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-Lt. Cdr. R.E. Dixon, U.S.S. Lexington,

Naval airmen aboard the "Lexington" and " Y o r k t o w n " w e r e spoiling for a fight on IVIay 7th, 1942, as Task Force 17 plowed through the Corai Sea on a collision course w i t h the Japanese invasion fleet heading for Port Moresby. Well trained but inexperienced, the Americans w e r e out to avenge Pearl Harbor and end the Japanese advance that had brought them only one step f r o m Australian shores.

A t mId-morning the airmen found their dream target: a Japanese "flattop," the carrier "Shoho." Diving through the carrier's c o m bat air patrols and antiaircraft fire, they struck again and again w i t h bombs andtorpedos. In less than an hour, blazing f r o m end

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to end, the " S h o h o " sank w i t h most of her crew.

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T h e Lexington was lost in fighting the next day, but overall the Battle of the Coral Sea was a strategic Serving you best because we know vou better victory. The Americans had proved they could fight so well,they stopped Japan's southward advance forever.

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United States Naval Academy Alumni Association

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

Volume 46, No. 8 FEATURES Chief of Naval Operations Birthday Message Corresponding Secretaries Meeting

Executive Secretary BARRIE ISLEV-PETERSEN

Zurich, Baden-Baden and the Rhine Profile of 1987

Treasurer and Director of Alumni Services JAMES D. OLIVER, '43 Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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The CHESTER Raceboat

Director of Development LAMAR W. (MARK) TUZO, '52 Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Director of Publications and Editor JAMES W. HAMMOND, JR., '51 Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

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Returns to Pearl

by Gunnery Sgt. Henry S. Baskin USMC (Ret.)

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The Philippine Insurrection and the Vietnamese War Compared

by RAdm. John Hartlee USN (Ret.) 33 DEPARTMENTS Contributors' Biographies Sea Breezes 7 The Mail Boat 8 All Hands 18 Officers and Trustees 21 Lucky Bag of Books 37 Capitol Hill 39

A Few Inches From the Yard 43 Navy Sports 44 Gift List and Order Form 47 Class News 48 Chapter News 98 Last Call 99 Classified Services 102

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Contributors' Biographies

CAPTAIN RICHARD L. KIBBE USN (RET.) Dick Kibbe '33 was a career Naval Aviator participating in all aspects of carrier and fleet operations shared with related shore duty. He did postgraduate work in aviation ordnance and served in BuOrd and BuAer test centers. He commanded Air Group 13 in USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) during World War II. Later he was Operations Officer for ComCarDivOne, XO of CORAL SEA (CV-43), Special Plans Officer CINCNELM, attended the National War College and was Chief of Staff for ComCarDivTwo. He commanded FORRESTAL (CV-59). He had tours in Office of SecNav and DCNO (Air) as well as being Chief of Staff for ComFirstFlt. He is now living the pleasant life of a country squire in the village of Milton Mills, N.H.

CAPTAIN FREDERICK L. TAEUSCH USN (RET.) Fred Taeusch '39 had a year at Princeton before entering the Naval Academy. After graduation he served in CHESTER (CA-27) before going to Submarine School. He reported to USS PERMIT (SS-178) in Manila, a few days before Pearl Harbor, inaking 12 war patrols in her. Most of his sea duty was in submarines with shore tours at the Naval War College, Naval Academy, OpNav Korea and CincPacFlt staff. Retiring in 1967, he served for 10 years on the faculty of a private school in Jacksonville, Florida. Retiring a second time, he now lives at Ponte Vedra Beach spending his time playing tennis and on his boat.

BLAKE L. POWELL, M.D. Blake Powell served on active duty until 1973 when he resigned to embark on another career. He attended George Washington University obtaining a B.S. in Zoology, his M.D. and completing his course work for a M.S. in Exercise Physiology. He completed his medical residency in Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1981. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Milton S. Hersey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University in Hersey, Pennsylvania. Since his primary medical practice often deals with the results of self-neglect, he has developed an interest in Preventive Medicine and Wellness, writing a book on the topic.

Staying Alive, More Alive, the Well-Fit Way. GUNNERY SERGEANT HENRY STUCKY MASKIN USMC (RET.) Hank Baskin enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1935. He was in CHESTER with the Marine Detachment from 1940 to 1942. He was with the 22nd Marines in Samoa and then was the only Marine who opted to enlist on the battlefield at Betio, Tarawa, for the magnificent reenlistment bonus of two fried eggs. He worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft for a few years and returned to the Marine Corps and served in the 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division in Korea. He retired from the 5th Marines in Camp Pendleton in 1959. He was a Park Ranger in California State Parks until his second retirement in 1976. He now hves in Buellton in the Santa Ynes Mountains of California where he fulfills his avocation of writing.

REAR ADMIRAL JOHN HARLLEE USN (RET.) John Harllee '34, a World War II PT Boat commander, had both President John F. Kennedy and Under SecNav "Red" Fay as two of his students at the PT School. He refired in 1959 and in 1961 was appointed to the Maritime Commission, serving as Chairman from 1963 to 1969. He served as a volunteer consultant for the International Executive Service Corps in Morocco and in Turkey, after which he was Executive Director of the San Francisco Twin Bicentennial and Director of Organization for Americans for Energy Independence. In 1978 he spent several months as a consultant to the National Transportation Policy Study Committee.

PAUL R. SCHRATZ '39 Following a distinguished career in submarines and in policy planning in Washington, Paul retired as Captain IJSN 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, published 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 Ail-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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Nuclear Reactors — Make Mine a Lite New Soviet nuclear submarine developments sound like a rerun of an old movie. Late in World War II the Japanese developed several dramatically new classes of submarines. Most remarkable was the huge 4,500-ton 1-400 class with a figure eight hull, twice the size of ours and carrying three catapult-launched scouting aircraft. The high speed 1-200 class, snorkel-equipped attack subs of 1,300 tons, magnificently streamlined, were designed to make 25 knots submerged on battery power. Last and least important were several classes of 2- to 6-man midget submarines, intricately designed but engulfed by the tide of war before they ever came of use.

Even the army got into the act with a new and dreadful class of cargo submarines. Interservice rivalry was so bad in Japan that the navy refused to resupply army units cut off by the rapid U.S. advance. The army, without even a blueprint from the navy, ordered the wretched iron coffins from a boiler factory in Korea. They looked it.

The U.S. fleet submarine throughout World War II changed very little. We didn't add snorkels or seek high submerged speed or bigger or smaller types.

We didn't need them. The fleet sub was a superb warship, tough, versatile, heavily armed and superior to its opponents in almost every respect. If we didn't need major technological innovation then, the question is, do we need it now to counter new Soviet advances in nuclear submarine technology?

Today the Soviet navy is building many new classes of submarines, 14 of which have appeared since 1970. The very deep diving, titanium-hulled Alfa class nuclear attack sub is the world's fastest, with submerged speeds of more than 40 knots, ten knots better than our best. The 25,000 ton Typhoon class can fire twenty 5,000-mile intercontinental rockets; the new, extremely large Oscar class fires up to 24 long-range antiship cruise missiles.

Soviet attack submarine development is concentrating on higher speed and smaller size. The U.S. Navy still plans to build bigger in order to go faster. A new class of attack submarines considerably larger than current 6,900 ton Los Angeles class is in the works, to appear in the next budget. Congressional aides are already questioning whether "bigger is better."

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Some experts believe the Russians may have designed a liquid "afterburner" to jet away from enemy pursuit; another theory comes from a study concluding that the Soviets are greasing the hulls to glide through the water more easily. To test this theory, USS ALBACORE was taken from mothballs and rigged with piping to spray a polymer lubricant along the hull. As long as the lubricant coating lasted, ALBACORE went 20 to 30 percent faster. A Los Angeles class, normally capable of a bit more than 32 knots could make about 40 knots with the polymer grease job.

It may be true that the Soviet Alfas move like greased lightning because they're greased, but observations of prppellor beats versus speed confirms that the Russians have also managed to build a nuclear reactor that generates more power for its size than the U.S. equivalent. They may have advanced into reactors cooled with liquid metal rather than water, achieving hotter temperatures and thus more efficiency in the power plant.

The crux of the problem today is the great reluctance of the nuclear navy to try anything but the pressurized-water system used since NAUTILUS. Must the next attack class be larger to accommodate all the equipment and weaponry necessary for its submarine hunting mission, or must it be larger because no small sized power plant has been developed?

An alternative to NAUTILUS was the liquid sodium plant developed simultaneously for SEA WOLF. Because of metallurgical problems, the sodium plant was abandoned and eventually replaced with pressurized water. SEAWOLF'S first skipper, Dick Laning, claims that she could make 90 percent of full power despite the problems with the sodium plant. Her two years of operations before recoring included a record breaking 60-day submerged run of 13,761 miles in 1958. (Dick also proposed going around the world submerged in 79 days to arrive in London for the premier of the film "Around the World in Eighty Days."

Unfortunately, the idea was vetoed.)

Norman Polmar claims that much of the submarine community wants smaller attack subs, which would require a different type of power plant. In World War II the standard U.S. fleet submarine was the world's best and needed no major changes to increase its effective-

ness; today we are still building the world's best but new propulsion systems are needed to counter existing Soviet capabilities, and there is no evidence that such systems are in the program.

It has been said that "the father of the last technological revolution is in the ideal position to stamp out the next one." The Office of Naval Research over the years made several suggestions for new plants leading to smaller or more efficient submarines — gas or liquid metal cooled reactors, magnetohydrodynamic generators, gaseous fueled reactors, fusion reactors and improved methods of converting reactor power to propulsion.

Preliminary looks led to the conclusion that naval engines could be lightened by factors of 2, 3, or even 5. When Admiral Rickover saw copy of one such ONR draft, he forced it to be withdrawn from circulation and threatened to abolish the Office as having outlived its usefulness.

Scientists at universities were thwarted from suggesting ideas on lightweight plants. A university engineer was prevented from giving an invited technical paper on lightweight propulsion to a professional society meeting: shortly thereafter Admiral Rickover's office brought about the termination of his $64,000 research contract.

The admiral's response to all of the above is that none can compete with pressurized water for safety, reliability, and ease of maintenance at sea. I believe this answer to be both unassailable and unacceptable. The first nuclear plant was noisier and far more costly to build, man and operate than the best of diesel submarines. It was the dramatic potential of nuclear power that made its development essential nevertheless. We now face the same challenge in new technology.

The distinguished Admiral and his commitment to pressurized water have passed from the scene. Recent major technical advances by the Soviets make it mandatory upon his successors to open the long closed avenues of nuclear research and development to meet the competition. We can even risk a few factory recalls while getting there. There is no question of sacrificing safety or reliability. Unhke the Russians we will never need old sailors' homes whose hairless inmates glow in the dark. Proposed lightweight power plants compromise not safety but only rigidity of thought. .

The Mail Boat Sea Pressure and Sex Shipmate: "Sea Pressure and Sex" (JulyAugust 1983) brought back some fond memories. My father, C.V. Hawk '31 was on ComAirPac staff in Pearl at the time. We lived next door to the Gallahers. Maureen and I were in the same grade and the twins, Patsy and Patricia, were one year younger. My sister and I played with all three of them.

My brother. Bob, was about Skippy's age and they played together. It was a wonderful tour although ours was cut short when ComAirPac was moved to San Diego.

I have often wondered what happened to the Gallaher girls. As a Navy Junior, I find it always nice to see an occasional article which brings back pleasant memories of friends not forgotten but out of touch.

Thomas F. Hawk '64 Shipmate: I'm fascinated by "Sea Pressure and Sex" in your July-August issue. Back in my bachelor days in USS RUNNER (SS-476) the wardroom officers gradually became aware of the paucity of boys in the families of both officers and men. Nobody ever did any sampling on a scientific basis, but we spent more than one bull session trying to figure if it was long times away from home, the smell of diesel oil, being thrown over the side on occasion of promotion or qualification, pressure, or whatever. We concluded that there must be some cause for all the girl offspring, but I've never seen anything on it till the current article.

I left the Navy wardroom and the submarine environment in 1954. Married in 1956, my first daughter arrived in 1957, and my second daughter arrived in 1959.

So . . . whatever it is carries over into later life. I don't have any other children, just two daughters. Anybody else with similar experiences? And the first thing Whitey Weidman, my old RUNNER buddy ('48A) asked me when he came through town was whether I had any sons. He also remembered our bull sessions.

How about some other comments?

William E. Duke, Jr. '49

Jake Fitch '06 Shipmate: I admired and respected Admiral Aubrey Wray (Jake) Fitch '06 for his durable combat leadership, his role model as a distinguished and proven war-

time leader, to be looked up to, when Superintendent of the Naval Academy, for his courteous personal integrity, and just because he was a congenial gentleman and devoted family man.

Aside from deference to those admirable attributes, however, there was an ingrained deference which was imprinted my plebe Summer.

Calisthenics (for very new plebes) was being led from a raised platform by a chesty young man in sleeveless undershirt and gym pants held in place by a strap under the in-step.

Not yet intimidated by plebe indoctrination, I was talking during the drill to a near-by Classmate. The instructor spotted me, pointed at me, and said, "You! Go climb that rope."

I went up the twenty-foot rope like a monkey on a grapevine. No problem.

Went back to my drill place and resumed my interrupted chatter.

He spotted me, pointed at me, and again said, "You! Climb that rope."

Which I did with very considerable difficulty, but then went on talking.

He spotted me, pointed at me a third time, and said, "You. Climb that rope."

I couldn't make it.

I walked unsteadily back to my place and thereafter maintained wise and total silence.

I was dominated by that little banty rooster, Jack Fitch '06.

Can such domination last a life-time?

Subjectively, I prefer to think that it sublimated to some subtle and enduring recognition of true command presence.

R.B. Carney '16 Ave Atque Vale Shipmate: "Ave Atque Vale" in the May 1983 issue of Shipmate brought to mind an incident that occurred at Belfast, Northern Ireland, in September 1943.

Several U.S. DDs from an eastbound convoy were directed to Belfast for a few days before returning Stateside with another convoy. To get to their berths the DDs had to traverse a long and narrow reach, turn around without tug assistance in a small turning-basin named Pollock West and then back for several hundred yards. Each ship had a docking pilot aboard.

My ship, USS BUTLER ( D D - 6 3 6 ) , arrived at her berth after only a little difficulty in the turning basin. The next ship

in column was USS COWIE and she was

not so fortunate. The pilot misjudged the speed when COWIE was cross-wise the basin and she forged ahead. Her bow cut through the side of HMS RIVER SPEY — a small minesweeper berthed at one of the closed ends of the basin. The anchor watch on the minesweeper promptly put mattresses against the gash and shored them so that there was only a small leak into the compartment. All hands were hoping that this action would prevent the craft from sinking and thus avoid a most embarrassing incident. Alas! Hours later she was resting on the bottom — the anchor watch had forgotten to close the water-tight door when they left the compartment!

Before the DDs left Belfast, Lt. Cdr. Powers, R . N . R , at Admiralty House, penned and decorated an Ave Atque Vale, copies of which were passed to a few of us. Here it is: AVE ATQUE VALE Full fathom five in Pollock West Sits now the RFVER SPEY Struck down with fraticidal zest (For which Lease-Lend will pay) Above a single seagull cries And over where the COWIE lies An agitated Ally tries To laugh the deed away.

The toughest landsman sheds a tear Over the RTVER SPEY. Her crews were all agog to cheer The Killer on her way.

But CowiE turned (as if in joke) And gave her quite a nasty poke SO, with a crunch, her poor heart broke, And in the mud she lay.

The RrvER SPEY will rise once more And sail in search of fame.

But sweeping mines is such a bore She may try bigger game.

So, if the CowiE some dark night Should find a sweeper in her sight, Better not try a second bite — The RIVER SPEY is sore!

M.D. Matthews '27 Frustration's Happy Ending Shipmate: After reading Admiral Carney's article "A Weil-Kept Secret" in the June issue of Shipmate, I was reminded of an incident in which the same CNO was involved. It was told to me by my good friend and former shipmate, then Captain Johnny Hoskins, '21.

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In 1944, Johnny was embarked in the light carrier PRINCETON making what a Chinaman would call, " a look — see cruise" preparatory to taking over command of that vessel. But before it would take place, the ship was hit by a Kamikaze and unfortunately he lost one of his lower legs.

Sent back to the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia which specialized in limb replacement, John agonized with the thought that his naval career might be ending. His fears, however, were somewhat allayed when he was tojd at the hospital that no one could be forcibly retired who had been wounded in combat with a wartime enemy.

Armed with this knowledge, he applied to the Navy Department repeatedly for assigmnent to active duty in capacity of carrier command only to be turned down each time. When John felt physically able he went to Washington with the hope of seeing Admiral King, CNO, whom he knew and had at one time served under him as a Naval aviator. He gave his card to the Marine orderly outside the CNO door — waited and waited.

Finally about noon the orderly reported that the Admiral was ready to see him. John entered the Sancto Sanctorium leaving the door ajar. The Admiral was reading with a stack of papers on his desk. Finally he looked up and asked, "Hoskins, what do you want?"

John repUed that he wanted conuuand of the new carrier PRINCETON, then building at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. "King Ernie" responded, "Negative — you've only got one leg". With that Johrmy with his pegleg, kicked the door shut almost shattering the glass. It struck Admiral King furmy, and heeling back in his chair laughingly said, "Hoskins — you win — PRINCETON is yours".

Later as Operations Officer of the Atlantic Fleet Operational Training Command, I had the extreme pleasure of boarding her out of Guantanamo Bay, where she had had her shakedown, graduated the fine ship with mostly all of the crew of the old PRINCETON. Later Johimy was promoted to rank of Rear Admiral and commanded a Carrier Division in 1950 off Korea. About that time his picture appeared on the cover of Life magazine in which he was dubbed "The Navy's Only PEGLEG ADMIRAL"!

Ed Beck '25 On The Queen Shipmate: It was the policy in the Royal Navy, at least at the time of this story, that every bottle of spirits opened aboard ship in the presence of a foreigner was on the Queen and not chargeable to the wardroom wine mess. Naturally, due thought and consideration were given to the possibiUty of having such a foreigner present whenever the occasion seemed apShipmate, October 1983

propriate or when opportunity presented itself.

From August 1953 to May 1956 I was Assistant U.S. Naval Attache and Assistant U.S. Naval Attache for Air, American Embassy, London, Resident Hong Kong. This because attaches can only be attached to embassies which, of course, are located only in capital cities of sovereign nations. But in Hong Kong I was always referred to as the U.S. Naval Attache, much to the envy of the U.S. Army Liaison Officer and the U.S. Air Force Liaison Officer.

One assumed of course that the expenses of "representation" parties were probably footed by the Queen, just as ours were by Uncle Sam. Such parties would be those given by the British Forces when the guest Usts included foreign military and diplomatic personnel, including the dinner parties that Commodore Hong Kong gave for the many visiting U.S. admirals to which I was usually invited, as well as the cocktail parties given by Royal Navy ships for the various consul generals or other foreign officials. One really never gave it any thought since Hong Kong in those days was one endless chain of delightful parties. But on two occasions I was really struck by the fact that my presence, or that of my assistant, was being used to take full advantage of this poHcy, and both events I thought quite amusing.

A British submarine was visiting Hong Kong and providing target services to several destroyers in port. Being an old submariner and having commanded a sub just prior to my posting to Hong Kong I thought it would be a splendid idea to spend a day at sea in a British submarine. I inquired from the Commodore's Chief Staff Officer, if I could do so and a date was soon arranged.

We departed early in the morning and after a couple of hours arrived in the operating area. The morning was spent with the destroyer making runs over us and with us surfacing and then diving again between each run. I was free to come and go as I pleased and so stationed myself in a different compartment for each run. At noon all operations ceased for lunch. After the officers had assembled in the wardroom the captain asked me what I would like to drink. I was a bit taken back. With all the diving and surfacing and the destroyer thrashing around overhead I really did not think that pre-lunch drinks would be considered and so said no thank you.

However he insisted so I suggested a gin and tonic. A bottle of gin was then ordered up — a beautiful unopened bottle of Plymouth Gin. The captain with great nourish opened the bottle and then, doing something I would never do after opening a bottle of gin, he put it to his

nose and took a long, deep sniff. To my surprise he announced that this bottle was no good and ordered a second. This second bottle brought the same result: "Take it away; it's no good." A third bottle finally passed the test and gin and tonics and pink gins were served around.

After another round or two and a hurried lunch the afternoon was spent diving and surfacing with the destroyer thrashing overhead.

I have often thought since that the distillers of Plymouth Gin would be surprised to learn that two out of three of their bottles of gin are bad.

The second occasion was shortly after the death of a popular young officer on the Commodore's staff. He had come down with bulbar pneumonia and died within three days. It was a great shock to the staff and to his many friends. The next day I received a call from the Chief Staff Officer and he asked me in the hesitant, stammering manner of many British officers if I would care to accompany the burial-at-sea party the next day.

I really did not know how to answer.

Was he asking me as a matter of protocol (I had taken part once before in a Royal Navy funeral) and were only the fellow officers and friends of the deceased the only ones really wanted? I had met the officer before, but only once. I could sense some anxiety in the Chief Staff Officer's voice but I could not tell if it was because he hoped I would say yes or hoped I would say no.

I suddenly remembered that my assistant, Lt. George Loveridge, was a friend of this officer and so replied "Yes, I would be glad to go but perhaps it would be more appropriate if George went, since they were friends." In this way I . thought he could back out if he wanted to. Instead I felt a feeling of great relief come over the phone. Obviously he had wanted me to go and was afraid I would decline since I did not know the officer, and would not want to impose myself into a very sad and personal affair. The substitution of George was a God-send apparently, although I certainly did not know why.

I did not see George again until two days later when he appeared in the office rather bleary eyed after lunch at which time everything became clear to me. The destroyer carrying the burial-at-sea party, all in full dress whites, had to make a four-hour run out to the burial site.

After all the appropriate ceremonies were completed the ship headed back. Apparently in the Royal Navy after such occasions it is customary to hold a wake.

Be that as it may, the next four hours and more were spent by the staff, the ship's officers, and George drinking to the memory of the recently departed — on the Queen.

Charles P. Trumbull, '41

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Shipmate: I imagine this will be one of many letters from submariners who remember a clear, close range view of similar submarine aquabatics pictured on the last page of Life magazine about June of 1950.

I think AMBERJACK was involved in the same sort of "tests" about that time, so it could have been a photo of her vice PICKEREL.

Reed Grady '48 (Ed. note — 'She's Schratz '39)

PICKEREL,

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Ingenuity Shipmate: "Ingenuity by Dick Laning '40 recalls the ingeniuty of his father, late admiral (M.C.) USN. Probably the son often heard this from his father who told

me. Long ago on the "China Station," he was repeatedly re-elected Wardroom Mess Treasurer, despite his pleas for relief. Accordingly, affirmative action was indicated. One forenoon, he had all furniture and tableware removed from the wardroom. When the officers arrived for noon chow, they found a row of mats around the deck near the bulkhead.

A loud chorus: "What the hell?"

A smiling response: "We have been here long enough to adopt some Japanese customs!"

Although chopsticks were provided to consume a delicious sukiyaki, the Mess Treasurer was impeached forthwith.

Jack Curry '23 Whose Ox? Shipmate: Norma Honsinger in the JulyAugust issue makes reference to the

pockmarks on the buildings in Budapest.

She describes them as scars from World War II. The extensive pockmarks we saw in that city were grim reminders of the brutal Russian assault on a hapless people in 1956.

John F. Geisse '42

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NAVY BIRTHDAY 1983 As we celebrate our Navy's 208th anniversary, it is appropriate to step back and remember the source of our strength and superb performance.

Without a question it is you, our wonderful Navy professionals.

We are a spirited Navy which is alive and ready to sail with the next tide. We are—as always--on watch and on station around the world, from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, from the shores of Lebanon to the Eastern Pacific off Latin America. We are building to 600 ships and there is a noticeable bounce in our step. No matter whether you wear the uniform-of-the-day, or the uniform of reservist, retiree, civilian or Navy family member, it is you who puts action to our national commitment of "peace through strength."

A Navy's true strength is not measured by counting ships or aircraft, but is found in the quality of its people. It is your spirited professionalism which makes our Navy great.

While details of our passage through this coming year and the ones that follow cannot be foretold, our heading and course are clear and true: We must be strong and we must be ready whenever and wherever the Navy team is needed.

I thank you for your dedicated support and tireless performance over the past year. I know you will continue to stand a tight watch on our nation's security and ensure our Navy remains a ready force for peace. Happy birthday and God bless you all.

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JAMES D. WATKINS Admiral, U.S. Navy

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Corresponding Secretaries Meeting On Wednesday, 10 August 1983, more than 30 corresponding secretaries were at Alumni House for a multi-faceted meeting. It was the first in almost a dozen years.

Initial order of business was a briefing by the Association staff on the workings of the Association, the production of Shipmate and the part played by the corresponding secretaries in communicating with alumni membership. The next business was farewell to the retiring editor of Shipmate, Roy C. Smith '34, followed by the introduction of his successor, Wes Hammond '51.

Cdr. James J. McDonald USN (Ret.), who is in charge of getting the Class News to press, summarized the varying backgrounds of correspondents in his introductory remarks: "The correspondents for Shipmate are an eclectic mix of writers, painters, philosophers, warriors, sports nuts, teachers, aviators, ship drivers, political activists and fun-loving guys plus one gal. They range in age from the low twenties to the low eighties.

Put this group together and the resulting magazine is unpredictable, provocative, funny and sometimes volatile."

He explained the sequence of production of Shipmate and indicated the need for the present deadlines which some correspondents felt were unrealistic and which produced "stale" class news. He explained that Shipmate is produced by an editorial staff of three working at the Alumni House. They are: the Director of Publications (Editor of Shipmate and the Register of Alumni), Assistant Editor (in charge of Class News, Chapter News and "Last Call") and Editorial Assistant (Mrs. CordeUa Richards).

An example of present deadline requirements had class news copy due to the Alumni House on 3 August for this issue for classes prior to 1930 and on 10 August for later classes. (Several correspondents brought their columns with them, lest they miss out on the libations and lunch.) When the copy is received, it is edited by the assistant editor for style (editorial consistency, not writing) and readied to be sent to the local firm which sets it in type on long sheets called "galleys." This is the monthly chore of the single assistant editor who must handle more than 60 class columns plus chapter news and research data for obituaries from information on file at the Alumni House. Since it is not efficient from the standpoint of the typesetting company to submit copy in dribs and drabs, the class news columns are usually 14

sent in two batches about ten days apart.

Ten days is about the time is takes to get the first set of deadlines columns ready to be set in type by Shipmate's staff and it takes up to two weeks to get the galleys back from the typesetter. This time frame is not unusual when it is remembered that Shipmate is not the only customer and that the firm is also working on Shipmate features as well as on galleys which have been pasted up on dummy pages with properly sized copies of photographs positioned in the correct place to be made camera-ready for forwarding to the printer in Baltimore.

There they are made into a finished issue ready for mailing. Not mentioned in the foregoing simplified description of the cycle are the requirements for proofreading at every step and the corrections' requirement they produce. As Jim McDonald observed during the meeting, "It is the plight of every editor to be at the mercy of "type lice" and "proof gremhns. Nobody is immune," he said, "and the results are always embarrassing."

One important point stressed by Jim McDonald was on "Last Call" and obituaries. While the Association would prefer these to be written and submitted by someone who knew the deceased well, such as the corresponding secretary, the staff does write many of the obituaries from data on file with the Association and from obituaries found in newspapers around the country. Periodically, the Association solicits an update of personal data, particularly post-active duty information, on alumni. This is to ensure that there is enough to write a formal vignette for that inevitable "Last Call."

Obituaries are written in a formalized style and duplication of the information in them in class news should be avoided.

Class News is the place for the less formal memories and condolences to the family.

Capt. Bill Busik '43, Executive Director of the Alumni Association greeted all the attendees and introduced the heads of the other departments. Capt. Jim Oliver '43, Treasurer and Director of Alumni Services explained how his department is closely related with publications through preparation of Shipmate mailing labels, the Register, House advertisements and travel programs. Cdr. Mark Tuzo '52, Director of Development told the correspondents that of the various sections of the magazine, "Yours is what people read." He noted that class columns are the appropriate place for news of development projects, and that cor-

respondents have been "very helpful with specific projects."

Outgoing editor, Roy Smith '34 thanked all the correspondents for their support and cooperation during his tenure and spoke on the magazine's basic philosophy. He noted that Class News is "certainly the most single read item in the book." He further noted that it was first priority and needed a high degree of interest and readability. "With 60-plus classes, there isn't time to edit each column," he observed. "We must depend on you to edit down." Each succeeding year brings more classes and chapters.

"The size of the book inevitably is growing. We are getting to the maximum feasible limit. There is a finite number of pages we can put in the magazine. We depend on you to reduce, condense and edit," he told the group.

The new editor, Wes Hammond '51, told the correspondents how he approached his new assignment with mixed emotions — "somewhere between joy and ecstasy!" As a former class correspondent he had always wondered why his "golden words" took so much time from his writing them until they reached his eagerly expectant readers. During his turn-over period with the outgoing editor, he had come to appreciate the reasons for the lead time. The limitations stemming from a small staff and current equipment dictated the present deadlines.

The current state of the art, however, in word processing and printing bodes well for reducing the lag between submission of columns and the printing of them for members to read. He wants to determine if Class News deadlines can be reduced.

Such reductions are a function of economics of both people and money.

In the afternoon, Mark Krieger and Lillian O'Brien of the John D. Lucas Printing Co. provided valuable information for both correspondents and all members who send photographs for reproduction in class columns. Black and white photos are the best. Color photos are acceptable if they are sharp and clear and not too dark. Marginal color shots won't reproduce well. Negatives are extremely difficult and costly to work with.

The meeting adjourned with the suggestion of Paul Schratz '39 Sea Breeze contributor that more such meetings be held to enable not only the staff to explain the procedures to the correspondents but to allow the correspondents to exchange ideas.

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Following the short, sleepless night compounded by losing six hours enroute, the party arrived at the Hotel Zurich aroimd noon. We found what the locals termed "unusually hot weather." This condition imfortunately, prevailed for the entire trip. Subsequent discussion about individual efforts to defeat jet lag disclosed nothing which would be of interest to the medical profession or to future travellers either for that matter. There were no success stories, only varying degrees of failure. Nonetheless, all hands were reasonably alert at the beginning if not at the end of the "Welcome Aboard" cocktail party and diimer.

After an orientation briefing the next morning, the tour got underway in earnest. Bus trips through and around Zurich and Lucerne were interesting but were mere warm-ups for the truly spectacular scenery the next day when the buses rolled through magnificent stretches of country, deep blue lakes and picturesque villages with every house's window ledges fdled with flowers. Beyond the

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villages, lush green Alpine meadows climbed the steep slopes. From midmorning on the towering snowcapped Alps with the Jung Frau commanding center stage, dominated the skyline. In the afternoon, a restful visit to a magnificent flowered park in Interlaken preceded a final stop in Berne. That city retains, to a delightful degree, the architectural flavor of its medieval past.

Departing from Zurich, the tour buses wound their way through the Bavarian Black Forest (which reportedly is being seriously endangered by acid rain) stopping at the lovely Rhine falls enroute to a three-day stay at the resort town of Baden-Baden. Side trips to the Northern Black Forest and to Strasbourg were made during this time which also saw a few of the more adventiuesome savoring the attractions offered by the famed Baden-Baden Casino (the only airconditioned place in town.) The former black tie requirement for entrance has been relaxed to the point that jacket and tie would ensure admittance. The lure of the tourist dollar apparently proved stronger than tradition. It probably only seems that there were more winners than losers because winners are habitually more garrulous than losers.

The final leg of the tour was, for many, the piece of de resistance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a five-day cruise down the Neckar river from Stuttgart to Heidelberg in the airconditioned CoRNELis W. KROES. The Neckar is a fairly narrow river which winds its way, in a series of locks, northward to the Rhine through lovely countryside much of which reflects the historic past of the region. Castles and remains of Roman fortifications command many

strategic points along the slopes of the Neckar Valley. There are long stretches where seemingly endless vineyards climb hillsides so steep that one wonders how the grapes are harvested. There are many scenic villages along the route, but Bad Wimpfen, a perfectly preserved story book medieval town cresting a hill above the Neckar, and so far unspoiled by any of the unpleasant side effects of modern life, was considered the pearl.

The final day was spent visiting Heidelberg and the magnificent castle fronting the town from a promontory high above the river. Everything about this enormous historic structure was king-size including what was reputed to be the largest wine barrel in Europe, a 55,000-gallon monster which must have been the source of monumental morning afters over the years. As impressive as the castle and Heidelberg were, there were those who were awed by the skill of the drivers who somehow managed to maneuver the buses through unbelievably narrow streets and turn them in areas in which the average driver would have had problems with a Volkswagen.

Naval Academy class represented in the tour group ranged from '20 through '51 but the attendance prize was won by '35 going away with five couples bearing their standard; Briggs, Hatcher, Kail, Packard, and Steirunetz all of whom are â&#x20AC;˘ old hands at this sort of thing.

"Let's restore the fun and adventure of being a Navy man."

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The fleet hasn't exactly returned to Sand Street but for the first time in many years, Navy blue will be back in the Big Apple. Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Jr. speaking from the decks of the naval war memorial, USS INTREPID (CV-U) told the City Fathers of New York City that a seven-ship Surface Action Group, led by USS IOWA (BB-61) will be based at Stapleton on Staten Island in the lower portion of Upper New York Bay.

and nearby Bayonne had also been considered before the decision was made to homeport the ships in New York.

New Hospital Ship For the first time since USS SANCTUARY (AH-17) was decommissioned in August 1978, the Navy is scheduled to get a hospital ship. A contract has been awarded to National Steel And Shipbuilding Company of San Diego to convert a commercial tanker to a hospital ship with completion scheduled in 1986.

Designed to support the Rapid Deployment Force, it will be the largest and most modern hospital ship ever in the Navy. It will be able to bunk 1,000 patients. Twelve operating rooms, four X-ray rooms, an 80-bunk intensive care unit, a burn facility and a 50-bunk triage comprise the medical facilities. To support the 1,000 patients there are spaces for 1,508 Navy personnel and 68 MSC crewmen.

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IOWA, the second of the reactivated battleships is scheduled to join the active fleet sometime next year after refit and overhaul at Pascagoula, Mississippi. She will be joined by a cruiser, three destroyers and two frigates.

The site of the berths for the SAG is just north of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island. New York was the apparent winner from among other cities vying for the surface group. Boston, Philadelphia 18

Time was when the US Marine Corps had two Commandants. One was Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) and the other was Commandant, Marine Corps Schools (CMCS) at Quantico, Virginia. Alas, the latter gave way to the requirements for esoteric goobley-gook of Pentagonese. CMCS became CG MCDEC (Commanding General, Marine Corps Development and Education Command).

Now there is again a second commandant in the Marine Corps. He is MGen. Clyde D. Dean '54, who became Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces for the beginning of the 1983-84 session.

in Dahlgren, Virginia.

While the organizational structure is still being developed, it will probably include such organizations as the Naval Space Surveillance System, the Naval Astronauts Group and elements supporting the Fleet Satellite Communications System. The Command will report to CNO and provide worldwide support to the Fleet and other agencies.

Earlier actions taken to support the Navy's efforts in space included establishment of a Navy Space Division within CNO's staff, a master's program in space engineering at the USNPGS, Monterey, California; and assignment last year of a flag officer to head Navy Space Acquisition within the Naval Electronics System Command.

Air Controllers Return to the Fleet After nearly two years of being "seconded" to the civilian air traffic control system the last of the military air controllers have returned to their primary duties. When the civilian air controllers defied the FAA and federal government by striking in August 1981 and were subsequently dismissed, more than 1,024 Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Air Force controllers were tapped to fill the breach and "keep 'em flying." Among the 1,024 were 164 from the Navy and Marine Corps who augmented the supervisory FAA personnel in control towers and radar approach facilities at 65 sites.

As the last military controllers departed they and their predecessors earned high marks and praise from their civilian colleagues. FAA Administrator, J. Lynn Helms, said, "I can't say enough about the performance of the military controllers as a group . . . We received the benefit of their capability and performance."

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Effective 1 October 1983, there exists a new Naval Space Command. It was formed by the Secretary of the Navy upon the recommendation of CNO to consolidate existing organizations and activities which operate and maintain Navy space systems for the Fleet and other agencies as directed by JCS. It is located

As Bath Iron Works approaches its 100th year of service to the Fleet and Merchant Marine, it is completing a new facility for overhaul and conversion of naval and merchant vessels. The new facility is in the center of Portland's deep water port just a few miles south of the main shipyard in Bath.

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The focus of the new facility will be an 81,000-ton lift capacity floating drydock, 844 feet long with a 600-foot drydock access pier and mooring dolphins. Besides the floating drydock there are a 60- and a 25-ton crane on the piers. At the 600-foot and 1,000-foot piers the average minimiun water depth is 37 feet.

The Navy plans to take advantage of the new facility. In April, Bath Iron Works was awarded a $67.7 million contract to overhaul three SPRUANCE class destroyers at the new yjud. The first, USS CONNOLLY (DD-979) is scheduled to eurive next February. She will be followed by USS O'BANNON (DD-987) and USS DEYO (DD-989). Work should be completed in 1986.

CNO Defends Retirement System In a letter to key members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, CNO, Adm. James D. Watkins, outlined his position on military retirement. He described the system as one of "the most important incentives we have to keep the talented, professional and motivated people we need."

Citing the imique demands of serving in the military, he called the program necessary and emphasized that the retirement system is not an old-age pension but a mechanism to shape a professional force. Adm. Watkins stressed the importance of the retirement system stating, "As the primary career incentive, the military retirement system is an essential manpower management and readiness tool. It maintains an orderly flow of members through the ranks, allowing sufficient incentives and rewards for promotion and retention.

The military retirement system evolved from manpower readiness problems of the past when military careers of 30 to 40 years or longer were the norm. According to CNO, "Vigor and initiative were stifled because of promotion stagnation with advancement occurring strictly by seniority. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower . . . argued in Congress during 1946 and 1947 that steps be taken to maintain a youthful and vigorous force. Largely as a result of these persuasive insights. Congress implemented the current military retirement system in 1948 to support an 'up or out' promotion system."

Addressing the cost of the system, Adm. Watkins held that it is not extravagant. Military retirement compensation already lags retirement annuities in other arduous and dangerous career fields, he noted. By law, civilian employees become eligible to receive a vested interest in their retirement programs after only 10 years; military members, however, the Admiral pointed out, must wait 20 years before they Shipmate, October 1983

become eligible for any retirement benefits.

While he supports periodic reviews of the retirement system, CNO concluded his letter by saying, "We have a commitment to our personnel who have provided loyal and arduous service to our nation.

Our members should be able to depend on the long-range stability and dependability of our compensation system. In evaluating our military compensation for its effectiveness, we bear a heavy responsibility to those who have served and are serving."

Brooklyn "Navy Yard" Gets Ship Refit Job In a related event to IOWA'S homeporting, the former New York (Brooklyn) Navy Yard was awarded the first major warship refurbishing job in a generation.

The yard which is now leased by Coastal Dry Dock, a private company, was awarded a $60 million contract to refit three destroyers over the next three years.

The first ship to arrive was STUMP (DD-978), a five-year old SPRUANCE class ship which has been operating in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Persian Gulf.

She will be followed by two other Atlantic-based SPRUANCE class DDs. Next May, NICHOLSON ( D D - 9 8 2 ) is scheduled

to report followed by MOSSBRUGER (DD-980) in February 1985.

To All Members of the Association The President of the USNA Alumni Association has appointed me Chairman of the Nominating Committee to nominate candidates for the office of Vice President Eastern Area, Vice President Western Area and four Trustees-at-Large, terms to commence at the Spring 1984 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Elections will be held 1 May 1984 and the slate must be completed by early December 1983.

See the precept to the Nominating Committee in the September issue of Shipmate, page 10.

Please contact me or one of my Committee members as soon as possible with your recommendations. / S / John K. Ewing Chairman Systems. It has been the RAF's principal trainer since 1976. The U.S. Version, because of the need for additional structural strength for carrier operations will be slightly heavier than the British version.

Burning 60 percent less fuel than the two advanced and intermediate jet trainers it replaces, TA-4J and T-2C, the new trainer is highly efficient. It is more than just a trainer. The RAF aerial demonstration team, the Red Arrows, uses HAWKS. There is also a combat operational capability in the little (Wingspan 30.8 feet, length 38.9 feet, height 13.1 feet) plane. The RAF uses it for strike weapon delivery mission train-

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ing. Several European air forces have bought versions of HAWK. As a trainer the cockpit configuration seats the instructor in a raised position behind the student.

VTXTS is a fully integrated program of aircraft simulators, computers, academic material and training management. The total system rather than traditional jet trainer aircraft later augmented by computers and simulators will reduce time and training costs.

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It is with deep regret that we report the passing of Margaret "Peggy" Kauffman, widow of RAdm. Draper L. Kauffman, '33, the 44th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

She was born and reared in Bethesda, Md., the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman.

She was graduated from National Cathedral School in 1940 and attended Bryn Mawr College.

During World War II she worked for the OSS. While her late husband was stationed at Great Lakes, 111., she started GLEAM, the first ecology center on a U.S. naval base.

After retirement, she had been actively engaged in affairs of her community and church. Following her husband's death in 1977, she achieved distinction as a Hearing Officer and Mediator for the Florida State Attorney General's office. Death came at her home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

50,000th Graduate The first graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy was Richmond Aulick, Class of 1846. He appears as 00001 in the Register of Alumni. It took 72 more years to reach a total of 5,000 graduates with Robert Livingston Mitten in 1918. It was just nine more years until Horacio Rivero, Jr. was graduated third in the Class of 1927 to become the 10,000th graduate. The 25,000th graduate was Kenneth Allen Ferrer in 1954. Thus, it took 118 years to achieve a total of 25,000 graduates.

It took less than 30 years, 29 to be exact, to achieve the second 25,000 graduates. The Class of 1983 provided him. He is Robert Laren Gross, Jr. Data on all alumni, graduates and nongraduates alike, can be found in the Register of Alumni, published each year by the Association as required by its bylaws. Considered a historical reference, it is kept on the shelves of many researchers as well as in the libraries of alumni. Advance orders for copies of the 1984 Edition, with data current as of 30 September 1983 are being accepted now.

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petitive Shipping and Shipbuilding Act to the full committee. The act was introduced by Rep. Lindy Boggs (D-La.) and is known as the Boggs Bill.

During the committee's deliberations, the chairman again noted the decline in the U.S. Merchant Marine and the benefits that would accrue by passage of the bill. He stated the Boggs Bill would let the industry and the world know that the United States recognizes the value of a merchant marine and intends to assure its growth and development. Congressman

Shipping and Shipbuilding Bill The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Chairman Mario Biaggi (D-NY) has reported favorably on the Com-

Surviving are children, Margaret Gary Kauffman of Washington, D . C , Draper Kauffman, Jr. of Houston, Texas, and Kelsey Kauffman of Brisbane, Australia and two grandchildren. She is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. W. G. Triest of Annapolis, Mrs. E. T. Blays of Bluemont, Va., Mrs. R. G. Metters of Nantucket, Mass., and Mrs. R. H. Williams of Washington, D.C. A memorial service was held on 7 September at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations be made to the RAdm. Draper L. and Margaret T. Kauffman Leadership Fund at the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association or to the Peg Kauffman Memorial Fund to support the work of the volunteer hearing officers in the State Attorney's Office, 330 E. Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla. 32202.

Biaggi asked for unanimous consent to include a package of technical and conforming amendments to the bill which were accepted.

Speaking in support of the bill. Congressmen Dennis Hertl (D-Mich.) and Herbert Bateman (R-Va.) emphasized that the United States needs a merchant marine and that the Boggs Bill would provide the framework for revitalizing the American flag fleet.

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Profile of 1987 THIS PROFILE of the entering Naval Academy Class of 1987 has been prepared as a guide to prospective candidates, school authorities, and other interested persons. The characteristics noted will aid guidance counselors in determining the representative backgrounds and qualifications of students entering the Academy, and it is hoped that this information will be helpful in advising prospective candidates.

The prospective candidate should be informed that, while admission to the Naval Academy is highly selective and competition during the four years is keen, the associations and experience of these four years are rich indeed. The highest ideals of duty, honor, and loyalty are characteristic of the Brigade.

Applicants and Nominees Applicants (include nominees) 13,568 Number of applicants with an official nomination 6,647 Nominees qualified scholastically, medically, and in physical aptitude 2,163 Offers of admission 1,676 Admitted 1,356 College Board Scores (Scholastic Aptitude) Score Range Verbal Math 700-800 5% 34% 600-699 33% 54% 500-599 51% 12%' 400-499 11% 0% Avg. Scores 574 665 American College Testing Program Scores Score Range English Math 30-36 0% 64% 25-29 47% 34% 20-24 48% 2% 15-19 5% 0% Avg. Scores 25 31 Rank in High School Class First fifth 82% Second fifth 13% Third fifth 4% Fourth fifth 1% Previous College and Prep School The Class of 1987 included 19 percent (258) from post-high school preparatory programs: 14 percent (192) from the Naval Academy Preparatory School and 5 percent (66) from private preparatory schools. One hundred thirty two (9.7 percent) had completed at least six months of study at a college or university.

Geographical Distribution Midshipmen were admitted from every state in the nation. The Class of 1987 also included one midshipman from each of the following countries: Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, and Venezuela.

Minorities and Women The Class of 1987 included a total of 183 minority midshipmen with ethnic backgrounds as follows: Black (68), Asian/Pacific Islanders (28), Filipino (17), Hispanic (66), and Indian/Native American (4).

One hundred ten women midshipmen were admitted with the Class of 1987.

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School Honors and Activities Percent Student body/council/government president or vice president 9 Class president or vice president 12 School club president or vice president 27 School publication staff 27 National Honor Society 54 Varsity athletics 78 Varsity letter winners 72 Dramatics, public speaking, debating 54 Leader of musical group 8 Eagle Scout 9 Boys/Girls State or Nation 17 ROTC, NROTC, AFROTC 7 Sea Cadets 2 Sons and Daughters of Alumni The Class of 1987 includes 60 sons and six daughters of Naval Academy alumni (4.9 percent of the class), seven sons of West Point, two sons of Coast Guard and two sons and a daughter of Merchant Marine Academy.

U.S. Naval Academy 1941 Capt. Leon Grabowsky, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Jeanne M. Grabowsky 1945 Capt. Fred T. Berry III, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Carol L. Berry Capt. Emil Saroch, Jr., USN (Ret.) Mid'n. George B. Saroch Capt. Tracy H. Wilder, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Thomas Y. Wilder 1947 Capt. Walter M. Douglass, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Robert I. Douglass 1948 LCdr. James M. Beggs, USNR Mid'n. James H. Beggs Cdr. Harvey J. Johnson, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. David A. Johnson 1949 Cdr. Rudolph F. D'Ambra, CEC, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Charles E. D'Ambra Mid'n. Michael J. D'Ambra Capt. Donald Henderson, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. James A. Henderson 1951 Capt. Joseph A. Fitzpatrick, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Francis X. Fitzpatrick *Mr. Oliver B. Stieren Mid'n. David C. Stieren 1952 LCdr. Edward S. Fay, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Christopher T. Fay Col. Thomas A. Julian, USAF (Ret) Mid'n. David A. Julian LCol. John S. Kyle, USMC (Ret.) Mid'n. John S. Kyle Mr. Crosby Milliman Mid'n. John C. Milliman 1953 *LCdr. Harvey C. K. Aiau, USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Michael K. Aiau RAdm. Donald L. Felt, USN Mid'n. George A. Felt Shipmate, October 1983

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A Call to Accountability Admiral J a m e s D . Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations

More than two centuries of dedicated service to our nation have given the United States Navy a strong tradition of pride and excellence. And now, as we observe both the 208th Anniversary of the Navy and the 138th Birthday of the Naval Academy, I want to recognize what I think has been a cornerstone of our success throughout that long history of superb performance and accomplishment. It is the principle of "accountability" for the vigorous and honorable defense of America, and for the performance of our jobs to the best of our abilities.

So what does this principal of accountability — the sine qua non of the sea service professional — mean in the Navy and Marine Corps? How do we exercise it properly while discharging our duties?

Let's look to a unique source for the answer!

Thirty-one yeai^s ago, a perceptive editorial in The Wall Street Journal told readers that "on the sea, there is a tradition older than the tradition of our country itself . . . and still wiser in its age. It is the tradition that with responsibility goes authority and with them both goes accountability."

That editorial, titled "Hobson's Choice," lucidly surfaced in the media during a furious public outcry surrounding the investigation of the tragic accidental sinking of an American destroyer with the loss of her captain and 175 of her officers and men.

Perhaps the public outcry against the subsequent but inevitable investigation raged because the ship's captain lost his life in the mishap and could not answer for himself. But the public's misunderstanding of the concept of "accountability" was more the reason.

By way of calming the troubled waters, the editorial continued to explain that "the captain of a ship, like the Head of a State, is given honor and privileges and trust beyond other men. But let that ship 24

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The fated captain of that ship, like the patrons of Hobson's famous riding stables in 18th century England (who were given the next horse out of the barn no matter what their preferences), had no choice. The demand for accountability must always be swift and absolute, no matter how innocent one's intentions, no matter how unexpected, no matter how unwanted.

But why is "accountability" so important? The editorial had a precise and clear response to that question with which I fully agree: It said "and when men lose confidence and trust in those who lead, order disintegrates into chaos and purposeful ships into uncontrollable derelicts."

Today, after so much in our society has evolved . . . after so many principles and standards have changed . . . after society's perception of the value of "honorable service to God and to country" has been altered, it is important for all of us to recognize that accountability (and the trust it fosters in those who lead) continues unchanged, unaltered and in fact is strengthened in our Navy and Marine Corps.

Every man is answerable to his conscience for his own behavior. And in all societies there are men who are honest and true to themselves who can live comfortably with their conscience and their peers . . . even when mistakes are made.

But there are also men less than honorable who fail to confront their mistakes and choose instead to suffer their consciences accordingly.

In our Navy society, such demands of conscience are even greater than in society as a whole. Accountability requires more than just a clear conscience.

It requires a justifying analysis and a detailed explanation of how we discharge our responsibilities. And while there is an element of choice available in the way we face up to accountability, ultimately . . . just as at Hobson's famous stable, there is no choice but to face it head on!

This "call to accountability" is an important measure of the success of a military officer. A rare few officers are judged by never needing to account. But many more of us are judged when required to answer by doing so honestly and forthrightly.

All too often, individuals in positions of authority in our society complain Gust as they did in the case of our ill-fated destroyer thirty-one years ago) that being required to account for mistakes or errors in judgment is just "crying over spilled milk." All around we hear the plea accepted that "what is done is done," that an accounting cannot change the past, that for honest men in error there should Shipmate, October 1983

be no accountability. But as the number of concerned and rightfully demanding citizens grows and their influence increases, such complacency can only result in a loss of credibility and, as The Wall Street Journal voiced, a loss of just authority.

Command is historically the very foundation upon which our armed forces are buih. It is essentially a triad of: "authority, responsibility, and accountability."

We are all familiar with the fairly recent advances in technology which have made our professional lives more demanding and challenging. But those same advances, and the enormous power they engender to military commanders, have made the responsibility of command more absolute than at any time in military history.

Now, the old adage that "authority can be delegated â&#x20AC;&#x201D; responsibility cannot" has never been more true nor more important!

The primacy of this concept of responsibility is well established by the standards of regulation and tradition. But accountability imposes an even stricter, harsher standard which may jeopardize promotion and careers and will continually be a test of the strength of character, judgment and professional ability of every officer in command.

A commander's responsibility remains absolute, and that commander must be held accountable for the safety, wellbeing and efficiency of his command.

And, just as at Hobson's famous stable, we have no choice but to recognize and strengthen that tradition. The disastrous consequences of failing to do so are obvious.

The success of our mission to defend the nation today depends not only on how we as professionals exercise our duty and our responsibilities, but also how our armed forces are perceived by the public.

From such perceptions can come vigorous support . . . or disastrous neglect.

Members of Congress, other government agencies, consumer groups and the press are all scrutinizing the military with an intensity and zeal rarely displayed in the past, and some of the scrutiny is bound to be hostile. This makes it all the more important that we exert every effort to demonstrate that our motives and actions meet the highest public standards.

In short, we must look to our practices, to the very climate of our dealings and demand a vigorous and constant accountability in the pursuit of our "just stewardship" of the public's trust.

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We are charged to lawfully, accurately and responsibly exercise the prudent care of enormous financial and moral resources! These resources . . . the people, dollars and national genius with which we work . . . have been entrusted to us by Congress and are the very lifeblood of each of our services and the national defense as a whole.

Our "public trust" has been drawn from the wealth, hard work and imagination of our fellow Americans. And an honest and forthright accounting here, just as the exercise of command, is a cornerstone of public confidence and faith.

And once more, as if we were waiting our turn at Hobson's stable, we seek no choice other than one of honorable, accurate and successful accountability as the "just stewards" of the public trust.

Only then will we be assured of continued public confidence which is critical to the success of our mission â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the vigorous defense of our nation.

men. But our only choice is an end to responsibility . . . and finally, as the cruel sea has taught, an end to the confidence and trust in the men who lead; for men will not long trust leaders who feel themselves beyond accountability for what they do."

"Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, 'I served in the United States Navy.' " John F. Kennedy

USS HOBSON

One of the best indices of the concern which any society feels for its members is the manner in which it treats them . . . the manner of its expectations of them. It is fair to say that the sea service community's insistence and dependence on "accountability" is a direct reflection of the high level of respect it holds for its members. And, as the direct result of this respect, those in positions of authority at all levels receive the full service of their subordinates.

The insightful editorial in The Wall Street Journal effectively summarizes why I place so much importance on the principal of accountability. The article concludes as it says, "It is cruel, this accountability of good and well-intentioned

Ed. Note: On a spring night in 1952, USS HOBSON (DD-464) was in company with USS WASP (CV-18) engaged in night maneuvering. Under blacked-out conditions, HOBSON suddenly came hard left and was cut in half by WASP. The skipper and 175 of his crew went down with the destroyer. A Board of Inquiry found that the turn was the "sole cause" of the collision.

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dying that will come after from the wrong courses.

We are told too how slanderous it is to probe into the doings of a captain now dead who cannot answer for himself, to hold him responsible for what he did when he was old and tired and when he did what he did under terrible stresses and from the best of intentions. How useless to debate the wrong courses of his successor, caught up in a storm not of his own devising. How futile to talk of what is past when the pressing question is how to keep from sinking.

Everywhere else we are told how inhuman it is to submit men to the ordeal of answering for themselves. To haul them before committees and badger them with questions as to where they were and what they were doing while the ship careened from one course to another.

This probing into the sea seems more merciless because almost everywhere else we have abandoned accountability. What is done is done and why torture men with asking them afterwards, why?

Whom do we hold answerable for the sufference of dishonesty in government, for the reckless waste of public moneys, for the incompetence that wrecks the currency, for the blunders that killed and still kill many times a hundred and seventy-six men in Korea? We can bring to bar the dishonest men, yes. But we are told men should no longer be held accountable for what they do as well as for what they intend. To err is not only human, it absolves responsibility.

Hobson's Choice One night past some thirty thousand tons of ships went hurtling at each other through the darkness. When they had met, two thousand tons of ship and a hundred and seventy-six men lay at the bottom of the sea in a far off place.

Now comes the cruel business of accountability. Those who were there, those who are left from those who were there, must answer how it happened and whose was the error that made it happen.

It is a cruel business because it was no wish of destruction that killed this ship and its hundred and seventy-six men; the accountability lies with good men who erred in judgment under stress so great that it is almost its own excuse. Cruel, because no matter how deep the probe, it cannot change the dead, because it cannot probe deeper than remorse.

And it seems more cruel still, because all around us in other places we see the plea accepted that what is done is done beyond discussion, and that for good men in their human errors there should be afterwards no accountability.

We are told it is all to no avail to review so late the courses that led to the crash of Pearl Harbor; to debate the courses set at Yalta and Potsdam; to inquire how it is that one war won leaves us only with wreckage and with two worlds still hurtling at each other through the darkness. To inquire into these things now, we are reminded, will not change the dead in Schofield Barracks or on Heartbreak Ridge, nor will it change the

Everywhere, that is, except on the sea.

On the sea there is a tradition older even than the traditions of the country itself and wiser in its age than this new custom.

It is the tradition that with responsibility goes authority and with them both goes accountability.

This accountability is not for the intentions but for the deed. The captain of a ship, like the captain of a state, is given honor and privileges and trust beyond other men. But let him set the wrong course, let him touch ground, let him bring disaster to his ship or to his men, and he must answer for what he has done. No matter what, he cannot escape.

No one knows yet what happened on the sea after that crash in the night. But nine men left the bridge of the sinking ship and went into the darkness. Eight men came back to tell what happened there. The ninth, whatever happened, will not answer now because he has already answered for his accountability.

It is cruel, this accountability of good and well-intentioned men. But the choice is that or an end to responsibility and finally, as the cruel sea has taught, an end to the confidence and trust in the men who lead, for men will not long trust leaders who feel themselves beyond accountability for what they do.

And when men lose confidence and trust in those who lead, order disintegrates into chaos and purposeful ships into uncontrollable derelicts.

Wall Street Journal May 14, 1952

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The CHESTER Raceboat The Gloty Days of Fleet Pulling

Races

Captain Frederick L. T a e u s c h U S N (Ret.)

Before 1940 rowing races in most of the Navies of the World were highly competitive, emotional, big time events.

In the U.S. Navy, large warships carried specially designed racing cutters but, before World War II, these gave way to the more practical, standardized, multipurpose rowing whaleboat, very similar to those carried on the Nantucket and New Bedford whaling ships of the 1800s.

World War II saw the end of these graceful rowing whaleboats, though the motor whaleboat is still very much in evidence.

This is the story of USS CHESTER'S participation in two of the last of the big Navy rowing races.

CHESTER returned to the Long Beach area in the early fall of 1939 following an Alaska cruise, and the rowing races were scheduled for late 1939 and early 1940. I was fresh caught out of the Naval Academy, and among numerous other assignments was appointed Rowing Officer. Practice time could only be outside of normal working hours when the ship was in port or at anchor, and before reveille was the accepted time. Reveille in those days was at 0600, and an hour before that was not the most popular time in the world. I put a notice in the Plan of the Day for all those interested in whaleboat racing to report to the quarterdeck at 0500. The whaleboats had ten oars, five to a side, plus the cox. At 0500 on that first day of practice I was greeted by about six sleepy sailors. What to do? Call it off until I could drum up more bodies, or go ahead with what we had? We went ahead. The smallest sailor was designated cox, and I manned an oar myself. As we struggled raggedly away from the ship's side, I saw the Command Duty Officer, LCdr. "Cy" Rumble, looking down on us with a jaundiced and disdainful eye. One hour and one half mile later we were back aboard. As 1 went through the Wardroom to shower and change I overheard Rumble say to the Executive Officer, Cdr. "Skeeter" Shipmate, October 1983

Wotherspoon, " — and he was even rowing himself." They were talking about me\ I had visions of my first Fitness Report: " — ineffective leadership — poor judgment — fraternizing with enlisted men — " .

The following few days showed little improvement, so on Saturday morning Captain's Inspection I preceded the inspection party at a discreet distance, picked out the tallest, strongest men I could find and asked them to show up at 0500 Monday. From then on we had a full boatload and a few substitutes.

CHESTER was a good feeder, but I arranged for a "training table" with the ship's cook, and he gave it his personal attention. This was a big help in unifying the raceboat crew.

I discovered that our oars were significantly shorter than the authorized length and tried to get new ones. No luck. "Out of stock. Estimated delivery time at least six months." I mentioned my predicament to my good friend Ens. George Bullard, Rowing Officer on the battleship CALIFORNIA, and he loaned me a spare set of CALIFORNIA oars. He also told me of a special material to make rowing trunks, canton cotton I believe it was called, soft and downey on the inside and tough canvas on the outside. Even though whaleboats had no sliding seats, there was considerable movement between

butt and thwart. Without proper insulation rear ends could become very raw. I bought enough canton cotton for the sailmaker to make about eighteen pairs of shorts.

1 soon found ways to augment the predawn workouts. LCdr. Duncan Curry, the Navigator, would slip me the word prior to a man overboard drill, and the race boat crew would just happen to be in the vicinity of the pulling whaleboat when "Oscar" went over the side. Very shortly the pulling whaleboat would beat the motor whaleboat in "Oscar's" rescue. 1 well remember the first time that happened. We pulled back to CHESTER with Lomoriello, Sea Ic, in the bow waving "Oscar" triumphantly at Captain Kilpatrick, looking down loftily from the bridge like Zeus from Mount Olympus. From that time on the raceboat crew always got to "Oscar" first.

When we came to anchor in Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island, after a day's operations, the whaleboat would be lowered a few miles out and we would row in. Returning to Long Beach on Friday afternoons, we would be lowered well outside the breakwater, and would pull alongside about the time the first liberty party was shoving off for shore, with derisive remarks flowing between whaleboat and motor launch.

CHESTER in peacetime grey

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Weekends in port were pretty sacred times, and I was a bit leary in sounding out the raceboat crew about working out Saturday afternoons after Captain's Inspection and on Sundays. A few of them were married, and all of them had interests ashore, but we did row on weekends. On Sundays the cook would provide picnic lunches, and we would row up the back channel behind Terminal Island, around the northern end, and back to CHESTER. Sometimes we would tie up at a pier and ogle at the yachts moored there. We would land on the western beach, play touch football (starboard vs. port oars), swim, eat lunch, relax for digestive purposes, and row back to CHESTER. I would recount a few yarns about rowing at the Naval Academy under the immortal Buck Walsh, such as rowing sixteen (or was it only fourteen?) miles non-stop. To match that we once rowed all the way around Terminal Island witout stopping.

I often wondered why these sailors voluntarily put up with all of this. It was no fun getting up an hour before reveille, especially if you had caught the last liberty boat the night before, or missing that, a water taxi â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or even in extremes the "market boat" in the wee hours of the morning which would return to CHESTER about five minutes before the workout. Having the midwatch and then rowing was especially gruelling. Of course, sometimes you had a fairly good night's sleep, but CHESTER was a happy ship, and a real home for a lot of us.

The two primary races were the "first enlistment" (only first enlistment sailors) and "selected" (no restriction). These two races followed the same pattern, and after all these years I can hardly differentiate between them. Naively, 1 was astonished at the betting going on. The ship's cook bet a month's pay. The wife of the starboard stroke was about to have a baby; he bet enough so that if we won the baby would be born in luxury in a civilian hospital, and if we lost he would have to deliver the baby himself.

The night before the first race (1 had the midwatch), we were having dinner in the Wardroom when a message came over from CHICAGO, Flagship of our Cruiser Division and bitter rival, that their Wardroom had $500 more uncovered bets and did we have the guts to take it? "Cy" Rumble was again the Command Duty Officer; without hesitation he assessed (illegally) the Wardroom Mess and covered the bet.

Race day (both of them) broke hazy and calm. I was amazed at the turnout.

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The races were on Saturday mornings after the universal Captain's Inspection.

In addition to the 12-14 racing whaleboats, there were motor launches and motor boats full of spectators. Captains' gigs, Admirals' barges, and even flagship bands.

In the "first enlistment" race a maverick boat cut across the starting line at the last minute, creating a big wash.

We had a miserable start. But very shortly there came the CHESTER whaleboat, pulling through the pack, then steadily out in front. It was really no race. CHESTER was way ahead, and the rest bunched far in the rear.

In the "selected" race about a month later we had an excellent start and widened the gap all the way. 1 estimated the winning margin for both races at 10-15 boatlengths.

As the raceboat crew rowed back "home" after both resounding victories, CHESTER sailors manned the rail in tribute. Even after the race the oarsmen were so full of beans that they circled the CHESTER in triumph before being hoisted aboard.

What a pair of victories! CHICAGO was so chagrined that they demanded an in-

vestigation of our oars â&#x20AC;&#x201D; same length as theirs and perfectly legal.

They were our last races. We thought we could beat the world and probably could, but CHESTER was soon sucked into the vortex of the typhoon of World War II and could enter no more races. We rowed a few more times in man overboard drills and at Guantanamo Bay, and that was about it.

1 have the medals on blue and white ribbons that read "Champion Whaleboat Crew. Ensign Taeusch, coach", one for each race and a special medal, struck by CHESTER. They are the background of a case enclosing a model of a whaleboat.

They are among my proudest possessions.

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CHESTER

Returns to Pearl

Gunnery Sergeant Henry S. Baskin USMC (Ret.)

After the air raid on Sunday morning, surface combat vessels operated out of Pearl Harbor as members of Task Forces, compact bands of fighting ships organized as teams to perform a specific task. One Task Force, buih around the carrier USS ENTERPRISE, and among others, the heavy cruiser, USS CHESTER, (CA-27), Captain Thomas Shock '13 commanding, plus sufficient destroyers to provide security screens, was on the last leg of its return to Pearl Harbor. After a successful naval raid on Japanese defenses in the Gilbert Islands, where CHESTER took a bomb hit, the Task Force ships were in need of repairs, refuelling, stores and ammunition.

USS CHESTER, her seriously wounded crowded into the sickbay, had a new straw-broom lashed upside-down, to the top of her foremast. CHESTER was given the honored position of first-in-line to enter the narrow channel into Pearl Harbor. The transit of the channel commenced quietly, only the damp wooden deck vibrating underfoot told of the boilers low on fuel, but still able to maintain strong headway. All hands on CHESTER stood at attention on deck. The Marine Detachment, less one Marine, faced outboard on the port side. It was a cold, windy day in February 1942. Rainclouds scudding across the empty sky produced sudden rain-squalls alternating with periods of bright sunshine. In the quiet the colors crackled at half-mast from the mainmast, for her dead. The channel opening into Pearl Harbor disclosed the mammouth battleship, USS NEVADA, beached!

On shore, silent groups of sailors stood, watching. A formation of Marines wearing khaki raincoats, muddy boots, and red piping on their blue caps, stood in ankle-deep mud alongside their once mighty ship. NEVADA looked pathetic and forlorn, her bow resting in the mud, decks silent and empty. She lay dead in the shallows. A trim ship outfitted for Shipmate, October 1983

sea is vital and alive. Sometimes, when a ship sleeps, you can feel her breathing, but a great sadness always surrounds a dead ship. Sailors in white caps and blue dungarees in small groups along the shore, watched CHESTER'S shrapnelpocked hull glide past. The PA system blared an order to salute the NEVADA. The salute was rendered with snap and dignity in respect to a proud lady.

Then NEVADA'S crew erupted! All along the muddy shore they threw their caps into the air and began to cheer mightily. All hell broke loose. They cheered CHESTER, again and again.

CHESTER hit, February 1942

crew was stunned! The cheers pealed out across the placid water, brought tears to their eyes. CHESTER cheered back, at the top of their lungs, to the men standing in the wet slippery mud on the beach beside NEVADA. It was an emotional experience for each man on the ship and to the men on shore. To be cheered was so unexpected, so indescribable; an emotion that Hawkins and Drake may have felt after their victory over the Spanish Armada.

On into the harbor, bright-eyed, CHESTER steamed. Along her starboard side she passed USS OKLAHOMA, capsized, at her mooring close to the shore of Ford Island Naval Air Station. At the water's edge, two divisions of navy personnel stood at attention. When the ship passed them they cheered three times then CHESTER'S

threw their caps high up in the air.

CHESTER'S crew returned the cheers enthusiastically, but held on to their caps.

"Three Cheers" is an Old Navy custom, resurrected that day to honor a sleek lady of the New Navy.

CHESTER circled the harbor, past smouldering, burned-out, USS ARIZONA, her airplane hoist upraised like a stiffened arm. CHESTER slowed and eased alongside an empty pier where she tiedup. The pier was almost deserted.

A tall, unsmiling Admiral in damp whites with brass buttons gleaming, quietly watched from the pier. He walked alone up a hastily-erected gangway, saluted the colors, the OOD, then stepped on board. On the quarterdeck, he turned aft where a small memorial service awaited his arrival on the fantail.

The ship had lost a young naval officer, several sailors, an older Guamanian messboy, and a 16-year-old Marine private in the sea fight. The service was short and informal, but many of the crew, their jaws clamped, attended.

CHESTER'S colors lifted lazily at half-mast on the stern-post.

Services completed. Admiral Nimitz, the CinCPac, in gold braided white cap, walked back to the quarterdeck, down the gangway, and on to the still deserted dock. He strode, lean and alone, along the empty dock, past CHESTER'S grey clipper bow with its white bow-wave painted on, back to the world of high-strategy. It was no time for Bos'n's calls, fanfare, or cheers.

A shrill, one-note whistle came over the PA system, followed by, "All hands, turn-to on ships work".

"Men count more than guns in the rating of ships."

John Paul Jones

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Optimal Combatants The Need for Physical Fitness

Programs

B l a k e L. P o w e l l , M.D.

Sailing in harm's way carries with it obvious risks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; injury, death, and loss of the battle. Academy graduates accept such risks, but few would dream of entering combat willy-nilly, without preparation. Training is a constant and necessary part of miUtary life, because it is all too easy to lose skills and efficiency. In the midst of these efforts the individual often has to meld himself into part of the team. Unfortunately, many individuals over-look one extremely important aspect of the team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; their own bodies.

Combat asks a great deal of a person.

Stress, fear, violent physical activity all place tremendous demands on the mind and body. Often the mind is wellprepared, but at times the body is not. It has been taken for granted. As the Academy years slowly become old memories for some graduates, the strong, slim, fit body also becomes a memory.

Aging brings with it irreversible changes.

These changes can be somewhat delayed in the onset or accelerated in their degeneration depending on how we care for ourselves. We do have tremendous influences over our own health.

We live in a society of complacency about ourselves and our bodies. The paradox of many military individuals is that this self-complacency exists simultaneously with a constant need not to be complacent about our potential enemies. War occurs. We must be ready.

But if we have let ourselves, our bodies, degenerate too far during the waiting period, another risk appears. We might not be able to respond adequately to the demands of the fight.

Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are the top three killers of our modern society. Over half a million people die each year from the consequences of heart and blood vessel disease alone. Fifteen percent of adults have high blood pressure, and the majority of those do not know of their problem. Obesity, inactivity, alcoholism, smoking, and stress 30

all contribute to these diseases and their effects. Life style is involved. Our selfneglect and self-complacent behaviors are felt to be responsible for up to 54% of heart disease, 37% of cancer, 69% of auto accidents, and 70% of cirrhosis of the liver.

Those in military service are not spared from the ravages of these maladies. Indeed, shipboard life with its boredom, stress, rich food, and inactivity probably encourages degeneration. How many inactive, overweight officers and enlisted men do you know? How many smoke and drink too much?

If the battle is won, its terrible toll is accepted. The preparation was adequate.

But what about the terrible toll of premature disease, loss of capabilities, death? These casualties cannot be accepted. Officers might include the prevention of such things in their planning and strategy.

The roots of such prevention must be well-established at the Academy. The importance of life-long physical activity, non-smoking, and maintenance of weight must be imparted indelibly within every Stationary exerciser

graduate. Those who enter the Marine Corps after graduation have the advantage of a service dedicated to physical excellence. On the other hand, those in the Navy after graduation must be ever aware of the need for self-maintenance, especially during times at sea.

It is possible to maintain yourself on board ship. The first, and foremost way is also probably the most difficult. Smoking must be discouraged. I readily acknowledge that smoking is almost a way of life in the military; I wouldn't be surprised if the percent of smokers in the uniformed services is higher than the national average of 34%. Even so, the evidence is now becoming overwhelming that smoking is our nation's number one health problem.

A decrease in the richness and quantity of the usual wardroom diet would help a great deal. As with smoking, many people tend to over-eat in times of stress.

Our society has an almost unlimited quantity of pre-prepared food available for instant over-eating, so do ships. Also, everyone must remember that the enforced inactivity of time on board ship results in a decrease in the amount of food needed. Maintenance of normal weight is necessary.

Combat is a time of stress and physical activity. If the body is not used to heavy exertion, problems can occur. Death can result. We are muscular creatures, and our bodies need activity to maintain everything in good repair. Living is muscular activity. Muscles are used for breathing, digestion, movement. The heart is a muscle, and it, along with all of the other muscles of the body needs periodic training to remain efficient and well. The old adage "use it or lose it" certainly applies here. Three-to four-perweek periods of increased physical activity during which the heart rate reaches the training zone (about 70% to 85%

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Errol Flynn A Buccaneer

to the End

Captain Richard L. Kibbe U S N (Ret.)

We had been anchored off the Port of Palma, Mallorca, about six days when I returned aboard late at night and found an interesting letter on my cabin desk.

On impressively embossed stationery, but sloppily typed, out jumped the following salty message: S.S. ZACA

Palma de Mallorca.

9th. July 1957.

The Commanding Officer, U . S . S . FORRESTAL

Palma Bay. Dear Sir, This is a protest. In fact two protests.

1. ZACA is an American ship, and I live on board here with my family: my wife and small daughter aged three and a half years. She has been terrorized by drunk and disorderly sailors from the U.S.S. FoRRESTAL coming aboard this ship without permission, staggering around, and, in one case, even coming and plunging below-decks to our private quarters.

Sir, with all due respect to the U.S. Navy, would you kindly warn any sailor who comes aboard this ship and scares the hell out of my daughter that he will be greeted with an old-fashioned belaying-pin in the old-fashioned way.

Thank you Sir! Protest No. 2, your liberty boats and shore-going craft have been disrespectful of other craft in this harbour. After 11 p.m., your shore boats come barreling in here and out so that the wash from them goes in my ports on the port side, and has ruined three of my ship's batteries, according to my Chief Engineer.

These batteries were left open due to the heat and salt water from the wash of your shore boats flooded them. I cannot replace these in Spain.

Our Port top-sides have taken a good beating too, but I don't suppose that's your fault. But my batteries certainly are.

Shipmate, October 1983

Sir, what do I do? / S / Errol Flynn ERROL FLYNN To better understand the circumstances, one should realize that the career of one of our most famous Hollywood "pirate captains" had ended some time before; and apparently he was now sliding rapidly down hill. Sadly, it was reported that the bars and lesser clubs along the Palma waterfront were now his most frequent haunts. His swashbuckling antics were no longer heartily acclaimed.

So, aware of the above and with tongue in cheek, I sat down immediately and drafted the following reply: U . S . S . FORRESTAL

II July 1957 Dear Mr. Flynn, The late receipt of your letter of 9 July 1957 is deeply regretted, in that the corrective action on FORRESTAL'S part and my sincere apologies are so delayed.

All instances of annoyance to you and your family by U.S. Navy personnel are also deeply regretted. In the case of such disorder as you mention, I certainly agree with you, sir, that an old-fashioned belaying pin is the proper weapon and most appropriate. However, immediate

action will be taken to keep all sailors well clear of the area in which ZACA is moored. I am sure you have long recognized, though, the natural curiosity of any American, not just U.S. Navy sailors, to congregate in the vicinity of and observe a person of your fame and importance.

Report of damage to your fine yacht by wash from our ship's boats comes as a surprise. We have very strict instructions for our boat officers and crews regarding the operation of boats in crowded harbors where other small craft are berthed. We intend that our seamanners be always the best, and thought they were; having received no other reports of damage to small craft in Palma or any other ports in the Mediterranean. However, we will further reduce the speed of our boats, and desire to take immediate steps to repair any damage we may have caused.

My Executive Officer, Cdr. George Duncan, desires to extend his and my personal apologies, and waits on you for any instructions or requests you may desire. Again I regret this action is being taken so tardily.

I met you once, sir, in the Vesuvio Hotel, Naples, when you were demonstrating how to toss off straight shots of vodka while rolling the glass from ear to ear. Mighty impressive, I must say.

The intentions of the FORRESTAL are the best. Please forgive.

Sincerely, / S / R.L. Kibbe R.L. KIBBE Captain, U.S. Navy Commanding, U.S.S. FORRESTAL Commander Duncan hand delivered my letter the following afternoon. He was well received, plied with several drinks, and returned with another Flynn effort, in an entirely different vein: 31

S.S.

The next night, on eve of departure, two grinning CPOs from the Engineering Department appeared in my cabin, obviously inwardly and outwardly satisfied that they had carried out a memorable mission, above and beyond the call of duty. They proudly produced a beautiful handwritten note from Patrice (Wymore) Flynn; to wit:

ZACA

c/o Hotel Club Nautico, Palma de Mallorca. n t h . July 1957.

Dear Captain Kibbe, Well, hello! Thank you very much for your letter and for recalling the nostalgic days, and nights, at the Vesuvio Hotel, Naples; also wish I could come aboard at your kind invitation tonight but unfortunately for me I have already made other arrangements. Anyway, thank you again.

I explained to Commander Duncan briefly what had happened aboard here.

Three ship's batteries of 12 volt are now in a repair shop in Palma where I am told we might as well forget them for any future service — it seems that salt water in the cells is "death" to batteries. Such batteries are irreplaceable here and I wish to propose the following: that when these three batteries are delivered back to me, worthless or not, ZACA will deliver them to any U.S. Navy Ship that you designate which is coming to Palma. In the interim, would you send aboard ZACA three 12 volt 140 amp-hour batteries to complete my block, or the nearest there are to this amperage. We are stuck without these to complete our blocks of batteries

ZACA in her

early days and much of our machinery aboard will not function properly without them.

The pity of it all is that I have received these batteries only recently after being 6 months on order, and the problems of the Spanish Customs give us great delay in importing new batteries, so that when three of them are 'shot' by FORRESTAL'S launches we are 'shot' too.

Will you kindly let me know if this is agreeable?

Many thanks again for your letter.

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The Philippine Insurrection and Vietnamese War Compared What a Difference

Sea Power

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Rear Admiral J o h n Harllee. U S N (Ret.)

There is an interesting parallel to be drawn between that now obscure war, the Philippine Insurrection â&#x20AC;&#x201D; although it was a principal issue in the U.S. Presidential election of 1900 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the Vietnamese War. Both were fought by American troops against indigenous guertillas in Southeastern Asia. The Philippines had a population of 7,635,426 according to the 1903 census. North Vietnam had a population of 14,500,000 (plus Viet Cong from the South) in 1964. The Filipinos resisted about 120,000 American soldiers; the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong resisted about half a million American soldiers.

In the Philippine Insiurection, about 1,000 American soldiers were killed in battle. Filipinos killed in action were estimated by James H. Blount in his masterpiece on the subject. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912, to be more than 16,000. Bloimt estimated possibly 100,000 FUipino lives were snuffed out through famine, pestilence and other ills consequent upon the war.

About 55,000 Americans were killed in Vietnam; enormous numbers of Vietnamese soldiers lost their hves. American official estimates are that over 107,000 South Vietnamese and more than half a million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong died, beside the tremendous number of civilians.

In both wars our forces had to contend with guerrillas who could melt into the civilian population. A specialty of our Filipino enemies was to secrete big bolo knives in their civilian robes and whip them out to behead unsuspecting soldiers in the streets. In Vietnam the tossed grenade from the bike rider, woman or child was a specialty.

Brutal treatment of native prisoners by Americans in the Philippines often took the form of the water cure. The mouth of the victim, who was made to lie down.

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was held open with a stick and water poured in a gallon at a time to sometimes as much as four gallons. In some cases, attempts were made to punch some of the water out of the victim in order to enable him to talk.

In Vietnam, fire, often in the form of napalm or torched villages, seemed to take the place of water in American usage.

With regard to what the Filipinos did to American prisoners horror stories were reported of them being buried in the ground with only their head showing, and of a case of a prisoner tied up with his stomach cut open, still alive, and left to die. Other tales related the death of helpless prisoners caused by hordes of Philippine ants.

The treatment of American prisoners by the Vietnamese is well known.

Although inhumane, it was not as savage as that of some of the Filipino captors.

And vis-a-vis what the North Viet-

namese did to the non-Viet Cong South Vietnamese when they could, the Filipinos were reported to burn alive those they considered traitors, or to blind them or cut their tongues out.

Problems of combatting native women in Vietnam could be considered as having been foreshadowed by those with the Moro women in Mindanao, the southernmost big island of the Philippines. Many of the Moro women dressed as men and fought just as ferociously. As far as the American soldiers there were concerned they were fighting a unisex enemy. The Moro women fought with bolo knives as well as with guns.

The Filipinos, physically small though they were, were incredibly tough and fierce fighters. It seemed that bullets would enter almost any part of the body â&#x20AC;&#x201D; chests and lungs, arms and backs, and not stop their attacks. That was why the U.S. Army had to change from the .38 caliber pistol, which did not stop the 33

Filipinos fast enough, to the .45 caliber automatic.

The Filipino could also get by on a little rice and maybe even less fish and meat, with a plantain leaf for tableware.

Most of the insurgents didn't carry water bottles. They didn't seem to be as affected by thirst as the Americans. The only equipment they carried was a supply of cartridge boxes. Thus, as in the Vietnamese War, the enemy's logistic problem was insignificant compared to ours.

On the surface it would appear that the Americans had a bigger weapons advantage in Vietnam than in the Philippines, with aircraft, fixed wing and helicopter, and all-round superior military technology. Many of the Filipino insurgents had rifles, but fortunately for the Americans very few of them knew how to use the rifles. Many of their rifles had been captured from the Spanish, and such weapons were relatively new to the Filipinos. Furthermore there were usually not as many rifles as insurgents in the Philippine forces.

The Americans badly misjudged the Filipinos for years. The volunteers of 1899 knew nothing of the Filipino side of the case. They and the regular soldiers with them were carrying out orders which they believed to be most reasonable, i.e. to restore law and order to the Islands and bring the benefits of civiUzation to them. But finally it became common knowledge among those interested that all Filipinos, totally contrary to American belief during the Insurrection, had supported Aguinaldo and wanted independence.

The reader can determine the controversial question of whether or not we misjudged the Vietnamese. But, of course, the American soldiers were certainly carrying out orders they believed proper, at least until the very last part of the Vietnamese War. Large segments of the American population strongly opposed both wars.

In the case of Vietnam the opposition grew to a great majority at the end.

Although the Philippine Insurrection officially lasted only from February of 1899 until July of 1902, extensive guerrilla actions lasted until the summer of 1904 or a total of 5'/2 years.

The Filipinos continued to fight in various parts of the Islands until 1935, although after 1913 the Philippine Constabulary, founded in 1901, took over the task of pacification. After 1902, there was fighting with the natives of Batangas; with the Pulajans, the hill country men from Samar and Leyte; with the Igorots 34

and other Luzon headhunters; and from May 1902 through 1935 there were 26 campaigns against the Moros.

With regard to the Moro juramentados, men who sacrificed themselves to kill enemies. Colonel Russell Roth's excellent book. Muddy Glory — America's Indian Wars in the Philippines 1899-1935 reports from Harper's History of the War in the Philippines: Then the imam, or Moro priest, took over, administering the sacred oath on the Koran. The Juramentado's body was washed, his teeth cleaned, his hair cropped, his eyebrows shaved, and his nails cut close.

His arteries and genitals were bound to slow the bleeding from his expected wounds, and around his waist was wrapped "a tight band for strengthening effect." He was dressed in a white robe and turban and given a protective charm to wear. He was now a macsabil, "one who dies for the Faith." He would be richly rewarded: at his death, he would mount to the Seventh Level of the Muslim Paradise, riding a "white horse with a green mane," and be served for eternity under the Tree of Life by seventy-two "resplendent women free from all human defects or frailties." From golden dishes and goblets, he would "eat without satiety and drink without inebriation" every variety of the most delicious viands and beverages, with "the last drop and morsel comparable to the first." He would hear "the sweet voice of Israfil, and the songs of the daughters of paradise." The list goes on. With these promises in mind, the juramenlado carefully hid his sharpened weapons about his person and went forth to kill.

Our full scale involvement in Vietnam lasted from 1965 until 1972, a total of 7 years, although for several years before that period we were in Vietnam with gradually increasing numbers of military advisers who participated more and more in the combat.

But the United States — at the terrible cost enumerated above — eventually won a complete victory in the Philippines. The Filipinos became our good friends and we

granted them independence after World War II, some 47 years after they started fighting for it.

As sentimental as Americans are now about the Philippines, and as glorious a chapter in American history as General Douglas MacArthur wrote with his "I shall return", the Philippines were really a liability to the United States in World War II, an outpost the United States did not need and was not ready to defend properly. The American drive through the central Pacific to Japan was the route to victory in World War II. The drive to and through the Philippines was not militarily necessary, but it was morally and politically necessary due to our earlier commitment there.

Furthermore, many critics hold that the long Marcos regime in the Islands — 18 years at this writing — has not been a truly democratic one, devoted to "human rights".

With regard to Vietnam, contrary to much current popular belief, our armed forces were not militarily defeated there.

They left there in April of 1973 with most of South Vietnam in the hands of the Government of South Vietnam (Saigon). The United States Hamlet Evaluation System Survey indicated that three-quarters of the villages and hamlets in addition to all the cities of South Vietnam were in the hands of Saigon. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong did not take over Saigon until April of 1975, two years later. Their help from the Soviets continued during those two years. The United States' assistance to South Vietnam deteriorated into promises. Nevertheless, the fall of Saigon represented a total defeat in the American foreign policy and for our nation's tremendous efforts there. It was termed a humiliation and a disaster for the United States. But

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the political leaders failed, not the military.

Why the difference in results between the two wars? There are at least four reasons.

First, and most important was the effectiveness of sea power. Filipino insurgents could not be supported by a foreign country. Their archipelago of over 3,000 islands (about 600 inhabited) could not be reached by any powers hostile to the United States as the Vietnamese appendage to the Asian land mass could be reached by the Russians and Chinese. Sea power was dominant in the Philippines.

Secondly, although there was a very strict civilian control on news from the Philippines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; playing down the combat so that all would appear peaceful and well to Americans in the United States â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there was not the control of the military by civilians in tactical and other detail in the Philippines which distinguished the Vietnam War. Thirdly, although the occupation of the Philippines was a big political issue, there was no television, or even radio, reportage of the war as in Vietnam. There were no aircraft to whisk celebrities and representatives of the media back and forth between the United States and the Philippines as in the later war. The huge chunk of the public which didn't want to repress our little brown brothers was lulled into inaction by bland official reports downplaying the rebellion, instead Shipmate, October 1983

of being whipped up into a militant force as the Americans opposing the war were in the case of Vietnam.

Finally, our casualties in the Philippine Insurrection were way, way less.

Of course, it could be argued that all these factors leading to victory in the Philippines were bad, not good, and that we should have given the Philippines independence as we did Cuba. True, Cuba turned into a terrible growing thorn in our side, but that was over half a century and much foreign policy later.

Many people believe that we should have granted the Philippines their independence soon after we rescued them from Spain. This would not have precluded us from remaining their good friends, and they would have been liberated from Japan even if we had not occupied them all those years.

Viewed from the point of national morality, the following statement by the powerful Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts at the Republican Convention in Philadelphia, 19-21 June 1900, is revealing: "We make no hypocritical pretense of being interested in the Philippines solely on account of others. We believe in trade expansion."

Coincidentally Senator Lodge's grandson and namesake was the United States Ambassador to South Vietnam during a critical period of our war there.

All in all, it might be concluded that it

is a bad idea for this nation to become involved in a land war in Asia in a situation in which sea power cannot be decisive, or to subjugate or appear to try to subjugate an alien people. They can be befriended, but when our armed forces are sent into what appears to be their civil wars, we are headed for trouble.

This lesson should have been learned from the Philippine Insurrection. But the facts about this seemingly ancient war in a world then not so difficult and dangerous were first hidden, then distorted, then forgotten.

One final note on the Philippine Insurrection compared to the Vietnamese War. The officers who served in the Philippines formed The Military Order of the Carabao, named after the lowly beast of burden of the Philippines in order to satirize the Boxer Rebellion's Military Order of the Dragon, the glamour of which aroused some resentment on the part of officers in the Philippines. The carabao loved mud and especially plenty of water, but was ill-tempered and fearsome when dry. The founding members of the drinking, singing, and celebrating Order of the Carabao thus felt their name was most appropriate. They conducted "annual wallows" and more frequent meetings, first in Manila and later in Washington. They sang songs like "Good Old Wallow Time": The tune is "In the Good Old Summer Time," and the author is, unhappily, unknown.

In the Good Old Wallow Time, In the Good Old Wallow Time, Each Bull and Calf, Will sing and laugh.

As we pass the flowing stein.

We'll recall the ways Of the Empire Days, In Song and toast and rhyme.

For the Herd is all together In the Good Old Wallow Time.

As time went by eligibility for this organization with its exuberant stag festivities, always limited to officers, was broadened to include not only those officers who had had Philippine duty but also to "those who had served west of the International Dateline in any operation that supported the recapture of the Islands" in World War II. Sad to say, it is hard to imagine a society like the Military Order of the Carabao being formed from officers or anyone else who served in Vietnam.

And even sadder, of course, has been the public attitude toward and neglect of the veterans of the Vietnamese War.

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building and her characteristics, abundantly illustrated with photographs and line-drawings of hull plans, compartmentation, turrets and machinery spaces — a primer on ship construction.

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wartime career, which in effect is a capsule history of the Pacific war at sea, in Do you have a kid who's wild about the Navy? Or an offspring you'd like to see become wild about the Navy? Are you yourself a grown-up kid who would like to know more about that fabulous piece of military machinery, the fast battleship? In fact, about everything there is to know of a ship type — one of them a recent addition to our fleet — uniquely powerful, beautiful and innovative? For the affirmatives, this book is yoiuanswer.

If this sounds like an advertising blurb, it is not only because I am talking about an old girl friend for whom I still harbor tender feelings after a year aboard, but also because it is an exceedingly welldone description of the life, times and intimate, detailed particulars on a scale not heretofore accomplished — of a modern U.S. battleship. This includes under what circumstances she was built, what in detail her iimards look Hke and how they function, the characteristics of her armament and power plant, and how she was employed throughout a war into which she was all-out from Pearl Harbor Day until the surrender in Tokyo Bay. Of a total possible 13 battle stars, she won 12.

Part One, roughly half the book, covers complete details of the ship's

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that NORTH CAROLINA was always in the

midst of where the action was.

Until the Spring of 1942, the ship was held in the Atlantic prepared to counter the powerful new German battleship TIRPITZ. (Sister BISMARCK had been sunk a year earlier.) Then, even though the Japanese had been given a bloody nose at Midway, the Pacific theatre still looked ominously dark for the Americans. To help redress the balance, " T h e Show B o a t , " as NORTH CAROLINA had come to

be known, sailed majestically into Pearl Harbor on 11 July 1942 to the roar of massed cheers from sailors aboard ships of the fleet, amazed and spirits lifted by the size and grace of this first modern battleship any of them had ever seen.

Just two months later, after taking part in the Guadalcanal landings, NORTH CAROLINA was torpedoed in a bizarre and unique lucky spread by a Japanese submarine wherein carrier USS W A S P and destroyer O ' B R I E N were lost. It was during this period in the Southwest Pacific that NORTH CAROLINA, blazing away at 36 dive bombers and many fighters attacking the formation became so enveloped in smoke from her own guns that carrier USS ENTERPRISE messaged, " A R E YOU A F I R E ? " The Show Boat

shot down seven enemy planes in that encounter.

In January 1944, the great fleet was formed that was to win the Pacific: Task Force 58 (or 38, depending on who commanded). In its first major confrontation, June 1944, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, this great fleet contained 16 carriers, 8 battleships, over 1,000 planes and 100,000 men, the whole force in line stretching for 96 miles. It faced 9 Japanese carriers, 5 battleships (including the monsters MUSASHI and YAMATO), 13

cruisers, 69 destroyers and 473 aircraft.

The two fleets never sighted each other.

The Japanese lost 476 planes (some of them shore based), with 445 carrier pilots to the Americans' 130 aircraft lost with 76 pilots missing. This was the end of Japanese air power at sea. A 500-pound bomb had landed on USS SOUTH DAKOTA'S Number 2 turret roof, doing no damage to it, suggesting the toughness of the new battleships.

One of the outstanding features of NORTH CAROLINA was the vast weight of

her fire power. At Iwo Jima, in February 1945, she fired 855 16-inch and 2753 5-inch. She took part in nine such bombardments in her Pacific career, making pinpoint hits on targets ashore doing damage impossible for aircraft bombs to accomplish either in accuracy or effect.

Not all the hell was on the receiving end.

As Blee puts it: " F o r those on the topside . . . in the open, or even inside the superstructure, the thunderous blast of the 16-inch guns struck the chest with the blow of a baseball bat. The sharp crack

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of the short-barreled 5-inch was skullsplitting, even more painful to endure.

Like waiting for the other shoe to drop, the next salvo could not be anticipated . . . At the end of such a day, all hands suffered from throbbing headaches, and many were virtually deaf . . . " When the war was over. NORTH CAROLINA, first modern U . S . battleship ever to enter the Pacific, had steamed the equivalent of 12 times around the globe.

Weeks at a time at sea, she helped guard the carrier task forces that in the Spring of 1945 brought devastation to Japan's cities. She had shot down 24 planes, assisting in many more, while watching kamikazes rain down. (At Okinawa alone, kamikazes and baka bombs hit 73 ships, sinking 20.) In actual combat with enemy forces on more than 50 occasions, she had lost 10 men killed and 67 wounded.

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In 1960, about to be broken up for scrap. North Carolinians rose to the challenge, collecting school children's dimes and raising $330,000 to acquire the ship and prepare a suitable berth. On 29 April 1962 (coincidentally the Emperor of J a p a n ' s birthday) USS NORTH CAROLINA

was dedicated as a memorial to the nearly 10,000 North Carolinians who had died in Worid War II. Arriving at Wilmington, N . C . late one evening I didn't see the battleship in which I had served a year of the war until next morning. Pulling back the curtains of my eighth floor Hilton Hotel window, I could not have been more dazzled if a 728-foot, 8V8-inch length, nude Sophia Loren had been stretched out on her back in the dawn's thin mist across the Cape Fear River. It was the magnificent sight of that immense bluegray battleship lying in the orange rays of the just-risen sun.

She is ready for admiral's inspection from engine room to bridge. (Many of her store rooms full of spares have been tapped in refitting the N E W JERSEY and IOWA.) G O see her to enjoy a unique chapter in naval history. If you can't visit, read Ben Blee's book. It is excellently arranged, with exceptionally clear print. Without being lubberly, its terminology is easily understandable by a non-professional. For those that were there, it brings back poignant memories.

For all, it is highly educational, interesting reading.

Kemp Tolley '29

Ed. Note: The Director of USS NORTH CAROLINA is

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Authorizations Take Final Shape; Pay and Retirement Affected It took the Senate 13 days of floor debate to pass authorizations' for Defense, for military construction and for military nuclear energy. Starting weeks earlier the House, after eight days of off-and-on debate, passed its version of the Defense authorization the same day, 26 July. But leaders of the two Armed Services Committees immediately turned to and, almost before Congress quit for five weeks on 4 August, had reached agreement on the Defense and construction authorizations. Staffs were writing the final versions so both chambers could ratify them on their 12 September return. The actual money bill for construction also has passed both chambers so a final version of that will follow quickly on ratification of the final construction authorization. The Defense money bill is still in committee.

Congress has been busy on many other matters, including retirement. Defense organizations, veterans and maritime legislation and other authorization and appropriation bills impacting on the services.

The final version of the Defense authorization makes hundreds of decisions on hardware and people. Much basic law is involved. Not only do floor amendments go far afield with such law changes but the committees themselves have used the authorization to wrap up many Defense-requested legislative changes rather than handle them individually. Next month's Shipmate will have details.

There's a pay raise iil the authorization. It's 4% for all except E-ls with less than four months' service. The effective date is not the usual 1 October 1983 but I April 1984 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unless civilian employees get their 4% sooner which they probably will when Congress gets around to carrying out the budget resolution's call for the civilian raise to be effective 1 January 1984.

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or more as a full year. And all retired pay is rounded to the next lower even dollar.

More retirement changes are under consideration. Les Aspin's Military Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee began long-planned hearings 28 July. A special subcommittee of the House Budget Committee also held hearings, after which its chairman. Rep. Brian Donnelly (D-Mass.), said the military retirement system is "indefensible." Rep. Aspin's Armed Services' group heard the General Accounting Office assert the United States system was more generous than foreign systems and heard representatives of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control call for curtailments. But it also heard defenses of the system and received letters of defense from four of the five Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Paul X. Kelley did not write.) Aspin himself said cutting benefits of those already retired would be "morally wrong."

The President's panel of businessmen published a call for sweeping changes in retirement as well as in health care and commissary operations. The staff of the Fifth Quadrenniel Review of Military Compensation, which has been studying retirement, said there were serious errors in the businessmen's study. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger cast a dubious eye on claimed savings and declared, it would be harmful to abolish 20-year retirement.

Defense Organization Changes Loom; Joint Chiefs Overhaul Also Proposed Congressional proposals to change the way the Defense Department operates surfaced with almost bewildering rapidity.

The Senate Armed Services Committee launched a comprehensive study of how the department is organized and how it makes its decisions. The first witness was SecDef Weinberger who said Congress itself was to blame for some inefficiencies. He urged a two-year budget cycle and more flexibility in running the department, especially in closing bases and dealing with contractors. Both House and Senate, meanwhile, created a director of operational testing and evaluation by amendment to the Defense authorization.

The hope is that this official, responsible directly to SecDef, will keep defective weapons from going into production.

Critics see the office as another layer of bureaucratic delay. Both chambers, meanwhile, were investigating Defense contracting policies.

The Senate version of the authorization also creates Assistant Secretaries of Defense for Reserve Affairs and for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence. The present AsstSecDef for Manpower and Reserve Affairs would become AsstSec for Active and Civilian Manpower. The House Armed Services' Investigations Subcommittee held hearings on a similar measure.

That subcommittee on 28 July by a 7-0 vote reported a stronger Joint Chiefs of Staff reorganization bill than the one the House passed in 1982 and which died in the Senate. In addition to hearing the witnesses named in September Shipmate, the subcommittee also heard former JCS Chairman, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer.

The new bill makes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs a member of the National Security Council (where the Secretaries of State, Defense and other department heads sit), makes him the military adviser of the President and SecDef "in his own right" (apart from voicing views of the Joint Chiefs), gives him power to force JCS decisions and puts him in direct command line between SecDef and the unified commands.

Another provision of the Defense authorization fulfills a service request to add the Marine Corps Commandant to the Armed Forces Policy Council.

One Defense change running into opposition is creation of a Defense Health Agency to coordinate the three medical services and CHAMPUS. Senate Armed Services last year asked a study of it and the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control favors it. But the services are strongly opposed, VAdm. J. William Cox, former Navy Surgeon General, telling a House group early this year the proposal was "a program for disaster."

"The physical Navy ever changes, ever evolves; our high traditions of loyalty, service and devotion to duty ever endure."

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Supplemental Money Bill Restricts Navy Ship Leasing After long debate in both chambers, Congress cleared and the President signed 29 July as PL 98-63 a supplemental appropriation bill for FY '83 which provides billions for a wide range of activities, including money to pay the last civilian pay raises and some Defense, Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shortfalls.

Navy ship leasing produced one of the disputes. Congress and its General Accounting Office have been questioning whether the Navy's plan to obtain 13 TAKX prepositioned ships by having them built privately and then leasing them saves money. "MSC Growth Program" in July-August Shipmate details the lease program. The supplemental appropriation law, H.R. 3069, requires the Navy to budget and obligate at least 10% of its estimated liability if the T-AKX roll-on/ roll-off ship contracts or the similar T-5 point-to-point tanker contracts are terminated. This is not small change; the Senate Appropriations Committee estimates a $2 billion appropriation would be needed to get the 13 T-AKX in the usual way. Senate Armed Service Committee also is concerned; the Senate version of the Defense authorization requires specific Congressional approval of ship and aircraft leases.

Most of the Defense money in H.R. 3069 is to produce Pershing II missiles and B-1 bombers. Initially, Navy money was simply $25 million to liquidate some operations and maintenance contract authority. To this Congress added the lease restrictions and $1.5 million to speed two pulse power research projects — a rail gap switch and a new corona plasma cathode. Result of the research will influence decision on a submarine laser communications satellite experiment which, it's hoped, will lead to faster communications with submarines by laser.

Twenty million more was asked for NOAA operations, research and facilities.

The House boosted this to $26.7 million, the Senate — and the final bill — made it $38.9 million. But the chambers split their differences and gave the Coast Guard $7.5 million to liquidate recreational boating fund contracts. The Senate prevailed over the House in boosting military assistance, including aid to Guatamala and El Salvador.

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the day before its five-week recess. Funding for the Coast Guard was not materially changed by House (see September Shipmate for details). Senate or final version; it is a few million above '83's $2.4 billion and a few million below the budget.

Senate attempts to put the reimbursable icebreaking operation on a sounder basis were lost, as was its funding of only part of the $6.5 million the House had added for a Philadelphia marine safety office. Both chambers strongly supported the anti-drug patrols. The Senate also stressed the Coast Guard's anti-child and -spouse abuse program.

But the Senators thought the House wrong in urging stronger marine sanitation enforcement. What recreational boaters add to industrial and municipal sewage is not "such a significant contributor to pollution as to warrant the diversion of Coast Guard resources from more pressing drug interdiction and search-and-rescue priorities," the Senators said.

The Senate Appropriations Committee's version of the Maritime Administration's '84 money bill drops the House Appropriations Committee's veto of the plan to allow owners of ships built with construction subsidies to repay the subsidies and shift the ship from overseas routes to the domestic trade. That should be handled by the legislative committees, the Senators said. The House legislative committee, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, has reported H.R. 2114, which does allow such paybacks on a case-bycase basis if certain requirements are met.

As September Shipmate reported, the House had not acted on the StateCommerce-Judiciary Appropriation bill reported 3 June. It still hasn't. Because "time (is) running out" Senate Appropriations took the unusual step of reporting its version of that money bill just before the recess. The Maritime Administration and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funding in S. 1721 is very close to that in H.R. 3222 (detailed in September Shipmate) except for the construction payback proposal. S. 1721 provides $38 million for the college Sea Grant program as compared with H.R. 3222's $35 million, the Administration having asked nothing. It provides $2 million for fuel oil for the six state maritime academy training ships instead of the House's $3 million.

Both committee bills are far over budget, one factor being substantial increases over budget — and over '83 — for NOAA, the Sea Grant money being one example. But MarAd funding in both bills is almost identical and is close to budget, though both committees declined to limit construction loan guarantees, as requested, saying the legislative committees should decide that. As with '83,

there is no construction subsidy money; both bills provide the requested $401.3 million for operating subsidies. The House, incidentally, on 1 August passed the NOAA authorization, S. 1098, which the Senate had passed 15 June.

What started out as a Coast Guard request to allow that service to pay the travel of prospective Academy cadets to New London was expanded by the Merchant Marine Committee and approved by the House to give the Secretary of Transportation the control over Coast Guard medicine and dentistry which the Secretary of Human Resources held.

H.R. 1256 also allows the secretary to increase the number of Coast Guard Reserve rear admirals and commodores beyond the present limit of two. The travel provision is to interest more minority youths in Academy appointments. The transfer of medical responsibility had been omitted when the Coast Guard took over the medical functions previously performed by the Public Health Service.

Codification of most of the many laws affecting commercial shipping, seamen and recreation boating should be law as this is read. The House passed S. 46 on 1 August, the Senate accepted its technical amendments 3 August and the bulky bill — detailed in July-August Shipmate — went to the President.

The House also has passed H.J. Res 173, calling for commemoration of the week beginning 2 October 1983 as National Port Week. And Chairman Walter B. Jones (D-N.C.) of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee is functioning also as chairman of the Coast Guard and Navigation Subcommittee.

Gerry E. Studds (D-Mass.) lost that post when the House censured him 20 July on charges of sex with a teen-age male House page and propositioning two other male pages.

Draft Registration, School Bans Survive 'Hill' and Court Challenges The HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriation, H.R. 3133, became Public Law 98-45 on 12 July. Funds for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were increased above budget, those for the Federal Emergency Management Agency were trimmed below budget and below FY '83, House and Senate again denying the requested funding of emergency planning and assistance. Other agencies funded by the bill which directly impact on the service are generally in line with the budget.

The authorization bill for NASA, H.R. 2065, signed into law three days later, shows Congress' excitement — there is no appropriate word — about the space Shipmate, October 1983

telescope despite cost overruns and slippage of the expected launch date from January 1985 to June 1986. Now estimated to cost more than a billion, the automated scope, put into space far above the atmosphere by a space shuttle, "will make a major contribution" (to quote the Senate Commerce Committee) "to a wide range of scientific knowledge." Shuttles will return it to earth for refurbishment as needed.

In addition to NASA and FEMA, H.R. 3133 funds the American Battle Monuments Commission, Army Cemeterial expenses (up from FY '83 partly because of construction of a 5,000-niche columbarium at Arlington), the Veterans Administration and other agencies. The final bill dropped the Senate's addition of $150 million to finance the bill creating incentives for employers to retrain jobless veterans because H.R. 2355 had not then been passed. The money will be provided later because President Reagan on 15 August signed H.R. 2355. It authorizes 150 million each in FY's '84 and '85 for retraining Korean and Vietnam War veterans.

Selective Service was trimmed below budget but gets more money than for '83. An attempt to cancel the registration program lost in the House Appropriations Subcommittee 6-4. On the Senate side, attempts to amend the Defense authorization to repeal the school aid ban or to delay its effective date both were tabled by decisive votes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the delay by 66-29; the abolition by 71-23. Courts meanwhile were upholding both registration and the denial of educational aid to those who had not registered by 1 September. The Supreme Court set aside the Minnesota district judge's attempt to void the school aid ban. An appeal court overturned the California district judge's outlawing of the registration program itself and cleared the way for prosecution of evader David A. Wayte to proceed.

As does House Armed Services' authorization bill, the Senate passed authorizations ban, unless Congress approves, any change in the set-up created for Adm. Hyman Rickover and continued for Adm. Kinnaird McKee which "double hats" those officers as directors of nuclear propulsion for both the Navy and the Department of Energy.

As did the House committee. Senate Armed Services cited progress on improved naval ship reactors and stressed that the nuclear weapon stockpile is smaller, not bigger. The Senate group got even more specific; today's stockpile, it said, has only about a third of the megatonnage it contained in 1965 and the yield will not change appreciably in the near future. The number of warheads also has decreased and many remaining ones are nearing 20 years of age. To produce more warheads an additional material processing plant is to be built though there's dispute over whether it will be at Savannah River, S.C, or at Idaho Falls.

The Senate committee denied authorization for three new warheads, stating the need for them had not been justified.

They are the anti-submarine warfare standoff weapon, the SM-2 Standard missile and the Sentry warhead.

Any Congressional mandate for a nuclear freeze is apparently dead for this year. By a 9-8 vote, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 2 August refused to take up H.J. Res. 13, which the House had passed 4 May, 278-149 after 50 hours of often bitter debate. Uncertain is the fate of H.R. 2760, which the House passed 28 July, 228-195. It amends the '83 Intelligence authorization to ban covert aid to opponents of Nicaragua's Marxist government but provides aboveboard aid to countries fighting their own leftist insurgents.

Many Vet Bills Get Action Nuclear Bills SoUdify McKee Status The '84 nuclear appropriation bill, H.R. 3132, is law â&#x20AC;&#x201D; PL 98-50 of 14 July â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but there still isn't authorization for national security energy matters. Indeed there isn't an authorization for FY '83!

Congress voted the '83 and '84 money away. Details of the '84 appropriation bill were in September Shipmate which also discussed the '84 authorization as reported by House Armed Services Committee. That bill still has not passed the House, nor has the separate '83 authorization reportedly by that committee. But the Senate in late July twice passed an authorization for both '83 and '84, first as part of the big Defense Authorization, then as S. 1107.

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Nearly a dozen bills affecting veterans have received committee action or better but only three have become law. One is the jobs law detailed above. One is a simple joint resolution signed 29 July which designated 3 August 1983 as National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day. The third is, at first glance, an equally simple joint resolution, signed 15 July, which declared 16 July 1983 "National Atomic Veterans Day." But a "whereas" in S.J. Res. 68 states the "health of many" veterans and their children "may have been adversely affected" by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb drops and the postwar nuclear tests. The new law further declares Congress recognizes the importance of resolving "the problems caused by the exposure . . . to . . . radiation." As with agent

Orange, the Veterans Administration refuses compensation except in rare clearcut cases but does provide free medical treatment to veterans whose disabilities may have some connection with the defoliant or with nuclear exposure. A House Veterans Affairs subcommittee, incidentally, approved an agent Orange bill, H.R. 1961, on 28 July.

Cleared both chambers in varying forms are H.R. 2920, a general expansion of health care facilities, and H.R. 2936, increasing membership of the Board of Veterans Appeals to speed action on veterans' claims. Claims have been mushrooming and are now far higher than after World War II. The simple House expansion bill was complicated by a long Senate amendment opening up individual veterans claims decisions to court review. Twice before the House had turned down the amendment, which the government strongly opposes; this time, House hearings were promised. Both versions of the health care bill create a women veterans' advisory committee in VA, but that agency has just created one itself. The 18 members, mostly women, plan a first meeting 14-16 September.

Both Veterans Committees have reported bills increasing veterans compensation and dependents indemnity compensation effective 1 April 1984. The House proposes 4 . 1 % , the Senate 3.5%. Final action this fall is well nigh certain.

Also well nigh certain is no passage of a GI Bill. House Veterans again reported H.R. 1400 back on 16 May but Armed Services has not acted. And when an attempt was made on the Senate floor to amend the Defense Authorization to include a GI bill it was defeated after two hours of heated debate. First, the Senate tabled 52-46 a motion to waive the law which blocked a floor vote on sUch an amendment. The law thus not waived, a point of order killed the amendment.

Finally, the Senate has passed S. 1245 which allows the services to use available aircraft to take the immediate families of missing and dead of the Vietnam War to meetings of the National League of Families of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Southeast Asia.

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maximum possible output) and remains there for 20 to 30 minutes are necessary.

The whole body benefits. Such regular work-out sessions could be easily accomplished at sea if exercise bicycles would be installed on board ship. One compartment could be partially or completely dedicated to fitness. It could include bicycles, plus pulley weights, situp bars, etc.

Combined aerobic and strength workouts would help in preventing declines in fitness and increases in body fat percentages. With careful planning and construction, such a space could become a focal point for the whole crew, and morale could benefit.

Stress is one major health problem area often over-looked. Research is showing that many of our diseases of modern life are made worse with constant stress. The body is not adapted to it. Fortunately, that same research is also revealing ways to fight the problem. Exercise is a tremendous stress management tool, and it should always be included in a stress reduction program. Other useful techniques include times-out (private times away from the daily routine), meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, the relaxation response, and others.

All of the above things — exercise and stress management techniques, correct dietary habits, weight and fitness maintenance — should be a part of Academy education. An officer must set an example, and the genesis of such exemplary behavior rests within the individual. The Academy is dedicated to the whole man, and self-respect is part of the whole-man concept. What better form of self-respect is there than caring for one's self and heahh? A wardroom of healthy officers sets an example for the crew, and a healthy crew of officers and enlisted men helps make for a fully combat-ready unit.

Graduates of the Naval Academy, officers of the Navy and Marine Corps and other uniformed services have responsibilities to self, family, and country. In time of war the responsibilities to the United States take precedence. They cannot be truly fulfilled unless such officers include self-care and preventive healthcare among their many preparations.

Without question, new developments in military science are included in combat planning. In the same manner, new developments in medicine should be included in individual health planning.

Modern medicine has progressed far

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A Few Inches From The Yard Midshipman Mike Matteo '84

Autumn is here now at the Naval Academy and the leaves on the trees glow with radiant shades of yellow, red and orange. The grass is covered with leaves that just a few months ago brought the end to a long winter. Nature is rapidly changing but so is Academy life. Many changes have occurred across these hallowed grounds. The Reflection Pool has been removed, T-Court has been redone, McDonough Hall is being remodeled and a new bridge spans Dorsey Creek.

Isherwood Hall is gone, and LeJeune Hall stands across from the Field House. Graduates would hardly recognize the old place if they saw it now. Even the Army-Navy Game has been moved. What will be changed next?

I cannot help but wonder what the Academy will look like 50 years from now if so many changes have occurred over the last four years. I envision a place of unusual architecture where the ancient intermingles with the futuristic — a computer in every room, a moving Stribling Walk. New, underground buildings might be named in honor of spaceship commanders. First Class cruise might be a trip to the moon or a nearby planet, and midshipmen might practice "spacemanship" instead of seamanship. I do not think these ideas are too unreasonable for the computer age. After all, what would the classes of the 1800s think of the Navy and the Academy if they could see it today? For that matter, I wonder what the Yard will look like when I return for Homecoming 25 years from now. I guess I will just have to wait and see.

Some things however will not change, and a love of sports is one. Another football season has already begun, and this month will truly be a tough one for Navy. We start off the month with Air Force and Princeton, then comes Homecoming with Pitt, and we end the month with Notre Dame. I thought that it was always a tradition to play an easy team at Homecoming — a team like William and Mary. Oh well, if we win that one we will surely be in the sports spotlight.

Hopefully, we will still have a team left to play Notre Dame.

As far as academics go, the Brigade is now in the full swing of things. Four week exams are over, and midterms are on the way. The Plebes are having an eye-opening look at college

level classes and tough courses such as chemistry and calculus.

Youngsters are learning the rigors of a more technically oriented year with classes in thermodynamics and naval architecture. But as usual, nothing beats being a Firstie. I am finally taking classes that I have selected — classes within my major that I have wanted to take since plebe year. It is so nice to have the freedom of selecting a schedule. In fact, it is just plain nice to be a first classman. It really is hard to believe that this is the last year of my stay at the Naval Academy. I remember that first year so well. All (he privileges that go along with being a firstie are great too. Having a car in the Yard, daily liberty and weekend liberty starting Friday after class are wonderful.

First class year is very interesting in that time is measured in "lasts." "This is my last football game, my last Army-Navy Game, my last schedule card, etc." The end is truly near, and most things the first class do are geared towards graduation.

Everyone is taking final pre-commissioning physicals, and nuclear power candidates are going for their interviews. Soon, service selection night will be upon us and we will be choosing our path for at least the next five years. The most important rate for any plebe to know is the days until graduation. Ten months from now the Class of 1984 will be history, lost in the volumes of Lucky Bags at the Library. We will however be tied together by class unity then leave to make our mark in the Fleet.

This Fall has been very interesting so far. There has been much emphasis on the Army-Navy Game in Pasadena. In addition to the Fall parade schedule there have been practice march-ons so that we will look perfect before 100,000 people at the Rose Bowl. That day is almost here, and it will be most interesting to see how the entire Brigade of midshipmen is shipped out to California. This must be an operations officer's nightmare. The Brigade is really looking forward to showing the people of the West Coast a little of our traditions. I think we all are as excited as the people in the Pasadena area. If all goes well, as it should, California will witness a truly spectacular sporting event. <t^

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Cantello a Man For all Seasons Pick an adjective to describe Navy's cross country, indoor track and track and field coach Al Cantello and it might take you a while. He's irascible, creative, somewhat irreverent, knowledgeable, exasperating at times, outgoing . . . the list could go on and on.

Yes, he is an enigma in every sense of that word. Two years ago when most coaches his age usually consider cutting back on their coaching chores he took on two more varsity sports â&#x20AC;&#x201D; indoor track and track and field.

He admitted after his first year of handhng three varsity assignments that "it was not as much fun as I thought it would be." Yet, his boundless energy and exhausting pace were ever-present.

"I'd rather have sins of commission that omission," exclaims the sharpminded Cantello, who once held every major national and international record in the javelin throw.

He had been Navy's cross country coach since 1968 when he took on the other two coaching positions in 1982 with the thought "it would have been a haunting thing for me not to have tried this."

While it did have a somewhat sobering affect on him, he is keenly aware of just what must be done.

"I am not so sure that track (both indoor and track and field) has been high on the minds of many people around the Academy in recent years," he points out, realizing at the same time that there are now 31 varsity sports for Midshipmen athletic buffs to follow.

"I think we've moved up in people's minds lately because of performers like Leo Williams (an Ail-American high jumper) and Perry Puccetti (1C4A javelin champ) and because of some personal enthusiasm," he explains. "People want to be there now when there are national contenders like them performing.

"We've also put some creativity into the sport just as we did with cross country and that helps," he continued. "We are trying to create a little excitement within the framework we know we have to operate in here at the Academy.

"Some of the big track powers are going backwards with their programs these days," he notes. "They've cut down on dual meets. Our philosophy is still to coach as much depth in every event as we 44

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can. You look at some name schools and they've gone strictly to running programs."

The indefatigable Cantello, who has the ability to thrust himself totally into whatever he is doing, whether it be tutoring a world class performer or carrying on a conversation with a colleague, cites another factor as contributing to a changing atmosphere in track circles.

"Motivation! There's a lot more of it involved now that when 1 came here 20 years ago," he explains. "The things necessary for someone to excell in the sport are more demanding now."

It all presents more of a challenge to the former LaSalle College standout, but his record for finding ingenious ways to overcome problems may be even higher than his winning percentage as a coach.

Cantello thrives on pressure, and the fact that he is now coaching the entire academic year doesn't phase him. He borders on being a "workahohc," except

in his case one can sense the deep satisfaction he derives from being busy.

It is not uncommon for him to serve as a meet director for several summer meets, run a host of running clinics or serve as a coach at the National Sports Festival or for an international meet. This past summer he was the assistant coach for the American team when it faced the East Germans.

He has been likened to Bill Veeck for his promotional ideas, particularly with the sport of cross country in which his 15-year record shows 88 wins against 36 losses, three unbeaten teams in the past five years and two Heptagonals Games Association championships.

"In terms of spectator appeal, cross country ranks near the bottom at the Academy," he realistically states. "But we get people, not just from the Academy but from the town too to come out."

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How? By the use of gimickry and by the fact that he has brought in some of the nation's best teams. Among the former he has tried such things as petting zoos, balloon launches and a dual meet sandwiched between halves of a football game.

"It took nearly 10 years to build a tradition whereby the Naval Academy and respected college distance running are synonymous," Cantello believes. "Now we have one of the most respected programs in the East and we've been among the best in the country in recent seasons."

As flamboyant as he is, Cantello rarely refers to his own accomplishments as an athlete. Twice he won All-America honors and at one time held every major national and international record in the javelin throw, setting the world record in 1959. A 1960 Olympian, Cantello is particularly proud of being on the first U.S. track team that traveled behind the Iron Curtain (that took place in 1958 at the height of the Cold War). He toured the continent of Africa in 1960 as an athletic ambassador and in 1977 was a guest of Bahrain for a series of cUnics.

Cantello is never at a loss for words.

Probably the best example of this was the time he was caught speeding on an area highway by a cop in an airplane using radar. A Washington Post reporter was on hand at the time and Cantello was heard to say, "Now I know how Gary Grant felt in (the movie) 'North by Northwest.' " While Cantello can create the literal "tempest in a teapot" out of the most calm circumstances, momentarily annoying even his closest friends, no one holds their indignation at him for very long.

He is the type of a personality that the sports of cross country and track and field really need, much akin to Yogi Berra in baseball. At one NCAA Track & Field Championship being held a few years ago at Brigham Young University, Cantello looked up at the crowd of officials measuring the high jump bar near the end of the competition in that event and bellowed, " . . . they've got the whole Mormon Tabernacle Choir out there."

Cantello's team meetings are an event in themselves. In a meticulous manner interspersed with numerous colorful comments, he holds his charges with unswerving attention as he explicitly details what is expected of them. Few tune him out as he manages to get his point across.

Not afraid to attack a proverbial "sacred cow," Cantello once questioned the importance placed on an Army-Navy contest. "It's (the rivalry) anachronistic," he told one writer. But last winter when his indoor track team lost to the Cadets by a 69-67 score Cantello literally went into hibernation for three days.

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While he is a coach for all seasons, he also is a coach for the midshipmen who have competed for him. They didn't always agree with his training desires but he still made a lasting impression on them.

Fall Sports Preview Men's Cross Country: Long time coach Al Cantello will again have a balanced squad, but a strong schedule makes the matching of last year's 5-0 record a task.

There are 10 lettermen available including first classmen Sean Roskey and Mark Patterson. Six of the remaining are youngsters though and with two or three plebes expected to make the team, the younger performers are a majority.

Women's Cross Country: Navy's newest intercollegiate sport, having been elevated to varsity status this summer after several seasons on a club basis.

Maj. "Rocky" Rosacker, who was the women's indoor track and track and field coach last year, will tutor this team. He has five of the top six performers from a year ago available, but the lone loss was Laura Hinkley, considered the team's top

runner in 1982. Second classman Stefani Green, a two-time Ail-American in track and field, should assume the leadership role with first classmen Virginia Forehand and Ginger Bressler other key elements. Second classmen Nancy Honan and Kathleen O'Neill are the other experienced squad members.

Lightweight Football: Maj. Harry Dietz, a former quarterback for both the lightweight and heavyweight football teams while a midshipman, takes over as the head coach this year, relieving veteran Jack Cloud. Dietz, an assistant a year ago, will have a solid defensive unit but must replace much of his offense, including three-time All-Eastern League running back Chris Butler. He does have some help in quarterback Tom Deitz who passed for 439 yards and five touchdowns in 1982. A good receiver is Greg Tettlebach who made 12 catches for 148 yards last year. The defensive standouts include All-League first team selections Jim McGregor, a linebacker and Rob McGarrity, a defensive lineman.

Sailing: Last spring, the Midshipmen put the finishing touches on winning the Leonard Fowle Trophy as the overall intercollegiate sailing champions of North America for the seventh straight year.

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back to head the 1983-84 squadron.

These include firsties Robbie Brown and Hal Gilreath along with second classmen Rick Merriman and Brian Ledbetter. The fall racing season will feature the first two of the five events making up the intercollegiate championships â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the North American Singlehanded championship and the. Sloop championship.

Soccer: Coach Greg Myers has lost 10 people through graduation, including the bulk of the defense. However, some of the top offensive players of last year are returning and some newcomers should help. Among the vets are firstie Tab Bruner, last year's top scorer with five goals and one assist and youngster Mike Donigan, who had similar totals. A question mark for this year is just how soon the younger performers can be ready, as a number of promising Plebes are expected to be in the lineup.

Women's Volleyball: Navy lost just one letterman from last year's team which went 24-15-1 and had nine returning letterwinners. However, that lone graduate was team captain Cheryl Dolyniuk, a four-year letterman and the leading blocker on last year's squad.

Since she also was the team's tallest player that puts the burden on the second classmen who will key this year's squad: Caroline Gaulke, Jennifer Henry, Charlotte Monk, Christy Sahler and Julia Spinelli. Look for captain Natalie Quick to provide some consistency.

Water Polo: Last year. Navy reinstated this sport to varsity status and the Midshipmen walked off with the MidAtlantic Conference championship and were contenders for an invitation to the NCAA playoffs. But gone from that team which was ranked 15th nationally are goalie Dan Valaik and a quartet of strong field players. There are eight lettermen returning for Coach Lee Lawrence, including All-East selection Mark Edson, a firstie who scored 15 goals and had 21 assists in 1982. Other firsties helping with the offense are Bob Mohle, Kurt Wolstersdorf, and Fred Adams. Lawrence also has some promising freshmen ready to step in. Navy will be the host for the Mid-Atlantic Conference championships Nov. 4-6 and the Eastern Intercollegiate championships Nov. 11-13.

Coaching Staff Changes Maj. Harry Dietz, a 1961 Naval Academy graduate, will serve as head coach of the lightweight football team this fall, succeeding Jack Cloud for whom he was an assistant in 1982.

Cloud will continue to be a member of the Academy's Department of Physical Education but asked to be relieved of the lightweight coaching job because of health reasons.

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Dietz quarterbacked the lightweights to an undefeated season and the Eastern Lightweight League championship in 1959. The following year, he shared the quarterback duties on the heavyweight team which was 9-1 and lost to Missouri in the Orange Bowl.

Richie Meade, head lacrosse coach at the University of Baltimore from 1980 through 1983, has been appointed assistant lacrosse coach and assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education.

Meade played the sport at Nassau Community College and the University of North Carolina. He was an assistant coach at Duke and North Carolina before becoming the head coach at U. of Baltimore in 1980.

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U.S. Navy Wins Sea Week Sailing Three former members of the Naval Academy Varsity Sailing Team joined forces 8-12 Aug. to win the Sea Week sailing competition for the United States in a seven race series against military sailors from eight other countries in Eckenforde, West Germany.

Lt. Tim McGee '78and Ltjg. Gerard Coleman '80 sailed the two-man. Pirate class sloop, while Lt. Peter Craig '78, Director of Offshore Sailing at the Naval Academy, served as coach.

Although the American sailors were unfamiliar with both the boat and the waters, the series quickly developed into a two-way struggle between the host.

West German team, and the Americans.

Throughout the regatta, McGee and Coleman made excellent starts and sailed outstanding windward legs, but the Germans were faster on the downwind legs.

Going into the sixth race, the Germans had finishes of 1-2-1-5-1 and the Americans stood 2-1-2-2-2. With Olympic scoring and one throw-out, this gave the Germans a substantial advantage over the Americans.

In what turned out to be the key manuever of the regatta, McGee and Coleman were able to hold off the Germans in a luffing match in the sixth race.

The Americans went on to win the race, while the Germans lost several boats in the aftermath and finished with their second fifth place of the regatta.

The Americans used a third place in the last race as their throw-out and won the competition 12 points to 13.

Other countries which entered the Sea Week sailing were Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Brazil and Argentina.

Sea Week is part of the competition sponsored by the International Military Sports Council (known by the acronym of its French title CISM â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Conseil International du Sport Militaire), comprised of 78 member nations.

The motto of CISM is "Friendship Through Sports".

Leisch Wins Service Sports Event Ensign Jody K. Leisch '82, placed first in women's discus throwing during the InterService Track and Field Championship held 8-9 June at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif.

Ens. Leisch set an inter-service record for women by throwing the discus 132 feet, nine inches. Competing with representatives of the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, she also placed second in the women's shot-put event. She also placed second in the All-East Honors Championship for women in discus throwing while at the Naval Academy.

Dolyniuk Wins NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Cheryl A. Dolyniuk, a member of the Naval Academy's Class of 1983, has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship of $2,000 for her outstanding overall record scholastically and athletically while at the Naval Academy.

Ens. Dolyniuk was the first women to earn 12 varsity letters while at the Academy, winning four each in volleyball, swimming and crew. She was an Academic All-America in both volleyball and "the other sports" category.

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14 Sec'y, RAdm. Donald Royce USN (Ret.) 65 Meadow Road Riverside CT 06878 203/637-2773 Percent Members: 75 Living Grads: 10 The Union of Nevada City, California, of 5 July '83 published this notice of the death of Mrs. Helen Ray. "Mrs. Helen Ray, widow of Rear Admiral H. J. Ray USN 1914, former mayor and first city manager of Nevada City, died today in Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco. Mrs. Ray had been in declining health for some time. She was a native of Indian Head, Maryland, the daughter of the late LCdr. and Mrs. Simon Jacobs.

She and Admiral Ray were married in Boston in 1930. The family settled in Nevada City in 1949 after the admiral retired from the U.S. Navy. Mrs. Ray was very active in community affairs and was the recipient of the 1974-75 Nevada City Award for outstanding service to the City. Survivors include a son Peter, daughters Ann and Jane of Chiloquin, Oregon, and Helen of Concord, nine grandchildren and three great-grandsons. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery where Admiral Ray and their daughter Mary are buried."

The news clipping was in a note written by Helen R. Ray of 3307-A Northwood Drive, Concord CA 94520. "It is with sadness that I must pass the news of the death of my mother. Burial was in Arlington on July 11 with the family in attendance. I hope to see something in Shipmate so that Mother's and Dad's Navy friends will be informed; I would be happy to hear from any and all at my home in Concord, California. Mother's much loved stepson was Lt. James H. Ray, USNA 1938, who was killed in '42 when JARVIS went down with all hands. Helen R. Ray." Lloyd McGuigan informs me that Herb Ray was the senior naval officer on General MacArthur's staff at Manila and escaped with the General to Australia in early '42. Lloyd followed a month later in a PBY, after making repairs to a large hole in the hull incurred in attempted takeoff from a lake in Mindanao, that country then swarming with Japanese troops. Mac later received a Bronze Star Medal for his work there under extraordinary circumstances. My brother, then BGen. Ralph Royce, was then leading a small group of Army airplanes into the Philippines from Australia, over 1,000 miles distant, in what might be regarded as a suicide raid. The raid was ordered by Gen. MacArthur with but slight chance of success. After several days in the Philippines they were fortunate in returning to Australia with the loss of but one P-40. Those were the low days for the armed forces 48

of the USA in the South Pacific. Herb Ray retired in 1949 and after his successful political career died in California in 1970.

A note from Mrs. John M. Waller of 5706 Cricket Place, McLean VA 22101: "I want to express my deep appreciation to the Class of Fourteen for the contribution to the Navy Relief Society in memory of my father, Capt. R. F. Hans. I know he would be as grateful as I am. He loved the Navy and his many years in it. It was always in his heart.

Sincerely, Barbara H. Waller."

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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. Chapline USNR (Ret.) 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla CA 92037 Percent Members: 82 Living Grads: 13 West Coast News The 1916-17-18 Class' July monthly lunch on the 14th, was different from the usual. We met at "Ing" Kiland's fine home in Coronado for delicious refreshments, then went to the spacious Officers' Club at the Pacific Fleet's Amphibious Force Base on the Silver Strand (Coronado), where the menu was excellent. "Ing" Kiland handled all arrangements. A standing minute of silence was observed for the late Gilbert F. Bunnell '16 and the late Richard H. "Tex" Harper '17. Present and enjoying the occasion were: 1916 — Chapline; 1917 — Warren, Richards, Kiland; 1918 — Curtis. The cheerful occasion lasted longer than normal and we departed after 2:30 p.m. We regretted that unfortunate 11th hour circumstances prevented Joe Loventhal being with us as he had planned. We miss Bert Rodgers '16 and George Price 16, not with us regularly due to health conditions.

It was a shock when a telephone call was received from George Bunnell of Vero Beach, Florida, telling of the sudden passing of his father, our Classmate "Bunny" in the John Knox Village Rest Home, Orange City, Florida. On Saturday morning, June 25th, the attendant was joking with "Bunny" while changing bed linen, then he returned to bed laughing. However, ten minutes later he slept away. His lovely wife, Stella, was in the John Knox Village Infirmary recovering rapidly from a broken hip caused by a fall. I had just received a very cheerful letter from him on May 25th, 1983. A private memorial service for Stella to attend was held at the infirmary of John Knox Village; then the full memorial service, followed by burial, took place in Vero Beach, where the Bunnells had lived since 1953 after moving south from Amityville. Long Island, New York, which had been their home since their childhood.

Bunny was one of the 14 of our Class ordered to the soon-to-be commissioned USS ARIZONA upon graduation from the Naval Academy. 1 had three-and-one-half years with him in the J. O. Mess and Wardroom of ARIZONA, where he remained until resigning his commission as a lieutenant (j.g.), June 20, 1920. He entered the building and road supply business on fast growing Long Island. Having entered the naval reserve he returned to active duty when World War II broke out in Europe and was one of the early convoy commodores handling the merchant supply ships in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, but was forced to retire for physical reasons (as a Captain USNR) late in World War II. He lived a quiet life after his naval retirement in Amityville and Florida, assisting Stella in raising two sons and their families. I saw him frequently, after his retirement on Long Island and four different years in Florida.

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18 Pres., Adm. Jerauld Wright USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Perry R. Taylor USNR (Ret.) 1211 South 25th St., Arlington VA 22202 Percent Members: 86 Living Grads: 27 Finally, Eighteen has a class president living in Washington. Jerry Wright was decisively elected by the response of 20 Classmates who chose to vote. At this writing, 24 July 1983, he is abroad and may not have learned of our good fortune.

After his return, we hope to make the Eighteen Shipmate column reflect more of his views.

Jerry can decide on class officers. Right now (24 July) we have an acting treasurer because of the absence of Bert Rogers from Washington.

Peg and Tommy Tomlinson started driving on the 17th of April, heading east in his Mercedes.

They visited two old TWA friends in Kansas City and then went to Rogers, Kansas, to take two friends to dinner. Memphis was their next stop in order to visit Tommy's son Larry, and family.

Larry had recently completed four years as architect of the new Memphis City Hospital. Peg has a daughter in Nashville, where they stopped next — also visiting friends of '48-'51 at Kelly AFB. The Golden Eagles reunion in Pensacola late in April was indeed exciting. Some 48 members (of 200) attended, many with wives. Three of such members, plus Tommy, were of WWI vintage.

Many late members, mostly admirals, were all topnotch aviators, respected by their peers as leaders.

No customary activities of such a gathering were overlooked.

After Pensacola, Peg and Tommy started westward, the Mercedes "purring along" as expected. Peg stopped en route at an AFB hospital for a check-up late in May and, after visiting his Shipmate, October 1983

daughter Jean in Fair Oaks, and TWA pals in Nevada City, they arrived at the ranch in California on 25 May. Since then, they have established a residence in Oregon, using a new mobil two-bedroom, twobath home in a location near Peg's dentist son.

Dr. WaNTie Feller. Their address will be 1456 Pine Street, Silverton OR 97381; tel. 503/873-8542.

Tommy, even as alert as he now is, claims he is living on borrowed time. He testifies to the accuracy of that remark by recalling a 1921 flight in a VE-7 over the Dutch Flats at the California Marine Base. An air collision dropped him, without parachute, 4,000 feet onto a recently plowed and very muddy parade ground. He came to four days later — remarking, "Only the good die yoimg."

Please recall an account in September '82 Shipmate news about the "Geritol Reunion" in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, held 31 May. Two former residents of that borough, one Miles Browning, and the other Fredrick Castle, both fliers and distinguished for their war achievements, were recognized. Miles, Chief of Staff to Admiral Spruance, earned the D.S.M. for sending our carrier air planes against the approaching Japanese fleet. With the sinking of four enemy carriers, the war in the Pacific thereafter was unfavorable to Japan; hence, the home town of "Skeeter" made a real effort to show its pride and devotion to these two sons by staging a celebration on the 40th anniversary of Midway.

On that occasion, Vic Barringer and Sybil drove from Hartford, Connecticut, as honored guests and appropriately represented the USNA Class of 1918.

Recendy the town of Mountain Lakes, in the Memorial Day program 1983 again honored Miles.

This celebration revered him as indicated in print by the Morris County (NJ) Citizen of 25 May 1983, from which we quote: "Admiral Browning received the Distinguished Service Medal for master minding the rout of a Japanese fleet in the 1942 Battle of Midway. That battle resulted in the sinking of four enemy carriers and turned the tide of the war in the Pacific. He died in 1954 in New Hampshire where he served as Civil Defense director for that state."

In a display case in the Mountain Lakes library are duplicates of Miles' medals with citations; Miles' sword is there also on display, and will

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 A letter from Harris Stein brings the sad news of the passing of his mother, Ada, on June 10, 1983. She is survived by her son Harris, two sisters, Mary Fitzhugh of Kensington, Maryland, and Aima Yancey of Crozel, and two grandchildren.

Dorothy Atkins writes of her safe return home with the help of her daughter to Takoma, Washington, after her ordeal in the hospital in Germany. She is making a good recovery and is now "getting out and about." She has the best wishes of the Class for an early and complete recovery.

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20 Pres., RAdm. Mead Pearson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. C. F. Swanson USN (Ret.) Fairhaven, Apt. B-213, 7200 Third Ave., Sykesville MD 21784 Class Correspondent, Mrs. W. P. Hepburn II B-1 President Point Dr., Annapolis MD 21403 Percent Members: 80 Living Grads: 82 We have a note from Bill Goggins indicating a change of address to: RAdm. William B. Goggins, Box 204, 9229 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax VA 22031 tel.: 703/691-1556. We wish Bill comfort and good health in his new residence.

From Helen and Del Fahrney who returned to their La Mesa home some time ago from their winter stay in Mexico. Del has had physical problems that they are trying to overcome and are not plarming long trips for the time being. They would like to plan on a Homecoming Trip and a 65th Reunion but, of course, no definite commitment can be made yet. They see the Becks often and keep in touch with the Deckers, but rarely see other Classmates. We certainly hope they are soon able to be their old energetic selves again.

Benny Decker writes that, in June, they were delighted to see Earl DeLong who was visiting his stepson in Coronado. We quote, in part: "Earl looks fine and for our age is doing very well. — He plans a three-month cruise to South America, rounding the Horn — on the cruise he hopes to play a bit of bridge. He is a 'poker bridge' player for a dollar a point! Way out of my class. We had fun swapping yarns including those about our champion bridge player Wooky Roberts and his partner Goren. In Palm Springs his girl friend is a good bridge player, so Earl keeps busy. His visit to our house deUghted Edwina and me.

"June Week West has come and gone. Edwina and I attended the KT party. Classes 1926 and 1927, which Classes I had taught in the Academy, made the afternoon a pleasure for us. The affair was a big success, tho we were disappointed no other 1920 was present." Benny adds a PS: "I have just finished a book printed in Japan, The Reluctant Admiral by Hiroyuki Agawa. A paperback about Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku. What a difference between the details of persotmel of the U. S. Navy and his. I was fascinated by the recital of his career."

In the June issue of Shipmate we indicated that our old friend and shipmate, Jim Donnelly, had passed on. We have since received a kind letter from his daughter, June D. Link, whose address is now 2908 Mapleshade Rd., Ardmore PA 19003.

She writes, in part, as follows: "My father moved in with me after my mother's death in 1970. At the time we lived in Gladwyn. We had a lovely relationship 'til April 1982 when he fell and broke his hip. He never walked again so had to go to a nursing home as the girls and I could not manage. On the first of February he was rushed to the hospital with a high fever. He never responded to the treatment and on February 16 he passed away from respiritory arrest due to blood poisoning and renal failure.

"We, his daughter and two granddaughters, Anne and Martha, miss him very much."

In connection with the passing of Dottie and Ted Haff noted in the June Shipmate, we have received a kind and philosophical note from their capable daughter, Mrs. P. H. Koczak (Dutchie), expressing thanks to the Class for the floral tribute and support offered during her trials. We quote, in part: "Feels rather like the end of a chapter.

doesn't it? Nothing for it now but to place it on the shelf — where it will be at hand for browsing through from time to time. Yet you will always have it with you — to cry over certain parts, to laugh or smile with gentle rememberance over others. But, like any good book — always to be remembered.

"The Classmates here have all been so grand and supportive. Casey and her family — Doric, if she could, but certainly her family — and, of course, 1 and my own are so deeply indebted.

Please share with the rest of the Class our heartfelt gratitude and warmest affection. Love and God Bless, Dutchie."

We have another sad event to record at this writing. On Thursday, 14 July 1983, Clarence V. Lee, our cheerful and ever energetic Classmate, reached the end of his rope and, after a long struggle, passed on. A moving funeral ceremony was conducted at Ft. Myer's Chapel by Navy Chaplain Paul Moore, on 20 July 1983. Interment with a simple graveside ceremony followed in Arlington National Cemetery with the traditional three volley salute and taps. Chief mourners were his devoted wife, Virginia, and his son, Russell V. Lee. A large number of sympathizing friends, many from the Vinson Hall membership and Classmates, widows and friends from the surrounding areas, attended the ceremonies including: Consuelo Crowe, Happy Osborn, Gladys Lyon, Frances Sickel, Guinivere and Jeanne Anderson (Viola could not attend), Brookie Mansfield, Oast Holsinger, and his attractive wife, Ed Wilson and Packy Swanson.

Another passing of an old friend and Classmate.

The Alumni Association has received a copy of a casualty report with only the bare essentials. It reports the death of Paul Edward Voinot in La Jolla, California, of aspiration pneumonia on 5 May 1983. The report indicated he was retired as a lieutenant (jg) for physical disability on 13 January 1923. We regret we have no other information on Paul. We offer our condolences to his family. This is another of our Classmatft that we have regrettably lost track of in our busy struggle to keep in touch with individual problems.

Memories We offer two pictures taken by our energetic picture taker, Harry Markell, at our 60th.

The Becks, Evelyn and Chester — 1979 The Bassetts, Melvin, Sage and Eleanor — 1979

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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 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado CA 92118 Percent Members: 79 Living Grads: 119 The brevity of these notes is because your reporter was enjoying sun, surf, and sand at Delaware sea shores during July. Nearby was Phronie Barbaro with family and friends as guests.

Louise and Homer Eimers were with her for a few days. All are in good health, but not as frisky as formerly.

A card from Gwen and Raleigh Hales in Pasadena told of their June trip to Wilson, North Carolina, (his hometown) where he found a few of his boyhood friends still around.

A letter from D. L. (Dash) Madiera in Virginia Beach, Virginia, tells of a trip he and Elizabeth enjoyed in early July to visit their daughter in Lafayette, California. While there they also visited Vera and Jimmy Harris at Walnut Creek, California, both in excellent health. Dash phoned George VanDeurs who reported his safe return home from a long siege in the hospital. George says he is gaining strength again. Dash also sees Ward Gilbert at home in Virginia Beach occasionally.

A query has come as to whether we have any plans for Class 1921 to observe our 65th graduation anniversary. At present we have no plans for an organized observance. Such an event could be planned for either Homecoming in October 1985, or for about Commissioning Day in late May 1986.

Your reporter hesitates to commit himself so far ahead, but if any other Classmate thinks we should have a survivors' roundup, let us hear from you.

The San Francisco group assembled for luncheon July 21 at Moffett Field. Attending were: Al Arkush, Doc Cooke, Nick Coulter, Dave Davis, Hank Divoll, Kirby Kirby-Smith, Johnny McQueen, Tommy Thomas, Charlie Woodson, and wives, Gipsy Coulter, Billie Divoll, Mildred Kirby-Smith, Eleanor McKee, Cathe Thomas, and widows: Fran Ames, Evie Guthrie, Irma Nyquist, Tram Roland, Grace Simpson Smith, and Anna Thayer; also associate members: Susie and Bill Bennett, USNR, Marian and Red Grove, '20, and Barbara and Kranz Kranzfelder, '20. The last luncheon for 1983 is set for Wednesday, October 26, at the Presidio Officers' Club.

A cheery note from Ed Willis Barnett in Birmingham, Alabama, tells of his experience as an amputee. Last Christmas a sore on his right heel got worse despite three trips to hospitals. When gangrene set in amputation below the right knee resulted in being fitted with a cork (?) leg which he calls "Prossy." He gets around well, using a cane, and has high praise for his devoted wife, Lula, whose encouragement he credits for his recovery. As of July he's back in the dark room with his photo work. His address is 4322 Glenwood Ave., 35222.

A thank you note has been received by the Alumni Association from the San Diego Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society for our gift honoring the memory of our late Classmate, Cdr. Herbert A. Tellman.

As a reminder. Classmates and/or their survivors should notify the Alumni Association directly, if they wish a floral arrangement, or a memorial gift (our limit is $50) made to a designated charity upon the death of a wife, or of a Classmate. The Washington-Annapolis group 50

no longer has an 'operating fund' for this purpose.

A note from Raleigh Hales tells of his and Gwen's trip in July to Carmel, California where he renewed the friendship formed as roommates at the Academy with 'Sandy' or 'Chauncy' Wiedman, who hves there.

Sadly we report the death on July 14 of Alice Clair Parks (Mrs. Gordon B.) due to a massive heart attack. Our Class extends our condolences to the family. An unmarried daughter, Mary Ellen, has for quite some time looked after the household. We recall with nostalgia the carefree days of 1921 in San Diego when Gordie and Alice were newly weds. Mary Ellen told us on August 6 that Gordie is doing very well since his broken hip last Fall; in fact he had just received a good report from his doctor after a check-up. The Association has sent a memorial gift from our Trust Fund to the San Diego chapter of the American Heart Association.

Good news came from Lorenzo Sabin in La Jolla; he is now home from a serious illness in the hospital. In spite of having lost 35 pounds, he says he feels fit and hoping to carry-on for a bit longer.

We are informed that the guided missile frigate FFG-56 in the 1984 construction schedule will be named for our Classmate Rodger Simpson. Keel laying is scheduled at Bath Iron Works in February, with launching to follow in September 1984.

The Class of 1921 Honor Scholar which the USNA Foundation has sponsored is Midn. 4/c Phillip Steven Taylor, whose parents, Mr. & Mrs. PhiUip O. Taylor, hve in Fresno. He is one of the 82 in the Class of 1988 sponsored by the Foundation.

BEAT AIR FORCE! BEAT ARMY! San Diego Area The San Diego Chapter of the Class of 1921 held its regular monthly luncheon at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, on Tuesday, 26 July.

Present were the following: Paul Abernethy, Jim Baker, Sydney Dodds, Bris McHugh, Logan McKee, Ivan Miller, Tim O'Brien, Stogi Roberts, Don Smith and Bunny Wray.

Our Chapter has sad news to report. Alice Parks died suddenly, of a massive stroke, on 14 July.

She and Gordie Parks lived in Newport Beach, quite a distance from San Diego. For a year or so Gordie has had health problems, so we have seen them less frequently than in prior years. Even so, Alice will be sorely missed. The Class made a contribution to the American Heart Association as a memorial.

22 Pres., RAdm. Frank Akers USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. D. H. Johnston USN (Ret.) 3928 N. 36th St., Ariington VA 22207 Corr. Secy, RAdm. J. L. Pratt USN (Ret.) 4000 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington DC 20016 Percent Members: 76 Living Grads: 147 Phil Pihl '21, a Charleston (SC) neighbor and friend of our Classmate Frank Birthright, has written that Frank died on 9 July. More information will be found in "Last Call."

On July 20th the Classmates and ladies of '22, and a host of others, gathered at the Naval Academy Chapel to join in memorial services for Peggy Woodall, the daughter of Peg and Don Johnston, who died of cancer at her home in Annapohs on July 15. She was the wife of Capt. R. F. Woodall USN (Ret.) '43 and the mother of four children. The faces of all who were there gave mute

evidence of the affection and sympathy of the Class for Peggy and Don, and the other members of the family.

We also report that Gay Little died on July 19 in the Naval Hospital in Bethesda. Funeral services were held in the Fort Myer Chapel on July 20, attended by the Washington group of '22 and a devoted group of friends and relatives in the Washington/Virginia area. Gay was buried in Arlington alongside her husband. Chick, who died in 1966.

We tell with deep regret of the passing of Doris Lester, our Classmate Campbell Lester's wife, on June 2 after a short illness. Both Campbell and Doris attended the 50th, 55th, and 60th reunions and are well remembered by all. Our deep sympathy goes to Campbell in his bereavement.

Campbell requested early retirement in 1947 to teach thermodynamics at Penn State for some eleven years. He will continue to reside at the family home in Montclair, New Jersey.

We've received the sad news of Ruth Murphy's death on July 29th just as this is being written. We have no further information at this time.

News of class activities has been sparse during the warmest July in our DC memory (a massive understatement). Our doorman, born and raised in equatorial Ghana, agrees that it has been his hottest. The heat has worked on your scribe to the extent that he risks "going under the table" for this old story: The field outside the barn was planted in popcorn. One day it was so hot that all the popcorn popped. The mule, looking out of his stall window, thought it was snowing and froze to death!

Well, we'd better shift gears! Here is an addendum to the story of how Alan McCracken's Yangtze River gunboat, MDJDANAO, acquired the name "The Battleship Mindanao": Alan, who is Vice Commander of the "American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor," recently received from their historian the original letter written by the Army Commander of Anti Aircraft Battery " D " during the last part of the siege of Corregidor.

BATTERY D SIXTIETH COAST ARTILLERY Fort Mills, P.I. April 3, 1942 To: Commanding Officer, Sailors, and Cooks of USS MINDANAO.

Your note of the First was greatly appreciated by myself and the Battery. I am sorry I have not had the pleasure of meeting you, although I have enjoyed the company of Lieutenants Nash, Goodwin, and Lightfoot for a few hours before the Japs blasted our quarters.

The Battery feels a close bond with the MINDANAO and still remembers how you kept popping at the Japs on December 29, 1941, when we were put out of action. Although several other batteries were firing and all claim the hit on that blasted bomber, we feel that you are competent to judge who really brought her down.

The pies were greatly appreciated by all men of the battery, and we should hke to compliment your cooks on their good work. I know it was a sacrifice on the part of your men to part with such a generous amount, and that makes the gift more worthy.

May you blast more boats in Manila Bay, and may you see more Rising Suns set in the North Channel.

Sincerely yours, BENSON GUYTON Capt., 60th CA (AA) Commanding, Btry. " D . " When the "top side sampan," as the Jap bombers were called, was knocked down, Alan's Shipmate, October 1983

baker in MINDANAO baked a rack of twenty pies which were sent ashore to Battery D. When the rack was returned it bore a large tag, "THANKS TO THE BATTLESHIP MINDANAO." And knowing all the MINDANAO did in the waters around Bataan, the title well expresses the admiration of all hands for that spunky little ship and its Skipper.

Once or twice before, with the concurrence of the Shipmate staff, we have asked Classmates to send autobiographies to the Alumni Association in case they have not already done so.

For a long time there was an idea that necessary information for all commissioned officers is readily available in the Bureau of Personnel just across the river. Not so.

All biographical files of our service lives that exist are stashed away in deep vaults-in St. Louis, Missouri, and it takes a long, long time through channels to obtain the information from them.

Even then the records do not contain other than what ships and stations and httle else for use in writing an obituary conveying your origin; highlights of service (or civilian life); occupation after retirement; affiliations; family, dates, etc. Those you've read in "Last Call" are largely produced (in the absence of information in Shipmate files) from: hearsay information; a note from a friend; a chance cUpping from a newspaper. Only about half the time, or less, does your Corresponding Secretary, Class Secretary, or Shipmate receive adequate information from which they can jointly compile a worthy story. In most cases one of us must telephone for information during a period when the next of kin or other members of the family are least able, or not in condition to respond.

In which case we go through the Lucky Bag, Forty Years Later, the Alumni Register which is necessarily very brief (about 15 to 20 words and abbreviations). From those sources the editors of Shipmate and/or your class secretaries try to put a brief life history together. Sometimes a fair summary-but not always correct family information and without the personal input and desires of the departed individual regarding his final record.

We've gone to this length to emphasize our plea and the reason for it (without saying how much work you can save us!).

Patterns of the desirable information may be found in the "Last Call" section of each Shipmate.

All autobiographical summaries should be sent to Shipmate, Alumni House, 247 King George St., AnnapoUs MD 21402.

Please pick up your pen and do it now. Write us if you like for a copy of an interesting design of A ROUND TUIT which Frank Akers gave us.

Then you can't say you haven't gotten around to it!

The Press has a tendency to publish negative material about the Armed Services. It was pleasing to read a Washington front page article about the new missile cruisers. We quote from a piece which may be heartening to you old salts reading some of the pessimistic opinions.

Life aboard the TICONDEROGA: "It is a closed world with its own language of 'deck apes' and 'skivvy fliers,' its intricate class relationship and unending gossip and rumors.

"But the TICONDEROGA is also a world of bewildering technological sophistications, where officers hold master's degrees in physics or electrical engineering, and experienced enlisted men talk with their superiors in the relaxed tones of scientific colleagues.

"To fight boredom and keep men in the Navy, the brass has turned the ship into something like a highly structured college. Almost everyone is studying technical manuals, teaching what he knows to the next man down and Shipmate, October 1983

preparing for promotion exams."

The article goes on to describe the Combat Information Center: "The war room is the Navy's best answer to skeptics who say surface ships are obsolete (in the missile era)."

On the CIC screens: "The captain can see every ship, plane or submarine that is approaching, can determine who is friend or foe, how fast they are coming, and when they will arrive . . . From here he can order the ship missile launchers to fire at anything that comes too close.

"The Aegis radar and computer weapon system costs about $350 million or about as much as the structure of the 9,600 ton ship itself and has been under development for 20 years.

The Navy, planning to buy 23 more ships like the TICONDEROGA and to put Aegis on a new

class of destroyers as well, believes this system will help the United States control the seas.

"There were some skeptics who thought because of the complexity of the system sailors could not manage it. Said an officer on board, 'That's b !' " We have just learned of the death in late July of our Classmate, Cdr. A. B. Cartwright. He died at the Point Loma Convalescent Hospital in San Diego, and his ashes were scattered at sea. Please see "Last Call" for his obituary.

23 President and East Coast Reporter Adm. Arieigh 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 Naval Academy Foundation is in the most fortunate situation, for there are more Honor Scholarships than there are qualified Midshipmen to use them. This happy condition will continue in the following years, so the awardees will be assigned scholarships in a manner that will be equitable for all scholarships and the George L. Castera Class of 1923 Memorial Scholarship will not have a designee for this entering class.

Janet and Wink Folk will not be in Pasadena for the Army-Navy game. The reason why they can't make it is that they have allocated to themselves only one extraordinarily exciting trip each year and this year they have already gone to Buckingham Palace and that used up the thrilling melodramic quota for 1983. Without making any comments at all on the wisdom of their choice, which may have been made before the GAME location was decided. Wink is a trustee of the Templeton Foundation. Prince Philip presented this year's Templeton Foundation award to Aleksandr Solzhennitsyn (I'll bet this spelling is too correct) in Buckingham Palace. Janet and Wink were there. We hear that Wink had some difficulty about ascot ties and the uniform of the day. Now we all know that Wink is a most understanding fellow if he just gets his own way.

He did this time too and he thinks it is because the Palace Guard, the Chief of Protocol, or whoever, recognized the justice of his stand but there are people who would bet 2 to 1 that Wink was able to make his grand entrance primarily because Janet was with him. The British are that savvy.

Fanny Rigler correctly states that there was one serious omission at our class meeting. There should

have been a rising vote of thanks to Mike Connelley and Bill Wadbrook for their dedicated, wide-ranging and most interesting reports in Shipmate of the activities and lives of their Classmates.

Their splendid work was a "Labor of Love" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with plenty of labor.

Tom Casey is now in Best Care Convalescent Hospital, 22035 South Vermont Ave., Torrance CA 90502. Those who have a need to communicate with Tom should write to: Charles R. Carry â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Conservator, 645 Paseo de la Playa, Apt. 207, Redondo Beach CA 90277; tel. 213/375-9470.

Wynne and Karl Hensel plan on going to the reunion of his wonderful SWORDFISH, Karl's wartime command, no matter how difficult it will be to get there. They couldn't have a reunion without "dear old Submariner Shipmate and Chutney Concocter." The Hensels will have the time of their hves.

West Coast News Our San Diego area group met on 15 July for a good lunch and get-together at NAS North Island on a lovely day. Present were Helen Agnew, Andy and Nels Anderson, Murr and Gorla Arnold, Madge and daughter Barrie Chapman, Mike and Peggy Connelley, Louise Hederman, Bill Lemly, Ras and Iris Rassieur, Speed and Mabs Rodgers, Put and Eleanor Storrs.

We have received news of the death of two Classmates recently. Larry Bain died 4 June as a result of heart failure. The Bains were having a new home built at Manor 1414, Leisure World, Mesa AZ 85206, at the time of his death. James R. Bell died 16 June at Long Beach. He is survived by his widow Beulah who lives at 9118 Park St., Bellflower CA 90706, two sons and three daughters. Our deep sympathy is expressed to the widows and family members.

Helen Agnew returned from a two-week visit and a happy family reunion in San Francisco in time to attend our lunch.

The Hensels were scheduled to spend the Summer in their Ozark home at Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

The Kelseys are back in Milton helping to take care of a new grandson.

The Mahers attended the reunion of the Yangtze Patrol River Rats in June. They expect to be at the Army-Navy game; look for them.

Ken Moses is anxious to get back home after a stay in the Veterans Hospital in Long Beach.

The Pearsons are planning a two-week trip to Yugoslavia followed by a three-week trip on the Danube.

The Rodgers had a happy visit to their son and family in Brush Prairie, Washington.

The Smellows have a new address, 11 Martin Run, #H-108, Media PA 19063.

Thelma Ward is on a three-month trip to Europe. She will be in Germany a part of that time to visit her daughter and family.

Lola Williamson attended the wedding of her granddaughter in Seattle. Enroute she visited her brother in Portland.

Margaret Willett is on her annual visit to New England. She was to be back in time to join us at our September meeting.

Order Alumni merchandise now for Christmas delivery.

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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 Dorothy Peterson Herbert, sister of deceased Classmate George Edward Peterson, is in search of a miniature swordbelt. It is to replace a lost one given to her by her brother. Belt was about 1 Vi to 2 inches wide and was embossed with a gold colored buckle. If you can assist Dorothy in locating such a buckle and belt, contact her at 12 Andrews Avenue, Falmouth ME 04105. Her husband is also retired from the Navy.

NeUie Mae and J. D. Hayes, living in Cary, North Carolina, have not seen a Classmate in almost a dog's age. They missed Homecoming last year because John had a bad cold. Double pneumonia will not keep him away this year. Cary is a bedroom city for Raleigh. The Hayeses moved there from Texas two years ago to be near son David, lieutenant colonel USMC (Ret.), wife Myrna (daughter of Jamie and Rebecca Sabater '27), and two of four grandchildren. The two oldest grandsons are in the Navy, and the wife of one made the two old folks great-grandparents on Mother's Day '83. Nearest Classmates are Fritz Furth and Tommy Ragan, both of whom live in Pinehurst, the golfers' paradise, 50 miles S.W. of Cary. Strange it is that more Classmates did not choose North Carolina as their place to finally settle for here it never gets so hot or too cold. And an old saw has it that North CaroHna is a valley of Humility between two mountains of Pride — Virginia and South Carolina.

After a severe illness in April, on 3 July 1983, "Otz" Tracy answered his "Last Call" and went on his way to his final roundup. He did not want a funeral or a memorial service . . . just the quiet, unheralded passing of a truly great man and Classmate. The Class mourns with the family.

The saga of George Robillard which started in September issue continues and will conclude in the November issue — it is somewhat long but we found it most interesting.

Unquestionably patent lawyers encounter more unusual clients than most attomeys. While George Robillard was serving as special assistant to the Chief of Buships, he became acquainted with the famous Norwegian Antarctic explorer Finn Ronne.

Few explorers ever financed their own explorations and Ronne was no exception. A bill had been introduced in Congress to lease him a suitable Navy vessel. Because of his Scandinavian accent, Ronne preferred not to testify at the hearing and he asked George to do it — something he often did for applicants. Upon studying the bill it was apparent that no price had been established for the requested lease. By coincidence Ira Nunn was then representing JAG before the House Naval Affairs Committee. George explained the bill to the Committee, after which the Chairman, "Papa" Cari Vinson, asked, "What is the cost of the lease?" Not having participated in preliminary discussions George replied, "The usual one dollar a year, 1 presume."

Vinson, a long-time Navy supporter indicated his position by asking Ira, "Will it be a dollar a year or do we have to amend the bill to make it so?"

"An amendment will not be required, Mr. Chairman," answered Ira. Following the adjournment Ronne told George that one dollar was about all he could have paid.

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And that explains how Robillard Glacier on the Palmer Peninsula in tip of Antarctica got its name — '24's only geographical landmark! One day a Congressman phoned George asking if he would be so kind as to see a lady inventor on important business. Of course, he would be happy to see her.

Miss X arrived, exhibiting three patents, each a variation of a folding coffin. She then informed George that she also had invented a perpetual motion machine and she wanted assurance that the Navy would treat the matter with the utmost confidence. George advised her to change the description to a "machine which would operate indefinitely without a prime mover." She readily agreed but set George back by informing him all her models had been destroyed by fire. She now needed six small magnets to reconstruct the perpetual motion machine. George arranged for the magnets to be mailed to her home but that was the last he ever saw or heard about the remarkable invention.

In 1951 the Sa/urday fvemng Po.s; published an article (co-authored by George) which pointed out that Dr. Simon Lake had invented the snorkel and had held the patent, long since expired. Soon afterwards George received a letter from a retired officer of the Netherlands Navy stating that it was he who had invented the snorkel and asked for a copy of Lake's patent which George sent him.

Later, when attached to NATO in Paris, George visited the Hague and dined with the Dutch officer. It turned out that the submariner and his family lived in an apartment house but were sorely in need of ventilation. He constructed a wind scoop with highly satisfactory results. His fertile mind then turned to his poorly vented submarine and soon the Navy Yard had installed a similar device on his boat. So enthusiastic were the submariners that five boats were similarly equipped. In the meantime the officer was transferred to the Far East where shortly he became a prisoner of the Japs for the duration. At home two of the Dutch boats escaped to England and the other three were captured by the Germans. Both Navies removed the snorkels, but as improved radar succeeded in locating surface subs, the Germans reintroduced the device. After the war the Dutch officer received from his Government a promotion to commander on the retired list, a medal, a monetary award of some $1,000, most of which went for taxes, and a letter of commendation for having "invented the snorkel," but from the Germans he never collected. (November Shipmate will carry George Robillard's experiences with inventors).

Leila Cook Bell, beloved wife of the Rev. Frederick J. Bell, died of a heart ailment on 11 July. Services were held at the Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington Cathedral on 13 July with interment at Arlington National Cemetery. It is understood Leila was a devoted worker in church affairs at the Cathedral. The Class grieves with Fred.

Gene Rook's thesis on aging: A) Rook has joined the aging category of #3-Hips on down-in contrast to #1-Neck and up-and category #2 neck to hips. The #\'s are in real trouble — can't see very well, hear very well and can't remember. The #2s are also in deep trouble bad plumbing and organs out of tune. The #3s are the lucky ones.

Their aging is easier to live with. Gene continues: "If I lost my walking stick 1 would be in trouble."

Alex Kreiser has moved from Williamsburg back to Kilmarnock and bought a small home where he does his own housekeeping. He looks fine, it is said, and we will get his address before too long.

Fritz Furth reported in robust health and is hearing better since operations on his ears.

Martha and Red Ruhsenberger have booked

another cruise for the latter part of August. They also plan to attend the reunion of his WWII carrier in Annapolis in October and visit with Red's younger son, USNA '60, and to attend the Air Force Football Game, and then on to New Albany, Indiana, to be present at a reunion of his old high school Class of '19.

Tom Moore and his son John have a joint birthday in June. This year Tom spent it with his son and together with John's wife Barbara and her father went sailing on the Chesapeake. They went out from Georgetown, Maryland, on Saturday and stayed overnight at Still Pond, returning on Sunday. A sunny pleasant week end, though hot, and there was not much wind on the way back, but Tom's report says they had a good time being together.

Min Miller's acreage in Manhasset, New York, had an overflow crop of raspberries this year.

Don Walker has had another sad experience in Connecticut. He reports that in mid-July John Shannon returned from salmon fishing in Iceland and promptly relieved him of twenty dollars at golf.

En route from home in Jackson, Mississippi, to their summer place at Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, Katee and Jim Lazell stopped over two nights with Tom Moore, Lynchburg, Virginia. They drove to Peaks of Otter, beautiful natural spot, in the area and otherwise enjoyed talking over old and new times.

Descending from the heights of Colorado Springs, via stops to see part of the family in Nebraska and Libertyville, Illinois, Ches Evans arrived in Richmond, on 20 July on a day posting 97 degrees and high humidity. He came to visit National Historical R. R. Association Convention and to participate in various local trips offered through the Association. Bernice remained with one of their daughters in Libertyville. During his visit, Ches detoured to Marion, South Carohna, on family affajrs of some of the Evans antecedents.

It was a great pleasure for Marie and Bob Keyer to see Ches, but the inhospitality of the abominable weather made the trip one that will not soon be forgotten.

Don Walker said that at any services for Otz Tracy he would represent the Class of '24, with Otz's 523 original friends and the remaining 157 earthbound. Polly Tracy wrote: "Dear Captain Sutliff: Thank for so much for the honor done Otz' memory by the contribution of the Class of '24 Association to the USNA Foundation. I'm sure Otz would have been pleased and it is quite nice to know that his life long interest and devotion to the Naval Academy is to be remembered in a practical way. Please thank '24 on behalf of our family. Polly Tracy."

Vinson Hall, 27 July: '24 Co-ed Luncheon — Leo Bachman, Helen and Mike Bradley, Lois and Bill Bullis, Edith and Tom Dyer, Dot Hartwig, Dot KeHher and guest, Ruth Darby, Marie and Bob Keyer, Kay Lockhart, Fanny and Wally Petersen, Mary and Bob Sutliff, Helen and Raoul Waller, Martha and RoUo Wilson, Elizabeth and George Montgomery (now residents of Vinson Hall) and Ed Rawlins. Reunion dates affirmed to be 23-24-25 June 1984 at Annapolis; something for the evenings of 23-24 June and probably only Chapel on 25 June with no lunch. Tichenor will shortly have more information. Though all may not realize it, economics are a consideration for many people, which statement includes lunches and the Reunion costs.

Helen Longstreet crossed over the river to rest under the trees on 19 July at Coronado Hospital.

Services 21 July at Coronado Catholic Church.

Body cremated with no further services.

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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 Mary MacKinnon has sent in some supplemental info on June Week West, particularly the Class of 1925 party on the Friday preceding. She gives Doris and Cam Briggs very high marks for their planning and management of the party and their entire sponsorship of the week end. Mary made special notice of the seven Hunter Wood family members present and how well the Clark Classmates, Bob and Jeane, are doing. Bob had a minor stroke a while ago and Jeane lost his Mary in a tragic pedestrian accident last Winter. Both are back at the bridge table and going out on occasions, and Jeane is playing golf several times a week. Phil Creasor is reported to have taken numerous pictures and we hope we shall receive some soon for our column.

Mary continues in her letter with more news about SoCal persons. She had luncheon at Flo Standley's. Also present was Carol Melgaard. Both are fine and the latter is making a wonderful tour of England with her daughter and husband. Bunny Gill is stUl in her La Jolla house and has another gal who is sharing things with her. Mary herself is bridging and golfing, and, of course, traveUng, her most recent tour being one to England, Scotland and Wales to see the castles of which there are plenty in those countries.

By combining Mary MacKinnon's July letter with one written last March by Minerva Ludewig (just received from George O'Keefe upon his return from an extended trip to Florida) we have been able to put together Minerva's activities of the past several months. She made a delightful trip up the Hudson and across New York State by motor coach to Niagara Falls, thence by the same type of conveyance to Montreal where she boarded a ship. After a voyage on the St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers, she rounded the Gaspe peninsula and returned to New York City via the Cape Cod Canal. According to Mary, Minerva has in mind several other trips including the World Affairs Council Study tour of non-aligned nations of Europe. In her own letter, she says that she is a member of the Council and also of the Commonwealth Club, both of which have these study tours. They are high level and she enjoys them very much. She particularly likes trips which take her to odd little ports in faraway places. Her record includes a trip to China, three around-the-world voyages in freighters, and encirclements of South America and Africa.

As long as we are on the subject of the ladies of 1925, we find we have a couple of more notes which will be of interest. Ruth Reamy, after twenty-four years in Annapolis, is moving to Temple, Texas, where she will rent an apartment in the house of some friends. Her address will be 4202 Chestnut, Temple TX 76501, tel. 817/778-3007.

We wish her good fortune and shall miss her in Annapolis where she has been a regular attendee of class functions for all these years. And we wish to publicly thank Victoria Broadbent DeCato for her letters, poems and "mossy" cards she sends in from time-to-time from St. Augustine.

In looking through old files we ran across some pictures of long ago. One shows Bob Lawrence and Dave Roberts first class year doing some kind Shipmate, October 1983

of high jinks. Both Bob and Dave have passed on.

Bob in 1960 and Dave in 1971, and neither we nor the Alumni Association have any record of the whereabouts of dependents or survivors. These two Classmates had certain things in common in that they both started out in '24, were in the same company as mids, played class lacrosse, were short, about the same height, and stood about the same in the Class. Dave, however, served a nearly full naval career, retiring physically as a captain in 1946, whereas Bob left the Navy in 1927 as an ensign. But he returned to the service during WWII and left the USNR in 1945 as a corfimander. We saw him in Guam during that year. There are pretty good biogs of both in the Silver and Forty Quivers.

First Class High Jinks

Somewhere at Sea

The other picture is of Whitey Taylor and Ed Swinburne on a midshipman cruise. We don't remember what the S.O. armband Whitey is wearing meant. Ed lives in Clearwater, Florida, and we hear from or about him every so often. Whitey, as you will recall, died some years ago, but we do hear from or about Doda every now and then.

In a list of graduates about whom we do not have a present address or final notice of death, which list we published last month, we neglected to include R. J. K. Mensing who disappeared in 1927. He was declared dead in 1934 and separated from the service as of 1927. Later he made himself known and prepared to pay his old debts, but life seemed too much for him and he disappeared again and has not been heard of since. Like the other six we have previously listed, we and the Alumni Association would like to have a final disposition of this case.

One has to admire greatly Chariie Silsbee's tenacity in keeping after his charges in the Midwest area. Now, after several years of patient persuasion, he has received a nice newsy letter from Gene Paro who lives on a farm called "Landfall" in Paducah, Kentucky, on the Ohio River, right near its confluence with the Father of Waters. Gene describes it as a "working farm" of 127 acres. The principal structure on the farm is their dwelling, the main portion of which is well over one hundred years old. Recently Nancy and he have had the building sheathed with Kentucky limestone and have added a wing for garages and a shop, preserving the original lines of the old house. We show a picture here. Gene continues his letter to say that their son. Gene Jr., Colonel USMC (Ret.) USNA '53, visits frequentiy with his family, up from

Gene's Old Kentucky Home Huntsville, Alabama. For himself. Gene says he has followed a second career in fine arts which has been rewarding personally and financially, with shows in New York and Philadelphia where he had studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. Among his works are bronze castings and portraits in oil and tempura, including a mural of the history of Paducah in the local post office. In 1979 the U.S. Government commissioned him to make a largerthan-life bronze casting of the Alben W. Barkley, V. P. of the U.S.A. under President Truman. Mr. Barkley had appointed Gene to the USNA back in 1921. In conclusion. Gene reports that Nancy and he are both fine and are enjoying life. They send good wishes to all.

We don't hear from Jack Champlin too often, but when we do it is unusally good. He lives in the wine country of Napa, California, and does his homework well. What brought forth his last epistle was a remark we made in a recent Shipmate about Shane King's strong dislike of the stuff that the media puts out as nfews. Well, Jack deplores it too, as do many others including your writer.

Both Shane and Jack advocate the reading by those interested of the AIM Report pubhshed semimonthly by Accuracy in Media, 1341 G. Street NW, Washington DC 20005.

A letter from Vic Long says that he has received a very large number of extremely kind and sympathetic notes from Classmates, wives and widows expressing deep regret on Virginia's death. He is trying to answer each and all individually, but it is a difficult job, so he has asked that we publish an expression on his part of his heartfelt thanks to those wonderful friends for their comforting messages. His attitude on this regard is surely very understandable and we all express our deep sorrow to Vic and to his daughter Eleanor.

We had hoped that we could have a set of notes this month with no deaths to report, but no, because on the final date we had a call to inform us that Alex Sledge had died on 3 August of cancer in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A funeral home service was held on 4 August in New Brunswick and interment in Arlington on 5 August. Alex has been fighting the cancer and had serious operations and much treatment over some years. As a midshipman Alex was a whiz in English and history and not bad in the other subjects, for he starred all four years. He was editor of the Log first class year, and a prominent member of the Trident society. After graduation and five years of sea duty, he was selected for the Construction Corps. Serving in Navy Yards and on staffs afloat brought him to BuShips in 1942 where he spent quite a few years doing, among other assignments, a great job in the auxiliary-conversion desk. After more field and bureau jobs he retired in 1956 and taught at Rutgers U. for awhile, finally settling down near New Brunswick for his last years. He and Betty, his first wife, were separated in the 1950s after having three offspring. Betty has since died and Alex married Cordelia Spivey who survives him. Our deepest sympathy to Cordelia and to his descendents.

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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 Elsie and Bill Romoser finally broke a long silence, writing from their two bedroom, two bath apartment in Westminster-Canterbury, at 3100 Shore Drive, Va. Beach VA 23451, in which they are very happy. They have no regrets about their decision to sell their home and move into this lovely residence where they have "a most delightful group of people." Amelia and Lee Woodbury are also residents there, as is Mary Douglas Biederman. The accompanying photo shows most of the '26ers in the Va. Beach-Norfolk area at a luncheon at the Princess Ann Country Club, given by the Romosers. From left are Jack Pohl, Louise Frost, Bill Romoser, Kitty Kunkle (Amelia Woodbury's older sister), Yates Stirling, Mary Biederman, Margaret Pohl, Lee Woodbury, Tiny Stirling, Elsie Romoser, Dan Sweeney, Tintz Hamberger, and Amelia Woodbury. Only the Lyie Ceases were missing from the area group, Al Joiner's widow, Alice, having moved to be with her daughter, at 43 Harrington Ave., Portsmouth RI 02871. Ben Crosser's widow, Wythe, lived in WestminsterCanterbury for a while but has returned to 908 Vi Canyon Road, Santa Fe NM 87501.

Bill says he is in good, vigorous health, enjoying a reasonably busy life. Elsie says that is an understatement; if he isn't raising funds for a worthy cause, he is planting 1200 flowering plants, chauffcuring cancer patients, attending meetings or squeezing in a little golf.

Elsie had a dinner party at the Naval Amphibious Base in celebration of his new octogenarian status on 21 July. Welcome to the Club, Bill!

Mort Fleming tells of a gathering of five '26 couples at the June Week West celebration in San Diego; Martha and Joe Callahan, Kibbe and Hap Linaweaver, Jimmy and Hallie Leeper, Helen and Andy Offutt, and Isabel and Mort; who are walking and still pulhng carts for 18 holes!

In early July, or thereabouts, the Flemings 'wandering sons,' as Mort phrased it, visited them in San Diego; Michael from Virginia before going to Saudi Arabia, Paul from Mexico City before going to Tokyo, and Peter who had been in London six months for research, then lecturing in Wisconsin, and then back to England to lecture at Oxford. Particularly amazing because not one is in the Navy!

Al Boileau has taken to the air again, flying in his plane with his companion, Laura Little, to Bremerton to attend a wedding, and visiting the Horace Butterfiends '22, in Tacoma. They missed Gerry and Jim Russell, who were away that afternoon. From the Seattle area Al flew East by himself in his "trusty Cherokee 140 airplane to visit a brother in Richmond, nieces, nephews and friends in the Elmira, N.Y. area, and friends in Michigan, arriving back in San Diego on 30 June."

He added that it was "a good trip, but the pleasure was somewhat lessened by uncooperative weather;" had he not been instrument-rated, he wrote that "I might never have gotten home."

In my last column I mentioned Helen Salzman's late graduation from Trinity College, "the oldest graduate in Trinity College history" said the Dean of Faculty during the commencement exercises.

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Romosers' Dinner Party at Princess Ann Club

Helen Salzman, distinguished graduate ing her diploma shows that she is as lovely as ever.

This is being written on the last day of July, on top of a small mountain in the Appalachians, at Capon Springs, West Virginia. Gerry and John Sylvester have just spent a couple of days with us; both looking in top shape.

Jean Gallagher has asked me to express her, and his daughter's family's thanks to the Class for the beautiful flowers at John's services.

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Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Cari L. Steiner USN (Ret.) 203 Riggs Ave., Severna Park MD 21146 301/647-1258 Percent Members: 89 Living Grads: 242 The L.A. class group held its last luncheon meeting of the summer on Friday 27 May at the O' Club in Long Beach. Present: Ed Eckelmeyer, Ron Hamley, Bill Kern, Red Scoles and Harry Tallman. The Army-Navy game has generated considerable interest and was the main topic of conversation.

Ken Knowles recently wrote from his home in Stuart, Florida, that three Classmates and their wives dropped in for short visits while in the area: Ellen and Charley Tooke were cruising on the Intracoastal Waterway aboard SS AMERICA, Doris and Otie Gregg cruising aboard a friend's yacht, and Beverly and Marshall Smith fresh from a fortnight's cruise of the Caribbean. Stuart is known as the "Sailfish Capital of the World" and really lives up to that reputation. A few years ago, Velma landed a 7-foot sail for which she received an engraved citation and a lovely pair of sailfish earrings in silver and gold from the Stuart Sailfish Club.

The latest news from the Hampton Roads area, reported by Otie Gregg is that Lucy Hottel was selected by the director of her local dance studio to attend a competition between a dozen or so other selectees from East Coast studios, at a hotel in Freeport, Bahamas. She won all four categories

of the competition. Congratulations to Lucy. Otie tracked down his old USS HOUSTON roommate of Asiatic Station days, Zondo Zondorak, when he learned he was living in the area. Zondo and Teresa are renovating an old house at Virginia Beach. He informed Otie that they had been with Helen and Hank Briggs while they were staying in their summer home on the Lynnhaven River.

Gill Richardson reports from the San DiegoCoronado Chapter with the following news: Herb Pfingstag who has been in failing health for the last several years died at his home in Rancho Santa Fe on June 11th. His wife, Lesla, passed away two years or so ago. Herb is survived by a brother, Capt. Paul W. Pfingstag USN (Ret.) USNA 1932, in Wickenburg, Arizona, and a son, Jerry, who is living in Escondido, California, and also attended the Naval Academy (1958). A memorial service for Herb was held at the Jehovah's Witnesses' Kingdom Hall in Escondido on June 17th. The Class extends its sympathy to his family.

Sometime ago Ted Fauntz, in Seattle, lost his class ring. Recently, Mims McKinney, Mac's widow, was able to provide him with a replacement, Mac McKinney's ring! The story doesn't end there, however. Mac had lost his ring, too, some years ago, but Reilly Coil's widow had replaced it with Reilly's. Thus, Ted Fauntz ends up with Reilly's ring! Now, that's a Tale of Three Rings, if I ever heard of one! Wouldn't it be something if Reilly's ring also proved to be someone else's?

Present at the luncheon of the San DiegoCoronado Chapter of our Class at the Sandpiper Club in Coronado on May 31st, were Chapter President Clarence Coffin and Bobby, Cliff Cooper, Olive and Carl Dalton, Frances and Ziggy Dawson, Sally and Dutch Deutermann, Dale and Tommy Flynn, Emmie and Tom Hamilton (who is writing a family-eyes-only autobiography. Second Fiddle to a Pigskin), Mary Jane and Jimmy Hogg (whose son, Jimmy, just received his third star and the Seventh Fleet), Ken Keepers, Erika and Meade Kitchen, Natalie and George Kneupfer, Dick Levin, Alice Manville, Bobbie McCann, Mims McKinney, WaUer Price, Gill and Patsy Richardson, Nadine and Robby Robinson, Oley Sharp, Anne and Alan Sutherland and Madalyn Thach. Important business was restricted to voting: (1) to continue the luncheons throughout the gorgeous Summer we have had; and (2) to permit our males to dispense with coats and ties. Our femmes, it was voted, could not dispense with anything! As you can see our luncheons never lack for discussionable, weighty subjects!

It is with considerable pleasure that I report the marriage on 16 June 1983 of lleana Henderson and Blinn Van Mater. All of the Class extends hearty cong;ratulations.

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Gill has also sent in the following information: Three of our Chapter attended the '83 bash of the Yangtze River Rats in Colorado Springs early in June: Tex Anders who was exec of USS PANAY when she was bombed and sunk December 12, 1937, off Ho Hsien; Two Gun and Bobby Coffin who originally met in Chungking when Two Gun

Club and a honeymoon in Bermuda, the newlyweds returned to Naples, Italy, where she is aide and flag lieutenant to Commander Submarines Mediterranean, and he is on the naval staff in Naples. Deidre and Linda are daughters of Don and Sandra Seabring, all of Media and granddaughters of Dottie and Sam Seabring.

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and in 1946 commanding an amphibious Task Group based in Hankow; and Dale and Tommy Flynn. Tommy served in USS POPE on the Long River in 1929-30. Joe Jelley who lives in Colorado Springs dropped by to see all of the above. Joe was reported to be hale and hearty!

Attending the Chapter's monthly luncheon in the Sky Room of the North Island Club on June 28th were: Muriel and Tex Anders (the first time Muriel has been able to join us since her accident long ago, but looking fully recovered and \fery fit), Jesse Chamberhn, Two Gun and Bobby Coffin, Cliff Cooper, Carl and Ohve DaUon, Ziggy and Frances Dawson, Dutch and Sally Deutermann, Tommy and Dale Flynn, Jimmy and Mary Jane Hogg, Ken Keepers, George and Natalie Knuepfer, Alice Manville, Bobbie McCann, Walter Price, Gill and Patsy Richardson, Oley Sharp, Alan and Anne Sutherland.

Heinie Armstrong has sent a photo taken at the gathering of the Northern Clan on 14 May, 1983.

Back row, left to right: Coach Gullett, "Mig" Maher; Lorene Beasley; Helen Dyson; Betty Armstrong; Heinie Armstrong; Helen Todd; Rosy Boyd; Virginia Walsh; Marshall Smith and Frank Johnston. Front row: Johnita Heald; Beverly Smith; Nina Blake; Bernice Johnston; and one lady who was not identified.

Lieut. Deidre Seabring Hall USN, became the bride of LCdr. Mark Pistochini USN '72 on May 7th at the Media Presbyterian Church, Media, Pennsylvania. The maid of honor was Mrs. Arthur Kuehne, the former Linda C. Hall, twin sister of the bride and also a lieutenant, U.S. Navy.

Following a reception at the Springhaven County

Pres., RAdm. Edwin B. Dexter USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Albert O. Momm USN (Ret.) 121 Glen Oban Dr., Arnold MD 21012 Florida Corr., RAdm. R. N. Norgaard USN (Ret.) 121 N. Phelps Ave., Winter Park FL 32789 West Coast Corr., RAdm. W. A. Cockell 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 Leon Collis, in Honolulu, was surprised and delighted to see the photo of the OKLAHOMA J . O . mess in the Class of '29 section of the June '83 Shipmate. Leon remarks: "I never knew it existed.

The photo brings back a flood of fond memories: (1) Whitey Bacher '29 coming aboard, late, with everyone at morning quarters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he in a long coonskin coat, somehow worse for wear; (2) the J.O. mess entertaining the Gtmo. C O . (Marine Corps) one evening. The grog was flowing freely, and, again (1 think it was) Bacher in the midst of pouring a flaming rum 'blue blazer' from one Navy pitcher to another, when our exec barged in! No trouble. He was one of us, really. A few weeks earlier, in Panama, he was with us at a nite club with Evelyn Nesbitt sitting on his lap; yes, Harry Thaw's Nesbitt!!"

Harry Sears sent off a copy of the photo to Leon, later. Slim Quilter's stepson, Richard Blum, also requested a copy.

The Northern Clan L. to r.: LCdr. and Mrs. Arthur Kuehne (USNA '73), the bride and groom, and Dottie and Sam Seabring

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Harry reports that he and Helen returned from Europe on 4 July, after a two-week Orient Express Adventure which Harry describes as "fabulous".

Harry continues: "The trip was beautifully laid on by INTRAV, an international travel outfit which we have used before with much success. It was all-expense paid (except for optional side trips), including coupons for dinner in a number of top-flight restaurants in the three cities we visited: Vienna, Venice and Paris, and the Orient Express ride from Venice to Paris. Our accommodations were superb â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Inter-Continental in Vienna and Paris; Bauer-Grunwald in Venice; and of course, the Orient Express itself. The tours from the hotel were excellent, conducted from new buses which put our American monsters to shame, an extremely well-educated English-speaking guide perched near the driver with loud speaker set and even cassettes of native music. We made it a point to take in the city tour in all cities as well as the all-day country tours which always involved a delicious lunch at a charming inn.

"1 won't go into all of the wondrous places visited in city and countryside other than to mention that the Austrian country tour included a boat trip on the Blue Danube and its beautiful villages, along with a hundred or so vacationing natives; the Italian tour took in the ancient city of Padova with its beautiful villas, one of which Hitler and Mussolini met for the first time. One of our tourmates, an ex-Marine from WW II, made a classic remark to the effect that had we known this, we could have prevented the war!

"Our day trip of Paris was extraordinary in the variety of its beauty and the historical and novel places visited commencing with La Brie, the vast plain NE of Paris, where much of its grain and produce is raised, and where its WW I battlegrounds lie: the Marne, Chateau Thierry, etc.

Changing to hill vineyard covered country, we stopped in Epernay at the Moet et Chandon champagne works for a tour through the caves followed by a glass of the bubbly.

"Other points of interest not mentioned earlier: In Venice, the Grand Canal, St. Marks and the Square, Doges Palace and Bridge of Sighs. In Vienna, its many palaces, cathedrals, the Spanish Riding School, the Vienna Woods plus music everywhere! In Paris, the usual wonderful sights, winding up on our last night with a 3-hour cruise on the Seine with cocktails and dinner in MS BRETAGNE, formerly owned by Queen Elizabeth.

Returning to our berth and waiting bus at the base of the Eiffel Tower we allowed that this was what anyone could hope for!"

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. Bill Darnell USN (Ret.) 2003-224 Bayview Hts. Dr. San Diego CA 92105 No. Cal., RAdm. Dick Ballinger USN (Ret.) 25 Teal Rd., Belevedere CA 94920 Florida, RAdm. Hank McRoberts USN (Ret.) Azalea Trace, 10100 Hillview Rd. Pensacola FL 32524 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 118 The heading of this column last month marked the passing of the term of Dan Carlson as our Florida Corresponding Secty, and the installation of Hank McRoberts as Florida team coach. The gratitude of the Class goes to Dan for his service, and our faith and (challenge) to Hank for his 55

solicitude. For C-O-L! (Crying out loud), you guys welcome Hank with some recent dope which your old friends would be happy to read! Is Florida all a sinkhole?

We are indebted to Mr. Richard C. Behrens of Basking Ridge, NJ for the following tale of John Keatley.

In the summer of 1924, John Keatley and I, along with several other Davenport (Iowa) High School graduates, attended a military camp at Fort SneUing, Minnesota. John had received an appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis starting in the late Summer of 1924. As an aspiring naval cadet he thought it might enhance his standing if he had navjgated a canoe down the Mississippi River from Fort SneUing to Davenport — a distance of approximately 350 miles.

Acquiring and fitting a canoe for such a voyage should not be a tremendous undertaking but, for two youths essentially broke, it required some doing. Fortunately, and thoughtfully, the government withheld transportation allowance until the time of severance from the Army. (No pay was forthcoming for service in this instance.) The amount was small, probably about $6.00 per man.

The required canoe, a used 16-foot Old Town job, cost about $30.00; however, it was late in the Summer and considered to be a bargain. So by selling the advantages of part ownership in the vessel to other Davenport ex-soldiers who had money to invest and who did not want to make the trip, another $20.00 or so was raised. With these funds along with other meager resources and a pup tent, blankets and cooking utensils which were provided under various circumstances by army sergeants, we were able to outfit the expedition.

Upon leaving the dock on the Minnesota River above St. Paul, he advised that we must stop at the U.S. Engineers office in St. Paul and acquire a chart of the river. This was done. This chart covered every detail of the river from the Falls of St. Anthony to St. Louis. It told us where every channel marker, every wingdam and every sand bar was in the whole river. It was beautiful.

The weather was grand, the river was a picture and life was wonderful. For the first day-and-ahalf we travelled leisurely — taking two hours for lunch and a siesta and quitting quite early. Then by studying the map and counting our reserves, it dawned upon us that we would either have to go to work or discontinue our habit of eating. Going to work seemed like the lesser of two evils particularly for two hardened young men out of mihtary camp. The upper Mississippi flows between two bluffs and is magnificent.

The trip was quite uneventful except for a brief encounter with waves and rain on Lake Pepin which is a place where the river widens out considerably and can get to be quite rough. We managed to reach a rocky shore and, except for a couple of holes in the canoe covering, no damage was done. However, we were almost swamped once or twice.

We reached a place above Dubuque, Iowa, several evenings later when we were about out of food and money and were still a little over 90 miles from home. The next morning we got up at 3 AM and stirred up the coals of our fire. We greased the frying pan with bacon rind and fried slices of left-over solidified Cream of Wheat. This, with some prunes, washed down with black coffee made a delicious and nourishing breakfast. All unnecessary material was jettisoned and for the next twelve or fourteen hours that canoe rode high in the water and traveled fast. We arrived home safely in Davenport, tired, healthy, hungry and very happy.

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Buck Brandley's Blooper

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Dog Days — Joey Ray and his Florida sinkhole him again until 1943.1 graduated from Iowa State in 1929 and went to work for Ingersoll-Rand Company and in 1943 I was located at our headquarters office on the 13th floor of 11 Broadway, New York City. One noon after lunch I got in the elevator and faced forward. As the elevator started up the officers began to converse. A person's voice is almost as distinctive as his facial features and 1 knew at once that one of those men was John Keatley. Instead of getting off on my floor, I stayed on and turned toward the officers, one of whom had three stripes on his sleeve. "Commander," I said, "did you ever skipper a canoe down the Mississippi?" This was World War II and we were all very busy so after a few "Well my Gods" and some reminiscing, we all went back to work. 1 never did see John again. However, in the latter years of his career. Captain Keatley wrote a short book promoting the Navy as a career for young men and in it he cited his experience in bringing a canoe down the Mississippi. He sent me a copy and 1 read in amazement one paragraph which read, "My companion never knew and will not know until he reads these pages that 1 could never swim."

We should never have lost that game! The above photo probably won't reproduce in the detail of the original. Although taken from beyond left field, it clearly shows pitcher Brandley's ball halfway to the plate. And the batter is already swinging! This was the Army-Navy Game of June 2, 1928. Chief Bender was our coach. We well remember Chief's penchant for the bottle. On back of the photo it says, "Poor coaching and headwork lost the game!"

The Berkleys invited Margo and Cy Johnson to their Mexican fiesta in April, but the invitation went to their old address. Cy's new address is: 1400 Geary Blvd., Box 205, San Francisco CA 94109.

Sounds like they've gone condo.

Now indeed is the time to plan your 1984 calendar year! There are two dates upon which to hinge the rest: 15 April, have income tax in; 17 — 18 October, Reunion 55 in Annapolis. Johnny Davidson, after having made initial arrangements for our quarters, has resigned the chairmanship which he with Anne's aid held for fifteen years. He just hasn't the heart to forge this one alone. So, your Exec Committee is proceeding gingerly, — first with the appointment of an able committee of three good men. The qualifications are: judgement, tact, responsiveness, energy and business ability. O yes; and locality. We hope to announce their names next month.

Knight Prior and Henry Ford, our Class Poets, have walked in the revered company of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Oliver was a member of The Class of Twenty-nine. Eighteen twenty-nine, that is, and Harvard. For the Fiftieth Reunion of that class, in 1874, Holmes composed an appropriate poem, "The Old Cruiser." We offer several stanzas here, as inspiration for Knight in '84.

Here's the old cruiser, 'Twenty-nine.

Fifty times she's crossed the line; Same old masts and sails and crew.

Tight and tough and as good as new.

Into the harbor she bravely steers Just as she's done these fifty years, — Over her anchor goes, splash and clang!

Down her sails drop, rattle and bang!

Once in a twelvemonth, come what may.

Anchor your ship in a quiet bay.

Call all hands and read the log.

And give 'em a taste of grub and grog.

Stick to each other through thick and thin; All the closer as age leaks in; Squalls will blow and clouds will frown.

But stay by your ship till you all go down!

Helen Hornbruch (Mrs. Frederick Hornbruch, Jr.), Frank Novak's sister, has made a generous donation to our Alumni Association, of five hundred dollars, in the name of the Class of 1929. We do appreciate this kind reminder of Frank. We might add that we have recently read Fred's book on manufacturing. Raising Productivity, and only wish that his advice could be applied to you nonproductive '29 news sources.

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Flight elimination class in Norfolk — 1930 — with second and third rows made up of the Class of 1930

30 Pres., RAdm. Wreford G. Chappie USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Herbert H. Marable USN (Ret.) Watergate Village, Bldg. 7, Apt. 202 1035 Norman Dr., Annapolis MD 21403 Percent Members: 92 Living Grads: 192 I am still trying to pick up the previous contributions which lack of space previously has necessited keeping in my "hold" basket. Roscoe Newman sent in the following picture of the flightelimination class at Norfolk in the early Summer of 1930. Each individual in the second and third rows is of the Class of '30, and a very handsome group they were in spite of the ties. They went almost direct to Norfolk from the Academy — with leave afterwards. My memory prompts the thought that I was also one of the first flight ehmination class aspirants who went immediately to the flight-elimination class at North Island, San Diego, on my way to my first duty station. WEST VIRGINIA, which I was told was impatiently awaiting my arrival in the Bremerton Navy Yard, •i%.ai-j.vJcV.'^T-iJjair',\i,tm-M x^^rw.Washington. I will never forget my first 'solo' flight at North Island — those were really "the days," but we did not have a group picture taken so memory of exactly who comprised the class escapes my errant memory.

Apologies! Presbyopia or something in the eye Recently received a very thoughtful note from of yr. secty., or staff, resulted in converting the Joe Robbins in which he has picked out some name under the picture of Stan Strong in the "Thoughts at Large" from the pen of Sydney J. August Shipmate to be "Sam Strong." It's the Harris, the choice of which seems to have been same Stan Strong that lived in the Fourth Batt of provoked by the item that I ran in a previous ShipBancroft Hall for four years and propelled our mate about "Chic" Hayward. Joe quotes — crack crew. Oh well. Your secty is consistently ad- "Young people exchange greetings; middle-aged dressed as Calvin Laning and has had to live with people exchange civilities; old people exchange init, Stan. firmities", fl wonder just who he is talking about; Marion Raby died at home in Pensacola on Joe, that is.) Also — 'Persistance is a virtue only Monday, June 20. She was buried in Arlington when the goal is laudable; the world would be a Cemetery the following week end, alongside Jack. far better place if fewer bad men were steadfast We regret receiving this news so late. A deep in- in their objectives. Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin road in our Pensacola group is made. came out of confinement and exile more determined than ever.' " Joe says that when he read this that he immediately thought of me — and "Chick" — and decided that this would be an excuse to write me. "I (Joe) would write 'Chick' also.

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but he might think that I was seriously begrudging his sterling quahty of persistance." Well, so much for that!

Have recently learned that Ev Stevens plans to head up and visit El Andrews at her summer home in Maine.

Have also received an interesting note from Harmon Briner which I am sharing with all as a matter of general interest. "The FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Mobilization) Destroyer personnel had a reunion 24-26 June at the Philadelphia Naval Base. The occasion was the eventual retirement and decommissioning of H. J. ELLISON (DD-864), the last of the FRAM destroyers in commission. Having been a former C O . and with pleasant memories of my duty aboard in 1947-1948, 1 attended a portion of the three-day program. I had expected that I might have seen my son Bob Briner '54, a former E.O. who had experienced just as gratifying duty with ELLISON. AS it turned out, he had a previous date, another reunion of NEWT>ORT NEWS (CA-I48) in

the Norfolk area. He had been the last C O . of it in commission, and besides his daughter Liz had a birthday. So we did not get together for this occasion much to my disappointment, I did not contact anyone who had served with me. After all it was 35 years ago. You just can not expect too much. The ELLISON had a tour with the Sixth Fleet.

I recall a conversation I had in Scdonika, now Thessalonika, with Admiral Kirk who was chairing a UN Committee investigating raids in Northern Greece from across the border. The Admiral said, 'Russia, who was a member of the Committee, openly admitted its involvement by a vacant seat at Committee Meetings. Later I had read Speaking Frankly by James Byrnes which had gone a long way toward helping to understand EastWest Confrontation today.' I also fail completely to understand the inability of so many of us today who seem completely unable to read the 'historical handwriting on the International Blackboard,' the Communist Russian history in particular."

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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. Hill USN (Ret.) 1295 Bangor Street, San Diego CA 92106 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 238 Hal Payson was the one Rhodes Scholar from our Class; he attended Hertford College at Oxford University, where he took B.A. and M.A. degrees in modern history and captained the college boat club in his last year. Last June Anni and Hal made a trip to England to attend the Garden Party given by the Rhodes Trustees for North American Rhodes Scholars, attended by H. M. the Queen and Prince Philip. The Rhodes Trust dinner was given on the second night under a tent in Trinity College garden, with nearly 1500 attending. Harold MacMillan, now 91, gave a superb speech. During the rest of the time while they were in England, Anni and Hal visited with friends, and with an English cousin, whose address, believe it or not, is Rosemary Cottage, Puddleduck Lane.

Jack White writes about his experiences as a 'cruise host' for the Royal Cruise Line: "1 was among the first 'selected' for Royal Cruise Line Trans-Canal cruise leaving Miami last December 23 to Acapulco via Ocho Rios, Jamaica to Cartagena, Colombia, then San Bias Islands, Panama and to Acapulco. Each host made two back-toback-cruises and I returned to Miami and home January 14. Each received passage -i- $100 bar credit to buy drinks for ladies over 50 and single.

I 'presided' over tables for eight, including a married couple and five single girls. Hosts exchanged tables after a week. Good lookers who sat at my table were familiar with the program and wanted to dance. They changed my style completely and Hot Dog!

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I stayed up every night past midnight. 1 called them my 'Snowbirds' because they identified that popular, lilting melody. 1 may be invited for an autumn cruise, Athens to Singapore. Hosts were outnumbered about 100 to 14. Mr. Richard Revnes, president of Royal Cruise Line, interviewed six of us in his San Francisco office; he started the program after he danced with one lady over 50. 'Mr. Revnes,' she said, 'you have made my night and the entire cruise.' He offered contracts to each of us, including one Army, I believe, because he referred to the many 'boat trips' he had made. NO CLOSE LIAISONS WITH ANY LADY was a part of the contract. Although no longer advertised, RCL has three hosts aboard ROYAL ODYSSEY and GOLDEN ODYSSEY.

"ROYAL ODYSSEY, 26,000 tons, Greek Registry, is first class all the way. Captain's farewell dinners were the high points when 50 stewards paraded and carried baked alaska in a darkened dining room. The skipper was an excellent ship handler and PR man. The band played "Never on Sunday" for him. Floor shows every night were outstanding. A beautiful 'torch singer' plopped in my lap at ringside and crooned 'It's Too Darned Hot.' Well! Irving R. Levine, one morning, explained 'Reaganomics' in a way 1 understood.

Gisele McKensie, still good after 25 years, performed on the return trip.

"1 took a bus tour of Acapulco. The bus stalled on a long hill. The driver got it started several times but it continued to roll back. Women screamed as it stopped one foot from a 350' cliff. Finally, the door opened and I stepped out, greatly relieved, and delighted that you didn't read in your paper, 'Aged San Francisco Marine (former Hoosier) dies in Acapulco bus plunge.'

"So many friends have commented, 'How did you get it!' and 'Nice work if you can get it.' " Vera and John Crumpacker returned in July from their trip to the Middle East, which John describes thus: "Vera and I finally made a trip to

the Middle East that we have looked forward to for some years. It was a rugged trip, but we were prepared for it. The trip included Egypt, the Nile up to the Aswan Dam, Jordan, Israel, Greece, and Turkey. We took our grandsons, John and David, with us. The twins are now 16-years old and they enjoyed the trip enormously.

"Everything in Cairo, where we started, lies under a thick coat of desert dust. Short-time visitors can't drink tap water, use ice cubes even if purified by Jack Daniels, nor eat vegetables which aren't cooked. We all went far up into Cheop's pyramid to the great burial chamber which is reached by a 45 degree passage one pyramid block wide and high, where you must climb bent over almost on hands and feet and must come down backwards. Then we saw all the rest of this unexcelled architectural record of antiquity: Karnak, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Memphis, and sailed on the Nile around Elephantine Island.

"In Jordan, we rode horseback into the 1,000 to 1,500 foot deep canyon at Petra where the Romans carved temples, homes, and shops out of the living rock. The pictures show Vera and me on our way down there, where some authorities say the Queen of Sheba once held court.

"We walked on top of the Wall of Jerusalem from Joppa Gate to Damascus Gate, made the Fourteen Stations of the Cross, climbed down into two caves, one of which was undoubtedly Christ's burial place, and ate Kosher style.

"Revisiting Greece and the Dodecanese Islands was as enlightening and as much fun as the first time. The Parthenon is perfect and so in another way is the Corinth canal. Ephesus near Izmir in Turkey is perfect, too. This is a very active dig where 'new' and glorious ruins are constantly being exposed and restored.

"We got home a month later and, yes, I had locked the front door. Vera had turned off the stove, and everything was just dandy."

Once more the Washington-Annapohs Group of '31 is indebted to Georgette and Joe Thornton for hosting a most delightful picnic at their club area in Severna Park, Maryland, on 12 July. The food as usual was superb, and special dispensation was given to all dieters for the occasion. Outof-towners welcomed at the picnic were Audrey Dempsey, Bud Barr, Zeb (Tex) White, and Kay and Cliff Shuey. The photos below show a few scenes from the picnic . . . Al Sharp may have some more and we'll put them in a later issue.

Andy Hill reported a good turnout for ' 3 r s July luncheon in San Diego; attending were: Red Adair, Ed Burns, Ernie Ellsworth, Mattie Hall, Andy Hill, Bob Cooper, Harry Gimber, Vic Aldrich, Vic King, Blackie Hawk, Don Eraser, Art Cumberledge, Bob Heilig, Gene Tenney, Dick Hay, Ken Romberg, Jim Smith, and Pete Fiala. Andy says that the Army game is arousing great interest and a sellout seems likely. With three class luncheon groups (Washington-Annapolis; Norfolk-Virginia Beach; and San Diego) . . . how about you Classmates in the San Francisco Bay area organizing one?

Mildred and Bob Heilig plan to stay on the West Coast long enough to go to the Army game; then they'll shift to their place in Ozona, Florida, for the Winter.

Good advice to the next generation often goes unheeded, so it's a pleasure to hear of Roberta McCain's experience with Christopher Bailey, the son of Classmate Walter Clyde ("Bunky") Bailey and his wife Elizabeth ("Licky"), born in June 1940. Bunky was lost when the original LANGLEY was sunk south of Java at the end of February 1942; survivors reported that Bunky was last seen Shipmate, October 1983

directing antiaircraft fire against attacking Japanese planes. Licky later married H. M. Ericsson; now she too is deceased. Son Christopher ser\ed in the Marines, 1959-63; then tried his hand at printing. About 1970 he was more or less at loose ends; thinking he should go back in the Marines for the Viet Nam war. He asked Roberta for her adrice and here is what she wrote him: "Dearest Chris, "First off, you are a mature man and can think for yourself. You have always shared responsibilities, lived peaceably with your mother, and have been able to think for yourself. You don't remember when I visited your mother, long ago, in Ledyard when she was still married to Eric. You were just a littie thing, 12 or so, and you were driving a jeep around like a grown man. 1 have no doubts that you can make up your own mind about what you want to do with your life. Also, entering the Marine Corps isn't a life sentence. It is a proud, honorable profession and you will be with MEN. I go to Washington (DC) a lot, and then to Thailand, Korea, Viet Nam, Singapore, and Taiwan often. Those are free souls fighting with their backs to the wall, and fighting to keep Communism out . . . out of their lives and their countries.

"There is no finer Corps in all our services thjm the Marine Corps. Of course their regime is tough and hard; of course the work is arduous. What isn't that is worthwhile? Being a private or a general in the Marine Corps is simply a question of degree. Social class is built on men's standards and what they Uved up to; not on worldly possessions.

"Good luck and God bless you, from the closest friend your mother and father ever had. Sincerely, Roberta McCain."

In July of that year, Chris wrote a letter to Roberta — far too long to reproduce here — but some of its highUghts follow: "I saved your letter that you wrote me in 1970.

I took your advice and reenlisted in the Marines.

"I'm glad that I took your advice . . .

"Unlike the first time that I was in the Marines, 1959-63, I decided to really give it my 'all' and show them just what I could do if I applied myself."

Chris completed his second enlistment with high credit, and is back at work as a printer . . . a much wiser young man with a better perspective on Ufe . . . thanks in great part to Roberta.

The Naval Academy Foundation currently has more Honor Scholarships than entering midshipmen to take advantage of them (82 for 97 scholarships). To ensure equitable distribution, some Classes will have no honor scholar some years . . . we ('31) have had one for each of the last 3 years, so none will be designated for us this year.

Jack Crowley's handiwork Jack Crowley plans to submit an order for additional kits for the 45-inch diameter circular Class Seal rugs, about mid-November. The art work Shipmate, October 1983

must accompany these special orders; multiple orders save time, and result in some cost reduction, because the art work on several can be done simultaneously. The company can also do the hooking and binding at additional cost. Those interested should call or write Jack as soon as possible; he can provide full details.

The notice in July-August Shipmate about the Andrews' great-grandchild should have read thus: "Fanny and Dick Andrews report the arrival on 7 March 1983 of Brianna Bembry Lawrence, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randall W. Lawrence.

The mother, Lani Lawrence, is the daughter of Fanny and Dick's no. 1 daughter, Dixey Smith."

All thirty-oners join in expressing to Roy Smith, on the occasion of his retirement as editor of Shipmate, their hearty congratulations on the many improvements he has made in that publication, and wish him smooth sailing and low golf scores . . . Well done!

32 Pres., RAdm. Emerson Fawkes USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Terrell A. Nisewaner USN (Ret.) 7121 Helmsdale Road, Bethesda MD 20817 Percent Meml>ers: 85 Living Grads: 217 Here and There With '32 A couple of issues back, following the summation of our lEist election results, I made a comment that these elections were for three years inasmuch as we had extended the terms of the previous Class officers by one year to accommodate the 50TH Reunion. Perhaps one should have known better but I've been corrected by the due authority, Emerson Fawkes, who wrote the new Class Constitution and is our newly elected Class President. The duly elected class officers will serve the normal full term of four years. This, unfortunately, will bring up a new election in the Fall of 1986 with the winners taking over in January-February 1987. With our already planned 55TH Reunion coming up in May or June 1987, we might have to once again start thinking of perhaps an extension to extend the current officers through the 55TH for continuity in planning.

This is very late news, but among my notes is a long-distance report about the marriage of Marion Moncure to Thomas Hanna in the mountain community of Breckenridge, Colorado. As an indication of how late this news is, the report said that there were mountains of snow outside and spring flowers inside, and "inside" was a home designed and built by the bridegroom.

Marion is the daughter of our Arlington, Virginia, lady-about-town, the wonderful Jane Moncure and our late redoubtable Samuel Moncure. Miss Moncure was given in marrige by her brother Samuel and was attended by her sister, Mrs. Jeremy Taylor.

Culling from the "Observations of an Ancient Submariner," Growler Grouleff wrote that he and Jeanette took advantage of the free round-trip offered by United Airlines on their Mileage Plus Program and made a swing of Vancouver, Reno and San Francisco during 17 May-4 June.

They spent five days each in Vancouver and Reno and a week in San Francisco. The sun shone

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Growler Grouleff loafing in Vancouver brightly throughout the entire trip without one drop of rain! (The floods had finally ceased.) It was quite a bit warmer than they had expected in both Vancouver and Reno, particuarly the latter.

At midday for several days in Reno it hit 90° and, in fact, it was only several days later that the dam burst south of Reno.

Vancouver was an excellent area for sightseeing and they took full advantage of it. The major part of the time in Reno was devoted to playing the one-arm bandits with Jeanette winning some playing the dollar machines and Growler losing some playing the nickel machines. What Growler did lose in Reno was his health, sleeping too close to the air-conditioning vent. By the time they reached San Francisco he had to check into the VA Center where they loaded him with antibiotics, poured him into a sack and had him sip soup for three days. To ease the load, daughter Liz drove up from Monterey for the last two days to wish him well. Once free of the hospital routine, it was back to Hawaii and thoughts of attending the Army-Navy game in Pasadena as long as Navy was willing to bring the site half way to the promised land. Then Jeanette got talked into taking an art appreciation course in Paris by a neighbor who wanted company and Growler became the elected, but not reluctant, housesitter.

The second half of that fine couple who lived up in Vista, California, prior to the 45th Reunion when Cupid got in a little target practice. Bill Short, ably escorted by Marie, took their annual spring trip east in June to check on his property on Hog Island, visit his daughter in Pennsylvania, swing by Washington for a stay with your C/S overnight, visit Verna Williams, widow of Bill Williams '31, check in with a few other long-time friends and then leave Marie in WiUiamsburg to visit her son while he journeyed on to Norfolk to check on daughter Maryemma. When Bill and Marie travel they always manage to see a lot of people in a relatively short space of time. And, fortunately, both have energy to bum. They could easily vie for the healthiest and youngest looking couple in '32.

For many years now two of our Class have been living up in Gig Harbor, Washington, overlooking the Straits of San Juan de Fuca entering Puget Sound, but finally time has taken its toll. In June Sti Stieler vkrote to tell me that Norman "Sammy" Sampson had finally succumbed to his bout with cancer on June 18th at the Tacoma General Hospital after a long stay at the Madigan Army Health Center. Sam entered the hospital last January and except for one short stay at home remained there until the end. Only a strong desire to live kept him going at the end.

Memorial services were held at the Madigan Chapel with military honors at graveside and casket bearers by the U.S. Navy. Interment was in Mountain View Memorial Park.

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The funeral was small and was attended only by neighbors and a few military friends in the area.

Chuck Gold was to come down from Bellingham but had to cancel out at the last minute. Fortunately Irene and Chuck Gold were down for a luncheon with the Sampsons and the Stielers shortly before Sammy went into the hospital in January; hence they all had one last great visit.

Connie and Sti Stieler were the only ones to represent the Class at the funeral and, as Sti has stated, it was only fitting that they be there. Margo was Connie's Maid-of-Honor and Sammy was the Best Man at the Stieler wedding.

Sam's widow, Margo, will continue to live in Gig Harbor. Their son, Norman, had a tour in the Navy but is now a ship superintendent in the production department of the U.S. Naval Shipyard in Bremerton. The sincere condolences of the Class go out to Margo and Norman on their loss and our farewell to a wonderful Classmate.

In a very roundabout way we have learned of the loss of our inimitable Clare B. "Chuckles" Smiley. In a previous issue of Shipmate we told about the rather frightful condition of Chuckles who was suffering from a progressive debilitating muscle disease rendering him almost completely helpless. In June Wiggie Wigelius wrote to Chuckles, but he had died at the V.A. Nursing Home Care Center, Gainesville, Florida, on June 29th and the letter was forwarded to Chuck's son.

The son, Cdr. C B. Smiley USN, lives in Arlington (VA), and he eventually got in touch with me but too late to rally around a few Classmates to attend the final services which were held in Arlington on July 5. At last the long suffering is over, but it still hurts to lose another member to the Long Blue Line.

Bad news seems to come in sets of three and from an unusual source, Cdr. George P. Doster '35, comes the obit of another loss of that initial gang who entered the Academy in the Summer of 1928. George Doster was a Plebe in the 2nd platoon, 6th Co., of the 3rd Batt. back in 1931-32 when your C/S was the Platoon Commander, receives Shipmate and kindly took time out to inform us of the loss of Frank D. Hollowell, ex-'32 who died at his home in Savannah, Georgia, on July 15, 1983.

Frank left us in February 1929 but kept up an active interest in the Navy. He served five full years during WW II, was proud of his Navy associations, was a member of the USNA Alumni Association and a member of the Naval Institute.

Frank and Missy's son, Wilson Hollowell, graduated with the Class of '70 and daughter Martha is also a naval officer and married to Lawrence S. Hirsch who is also a naval officer. The condolences of the Class go out to "Missy" Hollowell, Frank's widow, and the family. We just wish that we had known them better.

A 1973 New England gathering — Simpson, Hull, Gamble, Thompson, Brewer, Wylie and Rounds

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Bill Cox being relieved by Sammy Sampson as CO. of IVIoNTAGUE (AKA-98) — August 1955 A great newsy letter from John Spangler, who is holding down the fort out at Pebble Beach, stated that he had just returned from a visit to Tucson to see his son where he found the temperature to be a not so delightful 105° and awaiting was a letter from Omer Lucier. The letter was full of good info, but the gist was that he and Simonne planned to take their annual August exodus from France to the Monterey Peninsula and could John advise them of lodging, car rental and the like.

John did and called back to say that he had found a delightful condo at an acceptable price. Also, like a faithful Chief of Staff, John already had a '32 party in the planning stage to welcome Omer and Simonne.

Our other expatriate who holds down the fort in Minusio, Switzerland, is rarely heard from but his son "Buz" lives nearby and says that Ski Sosnoski has been vacationing in Denmark with friends and will then journey over to England to see his twin daughters, Suzy and Sharon. If anyone bumps into Ski as they are winging around Europe, please let us know.

Rosamond Lewis (Jack's widow) recently sent the Class a nice contribution to be added to our Class of '32 Memorial Fund. The contribution was in honor of Jack's sister, Mrs. James "Madelyn" Barr, who died suddenly on May 28th in Northboro, Illinois, while enroute to visit England and Scotland. Madelyn was known to many members of the Class through Jack and, as Rosamond sadly put it, she was a great lady who was her last close link to Jack and his family.

In view of the absence of Don Thomas, who with Anne was off in England and Scotland trying out the known and not so well known golf courses with their huge double greens, tricky bunkers, gorse and heather, Al Cope wrote in a brief on the June luncheon for the San Diego crowd. It wasn't exactly a record breaker with only six in attendance and all no-shows from Coronado, but a good time was had by all and the various sad and ticklish affairs of state were quickly disposed of. Hopefully, for the luncheon two months later, everything will be back in stride.

The June Class luncheon for the WashingtonAnnapolis group at the Channel Inn saw the smallest turn-out of many a year with only eleven in attendance. Many were off on summer travels, some were in New England for the Summer and others were off on a golf outing but Willeye Bull, Jim Collett, Emerson Fawkes, Al Parker, Howard Prince, Walt Innis, Lloyd Mustin, Count Ruckner, Van Van Everam, Willie Williamson and Mel

Young displayed their allegiance and showed up.

Van reported that there were the usual sea stories and a discussion of the Class of '32 Memorial Fund.

Not all the news is bad and some is downright marvelous. A case in point is the marriage on March 26th of LGen. Al Bowser and Betty Cutier Boyd by Bishop Harry Kennedy at the home of friends. Dr. and Mrs. Jim Cherry, in Honolulu.

Betty is the widow of Col. Robert W. Boyd, VMI '36. Bob, Betty, Al and Al's late wife Mary were all good friends for many years and served together several times during their careers, including one tour in which Bob was Al's Chief of Staff and another in which he was Al's Deputy Commander.

Betty has lived in Kailua or Kaneohe, Oahu, for about 20 years and has been in the antique jewelry business for many years. She no longer has a store in Honolulu, but still does shows and serves individual customers. For the time being they will share time between her home in Hawaii and his home in San Diego, but we will have to get the address of their island home later.

More good news. Gary Garrison who has been living in Roanoke, Texas, near his son since the loss of Dottie, has been spending a bit of his spare time taking cruises. Recently he was on a roundthe-world cruise on a Norwegian ship and met a very attractive lady in a similar situation to his own — both had lost their partners to cancer and neither was satisfied with the status quo.

They met on the bus taking them to the ship and struck up one of those instantaneous wonderful friendships. They didn't want to be impetuous so they waited for five days of getting acquainted before getting married. Also, they didn't think that a marriage by a Norwegian Captain on the high seas would carry much weight with the State Department in regard to issuing a passport in the new name, so they went ashore in Balboa, the first port-of-call, and were married by a local judge.

Gary now says that it is hard to beat three months on a round-the-world cruise for a honeymoon.

The charming bride is Betsy McBride and their new residence will be her lovely home at 8531 N. 84th Place, Scottsdale AZ 85258; phone: 602/ 991-3445. Gary has sold his home in Texas and, having been warned that the Summers in Arizona were hot, he and Betsy have taken off for a Delta Line cruise around South America beginning in June. This certainly proves that wonderful things can happen on a casual cruise around the world.

Our unpredictable Rollins Mayer has popped into view again. After completing some specific college courses to further his knowledge, he is now acting director of the Provisonal International Diabetes Control Society and, if you want further information, his new address is 74 Old Quarry Way, Boise ID 83709.

Andy Nisewaner, Marie Short and Bill Short — 1983

Shipmate, October 1983

Martha Lepore, daughter of our always eager John R. Spiers who was killed when his plane disintegrated during a dive bombing practice run off Quonset back in October 1942, wrote to correct her address given in the June issue of Shipmate. It should be: 72 Prospect St., Melrose MA 02176. Inasmuch as Martha was only eight or so months old when John was killed she is eager to hear from Classmates who knew John either at the Academy or in his brief Navy career.

Check your future calendars for an important date. Our mini-Reunion (52'/2) is tentatively slated for April 26 through 28, 1985, at Pensacola. Tut Tuttle is chairing the Reunion but should get a lot of help from the Washington-Annapolis crowd in sending out mail. Pensacola has a few disadvantages such as the lack of a large central hotel where everyone can stay, but it has so many other advantages that it seems like almost a perfect choice for a mini-Reunion. Many of the Class went through flight training there, many later returned as instructors, a fair number of Classmates Hve there, others live in Florida not too far away, for several of the class wives it was home, the Officers' Club is a superb place to hold our parties, the weather is normally excellent in late April, and there is a lot to see in the general area.

If you have suggestions, let Tut have them. If you can help in any way, please volunteer to do some of the work. Organizing any Reunion is one huge job and Tut has a lot of other irons in the fire to keep him working full time without the added burden of a Reunion to handle. Anyway, plan ahead for April 1985.

33 Pres., VAdm. Bernard M. Strean USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Leo Erck USNR (Ret.) 4515 WiUard Ave., #2109-S Chevy Chase MD 20815 301/654-6522 Percent Members: 84 Living Grads: 263 More on the 50th Reunion: The Class acknowledges with thanks the substantial assistance given by the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy Foundation in making preparations for the reunion. Their help was invaluable.

The Washington/Annapolis Group June luncheon was held at the Washington Golf & Country Club in Arhngton on 17 June with 15 attendees: Caldwell, Chase, Cobb, Curtis, Turner Duncan, Erck, McKibbin, Geo. Miller, Moorer, O'Brien, Oren, Pratt, Strean, Travis, and Wright. This was the first meeting at the new location and it is planned that the monthly luncheons for the '83-'84 Year will be held there.

Eddie Fredericks reports that the San Diego Group held its monthly luncheon at the Admiral Kidd Club on 10 June with the following in attendance: Wagstaff*, MacPherson*, Monroe*, Ed Miller, Gibbons*, Roullard*, Elliot, Gamon*, Stuart*, Coye*, Felling*, Bruning*, Rumble*, and Fredericks*. For the information of visitors, this is a "walk-in" luncheon held regularly at the Admiral Kidd Club on the second Friday of each month. A remembrance card signed by all hands was sent to Bob Vogeley in the nursing home of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania. Pickles Heinz is relinquishing his duties as president of the San Diego Unit of the American Cancer Society next January and will then continue to be occupied with California State affairs of the American Cancer Society. Pickles' and Dee's daughter Lisa set a June date for her marriage to Louis Scheffer, Cal Tech '75, an electronic engineer. Barbara and Carl Jones were off Shipmate, October 1983

•33 Skippers of USS BOSTON (CAG-1) Joe — Glover

Pickles —

to England after the 50th, then on to Venice via the Orient Express, California, and back to Florida. Jean and Howie Kuehl flew from San Francisco to London last year to board ROYAL ODYSSEY for a cruise to Copenhagen, Leningrad, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Bergen, Norway.

The July luncheon of the West Coast Group was attended by those at the June luncheon marked above with an asterisk, plus Joe Williams and Al Ryan. The '33 Wives held a concurrent quarterly luncheon at the same place with the following attending: Elsa Bird, Lee Riddell, Maggie Felling, Dottie Norris, Nita Gibbons, Helen Gamon, Ruth Beyer-Polewski, Ruth Jordan, and Maudie Fredericks.

A silver medallion which our Classmate Dave McDougal (killed in action on Okinawa in 1945) received for winning the Secretary of the Navy Rifle Trophy in 1933 as a midshipman is now in the Marine Corps Museum in Washington (DC).

The medal had been found on a beach near San Diego by a retired naval officer with a metal detector and turned over to Eddie Fredericks for disposition. After another stroke of luck in locating Dave's remarried widow, Doreen Botterell, who informed Eddie that the Marine Corps had requested all of Dave's medals, Eddie completed the arrangement that was initiated about a year after Dave's death.

Eddie also informes us that he has accepted the position of executive director of the Maritime Museum of San Diego where, for a period of years he has served as curator of the naval exhibit area and as a trustee. He notes that Classmate Tom Blackburn's father was one of the founding trustees of the museum.

A letter from Gil Richards' widow Peg expresses thanks to the Class for the flowers sent to the graveside for Gil's interment; she also thanks the Classmates and wives who attended, and especially Bill Pratt for all of his valuable assistance. She reports that Charlene and Dick Derickson stopped by to see her on their way to the West Coast and filled her in on the 50th.

A couple of former DD skippers (1944) — Champ Blouin and Hal Bowen

The June issue of Shipmate contains an article (p. 16) about a planned memorial to be dedicated to those Alumni whose bodies were never recovered after they had been lost in line of duty.

The memorial is being given by the Class of 1937.

The article mentions that Class Secretaries should submit lists of names thought to be eligible to the Alumni Association. Although we hope to be able to compile such a list from available information, we would welcome recommendations from anyone to insure that we do not overlook any members of the Class of 1933 whose names should be included.

The following memorial contributions have been made in the name of the Class: (1) to Fish of Sanibel, Box 854, Sanibel FL 33957, in memory of Albert E. Edwards, (2) to the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in memory of Kenneth S. Shook, and (3) to the John W. Stewart Memorial, Univ. of Calif, at San Diego Medical Center, 25 W. Dickensen, San Diego CA 92106, in memory of Jack Stewart.

Charlie Travis reports that there are a small number of tiebars and pins still available; the cost is $7, including mailing charges. A few class photographs are also available at $5 each, including mailing. Charlie's address is 24 Wardour Dr., Annapolis, MD 21402; telephone 301/263-2448.

Dick Lane has established a beachhead as a book reviewer for the Washington Times. His latest of four published by the Times is a review of Nelson's Blood: The Story of Naval Rum by James Pack. We get the impression that Dick knows his rum. Another of his recent reviews in the Times was Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake by Donald G. Shomette.

Ed Miller points out in a letter that some Classmates are not aware of the stained glass Memorial Windows in St. Andrews Chapel that were presented by the Class of '33 in honor of those killed in World War II. The windows are pictured on pages 6 and 7 of our 30-Year Book.

Prompted by the interest in the 50-Year Book expressed by LGen. L. J. Lincoln USA (Ret.), president of the U.S. Military Academy Class of 1933 and a former professor of history at West Point, a copy of our year book was donated to the Department of History at the USMA. Gen. Lincoln had expressed special interest in the historical material pp. 258 to 281. A letter from the head of the Department of History at the Point thanks the USNA Class of 1933 and states that the Department has accessioned the volume through the library and placed the book in their reference room. He adds that the instructors will make good use of the material, one having used it in teaching a course on "Grand Strategy in the 20th Century" and another in writing a history of the Korean War. A few copies of the 50- Year Book are still available.

Sidney and Ray Thompson left in July on a cruise to the North Cape and Spitzbergan. They know when to get away from the heat and humidity of the Washington Summer.

Rick Haskins proudly administered the oath of service to his son Robert, Class of 1983, following graduation ceremonies at the Academy on 25 May. Al Ryan was in the hospital in mid-July, having completed some by-pass surgery. According to latest reports, he was doing O.K.

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34 Pres., VAdm. Robert L. Townsend USN (Ret.) Capt. Roy C. Smith III USNR (Ret.) 3730 Ramsgate Dr. AnnapoUs, MD 21403 Percent Members: 90 Living Grads: 294 It seems strange to be on the receiving end of "Hey, you're late. Where's your class news column?" But Butch has managed to keep the column going for so many years (on time) that he's entitled to a rehef, and it's logical that the Class Secretary be located in Annapolis with access to the Alumni Association records. So, after twelve years of editing Shipmate, instead of retiring to peace and quiet, I find myself relieving Butch as Secretary and columnist. He has left big shoes to fill, literally and figuratively, but here goes.

Frank Upham writes from the West Coast: "The turnout of Classmates at June Week West '83 in San Diego was a bit disappointing. At the cocktail party on 24 June only three couples were in attendance: Esther and Larry Becht, Louise and Pinky Nelson, Virginia and Frank Upham. At the pre-dinner dance party on the 25th were the Uphams, Muriel and Jack Arnold, Gladys and Bob Leeman, June and Grayson Merrill (proud parents of number two, a son three-months old), Eleanor and Marshall White. The Arnolds, Leemans and Whites stayed on for the dancing, joined by Peggy Antoniak and her son from '67.

Despite the small turnout, we all enjoyed ourselves.

Remember the 50th!"

John Harllee says that he and Jo Beth have returned to Front Royal, Virginia, from a threemonth round-the-world tour via Pan American.

The entire trip was most enjoyable, but the high spots were the Taj Mahal and a week in the old Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Not a modern chrome and glass highrise, but the old, comfortable and charming colonial hotel of bygone days — including the original Singapore gin sling (recipe available on request).

John Wiley writes that he hasn't seen a Shipmate for months; the Paraguay and Parana Rivers have been in flood stage since May and only essential cargo is moving upriver, with 1,000 or more bags of surface mail held up in Buenos Aires. His letter was mailed by a friend flying to the U.S. "Here in Ascuncion, Paraguay, we celebrated a wintry 'Glorious Fourth' on 4 July by going to the American Embassy at 0800 to watch the U.S. Marines raise the flag while the Paraguayan Presidential Escort Regiment gave a stirring rendhion of 'The Star Bangled Banner.' The Ambassador read President Reagan's proclamation on the occasion of the 207th anniversary and the Marine detachment's Gunnery Sergeant read parts of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Then we had coffee and doughnuts, courtesy of the Embassy. The weather was good; sunny and not too cold. The American community was well represented, including many U.S. Peace Corps volunteers who had come to the capitol for the long week end, a sizeable delegation of young Mormons among a good many American missionaries, and a sprinkling of expatriates like myself. The Navy was represented by a lieutenant commander in full uniform representing the Office of Defense Cooperation. Since Paraguay is not, at this time, eligible for a Military Assistance Group, the military mission here is designated as an ODC "Just prior to the Fourth, the local newspapers gave considerable publicity to a 21-year-old Paraguayan woman. Carmen Garcia Melgarejo, who had been accepted for entrance to the USNA. 62

She had won the nomination in competition with several male compatriots as well as candidates from neighboring countries. By the time you read this, she will be a member of the Class of 1987.

(RCS — yes, she is.)

"On 3 July, Kica (Maria Angehca) and I celebrated our 10th anniversary by hoisting a dry martini together and going out for a quiet dinner without the children.

"The Winter here is short. By August we will be enjoying Spring flowers."

Between Butch and me, that's a total of three items of class news. In past years Classmates have complained at the short length of the '34 columns, but won't recognize that this is a cooperative effort. If Classmates don't write about what they are doing or whom they have seen, there's no-news to print. It's as simple as that; if you want class news, send me the word. Otherwise there won't be any.

A while back, Ed Ring stopped in for a visit in my Shipmate office. He was turned back into '35 at the end of plebe year and resigned in the following year, but still considers himself a member of '34. He was very interested to hear of the Golden Lucky Bag project and eager to participate in it.

Ed's address is 2273 Beechwood Road, Hyattsville MD 20783, phone 301/422-8165, and he will be very happy to hear from Classmates.

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 Last month's column mentioned the death of Bob Stivers on 4 June. Bob's son John provided the material for the "Last Call" item in this issue.

John stated that his Dad had great pride in the fact that he was a graduate of the Naval Academy and therefore requested that the Class donation in Bob's memory be made to the USNA Alumni Association. This has been done. A contribution was also made to the Texas Division of American Cancer Society in memory of Dick Hale's wife Robin.

As mentioned in the July column, Helen and Hugh Winters spent last Winter in Katie and Bob Jackson's guest cottage at Lake Mary, Florida.

Hugh reports: "Was able to duck (Donald) almost all of D-World, Eppycocke and Sea World, Helen bravely taking on the duty of lugging small 3rd generation progeny and their parents through the above travails. I don't photo well with Snow White or the Three Little Pigs. Fishing was at its best on the old St. Johns river nearby, and we were able to feed well on 'Sunshine' bass, stumpknockers, shellcrackers and eggs of the shad who were too greedy to lay same before grabbing my hook."

Hugh reminisced that it was a "solidly refreshing Winter." As of mid-July, Hugh and Helen had left their Virginia Beach home heading for their island in Georgian Bay, Ontario.

After relaxing most of the Winter in Hawaii, Fran and Nev Shaffer departed that paradise area on 15 May. After a brief stop at their home in Santa Fe, they rolled on to Greenville, South Carolina, to attend the high school graduation of one of their grandsons. Brief stops were then made with Fran's sister and brother at Ft. Myers and Naples, Florida, respectively, before returning

home to complete arrangements for the wedding of their daughter Laurie to Thomas C. Boysen, which took place on 26 June. Among those attending from out of town were Floride and LeRoy Taylor from Middletown, Rhode Island, who were in Santa Fe incident to a visit with their son Kent and family. Tom and Laurie planned to settle in the Santa Barbara, California, area where Laurie will teach at Gate School. Tom is a superintendent of schools in the Thousand Oaks area.

Another '35 progeny wedding took place on 23 July when Jane and Ned Dougherty's daughter, Marie (better known as Maggie) was married to Jeffrey Hinman at Saint Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Maggie and Jeff were in the Peace Corps in Togo, Africa, for two years, and are now working for the government (Civil Service) in Boston and are making their home in that city.

The participants in the Alumni tour "Romantic Passage" to Switzerland and Germany, included a relatively large contingent from '35: Ruth and Chet Briggs from Port Townsend, Washington, who remained in Germany for an extra week or so to visit with their son, Kevin (USAF Academy '79), on duty at Augsburg; Tommie and Teaford Hatcher from Aurora, Colorado; Julie and Bob Kail from Sarasota, Florida; Margaret and Wy Packard; and Dorothy and Steiny Steinmetz from Los Alamitos, California. This enjoyable 12-day tour was made even more so by this happenstance get-together of Classmates and the opportunity it afforded to exchange news from widely scattered areas of the country. On 13 July, our numbers were increased 40% when we were joined for dinner on the terrace of the Hotel Badischer Hof in Baden Baden by Lilo and Horace Laird who came from Wiesbaden for that night, and Dottie and Bill Hazzard of San Diego who were on an extended tour of Europe in their VW camper. The hotel set up a special table so that all 14 could sit together. Herewith is a picture of the group, courtesy of Bob Kail, showing (1. to r.): Bob and Julie Kail, Teaford and Tommie Hatcher, Steiny Steinmetz, Ruth and Chet Briggs, Margaret Packard, Bill and Dottie Hazzard, Lilo Laird, Wy Packard and Horace Laird. This is believed to have been the largest '35 mini-reunion to be held on foreign soil. We all signed a postcard to Jack Barleon, showing a Baden Baden Casino roulette wheel with the number 35 circled.

Speaking of Jack, on the same day of the above mini-reunion, Al Dinwiddle and Jeff Parker drove up from Cape Cod to visit Jack at the V.A. Hospital at Brockton. Jeff reports: "Jack has fairly well recovered from his bout with the flu and pneumonia (mentioned in last month's column). — Jack was elated because he had recently been notified of his selection to receive the 'Speedy' award this year. This award, made by the Paralyzed Veterans of America, is 'in recognition of his most significant contribution to the field of paraplegia.' — Jack's active participation and accomplishments in this area are such as to create awe in all of us — and sets an incredible example that ranks high in human endeavor." As of this writing. Jack expected to go to Portland, Oregon, inAugust to receive this reward. In any case, we extend to him our sincere congratulations on this well deserved recognition by his peers.

Sellen and Ed Keats spent a few days over the 4th of July at the summer home of their daughter, Susan, her husband and two children on Nantucket Island. On their way home to Baltimore, they spent a day and a night with Louisa and Jeff Parker at their summer place at Chatham on Cape Cod. The Parkers and Keats enjoyed the opportunity to visit, do a bit of local sightseeing and have a boating Shipmate, October 1983

'35 Mini-Reunion in Baden Baden picnic lunch before the Keats resumed their trip home on 8 July.

Jack Seymour from Branford, Connecticut, reports that son Jim and family, as of late July, were in the process of moving to Taipei, Taiwan, where Jim will be general manager of Bankers Trust Co.'s Branch. They were to drive across country in George Lee's son's car. Capt. Dick Lee ('62) was being transferred to the West Coast from Groton, and needed someone to drive his car out.

Jim wanted to sell his car on the East Coast. A similar mutually beneficial arrangement was implemented in 1939 when Jack and Elise, enroute the Asiatic Station, drove Doug Rhymes's car across country.

The Class Annual Letter with audit and address list, which was mailed in mid-July, has stimulated numerous responses. Many have paid their Class dues to various future dates. (Jack Seymour paid up to his 100th birthday.) Ralph Beacham's widow, Virginia, sent in funds for a chair in the Memorial Stadium in Ralph's memory, making a total of 115 chairs designated for '35ers. Jesse Gay reports that orders and photographs for our 50- Year Book have started to come in and that on 3 August we hit 10% of our sales goal. Most respondents have asked that their biographical sketches be prepared by the staff, although some of these also wanted to review what is written about them. These biographies will be prepared

by Steve Stever and his helpers from the data submitted by the subjects. Jesse opines that such a review seems to be a duplication of effort, as well as time consuming, and he suggests that those wanting to edit their biographical sketches use the second option offered, namely, submit their own write-ups, based on biographic data sheets, so that they will follow the format of those written by the staff. George Powell, the photo editor, wishes to re-emphasize the need for recent photos with good lighting (no shadows on faces), preferably 3" x 5", black and white close-ups, one of the Classmate and one of him with his family. The latter, if submitted, will be used in the 50-Year Book and the former will be placed in the Class archives. If only the former is submitted, it will be used in the Book.

Changes and corrections in the new address list are: Sonny Christian changed his address to 4114 31st Ave., Meridian MS 39301; Tom Dorsey's Apt. # should be 705; Gene Henley's zip should be 30033; Myers Keithly has moved from Huntington Shipmate, October 1983

Beach to 121 E. Bay Ave., Newport Beach CA 92661; Perry Mclntire's Apt. # should be 1104B; Ed Pennebaker has moved to 3200 6th Ave., San Diego CA 92103; P. K. Wright's widow, Elizabeth, in Easton (MD) advises the Route # should be 7.

36 Pres., Capt. Frank G. Law USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wm. A. Ellis USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale VA 22003 Percent Members: 85 Living Grads: 169 At this writing October is two months away when we'll be enjoying the events of another Homecoming and have seen a goodly portion of the 1983 football season. Here's hoping that many of you will make it to the home games in Annapolis and that we will be able to talk to you during the "Tailgate" sessions. Until then, hope you all had an enjoyable Summer.

Those of you who may have read the '42 column in the July/August Shipmate would have noted that it reported Bill Morrow had reserved Hubbard Hall on 22 October 1986 for their 45th Reunion. A call from Randy Meade, our Annapolis Coordinator, assures us such is not the case, and that it is the result of an administrative error. Randy assures us that Hubbard Hall is reserved for '36 and that it will be the location of the '36 Reunion Dinner Dance during our 50th Reunion in October '86 as confirmed with the Superintendent's Office. You'll be hearing more about the 50th in the very near future as plans materialize.

A letter from "Moose" Brown (6 July) brought a full report of the recent trip to mainland China which Mary Julia and he made in May as members of the People to People Technical Exchange Group sponsored by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, a trip that was made possible through an invitation from the Chinese Society of Naval Architects who invited SNAME to send 35 of its members to the mainland to discuss the technical aspect of ship design and shipbuilding.

"Moose" was one of those who accepted the invitation. Said "Moose": " . . . left home on 22 May for Seattle where we spent two nights prior to departing for Tokyo. While in Seattle, had the

good fortune to meet with Lloyd Benson for a good old bull session. Other events involved meeting the other members of the delegation and their wives who added much to the social part of the trip and attending briefings on China and what to expect on the trip." We wish we could share the whole report with you, but our space limitations make only a brief account possible, and so we will include the letter in our Class History Book. In addition to Tokyo, where they enjoyed sightseeing, the Brown's next visited Beijing, the Chinese capital city, where their hosts met them at the airport and escorted the group to their hotel and their first experience with a multicourse Chinese dinner. Technical meetings were followed by a large reception and banquet at The Great Hall of the People where there is a reception room for each province — in this case the room honoring Mongolia. Sightseeing included the Red Square — largest in the world, the Summer Palace with its famous marble warship, and a Sunday tour that took everybody to the Great Wall and to the Ming Emperor's Tombs . . . Next stop was Dalien via train in which the group travelled four to a compartment, each with a berth for sleeping but little or no privacy. The train skirted the coast for hundreds of miles "taking us through some of the most fertile and productive farm land in China as well as passing through Mukden before turning south to the port of Dalien where we stayed in a very unique government installation in the hills along the shore outside the city . . . Following more technical sessions we visited one shipyard and one of the major schools of naval architecture."

From Dalien, the group boarded the train for Harshin — again an overnight trip — where they attended more technical discussion at the Institute of Technology, inspected some of the facilities, were entertained by the kindergarden children of the Institute, cruised the river, and took a tour of the city . . . "From Dalien we left for Shanghai by plane after the most thorough examination of baggage and person. The Chinese obviously don't plan on allowing another plane hijacking!" In Shanghai two shipyards, the Shanghai University, several factories, and a cruise down the Whang Po to the Yangtze and back were on the agenda.

"Our next stop was Hong Kong where we enjoyed three days of shopping, relaxing, and a bit of sightseeing . . . All in all, the trip was all that we expected. The country is too vast to take it all in in two weeks, but we were impressed by the crowds, the bicycles, and the general good health of the people — all of whom appeared to be very well-fed and comfortably dressed. . . . We arrived home with plenty of jet lag and suitcases filled with dirty laundry, but must admit it was a wonderful, eye-opening trip." Thanks for your letter, "Moose," and its report of what must have been a fabulous adventure for both of you.

Ginny and Harry Stark were in town in late July for their annual visit with Ginny's sister and two weeks at Rehoboth Beach. It was good to see them again and to hear about the '36ers on the West Coast. Harry reported that there was a grand reunion at the June Week West KT party with Anne and Otis Cole, Carol and Ralph Humes, Phyllis and Dick Rothwell, and Georgia and Phil Shetenhelm. Janet and Marshall Thompson were also expected but at the last minute didn't make it. Following the KT party, all ajourned to the Town & Country Restaurant for dinner. Said Harry: " . . . saw lots of others from other Classes — 'twas a good time, but only two couples from the '36 survived to attend the dinner dance the next night. Us old fuds wuz too tired!"

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On 28 July we had a phone call from Von Burkart advising why he hadn't written lately. We were sorry to learn that just a few days prior to his call he was officially declared totally blind by the Navy — a hard decision to take. Von says he has partial sight, can read with the help of a magnifying glass and manage to walk to the store, but nevertheless is unable to see across the room or keys on his typewriter. However, you can't keep an old sea dog down. He has his tickets for the A&N Game and is anxiously awaiting the big event in Pasadena. He sends his best regards to all.

A note from Ben Oelheim (29 July) inquired about our sweltering summer heat at the old homestead and slaving at the office in 100 degree temperatures. Thanks for your concern, Oley. The heat we didn't like, but slaving at the old ASNE office ceased in May '81 — so the Summer wasn't too bad. In fact, we are now enjoying the fruits of our small garden labors — tasty lettuce, sweet carrots, lucious onions, hot radishes, and the biggest tomatoes you ever saw. As for your request, just be patient. Sooner or later we'll manage to put out an updated Class Roster.

decided to stay in Australia through year-end, returning to Hawaii and thence to Sausalito. We'd like to get to Sydney before they shove off. We also echo Billy's comment regarding recent spate of bad news — 'too many leaves falling from the old tree.' . . . To any old friends contemplating the Alumni Package Trip to the Rose Bowl A&N Game with its three-day stop in Vegas, we'll be happy to see you and help you get around."

On 10 August we attended a most delightful seminar and luncheon at the Alumni House on the occasion of Roy Smith's retirement as Shipmate Editor. The luncheon was held for all Class Scribes who contribute Class news to Shipmate to give them a chance to commend Roy for his outstanding job over the past twelve years and to meet the new editor. Col. James W. Hammond, Jr., USMC (Ret.), a former editor of the Marine Corps Gazette and a member of the Class of '51. It was a pleasure to greet the new editor, to wish Roy the best in retirement, and to meet the other Class Secretaries and Scribes.

That's it for now. See you at Homecoming, and the good word is "BEAT ARMY!"

Beat Army — Pasadena Friday, 25 November

37 Chmn. Wash, area, Capt. James B. Denton 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 Happy Homecoming and "Beat Pitt" to all who will be gathering in Crabtown for our 46th. Your CS hopes to be there, but at the moment plans are uncertain. With a class rendezvous in prospect, this issue of Shipmate provides a good opportunity to start a birthday recording paragraph, a proposal sent in by Bob Farrington and supported by the Washington group. With the aid of a card file and the 1983 Alumni Register there is now a chronological listing of locatable members of 1937 with copies available on request. For a starter here is the "Many Happy Returns" list to those who by the end of October will attain the big "70"!

In April there were: Johnny Neilsen, Ken Hanson, Ralph Benson, and Bush Bringle; in May, Walt Phaler, Ray Vroome, Frank Eddy, Saverio Filippone. Rivers Morrell, and Russ Wallace; in June, Tom Adams, Don Huey, Charlie Gore, and Bill Harmuth; in July, Bones Savage, Sneed Schmidt, Al Gerken, Joe Rengel, Skeeter Gardes, Levick

Three '36ers rally 'round at 1 ellows' home at Falmouth on Cape Cod A note from "Rosy" Ryan (22 July) sent a Cape Cod reunion photo and the following news: " . . . Pictured are three old salts Bob Morton, Cari Fellows, and yours truly enjoying the good Hfe on Cape Cod. While on a trip to Boston, I drove down to East Falmouth where Fran and Carl Fellows have a beautiful home overlooking the Atlantic. Carl invited Fran and Bob Morton, who hve in Cataumet, to join us for dinner. Since all three men were appointed from Massachusetts and were in the 2nd Batt, our recollections went back over 50 years. Both Bob and Carl look great — younger than their years. We found out, by chance, that we share a common heritage. Our forebears came from the Canadian Maritime Provinces to Massachusetts. Anyone who knows the Nova Scotia-Newfoundland Winters will understand why. It was an upbeat evening, and we broke it up reluctantly . . . Ann and Dick Pratt had been guests at the Fellows' home only two days before — a sign that it never rains but pours '36 at Falmouth . . . Cissy and Bill Kaufman will depart San Francisco soon to visit Vienna, Budapest, and other exotic spots in the Balkans. Cissy's father, Co. W. W. Hicks ('08), was the Military Attache in Vienna in the 1930s. So their trip will be a sentimental journey for her. Regards to all."

Ross Hirshfeld wrote (1 Aug.): " . . . Short news update from Las Vegas — written earlier, but delayed in transmission. The first unscheduled '36 luncheon, Arizona-Nevada axis, was held at the Sands Hotel in mid-May — Present: Combs and Hirshfeld. The time was too short — Vince had to get his beautifully-detailed blue and white Cessna back to Yuma before high winds closed him out. We called Ed Huxtable in Douglas to rib him for missing the luncheon, but have since talked to Ed and all is well there . . . Note from Denise and Billy Johnson in Elizabeth Bay advised they had 64

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Street, Hank Transue, and Buck Wilsie; in August, Swede Hansen, Ted Peterson, George EUerton, Red Hessel, Barney Barninger, Tracy Holmes, Tony Zavadil, and RoUo Ross; in September, Don Dean, Charlie Andres, Henry Sipple, and Bill Stevens; and for October, Al Waugh, Charlie Dodds, Larry JuHhn, Wes Steesy, Charlie Burch, Si Ramey, and Paul Byrum. Congratulations to our seniors. October birthday greetings for those of later years go to Charlie Gibson, Hal Usher, Walt Stencil, Jack Gibson, Fred Janney, Vic Wildt, George Chipley, Bernie Bieri, Sid Bottomley, John DeVane, John Dyson, Roger Mehle, Fil Gilkeson, and Dick Ball. Subsequent hsts will be much shorter, now that the hst is up-to-date.

From the Washington group comes a suggestion that birthday celebrants send a dollar during their month to the 1937 class fund, watched over by Johnny Johnston in Washington. Good participation in this will keep the fund solvent in the years ahead.

Speaking of funds. Bill Mack sent in an update on the 50-year Memorial Fund. There is about 312,000 on hand and pledges for another $40,000.

FullfiUment of the pledges should insure completion of the Memorial as described in a recent Shipmate by Bill. Design work under the guidance of Wayne Brown is beginning Bill, with traditional modesty, did not mention his late work with Royal Saudi Naval Expansion Project. George Chegin '75, whose company is monitoring this program, wrote of Bill's visit to the new Saudi ships undergoing shakedown training at Little Creek, and a talk he gave to officers and petty officers on Command at Sea. Included in the talk were "several outstanding sea stories relating to high levels in our command structure." Bill's book Command at Sea is now in the personal library of each Saudi skipper and in George's words, "they are quoting from it."

From Whitestone on Virginia's "northern neck," Frank Smart has written that he recently attended with Ginnie and Tracy Holmes, a confirmation service for Ginnie's son, Jeffrey Silverman. Tracy had been up to Annapolis to sell his ocean-going sloop. BLUEJACKET, and while there had run across Frank Worth. Tracy is now looking for a fiberglass trawler-type craft. (Your CS has no address for Tracy Holmes — help, please.)

Ruthie and Jack Watkins wrote to the Smarts from Peterboro, New Hampshire, noting that their two sons, one from California and one stationed in Saudi Arabia, would be home for a July reunion.

Frank also included a program of the Annual Homecoming at Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia where he was guest preacher. Alumni in attendance included Frank Pinney '34 and Gordon Fowler '36. On the vestry as Church Registrar is Frankie Dalton.

Wes Steesy sent in a prompt report on the July luncheon of the Washington-Annapolis group. In 90 degree heat the Annapolitans were conspicuous by their absence, and were missed in discussions that centered mainly on a possible Fifty Year Fix in 1987. With Jim Denton in the chair, Larry Brantley, Paul Hartmann, Zeke Soucek, John Reese, Don Baer, Johnny Johnston, and Wes looked at problems in publishing a third edition of 1937's after-graduation story. Editorial comment from this way-station would be premature, but count on help here if and when needed, Jim. Two photographs sent in by Walt Barry prove that 1937 has a youthful Tidewater area group with plenty of charisma. The occasion was a brunch, hosted by Kay and Gerry Joyce at the Little Creek O'Club in late June. Please note presence of Betty and Curt Kelly down from Reedville, Virginia.

Thanks, Walt, for such good reunion photos. The Shipmate, October 1983

Tidewater gang continues a high standard of camaraderie and reporting.

Last March while crossing the Bellevue AvenueMemorial Boulevard intersection here in Newport, a precarious operation at any time, 1 was hailed from a New York car, guided by Mark Jordan, searching out summer accommodations for a short July holiday. As of today I have not seen Mark up here, but a mid-July letter brings an update on '37's CEC detachment. Mark, returned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1967 to become dean of continuing studies and won his Ph.D. (management) in January 1968, staying on the RPI faculty until 1977. He writes, "During that last year 1 took a sabbatical with an Albany engineering firm, decided that it was time for a change and consulting was fun, and wound up with an early retirement as professor emeritus. After two years of helping to mastermind a garbage-to-fuel plant for Albany, 1 hung out my own shingle, under which 1 operated for the last five years. I plan to continue this as long as health permits and clients keep coming, operating in the general area of construction project management, ranging from the very mundane but necessary task of day-to-day inspection through preparation of contract documents to negotiation of contract claims and serving as arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association on disputed contracts and working with lawyers on claims. Our older daughter, Liz, having put her three children into college, has gone back herself and just completed a first year at Georgetown Law. Younger daughter, Meg, is a professional chef, and oldest granddaughter Lisa has just graduated from RPI as a chemical engineer, getting five job offers, no mean accomplishment in a tough year for graduates in her field. Louise keeps busy managing a small apartment house for RPI students, is as beautiful as ever and still the best cook I know." Mark also reported on his RPI classmate and our other CEC graduate.

Herb Hartman, noting that after retirement from the Navy he taught engineering for a number of years at Potomac State College in Keyser, West Virginia. There he met his wife Irene, also on the faculty. They are both now retired from the faculty and as Mark writes "are world travellers par excellence. Louise and I particularly enjoyed the chance to become acquainted with Irene when the Hartmanns visited Albany in July. Herb's three children are all doctors (David an M.D. and Cdr. MC, USN, Dick and Margie Ph.D's); perhaps that is unique in our Class." The CEC news is most welcome, Mark; many thanks.

Bob Farrington asked me to remind all of you about the Homecoming Golf Tournament for which he is the appointed 1937 Class sponsor, courtesy of Chairman Jim Denton. Bob is hoping for a number of entrants in the October 21 event on the Academy Course. Good luck and watch the water on #7 hole!

This column ends with a tribute to one of the "firsties" of fifty years ago, when on September 29 our Plebe Battalion was dissolved and joined the Regiment for 1933-34 Academic Year. It was our first look at the Class of 1934, returned to be "in-charge" after their cruise and leave period. For the last twelve years Roy Smith '34 has edited our class column, sent in by several corresponding secretaries. On behalf of all the plebes of his firstclass year here are our greetings and best wishes as he retires from a life of deadlines and magazine layouts ad infinitum. He has done a great job with Shipmate, and he will be greatly missed. To his successor. Colonel Jim Hammond USMC (Ret.) 1951, a warm welcome and anticipation for the future steady cruising of Shipmate.

— Beat Pitt and BEAT ARMY out West —

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 If they all get printed, we have 8 pictures taken at the Washington Group's June picnic plus an older picture taken in Hawaii on our twentieth reunion. The picture is a sentimental favorite of Marybeth Collum.

Our Classmate Bob (Axel) Allison died in June.

His widow Lois wrote us as follows: "This is to inform you that Bob passed away on June 27. He had been undergoing chemotherapy since March of this year, plus treatment for emphysema and heart. He was able to attend two of his ship reunions the two weeks before he died — NASHVILLE in Nashville, Tennessee, and FANSHAW BAY in St. Louis. He returned to Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 26, and stayed over at the Airport Holiday. Then I drove down on Monday to pick him up and found him dead in his room around 1:30 p.m. I had talked to him by telephone Monday morning around 8:30 a.m. Even though it was a terrible shock. I found consolation, knowing that Bob was able to go and enjoy these two reunions with the men who served with him and under him. He had been looking forward to going and it gave him something to think about in his treatment because that was very hard on him." Our condolences for the loss of a fine husband and gallant Classmate.

K. G. Robinson has caught the nostalgia fever and submitted two anecdotes about the good old days. The first is entitled "I've Got the Crud."

It was second-class summer. Bob Huron and Kagey Robinson doubled up with Chet Owen and Doc Holmes for the Summer. As usual, we all got athletes foot and decided to go all out to get rid of it, including applying Gentian Violet to our toes.

Randy Klippel, who was a nightly visitor after evening meal, saw the purple on Doc's feet and asked about it. With that dead serious look that only Doc could give, he said, "I've got the crud; caught it in Tangier on our last cruise; don't get too close — it's infectious."

Klip left our room to visit some other friends, whereupon Doc Holmes sneaked into Klip's room and put some Gentian Violet inside Khp's sheeplined slippers. In the morning Klip found a purple haze on his toes and rushed into our room asking Doc what he should do. Doc advised the worried Klip to dash up to sick bay. Klip went through the waiting hne and gave his name, class, etc., to the corpsman who inquired what his complaint was. Klip blurted out that he had the "Crud."

Choking down a laugh, the corpsman nudged the duty doctor who carried the gag along, clucking as if Klip might have leprosy and warning him that he might miss some of his September leave.

"Where are you from?" the doctor asked. "West Chester," Klip answered. "That's fortunate for yoii." the doctor continued. "There's a good dermatologist in New York who could treat you while you're on leave. Meanwhile it's important to keep the Crud from spreading up your legs. You should paint a ring of shoe blacking around each ankle and then tie a yellow string over the blacking."

On the way back to his room Klip stopped to see Doc Holmes and give him a rundown on the treatment. KHp was in such a distressed state that Doc broke down and told him of the hoax. We were not too happy with Doc at first since we thought we could work the gag for a couple of more days. But after we thought it over, we were glad that Doc called it off. That was one of Doc 65

Holmes hidden virtues: he would not hurt anyone.

(Kagey's other story will appear in a forthcoming issue.)

From Zimanski, Chairman, Narrative and Photo Committee, 45th.

Marybeth Collum still chuckles recalling how she and Evie O'Brien conspired and swapped positions posing (in the 20th Reunion picture).

Marybeth also sent clippings from the Washington Evening Star dated June 2, 1938. In them FDR states that all 435 who graduated were "scholars and gentlemen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and he was very proud of us."

Posterity, never forget!

Carl Fleps, Phil Beshany, Tiny Lynch, Jim Andrews Frank Jones and John Ferriter

Shirley Andrews, Fran Hartigan Connie Jackson

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1938 20th Anniversary in Hawaii â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I. to r.: front, R. Managhan, Collum, O'Brien, Giffen, Trickey, Bywater; kneeling, Evie O'Brien, Marybeth Collum; 3rd row, Doris Bywater, Grace Giffen, Gloria Mandel, Helen Ratliff, LeClaire Saxten, Janet Haddock, Winnie Haines, Marion Brenner, Ginnie Managhan; 4th row, Mandel, Ratliff, Saxten, Haddock, John Haines, Brenner

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This travelogue from Dan Harrington. "Jessie and I just returned from 22 days in Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland. Staying in 17 different farmhouses was delightful. Edinburgh has changed vastly since our midshipman cruise almost 50 years ago. Highlight of the trip was a medieval banquet in the castle of Ruthin, Wales."

Gordon Williams writes, "I met and married Muriel. C/M John Woodruff brought Muriel aboard LEXINGTON for dinner. He asked me to take care of her while he had something to do. He failed to say for how long, so I'm still taking care of her after 42 years.

"I turned the DD CLAXTON over to the British in Halifax, flew to Long Beach, married Muriel, drove to Norfolk to catch GREER, all in 12 days, a real speed run. History made. On Sept. 4, 1941, as gunnery officer, I ordered depth charges fired on a German sub in the GREER incident. I believe this was the first action against the Axis powers.

1 was also involved in the second incident a month later in KEARNY with a skipper early in the war.

He regularly intimidated the young ship's doctor into preparing for him abundant cough medicine.

The Exec, et al. finally had him transferred."

The memories of Lee Rogers. He recalls how he was taken prisoner after HOUSTON was sunk.

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fined in a local jail in Pandeglang. He didn't see any Japanese soldiers until the ne.xt day when a group of combat troops visited the jail searching each cell. At Lee's cell they asked his nationality.

Inghs? No, Hollander? No. American? Yes. Hah, basebar. Babe Ruth, Joe DiMag., Refty O'Doora.

(O'Doul had completed an exhibition tour in Japan several years before the war started.) Lee recalls how the Chinese and Japanese played havoc with I's and r's. He learned to answer up to Leon Logers and Reon Rogers. Arriving home in Washington after the war required some vocabulary adjustment. He thought GI was a garbage can; never heard of Bupers; Wave? What's that? Met his first Wave in Bupers. She saluted him. He perplexed, tipped his hat! The Pentagon?

More geometry? You may wonder if Lee suffered any ill effects of his long imprisonment. None at all, I, FAZ, can assure you. Well perhaps a little.

At our last stag lunch Lee was addressing the group. Among his many and tji^ically profound and philosophical remarks Lee stated, "We should orr be grad and thankfur that we rive in this gleat rsmd of the flee and the home of the blave." Not to worry, fellow Classmates; in due and reasonable time this sUght speech impediment is sure to clear up.

Chuck Simmons and John Moyer

39 Pres., Capt. Femald P. Anderson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. W. J. Ruhe USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Ave., McLean VA 22102 Percent Members: 78 Living Grads: 393 At the July luncheon, Jim Wallace reported on his houseparty at Dick Zullinger's home a few miles north of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Dottie Hardy was bustling about helping the host as were Jeaime and George McDaniels. "Sorry" Simpson was also on hand with his second wife, Mary, and bragging about his fishing exploits while poo-poohing the potential of the small community pond on which Dick's house fronts. At which young Jim ZulUnger, a spinoff with his father's expertise in his favorite sport took a 3-pound bass which caused "Sorry" to soberly reach for another drink. George ("Sloppy") is still with Babcox & Wilcox in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Jeanne still acts like the Uvely vivacious southern girl of our midshipman days. "Sorry," it should be noted, has made his occupation "fishing." Sue Wallace bore the brunt of Dick's — "Wedge's" — woes about his lousy television reception "a-way up in them thar hills of Pennsylvania." (Note that I'm dredging up the only names 1 remember them by

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— for the benefit of younger Alumni who read this column and who find it hard to beheve that their seniors used such fond intimate nicknames for their peers and pals.) At any rate. Wedge has a 125-foot high TV antenna because he's sheltered by the hills and he has a 20-foot diameter dish, satellite receiver and he still has trouble getting clear images because the telephone company is using some high frequency transmission line close by. Whatever; he's mainly mad at the telephone company.

Chariey Chandler reported he'd had a phone call from Bill Huffman requesting he. Bill, be removed from the Class phone list. Bill is retiring from his local bank job and is moving to Pensacola, Florida (802 Bayside Drive, 32507) to be the manager of his son-in-law's new business. His son-in-law. Dr. Thomas L. Brown, a radiologist from Walter Reed Hospital and an expert in ultrasonics and nuclear medicine, is forming an organization along with three other doctors to provide consultive services.

Stan Kerkering submitted a cartoon of Vad Utgoff, to mark Vad's retirement in June from the teaching job he had in the Aviation Dept. at the Naval Academy.

A rash of postcards from George Duncan are being received as he progresses through the schedule laid out in the last Shipmate. "Drove up to Scotland Sunday from Cambridge for golf — had a good week in Emmanuel College, half of our group were judges." The next card said, "Still at the golf — have played St. Andrews, Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Inverness (and about 10 more names of good Scotch whiskeys). Played as far north as Dornock. Heading now towards Glasgow" (for more golf?). Next card said "All going OK — great trip. Regards to the gang." (We await his cards describing his "gig" activities on the cruise ships — even more so than the results of Grant Roger's international white-water raft trips.)

"Skeet" Bemis sent in the pictures taken at the July Class luncheon in San Diego. Since they show some of the rarely photographed Classmates of that area I hasten them into print.

I was alerted to the death of Charlie Gray by "our man in Stonington, Connecticut," Vic Boatwright, who seems to be the Class's best news hound. Then the expected letter from Tom Weschler supplied the details. "It was a surprise to us, we didn't know he'd gone to the hospital.

Apparently his heart had become very weak through a series of strokes, and a reaction to some medicine led to the final crises. He'd enjoyed himself right to the end with a wonderful trip to the State of Washington in May. Charlie's body was cremated so there was no need for flowers, but a donation in his memory was made to the church where a memorial service was held for him — the United Congregational Church of Middletown."

Tom also added some news about his and Trina's doings: "Just back from a 10-day sail with the Bogarts joining in Winter Harbor, through the Reversing FaDs at St. Johns, New Brunswick, and up the rivers and lakes, leaving at Frederiston to drive home. Peggy and Tom Walker will be with us in late August for the America's Cup Ball."

The '39 Reunion Committee for the 45th put out a call for the addresses of a few Classmates: Kovaleski's widow, J. F. Rice, G. M. Lhamon, W. B. Didsbury, H. H. Elliot, Fred Vieweg, Adelman's widow, W. H. Seed, W. S. O'Kelly, M. Felix, D. S. Ross, H. D. Remington, C J. Holden, C W. Cushman, W. B. Martin, J. J. Bruckel. Drop Jig Ramage a note if you have info on their addresses.

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This column was hastily thrown together at the end of a two-week Book Club excursion to the chateau country of the Loire. Our Washington Book Club went over en masse to France for a great house party at a manor house at Soulange, France. Ronnie and Paul Loustaunau (members) stayed behind. But Ingrid and Ned Beach were active in the violent discussions, party games and book reviews that made up each evening — after a day's side trip to several of the glamorous historic castles of that area of France. We debated the nuclear freeze, intervention in San Salvador, Walter Mondale, the use of French idiomatic expressions, etc. I did eleven paintings of the French countryside, most of which contained sunflowers in profusion, causing me to understand why Van Gogh painted so many pictures of them. This might explain my failure to go on Bill Fargo's trip to China in late August.

A few items gleaned from the heads of the various houses at Pajaro Dunes; "The Bemises celebrated their wedding anniversary at House 68 with champagne and appropriate music supplied

by Jaime Trauger and John Cease." At House 74, J. A. McAllister notes, "After the Felixes had bought 14 tickets to the Army/Navy game. Hazel won two 50-yard hne tickets. With Betty and Grant Rogers on hand, plus others, we won most of the golf and tennis awards. And Danny Howland said that nobody slept for fear of missing something."

Art Fischer, the head of House 70, noted: "Elmo Waring said they are going north for a month after Pajaro Dunes and that he has his car rigged for the Alaska hiway — two sleeping bags, etc. Betty and Art Fischer became grandparents for the tenth time so Art passed around a box of candy — because of the surgeon general's scare program.

Clara and Ted Ustick are going with a trailer to Canada in July for fishing in British Columbia."

Ellis Fisher said he had to listen to Bill Fargo's travel accounts to every spot in the world. Also how Bill Ringness expects to break the 100 barrier in golf this year. ElUs claimed he "prepared hot stuffed mushrooms to satisfy the gourmets of his house. And that Bob Brent helped his wife Betty maintain a sanitary kitchen." (This is news?)

40 Pres., RAdm. Vince Healey USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler Place, Alexandria VA 22302 Percent Members: 78 Living Grads: 308 Washington Report As even the least avid reader among you must know by now — there was no 2nd-Wednesday-ofthe-Month luncheon-meeting in the DC Metro area in July. Most of the 'locals' had departed northwards for the Castine Caper #13 wherein Forty doth have Fun and Frolic For the Fortnight of the Fourth (of July).

A previous notice was somehow edited out of this column in the July-August Shipmate — so here we go again! On October 22 the pre-Homecoming game (vs PITT) tailgate will be assembled along CEDAR PARK ROAD (NORTH parking) between GATES #5 and #6. After the game there will be a complete (like supper) buffet and cash bar at the Alumni House; 247 King George Street.

Please remit $9/person to Frank Frankenberger, 209 Norwood Road, Annapolis MD 21401, ASAP! PHONE: 301/267-6408.

With the ever-ready assistance of Norbert of Norwood Road, Sally Bogardus is in the process of donating two carved wooden plaques, the handiwork of our late Bob Bogardus, to the Alum68

ni House and to the 4th Company Wardroom in Bancroft Hall; a Class of '40 insignia to the Midshipmen, and a USNA shield to the Alumni. The CCXIIl group in Castine had a preview of the two hand-carvings, and they are good! Thank you, Sally.

Back on 22 May, Kristin Elizabeth, daughter of Dorothea and George Kronmiller, was wed in St. John's Episcopal Church of McLean (VA) to Roger Keith Brubaker, son of Roger E. Brubaker, Chief of the Air Control Command Center in Leesburg. Kristin and Roger are now in Boise, Idaho, where Roger is employed by the FAA. Congratulations to the newlyweds and both their families!

Ted Hechler died in Annapolis after a year-long battle with cancer on Sunday, 14 August. Interment was in the National Cemetery at Arlington.

Ted was an outstanding and conscientious president of his Class since election to office 1 January 1979, and re-election in '82. His tour of duty included completion of the NA '40 Class Fountain ($40,000-1-), funding for the first NAF Scholarship ($20,000 +), organizing the highly successful 40th Reunion (1980), and commencement of preparations for the 45th (1985) with Jack Bowell as Chairman of the 45th Homecoming. He also set in motion plans to compile and distribute vital information for class widows and widowers, and authorized immediate and continuing distribution of Shipmate to our unremarried widows. Together, with Loretta as his accomplished and charming hostess, they turned their lovely home at 228 Lookout Lane into NA '40's Annapolis HQ. He will be greatly missed by his Classmates and bereaved widow. A letter to Loretta would be most thoughtful.

Your thoughts and prayers are asked for Sue, lovely sister of the late Carl Sander, and widow of Millard "Duck" Snyder, later remarried to W. H. Giberson of Coronado. He writes that she has been reduced to quadriplegic status by multiple sclerosis and is under full-time nursing home care at Paradise Hills Convalescent Center, 6061 Banbury Street, San Diego CA 92139. "W. H." will be happy to read to her any letters, post-cards, etc., you might care to write. He has been caring for Sue for many, many years, and both will appreciate your happy thoughts.

Castine Caper XIII Life goes on. And Marguerite and Ted Rodgers help to make the 'Golden Years' of NA '40 even brighter. Here's the turn-out response to this year's invitation to "Bide a wee while!" at Castine: Vera and John Barron, D'Arcy and Ned Bent, Marge and Bob Boettcher, Sally Bogardus, Jeanne and Don Bruce, Becky and Kent Bulfinch (Remember their "See you in Castine" letter after Becky was declared "terminal" in January?), Cis and Cliff Bundy with granddaughters Alexis and Chloe, Pat Champion, Elouise and John Chase, Marge and

John Claggett, Ellen and Dick Cochrane, Dorothy and Dave Davenport, Lu and Paul Desmond, Mary Anne and Phil Eckert, Emily and Horace Figuers, Jean and Sam Forter, Susie and Norb Frankenberger, Margaret and Fritz Freund, Phyllis and Bill Game, Isabelle and Virgil Gex, Barbara and Phil Glennon, Bea and Pat Gray, Dorthe and Cary Hall, Chris and Mike Hanley, Betty and Jake Heimark, Virginia and Ted Hill, Charlotte and Gene Lamiman, Mary and Blaine Libbey, Dave Marks, Rose and Mike Michaehs, Betty (a new bride) and Foggy Newcomb, Florence and Bill Roseborough, Lucille and John Rossi, Thelma and Bill Scott, Mary and Ed Sledge (CCXIII's "Commodore"), Ruth and Bud Schafer, Helen and Wally Utley, Penny and Hugh Vickery, Claudia and Bob White, Betsy, Glynn and GG Williams, Dee and Early Winters . . . Looking back over the list — some omissions: the families with the Eckerts, Freunds, Hills, Michaelis, and perhaps some others. Please forgive.

Now I wouldn't dare try to fool all you clever folks, so I won't . . . There are so many great photos, taken by Jane and Bill Laffey during last year's CCXII . . . it just hasn't seemed right to bury them in the Class Albums. So, I'll try to shp them by the new editor. Col. Jim Hammond Jr. SSSSh . . .

Incidentally, Ted added a fillip to this year's caper. Many of our Classmates rode into Castine (from Bar Harbor) on board MAINE — to start off the fortnight's festivities. Now you just can't hardly top that! And there was more, much more.

News From Here And There Let's hear from the West Coast! — Scott Goodfellow's letter of 26 July in toto: "It's time to recognize some far west U.S. activity! On 24 June, as a prelude to June Week West, Cathie and Leonard Bassett invited a host of Classmates .. . . to a superb cocktail and buffet at their home in Coronado. Their pool and lovely house and delicious buffet made old sea stories — and fun at just seeing each other — special. They sent invitations to Classmates as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area and east to Arizona.

"Those who accepted and attended were: Jan Orser and her daughter, Toni, Ray and Del Hundevadt from Redlands (CA), Rita (Earie Childs) Humes . . . Al and Velda Cook, Skip and Barbara Appleton (Skip's our Ph.D. from Laguna), Art and Caryl Varnum (Art can still make the gym team), Don Kable (Patty Poe was babysitting a grandchild), Neil and Freda Fisher from Thousand Oaks near Los Angeles, Willie and Toni Trice (Willie is a recent retiree from the Bank of America), Bud and Kathy Newhall from Phoenix, Dave and Marilouise Lewis, our 'furtherest away,' from Orinda (CA). Dave very recently retired after 25 years with Bechtel Corp. in San Francisco. Our Coronado contingent were: Betty Cannon, Flossie and Harry Fischer, John

Castine Caper XIII — Abdul Abulbul Amir gets slaughtered again! L. to r. — Chase, Frankenberger, Vickery, Barron, Claggett, Bent, Newcomb, Winters and Rodgers

Shipmate, October 1983

are back in Charleston Heights (SC) from four months in Korea, Hong Kong & China.

ADDRESS CHANGE #6 BRUCE — new address; PO BOX 521, VALLEY SPRINGS CA 95252. ERECKSON — 3400 vice 3500 25TH AVENUE. JOHNSON (WR MCKINNEY) — 98-715 vice 98-175 IHO PLACE. KARL — returned to 14 VENICE AVE., CHARLESTON HEIGHTS SC 29405. KIRK — new address; 1847 PILGRIMS POINT DR., FRIENDSWOOD TX 77546. LEE — new address; PO BOX 768, MAYSVILLE KY 41056.

MARKS — new address; 3200 HARTLEY ROAD #154, JACKSONVILLE FL 33217. MOON — zip 29418 vice 29405. NELSON — new address; 9100 FONDREN RD #181, HOUSTON TX 77074.

NEWCOMB — new address; 637 AVENIDA PEQUENA, SANTA BARBARA CA 93101.

QUINN — new address; PO BOX 414, HAYESVILLE NC 28904. TAYLOR — new address; COUNTRY CLUB APTS #T5, CLUB HOUSE ROAD, LEESBURG VA 22075. Delete MR JR TREANOR. WAGENHALS — use old address; BROWNING 2432 BRADLEY ST., BRISTOL VA 24201.

East Coast — CCXII: clockwise, Barron, Rodgers, Kirkpatrick, Sledge, Williams, Isabelle Gex, Ginny Hill, -Ann Sledge, Freund, Kirk, Karen and Jane Laffey — centerfold — "Lovers" Charlotte and Gene Lamiman fAil photos courtesy of Bill Laffey)

The Secretary's Corner Alibi of the Year: some of yotu^ letters have been lost. Please be patient . . . After a wonderful two months of flying, steaming, white-water (HOW white? Well, not really real white . . .) rafting and motoring from the NW through Alaska, and back down and up again through Castine, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Montreal . . . and down again through the White Mountains NH, West Point, NJ, NY and the NJ beaches, and after talking to Herm Trum by phone island-to-island (Victoria to Whidbey), staying a few nights with Phoebe and Russ Merrill in Digby NS, missing Dave Davenport between hotels in Quebec, and stopping by to see Claudia and Bob White in Contoocook NH . . . afier all that FUN, Dee and I had our overnight bags "ripped off" from our locked car whilst parked in front of a cousin's house in New Jersey. Some neighborhood! So we still have Dee's health . . .

West Coast — Chez Bassett: clockwise — Goodfellow, Appleton, Cook, Clare Hayes on the beach at Makarsa, Yugoslavia (those Hayeses are everywhere!), Marilouise and Dave Lewis, Betty Cannon and Velba Cook, Cathie Bassett, Barbara Appleton, Trice, Kable, Toni Trice, Hardy, Varnum, and in the center, Katy and Bud Newhall

and Dee Hardy, Bud and Edie Beaver, Scott and Barbara Goodfellow, and of course our gracious hosts, Leonard and Cathie Bassett. One welcome addition to our gathering was a Classmate but nongraduate, George Hemingway and his Peg . . . " Further north, in San Jose, Bob "Doc" Weatherup keeps his flyin' hand in by taking Kay and the grandchildren " . . . out to Moffett Field to see the Blue Angels as well as the rest of the air show . . ." Can't you hear fighter pilot Doc telling the kids — "Nothin' to it. Just push in that gadget and pull the wheel towards your chest . . ."?

From somewhere in the Great Lakes area, from another of our rapidly growing number of 'boatpeople' families, Betty and Stan Wagenhals, a msg Shipmate, October 1983

received by flashing blinker light: ". . . Betty and I crossed Saginaw Bay yesterday and are enjoying a day of rest here (East Tawas, Michigan) . . . Our cruise is going well. We are looking forward to Mackinac Island and Green Bay in the near future (Aug. '83). Stopped to see Phyllis and Bill Game at Albany, New York, and enjoyed dinner with them. Will keep you posted . . . " Mary Lou and Russ Moon escaped part of this summer's torrid heat at The Cloister on Sea Island off the Caroline Atlantic shore. Their daughter presented Russ with a very thoughtful Fathers' Day gift; a memorial plaque on Seat 12, Row 13, Section 28, in the Navy Stadium. Pay attention Sandi, Wendi, Dana (How did that " a " get in there?), and Debi!! Mary Lou further reports that the Karls

Thomas Hart Taylor

In the last two months we have lost two beloved Classmates — Tom Taylor and Ted Hechler.

Tom's picture appears here and Ted's will be found with his obituary in "Last Call." DeadHne precludes getting as much information about these two wonderful persons who touched so many people around them, but we shall enlarge upon their careers in future issues. The most sincere sympathy of the Class of 1940 is expressed to Bette Ann in Leesburg, Virginia, and to Loretta in Annapohs. * * * * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0! * * * * 69

41 Pres., Capt. Aubrey D. Engle USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda MD 20817 301/320-38«7 Percent Members: 71 Living Grads: 284 Post cards from Vic Moiteret are always interesting. The latest one reports that last Summer he got to visit Dick Stewart at the Naval Oceanographic Office at NSTL, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Then, while en route home from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Silver City, New Mexico, he and Rowena spent the night in Lafayette, Louisiana, and tried hard to reach Verne and Roland Bienvenu, but got no answer. This bundle of information was on a card that Vic bought in London! Later, after settling down in the Land of Enchantment, Vic wrote the following: "Sounds like another routine Summer for Chuck Merdinger.

Reports indicate that in mid-June he presided over the graduation at Sierra Nevada College where the Governor of Nevada made the major address and picked up an honorary degree. Then Chuck and Mary immediately drove from their Tahoe home to La Jolla for a few days before whisking off to the East Coast for a board meeting and a minireunion of Chuck's Rhodes Scholar class held in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. That done with, they flew to London where they attended a worldwide reunion of Rhodes Scholars in Oxford for the 80th Anniversary of those scholarships. Daughter Jane came down from Glasgow to join our quiet pair for a 3-day cruise down the Rhine, after which they stayed in Stuttgart for a while with daughter Susan before going on tour in Yugoslavia. They expected to drive around the continent for a bit before returning to the U.S.A. for another board meeting in late July and back to La Jolla in early August before journeying to Las Vegas for a meeting of the trustees of the Desert Research Institute. Then finally back about the second week of August to the Tahoe spot to put their feet up for a short while getting ready to host Vic Moiteret along with Rowena and Alan in September." Will Chuck ever learn how to gather any moss? It is very doubtful.

Last Summer Norfolk hosted an Association of Naval Aviation convention and '41 was well represented by Blount, Cagle, Charlie Carr, Cooper, Edwards, Elliott, Matton, Sisk, Weisner and Windsor. As you can see from the accompanying picture, none has aged a bit.

Stu Jones sent in an interesting clipping from the Santa Barbara paper about Pat Murphy, who is the manager of Vandenberg AFB's resident office for the Kennedy Space Center. The article is too long to reproduce, but it gives a most interesting rundown of Pat's career in submarines and the space program. He's also cited as an avid

week-end golfer! In addition to what he accumulated in the Navy, Pat has been awarded two NASA Exceptional Service Medals, one of which was awarded in recognition of Pat's stress on international space science cooperation. In addition to the clipping about Pat, Stu reports that the Byrds, Dukes, Joneses and Wyses had a good gettogether last spring in Palos Verdes.

The Washington Area's June co-ed lunch was, by all accounts, a big success. Joe Hoker says there was a turn-out of 28 Classmates with spouses and guests for a grand total of 59 attendees. The Annapolis Yacht Club was the scene and the luncheon was excellent. Those who were there were warm in their thanks to Jack Rogers for setting it up and expressed the hope that Jack and Howard Montgomery, also a member of the Yacht Club, would get us there again soon so that those who missed this luncheon can get caught up on a good time.

1 understand that a couple of Classmates brought their yachts as well and there were even free rides either before or after lunch. 1 also hear that everyone got home in one piece.

You should have received details of our Homecoming party by now. As of this writing, the site of our party will be the old North Severn Officers' Club, which is now the Naval Academy primary school on top of the Naval Academy Golf Clubhouse. Now do you know where it is? We expect to be in the school area and patio.

Having told you about our Classmates and wives on the West Coast who are in the travel business, I think you should know that we have an expert on the East Coast, too. Helen Luehman handles group travel for Travel Horizons in Crystal Square Arcade, Arhngton, and has taken groups of Classmates' wives to Greece and elsewhere. She also handles individual travel needs.

On the sad side, I have to report that my good friend and our Classmate, Dave Polatty, died last July in Portsmouth, Virginia, after a long illness.

Funeral services were held in Virginia Beach and then Dave was buried at Arlington National Cemetary with full military honors where the Class was well represented. After retiring from the Navy, Dave taught math at Maury High School in Norfolk and, for a number of years was a Blue and Gold recruiter. Memorial donations may be made to the Unified Chapel at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, to be used for the Intensive Care Unit's family waiting room. I know that everyone joins me in extending our deepest sympathy to Frances and all the rest of the family.

Recently, I heard some other class secretaries telling how difficult it is to get news from Classmates. Thank goodness you do not let me get into that condition. This seems like a good time to thank all of you for taking the time to send me news and pictures. I may not always get to use everything you send, but I enjoy it and appreciate your taking the time. Don't stop!

Blount, Edwards, Windsor, Weisner, Carr, Sisk and Elliott

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42 Pres., Capt. Robert F. Reilly USN (Ret.) Sec'y, R. S. Day CLU P.O. Box 6042, Shiriington Station Arlington VA 22206 Percent Members: 74 Living Grads: 401 Summer's heat slowed down the flow of mail to a decided crawl. Asl don't make the news that's deemed fit to print, will have to hope that things begin to pick up with Homecoming in the offing.

Fortunately, Bill Morgan did come up with a partial solution to a short IN basket along with a foto of himself and Hank Woessner taken at the spring awards ceremony at Fallbrook (CA) High School. To wit: a multiple-choice quiz!

These two educators are shaking hands because: a) Bill is congratulating Hank, Principal, Fallbrook High, on completing another successful school year. b) Hank is congratulating Bill, avocado grower, for having adjusted quite well to retirement. c) Hank is thanking Bill, the President of the Fallbrook Garden Club, for presenting a $500 scholarship to an outstanding, graduating senior. d) All of the above.

ANSWER: d) Actually, Bill would really have us believe that he was congratulating Hank as the youngest looking member of the Class, which may have to do with Hank's remaining gainfully employed.

Following Hank's lead. Bill has now been nominated to run for mayor of Fallbrook and Jim Salassi will be his campaign manager. If Mary Lee and Bill come to Washington to see their son and two grandsons, we may have a full report on the voter preference in their part of California. Son Tom attended the University of Virginia and is now on duty at the State Department.

Charlie Bishop supplied the foUowng wrap-up of the San Diego '42 Class party during June Week West at Barbara and Dick Sewall's lovely home on the Bay, June 24th. From the San Diego area came Verna and Jim Ashley, Amy and Bill Betzer, AInora and Charlie Bishop, Gerry Brown, Dot and Maino DesGranges, Odette and John Davis, Louise and Dick Glaeser, Millie Halvorson, Bea and Don Holmes, Shirley and Eric Hopley, Dottie and Hal Howard, Sue and Bob Mills, Mary Lee and Bill Morgan, Fran and Bob Poage, WilHe Weber and Lethe Moeller, and Grace and Hank Woessner. From the Los Angeles area came Mary and Bill Arthur, Carmen and Ed Gallagher, Miriam Johns, Vannie and Ivan Sturgis, and Dottie Wiggins. From Santa Barbara came Pat and Wes Gebert; from Monterey came Ruth and Joe Tully and Jeanne and Scroggie Wiley; and all the way from Sacramento, Carolyn and Mo Slater. It was a great get-together!

Charlie has provided a run-down on the proposed 45th Reunion to be held at the Hotel del Coronado, June 24-27, 1986. The schedule follows the successful pattern of several other Classes which have held reunions in San Diego.

Tuesday — registration and cocktail party Wednesday — golf, or bus tour, plus cocktail party Thursday — group foto, harbor cruise, cocktails, dinner-dance Friday — off to June Week West (at the PG School, Monterey).

Bob Lim with two granddaughters and Bob Mills joined Charlie in early June for a day of sailing to celebrate the return of the sun after a month of "coastal overcast." In turn, AInora and Charlie Shipmate, October 1983

MiUie Halvorson, Ed Gallagher, Grace Woessner

J. Davis and S. Wiley

At the Get-Together

Shipmate, October 1983

took off on July 1st for Seattle and a cruise up the Gulf of Georgia and a Class party at Margaret and Leo Culjat's on July 3rd. Understand a follow-up is coming in from Seattie and we'll pick up the story in the next column.

Dottie Wiggins rounds out our reports from California with two press clippings reporting on Fullerton Councilman Buck Catlin. With full foto coverage. Mayor Pro Tem Catlin, who is also secretary/treasurer of the local Veterans Memorial Association, was lauded for his part in honoring an American airman killed over Schweinfurt and subsequently interred in Fullerton. In the second article, Bobbie and Buck were seen at the Naval Training Center taking part in ceremonies in which daughter, Jo Dee Catlin Jacobs, was promoted to lieutenant commander. Jo Dee is attached to the Service School Command as assistant officer in charge of the hull, engineering, and supply schools.

She previously was stationed at Vallejo, the Philippines, San Francisco, and Pearl Harbor.

On a more personal note, Dottie brought us up to date on the girls. Diane and Denise, the identical red-headed twins are off to prep school under the auspice of the Naval Academy Foundation.

West Point admitted female twins this July, but Dottie figures that her girls will put them to shame when they combine their red hair with white cap covers and blue uniforms. And, she is grateful for all of the encouraging letters which have helped speed the twins on their way. Dee Dee, the 24-year old, is also Navy and stationed at NAS Rota, Spain, and loves the service. Dottie hopes to visit shortly. Doray, 27, is headed back to Antartica and hopes to "Winter Over." She was one of three women at the Pole last year and was seen on Hugh Down's "20-20" TV show last March. Now, we can see why Dottie is headed for Spain and not the South Pole. It's one thing to spend a few weeks in Spain in the Fall; quite another to dig in at the Pole. Quite a family.

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43 Pres., Capt. Robert N. Adrian USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, III (SC) USN (Ret.) 647 Kaimahno St., Kaliua HI 96734 Corr. Sec'y, Owen F. Keeler Jr. 207 Meadow Gate Dr., Annapolis MD 21401 Percent Members: 72 Living Grads: 434 By the time this issue hits the street, one of Crabtown's longest, hottest Summers will be past us, we hope! It was the kind of Summer that makes you think of some other long, hot Summers. Take 1940 for example; there were hot weather, hot spots and hot times. A friendly tipster sent along this shot of Paul Padget and Jim Cloman in Panama City. Since it is daylight, 1 assume it was taken before they marched off to the evening classes on local customs that were held every night at Mamie Kelley's.

Another bit of history comes from Phil Hambsch with a photo of a group from the 2nd Battalion that used to take full advantage of the fact that Phil had relatives living next door to Carvel Hall. Phil notes that the house which was the four-story Gassaway-Feldmeyer residence at 194 Prince George Street has been restored to the original by the Historic Annapolis and is now open as a tourist attraction. Some of you will recall this as a "drag house" run by the elderly Feldmeyer spinsters. And for those of you who did not know.

Carvel Hall was demolished in part a number of years ago and the site has reverted to the original William Paca house, completed with colonial garden facing King George St. There are times when even the best of memories won't stretch 40 or more years. When it comes to remembering the titles of some of our more beloved textbooks there just doesn't seem to be enough gray matter available, at least where 1 am.

You all might remember a couple of issues ago, Mickey Bennett was looking for a copy of Manual of Agony which, he said, left a large gap in his library. Now Herb Ward responds that he has something called MANUAL OF ATHLETIC REQUIREMENTS, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY — 1936. Could that be what you're looking for, Mickey? I'm going to bet on Herb's version because he has one and neither you nor I do! I still think Barnes and Noble is a good bet — they haven't burned any books yet, although some of them should have been.

Eventually all things come to light, if you wait long enough. One of the questions you hear more or less often — one that sometimes gets a clear answer and sometimes a mumble — is, how did you get in? Me? I'm glad 1 got in when I did; I couldn't make it these days, you have to be too smart. But I digress — Wes Burnett has found his inkwell again and has revealed that answer for himself and a large group of names you will recognize. Here is what Wes says: "I asked Dave Sterett if he would name the Classmates who attended Randies Prep School in Washington. The old grind school stands high on my list of bestforgotten places, but 1 thought the young recruits deserved to be immortalized for their qualities of endurance as we prepped for those days of entrance exams. After some grumbling and references to failing memory, Dave produced a list of 59. Surprisingly, only 24 of those dedicated novitiates graduated from USNA. They were: Chuck Pendleton, John Donnelly, Al Cox, Gordon Snyder, John and John Sullivan, Bob Meyer, John Callahan, Frank Nelson, Stan Henderson, Fred Yates, Art Rand, Larry Kurtz, Line Dunlap, 72

Paul Padget and Jim Cloman in Panama ^ ri^v^Si?

Phil Hambsch, Hugh Scott, Chuck Slater, Tom Casey Shack Moore, John Hennessey, Ken Klofkorn, Paul Doane, Charlie Turner, Wes Burnett, Bill Cofferata, Jim Robinson, Spence Robbins, Fred Lemly. A further useless statistic: only 10 of the Randies grads attended our 40th. No explaination is offered and I'm sure none is wanted."

HOMECOMING PARTY — '43! Bob Adrian and Mariella Oliver (Ms. 40th!) have set us up at the Fleet Reserve Club — for you sentimental types, home of the 15th — City Dock at Compromise Street, next door to the city parking lot.

Action starts at 5 P.M. after the game on Saturday, October 22nd, with a cash bar and proceeds to a sit-down dinner at 7:30 — steamship round and trimmings including apple pie. Dinner is $12.50 per person and reservations have to be in Mariella's hands by October 15th. Make checks payable to Class of '43 and send to Mariella Oliver, 100 Severn Avenue, Annapolis MD 21403. See you there! BEAT PITT!

leg muscles, and trying to recover some of the ten pounds he had lost (which he claims would allow his midshipman full dress to hang loose on his frame). His regimen involves very little sitting and no car trips, but he is walking and expects to eventually be back on the tennis court. He positively plans to be at the '40 with Connie and hopes to keep a tentative tennis date with Pinky Joslin who plans to be there with Anne. I can't "bitch" at you, George for not writing. Get well soon — we'll be looking for you.

Art Battson signaled "Bravo Zulu" to Rojo Adamson and the 40th committee as well as to your reporter. Art and Roz settled in San Diego after Navy retirement in '73 where he joined M. Rosenblatt and Son, Naval Architect & Engineering for eight years, during which he enjoyed such jobs as converting the sub MENHADEN for unmanned diving. That project took him to the Northwest where they dove MENHADEN as a target for testing the Mark 48 torpedo. While in the State of Washington, they bought a cabin on Lake Cushman at the foot of the Olympics, and since retiring again they spend six months a year there golfing, shrimping, fishing, crabbing, and etc. Of their three sons, two are married and have produced three lovely granddaughters. Son Art III is an electronic engineer in the audio-visual dept. of U of C at Santa Barbara. Son Rick is working on his master's in political government and has been selected to work this year as a fellow in the California Assembly. Youngest son. Brad, graduated from law school at Berkeley in May and has completed bar exams. Art and Roz plan to see Navy play Washington there on 1 October. They'll make their way East for Homecoming and then take the Southern route back via San Diego to arrive at Pasadena in time for the Army-Navy game. What terrific Navy team supporters! See you at the 40th.

The Battsons can be reached at 3025 Peters Way, San Diego CA 92117, or at Box 582, Hoodsport WA 98548.

44 Pres., Cdr. Paul W. Crutchfield Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wynn V. Whidden USN (Ret.) 6156 Loch Raven Dr., McLean VA 22101 Annapolis Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Jack E. Godfrey USN (Ret.) 40 Franklin St. Annapolis MD 21401 301/268-6474 Percent Members: 84 Living Grads: 606 40th Anniversary Reunion THIS IS IT! Be there on 21-23 October. Everything has been said and preparations have been all laid down for the largest conglomeration of '44 since 9 June 1943. It is bound to be an experience none who attend will ever forget.

Mail Bag George Prestwich sent a copy of a letter he wrote to Mary and Ralph Frame, from whom he had received a card while he was hospitalized. George suffered almost complete incapacitation due to a herniated disc in his spinal column beginning in May. After excrutiating spasms, weeks of being bedridden, and many tests and treatments, he went to surgery on July 7. Nine days later he was at home again in the process of healing, rebuilding

Bill, Ted, Art and Harry Art Thompson's wife, Jeanette, reported that they visited Arlene and Harry Benoit in Gaithersburg, Maryland, while on a business trip from California. Bill Campbell from Arlington and Ted Rice from Connecticut showed up for dinner, and Jeanette sent along the photo of Bill, Ted, Art, and Harry, which 1 hope has sufficient contrast for recognition. The Thompsons live at 19910 Strathern St., Canoga Park CA 91306. They'll be in for the 40th.

Randy King reported that 91 Classmates and wives attended the '44 party in Annapolis on 10 June and everyone had a grand evening. Randy enclosed a copy of a letter from Jake Heimark, whose mountain climbing exploits have been reported here in the past. Jake is still practicing medicine in Minnesota, but manages to move about quite handily. He reports visiting his son, a sophomore at the U. of Montana, where he got in several days of skiing — a one-week vacation of skiing at Vail — a fishing trip to Lake Moulson in Canada — a trip to Naval War College graduation in June at Newport. He plans a trip to Russia and another return to Tibet for a month of mountain climbing in the early Fall followed by a trip Shipmate, October 1983

SAVANNAH 210' CRUISE SHIP DESIGNED

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Virginia Aldrich prepares to christen SAVANNAH — C. A. Robertson, owner, and Capt. James Aldrich look on with Ann to the 40th. All I can say is, "Jake, how are your patients?"

A New Savannah A letter and press release came from T. A. Walsh, vice president of American Cruise Lines, Inc., announcing the christening of the new cruise ship. SAVANNAH, on I June by Ginny Aldrich (Jim's wife) as sponsor at Salisbury, Maryland.

The picture shows her breaking the champagne bottle as the owner, Charles A. Robertson, and her husband, Jim Aldrich, one of the line captains, witness the rite. SAVANNAH joins the AMERICA, INDEPENDENCE, and AMERICAN EAGLE (which Jim

has previously been reported as commanding), on inland and coastal cruises scheduled by American Cruise Lines. SAVANNAH will be the largest and most luxurious of the coastal cruise ships and will begin service in the Spring.

More Nostalgia Three more of Bob Wulf's old photos appear this month to remind you of embarkation of the YP cruise, the liberty boat shoving off, and the JAMESTOWTVI mess deck — all in '41. Happy memories! . . . WVW.

Wentworth and Wolf — 1941

Pres., Capt. Cari W. Gronemann USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. H. Y. Davidson USN (Ret.) 6108 Larastan Drive Alexandria VA 22312 703/354-4632 Corr. Sec'y Capt. Dutch Schuiz USN (Ret.) 5100 26th St. N., Arlington VA 22207 703/536-7156 Percent Members: 64 Living Grads: 729 The president of the Association of the Class of 1945, Carl Gronemann, has written the following August 1983 letter to one of our most distinguished Classmates, VAdm. Lando Zech USN, who retired on 1 October 1983 from the demanding job of deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower, Personnel and Training and Chief of Naval Personnel: "Dear Lando, A little over thirty-nine years and almost two months ago on 7 June 1944, you graduated from the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1945. Nine hundred and fourteen Classmates graduated that day and reported to the Fleet and the Marine Corps. Of that number, you are the last of us on active duty and the last Naval Academy graduate line officer who served in World War II. "We want to recognize your many contributions to the Class and congratulate you for your service to the nation and your successful Navy career.

None of us in June 1944 knew what life had to offer, or just how far we would go in our respective careers in the Navy and Marine Corps. In your case, there was a portent of great things. You were a four-striper midshipman. Third Batallion Commander, multiple N letterman in baseball and basketball and very respected by your Classmates and other midshipmen. The attributes of a long and successful career were all within this foundation, it was up to you and fate to make the most of that foundation, and you did.

"It is with pride and pleasure that we, your Classmates, recognize this singular event in your life, retirement from the Navy as a Vice Admiral and as the Class of 1945's last active duty officer.

Our Class has participated in great national and international events and your career throughout these events has been an example for all those who will follow.

"We wish you well in your future endeavors and also recognize the contribution that Jo has made to your service to the Nation. Fair winds and following seas." / s / Carl W. Gronemann Jr., Capt. U.S. Navy (Ret.), president. Association of the Class of 1945, U.S. Naval Academy.

Burma Schwager sends a note from 3727 Frazier Drive, End well NJ 13760: "Here is a foto of Joe landing his sailplane after an eight-hour distance flight along the Appalachian ridge system. His new sailplane will be delivered from Germany later this

"Chovvdown" — USS JAMESTOWN — 1941

YP Cruise preparations — 1941

Shipmate, October 1983

Joe Schwager and his flying machine year." Hey, let's have more fotos from you sailplane pilots!!

Thanks to Polly Howard of 4485 Ransom Road, Clarence NY 14031, we have a current foto of our Classmate George who died on 5 June 1983.

George's obit appeared in the "Last Call" section of the September issue of this magazine. During his first class year, George roomed with Bill Cosgrove, Ed Zenisek and Bill Shepard, marrying Bill's sister Polly in June 1944. Polly writes, "Thanks for your expression of sympathy . . .

George loved the Navy but his health was such that he could not participate in too many activities . . . Yes, 1 would enjoy Shipmate."

Ames Bennett of Ames Bennett and Associates, Architects and Planners of 242 A Royal Palm Way, Palm Beach FL 33480, had this to say in a recent letter to the '45 Book Committee: "I sincerely appreciate your including of us nongraduates in the Book, I had not even heard about the 20-year and the 30-year editions. That's how far out of touch I've been! I suppose we all get a bit more nostalgic, the older we get, but running into Bill Rand here recently and seeing the Winds of War really jolted me to get out my old Lucky Bag and pass the 14th Company in review. I enclosed a check for $100 as an initial donation to the '45 Gift Fund. I plan to do more later, and in the event that the '45 Gift turns out to be some sort of a structure, building, monument or artform work, please get back to me — My firm may be able to contribute . . . in the way of gratis design and/or production administrative assistance." Ames and the former Bettye Myers of W. Palm Beach are the parents of seven children and three grandchildren. He started his own firm in May '53 after receiving a B.A. in architecture from the University of Florida in 1950, and he has been involved in school, shopping center, nursing home, medical offices, university, airport and residential construction since that time. Thanks, Ames, for your most welcome interest in the Class.

The following from Mrs. A. C Bessette, 35 Fairfield Drive, N. Kingstown RI 02852: "Ella P. Bessette, widow of Curt, announces the marriage of their daughter Linda to Casey S. Everett, on 2 July in the United Methodist Church, East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Linda and Casey are honor graduates of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Casey received his M.S. degree from Columbia University's school of social work and Linda will soon receive her M.S. degree from Boston University school of public communications. The couple will live in Allston (MA) while working in the Boston area." Thanks, Ella, for your good copy — I didn't have to change a word.

So, what about you other proud parents out there?

You could send me a wedding announcement!

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George Marion Howard Another Californian has migrated to the Pacific Northwest: John N. Price, formerly of 16561 Rolando Avenue, San Leandro CA 94578, reports, "On 15 December 1982, I opted for early retirement from the education field after having spent the past seven years as dean of the business and transportation division at the College of Alameda (Alameda CA). Since then, Joyce and 1 have been getting our home ready for sale and also working on plans for our retirement home. Finally, it is all about to come about. We will leave California about 11 August and drive to Whidbey Island in Puget Sound and build our waterfront dream house . . . After 11 August, our temporary address will be: 10105 NW St., Oak Harbor WA 98277."

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What may be another first for '45 is the pert and attractive Midshipman Fourth Class shown in the above foto. She is Carol Berry, youngest daughter of Zelda and Fred Berry of 7133 Forestwood Court, McLean VA 22101. Carol, an honors student, an '82 graduate of Langley High School, a USNA Foundation Scholar, graduated in '83 from Perkiomen Prep School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. A swimmer, she is involved in lacrosse, choir and cheer leading during plebe summer, which she "loved." But you've got to watch out for the Berrys — they'll sneak up on you! They have a son, Louis, 16, who may be the last '45 plebe. Now, if any of you can better this story with your offspring, write me, collect! Incidentally, Zelda signed Fred up as a bona-fide member of the Alumni Association, so he is now reading his own copy of this column.

If you haven't gotten your black and white foto of you and current spouse, your 150-word biography, your data sheet, an additional "nostalgic" foto and your check for $45 to the USNA '45 Book, PO Box 7148, Alexandria VA 22307, you are indeed in "deep kimshee," and may end up with your old Lucky Bag foto showing up in the new Forty- Year-After Book which is being processed at this time. When contacted, Dick Van 74

Orden said: "Tell them that we are at T-minus ten and counting . . . You may or may not make the issue."

A piece in the 11 July Washington Post, with foto and map, is of interest to all of us who are concerned with the charm and ambiance of old town Alexandria and what is being done to preserve that heritage. "Retired naval Commander and defense history buff Philip Erickson of Alexandria was taking a stroll on Jones Point one day last Summer when he realized that a mound of earth there formed part of a fortress built in the late 1700s to protect the then youngest port city.

"Alexandria merchants and patriots constructed the fortress at Jones Point, just south of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, to protect their property and city, then the fifth largest port in the states, from British invasion.

"By 1804, the fortress had seen no warfare and was beginning to decay. Congress decided it could no longer afford to maintain it and it was abandoned."

Currently, the Alexandria City Council and the Federal Government are at odds concerning the future use of the property . . . Stay tuned!

Life Member of the Alumni Association Robert E. May of 1902 E. Karen Drive, Phoenix AZ 85022, sent me several fotos and comment on the 1983 June Week West which I am holding until 1 get some more response from the West Coasters.

Let's Go! Hap Hansen, president of the Brandywine Raceway at PO Box 7009, Wilmington DE 19803, has done some sleuthing for the Class and has come up with the current name and address of Gene Spangler's widow: Mrs. Howard Lyons, 114 Bay Ave., Lewes DE 19958. Gene was lost when his plane went down in the Atlantic on 19 November 1952. Hap located Audrey Spangler Lyons by writing a letter to the current resident of the address which was listed in our TwentyYear-After-BookW Good work. Hap; how 'bout tracking down James Thompson Boone and Peter Roger Bragington? Breck Kinnear of 6512 Cygnet Drive, Alexandria VA 22307, is our "head sleuth" for the Forty- Year-After-Book. We still have 25 Phantoms, or those Classmate graduates for which the Alumni Association has no valid address.

Of Quarks and Quasars: Have you been trying to fathom the 10-43 concept of the creation of Earth as expressed in the June 1983 issue of the National Geographic and in an earlier issue of the Smithsonianl Have you had any neutrinos pass through you today? Well, it is mind-boggling! By all means, look up the articles . . . Mary Ann and Robert R. Polk have finally packed up their mortar boards at the University of Wisconsin and have headed south to a new address: 12 Towhee Road, Hilton Head Plantation, Hilton Head SC 29928. . . . 1983 Homecoming details were contained in the August letter from president Carl Gronemann.

If you haven't received it, call me right now — No, not collect! . . . Portent of the future: Phil Erickson received an official publication the other day addressed to him, "Secretary Clan of 45 USNA." Yes, I guess we could be called "Clannish." at times . . . Winnie and Stu Bowcock headed off for a week of time-sharing at Chalet High, Bryce (VA), not long after Marge and Bert Findly and Janie and Dutch Schuiz received the time-sharing "pitch" at the "Pines." . . . Alas, a recent trip to the Naval Academy revealed that Isherwood and Melville Halls are no more . . .

The reason you can't get a "USNA 45" license plate in the State of Virginia is that Chuck Priest has had that logo signed up for years. He also has "LAW 45." . . . Seen at the Chief of Naval Material change of command on 1 August, at

which Steve White relieved Jack Williams, were Classmates Jo and Lando Zech, Mary and Bones Thomas, Linda Knudsen, Janie and Dutch Schuiz and Chuck Priest. Dorothy and Jack Williams '46 will reside at Route 1, Box 202, Long Beach WA 98631 . . . Corda and Lew McDonald spent three weeks in July on an auto tour of the Midwest . . . On 30 July, Phil Erickson attended the wedding of his daughter, Carol, to Mr. Ben Draper of Blacksburg, Virginia, at the local Unitarian Church. The couple will live in Blacksburg where they are students at VPI . . . Vern Anderson was looking for a Miami to Washington DC crew for his 33-foot cat ketch ANYTIME . . . Fred Kelley reports that there are 370 Life Members of the Association of the Class of 1945. It won't cost you much, write me for a "package deal." . . . and finally, our geriatric Classmate, Ted Ashley, notes: "Your mind may be okay, but your body won't always do what you think."

46 Pres., RAdm. Harvey E. Lyon USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. C. W. Kennelly II 7911 Sleaford PI., Bethesda MD 20814 Corr. Sec'y, "Daisy" Wilhoit 1103 Santa Rufina Ct. Solana Beach CA 92075 619/481-2093 Percent Members: 61 Living Grads: 830 If you required a "reason why" no '46 column for July-August and September, here's one. When I realized that the Class of '83 would graduate 1068 grads and I could no longer claim '46 to be the largest Class ever to graduate, I went into shock!

After all, 38-year habits are hard to break and what fun is there in being second largest! I recovered when I realized that '83 would never have made it without the help of women — 52 of 'em. Now that's a bit unfair, isn't it? They can count their women in Bancroft Hall, but we couldn't count ours! There is some consolation, though, in that one of the 52 is a '46 Junior — Ens. Cary Bowling, daughter of Anne and Chic Bowling, 4045 San Juan Road, San Diego CA 92103. Cary was commissioned in the Civil Engineering Corps and is assigned to the new Balboa Naval Hospital project in San Diego. Chic enclosed a photo of the swearing-in ceremony in Mem Hall and said: "It was quite a day; a perfect finale to an inspiring and prideful week. It got off to a wonderful start with the first P-RADE, led by the first set of stripers. I had my cameras — movie, et al — set up by the grandstand. And when the Brigade staff passed in review with Cary — five stripers, sword and all — stepping out so proudly, it was all I could do to maintain my composure. The only thing that kept me from blubbering was my lifelong aversion to seeing grown men cry. The remainder of the week also was inspiring. But seeing my 'little girl' leading the Brigade had to have been the proudest. The June Week (they can call it Commissioning Week or whatever) festivities were perfectly complemented by the outstanding hospitality of our Classmate Wally Hankins and his gracious 'redhead' Cathy. We stayed at their beautiful home in Severna Park on the bay. The hospitality was so obviously sincere and gracious that Anne and I felt completely at home. Wally and 1 had time to catch up on each other's activities and to attempt to out sea story each other. Wally had the better of it technically since he had a photo of a monstrous wave taken, allegedly by him, during a bodacious storm when he was on weather station patrol. But 1 believe I got the better of it story-wise, simply because of my skill in garnishing Shipmate, October 1983

the truth, irrespective of the facts. In any case, it was a delight to gam with Wally. Anne and I will be forever grateful to Wally and Cathy for adding the final touch, gracious hospitality, to an inspiring and prideful — both as parents and an Alumnus — June Week."

Recently, Tricia and I attended a week-long Bible study in which one of the principal lecturers was Dr. C Theodore Houpt who was a lieutenant USNR and served as Bull Prof to many of us during our Bancroft days. Dr. Houpt's lecture was titled "The Bible: Its Leavening Effect Upon English and American Literature" and he was nothing short of magnificent. The Midshipmen would be well served to have him as a Bull Prof (or whatever they call 'em) even now. Dr. Houpt left the Naval Academy in '46 and went to Principia College, Elsa, Illinois, where he is now Distinguished Professor of English. Bet he would enjoy hearing from you '46ers.

Jim Hugus At the June Week West festivities in San Diego in June the out-of-town Classmates outnumbered the locals. Possibly, that's because we have found it and they are still looking for it! Margaret and John Penny came from Florida; Chris and Jim Hugus, (see picture of Jim with music box won in golf match) Bev and Jack Haller, Jean and Walt Hall all came down from the Bay Area; Jessie and Luke Maples, Alice and George Ferch, Barbara and Bob Wertheim, came from the Los Angeles area. Locals were Lu and Ed Ellis (who masterminded the whole show), Lodi and Gerry Gibson, Marigold and Bob Gorton, Tricia and "Daisy" Wilhoit, Darlene and Dave Munns, Connie and Harmon Penny. On the way down from Saratoga, Jean and Walt Hall visited with Bev Booker in Mission Viejo. Tom passed away on 11 June and his ashes were scattered at sea. Bev lives at 23762 Via Porton, Mission Viejo CA 92675.

Robert B. Schabacker Bob Schabacker has been elected president and general manager of Ferro-ECA Electronics Company, a manufacturer of porcelain enameled metal substrates. The new company was formed in Shipmate, October 1983

November 1982 as a joint venture of Clevelandbased Ferro Corporation and Erie Ceramic Arts Company. Just one more responsibihty for Bob, who continues as president of Erie Ceramic Arts.

Betty and Bob live at 540 Wilkins Rd., Erie PA 16505.

If you care to see the movie Ghandi exposed as "An Asian E. T." read the March issue of Commentary. Better still, read the new novel. The Marrakesh One-Two by Richard Grenier, who lives at 4 Rue Chateaubriand 7508, Paris, France. He is described in a Washington Post article (18 Apr '83) as "a debonair iconoclast." Could there be more than one in '46?

Dick Dunning wrote from 11068 Washington Rd., Nevada City CA 95959, to elaborate on the mostly incorrect information about Eleanor in the May issue. "Eleanor died of lung cancer at home on February 5, 1983. Her memorial service was at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Grass Valley, and she is buried in the Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Nevada City. A second memorial service was arranged by close friends in San Diego. This was at the Naval Training Center Chapel." Eleanor is survived by Dick and their four sons, of which, John A., #3, is Class of '72.

Barbara Wertheim sent a note to say that Al Whittle is now living on the San Francisco peninsula at 10164 Parkwood Dr., Cupertino CA 95014, and is head, advanced marine systems, for Lockheed Sunnyvale.

Dan Good writes: "Last year was confusing to me, the last of the Class of '46 remaining in uniform. Because of DOPMA, I was retired but retained on active duty an additional year. This September I will be released from active duty as the Force Medical Officer, COMNAVSURFPAC. The Navy has been a good life. I would gladly do it all over again. Gloria and I are from Colorado.

Last month we attended our daughter's graduation in Colorado Springs. It was cold and I shoveled snow. Our home in Santee, CaUfornia, a suburb of San Diego, convinced us to continue as residents of sunny Southern California where we can see snow only from a distance." Gloria and Dan's Santee address is 9539 Mavin Dr. ZIP is 92071.

Friends of Sue and Johnny Hart will be saddened to learn of the passing of their second son, Stephen on 12 March '83 of a malignant brain tumor. Stephen was born in April '50 while Johnny was attached to VS-32 in Norfolk, and, at the time of his death, was employed by the State of Florida as an environmental specialist. Johnny also revealed the birth of 4th child, second daughter, Melissa, in September '70, a fact that I didn't have entered in my files. "At the time I thought we might have the youngest child out of '46 (at least from an original marriage) but, as I recall, another one came along before I could stake my claim."

Such is life in the fast lane, Johnny. He also said that he retired in October '81 from the Naval Coastal Systems Center in Panama City with a total of 40 years and 4 days service to the Navy — 24 military and 16 civilian. He says Bill Williams is still working at the Center and that "Frenchy" Fontaine is still working for A. G. Edwards in Panama City. Sue and Johnny live at 2504 Island View Dr., Panama City FL 32401.

I recently noticed an item of San Diego business news which revealed that Dan Brimm's ChemTronics, Inc., which makes aerospace components, reported record high sales and profits with net income up over 100 percent for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31. Dan lives at 2411 Vallecitos, La Jolla CA 92037.

A note from Floyd Avey, 810 Chadbury Lane, Seabrook TX 77586. "I am enjoying my retire-

Floyd Avey

ment and truly enjoying my new family. Grandson Jordan (9 mos.) and granddaughter Abby (3 'A yrs.) have both been here to see us. Finally (8/82 to 5/83) finished the 45" hooked rug. 1 certainly wouldn't make a living as a hooker."

Ken Lyons wrote to inform me of "Buck" Bucolo's passing (see June Shipmate) and said: "Buck was a quiet, gentle man, admired by all who had contact with him. He had the reputation along the waterfront in Newport of getting things done without making much noise in the process." What a beautiful obituary. Ken. Maybe just by reading that sentence some of it may rub on all of us!

Continuing, Ken says: "Two years ago, I changed my affiliation within the stock brokerage community to E. F. Hutton. I have been most pleased with the change. For the last seven-andone-half years, I have been a small-town broker, enjoying both the business and life here in Rhode Island. Benny and I have established our roots here since retiring from the USN in July 1973, and we continue to be pleased with the choice of location.

I have been a partner with two other USNA grads in a private airplane, a Beech Debonair, for the last four years. This has been the source of many pleasure trips for Benny and me. Within the past year we have flown to Canada, Texas, Florida, the Bahamas, and many local trips. Incidentally, I frequently see our Classmate Bob Newbern and his wife, Mary, at the local airport. Both of them have the flying bug, too. Our children are both Navyconnected. Our daughter Kim is married to Jack Boniface, '71, the son of our Classmate. They have two children and young Jack has just been assigned to VP-47 at Moffett Field, California. Young Jack is a lieutenant commander, soon up for selection.

Oddly enough, our son, Scott, is also a lieutenant commander, USN, also at Moffett Field. Scott is not married. Both he and Jack Boniface are P-3 pilots. Scott is very junior as an 0-4, probably has about one more year in his present job."

Bert, Bob, Chris, Bernie and Chuck Chris Christensen writes from 3719 Camelot Dr., Annandale VA 22003; "In May I visited Bert Atkinson in Ormond Beach and while there the Atkinsons hosted a '46 party for Classmates in the Daytona/Ormond area. Photo is of Bert, Bob 75

Finlay, myself, Bernie Heesacker and Chuck Williams. We later visited Bob and Ruth Finlay in Poinsiana and took in EPCOT, which is truly remarkable."

Ens. Bowling '83 and Dad Once again this year we were forced to "regret" an invitation to attend the annual Big Sheep Creek July 4 Feast at Courthouse Ranch in Imnaha, Oregon, featuring dancin', fiddlin' and foolin' around. "Sheriff" Borgerding, who owns that spread in some of the most beautiful country you'll ever hope to see, admonished us to "Bring your invitation, because surviving trespassers may be used to sandbag the creek." Maybe we need to get the "Sheriff" down here to deal with some of the local nuclear freeze folks!

Sorrowfully 1 read the following note recently from Bill Spangler. "It is with sadness that I report that TJ died on 2 August, 1983. She died peacefully and with dignity. After the recent weeks that have ended her four-year struggle with cancer, she was ready to end her journey in this life and take up her next journey with the Lord. We were helped by and are thankful for the supporting prayers of friends, and a final prayer for TJ is all the memorial desired." Bill lives at 2404 Calle Galicia, Santa Barbara CA 93109.

WJARâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;TV's Newswatch 10 has been named Northeast regional winner of the Edward R. Marrow Award by the Radio and Television News Directors Ass'n. WJAR-TV is a part of Dody Sinclair's Outlet Company empire, which may soon be owned by Rockefeller Center, Inc. I had hardly finished reading that in an Outlet Company report and sat down to begin writing this column when Dody phoned me to tell me of the passing of Bill Huddleston in Hot Springs, (AZ) following a long encounter with cancer. Connie's address is 426 Spring St. in Hot Springs 71901.

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 A full report from Lou Guertin on the June Week West ("JWW") activities brought lots of news about our Classmates. Shirley and Bill Crowe, with daughter Bambi, were there, en route to his new duty station as CINCPAC. Bill had just given the commencement speech at Bambi's graduation from Ohio Wesleyan University and was the first speaker in 14 years to have been given a standing ovation. Phyllis and Red Neidfeldt came down from their retirement home at Pebble Beach.

Dick Bivin, looking very dapper in his moustache, and Joan, were excited about leaving for a sailboat charter in the British Virgin Islands. Georgie and John VanSickle, who were with the Bivins on a similar trip two years ago, weren't able to join them due to the pressure of John's growing law practice. Betty Lou and Rupert Brooke were reportedly enjoying retirement life in Solano Beach with a heavy schedule of golf, tennis, and general loafing. Two Classmates were there with brides â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sally and Andy Dowd were married last November, and Mary Lou and John Richards, married in July 1982, are living in Los Alamitos, California. Sue and Danny Child came down from their home in Lake Arrowhead, taking a weekend off from jury duty. Surprisingly, they were both selected for jury duty at the same time, and to their amazement, ended up on the same jury. Don Adam's widow JoAnn was a house guest of the Russells and lent a very good pair of hands to the clean-up after the party. Jan and Dick Gardner came down from Palos Verdes. Dick is with TRW and is involved in systems engineering support for the Defense Communications Agency. Yola and Pete Kochis arrived from West Covina, where Pete is district manager with Southwest Energy Management and is involved in solar energy applications. Honors for coming the greatest distance went to "S. T." Hayes from Springfield, Virginia, who was able to adjust a business trip to coincide with "JWW"

Beat Army in Pasadena

Bev and Dan Mahoney, Joann and Lou Romotoski; Dick Yeatman, Robbie Brady, "Bo" Heininger at Alumni House for reception of Ens. Dennis Yeatman '83 and Bonnie Grant Ginny and Barney Martin announced that their new home, under construction for the past year in Rancho Santa Fe, will finally be finished shortly.

Barney is involved in industrial real estate.

Rosemary and Matty Mathews brought their youngest son, Hammond. Modestly, Matty didn't mention it, but others said that he had reached the quarter-finals in a national squash tournament.

The eventual winner, Jim Carrington, '48, beat the man that had eliminated Matty. Frank Owen had to come alone, as Phyllis was recovering from a minor sinus operation. Frank is keeping himself in sharp physical condition with 2Vi hours of jogging and programmed exercise every day. Ronnie and Jack Pavelle are living in Las Vegas where he is in the real-estate business. Ann and Sam Pillar arrived from Alameda where Sam appraises real estate for Alameda County. "Dusty" Rodes came down from Oceanside with his date, Betty Nimitz.

She is a retired Navy nurse and remembered several Classmates from her duty at Norfolk.

Vicki and Haley Rogers are Sem Diego residents.

Haley says he has now found how enjoyable "retired-retirement" can be, with time to play golf.

The 1983 Army-Navy football game will be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calitornia,on Friday, Nov. 25, at 11:45.

The contest will be returned to Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1984.

The shift is expected to provide an excellent opportunity to project the traditional Army-Navy football rivalry to the West Coast. No additional expense to the cadets, midshipmen or the government will result from playing the game in Pasadena.

Deke Dietrichson

Well, having had to write more about cancer than 1 cared to in this column 1 would like to end with a verse from Jeremiah which 1 though appropriate. For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. "Daisy"

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read a lot and simply enjoy life. Bob Strickler lives in La Mesa and teaches U.S. history in a Sweetwater District high school. Louise and Bill St. George are Hving in Point Loma. Bill is very busy with his law practice, community activities, and consultant work. Bill Russell, host for "JWW," has put golf and flying on the "back burner" while he builds a two-seater airplane in his garage. When finished, he and Billie plan to fly extensively throughout the North American continent. The tour of his garage workshop caused a lot of trouble for some husbands present; almost every wife there pointedly noted that there was a "place for everything and everything was in its place."

Thanks for the very comprehensive report on "JWW," Lou. I am also pleased to report the receipt of a check for $100 from the hostess, Billie Russell, the result of a cost "under-run" from the JWW festivities.

Per instructions, I have forwarded it to the Alumni Association for addition to the Class of '47 Memorial Fund. On that subject, our VP, "Bo" Heininger, reminded me that we have several thousands of dollars left in that fund, after paying the Stadium Seats as our '47 Memorial. If you have any ideas on the use of these funds, drop "Bo" a line, or bring it up at the class meeting at Homecoming '83 (21-23 October).

Bob Homer has written that after 33 years in the telephone business (.^.T.&T. and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.) the last 14 of which were in the Washington (DC) area, he retired. He and Laura have sold their home in McLean and moved to Roanoke, Virginia, Bob's hometown.

He has issued an invitation to Classmates passing through the great Roanoke Valley to stop by and enjoy the mountains with them. His new address: 7077 HoUy Berry Road, Roanoke VA 24018.

Another invitation to risit comes from Turner Joy who describes his retirement home in Arnold, Cahfornia, as "up 4000 feet and 24 miles from the ski resort of Bear Mountain, with 15 to 20 feet of snow still on the ground (in May)." If you are headed towards Florida, "Mase" Wells says his home isrighton 1-75 and Classmates are welcome.

He also reported that Althea Rumble, Doug's widow, was married to Bill Hall, '49 on May 29th, in Gainesville. Also, he noted that Wes McDonald was the principal speaker at the annual convention of the Florida Council of TROA, of which "Mase" is President. Cab Calloway was also a delegate, with his wife Maggie. After the convention, ".Vlase" was recalled to active duty to participate as Convoy Commodore in the Navy NATO Exercise, "Ocean Safari, '83." His convoy sailed from Lisbon via the Azores, to Falmouth, England, where he was joined by Les for a week visiting many old friends in London.

Jack Williams' retirement ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard on 1 August was a very impressive one, with a great many "ruffles and flourishes" and 17-gun salutes for Jack and the other participating four-star admirals. By coincidence, Amelia and 1 were seated close to Laura and Phil "P. C " Smith, who had come up from North Carohna, where Phil is librarian for the University of N . C , Wilmington. Along with " S .

T." Hayes we sat in the shade of some trees along the bank of the Anacostia River and recalled life in the 23rd Company, while trying to keep cool and waiting for the receiving line for Dorothy and Jack to diminish. Immediately after the ceremony, the Williamses departed for the West Coast. Their new address is Route 1, Box 202, Long Beach WA 98631. While you are correcting addresses, "S. T." Hayes is now 7731 Bristol Square Ct., Springfield VA 22153.

A short note from Houston, enclosed a photo Shipmate, October 1983

of Bev and Dan Mahoney and Joann and Lou Romotoski taken at Lou's house on the 40th anniversary of our Class becoming midshipmen.

Which reminds me, " B o " Heininger wants to know if there is sufficient interest, including a volunteer to head the project, for the production of a 40th Anniversary Yearbook. He'd like to hear from you, and will also bring up the matter at our next class meeting. Such a book could also serve as a firm foundation for a 50th Yearbook, assuming there is anyone around to volunteer for THAT one!

My allocation of space (which also limits the number of pictures I may use) is overdrawn, but I have to mention the really fine picnic held at Barbara and Bob Marmet's farm on 17 July, which was attended by about 50 Classmates, wives, and guests. Highlights included a tour of the beautifully restored and decorated farmhouse, trout fishing in their pond, and a fiercely contested croquet match involving Jack Finneran, Chan Von Schrader, Dave Toll, and Tad Moyle, the results of which are reportedly still under protest to the International Croquet Council, or some such body.

Priscilla and Ed Meyers made the very inspiring announcement of the birth of their daughter, Laura Amelia, on March 16, 1983. This would seem to put Ed at the top of the list of most recent fathers of '47. Any challengers? "Bo" Heininger and Bob EJiright walked off with the trout fishing honors, but Jack Finneran claimed that he had thrown his back.

Ray Davis sent me a number of newspaper clippings (all in Spanish) and color photos detailing Wes McDonald's official visit to Chile in July.

(Wes, you sure do get around!) From Ray's comments and my extremely meager recollection of Spanish, it seems that Wes made a very fine impression on the Chileans.

Finally, Jim Wilson sent me a note enclosing a very nice contribution towards the cost of mail and printing for our class functions. Without having any class dues for these purposes, the WashingtonAnnapohs group has been covering these costs from fees added to class luncheons. If any other groups, or individuals desire to do so, contributions may be made out to "USNA Class of 1947" and mailed to Doug Sloan, 2728 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 34th Street, Washington DC 20008. At any rate, thank you, Jim and Dottie, and particularly so at a time when your bereavement must have been fully occupying your minds. But then, that's one of the attributes of our Class. When taken as a whole, that makes us "Best on the Severn." "Johnny."

48 Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria VA 22302 Percent Members: 60 Living Grads: 666 As you read this, the Summer will have died, thank goodness, at least for those stuck in Washington environs. It was narsty. At this time we should be getting into the football season and some well-seasoned tailgating around the Stadium.

This month we have a double-barrelled input from Gordon Meriwether, who likes to write from an airliner in flight. An excellent idea, I might add.

His two letters sort of lead one into the other, so we'll start with the first: "In response to your request for more mail, this will be the first of several (?) from the Southwest about the travels and visitations of my wife Lovie and me. Since retiring in December, '80, we built a fourteen-sided (tetrahedron) house on Perdios Bay in South Alabama, just outside Pensacola. We have water on three sides and plenty of breeze, fresh air, and

Bob Jones, Gordon Meriwether, Roommates 36 years later sunshine. See picture. Our four children are scattered across the country, sometimes literally around the world, with a daughter and husband in Galveston, a son with G.E. in Utica (NY), a daughter in San Diego, whose lieutenant commander husband is frequently deployed with his helo detachment to the waters of the Far East, and a son with US AID in Cairo, Egypt.

"Lovie and I are writing from Continental Flight 946 enroute to Billings, Montana, where we will be met by Classmate Bob Jones, who will drive us down to Wapiti, Wyoming, for a week's visit in his mountainside home. Wapiti is a few miles south of Cody, close to Yellowstone National Park. Incidentally, Bob Jones visited us last Fall at our bayside home, so this trip is planned to pay him back. Another Classmate, Bill Clifford and wife Reggie, have promised to break away from their Clearwater (Feather Sound) home and visit us this Summer. World Traveller (business), Greg Lang also keeps in touch and promises an early visit. (End of part I, have some popcorn while 1 change reels.)

Part II. "Our week-long visit with Bob Jones is now history. Lovie and I are once again back in their air with Continental enroute to Pensacola via New Orleans. We had a short stop in Denver, during which we talked with Joe Shoemaker, who is out of politics and back in private law practice in Denver. Bob Jones' home is about 3 V2 hours by car from Billings, just outside Cody, Wyoming, location of the fabulous Buffalo Bill Historical Museum. Also it is just a httle over an hour's drive from Yellowstone. His home is on a 10-acre 'ranch,' the Lazy B, at the foot of Jim Mountain.

"During our stay. Bob, Lovie, and I did a lot of traveling, visiting the Teton National Forest and Yellowstone Park (Old Faithful and all the rest), and Beartooth Pass. To say the least, all the scenery was spectacular! If you have never been there, you should go before you are too old to get out of the car and tramp through the mountains.

We had a great time! Saw all the wild animals of the area (deer, big-horned sheep, elk, moose, antelope, black bear) except the grizzly. Also photographed it all. Lovie has become a photoThe Meriwethers' Home in South Alabam . . .

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graphic enthusiast and doesn't miss a scene or Furthermore, Carolyn and George Ball are creature. We probably have over 200 shots, plus hosting a Brunch at the O'Club at 1230 on Sunpost cards. 1 will bring them to Homecoming and day for all '48 Hands, so plan on this one, too. share them with you. We had such a fine time, we There will be a flier coming out of the Annapolis will go back again next year, and maybe see a group to All Hands with all the details. grizzly bear. Anyone wishing to drop a line to Bob Jones can reach him at box 166, Wapiti WY 82450."

Bob's home sits in the foothills about a mile from the paved highway. His access road is dirt and rock, steep and winding, and borders a small Pres., RAdm. John C. Barrow USN (Ret.) creek, known as Dunn Creek. Bob says this is a Sec'y Mr. T. Paul Riegert modification of the original name. Dung Creek, Class '49 PO Box 2741, Arhngton VA 22202 so named because of the deer, elk, sheep droppings Percent Members: 66 Living Grads: 616 found alongside the creek bed. So, you see. Bob lives up a certain well-known creek, and may not have a proper paddle. Just over Bob's back fence lies the Shoshone National Forest, and below him runs the North Fork of the Shoshone River.

Shoshone is Indian for "Stinking River." So, Pres., Cdr. William A. Kiehl USN (Ret.) Bob's creek empties into the Shoshone River and Sec'y, Capt. Wayne L. Jensen USN (Ret.) probably has some responsibihty for its stinking 499 Skyhill Ct., Chula Vista CA 92010 water character.

Percent Members: 65 Living Grads: 510 Also heard from Dick Rubenstein, from Independence, Missouri. "Enclosed is some info on Mike Robbin's newest product I thought might be of interest. Also, worthy of note is the fact that Roy (Andy) Anderson has been national president of the Military Order of the World Wars this past Pres., Cdr. Bruce L. Meader USN (Ret.) year. I think he deserves recognition in our '48 colSec'y, Cdr. Jack Hamilton, USN (Ret.) umn." So, '48 hats are certainly off to Andy 9215 Cutting Horse Court Anderson, who, I believe, still resides in Key West.

Springfield VA 22153 The info on Mike's product is from an ad from Percent Members: 60 Living Grads: 603 a store selhng wine. It offers Spring Mountain's Top of this month's news is VAdm. Joe MetFalcon Crest Gamay Beaujolais at $6.99 vice the calf taking over in July as the new Commander usual $8.99, and Chardonnay for $14.99, vice Second Fleet, relieving VAdm. James A. Lyons $17.89! (And Mike announced that the EC wine '52 in ceremonies on board USS JOHN F . KENNEDY was going to be inexpensive!) A litte note with the (CV-67) in Norfolk. Ruth and Joe are by now ad is fun and goes as follows: "Falcon Crest: Yes! ensconced in Norfolk, I'm sure on Dilhngham The very one of television fame, and it has just Boulevard, but you'll have to wait for the arrived in K. C We haven't even tasted the wine November issue for photo and new address! yet, but it is produced and bottled by Mr. Mike Regarding our two cruises for next year — Robbins at Spring Mountain Vineyards in the Jamaica in March or April and Alaska in August Napa Valley. Mr. Robbins has built a fine reputa- — the deadline for sign up for both was tion on his successes at Spring Mountain and he September, but there may be some last minute is the only winery with the rights to use the Falcon cancellations, so if you have by now changed your Crest name. Pick up a bottle to try the next time mind, call Paul Tuzo (Alaska) at 703/534-6403 or you watch Falcon Crest. Enjoy a fine wine, and Jack Hamilton (Jamaica) at 703/451-0541 and we perhaps . . . a collector's item." should have a pretty good answer for you. As of Now, some very sad news. I had a note this 8 August we had 73 (36 couples and a bachelor) morning from BGen. J. W. Earnshaw, Class of signed up for Alaska, and 81 (40 couples and one '27, advising me of the death on 1 August of R.C. widow) interested for Jamaica.

"Red" Morrow after a period of failing health at Our Hawaii contingent remain the supreme the Community Hospital at Pebble Beach, Califor- party-givers, primarily because there is an endless nia. Gen. Earnshaw included a newspaper clipp- stream of vacationing Classmates. This month we ing and copy of the church bulletin from St. James got a double-barreled report from both Jack Episcopal Church in Monterey, distributed at the Cromwell and Pappy Sears. From Pappy: Peggy memorial service for Red on August 2. Red had and Tom Ward (RAdm. USN Ret.) were in town been a Monterey Peninsula resident since 1967, and and that called for a get-together at guest quarters had worked for Litton after retiring until 76. His at Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe. At the wife Barbara lives on the West Coast, it is believed, CINCPAC change of command saw Betty Ann and Red and Barbara's daughters are Marianne and Kin McKee, Diane and Bill Lawrence (Bill's Sprague of Malibu, and Melinda Lindsley of now Chief of Naval Personnel, OP-01), and of Pacific Grove, and there are three grandchildren. course all the locals except Cromwells, who were The family suggests contributions to the Richard in San Francisco. In the boys picture, Tom Ward's Cox Morrow Memorial Fund at All Saints shirt: "Rockwood, Tennessee, is not the end of Episcopal Day School, Carmel. General Earnshaw the world but you can see it from there." Jack characterized Red as a very good friend and a very Cromwell said that he. Buzz Bibby and Pappy popular person in the area. Red was a real Sears celebrated their combined birthdays, and one gentleman and will be missed. good deal they fell into is that they can get 10% This year for Homecoming, we have departed senior citizen's discount every Tuesday at the local from the Chartwell Country Club location for the market!

Class Party after the football game on Saturday.

Evelyn and Bob Swart threw a little casual soiree We have engaged the Officers' Club in the Yard, in late July on the patio, and included in the guests instead. No wild guesses this year as to just where were Doggetts, Gilchrists, Woodburys, Cinders, Chartwell is located this time. Just come to the Marins, Livingstons and Hamiltons. Senior ExClub. You remember, right inside the Main Gate! ecutive Service Bob now has the "Navy chair" at Y'all come. the Defense Management School at Fort Belvoir.

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More fun — and prettier! (cw from left): Mary Bibby, Kelsey Sears, Louanne Cromwell, Lora Anderson, Peggy Ward Ran into Larry "Ace" Treadwell in the barber's chair at Little Creek in late July. Ace is with SAI and travels to Saudi Arabia several times a year.

Also mentioned that Bill Shaughnessy is now with SAI, up DC way, so you owe me one. Bill! Ace sent in a check for a Couroc tray of which Lowell Stockdale still has aplenty, and will part with for $30, coin of the reahn. Since the Class has already paid for them, let's eat 'em up, gang.

A nice letter from Dick Dalla Mura says that he and Emily are settled in the low country of Charleston (SC), 35 miles south of town off highway 17, and surrounded by marsh, fields, creeks, birds, shrimp, clams and oysters. Nearest neighbor, and the mail box, are 1 'A miles up the road. Dick has started an ornamental tree nursery which Emily has named "Secret Garden Nursery."

Thus far they have about 4000 trees of 30 varieties growing in large containers. Keeps him busy and close to home, and loves being outdoors and working with his hands (as well as his head). Besides nearby family, Dick Livingston visited them not long ago. Dick says Emily is doing remarkably well, get around on her 3-wheel battery powered "Lark" (outdoors) or "Amigo" (indoors), but is not wholly convinced the isolation is the thing!

A long note from Lyn Lewis, whose Roger died last February. She is very busy, still whacking the little white ball in the 90s, and sends her love to Nancy and Tom Stuart and all the others who overwhelmed her with notes and letters.

The August luncheon at the Flagship came plop in the middle of our rather long heat wave, and those braving the elements were Al Williams (still active flag in OP-05), Meader, Tuzo, Gilchrist, Brodie, Brumfiel, Boyce, Stockdale, Mow, Doggett, Bannerman, Mehl and Maclnnis.

Lora and Stan Anderson have finally returned from their long "vacation" to Hawaii(!) and are back in the old homestead at 4101 David Lane, Alexandria VA 22311. His new job, and the fact that Paul Tomb has also returned to the DC area (nobody ever tells the Secretary anything) will provide news, and addresses, in the next issue. Give, fellas!

On a sad note, Elizabeth and Jack Torbert '44 both died from heart attacks a week apart in late July and early August. Liz and Jack were gracious Shipmate, October 1983

and oft-times hosts to a number of our Classmates, primarily 6th Company troops, at their farm out on the Sherwood Forest Roads during much of our first class year. They were in PG school at the time, and Jack later became the first pilot to fly from the outside to the Antarctic continent. They taught us well!

A last minute check with Vic Benjovsky, our Homecoming Party coordinator, on details provides the following. You will get this issue shortly before the party, so last minute sign-ups should call Vic at 301/987-0431 or yours truly. We're going out with the mailout as usual: Bay Ridge Inn, 6:00 start, casual dress (come as you are from the game — Navy-Pitt), band 6:30 to 10:30, cash bar all night, dinner at 7:30. Last year we had 85 folks, so don't miss it! Oh —- price $42/couple.

Earle Callahan wrote a note on his directory/ cruise post card about tickets for the Army-Navy game. He says that even though he submitted his application for tickets, NAAA told him he was not guaranteed tickets. Well, regardless of where you live, you have to be a member of the Naval Academy Athletic Association to get assured seats.

Many West Coasters are likely not members, and my guess is they'll get their tickets away. I realize there's not much to be gained by being an NAAA member if you almost never get to the game, but membership is only $10-12 and the NAAA is worthy of your support all the time. So join!

During the first three weeks after the annual mailout we received about 300 postcards. The main purpose was to get info for the directory we hope to put out sometime this Fall. We are hoping most of you return them by the end of August, because we have deadlines for the cruise commitments. If you still haven't sent in your card, get it off right away. At least, drop the Sec'y a card with your current address confirmed, wife's name and home and business phone numbers.

Have had several letters back and forth between Howie Morris and the Sec'y. Howie has been working in the Puget Sound area and has seen a number of Classmates including Bobbye and Dick Childs. He and Jim Murphy have formed a class chapter of two in Durango (CO) and, he has a tremendous offer for all you ski fans. In his words: The Four Comers (CO, UT, AZ and NM) Chapter of the Association of the Cass of '51 (100% membership consisting of Howie and Jim) will host the first annual "Kick the Dark Ages Skifest" at Purgatory Ski Area, 30 miles north of Durango, Colorado, the weekend of 3-5 February 1984. The gathering will be informal and flexible. We plan a cocktail party/dinner on Saturday the 4th as the only structured activity. Depending on response other activities will be developed. Purgatory has great powder, great runs and very short lift lines.

Lodging is available in Durango, at the area and in-between, from $15 per person to $41 and up, in motels and condos. Reservations should be in by early December. Lift tickets, when purchased with lodging, are about $12.50 per day, otherwise $18. Non-skiers can find plenty to do in Durango too, including sno-cat tours and the narrow gauge train ride. Anyone interested contact Howie or Shirley Morris, P.O. Box 3277, Durango 81301, tel: 303/247-8154, or call Jim Murphy: (H) 303/247-0450 or (O) 303/259-3700. We will get a package together to send to all interested parties with more details than we could possibly get in Shipmate.

Howie says Durango is served by Frontier jets from Denver as well as Aspen Airways; smaller airlines serve from Albuquerque, plus there are many charters. He closed by saying that John McGrew was passing through Shelton, Washington, the next day and he hoped to intercept them at the Childs. Howie has also made Shipmate, October 1983

contact with Flo and Jack Bowen, who live on the Olympia Peninsula. Jack is the Puget Sound area manager for VSE, Inc. Small world. Tom Ward is VSE's Southeastern manager and he and Peggy live in Virginia Beach.

On August 10th, this article's deadline date, your Sec'y, along with others, were invited to Alumni House to meet the new Editor of Shipmate — none other than our own Wes Hammond.

I leave it in his hands to add on his and Donna's new address to this epistle! (Yup! 1739 Long Green Drive, Annapolis MD 21401.)

We're having our third Army-Navy luncheon with our West Point brethren at noon on 19 November at Boiling Air Force Base Club. A flyer will come out in October. Put it on your calendar!

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 He was ubiquitous. Where midshipmen were, he was heard. He was the drummer. He provided the cadence to which we marched. He epitomized, in those days, the narrow focus of our lives. Stand tall, look smart, eyes in the boat, and above all, stay in step; or, should the siren notes of a different drummer invade one's consciousness to motivate a mischievous misstep, autograph a Form 2. That was the past. Today personal cadence truly comes from a variety of drummers. This past year of involvement with this column has brought a better appreciation of the diverse professional pursuits that are not incompatible with the seemingly narrow objective of the Naval Academy. Admirals, generals, artists, teachers, lawyers, doctors, politicians, corporate managers, entrepreneurs and men of leisure have been heard from. The objective for this next year is to extract letters from those not yet heard from but who have discovered personal interests in new fields that would be of interest to us all.

While on the subject of new fields of interest, the 21 July class luncheon was a sellout. The reason? Our guest speaker was Capt. Grace Hopper USN. She now is the oldest naval officer on active duty, but more important, she is one of the most knowledgeable people in the arcane world of computers (sorry Alex), and a remarkably entertaining speaker. Her talk was superb, and all of us in attendance hated to have it end. The list of those present follows: Ed Sabec, Tom Thawley, Bob Jacob, Bill Bowen, John Yamnicky, Phil Case, Tom Norman, Jim Troutman, Art Thompson, Jerry Zacharias, George Brown, Frank Haggard, Jerry Rapkin, Dick Case, Bill Roberts, Vince Argiro, Gordon Enquist, Doug Payne, Walt Locke, Biscuit Wev, Jack O'Donnell, Doug Murphy, Jamie Jameson, Ed Sebes, Garnett Bailey, Sheldon Drews, John Beecher, Lou McMillan, Bill Studabaker, Frank Hannegan, Carl Hilland, Bill Jacobson, John Langford, J. R. Smith, George Lester, Ed Leonard, Bob Compton, Harry Bixby, John Sell, Jim Keane, Ray Amor, Woody Ramsey, Vince Manara, Marv Alexander, Dick Smith, Hork Dimon, Brice Bradshaw, Bill Reed, Don and Bunny Buck, Jack Burnett, Al Bress, Jake Brown, Jim Fischer, Mike Sorrentino, Larry Layman, T. R. Gronlund, Jim Wilson, Larry Chambers, Merily and Leigh Ebbert, Tom Lancaster, John McWilliam, and Jean and Jack Sheehan.

It has been a gadawful hot Summer here in Washington, but the Class had a pleasurable break

on the 30th of July. Jean and Jack Sheehan once again hosted a crepes-and-swimming party at their lovely Georgetown home. The surprise of the evening was the arrival of Sally and Bill Rowden and Ann and Hi Gurney. Bill is the new Commander of the Military Sealift Command and he and Sal shortly will move into quarters at the Naval Observatory. Hi has just retired and he and Ann have bought an RV which they intend to make their temporary home while touring the country over the next six months. After that their friends in the Washington area hope to see them settle there.

Needless to say, the large turnout coupled with the unexpected arrival of the Rowdens and Gurneys combined to make an occasion worth recording for posterity. This was done. Biscuit Wev put his video camera to work and captured the entire evening, warts and all. (The corresponding secretary needs to learn how to hold in his stomach or, better yet, lose weight!) Happily all had a grand time, no one drowned and no one lost his bathing suit.

The "all" were: Nancy and Bob Jacob, Fran and Ron Hattin, Sally and John Alexander, Hork Dimon, Nancy and Frank Hannegan, Tom Thawley, Pat and George Brown, Aud and Gordon Enquist, Louise and Phil Case, Beverly and Brice Bradshaw, Ginny and Marv Alexander and daughter Kathy Arnold, Helen and Lou McMillan, Elaine and Bob Schulze, Sarah and Larry Chambers, Nita and Jamie Jameson, Bonnie and Harv Hunt, Bill Studabaker, Muffle and Jim Nunneley, Sally and Bill Rowden, Ann and Hi Gurney, Betty and Jim Fischer, Peggy and Jim Keane, Dolly and Ed Leonard, Francpise and Al Bress, Jan and John Yamnicky and his sister, Peggy Piatt, Rita and Garnett Bailey, Petey and Biscuit Wev, and Ann and Harry Bixby.

With a daughter at the University of Virginia, one soon quickly comes to appreciate the quality of hfe in Charlottesville, Virginia. The beauty of the countryside and the pace of living are in stark contrast to the Beltway Jungle, and speaking of stark. Barb and Pete Stark are thoroughly enjoying T. J.'s country. Pete recently received his master's degree at THE University, but as important as that event was it was overshadowed by the arrival of a grandchild. Bethiny Stark was born 12 April 1983 to Jorga and Tim Stark, and Barb and Pete are doing just fine. To make their year even happier, Jeff Stark graduated in May from the University School of Architecture and now is employed with an architectural firm in Virginia Beach. Maybe Pete will hand out cigars at the Navy-Virginia game.

Back a few years ago, a whole lot to be exact, 1 met a real live graduate of Hollywood High School. At the time he was a cohort in my plebe summer cutter crew, and in spite of the American Graffiti image one might have of HSS, Tom Julian probably was the most squared away mid (not counting John Kyle, of course) in our disparate group. The perfection of his personal locker was a constant source of amazement to us all,and undoubtedly terrified his roommate when he visualized a duty officer comparing his effort to Tom's.

Well, that was 1948 trivia, and since that time Tom has achieved many truly significant successes. Now it's the turn of the new generation: Anne and Tom have just had the pleasure of entering their son David Alexander Julian in the Class of 1987 at the Academy. Tough Shoes To Fill to be sure, but we all are confident David will enjoy every success.

From Wayne M. Brown '37 comes the following clipping from the Denver Post. "Air Force Major General Bruce Brown, Vice Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is being transferred to Alaska and has been nominated by President Reagan for promotion to 79

lieutenant general. Brown, a native of Lubbock, Texas, will head the Alaskan Air Command and also command the Alaskan NORAD Region at Elmendorf Air Force Base, starting September 1.

Brown came to NORAD headquarters in 1976 and assumed his present position in October 1981. He also is Assistant Vice Commander of the recently formed Air Force Space Command." Well done, Bruce! And by the way, readers, Wayne is no kin to Bruce, so OK ya'll, if the Class of '37 can support this column I sure hope Class of '52 will do the same.

53 Pres., Capt. Augustine E. Hubal Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. C. E. Mumford, GRl 1303 Towlston Rd., Vienna VA 22180 703/759-3115 Percent Members: 59 Living Grads: 644

Back: Dick Gaskill, Jim Zimmerman, Joan Daniels, Bill Daniels; center: Kirby Zimmerman, Bob Wilmer; bottom: Diane Gaskill, Mary Sue Wilmer, John and Sue Woodward

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 The job of class secretary is sometimes a strain, but it does have its rewards. The best aspect by far is more frequent contact with Classmates than would be the case otherwise. One of my oldest friends, Jerry McCarthy, sends: "By virtue of your Shipmate articles, I know that you're alive and well, so I guess it's my turn to bring you up to date.

"We have been in Layfayette for ten years and have firmly set roots. I originally came on a twoyear XO assignment at the NROTC Unit at Purdue. I subsequently was promoted and fleeted up to CO. After five years of the good life, I couldn't make the transition back to the Pentagon so we elected to stick with what we had going for us here.

"I spent one year with a local bank and then got this excellent job at Purdue, teaching in the department of supervision in the school of technology. The teaching and working with students is most satisfying and keeps one young and alert. The academic routine is ideal with the Summer off as well as nice Christmas and Spring breaks.

"Our family has thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. Mary Ann got a B.A. to go with her nursing degree and is working with a cancer research project in the vet medicine school. She has also been active in Red Cross work and can always find time for tennis.

"Craig, our 25-year-old son, graduated from the management school in 1980 and works for R. R. Donnelly (the printing company) in Stamford, Connecticut. Brad also graduated from Purdue in 1982 and is working for Quaker Oats in Danville, Illinois. Mark is now a junior in high school and keeps busy with water sports and wrestling.

"I still manage to keep some contacf with the Navy and am the local Blue and Gold Officer. We went back for the 25th Class reunion and are anxiously looking forward to the big one next year."

Dick Gaskill sends: "Enclosed are a couple of pictures of five well-tanned Classmates and their wives enjoying an Independence Day reunion dinner at the NAS Pensacola quarters of Sue and John Woodward. John is head of the Navy Regional Data Automation Center here. Shown with the Woodwards are Joan and Bill Daniels and Mary 80

L. to r.: Dick Gaskill, Jim Zimmerman, Bob Wilmer, Bill Daniels, John Woodward Sue and Bob Wilmer who came over from New Orleans where they work in reserve headquarters and are nextdoor neighbors. Kirby and Jim Zimmerman from Philadelphia were also visiting Pensacola and the Daniels for the summer hohdays.

Diane and I came the shortest distance from our nearby beach retirement home on the Intracoastal Waterway near the Air Station.

"Any calls from visitors to this area would be most welcome."

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 Otto Zipf was never known to be behind the power curve on anything, but many of us have him this time. At the July luncheon here in Washington he was touting that he was now a grandfather. Paul Sutherland reported that the first time he held his first granddaughter in June, she christened him.

Paul never was much with the ladies. The July luncheon was attended by a few stalwarts with Denny Sullivan and Don Linehan already fretting about how to find people for the 30th. Paul Slack and Ted Parker are back in town, but couldn't break bread with us. Paul is at HQMC and Ted is OP-098B. In an earlier communication Ted reported that he had recently seen My Ricketts, Frank Farino and Tony Hastogolis at Jack Renard's change of command, and had recently heard from Tom Davis who is recovering from a main circulating pump overhaul in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Chuck Benton writes, "Just a short note to let you know the results of June Week West in San

Diego. I volunteered to send the information to the Classmates in the area, so I also get the job of reporting to you. Unfortunately, I had to be out of town during part of the festivities, so if I missed any of the attendees I offer my sincere apologies. We had one of the better class representations, with the following attending one or more of the activities: Ned Floyd, Tom Kiefaber, Wally and Peggy Olsen, Bob and Mary Price, Jack and Donna Renard, Don and Alice Sturtz, Bob and Karen Weir, Carroll and Barbara Wittner.

"I didn't talk to everyone, but I did learn that Bob Weir is still working in the San Diego City Attorney's office. Bob Price is with Merrill Lynch, Don Sturtz is Chief of Surgery at Balboa, recently retired Rog Coffey is with a local consulting firm, and I'm trying to remain unemployed.

"June Week West was well received and we are all looking forward to Army-Navy at Pasadena."

56 Co-chairman, Class Executive Comm.

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 Washington MD 20744 Percent Members: 56 Living Grads: 546 Another Summer has expired, and most of us have now returned to the daily routine. A few reports of the Summer's activities have filtered in.

From the looks of things, the West Coast groups share the award for best news stories.

Jim Thomas, in the name of '56 West, is pleased to report that in a September-November-JanuaryMarch-May routine. "We have quite a sizable and stable retired population in the San Diego area, but our active duty warriors continue to give us the necessary bit of class. It's a great group, and we would like to see all who visited last Spring, recruiting local businesses for relocation to Oklahoma, and amidst the chuckles at this effort we whipped up a mini-luncheon of fifteen or so people where we all told Walt Stammer stories.

"The latest event was June Week West. We took a suite at the Town and Country Hotel, and had an old fashioned Lord B-type hotel party. Fortyone people attended, including Ruth and Roger Box who flew all the way from Brussels just to participate. We did the old trick of posting Lucky Bag pictures for an attempt to 'guess the Mid,' and generally had one magnificent time. The next night we attended the Alumni dinner-dance at the ballroom, with 27 people, and were announced as having the largest class representation. This notunexpected situation led to '56 closing down the joint.

Shipmate, October 1983

Bob Fesler with Don and Nancy Hanson

Somebody weigh that anchor

Nona and Fred Lippert with Ed Covey

Jim Kautz, Jerry .Vlasterson, Tom Langley

Matt Ryan, Rog Horne, Ted Lewin

Mac MacDonald, Karl Peterson, Ed Covey

Shipmate, October 1983

"Here are the June Week West attendees: Stan Booth, Ruth and Roger Box, Bruce Dolph, Helen and Jim Egerton, Doris and Frank Graham, Bill Green, Zayanne and Neil Groepler, Ann and John Kirkpatrick, Heather and Mai Malloy, Marilyn and Dave Minton, Jim Murtland, Barbara and Carl Nelson, Jody and Sven Nelson, Dale and Jay Ransom, Jacque and Chff Schoep, Lyn and Bob Shinn, Martha and Pete Spink, Emily and Joe Talbert, Betty and Dave Teachout, Bonnie and George Textor, Martha and Jim Thomas, Gina and Bob Watkins.

"Our next effort, in addition to a luncheon on 2 November, is the Army-Navy game in the Rose Bowl. We are organizing tickets in a class block and chartering a bus. We, of course, hope to see all who attend the game and plan to have a '1956' banner as a rallying point. Since kickoff is at 1130 to appease the Eastern time zones, our tailgating will start about 1000, either at the bus or in the Alumni circus tent in the parking lot. It's a BYOB situation, with setups provided by '56W in either case, and a commensurate Victory Party for a couple of hours after the game. Rumor has it that the transit to and from San Diego in the bus may include some attitude adjustment as well.

"Pete Spink has recently retired and is now wearing a three-piecer, pin stripes with gold watch chain, doing ILS work for Convair. He received a much-deserved Legion of Merit upon retirement, and of course, he and Martha are mainsprings of '56W. "We are sorry to lose Jay Ransom as he leaves COMSUBDEVGRU and returns to snowbound New London as CO, Submarine School. He has been a real asset, and we hope he and Dale return after another successful tour. I should also mention how impressed we are with George Textor and his lovely wife Bonnie. George is mission director for the Voyager Project with JPL; he is in charge of the widely reported vehicle now leaving the solar system. Not bad for an old tackle and place-kicker; some kick, George! He is also in charge of Pep for the Army-Navy game as a member of the Army-Navy Association in Pasadena. George is easy to spot: he is the one with the megaphone and pom-pom.

"Our points of contact continue to be Jim Thomas at 487-1150 and Joe Talbert at 435-5640.

We would be delighted to include anyone in our Army-Navy kit, and of course at our scheduled extemporaneous luncheons."

From a bit farther north, the Seattle Yacht Club served as the setting for the "56 Happening" arranged by Fred Lippert, Tom Langley and Jim Bruso (who also served as Mustering PO and reporter). "The event, the first ever for this area, was a smashing success, attracting sixteen '56ers and their wives on a beautiful sunny Seattle day.

"The group included three active duty folks: Como. Ted Lewin, COMNAVBASE Seattle, Capt. Roger Home, COMNAVBASE Bremerton, and Capt. Jack Kinert, COMNAVSUBBASE Bangor, with the rest of us 'civilians.' There were several reunions within the reunion. Bob Fesler and Don Hansen (former USNA 'wives') saw each other for the first time in over twenty years even though they both work for the Boeing Corporation locally. Attendees included: Binnie and Jim Bruso, Rosemary and Ed Covey, Lee and Bob Fesler, Nancy and Don Hanson, Pat and Lyell Harris, Joan and Jim Kautz, Barbara and Jack Kinert, Janet and Ted Lewin, Nancee and Tom Langley, Nona and Fred Lippert, Joan and Mac MacDonald, Weece and Jerry Masterson, Ernestine and Frank Murray, Shirley and Karl Peterson, Pat and Matt Ryan, and Blanche and Roger Horne.

"Each Classmate was called upon to recall some memorable event from Academy days with emphasis on humor. Tom Langley couldn't recall anything funny about his days in Bancroft Hall.

Fred Lippert recalled an incident in which he was involved that probably had the Bancroft Hall plumbers puzzled for several years. Ed Covey recalled an event involving 'mother lovers.'

Enough said!

"Much mention was made about sandblowers since our group included Lewin, Lippert, Fesler and Masterson. Four of the most renowned sandblowers in all of 1956!

"Jerry Masterson and I had the record for the youngest children in the group, but that record will be short hved as another member of the group (his name will not be mentioned so he can have his glory when the time arrives) is about to become a parent in September. {Read this column next month! Jim Hogg, take note.)

"A good time was had by all, and many stories related brought back fond memories of the 'good ole days' at Canoe U! "Jack Kinert has arranged for a tour of his command and the USS OHIO for our July meeting."

Incidentally, I understand Jack has orders as CO, NROTC unit at California. Other orders include Ned Roberts to NAVSURFPAC and Ray Kostesky back to HQMC Washington. Don't forget the DC luncheon on 15 November.

57 Pres., LCol. George F. Warren USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. Frank Barnes 218 Seminole Trail, 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 81

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 Well, gang, this is it . . . the month we've all waited so long for . . . October the Big 25th.

Halleluiah! All the planning has now gone into automatic. If you are still debating . . . especially you local laggards you . . . opt to come on out for Homecoming '83. And please let us know you are comin'.

One late addition to the arrangements. USS CARL PETERSON (DD-969) will be coming up the Bay from Norfolk, underway 0900 Thursday, 20 October, to be present during the weekend. The ship will be returning to Norfolk the 24th. In view of the significance to our Class, Chuck Smith has arranged for up to 25 couples to ride on either or both of PETERSON'S trips. The point of contact is Tom Fleming (H) (703) 978-8681, (O) (202) 553-7255. If you can't reach Tom, try Frank Caldwell (H) (703) 273-0882 or (O) (202) 692-7042.

(I don't know the skinney regarding bringing young adults/children. Ask Tom.) We are also working on having a small memorial ceremony Sunday afternoon after the Superintendent's open house . . . about l:30ish . . . near the waterfront and PETERSON . . . to honor Carl and all our other Classmates who have left their mortal coils. Save time in your schedule. And let Tom or Frank know by the 14th of this month, please, if you want to ride.

Four June found a bunch of us at the bash you've previously read about in this column. All the press was true, and the party was enjoyed by Dick (6th Co) Alexander, Barbara and Rich Anderson, Mary and Al Barbero, Gloria and Ed Borden, Nancy and Ralph Buck, Becky and Bob Caldwell, Peg and Pooch Caldwell, Shirley and Ralph Carestia, Julia and Jim Corder, Jean Cooper and Bert Concklin, Nancy and Gene Deegan, Pat and Ron Eytchison, Linda and Tom Fleming, Monica and John Frustace, Jeanette and Pete Gatje, Julie and John Gentile (Yes, you alert ones, they now have the same name. As a matter of fact, the wedding was on the very same day . . . I assume so John could never have the "I forgot" kxcuse . . . in the Church of the Presidents, right across from the White House . . . No, Ronnie couldn 't make it.), Jane and Gordon Gerson, Eileen and Mike Giglio, Mary and Harry Hanson, Donna and John Kennard, Dorothy and Bob Lamoureux, Jean LeBer and date Linda (our photographer-of-the-evening, and G. Gerson's right hand person), Jan and George Meinig, Sandy and John McMillan, Polly and Ken Mitchell, Missy and Bill Mooney, Amy and Clyde Morris, Mai and Keith O'Donnell, Anne and George Ojalehto, Joan and J. D. Peters, Carroll and Jack Pierce, Barb and Paul Polski, Susan and Stan Poremba, Tinker and Mel Runzo, Dick Slyder and his daughter Ellyn, Patty and Wayne Scott (Hey, that's Rover), Ginny and Gordon Schaaf, Sally and Tom Thoureen, Vabeke and Poj Walters, Danielle and Pete Westphal, and Terry and Bruce Wilcox. It was a formal affair, as attested to by Lamoureux and Pierce, who were asked by a sweet young thing in the hallway, "How late does your place stay open?" We toasted our departed, we toasted John and Julie, and we haggled over who is the youngest grandfather.

Commodore Ron spoke of his career, this being his first DC tour; BG Gene told us about the shaky 82

start his career got off to (a breach ofregs the night before graduation, and his greeting at Quantico).

Bruce told us about 1st Lt. son Wayne marrying Capt. Teresa Field . . . both Marines . . . at Camp Pendleton . . . she's an attorney . . . they're going to Okinawa for a year together. The wandering violins were a hit. Gate & Concklin provided a look at the 25th momentos . . . we bought lots of 'em on the spot.

The May luncheon saw Gerson, Sickman, Giglio, Pejsar, Meisel, Buck, Lombard, Wilcox, Goldenstein, O'Donnell, Britton, K. Mitchell, Mooney, M. Moran, O'Beirne, Gibbons, Davidson, Gentile, Goodwin, Powell, Warren, Shane, Buss, Brooks, W. Mitchell, J. Pierce, Polski, and Runzo gathering at the feedbag. Three were firsttimers. John Sickman is with Control Data Corp. in San Diego and was in town on business. Rick Davidson was in town in his Air Force Reserve bird colonel suit, doing a stint of duty in the Airlift and Rescue Center in the Pentagon. He's a captain for United Airlines, living with wife Barbara and 4 kids, ages 6 to 11, out in the Pacific Northwest.

Bob Warren, the third first-timer, is local; he claims to be the first Classmate retired as an 06.

(Any challengers?) The Class of '83 was toasted at about the moment they graduated. USS CARL PETERSON (DD-969) was at graduation week . . . named after our Classmate who lost his life on riverine patrol duty. Odie O'Donnell announced his retirement . . . he'll be flying for NASA. Dick Buss will become head of the Math Dept. at USNA in the Summer of '84. Gene Deegan is becoming the Marine Corps Chief of Information.

The June luncheon fed Gatje, Conckhn, Buck, Gentile, Thoureen, Brooks, LeBer, Warren, W. Mitchell, Scott (finally), Polski, Garland, Bridgeman, Coyne Meisel, Shane, J. D. Peters, Powell, M. Moran, Meinig, Kunz, Runzo, Webster, Mooney, Buss, Sennett, Tarquin, W. J. Peters, Gregg, Wilcox, and Goodwin. The 24th Co. had five fellas there. Meisel officially "scrubbed" the 1983 annual late fall train trip to Philadelphia. Bernie Demers sent up a box containing 34 blue-and-gold ascots . . . some of you may recall them. (Anything else left hanging around since the 20th, gang?) Steve Webster proudly announced that his daughter Jennifer is a new midshipmen. Class of '87. And what ever happened to your recipe submissions for the Tailgate Cook Book? Either no one eats, or no one reads this rag, or no one does what 1 tell 'em to do. (What's your guess?)

Bunches of notes and letters from Classmates gearing up for Homecoming.

Referring to P. J. Miller of blessed memory, (see September issue). He has lost his '58 Lucky Bag. Anyone with a lead to one for him would be kind to contact him at 14025 Panay Way, Marina del Ray CA 90291; 213/821-3433. (P.S. Look for Jeanne and P. J. to be at Homecoming.)

Frank Gamboa, Commander, Amphibious Squadron Three, expects to be at Homecoming with wife Linda. Writing at sea two days out of Fremantle, Australia, Frank says, "I've been doing some recruiting out here in WestPac for you for the Homecoming. In Pearl 1 passed along copies of your newsletter to Taylor Keith, George Stubbs, and Bill Pendley. Out here in the Seventh Fleet 1 have talked to Marty McCullaugh, Naval Attache in Manila. He's going to put me up for three days when 1 return to Subic next month, and we'll get together with Carlito Cunan, our Philippine Navy classmate. When 1 return to San Diego, I'll try to drum up more business. Looking forward to seeing you at the 25th."

Tay Keith says he had not been sure whether he could make it. However, "It is now firm that

I will be relieved in the late part of September and will report for duty at OPNAV in early October, I will be deputy director of the Warfare Training Division (OP-32B). Since leaving NAVSEA four years ago, I have served as Commander, Destroyer Squadron SEVEN, and most recently as Chief of Staff here at Third Fleet. It will be hard to leave Hawaii, but I'm nonetheless looking forward to returning to Washington (believe it or not!)."

Don Boerner sends: "Really looking forward to our get-together . . . Gail has never been on campus, and I haven't been back In a number of years, so it should be quite exciting for both of us. See ya there." Right on, Don. Frank Butterworth, from New London: ". . . Hopefully I'm not too late." Frank was most recently moved on short notice out of D.C. to Connecticut. Glad to hear you're gonna catch the Homecoming show, Frank.

Chuck Harrison writes: "Reupped my alumni affiliation during this year's graduation ceremonies in anticipation of October, and I'm gradually updating myself via Shipmate. Please mail me a homecoming packet to 110 Paul Revere Rd., Groton CT 06340. I just hope I'm not too late . . ." Chuck, I'm so very glad you're gonna be there. Long time, no see, old buddy.

From Al Haugen: "Saw Bob Sauer the other evening at a meeting to form a USNA parents club in Minnesota. There are some enthusiastic parents involved, so I think an active, effective group will result. Sauers have two boys at USNA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one graduates this year ('83).'Hope we can make the festivities during Homecoming and meet a lot of 'old' friends again." Address: R5 Box 169, Northfield MN 55057. (Is that the Northfield of cowboys and robbers fame? Wow.) Our final letter this month comes from the new Superintendent. Rather than edit it, I will give you the same pleasure I had and let you read it in full "Dear Wayne, "I hope you don't pass out in a dead faint now that I have finally written you with some news for Shipmate but I thought that our latest news might be worth getting into print before homecoming.

Sally and I were very pleased when we found out, some time ago, and as officially aimounced on the first of June, that I will be coming back as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

"This job over here in the Mediterranean (Commander, Submarine Group Eight) has been everything that I had hoped for and more. It is a very operational environment here and my three staffs (two U.S. and one NATO) have kept me busy and have allowed me to have many fine experiences. Travels have taken me to all of the Allied countries in the Mediterranean for interfaces with their Navies and submarine forces. In February, I was allowed to take on an extra job when 1 went to sea in USS NIMITZ and relieved RAdm. Ed Martin (now VAdm. Martin, to be COMSIXTHFLT on 8 July) as Commander Task Group Sixty Point One (CTG 60.1) which placed me in command of the entire Sixth Fleet Battle Force centered around NIMITZ, for a period of one month. February was a very active month for the Battle Force as we operated North of Libya, off the coast of Eygpt, supervised a turnover of the Marine Amphibious Group near Beirut and exercised throughout the central and eastern Mediterranean. It was good for this submariner to have a chance to return to the aviation and surface communities and I can guarantee that I learned a lot and had an absolutely fantastic time in that environment.

"The entire family has adapted so well to Naples and the Italian way of life. They get around the countryside like veterans and have done much to Shipmate, October 1983

absorb the cuhure and the many fine things that this part of Europe has to offer. We return with a sense of regret at leaving this wonderful place and our many friends here, but I can't tell you how excited we are about coming back to Annapolis, the East Coast and to be with all of our friends there.

"I know that Homecoming plans are firming up and somewhat locked in but I've told Paul Polski that we would be pleased to host an 'open house' at the Superintendent's quarters after the Protestant Chapel Services on Sunday of homecoming weekend for any and all '58ers who are in the area. We look forward to seeing all of you there.

"Sally joins me in sending our very best wishes to all you. We will be seeing you soon. Sincerely, Chuck."

See you at the Big Weekend. And remember, you all . . . check in at the Holiday Inn, West Street & Rt. 50 . . . check out the mementos early, 'cause they'll go fast . . . if you have a problem, ask for help . . . and if you're havin' fun, tell everyone! Love to all. 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 Hello, '59ers!

We certainly have a number of real success stories in the Class, and newsmakers . . . and I am talking not only about Bud McFarlane and the flurry of articles about "New Middle East Envoy is Named by Reagan," which is the way the New York Times reported on 23 July 1983, the latest assignment for Robert C McFarlane. I of course had a bit of a scoop in that the previous class column carried a profile on Bud, which the Baltimore paper had actually drafted. 1 won't say much because you have been reading about him and his travels in the Middle East for much of the late Summer . . . what a difficult task he has . . . almost a "no-win" situation trying to seek a solution/a balance of IsraeH, Lebanese, and Syrian interests. Lloyd Adams is already working with "Carl's" office (that is what the C is for folks) to see when the '59er lunch-bunch can get the straight skinny from the "New Man on Reagan's Mideast Team."

But there are other newsmakers, folks . . . so don't stop reading now. How about James Andrew "Jim" Kelly, another famous '59er, and recently appointed deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (East Asia and Pacific Affairs) International Security Affairs!! You can contact Jim on 202/697-2307, or Rm 4E817, Pentagon, Washington DC 20301. He departed on 2 August for a three-week trip primarily to visit the ASEAN countries. Jim became a DASD on June 21, 1983, and here is the official office bio: Mr. Kelly served as an active duty officer in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1982 where his duties involved politico-military affairs, financial management, and logistics, and included tours of Iran, Southeast Asia, and at sea.

Not bad for the former 19th Company guy out of Atlanta, described in our Lucky Bag as "making the Supt's List and constantly plugging on the battalion football team . . . often found reading the newspaper and magazines." Through this, he became almost an "answer man" to inquiring Plebes, as well as a Star man in Bull . . . as a leader, Jim has everything needed to qualify Shipmate, October 1983

among the top" . . . you are there now, Jim, and the very best of luck!!

Teddy Wu too . . . he has been in the news!

Technology transfer is a major concern of our government today, and Teddy is right in the thick of that issue in his job as deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement of the Department of Commerce. He was recently quoted in The American Sentinel, a report of national defense, foreign affairs and internal security, "Our main line of defense is the citizen. Because most of our high technology is developed by private industry and not the government, you can easily see why.

But government does have its obligations: to provide clear, simple guidelines, advice and incentives for the private sector. Wu said, "Commerce Department officials are making more public appearances to this end. More voluntary compliance would lead to less interference by the government with innocent companies," Wu said. It would also mean fewer tax dollars being spent on enforcement.

"He said that certain 'red flags' indicate when an unfriendly power probably is trying to acquire a high-tech item: offering to pay cash for big-ticket items, failure to provide any business background, use of freight forwarders as intermediate consignees, etc."

I want to tell you, one must read the NYT closely to pick up these tidbits, but would you believe "Garbage" made the news? Yes, on p. D2 in the 5 Aug. '83 edition W. R. Grace & Co. announced they had appointed Gerald G. Garbacz corporate senior vice president and deputy group executive of its general business group. Way to go, Jerry!! . . . another '59er come a long way (out of Summit, New Jersey, and the 23rd Co.) from the L. Bag description "arrived at Navy Tech after an invigorating year of fraternities, parties, and revelry as a history major at Dartmouth." Jerry survived Canoe U. where he supposedly "when not sleeping or reading letters from his many fans in Summit" . . . spent a lot of time jocking it up . . . ah, memories of days on the soccer field. Garbage! Good luck as you move up to "Grace!"

Newsmakers . . . at least mention in Navy Times for "official Navy orders" Walter T. Dziedzic to FLTACT YOKUSUKA; John A. Gunther to HQAFSOUTH; Theodore G. Drumm to NROTC S. Carolina; Frederick A. Olds to USS AUSTIN.

Thanks, Jim, for sending me an invite, and I am sorry I cannot make it, and am sorry a great guy, a super '59er is leaving command. "The Commanding Officer, Naval Avionics Center (Indianapolis, Indiana) requests the pleasure of your company at a Change of Command and Retirement Ceremony, at which Capt. James Howard Holds USN will be relieved by Capt. Warren Robert Abel USN '62, on Thursday, September 1, 1983. Best of luck, Jim, and I look forward to hearing from you and finding out what the future holds.

Here's something to cheer about, '59er offspring in the Class of '87, and celebrating Parents Weekend as 1 type this. Looks like Mary and Julie Donovan are here to share the special time with sister Amy (folks just moved to California) and the Milligans are staying with the Truaxes and watching their son parade and showing his Plebe pizzazz. Ted Baker's son Sam is in the Class and the Lukish family has a son to cheer about also.

A 2nd Companymate of mine. Bob Beaton, has son Ross here. 'Twas fun having Bob and Linda stop to see us in July when the "summer fun" began. Bob retired from the Navy in '79 and has an excellent position with General Dynamics (computer field . . . used some good Navy training, and

remained in the New London area). Linda is very successful in a cosmetics business and dazzled us with her pink Cadillac. Carey is 20 and a junior at Indiana and 13-year-old Jeff is the one still at home. Bob is a fine Christian man and very active in OCF (Officers' Christian Fellowship). Give them a call in Ledyard, Connecticut, at 464-0096 or stop by.

1 missed the July luncheon (combined ID card project business with a sidetrip to see my son-inlaw get his wings . . . off to fly Marine Cobras) and a chance to hear Mickey Garverick speak about the "Demise of the Trident" . . . actually closing the office cuz the job has been done . . . and done well of course!! Here's the cast of characters who did make it. Lloyd Adams, Bill Hancock, John Sapp, Jack Flikeid, Jack King, Brad Keyes, Ron Trossbach, Bob Morgan, Bruce Nordwall, Bill Barkman, Ing Kiland, Ed Veazey, Al Shinn, Frank Pipkin, Ray Lavan, Steve Snyder, Russ Anderson, Marty Finerty, Jack Nourie, Gary Smith.

The guy I keep waiting to see in the news . . . a bit of a mystery-man for me and many others in the Class . . . Stan Legro. I asked the August luncheon gathering if they knew what "Rice's loss was the Naval Academy's gain when Stan left his pre-law studies and good times in Houston to come from the NROTC unit" . . . to play golf, debate, speak Russian, and excel at Canoe U. . . . the quote of course comes from Stan's L. Bag profile. Unless you are wrapped up in CIA-biz, let us hear from you, Stan!

One of the all-time nice guys, Ralph Christy, was relaying a "fish story" for me the other day.

Seems that he drove his daughter out to Colorado so she could start college in Boulder, at the U. of Colo. Young Ralph and Dad then ventured out to the streams of the Rocky Mountains. They found the headwaters of a stream . . . water literally running out of snowbanks still there in mid-summer. The water was so clear you could see the trout swimming in the water . . . but the Christy flyfishing technique did not produce a fish that Ralph said was worth reporting in the class column . . . so I did not report it! Ralph tried a bit of running at altitude in Colorado, and 3 miles was sufficient. His running back in the DC area has been a bit off of late cuz he is the acting general counsel for the bank board and there are many more demands on his time. But Ralph is one of those '59ers who always finds time for the Class, and the interests of the USNA Alumni . . . a real winner in our ranks!

Just discovered that one of my carpool-mates, Navy Capt. Arnie Henderson (good friend of Joe Flynn and Patty Ford . . . all of us residents of Crabtown), was recruited for his Pentagon job in defense's research and engineering offices by the previous job-holder, Milton R. Gorham, Jr., or "Pete" as he is known by many, a fellow '59er . . . and Milt and I used to carpool some way back in flight training when we were going from Pensacola out to Whiting Field. Milt is down at Patuxent River following his Pentagon assignment; guess he is "homesteading" down there after previous tours at Pax and even commuting from there to the "puzzle palace." Let's here from you, Pete!!

Here's "Murderer's Row" for the August gettogether at Fort McNair: Lloyd Adams, John Butterfield, Marty Finerty, Steve Synder, Tom Bond, Jack King, Phil Powers, Charlie Hughes, Charles Hougland, Van Nield, Don Katz, Bill Hancock, Al Shinn, Fred Naef, Bill Barkman, Felix Templeton, Bill Smoot, Peter Tarpgaard, Jack Flikeid, Rich Beggs, Art Emmerson, Jack Nourie, Fred Carter, Mickey Garverick, Russ Anderson.

No official speaker, but Lloyd "entertained" us 83

with his "low-key" sales pitch for the Cambridge Diet (wow, Lloyd looks super, and is testimony to discipline, diet, and exercise) and for property down along the Potomac, near Ed Veazey's estate, which leads me to the big Labor Day event there.

Wish you all could have made the end-of-summer family picnic at Ed and Joy's Farm on the banks of the Potomac River" . . . noon til???? on Monday, the 5th of September 1983. Will give you a report of all the eating, swimming, boating, and swapping of lies 'n stories which invariably took place.

A real character, super sense of humor-guy I had not seen for quite awhile. Bill Smoot! He is a stockbroker in Bahimore, has a 42' power boat that he cruised on this Summer to Virginia Beach and Norfolk . . . which he is happy to report is not the old "sin city of the East" many of us remember as Midshipmen . . . the new Waterside project has put a great new face on downtown Norfolk. Mr. Rouse and that fine company that has given new life to cities such as Boston, Baltimore, Norfolk deserve accolades. Those who have not "tasted" Harborplace in downtown Bahimore must include it on your next visit to the area . . . definitely when you come for the 25th . . . and on that note, start planning for Fall '84 now . . . and get involved as a Company Rep, or helper in some capacity. Call Ralph Christy at home 301/469-6528 or work 202/377-6402, or Lloyd Adams at home 703/455-7311 or work 703/920-7810 and volunteer . . . PLEASE!! Bea Company Rep, work on the banquet, gift, or entertainment committees, or offer some administrative/ worker-bee time.

Luncheon tidbits: Smoot had the crowd in stitches poking fun at Lloyd and Les Sellers (the latter not there to defend himself . . . down Alabama way where he is Commander of Gunter AFB; seems Les travelled out to California in December to swear his daughter in the U.S. Navy . . . great!). You can contact Bill Smoot at 301/561-1972, 2151 Chapel Valley Lane, Timonium MD 21093. Dick Beggs happy with new job in NavSea after three-year stint in the Pentagon. Bill Barkman went out to Jay Bainbridge's son Tom's wedding in Columbus, Ohio . . . great time has by all. Jay looks lean 'n mean following a serious diet 'n exercise program . . . and remembering that some of those health risk factors and lousy-living lifestyles can kill you quicker than you want. Jay still plays a great game of tennis I am told. Felix Templeton is happy as can be with General Physics in Crystal City, and a position in charge of some computer operation. Steve Snyder gave us a quick update on Pete Van Nort; Pete working for large Daniel Construction Co., which specializes in the nuclear industry, and located in Greenville, S. Carolina. However, seems a construction site in the Midwest was having problems and Pete has been sent out to set things right.

He commutes week ends in the company airplane, from, we think, Kansas to Carolina. Herb Richter retired in '80; now lives 'n works in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he is active in the Blue 'n Gold program and is a teacher in a junior high school.

Here's a brief rundown on our latest "Academy connection." Bill Garrett, as of 22 August the division director of U.S. & International Studies.

Capt. William B. Garrett came from duty as Assistant for Joint Chiefs of Staff Matters (Navy Planner) in the Strategy, Plans and Policy Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He attended Kansas University for one year before graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1959. Captain Garrett is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College, Newport. His sea experience is primarily in submarines and strategic 84

weapons, having served as weapons officer in a Polaris nuclear submarine, commanding officer of a diesel submarine, and most recently as executive officer of a Polaris submarine tender in Guam. He received an M.S. degree in international affairs from George Washington University and an Ph.D. degree in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. Wife Sally and the three children (Liz-15, Bill-11, Kate-8) will be residing at USNA on Porter Road.

Folks, those cards and letters have not been rolling in. Thank goodness for "Whit's" letter which will wrap up this month's report. 1 must explain that Bill Whittlesey enclosed a "flyer" about the Deseret News Marathon in Salt Lake City, and my blind friend, Harry Cordellos, ran in it, escorted by mutual friend. Marine Corps Major Tom Miller (teaches at NROTC unit, U. of Utah). Whit, you sound like you are in great shape, and well done on your running anrf baseball activities. Here's the old catcher's report: '' I have read each issue of Shipmate with interest over the years and have been particularly impressed with the job you have done. Belated congratulations on a job well done.

"The enclosed may be of interest to you. 1 see Tom quite often as 1 work as an instrumentation consuhant to Kennecott Minerals, only a stone's throw from the ROTC building where Tom is located; in fact I pass by it almost everyday on my way to play squash or going for a run. This year's Deseret News Marathon was my 31st, not as many as you fellows, but for a short heavyweight it isn't too bad.

"I have just finished another baseball season as a catcher and managed to compile a .353 batting average at age almost 47. I am older than most of the fathers of the other players, but still love the game and attribute the longevity to running, squash and just an active physical life.

"Four daughters, 20, 17, 8 and 7 keep us busy most of the time, but life is generally good to us in most all aspects. Like most of the Class, 24 years of marriage has been a great blessing and in my case, thanks to my wife, I lead a pretty healthy, rich and fully rewarding life.

"If you should get out here to visit Tom Miller or for any other reason, please let us know as I would love to renew a fleeting acquaintance from the past. Willis S. Whittlesey, III, Whittlesey Genealogical Research Service, P.O. Box 26183, Salt Lake City UT 84126."

Before closing, let me say 1 am excited with a new job 1 moved into in September; 1 go from an OSD staff position to work on the Navy Staff in the OP-60 organization, 605 to be precise in Current Capab'ies Plan & Mobzn. Office # in the Pentagon will be 4E531/telephone 695-9393. The one

hat of the old job I shall miss. Coordinator for Physical Fitness for DoD . . . but I shall try to keep fit, stay involved, and remain in close contact with the President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports.

You don't need to send money . . . but write!!

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'll start off this month with a photo from our Supply Corps School days when we had a rather large contingent of I960ers at Athens. We were often recognized more for being partiers than students, and I believe most of us on the basketball team fell into that category. The parties after the games were more fun than the games, though as I recall we did rather well. At any rate Classmates I remember are: 20 — Kenny Baum; 52 — Charlie Simmons; 42 — Larry Lavely; 40 — Bob Fraser; 44 — Larry Covington; 50 — Me. It's hard to believe I have been a Supply Officer longer than I was years old when I was graduated from USNA. Received a short note from Vance Fry, who was also at Athens with us, but not a basketball player.

He was a helluva student however, which is why he is now a lawyer, real-estate tycoon, computer company owner, etc. He also is a Captain in the Naval Reserve and presently Commanding Officer of a unit supporting NSC Charleston. He was just completing ACDUTRA with 43 of his troops when he wrote. If anyone would like to drop Vance a line, his address is 5323 Brainerd Rd., Chattanooga TN 37411.

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Angelo Karampelas sent us a snapshot of a most happy event in his family. His son Basil was recently graduated from high school in Avon, Connecticut, where he was named valedictorian. Basil amassed a perfect 4.0 grade point average and is a National Merit Finalist and Scholar. He's a winner of the Bausch and Lomb Award and the

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Brown University Book Award. Incidentally, he also attended the USNA Engineering and Science Seminar last Summer. Basil will be attending Stanford this Fall to pursue his studies in chemistry and business administration. Congratulations, Basil. The photo is of Angelo, Basil, and the proud Mom, Betty. If you'd like to congratulate Angelo personally his address is 48 Avonwood Dr., Apt. 216, Avon CT 06001.

Interestingly enough, Angelo identified one of our Classmates from the June Mystery Photo, standing second from the right, as Salim "Sam" Kanakry. I also received a letter from Jim McCusker saying the second from the right standing is Bernie Eberlein. I don't honestly know, but the photo obviously generated some interest.

Maybe only Sam or Bernie really know. How about a letter from each of you?

Received a press release from NSC Jacksonville stating that Don Weatherson has just taken over as CO. It reads.

NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATE ASSUMES COMMAND OF NAVY'S NEWEST SUPPLY CENTER Capt. H. D. Weatherson, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1960, became the second Command Officer for the Naval Supply Center, Jacksonville (NSC) on June 15, 1983, as he relieved Capt. C A. Hawkins who retired from active duty after more than 30 years of service.

Capt. Weatherson was assigned to Jacksonville from the Office of Supply Corps Personnel in Washington, D.C. where he was the Director of the Supply Corps Officer Assignment Division.

Capt. Weatherson's naval career began in 1961 as Supply Officer aboard a fleet oiler, USS TALUGA. Subsequent tours of duty afloat include service as Supply Officer in USS GEORGE WASHINGTON with the distinction of having been the first Supply Corps officer to be assigned for operational patrols in a fleet ballistic missile submarine. In 1975, Captain Weatherson was assigned as Supply Officer, Submarine Squadron Six and Supply Officer, USS L. Y. SPEAR. Capt. Weatherson's personal decorations include four Meritorious Service Medals and two Navy Achievement Medals. He is married to the former Margaret Jean Clark of Washington (DC), and they have four children. Capt. Weatherson, was born in Jacksonville (FL), and is the son of the late Commander F. W. Weatherson who also served proudly in the Supply Corps. His mother, Eleanor (Capps) Weatherson, is a native of Jacksonville. Captain Weatherson attended the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign, Supply Corps, in June 1960. He earned a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Management from the University of Kansas in 1970. Captain Weatherson is also a graduate of the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia and the U.S. Navy Submarine School, Groton, Connecticut.

Dave Kalb who is presently Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Long Beach, California, and has come up with a great idea for having the FFG-60 being built at Long Beach, associated with the Class of '60 throughout the ships life. Our Long Beach Classmates and he have come up with some fine action items that I personally think are terrific, but they would like to get a feel from the Class. So I submit the letter in its entirety.

"A few days ago Jack Carpenter, Tom Head, Dick Eber, Bernie Eberiein, and I got together for lunch here in Long Beach. I had called the luncheon to set forth an idea I hatched and to weigh it with our Classmates in the immediate area. The approval was unanimous.

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"The FFG-60, yet unnamed, will be the last of the FFG-7 class ships to be buiU. It is to be constructed at Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California. The keel will be laid by my wife Brenda on 18 April 1984. It is scheduled for launch 15 December 1984 and delivery to the Navy on 14 October 1985. As Supervisor of Shipbuilding here in Long Beach, my office administers the construction contract. 1 got to thinking one day that it would be rather nice to have our Class associated with this ship from keel laying through her life.

That's the basic idea we discussed last week.

"Our discussions took us in many directions, one of which was what was the name of this ship?

Since it is presently unnamed we thought of attempting to have her named after a deceased Classmate if we have one that qualifies. We didn't know anyone who might qualify, so we thought you might help us on this one from our class records. Tom Head took this one for action. Since we may not have much time, any help you can give us would be appreciated.

"Discretionary funds for new Commanding Officers are no longer authorized (thanks to the $16,000 couch) so we batted around some ideas as to what we could do for the ship. One of course, was a '60 plaque; others included buying SWO pins for officers and enlisted when they qualified; a sailor of the quarter or year cash award, purchase of recreational equipment and a few others. New ideas are welcome.

"Class notes: I'm building the FFGs as SUPSHIP, Long Beach. I deliver them to Capt. Tom Head, COMDESRON 9. Cdr. Bemie Eberiein arranges for pier space to tie them up as Port Services Officer, Long Beach. Capt. Jack Carpenter, presently Production Officer at Long Beach Naval Shipyard and soon to be Commanding Officer SIMA, Long Beach works on them and keeps them going and Captain Dick Eber builds the piers as Code 400 in the Shipyard. We're all involved in the FFGs to some degree. Most likely we all won't be here when the FFG-60 is commissioned but we'll all make the keel laying.

"If we end up associating (sponsoring) with FFG-60, events in her life could be rallying points for reunions in ports that she may visit as well as her homeport. Just an added thought.

"Well, there's the idea. Let me know what your thoughts are.

Sincerely, DAVE KALB SUPSHIP Long Beach (213) 547-8118/8121."

I recommend that those in favor or not in favor send your opinions, thoughts, ideas, directly to Captain David G. Kalb, USN, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Long Beach CA 90822 with a copy to our Class President, Mr. Raymond T. Burkley, 671 Erie Drive, Sunnyvale CA 94087. This is one I would like to see the whole Class get behind full force. We hit an unique moment in history with a ship hull number '60 being available and being built by a Class of '60 Contingent. I say strike now while the iron is hot or we may never have the chance again.

CIAO until next month!!

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Pres., Capt. Roger P. Onorati USN Corr. Sec'y, Mr. James L. George 10 Vallingby Circle Rockville MD 20850 Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 655 This is the big Homecoming week end month, so would like to encourage a large turnout. In ad-

dition to Homecoming, we will have an election for a new Class President. In other words, we finally get to dump Onorati — how soon they forget, right, Rog. The schedule of events for the day will be: 1130 — Class Tailgate Party (East Parking Lot in vicinity of Class of 1961 Gate).

1305 — Kickoff. Beat Pittsburgh 1630 — Resume Tailgate Party (victory party?)

1800 — Cocktail Party/Buffet Dinner at George Dewhirst's Quarters, 29 Upshur Road, USNA. Look for the huge 1961 flag to locate the tailgate party area and be sure to get there early for good parking. There will probably be a larger than normal crowd this year, since we are going to upset Pittsburgh again as we did a couple of years ago when they were ranked about number three.

Again, the tailgate is a BYO, food and drink, but there will be plenty of good "free" company.

Following the tailgate, we will have our usual good time at George Dewhirst's mansion on the parade ground. Incidentally, 29 Upshur is the first house from the " O " club. Food and drink will be provided for a fee of about $8.00 per person which will be collected at the door. During the party and before everyone gets too enthusiastic, we will have a short class meeting for class news updates and announce the results of the election for class president.

In case you have not heard by now, the nominating committee has recommended that vice president Bob Hofford be our next President.

Besides being our vice president, as I am sure most of you know Bob has been in charge of the various class fund drives. Much to the surprise of many of us. Bob raised over $20,000 in just a little over a year for our big 20th Reunion projects. In addition to this major task. Bob has established a very elaborate phone tree for the Washington area and has just about finished up on getting class regional vice presidents around the country (see below).

Bob is currently an instructor at the National War College. And, he has just recently got engaged.

Just make sure that does not interfere with your class work. Bob. While it will be nice to have Bob on board, it will be sad to see Roger Onorati leave. In fact, as some of you know, we tried to get Roger to extend the term as least through the 25th Reunion since he had done such a good job, but he declined — something about all the work. And, it was a lot of work. Roger got us through the great 20th Reunion, our first major class fund drive, a new and better ogranization, and certainly a lot better participation in class activities. As class correspondent, I would receive many calls from Alumni, etc., pass them along to Roger who was always willing to take care of the chore. Roger will be sorely missed as he moves into that senior status station as a retired president.

A little update on the fund drive from Bob Hofford: As of 30 June 1983 the fund drive had 172 donors for a total of $12,710.61. In addition, 17 Classmates work for companies that support the matching gift program which will add an additional $1,705.00 to the class project for the year.

The Class carried forward a balance of $4,566.72 from our previous drive and if I can add correctly, that puts our official Class of '61 fund at approximately $18,982.33. This is a terrific start toward our goal of $61,000.00 by our 25th Reunion.

Bob also reports that he has 14 "very" active regional vice presidents throughout the U.S., but still needs some for: 1. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas; 2. Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee; 3. Washington, Oregon; 4. New Jersey; and

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Anyone interested should contact Bob at: Quarters 21-2, Ft. McNair Washington DC 20024 (H) 202/484-0419 (W) 202/693-8115 I must confess that I question the "active" part because I have yet to hear from any of you guys.

While Homecoming is the important news this month, we do not want to forget the Army-Navy game which is being held in the Rose Bowl this year. An ever-vigilant Classmate, Bill Kraus, has purchased a block of 100 tickets for the game. He has many commitments, but still has a few left on a "first come, first serve" basis. Those interested should call Bill at 619/453-8382 (H) or 619/ 279-6572 (O). His address is 8550 Nottingham Place, LaJolla CA 92037.

Stanley R. Roman Received word and a picture that Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., has appointed Stanley R. Roman vice president of sales for the company's industrial gas division. As vice president of sales, Roman will have responsibility for managing the sales and marketing activities for all industrial gas product lines in the division. Stan joined Air Products in 1967 as a participant in the company's career development program and has held positions with increased sales responsibility within the industrial gas division. He was vice president of operations prior to his recent appointment. Besides his B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, in 1980 he attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He is a board member of the AUentown, Pennsylvania, Chamber of Commerce.

You can almost always tell an old corresponding secretary. Who else would take the time to send me a change of address card as they are supposed to do. 1 got a card from Duane Duff that he is moving from the Washington area, Burke, Virginia, to Washington State. Duane's new address will be 4800 N.W. Francis Drive, Silverdale WA 98383.1 said "almost" because I would have preferred a letter, but Duane did write on the bottom that he "will write." I expect a letter soon.

Anyway, good luck on your move.

A couple of months ago, I asked you Naval types if anyone knew what lOZP meant. That is something (as an assistant Director of ACDA arms control) that comes under my purview. I thought that all of you who have sailed the Indian Ocean woulij know. It stands for Indian Ocean Zone of Peace. In other words, they are the guys that are trying to stop you from sailing in the Indian Ocean, but don't worry, the situation is under control.

See you at Homecoming on the 22nd.

GET IT DONE WITH '61!

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62 Pres., Cdr. Aubrey W. Hickam Jr. USN Sec'y, Cdr. Howard Pinskey SC USNR-R P.O. Box 3380, Annapolis MD 21403 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 730 Homecoming '83 is here this month and as always the Class of '62 will have its annual get together. The particulars are: DATE Saturday, 22 October 1983 PLACE Crown Sailing Center, Santee Basin.

U.S. Naval Academy DRESS Casual FOOD Buffet Style PRICE $10 per person If you have not made reservations please call Wayne Hickam 301/262-8489, Al Marshall 301/267-6530 or myself 301/263-1633 to let us know you'll be there.

If you show up at the door, we may not guarantee food, but we guarantee the best time with your Classmates and friends. Everyone is always welcome and wanted. See you at the party.

Here's our news for the month of October.

Around the Fleet Gail Bosser decided to drop us a line before another 20 years go by without hearing from Bob. It reads: We moved from MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL to Hickam AFB, HI in late June and enjoying "hanging loose"as the natives say. Bob pinned on his eagles on 1 June and is now the Deputy to the SJA at Headquarters PACAF. Right now he's TDY for 8 days to Japan. Typical-you guys always leave right before or after the move. But, our household goods don't arrive until after the TDY, so he's caught!

Our 2 children, Robert (19), and Kimberley (17), stayed behind in FL. They had enough of this moving stuff! My predictions are for them to "show up" sometime. Our house on base looks on the channel to Pearl Harbor and we can see all the ships go by. Hope to see some Classmates while they're at Pearl.

We really did enjoy the 20th last year. It was so well done and everything was done to make my time as easy as possible. Thanks again.

Congratulations on this significant appointment.

Buzz sees Mike Smith and Ed Mears periodically in Northern California. Mike is a helicopter program manager for NASA at Moffett Field and Ed is in private law practice in Redwood City.

United States Naval Institute Special Award of Merit 1983 The Naval Institute presented a Special Award of Merit this year to our departed classmate Art VanSaun. The award is quite significant in its recognition of Art's contribution to the Navy and the rest of us. It reads: Special Award of Merit 1983 Commander Arthur Van Saun, U.S. Navy 31 July 1938â&#x20AC;&#x201D;14 August 1982 For Outstanding Service to the United States Naval Institute and to the Navy He Loved His two years as a seaman in the USS CUSK (SS-348), before entering the Naval Academy in 1958, explain Art Van Saun's career-long advocacy of diesel submarines, but there are no hints why, in December 1959, he joined the Naval Institute and eventually became one of the strongest supporters and exemplars of the Proceedings' open forum concept. He barraged Proceedings readers throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s with his provocative and stimulating opinions, and he may

have done more than any other active duty naval officer of his time, through example, to encourage constructive professional debate on the pages of the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.

While serving as the Professional Notes Editor of Proceedings, 1981-82, his personal goal was to help the Naval Institute stimulate progress toward a better Navy. Bright, aggressive, courageous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Art Van Saun was an intellectual swashbuckler who died far too young.

While on my two week active duty in July I ran into three Classmates in the Norfolk area. Don Krehely is on the staff of AIRLANT. Dick Life was being transferred to a service school, and Geoff Chesbrough is the executive assistant to deputy CINCLANTFLT. All three are captains and looking trim, fit and happy.

CHARLES RICHARD LEE While attached to ATKRON 146 on board USS CONSTELLATION CV-64, Chuck Lee was shot down on 9 July 1967 while on a combat mission over North Vietnam. He was declared MIA at that time and presumed KIA in August 1974. On 3 June 1983 his remains were turned over to U.S. jurisdiction by North Vietnam and the Navy declared him killed in action on 1 July 1983. Chuck was a fine Classmate and friend and a brave officer. It is fitting and proper that his family has his remains at home at last.

Buzz Hurst wrote to tell us about his appointment to a 1984 Olympic Fencing position. The press release is as follows: Stanford Fencing Coach Named To Important Olympic Position Buzz Hurst, head coach of the Stanford men's and women's fencing teams, has been named the Director of Managers for the 1984 Olympic Fencing Venue which will take place at the Long Beach Arena.

Hurst will have director supervision of six managers and over 400 volunteers during the 10-day run of the fencing competition.

Hurst's appointment was announced today by Jan Romary, Commissioner of Fencing for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.

"I have worked with Jan and her staff in the past and she asked me if I would be interested in this position at the Olympics," said Hurst. "I turned in my resume and was approved by the L.A. Olympic Committee. I am pleased that they selected me for this position. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I have been extremely impressed with the L.A. Olympic Organizing Committee. It will be the best athlete-oriented Olympic competition we've had in recent years."

More than 57 countries and approximately 1000 fencers will be competing in the 1984 Olympic Games. "Almost everyone who will work in the Olympic fencing competition will report, at least indirectly to me," said Hurst. " I , of course, will be reporting to the executive director and Commissioner."

Hurst expects to join the Olympic staff in April, 1984.

During this past season. Hurst coached the Stanford men's and women's fencing teams to its most successful season ever. The men's team finished eighth in the overall national team standing at the NCAA championship at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wise. The Cardinal women's fencing team completeed its 1983 season with a sixth place finish at the NCAA's at Penn State.

Hurst, a former all-American and member of the 1962 NCAA championship fencing team for the U.S. Naval Academy, completed his first season as head coach at Stanford. He had been assistant coach at Stanford for three years and Shipmate, October 1983

previous to his Stanford tenure served a three-year stint at Cal State Nonhridge. While at Northridge, his 1978 sabre team was both conference and regional champions.

Hurst, 41, was a Navy carrier pilot during the Vietnam War and then worked for several years as an engineer before deciding to enter the collegiate fencing scene.

1 know Janet and the family are extremely proud of this award.

Until ne.xt month.

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

63 Pres., Cdr. Mario P. Fiori USN Sec'y. Cdr. Norm Shackelton USN 231 Chatham Ln., .Annapolis MD 21403 Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 720 The Twentieth Reunion time is here. To refresh your memory, the week end starts off with cocktails at Dahlgren Hall on Friday, 21 October, followed by dinner in the Wardroom. At 1000 Saturday there will be a memorial service in the Chapel to honor departed Classmates. Prior to the Navy-Pittsburgh game, there will be a tailgate party. Cocktails and dinner at the Hihon at 1900 round out the evening. On Sunday morning.

Catholic and Protestant Divine Services are available, followed bv brunch at the Officers' Club.

Dave Reif, after reading the March '83 column in which Fred Yeager was listed as one of the top 125 stockbrokers in the United States, made me aware of his own accomplishments. Dave also was selected by the Hirsch Organization as one of the top 125 Brokers in the 1982 Directory of Exceptional Stockbrokers. Congratulations, Dave! Dave has been with Shearson American Express for over three years. Prior to this position he spent three years at Merrill Lynch followed by four years at Blyth Eastman Dillon. Dave and his wife Sheila have a son John, 16, and two daughters Aimee 6, and Erin, 3. They have hved in Tulsa for eleven years. Dave doesn't see too many Classmates passing through Oklahoma but does manage to occasionally talk to John Castro and Art Weidner who bothflyfor American AirUnes when they stop off in Tulsa.

Joe Bostamante wrote for the first time since his 1970-72 USNA teaching tour to bring us upto-date on his whereabouts. Joe is commanding officer of USS KNOX homeponed in Yokosuka with the Seventh Fleet. Joe will be in Yoko until December and will lay out the futons for anyone passing through. Joe gave me the names of a fewother Classmates in Yokosuka. Ken Carlson is CO of USS WHITE PLAINS ( A F S - 4 ) , Jerry Harken,

Denny Conley, and Dick WjHenbach are on COMSEVENTHFLT Staff and Flack Logan is XO of USS MrowAY. Joe sends his best wishes to all '63ers at Homecoming as he will be unable to attend.

Pete Browne has retired and has joined American Satellite in Rockville, Maryland as a project manager. His first project is to install a telephone interchange with microwave linked satellite communications and teaching/control center in Atlanta. He and his family will continue to live in Falls Church, Virginia. Pete enclosed a photo of his daughter Maria dating Midn. 4/c Steve Waugh, son of his plebe year roommate Pat Waugh. Coincidences abound.

The MITRE Corportation has announced that its Board of Trustees elected Edward C. Brady vice president, Washington C I Operations. Ed will assist in the management of national security and defense systems work in Washington. Ed joined Shipmate, October 1983

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MITRE in 1974 as a part-time member of the technical staff in the National Command and Control Systems Division. He later joined the Battlefield Systems Integration and Evaluation Division where he became a group leader in 1976, an associate department head in 1977, and a department head for Systems Analysis in 1978. In 1981 he was made Technical Director of the newly formed Naval System Engineering Division in Washington. Prior to joining MITRE, Ed spent two years in Vietnam with the Computer Science Corporation leading an analytic group that provided special military, economic, and political studies to the U.S. negotiating group in Paris. He spent five years in Vietnam with the U.S. Army

Some gouge for those 1 haven't reached yet in the San Diego area about bus arrangements for the Army-Navy game on Friday, 25 November.

Most of you probably received the "package" on the A-N Game from the SD USNA Alumni Assoc.

In it was a flyer on buses arranged through Thomas Cook Travel in La Jolla. I talked with the agent at Thos. Cook, and we'll all be put on the same bus if: a) we all meet at the same location, b) we send in the coupon for bus transportation, indicating Class of '65 and a short statement saying you want to be with the '65 group.

So, I'm recommending this as our bus arrangements from San Diego and back. The bus costs $20. As a central location. La Jolla sounds the best, so please send in your bus seat reservations, checking Bus Series No. 3, and then meet at the parking area at the comer of La Jolla Village Drive and Villa La Jolla Drive, behind the Mobil station before 0800 on 25 November. If you didn't get an A-N Game package and want to arrange or change your bus transportation up and back to the game, call Thomas Cook Travel at 619/459-8265. Till next month.

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 Edward C. Brady in ranger and special operations. Ed received the Dean's award for academic excellence in the M.S. in Foreign Service Program at Georgetown University in 1976. He completed the coursework for a Doctorate in Economics at Georgetown in 1980.

Ed is currently enrolled in MlTRE's management education program with American University.

See you at Homecoming. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Quality '63 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

64 Pres., Cdr. Thomas J. Swartz USNR Sec'y, Cdr. James Baumstark USN 3409 Middle Plantation Quay Virginia Beach VA 23452 Corr. Sec'y, Jerold F. (Jerry) Anderson 5173 Dungannon Rd., Fairfax VA 22030 703/278-8277 Percent Members: 55 Living Grads: 724

Order Alumni merchandise now for Christmas delivery.

67 Pres., Cdr. David E. Church USN Sec'y, Cdr. Don Fraser USN 8310 Terra Grande Ave. Springfield VA 22153 Percent Members: 56 Living Grads: 708 As part of a pilot project to project the whereabouts of the pilots, here is what piled up: Jack Airiie is with OP-943 in the Pentagram, John Aunchman is project managing in DC, Buddy Barnes speaks fluent Safety for the Corpus Christi crowd, Mike Brady is on the move from VP-56, Tom Broadhurst has escaped my spies and his location has yet to be identified. Rick Brydges is Strike Ops in KrrTY HAWK, John Burch guides the futures of VF-31, Pete Burggren is in Charleston with FMINWTRCN where mine over matter is a daily occurence, Joe Bums is an ocean systems expert in Dam Neck, Corky Caldwell is with VQ-2 in Rota, Spain, Bill Calhoun does his helicoptering at North Island with HC-1, Bob Campbell is with CINCPAC in Pearl, Skip Cannady is headed for Vanderbih as NROTC XO, Fred Cazenave is evaluating and testing with COMOPTEVFOR in Norfolk, Dave Church is the XO for the Phys Ed department at USNA, Jon Cook is the fearless leader in HSL-33 at North Island, Bill Cross has 87

recently departed VF-31 as the CO, Pete Dabbieri is with NAVAIR, Joe Daughtry is VF-84's CO, John Dawson is VT-21 skipper in Kingsville, Tom Decker is with OP-643 at the five-sided monolith.

Chuck DeGruy is VF-211 's leader, Paul Derocher is at Point Mugu with VXE-6, Don Downing is with ASWWINGPAC at North Island, Jim Dulin is the leader of VP-22 at Barbers Point, Kari Eysenbach plans the long range stuff for NAVAIRSYSCOMHQ, Doug Faber is at NAVAIR, Mike Farlow holds down an OPNAV slot, Leroy Farr is the King of the Yellow Shirts as assistant air boss aboard KENNEDY, Dick Farver is recruiting out of Nashville, Dave Finney is CO of VA-82, Larry Frawley is at NRC Kansas City, Chris Gates is XO of VA-147 in Lemoore and must have broken both arms since he hasn't written his old roomie in a long while, Mike Glerum is XO of VP-49, and Denny Hackathorn is Mister Maintenance at PATWING 2 in Hawaii. The rest of the pilot crowd will be enumerated later. So that the Surface folks won't feel slighted, here is the first installment of 1110s: Sheldon Arey is planning and operating in DC, Charlie Armentrout is in Norfolk with the COMNAVSURFLANT people (not to be confused with the little blue comnavSMURFlant group), Joe Barker is XO of WABASH, Jeff Beinbrink is in San Diego with ASWTCPAC, Gerry Buckley is a weapons training specialist at Dam Neck, Bill Burns is XO in ARKANSAS, Jim Buttinger is impersonating Philo McGiffin at USNA, Marty Collins is in Coronado at COMNAVSURFPAC, Jim Cook is in DC after a stint at the War College, Jim Coon is CO of the Buffalo recruiting district, Vince Corry is at Little Creek and COMSURFWARDEVGRU, Marty Cover is in the Land of the Rising Sun as OPS aboard BLUE RIDGE, John Craighill reacts aboard NIMITZ, Jim Dail is with OPNAV, Dave Davis is EA at the Office of Legal Affairs (which as it turns out is not a dating service for married folks like I first suspected). More on the 1110s later.

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The 20-year celebration alluded to in the last column was held at the Annapolis residence of Chariotte and Dave Church, just inside Gate 8.

The group pictures 1 took were not of the best quahty, so I've substituted a photo of the cake.

Along with an uncountable number of children and young folk were Uene and Ken Findley, Pam and Adam Lewellyn, Betsy and Ron Brino, Denise and Doug Ogden, Judy and Sid Mohsberg, Nancy and Don Fraser, Mary and John Hobbs, Beverly and John Hannon, George Samaris, Suzanne and Jim Buttinger, Haas and Bill Russell. A grand time was had by all, with unanimous acclaim for the last Class to actually have a Plebe Year.

A letter from Capt. Andy Nisewaner, Class of '32 Secretary, recounted a recent honor bestowed upon our Classmate John Till. On June 21 of this year, John was awarded the Elda E. Anderson Award at the Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society. The award is granted for excellence in research and development, discovery and invention, devotion to health physics, and other contributions to the profession of health

John Till '67 being presented the Elda E. Anderson award of the Health Physics Society by Dr. Paul Rohwer physics. John has a master's in nuclear health from Colorado State and a doctorate in nuclear engineering from Georgia Tech and has been strongly interested in nuclear health. John also runs and manages a large dairy farm in Neeces, South Carolina, which he inherited from his grandfather. He is a prohfic publisher of literature and is editing and improving a book which will be the text for teaching nuclear health. Congratulations, John.

Two final tidbits before I implore you readers to become corresponders, Linton Wells has orders to STRAUSS, and Terry Wendt recently completed the 3000-hour milestone in E-2s (and that's a lot of hummmmmin'). More anon. See you at HOMECOMING.

68 Pres., LCdr. James C. Carroll USN Sec'y/Treas., LCdr. Al Thacker USN Deputy for Management U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis MD 21402 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 646 If this is October, it must be Homecoming.

Maybe "return to the scene of the crime" would be a better term, a chance to see how well everyone has "matured." Hopefully, the spirit remains unchanged and we can value each other as we are, each unique. Currently, plans for Homecoming here start with a gathering at Ken Pease's house after the parade on Friday. He lives right behind the VIP seating area on the parade field. At that time we will get word out as to the pre-game tailgate and a possible Saturday evening dinner if we can run down a place. Hopefully, Chet has taken care of housing requested through him, but I haven't seen him in several months so you might want to check with him (301/263-5220 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; afternoons best) to get confirmation. If anybody slips through the cracks, there are enough of us in the area to house the overflow. We believe flexibility (not organization) is the key to having a good time here.

enough to smile. I received a note and newspaper clipping from Jon Mills reporting that his lovely wife, Natalie, is by now plugging away in medical school at Hahnemann Medical Center and Hospital in Philadelphia. Now in Menlo Park, California, Jon and son, John, will join her there soon and he will continue to work in sales management for RAYCHEM Corporation.

Joe Lee Frank felt guilty and came through with a short note. He recently left SCOTT (DDG-995) to start PRECOM as Ops for IOWA (BB-61) and can't stop smiling! We waved adios to Gary Storm, who was part of the COMDESRON 14 Staff embarked on his old ship en route to UNITAS exercises. Joe's wife Nancy recently visited Audrey and Don Hinsman at their Monterey estate and Denise and Keener Earle also keep in touch from their hpme in Michigan.

I received an invite to Tom Daly's change of command. He has left the USS FAHRION (FFG-22)

and should be attending the Master of Science in foreign service program at Georgetown University by now as the recipient of a Samuel Eliot Morison Scholarship.

Received a note from John Patton aboard MIDWAY in VF-I61. He was looking for USNA recruiting material. He also mentioned running into Bob Amidon pulling reserve duty as an Al with some West Coast VP outfit. In news releases 1 see that Gordy Peterson received the Defense Superior Service Medal for his work with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He should be sailing through Newport by press time.

Susan, Elizabeth and Hugh Kilmartin

Susan Kilmartin provided the following info in an eight-page epistle complete with pictures and commercial. She and Hugh live in Hingham, Massachusetts, near Randolph where he is executive vice president of Fred Williams, Inc., a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning contractor. As co-owners of a condo in New Hampshire they, along with daughter Elizabeth, enjoy the Intaglio print by Susan Kilmartin

Jon, John and Natalie Mills Before 1 get too far along, let me offer a special thanks to Bonnie Startt for her letter of encouragement and personal strength. Each day is reason Shipmate, October 1983

Let me wrap this up with a poem written by one of our own — Margie Brinkerhoff (Lyons): Would you take a walk with me Down to the beach and sea?

Waves pounding upon the sand Seagulls circling round to land.

Pebbles under foot . . . watch out!

That one tried to move about —

Bill and Marcey Ober, Hugh and Susan Kilmartin mountains and skiing when there's snow. Susan makes me feel a bit dull with her achievements in the arts. She is under contract to a gallery in Boston as well as doing portraits, etc., in her own home studio. Her much acclaimed work has been acquired by such notables as the late Pope Paul, Jim Messina, the Oakridge Boys, and many of her acting cohorts. That's right, she does that too.

Susan has most recently appeared in the late night success Creepshow and in the George Romero film Knightriders with Stephen King. If the editors didn't fail me, Susan's intaglio print of USNA-68 is displayed somewhere nearby, a nice collage of the class crest, Tecumseh, etc. She can provide you with one of these prints on 7" x 12" rag. paper for $60, if desired, or she also takes portrait commissions in oil or pastels by mail (12 Golf View Drive, Hingham MA 02043.) On to more of Susan's report.

Dave "Spoosh" Spooner, with Marie and the kids, lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Dave commutes via boat to his dentist practice in Seattle. BUI Ober was wed last Spring to a very lovely lady named Marcey, and they are currently residing in Reston, Virginia. Barbara and Hank Schmidt are still believed to be operating out of Newton, Connecticut, where he is a representative for a German office supply company. From Susan's wine — filled memory banks come an evening a year ago with Ruth Ann and Tom Pestorius in McLean, Virginia. Informal and unsubstantiated leaks place Tom somewhere in the White House as a work place. Ellen and Ed Madden are residing on the beach (in a house) north of Boston. He is shm and trim and still flying with Deha. Margie and John Lyons should be in San Diego by now resting up before his CO tour on some greyhound of the sea. The final word is of Rosie and Tom Houghton now in Vienna, Virginia, where Tom is consultant in the nuclear power industry and Rosie is an accomplished painter. Thanks again, Susan, for all the great info and pictures.

Late Note: Coming attractions include Marine info by way of Jack Holly, a 15th Company mini reunion by Arieigh Rice, and the semi-annual Denny Young report.

Late, late Note: '68 Homecoming — Saturday nite reunion. Holiday Inn. Open bar, full buffet, etc. $18.00 per person: send check payable to "USNA Class of 1968" to Chet Carroll, 20 Randall St., Annapolis MD 21401 ASAP. Gordon Peterson receives commemorative chairman's plaque from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General John W. Vessey, Jr.

Shipmate, October 1983

Far off beyond the ocean deep — A ship sails and doesn 't sleep.

Upon its decks a special one Does his work 'til all is done.

A recent wish that he may be The one to take a walk with me!

See you at Homecoming. NONILLEGITMANDUM CARBORUNDUM.

69 Pres., William H. Newton III Corr. Sec'y, Maj. R.D. Garner USMC 4702 B MCDEC, Quantico VA 22134 Percent Members: 46 Living Grads: 711 Things are picking up, folks. Two letters this month, and both were newsy and heartening.

Please keep 'em coming, and don't be discouraged by the fact that the news you send doesn't get into print for a couple of months. By the time your letter gets printed, it'll probably seem like news again.

And now on to business.

Pick out VA-75's new XO

Cdr. Greg Brown will soon be taking over as XO of VA-75 aboard JOHN F . KENNEDY. Recently duty was as maintenance officer with VA-65 in DwacHT D. EISENHOWER. He, Alice and sons Chris and Michael live in Virginia Beach. (Pictureprovided by a friend (?) ) Judy and Jerry Creed are living in nearby Fredericksburg, and Jerry took the time to drop me a line. To put it in his words, "If the Navy won't write to you, the Marines will." He reports that Linda and Bob Fawcett are the proud parents of twin daughters, recently born, bringing their heirs to a nice even two boys and two girls. Bob (major USMC) is the Marine Officer Instructor at Texas A&M, site of the largest NROTC unit in the country. I don't know if Steve reported it last year, but Bob was the honor graduate last year at the Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth. Congratulations, Bob, on your new girls and on your academic prowess. Be careful, though; we don't want to spoil our image.

Jerry also said that the second largest NROTC unit sports a " '69er" as MOI. Mike McGee and family are apparently enjoying their tour at Notre Dame and have recently added a third child, Benjamin, to the fold. The McGees will be heading East next Summer where Mike will do his inevitable penance at HQMC.

Other Marines in Washington include, Doug Berry, and Charlie Fisher in manpower at HQMC and Mike Cross, aide to LGen. Trainor. There are others who shall remain nameless unless they write.

Finally, Jerry has offered me the answer to all those questions I've been asked about my failure to pursue a civilian pilot's license. Jerry has a 1939 Piper J-3 Cub which he and other grunts are using on week ends. He challenges those who think they are really SIERRA HOTEL to try a taildragger for a change — that means you, Eikenberry!! Come to think of it, Difden didn't look so bad after all. Thanks for the letter, Jerry.

The second letter was from Andy Scott, and since I don't think I can improve upon it, I offer it in its unexpurgated form. "I have been living in Weston, Connecticut, for the past two years with my wife, Margie (who dates back to the '66 Army game) and our children, Peter, 9, Allison, 7, and Daniel, 6. 1 commute to NY City where I trade oil on the international market for Chevron International Oil Company — but don't blame me for the price of your gasoline. The 20-hour trips to Chicago for the Air Force Game were a breeze compared to the 2-hour commute to and from NYC each day.

"A couple of weeks ago, Helen and Rob Phillips came up from Point Pleasant (NJ) to spend a night with us. I hadn't seen Rob since graduation (when there really was a JUNE WEEK) so we had plenty to catch up on. I still remember Rob as the first Classmate to tell a member of '67 where to get off (during plebe summer, of course) and live to tell about it. Helen and Rob have two sons, Billy, 6, and Michael, 3, and have apparently remodeled and expanded a house in Point Pleasant. Rob was a chopper pilot but left the Navy a few years ago and now works for RCA on their astro electronics staff. He kept talking about orbits of communications satellites, so I busied myself with another round of drinks. Rob gave me a nice present of a shirt with a Canoe U. insignia on it — so I could be identified at future country club outings.

"Rob and Helen and Margie and I drove up to Groton one Saturday to attend the commissioning ceremonies of SSBN-728 (FLORIDA). My old roomie, Ron Gumbert, is XO (Blue) of FLORIDA and did a 4.0 job as master of ceremonies — those company Christmas parties were good training.

We periodically visit with Ron and his wife Sandy and son Jonathan, 11, who have been in the Groton/New London area for about four years now. Ron had the burden of arranging all of the activities for the commissioning ceremonies, but with his historical organization skills, he carried it off with no sweat — we were all quite impressed.

Sandy played a major role in all the arrangements, and I think they were relieved when it was all over.

"Ron will soon be going to Pre-CO school and expects to be CO of his own sub next year. I can't believe this country will trust a nuclear sub to a guy who used to charge 50' for illegal haircuts and who could make it from Georgetown to Gate 1 in 50 minutes in a Classmate's Jag!!!

"At the commissioning ceremony we also tracked down Mike (Spikey) Carmichael who was in New London on a reserve week end. He had nothing else to do so he came over for the ceremony — at least someone got paid for the day.

Mike left the Navy a few years ago and now works for Stone and Webster in Boston. He and his wife Susy live in Franklin, Massachusetts, with daughters Kimberly, 13, and McRae, 7.

"We all had a 3rd Company reunion at the reception after the commissioning and decided that none of us had aged at all. We're planning for the 15th reunion next year. Ten was fun, but let's hope this time we can get a hotel room closer than the Baltimore airport.

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'Margie and 1 hved in the San Francisco area for 11 years, so when we moved back here we were really looking forward to going to an ARMYNAVY game . . . right, missed again. No doubt the Rose Bowl will be full for this one.

"On a vacation in April, I took my kids down to Canoe U. to see a few sights. So there I was at noon, in T-Court, on Saturday, waiting to show my kids the noon formation. Problem — no more noon formation on Saturdays!!! I suppose they can wear Levis and T-shirts in town too. God, I must be getting old!"

So endeth the epistle from Andrew Scott.

Thanks again; Jerry and Andy. You have done much to preserve an imagination already worn thin by trying to participate in a joint acquisition program with the Army. May they lose this year by a hundred points. Oh, by the way; if you haven't made reservations for a room at the 15th reunion, you may already be too late.

Keep them cards and letters roUin' in, folks.

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 Since this issue of Shipmate will arrive in most homes prior to the Homecoming weekend, a few quick notes are in order. First, the class will have a pre-game, half-time, and post-game "reception" in the Stadium parking lot. The planned location is at Gate 2, about 100 yards from the water tower.

Arrive early and pick up a '70 stadium seat, left over from our tenth reunion. One of the items we must discuss at Homecoming is the basic organization for our up-coming 15th reunion. If you can't make Homecoming and would like to assist in the 15th reunion, please send your input to my address. I'll make sure the appropriate individuals receive your input.

Another topic for discussion is the class locator.

From the GRAPES returns and letters from Classmates, an updated class locator should be available hopefully for Christmas mailing.

However, rather than send a locator out without knowing if the addresses are correct, I intend to send a company list to thirty-six Classmates and ask them to confirm the addresses of those in the respective company. If there are any volunteers out there, please call or write. Likewise, if you have moved or don't know if we have your correct address, write. I'll take a copy of the class addresses to Homecoming if you need a particular address for your early Christmas mailing or vacation.

For those in 3rd Company I have already had a volunteer, Tim McClain. Tim is currentiy a criminal law instructor at the Naval Justice School in Newport, home of the America Cup races.

Seems Tim has acted as the company de facto secretary since graduation. He has managed to locate all of 3rd Company except Doug Bateman.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Doug is asked to contact Tim. Third Company graduated 28 people, of whom 13 are still on active duty. Jim Naughtingham is a Navy dentist now located at the dental clinic in Norfolk. Jack McNamee is with ship supe's Office in Groton. Tom Marshall is an EOD with OPNAV after completing a tour in NAVMAG, Guam. Mike May is Code 331 in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Mel Kaahanui is back in the Pacific on COMTHIRDFLT in Hawaii. Lew Mclntyre is a helo pilot with the operating readiness squadron in San Diego. Three 90

from 3rd are on their way to duty as ship XOs: Dick Lohrmann recently finished the Armed Forces Staff College, Pete Roberts recently completed a tour in BUPERS, and John Seeley just finished PG school in Monterey. Three of 3's Marines are also still on active duty: Nick Pratt is at HQMC in Washington, John Langdon is still fiying at Cherry Point, and Ed Gabarra is doing his adventure at Camp Pendelton.

Those members from 3rd now plying civilian waters include Guy Bafus who is now an engineering consultant in Spokane, Washington. General Electric Corporation now employs Gary Blair in Springfield, Virginia; Randy Rankin is in Connecticut; and John Eckert in Ivyland, Pennsylvania.

Steve Parks is now with Baltimore Gas and Electric and resides here in Annapolis. Ray Digiacomo is in sales managing in Tiverton, Rhode Island.

Ron Machtley is a civilian attorney in Newport, though he resides in Portsmouth, (RI). Scott Newberry is with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in nearby Crofton, Maryland. Larry Schear is a sales manager for Frito-Lay in Dallas. Phil Donohue is with the Container Corporation of America in Pennsylvania. Leo Williams is somewhere in Detroit. Lastly, Diego Porras is doing quite well as a businessman in his native Panama.

Royal Connell checked in from NAS NORVA to update me on the small (3) E-2 community. Ray left the USS KENNEDY and is now with AEW — 12. Lew Goen is with VA-110 in San Diego, while Dwight Demson is an AEDO working in the Navy Plant Representative's Office of Grumman Aircraft. Ray also mentioned that Jim Linquist is now the sole '70 representative in KENNEDY. Jim is with VA-85 as a pilot in A-6s.

The only other input I have comes from the 16th Company. Cheryl and Randy Williams stopped by the office with their two daughters. Randy has just finished a tour as XO of a CEC Battalion which included a trip to Japan. Now Randy has to face the difficult task of relocating the family in London, England, where he will be the pubhc works officer for COMNAVACT UK. The other 16 input comes from San Antonio, where Jim Levy is leading the search for qualified Navy accessions as the XO of the Navy Recruiting District.

This month's "Wants and Warrants" include the request for information on Gary Bethke, Fred Rickabaugh, Charles "CC" Davis, Chuck Stout, Kenneth Dieter, Daniel Hogan, Gregory Ertel, Charles Beckman, and Craig Silverthorne.

71 Pres., LCdr. Peter P. Schneider Jr. USN Sec'y, Charies E. Boyer III 606 Dunberry Dr., Arnold MD 21012 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 698 Absolutely no letters this month! Guess I will have to revert to my old ways and tell lies about some select individuals to arouse at least some hate mail. Whoever said "no news is good news" obviously did not write a column such as this. How about a break? Threatening mail and obscene gestures that resulted from previous "gossip" tactics had Jan counting up my insurance pohcies.

For some peace of mind, I would appreciate some news, anything.

I did manage to scrounge up some items.

While trying to track down Lambert Heikes, I chanced to get Bob Settle on the phone. He is working his way through Test Pilot School which Lambert has just started. Dolly and Nick Pantelides have a new daughter. Don Gunther, Wally Winslow and Dave Bolduc are still trying

to preserve their youth by being adamant softball players and consuming preservatives provided by Coors Brewery. Conversation with Wally verified that Susan and Dan Nelson are expecting a baby.

Jim Searing, an executive recruiter, is yearning to return to the Academy as an instructor and coach.

Rumor has it that Cheryl Howe is still as lovely as ever and David still talks like a magpie. Walt Havenstein is a civilian now and Tom Dalton will be in a couple of months.

Last month the announcement was made in this column that an appropriate memorial for Al Schaufelberger is being planned. Contributions are needed and it is hoped that you will personally help in this special class project. Pete Schneider, Mike Kehoe, Nick Pantelides, and I as your class officers, are anticipating an exceptional number of Classmates to share in the efforts. The goal is to provide an appropriate memorial to Al that is a gift on behalf of the entire Class. To this end, we encourage your participation irregardless of your personal relationship with Al or what you feel you can contribute. This will be a permanent reflection of our class loyalty and unity. Your support is most appreciated.

Mike Morrell and John Shelton are coordinating the memorial project. Contributions can be made to the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Al Schaufelberger Memorial Fund. Mike and John would appreciate suggestions and can be contacted at the following addresses: Mike Morrell, 7 Southboro Lane, Glen Rock NJ 07452; John Shelton, 2180 Sand Hill Rd., Suite 100, Menlo Park CA 94025.

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 guess everyone is as busy as I am as an XO and has not found the time to drop me a line. By the time this article goes to print, we will be rolling along with the football season; hopefully a successful one!

More baby news — congratulations to Sandy and Jim Devin whose son, Jason Ryan, was born last June 14th.

Skip Kohler is a Navy dentist here in San Diego.

Skip was in charge of the June Week West festivities in San Diego. Unfortunately there was very little representation from our Class. Kerry and Bob Ryskamp are back in Pearl Harbor where Bob is with CINCPACFLT staff, as is Ron Staton.

When I was in Subic Bay a few months back, I ran across George Foley. Fols had just reported aboard the Supply Depot there and was holding down the typhoon watch at the Chuckwagon until his family arrived.

73 Pres., LCdr. Dan Musmanno USNR Sec'y, Mr. Dirk P. D. Mosis III 3330 B. S. Wakefield St., Arlington VA 22206 Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 740 Classmates, our first dry month in months, so please note my new address and telephone numbers. If you can't (won't, are unable to, are no longer quaUfied to, etc., etc.,) write or call, heck, make it collect. I'll do anything for news!!

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3330 B. S. Wakefield St. Arlington VA 22206; (h) 703/379-3835; (w) 202/337-1025.

I have made my temporary (?) move. (Since depju^ting the Corps four years ago, I have moved seven, that's 7, times.) Please drop by if in the area.

Homecoming and our lOth are really here, .-^re you ready? I can't wait for a big "Whistle! Boom!

Cheer!" Bruce Spalding says things are moving ahead and we're getting great response. Last minute questions? Call the man who's largely responsible for all the fun we're about to have: 703.553-7065 (w), 703 751-0253 (h). Thank goodness for Bruce and his helpers.

Well, no sense in dribbling on. See you "over the wall" on October 21 and 22, and elsewhere around Crabtown. Beat Pitt!!! '73!

74 Pres., LCdr. Donald Loren USN Sec'y. LCdr. Ken Pisel USN M-5 PhvThian Rd., USNA .Annapolis MD 21402 (H) 301 263-5078, (O) 267-2782/3 (AV prefix 281) Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 764 Greetings, '74! I've got quite a lot of info piled on my desk, so this month I shall dispense with my usual ration of bovine exhaust and get down to the meat.

The first letter of the month is the long-awaited word from our representatives aboard USS MIDWAY. Ted MLxon sent a cover letter advising that he and Diana had rolled back to Va. Beach this August where they hoped to set up a homestead for the ne.xt 4 to 6 years. .Also enclosed was a great third person letter: "Greetings from the Far East!

Some (all we could find) MIDW-.^Y '74ers recently found some time for a picture together. Shown from left to right are lieutenant commander Bob Hartman (catapult and arresting gear Div. O.), Paul Rollins (ass't strike Ops), Earl Alexander (COMCARGRU Five StafO, Dave Schorn (DESRON Fifteen Staff), Rich Johnson (VF-161 safety), Ted Muon (ass't air ops). Rick Miller (DESRON Fifteen StafO, and Owen 'Fox' Corpen (\T-16I RIO). Being in MTOW.AY homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, is one of the Navy's best kept secrets. Some claim she has a 'love boat' schedule, but we don't agree. In between Northern Pacific, Sea of Japan, and South China Sea operations, we usually visit Hong Kong, Subic Bay, Pattaya Beach, Pusan and Sasebo. Throw in Perth, Australia, once in a while to roimd things out.

Somebody has to do it, and it might as well be us.

"AH are relatively new arrivals with the exception of Dave, Ted and Earl. Ted departed in June MIDWAY'S '74ers

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with wife Diana, son James and daughter Elena for VA-42 at NAS Oceana, (VA), where he will be an A-6 instructor B/N. Dave completed his department head tour in USS LOCKWOOD (FF-1064) in June '82 and decided to stay in Japan.

His wife Cathy and daughter Christina enjoy visiting him in WESTPAC ports. They are expecting their second child this Fall. 'Alex' is bolting in October to work on his golf strokes at the Naval War College.

'Fox' (formerly 'O.D.') recently arrived with his wife Alice and children. Heather and Travis, from an arduous shore tour preaching ROTC at Savannah State College, Georgia. It's tough going back to working for your pay. Sarah and Rich Johnson arrived in Japan in January with their two sons, Tim and Marty, in tow, and with Sarah expecting number three in August. Rich is still trying to adjust to the life of a WESTPAC sailor. Three years at the boat school can sure slow down your Ufestyle, but one week in MIDWAY cured that. Rick is a misplaced P-3 TACCO doing his 'VP appreciation' tour 'haze grey and underway.' He's been married to his gorgeous wife, Meg, since '76. His PRD is October '84, from CDS-15 to either PG School or War College, then back to VP for a department head tour. Bob and his wife Sun Young arrived in Japan last November for a second tour in MIDWAY (previous tour was with VA-93 fl>ing A-7s). They would hke to hear from all the mates of 19th Co. Write him at: USS MroWAY (V-2), FPO San Francisco CA 96631." And it was signed MrowAY '74'ers. Thanks much for the great info, Ted, and the rest of the guys out there. I'm sorry it took me so long to get into print.

As long as we're in Japan I'll cover a letter from Sarah, wife of Rich Johnson. She expanded on some of the info from Ted. One point I found of interest was her report that Rich departed the ship in the back seat of an F-4 at night and was fortunate to make the return trip in an H-3. Hopefully now that he has tried to and is satisfied that the seat works, he will go back to having take-offs and landings equal each other.

Sarah then gave a rundown on some other '74 types in Japan. Susan and Jim Crowder were first mentioned. They took Sarah's Lamaze class and had a little boy, James E. Crowder. Jim and family have been in Japan since '79, working as a civilian analyst for Omni Analysis. By now they should have moved back to Hawaii. Also seen was Jack Mason, the local pediatrician. Thanks Sarah, we'll report on the gender of the latest Johnson as soon as I receive the birth aimouncement.

Speaking of birth announcements, I received a unique one from "CINCPAC" (Commander in Chief Population Addition Command) announcing a new addition to the fleet. USS Kathryn Deanne Rudd, BB-2 (Beautiful Baby 2) was launched on 20 June 1983. Jerry Rudd, CO, and

Dee Rudd, XO. (Come on Jerry, I was always under the impression that the XO was the admin type. I'd say that Dee had played a decidedly operational role in this evolution.) The announcement also made mention of her sister ship, Maggie, BB-1, as well as specifying September '82 as the date the "keel was laid." Congratulations to you both!

Our next letter is from Anthony Giancatarino, who reports that contact with Classmates has increased now that he has joined the reserves. On a trip to "beautiful, lively Norfolk" last Spring he reported seeing Leslie and Don Loren, whom he thanked for their hospitality. Also seen was Derek Offer, an old 30th Companymate of Tony's.

It seems that Derek had a "close encounter of the civiUan line," but ultimately opted to stay with the Nav. He and wife Barbara are living in Charleston, South Carolina. The other reserve sighting was Ernie Jolly, who is hving in New Jersey working somewhere in Atlantic City.

Anthony Giancatarino and friends The enclosed picture includes from left to right: Kathy and Charlie Bomberger, Ann and Kevin O'Brien, Rosemary and Wally Elger, Maru and Anthony, and Ann and Mike Hazzan. All were gathered together to celebrate a not so recent birthday or two. In closing, Tony mentioned the tremendously imderwhelming response he received from his call for others from 30th to contact him.

(I know the feeling, the hurt, the feelings of rejection, the deep emotional scars. Now do you guys from 30th Co. want him to suffer too? Send your answers to him at 9 Crater Dr., Sewell NJ 08080.) Thanks for the letter, Tony, and I hope that the response improves.

Next on our literary hit parade is a letter from Steve Smith who recently rejoined our venerable Alumni Association. He got out of the Nav in '82 after flying A-7s for us and the Air Force (exchange tour). Marne and he, with daughter Ellen (IVi), are hving in the Syracuse area where he works for GE's Mihtary Electronics Systems Operations. Steve had a few names of note to pass along, beginning with Nancy and Greg Gilmore, who is also with GE, but in Utica. They should have had their third child by now. The active duty types that Steve mentioned were Al Worley, Earl Byers and Henri Naeger. Al is Air Ops in LASALLE, Earl is ship's company in CARL VINSON and Henri is on an unknown ship out of Charleston. Steve closed with a question regarding the rooms we have set aside at the 10-year reunion. They will be available on a first come basis, with the reservation forms going out with the info sheet in the DecJan timeframe. If I've created more questions than I've answered, feel free to call me. Thanks for the letter, Steve, and welcome back to the A.A. I've also received a little info courtesy of Ma Bell. The first call was from John Waickwicz who advises that he has been relieved as Flag Lt. to SEABASEDASWWINGSLANT in Jax. He is by now the aviator in INCHON out of Norva. He reported that Ditto and John Christianson are still in Jax where he is AIRLANT's NATOPS 91

evaluator for the H-3. Wayne Dunham is flying SAR for NAS Jax and putting the finishing touches on his golf game. And Terry and Larry Harvey should have had their second child by now.

Larry is the ASW O with CAG-17. Thanks for the call, John, and enjoy Norfolk.

The Marine Corps also gets special mention this month from a call by John Brown. John is in Quantico where he is an instructor in the computer science school. He reports on the Corps, present and past, beginning with Jeb Stuart, who is in "Ambiguous" Warfare School (not to be confused with amphibious), following a tour in P'cola. John Bruno is most likely married in that it's reported that he recently became a father out of 29 Palms.

At the very least he is very close friends with someone of the female persuasion. (I could check past issues to verify this hypothesis, but I'm pressed for time and it wouldn't be nearly as interesting.

If this gets out to 29 Palms, please send all pertinent data on mother and child.) Scot Stithis in facihties management at Quantico. The civihans include Adele and Kyle Martin (-i- 3) out of Kansas City, where he works with a bussing firm as a systems manager. Another civilian is Charlie Benway who is a CPA in New York. John also mentioned interest in the location of Bear Mara and Bill Walsh, and was most interested in finding Bill Ellis; it seems that Bill deposited a dead mouse in John's rack some time back, and now John has a dead rat with which he'd hke to reciprocate. Thanks, John, it's always good to hear from some of our friends in basic green, and good luck with the rat.

Chris Nigon sent me a quick note bringing us up-to-date on his recent move to West Chester, Pennsylvania, from Baltimore. He reports that the move accompanied a promotion with his company, W. R. Grace & Co., Davison Chemical Division.

He is now the senior sales representative for the eastern region, "as far as Kentucky," so if any of you out there are in the market for a fluid cracking catalyst, Chris is the man to see. Chris also mentions his affiliation with the reserve unit out of Baltimore. On the home front he and Jeanne are kept busy by Christopher (7), Michelle (5) and Jeannette (3). Thanks for the letter, Chris.

The final input for this month is the biggest birth announcement I've ever seen heralding the arrival of a "little Cosmo." Valdas Darius Karalis was born on 29 May '83 to Genua and Darius "Cosmo" Karalis. In the enclosed letter he relates that they were in Australia last September and "as we drove through the countryside each evening.

Genua seemed to be getting car sick quite often.

We all thought it was the driving on the other side of the road â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but alas, when we returned to Hawaii she kept getting car sick." Finally our hero applied all of his powers of deductive reasoning garnered through years of experience as an engineer and arrived at a possible cause (which was confirmed on 29 May). Cosmo is still working at Northrup in the Chicago area in the manufacturing test engineering group. Thanks for the announcement and the letter and I'll see you at Homecoming.

Speaking of Homecoming, if any of you out there still don't have your tickets to our annual tailgate party on 22 October, you'd better hurry.

This is our last chance to have a warm-up bash prior to the big 10. Actually you don't need tickets to the party, but they help you get into the game that we've scheduled to coincide with it. Look for the big Blue and Gold '74 sign we had last year; we'll be right under it.

A final item of note was an agenda item at a recent meeting that I attended with the Shipmate staff: obituaries. The question is how to get a 92

timely and accurate submission in the "Last Call" without me making up lies about you. The most obvious (and bizarre) solution is for each of you to write your own; that way you won't have to worry about your inability to critique my input when the time comes. Of course I'm not in a hurry; if you submit it now and we don't use it for decades, then we're back to the same problem, but if you are beginning to question the quality of that last transfusion, or your wife starts buying large quantities of rat poison, then don't delay.

Well, '74 fans, that will have to do it for this month. I still have all of the information on hand that I gathered while in P'cola, so that's where we'll begin next month. This is the second anniversary of '74 being back in print every month. As I promised when I started, I'll do this for another year, so if any of you have a burning desire to bore literally hundreds of people, get your pens and pencils ready, your chance is only a year away.Thanks go out to all of you that have given me the info to put out every month as well as a plea to keep it coming. So until November, ciao!

75 Pres., LCdr. Edward R. Hawkens USNR Sec'y, LCdr. Steve Hubbard USN OZ Division, USS EISENHOWER (CVN-69) FPO, New York NY 09532 Percent Members: 46 Living Grads: 714 Congrats to all our new lieutenant commanders!

Remember when we were brand new ensigns . . . we thought LCdrs. were some of the wise old men of the profession, and just about as salty as one could get? Well, where does that put us now?

(Maybe wise 'young' men?) By looking at the list, I could at least get a fairly close idea as to how many of us are still in the Navy . . . Wear that new half-stripe proudly, gents . . . but 1 already know we will. Now, when do we see the money?

The volume of mail has been improving lately, keep up the good work! I have a few letters to report on, some from guys I've not heard from heretofore. So, without further adieu . . .

Ann and Scott Lindsey are still in the Quantico area, where he was on the staff at OCS, at least through July, and was slated to attend Amphibious Warfare School (AWS) in August. The Lindseys were blessed with their second child on 28 February, causing Scott to remark, "Kate and her older brother Todd have really made a drastic change in their parents' lifestyle!" (Shall we wait for the end of the year, or award him the 'Understatement of the Year Award' now?) He continues with "Gone is the spontaneity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the simplest evolution becomes a logistical 'leap-ex'!"

And here is the clincher every wife will love to hear, guys . . . "Every time I have to babysit I realize that never again will 1 think women just sit at home and watch soap operas!" Sounds like another wife has whipped her husband into shape . . . I know how it goes, from personal experience! And 1 wouldn't have it any other way . . .

Moving right along, Scott provides some info on other '75ers who are part of the "lean, green machine," in Quantico. Vicki and John Theeuwen (both USMC Captains), Hank Lawson, Annette and Dick Rybolt, Janice and Deke Able, and Adina and Blaise Miller are those he had seen recently. Hank is still a bachelor andfinishedAWS in the Spring. (Scott: "Hope he saved the 'gouge' . . .")

The Rybolts are in the civilian sector now, where Dick is working for the FBI. Deke Oast year's winner of the Leftwich Trophy . . . for the Captain who exemplifies outstanding leadership) was a

summer augmentee at OCS and will be attending AWS this Fall. Blaise is the supply officer at OCS (also a former batt lax type back at USNA . . . for what it's worth). Scott also reports on some of his 13th Company buddies. Debbie and Jim Maclin are on the West Coast where he is stationed on an unidentified ship. "Deb met Jim's craft in Australia and enlightened him, verbally and visually, with the fact that he would be a daddy when he returned from cruise." Susan and Rick Hess are also out west, stationed at Whidbey Island.

Tom Gregory drove his 4 x 4 from the "wilderness" of Idaho to the "wildness" of Newport. The Virginia Beach "bums" are still intact with Nancy and Kirk Daniels, a newly-married Steve Howse, and a still unmarried Bobby Brown.

Sherry and Mark Wydra are somewhere in New York, he thinks . . . And then Scott closes with his usual wit . . . "Can't wait til Homecoming '83 to see how many other Classmates have the middle age syndrome, i.e., receding hairline, false teeth, etc.!" Nice, Scotty, real nice. You really know how to hurt a guy . . . and you really know how to provide news. Thanks a lot, Scott!

Charla Hart sent a short note with an update on the Kevin Hart family. Kevin has started a new career with Mobil Chemical in Tulsa, and is enjoying it greatly. His last duty with the Corps was as a recruiter . . . (check that logic . . . only kidding) at which he was apparently very good. For his efforts he was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal for 'superior service amd accomplishments' while acting as both executive officer and commanding officer of the Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Houston. His station was also awarded the Commandant's Superior Achievement Award for recruiting. Kevin and Charla have a daughter, Katie, who is nine months old (in June). Thanks for the news, Charla, and Bravo Zulu to you, Kevin . . . '75 is proud of you!

Joe Sweeney sent a postcard from his job as "token aviator" with the staff of COMDESRON 25 out of Pearl. (The card was actually a picture of a ship of the hne . . . USS EIIIOT (DD-967), apparently the Commodore's flagship.) He's actually a P-3 type who had spent three years in VP-5, 16 months as EPO(?) in Albany, New York, and 20 months on a recruiter mobile training team in Orlando prior to joining CDS-25. "Sure is a change in pace from flying TACCO seat in a P-3C. Now the closest 1 get to flying is watching through the 'big-eyes' and reading about it." Thanks for the update, Joe! Heard from Jim Crandall with an update on his past few years. He left the Gold crew of HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) in October '80 after passing his engineer's exam in April of that year. Just before going ashore he married Molly (from Augusta) in September '80 in Charleston, South Carohna.

They moved to Orlando where Jim joined the NucPwrScol staff, and were blessed with the arrival of their daughter. Amy Marie, 10 Feb 82. Being active members of their church, Jim was ordained as a deacon in May '82. He detached from the active Navy in November '81, but accepted a reserve commission and drills with the SUBRON 4 unit in St. Petersburg, Florida. He puts it very well when he admits, "You can take the boy out of the Navy, but you can't take the Navy out of the boy."

In real life Jim works for the Naval Training Equipment Center (NTEC) in the Submarine Analysis and Design Branch (civil service). He loves his work, which allows him to keep up with what's going on in the submarine Navy, yet not get underway, and they enjoy the area, so it sounds like they're pretty well set. He does a good deal of travelling and has run into several Classmates at the various sub training sites. In New London Shipmate, October 1983

he saw Doug Phillips (NAV/OPS in "the 705 boat"), and one of the most junior guys ever to complete PCO school and qualify for command.

(BZ!!) Others in the N.L. area include Mark Harper (SOAC), Rick Udicious (sonar officer on the staff of COMSUBDEVRON 12), and T. J. O'Connor (Eng. in TREPANG). While he was at Nuc School, Chuck Ole.\ik was stationed there too.

Chuck is now working for Carolina Power and Light near Raleigh. Jim offers too that he thinks Ron Nicol (also formerly on NPS stafO is working for Stone and Webster somewhere in Virginia.

One final NPS-staff-to-civilian transfer was Bear Bails, who is working for Florida Power and Light near Miami. (Hmm . . . sounds hke NPS staff is a good jumping-off point into the civilian world . . .) Jim closes with a well-remembered and often mimicked phrase, "Are you out there '75?" (If you want Jim's address just drop me a line . . .)

Thanks much, Jim! Another submariner aiose from the depths to bring us up-to-date on his pattern thus far. Walt Flippin, currently stationed in New London as a student at SOAC, is headed for the Eng job in PUFFER (SSN-652), which is homeported in Pearl Harbor. During his tour as an instructor at the prototype in New York he "was fortunate enough to wed a beautiful farm girl from Missouri, Jane Ehzabeth Frank." Flip has also seen some 'mates in N.L., including Rick Udicious and Mike Matthews. Mike is also at SOAC, and was married in May. To wind up his letter, Walt asked me to resist the urge to use so many acronyms "that may be foreign to some of us less professionally rounded Classmates . . ." Well, Fhp, I won't promise you that, but I will attempt to define each one I use.

Speaking of which: SOAC- Submarine Officer Advanced Course (?); TACCO- Tactical Coordinator; and for your other question, Wedt, 'OZ' is the division I'm in aboard IKE . . . 'O' for OPS department, and for some reason 'Z' is used to identify the Intelligence division (probably because 'OF is already used to identify the division which works in a ship's CIC (Combat Information Center) . . . I don't know if you guys have those in subs or not). Also, from a previous column, TYT stands for Type Training. TTianks a lot for the letter, Walt, and have a good time in Hawaii!

Well, guys and gals, that brings to a close another column in the annals of our Class. Don't forget Homecoming in OCT . . . (wish I could join you all), and keep in touch. Happy football season to all, and see you in November.

76 Pres., Lt. Morgan B. Pearsall USN Sec'y, Capt. Joe Buranosky USMC 24575 Copper Chff Ct., El Toro CA 92630 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 712 Greetings! Correspondence has been very light this month — I've received only two letters so there's not much news to pass on. Kevin Stone is now in Virginia Beach with wife Barbara and son Patrick. Kevin works with J . J . Henry Naval Architects in Portsmouth and he had a lot of word to pass on about Classmates he's run into lately.

He did his naval reserve duty in London where he had lunch with Zeke Zimmerman. Zeke and Pam are doing well and were expecting their first child at the time — best wishes to both of you! Kevin was stationed at Northwood where Bob Deal is serving as an exchange officer with the British.

Kevin's wife, Barbara, flew over to meet him and ran into Lee Moss on the plane. Lee was accompanying some midshipmen to the Royal Navy College at Dartmouth.

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Aside from his reserve excursion to England, Kevin had some other news to pass on. Nick Flacco is now at SOAC in New London; Jim Francis is an engineer for Newport News Shipbuilding; and Steve Holinbonich is a systems engineer for Westinghouse in Baltimore. J. B. Parrett stopped by to see Kevin and Barbara. He's the ops boss in ANTRIM out of Mayport; his wife Amry is stationed at NAS Jax. Kevin also bumped into Ray Lincoln, who is SUBRON Six Ops aboard L. Y. SPEAR. Rich Hepburn is docking officer in Long Beach Naval Shipyard. John Lovasz is an application engineer for Bird-Johnson Propellers in Massachusetts. Mark Clements has finished school at Harvard and is employed with Gould. Pat McKin was about to finish at Harvard when Kevin saw him. Finally, Kevin said he ran into Ram Phillips who was close to being married — best wishes to Ram and his new bride.

The other letter I received this month was from Diane Jacobs. Congratulations are in order for her and Pat; they had their second baby boy on 2 March, Justin Scott weighed 9 lbs., 9 oz. at birth.

Pat is currently the QA Officer at VT-23, NAS Kingsville.

There's not much else to report on this go around. Alex Cobble visited with MaryK and me two weeks ago. It's sad to say, but the Navy is losing another fine officer soon. Alex will leave the Navy in November to pursue a career in real estate.

Best wishes to Alex — I know he'll be a success in his chosen profession. I hope there's more news to pass on next time — please keep in touch.

77 Pres., Capt. Peter W. Grieve USMC Sec'y, Mr. Daniel F. Busch 2405 Lemontree Ln., Piano TX 75074 Percent Members: 74 Living Grads: 910 Hoping for more letters, but received enough for some news. Congratulations to Kathy and Brian O'Callaghan who are parents of a new baby, Eamon Kyle, born 9 July. What an Irishman!

Brian and Kathy met in the Philippines where Kathy was a missionary and Brian was with VQ-3 out of Guam. Brian had requested East Coast duty, but I'm sure is not upset he was sent to the other side of the world. They moved to Barbers Point, Hawaii, and then to Corpus Christi, Texas, where Brian is now a T-28 instructor.

Tom Hejl just finished the A-7 RAG at Lemoore and found himself assigned to a deployed squadron making the round-the-world cruise! I received a post card from Monte Carlo and Tom mentioned he would be back in California in September. Glenn McCormick has also left with VF-24 on a Western Pacific cruise. Mark Clark took his perpetual vows with the Jesuits at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Denver in late August. Mark Dave Sanders and family

has a few more years before he becomes a Jesuit priest, but this is his first big step.

Dave Sanders wrote with an update of his activities since graduation. Dave also sent a picture of himself, his wife Cookie, Jennie (4) and baby Julie. Dave spent his sea tour as MPA in KOELSCH and as missile officer in LUCE, both homeported in Mayport, Florida. Dave is now taking his shore duty in Mayport attached to COMDESRON Twelve as admin/training Officer. Dave has also started the master's program in civil engineering at night at the University of Florida. Dave is looking for his old buddies and can be reached at 1725 Leeward Ln., Neptune Beach FL 32233, and autovon 960-5527 or 904/246-5527. Dave also ran into Ray Ragusky who is chief engineer in TATTNALL out of Mayport.

Henry Bras writes from California where he is a student in HSL-31. He had recently left TARAWA. Dirk Gallagher is ASW Officer whh HSL-31, the West Coast H-2 RAG. Terry Mahoney is also an instructor with HSL-31. Rob Lamb is out of the Navy and living in the Los Angeles area. Rick Kirsten, Dave Gardner and Rex Derby are primary flight instructors at VT-2 and 3 at NAS Whiting Field, Florida. Tim Jenkins is headed to VT-3, NAS Meridian, as an instructor and Larry Endacott is a recruiter in Sacramento, California. Jeff Heely is leaving the Navy soon, but reports have it that he is finishing off his last tour of duty by touring Europe playing tennis. Mike Boiler and wife Lori recently christened their third child and now have twin boys and a girl.

Keith Spangenberg is in PG school at Monterey and Dan Sayner works for the FBI in Atlanta.

Henry is looking for information on Dave AUsopp, Ray Crevier, Jack Galvin, Larry Laughlin and Mike Oliver. Henry can be reached at 1655 Arequipa St., San Diego CA 92154, 619/423-4567.

Those reading Approach Magazine in January may have seen an article on VP-4's Crew 10 rescue mission off Cocos Island. Cocos is located between Perth and Calcutta and inhabited by 200 Australians. Mark Gardner was part of the crew that had stopped overnight and the next day answered an emergency call and spent over two hours looking for an 11-year-old-boy that had been lost at sea in the area. They sighted the boy, dropped smoke signals for markers and helped direct the rescue. They were commended by among others, VAdm. Foley, Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet. Congratulations to Mark.

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 It's hard to believe that another Summer has come and gone, bringing Fall and Navy football back with us again. It's particularly hard to believe, when as I write this literary legend it is a typical 95-degree, humid Washington DC August day. As you undoubtedly noticed, the '78 Column hasn't exactly been overflowing with news the past two issues, so I'm going to try to catch up on a year's worth of info in the next two issues. Obviously some of this is ancient history, but I didn't want to omit any info from people who took the time and trouble to write. I've updated as much as possible, but any further info would be greatly appreciated.

First off, I hope all of you attending Homecoming are psyched for the '78 five-year reunion dinner. It should be an excellent time. If you haven't 93

9 li^ tr Craig and Elizabeth Diffie RSVPed, there may still be time, so call me immediately if you're still interested. Really looking forward to seeing everyone again. Now, let's move back in time. Craig Diffie did in fact bite the proverbial bullet, marrying Elizabeth McDowell in June of '82. They're living in Norfolk with Craig flying helos out of HSL-32. Other '78 stalwarts in the squadron included Steve Basford, Steve Kenney, Dave Jenkins, Mike McCrabb and Russ Gordon. Additionally, right across the hangar in HSL-34 were such all-stars as Art Porcelli, Dave Babcock, Bryan Hunter, Ken Law, Les Wallace, Bill Hession, Wayne Lackowitz and Steve Brady.

The Differ mentioned that an illustrious social club called SMAGNA had been started by none other than Steve Kenney and Dave Jenkins of '78 and Greg Smith and Mike McNamara from '77.1 don't seem to recall exactly what the acronym stands for, but I believe it's some sort of etiquette club for USNA aviators. Craig also mentioned that Barb and Glen Ives (Barb is the former Barbara Morris '80) were "based out of Norfolk," with Glen having taken a deployment with HSL-30 to the Caribbean and Barb being stationed in Keflavik, Iceland. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Apparently the two have finally been rejoined.

Garry Simpson was going through the F-14 RAG in Oceana, Virginia and Ron Uglow split-tour from NIMITZ to USS VIRGINIA. Rumor has it Ron

is now in the civiHan world. John Rudder and Bill Burke were on subs out of Norfolk and Ray Kwong is in San Antonio, Texas, at some kind of "joint-EW command." If that isn't apropos, I don't know what is! Craig also mentioned that Dave Babcock has completed his deployment with HSL-34 and had finally gotten to see his first child.

Speaking of which. Colleen and Ben McKeon

John and Donna O'Neil had a second edition, a little boy Ben to go along with two-year-old daughter Ashley. Ben is acting as flag aide in Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Sally and John Skogsberg also joined the ranks of proud parents with the birth of Kirsten Helaine, born last Fall. Sally also reports that Mike Galpin and John Sturges should no longer be eligible for the Dating Game as of this edition. They were due to get married a day apart in August, with Sturge marrying Jean Degree, Jimmy Degree's sister. 1 guess we'll see them next on Family Feud. Jimbo and Tracy have two critters and reportedly live right around the corner in Beautiful Bowie. Sally also reports Danny Canaan transitioning from NFO to pilot and Leon Miller flying A-4s (maybe 7s) out of Meridian. Sam Sowell is in VF-102 in AMERICA and Jack Fernandez is finishing VF-101 in Virginia Beach. Bill Duggan is flying P-3s and Sally hopes she and John will make Homecoming if John isn't deployed with VF-14 in INDEPENDENCE.

USNA Members of OGDEN Wardroom, from top â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Perry Bingham '82, Doug Keller '79, Bob Saylor '79, Dennis Otoshi '78, Mark Poston '78, Mike Tryon '77, Hugh Story '74.

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Bob Fallon, Eddie Reid, John O'Neil Fast Eddie Reid wrote awhile back that much to the Reid family's chagrin, yet another '78er has joined the family. John O'Neil married Donna Reid last Fall (I always though Donna Reed was married to Alex Stone . . . never mind). Anyway, now Eddie has two '78ers for Bro-in-laws, John and bad Bobby Fallon. The Reid girls certainly are beautiful but their taste in men is highly questionable. As noted in the picture. Bull McCormick (best man), Danny Serf ass and Brad Thomann made it a real '78 affair (so to speak).

A letter from Fred Hilder reports 5th Companymates John Lademan and Pete Flynn are in Orlando teaching Nuke School. John was due to get married in the Spring in Nashville. Fred also reports that Mary and Bob Richards are living in Virginia Beach with Bob selling real estate and flying F-14s on the side. Fred and his wife Sherry and daughter Courtney were stationed in Norfolk with Fred at COMNAVSURFLANT. However, by this writing Fred should be answering a much higher calling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Look for Chaplain Hilder in a few years!

"Behind every great aviator is a great pork chop" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; famous Supply Corps saying. Well, with Vance Moore acting as the Blue Angels Supply Officer in Pensacola it's defintely true. Vance explains his transfer to Pork Chop land was due to back surgery. He wanted to stay in aviation, but the surgeons told him that if the ejection seat ever had to be used each part of his body would require separate parachutes. Vance has been cruisin' with Blues all Summer and mentioned that if anyone needed a contraband flight jacket or bogus per diem orders just give him a call . . . on the fraud, waste and abuse HOT line.

A letter from Sea World in San Diego informed me that a whale had in fact beached himself in Saudi Arabia. That's right, Damian "WHALE" Bonvoloir and his lovely wife Kathy are on a unique assignment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Whale tells me he got his billet because he was such a student-athlete on his first-tour FRAM, but if this is his bonus tour, I'd hate to see his punishShipmate, October 1983

ment tour! Damian is working as ship maintenance systems Officer at HQ in Riyadh and though he and Kathy miss the good of USA, they say their tour is very exciting and different to say the least.

Whale said he wanted to start a harem but Kathy wouldn't let him.

Speaking of harems, the last time I saw Mark Poston he v^as at MCRD surrounded by a bevy of beauties; relatively speaking of course. Anyway, PO vsTote from USS OGDEN ( L P D - 5 ) out of San

Diego, teUing of the wonders of the Gator Navy.

He mentioned that Bubba Destafney is stationed in Hawaii in 1st Radio Battalion with his wife Roxy and daughter Kelly. Bill "IF" Fell is also out there with Marine Barracks in Pearl Harbor. He was scheduled to get married this Summer to the lovely daughter of a Flag officer-"lF" always knew how to do it right. Toby Buttle is at Marine Corps Logistics Base in Barstow, California. Toby and Mark got together with Viv and Norm Hansen, Alex "Dog" Kallas and "Coray" Corawell and discussed Dog's theory on "Academic Darwinism" as it pertains to Mexican food in San Diego. PO cdso mentions he ran into Doctor Bobby Scott, stationed in beautiful 29 Palms, and Herb Hopper stationed at Pendleton. Rumor has it that Jim Shulson finally tied the knot, but I'll have to see it to beheve it. Mark says that Rog Welsh is training for F-I8s on the West Coast and also says that our own Marcus Welby, John Day, is out of the Navy and doing very well at Georgia Medical School. The grapevine has it that Scott Stafford may soon be following that path. As you can see from the picture, Mark was surrounded by an illustrious wardroom of USNA men on board OGDEN.

School in Monterey and were getting ready to move on to Dept. Head School. John also noted that '78 is monopohzing the Aide billets throughout the world. Besides yours truly, we had Don Hamblen with Deputy CINCPACFLT, Spence Witten-COMNAVMARIANAS, Harry HarrisCOMNAVFORJAPAN, Dave Bennett, COMUSNAVPHIL, and Chariie Martoglio-COMNAVSOMEWHEREPAC John heard that Don Hamblen had been selected as first alternate for the Navy Law Program while Joe Schmitz had actually gotten in the program. Knowing how brutal the competition is for that program, both of these guys should really be proud. Other academic aces include Chuck Goddard and Greg Kolodzejczak, who are both attending MIT. Back to Hawaii, Linda and Andy Cuca were out there with Andy flying P-3s out of VP-17. Monica and Buck Wicklund were also in Hawaii with Buck on board CAVALLA (SSN).

George Billy also stopped in for a school and at the time was still on board HADDOCK (SSN-621).

John closed by saying that Tom Selleck is the best thing that ever happened to Hawaii . . . especially after he spread the word that Selleck was a '78 grad! By now John is burning the midnight oil in Haaarvard yaaard. Good-luck, buddy.

Well there's plenty more to write, but it'll have to wait 'til the November issue. Hope to see many of you at Homecoming, particularly at Bay Ridge Inn that night. We also plan on having a tailgater, but details are yet to be determined. We'll probably pass out a flyer at Dahlgren during the Homecoming cocktail party. Keep those cards and letters rolUng in, and rest assured it will get into the column sooner or later . . . hopefully sooner.

I hate to belabor a point, but even if you wrote me a letter as you read this, the earliest issue you would see it in would be the January-February issue because the deadline for December is early October. So be patient and keep writing and I'U try to do the same . . . more than once every three months, BEAT PITT!

79 Joey Lynch and Bill Martin — "Welcome to Menke Mazda!"

Several decades ago I received a note from the LES MISERABLES brothers, Joey Lynch and Bill Martin pictured in their company cars. They informed us, and quite eloquenUy I might add, that they are principle stockholders in the Society for the Prevention of Naval Academy Graduates Employment in the Service of Greater Las Cruses, otherwise known by his proper Naval Acronym — SPONGES. Knowing those two characters I'm sure they're soaking up anything they can get their hands on. Anyway, these two boys-in-blue who excel for the Blue & Gold on a quasi-regular basis want to say "Howdy" to all you City folk out there, you're always welcome to stop by at the Dairy Queen and set a spell . . .

Speaking of speUing, geez I'm really reaching.

Now, John "I'm going to Harvard for an MBA" KutJer, dropped a line to tell me he was doing just that. John had been hving the tough life with Magnum P.I. on Hawaii acting, and I mean acting, as the Aide to LOGPAC John decided to depart the Big Blue and had the gall to down a job offer from Vick's after my brother had recruited him — no more free Nyquil for you, John boy! John mentioned that his old roommate, John Anderson, and wife Sarah had enjoyed P.G. Shipmate, October 1983

Corr. Sec'y, 1st Lt. Larry Kihlstadius USMC 820 McMillan Ave. #10 Wilmington NC 28403 919-799-4129 West Coast Reporter Lt. Francis J. Dombrowski USN 555 W. Middlefield Rd., Apt. B 102 Mountain View CA 94093 At-sea Corr., Lt. Og) J-E. McFadden USN USS Mississn-pi (CGN-40), FPO NY 09578 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads 913 Welcome to FY*84!

I wonder if we are happy with the Navy football season? I'll be seeing any of you that make it to Homecoming this year. As long as I am stationed on the East Coast I am going to make Homecoming an annual event.

The letter bag was down right empty this month, so don't expect much. I'm sure things will pick up after the Simimer comes to an end. I also exp>ect to hear from the West Coast next month with news about a great Army-Navy experience.

Karen and I journeyed to THE Master Jet Base at Oceana in August. We ran into Skip Krause and John Daniel. Skip is fiying and JT is in CALIFORNLA. JT is also in California, San Francisco to be exact. The sub will be homeported there. JT is working on his post-Navy plans already as he is figuring out which business school would be worthy of his sweat. Skip is engaged to a beautiful

young lady. I know, I know, but he had a picture to prove it. No date set yet but, as they say, watch this space. She is even smart (why Skip then?) as she is finishing up her undergrad in pre-med. I forgot to mention last month but Kim and Herb (Bob) Wilson are blessed with a child. The littie rascal was bom last Spring if I remember correctly.

Jon Brazee is out in Okinawa on his second extension. I think Jon must have hit his head on the Rock. He was with the 3rd Recognizance Bn. He got to scuba school through the billet and is now with FSSG. Jon mentions that he recently saw Dave Bethel. Dave is up at Holybrook, Massachusetts, for land duty. Terry Ruddy was the base property officer for Camp Schwab. At last word. Ken Vanderhorst, Dave Meeder, and Bob Macek are flying the friendly skies around Moffett in P-3s. Alden Salcedo is the disbursing officer aboard TRIPOLI. Jan Levin is on a frigate in dry dock at Pearl Harbor. John (Whose boy?)

Holden is the General's Aide out in IIIMAF. So there it is, guys and gals. My shortest column yet. Then again, did I ever tell you about the time that Dave Olson decided that it was ok to simbathe on the second deck balcony in his underwear? Oh, well how about the time that Mike Neller's hair wasn't perfect? Never mind, it is just a myth. See ya next month, Larry K. And now for another workup from That Old Sea Devil, Lt. J. E. McFadden.

Chris Brehaney is on an all-expense paid tour of the United States, courtesy of every type of mihtary aircraft known to man and NMPC, before heading to an incredible boondoggle with an Air Force space center in California. Hey Chris, tell Sally Ride I said " h i " ! You conventional surface types have it made.

And here's the latest from my buddies in Thirtysix: My roomie Artie Johnson is with a P-3 RAG in Moffett, soon to be flying those graceful birds out of Barbers Point, Hawaii. Wooley Mammoth will soon be terrorizing the yeopersons at NMPC (what kind of orders can you get me?), and Rich Bosco is studying to be a doctor (?) while teaching naval science on the side at U. Texas. The future prober is also about to become a husband. Nevin Carr is still in USS KING and is a very happy Dad with Nevin III. Paul Hatch married lovely Mary Anne in May, Mike Beauchamp is about to become a P-3 plane commander, and Dave Andrews is an NFO in the same, deployed to some strange land I can't remember the name of. I ran into Eric Sweigard who's the navigator in TICONDEROGA, parked across the street from us.

He'U be assuming duties as MPA later this year.

I'm still trying to figure out what an MPA on a gas turbine does all day long. Reviews a lot of logs, 1 guess . . . Chet Wong, our lone bubblehead, is about to deploy again (you deserve a medal, kid), Doug Mitchell, with whom I talked up in Newport, wins the skate duty of the year award as a YP instructor. He says those five hour days are brutal.

Tom Kwiatkowski is on his way to PG school, and Jim "Rock" Chimiak is diving officer and operations officer in USS SUNBIRD out of Groton.

It's less than a year now before "Big Decision Time," 30 May 1984. So keep those letters coming and let me know whether it's Go or No-Go. A bit reminiscent of youngster year, isnt' it?

Almost forgot, Scott mentioned in his letter that Tim Dumbald suffered a broken leg punching out of his S-3, and was recovering in Jax. Hope you're back in action, Tim. See you all next month. JEM.

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80 Pres., Lt. (jg) William 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. Gg) James B. McGee USN Apt. 14, One Freedom Circle Portsmouth NH 06809 Percent Members: 95 Living Grads: 937 1 hope everyone is into the Navy football season by now. I did not get very much mail this month.

True Love!

so I guess I will have to ad lib slightly. Mark "Nasty" Czarsasty sent me some pictures of Tim Kobosko and Sandy Irwin. Kobo and TC announced their engagement at the party and I guess that they got carried away during all the excitement. Anyways, my congrats go out to the both of them and I am sure they will make a lovely couple. Go for it, Kobo!

Kathy wrote a letter telling me the whereabouts of her husband, Ed Dempsey. Kathy and Ed were married on January 22, 1983. Included in the wedding party were Jerry Randall, Hal Stoddard, Dale Shepard, Rick Schultz, and Bill Hoeft as best man.

The picture is of Kathy and Ed tying the knot with Bill Hoeft looking on.

Rea Heatherington wrote a letter to fill me in on 27th Co. news and he promised to update it in 3 years.

Easter Dinner debacle. Pictured are Kito "Dallas Alice" Sheairs, Stoner, Moose "Jactionville" Laukaitis and Monte. Stoner would love to fill us in on the evening but nobody remembers a great deal. Stoner sends the following quotable dirt.

1. Mike "Wadd" McDaniels — MPA in USS ELLIOT and new father to Wadd Jr.; they say the little one is riding a surfboard at three months.

2. Jim Grant — Missiles officer in USS BROOKE and recently married to Martha Wilson of San Diego. What a honeymoon, send your husband on a 7-month cruise.

3. Brian Lair — P-3 pilot on a 6-month det. out of Cubi Point-quote "All we do is party and fly."

4. Jeff "Stoner" Johnstone (31) — no dirt here — presently repair officer in USS FRESNO and enjoying his 2nd deployment. Plans on going ashore January '84 to an undetermined site, possible USNA, to be somebody's boy.

5. Mike Castagnero (21) — USMC and riding USS M T . VERNON.

in the BOSTON. Jamie Foggo is on SEA DEVIL, and

Rea is in USS NEW JERSEY — flying H-2s off

of her with HSL-33, Det 9. Mike "Sab" Lorentangeli is flying the P-3 in New Brunswick during the week and collecting speeding tickets on the week ends. Angelo "Indian" Artuso is now in Washington working some spook job for the DOD. Rex Kera is in Jacksonville with Bill Elder — P-3s. Andy "Milkbottle" McCawley is in Beeville trying to prevent T-2 students from killing him. Brian Carmichael is in USS CHANDLER out of San Diego. Steve Spehn and Greg Mislick are flying helos out of El Toro.

Fred Botero called to let me know that his wife Dee gave birth to their second child, Derek Ryan, in late June. I guess you have to arrange for little ones in between sub deployments.

Greg Hightaian wrote from DWIGHT D .

EISENHOWER where Octane is with VF-143 "Pukin' Dogs" F14 squadron. The Ike is in the Med for a seven-month pleasure cruise. Also on the Love Boat are Nels Petersen, Joe Edwards, Chris Davids, Scott Grundmeier, Conrad "O'Zingler" Smith, Brian Nuenaber, Mark Guadanini, Frank Hughes, Mike Spence, Saun Cox, Wayne Boucher, Doug Fuse, Pete Fyles and Randy Langmead. Octane wants to know how B-gammer's wedding was.

Does anyone have any good dirt?

Jeff "Stoner" Johnstone sent me a picture of Tom "Monte" Burke's annual Easter dinner 96

be going back to HC-6 at NAS Norfolk, so please plan to mail your information accordingly.

I have three newlywed couples to report this month. Tim Gavin was married to Deborah Lynn Woodburn on 25 June. Tim and Deborah will be stationed in Hawaii. Ron Trenti married Nancy Louise Rafalko at the Naval Academy Chapel last June. And Kathy and Chris Cooke were married on 2 July in Geneseo, New York, and are now living in San Diego where Chris is flying H-2s with HSL-35 at North Island. Congratulations and Best of Luck to all three of our new couples.

John Dean wrote from Yuma, where he is in the RAG before heading to an RF-4 squadron at El Toro, California. Other Marine NFOs who recently received their wings are Joe Dauplaise, Willie Akana, and Mark Schwan. Joe and Willie are going to an EA-6B squadron at Whidbey Island. Mark will be going A-6s at Cherry Point.

Steve Schehl received his wings in March and will be flying 53s at Tustin, Cahfornia.

Bill Higgins sent a long and informative letter which I will reprint here. "Giff Beaton received his wings in Corpus in April. He is now stationed at Pax River, (MD) flying C-130s. Mark Bradley got his wings on 16 May. Mark and Donna were expecting an addition to their family in August.

Mark will be flying P-3s out of Barbers Point, Hawaii, after a six month RAG at Moffett Field.

Mike Davis has his wings, and he and Karen have moved to Cherry Point. Rich Fanney is in Kingsville, and was married in June. Beth, John Jr. and John Snevely are in Meridian for jet training, and should have received his wings in September. Shea Ferrell is in Jax flying P-3s, as is Mike Geoghegan and Dave Gilliland. Dave and Teresa have set their wedding date for July '84.

Kevin Haney is flying jets at Oceana. Also at Oceana are Judy and Ricky Keller, who is flying A-6s. Tom Lansdale is also up in the Va. Beach area. Kim and Frank Caldwell are in New London, where Frank is the Chem Radeon Assistant

Ed and Kathy and Bill

Well, that wraps up another dull month. I have not heard from Salty Sam lately, but if the mail continues to be sparse, he may drop me a hne.

Anyone who knows the name of the WUBA from '80 that upset Rick Episcipo's rack rather rudely, call me — 703/435-8295.

81 Pres., Lt. (jg) Dennis A. Sawyer USN Sec'y, Lt. (Jg) Peter Sciabarra USN 3872 Jewell Ave., H-307 Pacific Beach, San Diego CA 92109 Percent Members: 94 Living Grads: 950 Hello Again '81 Now that Fall and Navy Football are upon us 1 hope you are all making your plans to attend Army-Navy in Pasadena on 25 November. Unfortunately this has been a very lean month for correspondence. My move to San Diego in early July has left a gap in the flow of information to my mailbox. Please note my new address (3872 Jewell Ave., Apt. H-307, Pacific Beach, San Diego CA 92109), and plan on sending all information to this address through 1 December '83. After that I will

is engaged to Cindy Horne. Randy Grimm is stationed in the GUITARRO in San Diego. Laura and Mark McCormick are in Charleston. Pam and Mike Moore are also in Charleston, where Mike is in DANIEL BOONE. They are also expecting their first child in November. Mike Krock is in the BRUMBY, on a six month deployment to the Med. Mike Sherlock is on board HARRY W . HILL, and is back in San Diego after a six month WestPac cruise. Dave Schoene is the EWO in the CORAL SEA, which is on an extended deployment."

Bill also reports seeing Lisa and Chris Stolle.

Chris is in the CINCINNATI out of Norfolk. Mike Mathes is in the NORFOLK, and was married to Mara Heatherington on 30 April. Mara and Mike are living in Newport News. Heidi and Jim Gerding were married on 30 May. Rich Blunt was at the wedding, and is an F-4 RIO, and is heading to a squadron in Japan. Claire and JoJo Calle had a son, born on 7 March named Rafael. Robin and Al Thomas also had a son, Albert Aron Jr., on 23 April. Eva and Ed Tuchulski became the parents of Ed Jr. on 6 April. Scott Waddle, OIlie Nanyes, and Mark Middleton started sub school on 20 June. Scott will be in the ALABAMA. Ollie will be in the TREPANG. And Mark is going to the THOMAS JEFFERSON. Thanks for all the info. Bill.

Bill is the Comm Officer in the BOSTON, and can be reached at USS BOSTON (SSN-703), FPO NY,

NY 09565.

And lastly for this month, John Guida wrote from Jax with an update on the 23rd Company.

John is in VP-56, and started the last two and a half months of his deployment in September in Rota. John and Kattrina have a one year old son Shipmate, October 1983

named Kellen, and they are expecting another child at the end of October. Nancy and Pete Reister are in P-3s in Hawaii and Nancy is expecting a baby in November. Rick Perez is in P-3s at Moffett.

Dave Mutzabaugh is flying helos in Jax. Julie and Rick Roberts are in S-3s and will be arriving at Jax in October. Craig Riddle is in the S-3 RAG at North Island. Paul James is Nuclear Surface in Norfolk. Mike Garza and Steve Olson are sharing a condo in San Diego, where both are in the Surface Navy. Jay Hudson is still at P-Cola in EA-6s. Sue Miller and Mellisa Koerber are both in San Diego. Thanks for the update, John, and Best of Luck, to you, Kattrina and the two little ones.

Well, as I stated this will be a short one until my mail catches up to me. Have a terrific Fall and we'll see you all next month. BEAT AIR FORCE!

82 Pres., Ens. Thomas P. Garrison III 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, from somewhere out on the ocean. I apologize for the June issue. Being out at sea, I missed the deadline, but 1 hope to make up for it. I am deployed with no-one else from the Class, so there is not much to say from my end.

I heard from Eric Ekovich's personal secretary, his wife Laura. They were married on 5 March and are now stationed in Roosey Roads, P. R. Eric is the disbursing officer there and Laua had some news about other '82ers. Marsell Bustos married Tina Keyt on 21 December and they are now in Florida where Marsell is in Phase II of flight training. Marie and George Chamberlain are also in Florida where George is also in flight school. John Hardison and Bill Lang are also in P-cola. Ken Johnson is now out in San Diego as are Suzanne and Tim Holland.

Dan Zeise and his wife Theresa are now up in Connecticut where 'Z' is going to supply sub school. Sam Kejm is in Norfolk, also in the supply corps.

Tom and Susan Tkac Tom Tkac married Susan Twardowig in Baltimore on 23 April. The sword bearers were Bob Sturgell, John Hatten, Bob Julius, Tom Logue, and Tom Cosgrove. Tom C is in Nuke School and Sturg, John, and Tkac-er are suffering through the pilot blues at Whiting Field, Pcola. Bobby J and Tom Page are flying T-28s for the Corps.

Scot Harris married Martha Villar in Pensacola 2 April. A bunch of ex-'36ers were sword bearers; Bill Smith, Cliff Atmore, Jim Carroll, Bill Fuson, Mike Enright, Bill Barnes and John Scuteri. Scot is in flight school now.

The only news from the Marines came from Dane Moss. He and Mike Barth have completed Shipmate, October 1983

the Infantry Officers Course and are now preparing for a West Pac deployment. They are in the same battalion.

Steve Acalin worked on a tan all Summer in Pcola with Larry Devenia, Dale Kemper, and Brian Riso. Steve A and Steve Cooksey lived in a large complex which also housed Carroll Lefon and his wife Mary, Ed Yee, Steve Schulte and wife Judy.

A bunch of 'em formed a softball team which will go nameless . . . Bob Adrion, Steve Schulte, Rick Forbes, Tim Wadkins, Butch Smith, Tim Brewer, Ed Hackett, and Mike Cochrane. Bob Zimmerman is now in jets, Ray Luscinski is in Corpus, and Jeff Sands, Mike Morris, and Gary Gardner have almost completed primary. John Plude and Jeff Mauro are out at Mather AFB learning to navigate P-3s. Mike McLeod is at VT-10 and Matt Columbo is almost through VT-86 and looking forward to flying F-14s. Steve Blankman is now into helos and Jim Akiyama is now in primary.

Russ Gentry is now flying T-2s.

Joe Direnzo is now the comm officer in USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) Gold. Curt Garland is married to LuAnn and in P-cola learning to be an NFO. Mike Crum is still engaged to Sharon Brown. Mike just returned from deployment aboard USS AINSWORTH (FF-1090). Pete Haglich is still at the University of Mass. at Amherst, getting his master's. I wonder how much more time he will owe the Navy??? Pete?

Linda Postenrieder is still aboard USS FRANK

and soon realized that the entire Navy does crazy and ridiculous things, not just USNA. Anyway I survived; now all wogs must write me and give me info for these articles!!!

Back to the stuff that everyone is interested in.

The NUKES are finally going to sea after sucking up a year-and-a-half of shore duty. Here are the ship assignments for class 8206: Jose A|varez USS DACE (SSN-607), Rich Ayuso USS ALBUQUERQUE

(SSN-706), Sam Blackadar USS SWORDFISH (SSN-479), Don Bosnic USS NATHAN HALE (SSBN-623B), Tom Crook USS TINOSA (SSN-606),

Dave Dittmer USS TINOSA (SSN-606), Bob Evans USS HAMMERHEAD (SSN-663), Pete Gates USS CINCINNATI (SSN-693), Dave Gneiser USS RAY

(SSN-653), Tom Hipschman USS SAM HOUSTON (SSN-609), Kevin Mahon USS GUITARRO (SSN-665), Roger Matthews USS DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-629G), Kendall Miller USS PERMIT (SSN-594), Don Mitchell USS BLUEFISH (SSN-675), Scott Robertson USS SPADEFISH (SSN-668), Dave Ruff USS PORTSMOUTH (SSN-707), Mike Russiello USS POLLACK (SSN-603), Mike Streseman USS

NATHAN HALE (SSBN-623G), Brad Weiner USS SAM HOUSTON (SSN-609), Dean Yamasajri USS

for USS BELKNAP, and Ted is going to the new

BEN FRANKLIN (SSBN-640B), and of course, the man who sent this info, Paul Owen USS SNOOK (SSN-592). All of those ships are spread all over the place . . . consult your local yeoman for home ports.

I got some more Nuke News from Terry Fernandes, wife of John Fernandes. Both are up in New York and John is in class 8207. Some other happy couples there are. Bob and Chris Lee w/ little Bobby, Pete and Maura Young, Barry and Merri Lea Kyllo, and Eric and Gayle Larson. Mike Fetters married Nancy on 26 June down in Virginia. Dan Leader is around Saratoga somewhere, also. The most exciting news from Terry was that she is expecting in January.

Though no Airdales wrote this month, here's some bits and pieces . . . Rich Samolovitch is engaged to Tern Barth and should be married next month. Rich is flying T-2s at Meridian. He was also a part of the all-Navy volleyball team in Hawaii along with Jack Goetz and Eric Werling.

Doug Otte earned his wings on 10 June and is now at EW School. Mike Short and Steve Kaufman have wings for helo flying. Shawn Bodkin has wings and will be flying F-14s out of Oceana.

Terrie and Eric Dahl are expecting a little babyDahl (couldn't resist!). Eric is still in Pensacola.

Tom Scuccimara and Pete Brookes are into Crypto in P-cola. Jay Phillon is in P-cola with the Corps.

Now for some good, wholesome. Surface talk . . . Perry Bingham is in USS OGDEN going into Long Beach for a year's worth of overhaul. Bing describes L.B. as West Philly with palm trees. He has a good set-up out there, but I can't say anything more. Danny Humphries is the disburs-

FFG, KLAKRING.

ing officer on board USS PELELIU ( L H A - 5 ) .

Ken Olsen married Liz on the Island and is now on board USS BUTTE. Klem, Ed Delaney, and Cliff Hagan made it to the wedding. Ed is in Norfolk living with Paul Ricutti, and Hag is in USS KITTY HAWK on the West Coast. Steve Surko is aboard USS ELLIOT. While in Newport, Steve was a scout master of the local Boy Scout Club. He got a kick out of that. He is now the MPA and in the middle of a West Pac. Gerald Rowe, Chris Chico, Paul Krug, and Hank Schneider are all Marine aviators now in P-cola. Terry Sparks is enjoying the Air Force and Phil Peyton wants toflyA-6s after flight school. Bruce Dudley is back in California after his CB hitch in Gitmo.

Now a bit more detail on who is where in '82.

First, I'm going to start with me . . . still on cruise in South America. I recently became a shellback

Humph's is doing a good job, as Bing says. Road trips to San Diego are frequent. Bill Cogan and Dennis O'Meara w/wife Donna are in S.D. Tuck Herd's ship is changing homeports to Sasebo, Japan . . . good luck. Mark Chlarson is in Japan in REEVES and doesn't enjoy the "scenery" too much. Marcus "Chinaman" Yonahiro is out in the Pacific somewhere and Kathy Gregory is also in Japan. An old friend of '82, Jeff Dever is an Army 2nd lieutenant now and was in artillery school in Oklahoma with another friend of '82, Maj. Dave Vetter USNA '67, as his instructor.

Needless to say Dev had it made, but now he's in the Sinai desert . . . oh well!

Dave Balk married Lisa Sullivan after graduation and went to SWOS Coronado and on to USS BERKELEY in overhaul. He says that overhaul is

CABLE (AS-32). She attended the wedding of two

'82ers, Jim Righter and Barb Nester, in Annapolis on 18 June. A good group was in attendance; Dom Dixon, Steve Taracevicz, Steve Watson, Romero Iral, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Edgerly, Jay Gallo, Pete Draher, Tom Guerrasio, and some others. All had a great time and it was a beautiful service.

Alma Rodriguez Green is aboard USS HOLLAND in Diego Garcia, and Joyce Harrison McCallister is in supply school in Athens, Georgia. Eric Werling, Jack Goetz, and Rich Samolovich are said to have been seen playing volleyball in Hawaii?

Steve Engelhardt married Paula Leier on 26 November. Steve is now the MPA in USS CAYUGA (LST-1186). Tony Smith was the only '82er to make the wedding in the snow-bound area of North Dakota. Steve and Paula are now living in Chula Vista, California. Perry Bingham is aboard USS OGDEN and has just returned from a deployment. Shelia and Bill Patterson hve in C.V. too.

Bill has just returned from his West Pac cruise.

Steve Klemencic is aboard USS DAHLGREN (DDG-43) in the Med. Steve is the MPA and collected the max amount of per diem at SWQS and MPA School, which were split. Klem has taken advantage of the situation and bought a '82 Corvette. While in Newport, Klem lived with Tom Van Petten, Bill Thayer, and Ted Stank. Tom is headed

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simply not fun. (By the way Dennis O'Meara is on the same ship.) Dave is the gunnery officer on board and his wife had httle Phillip Joseph on 24 June. All are doing well. On the East Side, Brian Daugherty is in USS TATTNALL ( D D G - 1 9 ) in

Mayport. Doc is Nav/Admin Officer. Ron Stackhouse is still in USS R. K. TURNER (CG-20),

always, having fun in ENTERPRISE, and Kent Varnum is in USS CONSTANT ( M S O - 4 2 7 ) . A couple

of Nukes headed west are Matt Sharpe and John Vance. Rich A. feels that the East Coast sailors "dominate" the column and he wants to get the West Coasters in black and white. Anyone who is too lazy to write to me can get in touch with

Tom demons is in USS LAWRENCE ( D D G - 4 ) ,

Rich on board USS DAVID R . RAY ( D D - 9 7 1 ) , out

Chris Carbot is in USS PAUL (FF-1080), and Terry Benedict is aboard USS HARRY YARNELL (CG-17).

Barry Nevares is in USS VREELAND (FF-1068), Al

of S.D. and FPO San Fran, 96677, and he will get the good word to me.

Chariie "Call me Charles" Anderson wrote

Davitt is in USS ENGAGE (MSO-443), Nick Covelli

fiom USS MIDWAY (CV-41). Chas is the " A "

is in USS SAM MORRISON (FFG-13), and Tom

Gang officer on board and he's got his hands full with 150 men. He's anxious to get the air option which should come by in about a year. Tony Smith

Schauder is in USS EXULTANT (MSO-441). Doc will marry Robin in June of '84. Paul Ricutti is married now to Erin.

Rich Alexander wrote to tell about some more West Coast surface sailors. Mike Abrashoff is the Comm(O) in USS ALBERT DAVID (FF-1050). Rick Bernal is also a Comm(O) on the Pre-com unit CURTIS ( F F G - 3 8 ) . Pat O'Donnell is also in CUR-

TIS and he is the guns and missies officer. Ray Savich is Comm(O) in USS FLETCHER (DD-992),

Mike Bateman is EMO in USS RATHBURNE (FF-1057), John Knight and Terry Dietz are, as

is in USS WHITE PLAINS as EMO in the middle of

and there such as Emmi McLean who is at Camp Smith, Rose McGrath who is planning officer at Pearl SIMA, Kathy 'Still Short' McGurk, and Joanne Cerasulo.

Well, I guess that about wraps it up for this merry month. I hope all is well with you wherever you are. Did y'all notice something different about this month's issue . . . ONE PICTURE! Get the hint??? Have a good day!

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the I.O. Jackie Binlham is at Yokota AFB in Acting Sec'y, Ens. Lisa Yustak SC USN Japan. Jack Johnson is the DCA in USS FRANCIS 175 Colemanor Drive HAMMOND. Also on the West Coast, Pearl to be Athens GA 30606 exact, Paul "Limp" Limbacher wrote once more Percent Members: Living Grads: to put out a couple of messages . . . he's on deployment and saving money and should be able to pay off most of his debts by Christmas . . . please call off the assassins!

Anyway, Limp's run into a couple of '82ers here

Chapter News DEADLINE:

For December — 12 October; for January-February — 21 November

NEW YORK

NORTH TEXAS

Eugene A. Hemley 20 Cohawney Rd. Scarsdale NY 10583

Dick Goodspeed 2237 Hurstview Drive Hurst TX 76053

The Naval Academy Association of New York reports that its Spring Dinner Dance, held at Governors Island on May 6, 1983, was a huge success with over 120 couples attending. The new slate of officers. Gene Hemley, '40 president; Wayne Warnken, '65 vice president; Joe Derrico, '54 treasurer; Gus Swainson, '45 secretary and Hank Nix, '50 corresponding secretary, were elected and installed. We report with regret that this year the two trips to Jamaica (Queens) were not among the door prizes but the many other goodies offered from attics, wastebaskets and dumping grounds more than made up for this omission.

We next ended our '82-83 session on June 21 with guest speakers from the Class of '83. Ensigns Barhite, Colhns, Lofersky, McGill, Murray, Rafter, Raimondo and Snyder and the future members of the Class of '87 from the New York Metropolitan area and their parents were invited.

This lunch provides a free-wheeling exchange for all concerned, new grads, old hands and yet-tobe-sworn-in plebes. It's a fitting finale for the year's programs and as usual drew a record crowd.

NAANY is relaxing for the Summer and will have started up with active meetings on September 20, 1983, on our third Tuesday schedule.

We are pleased to report the marriage of Miles Libbey '40 to Rosalind Whalen. The wedding, a small family affair, took place on board INTREPID on Saturday, July 9, 1983. Our best wishes to the Libbeys.

The last Chapter lunch of the season took place on June 7 at the usual place, Belo Mansion in Dallas. Those attending were Koy Adams, '66; Pete Baker, '57; Bob Began, '57; Jim Bourn, '61; Louis Buck, '70; Pete Carrothers, '63; Bill Connell, '67; Steve De La Mater, '44; Ray Garfield, '66; Hal Garrigues, '77; Pete Golwas, '62; Dick Goodspeed, '50; Bob Gordon, '59; Dick Grant, '52; Courtland Gray, '65; Bill Lavallee, '55; Ken LeBrun, '66; Frank Liberate, '51; Dick Lyons, '52; Gary Mann, '72; Lionel Nowotny, '61; Lee Royal, '50; Hugh Smith, '60; and Dan Weaver, '72.

Joe Manci, '50, presided for the last time, and ordered wine all around for a toast to his first grandchild, born just a week or so earlier in or near Boston. George Goodwin, '48, dropped in for a few minutes to remind everyone of the annual pool party at his home later in the month.

Ray Garfield introduced his colleague and Classmate, Ken LeBrun, who told us about the tax advantages of investing in commercial real estate, and possible ways of making such investments.

Pete Carrothers also took the floor briefly to report on the Trustees meeting in Annapolis, and make a few remarks about Commencement Week.

Sunday, June 26, was sunny and clear — a great day for a pool party at the Goodwins' place in North Dallas. The list of attendees tells us that there was a minimum of 52 guests present — signed up as individuals, "and wife," "and parents," and, in one case as " -I- family." I rushed over there after putting a youth choir through its rehearsal paces, but found the party breaking up.

Everyone seemed happy, though, and a few seemed quite wet, so 1 assume it was a good party.

Could it be anything else if the Goodwins hosted it? Hardly.

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The list includes the names of several who put down '87 for their class. I'll list them here at the risk of including the names of parents or siblings, because the list does not always distinguish among these very clearly. But it looks as if the new plebes are: Jason Cronin, Margaret McKee, Harris McKee, Larry Hushover, Randall Stone, Ed and Doris Telkamp (one a parent and one a plebe?), Steve and Faith Sisney (same question), Mary and Chuck Ambrose (and again).

Herb Bearce was the earliest graduate at the party, representing the Class of '24. I'm sorry to say that '83 didn't have any representatives there: the most recent graduate was Mark JosUn, '82. Eddie Harris put down '86, making him and parent Tom Barnes, '86, the only representatives of Classes now at the Academy.

Val Smith, '52, and his wife Molly were trying to leave as I came in, but I coralled him for a few minutes to apologize for not being able to help out the alumni softball team in its tournament with Army and Air Force on July 10. Sunday's just not a good day for a hard-working choir director. Val glanced at my puny 55-year-old frame in a way that made it abundantly clear, though in a nice way, that my great skills acquired as substitute catcher on the church team would not be missed.

I promised to call him before writing this article to get all the details of the glorious victory.

I did call Val about a week after the tournament, but that turned out to be too soon. The wounds hadn't healed yet. The ensuing twenty-minute conversation can be summed up in two brief, shopworn, but apt sayings: "The less said the better," and "Wait'll next year."

And while North Texas Alumni are waiting for next year, here's a reminder for them and any other Alumni who might be passing through the area. The monthly luncheons started again in September. We meet at Belo Mansion, Ross & Pearl Streets, in downtown Dallas, at noon on the first Tuesday of each month. Reservations are not necessary, and we'll be glad to see you.

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SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. Burrill SC, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymore Way, Sacramento CA 95822

A great success was the 16 July swim and picnic at the home of Cay and Joe Drachnik '43, who will be hosting our national executive director Bill Busik '43 and Ginny before our next evening function on Wednesday, 28 September, at Mather Air Force Base.

The athletes who bared their chests after swimming included Joe Drachnik, who looks as if he could still fit into his midshipman uniform. Chuck White '53, and Tom Hartigan '47. They all looked good. Chuck came with Betty and Tom brought Pat Giger.

A highlight of the evening was the re-appearance of Madeleine McLeod, whom we had not seen since that sad day last winter when we buried the much loved Bowen McLeod '30. Madeleine looked lovely and seemed to enjoy being with us again.

"Mo" and Carolyn Slater brought Madeleine. " M o " was in '42.

John Lally '56 and Rosemary brought John's mother, Agnes LaUy, who seemed younger than some of us.

It was also good to see our sole honorary member, Ted Robinson, Duke '40, who rescued the survivors of PT 109 in WWII, and who, of course, brought Lyn, looking lovely in the Mexican equivalent of a long garment the Missionaries foisted off on Hawaiian women in the early 1800s.

The party was supposed to feature Hawaiian costumes and the Drachniks draped us all in leis.

Carlotta Burrill had spent the morning as a galley slave, roasting and slicing a very large roast beef and arranging it on a large silver tray and then spent the mid-afternoon trying to change herself into a glamour girl. Her biased husband, John '38, thinks she succeeded. At any rate the roast beef disappeared.

Harry Hohon '38, gave that Class a tie, with '47 represented by Hartigan and Stan and Thelma Schiller, and '43, Bob and Marion Logan and the Drachniks.

Jack Everett '64 and friend, Pat Short, were nice enough to put in an appearance before leaving early for another engagement. Jack distributed copies of a new roster, which he had compiled and dupUcated at his own expense. Others who added to the fun were: Dick and Lori Bishop '62, Bill and Pat Boakes '51, and Steve and Maggie Young '50.

We are grateful to the Drachniks, and all our lovely wives, who prepared the pot luck dishes, for a very fine evening.

As usual in the summer doldrums, our first Wednesday meeting on 3 August at the Capital Plaza downtown Holiday Inn, failed to produce a large attendance. Chapter president. Chuck White '53 brought Betty and then introduced former president Barry Whittlesey '49 to discuss going to the Army-Navy game via AMTRAK instead of via bus. This would permit us to spend Thanksgiving day at home and catch the AMTRAK train in downtown Sacramento on Thursday, 24 November, and return by Saturday, 26 November. Sleeping on the train eliminates the need for a motel room in Pasadena for two nights.

Several members thanked Barry for his research of this subject.

A group from '47, V.P. Tom Hartigan, Stan Schiller, and Don Andrews, once roommate of a former president of the U.S.A., formed a cabal at the head of the table.

The Class of '43 was well represented by Joe Drachnik and Bob Logan, and Harry Holton '38, joined Burrill in making that Class tied for second place.

Chapter Treasurer Tom Ross '57 indicated the treasury was able to afford a $25.00 expenditure, in spite of not having any formal dues structure.

Dick Bishop '62 was the youngest Alumnus present.

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 dovm of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them . . . " Laurence Binyon, 1914 BIRTHRIGHT, FRANK BURROUGHS '22, 9 July 1983, Charleston SC CARTWRIGHT, AMARIAH BASIL '20, (CDR USN RET), 26 July 1983, San Diego CA CECIL, ALEXANDER BRABSON '26 (LCDR USNR RET), 3 August 1983, Livermore CA CHRISTIAN, KEMP CATLETT '14 (RADM USN RET), 6 August 1983, San Diego CA EMANSH, JOHN JOSEPH JR. '43 (CDR USN RET), 24 August 1983, San Francisco CA DIETZ, JAMES STRATTON '33 (RADM SC USN RET), 18 August 1983, Leesburg VA DONAHO, DOYLE GEORGE '27 (CAPT USN RET), 25 July 1983, Normangee TX HATCH, WILLLVM GIBB '13 (CAPT USN RET), II May 1983, Carmel Valley CA HECHLER, THEODORE JR. '40 (CDR USN RET), 14 August 1983, Annapohs MD HEIN, HERBERT ROSS SR. '10 (CAPT USN RET), 18 July 1983, Coronado CA HOLLOWELL, FRANK DERICKSON '32, 15 July 1983, Savannah GA HOMMEL, ROBERT EMERSON '34 (BGEN USMC RET), 24 August 1983, Annapolis MD

KINTBERGER, LEON SAMUEL '32 (RADM USN RET), 4 September 1983, Annapohs MD KIRBY, LEONARD JR. '15 (CAPT USNR), 22 April 1983, (Hobe Sound FL) LANGDON, RICHARD HENRY '31 (LCDR USNR), 19 August 1983, Arhngton VA LOWREY, SEARCY JAMES '25, 20 May 1983, Little Rock AR LYNN, CHARLES WILLIAM JR. '41 (CDR USN RET), 21 May 1983, Sarasota FL MAICHLE, FRANK MARTIN '20, LCDR USNR RET), 10 August 1983, (Kenilworth IL) MCMILLIN, GEORGE JOHNSON '11 (RADM USN RET), 29 August 1983, Long Beach CA METZLER, CARL PHILIP '26, 25 June 1983, Grand Haven MI MORROW, RICHARD COX '48 (LCOL USMC RET), 1 August 1983, Pebble Beach CA O'SHEA, GEORGE JOSEPH '22 (BGEN USMC RET), 17 August 1983, Fort Lauderdale FL RICHARDSON, HARMOND BECKER '68 (LCDR USN), 11 August 1983, Bethesda MD SAMPSON, ROBERT ROY '31 (CAPT USN RET), 13 August 1983, (Orange TX)

SEIDEL, HARRY EDWARD JR. '31 (CAPT USN RET), 10 August 1983, Supply NC SLEDGE, ALEXANDER '25 (CAPT USN RET), 3 August 1983, Brunswick NJ SMILEY, CLARE BROWN '32 (RADM USN RET), 29 June 1983, Gainesville FL STEWART, JOHN WESLEY '33 (CDR USNR RET), 9 July 1983, San Diego CA SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM A. JR. '27 (RADM USN RET), 31 August 1983, Norfolk VA VESSELY, ROBERT PAUL '72 (LCDR USN), 1 September 1983, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico; plane crash WEBSTER, HUGH POWELL '26 (CAPT USN RET), 8 June 1983, (Los Altos Hills CA) WITHERS, HARTNALL JACKMAN '26 (BGEN USMC RET), 30 July 1983, San Diego CA YEOMANS, ELMER EUGENE '24 (RADM USN RET), 29 July 1983, Coronado CA

EARL HARRISON QUINLAN '13 Cdr. Earl Harrison Quinlan USN (Ret.) died on 14 June 1983 in Long Beach, California. Interment was at the mihtary cemetery in Riverside, Cahfornia. He was among the twenty oldest graduates of the Naval Academy.

Bom in Iowa, he was appointed to the Academy from the State of Colorado and was graduated with the Class of 1913. Sea duty followed on surface ships and in submarines, and he served off Mexico prior to World War I, then participated

in convoy duty in that conflict. He was commanding officer of the destroyer PERRY when she was awarded the General Excellency Award in 1932, then he was transferred to the retired list in 1934 for physical reasons. In 1940 he was recalled to active duty and served until 1946. While on active service he was awarded the Soldiers Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal.

In civilian life he was employed by Frazar and Company, exporters, and spent a great deal of time in Mexico City, and he also worked for the Mun-

son Line Steamship Company. He was an accompUshed golfer, having won the Naval Academy Alumni tournament in 1933, and his oil paintings were widely acclaimed, for he had studied at the University of Mexico in Mexico City at various periods. He was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Q. Dessy, 409 E. Wisteria St., Arcadia CA 91006; and a brother.

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GILBERT FRANKLIN BUNNELL 16 Capt. Gilbert Franklin Bunnell USNR (Ret.) died on 25 June 1983 at the John Knox Village Rest Home, Orange City, Florida. Memorial services and interment were held in Vero Beach on 29 June, and a private memorial service was held at the John Knox Village where his widow, Stella, was confined due to a physical injury.

Born in Amityville, Long Island, New York, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and was graduated with the Class of 1916, reporting to ARIZONA then under construction in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He spent World War I on board this ship, including duty in British waters, then in January of 1919 sailed to Brest, France, then on to Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey, Asia Minor to represent the United States with ships from France, Great Britain, Italy and Greece when Greek troops landed there to start their occupation of the area. In 1920 he resigned his commission and joined the naval reserve.

In civilian life he was a partner in a building and road supply firm, but prior to World War II he was recalled to active duty as a convoy commodore in the North Atlantic, followed by thirteen Mediterranean convoys, the largest having 93 ships. He was retired for physical reasons late in the war, returning to Amityville. While on active service he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal. In 1953 he moved to Vero Beach, and he was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Stella, Apt. 122-C, John Knox Village, Orange City FL 32763; two sons; and five grandchildren.

ION PURSELL 18 RAdm. Ion Pursell USN (Ret.) died 23 July 1983. Memorial services were held at graveside in Arlington National Cemetery where he was interred alongside Karola, his first wife, who died in 1969. His second wife, Emma, died in 1974, and had requested to be buried in Frankfort.

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executive officer of the naval station as well as attorney general and chairman of the board of directors. Bank of Guam, and vice governor of the island.

In 1934 he assumed command of COLE, also serving as command of Destroyer Division ONE, then was named executive officer of the Department of Foreign Languages in 1936. Sea duty as executive officer of CINCINNATI followed, then command of SANTEE in the North Atlantic before commissioning OBERON, an attack cargo vessel, He was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat V and Gold Star in lieu of a second award for amphibious operations in the invasions of Italy and Sicily while in this command.

After temporary duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, he was assigned to the naval mission in Ecuador, South America, then had command of GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON in the

Pacific before being ordered to the naval operating base, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines, and later the naval station in Manila, as senior officer.

Upon his return to the United States he was hospitalized until being ordered as president of the General Courts Martial Board at Great Lakes in 1948, then served on the Combat Records Review Board in Washington until transferred to the retired list in 1950, whereupon he settied in the Washington area.

He was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by a daughter, Carrie Pursell, 25 Pin Oak Square, Frankfort KY 40601.

AMARIAH BASIL CARTWRIGHT '20 Cdr. Amariah Basil Cartwright USN (Ret.) died on 26 July 1983 in San Diego, California. Following cremation, his ashes were scattered at sea.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Indiana, he was moved by patriotism to enlist in the Navy as a young man and eventually received an appointment to the Naval Academy from which he was graduated on 6 June 1919 with the Class of 1920. His career included assignment to the destroyer DELPHY, but he was not on board when the ship ran aground off Point Honda north of Santa Barbara in 1923 in what is perhaps the worst peacetime disaster in Navy history with twenty-three men killed.

Other service included duty in China, the Philippines, Hawaii, the Aleutian Islands and Panama before being transferred to the retired list in 1939.

He was recalled to active duty prior to World War II and had sea duty and was officer-in-charge of five trade schools at the San Diego Naval Training Center before returning to retired status.

In civilian life he raised hunting dogs, notably Irish setters. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by a sister, Ena Gregory of Yucaipa, California, and a niece, Betty Cartwright Winslade of San Diego.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Kentucky, he was graduated on 28 June 1917 FRANK BURROUGHS BIRTHRIGHT '22 with the Class of 1918. Convoy duty in the North Atlantic during World War I followed on board Mr. Frank Burroughs Birthright died on 9 July HUNTINGTON, then assignment to the Navy Yard, 1983 in Charleston, South Carohna. Memorial serNew York, in connection with the fitting out of vices were held at St. Philip's Episcopal Church TENNESSEE, serving on board this battleship from on 13 July. her commissioning in 1920 until 1923, whereupon Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, he was he was ordered to the Naval Academy as an in- graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class structor in marine engineering. of 1922 and commissioned in the Marine Corps, Returning to sea, he was ordered to Hawaii to serving in Haiti. He resigned his commission in 1925 but returned to active duty during World War join SEATTLE, flagship of the United States Fleet, 11 as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and as gunnery officer until 1927, then served as navigator and first lieutenant in DENVER with the served in Europe with the military railway service, supplying the Third and Ninth Armies in Belgium, Special Service Squadron during the second France and Luxembourg. He was eminently Nicaraguan Campaign. Further duty at the Naval qualified for such service inasmuch as he was a Academy followed in the Department of Foreign Languages, followed by assignment to Guam as superintendent and executive general agent for the 100

Charleston division of the Southern Railway in civilian life.

He was a member of the Carolina Yacht Club, the Country Club of Charleston, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Lila, 57 East Bay, Charleston SC 29401; a daughter; two brothers; and two grandchildren.

SUMNER KINSMAN MACLEAN '24 Capt. Sumner Kinsman MacLean USN (Ret.) died on 26 April 1983 in Sarasota, Florida.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Massachusetts, he was graduated with the Class of 1924. His naval career encompassed the usual sea and shore duties with an emphasis on engineering, and he was designated Naval Ordnance Engineer of the year in 1957 by the Bureau of Ordnance. He had attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and after retirement for physical reasons in 1951 he attended education courses at the University of Florida and Florida State University, then taught engineering drafting and mathematics at Sarasota High School until 1972.

Survivors are unknown.

ELMER EUGENE YEOMANS '24 RAdm. Elmer Eugene Yeomans USN (Ret.) died on 29 July 1983 in Coronado, California.

Memorial services were held at the North Island Naval Chapel and his ashes were to be scattered at sea.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Indiana, he was graduated with the Class of 1924 and after sea service was ordered to submarine school in New London in 1923, entering the service in which he would spend the majority of his naval career. Among his sea commands were the submarines S-17, S-20 and SARGO, and after World War II he had command of the cruiser ROANOKE as well as Cruiser Division FOUR in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and later the Sixth Fleet's Strike Force South based on Naples, Italy.

Washington assignments included a tour as aide to the assistant secretary of the Navy, Joseph Kenney, and he also served as superintendent of the postgraduate school in Monterey and as commander of Naval Forces Japan. He was transferred to the retired hst in 1964 while serving as commander of the Western Sea Frontier in San Francisco.

He had a master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and was a graduate of the National War College in Washington. His citations included the Bronze Star Medal and the Legion of Merit, and while serving in Japan he was awarded the Sacred Treasure Medal by the Japanese government. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Helen, 1780 Avenida del Mundo, Apt. 502, Coronado CA 92118; a niece and a grandnephew.

ALEXANDER SLEDGE '25 Capt. Alexander Sledge USN (Ret.) died on 3 August 1983 in Brunswick, New Jersey.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Alabama, he was graduated with the Class of 1925 and proceeded to sea duty in NEW YORK, then served in DETROIT and ISHERWOOD. In 1930 he

entered the Construction Corps, then took a Master of Science degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Duty at various shipyards followed until 1942 when he was ordered to the Bureau of Ships, remaining at this post until 1947 when he was ordered to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. He also had duty as industrial manager of the Eighth Naval District, the Office of Naval Shipmate, October 1983

Material, the Office of Naval Research in New York City, and a return to Washington for duty with the Bureau of Ships. During this period he also had duty on the staff of Commander Submarines, Pacific.

After having been transferred t o the retired list in 1955 he taught industrial engineering and statistics at various universities including Rutgers, Columbia and Hofstra. H e was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Cordelia, 33 Cliff Court, Highland Park NJ 08904; and three children.

CARL PHILIP METZLER 26 Mr. Carl Philip Metzler died on 25 June 1983 in Grand Haven, Michigan. Following memorial services at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, his remains were cremated and interred at Lake Forest Cemetery.

Carl Philip Metzler Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Michigan, he was graduated with the Class of 1926. As a midshipman he was a member of the wresthng team and was noted for his playing of the concertina.

After two years of active duty he resigned his commission and joined the Great Lakes Dock and Dredging Company, working with this organization until his retirement in 1967. During World War II he was assigned to build airfields and adjoining structures in the Caribbean at Trinidad, for which he was awarded a commendation. When he apphed for a commission at the start of World War II, he was told to remain in his civiUan position rather than going to sea. Upjon his retirement, his company honored his service by having a newly built tug named the CARL F . METZLER.

An ardent golfer, he played for seven months a year in Michigan and five months of the year in Florida. He was a hfe member of the Masons, Elks, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association, and he maintained an active interest in the Navy all of his hfe.

He never married and is survived by two sisters and four brothers, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

HARRY EDWARD SEIDEL '31 Capt. Harry Edward Seidel USN (Ret.) died on 10 August 1983 in Supply, North Carolina.

Memorial services were held in Ft. Myer Chapel on 15 August with interment in Arhngton National Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Maryland, he was graduated with the Class of 1931. He served in the aircraft carriers SARATOGA and LEXINGTON from 1931-34, and then in the destroyer TRACY before being assigned to the American Legation in Riga, Latvia, to study the Russian language. In 1937 he was ordered to duty in the heavy cruiser VINCENNES, and in 1939 returned to destroyers as gunnery officer and later as executive officer of USS ERICSSON. Shipmate, October 1983

In 1942 he took command of the destroyer LIVERMORE, serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters, where he earned the award of the Bronze Star Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal. In 1944 he was ordered to duty at the Naval Academy, and soon thereafter to the Navy Department as Chief of the Eastern Division of the Office of Naval Intelligence. His last active duty assignment was that of assistant naval attache at the American Embassy in Moscow; he retired for physical disability in 1948.

In retirement he studied at the University of Maryland, taking a P h . D . degree in Human Development Education, and then did research work in human resources at George Washington University. From 1957-60 he taught mathematics at high schools in the Washington area, and then moved to Greensboro, North Carolina.

Throughout the next sixteen years he held associate and full professorships in psychology at High Point College; at North Carolina Wesleyan College; at California State College; at North Carolina State University, and finally at Western Connecticut State College, and he was a frequent contributor to professional journals in the field of psychology and he was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Capt. Seidel's wife, Barbara Striker Seidel, predeceased him in 1969. He is survived by a son, H. Edward Seidel III of Philadelphia; by a daughter, Barbara E. Seidel of Tallahassee; and by a brother. Dr. David L. Seidel of Washington (DC).

KENNETH SYDNEY SHOOK '33 Capt. Kenneth Sydney Shook USN (Ret.) died on 1 July 1983 in San Diego, California. At his request his remains were cremated and will be held in a repository to be scattered at sea with his wife Dorothy upon her demise.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Pennsylvania, he was graduated with the Class of 1933. He later attended the postgraduate school and the West Coast Sound School in San Diego as well. Upon graduation he joined LEXINGTON until 1936, then served in destroyers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SANDS, JACOB JONES, BREESE and HOGAN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; until just before

World War II when he was assigned to the naval reserve officers training corps unit at the University of Michigan. In 1943 he returned to sea in command of the destroyers FARENHOIT and TINGEY, receiving three Bronze Star Medals with Combat Vs for this service. Citations indicated heroic achievement against the enemy in the Bismarck Archipelago in command of FARENHOIT, skillful shiphandling in the rescue of the crew of a damaged carrier off Japan while in TANGEY, and participation in the Solomons Campaign and operations with the Third and Fifth Fleets incident to the occupation of the PhiUppines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

After duty in command of JAMES E . KYES he had duty as naval liaison officer with the U . S .

Army at Fort Winfield Scott in San Francisco, then returned to sea in command of TORTUCA during the Korean Conflict. Later he served as Commander Destroyer Division 282, then was ordered as Chief Staff Officer to Commander Fleet Training Group, San Diego, before taking command of the fleet sonar school.

After language school in Washington he was named chief of the naval section, military assistance advisory group in Viet Nam for thirteen months, then returned to San Diego as assistant Chief of Staff for administration in the Eleventh Naval District. His last active duty was in command of HECTOR in Sasebo, Japan, and he was transferred to the retired list in 1959.

Kenneth Sydney Shook After retirement, Capt. Shook was employed as a ship inspector at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego for a period of six years. He was a member of the FARENHOLT Association and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Dorothy, 1261 Fleetridge Dr., San Diego CA 92106; a daughter, Mrs. Sydney Shank of Brawley, and a son Kenneth, of San Diego; and seven grandchildren.

ROBERT TYLER STIVERS, Jr. '35 Col. Robert Tyler Stivers Jr. USMC (Ret.) died on 4 June 1983 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Memorial services were held at Maplewood Cemetery in Ripley, Ohio.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Ohio, he was graduated with the Class of 1935 and accepted his commission in the Marine Corps, reporting to the 6th Marines in San Diego after basic school. He later served with the 4th Marine Regiment in Shanghai, then had duty with the 2nd Marines, F M F Pacific, assigned as transport quartermaster when World War II began.

After assignment to the First Marine Amphibious Corps he served in Noumea, New Caledonia, then took part in the Solomon Islands campaign. He was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for duty with the service command of FMF Pacific, then was named executive officer of the Marine Barracks at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Schooling followed at the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, whereupon he became personnel officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, then commander of the Second Recruit Training Battalion at the same location.

In 1951 he served as executive officer of the First Combat Service Group, F M F Korea, then was named commanding officer of the Headquarter Battalion and Headquarter Commandant, First Marine Division in Korea, for which he received a second Navy Commendation Medal.

He later was base provost marshal at Camp Pendleton, then commanded the Marine Barracks at the naval operating base in Norfolk, Virginia, before being named embarkation officer of the Second Marine Division. In 1958 he returned to Korea as deputy commander of the Marines in the Naval Advisory Group, and his last active duty was as provost marshal at the Navy Department, from which post he was transferred to the retired list in 1962.

In civilian life he worked for the State of Ohio in the Department of Natural Resources in Columbus until 1967.

He was predeceased by his wife Mabel and is survived by his mother of Ripley, Ohio; a son and a daughter; two sisters; and five grandchildren.

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He is survived by his widow Barbara of Pebble Beach; two daughters and three grandchildren.

JAMES CARLTON RADNEY '73

CHARLES BRUNING GRAY '39 Cdr. Charles Bruning Gray USN (Ret.) died on 24 July 1983 in Providence, Rhode Island. A memorial service was held at the United Congregational Church in Middletown, Rhode Island, on 30 July.

Appointed to the Naval Academy with the Class of 1939, he was released from active duty in 1938 for eyesight deficiency and joined the Merchant Marine as a junior third mate with the MooreMcCormack Une. Just before World War II he was commissioned in the naval reserve and assigned

LCdr. James CarUon Radney USN died on 28 September 1982 near Key West, Florida, in the crash of his SH-2 aircraft during an operational mission. Memorial services were held at Mayport Naval Station Chapel and interment was at Capital Memorial Park in Austin, Texas.

to LONG ISLAND, serving on the neutrality patrol

and then carrying Marines to Guadalcanal. After the war he was augmented into the regular service and was assigned duty as commanding officer of the naval reserve training center in Cumberland, Maryland, followed by command of GORDIUS and CROSS. Later duty was as operations officer of ComONE, then command of HALE, with two Mediterranean deployments in the latter. He later made a round-the-world cruise in HALE, including service with the Seventh Fleet, then had duty as executive officer of the Fleet Training Center in Newport. He was transferred to the retired list in 1963.

He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution, the Christian Defense League, the Newport Historical Society, the American Security Council, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

His first wife, Elizabeth, died in 1980, and he is survived by his widow Olivia, 4 Sachuest Drive, Middletown RI 02840; two sons and a daughter; two brothers and a sister; and several nieces and nephews.

THEODORE HECHLER Jr. '40 Cdr. Theodore Hechler Jr. USN (Ret.) died on 14 August 1983 in Annapolis, Maryland.

Graveside services were held at Arlington National Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York, he was graduated with the Class of 1940 and ordered to duty in PHOENIX, surviving, with the PHOENIX, the attack on Pearl Harbor of 7 December 1941. He was designated naval aviator in June 1943 and served through the remainder of WWII overseas with VPB-92, becoming squadron executive officer in 1945. He later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1947. He was also a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College. During the rest of his active duty career he served in the Bureau of Aeronautics, later the Bureau of Weapons, in space programs including USAF re-entry satellite vehicles and the Apollo program.

Theodore Hechler After retirement in 1960 he continued work in space programs with General Electric until 1963, then joined NASA until final retirement. Since 1 January 1979 he had been the president of the Class of 1940, and was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Loretta, 228 Lookout Lane, Annapolis MD 21401; and by a daughter. Sherry Lynn.

WILLIAM EDWARD HUDDLESTON '46 LCdr. William Edward Huddleston USN (Ret.) died on 31 July 1983 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Arkansas, he was graduated with the Class of 1946 on 6 June 1945 and proceeded to sea in CONY. Later sea service was in PERRY and FISKE before

being assigned to the engineering department at the Naval Academy. He later had command of LMSR 517, then was on the staff of ComDesRon 7 before being assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel. Other sea duty included BLUE and CON-

FLICT before being transferred to the staff of ComNavAirPac. He was transferred to the retired list in 1965 and for ten years was an instructor in the junior naval reserve officer training program.

He is survived by his wife Constance, 426 Spring St., Hot Springs AR 71901; and two children.

RICHARD COX MORROW "48 LCol. Richard Cox Morrow USMC (Ret.) died on 1 August 1983 in Pebble Beach, California.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Pennsylvania, he was graduated with the Class of 1948, whereupon he entered the Marine Corps and was assigned to Basic School. He later was assigned to flight training and was designated naval aviator, serving in the Korean War and during the Vietnam conflict. He was transferred to the retired list in 1968 and thereupon took employment with the Litton Industries.

James Carlton Radney Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Texas, he was an active member of the 150 lb. football team and served as Twelfth Company commander before graduation with the Class of 1973. His academic excellence as a midshipman resulted in his assignment immediately after graduation to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, where he received a master of science degree in oceanography in 1974.

Prior to flight training, he served on board USS KENNEDY (CV-67) as engineering officer and was qualified as both engineering officer and surface warfare officer. He also had the distinction of qualifying in two warfare specialties with his designation as a naval aviator in July 1979. He was assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light THIRTY-SIX (HSL-36), where he served as a helicopter aircraft commander and officer-incharge of Det 5 at the time of his death. He had been officer-in-charge of HSL-36 detachments aboard USS JOHN HANCOCK (DD98-I), USS PHARRIS (FF-I094) and USS NICHOLSON (DD-982),

and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for his role in special operations conducted while aboard PHARRIS. He was in receipt of orders to be flag lieutenant for Commander Naval Forces Caribbean at the time of his death. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Cindy Salcher and son Derek Emerson, 1737 Leeward Lane, Neptune Beach FL 32233; his parents, Ridgley Dexter, a former Navy pilot, and Jo Ann; a brother Larry, a former Navy dentist, and sister Kelly.

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orty years of naval air superiority is pictured in this series of spectacular paintings by Hal Rozema. All are 2 1 " x 17", signed and numbered, limited editions of 1,000 and registered with the National Museum and Gallery Registration Association.

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