is a P-3 Tacco deployed to Rota, Spain. Sean O'Branski is in Moffett Field chasing after all Greg's old girl friends. Mike Krane is an instructor in Meridian, flying T-2s. Mike has married and had a baby boy last Summer. Pete 'Rascal' GaskUl is a Marine helo pilot in Hawaii. Doug Leivonen was married and on his way to San Diego toflyS-3s. Chuck Ward also joined the married group and is finishing his degree at the University of Maryland.

Brian Neunaber has just completed (forgive me — with flying colors) the A-6 Rag and is going to Shipmate, July-August 1983

Five percenters — Pet, Scar, Stu and Duff party it up with Coach Woody Hayes VA-65. Dan Frawley ('Dr. Nav') also just completed and wiU be trapping intruders from KENNEDY. Nick Harmon finished the A-6 Rag not too long ago, but like a good 'FO, he has buried himself in the pubs and has not been seen since.

Chris Davids flies F-14s only when he is not in the gym trying to turn his littie body into a Lou Ferrigno dream. Bob Clager flies the same only when is not in the O'Club. Scott "Stewib" Stewart was last seen on board KENNEDY with his Walkman hooked into his helmet — ever ready for the thriUs of a Cat Shot. Francis Daniel is in the area flying helos as is his roomie, Carl Rader. Mark "Guid the Squid" Guidoboni is trying to prove that Helo pUots do not, in fact, eat quiche, especially if they fly H-53s. However, he did sell his 'Man's Car — the MASS REBEL VAN and bought a Subaru . . . a real man's ride!

Kevin Lynch is SAR-ing here at Oceana and trying to play intramural V.B., but his beard is keeping him from jumping too high. Scott "Stachmo" Sanders is just hamming around Kennedy, racking up massive flight time when he is not trying to straighten out his friends. Dale Sheppard was seen sneaking around the Oceana gym trying to pass as an aviator, but his negative tan gave him away. "Pet" Petrocini was seen dominating an intramural basketbaU game at Little Creek's gym.

BUI "Diver Dan" Weber was seen smooth talking and stylizing the ladies at the Oceana O'Club — I guess aviators are the only guys that work.

Rich SeUer, Chuck GUbert, Mark "Shnook" Crook, and Mark "The Skipper" Whittle are all finishing up SERGARD (SEKCONE). Chrys Lewis is on her "fleet" Sergrad tour in the PhiUipines. Jim MerriU passed through Oceana on his way to Cuba to be a fleet aggressor. John Quigley is directing Irons from the non-stick side of EA-6s in Whidbey; also in the Northern Pacific are Tom Goebel, Dan GUdea and Jungle Tom Peck. Tom Deppe was seen in El Centro with some very thick glasses on — I guess we know which F-14 seat he rides in. Mike Mason is also flying F-14s. Rumor has it that Jim Shears is introducmg a new tactic to the fighter community called "the Plow" — he made some nice furrows in El Centro. Goeff "Gizmo" Grimard, when he is not drawing daring pictures or walking around with a parakeet on his head, is trying to fly A-7s in Lemoore. Tim Dunlevy (Humpback) and Boris Wiseheit are flying A-7s in Jax. Mike LopezAlegria is off on another Navy vacation in Hawaii, playing AU-Navy volleyball. When he is done, he wiU head for Spain where an electronic bus driving job awaits him . . . how many moles are there m a EP-3? Mike Mullikin was last seen flying jets in BeeviUe, but that was many Marine moons ago.

MUie LortangeUi is flying P-3s in Brunswick — sometimes. Dan Tanner is also almost finished a BeeviUe extended sentence. Ken Neubauer and Gerry Gallop are planting Phantoms on board MIDWAY.

MUie "Mac the Ripper" McDonald is a Marine Shipmate, July-August 1983

Corps recruiter down in Orlando. He has been seen chasing after girls at Disney World on the week ends trying to give them business cards.

Jim "Kito" Sheairs is flying F-14s out in Miramar and from my latest dirt reports he is becoming quite the gigolo.

Jeff "Whose F. Boy" Best is a weather-guesser in Norfolk and as of late, he has not had one prediction come true; but he is still our boy.

Scott "Stu" Stewart is flying F-14s in Oceana and is still searching for his boy Pete.

EEEUUUU!!!

Tim "Kobo" Kobosco and John "Huck" Huckenpoler have just returned from a mini-love cruise to the North Sea. They are aboard GUAM. Supposedly Kobo picked up a nasty cold in Germany while Huck single handedly ate 7 pizzas.

Jet "Pet" Petrocini (previously mentioned) is in Norfolk aboard PORTLAND and has been out of control as of late. I heard he owns stock in the Oceana O'Club.

Mark 'Nasty' Czarzasty, the Va. Beach Connection, sent this photo of the five percent club partying it up with Coach Woody Hayes. Pictured from left to right: Pet, Czar, Stu, and Dick Duffett.

Czar also has called for a reunion of the double nickle, but 1 talked to Huntman and he won't come unless Monte passes a glass of milk around. Also in the news is 'Big Daddy' Roy Bott. Roy was last seen beating up a grocery clerk who was trying to stop him from eating all the candy bars. The Marines have 'Big Daddy' on a strict diet and 1 guess he finally lost it. Anyone knowing the truth about 'Big Daddy's' enormous appetite, please rush me the news before Roy eats all the food in El Toro.

I have a few letters left, but wisdom says to hold them for next month in case of a drought. Keep them coming and you will see them eventually . . . Smitty.

Once again I am on the surface with my last column from this side of the world. Soon I'U be back in the States and the shipyard environment.

1 heard this month from Jenifer (formerly Joyce) Clement ('81, 9th company) whose husband David is in A.W. RADFORD (DD-968) out of Norfolk. He deployed in April to the Mediterranean. Jon Sharpe stopped by Norfolk for a few months for CIC officer training. He was formerly the DCA on board FLATLEY (FFG-21). Jon also deployed to the Med in April.

John (Jr.) Haley passed through Norfolk on his way to CARL VmsoN (CVN-70). Jr. belongs to a squadron out of Whidbey Island. VINSON, currently in the Med, is participating in the "Round the World Tour '83." Paul Thrasher is on a yearlong tour in Bahrein. As Jenifer puts it, he's a "crypto type." John Link and Jerome Walker wiU soon get out of Norfolk Naval Shipyard after a 16-month overhaul on board CALIFORNIA (CGN-36).

Linda (formerly Bartio) Botek's baby girl is at this point no longer a little baby. Susan Keller is martied (1 don't know her married name) and is living in Norfolk.

How about some Classmates from '80 following Jenifer's example and send some letters? Until next month when the "steely eyes" surfaces on the East Coast . . .

It seems everyone is realizing that the Class will have a continuing column, as the amount of news being received is slowly building.

Starting on the West Coast this time, Dave Ray is busy preparing his spaces (1st Lt.) aboard USS KITTY HAWK for work-ups. He is with VAW-116.

Chris Gerving is the intell officer with VAQ-138.

Ron Rives is presently in Yuma, Arizona, training with VMFAT-101. Jerry Budnick was last seen

at Whidbey Island.

Representing the S-2 community, Millie and John Pierce are residing in Coronado. John wiU deploy in July with USS RANGER. Mary and Scott Brown along with their daughter Jaimey are also in Coronado. Mike Shettle and Mike Reed are with VS-24 aboard NIMITZ. Jerry Dalo and Freddy Cleveland are with VS-29 aboard CARL VINSON. Joining them is J. R. Haley, an A-6 BN. BUI KUlea, VS-28, Ray Farmer, VS-41, and Dale Lumme, SH-2s, are all sharing a house on the island. Word has it that none of the neighbors appreciated their "beer can lawn" and they've all moved away.

KeUy McBride, Pete Andreasen, and Skip Anderson are all with VF-24 in USS RANGER. Also on board is Jim GosneU, VF-211. With so many Classmates aboard, don't be surprised if there is a "spontaneous" pep rally on the 0-3 level on night.

Mark Gonzales is an A-6 BN aboard USS MIDWAY. Joining him will be Therese and Larry DiRita. Larry is coming from USS KIRK (FF-1087) via MP A school. Seems they just weren't ready to give up that homeport in Japan yet.

Also far out in the Pacific are Linda and Kevin Ketchmark. They are presentiy in Guam. Cindy and Scott Dean are having a good time in Hawaii.

Joe Novak is also in the newest state with USS OMAHA. He just completed a WestPac as the MPA. Sharon and Ron Colvin are at Moffett Field with the P-3 RAG. Carol and Jeff Sayre are also there after a SERGRAD tour with VT-6. They are expecting an addition to the family any time now.

Other names that were tossed around include Ernie Styron who is aboard USS CONSTELLATION. Carla and George Brown are surface line out of San Diego. Charlie Thornton was seen in a CH-46 out of North Island. Jerry ConnoUy is in USS HORNE (CG-30). Tammy and Jerry Buck have bought a new house near family and the A-7 RAG at NAS Lemoore. Also in the RAG is Win Everett.

Rick "Wall Street" Episcopo is with COMNAVSURFPAC, telling the admiral where to put his ships.

John Pierce and Bill Metzger, VA Hospital, Palo Alto Finally, Bill Metzger is recovering from his injuries and is due to be released from the VA hospital in Palo Alto any day now. He has regained full use of his arms and back and is becoming very mobile in his wheelchair. He is officially lieutenant (jg) retired and plans to build a house on his parents' ranch. His address is 2144 Las Amigas Rd., Napa CA 94558.

Don't leave yet, there's plenty of news from the East Coast as well. Mike Sims has completed a chilly tour in Iceland with his VP squadron, and 107

is now thawing out (?) with his wife, Mary Lou, in Brunswick. A little wiser are Dave Petri and Debbie and Carl Kott. They are flying their per diem birds out of Jax. We certainly have a bunch of ace pilots in our Class as there are quite a few SERGRADS. Rich Edmonson and BUI Sizemore are with VT-4, and Marge Morley is with VT-6. Kathy and John Callahan were married last June and are with VT-10; their baby was due in May. Susie and Ron Thompson are also with VT-10. Now that Ron has become cross-country qualified, Susie complains that he is never home. Kathy and Herb McMillan and Mike Shane were also seen in the Pensacola area, but no word as to what they're doing.

Mike McDonald and Mark Tomb are suffering in Orlando. Mark has his water wings and is now heading for the submarine force. Monte Burr is working with the AUTEC range in the Bahamas.

A safer bet would be that he is working on his scuba qual. Tom Burke is with HMH-361. Sherry and Pick Wooldridge are with EC-130 in Pax River. Sony a and Randy Jackson were married last July. No word on where they are now.

Several folks are in Oceana. Nancy and Nels Peterson are with an F-4 squadron. Rich Donofrio is with the F-14 side of the house. Marybeth and Mark Bathrick are just there.

Laura and Mark Happel are in Norfolk with USS PHOENIX ( S S N - 7 0 2 ) .

Jenny,

Matthew

Stephen, and Steve Cushanick are with USS MACDONOUGH in Charleston. Finally, Zues Almanza and Tim Ruck are aboard USS GUAM. Tim, Carolyn, and Sarah are dying to hear from anyone in 22nd company. They can be reached at 609 Lake Front Place, Apt. 102, Va. Beach VA 23452.

81 Pres., Lt. (jg) Dennis A. Sawyer USN Sec'y, Lt. Og) Peter Sciabarra USN 2670 E. 19 St., Brooklyn NY 11235 Percent Members: 94 Living Grads: 950 Hello, and Congratulations to All of You New Lt. Og)'s and 1st Lts. Before even attempting to write this column, let me apologize if it turns out slightly disorganized.

I have received many, many letters this month, and I am also still trying to recover from my winging.

I received my wings on 20 May, and will be flying 46s out of Norfolk, after attending the RAG in San Diego. The new address for your mail will be printed next month as soon as 1 know where I will be living. As always, if you have an urgent letter you need to get to me, send it via my parents (2670 East 19 St., Brooklyn NY 11235) untU I am settled out at North Island.

Well, with that bit of admin out of the way let me get on with this month's news. Chris Forbes sent a very informative letter from Virginia Beach which I will reprint here: "Ted Wirginis received his wings in early March and wiU be an F-14 RIO stationed in Oceana. Dave Ott received his wings in February and is heading A-6s as a BN out of Oceana. Randy Duhrkopf is nearly finished with the A-6 RAG at Whidbey, and is heading to Atsugi, Japan, (along with Mike Sperling). Jim Tanner, James Daniel, and Gary Wittman are all in the advanced phase of prep training in Corpus Christi. Joe Mucci is flying C-12s out of Cubi Point, PhUlipines. Jim HamiU wiU beflyingA-3s out of Rota, Spain, and Craig Riddle will be heading out to the S-3 RAG at North Island. Ted Morse is flying T-2s in BeeviUe. Mike Dowty received his pilot wings and is presently in the A-6 108

After inspection â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at Chuck French's wedding RAG (along with Rick Keller, a BN type) at Oceana. Mike Dowty's wife Linda had a baby girl, Jennifer Lindsay, last Fall. Steve Metz is in the E-2 RAG at Miramar.

"I am presently in the E-2 RAG in Norfolk along with Dan Galaska, Mark Cantrell, Cecil Davis, and Tony Chiffolo.

"On the black shoe side of the Navy here in Norfolk I have ran into several Classmates. Emie Gonzales is in KENNEDY, Tom Moore on the nuke cruiser SOUTH CAROLINA, Carl Cramb is in INCHON, Jeff Edgar and Doug Kurtz are both working for their SWO pins on minesweepers out of Little Creek.

"I had the pleasure of attending Cara and Chuck French's wedding at the Chapel on 19 March. Some of the Classmates in attendance were Chuck Chandonnet, with wife JuUa, Doug Heimbach, Brian Coval, John Reidel, Jim Ahlgrimm, Mike Mahre, Tim Disher, and Deimis Murphy (all are nukes). Also in attendance were Jim Tanner, James Daniel, Dan Quattrini, and Rick Keller.

"In closing, Pete, my wife Carole and I had a baby girl, Lauren Carole (Laurie), on 29 September 1982." Thanks for all the information, Chris. A well-organized letter always makes my job a little easier and congratulations to you and Carole and best of luck.

LH Ramirez dropped me a postcard from England, where she continues to pull aU the tough duty stations. Lil is stationed at RAF Mildenhall in East AngUa, England. Lil asked me to pass along her address and would love to here from some of her Classmates at Box 593, USNAF (RAF Mildenhall), APO, N.Y., NY 09127.

Annette informed me that she and David Burton were married on 11 December 1982 in Gauting, West Germany. Dave and Annette live in New London where Dave is assigned to USS GREENLING as communications officer. Pat LoughUn and Art Haugh are also in GREENLING. Annette also reported that Tony Gurnee is in FRANCIS HAMMOND, homeported in Japan.

Ruth and Mark Donahue Received this picture and a note from Mark Donahue's mom informing me that the "fat-man" was married on 5 February '83 in Wakham, Massachusetts to Ruth Flynn. Ruth and Mark are living in Seattle where Mark is in USS ESTEEM. Congrats and best of luck to Ruth and Mark.

1 received the following NFO update from an anonymous source identified only as "M.D.D." The following graduated from VT-86 on 8 April: Rick Blunt and Ron Trenti got F-4s and wiU be reporting to VF-171 on 6 June. BUI Bumett and Jay Hudson got EA-6Bs and are at EW School at Corry Field before going to VAQ-124 (EA-6B RAG) at Whidbey Island. Mike (A.M.) WUson is headed for A-6s and VA-128 (A-6 RAG) at Whidbey. Bob Cununings had short fuse orders and reported to VS-41 on 27 April, while Kevin Schaff will report to VS-41 (S-3 RAG) on 1 June.

The following graduated on 29 April: Mike Kronzer got F-4s and wiU be reporting to VF-171, while Craig RoU got F-14s and wiU be going to the RAG (VF-101) in Oceana, Jim Unger got S-3s and will report to VS-41 on 1 June. Mike (M.F.) WUson also got A-6s and will go to VA-42, Oceana. And graduating in the near future wiU be Shawn Bodkin who will be going F-4s or 14s.

Katie Cooper wrote with the foUowing information. Brett Peloguin was married to the former Linda Esterhoy on 19 March in Pittsburgh. Katie attended the wedding and also saw Kitty and Keith Mahosky, Ellen and Mark Patton, MUse Shields and PhU Skopek, and his fiancee Ruth. Brett and Keith wiU be on the same sub out of Groton. Keith is a strategic weapons type and has already completed his first deployment and has his gold pin.

Mark and Ellen Patton are moving to Virgiiua beach, while Mike and Phil are both heading to Charleston. Mike will be in RAY, and Phil in TECUMSEH. Cory Frank is now in cryptology and stationed in Puerto Rico. Steve Smith has his helo wings and is a primary instructor at Whiting Field.

Sandy Shawang is heading to Bermuda, after her last tour in Brawdy, Wales. Rawley MoUna and wife Chris are in Yokosuka. They were expecting their first child this past Spring. Katie is stationed here in Pensacola at the computer center at NARDAC Thanks for all the news, Katie.

Received a note from Marianne and Chris Fedyschyn. It seems that my old hockey teammate has done pretty well for himself in the jet community. Chris received his wings on 21 April in BeeviUe, and will be going to the F/A-18 RAG in Lemoore, CaUfornia. Congratulations are certainly in order. Best of luck to both of you. The Fedyschyns also report that Marty Pulaitis is headed to Jax for the A-7 RAG, and that Pete Morgan is flying 46s in San Diego.

Vicky (DeFiore) Garrold wrote from Charleston to inform us that her husband Tim earned his SWO pin in October 1982 while serving in FORREST SHERMAN as the fire control officer. Tim is now in SELLERS as the CIC officer. Vicky is also stationed at Charleston and she reported the following news from the Charleston area: "Debbie Bauersfeld is here in the shipyard with me, but is expecting orders to USS SIERRA via SWOS. Don Marin and John Hart returned from a Med Cruise Shipmate, July-August 1983

aboard USS MACDONOUGH, where Don is the boilers officer. Steve Camacho is in USS TRIPPE. Patty (Crandlemire) Carlquist is still aboard USS HOLLAND, and Peggy Metzger in FRANK CABLE.

Jeff Styron married Wendy last Fall and is in MOOSBRUCGER. Mike McGuire is aboard USS DEYO, Joe Reynolds in USS DEWEY, and Barry

Hubbard is serving in USS STURGEON. Outside of Charleston, my old roommate, Ava Marie Howard, is still soaking up the sun in Bermuda.

Ava looks forward to going to either Keflavik or Brawdy. Mary Andrews is stiU at Subic Bay, P.I. Virginia O'Rourke is rumored to be somewhere in Mississippi now. Tim saw Ernie Gonzales and Jack Burgess out in the Persian Gulf last Summer.

Ernie serves in KENNEDY and Jack in SIMS. And lastly, Kitty and Keith Mohosky are in New London where Keith is strategic weapons on a Boomer." Thanks for aU the info, and good luck to Vicky and Tim. Steve Olson and Mike Garza wrote to inform me of their 23rd Company reunion held in San Diego on the occasion of Craig RoU's sister's marriage. At the party were Katrina and John Giuda along with son Kellen, Rick and JuUe Roberts, Nancy and Pete Reister, Sue and Frank Sablan '79, Randy Rogers, MeUssa Koerber, and Craig Roll.

Rick Perez missed the party, but made it to the wedding the next day. Steve and Mike also report seeing Mike Bolen occasionally. Mike is a Marine Corps supply officer at Oceanside, Califorrua.

And finaUy for this month it is my distinct pleasure to pass on the contents (in censored form) of two letters which arrived from Dan "Quatts" Quattrini and Dennis Murphy. They both wrote to inform me of the antics which went along with Chuck French's wedding in AnnapoUs. Murph also enclosed this picture of the gang taking their bows after their encore performance at Riordan's saloon. We understand Chuck did a great job of playing show-and-teU with his Bachelor Party gifts to the delight (?) of all the other diners. Attending the week-end celebration were Mike Mahre, Tim Disher, Jim Ahlgrimm, Ted Morse, John Theiss, Ricky Keller, Frank Marco, Joe Craver, Phil Nolan, John Riedl, Dave Carlson, and many others. WeU, I'm glad to know that new lows continue to be set by this amazing group from the Class of '81. If the taxpayers could only see where their money goes!

"Quatts," by the way, is aboard USS SCHOFIELD out of San Diego as communications officer and should have his SWO pin by this Summer. Murph is up in Groton completing sub school. Mike Mahre also included a note in Murph's letter urging a big '81 turnout for Army-Navy '83 in Pasadena. I've already ordered my tix; it should be a great event. Mike also informed me that every Midshipman (and Woops) will be put in a home with the residents of Pasadena. That is reaUy a terrific act of hospitality for the people of Pasadena.

As Mike mentioned, none of them have probably ever seen the Philly Sheraton the day after A-N. And finaUy Mike asked to make sure that 1 mentioned Murph's winning of the smoothest legs award at Chuck's bachelor party.

Well that's about it for this month, gang, as 1 am about to head home to NYC for two weeks leave, followed by LMET, and then I'll be North Island bound. Looking forward to seeing many Classmates during my four-month RAG in the San Diego area. Will get you all that new address next month, or reach me through HC-3 (H-46 RAG) at NAS North Island. Hang in there and have a terrific Summer.

Shipmate, July-August 1983

82 Pres., Ens. Thomas P. Garrison 111 USN Sec'y, Ens. Gus Anderson USN USS JESSE L . BROWN ( F F - 1 0 8 9 )

Miami FL 34090 Percent Members: 96 Living Grads: 1047 Hello, everyone! Once again I am out at sea somewhere in the Atlantic. 1 have a short stay in Charleston and then I'll be deploying for six months. Such is the life of an average surface-type.

Anyway 1 got a bunch of mail this past month, so let's get on with it . . .

A letter from a group of Marines states that they all went to the Infantry Officer's School. They are John KeUy, John Vanden Berghe, and Dana Moss.

Dana would like to know if anyone has pictures of the Protestant Baccalaureate Color Guard. It seems that none of the Color Guards' relatives had their cameras with them that morning. If anyone can help him out his address is 24 Shaker Dr., Loudonville NY 12211. Dana is headed for Hawaii.

Mike Barth is married and bound for the 3rd Marines in Hawaii also. Ernie Matacotta, Hank Jentz, Matt "Bam-Bam" Aylward, and Tim Anderson are all going to the 8th Marines in Lejeune. Tim Jackson, Larry Weber, and Don Lema are going to the 2nd Marines, and Don will go via Army Recon School. John Bell married Kim Blake of Crofton on 19 March. Hank Jentz, Frans Coetzee and John Vanden Berghe were sword bearers, while Keith Ayres, Chip Souser, and Al Ruiz were present. John Bell is going to the 1st Marines, John Vanden Berghe is going to the 9th Marines at Pendleton, Al is going to NFO School, Frans is Okinawa bound, and Keith is at Chase Field, Texas.

Wade Johnson is going to 29 Palms, Bob Hendry and Greg May are going to the 9th Marines in Pendleton, and John Kelly is going to the "land of fruits and nuts" . . . 7th Marines also at Pendleton.

Joe Direnzo was heard from once more. He's still riding GEORGIA and loving it. News from him was that Phil Perez married Julie Horak. Other '82ers there were Steve Taracevicz and Pete Jaszczyszyn. Phil is now in P-cola. Dave Johnson was working at the Trident refit facUity in Bangor, Pete Hagiich is loving his post-grad studies at the Univ. of Mass. Rose McGrath and Bemadette Fitzgerald are sharing a place in Hawaii, working hard.

Todd Allen wrote to announce the birth of a baby boy on St. Paddy's Day down in P-cola, to him and his wife Carey. Todd is moving on to BeeviUe to fly T-2s. Mike Shoemaker, Mike McNeills, Paul Grosklags, and Kurt Welty all finished up in flight basic at P-cola. Dan Bergin is also at Pensacola, with his wife Jennifer. Andy Fuller is flying T-2s in P-cola and his wife Debbie is now expecting . . . !

Carol and Bill Schmidlin were married on 12 June of last year and are out in Mather AFB in Sacramento. A prospective "winging" date is 2 August for Bill along with PaiU Morrissette, Chris Vance, Joe Rardin, Ralph Merg, Chris Beilik, Randy Britt, Steve Corley, Steve Sunseri, and a few others. Donna Esposito is in P-cola, Mark Williams, his wife Helen and their new baby boy are also in P-cola. Eric Weling made it through the intermediate phase of training and is hoping to fly E-2s. Toin Kennedy is in CaUfornia working on the MX project. Mike Foster is hoping for S-3s when he is through in P-cola. Dave Dittmer, Pete Holden, and Paul Owens are in New York preparing to be surface nukes. Tom Kiser is in

nuke school Orlando and Pam Kocoraick and Lew Gilpin are on the USNF HARKNESS. Larry Nordvig (married Kathy Bara on 30 December) and Mike Luciano along with his wife Susie are all in P-cola. The "Rock," Brian Gawne, wrote to tell me about nothing that 1 did not already know. Thanks, Rock! Mike Malcolm will be flying S-3s and Greg Upright should be getting into E-6s. Mike, Greg and Rock are aU NFOs. Other NFOs are Matt Columbo, Bob Civilikas, Craig Powers, and Steve Pollard. This last group will be getting into F-14s or F-4s. Steve Gatanis wrote to say that he and George Clifton are doing fine in NFO School. P-3 NFOs should be Jeff Campbell, Ed Carroll, Chris Miller, Frank Gren, Joe Wendell, Tony Williams, Herb Yee, Sue Steen and Jan Lamison. Other carrier based NFOs should be Jeff Bright, Ken Murray, Doug Otte, Matt Scassero, Kevin Haney, Bruce Bushong, Jerry Cook, Mike Enright, Paul Monger, Pritchard Ortiz, Mark Poole, BiU Rodgers, Jim Settle and Chris Sprinkle.

Big Nick Marcantonio wrote a nice long letter to tell about all of the fun the nukes are having in Orlando. Pace Kessenich, Mark Frost, and BUI Kennington are finished up at NFS. Bill and Pace are now in prototype in New York. Mark is going to Idaho; he won't get to see Kathy Farnett as much!? Nick is in the class behind those three and should just about be finished by the time you read this. Nick wiU be going to Idaho and is thinking about marrying CoUeen. Just thinking, now! Mike Cortese is in Nick's class and is getting married this month. Brian Fell, Bill Fazekas, Matt Moury, Kelly Keenan, Tony King, John Richardson, Bob Brennan, Duane Martin, Mike Cheniae, Bill "Hooker" Cheney, Mark Johnson, Lloyd Edgerly. Jay Gallo, Rich Delong, BiU Vargo, Paul Fredrichs, Doug Nordman, Chris Casteniin, Dave Murray, Paul Urey, Mark Koziel, Frank Koye, Blake Bush, Mike Hoppe, Rick Low, Tom Guerrasio, Fred Clopp, Vidal Rodriguez, Paul Denham, Tom Pasternak, Harry Atkins, Jim Coatney, Andy Palowitch, Andy Shelter, Dom Dixon, Jim Righter, and many others are all in the NPS class 8303.

Greg Tyson and his wife Patti are expecting this month. Tom Aruffo got married on 7 May. Mark Hardy and Greg Lawler are flying somewhere. Ed Jasion and his wife Mary had a baby boy. Gabe Diaz (who never writes letters to anybody) and Ed Maszewski are on ships on the West Coast. Bob Guest is engaged now, and is in NPS Class 8304.

Ken Silvers is now married (1 wish 1 had more details). Rich Hine is also at nuke school, along with Kevin ReiUy, Frank Pursel, Pat Madden, Dean Studt, Hans Larsen, Ed Dachowski, Frank Lowery, Keith Boring, and Phil Goodman.

Anyway, if you wonder why the "roU call" of names . . . Nick Marcantonio wanted to know why the '82 column was so short. He brought most of these names to mind to stir up some nuclear thought and wrote to me so we would have a bigger column. Thanks, Nick.

Chris Carbott is in Mayport with his wife Debbie. Chris is in USS PAUL, and wants to know where all of the 34 Clubbers went??? Kevin Smith and Bruce Bille are in USS CONYNGHAM somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Bruce, Liz sez "hello" . . . Terry Dietz, who never could write legibly, attempted to write a letter from the decks of ENTERPRISE. He is there with John Knight of Navy hockey fame. They are both air-option jocks and are showing the airdales in the PhiUppines how to drink a double Chevas on the rocks. Terry is the "Coke" machine officer on the hangar deck.

Just kidding, Terry; another 18 months of surface and you're P-cola bound.

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Clem Segura is at MPA school in Newport with Pete Nickitas. Pete will be going to USS CARON. Clem will be in YORKTOWN, the second AEGIS cruiser. Miguel Rodriguez is in Panama working near the Canal. Dave Murray married Lynne on 18 September. 1 forgot to mention that earlier.

That's about it for this month. 1 appreciate the response, but I'm willing to handle all of the letters you send. Don't forget to send pictures. Just think . . . the next plebe class is the Class of '87.

Don't you feel old already? Have a good Summer.

• • • • • Hello, everyone! I hope all is well with you, no matter where you are. 1 got a half-dozen letters today to share with y'all so here goes . . .

Mike Enright of the "fly-boy" community wrote from sunny Florida to share some news about his old companymates. Mike is going to the E-2 RAG in Norfolk. Scot Harris and BUI Barnes are in Corpus Christi for props. Scot martied Martha and BiU married Jemufer in AprU. Ralph Merg is in Sacramento for P-3 training. Chris Sprinkle is in the S-3 pipeline and should be winged this month and then on to San Diego. Dave Fuson, Butch Smith, and Jim CartoU are aU in the primary stage in P-cola. Kevin McCarthy married Susan Ijist FebruEuy during the Great BUzzard and should be at the Norfolk E-2 RAG this Summer. Mark Sims and his wife Suzanne are also in P-cola and the news is Suzanne is expecting some time this Summer. Dori Zink Freer is TAD with her husband Bob in Jacksonville. She is waiting for her primary date. Danny Slowkowski and Lynn Cortez are married. Lynn is in the legal office at NAS Pensacola and Danny should now be in primary.

Ted Varner and Jim Fritsche are strategic weapons wizards in Holy Loch, Scotland. Ted is married now; I wish he'd write and give the details.

Mike Petters and Randy Mayer are headed for prototype in N.Y. Mike is going to marry Nancy and Randy wiU marry Laurie some time this Summer.

John Scuteri is a disbursing officer at NAS Meridian. John Anongos passed the AQT/FAR for the

Marines, was saved from amphibious tracked vehicles and should start at P-cola this Summer.

Tom Ray is in USS LOCKWOOD (FF-1064) in

Hawaii. Ken Olson is now married to Liz and is aboard the USS BUTTE (AE-27). Arch Wright is in USS SAGINAW (LST-1188) Kristen Skeehan is at the Navy's civilian personnel office in DC. Todd

Russ Gentry, and Bob Duncan. The group should be attempting carrier quals about now. Good luck!

Rob is getting married this month and John is marrying Mary on 20 August.

Brown is the MPA in USS HEWITT ( D D - 9 6 6 ) out

of San Diego. Bo Richardson is in USS R. L. PAGE (FFG-5) out of Norfolk.

Steve Montague got married on 9 April to Julie Cook in the Chapel. He is now in Meridian, flying jets. Matt Moury and wife Jan were at the wedding and are expecting a new addition in September. Walt Nobles is doing well with the Marines in Oklahoma. He was at Steve and Julie's wedding and working with the Army; makes him proud to be a Marine! Other former 19ers there were Ron Bethmann, Mark Jantzen, Chris Perry, Dave Dickensen, John Price, Chris Yelder and Dave Pine. Wait a second . . . they all aren't from 19!

Marysue Bittle is still in Iceland. Tim Glasow is the CMS custodian in USS SAIPAN ( L H A - 2 ) ,

John Lenahan is DCA in USS CLAUDE L .

RiCKETTS (DDG-5), Andy York is MPA in USS HARLAN COUNTY (LST-1 196), Pete Hayes and Pat

Reno are in USS AYLWIN (FF-1081), Ed Cataldo and his wife are in, or were in, Norfolk for CIC School. Ed is going to USS TATTNALL ( D D G - 1 9 ) .

I ran into Noel Davis who is in the gold crew of the USS CASMIR PULASKI. He's doing weU and

wiU be marrying Chris in September at the Chapel.

Any 6th Co. studs who want to be swordbearers contact me or Noel and I'll let him know.

John Spear wrote to spread some more news about the flyers. John is in Kingsville preparing to be a jet jock. He had some humorous comments about the desolate community that he resides in.

Others enjoying the 'not-so-scenic' part of Texas are Vince DrouUiard, Scott Vasina, Brian Newton, Randy Hawke, Herby Hendrickson, Rob BIythe, Ralph Alderson, Steve Niskanen, Cliff Atmore,

Vivian French with two Gregs, one of them a 1982 graduate Greg French and his wife Vivian are the proud parents of a baby boy, Greg Jr. Greg had a tough time fitting Greg Jr. with Lax gloves, white works, and tennis shoes! Greg would Uke to know how much Tyrone Hughes weighs?????

Kevin Sweeney is in the middle of a deployment with Mike WethereD on board USS JOHN RODGERS (DD-983). Kevin's the comm officer and engaged to Susan Sieck. Mike is the DCA. Dan Craun is up at prototype in N.Y. He is getting married in September to OCS-type Ens. Yvonne Panic. Brad Arnold, Jeff Mahon, Bob Lee, Glenn Snyder, Dale Crothers, Mark Dapas, John Hornick and Pete Shilke (Pete is also getting married in September), Derek Batchlor, Barry Kyllo (and wife), and John Peck are also there.

There is reaUy nothing more to say from this end. I hope that everyone is enjoying the Summer and staying out of trouble. Keep on writing, 1 appreciate the mail and "be careful out there!"

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The Colorado Chapter had its spring dinner meeting April 29th at the Lowry AFB Officers' Alumni at the dinner: seated, Debbie Cook, then Bob Cook '65, Wayne Brown Club. Dinner followed a very enjoyable cocktail Johnston '45, Steve Duncan '61, and Gib Rindahl '53 hour during which everyone socialized and met several guests: parents of current midshipmen from Colorado were invited for the first time to join Alumni at this function. An enthusiastic group showed an eagerness to get things started around the state. President Maury Werness '54, introduced the parents and expressed the wiUingness of the Chapter to assist forming a Colorado Parents' Club.

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Colorado Alumni flank John Gordon and his recruiter, Capt. George Hinton USNR

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The Chapter is planning a bus charter to attend the Navy-Mississippi State football game in Jackson, Mississippi, on 17 September, and of course will gather to watch Navy prevail over Army.

Hats off to Bobbe and Ed Cooke for a superb job of leading our Chapter for the past year.

NORTH TEXAS Dick Goodspeed 2237 Hurstview Drive Hurst TX 76053 Some of the attendees at the dinner

Maury Werness congratulates candidate John Gordon presented letters from CNO and the Superintendent by Maury upon his acceptance to the Academy. John wiU enter USNA Class of '87 this Summer. John was recruited by Capt. George Linton USNR, a Colorado Blue and Gold Officer who was also among the guests.

After Gordon's presentation, chapter business was carried out: Gib Rindahl '53, reported that artangements were being made with Lowry AFB to hold the first Chapter Golf Meet with diimer afterwards in early June. Details wiU be foUowing. Standing chapter events are the FamUy Picnic and a winter gathering, either at the Army/ Navy Game in the Rose Bowl or around the TV in traditional fashion. Many members are planning to attend this premiere West Coast event!

LOS ANGELES David Grover 5311 El Dorado Dr. Huntington Beach CA 92649 714/891-5851 (O) The Westside Business Exchange Luncheon held on 6 April featured a presentation by Tom State, '55 on tiie Navy FLTSATCOM program at TRW. Tom is the test director and launch operations manager at TRW and has been on the program since 1976. The Navy's Fleet Communications SateUite System (FLTSATCOM) provides worldwide, high-priority UHF communications between naval aircraft, ships, submarines, ground stations, the Strategic Air Command, and the Presidential Command Network. A complete consteUation of four sateUites has been placed in a geosynchronous orbit between February 78 and October 80 and aU designed to remain operational thru the mid-80s.

Three adtUtional spacecraft have been ordered for launches in '85, '86 and '87. Those in attendance included: PerriU '26, Eckelmeyer '27, FeUx '39, May '44, Poulsen '46, Crane '47, Suhr '49, Arison '52, BeU '52, Portney '52, Strong '53, Koonce '54, Christinas '55, Slattery '55, Koch '57, MitcheU "57, Keeley '59, Cunningham '59 and Gorman '66.

On the 27th of April a sturdy group of California Angels and Detroit Tigers supporters turned out for a buffet supper and baU game in Anaheim.

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It was an exciting game for all with a total of four home runs being scored by the Angels, grand slams, the first time the Angels have had two in one game. Those in attendance included: Wheland '31, Whistler '37, Felbc '39, Lewis '45, Thomas '41, Bretting '46, Richards '47, Hughes '50, Schultz '52, Grover '53, Bassett '53, Glover '54, Textor '56, MiUer '57, and Cunningham '59.

The Los Angeles Chapter is heavily involved in the support of the forthcoming Army-Navy game the day after Thanksgiving. Come join us at the Rose Bowl as Navy has Turkey for two days in a row. BEAT ARMY!!!!!!!!!!

LOUISVILLE Greg Treitz 5210 Tomahawk Rd. LouisvUle KY 40207 502/896-0768 Our program director. Gene Burt '31, has been busy scheduling a full year of activities. The January meeting featured Dave Armstrong, Commonwealth Attorney for Jefferson County. A close friend of Larry Franklin '59, provided an interesting talk about effective communication.

In February the Chapter held its annual Sweetheart's Diimer at the Marriott Inn. This Valentine affair has become a favorite of many members and their spouses.

On March 4th, the Chapter was honored to have MGen. WUliam E. Thurman USAF '54, a Classmate and friend of Jo Brendel '54, address a capacity crowd of mUitary and civilian guests about the B-1 bomber for which he serves as deputy at Wright-Patterson AFB. In April two members of the Citizens for Better Judges, presented their endorsement procedures for Circuit Court candidates at the Chapter's monthly meeting. Larry FrankUn is also a member of this important community interested organization.

MEMPHIS Jim Thorell 3404 Pleasant Hill Road NewbU MS 38651 A full slate of activities are shaping up for the Memphis Chapter, beginning with a catered pool party and '83 election meeting which was to be held at Walker and Ann Uhlhorn's on 15 May. A number of events are bemg held in honor of Ceceha Austin, lovely daughter of RAdm. Joyce and Bob Austin. Bob is Chief of Naval Technical Training, but has not allowed his very busy schedule to keep him from fully suporting Alumni activities in the area.

In April the Chapter met at its customary time and place â&#x20AC;&#x201D; noon on the first Tuesday (April 5) at the Belo Mansion in Dallas. President Joe Manci, '50, introduced the after-luncheon speaker, the Chapter's own Herman Giesen, '51. Mr. Giesen has been the consulting engineer on a small piece of a large ARCO solar energy project. His subconttactor's particular responsibiUty was the design and construction of a machine that takes four-foot square panes of 3.6mm-thick glass, washes them, puts four panes together on backing, bonds them to it, and then packs the 4 x 16-foot modules in containers.

That sounds fairly straightforward untU the specifications that the machine must be able to tum out 160 of the 4 x 16-foot modules in eight hours, and the whole set-up must fold up and fit in a highway-legal van are added. But Herman has the design completed, and he is confident that it wiU do the job. Incidentally, he attributes a great deal of his success with this and other projects to management techniques he learned in the service.

Present to enjoy this most interesting presentation were Ken Adams, '66; John BeU, '68; David Carl, '72; Philip Crosby, '45; Steve DeLa Mater, '44; Herman Giesen, '51; Joe Glover, '72; Dick Goodspeed, '50; George Goodwin, '48; Dick Grant, '52; Tom LaForce, '69; BiU LavaUee, '55; Frank Liberato, '51; Joe Manci, '50; Tom Peacock, '34; Lee Royal, '50; Larry Schear, '70; Hugh Smith, '60; and Dan Weaver, '72.

Nineteen North Texas Alumni and one guest gathered at Belo Mansion in downtown DaUas for lunch on May 3: Ken Adams, '66; Louis Buck, '70; BiU ConneU, '67; Bob Courtain, guest; Philip Crosby, '45; Hal Garrigues, '77; Dick Goodspeed, '50; George Goodwin, '48; Dick Grant, '52; Don Hackett, '64; John Hamihon, '68; BiU Lavalle, '55; Frank Liberato, '51; Joe Manci, '50; Lionel Nowotny, '61; Hank Ochel, '61; Hap Peterson, '60; Larry Schear, '70; Hugh Smith, '60; and Ben Young, '45.

The speaker for the occasion was chapter president Joe Manci, who reviewed the book In Search of Excellence, by Peters and Waterman, and then led a discussion of some of the points the authors had raised.

President Manci also announced that the nominating committee had recommended a slate for next year's officers: President, Bill ConneU, '67; Vice President, Lionel Nowotny, '61; Secretary, Don Hackett, '64; Treasurer, Dick Lyons, '52. Unless custom takes a holiday and aUows opposition to develop, these gentlemen wiU take over the chapter at the annual pool party at George Goodwin's on June 26. They wiU probably be wearing waterproof watches, because the instaUation ritual often involves total immersion.

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ORLANDO John Long P.O. Box 1511 Winter Park FL 32790 The monthly meeting of the Naval Academy Alumni Association — Greater Orlando Chapter was held on the second Friday in April at the NTC Orlando Officers' Club. This meeting was the annual joint meeting with our Army friends from that school on the Hudson. It is a pleasure to report that there was a good turnout and a friendly time was had by all.

Paul Schratz '39 was our speaker, and of course, he delivered a very interesting and detailed look at defense strategy in relationship to nuclear deterrent. With a bh of humor, Paul said that the US should design a "detergent strategy" for the no nuc movement whereby application of massive doses of detergents would wash away all nuclear threats.

Among those attending were Bunny and Bob Adams '51, Catty Adkins '30, Betty and Jerry Ball '41, Joseph Beadles associate, Lou Branch '49, Bob Coleman '51 and his mother and father Kitty and Redeye Coleman '25, BiU Danner '50, Lucille and Davy Davenport '36, Bill Davis '33, George Darfus '50 and guest Dorothy Utz, Mrs. Paul F. (Merie) Johnston '27, Mrs. John (Betty) Lambrecht '25, Dick Laning '40, Eileen and John Long '55, Paul Martin '23, Swede Norgaard '28, Knight Pryor '29, Eunice and Bob Rice '27, Margaret and George Robillard '24, Ruth and Bill Rossell '35, Henrietta and Paul Schratz '39, Mary Agnes and Mike SeUars '34, BiU Sims '45, Tonie and Martin Stone '27, Margaret and Dan Stubbs '25, Bob Turnage '47, Anne and BiU Underwood '42, Tom Utegaard '45, Fred Warder '25 and his handsome grandson, Jonathan Warder.

Thirty-nine members, their wives and guests, were gathered at the NTC Officers' Club on the second Friday for the May Orlando Alumni Chapter meeting. The guest speaker was Tony Rodgers from the acoustics section of the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Rodgers is an acoustician and his presentation was an interesting talk on the history and mission of this branch of the NRL. Among those on hand were Catty Adkins '30, Jerry BaU '41, EmUy and BiU Danner '51, Davy Davenport '36, Wally Ebert '30, Bud Ellison '42, Ruth and Bob Finlay '46, Jane and O. D. Finnigan '35, John HoweU '30, Bea and Cappy Kohr '29, Dick Laning '40, Eileen and John Long '55, Jeri and Jack Martin '34, Aurelia and Tom Nugent '48, Dorothy and Knight Pryor '29, George Robillard '24, Bill Rossell '35, Mary Agnes and Mike SeUars '34, Margaret and Dan Stubbs '25, Fred Warder '25, Ellen and Weary Wilkins '24, Anne and Bill Underwood '42, Audrey and Tom Utegaard '45, and Randy RandaU '53.

At the Dads' Night get-together — standing, Healy '54, Busik '43, Speck '27, Johnson '53, Chuday '54, Waller '49; seated, Ounsworth '64, Loughlin '33, Coppedge '47, Santucci '60, Sentman '25, Canon Purdy After the invocation by the Rev. Canon Purdy, Jim Ounsworth '64, chapter president, opened the program with introductions of various active duty and non-active duty chapter officers and directors. As has become a tradition at these functions, a moment of silence was observed for those Alumni who had died in the previous years. In particular, mention was made of Mr. Marvin Ellis, former publisher of the Burlington County, New Jersey Times, a long-time supporter of the Naval Academy activities.

Mr. Ounsworth then made some brief remarks about the activities of the Philadelphia Chapter and the importance of the Dads' Night which gives Alumni the opportunity to meet with candidates.

Academy officials, and dads of midshipmen. He also noted that he had been contacted by the head of the Los Angeles Naval Academy Alumni to discuss the Army/Navy game which is being played in Pasadena On 25 November 1983.

Then Mr. Ounsworth introduced RAdm. "Cricket" Johnson USNR '53, who is in his second year as commander of the Naval Base at Philadelphia. Admiral Johnson welcomed those present and made special mention of Gar Bacon who has been a major part of Dads' Night in the past. Unfortunately, he was not in attendance this night due to iUness.

Next the program was turned over to Dick Chuday '54, who was in his 13th year as master of ceremonies of Dads' Night and who proceeded to introduce those seated at the head table, the commanding officers of numerous area commands.

Blue and Gold representatives, local and Naval Academy coaches, as well as Rod Biddey of the West Point Society. (We believe he attends these functions in an attempt to find out how to do one properly for the Army.) Mr. Chuday paid particular tribute to Ralph Sentman '25, who with Rip Miller initiated the Dads' Night 24 years ago. Rip Miller was unable to attend this year.

PHILADELPHIA James A. Ounsworth Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz 123 South Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19109 The 24th Annual Dads' Night was held by the Philadelphia Chapter on March 14, 1983 at the Philadelphia Naval Base. Once again, the affair was sold out and, in fact, over 100 requests for tickets had to be turned down.

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Bo Coppedge Bill Busik Capt. Jim Healy USNR — '54, introduced the dads of Naval Academy graduates and dads of present midshipmen. The plebe dads (Class of '86) were "hazed" into the system. Capt. Bill Busik USN (Ret.) '43, executive director of the National

Alumni Association, assisted Jack Santucci '60 in awarding graduate diplomas to the dads of the Class of '83.

After the introduction of the dads, the program focused on the candidates for the Academy. Herb Fifer and Capt. WaU Jenkins USN (Ret.) '30 were introduced. Both of these gentiemen have worked with midshipmen candidates for many years and Capt. Jenkins, in recognition of this service, received the Commandant's '82 "MVP" Naval Academy Information Program Award for Pennsylvania. After these introductions, LCdr. Leo Latonick USNR, who has served for 15 years as central southern Jersey's Blue and Gold area coordinator, introduced the Naval Academy candidates present at the dinner.

Brief remarks were then made by RAdm. EUiott Loughlin USN (Ret.) '33, executive director of the Naval Academy Foundation, which supports the Academy in assisting potential outstanding candidates. Capt. " B o " Coppedge USN (Ret.) '47, director of athletics, discussed the excellent sports program and facilities of the Academy and introduced the Naval Academy coaches who were present.

VAdm. WaUer, Dick Chuday, RAdm. Loughlin Finally, the main speaker of the evening, VAdm. Edward Waller USN '49, the Naval Academy's 50th Superintendant, was introduced. Waller gave an overview of the Naval Academy and the achievements of the institution. He mentioned that the Naval Academy stands among the top twelve colleges and universities in the country in academic quaUfications, and number one in system engineering and number three in ocean engineering.

The program was concluded with some final remarks by Dick Chuday and a benediction by Rev. John Cartwright '68.

One final note of sadness. RAdm. Ernest von Kleeck USN (Ret.) '25, former Naval District Chief of Staff and enthusiastic participant in chapter affairs for many years, died on March 15.

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PUGET SOUND W. F. Kramer 11545 4th Ave. NW Seattie WA 98177 VAdm. E. C. Waller USN and his wife were guests of the Puget Sound Chapter at the April meeting. The Superintendent later wrote his thanks to the Chapter for the graciousness and hospitality extended, and stated that his meeting with the Alumni and famiUes of midshipmen was a highUght of his tour. Nearly 120 turned out for the dinner and reception.

September, at Mather Air Force Base in the "Hiflite" room. Chuck is finishing the arrangements and wiU get the info for a flyer to Jack Everett. We are honored that Capt. Busik is taking a detour on his way to the Navy vs.

Washington game to be with us. Joe and Cay Drachnik offered to host Classmate Busik, but Burrill said he had already committed himself to that.

Other coming events in addition to normal monthly luncheons include: 16 July potluck at Drachniks; 15 October Navy Ball at Carmichael Elks Club; 24 November projected trip in Pasadena for Army-Navy game at about $100.00 per person.

Those who helped make the Navy meeting a success and told lies about their Navy experiences included Don Andrews '47, and Tom Hartigan '47, tying with '38, Burrill and Harrison H. Holton, for most representatives. Richard Worley '80, was once again our youngest, plus Barry D. Whittiesey '49, past president, and Rick GUbert '72.

SAN FRANCISCO VAdm. WaUer with Chapter president Joe Mandich '66 and Barbara Mandich

VAdm. Waller \isits with parents of midshipmen

High on the planning detaUs for the May meeting were a projected trip by AMTRAK to Pasadena for the Army-Navy game on 25 November. Mary EUen Hanley, Navy wife, honorary member of the Class of 1949 and a member of the board of the Naval Academy Foimdation wiU be the coordinator for the Seattie area, and a great crowd is expected for this special event.

SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. BurrUI SC, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymore Way, Sacramento CA 95822 As usual the Sacramento chapter held its monthly meeting on the first Wednesday, 4 May 1983. This, our second meeting in the private room on the 16th floor of the Downtown Plaza HoUday Iim, was even better attended than our first in April. We not only had a total of sixteen (16) people, but aU four (4) chapter officers, a rare event! president Jack Everett '64, vice-president Chuck White '53, treasurer Tom Ross '57, and John BurriU '38, the "permanent" secretary. The three distaff reps were Cay Drachnik, who brought Joe Drachnik, "ESQ" '43, Carolyn Slater who brought "MO" Slater '42, and Carlotta Burrill, the secretary.

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Capt. W.B. Hayler USN (Ret.) California Maritime Academy VaUejo CA 94590, 707/644-5601 Sixty-five Alumni and guests met on 4 May, at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island.

The speaker was Bill McPherson, defensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers. Elsie McPherson, whose transient Ufe has pjaralleled that of the Navy wife, accompanied her husband.

Bill gave an impromptu talk about the 49ers, their victory in the Superbowl two years ago, their disappointing performance last season, and their hopes for the coming year. He then opened up the floor to questions from the large and appreciative audience. The evening ended oiJy because he and many of the members had to get to work the next monung.

The speaker tied the 49ers poor performance last year to complacency caused by their victory the year before. To have a championship team one has to work. Last year it appears that many players overlooked this fact of Ufe. They were not attentive to detail, and there was a need to get back to reaUty. This year Mr. McPherson is extremely optimistic. There really has not been an "offseason," and the players are now working out with a wiU. One question was about the new U.S. football league. Although the speaker could not predict its future, he felt it was good because it gives an opportunity for other players and coaches who would otherwise not have a chance. Since football is big and getting bigger each year, one thoughtful question concerned when a boy has to make his decision to go all out for football. Do you really have to decide at age 6? After all, the days of the three and four letterman are long gone. The speaker didn't agree that the decision time was that young, but by the last year of high school, the hopeful player should pick a single sport and go after it.

However, he should realize that the chances of success are very low, and that attrition is tough. As an example, only three UCLA players out of 30 seniors made the last draft.

Senior member present was Lew^ Johns '21, and junior member was Al Roodhouse '66.

TEXAS GULF COAST Court Snyder 311 Bauxhall Court Katy TX 77450 713/492-6227 In an effort to promote closer ties and greater involvement with the naval and military-oriented community of Houston, the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter invited certain other naval organizations in the area to join us for our May luncheon. These organizations included the Navy League, the Navy Recruiters, and representatives from the NROTC units at Rice University and Prarie View A&M. In a departure from the norm, this special luncheon was held at the Warwick Hotel in Houston.

The luncheon was opened with the pledge of allegiance led by Marty Block '64, and the Southwest Jazz Ballet's moving rendition of "The Navy Hymn." The Southwest Jazz Ballet is a Houston organization that puts on patriotic performances in communities and USO type shows for ships and bases around the country. They are a particularly pro-Navy group!

Guest speaker was RAdm. Peter Booth USN '56 who flew up from Corpus Christi. He talked to the group about the need for a strong mUitary and how the Navy fits into that role. While he approached the topic with enthusiasm, he was particularly upbeat about how weU the Navy is doing today. He was particularly enthusiastic about the personnel saying "the people are incredible."

Chapter members enjoying this special occasion included Hap GoodaU '24, and BiU Bemreider who were speciaUy recognized during the luncheon, Bev WUson '26, Jim Humrichouse '32, Joe McGonigle '39, Bud Conley '45, Kirby Ewing '45, Paul Riley '48, Al Register '50, Al Brooks '52, Pat Payne '52, Al Personette '53, Court Snyder '54, Lee Wood '54, John Egan '56, Walt Whipple '57, OUver Peake '57, Cal Johnson '57, Jerry McGaugh '57, Brian O'NeU '57, Skip Larsen '60, Ron Baker '62, Frank Radik '63, Marty Block '64, Dick Halbert '64, Don Hannsz '64, Roger Van Duzen '64, BiU Gleason '64, Bart Jealous '65, BiU White '67, Bob Scott '67, Steve Dix '72, and Dirk Mosis '73.

TRI-CITIES WASHINGTON Bruce R. Bowman 211 Saint St. Richland WA 99352 The initial meeting of this new Chapter was held during the Army-Navy game social gathering at the home of Brace and Sherry Bowman. Honored guests for this event were the M. L. Grygiels, West Point '68, the N. R. McFaddens, U.S. Navy, and the W. L. Tavemas, parents of Midn. Jean Taverna USN '84. Twenty-seven Alumni and wives enjoyed the brunch and punch topped off by the Navy victory.

Plans were discussed with the immediate plan for a pot-luck dinner honoring Midn. Tavema and her parents at the home of Capt. and Mrs. C S. CarUsle USN (Ret.) '47, on January 7, 1983. Long term plans include continuing social events, expanding membership to aU of Eastern Washington state, and most Importantly, to work with the Blue and Gold program officers to increase the midshipman candidates from this area. An initial head count of Alumni in the area provided a maiUng Ust of 34, most of whom work at the various Hanford projects. Other alumni in the area are invited to contact B. R. Bowman for inclusion in our activities.

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Attendees at this first meeting were: C S. CarUsle, '47, M. S. Terrass, '48, R. Westfahl, '59, B. R. Bowman, '64, J. D. Kuechle, '66, R. Bliss, '67, W. A. Dautel, '67, W. McMenamin, '70, R. W. Ness, '70, W. R. Chiquelin, '71 and C Midgett, '71.

The January meeting of the Tri-Cities Washington Chapter honored visiting Midshipman Joan Taverna and her parents. The event was a dinner party at the home of Capt. and Mrs. Carlisle, Richland, Washington. In attendance were the following Alumni, wives and friends: P. D. Olson '51, E. G. Stevens '54, H. C Duncan '61, J. J. McGuire '64, P. J. McKenna '66, J. DeMele '79, W. D. Holeman and Mrs. G. Harper, in addition to many of those named at the first meeting.

Plans for future events were discussed with a wine tasting event in late Spring and a picnic to honor the area candidates for the plebe class in June. Bowman also discussed recruiting efforts in the high schools, the Naval Academy Information Officer program, and the Naval Academy/ Engineering/Science seminars (Shipmate, Nov. '82). It was generally agreed that the Chapter could help sponsor a candidate's travel from Washington.

meet on the third Thursday through December and then shift back to our usual third Wednesday in January 1984.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Cdr. R. S. Day USN (Ret.) P.O. Box 2057 Falls Church VA 22042 Capt. BiU FUght, candidate guidance officer at the Naval Academy, wound up the luncheon meetings at Ft. Myer on 18 May. OriginaUy it had been planned to have two members of the Class of '83 speak to us, but this ran afoul of Commissioning Week festivities and Bill did a masterful job of bringing the attendees up-to-date on life on the Severn in 1983. Obviously, the Academy is in good hands and looks to an exciting future. Election of officers for 1983-84 resulted in John Shepherd '43 continuing as president, Mike Casey '44 as vice president, John Haffey '42 as treasurer, and Hap Day '42 as secretary. Bob Townsend '34 continues as national trustee. This has been a record-setting year for the association, and we look forward to an even bigger year when we resume our meetings at Ft. Myer on the third Thursday of September. As previously reported, we shall

Last Call "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them . . . " Laurence Binyon, 1914 ALLEN, WILLLAM GLEASON '26 (LCDR USN RET), 11 April 1983, San Franciso CA BABB, RICHARD EDWARD SR. '35 (CDR USN RET), 23 May 1983, Virginia Beach VA BAIN, LAURENCE DIXON '23, 4 June 1983, Leland MI BUFLOD, MELVIN RAY '76 (LT USN), 5 May 1983, Foley AL; plane crash CATTERMOLE, GEORGE BERGER '39 (CAPT USN RET), 15 May 1983, Hamburg PA COLDWELL, WILLLVM WALKER '45, 6 April 1983, San Antonio TX DONAHUE, ALFRED HYDE '13 (CDR USN RET), 31 March 1983, McLean VA GALLAGHER, MICHAEL EUGENE '79 (LTJG USN), 16 June 1983, Kauai HI; plane crash GALLAHER, JOHN FRANCIS '26 (RADM USN RET), 17 June 1983, Winter Park FL GREER, ROBERT DWIGHT '79 (LT USN), 1 May 1983, at sea; helo crash USS TRD-PE HAMMOND, DOUGLAS THOMPSON '31 (CAPT USN RET), 17 May 1983, El Dorado AR HATCH, WILLIAM GIBB '13 (CAPT USN RET), 11 May 1983, Carmel Valley CA HICKS, ROBERT IVERSON '23, 30 April 1983, Tequesta FL HOUSTON, CHARLES EDWARD '36 (CAPT USN RET), 6 May 1983, Pensacola FL HOWARD, GEORGE MARION '45 (ENS USN RET), 5 June 1983, Clarence NY INGLIS, PATRICK KELLEY '80 (ENS USN), 22 May 1983, at sea; USS EISENHOWER JORDY, JULES JAMES '35 (CDR USNR RET), 5 May 1983, New Orleans LA KNIGHT, DANIEL '61 (LCDR USN RET), 3 April 1983, Satellite Beach FL LAURENT, FRANCIS WILLIAM '23 (CAPT USN RET), 26 March 1983, Stanley Wl MAHON, EDWARD JOSEPH JR '57 (CDR USN RET), 13 April 1983, San Jose CA MILLER, THOMAS LLOYD '37 (CDR USNR RET), 23 May 1983, Miami FL 114

NYVOLD, ROBERT HERMAN '52 (CDR USNRR), 9 June 1983, Lompoc CA PADGETT, NORMAN RAY '65 (CDR USN RET), 17 April 1983, St. Johns County FL POTTINGER, WILLIAM KNOWLES '31 (COL USMC RET), 10 May 1983, Orange CA ROOT, AMOS BARSTOW 16 (CDR USN RET), 19 May 1983, San Diego CA ROTH, EMIL STEIGER '47 (CDR USN RET), 19 April 1983, Portsmouth VA SCHAUFELBERGER, ALBERT ARTHUR III '71 (LCDR USN), 23 May 1983, El Salvador SCHNEIDER, ADOLPH PIENING '17 (CAPT USN RET), 17 April 1983, Carmel CA SHOEMAKER, JAMES MARSHALL '15 (RADM USN RET), 20 June 1983, Washington DC SINCLAIR, VALVIN ROBINSON '22 (CAPT USN RET), 24 April 1983, PaUsades NY SMITH, CHARLES WILLIAM '47, (CDR USN RET), 28 September 1964

SMITH, ROBERT HALL '22 (RADM USN RET), 8 June 1983, Atianta GA SNEERINGER, EARL AUSTIN '35 (COL USMC RET), 7 May 1983, ArUngton VA STIMLER, RICHARD PAUL '50 (CDR USN RET), 28 Febraary 1983, Jacksonville OR STRAUPENIEKS, IMANTS ALFREDS '63, 18 February 1983, Fairfax VA STRONG, WALTER HARTRIDGE '25, 2 July 1971, Savannah GA TAYLOR, THOMAS HART '40 (CAPT USN RET), 11 June 1983, Martinsburg WV TELLMAN, HERBERT AUGUSTINE '21 (CDR USN RET), 28 May 1983, Coronado CA ZINTERHOFER, LOUIS JOSEPH '27 (DR), 25 April 1983, (Midland TX)

WILLIAM GIBB HATCH '13 Capt. William Gibb Hatch USN (Ret.) died on 11 May 1983 in Carmel VaUey, CaUfornia. Interment was held at Arlington National Cemetery on 19 May after Mass of Christian Burial had been celebrated on 17 May in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

in both World Wars and was awarded the Navy Cross and the Bronze Star Medal, among other honors. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Dorothy, 63 Rancho Road, Box 309, Carmel Valley CA 93924.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York, he was graduated with the Class of 1913 and served in eight different ships before having his first shore duty at the Naval Academy in 1921. Other shore stations included the Naval Training Station at Hampton Roads, Third, Fifth and Twelfth Naval Districts, Bureau of Navigation, and the Caribbean and Philippine sea Frontiers, as well as command of BEALTFORT, TOUCEY, BLAKELEY, and SANTEE, and duty as executive of-

ficer of IDAHO. He was transferred to the retired Ust in 1947. While on active duty he had served

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RUDOLPH FRANK HANS '14 Capt. Rudolph Frank Hans USN (Ret.) died on 14 April 1983 in Oakland, California. Memorial services were held at the St. Andrews Chapel with interment in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Born in Chicago, he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1914. As a midshipman, he had been captain of the fencing team.

Upon reporting to his first ship. SOUTH DAKOTA, he began two years service in Mexican waters, later having duty in the gunboat YORKTOWN. Further assignments were in BUSHNELL with the submarine force, including duty in Queenstovm, Ireland, durShipmate, July-August 1983

ing World War I, then shipping out in the

After the successful landing on the European continent, Adm. Strable led landing operations in ecutive officer in NLAGRA and was officer in charge the Philippines at Leyte and the successful assault of the landing force from this ship that reUeved on Mindoro in 1944. The naval units put the 11th the American legation in Guatemala City during Army Corps ashore in the San Narciso area of the insurtection against President Estrada Cabrera Zambales, northwest of Subic Bay, and later capin 1920. tured Mariveles and Corregidor. After the surLater duty was in NEVADA, then at the Naval render of Japan in September 1945, he was put Academy as an engineering instructor before at- in charge of the Pacific Fleet's mine-clearing tending submarine school and having command operations in the Westem Pacific. He was transof S-35 on the Asiatic Station. Shore duty foUowed ferred to command of the Amphibious Force, at the Navy Yard in New York, then a return to Pacific Fleet, in June 1945. sea as engineering officer in OKLAHOMA. In 1933 During the Korean War he was commander of he was ordered to Pearl Harbor as planning of- the Seventh Fleet and as such directed the Inchon ficer, and he was transferted to the retired list in landing that changed the course of that conflict.

1935. When he attempted to retum to the USA Working closely with General of the Army via China, he was tumed back at Chung King on Douglas Mac Arthur, the supreme commander of the Yangtze River, so had to return to Shanghai, aUied forces in the Pacific, Adm. Strable planned Peking and Siberia to reach Europe and America. and directed the neutralization of shore batteries In civiUan Ufe he worked for the Worthington and mine fields protecting Inchon harbor, and put Pump & Machinery Company, but was recalled ashore 70,000 troops in what has been labeled one to active duty in 1939 and served for six years dur- of the classic flanking maneuvers of miUtary ing World War II. After the war he taught history. WhUe on active duty, he was awarded the engineering in lUinois and then moved to Distinguished Service Cross by the U.S. Army, the California.

Legion of Merit for his service in the Normandy He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. John G. landing, two Distinguished Service Medals from the Navy and one from the Army, two additional WaUer, 5706 Cricket PI., NlcLean VA 22101.

Legion of Merit medals, and the Navy CommenARTHUR DEWEY STRUBLE '15 dation Medal. He also received decorations from Adm. Arthur Dewey Strable USN (Ret.) died the governments of Belgium, France, Greece, on 1 May 1983 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. China, Korea, and the PhUippines.

Memorial services were held on 6 May at the Fort After being transferted to the retired list he was Myer Chapel with interment in ArUngton National an advisor to the Hamilton Watch Company and Cemetery. a director of the New York ShipbuUding Corporation. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and for many years had been the Shipmate cortespondent for the Class of 1915.

He was predeceased by his first wife, the former Hazel L. Ralston, in 1962, and is survived by his widow Margaret, 4017 OUver St., Chevy Chase MD 20815; two daughters and a son, Cdr. Arthur D. Strable Jr. USN (Ret.) '43; eight grandchUdren, including Arthur D. Strable III '67; and ten greatgrandchUdren. destroyers DOWNES and ELUS. He later was ex-

Arthur Dewey Stnible Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Oregon, he was a member of the lacrosse team as a midshipman. After graduation with the Class

LLOYD HARRISON '20 RAdm. Lloyd Harrison USN (Ret.) died on 4 May 1983 in Washington (DC). Memorial services were held on 10 May at the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church with interment in ArUngton National Cemetery.

of 1915, he had sea duty in the destroyer STEVENS

during World War 1, then began a series of assignments afloat and ashore including service in SOUTH DAKOTA and NEW YORK and command of

TRENTON at the start of World War 11. Other service included virtuaUy every type of surface vessel and staff and diplomatic posts ranging from instruaor at the Naval Academy to eventual nomination as naval representative at the Uiuted Nations.

Adm. Strable was regarded as one of the Navy's foremost experts on minesweeping operations and amphibious landings, of which he saw many from Etu^ope to the Pacific in World War II, and then in Korea. He was naval chief of staff for the Normandy Invasion, for which his warships provided cover from the sea, and he commanded the Seventh Fleet from shortly before the outbreak of the Korean War until assuming command of the First Fleet in the Pacific in 1951. He was transferted to the retired Ust in 1956 after having served for four years as chairman of the United States Military Staff Mission to the United Nations.

Before this assignment he had command of the Eastem Sea Frontier, the Atlantic Fleet and the Atiantic subarea of NATO with headquarters on the Eastern Seaboard.

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Lloyd Harrison

Bom in the State of Maryland, he attended the Oregon AgriciUtural College before receiving his appointment to the Naval Academy where he was graduated with the Class of 1920 on 6 June 1919, standing as number two man in the Class. As a midshipman he had served on board ARIZONA in the Atlantic during World War I. After graduation he served in the battieship ARIZONA until 1920. FoUowing two months' duty at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, he was under instruction in naval architecture at the postgraduate school, Annapolis, then

continued the course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving the degree of Master of Science in 1923. He then had duty at the Naval Aircraft Factory, PhUadelphia, untU January 1925, and following brief duty at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, served as an instructor, between June and September 1925, at the Naval Academy, during the period that the course in aeronautics was inaugurated there.

From September 1925 untU May 1930 he had duty in the material division. Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, before serving again at the Naval Aircraft Factory, and in May 1935 reported to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, for flight training. Designated naval aviator in 1936, he remained on duty at Pensacola untU June 1940. Returning to the Naval Aircraft Factory in 1940, he served in several capacities, being manager from November 16, 1943, until June 24, 1944, when he was detached, receiving the Legion of Merit for development and traiiung of inexperienced workers during this difficiUt period.

He next reported for duty at the Naval Air Station, Alameda, and was awarded a Letter of Commendation with authorization to wear the Commendation Ribbon, from the Secretary of Navy, for service as assembly and repair officer in that assignment which extended to 1945.

He served as assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics for material and services. Navy Department, and on Febraary 11, 1946, assumed duty as assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics for design and engineering. He remained in that Bureau until June 1950, when he became force material officer on the staff of Commander Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. He continued to serve in that capacity until September 1952, when he reported as deputy and assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department. On August 1, 1955 he was transferted to the retired list.

In civiUan Ufe, Admiral Harrison became a vice president of the McDoimeU Aircraft Corporation, in charge of procurement for seven years, then joined the Howard Foundry in Evanston (IL), a company that produced materials for the space industry.

He was a member of the Army-Navy Club, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, and a Ufe member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow EUzabeth, 3001 Veazey PL, NW, Washington DC 20008; three children, Polly Wilson and Dr. WiUiam S., both of AnnapoUs, and Cdr. Lloyd Harrison Jr. USN '65 of Bethesda, Maryland; and nine grandchUdren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Naval Academy Alumni Association, 247 King George St., AnnapoUs MD 21402.

JOHN DAVITI CORRIGAN '21 Cdr. John Davitt Corrigan USNR (Ret.) died on 28 January 1983 in Palm Beach, Florida. At his request, his ashes were scattered at sea.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Pennsylvania, he was graduated with the Class of 1921 on 3 June 1920 and served on active duty for two years, then entered the business world, specializing in engineering and later in administration of production and sales. His talents in problem analysis were much appreciated by many firms including Westinghouse and General Motors.

A naval reservist, he was called to active duty during Worid War 11 and served aU during the conflict, then returned to civiUan Ufe where he became well-known as a pubUc speaker on business and profits, discussing these topics at seminars throughout the United States and at many na115

tionally known universities. In more recent years he had been active in management consultation and he was the author of several books including How to Build Profit Value in Your Sales Dollars and The Three Golden Keys. He was a Ufe member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Anna Odazio, bora Countess Odazio di Castel d'lsola of MUano, Italy, now residing at 267 Atlantic Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; and a brother, Emerson, of Youngstown, Ohio. The famUy has requested that memorial gifts be made to the Naval Academy Alumni Association, 247 King George St., AnnapoUs MD 21402.

LEONARD KAPLAN '22 Capt. Leonard Kaplan USN (Ret.) died on 5 May 1983 in Livingston, New Jersey. Graveside services were held at ArUngton National Cemetery on 11 May.

FRANCIS WILLIAM LAURENT '23 Capt. Francis WUliam Laurent, USN (Ret.) died on 26 March 1983 in Stanley, Wisconsin. Memorial services were held at the St. Katherine's Episcopal Church, Owen.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Wisconsin, he was graduated with the Class of 1923, then served for seven years with ships of the Atlantic Fleet and the European Squadron. He later attended naval postgraduate school and earned a diploma in naval administration. He was transferred to the retired list in 1932, but returned to active duty during World War II and retired once again in 1946, whereupon he entered graduate school at Stanford University and was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree. He later took a law degree as well from the University of Wisconsin.

In civilian Ufe, Capt. Laurent had been a member of the legal staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority and after World War 11 he served in Germany as chief of the decartelization branch of the U.S. Office of MiUtary Government. In 1948 he returned to Wisconsin to manage the family farm and served as senior research associate for the University of Wisconsin Law School.

He is survived by his widow Grace, 901 N. Broadway, Stanley Wl 54768; a son and a daughter; a sister; and four grandchildren.

Chief of Naval Operations, then had assignment as Commander Destroyer Flotilla ONE before his final active duty station as director of the material division for the Chief of Naval Operations. He was transferred to the retired list in 1959. In addition to the awards already mentioned, he received the Croix de Guerre with Palm from the French government and the Order of Merit (degree of officer) from the ItaUan Republic.

In civilian life. Admiral Marshall became the first president of the newly formed Bourbon Institute, with a brief to promote the export of this American whiskey and serve as the industry's "good-wiU ambassador." A gourmet cook of note, he promoted the product with imagination, producing such dishes as carrots bourbonade and beef bourbannaise. He also was an adviser on the Uquor industry to presidential trade negotiations committee, and in 1977 he retired as director of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States international trade division. He was a member of the Army-Navy Coimtry Club of Washington, the University Club of Los Angeles, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

His marriage to the former Nancy Adams ended in divorce and he is survived by his widow, the former Catherine Grayson OUver, 9738 Lawyers Road, Vienna VA 22180; and a stepson.

JOHN ALLEN WINFREY '26 Capt. John Allen Winfrey USN (Ret.) died on 12 January 1983.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Tennessee, he was graduated with the Class of 1926. Sea duty followed at once, and during his Leonard Kaplan thirty years of active duty he served in battieships, craisers, submarines and transports. Ashore he had Appointed to the United States Naval Academy duty in Newport at the training station and the in 1918 from Weston, West Virginia, where he was Naval War College, and in Washington at the ofborn in 1900, he graduated salutatorian in the fice of the Chief of Navtil Operations and with the Class of 1922. He later did postgraduate work at Bureau of Naval Personnel. His final assignment Annapolis and the Massachusetts Institute of duty in TEXAS, NEVADA, NITRO and BORIE. Shore Technology, receiving a science master in naval duty followed at the postgraduate school in An- was with the naval station at New Orleans. While architecture. napolis, followed by study at the University of on active duty he was awarded the Navy CommenDuring four years at Newport News ShipbuildCalifornia where he was awarded his Master of dation Medal. ing and Drydock Company (1933-1937), he overUpon his retirement he earned a Master of Arts Science degree. saw the construction of the USS RANGER ( C V - 4 ) , Sea duty as engineer of LEXINGTON for three degree at Memphis State University and then USS YORKTOWN (CV-5), and the USS ENTERPRISE years followed, then service on the staff of the joined the faculty of this school, teaching (CV-6) and later took part in the construction of Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, as fleet mathematics for twelve years before retiring once the USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55), the first of the engineer officer before assuming command of the again. He was a member of the Naval Academy "new" battleships, at the New York Naval destroyer GOFF, and then command of WINSLOW Alumni Association.

Shipyard, where he had charge of the hull work He is survived by his widow Virginia, 5281 in the Caribbean and off South America. He from the laying of the keel until commissioning. subsequently became flag secretary to Commander Mason Ave., Memphis TN 38119; and five sons.

During the first part of Worid War 11, Capt.

Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet, then took command of Kaplan was in Iceland as repair and material ofDestroyer Division THIRTY-SIX, participating in JOHN GLENN McCLAUGHRY '27 ficer of the naval operating base in Reykjavik, Atlantic convoys and taking part in the NormanRAdm. John Glenn McClaughry USN (Ret.) supervising the repair and salvage of naval and dy Invasion on 6 June 1944, for which assignment died on 23 April 1983 in AnnapoUs, Maryland. merchant vessels damaged in the North Atlantic he was awarded the Silver Star Medal and received Memorial services were held at the St. Andrews convoys. The last two years of the war were spent a Letter of Commendation with Combat V. Chapel at the Naval Academy on 29 April with at San Diego as production officer of the industrial In August 1944 he was transferred to the Pacific private interment. command, supervising the repair and salvage of and as Commander Destroyer Squadron FORTYAppointed to the Naval Academy from the State naval ships during this cracial part of the war after EIGHT participated in the Leyte invasion. of IlUonis, he was graduated with the Class of 1927 the shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific theater.

Okinawa campaign, and the Morotai action, and proceeded at once to sea duty, serving in five Capt. Kaplan retired from the Naval Service in receiving the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V ships for eight years before being assigned to the 1949. A veteran of World War 1 and II, he earned and a second Letter of Commendation for these Fleet Air Base at Pearl Harbor. His ships included numerous medals and citations, including two engagements. He later became assistant director COLORADO, PRESTON, FORD, COLORADO once Legions of Merit. In 1950 he joined the Foster of Navy demobilization in Washington and was again, VEGA and SAN FRANCISCO, then, after his Wheeler Energy Corporation at Carteret, New commended by the Secretary of the Navy for shore duty assignment, LEARY and ERIE, followed Jersey, retiring in 1964. From 1964 to 1980 he outstanding service during this period. Other by service at the hydrographic office at Sault Ste. returned to naval architecture with M. Rosenblatt Washington duty was at the Industrial War Col- Marie. & Son in Manhattan where he worked until he was lege, then orders as director of manpower and In 1943 he helped put into commission and 80 years old. utilities on the Munitions Board. became executive officer of the attack transport He is survived by his widow Ethel, P.O. Box Returning to sea, he had command of the cruiser DOYEN, later taking command and participating 193, Scotch Plains NJ 07076; a daughter, EUn, wife SPOKANE, then returned to Washington duty as in the invasions of Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, of LCdr. Edward J. Kujat USN '72; Leonard director of transportation and petroleum in the of- Guam, Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima.

Kaplan 11 '72; Kristina Vanech, Vikki OUphant, fice of the Chief of Naval Operations. Overseas He later was in charge of the Mobile Logistic and Lt. Og) Millicent Kaplan USN, a member of duty as naval attach^ in Rome until May 1953 Group while commanding CACAPON (AO-52) durthe faculty at the Naval Academy. followed, whereupon he became senior aide to the ing the Korean Conflict, and his last active duty WILLIAM JEFFERSON MARSHALL '25 VAdm. WUUam Jefferson Marshall USN (Ret.) died on 27 April 1983 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Memorial services were held in ArUngton National Cemetery on 2 May. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Kentucky, he had attended Centre College prior to reporting to AnnapoUs. As a midshipman he was a member of the varsity track and swimming teams, and upon graduation he proceeded to sea

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of the port faciUty in Tsingtao, China, when it was evacuated in 1949, Pearl Harbor, the MAAG in Athens, inspector of recruiting, and chief inspector of MSTS in the Pacific. He was transferred to the retired list in 1959 but called back to active duty in 1963 as a convoy commodore in the Pacific. In addition to the decorations already mentioned, he had been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, and he was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Helene, 25 Sea Wolf Passage, Corte Madera CA 94925.

the Coral Sea in Australia, and command of the naval air station at Cubi Point, the PhiUppines.

His final active duty station was as chief of the test branch. Atomic Energy Commission, supervising that unit's operations, construction and maintenance of a Nevada test site and the Pacific Proving Ground. He was transferted to the retired list in 1960.

As chairman of the committee, plebe year at the Academy he helped design and execute the Class of 1936 Crest, and at the time of his death, he and his wife had been producing art together and displaying at arts and crafts shows. Prior to entering this activity he had worked as a management consultant in Vietnam, first with a civUian company airUne and later as manager of a U.S. Air Force maintenance group. Further versatiUty was evident in the invention that he was trying to promote for a self-contained air breathing device. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Elizabeth, 912 Aquamarine Drive, Gulf Breeze FL 32561; a son and a grandson; and a brother and sister.

EARL AUSTIN SNEERINGER '35 Col. Earl Austin Sneeringer USMC (Ret.) died John Glenn McClaughry on 7 May 1983 in ArUngton, Virginia. Mass of was as commandant of the U.S. Naved Advanced Christian Burial was celebrated at Ft. Myer Chapel Base in Bremerhaven, West Germany. He was on 11 May, with interment in ArUngton National awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat V twice Cemetery. and the Navy Unit Commendation while on acAppointed to the Naval Academy from the State tive duty, and he was transferted to the retired Ust of Pennsylvania, he was graduated with the Class in 1957. of 1935 and accepted his commission in the Marine He was a member of the Army-Navy Club, the Corps, first serving at Quantico with the 1st Sons of the American Revolution, the Retired OfMarine Brigade, before going to sea on board ficers' Association, and a life member of the Naval CALIFORNIA. During World War II he had duty GEORGE BERGER CATTERMOLE '39 Academy Alumni Association. primarily with Marine anti-aircraft units, then He is survived by his widow Rebecca, 213 studied at the staff and command school in QuanCapt. George Berger Cattermole USN (Ret.) Hanover St., Annapolis MD 21401; two daughters; tico and returned to the Pacific, serving in Tientdied on 15 May 1983 at Hamburg, Pennsylvania. and two grandchUdren. sin and Guam.

Interment was in ArUngton National Cemetery on 20 May 1983.

Further assignments included duty with the JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN '30 Atiantic Fleet, then orders to the development RAdm. John Francis Flynn USN (Ret.) died on center at Quantico before commanding the 7th 13 Febraary 1983 in San Francisco, CaUfornia. Marines with the 1st Marine Division including serMass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the vice in the Korean War. He later studied at the Chapel of Our Lady, the Presidio, and according Naval War CoUege before being assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and subsequently became to his wishes, his ashes were scattered at sea. professor of naval science at the University of Permsylvania, from which assignment he was transferted to the retired Ust in 1960. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation while on active duty.

In civilian Ufe he was a program manager with the General Electric Company, stationed primarily m Washington. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

George Berger Cattermole He was predeceased by his wife Anne in 1969 Born in Passaic, New Jersey, he was appointed and is survived by three daughters and a son and to the Naval Academy from the same State and seven grandchUdren. was graduated with the Class of 1939. After a short CHARLES EDWARD HOUSTON '36 tour on the cruiser INDIANAPOLIS he reported Capt. Charles Edward Houston USN (Ret.) died aboard the recommissioned EVANS (DD-78) and on 6 May 1983 in Pensacola, Florida. Memorial served on board until she was tumed over to the John Francis Flynn services were conducted on 10 May at the Chapel British in HaUfax in early 1981. Transferted to the The son of a naval officer, he was bom in of the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, by the sta- destroyer DECATUR, he was on North Atiantic conBerkley, Virginia, but was appointed to the Naval tion's chaplain and the miiuster of the St. Francis voy duty in that ship untU ordered to flight duty Academy from the State of Massachusetts. Upon of Assisi Episcopal Church, of which Capt. in March 1942 . Upon completion of his flight training at Pensacola he joined VP-205 and did graduation with the Class of 1930 he joined Houston was a member.

MARBLEHEAD, then served in WALTERS, CROWINAppointed to the Naval Academy from the State sub-hunting and convoy coverage, mainly in the Caribbean area, for the next three years during SHIELD and ALTAIR. AS gunnery officer in JOUETT of Minnesota, he was graduated with the Class of he participated in the NeutraUty Patrol in the 1936 and ordered to sea in COLORADO, later hav- which he became C O . of the squadron. In OcCaribbean, South Atlantic and North Atiantic ing duty m the destroyer BOGGS before taking flight tober 1944 he reported to postgraduate school in waters, then joined ELLYSON as executive officer training and being designated naval aviator in AnnapoUs and majored in electronics. In June 1947 he reported to VC (N)-l at Barbers Point as early in the World War II before taking command 1940. From 1941 to 1943 he was an instractor at of BARRY and operating in the Atlantic on con- Pensacola, then took command of a patrol operations officer for a one-year tour, and after voy duty. He then commanded PARKER and par- squadron and was awarded the Distinguished Fly- this tour he became senior electronics officer on tidpjated in operations in North African waters as ing Cross for action against a Japanese convoy. the Staff of ConLAirLant in Norfolk. In 1949 he weU as off SicUy, Anzio, and the ItaUan and He also received the Navy Cross after he was shot went to Albuquerque for duty as officer in charge Southern France coasts. He was twice awarded the down during a bombing run and was captured by of the nuclear branch in the Technical Training Bronze Star Medal with Combat V for these the Japanese, spending several months as a Group of FCAFSWP. He reported to the Staff of ComAirPac in 1952 and served as special weapons operations. prisoner of war.

FoUowing the war, he served as ComDesDiv 152 Upon his retum to the United States he took officer for two years, after which he served in in the China Sea and the Philippines, then had traitung in helicopters and was named the first Washington as the executive officer of the command of the transport LOGAN during the Navy commander of an experimental help Development Division HQAFSWP. From there he Korean War, taking part in numerous amphibious squadron, and he later had command of a fighter was ordered to Germany as Senior Instractor in operations and later in the prisoner-of-war exsquadron (VF-6B) on board CORAL SEA. Other the Army's IMPSW School, Europe, and in 1960 change. His last sea command was GEN. A. E . assignments included command of the naval air he joined CinPac's Staff as nuclear weapons officer. In 1963 he returned to Washington for three ANDERSON in the Pacific. station. Ford Island, Hawaii, executive officer of the carrier TARAWA (CVA-40) in which he took years duty in DASA Headquarters in the weapons Ashore he had duty in Newport, Philadelphia, effects test and research branch, then in 1966 part in an anniversary celebration of the Battle of the Seventh and Eighth Naval Distrirts, command Shipmate, July-August 1983

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transferred to AEC Headquarters and served as executive secretary to the Military Liaison Committee.

Upon retirement in 1969 he moved to a farm in northern Berks County, Peimsylvania, and settled down as a gentleman farmer. In addition to farming he was active in his local Rotary Club and was on his township's Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Sara Eleanor Cattermole, Box 196, RD 1, Hamburg PA 19526; two daughters Nancy J. Katsuranis and Elizabeth A. Hare, and two sons George B., Jr. and Richard E. Cattermole.

JOSEPH ROBERT TREANOR '40 Mr. Joseph Robert Treanor died in Long Island on 5 March 1983. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, Roman Catholic Church in Centerport, New York.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York, he was graduated with the Class of 1940, and proceeded to sea duty in NEVADA. Surviving the 7 December 1941 attack on NEVADA at Pearl Harbor, he continued serving at sea during WWII with other battleship and destroyer duty assignments. While serving as executive officer in VAN VALKENBURGH during the Okinawa Campaign his destroyer was cited for her performance on the Picket Lme. After war's end LCdr. Treanor served

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as executive officer in TACONIC, then resigned from the naval service in 1946.

From 1947 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1951 he was employed in merchandising and personnel with Macy's of New York. Later he entered the life insurance field and was Branch Manager, in Providence (RI) of the Connecticut Life Insurance Company; then worked with the Standard Security Life Insurance Company of New York and the Huntington Fuel Company in Huntington, New York.

He is survived by four children; Veronica Heekin, Vincent Treanor, Kathleen CarU and EUen Conroy, all of New York State; four grandchildren; and by his sister, Elaine Treanor Hagemann of Copenhagen, Denmark.

PATRICK KELLEY INGLIS '80 Lt. Og) Patrick Kelley Inglis USN was killed in an aircraft accident in the Mediterranean on 22 May 1983 when his A-6 aircraft was lost at sea.

He was flying from EISENHOWER at the time of the fatality. A memorial service was held at the Naval Air Station, Oceana, on 26 May, and a Mass of Resurrection was celebrated at the Naval Academy Chapel on 29 May. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Maryland, he was graduated with the Class of 1980. As a midshipman he had played lacrosse for two years, was a company commander in his first class year, and was named to Sigma Iota Epsilon, the honor society for resource-management majors. He had attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School prior to receiving his nomination to the Academy.

FUght training followed graduation, and he had been stationed at Pensacola, Chase Field in Texas, and Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach.

He was designated a naval aviator in 1982, and he reported to Attack Squadron 65 in April 1983 as power plants branch officer. He was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Valerie, 1407 Doe Court, Virginia Beach VA 23464; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Inglis Sr. of Linthicum Heights, Maryland; two brothers including Capt.

John Inglis USAF '76, stationed at the Naval Academy, and three sisters; and his maternal grandparents. The family has suggested that memorial contributions be made to the Naval Academy Alumni Association, 247 King George St., AnnapoUs MD 21402.

The Alumni Association records are the only ones anywhere that cover the Academy, service and civilian careers of our alumni. It is therefore important for historical and biographical purposes that they be as complete as possible, and all alumni who have not done so recently are urged to provide an updated biography for our records.

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Marshall-Ewald Executive Park 2620 Southern Boulevard Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452 Call CoUect (804) 463-2600

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For complete Real Estate Service in Tidewater Specializing in Norfolk and Virginia Beach Properties

GOODMAN SEGAR HOGAN, Realtors 'Tidewater's Largest" 4141 Granby St., Norfolk, VA. 23504 Call Collect Office (804) 627-3561 Res. (804) 853-5552 For professional service

Call JOAN KING (Wife of Cookie '57) Million Dollar Sales Club GOODMAN SEGAR HOGAN Tidewater's Most Recommended Real Estate Service 3259-A VIRGINL\ BEACH BLVD

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA 23452 Office: (804) 340-3232 Res: (804) 486-4372

Realtors Central Florida & Greater Orlando Area EmQy & Gregory Bell '48 Realtor Associates Emerson & Herod Reahy, Inc. 2100 West Highway 434, Longwood FL 32750 Tel. (305) 869-0700; after hours (305) 647-6936 CaU toU free (800) 327-4589 WASHINGTON AREA FREE WASHINGTON AREA RELOCATION PACKAGE includes Information of Virginia & Maryland Maps School Testing Information VA-FHA & Other Financing Homes Magazine Sample Listings call collect, or write

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1-800-446-8211 CONTINENTAL U.S.

8241 The Midway Annandale VA 22003 Judy DunderviU (Bob '57)

Diane Alley (Clint 63)

(703)573-2600 (703) 978-5241

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Research — Organization — Followup PHYLLIS H. WITCHER M.Ed. (Wife of Murray '60) (215) 459-8474

RING INFORMATION USNA Graduates whose rings were made by Josten's, may order official and miniature rings, contoured wedding bands, stones, diamonds and repairs. Write — Vernon R. Gatley, 3191 Nathan Ave., Grand Junction CO 81504. Or call (303) 434-5599

NEED A CAR? We'll deliver anywhere in the U.S. CaU (412) 349-5600 Charlie '63 or W.H. '66 Spadafora COLONIAL Olds — Cadillac — Mazda — VW 349 N. 4th St., Indiana PA 15701

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Send $15 plus 50' postage and handUng to: Academy Scarves 111 Pierce Blvd.

O'Fallon IL 62269 Illinois residents include 79' sales tax.

10x8 color picture of prayer with scene of Academy across bottom on fine pine wood. $13.50. Picture only $6.75. 5x7 B&W sketch of same as Xmas card with Xmas greeting and also "The Peace Song" inside — 10 for $4.50.

3x5 B&W note paper with prayer and sketch — 10 for $3.25. All prices include postage and handling. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

NY State residents add 7 V> % sales tax. All make fine gifts for Navy speakers — Parents Clubs, Alumni Clubs, or as good fund raisers.

Send for price list on multiple orders. Mail to: Teresa Duffy 174 Pacific St. Massapequa Park NY 11762

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NAVAL A C A D E M Y A L U M N I Accessories

Men's Tie T h e original Naval A c a d e m y A l u m n i tie. Not for sale anjrwhere else. Be a p r o u d w e a r e r of t h e Navy Blue and Gold Chain. $1-^.50 postpaid.

Ladies Tie N o w available for w o m e n a l u m n a e a n d N a v y w^ives.

Material a n d design is same as m e n s tie, shaped for ladies w e a r . $14.50 postpaid.

Blazer Crests A n all gold, oval clip-on or square p a t c h sew^-on Naval A c a d e m y crest for y o u r blazer. Custom e m b r o i d e r e d in 18 k a r a t gold bullion t h r e a d on Navy b l u e b a c k g r o u n d .

Sew^-on style crest also available in same quality gold biillion w^ith silver t h r e a d lettering a n d a touch of r e d on t h e torches. All crests 3x3Vi inches. Each $19.00 postpaid.

Blazer Buttons Buttons come in sets of seven â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3 large a n d 4 small. Each w i t h an 18 k a r a t gold plate USNA seal a n d r i m against a b a c k g r o u n d of blue enamel, these b u t t o n s a d d t h e final touch of elegance. $19.50 postpaid.

Maryland residents please add 5% sales tax.

U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, ALUMNI HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21402