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

Executive Secretary BARRIE ISLEV-PETERSEN

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Volume 50, No. 10

December, 1987

FEATURES The Answer

by RAdm. Winston Folk USN (Ret.) Board of Trustees Meeting Questions and Answers — Alumni Assembly 1987 Attentive to Our Duty

by Capt. LeRoy T. Taylor USN (Ret.) The Treaty Cruiser PENSACOLA

by Capt. Donald I. Thomas USN (Ret.) Seventh Fleet Activities

by Capt. James R. Hansen USN (Ret.) S-37 Redux

by Capt. Robert B. Lander USN (Ret.) Side Wheel Flattops

by George C. Long THE ANNUAL REPORT 1987 President's Message to the Alumni Annual Report, FY 1987 Annual Fund, 1987 Alumni Donors — Annual Fund, 1987 Bequests and Memorials, Corporate and Foundation Gifts Audit Report 1987 DEPARTMENTS Contributors' Biographies An Ocean Away Brigade Activities The Mail Boat Officers and Trustees All Hands A Few Inches From the Yard

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Contributors' Biographies CAPTAIN LEROY T. TAYLOR USN (RET.) LeRoy Taylor '35 served in cruisers, destroyers and the original prewar MTB squadron. In 1942 in RUSSELL (DD-414) he took part in the Marshall Island raid, and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway and Santa Cruz. As MTB squadron commander in the Solomons, he operated from Rendova, Vella Lavella, Bougainville and Emirau. Later he commanded PARKER (DD-604) in the Med and WestPac until the war's end. Subsequent duties included faculty. General Line School, CO CONE (DD-866) and SHADWELL (LSD-15),

Staff CinCNelm, Admiral Mountbatten's NATO staff in Malta, ComDesDiv 302, Naval War College and in OpNav. After retirement he taught in the public schools. The photograph is contemporary with the era of the article.

CAPTAIN DONALD I. THOMAS USN (RET.) Don Thomas '32 put in a 31-year career in surface line, retiring in 1963.

He served in cruisers and commanded destroyers, including USS LEA (DD-1 18) in the highly successful first Hunter-Killer Group with USS BOGUE. In the Korean War he was XO of USS HELENA ( C A - 7 5 ) and CO USS

SEMINOLE (AKA-104), then commanded PhibRon 1. Shore commands included the Recruit Training Center and later the Naval Training Center San Diego, where he retired and joined the Solar Division of International Harvester.

CAPTAIN JAMES R. HANSEN USN (RET.) Dick Hansen '36 went to PENNSYLVANIA (BB-36) on graduation. In 1939 he was chief engineer and damage control officer in CONYNGHAM (DD-371) and was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He put CHEVALIER (DD-45I) in commission as her chief engineer and was her XO when she was sunk in June 1943 in the Solomons. After hospitahzation, he went to the Sonar School in Key West before commanding MORRISON (DD-650) until she was sunk off Okinawa in 1945. He instructed at the USNPG, Annapolis then attended the Naval War College. Command of HIOBEE (DD-806) followed and he was XO Great Lakes and later XO MANCHESTER (CL-83). Two years at CinCNELM preceded command of GUADALUPE (AO-32). He was temporarily retired for physical disability from the NROTC unit at University of Nebraska. He was permanently retired in 1966 and taught high school in Los Angeles until 1971.

CAPTAIN ROBERT B. LANDER USN (RET.) "Tex" Lander '37 had duty in LOUISVILLE ( C A - 2 8 ) and CHESTER (CA-27)

after graduation. From Submarine School in New London he reported to S-37 in Manila. When S-37 returned to the States he commanded S-17, RoNQuiL (SS-396) and PINTADO (SS-387). After the war he served with the Naval Mission to Venezuela, on a NATO staff in Athens and commanded an oiler based in Barcelona. He instructed at the General Line School before being a student and then an instructor at the Naval War College. He commanded USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR. (DD-850). After a tour in BuPers,

he commanded Service Group One and retired in San Diego as Commander Fleet Training Group in 1967.

GEORGE C. LONG George Long '38, was given a medical discharge (eyes) on graduation, and joined Pan American Airways about a year before they inaugurated transAtlantic service. He was first assigned to the Azores, and later opened the First American airport in Africa. After the war he opened Pan American's stations in Europe and the Middle East. Then came assignment as Assistant Operations Manager of the Atlantic Division. He later joined Allied Maintenance Corporation in their aviation service development, which was the beginning of the airline service industry. Most of his time with Allied was spent in Washington, D.C. as Regional Vice President. He is now retired and living with his wife in New Port Richey, Florida.

JAMES G. STAVRIDIS '76 A distinguished graduate of the Class of 1976, Jim's initial sea tour was as ASW Officer in USS HEWITT (DD-966). He was selected for the Carrier Readiness Improvement Program, and served as Propulsion and Electrical Officer in USS FORRESTAL (CV-59). Duty in the Strategic Concepts Group (OP-603) in the Pentagon followed. Jim attended The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he earned his MA and PhD. He then served three years as the Commissioning Operations Officer in USS VALLEY FORGE (CG-50), fourth of the new TicoNDEROGA-Class cruisers. He is currently serving as a strategic planner on the CNO's Executive Panel (OP-(K)K) in Washington.

He has won the Arleigh Burke Award, the City of Newport Award, the Newport Navy League Award, and several writing prizes. His work has been published in Shipmate, Proceedings, Naval War College Review, Washington Post, and the Military Review.

LAWRENCE J. CAVAIOLA '69 Larry Cavaiola is currently a member of the Professional Staff of the House Armed Services Committee. After graduating with distinction with the Class of 1969, Larry served as Missile Officer in USS TALBOT ( F F G - 4 ) . He then studied at the

Johns Hopkins University under the auspices of the Burke Program, graduating with a Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1975. After serving as Operations Officer in USS RICH (DD-820) and USS HAWKINS ( D D - 8 7 3 ) he joined the faculty of

the Naval Postgraduate School. Transferring to the Naval Reserve in 1980, Larry began his civilian career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation). In 1982 he joined the staff of the Congressional Budget Office, where he worked until assuming his current position in the Fall of 1984.

THOMAS F. BATES Tom F. Bates has been the Sports Information Director for the Naval Academy Athletic Association since August 1973, coming here after a sixyear tenure at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. His Naval Academy football brochures have been cited seven times for their editorial excellence by the College Sports Information Directors of America. He is a 1960 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and his eldest son, Daniel, is a member of the USNA Class of 1987.

ANDREW S. JOHNSON Andy Johnson '88 is our columnist in the Yard.

He is an Air Force brat whose father retired in Texas. Thus, he calls Texas "home among other homes." He is in the 13th Company and a chemistry major. Andy is an active rugger and aspires to a flying career in Naval Aviation and medicine.

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Technology And Strategy As the Navy approaches the 21st Century, technology and strategy must work together to produce effective naval forces and strategic plans to meet upcoming challenges.

In a recent briefing at the David Taylor Research Center, Capt. Corky Graham outlined a plan generated from the technology side to move strategic planners and scientists closer together. Using the theme "Strategic Planning Creates the Vision," he proposed a ship research and development strategy team that could serve as an example of such efforts. It is an idea whose time has come.

In the current planning environment, two separate groups are simultaneously studying the 20-40 year future from two different sides of the looking glass: strategic planners and technologists. The strategic planners are concerned with the global environment (political, economic, military) and work to develop plans to shape the world in favor of U.S. interests. They are chiefly concerned with the broad trends and see technology as one among many tools that can be used to impact future events. The technologists, on the other hand, are generally involved in the development of a spectrum of specific scientific concepts and inventions. They are more focused on the ability of various technical advances to impact specific segments of the environment.

Naturally, there are many types of both strategic planners and technologists. Some planners are focused on the present environment, while others are involved with strictly military, political, or economic issues.

Likewise, technologists cover a wide range of interests and occupations, from pure research scientists with a single project to industry-wide or national science experts.

The key in conducting effective strategictechnical interaction is paring mutuallyoriented individuals from both communities and giving them specific tasking to perform.

Naval planning lends itself to such an undertaking. The maritime environment is very broad, of course, but it does present a somewhat limited field. Within the overall maritime planning process, many specific segments can be isolated that would lend themselves to strategic-technical planning. A few that come immediately to mind include: Surface ship construction for the next generation of warships. Used as an example

by Capt. Graham, the "Revolution at Sea" is well underway. The decisions about the next several classes of surface ships will be complex and indeed revolutionary. Strategy

can define the environment and challenges, while technology will set the limits and provide the answers. Questions of hull shape, propulsion, weapons requirements, and manning may have suprising answers. The same planning process combining strategic and technical vision can be profitably applied to submarines and aircraft as well.

The naval uses of space. Nothing will change naval warfare as much as the development of space during the next 50 years. The pure technologies that are being developed today must be shaped by strategic requirements that correctly predict the global warfighting environment. Particularly in space, our strategy must be farseeing enough to drive technology in the right directions.

Anti-submarine warfare. Much of our nuclear deterrent is based on the invulnerability of SSBNs. The technology to detect and attack these vital warships is changing constantly. Planners and technologists must work together on the long-term implications, both tactically and strategically, of advanced ASW. Electronic Warfare. The ongoing revolution in the ability of warfighters to control the electronic spectrum will continue over the coming decades. This is another area demanding close interaction between planners and scientists. Given the very technical nature of the field, this area may particularly lend itself to valuable cooperation between the warriors and the scientists.

Other areas where strategic plaiming could help focus technical efforts include development of composite steels and other advanced materials, research in superconductivity, and advanced propulsion systems with greatly enhanced energy efficiency.

The Navy is conducting a great deal of both strategic planning and technological research and development. On the strategic

side, the Naval War College and the staff of the CNO both have several key groups deeply involved in a wide range of strategic planning. Although the focus is generally on the current strategic situation (as it should be), each of these groups does a certain amount of analysis revolving around the future (20-40 year) global environment. On the technical side, a vast number of Navy laboratories and Navy-sponsored projects are conducting basic and specific research into a huge number of projects. While there is always a sort of generalized interaction that tends to occur on the CNO's staff in the platform and project sponsors domain, much of that "look" is within the 20-year window.

Capt. Graham's presentation emphasized the need for an "institutionalized process to ensure coordinated strategic ship research and development planning." This is a concept that has wide apphcation across a range of Navy strategic-technical plaiming. In particular, we need to look at the 20-40 year "window" from the viewpoint of environment/requirements (strategy) and reality (technology). This is happening to some degree throughout a variety of organizations, including a Long Range Planning Conference sponsored by the CNO to be held later this year that will bring warfighters and technologists together.

As the global environment becomes more complex and demanding, technology is expected to provide the answers. One of the tenets of basic American philosophy has always been that "science will find the answer." Clearly, however, technologists need to know the questions before they can find the answer. Strategic planning can "create the vision" to see the questions.

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The Answer Rear Admiral Winston Folk U S N (Ret.)

Many years ago, when promotion in the Navy was by seniority only, nothing short of death, physical disability, or a court martial operated to prevent an officer's slow but sure cUmb up the ladder of rank. Thus, fitness reports did not have the meaning they have these days and rugged individualism had a more favorable soil in which to grow and flourish.

In the case of Cdr. Robert Bruce MacGregor, individualism had flourished to a ruggedly marked degree and he had managed very well until he was ordered as Executive Officer of USS NIAGARA. There, MacGregor came up against Capt. John Charles Thomas, himself an individualist of the old school. It was almost a case of the Irresistible Force meeting the Immovable Object, but not quite. After all, Capt.

Thomas was the Commanding Officer and, therefore, had the whip hand. The two clashed frequently — and incandescently — but the Skipper, as might be expected, usually had the better of it.

The frustrated MacGregor kept seeking to put one over on his Captain and he writhed and seethed as he met with conspicuous lack of success. However, he was always smart enough never to give no cause to be put "under hack" or for a General Court. Day and night, the Exec thought and thought on the problem as to how he could hand Capt.

Thomas the short end of the stick. And, of course, it must be done in such a way that the Captain would be very well aware of the fact that he had been "had," but be unable to do anything about it. MacGregor was sure that there was an answer to everything, but what? How to find it? Convinced that there was an answer, he relaxed and bided his time.

At last, the opportunity for which MacGregor had been waiting so long arrived.

NIAGARA was ordered on an independent patrol in the South Seas. No target rafts were available, but, since Navy gunnery practice must go on, an uninhabited island was selected as a target. Practice runs were made on it for some days, and then came the day for the actual firing. The guns were fired, and seemingly all went off very well.

Unfortunately, however, some natives had chosen that day to land their canoes on the beach opposite to NIAGARA and out of sight.

A couple of "overs" had landed among the natives and killed two of them. Capt.

Thomas was in trouble. The island belonged to France, as did the home island of the

natives involved. Capt. Thomas visualized international repercussions unless he could manage to take steps to appease the natives before the report could get out. (This was before the days of radio, and the nearest cable was many miles away.) After some thought, he came up with his solution: Take up a collection for the natives from all hands on board. The sum that he expected to realize was such that he felt sure the native chiefs would be more than pacified by it.

Now Capt. Thomas was a tight man with the dollar, but, as Captain, he felt that he would have to give the largest amount, and word was unofficially passed along that the Skipper expected to contribute $50. Also, an unofficial guide was prepared as a suggestion — $25 from the Executive Officer, $15 from the Lieutenant Commanders, and so on down to the seamen, second class, who were expected to contribute a dollar each. In the official order, however, which the Exec drew up for the Captain's signature, it was emphasized that each individual was free to make whatever contribution he liked, or if he were so inchned, to make no contribution at all. No coercion was to be used, and as soon as the contribution was made — or, if none was made — the whole thing would be forgotten.

At this point, Cdr. MacGregor, all sugar and cream, suggested to the Captain that the simplest way to obtain the contributions was via a general muster.

A general muster involved the actual sighting of every member of the ship's company by the Captain and Paymaster. The Paymaster would call the roll, officers in order of seniority, then the chief petty officers, and so on. The officers and enlisted men would line up on the quarterdeck, and as his name was called, the individual would march past the Captain, salute, state his contribution to the Paymaster and go on forward. (The general muster went out of the Navy about the time ram bows and boarding pikes were discontinued, although NUGARA did have a ram bow and a full supply of boarding pikes!)

The Captain was charmed with the general muster idea, and thought to himself, "Perhaps I have misjudged MacGregor."

This, because in a general muster, each person would be forced to announce his contribution in front of the Captain. No "coercion," of course, but still, it was a bit of a "bite," and, undoubtedly, would increase

the total.

The time for the general muster came. The Paymaster seated himself well aft on the quarterdeck and prepared to call the roll and record the contributions. At a nod from the Captain, "Pay" started his roll call.

"Capt. John Charles Thomas."

"Fifty dollars."

"Cdr. Robert Bruce MacGregor."

"One hundred dollars."

A slight gasp went up at this. Apparently, it was worth quite a few dollars to Commander MacGregor to be able to call the Capt£iin a piker. The Paymaster recorded the contribution and continued with the roll call.

"LCdr. James William."

"At this point. Captain Thomas, redfaced and furious, interrupted, saying, "Just a minute. Paymaster. Stop the roU call. Start over."

"Aye, aye, sir," rephed the Paymaster.

Again he commenced.

"Capt. John Charles Thomas."

"Two hundred dollars."

"Cdr. Robert Bruce MacGregor."

With a look of scorn at the Captain, MacGregor spoke up: "Three hundred dollars."

This was really something — Skipper and Exec battling it out before the whole ship's company. The Paymaster kept his eyes close to his book as he called the next name, LCdr. James Williams."

Again, he got no further than that before the Captain broke in, now almost beside himself with rage. "Hold it there, Paymaster," he said, struggUng to keep his voice on an even keel. "Start the roll call again."

Once more, the Paymaster made erasures in his book and started over: "Capt. John Charles Thomas."

With a look at MacGregor, that for pure poison has rarely been equalled, the Captain said with fierce emphasis: "Five hundred dollars."

The Paymaster recorded that and then went on: "Cdr. Robert Bruce MacGregor."

With bated breath, all hands awaited Cdr. MacGregor's answer to that one. Pausing to savor to the full the dramatic moment, Cdr. Robert Bruce MacGregor looked over the officers and crew, then turned his head toward the Captain and gave him a sad, pitying look, and then, glancing up at the sky, casually gave his answer: "One dollar!"

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Board of Trustees Meeting Alumni H o u s e , 17 S e p t e m b e r 1 9 8 7

Executive Director's Report The Executive Director's Report appears at the beginning of the Annual Report in this issue.

President's Remarks After calling the meeting to order in Rickover Hall at 0900, RAdm. Robert McNitt '38, asked all present to "sound off" and identify themselves. It was determined that a quorum was present to do business.

The President welcomed all Trustees, observers and Committee members. He recognized Past Presidents, VAdm. P.D. Stroop '26 and VAdm. C.S. Minter, Jr. '37.

He took note of the new Trustees and mentioned that Trustee, Capt. Arthur J. Athens USMC '78 is now a White House fellow. The President asked a moment of silence in memory of those Alumni who had died since the last meeting. He particularly noted the passing of Past President VAdm. George C. Dyer ' 19, who had made almost every meeting since his retirement as well as the death of RAdm. Schuyler N. Pyne '26, Past Chairman of the House Committee.

The President reviewed the past four months since the last meeting and noted all trends were up and the Association is healthy. He spoke of the Capital Campaign emphasizing that it is important that the Trustees support such a campaign 100%.

After the Executive Director had each Cost Center Director review his own operation he introduced Mr. James A. Johnson of Ketchum, Inc., who brought the Trustees up to date on the Capital Campaign expressing confidence that the minimum goal of the

campaign is reachable. A March 1988 objective date for the kickoff of the Campaign is reasonable.

The Executive Director indicated that because of the very early date of this meeting the Audit was only available in Draft form.

The Chairman of the Finance Committee expressed his findings thus far and he was pleased with them. It was moved and passed to accept the preliminary report subject to the review by the Executive Committee of the final audit.

Committee Reports By-laws Committee — No report.

House Committee — Remphasized the fine appearance of the Association properties.

Information and Recruiting Committee — Capt. Flight made his report and noted that Radm. Eller '25 who had chaired this committee for 30 would be sorely missed.

"Judge" Eller is recovering from a stroke.

Membership Committee — Capt. Kenney recommended that the nominees for Associate membership be approved.

Nominating Committee — Mr. Bristow asked for further nominations, if any, to form the slate for next year's ballot for a President, Vice President Central Area and four Trustees-at-Large. (See All Hands.)

Superintendent's Remark RAdm. Ronald F. Marryott '57, 52nd Superintendent of the Naval Academy addressed the Board of Trustees and observers in the afternoon session. He brought them up to date on the Naval Academy. He emphasized the need for the Brigade Activities Center which has been a

need since 1948. He cited four recent occasions where it was clearly needed.

Briefings were made by Capt. H.W. Habermeyer '64, Commandant of Midshipmen, Dr. Karl Lamb, Academic Dean.

Dean Jack Renard '55, Dean of Admissions and Capt. J.O. Coppedge, '47, Director of Athletics.

Actions by tlie Board The Board delegated to the Executive Committee the authority for the final approval of the budget after recommendations of the Finance Committee. The Board approved the nomination of three Associate Members.

The date for the Spring meeting was set for 19 May 1988.

Homecoming 1987 Homecoming was the earliest in recent memory and may have had an effect on attendence. Still attendence was high and Crabtown was crowded for the weekend.

The Sun God frowned on the Midshipmen raindancers and the sky was clear enough for the Friday P-rade after some threatening skies in the morning. "It never rains on Worden Field!"

Events began with registration in the tent on the lawn of Alumni House on Friday at 180730 October. The shuttle bus from the Stadium to the Alumni House and thence inside the Yard to the Mid's Store had some initial problems in routing until it was realized that Brownson Road, north of Farragut Field is one-way (southwest).

Friday's subsequent events included the Prade on Worden Field which was reviewed by the Alumni Association's President, RAdm. Robert McNitt USN (Ret.) '38. A pep rally in T-Court got the team off to a good start but unfortunately, it required bigger medicine than that for a win over Lehigh the next day. Those fortunate enough to attend the "World's Largest Cocktail Party" in Dahlgren Hall were treated to libations and loudness, either of which cancelled out the other. Dinner in the Miss Hall (now King Hall, once Wardroom Mess, or Midshipmen's Mess et at) was excellent. Those so inclined remained in Dahlgren for dancing and remembering, grateful that they did not have to run back to Bancroft 40, 50 or 60 minutes after the last note of the "Star Spangled Banner."

On Saturday, the Alumni Assembly was held in Mahan Hall. RAdm. McNitt chaired the presentations. Remarks were made by the Superintendent, RAdm. Marryott and LGen. Joseph J. Went USMC representing the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Shipmate, December 1987

principal speaker was Adm. Carlise A.H. Trost USN '53, Chief of Naval Operations.

The Annual Golf Tournament on Friday was a success from the point of view of participants.

The squash tournament against the varsity was fun for all.

The destabilizing conditions attending last year's match were talked out and resolved satisfactorily. The BOWEN CUP competition appears to be on a firm basis again.

This year's matchees, coinciding with Homecoming as usual, were quite early and on warm courts. While Alumni fielded its best team in several years, Dave Brown's varsity is really top notch and prevailed 9-0, winning all the extended matches. We wish them a highly successful collegiate season.

Alumni players were Lloyd Abbot '65, Tom Bowler '67, John Griggin '86, Larry Dorita '80, Jack Fellowes '56, Len Nebons '74, Robin Pirie '55, Jeff Carlson '80, Jim

Carrington '48, Jim LeHo '87, Jay Connolly '80, Compie Newman '82, Chet Seto '78, Ron Spratt '71, Hal Bowen '33 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Captain/Manager.

Next year's match is scheduled for 1600 30 September 1988. Get ready. Let Hal Bowen know at 408 Crown View Drive, Alexandria, Va. 22314 (703) 751-1472 (home), or (703) 820-2500 (office).

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Questions and Answers Alumni Assembly 1987 1. Q. How have female graduates compared with males from same Classes in achievement and retention in service?

W.M. Shanhouse, '49 A. Women graduates are competing equally with their male counterparts for promotion.

In general, retention figures for female graduates compare favorably with males. In the following figures, supplied by Commander, Naval Military Personnel Command and Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, retention of female graduates is shown. Only those officers that have completed their initial obligated term of service are shown for computing Navy retention.

NAVY RETENTION Female grads Male grads Class MSR* on ACDU MSR* on ACDU 1980 44 29 (66%) 695 479 (69%) 1981 39 28 (72%) 479 335 (70%) 1892 45 32(71%) 563 500 (89%) Total 128 89 (70%) 1737 1314 (76%) MARINE CORPS RETENTION # Female grads # Female grads on ACDU Class Conmiissioned as of 1 Sep 87 1 (14%) 1980 6 (67%) 1981 4 (80%) 1982 Total 21 11 (52%) *MSR: Minimum Service Required â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the earliest date an officer can resign, after completing all active duty obligations. Data is as of 30 June 87.

2. Q. Prompted by recent national news, what instruction on ethics and/or morality is provided our Midshipmen these days?

H.M.S. Gimber, '57 A. Moral and ethical training for Midshipmen at the Naval Academy starts on Induction Day, Plebe Summer, and ends on Graduation Day, First Class Year. The development of a concept of moral and ethical behavior as a way of life with each graduate is part of the Naval Academy mission to prepare Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional Shipmate, December 1987

officers in the Naval Service. TJJiis mission is emphasized in every program at the Naval Academy and moral/ethical conduct is specifically stressed through the Honor Concept, formal classroom leadership training and in discussions with Brigade Officers, the ' faculty and staff.

3. Q. Too many young Naval officers are still not sufficiently practiced to be able to handle basic Naval correspondence/writing tasks. What are we doing to try to close the gap and give our engineers the ability to communicate correctly and effectively?

F.N. Howe, '60 A. Enlisted evaluations. Naval letters, memoranda, and point papers, the foundation of pro forma correspondence for a junior officer, are all taught in our Professional Development courses. Across the board in English, humanities and our technical courses, the importance and methods of clear, concise communications are being taught. Finally, for those who are in need of more help to polish their writing skills, our Writing Center was created to provide one-on-one assistance to Midshipmen.

4. Q. WUI the tape of the North-Webb boxing match ever be released?

D.J. Kurtz, '81 A. Brigade boxing matches are filmed for instructional purposes and are intended for Naval Academy internal use, not public release. Several media queries have been filed for release of the film and all requests have been denied.

5. Q. Why are some graduates being commissioned in the Air Force?

D.J. Kurtz, '81 A. A Memorandum of Understanding exists between the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force that allows for a limited number of interservice transfers to be granted every year. Normally these transfers are granted to the most qualified applicants whose commissions will maintain a family

tradition in the Air Force, or those who applied for, but did not receive, appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy. This program is a very limited opportunity based on a one-fbr-one exchange between the respective academies.

6. Q. I am concerned about the Electrical Engineering major. In a current class of 150 (sic) starting, only 28 remain in this major.

That is too few a number for a USNA class and the dropout rate is excessive. What's wrong with this program? Are you being fair to Midshipmen?

V. Obsitnik, '59 A. In our most recent graduating class, 48 of 95 Midshipmen who selected the Electrical Engineering major graduated with that degree. For the Class of '90, 37 selected the program and 36 are still in it. EE has always had the reputation as one of the toughest majors at the Naval Academy. To say the major is not fair is not correct; to say it is difficult is entirely accurate.

7. Q. What happened to the Blue and Gold recruiting program for appointees?

L.V. Junod, '46 A. The Navy Blue and Gold Program is very much alive and well! The Naval Academy Information Program (NAIP), as it is officially known, is under the cognizance of our Candidate Guidance Officer. Over 1,600 civilians, active, reserve, and retired officers all over the country serve to spearhead the primary counseling service of the Naval Academy. This "information arm" of the Candidate Guidance Office provides volunteers who assist in interviewing candidates for the Naval Academy, represent us at College Fairs and Career Days, and provide counseling for interested students.

8. Q. I think the dropping of the required language training for all Mids is unwise.

What is the thinking behind this?

C.H. Shaddeau, '47 A. In 1970, the Naval Academy adopted

the Majors program, which eliminated the one-year language requirement for all Midshipmen. Instead, Humanities majors are required to complete two years of language training. Technical majors are not required to take any language.

9. Q. Are formal discussions planned for the Brigade regarding the NSC staff and USS STARK incidents? If so, by whom and how will it be conducted?

D.B. Gough, '75 A. There is no plan to discuss either of these topics with the Brigade at this time.

When investigations into the USS STARK incident are available, and investigations into the Iran-Contra affair are completed, we will determine how best to incorporate lessons

learned into the Naval Academy program.

10. Q. With so many schools teaching medicine and so few teaching the military arts, why do we permit graduates to go into medicine rather than into the Fleet?

G.F. Swainson, '45 A. A miximum of 15 Naval Academy graduates per year are permitted to pursue a career in medicine. Each applicant who is selected is obligated to at least 12 years of service as a medical professional. One problem facing the Navy today is recruitment and retention of sufficient numbers of doctors to care for active duty, dependent, and retired people. The policy of permitting Naval Academy graduates to serve as medical doctors has provided a payback to the Fleet

every time a new doctor comes from the program.

11. Q. Why are two recent super athletes not required to meet their graduation obligations?

G.F. Swainson, '45 A. The Secretary of the Navy has announced his decision that both Ens. McCallum and Ens. Robinson will be required to serve their active duty obligations. Ens. McCallum will serve his full fiveyear commitment. Ens. Robinson is serving in the Officer Sea and Mariner program which entails two years' active and six years' reserve duty. ^

Brigade Activities

Jim Campbell '88

N e w s From Bancroft Hall and the Yard

Shawn James '89

The First Class attended a service selection update in October. Instead of sitting through the usual sUde presentation we enjoyed an upbeat talk from VAdm. Joseph Metcalf III '51, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare. In addition to detaiUng new developments in his field. Admiral Metcalf reduced the Navy and the Naval Academy to three simple words: "Ordnance on target." "TopSWO" even won over the world's toughest audience by revealing a less than perfect conduct record as a Midshipman. (Sorry, but if you want more specifics you will have to ask him yourself.) Thank you for your time. Admiral, and best wishes for your upcoming retirement.

The actor James Whitmore visited the Academy in October to stage his one-man show. Will Rogers, a two-hour recreation of the famous American humorist. The show played to a packed house in Mahan Hall and underscored how easily history repeats itself with references to gunboat diplomacy, government scandals, and religious fundamentalism. Mr. Whitmore, known for his roles on both the stage and screen, received a thunderous ovation from the predominantly Midshipmen audience.

Musical notes: The Glee Club and the Drum and Bugle Corps continue to represent the Naval Academy throughout the country.

The Glee Club has been invited to perform at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on 30 December 1987; this would be in conjunction with a tour to Los Angeles over Christmas leave. The D & B has received a simihar invitation from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas for New Year's Day. Both tours are tentative, and the groups need any form of support available! (Have you ever invited 80 10

Mids to dinner?)

Other planned appearances include (for Drum and Bugle Corps) the St. Patrick's Day parade in Miami, a Spring tour to Southern California, and the April Drum Corps Gran Prix in New York City. The Glee Club is organizing a Spring tour to New Orleans and Houston the first two weeks in March and another spot on NBC's Christmas in Washington special to be aired in December.

Finally, the Glee Club will present its Winter musical The King and I at Mahan Hall on 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, and 20 February at 2000, and Sunday, 14 February, at 1500. For tickets send $5/adult or $3.50/student to: Musical Tickets, Mitscher Hall, USNA Annapolis, Maryland 21402. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope and specify which performance and number of tickets desired.

The Big Game is quickly approaching.

Midshipmen throughout the Brigade are making plans for the Army-Navy weekend, 4-6 December. Hotel rooms are being reserved, aild dates are being made for the festivities in Philadelphia. Similar to last year, the weekend will kick-off on Friday with the Christmas Formal in Dahlgren Hall featuring bands from the D.C./Baltimore area. Of course, Saturday will be a big day beginning early in the morning with the bus ride to Philadelphia, followed by a full afternoon of spirited yelling and screaming for our favorite team. However, after the dust settles on the gridiron and the last notes of Navy Blue and Gold fade away, the celebration begins. This year, the Brigade Social Affairs Committee (BSAC) is planning the "Philadelphia Block Party" at the Pennsylvania Hall Civic Center. Contracts have

Tim Cherry '88

been drawn-up for a big-name band to provide the music. Equally as important to Midshipmen, though, is the food which will consist of traditional Philadelphia-style items such as cheese steaks, soft pretzels, and hot dogs. Several local girls' colleges have been invited and, as a result, it should be quite a party. When it finally ends at 0100, everyone should have had their fiU of great music, delicious food, and ample conversation.

Unfortunately for the Midshipmen, however, they will have a long bus ride back to the Academy where they must do battle with final exams which start 8 December.

Their only consolation is that the semester is almost over and leave begins on 17 December!

Visitors to the Yard this Winter will see something different among the familiar reefers and working jackets. A new "campus jacket" has been introduced this Fall and is being worn by the Class of '91.' The plan is to issue campus jackets to incoming Classes from now on, which will complete the transition by the Fall of 1990. The new jackets are black (or should that be navy blue?), and have patches that read "USNA" followed by the owner's Class.

Another change this Fall came directly from the Secretary of the Navy. When the Hon. Mr. James Webb spoke in October at a Forrestal Lecture, he announced his plans to change the official mission of the Naval Academy from the abridged version now learned by Plebes back to the more inclusive one memorized by earlier classes.

On the lighter side of things, Mr. Webb also assisted in the completion of a scavenger hunt that was produced by the Log. Apparently, one of the hottest items on the Shipmate, December 1987

list was a female Midshipman's cover that had been signed by the Secretary. When approached by a Midshipman (female, with cover) at a football game, he consented to giving her his signature on her hat.

Also in the Yard in October was a visiting ship: the USS O'BANNON ( D D - 9 8 7 ) , commanded by Cdr. Scott Slocum. She was joined over the weekend of the Air Force g£mie by a pair of unidentified F-14's which conducted fly-bys over Bancroft Hall during most of that Friday's noon meal formation.

Fall Sports: Brigade Intramural Champs At the battalion level, the 6th Batt was winner in half the competition with 1st and 3rd Batts shut out. The 3rd Batt did manage a winner in the company level sports and had a runner-up at that level too. The best the 1st Batt could do was a runner-up at company level.

The Brigade Champs at battalion level were: Boxing-4th Batt, Crew-6th Batt, XCountry-6th Batt, Fencing-6th Batt, Football-5th Batt, Powerlifting-6th Batt

Knockabout Sailing-2nd Batt, Squash-4th Batt, Tennis-5th Batt (tied by 2nd Batt but won in playoff), Water Polo-6th Batt The results of the three company level sports competition were: Racquetball-26th Company with 4th Company second.

Basketball-18th Company with 31st Company second, Soccer-26th Company with 17th Company second.

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The Mail Boat A Wartime Christmas Shipmate:

December 1942 found USS off Guadalcanal several times. I was Chief Engineer. We had been in an earUer firefight in the struggle and convoyed up to the Canal. Christmas week saw us there doing some patrolling between convoy duties. On Christmas day we fired about 850 rounds of 5" at the Japs on the Canal, in support of infantry actions.

The bridge watch composed the attached ditty on the 24th. PERKINS went into Tulagi Harbor during part of liK night, then was off early for the shore bombardment assi^ment.

A humorous incident happened early that Christmas morning. As we approached the beach not long after daybreak, the enemy was sighted. The skipper (RAdm. W.C. (Henry) Ford, '25) gave the order for the main battery to commence firing. As soon as this happened, a young lookout called the machine-gun officer and excitedly reported, "Sir, sir, there are PEOPLE over there where we're shooting!" True, and we were killing them on Christmas day! It was funny at the time but makes one reflect now.

PERKINS ( D D - 3 7 7 )

CHRISTMAS AT CACTUS 'Twas the night before Christmas And all through this trap.

Not a creature was stirring.

Not even a Jap. The boys had all read the dispatches with care.

In hopes that a transfer soon would be theirs.

But BuPers was involved in holiday routine.

Having all secured to the Stage Door Canteen.

So we steamed back and forth On the A/S patrol.

First eastward, then westward.

Never nearing our goal.

On, PERKINS, on, MUSTIN, on, ANZAC

corvettes.

We're fighting a war where the sun seldom sets.

When it does we can see By the light of the moon, Litde Save (the bastard) And sleepless lagoon.

Tonite we'll secure Out of enemy's reach.

But then with the dawn.

We'll be shelling the beach.

Oh, Christmas may come And Christmas may go, But the one in my dreams 12

Will be sans Tojo.

Then with the dawn I'll relax in my bed.

And there'll be no such thing As condition RED. Authored by the Bridge Watch USS PERKINS (DD-377)

24 Dec. 1942 Solomon Islands Waldron M. McLellon '41

Nautical Talk Shipmate: Further to Lt. A.L. Wilson's (Mailboat July-August) deUghtful list of things done in the Navy, how did he ever miss "reUeve the watch?" I can claim to have done everything on his Ust save one, "Rig ship for coaling" for which I substitute, "rig ship for dive," which the Register of Alumni Tables of Designators and Special QuaUfications tells one he should have done too!

George A. Hamilton '45

Kluge Shipmate: In the September issue Captain Arthur C. Smith's article "Sea Lords" was truly spine tingling. I was in the Fleet BalUstic Missile (FBM) Weapons System program at the time when "Red" Rabom was directing the simultaneous development of all FBM systems to a mind-boggling time table for concurrent completion. In the article there is a photo of RAdm. Rabom in USS GEORGE WASHINGTON with "Kluge" (nee Mr. Kluge) on his shoulder. For those curious as to the identity and origin of his "lucky monkey," please let me explain.

As all systems were being rushed to completion, my part was at Cape Canaveral where we were trying to develop and test a missile which would make the FBM system a viable addition to the U.S. arsenal.

Beginning in 1956 we successfully launched 24 test vehicles of several configurations to prove our design concepts, the best of which were to be embodied in the full scale vehicle.

In the Fall of 1958 we launched our first full size Polaris (AX-1). RAdm. Rabom was in the blockhouse. As the military test conductor I was in contact with the Superintendent of Range Operations (SRO). At launch, AX-l's programmer failed to start and she went straight up rather than to pitch down range. The USAF Range Safety Officer ordered destruct by radio. The two-stage

AX-1 separated. The second stage impacted in a firey display about 300 yards from the launch pad. The first stage ends stabilized at about 1500 feet altitude and started drifting toward the town of Cape Canaveral.

When I told RAdm. Rabom our "bird" was heading toward a populated jirea he said, "My God!" and dropped his head as if in prayer. To my knowledge he never returned to the blockhouse for a launch. The stage finally splashed safely into the Banana River thus becoming the first â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and hopefully only â&#x20AC;&#x201D; IBRM (Inner Banana River Missile).

AX-2 separated on ignition. The first stage just sat there and chuffed like a runaway locomotive. The second stage ignited and flew over our hangar scattering our people in all directions and impacted in an area of scrub palm and snakes. That, of course, started another ground fire. After our tremendous string of successes in the test vehicle program these potentially fatal failures plummeted morale to an abysmal low. I had to do something.

The Sunday after AX-3, another failure, my mother, who lived in nearby Cocoa Beach, invited me and my family over for dinner. She showed me a "stocking monkey" her sister in Baltimore had made and sent to her. While I was waiting for the meal to be served I started to play with it, twisting its mouth, moving its hat up and down and crossing its limbs. I discovered he had real character. Then the Ught came on.

"Mother," I asked, "Is it OK if I take this monkey and make him famous?" Not surprised at some of the strange things I've done, she laughed and rephed, "He's yours, but don't forget to send $2.50 to Aunt Helen.

I think she's selUng them." I named him "Mr. K for Kluge" which was later shortened to "Kluge," but due to his later very responsible tasks of missile success I always called him Mr. Kluge.

Next day I took him to the blockhouse.

He was immediately accepted by all hands in a manner best understood by men who know the value of a good mascot. We contrived a sort of countdown status display. By observing Mr. Kluge perched high on my console anyone in the blockhouse could tell by the tilt of his hat, the angle of his mouth whether or not his arms (legs, too, sometimes) were crossed, just how things were going.

As time has passed Mr. Kluge has been assigned a bunk in the blockhouse safe. He has been on hand on the blockhouse(s) and on board every submarine each time an FBM Weapon System missile launch has been Shipmate, December 1987

counted down. He was featured with RAdm. Rabom in a strip of the "Buz Sawyer" series.

He was the guest of honor at the FBM Weapon Systems' 30th anniversary in 1985.

He was only a stocking monkey but he became an admiral's good friend. They were a pair of winners.

H.M. Waddell '46

Adm. King and Command

Shipmate: In the mid-1920's, when the battleship admirals began to realize that aviation was becoming a potent new weapon and amphibious forces a necessity, they concluded also that there was a pressing need to train a group of meterologists to serve these new tactical forces.

In 1925, there were only two commissioned officer's and a small group of Nuclear Interviews aerological (meterological) ratings in the Navy. Steps were taken in 1926 to meet the Shipmate: Let the record show that R.B. Carney (' 16) fired thefirstpost mortem salvo need for more trained personnel by offering postgraduate study to officers and to expand at the Naval Academy's most controversial graduate, Hyman George Rickover. Here- the listed program. with, a modest, small caliber return by a After completing two years of postmember of his early staff (1949-1956). graduate study in aerology I was assigned to Adm. Carney, in describing Rickover's the staff of Fleet Air Wing Atlantic which was headquartered at the Naval Air Station, interviewing techniques as "sickening and cowardly," displays an incredible misunder- Norfolk. The aerological office was on the second deck of the administration building, standing of Rickover and his methods. above the office of the then-Commanding Younger officers and civilians who find themselves involved in demanding develop- Officer, Capt. Ernie King. ment projects would do well to study After I had served in my new assignment Rickover's management methods, since few for about six months, Capt. King's orderly programs in engineering history have been interrupted the daily map preparation one prosecuted more successfully. morning with "The Captain wants to see you For yejirs I have been puzzled by the right away." As I walked into his office and attention paid by Rickover's critics on the before I could say "Good morning Sir" he interviews. To those on his staff, the inter- extended his arm, shook his fist at me and views, in which all of us participated, were thundered "Young man, I understand you a relatively minor but welcome interlude have been interfering with my command." from a highly demanding schedule. Rick- Then pointing his finger he roared "Do you see that plane warming up out there? I'll be over's part concluded a "gentlemanly" in Washington in an hour, and if I find that examination of the candidate by the staff of you have been the instigator of the transfer civiUans and EDO's. The infamous interview by the Boss came after a consensus by the of some of my men, I'll give you a general court martial." staff which, to my knowledge, was seldom overturned. Rickover's interviews of canThe Navy Proving Ground at Dahlgren, didates who had been rejected by his staff Virginia, needed aerological service and the were either non-existent or poUte and short. detail officer in BuAer thought the request Promising candidates were usually fore- could be met by transfering the Chief warned to "keep their cool" in the face of Aerographer's Mate from Captain King's surprise questions or actions which were well command whenever Fleet and Air Station known to be HGR's trademarks. In short, persoimel were working together at the Naval his interview was a charade designed to put Air Station. the candidate off guard to test his reactions As soon as Captain King's plane took off, under stress. During these interviews Rick- I, too, took off to a telephone booth outover was intentionally offensive, as permit- side the gate of the Norfolk Naval Base ted by Paul Jones famous criterion. where I placed a call to the personnel desk I am of the opinion that Rickover's of BuAer, advising them that an enraged Capt. King was about to descend on them. methods of candidate screening produced an I was assured that the reassignment of the unusually successful crop of submarine Chief Aerographer's Mate in Capt. King's officers and staff engineers, and weeded out a few who obviously couldn't take a command was the Bureau's sound, logical small amount of character deflation. Like decision to meet the demands of the service.

Jimmy Carter, most found the experience Tho I passed within saluting distance of stimulating.

Capt. King several times during the ensuing weeks, he never displayed any sign that we While Adm. Carney's view of Rickover's personality undoubtedly represents the stan- had met previously, in a stormy session.

And about that Chief's transfer? Ernie dard opinion of a majority of senior flag officers, nevertheless, the salvo on the trivial King's reply, if in one of his milder moods, "Hell! Hell No!" interview issue was out of range and Fredrick J. Nelson '23 azimuth. The word "cowardly" as applied to Rickover should never have been loaded in the breech.

Archie P . KeUey '41

USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OFFICERS President RADM. ROBERT W . MCNITT USN (Ret.) '38,

Annapolis Maryland Vice President (Eastern Area) — LGEN. HENRY W . BUSE, JR. USMC (Ret.) '34

Severna Park, Maryland Vice President (Central Area) — MR. J. KiRBY EwiNG '45 Houston, Texas Vice President (Western Area) — MR. ARTHUR B . BRISTOW, J R . '45

Orinda, California Executive Director — CAPT. W . S. BUSIK USN (Ret.) '43,

Annapolis, Maryland Treasurer — CAPT. DANIEL M . TRUAX USN (Ret.) '59,

Annapolis, Maryland

TRUSTEES Past President — VADM. CHARLES S. MINTER, J R . , USN (Ret.) '37

Annapolis, Maryland Superintendent's Representative — CAPT. WH-LIAM P. DONNELLY C E C USN '65

USNA, Annapolis, Maryland At Large (To serve through Spring Meeting 1988) CAPT. ARTHUR J. ATHENS USMC '78 ADM. DONALD C . DAVIS USN (Ret.) '44 CAPT. JAMES A. KENNEY USN '58 LCDR. WESLEY A. BROWN CEC, USN (Ret.) '49

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1989) CAPT. ROLAND BRANDQUIST USN '60 LT. BARBETTE LOUNDES S C , USN '80 ADM. WESLEY L . MCDONALD USN (Ret.) '47 CDR. D . MICHAEL YOUNG U S N R '66

(To serve through Spring Meeting 1990) CAPT. LEO ERCK USNR (Ret.) '33 RADM. EDWARD J. HOGAN, J R . USN '54 MAI. JACK E . OWEN, JR. USMC '73 CAPT. THOMAS J. PORTER USN '66

From Local Chapters CAPT. JOHN R. WALES USN (Ret.) '51

Annapolis CDR. JAMES N . D'ORSO USN (Ret.) '52

Chicago MAJ. ANTHONY M . MARKS U S M C R (Ret.) '59

Connecticut RADM. RALPH H . CARNAHAN USN (Ret.) '47

Greater Washington, D.C. Assoc.

VADM. BERNARD B . FORBES USN (Ret.) '45

Hampton Roads

CAPT. EDWARD A. CHRISTOFFERSON USN (Ret.) '45

LOS Angeles CAPT. EUGENE A. HEMLEY USN (Ret.) '40

New York CAPT. WILLL\M F . LAVALLEE USN (Ret.) '55

North Texas CDR. HARRY G . DITTMANN SC USNR '67

Philadelphia

CAPT. CARLETON A. K. MCDONALD USN (Ret.) '48

Puget Sound

CAPT. EDWARD E . KERR USN (Ret.) '43

San Francisco CAPT. ERIK C . WOODS USMCR '64

Texas Gulf Coast

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All Hands Slate of Nominees for 1988 Election

Memorabilia

The Nominating Committee has presented the following slate for offices to be filled in the 1988 elections of Officers and Trustees of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association: President: VAdm. Robert B. Baldwin, USN (Ret.) '45 Vice President Central Area: Mr. Jay G. McKie '47 Trustees-at-Large: Mr. Pies J. Bruce, Jr. '77, Capt. John A. Butterfield USN '59, Cdr. Stanley J. Carter, Jr. USN '65, Capt.

H. Wayne Goodroe USNR '65, Capt. James A. Kenney USN '58, Lt. John K. Morrow USN '84, Cdr. Charles A. Perkins SC USN '71, Mr. Dean L. Strong '53.

A collector of naval memorabilia who is also the grandson of the late-Capt. George L.P. Stone USN (Ret.) '94, wishes to hear from anyone with launching tickets and/or invitations to U.S. Navy launching ceremonies for ships from 1890 to 1935. Contact Kenneth Kogan, 7802 Pine Road, Philadelphia, Penna. 19118 for further information.

Improved Hornet The newest version of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-I8 Hornet strike fighter was delivered to the U.S. Navy two weeks ahead of schedule.

Designated the F/A-18C, the new Hornet can protect itself with the latest electronic radar-jamming gear and the advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM). This Hornet can also use the infrared imaging Maverick air-to-ground aircraft.

Navy and Marine Corps plans call for purchasing more than 700 F/A-18C and twoseat D aircraft.

The new strike fighter was flown from St. Louis to the Naval Air Test Center at Pax River, where the plane is scheduled for testing through next Spring.

Since it entered service with the Navy and Marine Corps in 1983, the Hornet has been continually upgraded. This latest round of improvements has substantially increased the Nomet's capabilities. McDonnell Douglas has delivered some 415 F/A-18 As and Bs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the previous designations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the Navy and Marine Corps.

The new Hornet will protect itself from enemy weapons systems by using the airbome self-protection jammer (ASPJ) to confuse enemy radar signals.

Also included in this upgrade program are a faster, higher capacity mission computer; a flight incident recording and monitoring system (FIRAMS); and provisions for reconnaissance equipment and the Navy aircrew common ejection seat.

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New Aegis Cruiser Christened PRINCETON

The sixth surface vVarship of the United States Navy's fleet to be named in commemoration of a famous January 1777 Revolutionary War battle fought in New Jersey was christened PRINCETON at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton on Saturday, 17 October.

The new ship is the eleventh of 15 Aegis guided missile cruisers under contract to Professor Olsen

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Ingalls by the Navy. Principal speaker was The Honorable Jim Courter, New Jersey's Twelfth Congressional District and member of the House Armed Services Committee.

Mrs. Warren William Bradley, mother of New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, was chosen by the Navy as CG-59's sponsor, and broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the new cruiser's bow.

Other participants in the christening ceremony included: VAdm. Joseph Metcalf III, USN '51, VCNO for Surface Warfare, RAdm. James B. Greene Jr., USN, Aegis Shipbuilding Program Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command; and Capt. Michael G. Simpson, USN, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Pascagoula.

The Navy's Aegis program, of which PRINCETON is the newest ship, is designed and built to coimter all present and projected missile threats to the Navy's battle forces.

Aegis ships will provide primary protection for those forces well into the next century.

CG-59's Aegis Combat System, the heart of her warfighting capabihty, is a significant advance in fleet air defense. Four fixed array radar antennae, mounted on the four sides of the ship's superstructure, replace conventional rotating radars, enabling the ship and her erew to " s e e " in all directions simultaneously.

PRINCETON is equipped with the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS), a multiwarfare missile launching system capable of firing a mix of missiles against airbome, surface and underwater threats. VLS is modular in design with modules symmetrically grouped to form laimcher magazines, located both fore and aft on the ship's deck. Each module contains all the necessary components for launching functions when interfaced with CG-59's Aegis Combat System.

Aegis cruisers are large ships, 567 feet long, with a beam of 55 feet. Four gas turbine jet engines power the 9,500 ton ships to speeds in excess of 30 knots.

SecNav Fellow Program Professor Mancur Olson of the Economics Department of the University of Maryland and Professor Dennis Stevens of the Pohtical Science Department of Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, have been selected as the first two Secretary of the Navy Fellows at the U.S. Naval Academy.

The Fellows program is designed to enhance the academic excellence of Naval Academy programs with the teaching and Shipmate, December 1987

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Attentive to Our Duty Captain LeRoy T. Taylor U S N (Ret.)

We sail the ocean blue.

And our saucy ship's a beauty.

We're sober men and true.

And attentive to our duty.

HMS Pinafore Gilbert and Sullivan Our ship was built in Bath, Maine, and in the Fall of 1938 was placed in commission at the Boston Navy Yard. At 1,850 tons she was a large destroyer for that time. We had seven officers and 185 men. The Torpedo Officer, who was also the Ship's Service Officer, had been one of my Naval Academy roommates. I was Communications and Tactical Officer, Ship's Secretary, Commissary Officer, Postal Officer, a watch and division officer, and Wardroom Mess Caterer (I was permanently assigned this last duty; there was never any mention made of an election).

Making all those corrections in the registered publications with red ink would take a lot of time, and the fact that my chief commissary steward couldn't add and subtract well enough to handle the ration book by himself brought on more paper work. I felt like The Little Red Hen. We were scheduled to leave in January 1939 on a shakedown cruise, calling at Bermuda, Barbados, Rio de Janiero, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Puerto Belgrano, and at Guantanamo on the way home. Then in December we were told that the ship would spend Christmas at the Washington Navy Yard before starting on the cruise. Many of the ship's company had just found places for their families to live in Boston.

In Washington the first scheduled event was a large buffet lunch on board shortly after our arrival at the Navy Yard, to which certain important people had been invited.

As Wardroom Mess Caterer it would be my first big operation. But our allowance of wardroom table linen was not large enough to take care of the number of people coming to lunch. What would Farragut do?

Just ahead of us at the dock was the President's yacht. The President's Naval Aide was living on board her. I had known him in my previous assigiunent where I had been a communications watch officer and he had been the Operations Officer on a type commander's staff. I used to draw track charts Shipmate, December 1987

for him when he wrote his operations reports. He was always fatherly to us J.O.s on the staff. Then in an evening watch there had come a telephone call from the White House and he was taken away to be the President's aide and promoted to captain.

Later, as a rear admiral, he would be killed in a cruiser night action off Guadalcanal. I went up the dock and aboard the yacht and called on him. After we had talked a bit of yesterdays I told him my tale of woe. He understood how momentous my problem was and in his kindly way lent me all the linen I needed. Our guests never knew they were wiping their mouths on the President's napkins.

Our cruise south was interesting in various ways, not all of them pleasant. At Bermuda we exchanged calls with HMS ORION, which we would encounter again in our Neutrality Patrol role. At Barbados we were hospitably entertained; the Lambeth Walk was all the rage then. In Rio it was Carnival time. Being on the social marathon for three days and nights and having to stand non-destroyer heel and toe watches on the quarterdeck were hard on the constitution. In Buenos Aires we bought as much Argentine beef as we could safely stow in the ship. At eight cents a pound for good cuts it was much below the price we were paying for beef on Navy contracts at home. At our luncheon on board for their CNO one of the Argentine captains asked me how old I was. I meant to tell him that I would be twenty-six in a few months but said "enpocos minutos" instead of "en pocos meses." He said, "You are very accurate." From Buenos Aires the charge d'affaires at the American Embassy there took passage with us to Mar del Plata. Since he came aboard after sunset we gave him night side boys with six battle lanterns at the gangway. Later on he served at our embassy in Vichy after the fall of France.

The beginning of the pampero season made our visit to Mar del Plata an uncomfortable one since there was little shelter in the port. As we were going in to Puerto Belgrano a boat with our pilot came alongside. The pilot was an Argentine Navy lieutenant from one of the ships based there.

Since the visions of South America that had always danced in my head had been colored by such names as Rio Rita, Dolores del Rio, Caesar Romero, and Carmen Miranda I was somewhat disenchanted when this officer said his name was Hugh Patrick Conway. As we had the special sea detail set I was the O.O.W. The Captain legally had the conn.

The pilot would tell me in Spanish what to do and I would tell the helmsman. I didn't always understand what the pilot said so I would tell the helmsman what appeared to be the correct thing to do. "Red, Right, Returning." Fortunately for me the Captain thought all was going well.

While we were in Puerto Belgrano the commander of the naval base there asked the Captain and the Executive Officer to dinner at this quarters. About noon of the day of the dinner the Captain called me to his cabin and said he wanted to take four corsages to the ladies at the party and told me to get them that afternoon. Just like that. Since there were no florist's shops in Puerto Belgrano I got into the automobile that had been put at our disposal and asked the driver to take me to Bahia Blanca, the closest town of any size, which was about 30 miles away.

There I went into the first florists's shop I sighted and asked the owner, in my fluent Naval Academy Castilian, if she would make me four corsages while I waited. She said she was so sorry for me, but they didn't make corsages there. Then I told her that if she would let me have the flowers and the wire, ribbon, and other tackle I would make them myself. So into the workroom at the back of the shop we went and in less than an hour, with the woman looking on, I made four corsages. That bachelor of science degree pays off. Later I heard they went over well at the party. I never told the Captain what had happened.

The last stop before reaching home was Guantanamo. Although we had been eating beef two or three times a day we still had more on board than we could consume before arrival in the United States. Because of some silly law which forbade importing Argentine beef (something about hoof and mouth disease) we had to get rid of it before 17

we got home. Accordingly, we sold what we had left, at a little under Navy contract price, to the other ships that were in Guantanamo.

This netted us a nice profit and did more than balance the ration book.

We returned to Boston in a cold Spring, and that Summer was spent there for work on the ship before going to the West Coast to join the Fleet. While we were in Boston the new division commander came aboard and broke his pennant, and I became his oneman staff, in addition to my other duties.

Working for him was an interesting experience; much of his career in recent years had been spent in Washington weaving in and out among the Naval hierarchy.

At the end of August 1939 we left Boston for Newport to pick up our torpedoes at the Torpedo Station. While alongside the dock there after having taken on a full load we received an encrypted signal addressed to all ships and stations saying that the Germans had entered Poland, that there was bombing and fighting on all sides, something about shooting a lot of Polish "pheasants", and that we should govern ourselves accordingly (whatever that meant).

When the Neutrality Patrol was established in early September we were back in Boston where the Commodore formed the four ships of his division, along with some Coast Guard cutters, into the Grand Banks Patrol.

For the next two or three months our ships were on station in rotation looking for signs of German presence in the area from HaUfax south to New York. Nothing undesirable was encountered except the weather. At one time we were ordered to join and escort an American merchantman returning from Europe which, it was reported, might be sunk "under circumstances similar to the ATHENIA." We met her in the eastern Atlantic and brought her into New York.

One day while we were alongside the dock at the Boston Navy Yard our leading ship's cook had a flareback from his recent marital misfire. Word came from the quarterdeck that his ex-wife, from whom he had been divorced for some time, was on the dock with a policeman and wanted to see him. As his Division Officer I went with him to the gangway. There the policeman started to come aboard with some sort of paper.

RecalUng what Naval Courts and Boards had to say about local law officers serving papers on board Naval ships, I told him and the woman to stay on the dock and we talked to them from the quarterdeck. She said she was pregnant and that the ship's cook was responsible. He denied it in the most number of words. After they had gone he told me about how she had been fooling around with several other men. Then I asked him if she 18

could possbily be correct in what she said about him. With a sigh he replied, "Gosh, Mr. Taylor, when you get cut by a buzz saw, you don't know which tooth hit you."

In late November our Division was sent to the Gulf of Mexico to set up the West Gulf Patrol, based on Galveston. As soon as we arrived I went ashore to the police station to get the information I needed in order to write the shore patrol order for the Commodore.

The police were most cooperative. They put me in a car with an escort who took me to all the houses in town where I met every madam. As I in my blue service uniform and wearing the SP brassard was introduced to each of them they all praised their girls, told me how well they were looked after, and invariably ended by telling me to send our boys to them "and you come, too." When I reported back to the Commodore I naively told him everything that had been said.

Later, when the older officers and their wives began to kid me about it, I was surprised and my youthful dignity somewhat shaken.

The German consul in Galveston was a lifetime resident there, a member of a good old Galveston family of German origin.

When the British appointed a retired Royal Navy captain to be convoy control officer there the German consul, obeying his instincts of Southern courtesy and ignoring the fact that Germany and Britain were at war, had called on the newcomer, the British captain, to welcome him to town.

The principal matters of concern in our patrol area were the likelihood of German submarines being fueled in the Gulf of Campeche and the possible movements of three German merchantmen at Tampico and the big German liner COLUMBUS which was anchored in Anton Lizardo Cove at Vera Cruz. From his office on the waterfront the U.S. consul at Tampico could keep an eye on the merchantmen there, but one of our ships was always off Tampico and another was off Vera Cruz watching COLUMBUS. Mexican gunboats appeared to be unusually sensitive about the sanctity of their territorial waters.

On Christmas Eve the Commodore received an encrypted signal from one of our USS UTAH Pearl Harbor

ships on patrol station. Thinking it might report that the German ships were making their getaway, I hurriedly and with great anticipation, broke the message down. It came out to read: "Plum duff pudding, pumpkin pie; Merry Christmas, the goose hangs high."

Eventually the ships at Tampico and COLUMBUS at Vera Cruz broke out and headed eastward across the Gulf. All our ships followed them, sending out their position, course, and speed periodically in the old restricted cipher, for the benefit of the British. After passing the Florida Straits the merchantmen were driven onto Port Everglades by HMS ORION. COLUMBUS encountered a British destroyer and scuttled herself.

Many years later in England at the home of a Royal Navy officer friend I saw a brass boat compass that had come from one of the lifeboats of COLUMBUS.

While we were out on this chase there was a big party at the Galvez Hotel for a group of that year's debutantes. As a few of us were living at the Galvez (on the pay of a lieutenant j.g.) some of the local women insisted that our wives come on to the party without their husbands. The German Consul was there. One of the first questions he asked our wives was where were their husbands. Out on some exercise, he was told.

Early in 1940 we went around to the West Coast and joined the Fleet in San Diego, becoming part of Destroyers, Battle Force.

We spent some time operating with the Fleet using the Destroyers, Battle Force Tactical Instructions, the "Yellow Peril," the book with the yellow cover, and carrying out night search and attack exercises at high speed, with ships darkened, and before there was radar. During these night affairs the atmosphere on the bridge brought to mind that old simile of the pregnant fox in the forest fire.

In the last Spring of 1940 we were sent to Hawaii where our first operational assignment was on patrol the Defensive Sea Area off the entrance to Pearl Harbor, checking the fishing boats, many of which were manned by local Japanese. We had a list of the registration numbers of the boats that were allowed to enter the area.

As Summer came the Commodore was ordered away to larger and more significant endeavors. In time he rose to the top of the Naval tree. The Captain stayed on and later the ship went back to the Atlantic. In July, I left under orders to the East Coast for duty with our first motor torpedo boat squadron, traveling by first available government transportation to the West Coast in a battleship. My Classmate was transferred to UTAH in Pearl Harbor as a member of the ship's company. He is still there. ^t Shipmate, December 1987

The Treaty Cruiser

PENSACOLA

Captain D o n a l d I. T h o m a s , U S N (Ret.)

My first exposure to the so-called Treaty cruisers was when I was assigned to one at graduation in 1932. Six of '32 were ordered to the first ship of the class, PENSACOLA, (CA-24) with orders to report by 30 June, the last day of the fiscal year. I suppose the Bureau wanted to clear our heavy transportation expenses off the books before starting the new fiscal year; all budgets were tight in those Depression years. In 1932 cruisers were the smallest ships to which newly-graduating Ensigns were sent; none went to destroyers, flight training or submarine school until satisfying the two-year probationary period stated in our comissions. We had chosen cruisers over battleships in hopes of earlier responsibihties and "top watch" status. PENSACOLA had no J.O. mess; we were wardroom officers, albeit members of the lowly "fourth ward." Our skipper was Capt.

David Worth Bagley; Cdr. Joseph Baer was the Exec and Cdr. W.L. Ainsworth was the Navigator.

PENSACOLA had been in commission for only two years, the first of an eventual 18-ship group of "Treaty" cruisers. She was an unusual ship in many respects: Her low, flush-deck design had comparatively-little freeboard, making her quite "wet" in heavy weather, particularly up forward. All later classes had raised forecastles. She had a distinct sag amidships that earned her the wartime nickname of "Swayback Maru."

She was very lightly-armored; only three inches of vertical belt and one-inch deck armor.

She carried the heaviest main battery of any of these cruisers: ten guns in four turrets wdth two triple turrets superimposed over two twin turrets, both fore and aft. Three triple turrets became standard in later ships.

She had no plotting room for control of the 8" battery. Main fire control station was 120 feet above the waterline atop the forward tripod mast. I well recall it was a crowded and precarious place in rough weather. All later ships had below-decks plotting rooms.

She carried very inadequate AA armaShipmate, December 1987

ment: four 5"/25 cal. open mounts, two per side amidships, and virtually no close-in automatic weapons. Later classes, starting with INDIANAPOLIS, had four 5" on each side.

All ships were given considerably more closein protection early in the War.

She carried four scout/observation float seaplanes but had no hangar for their stowage or maintenance. All later ships had hangars.

She mounted two triple 21" torpedo tubes, one per side amidships. These were removed before the War both for tactical reasons and weight compensaion.

Her four engines were powered by eight low-pressure, non-saturated steam boilers; working pressure was only 300#. They were in two enormous boiler rooms — a distinct damage control liability in battle and an arrangement not repeated in later classes, which had four boiler rooms.

For economical steaming, she had cruising turbines that could be hydraulically engaged or disengaged from the high pressure turbines. They were used in steady steaming below about 16 knots. This feature was unique to PENSACOLA and SALT LAKE CITY.

Principally due to the design of her stern, she vibrated quite badly, but was very

smooth at 25 knots.

Her low center of gravity produced a quick ten-second roll, making her uncomforably lively in rough weather.

PENSACOLA'S quick roll became evident on her shakedown cruise. In a moderate Atlantic storm she snapped out her fore topmast and dislodged some 100 feet of bilge keel.

To correct this, the Navy Yard added ballast, strengthened and enlarged her bilge keels and installed experimental anti-rolling tanks, which weren't large enough to do much good. She was then sent to sea with orders to "find a storm." She spent several weeks in the Atlantic chasing every promising storm without finding one. Not long afterweu^ds she was deployed to the Pacific and her homeport of Long Beach.

When I reported on board in June 1932, PENSACOLA was flying the "meat ball," the red and black battle efficiency pennant of the cruisers. Her winning was mainly the result of an exceptionally-high score in the annual long-range battle practice fired several months earlier. Luck rather than excellent gunnery performance prevailed, because it developed she had a short-circuited firing key. When the opening salvo rippled out in a most unexpected manner, the control officer apparently sized up the situation and told the director operator to keep his crosswires continually on the horizon mstead of waiting for them to cross the horizon on the ship's roll.

With a short-circuited firing key, each mount fired as soon as the turret officer threw his ready switch. To compound the error, some turret officers started throwing their ready switches a moment early, while the guns were still coming up to firing elevation, on the mistaken belief that his turret was holding up the salvo. The fall of shot pattern became wildly erratic — some five miles at times — but enough hits were somehow registered to save the day. The elapsed time of the "shoot" was the loading time of the guns, and that set an all-time record. Our sisterships, particularly our archrival. SALT LAKE CITY, whose gunnery

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officer was Jerauld Wright (later CincLant) gave us a hard time on that one.

Early in 1933 PENSACOLA took part in the aimual "Fleet Problem" which took the whole fleet to the Hawaiian area, and gave me my first visit to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. Waikiki Beach was then a sleepy seaside town with almost no shops, restaurants or tourist attractions. The oldtimers there were still bemoaning the desecration of the shore line by "that pink monstrosity," the Royal Hawaiian Hotel which dwarfed the neighboring Moana and for them ruined the entire landscape. Were they to see the place now!

A preview of things to come in the War took place when the heavy cruisers were teamed with carriers LEXINGTON and SARATOGA for the return to the mainland under command of Adm. Harry E. Yamell.

Part of the exercise was to make air strikes against installations in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas. Opposition were coastbased Navy patrol aircraft and Army Air Corps pursuit planes. Our overnight highspeed nm-in avoided detection and the raids achieved surprise. On another occasion a similarly-composed task force built around " L E X " and "SARA" conducted surprise air strikes on Pearl Harbor, a tactic not lost in the Japanese.

Soon after our rettim to the West Coast, a severe earthquake struck the Long Beach area on 10 March 1933. I was aboard ship when it struck at about 1730. Registering a magnitude of 6.3, it shook up the ship quite a bit, making us wonder about an underwater explosion. Learning it was an earthquake, we next worried about the possibility of a seismic or "tidal" wave and made preparations to leave port, as we were all anchored-out in an exposed open roadstead.

These were before the days of the present Los Angeles Harbor breakwater. When that danger passed without affecting us, we turned our attention to landing rescue parties, which were landed by all the ships. I went ashore in charge of a small rescue detachment, and we did what we could to help the local authorities cope with the disaster.

The devastation we saw in Long Beach was pretty bad. Many of the older houses had collapsed or had been knocked off their foundations. Fallen bricks, roofs and whole sides of houses Uttered the streets and sidewalks.The larger, more modem downtown buildings seemed to have taken very little damage, but nearly all the city's school buildings were severely damaged. Roofs of mnay just collapsed; fortunately, the 'quake occured after school hours, or loss of life would have been high. Loss of hfe was surprisingly low, about 120 persons.

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In 1933 the Los Angeles area was nowhere nearly as built up as it now is. Small communities hke Torrance, Lyimwood, Carson and Artesia were separated by open fields and there were no freeways — just two or four lane roads. These communicites looked to the fleet for help, and some rescue parties were sent to many of them. One of my Classmates, the last-Jack Counihan, was sent to one of these — Lynnwood, I beUeve — in charge of the LOUISVILLE detachment.

When he hadn't returned after a week, the Exec was prompted to ask "I wonder whatever happened to Mister Counihan?"

He was finally located behind the mayor's desk in the City Hall, having a wonderful time running the city government. He apologized for not rising when the Shore Patrol Officer arrived, saying he had sent his trousers out to be pressed.

Some of the F*ENSACOLA wives and children whose housing ashore was uninhabitable were moved out to the ship. Among the "refugees" were Capt. Bagley's wife and three sons. Two of these, Dave and Worth, were later to wear four stars. As J.O. of the forecastle division, it was sometimes my duty to ride herd on these three Uvely youngsters and see that they didn't fall overboard or get into mischief. Some dogs and cats were also brought on board, to the displeasure of the deck divisions that had to clean up after

them. Within about a week the families were all back ashore, pets too.

In April of that year, PENSACOLA was sent east to the New York Navy Yard for a threemonth overhaul. There was a need to find work for idle shipyard capacity on the East Coast because nearly the entire Fleet was on the West Coast. We returned to Long Beach some six months later.

The 1934 Fleet Problem was in Panama, at conclusion of which the entire fleet transited the Canal and sailed to various ports on the East Coast for the Summer. There was also a fleet review by President Roosevelt. Upon arrival at New York I was detached with orders to destroyer duty.

PENSACOLA was to have a distinguished fighting career during the war. In the night action off Tassafaronga, she took a torpedo hit in the after engine room, putting her out of action for nearly a year. Heroic damage control measures prevented her from sinking. She returned to the forward area in time to take part in the closing campaigns of the war.

PENSACOLA and her sistership SALT LAKE CITY survived the war, but were no match for the nuclear weapons exploded at Bikini in 1946. Her final resting place is at the bottom of Bikini Lagoon. That accompUshed what the Japanese Navy was unable to do in the war.

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Nativity

Captain J a m e s R. H a n s e n U S N (Ret.)

My second, almost consecutive tour with the seventh Fleet on HIGBEE was due to a most austere budget cutting imposed on all our Armed Services. In the Navy, no one ship had more than two-thirds of her normal peacetime operating complement. Many ships could not operate unless they borrowed key personnel from other ships. At this time, our commander was the late-VAdm. Roscoe Good, a rather short, bald-headed person just packed and brimming with energy; you could say jet-turbo propelled. He did everything in a great rush. Even his much taller aides had considerable difficulty trying to keep up with him when he was walking. Admiral Good's pet peeve was combat readiness, and this we had to have even though we had only two-thirds of our peacetime complement which was less than half of our wartime complement. He constantly drilled and drilled us as if we were in a war zone and would engage our enemy at anytime.

As usual, we were based at Tsingtao and covered from the Japanese Islands, the east coast of China, the PhiUppines and the India Ocean area. On this occasion, our two cruisers and eight destroyers were on a good will mission to the Philippines, Bangkok, Singapore, Calcutta, Trincomalee, Bombay and Karachi.

En route on this trip, during daytime, we were constantly passing mail between one another, or Jake the Plumber (dummy); often while we were using a zigzag plan to avoid "enemy" subs. At night we often did the same things but under darkened ship procedures. Each night one of our ships was appointed to be the duty ship on a rotational basis, and once each watch the duty ship had to fire a star shell over the formation and all the other ships in the formation had to train a five-inch gun mount onto this star shell and fire at it with a similar projectile. The Admiral, always on the flag bridge, would time you by stop watch and on the voice radio comment on yoiir slowness on opening up on the first star shell as well as on your accuracy. Due to the dire shortage of Shipmate, December 1987

qualified personnel, we all had to stand "watch and watch" (four hours on duty and four hours off duty consecutively) to be able to man a five-inch gun mount.

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The skippers normally slept in their chairs on the bridge to be present and to give the commence firing order to the gun mount, after checking that the gun was pointed at the star shell and not at another ship in the formation.

The skippers formed a pool of $20 apiece, for whoever never received an adverse comment from the Admiral on his own ship's accuracy or slowness, would win the pool.

But the Admiral apparently never slept as none of us won this pool.

While we were at Singapore, we had two casualties at the British Royal Navy fuel docks. HIGBEE was tied up just outboard of the flagship. In the morning the flagship was receiving fuel from the tanks up on the top of the hills above the docks. The communications from the ships to the hill-top tanks were very poor to say the least. At this time, the flagship was making full preparations for an

elaborate party for foreign diplomates, dignitaries, etc., to be held in the afternoon. All ships woiild participate. About halfway through fueling the flagship, the old fuel hose burst right on the starboard quarterdeck and fuel oil squirted all over the white teak decks and the superstructrues. Of course, there had to be a good breeze at that time which carried much of the oil spray over onto us, covering the starboard side of our superstructure and decks. The skipper of the flagship plaintively suggested that he would greatly appreciate any assistance that any of our ships could supply in the way of personnel, sterilized rags and kerosene to help clean up this awful mess. The Admiral then gave directions for each ship to send two bales of rags and as many personnel as possible to the flagship. At this time, each bale of rags cost each ship over $100 apiece and all ships were very short of rags. But we had to clean up the flagship before the party this coming afternoon, which we did.

On the following morning, HIGBEE was scheduled to fuel from the same British fuel tanks and I was doing just that when the most senior British flag officer came aboard with Adm. Good for a quick inspection of HIGBEE and the two destroyers just outboard of her. All my crew were in whites except the fueling detail. Apparently, the British Admiral had heard about the fueling casualty aboard the flagship the day before and after the inspection party had inspected HIGBEE, he asked Admiral Good whether he would mind if they went to our fueling station to see if the fueling was progresing along satisfactorily. Adm. Good concurred, so all the inspection party went to our midships fueling station just aft of our bridge. Our fueling trunk was an open, oval shaped standing pipe-like structure, into which one would stick the open end of the fuel hose as far into the open manifold as possible and lash the fuel hose to the open manifold. This manifold opened into the largest forward fuel tank from which all the other forward fuel tanks could be filled. We were almost completely full of oil and told the native fuel21

ing detail on top of the hills to quickly cut down on the flow of fuel by at least 90-95%, so that we could "top-off on fuel. As we were all gathered about this open manifold, all in whites except the fueling detail, two very large bang-like exlosions occurred. It soimded as if we had fired a five-inch gim mount, twice in succession. Fuel oil gushed up our of the open manifold, hit the overhead just above us and covered everyone within 20 feet completely with fuel oil.

Adm. Good, looking at me through the fuel oil dripping off his scrambled egg visor on his cap said, "Hansen, how are you going to explain this fiasco to our guest the British Admiral?," who, unfortimately was wearing his sword and fully bedecked with medals. All of us looked like black sambos who had just rolled in a large tar pit. My reply was, "Admiral, I can only guess that the native men at the tanks at the top of the hill were trying to clear the fuel line with compressed air and they used too much pressure." This episode really finished the inspection of HIGBEE and the other two destroyers that were outboard of us. BeUeve it or not, our Admiral did not ask the other ships to send any rags to help us clean p this mess. He was furious!

The ruler of Johore State just across the straits from Singapore invited the officers of our task group to a late afternoon party at his palace. Naturally, all of those not on watch or duty were pleased to go. The party was held on the spacious grounds of the palace. There were several orchestras and stages on which lovely native dances were performed by gala decorated dancers. Many colored lanterns were hung amongst the trees, and beautiful native girls dressed in silk safaris embroidered with gold and silver threads and heavily bedecked with their dowry jewelry seemed to float about the gardens dehvering drinks and hors d'ouvres.

It was hke being in a fairy land, most exotic and enchanting.

Prior to starting out on this long good will trip, the Admiral had called all skippers to his flagship and effectively warned us that he would not in any way tolerate any of his officers, while at any official function, become noticeably under the influence of alcohol. If they did, they could be sure to have a general court martial for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. So the skippers passed this word along to their officers. At this fancy party, several junior British naval officers helped the bartenders on how to serve drinks to the gullible Americans. Basically, only scotch was served and our drinks were normally a glass full of scotch and maybe a tiny squirt of soda water.

None of us would ever touch a drop of water for fear of getting a most severe case of 22

"China Belly." These gorgeous native girls served various types of hors d'houres, most all of them extremely hot in spices. I hke hot Mexican food and I eat it frequently. But these girls served a small meatball about the size of one's thumb nail that was dynamite.

Once you put the small meat ball into your mouth, the flames would sprout out of ones nostrils, mouth and ears. So we would automatically grab another drink, to douse the flames and severe pain. We were afraid to use water as it was normally highly contaminated. Tears would stream down one's face because of the burning pain from the tiny meatbaUs. Luckily, for HIGBEE none of my officers were snagged for being under the influence of alcohol, but I understand that there were two or three from other ships hauled before the Admiral.

Another port of call was Karachi, the capital of brand-new Pakistan. At this time, the first head of state of Pakistan had died shortly after he took over his office. India and Pakistan were still at war with each other over the Partition. The 'Communal' savagery was unbeUevable. Thousands were killed daily, streets were lined with cadavers.

The Muslins were trying to migrate to the new Pakistan areas, and the Hindus were trying to migrate to Hindus areas of the new India. Tens of thousands lost their Uves during this migration. Part of the time we were docked at Karachi, it was at a pier adjacent to a large railroad switching yard. The India and Pakistanian box cars are about one third the size of our U.S. box car. At this freight switching yard, four Muslin families Uved under each box car, four families Uved in it and again four additional famiUes lived on top of it. In other words, twelve complete famiUes Uved either under, in and on top of each box car with no sanitation, plumbing, water, etc.

Later on we moved to much better docks and HIGBEE tied up just ahead of the flagship.

Many official calls were made on Pakistanian officials including Aliquat Alu Khan (Prime Minister) and Pakistanian naval officers. Admiral Choudria was equivalent to our CNO. He was a very handsome man, at least 6'4" tall and had risen to captaincy in the British Royal Indian Navy. He also had graduated from the British Royal Naval Academy. The Choudria family was at this time a very powerful, wealthy and influential clan that owned and operated the main Pakistan steel corporations. When Pakistan and India became separated, one of Adm. Choudria's brothers became the first Financial Minister of the new Pakistan. Adm. Choudria was very interested in our destroyers and I beUeve he was trying to convince the Head of State of Pakistan to buy

some destroyers from the U.S. Adm. Choudria came aboard HIGBEE numerous times and he would reaUy inspect everything that we could aUow him to see. In fact, he would borrow a suit of my khaki so as not to ruin his white uniform. I being five inches shorter than he and with his much longer reach, the fit of my uniform was comical.

At least, he could not wear my shoes so his white shoes took a beating, as he crawled down into the bilges.

Normally, when the Admiral came aboard, his wife and two sons, about four years and six years of age, came along. Mrs. Choudria was, at this time, two or more weeks past due deUvering he third child. And she was under strict orders from her doctor not to climb ladders or steps. However, she insisted that she would accompany her husband aboard ship and also closely watch her two smaU boys so that they didn't do anything that they should not do. My steward/mate would supply the boys with as much ice cream and cake as they could stuff into their tummies. Of course, they aU had a grand time aboard ship. I alerted Adm. Good what was going on aboard HIGBEE and stated that I had directed by doctor to remain aboard whenever Mrs. Choudria was aboard just in case the blessed event might accidently occur on HIGBEE. Adm. Good was most enthusiastic about this imusual pubUc relations event and he directed me to notify the flagship immediately if this appeared to be happening. The Admiral would send a doctor and several pharmacist mates from the flagship. If a child was bom on any U.S. man-of-war, that child would automaticaUy get a U.S. citizenship. Thus it could have dual citizenship. I had the Choudria family aboard ship for at least two luncheons and one dinner; whereas, they had my executive officer and myself at their quarters for one luncheon and one dinner.

But no such luck, no blessed event occurred on HIGBEE, although I had learned within a week after we had left Karachi, the Choudrias had received a new baby girl. Her first name in Arabic meant "star" in English. Via world news circuits, within a month after we had left Karachi we learned that the Head of State of Pakistan had been assassinated by a pohtical fanatic. This really saddened aU of us as he had been aboard ship at least once and he appeared to be a very affable, intelligent and engaging person. He also appeared to be a friend of the United States. Of all the numerous ships I have been assigned to, and the five ships I have had the privilege of commanding, Aliquat AU Khan was the only Head of State who I have had the privilege and honor of welcoming aboard ship, to meet, to talk to, and escort. ^.

Shipmate, December 1987

S-37 Redux Captain Robert B. Lander U S N (Ret.)

We used to sing a football song that started with "Oh there'U be high elation on the far China station, from Crabtown to the ships in Timbuktu..." I never dreamed that I would be on the far China station, but my first submarine duty in the old S-37 took me to Shanghai in the golden days. Shore leave transformed the lowUest ensign aboard ship to a milUonaire with the powers of a Rajah anywhere in the big city. The exchange rate was so favorable that all doors were open to the U.S. Navy. Anyone who has been there wiU teU you that we made out like bandits.

Life on the far China station gave rise to many sea stories which were passed along by the old timers untU they finaUy became legend, and nearly everybody beUeved them.

One of the most renowned of Asiatic stories was the one about the destroyer captain who didn't get the word and ordered the forecastle gang to let go the starboard anchor.

This anchor, it turned out, had been lost many years ago. Its loss was shrouded in mystery, unreported, but nearly everybody knew that it had been replaced by a Chinese dupUcate made of wood. When it went rattling out, the high eleation turned to consternation as the anchor went floating down the Whangpoo river.

Submarine sea stories, particularly Asiatic ones, are not as weU known as those of the surface or air forces. Perhaps a re-telling of some of these and the circumstances under which they were related to me might bring a gleam to the eyes of some and a chuckle to those less fortunate stateside pilgrims.

I was ordered to S-37 fresh from Submarine School. The submarines were moored to the tender CANOPUS in Manila Bay. Aside from the terrible heat we had a pleasant existence with stewards to do all the dirty work, the Army-Navy Club a short boat ride away, and plenty to keep us occupied aboard. S-37 was built in 1923 with very little regard for health and welfare of human beings. The wardroom had barely enough room for four people. It had been made of Philippine mahogony and paid for with "cumshaw" during one of the Cavite Navy Shipmate, December 1987

Yard overhauls long ago. Despite its size the wardroom was a cozy oasis in an otherwise dreary environment. A tape recording of the verbal exchanges which went on there would have made the best seller Ust. After all these years few of us can remember and believe that those old S-boats had signal flags and sailed in formation Uke divisions of destroyers doing "Squads right and left." We used a stadimeter to keep station on the S-boat ahead and adjusted our speed by changing RPM like the steamboat jockeys, only our diesels had critical speeds which could not be used, so our formations surged like an accordion. Once a year the division commander led us on one of those "in column" expeditions to various islands in the southern Philippines for rest, relaxation and familiarization. After several near collisions and "What the heU?" signals from the division commander we would moor alongside a pier near some small village, thereby attracting hundreds of natives who came to gawk from pierside then return with wares to sell.

The more curious of the officers and crew would go ashore to return the gawks and perhaps buy a few trinkets or souvenirs to take home. Some might even shake a few Nipa shacks to see what degree of pulchritude would descend. The duty section was left with the job of keeping the natives at bay, charging batteries, and remaining cool.

The heat shimmered and rose in waves from the black huUs of the nested submarines. To try to dispel the sun we rigged awnings over the fuU length of the boats. The duty officers were the lucky ones. They could sleep in the fresh air on cots made up for them by the stewards on deck. The cots were covered by a canvas tent to keep off the rain which came down in buckets almost every day.

After the liberty parties had departed and the natives repelled there was very little for the duty officers to do. This was a time for reflection and a chance to swap experiences with the duty officers of the other boats. The common ground was usually one of the inboard boats which did not need a battery

charge and thus permitted smoking.

I remember the time we visited Zamboanga because that was the town where the monkeys have no tails. I had the duty, and after assuring myself that S-37 was not about to sink I went over to the S-39 to compare notes with friends and Classmates from the other boats. I joined the group under the awning on deck and Ustened to the stories unfold, narrated by an old China hand. The fact that he had missed too many transports was attested by the fact that he wore "fanduchi." These were breech cloths which took the place of underwear, or "skivvies." They consisted of a G-string sewed to a rectangular piece of cloth. The G-string was tied in front and the breech cloth looped between the legs and over the G-string, hanging down in front. They had two advantages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they were cooler, and the laundry washed them for the same price as a handkerchief.

Most of the yarns related to shore and liberty leaves, missed opportunities and successful conquests, but when the subject turned to sea stories and particularly S-37, I sat up and took notice. It seems that back in the days when the Japanese and Chinese were not too friendly the old S-37 happened to be returning to Manila from a Summer spent in Tsingtao with families and girl friends. Many members of the crew and some officers had left their White Russian girl friends in Tsingtao. It was known that these girl friends would shortly return to Shanghai where they had jobs as hostesses in the night clubs. With S-37 so close, yet so far, the desire to visit Shanghai became almost overpowering to a majority of the crew.

The sea turned choppy and the day was overcast one morning in the YeUow Sea a few miles west of Shanghai when the Chief of the Boat reported to the Captain that a certain First Class Engineman had turned in with an acute pain in his stomach. There was vomiting, some fever, and, although the Chief had no experience in these matters, he suspected that perhaps the Engineman might have appendicitis. There was no scar to 23

indicate that he had ever had his appendix removed. In order to be on the safe side, the captain radioed for medical advice, since there was no medic aboard. The advice was soon forthcoming, hot compresses and bedrest. As tune wore on the Engineman's groans grew louder and his pain was obviously more severe. A message went out requesting permission to proceed to Shanghai to deUver the patient to a hospital. The suspense occasioned by a delay in the response to this message was akin to that which occurs when waiting for a torpedo to make its interminably long underwater run toward an enemy ship and explode. In this case the suspense lasted less than an hour.

The answer was "Negative. Proceed to Manila at best speed." The groans could be heard aU the way to Manila.

The Engineman's condition grew worse.

A command decision was made. It was a question of a man's Ufe as opposed to a hardhearted, non-caring refusal undoubtedly made by some junior officer on the Admiral's staff. Course was altered and preparations were made to proceed up the Whangpoo to Shanghai. Perhaps the captain had been swayed by the wiU of the majority, or perhaps he remembered the famous words of Admiral Lord Nelson as he put his hand over his one good eye and remarked "I caimot see the signal." In any event, S-37 sailed into Shanghai with colors flying.

The bombers flying overhead with rising Sims on their wings were not as famiUar then as they were to become a few years later. One of them released a stick of bombs which straddled the river and landed very close to S-37. In fact, splinters pierced the bridge superstructure. Everybody on the bridge hit the deck. There were no injuries, and luckily there were no more attacks as S-37 moored to her usual pier. The sick Engineman was taken to a hospital where his problem was diagnosed as acute indigestion. The U.S. Consulate advised against shore leave, so with the return of the sick man S-37 proceeded sadly to Manila.

The Army-Navy Club of Mimila was a haven for aU officers and famiUes. The Club had a large boat landing where boats from ships of the fleet could land with Ubertyboimd officers. Shore leave for many began and ended there. The mens' bar in the Club was one of the longest in the world. It was out of bounds to women except on New Year's Eve when the gals were aU obUged to sit there whUe the men proceeded down the line kisssing each of the ladies in turn. When one ordered a drink the waiter brought the entire bottle, and the customer poured as much as he wanted â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a custom which prevailed all over the Orient. With such a system in effect the taU tales very quickly got started 24

and became taller with every passing moment. It was in this environment that I heard the S-37 drydocking experience.

Shortly after her arrival in Manila S-37 was scheduled for an overhaul in the Cavite Navy Yard, in the course of which she was ordered to enter the dry-dock for scraping, painting and certain valve work. The Captain had the con as the submarine backed away from the submarine tender in Manila.

As she approached the dry-dock the Captain put the sub into what we called a "Chinese turn." This was a shiphandling technique known only to S-boat sailors and, strangely enough, to blimp pilots. When approaching a mooring it sometimes became evident that the sub (or blimp) was swinging in an arc that was too wide. In order to decrease the turning circle it was found that by backing the outboard motor or engine the craft would turn more sharply. At the same time the speed of the approach would be decreased.

As with most things Asiatic this was the opposite maneuver which most vessels would undertake to accompUsh the same result, and this was what the Captain did on that day.

Unknown to the Captain was the fact that one of the Navy Yard tug boats had approached to render assistance in the drydocking. The tug, named DAP-DAP and manned by a crew of FiUpinos, was attempting to attach a Une to the starboard quarter, obviously tmaware that the propeUers of an

S-boat extended quite a distance out from the side. It was at this precise moment that the captain decided to execute the Chinese turn, backing the starboard propeUer. Suddenly there were cries of anguish and screams in Tagolog, the dialect of the area. Astonished spectators turned in time to see that the tug had disappeared beneath the surface of the Bay, its huU neatly severed by the S-37 starboard propeUer. The only visible vestige of DAP-DAP was about six inches of funnel, stiU emitting smaU puffs of smoke.

The usuaUy unreUable source who told me this story in the bar of the Army-Navy Club also stated that this was strike two against S-37. Strike one was the iUegal entry into Shanghai. Strike three came when these unreported events and misfortunes came to be known to the division commander at the Admiral's garden party. Even a cursory review of the aUeged transgressions of S-37 would leave no doubt as to why there was no rapport between S-37 and the staffs of aU the higher ranking officers up to and including the High Commissioner of the PhiUppines. According to one of our stewards named Penaflor, who was the mayor of his barrio ashore and thus a reasonably reUable source, S-37 did not regain the respect due her until many years later. She now rests in about 50 feet of water showiiig her periscope shears proudly at low tide. ^

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Shipmate, December 1987

S i d e Wheel Flattops George C. Long

USS WOLVERINE

Nowhere did the attack on Pearl Harbor have a greater effect than on those Navy officers who had been pleading for greater strength in the Navy's air arm. At Pearl Harbor, suddenly it was obvious to everyone that the aircraft carrier had become the capital ship of the navy, and our survival depended upon our grasping that fact and acting quickly. We had already started a moderate buUding program, which we immediately accelerated. But construction is the easy part, how could we quickly train the thousands and thousands of pilots and other specialized crew members who were needed to man the ships?

In December 1941, we had only seven aircraft carriers, and by the Summer of 1942 we had lost two of these, with two more to be lost in a few months. We were left with only RANGER in the Atlantic and SARATOGA and ENTERPRISE in the Pacific — hardly a way to fight a two-ocean war! We didn't have enough ships to defend ourselves, let alone train more men to take the offensive.

We had built a couple of "escort carriers," LONG ISLAND and CHARGER, to provide protection for convoys and a feeble attempt was made to use these ships for traming. But this wasn't at aU suitable. First, the ships had to be restricted to Chesapeake Bay. Submarines were sinking ships aU along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, so going to sea for training weis too much of a risk, not to Shipmate, December 1987

mention aU the protection that a training carrier would need. The Pacific had similar problems. Further, the Chesapeake Bay was too small and too crowded with shipping to aUow the maneuverabiUty required for flight training. Perhaps most important of all, the two "baby carriers" were urgently needed for other purposes, so LONG ISLAND was sent to the Pacific and CHARGER continued with limited training of British pilots.

Fortunately, all of these problems were seen and resolved by Cdr. R.F. Whitehead, a Navy pilot who was then on the staff of the Commandant of the Ninth Naval District (the Chicago area). Why not train new pUots on the protected waters of the Great Lakes, using ships that could be converted from those aheady available? He had located two large ships that were appropriate for conversion, and that work could be done at local shipyards. He easily convinced his Commandant, and on 16 January 1942, the Commandant recommended to the Chief of Naval Operations that the lake steamers SEEANDBEE (a large passenger ship) and CITY OF MIDLANDS (a car ferry) be purchased and converted for training purposes.

The idea did not get immediate acceptance. We should not blame this on bureaucratic delay; the turmoil in Washington during those weeks after Pearl Harbor had to be incredible. Commander Whitehead stayed in contact with a friend.

Capt. D.C. Ramsey, who was then Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and between them they were able to muster enough high-powered support that on 14 February the Chief of Naval Operations expressed his favorable interest — which was tantamount to approval. FinaUy the plan was approved for one ship — SEEANDBEE. The ship was purchased and conversion was started on 6 May 1942.

SEEANDBEE had been a truly splendid passenger steamer. Almost 500-feet-long, she was as large as many ocean-going ships. She had 470 staterooms and 24 magnificent parlors. Planned by a famous marine designer, Louis O. Keil, her fittings were sumptuous. But aU this had to go. Her supertructure was removed at Cleveland, and she was stripped bare right down to her automobile deck — only about five feet above the waterline. She was then taken to Buffalo, where her flight deck was installed and the finishing work was done, and on 12 August 1942, she was commissioned USS WOLVERINE. Her career as an aircraft carrier had begun.

She started Navy life with two unusual characteristics: she was propelled by paddle wheels, instaUed in conventional boxes on the sides of the ship, and she was a coal-burner.

It is a tribute to the reliability of her machinery that it wasn't necessary to make any mechanical changes, and certainly 25

changes would have required unacceptable delays in her completion. So she paddled her way through her Navy career, with the unfaiUng reliability that her new j o b demanded. Further, she offered the Navy another advantage — imusual stabiUty. With the extra width created by her paddle boxes she was exceptionaUy steady. This, plus the relatively calm waters of the lake, gave the training pUots a comfortable flight deck on which to quaUfy. A first look at her showed the conventional profile of the aircraft carrier, but a closer look made one wonder why the profile was so low. Since her sole purpose was to be a floating flight deck, the hangar deck was eliminated completely. She had no need for storing airplanes. The only interior space she needed was for machinery and crew accomodation, so the flight deck was only 26 feet above the water. This low deck was a Uttle disturbing to the yoimg pilots; a sUght dip after takeoff is a common trait — but it was one that was discouraged by WOLVERINE'S configuration.

She was to be based in Chicago. This was primarily because of the proximity of the Glenview (Illinois) Naval Air Station, which was to provide the groimd training faciUties, accomodation, and aU the other necessities of the trainees. The plan was to have the pilots fly out to the ship in the lake, make the necessary landings and takeoffs, and then return to Glenview. There was no reason for either pUots or airplanes to remain on the ship. Each night the ship retiu^ned to Chicago, where suppUes were replenished (including coaling ship) and aU was made ready for the next day's operation. Glenview could take care of aU the pilot's needs, and keep the supply of pUots coming; aU the ship had to do was make its fUght deck avaUable for the last step of pilot training — the eight quaUfying landings and takeoffs that turned a pilot into a carrier pilotl Carrier landing operations began on 25 August. It is amazing to note that Uttle more than seven months had passed from conception to completion, an incredibly short time for a new idea of this magnitude. Add to that the disruptions and fighting for priorities common during early 1942, and it seems surprising that the job ever got done. However, Cdr. Whitehead's vision was completely exonerated when WOLVERINE paddled out into Lake Michigan on that August day.

The first landing was made by Cdr. J. O'NeiU, who was in charge of the Carrier Qualification Training Unit at Glenview.

Some of his staff pilots then made landings.

The purpose here was to give some practical experience to the completely inexperienced flight deck crew. It didn't seem sensible to expose the trainee pilots to an inexperienced 26

deck crew!

Then the quaUfication of new pilots was started. This was the last step in their training to be carrier pUots — aU their other work had been done in shore schools and training bases, and now came the ultimate test. The plan was to have them fly out from Glenview in groups of five or six, with one of the trainees leading each group. They would fly out to WOLVERINE, make their landings and takeoffs, and then return to Glenview. In the meantime, Glenview would have started the next group, so the practice landings could be continuous.

The first problem that came up was that the trainees had trouble finding the ship.

Then, once they found her, their limited experience with flight patterns led to a lot of confusion and more time was lost. It was quickly decided that a staff pilot would lead each new group out to the ship and make the first landing. This seemed to give confidence to the others — seeing the first airplane actually land on the flight deck (WOLVERINE'S fUght deck was as large as most of those that the pUots would be using, so the training was reaUstic. It's just that a flight deck looks so smaU in aU that water!).

A key man in any carrier landing operation is the Landing Signal Officer (LSO), who uses paddle signals to guide the landing airplane onto the deck. Obviously, this is an important function, and one not easily fiUed. Just as WOLVERINE'S routines were being established, the Landing Signal Officer came down with appendicitis, and had to be taken ashore for an emergency operation. The fragiUty of this whole operation is brought out by the fact that his illness brought an immediate suspension to aU training for two weeks — a reminder of how aU our resources were strained during those early months. But his absence may not have done as much harm as was first thought, since there was not yet a backlog of trainees. A couple of weeks later training started again, and the preparatory work began to pay off. Then a severe Winter set in, and WOLVERINE was laid up at her pier for about ten weeks.

Nevertheless, by the time the WOLVERINE had to suspend operations for the Winter, she had set a good record. She had quaUfied 452 pilots, including eleven from the Royal Navy, and 3,833 landings had been made.

It was still a record of which she could be proud.

But the best was yet to come. Even before the conversion of WOLVERINE was completed, the importance of the basic scheme had become recognized and it was now agreed that the plan needed more capacity.

On 24 July 1942, the Commandant of the Ninth Naval District had written the Chief of Naval Operations asking for two addi-

tional ships. GREATER DEXRorr and GREATER BUFFALO. These sister-ships were virtuaUy identical to the former SEEANDBEE, and were a trifle larger — the largest side-wheelers ever to sail the Great Lakes. Only one ship was approved. GREATER BUFFALO. On

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May

1943, her conversion was completed and the Navy acquired another coal-burning sidewheeler, carrying the name " U S S SABLE." Her flight training operations began on 10 June 1943.

With the addition of SABLE, the Chesapeake Bay operations were closed out and virtuaUy aU flight deck quaUfications for the entire Navy were made on WOLVERINE and SABLE. The Norfolk shore personnel were transferred to Glenview, which was expanded to take the extra load. Part of this expansion was the addition of three more Landing Signal Officers, to form a pool of five, rotating between the two ships and Glenview. It is a Uttle macabre to note that these three LSOs became available because their former ship, LEXINGTON, YORKTOWN, and HORNET, had aU been sunk in enemy action.

It soon became evident, because of the number of new aircraft carriers beginning to join the fieet, that a formal training program for LSOs should be instituted on WOLVERINE and SABLE, and this course was one of the most important and successful of the entire training program. The small platform at the edge of the fUght deck, where the Landing Signal Officer worked, was soon crowded with one or two trainees as weU as the ship's officer; but they became a fundamental part of the success of the total training program, adding to the balance needed to produce working teams. Prior to this there were no formal means or prescribed courses for training LSOs. Once the need for this training was recognized, it became an integral part of the program, and many hundreds of LSOs were trained and sent to the Fleet. In fact, the course was so successful that four nonaviator officers were trained and sent to perform this highly specialized duty.

Based on the experience of the previous Fall, and boosted by the arrival of SABLE, the training unit quickly became smooth, efficient and productive. Each morning at dawn, the two ships would leave Chicago, with a covey of six airplanes approaching each ship, and as soon as the ships were headed into the wind, they were able to receive airplanes and the landings would start. Actually, they started landings so soon after departure that they are said to have caused many traffic jams by early morning commuters, who would slow their cars to get a better look at Navy airplanes landing on carriers in Lake Michigan — hardly the type of early morning view to which they had been accustomed!

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With wind from the north or northeast (fortunately, a prevailing wind in the area), the ships could depend on a long day of training. This is because they had to maintain a course into the wind during flight operations, and the course to the north or northeast (fortunately, a prevailing wind in the area), the ships could depend on a long day of taining. This is because they had to maintain a course into the wind during flight operations, and the course to the north or northeast led them into the open lake, so that same course could be maintained for hours.

With the wind from other directions, it became necessary to turn and sail downwind for a whUe, to regain the distance required into the wind to conduct operations. But with a good northeast wind, the ship might be so far from Chicago by dusk that she would have to spend aU night just getting back to the base, then have to start immediately on a new day's training. As the volume of trainees began to grow, there were times when there were shortages of airplanes.

Then, the pilots would have to be brought to the ships by bus, and the trainees would have to share the airplanes. But they got their fUghts in, aU the same!

These were the sorts of experiences that got the job done. Each ship's goal was to quaUfy 30 pilots per day, requiring 240 successful landings and takeoffs. On several

occasions each ship logged over 600 landings per day; WOLVERINE had 633 landings on 4

June 1944. On 28 May 1944, SABLE qualified 59 pilots, who made 488 landings in 531 minutes! Compare this with a record of ten years later, when this pilot qualification duty was assigned to a modern carrier, USS MONTEREY (no paddle wheels or coal smoke here!). On 2 February 1954, MONTEREY was proud of completing 460 landings in an eleven-hour workday.

Although WOLVERINE had to be laid up during that first Winter (1942-43), one of the coldest on record, they learned lessons that enabled them to continue their flight operations completely through the next two Winters' thus, the two ships were able to carry their training right through to the end of the war.

It made sense, when things returned to normal, to bring the carrier qualification program back to the center of Navy aviation training, so shortly after the war it was transferred to Pensacola. FUght training was no longer restricted to inland waters, and the temperate cUmate of Florida made year'round training more feasible. There were plenty of ships available — by the end of the war we had built 42 fleet aircraft carriers (only one of these was lost) and 122 escort carriers. The faithful paddle-wheelers were no longer needed. So both WOLVERINE and

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More specifically, by the end of the war WOLVERINE had accompUshed over 66,000 landings and SABLE over 58,000. Between them they had qualified over 15,000 carrier pilots — at a time when they were vitally needed and there was no other means for their training. They made the work of the Landing Signal Officer a definable art, and established a program for its development.

They trained untold numbers of arresting gear crews and flight deck crews — the total number of trained personnel turned out by these ships has been estimated as high as 40,000. The ships were available for experimental work — for example, the first steel flight deck in the Navy was on SABLE, where the deck was installed to determine its usefulness for the MiDWAY-class of aircraft carrier (it was adopted). Even the Winter gear used by deck crews was evaluated for it effectiveness.

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A Few Inches From The Yard Midshipman Andrew S. J o h n s o n '88

In addition to the bone chiUing cold, the beginning of December brings the Brigade of Midshipmen and the Corps of Cadets to PhUadelphia for the Army-Navy football game. Last year, I remember reading an article in a major sports magazine which ranked the Army-Navy game as the third or fourth among college football rivalries. Obviously, the individual who compiled the list never went to one of the Academies. From the moment they are sworn in on " I " Day, Plebes' vocabularies consist of two essential words: "BEAT ARMY." rU admit that many other schools may have a momentous week of hype before their big game, but how many schools count down the exact number of days until the next contest, all year long? Bets on the game vary from B-robes to hair, and the eventual outcome determines whether Plebes will be able to "carry on" for the last few weeks before Christmas break. No article in the Yard is safe from the late night "recons" of spirited Midshipmen. Like escaped convicts, the Army exchange Cadets try to evade the groups of eager Plebes, ready to parade an unlucky "Whoop" before the windows of Bancroft Hall.

As for the game, the intensity of the long awaited contest is so overwhelming that last year the Navy Rugby Team was positioned along the edge of the field, to prevent either side from attempting to make a mass attempt at a final "recon." Even if both teams were to enter the game with records of 0-10, a win in the ArmyNavy games means the season is stiU considered a success. Without a doubt, the Army-Navy football game is the greatest rivalry in coUege football and will continue to be so, as long as the Cadets and Midshipmen meet each other on those wintery December afternoons.

December is also a month known for its family reunions and homecomings. A return to the comforts of home is a welcome respite from the pressures of the Academy. During the Academic Year, most Midshipmen are far from the company of family and friends; however, this problem has been remedied through the conception of a sponsor program. By providing a household for a Midshipman to become a part of on the weekends, the Naval Academy not only gives the Midshipmen a solution to their homesickness but also allows the communities around USNA to take an active role in helping Midshipmen become officers in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Attempting to give an universal description of a sponsor is an impossibility, except that one can say that all sponsors have shown a sense of compassion by volunteering to sponsor a Midshipman.

As for myself, I was lucky enough to have a friend of my family.

Rick Johnson '59, recommend me to the Veiel family. The Veiel family was also the sponsor of his son in the class of '85. When I visited the Veiels' home as a Plebe, 1 remember enviously watching the First Classmen they sponsored who seemed to be at a point I'd never reach. What I appreciated the most about my trips to the Veiels' household on weekends was their effort to make sure I didn't feel like a Plebe while the First Class Midshipmen were around. The fact that I had no hair, ate inordinate amounts of food, and spent most of my time asleep on their couch didn't seem to bother them at all. Now that I'm a First Classman, I've definitely changed from that first year, in that I've got a little more hair.

Thanks to my home away from home, I've been able to make it 28

to where I am now without the additional hardships of being lonely and homesick.

Besides the Veiels, I've come to know several other sponsors who have been key factors in the success of Midshipmen at the Academy. For example, RAdm. Fred H. Baughman USN (Ret.) '48 and Mrs. Baughman are one of the main reasons my roommate has been able to make it through some rough times here. To him, the Baughmans are a surrogate family. Probably the individual who best epitomizes the philosophy behind the sponsor program is John H. Vorn Dick, an honorary member of the Class of 1980.

In the Fall of 1975, John, an avid squba diver, met Mike Golda '77, Mike Wertz '77, and George Herning '77, after being asked to speak to the Academy Diving Club. John ended up inviting the Midshipmen to park their cars at and visit his home. EventuaUy, John became the official sponsor of his first Plebe, Steve Herning '79. From there, John's sponsoring efforts have snowbaUed into the brood he has today. John has had 84 Midshipmen, including ten sets of brothers graduate as official sponsorees since 1976, and probably has unofficiaUy sponsored twice that number of Midshipmen. Each Summer, nine new Plebes are sponsored by John, and there's a waiting Ust for the next few years. Every Sunday, John's sponsorees meet on the Chapel steps to attend Mass with John and receive their weekly chow packages. Over the next four years, John attends his sponsorees' athletic events, holds tailgaters after every home football game, and prepares dinner every Saturday night for about 25 Midshipmen, all for a "smile, handshake, and a 'thank you'."

During Plebe year, my roommate was sponsored by John and invited me to come out to John's house with him. I remember that John immediately accepted me with a friendly welcome and made me feel at home. In the following year, I spent a good share of my time asleep in the back of John's familiar green truck, as we transited from one Navy event to another. Once again, I was never made to feel like an unwanted member of the already large group of official and unoffical sponsorees. Since then, I see John at football tailgaters and after rugby games.

The list of things John does for Midshipmen is almost infinite, but let me Ust a few of his efforts. Besides making up to five 24-mile round trips a day, John has rented a minibus to give tours of D.C. to his Plebes each year, has donated over 3,800 hours as an instructor to the USNA Scuba Club, and has had a Christmas party every year in which each Midshipman brings a personal decoration for the tree. As for the benefits, John values the lasting friendships that have resulted in his being a best man six times and a godfather to several grads' children.

Although John has received many honors for his endeavors, such as being recognized on the Floor of the House of Representatives and made an Associate Member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, they have all been unrequested. Simply put, John believes that "This is my way of contributing to the retention of potential officers, and my chance to be a part of molding the basic values in these young men. I am proud of what I am doing and what I have done." John Vorn Dick is one of the unique individuals who makes the sponsor program so successful.

Although I've just written at length about one of the people who epitomizes the dedication of a sponsor, I have to comment that Shipmate, December 1987

all sponsors make sacrifices in order to help their Midshipman feel at home. To list every sponsor or even try to determine who is the best sponsor is impossible. There is not a "best" sponsor. Every person who volunteers their time to help our Midshipmen is a valuable asset to the Academy in producing quality Naval officers.

Overall, the sponsor program has been a vital part of my, and many others', ability to make it through the Academy.

Without sponsors, the Christmas holidays would not be the same.

I still feel the same rush of warmth and Yuletide spirit as I trek out to my sponsors on the weekend. 1 feel it in seeing a wreath on the door or a brightly lit Christmas tree after coming in from the cold, and in sitting around the kitchen table as the aroma of eggnog and pumpkin pie innundate the room. Sponsors have become a key factor in the moral and spirit within the Brigade, and, when December arrives, sponsors are a Midshipman's link to the invaluable feeling of being home at Christmas. ,X/

Capitol Hill Lawrence J. Cavaiola '69

Congress Passes Continuing Resolution In late September the Congress adopted and the President signed a continuing resolution that wiU fund the operation of the Federal Government through 10 November 1987. The resolution provides that funding levels will remain at those specified in the resolution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; generally the fiscal year 1987 levels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unless individual appropriations biUs are enacted before 10 November. As of mid-October, no separate appropriations had been enacted.

For defense, the resolution provides funds at the fiscal year 1987 level. It provides for no new starts of programs not in production or research and development in 1987. It also provides for no increases in production rates above the 1987 levels. The resolution contains a further restriction on entry into new multi-year procurement situations.

DoD Authorization/Appropriations Update As of mid-October the process of providing a full-year authorization and appropration for the Department of Defense moved a bit closer to completion. Ongoing actions related to the Gramm-RudmanHolUngs deficit reduction effort, however, seemed certain to have a major effect on the outcome for defense.

Conferees from the Senate and House of Representatives began meeting on the fiscal year 1988 DoD authorization bill in midOctober. Meanwhile, the appropriations process began to move formally as both the House and Senate appropriations committees held markup sessions for the fiscal year 1988 funding biUs, Neither committee had reported a bill as of mid-October.

The actions of both the conferees on the DoD authorization bill and the appropriations committees were being heavily influenced by the deficit reduction climate caused by the recent amendments to the GrammRudman-HolUngs legislation (see below).

The final dollar outcome on both bills seemed likely to be strongly linked to decisions on tax increases and other spending reductions outside of the normal defense budget decision-making process.

Deficit Reduction Effort Affects DoD Funds The mid-September passage of a major Shipmate, December 1987

amendment to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings (GRH) balanced budget law has focused attention on Capitol Hill on how the mandated deficit reductions will be achieved and how these decisions wiU affect the defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

Elements in the decision process include possible tax increases, spending reductions, timing of enactment of appropriations bills, and how the President and Congress agree on shaping the required reductions to the defertse budget.

The process for fiscal year 1988 begins with the definition of the unachieved deficit reduction, set at $23 billion. For fiscal year 1989 the deficit reduction is to be $36 billion.

For these two years, therefore, the maximum amount of required deficit reduction is capped; for succeeding years it is not capped, and the amendment provides maximum deficit targets of $100 billion for fiscal year 1990, $64 billion for $1991, $28 billion for 1992, and zero for 1993.

Focusing on 1988, the $23 billion reduction must come from a combination of revenue increases and spending reductions.

The overall legislative vehicle for enacting these choices is the "reconciliation" bill, which the Congress was preparing as of midOctober. If the revenue increases and spending reductions approved by the Congress in reconciUation are not acceptable to the President, he may veto such legislation. It would then be up to the Congress to work out another mix of increased revenues and spending cuts acceptable to the President or to override his veto. AU of this must take place by 20 November 1987, otherwise the automatic budget reduction mechanism known as "sequestration" would take affect.

Sequestration would cut equal percentages from each program, project, and activity in the defense budget as well as somewhat different percentages from eligible activities in non-defense programs. As was the case in the original GRH legislation, half of the required spending reductions would come from defense and the other half from eligible nondefense programs.

Two major changes were also made in the GRH amendment that would provide addi-

tional flexibility to the President and Congress in reducing the defense budget should sequestration become necessary. First, the President may choose to exampt the military personnel accounts from sequestration reductions. The President has already notifie(d the Congress, under the terms of the law, that he would do this. And second, the President may propose an alternative set of reductions, other than the equal percentage cuts, that meet the overall GRH defense reduction requirements. This alternative plan is subject to prohibitions on increasing items above appropriated levels, use to close or realign domestic military bases, or for termination of any program, project, or activity. The President has until 25 November, 1987 to submit such a plan, and the Congress must accept it or modify it by joint resolution under expedited procedures for consideration in both Houses.

Turning to the specifics of the situation for 1988 for defense, the starting point is the Budget Resolution passed by the Congress earlier this year. The resolution provided for defense budget authority of $289 billion and outlays (or actual spending in fiscal year 1988) of $283.6 billion. It also provided that if a tax increase and/or reconciliation legislation of certain proportions were adopted that defense budget authority could be $296 billion, with outlays of $289.5 billion.

Because the DoD appropriations bill has not been enacted, however, the basis for the sequestration and other calculations to date has been a "baseline" computed by taking the levels in the fiscal year 1987 appropriations act and adding an allowance for inflation. So if no appropriations bill is enacted before 20 November, the baseline will remain the basis for calculating whatever reductions in defense that must be taken. Actual reductions, however, would be levied against the final appropriations bill for fiscal year 1988.

As an example of what might occur, should no additional revenues be approved and the entire $23 billion deficit reduction be taken through spending reductions, sequestration would leave defense budget authority at about $279 biUion and outlays at about the same level, according to a study 29

prepared by the Senate Budget Committee staff. This would assume an enacted appropriations biU of about $289 bilUon, and would represent a reduction of $9.7 biUion in budget authority and $5 bilUon in outlays from the lower of the two Budget Resolution figures. If about half the deficit reduction were made up through revenues and the remaining half through spending reductions, defense budget authority would probably be in the low-$280 bilUon range.

In any sequester scenario the protection of

the miUtary personnel accounts means that a greater proportion of the required reduction wiU come from the other defense accounts. For example, because many DoD civiUan persoimel are paid from operations and maintenance and research and development funds, there would Ukely be required reductions in these personnel.

The major imlestones in this process that remain include the sequestration reports of the Congressional Budget Office and Office of management and budget in mid-

November, as weU as the presidential sequestration order on 20 November. A presidential report proposing changes in defense reductions would be due before 25 November with congressional action soon thereafter. Whether or not a sequestration actuaUy takes place, however, depends on the abiUty of the President and the Congress to reach agreement on a revenue increase and spending reduction package in a timely fashion relative to these milestones.

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Shipmate Book Selections An Essential Reference Fully Updated

The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet Fourteenth Edition Edited by Norman Polmar This completely revised edition of Norman Polmar's highly regarded triennial guide presents a comprehensive description of the Reagan administration's 600-ship Navy of the late 1980's. It includes not only the Navy's ships, submarines, and aircraft, but its people, organizations, weapons, and electronics as well.

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Navy Sports Tom Bates, Sports Information Director, Naval Academy Athletic Association

North Carolina 45, Navy 14 Navy suffered through a series of mistakes once again in absorbing its third straight loss of the season, 45-14, to North Carolina.

The Midshipmen victimized themselves by losing three fimibles, one of which was returned for a touchdown, and having a punt blocked, which led to another touchdown.

"I didn't think we executed very well today at all," commented Coach Elliot Uzelac after the loss. "We're going to have to try some different things and maybe look at some different people."

For the third straight week, the Midshipmen were behind early. On its first possession. North Carolina wheeled its way 61 yards on 10 plays for a touchdown and foiu" minutes later had a second TD following recovery of a Mid fiunble. The Tar Heels led 21-0 early in the second quarter after a score set up by the blocked pimt.

Navy's first touchdown came in the third period via a 76-yard drive in II plays.

Quarterback John Nobers completed two 28-yard passes along the way, one to halfback Chuck Smith and the other to tight end Kevin Voss. Smith tossed a one-yard halfback pass to tight end Kevin Mosher for the TD. The other touchdown drive was directed

by Plebe quarterback Alton Grizzard, and was a 58-yard thrust in the final period. Grizzard had pass completions of 16 yards to Plebe wide receiver Jon Neiunaim and 15 yards to Second Class halfback Paul Parker.

Smith scored the touchdown on a 13-yard dash.

Virginia Tech 31, Navy 11 In a battle of two teams that were both 0-3, Navy rolled up 390 yards of total offense, 345 of it on the ground, but failed to use this ground assault to advantage on the scoreboard, losing its fourth straight this year, 31-11 to the Gobblers.

The 345 rushing yards is the most by the Midshipmen in their past 11 games, and is the most ever in a losing effort.

"Our offense has to take advantage of what is being given us," indicated Coach Elliot Uzelac. "We showed plenty of improvement out there today but we were inconsistent at times both on offense and defense."

Again, the Midshipmen were victims of big plays. The first came early in the third period with Tech ahead, 14-3. On its initial possession of the second half, Jon Jeffries broke loose for a 56-yard touchdown gallop.

In the fourth period, with the Mids trailing 24-3, Plebe quarterback Alton Grizzard 32

Defensive backfield coach hugs First Classman Curtis Irby (35) after his inteception against Air Force.

Photo by Phil Hoffmann

threw a pass that was intercepted and returned 90 yards for a touchdown. Grizzard did direct the Midshipmen to a last minute touchdown, throwing eight yards to split-end Carl Jordan.

First Classman Chuck Smith moved from halfback to fullback for the game and responded with a 143-yard rushing performance on 30 carries. "That obviously is a move that helps our offense," indicated Uzelac.

Plebe quarterback Alton Grizzard (16) hands off to fullback Bert Pangrazio (31) in Mids' bid to upset Air Force.

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Navy had 123 more yards of total offense than Tech and the Midshipmen also had the edge in time of possession, 34:28 to 25:32.

Air Force 23, Navy 13 Mid coach ElUot Uzelac predicted during the week of the Navy-Air Force game that "it would be a heck of a football game," despite the Falcons being listed as over three touchdown favorites.

It was a heck of a football game. And Although the Midshipmen suffered a 23-13 loss, they showed enough tenacity and improvement to offer encouragement for the rest of this year and for future years.

As Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry noted afterwards, "This was a typical intra-service game. Navy fought us tooth and nail all the way. I think their coaching staff did a good job preparing them for us."

The Falcons arrived at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadiiun riding the crest of a foiu'-game win string this season and a streak of five consecutive victories over the Mids. They also were second in the nation in rushing offense (397.6 yards per game) and fifth in total offense (468.8 yards/game).

Air Force quarterback Dee Do wis had just come off a 241-yard rushing effort the week before in the trouncing of Utah. That total was a school record.

But Navy twice had narrow leads in the game, 3-0 early on and 13-10 going into the fourth quarter.

Uzelac made a bold move when he elected to start Plebe Alton Grizzard at quarterback, the first Plebe to start at this position for Navy since 1974 when Mike Roban opened against Georgia Tech.

"I thought he was courageous out there," noted Uzelac. "He made some freshmen mistakes but he also made some good plays and he got us into the end zone."

Grizzard ended the day with 36 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries and was two of six passing for 37 yards. He threw one interception.

Navy opened the game without its two regular outside linebackers (defensive ends), Ray Worthington and Dave Moyer, both out with injuries, and dm-ing the course of the game lost leading rusher Chuck Smith and defensive backs Mike Marchildon and Jim Chatfield.

In fact. Smith, fifth on Navy's all-time career rushing list, played only the first two series in the game (two carries for foiu" yards) before leaving with sprained ligaments in his knee. Marchildon also tore Ugaments in his knee and Chatfield suffered a bruised thigh.

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Paul Parker provided some impetus to the running game. Bradley, a Youngster who is a walk-on, raced for 109 yards on 17 carries while Parker stepped his way to 59 yards on 12 attempts.

In the meantime. Navy's defensive unit did a marvelous job, particularly in controlling the quick and speedy Dowis. He managed only 41 yards on 12 carries.

The Mids were hurt some in the second half when fullback Quinton Roberts powered his way for the Falcons, ending the game with 116 yards on 24 carries and scoring one touchdown.

Navy's alert defense forced two turnovers in the first quarter, a fumble which defensive back Larry Dickinson recovered at the Mid five to halt a drive, and a pass interception by defensive back Curtis Irby. The latter, made at the Air Force 29, set up an early scoring opportunity but Bradley was jarred loose of the ball at the Falcon five.

Midway through the second period, Grizzard teamed with Bradley and Parker to sustain a Navy drive. Two Parker carries and a four-yard run by Bradley netted a first down and then Grizzard hit flanker Carl Jordan with a 21-yard pass that carried to the Air Force 39. Another first down came when First Class wide receiver Don Hughes raced 12 yards on a reverse. Navy wound up the 56-yard thrust with a 32-yard field goal from Second Classman Ted Fundoukos.

The Falcons were able to tie the count at 3-3 with a 32-yard field goal of their own just before halftime.

When Air Force took the opening possession of the second half and drove 80 yards in 16 plays for a touchdown and a 10-3 lead, it appeared the Falcons might be taking control of the game.

No so! Air Force tried a sky kick after the score and thought it had recovered the ball on the Mid 40. But the officials ruled that Navy did not have an opportunity to catch the ball, gave the ball to the Mids and marched off a five-yard penalty for interference in catching a free kick.

Grizzard and Bradley took advantage of this. Bradley raced 23 yards on first down to the Falcon 32. Then Grizzard and Hughes teamed for a 16-yard pass completion to the 15. Bradley drove for six yards and Grizzard, back to pass, scrambled for eight more.

Parker then carried a couple of tacklers for a four-yard gain and a first town on the Falcon two. Two plays later, Grizzard dove for the touchdown from the one and the teams were tied once more.

And Navy took the lead for the second time in the game a minute and a half later as Fundoukos booted a 39-yard field goal following the Midshipmen's recovery of a fumble.

A 34-yard Falcon field goal with 8:37 left in the final period again tied the score and then the Falcons took advantage of a 25-yard punt by Navy that gave them good field position on the Mid 41. Andy Smith capped a five-play drive with a 23-yard touchdown scamper and Air Force was now up 20-13.

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The Falcons later added a field goal with 26 seconds remaining in the game.

Air Force rushed for 301 yards, over 90 yards below its season average and had only 23 yards passing.

"The kicking game probably hurt us more than anything today," said a disappointed Uzelac. "But I am proud to be the coach of this team the way it played today. I'm anxious to play the next game. What this team needs more than anything right now is a win."

The victory was the sixth straight for Air Force over Navy, the longest winning string of any Service Academy over the Midshipmen.

Navy 38, Pennsylvania 28 Navy players and coaches finally had an opportunity to sing "Anchor's Aweigh" in the lockerroom after Plebe quarterback Alton Grizzard raced up and down Franklin Field to lead the Midshipmen to 428 yards rushing and a 38-28 triumph.

The Mids led at one time in the third period by 28 points (35-7) but then had a slight letdown in the final stanza when Penn scored two quick touchdowns.

Grizzard had 225 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 23 carries, the best rushing performance ever by a Navy quarterback.

The previous had been 123 yards by John Cart Wright against Vanderbilt in 1967.

His total was also the eight best single game rushing ever by a Navy player.

There were indications that Grizzard might be in for a big day on Navy's opening possession, as the Midshipmen efficiently moved downfield on a 71-yard drive that ended with Grizzard's first TD of the day, a three-yard run. The heady signal caller from Virginia Beach rushed for 52 yards on six carries in that sequence.

The Midshipmen were to score on their next three possessions, too, building up a 28-7 halftime lead. One of those tallies was set up by outside linebacker David Lowe's interception, one of two he made on the day.

By halftime, Grizzard has aheady rushed for 163 yards on 16 carries and scored two touchdowns.

His last TD run was for 26 yards and that put the Midshipmen at their biggest margin of the day in the third period.

The Quakers added a second touchdown with 6:16 left in the final period and then had another score less than two minutes later after recovering a Mid fumble on its own 17.

That made the count 35-21 with 5:49 remaining.

Navy coach Elliot Uzelac then sent Grizzard and most of the first offensive unit back into the game after First Classman Jim Traa, a tight end, alertly snapped up Penn's onside kick.

Grizzard directed Navy to the Penn 14 where Second Classman Ted Fundoukos connected on a 32-yard field goal with 3:18 remaining, giving the Midshipmen a 38-21 advantage.

The Quakers added another touchdown.

set up by a 55-yard run, to account for the final margin.

I'm very happy for the players," said a relieved Uzelac. "I thought we played decently for three-quarters and then went a little fiat. I take the blame for that.

"I was pleased with our defense until the end of the third quarter. We still have to be more consistent there or we won't stop teams like Pitt (Navy's next opponent).

Offensively we have to get some balance.

Even though we are using a Plebe at quEirterback, we have to be able to pass more," he added.

The Midshipmen attempted only one pass against Penn and that fell incomplete.

Even with First Classman Chuck Smith still sidelined with a knee injury. Navy managed its second highest rushing total ever (428 yards), surpassed only by the school record 513 yards against Columbia in 1954.

Uzelac warned about getting too excited over Grizzard's play. "Let's not overplay Grizzard's states," he said. "He is still a young kid and will get better, but he's going to have some rough days ahead of him."

Uzelac did indicate some of the factors that had impressed him when the Naval Academy was recruiting Grizzard. "We liked his attitude," he explained. "He was a fine high school athlete. We watched him play baseball, he was a shortstop, and he moved real well."

Other Fall Sports Doing Well Navy's men's and women's cross country teams both will carry outstanding records into their upcoming meets with Army, both at West Point in late October.

In the meantime, the lightweight football team was unbeaten in four outings, including two Eastern Lighweight Football League encounters, and was facing Cornell in a battle for first place in the league. The men's soccer team was 7-6-1, the women's volleyball team 25-7 and the men's water polo team was 13-10.

The men's cross country team had a 12-0 record as it sought its 14th straight win over the Cadets. However, veteran Coach Al Cantello was anticipating this to be a close meet, with the Mids having to rely on a number of youngsters and Plebes.

In recent outings, the men defeated Virginia (21-37), Villanova (15-48), Georgetown (24-37), Syracuse (21-40), Rutgers (21-40) and Pittsburgh (28-31).

In the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University, Navy was fifth out of a field of 29. Top individual finisher was Youngster Bob Packowski, who was 18th on the 10,000-meter course.

The women, 5-1 in dual competition, were third in the 10-team George Mason Invitational. Plebe Kim Marks had the best individual finish for Navy with a 16th place while Plebe Sarah Colvin was 17th and her twin sister. Amy, was 19th.

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twins, Kathy and Liz Fitzpatrick, were 59th and 60th respectively.

The Ughtweight football team opened its season with a 45-7 lacing of Princeton, registering 464 yards of total offense. Second Classman Luther Archer tallied four touchdowns in that contest.

In another non-league contest, the Mid Ughtweights stopped Pennsylvania, 17-7, allowing the Quakers just nine yards rushing and 70 yards passing. Archer ran for 149 yards and had one touchdown.

Then Navy opened Eastern Lightweight League competition with a 39-12 win over Princeton behind Keith Takabayaski, a Second Classman who returned five punts for 113 yards, one a 56-yard touchdown nm.

Navy had 373 yards of total offense that day.

The following week. Navy toppled Rutgers, 21-6, as Archer had one touchdown and 116 yards rushing. In the first four games Archer has seven touchdown.

After starting out with a 2-3-1 record.

Navy's soccer team rolled up four straight wins, defeating Colonial Athletic Association opponents North Carolina-Wilmington and East Carolina and then upending 15thranked Yale (2-0) and Hartford, the latter two wins coming on the road. The Midshipmen then lost to Richmond and George Mason before defeating St. Joseph's. In the win over Yale, Youngsters Joe Kiefer and Lou Schager each had a goal. Yoimgster Hal Zabrowski, a transfer from Clemson, continues to pace the team in scoring with seven goals and a pair of assists.

The women's volleyball team was 25-7 after finishing second in the East Stroudsburg ToiuTiament. The Midshipmen, who have ranked as high as 14th in the NCAA Division II polls, were also second

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in the Towson State Tournament in late September, won the USNA Volleyball Classic and went 3-2 in the West Point Classic, including a loss to the Cadets in four games (the Army-Navy N-star game will be played later in the season).

Early season highlights for the men's water polo team were a ranking of 12th and a 15-5 victory over Army for the N-star. In the later contest First Classmen Tom Temple and Brian Bell and Second Classman Tom Popp each had three goals. That same weekend.

Navy finished second in the Eastern Invitational, losing to Brown, 7-6, and thus will be challenged for a bid to the NCAA tournament by the Bruins and the Bison.

Youngster Tom Tomchek looks to score in this year's Army-Navy water polo match won by the Midshipmen, 15-5.

Photo by Phil Hoffmann

Other Sports Shorts At the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston in mid-October, Navy's varsity heavyweight was fifth in the Championship Eight in a field of 51 crews. The Midshipmen were the top finishing collegiate crew, with Olympic eights and prominent boat clubs finishing ahead of them. This was the 10th straight year the Midshipmen have earned a medal at this prestigious event.

William Suggs, a Youngster, was a member of the U.S. Shooting Team which competed in the World Air Gim Championships in Budapest, Hungary in mid-October.

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

Parris Island Proverb Goalie Ken Johansen surfaces after making a save against Army.

Photo by Phil Hoffmann

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U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association ALUMNI HOUSE â&#x20AC;˘ ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21402-5068 ROBERT W. McNITT Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) President

Dear Fellow Alumni, The Fall meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alumni Association on 17 September provided reassuring reports to the membership on record highs in membership, income and projects undertaken to enhance the excellence of the program and quality of life at the Naval Academy.

This is the third year that Life Members outnumbered the regular members, with a surprising, continuing increase as well in regular memberships, resulting in a record total of 27,750 on 1 August 1987.

The annual fund campaign had a record year with 9,700 donors giving $1,272,000, up from 7,995 donors giving $700,888 only five years ago. Additional gifts from corporations, foundations and individuals came to $1,488,000, providing a total of $2,760,000 to help meet the current needs of the Academy which are not funded by congressional appropriations. The Annual Report in this issue of Shipmate gives full details of all this activity.

Our Association has been requested by the Superintendent of the Naval Academy to organize a campaign to raise money for capital improvements and endowments needed to support long-range goals for the Academy. The planning for this campaign is on schedule, with the kick-off announcement and membership solicitation taking place early next year. The annual fund will continue to support the most urgent current needs of the Academy.

To ensure that our records are as accurate as possible, letters were sent to the 37,000 living members listed in the USNA Alumni Association Register asking for validation of the current entry. The response was overwhelming, with over half being returned within two weeks.

The Register this year will be the most correct and current edition in many years.

The Board, reviewing the reports of the Standing Committee, judged our Association to be in sound shape and ready to meet the challenges of the coming year.

Best wishes for a happy holiday season from your staff in the Alumni House.

Sincerely,

ROBERT W. MCNITT 36

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Annual Report, FY 1 9 8 7 Executive Director's Report Highlights of activities since the last meeting are: Ketchum, Inc. representatives reported aboard on 6 July 1987: Mr. Jim Johnson, Campaign Director and Mr. David Cooper, Assistant.

A Letter of Credit for three million dollars ($3,000,0(X)) was written on Alunmi Association assets by Annapolis Banking and Trust Company and was sent to the Superintendent 10 August 1987. Similar letters were drawn up for the Naval Academy Athletic Association, the Memorial Fund and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation totaling eight million dollars ($8,000,000). We have just received word that bids have indicated we will need $5,000,000 more on our Letter of Credit.

Over 37,000 validation letters were mailed 17 July 1987. Thus far we have received a total of 30,000 responses. The purpose was to vaUdate individual Register entries for the 1988 Register.

The Columbarium was dedicated 28 May 1987.

The Class of 1937 project was dedicated 3 June 1987 during their 50th reunion at the U.S. Naval Academy.

The eleventh Annual Joint Service Academies Alumni Association Conference was held there 31 May to 4 June 1987.

June Week West 1987 was held in Long Beach, hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter.

RAdm. McNitt reported a highly successful event.

Acceptances for Honorary membership have been received from President Ford, President Nixon, Father Hesburgh, Father Joyce and General Gray.

The Class of 1991 came aboard 1 July 1987 and 99% enrolled in the Life Membership at Graduation program. A total of 1,280 completed Plebe Summer satisfactorily. We recently received notice that starting with Graduation for the Class of 1988, graduation will always occur on the last Wednesday of the month of May. Our assets went over the $10,000,000 mark. Several large estate gifts were also received.

As of 1 August 1987, our membership total was 27,750 (15,150 being Life members). That's an increase of 1,124 Life members and 46 Regular members from this time last year. The Class of 1987 graduated 99% as Life members. Our number of good addresses should increase dramatically with the Register validation program which is described elsewhere in this report.

There are currently 193 Associate members. Those who have let their membership lapse have been sent reminders. The names of the following individuals are now Shipmate, December 1987

before the Membership Committee for consideration of Associate membership: Dr. Gale A. Mattox, Capt. Steve F. Kime, Mrs. Mary Gale " M G " Buchanan.

It is with sadness that I report that Mrs. Joyce Purdy, the Football Office Secretary for 36 years, whom we nominated and approved for Associate membership at the Spring meeting, passed away on 21 August 1987.

We have 40 Parents Clubs (four of which are still in the forming stage). Parents Weekend for the Class of 1991 resulted in ten additional queries to start Parents Clubs in areas not now covered. We are hoping that some if not all of these can be established.

It is with pleasure that I present to the Board of Trustees for recognition the newly formed Arizona Chapter, headed by LCol. James H. Reaves, USMC (Ret.) '43. We are also awaiting word on the final organization of the Las Vegas, Nevada, Chapter and are now in the process of reactivating the Charlotte, North Carolina Chapter as well as forming a new Chapter in the Palm Beach, Florida area.

Chair sales continue at a good pace; 36 Captain's chairs and 35 Boston Rockers have been sold since the last meeting. The Grandfather's Clock sales (those being shipped) now total 673.

The results of the Annual Fund appear on subsequent pages.

As we anticipated it would be, FY '87, which ended on 30 June 1987, was another record year for the Association's fundraising efforts.

In addition to annual fund gifts, we received $1,488,562 ($412,086 unrestricted, $1,076,476 restricted) from 60 donors. These include corporate and foundation grants, bequests, proceeds from trusts and major gifts from individuals.

Gifts from parents of current Midshipmen increased from $50,868 in FY '86 to $60,175 in FY '87. This increase of 20% in a program which is only two years old gives us reason to be optimistic that the parents will help significantly in the Capital Campaign.

As noted earlier in this report, the final planning stage for the Capital Campaign is well along. The Board will be briefed fully in progress in this extremely important area at the Fall meeting.

The print order for the September issue of Shipmate was 31,300 and it was mailed on 24 August 1987. About 300 extra copies were printed for distribution to the Naval History Symposium attendees later in September.

The issue had five first-person feature articles plus a study done by an Alumnus on Alumni lost in the Submarine Service during World War II. The purpose of the distribution was to illustrate to the attendees at the Symposium that Shipmate is, as a retired Flag Officer once said, "[a] treasure trove of history."

The Register for 1988 will be ready for mailing in the begiiuiing of December. As yet we are unsure of the size of the print order but anticipate that advance orders will.be heavier than last year. The successful solicitations of quinquennial reunion Classes will be continued.

As described at the last meeting, a validation of each individual's entry in the Register was mailed to each living graduate and each non-graduate member of the Alumni Association. A total of 37,0(X) individual validation letters were mailed on 17 July 1987. The instructions asked that the recipient correct, add or delete data to ensure that his own entry was complete and correct. Those having no modifications were asked to return the form as well in order to comfirm the validity of the data in the entry. A place on the

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letter was provided for the individual to put amendments in the proper form. The response to the request was overwhelming.

Within two weeks, more than half of the vaUdations were returned. As of 19 August, almost 30,000 were received. These were each edited by the Director of PubUcations to ensure that they were correct and in proper form to submit to a keystroke operator of the firm retained to do the typesetting for the

Register. Address changes, however, were made immediately by the Records section in order to have our mailings of Shipmate and other matter ciurent. An address change rate of about ten to fifteen percent of the retimis was encoimtered. Although the 1988 Register will not be a perfect reference dociunent, it will be a quantum jump from what existed in the past.

Re-roofing of the Cottage has been com-

pleted. Preventive maintenance of the fence and Alumni House has been completed.

Compliments continue to be received on appearance of property and the good work of the Staff.

William S. Busik Captain, USN (Ret.) Executive Director

Annual Fund, 1987 Fiscal year 1987 was another record year for the Association's fund-raising efforts. Final imaudited figures, along with comparable figures for the past three years, are as follows:

Unrestricted Restricted

FY 1987 $651,107 621,070

FY 1986 $644,851 562,269

FY 1985 $524,580 435,613

FY 1984 $487,545 257,715

TOTAL Donors

!51,272,177 9,753

$1,207,120 9,961

960,193 8,604

745,260 7,996

The aimual fund totals for this year include $60,175 from parents of current Midshipmen, a significant increase of 20% in this new program.

In addition to :monies received through the annual fund, $1,488,562 ($412,086 unrestricted, $1,076,476 restricted) was received from 60 donors.

These fimds represent major personal gifts. corporate and foundadon grants, and income from bequests or trusts.

Total gifts for the year thus equal $2,760,739 from 9,813 donors.

On the followinj! pages you will find a list of those who contributed during fiscal year 1987 (1 July 1986-30 June 1987). We: deeply appreciate each gift.

The Top Ten Classes In Dollars 1943 $49,147 1953 45,879 1957 45,269 1946 40,635 1939 39,401 1934 34,205 1947 33,107 1948 31,959 1945 27,634 1942 27,444

In Donors 1947 231 1944 226 1940 215 1939 213 1943 201 1948 198 1949 191 1957 189 1953 187 1956 182

In Percent 1921 1925 1931 1927 1932 1937 1940 1926 1930 1924

Donors 85% 79% 71% 69% 68% 67% 64% 59% 56% 55%

Note: The percent of donors is calculated by dividing the number of gifts by the number of living Alumni for whom we have good addresses.

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$ 7,667 5,790 4,323 6,255 8,158 14,939 11,426 25,376 4,059 10,623 12,551 14,970 16,188 15,333 34,205 12,367 15,106 22,976 22,957 39,401 26,604 10,264 27,444 49,147 20,279 27,634 40,635 33,107 31,959 21,957 21,037 20,117 13,966 45,879

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12.402 17,701 20,342 45,269 14,242 23,546 25,155 23,543 17,528 2,833 16,093 12,291 15,407 18,813 9,469 5,780 6,795 8,270 3,060 7,780 5,450 5,573 5,545 2,450 5,195 4,920 5,645 4,860 4,649 3,595 3,310 3,013 750

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J Mrs. Frank G. Kear C John M. Kennaday Robert A. Keyer, Jr. T Thomas J. Kirkland, Jr. James C. Landstreet Wilfred E. Lankenau Mrs. Harold K. Leslie C Francis B. Loomis, Jr. Hugh J. Martin T Ralph T. McDaniel Charles E. McDonald Mrs. Ephraim R. McLean, Jr. Harold B. Miller C George C. Montgomery John H. Morrill, II J Ira H. Nunn Mrs. John N. Opie, 111 Wallis F. Petersen George E. Peterson Richard E. Playter C George P. Privett Mrs. Donald J. Ramsey C Lester K. Rice T Hunter R. Robinson C Eugene C. Rook C John R. Ruhsenberger C John T. Shannon C Louis D. Sharp, Jr. Charles E. Shepherd Theodore J. Shultz Harrison B. Southworth C Robert C. Sutliff L Mrs. Thomas H. Templeton Mrs. Julius L. Thompson Murray J. Tichenor C George C. Towner T Donald S. Walker T Raymond R. Waller J Judson A. Wiley C Ralph E. Wilson C Edgar L. Witmer C Arthur C. Wood C Edward L. Woodyard Joseph M. P. Wright 1925 C William W. Agnew, Jr. C Rufus F. Allen Mrs. Barton E. Bacon, Jr. C George W. Bains Mrs. Cecil L. Blackwell C Horace W. Blakeslee Charles A. Bond C Mrs. Clyde E. Bourke C Henry T. Bowers, Jr. T Cameron Briggs C John B. Brown C Mrs. Thomas M. Brown Mrs. Thomas Burrowes Joseph M. Carson C Jackson S. Champlin C Jeane R. Clark C Robert S. Clark C Robert 1. Coleman Mrs. Carolyn S. Copeland Mrs. Philip S. Creasor Mrs. Clement R. Criddle Mrs. Robert E. Cronin Mrs. Homer O. Dahlke C Mrs. George J. Dufek C Mrs. Frank L. Durnell Wayne F. Eckley T Fremont B. Eggers C Ernest M. Eller Mrs. George E. Fee C Mrs. Frank W. Fenno C Phillip H. Fitz-Gerald Walter C. Ford C Walter 1. Foss, Jr. Mrs. Richard K. Gaines Mrs. Persifor F. Gibson, Jr. Cecil B. Gill Mrs. Graham C. Gill David Goldenson C Mrs. Wilfred B. Goulett L Arthur L. Graubart C Elmer F. Griep C John H. Griffin Stephen A. Hammond 39

Mrs. James R. Hanna Mrs. William O. Hanner James M. Hicks Robert E. Hogaboom Mrs. William S. Howard, Jr. Mrs. Linwood S. Howeth David R. Hull Mrs. Kenneth C. Hurd Alexander Jackson, Jr. Bruce D. Kelley Shane H. King Mrs. Frederick N. Kivette Mrs. A. B. Thompson Knighton John J. Laffan Richard A. Larkin Harold O. Larson Victor D. Long Frederick K. Loomis Mrs. Raymond R. Lyons Mrs. Ranald M. MacKinnon Mrs. Lewis M. Markham Walter S. Mayer, Jr. Mrs. Edward A. McFall Mrs. John L. Melgaard Joseph H. Nevins, Jr. Mrs. Howard T. Orville Edward N. Parker Lawrence R. Payne Martin R. Peterson Mrs. William F. Pettit George L. Purmont Schuyler N. Pyne Mrs. Arthur R. Quinn Richard W. Reither Herbert P. Rice Mrs. James M. Robinson Ralph A. Sentman Mrs. Wilham Sihler Charles S. Silsbee Franklin W. Slaven Mrs. WUliam H. Standley, Jr. Mrs. Fred R. Stickney WilUam C. Straub Lee F. Sugnet Comehus M. SuUivan Frank S. Timberlake Mrs. Thomas H. Tonseth Mrs. WUliam H. TruesdeU WUliam L. Turney Mrs. William S. Veeder Mrs. Ernest S. C. Von Kleeck, Jr. Edward K. Walker Frederick B. Warder Charles S. Weeks Joseph H. Wellings Marvin J. West Theodore C. White Mrs. CUfton A. Wishart Hunter Wood, Jr. Bennett W. Wright Elmer K. Zitzewitz Mrs. Adolph Zuber 1926 Donald W. Alexander WiUiam L. Anderson Nathaniel C. Barker T Albert Benjamin T Bion B. Bierer, Jr. Almerian R. Boileau C Henry A. Boorse T James T. Brewer C Clarence Broussard Robert E. Brown, Jr. Henry C. Bruton J Charles A. Buchanan Mrs. John L. Burnside Francis L. Busey C Joseph W. Callahan Gordon CampbeU Charles L. Carpenter Robert W. Cavenagh Lysle W. Cease Murray W. Clark C Kenneth Craig J Mrs. George G. Crissman C Charles E. Crombe, Jr. Ambrose F. Crowley Oden B. Duckett C Mrs. Melville I. Dunn

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C WiUiam C. Eddy Eskil T. Eskilson T William O. Floyd C Carl J. Forsberg T John G. Foster, Jr. John E. Fradd Mrs. Laurence H. Frost William A. Gerth C John A. Click Alvord J. Greenacre James A. Greenwald, Jr. Rowland H. Groff Norman A. Helfrich T Guy B. Helmick C Hamilton W. Howe T Ed H. Jackson C Fielder A. Jones Allen R. Joyce C Chester A. Kunz Mrs. Jackson A. Lahn Henry S. Lewis Walter E. Linaweaver L Augustus C. Long C Barron G. Lowrey Robert D. Lowther C Mrs. Charles H. Lyman C Louis C. Mabley C Eugene F. May Jesse S. McClure Francis D. McCorkle J John C.S. McKUlip L Gordon A. McLean C WiUiam Miller C Ernest P. Mills James A. Morrison Ralph H. Moureau C Frank O'Beirne Anderson Offutt Daniel M. Ogden Oscar Pederson C Harlan K. PerriU T Robert B. Pirie C Harold J. Pohl C Harry H. Pottle, Jr. C WiUiam L. Pryor, Jr. George L. Reed Mrs. Herman Reich Luther K. Reynolds Walter F. Rodee C Arthur R. Rule, Jr. J James S. RusseU George E. Schade C Mrs. Edwin S. Schanze T Harold M. Shanahan C Con D. SUard C WiUiam R. Smedberg, III Edward W. Snedeker Joseph B. Stefanac Yates Stirling, III C Charles L. Strain T Paul D. Stroop C Daniel J. Sweeney T John Sylvester Mario G. Vangeli C George H. Weis Thomas M. Whelan Beverly E. Wilson C John L. Woodbury C James L. Woods, Jr. 1927 C Howard C. Adams T Edward S. Addison Robert A. Allen C Arthur F. Anders C Henry J. Armstrong, Jr. C WiUiam H. Ashford, Jr. Mrs. Gordon S. Ashley Mrs. William E. Balfrey C Robert M. Barnes Mrs. Charles K. Bergin C John C. Bernet C Mrs. Ernest Blake Joe W. Boulware L Raymond G. Boyd L Harold M. Briggs C William B. Bristor C Frank Bruner Gordon L. Caswell William P. Chilton

Charles E. Clutts L George B. Coale C James E. Cohn T Clifford S. Cooper Glen W. Cooper Joshua W. Cooper WUliam H. Cuzner William N. Davies Mrs. Charles G. DeKay C Joseph S. Detwiler C Harold T. Deutermann C John T. Dimon C Oscar H. Dodson C Timothy F. Donohue C Paul R. Drouilhet Clayton R. Dudley Claren E. Duke J Edward H. Eckelmeyer, Jr. Arthur K. Ehle John L. Ewing, Jr. C Mrs. L. Parker Fairlamb C Theodore C. Fauntz C William E. FerraU Carl W. Flesher C Robert S. Ford George K. Eraser C Charles L. Freeman Bernard M. Gates Hobson I. Gattis C Sylvius Gazze C Frank D. Giambattista C John F. Gilday Mrs. Emmanuel T. Goyette Thomas L. Greene Otis C. Gregg T Charles D. Griffin C Richard G. Griffoul L Gardner K. Grout, II Byron C. Gwinn James W. Hager C Thomas J. Hamilton WeUington A. Hammond C George L. Hansen C Harold D. Hansen Harold S. Harnly Raymond L. Harrell C Joseph F. Hellauer C Frederick L. Hetter Robert A. Hinners T Leroy V. Honsinger L Miles H. Hubbard C Harry R. Hummer, Jr. T WUliam D. Irvin C Henry T. JarreU C Joseph F. Jelley, Jr. L Mrs. CarroU F. Johnson Frank H. Johnson Mrs. Francis R. Jones C James A. Jordan Jack P. Juhan Frank M. June C Kenneth I.C. Keepers Joseph W. Kern C Bethuel M. Kitchen C William L. Knickerbocker George Knuepfer Frederick V. W. Lemly Richard B. Levin Henry L. Luongo T Joseph B. Maher Farar B. C. Martin C Mrs. Robert F. Martin Albert B. Mayfield C Mrs. Francis M. McAUster James R. McCormick C Francis C.B. McCune T Leonard S. Mewhinney J Mrs. Paul D. Miles C Ray A. Mitchell C Jack P. Monroe C WiUiam M. Nation WiUiam R. D. Nickelson, Jr. C PhiUp C. Olin Robert A. Olson William H. Organ C Henry R. Paige Alex M. Patterson Pete A. Pellegrino C Richard H. Phillips

T Elmer C. PoweU T Walter H. Price Mrs. Paul H. Ramsey C Wesley H. Randig J Reunah Randolph C Gill M. Richardson C Robert S. Rickabaugh C Roland W. Rickertts James M. Robens Edwin B. Robinson C Richard B. Rogers Richard P. Ross, Jr. C Michael P. RussiUo C Theodore G. Schirmeyer Albert B. Scoles C Edward K. Shanahan Mrs. Courtney Shands T Ulysses S. G. Sharp, Jr. C Lewis J. Sheaffer Mrs. AUen Smith C Marshall L. Smith C Robert S. Smith PhiUp W. Snyder WilUam C. Specht C Robert H. Speck C George B.H. StaUings Emmett J. SuUivan PhiUp A. Tague, Jr. C PhiUp B. Tankard T Charles M. Tooke Spalding Trafton, Jr. C Frank Virden David C. White Richard P. Wilkinson, Jr. C George W. WiUcox C Delbert F. WilUamson Mrs. John C. Woelfel Mrs. David B. Young C Herbert C. Zitzewitz 1928 C Stephen H. Ambruster Robert J. Archer C Robert G. Ballance C James S. Bierer Mrs. Lex L. Black Charles Broadbent C Raymond O. Burzynski C WiUiam A. CockeU C Victor B. Cole T Neale R. Curtin C Edwin B. Dexter C Raymond O. Doss C Thomas G. Ennis C Albert J. Fay Marcel R. Gerin WUliam H. Jacobsen C Ralph K. James Mrs. MUton G. Johnson C Robert T.S. Keith C John T. Kent T Alexander M. Leary, Jr. James R. Lee C De E. M. Logsdon C David L. McDonald C Albert O. Momm Nic Nash, Jr. C Rollo N. Norgaard C Oscar L. Otterson C WiUiam F. Rabom, Jr. C Matthew Radom C Harry E. Sears C Donald K. Smith C Thurmond A. Smith C PhUUp G. Stokes T Wells Thompson Albert J. Walden Charles R. Watts C Harry B. Whittington Chester C. Wine Robert W. Wood Mrs. Edwin J. Young John Zabilsky 1929 C William C. Allen L Peyton T. Anderson, Jr. C Richard R. BalUnger C George F. Beardsley C Roy S. Benson C Joseph B. Berkley Shipmate, December 1987

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Roland D. Blocksom Donald P. Bush WilUam M. Canning Daniel Carlson WiUiam A. Cashman Robert N.S. Clark Benjamin Coe William F. Coleman Mrs. Ernest C. Collins WUliam 1. DarneU John F. Davidson Milton C. Dickinson Dean B. Dowling Donald T. Eller WUliam B. Epps James M. Farrin, Jr. Paul Foley, Jr. Samuel B. Frankel Guy P. Garland Russell A. Hart WilUam T. Hastings, Jr. Robert A. Heinlein Donald E. Helwig James M. Hezlep Arthur S. HiU Mrs. Ludwig C. Hoffman Pat L. Humphrey Samuel A. Janney Gustave N. Johansen Carl A. Johnson Roy L. Johnson George L. Kohr Caleb B. Laning Frederick G. Lippert John H. McElroy Charles A. Meeker Leonard T. Morse Edward J. O'Donnell PhiUp R. Osborn EUiott W. Parish, Jr. Henry S. Persons Carl A. Peterson Knight Pryor Herman L. Ray Warner S. Rodimon Emery Roughton Mrs. Emery Roughton Frank H. Schwable Leroy C. Simpler Edward C. Stephan Albert W. Strahorn Stanley C. Strong Kemp ToUey Charles O. Triebel Richard G. Visser George H. Wales David J. Welsh Thomas P. Wilson John D. Zimmerman 1930 Carlton R. Adams Jack Agnew Mrs. Arthur H. Ashton Rea A. Axline John B. Azer Richard H. Bates Rudolph C. Bauer Paul P. Blackburn, Jr. Everett M. Block Aubrey J. Bourgeois Alston M. Boyd, Jr. Lee D. V. Boyle Frederic C. Bradman Harvey P. Burden WilUam A. Burgett WiUiam C. Butler Thomas H. Cable Harry R. Canaday Edward S. Carmick Wreford G. Chappie Henry G. Clark Leonidas D. Coates, Jr. Ray R. Conner Howard G. Corey Robert R. Craighill James W. Davis MarshaU E. Dornin WiUiam T. Doyle, Jr. William M. Drane

Shipmate, December 1987

Otis J. Earle C Walter G. Ebert John E. Edwards C Mrs. John F. Flynn Walfried H. Fromhold C William E. Centner, Jr. Marvin H. Gluntz Mrs. Royce L. Gross WiUiam W. Gubbins C CUfton G. HaU Ned Harrell Charles H. Hayes L John T. Hayward C Charles R. Herms C Alexander S. Heyward, Jr. C Wellington T. Hines C Ephraim P. Holmes Herman W. Holt C Herschel A. House James H. Howard John G. Howell John Hulme C Andrew M. Jackson, Jr. C Walter T. Jenkins Harold F. Johnson C James W. Kiernan T Denys W. Knoll Albert Konigsberg C John E. Lee C Nicholas A. Lidstone C Vernon L. Lowrance T Frederic C. Lucas, Jr.

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Edwin O. Wagner Wilfred A. Walter Macpherson B. WiUiams Francis E. WUson Royal A. Wolverton James A. Woodruff, Jr. Thomas K. Wright Joseph B. H. Young 1931 Noah Adair, Jr. Charles W. Aldrich Mrs. Richard S. Andrews Raymond H. Bass Robert P. Beebe Louis J. BeUis Sherman W. Belts Mrs. James O. Biglow Joseph D. Black Warren L. Bouve Mrs. Robert M. Bowstrom WiUiam B. Braun Mrs. Elliott M. Brown Frederick J. Brush Albert W. Butterfield John W. Byng Mrs. Marcus B. Caldwell Peyton P. Callaway Bruce L. Carr John D. Cashman Mrs. John F. Castree Byrant A. Chandler

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iilfiifl* Herbert H. Marable C Kleber S. Masterson Charles E. McCombs C WiUiam A. Moffett, Jr. C Robert L. Moore John A. Moreno Elias B. Mott, 11 C WilUam T. Nelson C Mrs. Roy A. Newton Richard M. Nixon T George R. Over C Arthur E. Owen Robert E. Perkins C John C. Pirie C WilUam S. Post, Jr. J Samuel M. Randall L Frederick M. Reeder Joseph A. Ruddy, Jr. C Gifford Scull C George C. Seay Harry Smith C WiUiam O. P. Snead, Jr. i Richard T. Spofford Clyde B. Stevens, Jr. C Francis S. Stich Robert J. Stroh C Bryan F. Swan C William G. Tisdale, Jr. C Robert S. Trower, III Thaddeus J. Van Metre Alex S.C. Wadsworth

C John L. Chew C Harris P. Child

John B. Colwell James 1. Cone Charles O. Cook, Jr. Lawrence B. Cook John D. Crowley John W. Crumpacker Ralph Cullinan, Jr. Edward M. Day Lucian F. Dodson John O. F. Dorsett William A. Dunn Lee A. Ellis Ernest B. Ellsworth, Jr. Reid P. Fiala Benjamin P. Field, Jr. Maxim W. Firth William H. G. FitzGerald John A. Fitzgerald Mrs. Joseph E. Flynn George J. Forde Jose Francisco Clarence L. Gaasterland Peter M. GavigUo Mrs. Arthur S. Genet Thomas E. Gillespie Ralph G. Gillette Harry M. S. Gimber, Jr. Robert L. Gray Edward H. Guilbert

C George J. Gundlfinger, Jr. C Mrs. J. Irons Guymon C Oscar E. Hagberg Henry H. Hale Madison Hall, Jr. Norman Hall Mann Hamm C Mrs. Douglas T. Hammond George A. Hatton T Claude V. Hawk Richard R. Hay Mrs. Nelson M. Head C Robert B. Heilig Maurice W. Hibschman Andrew J. Hill, Jr. C Bankson T. Holcomb C Mrs. Harry W. Holden C William W. Hollister Arnold H. Holtz Ernest C. Holtzworth Richard F. Hunt T Raymond P. Hunter WiUiam A. Hunter, Jr. C Mrs. Cliffton Iverson Harlan T. Johnson Alvin A. Jones Robert F. Jones Mrs. Albert J. Keller Gerald L. Ketchum Mrs. Frederick A. Kinzie Mrs. Frederick E. Krauss Joseph B. Lamb Sidney J. Lawrence C James T. Lay C Mrs. William R. Lefavour C Herbert Levenson C Bafford E. Lewellen Sam A. Lief Carlton C. Lucas Hylan B. Lyon C Edwin A. MacDonald Mrs. John L. Maloney L Mrs. John S. McCain, Jr. C Mrs. Douglas J. McFarlane C Francis A. McKee C Mrs. Charles W. McKinney C Vincent J. Meola Mrs. Francis B. Merkle Alfred B. Metsger C Justin A. Miller C John O. Miner C Mrs. John R. Moore C WiUiam E. Moring Jesse H. Motes, Jr. PhiUp W. MothersiU C Carleton E. Mott C Horace D. Moulton C Mrs. Horace Myers T Mrs. Ray C. Needham C John C. Parham, Jr. Harold Payson, Jr. George E. Peckham T Francis M. Peters, Jr. C Richard W. Peterson Ransom A. Pierce T Peter G. PoweU, Jr. C George 1. Purdy Frank G. Raysbrook C AUan L. Reed Albert K. Romberg C David L. Roscoe, Jr. WilUam M. Ryon George Schlegel, III C Walter P. Schoeni Alfred E. Sharp, Jr. Clifford H. Shuey C Andrew J. Smith C James T. Smith C Norman E. Smith Ronald K. Smith Arthur E. Stafford C Mrs. Marcus G. Steele Edward F. Steffanides, Jr. C Walter J. Stewart Mrs. Charles T. Straub C Daniel A. Stuart C Eugene Tatom C Mrs. Samuel G. Taxis Joseph F. Tenney

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Robert A. Theobald, Jr. C Theodore A. Torgerson T Ignatius N. Tripi Mrs. Gordon A. Uehling Schermerhorn Van Mater C Alexander C. Veasey C James B. Vredenburgh, 111 Mrs. Donald N. Wackwitz Mrs. Kinloch C. Walpole C John A. Webster C Karl R. Wheland C Frederick L. Wieseman C Mrs. Donald T. WUber C Prentis K. WUl Henry WiUiams, Jr. Mrs. LoweU W. WUUams Arthur L. WUson Edward G. Winters C Lester O. Wood Edward A. Wright Sinclair B. Wright L John T. Wulff C Mrs. Andrew L. Young, Jr. Alexander A. Zuntag 1932 Richard D. Adams C Stephen M. Archer Mrs. Edwin C. Asman C Walter Asmuth, Jr. C Barry K. Atkins C George W. Bailey C Jack I. Bandy C Robert O. Beer L Mrs. Samuel D. Berger Edward B. BiUingsley C Richard H. Blair Alpha L. Bowser Sheldon W. Brown T WiUiam I. BuU C Dunbar G. Burdick C Herbert J. CampbeU C WiUiam J. Catlett, Jr. Irwin Chase, Jr. T John L. Chittenden C James D. CoUett C Alfred L. Cope WiUiam R. Cox C Alexander B. Coxe, Jr. James G. Craig, Jr. C John C. DeWitt, Jr. Mark E. Dennett C Mrs. Arthur A. Denton Earl R. Eastwold C Paul E. Emrick C John S. Fahy Earl P. Finney, Jr. C Thomas M. Fleck C Francis D. Foley C Joel C. Ford, Jr. C Bernard W. Freund C Robert B. Fulton, II Scott K. Gibson C Daniel C. Goodman Paul H. Harrington C Richard D. Harwood T Oscar A. Heinlein C John S. Horner C Harry HuU JuUan G. Humiston C James W. Humrichouse C Earl T. Hydeman Walter D. Innis Joseph A. Jaap C Mrs. Garry W. Jewett, Jr. Mrs. WiUiam D. Kelly C William E. Kenna C Frederick J. Kirch C Louis J. Kirn C Henry T. KUnksiek C Edmond G. Konrad C Mrs. John D. Lamade C Richard H. Lambert Richard J. Lavery C John R. Leeds Robert C. Leonard Mrs. John S. Lewis J Porter Lewis T Walter H. Lewis J Rex B. Little

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C Roland O. Lucier C George R. Luker John P. Lunger C Alfred R. Matter John S. Matthews C Robert J. C. Maulsby Victor B. McCrea C Joseph A. McGoldrick C Dewut C. Mclver, Jr. C Donald K. McLeod C Equen B. Meader C John S. MUler John H. Morse, Jr. C Lloyd M. Mustin Jacob C. Myers C TerreU A. Nisewaner Michael B. O'Cormor C Hinton A. Owens C Charles J. Palmer C Alton E. Parker J Charles H. Parks C Lloyd W. Parrish C WilUam B. Perkins Paul W. Pfingstag C Robert R. Porter C Howard R. Prince C Samuel F. Quarles C George L. Raring C Harry L. Reiter, Jr. C George F. Rice C George P. Rogers C George A. Rooney Jack Roudebush J Horace P. Rounds C Edward A. Ruckner Harold L. Sargent Otto A. Scherini T Floyd B. Schultz C Isador J. Schwartz John W. Seager Harry W. Seely C Mrs. Wallace C. Short C Mrs. WiUiam B. Short, Jr. C Robert T. Simpson C Lawrence Smith C Levering Smith C John G. Spangler Gilbert N. Stevenson Roland E. Stieler C Morton Sunderland C William L. Tagg J Donald I. Thomas C Howard J. Turton J Magruder H. Turtle J Salem A. Van Every, Jr. C Frederick O. Vaughan L Mrs. Alfred G. Ward C Robert H. Weeks C Wallace H. Weston C Theodore H. White C Chauncey S. WiUard C Paul D. WiUiams C Richard C. WiUiams, Jr. Marcus W. WilUamson C George R. Wilson C Joseph F. Witherow, Jr. Walter H. Wooding C Joseph C. Wylie, Jr. J Melvin T. Young 1933 C Robert R. Anderson C Haven W. Andrews C Frank R. Arnold C Frederick L. Ashworth C Henry F. Banzhaf C Christopher S. Barker, Jr. C Preston R. Belcher T James S. Bethea C Howard T. Bierer J Walter L. Blatchford C Charles A. Blick C Francis J. Blouin C Harold G. Bowen, Jr. C Edwards Brown C James O. Brown C Frederick W. Bruning C Clarence M. Caldwell Robert S. Camera C Clifford M. Campbell

James H. CampbeU T Jay v. Chase C Mrs. Walter L. Clark, Jr. WiUiam A. Coffey J Thomas F. ConnoUy Lester C. ConweU John S. Coye, Jr. Harold F. Crist T Charles A. Curtze Lewis M. Davis, Jr. C Robert A. Dawes, Jr. James B. Denny Irvin L. Dew Bennett M. Dodson Norman J. Drustrup C Howard C. Duff C Turner A. Duncan James M. EUiott C Joseph F. Enright Leo Erck C Glover T. Ferguson Robert S. Foerster Everett J. Foster C Henry H. Fox, Jr. Raymond D. Fusselman C Ignatius J. Galantin John A. Gamon, Jr. Robert E. Garrels C Richard C. Gazlay Robert M. Gibbons Elmer F. Glenn C George D. Gregor Edward E. Grimm C H. Bentley Hahn C Donovan B. Harby Ward F. Hardman Everett J. Harris T Reynolds H. Hayden Marritt S. Higham George K. Hudson WilUam A. Hunt, Jr. Raymond B. Jacoby C Carlton B. Jones James G. Kastein Charles H. Keyser Charles E. King John A. Klopp C Joseph W. Koenig C Howard F. Kuehl Donald O. Lacey C George H. Laird, Jr. Richard Lane John S. Lehman Roy F. Leverenz Thomas A. Long Michael J. Luosey T Michael V. MacKenzie C WiUiam W.R. Macdonald Robert A. MacPherson C James L. Martin T David L. Martineau C Paul Masterton C David McCampbeU Hugh R. McKibbin C Fitzhugh McMaster C Kenneth E. Meneke T Albert F. Metze Bernard H. Meyer C Clayton L. MUler C George H. Miller C Thomas H. Moorer C WiUiam C. Mott J Thomas E. Norris Gerald D. O'Brien C John B. Oren C Jay T. Palmer C WilUam V. Pratt, II C Ralph M. Pray Mrs. Frederick W. Purdy C James R. Reedy C Walter P. Reuland C Robert S. Riddell Harold E. Ruble C Henry P. Rumble C Albert F. Ryan, Jr. Ralph N. Sargent, Jr. C Arnold F. Schade C Frank D. Schwartz William E. Seipt

C Donald R. Shaul Martin A. SheUabarger C Ralph L. Shifiey C Lewis L. Snider L Raymond J. St. Germain C Reuben E. Stanley C John M. Steinbeck C Lemuel M. Stevens Bernard M. Strean C Henry H. Strozier C Henry D. Sturr Ralph E. Styles WUliam H. Sublette C Raymond W. Thompson, Jr. J Carl Tiedeman J Malcolm H. Tinker Vernon C. Turner C John A. Tyree, Jr. C WUUam J. Van Meter, Jr. C Ruben E. Wagstaff C Paul E. WaUace C Waldemar F.A. Wendt Laurence A. White C Bruce E. Wiggin Gerald R. Wright 1934 C Spencer M. Adams C Roger S. Ahlbrandt J Joe M. Alexander C Dennison C. Ambrose C Howard T.E. Anderson C Jackson D. Arnold Mrs. James H. Ashley, Jr. T Carl H. Bachmaim C Claude F. BaUey C WendeU E. BaUey C Edgar H. BatcheUer C Ernest S. Bathke C Walter H. Baumberger C Lawrence R. Becht T Albert L. Becker C Robert C. Bengston James C. Bentley C Charles M. Bertholf C Forrest R. Biard J Charles Bletunan, Jr. C Frederic P. Bromer C Samuel R. Brown, Jr. Irving Bunevich T Henry W. Buse, Jr. C WUUam L. Calhoun, Jr. C Joseph C. Carter, Jr. C Malcolm M. Champlin T Ernest E. Christensen C Mrs. Gordon P. Chung-Hoon T Bernard A. Clarey T Lawrence B. Clark C Alexander B. Cloud L Carlton B. Coen C AUyn Cole, Jr. J Wilson M. Coleman C Charles C. Coley C James R. Compton C John P. Condon C Harry E. Cook, Jr. T Paul C. Cook C Harold O. Deakin C Duncan P. Dbion, Jr. T Melvin H. Dry C Thomas H. DuBois C WilUam T. Dutton T Edward J. Fahy C Harold D. FuUer C Mrs. Craig R. Garth L Albert L. Gebelin C Charles H. Gerlach L Robert W. Graham T John C. Green T Frederick A. Gunn C Edgar J. Hailey J Robert P. Harbold, Jr. C Robert J. Hardy C John HarUee C Cecil K. Harper T Frederick C. Heerde C George A. HiU, Jr. Douglas S. HoUaday C Robert H. Hopkins C John A. Horton, Jr. Shipmate, December 1987

T C C C J C C T C C C C C C C L C C C C C C C C J C C C C J C C C C J C C C C T T C C C C C C T C T C L C L C L J C C C C C C C C C C C L C C C C C C C C C

Curtis H. Hutchings John J. Hyland Maurice T. Ireland James E. Johnson Nels C. Johnson Herman H. Kait John W. Kearns Hobart Key, Jr. Mrs. NeU E. Kingsley WUUam T. Kinsella Lehman H. Kleppinger Richard S. Klunk Richard G. Kopff Herman J. Kossler Arthur E. Krapf Victor H. Krulak Edwin S. Lee, Jr. Robert W. Leeman Earl W. Logsdon John T. Lowe Marvin E. Lundfelt Warren S. MacLeod Colin J. Mackenzie WilUam I. Martin Edgar R. McClung, Jr. John F. McGUlis Robert H. Menges Robert H. MUbrath Stuart P. MUler AUen W. Moore Patrick C. Moran John B. Morland Hugh MuUan George E. Munmia WUUam C. Murphy Clyde R. Nelson Richard E. Nichols Station R. Ours, Jr. James E. Owers George E. T. Parsons Thomas A. Peacock WiUiam R. Peeler Ward J. Peterson Frank L. Pitmey, Jr. George F. Pittard Edgar S. PoweU, Jr. Irving S. Presler Edward P. Ring Mrs. WiUiam 1. Robbins John G. Roenigk Marvin I. Rosenberg George C. Ruffin, Jr. Carl W. Schoenweiss Lester R. Schulz Robert F. SeUars Martin C. ShaUenberger, Jr. James S. ShUson Chester A. Siver John V. Smith Roy C. Smith, III Earl K. Solenberger WiUiam D. Staples, Jr. WiUiam W. Stark, Jr. Charles R. Stephan WilUam A. Stevenson Lester J. Stone Douglas M. Swift Keith E. Taylor Frank C. Tharin Mrs. Ivan P. Thompson Joseph B. Tibbets Edward R. Tilburne Robert L. Townsend Franklin K. Travis Frank K. Upham Clyde J. Van Arsdall, Jr. John J. Waybright RoUin E. Westholm Marshall W. White WilUam M. Wilcox Robert R. Williams, Jr. Jackson A. Woodruff

1935 C William C. Abhau Edward L. Adams Warren W. Armstrong C Marshall H. Austin Rodney J. Badger Leonard J. Baird Shipmate, December 1987

C Fred E. Bakutis J Eugene A. Barham C WiUiam R. Barnes John J. Becker Henry B. Bobo C John W. Bottoms C Albert H. Bowker Chester A. Briggs Frederic W. Brooks T James H. Brown C Thomas A. Brown George H. Cairnes Grafton B. Campbell Charles D. Christian C Julian B. Cown C John B. Crosby T Slade D. Cutter C Arthur T. Decker C Louis M. Detweiler C Alva W. Dinwiddie Elmer T. Dorsey C Joseph E. Dougherty James B. Eppes, Jr. Marion H. Eppes WUUam T. Evans J Christian L. Ewald Richard M. FarreU

Harold H. Larsen Holman Lee, Jr. Weldon H. Lloyd Joseph M. Lyle Robert S. Mandelkorn John F. Mann John H. Maurer David H. McClintock John W. McCormick Harold W. McDonald Rhodam Y. McElroy William N. McGill Harrison P. Mclntire WiUiam A. McManus Charles V. McQuary John H. McQuilkin Herman J. Mecklenburg Ralph M. Metcalf Norman H. Meyer John M. Miller Walter A. Moore, Jr. David Nash Wallace M. Nelson Warren E. Oliver Edgar G. Osborn Edward C. Outlaw Wyman H. Packard

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C Eugene B. Fluckey John J. Foote C Mason Freeman C Norman D. Gage Francis M. Gambacorta C Jesse B. Gay, Jr. C WUliam J. Germershausen, Jr. C Thomas C. GiUmer C Herschel J. Goldberg C Richard B. Hale C Frederick J. Harlfinger, II Richard E. Harmer Charles L. Harris Martin T. Hatcher Mrs. P. F. Hauck C William C. Hazzard Edwin H. Headland Bruce T. Hemphill Franklin G. Hess C Grover S. Higginbotham Robert M. Hinckley, Jr. Louis R. Hird Richard D. Hughes C George Hutchinson C William W. Hyland Ronald K. Irving Robert W. Jackson John L. Jay Carter B. Jennings T Coostantine A. Karaberis C Edgar Keats C Robert B. Kelly C Doyen Klein Page Knight Henry P. Knowles, Jr. Fletcher M. Lamkin

C Alton E. Paddock Richard S. Paret T Jefferson D. Parker C Anthony C. Parry C William F. Petrovic C George L. PoweU C Robert H. Prickett Mrs. M.F. Ramirez de Arellano Eli T. Reich C Bruce P. Ross WiUiam T. Samuels Louis C. Scheibla Mrs. Matthew S. Schmidling Edward B. Schutt C James Scott, II C Frank E. Sellers, Jr. Howard Z. Senif Mrs. Jack M. Seymour C John N. Shaffer Charles S. Sharrocks Charles W. Shelburne Eugene W. Shellworth C Frank M. Smith C Samuel F. Spencer T Emory D. Stanley, Jr. C Everett H. Steinmetz Elbert M. Stever WUliam A. Sullivan C Arthur E. Tarantino John W. Thomas Henry C. Tipton C Robert C. Vasey, Jr. C Kenneth L. Veth C Francis D. Walker, Jr. Walton B. Walters Mrs. French Wampler, Jr.

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Earl M. Weaver Joseph H. Wesson Kenneth West Howard S. Westin William B. Wideman James M. Wolfe, Jr. Burns D. Wood, Jr. Malcolm T. Wordell Dwight A. Wrigley Don W. Wulzen 1936 Carl H. Amme, Jr. Henry A. Arnold Fred G. Bennett Paul H. Bjarnason John N. Boland Richard R. Bradley, Jr. Harrison Brent, Jr. James A. Brown Ovid M. Butler Robert H. Caldwell, Jr. Frederic A. Chenault James A. Coddington Otis R. Cole, Jr. Walter V. Combs, Jr. Hollis W. Cooley Joseph A. Coppola John M. Court Earl R. Crawford William A. ElUs Carl M. FeUows Parker L. Folsom Philip H. Fox Albert B. Purer John K. Fyfe James S. Gray Mrs. WilUam T. Groner Verne H. Hagenah WiUard M. Hanger James R. Hansen Henry H. Hemenway Robert M. Higginson Edmund J. Hoffman Ralph R. Humes Ernest W. Humphrey Charles H. Hutchins Joseph B. Icenhower Thomas K. Kimmel Ed R. King, Jr. John J. Kircher John K. Knapper Dallas M. Laizure Frank G. Law William E. Lewis Randolph S. D. Lockwood Mrs. Kenneth C. Lovell Charles C. Manley Mrs. Hoyt D. Mann Mrs. James McCarty Clinton McKellar, Jr. Randolph Meade, Jr. Robert C. Morton Richard L. Myers Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. Bennett C. Oelheim Ellis B. Orr John M. Oseth Fitzhugh L. PaUner, Jr. William B. Parham Jewett O. PhilUps, Jr. Richard R. Pratt John P. Preston Delmer F. Quackenbush, Jr. Mrs. A. J. Rauchle Allen B. Reed, Jr. James T. Reed Marion J. Reed Joseph E. Rice David C. Richardson Louis B. Robertshaw James B. Rutter, Jr. Paul B. Ryan Mrs. Thomas W. Samuel David S. Seaman James L. Semmes WilUam H. Shea, Jr. Philip E. Shetenhelm Robert C. Sleight John H. Spencer

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Frank G. Springer WUfred H. StUes Paul C. Stimson Robert A. Thacher Mrs. Walker V. Thomas WUliam B. Thomas John H. Turner Renfro Turner, Jr. Paul R. Tyler Alexander K. Tyree WUUam H. Wendel George R. Whitmyre Donald W. Wilson Sherman E. Wright 1937 Hewitt D. Adams Mrs. Guy J. Anderson Charles J. Andres Edward S. Arentzen Donald G. Baer Richard E. BaU John M. BaUinger Richard L. Barkley Clarence A. Baminger, Jr. Walter J. Barry David B. BeU Ralph H. Benson, Jr. Lawrence G. Bernard BenUiard H. Bieri, Jr. Mrs. B. T. Bjomstad Harold S. Bottomley, Jr. WUUam L. Brantley WUUam D. Brinckloe WUliam F. Bringle Wayne M. Brown Henry F. Burfeind James M. Games Albert J. CanGeorge P. CarroU John D. Carson Mrs. Owen A. Chambers Lathrop B. Clapham, Jr. David C. Clegg Marion L. Cooper, Jr. Ralph W. Cousins Race F. Crane James B. Cresap James H. Cruse Thomas D. Curmingham Thomas D. Davies John M. DeVane, Jr. Donald A. Dean James B. Denton Charles R. Dodds Joseph A. Dodson, Jr. Carl R. iJoerfiinger David E. Dressendorfer WUlard J. Dye John C. Dyson Frank M. Eddy George C. EUerton, Jr. Robert B. Eriy Leonard E. Ewoldt Robert F. Farrington Maurice Ferrara Saverio FiUppone Edwin C. Finney ElUs H. Frank Albert S. Freedman, Jr. Ernest S. Friedrick Alfred W. Gardes, Jr. John B. Garvin Donald Gay, Jr. Joseph A. Gerath, Jr. Alfred F. Gerken FUImore B. Gilkeson Harrison R. Glennon, Jr. WiUiam Gregg James R. Gustin Harry B. Hahn Fletcher Hale Warren C. Hall Widmer C. Hansen Kenneth E. Hanson Talbot E. Harper Herbert J. Hanman Paul E. Hartmarm John B. Hess

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Edward W. Hessel Mrs. Carl R. Hirschberger Hugh W. Howard Paul C. Huelsenbeck Frederick E. Jarmey Dwight L. Johnson Mark H. Jordan Gerald P. Joyce Walter H. Keen, Jr. John C. KeUy Leonce A. Lajaunie, Jr. Robert B. Lander Monon H. Lytle WUUam P. Mack Edward P. Madley EUis H. McDoweU States M. Mead Donald L. Mehlhop CUfford A. Messenheimer John I. Mingay Charles S. Minter, Jr. Parkman B. Moore Rivers J. MorreU, Jr. John F. Morse Guy G. Narter John W. Neel John L. Nielsen Thomas J. Nixon, III Mrs. Geoffrey P. Norman Robert H. Northwood Jack A. Obermeyer John E. Pace Frank A. Patriarca Theodore M. Peterson Walter L. Phaler John E. Pond, Jr. WUUam M. Porter James A. Pridmore Charles F. Putman Eugene P. Rankin John D. Reese, Jr. Walter S. Reid Adrian W. Rich Jesse P. Robinson, Jr. Richard S. Rogers James G. Ross Henry A. Rowe Mrs. Lewis A. Rupp John S. Schmidt Frederick H. Schneider, Jr. Edward K. Scofield John C. Shaffer Frank N. Shamer Burton H. Shupper WiUiam J. Sims Hetu7 D. Sipple John S. Slaughter Frank F. Smart, Jr. Archie H. Soucek Wesley J. Steesy Charles Stein, Jr. Walter J. StencU WilUam R. Stevens Robert V. Tate Frank W. Taylor Paul K. Taylor Harry C. Transue Harold L. Usher EUsworth H. Van Patten, Jr. John R. Wadleigh Robert M. Ware Jack H. Watkins Richard A. Waugh Robert H. Wescott, Jr. Jack C. Whistler Donald M. White Victor H. WUdt Fay E. Wilsie Francis R. W. Worth Mrs. Joseph T. Yavorsky Anthony P. Zavadil, Jr. Stanley M. Zimny 1938 Mrs. George H. Abeel, III Jamie Adair Charles O. Akers Raymond W. Alexander James G. Andrews

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Charles S. Arthur Evan P. Aurand Daniel A. Ball Frederic A. Bardshar Edwin T. Barrett Paul E. Becker, Jr. Randolph C. Berkeley, Jr. Raymond Berthrong Robert G. BidweU John T. Bland, III Eugene R. Blandin Alfred L. Booth Wilton G. Bouriand Richard H. Bowers WiUiam S. Boykin Mrs. James E. Brenner, Jr. John C. Burrill Charles R. Calhoun CorneUus P. Callahan, Jr. Mrs. Albert T. Church, Jr. John E. Dacey George F. Dalton Louis E. DeCamp Mrs. Henry H. De Laureal WUUam H. Dimmick James Douglas Raymond F. Dubois Victor A. Dybdal Joe C. EUot WiUiam S. Finn Carl J. Fleps Robert C. Fletcher Harry J. P. Foley, Jr. Thomas M. Foster Bricker M. Ganyard Charles V. Gordon Victor B. Graff Mrs. Herbert S. Graves Mrs. Frederic H. Greene Theodore A. GreU Richard D. Gunderson John L. Haines Robert G. HaU, III Charles S. Hart Henry T. Haselton John E. Hausman Bruce P. Hayden Vernon R. Hayes Daniel E. Henry Grant S. Heston Gerald G. Hinman Frank R. Hunter Francis H. Huron Henry S. Jackson Leo R. Jensen Charles R. Johnson Frank C. Jones Donald W. B. KeUey Robert M. Kercheval WiUiam M. Klee Elton L. Knapp Walter H. Kreamer Frederick Krupp Thomas L. Lamar Henry C. Lauerman John A. Leonard WUliam N. Leonard Ralph H. Lockwood George C. Long Charles M. MacDonald John R. MacLachlan Herbert I. Mandel Stephen S. Marm, Jr. Gerald W. Mapes Harry C. Mason Lucien B. McDonald Joseph M. McDowell Alan R. McFarland WiUard D. Michael Robert L. Middleton Mrs. Charles S. Moffett Mrs. Robert J. Morgan George R. Muse John N. Myers William J. Myers Nels R. Nelson Charles R. Norris, Jr. LesUe J. O'Brien, Jr.

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Elvin C. Ogle Albert R. Olsen John C. Owen Ben B. Pickett Edwin L. Pierce Charles E. Pond Mrs. Douglas H. Pugh Donald B. Ramage Jackson H. Raymer MUes P. Refo, III George R. Reinhart, III Maurice H. Rindskopf Mrs. Charles M. Robertson Hugh M. Robinson Herman K. Rock SheUey E. Rule John A. Saxten, Jr. Robert A. SchelUng Paul G. Schultz Vincent E. Schumacher Francis W. SUk Gordon F. Smale Nathan Sonenshein William P. Spencer Sheldon C. St. John Irving J. Superfine Henry E. Surface Paul E. Taft Everett A. Trickey Joseph R. Tucker NeweU F. Varaey Mrs. Thomas Washington, Jr. Richard D. Weber George A. Whiteside Alfred N. WUUams Mrs. J. B. WUUams Bernard M. Wolfe Frank A. Zimanski 1939 James L. Abbot, Jr. Hetuy P. Adams WiUiam D. Adams Howard P. Ady, Jr. Edwin C. Aiken John B. Balch Keimeth S. Barker Robert C. Barnes Richard F. Barry, Jr. John D. Baur Edward L. Beach Thomas H. BeU WendeU W. Bemis Rafael C. Benitez John R. Blackburn Robert E. BlackweU Victor T. Boatwright Robert L. Border Charles M. Bounds, Jr. Robert Brent PhiUp F. Brown David G. Bryce RusseU H. Buckley Fred M. Bush, Jr. Charles M. Cassel, Jr. Herbert A. Cassidy, Jr. Kenan C. ChUders, Jr. Mrs. Arthur B. Chilton, Jr. Hugh D. Clark Fredric B. Clarke James P. Coleman Emmett M. Compton Frederic W. Corle Anthony E. Coryn WUUam D. Coyne John H. Crowe Robertson C. Dailey James A. Dare Robert H. Dasteel Harry E. Davey, Jr. Edmonds David William S. Dawson Donald C. Deane Robert F. Deibel, Jr. Robert C. Dexter, Jr. Paul A. Dimberg John W. Dolan, Jr. Richard L. Downing Andrew R. Drea Shipmate, December 1987

C George C. Duncan C James M. Dunford Harold N. Egger C Peter A. Ehrman T James H. Elsom Harry M. Euler Richard T. Fahy C William B. Fargo William J. Feahr John A. Fidel C Arthur F. Fischer, Jr. EUis J. Fisher C Edward J. Foote C Murray B. Frazee, Jr. T Frank L. Fuller C Donald Furlong C Saxe P. Gantz C Calvin S. George, Jr. Bernard J. Germershausen T Edward 1. Gibson C Robert C. GUlette James G. Glaes Paul E. Glenn James B. Glennon, Jr. C John M. Gore C Richard K. Gould C Selwyn H. Graham, Jr. Robert R. Green C Francis B. Grubb C Robert A. GuUck, Jr. J Leroy E. Harris Arthur G. Harrison C Eugene F. Hayward Herbert R. Hein, Jr. L Mrs. Charles N. G. Hendrbt Eugene B. Henry, Jr. John D. P. Hodapp, Jr. Mrs. Paul A. Holmberg C Warten J. HoUnes Charles Holovak Valentine G. Holzapfel C Jack W. Hough Richard P. Jeffrey J Robert S. Johanson Albert B. Johnson James F. B. Johnston T Means Johnston, Jr. John C. JoUy WUUam J. Keim StatUey W. Kerkering C Max E. Kerns Herbert Kriloff J WUUam R. Laird Harold C. Lank George J. Largess C Harvey L. LaseU George E. Lawrence, Jr. C Robert E. Lawrence C Robert C. Laycock C George M. Lhamon Elbert C. Lindon Henry F. Lloyd Paul E. Loustaunau C David H. Maddux Lincoln Marcy T John C. Mathews C James A. McAUister C James D. McBrayer, Jr. C George T. McDaniel, Jr. Harry W. McElwain C Joseph R. McGonigle C Walter A. McGuiimess T WUliam E. McGuirk, Jr. C Corwin G. Mendenhall, Jr. Robert G. Merritt C John J. A. Michel C Jim D. MiUer L Jo Zach MiUer, IV C John F. MiUer, Jr. Edward W. Moles C George E. Moore, II C WiUiam C. Moore Richard 1. Moss John S. Moyer Roman V. Mrozinski C Hubert T. Murphy Thomas W. Murphy C Charles D. Nace

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George W. Netts C Edward M. O'Herron, Jr. C Denis E. O'Neil Albert H. Odell C Roger W. Paine, Jr. George R. Palus C Clyde H. Parmelee Reuben N. Perley, Jr. J Chester M. Perry C A. Atley Peterson Carl F. Pfeifer Chester F. Pinkerton Richard T. Pratt J Jiunes D. Quale C Ivan D. QuiUin C Ralph W. Rawson John J. Reahl John M. Reigart Herbert D. Remington John N. Renfro Luther S. Reynolds C Judson C. Rhode C John B. Ritch, Jr. T George A. Roberts C Alfred F. Robertshaw T Grant H. Rogers C Edward F. Rye Onofrio F. Salvia WiUiam T. Sawyer T Paul R. Schratz C John P. Seifert C Harty A. Seymour C Preston N. Shamer

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James B. Wallace Elmar S. Waring, Jr. John C. Weatherwax Daniel K. Weitzenfeld Mrs. Harold A. WeUs Thomas R. Weschler Stephen N. White Thomas C. WiUiamson Gustave A. Wolf Robert B. Wood WiUiam H. Worden

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1940 C Melvin Abrahams C Myron Alpert C Vaughn J. Andres Charles D. Arthur WilUam D. Baker J Mrs. John P. Barron C Wilbur G. Barton C Leonard F. Bassett C Charles J. Beers C William E. Benbow C Anthony C. Benjes, Jr. C Horace E. Bent T Eldo W. Bergman Allen A. Bergner C Arthur H. Berndtson Peter L. Bockius, Jr. C Robert R. Boettcher C John H. BoweU C William M. Braybrook

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John A. Sharpe, Jr. Royal G. Shoaf, Jr. Robert L. Siemer George S. Simmons, 111 Eugene H. Simpson James J. Skiles James H. Smith, Jr. Robert H. Smith Lee T. Snilsberg Herman Spector John C. Spencer Egil T. Steen Bernard W. SteinkuUer Robert R. Stuart, Jr. Howard A. I. Sugg John T. Sullivan Frederick L. Taeusch Donald F. Taugher Howard A. Thompson Alfred J. Toulon, Jr. Robert J. Trauger Richard M. Tunnell Theodore M. Ustick Vadym V. Utgoff WiUiam J. Valentine Kari S. Van Meter Frank W. Vannoy Lloyd R. Vasey Robert F. Wadsworth Thomas J. Walker, 111

Roman L. Brooks Russell A. Brown Donald E. Bruce WilUam C. Bryan Gay lord A. Buchanan Kent R. Bulfinch Clifford W. Bundy Julian T. Burke, Jr. Mat M. Cain, Jr. David C. CaldweU Conrad H. Carlson WilUam M. Carpenter William J. Caspari Barron W. Chandler John D. Chase Albert H. Clancy, Jr. Douglas A. Clark Robert E. Clements James C. Cochran Richard L. Cochrane Talbott F. Collins James J. Coyle WiUiam C. Croft Mrs. Joseph P. D'Arezzo Ralph P. Desmond, Jr. Edward P. Dietrich Ernest W. Dobie, Jr. Edwin I. Donley Eugene A. Dueber, Jr. Robert R. Dupzyk

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Blaine E. Eader Philip F. Eckert Sam E. Edelstein, Jr. James S. Elkins, Jr. George T. Elliott Felix L. Englander Arthur G. Esch Mrs. Edward R. Fickenscher Horace H. Figuers Harry F. Fischer, Jr. Neil H. Fisher S. A. Forter Lawrence F. Fox Benjamin T. Frana Norbert Frankenberger Edward J. Fruechtl WilUam H. Game Virgil E. Gex Edmond S. Gillette, Jr. Philip T. Glennon Mrs. Alexander S. Goodfellow, Jr. Fred J. Gorczyk Louis P. Gray, III Oscar E. Gray, Jr. Frank J. Graziano John E. Greenbacker Gary H. HaU John M. HamiU VirgU I. Hancock, Jr. Michael J. Hanley Robert E. Harris Edward F. Hayes Vincent P. Healey Mrs. Theodore Hechler, Jr. George D. Hemingway Eugene A. Hemley Raymond E. Hill Mrs. William T. HiU Alexander J. Hiller Jack J. Hinman, III Mrs. William P. Hodnett Jack A. Holmes Raymond A. Hundevadt John J. Jackson, Jr. Donald M. Kable Robert L. Kalen Franz N. Kanaga Frederick J. Karch Richard L. Karl Robert K. Kaufman William J. Keating Harlin M. Keister Edwin C. Kimball David L. G. King Mrs. Eugene T. Kirk George W. Kittredge Raymond J. Koshliek John E. Lacouture William E. Lamb Mrs. Eugene D. Lamiman William D. Lanier, Jr. Richard B. Laning Norman I. Lee, Jr. David H. Lewis WilUam A. J. Lewis Lester B. Libbey, Jr. Ashley J. Little Mrs. James C. Longino, Jr. Warren P. Lowerre Andrew I. Lyman James W. MacMurray Edwin Malloy, Jr. Arthur L. Maltby, Jr. David A. Marks Edmund D. Mason Victor G. Matusek Jack F. McCollum Terry T. McGillicuddy Robert W. Mcintosh John J. McMuUen James F. McRoberts Edward V. H. MendenhaU, Jr. William R. Meyer Frederick H. Michaelis Harvey M. Miller Robert N. Miller John W. M. Montgomery Mrs. Russell F. Moon

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C WUUam B. Morton Richard C. MueUer C Edward Muhlenfeld C Martin J. Mulderrig, Jr. John B. Mutty C Edmond J. Newbould Robert A. Newcomb C Albert W. NewhaU C Archibald T. Nicholson, Jr. T RueO'NeUl C Charles H. Obrist, Jr. C MarJey C. Osborne C Richard W. Parker Fred W. Pennoyer, III C Thomas R. Perry C Irvin G. Peters C Ernest R. Peterson James F. Phelan Douglas W. PhiUips C John E. Pluirmier T John M. Preston John C. Rait S Lyle B. Ramsey GUbert L. Reed Mrs. John F. Refo C Arthur W. Rhodes Mrs. Joseph W. Rinschler Lonnie H. Roark C Everett E. Roberts, Jr. C Edward A. Rodgers C John P. Rossie, Jr. C Louis N. Saunders, Jr. C Herman L. Schafer, Jr. C Warten A. Schoen C John D. Seal C Harvey B. Seim C Herschel V. SeUers, Jr. Richard W. Shafer C Sidney A. Sherwin, Jr. Keimeth G. Sinmions C John H. Sims C Sutherland R. Skerry C Edward C. Sledge C Harvey J. Smith, Jr. Haywood C. Smith C James C. Smith Howard L. Smolin C WUUam W. South John T. Straker C John W. SuUivan Lee S. C. Swepston, Jr. Vernon E. Teig T Paul S. Treitel WUUam W. Trice Mrs. Bex A. Trimble Herman J. Trum, III WaUace A. Utley C Arthur M. Vamum C Henry L. Vaughan Roger C. Vaughn C Demetrius J. VeUis C Stanley E. WageiUials T Warten Walker, Jr. C WUUam A. Walker, III C Robert A. Weatherup C Joseph Weber L Alonzo H. WeUman, Jr. Gordon H. West C Robert H. White John P. Wier, Jr. C Gerald G. WUUams Mrs. D. Spencer Wilson T Leigh C. Winters C Robert R. Wooding T Arthur G. Woodside C Jesse D. Worley T L C C C C J T C L

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1941 James V. Bartlett David B. Benham George E. Brandt, Jr. Pride C. Brown, Jr. Thomas G. Buriey, Jr. Benjamin C. Bymside, Jr. Thomas P. Cocke RusseU S. Crenshaw, Jr. WUliam J. Daly John B. Davenport Victor Delano

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Clarence R. DeUer, Jr. Wmiam V. Downer, Jr. Frank G. Edwards Richard E. Foster Leon Grabowsky Robert W. Hayler, Jr. John W. Hirst Joseph E. Hoker Enders P. Huey wmiam W. Jones Sheldon H. Kinney Harold W. Lockhart James P. Lynch Oscar D. MacMUlan Everett A. Malcolm James P. Marion, Jr. Mrs. Dante R. Marzetta WUUam G. Matton, Jr. WUUam McReynolds Charles J. Merdinger Edward G. MUler Harry Z. MUler Vincent U. Muirhead Charles E. Nelson WilUam M. Nicholson George H. Nolte Frank H. Price, Jr. Alan Ray WaUace J. Richardson Roland Rieve Howard R. Schoenbaum Waldo W. Simons Pemberton Southard Bums W. Spore Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. James R. Thomson Robert E. Tugend Alton J. Wanamaker, Jr. George C. Waters, Jr. Maurice F. Weisner Robert W. Windsor, Jr. MalcoUn E. Wolfe Thomas B. Wolfe Frederick C. Wyse Joseph F. Zawacki Joseph C. Zirkle 1942 GuUford D. Acker David G. Adams, Jr. Layton S. Allen Charles A. AUsopp Frank A. Andrews Parker B. Armstrong WUUam A. Arthur George O. Atkinson, Jr. Joseph A. Bachhuber WUUam R. Baraett Eugene C. Bamhardt, III Theodore W. Benedict Cedric B. Bergquist Albert F. BeUel Charles B. Bishop Marsden S. Blois, Jr. Alvin S. Bogart James D. W. Borop Robert R. Brafford WilUam R. Brewster, Jr. George F. Britner, Jr. Kenneth B. Brown WiUiam S. Brown Richard H. Buck Gordon C. Buhrer WUUam L. Burchard Charles J. Burton James M. CaUender Frank S. Carter, Jr. Michael A. Censale Robert B. ChUders Reed Clark James W. Conger Robert T. Connor Thomas N. Coppedge, Jr. WiUiam H. Crawford, Jr. Handford T. Cmser, III John B. Davis, Jr. Robert S. Day Armistead Dennett WUliam H. Divine

C WUUam C. Dozier, Jr. C John G. Drew, II C Max C. Duncan Frank C. Duidiam, Jr. C Paul H. Durand T Harold H. EUison T Leonard Erb C CUfford M. Esler, Jr. J Eugene H. FarteU Edward F. GaUagher George A. Gardes C Thomas M. Gartettson Alfred D. Garvin Wesley R. Gebert, Jr. T Jacob E. GUck WUUam E. Griffin, Jr. Mrs. Ward W. Griffith, III L Alton B. Grimes Douglas F. Gutzman Mrs. John J. Haffey, Jr. John Halahan C Arthur G. HamUton, Jr. T George B. HamUton C Robert J. Hanson J Robert H. Harwood, Jr. T John C. J. Hebron C Donald A. Helming C Edward B. Heradon, III T Raymond G. Herzberger, Jr. C Leon B. Hester C Charles A. HUl, Jr. C A. Gordon HUlberg, Jr. C Eric E. Hopley C WUUam D. Houser C Fortest E. Houston John S. Howard, Jr. C WUUam J. Hurst T Lewis B. Jennings J Peter D. Joers C Perry W. Johnson, Jr. C John D. H. Kane, Jr. T Harry J. KeUey C Jack E. Kennedy L Francis E. Kiime Francis S. Knight T Robert C. Knight Albert L. Kobey, Jr. J WUUam R. Kurtz C Fred Laing Jay W. Land C James K. Leipper Homer I. Lewis C John A. Lindbeck T WUUam F. Lorenz Richard L. Lowe C Robert L. LoweU C Eugene T. MacDonald C Alfred B. MacKown C John W. Maddex Eugene I. Malone C John L. Marocchi T Thomas O. MarshaU, Jr. Roland G. Mayer, Jr. C Horace P. McNeal C Gerald E. MiUer John J. MitcheU C Griswold L. Moeller C Charles B. Momsen, Jr. WiUiam M. Montgomery WiUiam A. Morgan T WiUiam B. Mortow Robert E. Mottem C Robert E. MuUer C MaximUian W. Munk C Robert W. Murch C Norman C. Nash Emery M. Nickerson C James J. O'DonneU C Justin A. O'Neil Ray E. Oliver L Richard D. Opp, Jr. T James B. Osborn C John D. Patterson C Douglas C. Plate Rufus C. Porter, Jr. C Walter W. Price, Jr. T Dale C. Reed C Claude L. Reeves

C Robert F. ReUly T Harold E. Rice Donald C. Richards Richard RUey C Bruce Robb C Walter P. Robinson, Jr. C Roy J. Robison WiUiam J. Rusch, Jr. T Jack H. Schmutz WUUam A. Schoenfeld C James O. Seamans Charles C. Senn C Richard M. SewaU C Claude B. Shaw C Harold E. Shear C WUUam C. Shreve Mervin O. Slater L Charles E. Smith C Paul B. Smith C Peter S. Smith T Charles A. SmyUe C Lewis J. Stecher, Jr. C Walter W. Stegemerten Griffith P. Stokes Robert F. Sweek C Aanie J. Tervo C Murtay L. Thompson C Francis Tofalo Joseph M. TuUy, Jr. C WilUam E. Underwood WUUam F. Vose RusseU D. Ward C Arthur H. Warner, Jr. J WUUam R. Werner C Roy W. F. WerthmuUer C Alden W. Whitney C Drewery R. WUhite C Donald E. WUson C Henry J. Woessner, II Charles E. Wood, Jr. C Mark W. Woods L Reginald L. Workman MarshaU W. Wren C Hal G. Wynne Mrs. Dott E. Zook, Jr. 1943 Robert B. Adams Aubyn L. Adkins C Robert N. Adrian Steven N. Anastasion C WiUiam R. Anderson T Frank W. Ault C John M. Bartett Robert H. Beaver Jack L. Becker C Richard W. Belt, Jr. T Bernard Bennett T James H. Black T Walter C. Blattmaim C Mrs. John W. Bowman J Francis X. Brady L Mrs. Richard E. Brega T Townsend Brown C George R. Bryan, Jr. Earl E. Buckwalter C WUUam A. Budding, Jr. J Howard W. Burnett, Jr. T WilUam S. Busik Warten D. Calhoun T James F. Calvert C Lawrence D. Caney C WiUiam P. Carmichael C Clifton B. Gates, Jr. C Alfred A. Cherbak Harry L. Clark, Jr. T Michael J. Clemens Deale B. Cochran C Gerard F. CoUeran CecU B. CoUins, Jr. Mrs. Robert E. M. ConweU C Clarence H. Cook, Jr. C Paul R. Copeland, Jr. T Edward J. Cummings, Jr. C George S. Davis, Jr. James H. Davis T Roderick Dennehy Austin L. DetweUer C Joseph F. Donahoe, Jr. Shipmate, December 1987

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John A. Donnelly Homer M. Doran, Jr. Richard Y. Dow Hugh M. Durham James A. D. Eaton Marsh K. Eckhardt Leroy Edleson PhiUip F. Erkenbrack WiUiam J. Everett Miles R. Finley, Jr. Peter D. Fisler Conrad J. Flessner Daniel H. Freemzm Bernard W. Frese, Jr. Clarence T. Froscher Amedeo H. Galvani John H. Gano Joseph S. Gardner Martin D. Gastrock James M. Gillin, Jr. Robert H. Gillock Lawrence E. Giuliani George S. Goodspeed, Jr. WilUam J. Gray Robert B. Greenwood Charles F. Gressard, Jr. George Grkovic Stephen V. Hadley Homer H. Haisten, Jr. Solon G. Hale Perry HaU PhiUp P. Hambsch Robert L. Hansen Ralph M. Hanson WUliam H. Hardcastle, Jr. John P. HarteU Robert E. Hawthorne Mrs. John C. Haynie, Jr. John C. Haynie, Jr. James E. Heg LesUe R. Hesehon, Jr. Lawrence Heyworth, Jr. Edwin N. Hitchcock, Jr. James L. Holloway, 111 David C. Holmes WUliam S. Humphrey, Jr. Daniel Hunt, Jr. Thomas C. Hurst, III PhiUp Hurt Erwin S. Jackson William F. Jacobs Douglas H. Jennings Richard H. Johnston, Jr. Daniel M. Karcher Robert D. Karl Hal A. Kauffman Owen F. Keeler, Jr. John W. Kelsey, Jr. Joseph C. Kemp, Jr. Edward F. Kenney Edward E. Kerr William B. Kirkland, Jr. George W. Klauer Kenneth R. Klofkorn PhiUp C. Koelsch Robert M. Kunhardt Lawrence A. Kurtz Paul L. Lacy, Jr. Dunbar Lawson Richard D. Lazenby AUen Leighton Bernard C. Lennon John H. Lobdell John W. Logan Robert C. Logan Joseph A. Lovington Richard O. Madson David B. Maher Allan E. May William H. McCaughey Brian McCauley Robert M. McConnell, Jr. William M. McCulley, Jr. Howard M. McKinley Robert G. McMaster Lewis W. Metzger, 111 Edgar R. Meyer Anthony J. MiUer

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C Donald A. MUler C Robert O. Mink WilUam C. Moore C John J. Nolan T Myron L. Ogden C James D. Oliver, Jr. C Warren G. Olson C Frank P. Omohundro WiUiam M. Pardee C Raymond E. Peet C Charles A. Pendleton, Jr. C Donald E. Perry C Wallace K. Ponder C Arthur G. Rand, Jr. Albert L. Rasmussen Leon H. Rathbun, Jr. C JuUan E. Rawls C Frank J. Reh C Herbert H. Ries C George W. Ringenberg C Edgar A. Robie C Samuel J. Robinson, Jr. T Charles D. Robison, Jr. T Charles K. Ruiz C Lee R. Scherer, Jr. C George A. Schlichte, Jr. T Joseph J. Schmidt C Hugh A. Scott TazeweU T. Shepard, Jr. C John T. Shepherd

C Reuben F. Woodall C Halford Woodson Horace J. Woodward L Alexander P. Zechella Richard G. Zimmerman Robert J. Zoeller T Elmo R. ZumwaU, Jr.

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1944 Mrs. Alden W. Adams, Jr. Robert E. Adamson, Jr. James H. Aldrich William H. Alexander, II James R. Allen, Jr. Charles B. Almy Robert E. Apple Robert K. Awtrey, Jr. Americus V. H. Bacon, Jr. Robert G. Bagby David H. Bagley Charles E. Bagwell John J. Bailey, Jr. Henry S. Barbour Frank O. Barrett WiUiam B. Barrow, Jr. James S. Bartman Arthur L. Battson, Jr. Harry Benoit, Jr. Henry A. Bickel Elmer E. Blackburn

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David A. Shonerd Samuel W.W. Shor Edwin L. Sibert Harry C. Sipe, Jr. Fenton F. Smith, Jr. Richard P. Smith Thomas F. Smith Charles W. Smyers, Jr. Gordon A. Snyder Harold D. Sollenberger Roger E. Spreen Ralph M. Stair David S. Stanley Robert E. Stark Charles E. Stastny Robert W. Stecher Ted N. Swain Orion A. Templeton Raymond C. Tolerton, Jr Walter J. Toner, Jr. Myron E. Tremain Frank Tully Louis K. Tuttle, Jr. Robert H. Twisdale Bernard S. Umbarger WilUam B. Van Dusen Harper E. Van Ness, Jr. Vito L. Vitucci Joseph E. Volonte Lewis W. Walker, Jr. Richard H. Walker Samuel E. Watson George H. Whisler, Jr. Richard S. White, 111 Daniel W. Wildfong

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Norman C. Bohan Gordon R. Boyes Robert C. Brand Robert I. Bristow Stanley H. Brittingham Daniel P. Brooks Thomas H. Brown Thomas W. Budd, Jr. Raymond W. Burk Charles W. Buriin, Jr. Harry H. CaldweU Charles B. CampbeU, Jr. Albert C. Carson Martin M. Casey, Jr. Hal C. Castle Walter D. Chadwick WiUiam C. Chapman Dan G. Christiansen Thomas J. Christman James J. Clancy Gilbert L. Clark Frank W. Clift, III Benjamin H. Colmery Creighton W. Cook Robert H. Cook Mrs. Ernest S. Cornwall, Jr. Roy B. Cowdrey Shannon D. Cramer, Jr. John J. Creamer Oreal J. Crepeau John J. Cryan John I. Cumberland, Jr. Donald C. Davis John F. Davis Shirley A. Davis

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Richard J. DePrez John F. Donovan John F. Driscoll Gordon Duncan Joseph E. Dyar, Jr. Douglas B. Emmons Louis A. Farber Richard C. Fedon Emmet F. Ferguson, Jr. Wayne N. Fitzpatrick WUliam J. Flannery Charles C. Flowerree Almon J. Frost Wilbur F. Gasner Robert C. Gibson Theodore M. Gilliland WilUam L. Glodt Jack E. Godfrey JarreU B. Goodwin, Jr. Gene Goudie Joseph A. Grace Leonard G. Craning James A. Grant Howard E. Greer Homer L. Grosskopf, Jr. Kenneth C. Gummerson Boyd E. Gustafson Rufus B. Hailey Lorin W. Hay Russell H. Helsel David W. Henderson Stanley W. Henderson Daniel W. Herlong John J. Herrick Robert E. Hickle Harold W. Hiller Ernest W. Holloway Mrs. Ernest E. Hollyfield, Jr. Ralph K. Hoher Dean A. Horn Jay S. HoweU Dart O. Irwin Robert L. Jones James W. Judy John C. Kane, Jr. Fred C. Keeney John G. Keller Edmond L. Kelley Francis J. G. Kelly, Jr. Charlton R. King Randolph W. King William P. Kiser Robert B. Kitt Dwight E. Kleist, Jr. WUUam H. KnuU, Jr. John F. Laboon, Jr. Leslie N. Landes Mrs. Peter W. Lang William F. Leahy Ben B. Levitt Robert L. J. Long Kelton L. Lowery George H. Mahoney John M. Martin Lawrence A. Mayer Donald W. McCarthy Donald L. McClenahan Robert E. McCloskey Lynde D. McCormick, Jr. John H. McDonald Herbert N. McGough Andrew T. McKinney William J. McVey WiUiam L. MeUott Ralph F. Merrill James R. Methvin, Jr. Frederick W. Miehe, Jr. Charies L. MUler James Miller George P. Montgomery, Jr. Warren G. Montgomery Walter R. Moore, Jr. George F. Moran Edmund R. Morgan Warren R. Mullen Ragnwald Muller Robert W. Newell Oscar F. Nicholson

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C Robert P. Norton C Everett J. OUnder C WUUam H. Olsen Arthur H. Osgood C Prescott W. PaUner, Jr. Andrew J. Papageorge C Urey W. Patrick, Jr. Joseph Patterson, Jr. C WUUam A. Patterson, Jr. C WiUiam E. Payne, Jr. J Robert N. Pearce C George G. Peery, Jr. Jack H. Peimington Robert B. Penitt Roy S. PhiUips T WUUam M. Pitcher C John D. Plawchan C George D. Prestwich C WiUiam B. Prigmore C Robert R. Randolph C Jerome A. Rehberg Robert M. Replogle Ernest E. Reynolds C Thomas R. Rhees C Dan J. Rienstra, Jr. C Joseph R. Riordan Sidney Rose Robert L. Rubel C Richard E. RudisiU, Jr. T Bruce A. Rushlow Alfred G. RussUlo C Elroy C. Sandquist, Jr. ComeUus Scheffer C Maylon T. Scott T Thomas M. Searles, Jr. C HUdreth G. Sherman C Clyde W. Siegfried Coleman W. Sims Harry E. Sims WUUam L. Siple C Edwin K. Snyder Harry E. Snyder WUUam B. Stanard T John C. Standish C Glenn M. Stewart, Jr. C Jackson A. Stockton C Charles R. Stokes L John R. Strachan C John W. StribUng, Jr. C Jack C. Stuart Wayne D. Surface C Morton T. Swarth C George C. TaUey, Jr. C James W. Taylor James G. Tench T HetU7 E. ThonUuU, Jr. John R. Trautmarm C Albert R. Trottier C Walter A. Truxler C Byron C. Turner Charles W. UlUich C James C. Van Pelt C Pemberton B. WaU C Thomas W. Walsh C HUmon E. Walters, Jr. C John G. Ward C Donald R. Warfield Rowland L. Warten C Charles F. Wasson C George C. Watkins George W. Watson C Paul B. Watson, Jr. C David A. Webster C Robert D. Weimer C Wynn V. Whidden T Gordon C. WUUs John B. Winningham, Jr. C Jack L. Wohler C WilUam T. Wootton Robert S. Wright Robert J. Young, Jr. Daniel ZwiUing C C C C C

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1945 Homer R. Adrianse Paul F. AlUnendinger WUton L. Atkinson Robert B. AtweU Edward M. Bain

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Robert B. Baldwin Robert C. Bamhart, Jr. Fortest O. Bart Ernest R. Barten Searle J. Barry John T. Batte WUUam J. Beardsley Edward E. Beasley Edward W. Behm Lloyd F. BeU WiUiam S. Benson, 11 WUUam S. Berkshire, Jr. CUfford P. Bermann Sherman W. Blandin, Jr. Robert C. Blount John H. Boelens Arthur B. Bristow, Jr. Donald H. Brooks Clarence R. Bryan Thomas A. Bush, Jr. Samuel T. Bussey Steven W. Callaway, Jr. Edwin V. Carte John W. Chapman Louis G. Chrysler, Jr. Frank F. CUfford, Jr. Robert A. Close James T. CockriU, II Edward W. Conkhn WUey V. Conover Paul V. Converse Samuel M. Cooley, Jr. WUUam P. Cosgrove Robert O. Coulthard Frederick B. Crow Hugh L. Culbreath, Jr. John P. CuUen AUen M. Dame Walter S. DeLany, Jr. Robert Delgado Phaon B. Derr, Jr. Walter N. Dietzen, Jr. Edward H. DooUn, Jr. Addison H. Douglass Harry B. Doyle, Jr. John Duff, Jr. Richard J. Dzikowski Robert A. Eidson George F. ElUs, Jr. John C. Ferguson, Jr. WUUam P. Ferguson Theodore R. Pick Bernard B. Forbes, Jr. James W. Forrester Jules H. Gleberman Patrick W. Gowan Carl W. Gronemann, Jr. Robert R. Hale James W. Hamburg Patrick J. Hannifin Wilmer E. Hansen Richard Hardy Harrison F. Hassenplug Robert S. Hayes John D. Hicks Ralph A. Hilson Donald P. Hoffmann WiUiam H. Hoover John P. Horgan, Jr. Earle F. James John R. Johnson Theodore L. Johnson Alexander Julian, Jr. John F. Kalina Robert L. Kays John D. Kidd Lloyd J. Kiernan, Jr. John B. Kinnear, II John T. Knudsen Lloyd E. Kuhnmuench Douglas E. Landreth Julien J. LeBourgeois WUUam L. Lewis Edward H. Loftin, Jr. Donald J. Logic Hugh H. Lowery Luke D. J. Lynch Frank H. Markle, Jr. Drexel R. Martin

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Eugene M. Masica Hem7 T. Mayo, II Robert T. McCarthy WUUam L. McCuUoch Thomas M. McQuUUng Joseph P. Moorer Richard Neuendorffer James A. O'Brien Warten H. O'NeU Alfred R. Olsen, Jr. Maurice C. Orbeton, Jr. Francis A. Packer, Jr. John E. Pearce Emmett K. Ferryman, Jr. John V. Peters WiUiam G. Pledger Donald T. Poe Herbert R. Poorman Charles Priest, Jr. RandeU H. Prothro Paul V. Purkrabek Craig E. RandaU James M. Ravenel John F. Riley Horton E. Roeder Edward S. Ruete Joseph H. Schroeder Louis G. Scliris Milton W. Seller Francis L. Sheahen Doniphan B. Shelton Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Lawrence T. Simmelink Samuel R. Simpson, Jr. AUan P. Slaff Lawrence N. Smith George P. Steele, II Lucius E. Steere, III Ralph W. SteU, Jr. Mrs. John N. Stone James A. Strand Gustav F. Swainson, Jr. Amett B. Taylor Thaddeus M. Taylor Walter N. Temple Homer B. Thomas, Jr. Thomas F. Utegaard WUUs B. Vanoss Fred C. Watson BlaU H. Wetzel Edward C. White Charles E. Whiteside Lawrence A. WUder Ben W. Young 1946 Homer N. AUen WiUiam B. Althoff Samuel G. Anders, Jr. Louis V. Aronson, 11 George F. Aroyan Malcohn B. Arthur, II Floyd G. Avey, Jr. Richard F. Babcock, Jr. Richard S. Baird Joseph C. Bakos, Jr. George M. Bard, II Mrs. Jack S. Beasley Aldo J. Benedetti Stuart E. Beyer Harold Bierman, Jr. L. Jack Boggess Paul C. Boyd Robert M. Boyle Daniel J. Brimm, III Malcolm C. Brown, II John E. Bryant Arde A. Burki James T. BurriU Francis J. CaUahan, Jr. Henry A. Cesari George B. Clegg, III John J. Collins Theodore H. CoUora Donald T. Conover Edward W. Cooke Robert E. Crawford Hugh Cullman Arthur H. Cummings, Jr.

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Francis H. Curten, Jr. Anthony J. Del Vecchio George L. Dickey, Jr. Edward O. Donald Robert E. Downen Robert C. Duncan WUUam J. R. Dunseath GranviUe O. Dutton Frederick D. Eble Myron Eckhart, Jr. Harold Edwards, Jr. Edmund H. EUis WUson F. Engel, Jr. Henry A. Engelmaim John W. Enyart John F. Fagan, Jr. James R. M. Fisher, II Martin L. Frank Frederick W. Furland Raymond J. Gear Gerald W. Gibson WUlard C. Gieseke Edward D. Goloway Eugene GraUa Bumiel K. Greenwood Charles H. Griffiths Charles D. Grojean Charles H. Guy, Jr. Frank S. Haak Robert S. Haley John J. HaUer Harold A. Hamberg Stewart F. Hancock, Jr. Anton C. Hansmann Peter A. Haring Arthur M. Hayes, Jr. Cieorge R. Herbert, Jr. James V. Houston Rocco F. lacobeUi Laurence L. Jackson, Jr. Harold W. Jacobs John A. JandraU John M. Jones Edward J. Kamis Frank J. KeUey, III John W. Kennedy, Jr. Robert D. Kephart Ferdinand B. Koch Adam P. KuUk Kermeth R. Lampton, Jr. Ray F. Larson Jerome A. Lee, Jr. Mrs. Walter G. Lessmaim Clarence F. Logan Fielding G. Lucas Harvey E. Lyon Mrs. James O. Lyon Keimeth H. Lyons Harry R. MacDonald Glen G. Macon Luther W. Maples, Jr. Harrison J. MarteU Robert E. McCaU Robert E. McCormack, Jr. Nelson J. McDermott, Jr. John A. McKinney Joseph S. Meyer Dean H. Mikkelson Yale M. MiUer Arthur J. Mortow Douglas J. Nankervis RusseU M. Owen Arthur V. Paletti George P. Pavis Preston A. Peak Frederick C. Peregoy, Jr. Bernard Peters Robert N. Poulsen David H. Rankin HalUe P. Rice Fred P. Ritchie Horace B. Robertson, Jr. Robert H. Robeson, Jr. Harry M. Rogers Don J. Roulstone Miles B. Scofield James J. Simpson Joseph S. Sinclair Edward O. Skidmore Shipmate, December 1987

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James T. Smith Lawrence E. Stahl William R. Steers Marshall T. Steves Hubert M. Stiles Bruce M. Sullivan George W. Tarleton Wilbur F. Tiemann, Jr. WUliam C. Travis Richard A. Vaill WaUer W. VanderWolk, Jr. Paul R. Wagner James W. Wallace Thomas B. Watt, Jr. Robert J. Webster James E. Weirich Robert O. Welander Robert H. Wertheim Robert W. Wesson Arthur T. White Burr C. Wilcox, Jr. WilUam H. Williams Joseph R. Winslow, Jr. Seymour Yalen Erwin P. Young, Jr. 1947 WiUiam J. Aicklen Charles K. Allendorf Richard D. Amme James L. Anderson Edward P. Appert John R. Arguelles Roy C. Atkinson John M. Balfe Alan F. Barnes PhUip E. Baylor Richard J. Beaubien Bradford A. Becken Marvin J. Becker Thomas 1. Bell WiUiam E. Benckart Robert D. Bergman Raymond R. Bernier Lawrence Bilder Herbert J. Blaha Carl A. Blank J. RandeU Bridges, Jr. Frederick B. Bromley Richard G. Brown Dale C. Brumbaugh James A. Burke Charles I. Buxton, II Ward G. Byington John D. Callaway, Jr. Richard D. Campbell Ralph H. Carnahan Norris W. Carnes John L. Carroll James E. Carter, Jr. Raymond E. Chamberlain, Jr. James H. Chapman Arthur L. Child, III John W. Clayton Marwood R. Clement, Jr. Reginald D. Clubb Warren R. Cobean, Jr. Earl L. Coen Milo G. Coerper John E. Cohoon John O. Coppedge John D. Corse Richard T. Crane Bentley B. Crawford William J. Crowe, Jr. Mrs. Charles W. Cummings Robert E. Cummings, Jr. Peter P. Cummins Lawrence J. Curtin Richard A. Dadisman Lynn A. Davenport Richard P. Davis Frank A. Deaton John J. Dempsey Edmond L. Deramee, Jr. Charles E. Donaldson, III Donald L. Donohugh WUUam K. Doran Charles R. Doscher

Shipmate, December 1987

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Walter M. Douglass Peter H. H. Dunn, Jr. Manuel Dupkin, 11 Robert E. Eastman Roy J. Edwards Kenneth O. Ekelund, Jr. Frank L. Elefante Joseph S. Elmer Robert E. Enright Robert M. Erbland Hermann J. Estelmann Joseph D. Evans John G. Finneran John R. Fisher Joseph P. Flanagan, Jr. James H. Forbes, Jr. Thomas E. Fortson William L. Foster Alan J. Frankel Ernest S. Fritz Richard S. Gardiner David L. Gardner James S. Gardner John T. Geary Richard L. Gehring Noah W. Gokey, 111 William G. Graham

Delbert D. Grantham Oscar Greene, Jr. Boyce H. Grier George S. Grove Edward C. Guillot, Jr. Rex Gygax Donald W. Haggerty John W. Haizlip, Jr. WiUiam D. HaU Oliver S. Hallett Edgar G. Hanson James B. Harsha Howard G. Heininger, Jr. Nathaniel Heller Edgar H. Hemmer Charles A. Hertel Lawrence E. Hess, Jr. Paul N. Hewett Bruce R. Hoefer Arthur W. Holfield, Jr. Daniel L. Hollis, Jr. Robert R. Horner, Jr. Donald F. Houck Robert E. Howe David B. Hubbs Thomas J. Hudner, Jr.

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Perry F. Hunter, HI John W. Jahant Verne H. Jennings, Jr. Ben Johnson, 111 Walter M. Johnson, Jr. Warren B. Johnson WiUiam M. Johnson, Jr. Richard S. Jones Charles T. Joy, Jr. Francis L. Keith William T. Kelleher Harry S. Keller, Jr. Kaye R. Kiddoo G. G. E. Kirk James Kirkpatrick Keith G. Lakey WiUiam K. Lampman George M. Larkin, Jr. Eugene P. Lawler Roth S. Leddick John C. Lewis Wayne R. Lippert Donald C. Lutken Louis A. Marekesano Robert A. Marmet Frank J. Marsden, Jr. Barney Martin

Ivan B. Maxon Edward J. McCormack, Jr. Ellis P. McCurley Wesley L. McDonald Joseph F. McKenzie Jay G. McKie Robert H. McKinney Joseph F. McPartland Donald E. Menk Ralph H. Minor Joshua R. Morriss, Jr. James L. Moss Maurice O. Muncie Wilburn D. Murphy Edward J. Myerson Leroy F. Nichalson John H. Nicholson Lavern A. Niedfeldt Charles E. C. Nimitz Alfred B. Nimocks, Jr. Jerry J. Nuss John J. Pavelle, Jr. George R. M. Pearson Robert C. Peniston Samuel A. Pillar Otto G. Pitz, Jr.

C LesUe K. Pomeroy, Jr. L Thomas G. Pownall C John L. Prehn, Jr. John P. M. Richards, 11 C William G. Ridgway A. Willis Robertson, Jr. C Kenneth M. Robinson C Nye G. Rodes Harry P. Rodgers, Jr. C WilUam H. Rogers C Henry D. Ruppel C Albert H. Rusher C William M. Russell C Rufus E. Sadler, Jr. C Wilton T. Sanders Richard A. Savage C William M. Schaefer C Arnold R. Schuknecht C Chester H. Shaddeau, Jr. C Andrew B. Sides, Jr. WiUiam M. Simpieh C Mrs. Luther B. Sisson T Donald K. Skinner C Charles E. Slonim L Bernard E. Smith, Jr. J Floyd J. Smith C Winfield S. Smith John E. Snyder C Richard B. Southwell William A. Spencer C WilUam R. St. George C Ernest R. Stacey T Arthur S. Steloff L Jackson T. Stephens C Jack M. Stevens Robert S. Stone T John M. Sullivan C John D. Swenson C Lewis B. Taylor, Jr. C Robert H. Taylor Thomas R. Teply Leonard A. Tepper C Benjamin P. Terrell, Jr. C Wirt C. Thayer C Robert W. Thompson C Herbert I. Tilles C Donald L. Toohill C John W. Townes, Jr. C Richard P. Umbel John S. Urban John R. VanSickle C Kenneth H. Volk C Robert L. Von Gerichten Donald C. WaUace, Jr. C Wayne P. Warlick C Joseph D. Weed, Jr. C Donald B. Whitmire J Henry D. Whittle, Jr. C Buck D. WiUiams, Jr. T James C. WUUams C James B. Wilson L James W. Winston Edward G. Wood T Richard P. Yeatman C Chandler L. von Schrader

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1948 Mrs. William Abromitis, Jr. James R. Ahem Zeb D. Alford George W. Allen Richard T. F. Ambrogi Roy C. Anderson WiUiam R. Ayers Joseph S. Bartos, Jr. Jack Baruch George M. Bates Fred H. Baughman Harry E. Belfiower, Jr. John H. BeU Benjamin W. Bevis James R. Bjorge Walter T. Blakney Louis J. Boland WilUam H. Borchert Paul V. Borlaug Frank L. Boushee John W. Bruner

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Donald P. Buhrer James E. CaUahan, Jr. Roger Carlquist James H. H. Carrington Nicholas A. Castruccio James T. Chandler, III WUUam D. Chandler, III Edwin M. M. ChapUne John A. Chapman, II Roger A. Chapman John L. Chelgren WiUiam T. Chipman, Jr. Karl J. Christoph, Jr. Wyndham S. Clark, Jr. Joseph H. Clasgens, II Harold S. Clay Robert I. Conn Benjamin J. Comoy, Jr. WiUiam E. Conway Roland R. Corey, Jr. Paul T. Corrigan Howard S. Crosby Robert W. Crouter Thomas W. Cuddy CabeU S. Davis, Jr. Nicholas E. Davis Thomas E. Dawson Leonard V. Delling Richard T. Dempsey Robert W. Dickieson Lucius V. diLorenzo WUUam F. Doddy Laurens Dorsey Robert C. Doxey Sydney W. Dunn, Jr. John C. Dyer Paul J. Early Burton I. Edelson Gordon M. Ehrman Qaude P. Ekas, Jr. Robert R. Fargo John H. Fisher Francis C. Fogarty Melvin M. Forman Donald D. Foulds John C. Fry Thomas H. Galbraith James M. Gammon Seth C. Gatchell Sidney W. Gaylord, Jr. Mrs. JuUan Gewin Robert L. Ghormley, Jr. James I. Gibson Charles Gonia Walter Grechanik Donald B. HaU Robert K. Hammarm Robert W. Hanby, Jr. WiUiam D. Harkins Richard B. Harris David L. Hartshorn Donald P. Harvey Joseph R. Hawvermale Thomas B. Hayward George A. Herbert Herbert Heymann Arthur J. Hodder, Jr. Gordon M. Hogg, Jr. John P. HoUand Jesse A. Holshouser, Jr. Dudley Holstein Edward Y. Holt, Jr. John C. Hufft H. Reid Hunter David A. Hurt, Jr. Marvin S. Hutchison Frederick D. Jackson, Jr. Alan L. Jansen Harry P. Jefferson Harold W. Jesse Harvey J. Johnson Harry L. Jones Robert F. Jortberg Paul C. Keenan, Jr. Bruce Keener, 111 Burton H. Kleinman Richard E. Kosiba Mrs. Charles M. Lane Alphonse G. Lang, Jr.

C John C. LeDoux Harry B. Lee L Harold B. Lipschutz T Raymond D. Lochner C MelviUe I. Macquarrie T John F. Mangold Martin D. Marder C Arthur L. Markel C WilUam M. Matthew C Frank E. Matthews WUUam J. McCabe C EUner A. McCallum, Jr. C John K. McConeghy, Jr. L WUson E. McDermut C Carlton A. K. McDonald C RusseU R. McKechnie C Stewart H. McLean C Robert H. Meenan C Arthur S. Mehagian John B. Meneke Gordon K. Meriwether, Jr. C James A. Mickle, Jr. C Ben A. Moore, Jr. C Sumner K. Moore C CUfford L. Morgan Richjud E. Munly C Thomas E. Murphree C Robert R. Neely, Jr. C Frederick L. Nelson Perry W. Nelson Eugene J. Noblet C OUver L. Norman, Jr. C MertUI L. Norton C Thomas H. Nugent, Jr. C Mark J. O'Friel C Robert W. O'ReiUy T Charles H. Ogilvie C WUUam C. OUn T Robert C. Olson C Warten H. Ortland C James A. OstiUer Harry Partridge, Jr. C Randolph F. Patterson C Thomas J. Pawlowski, Jr. C Richard L. Rainey C WUUam A. Reavis C WUUam F. W. Reeve C Earl F. Resch C WiUiam L. Rigot C Paul A. RUey T Jerome W. Robbins C WiUiam D. Robertson, Jr. C Edward B. Rogers, Jr. J Joseph P. Rogers, Jr. Donald S. Ross T Richard B. Rubenstein C Edwin M. Rudzis C John A. Russell C John K. Ryder C Robert K. Schenkel C Robert A. Schultz T Victor V. Sharpe, Jr. T Boyd B. Sibert, Jr. C Jonathan A. Sisson C WilUam N. SmaU C James H. Smeds C Edgar N. Smith Harold A. Smith T Jack C. Smith C Robert C. Smith, Jr. C Joseph E. Spalding C Thomas C. Spalding J Walter Spangenberg, Jr. C Mrs. Richard J. Springe C Edward F. Stacy C Edwin J. Sutter C PhiUip F. Thomas C Frank S. Tiernan C Kenneth M. Treadwell T John C. WaddeU C William F. Wagner Daniel P. Walchko C Ronald D. Waugh J Kenneth B. Webster Joseph A. WUson C Robert S. Wise T Thomas Woods, II C WiUiam K. Yates

1949 C Emile W. Achee Richard S. Agnew C Hugh W. Albers Edward L. Alderman C Robert B. Aljoe David S. AUen T MiUon N. Allen C Norman Altman C John H. Alvis C John A. Bacon, Jr. Robert F. Baker Henry B. Barkley, Jr. T John C. BartOw C John F. BartOw Bernard E. Bassing C George M. Benas, Jr. Cedric E. Bennett C John E. Benoit J John S. Benson C Melvin Bemgard Karl J. Bemstein C Kenneth A. Bott T Rhodes Boykin, Jr. C Robert E. Brady C Edward S. Briggs C Coleman T. Brown, Jr. C Warten F. Brown C Wesley A. Brown C WiUiam L. Bryan C Herbert F. Butler, Jr. T Lucien Capone, Jr. Edward S. Carver T Albert L. Cecchini C James H. L. Chambers, Jr. John R. Clark, III Robert S. Clark C Wade E. Clarke C Neal W. Clements T WiUiam L. CoUins Robert N. Congdon C Harvey Conover, Jr. C Karl F. Cook C Charles L. CulweU Rudolph F. D'Ambra John F. Danis C Edwin L. Dennis, Jr. C Lawrence H. Derby, Jr. C Edward O. Dietrich C John F. Docherty, Jr. C Harry J. Donahue T WilUam E. Duke, Jr. Richard C. Ebel C Henry W. Egan C MontravUle W. Egerton, Jr. C John J. Ekelund William T. Emery C Robert J. Eustace George D. Fisher, Jr. Peter L. Fullinwider C Donald A. Gairing James J. Garibaldi C Bernard S. Gewirz T Ralph M. Ghormley C James R. Gober Roy E. Goldman Russell F. Goodacre, Jr. Robert W. Goodman John W. Green C Stanley J. Greif Michael B. Guild WUliam S. Guthrie C WiUiam H. Hamilton, Jr. C Robert T. Hardeman T Norton D. Harding, Jr. WilUam N. Harkness, Jr. C William C. Haskell C Donald Henderson Henry Hoppe, III C Frederick G. Horan C Charles A. Hotchkiss, II C Charles M. Howe T John C. Huenerberg, Jr. C Robert G. Hunt, Jr. Louis E. V. Jackson C Robert E. James John V. Josephson C Robert W. Kennedy Calhoun J. Killeen

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Archer E. King, III Clark M. Kinney, Jr. Arthur K. Knoizen Edward M. Kocher Stephen R. Krause Otto E. Krueger Donald W. Lappley Paul H. Laric Randlen T. Lawrence Thomas F. Lechner Jack R. Leisure Alan Y. Levine Wesley E. Lindsey, Jr. Donald J. Loudon John D. Lund Halford E. Maninger Charles E. Martin James W. Matheney Kenneth V. McArthur Major I. McCreight, III Ewing R. McDonald, Jr. James A. McQuUIing Edward I. McQuiston, Jr. James L. McVoy Harry B. Meyer Burton J. MiUer Comad C. MUler, Jr. Harry W. Morgan, Jr. Joseph R. Morrison Ralph F. Murphy, Jr. Donald A. Nadig Robert C. Needham Guy M. Neely, Jr. PhiUp S. Nelson Robert H. Nelson Thomas A. Nemzek Lionel M. Noel George L. Norman, Jr. WiUiam A. O'Flaherty Robert B. Ooghe Anthony L. Palazzolo Tom D. Parsons Roger W. Peard, Jr. Richard B. Plank Kenneth A. Porter WiUiam G. Read, Jr. WiUiam L. Read Eugene J. Reiher Calvin W. Roberts WUUam T. Roos WiUiam H. Russ, III WiUiam N. Rutledge Frithiof N. Sagerholm, Jr. Frank C. Sain WUbur H. Sample Ernest D. Sanders WiUiam Sandkuhler, Jr. WUUam C. SandUn, Jr. Peter J. Saraceni William J. SawteUe Albert A. Schaufelberger, Jr. Frank P. Schlosser Martin E. Schor Walter A. Schriefer George S. Schuchart EUiott P. Schuman James H. Scott Angelo P. Semeraro Richard W. Sheppe Eugene F. Shine, Jr. Earl R. Short Alfred F. Simcich Carl R. Smith, Jr. Charles M. Smith Paul E. Smith Herman A. Stromberg, Jr. William C. Stutt George W. Sumner, Jr. Peter S. Swanson Claude E. Swecker, Jr. Harry F. Sweitzer, Jr. PhUip H. Thom, Jr. Alexander D. Thomson Harold F. Tipton, Jr. Robert W. Titus Jack E. Townsend Clinton R. Vail WaUace Valencia Elias Venning, Jr. Shipmate, December 1987

John H. Vice C PhiUp Vladessa Mrs. John R. Walker Orlando A. Wall C Edward C. Waller, III C Robert L. Walters C Ralph P. WiUiams Evert D. Wilmoth James C. Wilson C Thomas B. Wood J Edwin E. Woods, Jr. C WilUam E. Wynne C Charles J. Youngblade C Charles J. Zekan C Edward F. Zimmerman, Jr. 1950 C James A. AUen C Cornell C. Angleman C CartoU W. Anstaett Henry D. Arnold FuUer A. Austin C Bobby R. Avery T WilUam H. Ayres, Jr. C Ray C. Barber C Frank S. Beal Lee R. Bendell C Thomas J. Bigley C Robert C. Binnion, Jr. ^ J David A. Bossen George J. Bowen Gene P. Brady John J. Branson, Jr. C John H. Brick C Guy P. Buck C Roger L. Buck C Harold R. Buehler T Bernard L. Buteau C Norman E. Carpenter C WiUiam K. Carr C Gerard G. Coleman J Charles M. Conlon, Jr. C Charles G. Cooper C John T. CoughUn T CUfford E. Crafts C George H. Darfus C Samuel L. Doak C Richard C. Doan C Albert E. Drew C David F. Emerson J Robert D. French John S. Frerichs C Edwin G. Greenberg John E. Greenwood C Joseph L. Grier, Jr. C Michael M. Grove Robert D. Harris, Jr. C Larry L. Hawkins C WiUiam F. Hawkins T Ronald J. Hays C David D. Heerwagen John M. Henderson John J. Hobson C Charles S. Hooper, Jr. C WiUiams H. P. Hopkins C Harry L. Hussmann, III C Beverly G. Jakimier Robert J. Keevers William A. Kiehl L James W. Kinnear, III John M. Kirk C Alexander L. Kivlen Stanley W. Krohn C Bemard B. Lane WiUiam W. Lasley C Byron A. Lee C Myron E. Leslie T Donald C. Lind C James W. Lisanby Harold R. Lockwood Orlando J. Manci, Jr. T Robert C. Mandeville, Jr. C James W. Marsh C William K. Martin C Gayle L. May C Frank T. Maynard Ambrose P. McCoy, Jr. C John F. McNabney T George D. Michie Shipmate, December 1987

Richard A. MUler Thomas S. Miller William A. MUler Robert R. Monroe James A. Morris Charles L. Mull, 11 Thomas J. Mulligan, Jr. James K. Noble, Jr. Thomas I. Noble John E. Nolan, Jr. John F. O'Malley Robert P. Oliver Robert W. Oliver Charles A. Orem Leighton R. Palmerton Joseph J. Pausner, Jr. King W. Pfeiffer Samuel F. Powel, III James R. PoweU, Jr. Roderick T. Radcliffe Rudolph Rakowsky James P. Rasmussen, Jr. William T. Rassieur, Jr. Thomas S. Rogers, Jr. Thomas H. Ross John J. Ryan, Jr. Philip J. Ryan Thomas H. Saltsman Marvin L. Schenker Jesse Z. Schultz MUton J. Schultz, Jr.

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Robert T. ShuUz WiUiam E. Simons John A. Sivright Edward L. Smith Leon W. Smith John C. Snyder Roy D. Snyder, Jr. Keith C. Spayde, Jr. John H. SpiUer, Jr. Howard E. SprouU, Jr. Donald Stull Theodore O. Thompson David L. Tobin John M. Totri, Jr. Marshall J. Treado Jacques F. Trevillyan Walter R. Wagner Adam C. White AUie B. White, Jr. Robert J. White Isham R. WUUams, Jr. Peter W. Wood Edmund T. Wooldridge, Jr. Casanave H. Young, Jr. George A. Zetkov

1951 C John E. AUen C Richard L. Anderton C Henry C. Arnold, Jr. James A. Bacon T Weldon R. Baird C David V. Bannerman T Anthony J. Bartuska

C Thomas T. Beattie, Jr. C Victor C. Benjovsky T Samuel P. Berzon Paul R. Birch C Donald L. Black J Leiand E. Boh C Thomas A. Boyce C Herbert W. Bruch Robert T. Brumfiel Edward A. Burkhalter, Jr. Norman W. Busse C John B. Carr, Jr. Robert B. Carter Lee C. Catalano C Armen Chertavian C Edward P. Clark C Edward Clausner, Jr. C John C. Cochrane C Donald C. Cole T James H. Cooper C Allan B. Corderman C Albert S. Corwen C John P. CromweU, Jr. C Melville D. Cunningham C Joseph E. Dailey C Burton L. Doggett, Jr. C Haig Donabedian C Roger L. Drew C William C. Earl C Richard H. Eckert C Allen Findley

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Stanley Fuchs Frederick C. Gambke Ralph J. Gilbert Samuel P. Ginder, Jr. Paul Goslow George W. Govan James H. Grady Bradford S. Granum David M. Greathouse Donald R. Griesmer James W. Hammond, Jr. WUliam J. Hennessy Mrs. William J. Herndon, Jr, Richard C. Higgins, Jr. Searle F. Highleyman GuUner A. Hines, Jr. Ralph W. Hooper James D. Hovater WiUiam E. Hutchison Michael A. lacona Jack I. Kendrick George J. Klett Andrian Kremm Jerome LaPides William H. Langenberg Charles D. Larson Robert V. Larson Samuel E. Latimer, Jr. William P. Lawrence Raymond H. Lessig Wilfred R. Little Richard C. Livingston Robert B. Longhead, Jr. â&#x20AC;˘ J. ReUy Love

C Angus Macaulay C Grafton R. McFadden C Robin H. McGlohn Robert F. McLaughlin C Bruce I. Meader Robert J. Miille C James P. MUler T Robert L. Miller T Douglas F. Mow C Eric A. Nelson, Jr. C Samuel H. Nile C John K. Nunneley Donald R. Osborn, III T Charles O. Paddock William J. Pardee Alan R. Phillips C Rudolph W. Pierce WilUam J. Pototsky J John L. Powell T WUliam B. Purse, Jr. C Albert L. Raithel, Jr. L Raun J. Rasmussen C Richard H. Rasmussen C Frank L. Rentz, Jr. C Clifford M. Rigsbee Theodore C. Rook T Warren W. Rothmann C Howard E. Ruggles, II Eugene H. Saylor Stephen F. Schoen John A. Seward, Jr. C Guy H. B. Shaffer C Frank T. Shaver Thomas W. Sherman, Jr. C Frank C. Skiles, Jr. J Robert H. Small Richard W. SmUh John F. Stader Warren G. Stevens Bertram H. Stiller C Wakefield S. M. Stornetta C Thomas R. Stuart C Robert L. Swart, Jr. John K. Thomas C William R. Thomas, Jr. C William S. Thompson John G. Tillson C Alexander W. Todd, Jr. C Paul D. Tomb T Norman M. Tonkin Harold W. Vail C William H. Vonier Charles M. Waespy C John R. Wales C Arthur T. Ward C Owen H. Ware Charles R. Watts, Jr. C WiUiam A. Weaver T David W. Weidenkopf C Charles R. Weiner C Burton A. Weisheit C Ralph N. Whistler, Jr. Carr C. Whitener James C. Wilcox C Allen D. Williams T William B. Wilson William Winberg, 111 C John L. Woodbury, Jr. C John C. Wyman C Thomas E. Wynkoop

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1952 Frederick S. Adair Marvin G. Alexander Shirley K. Alger Leroy G. Appell Rae E. Arison Eugene M. Avallone John J. Badgett WiUiam S. Balint, Jr. Conrad S. Banner William H. Bannister John D. Beecher Hugh A. Benton Harry L. Bixby, Jr. Jack D. Blackwood James R. Brickel George W.M. Brown Jacob C. Brown 51

T James W. Burch T Thomas P. Cagney WUUam T. Carl C Ralph Carson C George P. Case, Jr. C Alan F. Clark Lawrence H. Clarke, Jr. Harold E. CoUins L Robert E. L. Compton Robert B. Connelly Richard W. Coulter James N. D'Orso L Richard E. Denfeld Edwin L. Ebbert LoweU F. Eggert C Charles D. Federico Fortest E. Firth Jean M. Fitts Robert T. French Paul K. German, Jr. Thomas C. GosUn, Jr. C George F. Gronewold, Jr. Charles E. Gumey, III Arthur R. Gustavson John A. Haaren C Frank N. Hannegan Huntington Hardisty Rollin H. Harper, Jr. C Ronald F. Hattin George A. Heffeman James F. Helsel C Charles W. Henry, Jr. C Charles F. Home, III Harvison Hunt T Lawrence W. lannotti Frederick J. Ilsemann, Jr. T Arthur D. Jackson C Robert E. Jacob Henry C. Jameson, Jr. J John W. Jeffries Donald M. Johnson T Frederick C. Johnson C James P. Keane C Robert C. KeUy C Doane F. Kiechel, Jr. Edwin H. King, Jr. Frederick W. Kraft C John S. Kyle Walker A. Larimer T Richard J. Laulor C Lawrence Layman Andrew Y. Le Moal C Glen W. Lenox Carl J. Lidel C Nicholas A. Liontas C Walter M. Locke T James A. LoveU, Jr. WUliam F. G. Lykes Thomas W. Lyons, Jr. T Robert C. Maich C Vincent J. Manara, Jr. C Charles D. Manring C WUUam B. Maxson C Arthur H. McCollum, Jr. Charles C. McDonald C Bemard J. McGee C Robert X. McKee C Bruce A. Miller C Thomas J. Moody C Robert E. Morris James A. Morrison, Jr. C Edgar S. Moser T Douglas C. Murphy James O. Naugle Lawrence A. Novak MUton J. Olson James W. Organ C Edward M. Paluso T WUUam E. Pike Richard R. PohU C Charles D. PoUak C Joseph N. Portney T Jerome Rapkin C Jackson B. Richard Edward B. Richter C WUUam E. Roberts C WilUam H. Rowden WilUam J. Ryan C Charles E. Seeger 52

C John E. Sheehan Robert E. Sheldon C Payson D. Sierer, Jr. C Kenneth G. Smith Richard C. Smith T WUUam A. Smith David J. SperUng T Thomas P. Stafford Peter A. Stark, Jr. C WendeU B. Stockdale Hubert E. Strange, Jr. C Robert A. Swanke T Robert S. Taylor C Tom B. Thamm T Gerald J. Thompson C Thomas H. Tonseth, III George J. Troffer, Jr. C James S. Troutman Howard G. Trueblood C Lamar W. Tuzo Samuel B. Walker C Charles J. Walsh C Gene D. Webber Thomas G. WeUer, Jr. C Samuel J. Wiegand C Jack WUUams, Jr. Charles H. Wiseman James E. Woolway Robert R. Zastrow C WiUiam M. Zobel 1953 C Dean A. Abrahamson C Ronald E. Adler C Richard K. Albright Frederick A. Alden, III T David E. AUen C WUUam D. AUen C Robert O. AUer C Don J. Ammerman James D. Baldinger T Charles C. Baldwin C George H. Barthelenghi L Kimbrough S. Bassett Mrs. Richard S. Bearman Clyde R. BeU T Norman K. Berge Charles A. Best C David S. Bigelow C Joseph W. Bird, Jr. Arthur C. Bivens C PeverU BlundeU L Irvin L. Boeskool J Joseph B. Bomstein C John I. Bradbury C Frank T. Brady C WiUiam L. Britton C Edwin H. Brooks, Jr. C Reginald W. Butcher, Jr. T WilUam N. CampbeU L John J. CardweU C Arthur J. Carpenter C Jack C. Catlett C Philip G. Charest T Edgar M. Chase Richard G. Clark C BiUy R. Clements T James J. ConnoUy J Peter C. Comad C MalcoUn R. Corbin, Jr. C Robert G. Cox C WincheU M. Craig, Jr. L Mercade A. Cramer, Jr. T David S. Cruden Paul M. Crum Richard V. Dalton L John B. Davis C Dean O. DeLamar WilUam W. M. Deale L Richard E. Dearborn C Darrell D. Dempster L Joseph G. DiGiacomo Robert G. Donnelly L Daniel D. Donovan, Jr. L Anthony J. Dowd, Jr. C WiUiam J. Dowe, Jr. J Thomas J. Dumont Douglas S. Egan C Harvey A. Falk, Jr. C Charles D. FeUows

C Donald L. Felt Mrs. John E. Florence C Robert A. Foster C Ralph F. Freese C Joseph F. Frick T John F. Frost, III C David A. Fudge C Laurence T. Furey L Arthur H. Gilmore T David M. Govan John A. Graff J Michael T. Greeley L Norman E. Griggs T David B. Grover T Thomas M. Hackney C WiUiam C. HaU BUly R. Harrison C Donald K. Harrison John M. Henson C Richard T. Herkner Hugh W. Higgins C John E. Hoch, Jr. J M. Staser Holcomb J Donald S. HoUnes C Stephen J. Hostettler Albert W. Houston C David W. HoweU C Augustine E. Hubal, Jr. Walter B. HubbeU WUUam M. Huegel T Kenneth P. Hughes C Henry D. HukUl, Jr. C Stanley C. Jaksina T Folsom Jenkins, Jr. C Clarence A. E. Johnson, Jr. J David B. Jones C Ira W. Kane J Bemard M. Kauderer Donald J. KUUan C John E. King, Jr. T Robert E. Klee C Donald W. KUck J George W. Knighton, Jr. C PhUip L. Knotts T Peter M. Kucyk Clarence M. Kunstmaim C Larry H. Laird C WiUiam A. Lawler C Horace M. Leavitt, Jr. C WUUam D. Lemly T Sanford N. Levey C Donald E.' LoveU C Robert E. Lowell C Bertram A. Maas T Joseph L. Malone, Jr. C Thomas L. Malone, Jr. C Max R. Matteson, II C PhUip H. MaxweU C Thomas A. Mayberry Donald J. McAdams C John F. McCoy T Brian P. McCrane C Bernard R. McLaughlin C Donald H. McVay C Arthur G. Mercier C Curtis W. Miller, Jr. C George D. MiUer C Lawrence B. Molnar C Rufus J. Moore C James D. Morgan C John H. Mortison, Jr. John R. MuhUg, Jr. C Thomas J. Murtagh C Francesco A. Musortzifiti C George E. Nelson, Jr. C Ralph Newsome, Jr. Merlin R. Norby C Edward B. Oppermann C Francis J. Ostronic C Raymond E. Paulsen C Alton A. Pedersen J Richard C. Pfeifle WilUam A. Plummer David N. Porter C William H. Purdum Ronald S. Purvis C John T. Quirk William J. Quirk C Robert J. Raffaele

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BUIy W. Ray Charles A. Reed Donald P. Rhude GUbert F. Rindahl WUUam H. Ritchie, Jr. Richard E. Robbins James R. Rodgers Frank J. Scolpino, Jr. Leiand H. Seabring Ernest R. Seymour FrankUn B. Shakespeare Alan H. Shure WiUiam A. Simpson Bertrand D. Smith John H. Smith Abram B. Snively, III Ned C. Snyder AUen H. Somers Thomas C. Southerland, Jr. Kenneth B. Stafford Richard M. Steigerwald John B. Sturges, Jr. Hal J. Styles, Jr. Bradley Sutter Lewis B. Sykes Frederic J. Thomas James R. Throop Charles W. Turk John R. Tuttle WUlard G. Viers, Jr. Charles S. Walker Peter R. Walker Nicholas Wallner Harold L. Walters, Jr. Lawrence H. Watson, Jr. John F. WeUings Jack L. WUson Richard T. Wright Takeshi Yoshihara David B. Young, Jr. Christos Zirps 1954 Dwight M. Agnew, Jr. Thomas L. Albee, Jr. Richard J. Alger Ramon C. Alvarado CleU N. Ammerman Walter S. Anderson Charles E. BaUey, Jr. Charles W. Bartholomew Thomas E. Bentley Dwight E. Bigelow, Jr. George W. Botbyl Jo Brendel Richard K. Byers MelvUle R. Byington, Jr. Mark W. Byrd Jose C. CabaniUas, II Guy Cane Aloysius G. Casey Richard J. Chuday Frederick A. Clark Shelby V. T. Clark Athol W. CUff, Jr. Walter J. Coakley, Jr. Leonard I. Cole, Jr. Lawrence S. ColweU Joseph D. Cummings Bart M. DaUa Mura Richard J. Damico Clyde D. Dean Richard L. Dennis Jamieson K. Deuel Alan J. Dworsky Peter B. East on Theodore M. Edson Stephen S. Eisenhauer Donal W. EUiott David E. Ferguson Niel P. Fertaro Peter B. Fiedler, Jr. Clifton G. Foster, Jr. Wayne T. Frye Robert J. Ganter Gerald 1. Card, Jr. Donald H. Gehring Eugene L. Geronime WUUam R. GUmore Shipmate, December 1987

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Paul T. Gorman AUan R. Gunion Vincent P. Hart, Jr. James V. Healy John J. HeU Arnold W. Heiting Edward E. Henifin George M. Henson Robert T. Herres Ralph J. High David R. Hinkle Alvin E. Hochmuth WiUiam C. Holman WilUam W. Hoover WiUiam J. Johnson John P. Jones, Jr. Stephen W. Jordan John G. Juergens Frederick W. Knops, Jr. George D. Knutkowski Frederick J. Kollmorgen Edwin G. Krikorian Jerold L. Krumwiede Peter A. Laidlaw WiUiam J. Lane Ronald E. Lief John F. Lyding Mauro J. MaltagUati Edward H. Martin Francis J. McCarthy, Jr. WiUiam G. McKay Charles G. McLean MarshaU R. Messinger Robert W. Montross Joe Mook Richard C. Myers Michael A. Nassr Frank R. Nolan Paul X. O'NeUl WUUam E. Oberholtzer, III Robert M. Olsen EUas A. Parent, Jr. David J. Perault Kenneth A. Peterson Edwin F. PhiUips Eugene M. Poe, Jr. Stanley P. Prahalis John S. Pustay Don R. Ray Roger L. Reasonover, Jr. John E. Reisinger Andrew J. Reynolds John W. Rigterink Charles K. Rourke Charles F. Rutherford, Jr. Emest J. Sabol, Jr. Walter A. Schumann, 111 OUver V. Shearer, Jr. Robert K. Sheehan Alois A. Slepicka AUen Smith, III Charles N. D. Smith Irvin L. Smith Jay R. Smith, Jr. Richard C. Suavely Lloyd H. Snider Richard B. Spencer Eugene O. S. Stevenson WiUiam R. StickUng Terence B. Sutherland Harry J. Sweet, III Harvey Taffet Charles H. Taylor Nils R. Thunman Edward C. Tipshus Paul E. Treagy, Jr. John E. Wagner Edward K. Walker, Jr. Don Walsh Thomas C. Watson, Jr. Maurice H. Werness Eugene N. Wilfert Leon G. Wood, Jr. Noel T. Wood Fitz W. M. Woodrow, Jr.

1955 C Paul L. Abernethy C Jackie D. Adams T Thomas L. Aldrich Shipmate, December 1987

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\yiUiam A. Anders WiUiam V. Booream, Jr Robert E. Boughner Donald R. Briggs Patrick S. Byrne Angelo G. Cicolani Roger L. Coffey Richard I. Comstock Walsh J. Conmy Donald L. Conner Joseph T. Daniel Daniel C. Dennison Thomas J. Drake David J. Dunn James D. Everett Melvyn Fisher Edward R. Floyd Barton W. Fordham, Jr. Shepard Forest Joseph A. Gattuso John C. Gonzalez Guy A.B. Grafius Walter W. Graham, III CUfford R. Graue Donald L. HamUn WiUiam T. Harbour Norman W. Harper Donald E. Howden Brooks T. Huey Tom G. Hussmann John M. Jones, Jr. WiUiam F. Lavallee Stephen D. Lowe Edward W. LuU

Robert A. Lynch Herbert C. MaUck Mitchell D. Matthews, Jr. Carlos K. McAfee Kenneth R. McCaUy Alban T. Mclsaac James K. McPherson David H. Monnich Burton L. Munger Henry C. Mustin Robert U. Myers Byron B. Newell, Jr. Patrick J. O'Connor John T. Parker, Jr. Charles M. Plumly John M. Raster John W. Renard James C. Rothrock Kirk W. Rowe Earnest H. Seborg Paul D. Slack Gary L. Snyder Thomas F. Stallman Thomas L. State Carl J. Strang John R. Thune Clarence J. Thurston John G. Toner Arthur J. Travis Edmund L. Turner

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Lee R. Turner, Jr. Simon J. Ulcickas, Jr. Eric H. Wieler Fred A. Wilhelm, Jr. Edward A. Wilkinson, Jr. Albert C. Winters, Jr. Douglas A. Worth John W. Wynne Charles J. Zadd Otto A. Zipf

1956 Frederick G. Adams George M. Allen, Jr. James R. Arnold Thomas Ashworth, III Garland O. Audilet William C. Auer, Jr. Glenn F. Ball Allen E. Barlow Ronald G. Beagle Edward l.H. Bennett, jr.

Thomas C. Benson Roger S. Betts Duane U. Beving George E. Biles James W. Blanchard, Jr. Peter B. Booth Stanley L. Booth Donald L. Brown C Nicholas Brown James W. Bruso C Thomas E. Bruyere C Charles A. Buchanan, Jr.

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T Jesse W. Buckelew Howard F. Burdick, Jr. C John M. Caldwell James R. Cannon C David M. Carte, Jr. C Charles N. Chavartia L Scott A. Chester George G. Clark C Charles F. Coker C John E. Conway Kenneth L. CostUow C Forrest W. Crone C Charles G. Curtis C Paul B. Cusick T Vernon A. Dander C Rudolph H. Daus ,, Nicholas J. DeNunzio T Amos R. L. Deacon, Jr. David L. Debus WiUiam M. Dillon C Harold J. Doebler Harold E. Dolenga Michael J. Dwyer, Jr. C Michael EUnski, Jr. C John E. EUiott C Alex E. Fazekas C John H. Fellowes C Theodore A. Fischer, Jr. C Dundas I. Flaherty James H. Flatley, 111

C John W. Flight, Jr. Donald T. Flood Paul R. Fournier C Bob L. Francis Rayinond Frankenberg C Carroll R. Franklin C Gerald A. Fulk C George M. Furlong, Jr. Daniel T. Garges C Elvin L. Gaylor T Frank M. Graham C WiUiam H. Green C Sheldon L. Groner C Roy M. Gulick, Jr. C Harold A. Haddock Donald C. Hanson C Ross R. Hatch Duane L. Heisinger C Albert L. Henry, Jr. C WUUam F. Henry Dale C. Herndon Herbert F. Hoffman, Jr. Vernon C. Honsinger C Fred N. Hopewell T Oskar R. Huber, Jr. C Donald L. Hugdahl C Harold W. Hussey Marion M. Israel C Ralph H. Jacobson C Jack P. Janetatos Gunnar S. Jenson C James E. Johnson C Donald H. Johnston, Jr. Donald W. Johnston C Darrell E. Jones C Jerry E. Jones C Robert M. Keller C Frank B. Kelso, II C Don E. Kennedy C John H. Kirkpatrick C Raymond M. Kostesky C John J. Lally C Thomas R. Langley, Jr. Harold S. Lewis Frederick J. Lind C Donald E. Lindquist WUUam G. Loveday, Jr. C Darwin D. Lundberg Roger H. Lyle C MalcoUn J. Macdonald C Malcolm A. Malloy Jerry P. Masterson C Joseph H. Maston, III C Samuel E. Mays, Jr. C Michael A. McBride Patrick R. McCool Lawrence E. McCuUers Angus D. McEachen, III C Mrs. Johii G. McGarty C John R. Mclntyre, Jr. C Lee G. McMiUan C Franklin D. McMuUen, Jr. C Eugene J. McPartland C Channing W. Medwedeff C Kenneth L. Miller C Robert T. Montgomery C George Mushalko Carl A. Nelson C Henry H. Neuhard Mark A. O'Hara, Jr. C Douglas C. Osgood T Clarence R. Perry CUfford D. Peterson George W. Peterson, jr.

C Peter C. Peterson, Jr. C Raleigh E. Piatt, Jr. C Chester A. Pilcher C Benjamin L. Poe, Jr. C Robert E. Quinn, Jr. C Peter N. Randrup C James P. Ransom, II C Allen E. E. Reed C Ned C. Roberts C Vincent W. Roper C Robert J. Sampson C Robert J. Scanlon C Herbert A. Schick C John C. Schoep C John M. Schulze, Jr.

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C Ralph C. Schwartz Edward A. Sechrest John R. Seesholtz C Richard T. Shigley C Robert A. Shinn C Robert H. Shumaker J James H. Sikes C James W. Smith C James W. Smith C Richard E. Smith C Stephen A. Soltesz C Fred G. SpeUman T Peter J. Spink C Walter H. Stammer, Jr. Christopher M. Stefanou C Connelly D. Stevenson C WilUam H. StUes T Leo W. Stockham C Lowell P. Stone Joseph T. Talbert, Jr. C Richard R. Tarbuck C James J. Taylor Richmond B. TerreU C James G. Thomas C Richard L. Thomas C Benton G. Thompson C James B. Townsend C James M. Van Metre Richard S. Varney Brian F. Walker C Richard S. Walsh John A. Webster, Jr. C Thomas L. Weisner C Frank WhUe C Jack M. WUbern C Robert L. WiUiams John S. WUson C Joseph M. P. Wright, Jr. Joseph B. Wuertz Robert W. Zimmerman 1957 C WilUam D. Aldenderfer C Melvin G. Alkire T Anders T. Anderson C Harry J. Andrews C Gary P. Antonides T Robert R. Babbin J Owen C. Baker C James C. Ballantine, Jr. J Milton H. Bank, 11 L Jerome J. Barczak C Harold D. Barker C Bryan W. Barton C Stanley A. Bass C Warner P. Basse Stanley E. Bator, Jr. C James D. Beans Charles J. Beasley T James R. Beatty, III C Paul O. Behrends C Bmce A. Bennington J Stephen C. Berger L James W. Bibb C Charles E. Biele, Jr. J Richard O. Black Heyward E. Boyce, III Leroy E. Brenner Allan G. Brookes, Jr. T Randolph M. Browne, III C Wilbur P. Buck C Bart C. Campbell Richard M. Chanslor C Carl R. Chelius Richard F. Chenault C Ejnar S. Christensen, Jr. Loren L. Clark J John L. Clearwater C Redmond L. Clevenger T Donald B. Conaty C Eugene D. Conner John H. Cook, III C Daniel L. Cooper L David S. Cooper C Harold S. Coyle, Jr. T Robert L. Crouch Donald E. Croucher J Bruce DeMars Ronald M. Del Duca

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George F. Dempsey Frederick M. Derr John S. Disher Ned E. Dixon Joseph P. Doherty Robert A. Doragh Thomas F. Drumm, Jr. Joseph J. Duffy, Jr. Ferdinand C. Dugan, III Donovan F. Duggan Charles M. Duke, Jr. Fredric A. Dunbar Eugene P. Durbin Leon A. Edney Richard F. Emmett John L. Finley WiUiam A. Finn Clarence Fong MiUon D. Forsyth, Jr. Robert F. Fox Thomas R. Fox Bruce Friederich Wayne R. Fritz Richard D. Furiga James M. GaUagher Dudley A. Gaouette Jerauld R. Gentry Richard C. Gentz Paul D. Gober Lawrence B. Goldstein Ronald G. Goldstone Kermit W. Greeneisen Ronald T. Hall Robert K. Hastie Robert R. Haven, Jr. Alvin G. Haworth, Jr. John S. HelleweU Patrick Henry, Jr. Shannon D- Heyward Donald L. Hirst Jon D. HoUabaugh Ira A. Hughey Leo G. Hyatt Vencin L. Jamison Leonard W. Johnson, II Robert E. Johnson Donald E. Jones Robert H. Kase Bennett D. Katz Arthur W. KeUy John J. Kelly WiUiam A. Kerr, Jr. Richard H. Kiel MonteUe Knapp Frederick C. Knauf WiUiam C. Knodle Joseph W. Koch, Jr. Kari W. Koch Theodore R. Kramer, Jr. William W. Kronzer Joseph C. Ksycewski Urban R. Lamay, Jr. George M. Lanman Burton S. Liebesman Ronald G. Linder Gill F. Livingston Wendell H. Lueker David R. Mabry PhiUp N. Mandel Lawrence E. Masten Robert A. Mazik Donald G. McCoy James A. McGinn Thomas J. McGinty Junious A. McKee, Jr. Roger B. McPherson WilUam N. Mears Richard P. Meaux Robert L. Merle William M. Mickle Donald L. Miller David L. MUchell Donald L. Mitchell Jack P. Monroe, Jr. Robert B. Morrow, Jr. Michael A. Murphy Peter F. Neumann Brian E. O'Neill

Edward J. Palanek C Robert B. Patrick James D. Paulk, Jr. C Robert W. Peacher T WiUiam M. Petro Robert A. PhiUips J John L. Plyler, Jr. L James R. Poole Richard G. Porter T James H. Quinn J Robert G. Robinson C Robert P. Rogers C Eugene C. Rook, Jr. C Robert H. Rositzke C John D. Rosselott C Fay O. Round, Jr. C James E. Royer, Jr. C Paul T. Saari C Tommy D. Sawyer T Richard H. Scales C David G. Schaffer C Henry J. Schneider C Gilbert P. Schneidewind Thomas M. Sims, Jr. C Dennis Y. Sloan J William J. Smith T WUUam S. Smith, Jr. Harold R. Somerset C Richard H. Spackman C James J. Spillane C Robert O. Strange, Jr. Floyd R. Stuart T Dean C. Swanson C Donald F. Swenor T Alan R. Thoeny David M. Thomas T Richard J. Toner C Julio L. Torres, Jr. Arthur B. Trammell T Samuel M. Trippe Lawrence W. Twitchell L Francisco Vainstein Walter V. R. Vieweg, Jr. Richard T. Vosseller C Jordan C. Waite L George F. Warren C Alexander E. Wattay T Frederick C. Weiss, Jr. WilUam W. West C John R. White J Edwin K. WhUing T Charles H. Wilbur C Roger C. WilUamson T John H. Wright J Harry M. Yockey C C T T C C C C C L C C T C C C C T C C T L

1958 John W. Adams James N. Adkins, Jr. David L. AUard David C. Anderson Frank E. Bassett WilUam D. Bauer Murray D. Blank Charles J. Bowne, Jr. Wilbur S. Brandenburg, Jr. Edward T. Britton, 111 Newton W. Buerger, Jr. Ralph J. Carestia Aubrey W. Carson John R. Carter, Jr. Theodore C. Cheney, Jr. Alan M. Chodorow Roy E. Clason Bert M. Concklin Ronald G. Daringer Ricky R. Davidson Henry K. Felix Thomas P. Flood Gary S. Flora Thomas P. Forrestal, Jr. Alfred F. Gaheen, Jr. Gordon M. Gerson Michael A. Giglio Charles V. Hanna Harry J. Hansen, 111 Richard E. Hanson Otto J. Helweg

C Carlos A. Hernandez Jesse J. Hernandez Emest P. Herner, Jr. John D. HoUand, Jr. C Richard V. Johnson L WilUam R. Jones Robert T. S. Keith, Jr. L Harry W. Konkel C Robert J. Lamoureux T Charles R. Larson C Richard C. Lawe Bernard J. Lehman C Glen D. Lerum C Charles H. Manazir Bruce McCandless, II Wayne H. McKee C John G. McMillan L Henry W. MiUer, Jr. Michael A. Moran J Ralph M. Neely L David A. Newcomb C WaUer P. O'Connor C Thomas E. O'NeiU C Reid B. Paige Terrence J. Parks C WiUiam H. Parks James L. Pierce C Norman L. Polhill Stanley Poremba, Jr. Wayne E. PulUng L Ronald F. RandaU C Walter A. Reister L John C. Rennie C Arthur K. Ridley T Gary K. Roberts Walter R. Ryan, Jr. WiUiam R. Sachse John E. Schmidt C Louis P. Shane Robert L. I. Shearer James E. Sheehan C Charles J. Smith C Donald C. Tarquin Brent W. Taylor C Richard E. Tennent, Jr. Roy R. Thomas C Fred G. Troutman Robert L. Venable C Warren S. Walters Stephen T. Webster Samuel G. Werbel Robert J. Wilson, III C Richard A. Yoder 1959 C Richard C. Abington C Lloyd H. Adams C Edward E. Alexander, Jr. C Bobby D. Allen Raymond J. Art C William M. L. Asher C John K. Bainbridge Edward B. Baker, Jr. Gary L. Barnum C Walter H. Baskin T Robert R. Beaton C Norbert H. Bednarek T Howard V. Berkowitz Leroy A. Bickley C Thomas H. BUlings C Harry W. Boltz Jacob Boltz Allen P. Boothe C David E. Bottorff Robert L. Bovey Michael J. Brown John P. Bundarin, Jr. Terrence J. Camilleri J Clyde A.L. Carter Joseph Casasanto ,^ C Edward W. Gather, II Daniel M. Cheston, IV .

C Kent R. Clark T Stanley M. Cobb, Jr. Patrick M. Commons C William F. Corroum C Thomas R. Crompton Richard R. CudUpp Charles E. Cullen Shipmate, December 1987

James J. CuUiton Robert M. Darby Jay R. Denney C Charles P. Dobbs C Frederic G. Dorwart, Jr. Ronald J. Doyle C George M. Elliott Arthur Emmerson C Roger C. Erickson WiUiam P. Eshelman Lucian C. Evans WiUiam F. Fernow C Tylor Field, II Gary W. Findlay Martin J. Finerty, Jr. Joseph F. Flynn C Joseph P. P. Ford L Larry B. FrankUn C David J. Erie Lynn M. Gantt T Gerald G. Garbacz Charles M. Garverick Gary Q. Geist L Edward W. Gibbons C Barry L. Gordon T Robert W. Groom C Paul E. Guay C Jonathon J. Hardin, Jr. C Thomas A. Hassler Tomas G. Henderson C Wayne T. HUdebrand C Edward R. HiU T Charles L. Hughes, Jr. C Charles B. Humes C Robert C. Hurd C Jon R. Ives C Rodney K. Johnston C Thomas E. Karpick C Karl L. Keay C James A. KeUy WUUam H. KeUy C Ingolf N. KUand, Jr. John J. Kilday John J. King Emmett J. Knapp Harry J. F. KorreU, Jr. C Victor H. Krulak, Jr. Theodore G. Krumm, Jr. John A. LaFond John D. Laferty Steven C. Lamphear C James C. Langemo C Robert L. Larkin, Jr. John F. Leder C George R. Lehmberg, Jr. Charles H. Lloyd J Wayne P. Lockwood C J. PhiUip London Thomas A. Long, Jr. T Thomas J. Lukish C Robert L. Manly James E. Martin C John H. MascaU WiUiam G. Matthews C Henry H. Mauz, Jr. C John J. McCabe WUUam R. McGowen C Arthur Merz L Robert D. Michael T WilUam 1. Milwee, Jr. L James H. Mintun, Jr. Milan Moncilovich Richard J. Moore C Dennis M. Moynahan T James E. Murphy C Jacques C. Naviaux C Richard A. Nelson T Charles G. Nolan Bruce D. Nordwall Richard J. Noreika C Paul D. O'Connor, Jr. J Vincent Obsitnik John C. Oneto C Francis A. Orr C James H. Osborn C Charles K. Osborne, Jr. T David L. Osburn C Richard T. Owens

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T Mrs. Leslie N. Palmer Jeremiah W. Pearson Charles C. Pease John N. Pechauer Gerald L. Peterson C Ragan T. Phillips C William T. Posey C PhUip H. Powers Dennis S. Read C E. Grant Rees Gayle H. Rees Robert H. Reifsnyder C James G. Reynolds Daniel C. Richcudson C A. James Roberts, III J Matt A. Roberts, III C Lee K. Robinson C John G. R. Roddey C David N. Rogers C John W. Sapp, IV J Harold E. Saxton C Peter J. Schleck John J. SchuUz T John E. Seeburger, Jr. C Peter F. Shields C Gary T. Smith C Rayburn R. Smith C Stephen V. H. Snyder C James W. Squires Peter C. Stout George H. Strohsahl, Jr. C Walter S. Szczypinski, Jr. C Peter T. Tarpgaard, Jr. C Donald D. Thompson

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Harley H. Barnes, Jr. James C. Beam Duane C. Beck Jerome E. Benson George M. Bezek Charles E. Bingemer Donald V. Boecker James W. Bower Roland Brandquist Donald E. Broadfield Raymond T. Burkley William R. Calvert John P. Cecil Eugene J. Chancy Henry G. Chiles, Jr. Charles E. Christopher Kenneth G. Clark Michael C. Colley Charles V. Collins Paul W. Cooper, Jr. Andrew G. Cotterman WUliam G. Counsil William D. Graver Charles H. Crigler David M. Criste Francis X. Delano Peter B. Dolan Robert A. Dropp Anthony J. Dunne James R. Evans Joel W. Febel Charles F. Fischer, II Donald G. Foery Robert B. Fraser

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James F. Tidd James H. Tinsley Daniel M. Truax Samuel W. Valenza, Jr. Gerard F. Varni Sidney E. Veazey Larry G. Vogt Douglas Volgenau Donald J.H. WaUace Toby G. Warson Howard A. Wells, Jr. Gerald H. Welsh Richard K. Westfahl William C. Wheaton Robert C. Wiley Richard F. Winter R.E.H. Woodaman Waher P. Wynn, Jr. Frank D. Young, 111 Howard L. Young, Jr. Vernon O. Young 1960 Albert M. Ames John A. Anthony, III Richard C. Antolini Robert J. Antonio Albert A. Arcuni Arthur J. Baker, 111 Robert P. Baker

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Donald S. Freeman, Jr. Vance H. Fry Francis V. R. Gansz Robert E. Gasser Lewis C. Gillett, Jr. James R. L. Gilstrap Mark M. Golden Arthur C. Goldtrap, Jr. John E. Greenhalgh Robert H. Gridley Robert N. Griffin Wayne G. Griffin Warren G. Hahn Frederick G. Hale Richard W. Hamon James E. Hancock Richard T. Harper WilUam J. Hastie Lawrence S. Helms Harold E. Henning John G. Herbein Nathan A. Heuberger Dennis J. Hickey, IV Gerald R. Hill Joseph F. Hoffman, Jr. Royston C. Hughes Thomas A. Hyde Robert J. lanucci Charles D. Jenkins CUnton B. Johnson

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Frederick B. Johnson Keith S. Jones David G. Kalb William M. Keys Charles R. Kiger James R. Kinney Joe J. Kirkpatrick David J. Knorr Ronald L. Koontz James E. Kovacevich Robert E. Kunkle Lennis L. Lammers Walter R. Land Alan E. Lansdowne Peyton R. Latimer Harry C. Lewis Roy T. Lewis, Jr. Roger W. Lloyd Kenneth W. Loveland WiUiam S. Manning Robert J. Manser Thomas J. Marti Dennie L. McCrary Samuel C. McKee John M. McNabb Robert S. Meek William W. Medaris Douglas K. Menikheim Martin P. Merrick Robert A. Meyer John J. Michalski, Jr. Norman W. Mims, Jr. Christopher M. Moore Frederic 1. Morrow William S. Muenster Daniel H. Musselman, Jr. George C. Myers, Jr. Harold D. Neeley Gerald A. Nelson Jay A. Newbern Paul S. Norton William P. Olsen Robert E. Osmon Richard R. Pariseau David L. Parkinson Robert G. Patterson Thomas D. Paulsen Harold A. Peterson Jcunes E. Phelan Henry L. PhilUps, Jr. William L. PoweU, Jr. Peter R. Pucher James B. Ramsey Edward A. Ransom Forrest T. Rhodes John H. Rickelman Karl Rippelmeyer Charles K. Roberts Robert P. Rognlien Robert C. Rohr John F. Ruhsenberger Colin H. Saari John A. Schmidt David J. Schnegelberger Earle G. Schweizer, Jr. Peter A. Shanley John F. Shaw Frank T. Simpson Howard L. Sipple, Jr. Robert E. Smith Roy C. Smith, IV Walter 1. Smits William R. Spearman Robert J. Spolyar Nicholas J. Stasko Robert G. Stevenson David P. Stromberg Jewel J. Suddath, Jr. Robert C. SutUff, Jr. John H. Tait Nicholas B. Temple Joseph R. Tenney Larry D. Thomas Alton K. Thompson WUliam J. Townsend Robet E. Traister George W. VanHouten Edward W. Vinje

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Eduard L. Von Fischer, III Henry Von Kolnitz, Jr. Edward T. Walker, Jr. Sibley L. Ward, 111 Harvey D. Weatherson Milton W. Weaver Arthur E. Wegner John E. Whitely, Jr. John D. Woodward James T. Worthington Richard K. Young Salvatore A. Zaccagnino WUUam E. Zierden

1961 Gary A. AbreU C Charles T. Ackerman C Lonny D. Anderson T Thomas Anderson C John E. ArdeU, HI Jon M. Bart L John O. Bennett C David A. Benson Michael D. Bickel T Jerry H. Black John W. Black L NeU Block C Gary F. Bowser C Michael D. Bradley C GUbert W. Bratschi C Frederick J. Bricketto C Roger BuUene FraiJc Butsko Gordon W. CaUender, Jr. C Arlington F. CampbeU Donald B. CampbeU Alfred L. Cheaure C Alan J. Conboy Richard L. Cook C Thomas S. Corboy James D. CouUahan, Jr. C Kenneth G. Craig C WUUam H. Dalkin, III Frank DattUo, III Robert T. Davis, II C Richard S. DeRose C Edward T. Decker C Joel P. W. Decker Timothy T. Degavre J Robert T. Derby Alfred G. Dessayer Earl L. Diamond C John K. Dixner Walter S. Draper, IV T Richard C. Drummond C Tunothy P. Dugan, Jr. T Charles W. Duke, Jr. Robert O. DuUn, Jr. C CUfford R. Dunning C Earl W. Dunsmoor, Jr. Charles W. Eddins C WUUam S. Emmerich C Edward J. Ettmger, III C Douglas W. Falconer C Charles C. FUley Robert S. Fitch Patrick C. FiUpatrick L WUson F. Flagg T Frederick K. Fluegel Emest Frankenberg Stuart T. Freeland Michael A. Freney EUner J. Galbraith, Jr. John R. Galloway T James L. George T Benno M. Gerson C Michael T. Gothic Robert L. Graham Peter W. Greenwood J Alan G. Greer Donald P. Grinnell Robert G. Grubb C Gordon E. Guenter C WaUace N. Guthrie, Jr. Thomas F. Halloran, Jr. Harold E. Harden James A. Hart Thomas E. Hinton C James D. Hodde 56

C Robert G. Hoffman T Robert F. Hofford Warren D. J. Hoppe C George L. Huffman, Jr. Nelson D. Hulme C Robert C. Hulse C James S. Ibach AUen H. Johnson Dennis P. Joyce C Victor A. Karcher C Joseph T. Kavanagh C Tunothy M. Kelly C Jared P. Kennedy C Richard L. Kibbe, Jr. C Richard J. Kievit C Robert L. KUne Thomas KnepeU C Howard E. Kuhns Luther L. Landin, Jr. Theodore F. Langworthy L Harry L. Lara John LeCornu C WiUiam F. Leeson C Stanley J. Lepo C John H. Lewis L Sarason D. Liebler C Melvin H. Long T James A. Luper T Roderick L. MacDonald C WiUiam F. Mackey C Thomas M. Markley C Harty A. Marxen C Bmce E. Maxon Alfred A. Maybach, Jr. C Stephen M. Mayian C John P. McCam John P. McQuade, III John P. Meaker C James T. Mergner C PhiUp W. Merrill C Charles P. Metzler, Jr. C Horace H. MiUer, Jr. John B. MUler, III C Michael J. Moore C WUUam M. Moore, Jr. Richard A. Morgan C Theodore J. Moss, Jr. James F. Noonan James H. Nutt C John R. O'Connor L Richard R. Oldham Heradon A. OUver, III T Roger P. Onorati T PhiUp J. Oppenheimer Constantine J. Pappas Anthony H. PassareUa C Robert A. Pirrmann L George H. Podrasky C Michael J. Preston Lawrence H. Price James M. Quarles WUUam M. Rakow, Jr. George H. Raroha L James A. Rauth T WiUiam J. Reik, Jr. C Ronald H. Reimann C Alan K. Riffey Kurt A. Rohdenburg J Stanley R. Roman Melvin M. Romine Thomas F. Rooney C Robert E. Rosdahl C Michael C. Roth C Robert F. SeUars, Jr. Robert E. Seyfarth C Robert W. Sherer C Robert E. Sheridan C Thomas A. Shields Robert D. Shupe T Jerome F. Smith, Jr. C Robert C. Smith Wayne J. Smith C Benjamin J. Sottile C Donald H. Sprouse John A. Stave C David J. Stem C Jackie L. Stevens T David H. Stryker

C David K. Sutelan David R. Timm C Randolph B. Totten, II J James R. Traa C Frederick Triggs, III C John J. Valerio C Robert B. Van Metre C Robert K. Vogel C Mark H. Waggoner C Kenneth W. Waldorf Robert E. WestfaU Thomas J. White C Dudley D. WiUiams, III T Henry P. Willimon, Jr. C Frederick P. Wilson Raymond J. WUson C Alan F. Wright C George E. Youmans 1%2 C Michael G. Abercrombie C Frederick H. Badger T John L. Baker Ronald 1. BeU WiUiam C. Benton, III C MalcoUn K. Beyer, Jr. C Richard K. Bishop T Robert W. Bolster, Jr. T WUliam C. Bond C Stephen H. Bostwick C Leonard D. Bradt, Jr. C Richard A. Brems C Lynn A. Brooks C John H. Butler C John A. Chambers T Robert H. Champion Paul A. Chapla C Donald E. Christy Francis P. Cleary C Donald T. CoughUn C Robert L. Crawford C Charles B. Creighton C Stephen C. Crooks C Jerry M. Cmmly C Edward B. Danber T Robert G. Dawson Stephen L. Denson C Frederick L. Dietrich George L. Down C Kenneth J. Duckworth C Peter A. Duffy C James F. Engelking C WiUiam A. EsteU, Jr. C Martin J. Farber C Carl M. Fink C Richard L. Foley Wayne H. Francis C Jerome C. Fritz C Frank J. Gaffney C Paul E. Galanti T Robert E. GUes C Richard F. Ginieczki C John M. Gluck C Stanley D. Griggs L Graham HaU C Raymond J. Harms C Patrick V. Hart C Thane D. Hawkins C Richard J. Hayes Mark T. Hehnen C UUs D. Hekel C James A. Henderson C RusseU J. Henry C Kermyn J. Hermann C Aubrey W. Hickam, Jr. C Thomas K. HUchcock C David W. Hoffman C Faust F. Hughes, Jr. J Albert R. Hyde L John T. Jackson, III C Joseph R. John C Roger W. Kisiel C John A. Knubel, Jr. C Charles J. Koeber J William M. Krulak C Donald J. Kunkel C Leonard E. Leetzow, Jr. Frederick L. Lewis C Gordon S. Lingley

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Thomas C. Lofton, Jr. James D. Lucas, Jr. Kenneth B. MacKenzie Brooks T. Mancini James A. MarshaU Salvatore A. MartineUi James V. MaseUa, Jr. David M. Mayfield John J. McCarthy, Jr. John M. McGrath Robert McLean Corbin A. McNeiU, Jr. Jacob M. Meckler Victor A. Meyer Donald G. MUler Harty Momoe, III Jerry W. Munger John T. Natter Roy 1. Newton Robert L. O'ConneU Robert H. Owen Howard S. Pinskey James B. Powers John T. Quinn Thomas M. ReUly Emery A. Reistetter Donald W. Rhodes Dayton W. Ritt NeU C. Sapp Raymond M. Sisk, Jr. Leighton W. Smith, Jr. Robert M. Sontheimer Donald C. Sturmer Hugh A. Tabb Robert N. TidbaU John E. Tipton Carmine Tortora WiUiam J. Urick, III Gordon E. Valentine George F. A. Wagner Richard Waite, IV John E. Wertin, III John D. White, 11 Harold D. WUson John G. Wood Anthony M. YannareUa Robert R. Yohanan 1963 Stephen W. Baumgart RusseU E. Berry, Jr. Michael P. Cronin PhUip W. Dean Robert D. Forster Arnold Glassner Alfred L. Griggs Dudley F. Hendrick Ronald A. Jarvis Joseph Lederhaas Bruce B. Lenz James N. Penrod Frank M. Radik Harry P. Salmon, Jr. Kenneth T. Sanger John W. Sheehan, Jr. Erwin F. Storz Frederick J. Yeager 1964 Jerold F. Anderson WiUiam L. Armstrong James M. Arrison, III Eric W. Bachinsky Thomas S. Baer Thomas J. Barnett Robert C. Bartlett James M. Beall, Jr. Barry N. Beck WilUam C. Blaha Terran R. Boyd Michael C. P. Burton Earle S. Bushnell Max D. Caldwell Marcus B. Calhoun, Jr. Edward A. Cladek John Common Michael D. CoughUn Charles F. Culbertson, Jr. Richard C. Curley John A. Dambaugh Shipmate, December 1987

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Maxie S. Day WUUam F. Due, Jr. James M. Duffy George F. Eichler Winford G. Ellis Gerard R. Evans Edmund J. FarreU, Jr. Walter R. Fatzinger, Jr. Raymond Frey Douglas P. Fuge Robert L. Gault John M. Geraghty Joel D. Gingiss Daniel F. Glevy Ray J. Golarz John A. Grant Patrick W. J. Haala Howard W. Habermeyer, Jr. Donald E. Hackett, Jr. Robert W. Harvey Thomas F. Hawk Bobby J. Haynes Frank H. Hiestand Jeffrey C. Hogan John G. B. Howland Wayne I. Humphreys James L. Jennings Robert L. Johnson Stephen H. Jones Henry J. Jurgens John A. Kendall Karl M. Klein, Jr. Austin V. Koenen James C. Kraft Alexander J. Krekich Bmce G. Krum PhiUp W. LaBatte, Jr. Stephen K. Laabs Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. George E. Leonard, Jr. David W. Lorenzo Richard W. Ludden WiUiam T. Malin Robert G. McClure Richard A. McDermott Jeremiah J. McGuire Read B. Mecleary Michael G. Mitchell, Jr. Edward A. Monaco, Jr. Charles L. Moore, III Lorie A. Moore AUen W. Moored Michael A. Munay Jon W. Nagel Joseph F. Navoy Robert B. NeweU, Jr. Vincent E. O'NeiU Claudio A. Pacheco Douglas D. Peterson Richard H. Phelan Edgar D. Priest, Jr. Edmund F. Quinton John E. Reiersen Joseph L. Restivo Robert F. Riordan Richard J. Robbins Paul E. Rowe, Jr. Bruce L. Runberg Edward T. Saucier Richard A. Shapack Harold D. Sisson, Jr. James L. Spencer, III Richard N. Stark Joseph D. Stewart Raymond E. Stone, Jr. Robert Sutton Thomas J. Swartz Roger D. Sweeney Bruce A. Thoman Bryce A. Thompson Robert R. Timberg WiUiam J. Tinston, Jr. James K. Tolbert David N. Tornberg George B. Vaupel Leonard R. Wass Jarmon Welch Robert M. Welsh

Shipmate, December 1987

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1965 James L. Abbot, 111 Robert A. Andretta Kenneth J. Andrews Robert B. Avery David L. Bailey Ronald M. Bancroft Wilson H. Banks, Jr. Thomas A. Barry Robert L. Beauchamp Conrad C. Best Barry S. Birch Donald E. Bonsper Francis M. Burns, III Gary M. Burris James J. Carter Kenneth M. Castelano Michael T. Coyle Thomas P. Craig, Jr. John E. Daly, 111 Parker F. Davis George L. Eggert Michael J. Epprecht Gerald F. Franzen WiUiam A. Fries Charles S. Garber, Jr. Richard P. Genet Howard W. Goodroe Robert A. GosneU Geoffrey J. Groves

C Judd G. Halenza, Jr. Donald A. HaUwachs C Thomas H. Harlan C James G. Hart C Neil M. Henderson C Ronald R. Henderson James R. Hopkins C Donald C. Houghton C Hugh W. Howard, Jr. C Fred A. Hufnagel, Jr. WilUam B. Hunt George E. Hurley, Jr. J James S. Jenkins, III Donald R. Jennings Jasper B. Johnston, Jr. J S. Steven Karalekas C Allen R. Kasper T Henry B. Keese George A. Kent C Thomas H. Kinder Timothy R. Kirkman Lawrence M. Kocisko C Jack E. Kohl, Jr. C Theodore A. Krauss Gary L. Krebs Dennis K. Kruse James A. Lawin C Cari D. Lawley, Jr. C Lawrence J. Leovic

Ralph S. Lobdell Ernest R. Lockwood Michael G. Malone WiUiam G. Matton, III Dennis N. McComb Bernd McConnell Stephen S. McDonald John W. McKinney Clement T. Meehan, Jr. David L. MUler Patrick J. Milligan James L. Minderlein Frank D. Mitchell, Jr. Thomas A. Morgenfeld Thomas E. Morris Jon L. Neary Dennis J. Nemura Michael J. Nicholson Peter E. O'Connor John J. O'Dwyer Leon P. Okurowski Edward A. Orr, Jr. Ronald A. Pasqua Jerry E. Plum Frederick G. Prickett, Jr. WiUiam H. Purdy Craig M. Rasmussen Carter B. Refo Ralph E. Rickard Gordon M. Riddick, Jr. Raymond A. Sanders Charles N. Sapp, Jr. Raymond H. Setser, Jr.

C Stephen J. Seufer Harry A. Seymour, Jr. Darrell P. Snyder, Jr. C Carl R. Spangler, Jr. C Dennis R. Spurgeon C Aaron R. Spurway C Robert A. Stanfield L Roger T. Staubach Finlay J. Stewart, III C George C. Stewart Edward W. Stillman, Jr. Stanford I. Storey John A. Summa C Larry G. Swenson T Peter D. Tamny Anthony R. Tesoriero Wallace R. Utley Robert C. Vaughan David W. Webster C Ronald H. Wecht C Robert M. Whitehead C Herbert B. Williams WiUiam F. Williams, Jr. Stanley M. Zimny, Jr. WiUiam F. Zuna 1966 Robert B. Adams, Jr. George L. Becker

C Steven K. Berg David S. Bill, 111 Robert G. Brice L Arthur W. Bryant William J. Buchanan C Gerald D. Bunch Robert S. Byerly Guinn G. Clark C James R. Clark Stephen P. Clark C Jacob Cohen, Jr. James H. Cowardin Michael E. Cuddington C Thomas R. Felger C Lawrence E. Fish David A. Fitch C David L. Francis C Walter J. Fritschner L Raymond Garfield, Jr. C James F. Giblin, Jr. T Webb R. GUmore C Robert T. Golden C Frank C. Grammer C RusseU D. Hale C David T. Hall C Walter M. Higgins, III David P. Himchak T Christopher M. Hoch C Robert S. Hood John M. KeUy C Thomas C. Kildebeck C William N. Leonard, Jr. James A. Long, III Jerome T. Maher, Jr. Samuel R. Marrone James D. Maynard Carl P. McCuUough Gordon R. McDonneU David B. McElvein Owen C. McFadden, Jr. David E. McKie Warren R. McPherson Corwin G. Mendenhall, III Richard L. Michaux Tom L. Mintun Joseph S. Mobley Fred P. MoosaUy, Jr. Dale H. Moses Steven D. Niss Phillip G. Norton Henry R. Nothhaft Robert M. Nutwell Dennis P. O'Reilley Jimmy B. Persels Russell E. Planitzer Richard A. Plotkin Kenneth N. Ranch Christopher M. Reddington Rodney P. Rempt J Alan M. Roodhouse C Jay T. Rorick, Jr. J Thomas C. Runkle C David J. Sadd L Anthony J. Sarno, Jr. John D. Savage C Gary Siegel C Robert T. Simmons C Kenneth C. Smith, Jr. C Richard P. Snaider Andrew P. Sosnicky T WUUam H. Spadafora C Robert J. Stankowski, Jr. T Jack W. Stephenson J Robert J. Tarr, Jr. Michael T. Tracey T Robert N. Verratti C William J. Vorwald Joseph L. Wiggins Lance A. Wilmarth Bruce D. Wyman Robert D. Zvacek 1967 C Isaiah H. Ambrose, III C Stephen M. Andres Peter R. Antoniak C Sheldon C. Arey C Kenneth P. Barausky WilUam G. Bartz, Jr. 57

L George P. Beamer Ashley J. Beavers C Charles J. Beers, Jr. Michael R. BoUer C Gary F. Brake C John R. Brereton BurUe A. Branson George R. Bryan, III C Frederick E. Bush, Jr. C Charles R. Cannady C Jack P. Caolo Jackson W. Carpenter T Steven L. Case C Joseph J. Castoro C Roger G. Charles Rene J. Chicoine John A. Chmura, Jr. James E. Christensen, Jr. C David E. Church C Raymond J. Clatworthy C WUUam J. Clevenger Herbert P. Colomb Frederick W. Conroy C Hugh R. Couch John S. C. Craighm L Richard B. Cuciti C Harry G. Dittmann C Walter W. Dukiet, Jr. C James E. Dulin Robert L. Earl James M. Edwards C Douglas E. Faber John FUose Edwin C. Finney, Jr. L Ray A. Fortney C Donald R. Fraser C John E. Futral, Jr. C WUUam K. Gautier C Richard D. Glasow Michel D. Glerum C Daniel M. Glynn James A. Goebel C Kenneth A. Goodwin C Stephen V. Gray Charles F. Greer L Dennis F. Haley Richard B. HaU, II C WUUam H. HamUton, Jr. WilUam J. Hanley John N. Haimon Maurice A. Harkins, Jr. C Robert Havasy C Wayne O. Henry Frank F. Hewitt Harold W. Hickman, Jr. John H. Hickok C Ronald F. Holcombe C Edward B. Hontz Patrick G. Howard Dwight S. Hughes C Stephen S. Israel C Gerald K. Jacobs C John Jakucyk T Ronald R. Jauch Gordon J. Johnson C Hiram J. Johnson, Jr. Laurence E. Johnson C Raymond M. Keating C Lawrence T. Keegan Dennis P. Kelly Robert B. KeUy, Jr. C Edward A. Kerins, II C John A. Kieffer, Jr. J Harold B. Kluckhohn C Thomas C. Knudson T Brace R. Lakefield John C. Lawlor, Jr. AUen E. Lawver C Thomas C. Leiser C Adam K. LleweUyn C Peter A. C. Long C Thomas C. Markley Gregory S. MarshaU Tim D. Martin C Douglas G. Matthews T Walter R. May, Jr. C Michael Mazurczak, II C Peter E. Misiaszek

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C James P. Mixon C Sidney A. Mohsberg, III Anthony V. Monaco C Paul D. Moore Richrd W. Moore John Morton, III C Frank A. MueUer, Jr. C BUly J. MuUins, Jr. James L. Murphy, III C Robert P. Murrian George P. Nanos, Jr. C Joseph A. F. Neal, Jr. C Thomas R. Nelson Kermit W. Neuman, Jr. C Robert G. Nosco L John J. O'Brien, Jr. Alonzo R. Overson C HoweU J. Parry, Jr. Bob R. Patton, Jr. Thomas W. Perkins T John F. Pfeiffer Jean P. Phelps, Jr. C Stephen A. PhiUips L Richard H. PuraeU Vincent S. Putiri, Jr. J Eugene M. Quinlan C Raymond M. Roberson, Jr. C Richard R. Rodgers C Jack W. Roe, Jr. Louis Romano, Jr. Michael G. Roth George N. Samaras Wayne F. Savage C John C. Scalzo T Charles A. Scherck Richard T. Scott, Jr. C Jules B. Selden Ralph C. Sheldrick Robert J. Shields, III C Robert W. Skrotsky Arthur D. Strable, III Timothy J. SuUivan C David J. Tate C John E. TiU C John H. Tisdale Larry P. Torgerson Kenneth L. Tuttle C Garth A. Van Sickle C David A. Vetter Gary M. Voorheis C Ronald D. WaddeU Weymouth D. Walker C Deskin D. Waters WUUam A. Waters C Anthony Wayne C Don B. Wigington, Jr. Gerald D. WiUs C Danny Wong Alfred L. Wynn T Jeffrey A. Young George A. Zahn, Jr. 1968 John Almy, II Robert J. Arneson Felix J. Bassi C Frederick B. Bayer, III Carl T. Berry, Jr. C Frank J. Blake C James W. Bohlig Douglas M. Bomarito John R. Bowden Michael O. Brosee C Gordon L. Brown, Jr. Richard M. Brown, III C Richard A. Buchanan Peter W. Bulkeley Benjamin F. Burgess, III WilUam D. Center T Robert A. Chester James S. Clark Michael L. Coats C Frederick B. Cole C Robert A. Crotteau Richard J. D'Anna C WUUam R. Davis T James D. Deimler Kevin F. Delaney C Peter B. Diefendorf

C WiUiam C. Dow Otis K. Earle Arthur L. Edwards Sidney W. Emery, Jr. C Steven M. Etter C Richard D. Evert C Michael H. Fletcher Charles K. Foulsham C Ned W. Garrigues C Everett B. Gaston C Michael T. Gaul Stephen M. GenstU C Duane L. GUsan T Chris Glutting John X. GoUch John D. Hanrahan Donald R. Hay C Donald J. Healy C James B. Henry C Robert A. HoUnes Craig G. Honour C Gregory Home C Thomas C. Houghton Jay L. Johnson C Quentin C. Johnson J Richard M. KadUck C WUUam J. Kane Mark B. Keef John C. Knapp C Richard P. KruUs Karl O. Krumbholz J John T. Laiming John P. LaughUn Robert E. Lawrence, Jr. T Daniel B. Lear Robert G. Lucas John T. Lyons, III Robert W. Madel John C. McKay T John H. McRoskey C Leiand T. Moore Dan E. Moser, Jr. C Gerald P. MoU T Fred L. Muniz Charles R. Munsey, Jr. C David L. Myers Martin J. NacrelU Lawrence M. Nawrocki Bryan D. O'Connor John F. Olsen John A. Osth C WiUiam G. Paine, Jr. C John C. Patton C Charles A. PeUetier Gordon I. Peterson, Jr. Alan R. Pittman C Conrad A. Plyler, Jr. C Michael R. Polk Michael D. Prince Kevin J. Reardon Arleigh H. Rice, Jr. Ray A. Roberts John M. Rose C Thomas C. Ruland C WiUiam W. Scherkenbach Joseph P. Sciabarra David F. Simmons C Arnold J. Sisk Donald E. Smith C WiUiam H. Smith Warten T. Spaeth, Jr. T Edward A. Sundberg Christian M. Swanson C Carl J. Tamulevich Richard F. Taylor C WUUam M. Taylor WiUiam B. TirreU C Terry A. Toussaint T Henry D. Tyler J Richard W. Virtue James D. Von SuskU MelviUe J. Walters, III Roger P. Waniata Jerry C. Watson C Edward H. Webster, III T Hemy F. White, Jr. Charles R. Wike, Jr. Jay L. Wright

David R. Zimmer 1969 T John H. Adams WiUiam V. Arbacas, Jr. Mario J. BagagUo, Jr. Frederick H. Baron C Norman F. Brown Richard L. Bulger C B. Wayne Carver Richard A. Cataldi Lawrence J. Cavaiola C Thomas J. Cavanaugh Eric J. ChaUain C Stephen W. Comiskey Joel L. Cooley C Robert M. Corrigan C Tertence V. CuUen Geoffrey L. Davies David O. Drew C George R. DurUiam Rodolfo A. Echeverria John H. Feder Edwin B. Finison Charles S. Fisher C James T. Gieracki T Ronald D. Gumbert, Jr. C Thomas F. Hagan C Gregory L. Hansen C James B. Higgins C Ronald E. HUls PhiUp C. Jamison C Stephen D. Johnson C Paul S. Johnston C WUUam R. Jones Ralph H. Kindelberger C Daniel P. KoUay Henry J. Kucinski, Jr. Kenneth E. Lange Edward R. Langston, Jr. T Stephen J. Leaman C Richard W. Long C John P. Maley C Richard L. Martens Eric E. Matchette, III C C}eorge W. Mather C Robert E. Mayo C Michael P. McGee MitcheU D. Moore C Michael C. Morgan C Robert D. MuUins C Charles W. Nation, Jr. T Edward J. O'NeU Charles R. Porter C John H. Post, III Walter W. Price, III T David L. Prosser C Richard R. Reece C Charles P. Rush C George S. Sara Charles A. Schaefer C Robert T. Schram Roger L. Scofield C John W. Smith, II Patrick A. Stroop Lawrence S. Thomson George N. Tzavaras Tommy H. Van Brunt C James F. Watson C Thomas J. WUkes, Jr. C Samuel E. WUson, III Gerald T. Witowski John G. Woods C Dennis A. Yatras C Alfred E. Yudes, Jr.

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1970 Lucian M. Acuff Roger C. Adams Timothy M. Ahern David J. Armstrong Thomas J. Bender, Jr. Linden L. Berkheimer Terrence A. Bidnick Michael O. Boras Allen R. Boutz Daniel R. Bowler WiUiam G. Bozin Matthew J. Breede Shipmate, December 1987

C Michael C. Brown, Jr. C Scott R. Bulfinch Robert N. Burton, Jr. James B. Carter, Jr. Steven E. Chapman C Robert N. Christianson Larry E. Cleghorn C Alan R. CUck Royal W. ConneU, Jr. C John P. Crisp WUUam R. Curter Albert R. Curtie James C. Dawson, Jr. C Clement P. Deltete Raymond V. DiGiacomo Thomas E. Dickey C Douglas W. Dietz David R. EUison C Gerald G. Ermentrout Edward J. Fahy, Jr. C Paul M. FeUx T Paul L. Fowler, Jr. Dale E. Gauge Charles F. Garrison T Everett L. Greene WaUace E. Gunter, Jr. Richard G. Gumon Howard R. HaU C John P. HarteU, Jr. C WUUam Helfen Thomas G. Herbert Paul D. HoUenbach Christopher W. HoUoweU C Terry R. Huff David T. Hunter C Jay B. Jans C WiUiam F. Jenkins C George W. Karch C WUUam M. Kemp Franklin G. King C WUUam A. King Gary D. Knight Timothy A. Kok T Walter M. Kubiak C John Langdon, II Patrick H. Lawless C Henry J. MacLaughlin Ronald A. Marchetti C Terry L. Martin Walter F. Martin, Jr. Gary D. Marvin C James L. McClane Boyd S. McCord C Brock A. McMimn John M. Meacham WUUam J. P. Melby C Edmund E. Moore WilUam M. Moore Robert J. Morgenfeld T James H. Neale C Robert W. Ness Michael J. Novak Kenneth L. O'Bannon C John S. Olson WilUam P. Overson Richard W. Palla John S. Pohl C Richard H. PoUock C Diego F. Porras C Frank W. Reifsnyder John H. Reynolds C Edward J. Robeson, IV John G. Robinson Syd W. Rodenbarger C John D. Rogers Dennis M. Ryan George E. Sauer, III WUUam H. Schmermund James R. Schwenk Thomas G. Serwich, II Kenneth D. Slaght C Ernest M. Snowden, II Robert E. Sonnenberg, Jr. Paul F. Sullivan C WiUiam G. Sutton Grant W. Thorpe James B. WaddeU C WiUiam J. Webb, Jr. Shipmate, December 1987

C Stephen M. Wood Frank L. Wurst Charles J. Yash James J. Zaborowski 1971 C Jeffrey H. Albright Karl J. Athow Wayne D. Bacon Mark T. Beck L Sankey L. Blanton, III Edwin H. Bouton, Jr. John D. Bowen, III WiUiam K. Boyd, Jr. John C. Brandes WUUam S. Brooks, Jr. Stephan R. Bruce James B. Bryant C Lee E. Burgess Charles F. Burlingame, III C Cyrus H. Butt, IV Robert A. Capra C RusseU M. Carr C Charles T. CarroU Lawrence F. Clark John W. Closs C Douglas G. ConkUn C Ronald F. ComeUson T Peter F. DeVos Patrick M. Doyle Steven A. Dunphy Richard H. Enderly C WiUiam J. Farley

WUliam J. Fitchet C Thomas J. Flanagan Michael J. French C Osmund R. Fretz, III C Robert M. Gallagher James G. Gonzales James A. Gosma Veraon C. Graham Kevin P. Green Thomas M. Gross C Edward R. Hebert C Benjamin A. Holland John P. HoUand, Jr. C Mark M. Horgan David B. Howe C Mark H. Howe Eric M. Hughes Jeffrey L. Hull Carl D. Inskeep John P. Jarabak, Jr. C Larry C. Johnson C John E. Kellogg Patrick R. Kelly Richard E. Kremer Michael P. Lehman James W. Loiselle C Robert W. Lucy C James R. Maris Kenneth A. Marks C Lewis G. Mason Lawrence L. McDonald C David B. MUler Roger A. Morin

C J. David MuUins T Bruce E. Nichols WiUiam G. Nielsen C Michael T. Nordin Kevin J. O'Connor David J. Odland C Robert K. Pearce, Jr. Stephen E. Penner C David P. Polatty, 111 Stephen R. Purdy James A. Rehkopf L Edward J. Sanderson, Jr. George E. Schall, Jr. Peter P. Schneider, Jr. Douglas A. Smartt Paul R. Smith Theodore E. Snoots C Ronald E. Spratt L Thomas F. Stemfield C David K. Storey C James A. Storey, III James B. WaddeU C Frank T. Walker, Jr. Joseph W. Wargo Daniel L. Whitford David A. WhUman Tom D. Wiles Peter A. Zaudtke 1972 C John D. Bones, III C Robert A. Brandon C Robert S. Byrd

J John E. Chalker Alfred B. Coleman, Jr. C David A. Dennis C Richard A. Drawneck C Paul A. Gimer C WiUiam L. Groves C Guy P. HaU James D. Hall C David W. Hearding C Saul D. Klein Lawrence L. Kraker C Frederick J. KuU C Patrick D. Lee C Eugene Lovely Raymond M. MacKown C Richard G. Macklin Nicos S. PanteUdes Robert A. Pell C James O. Pierce Roberto Pizarro C Douglas K. Rush C Richard T. Sizemore, III C Jeffrey F. Smith Alton L. Stocks Michael D. Supko Mrs. David R. Vaughn T Mark D. WilheUny Rodney K. Womer 1973 Robert S. Adams, Jr. T Bruce M. Bachman C Randall E. Barnhart

C John L. Bedker, II Charles E. Bianco T Frederick J. Brasco C Robert E. Brathuhn, Jr. James H. Chapman, Jr. C Danny L. Clarkson C Frank S. Coleman, Jr. Thomas J. Collins, III Raoul B. Conway C Robert B. Cory John G. Cotton Daniel P. Couch Dana C. Covey C Albert D. Creasy, Jr. C Craig B. Dawson C John J. Dicks C James T. Dohse C Edward J. Donofrio John J. Evans Jay P. Fischer Paul V. Fitzgerald, III James R. Garban C Christopher P. Gieser C Bruce R. Glatzel C Stephen D. Hanson C Paul B. Hendrickson Scott L. Hendrickson C Douglas G. Henry C Steven R. Ingram Kenneth A. Jacobsen Jacob L. Johnson, Jr. T Kenneth A. Johnson Michael J. Kane C Thomas J. Kiernan Larry A. King WiUiam S. Kordis C WUUam C. Kurz C Paul K. Landers Douglas J. Law Mark A. Leatherwood Carl M. Lindner, III Gary D. MacFadden Daniel F. Madden T Bruce H. Marquardt Thomas O. Martin Robert E. MaskeU C Kenneth P. Mayeaux Timothy S. McClay Daniel M. McHale John S. McHenry C Michael S. McKeever C C. S. MondelU, Jr. WUliam M. Montgomery, Jr. William M. Morrison C James D. Morton, III T Dirk P. D. Mosis, III Scott F. Moss C Charles L. Munns Roger W. Murch C Lawrence C. Myers, III Leonard Nebons C Patrick A. Nelson C Robert N. Nestlerode C Randolph Ni C David F. O'Connor T Charies D. O'DeU Colin C. Osborn C Jack E. Owen, Jr. Donald J. Patton Donald M. Phipps T John F. PiUi, Jr. C Jack M. Pohlmeyer C Kent R. Porter T Stephen F. Resser C Gary G. Rhoads Douglas S. Rice Paul J. Ryan C Mark J. Salmen John R. Seaberg WilUam F. Seebode, III Herman L. Seedorf, III C Mark W. Shaughnessy C Paul G. Sherland Marc A. Shuter Terry D. Silva Kenneth M. Smith, Jr. James J. Soran, III C Bruce A. Spalding 59

Joseph W. Suchy C Timothy M. Taylor C James L. Van Sickle Charles P. Voith Joseph D. WeUer, Jr. C John W. Wuichet, n C John S. Yackus 1974 Richard A. Adams C James D. Agnew WilUam T. Aldinger James A. Aldon C Richard L. Anderson Ross E. Anderson, III Earle S. Babcock C David W. Bennett WUUam R. Blackburn T Dennis N. Bosticb Richard T. Braco John L. Branchflower WUUam D. Bristow Martin S. Brown T WUUam D. Braen, Jr. James L. BuUock C Gaiy T. Carter J Richard J. Cassara John D. Christensen Frank S. Cina Richard H. CoUier Edward C. Crumley, Jr. Brian J. Dalrymple C Bryan M. Davis, Jr. C Kevin L. DUley Michael R. Donovan Walter J. Donovan, Jr. Kenneth D. thinn C Preston W. Easley, Jr. WUUam F. Flader James T. Fry John D. Gianoni Fred R. Hahndorf C Carl M. Halbreiner C Patrick M. Haney WiUiam E. Heinzman, II C David F. Higginbotham C Gary A. Hines T John M. Hubbs T Joseph J. lovanna Brent S. James Richard J. Jensen C Richard F. KaUey Michael R. King David L. Koch WiUiam J. Lahneman Donald M. Lawton David G. Leon C Jeffrey M. Liggio Todd D. Lowe Clovis E. Mauley C Kyle E. Martin Daniel F. Marasa C John R. McAUley, III WUUam M. McBride Thomas B. McMuUen, Jr. Karl W. Meek Scott R. Monmaney Bradford L. Moore Kevin P. Morgan James R. Noonan C David B. O'NeUl C David K. Oyster NeU E. Rondorf C Rodney W. Savage Dean W, SchUUng David M. Schora C Gerard P. Schrock George R. Seftas C Charles R. Shartatt C Stephen D. Shigley C Gregory J. Stachelczyk Hugh R. Stahl Edward F. Steiner Gerald M. Stenovec Robert E. Stumpf John T. Sturdy Fred L. Stuvek, Jr. Harry W. Syer, Jr. Robert G. Thrasher

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1975 WUUam C. Absher Robert E. Adamson, 111 Robert G. Brewer, Jr. Bruce A. Bucldewicz Robert A. BuUock John A. Cave Stephen B. Coppins James W. CrandaU, Jr. James J. Cuff, Jr. Kirk J. Daniels John J. DonneUy Albert L. Eaton, Jr. James M. EUis David M. Engler, 11 Raymond J. Enzenauer Christopher B. Field Robert W. Fogelsanger Christopher P. Foley Ronald J. Frigo David E. Frost Thomas J. Gadzala Dennis M. GaUcki John L. GaUe, Jr. John D. Ginn David A. Gove Thomas J. Gregory Howard W. Gutzman James S. Haima Kevin P. Hart David S. Herbein Gregory W. Hoffman Andrew C. Howard WilUam J. Howey Robert E. Hyer, Jr. Donald W. Jensen Gary R. Jones Thomas J. Kapiu-ch Thomas C. KeUey Kim F. Kline Lawrence G. Kloth Kenan J. Knieriem RandaU W. Kochanik Henderson Lawson, Jr. Thomas E. Lisowski Gregory A. Macdonald James A. McConneU, Jr. Martin B. McDonough Robert K. MUler Mark R. MUUken Jack L. MUls, Jr. Christopher MoscheUa WUliam R. NeUl Stephen A. O'Brien Mark A. Peifer Trent R. Powers, Jr. David D. Praett Craig R. Quigley Craig A. Rankin Andreas D. RoUe Michael E. Sagen Douglas C. Schlaefer Richard A. Schwarting Stevens K. Shegrad WUUam J. Sichko, Jr. Paul R. Siedsma Paul S. Stanley George D. Steel AUen R. Stevenson, II Michael C. Stichter Dennis D. Stone Joseph W. Sweeney, 111 James E. Tenuto PhiUp A. Tomkins PhiUp E. Troy Stephen A. Tumer Edward W. Ulmer Steven Von Christierson Robert J. Warmbrann Larry L. Warrenfeltz

Brian R. Weaver C Frederick W. Weber Norman L. White WUUams S. Wolff Randel L. ZeUer 1976 C Lawrence W. Astyk Thomas Q. Bakke Stephen A. Bedard John W. Berkley C WUUam J. Bigham Mark W. Bircher Thomas E. Bosse C Donald G. Bringle C Jerome A. Buck Jeffrey D. Burke Aron K. Champion C PhUUp L. Cook WUUam S. CraighUl C WUey R. Deal, Jr. James 1. Dennis, 111 Brian B. Devane C Dennis J. DiLucente C Bryan J. Dolan T John W. Dremp, Jr. Charles B. Ediiigton C Timothy J. FarteU David R. Fleischman, Jr. Richard K. GaUagher Eric S. Gardner Michael P. Golden Christopher P. Grazel C Mark W. Haas C Chris M. Handley C Daniel J. Harkenridge C Petei W. Harris C WUUam O. Hawn Kent R. Higginbotham Michael G. Hlywiak C Mark B. Hoekstra J Scott M. Jenkins Carlton B. Jewett Robert L. Kates Steven M. KeUy John T. Kohler C David P. Lawrence T John L. Lovasz C David J. Manners John F. McKeman Mark L. Metcalf Blaise P. MUler Mark C. MUler Robert L. MUler C Daniel F. MitcheU J PhiUp N. Mizesko C John S. Moore Michael A. Moore Richard S. Moore James E. Morrison George E. MueUer, Jr. C Jeffrey A. Neufeld C Daniel E. O'Brien Timothy O'Hagan WUUam C. Ostendorff Torkel L. Patterson Morgan B. PearsaU T Robert C. Peterman C James A. Petersen Brace K. Petit Raymond P. Putt, Jr. Gregory A. Queen John C. Rader David G. Renaud Eraest J. Roeske C Wayne L. Rogers Jeffrey R. Sander John F. Sarao Douglas R. Schaus Theoren P. Smith Craig C. Snee Louis P. Sposato, Jr. James G. Stavridis Joseph J. Sturm Mark E. Swirmicky Tod M. Thedy C Charles R. Turpen Steven C. Von DoUen John H. Wilckens

C Gary F. Wrotnowski C Harold J. Zimmerman 1977 t WUUam S. Adsit C Edward C. Anderson C Henry H. Bras, III C John M. Connard C Peter J. Finley C Victor M. Gardner, III John W. Geary John S. Graham 3 Peter W. Grieve T Thomas A. Hejl C Daniel J. Jerabek C Bradford F. Lewis C Eugene T. McCarthy, Jr. C Patrick S. O'Brien C David C. Pyle C Harry V. Rouse, IV C WUUam R. Venohr C David Ziemba

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1978 Jack B. Adolph Richard D. Anderson Arthur J. Athens CUfford S. Atwood Vincent M. Baldertama Bradford H. Baylor Daniel V. Bearss Frank J. Behm Thomas A. Bennett Vance D. Berry, Jr. Donald C. Beverlin James T. Bly Kenneth D. Bowersox Paul G. Brown David W. Brace Steven C. Champion John G. Cooke, V Stewart A. Copeland Craig H. Cowen Timothy J. Curry John E. Curtis Stephen P. Curtis Keith T. Davies Charles F. Dawson Craig M. Diffie WiUiam E. Duggan WiUiam M. Dunldn Charles E. Earnhardt, IV Scott R. Eckert Matthew P. EUas Corey D. Eskew Michael O. Fifer Joseph G. Fitzgerald Michael C. Gasapo Brace P. Gearey Charles H. Goddard Robert S. Godfrey Mrs. Alan W. Hammond Charles A. Hautau Frederick A. Hilder, Jr. Daniel P. HoUoway Mark W. James Richard E. Jesmonth Brian E. Kirk James R. Koslow Donald A. Kuntz Raymond R. Kwong Scott A. Langdon WUUam H. Larimore, Jr. Thomas A. Lauzon Wayne W. Leong Mark V. Lindstrom Rafael V. Luevano, II Stephen A. Maloney Michael G. Matacz Robert L. McCabe, Jr. Brian J. McCormack Thomas F. McElwee WiUiam J. MUes Arthur S. Mobley, Jr. Michael M. Moore VirgU V. Moore, IV Robert E. Novak, Jr. Kevin P. O'Keefe James D. OUver, 111 Shipmate, December 1987

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C Thomas G. Page Gregory K. Parsons C Barbara L. Raggo Joseph P. Rainey Charles L. Ratte Michael A. Rennie Marc A. Richardson C James R. Righter, Jr. Adalberto Ruiz, 111 Steven J. Russ Sandra L. Sadler Warten J. Samoluk David A. Schmick Clement M. Segura J. C. Smith Ralph T. Soule T Gerard A. Souser, Jr. Terence W. Sparks C Christian E. Sprinkle Susan F. Steen Thomas G. Thomson Douglas S. Tracy C Frank E. Valente Timothy L. Watkins John C. Webb Dean J. Yamasaki Peter H. Young 1983 John V. Amy Christopher M. BaUister Randal D. Black James R. Bodrajy Todd W. Bostock Charles E. Bresnahan Robert J. Byme, Jr. Robert J. Chastanet Jeffrey J. Qark John M. CoughUn Thomas R. Criger Dwight M. D'lorio David R. DiOrio Thomas M. Edwards Todd D. Evans C Robert A. GambriU, 111 Mark L. Gorenflo T Richard B. Greer Michael J. Gubosh Mark R. Hagerott Daniel C. Hahne C Richard R. Hayes Mark J. HeUstem Robert J. HenneUy C James R. HUle Gary T. Hobson Ignatius T. Hokaj Elizabeth A. T. Hugo Michael P. HuU Kerry D. IngaUs Michael R. IsabeUi C Mark R. Kanakis WilUam J. Larson Juan P. Llarena James H. Loper, III Andrew T. Macyko Alan F. Mangan Dennis C. McCaU C Angelo A. McCoy Joey A. MiUer Craig A. MueUer WiUiam H. Murtay Karen E. Myers C W. Mark Nicholson Robert P. Papadakis C Paul S. Pritchard John P. Reich Christopher W. Rice C Richard C. Rivera Joseph W. Rixey Anthony C. Rodgers C Graham W. Rossano Lawrence E. Ruggiero J John Rupp C James M. Rushing Mark J. Russ Erica L. Ryder

C David W. Saba Andrew H. Schlaepfer Gary C. Schmidt Caroline A. Simkins WUUam C. Stacia C Lynn A. Thomas Stephen J. Thoresen C Michael R. VermiUion Dana S. Weiner C James A. E. Wood Dennis F. Yeatman 1984 Paul M. Arends C Paul V. Bart, Jr. Jeffrey S. Bartkoski Steven J. Beminger Kevin M. Blum Eugene G. Brady, III Salvatore J. Ceraolo C CoUn B. Chaffee Mary B. A. Chipkevich Michael T. Clark Edward L. CoUins, II Michael S. Connor Daniel E. Crisp C Gertal K. David WiUiam H. DeRoche, Jr. WiUiam J. Dempsey C Richard S. Dohoda ' Maurice A. Fairley John W. Fusto C David J. GeUene C Gregory A. Goins C Robert C. Gorman Scott F. Griffin C GaU M. HaberUn Craig A. Hamner Mary J. HeUnski Alexander S. Heyward James W. Hinen Kristine Holderied Thomas W. Horn Thomas R. Ivan C Matthew C. Jacobson John L. Judy C Mark R. KaUsch C James A. Lamontagne David J. Landess C Charles T. Lindsay Braced. Lipphardt, Jr. Christine M. Lipphardt Brion R. Martin Jeffrey E. McCreary Peter H. McDevitt WiUiam L. Mergen, Jr. John K. Mortow Thomas C. Mortensen Bret J. MuUenburg Richard C. Muldoon C Michael J. Murphy C Robin K. Myers C Scott M. Newman Daniel R. Nicoson John P. O'SuUivan Sonja P. Pedrozo Christine A. Phifer Michael E. PurceU Marjorie A. Rawhouser C Michael Salach Mrs. Erin Virginia B. Selvage C Robert L. Shoemaker Robert A. Sichler Alton C. Slawson David W. Stevens Daniel G. Stoddard Kurt D. Storey C Robert A. Stubblefield, Jr. Sean M. Sullivan Matthew T. Wallace John B. Westerbeke Gary H. WiUiams Steven R. Wright C George D. Zamka

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OUver G. Locher C Thomas R. Loeblein David S. Lynn Curtis E. Lyter Mario R. Maddox Patrick K. Mayer Kathleen M. McCartan C Gregory J. McGiffney Gregory T. McKenney C Kurt W. Menke Charles R. Merritt, Jr. James R. MiceU Stephen E. Mooradian Tertence J. MuUch, Jr. Henry L. Murphy, 111 Scott L. Nasson Barbara E. Neumann John P. Nolan Richard T. Nowak Scott C. Olsen Timothy K. Olson Dale A. Ormond Augustin L. Otero Andrea W. Phelps Michael D. PhiUips C Patrick A. Piercey David M. Pimple Thomas K. Plofchan, Jr. Rene A. PuUatti Reginald M. Rhoe Lawrence S. Roberts Mark D. Rose Paul A. Rosmilso C Christopher A. Ryan Charles W. Sharkey, IV C Michael P. SkeUy Thomas A. VaraUo, Jr. James 1. Ward, Jr. John D. Whalen Darlene R. WUczynski Richard V. Wohld Kenneth J. Yamashita 1986 WiUiam J. Cart Robert Rupp

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Bequests and Memorials, Corporate and Foundation Gifts Bequests During fiscal year 1987, we received generous bequests from the estates of Mrs. John G.M. Stone, widow of Capt. John G.M. Stone, Class of 1917. Her gift was made in memory of her first husband, Cdr. Thomas E. Fraser, Class of 1924, who was killed in action 15 November 1942. Gifts were also received from the estates of Cdr. Ralph A. Sentman, Class of 1925; Mrs. John E. WUUams, widow of Capt. John E. WUUams, Class of 1916; and Mr. Hugh D. Adair, in memory of his son, 1st Lt. Hugh D. Adair, Jr., Class of 1948.

Further information on these and other thoughtful gifts will appear in future issues of Shipmate.

Memorials Increasing number of Alumni and friends of the Naval Academy are remembering deceased relatives, shipmates. Classmates, and friends through the Alumni Association's Memorial Gift Program.

During fiscal year 1987, gifts were received in memory of: WiUiam T. Groner '36 WiUiam Abromitis, Jr. '48 Marvin H. Grove '20 Robert T. AUsopp '40 WUliam L. Guice, Jr. '40 Delano Ames, 111 '44 Mrs. Harry A. Guthrie Roy G. Anderson '40 John J. Haffey, Jr. '42 Richard S. Andrews '31 Francis Houghton S. Hall '44 Dante Armogida '43 Alan W. Hammond '78 Edwin C. Asman '32 Mrs. Edith W. Hanley George Atteberry John C. Hanna '40 Ralph V. Baldwin '24 Harold D. Hansen '27 WiUiam O. Baldwin '18 Burton R. Hanson '40 Daniel S. Bartett '71 WUliam P. Hodnett, Jr. John Baumeister, Jr. '36 John J. Holden '46 Jack S. Beasley '46 George A. Holderness, Jr. '23 Edward L. Beck '25 Mrs. Robert P. Hollis Robert T. Bianchi '83 HUUs D. Hume '45 Worthmgton S. Bitler '22 Robert H. Hurst '40 James W. Blanchard '27 Kurt T. Israel '80 John T. Blodgett '40 Ronald A. Jensen '57 Kener E. Bond '22 Garry W. Jewett, Jr. '32 Robert J. Booze '44 RAdm. and Mrs. John G. Johns '25 John W. Bowman '43 Ralph C. Johnson '32 Ross K. BramweU '48 Harry D. Johnston '26 Richard E. Brega '43 Earl A. Junghans '29 Mrs. James T. Brewer Mrs. Elizabeth Kaminski Edward W. Bridewell '35 WUUam A. Kanakanui, Jr. '48 Lloyd C. Brogger '35 Constantine A. Karaberis '35 EUot H. Bryant '19 WiUiam W. Kennedy '61 WiUiam W. Burgan '40 Hobart Key, Jr. '34 Charles T. Butler '53 Phillip D. Klein '72 Leon E. Chabut '40 Paul R. Klinedinst, Jr. '58 Arthur B. Chilton, Jr. '39 Kenneth A. Knowles '27 Gordon P. Chung-Hoon '34 Frank J. Korb '47 Walter L. Clark, Jr. '33 Jackson A. Lahn '26 MerriU K. Clementson '33 John D. Lamade '32 WUson P. Cogswell '22 Mark A. Lange '79 Mrs. H. H. Conn WaUer D. Leach, Jr. '24 Clarence E. Cortner '27 Waher G. Lessmann '46 Richard Bland Lee Creecy '42 Mrs. Raymond D. Lewis George G. Crissman '26 Ruthven E. Libby '22 John S. Dalton '38 Lawrence S. Lockett '40 Barton E. Day '34 Jean Lombardo Harold T. Dinsmore Frederick K. Loomis '25 Albert T. Donnels '24 James O. Lyon '46 Raymond O. Doss '28 WUliam J. Maddocks '41 Frederick R. Dowsett '36 Fred F. Mallory '40 George C. Dyer '19 Lewis M. Markham, Jr. '25 Homer O. Elmers '21 James A. Marks '38 Arthur G. Esch '40 Dante R. Marzetta '41 John T. Eversole '38 Francis M. McAUster '27 Alfred C. Filiatrault, Jr. '44 Robert McMurray '22 AUan F. Reming '36 James McNeice Thomas E. Fraser '24 John A. McTighe '43 Robert S. Froude '42 John L. Melgaard '25 Arthur S. Genet '31 Leonard S. Mewhinney '27 Robert Giacobbe Jewett P. Moncure '20 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Giblin, Sr. WUliam H. Moore, 111 Gene R. Gollahon '61 Arthur S. Moreau, Jr. '53 WilUam F. Greene '40 Shipmate, December 1987

Cdr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Muir '38 Douglas Y. Munnikhuysen '44 Raymond J. Murray '40 William E. Neasham '22 Sven D. Nelson '56 Alva F. Nethken '40 Patrick H. Nettles '79 Roy A. Newton '30 Samuel Nixdorff '35 Malcolm A. Norcross '24 Thomas V. Norman, Jr. '52 James W. O'Grady '36 Ms. Anne W. Ogle Richard M. Oliver '23 William W. Outerbridge '27 Dudley M. Page '20 Michael J. Palencia '80 Leslie N. Palmer '59 Leonidas W. Pancoast '27 WilUam T. Peach, 111 '43 William K. PhUlips '18 Mark R. Pohlmeyer '79 J. Richard Powell George W. Pressey '32 James T. Preston '40 George F. Prestwich '20 John L. Prichard '61 Schuyler N. Pyne '25 Joe L. Raichle '21 John F. Refo '40 Robert D. Risser '34 Thomas M. Ruddy '40 Charles W. Roland '21 Mandell Rosenblatt Morris D. Rosenblatt Thomas J. Rudden, Jr. '39 Thomas W. Samuel '36 Edwin S. Schanze '26 Gerald L. Schetky '19 Mrs. Walter P. Schoeni

Robert N. Schulz John A. Scott '28 Leon B. Scott '15 Frank H. Scrivner '31 Coleman Sellers, IV '40 John E. Shepherd, 111 '39 William B. Short, Jr. '32 William E. Sisler '83 Gerald T. Skidgel '60 Michael J. Smith '67 Lewis L. Snider '33 John P. Spears '40 Mrs. WiUiam O. Spears, Jr. Herald F. Stout '26 Mrs. Bemard M. Strean Mrs. WiUiam L. Tagg WilUam R. Terrell '22 Miss Cathleen M. Thomas *81 Ivan P. Thompson '34 Benjamin F. Thorn '33 Richard E. Townsend David R. Trundy '78 Paul B. Tuzo, Jr. '25 Luther B. WaUace '45 Odale D. Waters, Jr. '32 William B. Whaley '22 Robert E. White '60 Leiand D. Whitgrove '22 Chauncey S. WiUard '32 Glendon D. Williams '30 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wilson Michael F. Wilson '81 WaUer K. WUson '43 Grover B. Windham, Jr. '43 John S. Woodard '60 Harry E. Woodworth '38 Joseph M. Worthington '24 John M. YandeU '81 David Zabriskie, Jr. '36

Parents Fund The second Parents' Annual Fund was an overwhelming success. We deeply appreciate those who made the direct support of a variety of Midshipmen programs possible.

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C Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Shepperd Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Sherck C Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Shipley Mr. and Mrs. Peter Siemens C Col. and Mrs. James L. Skelley Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Skinner Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Sladky C Mr. and Mrs. James L. Smith Ms. Myrna J. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Staley N. Smith C Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Smith C Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Smudz Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sniffen Mr. and Mrs. Moon K. Song C Mr. and Mrs. Howard K. Soper Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Sorokatch C Mr. and Mrs. William T. Sousa C Mr. and Mrs. Martin Spangler Mr. and Mrs. Donald Spencer C Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Sprenger C Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Spunar, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David A. St. Clair, IV C Mr. and Mrs. James K. Stage C Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Stamm Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Startzel, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Victor D. Stauch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Stauder C Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Staunton Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Stephens Capt. and Mrs. Paul D. Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Stepien, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Stokes Mr. and Mrs. Francis G. Street C Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Stringer C Mr. and Mrs. MarshaU W. Stukes, Jr, C Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Suess Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Sugalski T Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. John D. Sullivan C Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Sumile Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Swenson C Mrs. Alfred L. Swindler Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tanner Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Tazza C Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Teed C Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Tesar C Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Testa Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Thiele C Mr. and Mrs. Marion Z. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Leonard T. Thrall Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Tisdale Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Tornberg Rev. and Mrs. David K. Townsend Mr. and Mrs. David Trainer Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Trent Mr. and Mrs. David D. Trotter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Trotter Mr. Paul W. Trousdale Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Truden J Mr. and Mrs. Alvin E. Tucker C Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Ullman, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Ulses Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ungerleider Mr. and Mrs. John R. Urinyi C Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Utnik C Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Valent C C

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Corporate and Foundation Gifts Integral to the overall success of our efforts to assist the Naval Academy is the support received from those corporations and foundations which believe in the value of higher education and in the role the Naval Academy plays in shaping the leaders of tomorrow's Navy and Marine Corps. Gifts and grants were made to the Alumni Association for designated programs, for unrestricted use, and to match Alumni gifts.

Of great importance were grants received in support of the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference from the Exxon Education Foundation, The George Olmsted Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, Teledyne, and the Texaco Philanthropic Foundation. These gifts allowed NAFAC to continue to be one of the finest programs of its type in the country.

Unrestricted grants in support of the Naval Academy were received from the Gibbs Brothers Foundation and the Rockwell Corporation Foundation.

Grants from The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation are instrumental in making the Naval Academy Columbarium a reality.

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This year, more Alumni took advantage of their employer's matching gift programs than in any previous year in the history of the Association. We hope that aU supporters of the Association's efforts wiU take advantage of the fact that nearly 1,000 companies across the nation wiU match their employee's gifts to the Alumni Association.

Those corporations which supported the Association's efforts during the past year included:

CVG Advertising, Inc. Howard E. SprouU, Jr. Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, Co. Mr. and Mrs. K. H. HaUaweU Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Schilling CaroUna Power & Light Company WUliam E. Duke, Jr. Jeffrey D. Jeffries James O. Pierce Bruce A. Reichelderfer Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc. Robert J. Tart, Jr.

3M Company, Inc. Benton G. Thompson A. Johnson & Company, Inc. Charles A. Orem

HOC Group, Inc. Daniel B. Lear Badische Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Reese E. Graves, Jr.

ARISAIG Associates, Inc. Angus D. McEachen, 111

Baltimore Gas & Electric Company John M. Preston Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Tippett

AT&T Company Robert B. Aljoe Ingo A. Lahnemaim Harold W. Lockhart Peter W. Oatis Richard H. Spackman Harold J. Zimmerman Abbott Laboratories George T. EUiott Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Savage, Jr. Aerospace Corporation WUUam B. WUson Aetna Life & Casualty Donald L. Partott, Jr. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. StaiUey R. Roman John G. Wood Allied Corporation Marcos I. Alvarez Robert J. Ameson Reynolds Beckwith Roger A. Morin Aluminnm Company of America Timothy C. Taylor American Airiines, Inc. WUson F. Flagg Glen D. Lerum Stephen M. Mayian Michael Mazurczak, 11 Read B. Mecleary Harold A. Peterson Robert E. Smith Alexander E. Wattay American Express Company George M. Bezek American States Insurance WilUam E. Pike Amoco Corporation Robert M. Corrigan Walter R. Land Analog Devices, Inc. Robert B. Pothier Annco, Inc. Walter B. Brandon Oscar L. Otterson Ashland Oil, Inc. Joseph A. Dodson, Jr. Jack R. Pohlman Atlantic Richfield Company Jerry A. Aspland Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Bmce M. Bachman Charles R. Stokes

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Bank One, Columbus, NA James B. WaddeU Bank of Boston Theodore M. Edson BankAmerica Corporation James B. Landon Mr. and Mrs. James W. Rentfrow WUUam W. Trice Barnett Bloks of Florida, Inc. Robert L. Gault Eari R. Short Bay Banks Inc. Charles A. Orem Bechtel Power Corporation Steven L. Case Theodore R. Pick Thomas E. Morris DotriJd C. Sturmer Thomas g. Wolfe Bectoa Dickinson and Company Andrew J. Callahan, Jr. PhiUp W. LaBatte, Jr. Bell Atiantic Corporation Murtay D. Blank Thomas F. McElwee Bell Communications Research, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Brasek Robert J. Keevers Bell of Pennsylvania Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Brasek Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Richard F. Armknecht, 111 Boeing Company Theodore L. Johnson James E. Kovacevich James A. Morrison, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Swenson Burlington Industries, Inc. Richard D. Hertzig Peyton R. Latimer Burlington Northern Inc. Ronald H. Reimann Burroughs Corporation John S. Burd CBS Inc. Dr. and Mrs. J. Dash CIGNA Corporation Robert W. Groom Bruce P. Hayden Raymond M. Sisk, Jr. Joseph W. Springman

Caterpillar Tractor Company John D. Bones, III Yale M. MiUer Norman L. PolhiU Celanese Corporation Peyton R. Latumer Centel Corporation James A. Lovell, Jr. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. John F. Donovan States M. Mead Steven D. Niss Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Companies WilUam E. Duke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. N. Klug Chevron Corporation Arthur B. Bristow, Jr. George J. Gundlfinger, Jr. Wayne P. Warlick Chrysler Corporation David R. Zimmer Cincinnati BeU, Inc. James D. Hodde Mr. and Mrs. Brace G. Ikert Circuit City Foundation WilUam E. Zierden Citicorp/Citibank Frederick G. Horan Coca-Cola Company Edward J. Ettinger, III Gerald F. Franzen Steven M. KeUy Columbia Gas System, Inc. Eugene Gralla Combustion Engineering, Inc. James F. Calvert WiUiam H. Cross Charles C. Held, Jr. Robert F. Jortberg Allen R. Kasper Communications SatelUte Corporation Burton I. Edelson Conoco, Inc. Thomas C. Knudson Container Corporation of America Russell A. Brown Cooper Industries, Incorporated Nelson A. Blish George L. Eggert Thomas F. Hagan Coopers & Lybrand Gerald J. Thompson Fredrick W. Weber Coming Glass Works Craig M. Lemrow WilUam R. Sachse Dean Witter Financial Services, Inc. Edwin M. ChapUne Frederick J. Yeager Del Monte Corporation John A. Kendall

Detroit Edison Company Otis K. Earle Dexter Corporation James F. Calvert Digital Equipment Corporation Stephen F. Dmetrak Robert P. Norton Fred A. WUhehn, Jr. Dominion Resources, Inc. WUUam F. Diehl WUUam T. Roos Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Sorokatch Dow Chemical Company WiUiam N. Mears Duke Power Company Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Brandt Bryan J. Dolan Wayne O. Henry John D. Hicks E.F. Hatton CartoU W. Anstaett Kenneth H. Lyons E.I.L. Instruments, Inc. HaUie P. Rice E.W. Scripps Company Graham HaU EG&G, Inc. John G. Juergens Douglas C. Murphy Fred C. Watson Ejiton Corporation Roger BuUene Eli Lilly and Company Dr. and Mrs. Don I. Gard Emerson Electric Company Landon G. Cox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Delargy Employers Reinsurance Corporation WilUam M. Taylor Equitable Life Assurance Society Shelby V. Clark Lee T. Snilsberg Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Tazza Ernst & Whinney WilUam T. Malin Exxon Corporation AUen E. Barlow CUfford P. Bermann Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Bunce Paul T. Gorman Mrs. Frederic H. Greene Daniel E. Henry Andrew C. Howard Ronald A. Jarvis John G. Keller John J. Michalski, Jr. Robert H. MUbrath WiUiam R. NeiU Francis A. Packer, Jr. Walter B. Phillips William M. Pitcher Matthew Radom Louis G. Scliris Floyd A. Smith Bruce M. Sullivan John J. Waybright Thomas J. White Beverly E. Wilson FMC Corporation Robert O. Strange, Jr. Fairchild Industries, Inc. James D. Everett Donald G. McCoy Federated Department Stores, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Wehman, Sr. Federated-Mogul Corporation Jerry A. Cooper

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Fidelity Investments Bradford F. Lewis

Geo. A. Hormel & Company Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Michel

First Boston Corporation Frederick J. Brasco James V. Masella, Jr.

Goldman, Sachs & Company Peter W. Grieve Scott M. Jenkins Raymond M. Keating Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mishik

First National Bank of Maryland Charles S. Hooper, Jr. First Union Corporation Bobby D. Allen Fluor Corporation Michael J. Epprecht Ford Motor Company Arthur W. Bryant Charles E. Christopher Thomas J. Drake Maurice T. Ireland Robert L. Siemer Ignatius N. Tripi GEICO Corporation CartoU R. FrankUn Thomas G. PownaU GTE Corporation George G. Deranian Mr. and Mrs. David J. Doran Frederick W. Knops, Jr. Ralph H. Minor Hubert T. Murphy Gary K. Roberts

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Terrence J. Brady Richard H. Childress John F. McNabney Arthur E. Reiss Grumman Corporation WiUiam L. Bryan Paul V. Converse WiUiam H. Hoover WUbur F. Tiemann, Jr. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. Gerald E. Miller Guy F. Atkinson Company of California John P. Cecil HNG Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Kowald HalUburton Company Bernard L. Buteau Thomas R. Felger Roy I. Newton

General Cinema Corporation Robert J. Tart, Jr.

Hallmark Cards, Inc. Alfred R. Hupp, Jr.

General Dynamics Corporation Jay B. Adler Richard S. Agnew Jerome J. Barczak Robert R. Beaton Charles A. Best Leiand E. BoU Walter A. Booriakin John H. Butler Thomas C. Chitty Frank M. Graham WiUiam E. Hutchison John C. Schoep Charles E. Seeger John M. TraesdeU

Harris Corporation Paul M. Felix Arthur J. Mortow

General Electric Company John R. Bathrick John R. Blackburn Richard M. Butrovich Kent R. Clark James A. Crowley Francis M. Falge WilUam A. Finn Bobby H. Freeman Wayne R. Fritz Richard Hardy Mark B. Hoekstra Fred N. Hopewell Christopher T. Hutchins, Jr. Joseph J. lovanna Alexander JuUan, Jr. Thomas J. Moody James R. Neet Samuel H. Nile Donald E. Perry James L. Pierce Edgar A. Robie Thomas C. Ruland Charles P. Rush John A. RusseU George R. Seftas Robert W. Skrotsky Steven W. Smith Conrad L. Smith, Jr. Douglas C. Smith Richard B. Southwell Timothy M. Taylor William C. Travis Mr. and Mrs. William E. Veit Jack Williams, Jr. Arthur G. Woodside David J. Wright

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Harris Trust and Savings Bank John A. Sivright Hazeltine Corporation Jimmy D. Henderson Hercules Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Linsay Hershey Foods Corporation Charles A. Smylie Hewlett-Packard Company Fred L. Muniz Joseph J. Pausner, Jr. Holmes & Narver, Inc. Charles M. Howe Honeywell Inc. James R. Beatty, III Richard J. Beaubien Lloyd F. BeU Michael R. Bonsignore Malcolm R. Fossett, Jr. Anson D. Geiger Henry Gorman Edward N. Hobson Fred Laing Thomas R. Langley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Medved Robert W. O'Reilly Toby G. Warson Walter L. White Hughes Aircraft Company John P. Bundarin, Jr. Richard F. Chenault Richard B. Buciti Robert G. Dawson Carlos K. McAfee Donald L. Mitchell Jacques C. Naviaux Robert R. Neely, Jr. Robert N. Poulsen John P. Richards, II Howard E. Ruggles, 11 Richard H. Scales Hugh A. Scott Floyd R. Stuart

IBM Corporation George W. Allen Lonny D. Anderson Stephen M. Andres John F. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. Theodor Bogner Joseph V. Boland Richard J. Chuday James T. CockriU, 11 Alfred B. Coleman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cox Stiles M. Decker, Jr. Albert L. Eaton, Jr. Robert K. Gess Mr. and Mrs. James A. Glenister Richard E. Hardy Howard G. Heininger, Jr. Paul B. Hendrickson Charles L. Hughes, Jr. Don E. Kennedy John M. Kurowski Luther L. Landin, Jr. Thomas C. Leiser Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lenaburg Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Lennon Melville 1. Macquarrie George S. Makovic Gerald W. Mapes J!unes E. Martin Mr. and Mrs. J. McAvoy Walter R. Moore, Jr. Ralph M. Neely Charles G. Nolan Mark A. O'Hara, Jr. Vincent Obsitnik John W. Rigterink Richard E. RudisiU, Jr. Harold E. Saxton Francis S. Scalcucci Victor V. Sharpe, Jr. Charles E. Slorum Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Soltis Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. SuUivan Thaddeus M. Taylor WilUam S. Taylor Thomas H. Tonseth, III George P. Watt, Jr. John S. Wilson Doyle E. Winters Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Yu ICI Americas Inc. Donald A. Dean IDS Financial Services Inc. Thomas D. LoMacchio, Jr. ITT Corporation Donald W. Alexander Michael J. Cronin Michael M. McMiUan Ingersoll-Rand Company Frederick W. Conroy Robert A. Meyer J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated William E. Pike John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Kenneth R. McCally Johnson & Higgins Edmond S. Gillette, Jr. Johnson Mr. and Mr. and Mr. and

& Johnson Mrs. Henry Cooper Mrs. Harlon R. Mills Mrs. Russell T. Roane

Laclede Gas Company David L. Gardner Lubrizol Corporation Fred W. Bergman Lucky Stores, Inc. James R. Clark Frank J. Dorsey Ludlow Corporation John M. Martin M/A-COM LINKABIT, Inc. Walter J. Fritschner MITRE Corporation Ellis P. McCurley Marsden Chevrolet, Inc. Frank J. Marsden, Jr. Martin Marietta Corporation Vernon A. Dander Edwin H. Grant, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnston Leroy F. Nichalson Thomas G. Pownall Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company James F. Calvert May Department Stores Company David L. Merrill McDonnell Douglas Corporation PeverU BlundeU Irvin L. Boeskool Eugene L. Geronime Patrick Henry, Jr. Raleigh E. Piatt, Jr. Robert L. Rubel John E. Seeburger, Jr. McGraw-Hill, Inc. Harry B. Doyle, Jr. Bruce D. Nordwall Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc. Donald L. Black John E. Chalker Richard G. Clark Benno M. Gerson WiUiam J. Gray Charles R. Kiger Lawrence G. Kloth Robert L. MiUer David H. Stryker James E. Tenuto Harold L. Walters, Jr. Frederick C. Weiss, Jr. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company James S. Ibach Hubert M. McLellan MobU Oil Corporation Mr. and Mrs. D. Krishna Babu John O. Bennett Joseph V. Bridgeford Paul S. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Kacher, III WiUiam L. MeUott Monarch Capital Corporation David L. Prosser Monsanto Company Horace E. Bent Alan J. Frankel John J. McCabe

Kerr-McGee Corporation Brace B. Lenz

Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. Roger S. Ahlbrandt Motorola, Inc. James O. Seamans Mutual of America Robert A. Swanke

Kidder, Peabody & Company, Inc. Samuel R. Marrone

Naico Chemical Company WilUam M. Kemp

Kimberly-Clark Corporation Michael L. Douglas

National Life Insurance Company Robert C. Brand

Jones Group, inc.

Thomas A. Nemzek

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New York Telephone John J. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Carmelo R. Curbelo Donald J. Logic New York Times Company Mr. and Mrs. Dominick S. BasUe Norfolk Soathem Corporation Robert H. Kase Robert J. Maulsby WUUam H. Wendel Northeast Utilities WUUam J. Pape, II Jeffrey F. Smith Northern States Power Company John W. Closs Northern Telecom, Inc. John P. McCain Wesley W. Saunders

Procter & Gamble Company James D. Paulk, Jr. Progressive Companies Stephen J. Leaman Pmdential Insurance Company of America WUliam H. Stewart Edward F. Zimmerman, Jr. Public Service Electric and Gas Company Corbin A. McNeiU, Jr. Quaker Oats Company Roy S. PhUUps RJ. Reynolds Industries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Guy J. Aheam RCA Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Earle H. Muggleworth George D. Prestwich

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Albert R. Hyde Frank M. RadUi Mark J. Salmen James L. Van Sickle

Raytheon Company WUUam L. Britton

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. HamUton

Reynolds Metals Company Guy B. Hehnick Lloyd E. Kuhnmuench

Olin Corporation Peter L. Bren WUUam L. Read Judson C. Rhode

Rockwell Intemational Corporation Richard K. Albright Floyd G. Avey, Jr. Louis E. Jackson Leonard W. Johnson, 11 Robert H. Rositzke Donald C. Tarquin

Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corporation Stephen C. Macy Pacific Lighting Corporation Joseph W. Koch, Jr. Pacific Telesis GiÂŤup John J. LaUy Pathfinder Mines Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Glover Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company Daniel D. Donovan, Jr. John T. Lanning Pennsylvania Power & Light Company Stephen L. Denson Joseph P. Eisenhuth James R. Evans Mark M. Golden Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Wolfe Frank L. Wurst

ROLM Corporation Robert D. Michael

Rubbermaid Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. James P. Morgan Salomon Foundation Inc. Raymond Garfield, Jr. Edward J. O'NeU Thomas F. Stemfield

Stale Farm Insurance Companies Mr. and Mrs. Beal Charles A. Scherck Steams Catalytic World Corporation Urban R. Lamay, Jr. Stone & Webster, Incorporated Donald M. Hemon Harty C. Lewis Richard K. Westfahl Edward Wlodarczyk Sun Company, Inc. Granville O. Dutton Robert E. McCloskey Eric A. Nelson, Jr. Sundstrand Corporation Leo J. WiUetts, Jr. TIE Communications, Inc. Joseph Lederhaas TRW Inc. Thomas L. Albee, Jr. Rae E. Arison Jesse W. Buckelew Frederick A. Clark David S. Cooper Peter K. FitzwiUiam Richard S. Gardiner Henry W. MiUer, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brace G. Onteith WUUam C. Olin Eugene J. Reiher Thomas L. State Richard S. Walsh James C. WUcox Tektronix, Inc. Edward B. Danber John S. Frerichs MUan MoncUovich

Scott Paper Company WUUam E. HUfrank

Teledyne, Inc. WUUam C. HaU Donald S. HoUnes George A. Roberts Paul D. Stroop Lawrence A. WUder

Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. Brace R. Lakefield Leonard E. Leetzow, Jr.

Temple-Inland Inc. Raymond A. Sanders

Shell OU Company Kent R, Bulfinch Douglas S. HoUaday Perry W. Johnson, Jr. Drexel R. Martin Lawrence T. Simmelink Reeves R. Taylor

Tenneco, Inc. Stephen J. Olzinski WiUiam J. SawteUe

PepsiCa, Inc. Robert G. Dettmer David L. Koch Dr. and Mrs. Harris B. McKee

Simmonds Precision Lawrence S. ColweU

Pfizer, Inc. James Kirkpatrick

Singer Company Raymond R. Bernier

Texaco Inc. Albert Benjamin Paul C. Huelsenbeck Fielder A. Jones James W. Kinnear, 111 Augustus C. Long Jack A. Obermeyer Mr. and Mrs. WilUam J. Schwappach PhiUp Vladessa

Phelps Dodge Corporation George F. Britner, Jr.

Sonthem Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company Mr. and Mrs. Felix G. Dacanay

Texas Instruments Incorporated Mrs. Charlene K. Harrison Capt. and Mrs. Paul D. Stephenson

Southwestem Bell Telephone Company George E. Prochaska

Textron Inc. WiUiam A. Anders Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. Edward A. Kerins, II

Phillips Petrolenm Company Henry H. Fox, Jr.

Sperry Corporation George K. Fraser, Jr. Ronald T. HaU Richard Neuendorffer AUie B. White, Jr.

Piedmont Aviation, Inc. Eraest Frankenberg

St. Paul Companies Mr. and Mrs. Dennis H. Taylor

Pittsburgh National Corporation Robert S. Taylor

Standard Oil Company (Ohio) Paul L. Fowler, Jr. WilUam H. Wendel George R. Whitmyre

Philadelphia National Bank Harry G. Dittmann Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Douglas E. Law Harry A. Marxen

Polaroid Corporation Robert C. Duncan Price Waterfaonse Osmund R. Fretz, 111

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Union Oil Company of California Peter D. Fisler United Engineers & Constructors, Inc. Urban R. Lamay, Jr. United States Steel Corporation WiUiam J. Sichko, Jr. Edward L. Smith United Technologies Corporation John F. Briggs, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. WiUard G. Cook, Jr. Richard T. Crane Fortest W. Crone John F. Frost, HI Frank J. Gaffney AUen B. Higginbotham David B. Hubbs AUen E. Reed James H. Tinsley John M. Totri, Jr. United Telecommunications, Inc. Richard T. Boeshaar Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wickard Utah International Inc. George W. Tarleton VF Corporation WiUiam E. Pike Vulcan Material Company Thomas M. Markley W.R. Grace & Co. Edward J. Myerson Wachovia Corporation Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ferguson Jacob M. Meckler Westinghouse Electric Corporation Homer R. Adrianse Robert J. Antonio Robert B. AtweU Dean L. Axene Frank S. Beal Frank T. Brady James A. Henderson Joseph F. Hoffman, Jr. Daniel M. Karcher Robert E. Lawrence Raymond D. Lochner Alfred B. MacKown Alan N. Merkel Charles L. MUler Warten E. OUver James P. Ransom, II Maurice H. Rindskopf Henry D. Ruppel Ted N. Swain Theodore O. Thompson Kenneth M. TreadweU Blair H. Wetzel Alexander P. ZecheUa Whittie Plywood Corporation Henry D. Whittle, Jr. Xerox Corporation Richard J. Kievit >yiUiam F. Leeson Robert E. Rosdahl Gordon E. Valentine

Torrington Company Thomas C. Spalding Tracor, Inc. Thomas H. Brown Ned E. Dixon Thomas J. MulUgan, Jr. Robert H. Small Transco Companies, Inc. Brian E. O'NeiU Union Bank Richard H. BriU

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AUDIT REPORT, 1987 HoYR G R A V E S . BAIL-EY & ANNAPOXJB. »*T^

ASSOCIATES

PHOFK.ISIONAI. A s s o f i .

CsRTiPiRD PUBLIC t

ANAHKIU. OA

7811) NOKtX>L.K AVKNUK B K T U E S D A . MAKYL^VND 20S14-5074 I800) a5a-I470 I301> Oa2-&-ltiS

The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc. Annapolis, Maryland We have examined the balance sheet of THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC., (a nonprofit organization) as of 30 June 1987, and the related statements of revenue and expenses, changes in fund balances, and changes in financial

position

for the

fiscal year then

ended.

Our examination

was made

in

accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, included such tests of the accoimting records and such other auditing procedures as we

considered

necessary in the circumstances. hi our opinion,

the

financial

statements

referred

to above present

financial position of THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI

fairly

the

ASSOCL^TION,

INC., as of 30 June 1987, and the results of its operations and changes in fund balances and financial position for the fiscal year then ended, in conformity

with

generally

accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year after giving retroactive effect to the correction in the presentation of endowment and restricted funds.

Certified PubUc Accountants Annapolis, Maryland 14 August 1987

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (a) Basis of Presentation — These statements are presented on the accrual basis of accounting. Under this method, income is recognized as it is earned, and expenses are recognized as they are incurred. (b) Marketable Securities — Marketable securities are cartied at cost which at 30 June 1987, represented the lower of cost or market. The Association records stocks contributed to the Association at the fair market value at the date of gifts. (c) Accounts Receivable — The accounts receivable include curtent amounts due from members for merchandise and activities held at the Alumni House. (d) Depreciation — Depreciation is computed on the straight-Une method at rates adequate to depreciate the appUcable assets over their expected useful lives.

Building and Improvements 45-50 Years Furniture and Fixtures 5-10 Years Computer Equipment 10 Years Maintenance and repair expenses are charged against operations. Expenditures for improvements which extend the useful life of the assets are capitalized (See Note 3). (e) Dues — Income from dues is recorded as revenue when earned. Dues are aUocated one-third to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and two-thirds to PUBLICATIONS for Shipmate Magazine.

(0 Fund Accounting — To ensure observance of Hmitations and restrictions placed on the use of resources available to the Association the accounts of the Association are maintained in accordance wUh the principles of fund accounting. This is the procedure by which resources for various purposes are classified for accounting and reporting purposes into funds established according to their nature and purposes. Separate accounts are maintained for each fund; however, in the accompanying financial statements, funds that have similar characteristics have been combined into fund groups.

Accordingly, all financial transactions have been recorded and reported by fund group.

The assets, liabilities, and fund balances of the Asociation are reported in three self-balancing fund groups as follows: (1) Operating funds, which include undesignated and designated resources, represent the portion of expendable funds that is available for support of Association operations.

(2) Restricted funds represent funds restricted by the donor for particular projects. Income is recognized to the extent that expenses have been incurred in compliance with specific restrictions.

(3) Endowment funds represent funds that are subject to restrictions of gift instruments requiring in perpetuity that the principal be invested and the income only be used. Income is recognized to the extent that expenses have been incurred in compliance with specific restrictions.

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(g) Contributions — Contributions to the Association are divided into three categories: Unrestricted, Restricted, Alumni and Restricted Non-alumni.

Unrestricted contributions are recorded as revenue upon receipt and are allocated 60% to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and 40% to DEVELOPMENT. During the current fiscal year. Unrestricted Contributions totaled $1,024,605.85, and were allocated between the above-mentioned Departments at $614,763.51 and $409,842.34, respectively.

All Restricted Contributions are carried as Association liabilities in accordance with the instructions of the donors. During the current fiscal year, the respective accounts were affected as follows: Deferred Contribution Income — 30 June 1986, $1,120,296.92 As Previously Stated Prior Period Adjustment — Reclassification of Funds, Previously Recorded As (176,943.72) LiabilUies (Note 12) Deferred Contribution Income — 30 June 1986, $ 943,353.20 As Restated Expenses Incurred in Accordance with (1,232,376.35) Donor Restrictions 1,232,376.35 Income Recognized in Current Year 561,464.39 Additional Contributions Received Deferred Contribution Income — 30 June 1987 $1,504,817.59 (h) Class Savings Accounts — As of 1 July 1986, the Association was the custodian of various class savings accounts in the amount of $234,008.72. During the current fiscal year the various accounts earned interest and received deposits of $65,606.41, wUh $19,700.97 being disbursed in accordance with the instructions of the appropriate class, leaving a balance of $279,914.16 being held awaiting instructions for disbursement. (i) Life Membership Deposits — As of 30 June 1987, the Association had collected and was holding $333,125.25 for life memberships as follows: Total Current Noncurrent $ 13,735.25 Regular Alumni $ 13,735.25 206,815.00 Class of 1988 206,815.00 106,305.00 106,305.00 lass of 1989 6,270.00 6,270.00 eserve $333,125.25 $ 6,270.00 $326,855.25 Total

J

The market value of these deposits is $333,125.25. (j) Amortization of Life Membership — Life memberships are amortized ratably over a period of forty-seven years.

Deferred Income and Deposits: As of 30 June 1987, the Association had the following deferred items: Prepaid Membership Dues $ 167,409.40 Deposits on House Activities 3,800.00 Total $ 171,209.40 Maintenance and Improvement Fund: The Association was recipient of a bequest from the Margaret Crawford Schneider Estate. This (nonrestricted) bequest was set up by the Association in a maintenance and improvement fund for the purpose of maintaining the property. During the current fiscal year an amount of $37,039.75 was expended from this fund for improvements and new asset acquisitions. The balance as of 30 June 1987, consists of the following: Cash $ 8,922.18 Alex Brown Cash Reserve 11,809.57 Total $20,731.75 The market value as of 30 June 1987, was $20,731.75.

4. Life Membership Fund: Investments — As of 30 June 1987, the Association's investments held in trust consist of the following: Total Alumni Classes $ 87,497.81 $ 83,892.22 $ 3,605.59 Cash 38,612.50 38,612.50 Accrued Interest 2,338,047,12 2,338,047.12 Common Stock 54,733.00 54,733.00 Corporate Bonds 1,300,652.03 1,300,652.03 U.S. Government GNMA 600,200.00 109,800.00 710,000.00 BTC Money Market Total $4,529,542.46 $4,416,136.87 $113,405.59 The market value of the fund (including deposits) as of 30 June 1987 was $5,300,576.00. AU securUies are carried at cost.

During the current fiscal year the Association received fees for the Life Membership Account. Of these fees, certain amounts are retained in the Deposit on Life Membership Account until the respective class graduation, with the remainder applied directly to the unamortized Life Membership Fund Account.

The Life Membership fees were accounted for as follows: Deposit on Life Membership Class of Total 1987 19 1989 Balance 30 June 1986 307,705.00 202,255.00 $105,450.00 $ Fees Received 305,045.00 97,375.00 101,365.00 106,305.00 Transfer to Unamortized Life (299,630.00) (299,630.00) $ 313,120.00 $ -0Totals $206,815.00 $106,305.00 69

5. Federal Income Taxes: The Association is exempt from Federal Income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

6. Retirement Plan: The Association has a defined contribution retirement plan for its employees with the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. SubstantiaUy aU employees are eUgible to participate in the plan. Each eUgible participating employee can contribute 3% to 71.6% of his wages, and the Association wUl contribute a Uke amount. During the ciurent fiscal year, the Association made a contribution on behalf of its eUgible employees in the amount of $30,509.89. There are no unfunded past service costs.

7. Commitment: The Board of Trustees of the Association has approved a DisabiUty Death/ Retirement Program for four key employees. Under such program, if the employee becomes unable to work for the Association prior to reaching age 65, the Association wiU pay them either $4,800.00 or $5,220.00 annual disabUity benefit untU age 65, foUowed by a Ufetime retirement of either S6,(X)0.(X) or S7,2(X).(X) per year, commencing at age 65, based on individual contractural agreements.

In the event of death, the Association has guaranteed the payment of either $6,(XX).(X) or $7,2(X).00 per year for ten years to either the employee's spouse, heirs, or estate, based on individual contractural agreements.

In the event of retirement (age 65), the Association wiU pay either $6,0(X).00 or $7,2(X).(X) aimual retirement with a minimum guaranteed period of ten years, to each employee, his heirs, or estate, based on individual contractural agreements.

8. Mortgage Payable: The Association purchased a buUding with a twenty-year mortgage, whereby the mortgagee has retained a security interest in the buUding. The note is payable in monthly installments of $2,557.33 and due on 1 December 2(X)4. Interest is payable at a rate of 10%.

The foUowing is a schedule of future minimum payments together with the present value fo the net minimum payments as of 30 June 1987: Fiscal Year Ending 30 June: 1988 $ 30,687.96 1989 30,687.96 1990 30,687.% 1991 30,687.96 1992 and Thereafter 383,599.50 Net Minimum Payments $506,351.34 258,812.66 Less: Amounts Representing Interest $247,538.68 Present Value of Net Minimum Payments Life Gift Annuities: The Association participates with various contributors in a Ufe gift annuity agreement, under which, the Association guarantees a Ufe annuity to each of the respective contributors in exchange for a present contribution or gift. The Association's obUgations are recorded based on the actuarial value of the annuity determined by the Ufe expectancy of the contributor with the difference reflected ciurently as a contribution mcome or a restricted UabiUty depending on the gift instrument. The obUgation at 30 June 1987, is as foUows:

Total Cmrent Nonciurent Monthly Annuity Payment $12,624.26 $3,693.24 $ 8,931.02 of $582.90 for Life Quarterly Annuity Payment 49,190.22 4,704.80 44,485.42 of $4,193.25 for Ufe Quarterly Annuity Payment 4,664.83 443.88 4.220.97 of $219.30 for Life Quarterly Annuity Payment 7,040.27 7,909.35 869.08 of $442.50 for Life $74,388.68 $9.711.00 S64.677.68 Totals 10. Retirement Payable — During the prior fiscal year, one of the officers of the Association retired. Under the retirement program (Note 7) the Association is to provide retirement benefits for a minimum guaranteed period of ten years, to this past employee, his heirs or his estate. The obUgation was calculated at the present v£due of the monthly payment at 9%.

The foUowing is a schedule of future minimum payments togaher with the present value of the net minimum payments as of 30 June 1987: Fiscal Year Ending 30 June: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 and Thereafter

$ 6.000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 6,000.00 29,500.00

$53,500.00 16,803.41 536,696.59

Net Minimum Payments Less: Amounts Representing Interest Present Value of Net Minimum Payments

Lease Payable: During the curtent year the Association entered into a capital lease agreement for the purchase of a telephone system. The foUowing is a schedule of future iTiinimiim lease payments together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of 30 June 1987: Fiscal Year Ending 30 June: 1988 $ 4.891.20 1989 4,891.20 1990 4,891.20 1991 4,891.20 1992 407.60 Net Mmimum Payments $19,972.40 Less: Amounts Representing Interest 4,390.58 Present Value of Net Minimum Lease Payments S1S,581.82 12. Prior Period Adjustment: During the cmrent fiscal year the Association changed its method of presenting the activity and balances of the Restricted and Endowment Funds. Previously these funds were combined and reported in the financial statement as deferted contributions in the Restricted Funds UabiUty section. In accordance with American Institute of Certified PubUc Accountants' Industry Audit Guide for Certain Nonprofit Organizations, the Association has segregated endowment

THE nNITED STATES NAVAI. ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, M C Balance Sheet 30 June 1987

EXHTBIT A LIABUJIIES

ASSETS

Unrestricted Funds CORRENT . « S E T S : Cash M a r k e t a b l e Securities (Note 1(b)) Accounts Receivable Inventories a t C o s t P r e p a i d Expenses

T o t a l C u r r e n t Assets

P R O P E R T Y AND E Q m P M E N T ; Land Building aoA I m p r o v e m e n t s F u r n i t u r e and F i x t u r e s

Total Property and Equipment Le^

$ 2,133,034.16

42,295.52

2,170,292.88 14,581.77

6,766,869.21 299,174.57 14,535.41 60,196.14

824.309.30

22,566.01

$Ji955,X3Ji?4

SJj357j38JJ4

$1,089,127.12

4,554,ZS0.81 Z84,59Z.80 14,535.41 60,196.14 116,881.03 S5j9Z4, 448^15

S

119,030.48 828,369.43 245,807.64 323.430.61

$1,516,638.16

$

$

$

$_ 9 , 273^8^9^. 49.

i

i

119,030.48 828,369.43 245,807.64 323.430.61

$ 1,516.638.16

i

Accumulated

(672,477.50)

(672.477.50)

Equipment

OTHER ASSETS: C a s h Surrender Value

TOTAL ASSETS

70

i

J

844,160.66

127,907.40

$6,896,516.21

$

$

-0-

-0-

$1 . 9 5 5 . 7 3 1 . 9 4

$

$

- 0 -

-0-

$2,357,385.74

Unrestricted Funds

Total

149,945.08

893,961.96

i

Endowment Funds

Restricted Funds

$

$

844,160.66

CURRENT LIABILrnES: Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses Deposit on Life Membeisbip Contribution Income Deferred to Future Period (Note 1(g)) Class Savings Accounts Deferred Income and Deposits (Note 2) Current Portion of Noncurrent Liabilities Due to Other Funds Total Current Liabilities NONCURRENT UASfLTTIES: Life Membersbip Fund Unamortized Deposits on Life Membership (Note l(i)) Life Gift Annuities (Note 9) Mortgage Payable (Note 8) R e t i r e m e n t Payable (Note 10) Obligation Under Capital Lease Total Noncurrent Liabilities (Net of Current Portion]

$

Endo,pment Funds

s

28.220.64 6,270.00

Total

$

1.504,817.59 279,914.16

28.220.64 6,270.00

1,504,817.59 279.914.16

171,209.40

171.209.40

17,216.59 815.137.32

4.704.80 121.809.97

$ll03S,053^9i

$Ji911j246^52

$

$3,136,630.07

$

S

326,855.25 20,192.26 241,331.91 33,885.19

21,921.39 26.809.05 26,8(19 J I S

$_2iOi2j3S3J15

$ 3,136.630.07 326,855.25 64,677.68 241.331.91 33,885.19

44.485.42

12.389.60

12.389.60

$3,771,284.28

$

44.485.42

$

TOTAL LIABUJIIES

$4^809^338.23

Slj955j731.94

S

26,809.05

% 5.828.122.88

FUND BALANCES - Exhibit C

$2,087,177.98

$

- 0 -

$2,330,576.69

$ 4.417.754.67

TOTAL U A B I L i n E S AND FUND BALANCES

$6.896.516.21

$1,955,731.94

$2,357,385.74

$10,245,877.55

127.907.40

$10,245,877.55

Restricted Funds

- 0 -

S 3.815,769.70

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During the current fiscal year the Association received several unrestricted bequests which management wished to apply to various restricted funds. This transaction is shown as a transfer from the unrestricted fund balances to the restricted funds' balances, consisting of the following: Capital Campaign $150,492.14 Brigade Activities Center 137,918.42 Columbarium 160,000.00 Total $448,410.56

fund balances from restricted fund deferred contributions. In addition, activity of these funds are now being recognized in the financial statement in accordance with principles of fund accounting as described in Note 1(f). The Association beUeves new format is a more meaningful presentation of the activity and position of the fund.

Revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year ended 30 June 1986, and prior fiscal years, remain unchanged as a resuU of this adjustment. The cumulative effect on fund balances at 30 June 1986, is stated in Exhibit C. 13 Transfer to Restricted Funds:

S t a t e m e n t of Revenue and Expenses Designated

Undesignated Fund Membership D u e s R e i m b u r s e m e n t for Servicing Life M e m b e r s Life Membership A m o r t i z a t i o n Contributions Merchandise Sales ^ t e r e s t and Dividends Rent Net Gain o n S e c u r i t i e s Publications and A d v e r t i s i n g : Shipmate Register House A c t i v i t i e s : Pood and B e v e r a g e Sales Club Room and Mis c ellaneous R e i m b u r s e m e n t for A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Support Other I n c o m e Increase in C a s h S u r r e n d e r Value

$

235,267.84

Maintenance and Improvements Fund

Life Membership Fund

$

$

$

$

281,760.00 73,097.62 225.22

1,024,605.85 86,908.85 40,805.19 37,157.20 2,255.30

372,126.95

$

$

Âť

281,760.00 73,097.62 1,024,831.07 86,908.85 336,039.09 37,157.20 374,382.25

235,267.84 281,760.00 73,097.62 2,002,037.58 86,908.85 341,943.15 37,157.20 374,382.25

193,240.72

783,965.79

5,904.06

73,691.10 48,868.03

98,885.66

98,885.66

98,885.66

23,336.60

23,336.60

23,336.60

45,667.96 51,039.69 25,721.46

76,080.50

45,667.96 127,120.19 25,721.46

45,667.96 127,120.19 25,721.46

77,760.91

$2,892,734.92

82,203.02

2,046,227.27

s

428,373.01

14,829.57

$

14.397.04

$

315,994.00

432.53

$

724,173.71

$

408,179.71

$

(4,442.11)

$

846,507.65

S

783,965.79

$

1,232,376.35

$ (448,410.56)

% 428,373.01

$

14.397.04

i

408.179.71

Schedule of

$

(4,442.11)

$

846,507.65

$ (448,410.56)

199,144.78

S 3,875,845.49

_199,144.78

3,477,748.40

$

$

CAPITAL ADDITIONS: (Note 1(f)) Contrib uti ons EXCESS O F REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES AFTER C A P I T A I . ADDITIONS

Total $

73,691.10 48,868.03

1,647,597.72

Schedule B - I REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES BEFORE C A P I T A L ADDITIONS

1,680.41

235,267.84

Endowment Funds

Restricted Funds

73,691.10 43,868.03

$2,075,970.73

Total Revenue

278,949.14

14,604.35

Total Unrestricted Funds

Homecoming Fund

$

398,097.09

666,380.65

666,380.65

666,380.65

% 1,064,477.74

Expenses

S C l lEDULE B-1

Designated Ma,TifpTian(-..

Undesignated Funti Program Expenses: M e m b e r s Services Gifts C o s t of Sales Merchandise C o s t of Fund Raising Cost of P u b l i c a t i o n s : Shipmate Register Cost of House A c t i v i t i e s : Food and B e v e r a g e Club Room and Miscellaneous Other Program Costs T o t a l P r o g r a m Expenses

$

$

Life Membership Funfi $

281,760.00

Homecoming Fund

$

897,338.03

34,234.00

432.53

$

$

432.53

i

315,994.00

$

432.53

$

315,994.00

$

59,407.62 30,966.62 156,355.45

1,232,376.35

82,203.02

$1 , 2 9 5 , 9 6 7 . 5 8

$1,232,376.35

82,203.02

$2 ,^046,227.27

455,112.45 99,115.59 68,171.56 91,565.72 304,604.27 30,668.30

$

199,144.78

59,407.62 30,966.62 1,587,876.58

199,144.78

$ 2,727,488.71 672,776.31 77,483.38

672,776.31 77,483.38 S

Total

%

$

82,203.02

672,776.31 77.483.38 $1,647,597.72

455,112.45 99,115.59 68,171.56 91,565.72

Endowment Funds

Restricted Funds

304,604.27 30,668.30

59,407.62 30,966.62 39,485.90 $

Total Unrestricted Funds

$

304,604.27 30,668.30

G e n e r a l and A d m i n i s t r a t i v e Deprecia.tion TOTAL EXPENSES

173,352.45 99,115.59 68,171.56 91,565.72

anrt Improvements Fund

$1,232,376.35

S

199_,144.78

$ 3,477,748.40

S t a t e m e n t of Changes in Fund Balances Designated

Undesignated

F U N D BALANCES - 30 JUNE 1986

%

773,898.22

$

773,898.22

Maintenance and Improvements Fund $

Life Membership Fund

Homecoming Fund

Total Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Fimds

$

879,282.68

$

32,525.53

$1,689,080.89

$

$ 1,664,196.04

1,664,196.04

3,374.46

$

879,282.68

S

32,525.53

$1,689,080.89

$

$1,664,196.04

$ 3,353,276.93

666,380.65

1,064,477.74

$2,330,576.69

S 4,417,754.67

EXCESS O F REVENUE OVER (UNDER) EXPENSES AFTER CAPITAL A D O m O N S

428,373.01

14,397.04

846,507.65

(448,410.56)

T r a n s f e r s from General Fund (Note 13)

(488,410.56)

40,000.00

(448,410.56)

448,410.56

37.039.75

(37,039.75)

750,900.42

20,731.75

T r a n s f e r s t o General Fund F U N D BALANCES. 30 JUNE 1987

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Total

3,374.46

P r i o r Period Adjustment: Reclassification of Funds Previously R e c o r d e d as Liabilities (Note 12) F U N D BALANCES - 30 JUNE 1986 (As R e s t a t e d )

Endowment Funds

SI.287,462.39

$

28,083.42

$2,087,177.9

$ 1L . 6 8 9 . 0 8 0 . 8 9

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Statement of Changes in Financial Position Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds SOURCES OF WORKING CAPITAL: Excess of Revenue Over (Under) Expenses .^fter Capital Additions - Exhibit B Add (Subtract): Items Not Requiring the Current Outlay of Working Capital: Depreciation ticrease in Cash Surrender Value Write Off of Computer Reclassification of Funds Previously Recorded as Liabilities Increase in Life Membership Fimd Unamortized Assumption of Annuities Reclassification of Life Membership Fund to Current Reclassification of Maintenance and Improvement Fund to Current Assumption of Capital Lease Increase Deposits on Life Membership Total Sources of Working Capital USES OF WORKING CAPITAL: Purchase of Property and Equipment Payments on Capital Lease Payments on Annuities Reclassification of Current Portion: Capital Lease Obligation Retirement Payable Mortgage Payable Life Gift Annuities Transfer to Restricted Funds Reclassification of Annuity to Restricted Funds

$

846,507.65

$

666,380.65

$1,064,477.74

77,483.38 (25,721.46) 30,000.00

77.483.38 (25,721.46) 30,000.00 1,664,196.04

273,926.38 8,343.89 4,049,691.37

27,044.06

1,664,196.04 273,926.38 35,387.95 4,049,691.37

3,374.46 18,192.20 8,731.00

3,374.46 18,192.20 8,731.00

$_5^2^0j^528^87

1 i4nj3i6^50)

$2^330^576^69

$'ili'i''39i''A

$

$

$

$

80,672.64 2,610.38 444.56

3,192.22 2,811.41 6,206.79 9,711.00

4,704.80 (448,410.56)

22,402.75

(22.402.75) $ (465.851.92)

S 4.718.771.36

80,672.64 2,610.38 701.15

256.59

3,192.22 2,811.41 6,206.79 5,006.20 448,410.56

Total Uses of Working Capital INCREASE (DECREASE) IN WORKING CAPITAL

$ (448,410.56)

EXHIBIT D Paee 1 of 2

Endowment Funds

S

44.485.42

S

105.905.59

$2.330.576.69

$7.093.833.47

Restricted Funds

Endowment Funds

Total

$ (265,178.52)

S 149,945.08 2,170,292.88 14,581.77

Statement of Changes in Financial Position CHANGES IN THE COMPONENTS OF WORKING CAPITAL

Unrestricted Funds INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CURRENT ASSETS: Cash Marketable Securities Accounts Receivable Inventories at Cost Prepaid Expenses Due from Other Funds Totals INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CURRENT UABIUTIES: Accounts Payable Deposits on Life Membership Contribution Income Deferred Class Saving Accounts Deferred Income and Deposits Current Portion of Nonciurent Liabilities Due to Other Funds

$

652,934.39 4,524,908.79 247,912.86 2,722.68 (235.83) 116.881.03

$

537,700.95 6 ,737,497.19 262,494.63 2,722.68 (235.83) 963.756.34

824.309.30

22,566.01

$_5j.545j^l23^92

$_6^1j426^3ÂŁ

^2i3^''i385^74

$8^503^935^96

$

$

$

$

(4,915.63) 415.00

384,520.67 45,905.44

(4,915.63) 415.00 384,520.67 45,905.44 14,886.63

4,704.80 121.809.97

5,534.04 963.756.34

14,886.63 829.24 815,137.32

Totals INCREASE (DECREASE) IN WORKING CAPITAL

42,295.52

$ 4,718,771.36

8

556,940.88

$

44,485.42

$1,410.102.49 $2.330.576.69

$7.093.833.47

Proposed Brigade Activities Center

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NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION P L A C E M A T S AND COASTERS

Order Form Those who have travelled to Europe have probably noticed that food is usually served on hot plates placed on protective mats. These Alumni placemats and coasters are hand made in England using a seven layer laminating process with a cork backing, resulting in a high quality product that will last for a long time.

Sizes are IVi inches by 9'/2 inches for the placemat and 4 inches square for the coaster size. (This size placemat is meant to hold a dinner plate with silver and glassware arranged at the sides.)

With the Naval Academy Seal in gold on a navy blue background, these mats are truly handsome and will complement any table setting or gathering.

Mat prices include postage within the continental U.S. Please allow 6 weeks for delivery.

Please accept my order for the following: Alumni Association Placemats Set offour: IVi " by 9'/2", price per set $3 LOO Quantity jsets Alumni Association Coasters Set offour, 4" by 4", price per set $9.00 Quantity _ jets (Maryland residents please add 5% sales tax) For shipment outside continental U.S., please add 10% of product cost $ Total Enclosed: $_ Ship to: Name , Addres-s City Tel;Home:

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"But still when two or three shall meet, And old tales be retold . . . "

Class News

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Membership: 100<7o Send news directly to Shipmate We received a letter from RAdm. Charles W. McWhiimie USN (Ret.) '22 describing a recent visit to the oldest Uving Alumnus: On September 7 and 8, 1987, along with Capt.

Walter Krstich USN Ret., '47, I visited Capt.

Henry Settle, USN Ret. He Uves in Paonia, Colorado, a small town in western Colorado. His daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Logan, live there and care for him. He resides in a retirement home. His address is P.O. Box 747, Paonia, Colo. 81428.

Capt. Settle is the oldest hving graduate of the Academy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Class of 1909. On 4 December 1987 he win be 101 years old. If you wish to inquire about the Captain, his daughter's phone nimiber is (303) 527^967.

We visited the Captain for about five hours and had the evening meal with him in the home where he resides. For his age he appears in excellent health. He has many memories of his years of service. He was grateful that anyone would come to visit him. His mind is alert and he sees and hears well. We left the latest copy of the Alumni Register with him and he was interested in pointing out names of his Classmates. Walt took some snapshots of him.

I am sure he would be pleased to hear from anyone who knows him or served with him.

Membership: 67%

Sec'y, RAdm. Donald Royce USN (Ret.) 65 Meadow Road Riverside CT 06878 203/637-2773

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Membership: 75% Send news directly to Shipmate

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Membership: STVo

West Coast Reporter, Capt. George F. Chapline USNR (Ret.) 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla, Calif. 92037 74

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Membership: 87%

Pres., Adm. Jerauld Wright USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Samuel H. Hurt USN (Ret.) 200 Court House Rd., Blackstone, Va. 23824 Tommy Tomlinson was the sole representative of '18 at Homecoming on 19 September. He came East with Peg from their home in Silverton, Oregon to see the New Academy, the Old Academy and the Old City and grandson Daniel Olsen '91, ex-Honolulu. We have Tommy's permission to quote his observations of what has changed in the Academy in 73 years as well as to the courtesies of the occasions. We quote: We made the Alumni Homecoming! It was a great experience for Peg, and for me, too, with sad spots. Isherwood Hall, the old "Steam Department" where I served two critical years in my odd career, is gone. At the dinner in the Mess Hall, a real experience for Peg, I was the only Alumnus at the table reserved for '17, '18 and early '20's. All gone or incapacitated; a lonesome spot, never again!

We were formally invited by the Superintendent to attend the Formal Dress Parade, seats in the canopied reviewing stand, and attend the reception at his home afterwards.

The reception and cocktails in Dahlgren Hall was the usual mob scene. Found four other Golden Eagles, or rather they found me in the area designated for relics. Fun, but with a sad touch. Never again!

My grandson, Daniel Olsen, joined us for dinner in town Saturday Night and this was reward enough for making the long haul East. I am betting on Dan to win a star. So be it- and regards.

Tommy.

There are ten of' 18 for whom we have addresses and six for whom we do not have post-separation addresses.

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Settle and McWhinnie '22

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Membership: 87% Send news directly to Shipmate

Membership: 86%

Pres., VAdm. George C. Dyer USN (Ret.) Send news directly to Shipmate

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Membership: 69%

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 We have had some heavy rains during October in this Maryland area but as yet no snow.

Anticipating the Winter weather to start soon.

News is still scarce with respect to the Class of 1920. Broolde Mansfield in Vinson Hall reports

our 1920 Group resting and holding on. Plans for a health center are progressing, some of the local health requirements are being settled.

I was pleased to have a visit from Virginia Lee for lunch on Saturday, 10 October. Virginia is still quite active, traveling and visiting friends and children and planning further trips.

Consuelo Crowe is relaxing for the present in her apartment on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington and still active, she has many old friends in that Washington area.

From the San Diego area conditions seem pleasant and quiet although the recent extensive damage from earthquakes in the Los Angeles area was reflected a bit down the coast.

We have one distressing note from Ed McMenemy, via the Alumni Association, informing us of the death of his wife Mary on 13 September. Services and interment were in Longview, Texas on Tuesday, 14 September.

The Class offers sincere regrets and condolence.

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Membership: 82%

Sec'y RAdm. J. R. Dudley USN (Ret.) 306 Edwards Ferry Road, N.E. Leesburg, Va. 22075 703/777-3887 Sec'y. San Diego Area: RAdm. Logan McKee USN (Ret.) 738 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, CaUf. 92118 Birthday greetings this December to: W.G. (WiUie) Schindler, E.E. (Ells) Roth, D.L. (Dash) Madiera, P.E. (Paul) Howard, J.R. (Jim) Dudley, L.L. (Cy) Young, and W.B. (Willie) McHugh.

Three have reached 90, three 89, and one 88.

Tough old guys, what?

We rejoice to have had a letter from Dorothy Russell, George's widow, in good, firm, handwriting. Remember that some 16 months ago she was struck by a hit-and-run auto while trying to walk across Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda.

Writing last September, she says her broken bones have been slow healing, but she is so thankful to be alive. She can now use a walker to go slowly, and has the help of a Uve-in nurse. At a recent check-up by her doctor, he said he is surprised that she could survive the accident. We are sure she would welcome letters from friends, who could address her at 4312 Manor Road, Chevy Chjise, Md. 20815.

Letters have come also from Betty Lamdin, widow of C.R., who is living at 3728 Tudor Arms Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21211, and reporting a new address, from Carol Fullinwider, widow of E.G., who has left her home on Woodland Drive in N.W. Washington, where she had lived for 26 years. Her new address is Watergate West, 2700 Virginia Avenue, N.W., 20037, and her new phone number is (202) 337-9311.

Word comes in early October that our Col. Sherwood B. Smith and Bert are celebrating the removal of casts; his from a broken leg, and hers from an arm. We are glad for this good news, and hope they can enjoy the coming Christmas season.

Shipmate, December 1987

We count as correspondents, 77 Classmates, both graduates and non-graduates. This number includes your Secretary. We wish to all a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year.

West Coast

The San Diego Chapter of the Class of 1921 held its regular monthly luncheon at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, on Tuesday, 22 September. Present were the following: T.O. Cullins, Logan McKee, Stogi Roberts, Don Smith and Buimy Wray.

We had a thunder and rainstorm that morning and we are so accUmated to good weather that we have become fair weather sailors. Only five attended.

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Membership: 75%

Pres., RAdm. Frank Akers USN (Ret.) Corr. Secy, RAdm. Harvey T. Walsh USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr. #253, McLean, Va. 22101 The USNA Foimdation and our Class Secretary would appreciate a current address for Mrs. G. L. Rhodus, formerly Gladys Staples, widow of Marion W. Staples. Recent correspondence was returned as forwarding order had expired.

Dick Taylor sent news of the '22 'family.' He had received a call from Valvin R. Sinclair, Jr. Red's oldest son, who dined with the Taylors. They had not seen Valvin, Jr. since he was eleven. This complemented a call a few weeks earlier from Red's youngest son, Angus, in Kansas City whom the Taylors had not seen since 1938. Dick added: "The experience is humbling."

George Banemschmidt wrote about attending Homecoming this year. Maude and he were the only '22ers present and, as is the present custom, they were provided with Midshipman escorts. Two years ago Nina and I 'reinforceed' the Bauernschmidts and our escorts included an attractive and personable 'midshipwoman.' The Mid escorts were a new audience for our stories of "When I was a Mid." George wrote that the escorts were for the "very old Alumni" but of course he smiled when he wrote it; he really meant the "more mature Alumni." He added that it seemed to be lightly attended this year but was delightful as always.

Oliver Walker sent me some interesting news.

His firm of Walker and Dunlop celebrated its 50th Aimiversary on 27-28 Sept. 1987. There was a dinner for 75 on the 28th which included many outof-town clients and investors as well as from their recently estabhshed office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Oliver's son, Mallory, who took over the firm 10 years ago and tripled its assets, made a glowing speech. Oliver added a few choice remarks. The next day a reception was held for 500 business friends which included many with whom Oliver had worked 30 to 40 years ago. It was a most happy occasion for Oliver and Walker and Dunlop.

Nina and 1 attended the Navy/Air Force game on 10 Oct. Hopes were high until the last ten minutes when the Air Force sort of ran over our injury-riddled and weakened line but it was a good game even though we lost. As with Maude and George, we were the only '22ers present. We must bow to '21. Marge and Dolly Fitzgerald attend every game and in addition I have seen Jim Dudley and Horace deRivera at other games.

Shipmate informed me that Harry Ingram died in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 16 Sept. 1987.

Shipmate, December 1987

Dick Taylor and later Helen Ingram had informed Oliver and me that Harry had been in a Nursing Home with Alzheimer's disease for the past two years. As a Mid Harry had been on the crew squad all four years and now three of his grandchildren are oarsmen. As reported in our Forty Years Book," Harry was our most "sea-going -andforeign shore-going" Naval constructor — plus a trip around the Horn in CINCINNATI in 1923. Harry was even more active, if possible, in retirement than on active duty; he practically refurbished all of Hingham.

Harry is survived by his wife, Helen, of 24 Water St., Hingham, Mass. 02043; two sons and two daughters; ten grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. The Class made a contribution in Harry's memory to the USNA Alumni Association. Our deepest sympathies are extended to Helen and her family. Harry's obituary appears in Last Call.

Shipmate also informed me of the death of Irv Lind on 9 Jan. 1987 in his home in Olympia, Washington. I last saw Irv when he was in the San Diego area visiting his old roommate. Libs Libby, and attended the funeral of Marion Murphy in Dec. 1981. Irv and I competed in the 125-pound class in Class wrestling; I never did get my Class numerals. Irv resigned 26 Sept. 1926 and had a noteworthy career in chemical engineering and atomic energy. He was recalled to active duty in 1939 as Lt. (CC), USNR, and served for about six years. His wife, Jeannette McCall Lind of Berkeley, CaUfornia, died in Aug. 1985. Our deepest sympathies are extended to his daughter, Susan L. Lanham of KirkI and son, Cdr. Stephen M. Lind, '69, of Oak Harbor. The Class made a contribution in Irv's memory to the USNA Alumni Association. Irv's obituary appears in Last Call.

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Membership: 90%

President, Adm. Arleigh A. Burke USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. John R. Johannesen USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr., #103, McLean, Va. 22101 Capt. H. H. Connelley USN (Ret.) 544 Silvergate Avenue, San Diego, Calif. 92106 The date (deadline) for submitting this column for Class News in the December issue of Shipmate happens to coincide with the date of the dedication of the U.S. Navy Memorial on Navy Day, 13 October 1987. The ten million dollar Navy Memorial, funded through private donations, is located in Market Square on Permsylvania Avenue at 8th Street, immediately north of The National Archives. The project was developed by the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation (Arleigh Burke is one of the Honorary Chairmen), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Associates, a member of which stated "Maret Square will be the Rockefeller Center of Washington, D.C. and the Navy Memorial will be the centerpiece."

Kathryn and Don Felt journeyed from Honolulu to Washington to visit family members in the Washington Metropolitan Area during the first week or so of October, a special joy of their sojourn was to see their first great-grandchild who was born on 17 March 1987 (St. Patrick's Day); hence her (Irish) given name — Karen. While in Washington, Don went to Market Square to see the Navy Memorial. He was impressed with the revitalization that had already been accomplished (by the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Associates) along the formerly unattractive portion of the Avenue, but regretted that the Navy Memorijil construction had not been completed before the dedication ceremony as originally contemplated.

Shipmate informed us by copy of a returned

Alumni Register Validation letter that Fred Rebbeck died on 22 July 1987 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was one of 85 of our Classmates who left the service shorly after graduation as ensigns or second lieutenants; only 12 of them are still living. Fred's obituary will appear in "Last Call."

Among the projects sponsored by the Class of 1925 Memorial Fund at "The Admiral Nimitz State Historical Park and Museum of the Pacific War" in Fredericksburg, Texas, was the publication of The Best of Burke (selections from the wartime dispatches, battle reports, admonitions and reflections of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (Ret.) is the subtitle). It was published for sale in the Gift Shop to visitors at the museum but you can obtain one gratis by sending a tax-deductible donation to the Admiral Nimitz Foundation as stated in the following quote from a letter from the Foundation: "The Admiral Nimitz Foundation is very happy to accept tax deductible donations and send out The Best of Burke publication to the USNA Class of 1923 Classmates. Your suggestion of a note in the Class news in Shipmate, of which we have a subscription, sounds like an excellent idea." The address is: the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, 340 East Main Street, Fredericksburg, Texas, 78624. (p.s. Write 'Attn. Ruth E. Peelers' on the envelope) McF Wood is the only living member of our Class Crest committee (in fact he is the lone survivor of all the activities listed on page 452 of our Lucky Bag) and as such was asked for a clear cut picture of the original picture of the model. He replied: "Try as I might I was not able to come up with the picture of the Class Crest — I'm still sure it is somewhere in my files, but I gave up looking. Found a Crest pin in my wife's jewelry box and made the enclosed photo which I hope will be satisfactory for the needs of the archives at the Nimitz Library at the Academy."

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Membership: 83%

Pres., VAdm. Ralph E. WUson USN (Ret.) Sec'y and Columnist, Mr. Robert A. Keyer 9101 Patterson Ave., #71 Richmond, Va. 23229 Telephone (804) 740-0622 E. Coast Sec'y, RAdm. J.M. Kennaday USN (Ret.) W. Coast Sec'y, RAdm. S. E. Burroughs USN (Ret.) A ship named for Robert Louis Stevenson? Yes, there was, and Jack Kennaday's been aboard her, has a souvenir from her and a photo of her under sail entering Honolulu when she was the next to last square-rigger in working sail under the American flag. She was TUSITALA, the Samoans' name for RLS, meaning "Teller of tales." This was her fourth name and third flag, for she was built on the Clyde in 1883, served two British shipping firms and a Norwegian helping the Allied cause well in WWI. But then the post war slump left her idle in Hampton Roads for two years. She was bought in 1923 by the Three Hours for Lunch Club of New York, a group of artists and writers with the idea of sailing as a worker but also as a sort of private yacht for members. She was rededicated in a festive ceremony by them, not simply renamed, on the North River and a letter for the occasion from Joseph Conrad was read and framed in her cabin. She made only two trips for the Club and then was bought and sailed by James FarreU, then president of U.S. Steel, but later of the FarreU Steamship Lines. She was so operated, carrying cargo under sail and the American flag.

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but it was for sentimental reasons and became too expensive and more and more difficult to get hands, so even one of Mr. FarreU's means had to give it up. In 1938 she was towed to FaU River Massachusetts to a breaker's yard.

And that's where Jack saw her on a trip to Providence when at the War CoUege, and of course he went aboard. The scrapping hadn't begim but odds and ends were being sold off. Jack coveted the teU-tale compass in the cabin but couldn't afford that, and got a Uttle serving maUet which hangs imder the photo in his den. On the back of the picture is typed some of this history, including the letter from Conrad. And this letter. Jack has verified by MMA grads who have sailed in them, is dupUcated in the saloons of aU FarreU Line ships.

It's last line is "It is the stout hearts that keep the ship safe."

But what has aU this to do with Robert Louis Stevenson? At the rededication of TusrrAUv were two deepwater sailormen. Captains David Bone, British, and Felix Riesenburg, American, Capt.

Bone in his introduction to Capt. Riesenberg's first book. Under Sail, writes about that dedication and the ship was named "in honor of one who loved ships greatly and was surely a sea rover at heart."

What are Treasure Island and The Wrecker but sea stories, and we aU know how he and his wife cruised the Pacific tiU they settled at VaiUma in what was then British Samoa, which Jack has visited, too.

But besides his books RLS left us many fragments of his thoughts that are inspiring and comforting. "So long as we love, we serve;" "Any man can get through tiU nightfaU," and, not so weU known because it was foimd among his pap>en after his death, "O du lieber Gottl Friends!"

Which reaUy is the best of aU! We noted the obituary of Virginia Wight in November issue and her death in her Palo Alto home 23 August. Virginia and her husband spent many years in the Far East where Dave represented Western Electric of Asia. They were among the many evacuees of Shanghai at the outset of the Japanese occupation in the late 1930's. Virginia and her mother-LilUan Watts Kiene successfully again fled from the Japanese bombing of Singapore in 1941, Uving for a period of time in a hiU station in Java while waiting for transportation to AustraUa. Dave Wight meanwhile returned to active duty and Capt. Wight rejoined his faimly in San Francisco at the end of WWII. (The problems characteristic of many of Americans overseas at start of WWII are brought to Ufe).

Easley Cameron reports Esther Coley's (Mrs. Lewis E.) address: 4401 N. Shartel, Room 210, Oklahoma City, Okla-73118. Pola and Frank Falge spent Suimner with her relatives in surroimdings of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, and 7 October fly back to Carmel for wintering. Dyna Short says picture of the WaUers in our column September issue brought up a memory of "Red" Sylvester.

"I beUeve our Qassmate and feUow WWII-C.E.C. was the first of our Class to set foot on Bora Bora.

He was in charge of the first Seabee BattaUon and sent there with an Army General to set up some defenses. Red was a nice friendly fellow but no diplomat. Story goes the General suggested a method of hauling a heavy gun from sea level to the top of a sheer cliff. Red did not think much of the idea and told the General it was a silly idea.

Red was soon ex-commander of the Sea Bee unit.

Audit of Dyna Short's mailbox daily: Two bills — 2 or 3 catalogues — 5 requests for donations above Church request — couple of prizes won.

Dyna concludes: aU the prizes won but not collected because of some gimmick would certainly fiU warehouses.

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At Homecoming this year '24 was represented

by Martha and RoUo Wilson, Jud Wiley (who has unbroken record for Homecomings it is believed.

Mrs. E.T. Neale was missed and she had been a regttlar until 1986 Jud thinks — three Midshipmen were hosts, Plebe, Youngster and Second Classman. They put some life in the party bringing us up to date on Ufe in Bancroft HaU and their views of activities, academicaUy and athleticaUy. Jud would Uke to see more of the Class present next year. Christmas Message: "Your officers and directors join me in wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy 1988 — S.S. RoUo WUson.

An acquaintance of the father of Capt. Charles R. Cramer ('66) has a 1924 Class Crest and would Uke to return to the surviving Class Member. The gold pin has the initials J.T.R. engraved on the back. Opinion of Cramer's is the initials are those of a Class member's sweetheart. If Class member caimot be found, owner intends to donate the crest to the Alumni Association for their display case.

If anyone has any information contact: Capt.

Charles R. Cramer USN Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-OIA) Washington, D . C , 20370-5000 Phone (202) 695-8542.

Blaine MiUer, son of Mary Louise and Min Miller, after ten years as a Reserve on active Navy duty went on inactive duty and in late August had just checked in for the Graduate Business Course at Chapel HiU, North CaroUna. Min was disappointed as he had attained IVi stripes but it was Blaine's decision. Barry MiUer, 2nd son, continues with McKenzie and Company head-quartered in Amsterdam. Barry is fluent in French and after two years in Amsterdam has become very good in the Dutch language.

Speaking of and thinking of martinis within '24 GuideUnes: En route from the South Pacific to San Francisco, several years ago, Helen Louise and Raoul Waller made a brief stop in Honolulu for a visit with Gretchen and Bob CampbeU. During a "Happy Hour, I told Bob we would Uke a martini if he had the necessary ingredients. Bob looked at me with amazement and said "How in Heavens name are you two able to drink martinis over aU these years?" Raoul said: "Bob I foUow a very simple rule — 1 measure them and I count them."

Bob repUed "Off hand I can think of a lot of Classmates who would be drinking and enjoying their martinis today — if they had only counted them." Raoul's rule — never drink over two.

Jack Kennaday comments: one is not enough and three are too many. But here's another, Ogden Nash wrote: "There's something about a martini — A MeUow and YeUow martini — There's something exceedingly pleasant — I wish that I had one at present — And to teU you the truth — It is not the vermouth — I'd rather suspect it's the Gin!" Not related but in early October Easley Cameron reports Dutch Schultz had a broken arm.

October also found Kay and Ewie Burroughs in the Northeast visiting their great-granddaughters.

There was a rlimor going 'round (way backyears ago) that sailors used to line the rails to see him (Felix Howland) going ashore in his bowler hat — senator's tie, monocle and several other Uke accouterments. Odd things seem to happen in Texas at times. Dyna Short reports an unusual dream in mid-September one night: Had the leading male part in South Pacific and me tone deaf-monotone Short was Uned up in the wings with the leading lady to go on stage. I was saying to myself "tin ear Short" doesn't even know the songs so who the Blank-blank is going to do — just as I mercifully woke up! With that, what wiU the New Year 1988 bring?

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Pres., RAdm. Walter C. Ford USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Joseph H. Nevins, Jr. USN (Ret.) Five Acton Place, AnnapoUs, Md. 21401 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to aU hands!

A note from George O'Keefe dated 9 September stated that he and Beaulah were in Toronto, Canada, in their camper for a week visiting friends and relatives before proceeding to Michigan for more of the same and then on to Michigan City, Indiana, where some business matters were to be settled before heading home to BeUe Haven, Virginia, at the end of September. After a couple of weeks at home, they plan to leave for CaUfornia to spend November and December there before starting east in January.

Bob (Red Eye) Coleman writes under date of 23 September enclosing a copy of his letter of 14 September to the Director of Naval History in the Washington Navy Yard. Bob recoimts some of the highUghts of his World War II years of active duty, upon return from civiUan Ufe, as Aide to RAdm. FeUx Gygax, Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard. Dtiring those years the yard became increasingly important with British ships requiring repair and our naval ships being constructed. Yard employees increased from about 5,000 to 45,000 by the time the war was over. His experiences there were a part of history, especiaUy with memorable events including visits of such AUied leaders as HRH the Duke of Kent, Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten (then skipper of ILLUSTRIOUS), Lord HaUfax, Sir Anthony Eden, Crown Prince Olaf of Norway, King Peter of Yugoslavia, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Senator Lister HiU, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Virginia Governor Colgate Darden, Senator Harry F. Byrd.

In addition, there were many other VIPs, some a part of USO participation and others for the latmching of ships such as ALABAMA, KENTUCKY, SHANGRA-LA and various destroyers — and LSTs. So far. Bob has assembled the first two years of his records. He has offered to send them to the Director of Naval History if they can be of use.

Bevo Bond reports that he received a dear letter from DoUy WelUngs in Newport, Rhode Island, thanking him for some snapshots showing Gus and Bill Graham at a station stop on a trip from Brest, France, to Paris in the Summer of 1924 during our First Class Cruise. Vic Long asked Bevo to send along the accompanying photograph which depicts the happy foursome of Vic, Jean Burrowes, Cam Briggs and his late wife, Doris.

Coronado, May 1987: Vic Long, Jean Burrowes, Cam Briggs, the late Doris Briggs.

We regrettably report that George Tarbox died peacefully on 19 September 1987 at his home in Denver, Colorado after a long illness. From Shipmate, December 1987

graduation to 1927 George was at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver. lU health caused his resignation from the Navy in 1926. FoUowing this, George was active and successful in business and in the affairs of patriotic and historical societies.

During World War II he served as a member of the Colorado State office of Defense, having been appointed thereto by Governor Ralph Carr in 1942. The deep sympathy of the Class has been conveyed to his wife, Helen and family.

The Class extends deep sympathy to the family of George Alexander Wilson HI, who died on 27 September 1987. We thank the Arizona Chapter for its contribution to the Alumni Association in his memory.

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Membership: 90%

Pres., RAdm. Kenneth Craig USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. J. W. Callahan USN (Ret.) 1138 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, CaUf. 92118 BiU Smedberg '51 reported that his father, our beloved Classmate, Smeddy Smedberg, entered the Mount Vernon Nursing Center Friday, 11 September. They recognized, the last two months, that he needed ftiU-time custodial care. Claudia is StiU Uving in their apartment in Vinson HaU. BiU stated on the phone "that Dad's so rapid deterioration has been a shock to all of us. In addition to the very painful case of shingles he contracted in late March, the doctors say he has had a stroke or a series of strokes. They think this occurred in June but have been unable to pinpoint the date.

They went with Smeddy to the doctor today, 20 September, and he was obviously stronger, so the doctor and the famUy were very encouraged by his progress." The Class joins Smeddy's family in wishing him a speedy recovery.

BiU Smedberg has sent the information concerning our Class which he found in his father's papers to Joe Callahan and wiU continue to do so.

Arleigh Burke '23 sent a letter to Zoe, widow of Herald Stout, who was CO of CLAYTON (DD-571) with the famed "Little Beavers", Burke's Squadron, in the Solomons, winning the Navy Cross, a SUver Star Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation. The highlights of that letter: " H e was one of the finest Naval Officers I've ever known. He was among those brave officers who served as an example not only in heroism but in cheerfulness and good hard work under the most adverse conditions. When the buUets were flying thickest, his sense of humor and steadfastness never deserted him. He was a outstanding combat Naval Officer; but he was also a dependable friend who faced every difficulty with undaunted cheerfulness. The Navy has lost one of its best Officers, but he wiU always serve as an example of what a Naval Officer should b e . " Val Havard moved on 27 May to Broadmead, 13801 York Road, B18 Cokeysville, Md. 21030.

He has a bedroom, sitting room, huge kitchen, bath and patio which is a great addition.

From Kenny Craig's letter: We arrived back in Blakeley last Thursday, 30 July, after a month's stay in Maggie Valley. We sat a house for a friend but Maggie just wasn't what it used to be. We saw the couple a few times that bought our house and they seemed real pleased with the purchase. 'Course we played golf a few times, my bragging point was that 1 made two on the seventeenth hole and foUowed with a par on the last hole, breaking ninety the first time this year. It was hot up there just as it was here in Blakeley. One would come off the course wringing wet.

On our return the other day when we were about twenty-five miles from here, driving in a

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real rainstorm, Louise lost her steering and we commenced sliding off the right side of the road.

Fortunately the rear bumper hooked a sign post and swerved us around and slowed down our speed, heading us for a ditch that we almost went into. We called the highway policeman who came out, looked over the car and said he thought he could drive it back on the road, which he did.

He test drove it and said it drove perfectly ahight.

New we are waiting for USAA to have their claim adjuster come by. Guess we were real lucky that sign was where it was as we could have gone into quite a ditch.

Quotes from P.D. Stroop's letter: We have an interesting statistic for our Southern California group. It now numbers 20 Classmates and 20 widows with three of the Classmates being widowers not remarried. Proves the accepted statistic that women generally will live seven years longer than men.

All goes well with the Stroops. I'm off next week for a corporate meeting at Delmonte Lodge in Monterey — then on to Las Vegas for the annual "Tail Hook" Meeting. Then Kay and I leave for Annapolis for Homecoming and the semi annual meeting of the Trustees of the Alumni Association. I'll be travelling then to Pensacola for initiation of the fund-raising campaign required to provide for the next increment for the Naval Aviation Museum.

Al Boileau reported that Laura Little had a broken hip but was recovering nicely.

From Frank Busey's letters: Dutch Duerfelt told me last week he expects to move into Azalea Trace, Pensacola (where Wendel Kline lives) sometime in October.

The Ford Taylors made a trip to England and Scandanavia during the Summer.

The Busey's took a week's cruise on a "Super Yacht" in New England waters and had a wonderful time, including a day at Newport and a visit with the Buchanans, who are both in fine fettle. Frank got home just in time to go into the hospital for a heart pacer. That new pump sure does make me feel like a new person.

Busey reports: "Marge Lyman looked over the Memorial put up by the Class of '37 for those whose remains have not been recovered, and foimd two she knew had been left off, Morgan Refield and Diz Le Hardy. I caUed Keimy and he said he'd seen the list and thought it O.K., but must have missed the names. Here's the Ust that's on the Memorial: Abele, Black, Ebert, Edwards, Fox, Gilmore, Henderson, Lentz, Sarsfield, Shane, Smith, Stanford."

Anyone knowing of any additional names of members of the Class of '26 which have been omitted from the above mentioned Memorial, please inform Joe Callahan and Frank Busey.

Benny Helmick and his wife Anne had a fine trip through Europe this Summer. Here are parts of his letter.

We flew from Tampa via New York to Frankfort, where we joined our tour group of 24 people. This Alpine Tour lasted from July 2 to July 14. We stopped in or went tlirough Munich, Salsburg, Vienna and southern Austria. Crossed through Italy to the Bremmer Pass to Innsbruck.

Then traveled into Switzerland to St. Moritz, Lakes Como and Lugano. After an overnight stay in Lugano, we crossed the Simplon Pass and on by train to Zermatt.

Next morning we rode a cogwheel railway up some 15 miles to a mountaintop called the Gornergat at over 10,000 feet. The day was clear and we had a perfect view of the Matterhom. We retraced our way to our bus and on to Montreux on Lake Geneva. Then to Interlaken, Bern and Lake Lucerne. Our final day was through Zurich and our tour ended back in Frankfort.

The next day Anne and 1 took a train back to Munich where we had two days before joining the tour group for the Danube Cruise. We boarded MV UKRANIA at Passau, Germany, This river boat was quite large (it even had a swim-

ming pool) built in Austria but owned and operated by the USSR. With all due respect to tlie U.S. Navy and certain sundowners of the past, it was the cleanest ship 1 ever saw. There were over 100 tourists aboard — mostly Americans. Very few of the officers and crew spoke any English but always greeted us with a pleasant smile. Accommodations were excellent and so was the cuisine. We had our own tour guides and lecturer. On the way downriver, we stopped at Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, and Bucharest. After Vienna, all countries were communist, but people were pleasant and tours ashore were good and informative. At Izmail, in the extreme southwestern corner of Russia, we transferred to a sea-going cruise ship to cross the Black Sea. That ship was also Russian but just as clean as the first one. Only one night aboard before docking at Istanbul. We were at a fine intercontinental hotel for two days and saw a lot.

Istanbul reminded me of San Francisco; the water, hills and even two long suspension bridges across to the Asiatic side. So back home!

The spectacular mountain scenery in Austria and Switzerland and the grand trip down the Danube made it unforgetable.

A card from Marge Lyman dated 15 July: " H o m e after my trip to California and June Week West '87 at which I was the only '26er; Weeks USMC I believe was '25 and alone — 2 widows '27. Joe Schroeder '45 and his helpers did a bangup job. Dave Kalh '60 had just been elected Pres. of the L.A. Chapter. A d m . Kin McKee '51 and Betty were there. Adm. McKee gave a fine straightforward talk very well recieved, enthusiastically applauded and fielded many questions, as did Congressman (40th Congressional District) Robert E. Badham and Bob McNitt. I was impressed by the scope and interest shown by the retirees. As always " H o w are the women d o i n g ? " Adm. McKee answered in some detail. You will remember he was " S u p e " at the time women were first admitted and the tremendous job of implementing the program and making it work. Bob McNitt summed it up concisely and briefly. " T h e women are doing a fine job. They do magnificantly what they are allowed to d o . " This sad news from the San Diego paper, 21 September. " L a u r a Van Allen Worham, 8 1 , died yesterday at Torry Pines Convalescent H o m e in La Jolla after a short illness. She was the widow of LGen. Thomas Andrews Womham, Commandant of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot from 1957 to 1960."

No services are plaimed. Remains were cremated and scattered at sea. Contributions may be made to the Bishop's School Scholarship Fund.

Survivors include a son, Thomas Van Allen Wornham of La Jolla and three grandchildren.

The Class extends sympathy to her family.

From P.D. Stroop's letter of 27 September: The Trustees meeting on 17 September was important because it marked the initiation of a cpaital campaign to raise funds for the proposed Brigade Activities Center. Congress has authorized about half the funding from appropriated funds with a proviso that private contributions will pay for the rest. Our goal in the capital campaign is $20 million, with probably $12 million going for the Activities Center. I'm sure we'll all be hearing about his in the near future!

After the Trustees meeting, Kay and 1 went to Washington to stay at the new Army-Navy Town Club and 1 must say it is indeed impressive and very well planned. On Saturday, 19 September, we returned to Annapolis, had lunch with the Superintendent and attended the very disappointing Lehigh football game. 1 believe it is the first time I've ever seen Navy lose at Homecoming.

We registered at Alumni House and found the following names on the '26 Roster: Al Benjamin (Bunny), Cecil Burnside, A.J. Greenacre, Marge Lyman, Helen Nelson, Duckett, and Stiegler.

Later at the game we saw Ford and Betty Taylor,

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Frank and Mary Busey and Val Havard. Mary Gale Buchanan was also in the stands (Charlie and Kack are stiU in Newport but due to return in a few days to Potomac from Newport).

Incidently Mary Gale has just been elected to Associate Membership in the Alumni Association. For several years she has been very active in supporting the visitor program and is most highly regarded for her efforts and contributions to USNA activities.

I'm off for Pensacola next week and, on 17 October, Kay and I leave for Kauai and Pearl Harbor on a combined business and pleasure trip.

The Washington Group joined with West Pointers in the area from '26 in their first co-ed luncheon of the season, at Ft. Myers, Friday, 24 September. In addition to five representatives for the Army, the foUowing from our Class were there: Thelma Agnew, CeU Burnside, Bepy Eakens, Grayce Fravel, Harriot Gano, Eloene Griggs, Marge Lyman, Harriet Morgan, Peggy Moses, Claudia Smedberg, Lloyd Aitkens, Bunny Benjamin, Rudy Greenacre, Val Havard, Ben Lovett, CharUe Strain, the Barkers, Buseys, Cavenaghs, Conrads, KeUys, O'Biemes, Ford Taylors, Stieglers, and Sylvesters. This was one of the best attendences we've had and we hope to be able to keep it coming.

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Membership: 86%

Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Joshua W. Cooper USN (Ret.) 400 Madison St., Apt. 808, Alexandria, Va. 22314 Telephone #(703) 549-8708 USNA Alumni Association — Joe Maher represented the class at a board meeting on 17 September. HighUghts of interest include the foUowing: Shipmate now prints 31,000 copies.

Acceptances for Honorary Membership have been received from Presidents Ford and Nixon, Father Hesburgh, Father Joyce, and Gen. Gray, (USMC Commandant). Parents of Midshipmen Clubs are now established throughout the cotmtry. The idea has caught on and new clubs are forming. In addition to Aimual Fimd gifts, the Alimmi Association has received $I.48M during FY 1987.

The new Register wiU be ready for mailing in December. Commencing in 1988, Graduation Day wiU be on the last Wednesday in May, therefore 25 May for 1988. The Brigade Activities Center wiU be loaded behind Mahan HaU — road construction has conunenced. You wiU hear more of this worthwhUe project as time goes on.

The Coronado-San Diego group maintains its record as number one in getting out the troops (and ladies) — on 25 August, a total of 27 met for Itmch at the Amphibious Base at Coronado. Present were Bobby and Clarence Coffin, Darien and Jimmy Cohn, CUff Cooper, Barbara Curtis, Frances and Ziggy Dawson, SaUy and Dutch Deutermann, Harry Hummer, Mei and Meade Kitchen, NataUe and George Knuepfer, Mims McKinney, Mary Lou and Hank Paige, Patsy and GUI Richardson, Nadine and Robbie Robinson, Nina and Oley Sharp, Anne and Alan Sutherland.

There was further discussion of the up-coming Reunion, with no new attendees from here reported.

GiU described his and Patsy's recent three-week trip to the Orient aboard Royal Viking STAR. An interesting stop was Nakhodka, the eastern most, ice-free port in Siberia and the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway. This port city was badly in need of general maintenance — there were many ships but all were dilapidated and run-down. The Trans-Siberian Express arrived while we were there and represented more of the same. The hotel where the R.V. STAR'S passengers were entertained had seen better days.

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It had one toilet — co-ed. As the Soviets travel around the world, how can they fail to notice the contrast between things in the USSR and in other developed countries? We met numerous citizens of the USSR in Nakhodka and they were all extremely friendly.

The Los Angeles regulars, (Ed Eckelmeyer, Bill Kern and Red Scoles), met at the Long Beach Officers' Club on 23 September. Red's second cataract operation was quite successful, so much so that he frequenUy forgets his glasses.

Ed recaUed the high points of his ship's (seaplane tender, BBCAYNE), Reunion in Norfolk. WhUe enthusiasm reigned throughout the exercise, the predominance of men aged 60-plus and even 70 was in sharp contrast with the 18-20 year old crew of the 40s. However, the sea stories were ever present and they gained a great deal in the telling which assured the success of the get-together.

Yoiu' reporter and sjxiuse are just home from a ship Reunion, (USS BENNION, DI>-662) in San Di^o, and our reaction is similar to Ed's. The fact that men and wives in substantial numbers wiU participate in ships' reunions 40 years after the great adventure attests to the sterling quaUties of these crews who identified themselves with their cotmtry when they were needed.

27th Company — Capt. John L. Bacon, USMC has reUeved Lt. James Ransom, USMC as Company Officer of the 27th Company. Capt. Bacon and his wife wiU be our guests at luncheon 23 Oct., incident to the Reunion. However, a turnover is in the miU whereby the Class of 1957 wiU take over the sponsorship of the 27th Co., reUeving our Class of that responsibiUty. This has been a pleasant and rewarding chore over the years and we are fortimate in having a reUef, eager for the job. The Superintendent, RAdm. Ronald D. Marryott, USN, (USNA '57), is taking an active part in overseeing the welfare and progress of the 27th Co. in the future.

A late report has been received that Randolph (Randy) M. Smith died in WilUamsburg, 12 Jan. 1987. Randy haUed from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and resigned on graduation. He served in the Army during WWII and attained the rank of Colonel, AUS. His decorations included the Legion of Merit and Commendation Medals.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, EUa whose address is 102 Gladys Drive, WUUamsburg, Va. 23185.

Charies E. (Ted) Outts writes from Naples Florida, reporting the passing of his wife, Erva on 7 September at the Naples Community Hospital.

A memorial service was held at Walter Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home, foUowed by a private inurnment at Naples Memorial Gardens Mausoleiun.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Ted and his famUy. Ted and Erva moved to Naples 20 years ago, foUowing 35 years in New Jersey where Ted was employed by the BeU Telephone Laboratories.

Erva was very active in the BraiUe Society, the American Red Cross and the League of Women Voters. While with the BraiUe Society, she transcribed books and articles for individuals and the Library of Congress.

In addition to her husband (Ted), of 59 years, she is survived by a son, Charles P. Clutts of SUver Spring, Maryland; two daughters, Patricia Nottingham of IndianapoUs and Joan Johannessen of Olso, Norway, a sister, OUve Gunschel of Orlando, Florida, ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchUdren.

We are sorry to report the death of Louise Stebbings Donaho, widow of Glen R. (Donk) Donoho on 14 September 1987 at Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia. Services were conducted at Everly

Fimeral Home in Fairfax on 18 September. It is understood that her ashes wUl be scattered at sea in the Pacific. Donk's ashes were scattered via submarine in Pacific waters about 15 months ago.

She is survived by a son, Robert White of the Los Angeles area, two grandchildren and two great-granchUdren.

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Pres., Capt. Raymond O. Burzynski USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Albert O. Momm USN (Ret.) 121 Glen Oban Dr., Arnold, Md. 21012 Florida Cort., RAdm. R. N. Norgaard USN (Ra.) 121 N. Phelps Ave., Winter Park, Fla. 32789 West Coast Corr., RAdm. W. A. CockeU USN (Ret.) 3222 Browning St., San Diego, CaUf. 92106 N. Eastern Corr., Capt. R. O. Bnrzynsld USN (Ret.) Box 145, New Castie, N.H. 03854 EarUer than usual, the '87 Homecoming took place on the week-end of 18-20 September. Mary Tyler (Mrs. John) Urquhart came from D.C. to join Sid Burzynski (from N.H.), Georgina (Mrs. George) King from Conn., Ed Dexter (from Fla.), and AnnapoUtans Elsie and Bob Archer, Blair and Al Momm. Also, Jim Bierer and son Neale attended the Navy-Lehigh footbaU game on Saturday, and Jim's ComeUa joined us for a despedida that evening to close the week-end get-together.

Ski expressed the feelings of the group: "I always anticipate the surprises and enthusiasm of Homecoming: Classmates, shipmates, and Alunmi."

Grace and Wells Thompson attended the Homecoming footbaU game; they were on their way to Portsmouth, to participate in the ship's reunion of the destroyer LEUTZE. While visiting in Portiand, they took Ski to a luncheon in Kennebunkport.

60th Reunion Now that the 1987 Homecoming is over and the hotels and entertainment groups are finaUy ready to firm up 1988 activities in Annapolis, Jim Bierer and Ski Burzynski are firming up the final plans for BLC's SIXTIETH Reunion. The BLC activities around the 60th Reunion involve 3 parts: (I) the Reunion itself; (2) a NUTMEGGER hosted by Ski in New Castle, New Hampshire; and (3) the annual Academy Homecoming. Ski plans the NUTMEGGER just before BLC's Reunion so members of the Class from distant places can gather in New Castie just prior to journeying to AnnapoUs for the Reunion. With the help of the Alumni Association's personnel and faciUties, an invitation form for participation in items (1) and (2) are, or should shortiy be, in the mail.

At Ski Burzynski's Nutmegger in New Castle: Ed Dexter, Matt Radom, Betty Berry, Elsie Wakeman, Majorie Radom, Ski

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WATTS' PLAQUE. As indicated in All Hands and Class notes in Nov. '86 Shipmate, Bob Watts presented a plaque Usting the names of Regimental Commanders from the Classes of 1875 through 1928 for mounting in Bancroft Hall. This plaque supplements one of a similar nature presented by the Class of 1879 to hold the names of future "Commanders of the Regiment" beginning with the Class of 1929.

In recognition of Bob's contribution of the I875-I928 plaque, Capt. H.W. Habermeyer, Jr., USN, Commandant of Midshipmen, sent Bob this letter: "Upon returning to the Academy as Commandant, I was pleased to note that through your generous gift of the 1875-1928 Regimental Commanders' Plaque, a major historical 'gap' in Bancroft HaU had been filled. On behalf of the Brigade, and aU Naval Academy graduates, I wish to thank you for your insight and willingness to assist us in remembering former commanders.

"I would be pleased if, on your next visit to the Academy, you could spend a few moments reminiscing about some of the interesting people you knew as a Midshipman. Thank you once again and Beat Army!"

Bob was deUghted to receive this well-deserved recognition, and to learn of the reaction of Naval Academy officials to his gift. He says: "It made me feel that my action in going ahead personally with this project was fuUy justified. Actually, I have found it difficult to understand why no class over a period of almost 60 years had not provided it."

In other matters. Bob reports that Helen was hospitalized in both March and April at Bethesda, where she was operated on for a severe case of diverticuUtis; Helen has made an excellent recovery.

Bob also reports that he and Helen visited John Zabilsky — who had a stroke — in the Fernwood Nursing Home, Bethesda. Bob states: We had been to see him once before, soon after he arrived here. His daughter Mae Scanlon, had called me to tell me about his stroke. John is as mentally alert as ever, but his entire left side is paralyzed, and he has no feehng in his left arm or leg. It is possible that he will be moved (in early October) to the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital in So. Arlingotn just off the Army-Navy Drive, where physical therapy and other treatments may improve his condition. In case any from Annapolis should decide to visit him they should check with his daughter Mae to learn where he is before coming: her number is (202) 363-9053. The address of the Fernwood House is 6530 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, Md. 20034, should anyone desire to write to John, or come to see him before he is moved. The move is not certain, but I believe it will be done.

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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: Cal., RAdm. Chuck Triebel USN (Ret.) 17436 Bernardo Oaks Drive San Diego, Calif. 92128 No. Cal., RAdm. Dick BaUinger USN (Ret.) 100 Thomdale Dr., #49, San Rafael, Calif. 94903 Florida, Ed Dodson 2927 S. Atlantic Ave. #601, Daytona Shores, Fla. 32018 Chuck Triebel, our Corresponding Secretary for SoCal, was unable to cover the September co-ed at the 32nd Street Officers' Club in San Diego, Shipmate, December 1987

as Jo was in the hospital. (Your Secty just phoned and Jo is out — answered the phone as chipper as a hatched chick.) Chuck stated some time ago that Jo's transistors needed setting from time to time. Says she is so full of electronics that every time she goes outside the house three of the neighbors' garage doors open. In Chuck's absense from the social scene we were fortunate in having it covered by the one-time editor of The Trident.

Joseph Berzowski Berkley. You will recognize in the foUowing report the professional style of editor Berkley.

The session was preponderantly an exercise in counting and recounting. Statistics voluntarily provided by the attendees, collectively, revealed that eight had crossed the octogenarian line, with two about to do so in the next few months, and one laggard (Carl Peterson) with two years to go to attain fourscore dignity. Five of the group currently use hearing aids. No statements concerning impotence were volunteered, probably the result of modesty, or even lack of interest in such matters. Travel plans were revealed and compared, as per: Rodimons covering Russia with the Alumni-sponsored group; McGregor's assaulting Italy and Great Britain but to be completed in time to attend A-N activities in San Diego; Berkleys cancelling their planned visit to Irene's family members in Buenos Aires; Lynch adventure in parenting the union of one granddaughter to an ex-Marine as son-in-law; Tepee Wilson also grandparenting a new granddaughter; and Buck Brandley instructing us on preparation of our own obituaries in advance — which would certainly make them more interesting than the usual run of newspaper obits. Speaking of recounting, Carl Armbruster recounted the story of how he acquired his first command, that of a wreck pulled off the rocks of Noumea. Lynch followed with his story of how Hubert Wilkins conducted the first under-ice exploration by a U.S. submarine which involved a tow by USS WYOMING thus depriving a shipload of Midshipmen of a two-day visit to Copenhagen. George Brandley contributed a recital of the trials and tribulations on the local golf course in raising funds for a "night out" for spouses. Darnell gave an accurate account of a navigator's experience on RANGER. There was a discussion of Roy Benson's wardrobe for his visit on 4 November, to memorialize his days in DD-208 USS HOVEY." This column is proud to display the by-Une of J. B. Berkley.

Change of Command USS VAICOUR — Bud Easton and Rosy Jughans CycUng with our widows, way back in the sixties your secretary was a designer of some computer software for tracking Soviet submarines. It was a complex system for evaluating and extrapolating every possible contact and it was used by the Norfolk ASW and SOUSUS center operated by

Chariie Weakley, the ComASWLant. So when Senator Heinz (R-Pennsylvania) recently sponsored a bill which made it easier to leak Defense manufacturers to Russia via intermediate states (Toshiba sold our submarine noiseless propellor designs to the USSR) your secretary wrote a letter to him asking serious consideration of the consequences of his bill. But how could we get him to personaUy read the letter? Letters from the humble populace are counted and filed by the Congress staffs and that's it. Hmm. Senator Heinz happens to be the son of Monty McCauley's widow Joan. We haven't heard from Joan for a long time and here was an opportunity to seek news from her and perhaps ask her to discipline her son. Off went our letter to the Senator in a letter to Joan asking her to relay it personally.

What happened? We don't rightly know, but Lo, a few days ago a United Parcel truck stopped at your secretary's office and delivered a handsome wooden electric clock bearing the Heinz pickle factory logo on its face, sent directly from the headquarters of the 57 varieties in Pittsburg. Joan — we still hope to hear from you.

Mary Ann Teague says that Bob Heinlein phoned and sounded his old self. Which is good news as we had not heard from Bob for many months. But Bob couldn't connect up with Woody who was then in the hospital for a quadruple bypass. (Can any of you outnumber that?) Later we talked to Woody, now home, who said the operation was nothing and he will be back for monthly board meetings in L.A. with his old outfit. United Financial. What does Woody do around the new house above Colorado Springs?

He says he monitored its construction with his computer on a spreadsheet, keeping tabs on every tack and nail used in it.

Red Morse gave up his usual Summer cruise amoqg the iceflows off Maine this Summer, to stay at home in Exeter, New Hampshire. Item. We hoped to print in this column the charming photo of Alton Meeker surrounded by his four beautiful wards from the Philippines, but the print is too faded to reproduce. Please send us another, Alton.

Ann and Gus Johansen have returned from a month in their shared condo in Ocean City. What did they do there? Played bridge and ate saltwater taffy. Last time we were there we stayed at the second biggest hotel in Ocean City, all of two stories high. The beach was coated with oil from a tanker sunk by a German submarine just six miles off the beach. 1943? No; it was July 1981.

Item. Near Ocean City, in Rehoboth, Delaware, Don Eller keeps on in his Summer residence. He plays active tennis, not Senior Citizen Tennis as does your secretary. The sensible Senior Tennis rules require that the ball always be returned within reach of one's opponent.

Dick BaUinger contacted Red Welsh and learned that the latter took flight for the sun belt in August but didn't suffer the Summer weather except while in Sarasota, where "stepping out of the house was Uke stepping into a sauna." En route he stopped in Texas where he visited Army Classmates from Command and Staff College days. In Florida he spent a week with the Waits. Kitty and Delos are as fine and spunky as ever. Next he visited with Bea and Cappy Kohr, including a week of golfing in Waynesville. While with the Kohrs they attempted to see Joe Ray who was in the hospital for a back problem. Joe was so happily asleep they didn't disturb him. Sarasota will stand out in Red's memories not just for being muggy but for one of life's embarrassing experiences, his first visit to a beauty salon for a haircut.

The Ballinger's took off for six weeks of foreign air.

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expected Summer weather, but for a few spots of rain it was shirtsleeve weather all the way. The first three weeks we spent in our condo in the mountains above Bex, Switzerland. There I had the same embarrassing experience as had Red â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a beauty shop haircut. All I wanted was a Marine haircut, too. Then we went to Britain where we took a bus tour of Scotland, and then another in Devon and Cornwall. The second tour was more interesting in the places of historical and mythical renown. The rugged Cornish coast is really exciting. There I had the pleasure of standing on the point of the Lizard, for that promontory was the mark from which my great grandfather took departure for the South Atlzmtic whaling grounds.

If our esteemed Class Treasurer were to abscond this month with the ciurent balance of the Class funds he might take off with $10,503.77. In June Johnny McElroy audited the accounts of Treasurer John W. Davison and found them to be accurate, weU invested, and healthy. We may continue our modest aimual dues of five bucks per surviving Classmate, with the slow attrition over the coming years caused by funerals, memorials and support of the Twenty-Ninth Company Wardroom.

When the last Twentyniner waves away his widow in 2010 there wiU probably be a smaU balance to go to the Alumni Fund. Perhaps it would be more thrilling to have a tontine. What is your vote?

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Pres., RAdm. W. L. Chappie, USN (Ret.) Exec. Sec'y, RAdm. W. T. Nelson, USN (Ret.) 1004 PriscUla Lane, Alexandria, VA 22308 Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Fred Bradman I8I39 Viceroy Drive, San Diego, CaUf. 92128 A welcome letter reached us from Allan Roby in late August. AUan expressed concern that the mailing from the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation offering the opportunity to make contributions and enroU names in the Navy Memorial Log might have been overlooked or temporarily set aside. He expressed the hope that World War II survivors would take action to assure that aU departed Classmates be enroUed in the Log of the Foundation. For more info, phone (703) 524-0830 or write U.S. Navy Memorial Foimdation, P.O. Box 12728, ArUngton, Va. 22209-8728. AUan also wrote: "AU is weU in the Tidewater, Virginia environs. A few of us here are raising funds for the purchase of a taU flag pole and the flying of a large sized 'Old Glory' at a prominent site in the inner harbor of Hampton Roads. We think that an extraordinary display of our national flag [would] be a proper greeting for ships returning from overseas deployment. Currently there is no adequate display of flags visible to incoming ships.

Anyone interested in making a modest contribution should contact me for details."

A guy who Ukes as much as anyone we know to receive personal notes is Mackie McClain. As most readers wUl remember, Mackie has been battling Parkinson's Disease for much too long, now.

But he is weU taken care of at an El Toro, CaUfornia nursing center, a few minutes away from his home in Laguna HiUs, where Betty keeps things going. Mackie's mail reaches him at Lake Forest Nursing Center, 25652 Old Trabuco Road, El Toro, CaUf. 92630. We are certain that he would enjoy hearing from you.

The calendar year 1988 holds the promise of being Uberally sprinkled with the 80th birthday anniversaries of Class of '30 types â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 43, if all goes weU. Leading off in January are: Hugh McKay (8th), Walt Walter (13th), BUI Doyle and Red Earl (I5th) and Mush Dornin (25th). And in February, 80

Dick Bates (2nd), Ed Brumby (4th) and Horace Hubbard (18th). We'U be thinking about each of you as we visuaUze you blowing out all those candles on your birthday cakes as well as applauding each of you on your accompUshments.

Dick Hunt checks in with a note telUng of his having extended his unbroken record of attendance at aU Academy Homecomings when he made the scene during the 18-20 September festivities at AnnapoUs. Nice going, Richard. The Alumni Association's Ust of Alumni who had indicated their intentions to attend included Betty EUis' name. But Dick reports having seen no Class of '30 people. What about it, Betty? Drop us a Une to teU us you are aU right.

An early September telephone caUer from Fairfax, Virginia, turned out to be Robert James Duryea, the son of our Classmate "Squeak." This thoughtful caller gave us fanuly news from branches both above and below his position on the Duryea fanuly organization chart, starting with the eldest, "Squeak," who became a widower in 1980 and later remarried and suffered a stroke in 1982.

He has been a patient in a North CaroUna nursing home since early 1986 and joined '30's Octogenarians last September. (Shipmate, Jul/Aug 1987). His wife resides in a nearby apartment house which is part of the nursing home complex, thus making personal visits with "Squeak" possible on a daUy basis. You can write to "Squeak" at 200 Oak Street, Apt. #503, Tryon, N.C. 28782. Moving downward chronologicaUy, son Robert James teUs us that his son, Robert Harold, is a member of the Class of 1991 at the Academy. Thus does "Squeak" find himself fiUed with pride that his grandson has chosen to emulate old granddad by electing to wear the Navy blue. This is the kind of news we most enjoy sharing with our readers.

We are grateful to the middleman of the extant Duryea line, Robert James, whose defective eyesight canceUed his career Navy goal following his 1962 graduation from the OCS at the University of Vermont, for having thought to call us.

Curious about the absence of information as to the identity of the Class of 1930 Honor Scholar in the Class of 1991? A letter from the Executive Director of the United States Naval Academy Foundation, which administers aU such scholarships, explains that the Foundation now has fewer Lowrence and Lowrey

entering Midshipmen than scholarships available to assign to them. To accommodate the situation, the Board of Trustees decided to designate an honor scholar to each scholarship for three out of every four years. Since quaUfied entering Midshipmen have been assigned to our scholarship for the past three years, no such assignment was made for the Class of 1991. The Foundation's Annual Newsletter does teU us, however, that three entering Midshipmen were the respective beneficiaries of: The RAdm. Joseph C. (Jumping Joe) CUfton Memorial Honor Scholarship created by his many friends and admirers; The BGen. RusseU "Whitey" Lloyd Class of 1930 Memorial Scholarship created by his widow, Mrs. Gay B. Lloyd; and The David A. Stretch Class of 1930 Memorial Honor Scholarship created by Texas Instruments, Inc. Covering for us in our absence from the SW Area Group's 11 September luncheon at MCRD San Diego, Harry Verhoye provided the foUowing accoimt of the event: Present were Lee Boyle, Ed Brumby, Harvey Burden, Moon Chappie with Lee Trousseau, Willie Coates, Mush Domin, John Gragg, Chick Lawver and Jack Moreno; also Joe Ruddy, BiU Sanders, Bob Trower, Harry Verhoye with Dr. Ted Hays and Walt Walter.

At the conclusion of lunch our group adjourned to the Oldies'] meeting in the next room to enjoy hearing our guest speaker (the aforesaid] Dr. Ted Hays, Ph.D., Commissioner and Secretary of the San Diego County Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution recite his most stirring account of the virtues of the greatest document of all time, the Constitution of the United States of America.

He invited all hands to participate in the planned celebration activities.

We have thanked Harry for the foregoing, and now we want to thank Margaret McKnight for having provided the foUowing Ust of the Class of '30 ladies who lunched together preceding their meeting with the men's group for the program: Martha Beans, Bunny Bowen with Marce Mathewson, Dottie Boyle, Evelyn Burden, Simonne Daly, Nova Domin, Clare Gragg and Kaye Hindrelet; plus DoUy Kinert, Kitty Lawver, Margaret McKnight, Janet O'Beirne, Betty Sanders, Patti Trower and Rita Verhoye.

It appears that the SW Area's earUer feared problems of settiement by the men's and laides' groups upon a common monthly Itmcheon meeting date were no more than imaginary bugaboos. For this amicable settlement, many thanks are due to the ladies who sheedled, cajoled and otherwise persuaded their feUow members to make concessions in the interests of harmony. While the two meetings which have been held since experiment began may not be taken as conclusive, the two groups have apparently happily accepted the desirabiUty of change. We'U let you know a few months hence, when our enhanced experience wiU have furnished reUable conclusions.

Good to see Rebel Lowrance during his visit with son Doug and Doug's famUy in Rancho Bernardo, late September-early October. Rebel appears to change but littie, if any; and his memory of things past is so prodigious that an evening of conversation with him takes one back completely into the nooks and crannies of memory of those happy earlier days when we were aU so very young. Note photographic proof in picture taken in photo gallery at Long Beach, California amusement center in early 1930's, where he and Bill Lowrey appear to be modeling the then-latest fashions in men's headwear. We learned for the first time that Doug Lowrance, Class of '57 and Bob Ailes, the Shipmate, December 1987

younger of the two Academy-educated sons of our Classmate "Red" AUes, had been Academy roommates. Is this a one-of-a-kind situation, or can some of you shed light on other sons of '30 Classmates who also shared the roommate experience?

Responding to our recent letter, BUI Snead wrote us a delightful one on 27 September. Here are excerpts: 1 sometimes hold off responding, [hoping] that I will have something newsworthy to offer for Shipmate, but that is a rather sterile hope. Our next luncheon is on 1 October and it looks as if we can muster only six Classmates for this stag affair. However, we are simultaneously, or contemporaneously, sponsoring a luncheon for the wives and widows, also at Army/Navy CC, and the dozen or so of them will gather in the very attractive sun room of the Club, while we men [will] enjoy a private room.

There was one item which 1 thought would be interesting about Patty, but 1 have delayed so long in mentioning it that it is no longer timely, since the event happened during the past Summer. IHere your CC interrupts to observe that the event to which Bill referred will still be news to all but a handful of readers around McLean, Virginia, where the Sneads live, so let's get back to the story.]

It began with a surprise call to Patty from her employer informing her that she had been selected for an award for her outstanding services and that the award would be presented in New York City at a banquet honoring the company's outstanding employees. Her employer. Lord & Taylor, provided pleme transportation, accommodations at the Waldorf-Astoria and all incidental expenses for a two-day stay. At the awards banquet and dance, she was given a beautiful gold watch in recognition of 27 years of dedicated and superior services.

Patty started her merchandising career while still an undergraduate at the University of Washington [Seattle] where she was the college fashion representative for a leading apparel fum (Frederick & Nelson). She took her degree in Business Administration with a major in International Trade, but 1 think she has always majored in clothes. She says no, she majored in men. No comment!

How could we let those facts about such a nice lady go unreported, simply because they told of an event of a Summer gone by? Congratulations to you, Patty, we are sure your were fully deserving of the honors bestowed upon you. And if you did major in men, as was reported above, then weU and good if the majoring had anything to do with your happy marriage to your "William O . " Next events upcoming: Washington/Annapolis Area Group's traditional Christmas luncheon party at Fort McNair Officers Club, Friday, 18 December. This wiU be a co-ed affair at which guests wiU be warmly welcomed. For more details contact Art Owen (703) 532-1240 or Bill Snead (703) 442-7103. SW Area Groups plan 5 December A / N game TV/brunch at Amphibious Base Club, Coronado, 5 December â&#x20AC;&#x201D; perhaps history when you read this. Also men's and ladies' separate luncheons, Fridays 8 January and 12 February.

For more, call Joe Ruddy (619) 535-0910 or Harry Verhoye (619) 442-7103.

Christmas will have come and gone before the next issue of this publication (Jan/Feb 1988 combined) reaches you. Thus, this is Else's and your CS's only remaining opportunity to pass along our season's greetings and best wishes to all of you good people. Thanks for your help during 1987; and be certain to include in your 1988 New Year's resolutions a commitment to help us make this column worth reading.

The Prez sez, echoing a sentiment originally expressed by a guy called Albert Smith: "Tears

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are the safety-valves of the heart, when too much pressure is laid o n . " That's '30 for this time.

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Pres., RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Edward M. Day USN (Ret.) 6214 Winston Dr., Bethesda, Md. 20817 West Coast Corr., RAdm. Andrew J. HiU USN (Ret.) 1295 Bangor Street, San Diego, Calif. 92106 Break out your Class Directories and make these address updates: Georgette and Joe Thornton: 2125 Quay Village Court, Chesapeake Harbor, Apartment 2-L, Annapolis, Md. 21403; Phone: (301) 263-3722; Marge and Lou BeUis: Vinson HaU, Apartment 266, 6251 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, Va. 22101; Phone: (703) 536-2514; Marion and Jim O'Toole: La Vida Llena, Apartment 4219, 10501 Lagrima de Oro NE, Albuquerque, N.M. 87111; Phone: (505) 291-3446. (For the benefit of those of us who were in the Second and Fourth Battalions: "La Vida Llena translates as " T h e Full Life" . . . and Lagrima de Oro as "Tears of G o l d " . . . leave it to Jim (er . . . His Honor Judge O ' T o o l e ) ) The Naval Academy Athletic Association has asked for help in locating Harold Vincent McLaughlin, one of our Classmates who resigned during Second Class Year. He is being considered as a nominee for the LaCrosse HaU of Fame, and there are some forms that need to be completed by him. Please write in promptly if you have any information that would help locate him.

John Crumpacker writes: Like many of our friends, two nice awards were made to me. One was for some special efforts from the Navy League and the other from the Palm Beach Rotary Club in recognition of my services as chairman of the Ad Hoc Drug Abuse Committee which defined the Club's interest and responsibility in this area and recommended a course of action for the Club. While studying the problem we found a very worthy organization called "Growing Together" . . . they work with children where the drug of choice is alcohol (C2HgO) . . . they find it right where their pzu'ents keep it . . . at home. "Growing Together" will probably become national in scope and our Rotary Club intends to help.

Oscar Hagberg, who orchestrates the ThirtyOners living in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area, writes that they held their monthly luncheon at Lib and Bunny Brunelli's home. As usual, a thoroughly enjoyable time was had by all . . . the " a l l " comprising the Brunellis, AU and Bob Gadrow, Frances and Joe Foley, Marion and Jesse Motes, Audrey Dempsey, Elizabeth Lefavour, Kathleen ("Dooley" Johnson) Geyer, and Doris and Oscar Hagberg. All agreed that it's high time that Ed and Jessie Bell McDonald, living at WilUamsburg Landing, got in touch with the Norfolk Virginia Beach Group . . . it's not all that far away . . . .

Classmates attending the monthly luncheon of the Washington-Annapolis Group at Fort McNair on 13 October were deUghted to include in their number Lou Bellis, who has been quite ill and in the doctors' hands almost since he and Marge moved to Vinson Hall from San Francisco last December. Lou's presence was an unexpected pleasure and one that the group hope wiU long continue! (After all, the main reason he and Marge moved to the Washington area was to let Lou get to these luncheons . .. commuting to them from San Francisco would have been too much of a burden.)

In an earlier Shipmate, we reported on Joe Gardiner's efforts to surpass Les Wood in the matter of doing push-ups (Les did 31 at our 50th) . .. Joe reported that he was up to 31 and looking toward a higher figure . . . well. Dub Johnson read this, and here's what he had to say to one Josef M. Gardiner of Flint HiU, Virginia: Dear Joe, You ask 'any other members?' of the 31 pushup club! Of course. What do you think we are, wimps?

Ever since leaving our Bancroft Home, 1 have tried to get some bit of exercise every day, even if it was only brief calisthenics. Remember the gym instructor from Battle Creek who promoted it? 'Quick, like the wind'?

In about 1956 (31 years ago!), while working in the puzzle palace, 1 let it get the better of my back and was assigned a specific set of daily back exercises by an orthopedic doctor at Bethesda.

(1 might add that this doctor also told me that 1 could never play golf again. And he was right.

But I haven't let that keep me from trying.)

To his exercises 1 added the 31 pushups, 31 situps and 31 knee bends that 1 had been doing spasmodically. And 1 have continued these, plus the exercises assigned by the Bethesda orthopod ever since, plus the addition of some shoulder exercises recently assigned by a Sarasota doctor.

How's that for one-up-manship!

Of course, for obvious reasons, 1 have to take a holiday on the last day of all months except Sept., April, June and Nov., plus Feb.!

Now for the confession. Hell no, Joe, 1 couldn't begin to do 31 push ups (real ones, that is). 1 have joined the modern generation. When ladies were admitted to our venerable institution, a special exemption was granted to the feeble set to do push ups with the knees, rather than the feet, on the ground. I do. 'Try it, you'll like it.'

Also, 1 now have to do the 31 knee bends in three sets. The 31 sit ups I can still run as one set, but generally don't. Remember the old admonition 'No strain (or was it pain), no gain.'

1 see no reason to be so wordy. 1 have simplified this slogan to simply: 'No strain.' And 1 recommend it.

When we first learned to know 'and love' you, Joe, you used to lounge around playing fields exhorting others to greater endeavor. Then you turned to the Barn, Pensacola Barn Club, that is, where you misspent your time encouraging young ladies to greater endeavor. Then you continued your connection with the barn, up in Maryland, where all you did was let the horse do the work. Is this new dedication to exercise a metamorphosis? Is it an improvement?

Regards, Dub. Andy Hill writes: " W e have just returned from the Great River cruise sponsored by the Naval Academy Alumni Association. The Morings, Burns, Hollisters, Hills and Ellsworths were aboard. We enjoyed the whole cruise and the stops ashore including a jet boat ride through Wells Canyon at 35 M . P . H . (You mean 30 knots. Old Salt?)"

Andy went on: " I had asked the Alumni Association if they could help '31 in arranging a trip on MISSISSIPPI QUEEN . . . they said they are already planning one for next year . . . probably 14-23 April 1988. There are several here who would be interested in such a trip, including the Moorings, HiUs, Hawks, Heiligs, Burns, Blacks, and a few widows." Any Classmates or widows who would be interested in such a trip should write in so that we may have some basis for planning such a venture. We assume all the real "rebels" among our Classmates will certeunly sign up . . . after aU, they won't have to sing "Marching Through Georgia" as they were made to do our Plebe Year!

As time goes on, Jack Parham and the Golden State are becoming more sympatico, as this letter from Jack will attest: We are having our first warm spell, this and 81

last week, but it isn't bad and it cools off at night.

A swim in the pool in the afternoon makes you feel real good. We have a gas heating system for heating the pool but that runs around $330 per month so we are looking into a cheaper system, heated by heat pump, that is supposed to cost about $100/month. Will investigate thoroughly before installing.

Talked with Karl Wheland the other day and he agrees with me that a Class luncheon in the L.A. area is out of the question due to the distances involved, the heavy traffic on the freeways (?). Of course the recent rash of gun play on the freeways is not an added incentive.

On the spur of the moment. Dot and I went to Alabama taking our two young granddaughters to see another granddaughter graduate from Auburn as weU as attend the 26th anniversary of my oldest son and his wife. Had super saver tickets and it developed after the tickets were purchased, we had to come back a day sooner than plaimed due to a conflict with the California school system with one of the granddaughter's schedule. The only way the airline would change the ticket date was with a letter from a Doctor stating I had to be back on a certain date. The medico was very nice about it but said, 'Now take me off the hook by making an appointment on the day of your return.' I did as requested and am now scheduled for a prostrate operation on the sixteenth. No malignancy, just enlarged.

In a separate package, I am sending you a pair of telephone 'Untanglers' and a second pair which I would appreciate your passing on to Ray. As long as you have a coiled phone line to the receiver, they will absolutely keep the line free of tangles. I am very pleased with the way mine works. The amount of time that you must spend on the phone, I think you wiU be pleased with a tangle-free line.

Dick Peterson sent in a very fuU report on the doings of some of the members of his Greater San Francisco Bay Group of Thirty-Oners; here are some quotes from his letter: Heloise Phifer seems to be doing OK. She goes to school almost continuously — much like my wife. We have two community coUeges close by, so much education is available if needed. Heloise never attended one of our luncheons while Tom was alive . . . couldn't miss school . . . but is expected at the one in November."

Since this group has been meeting for little more than a year, and distances are so great, several suggested having the get-togethers less often . . . they left it at next November (87). I would like to work up a program — perhaps try to have an interesting speaker, but that would probably mean a fee to pay, and an increase of price for Classmates. Anyway, I felt that everyone had a good time at the July lunch, and that trying to get a good showing of people who have to drive (one way) as far as 200 miles might make it less interesting — jmd a feehng that they had to come.

I phoned Frances Veasey recently . . . they sold their home and moved into a retirement home before Craig became iU . . . since health care for life was part of the contract, Craig is now in the nursing unit.

Phoned John Matthews' home and got a cheery answer from Maxine saying they expect to get to the November luncheon. John has had a couple of strokes that temporarily affected his speech but he seems to be better now.

Bob Pntnam is not too weU, and his wife Mignon has had two very bad falls requiring knee surgery. There are indications that Bob may be in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (Hope that diagnosis is wrong!)

Sorrowfully, we have three deaths to report: Rusty (RusseU Champion) Williams died in Veterans Medical Center, Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 24 September. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, with fuU miUtary honors. Rusty had been iU for more than a year and put up a valiant fight against cancer 82

Rusty WiUiams Ruth Braun and Alzheimer's disease before they finaUy struck him down. In our Academy days Rusty won honors in footbaU and in Class boxing; during our First Class Year he was a Midshipman three-striper and sub-commander of the first BattaUon . . .

Tommie GiUespie was his roommate. Much of his sea service was in destroyers: TRIPPE imder his command sank a German U-boat in African waters and participated in the Sicily invasion.

Later, he commanded DESDIV-22 and the cruiser WORCESTER. His awards included the Legion of Merit with Star and Combat-V, and the Bronze Star Medal with Combat-V. Rusty showed great

Juhe and Herb Levenson promise as a Midshipman and that promise was amply fulfiUed throughout his distinguished service career.

Herbert (Herb) Levenson, a Classmate who resigned during our Second Class Year, died on 6 September. On returning to civiUan Ufe he formed his own company, Slumbertogs Inc., in New York City and at the time of his death was co-executive officer of the firm with his son. We hope to have further details in the next issue of Shipmate.

Bill Braun lost his beloved wife Ruth when she died of cancer in Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, on 26 September. Her memorial services in Fort Myer Chapel included a splendid eulogy

by BiU and Ruth's son, Peter, and were foUowed by inurnment of her ashes in the columbarium of ArUngton National Cemetery.

To those who have lost their loved ones we all send our deepest sympathy; we know that nothing we can say wiU lessen their grief, but we hope they wiU find comfort in memories of long and happy marriage.

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Pres., Capt. Donald I. Thomas USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Terrell A. Nisewaner USN (Ret.) 7121 Helmsdale Road, Bethesda, Md. 20817 That superb project of the Class of 1937 of a

Memorial WaU alongside the road around the Naval Academy Cemetery h o n o r i n g those graduates who died in the line of action but whose bodies were never recovered for proper burial, is a project that was long overdue and one whose honorable recording of names wiU endure as long as the Academy exists. InitiaUy 24 from '32 were accepted as fulfilling aU requirements and had their names engraved on the WaU. Later, two other names were added after a review considered that they, too, met aU the requirements.

Inasmuch as many members of the Class wiU not have a chance to visit the WaU, it was considered that the names should be known to aU Classmates in order that we may be more fuUy conscious of the sacrifice they made for their cotmtry.

The first 24 names accepted and put on the WaU were: George Bellinger missing after an attack on the Japanese Mandated Island by bombing Squadron Five; Charies Brindupke lost on TuLLiBEE whUe making a night surface attack on a Japanese convoy off Palau; Truman Carpenter lost on a routine patrol whUe a member of Patrol Squadron 7; Edgar Chase lost whUe Exec of MEREDITH in action against the Japanese Fleet; Fred Connaway lost whUe skipper of SCULPIN in enemy action; Nathaniel Dial captured by the Japanese in the PhiUppines and died whUe a prisoner of war; Francis Douglass captured during the Japanese invasion of the PhiUppines and died whUe a prisoner of war in Cavite; John Everett Jr. lost on the third war patrol of ARGONAUT in the vicinity of Rabaul; John Fairbanks Jr. lost whUe Exec of EDSALL in action against the Japanese carrier ASHIGARA; and Robert Goodgame Jr. who was lost during a routine flight from KADASHAN BAY during a stopi-over in Manus for repairs.

Others of the first twenty-four were Daniel Gothie who was taken prisoner at Corregidor and later lost his Ufe aboard a prison ship en route to Japan; EJnnest Hodge lost on HOUSTON whUe serving as Communications Officer; Martin Koivisto lost on PEARY when attacked by Japanese bombers in Darwin Harbor; Frank Latta lost whUe in command of LAGARTO on a War patrol in the Gulf of Siam; Johnny Moore lost whUe in command of GRAYBACK on her tenth and last War patrol; George Ottinger lost in action whUe leading a Carrier Air Group 84 attack against enemy AA positions on Iwo Jima; Maximilian Schmidt lost whUe in command of SCORPION whUe on a War patrol in the Western Pacific; Reynolds Smith lost whUe Exec of GREGORY when attacked by Japanese ships off Guadalcanal; John Spiers died while Commanding Officer of Scouting Squadron 42 when his plane disintegrated in a practice dive off Quonset Point; WiUiam Townsend kiUed whUe serving as FUght Deck Officer of ENTERPRISE in the unexplained crash of his plane on a routine flight out of Pearl Harbor; Robert Vandling lost while Gunnery Officer of JARVIS during enemy action at Savo Island; Arthur Vorpahl lost with aU hands while Exec of PILLSBURY during enemy action off AustraUa; Charles Weschler taken prisoner on the Island of Mindanao and died whUe a POW en route Manchuria; and Jack Wintle kiUed while serving as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Callahan on the bridge of SAN FRANCISCO during the Battie of Guadalcanal.

The last two names to be added to the WaU were Herbert M. Coleman lost whUe serving as Exec of BARTON during the Battie of Savo Island when only a handful survived; and Albert E. Gates, Jr. lost while Exec of PEARY which was badly mauled by repeated Japanese bombing attacks in Subic Bay. Whitey's body was later recovered and then buried in an unmarked grave near Cavite.

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Homecoming this year was a complete off season for '32 but the Class had a good turnout anyway. At the Friday evening reception and dinner one could look around and spot some of the local crowd such as Emily and Lloyd Mustin, Eddie and Andy Nisewaner, Francis Foley, Marion and Mel Young, Sara Ann and Carl Mott, and Nona Ward. All the way up from Virginia Beach came four capable representatives, Marty and Spigot Fawcett and Theora and Earl Hydeman.

Down from Moorestown, New Jersey, came SaUy and Brooks Harral and from over in Seaside Park came Whitey Toft escorting Ruth Jonasch. Putting a rare appearance from West WUlington, Connecticut, were Betty and Bill Outerson and rarer StiU was the deUghtful appearance of Pat WiUard from San Diego, CaUfornia.

The person who traveled the furthest to the Homecoming was without any doubt Pat WiUard.

She confessed that not only was this her first Homecoming but also the first time she had ever been inside Dahlgren HaU or the Midshipmen's Mess HaU. Most unfortunately a tragedy in the Ralph Johnson famUy kept our super Wes Johnson from making the festivities. Bud WiUard was the Best Man at the wedding of Francis Foley to Martha McCuUough in 1941 and a strong bond has existed between the famiUes ever since although fate has intervened in the past few years. She came as a guest of Francis and was warmly greeted.

TaUgating prior to the Navy-Lehigh game about which Uttle can be said was deUghtful but the super reception at the home of Peggy and Jim Collett in Providence after the game was a real highUght.

Most of the previously mentioned made the reception but there were a lot of new faces such as Mary Bruce and Howard Prince, Louise and Modoc Stmderland, the lovely Debby Humes down from York, Pennsylvania, Anne Bom from AnnapoUs, the sparkUng Dottie James over from Alexandria and our always elegant Betty Lee (Pressey) Berger from Washington, D.C. My apologies if I've missed a few people here and there.

A deUghtful letter from Earl Hydeman in answering my request for news from the NorfolkVirginia Beach area brought at least one sad lament . . . that the '32 population in the area had shrunk what with the loss of Kenny Letts and the move of Ruby and Jerry Miller to Cockeysville, Maryland.

A phone caU survey found that Janice and Walt Asmuth were away with their destination unknown; Dory and Tommy Hopkins were doing very weU with no known recent physical problems and Dory was cheerful and full of comical anecdotes; Evelyn and Bemy Freund (Portsmouth) have moved into a condo development called Cypress Cove but usually spend half the Winter in Florida and half in Portsmouth. Now that is the Ufe particularly when their "grass shack" in Florida is right on a golf course. Mary and Spigot Fawcett are going fuU blast and attending a lot of Navy home games, but June and Mike O'Connor are having a few problems. Mike is on chemotherapy but doing nicely. June is cheerful and in high hopes that all goes well.

One interesting sidelight was that the son of Evelyn and Bemy Freund, B. WiUiam Freund M.D., a psychiatrist, has just left a very good practice in Wisconsin to join the Staff of a private school in La Junta, Colorado (about 20 miles from Pueblo). Berny has visited and says that it is very beautiful country. If you think that the U.S. is over populated, go out there where one will find miles and miles without a person to be found.

Earl gave a Uttle run-down on the "third generation." Their grandson, Robert W. Berry Jr., entered with the Class of '91 on 1 July. He was Shipmate, December 1987

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Antonio. That training is helping him greatly; for example, he is the guidon petty officer for the 28th Company and for the Lehigh game he marched on the field in the 3-person formation ahead of the company with the company commander and sub-commander. In our day that was a First Class privilege.

Bob's home town is St. Cloud, Minnesota, very close to CoUegeviUe where his father is a professor and Bob attended school. Bob's High School was Holy Angels in Richfield, a suburb of MinneapoUs, where he participated in a bit of everything. He is the oldest child of Theora and Earl's youngest daughter Pat. More bad news. We have just received the greatly delayed word that we lost Theodore "Ted" S. Lank on 22 April in Frogmore, South Carolina.

Nothing is known about the services or the burial arrangements.

Ted was a "quiet man" in the Class and never threw his weight around or screamed at what he perceived as poor judgement or injustice. When he finally left the service in July 1960, two years ahead of schedule, he just as quietly settled in Frogmore where he could fish and boat with a few days set aside to clear out the underbrush around his new house to let the flowers grow.

Ted had his first duty as a junior officer on the old ARKANSAS which was followed by duty on the old four-stacker HOVEY where he worked up to be Chief Engineer. Next came a successful jaunt through the Submarine School and assignment to S-42 in Coco Solo. Shore duty beckoned with assignment to the PG School in Annapolis in the Summer of 1939 but this was short lived and he was back in DD's as a junior officer on first HATFIELD and then BRANCH. The Summer of 1941 saw

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him once again back at the Academy but this time in the "Steam" Department where he stayed untU 1943.

The war years saw him successively in DE's in the Atlantic mainly serving as escort for various Jeep carriers. After the war he had command of SAMUEL N . MOORE ( D D - 7 4 7 ) for two years and

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Dick Lambert, Tish Cox, Priscilla Lambert, Country Quarles 55th Reunion attending St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, when he received notice of his acceptance to the Academy. He has completed one and one-half years of coUege and devoted four months in late '86 to Marine Corps basic training in San Diego and military police training near San

then assignment to the Pacific Reserve Fleet for three more. Later he had command of ALSTEDE (AF-48) with later service on the Staff of COMEIGHT and thence to Guam and duty on the Staff of Commander, Naval Forces Marianas.

Ted finished up his time at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and retired to the spot of his choice in South Carolina. Never particularly strong on Class ties, Ted did not keep in touch with his old Classmates; hence no one was conscious of his loss untU word came through the Bureau of Personnel.

Rollo Mayer writes in that he has just been nominated by the Reserve Officer's Association as a member of their Civil Preparedness Committee which is composed of some twenty retired colonels plus others. He was pleased because they were advocating something he had initially proposed 25 years ago at Griffis AFB. At that time he was particularly interested in and proposed a National Emergency Warning System which he called "NEWS." It created no particular interest then and was dropped. StiU travel oriented, Sylvia and RoUow are soon to be off to China and avoid the harsh Salmon, Idaho, winters.

You can't win them all and Navy lost a good recruit in a third generation member of '32. Anne and Marty Bom had two children, a son, Howard Phelps Born, now a Colonel USA serving in the Pentagon and a daughter, Nanse who is a PAO type for the Corps of Engineers whUe her husband, John Grady, is Managing Editor of Navy Times.

There is a split loyalty there as one can well imagine with grandfather Marty all-Navy, son Flash (the Colonel USA) a graduate of Penn State All-Army and now along comes a grandson, John 83

Howard Bom, who graduated from Robinson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1986.

There he played lacrosse imder the guidance of his father who was not only serving in the Pentagon but doing a good turn by serving as a high school lacrosse coach. Young John Howard Bom compromised by making up his own mind and going to the Air Force Academy. He made the lacrosse team in the FaU driUs, being the only Plebe who was not cut, and hopes to make the varsity team in the Spring.

Another of our finest joined the Long Blue Line when on 8 October, after suffering a massive stroke, we lost our always alert Earl R. "Swede" Eastwold. A super member of the old Fourth BattaUon, Swede had his first duty on the old NEW YORK but in January 1935 it was off to Pensacola where he gained his "Wings" without a single downcheck. Then it was off to the Aviation Unit on CINCINNATI and later Bombing Four on RANGER and SARATOGA.

A few years later brought duty as a flight instructor at Pensacola during which tour in December 1939 he married the lovely Peggy Hayes of San Diego. Then in 1941 he became first Exec and later C O . of VJ-5, the first radio controUed aircraft squadron in the Atiantic.

In 1942 it was back again to Texas where he formed Special Task Air Group TWO before becoming Exec of LUNGA POINT (CVE) which participated in aU the major operations up until the surrender of Japan.

When the Naval Air Missile Test Center was estabUshed at Point Mugu, Swede became its first Executive Officer. Afterward it was successively onward to the Armed Forces Staff CoUege, Exec of NORTON SOUND and the Staff of CINC-

PACFLT. Thence it was C O . of the NAS Cabaniss Field in the Corpus Christi area foUowed by duty as C O . of the TRIPOLI and later the ESSEX.

After selection to rear admiral Swede had several chaUenging assignments before retiring in 1969 and accepting employment with the Aircraft Division of Hughes Tool Co. which later became the Hughes HeUcopter Division of the Summa Corporation. Managing the Hughes Uncensee operations became a busy, challenging, interesting responsibiUty with lots of travel involved but Swede decided to get off the fast track and retired again in 1975 shifting to a pzut-time consultant status.

Peg and Swede purchased a home in Palos Verdes Estates in 1968 and never again thought of moving from the garden spot of Southern CaUfornia. Peggy became involved in volunteer work and Swede, always the ardent golfer, became a member of Palos Verdes Country Club.

His passing is a true loss to the Class but more so to his fanuly. Our sincere sympathy and respect go out to Peggy and their three chUdren and grandchildren. The three children are aU off making a mark for themselves. Terry, now Mrs. Fred Abood, Uves in the Atlanta area. Sue, married to Col. Frank O'Brien USA (West Point '65) Uves in Alexandria and their son John is a computer expert with the Bank of America.

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Pres., VAdm. Bemard M. Strean USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. Leo Erck USNR (Ret.) 4515 WiUard Ave., #2109-S Chevy Chase, Md. 20815 301/654-6522 The main event of this reporting period was the Homecoming weekend at AnnapoUs. Among those taking in the scene were Champ Blouin, Hal 84

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BUI Dawson hosted his annual Open House for the above and others at his home. Off Soundings on Bywater Road in AnnapoUs. The Washington/Annapolis Group held their first luncheon of the '87-'88 season at the new Army & Navy Club in downtown Washington.

Attendance included: RosaUe and Champ Blouin, Swifty CaldweU, Jay V. Chase, Joe Cobb, BUI Dawson, Leo Erck, MoUy Gamett, Chick King, Martha and Don Lacey, Paul Masterton, Mac McKibbin, Margaret and George MiUer, Tom Moorer, John Oren, Smoke Strean, Suzan Webb (guest), BiU Sublette, and Archie Wright. Chevy Chase announced that he is leaving AnnapoUs and moving to the Bremerton, Washington, area in October.

The A&N Club President, BGen. James D. Hittie USMC (Ret.) gave the luncheon group an oral report on the history of the Club, and then took them on a tour of the new clubhouse which is now in fuU operation at the old address on Fartagut Square. In the process he gave a detaUed description of the Club's remarkable works of art, which constitute one of the finest and largest private collections of military portraits and other paintings in existence. All of the oUs were professionaUy cleaned and restored whUe the clubhouse was being rebuilt. When deUvery is completed, the Club wUl have the largest single private coUection of sculptures in the world by FeUx de Weldon, whose works include the famous Iwo Jima memorial in ArUngton. Recentiy, the Club received a statuette of Gen. John J. Pershing which de Weldon sculpted speciaUy for the Club's Pershing Room where it is now located. We are indebted to Chick Ralph Styles

King, Club Secretary, for making all the arrangements for an exceUent luncheon and interesting meeting.

Our report from the San Diego Group by Al Felling informs us that their monthly luncheon on 14 August was attended by Jeb Stuart, Jim EUiott, Clay MiUer, Mac Macpherson, Ed MiUer, Henry Rumble, Jack Coye, Rube Wagstaff, and Al PeUing. Their 11 September meeting was attended by Marty Gibbons, John Gamon, Jeb Stuart, Ace Ingels, Henry Rumble, Rube Wagstaff, Jack Coye, Hank Monroe, and Al PeUing. John Gamon told of his trip to Ireland, Wales, and Jersey, which he said was great except for the prices. Hank Rumble was back from his grandson's wedding in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

We have a request fro* a Mr. B.K. "BUI" Vickrey of 2709 Dee Street, BurUngton, N.C. 27215, for a copy of our 50^Yearbook. He is doing research in preparation for writing a book in tribute to the Men of Midway, and he says that the 50-Yearbok has been a most helpful source in tracing the careers of the Men at Midway. He adds, "The Class of '33 had 19 graduates afloat and ashore at Midway during that historic battie. It is not always possible to get responses from aU these men — for various reasons — and many of them have passed away . . . I would like y?iy much to get a copy [of the Yearbook] and wiU be glad to pay for it or make a contribution to the USNA Alumni Association in the name of your Class."

Unfortunately, we had to inform Mr. Vickrey that aU of our 50-Yearbooks are gone. In the event anyone has a spare copy, Mr. Vickrey would appreciate hearing from you. MeanwhUe, we sent Mr. Vickrey a copy of the 30-Yearbook and we StiU have one left.

A note from Madeleine (Mrs. Joe) Williams, Jr. encloses an obituary reporting the death of her 17-year old grandson, Joseph " J a e " Warford WiUiams III, son of Clark J. 2md CoUeen Roche WiUiams. Writing from Rancho Santa Fe, CaUfornia, Madeleine says that "So many of our Classmates' children were friends of Clark's and 1 can't reach them aU. [Jae] was such an outstanding young man to have to lose." According to the obituary, he died in Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Bom in PhUadelphia, he was "a student and rising senior at Spartanburg High School; member of Episcopal Church of Advent; Interact Club, National Honor Society; tapped for Who's Who in American University and CoUeges for Outstanding High School Students; youngest Eagle Scout in the state; received God and Country Award from the Boy Scouts of America and also was a member of the Order of the Artow . . . Memorials may be made to the Jae WiUiams Carcinoid Research Fund, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, P.O. Box 3877, Durham, N.C. 27710.

Carolyn (Mrs. Lou) Stocker writes to say "Thank you so much for remembering my husband and your Classmate, Lou Stocker, with a gift to The ArUngton Kiwanis Foundation. Kiwanis was a very important part of my husband's Ufe so it seemed a fitting way to honor him with contributions to their Foundation which gives so much to the community. And the Navy was such an important part of Lou's younger days. He had many fond memories. God bless you aU, who helped make his Naval career so meaningful."

Chariie BUck, who has been recovering from hip surgery for some time, did his rehabiUtation exercises so enthusiasticaUy and energetically that he had to have a hernia operation, recovery from which is not pleasant, especiaUy the first week, according to CharUe. Those of us who have had the hernia operation can sympathize fuUy. In a letter from Ralph Styles he inquires, "Who has Florida Ucense plate 'USNA-33?' It was taken Shipmate, December 1987

when 1 appUed and settied for 'Navy-33.' Am looking forward to our 55th Reunion . . . I've had three operations the past year on my left eye (including a comea transplant at Emory Univ.) but it's beginning to come around. Any Classmate coming to Florida is entitled to a golf game at Gator Creek, a limited membership men only course with no starting times needed."

Supplementing the item reported in this column in the October issue concerning the tribute paid to Chris Barker by his colleagues in the North CaroUna legislature, we are in receipt of a clipping from a Raleigh newspaper, submitted to Shipmate by Jack Taylor '46, describing the honor rendered to Chris by the House of Representatives for his service to the State. Chris had served nine terms (1969-1987) in the House before retiring in January. The House resolution states, in part, that he is "known for his integrity, honesty and understanding, is a man who can be trusted to speak and act for the betterment of our people with dignity and humor and a man who beUeves in compassion, justice, fairness and open-mindedness in deaUng iwth his feUowman . . . Barker was instrumental in the merger of the city and county school systems in Craven County and established a model system on which other school systems have based their mergers . . . In addition Barker served as chairman of the Study Commission on the Use of IUegal and Harmful Drugs in the State of North CaroUna in 1970, and as chairman of the North CaroUna Drug Authority from 1971-75."

The Geblin's Fiftieth Betty and Link Gebelin celebrated their fiftieth anniversary on 14 August at home in Morro Bay, California, with (expected) Betty's brother and his wife plus (surprise) daughter Ginny and grandson Adam'. Here's a picture of the happy group, from which our couple appear to be in as good health as they claim. Remembrances of happy days together came from the Krapfs, Shepards, ^oy Smiths and Marion Strickler to add to a family scrap book prepared by Ginny for the occasion.

Lucy, writing for Hank MUler, reported that they had gone out to Bloomington, Indiana, in August for the wedding of their youngest son, Richard. He has a Ph.D. in Communications and they are both on the faculty of the University of Indiana at Bloomington (two black I's for the Millers). The wedding was in the campus chapel and Hank proudly served as best man. He and Lucy also enjoyed "the beautiful Virginia and West Virginia countryside scenery en route."

Charlie Stephan writes that their trans-Canada Membership: 89% trip in July was 4.0. After reaching Toronto in 94° temperature ("and we had thought Florida was Pres., Capt. H. D. FuUer USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Capt. Roy C. Smith III USNR (Ret.) hot"), the rail and bus tour through the Canadian Rockies to Vancouver and Victoria was cool, 3730 Ramsgate Dr. beautiful and weU worth the trip. On the way home AnnapoUs, Md. 21403 they attended the Special Olympics at Notre Dame Homecoming 1987 was a wet weekend with a University where a grandson won gold and sUver miserable loss to Lehigh on the footbaU field but medals for his two swimming events. They found it did have its pleasant moments. The Alumni Golf that seeing almost 5,000 handicapped young and Tournament on Friday was graced by Ernie older people from 70 countries competing was a Christensen, Dune Dixon, Jigger Lowe (who we most emotional experience. Their next trip was set never saw again). Fid Murray, Paul Savidge and for the dedication of the Navy Memorial in Roy Smith (who had his best round of the year Washington in October and we hope to see CharUe on Wednesday and the worst on Friday). Let's just and Eleanor this Saturday at the preceding Air say that there were no prizes won by '34. At the Force game here.

World's Largest Cocktail Party and dinner Jane and Grayson MerrUI have finally moved (deUcious filet mignons) in the old Mess HaU, our attendance included the Coens, Dixons, Fink and are now settled in at 316 Martin's Cove Road, Fischer with Mary Ross, Flecks, GraUas, Butch AnnapoUs, Md. 2I40I, with sons John-7 and Harbold with daughter, HarUees, Klunks, Mur- David-4, having arrived here on 7 August. They ray, Savidges, Roy Smiths, and Townsends. On made Homecoming in good shape and we expect Saturday the happy pre-game tailgaters were the to see them as regular members of the community.

BUI Buse is recovering slowly but surely from Coens, Condons, Dixons, Fischer/Ross, Flecks, Harbold/daughter, HarUees, Murray, Savidges, his extensive surgery in September and, when this was written in early October, was hoping to make Smith, Townsends and Westholm with son. the Pittsburgh game on the 24th. We all send best For the benefit of Classmates in remote areas, wishes for a full and complete recovery â&#x20AC;&#x201D; soon. the football team is suffering from a lack of Another story on Marriner Bertholf from one experience and speed afoot. It is playing an entirely new (wishbone) system; there is not one starter left of his j.o.s in FRANK KNOX: Marriner was a great from last year's defensive unit and only three on skipper and shiphandler but had one bad habit. offense; the First Classman quarterback had not When coming back from an evening ashore he'd played a game since high school and his backup have a last cigarette, and usuaUy set his bunk afire. is a Plebe; and the squad contains over 50 The Exec decided to post a fire watch outside the Youngsters and Plebes. They should improve with cabin door on such occasions and my informant. experience and promise weU for the future, but this The First Luff, asked whether he should set up will be a building year that will require a lot of a watch Ust. "HeU, no," said the Exec, "volunteers patience from the team's supporters. Don't give will stand in line for the chance to heave a bucket of water on the skipper." up the ship!

A cheerful phone call from BUI Martin revealed A note from Eleanor and the Wendell BaUey that he is greatly improved and felt so much betfanuly expressed "heartfelt thanks to the Class of ter that he had just accepted an invitation to a sur1934 for the memorial gift to the Academy in prise birthday party for former SecNav Hidalgo honor of Wendell. I know nothing would please where BiU was to be one of the speakers. That is him more."

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indeed improvement and we're aU happy to hear it.

In September an Alumni Association maiUng to Jim Rector came back with an unsigned notation, "My father passed away 11/16/86." Nothing else.

His last address was in Montclair, California, but there was no telephone Usting under the Rector name there. A letter to the Montclair address asked someone to please send a copy of his obituary or any other data for my records. Back came that letter with the note, "Hope this helps" and the obituary clipping. It said that Jim and Dorothy had moved to Pomona in 1967 (where there was also no telephone listing) but only mentioned Montclair as the residence of a daughter, Pat Tripp, to whom we are grateful for the information. An obituary is in this Shipmate and a contribution has been made to the Alumni Association in his memory.

The Air Force game on 10 October produced a bit of news beyond the fact that Navy played by far its best game of the year, holding a 13-10 lead halfway through the fourth quarter. It seemed that the inexperienced, especiaUy the Plebe quarterback who played the whole game, have come of age. In the worst traffic jam on Route 50 in years, a good many Washington Classmates suffered through two or more hours en route to make the game. Attendees included the MuUans (who spent the first half in traffic), Bertholfs, Condons, Fullers (with niece Nancy and husband), Dixons, Roy Smiths, Coen (who had to leave at half time for a straight-through drive home to Ohio), Westhohn (with son), GraUa, Harbold, Ring, P.C. Cook, Eleanor BaUey and LoUie McCormack (with granddaughter). The Fullers were just back from a month in Britain, Doug based in London with daughter Marcia and family while Ruth did some touring in Scotland. LoUie was just back from a visit to her young in Paris, bringing granddaughter along for a look-see at California through Christmas after a week in Washington. Paul Cook was up from Austin, Texas, for a reunion with his old roommate Pat Ring. It was good to renew old acquaintances.

Ruth Fuller informed me that Nancy Crutcher, daughter of Mary and Bill Crutcher, was to be the featured bagpipe soloist on 17 October's performance of a new Scottish symphony, "Orkney Wedding," by the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center in Washington. She won fifth place last year in the world-wide Braemar competition for pipes. Ann and I sadly couldn't make it but other Classmates (not aU of the Scottish persuasion) did with much pleasure.

Bob WUIiams has just sent me a New York Times book review citing "John C Green, a historian of science," wondering if that could refer to our John Cawley Green who headed the postwar Office of Technical Services in the Commerce Department. John says that isn't him, for he has never written anything about the history of science, but thanks Bob for the compliment.

Another story on Marriner Bertholf comes from one of his j.o.s in FRANK KNOX after the war: Mar-

riner was a great skipper and shiphandler but had one bad habit. When coming back from an evening ashore he'd have a last cigarette before turning in, and usually set his bunk afire. The Exec decided to post a firewatch outside the cabin door and my informant, the First Luff, asked whether he should set up a watch list. "Hell no," said the XO, "Volunteers wiU stand in line for the chance to heave a bucket of water on the skipper."

OrvUle Driver tells the story of Denny Ambrose standing a mate-of-the-deck watch in Bancroft Hall during Second Class Summer. Nothing was happening so Denny was sitting on a cruise box reading a book when a quiet D.O. in rubber heels

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suddenly appeared before him. Denny dumped the book behind the box, jumped up and saluted, only to hear the D.O. Say, "I'm sure the Commandant wiU be interested in what his Midshipmen are reading," with which he reached down to recover the book and read its titie. The Impatient Virgin.

Half laughing, half serious, he said, "HeU's beUs, Mr. Ambrose. When you've had three teen-age daughters as 1 have, you won't want to read about impatient virgins."

Remember the old Spanish dicho, "Ni elperro mueve la cola sin interes." (Not even a dog wags his taU without interest).

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Pres., Capt. Jefferson D. Parker USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. L. M. DetweUer (SC) USN (Ret.) 6650 Van Winkle Dr., FaUs Church, Va. 22044 Con-. Sec'y, Capt. W. H. Packard USN (Ret.) 5600 Yorktown Blvd., ArUngton, Va. 22207 703/536-7120 Homecoming '87 festivities for '35 started at noon on 18 September at the spacious home of Patsy and George Hutchinson where they held their "Third Annual Homecoming Class Picnic Lunch." This preUminary get-together was enjoyed by 34 guests plus one dog. The other '35 event was the pre-game taUgating at our usual assembly area staked out by Hutch around dawn on the 19th. Those attending one or both events were: Harriet and Conrad Abhau, Phyllis and Rod Badger, Kyle and Jim Baird, Pat and Johnny Becker, Clagg Claggett with daughter Amne and her husband Hugh Vickery III and chUd, Audrey Cushman, Ruth and Slade Cutter from San Antonio, Morrow Decker from Vermont with daughters Samantha and Suzanne and escorting Judy Brockman of West AustraUa whom he had met "down under" in 1943, Ida Mary and Lou DetweUer, Gwen and Jesse Gay, Punkin Heath, SeUen and Ed Keats, Ethel and Fletch Lamkin, Jack Mann from York, Penn., Jane and Red McDonald, Whitey McGUl from Whidbey Island, Margaret and Wy Packard, Penny and Bud Paret from Naples, Florida, Louisa and Jeff Parker, MilUe and Tony Parry from Harrisburg, Jackie and EU Reich, Betty Schacht, Stevie Stever, and Art Tarantino. Emory Stanley from Seattle was in Washington, D . C , on business and got to Annapolis for the Homecoming reception and dinner on Friday night but was unable to adjust his schedule to attend the '35 events. Morrow Decker's son, Joel '61 and daughter-in-law, Carole, joined the '35 tailgating group bringing a birthday cake in anticipation of Morrow's 74th on 20 September.

Ed McLean's niece, Mary McLean, who Uves in Washington, D . C , was found seated in the '35 area of the Stadium. She gathered information and took pictures to send to Ed in lUinois. (Ed sadly comments he seldom sees or hears of '35 out there, particularly since Jim Baird and Don Van Ness left that area.)

Conrad Abhau is stiU putting in a couple of days a week in his part-time work at the Institute for Defense Analyses. Johnny Becker reports that he and Pat are going to give Florida a try, this coming Winter. Ed Keats is again taking three courses at University of Maryland, studying various subjects about which he had always wanted to know more but had not had the time.

For those who attended the WiUiam and Mary game on 12 September and observed the presentation of a plaque to the Naval Academy before the start of the game, here's the rest of the story as passed along by Chariie Lyndon's widow, Win86

nie. The plaque was dedicated to the memory of the 30 members of the crew of ST PAUL ( C A - 7 3 )

lost as the result of a serious powder fire in her forward 8" turret on 21 AprU 1952, during gtmfire support operations off the East Coast of Korea. CharUe was X.O. of ST PAUL at that time and took over direction of the repair party. He was "directiy responsible for prevention of further material damage to the ship", according to the citation he received with a Gold Star in Ueu of a second Bronze Star Medal. Wmnie was invited to attend the USS ST PAIH. Ass'n lunch at the Officers and Faculty Club and to participate in the dedication ceremony at Mahan HaU before the game. Winnie was accompanied by sons Arthur and Christopher. IncidentaUy, Chris is working towards his Ph.D. in nuclear physics at WUUam and Mary and, of course, was pleased with the results of the game.

Mary Lou and Frank Wheeler held their annual Class picnic at their Los Altos HiUs, CaUfornia home on 23 September. Those present included: Norma Barrows, Elsie Boyle, Paula Clegg, Eleanor and Dixie FarreU, Pat Finnigan escorting Leah White, Ross Freeman, BUI Germershausen, Hersh Goldberg, SaUy and Bud Gruner, Fran Henry, Dorothy and Frank Hess, Minna and Ozzie Osbom, Ruby Risser, Pat and BiU Samuels, Nancy and BUI SuUivan and BiUie Ward escorted by WiUiam WUson. The weather was summery, the atmosphere convivial, aU ate at tables on the back terrace but no one went swimming in the pool. The Metcalfs were out of town. Jean and Wally Nelson in Sacramento, had expected to attend but canceUed at the last minute because of colds.

The Los Angeles '35 group lunched at the Sun Palace in HoUywood on 14 September with Cy Austin, Soupy CampbeU, George Conkey, Brace HemphUl, Bob Prickett, John Thomas and Bob Vasey present. The group voted to change the day of theu" monthly meeting to the second Wednesday. This wiU make it possible for Ken Veth, who now drives in to his office in HoUywood each Wednesday, to attend.

Cathy and Marc Peppard gave a very nice cocktaU luncheon at their Leucadia, CaUfornia home on 5 September. Class representatives included: Mary and Warren Armstong, Peg and Lou Bauer, Katie and Ralph Baum, EUie Domin, Marjorie and Jack Flachsenhar, BUI Guest with Beryl Folta, Ginny Hack, Mary Jo and CharUe Harris, Jane and Doyen Klein, Jerry and Jack McCormick, Teeny and Lew Schock, Marie and Don Van Ness, Lib and Bub Ward, Ruth and Mac WordeU, and Mary Lou and Don Wulzen.

Dorothy and Bill Hazzard reported returning home to San Diego on Labor Day from a four month, 13,000 mUe trip in their VW camper, to visit relatives and friends throughout the U.S. supplemented by a 15-day tour out of New York to South Africa and back plus visits to son David in WilUamsburg, and Alan in British Columbia. They found South Africa to be a beautiful country "rich in human and natural resources and relatively orderly", but it appeared to them that "only time and evolutionary progress were likely to achieve democracy without precipitating catastrophic results for all hands."

The Hazzards, during their U.S. travels caUed on the following C/Ms: Alice and Page Knight in Kinsale, Virginia; Amos Hathaway visiting Charleston, South Carolina was about to head back to CharlottesviUe, to join Gay; Tom Baskett caught by phone, also in Charleston, as he and Lois were packing preparatory to leaving the next morning for a Summer in Vermont; in AnnapoUs: Margaret and Gene Fluckey, Dermott Hickey's widow, Eleanor, and son BUI; SeUen and Ed Keats

in Baltimore took them to lunch at the faculty club of Johns Hopkins Uruversity near their home; Kirby and Dave McClintock in Marquette, Michigan, where Dave was about to have the satisfaction of seeing the start of on-line operation of the Navy's ELF transmitter on which he had expended so much time and effort, as mentioned in the January '86 column; Fran, widow of Tom Henry, in San Francisco where she took them to lunch at the Presidio Officers Club; Dottie and Frank Hess in Oakland in their hillside home overlooking San Francisco Bay; Mary Lou and Frank Wheeler in Los Altos Hills where Frank alerted them to the presence of Spike Ewald in the Veterans Hospital at Palo Alto, and they visited him (see Last CaU item on Spike); At Balboa, CaUfornia Norgy and Myers Keithly are collaborating effectively in Myers' therapy foUowing his stioke of some months ago.

A card, dated 21 September from Horace Laird in Germany, indicates he and LUo are stiU traveling. They were sp>ending a month in Bad Kohlburg and had recentiy tripped to Garmisch and Oberammergau. LUo's studies at University of Mainz continue. Poppy and Oagg Claggett enjoyed an evening of visiting old pubs with Horace and LUo in Cologne, Germany on 15 August during the Claggetts' tour of British Isles and Europe.

PhyUis and Rod Badger had a house warming buffet party on 4 October in FaUs Church, which was attended and enjoyed by many of the '35ers in the WB&A area. Their son Dick '67 and his wife, Chris, helped induce aU to feel younger.

Norm Meyer from New Mexico was welcomed at the Class CouncU luncheon meeting on 7 October.

He and Barbara had journeyed East to attend the Naval History Symposium at the Naval Academy, the SAUCY ( P G - 6 5 )

reunion and the Navy

Memorial dedication, the latter with Virginia and Slim Barham from Louisiana.

As indicated earUer, Chris (Spike) Ewald was reUeved of his suffering on 2 October 1987. Since his services and interment wiU take place after this column is submitted, a foUow-up wiU be in next month's column. At Spike's request, the Class has made a donation to the Alumni Association in his memory.

Changes of address: Jeanne Christie from Sacramento to 7664 Old Hickory Drive, Pensacola, Fla. 32507; Don Qay from Boston to P.O. Box 526, EUettsvUle, Indiana 47429; Patty Murdock to 1705 Leestown Rd. #218, Lexington, Ky 40505; Mrs. C.H. Hutchins (Marjorie Fee) from Naples, Fla. to P.O. Box 1211, LinvUle, N.C. 28646.

And this completes another calendar year and another year of USNA '35 history. All '35ers are part of that history. So, at least once a year, please send in your activities report that it may be recorded in Shipmate and be readUy retrievable for that history. Have a Happy HoUday season and an Easy '88.

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Membership: 82%

Pres., Capt. Frank G. Law USN (Ret.) Sec'y., Capt. O.M. Butler USN (Ret.) 625 Timber Branch Pkwy., Alexandria, Va. 22302 Corr. Sec'y., Capt. Wm. A. EUis USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale, Va. 22003 Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all. It's hard to believe '87 is on the way out and that '88 is upon us. It seems Uke only yesterday that we celebrated the Golden Anniversary of the Class, and here before we know it, '91 wiU be upion us with our 55th just around the comer. Guess we are just growing older and tempus is fidgiting more Shipmate, December 1987

quickly. Sorry, but we can't report upon the local October luncheon at Vinson Hall on 14 October.

That's deadline day for the December Shipmate, and so a report will have to wait until the January/February '88 issue. Meanwhile, on with some news.

There was a good turnout for the Homecoming Weekend 18-20 September. Present for the Friday night KT party and dinner in the Midshipmen's Wardroom at two tables were Pat & Dick Bradley; Catherine & Joe Coppola; Jake Fyfe; Bula & Ed King; Rosa & Frank Law; Audrey & Randy Meade; Golda & Dick Myers; Nancy & Tom Reed; and Barbara Schlech. Am told the KT party was at an unusually higher Db, the meal was excellent, but that the raising of tables and the usual shenanigans were absent. What a shame!

That used to be half the fun on Friday night â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reliving our old Mess HaU days.

We won't say anything about the Lehigh game except that it was a very disappointing loss. Our team played well, but the turnovers and loss of experienced players was its downfall. Last weekend's Air Force game proved our team was much improved. It was really a touch and go, Finnegan to Flannigan game untU the last quarter when a stionger Air Force teamfinaUywore down our heavily injured team. Anyway it does give us much more hope for the Army game which by the time you read this we hope will have been another BEAT ARMY year. But back to Homecoming; the post-game party was weU-attended with too many present to list them here. The party was enjoyed by aU. It was hosted by Audrey and Randy Meade at their lovely home overlooking the Bay. To both of them we are most grateful for bringing an otherwise sad day to a successful conclusion vdth plenty to drink and a most delicious buffet dinner. To them we say, "Thanks, and WeU Done!"

In last month's column we mentioned having recieved a letter from Bill Vickrey who is working on a book about the Battle of Midway. He appreciated receiving our Golden Lucky Bag and the information he had received so far through personal contact with Jim Gray, GU Slonim, George Whiting, and in particular Clint McKellar who commanded the PT Boats at Midway and provided much information regarding the role these small boats played at Midway. Bill also enclosed a list of 25 people out of '36 who participated in or were present on Midway at the time of the battle. Ten of those Usted unfortunately are now deceased and we have so notified Bill; seven have made contact with BiU personally and have provided helpful and valuable research information. Again, we remind all of you to write Bill if you can help in any way with his work on his book.

In our last writing we sadly reported the death of Rosy Ryan but were unable to provide any details regarding his funeral. On Tuesday, 22 September, at 1500 Classmates and friends assembled at the Administration Building at Arlington National Cemetery where we were able to meet with members of the family before proceeding on up the hill to the military funeral assembly area.

At that point the urn carrying Rosy's remains was transferred to the horse-driven caisson prior to following the band and honor guard down to the gravesite. Here a brief memorial service was held prior to the rendering of full military honors at which Gordy Fowler gave the foUowing eulogy we share with you: Paul Brennan Ryan, distinguished author and naval officer, will forever be remembered by the Class of 1936 as 'Rosy.' As a Midshipman he had uncommonly rosy cheeks, and he never lost the rosy disposition that went with them.

It was my great good fortune to be Rosy's roommate for our last two years at the Academy.

Shipmate, December 1987

That was probably the best thing that happened to me in our four years by the Severn. Rosy was a delight to live with. Irish as Patty's Pig, he had no trace of the notorious Irish temper, but he had in abundance the characteristic Irish love of people and Irish wit. These quaUties helped to make him not only a lovable and memorable friend, but a first-rate 'Salty Sam,' the officially anonymous author of the weekly humor column in the Academy Log. Beyond that, he was our cheeringest cheer leader on the football field.

Behind this endearing exterior lurked sterner stuff. After a noteworthy career as a naval officer. Rosy didn't retire to the easy life. Instead, he became a literary giant with a fine sense of history and an enchanting turn of phrase. These talents, of course, had been always with him hiding behind a uniform.

The world will long remember Paul B. Ryan for his notable contributions to the history of our country, the works published during his years at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

That was his intellectual achievement. The love of friends is an achievement of the heart. From his 'Salty Sam' column in the Log to his inscription on the plaque of the memorial organ in St. Andrews Chapel, to his recent inspired history of the Class of 1936 in our Fiftieth Anniversary Lucky Bag, Rosy's devotion to his fellow classmates shone through. That devotion we of '36 return in full measure in remembering Rosy Ryan.

Truer words were never spoken in an eulogy than those shared with you above.

We are sorry to report that John Boland suffered a stroke back in March which temporarily affected his speech. We are happy to say he is now doing well but says he has had to slow down. His phone call inquiring about Rosy Ryan explained why we hadn't heard from him lately, and we're happy to say that his cheerful voice truly indicated he had had a successful recovery from his stroke.

We wish him continued good health.

A note from John Court (22 Aug.) closed by saying Mimi and he, along with Gordie and Jack Carmichael, were about to take off on a threeweek excursion in Scotland on 10 September. All four regretted having to miss the Homecoming weekend celebration.

Jim Gray's note of 27 June included several photos taken during the 50th Reunion. One is of a model of an old sea Galleon that is encased in the Academy Museum which one of the wives present asked Jim to take. Unfortunately, he can't remember who it was. If the wife who asked Jim to take the picture will contact your CS, we'll be most happy to send the photos to you. Our address is at the head of the column.

Connie Manley wrote (19 Aug.) that he was #7 in the front row of the 50th Reunion picture, the one in the tan jacket and cap. He also said: "...am back recently from a month-long Elderhostel course in Athens, the Aegean Sea, and Istanbul.

Earlier this year I led a group of young business and professional men on a 40-day tour of southeastern Mexico sponsored by Rotary International. In October I will spend two weeks at a couple of smaU colleges in the Pittsburgh area, and in February '88 I have signed on for a whale study, Earthwatch project off Maui and other Hawaiian islands. Last year (Feb. 86) I was a volunteer on a similar blue whale expedition in the Gulf of California. In between travels, I freelance articles on business and economic subjects for local publications and agencies." Good luck, Connie.

Sounds like you live a full and lively life. More power to you!

Med Fowler McPherson's note of 3 September corrected her phone number in the '36 Roster. It should read (619) 435-1730. She also reported that she and "Mac" would be off on PEARL OF SCAN-

DINAVIA for a tour of mainland China with side

trips to the interior in late September.

Oley Oelheim wrote (28 Sept.) that Val and he were off to settle down, with the hospitable help of Mary JuUa and Moose Brown, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Their new address until well-estabhshed will be P.O. Box 7715, Portsmouth, Va. 23707.

Welcome back to the East Coast and the land of the tidewaters.

Dick Rothwell's card of 17 August said Phyllis and he were not at the 50th Reunion and that therefore they were not numbers 135 and 136 in the picture as reported. We have since confirmed that those numbers actually are Emily and Dave Seaman. Thanks Dick for bringing this to our attention â&#x20AC;&#x201D; aU of which proves you were here with us in spirit during the 50th.

Jimmy Rutter wrote (21 Aug.) that Ruth and he were just back after nine days in Rochester, Washington where they had been to welcome the arrival of their fourth grandson, Richard James Ford.

Moff Traynor wrote (12 Spet.) that he had lost his '36 50th Reunion pen while Dot and he were on their China trip in '86. He is desireous of replacing it. He also said that this past Summer they had made a five-week trip to Eastern Europe and the USSR where they visited over a dozen interesting cities.

Alec Tyeree's quick note from the airport (10 Sept.) was most interesting. He said that while in Maine in August he found it necessary to seek some medical advice and so he visited the only doctor in the Rangeley/Oguossoc area, a Dr. Anne Hunter. Said Alec: "...We soon discovered that she was the daughter of Mary Louise and Gould Hunter and that she had been practicing in the area for two to three years. 1 hope to renew acquaintance with her next Summer when we return to Maine." It's a small world isn't it. Alec? Goria had returned to Spain earlier in order to attend a wedding. Both were sorry to have to miss the '36 get-together in Northern New England planned for 10 September at Ann and Dick Pratt's Summer home at which it was hoped all New England 36ers would be present.

Speaking of Dick, a note from him on 7 October included two obituaries he'd just received from Ted Lyster III, Tekla and Ted Lyster's son who was born in Shanghai in 1939 and is Dick's God son. Said Dick: "...Ted's dad and I were shipmates in CHESTER, then in the AUGUSTA and the Asiatic

Station. I last talked to Ted in Panama where we both were deploying to the South Pacific in August 1942. Ted was in JUNEAU and lost three months later off Guadalcanal. We had lost track of Tekla, but the enclosures will fiU in the gaps. I'd like to send young Ted a copy of the Golden Lucky Bag since there is a picture in it of Betty and Van Perkins' wedding in Manila at which Tekla was a bridesmaid." Thanks for the news Dick, even though sad. We too had no knowledge of Tekla's whereabouts.

For the information of Classmates and friends the following is excerpted from the Oregonian and the Bend Bulletin of 4 September: Memorial services were held for Tekla Henningsen Ratcliff at the Niswonger-Reynolds Chapel in Bend, Oregon, on 5 September, following her death on 2 September after a prolonged illness.

Mrs. Ratcliff was born in Butte, Ont., and was raised in Porland, Ore., where her family operated a Cold Storage Plant. In December 1938 she married Lt. Theodore C Lyster, USN, and went to Shanghai, China, where first son Theodore III was born. They then moved to Manila, Philippine Islands, until Tekla and son were evacuated when the war broke out. Lt. Lyster was lost in USS JUNEAU at Guadalcanal. After moving back to Portland, Mrs. Lyster married George E. Gilmore 87

in 1946 and bore a second son, George 111. They Uved on the Three Rivers Ranch in Canby until the death of her second husband in 1959. After moving back to Portland, she remarried in 1969, becoming Mrs. Glen RatcUff and moving to Bend, Oregon. Besides her husband Mrs. Ratcliff is survived by her two sons, Ted Lyster 111 of Bend and George Gilmore III of FossU, Oregon; two stepdaughters. Laurel Talabere of Columbus, Ohio, and Carol Koble of Roseburg, Ore.; a brother, WeUter F . Henningsen, Jr. of Portiand, Ore.; and twelve grandchUdren. Our deepest sympathy is expressed to young Ted Lyster and the other members of the Gilmore and Ratcliff famiUes. Personal messages of condolence may be sent to Theodore C Lyster III, P . O . Box 28, Bend, Ore. 97709.

Justin Miller, Mariedora and Blake Moore, Iris and Rivers MorreU, Marie and Dick Nicholson, Bernie and John Nielsen, Mat and Tom Nixon, June and Bob Northwood, Jack Obermeyer, Peg and Jamie OdeU, Kathy O'Hare, Kay and Ed Pace, Patsy O'Hare Palmer, Pat Patriarca, Margie and Walt Phaler, Susan Norman, NataUe and John Pond, Cynthia and Squire Pridmore, Nancy and CharUe Putman, Bonnie and Sy Ramey, Ginny and Gene Rankin, Ruth and Walt Reid, Jean and John Reese, Betty and Joe Rengel, Marian and Ade Rich, Betty and Keith Robertson, Dorothy and Jesse Robinson, Rollo Ross, and Connie and George Rouzee" 1 now have a complete Ust of 50th Reunion attendees on a single sheet for Class FUes and will be glad to forward a copy on request.

Jesse's letter also included the foUowing:

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I think the Reunion was a roaring success. It will provide many warm memories of old friendships renewed. It brought to mind many events of great personal value and clearly reminded one of the very strong ties that bind. Comradery and friendship was renewed.

Dorothy and I are now setUed in our new home (1%I Carhon Place, Lancaster, Penna. 17601) in what we trust will be our final move. We built here in 1986 to be near at least one of our five sons. Jesse Charles (Jack) is a lawyer here and has the prospects of stable location. He also has three young sons of whom we are very proud!

We do manage to attend about half the Navy football games in AnnapoUs. Besides the beautiful Pennsylvania Dutch country, this location is most convenient."

Many thanks for the letter, Jesse, and sending us your new Lancaster address.

From Bob Wescott has come word that he has stepped down as President of the USNAAA Boston Chapter, taking on the task of Assistant Secretary. He and PrisciUa have been to several Navy events in the area including a visit by carrier JOHN F . KENNEDY to the port. Bob writes: The reception for the city on board was a gala affair, the only hitch was waiting a half hour for his honor, the Mayor, to arrive for the special Marine drill-team presentation. EarUer we saw the Hanoi Hilton film at the Kermedy L ibrary, certainly an accurate depiction of Vietnam evil and Hayden-Fonda coUaboration. We also attended a fine Boston reception for the foreign officers at the Naval War College, held in the old Commandant's quarters at the Navy Yard. On the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution, ceremonies, planned for OLD IRONSIDES with Secretary Weinberger speaking, had to be moved inside the old Yard Supply Building because of rain. I'm taking our boat ALCYONE, out of the water 7 Oct. and we've said adieu to son Tom, wife, and grandson who are now back in Zambia. This year, unfortunately, Priscilla's 50th high school reunion took precedence over Homecoming.

Sounds Uke a busy summer. Bob, and appreciate all the news.

An additional photo from Joe Dodson of 50th Reunion activities accompanies portions of his last letter not included in my September column:

Membership: 8 3 %

Pres., Capt. A . H . Soucek USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., RAdm. D . G. Baer USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. John R. Wadleigh USN (Ret.) 313 Swan's Wharf Row Brick Market Place Newport, R.I. 02840 As this column is begun Ray smd I have just completed a most enjoyable lengthy, and educational Atiantic crossing aboard ROYAL VIKING SEA; Southampton in the U.K. to New York, via Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotiand, Norway, the Faroes, Iceland, where we saw Ralph Cousins' old fishing haunts, Newfoundland with memories of Argentia, the tiny French island of Ste. Pierre, center of rum-running activities in the I920's, and Nova Scotia. On board this Bahamas-registered, Norwegian-operated Uner we were with a group of 30 American Geographical Society members, releaming the history and geography of the area as we cruised along Lief Ericcson's tracks of a thousand years ago. Guided by the Chairman of Dartmouth's Geography Department, we visited many Viking sites, enjoyed his shipboard lectures, shopped occasionally ashore to find few bargains with a wavering doUar, and vaUantly worked to keep waistUnes constant. In the roster of 700 passengers, BiU Ringness '39, my 6th Co. coUeague in '36-'37, was the only Alumnus. It was fun to share memories of cruising aboard OKLAHOMA and WYOMING 50 years earUer with Bill and his wife, Mardi, who had made the trip with a group of Califomians.

In September this column made reference to Professor Thomson of the " J u i c e " Department in 1937 as "Slapstick WilUe." My typewriter and the typesetter went out of phase on this one — we aU Ustened and learned from "Slipstick WiUie" in the 1930's! Also in that same column in coverage of the Class Meeting on 4 June, I omitted the election of Bob Farrington as Vice President of the Washington-AnnapoUs Group and a member of the Executive Committee. Sincere apologies. Bob, and thanks for your many notes and ideas these past five years. I will send an addenda to the Minutes to those concerned and congratulations to our elected class " V e e p . " In transcription from my typed draft to print in the summer Shipmate a full section, letters M thru R of 50th Reunion attendees, were omitted.

Here they are, corrected with BUI Mack's later roster as shown in the September column, and with thanks to Jesse Robinson for calling my attention to the omission: " R u t h and BiU Mack, Doris and States Mead, Evelyn and Don Mehlop, Frjm and CharUe Meigs, Margrit and CUff Messenheimer, Eleonora and Jack Mingay, Mary and CharUe Minter, June and 88

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A major Dodson event in 1986 was the birth of our fourth grandchild (2nd grandson) on 30 September. We now have granddaughters EmUy (91/2) and Diana (S'/i) daughters of older son Joseph III and Judy, and grandsons, Joseph IV and Phihp, children of younger son Philip and his wife Nancy. We had the pleasure of having the entire family with us for 10 days this July.

It was a Uvely time, but we enjoyed it — not often can both sons and famiUes be with us at the same time.

Now we are planning for the Winter of '88, with 3 weeks in CaUfornia to see Joseph and family at Christmastime, then a couple of months in Mexico. After six years visiting Spain we decided to try another area.

Photos and news are most welcome, Nancy and Joe. Enjoy Mexico's warm Winter!

Bernie and Johnnie Nielsen unwiUingly left the 50th Reunion early, and flew back to Santa Barbara where John had major retina surgery. At last report after a Sunmier with opthamologists working, John reports his right eye is in good shape, with more work due on the other. He has also written that he and Bernie are looking forward to a Virgin Island's cruise in late February aboard NEWPORT CLIPPER, a smaU, modem ship which inhabits New England waters each Summer. The Nielsens wiU be with a Santa Barbara group, "Our G a n g , " who cruise together for short periods.

Hope the eye problems clear up, and sorry we cannot be with you to visit those interesting Caribbean ports, Bernie and John. Send photos and a trip report in the Spring, please.

Tiny H u e l s e n b e c k r e p o r t e d successful neurosurgery with good recovery and, as of early September, fishing at the Jersey shore. He is looking forward to seeing his third grandson, b o m to his youngest daughter Rosanna PhilUps on August 10 in Pensacola, Florida. "Keep R e w i n , " Tiny, and congratulations to parents and grandfather.

Our Fifty Year Fix was awaiting us on our return to Newport. With congratulations to our hardworking editor Jim Crase and aU those who gathered up material and helped him, this seems a good point to send in his first-cruise memory, 49 years ago board Ught cruiser TRENTON (Sept.

1938) — He recaUs: USS TRENTON (CL-11) alongside USS MEDUSA

(AR-1) at San Pedro. During the mid-watch, the Navigator awoke me to decipher a "very important message." With a tingling scalp I watched the words come through the device, "Get underway soonest. . . proceed to Lat X, Long Y, there open letter C O . wiU receive prior departure Long Beach. Follow orders therein." "To Balboa," said the letter. "Com 15 wiU provide instructions." "Transit the Canal" were our orders on arrival, "then head for Guantanamo Bay." As we neared Gitmo we were ordered to conduct gunnery exercises, then ordered to return to Cristobal, Canal Zone, via Swan lsland.(Here we took aboard a U.S. weather observer whose duty there was completed). Next came instructions to return to our homeport of San Diego after exercises with Coco Solo submarines in the Gulf of Panama. I never learned why the messge which I decoded was very important, but perhaps a reader can.

Please send your C / S an info copy of any answer to Jim's query, readers. A recent note from Anne and Jim tells of more travels: We attended the reunion of the Naval Airship Assn. in New Orleans, 3-5 Sept. and returning home, via Chicago, we decided to find Butch O'Hare's Memorial. The photo shows we were successful. The plaque was recently relocated to Terminal 4 and is just outside a door leading to U.S. Customs in a section marked Domestic Arrivals.

Thanks for this data, Jim, which I'U add to the Class Files.

Homecoming this year was generally on a low Shipmate, December 1987

inoperable cancer. He died on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola on 22 October, an hour before Ruth. Ace Barton and Frenchy Lirette represented the Class at the graveside service.

The Class extends deepest sympathy to Don and his family and to Mary Jane and her family on this loss to all of us.

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Membership: 77%

Pres., Col. John A. Saxten Jr. USMC (Ret.) Chmn. Wash, area, Capt. J.M. McDowell USN (Ret.) 504 Canterbury Lane, Alexandria, Va. 22314 Corres. Sec'y, Capt. Snowden Arthur USN (Ret.) 4600 Ashby St., Washington, D . C . 20007

Cruses at O'Hare Memorial key for '37 attendees, which Bob Farrington has noted as "quite a let down after the 50th Reunion." Farringtons, Minters, Pridmores, and John Garvin showed at the Alumni Reception in Dahlgren Hall. The '37 golfers. Bob, Charlie Minter, BiU Mack, and Tom Adams lost Charlie, who had to attend a New York Directors' meeting at the last moment. Jigger Lowe '34 substituted for CharUe, but no money was won. The Lehigh game had a fair showing of '37 rooters, but discouraged some as the afternoon wore on. The bright spot of the week-end was the dinner at the HoUday Inn arranged by Don Baer where twenty couples were present and in Bob's words, "reestabUshed some good Reunion camaraderie."

Thanks for the news. Bob. We were rooting in vain for Navy from Comer Brook, Newfoundland that day.

Showing 1937 locations we note the following Dec. birthdays — Ed Pace (LEXINGTON), Frank Patriarca (DETROIT), Ace Barton (CHICAGO), Ray

Parker (RICHMOND), Waffles IngUng (TENNESSEE), Walt Barry (PORTLAND), Hank Burfiend (CALIFORNIA), Dale Lyke ( W E S T VIRGINIA), Zeke Soucek CPENNSYLVANIA), Ard Grantham (QUINCY), Gene

Rankin (COLORADO), Fred Wexel (CINCINNATI), Jun Grey (CINCINNATI), Bob Tate (SARATOGA),

Jack Whistler ( W E S T VIRGINLA), Ed Scofield (BROOKLYN), Dutch Doerflinger (CONCORD), Guy

Narter (MarBks, Philadelphia) and Jim Games in the civiUan world. Tracing back to last month, apologies are in order for forgetting some of our November celebrants — Felix DeGolian (RICHMOND), Dave Bell (COLORADO), Mike Shea (OKLAHOMA), Spike Ewoldt (CINCINNATI), Johnny Garvin (M.I.T.), Ed Finney (MILWAUKEE), Speed Currie (MISSISSIPPI), Tex Lander (CHESTER), Blake Moore (LEXINGTON), and Warren Ford ( N E W MEXICO). Many Happy Returns to all as we end this column with a "Beat Army" on 5 December, and Christmas Greetings to all the 1937 family.

KEEP R E W I N WITH '37 into the New Year!

Just before going to press the sad news was received that Ruth White and Frank Patriarca had passed away within a day or two of each other.

Ruth died suddenly and unexpectedly at home in Pensacola early on the morning of 20 October.

Don was with her at the time. She was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, on 22 October following a funeral mass conducted by two priests who were particularly close to her. Ruth was a wonderfully warm, loyal, and gracious person with countless friends, civilian and military.

Frank was not feeling well at the time of the Reunion and subsequently discovered to have

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Mail from some correspondents has been arriving over a month late. Will John Burrill, Frank Zimanski, and others please use my new Ashby Street address in Washington, D . C ?

Jack Mansfield's daughter Judy MiUer recently wrote a story for Sports Illustrated about her trip to New Brunswick, Canada, to fish for Atlantic salmon. She caught several grilse (young but mature sea-fed salmon returning to spawn for the first time.) When not on a fishing trip Judy works as a CBS News Correspondent in Manhattan.

The snapshot of Coward, Muse, Rindskopf, Reinhart, Kitch and their wives was taken last May at Pine Needles Lodge in Pinehurst. The occasion was their annual get-together for golf, sightseeing and good cheer.

The second snapshot, taken in July of this year, shows seven stalwart Classmates at a get-together in California. The seven are Ready, Ogle, Bill Brown, Henry, Foley, Harrington, and Finn.

The third snapshot, also from last July, shows a contented Micki and OUs Wesche.

Frank Zimanski reports as follows from San Diego: The big news is that LeClaire and John Saxten have moved from Aptos to Cardiff-by-theSea, some 20 miles north of San Diego, where they join their son. By coincidence they were royaUy received by some 50 Classmates and wives at our regular dinner hosted by the Worthingtons. John was also honored guest at our October stag luncheon where he was joined by 7 others including Ready, Finn, Worthington, Henry, Klippel, Harrington and Zimanski. John recaUed with me our first meeting in 1933 on the West Coast aboard ANTARES when some 70 of us bluejackets and Marines were en route to the Naval Academy Prep School in Norfolk.

1 can't imagine the impression we all made on John at this luncheon. We were boisterous, debating among ourselves in pairs and in the group as a whole a miscellany of issues from "OIlie" North, to F.D.R., Adm. Kimmel, Adm. Richardson, Pearl Harbor, Adm. "Betty" Stark etc. Nothing was resolved. Not even the selection of my successor as host at these boisterous but fun luncheons.

I had this uncanny feeling that the group had had enough of my tyrannous and despotic reign so I put the finger on Hilarious to reHeve me. but when I broached the subject Dan suddenly turned pale and began to tremble. He offered as how he was unworthy of this exalted honor and begged off. I condescended mercifully and then Dan offered to act as campaign manager to find my relief. At the luncheon he pinpointed Klippel, Finn, Olsen and Henry. To make a long story short Harrington bombed. They are still stuck with me as host. What happended is this. When Dan offered each of them in turn this high honor, each of them displayed similar symptoms that I first detected in him, they turned pale, began to tremble and then to plead for someone else, or better yet, that Zimanski continue as gracious

host. In short, in the tradition of the Navy that elects as wardroom mess caterer the officer who just happens to have the watch during the election, I was reelected for an idenfinite period. In retrospect that is easier on me than watching again that traumatic ordeal of searching for a relief.

Before we adjourned at the suggestion of guest BUI Finn, 1 in character, rendered this ukase. In deference to their families all must buy the book on estate planning previously recommended by Bob Kercheval. Its title, "ANSWERS" by Becky Barker — A practical survival kit to help you organize your personal and financial matters.

"Forms that families can fill .out Usting everything a relative or neighbor should know in an emergency." — The New York Times. This book is available at Navy Exchanges.

'38 at Pinehurst

Ready, Ogle, BiU Brown, Henry, Foley, Harrington, Finn

Micki and Otis Wesche (Frank Zimanski's August report arrived late!)

The August luncheon attendance was unaccountably the lowest ever, only five. Oddly enough, clearly demonstrated was the theory that the sea stories flow inversely in proportion to the number in attendance.

In no order of profundity. Dan Henry revealed how he almost went to his father's alma mater, Princeton, instead of Navy. But he ran out of money. Jake Ready almost went to MIT but his father, a bank owner, went bankrupt. Frank Zimanski was fully resolved to got to Annapolis at age eleven. He started writing then. Wrote Superintendent, Congressman, and most high school principals in New York. Still writing, mostly to editors. His latest was his third published in Time (Unaccountably the international

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edition). He is flattered to no end. BiU Ratliff is toting a beard. Wil Rawie moved again. God knows where or when. Otis Wesche is cheerful and making positive progress; drives car alone and walks briefly with cane. I swear Pat CaUahan is stiking for Pope. He now dispenses Holy Communion regularly. He is stiU the same real estate tycoon. Flash! BiU Rogers last week made his second hole in one during past few years at the Coronado municipal course. Bravo Bill. Poor Gayle Foster, the most rabid basebaU fan in town is having a bad year with her inept heroes, the San Diego Padres. Poor kid cries when they lose; she is in constant tears. Rosemary Stott must be in hibernation; Uttle sight or sound of her sociaUy. Scoop. Come 1988 Coronado promises to become the mecca of tourism with aU the hotel, shops and recreational developments in progress.

A pedestrian San Diego-Coronado ferry is now in operation. We extend to aU ailing mates and spouses our profound sympathy and best wishes.

News from Northern California: We lost Albert Francis "Bnd" Hollingsworth on Saturday, 27 June 1987. Instead of a funeral, Debbie scheduled a much happier event, a Memorial Service, commencing at 1400 on Saturday, 18 July in the lovely courtyard of the Palo Aho Cultural Center. Dave Harris, probably with help from George Bouriand, our Northern CaUfornia flyer dupUcator, got out a flyer with an exceUent set of directions, except he forgot to put down the name of Embarcadero Drive, the road on which you depart highway 101.

The weather could not have been better, probably about 65 degrees and a very Ught breeze.

About a hundred people were present including nine members of '38 and seven spouses. I am now attempting to Ust those attendees, but may not have gotten all names; since I had no sign-up sheet. My Ust, perhaps incomplete, is: George and Petey Bouriand, John and Marilyn Bowers, John Burrill, Guy and Bobette GugUotta, Dave and Jane Harris, CharUe and Beverly Hart, Debbie Hollingsworth Oooking pretty), Larry and Lynn Pierce, Carlo Rovette, and Sheldon St. John.

At least a dozen people spoke in praise of "Bud," but nearly always spoke only two or three minutes. Dave Harris and George Bouriand gave very gracious ttdks.

In recognition of Bud's Scottish ancestry, a bagpiper in kilts played tunes for us in between talks. The talks stressed Bud's kindness, gentleness, and unfailing good humor. (I thought back to a day in 1939 when I was JOOD and a crusty commander, the Executive officer of USS NEW ORLEANS, walked up to me and said, "Burrill, you smile too much" and strode away briskly.)

There were many people from the Peninsula Symphony Ass'n mentioning "Bud's" large efforts in favor of the performing arts. There was even an Army Colonel Henry talking about "Bud's" many good attributes.

Dave Harris told me "Bud's" doctors had given him only a few months to live 3'/2 years ago. His survival for those extra years demonstrates his inner strength.

There was one good bit of humor as we broke up. CharUe Hart, George Bouriand, Guy GugUotta and I attempted to roU a portable piano back inside the buUding surrounding the courtyard. We never made it, after several attempts.

That piano was too big for the two doors we tried. It reminded me of an old Laurel Hardy movie in which they struggled up several steps with a piano only to find they were at the wrong address!

Debbie looked good and seems to be facing Ufe with composure. But, Carlotta, having been a widow, knows that the reaction to such a loss takes time to register.

We shaU aU miss "Bud", and wish the best for Debbie.

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Pres., Capt. George Duncan USN (Ret.) Box 123, St. Mary's, Md. 20686 Sec'y, Capt. W. J. Ruhe USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Ave., McLean, Va. 22102 The Homecoming party in Dahlgren HaU and the Mess HaU on 18 October, saw the poorest tumout of 39ers since graduation. Our single 12-person table had the Hinmans, Frank Perrys, Ruhes, Schratz's and Reahls as weU as Barbara Parrett, Gaylord's widow. Her address is 1365 Westiake Blvd. Pahn Harbor, Fla. 34683. John Reahl, retired and down from Baltimore, loyaUy attends this affair each year — but that's the only time we seem to see him hereabouts, not even for the game. The food was good, but the parading Pep Band produced almost indistinguishable music at a multi-decibel level (translated, that means "noisy") and none of the '39 wives present danced on the top of the table — as they were remembered to have done in Homecomings of the past. On the way over from Washington, we ran into a traffic gridlock when nearing AimapoUs — a Friday regular occurrence which discourages '39er attendance. My Carol, studying the situation, and recentiy back from China, rhetoricaUy said, " W h a t are they going to do in China when every Chinese person owns an automobUe?" (Yes, what?)

The TaUgate luncheon before the Lehigh game was more Uke a '39 affair, with about 35 on hand.

Stan Kerkering was up from Hilton Head and brought a granddaughter with him who is eager to become a Midshipman. We got Chariey Chandler to give her good ideas on ways to get an appointment. Stan wanted to find out why his caricatures aren't printed each month. (Although one is submitted each month, apparenUy they get edited out occasionaUy.) Ralph Benitez, over from Easton, Maryland was approached by Bing Gillette as to how the Admiral (Benitez) with his legal mind, regarded what's happening in the Persion Gulf. Beimy thought a second then responded, "Bing, I've got some good old pipes in my coal ceUar which you might Uke to u s e . " After that I asked Paul Schratz how his book on his submarine commands was coming. He said it was finished and was ready to be deUvered to the pubUshers.

When asked whether he liked the title Running Silenter and Even Deeper, he uncommittedly laughed. Paul then showed his new Florida Ucense plates which read " C T P 3 9 " (CTP for Captain?)

But this was on a par with his last year's plates which read SCRATZI 39. George Duncan told of visiting the 9th Company Wardroom that morning and seeing the new refrigerator we donated as the sponsoring Class. " I t ' s a honey," George enthused, " a n d the Company Commander, Marine Capt. Maguire is reaUy a charger and has things weU organized." He sent a very nice letter thanking the Class for supporting their wardroom and mentioned that they use some of the donations to help defray expenses at their "victory," taUgate, after-the-game parties, to which aU '39ers are invited. Paul Loustaunau reported that at Navy's first game, only the usual regulars attended except for an unexpected appearance of Dale QuiUin, up from Dahlgren. Needing a little IRS advice, I asked Dave BUI about his H.R. Block work and whether he was still totally immersed in that work. " T o m e , " Dave said, "it's just as addictive as crack or cocaine." Then he noted that our tailgate lunches were " m o r e fun than the g a m e . " And that was certainly true, as the game with Lehigh was the pits. Carol decided to sleep

Jim Smith, Kay Schreiter, Martha Smith, Emily Gore

Balch, Charlotte Berg

Jim Coleman Elizabeth Bonner on my shoulder after the first quarter. Awakened by a loud groan from those around us, she mumbled, "Did we drop the baU a g a i n ? " The major reUef from this dreary contest was an airplane towing a large sign saying, " A . M . S . WiU you marry m e ? " Bing GiUette reportedly composing a letter to Uzelac before halftime was beset by voices suggesting that Tranquil be rettuned to the coaching j o b . As analyzed. Navy's shift to the wishbone offense has not been mastered and is creating uncertainty — resulting in fumbles and missed blocking assignments, unUke normal Navy teams.

The '39 dinner party after the game, with about 60 in attendance, was at Marie and Frank Coulter's Severna Park home — which the '39 wives were eager to see, particularly for Marie's garden. She's Head of the Maryland Flower Judging Committee and is the pope on things to do with flowers.

On another esoteric subject. Bob Greene held forth about "the lovely bouquet of the Moldavi wines" being served by Butch at dinner. In fact, the superbly served buffet dinner left Uttie to be bettered — in an environment which could hardly be matched for conviviaUty. Red Waldron, who has stiU not ruined his record of never attending a football game at the Naval Academy — since graduation — at least came to the party, and looked great.

Joe West was proving his indestractabUity by being on hand and looking a bit improved. Rarely seen, though much in evidence, were Roman Mrozinski, Jeff MiUer, and John Muhlenberg — who was wearing a Diego Garcia cap, which showed his loyalty to his Navy son and who told of his attendance at the National Convention of Tin Can Sailors in New Orleans a few weeks previously.

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Betty Dudley, Joan and Bill Kuntz

The Coulters

Wood, Berg, Claypoole, Ritch He wanted aU Classmates who were destroyermen to join this worldwide organization of 7,000 members and said "If interested, write to Edward J. Ward, Battleship Cove, Fall River, Mass.

02721." I'd hoped that Dixie HoweU would show, having heard his graveUy voice behind me in the McLean post office oiUy a few days previously, and then after hearing about his totaUy retired Ufe, thinking that I'd gotten a promise from him to come to the '39 party. Al Robertshaw looked weU recovered from his three heart-bypass job.

A note from Noble Harris located the whereabouts of WUfred "Les" Lessing. "Last year," Noble wrote, "I visited his home about 10 mUes outside of Waco. His address is P.O. Box 117, China Spring, Texas 76633." This was in response to my appeal to identify the whereabouts of another one of our Classmates who joined Pan American right after graduation.

Fred Clarke sent me a notice about the '39 get together on 29 Sept. at the Smuggler's Inn, San Diego. One sentence highlighted the tenuous nature of such get-togethers in our twilight years.

It read, "A wheelchair can enter the restaurant with no difficuhy, but the area in which we will be seated requires one to go up three steps."

The October Washington '39 luncheon was with wives and had the biggest attendance ever — 99.

Barbara and Jack Muhlenberg came down from Pottstown. Nancy and Ralph Benitz were over from Easton, and Lois and Pres Shamer were down from Morrestown, New Jersey. When I asked Pres "What was the most amusing thing you saw on your European trip?," both he and Lois agreed it was seeing a man emerge from the big Shipmate, December 1987

clock in St. Marks Square, in Venice, and strike the hour on a gong, followed two minutes later by a little figure which struck "two after the hour." (why?) Line Marcy said that he'd just sold his home in Norwich, Connecticut and was going to drive around the States looking for where to Uve from now on. Other than having some welded vertebrae, he looked robust. Johnny Ritch had just returned from Montana where he'd seen Rita and Ed Rye, "who Uves on an 11-acre farm a few miles outside of Bozeman. Ed had three horses which he used to ride but he's stopped that, having been thrown last year and suffered a broken hip and several broken ribs. But he looked healthy and they'll be back east for the 50th." Also, Johnny mentioned that John Hodapp's new address was 294 " A " , St. Michael's Court, Chico, CaUf. 95926. Means Johnston told of seeing Anne and Clay Raney in Little Rock, last month. "Clay is still with his family bond brokerage and underwriting business, T.R. Raney and Sons, but Clay is the only son who is still alive to run this 175-employee business. His wife Anne's father was Professor Tyler of the Boy's School. They (Anne and Clay) are both looking great and we'U see them back here on the 50th." Means also mentioned the two language gUtches in the October column, but noted I was quoting someone else. 1 said that I'd added after each one that Ann Landers wouldn't hke this "her and I" business, but that Carol had made me eliminate my snide lessons in English grammar. For entertainment(?) Danny Weitzenfeld after reflecting on Senator Biden's failure to give attribution to the many he quoted from in his campaign speeches, gave us '39ers a chance to show how well we recognized famous quotes. "How about? We hold these things to be self evident, that aU men are created equal." Voice: "Thomas Jefferson." Then, "MiUions for defense but not one cent for tribute." Silence, until Ned Beach called out "Charles Pinkney" — our naval historian, who then got a standing ovation from his table. Emboldened by his support, he suggested "Darmy for President." Voice: "For what?" Then Danny, unruffled, continued: "How about, I have not yet begun to fight." Voice: "Gene Upshaw," (leader of the NFL strike). Then Danny tossed out: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." There wre lots of "that's easy. President JFK," but Means Johnston corrected, "Oliver Wendell Holmes."

There were lots more quotes and the Class was pretty good about recognizing them — but no prizes were awarded, as promised. Incidentally, Danny was wearing a massive purple tie which he said was actually a Navy Blue color at the start of the football season, "but has recently turned purple after four losses."

Although Irv Dewey was reported as having died in March at his home in Sun City, Arizona, I've been unable to confirm this or get any further details. I tried Jim Elsom who knew Irv weU while he was in Seattle, and others, but without luck.

My phone calls have created some doubt in mind about this, so I need help from anyone who can clarify the report.

Pat Jarvis sent a note telling of the North Bay bimonthly '39 luncheon on 27 August at the Sonoma Mission Inn — coordinated by Ben. a group picture showed 28 in attendance. "They came from as far away as the Monterey Penninsula, with Dottie Lewis in from Australia." Pat also told of attending a family runion with 80 of her relatives. "We buried a time capsule with pictures, articles and poems — to be opened in 25 years, and I intend to be there even if I have to go by helicopter."

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Pres., Capt. Ted HiH USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters, USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler Place, Alexandria, Va. 22302 WEST COAST REPORT — REUNION WEST '87 Harry Fischer, Vice-President of Region 5 (West Coast) and Genial Host of '40s Reunion West '87, has a few words: That genial taskmaster, Leigh Winters, has just laid another one on the San Diego Pigeon.

"Harry", he writes, "knowing that you and Flossie will have practically nothing to do after the last reunioner (??) departs . . . except pay the bills, hush the lawsuits, and undergo therapy for a few weeks . . . this seemed an appropriate time to ask you to put out one monthly column as the West Coast (Region 5) VeeP. It would be for the December issue of Shipmate, and 1 would need your three to four pages of double-spaced copy by the end of September '87. You pick the subject "WEST COAST REPORT" or whatever."

First and foremost, my thanks to Classmates in the Western Region for their interest and support. We were among the first to have a WOWSA program in place. Our request for funds for the Scotty Goodfellow Memorial Chair was quickly and generously over-subscribed. The numerous letters to Classmates requesting their recommendations for a location for the West Coast Reunion received prompt and careful consideration. Surprisingly, San Diego was the unanimous choice: Other questions were also posed and the responses were very helpful in arriving at the broad outline for the Class of '40 Reunion West. In summary, when Classmates were canvassed on Class business the response was always prompt, positive and helpful.

Cliff Bundy will soon assume the duties of Western Regional Vice President. He is an outstanding choice and the Class is fortunate to have him agree to accept the responsibilities of the Region 5 VeeP. Best wishes, Cliff, for an enjoyable and productive "tour."

My remaining couple of pages wiU be devoted to some background on 1987 Reunion West. My intent is to stress the fact that this was a committee effort by Len Bassett, Harry Fischer, John Hardy, Don Kable, Harvey Miller, Dick Parker, WiUie Trice and Jess Worley. So many plaudits and other expressions of thanks and appreciation have been expressed to me that my conscience impels me to admit that this was a joint effort.

Over two years ago Scotty Goodfellow, Len Bassett and 1 got together to develop a broad poUcy outhne for the Reunion. Scotty had agreed to serve as Chairman. We formulated a few key policy guidelines. The Reunion would be held in Coronado with the Hotel del Coronado as headquarters. Widows would be invited to attend as guests of the Class. The Reunion would be three days in length and would follow the general format utilized by a number of Naval Academy Classes that held Reunions at the Del over the past several years — particularly the one held in September 1983 by the Class of 1938. Tragically, Scotty died on 29 September 1985, just three weeks before the 45th Homecoming in AnnapoUs. We then decided to operate on a committee basis with my function being that of Secretary.

In addition to their common responsibihties as committee members, which included developing and implementing the outUne plan, and most importantly — making decisions — committee members also took on individual responsibihties.

Len Bassett performed the duties of Treasurer despite a painful case of shingles in his left eye.

This has persisted for the past 18 months. On 28 September he will undergo an operation to remove a cataract on the eye.

John Hardy organized and conducted the Thursday golf tournament held at Sea and Air course, NAS, North Island. Everytime he got his 91

foursomes set, a letter would arrive requesting a different arrangement. John pressed on and estabUshed the handicap system and appropriate prizes for winners. Dunham Reilly '39, who paddles his kayak around the bay perimeter of Coronado golf course each morning harvesting dozens of golf baUs, furnished each golfer with a tee prize of seven golf balls. Many of them were promptly immersed again in the Sea and Air water hazards. John also borrowed golf equipment, arranged for transportation and ended up $10 to the good.

Don Kable was responsible for arrangements for the Class photo. He also tracked down the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association banner, which had been missing for two years, and personalized it for our use. (We are planning to return the banner rather than retaining it for the 50th reunion).

Harvey Miller, in addition to his committee responsibihties, lent us the services of his wife June, a flower show expert who specializes in blue ribbons. She ordered appropriate navy blue tablecloths and placed yellow ribbons under the bouquet of yeUow roses that formed the centerpiece for each table.

Dick Parker transported about 100 of the 137 "goody bags" to the hotel in his van. This was one of the few Reunion tasks that involved manual rather than cerebral effort. After we got the bags to the hotel we found that the Hospitality Suite would not be available for several hours.

This involved registering arriving Classmates at a temporary location on the ground floor and then toting bags up to the next floor when the suite became available.

Willie Trice made the arrangements for and conducted the Navy ship visit to USS HALSEY (CG-23). He also agreed to write the thank you letters to appropriate Navy authorities. Way to Go, WiUie! Jess Worley was responsible for the harbor cruise. It was a stroke of genius on Jess' part to solve the problem of getting 215 people across the state highway at a busy traffic time, and back again after dark, by utiUzing mini-buses. We didn't lose anyone overboard and we didn't lose anyone in a pedestrian crossing either.

We couldn't have done this job without the ever-present help and support of our ladies. The wives of committee members were equal partners in this task just as they were through the Navy years. They stuffed "goody bags," took a watch in the Hospitality Suite and jierformed a variety of other duties. Betty Cannon took a day off from her job to register arriving Classmates.

Grayson Boehm helped in the Hospitahty Suite as did Len Bassett, Don Kable, Harvey Miller, Dick Parker, George Block, Gary HaU, Ned Garrett and my wife, Flossie Fischer whose understanding and support throughout this Reunion effort has been constant.

About 240 of us attended 1987 Reunion West.

Over 200 braved the perils of flying to San Diego.

Others risked the dangers of the Los Angeles freeways to join us locals. We appreciate the fine 92

turnout which makes us feel amply repaid for our efforts. The Del provided a fuU measure of the charm and ambience for which this famous old hotel is noted and by aU reports "a fine time was had by aU." Since the Reunion we have received a large number of notes and letter complimenting us on an enjoyable and successful Reunion. The host committee wishes to thank the many Classmates and their wives who have written to express appreciation for the committee's efforts. We enjoyed the opportunity to renew old friendships and we feel amply repaid by the fine turnout and your generous thanks.

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL! Harry Here's a Ust of the famUies represented at Reunion West: Alpert, Andres, Appleton, Baldwin, Bassett, Beaver, Bellinger, Bent, Bemdtson. Block, Blough, R.E. Grayson Brown, Boehm, SaUy Bogardus, Bottenberg, Bruce, Bryan, Bulfinch, Bundy, J.T. Burke, Bush, Cain, D.C. CaldweU, J . H . CaldweU, Betty Cannon, H . G .

Carlson, Carpenter, Caspari, Pat Champion, Chase, Clagett, Clancy, W.A.Clark, Cochran, Cochrane, Collins, A . P . Cook, Davenport, Dean, Dickes, Dobie,Dueber, Dupzyk, Eckert, Elkins, Figuers, Fischer, Frana, Garrett, Gex, GiUette, Barbara GoodfeUow, Gorczyk, O.E. Gray, Gurley, HaU, Hancock, Hanley, Hardy, Harris, Hayes, Hearn, Loretta Hechler, Heimark, R.E. HiU, Hinman, Ruth Hodnett, Florence Hughes, Hundevadt, Hunt, Kable, Kalen, Karl, Kaufman, King, Kirkpatrick, Charlotte Lamiman, Laning, N.l. Lee, D.H. Lewis, Littie, Helen Longino, MacGregor, Maclnnes, MaUoy, MendenhaU, Meyer, MichaeUs, H . M . MiUer, R.N. MiUer, Mary Lou Moon, MueUer, Mutty, Newcomb, NewhaU, Osbome, Parker, Phelan, Preston, Quinn, Rader, Sis Refo, Roseborough, Rossie, Scott, Seim, Shafer, Sims, Skerry, H . J . Smith, SmoUn, Snyder, Tackaberry, Bette Ann Taylor, Teig, Trice, Utiey, V a m u m , VeUis, Walker, W.A. Walker, Weatherap. Weed, West, Wier, G.G. WUUams, Winters, Witter, Wooding & Worley. The list includes a baker's dozen of our wonderful widows. The weather was wonderful and a good time was had by aU. Heartfelt thanks to Harry & Flossie and to their wonderful team.

The Saturday discussion period encompassed the following: 1990 — 50th Reunion with MUce Michaelis planning on AnnapoUs the week of Wednesday, 6 June; BUI Carpenter putting together a 50 Years Book; WOWSA Program (Harv Seim & Ed Sledge) now using Regional Veeps and Counselors; Class eUgibiUty for Columbarium niches at Annapohs and ArUngton; John Lacouture working up a participation plan for the Class of '40 in the D.C. Navy Memorial;

chelation recommendations by Class users; future dissemination of Archive Project information.

This was foUowed by a Class Resolution thanking Fischer & C o . for a 4.0 j o b !

THE SECRETARY'S CORNER After the sUver lining — here is our dark cloud: the death of George Hawes foUowing protracted cancer at his home in Middletown, Rhode Island on Friday, 18 September, was announced the next day to the assembly. His safe passage through unknown seas was toasted in Navy tradition by his Classmates at the Del. A few days later his beloved Gamie suffered a stroke and died in St. Joseph's Hospital, Providence, 30 September. A Memorial Service was conducted at Trinity Church, Newport, the foUowing Saturday, 3 October. Their eldest chUd, Margo, can be reached at: 242 Gibbs Ave., Newport R.l. 02840; Mrs. Margaret Gamett Stapleton. Captain Brown Taylor '34 was good enough to caU in this report to the Class. Boh MiUer and Fritz Freund were at hand to represent us.

ONLY FORTY IS 4.0!

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Pres., Capt. Edward G. MUler USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Victor Delano USN (Ret.) 71II Pyle Rd., Betiiesda, Md. 20817 301/320-3887 Before you get too wrapped up in your Christmas shopping, you had better make your plans for the 5-7 Febraary 1988 Reunion at Ponta Vedra Beach, Florida. The mailing went out in September so you should have yours in hand by now. In case you did not or as a reminder, here are some details. Room reservations should be made direct to the Ponta Vedra Inn & Club, 200 Ponta Vedra Boulevard, Ponta Vedra, Fla. 32082.

One night's deposit is required and, since 20 December is the deadUne for reservations, here is the Inn's toU-free phone number: 800/874-3558; in Florida 800/432-3498. Be sure to say that you are with the Class of 1941 Reunion. Since this Reunion is so short, and you may want a longer visit, the Inn wiU accept reservations for earUer arrivals or extended stays but, when you reserve, be sure to specify.

The general schedule looks Uke this: 5 Febraary — After 1800 cocktails at the home of WiUie and Hoke Sisk, there wiU be a 2000 informal dinner at the Ponta Vedra Golf Club Restaurant. 6 Febraary — Forenoon golf or tennis and independent shopping, spa time, walking, etc. At 1330, a stag, ladies or joint luncheon, stiU to be decided.

1900, diimer dance at Ponta Vedra Inn. 7 Febraary Shipmate, December 1987

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brunch and check-out. The Ponta Vedra Inn & Club brochure looks MOST appealing and with Classmates Uke Gray Sturm, Hoke Sisk, Stu Steriing and Pete VaU as the working Executive Committee you just know it has to be well organized.

Mark it on your calendar and get your bid in before 20 December.

Remember the Class records repository at East CaroUna University? The director of the project at ECU, Don Lennon, says that he has already been receiving documentation and has conducted oral interviews of a number of Classmates for inclusion in the repository. Don wants to remind you that the time is ripe for you to contact him to get your World War II sea stories, etc., recorded before you forget them! Don wiU be present at the February Reunion in Ponta Vedra to talk with interested Classmates.

Fred. Bette and Stephen Ruder Fred Ruder accomplished something last June that ought to go in some record book because I doubt that many other, if any. Classmates can do the same. For the wedding of the Ruders' son 1st Lt. Stephen C Ruder, USMCR, VPI '83, to Cathy Stivaletti on 20 June, Fred got into his White Service for the ceremony. He says he did not have to hold his breath but, to me, it looks Uke Bette and Stephen are the relaxed ones.

BiU Owen writes from Florida that he remarried last September so welcome aboard, Rosemary, and congratulations, BiU. Sarajane and Dick Foster went on an Alumni Association-sponsored barge cruise through Burgundy last Summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. Doesn't it look like they did?

Fosters in Burgandy 1 regret to have to report to you the death in October of our Classmate, BUI Daubin, who lived in Florida and had been suffering from emphysema. Services were held in New Port Richey, Florida, followed by burial in Arlington Shipmate, December 1987

National Cemetery. Rosalie and the family have our deepest sympathy in their and our loss. Bill's younger brother, Scott, lives in Florida and was USNA '45. In September, our former Classmate, Edward H. (Bo) Rogers, died in Westhampton Beach, New York. Bo left us during Plebe Year but returned to the Navy for World War II during which he earned 9 battle stars on his Pacific Campaign ribbon and received a Navy Commendation Award for service on an LSM that was kamikazed and sunk off Okinawa. Bo was active in the Insurance and real estate business and was the official historian of the village of Westhampton Beach. Contributions may be made to the Westhampton Memorial Ambulance.

Now, here are some changes for your directories: Tucker and BUI Elliott's correct phone numbers are (home) 703/548-1060 and (work) 703/525-6767; Mary and Vic Mauldin, 5340 Basilica Circle, Virginia Beach, Va. 23464, 804/424-9499; BiU Owen's wife's name is Rosemary, 913 Fairway Drive, Pensacola, Fla. 32507, 904/455-7075.

Enjoy Christmas and make your Florida reservations SOON!

to the best Class and the best guys and gals in USNA history." Their travels took them through Idaho, Jasper Park, Fairbanks and on out to Kodiak before turning south. They expected to visit Evansville, Indiana, on the weekend of 3 October for BiU's 50th high school reunion, finally returning to their home in Arapahoe, North Carolina, by the middle of October. Marcia and Bill join in sending best wishes to all and a standing invitation to visit Minnesott Beach (just across the Neuse River from MCAS, Cherry Point).

Telephone: 919 249-0384.

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Pres., BGen. J.E. Glick USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, R. S. Day CLU 2426 Chestnut St., Falls Church, Va. 22043 As Clara Lee and I were attending her 45th high school reunion, we had to forego Homecoming.

Parker Armstrong has furnished the list of tailgaters who gathered under the Class tent at one time or another. Enjoying themselves immensely were the Kings, Tom Smiths, Gommengengers, John Wallace and guest, Paynes, Higgins (honorary), Ghcks, Armstrongs, Duncans, Herndons, Betzels, ChUders, Kurtz's, Boots Jenning, Richardsons, Rawsons, Winners, Housers, Porters, Rices, Murrows, Underwoods, Opps, Montgomerys, HiUs, Stegermertens, PoUy & Carol Turner, Tex Winslow, Bob Knight, Peggy Bergin, Mo Murch and Bill Crawford.

Intercepted a note from Jocko Hebron to Parker supporting the Class project and giving an update on his health. He had suffered a stroke in July 1986, but recovered to the point that he resumed his golf game in March of this year, although he is stUI working through problems with speech. He sees a therapist weekly and is making progress.

Knowing Jocko, am sure his conversations will shortly be at least the equal of his golf.

BUI Brown wrote from Sarasota, Florida, also supporting the project, to report a paucity of Classmates in his area. Consequently, he had to trek down to Naples last year for their local chapter viewing of "the Game." Traveled with Hugh Lewis ('34), who was exec of SEAL on BiU's first war patrol. If they repeat the show this year, he hopes for a better outcome of the contest. He had consulted with Sikorsky for 21 -H years after retiring from the Navy, but finally gave that up in January 1984. Now occupies his days with sailing and working on his boat, and in tracking tropical depressions. Only one son ('74) is stiU active in the Navy and currently is exec of CASIMIR PULASKI. Marcia and BUI Speigel wrote from Wrangell, Alaska, to explain their absence from Homecoming. They were touring Alaska in their micro-mini motor home built by Sunland Express and incorporated on a Toyota one-ton truck. They left North Carolina on 26 July were traveling via a British Columbia ferry from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy while the Class was tailgating neith their tent. BiU promised to "raise a glass or two in toast

Sue and Bob MUls also took to the road in their motorhome, but in a direction nearly opposite the Spiegels. Bob retired from the Navy in 1975 and then retired again ten years later after serving as a vice-president at Solar Turbines, Inc. In midMarch they took off from San Diego in their new 33' Grand ViUa motorhome, towing a Uttle Honda behind, for a five-month jaunt through the U.S. and Canada. They hugged the southern border of the U.S. as far as Key West, then zagged northward, enjoying a round of golf in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as they stopped to visit Pat and BUI Cross. They also had a great visit with Phyl and BiU Heronemus in Amherst, Massachusetts, where they were joined by Bee and Don Holmes, all obviously happy and in good health. The Holmes and MiUs then put in ten fun and lobster-fiUed days in Nova Scotia before the MiUs headed northward through Saskatchewan to the end of the road, thence by float plane to the Churchill River for fabulous fishing. With freezers full of fish, they continued their journey through various Canadian and U.S. National Parks and back to San Diego.

Total trip with the motorhome and side trips with the Honda came to something over 21,000 adventure-rich miles. In the process they had passed through Washington out of phase for the monthly Class luncheon, but in time for a Naval Engineers' Convention. They promise to do better on the next trip.

W. Wayne Wittenberger, P.E., who left the Academy prior to graduation, is a consulting engineer in Morton Grove, Illinois, and has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This honor is conferred upon a member with at least 10 years of active engineering practice who has made significant contributions to the field.

On 6 October, Mark Woods wife. Marge lost her long fight with leukemia. And, it is with heavy heart that 1 must report that my dear Clara Lee suffered a massive stroke at home on 7 October.

She lingered in a coma until death came on 16 October. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on 23 October.

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Pres., RAdm. Paul L. Lacy, Jr. USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Owen F. Keeler Jr. 202 Meadow Gate Dr., Annapohs, Md. 21401 Homecoming Weekend this year, from our own experience and from much we heard was one of the better ones we have had — with the possible exception of a couple of hours Saturday afternoon!

Thanks to BiU Busik's heads-up staff, the World's Largest CocktaU Party was one of the best in recent years and dinner in the Mess Hall well-handled.

Tailgating weather was perfect. F opportunity to hold another 45 those unfortunates who were not i main bash out in Hawaii.

And hold it we did! Terry and Reuben WoodaU hosted the Saturday evening dinner party at the new Ramada Inn in Parole. They did a superb job — good dinner, good company, good fun. There were even some Hawaiian-fling veterans there, complete with residual — or maybe with reinforced — suntans! We fiUed up the biggest room in the house with aU these people: Joan and Bob Adrian, Margaret and Clyde Anderson, Anne and Bill Banks, Jane and Bob Beaver, AUcia and Carl Berquist, Ruth Ann and Hank Bress, Eleanor and Earl Buckwalter, Ginny and Bill Busik, Phyllis and CUff and PhyUis Gates, LaNeUe and Det DetweUer, Margaret and Jim Donaldson, Dorothy and Richard Dow, Lois and Bill Doyel, Jan and John Dudley, Dee & Jim Earl, Pat and Fred Fearnow, Ginny and Dan Freeman, Joan and John Gano, Dorothy and Marty Gastrock, Pauline and Bob Gillock, Hazel and Bob Greenwood, Jean and Geoge Grkovic, Dorothy and Al Hall, Jean and Bob Hansen, Peg HiU, Squidge and Dave Holmes, Elizabeth and Harv Huber, Fran Hudson, Dan Hunt, Jean and Doug Jennings, Jane and Dan Karcher, Lois and Hal Kauffman, Peggy and Owen Keeler, Barbara and Ed Kerr, Betty and Dick Lazenby, Libby and Jack Logan, Jane and Tom McClellan, Mariella and Jim OUver, Buck Rawls, Patty and Ed Robie, Pauhne and Les SeU, Arnette and Dave Shonerd, Grace and Bob Stark, Eliza and John SuUivan, Eleanor Slocum, Ceata and Barney Thielges, Roz and Jim Underwood, Virginia and Vito Vitucci, Joe Volonte and Joan Meeker, Terry and Reuben WoodaU, Dick Zimermann, and Marilyn and Bob Zoeller.

There were others who showed up at the WLCP on Friday, but I don't have an accurate list. As predicted, CharUe Cooper did show up on his way to Flordia.

We missed Babs and Wally Ponder, who earlier had promised to be here. Circumstances were against them, though, and we hope they wiU make it next year. The Ponders are still enjoying their island retreat on Great Exuma in the Bahamas.

How about arranging a reunion in Georgetown, Wally?

Richard Dow tells us that he has affiliated with Merrill Lynch Realty and operates out of their Wisconsin Avenue office in Washington. From addresses it looks Uke the office is not too far away from home — there have to be some good reasons for hving in a big city! Good luck. Rowdy, and if you can figure out how to handle the new tax bill, please let me know! By the way, which number career is this for you?

Those of you who have read our new Class Constitution and By-Laws know that as a Class we want to stay in touch with all widows of Classmates and we have tried to make sure that they have a fuU opportunity to participate with the rest of us whenever they so desire. To that end, the new Class officers are making a special effort 94

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to find them all and up-date the records and mailing Usts. Jim OUver asks that anyone who knows an address or addresses for any of the ladies Usted below, please let him know at 100 Severn Avenue, Apt. No. 608, AnnapoUs, Md. 21403, or phone him at (301) 267-0784: Mrs. Frederic L. Bays, Mrs. WiUiam F. Cafferata, Mrs. Stanley J. Cowin, Mrs. Arthur T. Edwards, Mrs. James M. Feaster, Mrs. Robert J. Fossum (now Mrs. R.J. HiU), Mrs. Jack B. Jones, Mrs. Robert M. Peterson, Mrs. John PUkington, Mrs. Joseph F. Ryan and Mrs. Joseph S. Zeigler. Thanks in advance for your help.

Recruiting the kind of athletes we'd like to see wearing the Blue and Gold has been a rough, tough, competitive task and it's been getting tougher, but Bud Carter obviously knows what it takes to recruit the best in Ham 'n' Egger talent!

He sends this shot of himself hard at work recruiting with grandson Kace on his right and grandson Dane on his left, both equipped (Thanks to Grandma Doris!) and in action. Dane, by the way, qualifies as high on the list of people with lots of relatives in '43 — Ed Robie being his other granddad. The policy. Bud says, is to put a stick in their hands early! And that isn't aU, the Carters have a recent addition, Wesley, born 27 September, who wiU soon be provided with a stick. Two other older members of the clan will be practicing with granddad when he gets out to the West Coast. They have fuU-sized sticks. Bud thinks he will have to organize a girls' team on the Coast for the three granddaughters since they haven't found one yet. Navy lacrosse continues to have a great future!

George Long, '38, has asked us if we — Class of '43 — can help him construct, or reconstruct a bit of reminiscence with him. This one is for aviators only, but anyone who went through Great Lakes between graduation and 1944 is eligible to participate! Us blackshoes have less of a chance at the target, however. What is needed are the names and present location of any of you bird operators who landed on or took off from either USS WOLVERINE or USS SABLE, 1 would guess as

student pilots, given the time frame. For those of you who are not totally familiar with history, the two ships named were originally coal-fired lake paddle wheelers that were converted to carriers, yes carriers, for tail-hook qualification. Surely some of you must know somebody who did that.

Sounds like there might be some interesting yarns hidden there. Mr. Long isn't particular as to whether the fledglings were '43; he would appreciate any information on the subject. His address is George C Long, 1236 Stratfield Circle West, New Port Richey, Fla. 34652.

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Pres., Capt. Henry S. Barbour, USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Wynn V. WhiddenUSN (Ret.) 6156 Loch Raven Dr., McLean, Va. 22101-3132 Annapolis Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Jack E. Godfrey USN (Ret.) 40 Franklin St. AnnapoUs, Md. 21401 301/268-6474 More on The 44th Among this month's sterling photos from the 44th reunion in June you will find such folks as Bob Long, Bill Stanard, Dan Brooks, the Snuffy Jacksons, the Bat Burnhams, Ken Anderson, and Fred Merrill. The shot with eight fellows in it is of special interest because all of them served in aircraft Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44) at one time or another — They are: front — Ron Deal, BiU Ulrich, Creighton Cook; middle — Ralph Frame, George Prestwich, Dan ZwilUng; back — Bob Thoe, Jack Laney. Thanks to Bob Rubel, Bill Shipmate, December 1987

Stanard, Nancy Brooks, and Jack Taney for sending in these shots. Although the latest photo of Bob Awtrey on his sailboard was not made at the 44th, it shows appropriately his sail number "1944." In September Bob competed in the National Seniors Boardsailing Championships at Hihon Head Island, S.C. and took 6th place in triangle racing, and 7th in slalom racing in the 65-and-over division.

MaU Bag Walt Truxler extended his appreciation to Ray Burk and his Blue and Gold Team for the super Reunion (another voice among many). Walt also added some welcome additional information (thanks to his wife, Mary Grace) to Ray Bock's and your secretary's previous remarks concerning Navy Blue and Gold, our Alma Mater song. He sent along a copy of excerpts from Annapolis Today, which not only comfirms that Professor Joseph W. Crosley, the choir master composed the music in or about 1926, but that the words were written earlier by Cdr. Roy de Saussure Horn, USN (Ret.)' 15. Now we know the rest of the story.

Nancy Brooks, Dan's wife, sent another picture made of Dan and Tim ThornhiU at the ThornhiU's home in Julien, CaUfornia where the Brooks' visited after the 44th. We will save that photo for later because of the large number for exhibit this month.

BiU Buriin, as has become his custom, wrote a long and newsy letter. BiU and Peg, having noted in the '44 Register the latest address of Flo and Don McClenahan as Brewster, Massachusetts, which is about ten miles from North Chatham, invited them over for a cocktail party in August.

It was the first time BiU and Don had got together since graduation. As a member of the Navy League, Don had tickets to the launching of USS

the state of morale, professionalism, and capabilities of our modern Navy. Her message was up-beat and enthusiastic on the overall condition of the fleet; however, she made it clear that today's young sailors and officers discern the trends in legislation to erode personnel benefits and the dangers of automatic reduction of the Defense budget by an activated Gramm-Rudman-Hollins process. Hence, they direct more than passing attention to career alternatives other than the Navy into which they might be pushed by circumstances beyond their control. Let us hope that our Congress does not allow the great talent of youth now active in our strengthened seagoing forces to slip away into other pursuits.

Have a grand Christmas holiday season . . .

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Pres., RAdm. George F. Ellis USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. C. Priest, Jr. USN (Ret.) 6635 Langdon Court McLean, Va. 22101 703/821-2139 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dutch Schulz USN (Ret.) 5100 26th St. N., Arlington, Va. 22207 703/536-7156

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so he invited BiU and Peg over to attend. After the ceremony, at which the CNO, Adm. Carl Trost '53, was the speaker and his wife was ship's sponsor, the Burlins and McClenahans had lunch at the Sub Base " O " Club and toured the USS HELENA (SSN-725). BiU commented that although the Nuclear Attack submarines are five times the size of WWII Fleet Boats, they seem to be just as crowded — they simply carry much more equipment. The McClenahans were to leave in midOctober for a few months stay in Tarpon Springs, Fla. at No. 156, 1840 U.S. 19 South, 34689. The BurUns were to tour North in their motor home around the scenic Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec during late September, stopping on the way back to see their architect son, BiU, and 14-year-old grandson WU in Portland, Maine. Bill's closing comments were a favorable critique on a Naval Institute Press book titled y4 Journey Amongst the Good and the Great, 1987, written by Andy Kerr '45. One incident described in the book involves our Classmates Shufford Swift — very well written, easily readable, and captiviating. Bill recommends the book to one and all.

In Memorium We must sadly report the passing of Roy E. Standard on 5 March, 1987 in Gales Ferry, Connecticut. We extend Class condolences to Roy's wife, Gloria, and the entire family.

Secretary's Corner Our president. Hank Barbour, once again brought us a fine guest speaker for the Headquarters Chapter October luncheon meeting in the Washington Navy Yard — Lt. Margaret Metzger, USN, SC, '81, daughter of BiU Metzger '43. A very competent and confident speaker, Margaret gave us her impressions as a young supply officer on Shipmate, December 1987

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Who else would become our 1987 Duty Santa Claus other than Jim Boak, Life Member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and charter member of the "Fighting Seventh" Company.

After mooring his 1981 Morgan 462 ketch at the City Dock in Annapolis, he came ashore for a short press conference and remarked to your reporter, "You know, it's just about that time to think about sending a Christmas Card to the Class of 1945 so that they can be posted at the January Class luncheon at Ft. Myer." He then departed up Main Street to purchase a new Green Bowler at "Hats in the Belfry." And when you do send a card to the Class, please include your annual newsletter or a bit of news for me. Thank you all for your many contributions throughout the year of 1986.

Homecoming '87, our 43rd, on the weekend of 18 September saw 24 Classmates braving the Friday night cocktail party in Dahlgren HaU followed by dinner in King Hall. Susan and Andy Kerr were here from Hong Kong and Betty and Walt Rose drove down from Orange, Coimecticut. Saturday's tailgating under the green and gold "Look Alive" 95

Roommate Reunion in Connecticut Walt Rose before Homecoming. Walt writes, "Bionic Bob Steele was testing his new stainless steel swivel hips on his longest car trip since his operations. He looks great." And thanks to Walt for his timely Homecoming photo of Andy Kerr and one of the Logics and the Schulzes.

A request for Forty Years After book photos brought some news from San Diegan Larry WUder: "I retired again from Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical on 28 May. Worked there over seven years as a subcontracts administrator. It was interesting work, but I sure don't miss the "racis ratis." Plan to tour AustraUa in October as part of a group tour of three weeks duration." Also, Jim Bradley wrote for his photos and received six pictures, not just the two he had sent in for the book. Peggy and Jim were in Washington for the October luncheon (Peggy played bridge with the Homecoming '87 flag was highlighted by Hub Davidson's homemade goose pate and a visit by our Honorary Classmate, RAdm. Ed Dexter '28. BUI Cosgrove has reUeved BiU CampbeU as the duty flag raiser at home footbaU games at our regular location just inside the northwest entrance to the parking lot.

A most disappointing footbaU game was assuaged by a generous attitude adjustment hour around the indoor pool at the new Ramada Inn in Parole. No one feU in the pool, but the Ufeguard remained untU midnight. Dutch's Merchandise Mart was open for a brisk business period at the pool until 65 of us sat down to a sumptuous dinner in a private banquet room. Dancing around the pool after dinner was for the young and restless. A hccUty doff of a new Green Bowler to Sara and Guy Best who organized the affair and to our Treasurer, Alf Bergesen, for handling the finances.

Yes, dear readers, Gus Swainson did make it to AnnapoUs in his GusmobUe. One of the most successful scams perpetrated on your guUible Corresponding Secretary in years was recentiy carried out by Bert Findly and Amie Taylor. Remember, in the October 1987 issue of this column I was overjoyed to have acquired 40 copies of our Forty Years After book from Amie?

(Bert Findly was the hit man in the transaction) WeU, the books were deUvered to me during the Homecoming Banquet at the Ramada and after the cocktail hour. Lo and behold, once the dusty cartons were opened in the Bell Captain's storage room, I found I had taken custody of 120 pounds of Thirty Years After books! How these books could have remained in Amie's garage for 13 years somehow escapes me. Suffice it to say, there wiU be a lot of free door prizes at Class luncheons and functions. If you want one, send me about four bucks for postage. Forget the previously posted price of $10.

It saddens me to have to report the death of Hal Taylor, 66, in Spain of a heart attack at the end of August. I have written to his widow. Use, at the foUowing address: c/o Cdr. H.A. Taylor USN (Ret.), Box 1944, NavSta, FPO New York, NY 96

The latest members of TGWOCSS 09540. Their home is actuaUy at Fuente Bravia, Puerto Santa Maria, Cadiz, Espana. No further information is avaUable as of this writing.

Ginger and Bob Puddicombe have become the latest members of the Class of 1945's exclusive organization, "The Great WaU of China Sitters Society." They spent seven weeks in China and four in Japan with 40 college students from their home town, Santa Barbara, staying in college dorms, attending classes each day and learning to cope, not with the Chinese or Japanese, but with the American students! What an experience that must have been. The photos show them in the Moscow Red Square and getting ready to "sit" on the Great WaU. A most welcome and long overdue letter was received from WUUe Shnman of 142 River Road, Lancaster, Penn. 17603 which explains why we haven't heard from BUI over the last three years: In January 1984,1 was admitted to the hospital because my emphysema had taken a turn for the worse. I was given many tests including a Cat Scan of my head and a bore sighting and examination by every medical specialty except pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics. I was finally discharged after 6'/2 months, stiU bedridden with nurses around the clock, breathing with the help of a mechanical ventilator. Went to the hospital again in early '85 with a collapsed lung. While there, 1 had a prostrate operation.

Returned home and a month later returned with a gall bladder problem. In July of '87 I spent four days in the hospital with a breathing problem.

Since then I have started a slow climb to better health.

WeU, BiU, you certainly have the prayers of your Classmates for your steady recovery. I never realized how many bad habits we acquired in the old Thirteenth Company. BiU, who had buUt up a Lancaster reputation for his prize-winning vegetables, can proudly display five blue ribbons, ten red ribbons and three yeUow. He was able to successfuUy compete with the local dirt farmers in the garden spot of America.

Roommates Walt Rose and Navy Bob Steele met at the Orange, Connecticut home of Betty and Shipmate, December 1987

girls) and will return to the U.S. for good in December after seven years in Germany and seven in England. Jim will remain active with Westinghouse as Senior Vice President, Europe and Middle East, retiring on 1 March 1988 and thence consulting several times a year to U.K. and Europe.

He cheerfuUy alledges, "I look forward to a Third Career — my only problem is staying alive with '45 . . . " You know, Jim looks pretty good for being the third oldest in the Class.

And now, a listing of Classmates for whom I have a batch of Forty Years After book photos: (send me a dollar and some news) Gordon Griffin, G.P. Griffith, Bob Hale, F.A. Hale, J.J. Hall, George Harding, Harv HartzeU (9 pictures), H.F. Hassenplug (3 photos), W.B. Henderson, and J.D. Hicks (7 photos).

We always like to receive news from Merton, Wisconsin, and from the Chairman of the Board, Jim Wheeler, not only because he has been a faithful contributor to the column for the past ten years, but also has been most generous toward our Sea Gate Gift to the Naval Academy. In a recent letter from Jim: "Gordon Griffin has been quite severely handicapped in a physical way from a stroke suffered a couple of years ago. For any of you passing through Brownwood, Texas, please give him a call: Gordon Griffin, Jr., 2402 Eleventh, Brownwood, Texas 76801, phone: 915/646-8200. BUI Carrier stopped in to see him and has said that although Griff is in pretty poor physical condition, he's sharp as a tack mentally, and would love to hear from any of his Shipmates." Jim Wheeler is happy to report that Major James H. Wheeler, 111, and his wife, Sandee, stationed at West Point, have extended the Wheeler reign with Jimmy Wheeler, IV. Jim III is an orthopedic surgeon in sports medicine, and is reaUy enjoying his tour of duty at West Point.

WUly P. Ferguson has finally parked his RV in the State of Florida for a while. He writes.

Before I become a Fantom in your Washington files, thought I'd better tell you we've moved to 577 St. Andrew's Road, Winter Haven, Florida 33884, phone 813/324-1837. We're in a golf/tennis community and the 11th fairway is our big back yard. We have registered our vehicles in Horida so "USNA 45" and "GRNBWLR" should be available at DMV in California for other Classmates. (Note: Whoever eventually gets the California "USNA 45" will get a feature spot in this column, because Willy P. has had that logo sewed up for decades.) On our cross-country trek, we spent the night with KeDy Smith in Kerrville, Texas, and had lunch next day with Patsy and Gene Masica in San Antonio. Son, Steve '75, is a Master in the Merchant Marine, working for MiUtary SeaUft Command, Lant. He was selected for captain several years ago and is currently Master of his third ship — USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO 108) servicing thefleetin the Med. Not many of us had an AO command at age 34 ...

I am slowly getting accUmated to the hot/humid weather — Umiting golf accordingly to 9 in the early morning and 9 at late evening.

WiUie, you want to watch out for that alligator on the 19th hole!

The Merchandise Mart: I hold outstanding unfiUed but paid orders of Crested Sportswear from the following: Ted Doolin, Bill Barnes, Ed Roeder, Walt Rose, Cliff Berrmann, John Chappell, J.J. Daly and Jim Ravenel. Recent contact has been made with our supplier and he is in the process offilUngthe orders . . . Thirty Years After books For Free moved very slowly at the 10 October Air Force/Navy tailgating . . . Yes, you can still get a Forty Years After book from me.

It vriU cost you a $50 check payable to the Association of the Class of 1945. Other Classes contemplating the production of Yearbooks could weU benefit from this magnificent and yet unequalled Shipmate, December 1987

edition commemorating forty years of the "Look Alive" spirit . . . Look Alive bumper stickers are still available for a tot of news for this column . . .

And, I must say, the Fifth Company is most unresponsive to my irresistible offer of Fifth Company Beer Mugs for your recreation room bars . . . Tune in next month for bargains you can't resist!

Homecoming '89 Update: Remember, our 45th Reunion and Homecoming will be celebrated 9-11 June 1989 in Annapolis (After June Week and before the 27-29 October 1989 regularly scheduled Homecoming). Chairman Jack Kalina of the 45th Reunion Committee claims that your response to the initial query indicates that we will have over 500 Classmates and spouses attending. His committee is finalizing the hotel accommodations and you will be informed in the near future. If any of you "Undecided" have made up your mind to attend, please caU Jack at 703/273-3468.

From Candlestick Park: The World Series may be over, but this segment is for those who look ahead to next year . . . Let's hear it for the Chicago Cubs! . . . Car license plate seen at Ft. Myer parking lot: 47KNU U from the state of Maryland . . .

Frank Clifford is President of Clifford International Associates at PO Box 2111, Burlington, N.C. 27215 . . . A brief chat with Pat Wiser of 26 Constitution HiU, West Princeton, N.J. 08540 reveals that she regularly receives Shipmate, the Class semi-annual newsletters and is planning to attend the 45th. She noted that Forward's health is decUning . . . PhU Erickson was TAD to Mt. Vernon Hospital at the end of September with a bit of diverticuUtis. He is home now eating salads and drinking Perrier . . . Chip Bowcock, son of Winnie and Stu, was married on 10 October 1987 to Miss Liza Tibay at Norfolk. The^couple will reside in Virginia Beach where Chip is employed as a computer consultant for the city of Chesapeake . . .

Betty Schmeltzer suffered a heart attack on 20 September and spent some time in Anne Arundel General Hospital. She is home now and can be reached at 100 Sims Drive, Annapolis 21401 or phone: 301/263-2470 . . . Did you note that the next "Big Event" for the Class of 1945 wiU be their 45th Reunion, 8-10 June 1990 at the Hotel Del in Coronado? The Class of '45 has a group looking into a West Coast Reunion in the future . . . If you want to contribute to the Oliver North legal fund as listed in the Class of '68 column, write: The Oliver North Legal Assistance Fund, PO Box 50096, Washington, D.C. 20004. (I made my contribution) . . . In answer to a recent question, "Where do we sit at home footbaU games?"

Answer: Sections 104W and 105W for season ticket holders. Sooner or later, we will take over one of these sections, for they are on the 50 yard line in the upper tier . . . Bob Lauer will retire on 15 November from the elevator business. His new address is 3825 Sulphur Spring Road, Toledo, Ohio 43606, phone: 419/536-4462 . . . Al Olsen, Treasurer of the USNA Class of 1945 Foundation reports that with Jim Wheeler's gift of $1,500, our total funds available for the Class Gift have reached $2I3K towards the goal of $225K. As previously mentioned, work on the Sea Gate has begun.

CC Brock '44 came up with a quote from George Bums for our usual Tag Line: "There ain't many people dying after 100."

Merry Christmas!

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Pres., RAdm. Harvey E. Lyon USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. C. W. Kennelly II 7911 Sleaford PI., Bethesda, Md.0814 Corr. Sec'y, "Daisy" Wilhoit 1103 Santa Rufina Ct. Solana Beach, Calif. 92075 619/481-2093 The next BIG event: 45th Reunion, 8-10 June 1990. Hotel del Coronado. June Week West '88: St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. Washington, D.C. Area Class Luncheon. Monthly, third Friday, Sept. thru May. Crystal City Marriott.

After making it back to Homecoming this year and having a perfectly wonderful time for one full week, we both vowed not to miss another one. I had been working full time as a volunteer Precinct Coordinator for a San Diego City Council candidate and was unable to leave before the primary election on 15 Sept. Then when my candidate won in the primary it meant that I had to hurry back and get set for an even bigger job in the city-wide general election on 3 November! We arrived late in the evening of the 16th and drove to the home of Sallie and Leroy Jackson in McLean, Virginia where a small party, consisting of Sedly and Leroy, June and BUI Simpson, "B.G." and L.S. Ashley, Dorrie and "Buzz" Pearson, Barbara and Bob Clark, was already in progress. We spent Thursday in AnnapoUs as guests of Delly and Al Bowen, Friday and Saturday at the home of Virginia and Hallie Rice in Pasadena, Maryland, back to Annapolis for another evening with Delly and Al Bowen on Sunday and the final two nights with Sallie and Wils Engel in Annandale, Virginia, returning to San Diego on the 23rd. Owing to the paucity of opportunities for cheering over the exploits of the football team, there was plenty of opportunity for Classmate-visiting, even in the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The biggest event of the weekend was the dinner party at the Pasadena, Maryland home of Virginia and HalUe Rice. Present, besides the two of us and Virginia and Hallie, were: Ann and John CoUins; Jerry Lee; DeUy and Al Bowen; Fred and Betty Koch; Sidney and Stu Savage; Ann and Dick Wilson; Marjorie and Harvey Lyon; Phyllis and Al Whittle; Jean and Hal Hamberg; Bud Kennelly; Jig-Jig Dougherty; Sharon and Tommy Taylor; Marguerite and J.B. Jones; Patricia Ann and Chris Christensen and guest; "B.G." and L.S. Ashley; Pat (Hal Hamberg's sister) and Bob Moore; Pat and "Butch" Hansmann; Stu Beyer and Carolyn Hitchcock; Barbara and Bob Clark; Kathy and Wally Hankins; Sally and Leroy Jackson; Jerry and Hank Waddell; Jerry and "Lucky" Jordan; Cindy and "Mac" McDermott; Ann and Harry Farmer; Mary and Larry Baldwin; Jean and "Tuck" Huey and guests Jane and John Melvin, a Col. USMC Ret. who is a contemporary of our Marine Classmates (and a friend of Johnny Beckett, '44, who is responsible for my being named "Daisy!"); Lee Zeni and friend, Tula; Pris and Jim Foust; Rosemary and Clif Duncan; Bob Ellis.

On Tuesday evening we were guest of honor at a potluck dinner party given at the home of Marjorie and Harvey Lyon. Dorrie and "Buzz" Pearson, Barbie and Chuck Griffiths, Jerry Lee, Slalie and Wils Engel, Patsy and "Skid" Skidmore, Sibyl and Ernie Lowen, June and BiU Simpson, all joined in the fun and saw to it that the food was ample. A fitting climax to a great week of visiting with Classmates — my favorite recreation!

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residence at their home in AmeUa Island, Florida.

"Tuck" says he hopes to become active in the Alumni Chapter in Jax and they are both wondering how they are going to "take" to retirement.

"Tuck" says he is in regular contact with Monty Montgomery who Uves in Virginia Beach and has something to do with construction of coUeges for the State of Virginia. Mary Jane and Jim Turley have moved from the Washington, D . C , area to Sarasota, Florida. Glen Macon says my new computer hasn't done anything for my accuracy and wants me to know that his wife's name is Charlane, not Charlene. Can't blame it on the computer.

Glen, as I didn't have it at the time that column was written. Anyway, I had it correct in my trusty "paper" files — always the most reUable! Harker Collins sent in a generous contribution to the Fund and revealed an Irving (DaUas), Texas address.

News to me. Had a chance to talk briefly with Bernie and Lou Junod at the Friday evening cocktail party in Dahlgren HaU and at the football game.

They had to leave early and couldn't make it to the other '46 functions. Also ran into George Klug in Ricketts HaU but we missed each other at the footbaU game. He has come out of retirement again and is supervising the construction of new buildings for Anne Arundel Community CoUege.

Lost: Robert F. Mott; Donald L. Larson.

2nd Co. Lost: Robert Looker; RusseU B. MiUer. 3rd Co. Lou and Jack Adams have moved from Dunedin to Largo both in the St. Petersburg, Florida area. Lost: Lee A. Kirstein; John T. Martin.

4th Co. Melba and Dick Scott have moved from the Washington, D . C , area to Cuchara, Colorado. In the course of coordinating precinct work for my San Diego City CouncU candidate (who had been a weU-known Lifeguard in his younger days), 1 had a chance conversation with SaUy and Grant Hinchdiff's son, Scott, who is a Lifeguard at the • Mission Beach Lifeguard Station in San Diego.

The influence of '46 reaches out and encompasses aU! Lost: James J. Cunat; Richard G. Liebel; Robert M. Swanson.

Sth Co. "Whizzer" White rather proudly passed me a copy of the Meritorious Service Medal Citation presented to son, John, '69, for recent services as the AEGIS Combat Systems Officer in the Naval Sea Systems Command. John now goes

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Taylors to meet Sharon and Tommy Taylor and to learn that they were married 17 November 1979 soon after we visited Tommy in Chattanooga on one to Norfolk to command USS ARTHUR W . RADof our travels East. They met at a church meeting FORD (DD-%8.) "Whizzer" also said that younger of singles with famiUes. Perfect match! Lost: son, Steve, now a Ueutenant commander, is on his Robert H. Banks; Alvia A. Hafer; Clinton G. way to Yokosuka to reUeve as Exec, of USS McGovern; Gerald P. O'NeU. REEVES, (CG-24.) "Whizzer" says to note that he 10th Co. DeUy and Al Bowen have started a Bed has now, with the help of Toby, provided two sons & Breakfast business in their Franklin St. home to replace him on active duty — and that it takes in Annapolis. Her parents had lived there while both of them tofiUhis shoes! Lost: Stoddard S. her father. Professor RawUns, taught math at the Waldron; Harry C. Walker.

Postgraduate School in AnnapoUs and after he 6th Co. Lost: Wade L. Hardy, Jr.; John C. retired from teaching at the PG School in Langford; Leroy B. Shrode.

Monterey. I'm sure there are many of you who 7th Co. On our way out of Annapohs on Mon- remember Professor Rawlins. Although I have day we dropped in for a visit with Pris Foust at known DeUy for a long time, I had never known her shop on AnnapoUs St., called "Pris" Paper that she had been working for the Alumni AssociaParlor. She showed us her new computer which tion for several years before 1 came into the act does aU sorts of announcements in calligraphy — in '52. She filled me in on the only part of Alumni fast and flawlessly. If you have anything to history 1 was missing — those very early years, and announce just call Pris. Jim, who was working at I was quite fascinated with the scrapbooks she had Forensic Technology International nearby, came kept during that time. Al is an avid sailor and is down to see us and to chide the lady customers! a volunteer sailing coach for the Naval Academy Both Pris and the 'ole drummer boy are as full Sailing Squadron. I was rather surprised to learn of energy as ever. We also had a short visit at the that there are numeous volunteers who coach the footbaU game with their son, Terry, '71, and his Midshipmen in saiUng and participate in races, etc. wife Mary Ellen who used to live in San Diego. It is a real labor of love and it is obvious that Al Terry and I used to confer often about Naval Bowen loves it. Lost: Milton S. Sartain.

Reserve Association matters. Lost: Lester Moore, llth Co. Soon after we arrived at the Jacksons Jr. on Wednesday evening. Bob Clark handed me a Sth Co. Lost: Robert G. Mclntyre.

3 x 5 card with the address of his former "wife" 9th Co. The big surprise of Homecoming was J.D. KeUey, who now Uves in Owasso, Oklahoma, 98

StiU in the Tulsa area. Just before we left for AnnapoUs we received a letter from Bob Schabacker reveaUng plans for his westward expansion. "We are setting up a smaU Surface Mount Facihty in Santa Fe (New Mexico) starting in October. The object is to add electronic components via surface mount technique to the Ceramic Coated Metal Substrates which we produce here in Erie. This should enable us to seU more complete electronic packages, increase our substrate business here, open western markets, and of course add value to our present product. We wiU be in a 'temporary' building untU January or so when our new (leased) facihty should be ready in Santa Fe's Valdez Industrial Park. Betty and 1 wiU also be in "temporary" Umbo in Santa Fe (shades of days gone by) until next year sometime when our condo wiU be finished. The condo group is locatedrighton the western campus of St. John's CoUege. This is something akin to 'fuU circle' for Betty whose parents were both from Maryland.

In fact, her dad [Barchet, '24] was from Annapolis (Belfield Farm on WhitehaU Creek) and Betty Uved through three tours there (the fust one on what was then called Safety Pin Row when her dad was at PG School — the last when aU of us were there in Arundel Mistakes).

You can probably see why this letter, read in haste virtually on our way to the airport, lead me to believe that Betty and Bob were moving back to AimapoUs. Sue Dunseath assured me that such was not the case and that they were, in fact, moving to Santa Fe. Anyway, its a lot closer than Erie!

Though it was also intresting that the newspaper cUpping which Bob sent showed a flock of sheep grazing alongside Highway 84 just south of Tierra AmariUa. That must be a short distance down the road from the home of Bee Gee and Jack Boniface (1st Co.). Lost: Lonzo R. Davis, Jr.; WiUiam L. Esarey.

12 Co. "Tuck" Huey (1st Co.) says he has talked to Dave Barksdale in Green Cove Springs, Florida, trying to get him interested in Alumni activities but Dave is just content to be teaching college. 1 had a phone caU recentiy in response to an article I had printed in the San Diego Navy League CouncU newsletter and the caUer turned out to be Bonnie Upthegrove, daughter of Harry Nelson. Bonnie works for the Armed Services YMCA here in San Diego and says her father Uves in Brunswick, Maine. Having had a long career in BeU Labs, he doesn't communicate often, Bonnie says. Lost: John D. King; WUliam H. Northup.

13th Co. Lost: George W. Mayo, Jr.; John F. McNamee, III; Robert V. Towner.

14th Co. Lost: John W. Erickson; Claude M. Glenn, Jr.; Robert D. Lyon; Howard B. Shofner, Jr. ISth Co. HaUie Rice's motor has no idle speed and he seems to be always thinking up new ventures. His latest, the "Hampton House" restaurant in AnnapoUs, doesn't have much to do with his electronics business, which specializes in energy management for supermarkets. Hallie said that when he received a letter of reprimand from the Commandant Eleventh Naval District as a Ueutenant he considered his naval career "shot" and so resigned. Not only did he become successful in business, but he also became a captain in the Naval Reserve. Probably knew the rudiments of saiUng better than most regulars and still thrives on it.

Meanwhile, Virginia is content to smeU the flowers, keep track of her chUdren (lovely Kathleen is stiU Uving at Tree Tops) and wonder when HalUe will slow down. George Ferch called to say that he and Alice just returned from a month-long trip to Europe in which they visited five countries as weU as the BMW Museum in Munich on George's birthday. Also, Alice took first prize for oil paintings at a recent South Coast Plaza Art Show. Ann Shipmate, December 1987

and John CoHins, who run CCl Host Tours, are getting ready to take another group of WAVES and Women of the Navy to AustraUa and New Zealand in Sept./Oct. '88. You couldn't get a better conducted tour. Hurry. Space is Umited. Lost: George N. Frazier; Atticus H. Hatsell, Jr. 16th Co. Lost: Donald L. Bums, Jr.; Clarence Couture, Jr.; Thomas J. Dwyer; Paul J. Love; Hubert M. Nicholson, Jr.; Frank H. Taylor, H. 17th Co. Lee Martin writes to say that they hope to do some traveUng in their trailer this Fall and Winter. Lee also asked if I had information about which Classmates were promoted to commander, captEtin, etc. The answer is "Of course" and once I get my data base installed in my computer, I will be more capable of giving that information to anyone who wants it. Otherwise, it's a Uttie tedious to do manuaUy. Lost: Edward Lange; Dale F. MueUer. 18th Co. Lost: Gabriel E. Valenty, Jr. 19th Co. Jack Sickel writes from Piano, Texas (DaUas): I am retiring from Texas Instruments, Inc. on 30 Sept. this year after a career of some twentytwo years. During this time I analyzed, studied and verbalized tactical aircraft weapon requirements from a military point of view — both Air Force and Navy. My work here was enjoyable and chaUenging. I was recently awarded the Patrick E. Haggerty Innovation Award for work which concerned the development and deployment of PAVEWAY Oaser guidance for weapons) — through three generations of guidance kits for a variety of bomb types. We built over 156,000 kits from 1967-1987 for the USN, USMC, USAF and some 17 AUied Nations.

Lost: Albert J. AUen, Jr.; Edward J. Costello; Robert A. Davis; Findly M. Doughty; Renn M. Lawrence; Maurice L. Medcalfe.

20th Co. Lost: WUliam R. O'Brien.

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Pres., Adm. Wesley L. McDonald USN (Ret.) Sec'y. Capt. W.B. "Johnny" Johnson USN (Ret.) 8653 Gates Head Rd., Alexandria, Va. 22309 (703) 360-7333 Last month, 1 mentioned that the majority of responses to the questions about the next major Reunion favored having our 45th Reunion at Annapolis during Homecoming 1991. Thinking I could "get a jump" on the situation, I called the four larger hotels only to find that the Class of '51 had already booked them for their 40th Reunion. My suspicions are that Wes Hammond, Shipmate Editor and coincidentally, a member of '51, scooped this advance information from my already submitted column, but how can I prove it? (If this makes it into print, he's probably innocent!) ('51 usually has quinquenniel Reunions on non-Homecoming football weekends. Thus, I am surprised we are conflicting. Not guilty! Wes.) 1 gladly rehnquish this problem to the new slate of Class officers, but it already looks like a space problem exists unless the date or location is changed.

The turnout for the all-Alumni dinner at this year's Homecoming was remarkably light. However, our tailgate gathering was well attended as was our Class dinner on Saturday night, which was catered at The Dunes under the sponsorship of Barbara and BUI Teasley, with Bob von Gerichten doing his usual outstanding job of organizing the attendees and Doug Sloan faithfully standing by to pay the bill. Others attending were: Ann and Jim Anderson (our new Treasurer), Pat and Dixon Caine, Bets and Ralph Carnahan (our new President), Len and Ted Davis (our new Vice-president), Shipmate, December 1987

Carolyn and Frank Deaton, Jeannette and Jim Doyle, Donna and Verne Dupy, Lillian and Jake Finneran, Betty and Bo Heininger (who came up from Florida for the week to work on details of the Class tour to the Orient as well as to attend Homecoming), Norma and Wes Mcdonald, Mary and John Prehn, Terry and Bill Ridgeway, Marge and Lou Rossi, Pat and Chuck Schoman, "Shook" Schuknecht, Pat and Chet Shaddeau (who erected his Mark II Mod. I Class of '47 sign at the tailgate party, and must have anticipated a Force 9 gale from the sturdy rigging he used).

Bunny Sisson, Louise and Chuck Clonim, Margaret von Gerichten (with Bob, our new Secretary, of course), Nancy and Chan von Schrader, Buck Williams and his guest, Claire Siewick, Lynn and Hec Williams, Chris and Dick Yeatman, and Amelia and myself.

Jim Collier reported his move from San Francisco to Vermont, where he and Clair have bought a home, partly built in 1806 as a wayside tavern, on 21 acres in a little town in New Haven. They plan to get a few horses, plant some fruit trees, berries and a smaU gEuden and then sit on the patio watching the sun set over Lake Champlain and the Andirondack Mountains. They have five bedrooms. So there is ample room in case any Classmates drop by, plus a 70-by-30-foot bam for any overflow and a swimming pool (presumably used only in the Summer at that latitude!) The line forms to the left! Their home is on Pearson Road in New Haven, but the mailing address is : Box 227, RD #2, Vergennes, Vermont 05491. Nydia and Roberto Leon have also moved to a fivebedroom home at 9204 Talisman Drive, Vienna, Va. 22180. Bob says this gives him both office space and room for their grandchUdren to stay overnight and welcomes any Classmates in the area to drop in for a visit. Just prior to moving. Bob feU and broke five ribs, which with a resultant infection, kept him on the binnacle list for over two months. (And probably on "Nydia's List" as weU, since she had most of the burden of making the move.) In the past several years, they have made several trips to Europe using "space available," two trips to the West Coast, and several to Florida. WhUe in Orlando, Bob Tumage showed them around town, and they are considering spending some Winter seasons in that area after Roberto retires in the near future from his position as an acoustics engineer for Montgomery County, Maryland.

I regret to announce the death of Richard C. Johnson on 9 May 1987 at the Veterans Hospital, LaJolla, CaUfornia. Dick was in the 21st Company, and many will remember him for his feats in track as a hurdler. He was retired as a lieutenant in 1957 after qualifying in submarines.

Dawn and Chuck Doscher retired simultaneously from their positions with the State Department on 1 October and after a very elegant and well attended retirement party at their home in McLean, Virginia, they set out on a two-month odyssey of visiting relatives, friends, and potential retirement sites. Chuck was involved in the program of re-construction of foreign embassy buildings to improve their security and Dawn was an expert in anti-terrorist training.

Earie Trickey has identified himself (again, after I mis-filed his earUer letter) as the Classmate whose wife, Mary, is a descendent of the Henry Wadsworth honored on the TripoUtan Monument and wrote: Regarding the TripoUtan Monument, Somers, Israel and Wadsworth died when INTREPID blew up; Dorsey, Dacatur and Caldwell died in gunboat actions. Four of the men have had ships named for them; Decatur and Wadsworth have not, as ships bearing those names honor other

family members, according to Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Perhaps there are family associations or hometown historical societies that would be interested to know of the monument's condition. We are particularly interested in the preservation of the monument because the Henry Wadsworth honored there is Mary's great, great, great-uncle. I believe the monument was carved in Italy, set up in Washington and hacked up a bit during the British occupation. Wadsworth has a more lasting memorial, in one sense. His sister (they were among the several children of Revolutionary War General Pelag Wadsworth) named her next son for him, as she had married a young lawyer named Longfellow. An interesting footnote to history is that General Wadsworth had called for a court-martial for Paul Revere after the Penobscot fiasco in 1779; his grandson, the poet, made the man famous years later!

Thanks for the interesting letter, Earle. Our Class President, Wes McDonald, has approved submitting a letter to the Alumni Association as an initial step towards the possibiUty of estabUshing a project to preserve the monument. This is a formal inquiry which will then go to the Superintendent for a determination as to the need for the project, but will not commit the Class to any action. A formal vote of the Class wiU be necessary prior to any solicitation of money and establishing a fund with the Alumni Association for this purpose. Until a preliminary design of a protective structure is developed, there is no basis for estimating the cost. I intend to pursue the matter further and am very interested in any comments any of you care to submit.

Truly memorable dinner-parties don't happen very often at our age, after 40 years or so of going to a great many affairs around the world, but Marilyn and Bob Gatewood certainly hosted a party that will long be remembered by those who attended. Originally scheduled to celebrate the graduation of their 13th child from the University of West Virginia last Spring, the untimely arrival of hordes of seventeen-year cicadas forced them to postpone the event untU September. From the moment of our arrival at their sumptuous home in northwest Washington untU our reluctant departure, we aU felt the warmth and graciousness of Marilyn and Bob's hospitality. We wondered how a house with eleven bedrooms and nine bathrooms survived the raising of thirteen chUdren, and I can honestly report, "Magnificantly!" Bob said that, Uke most famiUes, many of the kids were expected back on holiday occasions, and they planned on staying put for the forseeable future.

As we entered the rear patio, several photographers took pictures of each couple and also one with the host and hostess, a very nice touch. The most popular feature for many was the marvelous band, consisting of members of about our own vintage, which played "our kind of music." 1 found myself doing some of the swinging stuff of the early '40s with Margaret von Gerichten and not even caring about my usually creaking knees and back. Bob conducted a tour of the house for those who had not seen it, but I got lost and never did see the recreation room and theatre which Amelia described to me later. The weather was perfect and the beautiful landscaped garden surrounding the patio was an ideal setting for the outdoor dancing and supper. Marilyn had arranged bouquets of cut flowers and trios of brass candlesticks around the table under a huge awning where we ate a meal of soft-shelled crab, and roasted tenderloin. Bob manned the microphone for an impromptu performance as master-of-ceremonies with the theme of "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be" and concluding that none of us would be where we are without the support of our loving wives. A number of Classmates took a turn 99

at the " m i k e " but perhaps the most imUkely one was "Red" Niedfeldt who caUed from his home in Pebble Beach, CaUfornia, for a protracted conversation with most of those present. Those attending were Anne and Ray Baker, Bets and Ralph Camahan, Shirley and BUI Crowe, LiUian and J ^ e Finneran, Lee and Stu Kearney (who is involved in a project to improve the Naval Academy Golf Course and Club House and is looking for support), Jean and Ely Kirk, Barbara and Bob Marmet, Mage and Lou Rossi, Athena and Bob Smith, Margaret and Bob von Gerichten, Nancy and Chan von Schrader, and AmeUa and myself.

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Pres., John F. Barrow Sec'y, Capt. Peter S. Swanson, USN (Ret.) P . O . Box 2741, ArUngton, Va. 22202 Asst. Sec'y, Capt. Warren P. Vosseler, USN (Ret.) 1826 Baldwin Drive, McLean, Va. 22101 703/821-6834 Merry Christmas t o one and aU and a Happy New Year to foUow! We wonder what the weather wiU be Uke when these words see the Ught of day.

As we write, we're into the lovely early days of FaU. Here is a fine letter we received from Don Pantle. He and BeUe Uve in Singapore where he is the ControUer of BeU HeUcopter Asia Ltd. He wrote: Contrary to a thought expressed in an issue of Shipmate, I am not 'lost.' However, my 3 W years in the southeast Asian paradise of Singapore has kept me away from our natural home to a d^ree.

I have been with BeU HeUcopter for more than 30 years, most of the time in our Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters. BeU has taken new initiatives in the Pacific Rim and our model venture, headquartered in Singapore, has been successful.We sell and service our products in a territory bordered by Pakistan on the west., Philippines on the east, RepubUc of Korea on the north, and Tasmania on the south. The cultural variety, the numbers of people, the distances stagger the imagination. The learning opportunities are unlimited. My wife, BeUe, and I have two boys, four girls, and our next generation now includes three boys and seven girls. I must say career satisfaction has been ample but nothing compared to the joys (and tribulations) of seeing this family grow and develop. Our progeny are our legacy. While heretofore not an active contributor to the Alumni Association, I rarely miss an issue of Shipmate and keep the names and memories of dear friends close to heart. I also keep relatively current on Navy activities as travel permits. Spent a lot of time in and out of the Norfolk area while BeU was heavily involved in producing for the Navy and Marines. One recent

hospitaUty is out; continued success t o you.

As our Class continues t o move towards real retirement, we were pleased to read, via Paul Laric, the foUowing. " ' t i s a rare thing these days when a sexagenarian can buck the yuppy mentaUty, particularly in the competitive business atmosphere of New York, and step up to a brand-new j o b — UNLESS he's a 49er! Bob Salomon just proved the point. Please see the attached item from The New York Times." So here are a few words from that item: "Robert J. Salomon has been named vice president and director of Commercial and RetaU Leasing for the Zeckendorf organization.

[He] has more than three decades of high-level professional exi>erience in the real estate business . . . was previously an independent real estate consultant to such major corporations as Wamer Communications, Inc. Prior to that he was a vice president at Wamer Communication representing the corporation in its national intemational transactions . . . Zechendorf said, 'His insights and knowhow, particularly from such prestigious operations as RockefeUer Center should have direct appUcation to several of our projects, especiaUy World Wide Plaza. '...Salomon is founding member and first president of the National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives of New York.'

Thanks for the news Paul and the Class sends its congratualtions and best wishes for your success.

Bob.

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SON to Singapore. We enjoyed hosting the 'copter squadron and visiting on board. A far cry from my Korean duty ship, USS BAIWBNG STRAIT. AS

I recaU, we had 24 F4U Corsairs on board; now the other end of the spectrum — VINSON with over 100 various awesome weapons, this brings ^B^^^^^*V^^^^^H to focus my reason for writing; i.e., noting Val Shaeffer's exploits in the southern seas and other ^^^HMT"'™^^^^^! places of intrigue, I am sure a number of our Classmates must transit Singapore and I would hope any and aU would caU upon me here. Look for BeU HeUcopter in the yeUow pages or, at my home, 4486655 would rouse me. BeUe and I have traveled extensively for many years. (We have BeU products in over 100 countries.) But, in seven months this year we seem to have outdone ourselves and can Ust the foUowing cities where . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H B S L . V"^' ^ ^ 2 HH|i / '"^H we have found bed and board: San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong . . . Paris . . . Olympus . . [and so forth for a total of 28 intemational cities!] We also maintain our home in ArUgton, Mamet and Johnson Texas, and have spent some time there this year, I have a final request t o make in this, my final as weU; telephone is 817/274-0049. I enjoy a bit column — add Bob von Gerichten, your new of culinary pursuit and have attached a few of Secretary, to your mailing Ust. His address is: 8517 my favorites — both of the Asian persuasion and Lancashire Drive, Springfield, Va. 22151 and a couple with European flavor. Since I am for the first time communicating, it would appear telephone is: (703) 978-7230. Support him as you that I am heading for retirement — not so! Job have supported me, and for which I gratefuUy and satisfaction out here has been immensely rewardhumbly say "Thanks and ' 7 3 . " ing and I would expect to be involved in the newly industrialized and developing nations for some time to come. Best to aU, Don We just want to add that Don sent along five exotic recipes which wiU make the Class' 40th cookbook a standout; e.g.. Hot Plate Fish, Bak Membership: 59% KNG Chinese Spring RoUs, etc. Thanks for that most interesting letter, Don. The word on your Sec'y, Cdr. Sumner K. Moore USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22302

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Cary and Mike Bonner Mike Bonner sent us this picture and the foUowing letter.

We've settled down permanently, we hope, in Camden [S.C.]. We chose Camden (wife Gary's home town) as a result of a typical democratic famUy decision. When it came time to select a location, Cary made the foUowing announcement: 'I've Uved where your job took you for over 30 years, now its my turn. I'U give you two choices — Ccunden or nothing!' Depending on the day, I'm between 50 and 80% retired. In terms of income producing activities, I teach Computer Science part of the time for the Univ. of S.C. and do a little consulting helping local smaU businesses 'computerize' their bookkeeping. As a 'volunteer,' I'm treasurer of three different organizations: our church, the Rotary Club, and the Literacy Society. The treasurer business is reaUy a family affan; Cary is treasurer of the CaroUnas Needlepoint Guild. In season, I also prepare income tax returns for 'needy' senior citizens . . . Don't ask how a guy who spent the majority of his career working as an Aerospace Engineer and airplane jockey got into

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the 'beancounting' business — I don't understand it myself. Son Keith and family (2 grands) live in Brownsville, Texas, where he is an Air Traffic Controller working the Harlingen tower.

Our thanks for the good letter, Mike. We hope more of the Class will do as you did — send in letters about how and what they are doing.

Here are some items that came in with contributions to the Class' party fund. From Ted Annenberg, in New York, "Wife, Jan, is a senior financial consultant and vice president at Merrill Lynch in the Pan Am building in New York. Son, Matthew, 22, Harvard '87, joined Chemical Bank in New York City in the foreign currency trading section." Lou Branch, from Orlando, checked in with a nice contribution and reported that his present plans were to visit BUI Knoble in Beaumont, Texas, in August. He promises a report of that visit. Eddie Briggs, from Escondido, California, writes that he is doing volunteer work in the Escondido Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Ecology Centre, Inc., San Diego Unified School District, Bernardo Heights Country Club Board of Directors, and the Surface Navy Association. Good luck, Eddie, we hope you find some free time somewhere. Rhods Boykin, from Chevy Chase, reprots that he is stiU working for Booz Allen. He hit the big 60 last May and Luke Capone, John Mallard, Jim WUson, Pooley Wood, and Jim McVoy helped him get through it at a party at his house. He said Joanie spends summers in their house at Canterbury Point, Connecticut; he flies up on weekends. From time to time he. Ken Carr, and Bob Douglass get together for tennis. From Stan Counts in La JoUa: I plan to retire in about 3'/2-4 years. Bettejan and I plan a trip to Europe in the Summer of '88 for the 20th reunion of the NATO Sea Sparrow Surface Missile System. Saw H.B. Barkley in June when he was visiting his children on the West Coast. We see Sally and Tom Linton at least annuaUy. Our daughter, Ashlie, is married to LCdr. R.D. Jenkins III. They have been ordered to USNA to report in September.

I wiU be on the Board of Directors of the Surface Navy Assoc, until 1/89. Bette and 1 sail and ski for hobbies.

From Merritt Island, Florida came this fine note from Bart Downes: First of all some family news. Sadly I must inform those of you who knew her, that my wife, Roberta, died of cancer last November [86].

We'd been together for 32 years and I shall miss her; but now it is time to move on. My son completed his wanderings and decided to change course so he is currently Uving at home and working part-time while pursuing an engineering degree. Now the big story; in the acronyms laden world of NASA, I am now known as the GFTB (grandfather-to-be) and the main event is scheduled for early [this] December. Be ready, guys, I'U have a waUet fuU of photos to show you at the 40th Reunion. Don't miss it. I am currently working for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center as a Flight Crew Systems Engineer. One of the fringe benefits is occasional trips to the West Coast where I sometimes manage a visit wtih Lee and Rick Claytor, Brooke and Tom McDonald, and my faithful old roommate, John 'Dit' Lund, and Betty. Don't think John's ailing feet will allow him to play tennis so we need another guy to fill out a doubles match at the Reunion. Any volunteers? When not working on the nation's space program, 1 spend my leisure hours playing tennis (B +), making sawdust in the garage, or SCUBA diving the Florida reefs and fresh water springs. My retirement plans are on hold pending completion of two main requirements: (a) becoming independently weaUhy and (b) getting bored with the job. Hope to see you all at the 40th — or sooner if you should find yourself in the central Florida area.

Thanks for the great letter, Bart.

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Keating Keays and John Sieck at the BuU Roast

up and about recovering from his heart attack last Winter. We also learned that Lee Grabowsky had graduated with honors last July after earning her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social Studies.

It was a great event that called for a family party, Fred said. Our congratulations, Lee; we're proud of you. We also learned from Fred that he has been detailed for a six-month assignment in the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) to help the Justice Department whittle down a backload of cases. Fred and Lee planned to head south in October. Our President John F. Barrow and Ex. VP Jack Benoit did not attend because they were at sea on the QE 2 on an economy fare trip to England. Somehow, Barrow managed to get a leter to us written from "somewhere in the North Atlantic." It described their crowded quarters and how they were surviving in shaft alley; how they had to take turns changing clothes in the passageway; and that when they finally were invited to the Captain's cocktail party — they served the drinks . . . After reading the letter, one Classmate said, "1 knew John was funny — but I didn't know he was humorous, too." In summary, the evening was a good one.

All hands remember that another B-Roast is planned for next Homecoming and we already have reserved the North Severn Recreation area.

Here are some quick notes from around the Washington Metro area. If you enjoy news by radio, you can listen to a real pro on a local radio station in the person of our own Al Belach. Al is doing a great job as news anchor man on WTOP. It appears that Jim Watkins is to be the Chairman of the Presidential Commission on AIDS. And, finaUy, your correspondent would Uke to announce the arrival of his fifth grandchild, Kelly Marie, in October. The young one is doing great; the mother and father are recovering nicely.

Bulletin Board: In the October issue, we mentioned a Color Girl Memorial Fund was being set up for Krissy WaUer. Although final plans on the fund's use have yet to be decided by Ed and Marty, memorials may be sent now, in Krissy's name, to the Fund in care of the USNAA Association. The address is at the front of Shipmate. Expect a flyer soon announcing the Dark Ages Party. Your Executive Committe is studying the latest Farmer's Almanac to avoid any snowstorms. That's it — WVP and PSS.

50 Slim Somerville, WiUard Clark Our second Homecoming BuU Roast in September was a success. Though held in a new location on Hospital Point at the Academy, with a chill breeze off the Severn, 83 people plus guests showed up. We enjoyed another good, ample, Grabowsky approved, feast and a chance to catch up on one another's doings. It was a calming time for many who had just come from the NavyLehigh rout. Space precludes listing all attendees, but here are some pictures and names of a few who came from out of the area. Coming the farthest was Warren Parr from Coronado; a close second was Bill Shanhouse who came from Dallas via a tour around the Mediterranean Sea. We also saw the Ed Carver's and their daughter from Virginia Beach, the Harry Donohue's from Pittsburgh, and Jack Vice and John Sieck from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was also good to see Pete Klein

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Pres., Col. Gayle L. May USAFR Sec'y, Capt. Wayne L. Jensen USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Ct., Chula Vista, Calif. 92010 Patrol Squadron Eight Hundred Sixty One (VP-861) was activated during the Korean War from Reserve status to active Patrol Squadron Eighteen (VP-18) and to keep all those Reservists in-line they sent four USNA grads out of the Class of 1950. VP-18 was a first aviation squadron assignment for Norm Thom, Roy Highberg, CecU Kempf and Wayne Jensen. Our first deployment was to Luqua, Malta, and our mission was to keep Europe secure during Korean hostilities. We did a good job! And now that squadron is having a 35th reunion and a surprisingly large number of the originals are making it down to Pensacola, Fla. to renew and retell old war stories. Norm is deceased but Gladys was informed of the gathering. Roy Highberg tried to work it into his schedule without success. Cecil found that recent retirement found him inordinately busy in Coronado. But Wayne volunteered once again to go down to Pensacola from 16 to 22 October to hold down all 101

Lisalyn Roth, Ward Lasley, the Butians Coopers and Goldings Sam PoweU, Tom Rogers, the Carters Frank Roth, Gladys, Lisalyn Roth those Reservists. Imagine, it takes those Reservists & Deke Forbes, Margret & John Greenwood, Jean When you read this, dear old Navy wiU no doubt six days to hold a reunion. Among the more & Dick Duggan, Jackie & BUI Diehl, Barbara & be somewhere between 0-10 and 2-8, or perhaps notable of the alumni of the squadron and attendBUI Demers, Carol & CharUe Cooper, MoUy & the Mulekicker Affair wUl have passed. Be that ing was Dan Murphy, former Sixth Fleet ComJerry Coleman, Anita & John Cavanaugh, Mary as it may, the home game taUgates have been betmander, deputy at CIA, and one-time chief of & Frank Carter, Phil Conley, June & Bernie ter than ever, with anywhere from 40 to 70 folks Staff to George Bush.

Buteau, Bela & Pete Block, Luciana & Spence Bar- gathering 'round from as early as three hours row and Suzanne and BUI Ayres.

Tom Ross dashes off a note from his and Ann's before gametime. cabin in USS FAIRSKY, a Sitmar cruise ship in the Rex KUboum writes from "Long Point" Our cheering section, roughly between the 15 Alaska area. Tom and Ann were celebrating their Neavitt, Maryland, requesting our Class and 20 on the upper west side, was subscribed by 37th anniversary in style with a twelve-day cruise Treasurer's address so he can send money — happy 44 folks this year, and we hope to expand on that out of San Francisco. They left on 11 September to comply — Our Class Treasurer is Tom Rogers next year. Like we said, the taUgates are superb, and returned to Annapolis on the 23rd. To up-date 5844 Edson Lane, RockvUle, Md. 20852. We have the gals have outdone themselves with the food on AnnapoUs doings — M> One showed up for also had many requests for your Class Secretary's and stuff, and several of the games have seen many the luncheon on 3 July, but on Friday, 7 August, phone number. You may caU Wayne Jensen with folks spending a good deal of the day out there. the foUowing came to lunch at the USNA O'Club: Class news at (619) 421-6756.

The rootin' section starts with Burkhalter on the Jim Lynn, M McLean (works for EPA), Tom Out in San Diego we managed to gather 14 for left, and Loferski, Bannerman abd Brumfiel on Ross and PhU Ryan. Then on 4 September they the first Friday '50 luncheon at the Mariner Naval the far right. See if you can ID the fans. And yes, bad Gerry Coleman, Ed Greenberg, Tom, and PhU Station O'Club. At the event: Chuck Robertson, that's Louanne and Jack CromweU from Mai-Tai Ryan. Also attending was Lt. Jim SetteUe, '82, the CharUe Clark, Mark Fradden, Dick Smith, Frank Heaven sitting left of your Secy. new I7th Company Officer in Bancroft HaU. Since CassUly, Stan Neander, Dick Thurston (Back from In the taUgate pics (aU I to r): (A), Kitterman, we sponsor the I7th Co. Tom took Lt. SetteUe over a visit to Provo, Utah, and happy to be back at Gambke, two Bannermans; (B), Libby MueUer, to the October Washington Class lunch to brief sea level), Frank Taylor (Spent 10 great days in HUgartner, two Maclnnises, Raithel; (C), two Classmates on things they ought to know about YeUowstone w/Diane — plenty of Elk, Bison etc.

Dietrichs, two Winnefelds; (D), Sara HUgartner, Academy doings. At that gathering he expressed but no bears), Dick Prescott, Dave Taylor, BiU Maclnnis, Pat Kitterman, Mo Bannerman, the thanks of the company for things provided to Grimm, Gene Wisenbaker, Tom Kolstad and MueUer; (E), Brumfiel, two Boyces, Toddy the wardroom. It appears that the Class of 1950 Wayne Jensen.

Raithel, Baz PoweU, Dee Brunfiel; (F), Davies, is one of the few that provides active support for Benita and J.B. FarreU managed their short visit Woodbury, two Thomes (prickly pair?). So come their company. At that October luncheon the Class to the mainland from Hawau in early October. The one, come aU, join in the fun. Yes, and at had: J.J. McNaUy, Dick PoweU, Tom Ross, Walt Fraddens and Jensens on short notice got together Homecoming, the gals put out a gigantic spread Flint, Frank Roth, Bob OUver, Ward Lasley, Ted with the FarreUs and Suzy Scribner at the Admiral as we fed the entire 16th Company, our sponsored Speaker, Gayle May and DaryU Tripp. Dick Kidd O'Club for a deUghtful Sunday Brunch. ones, led by a gal Company Commander!

PoweU reported that his son, Lindsey, recently Somehow the Adm. Kidd Club has managed to News of a party from Howie Ruggles on 16 gave him a "down" on a recent aircraft instra- retain aU of its charm of the early days. J.B. has October at the San Diego Yacht Club, to celebrate ment check for losing 200 feet and being 20° off promised to contact all of our Classmates in '40 years since Plebe October! More in the Jan.heading on a recent instrument card renewal flight.

Hawaii upon his return, so we can anticipate a Feb. issue, plus pics. Glimpse of the America's Glad to see the current generation is going by the royal Hawaiian update next month.

Cup, salute to sunset, and Yachting Dress Alpha. rules. Ward Lasley says that while Homecoming Howie also sent along some name/address weekend didn't provide much of a footbaU game, changes: Bill Hutchison, not Hutchinson; Kathy there was another great Class of '50 party at and Jake Thomas, P.O. Box 785, Ramona, CaUf. Membership: 69% Busch's after the game. Attending the game but 92065, same phone; Clyde Welch's widow, Nancy, unable to go to the party were: Marian and Jac810 Cabrillo Ave., Coronado, CaUf. 92118, tel: Pres., Capt. John L. Woodbury, Jr. USN (Ret.) ques TreviUyan, Earl Dille, Mary Jane and Milt 619-435-0657. Thanks again, Howie for the update Sec'y, Cdr. Jack Hamilton USN (Ret.) Schultz and Brenda and Stan Olson. At the game 9215 Cutting Horse Court (want my job?). Some more. From El Paso, Smitand party were: Tom Eagye, Tom Rogers, Joyce tie and BiU Purse have moved to 1061J Park View Springfield, Va. 22153 and Ed Golding, Gayle May, Dorothy & Marsh Circle, El Paso, Texas 79935-3103. And Anne and Treado, Bud SprouU, Ann and Roy Snyder, Margy Pete O'Kane have moved from the D.C. area to & Bob Shultz, Bets & Phil Ryan, Gladys Bania, 43 W. Summit St., Unit lOA, South Hadley, Mass.

Lisalyim Roth & Frank Roth, Judy & Sam Powel, 01075, tel: 413-536-1896. Pete has retired from GE Fran & Dick PoweU, Mary & Bob Oliver, Jo & after 3,500 years, or close to it. That from Lee Lee Minnis, Fran & John McNally, Nancy & Jim Doggett. Anne and Pete were both from that area Lynn, Janet & Fred Leder, Betty Viser & Ward originally, near Holyoke.

Lasley, Terri and Law Kivlen, Carol & BiU Kiehl, Bob Brodie called to say that on 15 December Vi & Don JarteU, Irene & Rocky Holman, SheUey Art Sundry wiU become General Manager of & John Henderson, Cynthia and Dave Heerwagen, Motorola Corporation Communications Sector in Carol & Ed Granwald, Anna & Ed Greenberg, Illinois. Art, I beUeve, was VP of that sector in Elaine & Bob Goldman, Shirley & Dick Fox, Roz Schaumburg, lUinois. Congrats, Art!

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ip^ ^ t Four Salts in Salzburg John Green wrote to say that Dave Greathouse has gone Arabic! Well, a neighbor brought him the gard from Saudi Arabia, and Dave had grown a beard anyhow due to a skin problem. Looks pretty natural to me! John says that in addition to seeing Margarita and Dave, it was a nostalgia trip — seeing the parade ground at Texas A&M, where he left 42 years ago after finishing the primary electronic technician course A&M conducted for the Navy.

And yet another pic, this a good one, from JWW, courtesy of Paul Smith. Taken at the closing Sunday Brunch on QUEEN MARY at Long Beach. Paul is standing behind Genevieve and Howie Ruggles, Betty (Bohler) and Robin McGlohn, and Maureen and Don Osborn.

The Homecoming party at Bay Ridge Inn foUowing the Lehigh game and 'Mid Feed' was a very warm affair with 53 citizens attending. Babs and Ben Benjovsky did their usual great job with the food and music. Their 'guests': Bannermans, Boyces, Brumfiels, Cromwells, Ron Davies, Dietrichs, June Doering, Gambkes, Hamiltons, Hammonds, Kalisches, Kittermans, Loferskis, Mows, PoweUs, Prudens, Raithels, Rigsbees, SmaUs, Stockdales, Jerry Thomases, Thomes, Tuzos, Vomers, Dottie Wasilewski, Winnefelds and Woodburys. Many thanks again, Babs and Ben. Sorry, no pics (ran out at the tailgate!).

Four of our hardy travelers took practically the entire month of September touring Europe, in ones, twos and finally fours, including England, Germany, Austria and Hungary. The four Salts in Salzburg — Evelyn and Bob Swart framing Mary and Lou Sarosdy in the beautiful gardens 'neath the castle, also had fun and games at the local laundromat where, it seems, Mary tried to put some 'special' soap for Lou's 'unmentionables' into the machine, but was stopped by the attendant. Lou, thereby provoked, and you might say ready to itch, fumed and foamed, and finally darted out to the nearest cafe for a tankard of the latter. Finally soothed, he stood guard over the important proceedings. The four ventured by train 'beyond the curtain' to Lou's hometown of Budapest for a quick visit with relatives. Then, with Mario Andretti Swart at the wheel, they set new speed records for crossing the continent. Yes, many can vouch that they returned safely to the yoo-ess-uv-ay. Whew!

In case you are wondering, your Board is considering such weighty matters as what to do to help the 16th Company Wardroom, examining options for future Homecomings, looking into 40th Reunion details, awaiting Nominating Committee Chairman Al Raithel's recommended slate for the Shipmate, December 1987

meeting, we wish you all a very merry Christmas, and happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

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JWW Brunch Bunch new President, and new members of the Board to be voted upon at the combined Winter [?] Formal/Annual Meeting to be held on 9 April, Saturday after Easter, at Fort Meyer — and examining ideas for a future Class gift to the Academy. So we do keep busy. It has also been rumored that there is a movement afoot to make Ruth Small Navy's next head football coach, but to date it is unfounded. More details later!

Questionnaires for a Class vacation in 1989 have stopped flowing. Maybe it's too early. Remember, we will need a year's lead time, so think on it during the Winter, and then come forth with ideas and/or an indication you'll join in the fun.

You wiU be getting a mailout the first of the year containing the Annual Report (meeting minutes and Treasurer's report), flyer for the 9 April Annual Meeting, and ballot and envelope for President. Hoping you will join in a large participation in the balloting, and come to the April

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Pres., MGen. William B. Maxson USAF (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Edwin L. Ebbert USN (Ret.) 2514 Culpeper Road, Alexandria, Va. 22308 The Army-Navy game is history. We can only hope that the next football season will be better!!

As the season shifts to Christmas and the hoUdays, my thoughts turn to the New Year — what will that bring to you?

News of the Reunion drifts in. I can use all that you send — including pictures!

Jim Quinn sent a good recap of the George M. Vahsen Memorial Golf Tournament. Thirty players teed off: Toxey Califf, Wendy Cosner, Dick Denfeld, Leigh Ebbert, Gus Eggert, Barry Falgoust, John Foster, Frank Hannegan, Carl Hilland, Bill Hippie, Don Horn, Corky Lenox, Jim Link, Vince Manara, Bill Maxon, Ed Paluso, Jim Quinn, Tom Reedy, Grady Roby, Ernie Schultze, Wendell Stockdale, Ed Stolle, Bob Taylor, Kitty Taylor, Tom Tonseth, Vic Vine, Ken Weir, BiU Zobel. Winners were: Chsunpion, Corky Lenox (79), foUowed closely by Don Horn and Bill Zobel. Vic Vine took runner-up low gross. A new women's trophy was introduced, and Kitty Taylor took that honor. First, second, and third flight honors went to Ed Paluso, Wendell Cosner; Paul Blackadar, Barry Falgoust; Wendell Stockdale, Bob Taylor. Other prizes were awarded for Shortest Drive, Highest Gross, Low and High Front 9, Low and High Back 9, and Most Consistent.

From Chuck Pollack. Commencing 15 October, he is taking REVERIE from Connecticut to Florida via Chesapeake Bay and the intracoastal waterway, then into the Caribbean for one to two years. From there, probably to the coast of Brazil, back up to Panama and out to the South Pacific. Send sitreps.

Chuck! Reverie, a 51-foot ketch, became the Pollack home on 1 October. Chuck, a Senior Vice President of Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc., retired and sold his house in Sparta, New Jersey, and moved aboard. He reports that his brother Bob, '55, died last year following heart surgery at Stanford Medical Center.

From Skeeter Carson. "To me, there is no question of who was 'The Class of the Reunion.' My special thanks to aU who made it so! We had a wonderful time."

From Mary and BUI Zobel. They have returned home to Charleston. BiU continues to do some con103

suiting work with Sverdrup Corp. (Engineering, Planning, and Architecture). Their new home is located at 1546 Invemess Dr., Charleston, S.C. 29412, telephone (803) 795-1378. BUI says he is looking forward to doing some volunteer work, art work, golf, tennis, etc., and to "come visit Charleston." Wow!!

BiU Maxson summed up the Reunion in a letter of thanks and congratulations to Lou McMiUan and aU the committee that did such a fantastic job.

BiU wrote, "Our Classmates and their 'drags' had a marvelous time throughout the five days . . . branching, lunching, and dining; touring, boating, and yacht-clubbing; tennis, golfing, and jogging; dancing, tenting, and cheering; socializing, taUgating, and — yes — even evacuating, they enjoyed themselves immensely! We know aU of this didn't just happen. You and your committee, including spouses, labored mightUy for years to bring this great gathering together. For you and your committee's hard work arui dedication to the Class of 1952, you have our profound thanks."

I know aU who attended the Reunion share BiU's sentiments. As more news and comments on the Reunion come in, I'U pass them on.

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Pres., Capt. Augustine E. Hnbal Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, D. B. Jones 6708 Pageland Lane, GainesviUe, Va. 22065 Our cruise down Alaska's Inside Passage was fantastic. The mountains rise thousands of feet almost verticaUy from the sea. There are glaciers everywhere, each having its own unique look. The salmon reaUy do spawn and then die as the National Geographic Specials say they do. Bald eagles, at least in the ChUkat River VaUey near Haines, are numerous and do flock. And a great variety of sea birds, harbor seals, humpback whales, kUler whales and porpoises showed off for us. The September weather whUe not comfortable, was quite cool carrying a strong hint of the coming Winter. ROYAL PRINCESS is a new (buUt in 1983)

45,000-ton luxury Uner with aU outside cabins. It is a British ship with an ItaUan kitchen and dining room staff which is close to having the best of both worlds (1 never saw a menu I didn't Uke).

We hadn't known whether we would enjoy an Alaskan cnuse and we went only because Myra Bearman and ApoUo Travel got us a great break on the price, and because we had seen the ship the year before and thought it was beautiful. As it tumed out we loved the cruise and want to go again. We would recommend Alaska for anyone who enjoys cruising and travel. If anyone is interested, we wiU be glad to show them our pictures — we have a lot, and wiU be happy to discuss the cruise, Alaska, or cruises in general.

WhUe on our way to Alaska we stopped for a couple of days in Seattie where we had dinner one night with Josephine and Dean Abrahamson, Patti and George Knighton, and Charlotte and John SoUars. It was a delightful evening eating salmon, looking out on Lake Union, and teUing war stories.

The only sad part was that George Knighton said he had read an obituary for Harold S. Lewis in the Seattle paper. Hal, as I'm sure aU recaU was a great gymnast. Watching the Navy team, and Hal in particular, started a Ufelong interest in gymnastics for me from which I have derived much enjoyment. As good as the current gymnasts are, Hal StiU stands out in my memories. George has promised to get us a copy of the obituary which 1 wiU get to Shipmate. Our love and condolences go out to Hal's famUy and friends.

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On returning home we discovered more bad news. The Alumni Association notifled me that they had been informed of the deaths of two of our Classmates: Eugene JuUus Christensen, and Thomas Cushing Sawyer. In the same batch of mail Capt. Stanley Alexander '30, was kind enough to write that our Classmate John Francis McCoy had died on 14 August 1987.

I have no detaUs on Gene Christensen's death other than the fact that he died on 25 October 1986. Gene came from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and left there to enUst in the Navy. After two years he went to NAPS and entered the Academy from there. He went Navy Air after graduation jmd became a naval aviator. He retired as a commander and was Uving, and I think, teaching in Lake George, New York, which is where he died. If anyone has more information or can prepare a formal obituary they can send it to me or to Shifh mate and it wiU get pubUshed in the Last CaU section. Our love and sympathy go out to all Gene's family and friends.

John Francis (Mac) McCoy went Navy Line and resigned as a Lt. (jg). He earned a Law Degree from Boston University in 1959 and settied on Cape Cod where he practiced law in the towns of Sandwich and Bourne for 27 years. Capt. Alexander, in sending me a copy of John's obituary from the Falmouth Enterprise, noted that John had been suffering for a long time but continued to work part time. He added that John "was a weU respected attomey on the Cape." The obituary is in the Last CaU section. We send our love and prayers to John's widow and daughter and hope that they are doing weU. Thomas Cushing Sawyer died 12 September 1987, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Tom went Air Force and resigned as a 1st Lt. He spent most of the rest of his Ufe in Pennsylvania where he was a senior microwave engineer for AT&T. The formal obituary is in the Last CaU section also.

Again, we send our love and sympathy to Tom's widow, daughters, famUy and many friends.

More condolences go to Scottie and BiU Ramsey as I just heard that BiU's mother died on 1 October.

In conjunction with the bad news that has happened to us over the past few months I have heard from several out of town Classmates that are concerned that the word does not get out fast enough.

Kitty and Scott Ebert Uve in Crystal River, Florida, and could have made the memorial service for Blake Ramsey at CecU Field had they only known about it. Barbara and BiU Peters Uve in Virginia Beach and could have made the memorial service for Blake at AnnapoUs had they only known about it. They are right — we do a reasonably good job of passing the word in the D.C. area (when we know about it) as we have a caU tree system for the area. But as far as I know there is no system set up to pass the word quickly to other areas of the country. A call tree system of sorts that could alert a person or persons in each of several regions of the country who could then caU Classmates in their areas is probably feasible if (I) we get some volunteers who would be wiUing to make caUs to Classmates in their region (2) have vaUd addresses and phone numbers for most of the Class and (3) can develop an easy way to determine what region people are in. Art Gilmore is working on an address roster for 35th Homecoming maiUngs and he is going to see if he can make some special computer runs for me, including some zip code sorts that may be the way to generate regional Usts.

Telephone numbers will be more of a problem although we do have some already in Art's roster.

The biggest problem wiU be getting volunteers who are wiUing to organize and implement a working call tree system in their geographic areas. Off the

top of my head I would think we would need volunteers from at least the foUowing areas: San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattie, the Rocky Mountain area, the Great Plains area, Chicago, New York, New England, Texas, North Florida, South Florida, NorfoUc, and Atianta. I'm open to suggestions or comments from any of you and would particularly Uke to hear from some volunteers. For Scott and BiU 1 wiU get to work on a system for the 10th Company. More on this general subject in later columns.

Gus says Homecoming was great if you weren't a footbaU fan. He sent me the Ust of attendees from the Friday night cocktail party and dinner and from the Saturday brunch and taUgater and we definitely had a good turnout — about 125 at the brunch and 60 or so at the Friday shindigs.

Irv Boeskool told me that the best story to come out of this Homecoming was the Irv Voyer story.

Irv left the Navy early and settied in Wisconsin where he married and raised a fanuly. Sadly, his wife died recentiy. This September, his daughter Mary flew out to visit and when she got there she had some surprises in store for Irv. She handed him a round-trip surUne ticket to Washington, tickets to Homecoming, to the footbaU game, and to the brunch and she said "Get packed. Dad, we are going to Homecoming!" And they did! That is a great story and Mary must be a great daughter — as most '53 daughters are. I would suggest that Irv could reciprocate by making his reservations now for the 35th Reunion and escort Mary.

Seen at one or another of the Homecoming events were: Eddie and Frank Adomey, Sue and Dick Albright, Barbara and Lyle Armel, Dayne, Tamra and Dick Avrit, Betsy and CharUe Baldwin, Nedra and Debbie Bird, Ruth and Irv Boeskool, Joe Bomstein, Libby and Frank Brady, Jo and Bob Cox, Nancy and Mac Cramer, Dudie and Leo Cuccias, BUI Deale, SaUy and DarreU Dempster, Pat and Tony Dowd, Alta and Denver Eddy, Jinx and Harry Famsworth and son. Marguerite and Linn Felt, Ann and Tom Fitzgerald, Dave and Dolores Frost, Sue and Jack Frost, Charlotte and Lloyd Geisy, NeU and Art GUmore, Joyce and BUI Goodwin, Audrey and Mike Greely, Mary Lou and Earl Griggs, Suzanne and Ron Gumsey and guests, MarshaU HaU, Jim Harris, Dotti and Jack Hoch, Pat and Don HoUnes, Judy and Gus Hubal, Ginny and Hank HukUl, Liz and Cricket Johnson, Ira Kane, Mickey and Bud Kauderer, Betty and Sandy Levey, Grace and Brian McCrane, Joyce and Don McVay, Tony MiUer and guest, Glenda and Chuck Mumford, Barbara and BiU Peters, BUI Plummer and wife and son. Norma and Bob Raffaele, Nancy and BiU Ritchie, Mary Ann and Frank Scolpino, Martha and Hart Sebring, Luree and Logan Sharrah, Cathy and Dean Smith, Eleanor and T.J. Smith, Ned Snyder, Dean Strong, Jo SulUvan, Evelyn and Joe Thomas, PauUne and Carl Trost, Karen and BUI Traeblood, Mary and Irv Voyer, Jean and Dave Wagner, Jim Walker and guests, Tak Yoshihara, Monica and Dave Young, and Chris and Chris Zirps. If I have missed anyone or got names wrong I'm sorry but you can blame it on Gus as I used his Usts.

The October luncheon went weU with 34 in attendance. One of our more senior retired Classmates caUed our attention to the fact that George Washington University was presenting a symposium entitied How to Manage a Large Organization, led by John Lehman. Our Qassmate further noted that this represented the ultimate in chutzpah. Pete Conrad showed us copies of the plans for the Class project paviUon. He had submitted the originals to the AnnapoUs Planning and Zoning Commission. Pete is hoping that we wiU obtain zoning variance approval from the Com-

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mission and the Annapolis City Council at their early November meeting. Bruce Borthwick sent me the monthly update which shows that as of 4 October we had collected over $67,500 from 184 Classmates. That is great, but we still need a lot more if we want to be able to start construction in time to have the paviUon ready for our 35th.

Remember pledges are acceptable, donations can be made for yourself or in memory of others for the '53 project, and all donations are fully tax deductible if you itemize. Pete and Bruce both emphasize that under the new tax law, charitable donations are worth more in 1987 than they will be in 1988. One important note: be sure that you inform the Alumni Association that your donation is to be credited to the '53 Project. We apparentiy have had a couple of Classmates fail to inform the Association that their gift was for our Class project and it did not get counted. If you think you were in this category please write the Alumni Association and advise them that your donation was meant for the '53 Project. It won't hurt your quaUfying for any of the Association's gift giving categories (Century Club, Tecumseh, John Paul Jones, etc.) and it will definitely help us to reach our goal. The address to send donations or corrections to is: U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, Alumni House, 247 King George St., AnnapoUs, Md, 21402.1 did ask Pete when we should start construction if we wanted to have the paviUon ready for our 35th in September 1988 and he said no later thin April.

So lets get on the stick and get those contributions in — it wiU be fun to watch the march on and kickoff and game from our own paviUon complete with our own sanitary faciUties.

With regard to the 35th Bruce Ogden reported that as of 4 October over 150 Classmates and 5 widows of Classmates have sent in their reservations with more coming in every day. In fact, in the last week 1 have heard from four of my old Air Force Classmate friends who say that they are coining. Don Metz caUed for information as he hadn't received a flyer and, after chewing me out for mentioning other roommates I've had but never mentioning him, allowed as how he and Sarah would be coming to the 35th. 1 told Don that SaUy said I should never let anyone know that he and 1 Uved in that grubby cinderblock ghetto at primary fUght school in Maiden, Missouri. 1 had always thought our decorating scheme was unique — early junkyard has always been one of my favorites. It is so affordable. 1 do recaU that our sheets were pretty grimy by the time we left Maiden and 1 think I was probably the first one in the Class The real Cricket

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Albrights and Ritchies to bum a hole in the bottom of a tea kettle. Fortunately, I don't think Sarah ever got to Maiden to see our lovely pad. Roy Feaga also called and mentioned that he and Laura went to an Air Force reunion in Atlanta recently along with Pat and George Hall. Roy says the Halls say they are coming to the 35th and that George said the Roast he was to receive in Hattiesburg in October had been supposed to be a secret. However, that crack news joumal Shipmate, with their legions of highly paid investigative reporters, broke the code and spread the news throughout the world. Sorry, George, wUI apologize in person at the Reunion. Roy also said that he and Laura would be there. Patti and George Knighton also wrote to say that they would be attending. Maybe we can set up an Air Force mini-reunion before or after the big one. Do know that the 10th Company is working on a company reunion before the big one. Other companies might be interested in doing so also and I'm sure reservations and artangements can be worked out if you start early enough. If 1 can help let me know.

Would suggest that you get your reservations for the 35th in to Bruce Ogden as soon as possible.

You wiU have a great time!!

The foUowing were at the luncheon: CharUe Baldwin, Doug Binney, Bruce Borthwick, Huntly Boyd, Pete Conrad, Mac Cramer, Vic Cried, Leo Cuccias, Joe DiGiacomo, Tony Dowd, Jack Frost, Lloyd Giesy, Art Gilmore, Al Glazier, Bill Goodwin, Earl Griggs, Gus Hubal, Dave Jones, Bud Kauderer, Brad Mooney, Chuck Mumford, Brace Ogden, Bob Raffaele, BiU Ritchie, Cooper Scott, Hart Sebring, Logan Shartah, Buck Simpson, Lew Sykes and guest. Herb Tiede, Al Villeret, Pete Walker and Chris Zirps.

Tailgates have been well attended even if the team has been struggling. (The first three games, they were simply awful, but they have showed improvement in games four and five). At any rate it has been fun to get together with old friends and enjoy the potluck feasts that BUI and Nancy Ritchie have again organized. Thanks also to Bill for handling the arrangements for our Port-A-Potty this year. Thanks also go to Ned Snyder who once again has been the first one in the Stadium parking lot so he could stake out our tailgate area — Uterally. We appreciate it Ned and it really is a big help — especially to late comers like Griggs and Bivens. It was good to see Carol and Kim Bassett who came all the way from Palos Verdes, California, and Pauline and Tyke Furey who came up from Ponte Vedra, Florida, for the Air Force game. They will be at the 35th also. Pauline was bubbling about the new house they are building at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra. They will be moving in by the end of October and are excited. From the pictures Pauline showed us they should be excited because it looks like a super house. Lee and Joe Bomstein have opened the newest of their Taco Laredo Mexican restaurants in the Uttle shopping center across Rowe Boulevard from the Elks Club and the Stadium in AnnapoUs. A long article in The Publick Enterprise, an Annapolis paper, discussed the Bornsteins, their new restaurant and their three other restaurants in Northern Virginia.

Maybe we can work out a Bornstein-catered Mexican tailgate next year. Congratulations Lee and Joe and we wish you much success.

Pictures this month include a taUgate shot showing Liz and Cricket Johnson, Dotti and Jack Hoch and Sally Jones probably taken before the game as everyone was smiling; a picture from Seattle, showing Dean Abrahamson, John SoUars, me and George Knighton; another picture was given to me at a tailgate by a guy from '54 who said he was tired of seeing pictures of Cricket Johnson aU clean and dressed up, so he took a picture of the real farmer Cricket as he really looks at his truck farm on the Northern Neck of Virginia; the restaurant picture shows Sue and Dick Albright and Nancy and BUI Ritchie having dinner after the North CaroUna game; while the final shot is a mystery picture sent in by Sandy Levey which shows a couple saUing at the Academy many years ago. (A couple of clues — the mystery couple are mentioned Mystery couple

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several times in this article and they are, or used to be, good friends of this writer. Let me know if you guess who they are.) Thanks, Sandy.

Remember Class luncheons are on the first Tuesday of each month at the Fort McNair Officer's Club at 1130. Get your reservation in for the 35th Reunion to Bruce Ogden, 145 WaUace Manor Road, Edgewater, Md. 21037, phone (301) 266-3932. Get your donation to the Class project ASAP and or make an additional donation if you can as we need lots more help. Be sure to mark your donation for the '53 Project. Have a very Merry Christmas and a most Happy New Year.

Please keep the cards, letters and pictures coming m â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if you send out a Christmas letter please send me a copy, it helps the column.

Best regards, Dave

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Pres., Col. Fitz M. Woodrow Jr. USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. R. K. Sheehan USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. WUliam C. Greenlaw USNR (Ret.) 476 Lymington Rd., Severna Park, Md. 21146 Several Classmates attended a memorial service in Wilmington, Delaware, on 25 September held in remembrance of Jim Healy's son, Steven, who was lost on 18 September in a Navy aircraft accident in the Indian Ocean. Our sincere sympathy goes out to Sylvia and Jim. Our 33rrf Homecoming is history. I'd rather forget the game but a '54 get-together is always a pleasure no matter what the circumstances. A total of 36 convivial Classmates gathered after the game at Rip's for food, drink and sea stories. Of course there were a number of famiUar faces there but Rod Crawford, Steve Sinko and Tom Watson were three that I can't remember seeing in a long time. Gayle BaUard was there for the first time since our 20th. He's now an attomey in LouisviUe, Kentucky.

Congratulations to Ron Kurth who became the 44th president of the Naval War College at Newport. Ron is coming off a two-year assignment as the U.S. Defense and Naval Attache to the Soviet Union.

My thanks to Guy Cane for sending an article on Dave Pease's election to the Board of Directors of the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA). Dave has been with SheU Oil since 1958 and was named manager of corporate aviation there in 1980. The NBAA is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1947 to promote the aviation interests of corporations throughout the United States. Well done, Dave!

We've had a couple of retirements worthy of note in the past couple of months. RAdm. Ned Hogan retired on 1 September as Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Navy, and on 1 October LGen. Dick Dean retired as Chief of Staff USMC. A "well done" to both of them on long and distinguished careers.

Received a letter from Ted Ascherfeld in Hawaii. The photo, taken on 10 September in Pearl Harbor, shows friend Judy Grey, and Capt.

P.J. Coady, CO USS ANTIETAM (CG-54), with the

Aegis guided missile craiser's bow as a backdrop.

Ted, Judy, Tom Seigenthaler and son, Tom, met ANTIETAM upon her arrival the previous evening and were very graciously given a tour by Capt.

Coady of the ship's state-of-the-art CIC, bridge, upper decks, and exercise room (including a computer-monitoring rowing machine!). This was followed by coffee and cookies in ANTIETAM'S attractive and spacious wardroom. The skipper 106

'54 welcomes ANTIETAM to Hawaii proudly showed off the silver water pitcher donated by the Class of 1954 at the ship's commissioning this past June in Baltimore. Before their departure that evening, Capt. Coady presented his guests with ship's baU caps, posters and lapel pins.

After another visit to Oahu later in September, during which the ship took part in the CinCPacFlt change-of-command ceremony, ANTIETAM returned to her homeport at Long Beach.

Jay (on the road) Smith writes: You asked how to get in touch with us. The best way is through our daughter, Jacquie Mecklenborg, 7675 Chelsea Place, Beaumont, Texas 77706, (409) 866-4323. Jacquie volunteered to be our mail forwarder and message center. She didn't expect such a volume of mail, but her organization and efficiency keeps us up to date.

(At least she inherited one of her father's traits.)

We would like to know about Class activities so we can arrange our schedule to attend. Also, if there are any Classmates looking for someone to swap a few sea stories, drop us a line. We enjoy showing our home on wheels, a 34-ft.

Airstream, and talking about our new way of Ufe. Since 29 May we have been in 11 states. This past week has been spent in Cady, Ohio, where we have participated in an Airstream raUy with 50 Airstreamers and attended the Mining and Manufacturing Festival. Next week you will fmd us among 350 Airstreams at the Sugarcreek RaUy during the Swiss Festival.

After we baby-sit Marilyn's sister's Ada Motel in mid-October, we'U be heading back to RosweU, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas. Hope to see you down the road.

Okay, Jay, keep those cards zmd letters coming and we'U make sure Howie has you on the mailing list.

Barbara and Bob Tolg have lots to be proud of these days. Their oldest daughter, Ann PureUo, '84 and now a Ueutenant, gave birth to Joseph, their first grandchild, on 22 June. Then, in July, their number-two daughter, Mary, who recently graduated from Marymount University in ArUngton, Virginia, was commissioned in the Navy Nurse Corps. Ann is stationed at Dam Neck and Mary at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. Now that's what I'd call a real blue and gold family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; congratulations to one and aU! A total of 27 Classmates showed up at the September luncheon, including Rod Crawford and PhU Livingston, both for the first time this year.

Newcomers at the October luncheon included Bob Martin, who recentiy moved from the West Coast; Ed Tipshus, who was in town from Ohio on a business trip; and BiU Schuler. Fitz announced that this year's December luncheon, to which wives are invited, will be held at the Army-Navy Country Club (a definite step up from Atilla's) on 9 December. You must make reservations with Howie Hall (business phone 703-685-2206) prior to that date.

In last month's edition we started listing the names of those Classmates for whom we have no forwarding address. The foUowing is a continuation of that Ust. Please let Howie HaU or me know if you have any information that can help track them down.

George L. Earl, Peter Edson, Harold R. Elder, Ralph C. Elder, Edward R. Emerson, James R. Estes, David Evans 11, John R. Fanto Jr., Warren J. FarreU Jr., Richard L. Feeney, Theodore V. Fekula, Albert Fending Jr., Raynard M. FiUerap, Robert N. Findlay, Marvin Frank, Garland K. FrankUn, Joseph W. Franks Jr., Stanley J. Frick, John S. Fulton III, Bennett Gardner, Eugene Garove, Henry J. Gauthier, Henry J. Gaynor, Urban L. Gebo, WUUam P. Glynn III, Robert B. Gordon, James D. Gouge, Frank L. Gower, Dale R. Gramley, Brace E. Green, Robert J. Grogan, Thomas S. Guidroz, Fred A. Gump Jr., Jack R. Halliday, R.A. HaUiday, Roger A. HaUisey, Edward W. Hart, John A. HarviUa, Robert L. Hatfield, Darwin L. Hatheway, Eugene P. Hatheway, Hayward, Byron J. Hedeen, George F. Heinrich, Lawrence L. Heisel, Dan M. Hennessee. Merle R. Hicken, Edward H. Hicks Jr., James N. Hicks Jr., WiUiam L. Hicks Jr., Donald P. HiU, OUve J. Hines, Leslie R. HoUand, Jr., WiUiam G. HoUand, David C Hohnberg, Grant J. Horr, Franklin W. Hoy, Jr., John Hrastich, Thomas B. Hudgins, Brace E. Huggins, Mrs. Kenneth E. Hume (Carolyn). Charles B. Hunt, Jr., Jerry B. Itkoff, Charles E. Jaco, David C Jenkins, John A. Jennings, Robert J. Jermstad Jr., Robert L. Johnson, Eugene T. Johnston, Robert G. Judd, Kauger, Joseph G. KeUy, Mrs. R.K. (Grechen) Kelly Jr., Harry R. Kemmer. BEAT ARMY! BUI

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Pres., Capt. John W. Renard USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Mr. Clif Shumaker 8800 Old Courthouse Rd., Vienna, Va. 22180 1 haven't heard any big news regarding this year's Homecoming turnout, but Carol emd Eddie Tumer were hosting one of their famous backyard parties on the banks of the Sevem after the game, so it must have been good. With any luck Carol was able to get her house cleared out before Ughts out.

As old as we are, we are still moving quite weU. Cas Sojka is back in Newport, associated with NAPS in some capacity. Smoke WUson absolutely refuses to make us pay for an early retirement so he is staying on as Chief of Naval Research, but it won't be as much fun as being CO of PMTC OlUe Holte writes, "This year, a new memorial columbarium was dedicated at Hospital Point on the Academy grounds to record the names of our shipmates who were lost in the line of duty and whose remains were never recovered. Seven of our Classmate's names are on this memorial: James T. Baldwin, John L. Brainerd, Robert F. Constans, Lawrence V. Hansen, Jr., Peter R. Maitland, Henry M. Serex, and Percy W. Williams, Jr. I'm sure there are many who would want to spend a moment at this site, as Sally and I did, when you make your next visit. Bravo Zulu to the sponsors; Class of '37. (See also the dedication article in Shipmate. July-August 1987.)

Not being one to be bashful, Vem Carison sent me a copy of his first Parachute Jump certificate issued by the South West Africa Territory Force Parachute Club. It was for a static line jump from a C-47 Dakota at Windhoek, South West Africa last 14 March. There was no explanation as to why a purportedly educated, grown man of his age would take up jumping out of airplanes.

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I'm sorry to report that we lost another Classmate on 27 September. Chuck Gooding passed away in his sleep due to heart failure. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery on 1 October with many Classmates at hand.

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Co-chairman, Class Executive Comm.

Capt. James W. Blanchard Jr. USN (Ret.) LCol. R.H. Lyle USAF (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. P. C. Peterson USN (Ret.) 13007 Clarion Road Fort Washington, Md. 20744 1 wish that everyone had gotten the chance to hear Jack FeUowes provide his philosophy and humor as nurtured during seven years in the "Hanoi HUton!" Jack spoke to feUow Classmates and wives at the October D.C. Area '56 lunch and did an outstanding job. He combined his ever present humor with today's moral values regarding integrity and beUefs. Representing the distaff side were Pat FeUowes, Bunny Perry, Shirley Levendoski, Judy Heisinger, Roma Wilson, Peg Peterson, Lorraine Buckley and Barbsura Mushalko.

In early October the Stephanie Ann Roper GaUery at Frostburg State University was the scene of a cocktaU reception honoring the Stephanie Roper Scholarship winners and an exhibit on the history of the Baltimore Sun. We hope the winners of the scholarship can add their influence to the community as weU as those intended by Stephanie.

I previously mentioned the lack of the existence of memorial chairs in the Stadium for some of our deceased Classmates. In response to this caU several letters are included here. The dollar amounts are unimportant but the sentiments expressed are a trae indication of the friends, roommates and times we all spent together.

Glenn Good, Bob Baker, and I were roommates during our Plebe and Youngster years.

Now, both Glenn and Bob are gone. Glenn is weU memorialized, both by a memorial chair and more recently, through inclusion of his name on the Class of 1937 (May God Bless Them AU) Columbarium. To my knowledge, and as Shipmate indicates. Bob does not yet have a remembrance and I would be much remiss in my duty if I did not ensure that he be honored with a memorial chair. But then, I do not look on my contribution as a duty, but rather as an expression of love.

Bob Baker was not only a great "wife," but more importantly, one heU of a person, an honor to his state (Georgia), his country, his school, and our Class.

Ed Dillard and I went through Basic FUght Training together and, as the only '56 bachelors in ourflightclass, spent many hours touring the local bars together. When our funds ran low, he was gracious enough to instruct me in the finer points of Newton's Third Law of Motion around the BOQ pool table. This generaUy resulted in a further depletion of my funds while his financial situation improved commensurately. It's my pleasure to contribute to a chair in his memory.

The last issue of Shipmate noted several of our Classmates who do not have memorial seats dedicated to them. Please use the enclosed funds to purchase a seat for Rick Klingensmitb. I roomed with Rick for three years. If you remember him he is the one who kept life exciting. He continued to do so until he died in a plane crash years ago. Since the funeral I've tried to contact his wife but unfortunately I've lost track of her. Hopefully we can make her aware that a chair has been dedicated to Rick.

Please be sure the engraved plate uses the name Rick and not Cloyd. 1 beUeve either C.H. "Rick" Shipmate, December 1987

Tom Brandt (center)

KUngensmith or just Rick KUngensmith would be appropriate. Your dedication to the memorial chair project and efforts on behalf of our Class is appreciated.

To Ernie James, Larry White and Ned Roberts and all you other guys who contributed but didn't include a letter, thanks loads guys. It's the least we can do for those who have paid the supreme price.

Enclosed is a picture of Tom Brandt along with Tom Emery ('55) taken at a recent logistics seminar where Tom was the keynote speaker. Tom was Vice Commander of Electronics Systems Division at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts and provided a thought provoking question "Have you Ever Seen A Software?"

The duty camera only got to table one at Homecoming (you know who owned the camera!) but judging by the happy faces, the participants enjoyed the evening. I'm told the look on Jim Sikes face was caused by devouring the floral centerpiece!

Don't know how true it is, but I'm told that Connie Stevenson will soon announce that he is a contender for Mayor of ReedsviUe, Virginia.

Good Luck, Don. Remember you saw it first in this column. Beat Army!

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Frank McMuUen, Barbara Godstrey

Joyce Sikes, John Caldwell

Membership: 49%

Pres., LCol. George F. Warren USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. Frank Barnes 218 Seminole Trail, Danville, Va. 22030 Cort. Sec'y, Capt. W. H. Peerenboom (Ret.) USN 1003 Rachel Lane, Vienna, Va. 22180 This column may be a bit disjointed, as the column that I submitted last month (that I stayed up after the 30th Reunion to write, no less) did not get into the last edition of Shipmate because the U.S. Postal Service chose to route the letter from Vienna, Va., to Annapolis, Md. (a distance of some 60 miles) by way of Mexico City. The result was that it took the letter nine days to reach Annapolis, a record for speed, I was later told, so the editor wiU have to put it with this input. . . presuming that the Postal Service can figure a way of breaching the impermeable membrane that seems to separate Northern Virginia from Maryland. Perhaps they never got news of the results of the deal struck at Appomatox.

(Editor note: What follows is the late column from last month which was postmarked 21 September and arrived on 30 September).

This column is being written the night of the last day of our spectacular 30th Reunion, so it is principally aimed at those Classmates who, for whatever the reason, were unable to attend what has to be the greatest get-together of the Class since June 1957! I wiU say first off, that I want to hear from those of you who took pictures, because I know that all of us will want to share those in future issues.

By way of report, then, the official tally of Classmates in attendance was 425, which is right at the 50% mark. People came literally from far and wide, with places Uke Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Hawaii, and Canada being just a few of the ones I personaUy heard mentioned. In later issues, along with the pictures and Classmates' reminiscences, we'U include lots of the interesting stats. Larry Bustle's committee had everything in perfect order, and the entire affair, from check-in to the last bus ride back from Ron Marryott's elegant luncheon following our memorial service to honor our deceased Classmates was perfect. (This excludes, of course, the game, over which the committee 107

exercised no influence. We are, however, looking into ways of correcting that in future years). It was a real honor and privilege to hear the admiration of other Classes at the size, spirit and enthusiasm of our group.

The tailgate laid on by John Stacey exceeded all previous such events in bounty, flawless logistics, and fun. The arrangements at the hotel made by Dave Balding provided a perfect setting for our Reunion Ball, and two social breakfasts, along with efficient check in/out. The mementos arranged for by Bob Albertson, with some help in transport from Sam UnderhUI, were the perfect blend of cherishable and useful. Not having to drive because of Pete Purvis' efforts in lining up buses enabled us both to extend visiting hours, and to catch a few needed winks between events. The Reunion Ball was memorable for lots of things too numerous to recount at this time . . . whoever got the hotel to replay their fire drill scenario from the 25th gets the deja vu award for creativity.

There were those wags among us who tried to blame yours traly, claiming that I was being tough on Tone, whose superior monologue may, indeed, have exceeded the 7.5 minutes I had alloted him.

I categorically deny any such act!

The Sunday event at the Chapel, now known as the Cathedral of the Navy, was, I believe, the true highlight of the weekend. Both Ron and Fritz spoke just the right words to bring out in each one of us present the true feelings of love, friendship, and Class union that we feel, and our brief moments sharing those feelings lifted our spirits immensely and immeasurably. The reception, preceded by a tour of Buchanan House, hosted

by Ron and Carol were the perfect finish.

As a final administrative note, we had arranged for the entire affair, from check-in to finish, to be videotaped. Many of us present ordered copies of those tapes. For those who were unable to do so, they can be obtained direct from: Creative Video Productions, 6301 Stevenson Ave., Apt. 608, Alexandria, Va. 22304. The cost will be $35 per tape, including postage and handling. For those of you who were not able to come, I know you will find this a great way of seeing what you missed, so I recommend that you order your copy.

There is one piece of outside news this month, provided by Harry Gimber, and is a newsclip from the Gator, newspaper of NAB Coronado. The article describes our Classmates Buzz Beans' assumption of command of the Landing Force Training Command Pacific, also known as L F T C P A C to those who enjoy speaking in shorthand. Salient parts of the article read as follows: BGen. Beans, a native of AnnapoUs, Md., received his B.S. Degree from the U.S. Naval Academy. He also holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School. He brings to LFTCPAC extensive leadership experience which spans diverse organizations such as the Infantry, Force Reconnaissance, The Basic School, sea duty. Military Advisor, and Automated Data Service Centers. He is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the State Department's top level school. The Seminar for National and International Affairs.

WeU Done, Buzz!

That's it for now, except to say, now that the First Thirty is in print, and in hand, I'd really appreciate hearing from any and all of you . . . time marches on, and we need to keep ourselves updated. That can only be done if you take the time to write and share the goings on in your lives.

(Editor note: What follows is the column mailed on 19 October and received on 21 October.)

The mail bag coming in was, fortunately, a bit fuUer this month. The first input was a letter from

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Bill Palmer: YOU MISSED IT! 1 always wondered what might be so special about a Thirtieth Reunion at a place Uke our institution. Now I know. I'm so glad that I went and did it all; well, almost all.

I didn't sit in the stands to see Navy get beat by 'what's their name??' The guys who gave so much of their time to put this magnificent event together deserve very special mention in the '57 Hall of Fame. Not only was it a nostalgia trip of the first order, but it was a Super Glue bonding of a great fraternity. The Friday reception and dinner was the usual good visit and renew old acquaintance time. I even came face to face with my old Plebe for the first time since graduation! I hear the tailgate party was much of the same. The big bash at the Marriott on Saturday, and memento package were first class all the way.

BUT . . . it was the Memorial Service on Sunday that was such a fine moving experience. I don't often darken the door of a place of worship, but our Chapel is special. Ron Marryott set the stage, and then Fritz pulled off the coup by having everyone look right and left and take the opportunity to hug a shipmate that one might not see again . . . ever. 'Big Eternal Father, strong to save...' WOW! There were other moments, for me, anyway, like when Charlie Duke came by during the tour of the Supe's Quarters and said, 'Hi Bill,' and 1 asked if he'd been playing any golf lately . . .

We used to be keen adversaries back in Batt Intramurals. ActuaUy, I was sort of a hacker. He says, 'I've been kind of busy.' And I, 'Yeah, you travel a lot. . . (like to the moon)' And he, 'WeU, Alan Shepard managed to get some in.' I can't stand it! Do you know how proud I am to be the Classmate of a guy like that? But he's not the only one . . . the whole bunch. We have lots of guys who are creating today's history, and I'm awfully proud to be able to say, 'I knew him when...'

I remember the day in 1953 that I first walked through the Main Gate. Strangely, I only remember one face, aside from my Hilder Prep classmates, and that turned out to be Andy Massimlno. Was I glad to see him again! And, was he glad to be there, after a near-fatal brain tumor cut short a very promising submarine career some years ago.

WeU, 1 know most of those who couldn't make it wanted to be there. We missed you. For me, it was a wonderful time, and I know the fellowship will continue as long as 'two or three shall meet.'

Fred Howe, whose separately submitted Infogram D i p pass through the postal system and reach Annapolis last month, sent along a longer letter for inclusion in this month's column. It reads as follows: The 10th Reunion was the first 1 attended (I remember we lost to W&M). Was up the Big Muddy (VN) for the 15th but made 20 and 25 and a number of others in between. They were each one a memorable experience but, I gotta tell you, nothing ever came close to the 30th (WilUam & Mary was even through town a little earUer this year). The guys who did the planning and organizing, the myriad details from name tags to buses, did a marvelous job of course. However, with the logistics in hand, what made the event was that people came: hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of the beautiful faces of old friends. From beginning to end, Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, it was just wall-towaU SUPER! There's also probably no substitute for counting the Superintendent among your Classmates.

Certainly the job that Ron and Fritz Warren did for us on Sunday made the kind of impression that's there for life. Thanks, Guys.

I want to share a couple of pieces of info with you as a sort of wrap-up on The First 30: The Class bought 612 copies of the book which represents the number that were sold plus a few extras for which we were obligated. The major oblication in this area was 28 copies presented to

widows by decision of the Company Coordinators. These were widows we were able to locate and those who expressed some interest in the book. An additional half dozen copies were provided to other survivors (parents, brothers and sister, etc.) by individuals in the Class who donated funds beyond the price of their own subscriptions. Supporting this part of the program were donations from: Babbin, Bligh, Brown (RR), Couture, CrandaU, Dixon (NE), Dixon (RM), Dulick, Gibson, Knapp, Knutson, Nygaard, Oates, Papaccio, Sawyer, Steiner, Steinke, Thoeny, and Warren.

Every book that was sold has been delivered now except those belonging to James Edward Shay and Edward Bressie Vaughn, Jr., for whom we hold returned books but no operable addresses. If anyone knows where either of these guys are please let us know.

Every photograph that was printed in the book is back in our hands now and will be returned through Company Coordinators. The exceptions to this rule are that Shannon Heyward wiU look after redistribution of 5th Co photos and Ken Robinson will handle the 16th Co stuff. By the time you read this Coordinator wiU have company materials in their hands.

True to our original plan the Class bought no extra copies of the book. This \yas not a mean decision, just a real fiscal constraint. The printer's representative bought about 10 extra copies as reserve to replace defective copies and we expect these will eventually be available, to the extent that they're not needed. So far we have about 15 orders for whatever surplus books are available and, sometime in the next few months, we'U have a drawing to determine who gets them.

Winners will be notified separately.

For the most part, your Company Coordinator carried out his duties without any kind of compensation for the expenses he incurred in his endless attempts to solicit money, bios, and photos from you and your companymates. He paid for every letter and every phone call and in so doing, greatly reduced our coUective operating costs. This approach, together with the fact that Jim Quinn earned several thousand doUars interest for us on subscription deposits, substantially reduced the cost of your book and made the gift books possible. Remember this the next time you see your Coordinator.

Lastly, there is one participant in the book program who has thus far escaped public attention, but without whose support the whole project would have been a lot harder. From the initial sketchy description of what Project 30 was all about, Fritz Warren was a wholehccuted, headfirst, pedal-to-the-metal supporter. He provided endless encouragement to the project managers and the Company Coordinators as weU as investing a substantial amount of personi treasure in the effort. If you want to say thanks to Fritz for campaigning the book 1 am sure he would appreciate your support on the 30th Reunion gift which has a way to go. I am real sure about this.

Fred also enclosed a postcard from Bob Bowers, who has reconvened his endless odyssey to the garden spots. Bob reports in from Morocco, where, he says, he is "Alive and well, and living in Sin since the 30th Homecoming." Given that the stamps on the card do, indeed, bear the face and seal of the King thereof, we have no reason to doubt that he is there. And none of us would presume to judge the other claim.

In other news Monica and J o h n Shewmaker hosted a deUghtful party at their home to announce their daughter Tracy's engagement to Patrick McCormack. Classmates present at the affair were Bob and Bev Foss, Dave and Ann Thomas, Herb and Carolyn Hoppe, and Bill and Betty Peerenboom. Among the reports circulating was a report that Gene Durbin had been recently in the Washington area with his family. Gene is practicing medicine in Oxford, Ohio, which, until now, has only been famous for being the home of Miami University. Knowing Gene's many talents, 1 Shipmate, December 1987

wouldn't be surprised to see the town take on a fame similar to Rochester, Minnesota.

Lastly, a number of inquiries have been received concerning the videotape made of the 30th. Production was delayed because of delay on my part in getting the Naval Academy Music albums to the man who made the tape. I apologize for that; I am certain that the tapes will be finished shortly, and wiU be weU worth the wait.

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Pres., Capt. Paul A. Polski USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Col. Warren S. Walters USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Lane Springfield, Va. 22151 (H) 703/321-9586 One of the nicer things about December is the decrease in the flood of catalogues that began to arrive in early October, cramming the mailbox and making it difficult for the important things, like this magazine, to get through. Of course, some of the offerings to be found in the catalogues are ttuly enticing! Haven't you always wanted to wear a basebaU cap proclaiming yourself an "Old (expletive)", with a matching cap for your lady identifying her as "Old (expletive)'s Wife?" And they even come in Navy blue . . . with a scrambledegg visor. That must be for those who are flag (expletive)s! If you haven't seen them offered, don't despair, there is still time to get your letter off to Santa. HopefuUy, you will be lucky, and a delayed shipment of catalogues will prevent it from ever getting through to the North Pole.

During the Autumn months, we have had activities in the Class that give quite a bit of grist for this month's column. Let's start with news of a promotion nomination for one of the '58ers. The President has nominated MGen. James B. Davis, USAF, for his third star and assignment as Commander, U.S. Forces Japan and Commander, 5th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces. Jim is presently serving as Vice Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Forces, in beautiful Hawaii. When he crosses the Intemational Date Line, that will give the Class two flag officers who wiU be celebrating Christmas earUer than the average Classmate. RAdm. BUI Pendley and LGen. Davis can do their holiday toasts with rice wine in their eggnog. The holidays wiU find another of our flag rank Classmates celebrating in new surroundings. MGen. Gene Deegan, USMC, transferred his flag early in the Fall from Quantico, Virginia, to Twentynine Palms, CaUfornia, where he assumed command of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Gene and Nancy, along with daughter Heather, a high school senior, are checking out the wide open spaces of the high desert between the BuUion and Pinto mountains. Congratulations to Jim on the promotion and to Gene on the new command!

We had another change of command that involved one of our Classmates who has marched along the track with the Naval Reserve. October lOth was the occasion wherein Capt. Jack R. Nicholas, Jr., USNR, gave up command of Naval Reserve DCNO (Submarine Warfare) Detachment 0206, which he had held for the previous two years.

Jack has been with the Reserve program since he resigned his active commission in 1971, remaining closely affiliated with the submarine program he served in while active. When not wearing a uniform. Jack is an engineer and the Deputy Program Manager of the Submarine Monitoring Maintenance and Support Office. The ceremonies included as guest speaker another Classmate, RAdm. J.D. WUIiams, USN, who was the ADCNO for Submarine Warfare, but has just Shipmate, December 1987

changed hats to become Director of the Office of Program Appraisal. The detachment that Jack Nicholas leaves behind has had quite a connection with the Class of 1958, for one of its previous commanding officers was Classmate Capt. William Peters, USNR, and at one time, the executive officer was former column scribe, Capt. Wayne Scott, USNR. No wonder the "Total Force" concept is going smoothly in Det 0206!

Just in time to help you with your outdated Christmas card lists, here are some new addresses being supplied by Classmates on the move. Dick Alexander, 6th Co., has gone back over to Germany, where he has accepted a position with a U.S. Army recreation office. Wife Inge is in the process of closing up their Eastern Shore house, and wiU be joining Dick in late-January for what is projected to be a two-year sojourn in Germany before returning to the States. The correct maiUng address for our Black Forest hiker is Box 39, APO, New York, New York, 09050. A new address is also available for George Allender, who like many other Classmates has settled down in the environs of Annapolis upon his retirement from the Navy.

George and Alma now reside at 363 Prestonfield Lane, Severna Park, Md. 21146, and he is working in AnnapoUs at ARINC Another Navy retiree as of the 1st of October, Jim Adkins, has chosen to remain in the D.C. metro area for a while, purchasing a home at 4529 Saucon VaUey Court, Alexandria, Va. 22312. Jim was still in the search mode as of this writing, so the best report on his activities is "Scanning, but not locked on." An address is also finally available for newlyweds Sharon and Kent Granzin, who have left the D.C/Annapolis neighborhood to go back out West, where they reside at 5293 S. Blue Spruce Circle, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117. Belated contratulations, Granzina!

We have sightings of '58ers to report also. Bud Manazir was seen at a limcheon honoring the Aegis Program in early October. He managed to sUp into D.C. from Santa Ana, grab a quick meal at the Army-Navy Country Club, and get away without leaving a single footprint. Two travel sightings were reported by Jim Pierce, who got out to CaUfornia in September and had occasion to see BGen. M.T. Cooper, USMC, at Camp Pendleton.

The Coopers are residing in one of the Marine Corps' famous sets of quarters. The Ranch House at Camp Pendleton, where there are 21 rooms of history to be maintained! On this same trip, which appears to have been a check-up of the 24th Co., the traveling get-together also included Pete Nystrom, who continues to live in San Diego and is still running Nystrom Enterprises, a distributor of Shaklee products.

Wings for Ens. Bellay The Fall football season has also been the occasion for other Classmates visiting the '58 Tailgate area at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. This Fall we have been joined at various

times by Sally and Chuck Larson from Norfolk, Linda and John Poindexter, Ahce and Pete Wiedemann from Philadelphia, Donna and John Kennard from Bangor, Washington, and Wayne McKee from Wilmington, Delaware. Regular attendees have included Mary and Tom Keifer from Philadelphia, and Bob Stibler from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Perhaps the largest contingent of traveling '58ers showed up at the Cotton Bowl Team Reunion during the North Carolina-Navy game September 26th. Our Classmates who played on that team were represented by the appearance of Tony Anthony, Addison, lUinois; Ron Brence, Fairfax, Virginia; Bob Caldwell, Leonardtown, Maryland; Tom Forrestal, Atlanta, Georgia; Don Harris, Santa Monica, California, (where he lives on Navy Street!); Harry Hurst, Alexandria, Virginia; Tom Lacy, Fayetteville, New York; Wayne McKee; BiU Meisel, McLean, Virginia; Ned Oldham, Stow, Ohio; Tom O'NeiU, Setauket, New York; John PhiUips, West IsUp, New York; Tom Sinnott, Annapolis; Tony Stremic, Springfield, Virginia; and John Witzman, Upland, California.

These stalwarts, along with team members from the Classes of 1959 and 1960, coaching staff members, and accompanying wives enjoyed a weekend gathering that included a cocktail party, tailgate picnic, banquet, and recognition at the football game for the great year of Navy football they gave us in 1957!

The D.C. area '58 golfers had another go at it on 3 October, but with unerring skill, picked another rainy day and had to postpone. On 4 October, however, the '58 couples "Hit and Giggle" Tourney took place at Tantallon-on-the-Potomac (aka Betsy and Chuck Smith's backyard). Top honors went to Evie and Walt Reister and Roxanne (best balls) and Ed Kessler. Other players included Lois and Whitey Edwards, Pat and George Jenkins, Jane and George Coyne, Anne and Greg Streeter, the host Smiths, and J.D. Williams, with a ringer standing in for Dorrie.

A couple of late breaking entries! Hank Vargo called in search of Army game tickets, and reported that he is stiU up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he is keeping his Navy affiliation strong by serving as the Director of the Navy JROTC program in that city. And speaking of Navy affiUations, the photo this month shows Pat Bellay pinning aviation wings on Ensign John Bellay, USNR, at Whiting Field, Florida, last August. Proud father and former naval aviator Dan BeUay, 7th Co., was busy snapping the picture and beaming! Ensign Bellay will be based at NAS Norfolk, flying H-2 heUcopters with HSL-32.

Congratulations, Bellay family!

'58 Trivia: You should have known that any question from BiU Mooney was bound to be a trick one. While we only had two six-stripers our First Class Year, Chuck Larson and John Poindexter, we did have another Classmate who wore six stripes. In our Plebe Summer organization, Marty Kuhneman was our first six striper! Now for a statistical question. You know that some of our Classmates graduated, but for one physical reason or another were not commissioned. On graduation day, 1958, how many of our Classmates did not get commissioned due to physical disquaUfication? Hasta luego, WSW.

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Membership: 51%

Pres., Cdr. Lloyd H. Adams USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. John A. Butterfield USN C/S, ComNavAirPac, NAS North Island, San Diego, CaUf. 92135 109

And yes we have folks scattered all over the world. Toby Warson our man in London; Dean Simmons in Botswana; and Dan Richardson in the PhiUppines to name just a few. Thanks so much to Gary Baraum for sending me some interesting reports, e.g. Without further adieu: Jim Tidd retired from both the U.S. Naval Reserve and the HiUsborough Florida County SherifPs Dept. in March '86. Since then he has writh his wife, Lidia, hiked the Appalachian Trail for 475 miles, from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Damascus, Virginia. Only the death of his father halted their plans to hike to the traU's northem end. Between events surrounding his father's estate, he was off crewing a 50-foot CSY to the British Virgin Islands or heading a team saiUng five boats from Honduras to Tampa. Train trips to D . C , Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado fiUed in other idle moments in their schedule. Most recently he took a 45-foot CSY saUboat to Newport in August. AU in aU, nice work if you can get it. Nice going, Jim! Do you need any help?? Next . . .Dick PagniUo writes from Monterey, that he occasionally sees area Classmates including the "Mucker" Tom McReynolds. Pag has his own tax consultant business whUe Peg teaches high school special ed classes. Pag and Peg are enjoying a second honeymoon of sorts after having married off two kids and sending the other two to coUege. Good reports, Gary!

Gary wanted some help locating some Classmates: Rudy HamUn, BiU DeluUis, Frank NavratU, Dick Martin, Don D. Thompson, and Francis Patrick Hurley. Let me know if you have a good address, or even a lead. 1 have helped him pin down David E. Greene: CaU 512^90-0762, or write 1823 Deer Mountain, San Antonio, Texas.

Also I need help in locating Edward Joseph O'NeUl, Jr. 1 am a member of DaedaUans, a national organization, a fraternity of miUtary pUots. It was great to see on the cover of the Summer '87 "Daedalus Flyer" our own George Strohsahl, presenting a Weapon System Award to a deserving Marine and his unit for Harrier II development. George is at NavAir, and I look forward to seeing him/hearing a brief on TACAIR PROGRAMS at end of October.

Roger Erickson was in AirPac HQ on 7 October to have some meetings with our "chops," and take care of other Supply Corps matters in the local San Diego area. Great seeing and talking with Roger, whom we were stationed with for a time at USNA. Roger stopped in Tucson to fulfiU his "CAG" responsibilities for aU the Navy aircraft in the boneyard, that are stored near DavisMonthan AFB. Rog is Uving in AnnapoUs/the Bay Ridge area; commutes daily to D.C. for duty. He has the route, times, number of traffic Utes down cold, so he is in the lot and at the desk without a hitch. Ericksons are rightfully proud of Betsy, 30th in the nation in women's gymastics; curtently a student at U. of Washingtion, Seattle, and due to graduate in '89. Son Skip graduates from USNA in '88 . . . maybe NFO or Nuc Surface plans.

[Other 59er connections at USNA now, I must check on . . . or let me hear from you parents out there. Dave Frye — are you one?] Rog has had some grand Navy jobs . . . Pensacola, USNA, command job at Supply Center in Pearl Harbor . . . an adjustment now to be I amongst a cast of I(K)Os in Washington (I experienced that when 1 came from command in the Med to the Puzzle Palace . . . ugh!). However the redeeming feature was Uving in AnnapoUs . . . Rog and I shared that advantage. Hope Rog and PhyUis won't mind . . . but, CONGRATS on kicking the nasty smoking 110

habit last year!! Hang in there and continue to give your lungs a break! Out here many of us wiU celebrate the Great American Smokeout on 14 Nov. '87 . . . many events including a 10 km Run, and a Relay, "Adopt-a-Smoker."

I spoke to Dan Truax the other day. His son Tim is a superb lawyer in Los Angeles area . . . works on the 27th deck of a swank high-rise office bldg., which is in the backdrop for "L.A. LAW." Daughter Tina works for USAIR; Tricia has been in the hotel business, and has worked for Marriott, Howard Johnson's, Sheraton, and now Executive Club. Dan and Ona doing great and are some of the trae Navy supporters, fans, and Tailgate regulars for Navy footbaU . . . come 'on up NAVY!!

Please read the '60 column to get more details, but 1 am told our '59ers outplayed (or was it outranked . . . you know, one year senior . . . altho guys like my old 2nd Co. friend Jack Shaw have soared above). . . weU, in any event, through skiU and cunning, and maybe a "hand-mashie" or two . . . 59 prevaUed 3-2 . . . yeah team!

Fleet Week just concluded in San Francisco/Bay area, and one of the prime players in the total success of that evolution was our own RAdm. Bob Kihune. He in effect was the "Battle Group Commander" for the week-long series of events. WeU Done, Bob! Frank and all the Donovans also celebrated some successes in recent days. Their oldest daughter "Mimi" was married, and Amy who graduated with USNA '87 just finished SWOS in Coronado, and is slated for USS ACADIA. Hope to get more details on the "world of Donovans" for next column. Good upbeat phone caU from RAdm. Dave Rogers; aU is on track for him to depart D.C. area end of October, receive some training here in San Diego area, and take command of ComCarGra 3 (Alameda-based) probably 4 Dec. Good news and hope a few 59ers wiU be there for the big event! Ralph Christy and his son Ralph had a super Tiger Cruise aboard VINSON, as they departed San Diego on a Monday and puUed into Alameda on Tuesday. The CO, George O'Brien '60 did a great job for '59!!

I did get to see BGen. and Mrs. BiU Eshelman at that banquet in Long Beach. They look super!

They were the designated escorts for a MGen. Walter Churchill USMC (Ret.) who received 1 of 10 national awards for Fitness & Leadership. What a great guy, who has done many things for his country, including the prime force in a Youth Fitness Program that has been in effect since 1957.

BiU has been able to see Frank Donovan a time or two since Frank's "amphib world" job gets him up to Camp Pendleton quite often. Letters from other worlds: First of all let me tell you how much I enjoy the column that you put together each month for Shipmate. Having done that job for a period I recognize the hard work that goes into it and must confess that I think that you do a much better job than I did. Keep it up, good work.

Linda and I have recently departed the Los Angeles area where I was the Vice President and General Manager of Honeywell's Training and Control Ssytems Division and have been transferred to the London, England, area, where 1 am currently the Managing Director of HoneyweU Limited. It is interesting and challenging to say the least. We have a home on the banks of the River Thames midway between Windsor and Heathrow Airport and thus are readily available to pick up friends and Classmates when they come to this area. We would very much enjoy hearing form anyone coming through England and enjoy even more the opportunity to get together and socialize with those who have time.

The office phone number is 0344-416803. Toby Warson

Thanks Toby! — And hope to visit you in U.K. I From Dean Simmons in Botswana: I thought it was about time I brought you up to date as to where we are these days. We left Rhodes, Greece, on New Year's Day for my new assignment as manager of the VOA relay station in Botswana. No, we weren't sent to exile! VOA just has some relay stations in out-of-the-way places. The station is outside Selebi-Phikwe in the northeastern part of Botswana, near the Zimbabwean border. We have a large house and lovely yard on the edge of town. I am the farthest I've been from the ocean for a long time. The area is basicaUy bushveld and desert with temperatures often into the lOO's. Makes you long for a fresh sea breeze. Despite the harshness of the cUmate we are enjoying it here. We plan to take a few safaris around here now that we are settied in the community. It is a fascinating area and plenty of wild game in the nearby park reserves. We should be stationed here for two years then I'm probably going to retire and move to our original home town, San Diego.

There is plenty to keep busy with around here if you are interested in sports. We have several tennis courts, squash courts, lawn bowling, rugby, soccer, voUeybjdl, an 18-hole golf course (with sand greens) and lots of joggers. The early morning runners take a course through the bush and are known as "Hare Harriers." The town has a population of about 40,000 people.

Downtown consists of a maU, one block long, with about 20 stores. Gaborone, the biggest town, is about 5 hours away and Francistown is about 1 Vi hours. The people are very friendly and with some 400 expatriates working at the local copper mine it has been interesting.

We have been doing a lot of traveling since we got here. I have had to go to Pretoria and Johannesburg a couple of times on business and we did get back to the States for a conference in Washington, D.C. It gave us the opportunity to see the four kids and three grandkids. We are quite proud of Kerry. He just made CPO and is doing quite weU in the Navy. We were also in San Diego to visit Sue's and my parents and do some house looking around the area.

Keep up your good work at turning out the 59's column in Shipmate, John. The magazine is usually a couple of months late but we stiU read it.

Good to hear from a faithful foUower/regular writer — Dean Simmons — Best of Luck!

Joyce has written the last input or two due to our crazy schedule but she is falling behind (teaching 4th grade here in Fairfax County!). So it's my turn.

Enclosed is a picture of the '59 contribution to the feminine side of '87 — i.e., Clautice's and Donovan's. The Une-up (L-R) is myself, Joyce, Susanne, Amy, Martha and Frank.

Sue just finished CEC school in Port Hueneme and is en route to her first duty station at NAS New Orleans. I know Amy went Surface Line but" perhaps you canfiUin her present whereabouts since Frank and Martha are out there with you.

Our son, Jim, is spending this semester at the Air Force Academy on exchange from USNA '89 and I just took command of the Naval Research Lab here in D.C. I'm in awe of the talent (700 + PhD's and 1 Nobel Laureate) among the 3500 employees on our 130 acres along the Potomac next to BolUng (with another 20 sites around the country). Much to learn! I was just looking at a 19-page single-spaced Usting of NRL accompUshments/firsts which began with Radar and Sonar. This is the Navy's corporate lab so I am reaUy getting an eyefuU of what the Fleet wiU see not only in the near future but 20 years down stream.

GreaUy enjoyed reading in the September Shipmate about your escapades in the 1980 hostage rescue mission. 1 didn't realize you were so involved in that. I can certainly appreciate the meaning of Memorial Day to you now. I wonder how many of our Classmates have similar experiences and stories to tell but have to keep them Shipmate, December 1987

under wraps. BiH Clautice C O . NRL Washington, D.C. 20375.

Thanks, Bill! And 1 know you are too modest, but thank goodness a Classmate, Gary Barnum, let me know, and sent this news: Capt. WUliam G. Clautice, USN, has received the Legion of Merit, following a tour of duty as assistant chief of Naval research, an assignment begun in July 1985.

Rise 'n Shine!

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Membership: 58%

Pres., Capt. Donald V. Boecker USN Sec'y, Capt. Patrick H. SuUivan USNR 250 Meadow Road, Santa Cruz, CaUf. 95060 Say-Hey Super Sixtiers, we're back again with more cards, letters and fun for chUdren of aU ages.

And part of the fun this time of year is that Autuirm is now in the air. The trees are wearing their FaU colors, the Midshippeople are wearing their working dress blue, and I'm wearing a bit thin. Yes, 1 know that the nip in the air should charge up my spirits, but you see, 1 attended Homecoming and saw the Navy football team play. 'Bout midway into the first quarter the lady next to me said "Gee, it's been a long time since 1 saw a high school footbaU game!" 'Nuff said...

But belay that athletic stuff, the Homecoming was great. It seemed that there were a lot more Classmates there than last year. Of course, yours truly, the person who can hardly remember his own name, much less that of a Classmate, stumbled around sneaking peeks at name tags and pretended to reaUy remember each name. 1 don't know about you, but cocktail parties are my downfaU. I never quite know what to talk about and it sure takes a lot of energy to "work the room." 1 approach each social event with a little bit of foreboding, forcing myself to get in there and chat one for the Gipper. AU of my social reluctances aside, however. Homecomings are different.

1 mean, these are people 1 actuaUy know.

I pocketed a copy of the Homecoming sign-up Ust for the Class so's 1 could report on who attended. Not everyone signed up on the Ust and many who signed didn't provide the name of their spouse, but officiaUy in attendance were: Dean Ablowich, Carlos Agustin, Fran and John Anthony, Eve and Nolie BeU, Don Boecker, Jan and Ron Brandquist, Arlen and Mike CoUey, Ginny and Don DeLude, Joe Dobes, Carolyn and Jim Duffy, Don Foery, Jackie and Rick Foley, Barbara and Jim Hancock, Dennis Hickey, Ron Hinkle, Joe Hoffman, Tom Hutt, Dave Knorr, Dee and Kris Kristensen, John Lynch, Tom McCarthy, EUeen and Ken MacLean, Merf Moeschel, Joanie and John Murray, the John Paepke's, Dick Pariseau, Kathy and Bob Pearce, Barbara and Chris Poindexter, Nita and Bob Rohr, George Rudy, Debbie and John Ruhsenberger, Liz and Stew Seaman, Walt Smits, Mel SoUenberger, WUly Taylor, Jerry Tiemey, and Sib Ward.

Items overheard during the weekend: ...five Classmates have offspring in this year's Plebe Class: CUff Shumann, Mike Tracey, Neal Parker, Chris Thomas, and Henry Papa . . . Bob Gamba now has a house right on Worden Field. Bob hopes he can extend his tour so that he can offer his hospitality to the Class for our Thirtieth Reunion . . . Chris Poindexter mentioned in passing that nowadays no one asks him how to spell his name, wonder why? . . . A number of people told me they had received my letter, had it "on the top of theu stack of things to do," and were feeUng guilty about not sending something in. Ah well, guilt is Shipmate, December 1987

at least one smaU measure of success. A better one is a letter 1 can print in Shipmate.

Thirtieth Reunion things are picking up in the planning department. The hotel has been arranged . . . Don Foery made sure that we had reservations at a new hotel in downtown Annapolis. The Class Memorial is now all but completed (there is only a small bit of landscaping left). I stopped by to look at it and 1 can assure everyone that the memorial is impressive. I was told that it is the largest single Class Memorial in the Yard.

As part of the preparation for a Grand Thirtieth, I plan to organize the creation of the Class address list. As you may know, the Class Sec gets from Shipmate a copy of the address list for those Classmates who are members of the Alumni Association. I do my best to keep that Ust updated whenever any of you send in a letter. Nevertheless, we don't have aU the addresses, and some of those we have are not current. To help us get a completely current list, I'd like people to volunteer to help me by gathering together the addresses of aU of their company-mates. I will only need one volunteer per company and I'U take them on a first-come basis. Once I have a set of volunteers we can start. So please let me know if you can help by sending me a brief letter as soon as possible.

Speaking of letters, a batch came in this month and here they are; First up is Lamont Phemister, living in Mt. Vernon, lUinois. Lamont reports he married big city girl Judy Brace in 1972, and moved back to his small town birthplace where he is 40 pounds heavier, bald and happy. He is the technical director on a project for the U.S. Army to build software to generate design and source code from requirements. He is also Brotherhood president at church and travels to other churches as a Lay Renewal Team member. Lamont made a sales caU at Emerson Electric last year. The director of MIS asked about his ring. Seems he had one of the same kind. Seems he was in the same Class.

Seems he was Tom Terry who was a high school classmate of Murray Witcher, Lamont's USNA wife. Very coinkie-dinky.

Jim O'Farrell checked in to tell us: I have been married for 26 years and wife, Jean, and I have four children, two sons-in-law and one grandson. The two oldest daughters, Susan-25 and Elaine-24, are married and our youngest daughter, Heather-18, is starting her second year of coUege at Loyola in Baltimore.

Our only son, Jim, Jr.-22, is a Second Classman in the 7th Co. at USNA. We have lived in Annapolis since 1966 when I came to work in the Westinghouse Underseas Division at the Oceanic Research and Engineering Center on the Chesapeake Bay. I have been with Westinghouse now for 21 years and have moved from Engineering and Program Management to Marketing to Contracts Management. Outside of work I'm becoming an expert in pool maintenance. Excitement this year had to do with family changes. In February, daughter Elaine was married (her older sister Susan was married last year). In June Susan presented us with our first grandchild, Trevor Kent Riffey '61, Gerry Nelson, civilian worker, John Nuernberner '64, Bill Ramsey, Norm Mims, civilian

Daniel Buchanan. I should also mention some Classmates I see at least once a year. Maureen and Bob lanucci visit with us regularly. Just across the street live Ginny and Don DeLude. Joe Hoffman is also at Westinghouse and works close by. Bob Antonio, Bob Holman, Tom Wishart and Bob Lowe's wife Pam, are also at Westinghouse in Baltimore. 1 heard a rumor there is another one of us here also. If so maybe he will call me and identify himself.

I'm pleased to announce that we have both a new champion and a new runner-up in the most terse questionnaire response category, and they both arrived in the same mail delivery! Our first runner-up, Rod Potter, managed to do it in just 33 words! As editor, I'U expand on Rod's input a bit to make it more readable. Rod reports he is married for the second time and practices law in his own firm in Saco, Maine. He concentrates his practice on representing fathers contested custody cases. He divides his time among work, family and advocacy of divorce reform. His most exciting event this year was cruising the Maine coast by sailboat.

The winner and new champion, Jim Patton was able to send in a complete questionnaire using only 27 words! Jim is married (1st). He retired on 1 July '85. He's an independent consultant for his own firm: Submarine Tactics and Technology, Inc. This year he contracted with Paramount Pictures to be their technical consultant for The Hunt for Red October.

Paul McLaughlin writes from Stone Mountain, Georgia that he is married and has two sons. Having retired from the USMC, Paul is now embarked on his second career, an operations and training specialist for the Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson. Sad to say, Paul's oldest son, Andy, turned down USNA and entered that other place on the Hudson River in July.

Doug Menikheim sends that he's been retired since March '84 when he finished his tour as PNS at the U. of Minnesota. He went to work for Honeywell in Minnosota and is currently Director of Executive Development. In his spare time Doug is an adjunct faculty member in the MBA program at St. Thomas. Doug and wife Skip spend their spare time watching their three girls grow up and out of the house. One is now a college graduate, one a junior in college and the last is a senior in high school. The girls have promised not to marry and/or produce grandchildren until they are able to care for mom and dad in their golden years (c/s: sounds like wishful thinking to me!) Doug and Skip invite any and all passing through the north woods to give them a call and stop in. They're having fun up there and they wish aU of their Classmates the same.

Ben Mercer now hangs his hat in Churchton, Maryland. He retired from the Navy in 1981 and does consulting work in energy conservation for large buildings. He also owns Pat's Country Bakery in Churchton (15 miles south of USNA).

Ben is active in the Mormon Church, PTA and Band Boosters. His oldest son, Kevin, the baker, made Ronald Reagan's birthday cake and since then the bakery has had a steady string of orders for specialty cakes. Ben also reports that younger son, David, just returned from a two-year mission for the Church and is now at college studying sports medicine. Ben learned to ski this past year . . . presumably to soon become a patient of son David.

Norm Mims, one of our active duty Classmates, is stationed in Kingsland, Georgia, where he, wife Lynn are landscaping their new home. Their three children are aU launched on life: Buzz is a 1st Lt. in the Army, Melissa is a school teacher, and Bill is a sophomore at the Citadel. Norm has spent a lot of time as a CO: USS LEWIS AND CLARK (Blue),

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on the staffs of ComSubRon Sixteen, ComSubRon Eighteen, and CNO (OP-02). As for excitement.

Norm says that being reUeved of command of AS-40 after achieving a Battie " E " , Ney Award, MUC and then taking command of the Trident Refit FacUity in King's Bay as its first fuU time CO has been quite a fuU year, thank you. Norm closes with the note that '60 is clearly in control of King's Bay. In addition to Norm we have BUI Ramsey as CO SuBase and Gerry Nelson as CO SurfLant.

A welcome and captivating letter came in from one of our Army Classmates, Neal Parker. In the interest of space 1 had to edit it down sUghtly and I hope I've done it no injustice. Neal writes: You're right. Haven't sent a heUuva lot of maU to anyone lately. My former (USNA) wife, Chris Thomas, attests to that. Did get reconnected with him when we discovered that our sons wre going to USNA the hard way. Enhsted, won a seat at NAPS, then quaUfied for SecNav appointment . . . Yes, I know you wanted to hear about me, but I just had to brag on son Michael fust . . .

In 19641 married the poor, but lovely, Joy Driggers who Usts her hometown as "U.S. Army posts worldwide." Yes, an Army brat. Matter of fact she had never been out of the Army until I retired in 1980. StiU married. ChUdren: Marc, 22, Bom while I was in Vietnam so I did not meet him until he was ten months old. Michael, 20, bom (& get this) at the USNA hospital while I was at the Pentagon. MeUssa, 18, bom in Naples when I was working at AFSouth. We cue aU still poor, and they are stiU lovely, even lovUer. I caimot imagine for the Ufe of me what my Classmates would like to know about me, except maybe, where the heU you been? WeU 1 been "out there." Got my mind somewhat messed up, but with the help of some dear Classmates (Hasty, Buzz, Pinky) got back on track. Surprising what a good phone caU or a one day visit can do when a person reaUy needs it. Part of my selfinflicted therapy was a ride across the Kansas Plain and over the Continental Divide (Wolf Creek Pass) on a bicycle. Yep, the pedaUing kind.

PedaUed 1055.7 miles (according to the on-board computer) from the comfortable home of Hasty and Dee Williams in YeUville, Arkansas, back home to Durango, Colorado. Camped and fished my way for 17 days in August '85.1 need to give up that kind of crash conditioning. My ass still hurts. Presently I work for county government out here in Southwest Colorado. Run the fairgrounds among other things. Shovel lots of manure. Nothing reaUy changes.

I retired from a somewhat successful Army career almost seven years ago. Had exciting tours in the Far East, SE Asia, Middle East, Southem Europe, Northem Europe, middle Europe, and once in a while USA. Same as most of you. Did things Uke Infantry (I remember Chris said they caUed it that because it's childish), Anborae and Ranger. Also flew airplanes and helos. Hated helos. Takes too many hands and feet to drive the thing, and the pedals are backwards . . .

Found myself in inteUigence, counter-Intel and special ops. Last half of my career was more Air Force and Navy-than Army, having landed in joint commands. AU in aU, some successes which are never pubUcized and some less-than -successes which are ALWAYS pubUcized. Would I do it again? Wouldn't we aU? Please advise all concerned that I am truly happy to be back on board. My absence from USNA Class of 60 happenings and news has been my loss. You are all good people and I, Uke everyone else, need to be among good people.

Joy and I look forward to the time, soon we hope, when we can get back to Navy footbaU, reunions, etc. Hope to receive the first issue of Shipmate in the mail soon, having missed it for so long.

WeU Gang, letters Uke that are tough acts to foUow. I'U not even try. Guess I'll just get myself back on point and rethink my view on this Autumn 112

stuff. Maybe this time of year isn't so bad after all. 1 mean, any time of year that touts pumpkins pies, turkey, candied yams and all that kind of stuff can't be aU bad. That kind of thing can Uft my spirits right up to the dining table. Come to think of it, wonder what's in the fridge from last night. Gotta go.

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baU game. His son and several friends were also in attendance. Amie is in the D.C. power business and says that he is rapidly expanding. His vnfe, Joan, is in pubUc relations and advertising.

Between them, they put a lot of traveUng mUes in each year. We hope to see them back this way soon.

That's it for now folks.

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Pres., Cdr. Frank DattUo USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y Cdr. Jim Ibach USN (Ret.) Membership: 55% 10425 Marbury Road Pres., Cdr. Ken MacKenzie USN (Ret.) Oakton, Va. 22124 Sec'y, Mr. Howard Pinskey Hi Guys and Gals. Time goes by quickly and 1 need your help. Please take a minute to jot a note P.O. Box 3380, AnnapoUs, Md. 21403 and let me know what is going on in your Uves 25th Reunion . . . what a four-day celebration so 1 can share the news with the rest of the Class. . . . 378 Classmates and 777 attendees came to This month's column is short because 1 have not AnnapoUs to have fun . . . and did they ever. The received much input. So much for the commercial. pictures of the 24 companymates and spouses and guests who survived the 25th wiU be printed over Received a press release from Raytheon the next two months, a Regiment at a time. A big announcing that John PhilUps has been named a senior requirements engineer at the company's Thank You to aU the members of the Reunion district office in Dayton, Ohio. In his new posi- Committee who made this four-day event happen.

Good organization wiU always make the execution tion, he oversees the program activities for Ratheon's missUe Systems and Research Divisions a lot easier. We wiU be running candid pictures for the next several issues of Shipmate to remind at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. John retired you of how much fun we reaUy had at our 25th. as a colonel after 26 years in the Air Force from a slot at Wright-Patterson. Along the way he Please caU Ken MacKenzie if you would like to picked up a master's degree in industrial engineer- chair or co-chair the 26th Reunion in 1988. Also, ingft-omStanford University. Arlene and John Uve if you have ideas as to the type of function we in Beavercreek, Ohio. should have please caU or write Ken. I ran into Tony PassaareUa recently at the comThe Roster wiU be printed after the first of the missary. He is now working for the Navy in the year to include aU Classmates . . . and maUed to Pentagon. They are settUng into a new home in you . . . also included, if cost permits, pictures Vienna near Tysons Comer. from the GREAT 25th.

For planning purposes, our 30th Reunion wiU The Washington area Christmas party wiU be held either 12 or 19 December. If any of you Uv- be held in AnnapoUs during 22-25 September 1992. ing outside the D.C. area wiU be here, caU me or It is an off weekend from the Academy's Homecoming. any of the officers for details.

The retirees maintained a one-man edge over the Around the Fleet Capt. George F.A. Wagner is the new Assistant "blue suiters" at the August Washington area lunChief of Naval Research. He and Sarah Uve in cheon. The retirees included Brent Jacobs, Dick Ardavany, Jack Stevens, Bob WestfaU, Frank Dat- Alexandria, Virginia, with their daughter, Karin.

Another daughter, Kristine GiU Uves in Virginia tUo, Dave Stem, Jim Luper, Mike Bickle, BiU Beach. A son. Midshipman Gregory Wagner *89, CampbeU, Ned Wolfe, and Mike McMiUan. The is at the Naval Academy. contingent of Navy captains included Chuck BarTradition tholomew, Paul Moses, Mike Barr, Dick Michaux, Jesse Stewart, Hal Morrison, Bob Glover and This year, as for the past six years, sons and Denny SuUivan. Then we had RAdms. ArUe daughters of our Classmates have entered the CampbeU, Dan March, and Bud Flagg (in town Naval Academy. This June the Class of 1991 for a selection board). Paul Moses has been reported to the Academy and five members of that selected but hasn't received orders to a flag biUet. Class were offspring from the Class of 1%2. ConDick Ardavany brought John Neiger (USMA '61) gratulations are in order to the foUowing Midas a guest. shipmen and their parents; Robert B. Chadwick, There was a good turnout at the WiUiam and son of RAdm. Stephen K. Chadwick USN; Chad Mary Tailgate on 12 September both before and A. Hyde, son of LCdr. Albert R. Hyde USNRafter the game. Those that signed in included R; James S. Nerup, son of Cdr. Robert K. Nerap Carole and J.P. Decker, Georgeanne and John USN (Ret.); John R. Quinn, son of Cdr. John T. Pearson, Jeannie and Pete Smith, Dick Ardavany Quinn SC USN (Ret.); and Andrew R. Welham, and Carol Deibel, Gloria and Mike McMiUan with son of Cdr. Walter F. Welham, Jr. USN (Ret.). sons Robbie and Mike Jr. ('90), Pat and Jim It is my sad duty to inform the Class of the passLuper, Ryda and Vince Cusack, Mariam and Dave ing of Chester Thomas Baj, Jr. in April 1987. 1 Stem, Sharon and Frank DattUo, Doris and Bob spoke with Chefs widow, Diane, and she said that McLaughUn, Joan and Amie AUen, Lois and Jack he died suddenly after a brief hospital stay. Chet Stevens, and CharUe FarreU and Mary Earl was involved in the consulting business in Hansen. Also seen but not signing the list were Massachusetts. Diane is living in Hadley, R.T. Davis, Mickie Drastrup, BiU Newman, Ron Massachusetts and their son, Douglas, is attending Carlberg, Doug Falconer, Herndon OUver, Ned Clark University in Massachusetts. The Class Kuhns, and Andy Hamihon and his son Edward. expresses its deepest sympathy to Diane and Most of the wives were along. Classmates seen at Douglas on their and our loss. the game but not at the tailgate included Dan Our Classmate Jim Henderson sends us word March, Jim Rauth, and Jim Traa. Hope we didn't that he and his wife Marty recentiy moved from miss anyone. The AUens win the award for travelMaryland to North Scituate, Rhode Island. Jim ing the farthest to attend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; aUtiieway from Albu- is working for Northrap Precision Products Diviquerque, New Mexico. It was the first time since sion and Mjirty works in the operating room at graduation that Amie had been back for a footthe Roger Williams Hospital. Their two children Shipmate, December 1987

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Schery, Randy Orlowski, Jack McDonald, Wilson The Hendersons missed the 25th Reunion but Harris, Dave Robinson, Chuck Stone, CharUe are already making plans for our 30th.

GosneU, Jim DeFrancia, Jeff Miles, BiU McCann, Class Notes Erwin Storz, Jack Reed, Tom Robertson, George The Class Roster wiU be printed after the first Fister, Mike Stoudt, Denver Key, Ian Sargent, of the year to include all Classmates . . . mailed Brace Webb, Cole LindeU, Gerry MiUhoUand, Jim to you . . . also included if cost permits pictures LassweU, John Conroy, EU Dabich, Vince Gilroy, from the Great 25 th.

Chuck Donovan, Frank Davey, Dan Hitzelberger, Please teU our Classmates who are not members Abel Garcia, and yours truly. Also with us were of the USNA Alumni Association to please join some of our Midshipmen offspring and Ensign . . . it is our communicaion with all of you . . . Erica Miles '87, Carla and Jeff's daughter. It was 55% is not good enough for the Great Class of a grand evening for all. Many of those on hand '62. CaU (301) 263-4448 if you would Uke to join had not been back to Severn's shores for quite a the Alumni Association. few years.

WeU that's our news for the December 1987 A brief business meeting was held Saturday issue of Shipmate. 1 hope you all enjoy the photos night to announce the results of the latest election in this and the next few issues. of Class officers and to discuss plans for the 25th Reunion and a Class gift to the Academy. Officers Your personal cards, letters and photographs for the next year will be Dan Hitzelberger (Presisent to Shipmate wUl keep our class informed about you and your famUy and keep us closer dent), Chuck Stone (Vice President), John Detweiler (Treasurer), and Mike Shelley together.

(Secretary). We have had a good response to the recent survey of the Class, with almost 250 forms returned to me so far. Ninety percent of those Membership: 62% responding indicated that they would definitely or probably attend the 25th. Such a strong response Pres., LCol. Daniel A. Hitzelberger, USMC (Ret.) to the initial maiUng a year in advance of the event Sec'y, Michael H. Shelley indicates that we can expect a very large number 9915 Natick Road, Burke, Va. 22015 of Classmates to attend. Make your plans now for The 24th Reunion was a grand success, a ter- the weekend of 30 September — 2 October 1988. rific tune-up for next year's major reassembly of Eli Dabich has volunteered to serve as Reunion the Class of 1963! The lost football game was but Coordinator, heading what appears to be an alla smaU, passing cloud compared to the continuous star team of Classmates £ind their ladies. Eli coorgood time enjoyed by such a large number of our dinated the very successful 10th Reunion, so we Classmates. More than 50 members of the Class are in capable, experienced hands. were on hand for the game, tailgate party, and The issue of whether or not to give a gift to the Class reception at Alumni House. 1 don't have a Academy in commemoration of our 25th Reunion complete Ust of those who were in town at one time brought a sharply divided response. Thirty percent or another, but I do have the "Paid" Ust from the of the respondents wanted no gift to be given, 32 Saturday night gathering. The list shows that 91 percent favored an endowment, 19 percent prepersons attended — a record turnout for one of ferred a monument or something similar, and 19 our off-year Reunions. Those who were present percent suggested other possibiUties (including con(most with their ladies) were Jerry Smith, Ralph tinued support to the Class of 1963 Foundation).

StoweU, Mike Lents, Steve Duncan, Jack Lacking a clear consensus, Dan Hitzelberger proDonegan, John Newsom, Steve Leisge, Joe posed that the Class not give a gift next year; there Bustamante, Forrest Siburt, Al Sherman, Joe was no disagreement and only brief discussion, so

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12th Company the matter was put to rest. This is a good time to express thanks to Perry MUes for his exhaustive investigation of alternatives for a Class gift. Perry, with assistance from Jim Metcalfe, spent many hours and traveled many miles to study the pros and cons of a variety of possibilities. Their work did not result in a gift, but it did help to clarify the issues and led to an informed decision.

I enjoyed seeing Mike Schery at Homecoming.

We received each other's mail and messages for four years in Bancroft Hall, but hadn't been togehter for several years. Mike's C O . of USS CHARLESTON (LKA-1 13), and he told me such an

interesting story that I made him promise to send a letter to share with you. Here it is: I took command in April '86 and a month later was en route to the Med. Mary joined me in September for ten days R & R while the ship was in MarseUles. Most wives visiting France shop for clothes, perfume, and the like; not my Mary. Her big ticket item was a Briard puppy. Mary's had one or more Briards, French herding dogs, around the house for the past ten years and has raised two champions. They were all bred in the States, though, so she took her opportunity to get an import. The problem was that the puppy couldn't be vaccinated for rabies until he was three months old, and couldn't clear U.S. customs until a month after vaccination. That meant Mary couldn't take him back with her.

Solution: I had him vaccinated at three months and kept him aboard ship so he could clear quarantine by the time we returned to CONUS. Hence his name: "Shipmate."

As the enclosed photo shows, when he came aboard Shipmate was a compact 20 pounds and couldfitin almost anywhere. He didn't need Surface Warfare Officer School to be a fast-track qualifier. (Eat your heart out, Paul Tobin!) He learned his way up and down ladders in short order. We had no disciplinary problems; he compUed with the Supply Officer's out-of-bounds Ust (wardroom and messdecks). Shipbreaking took only a week and he adopted his own piece of nonskid deck just aft of the port bridge wing. After a two-month continuous sea tour, Shipmate received a clean bill of health from the Agriculture Department. He was discharged from active duty and got a full-time civilian job at our house. Unlike landlubber dogs, it took a long time for grass and trees to have meaning for Ship113

mate. The road was the closest thing the city of Virginia Beach could come to a non-skid deck.

After that, any hardwood floor seemed an acceptable substitute. When it comes to Mary's favorite Uttle female Briard, Shipmate's sailor instincts haven't lost a step in civiUan Ufe. Unable to forget his salty past, Shipmate spent much of the Summer as a Reservist on AcDuTra, going aboard CHARLESTON for training with the Marines and making a Uberty mn to New York City. The more recent photo shows how much he has grown, now topping 90 pounds. His bigdog bark has added a new dimension to our Ship's Self Defense Force: we call it the CHARLESTON Early Warning System (CHEWS).

For the past couple of months CHARLESTON has been at Colonna's Shipyard in Norfolk for SRA. Because of the noise and basic shipyard environment. Shipmate has to stay at home most days.

Every now and then I bring him down to the ship, just to make sure Colonna's Operations Director, our Classmate CharUe GosneU, walks the straight and narrow.

Dave DriskeU sent this note from Singapore, where he is Regional Director for Business Development with Marsden Marine Pte. Ltd.: We are encountering more and more USNA Alumni here. Chalk it up to more intemationalization of business, a smaUer world, and, of course, the high concentration of naval units in the Indian Ocean area. 1 haven't seen any '63 Alumni (except for Paul Revere, who Uves here) but have met several from other Classes all the way back to '52. My boss/associate/partner is from '57 and our business is growing but not as fast as we would Uke. I mean, Forbes hasn't caUed us yet — maybe next year. I have coUected some entries from rather obscure locations in my passport in the past year and hope for more, because in this environment they are a sign of successful business. Our youngest son, Dan, Uved here for the last year but decided to go to a university in the USA and is now at Stephen F. Austin in East Texas. My other son, Doug, graduates in December from Texas A & M, so my cash outflow wiU more or less stay level.

If you or anyone you know are coining in this direction, please caU. We are in the phone book, have a pool and a tennis court, and maintain a fuUy stocked bar.

Sound inviting, Dave! Thanks for writing.

Another member of our civiUan international contingent checked in this month. Here's what Daryl Rabert had to say: Currently I am mnning the European Office of the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) in London. The OCC clears aU options traded on the U.S. Securities Exchanges and also futures traded on three U.S. Futures Exchanges. I have been in London two years developing European business and looking for new targets of opportunity. My wife, Bonnie, and I are reaUy enjoying Ufe in London and have taken many trips to the continent which have been enjoyable, especiaUy the vineyards of France. As for my mUitary activities, I am an unemployed colonel in the USMCR waiting for retirement.

Last Christmas, Bonnie and I visited with CharUe Newkirk and his wife, Maria. They are Uving in Gerbrunn, West Germany, which is near Wurzburg. CharUe is a professor for the University of Maryland teaching pohtical science to the U.S. troops stationed in the Wurzburg area. Who would have ever beUeved that CharUe would be a professor and speaking perfect German?! He and Maria are perfect hosts and tour guides. At our young age, Charlie played a soccer game in a snow storm with the locals — I forget who won.

In November 1986, I ran into Capt. Chuck MacUn and his wife, Marion, at the Marine Corps birthday ball in London. Chuck is the NavSea Technical Representative in the UK. I certainly hope we have a terrific turnout for the 25th! Anyone traveUng in or through London, please give us a caU at 01-584-7965. Our address is 48 Queens Gate Mews, London, UK SW7 50N.

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minister to shut-ins and asked if she could try.

She spoke to Tom asking him to summon aU his energies to consume the Host, which he did. The service was concluded with aU holding hands and saying the Lord's Prayer.

Tom died at the March AFB hospital in Riverside, CaUfornia. His body wiU be cremated and his ashes spread at sea. Joyce, Tom's children, and I ask the other members of '63 to pray for Tom's repose.

The most recent address I have for the LaMay family is 255 C Street, # B, Coronado, CaUfornia 92118-1443.

Let me hear from you soon!

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Shipmate nine months later Yet another intemationaUst is Jack Coulter, who maintains his home base in New York City but spends six or seven months of each year in Europe.

He says that anyone in the south of France (Monte Carlo) can reach him through 93.30.74.30, or at his office number 93.50.75.60.

In a recent Class column I reported on the Summer league Navy Alumni lacrosse team which included George Tracy, John Bums, Ted WOlandt, and Murph McCloy. My source was a Northern Virginia newspaper which, I have found, committed a grievous error by not mentioning the team's goalkeeper. Bob Forster. Bob, whom I see often through youth soccer and Boy Scouts, has informed me that he was the only '63er to make it to all the games, because there was no other goalie. It was great fun. Bob reports, and they intend to do it again next year. Any lacrosse players who wiU be in or near Washington next summer should contact Bob, George, John, or Murph. Ted's moved to the West Coast, so there may be a slot open for you.

Ernie Freeman has sent word of the death of Tom LeMay on 12 October.

Tom had been suffering from pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed about three months ago. During his final days, Tom was under intense pain, and his passing away was a relief to all concerned.

I am married to Tom's former spouse, Joyce.

Due to a mix-up in communications, three priests were at his bedside on 9 October, in addition to Joyce. The clergymen expressed reluctance to administer Holy Communion to Tom because of his physical condition which can euphemistically be described as advanced deterioration. Joyce told the priests that she was a communion

Sorry about the blank column last month but your Corresponding Secretary got caught on a treadmiU that wouldn't stop the week the column was due. Nonetheless, 1 haven't exactiy been inundated with maU either so I'm not sure the missing column would have been much longer than what you saw!

Rich Belser wrote with his three-year update.

Rich retired in July 1984, in San Diego and after a brief stint as a " c o n t r a c t o r " he went to work for his old command (NavSeaCenPac) as a mechanical engineer and is moving rapidly up the GS ladder. Susan and Rich's son, David, is a senior in high school. Last Summer he attended the "Summer Science Seminar" at the Air Force Academy and whUe it was an honor and enjoyable.

Rich notes that David prefers a less rigorous university.

Rich and Susan Uve right across the stieet from Art Holt in San Diego. Rich also talks to Jay Eggers who has been in San Diego since graduating from Stanford law school and Frank Polhemus, a feUow civU servant who has been one longer than Rich can remember. Rich has also heard from Bob Cepek who is on his way to command ComDesRon Fifteen in Yokosuka.

For fun. Rich has been participating in the annual U.S. Pacific Fleet rifle and pistol matches.

Rich claims he is not on the same competitive level as Classmate Web Wright, but he has, on occasion, made it to the AU-Navy matches. Rich notes with satisfaction that even though he is retired from active duty he has twice been invited to participate in matches beyond the PacFh level. The big problem now is that he has to take annual leave from his job whereas he used to get " n o cost" orders!

Tom Swartz sent along an update on Ray Snyder. Ray has been on the ComSeventhFIt Staff for the last year or so where he has been planning and conducting USMC exercises and operations.

Ray was at the Naval War CoUege in 1981 then went to the 1st Marine Division where he was in operations and a battaUon commander. He expects to come to Washington next Summer. Ray's wife, Mari, is a PSA fUght attendent and a 13-handicap golfer.

Mike Tackney surprised me with a phone caU a few nights ago. Mike was at National Airport heading home to Baton Rouge, had some time at the airport, so caUed to let us know what he's been doing. Mike started his own industrial chemical sales and service company about ten years ago and has not only survived but prospered in a difficult environment. (Those of you famiUar with the Louisiana economy the last few years can appreciShipmate, December 1987

ate that statement!) The Tackneys have three children, the oldest a senior at LSU, one a freshman at Emory, and the youngest a seven-yearold at home. Mike visited with former companymate, BiH Habermeyer while here.

Speaking of BiU, all of us who were at Homecoming this year owe BiU and Sally a big thank-you for inviting the Class to the Commandant's house after the game. (The game wasn't great, but that's another story!) The dining room table was loaded with good things to eat and everyone hated to leave. At the risk of singUng out one or two Classmates among the many in attendance Tom Lynch confirmed he's officiaUy wearing his "wide stripe" as head of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Butch Christie said he's on his way to be "SUPER CAG" on CORAL SEA. Erik Woods wets also there from Houston fulfiUing his role as a Trastee of the Alunmi Association at the annual meeting.

Some of the chUdren of Classmates who are now Midshipman also joined the party. As a result Jerry Evans provided me the Ust of the 16 sons and daughters of '64. They are: (Dad's name in parens.) Scott Gregory Abel (Brace), Louis Wayne Amy IV (Wayne), James Andrew Caufield 111 (Bob Cassady), Robert John Cepek (Bob), AUen Andrew Coulson (Al), Arthur Paul Drennan III (Art), Christopher John Ericson (Walt), Fred Taylor Fagan 111 (Fred), Fredrick Spencer HaU III (Fred), Sean Patrick KeUey (Tom), John Lawrence Kelsey (John), Stephen Kermit Laabs, Jr. (Steve), Scott Alan McClure (Bob), CoUeen Marie McFeely (Tom), Curtis KimbaUs MUes PhiUips (Marty), Scott Frederick RusseU (Jay).

The sons of Rick Dan and Roland Marquis have already graduated.

The Class luncheons continue to be popular.

Jerry Welch is now "running" the operation.

Approximately 125 Classmates are now enroUed on the Washington phone Ust. The Class executive committee continues to meet. Unfortunately this column is going through the typewriter just before a meeting but the new Class organization is alive and weU. The annual business meeting of the Class wiU be held on 28 January 1988 at Ft. Myer as part of the regular Washington Area Class Luncheon. The Class Executive Committee wiU stand for election at that time. Of course our proudest accomplishment is the maiUng of the first scholarship checks. We continue to ask for your financial support. Checks and/or pledges should be mailed to Capt. Jim Tolber, 8929 Arley Drive, Springfield, Va. 22153.

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Pres., Cdr. Hugh W. Howard Jr. USN Sec'y, Cdr. Dave Anderson USN (Ret.) 7845 BeUa Karen Place, La JoUa, Calif. 92037 619/453-3938 (H) or 619/225-8401 (H) Good ol' Steve McDonald checked in with his 21st annual Homecoming report. He's made 21 of 22 Homecomings, which has to be a record. . . probably an Alumni record for percentage! Who has the next highest attendance score?. . . please report. Anyway, Steve's account of our 22nd foUows. Captains assigned to the Academy are Pat Donnelly, Jim Weston, Chip Seymour, and two new guys: Frog Kristensen, as Deputy Commandant and Andy Waldron, as Chief of Supply.

Andy, Pat and Chip are at 9, 8 and 6 Porter Road, respectively, and Jim and Frog are in the parade field quarters. The Saturday parties were held at the tailgate next to our usual Quonset Hut, with Shipmate, December 1987

the Saturday night dinner at the Donnelly's. Lots of new faces this year, several who had not been back since graduation. The attendees were: Pete Gness (who is getting married next May), Skip Moore, Steve Fabry, Clem Meehan, Chip Seymour, Pat Donnelly, Pat Philbin, Pat Finch, Charley Stephen, Lloyd Abbot, Jim Minderlein, Dan Mitchell, Joe Faltisco, Anson Burlington, Sonny Harrison, Marshall Wilkes, Rick Adams, Jim Weston, Reeves Adair, Ken CasteUano, Andy Waldron, Al Becker, Jim Taylor, Dan Scarborough, Susie Howard (Wyman was in Norway, chasing Russians), Brian Lantier, Denny Wedekind, Steve Chubb, Bill Hunt (who came from Paris, thus winning the longest distance award), Lynn Williams, Skip McAlexander, Jay Cheney, Jim Foley, Spike Webb, Dan Flanagan, John Bishop, John O'Dwyer, Larry Kociskoo, Andy Kish, Hugh Tompson, Skip Lane, Dave Vigrass, Chuck Riedel, Denny Spurgeon, Kurt Schildknecht, John Flynn, Tom Murphy, Pat Cooper, Tim Kelley, Lee Mager, Ken Wentzel, Happ Hadd, Skip McMichael, Forrest Horton (we're not sure that it maybe wasn't his twin, Horace Horton. . . even Forrest's wife didn't know). Frog Kristensen, Eric Morrissette, Andy Hester, Norm Dean, and Steve McDonald.

Apologies to those not mentioned.

Steve's spies around the world teU him that Denny Lough is stUI in the Navy and assigned in London; Roy Lycett is the Director of Maintenance at Disneyland (he'd probably have been better off being Damage Control Officer on TrrANTic. . . send any free passes my way, Roy); and Gary Burruss is handing out money in the seven figures for a major insurance company; Uving in Palm Beach. Pat Variano has moved to Atlanta and is stiU with Eastem AL; Larry Kocisko is moving to Cincinatti toflyDelta 101 Is to London and Roger the Dodger is involved in a big land development just north of Atlanta. He was in it with Ross Perot, but Steve thinks that's on the back burner. Steve left us with this thought: It is satisfying to see people Uke Jim Webb '68 and OUie North '68 do good, because they are '65 TRAINED MEN!!

My friend, Jerry Evans '64, who also lives in Quarters on the parade grounds at AnnapoUs (his wife, Marty is a Batt Off) sent me a printout of the '65 offspring now at USNA and it's apparent that I missed a few when I reported these in the September column. Mea culpa. A revised list follows: Class of '88: Craig Etka's daughter, Kim Boyer; '89: Pat Donnelly's son, WiUiam Patrick Jr. (with another son poised at NAPS to enter with the Class of '92); BUI Fries son, BiH Jr.; Bob Grimm's son, Brian; Bob Stevens son, Robert Jr.; '90: Wyman Howard's son, Hugh Wyman Jr.; Fred Prickett's son, Mike; Paul Reason's son, Paul Jr.; Lee Watkins' son, Mark; '91: John Devine's son, John III; Steve Fabry's daughter, Kristen; Harold Hansen's daughter, Tracy; Larry Kocisko's son, Lawrence II; Howie Koss' son, David; Ed Moninger's son, Ed III; and Chuck Riedel's son Erik Bender.

Bruce Liska sent me a Change of Command invite which I was unable to make. Bruce was relieved as CO, NR Commander Amphibious Group Three, Detachments 119 and 219 in San Diego on 17 October. John Roorbach, who graduated from the War College this Summer, took command of the Naval Communications Station, Puget Sound on 25 September. RAdm. Paul and Diane Reason attended the ceremony. John will be headquartered at the Sub Base at Bangor, Wash.

Jeff Lewis sent me a clipping on the commissioning of the Navy's newest guided missUe craiser, USS LEYTE GULF ( C G - 5 5 ) , with its new CO, Jette

Browne. Way to go, Jette! LEYTE GULF was commissioned on 25 September in Port Everglades.

Jeff also sent me (and I expect all of us) copies of his updated version of the '65 Class Directory.

We are all in Jeff's debt for keeping this effort going, and you all should know that he ran out of funds pubUshing this update and wiU be $3,445 in the red after mailings. Please send Jeff $6. to keep this great project afloat. Mail to Jeff Lewis, 6320 Fox Run Circle, Jupiter, Fla. 33458 and call him at (305) 746-6644 (H) or (305) 845-5322 (W) if you didn't get an update and/or when you change things in your lives. Also if you know the whereabouts of the following "missing" Classmates, please give Jeff or me a call: Ernie Ambort, Bill Bailey, Mark Kittredge, Marty Hamilton, Jere Harper, Harry Hoffman, Don Luther, Lee Mager, Ed McCaffrey, Denny Moritz, Nick Notari, Dick Olds, Bill Ramsey, Ed Richardson, Tom Seigle, Dick Selman, John Stringer, and Tom Weinel.

StiU rooms left at the Hilton, Calvert and Annapohs hotels for our 25th Reunion. To reserve a room, send fifty bucks to Pete Gness, 3966 Woods Edge Drive, Davidsonville, Md. 21035.

BEAT ARMY!!! Dave.

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Pres., LCol. J. Michael KeUy USMC East Coast Corres.: Corr. Sec'y. Cdr. Mike Baird 63 FrankUn Street, Annapolis, Md 2I40I West Coast Corres.: Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Jr. 5705 Friars Rd. -51 San Diego, Calif. 92108 Thanks to all of you who have written. Lots of news to pass on so here goes. As already mentioned in the September column Col. BiU Corson was made an honorary Classmate at our June luncheon. Pictured are Tom Eubanks, Washington Area Executive Committee Chairman, and Class President Mike Kelly with Bill Corson. The ceremony was the culmination of several years of discussion within the Executive Committee on how to best honor this singular individual who has continued to have a lasting impact on many members of the Class. For those members, "the Colonel" will always mean only one person.

Honorary Classmate Kevin McCook writes of some sad news and some happier events. Mike Stoddard wrote Kevin that Charlie Bost died of a heart attack in July of this year. Charlie was a three-year Classmate who was active in boxing. He lost a battle with academics which sent him to CIVLANT early.

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says he's enjoying his job as Commander Fleet Air Mediterranean Force Supply Officer. He and Linda have enjoyed Naples, but are looking forward to returning to CONUS in May of next year.

In the meantime, they are both enjoying their twoyear-old son Christopher, and expect another son in January 1988. LocaUy he sees Capt. BUI Bina, MC, USN, who is Commanding EPMU-7, and LCol. John Saley, who is an Operations staff type for Commander Sixth Fleet. Kevin's and Linda's "welcome mat" is out for any and all Classmates who find their way to "Bella NapoU." BiU "Ike" Eisenhardt is vice president and Commandant of Midshipmen at the Maine Maritime Academy. He writes that he was paid a visit from BiU Wood who is the Nuclear Power training head for Chief of Naval Education and Training. As such he travels the coUege circuit apprising NROTC students about the Nuclear Power Program. BiU and his wife Kathy Uve outside Pensacola and have a 13-year old daughter.

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top to bottom, Tom Paine and I were part of the "Cleanup/Wrecking Crew"; "No cavities Mom" contestants Qay Spikes and Ace Sarich; WUI Trafton and Mike Chandler framing Mike's high school steady Mary; and Dwight Caldwell and Peggy Dare admiring Jerry Hodge's cap.

Thanks to all of you who wrote. Keep the mail slot fuU. It's always nice to hear from you, and it helps keep our mailing list accurate for passing out info of general interest to the Class. That's it for this time, except BEAT ARMY — Mike

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Pres., Cdr. David E. Church USN Sec'y, Cdr. Jim McNeece USN 4839 King Solomon Drive Annandale, Va. 22003 The change of seasons is in fuU sway here at the Sevem School for boys and girls in AnnapoUs. The change is also here for your friendly Scribe of these past five years or so. I have appreciated the opportunity to put fingers to keyboard on your behalf for this half decade, and I vdsh 1 could put the right emotional colors on this typeset canvas for you all to see.

I suspect many of you felt the strange and wonderful feeUngs of deja vu when you returned to the Academy for our Twentieth Reunion. I may have grown a bit jaded since this is my second tour here, and yet every now and again memories of feehngs billow into my conciousness. These cold mornings as I walk past the old hospital on my way to work in the Admin, building, my mind wanders through the 24 years that have passed since I learned first hand what it meant to be a Plebe. I can almost feel the soothing honey we used to coat our throats before we ran in those intramural Winter cross country runs on Hospital Point where now I saunter by on my way to the daily grind. I remember how the snow never "feU" but whipped-in horizontaUy, bringing the cold through two pairs of sweatgear.

The blinding sunlight reflected off the Severn reminds me of many crisp mornings heading for the YP's, carrying a boatioad of concerns for the day ahead. As I approach the Admin. buUding, lying in the shadow of the green Chapel dome, I remember how happy I was to see that same dome getting smaller and smaller in my rear view mirror after my cap sailed high in the Stadium. Just me and my GTO headed out for what I thought would be the final time in or out of Academy gates.

But my, how time does change things.

1 recall our gymnastics classes where the rope climb seemed an impossible dream. Now my twelve-year-old daughter does handstands on a four-inch balance beam with grace and aplomb.

I remember being shrouded in a head bandage after losing a battle to head a soccer ball during one of our Sixth Battalion "jungle rules" soccer games. Now my ten-year-old daughter has two shelves of soccer trophies from four seasons of select soccer play. The old order changeth.

I hope you Reunion attendees had as good a time as I did. Our Class was always an enthusiastic bunch, and we set records for attendance. I'm extremely glad the weather was so cooperative. As a Class we need to hand out a bunch of thank yous. I'd like to begin by thanking the Company Reps who did a major portion of locating nearly everyone in the Class. That event began about two years ago, and we now have the best record of addresses since we all Uved in Bancroft Hall.

Thank Ken TutUe for the Friday night cocktail event, thank Don Fraser for the Tailgate event.

thank Jim Buttinger for the dinner-dance, thank Ron Brino for handUng the money and maU, and thank Steve Phillips for the "goodies and trinkets." Their spouses also all deserve our special thanks for their immeasurable assistance and support. Several local Classmates also helped assemble the goodie bags and extra orders of T-shirts, ties, and sweats. So if you know of someone who Uves in or near AnnapoUs, thank them too.

What reaUy helped inake the Reunion special for me was having Jill and Sam Henderson, and Loretta and Walt Vandivort stay in our government mansion overlooking the Severn. We had a few bleary-eyed breakfasts on the veranda and caught each other up on the last quarter century of our Uves. Sam and Walt had both suffered by presence as an Academy roommate and I was glad they were wilhng to let bygones be bygones and put up wih me for one more weekend. When each of us came to Robert Frost's poetic fork in the road, we chose very different paths to foUow and I appreciated getting a personal gUmps at "the road not taken."

By now some of you readers may be wondering if I haven't forgotten to mention some important players in the success of our Reunion. I haven't forgotten, I just wanted to single them out in this swan song of a column. Our Class enjoys the help, support, love, cheerleading, involvement, and care of a great couple. Charlotte and Dave Church are a Class treasure, and an unbeatable team. They have given of themselves, their time, their money, and their caring for each and every endeavor of our Class. They support the Academy better than anyone else 1 know. In the darkest days of Reunion problems and hassles, when I was ready to chuck it aU in, their unbounded enthusiasm buoyed my spirit and kept me going.

Dave has been a supieriof Class president, and has dragged us into an organized band. Take the time to look at the percentage of Alumni members for other Classes in this magazine. You need to go a long way in either direction to find a Class that can better ours. This and aU our other successes have grown from the seed of care and concern sown by Carlotte and Dave. They are simply the best. And 1 wanted to shout my thanks from the pages of this magazine!

I also owe a debt of gratitude to you Classmates who expressed appreciation for my duties as Scribe. To those that took the time to drop a Une, a very heartfelt thanks. My crystal baU was exceedingly inaccurate when viewing what I thought my immediate future might be. But truth be known, my enthusiasm quotient has been a bit low and I've already expressed my feelings on change to you. So, I'll drop the sack on Jim McNeece and try not to feel too much Uke a deserter.

Now for the news. Les Christian, now a Navy dentist, reported for duty at the Norfolk, Virginia, dental clinic. Until I received that news release, 1 thought Don Bezdek was the only dentist in the Class. Keep 'em smiUng Les! I also received a picture with no news copy of JuUa and Wayne Henry The Wayne Henrys

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with daughters Mary Kristen and Lorn Ellen. My personal opinion is that with a family as gorgeous as that he needs to keep his address a secret. For future picture senders, please remember not to write on the back of the photo since it affects printability.

Al NUsen was unable to attend the Reunion but sent a Nilsengram covering 20 years of news. Al was an A-6 NFO in VA-75 and VA-42. He exited the service with a little less than 1000 hours and 200 shots at the spud locker. I assume the landings also equaled the takeoffs. He meandered through those training command days with the likes of John Hickok and MUte Currie. Whilst keeping the nuggets heads out of the dirt in VA-42, Al got his Master's degree in night school. He went to work for Control Data who also hired guys like Dave Tate, Wey Walker, and Ted Stearns. Al is now up in the frozen Northlands of Minnesota with his four-year-old son in tow. Besides fooling Control Data into keeping him on the payroll, he has dabbled in politics, a committee for local trade associations, the sport of soaring, and become a member of the board of directors of a small company. If your in the area and wUl buy the beer he's at 4922 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minn. 55409 and can be reached at 612-824-1833 (home). Thanks for the gouge, Al. WeU, boys and girls, I've run out of letters and ideas and I'm not real good at long goodbyes. One final thank you to those who enouraged me to continue to punch prose on the keyboard. Now maybe I'U have more time and fewer excuses. Please send your cards, letters, missives, epistles, pictures, and notes to Jim McNeece, 4832 King Solomon Drive, Annandale, Va. 22003. More anon!

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Hugh and our daughter, Liz, now 15, took up windsurfing this Summer. . . and became very proficient. It helps that we Uve only five minutes from the sea. When they aren't windsurfing, they're dueling at Dark Castle on the Mac computer. While on active duty, Hugh's specialty was surface nuclear power. Now, as a civilian, he is in real estate development in the Quincy, Massachusetts area.

This Spring we had some great visits with other 68'ers. First, Margie and John Lyons, stationed in Washington, DC, where John is at the Pentagon. The weather was not in the least clement on the day they'd arrived on the East Coast, so Margie regaled us with a great Navy officer's wife's humorous routine about a Navy move.

Then we saw Rosie, Tom Houghton and daughter, Vickie, also in the D.C. area. Rosie is an artist like myself, and she specializes in street scenes of Washington. Finally, Ed Madden and his new wife, Ellen, visited us with his boys, Shawn and Eddie. Ed is a pilot and Ellen a stewardess, both employed by Delta Airlines.

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Pres., Cdr. KendeU M. Pease USN Cort. Sec'y. Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Road AnnapoUs, Md. 21401 My goodness, where has the Fall gone. Help!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm having a hard time keeping up! And the deadline for this column is not getting any farther away so I had best get on with it since the mail box has been fairly full over the past month.

First off, received another nice letter from Carios Rodgers down in Panama. Seems that a few things have been happening to Carlos and family since he last wrote. In May Carlos became president of the "Panama Canal Society of Professional Engineers." By virture of this new position he attended the National Society of Professional Engineers annual gathering this past July. Carlos used the opportunity to take in the sights in the rarefied air in and around Denver where the meeting was held. Of course he also visited Rocky Mountain Disneyland in Colorado Springs where our counterparts in the Air Force learn about " O " clubs, Coors beer, bus driving, and other things.

Carlos and wife, Irene, also celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary this past year. They have a daughter, Laura â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 5, and a son, Robert (Bobby), â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3. Congratulations to Carlos and Irene. In closing, Carlos noted that he has been trying to get in touch with Fred Derby using the address Fred provided for the column a few months back, but hasn't heard anything. If you're reading out there Fred, and you might not have Carlos' address, it's P.O. Box 6-4455, El Dorado, Panama, Republic of Panama.

Susan Kilmartin of Susan and Hugh KUmartin fame wrote to share of all the latest news from the Northeast. And I'll just turn it over to Susan: Shipmate, December 1987

Rose Houghton, Hugh and Susan Kilmartin, Tom Houghton

Front: Chris O'Brien, Denny Young, Linton Park, Rear: Mick Taylor, Bryan O'Connor, Marty Gunther, Gerry MotI, Bob Beckwith

The Rodgers family They live a little north of Boston.

Thanks for the very nice letter, Susan.

Dick Evert dropped a short note written in between classes at the five-month project manager course at Defense Systems Management College in Ft. Belvoir. Dick will be finishing up in December and taking up new employ at NAVAIR in AIR-547. I'll think you'll find the environment a little different than the Battalion Officer routine

at Mother B, Dick.

It's nice to have a few faithful correspondents out there. Denny Young dropped us another nice letter to bring all up to date on the Benicia scene.

Back in August the Youngs were visited by Roxanne and Gerry MotI plus two Uttle Motls. It seems like Susie and Bryan O'Connor were in the area while Bryan attended a one-week course at Monterey. The logical next thing was to hold a party! In addition to the Youngs, Molts, and O'Connors, Mary and Linton Park, Karen and Mick Taylor, Dorothy and Chris O'Banks, Marty Gunther, Bob Beckwith and assorted family members participated. If it was a typical California BBQ, I'm certain everyone had a ball!

Denny also passed on some that Bev and Gary Denson will be leaving the area soon as USS SWORDFISH (Gairy is CO.) wiU be decommissioned.

They expect orders back to the D.C. area.

Denny and Cheryl, by the way, are expecting No. 2 child very soon and we wish them both the very best, and thanks again for the West Coast news.

On the local scene we had another successful luncheon the first of October. In attendance were Karl Krumbholz, KendeU Pease, Brade PhiUips, Paul Farmer, Bill Ober, Fran Holian, Amie Shapack, John Kane, Bill Wilt, Bob Eberth, Bob Evans, Bob Owendoff, Clay Thomas, Miles Staley, Tom Pestorius, Steve Erb, John Mayer, Denny Rowley, Frank Simmons, Leo Kuehn, Al Lindberger, Jim Cullen, Jim Niehus, and Jim Rather. We discussed the Twentieth a Uttle (I'll elaborate more later), and had the usual enjoyable time socializing with new and old acquaintances.

We were meeting regularly now on the first Thursday of the even months at the Twin Bridges Marriott between Crystal City and the Pentagon. The next luncheon will be on 3 December (maybe before you read this) and the first one in 1988 will be on 4 February. Hope to see any of you in the area there if you can make it.

Two quick change of command notices and then a few words about the Twentieth. Mike Slattery recently stepped down as Commanding Officer, Naval Special Warfare Unit Two, and wiU be joining the Chief, Strategy and Policy Divison, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Florida. Also, Ed KratovU who usually disguises himself as a NAVSEA civil servant, recently took over as C O . of Reserve Personnel Mobilization Team 906 which driUs at the Naval Reserve Center, Ft. McHenry, in Baltimore. Congrats to both on the new duties.

Things are moving along nicely for the Twentieth. One correction from last issue. The hotel for the Twentieth Reunion Headquarters will be the Marriott Crystal Gateway not the Crystal City Marriott. (Marriott has a number of hotels in the area.) We expect to get a letter out to you sometime before the end of the year with more details on what's been planned thus far. I still need more company reps. I wUI use the Alumni address Usting augmented by the company address listings I have received from some of the reps. To answer Denny Young's question, no, the company rep does not have to live in the D.C. area. We just need someone who will coordinate collecting current addresses for all your Company Classmates. Obviously, the Alumni Association does not have a current address for everyone and we would like to get the word for the Twentieth out to as many people as possible. So, I stiU need reps for 3rd, 4th, Sth, 6th, 9th, 10th, 17th, I8th, 21st, 24th, 25th, 29th, 33rd, and 34th. If some of you volunteered for one of those, I forgot to make note of it and 1 need you to contact me and let me know. The additions I have this month include the following:

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llth Co. Ed Fischer 2621 Taffiail Lane Oxnard, Calif. 93035 32nd Co. Denny Young 582 Cooper Drive Benicia, CaUf. 94510 27th Co. Dick Evert 6434 Tucker Ave. McLean, Va. 22101 And so, folks, that's about it for this month. . . and beUeve it or not, this year. 1 hope it has been a very good one for aU of you. I know we are all looking forward to a lot of big things in 1988.

Wherever you may be, may the holiday season bring you many blessings and may the new year offer you promise of excitement and much happiness. . .Leo

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Pres., WUliam H. Newton III Corr. Sec'y, Cdr. Peter Renfree USN 3825 S. 7th St. ArUngton, Va. 22204

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Pres., Terry R. Huff Sec'y, Cdr. Royal ConneU USN 5360 Black Oak Drive Fairfax, Va. 22032 Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, this is my annual season's greetings to aU. Those of you who know me, know that 1 am one of those contemptable creatures who doesn't know how to write except at the end of the year in the best from Hallmark. That is, of course why 1 Uke doing this column, it gives me incentive to create.

Speaking of creating, my maUbox wasn't quite as fuU this month so I may have to do just that.

My best correspondent tumed out to be the Academy support oganizations. In the most interesting of these, the NAAA wrote me a letter asking for the whereabout of Lenny Supko. It seems that he is being considered as a nominee for the Lacrosse HaU of Fame and they needed to ask him a few questions. Lenny, as I reported last month, is serving over in Korea and I hope by now has been contacted. Good luck and I hope that the NAAA wUl soon be able to inform me that he was so elected.

FHTNC is right on top of things, letting me know that Ed Lucke was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Now I know that he wasn't the only one and that we have already acknowledged his accompUshment, but the hidden surprise is that in the background info, they note that he graduated from P.G. School in 1977. As a Marine he keeps that bit to himself . . . it would spoil the image. I did see him the other day wandering around the COMDEF conference here in town.

That was a big multi-nation display of miUtary hardware, Ed was trying to improve the Marines' lot in keeping with Secretary Webb's goal of trimming the equipment weight and improving the quaUty of the striking forces.

Word has also filtered in that Stan Weeks is out in USS HAYLER and was a recent participant in Ocean Safari. For those of you on the West Coast, that's a NATO exercise designed to demonstrate the readiness and effectiveness of our North Atlantic defense forces.

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1 got a nice note from N.L. PoUiiU '58 reiterating the fact that Ed McKenny has a new and significant responsibUity with CaterpUlar Inc. in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ed heads up aU the marketing functions in Indonesia, a major machine and engine market for them as District Manager. He, Katy and three children are all doing quite weU and Ed will personally guide tours of any Classmates to Balikpapan, where the old "four-stacker" destroyers earned the first clear-cut victory of WWII in January 1942.

BUI Jenkins is chairing an Ad Hoc committee to find a suitable gift for the Class to give in conjunction with our 20th Reunion. When you get your annual Alumni Fund request this year, it should mention a Class Fund for that purpose. BUI is setting up an arrangement whereby we can have our donations earmarked for such a project. Please note that fact when you send in your check for a buck, three-sbcty. And if you have any questions or wish to help or make inputs please contact BiU at (a)281-2195. If you can't get him please caU at at (a)224-1117,1 can pass word and take notes with the best of them.

Rather than push the Reef Points definition of BuU (600-wordfiUerin a 500-word theme), I'U sign off here and vrish all of you the best of new years and may you all make resolutions to write me at least once and let me know what's happening in your part of the world.

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Pres., Peter P. Schneider Jr. Sec'y, Cdr. BUI WiUiams USN 307 Blue Cedar Ct., MillersviUe, Md. 21108 (301) 987-1327 Merry Christmas! I hope all of you are entering the Holiday season in fine health and spirits.

I look forward to all the news that wUI be coming my way after the Christmas and New Year's parties are over. Be the first on your block to send in party pictures from your informal roommate reunions. Alumni Chapters or company parties — wherever you may be.

The Hartshorns Only one letter this month, but it was one I'd been looking forward to for some time. Randy Hartshorn is now living in Muensingen (MillersviUe), Switzerland and sent a letter full of news. For those of you who knew Randy at school, no one ever doubted he'd become a successful man of the world. But for this month's question, see if you can guess what this executive recalls as "the most extraordinary human effort I ever saw..."

A. man's first steps on the moon b. the 1967 Army-Navy game c. Bruce Jenner's decathlon performance in the 1976 Olympics d. the Plebe Year evening he sat next to a Classmate who ate 12 cannonballs — and

made it to his room If you answered anything but "d", give yourself a come around.

Here's a short history of what Randy's been up to since graduation: ...after spendingfiveyears in haze gray, underway, I got an "early out" in May 1976 and returned to school. Thereafter I worked for the Chase Manhattan Bank for eight years in New York, Brasil, Argentina and Puerto Rico. Right now, I am a plank owner at a new foundation established by the Swiss National Bank. I'm OIC for a professional development program for central bankers from throughout the world where I'm supposed to teach them not to do aU the things I did in Latin America...

Randy sent a picture of his "office," — which was more Uke a palace, a postcard of a typical Swiss viUage nestled among the mountains on which his house is circled, and this famUy picture.

Marianne and Randy have also extended an invitation to members of the Class to visit them at: Luchliweg 1, Muensingen, Switzerland (about 15 km south of Bern). Phone (031) 92-1531.

I also received two press cUppings. One was quite brief: Marine Major George Flinn recently reported for duty with 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton. The second was an article from the Naval Surface Weapons Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, Va. paper, which featured Ludwig Sorrentino, who reported as the MiUtary Deputy for Standard MissUes. Ludwig was previously at ComNavSurFlant in Norfolk and has an impressive background of weapons assignments, including graduation from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1981, and qualification and service as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer.

In a moment of weakness last month I said I would try to remember everyone who was at Homecoming. Instead I'll give you two simple words which might help you out should you find yourself in a similar situation: I forgot. Perhaps 1 reUed too heavily on the Uttle sUps of paper 1 found wadded up in my jacket pocket. But I did remember a couple of stories, not yet corroborated. One was that Jack Jarabak may have been the Officer of the Deck for the Cat Futch sea detail, and according to one Admiral's wife, Mike Marks cheats at Scrabble. Other than that I remember little else of importance.

Finally, there is just one more thing. New heights of nostalgia were reached when Randy sent a photocopy of one of his most precious possessions — two pages from his Plebe Year Come Around Log. It begins in eamest after (Oh no, Mr. Bill) — THE BRIGADE got back. From the record: Sept. 7: Eyes not in the Boat (2), Sept. II: Not at leaning rest with back straight, Sept. 25: Not putting string in "trou". There were numerous other entries of a typical Plebe. But I must warn you that if you take Randy up on his invitation to visit, insist on a picnic in the Alps. Unless of course you want to eat vrith: someone who doesn't fill glasses fast enough, doesn't pass you (a) the meat, (b) chow (c) food, and (d) donuts; someone who spills juice, drops jelly, has a crumby napkin and a dirty handkerchief; one who either doesn't speak up or ignores you altogether, and horror of horrors — doesn't even know the menu...

Looking forward to your letters after the Holidays. Beat Army and Merry Christmas. BUI.

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Pres., Cdr. Alfred M. Joseph USN Sec'y, Cdr. Rich Robison USN 1368 Marshall Lane, Virginia Beach, Va. 23455 "Happy Holidays" to each and every one of Shipmate, December 1987

you. As you decorate your homes and tackle this year's pile of Christmas Cards, add your Class scribe to your address list. Include any family photos or this-is-what-we've-done-this-year narratives: I'll dutifully put them into print.

Goldsby, Jerry Jenkins, Dave Hogen, Tal Manvel and John Rood (and to their lovely ladies: Diana, Marilyn, Barbara and Barbara) for a terrific weekend.

By the way. . . did anyone catch the score of the game?

I'll be printing pictures of the Reunion over the next few months. Any and all contributions are welcome — even one or two included in a Christmas card would provide a great cross-section (which I'll be more than happy to return after their printing, if you like). Thanks to Lad Tomlin for the pictures of some of the singular personalities from " F u n O n e . " (That photo of " F u n At the B a r " deserves an explanation: it wasn't posed.

According to Lad, these guys celebrated in this position for at least a couple of hours. Hey, let's do the rigor mortis!)

Visual contact in Norfolk: Chris Haizlip is the H S L / L A M P S Readiness Guru for NavAirLant.

An aero subspecialist, Chris has spent the last few years in east coast HSL squadrons and at NATC in Pax River. He says there are always two or three cold beers in a ready alert status in his refrigereator for passers-through. He, wife Joanie and two young'uns Uve at 1125 Birks Lane, Virginia Beach, Va. 23464.

BUI Glass recently completed a North Atlantic deployment aboard USS GLOVER. Bob Blanchard is aboard USS JARRETT working out in WestPac and the Indian Ocean.

That's it for this round. May the blessings of the Holiday Season be with all of you, whether you are far from home or with your loved ones during this special time of year. (Dave Crouse, are you still in Norfolk?) More to come — next year.

D.O.

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Pres., LCdr. Bruce Spalding USNR Sec'y, Mr. Dirk P. D. Mosis III 4409 Underwood Road, Baltimore, Md. 21218 Hank Howe and Lad Tomlin To say that our 15th Reunion at Annapolis was a huge success would be an understatement.

FoUowing registration at the Sheraton in Lanham, we feasted on hot crab soup, sandwiches and plenty of liquid refreshments out under the tent in the west lot of the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium.

About the only thing 1 cannot report favorably on was the football game. . . but, after all, our Reunion is supposed to bring back memories of what it was like when we were there, and it did just r/iflr.'(Except that, this time, we had the advantage of periodic revisits to the tailgater during some of those long, dry stretches. . .). A chiUy, overcast, somewhat misty afternoon in the m i d 60's did nothing to dampen our enthusiasm and energy, especially in renewing old friendships, checking receding hairlines and expanding waistUnes, and wondering where all that premature gray hair came from. That evening, the banquet and 60's dance held back at the Sheraton put the finishing touches on a weekend that will not be soon forgotten. Although much has happened to each of us since that sunny June day when we all tossed our caps into the air celebrating the end of our four-year quest, occasions such as this remind us that 15 years really isn't that long after all, and — though we have all changed, grown and confronted different challenges — there is something constant and enduring about those friendships. On behalf of the entire Class, hats off to Rich

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Pres., LCdr. Skip Anderson USN Sec'y, LCdr. Dave Schorn USNR USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8)

F P O San Francisco 96663-1711 Konnichi-wa '1A\ Time for a long overdue update on Class news! The following letters are self explanatory although a little dated. I was swamped with XO work. " N o excuse" on this late column so here goes.

This letter (received in May) is from Bill Hall: I'm the guilty party who took the pictures of '74 Homecoming attendees. The pictures were in my camera until 1 saw the column referring to them. Sorry about that.

The VW van is my Midshipman car, still going strong after 180,000 miles, several trips across the USA and Europe. I know that Jeff Greene is still driving his Corvette, but how many other Classmates are still driving theirs? Maybe a quick poll in one of your columns.

The Supply Corps commander selection board results are out. The following Classmates were selected; Mike Olson, Jeff Greene, Don Tomlinson, Dave Bennett, Cliff Szafran, Gregg Pearsail, Joe Ruppert, Dick Costello and Rick Vizzier. The zone cut through '74 so about four Classmates (myself included) were below the zone and won't get looked at until next year. (The importance of Class standing begins to be seen.)

I'll write again in the future with information on our Washington Area Classmates.

Thank you. Bill. The pictures brought back memories of our 10th Year Reunion and all the good times at the Annapolis football games. The following is from Sarah Johnson and was received in June.

Here's another wife writing because my husband says 'we' ought to write.

Rich

is

on

USS

THEODORE

ROOSEVELT

(CVN-71). He's a plank owner and very proud of the ship.

We live in Grafton, Virginia (the Pennisula side of Tidewater), part of York County on Route 17.

We have four children, three boys and one girl.

Maura was born 23 February 1987. Greg is 3, Marty 5 and Tim 7.

Rich had a tour on MIDWAY, January '83 to June '84. It would have been longer but he had two major accidents in F-4s with VF-161. We envy your two tours in Japan. We probably have too many kids to be sent back now. I would like to stay here in Grafton but I'd sell my dream house to go back to Japan.

Thank you for the letter, Sarah. Have Rich write next time. The following is a June letter from another wife (where would our Class news be without the faithful writing of our wives?) — PhyUis Brower.

Greetings from Tiverton, Rhode Island. It's near Newport (25 minutes!) and home to my husband's whole family. Dave Brower!! — Remember him? Well, we have left the "active duty" Navy for a more predictable (whatever that is) job in East Providence. Dave works at his Dad's company. (They print cartoons, P.O.P. cards and etc.). Anyway, Dave loves it and has turned everything there to work by computer!

That's our second love. His yearn to fly helos is still satisfied by flying with the Reserve at Weymouth, Massachusetts, a few times a month.

It's an H-2 squadron which he flew way back in .the late 70s. It's a big adjustment from the H-60s but, he's wiUing to do a lot to fly!

We have two little boys. Jonathan is 5'/: and Paul is 3'/2. They are just like their dad except Jonathan wants to be a dentist! Subject to change — I'm sure.

Well, two for one miss the Navy a lot! Rhode Island is beautiful, but not as warm as Florida.

(That's my home.) This Winter was very "white" one and was not a "Normal" one — so everyone says. Ha, ha! Well, if ever up here (Newport or etc.) we'd love to see you. Dave's not much for writing. He always said, 'nothing to write about' when you're out at sea! I'll try to keep up.

The following letter is from John Branchflower and it was received in August. It does sound desperate.

It has been brought to my attention that a fun loving Classmate may soon submit a bogus letter regarding my life and activities for you to publish in Shipmate. Please disregard it if you do receive such a letter. It will surely be completely untrue. Unless the letter is postmarked Summit, New Jersey (my present address), you can be certain it is a counterfeit.

1 am sure that now I will receive all sorts of bogus letters from John Branchflower. John, what are you really up to?

The following are taken from Fleet Home Town News Center releases. Kevin M. Mukri graduated with honors from the public affairs officer course at the Defense Information School, Fort Benjamin Harrision, Indianapolis. Kevin was prepared for assignments as a public affairs officer. He studied journalism, international relations. Department of Defense policies, public speaking, and the principles and techniques of broadcasting. Hobson Reynolds reported for duty at Naval Air Reserve Station Jacksonville, Florida. Larry K. Goins participated in Exercise Team Spirit '87 with Commander, Destroyer Squadron-15, Yokosuka, Japan. Joe D. Beaulieu is at Naval Air Rework Facility, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.

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Gate 87 with Commander-in-Chief Iberia, Atlantic Area, Detachment 106, Oeiras, Portugal. Bart also wrote the following letter: I am as guilty as the majority of our Class for not keeping in touch over the past 13 years. The best intentions of putting pen to paper always faded with what seemed a more pressing priority at the time.

Currently I am enjoying the single Ufe in Washington and work as a research fellow at a Bethesda, Maryland, 'think tank.' 1 do poUcy studies for the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) formerly Jim Webb — now our new SecNav. I have stayed in the Naval Reserve and driU with CinClberLant 106. The Reserve is great — my unit is a NATO command center unit that does active duty in Portugal every year and is heavily loaded with fellow Alumni — a combination that is tough to beat. Dave Fischer from our Class suffers with me in Portugal every year as a member of the same Reserve unit. Dave is working at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is rocketing towards the SES levels of government service. Also in the area is Wayne D'Ambrosio. 'D' is stiU 'D' — he is becoming very successful in the personnel placement business. Tom Horrigan, last I knew, was working for CACI in ArUngton, Virginia. Last year during separate business trips to Mississippi and Flordia I met two Classmates. I had dinner in Gulfport, Mississippi with Robert Bruce and his wife Myra.

Robert is working for NASA — no surprise to those of us who know him. In West Palm Beach I had lunch with our Class' Melvin Belli — Jeff Liggio. Jeff has a thriving law practice in West Palm. Since he is a well established lawyer and I work for a not-for-profit organization I let him pick up the lunch check! Jeff when you ever get to Washington lunch is on me.

pies from today's pickings and I'm scratching my head digging for the words to kickoff this month's column. Let's start with the announcement of new arrivals to our '75 family. Joan and Courtney Chinn have a new recruit; Conor William, 6 lbs.

14 oz., b o m 29 Aug. OK Dongmsm! A few days earUer, Michele and Pat Gottschalk brought Sean Patrick into this world (22 Aug.). Sean weighed in at a hefty 8 lbs. 3 oz. Pat is with the law firm of Mays and Valentine in Richmond. Congrats Pat! Dennis Poulos wrote from the PhUippines: It has been about a year since I last heard anything about Class business so I thought I would drop you a letter. As Class Vice President there reaUy isn't much for me to do with Quig's handUng eveything but I guess I need to find out what's happening every once in a while. It is awfully lonely out here in the Sin Capital of the World, otherwise known as Subic Bay. That is not to say it hasn't been interesting. We just got to act as observers to a smaU local revolution.

Nothing big, especially if you know the PhiUpinos. Just another day, only a Uttle louder.

I have seen a couple of Classmates passing through the Cubi O'Club on Friday nights. The only one I have reaUy spent any time with is Kevin "KUler" Miller. He is the Ops O for VF-151, one of the F-I8 squadrons in CVW 5. He has been out to the house a couple of times now, when MIDWAY is in town. 1 invited him to dinner a couple of months ago and told him to see if a few of his friends would Uke to come over also. That ended up being spaghetti for fifteen. Everyone had fun though, even Jeannie. Boy, were her and the maid surprised when Keven called to give a head count. Thought I would never Uve that one down.

I know Washington has other Classmates roaming the streets that I have not seen yet — Uke BUI Wilde, Buddy Caspari, and Pete Pembrooke.

How about some word from the men of 23rd Company. Guys Uke Mike MiUer, BUI Baker, Oakie Sharp, Joe Beauleiu, Don Wagner, Bud Bamett, Bmce Tyler, Len May, John Hood, Joe Nadolski, Paul Brandon, SuUy SulUvan, J.J., Mike Wilder, and Chris Perrien. I know you're out there somewhere.

Anyone relocating or passing through Washington is encouraged to call. I live in McLean, Virginia — a stone's throw from Tysons Comer. (Bart Whitman, 1808 Old Meadow Rd., McLean, Va. 22102.

Bob Santos is in ROH at Long Beach Naval Shipyard after five months of being XO on USS LEAHY while underway. Bob attended Bob McCabe's change of command ceremony in June when Bob McCabe took over USS ESTEEM (MSO-438), which is now in the Persian Gulf. Bob Santos says he is in Une for a Washington, D.C. job (maybe OP-3). Although Bob says there is not much in the way of news to write about, I know better. The problem of being XO is that you never have any time to do what you want to. I have been busy with Team Spirit '87, command inspection, amphibious refresher training, change of command, and a selected restricted availability. Now it is underway time again and more exercises, and of course the inspection cycle starts again.

The family is doing fine and we are expecting our fourth in January. Ciao. Dave.

Life at VC-5 has been kind of interesting so far. Five days after I reported aboard I was on my way to NAP Kadena on Okinawa. I spent three months there while Jeannie got our house, moved in, picked up our car, and did aU the other things that she wiU never let me forget. Since then I have spent over half my time on the road. I went back to Miramar for a Top Gun class for three weeks, off to Thailand, back to Kadena, then to Korea, then back to Kadena, and finally off to MCAS Iwakuni. At one time, I had spent more time in Kadena than I had at home. That really doesn't sound so bad (just the normal Navy way) except that this is classified as shore duty.

Not much other news from out here in the far Far East. I enclosed some address labels I worked up on the computer. Also, feel free to use me as '75 Det West Pac. Anything you need for the Class from out here in the land of "good deals" just drop me a line. I am including my work number so that you can include it and my address in the next Shipmate. That way, anyone passing through the P.I. can give me a call for a free cold one. (885-354/383-3354 autovan) See ya in a couple of years when we make it back to the 'Real World.'

Dennis' address is: LCdr. D. Poulos, VC-5 Box 39, F P O , San Francisco, Calif. 96654-2700.

That's all the news for now. I want to wish you all the best of Holiday wishes. Happy New Year and, of course, BEAT ARMY.

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LCdr. Craig R. Quigley USN LCdr. Michael C. Stichter USN Bicentennial Court, Chantilly, Virginia, Tel. (703) 378-1262

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Pres., LCdr. Don Bringle USN Sec'y, Maj. Joe Buranosky USMC 10214 Commonweahh Blvd.

Fairfax, Va. 22032 Only one letter came this month, but there was a good turnout at Homecoming, and I was able to talk with quite a few people. I got to the Stadium a littie early and set up an area with Doris and Mike McConnell. While we were there, there were several other Classmates who parked in the

same general vicinity so we were able to get quite a few people together.

Denise and John Krase and Lynn and BUI Wheeler made up the Academy contingent. Bill is the 26th Company Officer. There are quite a few people Uving in and around AnnapoUs. Diane and BiU Davison are Uving there; BiU works for a consulting firm, John J. McMuUen. I spoke with Terry a n d D o u g Humphrey; D o u g w o r k s for Westinghouse Airship Industry at BWI. Stephanie and Dave Papak are stiU Uving in Arnold, Maryland; Dave is a manufacturer's representative for Micro-Comp Inc. Mark Thorpe is flying for Peoples Express and for the Reserve and is Uving in Annapolis. There was also quite a contingent from 34th Company at the game; several of them are also in the local area. Barb and Kevin Stone were there; Kevin is a naval architect for RossMcNatt in AnnapoUs. Steve HoUbonich lives in AimapoUs and works for GE. Congratulations to Pam and Zeke Zimmerman who have a chUd on the way. Scott Goodson is working at OpNav in the nuclear propulsion project manager's shop.

Kim and JB Parrett were at the game; JB is a representative for Advanced Technology working at CinCLantFlt. MicheUe and Jim Francis are in the Tidewater area; Jim works at Newport News Shipbuilding. Linda and Al Turk are at Marine Barracks Washington, D . C ; Al is working at the Marine Corps Institute. Al tried to fill me in on all 34th Company Classmates who weren't there.

Dee and Jim Davis are at MCAS New River. Kathy and John Allen are well; John is in Okinawa. Jim Stuller is on USS L Y SPEAR in Norfolk. Linda and Gary Stark are in the local area; Gary is at OpNav. John Weiss is in the Air Force some place out West. Nick Flacco is at P G School. Fred Raley is in Pearl Harbor at RADCON; he is going to be the XO of a ship. Mark Nesselrode is the electrical officer on USS LONG BEACH. Larry Jones is the reactor officer on CARL VINSON. Nick Nunn works for a Nuclear Powerplant in Pennsylvania. Brace Smith was flying with VX-2 at Pax River, but wiU be headed for Jacksonville.

Karen and Larry Astyk drove up to the game from Cherry Point. Ron Ellis is also at Cherry Point and working on the MAG 14 group staff.

Jack Kirk drove down from Philadelphia; he is working with the 4th Marine District. Elena and Buddy Hingle were at the game. They have two children, Alden and Maria. Buddy has orders to Okinawa. Skip Zobel is on the fighter wing staff at Oceana. Carol and Dick Sears are at the War CoUege in Newport, Rhode Island. Dick Spencer is working for GE in Princeton, New Jersey.

Carolyn and Bob Deal are in Norfolk; Bob is on the SUBLANT staff. John Drerup is at NavSup and Mike Dailey flew in from Chicago — he flies for Northwest.

That about wraps it up for all the notes I took at the game — I hope I got it all straight. I did receive a letter from Tod Thedy; Tod is an attomey in New Orleans. He attended the Tailhook convention in Las Vegas and saw Dennis DiLucente and Rock Daze.

I spoke to a few Classmates at Homecoming who expressed an interest in getting together occasionally. If you're in the Washington, D.C. area and would like to try to set something up, please let me know what your thoughts are — if there is any interest we'U do it. I should have some pictures from Homecoming to put in the next issue. I hope that each of you has a good ChrisUnas and a great New Year. Beat Army!

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Pres., Peter W. Grieve Sec'y, LCdr. BiU Millward, USN 1026 Magnolia Avenue Norfolk, Va. 23508 West Coast, LCdr. Dempsey Butler, USN 1222 East Polnell Shore Dr. Oak Harbor, Wash. 98277 Shipmates, Homecoming was great! Homecoming was great! Homecoming was great! First of aU, a hearty thanks to the Homecoming Committee who did a superb job in planning and organizing the magnificent event. The 10-Year Reunion Committee consisted of co-chairman Owen Thorp and Rick White and their wives Kathy and Betty. Chris and Hal Casey, Karen and Terry Cook, Mary and Mark Finley, Mary Beth and Ed Rogers, Karen and Keith Tibbitts all did a wonderful job. The whole affair was executed with military precision from check-in to check-out.

The pace of Homecoming was reminiscent of hectic weeks of Plebe Summer 14 years ago. A 10-Year Reunion diary could read as follows: Friday, 18 September: Drove down Route 50 to USNA, "It's about time that they started to widen the road after all the speeding tickets that I got," registered at the Annapolis Hotel, checked-in at the Alumni House, rushed to catch the P-Rade, rashed back through town with wife in tow to the hotel to change clothes for pre-dinner cocktails at Dahlgren HaU, sumptuous dinner at King HaU and after-dinner cocktail party.

Saturday 19 September: Hungover from the cocktail party, 0745 General Quarters (Fire Drill) at the Annapolis Hotel, stood in Une at the Midstore to stock up on T-shirts and other memorabiUa, sprinted to the Stadium for The TaUgate Party "to end aU taUgate parties," witness the kick-off, went back to the tent to party after the first quarter (the game was a formality anyway!), losing my voice after trying to talk to nearly 700 people, dragged back to the hotel to rest up for the evening Dinner Dance, another "uniform race" against my wife to change clothes, off to the school bus for the ride to the Fontain Bleu. Owen opened with a moment of remembrance for 15 Classmates who have gone before us. Class President, Pete Grieve talked about the status of the G.I. Bill and the upcoming election of Class officers. Capt. Jack FeUowes '56, and his wife, Pat, were the Guests of Honor. He is as witty and insightful as always. 1 still wonder why I received a " B " in his leadership class while the rest of my Classmates got "A"s. In addition, why is my hair turning as gray as his? It's already Saturday night and there are so many more of my Classmates and their good-looking wives and girlfriends that I haven't seen.

Sunday, 20 September: Time to go to Chapel, rash back to pack our clothes, check-out of the hotel, ran back to the Yard to see the noon formation (the Mids all look so young! '77 never looked like that), make one last T-Shirt run to the Mid-Store, visit some old friends in town. And alas, say fareweU to everyone as we go our separate ways. Geez, the weekend is over? Where did it go?

Where did the last 10 years go?

The Class has diversified since ten years ago.

There are people who are involved in nearly every aspect of the Navy and Marine Corps to those members in civlant whose careers are taking off in different directions. For those still in the Naval Service, we now have Classmates whose career paths include: medicine, law, space, CEC, Shipmate, December 1987

inteUigence, supply, pubhc affairs, and of course surface line, aviation and submarines. Civilian careers are just as diverse in the industries of: investment banking, law, aviation, insurance, defense, marketing, entertainment (playwrights & filmmaking), construction, power, and business.

Nearly 700 members of the Class of '77 and their wives, fiancees and girlfriends came from virtually all over the world. Naturally, not all the names of our Class can be printed in this one issue, but at least we will make a stab at mentioning as many as we can. If your name isn't mentioned, please write and I'll make sure to include it in the next issue of Shipmate.

Steve O'Leary, John Viotto, and Pete Grieve are turning the financial market inside out in Boston. Steve is working for the First Bank of Boston, John is a management consultant and Uves two blocks from the "Garden," and Pete is working as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs.

Mike Caron and wife Cheryl also are living in Massachusetts. Mike is in the banking industry as well. Mary and BUI Garland are living in Virginia Beach where he is the Combat Systems officer in USS SCOTT ( D D - 9 9 5 ) .

He commutes

from

Philadelphia where the ship is in the yards. Gar and Mary Ann are expecting their first child in November. He anticipates orders in January to the Armed Forces Staff College. Gar is looking forward to competing in racketball again when he gets back on shore duty.

Cindy and Steve Artzer are stationed at USNA where he is the Performance Officer. All the companies looked pretty good marching at the P-Rade.

Joe Barnes is the engineer in USS SCAMP (SSN-588). His wife's name is Mary. Henry Gonzales hasn't changed a bit and could probably still fit into his "WUBA D " uniform. He is Engineer (Gold Crew) in USS CALHOUN (SSBN-630) and his wife's name is June. Chris DiUer, 1st Co., is now a pilot for PSA airlines and flys A-4 adversary squadron for VC-13. He is engaged to Celeste Finley '85. Ben Christensen is living in Windsor, South Carolina and lists his occupations as: contractor, surveyor, poUtical activist, pig farmer, and banker. Way to go, Ben! Mike "Duck" Laviano is living in Antioch, California, and flying for United Airlines. PhU Nacoste is still laid back, cool, and self-assured.

He came all the way from Florida without hotel reservations, but still managed to have a great time. He is flying for Flying Tigers. Sue and Jeff James are a couple of distinction in that they have two sets of twins born 19 months apart! Jeff is the navigator in USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724). Jeff

reminded me that LOUISVILLE was a "boat and not a ship."

Rose and Steve Eshman are living in Portsmouth, Virginia, where he is a doctor specializing in Orthopedic Surgery. His wife is also a Navy doctor, speciaUzing in internal medicine. They are anticipating orders to San Diego. It is great to see a NAPS Alumni do well. Carlos Rosende and wife Karen are also living in Portsmouth where Carlos is an opthamologist (that's an eye doctor). Carlos looks like he could still fit into his original Plebe issue uniforms.

There are a bunch of Classmates flying for North West Airlines. Wayne Repeta and wife Madonna are living in Minneapolis with children, Matthew and Sara. Roger Fleisher lives in Prior Lake, Minnesota, and has three children. Dave Jensen, Mark O'Keefe, Mark Gardner, Skip Chesnut, and Bill Ittner alsoflyfor NWA. Martha and Mark Gardner live in Germantown, Tennessee with son Chris-8 and Mike-4. Donna and BiU Ittner live in Virginia Beach.

Larry Endacott and wife Nancy live in

Sacramento where Larry is a Navy Recruiter. Barbara and Dan Jerabek live in San Francisco where he works for GATX leasing. Debbie and Skip McKenzie are in Washington, D.C. where Skip works for Prudential. BUI Herberger and wife Patricia also live in D.C. Bill works for Potomac Systems Engineering. Cal Bagby is a pilot with the U.S. Customs Service in Corpus Christi. Cal was married last September to wife Nori-Ann. He is yet another who just might fit into his Plebe uniforms.

Robin and Dave Raung are living in New London where he works for G.P. Taurio. Sandy and Jon Travis are in Parker, Colorado, where Jon works for Martin Marietta Aerospace. Anne and Larry Clifford are living in Columbia, Maryland where Larry is at Johns Hopkins in the Applied Physics Lab. Larry can be seen standing tall on weekends at the Reserve Center in Washington, D.C Luana and Mark Hugel are Uving in Portsmouth, Virginia with one child and another due in January. Mark is the MPA on the CVN-72 Precommissioning crew.

Karen and PhU Aarons live in Wesley HUls, New York with one child. Phil is a real estate apprasier.

Mary Beth and Ed Rogers probably had one of the shortest trips to Homecoming because they live in Annapolis. Ed works for Merrill Lynch; they have three children. Sean Carroll is living in Maryland with his wife and two daughters. He is working for Rockwell International.

Laura and PhU Coss live in Atlanta and have a daughter. Phil studied at Dartmouth for his MBA and is working in sales and trading for Dean Witter. Betsy and Monty Parker are living in Raleigh, where he is a financial analyst at Northern Telecom. Monty went to the University of Virginia for his MBA. John Madaio is working as a systems engineer for Martin Marietta in Baltimore. He is married to wife, Eileen, and has two sons. BUI Hartmann and wife Annie Uve in MinneapoUs and have two children. Bill is the mid-west Marketing Manager for Raychem.

Sandy and John Kamen live in the state of New York where he is working of all places â&#x20AC;&#x201D; West Point. Uggh!!! Beat Army. Janet and Gary Gambarani had a short commute to the Reunion because he is working for ARINC Research in AnnapoUs. Scott Neidhold and wife, Terri, live in Cincinnati; he works for Proctor and Gamble. Dan Butier is the Director of Marketing (EUROPE) for Control Data Corporation. Dan and wife Dominique, from France, live in Arlington with daughter Aude. Dan hasn't changed at aU since graduation.

He still looks like he's in good shape and could run the O-course at Quantico. They may be moving to Europe in the next few months.

SheUa and John Smith Uve in Little Rock, where John is a nuclear engineer with Arkansas Power & Light Co. Marijean and Robin Mickle live in San Diego where he is a combat systems engineer with Advanced Technology.

The person who was the most determined to look (nearly) the same as he did at graduation was Kelvin Graham. Kelvin was last seen this past June while performing Reserve Active Duty in Norfolk.

He was tipping the scales at 298.5 lbs. A mere three months later, at Homecoming, the svelte Kelvin was weighing only 230 lbs. Way to go! Kelvin and his wife Phair live in Jackson, Tennessee, where he works for Proctor & Gamble. They have two sons, Kelvin, Jr.-5 and Christopher-3. Angle and CUnt HaUman traveled from Ft. Lauderdale where he is an engineer with Mobil. Clint has been with the company for over four years. He has a son, CUnt Jr. (18 months). LaSalle "The Deal Maker" Booker is a Marketing Manager vrith General Electric in Burlington, Vermont. LaSaUe can still fit

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into his Plebe WUBA " D " but he now prefers Pierre Cardin suits.

Tom Sulivan is a Maritime lawyer in JacksonviUe, Florida. Craig Trimble is enroUed in graduate studies at Santa Clara University in Computer Science. He Uves in Palo Alto. Gregg Smith works for IDS financial services in Norfolk. He is stiU flying. Joan and Jeff Hoobler Uve in Atlanta, and have two children, Nathan-5 and Abby-3 months.

Jeff is working for Salomon Brothers where he is tackUng the stock market. Hoobs, make sure to send out some good tips!

Mike Keeney is flying helos with HSL-41 where he is the safety officer. He was married in 1985 to wife Susie. Pete Engel Uves in Alexandria and is employed by SAIC Corp. He is flying with the Reserve out of Brunswick, Maine. Jerean and Tom Hutchison live in Texas where he is in commercial real estate with Coldwell Banker. Chris Cain deployed in D.B. BEARY (FF-1073) a few weeks after the Reunion. Chris is the OPSO; he is married to wife Nancy and they have one child.

Lin and Bob Kautter live in Atlanta where he works for INPO in the nuclear power industry.

They have two children: JiU-5 and Ashley-3. Tom Bauer is flying with VP-194 out of NAS Miramar.

He is still single. Kathy and Nick Episcopo live in San Diego. They were married 2 May 1987.

Mike Colbourae is an engineer with Honeywell.

He lives in Alexandria. Dan Bereck is a selfemployed consultant Uving in Aurora, Colorado.

He is stiU single. Vicki and Cliff Krcha Uve in Paris, Texas where he works for Kimberly Clark Co. They have two children, Kim-6 and Cory-4.

Kathy and Paul Ring Uve in Coronado. He is a program manager for Remec, Inc., a microwave electronic company. When on active duty, the Rings Uved in West Germany for three years. Chris and Cameron Blake live in San Diego where he is a TAR Program Manager for S-3A Augment Unit VS-0294. He expects orders toflyC-9s in January. They have two children, Danielle and Ryan. Elsa and Jim Eberle Uve in Oceanside and have two chUdren, Matthew-3 and Andrea-6 months. Jim is out of the Marine Corps.

Vicki and Tim Whited Uve in Virginia Beach where he works in shipbuilding and repair for Jonathan Corporation. They are expecting their first child. Michele and Rob Mulloy live in EarlyviUe, Virginia near Charlottsville where he works for Sperry Marine. They have two children, Jess and Ben, and are expecting a third in February. Kathy and Stephen Young came to Homecoming from Wichita, Kansas, where he is self-employed in the home construction business.

They have two children, Bryan-5 and Lauren-3.

stUl pumping iron. Gay and Cari Risher live in AnnapoUs where he is Business Area Manager for Gould. They have two children, Maurie-7 and Meghan-5.

Ron Booker is a Marine captain and Uves in Springfield with his wife, Giselle. Ron is working as a Systems Integration Officer at HQMC in Washington. Ron is stiU looking youthful and trim. Rebecca and Tom Lindner Uve in Virginia Beach where he is Combat Systems Officer in USS CooNTZ (DDG-40). Tom returned from the Persian Gulf in August. They have a child, Erin, who is 2'/2 years old. Cecelia and Joe Clements came from Springfield where he is a Supply Corps detailer. They have three children: Katie-5'/2, Lauren-4, Amy-15 months.

Deb and Bob Nichols have three children: Kevin-5'/2, Megan-3'/2, and Brian-2. Bob is an engineer for Westinghouse, working on the APG-68 radar fortiieF-16fighter.Karen and Matthew James live in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he works for the Department of Economic Development. They have a daughter, Lauren-5. Greg Foster works for IBM in Manassas, as a manufacturing engineer. He is married and has three children. Andy WUson lives in Irving, Texas. He is a quality engineer for Texas Instruments. He is still single. Norm Meres works for Seicor Corp. in Hickory, North Carolina as a fiber optic engineer.

Steve Martin is stiU in the Marine Corps where he is flying out of MCAS New River. He is married to wife Patty and they have a daughter, Becky.

Brooks Boatwright and wife Karen Uve in the Washington, D.C. area where he is assigned to OPNAV (OP-I3). They have a son, Owen-2.

Brooks is stiU tall, very tall. Barb and John Graham are Uving in Lusby, Maryland. He is a pilot with American Airlines. They have a daughter, Beth-8 and son Jeff-4. Vicky and Al Lohman are in JacksonvUle, where Al is an Aeronautical Engineering Duty Officer (AEDO) working at the Naval Air Rework Facihty (NARF).

He is the P-3 Projects Officer. Crystal and Jeffery Valentine live in Spartanburg, North Carolina. Terry and Bary WUcox are stiU in the Navy. Bary is flying A-7s out of NAS LeMoore.

They have two children. Charlie Swinton lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He works for New Hampshire Yankee. Kela and Pies Bruce live in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He is a Marketing Manager for Baxter Travenol a pharmecutical company. They have two children, Keisha and Pies Jr. Yet another Classmate who could wear Plebe issue uniforms! John Clay is married and lives in Suwanee, Georgia. He is working as an engineer Skip MUler is in USS GROTON (SSN-694). He is for Rockwell International. He has a son, married to wife Candy and has one chUd Sam. NeU Brandon.

Joan and Ken Shearer are residing in Evergreen, GUIespie works for Booz Allen & Hamilton in Colorado, currentiy employed by Martin Marietta.

Bethesda and lives in Columbia, Maryland.

AUison and Rich O'SuUivan Uve in the D.C. area He anticipates moving to E.F. Hutton in January. where he works in the Pentagon (OP-098). He Ken invites everyone to come and ski! Dawn and anticipates orders to the Naval War College in Tom Mcllravy are in the Navy where Tom is on March 1988. They are expecting their first child. the staff at the Supply School in Athens. They have Margaret and Duane Baker live in Fairfax. He four children: Brian-9, Mike-7, David-6 and works in the Pentagon (OP-605G) Joint Strategic Erin-4.

Susan and Tim Lorentz are living in Charleston.

Plans Coordination. Lisa and John Verbryche came from Cordona, Tennessee. He fiys for He is engineer in USS SAND LANCE (SSN-660).

Federal Express and VR-60 in the Reserves. They They have two children, Katie-8 and Patrick-5. have three children. Darcy and Dan Whitsett live Both were looking real good at Homecoming and in Woodbridge, and operate a business. Secrets in Susan made the picture taking for the wives from Lace, in Northern Virginia. Monica and Dan 17th Company very interesting. Anne and Pete Shenke Uve in Pensacola where he works for IBM. Green added to the picture taking with 17th comKaren and Keith Tibbitts, who were on the pany. Pete is a Test Pilot/Engineer with VEDA Reunion Committee, are stationed at USNA where Inc. in Patuxent River. They have son Nathaniel-6 he is Executive Assisant to the Deputy for Manage- and Daughter Jennifer-3. Art Horn is married and ment. They have two children, Ashley and A.J. living in the D.C. area. Dan Beach is working in Keith looks Uke he is in oufstanding shape and is D.C. for "some Admiral," he is married to wife

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Laurena and they have three chUdren. Karen and Julius Caesar reside in Virginia Beach and have a son, Christopher-22 months. Class of 2007! J . C is employed by EDO Corporation in Chesapeake.

By the way, J.C. is not a LtQg) as listed on the Alumni Roster. He is stiU an Ensign!!

Catherine and Jini Eckrich Uve in San Diego.

Jim is a special agent with Naval Investigative Service. They have two sons, Matthew-7 and Jonathan-6 and two miniature schnauzers, Scraffy and Duchess. Jim and Catherine said that they have two kids, two dogs and our own home . . . have we achieved the American Dream yet?!!!

Cherie and Randy Bannister Uve in Poway, California. He is the Maintenance Officer for VAW-114, and E-2 Squadron. They have a son, Daniel.

BUI White is employed by American AirUnes in Baltimore. He is married and has one child. Rory and John Althans Uve in Chagrin FaUs, Ohio. He is in the insurance business. Ann and Roy Bosarge Uve in Annapolis where he is an engineer with Westinghouse. Roy was looking pretty prosperous since his lean Brigade boxing days. Pam and Dan McVicker Uve in Pittsburgh, where he flys for U.S. Air. They have one son, Dan, Jr.-5. Donna and Mike Smith live in Seaford, New York. He works for NY Telephone. They have a daughter, KeUy-19 months. Cassandra and Marvin Rogers are a Navy famUy in that Marvin is Operations Officer in USS KALAMAZOO and Cassandra is assigned to VA-42.

They Uve in Virginia Beach.

J.T. Hardy is a Marketing Manager at IBM in RockvUle and he just received a big promotion.

He is married to wife Kristy and has four daughers, Chanelle, Cheron, Adrienne, and Christina!

Anyone interested in a good round of golf look up J.T.! EU Turner is working as a systems engineer at General Electric Astrospace Division in VaUey Forge. Rumor has it that he may be moving to the D.C. area. Terry and Dirk Debbink Uve in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, where he is Vice President with MSI General Corp in the construction industry.

Jack Bernard works for MerriU Lynch in Morgage Backed Securities in the World Trade Center in New York. Missy and Rich Snead Uve in Vienna, Virginia. He is in the prospective XO pipeline for submarines. They have two children, Laura and Richard. Dave Powell is a Program Manager for Sikorsky aircraft in Stamford. Mike Ganders is an International Marketing Manager for Hartman Systems in Huntington Station, New York.

Frank Wagner is Vice President-Operations for Earl Industries and Jerry MUler is a Senior Engineer at the same company located in Portsmouth, Virginia. Give yourself a week lead time if you want to call them because they both are the "fast lane." Jaya and Tom Hejl live in Hanford, California. Tom is still in the Navy flying with VFA-125 in Lemoore. They are expecting a child soon. Maura and Brad Tilgner live in Hickory, North CaroUna. Brad works as a field engineer for Siecor Corp. They have three childen. Patricia and Everett McNair moved to the Washington, D.C. area where he also works for Siecor.

Jay Mackercher is engineer officer in USS SOUTH CAROLINA ( C G N - 3 7 ) homeported out of

Norfolk. He is married and they are expecting their second child in the next few months. Cindy and Rick Marcantonio live in Virginia Beach. He is the Communications Officer in USS JOHN F . KEN-

NEDY (CV-67). Rick is in the P-3 community. They have two chUdren, Whitney-2 and Drew-8 months.

Steve Merchant is married and living in Burlingame, CaUfornia. He is a banker at WeUs Fargo.

Frank Cerabino is a newspaper reporter for the Shipmate, December 1987

A brief note from Kevin Liddy included the Miami Herald. He has a wife, Joe, and son, Nick-7 months. Frank, you should have written this previously mentioned September Proceedings article by Sam Tangredi. It really is an outstandarticle!

Patty and French CaldweU Uve in Virginia Beach ing article and I encourage all of you to take a where he is a student at ODU. Kevin Buck is mar- gander at it. Kevin also mentions that he recently ried and living and working in the D.C. area. He took first place in the J-24 division of the 22nd can be seen prowling the corridors of the Navy and Annual Stamford-Denmark Friendship Race (1 Marine Corps Reserve Center in Washington every understand Inga and Heide finished tied for 2nd). fourth weekend. Pierre Thout is an astronaut as Congrats Kevin.

Let me close by this short, column, due to the part of the Space Program in Houston.

This completes the first installment for the '77 oak tree incident, by wishing you all the merriest Reunion issue of Shipmate. Special thanks go to t)f Christmases, Happiest of Hariukah's and Healthiest of New Year's. This year, as every year, Karen and Julius Caesar who attended the gala we have a lot of Classmates serving far from home, event, took notes, and wrote this article! In any many of whom are in distant waters in the Perevent there are still several hundred names that sian Gulf area and elsewhere. Let's pray for their need to be mentioned. Please write and let me safe return and for their families who are waiting know about your experiences from the Reunion patiently at home. As for the rest of us who are and send pictures!!! Special thoughts go out to our lucky enough to be at home with our families . . . deployed Classmates and those stationed overseas ENJOY!!! who couldn't attend. Happy trails. Bill.

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Pres., Lt. Kenneth E. Waldie USN Sec'y, Lt. Bob Schmermund USN (Ret.) 2917 Tapered Lane, Bowie, Md. 20715 301/390-6754 I write this following the great football battle in PhiUy. No, not the Army-Navy game, but Penn versus Navy. Why such a big deal? Well, since we were in the midst of the longest current Division I-A losing streak in the country, and at 12 losses in a row just one away from tying the Navy record of 13, AND with Pittsburgh, ND and Syracuse coming up on the schedule, this was a big deal.

NAVY 38, PENN 28. Hey folks, a win is a win.

And th^s one was particularly sweet since this losing stteak started with Penn about 12 months ago.

Anyway, the team is playing some competitive ball now and we've found a Plebe QB who ran for 225 yards last week. Things are looking up. 1 expect to see y'all in PhiU for the really important game on the 5th.

Enough of the sports page, on to Class news.

1 received a rather compUmentary letter from Quantico-ite Gary "two N " Eisenmann who sincerely appreciated the mention in the October Shipmate, but explained to me, in a not so subtle way, that the news was "somewhat" dated. WeU, here's the update. After having orders "in-hand" for Camp Lejeune, Gary appeared to be on his way, but instead ended up going to Amphibious Warfare School. So instead of leaving Quantico this month, he'll be leaving in May. Also attending AWS with Gary are Curt Maszun, Roy Schleiden, a man whose WUBA shirt I was tempted to steal from the press who on more than one Thursday moming panic before noon meal inspection; Aaron "Tex" Welch, and Dave Karcher.

Gary also mentions having worked with Mike Dasovich, while at the Dev. Center. Mike is an F-4 backseater, as is Curt Maszun, and apparently both are looking for new work in Ught of the Corps' decision to phase out the F-4.

Apparently Roy and his wife were in a serious accident, but fortunately have recovered well and are fine. Having recently been in a NASCARsanctioned demolition derby with a very large oak tree, I can truly appreciate the feeling of Roy and his wife. Here's to your full recovery! Gary also mentioned that a former Plebe, '8ler Bob Dixon is also going through training with him. As a final note, Gary laments the USMC plight as he impatiently awaits the calling of the promotion board.

Gary's not too hot about the idea of becoming a major about the same time the Navy-types become commanders. But all's fair in love, detailing and promotion boards.

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Pres., Lt. Alex L. Urrutia USN Corr. Sec'y, Larry Kihistadius 426 Watergap Dr., Fayetteville, N.C. 28304 800-334-2629 East Coast J.E. McFadden 104 South Main St. Yardley,Penna. 19390 East Coast How good it is to be back in the AnnapoUs/D.C area again. In the few short weeks 1 have been working at the Pentagon and Uving in Severna Park, 1 have had the pleasure of running across a number of Classmates. Before I go any further, I wish to extend a most cordial invitation to any of you who happen to be passing through or are living in the area. Here are my new address and phone numbers: 748 Trenton Avenue, Severna Park, Md. 21146, (H) 301-544-8714 (W) 202-695-8854.

Debra and Artie Johnson's wedding party Several weekends ago I ran into the Pete Johnstone family down on Maryland Avenue.

Pete, his wife Meg, and his two sons, Gregory and Michael, were in from RockvUle for a beautiful day's stroll through the Yard. Pete is a Navy medical student in his third year at Bethesda, along with Rich Bosco and Mike Muldoon. Rich and Pete will graduate in May of '89. Mike graduates in May of next year, as does Jim Chimiak, who's a med student down at UNC Moving from doctors to lawyers, I walked into the Georgetown Law Center for class one evening and spotted a very famiUar looking guy waiting for the start of his class. After the old line "Didn't you go to the Academy?", I discovered that the guy was Jim Edmondson, who, after three and a half years of the evening grind, wiU graduate with a J.D. in the Spring. Jim and his wife Terri both work for D.C. area consulting firms. Jim also pointed out that George Wilson is in the area, working for McDonnell-Douglass.

One deck up from my office works Steve Fillipow, an action officer for the Navy's Space Systems Division. Steve is thoroughly enjoying some very high-tech, high-priority work on a new radar system. Early next year, he will head out to Alameda for sea duty on either VINSON or ENTERPRISE.

On to the mail. My dear friend and roommate, Artie Johnson, considers himself the most happily married man on earth, and sent a picture to prove it. A J and his wife Debra exchanged vows on 23 May in Santa Clara. Currently an instructor in the P-3 RAG at Moffett, he'U be looking for a ship for his disassociated sea tour at the end of 1988.

Hey, Artie, there are a lot of great ships here on the East Coast. And Europe has changed a lot since you and I were last there.

Every man has his American dream, and Ken Church's was to become a "sundown" farmer in the hills of eastern Pennsylvania. Ken's wife Anita wrote to describe how Ken arrives home from his daytime job as an enironmental engineer for Boyertown Packaging, wolfs down dinner, and then heads out to the field until the sun goes down.

Ken and Anita share their farming life with sixyear-old Barbara and four-year-old Scott, who share a penchant for playing in the creek in their Sunday best. Meanwhile, over in Feasterville, John Current, who is married to Ken's sister Nancy, works for Vitro, and has two sons, five-year-old Michael and newborn Steven. Finally, the Churches ask that Terry Ruddy write from San Diego, informing them of his new address, and extend a warm welcome to any Niners passing through the Pottstown area.

Faithful correspondent Kirk Michaelson sent a huge letter from Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to tell us of the following: Alex Urrutia, J.J. Muldoon, and Ray Spicer graduated from Department Head School in mid-September. Alex is headed to TATTNAL in Mayport, J.J. to FANNING in San Diego, and Ray to YORKTOWN in Norfolk. At an ASW

Seminar, Kirk ran into George Jackson, Dick Yocum, Britt Skogstad, and Dave Schafer. Russ Keller came down to the War College for three weeks this past Summer to participate in some global war gaming. If I remember correctly, Russ is earning his MPA at Harvard's Kennedy School.

Russ graduates in December and will then report with wife Kris to SOAC. Kirk graduates from Department Head School in January with three other '79ers: Vince Domzalski (Ops, USS JUNEAU, San Diego), Jim Goodwin (Weps, USS PAUL F . FOSTER, Long Beach), and Willie Quintong (Ops, USS KINKAID, San Diego). Kirk will be the engineer on SPRUANCE in Mayport. Laura and BiU McKinney are also up at SWOS Newport late of USNA; BUI is hoping for a SPRUANCE-class out of Charleston. Jean and Dick Tobey are enjoying Rhode Island life with their one-year-old, Sarah. Jim Wise just arrived at SWOS from NPGS. Jim and his wife Pam are the proud parents of a baby girl, Ashley Patricia.

Also just arriving from NPGS is Tom Wetherald.

Tom, who was married in 1985, earned a master's degree in computer science. Chuck Kuzma is studying hard to become a DH after tours on USS HOEL, Pearl Harbor, as flag lieutenant to ComNavSurfGruMidPac, and Monterey where he earned a degree in weapon systems engineering. The former XO of USS CONSTITUTION (a heavy sea duty biUet), Michael Ranz and his wife Laurie are also getting ready for Winter in Newport. Steve Brooks arrived from S U R F P A C staff where he was affectionately known as "Mr. UNITREP." Now aU of you PacFlt ops types know where to send your hate mail. Steve is getting married in February to Lynn Casey.

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Other '79ers stationed at SWOS east are Kevin TraU, who teaches thermo and materials, and Mike GaUant, who teaches in the steam EOOW course.

Mike and wife Chris just had their second daughter, CaroUne. Kirk, whose handwriting by this time was almost iUegible from writer's cramp, also sent news on feUow 22nd Co. mates: Mark Young graduated from NPGS in March with an aero degree. Mark and his wife Karen are in Pax River where Mark flies C-I30's. Skip Krause is teaching out at Strike U. in Fallon, Nevada. Matt Brower is a department head in Mayport, and Kay and Bob Lakis are Uving in Perrysburg, Ohio, where Bob works at the local nuke power plant. And add Paul Wright to the '79 list of attorneys; Paul is practicing at the bar in Georgia.

My sincerest wishes for aU the best this hoUday season. And as we ring in 1988, let's start thinking about the BIG BASH for Homecoming '89.

A demain, mes freres. Jeff

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Pres., Lt. WUUam W. Crow USN East Coast, Mr. Gerald G. Smith 4% Woodshire Lane Hemdon, Va. 22070 NE Sec'y, Lt. James Bradford McGee USNR 9 Tiffany Rd., Apt. 4, Salem, N.H. 03079 (603) 893-3481 HeUo80 Not too much news this month and because I've been travelUng, 1 have not been able to keep up wdth the gossip at the taUgaters. One advantage to traveUing is being able to see some Classmates.

I was out to Sandy Eggo and ran into Danny Quattrini and Mike McDaniels. Quarts is getting out of the Navy and is taking over fuU-time at Rocky Balboas, the largest sports bar in the area. I'm sure that Quarts wUl buy '80 at least 80 rounds if they should ever show up. Wad has been out of the Navy for six months and has been operating his store on the beach fuU-time. They have expanded the store and are also serving food. Wad figures to be the H. Ross Perot of our Class.

I am happy to annouce the engagement of "Roy" Bott to Debbie Spears last month in Chicago. Roy and Debbie plan to be married on II June 1988 in Chicago. I'U print a picture of them as soon as Roy sends one. Marion and Carl Hendershot have purchased a new house in Boston. Hendy, as you may recaU, is well connected with the Bosox ticket office and I understand his new abode is strategicaUy located within walking distance to Fenway. Next season. . .

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WeU, 1 have to close but as promised last month I'd print a couple of pictures from Maureen Foley (Nunez) wedding. Pictured l-r: CharUe Meyer, BiU Nunez, Mo, John Huckenpoler, Joe Rogers, Tina, Joe Hayden. I stiU do not have baby pics from the Hubers or the Shepherds as promised. Take care until next month and BEAT ARMY, SIR!!!

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Lyle Humpton wrote from the Med where he is cruising on USNA SATURN with HC-6. Lyle is planning on being home for Thanksgiving and the Big Blue's big win over ARMY. Lyle repwrted seeing Joe (Otto) Stutz and Marty Pulaitis who are both also in the Med flying off SARA. Chris Synder is at New River, flying helos for the USMC. EUen and Kris Kennedy are in Houston with Kris recruiting Nukes, and will be getting out of the Navy in February. Lyle wiU be at HC-6 until May and then is hoping to head for Annapolis. Lyle also reported that he is closing in on the Pat Kanewske clan to tie for lead in the '81 Baby Derby as "Dash Four" is due in December. So far the Humpton family numbers two girls and a boy.

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Pres., Lt. Dennis A. Sawyer USN Sec'y, Lt. Peter Sciabarra USN 11566 Faison Way, San Diego, CaUf. 92124 Greetings '81 Sorry for the lack of any Class news in the October issue, but the wonderful U.S. Postal Service decided to take 19 days to deUver my column crosscountry from San Diego to AnnapoUs. Actually, it was the first time in ages that I had the column written, typed and mailed an entire week early, so it really irked me that it took a great circle route to the Alumni House. This month, however, 1 am confident that all this news will get into print as once again I'm pressing the Umits of my deadline.

Luckily we've had a great month for correspondence, so without further delay, on to the news.

Mike Garza wrote from cross-town here in San Diego with a 23rd Company update, Luke SiddaU is a Test Pilot at Pax River flying Helos. Steve Olson is the ScheduUng Officer for Fleet Training Group Pacific. Rick Perez was married in August and Mike Garza was engaged to a hometown sweetheart, Cathy Clothier. Cathy and Rick are planning a 12 March wedding. Mike is currently a shipboard engineering inspector attached to the CinCPacFlt Propulsion Examining Board. Mike can be reached at 4289 Caminito Pintoresco, San Diego, CaUf. 92108.

HoUy and Paul Hankins announced the birth of their second child, Ian Henry, born on 27 August '87. Paul is stationed at the OJCS at the Pentagon. They also have a son, Keith. Also announcing a birth was Mary and Tom Hartline, who had a baby girl, EUzabeth Rose, bom on 16 July (a great Birthday, I might add). Mary and Tom are at Pensacola, where Tom is instructing at HT-18. Also at HT-I8 are Lisa and Jeff Bnisoski.

Eric Armour wrote and enclosed this photo of his wedding on 3 May 87 to the former Theresa Ann Foresta in Massapequa Park, L.L, N.Y. Pictured are Al Thomas, Ken Voorhees, Chaplain Ed Condon, Terri and Eric, Steve Camacho, and John Severino. Robyn and Al Thomas came up from Maryland, and recently had their second* child, Courtney Elizabeth Ann in early September. Ken Voorhees is an NROTC Instructor at Villanova, where he is working on his Master's. Father Condon is stationed in Norfolk, where he is Deputy Chief of Atiantic Fleet Chaplains. Steve Camacho recently received his MS in Computer Science at Monterey. Steve is at Newport at Department Head School. John Severino is recruiting in the Metro New York area. Terri and Eric are in Pensacola, where Eric is instructing at VT-10. Terri is an RN also working part-time. Also at VT-10 are Ann and Mike Christopher. Mike wiU be leaving the Navy shortly and headed for the airUnes.

Congratulations and Best of Luck to Terri and Eric.

Terri and Joe Zurlo Joe Zurlo's dad sent along this picture of Terri and Joe. (Joe how did a Grunt get so lucky to land Terri?) Joe is Group Aviation Supply Support Center Officer for MAG 16 at Tustin, and received his MS from USC in the Spring.

It seems that the Class of '81 has another Olympic hopeful in the person of Rodney Weems. Rod is seeking a berth on the 1988 U.S. Olympic Fencing team, and could greatly benefit from any contributions made to his training effort. Donations can be maUed to USFA, US Olympic Training Center, 1750 E. Boulder St., Colorado Springs, Colo. 80909-5774. Checks should be made payable to the USFA, with em attached note designating them for use by Rodney Weems. It sure would be great to have both Rod and Mary Brigden to cheer for next Summer in Seoul.

WeU, Carol and I are preparing for our trip back East to see the ARMY-NAVY game, and we hope to see many Classmates while we are in Philadelphia. We wiU be in town on the Thursday prior and can be reached through the HoUday Inn, Newhope, Penna. We are both excited and anxious to get back East and hoping that the BIG BLUE wiU reverse its early season fortunes.

AU else is well out here. Cindy and Jamie Love have recentiy arrived from HC-8, with Cindy expecting soon. Have to close for now to get this in under the deadline. Look for expanded coverage Terri and Eric Armour

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Pres., Lt. Thomas P . Garrison 111 USN Sec'y, Lt. Gus Anderson USN SMC 1054 U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, Calif. 93943-5012 With a Uttle bit of luck, you will be reading this column before the holidays. As for me, I'm brainfried here in Monterey. For all you sportsfans out there, this school is not easy. . . but then again, I'm no brain surgeon. . . on with the show. . .

U Hall Gani Mabibi, (Swahih practice, one of my subjects) the first letter of this issue comes from the Great White North. . . yes, the talented and the articulate hand of Mark Stuart took time out from his busy schedule to recall the events of Homecoming '87. As he goes.

WeU to begin with, I'U have to say, and I think 1 can speak for just about everyone, it was a physically demanding weekend. Not as ugly as I feared, but it was not pretty. With only sporadic serious partying in the last five years, the challenge to stay alive was clearly visible. Particularly for the 'newly-domestic' types like us (Mark and A. J.). Most people seized the moment and rose to the occasion. . . most grew progressively uglier as the weekend passed. . . but when the fat lady sang, a 'large' time was had by all. After a stop at Den-Mom's, they hit the 'Mid-store' (major mistake in the eyes of most bread-winners). On to the P-rade field for the next event, the Stu-two'/2 ran into Lori and Ted Stank, Mary and Matt CIssei, Jenny and Brendon O'Friel, and BUly Dawson. (I've got to quote most of this since it's painfully accurate. . .)

After the P-rade and some dust-clearing cocktails, the party moved to the big D and then to the Wardroom (King Hall?). Whatever. . . it was a great time —many people — many cocktails, and if dinner wasn't reaUy spectacular it was worthwhile seeing Tom Jordan at the Anchor.

In the sad news category, I'm sorry to report the demise of Pete's Place. No pool tables, no Long Neck Bud's, no Frank with the eye patch. . . we had a cocktail following a small memorial service outside. . . Things I (Stu) saw and questions that come to mind. . . Does Rick Stein weigh 320 or 290? Hard call. . When does Walt Nobles announce his presidential candidacy? (Class or U.S.) Again, hard call. . . What will the Fleet be Uke in the year 2000 with young Naval minds

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being shaped by the likes of Derek Batchelor, Shawn Mark, Pete Young, and Matt McCloskey?. . . does the honor code still apply to Ed Dawson now that he is a stockbroker? . . . was Carrie Bean Smith always that short?. . . is Ted Stank actually Pal Reno's twin brother?. . . is there anyone nicer than Jay Kennedy?. . . does Gino Whitney rule South America in exile?. . . what wiU Mark Tabor do without the Corps?. . . do Stacy Van Houten and Larry Moken live next to each other? If not are they twins? telepathic?. . . Were Frank Puree!) and John Vanden BergheNobel Prize winners?. . . did Ken Olson and Mike Cecheck play 'scab' football for the Skins?. . . should Mike Lockett host the Today Show?. . . doesn't Danny Humphries know that disturbing the peace with wild parties is a criminal offense? . . . is Ted Stank a criminal? . . . do Nukes get Shore Duty?. . .

Some names from the weekend include Sandy Sadler, Bill Stackhouse, Paul and Cathy Grosklags, Kurt Kunkel, Ken Carkhuff, Joyce Harrison McCallister, Bill Cheney and wife, Emmi, John SetteUe, Jerry Sherrilli, and many more.

A gathering of '82 One Homecoming letter down and two more to go. Maureen and Mark Shields were in Homecoming and sent along a picture from the "hard-core 2 4 " get-together held at Kevin Brown's house. In it are Chuck Collins, Jerry Sherrill, Mike Ford, Brad Rowe, Jim Krafty, George Dryhurst, Kevin B., Bob Kapcio, Mark Shields, and Ken White.

Just a Uttie note Mark S . . . he is in Phillyas CISO of the DC Training Center and he and Maureen have a baby girl, Kaela Elizabeth, born last May. Sandy Sadler dropped a short note on Homecoming also. Dan Zeise and his wife Terri were there and they should have a baby by now. (She was a week away from the due date.) Chris Comi was there looking Hke a mountain man?? Explain that to me, someone. Al Dobler made a guest appearance along with George Clifton.

A special thanks goes out to Walt Nobles and Shawn Mank for putting together the Homecoming festivities for the Class. . . all was excellent and appreciated.

Chris and Bob Rubin are parents to little Gregory, as mentioned last month. Just to prove it, Chris sent along a picture of Bob and Greg. We have to ask ourselves a question though . . . did Bob ever have as much hair as Gregory? Steve Gatanis dropped a line from Atlanta where he is going to school to be a chiropractor and is attending Life Chiropractic College. Steve did the majority of his time in Guam as an 1800 and frequently saw Denise and Tony Wiggins. Tony is out and in Hawaii now. Connie and Rick Bohner were also in Guam but rumor has it that Rick is trying to get San Diego. Jan and George Clifton are in New York somewhere. George is with a ROTC Unit and double dipping for his Master's. Anyone that knows Steve (Booty) will recall that he's an excitable boy and is really getting into going to school. He and his wife Karen are doing fine and pass along their best.

Dean Yamasaki and his eight swordsmen Mike Smack wrote to say that he's stiU around and is married to Sherry and doing great. With two children, Michael and Sean, the foursome are in Virginia Beach. Kevin Mabon is in Idaho Falls as a prototype shift engineer and really loves it.

He passed along a note that if anyone wants to do some skiing up there, let him know and he'U put you up. The only catch is that I.F. is 150 miles from civilization. Anyway, his address is 1575 S. Holmes, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401. Also, for the lOth Co. people, send Kevin your addresses so he can pass along your Company Newsletter. Dana Moss is definitely heading for Q-Co. and he can't wait. He should be there next month. Steve Surko is at MIT where he is in his second year working on a dual master's program. He went to the wedding of Dean Yamasaki and Catherine Mae Sorantino at the Chapel last September. Some of the boys there were Phil Peyton, Kip Davis, and Steve.

The boys want to know what Dean is going to do with is life-size Olivia Newton-John poster now that he's married.

Just a few H T R ' s this month. . . Chris Chico made Captain and is at the Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe Bay, Russ Gentry got a NAM for his job with VF-213 at Miramar, and Chuck Ratte is in USS THOMAS S . GATES, the newest Aegis.

Chuck and his wife are in Virginia Beach. Michelle and Dave Clopp are in Scotland living in a town called Innellan, near Holy Loch. Dave finished his tour in USS HAMMERHEAD and is Asst. Deputy Commodore for ComSubRon 14. Julie and Tony King are also there in Scotland where Tony is the Squadron Navigator. Julie just had her third in September. . . that makes the new " K i n g " family at 5 — Lindsey, Travis and Jesse.

I would probably get skinned if 1 didn't mention that Mary and Matt Cissel were married in Charleston 10 October. A bunch of the boys (and girls) were there and an awesome time was had by all. 1 (Gus) flew there from Monterey with Val and Al Davitt and John Viniotis. Tracy and Phil

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Davidson went from St. Louis (Phil's on his way to D.H. School in Newport), Tracy and Jerry Sherrill came down from D . C , and Patty and Pat Reno made the trip from Atlanta. Of course, the Lockett's, Mike and Hunter, and the Sweeney's, Kevin and Abby were there. BUly Dawson said he was bringing his date but brought his dog instead.

Exodus 22:18 appUes. The locals Ted and Lori, Greg and Susan, Dawn and Jeff, Al and Nadine, Carol Berry ('87, yes, I'm serious), Katie C , Reggie, and the rest of the Charleston Party Union (Shuckerheads) were aU primed. Matt actuaUy said "I do" and Mary followed suit. It was aU in all, a weekend to be remembered. . .

love and says hello to Lisa CamparelU, his fiancee in Baltimore.

M Whitehouse and Chris Perreca crossed Dave's path out there. Ed is on KIDD as the Asst.

CICWO and Chris is the 1st Lt. on Fox.. Robert Sham is the "R" Division Officer aboard RANGER and writes that Rick Carlson, Dewey Schroeder and Doug Cuthbert are also there. Rick is in the Deck Dept., Dewey is an NFO with VAW-116 and Doug is flying with HS-14. On their way to the Gulf they did get some Uberty in Singapore and Subic Bay. GUbert Wolfe, aboard OUELLET, and Dave Lynn, aboard COOK, are also saiUng with the RANGER Battie Group.

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Back in States: Selim Abounader is in Seattle aboard O'CALLAHAN, which is in the yard. Paul Lankan and his wife are in Charleston, and rumor has it he broke his arm because he hasn't written anyone, specifically Robert Sham. Lanny and Julie (Krepsz) Rasnick are are in San Diego after celebrating their first anniversary. Also in San

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Pres., Lt. James H. Flatiey IV USN Sec'y, 1st Lt. Gary C. Schmidt USMC 547 Chadwick Shore Dr., Sneads Ferry, N.C. 28460 East Coast Sec'y, Lt. Lisa Yustak SC USN Midshipman Supply Dept., USNA, AimapoUs, Md. 21402

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Pres. & C/S, Lt.Gg) A. H. Hein USN 1333 Sharbot Dr. Va. Beach, Va. 23464

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on BENIAMIN FRANKLIN.

In Norfolk, Mike Casey is on BurensH, Kevin Worsh is on BATON ROUGE, Randy Hugenroth is aboard MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL with Brett, Chuck Merritt is aboard ATLANTA and Tom SchiU is on

Pres., Lt. Gg) Chuck Sharkey USN Corr. Sec'y., Lt. Gg) Pat Mooney USN USS LOCKWOOD (FF-1064)

FPO San Francisco, CaUfornia 96671-1424 Lt. Gg) Nancy Heckman USN 4263 Del Sol Court, San Diego, CaUf. 92154-3821 HeUo, HeUo. How is everyone doing? The year's winding down, but it stiU feels like it should be July, even with the Christmas decorations. I'm just hoping the 4% pay raise wiU make the after Christmas mail less painful.

This month there are three wedding couples to be congratiUated. Congratulations to KeUy (Myers) and

Tom

Manrung. Tom

MEMPHIS.

Marty McEnroe completed his B.S. in electrical engineering at the University of Maryland and is working at the Westinghouse Defense and Electronics Center at BWI. Marty also got accepted to the Masters program there and is currentiy engaged to MicheUe PoUack.

Abroad in the World: Kenny WaUs is on MED cruise aboard CONYNGHAM (DDG-17) and was with STARK when she was attacked. Tina Johnson is at Manpower CinCUSNavEur in London. Frank Fries has been spending a lot of time at sea with USS KING and Vic Meyeris in the North Atlantic with USS

is on HARRY HILL

(DD-986) in San Diego and Kelly has just been transfcrted to AROICC at Camp Pendleton. They were married in July.

Also congratulations go to Allison and Jamie Pierce, who were married 20 June in Pensacola.

Robert Sham, Joe Beadles, Chris Earl, Jeff Rocha and Troy Smith were all able to make it to the wedding.

In September, Mike Taylor and Beth Denmark were married in Massachusetts. Also there were, Brett Genoble, who just finished sub school and

CONNOLY.

Once again I'm on the move with no real forwarding address, but any letters you send to the address at the beginning of the Class news wiU always get to me. Here's wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season. Nancy.

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reported to MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, Tom Plofchan

and his wife, Katy, who have a recent addition to theu" fanuly, Chris Hodges and his wife, Pat Dunn, Dan Boelsche and Jeff Hamman.

For the rest of the news, this month I received two letters from the Persian Gulf and the submariners are finally heard from.

From the Gulf: Dave Berchtold is the Mini-Boss aboard the flagship LASALLE. SO far they've been in the Gulf for four months and have been extremely busy, doing most of the things we've been reading about.

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Diego are Johnny Moraytis, Pete Bishop, Dave Baker, Tun Bechter, Jan Bizzaro, Tom Bourbeau, Keith Branini, Steve Debonis, BUI Johnson, John Figuerres, Greg Garbesi, John Ireland and Bob Haidvogel.

Joe Flynn and his wife Joan reported for duty aboard USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Kurt Menke writes from the nuke world aboard USS CASMIR PULASKI. After finishing their pipeUne from Orlando, to Windsor, Connecticut to New London, to Trident Missile Launcher Officer School in Dam Neck, he finaUy, reported to the sub in Febraary. He is the " M " Division Officer and has finished his EOOW and EDO quals and is expecting to earn his Dolphins by the time he gets back from his second patrol. Kurt once again has Capt.

Konetzni in his chain of command as the Captain is ComSubRon 16. The Captain is expecting to be aboard CASIMIR sometime during Kurt's patrol.

Sounds Uke fun to me. Right now Kurt has finished his 30 days R & R cycle and is getting ready to head back to sea. His roommate is once again Ed Strong, who is aboard USS MAHAN. Ed was with her in Norfolk when she finished her overhaul period and headed back to Charleston. Kurt gave me his phone number and address and extended an open invitation to anyone who is heading thru or staying in the area to stop by. If you're interested, drop me a postcard and I'U get them to you.

Brian Minzenmayer is also in Charleston on a PERRY-class FFG Reserve ship. Tom Fritz is also there in the M. G. VALLEJO and out on his second patrol, with Dan Stout and Jon Oleson. Tom MaUck is aboard VON STEUBEN, Tom Kerber and Mike Torbit are on MENDEL RIVERS, Kevin HoUis is on MAHAN with Ed Strong and Ed Alberts is

Beth and Jamie Pierce

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Pres., Ens. Paul S. Gibson USN Corr. Sec'y., Ens. Joseph J. Luntz USN 4524 Hwy. 39N, Apt. #D-30 Meridian, Miss. 39301 Our Class president, Paul Gibson, sent me a letter. He's in the advanced stage of VT-86 and in a couple of months, off to the S-3 RAG in San Diego. He mentioned that Mark Crumblish received his NFO wings and is in Oceana at the A-6 RAG. (Paul thinks he's the first in '86 to get Shipmate, December 1987

these wings.)

Congratulations to Trish Trudell and Frank Bijak. Trish will marry Art Samora ('84) on 31 October in Colorado Springs. Afterwards, they wiU be Uving in Yokosuka, Japan. All of the guys in 9th Co. wish you both a prosperous and happy Ufe together. Frank Bijak married the former Miss Carole Bradshaw in Newport last 22 August; Pat Hoffman was best man. Tomas Simoes, Charles Driessel and Rod Urbano were present. The newlyweds are now living in Pensacola.

Here's some news from the folks in Corpus Christi: Doug Becker, VT-27 (Primary), married Mary Groelsch in Springfield, Illinois; Tom Osborn is going toflyP-3's in Brunswick and get married on 14 November to Liz Coleman at the Academy; Andy Lynch and wife Gwen wiU soon be leaving for Moffett Field when he gets his wings in October; John Maffei got married 5 September to Helen Deveny and John will get his wings in November.

Harry Dunbrack and Steve Donofrio got winged and will be going to Brunswick and Moffett, respectively. Bill Rauscher, Charlie Sizemore, Dean Coddington, Paul Sita and Neal Sawyer are in Advanced Props.

Bob Moore sent a letter from Charleston. He's the DCA and Jim Heard is the ordnance officer on BOB BRADLEY (FFG-49). Bob says the job is hectic, but worthwhile. He's currently sharing an apartment in the Battery with John "WUly" WUson, who's the Ops " O " on USS FEARLESS (MSO-442), which is in the Persian Gulf for six months.

Bob also mentioned that there are many beautiful women in Charleston, especially when the CoUege of Charleston is in session. He'd also Uke to say " h i " to "the Boys" and that he's been in touch with Eric Johnson, attending Comm School whUe waiting to go Navy Air; Carmine "Chico" CiccoleUa,who's living with his wife Diedre in Gitmo, as the Assistant Materials Officer; and Eric Martinuzzi is assigned to a salvage ship in Pearl Harbor. Lastly, Bob and WiUy would Uke to know where Mike Killion is.

Matt Holcomb notified me of his June marriage to Carolyn. Ken Doremus (going through grad school), Tim Duncan (med school at Bethesda), and John Schmit ('85) attended.

Matt is assigned to NMCB-62 out of Gulfport, but is deployed at Midway Island as OIC of his detail there. (He wants people to stop by and say "hi" if they're there.)

Brace Hastie (NMCB-74) is also based at Gulfport, but is in Sigonella, Sicily as Material Liason Officer for his battalion.

Matt also ran into Pete Owen and a few other Marines who were in FDB's on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Matt's OIC for the Det saw Jim Meehan. Jim had just graduated from Supply School and was ship bound (Jim says "hi"). Finally, Matt rode the same plane from Atlanta to Maryland with Carol Bass.

Mike Amedick sent a letter from CARON (DD-970). He's the MPA after getting EOOW qualed. Brian Allen is the 1st Lt. and Mark Sakaguchi is the Gunnery Officer. They're currently in the Med. Mike mentioned Mike Swatling and Jennie Smith's engagement from an October '90 wedding (impatient, aren't we?) and that Bart Dibble is engaged and will marry Leslie Martin ('87) next year. Dave Byman was seen in Norfolk for NGFS School and is Comm Off on SEMMES. Got some info from Rod Gibbons on the September 11th wingings at Mather AFB. The P-3 community is joined by: Glenn Campbell — VP-10, Brunswick, Alan Freedlund — VP-9, Moffett, Rob Gibbons — VP-16, Jacksonville, Jim Shipmate, December 1987

"Mugsy" Guy — VP-50, Moffett, Dave Kaye — VXN-8, Pax River, Greg Morin — VP-44, Brunswick, Kurt Wolfe — VP-23, Brunswick.

Mike Cockey, please send a letter. Keep those cards and letters coming! Joe

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Pres., 2d Lt. Owen Duke USMC Corr. Sec'y., East Coast, Ens. Jim Matheson USN West Coast, Ens. Tim Wolf USN Address for Class Correspondence: P.O. Box 87 Annapolis, Md. 21404 West Coast First, greetings from San Diego. It is now October and it is stiU possible to work on one's tan. You can probably guess how much we miss Annapolis weather out here.

From the Fleet Home Town News Center, Dana Ruge and Ben Griffith completed the six-week Scuba course in Panama City, Florida. Congratulations go to Rob HallaweU, who was named the College Sailor of the Year and to David M. Robinson on his silver medal in the Pan-Am Games. Also, Ron Harris continues winning races.

He took the Surface Warfare Week lOK run in Coronado in August. Maybe we will see all three guys in the 1988 Olympics.

Others I have run across in San Diego include Chris Hodges and Ryan Ritchie, who were on TAD. Dick Hoffman, Bill Neumann, Tom Casey, Eric Perreca, John Hall, and John Zulick are in BUDS training at NAB Coronado. About 50 Classmates will graduate from SWOS on 16 October. I have also learned Dale Anderson is in Berlin, West Germany, on TAD until December.

The following is a list of those known to have gotten married since graduation. Take note and send them your best wishes if you haven't already.

Congratulations go to: Bob Smith, John Polowyck, Dave Kless, Andy Rowe, Eric HoUoway, Dave SeweU, Chad Van Hulzen, John McKenna, John Berner, Jean Klooster (Grabowski), Paul Bourgeois, Tom Doman, Joe Simei, Rich Dikeman, Steve Taylor, Jroge Blasini, Denny Richard, Rick Stollmeyer, Greg Prey, Rose (McCain) and Kevin White, Kathy (Buckley) and Charlie Daniels, and Dawn (Alvarez) and Pat Stratton. A special congratulations to my roommate Mike D'Ambra and his wife, Diane, who were married 29 August.

pany died Saturday, 10 October while scuba diving off the coast of LaJolla, California. At the time of his death, David was on temporary duty on board USS HARRY W . HILL (DD-986). He was to

report to SWOS in Coronado with the November class. David was a systems engineering major from Greenville, South CaroUna. His funeral was held 14 October in Greenville. Flowers and letters were sent on behalf of the Class. Remember David Marsh and his family in your prayers for we will surely miss him.

There is really not much happening out here right now. The August SWOS class has graduated in November with about 40 Classmates in that group. Rich Dikeman and his wife had an early Christmas present. Their new baby girl was born to them in late September. As far as I know that makes him the first father of the Class.

As the holidays arrive, I think back to how I miss December finals and coming back in January for second semester. Yeah, right. Oh well, I guess I'll deal with the holidays in Southern California and use the palm tree to replace the old evergreen.

Happy holidays and keep in touch. TJW

East Coast Greetings from the East Coast, specifically Pensacola, which, as Tim Wolf said of Coronado, seems like a six-month class reunion. The onslaught of new Academy ensigns combined with the "majority" ensigns has created a severe overpopulation of students, or "pool" as we've come to know it as. The Navy has come up with all sorts of places to stash the aspiring aviators such as lifeguards at the survival swimming center, as monkey feeders at the aerospace research lab and the most famous of aU, "jet camp," which is a way to remove ensigns from the pool under the guise of indoctrinating them into the jet training pipeline. So, to aU of you who are heading South for the Winter, plan on a bit of a wait. It's not half bad though as there is a lot going on and plenty of beer flowing.

Many bachelorhoods have ended since 10 May. I attended only Suzie and Don Ward's wedding which was the highlight of my 30-day jaunt across the country. They were married 6 June on QUEEN MARY in Long Beach Harbor. Ben Torreon's new wife, Marie, dropped me a line; they were married on 27 June and will be joining the mob here in Pensacola in late October as will Karin and Don Griffin who were married on 5 October. Theresa and Paul Lewis were married on 30 May and are now in Newport for SWOS. A group of guys from Pensacola recently headed back to Annapolis for Jack Franchi's wedding, which from their vague memories appeared to be a fantastic time. I'm sure many other folks have had a change of marital status but I need to hear from you all.

A few people are planning marriages; Rick MacMurchy and his financee, Linda are going to the altar on 25 June 1988 in Pittsburgh. Fred Redling and his financee, Debbie, will be married in the Summer of '88 which should be close to the end of Fred's flight school time here in Pensacola. JT Hall, who is frolicking on San Clemente Island with his SEAL buddies, will be married to his financee Patti in Annapolis on 3 December.

On a Navy note. Art Pruitt and Matt MuUins ripped through Aviation Maitnenance Officers 29th Co. at Mike D'Ambra's wedding School here in Pensacola and are likely the first Certainly there are others not listed and we 87 grads to hit the high seas as they both went to apologize, but we cant put it in if you don't tell active carrier squadrons. us about it. So send any info you want to the Finally, I urge you all to send in your news to address at the top of the column or to me. My our column. Take a minute to jot down your new address is Tim Wolf, 801 Tolita Avenue, Cor- duty station or recent adventure as we are like the onado, Calif. 92118 and my phone is (619) Enquirer, we'll print anything. Send the news 435-7385. Later. either to our Class box or directly to my home Unfortunately I have some bad news as well. address: Jim Matheson, 1564 Arthur Drive, Our Classmate, Ensign David Marsh of 18th Com- Wooster, Ohio 44691.

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Please drop a Une if you have news or if you need to track someone down. Also, keep Alumni House informed of your current address; it only takes a minute to send off a quick note which reaUy helps them.

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JVM '87 in General Fox company is graduating from TBS at Quantico with 106 members of '87. Form there they move on to that often discussed and mysterious Fleet Marine Force (FMF). Hotel company with most of the Academy TADers is a third through and on the brink of selecting MOSes. About 30 of Hotel's DevU Dogs went to Ft. Benning for airbome training and received jump wings after making five static Une parachute jumps. Don't know who aU 30 were but among them were Fran Fitzpatrick, Rob Goodbody, Scon Veach, BUI Weber, Ty Schieber, Tom Doman and Ed Magee. I'U

report the others as 1 hear. . .

Joe Buenavista wrecked the Goat Coach. . .

What a scene. . .

BUI HaUahan heard from Bob Hein and Jim ColUns (Co 13) who had aced SWOS at Newport.

BUI understands that Bob has been saving up for his wedding and putting all of his uncashed paychecks in a suitcase. . .

Ross Mitchell and his wife Jennifer are happy with their beautiful daughter, Casey.

Congratulations. . .

News from the USS Rest & Relaxation. . . Murray Cook was in Annapolis for the Navy/Air Force game. Surprisingly his ship, USS O'BANNON, was in the yard that weekend. Enoch Blasis reports that Kenny Rouser has been spending a lot of time sailing the Persian Gulf. . . Spending most of his time looking for stray mines. . .

Joe Krensavage married Michelle Regn of Mount Holly, New Jersey. They were at the

Academy for TAD to await Nuclear Power School. . . Joe is ultimately destined for USS INGERSOLL (DD-990) in Pearl Harbor. . .

Greg Monk married Lisa Adams of Bel Air, Maryland. They go on to Pensacola where Greg will begin flight training for the Marine Corps.

Have heard some exciting stories about George Cox on TAD in Washington, DC. . .

Mike Weiner is in Medical School in Philadelphia. . . Write us and let us know how you're doing, Mike. . .

Got word that Pat Kelly participated in exercise Ocean Safari 87 aboard the destroyer USS HAYLER. . . The exercise demonstrated the readiness and effectiveness of aU NATO maritime operations related to contingency and general defense plans. . .

Hope you enjoy the Christmas and New Year season . . . Ho Ho, Owen. . .

Chapter N e w s AKRON G.B. Garton 1616 PauU St. Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614 On 18 July 1987, eleven members of the Akron Canton Chapter together with spouses, went to sea for Youngster Cruise II. The Chapter's Annual Picnic featured a three-nule round trip cruise on an authentic 19th Century canal boat with a Captain and his two mates and powered by two mules.

In attendance were Ginny and Don Black '51, NeU and Bob Davidson '53, Mary Jane and George Garton '59, Lynette and Dick Harkness '50, Frank Hiestand '64, John Jahant '47, Lydia and John McNabney '50, Mary Jo and Jack Mills '75, Mary Helen and Jim O'NeU '45, and Louise and Dick Ravetta '60. The cruise took approximately an hour-and-a-half, with the main brace spUced all the way. ExceUent hors d'oeuvre and snacks were also provided along with a history of canal Ufe provided by our Captain.

FoUowing the trip, the group adjourned to the home of Mary Jane and George Garton where a steak fry and outdoor picnic was the order of the day.

It was a grand mid-Summer adventure with many memories reUved.

BOSTON LCdr. Horace P. Rounds USNR (Ret.) 65 York Avenue Randolph, Mass. 02368 The first meeting of the Boston Chapter was held on 23 Sept. at the Officers' Club, Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford. Forty-four members and guests attended. Our guest speaker was The Honorable Chester Atkins, Representative from the Fifth District of Massachusetts. The main thrust of his presentation was the lack of communication between President Reagan and The Congress. It is his belief that The President could have the cooperation of The Congress on most of his Foreign Policy plans, if he would just say "Please." As Atkins serves on both the Foreign 128

Relations and Defense Committees, one must take his thoughts seriously.

After his talk there were a great many inteUigent and controversial questions. Atkins originally advised us that he must depart our meeting at 2045 sharp. The repartee between the speaker and his audience was so intriguing, however, that he did not depart until 2115.

Whenever he had made some critical remark about some U.S. Navy poUcy he would look at MGen. Tom Brandt, USAF, Vice Commander of the Base and our host at the O Club, not realizing that Tom graduated from the Academy, Class of '56.

Unfortunately, your secretary misplaced his Ust of the members attending. They did, however, range from Bob McCormick — '23 to Charles F. Rourke — '81.

NEW YORK Naval Academy Association of New York 42 West 12th St., #4 New York, N.Y. 10011 The first meeting of the 1987-88 year for the New York Chapter was held at the Union League Club in New York City on 15 September 1987.

After some opening remarks. Chapter President Daniel Kahn introduced Dr. C Paul Robinson as our guest speaker.

Dr. Robinson was formerly the chief test operator of the nuclear rocket test program at Los Alamos, division leader for laser research, and ultimately associate laboratory director for national security. He was responsible for the Los Alamos national laboratory programs in nuclear weapons research. He is vice president of Ebasco Services, and is responsible for advanced technology and special projects of this engineering firm.

Dr. Robinson spoke of the strategy of S.D.I. From 1945 to 1953 the United States had a clear superiority in nuclear weapons over the Soviets.

In 1953, after the Soviets acquired the bomb, we reached what Dr. Robinson described as neutral vulnerability. This simply means don't do to someone else, what you wouldn't want someone to do to you.

Where once our strategy was to win a war, it now became a strategy of deterrence. Dr. Robinson feels that S.D.I, research is one we can't walk away from, simply because it enhances our deterrent strategv.

NEWPORT Capt. Robert B. Connelly USN (Ret.) 21 Catherine St. Newport, R.I. 02840 The first meeting of the '87-'88 season of the Newport Chapter was held at the Officer's Club, NETC, Newport, R.I. on Tuesday, 29 September.

We are starting our thirty-eighth year.

After dinner our guest of honor, Capt. Dave Wood, senior Coast Guard representative at the Naval War CoUege, talked to some 90 of us about the barque EAGLE. Dave is well quaUfied to discuss EAGLE since he was her SaUing Master (i.e., super bosun in charge of saU handUng and maneuvering) in 1972.

EAGLE is 295-feet-long and of 1727 tons. Her fore and mainmasts are 150-feet-high. There are 196 Unes for controUing the spreading, taking in, setting, and preparing to come about for her 22 sails. The cadets must memorize the location of these lines on deck in order to work the rigging in the dark. She can make 17 knots in a calm sea in a 25-30-knot breeze. Built in Germany, EAGLE was made available to the Coast Guard at the end of Worid War II. EAGLE is now on an extended cruise which wiU take her through the Panama Canal and to AustraUa and back with many ports of call en route.

Althouth she had problems with the pronunciation, Mary Rae (BUl'47) was the first at the cocktaU hour with the correct original name of EAGLE — HoRST WESSEL. Mary's prize was a free martini!

Besides his wife Paula, those who heard Dave Wood talk were: Frank and Maggie Snyder '48, BiU Purdum '53, Sid and Rowe MerriU '34, Tom and Trina Weschler '39, John and Lucy Roenigk '34, Tom and Margie Lyons '52, Howard and Jane Burdick '56, Duncan and Jean Ingraham '66, Hank and Eleanor EUiott '39, Bob and Bunny Schmidt '56, Dick and Pat Plotkin '66, Jack and Shipmate, December 1987

Peg Liston '51, Tom and Sheila Gibson '79, Joe McQuade '83, Al and Lillian Cox '43, Jack and Ray Wadleigh '37, Jim and Marky Hough '66, Ron and Jan Brandquist '60, Kurt and Stephanie Brandquist '84 (Ron paid for dinner), Jim and Bobbi Wright '58, Tim and Mary McCoy '39, Roger and Muriel Buck '50, Pete and Jean Varsayni '76, Bob and Janine Bellitto '81, Mario Fiori '63, Bob and Pud Connelly '52, Jim and Anita Conway '55, Pat Muldoon '66, LeRoy and Floride Taylor '35, Brown Taylor '34, Joanne Schmitz '84, Gene and Bushy Henry '39, BiU and Mary Rae '47, Chris and Anne Nichols '61; Associates George and Marilyn Smith and Harry Christiansen; Gary Rasicot USCGA '84; and West Pointers Bill and Fran Ennis '26, Tommy and Rachael Thompson '36, Jack and Mary Burney '46 and Andy and Helen Low '42.

The Newport Chapter normally meets the last Tuesday of the month (except July, August and December). All Alumni are welcome â&#x20AC;&#x201D; please come if you are in the area. Maybe you, too, can win a free drink.

PUGET SOUND Capt. James E. Heg USN (Ret.) 2416 NW 91st St. Seattle, Wash. 98117 About 120 tumed out for the October meeting.

In terms of pure enjoyment, nostalgia and general euphoria this joint meeting of the four miUtary service academies has to be ranked among the top two or three of the decade. Much credit must be given to Bob Smidt '54, who coordinated the arrangements with the local West Point Society, and to our President, Fred Lippert '56, who organized the entertainment.

The focal point and highlight of the evening was a ten-piece Bavarian Brass Band, featuring Fred Lippert '66 on the trampet and Mike Young '66 on the sUde trombone. This band not only played in time and played in tune, but was able to play much more than "Old Zip Coon." The band was augmented by eight members of the University of Washington NROTC Glee Club, whose youth and enthusiasm added much to the festivities.

During the pre-dinner social hour the band and glee club joined in serenading the crowd. After dinner the glee club gave a short performance which concluded with the Navy Hymnn. Fred Lippert, suitably attired in his Navy letter sweater, then took charge, serving as both Master of Ceremonies and Band Conductor. A representative from each academy made a brief presentation on his academy and service. The USNA representative, Hal Lewis '56, attired in his Army bathrobe, give a hilarious account of his experiences as an exchange student at West Point. The Coast Guard Acadamy rep, and sole USCG attendee, stated that he found the odds of 119 to I "just about right", and reminded those present that "The Coast Guard is that hard core about which the Navy forms in time of war!".

The West Point rep spoke of how hard it was then and how much it means now. The Air Force Academy rep spoke of the beginning of that institution, subsequent philosophical changes and the ongoing task of building academy traditions.

To conclude the evening the band played while the various academies serenaded each other.

Chapter members weighed in with lusty renditions of: "Up and at 'Em Navy," "The Goat is Old and Gnarly," "Navy Victory March," "Anchor's Aweigh" and "Navy Blue and Gold". West Pointers responded with: "Brave Old Army Team," "Army Blue" and "Benny Havens, Oh!" Alumni departed misty eyed and feeling very sorry for those who were not there to share in the fun.

Shipmate, December 1987

Naval Academy Alumni present represented a 55-year spread which included: Dorothy Atkins (Mrs. J.G.) '19; Alex and Kay Hammond and Ted White '25; Jim and Gerry Russell '26; Wells and Grace Thompson '28; Julia Krick (Mrs. D.L.) and Clyde Stevens '30; CharUe and Eileen Henderson '34; Harvey and Maggie Headland '35; Phil and Charlotte Fox, Ernie and Evalyn Humphrey, and Lloyd Benson '36; WaU and Dorothy Keen, and Rollo and Gloria Ross '37; Wil and Diane Cranford, and Bob and Mary Anne SchelUng '38; Bob and Colleen Armstead '42; Jim and Hester Heg '43, and Irv and Velma Potter A'43; Bill and Martha Mae Doubt '45; Dick and Mary Daly '46; Horton Smith A'47; Angus and Mavis McDonald '48, John and Mary CoughUn, and Bud Knapp '50; Dick and Barbara Childs, and Bill and Kit Phillips '51; Bob Smidt '54; Jim and Binnie Bruso, Fred and Nona Lippert, Hal and Meg Lewis, and Malcolm MacDonald '56; Larry Hogan '57; Harry and Barbara Brown, and Boyd Sharp '58; Charlie and Pat Cook '60, PhU and Janet MerriU '61; Pete Soverel '63; John and Jane Kuechle, and Mike and JuUa Young '66; Dick Collins, and Bruce and Suzie Turner '67; John and Karen Held, Dick and Pat Plank, and Fred Meyers '71, Eric Anderson '72; and Dick and Marianne Anderson '74.

We are not sure how Army will do on 5 December, but we gave them a hard time on 14 October!

SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. BurriU SC USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymore Way Sacramento, Calif. 95822 As usual we met on the First Wednesday, 7 October, in Posey's Cottage retaurant.

Present were: President Wally Nelson '35, Bill Bristow '45, Vice-President, Western Area, Jan Bristow, Richard G. Dougherty '41, O.D. "Pat" Finnegan '35, Wayne Harbarger '47, Dick Stockwell '46, Don and Lorma Andrews '47, Lou Fifer '72 (given a warm welcome as the youngest member), Steve Berg '66 (who was given a warm welcome for having brought Lou Fifer), Jack Everett '64, Bill Boakes '51, Morris H. Lax '45, M.O. Slater '42, Joe Drachnik '43, Tom Hartigan '47, Laurette Gambling, widow of Norman W. Gambling '33, Larry Pierce '38, and John Burrill '38. (I believe there was one more present, but there are only 20 names on my attendance sheet.)

It was a good turn-out.

Wally Nelson, explained Jane's absence by the fact that she was baby-sitting afive-year-oldgrandchild, as the Nelsons had a new, 8.5 pound grandson, Timothy Nelson Ingram born the day before our luncheon. Later, Wayne Harbarger was called to the telephone to be told he had a granddaughter born that day!

WaUy Nelson said that a by-laws committee had met after the September meeting and approved the following changes: 1. A new category of membership would be established called "Friends of the Chapter" (Pat Geyer would be first such "Friend"); 2. A new office would be The Immediate Past President, to provide continuity; and 3. No officer would serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.

Wally said that Barry Whittlesey '49, a Past President had initiated most changes.

Larry Pierce recommended we approve all the changes at once, but Wally said we had to wait 30 days.

Bill Bristow, V.P. of the Alumni Association, gave a report of the highlights of the June Week

West in Long Beach. Events included a dinner for 550 people in the dome of the SPRUCE GOOSE, with music by the El Toro Marine Corps band. There was also a lively panel discussion by Congressman Bob Badham. Admiral McKee '51 and Admiral McNitt '38, of the future of the Navy and the Academy with some excellent questions from the floor. The next June Week West will be at the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco, with the events under the leadership of Sam Pilar '47.

Next, Bill Bristow gave a complete report of the 17 September 1987 meeting of the Board of Trustees in Annapolis and the state of the Association, which is excellent. We have 27,750 members, of which 15,000 are Life Members. We have 193 Associate Members, people who have contributed time to the Association, including many faculty members. Contributions to the Annual Fund last year were $1,273,000, an average per donee of $130. Parents' Clubs are now springing up, with 60 or 70 around the nation and they contributed $60,000 last year. Total assets of the Association are now $10 million, and these are administered by the Bessemer Trust of Boston. Last year the Academy had 15,562 applicants for 1,300 vacancies, of which 1,280 completed Plebe Summer.

(When this writer took competitive exams for an appointment, there were 400 trying for each Senatorial appointment and 50 for each appointment by a Representative).

The Alumni Association is now embarked on its biggest capital campaign in its history, trying to raise $40 miUion, $17 million for capital improvements to the Academy, with Government coming up with an additional $13 mUlion, and $23 million for enriching the curriculum. The main capital improvement project is to build a Brigade Activity Center, permitting the seating of the entire Brigade in one building. Had it rained during the 1987 graduation, the ceremonies could not have been held. The Ketchum Corp. of Pittsburgh, has been hired to ran the capital sohcitation campaign, and has established 21 centers across the nation to pursue this goal, one such center being in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO Capt. Gary L. Thomas, 317 Balboa Court Alameda CA 94501 On Wednesday, 7 October 1987, 52 members, spouses and their guests met at the Commissioned Officers Mess, NAS Alameda. The senior member present was RAdm. Henry Armstrong '27 and the junior Class was represented by Tim FarreU '76.

Our guest speaker was Mr. Keith Wedmore, an EngUsh barrister presently residing in Mill Valley, California. Mr. Wedmore practiced both civil and criminal law before the Queen's Court in London.

He was an excellent speaker highlighting the differences between our legal system and England's with many humorous stories to make his points.

We have many lawyers in our association and the question and answer period following Mr. Wedmores remarks was quite lively. In aU it was another fine evening of camaraderie for our membership.

We meet the first Wednesday of each month with cocktails at 1830 and dinner at 1915. Location is the NAS Alameda Officers Club. If you are in the area please feel free to join us. For further information call me at 415-521-3754.

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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 BAJ, CHESTER THOMAS JR '62,1 April 1987, (Hadley, Massachusetts) CLARK, CARL BERNARD '80 (Lt USN), 19 October 1987, Subic Bay, PhiUppines CORNITT, HUGH THOMAS '77 (LCDR USN), 6 October 1987, EUisvUle, Kentucky DAUBIN, WILLL\M SCOTT '41 (CDR USN RET), 7 October 1987, New Port Richey, Florida DONOHUE, TIMOTHY FRANCIS '27 (RADM USN RET), 24 October 1987, Annapohs, Maryland EASTWOLD, EARL RUSSELL '32 (RADM USN RET), 8 October 1987, Palos Verdes, CaUfornia EWWALD, CHRISTIAN LEONARD '35 (CAPT SC USN RET), 2 October 1987, Palo Alto, CaUfornia HOLLAND, WILLIAM ROY '76, 28 October 1987, AnnapoUs, Maryland JOHNSTON, JOHN P. MERRELL '37 (LCDR USN RET), 25 October 1987, Washington, D.C.

LA MAY, THOMAS VINCENT '63 (CDR USN), 12 October 1987, Riverside, CaUfornia LEVENSON, HERBERT '31, 6 September 1987, (Tamarac, Florida) LIND, IRVING LAUREL '22 (CAPT USNR RET), 9 January 1987, Olympia, Washington MANN, CHARLES CLARK '34 (RADM USN RET), 29 January 1987, Montevideo, Uraguay MARSH, DAVID ROBERT '87 (ENS USN), 10 October 1987, La JoUa, CaUfornia MASTERS, JOHN HILLARY '36 (MGEN USMC RET), 22 October 1987, Mt. Pleasant, South CaroUna MCCOY, JOHN FRANCIS '53, 14 August 1987, Monument Beach, Massachusetts MCKINLEY, ERNEST WILLIAM '21 (CDR USN RET) 5 August 1985, (Fulton, Maryland) MILLER, RALEIGH BRYAN SR '20 (CAPT USN RET), 3 October 1987, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

in charge of the Research and Standards Branch which at that time operated all important naval Capt. Henry A. In- laboratories, including NRL, Taylor Model Basin gram USN (Ret.) died and the Engineering Experiment Station in on 16 September 1987 AnnapoUs. He coordinated many items of special at the Deering Nursing importance regarding submarine detection, plastic Home, Hingham, Mas- bottom paints, camouflage and working with sachusetts. A memorial NRDC scientists and other bodies composed of the service was held at the best scientists in the country.

In I944-'45 he was technical attache on the staff Church of St. John the EvangeUst, Hingham, of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, headquartered in London. He was head of joint on 19 September.

Henry was born in Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, 9 U.S.-British team to obtain intelUgence on GerJune 1900, was appointed to the Naval Academy man submarines from their bases in France in Sept. from that state and graduated with the Class of 1944. He was specially commended by the Inspector of the Navy and Admiral Stark.

1922.

In I945-'46 he was Industrial Manager of all He then served on CINCINNATI during its shakedown cruise around the Horn about 1923. German shipyards along the Weser River, Bremen In June 1924 he was ordered to MIT for the course to Bremerhaven, employing about 12,000 workin Naval Constraction which he completed in June men. RAdm. A.G. Robinson commended him as 1927 and was awarded a Master's Degree in Naval follows: "The section which he directs has sucArchitecture from MIT and was commissioned Lt. cessfuUy accompUshed the difficult task of getting the disorganized and damaged German shipyards Gg) (CC), USN. His next tour, '27-'30, was at the Navy Yard (32) functioning smoothly and efficientiy on projPuget Sound, first in Production and then in Plan- ects necessary to the U.S. Occupation of Gerning. He then spent two years at the Navy Yard many."

In 1946 he was Planning Officer at the San FranPearl Harbor where he served as Docking Officer and Outside Superintendent. From '32-'34 he was cisco Naval Shipyard. In 1949 he returned to the Repair Officer on the destroyer tender MELVILLE East Coast and was Inspector of Naval Material in San Diego. He was one of eight officers com- in PhUadelphia and later in Boston.

He was retired I March 1953 and made his home mended for contributing most to a citation for the MELVILLE'S outstanding efficiency on three suc- in Hingham, Massachusetts, where he worked for the Cambridge Corporation and organized a trade cessive Admiral's Inspections.

In 1934-'36 he was in charge of the floating association of the New England PubUc utiUty comdrydock, DEWEY, in Olongapo. He also docked panies and was its Executive Director until his submarines in the Chinese dockyard in Tsingtao, retirement in 1958.

After his re-retirement he was active in his home, China. From '36-'40 he was in the office of the Superintending Constructor at Bethlehem Ship- building and overhauling boats and refurbishing building Co., Quincy, Massachusetts, where he his community in general.

His decorations consist of a SecNav Letter of inspected plans and work on destroyers and WASP, CV. He also was aboard CRAVEN during its Commendation with ribbon, being named an "Honorary Officer of the British Empire (MiUtary shakedown to Guayaquil and the CaribbeEm. In 1940-1944 he was assigned to BuShips in the Division)" and many campaign ribbons.

He was a member of the Society of Naval Design Branch in charge of hull specifications for new ships, particularly the ESSEX class CV. He was Architects and Marine Engineers, the U.S. Naval HENRY ALLISON INGRAM '22

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PASOLA, JOSEPH JOHN '84 (LT USN), 21 September 1987, Honolulu, Hawau PATRIARCA, FRANK ANTHONY '37 (CAPT USN RET), 17 October 1987, St. Simons Island, Georgia RANDOLPH, ANDREW KENNEDY '24, 13 October 1987, Fort Worth, Texas STOCKMAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS '37, 1985, (Centralia, lUinois) WILLIAMS, RUSSELL CHAMPION '31 (RADM USN RET), 24 September 1987, Hampton Roads, Virginia WILSON, GEORGE ALEXANDER HI '25, 27 September 1987, (Phoenix, Arizona) ) around the place of death indicates hometown at the time of death when specific location is unknown Institute, the Electric CouncU of New England and the Crime Commission.

He is survived by his wife, Helen Pfaltz Ingram, of the home address; two sons, John Girard of New York and Victor Paul of DanviUe, CaUfornia; two daughters, AUison I. Herbert of JacksonviUe, Florida and Eleanor I. Gavin, of Simsbury, Connecticut; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

RALEIGH BRYAN MILLER '20 Capt. Raleigh Bryan MiUer USN (Ret.) died at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 3 October 1987.

Graveside services were held at the ShUoh Cemetery near Rowland Station, Tennessee.

Born in Warren County, Tennessee, on 2 July 18% he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1920.

His service at sea included tours of duty in USS SAN FRANCISCO, USS HURON, Executive Officer USS ELCANO on the Yangstze Patrol, USS ISHERWOOD, USS RICHMOND, USS GOLD STAR the sta-

tion ship at Guam, Commanding Officer USS R.L. BARNES and pilot for the Island Government of Guam, and USS LEXINGTON. His assignments ashore included Officer-inCharge of Recruiting Stations in Birmingham and Pittsburgh, as well as Navigation instructor at the Naval Academy.

During World War II he served in the Pacific as Commanding Officer of USS KARNES (APA-175) and USS RAINIER ( A E - 5 ) .

FoUowing his retirement from the Navy in 1947 he returned to Warren County where he was active as a farmer, organized a Junior National Rifle Association club, and estabUshed the Ben Lomond Rural Telephone Cooperative serving as the first President from 1953 to 1958. Captain Miller was an Elder Emeritus in the Rock Island Presbyterian Church, as well as being a member of the Campaign, Tennessee, Masonic Lodge and the McMinnviUe Exchange Club.

He is survived by his second wife, Josephine, of 424 W. Main, Lebanon, Tenn. 37087; a brotiier, Everette Q. Miller; a son, Raleigh, Jr. Captain Shipmate, December 1987

USN (Ret.) '54; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

IRVING LAUREL LIND '22 Capt. Irving L. Lind USNR (Ret.) died at his home in Olympia, Washington, on 9 January 1987.

A memorial service was held at the St. John's Episcopal Church of Olympia and interment was in the Masonic Memorial Park.

He was born in Peoria, Illinois, on 7 January 1900 and grew up in Tacoma, Washington, where he attended school and worked briefly as a reporter for the Tacoma Ledger. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Washington and graduated with the Class of 1922.

His early tours of duty were unknown except that he started but did not complete a course at MIT. He resigned 26 Sept. 1926.

He worked for many years for Dupont and Hercules Powder Co. at their Lazote, Inc. plant in Charleston, West Virginia, and was a member of the group that developed the first solid fuel for rockets.

In 1939 he was recalled to active duty as a Lt. (CC) USNR, and was assigned to duty at the Navy Yard Mare Island as Assistant Shop Superintendent. He was then assigned to duty as Naval Constructor, Surabaya, Java. Later he was ordered to BuShips and assigned as head of the base and supervisory section including such activities as high altitude jet fuel test facility, synthetic fuel plant and inspection Navy fuel faciUties, Pearl Harbor.

He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his work with BuShips.

After the war he worked with the Atomic Energy Commission in Tennessee and Richland. In 1950 he moved to Olympia where his sister was the wife of State Supreme Court Justice, John S. Robinson. He became an avid gardner and enthusiastic sportsman and golfer.

He was a member of the Olympia Golf and Country Club, the La JoUa Beach and Tennis Club and the Olympia Crime Commission.

He was married to the former Jeannette McCall of Berkeley, California, who died in August 1985.

He is survived by a daughter, Susan L. Lanham of Kirkland; and son, Cdr. Stephen M. Lind USN of Oak Harbor; and four grandchildren.

RICHARD FRED REBBECK '23 Mr. R. Fred Rebbeck died of cancer on 22 July 1987 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after a brief illness. (The malignancy was discovered about three weeks before his death when he was hospitalized by his physician.) His remains were cremated, and, pursant to his request, funeral sevices were held and his ashes scattered at a site in the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of Colorado Springs.

Born on 29 April 1899 in Albany, Nebraska, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that State and after attending Marion Institute in Alabama in preparation therefore, entered the Naval Academy and graduated with the Class of 1923.

Upon graduation and commissioning as Ensign USN, he was ordered to USS Brooks in which destroyer he served untU 31 May 1925 when he resigned his commission and went to Chicago to start a new career in the business world as a salesman with the American Radiator Company.

Four years later, in 1929, he acquired ownership Shipmate, December 1987

of Pueblo Hotel Supply Company, dealing in food service equipment for hotels and restaurants, which business he operated until I960 when he retired and moved from Pueblo, Colorado, to live in Colorado Springs during his remaining years.

His most pleasant diversion after retirement was hiking every Saturday, weather permitting, with the "Saturday Knights," a group of business and professional men (active and retired) who assembled at a designated location in the Front Range of the Rockys' to explore the mountain scenery as well as to get the invigorating exercise afforded by hiking in the mountains.

His first wife, Martha WiUiams Rebbeck, died in 1934.

Survivors include his wife for over 42 years, Margaret Knowles Rebbeck of 1333 Culebra Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado; a son and daughter by his first marriage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Richard Fred Rebbeck Jr. of Rapid City, South Dakota and Mary Rebbeck Traber of Olympia, Washington; sbc grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

LITCHFIELD and at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren.

World War II service included assignments in craiser PENSACOLA as Gunnery Officer, and cruiser MONTPELIER as Executive Officer â&#x20AC;&#x201D;both ships operating in the Western and South Pacific campaigns. Later he commanded USS SABINE and CACAPON and after a tour in the 1st. Naval District as Ordnance Officer was assigned command of the transport MONROVIA until retirement in 1951.

He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds incurred in Pacific Campaigns while Gunnery Officer of PENSACOLA. Other medals included those awarded for the Pacific Campaigns and Worid War II Victory.

In retirement, he and his wife, Eleanor lived in Annapolis where he was active in community affairs, and a long time member of the Annapolitan Club; and pursued a business career in Life Insurance and Real Estate. They moved to Seattle a few years ago. In addition to his wife Eleanor, Capt. Mitchell is survived by a son, David, '57 and three grandchildren.

GEORGE EDWARD TARBOX, JR. '25

RUSSEL CHAMPION WILLIAMS '31

George E. Tarbox, Jr. died of emphysema on 18 September 1987 in Denver, Colorado. He had been progressively ill for a year. Private services were held in Denver.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1925. He resigned from the Navy as a Passed Midshipman in 1926.

He moved to Denver in 1934 and founded the George E. Tarbox Co. He was president of the Colorado Society of Sons of the American Revolution and was National President General of that organization, the first President General to be elected from the West in 64 years. He headed the Colorado Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association and was a member of other trade organizations.

He was a member of the executive board of the Denver Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, and was on the Board of the Webb-Waring Lung Institute.

His first wife Dorothy, died in 1934. He is survived by his second wife, Helen, whom he married in 1942; her address is 3131 East Alameda Ave., Denver, Colo. 80209. He is also survived by two stepchildren, eight grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

Contributions may be made to the WebbWaring Lung Institute of 4200 E. Ninth Ave., Denver 80262.

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RAdm. Russell Champion Williams USN (Ret.) died on 24 September 1987 in Veterans Medical Center, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Memorial services were held graveside, with full miUtary honors, in Forest Lawn Cemetery,

Norfolk, Virginia.

Born on 6 February 1909 in Richmond, Virginia, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that State and graduated with the Class of 1931. As a Midshipman First Class he held the rank of Midshipman Lieutenant and was sub-commander of the Firt Battalion. On graduation he served first in the aircraft carrier SARATOGA (1931-32), then in the heavy cruiser INDIANAPOLIS (1932-35) and the destroyer PHELPS (1936-38) before attending Post Graduate School in AnnapoUs (1938-39).

After brief tour of duty in the Navy Department he was ordered to the destroyer TRIPPE, in which he served as Gunnery Officer (1939-41), as Executive Officer (1941-42), and as Commanding Officer (1942-44). While under his command TRIPPE participated in actions in North African waters and in the Mediterranean, sinking a German submarine and taking part in the invasion of Sicily. In 1944 RAY ANDES MITCHELL '27 he was ordered to command of the radar picket destroyer SOUTHERLAND, deploying to the Pacific Capt. Ray A. Mitfor the Okinawa campaign and being one of the cheU USN (Ret.) died first U.S. ships to enter Tokyo Bay after the suddenly on 9 Japanese surrender.

September 1987 in His post-war shore duty assignments included Seattle, Washington. three years at BuPers (1945-48), Executive Officer Inurnment was conof Bancroft Hall, US Naval Academy (1950-53), ducted at the Naval Plans Officer on the Staff of CinCNELM, and on Academy Columthe Staff of SacLant (1957-59). His sea duty billets barium on 21 in that same period were command of DesDiv-22 September.

(1949-50), command of the Attack Transport Born in Severeville, CHILTON (1953-54), and command of the cruiser Tennessee, he attended schools in Knoxville and WORCESTER (1956-57). He retired in November was appointed to the Naval Academy from that 1959. state with the Class of 1927. As a Midshipman, he was a member of the wrestling team until a His awards and decorations included the Legion broken leg forced him to shift to managerial status of Merit with Gold Star and Combat-V; the Bronze where he performed with credit with an outstandStar Medal with Combat-V; the European-African ing team.

Campaign Medal with six stars; the Asiatic-Pacific After graduation, he served successively in the Campaign Medal with star; the American Defense battleship CALIFORNLA, destroyers NOA and Service Medal with "A;" the American Campaign Medal; the World War II Victory Medal, and the PILLSBURY, (the latter in the Asiatic Fleet), then U.S. Navy Occupation Medal. flight training, the battleship NEW YORK, C O . of In retirement he made his home in Norfolk, USS EAGLE 38, cruiser NORTHHAMPTON, destroyer 131

Virginia, and entered the investment securities business as a registered representative for the firm of Paine, Webber, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Anne de Graffenried Thomas WiUiams of 1121 North Shore Road, Norfolk, Virginia; by a son, Peter B. WiUiams; by a sister, Mrs. Clinton Pomeroy; by a brother, John C Williams, and by one grandchild.

JAMES ALEXANDER RECTOR '34 Cdr. James A. Rector USNR (Ret.) died on 16 November 1986 at Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, California. Services were held at Todd Memorial Chapel in Pomona and interment was in Riverside National Cemetery.

Commander Rector, a native of Leavenworth, Kansas, resigned after graduation with the Class of 1934 and went to work for Automatic Electric Company. After a training school in Chicago he was transferred to the New York office, where he was commissioned ensign in the Naval Reserve in May 1935. A year later he was transferred to San Francisco as Government Representative for 11 western states, Alaska and Hawaii, and four years later married Dorothy Brinton of Los Angeles.

Jim was ordered to active duty in March 1941, reporting to NAS Miami as, in his words, "the oldest and poorest ensign in the Navy." The next year he went to SCTC Miami and command of SC-664 in Atlantic convoy work. Subsequent commands were SC-735 in the Pacific, USS BROUGH

Sunnyvale, Calif, from which he retired on 31 October 1977. He was a member and strong supporter of the USNA Alumni Association.

He is survived by: son James R. of Edina, Minn.; daughters Christine Hansson of San Francisco and Nicole Cosgrove of Illinois; brothers Woodrow and Lester, both of International Falls, Minn.; and sister Gladys Misner of Pensacola; and five grandchildren. His wife, Verda, predeceased him on 17 April 1978. His companion since 1981, Pat WiUis, helped him through the final months of his illness.

the Navy Unit Commendation with bronze star.

He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and The Retired Officers' Association.

He retired in 1972 and worked for Gould, Inc., in Cleveland, Ohio, until 1975. He spent his retirement years between Sea Ranch and Coronado, CaUfornia.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Almy (Mimi) of Coronado, California; a daughter, Jo Ann Pass of Potomac, Maryland; a son, William Darrow Almy of Fryeburg, Maine; and three grandchildren.

GEORGE MASON HAWES II '40

ALFRED COPELAND '45

Capt. George Mason Hawes died of cancer on 18 September 1987 at his home in Middletown, Rhode Island. His wife of 42 years, Margaret Gamett, died of a stroke on 30 September 1987 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Providence R.I. A Memorial Service was held at Trinity Church in Newport R.I. on 3 October 1987.

Born in Los Angeles, California, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Missouri, and graduated with the Class of 1940.

First duty was in the light cruier PHILADELPHLA operating between Pearl Harbor in the Pacific and convoy escort to the United Kingdom in the Atlantic at the start of WWII. In 1942 he was transferred to the commissioning crew of the Ught craiser SANTA FE, and remained on board during war operations in the Pacific.

Other duties included a tour at the Naval (DE-138) in the Atlantic and HASS (DE-424) in the Pacific. Released from active duty in May 1946 Academy as an Electrical Engineering instructor with a Navy Commendation Ribbon, he returned after war's end, executive officer of destroyer to Automatic Electric in California and remained SAMUEL B . ROBERTS, command of the destroyers active in the Naval Reserve untU retirement in June CAPETON and COMPTON and of the tender 1958. Unfortunately, we have no data on his subse- TIDEWATER. Staff assignments included ComDesLant, Key West Test & Evaluation Detachquent career. ment, ComServLant and ComDesFlot 4. In 1966 He is survived by his widow Dorothy, of Pomona, California; two sons and a daughter, and Captain Hawes had duty under instruction at the Naval War College in Newport. His final duty three grandchildren. prior to retirement in 1970 was Commanding CHRISTIAN LEONARD EWALD '35 Officer, Naval Station, Newport.

Capt. Christian L. (Spike) Ewald SC, USN He was awarded the Bronze Star for wartime (Ret.) died of cancer on 2 October 1987 at the action and the Legion of Merit as well as many Veterans Hospital, Palo Alto, California, after a area and campaign decorations. long illness. A memorial service was held at the After retirement he raised polled hereford catMoffett Naval Air Station Chapel on 24 October. tle on his farm in Middletown. He was a member Born on 12 October 1912 in Minnesota and of the Newport Rotary Club and of the Naval appointed from that state, he graduated with the Academy Alumni Association. He and his wife Class of 1935. After three years of J.O. duties in "Gamie" are survived by a daughter, Margaret PORTLAND (CA-33), he attended the Navy Finance Garnett Stapleton of Newport; two sons, George and Supply School at Philadelphia before being Mason Hawes III and James Basinger Hawes of assigned as Disbursing Officer for DesDiv 57 Middletown; a sister, Helen Hawes Gobaars of aboard ALDEN (DD-211) on the Asiatic Station California; and seven grandchildren. from August 1939 to October 1941. He next served as Stores Officer at the Torpedo Station, Newport, CHARLES BROOKS ALMY '44 until April 1943 when he was ordered to CABOT Capt. Charles B. Almy USN (Ret.) died of (CVL-28) then building at Camden, to be its Supply Officer when commissioned. He so served cancer in San Diego, California on 25 August 1987. His ashes were inurned in the Columbarium until August 1944, during which time that ship was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, for opera- at the U.S. Naval Academy at a private memorial tions in the Pacific. He was then ordered to duty service. He was born in Los Angeles, California, as Supply Officer at NAS Floyd Bennet Field, the son of Capt. Edmund Darrow Almy '07. He Brooklyn. From September 1945 to December entered the Naval Academy in June of 1940 and 1946 he was Supply Officer at NSD Subic Bay in graduated with the Class of 1944.

Capt. Almy's first sea duty was in USS PENNthe PhiUppines. He then served as OinC of the General Supply Depot at Norfolk until August SYLVANIA (BB-38). He attended Submarine School 1951 when he went to the Naval War College, at New London, Connecticut in 1945 and was Newport, as a student in the Strategy and Logistics assigned to new construction on board the USS course. From August 1951 to December 1953, he CocHDJO (SS-345). He served on various subwas 6th Fleet Logistics Officer. This was followed marine and shore-based staffs and commanded the by duty as OinC of the Ships Supply Depot at POMODON (SS-486) and the Fleet Oiler KENNEBEC. He attended the Postgraduate School, AnNSC, Oakland until May 1956 and then at BuShips untU August 1959. His final duty was as Supply napolis, from 1949 to 1951 and was awarded a B.S. Officer, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N.H. until degree in Mechanical Engineering; he attended the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia in his retirement on I July 1961.

His civilian career was \5'/i years as a Logistics 1959-1960.

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Alfred Copeland, 66, died on 28 March 1987 in Florida. Memorial services were held on 1 April at Westchester Riverside, Mt. Vernon, New York. The Class of '45 was unaware of his death until a recent effort by the Alumni Association to update of Alumni resulted in this

the Register information.

A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the 10th Congressional District and graduated in 1944 with the Class of 1945 and a member of the 16th Company. At the Academy, he was affectionately known as "Sugar" and was active in extracurricular activities as Manager of the saihng team and membership in the German and Boat Clubs and on the Reception Committee.

After his resignation in 1947 as Ltjg, little or no information on him appeared in the various Class year books, but his widow, Jackie, was kind enough to provide the following biographical sketch: "After his resignation from the Navy, Al attended Harvard Law School and recieved his LB in 1950. He practiced law for several years, principally in Washington regulatory agencies. We were married in 1952 and in 1954 we moved to New York and Al began his career in the investment field where he remained until his retirement at the end of 1983. He was a speciaUst in the public utUity industry and worked in Wall Street as a untility analyst, research director, institutional salesman and financial consultant. He wrote articles, spoke at meetings, moderated forums and testified in rate cases. Unfortunately, his failing health began to take its toU, and he had his first open heart surgery in 1981. His health forced him to retire in 1983 and he never fully recovered from a second open heart operation late in 1986. He always remained soft-spoken, kind, optimistic and uncomplaining, truly a gentle gentleman."

He is survived by his wife, Jacueline, of 322 Birch Lane, Irvington, New York 10533 and a daughter, Linda, of New York City.

DONALD JAMES BENTLEY '46 Donald (Jim) Bentley died on 8 AprU 1986 at his home in Newport Beach, California.

Born in California, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1946. He resigned from the Regular Navy on graduation in 1945 and was appointed an ensign USNR. He served at the Naval Academy until the following Shipmate, December 1987

year when he was released from active duty because of his eyes; he was retired as a LtGg) USNR. A licensed mechanical engineer in CaUfornia, he was a design engineer for Wagner-Morehouse, and also worked for Belridge Oil, U.S. Steel and Edwards Lab. In 1964 he formed Bentley Laboratories in Irvine, California. By 1980, Bentley Labs was the world's largest producer of disposable products for cardiovascular surgery.

A member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, Jim was active in the creation of the Orange County (Calif.) Performing Arts Center and also served as its president and chief executive officer from 1979 to 1986.

He is survived by his wife, Irene of Newport Beach, CaUf.; three sons and seven grandchildren.

JOHN F. McCOY '53 John Francis McCoy of Monument Beach, Massachusetts, former Bourne, Massachusetts town moderator, died 14 August 1987 at his home after a long illness. He was 56.

Mr. McCoy was born and educated in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He attended Brown University and was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in 1953.

In 1959 he was graduated from Boston University Law school. He and his wife, WUUs (Walsh) McCoy, moved to Shore Road from Sandwich in 1965. He practiced law in both Sandwich and Bourne for 27 years.

In 1970 he was elected the town moderator and served for several terms.

In addition to his wife he leaves a daughter, Judith M. McCoy of Monument Beach, a brother Ambrose P. McCoy of New Bem, North CaroUna, and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass was held at St. John the EvangeUst Church in Pocasset. Burial was in the Old Bourne Cemetery in Bourne.

THOMAS C. SAWYER '53 Funeral services were held on 15 September 1987, at Atonement Lutheran Church in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, for Thomas Cushing Sawyer, 57, who died on 12 September at his home after a five-year iUness.

A native of Randolph, Vermont, Mr. Sawyer graduated from Severn School in Severna Park in 1949 and from the Naval Academy in 1953. He served three years in the Air Force as a Ueutenant, worked two years with United Aircraft in Hartford, Connecticut, and for 25 years was a senior microwave engineer with AT&T in Reading, Pennsylvania.

He was a member of Atonement Lutheran Church, the Lakota Club and the Wheatfield Gun Club. His interests included hunting.

Survivors include his wife of 34 years, the former EUzabeth Pfautz; two daughters, Susan S. Robitzer and Patricia S. Causa of Wyomissing; his mother, Ruth Cushing Church of Juno Beach, Florida; and four grandchildren.

Burial was at the River Street Cemetery in Woodstock, Vermont.

THOMAS VINCENT LaMAY '63 Capt. Thomas V. LaMay, USN, a member of the U.S. Navy for 25 years died on 12 October 1987 from cancer.

Capt. LaMay, most recently Deputy commander for the Southwest Air Defense Sector, 25th Air Division at March Air Force Base, California, was Shipmate, December 1987

born in Easton, Pennsylvania and was a 1963 graduate of the Naval Academy.

After attending flight school at various locations from June 1963 to November 1964, he was assigned to VA-106 at Cecil Field, Florida. In the ensuing years he flew A-4 Skyhawks, the A-7 Corsair, A-6 Intruders and the EA-6B Prowler. He served aboard some seven aircraft carriers including the USS SHANGRI LA, USS ORISKANY in Vietnam, USS SARATOGA, the USS FORRESTAL and USS JOHN F . KENNEDY.

He also served as an exchange officer with the Royal Australian Navy in Nowra, New South Wales from 1972 to 1974 and was Commander of VA-133 at Whidbey Island, Washington. In 1981 his career took him to Commander Third Fleet at Pearl Harbor as Air Warfare Training Officer. He returned as Executive Officer for the Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility at North Island, Coronado, and came to March AFB at Riverside in January 1986.

Capt. LaMay's decorations and awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross with gold star, 21 air medals, two Navy commendation medals, the Navy Achievement Medal, various unit commendations, one battle " E " and the Vietnam Cross of GaUantry with palm.

Flying the A-4 Skyhawk, Captain LaMay flew over 210 missions in Vietnam. He logged 4,100 flying hours with over 1,000 carrier landings.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Driscoll, sons Michael, 24, and Mathew, 18; daughter Jennifer, 22, his mother Helen LaMay, two sisters, Barbara Sullivan and Patricia Medei and one granddaugher, Lorae.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the American Cancer Society or to the Naval Academy Class of 1963, Foundation, c/o Jim DeFrancia, 10 Pigeon HiU Drive, Suite 200, Steriing, Va. 22170. This foundaton provides funds to the children of deceased Class members for the college of their choice.

HUGH THOMAS CORNETT '77 Hugh Thomas Cornett. Class of 1977, was killed in a tragic automobile accident on 6 October 1987 near Lexington, Kentucky.

Funeral services including burial with military honors were held 9 October in Georgetown, Kentucky, and a memorial service was conducted shortly thereafter at his Naval Reserve unit in Lexington. He was 32 years of age.

Cornett was appointed to the Academy from Kentucky in 1973, where he majored in Economics and participated in Brigade boxing. Opting for a surface warfare career, he attended the SWO Basic course at Coronado after graduation from the Academy, and spent his first tour as Gunnery Assistant and Navigator in USS OUELLET (FF-1077), homeported in Pearl Harbor, from 1977 to 1980. At his request, he was subsequently assigned an engineering tour in USS JOHN KING (DDG-3), homeported in Norfolk, from 1981 to 1983. During this tour, Cornett was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for his performance as Main Propulsion Assistant. He was then assigned to ComOpTevFor in Norfolk, where he served as Assistant ASW Weapons Officer on InSurvLant from 1983 to 1984.

Cornett resigned his commission in June 1984 to pursue business opportunities in his hometown of Georgetown. Affiliated with the Naval Reserve, he held the rank of lieutenant commander at his

death. Among his many interests, he was an avid fan of University of Kentucky basketball.

Cornett is survived by his wife, the former Patricia Ann Meisel of Beloit, Wisconsin, two children, Maria and Thomas, his parents, Robert and Jean Cornett of Georgetown, and five brothers. Deeply devoted to family and friends, his passing is a tremendous loss to those who had the opportunity to know, admire, and respect him.

JAMES FRANCIS LAZEVNICK '84 Lt(jg) James F. Lazavnick USN died in a helicopter crash in the Persian Gulf on 30 July 1987. A funeral service was held in Paulsboro, New Jersey, on 8 August; inurnment took place at the Naval Academy Cemetery.

He was co-piloting a Sea King heUcopter, ferrying supplies from shore to USS LASALLE off Bahrain, when the SH-3D crashed into the side of the ship while trying to land. At the time there were rough seas and high winds in the area. LtGg) Lazevnick was attached to Helicopter Support Squadron Two. Born in Camden, New Jersey, he grew up in Paulsboro, attending St. John's Church and parish school, and Paulsboro High School. He participated in football, basketball and track, and reported high school scores to the local newspaper.

He was a member of the student government association and the National Honor Society. He was his high school's homecoming chairman during his senior year. He submitted poems to his school's literary magazine and also worked parttime at the local K-mart store.

Appointed to the Naval Academy from New Jersey, he graduated in the top third of the Class of 1984. He married the former Linda Parker of Waldorf, Maryland, and served two years at the Academy as an instructor before undergoing flight training in Pensacola, Florida, which he completed in March 1986.

He was first assigned to Helicopter Support Squadron One in Pensacola and joined Helicopter Support Squadron Two at NAS Norfolk last March.

He deployed to the Persian Gulf in April and the next month helped rescue crewmen from the ill-fated USS STARK.

He is survived by his widow, Linda, of 469 Wyn Dr., Newport News, Va. 23606; his parents, John J. and EUzabeth of Paulsboro; two brothers, John B. of SaUsbury, N.C. and Joseph P. of Paulsboro; and a sister, Mary Beth of Clementon, N.J. A life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, his family has donated his Class Ring to the USNAAA Ring Collection at the Naval Academy Museum. The family desires that memorials in his name can be made to the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

DAVID R. MARSH '87 Ens. David R. Marsh died in a scuba diving accident off LaJolla in San Diego, California, on 10 October 1987. His funeral was held on 14 October in Greenville, South Carolina.

For those of us who were lucky enough to have known Dave well, the sense of grief and helplessness is overwhelming. It seems so unjust that someone as talented and dedicated as he is no longer with us. Dave's circle of friends extended from his Plebe Year Company, 35, to the ISth Company, to the Systems Engineering major.

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spent on USS HARRY R . HILL, he had become a

valuable and integral member of the ship's wardroom. His future plans included a December engagement to Kim Felder of Purdue, Indiana.

He is survived by his father, Nathan Marsh, his mother, Marilyn Yacu and his brother and sister.

Jeff and Laurie.

Dave was traly inspired to succeed with his ambitions. He always had purpose and direction, and if something didn't work out, he would set new goals and move on. He loved to tinker and take things apart and understand them. He was

always having fun, and he brought a lot of joy and happiness to those around him. Dave loved Ufe with a passion, and his love touched us all.

If anyone wishes to correspond with Dave's family, you may address them through me: Daryl Watkins, 6423 Lanier Dr., Pensacola, Fla. 32504.

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