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Volume 46, No. 7

September, 1983

FEATURES Nominating Committee Precept 10 Homecoming Schedule 11 New Editor 13 To Conquer the Pacific

by Capt. John E. Lacouture USN (Ret.) 19 A Leadership Vignette

by Capt. Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. USN (Ret.) 23 Pets and Mascots

by Adm. Robert B. Carney USN (Ret.) 26 Tradition of the Sea 27

By RAdm. Frank A. Brandley USN (Ret.) and Cdr. Charles M. Melhorn USN (Ret.) Amphibious Assault, 1943

by RAdm. Charles Adair USN (Ret.) 30 China Memories

by RAdm. Clarence E. Coffin USN (Ret.) 34 East Coast Olympic Soccer Games 42 Army-Navy Game Weekend Schedule 44 DEPARTMENTS Contributors' Biographies 4 A Few Inches From The Yard 41 Sea Breezes 5 Navy Sports 43 The Mail Boat 6 Class News 48 Officers and Trustees Chapter News 99 12 All Hands 15 Last Call 102 Lucky Bag of Books Classified Services 109 36 Gift List and Order Form 112 Capitol Hill 38 COVER PN9-1 down at sea, from painting by M. deV. Lee for the 1926 Lucky Bag. See the article beginning on page 19.

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Contributors' Biographies PAUL R. SCHRATZ '39 Following a distinguished career in submarines and lohn Lacouture '40 earned a master's degree in advanced flight test in policy planning in Washington, Paul retired as .'ngineering from Princeton in 1950 and one in literature from Camoridge in 1980. His naval assignments include command of one fighter Captain USN to be come Director of International Studies at the University of Missouri. Later he and two attack squadrons as well as two carrier air wings. He was served on White House-Congressional CommisAssistant Director, Tactical Test Division at NATC Patuxent, and sion on Foreign Policy, as a guest scholar at the program manager during the development phase of the F-4 Phantom II. Several staff assignments were followed by command of Fleet Air, Brookings Institution and a professor at Georgetown University. He has been a faculty Lemoore, USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) and INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62).

Since retirement in 1970, he was Manager International Sales for LTV member of the Naval, Air and National War Colleges, and was the first naval officer to be awarded and is now a freelance writer on naval and strategic matters. a Mershon doctoral fellowship at Ohio State and a Wilton Park Fellowship from the British Foreign CAPTAIN JOSEPH K. TAUSSIG, JR. USN (RET.) Office.

Joe Taussig '41 won a Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor, along with critical wounds that cost him a leg and eventual physical retirement in 1954.

JOHN F. SLINKMAN After earning a Juris Doctor (honors) degree at George Washington he became Flag Lieutenant to ComNavBase Pearl in 1949 and, later, John was the first Editor of Navy Times, serving the first USNA instructor in Military law. After retirement he from 1951 through 1974 and earning the Navy's operated a legal consulting firm in Washington, specializing in military Distinguished Public Service Award on retirement. retirement problems, and is currently serving as Deputy AsstSecNav Subsequently he edited The Officer, published by for Civilian Personnel Policy and Equal Employment Opportunity. the Reserve Officers Association, for several years This is his fourth article in Shipmate. and continues to contribute editorial and special articles to both publications. He has long been a REAR ADMIRAL FRANK A. BRANDLEY USN (RET.) respected member of the Washington Naval and Frank Brandley '29 served in USS COLORADO before earning his wings Maritime Correspondents Circle. in 1930 and joining VT-1 in LEXINGTON. Flying duties followed in PatRons, USS TUSCALOOSA, and at NAS Anacostia, where he served until September 1942 as pilot for Under SecNav. He commanded THOMAS F. BATES PatRon 23, then became C/S to ComFAW 1 in the Pacific until A 1960 graduate of Notre Dame, Tom Bates November 1944, and was XO USS BOXER in 1945. Duty in OpNav, became Director of Public and Sports Informaattending the AF Staff College, and command of TacAirConGru 1 tion at Gannon College in Erie, Pa., in 1961, and preceded command of USS SUISUN (AVP-53) in 1948 and NAS St. also was publicity assistant for the AU-American Louis in 1949. Later he commanded USS KULA GULF and HORNET Bowl Football game at Buffalo in 1962-63. In 1967 and served on Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten's staff in the Med he was appointed Director of Sports Information before flag rank assignment as C/S CinCPacFlt 1956-58. His last at Lafayette College, where his publications won active tour was as ComCarDiv 15, whence this story originated. honors for editorial excellence and his peers rewarded him with high offices in their profesREAR ADMIRAL CHARLES ADAIR USN (RET.) sional associations. He joined Navy's staff in September 1973.

Charlie Adair '26 was serving on the staff of C-in-C Asiatic Fleet when WWII erupted. In late December 1941 he and Lt. Kemp Tolley organized an escape from Corregidor in USS LANIKAI, reaching MICHAEL D. MATTEO, JR. Australia three months later. In 1943 he went to the staff of the Seventh Amphibious Force, scouted the New Guinea coast from Buna Mike Matteo '84 from Medford Lakes, New to Salamaua, and assisted in planning and execution of over fifteen Jersey, is our midshipman columnist reporting assauh operations in MacArthur's return to the Philippines. In 1945 from within Bancroft Hall. In keeping with a he was ordered to the Navy Department, followed by sea and staff tradition begun three years ago, Mike is also a duty until retirement in 1956, since then he has been engaged in member of the 11th Company. A Political Science industrial work. major who hopes to attend law school someday, Mike is extremely interested in present world REAR ADMIRAL CLARENCE E. COFFIN USN (RET.) affairs and his ultimate goal for the long future "Two Gun" Coffin '27 (how he got that name is another story) spent is to succeed in politics. For the moment, however, a lot of time on the Asiatic Station. He was XO USS HERON his interests are more in squash and tennis.

(AVP/AM-10) in '31-'32, served in USS GUAM (PR-3) '33-'34, was XO USS TUTUILA (PR-4) '37-'39, a Chinese language student at Peiping '39-'40, and was in USS MARBLEHEAD for the beginning of WW II. Later he commanded LCI (Rocket) Flotilla 16 at Okinawa and the Taku-Tientsin landings in 1945, shifted to 7th PhibForRep Tsingtao and C/S Chinese Amphibious Training Command, and commanded TG 78.2 (Middle and Upper Yangtze) in 1946. He is a charter member of the Yangtze River Patrol Association.

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"Get This Damn Thing Off My Back"* Seventy-five years ago this month — 17 September 1908 — is as good a date as any for the birth of U.S. Army aviation.

The Navy, we shall see, was not quite ready. That September day in the nation's capital was warm and clear under a brilliant sky, perfect for flying.

On the parade ground at Fort Myer, Orville Wright tinkered with Flyer 3, an airplane he hoped to sell to the Army for $25,000 plus bonuses. Across the field, a crowd of two thousand spectators, including a skeptical Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf, milled around in a festival atmosphere.

Orville Wright, a perfectionist, fiddled with the engine and the high propellers operating off a pulley and sprocket arrangement not unlike that used on bicycles. He paid special attention to the thin wooden blades, square and flat like oars at the tips, narrow at the center.

The props were eight inches longer than any previous; he had, in fact, bolted them on only that morning. The flight would be the last in a series to convince the Army that the era of powered flight had arrived.

The Potomac area then was the scene of virtually all of America's aviation history. During the Civil War, intrepid aeronauts converted a coal barge in the Potomac to a mobile base for a captive balloon, adapting Samuel Morse's electric telegraph to pass messages to the ground.

The first use of a balloon to control artillery fire against the enemy occurred at Falls Church on 24 September 1861. By the end of 1862, seven captive balloons were in use by the Union forces; several free flights were made over the Confederate lines, relying on varying wind directions at different altitudes to get back to safety. The balloon corps averted a panic in Washington after Bull Run by verifying that no Confederate troops were in sight. But the aeronauts were free spirits, undisciplined and quarrelsome, and ceased to play a significant part in the war after early 1863.

Near the turn of the century, both the Army and Navy were also interested in the "Langley Flying Machine." On 29 April 1898, two days before Admiral Dewey's great victory at Manila Bay, the Army-Navy Joint Board made a remarkably far-sighted report on possible warShipmate, September 1983

time use of aircraft "as an engine of offense" in reconnaissance, communications and dropping explosives "from a great height." The Navy Joint Board member was Commander Charles Henry Davis, whose father had sat on the board considering the building of ironclads in 1861.

Just before the Wright brothers, Langley carried on his experiments from a houseboat on the Potomac. On 8 December 1902, however, his plane crashed into the river, nine days before the Wrights' pioneer flight from Kill Devil Hill in North Carolina. After five years of further efforts, Orville Wright returned to Fort Myer with Flyer 3 and dazzled onlookers with his mastery of the air. On 9 September he set an endurance record of an hour and ten minutes aloft and an altitude record of 310 feet.

Awaiting his turn as passenger for the epic flight was Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge, a cavalry officer with some theoretical knowledge of thermodynamics and experience with the Army's gliders and lighter-than-air dirigibles. Shortly after five that afternoon, Wright and Selfridge climbed aboard Flyer 3, seated on the leading edge of the lower wing with their backs to the huge propellers.

On Wright's signal, the 20-horsepower engine popped into life, the big wooden blades beating furiously against the air.

The Flyer, wing span forty feet, was poised on a monorail catapult powered by a 1200-pound weight especially useful on short fields. With the engine running full out, the catapult was triggered; the weight fell with a crash and the 710 pound airplane fairly flew down the track, reaching flying speed before leaving the rail. At 1714, Flyer 3 was airborne, skittering over the lawn, climbing to 150 feet before making long passes over the field, to the cheers and gasps of the spectators below. The biplane made three passes, then turned downwind to start a fourth — when disaster struck.

The starboard propeller cracked longitudinally, which caused it to flatten and lose thrust. All but windmilling, it set up a violent imbalance with the other blade.

Wright fought the two control levers against worsening vibration, banking steeply to lose altitude and get down before losing control. The wildly vibrating port propeller was jerked out of

true when the axle slipped, the big blade slamming into a taut guy wire leading back to the tail outriggers. The wire snapped and wrapped itself around the blade, which shattered. Losing support, the top outrigger and rudder canted.

Selfridge could only hang on helplessly.

He had never seen an airplane chew itself to pieces, but it didn't take a knowledge of aerodynamics to tell him what would happen next. The big plane nosed over and fell like a rock. Wright and Selfridge were buried face down under the canopy of broken wings, splintered skids and dangling wires. Both men were conscious; Selfridge muttered, "Take this damn thing off my back," — the last words ever to pass his lips.

Wright sustained a broken left thigh, broken ribs, a deep gash in one cheek, and he was in shock. But he would recover. Selfridge fell into a coma, the base of his skull cracked. He underwent surgery at the Post hospital, but died almost immediately after. He had hoped to gain distinction as a designer; he achieved only the fame of becoming the first man to be killed in powered flight.

In frustration, triumph and tragedy, the cycle of growth of military aviation was irrevocably set.

The Army ordered its first Wright plane the following Spring but Navy Secretary Metcalf became "more convinced than ever that this fragile and unreliable invention held no promise for the Navy." The unfortunate Lt. Selfridge was eventually commemorated by an Air Force base in Michigan; poor Langley's greatest honor came from the Navy when the first aircraft carrier was named for him. And thus the birth of military airpower in the United States.

The real role of airpower was a long way off. Heroic American birdmen performed well in World War I but suffered in the economy drives of the twenties. A not untypical attitude was that of the frugal President Cal Coolidge in 1923.

When Army and Navy requests for new aircraft reached the president, he suggested, "Why can't we just buy one and let them take turns using it?"

"If *For the title and some of what follows, I am indebted to The U.S. Air Force: A Turbulent History by Herbert Mason, Mason/Charter, 1976.

The Mail Boat Gunboats and Marines Book Review Shipmate: I must apologize to author Bernard Cole for faulting him in Shipmate's May review of Gunboats and Marines, The United States Navy in China, 1925-1928, by his giving gunboat USS HELENA "no less than eight 4-inch guns." I said she had four. Old HELENA sailor Captain E. C. Rook '24, who spent 28 months in her on the China station set me straight: she did indeed have eight 4-inch 40 calibre, which on top of four 6-pdr. RF and four 1-pdr. RF made a formidable battery for a 1,500-ton ship.

(My 4-gun figure came from Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, which its editor promises to correct.)

HELENA originally was designed for the sultry Amazon, so to give her good natural draft her stack was enormously tall, earning for her from the British the nickname "The Jam Factory."

As for the 3-inch field piece she carried. Gene Rook writes: "We actually fired it. Used to dismantle it, take it ashore for reassembly on Lokaup Island in Bias Bay for drill. I was the platoon leader. That island was one of about four in Bias Bay and the largest and outermost. It was uninhabited except for one old Chinese couple who kept out of our way and whom we furnished a few staples now and then. Our exec lost his dog on the island and we were sure it ultimately wound up as fresh meat for the old Chinese residents.

"Bias Bay, as you recall, was a pirates' nest. They would take the pirated ship deep into the bay and unload into junks and sampans and be dispersed ashore before the British could react. Whenever we were anchored in the bay there would always be two big fires burning on the entrance headlands which we translated as a signal to the shipboard pirates as 'Not now! Stay out!' " Kemp Tolley '29 Why No Ice Cream Machine?

Shipmate: 1 enjoyed "What, No Ice Cream?" in "The Mail Boat." The absence of an ice cream machine in the SOUTH DAKOTA was not the result of strip ship. I gave it away! It was not capable of supplying the entire crew at meals, so we sold ice cream from the canteen. Our freshly caught recruits thought it was a picnic eating on watch and, as expected,

were careless in disposing of the used containers with the risk of leaving a trail astern for an enemy submarine.

Our Skipper was Tom Gatch, a fighter, intent that his crew should have the same dedication. He had commissioned "Battleship X " well ahead of schedule, inspired to join the WASHINGTON in the South Pacific at the earliest. To mislead the enemy, he caused a rumor that we were heading for the Archangel run by loading 2,000 units of winter clothing.

When clear of the land, we headed south at top speed, transited the Canal at midnight, and fueled our destroyers enroute (supplying them with ice cream).

We soon had a problem with our ice cream eaters. The old timers wanted none of it, and complained to me. Our great captain Tom Gatch approved, so, upon our later arrival at Pearl Harbor for battle repairs, 1 gave the ice cream machine to my classmate Roy Graham for his neglected radio unit on Diamond Head.

Both our crews were happy.

But we did strip ship — by offloading 2,000 units of winter clothing.

Benny Decker '20, XO of SOUTH DAKOTA

Submarine Pay Shipmate: Admiral Galantin's fine article "Dollars and Dives" gives a great account of early submarines and submariners. He writes of a 1901 Executive Order giving enlisted men only $5.00 a month extra pay plus $1.00 for each day submerged, with a maximum of $20.00 a month. 1 believe that maximum was only $15.00.

Admiral Galantin also cites a 1925 submarine trip by Congressman Fiorello LaGuardia of New York in bad winter weather as the reputed source for his 1928 legislation authorizing submarine pay for officers and men. At that time, in answer to critics of the Navy, LaGuardia said, "It's much easier to steer a submarine from the halls of Congress than it is from the deck of an undersea boat" (Not the exact words, but very close).

Admiral Galantin can be sure it was LaGuardia, but the trip he took was in December 1927, from New London to Provincetown in the S-8, after the S-4 had been sunk.

The Admiral's article was splendid and 1 hope he submits more.

John J. Lynch '49

Shipmate: I welcome John Lynch's comments and correction to my article. His three chief points are: $15 vs. $20; S-4 vice S-8; and Fiorello LaGuardia.

As to the $20, my source was a 7 June 1950 SecNav letter to the Comptroller General. That detail in the letter could have been in error.

As to the S-4 instead of S-8, he is very probably correct. The fact that the sub pay legislation came in 1928 should have alerted me that it was the 1927 disaster of S-4, not the 1925 sinking of S-8, which prompted it.

As to Fiorello LaGuardia, I am pleased that my "questionable authority" of 47 years gone by is now vindicated. It is entirely in keeping with the social conscience and dynamic character of the "Little Flower" that he should have taken action to redress an inequity.

Pete Galantin '33 "Aye, Aye, Sir" Shipmate: The article "Dollars and Dives" by Admiral Galantin in the June issue mentions VAdm. John Tyree. Here is my favorite Admiral Tyree story.

On graduation from the USNA, I took a commission in the U.S. Army (as my Dad '18 had done) and had limited contact with the Navy. But in 1967 I was ordered to the U.S. European Command, when it moved from France to Stuttgart, Germany, as Roads and Grounds Officer — a job I took seriously with over twenty flag officers living on base.

Admiral Tyree was Deputy CofS and the senior on base because the Deputy CinC and the CofS lived off base. One Saturday morning 1 got a call to report to the Admiral's office ASAP. After a short briefing by the Aide/AdminAss't, a very attractive lieutenant commander, I was ushered into the office.

"Bullene, I want the forest cleaned up and made shipshape" (or words to that effect) was the Admiral's message. With memories of A Message to Garcia, I didn't ask what the Admiral was talking about but responded with a snappy "Aye, aye, sir" — which may have surprised him for I'm sure he had no idea that this young Artillery captain was a USNA graduate.

However, the Aide filled in the details and 1 departed. It seems that the GIs had broken a hole in the fence behind the bowling alley and proceeded to litter the Shipmate, September 1983

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Admiral Tyree was, I'm sure, concerned about our good neighbor standing with the local forest meister — and his quarters bordered on the forest.

EUCOM used contract labor, mostly imported, for laboring work. I held my job because I had previously run a military hotel and dealt with the German Government on civilian laborers. The EUCOM contract did not call for street sweepers to work on Saturdays or to clean up a German forest. Nevertheless, I rounded up my supervisors, E-7s and E-8s from all three services, and explained the problem with my immediate solution.

The senior NCOs were not too happy with my order that we were going to police the forest, right now, but it was done in spite of the contract that held manual labor to base roads and grounds.

And I never had another call about policing that forest.

Roger Bullene '61 Conquest of tiie North Pole Shipmate: In the article on FRAM in the May issue, I noted that the first to reach the North Pole on its surface — Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson — and from under its surface — Cdr. James Calvert in USS SKATE — were Americans.

Capt. Johan H. Lilleheim, Norwegian Naval Attache in Washington, has kindly given me further information on the accomplishments of Roald Amundsen and his reaching the Pole by air. He writes: "As you very well know, Nabsen later changed his activities to humanitarianism while Amundsen continued exploration until he perished during an attempt to rescue the Italian Gen. Umberto Nobile and his wrecked airship ITALIA in the Arctic in 1928.

"Prior to that tragic event, however, Amundsen had become very air-minded and in 1926, together with Nobile and the American Lincoln Ellsworth, he conducted the first transpolar flight between the European and American continents.

The expedition in the airship NORGE landed in Teller, Alaska, near Nome on 14 May 1926 after having planted the American, Italian and Norwegian flags on the geographical North Pole on 12 May. "For your information, I would like to add that on 7 June this year, on initiative by the Italian Government, a memorial was unveiled in Nome in memory of that historic event in aviation history."

Frank Rigler '23 HRH Tlie Prince of Wales Shipmate: The photograph of the Prince of Wales and others in "The Mail Boat" recall an event that made the Prince's visit a most popular one.

When we were assembled in Memorial Hall and HRH had diplomatically paid tribute to John Paul Jones, he informed us that he had requested the Superintendent to cancel all outstanding punishment periods of extra duty. A 4-N cheer was called for. Did he get it? Loud and clear.

It rattled the windows and doors.

Jack Curry '23 Such requests have been a traditional prerogative of royalty, extended to nonroyal heads of state, for many years. But can any reader tell us when that tradition first began?

A Naval Dictatorship This was written to Paul Schratz and forwarded by him to "The Mail Boat": In your May '83 "Sea Breezes" column you ask " . . . who ever heard of a naval dictatorship?" Without disputing your overall theme (re the strategic Triad; 1 largely agree), I ask have you ever heard of Miklos Horthy de Nagybanya (1868-1957), Admiral of the AustroHungarian Navy in 1918? Following the World War 1 breakup of that empire, he was Regent of Hungary 1920-44 and effectively its dictator in 1931-44. Hungary, of course, was and is landlocked; Admiral Horthy may have been its whole Navy — reminiscent of "I am the cook and the captain bold, and the mate of the Nancy brig . . . " James F. Gallagher '47 Answering for Paul, Admiral Horthy commanded a small but, for its location, very powerful fleet that was a major concern for the Italian and later allied Navies in the Adriatic during WW I. Who Remembers USNA Yawls RESOLUTE and

FLIRT?

Shipmate: The Evergreen State College at Olympia WA is the proud owner of two of the original Naval Academy 44-foot yawls, RESOLUTE and FLIRT (numbers 3 and 9), acquired in 1978 as federal surplus. After retirement from the Naval Academy they were used by the San Diego Naval Sailing Association and then came to Evergreen. We intend to use the boats as companions to SEAWULFF, our 38-foot sailing research boat, laboratory equipped, in getting students to research sites around Puget Sound. We're considering having the yawls rated so that we can race them on Puget Sound for fun, and thinking of chartering them during the summer months to pay for their upkeep.

RESOLUTE is currently undergoing extensive repairs and restoration, principally refastening and recaulking to get her hull watertight by 1 August. Students volunteer to work on the boat under our experienced lead boat carpenter and there are one or two paid employees. While the

work is being done, the boats are kept in the College's maintenance yard under sheds to protect them from the local weather.

Earlier this year, RESOLUTE was moved from her original storage site to her current location across the yard. Since we don't own a Travellft, the move had to be done in a more primitive way. Her cradle was jacked up — a little at a time, using a 12-ton car jack — and skids placed underneath. The skids were old glue-lams first used as balcony railings for the Library building. Log rollers were made from small tree trunks, using an adze. The boat and cradle were hauled by a backhoe, with volunteers collecting the rollers passed out astern and replacing them under the front of the cradle. After RESOLUTE was moved, her shed was also moved to the new site using skids and a backhoe and dump truck as prime haulers. It was easier to move the 1,000 sq. ft. shed than to take it down and rebuild it.

The Evergreen State College is a statesupported, four-year arts and science school located in Olympia, Washington, at the southern extreme of Puget Sound, so there's lots of good sailing available.

We have about 2600 students in mostly undergraduate courses; we do have one master's program and will start another in the Fall of 1984.

We'd like to collect information about FLIRT and RESOLUTE from Naval Academy alumni who sailed in them. We hope to make a scrapbook of memories, photographs, and information about the boats to keep in our permanent records.

There are probably many readers who can help us create this scrapbook, and we'd love to hear from all of you. Please write to Frances B. Barkan, Grants Coordinator, Office of College Relations and Development (L 3103), The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505.

Any USNA alumni who are in the area are welcome to call and arrange for a visit to the boats and the College. Please call Ms. Barkan at (206) 866-6000, extension 6565. We'd love to see you.

Frances B. Barkan Delicate DCNO-UnderSecNav Relationships Shipmate: 1 was a DCNO and the Hon. W. John Kenney was Under Secretary of the Navy. One day John called me on the phone and asked how soon I could be ready to accompany him to New York.

I inquired as to the reason for the trip, but John said that it involved nothing that required any advance briefing for me. The following dialogue ensued: Carney: "1 would like to know — " Kenney: "I'm in a hurry and no briefing is necessary."

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Carney: "Well, I'm not willing to go on some such blind expedition and — " Kenney: (interrupting) "I tell you that I'm in a hurry and 1 know that you need no briefing."

Carney: "Well, I'm not willing to risk making a fool of myself uninformed on some subject warranting your hasty attendance."

Kenney: "Listen, you stupid (technical, but usually derogatory, description of one born out of wedlock), I have two tickets to the World Series."

Carney: "I'm ready now."

R.B. Carney '16 Navigation Air-Born Shipmate: The stirring defense of aeronav

by R. Maulsby reemphasized the perfidious nature of Dame Fortime and brought to mind an incident in the low ether that transpired during the Military Equipment Development Epoch, now more honorably referred to as the Vietnam Conflict. It was late Summer, 1967, and I, as a PPC, and my crew from VP-5 were in the early deployment evolution operating from Sangley Field, P.I. flying old P3As. The missions were varied; Yankee Station, Market Time, Airway overwater navigation training (better known as R&R), ASW Readiness Training, and finally Ocean Surveillance Airborne Patrols. This latter mission was designed to monitor the distance between wave crests and to develop the culinary capability of crew members other than the ordnanceman.

Our crew, God bless them, were led by a USNA cabal: Bob Bates '62 had just departed for PG school, Joe Monroe '62 ran the tube, Jerry Dunnagan was the NFO nav (a non-USNA type but this was our early concept of Affirmative Action), while up front Jim Stewart '63 rode shotgun and I catnapped from the left side. After a month or so the activity had become ho-hum and it was into this environment that another USNA grad joined our group as PP3P and back-up nav.

Filled to overflowing with recently acquired techniques. Skip Moyer '65 was tasked to obtain a NAVEX qual from the plotting table while we plied our trade on the OSAP mission. After seven or so hoiu^s spot checking cargo vessels throughout the South China Sea, we climbed through the developing cloud decks to twenty-four grand and headed east. Joe turned down the radar and Skip gave us a heading to reach Luzon. At three hundred plus knots landfall was expected in a little over 1 Vi hours.

The clag was building and the rise was getting lumpy while the radio beacons had become static galore and the needle had begun pointing out the various thunderbumper cells. No problem, after all Luzon is a big island and is the bounShipmate, September 1983

dary to the east, at least before you reach Central America! Chow time, political philosophy, a few sea stories and two hours had fiown by with as yet no landfall. Joe cranked up the radar but due to a black box problem we could not develop maximum scan, however, within about sixty miles there was no land mass return. Decision time, straight ahead could be a few thousand miles of Pacific Ocean, a left turn gave us an as yet unping-ponged China, so Jim and I tugged on the right rein and churned south. The Group Think process provided the consensus that thirty minutes should enlighten us with a view of northern Luzon, if not, then we would have passed well to the north and east and we should turn west to encounter the east coast of Luzon. Forty minutes later the decision to alter to the west was about to be executed when radar showed a land mass ahead and to port. The proposed right turn would have taken us again to the South China Sea. We had lost Luzon!

Home free, right? Not quite. We began to sneak down the west coast of the island looking for the entrance to Manila Bay. By now all navaid's were spotty, dark air was building up on the wings, radar range was a good ten miles and visually we could discern the props if we really concentrated. We had HF Comm with the Air Force in Japan, and VHF with a Manila ATC controller who wanted nothing to do with us except to say "Report Sangley in sight." Not wanting to become a static display adorning a ridge line and with the weather extending to just south of Mars we descended overwater and traversed southbound along the coast.

Finally, with all the partial inputs calculated, Skip said he had the mouth of Manila Bay and for us to turn northeastish. The rain was like high tide and a number of factors were combining to make the entire situation less than fun.

Radar had just given us a heading to just south of the little island, which was thought to be Corregidor, when I overheard the tube talking about how the rain made the bay and mouth look so small. Just then Jim said he had a lockon Lubang TACAN abaft the starboard wing but definitely not dead astern. You guessed it, we were heading into Subic Bay vice Manila Bay. At this point we went back to the early basics; out of 1500 feet for 500 feet, partial extension of the landing lights so as to maintain visual contact with the sea surface, and get it on home. Within fifteen minutes the ground crew was pinning the gear and we had a few moments to reflect upon our recent situationally adjusted learning curve, advanced equipment was still subject to human malusage.

LOST Miniature sword belt; approx. 2 in. wide with embossed gold-colored buckle, formerly available at Johnson's On The Avenue in Annapolis MD. Owner seeks replacement.

Please contact Mrs. Stuart H. Herbert, 12 Andrews Ave., Falmouth ME 04105.

That Mad Fox cruise spawned a few admirals, a couple of airline types, some entrepreneurs, and when last read of Skip had a squadron. It's certainly good to see everyone on course, whatever the direction.

John R. Haddick '62 A Final Salute Shipmate: I believe that Shipmate's readers would be interested in Roy Smith's plans after well deserved retirement as Shipmate's Editor Emeritus. By conscientiously inventorying the personal correspondence received from him since he first thought of turning his blue pencil over to another, and applying modern linguisticological techniques called "deep structure analysis," these are my scientific conclusions, in order of his preference: (1) to inventory singles bars on the ski slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro (2) to inventory Valley Girls surfing on the Costa del Sol, (3) to secretly, late at night, substitute random numbers for alumni graduation sequence numbers in the computer data bank for the next Register, (4) to bring his golf score down to twice his age and, finally, (5) to find the poltergeist inhabiting the Alumni House attic who clandestinely enters authoritative looking editorial marks on Shipmate galleys ready for the printer — and reverse photo captions.

Jig-Jig Dougherty '46, Quill Pusher 1/c We have had some fun with sometimes unintelligible correspondence from Jig-Jig but, unfortunately, age precludes fulfillment of (1) and (2) above, and (4) doesn 't specify on which nine.

Nominating Committee Precept

To: Subject:

Mr. J. Kirby Ewing '45 Nominating Committee, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, 1983-84 Precept

1. In accordance with Paragraph 1 Article VI of the By-laws of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, a Nominating Committee consisting of yourself as Chairman and the following members is appointed: Mr. Kirby Ewing '45 911 Walker Avenue, #707, Houston TX 77002 VAdm. Robert B. Baldwin, USN (Ret.) '45 920 Kline Street, Suite 304, La Jolla CA 92037 Lt. Fred B. Home, USN '76 14A Sellers Road, USNA, Annapolis MD 21402 Capt. Donald R. Jex, USN (Ret.) '47 977 Donation Drive, Virginia VA 23455 Capt. Robert T. S. Keith, Jr., USN '58 Quarters L, Ford Island, Honolulu HI 96818 Cdr. Kendell M. Pease, Jr., USN '68 Public Affairs Officer, USNA, Annapolis MD 21402 Capt. John R. Wales, USN (Ret.) '51 1903 Old Annapolis Boulevard, Annapolis MD 21401 2. The Nominating Committee, in accordance with the By-laws, shall submit to the Board of Trustees not later than 10 December 1983, a slate of candidates for the election to take place in the Spring of 1984 for the following officers: Vice President Eastern Area (2 year term). Vice President Western Area (2 year term), and four Trustees-at-Large (3 Year Term).

3. A resolution of 29 May 1959, passed by the Board of Trustees, reads as follows: The President, in appointing the Nominating Committee, shall point out the requirements for the ensuing year with a view to obtaining equitable distribution of the Trustees among the various categories — classes, geographical areas, active duty, retired officers, civilians, etc.

4. In accordance with this resolution, I wish to point out to the Nominating Committee that the membership of the Association is divided as follows: 40% Active Duty officers, 32% Retired officers, and 28% No current service connection.

The Board currently consists of 12 Trustees-at-Large of whom 3 are on active duty, 7 retired from the service and 2 have no current service connection. Of the latter two groups 5 are in the Eastern Area, 2 in the Western Area, and 2 in the Central Area. The outgoing Trustees-at-Large consist of 1 active duty, 1 in the retired community and 2 with no service connection.

5. The membership of the entire Board, consisting of 31 members (5 Officers, Past President, Superintendent's Representative, 12 Trustees-at-Large and 12 Local Chapter Trustees), contains the following year group breakdown: 1 in the twenties year group, 8 in the thirties year group, 9 in the forties year group, 8 in the fifties year group, 4 in the sixties year group, 1 in the seventies year group, and 0 in the eighties year group.

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Local Trustees whose term will expire in the Spring meeting are unknown since their election is entirely a matter of local elections.

Please note, however, that local Trustees have in the past been elected from earlier classes, but we are noting a trend to younger classes. Currently there is one in the twenties, 3 in the thirties, 2 in the forties and four in the fifties and two in the sixties. Also, please note that on the current Board the terms of the Vice President Eastern Area and the Vice President Western Area will expire at the Spring meeting 1984 as well as four Trustees-at-Large. Their classes are: '33, '53, '48, '52, '58 and '63, respectively.

6. In submitting nominees for Vice Presidents Eastern Area and Western Areas, the Nominating Committee should give due regard to past service to the Alumni Association; to willingness and capability of providing liaison with individual Chapters of the Association; to being ready to speak to any Chapter on request; and to selecting nationally distinguished alumni capable of continuing the prestige and influence of the Association.

7. In submitting its Slate of Nominees for the Board of Trustees, the Nominating Committee is encouraged to offer a reasonable opportunity for increased representation on the Board from the younger classes. To this end a sufficient number of outstanding candidates from the younger classes should be considered, keeping in mind that a proper balance of nationally distinguished alumni is important.

8.1 further point out that it is particularly necessary to nominate only those who are members of the National Naval Academy Alumni Association and who are willing to serve. It is a most important consideration to determine if one's prospective duties, jobs or profession during the tenure in office, will permit them to devote a reasonable amount of service in the organization, including reasonable expectancy of attendance at the Spring and Fall meetings of the Board of Trustees.

9. While the number of nominees is at the discretion of the Nominating Committee, you are informed it has been the consensus of the Board of Trustees, confirmed again at the Spring 1976 meeting, that no more than two candidates for each vacancy should be nominated by the Nominating Committee. It has been customary to limit the nominees for the President and Vice Presidents to one for each position. You will note that the By-laws provided for nomination by petition. The ballot also provides for the write-in votes. s/ Charles S. Minter, Jr. Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.), President

See note on page 36 about Homecoming Photography show in Mitscher Hall

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Homecoming Schedule 21-23 October 1983

Friday, 21 October 0730-1600 0800-1800 081S 1000-0100 1200 1200 1210 1213

1300-1515 1300-1600

1545 1600 1630 1630 1700 1800 1800-1900

1930 1900-2030 2030-2200 2130-0030

Midshipmen Store open to Alumni (ID tags from Alumni Association required.) Closed 1215-1245 Registration at Alumni House.

Almnni Open Golf Tournament, USNA Golf Course.

House Taproom open, sandwiches available.

Roman Cathohc Mass in St. Andrews Chapel.

Protestant Worship Service in Mitscher Hall Chapel.

Brigade noon formation.

Luncheon in King Hall for Alumni who are parents or legal guardicins of midshipmen. Your midshipman must make arrangements for this in Bancroft Hall..

General visiting to Academic Departments open.

Patrol Craft tours of Naval Academy waterfront.

(Half hour tour, departing every half hour from Triton Light.) No children under 12.

Dress Parade on Worden Field.

Alumni vs Varsity Squash Match, Field House.

Alumni vs '83 Varsity Lacrosse Team (Seventh Wing Field).

Roman Catholic Mass in Mitscher Hall Chapel.

Brigade evening meal formation.

Pep Rally, Tecumseh Coiut.

Tickets for reception, diimer, and dance no longer available at Alimini House. May be picked up at Dahlgren Hall at 1900.

Jewish Service in Mitscher Hall Chapel. **Reception in Dahlgren Hall. **Dinner in King Hall. (Doors open at 2030).

Dance, Dahlgren Hall. Informal, no tickets required (beverages available, cash bar).

1000-0100 1015-1100 1030 1200 1330

1700

Taproom at Alumni House open.

Alumni Assembly, Mahan Hall. See note below.

Brigade noon meal formation.

Brigade enters stadiiun for March-On. Navy vs Pittsburgh Football. Order football tickets from Athletic Association — NOT the Alumni Association. Price per ticket is $10.00 plus $1.00 handling charge per order.

Class reunions and parties as scheduled.

Sunday, 23 October 0900 Catholic Mass in Main Chapel.

0900 Protestant Holy Communion in St. Andrew's Chapel.

1000-1930 House Taproom open, sandwiches available.

1000 Jewish Service at Kneseth Israel, Annapolis.

1100 Protestant Divine Service in Main Chapel.

1100 Catholic Mass in Mitscher Hall.

1230 Brigade noon meal formation.

1300-1600 Patrol craft tours of Naval Academy waterfront.

Half hour tours departing every half hour from seawall near Triton Light. No children under 12. ** 1400-1700 Sailing.

1700 Catholic Mass in Main Chapel.

Knockabouts as usual will be available to Alumni and their guests on a first come, first served basis. Maximum of four guests can be in each boat and a qualified midshipman will be assigned to each party. Those desiring to use these facilities are asked to assemble at the Robert Crown Sailing Center during the period specified above. Please note the following USNA Regulations: No children under 12 years of age may embark; each participant must be able to swim 100 yards; alcoholic beverages may not be taken aboard; soft, rubbersoled shoes and appropriate boating attire are required.

*For alumni and their spouses. Reservations required.

Saturday, 22 October 0730 Alumni "Jog/Run-In." Meet in front of Field House. Two or four mile tour on foot of Naval Academy. Certificates to all participants.

0730-1200 Midshipmen Store last open to Alumni. Alumni Association name tag required for store entry.

0800-1400 Registration at Alumni House.

0900 Alumni vs Midshipmen Rugby game at Hospital Point.

0900-1000 Class meetings, as scheduled.

0900-1000 Visits to Midshipmen's Rooms by Alumni.

0900-1000 Visits to Company Wardrooms by sponsoring classes.

0900 Catholic Mass in Mitscher Hall Chapel.

0900 Protestant Communion in Mitscher Hall Conference Room.

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Major Reunions Major reunions are scheduled through the weekend by the Classes of '28 (55th), '44 (40th), '48 (35th), '53 (30th), '58 (25th), '63 (20th), and '73 (10th).

For details of these and other informal gatherings, plus tailgating before and after the game, see Shipmate Class News.

The Alumni Assembly The Alumni Assembly will be in Mahan Hall on Saturday at 1015. The Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. James D. Watkins, and the new Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. P. X. Kelley, will be guest speakers. The new Superintendent, RAdm. Charles D. Larson and Alumni Association President VAdm. Charles S. Minter, Jr. also will make brief addresses. This is a rare occasion to hear these four officers on the same program.

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USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OFFICERS President V A D M . CHARLES S . MINTER J R . USN (Ret.) '37,

Annapolis M D Vice President (Eastern Area) —

USNA Alumni Golf Tournament — Homecoming 21 October 1 9 8 3 , USNA Golf Course Chairman: Capt. George V. Zeberlein, Jr. USN (Ret.) '54

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

Pinehurst N C Vice President (Central Area) —

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

M R . J. KIRBY E W I N G '45

Houston TX Vice President (Western Area) — C A P T . WILLIAM A. ROBINSON USN (Ret.) ' 5 3 ,

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

Annapohs M D Treasurer — C A P T . J. D. OLLVER, J R . USN (Ret.) '43,

Annapolis M D

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

Annapolis M D Superintendent's

Representative

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C A P T . ALAN K . RIFFEY C E C USN '61

USNA, Annapolis M D

At Large (To serve through Spring Meeting

1984)

M R . WILLLAM D . CRAWFORD *48 C D R . STEPHEN M . D U N C A N U S N R R '63 C A P T . ROBERT T . S . KEITH, J R . USN '58 C A P T . JAMES A . LOVELL, J R . USN (Ret.) '52

(To serve through Spring Meeting

1985)

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

(2) Other individuals should submit own entry application.

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

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

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

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

(6) All entries must be received not later than 1 October, preferred as soon as possible. Early entry will assure early start.

(7) Wives may play with their husbands.

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

(9) See April 1983 Shipmate for further details

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

(To serve through Spring Meeting

1986)

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

From Local Chapters R A D M . DAVID L . MARTINEAU USN (Ret.) '33

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

Greater Washington, DC Assoc.

M R . JOSEPH N . PORTNEY '52

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

New York L C D R . PETER C . CARROTHERS USNR '63

North Texas M R . JAMES V . HEALY '54

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

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

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

San Francisco

Please print or type Name _ Address

Class Phone

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yes/No Request an electric cart.

Yes/No My wife will play with me.

M R . FRANK C . MARTIN '59

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

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

Tidewater

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New Editor After producing 125 issues of Shipmate, allow me to introduce your new Editor, Col. James Wesley Hammond, Jr. USMC (Ret.), a former Class Secretary.

Wes entered the Academy from the Marine Corps and was graduated in the Class of 1951 as a 2nd lieutenant USMC. After Basic School at Quantico he served as a platoon commander in Korea and was wounded in action in 1952. As a company commander, he served in the Mediterranean and Caribbean in 1954-55 and, as a captain, as Aide-de-Camp to MGen. David M. Shoup (later Commandant), Commanding General 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa 1957-59. After commanding the 4th Bn. 10th Marines, he was Editor of the Marine Corps Gazette 1964-67. Wes commanded the 2nd Bn. 4th Marines in Vietnam until hospitalized for wounds in action in October 1967, then became Plans Officer, 3rd MarDiv and was again wounded when his helicopter was shot down in May 1968.

He then headed the Command Department, MC Command and Staff College at Quantico and completed the M.A. (International Law) from Catholic U. he had begun with night courses while editing the Gazette. Duty followed as Public Affairs and Logistics Plans Officer FMF Pacific, divided by two years as Protocol Officer and Aide to Adm. John S. McCain, Jr., CinCPac. After a final tour as ACOS, Camp Pendleton, he retired in 1975 to Reno NV. Since retirement he has earned an M.A. (Journalism) from U. Nevada-Reno and completed all requirements for a Ph.D. (History) except his dissertation.

He has also served as Executive Vice President of the Reno Board of Realtors, and as Class Secretary for two terms.

Wes has pubHshed more than 30 articles and short stories on military and related political subjects in various magazines and newspapers, including Shipmate and the Naval Institute Proceedings. He is currently working on a book, The Treaty Navy, covering the naval service between the two world wars. His biographical essay in the Proceedings on General Lejeune was reprinted for the descriptive brochure on the dedication of Lejeune Hall at the Academy and received Honorable Mention in 1982's Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr. Award in Marine Corps History.

Welcome on board, Wes, with best wishes.

Roy Smith Shipmate, September 1983

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Scratch One Flattop!

— Lt. Cdr. R.B. 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 Coral Sea on a collision course w i t h the Japanese invasion fleet heading for Port IVloresby. Weil trained but inexperienced, the Americans w e r e out t o 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

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

A s the airmen returned, the w o r d s of Lt. Cdr. Bob Dixon came through the

insurance needs of Naval officers all over the w o r l d .

Today, 9 out of 10 officers look t o U S A A f o r a w o r l d

of personal insurance. For more information, call tollfree 1-800-531-8040 (In Texas call 1-800-292-8040).

Members call toil-free 1-800-531-8 plus your area code (in Texas call 1-800292-8 plus your area code).

Lexington's radio loudspeak- Or w r i t e USAA, USAA Building, San Antonio, TX ers, w o r d s that became a 78288. rallying cry for Americans everywhere, disheartened We'll be proud t o serve you. by many months of defeat: "Dixon to carrier. Scratch one flattop!"

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 you better. victory. The Americans had proved they could fight so well,they stopped Japan's southward advance forever.

And for the first time Naval aircraft, not big guns, carried the attack t o the enemy.

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All Hands

The New Superintendent

Induction Day for 1987

NRL's Sixtieth

The new Superintendent of the Naval Academy is RAdm. Charles R. Larson USN '58, who relieved VAdm. Edward C. Waller USN '49 in full dress parade ceremonies on 31 August. Admiral Waller retired on 1 September as the Navy's senior Vice Admiral after 34 years active service.

Admiral Larson, the 51st Superintendent, was graduated with distinction in 1958 and earned pilot's wings at Pensacola in May 1960. After fiying with VA-176 (USS SHANGRI-LA) for three years, he was accepted for nuclear training and then served in submarines. The first naval officer selected for the White House Fellowship Program, LCdr. Larson served as a special assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and then was selected Naval Aide to President Nixon, serving from Inauguration Day 1969 to April 1971.

On Wednesday, 6 July, approximately 1,340 members of the Class of 1987 reported for entrance into the Naval Academy, chosen from some 13,600 applicants, the largest number of applicants in the past ten years. After a rugged 12-hours of induction routine, the day was climaxed when the Superintendent, VAdm. Edward C. Waller, welcomed the new plebes to the Academy and the oath of office was administered by Como.

Leon A. Edney, Commandant of Midshipmen.

The Naval Research Laboratory celebrated its sixtieth anniversary of scientific research for the Navy and the Nation on 2 July 1983. NRL was formally opened on that date in 1923, based on a concept proposed by Thomas Edison for a research facility where scientists could pool their knowledge to develop improved technology for the Navy. The lab has since grown from a few handpicked scientists working in two research areas in five buildings to more than 3,000 full-time staffers and 150 buildings along the Potomac River.

Among NRL's many achievements are the discovery and development of radar, development of an effective air purification system for submarines, launch of the first rockets carrying scientific experiments above the earth's atmosphere, development of a process for separating uranium isotopes as the major step in producing nuclear energy, the first radio signal bounced off the moon which grew into satellite communication systems, the first lunar-based space observation laboratory, and the development of the skip-distance theory that paved the way for naval long-range radio communications.

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Induction day, the ceremony moved to Chapel Walk while Tecumseh Court was torn up for replacement of its countless bricks.

Rear Admiral Larson

Returning to sea, he served as XO USS ScuLPiN (SSN-590), CO USS HALIBUT, (SSN-587), and ComSubDevGroup One. He then went to OpNav as Deputy Director, Strategic Submarine Division and Trident Program Coordinator, and in 1980 became the first Director of CNO's Long Range Planning Group. He was then ordered to Naples as ComSubGru Eight, ComArea ASW Forces Sixth Fleet, and NATO ComSubMed before coming to the Academy.

Welcome on board, Admiral Larson.

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The young men and women of 1987 bring one of the highest combined SAT scores in the past 14 years, the averages being 668 for math and 580 for verbal scores. The Class includes 110 with previous enlisted service in the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; 214 who attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Newport; 108 women and 183 minorities. A complete profile of 1987 will be published in the October Shipmate.

It does, or at least it did when three Naval Reserve officers read an "All Hands" item in the January-February Shipmate about the Annapolis laboratory of the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center. LCdr. Joe Bridgeford '71, Lt. Rod Repka '75, and Lt. Bob Ballard, members of Naval Reserve Naval Research Laboratory Unit 105 in Rochester NY, after reading about the laboratory's work, applied for annual active duty for training there and so served from 23 May through 3 June, performing research functions in their fields of expertise.

Capt. Jim Knorr '60, Laboratory O-inC who wrote the article, said later, "We learned about a research activity tasked with examining fleet technical problems that must be solved. We hope to continue working with this unit (and others like it) in the years to come."

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All eleven Naval Academy boats completed the 473-mile course, in which nine of the 73 entrants withdrew in the face of near-record slow conditions for the entire ocean leg. All the boats were skippered by ensigns '83 or midshipmen '84. RUNNING TIDE, of Annapolis, fastest boat in the race, sailed the course in three-and-ahalf days, while the slower boats took more than five days to arrive.

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Dedication of Nimitz Park and Museum Twenty years of hard work by many people will be culminated on 11 November (Veterans Day) with the dedication of the Admiral Nimitz State Historical Park and the Museum of the Pacific War. In the Admiral's hometown of Fredericksburg, Texas, the museum will be dedicated, at Admiral Nimitz's request, to all who served with him in the Pacific. In addition to the Museum and the restored Nimitz Steamboat Hotel (pictured above), originally owned and operated by his grandfather and where young Chester grew up, the park includes the Memorial Wall, the Japanese Garden of Peace, and the History Walk of the Pacific War. The park is also building up an outstanding collection of relics from the Pacific War â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and has room for a few more.

The dedication parade begins at 1100 and the directors hope for a large turnout of Pacific War veterans.

Navy Relief Report During 1982 the Navy Relief Society experienced another record year of service by providing more than $15 million in interest-free relief loans, a 35% increase over 1982, and $800,000 in outright grants. In addition, another one million dollars of outstanding loans was converted to grants or written off as bad debts.

Navy Relief is a major factor in the truth of the old adage that the Navy looks after its own. It deserves support from all of us.

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Annapolis-Newport Race Winners Ens. Brandt Moran '83, skipper of the Naval Academy's Swan 48 CONSTELLATION, received the Stephen W. Gerber Trophy at the awards ceremony following the 1983 Annapolis-Newport Race on 15 June. The trophy is awarded to the Naval Academy vessel with best corrected time in its division in the Annapolis-Newport or, in alternate years, the NewportBermuda Race. CONSTELLATION finished second in Class IV (MHS) and fourth in fleet among the 29 MHS-rated boats racing.

CONSTELLATION'S navigator became the first winner of the Carey Arthur Memorial Trophy for the navigator of the Naval Academy vessel with best corrected time in its division. The award is a memorial to Lt. (jg) Carey Arthur '79, who navigated the Academy's PATRIOT as a midshipman and was killed in an aircraft accident in 1981.

The Ocean Racing Trophy, awarded each year by ComCruDesLant to the Service vessel having the best corrected time in the Annapolis-Newport or NewportBermuda Race, went to CONSTELLATION in the MHS division and BRANDYWINE,

skippered by Ens. Randy Gross '83 in the lOR division.

MORNING LIGHT, the Frers 48 skippered

by Ens. Dixon Smith '83, was the first Academy vessel to finish, sixth to cross the line, but corrected time placed her fourth in Class I (lOR) and 18th in the lOR fleet.

Last October Secretary Lehman said that the supply of missiles and other ordnance then on hand was too small to fill even the magazines of the Navy's 514 deployable ships, let alone enough for resupply during a war. More recently a Navy spokesman acknowledged gains in the Navy's stock position but said, "We would not want to go to war in this situation." For example, current stockpiles include enough ammunition to arm only five carriers and their air wings, the number deployed at any one time. To manage deployments, carriers have crossdecked ammunition for the last ten years.

In testimony on the FY '84 budget request, the CNO reported that the Navy's current inventory of anti-ship, submarine and aircraft threat weapons total about $12 billion while the requirement is for about $23 billion. He predicted that the requirement would grow to more than $30 biUion by FY '89, and said that shortages or ordnance and spare parts have "degraded our overall posture," caused by "narrowly focused, non-global defense strategies of the past decade."

"But," Admiral Watkins said, "while shortages remain, we are beginning to increase the length of time the Navy could conduct a war at sea before ordnance supplies are exhausted." The shortages are gradually being made up through massive procurement, the Reagan defense budget having provided funding for substantial bolstering of wartime ordnance supplies. If the administration's current five-year defense plan were approved. Navy officials predict that the shortage of seafighting weapons would disappear before 1990, but that shortages of other weapons for use against land targets would continue through the end of the decade.

That situation is food for serious consideration by budgeteers and the Congress alike.

Combined Exercises NATO Exercise "Ocean Safari '83" ended on 17 June after ten days of naval and air operations in the Eastern Atlantic under coordination of Adm. Wesley McDonald USN, SACLant, and tactical Shipmate, September 1983

command of Adm. Sir William Stavely RN and VAdm. Elias da Costa PN. The exercise involved escorting two merchant convoys from Lisbon, Portugal, and Falmouth, England, to the Azores and return. It included a total of 90 ships and more than 300 aircraft — maritime patrol, carrier and land-based fighters, bombers and helicopters — from ten NATO countries.

At the same time a U.S. squadron of three destroyer types, an LSD with embarked Marines, and two SSNs, with appropriate naval aviation tmits and support from Army aircraft of the Southern Command, sailed for a five-month South American deployment in "Operation Unitas XXIV." Participating countries include Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Peru and Ecuador, an excellent display of hemispheric solidarity where it counts — on the sea approaches to the Ccuibbean and South America.

Tactical command is exercised by RAdm. Clinton Taylor USN, ComSoLant.

New Ocean Surveillance Ships The Navy's first ocean surveillance ship, USNS STALWART (T-AGOS-1), took the water on 11 July at the Tacoma Boatbuilding Co., Tacoma WA. STALW.^RT and eleven sister ships will join the Military Sealift Command and operate under control of appropriate fleet commanders. Mission of these ships is to tow a special array, known as Surveillance Towed Array Sensor, to gather ocean acoustical data for transmission ashore by satellite communication systems.

All twelve ships will be built by the Tacoma yard, the last to be launched in August 1985. Six additional ships of the class are scheduled pending future funding availability.

This type of ship has been a long time in the plaiming and funding, and will be a welcome addition to the fleet.

Build and Charter Agreement for Tankers The Military Sealift Command and Ocean Carriers, Inc., of Houston TX, have completed a $250 million agreement for MSC to charter five new dieselpowered T-5 tankers. These will be 30,000 ton, clean product, icestrengthened ships and will replace 25-year-old T-5s currently owned by MSC and contract operated. The new ships will be built by American Shipbuilding Co., Tampa FL; the first two to be delivered in January and April 1985, two more later that year, and the last in early 1986.

Ocean Carriers was selected in September 1982 for a $104.1 million conShipmate, September 1983

tract for the first two T-5s. Options for three more were exercised in April 1983 at a five-year charter cost of $149.4 million. Each ship will be chartered for five years with three additional five-year options.

The new tankers will offer greatly increased fuel efficiency due to slow-speed diesel engines, decreased crew size from automation, and about 12% greater cargo capacity. Under the build and charter agreement, MSC has no monetary obligation until a tanker is ready to begin service.

The Lady Tugboat Captain Cosmopolitan magazine has an interesting story that the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy has a standing reward offer of ten thousand dollars for the first woman to become captain or chief engineer of an American flag cargo ship, which has not yet been claimed — but that Delia Anhoh of Portland OR is working on it.

One of the first women to graduate from the Academy in 1978, Delia is now a tugboat captain and certified as third mate aboard flag cargo ships. Since it takes about ten years to earn a master's ticket, she's well on the way to claiming that reward. Although she has had to fight the ancient sea myth that women are bad luck aboard ships, she says that she has generally been treated quite well.

As she puts it, "I've never had much trouble because my position demands respect. On a ship, it's vital that crew members obey orders — anyone who doesn't follow commands is usually fired."

We might add that Delia bears no resemblance to the "Tugboat Annie" of the old Saturday Evening Post stories.

The Big Butter Men Rep. Les Aspin (D.-Wis.), master of the press release, is now leading the fight in Congress to chop military retired pay,

but not that of the Federal Civil Service nor of the Congress. Sen. Bill Proxmire (D.-Wis.), originator of the Golden Fleece award for government extravagance (never awarded to the Congress), has always fought to shift money out of defense into domestic programs.

Long before their time, the dairy lobby got a law enacted that requires the Navy, alone among the services, to use only butter and never margarine for all culinary purposes. Several years ago the Navy tried to get that law repealed on grounds that (1) it would save millions of dollars annually and (2) it would improve health by reducing the overall cholesterol intake by Navy personnel. Guess who led the fight in the two Houses to retain that law for the benefit of Wisconsin dairy farmers — those leaders in preaching economy of defense budgets, Aspin and Proxmire.

Reunion Notices USS CALVERT (APA-32) — Sept. 15-17 in San Francisco CA at the Marine Memorial Club. Contact Edward F. O'Brien, Leisure Lake Park, 300 Stony Point Road #240, Petaluma CA 94952.

Phone (707) 763-6551.

USS ELLYSON (DD-454) — Second reunion, Oct. 21-23 in the Philadelphia area. Contact James R. Galbreth, 8927 Carriage Lane, Indianapolis IN 46256.

Phone (317) 849-3315.

USS LST 266 (World War II) — Would like to hear from shipmates interested in a reunion. Write William Campbell, 3 Charlemont Court, N. Chelmsford MA 01863.

USS LOUISVILLE (CA-28) — Seeking all former Navy and Marine personnel who served on board 1931-46. Write Frank Clemens, 6 Stirrup Lane, Chester Springs PA 19425.

Exercise Tiger, 1944 — Veterans of the 28 April 1944 German E-Boat attack on LSTs Lyme Bay, Portsmouth, England, contact Ralph C. Greene M.D., 6033 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago IL 60660. Phone (312) 334-6297. ^

A Reminder How to Nominate Associate Members Any regular member of the Alumni Association may nominate a person for Associate Membership: — Submit nomination in writing to Executive Director, seconded and recommended by two other members.

— Include a summary of the candidate's biographical and professional history, including specific instances of demonstrated support of the Naval Academy a n d / o r the Association.

Those approved by the Membership Committee will receive an invitation to join and, upon written acceptance by the nominee and payment of prescribed dues, will become Associate Members.

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To Conquer the Pacific John Rodgers* Historic Flight, Mainland to Hawaii Captain J o h n E. Lacouture U S N (Ret.)

After LCdr. Albert C. Read '07 made the first trans-Atlantic flight in the NC-4 from Long Island to Lisbon in May 1919, the young aviation industry took up the next challenge â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to conquer the Pacific. In October 1919, a Navy Board recommended immediate establishment of a naval air base on Ford Island, which had been purchased by the government for joint use by the combined air forces of the .\rmy and Nav^ and where the Army's Luke Field had been commissioned on 29 April 1919.

On 19 December 1919, USS CmcAGO arrived in Honolulu with the first naval aviation unit in the Pacific, consisting of four World War 1 seaplanes, nine pilots and forty mechanics under command of LCdr. R.D. Kirkpatrick '13. In 1922 Pearl Harbor's naval air strength was considerably increased and LCdr. John Rodgers '03 was ordered to report as the first commander of the newly-designated Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor, commissioned by Rodgers on 17 January 1923.

Rodgers' first association with flying was early in 1911 when he was the first man to ride the famous Perkins kite. In these trials the kite was towed by the battleship PENNSYLVANIA at a speed of 20 knots and carried Rodgers to an altitude of 400 feet, from which point he was able to spot the maneuvers of a naval formation 40 miles distant and report his observations directly by telephone to the towing ship.

At about the same time, the Navy had received $25,000 to buy its first three airplanes: a Wright Flyer and a Curtiss Pusher (landplanes), and a new Curtiss Triad amphibian. With the purchase contracts were agreements by the contractors to train a pilot and a mechanic for each of the three airplanes. Lt. John Rodgers was selected to be the pilot trained for the Wright airplane and was ordered to Dayton for this purpose. He qualified for his pilot's license in August 1911 and was designated Naval Aviator Number Two. Shipmate, September 1983

In May 1925, Cdr. Rodgers was relieved of command of the Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor and ordered home to command the Navy's planned attempt to fly nonstop from the mainland to Hawaii (1,000 miles farther than any naval aircraft had previously flown nonstop). It was decided to use three new flying boats in the proposed flight: two PN9s from the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia and one PB-1 to be built by Boeing Aircraft Company.

The PN9s had an upper wing span of 72'-10". were 49'-2" long and 26'-6" high, with an empty weight of 9,400 pounds and a maximum takeoff weight including the five crewmen of 19,500 pounds. They were powered by two newly designed 500-HP engines each turning a 13-foot, two-bladed propeller, and the new lightweight, high strength metal duralumin was first used in their airframes. Contractor engineers calculated that with favorable tailwinds the PN9 could fly nonstop from San Francisco to Hawaii. The Boeing BP-1 was somewhat larger (25,000 pounds fully loaded), with two Packard 800-HP engines turning one tractor and one pusher four-bladed propeller.

On 2 May 1925 at Philadelphia, the first PN9 made a world's nonstop endurance record for seaplanes of 28 hours, 35 minutes. Shortly afterwards the two PN9s were shipped to Naval Air Station San Diego, where preparations and training for the historic flight continued under Rodgers' close supervision.

On 26 August, the two PN9s were flown to San Francisco's San Pablo Bay, which had been chosen for the takeoff spot. The flight route was to be from San Francisco on a mercator course for Maui and from there direct to Pearl Harbor. If possible all three planes were to take off together and make the flight in contact with one another. The PB-1, which Boeing had completed building the week before, was delayed in its arrival by

engine trouble and finally arrived at San Pablo Bay flying on only one engine.

Further testing turned out to be so unreliable that it was decided to eliminate the PB-1 from the flight.

The 31st of August dawned with a favorable tail wind forecast and with both PN9s ready in all respects for takeoff. Cdr. Rodgers in PN9-1 was the flight unit commander and navigator.

With him were Lt. B.J. Connell (pilot).

Chief Radioman Stantz, and Naval Aviation Pilots S.R. Pope (second pilot) and W.H. Bowlin (flight engineer). Lt. A.P. Snody commanded PN9-3 with Lt. A. Gavin (Pilot), Radioman C.W. Allen, Aviation Pilot N.H. Craven and Machinist Mate C.J. Sutter.

To provide navigational and rescue assistance for the flight the Navy stationed ten ships along the route of flight at 200-mile intervals. For navigational aids they made black smoke by day, shone their searchlights in the air at night, and provided radio bearings to the aircraft. The two ships stationed nearest to Hawaii were the seaplane tenders AROOSTOOK and TANAGER, capable of providing fuel and maintenance services if required. The planes were equipped with a radio transmitter and receiver but not a radio compass and so depended on the ships for bearing information.

Rodgers' plane finally taxied into position for the long awaited takeoff early in the afternoon of the 31st with Connell and Pope at the controls. With wide open throttles PN9-1 roared across the Bay but was unable to get airborne because of its heavy fuel load (1,278 gallons of gas in its tanks plus 50 gallons in five gallon cans).

Shortly afterwards, Lt. Snody in PN9-3 started his takeoff run and became airborne at 1441. On his second attempt after a four-mile run across the bay, Lt. Connell managed to get PN9-1 airborne at 1445. Both planes then sped through the Golden Gate entrance at 80 mph, 150 19

PN9-1 outward bound through the Golden Gate. Rodgers in bow cockpit

feet altitude, and headed west for Hawaii. Years later, Lt. Connell recalled: "We were so heavy we had to fly 50 miles before we could climb to 300 feet."

By 1700, radio communications were established with shore stations and the first station ship, WILLIAM JONES, 200 miles west of San Francisco. With both planes flying smoothly, all seemed set for a successful flight to Hawaii. Unfortunately, such was not to be — for shortly after passing the WILLIAM JONES, Lt. Snody's plane suffered a broken oil line and was forced down to a safe landing on the water. The WILLIAM JONES soon found the plane and towed it back to San Francisco.

Rodgers and his crew in PN9-1 pressed on, realizing the success of the mission was now solely up to them. Navigating by a driftmeter to establish course and ground speed, and sighting each station ship in passing, the flight seemed to be going fairly well except that fuel consumption was running about six gallons per hour over forecast and the anticipated tail winds had not materialized.

Rodgers had expected to pick up tail winds of 15 to 20 mph about 500 miles west of San Francisco, but tail winds were not encountered until reaching the RENO, 1400 miles from San Francisco, and these were relatively light — 7 to 10 mph. By this time, Rodgers realized he would have to land and refuel from either the AROOSTOOK or the TANAGER. After passing the RENO he decided to land at the AROOSTOOK 400 miles ahead, figuring he would have about 40 minutes fuel after reaching AROOSTOOK'S station to locate the ship and make his landing.

Until then Rodgers had kept only close enough to his course to sight the station 20

ships without passing directly over them, and he had not noted that radio bearings furnished by the station ships when more than 50 miles away were very much in error. Now, with rainy weather and poor visibility setting in, and with a specific ship to locate, correct radio bearings became of vital importance.

Nearing AROOSTOOK the bearings provided Rodgers by the ship indicated he was well south of her, whereas his own navigation calculations placed the PN9-1 north of his plotted track and of AROOSTOOK'S position. About 1500 in the afternoon of 1 September, Rodgers decided to trust the bearings furnished by AROOSTOOK, disregarding his own calculations, and changed course to the north to run down the bearings to AROOSTOOK. At 1615, still with no visual contact with AROOSTOOK, the PN9's fuel was exhausted and Rodgers was forced to land at sea, 25 hours and 23 minutes after takeoff. The distance covered by PN9-1 was accepted as 1,841 nautical miles — a world's record for seaplanes at the time.

Even without power, Lt. Connell brought the PN9 down to a perfect landing. Assuming they would soon be picked up by AROOSTOOK, the exhausted crew set up a four-hour watch and all not on watch promptly got some much needed sleep.

Finding the PN9, however, proved to be a bigger problem than anticipated — because AROOSTOOK'S bearings had been 180 degrees in error and the resulting search was looking in the wrong area.

Soon the Navy organized all available planes, ships and submarines to commence the biggest sea search in naval history.

Unfortunately, the PN9's radio transmitter, powered by a wind-driven generator, operated only when the plane was in flight. On the other hand, their battery powered receiver enabled the crew to listen to the conversation of the searchers and to plot the position of the searching ships and planes. They had the frustrating experience of having the searchers reach a position within 30 miles of their downed plane before the searching vessels began getting farther and farther away.

On the third day, the downed plane's crew saw smoke from a passing steamer.

They immediately sent up flares and lighted smoke signals but to no avail.

The ship passed within five miles of them and continued steadily on its course. By this time it became apparent to the downed flyers that their plane would not be found and that they would have to sail it to the nearest land if they were to be saved. They managed to rig a sail, using fabric cut from the lower wing and fastened between the upper and lower wing. Catching the prevailing trade winds it moved them along at about two knots.

Even though their course was limited to a few degrees either side of the wind, with the steady northeasterly trade winds, they were able to set a course for Oahu and to make good distances of about fifty miles a day.

After three days, their food supply was completely exhausted. Water soon became a critical item in their survival and was strictly rationed, limiting each man to a few swallows a day. Attempts to distill fresh water from sea water were unsuccessful. Their water supply ran out entirely on the sixth day. Fortunately, on the eighth day their plane passed through several heavy showers which enabled them to renew their water supplies at a time when the lack of water was beginning to affect their health.

On the eighth night, the crew sighted searchlight beams apparently coming from one of the military installations on Oahu. The next morning, the welcome sight of the island of Oahu loomed up in the distance. However, it soon became apparent that the present course they were making good would pass them through the Kauai channel without touching land. Needing more underwater keel area for better steering control, floorboards were ripped up and rigged as leeboards, enabling them to sail as much as 15 degrees off the wind. Even with the leeboards, they were not able to make good a course to Oahu, so changed course for Kauai hoping to reach Ahukini Shipmate, September 1983

Harbor. It was a tense night for Rodgers and his crew for, if they missed Kauai, they faced the grim outlook of ending up in the wide Pacific Ocean with almost no chance of being sighted by ships or planes.

The next morning dawned with mists and rain squalls and no Kauai in sight.

About nine o'clock, the weather cleared and there was Kauai directly ahead. It was indeed a welcome sight after ten days of drifting and sailing with no food and little water. Course was set to sail the plane into Ahukini Harbor. By 1400, the plane was still ten miles off the harbor and it was decided to postpone the attempted entry imtil the next morning.

Meanwhile, the crew tried to signal the shore. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, the submarine R-4 appeared steaming full speed towards them and signalling by semaphore "What plane is that?" The submarine crew could hardly believe the answer when the radioman on the PN9 signalled back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; "PN9-1 from San Francisco."

After passing food and water to the downed fliers, the submarine commander offered to take Rodgers and his crew on board and to take the plane in tow.

Rodgers, however, though he had not reached his destination by air, thought that there was still a possibility of retaining the flight honors for the Navy by physically staying in his plane until he reached his destination. He, therefore, refused to leave his plane and made preparations to sail it into Ahukini Harbor.

But then, after consulting with his crew and evaluating the risks of trying to sail his plane into Ahukini Harbor, Rodgers decided against risking their lives in case they missed the narrow harbor entrance and agreed to be taken in tow by the R-4. He rationalized his decision by saying: "Any ship takes a pilot going into the harbor. Let them tow us in." The R-4 promptly took the plane in tow and headed for Nawiliwili Harbor, since Ahukini was too shallow for the submarine to enter.

On hearing the surprising news that Rodgers and the PN9 had arrived at Nawiliwili Harbor after having been given up for lost, the Navy immediately dispatched the destroyer MACDONOUGH to pick up the celebrities and bring them to Oahu. In the meantime, the submarine cut loose the plane inside Nawiliwili Harbor and, after drifting for a time, it was finally towed near enough to shore to be anchored. After making all shipshape, Rodgers and crew headed for shore where Shipmate, September 1983

PN9-1 anchored by Nawiliwiki on Kauai

they received a warm reception from the local townsfolk.

On arrival of the MACDONOUGH,

Rodgers, still grasping at the technicality of arriving in his plane at his destination wanted to remain with his plane and have it towed to Honolulu. However, the destroyer's captain overruled him and ordered him and his crew on board the destroyer to travel as deck passengers to Honolulu. The PN9 was subsequently loaded on the stern of the USS PELICAN and transported to Pearl Harbor. There, after undergoing minor repairs, it took to the air again on 19 September and made a triumphant flight circling Diamond Head and Koko Head.

Although Rodgers was disappointed at not reaching his planned destination in his plane, he and his crew did succeed in reaching the Hawaiian Islands from the mainland, even though not exactly in the manner originally planned. On arriving at Pearl Harbor on the MACDONOUGH, he and his crew received a hero's welcome, followed by many receptions and honors.

Rodgers handed Governor Farrington the first letter to arrive in Hawaii by air.

After several days of rest and celebrations in Honolulu, Rodgers and his crew were transported on the USS IDAHO to San Francisco for a huge reception given by that city for them. Coming two years before Lindbergh's epic flight across the Atlantic, Rodger's flight was of great importance in the pioneer days of aviation and served to inspire a great flurry of aviation advances in the field of commercial overwater travel. The people of Honolulu, grateful for the fast advancement of aviation in the Islands following Rodger's flight, inaugurated a movement

to name Honolulu's airport John Rodgers Airfield.

An interesting sidelight of the PN9 flight occurred during the period when Rodgers was missing and after the crash of the Navy dirigible SHENANDOAH in a thunderstorm with the loss of 14 hves.

When asked for his opinion by the press.

General Billy Mitchell issued a blistering statement in which he said, "My opinion is as follows: These accidents are the direct result of the incompetency, criminal negligence and almost treasonable administration of the national defense by the Navy and War Departments." He accused the Army and Navy heads of making every effort to block a separate air force. He listed as a serious offense, the Navy's launching the Hawaiian flight with "primitive, goodfor-nothing, big lumbering flying boats," pointed out the known defects in the SHENANDOAH, and concluded: "As a patriotic American citizen, I can stand by no longer and see these disgusting performances â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the expense of the lives of air people and the delusion of the American pubUc." Five days later. President Coolidge appointed the Morrow Aeronautical Board to investigate aviation in the United States. At about the same time, the War Department announced a decision to courtmartial Billy Mitchell.

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My short career as the Administrative Aide to Commander Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, RAdm. Richard H. Cruzen '20, did not start off auspiciously.

By coincidence, the Admiral arrived on board shortly before I was to go into Honolulu and pick up my mother, who was en route back to the States from visiting my sister on Guam. Hence, my first request was for permission to leave.

To my great consternation. Admiral Cruzen said that he would like to go down and meet my mother, too. Since there were four in my family, the Admiral proceeded in the officied car and I picked up the family in mine. At the pier. Mother hit the consternation right on the nose. As we were standing by my car, she looked in and exclaimed, "My, what nice looking seat covers." That afternoon my seat covers went back on the Admiral's car, from which they had been borrowed, and the next morning the Admiral remarked on what nice looking seat covers he had.

Now anyone who has been a lieutenant commander and assigned as any kind of aide to a "new" admiral, knows the general problem of training the new boss properly. At Naval Base Pearl Harbor in the Fall of 1949 this was a particularly sticky problem, because nobody had even the foggiest notion of what or how a naval base should operate.

My predecessor, on seeing my orders to relieve him, sat down and wrote an even four hundred pages for my instruction.

As he started on page four hundred one, he mentally said, "To hell with it."

When I reported in, we drank one cup of coffee and traded small talk. He then got up, picked up his cap, and started for the lanai. I asked where he was going, and he replied, "To take command of a submarine." I asked what I was supposed to do, and he said, "Don't worry, the Base runs by whim." And he was gone.

It turned out that this was the best turnover 1 could have had.

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In 1947 the Navy had reorganized itself, issuing General Orders 5, 9, and 19 to set up the basics. This, coupled with the Unification Act of 1947, really did things up in grand style. In Hawaii we had such commands as CinCPac/CinCPacFlt, ComHawArea, ComHawSeaFron, ComSubPac, ComServPac, and Com 14ND. Because they could all see various and sundry parts of the Naval Base from their office windows, the Base was jollied in various and sundry ways according to the particular whim of whoever was looking out of whatever window, with whichever thought in mind.

In addition, the Base had twenty-one components under various and sundry commanders, commanding officers, and officers-in-charge (depending on the rank and/or importance of the component).

Of these, by the General Orders, the Submarine Base and the Fleet Training Center had the same relationship to ComNavBase as a ship in the harbor, but I never did quite figure out the relationship between the Air Bases and Naval Base.

We even had an orphan LST to play with, but that's another story.

Then, of course, each component was under management control of some Bureau, which cross-leveled with the term "Technical Control," and it was all very complicated indeed.

Having just graduated from Law School, 1 tried my best to trace all this mess around in a logical manner. 1 even wrote to the three officers who had been charged with the committees that generated the General Orders, and from them found out what the orders had really meant to say. Armed with this weapon, I gathered from all the senior activities some thirty-nine sets of Orders, Notices, Instructions, Memoranda â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you name it, they had it (but this was before the more orderly directive system now used had been invented) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and reduced these to three-by-five cards which I filed alphabetically in a two-foot drawer in my

desk. The result was that I now controlled the "whim" that ran the Base; I would simply make up my mind what should be done, then find somebody's authorization to do it. In a few cases I wrote my own, which turned out to be very effective.

Having suffered little from the loss of my seat covers, I watched the Admiral "break in." Actiially, it seems as though he did very little. He did smoke Fatima cigarettes ("They were good enough to get me put on the Ship as a midshipman, and they're good enough now"), and he was very friendly and pleasant to his drivers (and everyone else, for that' matter). But he asked me very few questions and seemed quite content with my administration of his empire.

He had been on board exactly two weeks when he summoned me to his office. "How many officers do I need on my staff? You'd better know the answer because I have it written here under my blotter, and you're supposed to be the Administrative Aide."

We had twenty-one officers on the staff.

"Do you want me to keep the baseball team. Admiral?"

"Yes." I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Three."

He looked at me quizzically, reached under his blotter and drew out a piece of yellow paper on which a large " 3 " had been drawn.

"All right. You passed that one. Now, do you have twenty dollars?"

"No, sir."

"Well, you do now. You have a twenty dollar bet with me. I'll bet that it will take fifty letters to get rid of the eighteen people. You can take either high or low. If you take less than fifty, I don't care what you do. If you take more than fifty, you've got to promise to be honest."

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Always ready for a challenge, I took over fifty and promised to be as honest as I could be.

The only file I regret not liberating from Navy custody was the ensuing 72 letters it took to win the Admiral's twenty dollars. Among them was correspondence noting that, four months prior to my receiving orders as the Administrative Aide, BuPers had abolished the billet!

There was a great hue and cry "from Washington" as this correspondence developed. The worse it got, the more incisive were the Admiral's responses.

"Look, I don't know a thing about filling and pulling teeth, so I'm not going to mess around in the business of the C O . of the Dental Clinic. I have a rear admiral commanding the Supply Center, and if you think I need a lieutenant commander Supply Corps to tell me what the admiral is doing, perhaps you've got the rank structure backwards."

The Admiral simply double-billeted everyone, then told all the commanders and so forth to run their own components and not bother him, except socially, until two or more of them couldn't resolve a problem.

The only real culprit was the Commander, Naval Supply Center, who proceeded to get himself double-billeted as the Supply Officer for Com 14, for the Hawaiian Sea Frontier, and the Hawaiian Area Command. He would then count the echelons above him and, if they were an odd number, he would write a letter advocating exactly what he did not want to do. If there was an even number, he advocated what he did want to do. His reasoning was that every command psychologically reversed the previous level, which was basically true. So he prepared and signed the endorsements, arguing with himself at each echelon.

The entire Naval Base soon settled into a very efficient routine in which everyone ran his own show, and the only harrassment from the Admiral was having to talk him out of making all hands smoke Fatimas.

The intimate staff turned out to be almost as accomplished thieves as the Admiral apparently had been in his younger days, which was shown in the response to his wish for a small outside pond for his tropical fish. The answer turned out to be the nose bubble of some unfortunate Air Force B-25 that some careless person had left around somewhere.

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Administratively, there were only a few fleeting nightmares. One was the Basic Naval Establishment Plan for FY 1950 and 1951, which contained missions for Base components long since disestablished or placed in inactive status, while we had three with no assigned missions. I had tried to sort this out before the Admiral's arrival and had failed miserably, but was then told not to worry about it any longer.

The next was our Mobilization Plan, which called for the assignment of billets to 619 personnel. I was told to make up a bunch of billets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an officer-in-charge of counting 40-mm shells, an officer-incharge of counting empty 40-mm casings that had been returned, an officer-incharge of subtracting the second number from the first and reporting the result to an officer-in-charge of data, et al ad nauseam. When I had about 30 of these billets listed, the Admiral sent them off to Washington and we never heard again from that problem.

The most fun was the Atomic Disaster Plan. As a lieutenant, through the good graces of BuPers, I had attended the senior course in Strategy and Tactics at the Naval War College and became a whiz at preparing the headings for operational plans and orders. That was fine, except that the signal book could handle only up to ten sub-units in any task organization and our 21 Base components invariably caused conniption fits among the communicators.

I took the orders to prepare and publish an Atomic Disaster Plan in to the Admiral and requested instructions, in a rather tentative and querulous voice to be sure. He said that this was no problem. I was to prepare the heading and put in one paragraph, which was to read, "In the event of an atomic attack on Pearl Harbor, DUCK." The Admiral signed this and sent it off. He was immediately challenged by the District Commandant. With me traipsing along, the Admiral went to District Headquarters to defend his plan.

"My goodness! A bomb just fell on Ford Island," the Admiral said. "Wow! There's one outside the Submarine Base gate. Whoops! Another just hit the civilian housing area. Boy, I wish that last one hadn't hit the ammunition dump in West Loch . . . "

On our return to the office, he instructed me to measure the size of an unfolded newspaper page, then prepare a map of the Island of Oahu to print in that page space with a margin of four inches all around, in which I was to code all the known decontamination stations, fire houses, police units, hospitals, and so on. I was then to get rubber stamps printing "YOU ARE HERE," with an arrow to show where, and post the concoction all over the Base.

Unfortunately for me, at least, the Admiral didn't last too long as ComNavBase Pearl. Before the beginning of the Korean War in June 1950, he had been transferred, first as ACOS (Admin) CinCPacFlt and thence to ComNavBase Subic Bay, and the District Commandant took over command of the Naval Base.

By the Summer of 1951 I had, in his words, "outlived your usefulness" in the Pearl Harbor area and was ordered to the Naval Academy for a delightful tour of putting midshipmen to sleep teaching an exotic course entitled "Naval Organization and Administration" and a little more erudite course in "Military Law." The lessons of leadership taught me by Admiral Cruzen were deeply ingrained. If we let people run their own shows, chances are that they will run them better, with more accomplished, than if someone were always monitoring them from on high. I'm sure that far more mistakes were made among the various component commanders than would have been made under the tight rein of Admiral Cruzen, but these were errors of commission rather than omission and, on balance, far more was accomplished within less time and at less cost than most commands could boast.

Indeed, the Admiral once complained to me that the basic problems facing the post-war Navy involved the propensity for everyone to avoid making any mistake, lest his career be ruined.

(Admiral Cruzen, had in fact, been passed over for both commander and captain on first go-rounds and how he made rear admiral is still a mystery to me.) The Admiral's corollary was that, in order to avoid mistakes, one did as little as possible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and therefore accomplished as little as possible. He backed this up by ticking off the names of all the flag officers who had been replaced during the early days of World War II â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the Civil War.

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In my wildest dreams, I was always preparing a riposte to the effect that, he himself, did very little if anything, as ComNavBase Pearl. But then I became aware that he was perfectly confident in my ability to rifle through my two feet of index cards and "administer" the Base to my particular whim â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and 1 was totally aware of how few problems were ever reported to me from any source which the Base components were established to serve and support.

By the beginning of the Korean War, the Base staff under Com 14 consisted of only two wonderful ACOs, for Naval Base matters and a fine Reserve lieutenant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and I still had the baseball team.

Nobody ever bothered us, so we stayed pretty much on a five-day work week while everyone else was knocking himself out generating paperwork on a seven-day basis. We simply umpired the ridiculous fiascos of Navy management.

A most serious problem involved sweeping up loose nails in the parking lot of the Coimnissioned Officers' Mess, Open. The Club was on Shipyard property but had been turned over to the Supply Center as a satellite facility. The magnetic sweeping truck belonged to Public Works, so the question became, whose budget was going to be gored by employment of the driver and truck, not to mention the overhead charges so dear to the heart of the Navy's Industrial Funding System? In cahoots with an enlightened CEC officer, one of the Admiral's drivers turned up with keys to the Public Works automotive yard and to the magnetic truck. One night, with me riding shotgun, (the driver claimed that "sailormen steal, officers procure"), we cleaned up the nails and retiuned the truck and keys. Admiral Cruzen had insisted that if were going to steal, we had to be honest about it.

The more unimportant functions of the Base were left to the commanders of its various components.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if another Admiral Cruzen loomed on the horizon and took a completely objeaive view of who was supposed to be doing what to accomplish the missions assigned. If one does come along, I volunteer to set up the card index.

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Pets and Mascots Renuiniscenses

of Old Pals

Admiral Robert B. Carney U S N (Ret.)

A rabies scare on the China Coast signalled the doom of animal pets on board ship and fear of psittacosis put the parrot family on the Black List. But Navy annals of the good old days are replete with yarns about mammalian and avian "characters" that spiced shipboard life. I would be surprised — and disappointed — if my gentle readers did not come forth with some toppers.

There was the bear cub chosen by the ship's company of the battleship CALIFORNLA, a cuddly, frolicsome pet delighting all hands. It adapted quickly to the good life, even to the extent of choosing an officer's bunk for sleeping — maybe even hibernating for all I know. Of course, when the officer, objecting, attempted forcible ejection, he was bear-mauled by the then overgrown cub — which found zoo life very different.

Then there was the case of the Old China Hand's chow, a one-man dog that slept by his master's bunk every night, faithful and protective. Even blase China Station eyebrows were raised when the fiercely loyal dog was observed sleeping outside the Shanghai Hotel bedroom door of a lady unrelated to the Old China Hand.

Many yarns tell of shipboard animal snobbishness, of dogs that uncompromisingly differentiated between the wardroom and the fo'c's'l. The World War 1 destroyer FANNING was one locale of such voluntary segregation. "Mocus" was the officers' friend who growlingly rebuffed any attempted enlisted advances. "Wampus" lived in the crew's quarters and had nothing but snarls for any officer's gesture of familiarity.

In the course of oscillating between Boston and the Pribiloff Islands in the Bering Sea, the Transport Service's SIRIUS stopped at various ports in furtherance of her job of moving people and cargo, or towing the craneship KEARSARGE from Puget Sound to New York. Some of those ports were of special interest to "Buddy," the ship's mascot of unverifiable pedigree. In Seattle he went AWOL for about a week, indulging his arcane canine appetites, but he always 26

returned prior to sailing date. All hands took a tolerant male view of his unexplained behavior. In San Francisco he spent all hours of the working day dogmuttering at the sight of civilian stevedores loading and unloading the ship. Civilians were obviously to be regarded with suspicion. In Panama, he jumped ship and headed for his favorite swimming pool, where he dived in and horsed around with the children — American children, that is.

The phenomenon of human teetotallers is quite common, but a canine prohibitionist? Buddy took it upon himself to scold any shipmate returning aboard under the influence. He would harrass the offender from the gangway to his bunk, snapping and barking in canine disapproval and outrage.

With me, the skipper, his manner was correct and formal; one tail-wag, but with an aloofness that forestalled any sentimental advances on my part. But poor Buddy apparently suffered from defective depth perception, because his attempted jump from the deckhouse to a

boat missed the target and he fell into the sea, to the electrifying cry of "Dog Overboard." If I had not maneuvered the ship and called away the rescue lifeboat — well, you can imagine the irreparable damage to my captaincy.

Naturally, parrots have a prominent place in the ship-pet lexicon. Some of the stories may even be true.

One tells of a sailor who bought an alleged talking parrot in Panama and kept him (or her) in the Black Gang compartment, where the portholes were so close to the waterline that they were submerged when the ship rolled — cause for peevish, profane, and repetitive comment by the human denizens. But, try as he would, the parrot's owner could get no talking response from his bird. When the ship returned Stateside, he took his gaudy but silent pet home. One day, his wife, engaged in spring cleaning, threw a bucket of water from outside against a window to be cleaned. The parrot cocked his head and spoke for the first time, "Roll, you son-of-a-bitch, roll." concluded

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Sixteen Teddy Bears for the Fleet.

When the Great White Fleet was at Seattle in May 1908. each battleship was presented with a bear cub mascot.

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Tradition of the Sea A Sticky Wicket for the Rescue

Party

Rear Admiral Frank A. Brandley U S N (Ret.) and C o m m a n d e r Charles M. Melhorn USN (Ret.)

Foreword One day while playing golf in Coronado with some elderly gentlemen of naval background I told the story of a sea rescue in which I had been involved.

Their reaction was one of insistence that I write up the story for publication in Shipmate. I cringed at the suggestion of doing some literary work so, being very good at assigning responsibilities to others, immediately thought of my old friend and shipmate, Charley Melhorn, who would probably jump at the chance to add to his literary accomplishments. I was right. One short telephone call and Charley was in his car heading for Coronado.

Charley lays claim to being a "sort of" alumnus of the Naval Academy. He was a member of the group of V-7 "ninety day wonders" who briefly inhabited the Fourth Batt. wing of Bancroft Hall until graduated and commissioned early in 1941. The Reserve Battalion had the displeasure of the Regiment on two counts. They were given inner spring mattresses while regular midshipmen slept on plain pallets and, more significantly, had in their ranks most of the University of Southern California world recordholding track team that soundly trounced the Academy varsity without even removing their sweat pants. Of lesser catastrophes have wars been fought, but somehow they all managed to survive.

Charley was the ComCarDiv 15 staff air operations officer during the 1959-60 memorable West Pac deployment of

Nimitz turned 75. Nikita Khrushchev, a hibiscus in his ear and Sukarno at his side, ogled the dancers in far-off Bali, while thousands of miles and several cultures away USS KEARSARGE ( C V S - 3 3 ) , stateside bound from Japan, ploughed peacefully through the waters of the North Pacific.

Then an alarm bell went off.

On Sunday the 7th there flashed into CincPacFlt headquarters in Honolulu an operational-immediate dispatch that sent the duty officer scurrying to his charts.

An incredible dispatch. A naval landing craft, apparently Soviet, sighted on the high seas northwest of Midway! Had Nikita finally flipped out? Was Soviet Admiral Gorshkov attempting to pick up where Yamamoto left off? Who made the contact? KEARSARGE. A sigh of relief, for KEARSARGE was quickly plotted in at coordinates that put her 900 miles NW of Midway. The specter of invasion faded, but baffling questions remained. What

was the Russian landing craft doing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? How had it managed to travel 1600 miles from the nearest Soviet territory?

On KEARSARGE'S flag bridge the Carrier Division Commander, RAdm. Frank A. Brandley '29, pondered the same questions. The sighting had been purest chance. KEARSARGE had launched her ASW helicopters and fixed wing Grumman S2Fs for the airborne equivalent of a Sunday stroll, for no other reason than to lift the pilots and aircrews out of the rut of boredom into which they had sunk during the long, dull crossing.

The first sighting, a laconic repon of an unidentified object in the water, generated only mild interest on the carrier's navigation bridge, but the amplifying message drew swift and undivided attention. The object, radioed the S2F pilot excitedly, was a landing craft, and there were personnel aboard.

A landing craft? In mid-ocean? With

The Soviet landing craft alongside

KEARSARGE.

Frank Brandley /\.fter a decade of Cold War and confrontation, March of 1960 came in rather like a lamb on the world scene. Cannon thundered only for the birth of Hirohito's first grandson. Princess Margaret announced her engagement to a photographer named Jones, and Admiral Shipmate, September 1983

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Immediately the situation took on Cold War trappings. The Soviet Union, if not an enemy of the United States in a formal sense, was certainly an adversary, contesting U.S. presence at a dozen flash points around the globe. The landing craft was a Soviet vessel, however small, and the crew were Russian nationals, however few. Any appearance of seizure on the high seas, any appearance of forcible removal of nationals, conjured up unpleasant memories of British impressments in 1812. Brandley, keenly aware of Soviet truculence and hypersuspicious in such matters, and with a weather eye cocked on the State Department, penciled in "Request instructions" at the end of his op-immediate to CincPacFh. Meanwhile there was a matter of even more pressing urgency to consider. Night was coming on, and the weather had begun to worsen. The tradition of the sea, the unwritten law that sailors help sailors in need and ships help ships in distress, all else notwithstanding, demanded that KEARSARGE provide succor. The trick was to do it without ruffling feathers or offending sensibilities in Washington or Moscow. The usual U.S.Soviet communications gap prevailed.

The Russians in the boat spoke no

Survivors being interviewed on board KEARSARGE

English, and no one on KEARSARGE'S

bridge spoke Russian. Brandley opted then for a form of sign language. After conferring with Captain Townsend he directed that one of the hovering helos lower a sling to the landing craft and see what happened. If the Russians accepted the offer and climbed into the sling voluntarily no one could lay the charge that they had been forced or rescued against their will. If they rejected the sling, tant pis. The choice, at least, was theirs.

Two survivors ready to debark. Russian consulate outfitted them with civilian clothes before allowing pictures

people aboard? The carrier's skipper, Capt. Robert L. Townsend '34, passed the report through the squawk box up to the flag plot and added: "That's what the pilot says. Admiral."

"Tell him to smoke something else," reported Brandley, an Oklahoman whose high plains skepticism gave nothing to Missouri.

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The pilot's clamorous insistence overcame Brandley's doubts, and KEARSARGE changed course to close the contact. A simple, high seas rescue appeared in the offing.

Simple? Not hardly.

The next word from the S2F, now joined by a brace of helicopters, was that the personnel in the landing craft appeared to be wearing uniforms of the Soviet Army.

If, from his vantage point on the bridge, Brandley had a feel for the diplomatic niceties involved, Ivan in the boat did not. No sooner had the sling been lowered than the first Russian seized it, scrambled into the loop and was hoisted up. The others followed quickly without hesitation. The effort required what must have been their last ounce of strength, for once on the flight deck they literally had to be carried from the helicopter to the crew shelter.

For better or worse the deed was done.

International protocol be damned. The higher law, the great humanitarian tradition of the sea had been served.

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This Soviet Marshall's dirk was later presented to Brandley by R.-\dni. Jashin, Russian Naval .'\ttache, in a Pentagon ceremony. The inscription reads "To Rear Admiral F..\. Bredley (sic) as a token of gratitude for the rescue of Soviet warriors in the Pacific Ocean. From the Ministry of Defense, U.S.S.R., March 1960." When Jashin asked what had happened to the boat, Brandley told him it had been cast adrift. He still doesn't think Jashin believed him

Thoughts then turned to salvaging the boat, a front end ramp affair, similar in construction to our early World War II LCM tank lighters. It was so water logged, however, that its weight far exceeded the lifting capacity of the carrier's crane, and the attempt was shelved in favor of a tow. Unfortunately the mounting seas soon made even towing impractical, and at midnight, after several hours of frayed tempers and parted tow lines, the derelict was set adrift. A few wellplaced rounds from the ship's 5-inch antiaircraft battery would have speeded it on its way, but Brandley decided to quit while he was still ahead. All powers display a bristling aversion at having their vessels sunk, and superpowers display super-bristling aversion.

Down in KEARSARGE'S sickbay the Russians were getting a medical checkup along with hot soup, and it was soon apparent that they were in substantially worse shape than at first suspected. They had been afloat for 50 days, subsisting the last month on potatoes, and, ultimately, shoe leather. Each had lost more than 30 pounds. All were on the brink of starvation. One had lost eight inches at his waistline. Ironically their physical condition worked in their favor, for had they been in better shape some consideration might have been given to CincPacFh's trial balloon that their boat be refueled and reprovisioned, and they be sent on their way. Obviously they were not up to it. Moreover given the prevailing westerlies and the fact their craft was in the grip of the North Pacific current, there was no way they could regain the Asiatic mainland. Brandley turned a blind eye to the idea, and the matter was dropped.

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Were the Russians happy to be aboard? A lot happier than some of KEARSARGE'S crew at having them. With Quemoy and Matsu still smouldering, with memories of Korea still green, and with the carrier fresh from a long and fruitless Soviet sub hunt in the South China Sea, strong anti-Communist sentiment flourished in the crew spaces, so much so that Captain Townsend had to provide a Marine guard at the sickbay door. Although there were those among the crew who spoke Russian, they were reluctant to come forward for fear of reprisal. At length a chief petty officer with the very Russian-sounding name of Kaznetzoff was persuaded to admit to some familiarity with his mother tongue, and communication was finally established.

The Russians told a harrowing tale.

Caught in a storm during an amphibious training exercise in the southern Kuriles, they had exhausted their fuel supply the first day in order to stay off the rocks on the gale-lashed coast. Eventually the storm abated, but the north wind behind it carried them drifting through the island chain and out to an uncertain destiny in the Pacific. They were almost at the end of their resources when KEARSARGE'S S2F chanced by and spotted them.

Survivors they were. Admiral Brandley decided, survivors of the sea in every sense of the word, and as survivors were they not to be treated as prisoners of war. With some difficulty he impressed this view, first on KEARSARGE'S bellicose crewmen, and then on the intelligence team of officers dispatched from Washington and flown out to the carrier as she neared Midway. There was to be no grilling, no third degree in the manner of a South Bronx police precinct. The traditions of the sea were to be observed.

The same ground rules were laid down to the press as the carrier stood into San Francisco a week later.

By this time the Russians had become a cause celebre in their homeland. Their exploit was hailed by Red Star as a "glorious deed." Not to be outdone Izvestia extolled their "spirit of collectivism." No mention was made, of course, no nod was given to Dame Fate's whimsical toss of the dice whereby she made KEARSARGE her instrument at the right time, at the right place, with the right officers, the right ideas, and the right decisions to put in train the sequence of events that resulted in the dramatic rescue.

When told of the Soviet press release the four Russians replied with enigmatic smiles.

"Thank you," said one.

He said it in English.

Homecoming Photo Show The Photography Club of the Naval Academy presents a photo show sponsored by the Creative Arts Committee, to be held in Mitscher Hall during Homecoming 1983.

The show features photographs taken by midshipmen of scenes ranging from summer cruises to the Academy grounds and life. All faculty and alumni are cordially invited.

The show will be open on Friday fiom 1300-1600, Saturday 0900-1000 and 1630-2000, and Sunday 1200-1600.

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Amphibious Assault, 1 9 4 3 Planning for the Finschhafen

Operation

Rear Admiral Charles Adair, U S N (Ret.)

In early September 1943, the Seventh Amphibious Force, under the command of Adm. Daniel E. Barbey USN, began operating from the Buna-Oro Bay area on the northeast coast of New Guinea.

This was a convenient base for future assault operations up the coast of New Guinea to drive out the Japanese, who controlled all the areas to the north. One operation had been successfully completed on 4 September when the 9th Australian Division had been landed near the Bulu River about twenty miles east of Lae. The division was moving rapidly towards Lae, which was expected to fall very soon.

On 16 September, General Douglas MacArthur called a conference of his military commanders, to meet at Port Moresby, New Guinea, on the southwest coast and 110 miles from Buna. Admiral Barbey and three of his planners, including myself, flew to Port Moresby for the conference. There the general situation was outlined and the importance of a quick assault at Finschhafen was stressed, to prevent forces from Lae retreating there and to prevent the Japanese from moving in additional troops from other bases sUch as from Madang up the coast. We found out later that was exactly what the Japanese planned to do, but the Finschhafen operation was carried out before they could move their troops.

General MacArthur asked Admiral Barbey how soon he could assemble the ships to carry the troops. He replied, "In seventy-two hours." General Herring, representing the Australian Army as Commander New Guinea Force, said that he would need four days to assemble his troops and equipment and get them loaded. General MacArthur said, "We will make the landing on 26 September, six days from now."

In the plane back to Buna, Admiral Barbey said he would send me that night

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in a PT boat to see General Wooten, Australian Army, to plan the assault on Finschhafen. The General's headquarters were located in the jungle somewhere near the mouth of the Bulu River where he had landed to begin the assault on Lae. Because of the many Japanese aircraft in the area, it was unsafe to cross the Huon Gulf during daylight and 1 would have to return the following night.

At dark the PT boat left at a speed of about thirty knots to arrive at our destination, 120 miles away, about midnight. There was some moonlight but because of clouds it was very difficult to pick out the Bulu River as we approached the shore. The heavy jungle grew very close to the beach and we moved slowly offshore flashing a small light from time to time. About 0030 we received a flash in return and slowly approached the shore until we recognized the Australians. Our boat beached bow first and 1 jumped off the bow saying, "See you tomorrow night, same time, same place."

I boarded a jeep which proceeded into the dark jungle by way of a small trail that led back about a half mile to General Wooten's camp, located in a small semi-cleared area. There I renewed my acquaintance with General Wooten and his planners. We sat down on some camp chairs about 0100 to begin our planning. It was years later that 1 realized that in planning this and some fourteen later operations that I never took notes of any kind. We usually discussed the total assault, troops and equipment to be landed, locations to pick them up, timing of the assault waves, gunfire support, air support, communications and all other details which might come up. Then we shook hands, made the landing and never received a complaint.

This plan was no different. There were 5300 troops and 3000 tons of supplies

and equipment to be landed in the initial assault. These would be followed a few days later by an additional 5000 troops and 5000 tons of supplies and equipment.

But, for this assault, the troops, supplies and equipment were to be picked up in different locations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some near Buna, some near Lae, and some near Morobe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; scattered along the New Guinea coast.

The troops and equipment were to be picked up, moved forward, assembled for the assault while enroute, and then landed in the proper order and with the proper timing.

By 0400 General Wooten, his planners and I had agreed on the details of the assault. General Wooten said, "We just captured Lae yesterday. I am going to look it over today right after breakfast.

As long as you can't go back until tonight would you like to go with me?"

Of course 1 would.

About eight o'clock that morning, we set out for Lae in the jeep. In the meantime, I had a chance to get two hours sleep in the front seat of a jeep which was parked near the camp.

Lae was badly torn up, as you would imagine when a small frontier type community is overrun for the second time by outsiders. We looked over the whole area. The town which consisted of only a few hundred people before it was captured by the Japanese was located near the sea and the Markham River to the west, which drained the water from the mountains in the distance.

In spite of the destruction, one could see that under normal conditions Lae had a very attractive location and would be a center for trade with the interior. While walking near a few sheds still partially standing, I noticed many cans of fish and other food which had spilled out of their boxes. Almost every can had been punctured with a bayonet so that the food would spoil in the heat of the day. There would be none left for the last invader.

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New Guinea coast near Finschhafen, photographed 2 July 1943 by Fifth AF. From the author's collection

Late in the day. General Wooten and I returned to his headquarters after an interesting day seeing some of the results of the Lae operation. About midnight, I was taken to the beach where the PT boat was again signalled to the proper landing.

I boarded, got two hours sleep, and arrived at Buna about 0600 on 18 September.

As we approached the destroyer CoNYNGHAM, Admiral Barbey's flagship, I could see on the bridge the Admiral and General Chamberlin, Operations Officer for General MacArthur. Boarding CoNiTNGHAM, I reported to the Admiral and General that General Wooten and I had agreed on all phases of the assault and that, though it was somewhat complicated by loading troops and equipment at different places and times, we were prepared to do it and would land on schedule. Admiral Barbey said, "You had better get your breakfast and start writing the plan because we have to start the distribution at daylight tomorrow morning."

I went to the APc-15, rigged as a small planning ship because there was not enough room on the destroyer for any planners. I briefed Capt. B.G. Lake and our four planners at breakfast and then we all started to draw up our parts of the plan. Captain Lake, on the Admiral's staff, was generally in on all of the early planning and had the details of what was required. Working with Capt. Francis W. Benson in operations, they would alert the ships to carry out the plans and, Shipmate, September 1983

when necessary, would start the ships moving to the loading points before the plans were completed. We had an outstanding group of commanding officers and crews on our small amphibious ships.

Captain Lake, Captain Benson and these ships were the ones who made things happen.

As quickly as possible, I drew up the "Task Force Organization" and the "Transport Movement Schedule" because these were needed before some of the planners could complete their parts. In this plan, the "Schedule" consisted of only three pages but it told each of the 46 ships in the force when they left to load and where, where they went and when, and when the timing for each assault action required until they returned to base several days later.

By 7 PM all portions of the plan, including some hand drawn charts, were completed and typed or drawn on mimeograph paper. We had one yeoman and a hand-operated mimeograph machine. I took the plan to Admiral Barbey for him to read and sign. He took a quick look at it and then a look at the clock. He said, "We have to distribute this plan at daylight tomorrow to the ships here before they leave for their loading points. There isn't time for me to read it carefully and then for you to run it off. Will it work?

1 replied, "Yes, it's a good plan." So he signed it, saying, "I'm going to take all you planners with me anyway and if

anything needs to be changed, we'll change it."

When 1 went back to our APc, 1 told Ben Lovett, our aviation planner, and our yeoman that the plan was ready to run. We three immediately began the work. By 10 PM, I could see that we were not going to finish running off and assembling the 143 copies which were required by 5 AM the next morning. I told Ben Lovett that I would take a look around the ship and see who could be found to help us. By that time most of the crew had turned in, but I found topside a member of the boat crew and a cook who were getting some cool air. 1 told them, "I need some help to run off a secret assault plan. Will you two help me? They replied, "Sure. Just show us what you want done."

The five of us worked at top speed until 4:30 the next morning when we finished assembling the last copy and had a box full of assault plans. I thanked the two volunteers and told them that they would hear about the assault in three days.

Plans were put aboard the local ships.

They were told where to go to load and to read the plans on the way. Other ships down the coast had also been told where to load. They would pass Buna at midnight where PT boats would deliver their plans while they were underway. They would have two days to read them while enroute to the assault.

When CoNYNGHAM picked up General Wooten and his staff on 22 September, 31

one of the officers asked me, "Where did you sleep on the night you stayed at our camp?" 1 replied, "In the front seat of a jeep parked on the west side of the camp." He said, "You are lucky. The next night one of our officers swung his jungle hammock between two small trees in that area. When he did not show up â&#x20AC;˘ for breakfast that morning, we looked for him and found him dead. Some Japanese with a sword had cut him almost in two."

The entire assault of Finschhafen went perfectly and in accordance with the plan. Five thousand three hundred troops were on the beach within thirty minutes of the beginning of the assault. Within another three hours, the LSTs had completed unloading 3000 tons of supplies and equipment. Within the next few days, an additional 5000 troops and 5000 tons of supplies and equipment were also landed.

The initial assault was not expected by the Japanese at the area where we landed and the Australian troops completely overwhelmed the defenses. The assault area was lightly defended. Breakfast was left cooking over small fires. But, it took several days of severe fighting to drive out the Japanese and take the entire objective.

With the naval portion of the assault completed shortly after 10 AM, the remaining ships which had not left the area, formed a cruising formation to return to their base and prepare to load more troops and equipment to be landed in the resupply run to Finschhafen. We had been underway for about an hour when a voice was heard over our aircraft circuit. It said, "The plane you now see falling ahead of ybur formation was shot down by the courtesy of the Fifth Air Force." All of us on the bridge looked up and there it was. At an altitude of about five thousand feet a Japanese aircraft was slowly twisting and burning as it fell towards the water.

A number of years later at a dinner in Washington I saw General Kinney, who had been Commander Fifth Air Force in New Guinea. I told him about this incident. He had never heard about it, but was so pleased and laughed so much that he almost fell off his chair. The General was a fine commander who produced results in a difficult area.

Rabaul on the eastern end of the island of New Britain was the major Japanese base for ships and aircraft in the New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomon Island area. Most of the Japanese raids against Guadalcanal originated from 32

Rabaul which was 600 miles to the northwest. Finschhafen was about 300 miles southwest of Rabaul so we expected to receive attention from both Japanese aircraft and ships. For this reason, we stationed our only destroyer with any radar equipment, USS REID, about ten miles astern of our formation to give us some warning of probable attacks.

About 3 PM, we received a message from REID: "Many aircraft probably sixty moving from east to west toward Finschhafen." Then a few minutes later, a second report, "Aircraft have turned south towards your formation." As soon as the first dispatch was received Ben Lovett, our aviation planner, contacted our "ground alert" aircraft protection down south and told them, "Come quickly, we are about to be attacked by many aircraft."

As the aircraft continued their approach, but were still out of sight. Admiral Barbey said, "Charlie, you take charge and maneuver the task force." I immediately got a signal book and picked out three signals. With our slow ships making only eight knots there was no use in trying any major changes of course. I wanted to keep the ships together and in the best position to bring maximum fire on the approaching aircraft, but there was no assurance as to just how the planes would attack.

I hoisted one flag hoist, "Many enemy aircraft approaching from astern."

Answers were received and the signal hauled down. We had previously alerted our ships by radio but I wanted the assurance that all had received the word.

Next, a signal was hoisted on the starboard side of the ship, "Maneuver as necessary to bring maximum fire on enemy aircraft." On the port side was hoisted "Commence firing." The first signal would allow ships to turn a bit to starboard or to port to bring the most fire to bear on aircraft attacking in their part of the formation. That signal would be executed first and I did not want anyone to be confused and think both signals had been executed at once as would be possible with the signals close together on the same side.

At this point, the enemy aircraft were sighted astern and approaching at low altitude just above the water. While watching the planes which were several miles away, I suddenly saw our protective aircraft diving on the Japanese. It was like the Army arriving just before the Indian attack on the wagon train out west.

As the Japanese aircraft came closer, I stood on the signal flag bag to get a bet-

ter look astern. Then we executed the "Maneuver" signal at the point which would allow ships to turn before the planes were within range. We executed "Commence Firing" when they were within range. The ships astern opened fire first followed by the others as the planes passed through and on all sides of our formation. Every one got a shot at them and then the Air Force continued to chase the remainder back toward Rabaul.

There were many Japanese aircraft lost.

That was the only attack made on our formation.

Two Japanese aviators were picked up from the water near where their plane went down. We resumed our formation, course and speed and thanked the Fifth Air Force. All ships were requested to report casualties and damage; to our great relief, not a single man had been killed or wounded and no ship had been damaged â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a remarkable performance.

The task force was given "Well Done" and we returned to base.

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China Memories Two Incidents

From Life on the

Yangtze

Rear Admiral Clarence E. Coffin USN (Ret.)

l^ilence is Golden USS GUAM, moored to the Mei Fu In-

stallation pontoon below Ichang, almost a thousand miles from salt water, was slightly uneasy. Just before leaving Hankow, GUAM had received a draft of replacements from the Asiatic Fleet.

Unexplainably, four men fresh from State-side had been included by a nottoo-bright Flag Personnel Officer.

Customarily only men with at least a year in the Asiatic Fleet were sent to The River. And for good reason, too; the small gunboats of the Yangtze Patrol were no place for boots or "griffins."

The 150-foot GUAM was not built for comfort. Life ashore was completely different from State-side hometowns. Traditionally, the Chinese looked upon nonChinese as inferiors and referred to them as Yang Kuei-tze â&#x20AC;&#x201D; commonly translated as "foreign devil." The Chinese also considered all military as among the lower forms of life. Enlisted men had few clubs and had to make their own way in a land of widely different customs. Aboard ship each man had his own responsibility and in the usually easy-going discipHne of a small ship, had to make his own decisions. "Red Spear Bandit" scares along the Middle River had not made life any easier.

The four boots in the small crew would take some unusual indoctrination to make them fit in close-knit GUAM. They stuck together in confusion and not a little apprehension.

One Sunday the four were on the after gun platform giving Fritz, the apparently harmless elderly Gunner's Mate, a bad time. Fritz had served two years as a conscript in the German Army, enlisted in the U.S. Navy when overseas enlistments were accepted, and went overthe-hill in the U.S. Early in WW 1 he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a matter of patriotism and duty to his adopted country. His mark of desertion had been removed for gallantry in action as the sole surviving non-com of a machine-gun platoon that held its position under very heavy attack. He completed 16 in the Army and felt honor-bound to give a full 34

16 to the Navy. He had less than three years to go. In spite of almost 30 years in the U.S. Armed Forces, Fritz still spoke with a German accent that only a hack saw could cut.

The four "griffin" boots, not understanding river gunboat customs, were annoyed at his working on the after 3-inch on Sunday. Joe commented profanely on his Sunday labors, referring to him as a habitual rudder-kisser. Mike ridiculed his thick German accent. Bob repeatedly called him a dumb Dutchman.

Pat, obviously knowing nothing of Fritz's devotion to his Country and heroism in action in WW 1, started a story about how his father practically licked the Kaiser single-handed in 1918 and how he could do the same to any misplaced Kraut.

Fritz had had enough; he lay below to the forward magazine and returned with a hand grenade. He pulled the pin and warned: "Von more vord outa you boots and I drop it!" Miked begged "Don't drop it Fritz, you'll kill yourself too."

Fritz' reply, according to Doc trying to hide behind a paper thin bulkhead, was: "Me, I'm an old man and don't gif a tam. You young kids got a long time to lif do you learn to keep your tam mouth shut."

A Sure Thing USS GUAM was in Old Dock in Shanghai to check bottom plates and wheels after sliding over a shingle bank below Wanhsien at low river level.

Toward the end of her overhaul when money was getting scarce. Chips called a loan he had made to a Shanghai professional jockey. He couldn't pay but offered, instead, to set up Chips and his friends on a genuine sure thing in the Shanghai Races.

All hands from the Chinese Boatmen to the Captain contributed to the pot. At the last minute it went on Ningpo-MoreFar with Billy Jones up to win, a real long shot. But, Ningpo-More-Far lived up to his name and was definitely "more far" from the finish line as the first five or six crossed.

Several days later there was an item on an inner page of the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury; "William Jones, a well known professional jockey at the Race Course, was found badly beaten in a Hongkew alley. It is thought that his assailants were American sailors; but he was unable to identify them."

USS GUAM at Changsha, 4 July 1932

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Lucky Bag of Books Admiral of the Hills: Chester W. Nimitz

by Frank A. Driskill and Dede Casad, Eakin Press, (P.O. Box 23006, Austin TX 78735) 1982. 298 pages, illustrated, $12.95.

I have approached evaluation of Admiral of the Hills from two viewpoints: (a) that of the reviewer selfobligated to be fair and even-handed and (b) as one who was contemporaneous with some of the people and events mentioned, who knew Admiral Nimitz during the war and later served as one of his deputies when he was CNO. There is an artificiality about the title of the book. Why should a superb major naval leader be historically identified with some hills — even the hills of his birthplace? Better had he been written about as "Admiral of the Pacific."

But, about the text. The authors, like good biographers, have followed the life of Admiral Nimitz from childhood through early boyhood to his final rites.

The various phases of the chronology merit careful attention.

The well-documented account of his childhood and boyhood really explain Nimitz the man. The solid Teutonic virtues of ruggedness, patient endurance, self-reliance, resourcefulness and decency were all passed on in the rearing of the child, as also was the old grandfather's infusion of salt water into the boy's blood. The patient and calm determination of CinCPac/CinCPOA was rooted in that West Texas country upbringing, and the authors have rightly made that clear.

Before proceeding to a closer look at the rest of the Nimitz story, some general comments are in order.

Obviously the authors are profound admirers of Admiral Nimitz (and so is this reviewer), but either that apparent devotion, or abberation in the research, led to some errors or distortions — not seriously detracting from the word portrait, but unnecessarily raising doubts as to the value of this biography as a completely dependable historical reference book.

For example, according to the book Captain Nimitz proceeded to Tokyo accompanied by the Admiral. Ordinarily, Captains accompany Admirals. The Admiral in question is identified as Admiral Upton, whereas he was Admiral Upham.

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The text refers to the "Fleet Admiral" at a time before that rank was conferred upon him.

Here, the reviewer's pique intrudes.

The authors, telling of a time between the Japanese capitulation and the actual surrender, have Admiral Nimitz order the Fleet "to investigate and shoot down all snoopers — not vindictively but in a friendly sort of way." Actually, the order to the covering CAP (Combat Air Patrol) to shoot down any intruders in a friendly way originated from Admiral Halsey's Flagship MISSOURI. (A jubilant CAP pilot inquired if that meant shooting a snooper down with three guns instead of the full six.)

But enough of nit-picking.

At times the story reads like the historical novel in which the author, for readability's sake, calls on his imagination to flesh out historical fact. As 1 read it, the authors, here purport to give the reader peeks into Nimitz's thinking. Lack of footnotes prevents closer looks where closer looks for source material might be desired by the very serious reader. However, the list of names under "Acknowledgements" is reassuring, for the knowledgeable authorities mentioned could, and certainly did, provide factual relevant information. It can also safely be assumed that the numerous letters to Mrs. Nimitz provided valuable material.

The account of climbing up the promotion ladder from midshipman to captain is essential to the structure of the biography, but of no special naval historical interest. From his designation as CinCPacFleet until the end of his Hfe the story is not only essential historical recording, but is one that has inspirational value.

His dealings with MacArthur and his evaluation of the comparative war contributions between MacArthur's forces and Nimitz's Naval and Marine forces deserve very close attention.

This book's depiction of MacArthur is accurate — as far as it goes. In contrast to Admiral Nimitz's patience and forebearing. General MacArthur referred to Admiral Nimitz as "Neemitz," claiming that Neemitz was trying to reach the Philippines before he did, that that denigrated a soldier's honor and promise, and that the public would not stand for Neemitz reaching the Philippines before

he did. I was present in Brisbane when that was said.

I was most interested in the account of his stint as CNO for I was a Deputy CNO at that time. The related Nimitz/ Forrestal relationship I find surprising. I knew that the two men differed on various matters, but at that time, I was not aware of a rift of the magnitude described here. That is a tacit measure of Admiral Nimitz's concept of trustworthy loyalty-up. There was never any question of loyalty-down with him.

I do question the implication that Admiral Nimitz was at that time of the opinion that Forrestal was suffering from a "troubled mind." The "troubled mind," in my opinion, did not manifest itself until after Forrestal became Secretary of Defense and even then, it was only his loyal friend, UnderSecNav John Kenney, who early recognized the signs.

In this book Admiral Nimitz is justifiably cast in heroic mold as a war-time leader and magnanimous victor, as a man of wisdom in the uneasy post-war period, and in retirement as a sincere working patriot. Setting aside minor discrepancies and errors. Admiral of the Hills is an interesting addition to Admiral Chester Nimitz's biographical legacy, and it is easy reading.

R.B. Carney '16

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House, Senate Debate Authorization For Defense; 4% Pay Is Assured Congress finally adopted a budget resolution, and at press time the Senate was debating its Armed Services Committee's version of a Defense authorization for FY 1984 while the House droned along on the version its Armed Services Committee had reported back on 13 May â&#x20AC;&#x201D; debating a few hours, considering an amendment or two and then deferring further debate a week or more.

Both authorization bill versions provide a service pay raise of 4% in basic pay and quarters and subsistence allowances.

The House version excludes E-ls and E-2s; the Senate version excludes E-ls but gives E-5s a 6% and E-6s a 5% raise. Effective date in the Senate version is when civilian federal employees get their 4% raise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which would be 1 January 1984 under the budget resolution recommendations. The House defense authorization calls for 1 April 1984.

The budget resolution also limits Defense spending growth to 5%. The authorization bills meet this restriction.

The Reagan Administration had originally wanted 10%, then asked T/iVo. The resolution calls for tax and non-defense spending increases but the President said he'd veto tax increases and any "budgetbusting" spending bills.

The budget resolution retains the House version's instructions to the Armed Services Committee to review military retirement with a view to cutting costs. So Rep. Les Aspin's long-promised and now-underway retirement hearings are in line with this injunction. The hearings are by the Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee which he chairs.

House Passes Construction Authorization, Appropriations The House passed authorization and appropriation bills for military construction for FY '84 on the same day, and it passed the money bill by voice vote, without amendment and with little debate.

That money bill, H.R. 3268, closely follows the authorization, H.R. 2972, but totals differ because the money bill, as 38

usual, finances some previously authorized projects and does not finance all the newly authorized ones. The authorizations total about $8 billion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $577.5 million less than requested. Actually the House Armed Services Committee had deleted $977.5 million in requested projects, then added $400 million in nonbudgeted ones. The money bill totals about $7 billion, $1.6 billion under budget.

Much of the reduction in both bills stems from deleting projects for Subic Bay and Clark Field because the new Philippines base agreement had not yet been signed. Other big cuts were for basing MX in the States and groundlaunched cruise missiles overseas, again where agreements were not firm. The Armed Services and Appropriations Committees both criticized building without agreements and advancing money for NATO-financed projects. Europe and Japan are far more dependent upon Mideast oil than the United States, they said, but aren't helping protect the Indian Ocean area. With the billion-dollar base planned for Ras Banas not approved by Egypt, the money bill not only denies the $94.4 million asked for '84 but rescinds the $91 million voted for '83.

The House put up the 50% U.S. share of a fueling pier at Keflavik, Iceland, but denied any advance on the NATO share and it refused any advance on the warehouse there which NATO is to finance.

Except for a Navy enlisted club, which Armed Services Committee said should be built with non-appropriated funds, the $34.5 million Navy request for Diego Garcia and the $58.2 million Air Force request for the Indian Ocean islet survived. Navy projects include a $6.8million barracks. Cost of Holy Loch projects were trimmed because the base is to close when Poseidon submarines phase out in the mid-1990s.

Both committees continue interest in the quality of military life. House Appropriations holding a special hearing for enlisteds and other non-official witnesses before reporting the money bill. That committee approved nearly all the many homes, barracks, BOQs, family service centers, child care centers, medical facilities and other personnel projects in the authorization bill and commended the Navy for asking for more barracks. It now states shipyards need more

upgrading to support a 600-ship Navy.

Despite the general approval, the committee said costs of family and bachelor officer quarters were excessive and scaled the dollar allowances. Armed Services, too, noted that a Rand Corp. study says Defense over-builds and over-maintains family housing. Both committees urged trials of new construction methods for both homes and other structures; a new technique is to be used for some Army and Air Force operational facilities.

Actually there is little Navy family housing in the bills. The 300 units in Subic Bay were denied pending base agreements and Armed Services said it was cheaper to continue leasing 134 units at La Maddelena, Sardinia, than buy them, as proposed. The requests to buy 205 units at NAS Sigonella and build 300 at Camp Pendleton and 130 at MCAS EI Toro were approved.

Two new ways to obtain family housing were written into the authorization.

One allows long-term lease of new or existing housing near bases in the United States, including Puerto Rico and Guam, for assignment to E-4s and below. The other authorizes a two-year experiment by which Service Secretaries may guarantee up to 97% occupancy of new privately built rental units near bases.

Scores of Navy projects were authorized and funded as was every requested Marine project, including large barracks at Camps Lejeune and Pendleton, at 29 Palms and Camp Smith, Oahu. The Naval Academy is getting $9.7 million for modernization of utilities and improvement of the boat basin. But while a family service center was authorized for Naval Station, Annapolis, the Appropriations Committee denied the money, declaring there were too few active-duty personnel in the immediate area.

Navy "people" projects include: A barracks and a BOQ at NS Mayport (and Congress wants to authorize a barracks at NAS Jacksonville next year); barracks at Lemoore, Orlando, Bethesda, Lakehurst, Ft. Dix, Indian Head, Gulfport, Dam Neck, Panama, Rota and Naples; BOQs at North Island and NS San Diego; Family Service Centers for Cecil, Whiting and Chase Fields and for Key West, Oceana, Bangor WA, Mare Island, Barbers Point, Kingsville, Corpus Christi, Meridian, Bermuda, Guantanamo, Okinawa, Roosevelt Roads and Holy Shipmate, September 1983

Loch; Child Care Centers for Patuxent River, Chase Field, NSB Pearl Harbor, NSY Norfolk and Sigonella (the Appropriations Committee again urging higher user fees to cover operating costs); and medical facilities at Bethesda (a $28.8-million modernization). Long Beach, New London and Pearl Harbor, all part of a five-year program which includes an Annapolis hospital in the '87 program.

The House wants Washington Navy Yard improved to house Navy agencies now in rented quarters, but Senators are equally determined to keep agencies renting in Northern Virginia.

Congress added projects for the civilian components, including work at NAS South Weymouth, Willow Grove and Dallas. Defense projects generally were approved as requested, exceptions including dependents' schools in the Philippines and a $42.1-million fuel pier at Long Beach. The latter was authorized but not funded, the Appropriations Committee declaring the present little-used pier should continue to be leased.

Much Legislation Aids U.S. Maritime Interests More than a dozen maritime-related bills have had Congressional action since the last Shipmate.

The Appropriations Committee has reported and the House passed H.R. 3329, the Department of Transportation appropriation for FY '84. This bill finances the Coast Guard, for which a combined FY '83-'84 authorization bill was passed last year. About 200 additional military are funded by H.R. 3329 but the new 38,000 total is still under the 41,500 authorized. A drilling Reserve of 12,000 is financed. All requested funds for the drug patrols off South Florida were voted. The $5.6 million asked for aids-to-navigation boats was halved because of the current study of contracting-out some maintenance of shortrange aids. Total Coast Guard funds are $2,483,294,000, including $1.5 million added on the House fioor for research and development. The total is a bit above '83 funding, a bit less than requested.

Two Commerce appropriation bills have been reported to the House, one financing an unauthorized activity, the other omitting it. Neither of the otherwise identical bills has been called for debate. The bills finance the Maritime Administration (despite its transfer to the Department of Transportation), the Federal Maritime Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration. Authorization bills for those agencies are not yet law, but the Commerce money bill closely parallels the

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authorization bill for MarAd as passed by the Senate (see July-August Shipmate) and reported to the House and the several authorizations for NOAA passed by the Senate.

No construction subsidies are in any of the bills. Operating subsidies are authorized and funded at the requested $401.3 million. The bills add $3 million to the MarAd operations and training request to pay for fuel oil for the six state maritime academy training ships. The $11.5 million for R&D is as requested, the House adopting the Administration proposal to eliminate a $4.7 million reimbursement to the Coast Guard for icebreaking services.

The two Commerce money bills and the Transportation money bill all contain a Congressional veto of a proposal to allow owners of ships built with construction subsidies and now operating on oversea routes to repay the subsidies and enter what Congress declares is an already crowded domestic trade. But the MarAd authorization, H.R. 2114, reported by Merchant Marine and Fisheries, does allow such paybacks if, on a case by case basis, ships meet a series of requirements. So there's a legal confiict.

While Merchant Marine Committee wants to ease that ban, it unanimously reported and the House, by a 373-44 vote, passed H.R. 1076, amending the 1920 Merchant Marine Act to eliminate a loophole in the ban on foreign ships' carrying cargo between U.S. ports. The bill would stop a plan to send U.S. merchandise overland to Canadian ports and then, in foreign ships, to Alaska.

The House Science Committee has reported a general '84 authorization for NOAA; Senate Commerce has reported and the Senate has passed several bills, each authorizing some activities of the agency. One of these bills and a separate Sea Grant bill reported by Commerce and a bill reported by House Merchant Marine all authorize $42 million in '84 and $46 million in '85 for the Sea Grant program. The Commerce Department money bills reported to the House provide $35 million for '84. The Administration wants to end the program, which now involves 19 colleges.

House Judiciary has joined the Merchant Marine Committee in endorsing the bill, already passed by the Senate, which removes conference agreements from antitrust laws, but it wants amendments.

Merchant Marine has held hearings on the "Boggs Bill" requiring increasing percentages of U.S. cargo to be carried in U.S. ships â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and was told the Administration could not support the plan.

Finally, Senate Public Works is studying the plan to deepen U.S. ports, paying part of the cost with user fees.

Nuclear Weapons Increasing?

Not So, Assert Committees If the House Armed Services Committee has its way. Congress would have to change the law if the Government in general and the Navy in particular want to change the set-up created for Adm. Hyman Rickover and continued for Adm. Kinnaird McKee under which those officers are "double-hatted" as directors of nuclear propulsion for both the Navy and the Department of Energy. The committee inserted a provision to that effect in the bill authorizing appropriations for FY '84 military nuclear activities.

The authorization had not cleared the House or Senate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in fact, the House Judiciary Committee opposes it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the actual money bill, the $14-plus billion Energy and Water Development Appropriation bill, H.R. 3132, has passed House and Senate and gone to the President. The $6.5 billion for research, development, production of both weapons and fissionable materials, and disposal of waste and old weapons is far above '83's $5.7 billion. There are authorization and funding for the Trident II warhead, and for the warheads for the sea- and air-launced cruise missiles, MX and Pershing II. Disposal alone costs about $600 million and both the Appropriations Committee and the Armed Services Committee told the House that the billions spent each year do not, repeat not, mean a constantly increasing nuclear weapon arsenal.

Said Appropriations: "The totality of our nuclear weapons, whether mounted on delivery systems, deployed with forces overseas or stored in the U.S. . . . reached its highest level in the mid-1960s and since that time . . . has decHned.

Moreover, the total yield (detonation energy) . . . has decreased significantly."

The increased budget will moderately increase the stockpile, after retirement of older weapons, mostly built in the 1960s, the committee said.

Armed Services also observed the total will remain essentially constant. It was somewhat critical about replacing older weapons "by far more sophisticated and complex weapons systems." But it hailed the "advanced state of development" of nuclear reactor cores "with useful operating lifetimes previously considered unattainable."

That committee is worried about the many law suits arising from testing and use of weapons, saying the Justice Department should seek consolidation of cases and defend them. "The committee," it said, "does not believe that any contractor should be used as an instrumentality of the Government and then abandoned when inundated by a

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flood of litigation arising from that same government activity."

Courts Uphold Superiors, Vets As predicated last issue, the Supreme Court upheld the 32-year-old Feres ruling, unanimously reversing the 9th Court of Appeals attempt to say that five black Navy ex-enlisteds could sue their superiors for racial discrimination. The 3rd Circuit had upheld Feres at the same time the 9th Circuit was attempting to overturn it. The Supreme Court by the same 9-0 vote barred a civil servant from suing his superiors. A House Judiciary Committee has been debating whether Feres should be modified by law to allow some suits against superiors.

The top court also unanimously reversed another Court of Appeals. Congress, said the Supreme Court, has the right to pass laws allowing veterans groups, but not other tax-exempt groups, to lobby. The court also stayed a district judge's attempt to invalidate the Congressional ban on educational aid to nondraft registrants. And in a divided decision whose impact may take months to determine it said Congress could not veto Executive Department actions by singlechamber or committee vetoes. Among the several hundred laws possibly affected is that which allows either the House or the Senate to override any Presidental pay plan which calls for less then "full comparability."

Another federal court decision of considerable service impact was a district judge's ruling that attempts of Onslow County NC to collect tuition from students from Camp Lejeune-was an illegal tax on federal employees. In September 1982 New Jersey's Supreme Court had voided tuition charges on Ft. Dix children — but that was on the basis that the state's constitution guaranteed every child free public education.

Many Other Developments Service people are giving joyful approval to a long speech on the Senate floor upholding military retirement and warning against curtailing its benefits.

The speech of Strom Thurmond, the Senate's president pro tempore and its senior Republican, reviewed retirement benefit restrictions of recent years and proposed new curtailments and warned of their impact on the composition of the career military force and on the reluctance of skilled professionals to take federal civilian second careers. Reviewing the special hardships of military life which the retirement benefits seek to offset. Sen. Thurmond warned that savings in retirement costs would be offset by expensive incentive pays — undesirable because "they also erode the concept that every member is equally important to the overall mission of the armed services."

Repeating last year, a succession of current and former officials is making varying proposals regarding organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Subcommittee Chairman Bill Nichols (D-Ala.) considers the proposals submitted by Defense (July-August Shipmate) timid and favors more sweeping changes. So does Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), a witness at the opening hearings 14 June. Then and in subsequent sessions the subcommittee heard the military heads of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, the current JCS chairman, former Chairman Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor and others.

MX missile production and basing of 100 of them in existing Minuteman silos is going forward. By 239-186 and 59-39 votes the House and Senate adopted a concurrent resolution, H.Con.Res. 113, which releases the $988 million appropriated in the '83 Defense money bill but held up until the Scowcroft Commission reported. In addition to the MX recommendation, that Presidential com-

mission recommended development of a small single-warhead ICBM. It also recommended continuing with "high priority" the Trident submarine and its D-5 missile, the B-1 bomber and the cruise missile.

By a 94-4 vote, the Senate on 21 June ratified treaties of friendship with four Pacific island groups. Signed in 1979 and 1980, the treaties also establish boundaries with American Samoa and relinquish all U.S. claims — claims the State Department and the Senate Foreign Relafions Committee insist are of very doubtful validity. The Secretary of Defense said delay in ratifying might "jeopardize security." Opponents fear the Soviet Union might establish bases on some of the 25 islets. The three islets comprising Tokelau are a non-self-governing dependency of New Zealand and the four Cook Islands are associated with New Zealand. The 18 Gilbert and Ellice Islands are now the independent nations of Tuvalu and Kiribati.

Attacks on service people in Lebanon and Central America have prompted Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) to ask SecDef Weinberger to declare El Salvador a hostile fire zone, making American servicemen there eligible for hostile fire pay.

And Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) urges the President to update the criteria for award of the Purple Heart Medal to cover service people wounded there.

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A Few Inches From The Yard Midshipman Mike Matteo '84

The reverberation of chanting plebes has subsided now and Bancroft Hall is once again buzzing with action. Parents Weekend has come and gone and the Brigade is busy gearing up for another year. Mother B is alive with stories of the Summer's experiences while everyone is trying hard to settle back into the routine. For the plebes, the arduous Summer is over but the challenge of meeting the Brigade head-on is not a small one. Three thousand mids "anxious" to get back to classes are ample foes indeed, but if the Summer training went well, there should be no major problems. A Summer of intense drilling, PT, and memorizing is over, but much more is in store.

Once the Brigade settles back into the never-ending cycle of eating, sleeping, and studying (not necessarily in that order), the new midshipmen will find themselves lost in the crowd.

They will find themselves lost in their books, too, as the rigors of the academic regimen strike with full gale force.

They will also find themselves busier than they had ever imagined possible.

The typical academic day finds the plebes waking at 0615, forming up with their classmates at 0630 for breakfast, going to "come-arounds" at 0710, then formation with the rest of their companies at 0730. Classes follow from 0755 to 1505, broken by lunch from 1210 to 1245, but the day is by no means over. There are sports or extra-curricular activities until 1800, then evening formation and meal at 1830. Study time is from 2000 to 2245, and taps is at 2300. At last the 17-hour day is over and much treasured sleep comes as a relief to the day's tensions. It is known around the Academy that midshipmen are expert "rackers," and after a day like that above, it is easy to see why.

For the upper three classes, the day is normally a couple of hours longer with more study time, but they have the luxury of being able to sleep during free class periods â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one that the plebes do not enjoy. And, of course, the upper classes have more free time than the plebes.

But, what do the mids do with their free time, whether it be afternoons or weekends? One excellent thing about the Academy is that there is no lack of things to do; whether it be sports or extra-curriculars, there is something for everyone.

From football to baseball, from the Officers Christian Fellowship to Big Brothers, midshipmen involve themselves in a seemingly endless array of activities. There is a place for disc jockeys, for martial arts fanatics, and, yes, even for amateur writers. Where else can someone like myself sail one day, play squash the next, and write for a magazine with a formidable circulation? We mids are all taught to budget our time, and with proper management of that time every minute of every day can be put to good use. Some mids are artists, others are musicians; some build model planes, and others collect beer cans. Unlike many universities, the Academy has a broad cross-section of students from every state and with every imaginable hobby.

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Midshipmen are also fortunate to be located in an excellent area of the United States. Annapolis is beautiful, but having cities like Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia nearby allows everyone the opportunity further to broaden his interests. Unlike our associates at the "Bus Drivers School" in Colorado or the "Government Prison on the Hudson," midshipmen are not hours away from civilization. Washington offers the wonders of the nation's capital, and Baltimore and Philadelphia a view of many different facets of society. It's a very good thing that the Academy didn't relocate permanently in Newport.

Though the Naval Academy's system provides for intense discipline, it also provides for extra freedoms which our comrades at the other academies do not enjoy. For me, as a first classman who lives nearby, I will be able to spend most weekends at home visiting with family and friends. And, having my car here is a great advantage.

It is funny how some little things like weekend liberty seem so nice after three years but, as the saying goes, "The Academy is the only place where they take away all your Godgiven rights and give them back to you, one by one, as privileges." In a way the restricting policy is a good thing. It has enabled me to appreciate the little things in life a lot more fully. I no longer take for granted all the freedoms that we Americans are guaranteed. Perhaps everyone should have this experience.

Since I am now a "firstie," it is much easier to write from that viewpoint. It will be a busy year, full of precommissioning plans and activities that will make the year go by even faster than the last three. I only hope that I have a chance to blink once in a while to appreciate it. For the moment, though, 1 will just have to work day by day and gain the most possible from my last year at the Academy.

Where the years have gone, I don't know, but there are many more to look forward to, and many new adventures to experience.

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East Coast Olympic Soccer Games The first round soccer competition of the 1984 Olympic Games will be held in the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at Annapolis and the Harvard Stadium at Cambridge MA. At each site there will be six matches beginning at 7 P.M. on six consecutive nights between 29 July and 3 August. These matches will be the only Olympic competition outside California.

The Olympic tournament will feature 16 of the world's finest soccer teams, including the United States as host and Czecho-Slovakia as the 1980 Gold winner. Of the 16, eight will play on the East Coast, seven of the eight playing at least one game in each location. The draw for playing sites and dates will be held in May 1984.

After the first round matches are completed, four teams from the East Coast and four from the West Coast rounds will advance to quarter- and semi-final play at Stanford and in the Rose Bowl, with the final two games in the Rose Bowl to determine gold, silver and bronze medals.

Tickets are now available for the two East Coast sites. For the first night, complete with Opening Ceremonies, they are priced at $7, $10, and $15. The other five nights are priced at $3, $7, and $10 each.

Season tickets for all six nights are priced at a total cost of $15, $30, and $50, guaranteeing the same seats each night.

Unlike other events, there are no limits to the number of tickets that may be ordered for matches at either East Coast site.

Application forms for ordering tickets may be obtained from any Sears, Roebuck store nationally, and from Manufacturers Hanover Trust branches in the metropolitan New York area, but with only one form per household or business address. Note that neither Sears, Roebuck, nor the Manufacturers Hanover (nor the USNA Alumni or Athletic Associations) can sell tickets; they must be ordered by mail on the forms provided.

The tickets will be delivered in June 1984.

Since the 1984 Olympic Committee expects a high demand for tickets to the East Coast matches, early reservation orders are recommended.

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Navy Sports Tom Bates, Sports Information Director, Naval A c a d e m y A t h l e t i c A s s o c i a t i o n

Seventh National Sailing Title For the seventh consecutive year, an unprecedented achievement, the Navy saiUng team won the Leonard Fowle Memorial Trophy, symbolic of the National Collegiate Sailing Championship, by scoring the highest point total in the five events counting towards the title.

Last Fall Navy won the 1982-83 sloop championship and finished second in the singlehanded. In the Spring events. Navy won the women's championship, placed third in dinghies and fifth in team racing.

The Spring races were all sailed in 420 dinghies out of NAS Corpus Christi, hosted by the Southeast Intercollegiate Sailing Association and the Corpus Christi Yacht Club.

America selectees were Robert Brown, Hal Gilreath and Rick Merriman, with honorable mention to Pam Corwin, the only woman so honored. In women's track and field, Stefani Green was named All-America in distance relays. In men's track, Leo Williams was named AllAmerica in the high jump.

Williams tied for second in the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a jump of 7'-5", qualifying him for a meet against the East Germans in late June (he placed second with another 7'-5"), the World University Games in Canada in July, where he is the defending champion, and the World Track and Field Championships at Helsinki in August.

Perry Pucetti earned an invitation to compete in the javelin throw at the National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs in July.

Heavyweight Crews Win Ten Eyck Trophy Navy's heavyweight crews won the Jim Ten Eyck Trophy for overall achievement in the Intercollegiate Rowing Championships at Syracuse in July. The midshipmen won for the second straight year in second varsity competition and also won the varsity pair with coxwain in the Grand Finals race.

Navy's varsity eight was nosed out by a determined Brown University crew in the Grand Challenge Cup, Brown's margin being less than two seconds. In other races the plebes placed sixth among freshmen, the varsity four without coxwain was second, and the varsity pair without coxwain took third place.

Post-Season Honors Midshipmen athletes scored well in post-season honors for Spring sports. In baseball, outfielder Andy Loferski was named third team All-America by the College Baseball Coaches Association, to the first team All-NCAA Northeast team, and to the first team Eastern Intercollegiate League team for the second straight year. In lacrosse, third team AllAmerica went to attackman Rich Wehman and midfielder Phil Skalniak, with honorable mention to attackman Bruce Seitz. In sailing, first team AllShipmate, September 1983

Midshipmen Eager, Yet Somewhat Wary of 1983 Football Slate Navy's football coach Gary Tranquill was talking about his team's prospects for the 1983 season recently and everything seemed to be going along well until someone chimed in about the schedule.

Tranquill gulped and smiled. There's no question that the Midshipmen this Fall will be facing one of their most formidable schedules in a number of years.

Included in it are three teams that went to bowl games a year ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Air Force, Pitt and Washington. Then there are such opponents as improving Virginia in the season opener for the Mids, Mississippi State from the Southeast Conference, Notre Dame, Syracuse, South Carolina and service academy rival Army.

Tranquill admits that the Midshipmen have "more overall depth than we did a year ago, except for possibly the defensive secondary. 1 like the flexibility in both our offensive and defensive lines and I think we are stronger at running back.

"We have a more experienced group of receivers this year and that should help our passing game," he continued.

"However, we are a bit unsure of what will happen at quarterback. I was pleased with the progress of the three leading prospects there during the spring drills and right now Ricky Williamson (the

starter in last year's Army-Navy game) will be the starter. Still, those three basically lack game experience."

Spring practice ended with Tranquill happy over the finding of some more offensive and defensive linemen, thus enhancing the depth in those two areas.

"We may have some more players than we thought from last year's plebe class," he commented.

In total. Navy will be without 20 lettermen from last year's 6-5 team, including quarterback Marco Pagnanelli, who in only 17 games came on to rank second in career pass percentage at the Naval Academy; Travis Wallington, the All-East defensive end; defensive back Jon Ross, another who achieved All-East recognition; Paul Soares, the defensive tackle who was voted the outstanding defensive player in the Hula Bowl; and Brian Cianella, whose penchant for making big plays from his defensive roverback slot will be missed.

Altogether, the Midshipmen have 34 lettermen returning from a year ago, with that cast headed by All-America linebacker Andy Ponseigo; running back Napoleon McCallum, who was fifth in the country in all-purpose running last year; offensive guard Jeff Johnson and defensive back Eric Wallace, along with defensive tackle Eric Rutherford.

McCallum will have ample support at running back in the presence of another solid tailback. Rich Clouse, and fullbacks Marc Alexander, Bryan Caraveo and Jim Scannell. Navy appears to have outstanding depth at tight end also, where lettermen Chris Weiler and Mark Stevens, both of whom were starters at times in 1982, are being challenged by a fine sophomore, Greg Schildmeyer.

Tranquill hopes to overcome the loss of big play people on defense with the improved play of Rick Pagel at defensive end (after being a tackle most of last year) and Eric Rutherford at defensive tackle.

For the second straight year, a total look at the defensive unit in the Spring was thwarted by the absence of two key performers, Ponseigo with the midshipmen baseball team and Joe Papetti, a good defensive back, who is a defenseman on the lacrosse team.

Looking at the team by area reveals the following:

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Quarterback: Second classman Ricky WiUiamson (6-2, 205) will be in the number one slot when Fall drills commence. He was the starter in the victory over Army last Fall and played the second half against South Carolina. According to Tranquill, he reflects a better understanding of what must be done with the offense now, but the Mid coach admits all of this must be tested under game conditions. A pair of sophomores will be the back-ups. They are Sean Cannon (6-1, 200) and Adam Meinrod (6-1, 190), both of whom looked as if they were coming along in the Spring.

Running Backs: This has to be one of the team's strengths. Tranquill considers second classman Napoleon McCallum (6-2, 208) now to be "stronger, faster and bigger" than he was a year ago. He averaged 164.6 yards a game last year in all-purpose running, 5th best in the country, and also was 11th in the country in punt returns with an 11.8 yard average.

To do this, he was Navy's top rusher with 739 yards on 165 carries and had 20 pass receptions for 196 yards. His cohort at the tailback position offers the Midshipmen some versatility in that slot. Second classman Rich Clouse (5-9, 190), is a rugged performer who managed to pick up 355 yards on 107 carries in 1982 and had 21 catches, second best on the team, for 214 yards and three touchdowns.

First classman Ronald McDonald (5-9, 175) is another veteran at tailback. Marc Alexander (6-2, 227), a second classman, appeared quicker during the Spring drills and will give the team some power at fullback this Fall. Another fine performer there is Bryan Caraveo (5-10, 205), a firstie who started two games last Fall and is an excellent receiver. Jim Scannell (6-1, 220) is another letterman at fullback.

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Receivers: With the return of all of last year's regulars in this area plus the added presence of three youngsters, there are some battles going on for playing time.

Bill Cebak, a first classman (5-11, 170), was last year's regular at split-end and wound up with a team high 26 catches for 415 yards and 3 TDs. However, an injury kept him from Spring drills and in the meantime two youngsters showed their potential. They are John Lobb (5-10, 175) and Greg Blanchard (6-3, 180), the latter a convert from quarterback. Second classman Ken Heine (6-2, 185) and first classman Greg Brand (6-1, 185) alternated at flanker most of last year, with Heine the starter late in the year. He had 16 catches for 230 yards.

Brand ten for 106 yards. Both of last year's regulars at tight end, Chris Weiler (6-2, 210) and Mark Stevens (6-1, 225) are much improved and with youngster Greg Schildmeyer (6-4, 208), give Tranquill several options in making effective use of all of them. A year ago Stevens had 15 catches for 257 yards and Weiler 18 for 161 yards.

Offensive Line: Two of last year's top performers at offensive tackle, first classmen Doug Borrebach and Norm Smith, came out of the Spring with injuries and neither will play this Fall. Still the depth and flexibility of this area will be a positive aspect heading into the Fall.

The tackle hopefuls now are firstie Bill Weidenhammer (6-4, 255), a regular throughout 1982; second classmen Bob Dill (6-5, 255) and Bob Goodman (6-1, 255), both lettermen, and non-lettering second classmen Rich Coombs (6-2, 240) and Bill Gabel (6-5, 240). Jeff Johnson (6-3, 250), a team co-captain, is an AllEast prospect at offensive guard. His running mate will come from among second class letterman Gregg Sears (6-1, 235) or two of his classmates who projected themselves into the picture during the Spring: Mark Long (6-2, 255) and Steve Kowalkoski (6-2, 250). Again this year, the center position is solid with first class letterman Pete Oswald (6-1, 235), Sears and second classman Doug Rhodes (6-2, 230) all available.

Defensive End: When injuries sidelined seven performers at these positions at one time or another last year, some younger players gained experience. Rick Pagel, a firstie who was a tackle for the first nine games in 1982, is now set at "strongside" end. He (6-3, 240) was named the most improved player in the Spring. At the opposite terminal is Hamp Oberle (6-1, 205), another firstie who was a regular last year. Second classman Ed Pierson (6-2, 220) and firstie Dave Gallaer (6-2, 220) along with Jim Foster (6-1, 200) are the back-ups.

Defensive Interior: Tranquill will blend three returning regulars with some promising newcomers here. He has an excellent

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pass rusher in second class tackle Eric Rutherford (6-4, 240) and the middle guard tandem of last year, firsties George Herlong (6-2, 240) and Steve Peters (6-3, 235), is back. One of those could move to tackle if needed. The other tackle hopefuls are second classman Ron Zaleski (6-4, 245) and youngsters Dirk MacFarlane (6-2, 240) and Dave Pimpo (6-1, 245).

Linebackers: There isn't too much more that can be said about Andy Ponseigo (6-2, 225), the firstie who had a school record 169 tackles last year. He is the type of performer around whom a good defensive unit can be formed. Finding a mate for him at the position is a bit of a problem with the top candidates being firstie Todd Hastings (6-3, 22), a non-letterman last year, and youngsters Jim Dwyer (6-0, 225) and Mike Taylor (6-0, 218).

Andy Ponseigo, Defensive standout

Secondary: This is the one area where depth is most definitely a critical concern.

Second classman Eric Wallace (5-11, 180) is an outstanding cornerback and Kurt Dixon (5-11, 190) will fill the other corner after lettering at safety the past two years. That leaves youngster Steve Brady (6-0, 175) and first classman Mark Brodowicz (6-0, 175) as the hopefuls at safety. Youngster letterman Eric Fudge (6-1, 195) is a good possibility at rover and letterman Joe Papetti, a second classman, can be used at one of three positions back there and could well wind up in a regular's role. Youngsters Tom Metzger (5-9, 180) and John Carroll (5-10, 185) are the leading back-ups.

Kicking Game: Last year, Tranquill and his staff wondered where the people for this area would come from. Not so this Fall. Two lettermen are returning at placekicker, first classman Steve Young and youngster Todd Solomon. Both are sound performers and will battle in the 45

NAVY'S 1983 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12 November 25

at Virginia at Mississippi State LEHIGH, home at Washington AIR FORCE, home at Princeton PITTSBURGH, Homecoming at Notre Dame SYRACUSE, home at South Carolina ARMY at Pasadena, CA

preseason for the assignment. Punter Mark Colby, a second classman, averaged 40.9 yards a kick in the final five games a year ago after a modest start.

Summary: The offense will depend on how soon Williamson and the two youngster quarterback candidates can assimilate Tranquill's pass-oriented offense. Defensively, the problems to be resolved early are finding another performer at linebacker and strengthening the secondary.

Copies of Navy's 1983 Football Handbook are on sale at the Sports Information Office of the Naval Academy Athletic Association. The book is priced at $4.50 and includes in-depth material on this year's Navy football team.

1983-84 Sports Captains For the Fall of 1983: Football — Jeff Johnson and Andy Ponseigo; Cross Country — Mark Patterson; 150 lb.

Football — Terry Deitz and Rob McGarrity; Soccer — James Vautier; Women's Volleyball — Natalie Quick; and Water Polo — Mark Edson.

For the Winter season: Basketball — Michael Jones; Women's Basketball — Becky Lewis; Fencing — Mike Pease; Women's Fencing — Liz Young; Gymnastics — Mickey Gerhardt; Pistol — Bill Karditzas; Rifle — Mike Salach; Swimming— Mike Hile; Women's Swimming— Laurie Grammer; Indoor Track — Tae Andrews; Women's Indoor Track — Sue Honan; and Wrestling — Don Schleicher.

For the Spring Season: Baseball — Mike Nichols; Heavyweight Crew — Andy Bigelow; Lightweight Crew — Tom Schaefer; Women's Crew — Dianne Hardin; Golf — Scott Spooner; Lacrosse — Tom Calabrese and Neil Duffy; Sailing — Robbie Brown; Tennis — Bayly Taff; and Women's Track and Field — Sue Honan.

7 p.m. (EDT) 7:30 p.m. (CDT) 2 p.m. (EDT) 1:30 p.m. (PDT) 1:30 p.m. (EDT) 1:30 p.m. (EDT) 1:30 p.m. (EDT) 1:30 p.m. (EST) 1:30 p.m. (EST) 1:30 p.m. (EST) 11:30 a.m. (PST)

Fall Sports Schedules (Subject to change) Cross Country: Sept. 10, St. Joseph's; Sept. 17, Stanford; Sept. 24, William & Mary and Richmond; Sept. 30, Georgetown and Syracuse at Van Cortland Park (New York City); Oct. 8, at Lehigh Invitational; Oct. 21, at Army; Oct. 28, Heptagonals at New York City; Nov. 5, ECAC South Championships at Richmond, VA; Nov. 12, NCAA Regionals at Bethlehem, PA.; Nov. 19, NCAA Championships at Bethlehem, PA. Lightweight Football: Sept. 23, at Princeton (exhibition); Sept. 30, at Rutgers; Oct. 7, Cornell; Oct. 15, Penn; Oct. 21, at Army; Oct. 28, Princeton; Nov. 12, Army at Pottsville, PA (Athracite Bowl — exhibition).

Soccer: Sept. 1, St. John's; Sept. 5, Penn State; Sept. 10, at North Carolina; Sept. 11, at N.C. State; Sept. 14, at Towson State; Sept. 17, at Villanova; Sept. 23, James Madison; Sept. 27, at Richmond; Oct. 1, George Washington; Oct. 5, at American; Oct. 8, Air Force; Oct. 16, at George Mason; Oct. 19, Maryland; Oct. 23, Howard; Oct. 26, Catholic U.; Oct. 29, UMBC; Nov. 4, Army.

Women's Volleyball: Sept. 2-3, at Univ. of Pittsburgh Tournament; Sept.

16-17, Navy Invitational I Tournament; Sept. 24-25 at George Mason Tournament; Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at Towson State Tournament; Oct. 4, Loyola, Towson State; Oct. 8, Air Force; Oct. 14-15, at East Stroudsburg Pocono Classic; Oct. 18, Virginia Commonwealth, George Mason, Georgetown; Oct. 21-22, Cortland State, Ithaca, Stony Brook at Cortland, NY; Oct. 28-28, at LaSalle Tournament; Nov. 1, Delaware, Catholic, UMBC at Delaware; Nov. 5, at Army; Nov. 11-12, Naval Academy Invitational

Water Polo: Sept. 9-11, Navy Swimoff; Sept. 16-18, at Washington & Lee Classic; Sept. 23-25, at Northeast Invitational at Providence, RI; Oct. 7-9, at Mid-Atlantic Conference Play at New York City; Oct. 14-16, Navy Southeast Invitational; Oct. 21-23, Mid-Atlantic Conference Play at Bucknell; Oct. 28-30, U.S. Indoor Nationals at Ft. Lauderdale, FL (tentative); Nov. 4-6, Mid-Atlantic Conference Championships; Nov. 11-13, Eastern Intercollegiate Championships; Nov. 25-27, NCAA Championships at Long Beach, CA. Sailing: Sept. 2-4, Anderson Trophy at Yale; Sept. 10-11, Pine Trophy at Navy; Sept. 9-11, Kings Point Dinghy Minor at Kings Point, NY; Sept. 16-18, Nevins Trophy at Kings Point, NY; Sept. 17-18, Navy Windsurfer Invitational; Sept.

17-18, SSA Fall Regatta at Annapolis; Sept. 23-26, Captain George Locklear Trophy at Charleston, SC; Sept. 23-26, Shields Trophy at Coast Guard; Sept.

24-25, MAISA Area #4 Mono Eliminations at Navy; Sept. 30-Oct. 3, Gary Price Regatta at U. of Michigan; Sept.

30-Oct. 3, Danmark Trophy at Coast Guard; Oct. 1-2, Navy Women's Intersectional; Oct. 1-2, MAISA Singlehanded Championship at Navy; Oct. 1-2, Navy Yawl Invitational; Oct. 7-10, NEWISA Intersectional at Yale; Oct. 8-9, MAISA Area #2 Sloop Eliminations at Navy; Oct. 7-9, Army Coed Regatta at Army; Oct. 7-9, Corinthian Intercollegiate Regatta at New York; Oct. 13-17, ICYRA Singlehanded Championship at Maine Maritime Academy; Oct. 14-16, McMillan Cup at Navy; Oct. 15-16, MAISA Area #3 and #4 Dinghy Eliminations at Navy; Oct. 22-23, Acors Thompson at Navy; Oct. 21-23, MAISA Sloop Championships at New York Maritime; Oct. 22-23, Navy Fall Invitational; Oct. 27-30, 1984 Intermediate Sloop Championships at New York Maritime; Oct. 28-31, Schell Trophy at MIT; Oct. 28-31, MAISA Women's Fall Dinghy at Hobart; Nov. 4-6, War Memorial Trophy at Kings Point; Nov. 11-14, Fiske-Harriman Sleigh Regatta at Harvard; Nov. 11-13, Soling Bowl Regatta at Navy; Nov. 19-20, Navy Dinghy Minor at Navy; Nov. 24-27, Timme Angsten Memorial Regatta at Chicago; Dec. 28-30, Orange Bowl Regatta at Miami, FL; Dec. 29-30, Sugar Bowl Regatta at Tulane; Jan. 7-8, Stanford Invitational at Stanford.

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Send news directly to Shipmate As a centennial recognition for Captain Alvah B. (Doc) Court and a commemorative celebration of the distinguished Class of 1905, a gathering of widows and juniors assembled on 29 May at Court's former residence at "AthoH" in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to extensively discuss the "isness of the was."

Mrs. William Rea Furlong and Mrs. Louis P. Davis, widows respectively of RAdm. W. R. Furlong and Capt. L. P. Davis, were honored guests at the festivity hosted by Doc Court's son, Capt. John Court USN (Ret.) '36, and his wife Mimi, the former Mildred Ellyson, daughter of Theodore Gordon (Spuds) Ellyson, first naval aviator and fellow 1905er. Other celebrants of the memorable occasion included Ellyson's daughter, Gordon Ellyson Carmichael, and her husband Capt. John Carmichael (1936); the daughter of Capt. C. M. Austin (1905), Mary Austin Richardson and her husband, RAdm. A. L. Richardson (1932); the son of Capt. Benjamin Dutton (1905), Capt. William T. DuUon (1934); the son of Adm. H. G. Bowen (1905), VAdm. Hal G. Bowen (1934); the son of Capt. Reed M. Fawell (1905), Reed Fawell and his wife Betsy; the son of Cdr. Hugo Frankenberger (1905), RAdm. Norbert Frankenberger (1940) and his wife Susie; the daughter of Adm. R. E. Ingersoll (1905), Alice Ingersoll Nagle and her husband Art Nagle; the son of Capt. R. L. Irvine (1905), Capt. Rab Irvine (1938) and his wife Mary; the daughters of Cdr. W. T. Lightle (1905), Mary Lightle Holden and her husband Dr. Ray Holden, and Sally Lightle Sharp and her husband Capt. George Sharp; the son of RAdm. W. O. Spears (1905), Capt. Bill Spears (1938) and his wife Marie; the daughter of Capt. Kenneth Whiting (1905), Edna Whiting Nisewaner and her husband Capt. Andy Nisewaner (1932). Assisting in the celebration of the event also were three of A. B. Court's and T. G. Ellyson's co-grandchildren, Sally Court Brown, Helen Glenn Court and John Calvin Court.

All in all, it appeared a most congenial assemblage which enthusiastically gathered from considerable distance to toast the memory of a very memorable Class at the Academy, 1905!

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

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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 William Brice Dortch, lieutenant commander, USNR, died at Gadsen, Alabama, on 20 February 1983. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1914 but was not commissioned for physical reasons (eyes — the requirements in those days were quite restrictive) and he resigned in September to go back to Alabama to study law at the university. Came 1917 and WWI and Cap, as we knew him, volunteered for active duty and saw duty on the converted yacht GUINIVERE on patrol duty off the French coast and then was transferred to the cruiser MINNEAPOLIS, convoying merchant vessels across the Atlantic until the war's end. Off active duty in December '18 and back to the legal profession, he resigned from the naval reserve in 1920, but 21 years later found him in uniform again as a lieutenant commander at Harvard U., as a professor of naval science and tactics. He commanded the V-12 unit at DePauw U. for a short time, then requested sea duty and in the fall of 1943 was ordered to Pearl Harbor where he served in the logistics organization under Como. Gray until the end of the war when he returned to Gadsen to pursue the legal wars to the end of his Hfe. Most of this from his relation of his war-time experience as told in Nov. '78 Shipmate. He wound up his story with "Old ' 14 is still a happy memory with me. Yours very truly — Bill (Cap) Dortch."

Fourteen will miss Cap from its ranks and extends its deepest sympathy to his family. A note from Mrs. Dortch, 631 Reynolds St., Gadsen AL 35901: "Thank you for your letter of 16 June and for the memorial that was sent to the Navy Relief Society in William's memory. William's service in the Navy and his Classmates had a special place in his life, and he would be so pleased to be remembered in this way. His family and I especially appreciate your thoughtfulness. Sincerely, Helen L. Dortch."

1 extract portions of a report of the trials of the USS HAYLER written by Wm. B. Hayler, captain, USN (Ret. '45) as a matter of interest, especially in the comment regarding the "old" and the "new": "In December, my brother (Capt. Robt W. Hayler Jr. USN (Ret. '41) and I went aboard the new destroyer named for Dad, a vice admiral, for her acceptance trials at the invitation of the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. We were delivered to the ship and got underway in the Gulf of Mexico; when it returned to the pier more than 24 hours later, every piece of equipment had been tested up to its rated capacity, and the Board of Inspection and Survey had the data to make the ship acceptable to the Navy. All hands were pleased with the results of the trials. Every ship has her own characteristic appearance, sounds, motion and smell. The only one I could recognize was the aroma from the galley. The massive appearance

On the bridge — Capts. Bob and Bill Hayler, prospective CO. Paul Ecker and Len Erb, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding of the ship impressed me. The ship classified as a destroyer is huge, displacing 8500 tons — that is the size of a pre-WWII cruiser. The ship internally gives the impression of being spacious and uncluttered by equipment. You can move around without having to duck. The engine room seems large enough fb permit the addition of a pair of ping-pong tables. Sound is almost entirely absent — amazingly quiet, to be unheard by subs — the gas turbines do not have the characteristic whine of older ships with steam turbines. In my experience, when a ship reverses from full ahead to backing full, one can expect some groans and shudders from the engineroom. In HAYLER there were none, and she stopped in two or three lengths.

Any American ship will smell clean, but you can always detect odors of oil, cooking, paint or, in hot weather, sweat; but HAYLER smelled like a new car. All aboard outdid themselves in saying how glad they were that we had come and how honored they were to meet us, but the shoe was on the other foot. We were the privileged ones. Not every kid in the block has a ship named for his old man.

Dad had done well by his country and the Navy, but the impact of his career had not made itself felt until I stepped aboard. Bob and I hope that we can transfuse some of the spirit of Dad's WWII cruiser HONOLULU into this modern ship of the 1980s — her remarkable record of combat in the bleakest months in the Pacific without the loss of a single life aboard."

A note from Mrs. John M. Waller, 5706 Cricket Place, McLean VA 22101 — "Thank you and please express my deep appreciation to the Class of 1914 for their contribution to the Navy Relief Society in memory of my father, Capt. R. F. Hans.

He would be as gratified as I am. He loved the US Navy and his many years in it. It was always in his heart. Sincerely — Barbara H. Waller."

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Send news directly to Shipmate Percent Members: 86 Living Grads: 14 From Mardie Struble, widow of Adm. Arthur D. Struble, we have received word of her appreciation of the flowers sent by the Cle ;s to the services for her late husband, and her thanks to Adm. Robert B. Carney USN (Ret.) '16, for the moving eulogy that he gave at the ceremonies.

Mick Carney sent to Shipmate some thoughts about the life and character of the man that he had known and admired for over seventy years.

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1 have known Admiral Arthur Dewey Struble ("Rip" to his friends) since 1912, although at that time, as a plebe, I regarded him, an upperclassman, with ritual suspicion.

However, in the 71 years that followed I came to know him as a close and congenial friend, a devoted family man, and an outstanding professional.

His Navy Record is impressive, and, in his senior active-duty days, unique. His standing 12 in the Class of 1915 evidenced the keen mentality that would characterize his efforts throughout his life.

He seemed to gravitate to maior scenes of action: the Normandy landings, operations in the Southwest Pacific, and commander of landing operations at Inchon. At one time he was a deputy CNO, and later served as the US military representative at the United Nations. Appropriately, his decorations included the DSC, DSM. Legion of Merit, Commendation Medal and five foreign decorations.

He wore that mantle of distinction with rare modesty.

As a human being he was a gentle person. As pater familias he embodied a nice balance between love, ethical example, and practicality.

In the early days I likened the Struble family to the storied Swiss Family Robinson: each member had his or her own assigned cooperative tasks, from the littlest toddler who put out the empty milk bottles on the front porch and brought in the morning paper.

Lest I seem to draw an exclusively serious picture of Rip, my recollections of him do include such times as his doing a vigorous version of the Maori War Dance, or, on Mardi's Avery Island beating a dish pan to notify a small expectant nearby herd of deer that their welfare corn was about to be distributed.

He had fun, and he was fun to be with!

A balanced and well-adjusted man.

He has left a heritage of a purposeful life enjoyed by him and shared with family and friends, and he left a splendid record of achievement; for all of which his family can justly be proud and gratified.

16 Pres., VAdm. Bertram J. Rodgers USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. George P. Brewster USN (Ret.) 611 W. 40th St., Baltimore MD 21211 West Coast Reporter, Capt. George F. Chapline USNR (Ret.) 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla CA 92037 Percent Members: 82 Living Grads: 13 West Coast News The Garden Room of The Officers' Club at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot was the luncheon spot for the June 1916-17-18 Classes. All arrangements were perfect for the preliminaries, and a most delicious chicken, rice and curry, with six additives was the main course preceded by a salad and followed by cookies and orange ice. Don Curtis '18, made the excellent arrangements before departing for the East and a cruise. Expecting a larger attendance, the prepared menu was served to the few present in the largest quantities ever to be seen; however, all was appreciatively enjoyed. Our political, international and local discussions consumed more time than usual and our departure was not until well after 2:00 p.m. We were sorry that several missed this cheerful occasion.

Present were: 1916 — Chapline, Loventhal (with his driver. Bill Murray as his guest); 1917 — Kiland Shipmate, September 1983

and Richards. Only five enjoyed this occasion planned for eight or more by Don.

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Rear Actairal J.R. Sullivan Dear Adniral Sullivan:

18 Sec'y, Capt. Perry R. Taylor USNR (Ret.) 1211 South 25th St., Arlington VA 22202 Percent Members: 86 Living Grads: 27 In a recent letter to all Classmates, Sully (RAdm. John R. Sullivan USN Ret.) mentioned that Bert Rogers has been ill for several weeks with uremic poisoning at the Bethesda Hospital. During this period Libby, his daughter, Mrs. Harry E. Lore, came from Champaign, Illinois, to comfort and help Irma. About 1 June Bert was moved to a retirement and nursing center in Bethesda for a short period. So that Irma would not be alone, Libby took both parents to Champaign to reside with her for the time being. They departed by air on 27 June. Irma and Bert can be reached at 809 South Elm Boulevard, Champaign IL 61820. The phone there is: 217/356-4929.

Our Class will do its best to get along without the close attention of Bert, who has been class treasurer for 40 years. In that period, by careful scrutiny of our amount available and by his courteous and successful solicitation of additional gifts from Classmates, there now remains over $3,000 in savings from which expenses and flowers will be paid. By executive committee action some six years ago your scribe was designated to take over the exchequer if Bert departed from Washington. Our new president, who was elected in July, may, no doubt, express his wishes on who will serve as class secretary and class treasurer. The president has the prerogative of naming these officials. It is hoped that the Class will hold together as in the past 66 years.

Recall November '82 Eighteen news listing the names of Classmates earning the Navy Cross and the DSM. The inclusion of that report was suggested by Vic Barringer. Recently he called attention to the omission of the late Tommy Sprague (Adm. Thomas L. Sprague USN) among those entitled to both the Navy Cross and the DSM, for which I apologize and claim inadvertence.

Vic also noted the omission of the name of the late Alex Boiling (LGen. Alexander R. Boiling USA) who did not graduate with us but attained distinction in the Army, having earned three Stars before retirement. Alex was awarded DSC and also the DSM. Although with shame, we are glad to report our oversight.

Before taking off on an Hawaiian trip in June, Don Curtis sent a picture of himself and two young ladies taken at the wedding reception of Corliss and Arlene Nugent; from left to right: Mary Baine Holmes, Peggy Peck and Don. It is being printed because it indicates Don's excellent health. Recall that he survived capture at Bataan and spent three-and-one half years as a P. O. W., during which time he wrote a cook book, that being something to divert from his not too pleasant experience.

We insisted on printing a recent letter addressed to our Sully from the Governor of Minnesota. This is the letter from Governor Perpich:

It ii5 a pleasure for me to have the opportunity to Join other Minnesot-uis in honoring you as a member of tte graduating class of 1913 fran Duluth Cathedral High School.

You have obviously had a very full and active life, and I camtend you on all your achievements and actions. Your excellent service record In the United States Navy, as well as your contributions to its efficiency, strength and morale, are all to be highly respected.

Please accept my best wishes for continued successes and challenges in your retiranent, and I hope your stay in Duluth is a memorajjle and delightful one.

,C2 Congratulations, Sully!

In March he spent a few weeks in his home town, Duluth, where the townspeople and the county commissioners presented their views about his exceptional meritorious service in action off Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Because of his acts of bravery and success. President Roosevelt presented him with a Gold Star Award and later presented him with a Combat V Award for action against outstanding odds in the Solomon Islands.

Sully also served as operations officer of the Third Amphibious Force which conducted operations in recapturing the Philippines and the Palau Islands.

During his recent visit to Duluth, a luncheon was given in his honor by his many friends there. In the ceremonies after the luncheon Sully received congratulatory messages from Representative James Oberstar; Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III; Duluth Mayor Fedo; and the St. Louis County Commissioners.

Sully, in his modest manner, expressed gratitude for being so honored in his home area. Although Duluth has been, over the years, prominent in the moving of large vessels at that end of Lake Superior, it was unusual to greet a retired rear admiral in person.

At the wedding reception of Corliss and Arlene Nugent — Mary Baine Holmes, Peggy Beck, BGen. Donald Curtis USMC (Ret.)

Just at press time we received word on the death of ion Pursell, rear admiral, USN (Ret.), on 23 July 1983. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery alongside Karola, his first wife; Emma, his second wife who also predeceased him, was buried in Frankfort. More next issue.

Birthdays Tommy Inglis, 9/19; Proc Thorton, 9/25; Henry McCown, 10/18; Bert Rogers 10/14; Bill Hartt, 10/26.

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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: 23 A letter from Dorothy Atkins tells of her grand cruise on the Danube, but continues with the sad news of her having to undergo surgery in Passau, Germany for a perforated ulcer. She finally got home to Tacoma, with the help of her daughter some six weeks later.

Faye Settle plans to move to Vinson Hall about September first.

Charlie Rend told George that his son, a captain in the Navy Medical Corps, is transferring to the Army Medical Corps, rank of colonel.

As is their usual custom, George and Adaline placed roses on the graves of Classmates buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery on Memorial Day: Ansel, Bryant, Dierdorff, Hill and Mentz.

Notes have come from Marie Sprague and Sarah Callaghan to George, expressing their appreciation for his fine arrangements for the Sixty-Fifth.

A letter from Gwen Hill tells of a serious operation in April which prevented her from attending the Reunion.

A most gracious note from Mrs. Waller to George expresses her thanks and appreciation for the "opium pipe warmer" which he presented to the Wallers at their delightful reception.

Mike Williams wrote his regrets that he and Jo could not make the Reunion because of health problems and Russ Ihrig writes of a number of physical problems which handicap him considerably, and tells of the wonderful Jo who takes care of him.

It appears that the only other Class that held a 65th Reunion was the Class of 1907.

Virginia Kincaid has become the only woman bank president in Washington (DQ. Virginia's address is in Bethesda, Maryland, not Washington.

George writes of major alterations to his study, in order to give it more light, which is necessary because of his having lost the sight of his right eye.

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 11 B-1 President Point Dr., Annapolis MD 21403 Percent Members: 80 Living Grads: 82 Mead Pearson and I have been concerned about future handling of class finances. Recent events indicate we need to plan a method of caring for finances until dissolution after departure of survivors. A number of Classes have turned over Class Funds to the Alumni Association, which has agreed to care for them after no Classmates are available to handle them, and eventually absorb them in the Alumni Endowment Fund. The Class of 1923 has concluded such a wise agreement and the Class of 1920 should consider a similar set-up, and it will be arranged soon.

We have a note from Fred McMahon in Naples, Florida. Fred is feeling a bit rocky and sees no prospect of attending a future Reunion or Homecoming. I quote his note, in part — "Naples is a fine community, but is growing too fast for most of us old-timers. We are a bit old for beaching, swimming and fishing, but it is available.

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There are no armed forces facilities in Naples, the closest being the Air Force Base at Homestead, south of Miami. Moarings Park is a life-care community here in Naples and is quite good — also a new one is in the process of development — Naples is not a popular Armed Forces retirement area. Malcolm Schoeffel '19 is the only Navy we see anything of except occasional visitors, and it is not an inexpensive community. — Sincerely, Fred."

Fred encloses a welcome contribution to the Class Fund. We appreciate his note and contribution.

The Chester Becks send a short note. They have had a good Winter and enjoyed their Coronado apartment "just a block from the Hotel and the ocean and a short walk to the markets, our Church and a number of friends." Eve sends greetings and best wishes. A welcome and interesting letter.

We have a kind and appreciated note from Red Grove and Marian. At the time Red had tripped and broken his arm, which was in a cast for several weeks. Marian ably substituted a kind and interesting account of their recent past activities, we quote, in part: "He (Red) has very few Classmates in this (Atherton, California) area. The only one we see is Barbara and Kranz Kranzfelder and they live in Rossmore, across the Bay. As you may know, from reading Shipmate, there are a great many Class of 1921 around here. They have graciously adopted us and we are included in their Class luncheons. They always have a good turnout, around 20-26, at the luncheons.

"Red keeps busy with some business interests; still has his house and office in Houston. We were there last Fall and then flew to Washington and had a visit with my son and family who live in Virginia. From there we drove to Richmond to see Helen and Monte Moncure. Had a lovely day with them — all too short for Red and Monte to reminisce — they do keep in touch throughout the years with lengthy telephone chats. From Richmond we drove to Roanoke to see Red's nieces.

So far this year we have stayed pretty close to home — enjoying our house and California living.

"Red was glad to have news of Ed Wilson and sends best wishes and a hearty 'Hello.'

"Fairhaven sounds like the ideal arrangement for you, and I am sure it is a wise choice. We have two very fine places in this area — Channing House in Palo Alto — Helen and Charlie Rend ('19) live there, also Ann Lee-Paul's ('19) widow.

The other. The Sequoias is in Menlo Park. The age limit is 80 years old — "If you decide to have a 65th reunion next Spring we will make every effort to be there. 1 am always ready to take a trip to Washington. Our best wishes, Marian."

A regretful sobering item. On 27 June 1983 our once sprigthly Classmate, Ted Haff, after a long seige succumbed at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Perry Point, Maryland, with our growing enermy, Alzheimer's disease. The tragedy was magnified for his family and friends since it followed so closely the passing of his faithful wife Dottie. (Our note in the May issue of Shipmate.)

Sympathizers paid their respects on 29 June at the Taylor Funeral Chapel and on 30 June Ted was committed to his final resting place in the Naval Academy Cemetery after a moving ceremony in St. Andrew's Chapel in the Naval Academy by Chaplain Stanfield. Chief mourners were his children, Priscilla Koczak, of Severna Park, Kathleen MacMillan of Georgia, and Dorothy Holmes of Annapolis, and their families, with Dottie's sisters of Annapolis. A large number of friends attended the Chapel ceremony and the interment at the Naval Academy Cemetery. The

Class of 1920 was represented by Eleanor Patterson (Pat was unable to attend), Marion Greer, Eleanor Bassett and Packy Swanson. The family expressed appreciation for the floral tribute presented by the Class of 1920.

(As a continuation of our note in the May issue of Shipmate.) On 27 May 1983, at the request of the wife of Ellsworth McEathron and at Mac's expressed desire to be interred in the Naval Academy Cemetery, a quiet but moving ceremony was held in the small chapel of Mitscher Hall at the Naval Academy. A simple interment followed at the Naval Academy Cemetery with a three volley salute and taps by a smart squad of Marines. The ceremonies were graciously conducted by Commander Larry H. Eller, Chaplain Corps, US Navy.

Chief mourners were Ellsworth's charming wife Merle, his daughter Janie DeBono from California, and his niece, Mary Caton from Boston. Attending in sympathy were Mrs. Paca and Mrs. Mauseau from Bethesda, Maryland. Representing the Class of 1920 were Marion Greer and Packy Swanson. Don Taylor ably escorted and guided the participants.

Memories Through the courtesy of our good friends, Minnie and Morris Smellow '23, who, by the way, have recently shifted quarters to a retirement home in Media, Pennsylvania, I have two pictures of our

Glen Aron with son and daughter

Glen Aron, October 1977

Classmate Glen Aron. One was taken some six years ago. The other more recent, is with his son and daughter. Aron, who started as a smart Marine, changed to civilian work early. But, as many of our Class have done, we get involved and succeed in the Armed Services or in civilian life.

Life style and interests change as we grow older.

We still can hold on to our associations as midshipmen and enjoy contact with each other when we can so manage.

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In a note from 'Beck' Eggers she mentions having visited in San Diego in May and was tremendously pleased to see Sabe (who had been shipmates with Frank, or Russ) and also the McKees, who had been on an Alumni Association cruise with the Eggers, Barbaros, and Dudleys in the Aegean Sea. And we close on a somewhat somber tone. We regret to learn that our Classmate Ed Willis Bamett has recently had a foot amputated in hospital at Birmingham, Alabama. Our thoughts and prayers are with him for a swift recovery.

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 Treas., Col. Sherwood B. Smith USA (Ret.) 5005 Garfield St., NW Washington DC 20016 Percent Members: 79 Living Grads: 119 September starts academic routine for the Class San Diego Area The San Diego Chapter of the Class of 1921 held of 1987. We wish them well. It's also the start of a Co-Ed BRUNCH at the Naval Amphibious collegiate football and some of us hope to attend Base, Coronado, on 26 June. It was well attended the U.Va. game in Charlottesville the 10th.

The Washington-Annapolis group had a happy and very enjoyable, with many reminiscences and with news of friends in other areas. Those presluncheon May 24 at the Bethesda Officers' Club.

The 25 attending welcomed our president, Dolly ent were: Fay Acuff, Lucy and Paul Abernethy, Marion Bushnell, Mary Brandt, Elsie and Nick Fitzgerald; also Fred Boone, Heber Brumbaugh and Nina, Dee deRivera, Jim Dudley, Homer Carter, Lucille and Abie Cook, Helen and T. O. Elmers and Louise, Conrad Follansbee and Mar- Cullins, Sydney Dodds, Marty and Hod Gorry, nie, Al Smith and Val, Sherwood Smith and Bert, Eleanor Gray, Virginia Hickey, Maxine Jones, IrJustine Abercrombie, Helen Belch, Gerry Fletcher, vine McGowan, Ruth and Bris McHugh, Elizabeth Doris Hamilton, Vera Houser, Lucille Kelley, Tiny and Logan McKee, Eleanor and Ivan Miller, Tim Kirk, Mary C. Leggett, Dorothy Russell, Margaret O'Brien, Sarah Percival, Jimmy Pollock, Mary Swigart, and Fay Willkie, visiting from the and Stogi Roberts, Sophie and Don Smith, Louis Schell, Peter and Bunny Wray.

Chicago area.

Ticket availability and bus arrangements for the Some Classmates may not remember Conrad Follansbee as he resigned in 1919. He had an Army-Navy football game in Pasadena were honorable career in the U. S. Army, being retired discussed.

Reasons for absences of the few members who as colonel. He has retained a special fondness for the Class of 1921 and says "the Academy had a did not attend were discussed. No very serious problems prevented attendance. profound influence upon my life."

Several of our prized raconteurs including Don The committee decided that in the future the Washington-Annapolis Group would try to assem- Smith, Sabe Sabin and Abie Cook contributed ble only twice annually — on the fourth Tuesday amusing stories. Stogie Roberts and Ivan Miller of April, and again of September. A report of this were present but relatively quiet for them at this action has been sent to Classmates by our annual meeting.

As usual, Don Smith had favors for everyone. letter for 1983.

We were saddened by the news of the death of This time he brought a collection of foreign coins, Cdr. Herbert A. Tellman in Coronado, Califor- from various countries and with various dates, some very old. nia, last May 28. (See "Last Call".)

Some other news is that Anna Switzer is a We have received a note of appreciation from Mary Jo Ingersoll Jennings, writing on behalf of welcome visitor in our area but was not available her brother, Stuart, and sister Sally, for our for our party. memorial gift honoring their father, VAdm. Stuart H. Ingersoll.

The Alumni Association has received with appreciation to 'Beck,' her generous gift in memory of her husband, our Classmate, Frank Russell Pres., RAdm. Frank Akers USN (Ret.) Eggers.

Sec'y, Capt. D. H. Johnston USN (Ret.) The San Francisco group enjoyed a luncheon 3928 N. 36th St., Ariington VA 22207 hosted by the Woodsons and R. K. Davis at the Corr. Secy, RAdm. J. L. Pratt USN (Ret.) Presidio Officers' Club last May 15. Classmates 4000 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington DC 20016 attending were: 'Doc' Cooke, 'Doc' Harris and Percent Members: 76 Living Grads: 147 Irene, Jimmy Harris and daughter Mary Anne with spouse, Paul Howard and Mary and son William with spouse. Lew Johns and Bunty, Kirby KirbySmith and Mildred, and Betty Lewis. Widows of Classmates there were: Fran Ames, Dode Miller, Irma Nyquist, Tram Roland, and Anna Thayer.

Friends from the Class of 1920 were Marvin (Red) Grove, and Marian, and Edgar (Kranz) Kranzfelder and Barbara. Charlie's children attending were: Bill and Pat Woodson, Ruth and Richard Matheson, and Philip and Andrea Woodson; and stepdaughter, Virginia and Michael Creagh.

The San Francisco group omitted a meeting in May and was planning one for July 21 at which they hoped to include Grace Fowler Simpson Smith among the attendees. Grace and Rodger were married soon after he graduated. He lost his life in an auto accident in Spain in 1964, and Grace Hopalong Carl Wierum later married Frank Smith. Frank has now died We've had the privilege of reading an interesting and Grace lives in Monterey, California, at 200 autobiography, Carl Wierum's, written for his

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children. Carl began traveling the world as a youngster. His father, a metallurgist and mining consultant, took the family abroad to fabulous places in those days — Australia, Tasmania, Europe, Egypt; and at home to Vermont, Colorado, and Florida. Witness him as a sophisticated equestrian in Egypt, completely at ease in the saddle, and sporting a fez, as he inspects the pyramids at age 10.

His father had himself wanted to go to the Naval Academy and planted the seed in his son. So, Carl went to night school in Tasmania to study for Academy entrance exams. But, with the advent of World War I he enlisted and, after boot camp, found himself on the battleship MICHIGAN operating in the Atlantic.

An incredible thing happened during a violent storm. MICHIGAN'S fore cage mast toppled over.

Remembering midshipman cruises on those old battlewagons, those huge cage masts seemed towers of strength, even akin in our memory to the Eiffel Tower, the Washington Monument and other such substantial structures. Anyway — it happened!

Carl had been promoted to Seaman 1st Class and on up to Petty Officer 1st Class on board MICHIGAN when a senatorial appointment came along and he became a Midshipman 4th Class in June 1918.

The Academy pattern is well-known history except for one very important event: Midn. Wierum during youngster year met at a hop a charming young lady, Frances Churchill Woods, who four years later became his life partner.

Carl made a fine reputation in the destroyer Navy, winning high scores in gunnery practices and was going strong until the medicos felt it necessary to abstract one kidney. The other successfully took over, but nonetheless it meant retirement in 1928.

Returning to civilian life, he joined the Union Gas Company of Brooklyn and became their industrial sales manager.

1941 brought a recall to active duty as gunnery officer of the troop transport USS BUTNER; carrying thousands of troops and hundreds of Red Cross girls to Casablanca, the Bombay-Burma area and other theatres of war.

With the war over — back to Union Gas for some ten years and then complete retirement.

Frances and Carl then traveled their favorite parts of the world before building a charming home in the countryside of Eastern Shore Maryland near the town of Trappe where they now live.

That, as you've gathered, is a very short synopsis of a fine story — a never ending story — as the full text passes to their seven grandchildren and their grandchildren's children.

LCdr. R. P. Youngjohns, USN (Ret.) '53, president of the Louisville Chapter USNA Alumni Association, has written that Al Rudd died on Sunday, May fifteenth, at the Highlands Baptist Hospital. "He was the oldest active member of the Alumni Chapter and was dearly loved by all of us, always with a ready smile and a cheery hello to one and all . . . He will be sorely missed." A memorial service was held on Tuesday, May 17th, at the Second Presbyterian Church.

Bob Smith passed away in Atlanta on June 8th.

He hadn't been well for some time. We haven't received additional information as yet but will report, when it comes, in the "Last Call."

A phone call, as we go to press, brings the news of Vince Gallagher's death. Vince had only recently been forced to forgo his daily swim which had kept him in excellent shape. His obituary will be found in the "Last Call."

Bob Morse made one of his occasional trips back to the mainland last May. He went to Pen51

Sacola for the "Big Do" at the Naval Aviation Museum to share in honoring and adding to the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor the names of six men: General Geiger, the fifth Marine designated a naval aviator; an amphibious warfare leader in WWII. Glenn L. Martin, pioneer civihan aviator and producer of a long line of fine naval aircraft.

Adm. Marc Mitscher, outstanding combat leader in Carriers in WWII. Adm. A. W. Radford, first naval officer to serve as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and director of the expanded naval air training at start of World War II. VAdm. C. E. Rosendahl, leader and proponent of lighter than air (LTA) developments and operations in the Navy. (A ribbon across the entrance to the new lighter than air exhibit in the museum was cut by Mrs. Helen Bradley, wife of Miles Bradley '24, the senior LTA pilot present.) Cdr. E. F. Stone, first Coast Guard aviator and one of the pilots of an NC-4 flying boat during the Atlantic crossing in 1919.

The reception afterward featured a new pilot film Wings of Gold covering the early days of naval avaiation up to the entry into the jet age.

President Gerald Ford, a carrier officer in WWII, made the introductory remarks in the film, and Ed McMahon, TV announcer and a former Marine pilot, provided the narrative voice for the historical scenes.

The ceremony was highlighted with a speech by VAdm. Dutch Schoultz, DCNO for Air Warfare and current holder of the Grey Eagle, the active duty naval aviator with the earliest designation date.

The first men inducted into the Hall of Honor in 1981 were: Vice Adm. Bellenger; Warrant Machinist Floyd Bennett; Rear Adm. Byrd; Lt. Cmdr. Chevalier; Lt. Col. Cunningham USMC; Glen Curtiss; Commander Ellyson; Eugene Ely, civilian pilot; Rear Adm. Moffett; Rear Admiral Read; Captain H. C. Richardson; and Admiral Towers.

The museum which opened in 1975 is visited by almost a quarter million persons a year.

Many thanks to Bob Morse for the foregoing report (details from a news release of the Pensacola Journal). He had a fine tour renewing old friendships in Pensacola, Palm Beach, Key West, Orlando, and New Orleans before returning to Toni (and the golf course) in Honolulu.

A letter from Ralph Earle, together with his copy of The Fleet the Gods Forgot by W. G. Winslow, an officer in HOUSTON, published by the Naval Institute. It was read with deep interest and memories of those early war months in the Asiatic Fleet (USS Cnaos) as we "retired" from Manila via Cebu, Celebese, Borneo, Java, and N. W. Australia through waters under the active "supervision" of Japanese aircraft and their far superior fleet.

But back to 1983: Ralph and Audrey, perennial explorers, returned in May from a flying trip to and around Indonesia and Hong Kong. Ralph reports the hostesses beautiful, the food excellent, and ladies' styles in Bali changed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; blouses now.

We ran across an old clipping from a church bulletin: "This afternoon there will be a meeting in the south and north ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends."

And with that ending we come to a close.

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23 President and East Coast Reporter Adm. Arleigh A. Burke USN (Ret.) 8624 Fenway Dr., Bethesda MD 20817 Sec'y, RAdm. Elliott Strauss USN (Ret.) 2945 Garfield Terr., Washington DC 20008 West Coast Reporter Capt. H. H. Connelley USN (Ret.) 544 Silvergate Avenue, San Diego CA 92106 Percent Members: 91 Living Grads: 127 Patuxent River Naval Station celebrated 40 years of the "right stuff" in May. It wouldn't have happened unless Bill Rassieur had started the place in 1943. They wouldn't have had the celebration unless 'Ras' could have come back to make an inspiring speech either. It is probable that the present Commanding Officer, Capt. Robert I. Heisner '57 has only one regret, for everything went

Bill Rassieur and Capt. Heisner wield a mean sword

perfectly as it always has in Pax. In a photo showing 'Ras' and Capt. Heisner cutting the birthday cake, 'Ras' looks to be the younger of the two.

The Tester, the station paper, swears the photo was not touched up. How can 'Ras' be so young and all of his Classmates be so old?

It is with deep regret that we heard from the Alumni Association of the death of Lawrence D. Bain at his home in Leland, Mich., on 4 June.

Lawrence resigned before graduation and we had lost touch with him. We are grateful to Shipmate for informing us. Our heartfeU sympathy goes to Lena, his wife. And our deepest sympathy as well to Beulah, wife of James R. Bell, who died on 16 June in Riverside, Cahfornia. Please see "Last Call."

The Alumni Association again very kindly notified us that Robert L. Hicks had died on 30 April 1983 in Tequesta, Florida. Bob had been president of Lamson Corp. from 1952 to 1964. His wife Amy died in December so that memorial services for both of them were held on 24 May in St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Cazenovia, New York. They were survived by Robert L. Jr. of Cazenovia, a daughter, Mrs. Richard W. Proctor, of Cazenovia and two grandchildren. There were no further details.

Hank Dusinberre noted that in the singing of "Eternal Father" during the memorial service at our 60th reunion there were many faint voices singing along with us that we have not heard for a long time.

A welcome letter came from Hoogie and Wells Field who had to miss the 60th due to family commitments. They report their grandson is now a 2nd classman, and so the Duncan and Field Navy antecedents happily are proceeding.

All of us remember vividly those Midshipmen summer practice cruises we made as crew members in coal burning battleships of the Atlantic Fleet.

Our youngster cruise didn't take us too far afield, except we shovelled coal all the way to Hawaii and back, and that was far enough. But on second class cruise we really began to see the world from Christiana to Gibraltar. Since assignments to ships were made alphabetically and not by companies, we were getting to know each other and by the time first class cruise to the Caribbean and to Halifax came around we had formed the solid friendships that have lasted all of our lives. 7 June 1923 was the last day our Class was all together for on that day we scattered to the seven seas to our new assignments as Ensigns, USN, most of us starting our makee-learn first officer assignment in battleships.

Over the next 60 years the members of our most fortunate Class had a lot of exciting and unusual experiences and tales were generated that rivalled those of Joe Fife, although none of them were as ribald and licentious as the experiences of Pug Henry. We all remember parts of thrilling, imposing, stimulating stories of what our Classmates did.

So when Chaplain Ellis, who conducted our memorial service, wanted the background of the Class, it would seem duck soup to give him enough complete rehable stories for his purpose. Only nobody was exactly certain of what who had done when, let alone why the whole story came about.

Of course none of the younger classes ever pay a bit of attention to the advice that comes from old-timers, particularly if any work is involved in carrying it out, and there always is a lot of work to most everything worthwhile. So it wouldn't do a bit of good to advise them to have some Classmate become the historian of his Class and put all versions of all the stories in one file when they are first heard and maybe get some of them verified and all of them elaborated on. Maybe there is something in what we have all heard since we started climbing the rigging. Our wives, supported by their women friends, have always insisted that women were smarter than men, and on the off-chance there may be some truth to that myth, maybe one of the high numbered classes will persuade one of their women Classmates to keep a record of all the interesting stories ever told about members of her Class.

When it came to getting information for Chaplain Ellis, we were up the creek until we remembered that Jo Johannesen always had the dope. Sure enough, Jo had saved clippings and had analyzed data every once in a while and he came across with such material. The Padre used the material as background and if it had not been for Jo, he would have been mighty short. It would be too bad to let some of that dope go down the drain, so some of Jo's data will appear in this column every now and then, as this does this time.

The Class of 1923 started to become an entity in June 1919, only 7 months after the end of WWI. A lot of our Classmates had served as enlisted men during the war, and one of them even served in the Army in France. You will have to ask Jo who he was.

720 of us enrolled during plebe summer; 667 were new appointees and 53 were either turnbacks or had been readmitted. 37 of us resigned or were dismissed by the end of October. At the end of plebe year 564 of us were left. There were many resignations and drop-outs, for we had come in Shipmate, September 1983

so shortly after the war that the Class had been bigger than the Navy needed. The authorities were on the lookout to persuade all those without high motivation to resign. They wanted a right small retention rate, and if anybody thought they might not like the Navy, that was fine with the Navy and out they went with no delay. Aptitude was something we learned about real fast.

During second class year we were told that probably only half of our Class who managed to graduate would be commissioned, so belay any order for uniforms until that little question was settled. That caused one midshipman I know about to put on all the turns he could, for he was too close to the cut-off point at the end of his youngster year. Studying and class standing became a serious proposition. As it turned out all of us who graduated, 412, were commissioned except six. Five were physically disqualified and our Classmate who was a Filipino was commissioned in the Constabular>'.

Upon graduation, 381 were commissioned as Ensigns USN and 25 Second Lieutenants USMC. Most of the Ensigns went to battleships but a few went to smaller ships and 10 went to the Asiatic Fleet. Sbc of those 10 reported to HURON, the Fleet Flag, in Korean waters just three days before the famous Japanese earthquake that destroyed Toyko and Yokohoma on 1 September 1923. Murr Arnold was one of those young squirts. He wrote a letter saying, "Three of us young ensigns, myself included, were sent ashore each day with a tenman working party for each to dig up, identify and cremate dead Americans in the remnants of the U.S. Navy small two-story hospital which fell into the basement, killing some 20 to 25 American Navy personnel. We also dug up the consulate in Yokohoma and the National City Bank building.

This, my first duty as a naval officer, was the dirtiest, most disagreeable in my 44 years of active duty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; horrible odors were involved in digging up bodies in the hot summer sun, and in trying to identify them and cremate them." Murr wrote quite a bit more.

From there Murr became one of our distinguished aviators, but every one of them has more than a few interesting stories about them. Too bad they have not all been compiled, but it is too late now.

This fellow Karl Hensel has several good characteristics, but he has a couple that make it a little tough for his Classmates. For one thing, he is always working and accomplishing things and that puts the rest of us in a bad light. But the worst one is that he is hepped on racing pigeons. Karl keeps persisting in remarks about over-statements and exaggerations in this column, and so I hesitate to share his last pigeon story. I guess Karl is about the only one who would believe that a racing pigeon with Karl's name and address stamped on his wing feathers and which was released in a race, would make a landing in the pigeon loft of an A. J. Hensel in New Jersey. This Hensel was no relation to Karl and Karl had never heard of him before. And Karl writes as if he expects people to believe that tall tale. He thinks a lot of pigeons, but you'd think he wouldn't go so far as to seemingly suggest that pigeons could read their own feathers and then out-do the postal service in finding a Hensel whose address he didn't know. That's more than enough of pigeons.

And an item that did not come from the Class Correspondent, but from the United Services Life Companies of Washington (DC). It indicates that Admirals Ephraim P. Holmes '30 and Arleigh A. Burke have recentiy been named directors emeritus of the companies' board. Each had served on the board for a decade, and they were honored at a Shipmate, September 1983

L. 10 r.; Adm. Burke, Leslie P. Schultz, president, and .^dm. E. P. Holmes '30 luncheon where president Leslie P. Schultz awarded resolutions to them, recognizing their service to sailors and their families, while in uniform, and as past retired members of the United States board of directors.

And a late change of address for Capt. and Mrs. Frederick A. Edwards Sr.: The Point, President St., Annapolis MD 21403 for residence, mail to PO Box 3343, Annapolis MD 21403.

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 In mid-May some 300 of the Navy's LTA Alumni gathered at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola for a three-day Seminar. The occasion was the opening of the LTA Wing. The Museum's objective is to research and cover all phases of naval aviation, and it is doing an outstanding job of gathering aircraft of the past, displaying memorabilia such as photographs, paintings, cutaways, portraits of Hall of Fame Members, lists of Navy and Marine Corps heroes and the hke.

Mike Bradley's wife Helen did the honors by cutting the ribbon opening the LTA exhibit for public inspection. There was a glint of nostalgia in Mike's eyes, for he had served back in the '20s on board the German-built airship Los ANGELES. At WW II's end he held down the LTA desk in BtiAer. Mary Louise and Min Miller, hybrid HTALTA, also attended and he reports that the Air Station is the biggest and most beautiful Navy complex he has ever seen. It was rumored that Ev Burroughs was to be present but a three-day effort by the Bradley-Miller Search Team failed to locate him. However, they did have a delightful visit with Dot Harris aUhough disappointment came upon learning that Hathaway Goldthwaite has shifted her activities to her old home, Montgomery.

Old-timers would not know Pensacola except that the Dainty Delly on Palafox is still able to shuck oysters as fast as you can consume them.

(Secy's note: Separately, Min reports he couldn 't find the place where six of the California-aircandidates lived with one of the pioneering families. Like Dyna Short couldn't find the wooden drug store building in Lost Gap, Mississippi, with wooden railing from which he sat and hung his bare feet while waiting for it to open.

Time does bring changes.') Mike tells us Min Miller "stole the show" with his lively discourse on his experiences as a "hook-on" pilot aboard AKRON and MACON. The other event of the occasion was the opening to the public of the Coast Guard Avia-

tion Wing which was done in style. Mrs. Elmer E. Stone, widow of Lt. Stone, who was pilot of the NC-4 in 1919 when it was the first aircraft to fly the Atlantic, was more than thrilled as the Commandant of the Coast Guard cut the ribbon opening that exhibit to the public that knows far too little of that superb service.

Did you ever fly a Convair (circa 1950) with a blond co-pilot and, best of all, a delightfully beautiful hostess, the daughter of a Navy commander? She grew up as a Navy Brat. Mary Louise and Min Miller had this experience flying Republic from Mobile to Kansas City.

Red Ruhsenberger furnishes the sixth annual report of the Three Century Club and reports no members were lost during the year completed June 1983. As pioneered, there were 38 members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all born in 1899 or 1900 and all graduates of USNA 1924. For information of all in the Class, here is a list of those who would answer "Present" presented in the order listed in the Register. J. R. Ruhsenberger, D. A. Cameron, W. N. Gamet, H. E. Richter, G. .C. Montgomery, L. H. Thomas, C. M. Evans, C. E. Carroll, A. H. Oswald, P. W. Siegrist, Max Schreiner, A. G. BHesener, W. A. Evans, C. E. McDonald, H. W. Goodall, L. P. Frank, H. W. Hall, J. C. Daniel, R. D. McAfee, J . J . Woodward, J. R. Caples and N. W. Abrahams.

Reed (Alphabet) Adams presented the Class of 1924 Award this year at the Naval Academy. The winner was determined to be Midn. 1/C Michael Robert Mundt, an ocean engineering major who held the highest average of grades for all courses in engineering, oceanography and acoustics. He opted for nuclear submarines. Presentation was made on 24 May at the USNA Field House.

Michael is son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Mundt, 170 Fancher Avenue, Kenmore, NY 14223.

Our sage of Alpine, Texas, FelU Howland, writes: "Like so many of the older folks in Alpine I have difficulty in taking care of my own affairs.

Naturally, 1 spend my time worrying about the town and my neighbors. I help out at the Museum and at the Junior High. Other people's business is so much easier to straighten out than my own affairs. You can easily see that life can be a lot more exciting if you don't know what it is all about."

Present at the '24 gathering 19 May at N. A. S. North Island were: Bill Bailey, Kay and Ewie Burroughs, Easley Cameron, Verna and Blackie Carroll, Swede Ekstrom, Isabel (Izzie Bedford) and Gil Hardie, Helen and Collins Landstreet, Fern and Eric Lankenau, Adeline Magly, Nell Opie, Hunter Robinson, Evelyn and Dutch Shultz, (hostess and host), Helen (Callaway) Townsend, and Betty Young. For the group it was a particular pleasure to have Ed Woodyard (out from Connecticut) and his son Stuart from Las Vegas. (Woody wrote the columnist he was the only basket case present, all more healthy than he. Did not say these thoughts were after the second or third martini.)

Betty Ekstrom was in Northwest to see a new granddaughter in Washington and another in Oregon. Leila Dunn in Texas for graduation of a granddaughter. New address for Lucy (Mrs.) Frank E. Deam, Hacienda Convalescent Hospital, 300 Douglas, Petaluma CA 94952.

Before Helen and Hans Baldwin, in May, left for Paris and London, Ethel, Ed Woodyard's girl friend, and Ed hosted them at Mory's Yale hangout, in New Haven. Hans' observations in England and London: Southern England is soggy due to heavy rains; little forage for animals; cows mucking about in a sea of mud; hay hard to get.

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quale honors have at last been done to Winston Churchill; a memorial stone just inside the front door of Westminster Abbey near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; another one in St. Paul's where his bier rested during his state funeral and a statue (in typical out-thrust jaw pose) in Parliament Square. A sad and sour note; took boat trips up and down the Thames from Kew to Greenwich — docks rotting and abandoned, or replaced with pubs, apartments, what-not; only two small ocean going vessels in the whole reach. Boat Skipper said, when asked about the absence of shipping: "Port o' London has had it, myte . . . " (Hans has not been to London in ten years.) Early June, Hans checked up on his roommate of Academy days who lives at Gibson Island on the very shores of Chesapeake Bay — there the ground was so saturated with water the groundwater level was about equal to his driveway. But nothing phases Joe — on or off the tennis court — and he had tons of sand dumped, apparently with good effect, and went his way.

Having been in so many different categories both in and out of the Navy, it is little wonder that George Robillard often was uncertain whether he was fish or fowl. As an enlisted man, he was USN. Between ensign and captain in USN he was a civilian and a lieutenant commander, commander and captain USNR. Incidentally, the lieutenant commander who enlisted him in 1919 is our Classmate "Foggles" Falge's older brother, John, who also swore in all the eight "Okies" from the BB OKLAHOMA who came out of the first Prep School at Newport.

George resigned in 1926. Returning to the Metropolitan area, he became an engineer with Brooklyn Union Gas Company. Being in the vicinity of St. John's University of Law he earned his LLB in 1930. It was his good fortune to land his first legal job with an outstanding firm which specialized in patents, trade marks, and copyrights, thus laying a course for his future career. The formation of Lindney and Robillard in Hartford followed and it too became an outstanding firm in the field of patent law. Pearl Harbor found George once more in uniform as an unrestricted line officer with the rank of lieutenant commander USNR, assigned to Buships. But promotion required sea duty. George applied but was thwarted by being made EDO. His disappointment was eased somewhat when the Bureau Chief, Admiral Cochrane, handed him a spot promotion to commander, USNR. With Buships becoming more involved in patents, George's desk also became more intimately connected with his known civilian background. When the Office of Naval Research was established by statute, all patent matters were transferred to it. Admiral Lee (EDO), then on duty in Buships, was made ONR's first Chief. He asked George to move over with him and George became Asst. Chief of ONR and Patent Counsel for the Navy. Subsequently, a new BuShips inquired why an EDO was filling a legal billet. After the usual exhange of repetitive letters and the passage of many months, the matter was resolved by designating George to legal specialty (now JAG).

Following a short period as Patent Counsel for Sec. Def. he became Patent Counsel to the U.S. Ambassador to NATO in Paris. Upon his return he changed from patent law to criminal law as chairman of the Board of Review in the JAG's Office. A year later his successor at ONR was reassigned whereupon George took over until his retirement and he then resumed private practice in DC. At the request of a French business association he gave several seminars on U.S. patent law to opposite members both in France and DC. This resulted in a Chevalier de L'Aide de L 'Economic

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Nationale to George. By now a master of the French Language, it is odd that his Lucky Bag write-up should ask, "Who can be comfortable with a 2.5001 in Dago?"

Historians say, in a gentle quiet way the last words of Stonewall Jackson, the Christian Warrior, were: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." And thus did these widows of Classmates: Grace Hoffman, April '83; Mildred Barnes, 18 April; Alice Irish, 14 May at the home of her daughter in Texas; Isabella (Icie) Austin, 20 May in the Washington area, burial in Annapolis. Dot Harris still resides in the Pensacola area, but Hathaway Goldthwaite has moved to her former home in Montgomery, Alabama.

Mid-May the Ruhsenbergers returned from a visit to St. Croix, Barbados, Martinique, Antigua and St. Thomas. Red writes home prices are higher in these islands than in the U. .S. A. and his choice of the islands is St. Thomas. Red further reports the ladies in the Islands do not leave, in dress, much to the imagination.

After a number of years residence in Central America, principally Costa Rica, Joe Darlington has returned "home" to live. Address is: East 124th Avenue, Apt. 909A, Tampa, FL 33612, and Joe has a strong interest in the 60th Reunion.

with son-in-law Tom Stanley; Kathleen and Bevo Bond with daughter Judith; Doris and Cam Briggs with daughter Bette; Marion and Phil Creasor; Helen and Haralson Smith; Vic Long with daughter Eleanor; Marge Pefley; Eleanor Snedecker; Mary MacKinnon; Jeane Clark; Bob Clark; and George Purmont.

They would say in Brooklyn, "The woym has toyned," but we are speaking about Chicago this time. Normally Charlie Silsbee writes in about Dave Goldenson, but this time it has been reversed and Dave sends in a report that Charlie had surgery some weeks ago and is concurrently receiving treatment, but his recovery and his response to the treatment have been excellent. Dave also enclosed some pictures of Frank Keshner and himself taken in Bremerton in the Summer of 1925 when they were in ARIZONA. Several young officers including

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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 Twenty-fivers did not exactly flock to June Week West, held at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego on 25-26 June, but a good turnout was reported to have been on hand for the class party on 24 June at the Globe and Anchor Room in the Amphib Base Club. Cam Briggs, who was class rep for JWW and the organizer of the class gathering, rushed us a quick write-up to enable us to make the deadline for this issue. We are very grateful for that prompt treatment. Seems that only two couples from the Class were present at the dinner-dance on Saturday, these being Marion and Phil Creasor and Doris and Cam. The latter states that it may have been the 5000-meter run, or the tennis tournament, or even the golf match, or maybe the ultra-strict driving laws that kept the old folks away, but our four were acclaimed as the senior people present and they shared a table for eight with '26 and '27, so at least we outnumbered them.

The class party was a different tale, as 29 persons made themselves available for a good rollicking time, starting with cocktails to the tunes of the '20s and '30s, then dinner, followed by Bevo Bond acting as Skitch Henderson, leading the group in bellowing out such old shanties as "What Are You Going to Do with a Drunken Sailor" and "BellBottom Trousers," followed by such songs of our earlier days as "Yessir, That's My Baby" and "Ain't She Sweet." Bevo not only led the crowd but passed out sheets of words to aid fading memories, and Cam had gotten Cliff Cooper '27 to record the music for the entire evening as there were no piano players present. A vote of thanks to our good friend. Cliff.

Anyway, it was a great time and those taking part were Dorothy and Hunter Wood with daughters Debbie, Dudley and Dorothy Jane, sonin-law, Charlie Peckham, and granddaughter Renee and Diana; Cece Gill and daughter Dodo

Big shots at the rifle range our subjects were ordered to the rifle range at Ft. Lawton to teach the bluejackets how to use firearms, and apparently took turns as "officerof-the-day." At least the sign gave them private billing, making them big shots for ensigns. According to Dave's memory these young men had been assigned this job in retribution for minor acts of indiscretion at an officers' club dance.

The Alumni Association has received a reply to an inquiry for more info on our Classmate Walter Hartridge Strong, on whom we reported in the July-August issue. His brother, BGen. Paschal N. Strong USMA '22, writes that Walter passed away in Savannah on 2 July 1971, that he was a very successful building contractor of many of the schools and public buildings in that city, and was, in addition, a boating enthusiast, doing extensive cruising up and down the Atlantic seaboard. So we have solved the mystery of one more missing Shipmate, September 1983

1925 grad, but we still have a few, which include W. A. Eaton, R. P. Kimsey, L. W. Roberts, W. A. Page, J. S. Day andJ. B. O'Hara. Any info on these persons would be greatly appreciated by us and by the Alumni .Association.

Red Eye Coleman who with Kitty is up to his ears in moving from Connecticut to Florida and selling his northern home, had a note from Harr> Heneberger who says that he had a heart attack in late March, but his doctor says that he is progressing nicely now. He said otherwise he had no Newport news, only that he and "Pete" send best wishes to all. Red Eye, in his forwarding letter, adds that he has great piles of mementoes, much of which he may have to pitch out, but that he will save some and fo^^•ard to us some of the more significant items for possible inclusion in Shipmate notes or to pass on to the Alumni Association or the N. A. Museum.

While we are talking about Newport (Rl) as our locale, the Naval War College has published a book called On His Majesty's Service, which is a compilation of Gus Welling's official notes, diary entries and letters to Dolly when he was assistant naval attache in London from September 1940 until June 1941. The book, which is paper-bound, is No. 5 of the College's Historical Monograph Series and can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. G. P. O., Washington DC 20402, and, we would guess, from the War College too, for $5.50. And it is well worth it as it is ver>' well presented and edited, with a goodly share of personal references, excellent footnotes, and is very readable. It includes also many experiences in working with British officers and with other American observers in England, and life aboard British ships in which he served on convoys and otherwise, and in detail, his assignment to HMS RODNEY at the time BISMARCK was sunk.

This latter experience was written up by Gus for a Shipmate article a few years ago. We consider that this book should be high on the list of those who are interested in British-American naval liaison during the days before our official entry into WWII, and those who like naval history too. We congratulate you, Gus, for a fine piece of work.

Louise and Butch Parker traveled from Florida by automobile to Louise's fiftieth reunion at Wellesley College in June, passing through Annapolis for a few days where they stayed with Wes and Ralph Johnson '31. The latter threw a small K-T party for them with Classmates and old friends present. It was great to see them. Louise wrote a nice "thank-you" note in which she said that they had a fine time at the reunion. They returned to Florida via Michigan.

We just caimot keep Beulah and George O'Keefe at home, or once they are away, lure them back. Their trips in their mobile home often start out to be limited, but usually wind up as being quite extensive. And so it was with their Spring one this year. After about ten days with George's sister in Largo, Florida, George called the Swinbumes in nearby Clearwater and spoke to Gladys who said that Ed was holding his own. The O'Keefes then worked their way across the Florida peninsula, visiting friends and later spending a week in the Cape Canaveral area, having several very pleasant days with Anna and Paul Crosley at their home on Merritt Island. Paul and George drove to Indialantic for a visit with the Red Days.

Red had had a hip operation, but seems to be his same cheery self. In Charleston (SC) our travelers visited Mary and John Florance, who now live at #1 King Street in a beautiful condo apartment.

George says John is the same as ever and Mary as lovely as she was in the old China Station days.

Shipmate, September 1983

The Northwest visits the Southeast

From the Northwest corner, Ginny and Charlie Weeks write about their trip to the Southeast corner. While there in West Palm Beach on 22 March, the picture we show was taken. In it, 1. to r., are Louise Parker, Charlie Weeks, Elsie Gibbs, Butch Parker, Virginia Weeks, and CharHe's sister Phoebe. Missing is Bob Gibbs, who took the picture. The Weekses found one-night stopovers a bit exhausting, so on their return to Coupeville, Washington, they decided that boating was better and put their money in a 1983 Owens, 30-foot power cruiser which they named WHY KNOT. Charlie says owning a boat in Puget Sound, as it is in other great waterways, is a real pleasure, especially when it is pursued with active participation as they do in their Oak Harbor Yacht Club and the Deception Pass Power Squadron.

Dr. Samuel Johnson had his Boswell and Frank Timberlake has Benny Wright, who keeps feeding us with biographical info on Frank, the latest being a clipping from the Clark County (VA) Courier discussing the Timberlakes' recent visit to their home town of Berryville in April and May. Apparently Wink Clark '22 was on board too jmd the visitors and the good people of Berryville had a hot time in the old town every day and night.

Frank stayed over for his 60th reunion at VMI, where he was an inmate for two years before entering USNA in 1921. As for himself, Benny says he gets out on the Coronado links with other noted golfers such as Bevo Bond, and Swede Larson, and has been in touch with Cam Briggs and Vic Long.

A nice note from Doda Taylor with an enclosed clipping from Signal Bridge, the Naval Station San Diego newspaper, tells us of the dedication of the Taylor-Leaver Family Service Center named in honor of Capt. Edmund B. Taylor Jr. USN and Cdr. John M. Leaver, who died in a helicopter crash in the combat zone in the Gulf of Tonkin on 8 May 1972. The dedication took place on 11 May of this year. Capt. Taylor, Class of 1953 USNA, was, of course, the son of Doda and our Whitey Taylor. The ceremony was very impressive and was crowned by the unveiHng of a plaque by Joan Pefley Taylor, Capt. Taylor's wife and daughter of our late Classmate, Al Pefley, and his wife Margery. The younger Taylors' son, Stephen David Taylor, lieutenant (SC) USN, Class of 1976, was present also. The Family Service Center is the second facility at the Naval Station to be named for victims of that helicopter crash, the flrst being the Admiral Robinson Recreation Center named for RAdm. Rembrandt C. Robinson USN, for whom Capt Taylor was chief of staff and Cdr. Leaver a staff member. Hunter Wood was present at the unveiling and filled us in on certain details.

Bevo Bond was there too. We are very proud to have the facility named after the distinguished son of our distinguished Classmate.

We now have an excellent copy of the great Beaumont painting of Ran MacKinnon's wartime command, USS FANNING, sent to us by Mary for framing and presentation to the Twenty-Fifth

Company wardroom. The picture is currently at the framer's and the ceremony of presentation will take place shortly after academic year opens, probably about the time you read this note. We shall have more on this later.

A grad in our Class about whom we knew little was Searcy J. ("Tiddledy") Lowrey, but we have now learned from his cousin, B. G. Lowrey in '26, that Searcy passed away about 20 May in Conway, Arkansas. We are extremely sorry to hear this bad news and send to his widow Clara, who lives in Enola (AR) — as per Golden Quiver — and to his daughters our deepest sympathy. As a midshipman, Searcy was a star teimis player. At graduation he resigned voluntarily. Sometime later he accepted a commission in the Coast Guard in which he served for 30 years, reaching the grade of captain before retiring. During WWII he had command of an AKA. That is all we know.

Just a bit more bad news. Sally, Henry Crommelin's widow, died in Montgomery, Alabama, on 3 June. She, as Sally Huntress, first married Cy Clendening '27 who was lost in the dirigible AKRON in April 1933. Later she and Henry were married and upon Henry's retirement settled in Henry's hometown, Montgomery. After Henry died in 1971 she made Montgomery her headquarters from which she got around a bit, being seen on Alumni cruises, etc. To her descendents we offer profound condolences.

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 In the July-August Shipmate you read of Hugh Webster's happy 80th birthday. Now it is a sad duty to report that Hugh is no longer with us, having died on 8 June 1983 of pneumonia and congestive heart failure. The CS had a phone call from his son, Como. Hugh Webster, telling of his death, and several Classmates have written from the San Francisco area giving various and differing details.

It appears that Hugh had sustained a hip fracture in his garden, had been hospitalized, then transferred to a nursing home, where he died. At the Memorial service in Los Altos on June 12th, Alfred Tennyson's famous "Crossing of the Bar" seemed so appropriate for all of us who remain that I quote it here for those of us who may have forgotten it: "Sunset and Evening Star, and one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea. For though from out our bourne of Time and Place, the Flood may bear me far, 1 hope to see my Pilot face to face when 1 have crossed the bar. " Hugh's ashes were laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery on 27 June. To Betty and their three sons the Class ex-

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tends deepest sympathy and our assurance that we share their great loss. Betty will remain at their home at 11261 Maddalena Ave., Los Altos Hills CA 94022, for the foreseeable future.

The CS has also been notified by the Alumni Association that RAdm. John F. Gallaher USN (Ret.) died in Winter Park, Florida, on 17 June.

The CS has no details but extends the sympathies of the Class to Jean, who lives at 772 Granville Drive, Winter Park FL 32789.

Our Helen M. Salzman writes from P.O. Box 3366, Enfield CT 06082, that she has just completed something which she started 52 years ago; interrupted when "Salty" plucked her from Bryn Mawr, married her in the Naval Academy Chapel and took her to Haiti as a bride. She went to Trinity College, urged on by her son-in-law. Professor Anthony Macro of the Classics Department at Trinity, and received her A.B. degree in psychology in May. She was delighted to discover that her brain had been adequate for the not-too-easy courses, giving her the equivalent of a shot of youth-serum, as she put it. She recommends with unlimited enthusiasm a similiar course of action to any contemporaries with free time. More power to you, Helen, and may that psychology pay off in dividends to your three children and nine grandchildren!

Kenny Craig writes from Maggie Valley (NC) that he hasn't been able to concentrate on his golf game yet; too many distractions, but was about to get on the practice tee and "make a comeback."

He wrote that his son-in-law, RAdm. "Chuck" Larson, was about to get new orders from his assignment in Naples, Italy, which he couldn't talk about yet. Since then it has been announced that he is to be the new Superintendent of the Naval Academy; a magnificent choice, in the CS's humble opinion. In my last year as "Supe", Charles R. Larson was THE outstanding member of his Class; star man. Class President, athlete and sixstriper, to mention a few of his midshipman laurels. In addition, he had a great sense of humor and an understanding of people; both very necessary in his new assignment.

Don Alexander, who with Harry Johnston keeps me informed of events in the San Francisco Bay area, reports that Helen and Paul Watson have left California for Washington, where they will take up residence in Carl Vinson Hall, Apt. 432, 6251 Old Dominion Drive, McLean VA 22101.

They had been active and enthusiastic supporters of Class activities in the Bay area and will be much missed there. However, it is Washington's gain!

Es Goldman writes from P.O. Box 416, Mecca CA 92254, enclosing a newspaper picture of her, with Captain Nate Ware, after the dedication of the Navy bell in their "Chapel by the Sea," which Es was instrumental in getting on loan from the Navy in memory of RAdm. Robert B. Goldman.

Jessie Young is her nearest '26-er, in Desert Hot Springs.

ml - J Virginia Crissman and Phyllis Scrymgeour

Mary Beth and Joe Stefanac

Ed Snedeker and Knox Perrill

Ruth Reich, Virginia Perrill, Joe and Martha Callahan

Jimmie Leeper, Ambrose Crowley and Hallie Ward Leeper Rod Lovell, Ruth Reich and Ambrose Crowley

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receiving his Golden Veteran (50-year award) of the Order of DeMolay. He is a Past Master of Occidental Lodge and is well known in the San Francisco area, where a playground named for him honors his years of work in the City's Recreation and Park Department. Some will remember that Ray served in the Pacific as a Navy Commander, in charge of all entertainment for service men in the South Pacific, and incidentally, having been a roommate of Jack Kennedy when the latter was enroute to his PT boat command.

Eloene Griggs, noting the dearth of material in this column a couple of months ago, wrote of a vacation trip she took to Pakistan; Karachi, a day flight to Moenjodaro, an archaelogical site where artifacts from 4500 B.C. are being recovered; Lahore with its famous Shalimar Gardens and oldest university; Peshawar, just 30 miles from where the Russians are fighting the Afghanistani, and the gateway to the Khyber Pass, which was closed to foreigners. From there she went to Islanabad, the new capitol. She found the country poor but its people friendly, hospitable and very pro-American. Eloene also was at the World Bridge Olympiad, held in Biarritz, France, last October, where the U.S. Players won more than their share of honors, during an unprecented siege of rain for 14 of the 16 days, in one of the "so-called" best resorts on the continent.

PD Stroop reports that he missed the 26 May luncheon for the So-Cal group at the El Camino Country Club in Oceanside because of his trip abroad, but listed the following hosts for the August (Pottles and Campbells), September (Callahans), November (Al Boileau), January (Leepers), and March (Floyds), luncheons.

Don Alexander, however, reported an outstanding get-together on 26 May, hosted by Mary Beth and Joe Stefanac and Ed Snedeker, at which the following '26ers were present: Alexanders, Callahans, Campbells, Crissmans, Floyds, Leepers, Linaweavers, Perrills, Scrymgeours, Stefanacs, Ed Snedeker, Marusia Asserson and guest, Ed Woodward '24, Boileau and Laura Little, Ambrose Crowley (from New York), Max Leslie and friend, Lovell, Rodee, Stouts, and Ruth Reich.

Rod Lovell reminisced on the Amazon cruise which he and " P D " Stroop took; Marusia Asserson told a fascinating series of stories of her tour through mainland China; Herald Stout gave another side of the China coin about his and Zoe's trip to Taipei; and Sparky Scrymgeous recounted a mishap they had experienced while returning from Mazatlan.

Don added that Betty and Harry Pottle were greatly missed; they were in Annapolis for the wedding of their grandson. The accompanying snaps were taken by Mary Alexander at that luncheon.

This is being typed on 29 June to meet the deadline for the September Shipmate. The next column will be written in Capon Springs, West Virginia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; God willing!

The Smedbergs had to cancel out on their visit to Bald Peak Colony (New Hampshire) in early July; just too much happening to us in too short a time. We are hoping to visit Carmine and Al Mumma there, in September, after the Capon Springs rest period, then some time in Washington which will include the wedding of another granddaughter, Karen Ann Smedberg, daughter of Beverly and Ted Smedberg, on October first. And so the family proliferates. Our fourth greatgrandchild, Robert Stark Adams, III, was born on 27 June 1983, offspring of R. S. Adams, Jr. '73 and R.S. Adams, '47, grandson of Claudia Smedberg Adams.

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27 Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Carl L. Steiner USN (Ret.) 203 Riggs Ave., Severna Park MD 21146 301/647-1258 Percent Members: 89 Living Grads: 242 Your secretary wishes to correct two errors which were inadvertently made in the Report of the Annual Business Meeting held 12 May, 1983, in Annapolis, copies of which were distributed to officers and members of the Executive Committee and to area Shipmate contributors. In the vital statistics section, the late Grace Outerbridge and Marjorie Buttrey were listed under "widows" instead of "wives." I am happy to inform all hands that "Willie" and "Tooney" are very much alive and well.

Word has been received that two of our nongraduate Classmates have died. Louis J. Zinterhofer, M.D., passed away on 25 April 1983 in Midland, Texas. The Class extends its sympathy to his widow, Martha. William E. Mallett Jr., Cdr. USNR, passed away on 13 June 1983, in Jackson, Mississippi. The Class extends its sympathy to his widow, Willanna.

Phil Tankard joined the "Class Octogenerians" on 3 June 1983. He is still working (gentleman farmer), co-owner of Tankard Brothers Farms in Franktown, Virginia, and is still paying a social security tax.

Frank Virden writes from Pensacola, Florida, that they have become somewhat notorious with all the ads on Azalea Trace, where he resides, and people are beginning to ask them how much they are getting for each sale. Frank wishes it to be known that he is not a paid agent. Azalea Trace is a fine place with an indoor pool at 78° F year around and an excellent health care center.

Tom Neblett's new address is 520 W. Franklin Street, Box 159 Richmond VA 23220.

On May 20th, Emily Hunte, widow of our deceased Classmate "Mike" (Louis H. Hunte), married Dean Black, RAdm. USN (Ret.), Class of 1931, at the home of Emily's and Mike's daughter, Tisha Swortwood, in Rancho Santa Fe. Emily has been a long-time resident of Pauma Valley and La Jolla while Dean has resided in Coronado as a widower for several years.

Madeline Hummer, Harry's wife, passed away in her sleep at the Balboa Naval Hospital on May 10th. Months ago Madeline had been told that she had only two weeks to live, that she had incurable cancer. However, she never let the verdict bother her and continued as active as ever until near the end. She had indomitable courage and the admiration of hundreds of her friends. Memorial services were held in the North Chapel of the Naval Training Center in San Diego on May 16th with a very large number of the Hummers' friends in attendance. Committal services at graveside followed at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma. Harry was accompanied at the services by his daughters, Yvonne Grantham and Rene Tilley, and the latter's husband, LCol. Robert Tilley USMC; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The Class extends its sympathy to Harry.

Clara Nation, wife of "Bill" Nation of Bakersfield, California, passed away on May 17, 1983. Further details are not available at this time.

The Class extends its sympathy to "Bill."

The Annual Business Meeting of the Class was held in the O & F Club at the Naval Academy on May 12, 1983, after a co-ed luncheon. Prior to the meeting, Don Griffin, our executive vice-president, introduced the guests. Three members of the Class Shipmate, September 1983

of 1928 attended, and a total of 79 were present for the luncheon. Attending: Alice Creighton and her daughter, Alice; Barbara and Parker Fairlamb, Alice and Dick Phillips, Rebecca McClaughry and her daughter, Anne McWhite, Helen Ross, Beverly D. Bohen, sponsor of USS KLAKRING, Bert and Bob Quackenbush and their guests, Marty and Nita Gibbons, Madeline and Pepper Martin, Phil Tankard, Fran and George Eraser, " M " and Frank Bruner, Betty and Bob Barnes and their guests. Norma Lofberg and Lynn Watson, Frances and Carl Steiner, Peg and Herb Zitzewitz, Marlene Roll, wife of former 27th Co. officer, Ruth and Bev Bristor, Blair and Al Momm '28 Olive and Giamby Giambatista, Ruth and Dick Schumm and their guests, John Zabilsky '28, and Dot Fee, Ellen and Charlie Tooke and their guest, Jimmy James '28, Marie and Tom Dance, 27th Co. officer, Mimi and Joe Hazen, Sinbad Addison and his guest. Marge Haley, Liney Rubins, Bob Hinners, Gordon Caswell, Mary Lou and Bobby Snyder, Blinn Van Mater and his guest lleana Henderson, Vera and Rosie Loud and their daughter Pat and husband Bob Melvin, Ellen and Herb Eckberg and their guest Peg Edsall, Rosamond Rice, daughter of the Rices, Kenneth Knowles, son of the Knowles, Tim Donohue, Marion and Don Griffin, Carolyn and Bill Irvin, Rena and Josh Cooper, Mary Miller, Tayo and Miles Hubbard, Eleanor Saunders, Virginia Milburn, Louise Bennett and Betty Zahm.

Twenty-seven members of the Class were present for the business meeting, and Don Griffin, as chairman, declared a quorum. After the secretary's and treasurer's reports were read and accepted, the Chairman heard a motion from the floor which nominated for re-election the incumbent executive committee. The motion having been seconded and carried unanimously, the present committee will serve until the next annual business meeting in May 1984 at Annapolis. The dates and place of the class luncheons for 1983-84 were planned as follows: September 22, 1983, November 17, 1983 and March 22, 1984 at the " O " Club, Bethesda, Maryland.

The Northern California Clan held its quarterly luncheon at Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club, T. I., on May 14, 1983. Present: Betty and Heinie Armstrong, Lorene and Charley Beasley, Raymond Boyd, Nina Blake, Helen Dyson, Rosy Goyette, Couch Gullett, Johnita Heald, Emelia Maher, Beverly and Marshall Smith, Helen Todd and Virginia Walsh.

Beverly and Marshall Smith went on a tour sponsored by Gill Richardson on the cruise ship SAGAFJORD. They joined the ship with a delightful group at Fort Lauderdale and cruised for twenty days around the Caribbean, then toured Florida and spent some time with the Knowleses in Stuart, Florida.

The clan agreed to hold the next gathering on 13 September 1983.

The Seattle "detachment" of '27 usually has its annual get-together on the second of June â&#x20AC;&#x201D; graduation anniversary. However, this year Maurice Goudge was to be in town and all (almost all) had the affair on 16 May at Sand Point COMO. Popping the champagne corks, and swapping sea, F.B.I. (Maurice's contribution), and other stories were Spike Dudley, Ted Fauntz, Pete Ferrall, Maurice Goudge, Bill Graybill, Harry Horney, Henry Marshall, Ray Mitchell and Jim Prichard. Missed was Norm Walker, who couldn't make the gathering because of illness. All are looking forward to Navy's game with University of Washington on 1 October, and BEAT ARMY at the Rose Bowl.

28 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 George King reports the sad loss of Rusty (Mrs. Carl Lindgren Eldredge) on 14 June in Coronado.

Rusty had been a strong supporter of the BLC. The Kings had talked with Rusty quite frequently on the telephone, and knew of her need of heart surgery, which had been planned for sometime in June; and Rusty had her maid Jennifer come out from Pensacola to take care of her.

George continues his report: "The operation was OK and Rusty came home Sunday, where she had a heart attack and died two days later. The memorial service was inspirational; the minister paid tribute to Rusty's religious knowledge and conviction." Bea (Mrs. Spud) Monahan and George were the only two members of the BLC in attendance, due to the lack of publicity. George was in the San Diego area to attend his grandson's graduation from high school.

Limey Cockell reports that, thanks to TA Smith, the BLC celebrated June Week West with a luncheon at the San Diego Country Club on June 24th.

Present were: Adelaine and Steve Ambruster, Ruby and Carl Armbrust, Dotty (Mrs. Lex) Black, Martha (Mrs. Jimmy) Brett, Alice and Limey Cockell, Marianne and Norm Garton, Eve and George Huff, Julie and Jake Jacobsen, Eleanor and Francois Jordan, Taylor Keith, Bea (Mrs. Spud) Monahan, Kay (Mrs. John) Quinn, Lib and TA Smith, and Al Walden.

Quoting Limey, "It was a lovely setting, fine lunch, and a grand group. After the luncheon, Bea told of the memorial services for Rusty."

In early June, Swede Norgaard participated in the reunion of USS SCOTT (DE-214) in Washington (DC). As commodore of Escort Division 17, consisting of DEs, Swede made eight Atlantic crossings in World War II. Swede reports that he has a second great-granddaughter, Rachael Elizabeth DeLaBarre.

Cdr. Harrison Holton '38, writes "Rollo (Swede) Norgaard was presented with the 'Good Guy Award' by the Destroyer Escort Sailors' Association for services rendered to the organization. The presentation was made at the reunion

Phil Wakeman (I.) at graduation of grandson John R. Johannesen '83 and with son-in-law Robert E. Johanannesen '60

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of the crew of SCOTT, his flagship as COMCORTDIV 17 in the North Atlantic during WWII." In May, Elsie and Bob Archer drove to Mobile, Alabama, to participate in the reunion of USS ROBLEY D . EVANS (DD-552). 75 officers and crew

and their wives participated. Bob commanded EVANS in the Okinawa campaign. Bob says: "All hands were busy telling of their own experiences on that morning of 11 May 1945 on Radar Picket Station 15, to the NW of Okinawa, when we shot down 19 kamikazes and took 4 more aboard. Joe Mullaney was very much with me in spirit at the reunion. He had been in command of USS HADLEY with us on that radar picket station. Both ships were towed some 7000 miles back to San Franciso, where work was going on frantically to get them back in action, when the war ended.

Altogether, an unforgetable experience for all hands!

"Another highlight of the reunion was the dedication of the former CPO Quarters of USS ALABAMA as the permanent headquarters of

EVANS. This was arranged through Capt. W. J. Diffley USN (Ret.), executive director of USS ALABAMA Battleship Commission. The dedication speaker was RAdm. John F. Addams USN of Pensacola NAS."

RHIP? Jerry Gerin with his first and last commissions — ensign in his left hand, captain in his right "In mid-June, I took daughter Ann to a banquet given by our 'Sons of the Desert,' my tent being 'Their First Mistake.' Besides the banquet, we saw a Laurel and Hardy movie: From Soup to Nuts, and a Charlie Chan movie. All tents are named after Laurel and Hardy movies."

Carolyn and SKi Burzynski were visiting daughter Maria in California in March. From New Castle, New Hampshire, they are looking forward to the 55th.

JWW — foreground from left, George and Eve Huff, Limey Cockell . . . Norm and Marianne Garton, and TA Smith JWW — foreground from left, Kay Quinn, Steve Ambruster . . . Taylor Keith and Martha Brett Marcel R. (Jerry) GerIn and Martin (Duke) Merson, outside the latter's home In Williamsburg, Virginia

Jerry Gerin writes that he visited Emily and Duke Merson in early March. Jerry says: "Mary and I manage to keep the NNMC busy despite Aspen's efforts to keep us out. I rarely go there that I don't see at least one friend; hospitals and funeralsare where we meet these days! . . . it isn't quite that bad!!

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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

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 Hopefully in this issue your secretary will try to reach back and pick up contributions which due to space limitations had been put in the "hold" basket. So bringing them put immediately after the recent celebrated Reunion may help to save some of my "secretarial face."

After returning from the Hawaiian Islands in March I finally received in May (the mails for you) from Bill Moffett that which I should like to pass on as a letter of interest to "all." "On the 12th of April my brother George (Class of '28) and I attended the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the commissioning of Moffett Field. We had been invited by the Commanding Officer of Moffett Field and by the Santa Clara Council of the Navy League. The re-enactment of the 1933 Commissioning Ceremony on the newly dedicated Shenandoah Mall before a good-sized crowd was a very colorful and inspiring event. Unlike what you hear in the news, our four days there were blessed with perfect weather, as also were our two non-stop flights across the country which averaged 7 hours. The planes we flew were the P-3 Orion,

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an ASW plane, of which there is nothing its equal copy, send $6.25 to Fred Bradman, 18139 Viceroy in capability anywhere else in the world. This trip Drive, San Diego CA 92128. provided as much opportunity to closely observe the officers and men of the ASW Squadrons. Suffice it to say that the degree of professionalism and the pride of all hands was truly remarkable. We really are in good hands! At the Navy League dinner the night of the 12th it was a real pleasure to see Sam Randall and Roscoe Newman, both looking fit as a fiddle, and acting that way too."

While in Hawaii trying to scout up some sources of informational "news" I discovered that besides Steve Corey there was also Pike Douglas of Maui, Hawaii, but nobody seemed to know his address.

In any event, after I returned home I received a very nice letter from Pike which I am passing along. "Dear Bud — We just got home from the 'and a half fifty' reunion in Coronado. It was most Bernie and George Kosco enjoyable, and brought back many memories. Am Last Spring I received an interesting note from enclosing a picture I took over with me, hoping to give it to you there, and am sorry you couldn't George Kosco which I am passing along as of inmake it. The only others in the picture that did terest to all — "Dear Herb, Audrey and Denys make it were Andy Jackson and Bill Drane, and Knoll asked us to Erie for the ROTC banquet on 1 was happy to be able to pass on to each of them March 4th at which Gen. E. C. Meyer was a copy. This was taken, appropriately enough, at awarded a Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa degree.

North Island, next to Coronado, of the Class of We had an interesting and enjoyable get-together.

September 1930. The picture shows elimination Denys took us on a tour of Presque Isle and many flight training group. You will recognize most of of the historic sites, especially along the Erie Lake them, I'm sure, but here goes anyway: Back row, Front. He sure knows his Erie, and they know him 1 to r: First two non-'30, then Louis Breault, Chuck for all the worthwhile civic projects that he is supWesthofen, Pike Douglas, Cy Hilton, Rebel porting. Enclosed is a recent picture of Bernie and Lowrance, George Butterfield, 3 more non-'30, me. Sincerely, George."

For the information of the Class, this has been Dave OIney, Angel Grantham, Towser Miller; front row 1 to r; J. J. Nix, Clair Ennis, Tony prepared in a cottage on Grenadier Island, ThouLuongo, Red Ailes, O. D. T. Lynch, Andy sand Islands, St. Lawrence River, where I happen Jackson, Bill Drane, Bill Doyle, Lem Massey, Sam to be visiting for the next two months. I am tryWeiler, Squeak Marix, Kip Wright, Beppo Gar- ing to get my first class mail as promptly as cia; seated front; Jack Burgess. Kindest personal possible.

The United Services Life Companies of regards and Aloha. Pike."

Another Classmate that I was able to dig up was Washington (DC) have announced that Ephraim Garner Clark and after some pleading by me he P. Holmes has been elected a director emeritus of wrote me a very interesting resume of his activities that organization, having served as a member of which I am passing along as of interest. "Dear the board of directors since 1973. He joins Gen. Herb — It was great to talk with you on the phone Maxwell Taylor USA (Ret.) and Adm. Arleigh A. last week. That seems to be the way with me here Burke USN (Ret.) '23 as a director emeritus.

— everybody is just passing through or just leav- (Please see picture in Class of 1925 column.). ing when I hear from them. Had lunch recently with Bill Doyle on one of his trips (your secretary received a letter from Bill Doyle but did not have room to print at that time; Bill take note, I will Pres., RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter USN (Ret.) get you in next time) and several with Lafayette Sec'y Capt. Edward M. Day USN (Ret.) "Jack" Jones and his lovely wife Louise. Jack was 6214 Winston Dr., Bethesda MD 20817 Chief of Staff to Com 14 during part of my last West Coast Corr., RAdm. Andrew J. Hill tour here as director Pacific division. Bureau USN (Ret.) Docks, and we have kept in touch between 1295 Bangor Street, San Diego CA 92106 Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Honolulu. The Percent Members: 88 Living Grads: 238 Honolulu contingent of '30 consists of Steve Corey Alice and Bob Fojt hosted a mini-reunion at and myself. Funny, we were both in the 'sand blowers.' Steve was platoon Commander and I was their home in Bryan, Texas, in May, when Kay a 'clean sleever' file closer 4th platoon, 1st Com- and Cliff Shuey drove over from New Mexico and Beverly and Frank Scrivner, who live in Bryan, pany. Steve still insisted that I stand at attention and say 'sir' at social functions where we met. Pike dropped in. All had a great time eating and Douglas lives on the Island of Maui, but our paths reminiscing . . . two Marines is a quorum! The cross very infrequently. After my retirement in Bob and Alice Fojt, Cliff and Kay Shuey, Frank and 1963 1 went to work for the Bank of Hawaii and Bev Scrivner they kicked me out to pasture in 1974. Since then I have lived the good life and have no desire to ever leave these islands. My wife, Helen, died of cancer two years ago and I now live in a very plush retirement home called 'Arcadia.' My health is excellent and my golf handicap still wavers between 12 and 14, so no complaints. See you at the Class get together in San Diego 18 to 20 March. Aloha, Garner." Sorry I was unable to make it. Garner!

Picking up an item from Fred Bradman concerning the availability of the 52'/i Reunion pictures, he indicates that there are some available on a "first come, first served basis." For your

Shueys had to hurry home to finish packing for their move to Maryland in June. Frank Scrivner is busy learning how to program his new home computer . . . Bev is busy as ever with household operations, volunteer work, and taking Frank to their bi-monthly dance club . . . Frank sounds like a good organizer!

A newspaper article says that the entering Class of '87 boasts the highest Scholastic Aptitude Test scores in the past 14 years; the 1340 plebes were chosen from some 13,600 applicants, the highest number of applicants in the last 10 years. Entering with the Class of '87 were Elizabeth Webster, granddaughter of Virginia and Johnny Webster, and Fred Woodaman, grandson of Elsa and the late Ronnie Woodaman. We wish them honor and success as they continue their families' traditions of service to the Navy and Nation.

Generous donations to the Alumni Association Fund Drive came in from Jane Irons Guymon, in memory of Rusty Guymon and from Faun Ernest in memory of Ralph Ernest . . . the cheques were hand-carried to their destination and duly receipted for.

Once again, wedding bells rang out for a Classmate — Dean Black and Mrs. Emily Fenton Hunte were married in Rancho Santa Fe, California, on 20 May and left on a honeymoon taking them to Europe. We will join in wishing the newly weds every happiness.

Banks Holcomb, who makes his home in Inverness, Scotland, visited the Washington (DC) area in early June, and eleven Classmates from there got together with him for luncheon. Banks' Lucky Bag biography says: "Chink doesn't talk a great deal . . . " — fortunately he has overcome that reticence, and enlivened the luncheon with anecdotes of his service experiences in the field of intelligence . . . plus conversing with the waitress in Chinese!

Ralph Cullinan seems to have got some idea in his head that we're getting old, to judge from this cartoon he sent —

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Address and Phone Number Changes; Betty and Noah Adair moved to a condo at 333 Orange Avenue, Coronado CA 92118; Phone 619/435-1946; Kay and Cliff Shuey moved to Maryland; their address is: 530 Whiteoak Parkway, California MD 20619 Phone: 301/863-7120 (Town's name is "California"); New Phone Numbers are: Helen and Vick King 619/485-6905; Norma and Dick Hay 619/487-6058; Zip Code Change: Alice and Bob Fojt . . . from 77801 to 77802; Area Code Changes — the Area Code for San Diego County (CA) has been changed from (714) to (619); this covers the following areas: Chula Vista — Coronado — Del Mar — El Cajon — Imperial Beach — La Mesa — Lemon Grove — National City — San Diego — La Jolla — Escondido — Vista — Leucadia — Poway. The last names of Classmates and widows affected by this change are: Aldrich — Adair — Abbott — Ashworth (Pat) — Ashworth (Marge) — Adams — Burns — Cook LB — Cooper — Copeman — Cumberledge — 59

Ellsworth — Fable — Foster — Fitch — Forney — Eraser — Gannon — Gimber — Jones (Hain) — Mattie Hall — Hawk — Heilig — Hill — Irons Guymon — Janz — Marie Louise Jones — Keller — King VA — Kurtz — Leon — Lockwood — McCracken — Miller JA — Moring — Payne — Rivero — Roeder — Romberg — Smith JT — Straub — Tenney — Robbins — Hudson RE. Elynor Brown wrote that Elliott (Brownie) has Alzheimer's disease and is now a patient at V. A. Medical Center, Perry Point MD 21902. He is in Ward 22-B and his phone is 301/642-2411, Extension 583. Al Sharp visited Brownie on 18 June and they enjoyed a chat together about Classmates' grandchildren who are midshipmen. Classmates are urged to visit Brownie (phone first!) or to write him; it will bring him much pleasure. For the time being Elynor plans to continue on in their home in Fort Myers, Florida, coming up to see Brownie about twice a month.

Classmates will be saddened to learn that Doug Hammond died on 17 May in El Dorado, Arkansas, after a long illness. Doug retired for physical disability in 1953 and engaged in cattle farming in Magnolia, Arkansas, until deteriorating health forced him to move into a nursing home. We all extend our deepest sympathy to Lucy in her bereavement.

Dub Johnson writes that son Chip has signed on the dotted line for the University of Florida, with plans to become an attorney and to practice law in Sarasota . . . and perhaps get into politics as his grandfather did. He has 3 scholarships: National Merit Scholar, Florida State Academic Scholarship, and a Selby Foundation Academic Scholarship — and being in the "Honors" program means he has smaller classes, no student teachers, and a separate dormitory . . . the lad's off to a good start.

From his letter, Joe Francisco sounds as though retirement were something in the far-distant future . . . he is with Marine Industrial Diesel Sales in Manila, and continues his active interest in the Philippine Navy and its program for new corvettes. As for Joe himself, he says: "Hope to see you again on the 55th or sooner" . . . we all hope so, too.

Hibby Hibschman — urged on, as he admits,

by Pat — sent this photo of the Hibschman — Doherty clan gathering . . . and promises that he and Pat will be at our 55th Reunion. The other photo also shows Hibby at the focal point of a group . . . remember when?

32 Pres., RAdm. Emerson Fawkes USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Terrell A. Nisewaner USN (Ret.) 7121 Helmsdale Road, Bethesda MD 20817 Percent Members: 85 Living Grads: 217 Here and There With '32 The bell-ringing, glorious May co-ed luncheon at the Annapolis Yacht Club on Thursday, May 12th, lived up to the examples set by its predecessors. In one word, it was magnificent.

Held on the lower level of the Yacht Club on a beautiful Spring day and capably hosted by Clair and Francis Foley, Yacht Club members, plus some expert assistance by Mary Bruce and Howard Prince, the group rallied around a great gathering of fifty-eight convivial Classmates, wives and widows. A sparkling turn-out of widows saw the Class welcome our now retired Emmy Marshall, Gwen Dimitrijevic, Jane Moncure, Nona Ward, Marguerite Carpenter, Anne Born and Nancy Odend'hal. They were a delightful addition and added zest to the proceedings.

Two Classmates who have been under a trying medical siege made this a "coming-out" party to join the crowd; i.e., Dora and Leon Kintberger and Bobby and Jack Lamade. Neither was as yet Jim Collett and Jack Lamade celebrate another tallgating

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quite up to running the low hurdles, but both joined in with great enthusiasm, Lucia and Charlie Parks, who last visited the Academy for our 25th Reunion when they stayed with Dot and Bill Brown, made this visit to the Academy to coincide with the luncheon date and were a great addition. Many had to ask who is the Classmate with the beard but welcomed both of them with open arms. Charlie missed our 50th Reunion, which he had planned attending for a long time, but instead reported to the hospital for open heart surgery that same week end in October. Strange as it may seem, that event took top priority. Lucia and Charlie took honors for traveling the farthest for the luncheon. Ann and Ted White are faithful year after year attendees for this affair and traveled down from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, a day ahead of time and stayed with Emmy Marshall to once again get in on the festivities. It was just regretted that Deb Humes didn't leave her York (PA) surroundings and join up with them.

Ruby and Jerry Miller journeyed all the way up from Newport News, Virginia, for the affair as did Edith and Larry Smith from Richmond. That well-traveled couple, Mary (Small) and Warren Farmer, added this affair to their junkets from Fredricksburg before taking off for two months in France, Spain and Minorca. Rosa and Bill Miller, accompanied by their two house guests from '33 who were preparing to step into their 50th Reunion activities the next day, added a welcome sparkle from Baltimore. Priscilla and Dick Lambert, he looking very spiffy and colorful in a Hawaiian jacket acquired during last winter's sojourn in the Islands, graced the proceedings all the way from Pittsburgh.

Highly visible in the crowd were our recent newlyweds, Marty (Howe) and Spigot Fawcett who honored us all the way from Virginia Beach, but who also used the occasion for overnight visits with the Princes, the Nisewaners and her son, Capt.

Frederic Howe USN (Ret.) '57 in Fredericksburg.

There is nothing like getting the most out of a trip.

Barry Atkins was hitting a tight schedule by making the luncheon and had to leave a few minutes early to catch his flight to France where he will kick around for several weeks. That delightful couple Sara Ann (Munger) and Carl Mott (we decided that he is a full-fledged member of both '31 and '32) were busy meeting old friends and getting ready for a trip into the sunny South in a few days.

Willie and Jean Williamson were very much in evidence as were Babs and County Ruckner, Louise and Modoc Sunderland who were getting ready to jump off on a two-month canal hoping journey in England and the continent with the McGoldricks, Wes and Ralph Johnson, Marion and Mel Young, Helen and Bob Maulsby who announced to all hands that he was being transferred to Roanoke, Peggy and Jim Collett, and our manabout-town Beau Lyons. Kitty and Emerson Fawkes missed this year due an important conflicting college graduation event.

John MunhoUand Investigating his special license

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Pauline and Walt Innis had planned on making the affair but had last minute car trouble, and some of the old regulars were tied up in traffic.

Boots and Rosie Smith were in Europe, Emily and Lloyd Mustin were on the West Coast and Sevilla and Al Shinn were checking out their Edgarstown, Massachusetts, residence.

Sunday, May 1st, witnessed a delightful gathering at the Army-Navy Country Club to honor an event of some fifty years before. During our midshipmen days, on our rare vacations. Win Bailey used to travel up to Syracuse with our Classmate, Fritz Gramlich, and on one of these trips met a young lady, Jane B. Alsever. A spark was ignited and she made a few trips to the Academy and made our graduation June Week before traveling back to Syracuse for her own graduation. The spark never went out and on May 4, 1933, they were married in Syracuse, with "Red" Gramlich, Fritz's younger brother, as best man. Fritz, was not available to attend the wedding and in fact died later that year.

Fifty years later, the three daughters, Janet Schoening, Susan Miller and Nancy Austin decided to give their parents a "50th Anniversary" party and May 1st was close enough. The three daughters made all the artangements, recalled their parents from California, and amidst a sprinkling of old Classmates, old family friends, and many of his former close associates in BUSHIPS a great occasion of five decades past was duly celebrated.

Col. John Miller USMC, husband of Susan, who is currently on a one-year tour in Okinawa, was the only close family member to miss the occasion.

John is the son of Ruby and Jerry Miller who journeyed up from Newport News for the affair.

To add a nice touch, "Red" Gramlich, the Best Man of five decades ago, and one surviving usher made the occasion aU the way from Syracuse. Jane and Win had to abbreviate their stay before the date of the May luncheon but sent their best regards to everyone anyway.

Other Golden Anniversary types are Billie and Jack Roudebush, that super energetic couple from Monterey, California. Jack, after a long and lackluster bachelor period of ten days, married Billie Livingston in Denver, Colorado, with Donald Webster as best man. Donald, as some might remember, was a former Classmate who left us on a physical discharge in 1929.

A wonderful letter from Mary Chittenden informs us that their Golden Wedding Anniversary had a sterling start . . . Lover's Lane, Graduation Day 1930. They had met earlier but that date was the clincher.

On Graduation Day 1931, Johnny, with a few hours to spare, had some errands and did Mary want to come along? She did and the first stop was Bailey Banks and Biddle to buy her a miniature.

Now, almost fifty-two years later, the same ring is a bit the worse for wear and tear and at the jewelers being re-enforced. Johnny didn't wait forever like Jack Roudebush to culminate a romance. The ink was hardly dry on his commission before he and Mary Mitchell hiked to the altar.

Finally, on 3 January 1983, his 72nd birthday, Johnny officially stopped all teaching at Manatee Junior College. He had been teaching at the school for almost 20 years or ever since he finished that special master's course at Duke University along with Andy Nisewaner and Grimshaw Moore in August 1963, but his retirement doesn't mean that he isn't keeping busy. And neither has Mary, whose latest project is "Tiny Hats For Tiny Heads." L. L. Bean call their wool headgear rag hats. Mary Chittenden calls her knitted caps RAG caps and as "chief instigator," but spurred on by Shipmate, September 1983

her granddaughter, she has made over 100 RAG caps in the past year for the Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem where her granddaughter, Ruth Ann Gooley, is a radiologic technologist in the pediatric x-ray department.

Mary Chittenden is no newcomer to the knitting needle and remembers knitting when she was five and having to go to her grandmother, who was in the kitchen, for help. Mary has knitted all over the country and doesn't, in fact, have a pattern for anything. She knits by guess and by golly, adding with a conspiratorial whisper that, "1 never learned to read instructions."

There are undoubtedly a lot of other Golden Anniversary types out there in the hinterlands. How about dropping your C/S a line so that we can keep the entire Class informed. After all, news is needed to fill in the column.

On May 19th at the elegant Chevy Chase Country Club in Bethesda (MD), Teeny and Bob Leonard threw a sparkling reception for 130 plus friends, relatives, children, granchildren and a sprinkling of Classmates to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Their only daughter, Mrs. Catherine Wilson, joined one of her daughters, one of the five grandchildren, and flew in for the great occasion. Also very much present for the grand occasion were Teeny's two sisters and their husbands. Bump and Browne Miller and Linny and Andy Saul.

As most of our readers now, the three Hoover sisters of Bethesda-Washington were at one time all married to Classmates of '32, Bob Leonard, Charlie Lanman and Frank Nuessle. Charlie and Frank have joined the Long Blue Line, but for a long time it was smooth sailing for all three. This might not be a record but is is certainly most unusual.

Way back in the Fall of 1930 our inimitable Al Major had a date to share a home football game and the evening Hop with Teeny Hoover.

However, Al, who was playing " B " Squad football at the time, broke his leg and ended up in the hospital. Being always the gentleman, Al called in a substitute and the "blind date" was Bob Leonard. Now, almost 53 years later, they are still going strong.

Every year we have some unsung, hard-working members of the Class who are truly the backbone behind the yearly Alumni Fund Drive. These are those sterling "Agents" who do the spade work for the three co-chairmen, Don Thomas, Earl Hydeman and George Rogers. Assisting Don were Win Bailey, Al Cope, Tim Fleck, Johnnie Fahy, Paul Harrington, Joe Jaap, Jack Kaufman, Dave Kinert, George Luker, Bull Ovrom and Bill Short.

George reported that he was capably assisted by Moe Archer, Johnny Chittenden, Hank Ford, Jack Horner, Jim Humrichouse, Ed Konrad, Harry Lockwood, Tut Tuttle and Dick Williams. No list was received from Earl Hydeman but some of his capable assistants were Jack Morse who was the one who contacted your C/S, Ted White and Dick Lambert who does his spadework from his far away winter hideaway in Waiane, Hawaii. How is that for dedication? Unfortunately the names of the others have been lost in the mail, but they are heartily thanked, nonetheless, for their tremendous work.

During the past three years of the Alumni Fund Drive we as a Class had for 1980 a total of 144 contributors who gave $6,421. For 1981 it was a total of 143 contributors who gave $6,769. For 1982 it was again 143 contributors who gave $8,909. Starting off the 1983 campaign in the Fall, all the money contributed in the name of the Class of '32 will be earmarked for "The Class of '32 Memorial Fund" and will go toward a special gift

that we as a Class will give to the Academy. On the Superintendent's "Wish List" are many projects, none of which can be obtained with any Federal fundings. It is these extras that make the Academy a more attractive and a better institution, one of which all of us can be doubly proud.

Pending right now, but not yet approved, is to make a miniature Smoke Park out of the site recently occupied by the large reflecting pool between the two relatively new wings of Bancroft Hall. It is being filled in because of leakage into power lines, but only sodding of the surface was funded. We, if the project is approved, can make a showplace of this area with walkways, benches, a fountain, trees, etc. Our goal for the Class of '32 Memorial Fund is $50,000. We have our work cut out for us.

Classmates and wives of the Tidewater Virginia area assembled on April 16th in the home of Theora and Earl Hydeman. The occasion, a cocktail party honoring our newest Class newlyweds, Marty and Spigot Fawcett. It was a great evening for looking back over the year, some kind and some not so kind to us all, in the company of friends. The host couple supplied every ingredient needed for such an evening: the drinks, gourmet food and the warm ambience of their hospitable home.

Guests on hand to drink to the happiness of Marty and Spigot were: Janice and Was Asmuth, Evelyn and Barny Freund, Ruby and Jerry Miller, and June and Mike O'Connor. A last minute indisposition kept Dory and Tommy Hopkins away from the festivities.

Growler and Jeanette Grouleff winging their way to Hawaii Break out your correcting pens and erasers to bring things uptodate. In our "50-Year" book we have three known misspellings of names: James W. Humrichouse, Henry T. Klinksiek, and Warren H. McKenney. Warren's name is also misspelled in our Class Directory and he would appreciate it being corrected. Sorry about that!

Correct Horace P. Rounds' address to 94 Woodleigh Road, Dedham MA 02026 and change John DeWitt's address to: Presbyterian Home of S. C , CMR Box 209, Summerville SC 29843.

A great little letter from Don Thomas stated that he and Anne with Emily and Lloyd Mustin had just returned from a four-day fishing trip to Cabo San Lucas where they boated (and released) three nice marlin swordfish, plus various other fish.

Lloyd indicated that at Emerson Fawkes' request he had smoked out those characters in Pensacola in regard to our 52'/z Reunion and received a favorable reaction. Meanwhile Don was congratulating Lloyd on his recent trip to Pensacola for his induction into the "Golden Eagles" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; quite an honor for a non-aviator. Lloyd will have to give us more details later. Meanwhile Don is dickering with the Hotel Del Coronado for dates and a committment of rooms for our 55th. Pretty long-range planning for someone who is afraid to buy green bananas.

This is delayed news but, as threatened earlier, our redoubtable Ski Sosnoski has moved again.

If you happen to be near "Via Borenco, Minusio, 61

6648 Switzerland" and see a familiar face chatting away with the locals in French, German, Polish, Italian, Spanish or even English, it just might be Ski. Ski's two daughters were in Bethesda in late May to visit their brother and attend the wedding of Katie Watkins, daughter of Admiral and Mrs. Watkins, currently our CNO, before heading back to England for an extended visit.

They will probably see him before you do.

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The photograph represents three generations of Navy service by the Dropp family. Tony Dropp's grandson, also known as Tony, was recently graduated from the Citadel, Class of '83, and was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy by his father, Capt. Robert Dropp USN '60. Shown with father and son are (left) Tony's grandmother, Margaret, and (right) Tony's mother, Priscilla (daughter of Spud Murphy '32). Passed down to the third generation during the ceremony was Tony's engraved sword. (Relatedphoto under the Class of 1960.)

33 Pres., VAdm. Bernard M. Strean USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Leo Erck USNR (Ret.) 4515 Willard Ave., #2109-S Chevy Chase MD 20815 301/659-6522 Percent Members: 84 Living Grads: 263 50th Reunion (cont'd.)

Owing to space limitations, we were unable to include in the last issue the names of those who attended the reunion. Here is the attendance list: Ginny and Andy Andrews, Marga and Frank Arnold, Maybell and Jos Bailey, Nixon Ballard, Carol and Henry Banzhaf, Ken Barclay, Jean and Chris Barker, Helen and Stan Barnes, Nancy and Bob Bedingfield, Susan Bellinger, Peggy Bewick, Lib and Pat Bierer, Kay and Tom Black, Jimmie and Tom Blackburn, Carmelitta and Charlie Blick, Rosalie and Champ Blouin, Connie and Hal Bowen, Bob Bowen, Ted Brittan, Juanita Coverdale Brown, Edna Brown, Margaret Buie, Bobbie and Swifty Caldwell, Lee and Bob Camera, Effie and Scotty Campbell, Jay V. Chase, Betty and Ballard Cheatham.

Also Katy and Tom Christopher, Ninette Clementson, Yvonne and Job Cobb, Helen and Bill Coffey, Peggy and Tom Connolly, Ruth Costello, Betty and Jack Coye, Barbara and Hal Crist, Vicky and Charlie Curtze, Jane and Roy Davenport, Mary Alice and Bill Davis, Louise and Bob Dawes, Bill Dawson, JoBo Denny, Charlene and Dick Derickson, Ike Dew, Rosalie and Jimmy Dietz, Marge and Ben Dodson, Mary and Carl Drescher, Orvil Driver, Quen and Norm Drustrup, Howard Duff, Sheila and Charley Duncan, Chariotte and Tad Duncan, Mae and Dick English, Virginia and Joe Enright, Stephie and Leo Erck, Lee and Jim Ferguson, Mary Louise and Glover Ferguson, Caroline and Jim Fortune, Lib and Bill 62

Fortune, Eleanor and Henry Fox, Maudie and Eddie Fredericks, Lee and Ray Fusselman, Ginny and Pete Galantin, Bea and Joe Gallery, Laurette Gambling, Helen Mae and John Gamon, Molly and Weav Garnett, Jane and Bob Garrels, Dick Gazlay, Nita and Marty Gibbons, Betty and Frank Gill, Alice and Elmer Glenn, Betty Grady, Phyllis and Henry Grikscheit, Ernie and Ed Grimm, Don Harby, Ann and Rick Haskins, Julia and Gene Hayden, Edy and Ren Hayden, Larry Heileman, Dee and Pickles Heinz, Adeline (widow of T.V. Peters) and Carl Hibben, Dottie and Blish Hills, Christine and Doug Holladay, Marion and Keith Hudson, Ellie and Mike Hunt, Madeline Kane Hurlburt, Lee Jahncke, Barbara and Carl Jones, Bob Keating, Mary and Dick Kibbe, Jeanie and Gus Kiergan, Chick King.

Also Adelaide and John Klopp, Dinny Koch, Gerrie and Joe Koenig, Jean and Howie Kuehl, Martha and Don Lacy, Kippy and Geo. Laird, Fran and Larry Kuhn, Luc and Dick Lane, Peggy and Lamar Lee, Bob Lee, Virginia and Leo Leon, Roy Leverenz, Daisy Ligon (widow of W. B. Christie), Kay Long, Beth and Tom Long, Marjorie and Elliott Loughlin, Edna (widow of M. G. Stephens) and Ernest MacDonald, Betty and Bill Macdonald, Betty Macintosh, Bob Macpherson, Memsie Madden, Ethel and Al Magnell, Margaret and Larry Marks, Alvina and Geo. Marshall, Jean and Dave Martineau, Dorothy and Paul Martineau, Paul Masterton, Helen and Dale Mayberry, Micki and Hugh McKibbin, Fitz McMaster, Danny and Ken Meneke, Ed Metzger, Mary and Barney Meyer, Lorrie and Sal Militana, Kay and Clay Miller, Fran and Ed Miller, Geo. Miller, Carrie and Tom Moorer, Edy and Bill Mott, Larry Neville, Tillie Newton, Dotty and Ed Norris, Helen and Tom Nugent, Mike and OB O'Brien, Betty Ogden, Ginny and John Oren, Bug Parks (widow of E. E. Shelby), Maggie and Al Felling, Betty and Dick Poor, Bill Porter, Jean and Veazie Pratt, Dottie Rakow, John Ramee.

Also Jean and Sunshine Reedy, Lee and Bob Riddell, Eve and Charlie Robbins, Charlie Robertson, Gail and Geo. Roullard, Dora-Lee Rowe, Jean and Chub Ruble, Henry Rumble, Marion and Al Ryan, Geri and Selby Santmyers, Becky and Arnie Schade, Grace and Frank Schwartz, Evelyn and Bill Seipt, Betty and Shelly Shellabarger, Frances and Ralph Shifley, Ed Shuffle, Morgan Slayton, Gussie Mae Smith, Charlotte and Lew Snider, Mary and Pete Staley, Betty (widow of M. W. Thomas) and Jack Stephens, Marion and Lem Stevens, Ruth and Jack Stewart, Ray St. Germain, Carolyn and Lou Stocker, Janet and Smoke Strean, Evelyn and Henry Strozier, Elizabeth and Ralph Styles, Bill Sublette, Karin Taylor, Carl Tellefsen, Sidney and Ray Thompson, Aida and Ben Thorn, Martha and Mac Tinker, Alice and Ashford Todd, Esther and Charlie Travis, Jim Tucker, Jean and Vic Turner, Nora and John Tyree, Allene and Bill Van Meter, Alice Vaughan, Rube Wagstaff, Nancy and Fred Wahlig, Elinore and Geo. Wendelburg, Sunny and Wally Wendt, Helen and Larry White, Cally and Bruce Wiggin, Madeleine and Joe Williams, Mary Lou and Phil Winston, Adelle and Archie Wright.

Others attending some events include Mrs. John Monks (guest of Nixon Ballard), Linda Hume (Bob Bowen's daughter), Capt. and Mrs. Karl Duff (son and daughter-in-law of Howard Duff), Barbara Lowe (guest of Lee Jahncke), Jan Furlong (guest of Ed Shuffle), Monica and Gary Stephens (son and daughter-in-law of Edna MacDonald — widow of M. G. Stephens), Ola Mae Stewart (guest of Ray St. Germain), Mary Ellen and James Johnson (daughter and son-in-law of Ben Thorn), Andrew Johnson and Hunter Johnson (grandsons

Some '33 Supply Corps Flag Types: (I. to r.) Tom Long, Jimmy Dietz, Charlie Blick, and Howie Kuehl (Courtesy of Howie)

of Ben Thorn), Mae Sparger (sister of Rube WagstafO, Grace and Ned Potter (hosts of the Bedingfields), Vonnie and Jim Tucker, Jr., Linda Osburn (granddaughter of Charlie Travis).

In a paper entitled, "Decline and Fall of the United States," delivered before the Senior Officers' Forum, Little Creek (VA) on 17-19 May, George Miller made the following points: • Unless U.S. national security thinking and structure change dramatically, the U.S. will succumb to Soviet totalitarianism in a relatively few decades.

• Final Soviet assault on America from expanding Central American bridgehead is already underway.

• Refugees and illegal aliens have long been used to infiltrate subversives, terrorists, agents and guerillas.

• Hegel wrote, peoples and governments never learn anything from history or the principles derived therefrom. Churchill wrote, the winners write the history and the losers learn the lessons. Lenin wrote, the socialists states are continuously at war with capitalism. Sun Tsu wrote, all war is based on deception.

• Soviets established military bridgehead in Western Hemisphere (Cuba) in 1962. U.S. politicians chose to ignore it and claimed "victory" for removal of Soviet nuclear missiles from Cuba.

• U.S. failed to blockade Vietnam, permitting Soviet arms-laden merchant marine to chase U.S. land forces out of South Vietnam.

• Soviet arms-laden merchant marine is taking over Caribbean and Central America. U.S. again choose not to blockade, not to reaffirm Monroe Doctrine.

• Soviets cater to U.S. Defense Department nuclear weapon and NATO land-war mind-set by occasionally rattling their missiles. U.S. defense strategy is limited to threats of "retaliation" and "response," a purely defensive strategy doomed to fail.

• The Soviet merchant marine spearheads an unopposed world-wide strategy of conquest without formfd war.

• Since American people and government cannot reeducate themselves on national security in time, absorption of the United States into the totalitarian orbit is underway.

Eddie Fredericks reports from the West Coast that the San Diego Group held its monthly luncheon at the Admiral Club on 13 May with the following in attendance: Hank Monroe, John Stuart and Fred Bruning. Most of the other regular attendees were in Annapolis. Eddie recently has been elected vice president of the Maritime Museum Association of San Diego and also heads the Museum Development Committee, while Maudie continues to be active in community affairs with emphasis on the local USO as a director and with Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. Both Eddie and Maudie were listed as hosts at the Hospitality Center for June Week West '83.

Freddie and Don Harby made a 51-day trip around the world last Summer. They crossed Shipmate, September 1983

Canada by Canadian railroad to Montreal, then flew to Stockholm where they joined a "Project Mongolia" tour which look them to Moscow and Central Asia, including visiis to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Penjikent, and to Irkutsk and points east.

Alice and Elmer Glenn took a nine-week independent driving tour of New Zealand in '81.

"Ernie" and Ed Grimm retired for the third time at the end of last year.

34 Pres., VAdm. Robert L. Townsend USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Robert P. Harbold, Jr. USNR (Ret.) 129 Spa View Ave. .\nnapolis MD 21401 Percent Members: 90 Living Grads: 294 As previously aimounced, this is my last column of '34 Class News, for Roy Smith will take over beginning with the October issue. I do want to thank all the Classmates who have wxitten over the years to provide items for the column, and to urge all hands to continue to provide news to Roy so that he will have something to contribute. He has imagination, but he can't make up whole coliuins.

To start our 50th reunion year, we are plarming for a fine, big tEiilgaie party before and after the Homecoming game with Pittsburgh on Sattirday, 23 October (kickoff is at 1330). We will have a tent, with class flag flying, inside the fence along Farragut Road, north of the Stadium. The Class of '47 is just west of the water tower inside the fence and "34 will be next west of them. We hope to have further details in the October Shipmate, but plan now to make the tailgate reunion.

From Roy: It will be quite a change going from Editor of Shipmate to the '34 class columnist, and I look at it with some trepidation. As Butch said, I can't make up a news column, so if you want a '34 column in ever>' issue, drop a letter or postcard from time to time on what you are doing. I'll take it happily from there.

And now a short news item from Naval Aviation News, July-August 1983: VAdm. William 1.

"Bill" Martin USN (Ret.) believes the old adage that if a man lives long enough his past will catch up with him. Well, it appears he's lived long enough for this to happen to him, because he is to be honored at two coming events for the contributions he has made to Naval Aviation.

At the 27th annual symposium of The Society of Experimental Test Pilots, September 28-October 1, Martin will be presented as one of the Society's new Honorary Fellows, an honor given only to individuals eminent in the aerospace field. He is being recognized for his WW II combat service at sea during which he developed, tested and implemented the the U.S. Navy's first aviation doctrine and night carrier-based aircraft weapons system for around-the-clock search and low-level bombing in all-weather conditions, and for his service as expierimental test pilot and director of the Tactical Test Division at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland.

On October 8, VAdm. Martin will be inducted into the USS YORKTOWN (CV-10) Association's Carrier Aviation Hall of Fame in recognition of the decisive role he played in early carrier aviation. The first combat demonstration of nightguided bombing during the attack on Japanese strongholds on Truk transformed into reality the theory that had been promoted by Martin for many months. For his accomplishments in pioneering night carrier operations through three years of Shipmate, September 1983

combat, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the youngest and most junior recipient of the award at that time.

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., Ariington VA 22207 Percent Members: 82 Living Grads: 259 The question mark following "FILOLI" in the May column brought forth an explanation from Doug Rhymes. FILOLI is a contraction of the motto "Fight, Love, Live." This Woodside, California, estate comprises a 43-room Georgian mansion, 16 acres of ornEunental gardens, 39 acres of orchards and pastures, and 600 acres of hilly woodlands. Doug is the FILOLI Consulting Rosarian and works two full days a week as a volunteer, primarily on the roses but sometimes on electrical and plumbing problems. He is also a Docent and conducts several tours of the house and gardens each month. Thanks, Doug, for the clarification of your connection with this National Trust showplace.

George McKusick passes on the word, via Roy Barnes, that he is still crushing grapes and making wine in Alpine, California, and he expects this to be a good year. George and his wife Margaret were inadvertently left off the February San Diego party list appearing in the May column.

Last month's column mentioned that Dick Hale from Austin, Texas, while visiting the Washington (DC) area, re-established contact with Jeff Parker in early May. Dick graduated from the University of Texas in 1936, and for the next 30 years worked as a geophysicist for the Shell Oil Co., except for two years of active duty in WW II which he served at the Naval Research Lab in Anacostia. In 1966, he started a new career as a science teacher in the Austin public schools, obtaining his M.Ed, in 1968 from U. of Texas. He retired from this career in 1978 and has subsequently done readings for recordings for the blind. He has a son and daughter and 3 grands, but his wife, Robin, died on 11 November 1982.

A note from Dick Harmer in Bellingham, Washington, advises that he is still gainfully employed in partnership with his son Tom in Harmer Construction. Dick reports that building homes and commercial structures in his area was a littie rough for a while but, of late, has been picking up dramatically. Dollie runs their home on Bellingham Bay, which they have had for over 20 years.

Virginia and Slim Barham spent 12-27 May on a trip to Europe, and then when he got back Slim joined Red McDonald at the annual meeting of the Association of Naval Aviators in Norfolk. Slim says his cotton crop has been retarded a bit by all the rain this Spring in his area of Louisiana, but no flooding damage.

Nina and Lamont Johnston on a motor trip from their home in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, to attend a wedding in Connecticut, stopped for a couple of hours to see Louisa and Jeff Parker in McLean, Virginia, on 23 May. Lamont reports he is still practicing patent law, but on a progressively reduced scale.

The Bay Area '34ers held May and June monthly luncheons at Treasure Island and Moffett Field O-Clubs on the 19th and 16th, respectively. Those attending one or both included:

Frank Barrov^'s, Glen Clegg, Spike Ewald, Dixie Farrell, Bill Germershausen, Hersh Goldberg, Ron MacMillan, Ralph Metcalf, Ed Osborn, Doug Rhymes, Bill Samuels, Bill Sullivan and Frank Wheeler. Some of the regulars not making the June get-together were Ralph Metcalf in Brussels with Helen, visiting their daughter and family; Bud Gruner and Roy Klinker attending other meetings; others were off on vacations. The June lunch was the last for the Summer. They will be resumed on 15 September.

At their May luncheon, the '35 Los Angeles "third Monday group" discussed the forthcoming Army-Navy game at the Rose Bowl on Friday, 25 November. It was decided by those present that, with all the special events and tailgating arrangements being made by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Alumni Association, it would be neither necessary nor appropriate to set up a separate '35 get-together. A flyer from that Chapter would seem to substantiate the soundness of that decision. For their June luncheon, Cy Austin, George Conkey, Bruce Hemphill, Bill Jackson, Bob Prickett, John Thomas, Bob Vasey and Ken Veth were present to greet Tony Parry from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Tony was in the area for his annual visit to see his son Robert, who is senior vice president for economics at Security Pacific National Bank.

In the last week of May, your Corr. Sec'y. and spouse made a four-day visit to Cape Cod. While there we had the pleasure of an afternoon visit with Helen and Al Dinwiddle at their home in East Dennis. I hadn't seen Al since we shared the J.O. Bunkroom in TENNESSEE after graduation, and we had a lot of catching up to do. A drive was also made to see Jack Barleon at the V.A. Hospital in Brockton. He was found in a very weakened condition as the result of a bout with flu followed by pneumonia. So, my visit was brief but worthwhile as I was able to relieve him of his concern about getting in his biographic data sheet for the 50-Year book. It is now completed. A subsequent phone call from him gave reassurance that he has regained some of his strength and can breathe and eat with less difficulty. Jack's daughter. Boots, with her new daughter arrived as I was leaving, so. Jack won't make the granddaughter inspection trip to Denver, anticipated in the April Column.

As indicated in the "Last Call" sections of this and last month's Shipmates, the months of May and June were rough for '35. Earl Sneeringer's death on 7 May was reported in last month's column. Then word was received from Bob Foster in Denver that Jules Jordy had passed away on 5 May in New Orleans. Bob also advised that he and Fred Darwin, Jules' surviving roommates, had contributed a chair in the Memorial Stadium at the Naval Academy in Jules' memory. A letter of condolence from the Class was sent to his mother

by Jeff Parker, and a Class donation has been made to the American Cancer Society in Jules' memory. Jules son, Jules, Jr. of Dallas, compiled the material for the biography used in the "Last Call" item. Next was Dick Babb on 23 May. For his graveside services at Arlington National Cemetery on 1 June, the Class was represented by: Rod Badger, Jim Baird, Dick Bischoff, Lou Detweiler, Wy Packard, Jeff Parker, Steve Stever, Bobo Thomson and Henry Tipton. The Class made a donation in Dick's memory to the Unified Chapel Fund at the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, for use in furnishing the intensive care family waiting room. Then on 14 June, George Doster phoned from St. Simons Island that Ray Doll had died on 13 June. Subsequently, George wrote that Louise and Chick Murphy and he represented '35 at Ray's funeral on 15 June in 63

Brunswick, Georgia, which was attended by about 100 of Ray's friends. Funeral and interment services for Ray in Arlington, Virginia, were attended by: Rod Badger, Lou Detweiler, Patsy and George Hutchinson, Barbara and Bob Kelly, Jeff Parker and Steve Stever. A donation was made by the Class in Ray's memory to the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Muhiple Sclerosis Society. Finally, news was received in mid-June from Dick Hughes in Spring Hill, Florida, that Bob Stivers had died earlier in the month. Contact was established with Bob's son John, who advised that his father had died on 4 June at the University Hospital in Cincinatti. He is assembling information for use in Bob's "Last Call" item for next month.

In addition to the Class biographic data sheet from Jack Barleon, they have also been received recently from: Al Bowker, Tom Gillmer, Dick Hale, Harvey Headland, Bob Mandelkorn, Jason Maurer, Lou Mills, Wallie Nelson and Ken West.

Those who haven't yet sent in theirs, please do so, as soon as you have finished reading this Shipmate.

Some interesting Class statistics: numbers in Marines 31; Army 10; AF 3; Supply Corps 31; EDOs 17; AEDOs 8; Aerologists 6; CEC 8; SDO 3; MC 2; Lighter-than-Air 6; KIA all in WW II 37; POWs, all in WW II 4; Flag Officers 52; Capts./Cols. 229; Great-grandfathers (so far) 5.

Statistics on civilian careers and activities will be compiled after more biographic data sheets have been received.

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 In our June column we reported that Hugh Caldwell could use all the A&N Game tickets he could get and that "takers" should contact Hugh direct. The foregoing was based upon a note received from a Classmate who had talked with Hugh while on the West Coast. In a phone call, followed by a letter, Hugh said: ". . . Tain't so!

I am impressed by the number of Classmates that have responded to the request for (A&N Game) tickets. It's a tribute to your readership and the good will of our Classmates. My thanks to all who responded, but at this time (23 June) I am NOT in need of tickets! . . . Plans for the game are being put together by a special non-profit organization. The A&N '83 Foundation, which is working with the Pasadena CofC and local NAVCAD and MILCAD Alumni Associations — a big job, with plans still in a state of flux. The National USNA Alumni Association is providing a circussize tent and the orignial idea was to 'tailgate' under canvas. As of now, in view of the early start of the game, they are thinking in terms of a breakfast . . . Tita and I would like to host a Class get-together, either a tailgate party if feasible, or a cocktail party after the game. We will firm up our plans as soon as the Alumni plans are set.

Meanwhile, it would be appreciated if we could get an idea as to how many '36ers will make the game since we would like to mail out invitations about 1 November." Thanks, Hugh, and our apology if the dope put out in the June column caused you any embarrassment. Meanwhile — ALL WHO PLAN GOING TO PASADENA FOR THE GAME, please contact Hugh by letter or phone. Give him your schedule while in the LA/Pasadena area, your local address, and any other information of interest. Hugh's address: 1370 California Boulevard East, Pasadena CA 64

91106; Phone: 213/681-9895. Hugh also volunteered: " . . . 1 will be happy to serve as a clearing house for information and messages for Classmates during their stay and will attempt to answer any questions they may have about Pasadena, etc. Presently we expect to be away from 1 September until first week of October, but will be on hand before or after those dates." Wish we could join you Hugh, but once more will have to be content watching the game by TV. You who can go. GET IN TOUCH WITH HUGH ASAP — LET HIM KNOW YOU'LL BE IN TOWN! As a note of interest Hugh also added that Tita and he had attended the wedding of Jack Crutchfield's older son Dick on 23 April 1983, when he was married to Alyson Kelerher of Whittier, California. A reception at the bride's family ranch near Whittier followed the wedding. Said Hugh: ". . . Jack's widow, Barbara, with husband George Werntz, were there; also Dick's brother.

Jack Jr., and Dick's 13-year-old daughter by an earlier marriage, Helen . . . Barbara looked stunning, and her two tall, handsome sons bear a striking resemblance to their father. Barbara was most appreciative of being kept informed on class matters and promised to make the 50th Reunion." Our congratulations and best wishes to Alyson and Dick for a long and happy life together.

The 8 June luncheon at Vinson Hall found 23 present including our Annapolis guests Audrey and Randy Meade and John Court. The social hour generated the usual conviviality and high Db level which continued on during the luncheon in the Penthouse Dining Room — Hope none of the "inhouse" resident diners complained to the management. Present in addition to our guests were: Blanche and Jack Baumeister; Nancy and Fred Bennett; Dorothy and Paul Bjarnason; Dick Bradley; Dorothy and Mack Butler; Ede and Bill Ellis; Rosa and Frank Law; Madeleine Moreau; Lib and Maynard Nohrden; Marge and John Oseth; Jack Ryder; and Warren Woodville. Plans for the 50th Reunion were discussed and Randy Meade reported en his local findings and his proposed schedule of events for the festive occasion assuming it was held during Homecoming week end. Much discussion followed as to whether the Reunion should take place as in the past during Homecoming or at some other date, e.g., 4 June or in the Fall on a week end other than Homecoming. No decision was made, and the matter was referred to Frank Law's Arrangements Committee for consideration. John Court then brought to our attention the Class of 1937 Memorial to Alumni Missing in Line of Duty (see June '83 Shipmate, p. 16) which they hope to dedicate during their 50th Reunion in 1987. All Classes are invited to have the names of those eligible inscribed on the Memorial Tablets, and John proposed that '36 give this some consideration since he doubted that many more memorials would be approved for erection on the Academy grounds. Again no final decision was made, and the brochure concerning the '37 Memorial was turned over to our president for committee action . . . The Providence Club not being available as in the past, Audrey and Randy Meade have graciously provided their home for a post-game, "No Host" Class Party after this year's Pitt game. More will be available on this later.

Gordy Fowler's card (21 May) advised that he is now totally retired and spending his time in tennis, golf, boating, and gardening. His new address: Rt. l,Box I58D, Lancaster VA 22503. Said he ran into Jake Fyfe at the Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, who promised to come up to Lancaster for a game of golf.

Also received was a card (3 May) from our

travelling agent. Norm Gillette, on which he reported: " . . . Wives should NOT let their hubbies do what I'm doing — touring Korea SOLO! The Korean women truly make a man feel like a King-Shogun! I can now fully understand the fate of the Lotus-eater shown on the reverse side of this card . . . Am visiting my #3 son Rocky, now an Army Captain (legal type) at Camp Casey near the DMZ, but am branching out to see as much of Korea as time and strength permit. The scenery is great, the people very friendly to Americans (refreshingly so!), and the prices are right . . .

Returning home about 10 June via Taiwan. Expect to see you all in October on my way back from a visit with #2 son in Iceland and daughter in Spain. Regards to all."

A letter from Dick Hansen (25 June) brought us up-to-date on his present condition. ". . . It's about eleven months since my heavy stroke in Germany. I'm still taking physical therapy twice a week at the VA, and I have hired an ex-VA therapist twice a week for workouts at a local spa to build up my left side muscles that are very weak and not getting sufficient nerve nourishment or stimulant due to a clot on the right side of the brain. Have had three major setbacks; two due to falls, one due to a therapist who foolishly caused me to pull several back muscles, partially immobilizing my left arm and shoulder. My last fall I foolishly lost my balance and sat very hard on the edge of a cement step. Now I'm an extremely sore-assed Jackass for being so careless. All these accidents threw me back into the wheel chair. Now my lovely wife Nancy is flooding me with all kinds of TLC and attention. I'm being spoiled 'odiferously.' . . . Just had a nice card from Laurette and Frank Springer who are on a Love Boat Cruise to China . . . We certainly hope to see many of you at the A&N Game at Pasadena, and I fervently hope that I don't have to be in a wheel chair there." Thanks for the dope, Dick.

Sorry to hear about your setbacks, but we're all pulling for you for a complete, speedy recovery and a "BEAT ARMY!" sans wheel chair.

Our thanks to Hollis Cooley and Jamie Semmes who both sent us a copy of an interview with Otto Kolb's mother that was published in the Savannah Morning News and Evening Press of 30 May 1983 entitled: "Remembering — Family Never Learned What Happened." We can only hope that, as it happens so much in this day and time, the media quoted Mrs. Annie Mary Kolb Bowlby out of context. The article made it sound as though she was bitter about Otto's loss and that he was not remembered by the Navy or by his friends and Classmates. We all know such is not the case. Otto was a dear friend to all of us, and to those of us who knew him well and had the privilege of his companionship during Academy days, he is not forgotten. It is true that while a ship was not named USS KOLB as promised by Secretary Forrestal, there is a west-side seat in the Memorial Stadium dedicated to him and his name is among those listed in Mem Hall. We can only hope that in spite of what the newspaper article said, that Mrs. (Kolb) Bowlby, who is now 92 years old, will continue to fly her American flag outside her East 52nd Street home for many more years in fond memory of her son and our Classmate.

In his letter (30 May) Hollis had this to say: " . . . hadn't realized Otto was from this area.

Louis Gulliver, one of my USNA 'wives,' also was lost in the same area when Otto was. Never learned the details about Louie, but assume distance, the Dutch Command, early date in the war, and almost complete loss of Allied ships contributed to sketchy reports . . . Tried to look up Mrs. Shipmate, September 1983

Bowlby's address in Savannah phone book but was unsuccessful since there were two Bowlbys listed . Enjoyed talking to Bud Masters and George Whiimyre at a recent local Alumni luncheon."

Jamie was a little more successful. He wrote: " . . . I, in 20 years here in Savannah, had never met Mrs. Bowlby since I didn't find any Kolbs in the phone book. On reading the enclosed newspaper article, I called her and then visited with her on Monday afternoon (6 June). We had a long chat about Otto, how much admired he was, and what a success he would have been in a full Navy career. Mrs. Bowlby is sharp as a tack, lives alone in her small house, cooks and markets, is active in her Presbyterian church, is vitally interested in national affairs, and has memory, sight, and hearing of a much younger person. She showed me pictures of her granddaughter (Otto and Mary's child) and her four great-grandchildren now hving in Birmingham, Alabama, of whom she is very proud.

I wondered if Jack Ryder might know of any sub sunk in the area (Feb./March '42) that might have picked up DERUYTER survivors. As I recall. Jack's boat was lost about this time . . . Have promised Mrs. Bowlby copies of my future Shipmates, and she'd be so happy to read of any of your efforts to find more tidbits of info on this enigmatic loss of her beloved son. . . . If all goes well with Betty and me, we plan a trip to Alaska in a couple of weeks. Took the Alumni tour of Norwegian Fjords last June, so on a cruise down from Anchorage expect to see more of the same vistas. . . . In March we had Stan Trott and his second wife, Cecelia, here for a two-day visit. He lives in the suburbs of Toronto after retiring as a professor in Canadian universities. He earned his Ph.D. in Math and did mostly research after leaving Tasmania and Australia. He remains a U.S. citizen; his wife a Canadian. He had four children with his first marriage . . . Hope, the Good Lord willing, to see all of you at our 50th which is not far away. Regards to everyone." Thanks for your most interesting letter, Jamie. Would appreciate Mrs. Bowlby's address so we can keep her in touch with what is going on in '36 and with all of Otto's friends. Be sure to impress upon her that as far as '36 is concerned, her son Otto is NOT forgotten.

Am happy to repon that Frank Law is off his crutches at last. Says he's getting along fine, but his ankle bone still buns at times.

Just as we were concluding this column we received word from Capt. R. A. Stratton USN, director of the Naval Academy Preparatory School, at the Education and Training Center, Newport (Rl), that the recipient of the '36 Gold Watch Award for 1983 was Midshipman Candidate Matthew T. Sampson. Capt. Stratton in his letter said that Candidate Sampson genuinely exemphfies those ideals which are representative of this most important award provided each year by the Class of 1936. "The support provided to the Prep School by your Class is greatly appreciated."

Our congratulations to Matthew and our best wishes for a successful four years at the Academy.

Ginny and Harry Stark are due in town next week to visit Ginny's sister Mildred who lives in Alexandria and to make their annual trek up to Rehoboth Beach. We'll hope to see them while here and get some West Coast news.

That's it for now. See you in October. Meanwhile, let's get off to another big "BEAT ARMY!" year as the 1983 football season commences.

Beat Army — Pasadena Friday, 25 November Shipmate, September 1983

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 Rl 02840 Percent Members: 79 Living Grads: 206 The arrival of Bill Mack's Shipmate article about the 1937 50th anniversary memorial reminded me that it was time for another column.

Earlier pleas had paid off and there was material in the "hold file" — in fact I still have one or two letters left over for the October issue. However, no resting on the oars, correspondents! Please keep the news coming, and msmy thanks for your support to date.

On June 4th Ray and 1 drove down to Stonington, Connecticut, joining Marjorie and John Hess. Sneed Schmidt, and Ted Harper for the burial service of Classmate Thomas Lloyd Miller.

Many of us saw Tom a year ago in Coronado at the 45th. He was a longtime Stonington resident who had spent recent years in Coconut Grove, Florida. On May 23rd he died in Miami after a gallant battle. Over one hundred of Tom's friends were at the brief service, conducted by Tom's rector of earlier days in Connecticut, the Rev. James Greeley of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. Liz and Tom's children were on hand, and our class group extended to them the sympathy of 1937. Contributions in Tom's memory can be sent to the American Cancer Society.

Word has just come to me via RAdm. Bill Kinsella '34 of the death of Classmate Dick Holden, rear admiral USN (Ret.). Dick died on June 23rd at Fullerton, California. He was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery nearby. Dick's son, Mr. Tim Holden, lives at 5438 Longboat Court, Fairfax VA 22032. I have written to him sending sympathy from the Class.

Our recently installed Alumni Association president, CharUe Minter, has reported on travels which he and Mary made in April. As the past president of TROA he attended a convention in Taipei hosted by the Vocational Commission for Retired Servicemen of the Republic of China. Forty-five nations were represented, and the hosts gave the convention goers a superb tour of Taiwan. In Charlie's words "the strides made by Taiwanese in developing the island since he was there thirty years ago are little short of remarkable." En route home the Minters spent a night as guests of Ronnie and Beepo Carroll and contacted the Granthams in Honolulu. Charlie writes, "The hearts of '37 music lovers should be warmed with the debut of the Admiral Grantham march before a discriminating audience of the Honolulu Symphony including the astounded honoree. The composer, a Grantham admirer, wished to recognize Ard's tireless service to the orchestra in two terms as Symphony president. He was apparently influenced by the Sousa style, but there is an unmistakable Navy motif including a few bars of a bos'n pipe solo midway in the score." Congratulations, Ard. If there are lyrics to the march, please send them on. Later in April Mary and Charhe went south to Pensacola where with Peg and Paul Hartmann they were guests of Susan Norman in her beach condominium. Susan hosted a small dinner which included Ruth and Don White and Libby and Ace Barton. Libby's 84 golf score sets the

pace for the Ladies Golf match in May 1987!

Two meetings of the Washington-Annapolis group have been reported. The first came from Charlie Minter (what would this CS do without him — thanks, Chas.). It was a good turnout on a crisp May day at the Annapohs Yacht club. Curly and Tom Adams were hosts, and present to enjoy the vintage wines, gourmet food, and sparkling conversation were Adams, Brantieys, Baldwins, Burfiends, Demons, Davies, Barney Flenniken, Ed Finney, Geraths, Johnstons, Macks, Minters, Schneiders, Stencils, Steesys, Worths, and a surprise from Coronado, Barbara and Bunny Shupper with daughter Diane. Wes Steesy sent in a rundown on the June luncheon at the Army-Navy Country club. Jim Denton presided with Wes a "volunteer" recorder. Other attendees were Bill Mack, Paul Hartmann, Larry Brantiey, Jim Cruse, Bob Farrington, Buck Wilsie, Ed Finney, and Archie Soucek, the last named just back from the Alumni trip to Austria and Bavaria; details of that pleasant voyage should be in an earlier Shipmate.

Bill Mack talked briefly on tentative plans for the 50th, which we will be hearing about later in a class mailing.

A query from Peyton Carroll in Honolulu arrived after the Minters' visit. Noting that in a golf game with Admiral Don Felt '23 this Winter, a bit of nautical folk music entitied "the Admiral's daughter" had been mentioned, Peyton requests any dope on words and music to this sea chanty, which probably never passed a censor's scrutiny in the radio days of fifty years ago. Peyton recommends such a song be included in our 50th as an additive for the enjoyment of all "the young in heart" at the class banquet. Please search your files and seagoing memories on this one!

Shupper, Barry, Currie, Mehle, Joyce

Patty and Roger Mehle have sent in excellent photos of a small gathering at their home in honor of Barbara and Bunny Shupper. Spring was in the air and a fine looking group on hand from our Norfolk contingent. Also from Walt Barry comes word of a dinner party organized by the Mehles for the Tidewater Chapter NAA, honoring the local members of the Class of 1987 before they embarked for plebe summer in Crabtown. Twelve young men and one young lady were guests of honor, and the Brigade Commander, Midn. Fritz Franz '83, spoke. Can anyone muster reminiscences of a similar happening in 1933? Walt commented on a new midshipman offense on the books today, "P.D.A. (Public Display of Affection)" — example two mids holding hands en route 65

Joe McDowell, Pat and Bob McNitt, Emilou and Agee Melvin, Kay and Chet Owen (with daughters Nancy and Carol and Nancy's new husband John Einbinder), Marie and Bill Spears, and daughter Mary Lou, Betty and Jack Raymer, Sylvia and Mike Rindskopf, Bou and Kagey Robinson, Peggy and Rett Trickey, and Shadow West, arriving from Ohio.

Patty Mehle, Mary Barry, Bunny Shupper to class. From him also came word of Betty and Warren Ford sailing a new boat back from England with son and daughter-in-law as crew.

Their route this Summer will be via Canary Islands and the Bahamas. Smooth sailing to the four Fords. An article on such a voyage should be most welcome in Shipmate.

Mljas, Malaga, Spain — Syd Sherby '36, Joe Dodson '37, John Tyree '33, Alex Tyree '36 Nancy and Joe Dodson are safely home after a winter-spring sojourn in Europe. Seven weeks in Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol was followed by a week in Morocco including Casablanca where they missed "Ingrid and Humphrey" and where Joe was looking for Sam " t o play it again!" A stop in Tangier brought back memories of the 1934 cruise visit to Gibraltar with a day's trip across the strait. In a rented Ford Fiesta the Dodsons spent ten days looking into other parts of Spain and Portugal. A visit to England included a stop in the town of Princess Risborough where they had lived in 1969-1971 when Joe was director of the Uniroyal European Management Development Center. From England they went to Belgium and Germany, enjoying a hair-raising Sabena flight from Liege back to London. Pictures of a visit with the Tyree brothers (John '33 and Alex '36) and Syd Sherby '36 were included. Joe sums up a busy 1983 to date with the words, " W e had a great time, but we were really tired out. I'm not sure we have fully recovered yet."

The first reply to my request for fifty-year photos came from Pete Ehrman, a roommate of plebe summer who graduated in '39. Pete, at the tiller, indicates that Butch O'Hare is sharing the half-rater cockpit and Charlie Putnam is on the foc'sle, probably writing to his " O A C . " Further identification always welcome. From the apparent relaxed attitude of all hands, the photo must have been taken in September, the month of minimal supervision. The three upper classes were on leave, there was Saturday liberty, and academics had replaced most of the long infantry and rifle range sessions. Who recalls one of the initial plebe "tea fights" on Labor Day 1933, hosted by Cdr. and Mrs. Kent Hewitt in their Porter Row quarters?

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1933 Sailing — Charlie Putnam, Ed O'Hare, Pete Ehrman '39 My recollection of that social event centers on the refreshments rather than the dance floor. Dancing instruction for the fourth class would come later. Floride Hewitt and her husband, Leroy Taylor '35, are friends whom we see often here in Newport.

Today as the Independence Day week end is finishing and Narragansett Bay is full of sailing craft of all sizes, it is hard to enthuse about another football season. However, by the time this is read Navy will have already played its opening game.

This year the big one will be in Pasadena on November 25. Already word is out that the Mehles will be spearheading the 1937 delegation in the NAA Rose Bowl Holiday tour, leaving Washington on November 21. Patty writes that they hope many other East Coast Classmates will join them in this return to CaUfornia. "Form one eight," Thirty-seven, and join our West Coast contingent once again. Beat Army!

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 Once again the annual summer picnic of the '38 Washington Group returned to Kay and Chet Owen's lovely home in McLean, Virginia. The virtuoso chef for this outing — or rather this "insiding" since heavy rain drove all but a few guests sitting under umbrellas in from the patio — was Kay Owen herself, who baked chicken for 76 guests. Connie and Hank Jackson provided welcome logistic support, and Hank also obliged as bartender. Everybody agreed that this was simply a lovely picnic — a super good time.

And here are the guests who either came BYOB or drank beer or some lesser stuff: Ray Alexander, Shirley and Jim Andrews, Anne and Snowden Arthur, Jean and Oliver Bagby, Claire and Paul Becker, Doris and Ray Berthrong and daughter Candy, Gigi and Phil Beshany, Bob Bidwell, Elaine and Jake Bland, Jack Bogley, Louise and Bill Boykin, Rosalie Brown (accompanied by Bill Williams, an " a l m o s t " son), Jean and Homer Conrad, Annabella and Ray Dubois, Harriet and Hugh Elwood, Julie and John Ferriter, Jo and Carl Fleps, AHson and Norm Fryer, Grace and Skip Giffin, Bob Hall, Fran Hartigan, Barron and Bill Hunnicutt, Mary and Rab Irvine, Connie and Hank Jackson, Skippy and Jake Jakel, Margaret and Frank Jones, Emily and Frank Lynch (from Connecticut, stayed with the Hunnicutts), Peggy and John Mason, Betsy and Harry Mason, Di and

Believe It or not — Paul and Claire Becker That man in the silly-looking hat (see picture) is Paul Becker disguised as a wealthy Mongol. He and Claire are standing in front of a yurt. (This word is not in my dictionary but may signify a house in which one eats or drinks yogurt.) In Paul's own words, " W e recently completed an around-the-world adventure, visiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Siberia, Mongolia, culminating with three weeks in China and stops in Hong Kong and Manila. We report that Kweilin and the Gorges of the Yangtse are two of the most beautiful areas anywhere. Beijing and Xian are fascinating. The Trans-Siberian/Mongolian railroad leaves much to be desired, although camel herds and yurts on the Gobi Desert are exotic, China and Hong Kong still have the world's best shopping!"

The effervescent Harrison W. Holton reports that he was recently presented with the "Good Guy Award" by the Destroyer-Escort Sailors' Association in appreciation for his services to the organization. The presentation was made at a reunion of the crew of SCOTT (DE-214) in Washington. Harry commanded the ship in the North Atlantic during WWII. Capt. F. Richard Whalen, son of Classmate Frank Whalen, has been relieved as CO of the THOMAS C . HART (DD-1092) at sea in the Arabian

Gulf. By now FRW should have reported to his new assignment at the Naval Academy.

And here are some more recollections from '38s master raconteur and nostalgist, Frank Zimanski (Chairman, Photo and Narrative Committee, 45th Reunion).

Don't be discouraged by our rotten photos in S/M to date. Editor Roy Smith and his printers have now advised us on the best technique. Furthermore, for our 45th we will have a reputable pro photographer. No offense, Lee Rogers. Your intentions were the best.

"Priming your memory pumps, I still chuckle to recall the cherubic annunciator watch in WALKE acknowledging my command with the words "All engines ahead thoo turds." (Editor's Note: Watch Shipmate, September 1983

yourself, Zimanski, no dirty talk in this column.)

Bill Finn wasn't amused in '53 when I alluded to his ship TALLADEGA as the OLD TALLAW H A C K E R ! One day when I was OOD, four-star

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Pres., Capt. Fernald P. Anderson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. W. J. Ruhe USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Ave., McLean VA 22102 sideboys, but with all the sweating, stewing, bowPercent Members: 78 Living Grads: 393 ing and scraping, nobody noticed the short count.

Then there was the day in BuPers when I achieved Two months ago I had literally nothing in my classic empathy and rapport with the assembled files for this column; now I have so many notes hierarchy when I informed them that in my I'm inundated. Dick Gould wrote that he'd had research division we had some fifty-odd a surprise visit from Ben Bullwinkle with whom psychologists and some were odder than others. he'd roomed plebe summer. Ben is an "amateur They all laughed. They knew it all the time, but printer," now retired and living in Portland, never knew I knew it all the time. (Editor's note: Oregon. Tom Eddy showed up at the class lunchPretty dumb psychologists.) I shudder when I think eon, saying that he didn't recognize his Classmates of my tour of duty as chief engineer of that fourbecause they were all bald and fat. A quick look piper on neutrality patrol in the North Atlantic. around showed that only Foo Vannoy was bald.

Not only did the machinery break down, my Paul Schratz revealed that his 18th grandchild was predecessor broke down. Compounding our the first "Schratz" of his third generation. A misery was a sadistic CO who ritually chewed out record of some sort? Carolyn Anderson slipped each of us in turn at every meal. What a wretched me a note which told of the birth of their second bunch we were! Mercifully I got acute appendicitis granddaughter, Rebecca Johann. The father, and had to be detached. The epitome of frustraPhilip Jr., is a fellow in the American College of tion. On the staff of CinCPacFleet, I made a com- Surgeons and Chief of Surgery at the Portsmouth prehensive study of the personnel situation in the Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Carl Fleet. When my report reached the late Admiral Pfeiffer said he'd retired from Raytheon on April Curts, he ordered all existing copies burned lest 1st and received Raytheon's Special Achievement Admiral Stump see it. My objectivity and candor Award for nine years of "valuable service." Stan proved overwhelming.

Kerkering again reminded me "to tell the Class "Perusing our Alumni Register, I note that our that he needs snapshots of Classmates from which to draw his cartoons." His cartoon of "Dog once all-WASP officer corps has become WASP Mike" Patterson was a follow up on Pat's enplus oriental, black, Hispanic, male, female, and thusiasm about St. Andrews Society dancing. Flip ethnic (Zimanski, Zyvoloski, Zitzewitz, Anderson handed me a note from Paul Krez who'd Ziolkowski, etc.).

"Perhaps the late Buster Hoyle is still pulling gotten his $1,0(X) contribution to the Alumni fund our leg? If not, then we have in our Class a fouled up, and Flip straightened it out. He said, bonafide national war hero who, according to the "See you in '84 at the 45th here in Coronado," and signed the note with a picture of "Da Moose" Register, won three Navy Crosses!

"Now be sure you all pass on to your favorite (a fair drawing of a moose with its tongue and cortespondent (whose name was previously listed other things hanging out). A note from Fred Corle in Shipmate) your favorite sea stories told in a told of his going to Williamsburg for the wedding of Fred the II — who was the administrator of the nutshell.

1983 Summit of Industrialized Nations. (But no "P.S. Read a great book by an outstanding mention of Margaret — Thatcher, of course!) On author, Thomas B. Buell, '58. The title is Admiral Ernest King, Master of Sea Power. You will Fred's return to Providence he "put the finishing recognize a lot of contemporaries and learn lots touches on readying our Federal House (1818) for the Providence Preservation Society Candlelight of history you helped fashion." tour." He says he's still commuting to Boston as Margaret E. Smith, widow of Donald E. Smith, a consultant to Powers and Hall Attorneys. Mary, was inspired by Admiral Carney's article in Shiphe notes, spends much of her time at the Art mate to send in a photo of Don (center) chatting Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design as with His Majesty on board USS WICHITA a docent and associate. Micky Clark called to say sometime during WWII. that she and husband Bob Clark had pulled up stakes in Washington and moved to Granada, King George talks with Don Smith Admiral Claude Bloch made a surprise call on

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Spain (Apartado 229, Al Munecar) for the Winters and to Pittsfield, Massachusetts (P.O. Box 453, N. Egremont MA 01252) for the Summers. Bobby's work with Merrill Lynch is finished; kaput.

Frankie Fuller handed me a picture of Jaime Trauger as a member of the "Littie Big Band" which plays Dixie in a Mardi Gras at Sea aboard S. S. AZURE SEAS sailing from the port of L. A.

At Pajaro Dunes, Jaime revealed he was just back from the 10th World Jazz Festival in Sacramento — "A swinging bash with 80 bands from as far away as Denmark and Australia." Jaime is a keyboard player.

In the News: A press release told of Louis H. Roddis, Jr. joining the Detroit Edison Company's Board of Directors. Roddis, it was noted, is chairman of the Energy Research Advisory Board of the U. S. Department of Energy. He serves as a director of Gould, Inc. and Research — Cottrell, Inc. and is a consultant to several governmental agencies and private companies in the energy, utility and marine fields. And yes, he still lives in Charleston in one of the historical old showplace homes. Also in the news was Gus Norwood who received a Doctor of Laws honorary degree from Elmhurst College, at the graduation ceremony on 22 May. Gus's citation concludes with, "Because of his achievements in the areas of conservation and energy, and because of his hfe-long commitment to excellence in serving the United States government and its citizens, the faculty of Elmhurst College recommend Gustave Anton Norwood for the honorary degree. Doctor of Law." DEWITT PATTERSON

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As usual, I have a news release, or two, or three, or more on Grant Rogers. He was interviewed about his raft trip down the Coruh river in Turkey last Summer. Grant says, "The Coruh was exciting but not terrifying (like the Zambesi where he spun in, and was helo-ed to a hospital). The rapids are long, but they're enjoyable — enough to keep you busy but not enough to make you look ahead and say, 'This is the end of the trip.' " (Like his Zambesi affair.) He says the Coruh "gets like the Bio-Bio when it rains." (Thisconversation issome form of white water raftsmanship I don't understand.) Since Pajaro Dunes was virtually dedicated to Grant, I'll leave off on Grant's doings until that business.

Joe Zach Miller called from Oyster Bay, L.I., to tell of getting Ned Beach honored by the Teddy Roosevelt Society for his "outstanding citizenship." This is sloppy reporting on my part, but is a start towards an accurate reporting of Ned's latest honor. Joe Zach says he's fleet captain of the Seawanhaka, Corinthian Yacht Club at Oyster Bay, and that his major effort in the past year was a 23-day sail to Europe last Summer. Jack Siefert sent a postcard from Luxembourg saying that he and Kay are "concentrating on Germany this trip, using a German Railpass." He said he "looked for the House of All Nations in Berlin (from Youngster Cruise) but was told it was a bombing victim." Art Fischer wrote briefly that Ben Jarvis had a tumor removed from his neck and was awaiting the results of test scans and that Roger Paine has been on the driving range but still needs his doctor's OK to start playing the golf courses.

Jig Dog Ramage assures that '39s Forty-fifth Reunion in Coronado is on track — set for May 30, 31, and June 1, 1984. The Committee of Bob Brent, Fred Clarke, Bull Dawson, John Dolan, Art Fischer and Jig Dog is shown in that order in the photo herewith. The action calls for a cocktail buffet at the Amphib Base O-Club on the 30th, an early evening Harbor Excursion Boat Cruise on the 31st, and the Grand Dinner Dance at the Hotel del Coronado on the 1st — the anniversary date.

If you want to join this action, plus lots more, write Class of 1939 Reunion Committee, P.O. Box 1984, Coronado CA 92118.

George Duncan served as reporter for the Pajaro Dunes long week-end '39 get-together in June.

From his notes I gather that it was the 7th annual affair with about 60 nestled into eight beach houses. Twenty-four golfers took advantage of the great weather and used the Seascape course sponsored by Tex Harris. Paul Holmberg had low net and Jack Cameron low gross. John Cease and Jaime Trauger kept the crowd swinging with their pre-dinner music each night. Saturday had its day of nature walkers and tennis with Elmo Waring and Betty Rogers winning the singles and Elmo and Grant Rogers (again?) winning the doubles.

Dottie Hardy's bridge tournament was won by Patti and Jaime Trauger with the Freddy Clarkes in second place. On Saturday night at the dinner in the Lagoon House, with 21 more Classmates and friends in attendance. Grant Rogers MC'd and focussed on Bob Truax's rocket doings. It seems that one of Truax's rockets accidentally took off below decks in their boat and went through five bulkheads, producing "a form of structural fatigue which must be given attention." Grant was named Sportsman of the Decade by Howie Thompson who took over the MC job briefly. A plaque of cartoons of our '39-Sportsman was done by Stan Kerkering. (The hobo cartoon from the previous Shipmate was part of the collage.) The watchreturning business, as shown in picture herewith, saw Elmo Waring getting back his watch 39 years after his ship, GAMBIER BAY, had been sunk and 68

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he was picked up by Sam Caldwell's destroyer. At that time Elmo surrendered his watch for half of Sam's wardrobe. At Pajaro Dunes, Sam was willing to give the watch back without demanding any part of Elmo's wardrobe, including his sweatshirt!

Elmo said he was shortly on his way with wife Barbara to Alaska by car. Clara and Ted Ustick were also heading north, Ted to do some fishing in British Columbia. George Duncan told of his plans to go to Cambridge in July for a one-week law course, then act as an "adult host" on three consecutive Royal Odyssey cruises, first around Scandinavia, then from England to Athens, and finally Athens to Istanbul, etc. J. C. Lawrence wanted to know if he would be boning up on breach of promise suits while at Cambridge. And when someone reminded George that as a "ship's gigolo" he was only allowed to entertain women over 50, George said, "They all look over 50 to me." The Annual Good Guy Award went to Dick Gould for his voluntary labors in the settlement of Curt Vossler's affairs after his death last year.

The Daytons, friends of the Rogers' who come regularly to Pajaro Dunes as their guests, hosted a breakfast with Bloody Marys to wind up the long week end.

Waring retrieves his watch from Caldwell after 39 years . . . with Blackburn watching Betty Clarke, Kathy and Skeet Bemis, Eileen Clark Duncan and Harris award Golf Prizes Rogers Is roasted

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40 Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler Place, Alexandria VA 22302 Percent Members: 78 Living Grads: 308 Washington Report Thanks to Ed Muhlenfeld, former outstanding Class Secretary, we have a recap of the attendees at the 2nd-Wednesday-of-the-Month lunch at Army/Navy Country Club, Arlington (VA) on 8 June 1983: Dick Cochrane, Tab Collins, Paul Desmond, Oz Gray, Mike Hanley, Vince Healey, Ted Hill — amiable host. Bud Keister, Ed Muhlenfeld, Neil Rogers, Bill Roseborough, Ray Schneider, Harve Seim, Ed Sledge, Bob Triplett, Hugh Vickery and Dave Wolfe. Your President, Ted Hechler, is still slowly recuperating at his Annapolis home . . . under the expert care and ministrations of helpmate Loretta. And your secretary was enroute Anchorage, Alaska, with friend Dee to meet and greet #2 grandson by #3 daughter. It is understood that the Gang of 17 had a real good time, and ate and quaffed even more than usual while away from the restraining influence of the aforementioned Hechler and Winters; sic semper tyrannis.

There is no use waiting to the end of this column to tell the stark fact. Many of you already know. Just about every Classmate in the area, plus many friends from other Classes attended his graveside service at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, 15 June 1983. Tommy Taylor is dead. He left us, after a decade-long battle against odds, on the 11th of June. His gentlemanly consideration of and kindliness to All Hands during an inspiring lifetime leaves a large, unfillable gap.

We are all a bit better for having known this good Man. Betty Ann has asked us to express her deepest gratitude and thanks to '40 for the lovely floral tribute and other support given to her by Tom's many friends.

A note from John Lacouture recounts how well you all respond to justified requests for funds and help: " . . . Our Class of '40 Foundation Scholarship Committee wants to thank you all very much for the super support from Classmates, widows and friends of '40 in setting up our Scholarship Fund. Begiiming with the first candidate, now Midn. 4/c Robert H. Warnock, it will continue to help worthy candidates attend a prep school or college for one year to better prepare for entrance to the Naval Academy. Since Ted Hechler's last annual class letter went out . . . the contributions have been pouring in. Our $20,000 goal was reached early in May '83. By 25 May the total had reached $23,517!! RAdm. Elliott Loughlin, executive director of the USNA Foundation, Inc., assures us that the amount over $20,000 will be most useful in view of the fast growing tuition costs of prep schools and colleges . . . Again — heartfelt thanks for your very generous contributions; especially to those who made several contributions.

The short time it took to reach our goal . . . shows again that only 'FORTY IS 4.0! . . .' " Probably not more than a few hundred of you out there realize that our graduation date, 6 June, is also St. Norbert's Day (Saint Wholll). Well, don't take my word for it — ask the man himself.

Our own Norbert 'Frank' Frankenberger nowadays demonstrates his saintliness by designing and building models of seagoing vessels for such worthy causes as the inauguration of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Eastport. In this gift presentation the model was copied from the skipjack, WttLiE J. BENNETT. Another Frankenberger Shipmate, September 1983

Wooden ships and iron men model, a dinghy, was previously presented by the mayor of Annapolis to the mayor of Annapolis' sister city — Newport, Wales.

Castine Caper XIII As of press time the latest Castine Caper was well underway. By the time you read this (September) only the memories of another of '40's 4th of Julys will remain. You will have all the details in next month's issue. But — Can you believe this?? — by mid-June Ed Sledge had already compiled a roster of guests attending, a graph showing the daily guest total (for use in planning hmited space events), and the fortnight's Schedule of Events!!

News From Here And There The back pages of Shipmate should soon be hearing from Tad Lothrop as newly elected president of the Hilton Head/Beaufort (SC) Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association. Tad writes that the membership of this 'Low Country' group is now 35, and growing. Alumni are included from Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, Parris Island, nearby sea islands and Savannah (GA). Tad is in lumber up to his ears as manager of the local yard.

Barbara has been promoted to VP of Eraser Communications, specializing in digital electronics message service, specialized mobile radio, and FCC licensed. A busy pair!

Jerry Lindsay sent in a 17 May '83 photo and news clip from the Philadelphia Inquirer describing the arrival at Penn's Landing of the Maine Maritime Academy's training ship STATE OF MAINE. Ted Rodgers was quoted on board as stating: " . . . the cruise serves not only to give the midshipmen experience in performing as cadet officers and crew, but also as a . . . floating showcase for the Academy in enrolling new students . . . " A lovely note, postmarked Port Jervis (NY) from Veronica, oldest child of our late Otto Treanor thanks'40 " . . . for the lovely spiritual bouquet from . . . his Classmates . . . " Otto and Tommy Taylor were shipmates on board USS NEVADA when WWII began.

Boola-boola. Yale is losing her staunches! Eli. As of July, Annette and Joe Snyder had decided to depart the campus for a tour of Europe. This was their plan: " . . . Our first stop shall be in Vienna where our eldest, J. C. Ill, a foreign service officer, is stationed. From there . . . northern Italy by train, Switzerland via RV, and Switzerland to Holland by Rhine River boat. Then night boat and train to London for a couple of days with old English friends before taking off on a 12-day bus tour of the British Isles. Finally . . . out to Bath to spend a few days with British Navy friends . . . (Then) . . . back to the good old U. S. of A. — 3 September . . . " Our peripatetic friends from 77 Sunrise Drive in Portsmouth (Rl) spent April in Ireland with the Dick Pratts '39. Clare and Ed Hayes wonder why their photo appeared in the June Shipmate with no identifying caption . . . It is still trying to catch up to the Hayes.

Ned and D'Arcy Bent, Cary and Dorthe Hall — Budapest, Hungary — April 1983 Those other perennial wanderers, D'Arcy and Ned Bent, who just infrequently fan the home fires at Dayton, Ohio, took the springtime "Danube Passage" trip. They report that the whole trip was "FANTASTIC!", with only Cary Hall moaning that he'd rather be sailing in the Greek Islands, and that " . . . this trip was all Dorthe's idea, anyway . . . " Carping Cary is hereby sentenced to compose and sing two verses of "The Danube is no longer Blue" blues.

Not to be outdone by the easterners, the Boys from the West Coast took to the air last Spring.

Ben Frana departed his new Mountain View (CA) home for a visit to England (during its rainy season) and son Thomas and family in Worcester Park, London. Ben's daughter, Benay, a captain in the U.S. Army, is stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood and has recently received her master's degree in nursing from Marquette.

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Then there's Foggy Newcomb . . . Of Santa Barbara in California. Foggy took to the air, too . . . but went up, UP and beYOND! Foggy touched down in Kauai (HI) in April . . . but, let him tell you: ". . . want to introduce . . . the Class to Elizabeth (Betty) Alexander, since April 4, Betty Newcomb. The event took place in a movie set chapel at Coco Palms on the island of Kauai — a Hawaiian judge tying the knot to the strains of 'Ke Keli Nei Au' (the Hawaiian Wedding Song), with all our assorted children (3), daughters-in-law (2), and Betty's two grandchildren in attendance . . . see you in Castine! . . ."

The Secretary's Corner Dee and 1 departed the DC area for Anchorage (AK) on 1 June, via a/c to Vancouver (BC), cruise ship CuNARD PRINCESS to Whittier AK, and across Kenai Peninsula by RR to Anchorage. Purpose: visit to daughter #3 (Dana), son-in-law Harry Lee William, and newly arrived grandson #2, Robinson (so help me, God!) Leigh Williams. Maybe they could call him R-Leigh (like in Admiral Burke . . .). In the same fortnight, April/May, Harry Lee got himself a son and a Kodiak B'ar.

Son doing fine. Bear very dead.

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Alaska is still magnificent and indescribable, but a mite more settled around the seaports than when 1 last visited in '35.

Should you-all have thoughts of visiting Alaska up through the Inland Passage . . . Dee has photos that will help to firm up your resolve.

See you in Castine! * * * * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0! * * * *

41 Pres., Capt. Aubrey D. Engle USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda MD 20817 301/320-3887 Percent Members: 71 Living Grads: 284 Welcome back from Summer, and 1 cannot think of a better way to start Fall than to share a recent letter, complete with pictures, from Joe Taussig. Joe wrote: "On May 20,1 had the honor to make the Armed Forces Day Speech in Louisville, before some 600 people. In the course of the evening, I became the Honorary Captain of the LOUISVILLE BELLE, a fine paddle steamer; an Honorary Master of the Ohio River Locks; an Honorary Citizen of Louisville; and a full fledged Kentucky Colonel. Already having the longest title in government — 'Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Civilian Personnel Policy and

Equal Employment Opportunity (DASN (CPP/ EEO)),' I now sign myself 'DASN (CPP/EEO/ CLB/MORL/CL/KC).'

"The picture was taken at Churchill Downs on the 21st to honor 'Mattie Belle' who won the Armed Forces Day Committee Purse. On the far left, for the first time in her life, is Betty Taussig.

On the far right, as in his usual position, is our Classmate, Willis 'Bill' Fisher, who was sent by the Committee to keep me from signing dog food contracts on some of the nags that cost me $2 and ran faster in their stalls than on the tracks. The gentleman in the white hat is Capt. Tom Warren USN '53, the Commanding Officer of the Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, and Chairman of the Armed Forces Day Committee. Tom had apparently been suffering from insomnia, so invited his old Naval Organization prof to be the speaker, knowing that I had never failed to put him to sleep at the USNA. Then there's me trying to snatch the silver cup from the winning owner, who is getting unfair help from the jockey. These racing people are greedy. They already had the purse, and the least they could do was let me have the cup. Next to Tom and me is June Fisher who won a pot of money, because she studied all the racing forms, drew all sorts of charts, studied the tote board and then bet on the horse whose number equalled the empty beer cans on the table. Next to Bill is Jo Young Warren, whose father, Cassin Young '16, was a Classmate of Betty's father, Mick Carney

'16. Jo is the youngest of the Young tribe and a 4.0 hostess. The rest of the people were part of a posse put together, parading as owners, trainers and tuba players from the Churchill Downs' String Quartet, to steal my cane in the event I tried to cop the cup." Now you have to admit, in all honesty, that Joe's letter sure beats his speeches. Please write again on your next cup-copping caper, Joe. We now have a new set of class officers here in Washington: chairman — Bob Hayler; vice chairman — Fred Wyse; committeeman — Joe Hoker; treasurer — Jerry Engle; secretary — Victor Delano. In addition, Andy Anderson was elected as permanent assistant treasurer. Back in May, I mentioned that Esther and Fred Wyse live in Vinson Hall. My apologies to all the other residents there for my faulty labeling, which will not happen again! Fred is the president of the Residence Association.

Skiers Supreme — Windsor and Jones Bill Jones sent in pictorial evidence of his and Duke Windsor's annual skiing trip. Bill wrote that he had a short visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital last Spring but the shortness of the stay and the confinement to the hospital kept Mil and him from seeing more than a bare handful of Classmates.

Bill is the class contact for the Army-Navy game at the Rose Bowl, so if anyone is interested in attending the game and related events, get in touch with Bill.

Charlie Trumbull wrote the following from Chapel Hill: "Last January my ole Plebe Summer roommate Archie Kelley invited me to join him and Gomez Jones for his, Archie's, fourth annual cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Naturally I accepted with alacrity. Departure date was set for 25 March. Before that date arrived, however, Gomez had to drop out. He had been angered by a cat prowling on his new Audi and while chasing it slipped and broke his leg. Undaunted, we left on time with Archie as Captain, Chief Engineer, Leading Seaman and Radio Operator of the good yacht SHARI LEE. I logged aboard as Cook, AbieBodied (barely) Seaman, and Fishing Director (we ate fresh sushimi almost every day). Archie's sonin-law and his partner embarked as Seamen for the downhill trip. We spent four of the six nights enroute anchored in the lee of islands or in sheltered bays to have a respite from the usual thirty-five knot winds as well as to get ashore and 70

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Anne, Charlie left a son, two daughters and five absorb some local color and lobsters. We were grandchildren. joined in Cabo by Archie's Rosemary and By now you definitely should have received your daughter Sharon and by my Jane for a week of new class directories dated 5/10/83 on the cover. sun and surf and fine Mexican chow. Very restful.

Each came with an errata sheet on the back of a The only decisions that had to be made were where note from Jerry Engle. If you did not get one, let to eat each night. me know and another will be sent. In the mean"Archie and I sailed, or rather motor-sailed, SHARI LEE back to San Diego by ourselves, an ex- time here are two changes for the NEW directory; As noted in a previous Shipmate, Marv Baffin's ercise known in the trade as 'bashing up Baja' since wife, Arlene, died in November 1982. John E. the director you are trying to go is directly against Kirk's correct address is 7802 Heathercrest Circle, wind and tide. Apparently this voyage was not as Austin TX 78731; 512/346-2961. harrowing as it was last year when Archie did it Another professor emeritus has joined the all by himself in one continuous storm while coorgroup. John Reade III has fallen in with the retiredinating the rescue operations of three wrecked yachts. Nevertheless the seas were pretty awesome ment ranks from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania-. John, who is from at times, with winds to fifty-five knots. Also we Athens, in Georgia that is, took his Master of had to contend with the coordination of the rescue Science degree at Purdue after being transferred of only one dismasted yacht. Since SHARI LEE carries single-sideband radio and not just the usual to the retired list in 1961, then signed on with Susquehanna in 1962, and it was indicated that he VHF. Archie often seems to find himself providing had made "an obvious success in the transition the long distance communications required. from the deck to the classroom" and was noted "We made the trip back in ten days, with stops for "guidance of his colleagues while serving as at several villages along the way. It was a shorter head of the department of mathematics and as voyage than we expected because two days of chair of the natural sciences and mathematics unusual southeasterly winds sped us on our way. division."

It was a great experience — something I had always Congratulations, John! dreamed of doing. The next day we lunched with Gomez, by now out of his cast but leaning on a cane, and told him about what he had missed. I was sorry not to have been in town for the class luncheon, but I did get to see Jack Bennett with Pres., Capt. Robert F. Reilly USN (Ret.) whom I spent a day before the trip." Charlie, it Sec'y, R. S. Day CLU certainly did sound like a great experience and P.O. Box 6042, Shirlington Station many thanks for sharing it with us.

Arlington VA 22206 Percent Members: 74 Living Grads: 401 The Naval Academy is now being treated to one of the first brother/sister pairs and they are the Summer's heat has taken its toll of our Class son and daughter of Joanne and Leon Grabowsky. correspondents, so hopefully the coming of Fall How about that? Paul is a youngster and Jeanne will encourage more to write. Expect Bill Kurtz became a plebe this Summer. Congratulations to to be back in Washington from California in time both Paul and Jeanne for starting on a great for the resumption of Class luncheons in career, and to Joanne and Leon for helping to aim September. B's mother died in May and they have them in the right direction. been deeply involved in settling the estate.

Ray Miller was in Washington in late June for Tully Shelley sent in a bulletin about the Florida a conference. Ray is in charge of training at the '41 Reunion in 1984. Of the 93 Classmates in Los Angeles International airport and is a key parFlorida and vicinity plus the DC area to whom ticipant in the $7 million expansion now underquestionnaires were sent, 29 said they would atway to accommodate the Olympics and beef up tend, 2 maybe, 3 said no, 4 were returned with bad security. They live in El Segundo and have already addresses and the rest did not answer. Of the 29 programmed the Army-Navy game and the 45th who said yes, 28 have already made reservations reunion in Coronado into their family plans. at 'Tween Waters Inn, Captiva Island, Florida, for The annual Father's Day bash turned into a very the February 7,1984, Florida Reunion. Others inpleasant patio picnic, as we dodged the seasonal terested in joining their Classmates at this picturafternoon showers and the heat. Clara Lee esque setting should make reservations as soon as decorated the patio area and duplicated things in possible because the resort is booked well in adthe house, as well, just in case. When the first atvance and our preferred rate is for reservations tendees arrived, we were all indoors and anmade prior to September 1. Sorry I could not get ticipating lots of rain. Within 30 minutes, as the this in Shipmate in time for the Inn's September group finally had assembled, everyone was outdeadline, but give them a try anyhow and maybe doors and it was lovely. It was dark and everything they will give you a break. You can contact 'Tween had been long since stored away before the heavens Waters my mafl or phone (813/472-5161) and refer did open up and again drenched the land. The food to the USNA '41 group. Tully can be contacted was great, the potables were correctly iced, and this Summer at 481 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan the conversation flowed. The sporting events CT 06846 (phone: 203/966-8536). When Tully gets scheduled were curtailed in deference to the heat, back to Captiva in October, he will check with but the presence of a very heavily laden cherry tree 'Tween Waters on the status of reservations and afforded a measure of exercise for those given to get a mailing out to those vyho have reserved. climbing and stretching. Swabbo Rawson and The Class received a thoughtful note of thanks Chariie Smith, assisted by Bruce Meade (a from Anne Lynn for the flowers sent in Charlie Childer's son-in-law and a long-time and welcome Lynn's memory. Chariie died unexpectedly last member of our group), gathered several gallons May after a short illness. Bill Neely represented of cherries and distributed them liberally to all the Class at the memorial services and I know that takers. B and Bill Kurtz had sent their regrets and everyone joins me in extending our deepest symPeg and Jim Small, who have been faithful atpathy to Anne and her family. After retiring from tendees, were visiting Yosemite with the Hays. the service in 1961, Chariie moved to Sarasota and Marge and Mark Woods had planned to be on took the position of trust officer of the Sarasota hand, but family matters and a balky automobile Bank & Trust and later became trust officer at that required rescue sent them off in another direcVenice Nokomis Bank & Trust. In addition to

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tion. With the Meades, Rawsons, Childers, Charlie Smiths, and Days (plus two daughters and a grandson), were the Clicks, Pughs, Froudes, Nashs, Coles, Opps, and Thompsons.

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Class luncheon organizers — Hap Day, Bob Reilly, Hank Sweitzer

Sub Vets of WWII — standing, Bob Froude, Buzz Betzel, Hank Sweitzer, Hap Day, Phil Cole; kneeling — Art Rawson, Bob Reilly, Harry Rice As soon as the June Shipmate hit the street, I received a call from Dessie Deibler in Port Chariotte, Florida, offering Bill's Class ring for the permanent Alumni House collection. The ring has been delivered to the appropriate persons with our heartfelt thanks for this loving gesture.

Nan and Ted Gerber have left Darien, Connecticut, after 20 years to live at 25 Long Hill Farm, Guilford CT 06437 (Exit 57 on Rte. 95 — from Exit 10). Ted was interviewed for the 6 pm news on Channel 3 — Philadelphia after last year's Army-Navy game in a poll of opinions on the Rose Bowl site for the 1983 game. Ted thought it was a good idea, which apparently was the station position, and they included him in the clip.

Bill Morgan wrote to confirm his continued interest in going to the state finals next time around for the chili taste-off. More recently, Mary Lee and Bill were guests of Sue and Bob Mills at a dinner honoring Glo and Bob Lim. They were visiting the Mills with two of their grandchildren. The Art Burkes and Don Holmes rounded out the dinner group. Glo and Bob were in great spirits and thoroughly enjoyed the visit. They made a trip to Fallbrook to check out Bill's avocados and to visit the orchid greenhouses in Fallbrook, as orchids are Glo's hobby. Bob is now president of the Filipino Aerospace Industries.

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Bill is also president of the Fallbrook Garden Club and in early June had the pleasure of presenting a $500 scholarship to one of Hank Woessner's students. And, to top off his achievements as a gentleman-farmer. Bill is one of 32 successful graduates of a charter horticulture course for San Diego County put on by the University of California Agriculture Extension Service. He is now officially certified as a Master Gardener.

Fran and Bob Poage have transisted successfully into their lemon grove at Fallbrook. They share this interest with a consuming participation in the golf club where Bob sits on the board of directors and Fran is handicap chairman. It is noteworthy that they were able to continue in spite of Bob's misuse of an electric drill and the impalement of a finger and a torn ligament in his wrist.

Pat and Art Rawson continue their happy involvement with family and friends. Swabo participated in one of eight foursomes at John Wallace's 13th annual golf tourney which included a number of Classmates and beer and hamburger in John's backyard afterwards. They took their annual trek to Solomon's Island the first two weeks of June, in order to be back for the Father's Day gathering. Then, they'll catch their breath before heading to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the SubVet WWII convention and then on to Pt. Mugu to visit daughter Trissy and family.

43 Pres., Capt. Robert N. Adrian USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. William T. Peach, III (SC) USN (Ret.) 647 Kaimalino St., Kaliua HI 96734 Corr, Sec'y, Owen F. Keeler Jr. 207 ivieadow Gate Dr., Annapolis MD 21401 Percent Members: 72 Living Grads: 434

Gus Brady and daughter Mimi Spring around the Chesapeake just naturally brings news of many happy events, and some pleasant reminders of happy events in the past. On the 14th of May, Mimi Brady, the daughter of Mary and Gus Brady, was married to Dave Marquet '81 in the Naval Academy Chapel with a reception held in the gardens of Paca House — known in another day as Carvel Hall. It was a most appropriate setting; Mimi is a sixth generation descendant of William Paca who built the historic home — a beautiful place, a beautiful bride and a very happy occasion.

Now back to another generation. June 1983 is the month of a lot of 41st wedding anniversaries among us. (Anybody bidding 42nd so far? Probably, by the time this is published!) Out in La Jolla on that day, June 19th, Ginny and Bill Busik helped Jane and Les Heselton celebrate their big 41st. Kudos to Jane and Les and the same to all 72

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On the same general theme but a little belated, congratulations are due Pat and Jim O'Brien who were married in February (1983, that is) and now, as we hear, are honeymooning in Atlanta. That tells me why Jim's McLean phone was disconnected when I tried to call him in May. Sometimes the word is slow in percolating.

Hazel and Bob Greenwood on their 39th Also in February, the 27th to be exact, a detachment of '43's Washington garrison helped Hazel and Bob Greenwood celebrate their 39th anniversary. I don't know what stage of the evening produced this picture, but the 39 years seem to have worn well be them. Here's to 39 more, you-all!

For the Department of Public Attention and Notoriety, Joe Volonte sends a note and a clipping of an ad run in the Northwest New Jersey Daily Record by Allen Leighton's banker bragging about how well Chatham Brass is doing with Allen as President. Well done, Allen, and congratulations on the job. Very few of us have ever had a banker brag about us.

Having spent more than a few years in the Midwest, it is nice to hear from that part of the country once in awhile. We are indebted to Bob Zoeller for this report on what goes on there: "The Class of '43 had a small reunion to celebrate 'A Day at the Races' at Churchill Downs on Armed Forces Day, May 21, when Ann and Joe Donahoe and Pattie and Ed Robie drove down from Cincinnati

to Louisville to spend the weekend with Bob and Marilyn Zoeller across the Ohio River in New Albany. Joining them for the races and dinner that evening were Karen and Bob Stathas, manager of the New Albany Tribune. Although everybody lost on the races, we made up for that by learning a new card game called 'Spite and Malice' and listening to our dog, Birkie, bugling to Marilyn's mother. Hazel Bir, playing jazz on the piano. A very pleasant weekend!" We should hasten to add that the above was published in full knowledge that having the six of you at the races, with the full support (1 presume) of the local press, without winning any money will not help the image and pride of '43 a bit. No wonder the dog howled at you!

Please try harder next time!

We now have the sad duty to report that Peggy Woodall, wife of Reuben Woodall, passed away on July fifteenth, after a long and brave fight against her final illness. Peggy always brightened the world around her. The many communities of which she was a part were benefited by her presence. She was a past president of the Seven Seas Garden Club, a docent at Paca House and active in the Antique Arts Association, all of Annapolis. Peggy had also served for many years as a Navy Relief volunteer and as a Gray Lady. We will miss her and our deepest sympathy goes to Reuben and his family. For those of you who may wish to express your support and sympathy to Reuben, his address is 1922 Hidden Point Road, Annapolis MD 21401.

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 Never has so much publicity been given in advance of a 40th anniversary reunion at the USNA. In this case it has paid off handsomely, and we believe there are no Classmates or widows whom we can reach that have not received a flyer. The head count of indicated attendees is now over 600 and may still be cUmbing.

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Leahys and friend Mailbag Bill Leahy checked in with the picture of his wife, Lambie, himself, and a friend, Mame Shipmate, September 1983

Ray Bock stripped his album to provide photos Stewart, attired in Trinity College field hockey uniform. Navy N Sweater, and referee uniform of midshipman days of '44. We display some of them herewith. The four plebes of Room 3001 are respectively. The occasion was a dinner dance in "attic wear." Bill reported a busy year for the Ray Bock, Pem Wall, Jack Shields, and Hank Leahys. Mary lee, their youngest of eight children, Ahrens, left to right. The three plebes in their new blues are Bob Bird, Jim Goodykoontz, and Jack graduated Cum I aude at age 21 from St. Joseph Christman pictured with the destroyer, NOA, in the University. This year marks ' ambie's 40th out of background. Two shots made on board USS Trinity College. Bill's 40th out of the USNA, and JAMESTOWN feature Bock's feet on the fantail trantheir 40th Weddmg anniversary — a jackpot of som, and Frank Barrett doing the photography.

40th's! After a tour of Ireland and England, they plan to wind up th'^ year with us at the 40th re- The pseudo-Scotsman in towel kilt, whiskbroom sporran, leggings, and javelin is Gordon Duncan. union. Bill observed 'hat they hive been well blessed with their fine family, which now includes The plebe with the "duty" brassard standing by nine grandchildren. They can be reached at 1408 Jack Godfrey in front of the bandstand is Lanier Cole, who also dropped me a line in May. Ray Hillside Rd., Wynnewood PA 19096.

Bock may be reached at 23777 Mulholland Pern Wall wrote in that he was retiring from Highway #16, Calabasas CA 91302.

Posi-Seal International, Inc. in North Stonington, Lanier Cole proved that both he and Mike Connecticut, on 8 July, after five years there as a senior manufactiu-ing engineer. Previously, he Caldwell read Shipmate. Shortly after he read our was with the Electric Boat Division of G. D. where report in April of Mike's new digs at marker #235 he played a major role in setting up the submarine on the intracoastal waterway in Carolina, he asked a friend who was making the trip from Jacksonmanufacturing facilities at Quonset Point. Pem and Winnie vacationed in Pensacola in April and ville Northward by boat to find "Point Caldwell."

May and while there purchased a new home near His friend found it and photographed it with the Corry Field complex. Their latch string is now marker #235 in the foreground. You are not able out at 7301 Sandy Creek Drive, Pensacola FL 32506. Pem and Winnie have stayed in touch with Bobbie and Jack Blair through a visit to see them in Wilmington, North Carolina, and with Ray Bock, his plebe summer roommate, by mail. Pem may be surprised to see himself with his roommates in the photo sent to me by Ray. The Walls intend to make the 40th.

Cole and Godfrey Clansman Duncan

to read the number but I checked it with a magnifying glass — and you can't see Mike's house because it's hidden in the woods on Bear Creek where Mike now has a 100-foot pier which he constructed. As a result of all this, Lanier and Mike have corresponded and "mile 235" doesn't seem so far away anymore!

Lanier says he is still with Westinghouse (along with Charlie Miller and Dick Lennekin) working on the E-3 (AWACS) radar. He now has 65 hours in the test aircraft here and in Germany for special tests. His and Peggy's three children have presented them with seven grandchildren and two more should have arrived in June and August in Indiana and Germany respectively. Lanier stays busy in off-hours with two singing groups, teaching a course in radar at Westinghouse in the Winter, and soaking in his pool all Summer. The Coles can be found at 1703 Tarrytown Avenue, Crofton MD 21114.

Jack Creamer wrote that he and Gloria are looking forward to the 40th. They both stay busy and spend lots of time with their two daughters and grandchildren, who live within easy driving distance. Jack works on projects and issues for the New Hampshire Department of Personnel, and Gloria has become a "Jane-of-all-trades" for the Strafford (NH) Town Office where she thoroughly enjoys participation in small town government. So far she declines to run for town selectman, possibly on the grounds that as the first woman to hold office she would force a change of title from selectman to selectperson to selectwoman! We'll see the Creamers at our 40th. In the meantime, they are still at Box 118 Bow Lake Village, Strafford NH 03884.

Secretary's Corner Many of you noted in the June Shipmate that the Class of '37 intends to erect a memorial at the Naval Academy upon which will be inscribed the names of all Alumni who lost their lives in the line of duty and whose remains were never recovered from the sea or remote land areas of the world for burial in a marked grave. Wade Hiller has assisted your secretary in compiling a list of '44 alumni names which meet the above criteria. We believe there will be a total of about 33 honored dead from '44 to be inscribed on the Class of '37 Memorial.

The listing will be checked by the Naval Military Personnel Command for final approval.

Happy Fall! — WVW

45 Bird, Goodykoontz, and Christman Bock, Wall, SheUds, Ahrens

Pres., Capt. Carl W. Gronemann USN 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 From the hallowed halls of the 13th Company to the E Ring of the Pentagon may not be a great distance in miles, but in time it has spanned an active career of over 39 years. Varsity baseball Captain, member of the varsity basketball team and four-striper, Lando Zech went to sea in destroyers after graduation, serving in JOHN D .

HENLEY

(DD-553)

and

HENRY

C.

TUCKER

(DD-875). Then followed submarine service in FLYING FISH (SS-229), BLACKFIN (SS-322), XO of

the IREX (SS-482) and commanding officer of foiu" submarines:

SEA ROBIN

(SS-407),

ALBACORE

(AGSS-569), NAuraus (SSN-571) and JOHN ADAMS (SSBN-620). His fifth sea-going command

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was the guided-missile cruiser SPRINGFIELD (CLG-7). No stranger to the Washington area, Lando served in BuPers, OPA, OLA and as deputy commander. Recruiting Command. His flag tours have included ComTHlRTEEN in Seattle, Chief of Naval Technical Training in Memphis, two years as ComNavFor Japan and deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training) and Chief of Naval Personnel since 31 July 1980. On 1 October 1983, VAdm. Lando William Zech, Jr. is scheduled to retire from the Navy he has served for so long, the last '45er on active duty and the last USNA line officer who saw active service in WWII. As of this writing (July 6th) Jo and Lando intend to reside at 5918 Merrift Place, Falls Church VA 22041.

John V. Peters writes to inform the Class that his Shipmate of 35 years, Jeanne, lost a two-year battle with cancer on 9 June 1983. Memorial services were held on 12 June at the Living Word Lutheran Church in Grapevine, Texas. Jeanne, a graduate of St. Olaf College and the University of Iowa graduate school, was active in the Girl Scouts as a commissioner for the Far East; president of the American Association of University Women in Piano (TX); member of the church council at the Living Word Lutheran Church; and as a Navy wife, and mother to three children, Victoria, James and John. Pete adds, "Jeanne loved her church group which has established a memorial fund in her honor. Betty and Bob Ewing were here for the memorial service as were Rosemarie and Wally Riggs '46 and Jean and Tom Dyer '50. She always loved and was enthused about '45 and its spirit." Pete lives at 402 Hilltop, Roanoke TX 76262.

Still on a somber note, the "Last Call" section of this issue contains the obituaries of William Walker Coldwell who died on 6 April 1983 at San Antonio, Texas and George Marion Howard who died on 5 June 1983 at Clarence, New York. The respective widows have been contacted by the Class to express our heartfelt condolences.

In one of these deaths, the Class received no notification until two months after, and only from correspondence returned to the Alumni Association marked, "deceased, return to sender." In the other case, a letter to a Classmate from a Classmate was received over two weeks after the death. My purpose in this revelation to you is to emphasize the need for the Class and the Naval Acadmy Alumni Association to be notified immediately in the event you learn of the death of a Classmate. You can call me collect and I will pass the word to all those who need to know immediately. The class officers will send flowers or memorials and a letter to the next of kin as appropriate in all cases.

Well, the popular Washington Area Class luncheons on the second Tuesday will commence again on the 14th of September. At the last one of the season, on 14 June, the new officers of the Association of the Class of 1945 were installed (see names in last issue) and our guests were two old friends from Midshipmen days: Capt. C. M. Bertholf USN (Ret.) '34 and Capt. H. Q. Murray USN (Ret.) '34 who revealed some hitherto unpublished memorablia of those halcyon days under the shelter of Mother Bancroft. In addition to the 34 locals, out-of-towners were Beetle Forbes from Virginia Beach and Don Shelton from California.

The big news from Pensacola these days, according to John Chappel, is that Hank Anson got himself elected to the City Council and was sworn in on 13 June. "Hank was one of five candidates, narrowly missed winning on the first election (he needed 50% of the vote, plus one — and had 48%) and won handily in the run-off election."

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John included a clipping from the 5 June Nashville newspaper. The Tennessean, which featured an account of a Polk family reunion of more than 100 Polks at Rattle and Snap, a 4000-acre working farm in Maury County. Tom Polk and his brothers. Gen. James H. Polk and Col. John F. Polk, are great-grandsons of the original builder of the farm and mansion constructed in 1845 by George Washington Polk. Ginny and Tom Polk live at PO Box 6211, Longboat Key FL 33548.

Sailplane spouse Burma Schwager, of 3727 Frazier Drive, Endwell NY 13760, keeps our interest in soaring alive: "The Class of '45 may also have a record number of coveted international soaring achievements. For instance, Al Blackburn has received Silver and Gold awards from the Soaring Society of America. Joe Schwager has Silver, Gold, Diamond and Lennie awards . . . Bet there are other '45 soaring feats!" Well, let's hear it from you sailplane buffs! And why not send me a foto of your flying machine?

Writing from his summer home at Box 713 CSA, Frankfort Ml 49635, and spilling only a little of his gin and tonic on the letter, Syd Wynn reported that he had not received the letter and biographical form for the Forty Years After Book.

By now, all of you should have received the memorandum from the Class of 1945, 40 Years After Book Commiftee dated 1 June 1983. / / NOT, call me immediately! The required information is needed by the middle of September. Syd closes his letter with, " . . . I admire and appreciate all the extra-curricular work you are doing to assure that the knitting that holds the Class together does not come unraveled." And, Bob Hale, at 12424 Cloudesly Drive, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego CA 92128, pens a note to Dick Van Orden, publisher and chairman of the committee: "Dick — Efforts such as yours often go unsung.

I look forward to the '45 book with deep appreciation." Phil Erickson, secretary of the book committee, reports that responses to the June mailing are rolling in with a 1 July balance of $3600 worth of books ordered.

Al Olsen, treasurer of the USNA Class of 1945 Foundation, told the 14 June luncheon attendees that the Gift fund total is $25,000, of which $9602 is on deposit at 8% with the Navy Federal Credit Union and $16,000 is held for us in escrow by the Alumni Association. Since that time, substantial gifts have been received from Bob Williams and Frosty Shoemaker. Make checks out and send your 1983 tax deductible contributions to USNA Class of 1945 Foundation, PO Box 10962, Arlington VA 22210. While you're at it, add a note about you and yours for this column and Al will pass it to me.

Al Georgis contributed the following concept for a Class gift: "In my opinion, the best word that describes the Class of 1945 in things Navy and Naval Academy is Spirit. It seems to me it has always been that way and it continues to be that way. It ought to therefore be recognized as such and in someway perpetuated. How do you relate Navy and Class spirit to a gift? My idea — Recognize the midshipman or midshipmen at graduation who best exemplify the profile of a person who would most likely perpetuate that Navy and Class spirit after graduation. Such a profile might be an adequate academic standing (B average or better), participation in athletics (varsity and/or battalion and/or club, etc.), good grease (leadership position in final set), and participation in other extracurricular activities (Lucky Bay, NA 10, choir, etc. . . . ). 1 would recommend that four awards known as the Class of 1945 Spirit Awards be made at each graduation to deserving Midshipmen. By investing the $45,000, the awards can be self-supporting in perpetuity. What should

the gift be — sword, binoculars, whatever? Let the Class Association figure that out. That's it.

Let the Class Association have your thought."

The Bulletin Board: Mark your calendar for the Fall Golf and Chowder Outing at the luxurious Evergreen Country Club in Haymarket Virginia, scheduled for Saturday, 15 October . . . Don Shelton is trying to locate Gene Spangler's widow, now Mrs. Howard Lyon, and who lives somewhere in the Wilmington (DE) area . . . Bill Flynn has produced a new roster of Classmates in the Washington (DC) area. Write me for your copy . . . Roberta and Carl Gronemann spent a week on a canal barge in England and then another two weeks driving through the Lake Country, Birmingham, Wales, to Land's End, visiting castles and old homes before ending up in Heathrow.

They ran into Al Shepard in Greenwich . . . Nancy and Thad Taylor enjoyed an overnight sail in Susan and Andy Kerr's 43-foot cutter ANDLAM III, one April evening off the coast of St. Thomas. Sue and Andy had sailed the boat from Gibraltar to St. Thomas where they met Nancy and Thad at the home of a mutual friend.

When last seen, the Kerrs were enroute Newport and were planning a leisurely cruise down the coast this Summer. Hope we'll get to see them! . . . The 1983 Alumni Fund Drive ended on 30 June with 208 Classmates contributing a total of $12,744.81, about a thousand dollars more than in '82 . . . Do you know why the 25 November 1983 Army/Navy game will be played in the Rose Bowl? Answer: Pasadena officials guaranteed ticket sales of 104,000 plus expenses for transportation and lodging for midshipmen and cadets . . . Marge Fallon was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the Commandant of the Marine Corps for five years of service as a Marine Corps Museum Shop Volunteer . . . The Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Heart Association presented a gold service recognition medallion to Phil Erickson for "Ten Years of Outstanding Service." . . . Joe Schwager is vice president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Alumni Association . . .

Slim Caple of Santa Clara, California, was the first to respond to the I June Forty Years After Book letter . . . Rod Rose bought a blue VW van with blue and gold trim and is now trying to get a "USNA '45" type license plate to go with it, but most combinations have been used up in Virginia and Maryland . . . And, finally, as our Ancient Mariner, Bill Flynn, reminds us all, "Be sure you don't leave your teeth in a two-decker sandwich." . . . See you at Homecoming 21-23 October!!!

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

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 nice letter from Jerry Nuss advises that he and "Slip" Haizlip are the ex-officio representatives of '47 in the Charleston (SC) area. "Slip" is a high school math and science teacher and Jerry is perShipmate, September 1983

sonnel director at the College of Charleston. Both Jerry and Slip are active members of the USNA Alumni Association, Charteston Chapter, and with their wives. Melody Nuss and Paige Haizlip, are lifetime members of the Navy League. Jerry says he has been active in Rotary work, just completing a year as the district governor of District 277, comprising 47 (a good number) Clubs, 3300 members throughout the eastern half of South Carolina.

Jerry continues, '"Betty and Bruce Oliver visited their son Wayne, stationed on a submarine here early this Spring. Pat and Moody Brown stayed at Seabrook Island a couple of weeks in April. My roommate. John Illingworlh, and his wife Gladys were here — we hadn't seen each other for 30 years. Wes McDonald was the guest of honor and speaker at a joint Navy, Air Force and civilian dining-in which was held here recently. Hannah and Al Barnes were also here early in the year."

Thanks for the letter, Jerry. I need news from all of YOU, so drop me just a line or a whole column! li saddens me to announce the death of "Pud" Roth. His wife, Jinni, wrote me that he had suffered through two heart attacks in the past and was going through tests preparing for an operation for a massive aneurysm on the aorta. He died while taking a stress test. Their children are carrying on in fine tradition. Linda married Lt. Thomas J. Concannon, '79; Patti married Cdr. John S. White, '69 (and son of Toby and Lloyd R. "Whizzer" White, '46); and Dan and his family live in Boonetown, North Carolina. Cdr. W^hite is XO of USS PHARRIS, and it was from that ship that Pud's ashes were scattered at sea.

Another recent tragedy was the death of Dottie and Jim Wilson's son Henry in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin, where he was a physician and amateur pilot. He left his wife and two sons. Our sympathies are extended to you, Jim and Dottie.

In a more positive mood, Ralph Camahan has been awarded the Silver Antelope Award by the Boy Scouts of America. Ralph has been active in scouting for many years and as executive board member and chairman for exploring in the National Capital Area Council. The award was made for noteworthy service of exceptional character to boyhood by registered Scouters. Congratulations, Ralph!

From upper left: "Heck" Williams, W. B. & A. area social coordinator; Bob Enright; Bob Wilson; Bill Gay, Frank Keith, Frank Readdy, and Chet Shaddeau at a recent '47 luncheon

Among the photos this month is one of Heck Williams, which may help you sort him out from the other "Williamses" (I have a similar problem of being confused with the other "Johnsons" — usually being called "Walt" — which is a good guess mathematically). Also pictured is Bob Wilson, who has been involved in getting our class records on computer discs. Chet Shaddeau, in the Shipmate, September 1983

group picture, lent a big hand in getting our Washington-Annapolis Directory published. These directories are available from me for one dollar to cover mailing costs.

Jim Doyle served as the commissioning officer of USS DOYLE ( F F G - 3 9 ) on May 21st. The guided

missile frigate was named after Jim's father, VAdm. James H. Doyle, Sr. Jim and Jeannette's daughters, Kathleen Doyle-Watson, and Anne J. Doyle, served as sponsors. The ship is 445 feet long, has a beam of 45 feet and displaces 3717 tons.

John R. "Jack" Fisher has been elected executive vice president of Raymond Builders and will be responsible for managing their construction services group.

Speaking of Johnsons, if this issue gets to you before Saturday, 10 September, you may still be able to reserve a rib or two by calling Walt Johnson, 703/832-3546 at Pagebrook Farm. We will be eating his fabulous bar-b-que before the game with Virginia, which starts at 1900, so come early and enjoy the whole day. Those staying over will be at the Qualhy Inn, Exit 25 at 1-64 and US 250. Anyway, BEAT VIRGINIA (for openers), keep those letters coming, and show 'em that '47 is still "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 Well, here we are again. The mail bag has a couple of offerings this time. You should probably know that Bill Evans reports that he is back in Australia more or less permanently. I received a fine letter from Ed Rudzis from 1705 Tartan Place, Anacortes WA 98221, and he enclosed a photo of a typical sunset from his front step with Burrows Island in the background and the Olympic Mountains beyond. Believe me, it's a beauty, but to reproduce in B&W it wouldn't do it justice. Ed adds, "Maybe you can understand my reluctance to ever want to leave this area. The peace and tranquility are undescribable, and the silence is at times, deafening."

The rest of the letter: "How about a word or two from the boondocks of the Pacific Northwest.

We've been here in the same location for almost five years, which is somewhat of a record for us to be in one spot this long. Fabulous country, this San Juan Islands area; my only regret is that 1 didn't locate it sooner. I'm still saihng my 27-foot Catalina around these islands, but I've been getting in a lot of good fishing; no sweeter music than to hear the reel sing out when a 15-pound salmon has taken your lure. Not much activity or class doings in our neck of the woods since we're so far off the beaten track. Doubt that there are five Classmates in the state of Washington. Since my last letter to you, Babs and I have become proud grandparents; our daughter Sue who is married to LCdr. Dave Cradduck USN '71, are the proud parents. Our grandson, Jonathan, was born last July in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while Dave was on exchange duty with the Canadian Navy. Our son John, Class of '78, is still flying CH-53s for the Marines, and is presently out in the Far East. Best wishes for your continuing success in producing a very worthwhile column for Shipmate."

The rest of you Classmates in Washington State, please send me a letter and prove Ed is wrong about there being only five.

I also heard from George Parish this month, still living at 4705 Little John Road, Va. Beach 23455.

The address smacks of a small head or he is living

Resches (left). Parishes (right) among Robin's Merry Men. In any case, 1 quote: "From the June issue of Shipmate 1 was delighted to learn of Bud Ennis' inquiry as to my whereabouts. (Your Scribe sent George's address to Bud). From the same issue, it is apparent that you need some class news. Maybe 1 can contribute a bit. Jean and Earl Resch and my Jeanne and 1 flew down to New Orleans this Spring for a short visit. Fortunately, it was the one weekend of the Spring when clear, warm weather blessed the area.

Enclosed is a picture of the four of us at Jackson Square. Believe the shrimp and oyster boats had to schedule an early return to sea to replenish restaurant stocks after our visit.

"Ran into Andy Mclntyre a few weeks ago. He is going great — fully retired as of a few years ago.

Norm Hornsby called me a few weeks ago. He plans to make this year's 35th reunion. We also will be there and will be shooting for winning the class door for a fourth time. Talked to Merrill Norton out in Lovington, New Mexico, a few months ago. He and Jane and family are all doing fine.

Son, Lafayette, USNA '78, and wife, presented Merrill and Jane with a new grandson within the past year. Our own son, George 111 (USNA '73), is completing a spUt department head tour (Ops in an FF/lst Lt. in an LST) out in San Diego and will be heading to (DC) in August for a tour in OPNAV/BUPERS. Now we can look forward to more than just an annual get-together. See you at Homecoming."

I am most sad to pass the news on to you that Gene Spalding's wife, Julie, died while undergoing heart surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital on June 22. There was a service at the Fort Myer chapel with interment at Arlington on Monday, the 27th. It was a lovely service, very well attended, with many Classmates and wives. Gene and his two sons invited everyone over to the Army-Navy Country Club afterwards, which gave everyone a chance to talk to Gene and his sons, Bruce and Brian, and their families. Julie was a lovely person, and will be missed. Gene's address is 847 Deerwood Ct., Annapolis MD 21401.

49 Pres., RAdm. John C. Barrow USN (Ret.) Sec'y Mr. T. Paul Riegert Class '49 PO Box 2741, Arlington VA 22202 Percent Members: 66 Living Grads: 616 The whole Class can be proud of the fact that John Ekelund has been selected as president of the California Maritime Academy. John is completing a 34-year naval career as superintendent of the 75

postgraduate school at Monterey, and is moving up the coast a bit to Vallejo for his new post. He has had a good deal of experience in the academic world inasmuch as he has a Master of Science degree in Systems Analysis from the University of Rochester, is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College, has been an instructor at the Submarine school, has served as academic dean at the Naval War College, and has been deputy Director of Training and Education for the entire Navy. He is a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnamese wars and has been commanding officer of the cruiser ALBANY and commander of the South Atlantic Force.

Congratulations, John and Lynn, on a most impressive assignment.

Nice to note that Milton Allen president of Milton Allen & Associates, has the firm under his own name now — it used to be the Mandate Corporation. The management services company has been providing computer software and on-line services since 1968 to manufacturers in the Midwest.

From its headquarters in Cleveland the company insures short lines of communications and close management of client services.

of our "Honorary" Classmate, Prof. Donald C. Gilley, who died on the 11th of May, at the age of 78. Memorial services were held at the Naval Academy Chapel on May 16th with Chuck Greenwood participating in the services. Ann and Tom Ross were present. Prof. Gilley began his Naval Academy ministry in 1944 and had retired in 1972.

He was an honorary member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, honorary Chaplain in the U.S. Navy and an honorary member of the Class of 1950 and 1973.

The Coughlins with grandson Brian

50 Pres., Cdr. William A. Kiehl USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wayne L. Jensen USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Ct., Chula Vista CA 92010 Percent Members: 65 Living Grads: 510 John B. Farrell checks in from 92-904 Welo St. #92, Ewa Beach, Hawaii 96706, to remind that we all ought to pay more attention to the news that originates from the Islands as it portends of things to come for all on the Big Island. He points out that he knew that Sylvester Foley had been back on the mainland states expressing his views on naval matters, but still feels that Sylvester gets to the heart of the matter when he talks at home in Hawaii. Recently our PacFIt Commander (in an address to the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council at the Kahala Hilton Hotel) said American readiness to fight a naval war is much improved over only a few years ago. The main theme of the address was that the big plus in our U . S . Navy was our people — people that come from an action-oriented society and are ready to accept improved ways of doing things — pride, professionalism, adequate pay and benefits, and public recognition have all combined to make the quality of our people a real plus in terms of readiness.

John wondered if Sylvester could notice much difference between Plebe pictures and First Class pictures taken during cruises! No; about the only difference seems to be that the Plebe uniforms seemed to fit better.

Also from Hawaii comes official notification that the Coopers have been on the road again, with a move just a bit sooner than had been expected.

Charlie detached from his job as deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, and reposed as Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, with headquarters at Camp Smith, Oahu, Hawaii, 96861. Charlie and Carol now call home 35 Makalapa Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818. Charlie's command includes Marine units on the West Coast, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, and Pacific Islands, altogether some 80,000 strong; but most importantly, Chariie is back with the troops and he couldn't be more pleased. And with Sylvester and Charlie in the Pacific we can all rest easier at night.

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Mike and John Coughlln Thanks to Jo Minnis who writes from Centerville, Virginia, we have pictures of John Coughlin swearing in son Mike and of John and Mary holding grandson, Brian, in the shadow of this year's class ring. (Brian belongs to Kathleen and Brian Fitzpatrick.) The Coughlins made a short but very active visit with the Minnises during late June. Son Steve Minnis is headed for China Lake and a tour with VX-5. Since Lee spent two tours with that organization he thought that it was fitting and proper for Steven to do so.

A paragraph in the June '50 column of Shipmate struck a nerve with John Holmes of 16791 Phelps Lane, Huntington Beach CA 92649, as he hastens to point out that in addition to those listed there as being in proximity to the Rose Bowl for Army/Navy game purposes, the Greater L.A. area is in fact also in Southern California. Accordingly, please add the following Classmates who are ready and willing to participate in any Army-beating activities: Mort Richardson, 2309 Via Riviera, Palos Verdes Estates 90274; Guy Buck, 17765 San Candelo, Fountain Valley 92708; Ken Ivanson, 2812 Pinelawn Dr., La Crescinta 91214; Don Lind, 517 North Prospect Ave., Redondo Beach 90277; George Michie, 14691 Alder Ave., Tustin 92680; B. T. Mills, 2622 Loremon Ave., Long Beach 90815; Leo Innerbichlor, Flight Systems Inc. 4000 Westerby PI., P.O. Box 2400, Newport Beach 92663; and John Snyder, 24971 Hendon, Laguna Hills 92653. We are sorry for the lapse and appreciate the update from John on the L.A. area residents.

At June Week West '83, the Class of 1950 was not outstanding in the quantity of representation — quality, yes, but not quantity. Those from '50 at the event at the Town and Country Convention center, San Diego, from 24 to 26 June were: June and Stan Neander, Joann and Joe Pausner, Elaine and Cliff Skinner, Charline and Guy Buck, Liz and Garry Murphy and Dorothy and Wayne Jensen. As noted in the preceeding paragraph, the Bucks live in Fountain Valley (CA), but they plan to retire to the Missouri Ozarks later on this year, at least if their house sells. The home in the Ozarks is the same home that Guy left in 1946 to join USNA, i.e., 214 W. Maple Ave., West Plains MO 65775. June Neander reports that she and Stan are now joining the ranks of the grandparents with the arrival in March of grandson, Bryan Owens, who weighed in at nine pounds, eleven ounces.

Daughter Debby and her husband, Lt. Larry Owens USCG, are now located at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters where Larry is on special assignment. If baby Bryan takes after Grandpa Stan, size 15 shoe — Stan, not Bryan — then perhaps Navy football should take note for circa 2000. Elaine Skinner reports that they are able to get the Hal Vincents down to San Diego from their retirement home in El Toro fairly often. Ginny and Hal now call home 24231 Lakeview Ln., El Toro CA 92630. Two little known facts about Hal — he is the first Marine aviator to fly at Mach 2, and Ginny has taught their pet bird to whistle the "Marine Hymn," to which Hal is awakened each morning.

The '50 June luncheon in San Diego was held at the Officers' club at North Island and because of the near perfect weather, there were a number of last minute cancellations; however, those sage enough to attend and forget other business and pleasure activities had a completely delightful couple of hours going over the past 30-odd years. The '47 Youngster cruise received most of the conversation what with USS NEW JERSEY being tied up at North Island. Most had cruised on that Lady and while they enjoyed the experience and the many liberty ports and the Hatui in Cuba, all agreed that the food on that ship was abominable with the likes of red, white and blue (and green) hot dogs that couldn't be eaten and the so-called clam chowder that could neither be chewed nor swallowed. Agreement was that, "Well we lived through it, and the youngsters today really don't know and appreciate just how good they have things." Attending were: Garry Murphy, Bob Whitelaw, Dick Thurston, Chff Skinner, Dick Prescott, Marty Katcher and Wayne Jensen. Dick Thurston was down from Provo, Utah, on business and he and Mary Lou stayed at the Sheraton where they had a tremendous view of San Diego harbor and vowed to move to San Diego in the not-too-distant future. Dick observed of the luncheon, "Some of the stories get better every year, but, 'if it's worth repeating, then it's worth embellishing!' " Also from San Diego — Gene Wisenbaker and Bill Grimm were happy to announce the opening of Grimm TV and Appliance and invited all to join them in celebration of such event on Friday, July 8th, at 156 Orange Avenue, Coronado 92118. Regular hours are from 0830 to 1730, Monday thru Saturday. Congratulations to Gene and Bill.

John Cavanaugh, who is heading up this year's homecoming activities for the Class, calls to remind just one more time that once again the Saturday night activities will be at Busch's Chesapeake House and all questions regarding the '50 doings can be addressed to him at 501 Bayberry Dr., Severna Park MD 21146. John reminds that the Stadium location for '50 this October will be the Shipmate, September 1983

First Class Cruise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Paris I. to r., mystery man, Bixby, Farrell, Howard

Bbcby, Farrell and Dorsey in the Eiffel Tower

Tom Rogers, Tom Ross, Bill Simons, Roy Snyder and Ted Speaker. Roy Snyder reports that he passed the Virginia Bar exam and has his shingle out with Bierbower & Bierbower, which is a D.C. general practice law firm. Ann Ross has taken a position with Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland, as assistant director of its senior education program. Jerry Coleman has a new granddaughter and Ted Speaker a new grandson born to Dr. Gail Speaker Carr. Bob Oliver is trying to make a Navy connection in that his daughter, a second lieutenant in the Army is engaged to Midn. 1/c Alex Casimes whose dad, Capt. Ted Casimes, was Class of '54.

The June DC luncheon also had 23 there: Arnold Austin, Kelly Carr, Frank Carter, John Cavanaugh, Jerry Coleman, Pete Block, Dick Duggan, Walt Flint, Rocky Holman, Jim Kennedy, Bill Kiehl, Law Kivlen, Cliff Hopkins, Ward Lasley, Gayle May, Dick Miller, Bob Oliver, Howard Portnoy, Tom Ross, Bill Simons, Bill Smoot, Roy Snyder and Ted Speaker. Bill Kiehl reports that the Class purchased a block of 25 memorial chairs at the Navy/Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for current commitments and future needs. Dick Miller has put on his third star as Vice Chief of Navy Material Command. Recent graduations include â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Kivlen's daughter Terry, with an engineering degree from UVA and Dick Duggan's daughter Mary, with a degree in textile design from East Carolina U. Bela and Pete Block have a new granddaughter born to daughter, Lisa, in NYC. Howard Portnoy updates on his family: daughter Susan is a lawyer working at NAVSEA, daughter Diane a lab technician at the NIH, and son Ralph, is in the Class of 1985 at USNA. Frank Moxley will be pleased to note that a practice that he started way back in 1963 while he and your C S . were both in Washington, has been continued and is now an annual tradition. That year Frank did a fireworks display for the Jensen boys when their father refused on the Fourth of July.

For 1983, Mark arranged one for underprivileged children in Elko, Nevada, where he works as a soil scientist for the forestry service. Mark wanted to remind Frank just what one little act of kindness can start. Mark is now a doctoral candidate at Oregon State University in addition to his work on the forest, with his field being soil Scientology.

51 Bixby, Dunn, Farrell and McClaren on Third Class Cruise west side or press box side and that the price for Saturday evening will be held to $55 per couple.

Velura and Roy Highberg are now at home at Rte. 1, Box 128, Bentonville VA 22610, on the trail of the lonesome pine; however, Roy is still sending in the Washington area news. The May luncheon at the Flagship had 23 in attendance: Arnold Austin, Willy Ayres, Pete Block, Jerry Coleman, John Cavanaugh, Bill DeMers, Walt Flint, Dave Heerwagen, Cliff Hopkins, Don Jarrell, Jim Kennedy, Bill Kiehl, Ward Lasley, J. J. McNally, Gayle May, Lee Minnis, Bob Oliver, Dick Powell, Shipmate, September 1983

Pres., Cdr. Bruce L. Meader USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Jack Hamilton, USN (Ret.) 9215 Cutting Horse Court Springfield VA 22153 Percent Members: 60 Living Grads: 603 September brings the football season, and hope we see many of you at the games and tailgate parties. Unless you hear differently, we usually assemble opposite the gate marked on the ticket for accessing your seat. Come join us!

Late May and early June brought Arch Thompson to DC on a house-selling jaunt, and a good get-together. He and Pam have a new son, and are trying to organize a central Florida gathering of the '51 clan at their hacienda, complete with pool. Their address: 218 Lincolnshire Road, Winter Park FL 32792. Arch mentioned bumping into Deac Bakke on occasion at the local commissary. Carol and Deac live at 301 Dublin Drive, Lake Mary FL 32746.

At long last, a note from Bob Loughead up New York way. Excerpts: "Betty and 1 go through DC about twice a year . . . see the DeGroots and talk

with the Brodies and Reads . . . ran into the Frank Conlons at the club in Wilmington (NC), Betty's hometown . . . Frank has really done a job there and has 'won over' a local group that still considers me a damn Yankee! (Frank is curator of the battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA) . . . after leaving the Air Force in '57, spent the next seven years marketing for Lockheed Electronics . . . later bought one of our clients and thus started into precision parts manufacturing . . . we are still there . . . Betty joins Lloyds of London in January, and 1 was made president of the company in March . . . we moved to the Big Apple in 1978, and 1 reverse commute to New Jersey . . . we spend weekends all year round at our summer house in East Hampton, Long Island, on the south shore . . ." Betty and Bob live at 880 5th Ave., NY 10021.

A note from RAdm. Ed Carter in late May prompted a good lunch at his headquarters at the Operational Test and Evaluation Force in Norfolk.

Ed is in great shape and is attacking his job with vigor. He and Billie moved into Maryland House East on Dillingham Blvd. at Naval Station, Norfolk 23511, this Summer. Ed mentioned that he had addressed a Navy-Industry ASW symposium in DC in May, was recruited to speak by Lee Doggett, introduced by Sam Ginder, and had the privilege of hearing Kin McKee speak. It was an all-'51 morning.

As reported in last column, Jean and George Yeager completed their move to Greensboro, North Carolina, in May, and are redoing their house stem to stern amidst piles of boxes. Their address: 3803 Dogwood Drive, 27403.

Fern and Pete Hllgartner at the altar An update on Pete Hllgartner's marriage to Sara Fernlund comes in the form of a picture. Following their April wedding, they are living at 2339 Centerville Road, Herndon VA 22071. Fern is in real estate, and Pete is vice president for investments at the brokerage firm of Legg Mason Wood Walker in McLean.

With great sadness we report the death of Mary, wife of our Bill Holmberg, on 22 May at their home in Falls Church, Virginia. Mary fought a courageous battle against cancer for years. A memorial service was held at the Christian Assembly Church in Vienna on 4 June. Bill and their children Eric, Mark and Karl, ask that contributions be made to the Hospice of Northern Virginia, Inc., 4715 N. 15th St., Arlington VA 22205. The people at the Hospice were indispensable during Mary's last days, and were a great comfort to both her and the family. Bill's address: 3408 Barger Drive, Falls Church VA 22044.

From RAdm. Stan Anderson comes word that he and Lora were on hand for the commissioning of their son Jay at Pensacola, on graduation from Aviation Officer Candidate School in March. He added that Bill Lawrence is president of the USNA Alumni in Hawaii, and he and Lora see the Bibbys, Cromwells and Pappy Sears quite frequently.

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Stan Anderson with Lora and son Jay (new ensign) In "BIrdland" As you read this, Stan will be returning to the DC area, where he is slated to become OP-04B. We have additional word that Bill Lawrence is also returning to the area to become OP-04. Sooner or later, everyone comes back here!

We can always count on word from Pappy Sears. In this case, he says he received the annual meeting flyer in Hawaii three weeks after the meeting, ad libbing that this is the price you pay for living in Paradise! He goes on, "Must have been a bad Winter back there — the visitor count is up. Ralph Hooper passed through, and Mary and Buzz Bibby did the usual superb job of entertaining, also enjoyed by Louanne and Jack Cromwell and (little old me)." Pappy lives at 4999 Kahala Ave., Apt. 347, Honolulu HI 96816.

John McGrew called late one night — he keeps forgetting Californians "lag" us Easterners! He is promoting June Week West '84, which will be held in Seattle. John thinks we should tie our Alaska cruise to this week end to really do it up brown. Sorry, but our Alaska cruise dates, if not in concrete, are in very stiff mortar. John also offered Acapulco as an alternate. Mary and John, when they aren't globe-trotting, can be found at 10 Oak Tree Drive, Santa Rosa 95401.

John Tillson called and said he and Presh were planning a trip East and would be at Homecoming. For all of you, that's October 22, Navy-Pitt, with a gala party at Bay Ridge Inn at six, or earlier if you run quickly. Oh — bring $42, for a great dinner and dancing. Better, send your check to LCol. Victor C. Benjovsky USAF (Ret.), 10 St. Andrews Crossover, Severna Park MD 21146.

Why wait for the mailout, which we'll send anyway?

John also said June Week West was a smash, with 31 of the clan joining us. On the heels of his call came a note from our Texas correspondent.

Bill Purse, on the same subject: "The Kremms and Hutchinsons did a superb job of the details on June Week West. The '51 party on Friday night 'brought 'em out of the woodwork.' Had a good visit with Earle Callahan and also with Charlie Duke. Smittie and I were glad we went." Bill adds that they have made reservations for the ArmyNavy game in Pasadena, and hope many show up for the fun.

Woody Johns has been in the area for a while, is working on a book, and gives his address as: Dr. F. R. Johns, UOPH (that's the new term for BOQ — Unaccompanied Officers Personal Housing!), Room 112B, Naval Air Facility, Washington DC 20390.

Good news for all your Classmates and Shipmate readers. Our own Wes Hammond has taken over the helm of this magazine — so check the masthead and hang onto your hats. Even a Marine can't foul up this pub!! Aw heck — good luck from all of us, Wes. Goodbye, Reno; hello, Annapolis. Donna, you might even get to see him once in a while!

As you read this the annual mailout is history, and we hope the house this comes into does not 78

have a stamped, return postcard, because it was already mailed to your Sec'y with all that good directory info and cruise choices. By the way, if you have procrastinated to this point on the cruises, and suddenly decide you want to join one of them, please call Paul Tuzo (Alaska cruise): 703/534-6403, or Jack Hamilton (Jamaica cruise): 703/451-0541. And ASAP! See you at the football games, tailgates, and Homecoming party.

A note from the international management consulting and education firm of Harbridge House, Inc., indicates that Bob Reed has been named a senior vice president of the firm. A specialist in the management of ship construction and repair.

Bob has managed work for the Navy in the analysis of acquisition policy and procedural developments, particularly as they affect shipbuilding programs.

He has been with Harbridge since 1979, and he holds M.S. and Nav.E. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Congratulations, Robert!

Guy H. B. Shaffer

And blurb from the RCA News indicates that Guy H. B. Shaffer has been appointed manager, advanced missions, for RCA Government Communications Systems. In his new position, Guy is responsible for coordinating analytical and investigative efforts to identify, assess, define and characterize advanced communications systems and associated requirements for large scale military or commercial application. He will also participate as a principal advisor in the development of long range programs and new technology.

Guy was manager of the Navy's command, control and Communications project office before retiring in 1981.

All our best, Guy!

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 A handsome critter the blue crab is not, but once boiled and spiced its looks no longer are relevant to those addicted to its backfin muscle. On 18 June, for the second year, Sally and John Alexander were gracious enough to plan, organize and host a crab feast for the confirmed addicts. Jim Fischer and Jim Quinn once again demonstrated they are beyond challenge as champion crab eaters.

Nonetheless, a good-sized group gathered to provide them a reasonable element of competition.

Those present included: Emily and John Haaren, Pat and Larry Skantze, Virginia and George Lester, Jerry Rapkin, Fran and Ron Hattin, Betty and Jim Fischer, Nan and Jim Quinn, Jim Troutman with his sister Shirley Gaston and her

husband Claude, as well as their daughter Jola, Ann and Harry Bixby, Penny Vahsen, Ginny and Marv Alexander, Jean and Leigh Ebbert with their daughter Mercy, Petey and Biscuit Wev, Sally and John Alexander and Nancy and Frank Hannegan with daughters Maggie and Anne arriving midstream of the festivities. It should be noted, also, that the lure of the crab was so strong that Biscuit Wev left his sick bed so that Petey and he could join the fun and video tape the antics of the others present. The record shows this year was great, but next year will be even "mo betta da kine" when ya'll come.

While at the crab feast there was a chance to talk a while with Penny Vahsen and Jean Ebbert.

When most of us think of the Naval Academy there is a tendency to see it as "our" school, i.e., identifying it only with those of us who actually went there. It was useful to be reminded that loyalty to andfinvolvement with the Academy is not a husband-only prerogative. A striking example of this is the contribution being made by these enthusiastic and committed gals. Since 1977 Jean has been totally immersed in the Blue and Gold program, interviewing and assisting young men and women who are interested in attending the Academy. Jean not only devotes many long hours to this extremely important and productive effort, but also manages to find time to write for Shipmate, Navy Times and other periodicals. Penny is also deeply involved with the Academy. She has made her home a virtual open-house for midshipmen, providing food, good counsel and a relEixed and fun place to get away from the discipline of Bancroft Hall. As one who mostly talks of the virtues of the Naval Academy, it is useful to recognize, through the work of Jean and Penny, just how much Navy wives have contributed and will continue to contribute to "our" school. Jean and Penny, and all of you women I failed to mention, congratulations for your contribution and involvement; it's needed and invaluable.

It is with sadness and a great sense of loss that I report the death of our classmate Cdr. Bob Nyvold USNR. It was reported that Bob passed away on the 9th of June in Lompoc, California.

From Jackson, Mississippi, comes a note from Jack Richard reporting that he recently joined Mississippi Power and Light Company in Jackson as senior vice president-nuclear. Aim and Jack are in the throes of moving, but it is expected they soon will have a new address in Jackson.

While on the subject of success stories, word was just received that Jim Link also has received corporate recognition for outstanding ability. Jim has been serving as vice president, Lockheed Aircraft of Asia, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, and now has been appointed president, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation of Canada, Ltd. in Ottawa.

The 28th of May was a happy occasion for two Classmates and their wives when Pat Roane, Ensign USN, took as his bride Elizabeth Wev. That now makes four Classmates who are "in-laws" what with the Jacob-Jackson wedding previously.

Are there any others we don't know of?

While playing hooky from work recently to play in a NSIA golf tournament, I ran into Jerry Thompson who also had escaped the office for the day. (Jerry is not a golfer — he participated in the tennis tournament). In the course of the conversation Jerry promised to send a note to the column along with some old photos. Jerry, nothing heard! Let's hear from you; the column could use some pictures. And that goes for the rest of you!

Beat Virginia!!!

Shipmate, September 1983

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 Washington Area Coming Events 23-25 September 1983 — 30th Class Reunion — Annapohs; 21-22 October 1983 USNA Homecoming — Annapolis; 1st Tuesday every month — Luncheon — Ft. McNair Officers' Club; Class of 1953 30th Reunion schedule, Friday, 23 September 1983 0900-1800 Registration at reunion desk in the lobby of the Annapolis HiUon Inn, reunion headquarters (AHI).

1000-1700 Golf tournament at USNA Golf Course.

1200-2400 AHI Reunion hospitality room open.

1300-1600 Bridge tournament in AHI room.

1900-2230 Social hour heavy buffet supper in "Hart" Room, Mahan Hall, catered by USNA Officers' Club.

30th Reunion Schedule, Saturday, 24 September 1983.

0800-1200 Late registration in Reunion hospitality room.

0800-2400 Reunion hospitality room open (closed during football game and dinner).

0900-1200 Midshipmen's Store open to Class of 1953.

1130-1300 Catered Tailgate party (tent in NE corner of Stadium parking lot). Buffet, ice, soft drinks, beer, and mixes provided.

1300-1600 Navy vs. Lehigh football game.

1600-1700 Continue tailgating.

1900-2000 Social hour on terrace of AHI (ballroom foyer if inclement weather).

2000-0200 Formal dinner dance in AHI ballroom (dark suit or sport coat permitted).

30th Reunion Schedule, Sunday, 25 September 1983.

0900 Catholic Mass (seating for '53).

1015 Memorial Service in Memorial Hall (in memory of our departed Classmates).

1100 Naval Academy Chapel Service (seating for '53).

1030-1400 Class brunch at USNA Officers' Club.

USNA Homecoming — during the weekend of 21-22 October will feature the usual Friday night cocktail party followed by dinner in the Midshipmen Wardroom, while our Class will sponsor a pre-game brunch (1000-1300) at the Elks' Club much the same as last year's big success. Reservations are to be made to Gus Hubal, 6449 Johns Road, Falls Church VA 22043. Include your check for $10.00 per person made out to "Class of 1953."

At the July monthly luncheon, 29 Classmates showed even though this was the first day after the long week end. Lew Sykes reported that he was now retired and moving back into his home at 8203 Ector Court, Annandale VA 22003. VAdm. Ernest R. Seymour retired 19 July 1983. RAdm. C. A. E. "Cricket" Johnson is retiring 1 October 1983.

The word is out that Hal Shrewsbury has his hands full as Naval Science Instructor at the NJROTC unit at Milpitas (CA) Unified School District where he has three sets of twins to confuse him. Hal's address is 645 Grizzly Peak Blvd., Berkeley CA 94708. Jim Baldinger reports that son Brian played basketball whh the Cowboys during the winter months and worked part time for the great Roger Staubach in the field of real estate! Jim is lookShipmate, September 1983

Thirtieth year In New Mexico ing forward to the big 30th Reunion and the forthcoming football season. The Baldinger's stay busy with son Brian with the Cowboys; #2 son Richard with the New York Giants; #3 son Gary with the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest and of course the "Mighty Middies" of Navy. Donald B. Smith reports his address as 869 East Meadow Drive, Palo Ako CA 94303, and is looking forward to the 30th.

Ten Classmates joined together in Albuquerque (NM) on June 4, 1983, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of graduation. Among the group were Coreen and Don Baker (contract administrator at AFCMD), Doris and John Conley (AVP with BDM), Don Fisher (nuclear engineer with Naval Weapons Facility), Betty and Don Hente (nuclear engineer with Tech Reps, Inc.), Betts and Fred Larrew (auto parts supply owner), Phyllis and Howard Morgan (meteorologist and TV weather reporter), Leslie and Steve Schoderbek (economist with BDM Corp.), Berta and Jerry Swan (electrical engineer with GTE Lenkurt), Sue and Max Wakitsch (fully retired but a continuing CS student), Alice and Jerry Weinstein (VP with BDM Corp.), Gloria and Ed Brunson and Julienne and George Pringle (both are systems analysts with BDM Corp.) could not attend. The group was disappointed that MGen. George D. Miller, Vice Commander, Strategic Air Command, (senior USAF officer from USNA '53) and his wife could not attend because of scheduling conflicts — George was to be the keynote speaker. In his place, Jerry Weinstein gladly contributed words of welcome and admiration, while Steve Schoderbek led the group in song and cheers. The group picture shows Betty, Doris, Birta, Phyllis, and Coreen (seated); standing 1. to r., Don H. and Don F., Howard, Leslie, Betts and Fred, Jerry W., Sue, Steve, Alice, John, Max, Don B., Jerry S., and an unidentified party crasher who hadn't been in a group photo since his own graduation. The Albuquerque group vowed to get together more often ('78 was the last gathering) and planned to have someone carry their cheers and greetings to all Classmates at the Army-Navy game in Pasadena, as well as our 30th homecoming in Annapolis.

(Many thanks to Steve Schroderbek and Jerry Weinstein for this timely input.)

Glen Hatch sends the latest family portrait taken at Christmas 1982 and showing four generations of an all-Navy family. Of the four children, both boys are Navy lieutenants. Glen, Jr. is with the NROTC Unit at the University of Texas, his Alma Mater, and Paul, USNA '79, is with the JCS in Washington. Of the two daughters, Polly Ann is

All-Navy family an ensign at the Naval Hospital, Pensacola, and Julie is the wife of Lt. Jim Palmer with VA-65 at Oceana, the parents of Nicole. Photo, front. Glen, Polly Dudly Hatch, Julie Hatch Palmer and Nicole; standing, RAdm. Paul Dudley (Ret.) USNA '26, Glen Jr., Paul, Polly Ann, and Jim Palmer. Glen is looking forward to the class reunion in September.

See you all at the BIG 30!!

54 Pres., Col. Fitzwilliam 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 1 didn't think it was possible but the class outing hosted by Charley McLain was even better than last year's. The weather cooperated with a perfect week end, and we had 60 in attendance. Our thanks again to Claire and Charley, and I hope the carpet is still out next year.

Football season is upon us and the tailgating will take place at the same rendezvous as last year in the .southern section of the West parking lot. Look for the flag!

Walt Schuman sends: "If any '54 friends want to visit Chincoteague and our beloved Beachway Restaurant, you had better hurry because we have started our advertising blitz to .sell. As Mario Steffanelli says, 'If you don't get Leona out of that kitchen you are going to kill that sweet thing.' Well that's true, because you can put in only so many 16 hour days at our age. Anyway, we did our thing, made our mark, and now it's time to move on.

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"If we sell the Beachway soon enough, we can tailgate and attend football games (at home at least) and enjoy the fellowship once more. Our consulting firm, Potomac Overlook Associates, is alive and well. The recent highlight is serving President Reagan's NSTAC (National Security Telecomm. Advisory Committee); the most fun has been on the com'l comsat survivability working group followed by the National Coordinating Mechanism.

"Daughter Missy is a workaholic holding two jobs — State Department Federal Credit Union and Southland Corp. Son — Chef Grant has distinguished himself as Chef Emeritus on the Eastern Shore, but he wants three more years of European culinary training (I) in Switzerland (1) in France (1) in Northern Italy (more power to this 27-year old)."

We still have many Classmates on active duty and I was glad to get this report from Ike Heyward: "Greetings from NROTC at Ole Miss! Being very proud of this fine NROTC unit, midshipmen, officer candidates, and staff, I was particularly pleased this spring when Ron Thurman was guest of honor, speaker, and reviewing officer for our annual Navy Awards Day ceremony and parade.

This is the Magnolia State version of the June Week parade, including the 'shot of Blue and Gold' address. One picture shows Ron trooping the hne accompanied by me and the outgoing Battalion Commander, Midshipman (now Ensign) Richard Impellizzeri.

at the Naval Academy Chapel on 4 June 1954 and the date also is the wedding anniversary of Jon's parents.)

"Of course I had the pleasure of giving away Lt. Gg) Jennifer L. Smith SC USN, Class of '80, to Cdr. Jon Holzapfel USN, CO, VP-1, Class of '67. Jenny did a superb job at planning the wedding and reception, and I was one proud father.

I hope that Jenny or Jon will give you a glimpse of the bride in the Class of '67 or 80 columns. Incidentally, Jenny kindergartened in Annapolis when I was assigned there as an instructor at the time when Jon was a Plebe.

"This is my first extended visit to Hawaii since 1956-57, and it seems only a short time ago that we were here, except when I drive down the freeways and see so many high rise buildings that were not here then.

"1 have signed another contract to teach math at the New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell (NM) and, so far, remain the only ex-Naval Officer there."

See how much more interesting the column is when there are a variety of contributors? Would like to see more of you join in.

55 Pres., Capt. John W. Renard USN Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Clif Shumaker 8800 Old Courthouse Rd., Vienna VA 22180 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 594 Not much news since it's a slow hot Summer here in Washington, tho I did catch a glimpse of Jack Garrow on the news one night. He was one of the hosts at the Heroes Ball the administration held; Jack is currently CHINFO.

Checking the troops "Jerre and I were delighted that Betsy was able to accompany Ron, and we had a good visit — a real treat long overdue. The night before the Navy Awards Day, Ron and Betsy were entertained by the North Mississippi Council of the Navy League, and Ron's submarine force review was well received. Just to keep things in perspective, we had supper the second night at the Taylor Grocery Store. This local tradition consists of ample quantity of excellent, frjed catfish, served in the back of the store, plus hush puppies, etc.

"Allow me to plug one of the unfortunately best kept secrets in the country: NROTC at Ole Miss.

If you have a know of students of the right age, be sure to check out the University of Mississippi and (if interested in the USN or USMC) this unit.

"Finally, I'll include my address after my September 1st retirement: 683 Fort Sumter Drive, Charleston SC 29412. Come see us!"

Jay Smith has been a reliable contributor over the years and provides some pleasant news: "I'm sitting here in quarters at Ewa Beach, Hawaii, awaiting the return of my daughter Jennifer and her husband of four days, Jon Holzapfel, and can't resist the temptation to drop you a line. On 4 June 1983, a day most of us remember well 29 years ago, Jennifer and Jon were married in Pearl Harbor chapel, just a stone's throw from where I once tied up as supply officer, USS Foss (DE-59).

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Capt. "Kuch" and 2nd Lieutenant Kucera

Ron Kucera writes, "Alicia (my wife of 25 years) and I just got back from a quick trip to Quantico where we attended the graduation of the TBS (in Marine talk — to make it easy for them — that stands for The Basic School) class. The reason for our interest in the class was that our daughter, Anita, was one of the women graduates. She had received her commission in December at Quantico from OCS and now, having completed TBS, she is fully qualified as a boot 2nd Lt. in the USMC. We're damn proud of her. I saw the obstacle course and the confidence course they go through various times and 1 remembered how much trouble I had getting over that first obstacle at USNA in the old days, I can't help but admire anyone who conquers the TBS course! She was #2 in points for firing the M-16 in her class — men or women!

Didn't get that from her pop; I barely hit the target plebe summer. Our new lieutenant will be reporting to 2nd FSSG at Camp Lejeune in July for her first assignment.

"The Kucera family is pretty well all signed up now. Daughter is in the Marines, our son Richard

is presently at sea in CARL VINSON, somewhere east

of Suez (we think — doesn't write all that often) and the only niece I have is a CT and married to a Marine stationed in Adak right now. The only nephew I have is on his second class cruise as an NROTC (MC) Midshipman at U. of Nebraska, having just graduated from the Army jump school at Ft. Benning before going on cruise. Keep telling my wife that she really ought to join something, but she says she signed up 25 years ago and is about ready to put in her papers for retirement.

"I'm still drawing full pay as the CO of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center here in Phoenix, Arizona. Expect to be here for the next two years, so if anyone gets out here to the 'Valley of the Sun' be sure to give us a call. I saw three of our Classmates at the Army-Navy game here in Phoenix last year: Bob Boyd, C. A. Edwards and Clarence Summers."

Stan Kuplinski gave me a call on his way through Washington for his daughter's graduation from high school. Stan has been in Saudi Arabia with Aramco for three years now, and plans to hang in there. He says the golf is great (he never gets rained out) and he has bought his own power cart. It seems that they oil down the sand dunes and you carry around a turf mat which to hit off; you can't get a bad lie that way. I'm afraid I couldn't quite comprehend how he said you putted on sand greens. He is enjoying the job and gets to travel on mini-vacations to exotic place like Egypt and Kenya. Stan reported there are many retired officers enduring the dry social life. Johnny Richards is also with Aramco but their duty stations are too far apart to see much of each other.

Gail Blythe reported that she and Sara are leaving California to return to the Annapolis area in time for the USNA football season. She was looking forward to her first move without the help of the Navy or Lockheed with some trepidation.

Tom Emery was relieved as CO Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, on June 29.

Our new Commodore will next surface as CO Naval RWruit Training Center, Great Lakes.

VAdm. Powell Carter writes, "When my April Shipmate finally caught up with me after our recent move from Groton to Omaha, I was disappointed to once again find the '55 space empty.

After a little reflection I determined to cease being part of the problem, and contribute to the solution by taking pen in hand — regardless of the consequences to my own 'in' basket.

"I have been in my new assigrunent as vice director. Strategic Target Planning, for almost two months now, and I am still very much in the receive mode as I try to sort out the enormous complexities in this arcane realm of strategic nuclear war planning. As you may be aware, the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff of about 400 officers from the four services is tasked with converting broad national strategy into the detailed nuclear war plan that integrates and coordinates all of the weapons committed by the nuclear capable CINCs. Since this plan, the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), must be executable under a wide variety of circumstances and conditions of hostility, the intellectual challenge is great — and the positive contribution to the deterrence of war most satisfying.

"Carole and 1 are slowly settling into our 'new' (built in 1894) set of quarters after a hectic move.

When my former USNA company officer, VAdm. Lando Zech, called with the news of my promotion, he followed it with the time honored bad news — 1 had to be in Omaha a week after I was relieved! Needless to say, my Bride received the news with less than total enthusiasm. Nevertheless, here we are, and enjoying it very much. The Air Shipmate, September 1983

Force has been extremely helpful, and everyone we have met has gone out of their way to be friendly. The cost of living is much lower here than we have been accustomed to, and there is plenty to do — especially in the way of hunting, fishing, golf, and other outdoor sports.

"USNA is also well represented here. I was delighted to discover that CINC SAC's Chief of Staff is one of our Classmates, MGen. Monroe Hatch. The Vice CINC. LGen. George Miller is USNA '53, and the deputy Chief of Staff for Operations is MGen. John Brashear, USNA '54.

"1 travel at great deal in this assignment so I look forward to seeing more of our Class than I have in the past. While passing through DC a couple of weeks ago 1 attended a Submarine League Banquet where 1 had a chance to sit next to Ed Peebles and listen enviously to his post-retirement plans. Otto Zipf. Chuck Masalin, and Dick Peterson were also prominent members of the Eissembly.

Later this month I will be speaking at the War College in Newport where Anita and Jim Conway have graciously offered me a place to stay in their lovely set of quarters. 1 will also have the opportunity to swap sea stories with Larry Wigley while 1 am there.

"Clif, I think this 'contribution' has run long enough. Let me close by issuing an open invitation to you or any of our Classmates who might pass through Omaha on business, pleasure, or going across countr>' on Route 80, to stop for a drink and one of those famous Omaha steaks. We live on 'Generals Row' at Offutt Air Force Base. Any of the sentrys can direct you, and the Base Operator has our telephone number."

On Friday, June 28, some athletically inclined Classmates met at Army-Navy Country Club for tennis. Don Linehan, Ems Anderson, Skip and Jean Chase, Steve Ruth, Charlie Zadd, John Adams, Tony Bracken and Margy and Denny Sullivan participated.

Charles Zadd and Ems Anderson proved to be the most formidable doubles team (as near as we could tell) while Sieve Ruth was absolutely awesome playing singles. After a couple of hours, competition shifted to the lawn bar where considerably more was accomplished than while on the courts (proving that practice helps improve any game).

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Capt. James W. Blanchard Jr. USN (Ret.) LCol. R.H. Lyie USAF (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. P. C. Peterson USN (Ret.) 13007 Clarion Road Fort Washington MD 20744 Percent Members: 56 Living Grads: 546 The old adage "No news is good news" may befinefor those who sent their income tax forms in late, but with the deadline for the column fast approaching, it makes dull reading for you loyal subscribers and followers. I even got so desperate as to ask Fred Howe for some of his 25th Homecoming pictures which the Class of '57 never had room to print. Trying to make the best with the available data, press on.

The Class of '56 award was presented by Doc Blanchard to Midn. James Ricketts. Ens. Ricketts remains at USNA for several months TDY until reporting to his first permanent duty station.

AUhough not listed in the official orders, I understand that Ted Schultz is now the manager of the Sulgrave Club in Washington. Ron Beagle has joined Butler-Johnson in Sacramento. Jim Shipmate, September 1983

Ransome moves from sunny Hawaii to foggy New London as CO of the Sub Base.

Additional information, as previously promised, is that Ted Schultz, Connie Stevenson and John Buckley recently met to discuss the revised Class By-Laws and the Thirtieth Memorial Gift. Both items are in the final stages of revision and will soon be ready for class comments and inputs.

The DC Chapter 83-84 luncheons are tentatively scheduled for September 9th; November 15th; January 26th; March 16th; and May 16th. Plan to attend if the schedule permits a trip to the nation's capital and the headquarters of your DC Chapter.

The September 9th luncheon and pep rally for the UVA game will be held at Dominique's in DC. If you need directions, call 703/841-4908. The remainder of the luncheons are at Ft. Myer.

Don't forget Homecoming '83 on 22 October when NAVY takes on Pitt!

There is growing interest in our presentation of a memorial gift to the Academy on our thirtieth anniversary of graduation in 1986. As we get older we seem to increasingly recognize the importance in our lives of our four years at the Academy. For many, that recognition is becoming a desire to indicate our appreciation in a lasting way. A memorial gift on our thirtieth seems to be an idea whose time has come. And not a moment too soon — at the increasing speed with which months now go by, 1986 is just over the horizon.

Some of our Classmates are investigating the use of "restricted" funds (contributions designated by the donor for a stated purpose) for such a gift.

They have found the Alumni Association to be helpful in combining class-sponsored programs with the general Association-wide annual campaign. No Class who has run a successful gift program has done so without the help of the Association.

A rather formal procedure exists whereby proposed gifts to the Academy are vetted through a Memorials and Gifts Advisory Board which develops gift acceptance policy, coordinates gifts (to avoid duplication), etc., and reports to the Superintendent. The Executive Director of the Alumni Association, who is the Deputy Chairman of the Board, has met with our core group to demystify the procedure and provided good steers on selecting a project.

Shortly after you read this, and before Homecoming, you will receive a letter which will report the progress of the idea and ask for your help. In the meantime, if you have any ideas for a gift or on any other aspect of the program, please contact Con Stevenson, 4534 N. 19th St., Arlington VA 22207; (703/528-5715).

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 Our plans are shaping up for our 26th reunion during Homecoming week end, (21 — 23 October 1983). We've decided to hold the reunion again at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel since last year's gathering there was so successful. We expect that many Classmates will want to attend the functions at the Academy, so we have not planned a class activity for Friday, 21 October. The main event will be a dinner dance on Saturday evening, 22 October, starting with cocktails at 7:30 p.m.

to celebrate Navy's win over Pitt. We're also working on bus transportation to-from the game and a brunch for Sunday.

We will be sending out the details later along with information about hotel reservations for those of you who wish to stay at the Gateway.

Make your plans now and plan to come to '57's 26th.

Larry Bustle, Reunion Chairman; 703/780-1887

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 Short and to the point, 'cause we're saving up for next month. But a bit of news to whet the old appetite, although heaven knows we should all be cutting down, but October will be a biggie.

Well, by now you all surely know that the new USNA Superintendent is a Greater '58er, none other than our own Chuck Larson. I won't belabor the details as they can be found elsewhere in this fine publication, and we will have a letter from Chuck in the next issue as well. But needless to say. Chuck, we are very, very proud of you. And Sal, thanks to you for doin' such a great job of rounding him into shape.

P. J.'s ZEUS

And a quick note from P. J. Miller of 2nd Co. fame (More on P. J. next month: in the meantime, get a glimpse of ZEUS.) Regrettably, P. J. lost his class ring in some forty fathoms off the Island of Maui and is seeking another. Any ideas, anyone?

From the photograph would you believe that Paul's address and phone number identify the California Sailing Academy, Inc? He can be found at 14025 Panay Way, Marina del Ray CA 90291, tel., 213/821-3433.

Well, gang, have to cut it tight. Don't chmb on any Ivory Towers without me. Out.

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 We start off this epistle with a note from Ing Kiland. He reports that the training phase went well, including "Charm School" and a look at Wall Street for most of a month in the Big Apple . . . during which time he managed to see a goodly number of shows and plays (he is now our resi-

dent critic for the Great White Way), and to sample the fine cuisine of New York City. Here is the official release we have been waiting for: MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC. is pleased to announce the appointment of Ingolf N. Kiland, Jr. as an account executive in the Old Town Alexandria Office, 699 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 703/683-6012 if you wish to open up an account, or just wish Ing congratulations and best of luck.

Another nice note, this one from Larry Weaver, who reports "Things are going great . . . but busy!" Here's the company news release: Mr. Larry S. Weaver, vice president and general manager of Dellem Associates, Inc., aviation fuel consultants to national and regional air carriers as well as to corporate and private aircraft operators, has announced the relocation of their corporate offices to Tampa, Florida.

Dellem Associates furnishes consulting services in fuel acquisition and management to National and Regional Air Carriers, such as People Express and Air Florida, and also provides fuel facility design services, prepares procedures and offers training in aviation fuel facility operation to commuter and corporate aviation operators. Through programs developed in both English and Spanish, Dellem has also provided training in operation and maintenance to affihates of Petroleos de Venezuela in Caracas.

Dellem Associates was founded in 1980 by Mr. Weaver after spending fifteen years with Texaco Inc., where his last position was Manager Operations with International Aviation Sales. While with Texaco, he developed training and technical service programs, initiated training and information bulletins, and managed the development and implementation of the international quality control program for Texaco's world-wide operation as well as supervising day-to-day operations. The new address will be: P.O. Box 340130, Tampa FL 33694, 813/963-5353. Great hearing from you, Larry, and best of luck. Keep in touch with the Class, and don't forget class dues (payable to Steve Snyder) and getting prepared for the 25th; the Fall of '84 is not that far away!

Class of '83 graduated on May 25th, and the two '59er offspring that 1 know graduated were Tom Bond's son, and Tom Crompton. Congratulations to all of the families, and Well Done from Rise 'n Shine '59!! The '59 string will con-

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tinue, for 1 know Amy Donovan, daughter of Martha and Frank Donovan, entered on 6 July 1983 . . . and at about the same time John Roddey's son headed off the NAPS. 'Twas great to see John Roddey at the 16 June luncheon, along with 33 others who came to hear Mike Brown talk to us about the recruiting business. Mike is about to leave headquarters in D.C. for the C.O.'s job for recruiting in Dallas, and a muUi-state responsibility. Here's who attended, and listened . . . but luckily no quiz at the end . . . no Reif there to set a curve for us: Lloyd Adams, Ralph Christy, Bill Barkman, Bob Boyle, Russ Anderson, Fred Naef, Tom Bond, Bill Garrett, Al Boothe (another surprise visitor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more on him later). Bill Hancock, Sam Ligon, John Sapp, Marty Finerty, Jack King, Peter Tarpgaard, John Leder, Mike Fitzgerald, John Ekstrom, Dan Chapla, Gary Smith, Gary Geist, Dick Hunter, Mickey Garverick, Rod Tomlinson, John Paine, Dick Robinson, RonTrossbach, Ing Kiland, Dan Truax, Bob Bovey, and Ed Veazey.

John R. was in the Pentagon for two weeks active duty training in USAF Intelligence, the Middle East/E. Africa Branch. An Air Force colonel with the reserves, John lives and works in Charlotte, where he has been with North Carolina Bank for many years.

Tom Bond told me the Bond-Crompton connection is even more interesting, for the Dads were roommates back during Canoe U. days!

Lloyd Adams looks super, having lost about 50 lbs., thanks to a combination exercise-diet program, the latter heavily Cambridge Diet Plan oriented . . . works for many. The Shaklee Slim Plan is another good one, but take it from me, the Coordinator for Physical Fitness for DoD (one of my collateral duty hats in the Pentagon), you must include regular, vigorous aerobic exercise (and I am not pushing running . . . walking, bicycling, swimming, aerobic dance, jazzercise, rope-skipping, etc. are excellent aerobic alternatives) . . . diet alone does not get you fit!

Enough of a sermonette . . . back to Al Boothe . . . great seeing him as he was just passing through town, after seeing his son Doug commissioned an ensign upon completion of studies at Georgia Tech. Al is with George S. Nolte and Associates, and he works out of the San Diego office. Address and phone # for Al: 9455 Ridgehaven Court, San Diego CA 92123, 714/278-9392. His

son reports to SWOS in Newport before heading to USS FLETCHER.

Spotted Gail Rees, wife and daughter Julie at USNA graduation. No doubt there were a few young folks graduating that Gail helped get to USNA. Gail and many other active '59ers are busy in the Blue & Gold program which provides information and counselling to prospective candidates.

Susie and Charlie Pease are happy parents. Their son Mike has been named the captain of the 83-84 Fencing team. Congrats to all of the Peases!

Looks like our Dick Martin is finally going to leave USS VINSON and head off to be a student at the Naval War College. If my sources are correct, our man Tom Clift is slated to become the CO of VINSON . . . keep the latest and greatest (at least one of them) in '59 hands!!

What seems to have become tradition, the Chapel 'n Brunch program on the Sunday closest to our graduation date, went off very well, and all who were able to attend the festivities at Annapolis seemed very pleased. Kudos to Roger Erickson for all the work! Here's a list of the attendees (incl. many wives and children): 5 Ericksons, 4 Butterfields, Steve and Joan McGanka (and Steve's Dad), 3 Lovells, 6 Rick Johnsons, 2 Truaxes, 2 Daidones, 4 Jack Nouries, 3 Finertys, 2 Al Boyles, 2 Adamses, 2 John Heigess, 2 Joe Flynns, 2 John Collinses, 5 Bill Hancockses, a bunch of the Ed Veazey family, 2 Gary Smiths, and 2 Romeo Saenzes.

The Veazeys are hosting the annual '59er summer family picnic at their beautiful place on the river, down near Dahlgren, Virginia (Navy Weapons Station there), just east of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Hope many '59er families will try to be there, 5 September '83, an afternoon and evening bash. The DC group will publish a flyer with details; out of town visitors should contact a '59er in the metro area.

1 had to miss the grand party that Fern and Ron Denney hosted at their beautiful home on the 26th of June. Lloyd Adams reported that about 60 folks turned out, and enjoyed cruising on Lake Barcroft on so-called barges (those who have not made it to gig or barge status, try for an invite to Denneys). The ladies brought so many, and so much of the finger-lickin' goodies, that temptations were too great . . . hard to pry many away from the food table to put to sea, for a cruise on the lake.

The 1983 Army-Navy football gatne will be played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California,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.

Shipmate, September 1983

The attendees were as follows: The Denneys of course, and the Adams, Roger and Joan Bacon, Kent and Susie Clark, Mike and Judy Cooper, Marty and Joan Finerty. Bill and Sally Garrett, Mickey and Ruth Garverick, Charles and Midge Hougland, Ing and Ann Kiland, Stan and Marcia Legro, Fred and Julie March (-i- 2 interesting guests from overseas). Norm and Ruth Mayo, Steve McGanka, Bob and Lucy Morgan, John and Norma Paine, Bob Riddell and a guest, Gary and Ann Smith, Steve and Nancy Snyder, Pete and Judy Tarpgaard, Rod and Ellen Tomlinson, John and Sheri Walker, Dick and Gretchen Winters, Dave and Betsy Dyke, Grant and Nancy Wright, John and Rosalee Ekstrom, and George Erickson. George was in town on two weeks active duty. Cdr. Erickson is a practicing lawyer in Topeka, Kansas. He left the Navy after four years service and entered law school. Guess he missed the "blue" and so quite a few years later, he applied for a commission in the JAGC Reserves. I am told he was on his first ACDUTRA at JAGC headquarters in the DC area. George and wife Carrol plus two children live at 6000 Urish Rd. in Topeka KS 66604. Good to hear from {mother '59er!!

Ralph Christy was thrilled to report that he helped pin his brother's "eagles" on, on the 16th of Jime, when Don became a colonel in the USMC (currently serving on a high level study group).

Ing said that Peggy and Hank Mauz stayed with them for a few days. The new Commodore and his bride are thrilled about their overseas posting.

Hank can be the resident expert on the great golf courses on the continent!

Dick Robinson proud as pimch of his son who just finished his freshman year at Georgia Tech, majoring in aero engineering, and making Dean's list!

Bill Clautice leaves soon from his Cape Canaveral ordnance testing job to become the CO of the Strategic Weapons Facility at Bangor, Washington. Super news. Bill, and we know you will love that great state and will quickly adjust to the "liquid sunshine" out there.

Just received: Commander Operational Test & Evaluation Force requests the pleasure of your company at the Retirement Ceremony of Capt.

William Bernard McAree II, on Friday the First of July, at 2 o'clock, at headquarters. Captain & Mrs. McAree will reside at 905 Upper Hastings Way, Virginia Beach VA 23452; phone 804/ 340-1416. Congrats on a super career. Bill!! — and best wishes for a bright future. Bill was one of those old seadogs many of us looked up to, when we had to adjust to the rigors of Plebe summer.

Ing hoped to make the retirement and help represent the Class.

Ron Trossbach who had taken up long-distance racing and done well as a rurmer had taken up new challenges. With his 27-footer he has done some sailing/racing in the "cruising category" as a member of the Southern Md. Sailing Association on the Potomac. He keeps his boat in the Solomons Island area. I think his wife Kathy crews for him when she is not too busy selling real estate.

They had a grand vacation for much of April-May cruising all over the Chesapeake Bay. I did not comment much on Mike Brown's talk — 'twas excellent! The figures for Navy recruiting speak for themselves . . . fantastic as of June '83.

Nuc quotas have been made for the first time in many moons. One great program Mike told us about was the NucPoc Collegiate Program . . . recruiting sharp students about the Soph-Junior Year point, and in effect making them E5s, and

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making about $11 K a year, with few requirements except doing well academically. If you or family or friends need more info, call local recruiters or HQ. Navy still needs some help, Mike says, getting medical quotas. Marketing techniques are improving, and just as importantly getting rid of some red tape which slowed down doctor applications . . . seems there were 78 in 'n out of basket steps in the "chop chain" . . . bureaucracy at its best (worst!!). Try to work that magic elsewhere in the puzzle palace, Mike!

Here's the report via the W. Post, 19 June edition, item from p. A5: "ENTERPRISE SKIPPER PROMOTED" . . . R. J. (Barney) Kelly was promoted Friday, 17 June to Navy Commodore and awarded the Legion of Merit. Kelly was promoted to flag rank and cited for "exceptionally meritorious service while commanding the ENTERPRISE." Barney will be reporting to the Navy's Tactical Air, Surface and Electronic Development Division in the Pentagon. Hope we shall see Bob at a luncheon soon, and get the straight skinny!

Jim Kelly was expected to go to the Denneys' party, but was unavoidably detained. He just recently arrived in Washington, and a high level position in the Pentagon. I shall have more details next column.

Add to the list of soon-to-retire'ees . . . Norm Mayo, Johnny Walker, Mickey Garverick, and Dan Truax. Good luck, gang!!

I did not mention that Russ Anderson was at 26 June bash-on-barges cuz I wanted to relate this info to you, details told to me by Russ. Many '59ers may recall the good deal Air Force flights which dropped off many midshipmen down South, including Russ and now "Judge" Hardy Gregory.

Russ's Dad, an Air Force Major General (and West Point '28), had much to do with making the southern connection possible . . . being C O . at Warner-Robins AFB helped. MGen. Anderson is now in the Eglin AFB area, and he needs our prayers and "come on up" cheers . . . as well as thanks for being a great '59 booster!! The General is putting up a great fight, having gotten throat cancer under control and making a recovery from a stroke awhile back. He has received some fantastic care from the doctors and nurses at Eglin . . . . General Anderson was a pilot and attended the Naval War College, and he wants us to know that it is people who care, who help, who communicate, who don't give up. General Anderson is an inspiration to us!! Wish some of us in '59 could provide you a pickup, somewhat like you did for '59ers in the 50s!! Thanks, General Anderson!

Last item coming up in this chapter and verse.

The way the Baltimore Sun put it, in a page I story of 13 June 83, "Ex-Marine nobody knows becomes national security'mover, shaker' " . . .

Read on!

Washington — Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr., was feeling expansive. His No. 2 man, William P. Clark was being summoned to the White House to replace Mr. Haig's old rival, Richard V. Allen, as national security adviser.

Looking to cement relations with the new NSC chief, Mr. Haig told Mr. Clark he could take anyone he wanted from State over to the White House. Mr. Clark said he wanted Bud McFarlane, the State Department counselor. "My God, Bill," said Mr. Haig, aghast.

Mr. Haig, though unhappy, did not renege on his offer, and today, 12 months later, Robert C. (Bud) McFarlane may be one of the most powerful men in the White House. At the very least, he is one of the most important. He also is an enigma

to many of the people who work there and almost unknown to the public.

Mr. McFarlane, 45, is deputy national security adviser in a White House not awash in national security expertise. Neither President Reagan nor Mr. Clark, Mr. McFarlane's immediate superior and a former California judge, was intimately involved in that area until 1981.

Much the same can be said for Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger. Secretary of State George P. Shultz has more foreign policy experience, but it is primarily in the economic sphere.

Mr. McFarlsme suffers no such handicap. Over the past decade, he has worked directly for among others Henry Kissinger. Mr. Haig and Brent Scowcroft, Gerald R. Ford's national security adviser and an increasingly influential figure in the national security community.

As a result Mr. McFarlane, a Bethesda resident is seen in some circles as one of the major players in the administration's national security apparatus.

"I think he's a mover and a shaker in that job." said one source close to the administration. "He's not a self-assertive person and he's very loyal, very discipUned, but I think he plays a role that perhaps is unique in that his immediate boss and his president have substantially weaker backgrounds in national security than has ever been the case" in the postwar period.

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 thought it would be most appropriate to run a nostalgia photo of Don Boecker this month as CONCORD pulled into Naples this week and we had the chance for a '60 reunion. The photo was taken during our 1st class year during our spring break ski trip to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. Since then I have skiied the major ski areas of the world, but at that time Deep Creek Lake was the most exciting experience I ever had. The five future Phil Mahreses are Hank Papa, Pat Cecil, and Don Boecker in the front, yours truly and J. J. Garrity in the back. The other photo illustrates that although Hank and J J had three years of '59 in their blood, they were still able to blend into '60 very easily.

My personal opinion is that Don Boecker is also one of our prime candidates to be promoted to flag. I have admired his talent and ability to hanUSNA '60 candidates for the Olympic Ski Team

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aircraft, before being named executive officer of SARATOGA and another cruise to the Med. Then he returned to Washington to the office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) as staff specialist in the tactical air warfare branch. In August 1981 he attended the senior officer ship material readiness course in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Capt. Boecker has been awarded six Air Medals: two Navy Commendation Medals with Combat V, the Combat Action Ribbon, a Navy Unit Commendation, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and several Viet Nam decorations. He is married to the former Gaye Lanier Scoot of Winter Haven, Florida; they have six children.

Capt. Donald V. Boecker die people since I was a midshipman, and I see no reason to change my mind. He has a lovely wife, Gaye, who would be an asset to any naval command around the world. Don is and would be a fine representative of our Class in any capacity.

Good luck, pal. Hope you make it!! My sons and I were fortunate enough to have dinner on board CONCORD one night while she was in port and Don showed us around with a lot of pride and enthusiasm. My sons were also most impressed and that is hard to do with teenage boys. Don's change of command was to take place here in Naples on 28 July, and 1 will try to get a photo of that if possible. For the present, however, here is a recent photo of Don and his accompanying biography.

Capt. Don V. Boecker, a product of Naperville, Illinois, where he was active in sports and an Eagle Scout, enlisted in the naval reserve after graduating from high school in 1955. Receiving an appointment to the Naval Academy through this source, he played varsity golf and football at the Academy and was commissioned in 1960, remaining at Annapolis for plebe summer. He then began flight training in Pensacola and was designated naval aviator in 1962.

After completing training in the A-4C aircraft at NAS Oceana, he was assigned to Attack Squadron SEVENTY-SIX and deployed on board ENTERPRISE for her first two Med cruises and also participated in the Cuban Blockade. In his spare time, he was legal officer and personnel officer, then served in a similar capacity with Attack Squadron SEVENTY-FIVE in the first A-6 squadron. He deployed to Southeast Asia and on 14 July 1965, while on a combat mission, was forced to eject over enemy territory where he successfully evaded the enemy and was rescued eighteen hours later. A second cruise to the Mediterranean was on board INDEPENDENCE for the initial A-6A exercise with the Sixth Fleet.

Later Capt. Boecker was assigned to the NAS Patuxent River at the naval test pilot school, and here he served as team leader for a joint Navy/Air Force preliminary evaluation of the A-7D/E aircraft. In October 1969 he reported to Attack Squadron FORTY-TWO, the A-6 readiness squadron, at NAS Oceana, where he served as an A-6 instructor pilot and as training officer. Later he returned to the Mediterranean on board SARATOGA as maintenance officer and operations officer of Attack Squadron SEVENTY-FIVE. After a year at NAS Oceana he became exec of Attack Squadron EIGHTY-FIVE in FORRESTAL, then took command of the squadron in the Med, remaining in command until November 1975. This was followed by three years duty in Washington in charge of all technical improvements to the A-6E 84

Peter R. Van Ness

Apparently my request for more photos is paying off as they are starting to come in on a regular basis. I received a press release from Carole Fabrics, Inc. in Augusta, Georgia, naming Peter R. Van Ness as vice president â&#x20AC;&#x201D; finance. "A 1960 graduate of the Naval Academy and a M.B.A. from the University of Florida, Van Ness was most recently vice president of Athens Furniture of Athens, Tennessee. He had been Chief Financial Officer of Athens since 1975. Prior to joining Athens, he was Controller of Forest Furniture Industries of Morristown, Tennesse. He has also served as a Director of Furniture Manufacture's credit association and as President and Director of the Finance Division of Southern Furniture Manufacture's Association." Congratulations, Pete. Glad to see our Classmates moving up the corporate ladder. For those of you who would like to congratulate Pete directly, Carole Fabrics is located at 633 N.W. Frontage Road, Augusta GA 30909.

Bob Johannesen, Jonner Johannesen, John Ruhsenberger, Charlie Christopher

Another photo comes from John Ruhsenberger with an interesting letter that I submit in its entirety.

Dear Bob, Enclosed is a picture taken at a get-together at my home on Easter Sunday. Left to right: Bob Johannesen, Midn. Jonner Johannesen '83, John Ruhsenberger and Charlie Christopher. The oc-

casion was twofold. Charlie and I were roommates way back when. He is now working in the Safety Division of Ford Motor Company and he had come East with his family to show them Washington and Annapolis. The second was the presentation of a sword to Midn. Johannesen. He is my nephew by marriage. We are all rather proud of him. He'll be off to Pensacola this Summer.

You may recall that Bob and I married the two daughters of Capt. Phil Wakeman '28, the then editor of Shipmate. We are both retired and have settled in Calvert County surrounded by in-laws.

It's not a bad life. I am currently working down in Lexington Park for Sperry Corporation as a configuration management analyst. Bob is with E. G. & G. at Dahlgren, Virginia.

We have a group in the DC area, all from the Eighth Company, who get together about every other month. It includes, besides Bob and myself, Jim Lippold, Dick Hamon, Chuck Bingemer, Dave Williams and Carl Bruntlett. We pick up an occasional stray member every now and then.

We're always looking for additional Classmates to join us. They don't even have to be out of the Eighth Company. All we do is have a hell of a lot of fun. We do think that we are the largest group from one company in a Class that meets on a regular basis.

That's about it for now. I'll try to get a picture of the group the next time we meet and send it to you. Keep up the good work for Super Sixty.

Thanks for the good words, John. Sounds like you have a fun group going there in Maryland.

John can be reached at RRl, Box 161-3, Prince Frederick MD 20678, for any of you who want to join the bi-monthly festivities.

The Class of 1960, DC Chapter, held its monthly meeting at the Orleans House in May. Attendees were Perry Benson, Chuck Bingemer, Harry Butler, John Carlson, John Chenard, Ken Clark, Paul Cooper, Bob Dropp, Jerry Fee, Bob Gamba. Gene Garrer, Mike Gaulah, Fred Hale, Dick Hamon, Jim Hancock, John Leaky, Len Lammers. Ken Loveland, John Murray, John Palpcke, Dick Parireau, Bud Pezet, Evan Reese, Charlie Roberts, Tom Solak, Bob Walters and Jack Whitley. Glad to know you all are keeping up the class spirit back there.

I was fortunate enough (???) to have a week back in DC recently and it felt good to touch base with the good old USA after a year in Naples. Even the traffic on Shirley Highway seem tame compared to the demolition derby here. At any rate 1 saw a few Classmates during my stay. Larry Lavely has done a fine job as program manager for NALCOMIS, an aviation maintenance and supply computer system, and will be attending the Industrial College of the Armed Forces this Summer. Had dinner with John Rogers one evening and he looks hale and hearty with a serious program of jogging, diet, and exercise. He soon will be moving the family to Fredericksburg. Also, I spent the week with my very good friend. Bob Dropp. As always his lovely and charming wife, Priscilla, and Bob made me feel as part of the family. Pris even gave up her favorite seat for me in the den (for one night.) Bob recently was part of a long standing tradition in this man's Navy when he was part of a ceremony that included three generations of the Dropp family. Seen in the photo is Bob presenting his father's sword (Tony Dropp '32) to his son, young Tony, during graduation exercises for the Citadel class of '83. Tony was sworn into the Navy by his dad after graduation in May and was commissioned as a spanking new ensign. Another photo with Bob's wife Priscilla and Bob's mother is included under the Class of '32 column. Tony will be stationed aboard the USS Shipmate, September 1983

the fee of about $8.00 per person will be collected at the door. A short class meeting will be held at the party to distribute the annual report and announce the results of the election for Class President.

As a reminder, tickets for the Alumni cocktail party/dinner on Friday night prior to Homecoming, and for the football game on Saturday should be purchased directly from the Alumni Association and NAAA respectively.

Last year's Homecoming was very well attended and a tremendous success. Let's all turn out and make this one even better. Signed: Roger P.S. And, if you want class seating for the Bob Dropp and Tony Dropp Homecoming/PITT game, you have to have your BRUMBY, a destroyer homeported in Charleston. tickets into the NAAA by 12 September, which May I take the opportunity to welcome you to the is about now. fleet, Tony, and wish you as much success as your As all should know by now, the Army-Navy grandfather and father enjoyed. We are always game was moved to the Rose Bowl this year, and glad to have good people in our midst. CIAO un- although that might have upset some plans, the til another month.

Class has risen to the occasion. Bill Kraus, on behalf of the Class, has purchased a block of 100 tickets for the game. He already has a commitment of about 60 from Classmates in the San Diego area, but still has around 40 left. Bill says these are on a "First come. First serve" so give Pres., Capt. Roger P. Onorati USN him a call at 619/453-8382 (H) or 619/279-6572 Cort. Sec'y, Mr. James L. George (O). Bill's address is 8550 Nottingham Place, La 10 Vallingby Circle Jolla CA 92037.

Rockville MD 20850 Received a nice letter from Chris Seelbach who Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 655 writes that he "just wanted to let the computer Class of '61 contingents from the Norfolk and jocks in '61 know that they can now talk to comWashington areas will converge on Charlottesville, puters." He enclosed a press release about the new Virginia, on Saturday, 10 September, to watch and Verbex 3(X)0 Voice Data Entry Terminal. Chris, cheer as Navy beats the pants off Virginia in this incidentally, is president of Verbex, which is part season's opening football game. of the Exxon Communications System. Chris conPlans for the day are to gather at Scott Stadium tinues that, "I've been here in Boston about a year prior to the game for a "bring your own but still work often in New York City. I've seen everything" tailgate party so we can lubricate our Ben Sottile occasionally at Warner Communicavoices for a long afternoon of singing "Anchor's tions in New York and talk from time to time with Aweigh." Following the victory we'll continue the my old 5th company Classmates Tony Dighton tailgater as long as there are '61ers able to stand. (who is with Exxon Chemicals in Bayton, Texas), Tentative plans have been made to have an infor- Jim Hellauer, Mike Welch, and Leo Willitts. I can mal victory party the evening of the game. Frank also recommend Joe Bellino's pizza to anyone in Dattilo will stake out some campsites at a nearby our area! Verbex is leading the way into a whole campgroimd for any Classmates interested in lay- new world of 'listening computers.' If any ing over for the night and, if there is enough in- Classmates are in the Boston area, give me a call terest, we'll have a cookout/party at the location at 617/275-5150." My question is, if we call, do (again, bring your own). Anyone interested in we get a recording? details can contact Frank Datillo in Washington Back in May, the Washington Post ran a story (978-0738) or Jim Joyner in Norfolk entitled, "Navy Yawls Sail Toward the Sunset" (804/48 M912). Tickets for the game should be about the Academy yawls starting to age and the purchased directiy through NAAA. Make it a question of their replacement. The article featured memorable week end and join the World's quotes from Capt. George Dewhirst, the comGreatest Naval Academy Class for a great party. manding officer of the U.S. Naval Station, who Note from the President stated that yawls were the "backbone" of the Navy As Homecoming 1983 approaches, I'd like to sailing program. George goes on to say that "the urge everyone within striking distance of USNA sailing program provides a valuable adjustment to to join your Classmates on Saturday, 22 October, the Mids' high technology studies." Computer to celebrate our 22nd year of liberation from the training, according to George, "is important, but halls of Mother B. The schedule of events for the a guy has to know what effect a seaway will have day will be: on his ship, or how the wind affects it when he's 1130 — Class Tailgate Party (East parking lot coming into Norfolk or San Diego." So much for your computers, Chris. in vicinity of Class of 1961 Gate) 1305 — Kickoff. BEAT PITTSBURGH Also received a nice letter from Sharon Stryker.

1630 — Resume tailgate party She writes that Dave was "shuffling papers" so 1800 — Cocktail Party/Buffet Dinner at George she thought about sending me a little note. She Dewhirst's quarters, 29 Upshur Road, USNA writes, "Although we are part of the retired Navy Look for the 1%1 flag to locate the tailgate community now, we live among some still very acparty area and be sure to get there early for good tive duty people. Dave counsels Navy and civilian parking. There should be a larger than normal personnel on financing and investments, and encrowd this year since we're playing PITT. Bring joys giving seminars on topical issues pertaining your own food and libations to the tailgater. to the market, stocks, bonds, CDs, etc. He is an Following the last note of "Navy Blue and account executive with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, TenGold," we'll return to the tailgate area for a short ner & Smith in the New London office. We were victory celebration and when traffic clears, we'll fortunate to find openings in both branches of the proceed to George Dewhirst's mansion for the same company when we did. We serve the people party proper. Food and drink will be provided and of Southeastern Connecticut, covering a pretty

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wide scope. Our oldest son, Mike, is completing his freshman year at Conn. College here in N.L. Jonathan is a senior at Bedyard High and Jason is finishing his second year at Kent (prep school).

We are planning an anniversary visit to Wilmington, North Carolina, to see the battleship Dave's dad served as XO on during the war. Hope friends will contact us whenever possible. Thanks."

Incidentally, Sharon is with Merrill Lynch Realty in Groton and her work phone is 203/449-8795 while Dave's number with Merrill Lynch is 203/447-7400.

Finally, received the letter from the Academy that, "This is to inform you that the winner of the Class of 1961, USNA, Prize has just been determined. He is Midshipman First Class Paul Dean Rockswold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan O. Rockswold of 7636 Citrus Way, Citrus Heights CA 95610. Upon his graduation from the Naval Academy, Midshipman Rockswold will be commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy."

Dave Stem made the presentation and I understand from Dave that Ensign Davis will be going to Med School! Once again, the Class is thinking ahead — this time to our old age.

A reminder that we intend to have tailgates for all the home games this year, not just for Homecoming. And one of the home games is against Air Force, which, of course, we will shoot down.

GET IT DONE WITH '61!

62 Pres., Cdr. Aubrey W. Hickam Jr. USN Sec'y, Cdr. Howard Pinskey SC USNRR P.O. Box 3380, Annapolis MD 21403 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 730 Well, there is not much to report this month, except that Homecoming '83 wiU be held on Saturday evening October 22, 1983.

The location for the party is the Crown Sailing Center at Santee Basin on the Academy grounds.

The affair starts at 1730 and the dress is casual.

Please take time to remember your Classmates through our Shipmate. Your cards, letters, and photos are really appreciated. See you next month at Homecoming.

Beat Army — Pasadena Friday, 25 November

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63 Pres., Cdr. Mario P. Fiori USN Sec'y, Cdr. Norm Shackelton USN 231 Chatham Ln., Annapohs MD 21403 Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 720

L. to r.: Jerry Harken, Dick WyUenbach, Bob Black, Malcolm Schantz, Denny Conley Bob Black wrote to announce that the official meeting of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Class of 1%3 was held at the Someplace Else in Kowloon on the evening of 25 March 1983. The official order of business was to bend elbows. Those attending were Bob Black, Capt. and Mrs. Denny Conley (Nariko), Capt. and Mrs. Jerry Harken (Rowena), Cdr. Mai Schantz, and Capt. and Mrs. Dick Wyttenbach (Gwen). Gwen and Dick celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary at the Belvedere in Hong Kong, hosted by Bob Black who was one of their swordbearers in their Valley Forge wedding on 8 June 1963. Mai was in Hong Kong to take command of USS BADGER (FF-1071).

Bob Black is general manager of Y.P.O. Trans Pacific in Hong Kong.

Tim Cook wrote that Tony Celebrezze was sworn in as Ohio's attorney general by his father, the former mayor of Cleveland and Secretary of HEW in the Kennedy Administration. Tim, while away from California on business, also saw Connie and Miller Dietrich in Minneapolis in May. Miller was a week away from taking a job in the Philadelphia area. Tim has extended an invitation to anyone in Pasadena for the Army-Navy game to give him a call at 714/559-6707 (home) or 213/623-8166 (work).

Meridith Musick is commanding officer of USS CLIFTON SPRAGUE (FFG-16) on its first deployment to the Med. Meridith finished 29 months of command in August and intends to keep his family in Mayport when he reports to COMCARGUR Six as surface operations officer. During his time in the Med, he ran across Hank Dalton who is surface ops on CTF 60 Staff and Jim Fontana who has similiar duties on COMSIXTHFLT Staff.

Gwen and Dick Wyttenbach — 20th anniversary

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Mario Fiori, our class president sent in two notes. The first had to do with the 20th reunion.

He will be sending the final information/ application for the reunion in late July. To date (12 July) we have 440 Classmates/wives (girl friends) that intend to be at Homecoming. The plans for the weekend are shaping up very well and it will be a memorable occasion. Mario asked that you send in your application and money as rapidly as possible. Also do not forget to send in your biographies to your company representative or to him. We will publish a 20th reunion yearbook in the Dec.-Jan. time frame.

Mario also sent the following: "1 attended the CNO-initiated, six-week Post Command Course at the Naval War College and while there ran into ten Classmates. We had a cocktail-dinner party 24 May at the Newport Officers' Club, a brief synopsis of each of our recent/future activities follows. 1 finally reported to OPNAV in DC and after a few days 1 was reassigned to be the military assistant to Dr. George A. Keyworth II, the President's science advisor, so, for the next two years I'll be at the Old Executive Office Building behind the White House. Quite a change after driving USS

83.) Ron Calhoun reported to the Senior Course at the Naval War College last March after a successful tour as CO of the frigate, USS VREELAND (FF-1068) out of Mayport, Florida. During most of 1982 VREELAND was either underway exercising with battle groups in the Caribbean or deployed. In August and September she operated extensively in the eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea in support of the multi-national force in Beirut or escorting Greek ships evacuating PLO fighters to various Arab ports. While Ron reported to Newport in March, Anne stayed in Mayport with their son Chris for his June graduation where he graduated first in his high school class and is on the way this summer for USNA, Class of '87.

Good luck Chris! Anne will then join Ron this Summer in Newport. Although they do not know where the next duty will send them, rumor has it that they would not turn down another European tour.

"Cliff Barney arrived in November '82 for the Senior Officer War College Course and will graduate this November. Prior to this he was the C O . , VRF-31, Norfolk. Cliff has flown A4s and S3s. His wife Etna and son James are residing at SPADEFISH (SSN-668) for 39 months. In August I'll Virginia Beach while his sons Cliff and Jan are be living at 10316 Dunn Meadow Rd., Vienna VA attending Virginia Tech. Bernie Conatser reported 22180, so if you are in the area please give us a to the Senior Officer Course at the Naval War Colcall (don't have telephone number yet). Steve lege after a tour at the Marine Corps Headquarters Buescher spent his last 10 years in Groton (detailer (HQMC). He completed the NWC course in June oversight!) and most recently, 40 months in comand is returning to HQMC but will probably work mand of USS ANDREW JACKSON (SSBN-619) at the Advanced Amphibious Study Group at BLUE. After the 12-week Post Command Course Quantico. Jim Lloyd, also USMC, completed the at Naval War College he will be going to SubSenior Course with Bernie, but Jim is going as J-5 marine Squadron SIXTEEN in Kings Bay, Plans Officer, U.S. Forces Korea/Eighth U.S. ArGeorgia, as deputy Commander for Readiness and my, Seoul, Korea.

Training. (Note there were two War College PCC "Bernie Patterson is the officer in charge of the courses during the March-June period — a twelveDepartment Head Course at the Surface Warfare week course for the slow readers and a six-week Officer School at Newport, where he expects to course for the fast readers. The two courses were be until May of 1984. Bernie, Betty and their scheduled concurrently for the last six weeks.) children, Rorie, Krista, and Matthew are enjoying the Newport area and are becoming great "Vern Von Sydow recently completed his XO sailing/racing enthusiasts. Mike Corgan is on the tour of USS OKINAWA ( L P H - 3 ) and his 4th XO staff of the Naval War College as a professor in tour! He had command of HS-2 in USS ENTERPRISE and after completing the PCC course at the Strategy and Policy Department. He's working on his Ph.D. in National Security Studies at Naval War College he'll report to COMNAVAIRPAC as ASW officer. His wife Gail and two Brown University and expects to receive his degree by 1985." children Eric (11) and Kristen live in Bonita, See you at Homecoming.

California. Ray Heins reported to Naval War College as a student in 1978. At the end of his stuQuality — 63 — dent year he joined the staff and then led in an effort to introduce a new war gaming computer support system. Ray will retire this August and as a retirement bonus Virginia and Ray are expecting their fourth (final?) child in August!

"J. J. Hogan relieved as CO USS HARRY W .

HILL (DD-986) 2 December '82 in the Indian Beat Army — Pasadena Ocean. After the six-week PCC course he will report as officer in charge Surface Warfare OfFriday, 25 November ficer School, Coronado. (Was to relieve 5 August Shipmate, September 1983

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. (Jerrj) Anderson 5173 Dungannon Rd., Fairfax VA 22030 703/278-8277 Percent Members: 55 Living Grads: 724 Letters were a little on the thin side again this month — although Geoff Kirklaod sent us a great letter that arrived just a day or two after the deadline for last month's issue.

Geoff, after seeing an April issue of Shipmate with no "64 news, realized that it was probably his turn to write — especially since it is his first report to Shipmate in nineteen years. Herewith is Geoffs letter; "The April issue of Shipmate arrived at the home of my mother and stepfather on a day I was visiting them. He is J. W. 'Red' Ransom, Class of '26, and was quick to ask why there was no article for the Class of '64. So, realizing that we won't have an article without any news, 1 will try to do my part as a delinquent reporter.

"By the way, included in my new family as a result of my mother's recent marriage, I gained a brother, Capt. Jay Ransom, Class of '56 and three nephews; Lt. (jg) Jim Ransom, Class of '81, Ens. Scott Ransom (Coast Guard Academy Class of '82) and Midn. 2/c Tom Ransom, Class of '84.

Perhaps we can generate some mail with a challenge to see if any Classmates have more than five midshipmen/alumni in their family.

"Since this is my first letter to Shipmate, a lot of the news is ancient history. After nuclear power school I had tours of duty aboard VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632G) and ASPRO (SSN-648), sandwiched

around 2 years at Georgia Tech NROTC. At the end ofraytour with the Georgia Navy, September 1970, I was married to Dottie Mullins of Jasper, Georgia. After ray engineer tour on ASPRO, I was with COMSUBON 15 REP, Peari Harbor. In July 1976 I left active duty to go to Cornell University where 1 got a master's degree in hotel and restaurant administration in 1978. (I am still looking for a nuclear-powered hotel, if any of you have seen one.) I worked in the operations end of the restaurant industry for two years before joining the Philadelphia office of Laventhol & Horwath, a national CPA firm. L & H has expertise in the leisure time industries, in particular hotel and restaurant accounting, financial projections/ feasibility and operational consulting. I do consulting work, primarily in the areas of financial and operational analysis and project development.

"Dottie and I live in Wyomissing Hills, a suburb of Reading, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country. (Reading claims to be the outiet capital, pretzel and mushroom leader of the world.) I have remained active in the naval reserve and am currentiy assigned to NR AS-18 ORION as executive officer. Our Classmate, Chuck Gates, is CO of the unit. Another Classmate, Jim Foster, is CO of NR AS-39 LAND, located in nearby Folsom (PA) so the Class of '64 is well represented in the Submarine Reserve in the Philadelphia area.

Chris Schwemm is attached to the staff of Commander Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region 4, rounding out the '64 contingent to the best of my knowledge. Other Classmates in the Philadelphia area are Jim Ounsworth, who is president of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Alumni Association, and Mike Keating, who is with the insurance firm of Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company.

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"Our son, Steven, who was born in Hawaii, is now 8 years old, so you can see we lagged most of the Class in starting a family. We visited with Steven's godparents, Mary and Barry Beck, last spring in Midland, Texas, the official purpose of which was to play in the Midland Racquet Club's member-guest doubles tournament. This is a biannual gala affair which is apparently intended to provide an excuse for adding weight to one's frame. To the surprise of everyone except Messieurs Beck and Kirkland, the boys from '64 won their part of the tournament. Barry had sufficient confidence and foresight to buy our team at auction in the Calcutta, which made it even more exciting when the prizes were given out!

Barry is a partner in the law firm of Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe and Dawson in Midland. He and Mary have two children, Keith, 13, and Alexis, 10.

"I visited Debbie and Jay Green while on two weeks active duty in Newport last year. Jay was a student in the senior officer's course at the Naval War College at the time. Since then he has taken command of a mobile construction battalion out of Gulfport, Mississippi. Debbie and their children, Kim and Chris, are in Gulfport while Jay is currently deployed with his battalion in Korea.

Corky Graham is assigned at NAVSEA in Washington. He is technical director for the advanced design DDG-51 class project.

"In my job-related travels I occasionally run into Classmates in out-of-the-way places. I saw Ernie Blake in a hotel lobby in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, about a year ago. As I recall Ernie was up from Washington on an assignment related to the Three Mile Island recovery operation. More recently, I was in ArmapoUs for a few days in early May working on the development of an executive conference center on an estate on the South River.

I had lunch one day with Joan and Al Moored.

Al is a prof in the weapons department, in the second year of a three-year tour. He looks as young as the day we graduated, if you overlook the grey hair (some of us should be so lucky!). Al and Joan have a daughter, Beth, who is a junior in high school. I learned from Al that Terry Stacey is a bank executive in Michigan.

"We hear from the luces occasionally. Joe and Susan have two children — Susannah, 6, and Taylor, 4. Joe is a partner in Eagle Management & Trust in Houston, and if the economy continues to pick up he plans to fly the entire Class down for a barbeque. (Wait till you get the ticket before you make any plans.) I hear from Joe that Margaret and John Dalton are now in San Antonio, where John is doing well as president of the real-estate division of Gill Savings.

"Well, that is my current supply of Classmate news. Perhaps there is someone else out there who likes to read the column, hasn't contributed lately and can bring us up-to-date on some other Classmates."

Geoff's final paragraph says it all. All of us like to hear what each other is up to — but someone has to write!

On the change of command scene, Paul Fletcher, assumed command of VQ-4 at NAS Patuxent River on June 24. Dick Phelan finished his tour as skipper of VP-45 on 7 July and was relieved at NAS Sigonella. Dick returns to Jacksonville to be the wing operations officer.

Homecoming '84 (October 19-21) our twentieth is starting to take shape. Yours truly has agreed to more or less head up the planning committee, but not without promises of lots of help which have been forthcoming at a quickening rate.

Roland Marquis has volunteered office support, Steve Claassen and Jim Maitland are trying to put the class roster on to our own computer file. Bob Murphy, Jack Costello, Bob Johnson, Jerry

Dunne and Tom Najarian have attended planning sessions. We have settled on one thing already — the hotel. After due consideration and based on the expected large number of attendees, we have contracted to hold the reunion on Homecoming Weekend at the Crystal City Marriot Gateway Hotel near National Airport. It is a beautiful place — absolutely first-class. We have guaranteed room rates for October, 1984 of $68/night which we all feel is a super rate for such an elegant hotel. More news will follow — expect a newsletter of some sort shortly after you read this issue of Shipmate.

Don't forget Homecoming '83, however. Navy plays Pittsburgh, October 22. Bill Dell, our man in Annapolis, promises to have cold drinks (soda and beer) available for the class tailgate party.

Bring your own good food and some to share / / you wish. We'll be set up in the West parking lot somewhere. Look for the '64 banner.

One last word: Next class luncheon is 22 September at Ft. Myer. Call John Tweel at 696-4089 to get on the Washington phone list.

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 Whole bunches of classmate gouge poured in on me this month, and am I grateful. First off, there is a report from the CaUfornia Bay area on the Second annual picnic (and belatedly, an ArmyNavy party held last December). The picnic was, once again, held at the house of Missy and Pat Donnelly at their quarters at Naval Weapons Station in Concord, California. Pat is the public works officer there, but has orders to become XO of the Seabees in Port Hueneme. Missy and Pat will likely already be there by the time you read this. Attendees included: Joan and Mike Paul (Mike's president of Anthem Systems in Silicon Valley, and the Pauls, along with the Donnellys, Rickards and Mickelsons were cosponsors of the picnic), John Mickelson (he's with Sperry Univac in Santa Clara), Allyson and Rick Rickard (Rick is a key member of a personal financial planning firm, CGR Consultants in SFRAN; Allyson is doing child development research in San Ramon), Joan and Pete Robinson (Pete's a SUPSHIP in Mare Island and Joan runs a dance studio), Jim Freeman (finishing up PG studies in Monterey; one of the few bachelors remaining in the Class), Sue and Ron Wecht (Ron's a SF Lawyer and their daughter takes dance lessons from Joan Robinson), Kelly and Vince Nahr (he's an engineer at Mare Island); Carla and Brian Lantier (Brian is in investment banking with Dean Witter in SF), Brooks Bendetsen (just transferred to Moffett Field from London), Gigi and Paul Marshall (they're moving to Houston with Paul's firm, Rayman Kaiser Engineers), Judy and Rob Zitzewitz (Rob commutes to the Bay area from Long Beach while Judy is a partner in an estate planning firm) and Chris and Roger Sherman (Rog is one of our missing Classmates in Jeff's directory . . . but still have no info on him).

Rick Rickard sent this report and also hosted the Army-Navy party at his house in Oakland last December. Attendees were much the same as the picnic, plus a few like: Will Kirkland, Ed McCann, Wayne Goodroe, Bob Elder, Arnie McKechnie, Mark Hopper and Skip Storey. My thanks also to Arnie McKechnie who wrote about the picnic and some of the items already reported by Rick.

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Arnie enclosed a clipping about Skip Moyer's squadron at Moffett, VP-31. Skip's squadron was recently awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation, CNO Aviation Safety Award and the Golden Orion Award (for outstanding personnel retention). Arnie left Moffett in July for Pensacola to be supply officer, USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16).

Mike Coyle wrote to clear up an error reported in a previous issue of Shipmate. His wife's name is Renee vice Andrea. I might have to try that gimmick more often if it gets Classmates to write!!

Anyway, since graduation, Mike completed nuclear power training and submarine school,

for the Staff, COMCRUDESGRU 5, Roy Ahlgren being ordered to NROTC Unit, Northwestern University, Denny Neutze finally leaving the Pentagon for London duty at CINCUSNAVEUR, and Dick Genet winning the coveted Nathaniel Bowditch Cooper River Pilot Award for three out of four quarters of FY-82. This award is given for the best piloting in and out of the arduous 17-mile approaches to Charleston (SC) Naval Station. Also

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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. noted. Bill Frigge, CO, USS TRUETT (FF-1095) and 1205 Prospect Ave., Suite 400 Jim Stark, then CO, USS FURER ( F F G - 6 ) , cited La Jolla CA 92037 for their participation in support of delivering the Percent Members: 53 Living Grads: 659 32nd MAU to Bierut in November 1982 and servDespite rumors to the contrary, ye olde class ing as escorts for the PLO-chartered merchant served in the submarines BLUEBACK, HADDOCK and secretary has not abandoned the cause. Life on the SAM HOUSTON GOLD and after a tour with COM- ships that evacuated 7000 soldiers from Bierut last " E " Ring, however, has been demanding. This SUBLANT Staff, applied and was accepted for year. column will bring you up to date. the ED Program. Mike then spent two years at Dick Olds also called to erase his name from On 8 June 1983 we had a class luncheon at Fort Monterey getting an MSME and then reported to those "missing." Dick is a marketing manager for Myer. Al Sears, Tom Eubanks, Dick Michaux, Mare Island Shipyard as a Nuclear SUPSHIP and Raychem Corp. in the South Bay. He has three George Bates, John Posoli, "R. B." Adams, Bob repair officer. More recently Mike was in San years to his credit working for Ford Motor Co. Wittenberg, Rick Fan ell, Rob Jordan, Will Diego as repair officer, USS DIXON (AS-37). A in Dearborn, Michigan. His wife's name is Linda Owen?, Jay Prout, Guinn Clark, Jim Galvin, Don year ago, Mike reported to Washington to be assis- and they live at 1551 Julie Lane, Los Altos CA tant ship logistic manager for the Onio-Class 94022; phone numbers 415/961-3887 (H) and Jackson, Dick Hobbs, Pat Dennis, Dick Helms, John Thompson, John Sigler, Will Trafton, ManSSBNs in NAVSEA 921. Mike, Gordy Evans, 415/361-2333 (O). Skip Storey also dropped a card ny Lopez, Bruce Wyman, Tom Reynolds, Dave Denny Jones, Paul Reason and Bernie Smith com- advising us that he's now on the faculty of the Sadd, Charles Cramer and Roland Blocksom were prise the illustrious of our Class selected for Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, and will there. Walt Donnelly and I were prevented from captain. be teaching in the Defense Resources Management attending when a last minute budget issue surfaced.

Billie Wieland also checked in this month. He's Education Center there along with Don Bonsper, Bob Wittenberg reviewed some of the plans we (in his words) a "retired coot," completing his ac- who is the USMC rep at the center. Skip is still have for the next year, including a picnic to be held tive duty in May and has now signed on with Texas in the process of moving from Reno where he was on 24 July at Allen Pond I'ark, Bowie, Maryland.

Utilities. He is married to Linda Wells from Plain- a financial planner for Sierra Pacific Power Co. In addition, Don Jackson called in with the view, Texas, and they make their home in Piano.

June Week West was held in San Diego in late welcome news that the Class of '6b is leading the Billie extends a welcome to any Classmates to visit June. Judd Halenza hosted a party that about 60 pack in arrangements to celebrate the Army-Navy him. His address is 1533 Aylesbury Lane, Piano Classmates and spouses, etc., attended. More on game, to be played on the 25th of November, the TX 75075, 214/578-8200 (H) or 214/653-4642 (O). this next month. Denny McComb along with Vince Friday following Thanksgiving, at the Naval Also heard from Ed Stillman, desiring to have Liegge helped me contact most all of '65ers who Academy O' Club We're aiming to set up large his name removed from the "missing" list. He, reside in the San Diego area, and I hope to have screen television with festivities before, during and his wife Terri and daughter Nicole have been liv- a complete listing of attendees with some photos ing in Singapore for the last seven years. Ed had next month. Denny has left C W. Clark, Inc. to after the game. Details will be available as soon as arrangements are completed. been working for American Air Filter Co., as work for another Classmate, Bob Gosnell, who Meanwhile, don't forget Homecoming! "R. B." president of their Far Eastern operations, but a develops top quality residential properties called Adams and the Annapolis contingent will go all year ago he formed his own business, Thermodyne The Pointe, and whose office is in Phoenix. out to set up the Class Tailgate Party at the usual PTE. LTD. His firm represents American and Several Classmates have asked about seating at location. You won't want to miss this, so make European companies that manufacture pumps, the Army-Navy game in Pasadena in December. your plans early. Dick Hobbs logged in with the heat exchangers, valves, etc., and sell to the con- I called the Athletic Association and, although as news that the Bavarian Room at the Naval Stastruction and off-shore oil production industries. of this date (10 July), they're not even close to istion has already been reserved for the evening.

Ed states that he'd love to hear from Ed Summa, suing tickets, I was assured that with the four or We're looking forward to a gala celebration.

Fred Grimshaw and Dick Emerson. If you're less tickets purchased through them, they would The summer mailbag has been extraordinarily visiting Singapore, you can get Ed at 604-607, Far block classes together as best as possible. The light (hint!) but Dave Quirk wrote to update us East Shopping Center, Orchard Road, Singapore USNA Athletic Association still seems the best way on his activities. Dave is attached to USS EMORY 0923, tele.: 264-0252. to go for the best chance to be able to sit with S. LAND (AS-39). He transferred to the supply Classmates as a group. corps in 1972 arrd has been doing very well since Finally, I received a nice letter from Pat Padgett, Norm's widow, with a few more details on his then. The Quirk family, includrng Florence, son tragic death. It occurred on 17 April 1983 in a Kevin and daughter Shannon reside in Virginia Beach at 4617 Southern Pines. If you are in the motorcycle accident in St. Johns County, Florida. area, give him a call.

At the time of his death. Norm was retired from Finally, Rocky Macpherson has departed his the Navy and his family was in the process of movassignment as EA in the Marine Corps front ofing to Texas. Norm retired in January 1983 as a fice. He'll probably miss the Annex, the spacious Commander, U.S. Navy, and his last tour was parking, the view, etc. If any Classmates have operations officer, COMNAVFORJAPAN in some additional information on Marine Corps Yokosuka. Norm was buried in his hometown in members of the Class, 1 would appreciate hearMarquez, Texas, and is survived by Pat and three ing from you. children. Amy (14) Ashton (12) and Eric (10). Pat and the children will remain in Florida for the time being. Her address is 1454 Lakewood Drive, Jacksonville FL 32223.

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Henry M. Kleeman

My "bits and pieces" collection has added the following: Hank Kleeman assuming command of VF-101 in Oceana, Virginia (see mug shot) Mike Luecke being relieved of one command, VA-35 and assuming another, VA-42, John Kohler taking over as XO, VRC-50, Doug Norton heading

Beat Army â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pasadena Friday, 25 November

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 Salutations from the keen cutting edge of the sword of democracy, that is to say, "Hello from DC." As promised in the last issue, here is the latest and greatest on the AEDO, EDO, and NFO communities. Caution is exercised in the veracity Shipmate, September 1983

of this information, considering the nameless electronic sources used to obtain it. With that warning in mind, and the hope that corrections will be cheerfully offered, here goes to AEDOs: Jim Aldrich is fairing well at COMFAIR MED in aircraft maintenance programs in Naples, Jim Barrett is at NAVAIR as is Bill Belden. Rene Chicoine has moved to Pax River for gainful employment while continuing residence in Waldorf, Maryland, and Jim Hensley has moved from Point Mugu to COMNAVAIRPAC John Hickok and Bill Holland are two more NAVAIR worker bees, Tom Johnston hangs out with the COMNAVAIRLANT crowd, Greg Marshall is Narfing in Alameda, Bill McCracken was at NAVAIR but has orders to a command whose UIC I couldn't find, Mike Merickel has a piece of the rock (Whidbey Island) with the Medium Attack and Vacuum PAC people. Bob Nosco haunts the halls of COMNAVAIRPAC on beautiful North Island (makes you wonder where South Island is). Tom Robbins is new at COMNAVAIRLANT by way of a little VP-30 training, Wayne Savage is a cruise missile project person over at Crystal City, and Karl Volland makes his point at Point Mugu.

The EDOs line up this way: Tom Bowler is at NAVSEA, Bill Idsinga does his logistics at COMNAVSURFLANT, Jon McComas is in Subic with the COMSURFGRU Westpac folks, George Nanos is in Portsmouth as the combat systems officer, John Scalzo is at COMNAVAIRLANT, Paul Schissler has headed over to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, John Sheldon has repaired to AJAX out of San Diego, and Ron Waddell serves with COMSERVGRU One in Oakland.

The Non-Flying Objects shape up this way: John Bates is leading the Fighting One Hundred FiftyFourth, Lowell Boaz is instructing in Monterey, Skip Buchanan is leading the Fighting One Hundred Fifty-First, Mike Currie has command of the One Hundred Seventy-Sixth medium bomber group. Rusty Dewar owns all the electrons in VAQ-135, yours truly directs the favorable separaton of enlisted folks at NMPC, Pat Hanson fights the electronic wars for COMSIXTHFLT, Harold Hickman is at NAVAIR, John Junek leds at VF-213 in Miramar, Paul Kanive professes management at the Naval War College in Newport, John Kopp is at COMNAVAIRPAC, Butch Moldenhauer is an OPNAV inhabitant, Frank Stanek is at NMPC, Larry Torgerson is another COMNAVAIRLANT staffee. Jay Wendt keeps the VAW-121 crowd hununing as CO, and Jack Wood is at the War College as a student after staying out of trouble as CO of VF-142. Future instaUments may attempt to address the Surface and Pilot communities, but since I must use all my fingers and all my toes to count them all, it will take a while.

Speaking of pilot types, Ed Neal assumed command of VT-28 on the sixteenth of June. Wish I could have made it to the affair, at least to the part where the drinks are served. At any rate, congratulations and thanks for the invite. My mailbox was also graced by a great letter from Walt Vandivort, one of the two 1317 (TAR) designators in the Class. Walt is now in Monterey, trying to disprove the old dog, new tricks theory of education. Walt added that he had run into P. L. Murphy, now a Navy chaplain who was headed for exchange duty in England after a two-year stint in Guam. P. L. had apparently heard of, or from 32nd company's Dave Baker who alternates between skiing in Nevada, in the Winter, and firefighting in Alaska in the Summer. Word has it that the chilly weather may eventually drive him back to Florida. Al Wynn, our West Coast CEC rep was also mentioned in Walt's letter. It appears that Shipmate, September 1983

the Vandivorts and Wynns are going to the ArmyNavy game in Pasadena. The football team will be in the Huntington Sheraton, and the Alumni tour will wind up in the Century Plaza in L.A. As of this writing I have no info on a special '67 hotel or motel.

Received another nice letter from Jack Young.

Ellen and Jack are departing Atlanta for Greensboro, North CaroHna, where Jack will be the YMCA director. Additionally, the people count at the Youngs house is expected to go up one in December! Budd Goodwin, a very faithful correspondent, filled in with some news from the Deha area. He mentioned Chris and Lew Madden of beautiful downtown Bonita, California, were enjoying Lew's return from an lO deployment as the fearless leader of a helo outfit. Sons Clint and Chad were also glad to have dad back home again. Barb and Don Roesh live in Houston where Don divides his time as a DC-9 pilot for Continental and XO of a reserve A-7 outfit in New Orleans. Jane and Bill Calhoun are San Diego residents. Bill is doing the XO/CO trick for another helo outfit there. Miss Janie Calhoun, if Budd's spies are correct, will have TWO baby brothers by the time this column goes to press.

Budd's new address for travellers and itinerant Classmates is 114 G Aaron Drive, Lafayette LA 70508.

Skip Cannady also wrote in, after I badgered him for a response. Skip and family are headed for Tennessee where he will assume the duties as XO of the NROTC unit at Vanderbilt. We expect them to be squared away in short order. Last, but by no means least, was a letter from Sally Dill, wife of Evan Dill. My response to her first missive was pretty slow in arriving on Shipmate's pages, but finally showed in the June issue. Hopefully, the long-term letter to response time will not deter future letters from Cayucos, California.

The phone was also busy this last month. Mike Cathey called in to relate the golf lesson he and Jack Airlie received from Marty Cover. Marty is headed for BLUE RIDGE in Yokosuka and mentioned an arduous cruise to Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia in the Fall. Hopefully he will see fit to send a postcard or two to the Class Scribe. Tony Principi has moved to a high position in the VA, after a stint as a Senate committee attorney. Kelly Spears, XO of NICHOLSON, called to check on the weather here in DC and related that he had met Buddy Walker while on a stop in Puerto Rico. Kelly was in the midst of several thousand inspections and spared more time on the phone than an XO can normally manage.

Dave Church mentioned that Danny Wong had been visiting in the area and had stopped at USNA for a while. Pamela is Danny's new bridge, and they reside in San Jose. Wanda and Will Kellum were also in the area. When not travelling. Will is the assistant comptroller for AIRPAC Dave also mentioned that Ken Tuttle, Ph.D., will be joining the Naval Engineering staff at USNA in August.

June marked the anniversary of our swearing in, and Annapolis was the scene of a celebration on 26 June. Names of the perpetrators will be released when the group photo is available and the next of kin have all been notified. Many thank yous for the writers and callers. Congratulations to Betsy and Ron Brino on the arrival of Laura Elizabeth on January 7. She joins Jason and Sarah on the homefront. Any other recent parents out there? More anon.

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 The roaring silence you hear is the sound of kids back in school, which means the Summer has slipped past once more. Time to put away the beach ball and pull out the thermos and Stadium seat. For those of you who are planning on attending the Homecoming festivities, all ticket orders from '68 will be grouped into one class seating section. More specifics on class functions going on that week end should be available by contacting Chet Carroll or Ken Pease. Right now, it looks like a short gathering at Ken's after the parade on Friday and maybe a dinner on Saturday evening somewhere. 1 might also note that there are several package tours available for the Navy-Army Game if you are within range of the DC area. I can get info to you if desired.

While the amount of mails still hasn't become a burden on the post office, concern over Homecoming has provided more info than normal. Chet has mentioned having a few letters as well, but he hasn't turned them over to me yet so they will have to wait for another issue.

Jim Hurston cleared his "class guiU" by sending a letter with some tidbits I'll pass along.

"Stretch" is currently XO of VA-176, flying A-6s off INDEPENDENCE. He and Myra still reside in Virginia Beach. Jim reports that Dave Hodgson, after a tour in EA-6Bs, is the security officer at NAS Memphis. Dave not only gets to enjoy that Tennessee hospitality with wife Pat and son Matt, but also gets station pilot time in a C-12.

Brade Phillips is XO of VS-28, flying S-3s off INDY with Doug Little as safety officer on board.

Bill Scott is into EA-6Bs with VAQ-131. Dick Taylor is another A-6 jock with VA-85 in JFK along with Barry Yankolonis in VA-65. Mike Lagow is XO of HM-16 out of Norfolk, and Ken Pyle is in VA-196 out Whidbey Island way.

Ron Bauman should be in Newport by now for a little high level education prior to becoming XO of VC-6 in Norfolk. He was previously the readiness officer on the Medium Attack Wing One Staff at Oceana. Mike Panchura is XO of HSL-3 somewhere out west. He and Steve Hannifin were both in Newport for the senior officer legal course.

Steve is with RVAW-110 at Miramar. Thanks for all that info, Jim.

Cdr. Joseph Sciabarra '68 pins wings on little brother Lt. (jg) Peter Sciabarra '81 Hopefully, the picture of Joe Sciabarra and his Httle brother, Peter, ('81) made print. Joe flew into Whiting Field from his post as test pilot instructor at Edwards Air Force Base to pin wings on his brother, who is en route to HC-6. Thanks to a proud Mama Sciabarra for the picture and nice letter.

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J^\ Dennis A. Rlzzardi

Congratulations to Dennis A. Rizzardi, who has been named director of marketing for the RCA missile and surface radar division in Moorestown, New Jersey.

In the way of brief telephone contacts, "Max" Presecan is currently an engineer with Ford, in Michigan 1 believe he said. He isn't thrilled with employment opportunities in the American automotive industry, but is getting by. Randy Wyatt is all grins and giggles doing all that test pilot stuff in Pax River. Don Vtipil is chief staff officer with Service Squadron 4, if I copied correctly. Don Smith should be enjoying the "holding tank" (DC War College) by now, and Tom Bernsis all moved in one floor below me here as executive assistant to the superintendent. Don also told me that Rob Sidner is air ops in AMERICA, and G. C. "Snuf-

fy" Smith isXO of VF-171.

That's most of the news and views for this month. In case you've lost some of your perspective on life, I recommend you read I Timothy 6:7.

Till next time. NON ILLIGITIMANDUM 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 HALLELUJAH!! (Pun intended.) I finally received a letter from Ruth and Norm (The Reverend) Brown.

After a seven-year break from the Navy, Norm is returning to the fold. During his stint as a civilian he was pretty busy, though, with four years in seminary and three years as a minister in Holland, Michigan. By the time you read this, the Browns and their children — Carrie (11), Amy (9), and Tommy (5) — will be in Mayport, Florida, where Norm will be Protestant chaplain for DESRON 12.

They are taking a two-week trip through New England before Norm reports in. Better take advantage of the cool northern weather while you can. Anyone wishing to get in touch with the Browns can try going through the chaplain's center in Mayport. Welcome back. Norm and family.

Roger Vehom reported last month that Kim and Bob Hutchings paid him a visit. The Hutchingses are living in Munich, Germany, where Bob is acting director of Radio Free Europe. Kim and Bob have a son, Johnathon, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident. We certainly hope that he is on his way to complete recovery. Bob. In order to flesh out this report, I am including Steve Brixey's March column which never made it to print.

"Well Classmates, there is good news for both you and me: my former roommate. Bob Garner, 90

has agreed to assume the duties of class secretary . . . . Having tried to write this column with relatively few inputs, I for one, will do what I had never done before: periodically provide an input for the column to Bob, or whoever is writing it.

I urge all of you to do the same. While I'm on the subject, thanks to those of you who did provide inputs over the past iVi years.

"The most recent letter was from John Post, now a doctor in Earlysville, Virginia. When John wrote, he had just returned from Hawaii after having completed the Iron Man Triathlon, a 2.4 mile rough water swim, followed immediately by a 112-mile bike race up the lava-filled Kona coast, and finishing with, just to round off the day, a 26.2-mile marathon run. It took John just over fourteen hours, but he says it was well worth the effort. Good work. Doc!" (1 guess there was a picture of Man Mountain Post in the original article, but I don't have it.)

"John also wrote that he had tried to get in touch with Ed Kendig but only managed to talk with his fiancee. Ed is an attorney working with the E.P.A. in San Francisco. John also saw Scott Anderson, now an attorney with the IRS in Richmond. Scott has nearly completed his CPA and is a soccer coach as well.

"John is an orthopedic surgeon at UVA with hopes of entering private practice in about two years. Thank you for the great update, John!

"We received a request from J. L. Van Kleeck, Class of '50, a retired Navy captain, and now a naval science instructor at Foy H. Moody High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school's NJROTC Drill Team needs old midshipman full dress jackets (blouses) to replace the blue working shirts presently in use. If you have one to donate, you can send it to the NJROTC unit at the high school, 1818 Trojan Drive, Corpus Christi TX 78416.

"I have been busy and haven't coordinated Washington area class luncheons since May, but with the help of Mike Clark and Joe Chopek, whose idea it was, we are presently planning a joint USNA/USMA/USAFA Class of '69 luncheon." area and haven't been contacted, call us."

Obviously, since the article was written six months ago, some of the information is dated. The plea for information is always current, though.

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 After a long and unexplained hiatus the class column returns!

The first order of business is to congratulate those of our Class who have ascended to the lofty rank of Command notwithstanding DOPMA. The new selections include Cdrs. Steve Zavadil, Tom Fargo, Joseph Henry, Eulogio Bermudes (EDO) and Walter Merrick. With the previous four Cdrs. from our Class, we now have nine. Next year's selection board should look at the majority of the Class's line community. The selection of staff commanders from our Class is conspicuous by its absence. Some of the '70 staff types are still two years out of zone. (Remember how the lieutenant board was cancelled in 1972?)

The pace here at USNA has not changed significantly. Only the faces change. Kay and John Hertel relocated their family to Yuma, Arizona,

where he is the director of the law center at the MCAS. Likewise, Cindy and Dennis Lunghofer have relocated at Yokosuka, Japan, where Dennis deploys in USS REEVES (CG-24) as XO.

Another deploying XO is Brock McMunn. He and Carol are in Pearl Harbor where Brock serves in USS GOLDSBOROUGH ( D D G - 2 0 ) . Lastly, Al Katz

is now in OP-44 (MILCON), having silently departed USNA during the Summer. Linda and Al still live in Arnold, Maryland, near the Boat School, which leads to Al's only complaint — the long commute to the Pentagon. Since our Class Constitution decrees that the Corresponding Secretary should remain in the Annapolis area, I am looking for an able fingered replacement for next Spring.

Dan Bowler dropped a note from Pearl Harbor with news of 30th Company. After a tour of the lO and Far East as XO of USS QUELLET (FF-1077),

Dan has settled in as CO for DESRON 33. He, Susan and the 9-year-old twins are doing well under the Hawaiian sun in Pearl Harbor. Other West Coasters from 30th include Jo and Clint Adams who is now on COMCRUDESGRU FIVE staff in San Diego following an XO tour in USS LANG (FF-1060); bachelor Bill Jenkins who now functions as the XO of USS OGDEN ( L P D - 5 ) out

of San Diego; Skid Heyworth who is currently XO of USS JOUETT ( C G - 2 9 ) after having completed

an lO/Far East tour as COMCRUDESGRU THREE'S aide; and Beth and Wil Hollowell who is completing his OPS OFF tour in the same USS JOUETT out of San Diego. On the East Coast, 30th is represented by Gwen and Dave Butler who live in Gales Ferry, Connecticut. Dave is XO of an unnamed, new construction SSN. Civilian companymates include Dave Oberholtzer, who is now part owner of a San Diego bus lines, as well as Kathy and Mike Oliver who are rewarded for Mike's work with the American Hospital Supply Corp.

Steve Becker answered the past "Wants and Warrants" section with an update of 21st Company. Steve and Lynn are raising their two girls in nearby Springfield, Virginia, while Steve plies his PAO trade for DCNO Submarine Warfare. His near future looks like a tour at the War College, then back out to Hawaii. Also at OPNAV is Mike Casey and the former 21st Company Officer, Capt. William Kelly. Other 21sters include Kirk Vantine, a DC attorney; Dick Thompson, a Harvard MBA type now working in Rosslyn; Tom Bricken, a Fredericksburg, Virginia, attorney; Harley Rhodes, a DC stationed USCG type; and Mark Thomas, who is an ED working on the TRIDENT — II project in Utah.

Smaller one line notes from others revealed that Kathie and Bill (Buzzy) Anderson are raising two sons in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where Bill is sales manager for Doerfer Engineering; Paul Fowler and his wife are hving in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where Paul is a crude oil trader for Standard Oil of Ohio; Jeff Hawkins and his wife are raising two little ones in Durham, North Carolina, where Jeff is a district representative for the Nalco Chemical Company; Patricia and Frank Gunkelman are in famous Fargo, (ND), with their four children (ages 10 through 3); Maryalyce and Terry Councilor are now stationed in St. Louis with the Coast Guard as one of the resident attorneys and one of the more active St. Louis area Alumni.

Phil Magaletti wrote that he and Francine are expecting their first child this month (September) in smog free Long Island (NY), where Phil draws pay as a S/A for the FBI; Jane and Gary Marvin were blessed by a son, Robert, on Mother's Day in Huntsville, Alabama, where Gary works on the space shuttle for Teledyne — Brown Engineering; Shipmate, September 1983

and lastly, JoAnn and Michael Frick are settled in Atlanta, Georgia, where Mike is an insurance defense attorney for medical malpractice while JoAnn tries to control their three sons and their newly arrived daughter, Rebecca.

As you are undoubtedly aware. Navy's Homecoming is on October 22 against Pittsburgh (those of us who are her alumni just say PITT). Anyway, there will be the usual before — during — and after game get-together at the Stadium. I say this now because many missed the spread that was available.

As last year, look for the '70 signs near parking lot exit two, about 200 yards away from the water tower along the road toward the closed end of the stadium. Come early, park your car and enjoy.

If you need help or desire to leave messages, call me at 301/267-2166 or use the Alumni House services. For those of you going to the alumni reception and dinner, remember that it's our plebes tenth reunion so dress accordingly, umbrellas optional.

Lastly, the Army Game is out West this year.

I have received several solicitations by travel agencies to publicize their services. Suffice U to say that the cost varies from location and the services vary as to itinerary. Accordingly, anyone who can't find a good deal is free to call for an individual summary of the information available.

Our "Wants and Warrzmts" this time include: Jim O'Dell, John Seeley, Kenneth Chambers, Warren Eckert, James Swoope, and Lewis Mclntyre.

71 Pres., LCdr. Peter P. Schneider Jr. USN Sec'y, Charies E. Boyer HI 606 Dunberry Dr., Arnold MD 21012 Percent Members: 51 Living Grads: 698 Back in March off the coast of Korea, six of our Classmates gathered for a quick photo session and mini-reunion on board BLUE RIDGE. Mike Marks and Joe Anthony are Seventh Fleet staffers as flag lieutenant and special operations officer respectively. As "residents" of BLUE RIDGE,

In the BLUE RIDGE confines off Korea

Mike and Joe played host to two Dallas-based Naval Reservists, Rick Beachman and Joe Johns.

Back in Dallas Rick is a buyer for Texas Instruments and is seriously contemplating marriage.

Joe is a product manager at Harris Communications. Bo Rose was TAD from Okinawa. Ron Shnet, who left the Academy at the end of youngster year and finished his degree at Maryland, was also on board BLUE RIDGE as electrical officer.

And aside from the above gathering, Joe Anthony also noted that Marsha and Frank McAfee visited Jean and Mike Marks at their home in Yokosuka. Frank is a pilot with Delta Airlines.

A nice letter from Harry Sheffield arrived in time for this month's issue. Harry has been in Hawaii since 1973 with only a brief hiatus to Ballston, New York, in 1975 and 1976. Having sucShipmate, September 1983

cessfully avoided marriage all these years, Harry will end his bachelorhood in February when he returns from a WestPac tour. He is currently the XO of CAVALLA. Also mentioned in his letter were Elizabeth and Loren Shim, Marsha and Jim Brick, Jim Metzger, John Eldridge, Barb and Wally Wagemaker, Rosella and Mike O'Bryant. All were former residents of Harry's neighborhood. By now Wally is in a new job on the East Coast and Mike is busy in PG school in Monterey.

The last letter this month comes from Steve Brighton's mother, Eleanor Brighton DeHaven.

She is the 11th Company correspondent and wrote to pass along some news for us.

John Scott assumed command of USS EXCELL at Treasure Island Naval Station. After the usual reception and festivities of the event, Eleanor joined Anne and John Sell and Ann and Fred Nelson for a champagne bash at Pam and John Scott's home in San Mateo. Two weeks prior to the change of command, Susan and Steve Brighton visited Pam and John. Steve is still with IBM and lives in Little Rock. Final news from the 11th Company is that Mike Bilecky is now married and resides in the DC area. Eleanor asks that everyone in the 11th Company drop her a line. Her address is 239 Carnoustie Drive, Marble Falls TX 78654.

A lot of people are planning to attend the ArmyNavy game out in Pasadena. Hope you are among the crowd as it will be a great change. New coach, new weather (hurrah!), and new style. All will be fun.

There is only one thing I do not like about this column; it is to pass on unhappy news. I am certain all of you are aware of the death of our friend and comrade, Al Schaufelberger. I know you all share in the grief and sorrow for the loss of a professional and a patriot of whom we are all proud.

While we have lost Classmates before, Al is the first to have given his life on foreign soil in the service of his country.

Mike Morrell expressed many of our sentiments in a letter which stated in part: "I was shocked

by Al's death. In addition to being his Classmate, I was also Al's companymate, teammate and friend. For those of you who did not know him, he played 150-pound football and lacrosse while carrying out his academic and brigade responsibilities in an exemplary manner. He was a fine individual in every respect. Al died serving our country in a cause beheved in."

Al's parents have requested that expressions of sympathy be in the form of gifts to the memorial fund established in his name within the Naval Academy Alumni Association. The funds received will be used to provide an appropriate gift to the Naval Academy in Al's name. 1 would hope that all of you will respond. I personally believe that it is important that we display our loyalty and appreciation for such a great friend. To do so, make out your check to the USNA Alumni Association, note that it is for the Al Schaufelberger Memorial Fund, and send it to the USNA Alumni Association, Alumni House, Annapolis MD 21402.

Mike Morrell and John Shelton join me in urging the Class to support this project.

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 First this month I'd Hke to tell everyone if parts of my article do not make sense at times, it's because of the typesetters. They have done a job on me several times in the past.

I ran across John laia here at the SEAL Team area. John is working for General Physics Corporation as a training activities representative. He and Pam live at 5343 Bothe Ave., San Diego.

Linda and Rik Dilgren are the proud parents of their second girl — Brittany Kate, born in March.

Rik should now be XO of an SSBN. It's his sixth consecutive sea tour. Until recently he and Greg Meyer were in SEA DEVIL. Greg should now be on the COMSUBRON FOUR staff. Jim PhUUps' ship is in Philadelphia for overhaul. Thanks, Rik. Jim Protzman is director of communications at the University of North Carohna Center for public television. He lives at 1320 Ephesus Church Road #8, Chapel HiU NC 27514. Welcome to the Alumni Association, Jim! If you would like our latest copy of Classmate addresses, just let me know.

After leaving the Navy in 1980, Fred Cohrs now has his own State Farm Insurance Agency. Fred, Ann, Jeffrey, Laura, and Philip live at 1301 Portage St., N.W., North Canton OH 44720, where Fred is also in the reserve unit in Akron and is active in the Blue and Gold program.

Beth and Tim Beutell have just built a new home in Phoenix where Tim commutes to Minneapolis as a pilot for Republic Airlines. Tim reported that Ted Norris is in Saudi Arabia flying Lear jets under a McDonnell Douglas contract, and on the side, he's introducing roller skating to the locals. Kathy and Steve McLaughlin are in Charlotte (NC) with their two boys and new baby girl. Thanks for the letter, Tim. 1 would have added something about Mike Clawson but you only wrote that he came to visit you. By the way, do you really work only four days a month?

73 Pres., LCdr. Dan Musmanno USNR Sec'y, Mr. Dirk P. D. Mosis III 709 W. Lang, Alvin TX 77511 Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 740 Beat Pitt! Happy Homecoming! We are rapidly approaching our big 10th on 21-23 October. Last minute questions — call Bruce Spalding at 703/553-7065 (w) or 703/751-0253 (h). See you there!

On with the news . . .

LCdr. and Mrs. Roger Lanning announce the birth of twin sons, Cody Brian and Kelly Robert.

Congratulations to all of you in La Plata, Maryland.

Marybeth and Mike O'Sullivan write from Attleboro, Massachusetts, where the family includes Heather (8), Beth (6), and Michael (4). Big Mike works as a consultant in Newport, Rhode Island, with Peat Marwich Mitchell and Co. Jack McGarry also works with PMM & C and showed Mike the ropes.

Mike is with VP-92 (P-3s) at NAS South Weymouth, Massachusetts, with Al Hansen and Chuck Pollack. Al is with Texas Instruments and Chuck with Merrill Lynch. Mike ran into Rob 91

Casey while Mike was job hunting a year ago; Rob was in Walpole, Massachusetts, in marketing and sales for a ship propeller manufacturer. Al and Mike ran into Vince Nigro in the Azores. Vince married Sally and inherited three beautiful children; Vince is quite the proud father! Congrats, Roomie! \'ince should be at the War College about now. Bob Apple is flying F-18s for the Corps out in California. Andy Schneck, after Harvard B. School, is a consultant with the Boston group in Boston. Mike is not sure but he believes VITRO Corp. is Mike Demans' employer in Newport, Rhode Island. Tom Collins is with Peat Marwich in DC and Jon Edvardsen, previously with PMM 6 Co., is with Honeywell in Tampa, Florida.

Al Hansen says that Ken ('Jake') Jacobsen is with Polaroid in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and will be at Homecoming. John Pechonis and Tom DeGeorge are at T.I. as manufacturing engineer and facilities engineer respectively in Attleboro.

Ron Price is with an airline (?) in Atlanta. Charlie Porcelli is with the SAU at S. Weymouth. Larry Carello is with the HS squadron there. Ron Whisenhunt, wife and two children Uve in Florida, where Ron works for the state. Dewaine "Dewfey" Cherry works for Raytheon in western Massachusetts as a marketing engineer, having been an air traffic controller prior to their strike.

Mike and Al, thanks for all of the names and news!

Bob Maslowsky, after 10 years of not writing, allows that his son's birth is occasion to write us.

Brian Trent and Mom Beth are doing great. Congrats! B'Mas over these 10 years was in HASSAYAMPA (Ap-145); Pensacola; EA-6Bs at Whidbey

Linda and Doug Barnett have settled in the Richmond, Virginia, area where they both work for VEPCO. Jim, Janice, David, and new addition, Matthew Campbell are finishing up his tour as NAV/OPS MEMPHIS (SSN-691), and are at the

mercy of the detailers for their next duty station.

Norm Cook has shifted over to the SPARTANBURG COUNTY after a long tour in MCCANDLESS. Beth and Bill Evans and family are in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Bill works for the FBI. Cathi and Dave Garfrerick are still in Albany, Georgia, doing whatever it is that Procter and Gamble does down there. Craig Henderson recently completed a Med deployment with an A-7 squadron aboard AMERICA. And rumor has it Dan Holstein has foresaken the Marine Corps for divinity school, but no one seems to know exactly where he has landed; we would sure appreciate knowing an address for Dan and his clan.

Peggy and Bill Keisey are in Elgin, Texas, where Bill recently ran for Congress as a candidate of the Libertarian Party. Bill garnered a very respectable vote tally for a first time out in the political arena, although he didn't finish first. Peggy is due with their first child around November. Sue and Tom Kiernan are very happily tending to young Jack in Allendale, New Jersey; Jack was born in September 1982. Sue has finally left the grind of Wall Street and reports that all is well with the Kiernan family. Dave Kucik was recently named manager for the U.S. National Crew Team (read that Olympic Team in '84) this Summer. His University of Wisconsin freshmen recently took third in the Eastern Sprints, Dave's best showing to date. He says they are finally listening to his Island,'Washington; USS CONSTELLATION (CV-69) advice on how to row. with VAQ-132; DC as administrative assistant to Carmen, Audrey, Alyssa, and Michael Mondelli Director Total Force Programming Division are now with IBM in the Washington area.

(OP-12); aide to Director of the Inter-American Carmen is going to be reassigned by the time this Defense College; marriage to Beth in October 1980 is published; IBM moves them around in a similar and currently flag secretary for COMCARGRU fashion to Carmen's previous employer, one that 7 in San Diego and embarked in RANGEKI we are all too familiar with. Susan and Al MurBill Reynolds is also on the staff as the admiral's ray have moved back home to Pass Christian, flag lieutenant. Bill rolls back to the fighter comMississippi. They recentiy bought an old home that munity at Miramar in September and Mas heads they had moved and are rebuilding. On the side for the Naval War College in Newport in October. they are selling insurance to finance the repairs.

News from Mas and Bill: Marty Chanik is ops Both say that life on the Gulf couldn't be any betfor VF-24. Chuck Stevens with Mobil Oil in ter. Gary, Diane, Gabriel, and Adam Rhoads are Davenport, Iowa. Mike Steele with NIS in Penstill keeping the world safe from nuclear power sacola. Tim Scheib is an EDO at Charleston Naval plants with the NRC in Mountaintop, PennShipyard. Jim Piggott is flying with Marine sylvania. Diane teaches aerobics locally and has reserves in Dallas. Bob Cory with Continental in offered to help all us out-of-shape over-30 ex-naval LA. Charlie Blackwell with the DA's office in LA. officers once again retain our plebe year figures.

Mas, great news. I'm glad Brian came along Mike O'Shaughnessy is going great guns in Atlanta . . . so that we could hear from you! with the Excell 2000 Machine Tool Company.

Bill Gravel! is heading for OPNAV, having been Steve Sammon has finally found some shore duty relieved as CO USN Field Station, Sinop, Turkey. here in the NYC area with the Military Sealift Bill will be at Homecoming.

Command in Bayonne, New Jersey. With all that Dave Young writes from Chicago where he is spare time he has, Steve has gotten in real estate XO for the largest recruiting office in the Corps. on Staten Island by purchasing an apartment (312/353-9622). Dave, Patsy, Shelley (5), Michael building with his mother and brother.

(3), and Bridget (2 mos.) live in Glen Ellyn, west Sue and Mark Shaughnessy are in Marco Island, of Chicago 312/790-4431. Dave will be unable to Florida. Mark is with Delta and will soon be tranattend Homecoming, but we'll have a cold one for sitioning to L-101 Is, a nice promotion. But even you. Major! Now hear this!!! Dave won't be with bigger news is that Sue is pregnant and is due at us because he'll be in the "Ironman Triatholon the end of the year. Dennis Shea and his wife Gail Championships" in Hawaii. He completed his Woodard are still working in Providence, but have previous masochistic event in 11 hours 58 minutes, moved to Jamestown, where they can see the 110th place. That's covering 2.4 mile swim, America's Cup races right out their front door.

112-mile bicycle ride, and 26.2 mile run. Can you Sue and Jim Snead announce the birth of their believe what some guys 'II go through to miss the daughter Kelley Forbes in April of 1983. Jim will marchover to a Navy football game?? Dave, we'll be leaving VF-31 after their next deployment think about you, and I know you'll wish you were aboard JOHN F. KENNEDY. Ross Springer recently with us. Congratulations on previous success, and married Carol Milligan on April 9, so he will fibest of luck this Fall! Thanks for the update. nally settle down and leave his wild ways behind.

(Anyone from 11th, contact Dave!)

Ross and Carol call Montgomery, Texas, home.

We received the following letter from Fred Bob Stephenson recently traded in his conBrasco on the 35th company. dominium for a home on Oahu, but he still says 92

Hawaii is the best place in the world for someone who hkes to sail as much as he does. Dawn and Bill Williams are still in the Chicago area where he flies for Delta and they have a young son named Justin. Barry Stark is in Hawaii with COMDESRON 33 Staff. His new wife, Elaine, is with CINCPACFLT. Their first child is due this Fall.

And finally, I am still here in Manhattan riding the subways to and from work, wondering why people think these things are any less confining than submarines. To make ends meet, I work as a money market trader down on Wall Street.

Fred, thanks for the news!

Well, Classmates, so goes the world of '73. I can't wait to see all of you guys in Annapolis in October. Beat Pitt!

74 Pres., LCdr. Donald Loren USN Sec'y, LCdr. Ken Pisel USN M-5 Phythian Rd., USNA Annapolis MD 21402 (H) 301/263-5078, (O) 267-2782/3 (AV prefix 281) Percent Members: 47 Living Grads: 764 Greetings, '74! This is going to be a unique column due to my TAD to Pensacola with the mids.

It seems that I am without my primary or secondary means of getting this thing typed, so I am forced to rely on my portable typewriter and a lot of correction tape; consequently I shall keep this month's assault on journalism relatively short. For the sake of brevity I'll cover only two of the four letters I have on hand and in October we can look forward to seeing what Ted Muon and Tony Giancatarino. These two are being delayed because they have pictures that I don't want to lose in the mail.

Now I'll cover the letters from John Bramer and Doug Ballard. John leads off and tells us that he is now in VX-1 in Pax River, where he is serving as the P-3C Operational Test Director (OTD). He and Sue arrived there back in February and are due to roll in July of 1985. John sent along a "picture" as well â&#x20AC;&#x201D; actually it is an ad for Delta Airlines where one of eighteen faces is that of second pilot Rich Bradley offering a "free wheel deal." (Feel free to contact Rich Rich for details.)

John also had the following members of '74 to report on: Cynthia and Mark Handlan, with Danielle and Mark, are also in VX-1 at Pax River where he is also an OTD for P-3s. Mark is a P-3 pilot and is due to roll something in the near future to parts unknown. Di and Mike Gilroy join them at VX-1 where he is the assistant admin, officer.

The final member of VX-1 is the flight surgeon, Jerry Mothershead. Jerry isn't married, except maybe to his Porsche. John also reported on the rumor that Jerry has a "broken finger" for flight physicals, whatever that means. (I can feign ignorance with the best of them.)

The list of recent departures of '74 types from VX-1 include Roger Brueckbauer, a bachelor VP pilot, who departed in the Spring for duty at Argentia, Canada, where we have a NAVFAC. So while most of us sweat out the final days of Summer Roger should be nice and cool. Linda and Tim Schnoor, with daughters Carla and Christina (a new arrival) left VX-1 in June and transferred all of the way to the position of base meteorologist at Pax River. It seems that he has made a designator change from VP pilot to meteorologist and is reported to be enjoying the job. And finally, John Yaeger is TAO in NIMITZ. He resides in Va. Beach with wife Diane and daughters Jessica and Colleen. He and John were out at Monterey together where he graduated from the ASW course Shipmate, September 1983

last October. Thanks for the info, John; see you at the season opener.

Our other letter for the month was a graduation announcement from Doug Ballard which advised us that he had graduated from the Northwestern School of Law up in Oregon. It seems that Doug left the Marine Corps back in August of 1980; he also advises that he married the former Karen Vuylsteke and they have two sons, Sean (5) and Ryan (3). He is currently the S-4A/MMO of the 6th Engr Spt Bn, 4th FSSG, 4th Mar Div in Portland, Oregon (which I must assume is a reserve unit) and "legally speaking" he will be working in Forest Grove, Oregon, although he didn't say in what capacity.

Doug also had a little info on Classmates, but now that he is a lawyer he attached a disclaimer onto it: "most of it is quite stale." First mentioned was Jim Diehl, whom he relieved on board SHREVEPORT as CCO, back in '78. "He left the ship in England and like a typical 'Grunt' headed East to get to Quantico." And that's where he was when Doug last heard from him. It seems that on his circuitous journey the Marine Corps "issued him a wife" in Hawaii, specifically the daughter of General Smith. (I'm sure that she must have a first name, assuming of course that the USMC issued her one). Also seen in SHREVEPORT way back when our John Markesano who was Comm O there three years ago flet's all pray that he has been relieved by now). The final member reported on was Chris Rowan, our man on Wall Street. Chris was an officer with Irving Trust, but is now in an international banking training program with the same institution. "He'll get back to the Far East yet." Doug's final lines query me as to the location of Chris Maddbt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; well I haven't got a clue.

I may have a better answer next month when I am home with my files, but if you are out there, Chris, why don't you drop us a line. Thanks for the letter, Doug, and viel gluck with the legal trade.

Well, information fans, that will have to do it for this month. I have seen a couple of our number down here during the short time I've been in town and hope to add their inputs to the letters I already have on hand. We have done well, or at least better, in the past month in the mail department, but don't let that stop you from writing. Also let us not forget Homecoming '83! This year can serve as a warmup for next year and the big 10! Get your tickets now for the festivities and if you only make it to the game, be sure to look for the '74 tailgater.

We'll have our sign up for all to see, so I'll see you all there. Until next month, ciao!

75 Pres., Lt. Edward R. Hawkens USNR Sec'y, LCdr. Steve Hubbard USN OZ Division, USS EISENHOWER ( C V N - 6 9 )

FPO, New York NY 09532 Percent Members: 46 Living Grads: 714 Buongiomo! I'm sitting in apensione in Rome right now, writing this on a small pad of paper since I left the ship in kind of a rush. Maggie is here, having come over to Europe (first time) to visit during "mid cruise" and have sort of a second honeymoon. We've spent two days in Naples, two in Capri, three in Rome . . . and she flies home tommorrow. IKE and I will be underway before she sets foot in Norfolk 14 hours after she takes off from here. I'll be real sad to see her go, but as always with the Nav, it's time to get back to work. We've had a heckuva good time, and would recommend it to anybody . . . especially Capri and Rome!

Shipmate, September 1983

Well, enough of that for now. In my haste to depart the ship 1 neglected to grab the three letters (come on you guys!) I've received in the past two months so you'll have to suffer with my commentary this time.

Congratulations to all the new lieutenant commanders! I noticed a great number of '75ers on the list and was very proud to see it. Now, if we could just get our hands on the $$$ . . .

A couple of Classmates recently reported aboard IKE. Craig Himel is the CVW-7 CAG LSO and Bob Young came aboard as IKE'S new aircraft handler. Welcome to the best carrier in the fleet, guys!

Back in May, Roy Hawkens (class president) and Dave Frost (vice president) participated in a presentation of a 1975 class ring in Annapolis, in behalf of our Class. Unfortunately I'm suffering from a case of "brain fade" because I can't remember exactly to whom we were presenting the ring. I'll fill you in on the details later and provide some pictures if possible. Dave and Roy spent some time with Capt. Busik and Cdr. Tuzo afterwards discussing a possible class gift for our tenth reunion. (Yes, folks, it's right around the corner.)

Dave is in charge of the committee which will be working on that subject. Also, for any of you interested in working on the planning and organizing of the tenth, get in touch with Roy or me as soon as possible. This one's gonna be a biggie!

From Storm Lake, Iowa, comes a smoke signal indicating that Dan Roepke has joined the local office of Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Incorporated as a registered representative. Dan had been floating around in aircraft, courtesy of the Marines, prior to making the switch, and he had served at Yuma, Beaufort and Iwakuni, Japan.

Best of everything in the new post, Dan. Well, since I did foul up my first important job in my new rank and left those letters aboard IKE, I'm going to close this one now. Hang in there and don't forget Homecoming. We who are deployed will be wishing we could be there! But as we all know . . . "underway is the only way . . . ," right? Ciao!

76 Pres., Lt. Morgan B. Pearsall USN Sec'y, Capt. Joe Buranosky USMC 24575 Copper Cliff Ct., El Toro CA 92630 Percent Members: 54 Living Grads: 712 It's been a while since I wrote the last column, but since then I've received a few letters and had the good fortune to run into a few more Classmates in the area. MaryK and I are doing well and are both staying very busy. A few weeks ago we got together with Chris Janiec who was at El Toro getting some flight time with the flying club aboard the air station. Chris has his hands full as an ROTC instructor at USC and will spend a lot of time this Summer with the ROTC midshipmen. I believe that it was on the same day that Chris stopped by that I ran into John Berkley on base.

John is living in the area and is working for Northrup and he's doing well.

VMFA-531 has returned from training at Lemoore so I see Pat Bole quite often; Pat and Robin are doing fine. I received a big letter in the mail from Teri and Mark Hoekstra. They put together a pretty comprehensive newsletter for Classmates from 36th company, and I would like to pass on some of the news to the rest of you.

Mark and Teri left Norfolk in May of 1982 and have been in Purdue University since then; Mark is an ROTC instructor. Mark and Teri have a son

Dan and Teal Mitchell

Dan Mitchell takes the big step who is 3'/2 years old and congratulations are in order because their second child is due this month.

Paulette and Rich Carstens and their two sons, Ryan Richard and Andrew, are living in Florida where Rich is working for Ray Chemical Company in Orlando/Altamonte Springs, Florida. Mike Donnelly is in the CEC. He was an admiral's aide and is now working as the assistant resident in charge of construction for Norfolk.

Judy and Chris Earl are now in New London where Chris is attending SOAC. Gary Greenfield is vice president for development and research for Execom Computer Services in Austin, Texas.

Laurie and Mark Evans are in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where Mark flies for Piedmont.

Marcy and Pat Giancatarino are now in New London where Pat is attending engineer officer school; he will be engineer in USS Los ANGELES (SSN-688). Pat and Marcy have a Httle girl named Denise. Diane and Craig Krauss are at Oceana where Craig is flying F-14s. They have a 2'/i year old son, Andrew. Kris and Cyrus Large are living in San Diego. Cy is a SEAL with Special Boat Unit 12, serving as operations officer and Kris works at Balboa Hospital. Brad Little is working somewhere in the motion picture industry with his Dad and pursuing an MBA at UCLA in his spare time. Allie Mysliwy is out of the Navy and working in Palatine, Illinois, as the district manager for a large financial company. Val and George Puddington are out of the Navy and living in Franklin, Massachusetts. Janet and Brad Speer are in San Diego where Brad is now an EDO, working at the Point Loma Research Center. Brad and Janet have two children, Julie and Scott. Greg Vaughn is engineer in USS POLLACK (SSN-603). Ginger and

Craig Williams are out of the Navy; Craig is a start-up engineer at the Watts Bar Lake Power Plant near Crossville, Tennessee, and they have two children, Clair and Nathan. Debbie and Dave Winters are now in San Diego where Dave is the OIC of the Underway Replenishment Trainer.

Dave and Debbie have a daughter. Charity. Dave has written a small boat handling and safety manual for the Naval Institute. Jeri and Frank Wysocki are in Jacksonville (NC) where Frank is a company commander. They have three sons, Francis James, Alexander Paul, and William Kenric. Gary Yagiello is now out of the Corps and 93

is working in Long Island for Allied Roofing Supply. Mike Reinarts is working for Coopers and Ribrant, a big seven CPA firm in Minnesota.

I also heard from John Sarao during the past month. John and his family are now at the USNA where John is the 33rd Company Officer. John had some word to pass on. Frank Roderick is out of the Navy and is now working for Honeywell in San Diego. Joanne and Steve Rohrssen are now out of the Navy, and Steve is working for IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York. Frank Rennie is at law school in Richmond, Virginia.

Leslie Paquette and Chris Mokan also sent letters. Leslie, Joe and their two children, Kellee and Jason, are living in Renton, Washington. Joe is an EDO and his next project involves small boat construction. Chris and Lenny and their two children, Steve and Ashley, are now in Orange, California, where Lenny is working for the electronics division of Corning Glass.

We have a voice in Washington! Senator Pete Wilson of California has announced that Patrick McKim, a former consultant for the management firm of Booz-Allen and Hamilton, has joined his staff to analyze national security issues. Pat has recently completed his master's degree in business administration at Harvard, and he also pulled a tour in the Office of the CNO as a program analyst, not to mention having been a division officer in RAMSEY.

Congratulations, Pat! That's all 1 have for now. Please stay in touch.

77 Pres., Capt. Peter W. Grieve USMC Sec'y, Mr. Daniel F. Busch 2405 Lemontree Ln., Piano TX 75074 Percent Members: 72 Living Grads: 933

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 I've been on a clandestine mission of late and, as you have undoutbtedly noticed, I've not been able to get in an article. I'll have about a year's worth of info in the October issue, but 1 know you've heard that before.

Hopefully, all of you have received your Homecoming-reunion invitations and have returned them by now. If not, call me immediately and I'll see about getting you in. Jean and I are travelling to Charlottesville for the U-VA game on 10 September and to Seattle for the Washington game on 1 October, so if any of you will be there, please let me know.

I hope my work for our five-year reunion somewhat makes up for the lack of article writing, though I know it does not!

P.S. Maria and Al Baker are having a 10th Company reunion the morning of Homecoming, so RSVP to 7B Sellers Rd., AnnapoHs MD 21402, by 15 September. Butt-in Navy FootbaU!

79 Corr. Sec'y, 1st Lt. Larry Kihistadius USMC 820 McMillan Ave. #10 Wilmington NC 28403 919-799-4129 West Coast Reporter Lt. Francis J. Dombrowski USN Naval Air Training Unit, Mather AFB Sacramento CA 95655 At-sea Corr., Lt. Gg) J-E. McFadden USN USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN-40), FPO NY 09578 Percent Members: 88 Living Grads 913 Summer is finally over and another intense tanning season has come to an end. 1 feel I peaked at just the right time this year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; right at the annual July 4th Savage Tan Internationals held at The Oz nightclub in beautiful downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. I kid you not, there actually was a contest, although it wasn't quite international unless you count Swedes and Norwegians. I actually won too. I must admit after spending two months on Carolina beaches, those poor Minnesotans didn't stand a chance. Now I can relax until next year, although I have considered retiring while I'm on top.

I have received a pretty good portion of mail for a summer month. First of all, I received a very nice letter from Admiral Lawrence. He has just gotten back from his tour as Commander Third Fleet. Perhaps, some of you will be seeing him and his lovely wife at some of the Navy football games.

It was very nice to hear from him. He is coming back to Washington after another very successful tour, so if you do see them, be sure to say "Hello."

Don Beeler wrote a quick note that included info that Kyle Kaker is on board USS COCHRANE. No word on Beels though. 1 do beHeve it is time for me to expound on a very important aspect of this column. It is called levity; Herb, that means humor, lightness of character. I recently received a letter from one of our '79 wives. She expressed concern over a comment I made concerning wives/ girlfriends being left behind. Believe me, I have only utmost respect for women smart enough to date '79 men. Seriously, I do know how very hard these long absences can be, especially if you don't have something to fill your time. My wife had to go away to her ROTC camp for six weeks this

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Summer. I really can appreciate the difficulties, so gang, it behooves you to take quite a bit of what I say with a grain of salt or with tongue in cheek or any of the many appropriate maxims.

On with the show . . . speaking of wives that were left behind, I got a letter from Jenny Neller.

Mike is off in his little sub somewhere in the ocean.

They got to meet in Bermuda for a little while, which was quite nice I'm sure. Karen and I spent our honeymoon there and I would definitely recommend it. There is an air station there and it is not as commercialized as the Bahamas.

Surf's Up! Tom and Sharon Brandl with Matthew (10 days old) Tom Hicks got married, much to the amazement of the Western World. No word on the lucky? girl's name. Congratulations, Tom! 1 also have no word on another Tom. Aren't these transitions marvelous? Sharon and Tom Brandl are now up in New Hampshire, Hving in an old farmhouse that sounds quite charming. Their little toddler, Matthew, is keeping them pretty busy. We hope to take a jaunt up there sometime next month. Sort of like going 'on location.' Sharon is teaching aerobics at the local Y. She also informs me that Sheila and Tom Gibson are located in Newport. They, the Gibsons, would Hke to hear from long-lost friends.

Craig and Carrie Molleson should have had their second child by now. Unfortunately Craig had to pull a WestPac just before Carrie was due. As Kevin Sinnett once said, "It's Navy, Dad." Extremely eloquent for someone of his height.

Jim Burton is flying COMSIXTHFLEET's helo from PUGET SOUND. He got married last Winter to the former Lynn Caldwell, and they are living in Gaeta, Italy. He says they are having a great six-month honeymoon in the Med. Dave Walker and Abe Ellis were in his wedding. Dave is married to the former Kaye Prince and also flying helos, but out of Meridian, Mississippi. Abe is up at Va. Beach with his wife Judy. Tommy Thompson surfaced as the B division officer in PENSACOLA. There had been so much dirt thrown around on what Tommy was doing I am finally getting the straight gouge. Hey, Tommy, welcome back to the club sandwich kit! As long as I am talking about the missing, Andy Brower wrote a long letter to keep me up-to-date. He is working for the Naval station in Charleston. He and Peggy are still married cross-country and are driving top down these days. Not too crypto. It means they have a convertible rabbit like all us other cool people.

Brian Pooler is in PUGET SOUND as the OIC of

the Marines. Kevin Albright is flying A-7s from EISENHOWER. Dave Marble is flying the same aircraft off AMERICA. Dave got married last July to Caron Herr of Jacksonville. Caron introduced Jim Burton to his wife, so it is fitting that she marry a '79er. Tim Dumbauld is also in Jax recovering from a bad S-3 crash which he was fortunate to survive.

Shipmate, September 1983

At this time 1 have some rather unfortunate business to discuss. We lost two more Classmates to air accidents. Mike Gallagher was killed last June while flying on a P-3 exercise off Hawaii.

Additionally, Bob Greer was killed as a result of a helo accident approaching TRIPPE. We all are deeply saddened to learn of these tragedies. I don't know about Mike, but I know Bob was married.

When these accidents take the lives of our fellow shipmates, I know a little piece of ourselves is also lost. Let us not lose sight of the fact that behind all there is a purpose. Further, I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize how easily lost a human life can be. Take the extra step to keep yourselves safe.

Andy Adamshick and Scott F^irsley in JAMES MONROE at Holy Loch, Scotland Now is a good time for a bit of happier news.

Joel (Barry) Dykes won his day in court and was allowed to graduate four years late. He joined us on the 24th of Jime and should be hitting flight school any day now. I'm not sure about the particulars of retribution for the years he lost fighting the court batties. Hey, Barry how about dropping me a Hne when you get a chance.

I have a laundry Ust of people that are also stationed at Jax. They are Mark Decker, Ken Kropkowski, Tom Shelley, Pete CaUas, Ted Branch, Pete Nicolai, Eric Womble, Dave Frye, and, last and least, Mike Szostak. What can I say, Stak; someone had to be. Pete Sheppard is flying A-7s off CORAL SEA and is in search of Bobby Saylor. Where are you. Bob? Finally, one last word from Jim. He can get golf hats made by Stetson that are khaki colored with a blue and gold hatband. It has a block N surrounded by '79. He'll try to get them ASAP if there is enough interest.

Contact him at HS-1 Box 92, NAS Jax FL 32212; send sizes.

Nick Mygas with Stefan and Mickey Teri and Nick Mygas are still down in Charleston. They are expecting their second child any day now. There should be a picture of Mr. Personality and Stefan. Come on Nick, SMILE! Nick will also be deployed on the birthday of baby Shipmate, September 1983

#2.1 think there is a conspiracy going on here. This is Stefan's birthday month and he'll be all of two years old. Tom Rychlik is still up at Norfolk protecting FMFLant. He and Lynne are doing fine and were recently visited by Terri and Jerry Crossland. The Crosslands are the parents of two Httle boys. Jerry is with VMA-24 at El Toro. Don't forget the T shirt for Tom! Paula and Ray Snell are out in San Diego. They have two children, Donald and Elizabeth. Mary and Ken Bitter have relocated to the DC area as Ken is working in the enlisted assignment branch. You can feel free to blame him when your best petty officer gets transferred.

Tawni and Ray Luke should be moving to Norfolk this month so Luke can fly CH-53s. Angle and Pete Whitney were last seen in San Diego, while Pat Fontaine is a motorhead at Camp Lejeune. Beth and Scott Pursley are alive and well in Charleston. He and Adam Adamshick are on board JAMES MONROE where they are the MPA and RCA respectively. What is an RCA? They did real well on their operational reactor safeguards exam.

While Scott and Beth were on leave in Munich they ran into Pete Krug in the hotel lobby with his wife Marrianne. Such a small world we Hve in. Scott and Beth also saw Wendy and Dom Gone when they were all trying to get back into the States.

Aime and Mike Marciano had their first child back in March. He is the naviguesser in BUTTE. Sean Stackley is off to postgrad school at MIT with his wife Terry. Sean is going into the EDO program. Terese and Mark Shell are Hving in the Norfolk Euea and had their first baby last Spring. Doug Patton was last seen flying out of Oceana after recently finishing flight school as another exsurface jock. Mike Adam also experienced Hfe in the air community. No word on where he and Anne are now. John McCloskey and Pete Nicolai are flying A-7s out of Jax. Pete recently got married, but I have no details. Don Brummett and Chyrl are stiU enjoying a great way of life in the Air Force in Texas. Mark Statler and Roger Vanderwerken are hving in San Diego in the MOORE and RAMSEY respectively. Paul Price is flying helos out of Norfolk and recently deployed with Hugh Reese on board MCCANDLESS. Gary Stahl is trying to become honorary Norseman while stationed at Lejeune. Bill Toti was last seen submerging in OMAHA and Cliff Jacobs is aboard SKIPJACK at Mare Island.

Bridget and Craig Majkowski had a baby girl named Leigh Ann last November, so she'll be expecting lots of first-year presents! Craig has a real hardship tour down in Key West as a supply officer working with hydrofoils. I just want the rest of you ingrates to know that Bridget actually understands my columns. Although she may just be saying that so I'll advertise Leigh Ann's birthday . . . Either that or she is in serious trouble; watch her closely Craig. Bill Corkill is changing his designator to geophysics. He is married, with one son. At the time of his letter, he was up at Whidbey with Ed Baden, Doctor Shockley, and Mark Stevenson. Oh, and not to be forgotten, Justin Ravoni. Bill's son Patrick may be pictured here. Jim Ratte is stationed at Bangor, Washington, in MICHIGAN. He is married with one son and one on the way. Brian Philipp should be perverting future Napsters by now. How goes it, Philo? Be on the look out for my brother-in-law Ted Veazey (Edwin). He took special lessons from Cool Dave, so watch it. He is up at NAPS right as you read this. No, Brian, that means this year.

Never Mind. Take care, '79; see you next month at Homecoming! Larry K.

80 Pres., Lt. Gg) William W. Crow USN Sec'y, Lt. Gg) 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 Hello, '80.

Lots of news this month from all kinds of people. Mark "Nasty" Czarzasty came up from Norfolk to see his detailer again. Seems Czar is not so certain his detailer is looking out for him. Czar came up to take this guy out to lunch and smack up to him so he can get the billet he wants. Whose boy is Czar? Czar also has been pumping iron since he does not fly anymore and he is beginning to look Hke the Hulk. 1 do not know who's claiming him! Must be Roberta or "Big Daddy" Roy Bott.

Anyway, Czar had some good dirt for the Class but I cannot pass it on until the story is confirmed by one more source.

Dad Wellesley wrote another letter and was complaining about my spelling of some names in his last letter. Hey Dad, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at least the letters are getting into print now. Here is some of Dad's letter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; misspelled and all . . .

"On board FLASHER with me is Scott Garrett (27) and Mark Kaczmarek (26). Scott is the reactor controls assistant and Mark is the electrical and interior communications officer. We are all having a blast here in Mare Island! (HA). During my first week here in M.I. I was pleasantly surprised to run into a couple of good friends and Classmates. Barb and Mark Marcinkowski are up here with PERMrr, and they are expecting their first child in October. Also here is Hass Moyer and his wife Katie. Hass is on board RICHARD B. RUSSELL and will be here until late Autumn. Hass and Katie had their son Jake back in April.

"Linda and Mark Lethbridge will be in JacksonviUe, Florida, before this letter gets printed. Mark got an S-3 squadron that will be deploying soon after arriving on the East Coast.

"Stationed out of Moffett Field are Lee Rucker and wife Shawn. Lee recently deployed to Japan with VP-40. Lee heard from Ray Torres (23) who isflyingCH-53s out of Sigonella, Sicily. It soimded like Ray was doing fine.

"Just before 1 left San Diego, 1 spent a very enjoyable Saturday with 'Mont' Burke, Fergie Furguson, Jim Sheairs, and Mark Lethbridge.

Needless to say, there were a lot of people appalled, many beer glasses eaten, and MAX fun had by all. Mont flies helos for the Corps in Tustin, California, Ferg flies C-130s for the same people, and Jim flies F-14s. " 'Mont' Burke recently informed me that Tony Verducci, Pat Lefler, Greg Mislick, John Lowe, and Jim Jamison are also in the Tustin or El Toro area.

"Steve Masalin (23) completed his EDO school in May and he and wife Lisa are now in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Maz will be a Ships Superintendent there in yard.

"Dave Lengyel (23) is keeping busy in Beaufort, South Carolina, as an F-4 FNO for the Marines.

Luther Futch (18) is still in Yuma, Arizona. He flies F-4s and will be heading for Beaufort in the early Autumn.

"Ray Farmer (33) will be flying S-3s out of JacksonviUe, Florida, soon. I have also heard that 95

Vince Sodd is living in Va. Beach while he is wedding bells are planned in the not-too-distant serving as communications officer on board USS future for Ray. "Word has it that Dave Quessenberry is suffer- MISSISSIPPI. Kevin Sullivan is flying C-2s around ing through the arduous duty of flying Mids SigoneHa. Byron Trop and his wife Linda are Hvaround all Summer while he waits for his RAG ing in Newport, where his sub, USS STIMSON, is to start. Must be tough partying aH the time undergoing overhaul. . . . oh, I almost forgot, Dave never did imbibe.

Last month I mentioned that I had dinner with "Debbie and Mike McDaniels are homeported Kelli and Chuck Zingler in AnnapoHs, but I forgot out of San Diego. Their first son is about five to mention that we had dinner at John Vorndick's months old now and Mike is deployed in ELLIOTT house. John was just made an associate member to West Pac." . . . of the Naval Academy Alumni Association for the John O'Hara wrote this month to fill me in on Class of '80. Congrats go out to John. It was some of the boys from 25th company. He either something that was long overdue for all the good copied it from the company newsletter or he is their things John has done for Navy. Now — who's boy is he going to be? rep. In either case, here is the news.

Brian Burlingame has changed his designator and he and his wife Alyce are in P-cola where he is in flight training. Rich Carlquist is in the lO in USS MT. BAKER, home parked in Charleston. His wife Patty (Carndlemire, 4th Co. '81) is also in the lO on board USS HOLLAND. Chuck Gilbert and his wife Jeanie are in Meridian, Mississippi, where Chuck is an instructor in VT-7.

Dale Gordineer and his wife Beth are in Charleston where his sub, VALLEJO, is undergoing overhaul. Don Jones, his wife Kathy and son Donnie, are in Panama City, Florida, where he is operations officer in FIDELITY. D . K. Miller and his wife Diana are in Yokosuka, Japan, where he is flying E-2s off USS MIDWAY.

Michael Sonnefeld, Johnny Haley, Stevens Sparks ('79)

Greg Monson will be married in September to his hometown sweetheart. Chalky Seibert. He is serving as engineering officer on board USS

is on board CARL VINSON and is on a round-the-

VALDEZ in Newport.

Jim Nance, his wife Eileen and daughter Jordan are Hving in Mare Island, where his sub, USS RUSSELL, is undergoing overhaul. He is E-Division officer on board. Jeff Munson and his wife Karen are in Alameda, California, where he is the M3 division officer on board ENTERPRISE. John O'Hara will be IOC of the Oceanography Det. at Diego Garcia beginning in July. His wife Gay will be staying in the States for the year.

Kathy Shanebrok was recently married to LCdr. Dave Garcia. She is at Naval Support Force Antarctica in Pt. Hueneme, California, deploying to the ice in August.

Tony Vanaria is a SAR pilot flying SH-3Ds and UC-12BS in Key West. Rich Waddel and his wife K. C are at Barbers Pt., Hawaii, where he is an NFO in VP-1.

Babe McCarthy wrote while on his honeymoon.

1 guess he was having such a good time that writing to Shipmate was one of the highlights of his trip.

Anyway here is a picture of the wedding party.

I promised Pops that he would get his picture in for the boys in 8th company so here it is.

Babe McCarthy moving right along

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I received a strange letter from J. R. Haley who world cruise. Judging from his letter, sounds like this should be an episode on the "Love Boat."

Along with Haley the following delinquents are assigned: Bill CaviU, A6E; Fred Cleveland, S3A; Win Everett, A7E, Mike "Wubba" Buzzell, A7E; John Quigley, EA6B; Jose "Wanna buy a yearbook" Toves, EA3B; Miles Hale, H3; and Jerry Dalo, S3A. To show you how strange these guys get when they float around the lO here is part of his letter . . .

"Miles Hale is the main air circulator. Using his H-3 Rotary Winged Oscillator, he can stir up more molecules of nitrogen and oxygen than any other agitator on the ship. Bill Cavitt is not married, but he manages to get ashore in every port. He was pretty hard pressed when we vertreped off of Diego Garcia. We did not go into the lagoon and anchor — the captain was mumbling something about 'aground,' so we steamed around and around D.G. for 4 days. Bobby Chamberlain (ahas Stumpy) did some of our vertrep (HC-1 Det) and ate dinner with us one evening. He is Hving in Bachelor Officer's Trailer Park on D.G. Apparently they are short on BOQ rooms (the resort is so popular).

Anyway someone said that someone said that BiU

Cavitt paid Stumpy an unspecified amount to vertrep some cookies aboard. Bill never shared, so we have no specifics.

"Apparently, Fred Cleveland decided if he could not fly then he would do the next best thing — keep everyone else from flying. He is one of VS-29s maintenance officers. I have never seen a whole squadron of planes down before. The taxi directors get good practice taxiing Fred's aircraft though — onto the catapult — off the cat — onto the cat — off the cat.

"Everytime I see Buz he is walking out of the wardroom with apples and oranges stuffed in his pockets. I just thought he was a health nut until I saw a bunch of mutilated fruit in a garbage bag outside his room. Apparently his roomate did not like Buz's use of the bulkhead to practice lacrosse so he threw Buz's lax ball into the valuable water.

So Buz uses fruit now, which is a good way to get rid of it.

"Win Everett found a use for the fruit too. He gets oranges, pears, apples and bananas to use as training devices in his RCLP (room carrier landing practice). He hangs the pears on the wall to form a fresnel lens (that is the light system we use to give us glide slope info in case you nuke power guys forgot the plebe professional program). Then his roomy puts an orange on a stick and gives Win feedback on how well he is doing as Win sits in his rack and moves a banana around.

"Jerry Dalo is trying to get Fred Cleveland to give him a good airplane so he can do something besides taxi."

Just to show JR that I don't think he is that strange, I am printing a picture of his son's birthday party. Left to right — Michael Sonnefeld, son of Colleen and Mike Sonnefeld; Johnny, son of Char and JR Haley; and Steve Sparks, son of Charla and Bart Sparks '79.

That wraps up another exciting, dirt-filled column. Just keep the letters coming and hopefully 1 will see some of you turkeys during Navy's home football games. Everybody stay tuned for next month's story. I can sense that Salty Sam will soon verify Czar's dirt.

This is the second time I have had to include in the column a sad note, but I would like to take a moment to talk about Pat Inglis. On May 22, Pat was flying a mission in the Med when he was lost at sea. Pat was from VA-65 stationed in EISENHOWER. I know that many in our Class wiU surely miss Pat and I would like to express my sorrow to Pat's wife Valerie. A memorial fund has been initiated in Pat's memory. Donations may be sent to U.S. Alumni Association, 247 King George St., Annapolis Md. 21401. Among those attending the memorial were Tony Mosley, Mark Guadinni, Dr. Joe Doyle, Tom Stein, Bob Selby, Mark Whittle, Karl Radar, Rick Episcipo, and myself.

Many people were in touch with me this past month and I will try to mention everyone. Bill Metzger called from California where he is still recovering from his surfing accident. Bill is doing much better than expected and says he has plans to build a house, buy a van (for the Army-Navy road trip), and go back to school. His new address is 2144 Las Amigas Road, Napa CA 94558, and his phone is 707/244-2329. Jerry "Chandick" Chandler called from Jacksonville, North CaroHna, where he is playing Marine. Marylyn and Jerry (primarily Marylyn) gave birth to their second child in April; they Hve in a party palace and last month they had a "Back from Beirut" party for Tom Ullrich. Some of those in attendance were John Taylor, Colleen and Bobby Aller, Jeff Coluin, and Pat Good. Jerry was just out in Cahfornia on some tank operations and ran around with Shipmate, September 1983

Rick Episcipo. Pisky, Chandick and Marylyn all want me to thank Brian Burlingame for letting them know that he was getting married. Chan would like anyone to call (except Steve Chase) 919/347-4793.

Terry Fitzpatrick called from San Diego where he lives with Pisky. It seems that Fitz has some dirt on Pisky; Pisky then informed me that Fitz has been dating Dee Cox, who is on the civilian e.xcuse squad. Fitz is engaged to Chris Firesheets and was to be martied on July 16.

Some quick dirt from Fitz — The following Classmates are in the area: Conehead isflyingE2s; Mike Mason, Jimmy Shears and Eddie Mapes are 17th Company Reunion — Jax 1983 — 1. to r.: Gall at Mirimar where Jim Shears is dating fast and and Chuck Behrle, Carla and Mike Spence, Kathy often; Ray Fanner is in a RAG; and Dale Lumi and Doug Fuse, Jeff and Suzan AUman flies H-3s. Fitz also reports that Scott Bethmann with VA-66 and he and Carla are also Hving in Jax. is returning from a recent 6-month deployment.

Jun Roberts called from San Diego to let me Susan and Jeff Almon are with VP-19, while Kathy and Ray Green are with VP-56. They had a son know he is alive. Jim was one of my roommates last September, young James Stewart. while I was in 25th Co. and he wanted to find out Bruno Padovani must have received a few too about Mark Crook, Brian Burlingame and Vince many trons from his recent "shoe" tour on USS Sodd. Jim just bought a condo on the beach and CALIFORNLA as he requested another sea tour. He here is his nmnber for those in the area: got his due by getting sent to USS Iwo JIMA as 619/266-8556. Finally, Rick "Big Daddy" Bott MPA. Hey, you have to love that sea time!! Deb called from California. When Roy isn't driving tanks, he is playing football for the Marines. He and Dave "Stokes" MacEslin are in San Diego where Dave is navigator aboard USS KINKAID plays the entire offensive Hne. Roy says that the (DD-965). Their daughter, Courtney Coleman, Marines have him on T-tables when he is not sleepwas born in December. ing. Roy wzmts Himtman, Czar, Mont, Angel and Larry DiRita took a breather from his surface all the other boys from the double nickel to get line games to send some news from Japan. back together for dinner.

Therese, who speaks the language fluently, is Tony Mosley was at Pat Inglis' memorial and working on her MBA at Sofia University while he informed me that he will be leaving the DC area Larry travels back to Mayport for MPA school. and heading to sea. In August, Tony will report He just completed a tour as the ASW Office to REASONER (FF-1063), homeported in San Diego. aboard USS KmK (FF-1087), but he decided there I know that the trees on the local golf courses will wasn't enough underway time. So now he will be not miss Tonv. the boiler officer aboard USS MIDWAY ( C V - 4 1 ) .

Tom Paulk and Rick Atwood are also in the USS UNDERWAY.

Pam and Steve Stroup had a baby boy on 9 March. He's the mirror image of dear old dad — right down to the Penn State T-shirt. Steve is quaHfied as EOOW and TAO aboard the USS SCHOFIELD. MicheUe, Jessica, and Sammy Perez are enjoying the fine life in Long Beach with USS PAUL F . FOSTER. Jeff Tomeo.

81 Pres., Lt. Gg) Dednis A. Sawyer USN Sec'y, Lt. Gg) Peter Sciabarra USN Dave Haller and Kevin, Fred Botero and Tara 3843 Ingraham, Apt. F-104 San Diego CA 92109 Fred Botero wrote from SummerviUe, (SC), Percent Members: 94 Living Grads: 950 where he is in TECUMSEH with John Fry. Also in the Charleston area are Jim Adams, DANIEL Greetings and HeHo Again, '81!

BOONE; Jose Saldona, JOHN ADAMS; Dan Nylen, I hope you have aU enjoyed a happy and healthy BENJAMIN FRANKLDSI; and Dave "Barney" Haller, Summer. Fall is upon us, and it looks Hke another NATHAN HALE. Fred enclosed a picture of Dave exciting year of Navy Football, complete with a Haller and son Kevin, Fred and daughter Tara.

West Coast Army-Navy game. Before getting on Christine wrote tofiUme in on her husband, with the news, please note my new address: 3843 John EInitsky. John received his dolphins on May Ingraham, Apt. F-104, San Diego CA 92109.1 am 13 and his wife is very proud of him. Also in Hving in beautiful Mission Bay, (Thank God for Hawaii are Scott Martin, HAWKBILL, and Jay per diem) and going through the H-46 RAG with Whitlock, TAUTOG. HC-3 at North Island. There are many '81ers in This was a tough month for me with all our the area, and all have been extremely helpful in plebes graduating and all, but I promise more news making me feel at home here in Southern Californext month. Take care and remember — If you nia. And I cannot go on without thanking my don't send me any dirt, I'U just make it up. adopted West Coast family. I have spent many a 703/435-8395. Until next month . . . SMITTY. weekend with John McCandlish's family up in Now on to our New Man of the Sea — Garden Grove. Their hospitality has really been Here's some news passed on by Doug Fuse (17). unbelievable. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Mac and He and Kathy are presently Hving in Jacksonville. Jamie. John is just about finished at Beeville in Doug is curtenUy deployed with HS-5 aboard USS T/A-4s, and should get his wings around 1 EISENHOWER. Randy Langmead is also a rotor October. head in that squadron. Mike Spence is aboard IKE I received the foUowing wedding aimouncements Shipmate, September 1983

from the Alumni Association Kim Johnson was married to Ann Catherine Conlon at the Naval Academy Chapel. Also attending were Craig Laurie, John Pierse, Neil Hogg, and Chris Vagts.

Louis Marquet was married to EHzabeth Brady in June, also at the Academy. Elizabeth and Louis will be living in Charleston, where he is stationed on board SUNFISH. Congratulations to both of our newlywed couples. The Alumni Association also furnished me with the news that Colleen (McFadden) Forster is now working at the Naval Space Surveillance System. Colleen completed her qualifications for watch officer on 1 April, and is currently serving as assistant command center officer and communications officer.

1 received a long and informative letter from Debbie and Dave Ciccarelli with updates on the Marines and Fun One, and I wiU reprint most of it here: "Deb and I got to 29 Palms on 11 June '81, and 1 joined 1st BN, 4th Marines on 28 June. I got command of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company.

Chuck Lesko got here one week before, and got 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company. We're the only two infantry types here. Eldon Bingham got here in September '82. He and Pat live right down the street from us. Bing is the fire detection officer for 3rd 175 mm Gun Battery, 4th BN, 11th Marines. Shelton Redden is also here for Detachment A, 1st Force Service Support Group. Scott Murdoch, a Navy type, is also out here. Scott is the assistant ROICC, (Resident Officer in Charge of Construction). That's it for those of us stationed here.

"In January, I went to Camp Pendleton and ran into Pat Bailey, who is a Platoon Commander in 1/9, as is Curt Gainer. Chuck Lesko was down there not long afterwards, and ran into Bill Crenshaw, who is currently deployed to Okinawa. In February, two Battalions from Camp Lejeune came out for Combined Arms Exercises (CAXs).

Mike Porter was in the area supporting the CAXs with one of the Artillery Batteries from 11th Marines. He's permanently stationed at Camp Pendleton. Carl Spataro was also in the desert for almost six weeks. Carl is the assistant communications officer for 6th Marine Regiment.

"In May 1/4 went to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado for two weeks of amphibious training.

I had lunch with Jim McMurtry, who is currently at SWOS. I also happened into an Irish Pub in Coronado called McP's. The waitress brought me a bottle of Heineken, and told me it was compliments of the gentleman at the bar. I turned around and there was Scott Hubal. I also ran into Mike Sherlock that night. Both of them are in the area. According to Scott, Vince Hartman is stationed somewhere in the San Diego area, Dan Quattrini's ship is at the 32nd Street Naval Station, and Sue Cowan is on a ship at Point Loma and is living in Coronado.

"In December '82, Chuck Lesko picked up executive officer of Bravo Company, and I moved from Charlie Company to the Battalion Operations Office, where I am currently the S-3A Liaison/Training Officer. Last September the Battalion went to the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Command, Bridgeport, (CA) for four weeks of mountain training. The air was thin, and it was cold. That's all for now; Deb is doing well, and is working on the base, and says she is getting accustomed to the desert."

Dave also seems to be keeping up with his running. In April he won three local races, two 10-km runs, and a half marathon. Then in May, he ran 54:16 for 10 miles, which was good enough for 19th place out of 1400 runners. Thanks for all the news, and keep up the good work, Dave.

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Willie Taylor is in the P-3 RAG in Jax, as are Sally and Jack Vess. Gibson and Paul Wehr are stationed in Mare Island, where Paul is in SEAWOLF. Tom Yavorski is on board WHIPPLE in Pearl Harbor. As for us, Dave and Debbie Woods wiU be leaving Pensacola and going to Whidbey, where Woody will be flying the EA-6B. We have a beautiful baby girl, Carly Sarah, who is one-year old. Here is her photo. Hi, all 25ers."

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Lts. (jg) Francis and Jane Knight Pictured herewith those fine new lieutenants Gunior grade) Knight and Knight, Francis and Jane, that is. They made the grade last May at NAS Cecil Field and were checked out by Cdr. Wm. E. Franson, CO, VA-83 (left) and Capt.

John P. McMahon '61, XO, NAVAIRES, Jacksonville. The Knight family was the first united after graduation at the Academy Chapel for 1981. Congratulations all around!

Trinora (Pinto) Sassman wrote from Virginia Beach with an update on VF-101. All of the foUowing '81ers are currently stationed with VF-101, either at Va. Beach, or Key West: Mark Adamshick, Stu Bailey, WilHam Bensinger, Jeff Castleton, Mike Hamele, Brent Jett, Brian Jackson, Tom Lansdale, Pat Lien, Mike McLaughlin, Randy Parrish, Bob Rossetti, Russ Scott, Bob Skillen, and Ted Wirginis. Trinora will be on the staff with VF-101 after completing legal school in Newport.

Arlan Biesecker, my old friend from Fun One, wrote from Huntingtown, Maryland, where he is currently CIVLANT. Arlan is a special partner with a tool service and scale company in the DC area. Arlan would like to hear from his 1st Company Classmates and can be reached at; 2851 Deep Landing Road, Huntingtown MD 20693.

Dave Woods' wife Debbie dropped me a note with the following update on the 25th Company: "Ron Almeter is aboard USS DENVER as a diving officer. Tom Doyle was just winged and will be flying A-7s in Lemoore. Greg Dougherty is doing great at Penn State. Carol and Robi Garcia are in San Diego as the navigator on an FFG. John Hafey is in the F-14 RAG in Miramar. Fuzzy Harrison is in Panama City going through diving school. Gerry Imai is in DCA School in San Francisco. Sherry and Brent Jett are in Oceana in the F-14 RAG. Trish Lasell is in Key West flying EA-6AS. Jill and Ken Lewko are the proud parents of a baby girl, Kathyrn Hunter. Ken is in the P-3 RAG in Jacksonville, and then on to Brunswick.

Julia and David Ricks are in CEC and will be rotating to Hawaii in August. Lynn and Matt Straughan are flying EA-6Bs in Whidbey Island.

Corky Vasquez writes from Jax, where he is in the H-3 Rag HS-1 along with Don Logar, Scott Sutherland, Jeff Brososki, and Kim Johnson. Corky got his wings last December and spent some time recruiting in Hyattsville, Maryland; he also got to see his younger brother graduate from the Academy with the Class of '83. Corky also reports that Linda and Eddie Turner are the parents of "Ed the 3rd." Eddie wiH be moving to NAS Cecil sometime in July or August as an S-3 NFO. Bubba Turman is in the West Pacific flying H-53s, unfortunately leaving behind Carol who is pregnant.

Jimmy Bianchi is in BARBEY out of San Diego, and is currently in Japan. Corky also reports seeing Mark Adamshyck, Stu Bailey, Joe Kusmic, and Gary Bell in Norfolk, where all are F-14 RIOs. Thanks for the news and good luck in HS-11, Corky.

Bill Johnson reported getting his wings on 21 April. Bill will be going to VA-174 at Cecil for A-7s. Bill also filled me in on the Beeville crowd.

Pat Large is a SERGRAD in VT-26flyingT-2s.

Dave Dick got his wings and will be flying helos in Pax River. Christy and Steve Fitzgerald got orders to the aggressor squadron (VC) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, flying A-4s. Bill also reports seeing Janice and Rod Adams who became parents in June, Jeff Means, and Mike Webb, who is go-

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Billy, Scott Finn, Ken Voorhees, Tim Ryan, and Dave Lane were all at Sub School together, Kevin Nonaka is on board WORDEN, John Severino is weapons admin assistant in IKE, Mark Hyman is in VINSON, and Kevin O'Flaherty, Eric Armour, and Brad Foreman are all completing their jet training. Paul is in the P-3 RAG at Moffett Field.

Well, that should do it for this month, gang.

Get your letters sent to my new address and we will see you all next month.

P.S. If you are going to be in the area, plan on attending Army-Navy West. It has the potential of being one terrific party, and the interest out here is extremely high. Till next month, SKI.

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0 35th Company's SOBC Class Doug Johnson's wife sent me this photo of the members of 35th Company who graduated from SOBC on 11 March '83. Pictured are: Bob Fischer, Doug Johnson, Brooks Berg, Eric Randall, and Doug Weatherford. Doug's wife also informed me that Paul Bushong will be in MEMPHIS, Frank Williams LIPSCOMB, and Doug Johnson in JACKSONVILLE, aH out of Norfolk.

Erik Erikson is the comm officer in CAPODANNo, and is heading back to Newport. Erik reports seeing several Classmates on his Med cruise including Greg Buczowski, CIC officer in TRUETT, Tony Kurta who is in MOINESTER, Bob Dolan, Dean Fish, Quinn Curtis, and Jon Buttram '80 while in Beirut. Erik has also informed me that Mark Kelly was married last October to Anne Niles, and that Stan Bashaw was also married last Fall. Erik also expressed concern if anyone knows the condition of Tony Herrod. Tony was the only survivor of seven passengers in a CH-53 that crashed in Arizona last Spring. Does anyone out there have any information? We would all be interested, so please drop me a quick note.

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cellent 12th Company Newsletter from Paul Jaeger. Paul reports that Mike Christopher is flying P-3s in Jax, Ellen and Ron Hawkins are going to PLUNGER out of San Diego, Tony Perotti

82 Pres., Ens. Thomas P. Garrison III USN Sec'y, Ens. Gus Anderson USN USS JESSE L . BROWN (FF-1089)

Miami FL 34090 Percent Members: 96 Living Grads: 1047 You won't believe this, but we missed the mail buoy again and I have been groveling before those nice editors of Shipmate asking if they would accept a few literary notes. Their reply, regrettably, is not what those of our tender years should hear, BUT wait until next month. A few items to look forward to: Tom Tkac's marriage with a picture of his lovely wife; a note from Eric Ekovich's secretary (his lovely wife); and just what has been happening in the large complex in P-cola which houses Carroll Lefon and Mary (his lovely wife).

One more item — new address: 2nd Lt. James W. Hammond III USMC, 74859 Alta Loma, Twentynine Palms CA 92278.

Go, NAVY FOOTBALL. Keep those letters coming, and they will be published.

83 Acting Sec'y, Ens. Lisa Yustak USN Midshipman Disbursing Office, USNA AnnapoHs MD 21402 Percent Members: Living Grads: Well, now the members of the Class of 1983 are officially Alumni as evidenced by our own column in Shipmate. So let's get some hot and heavy news in to keep the devotees of this reporting effort happy; all reports happily received and will be read, rephrased, editorialized, sanitized, cleansed and repaired (including mispellings — heh, heh, get it?) as required. In any case, since graduation the usual and some unusual events have occurred.

The Class of 1987 was inducted on 6 July, and a fine looking bunch of young people they are (that's liberty of expression). Just think, four years ago those scared, nervous and (dare we use the phrase) young people were us. Remember getting our first set of White Works, a plebe summer haircut and Reef Points? Better them than us. Good Luck, '87.

After all the excitement of Commissioning Week, there were a few (crazy?) people who continued the tradition of Commissioning Week weddings. The first wedding took place on Graduation Day at 6:00 p.m. (that's 1800Q to you people in the Fleet). George Garcia (10) started off his career as an ensign on the same day he became Shipmate, September 1983

a husband. Best wishes. May 26th saw a few unique ceremonies. Tim Seibert (25) led off the Ust of weddings for that day. Mike Boehle (32) and Sue Koye (20) became Ensign and Ensign Boehle at noon, while two more Academy grads were married at one — Chris Jones (26) and Joyce Reeves '82. The next ceremony was a double wedding in which Don Clague (16) and Thomas Murphy (16) married the Koble sisters. Another set of Academy grads were married later that afternoon; Dale Hall (27) and Nancy Ingerson (08) became 2nd Lt. and 2nd. Lt. HaU. Quantico should be fim. Robert Gilbean (06) was the last graduate to be married that day.

The weddings continued on May 27 with the marriages involving the following: Jim Vales (26), Derek Rydholm (17) and Dave Hopkins (28). Joe Cooney (05), Geraldine Santos (18), Marty McMahon (13), Dave Waugh (27) and William Ryan (34) also had Chapel weddings on 28 May. (This listing of Chapel weddings is incomplete at this time. Please let us know of any weddings held anywhere that we have missed — The Class Wants to Know!)

Several other weddings took place elsewhere.

Jesse Gogue (07) was married in Guam and Ginny Welch (35) pledged her troth to her Marine in Washington (DC) on 28 May. Jack Polk (alias Mr. Polk) married Meg Mead Maidlow in Cincinnati.

Jun Nail took imto himself a wife, Sandy Spalding, in Franklin, Peimsylvania, and the 24th Company

saw Don Ogram and John Nelson taking vows with Marie and Wendy respectively. Finally, Josh Rubin (24) plans to marry Beverly Hicks in the Chapel, but an informed source has indicated that Josh is merely stating this in order to get his girl friends away from his front door. (Josh, they are kidding, right?)

Not all the Class got married, but everyone did report to some type of duty — after all, pay day was coming. Some headed to Florida for nuclear power school on 5 July and a few more reported for muster at flight school. The first session of TBS turned to on 30 June at Quantico for six months.

As far as temporary duty goes, it appears that onequarter of the elite '83 came right back to Annapolis. If you are passing through Crabtown this summer (looking for some old math books or whatever) you're bound to see a few people downtown, hanging around the same street corners. Other Classmates elected TDY at home and their duties could range from recruiting to working with the supply corps. A few select people had the opportunity to travel overseas in the Cox language program including Robert Barhite (31), S. P. DeAngelis (12), George Ellard (21), Mike LeFreniere (29), John Leary (29), Alison McCrary (16), Keve Papp (14) and Kim WilUams (08). They will have to suffer in France for their duty. Those in West Germany were Manfred Arnold (23), Keith Menz (17), Joseph Nolan (21), Kathy Owens (08), Charies Sriarski (19), and Joe Smith (14). David

Kelley (06), Dan Hogan (36), Mike Ortega (30), Fred Ramirez (32), W. P. Wilkinson (09) and Robert Woods (24) will check out Spain. Five graduates will be going to China — they had better be pretty efficient with chopsticks when they get back — for study: Ann Furtner (03), Luke McCallum (21), Brad Murphy (21), Angle Smith (23), and Jim Sweeney (22). Finally, two of the finest had a chance to see what "the other side" was like when they studied Russian this Summer.

We want to have first-hand reports from all these world travelers.

Under misc., a few wishes were sent from a certain Ens. McCool (24) to Craig Lucas (27): he finally got his high 'n tight for Quantico. To Mike Hall (30), good luck as drill officer and assistant skinhead to the barbership. (I hope you guys know what he means.)

Well, this is definitely new for me, and the extra rations are not all that great either. Should there have been any oversights (how you say?) they were not intentional. Inasmuch as this column lets our Classmates know what each of us is, was or will be doing, accurate and timely information and pictures are essential for the column. Let your company representative know what's going on or send your input to "Class of 1983," c/o Shipmate, Alumni House, 247 King George St., Annapolis MD 21402. All submissions most welcome. Until the next issue. Good Luck, '83.

Chapter News DEADLINE: For November — 6 September; for December — 4 October CHICAGO Capt. M. Berngard USNR (Ret.) 2908 W. Pratt Ave. Chicago IL 60645 312/364-1500(0) 312/262-2883 (H) The March 30th Alumni meeting was a joint affair with the local Midshipmen Parents Club and Navy Blue and Gold group. Approximately 100 people were on board at the officers' club. Glenview Naval Air Station, to hear an inspiring talk

by VAdm. Ed Waller (USNA, '49) Supt. of the Academy. Representing the local USNA Chapter (57 strong) were: Jim and Qaire D'Orso ('52), Pat and Nancy Flatiey wife and son, representing Jim Flatley ('56) (who was on the East Coast prior to assuming command of a carrier division), Capt.

Chuck Heilands (Jim Flatley's relief), Tom and Beth Schultz ('55), Ray and Nancy Anderson ('55), Jack Bailey ('44), Channon Bowes ('47), Peter Boyne ('59), Tim and Nancy Bradley ('48), Mike Clawson ('72), Roger and Nancy Drew ('51), Fred Gaebler ('46), Pat Haala ('64), Norm Hall ('31), Bill and Betty Hanson ('46), Frank Kelley ('46), Frank LaVelle ('46), Jim Lovell ('52), Angus and Betty MacDonald ('59), Tom and Jane McCook ('46), Jim McDonald ('77), Jim Murphy ('73), Larry Novak ('52), Jack and Jean Oberrieder ('48), Ed Price ('73), Daryl Rabert ('63), Roy and Sally Sandquist ('44), Len Wass ('64), R. F. Whitehead ('21), Dick and Gail Wise ('53), Bob and Marie McCarthy ('45).

The April 21st meeting saw the local group at a luncheon meeting at the Union League Club, with RAdm. Jim Conway USNR, a local and noted radio/TV commentator, addressing the Shipmate, September 1983

DETROIT group of 20 Alumni on accuracy in the media.

Those present for the lunch meeting: Jack Bailey ('44), Mike Berngard ('49), Chaimon Bowes ('47), Tim Bradley ('48), Bill Croft ('40), Orrie Crepeau ('44), Jim D'Orso ('52), George Dempsey ('57), Dean French ('50), Jim Gierucki ('69), Dave Goldenson ('25), Jim Kiernan ('36), Burt Kleinman ('48), Bob McCarthy ('45), Marshall Nadel ('74), Roy Sandquist ('44), Peter Schon ('59), Tom Schultz ('55), Andy Valentine ('46), and R. F. Whitehead ('21).

May 27th saw the Chicago Chapter at the Lakefront Chicago Yacht Club for a gala evening dinner with wives and/or friends. Keynote speaker was Capt. Sam Sax USNR, long active in public affairs for the Navy in Chicago and also long active in Chicago banking. On board for the gathering: Roy and Janet Ahlgren ('65), Jack and Lolly Bailey ('44), Bob and Gloria Baxter ('51), Mike and Shirley Berngard ('49), Tim and Nancy Bradley ('48), Mike and Linda Brown ('71), Glen and Nancy Bruggemann ('71), Orrie Crepeau and Mimi ('44), Jim Gierucki and Cleo ('69), Bill and Betty Hanson ('46), Clint and Monty Johnson ('60), John and Cindy Karels ('77), Frank and Irene LaVeUe ('46), Angus and Nancy MacDonald ('59), Bob and Marie McCarthy ('45), Tom and Jane McCook ('46), Jack and Jean Oberrieder ('48), Roy Sandquist ('44), R. F. Whitehead ('21).

Capt. Sax gave an illuminating address on his PAO stint in the tumultuous Middle East in 1982.

Final meeting planned for the 82-83 season was to be on July 22nd, a pool party at Jim D'Orsos' condo; all augers well for a fine evening at the Condo Pool on the 43rd floor, with Chicago Skyline as a backdrop.

Arthur W. Bryant 1811 Hollywood Grosse Pointe Woods, Ml 48236 On Sunday, June 19, the Detroit Chapter held its 18th annual Reef Points dinner for the Class of 1987 Midshipman candidates from the area.

This was an opportunity for the candidates from this area to become acquainted and it gave us, as Alumni, a chance to welcome them aboard.

The dinner was held at the Kingsley Inn in Bloomfield HiUs. Our speaker for the evening was chapter member Gayle Thompson, a Blue and Gold officer. K. Bailey, an associate member and father of David Bailey '81, was kind enough to act as our photographer.

Also present were parents of current Midshipmen, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Petouhoff. Mr. Petouhoff is current president of the Michigan Parents' Club. The Petouhoffs were accompanied by their son Mike, a 2nd classman home on leave.

The following Alumni and associate members were in attendance and/or sponsored Midshipman candidates for the evening: Wallace Agren '46, Pete Shields '59, Don Bush '29, Ralph Netting '19, Joe Dickson '49, Jim Fleming '66, Gayle Thompson '61, Tim Marvin '59, Art Bryant '66, Bill Pine '72, and K. Bailey.

Starting with the first Wednesday in May, the practice of having monthly luncheons for our Detroit Chapter were resumed. We will be rotating the noontime meetings between three area restaurants with an occasional new location.

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Ada were in Louisville visiting the Zoellers while making a cross-country trip in their motor home.

Another guest we were honored to have at the party was Jim King's '52 lovely daughter Ruby.

We were glad to have a new associate member join us for the party, Cdr. Victoria (Tori) Matthews.

Tori has recently been assigned to NRD LouisviUe as executive officer and is the daughter of Emil Saroch, Jr., '45.

Threatening thunderstorms caused most fireworks to be cancelled in the Louisville area on the Fourth of July. A few drops of rain, however, did not stop the display planned at the LouisviUe Ordnance Station. What better place is there to have a fireworks show? Capt. Tom Warren USN '53, Commanding Officer of the station, and his staff gave their Navy best so that the crowd of thousands was not disappointed. Alumni festivities began earlier in the evening at the station's Officers' Club. FamiUes and friends joined together for swimming and dining. By the time darkness arrived, the sky was filled with a spectacular panorama of fireworks which heightened the spirits of all.

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Another fine group of Candidates Is welcomed aboard

Any Alumni who wish to attend and have not received a schedule of locations should contact Art Bryant '66. The following Alumni and associate members have attended one or more of our first three luncheons in May, June and July: CharHe Christopher '60, Jim Fleming '66, Art Bryant '66, Joe Dickson '49, K. Bailey, David Bailey '81, Jim Allen '43, Art Moesta '47, BiU Pine '72, Paul Richmond '42, and Paul Schoeffel '23. The seven of us who attended the July meeting owe a special thanks to Paul Schoeffel who paid for the luncheon.

EUROPEAN George Cornelius NISSPO/NICSMA Bldg.

APO NY NY 09667 The European Chapter again participated in the festivities centering on the Belgian Navy Relief BaU in Ostende, Belgium, on 4 February 1983. A table at the affair was shared by officers and wives from SHAPE, and Alumni, both civilian and military, from the Brussels/NATO area, some 30-plus in number. This was the second annual Naval Ball thus attended, and it was generally agreed that next year will surely find us there again to enjoy the fellowship, the music and the dancing.

The Chapter has agreed to meet on a bi-monthly basis to promote attendance, and the first such meeting was held on 16 March at the Club Prince Albert, 20-22 rue des Petits Carmes, Brussels. This venerable establishment is the official Officers' Club of the Belgian Armed Services and its director. Commandant Brixhe, has graciously arranged for the Chapter to use the premises and facilities for meetings. Cocktails in the bar are followed by dinner in a private dining room. Meetings henceforth are normally to be on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, bi-monthly. (Like exams, only more fun, and no unsats allowed!) The 18 May 1983 100

meeting attracted the following members and wives: George and Sally Cornelius '43 (Chapter President), Bill and Lil Etter '44 (Chapter 2nd Vice-President), Ed and Carol Moninger '65, Norm Ray '64 (Chapter Treasurer), and Pete Soverel '63. Next meeting was to be in July, with the possibility of an interim gathering with our friends across the (unfortified) border, the Canadian Officers Association.

LOUISVILLE Greg Treitz 5210 Tomahawk Rd. Louisville KY 40207 502/896-0768 The Louisville Chapter celebrated Armed Forces Day at historic Churchill Downs on May 21st. The Day at the Races was enjoyed by a large Naval Academy Alumni contingency and local military supporters. The highlight of the day was when Joseph K. Taussig Jr. '41, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, presented the Armed Forces Day Trophy to the owner of the winning horse in the featured race. Joe, accompanied by his wife Betty, was in Louisville as the keynote speaker for the annual Armed Forces Day Dinner. We were fortunate to have several other out-of-town Alums join us at the track. As guests of Bob and Marilyn ZoeUer '43, Classmates Joe Donahoe and Ed Roby along with their charming wives Ann and Pattie drove from Cincinnati to be with friends and to wager a few bets.

Larry and Judy Franklin '59 hosted a swim party on June 18th at their beautiful home. Between relaxing in the hot Jacuzzi and diving into the crystal clear water of the pool, chapter members and guests enjoyed a very refreshing afternoon. The entire group was held in suspense

by Capt. Pete Traver USCG (Ret.), teUing one of his WWII Coast Guard stories! Pete and his wife

Kenan Knieriem 217 Prospect St., Apt. BIO Honolulu HI 96813 The Honolulu Chapter had its Spring Dinner Meeting on March 16, 1983, at Lockwood Hall, Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor. A gathering of 75 Alumni and guests enjoyed a friendly cocktail hour and a fine dinner prior to hearing RAdm. Jim Ahem SC USN (Ret.), director of the Navy Mutual Aid Association, give a serious but very informative and humorous talk on estate planning. The attendance of Alumni ranged from the Class of '31 to '82, and although Jim Ahern's words were a little late for those of us well into our retirement, the younger folks found his presentation much to their present interest and needs, as was demonstrated by the questions and hearty applause which followed.

On May 26, 1983, the Honolulu Chapter had a Special Dinner Meeting at Lockwood Hall, where we were privileged to have Adm. Thomas B. Hayward USN (Ret.), Class of '48, as guest of honor and speaker. Over 100 Alumni, wives and guests turned out to hear this truly great naval officer and former Chief of Naval Operations. An unusual touch was added to this special occasion with a receiving Hne at the entrance way where our president, VAdm. Bill Lawrence '51 and his lovely wife Diana greeted the attendees and personally introduced each one to Admiral and Mrs. Hayward.

Following dinner. Bill Lawrence manned the podium and introduced the oldest Alumnus present, Adm. H. D. Felt '23, former Commanderin-Chief, Pacific. He then paid tribute to our departing Chapter Secretary-Treasurer, Cdr. Gene Trimpert SC USN '65, who has done an outstanding job for us this past year, and presented leis to Gene and his wife Seeth as tokens of our "Aloha."

In presenting our speaker. Bill Lawrence briefly reviewed his illustrious career, and as Admiral Hayward rose to speak, he received a standing ovation. He then proceeded to share with us some of his views and experiences as Chief of Naval Operations. He said his predominate goal during his terms was to stress "The Positive" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to develop positive attitudes and positive actions, to provide the Navy with high quality trained people, and to build up combat forces with technologically superior ships, aircraft and weapons, and he cited examples of how these goals were achieved. He literally held us spellbound during his address and Shipmate, September 1983

received another rousing ovation at the conclusion.

Our final event of the 1982-83 season was to be a cocktail party at the Makalapa Officers' club on June 24, 1983, at which the ingoing Midshipmen of the Class of 1987 from Hawaii and their families were welcomed.

ORLANDO John Long P.O. Box 1511 Winter Park FL 32790 The monthly meeting of the Naval Academy Alumni Association was held on the second Friday of June at the NTC Orlando Officers' Club.

This meeting was the last for the summer and regular meetings wiU resume again in September.

Cdr. BUI Danner USN (Ret.) '51 will assume the duties as president of the Chapter for next year.

The guest speaker was Captain Dave Osburn USN '59. Capt. Osburn is Commanding Officer Naval Treuning Equipment Center and he informed the group on the mission and organization of his command. NTEC has a great responsibiUty in the development and procurement of training devices for the Navy and consequently NTEC spends large sums of money and attracts many contractors to the EU-ea.

Among those attending were Betty and Jerry BaU '41, Lou Branch '49, Bob Coleman '51, Emily and Bill Danner '51, George Darfus '50 and guest Ms. Dorothy Utz, Davy Davenport '36, John HoweU '30, Wally Ebert '30, Mrs. John (Betty) Larabrecht '25, Dick Laning '40, Mrs. John (EUeen) Long '55, John Majesky '49, Paul Martin '23, AureUa and Tom Nugent '48, James Peterson '76, Mrs. C W. (Eunice) Petrie '35, Mrs. Earl S. Piper '27, Dorothy and Knight Pryor '29, Herman Ray '29, Margaret and George Robillard '24, Bill RosseU '35, Mary Agnes and Mike SeUars '34, Anne and BiU Stark '34, Aime and Bill Underwood '42, Audrey and Tom Utegaard '45, Ellen and Weary Wilkins '24.

SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. BurriH SC, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymore Way, Sacramento CA 95822 The Sacramento Chapter held its usual first Wednesday meeting on 1 June 1983 in the 16th floor private room of the Downtown Hobday Inn. The first order of business was the election of the foUowing slate of "willing volunteer" officers for the June 1983-June 1984 chapter year: President: Charles E. White '53; Vice-President: Thomas L. Hartigan '47; Secretary: John C Burrill '38; and Treasurer: Thomas Ross '57.

Outgoing President Jack Everett '64 made several aimouncements: 1. He had arranged for motel reservations and a bus to and from the Army-Navy game in Pasadena only to discover that the game is not on Saturday, but on Friday, which entails leaving town on the morning of Thanksgiving Day, 24 November, or flying down and back. He will go back to square one, even though his business commitments keep him from participating in the trip.

2. There was to be a hail and fare veil party for the outgoing and incoming commanders of the Naval Reserve Training Center on Friday, 10 June, at Mather Air Force Base Officers' Club. Most present indicated they would attend.

3. There was to be a potluck swim and fun afternoon at the spacious home of Joe and Cay Drachnik on 16 July. Carolyn Slater is coordinating the food to be brought.

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4. A special evening meeting on 28 September will be to hear Bill Busik, national executive director, at Mather AFB. 5. There wUI be a limited number of places available for the 15 October Navy Ball. Tickets at $16.00 per person payable to "Sacramento Seapower Ass'n" should be mailed to Jack Everett, 2701 Cottage Way, Suite 17, Sacramento CA 95825.

We gave a warm welcome to two members, K. R. Kiddoo '47 and Larry Endacott '77, the latter looking very sharp in white service, with flight officer wings. Kay Kiddoo is the newly appointed Chief of the Employee Development Department of the State of California, which Hke many other things in this far-out state is a misnomer for what it does, i.e., is to try to put unemployed people back to work. Meanwhile, it cushions the shock of unemployment with relief checks. At any rate Kay has a big job and we are proud of him. Larry has the tough job of visiting college campuses to discuss with graduates to join the Navy as officers.

(Some day I shall include in this column the story of how I was "recruited" in April 1933, after spending months waiting for an opening, to become an apprentice seaman.)

The July first Wednesday meeting was held at noon at the Downtown Plaza HoHday Inn, 16th floor, on the 6th. The Chapter Secretary routed the lovely note of appreciation from Madeleine Bowen regarding our participation in the sad funeral of Bowen Fails McLeod '30, our most popular member.

Chapter President Chuck White '53, discussed means of increasing participation and, along with Chapter Vice-President Tom Hartigan '47 and Chapter Secretary John Burrill '38, divided the roster for telephone calls. Several members, including Chuck White and BiU Boakes '51, made helpful suggestions to BurriU in the matter of responding to an Alumnus from '70 in getting a job in Sacramento. (This is not the first such inquiry Burrill has received. Sacramento must be a good place in which to live!)

Cay and Joe Drachnik '43 discussed the coming Chapter picnic at the Drachnik house on 16 July. Joe also mentioned how busy he is in his new law practice. We are glad about that.

Don Andrews '47, along with Hartigan, gave that class the award for most present. Jimmy Carter was not present.

Jack Everett '64 got a show of hands of those willing to depart on Thanksgiving Day for a bus trip to the Army-Navy game in Pasadena. With help from others in the Sea Power Association, a full bus is assured. Departure will be at 0900, 24 November.

Carlotta Burrill, Betty White, and Cay Drachnik made the meeting more fun than otherwise. So did M. O. Slater '42 (hero of YORKTOWN at Midway), Barry Whittlesey '49, and Dick Bishop '62, who made two tours in Viet Nam!

SAN DIEGO Capt. Richard J. DePrez USN (Ret.) 5354 Croton Ct. San Diego CA 92109 Interesting and variegated programs marked the activities of the San Diego Chapter during the first part of 1983. In February Capt. WiUiam M. Fogarty, CO of USS NEW JERSEY, captivated a large audience with the impressive statistics of the revitalized battleship. In March it was our privilege to hear the Academy's distinguished professor emeritus Dr. Rocco Paone offer new insights into the implications of the Soviet bear's shadow

over South Africa. In April Elten Schiller, Senior VP of the San Diego Padres baseball team, profiled for the sports fans of our Chapter the strengths which made the new Padres a team to be reckoned with. In early June the traditional dinner honoring the Class of '87 midshipmen appointees from the San Diego area brought on board the largest contingent in Chapter history: 32 of the 44 selectees. The Chapter closed the first half of 1983 hosting June Week West at the San Diego Town and Country Club on 24-26 June.

This perennial event will be further reported in Shipmate.

The highlight for the second half of 1983 will be the Army-Navy game at the Rose Bowl where the Chapter can be expected to attend en masse.

Beat Army anywhere!

Alumni and others who are interested in the Chapter's activities but are not receiving mailouts should contact Secretary Dick De Prez '44, 276-6291, or Treasurer Dave Paddock '77, 293-3290.

SAN FRANCISCO Capt. W.B. Hayler USN (Ret.) California Maritime Academy Vallejo CA 94590, 707/644-5601 Forty-five Alumni and guests met on Wednesday evening, 1 June, at the Fleet Admiral Nimitz Club on Treasure Island. The speaker was Warren Hanna, San Francisco attorney and noted authority on Sir Francis Drake, and his landing somewhere in the Bay Area in 1579. Mr. Ffanna is the author of Lost Harbor which is an account of the events which he described for our alumni group. This book was published in 1979, the 400th anniversary of the landing.

Drake stopped in his harbor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; location still unknown â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for about five weeks to careen the GOLDEN HIND and effect voyage repairs on his way around the world. At that time he was two years out of England, and his 120-ton vessel held $10 million in gold which he had liberated from the Spanish who considered him an archvillain. One might suspect that his ship was overloaded.

Drake might have landed in any one of fourteen bays in the area. In the opinion of the speaker, the evidence is too inconclusive to favor one location and rule out aU others. A "brass plate" thought to be the one Drake spoke of in his accounts was discovered in 1936, but was recently found to have been of 19th century brass. Several old English cannon were discovered as far south as Santa Barbara but pinpointing their date must await further tests, although they are believed to have been cast before 1750. On the lighter side, a repHca of Drake's "brass plate," located in the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco fixes the date of the visit of the hotel's namesake as 202 years after the actual event. Efforts to have this obvious error corrected have been as indeterminant as those to fix the location of the real visit.

Perhaps Drake really planned and oversaw the overhaul of GOLDEN HIND from the Sir Francis Drake Hotel bar.

At the conclusion of the meeting President Ed Cummings announced the new slate of officers who were unanimously elected by acclamation: President, Bill Hayler '45; Vice Pres., Will McMinn '59; Treasurer, George Hamilton '45; Secretary, Roger March '73; and Directors, Mike Paul '65 and Ed Cummings '48.

Class with most attendance was '65 with 6 members present. Lew Johns '21 was senior member, and Roger Murch and Gary Kornegay '73 were junior. The next meeting will be Wednesday evening, 7 September.

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Last Call "They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them . . . " Laurence Binyon, 1914 BEARMAN, RICHARD SILVER '53 (LCOL USAF RET), 4 April 1983, Palos Verdes CA BELL, JAMES REGINALD '23 (LCDR USNR RET) 16 June 1983, Long Beach CA BOOKER, THOMAS FRANKLIN '46 (CAPT USN RET), 11 June 1983, Mission Viejo CA BRILL, GORDON ALFRED JR '54, 30 June 1983, Dayton OH BUNNELL, GILBERT FRANKLIN '16 (CAPT USNR RET), 25 June 1983, Orange City FL CHRISTIE, THOMAS F. JR '22, 25 October 1982, Huntington NY CLARKE, LAURENCE WARNER '13, 26 April 1983, Sarasota FL COLLINS, ROSS FORRESTER '17 (CAPT USNR RET), 12 July 1983, Tysons Corner VA DOLL, RAYMOND ENGELBERT '35 (CAPT USN RET), 13 June 1983, Brunswick GA DORTCH, WILLIAM BRICE '14, 20 February 1983, Gadsden AL EDWARDS, ALBERT EARL '33, 7 June 1983, Ft. Myers FL GALLAGHER, VINCENT JOSEPH JR '22 (CDR USNR RET), 27 June 1983, Coral Gables FL

GRAY, CHARLES BRUNING '39 (CDR USN RET), 24 July 1983, Providence Rl HAFF, THEODORE GERMOND '20 (RADM USN RET), 27 June 1983, Perry Point MD HARPER, RICHARD HARVEY '17, 17 June 1983, LOS Angeles CA HOLDEN, RICHARD '37 (RADM USN RET), 23 June 1983, Fullerton CA HUDDLESTON, WILLIAM EDWARD '46 (LCDR USN RET), 31 July 1983, Arkadelphia AR LEE, CLARENCE VAILLE '20 (CAPT USN RET), 14 July 1983, Perry Point MD MACLEAN, SUMNER KINSMAN '24 (CAPT USN RET), 26 April 1983, Sarasota FL MALLETT, WILLIAM EDGAR JR '27 (CDR USNR RET), 13 June 1983, Jackson MS MALONE, CLYDE FRANCIS '25, 1951 MCALLISTER, JOHN ANDERSON '33 (CDR USNR RET), 8 August 1982, Rockledge FL POLATTY, DAVID PIERCE JR '41 (CDR USN RET), 22 July 1983, Portsmouth VA PURSELL, ION '18 (RADM USN RET), 23 July 1983, (Frankfort KY) QUINLAN, EARL HARRISON '13 (LCDR USN RET), 14 June 1983, Long Beach CA

LAURENCE WARNER CLARKE '13 Mr. Laurence Warner Clarke died on 26 April 1983 in Sarasota, Florida. Memorial services were held in St. Boniface Church with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York, he was graduated with the Class of 1913 and served throughout World War I, resigning his commission as a lieutenant commander. He later joined the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company and retired from this organization as a vice president. He moved to Sarasota from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1956. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Antoinette, 7347 Turnstone Road, Sarasota FL 33581; two sons; a brother; six grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

division commander of a squadron of patrol craft, and officer in charge of the naval education center at the Third Naval District. In 1939 he was transferred to the retired list for physical disability but recalled to active duty in World War II and served as a member of the naval courts and boards in the Fourth Naval District for the duration of the war. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Frances, Vinson HaU, 6251 Old Dominion Drive, McLean VA 22101; a son, Capt. John F. Donahue USN '56, now serving as naval attache in Caracas, Venezuela; a sister, a granddaughter and a grandson.

ALFRED HYDE DONAHUE 13 Cdr. Alfred Hyde Donahue USN (Ret.) died on 31 March 1983 in McLean, Virginia. Memorial services and interment took place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Vermont, he was graduated with the Class of 1913 and proceeded to sea in VmoiNW, then served in HANNIBAL, surveying off Nicaragua. He later had instruction on board FLTLTON and then had duty in the submarine branch of the Navy for much of his career, commanding D-2, O-IO, S-1, S-51, and S-41, the latter one of the first submarines based in the Philippines and on the China Station. From 1934 to 1936 he served as ComSubDiv FOUR in New London, Connecticut. He also had shore duty at the naval reserve armory in Newport, Rhode Island, and the naval training station in Hampton Roads before reporting to HURON as first Heutenant. Other assignments including engineering officer of WYOMING, machinery superintendent at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 102

WILLIAM BRICE DORTCH 14 Mr. William Brice Dortch died on 20 February 1983 in Gadsden, Alabama.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Alabama, he was graduated with the Class of 1914. After accepting a commission in the naval reserve, he was called to active duty in 1917 and served on board GUINEVERE, patrolling off the French coast during World War I. Later service was in MINNEAPOLIS on convoy duty in the Atlantic, and in 1920 he had duty in the Eagle Boat squadron sailing on the East Coast and to Panama.

During World War II he was recalled to active duty and served as an instructor at Harvard, DePauw University, and at Pearl Harbor. He resigned his commission in 1948 and returned to his legal practice in Gadsden. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. W. B. Dortch, 631 Reynolds St., Gadsden AL 35901.

JAMES MARSHALL SHOEMAKER '15 RAdm. James Marshall Shoemaker USN (Ret.) died on 20 June 1983 in Washington (DC).

Memorial services were held at Fort Myer Chapel

RUDD, ALBERT V. '22, 15 May 1983, Louisville KY SAMPSON, NORMAN JOHN '32 (CAPT USN RET), 18 June 1983, Gig Harbor WA SHOOK, KENNETH SYDNEY '33 (CAPT USN RET), I July 1983, (San Diego CA) STIVERS, ROBERT TYLER JR '35 (COL USMC RET), 4 June 1983, Cincinatti OH TRACY, OSGOOD VOSE '24, 3 July 1983, (Morristown NJ) VOINOT, PAUL EDWARD '20 (LTJG USN RET), 5 May 1983, La Jolla CA WITHERS, CLARKE '13 (CAPT USNR RET), 2 February 1983, (St. Michaels MD) (

) around the place of death indicates hometown at the time of death when specific location is unknown.

with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Montana, he was graduated with the Class of 1915 and reported to UTAH for two years' service, then had duty fitting out the captured KOENIG WILHELM II (renamed MADAWSKA) and serving on

board until being ordered to the commissioning details of NEW MEXICO participating in Atlantic convoy duty in the latter until the end of the war.

Further sea duty followed in the destroyer RODGERS, then assignments to the battleship NEVADA before being ordered to flight training and being designated naval aviator in 1921. He later earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then had duty in the Bureau of Aeronautics before joining LANGLEY in command of Utility Squadron 1, Fighting Squadron 2, and Scouting Squadron 2. He later joined BuAer once again and in 1929 made the trans-Atlantic crossing in the airship GRAF ZEPPELIN.

Sea duty followed in WRIGHT, then assignment in Pensacola for two years before joining the staff of Commander Cruisers, Scouting Force. He later served as assistant naval attache in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, then in 1939 was named executive officer of SARATOGA before taking command of WRIGHT in 1940. The following year he was ordered to duty as commanding officer of the naval air station. Pearl Harbor, and was wounded during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941.

In 1942 he was named Commander Carriers, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command (Admin) and was awarded the Legion of Merit for this assignment, then had command of the naval air station in Norfolk until 1944 when he put into commission and sailed in command of the carrier FRANKLIN to the Pacific Theater. Under his direction the ship participated in raids on the Bonin Islands, the capture of Guam, and the bombardment of Palau, Yap and Ulithi, as well as the attack on Leyte. (Then) Capt. Shoemaker was Shipmate, September 1983

awarded the Silver Star Medal for the service.

Other assignments included command of naval air bases, Philippines, and commander, naval air base, Samar, (for which he was awarded a second Legion of Merit) prior to assuming command of the naval air bases in the Fifth Naval District. His last active duty was in command of the Norfolk Group in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, and he was transferred to the retired list in 1948, and from 1953 to 1954, he was deputy administrator of the U.S. foreign aid program in Vietnam. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Fride, 4000 Cathedral Ave., Washington DC 20016; two sons and a daughter; and nine grandchildren.

AMOS BARSTOW ROOT 16 Cdr. Amos Barstow Root USN (Ret.) died on 19 May 1983 in San Diego, CaUfornia. Memorial services were held at the All Saints Episcopal Church in San Diego on 23 May. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Rhode Island, he was graduated with the Class of 1916. As a midshipman he had been a member of the soccer squad and the rifle team. Upon graduation he was ordered to sea in convoy duty during World War 1, then transferred to the retired Ust for physical reasons in 1920.

During World War II he was recalled to active duty in February of 1941 and served as degaussing officer of the Eleventh Naval District. He later had duty with the officer of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington then returned to inactive duty in 1946.

He is survived by his widow Marguerite, 5480 Marengo Ave., La Mesa CA 92041, and a son.

ROSS FORRESTER COLLINS 17 Capt. Ross Forrester Collins USNR (Ret.) died on 12 July 1983 in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Memorial services were held on 15 July at the Naval Academy with interment alongside his deceased wife Mary in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Missouri, he served at sea during World War I, then resigned his commission in 1921 but remained in the naval reserve. In 1941 he was recaUed to active service and was transferred from this duty to the retired Hst in 1948.

He and his wife had been long-time residents of Annapolis and had been early members of Historic Annapolis and had painstakingly restored one of the oldest residences in the city.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary BeUe Lilley of San Antonio, Texas.

RICHARD HARVEY HARPER '17 Mr. Richard Harvey Harper died on 17 June 1983. Interment took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Texas, he was graduated with the Class of 1917 and proceeded at once to sea duty in the North Atlantic, serving in destroyers and cruisers and later having command of a submarine. He resigned his commission in 1922 and opened three manufacturing plants in the New England area. During World War II these plants were closed and he moved to the West Coast where he joined the Daniel Reeves and Company brokerage office, remaining with this firm until his death. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Helen, 967 Malcolm Ave., Westwood Village, Los Angeles CA 90024; five children; seventeen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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THEODORE GERMOND HAFF '20 RAdm. Theodore Germond Haff USN (Ret.) died on 27 June 1983 in Perry Point, Maryland.

Memorial services were held on 30 June in the Naval Academy Chapel with interment in the Academy Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New Jersey, he was graduated with the Class of 1920 on 6 June 1919 and ordered to duty in NORTH DAKOTA. Other sea duty followed in DALLAS, KANE, BRANCH, CHAUMONT, and then

submarine duty, serving as well in a tender in the Far East. At this time he was ordered to the Naval Academy to teach in the gunnery department.

Returning to sea, he had command of BARNES in Guam, then served in GOLD STAR and BUSHNELL

before having a second tour at the Academy. Battleship duty followed on board OKLAHOMA and COLORADO in the Pacific when World War II broke out, whereupon he took command of KAWEAH in the North Atlantic, then had command of NIOBRARA in the Mediterranean, followed by the commissioning and command of the oiler ELOKOMIN. He later had command of the transport SUMNER and took part in amphibious landings in the Pacific, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V. Other duty was as Chief of Staff of ComTransRon 17 in CfflLTON for which he received the Legion of Merit. He also had duty at Jacksonville and in San Juan, Puerto Rico, then was transferred to the retired Ust in 1950. In addition to the decorations already mentioned, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V. After his retirement he attended the George Washington University and received a degree in education, then taught in Anne Arundel County schools for thirteen years. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He was predeceased by his wife Dorothy and is survived by three daughters.

CLARENCE VAILLE LEE '20 Capt. Clarence Vaille Lee USN (Ret.) died on 14 July 1983 in Perry Point, Maryland.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New Jersey, he was graduated with the Class of 1920 on 6 June 1919 and proceeded to sea at once, having four years of service in battleships and eleven in destroyers including command of AYLWIN. Among his shore duty assignments he attended the Naval War College. At the end of World War II he was commanding officer of the transport ADAIR, and he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal prior to being transferred to the retired list in 1947 from the New York Naval Shipyard.

After his retirement he earned a Master of Arts degree at Columbia University, later teaching at Columbia's Teachers College and also instructing in navigation and nautical astronomy at the Hayden Planetarium. He was recalled to active duty in 1952 in a convoy commodore course, then retired once again. He was a member of Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, the Institute of Navigation, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Virginia, Carl Vinson Hall, 6251 Old Dominion Drive, McLean VA 22101; a son, Russell, of Saudi Arabia; and a brother, Louis, of Gainesville, Florida.

HERBERT AUGUSTINE TELLMAN '21 Cdr. Herbert Augustine Tellman USN (Ret.) died on 29 May 1983 in Coronado, CaUfornia. His wife Nelle had predeceased him in August 1982.

Memorial services were held on 3 June in Fort Rosecrans, California.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Missouri, he was graduated with the Class of 1921 and proceeded to sea, qualifying for command after service in battleships, destroyers and submarines. He later attended the postgraduate school and was awarded a Master of Science degree in communication engineering by Harvard University.

During World War II he had sea duty in SHASTA and SAUNUEO, but an injury received in 1943 resulted in retirement for physical disability; however, his expertise in the electronics area justified his retention on active duty until September 1946.

During the years prior to 1938 he had supervised and successfully completed tests on a very highpower, low-frequency radio transmitter at the radio station in Annapolis. He also was one of the first to work on guided missile research while on the staff of the naval research laboratory.

Following retirement he was employed at the applied physics laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University in research and development, and his assistance in training military officers in guided missile techniques was acknowledged by letters of appreciation from the Chief of Army Ground Forces and other military commanders. Missile systems on which he worked included the Navy's development of the Talos, Terrier, Tartar, Triton and Typhoon guided weapons.

After 1962 he relocated in the Fayetteville, Arkansas, area, then later moved to Southern California. He was a member of Rotary International and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his son, Herbert W. Tellman, 30275 Grande Vista Drive, Laguna Niguel CA 92677; two brothers and two sisters.

VINCENT JOSEPH GALLAGHER JR. '22 Cdr. Vincent Joseph Gallagher Jr. USNR (Ret.) died on 27 June 1983 in Coral Gables, Florida.

A Memorial Mass was celebrated at the Little Flower Catholic Church in Coral Gables on 1 July.

Appointed to the Naval Academy after having attended Rutgers University, he was graduated with the Class of 1922. As a midshipman he was a star student. Academy swimming champion, and captain of the swimming team and a member of the water polo team, a member of the National Championship Intermediate and the Senior EightOared Crews, and he had received an Olympic Gold Medal as a member of the Academy rowing crew in Belgium in 1920.

He resigned his commission in the regular establishment shortiy after graduation and joined the naval reserve. Among the business enterprises in which he engaged were the firm that designed and installed the lighting system for Radio City Music Hall in New York City, the management of the Claridge Hotel in Washington (DC), and the presidency of Gallagher and Luscomb, a firm which bought and developed land for homes in ClarksviUe, Maryland.

During World War II he was recalled to active duty, then returned to his business in Maryland, eventually moving to Florida in 1962. He was a member of the New York Athletic Club, the ArmyNavy Club of Washington, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Betty, 1040 Asturia Ave., Coral Gables FL 33134; a daughter and two stepchildren; and six grandchildren.

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THOMAS FREDERICK CHRISTIE '22 Mr. Thomas Frederick Christie died on 25 October 1982 in Huntington, New York. Memorial services were held at the Cold Spring Harbor Episcopal Church.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New Jersey, he was graduated with the Class of 1922 and joined REID in the Atlantic Fleet. He servd for four years of sea duty before resigning his commission to study the law and after receiving his degree from the Brooklyn Law School, became an attorney for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, retiring in 1965 as assistant general counsel for the company.

His prime hobby was golf, but he maintained a deep interest in the Navy and in naval affairs throughout his career. He was a member of the Crescent and Pelham Country Clubs, a Knight of the Golden Circle of the Army-Navy Club in Washington, a member of the Navy Athletic Association and the Nival Academy Alumni Association, the Sons of the American Revolution, the American and New York Bar Associations, and the Association of Life Insurance Counsels.

He is survived by his widow Dorothea of Mt. Vernon, New York; a son and a daughter; and three grandchUdren.

VALVIN ROBINSON SINCLAIR '22 Capt. Valvin Robinson Sinclair USN (Ret.) died on 24 AprU 1983 in Palisades, New York.

Memorial services were held at Christ Church in Sparkill, New York, and commitment and cremation followed, with interment at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia, on 12 May. Born in Petersburg, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Virginia after having served as an enlisted man on the ice patrol of the North Atlantic. As a midshipman he won his letter in wrestling. Upon graduation with the Class of 1922 he entered the destroyer service in the Atlantic, serving among others in BAINBRIDGE and Fox at Constantinople, next at the torpedo school in Newport,"on board MARYLAND, and then at the submarine school before joining S-32 on the Asiatic Station, returning in S-2. Other duty included three tours at the Naval Academy and fitting out and commissioning VINCENNES in the Pacific Fleet.

When World War II broke out, he joined MARBLEHEAD for refitting and duty off Brazil, then took command of the transport BAXTER and participated in the landings at Leyte, Lingayen and Okinawa before bringing personnel back to the CONUS in the Magic Carpet program.

He established the Naval ROTC unit at the University of Missouri and served as the first professor of naval science, later receiving a master's degree in geology from that school, and his final tour of duty was as commanding officer of Fort Omaha, Nebraska, where he occupied and refitted the protected dwelHng known as "Crook House."

He was transferred to the retired list in 1952 and later joined the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory in Palisades, staying with this organization until 1967 and serving as port captain of the vessels VEMA, JOSEPH GOLDBERGER, GRACE, and

ROBERT D . CONRAD. He was a

life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Dorothea, Cloister Road, Palisades NY 10964; three sons; two granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren.

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ROBERT HALL SMITH '22 RAdm. Robert Smith HaU USN (Ret.) died on 8 June 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia. Memorial services were held at the Spring Hill Chapel with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, where RAdm. Hill was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Georgia, he was graduated with the Class of 1922 and proceeded to sea in the battleship TENNESSEE and ARKANSAS, then the destroyers JOHN D. EDWARDS and COGHLAN. Further sea duty was

as navigator of RICHMOND, then command of the destroyer HENLEY at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. When the Japanese attacked, the ship was moored with battle stations manned. General Quarters having been sounded rather than Quarters for Muster, and she had the opportunity to fire the first destroyer shots as the initial enemy planes swooped in, shooting down one dive bomber and sharing credit for another.

(Then) Cdr. Smith later had command of Destroyer Division Seven and then Destroyer Squadron 22, taking part in the principal operations of the PhiHppines and Borneo areas.

In his final active duty he was commander of the naval training center in Bainbridge, Maryland, and he was transferred to the retired list in 1952.

While on active duty he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Legion of Merit, and Gold Star in lieu of a second. After his naval retirement he taught engineering graphics at Georgia Tech for ten years.

He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Cortez, 2672 EUwood Drive N.E., Atianta GA 30305; a daughter and a stepdaughter and two stepsons.

JAMES REGINALD BELL '23 LCdr. James Reginald BeU USNR (Ret.) died on 16 June 1983 in Long Beach, California. After cremation, memorial services were held at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CaUfornia.

Born in Iowa, he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1923 and resigned his commission in 1927, but was called to active duty and served for six years during the World War II period. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Beulah, 9118 Park St., BeUflower CA 90706; two sons and three daughters.

LAURENCE DIXON BAIN '23 Mr. Laurence Dixon Bain died on 4 June 1983 in Leland, Michigan. Memorial services were held on his birthdate, 26 July, on the shores of Lake Leelanau where he had maintained a summer home.

Appointed to the Naval Academy with the Class of 1923, he left prior to graduation and received his degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then in 1924 began a long career with the Western Electric Company. He later helped found the General Communications Products Corp. with several Bell System colleagues and at the time of his retirement in 1971 was president and chief executive officer of this organization in Feasterville, Pennsylvania.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Josephine, in 1933, and he is survived by his widow, Rena Bosker, his wife of 49 years. Leisure World, Mesa, Arizona; two sons and two daughters; and eleven grandchildren.

ROBERT IVERSON HICKS '23 Mr. Robert Iverson Hicks died on 30 April in Tequesta, Florida. Memorial services were held on 24 May in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cazenovia, New York, for both Mr. Hicks and his wife, who had died some months earlier.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York and was graduated with the Class of 1923, serving on active duty for three years, then joining the C F. Braun Engineering Company. He later worked for the Staten Island Shipbuilding Corporation, then joined the Lamson Corporation, eventually becoming president of this organization.

During this period the Lamson group installed the largest automatic airtube system in the country, in the State Department Building in Washington.

Mr. Hicks lectured widely on modern material handHng techniques and equipment.

He is survived by a son and daughter, Robert I. Jr. and Mrs. Richard W. Proctor, both of Cazenovia, and two grandchildren.

OSGOOD VOSE TRACY '24 Mr. Osgood Vose Tracy died on 3 July 1983 in Mendham, New Jersey.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York, he was graduated with the Class of 1924 but resigned his commission the following year and joined the Esso Standard Division of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, eventually retiring as president in 1960. While with this Organization he helped to develop polyethylene.

He later became a consultant and director emeritus for the W. R. Grace and Company, and he was also on the executive boards of the Crouse-Hinds Company, the RAC Corporation, and the Inexco Oil Company. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Petroleum Institute, the Society of Chemical Industry, the New York Yacht Club, the Army-Navy Club, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association. He had been awarded an honorary doctor of science degree by the Clarkson College of Technology in 1958.

He is survived by his widow Pauline, Kahdena Road, Morristown NJ 07960; three daughters and four grandchildren.

JOHN FRANCIS GALLAHER '26 RAdm. John Francis Gallaher USN (Ret.) died on 17 June 1983 in Winter Park, Florida.

Memorial services were held on 17 June 1983 at the chapel of the naval training station in Orlando with interment in Winter Park.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Maryland, he was graduated with the Class of 1926. Sea service followed including command assignments of various destroyers and attack transports; task force commander of fast convoys in the North Atlantic; staff duty with the Tenth Fleet under the late FAdm. Ernest King USN '01; Commander Far East Task Force, Mine Force, Pacific Fleet; Commander Destroyer Transports, Nineteenth Fleet, Pacific; DesRon Commander, Seventh Fleet, (World War II); Task Force Commander, Amphibious Operations, (Korean Conflict).

Other services included project officer, research, new development and counter measures; naval attache and naval attache for air in Sweden; strategic planning officer for the U.S. Forces Far East on the staff of the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur USA; Seventh Fleet liasion officer to the Generalissimo, Taipei, Formosa; professor of naval science and lecturer and faculty advisor to the defense poUcy seminar at Harvard University; fleet sonar school in San Diego; and group discusShipmate, September 1983

sion leader and staff assistant at the Stanford Research Institute.

Postgraduate study included courses at AnnapoHs, Harvard. Northwestern, and the University of California Radiation Laboratory at Livermore. Awards he had received included the Legion of Merit with Combat V, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and Order of the Sword from Sweden.

After his retirement, he was associated with the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, then settled in Florida where he was active in civic and educational activities. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Jean, 772 Granville Drive, Winter Park FL 32789.

WILLL\M EDGAR MALLETT JR. '27 Cdr. WiUiam Edgar Mallett Jr. USNR (Ret.) died on 13 June 1983 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Memorial servies were held at the Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Mississippi, he left the Academy in his fint class year and later attended coUeges of engineering and law at Tulane University, Louisiana State University, and Loyola of the South, estabUshing Mallett and Associates, a private engineering practice, in 1934. During World War II he returned to active duty, serving with Construction BattaUons in various areas of the European Theater including the Normandy Invasion. After the war his firm designed and supervised construction of six naval armories and he served as pubUc works officer and instructor of the Jackson organized reserve unit.

In the 1940s he was one of the principal organizers and for seven years the president of the Mississippi Association for the Aid of Spastic Children. He also served as treasurer and a member of the board of directors of the Mississippi Society for Crippled Children and Adults and he helped to organize United Cerebral Palsy of Mississippi and served for three years as its first president.

He was a member of the American MUitary Engineers and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Willanna, 1305 Belvoir Place, Jackson MS 39202; two sisters, and two nephews.

CHARLES LOUIS WILLARD '30 LCdr. Charles Louis Willard USNR (Ret.) died on 28 March 1983, and was interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery.

An Army Junior he was bom in St. Michael, Alaska. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in the Class of 1930, but due to poor eyesight, left in his Youngster year. He worked at an outdoors job for a year, hoping to improve his vision, and later enroUed at Georgia Tech. and was graduated in 1932 with a degree in mechanical engineering.

He worked at several jobs during the depression and returned to the Navy during World War II as a Heutenant and then lieutenant commander in the reserve and was assigned to BuShips where he had the difficult job of finding enough anchors and anchor chains for all the ships being built.

After his release from active duty he returned to the San Francisco Bay area and was a mechanical engineer for the Connor Spring and Manufacturing Co., where he also produced several successful inventions.

He was a Hfe member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the National Association of Mechanical Engineers.

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Moritz and Lazarus, and he was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

In retirement he made his home in Magnolia, Arkansas, where he operated a cattle farm until 1971, when deteriorating health forced him to give up that business and to move into a nursing home in El Dorado. He is survived by his widow, Lucy Randolph Smith Hammond of 505 Partee Drive, Magnolia AR 71753; two daughters, Mrs. Diane H. Gielow and Mrs. Christine AquUlard, and one stepson, Capt. Joel Porter Decker USN '61.

WILLL\M KNOWLES POTTINGER '31 Col. William Knowles Pottinger USMC (Ret.) died on 10 May 1983 in Orange, California.

Charles Louis Willard Memorial services in his honor were held at Marine He is survived by his widow, Clare Carey Corps Air Station, El Toro, California.

Willard of Burlingame, California; his brother, Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State Capt. C F. Willard USN (Ret.) of San Diego; his of Texas, he was graduated with the Class of 1931 daughter, Carol Hayes of Hampton, Virginia; and and commissioned a second lieutenant in the three grandchildren.

Marine Corps. On completion of Marine Corps basic training he underwent flight training at Naval DOUGLAS THOMPSON HAMMOND '31 Air Station, Pensacola and was designated a naval Capt. Douglas Thompson Hammond USN aviator. FoUowing assignments in ground, sea and (Ret.) died on 17 May 1983 in El Dorado, Arkan- air billets, he was assigned to the First Marine Air sas. Interment followed memorial services in Wing in the South Pacific in World War II. In this MagnoHa, Arkansas. biUet he contributed materially to development of close air support techniques.

After World War II he attended the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, after which held command and staff assignments and then attended the Army War College at Fort Leavenworth and the Air War CoUege at Maxwell Field. His next assignment was at MCAS Cherry Point, where he remained untU 1956 and then became Chief of Staff, First Marine Air Wing at Atsugi, Japan. From November 1956 until July 1960 he held the post of Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Air Bases East, and Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. He retired from active duty on 1 July 1960.

His decorations included the Legion of Merit with Gold Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross Douglas Thompson Hammond with Gold Star, and the Air Medal with three Gold Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State Stars. He was a member of the Naval Academy of Arkansas, he was graduated with the Class of Alumni Association.

1931. On graduation, he underwent preliminary In retirement he made his home in Orange, flight training, and then served on the Staff of California. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Commander Battle Force, US Fleet. After a two- D. B. Pottinger of 663 South Woodland Street, year tour of duty in the light cruiser DETROIT he Orange CA 92669; by a daughter, Mary C Tower; attended submarine school in New London, and by two sons, Dallas B. Pottinger and WilHam K. in December 1936 was ordered to USS S-28 at Pottinger; and by three grandchildren.

Pearl Harbor. In 1938 he was ordered to the naval NORMAN JOHN SAMPSON '32 postgraduate school for instruction, following which he was assigned to special duty on the staff Capt. Norman John Sampson USN (Ret.) died of Commander Fifteenth Naval District in the on 18 June 1983 in Tacoma, Washington. He was Canal Zone. In Jime of 1940 he was assigned to a member of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church of the submarine S-30, and then to R-2, advancing Gig Harbor, Washington, and memorial services to command of R-2 and holding that post on 7 were held in the Madigan Army Health Center, December 1941. with interment at the Mountain View Memorial In May 1943 he took command of the submarine Park.

CABRILLO and in her made two successful war Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State patrols for which he received letters of commen- of Connecticut, he was graduated with the Class dation from CINCPACFLT. After a short tour of 1932 and reported to TENNESSEE for his first of duty in the antisubmarine development section sea duty, foUowed by many sea assignments. He of OPNAV, he served on the staffs of COM- was twice awarded the Silver Star Medal and also SUBRON 24 and COMSUBRON 26. From Oc- the Presidential Unit Citation during World War tober 1944 tiU July 1945 he commanded the sub- II and the Korean Conflict. Other assignments inmarine GuARonsH, after which he served as Ex- cluded the command of the Alaskan Sea Frontier ecutive Officer of the battleships NORTH CAROLINA and professor of naval science at Brown Univerand MISSOURI. sity. He was transferred to the retired list in 1960.

His next assignment, in May 1947, was that of In civilian Hfe he lived for a time in Southern COMSUBDIV 12, foUowing which he served three California and was the owner of an orange grove, years as administrative aide to Secretary of the but in 1966 he moved to Gig Harbor. He was a Navy Matthews. In 1951 he took command of the member of the Elks and the Naval Academy submarine tender SPERRY, and in November Alumni Association. returned to OPNAV. He retired for physical He is survived by his widow Margo, 5701 Reid disability in April 1953.

Dr., N.W., Gig Harbor WA 98335; a son and a His awards and decorations included three Navy grandson; and a sister and a brother, Capt. Robert Commendation Medals, the ItaUan Order of Saints Roy Sampson USN (Ret.) '31.

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ALBERT EARL EDWARDS '33 Mr. Albert Earl Edwards died on 7 June 1983 in Ft. Myers, Florida, just one day after the death of his wife of thirty-six years, Dorothy. Memorial services were held on 20 June at the Maiden Creek Meeting House near Reading, Pennsylvania.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New York, he was graduated with the Class of 1933 but did not accept a commission. He soon joined the Ford Instrument Company in New York and rose from engineer to vice president for manufacturing during World War II. Later he worked for the W. L. Maxson Corporation, then became vice president for manufacturing in the textile machine works division of Rockwell International in Reading, retiring in 1973 after twenty years of service with this organization.

After moving to Sanibel, Florida, Mr. Edwards was planning commissioner for this city. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Willits of Annapolis; two sons, Charles of Austin, Texas, and Michael of Dunkirk, New York; and five grandchildren.

RICHARD EDWARD BABB '35 Cdr. Richard Edward Babb USN (Ret.) died on 23 May 1983 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Funeral services were held at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Chapel on 31 May with interment at Arlington National Cemetery on 1 June.

Born in West Virginia, he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1935 and proceeded to sea in PENSACOLA, then had staff duty with Commander Cruiser Scouting Force for a year before reporting to SALT LAKE CITY where

he served in engineering and gunnery, winning an " E " for the ship as turret officer of an 8-inch battery.

In October 1939 he was assigned to the first of seven destroyers in which he was to serve, recommissioning MACKENZIE which was later turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed ANNAPOLIS. His next ship was the destroyer MoNSSEN, serving with the Atlantic Fleet prior to World War II and assisting in the salvaging of the destroyer KEARNY when the latter was torpedoed on 17 October 1941.

Early in 1942 he joined FITCH in Boston, then was ordered to the pre-commissioning detail of the new MACKENZIE in San Pedro, CaUfornia, and served in Atlantic convoys. On 16 May 1943 the ship sank the German submarine U-182 south of the Azores; for his part in this action, Cdr. Babb was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal. He later participated in the invasion of Sicily, then was ordered to his first command, the destroyer KENNisoN. In 1944 he was ordered ashore as training officer and executive officer of the Small Craft Training Center in San Pedro, and the following year took command of the destroyer LEWIS HANCOCK, participating in the Okinawa campaign. At the end of World War II he was in command of COMPTON during the occupation of Japan, then had shore duty with the board of inspection and survey in San Diego.

His next command was CABILDO, a dock landing ship which participated in atomic weapons tests at Eniwetok, and in 1951 he was named personnel officer of the Tenth Naval District in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His final sea duty was as commodore of a squadron of APDs at Little Creek, and later he was executive officer of the Naval Retraining Command in Norfolk.

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William and Mary and thereupon taught in Norfolk schools for sixteen years, taking full retirement in 1975. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the Retired Officers Association.

He is survived by his widow Marjorie, 4612 Vineyard Lane, Virginia Beach VA 23455; two sons and a daughter; a sister; and seven grandchildren including Midn. Jeff Rucker USN '86.

RAYMOND ENGELBERT DOLL '35 Capt. Raymond Engelbert Doll USN (Ret.) died on 13 June 1983 in Brunswick, Georgia. Memorial services were held in Brunswick, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Rhode Island, he was graduated with the Class of 1935 and reported to NEVADA for his first sea duty. In 1938 he completed flight training and was designated naval aviator, then served on board PORTLAND and YORKTOWN before attending

postgraduate school and receiving a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering at the California Institute of Technology. Other assignments included the naval air facility in Philadelphia, the Bureau of Aeronautics, the Office of Naval Research, the Atomic Energy Commission in Schenectady, staff duty with Commander Fleet Air in Japan, and Commander Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, and the David Taylor Model Basin.

During World War II he was a fighter pilot and he held the number two helicopter license issued by the Navy; he was the first helicopter pilot to land on the White House lawn. He was a member of the Golden Eagles, the Retired Officers Association, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary, in 1964, and is survived by his widow Sarah, 135 Harrogate Road, St. Simons GA 31522; a daughter and a son; a brother and a sister; and four grandchildren.

JULES JAMES JORDY '35 Cdr. Jules James Jordy USNR (Ret.) died on 5 May 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Private funeral services were held at the Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum on 7 May. Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Louisiana, he resigned his commission upon graduation with the Class of 1935 and opened his own engineering business in New Orleans. In 1940 he was called to active duty and studied engine design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, thereupon becoming an instructor at various naval air stations until being ordered to the small craft training center in Miami. He later instructed in anti-submarine warfare, then had command of two destroyer escorts in the Pacific and Atlantic Theaters before returning to inactive duty.

Following the war he worked as an engineer in South America and Europe, and at the time of his death was president of J. J. Jordy and Associates International Engineers.

He is survived by his mother Alethia; two sons and two daughters; a brother; and two grandchildren.

RICHARD HOLDEN '37 RAdm. Richard Holden USN (Ret.) died on 23 June 1983 in Fullerton, California. Interment took place at Rose Hill Cemetery near Los Angeles.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Vermont, he was from a family with a naval tradition, his cousin, Cdr. Jonas Hannibal Holden USN, having been a member of the Class of 1896, and a brother, now deceased, Cdr. Harry W. Holden USNR, having been graduated in 1931.

After graduation with the Class of 1937 he was ordered to sea duty in VINCENNES and SALT LAKE

CITY, then attended submarine school before being attached to SEAWOLF and participating in seven wartime patrols during WWII. Later submarine duty was a commanding officer of R-14, BLUEBACK, GATO and TORSK. Later he was ordered

to the Office of Naval Research as an assistant branch head in undersea warfare, then had command of the destroyer WATTS. Shore duty included postgraduate school in 1954, staff of the Atlantic Fleet on ASW planning, and duty with the Chief of Naval Operations from which post he was transferred to the retired list in 1959. At that time he joined the Philco Corporation in California as a program manager.

While on active duty he was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V, the Distinguished Unit Emblem by the Army, two Navy Unit Commendations, and the Submarine Combat Pin with seven battle stars. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Survivors include a son, Mr. Tim Holden, 5438 Longboat Court, Fairfax VA 22032; and a nephew, 1st Lt. John P. Holden USMC '79.

THOMAS LLOYD MILLER '37 Cdr. Thomas Lloyd Miller USNR (Ret.) died on 23 May in Miami, Florida. Memorial services were held in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church with interment on 28 June in Stonington, Connecticut.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of South Dakota, he was graduated with the Class of 1937 and reported to the cruiser ASTORIA for two years before being assigned ARKANSAS. In 1939 he resigned his commission and joined the naval reserve. He worked for the E. I. duPont Company for a year, then was recalled to active duty on the staff of Commander Submarines Patrol Force, later having duty with Commander Submarines Atlantic Fleet and with the Free French Naval Forces. Physical disability forced his return to the CONUS and, after hospitalization, eventual retirement.

In civilian life he was an investment broker and in the electrical manufacturing business until 1953 when he became president and treasurer of the Miller Ford Company in Stonington. Later he formed Miller Enterprises, Inc., a commercial real estate and holding company, and in 1963 established a home in Coconut Grove, Florida.

Always interested in cruising and yacht racing, he was a member of the New York Yacht Club, the Off Soundings Yacht Club, and the North American Yacht Racing Union as well as the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Joseph Conrad Youth Training Committee, the Sports Car Club of America, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Elizabeth, 3570 Matheson Ave., Coconut Grove FL 33133; three sons and a daughter; and two grandchildren.

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THOMAS HART TAYLOR '40 Capt. Thomas Hart Taylor USN (Ret.) died on 11 June 1983 in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Memorial services were held in Leesburg, Virginia, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery on 15 June.

Thomas Hart Taylor Born in Lima, Ohio, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Michigan and was graduated with the Class of 1940. Sea duty foUowed in NEVADA as officer in charge of the antiaircraft battery. On 7 December 1941 the ship was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and (then) Ens. Taylor's battery opened fire on the first enemy planes. For his courage and endurance, although wounded by sheU fragments, burned, and deafened due to broken eardrums, he was awarded the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart.

After hospitalization he returned to sea on board LANSDOWNE, then became executive officer of VESOLE before taking command of VAN VALKENBURGH. After the war he earned his law degree at George Washington University, followed by duty as navigator of MACON. Later he helped establish the MSTS office in Trieste, then was assigned to CinCSouth in Naples for two years before returning to sea in command of KEPPLER.

In 1953 he was named congressional liasion officer to the Secretary of Defense, Charles Wilson, and in 1956 returned to the Pacific in command of OAK HaL and then TALUGA. After a tour in Hawaii with CinCPac he retumed to Washington in the office of the Navy comptroller, then was transferred to the retired list in 1964. In addition to the awards cilready mentioned, he had received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal.

He was a member of the American Society of MiUtary ComptroUers, the National Lawyers Club, the Federal and District of Columbia Bar Associations, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow EUzabeth, Rt. 2, Box 107, Lovettsville VA 22080; two sons and a daughter; a brother and a sister; and two grandchildren.

DAVID PIERCE POLATTY Jr. '41 Cdr. David Pierce Polatty Jr. USN (Ret.) died on 22 July 1983 in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Memorial services were held at the Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church of Virginia Beach, with interment in Arlington National Cemetery on 1 August.

The son of the late RAdm. David P. Polatty Sr. USN, and the half-brother of Capt. Donald B. Polatty USN (Ret.) '52, he was born in the District of Columbia and appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Ohio. Graduated with the Class of 1941 in February of that year, he proceeded to sea duty at once, serving as executive officer in FOOTE and commanding the destroyer DASHIELL.

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He also had command of the Military Sea Transportation Service off in San Juan, Puerto Rico and stores ship ALDEBARAN. Other duty stations were the Naval Academy, where he was on the faculty for three years, and service as director of personnel at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, the position from which he was transferred to the retired Hst in 1961. He was awarded the Korean Presidential Unit Citation while on active duty.

He continued his naval activities after retirement, serving as a Blue and Gold recruiter for a number of years, and he was a member of the Naval Academy Athletic Association, the retired Officers Association, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association. In his second career, he taught mathematics for some twenty years in the secondary schools of Norfolk.

He is survived by his widow Frances, 1125 Cresthaven Lane, Virginia Beach VA 23464; two sons, James and LCdr. David P. Polatty 111 USN '71, and five daughters, Jeanne, Patricia, Kathy, Frances and Barbara; two sisters and three brothers including Capt. Donald P. Polatty USN (Ret.) and Maj. John Polatty USA; and three grandsons.

GEORGE MARION HOWARD '45 Ens. George Marion Howard USN (Ret.) died on 5 June 1983 at Clarence, New York. Memorial services were held at the Clarence United Methodist Church on 8 June.

Born in Huntington, West Virginia, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from West Virginia and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1944 with the Class of 1945 and a member of the Second Company. He was active in Battalion Football, French Club and the Lucky Bag. During First Class year he roomed with Bill Cosgrove, Bill Shepard and Ed Zenisek. On 1 May 1947 he was retired as an ensign USN and shortly thereafter began a long association with Westinghouse Electric in Buffalo where he was manufacturing manager of the large motor division at the time of his death.

He is survived by his widow Polly, 4485 Ransome Road, Clarence NY 14031; his mother, Mrs. E. D. Howard; three sons, George, Stephen and Todd; and a daughter, Mari Anne.

WILLIAM WALKER COLDWELL '45 Mr. William Walker Coldwell died on 6 April 1983 in San Antonio, Texas. Memorial services were held at the Church of the Annunciation in Luling, Texas, with interment in the Luling cemetery.

Born in Luling, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from Texas and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1944 with the Class of 1945 and a member of the 7th Company. His first duty station was the battleship MISSISSIPPI, followed by flight training at Corpus Christi in 1946. In 1947 he resigned as a lieutenant Gunior grade) having served as Communications Officer in the destroyer COMPTON.

In 1955 he was awarded a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. Then followed employment as an electrical engineer for Westinghouse and Honeywell.

He is survived by his widow Ann, Route 1, Box 169C, Glasgow VA 24555; sons Willlam and Matthew, and a daughter, Eleanor.

His first wife, Peggy, Mrs. Margaret M. Coldwell, can be reached at 21 ID Brittany Farms Road, New Britain CT 06053.

EMIL STEIGER ROTH '47 Cdr. Emil Steiger Roth USN (Ret.) died on 19 April 1983 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Memorial services were held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Norfolk, foUowed by cremation and committal to the sea.

Emil Steiger Roth Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Wisconsin, he was graduated with the Class of 1947 on 5 June 1946, then joined HAWKINS for three years before being ordered to duty at the Naval Academy as an instructor in electrical engineering. During the Korean Conflict he had command of HERON and LSM 58 in the KoreaJapan area as part of the United Nations Escort and Blockade Force, then served in Dam Neck, Virginia, as assistant officer-in-charge of the new naval guided missiles school.

In 1957 he was assigned to the staff of ComDesRon THIRTY-SIX, then served in London with Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Later he joined LITTLE ROCK as the weapons officer for the Talos guided missile cruiser, then took command of the destroyer BUCK. After two years assignment to the staff of Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Force Pacific Fleet as an armament officer, his final active duty was with Commander ASW Forces Atlantic, and he was transferred to the retired list in December of 1969.

While on active duty he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, and he was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Virginia, 8156 CameUia Road, Norfolk VA 23518; his mother, Sophie Roth of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; two daughters and a son; and two grandsons.

ROBERT HERMAN NYVOLD '42 Cdr. Robert Herman Nyvold USNR-R died on 9 June 1983 in Lompoc, California. Funeral services were held on 13 June in the Starbuck-Lind Mortuary Chapel with inurnment in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.

Born in Minnesota, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the Fleet and was graduated with the Class of 1952. He was a veteran of both Worid War 11 and the Korean Conflict. In 1957 he resigned his commission and earned a master's degree in business administration from Golden State University, later working for Martin Marietta Corp. at the Vandenberg Air Base. He had also received a master's degree in engineering management from George Washington University.

He is survived by his widow Gwendolyn, 356 Oakhill Drive, Lompoc CA 93436; a son and a daughter; his mother and a brother and sister; and a grandson. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the Naval Academy Alumni House, Annapolis MD 21402.

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RICHARD SILVER BEARMAN '53 LCol. Richard Silver Bearman USAF (Ret.) died on 4 April in Torrance, California. Interment was held at the HiUside Memorial Park.

Born in Minnesota, he was graduated from the Naval Academy in the Class of 1953 and accepted his commission in the Air Force. As a midshipman he was a member of the varsity crew.

After flight training he served as a pilot at various bases in the United States and Europe until 1959 when he was nominated as a student at the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School, and he served as an experimental test pilot, bomber division, from 1960-64.

In 1965 he was assigned to the Air Force Institute of Technology and received a master's degree in systems management, whereupon he was ordered as chief of the ascent-reentry branch of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. From June 1969 until he was transferred to the retired list in 1973 he served as program manager. Space Transportation System, USAF Space Shuttle. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his widow Myra, 52 Hilltop Circle, Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90274; a son and a daughter.

GORDON ALFRED BRILL JR. '54 Mr. Gordon Alfred Brill Jr. died on 30 June 1983 from an industrial accident in Dayton, Ohio.

Memorial services were held at the Centreville Presbyterian Church in Fremont, California, on 6 July.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Maryland, he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1954, then resigned his commission and joined the AAl Corporation in Cockeysville, Maryland, working with laser technology. While there he earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.

He later became national sales manager for Spector Physics of Mountain View, California, and at the time of his death was marketing director for Plasma Kinetics of Pleasanton.

He is survived by his widow Connie, 1420 Cree Road, Fremont CA 94538; four daughters; a brother and a sister and his father.

ALBERT ARTHUR SCHAUFELBERGER '71 LCdr. Albert Arthur Schaufelberger USN was killed in the service of his country on 25 May 1983 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Memorial services were held in San Salvador and at Fripp Island, South Carolina, before a final requiem at the Base Chapel, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California. At his request his ashes were scattered at sea off San Diego on 3 June.

The son of a career naval officer, LCdr. Schaufelberger was born in Annapolis and was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1971, whereupon he was ordered to basic underwater demolition training at the amphibious school in Coronado. He later had duty with Underwater Demolition Team Twelve, then was assigned to Seal Team One.

ing Squadron TWO at NAS Whiting Field. He was serving as a flight instructor in the T-34-C at the time of the accident.

He is survived by his widow Cheryl, 5911 Edsall Road, Apt. 820, Alexandria VA 22304; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Buflod of Miles City; and a son.

Albert Arthur Schaufelberger

After having taken an intensive course in the Spanish language he reported to duty with the United States Military Group in El Salvador in August of 1982 and was the second ranking officer of the American military advisers to El Salvador's armed forces. He was murdered as he awaited in his car for a friend at the University of Central America. While in El Salvador he had been responsible for the training of Navy personnel in the eastern city of La Union as well as for the security of the advisory group. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He is survived by his parents, Capt. and Mrs. Albert A. Schaufelberger Jr. USN (Ret.) '49, of Fripp Island, South Carolina; a brother and two sisters.

LCdr. Schaufelberger was particularly fond of Shakespeare's Hamlet and drew strength from the moving words of Horatio to his dying friend Hamlet, considered by many to be the most beautiful lines in all of Shakespeare; "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet Prince, And fiights of angels sing thee to thy rest. " MELVIN RAY BUFLOD '76 Lt. Melvin Ray Buflod USN was killed in an aircraft accident near Foley, Alabama, on 5 May 1983. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on 12 May at the Fort Myer Chapel with interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Melvin Ray Buflod A native of Miles City, Montana, he was graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1976, whereupon he began flight training and was designated naval aviator in December of 1977.

He later served for three years with Patrol Squadron NINE before being transferred to Train-

MICHAEL EUGENE GALLAGHER '79 Lt. Michael Eugene Gallagher USN was killed in the crash of an Orion P-3 aircraft on the island of Kauai, Hawan, on 16 June 1983. The plane was undergoing anti- sub-marine warfare exercises at the time, and all on board were lost. Memorial services were held in Hawaii and in Pensacola, Florida, with the committal of his ashes to the waters off Pensacola on 14 Julv 1983.

Michael Eugene Gallagher Appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Florida, he was a member of a Navy family, his father being a career supply corps officer now retired in Pensacola. As a midshipman, Lt. Gallagher was a member of the Academy varsity pistol team which attained national status during his membership, and upon graduation with the Class of 1979 he was assigned to temporary duty with the Navy Pistol Team to take part in the 1980 Olympic Trials. During his first class year he was the 29th Company commander.

After his assignment for the pistol team qualification, he transferred to the Naval Aviations Schools Command and VT-10, later being ordered to the Naval Air Training Unit at Mather Air Force Base in Sacramento, California, for advanced navigation training.

Upon being awarded his NFO wings in 1981, he joined VP-31 at Moffett Field in California, then was assigned to VP-1 at Barbers Point, Hawaii. While attached to this squadron he qualified as navigator and as an ASW tactical coordinator, completing two deployments and several detachments to the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

He is survived by his widow Gretchen of Pensacola; his parents, Capt. (SC USN Ret.) and Mrs. Eugene M. Gallagher, 6312 Confederate Drive, Pensacola FL 32503; and two sisters.

The Alumni Association records are the only ones anywhere that cover the Academy, service and civilian careers of our alumni. It is therefore important for historical and biographical purposes that they be as complete as possible, and all alumni who have not done so recently are urged to provide an updated biography for our records.

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RING INFORMATION THE MIDSHIPMEN'S PRAYER 10x8 color picture of prayer with scene of Academy across bottom on fme pine wood. $13.50, Picture only $6.75. 5x7 B&W sketch of same as Xmas card with Xmas greeting and also "The Peace Song" inside — 10 for $4.50.

3x5 B&W note paper with prayer and sketch — 10 for $3.25, All prices include postage and handling. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery, NY State residents add 7'/4% sales tax. All make fine gifts for Navy speakers — Parents Qubs, Alumni Clubs, or as good fund raisers.

Send for price list on multiple orders. Mail to: Teresa Duffy 174 Pacific St, Massapequa Park NY 11762

Shipmate, September 1983

USNA Graduates whose rings were made by Josten's, may order official and miniature rings, contoured wedding bands, stones, diamonds and repairs. Write — Vernon R. Gatley, 3191 Nathan Ave., Grand Junction CO 81504. Or call (303) 434-5599

NEED A CAR? We'll deliver anywhere in the U.S. Call (412) 349-5600 Charlie '63 or W.H. '66 Spadafora COLONIAL Olds — Cadillac — Mazda — VW 349 N. 4th St., Indiana PA 15701

Send $15 plus 50' postage and handling to: Academy Scarves 111 Pierce Blvd.

O'Fallon IL 62269 Illinois residents include 79' sales tax.

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U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association ALUMNI HOUSE • ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21402

GIFT LIST and ORDER FORM Please indicate itein(s) desired, fill in name and address, cut out entire page, and mail with check for total amount. Maryland residents add 5% sales tax.

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QTY. CHINA 3-Piece Place Setting $ 42.00 (Dinner Plate, Cup & Saucer) 5-Piece Place Setting $ 63.00 (Dinner, Salad, B&B Plate, Cup & Saucer) Open Stock-Additional Pieces: Dinner Plate 16.50 Salad Plate 12.00 Bread & Butter Plate 9.00 Cup 17.00 Saucer 8.50 Soup/Cereal 19.95 Cream Soup Cup 25.90 Cream Soup Stand.

8.40 Fruit Saucer 14.70 Gravy Boat$ 67.90 Open Vegetable-8" dia. $ 35.70 Open Vegetable-Oval 46.90 Platter-13" 56.70 Coffee Pot 72.10 Sugar, covered 38.50 Creamer 37.10 Please: Minimum order of $120 except for replacements. 10% discount on all orders over $500.

GLASSWARE 36 oz. Decanter $ 24.00 64 oz. Pitcher (hand blown) $ 24.00 12 oz. glasses (set of 6) $ 16.75 14 oz. glasses (set of 6) $ 16.75 11 oz. glasses (set of 6) $ 16.75 19 oz. Tankards (set of 4) $ 16.75 8" Plates (set of 6) $ 18.75 Wine Set (1 litre Carafe & set of 4 wine glasses) $ 18.25 11 H oz. Wine glasses (set of 6) $ 19.75 11 oz. Wine glasses (set of 6) $ 19.75 TECUMSEH, Bronze Statuette $295.00 ALUMNI MEDALLION TIME PIECES $175.00

MUSIC BOX—Navy Blue & Gold Anchor's Aweigh COUROC TRAY OVAL SWEDISH CRYSTAL DISH BILLY JIGGER JEWELRY Crest on 18" necklace Crest on money clip Crest charm Women's crest stickpin Crest tie tac Crest on charm bracelet (All crests, findings and accessories are of gold-fill quality.)

$165.00 $165.00 $ 24.00 $ 10.00 $ 18.00

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CHAIRS Admiral Arm Chair (East of Miss. R) Admiral Arm Chair (West of Miss. R.) Rocker (East of Miss R.) Rocker (West of Miss. R.)

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RUG—WALL HANGING: (Kit) Circular 45" dia: 100% Acrylic Yarn 6-ply Wool/Nylon 6-ply 100% Wool

$ 79.00 $ 98.00 $117.00

CLOCK-BAROMETER Ensemble ACCESSORIES USNA Crest — clip on USNA Crest — stitch on Blazer Buttons Alumni Tie (Ladies' or Gentlemen's) Set Sail RECORD ALBUM Navy Single Records

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