1988-September Shipmate

September, 1988

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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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

Treasurer DANIEL M. TRUAX, '59 Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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

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

Assistant Editor JOHN E COLEMAN JOC, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Editorial Assistant CORDELL\ RICHARDS

FEATURES The Campaign For The Naval Academy What Is The Plan?

by VAdm. Robert B. Baldwin USN (Ret.) Why Do We Need It?

by RAdm. Ronald F. Marryott USN Nominating Committee Precept Homecoming Schedule of Events Homecoming Golf Entry Blank Beyond Professionalism

by LCdr David Payer USNR Those Durable Submersibles

by Capt. PaulH. GrouleffUSN (Ret.) Ships Without Supply Officers

by Capt. Donald I. Thomas USN (Ret.) Farming in the High Andes

by Capt. Edward L. Robertson USN (Ret.) Navy Football

by Capt. Raymond B. Wellborn USN

DEPARTMENTS Contributors' Biographies An Ocean Away Brigade Activities The Mail Boat All Hands Officers and Trustees Capitol Hill

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Contributors' Biographies

LIEUTENTANT COMMANDER DAVID C. FOYER USNR Dave Poyer came to USNA from Pennsylvania in 1967. After graduation in '71 he served on frigates, amphibs, and shore school staff till converting to a Selected Reserve commission in '77 to gain time to write. Since then he has worked for Newport News Shipbuilding and General Research Corporation, and is now a self-employed defense analyst. His novels include White Continent, the Shiloh Project, Star Seed, and The Return ofPhilo T. McGiffen, a comic novel about the Academy that appeared in 1983. Two more novels. The Dead of Winter and Stepfather Bank, appeared in 1987. He is now working on an ambitious triology of the sea, thefirstbook of which is The Med. His current duty station is CinCLant Det 106 in Norfolk, Virginia. He lives in Jacksonville and Arlington and recently was married to AXl Kelly L. Fisher, USN.

CAPTAIN PAUL H. GROULEFF USN (RET.) "Growler" Grouleff '32 spent two years in LEXINGTON (CV-2) before going to Submarine School. He served in S-35 and S-46 before putting SALMON (SS-182) in commission. He did destroyer recommissioning in San Diego in 1939 in McCoRMiCK (DD-223) before recommissioning BARRACUDA (SS-163) in Portsmouth, then shifting to commission MARLIN (SS-205) and fleeting up to her command in 1942. He served on the staff of the Submarine School and then was engineering officer of SubRon 28. He was XO of WILKES BARRE (CL-103) before going to the NROTC at Columbia University. He was XO of Naval Training Station, Newport, and then commanded Warrick (AKA-89) during Korea.

He got a MBA at George Washington University before staff duty at Norfolk and EUCOM in Paris, after which he commanded GENERAL H . W. BUTNER (TAP-113) in MSTS. He retired to go with the American Museum of National History ("Staff A^OT" EXHIBIT") for ten years. He now resides in Honolulu taking advantage of a lotus eater life style.

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-118) in the highly successful first Hunter-Killer Group with USS BOGUE. In the Korean War he was XO of USS HELENA (CA-75) 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 EDWARD L. ROBERTSON, JR. USN (RET.) Ed Robertson '31 served in batdeships and destroyers in his early career In World War 11, he commanded SWANSON (DD-443) and served on the staff of CinCLantFlt. Later he commanded the U.S. Naval Station at Guatanamo Bay and served two tours of duty with the Sixth Fleet. He also served on the staff of the Naval War College and as Chief of Staff of the U. S. Naval Mission to Columbia. He retired from the Navy in 1959 and was employed by Rayteon's Sub Signal Division until 1967 when he retired once again and moved to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, where he acquired and operated a marina which he sold in 1985.

CAPTAIN RAYMOND B. WELLBORN USN "Buddy" Wellborn '59 had a year at Rice University before entering the Naval Academy. He was fullback on the 1957 team that won the Lambert Trophy and the Cotton Bowl and he won the Thompson Trophy in 1959. He has served in destroyers and submarines. He has a MSEE from USNPS and attended the Naval War College. He has commanded MOUNT BAKER (AE-34) and DETROIT

(AOE-4). Designated a Material Professional in 1986, he is serving in that capacity as CO, Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Center, Charleston, South Carolina.

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 International 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-OOK) in Washington. He has won the Arieigh Burke Award, the City of Newport Award, the Newport Navy League Award and several writing prizes. His work has been published in Shipmate. Proceeding, Naval War College Review, The 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, he served as Missile Officer in USS TALBOT (FFG-4). He then studied at the Johns Hopkins University under the auspices of the Burke Program, graduating with a PhD in Operations Research in 1975. After serving as Operations Officer in USS RICH (DD-820) and USS HAWKINS (DD-873) Larry joined the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School.

Transferring to the Naval Reserve in I960, he 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 R BATES Tom Bates has been the Sports Information Director for the Naval Academy Athletic Association since August 1973, coming here after a six-year 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, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1987.

MICHAEL K. HARNETT Mike Harnett '89 is our columnist in Bancroft Hall.

As a Navy junior, Mike was born in Camp Pendleton, and spent his younger years in such places as the Midway Islands and Parris Island. His family currently resides in New York where his father retired from the service as a Captain (USN). Mike spent one semester at West Point as a participant in the Service Academy Exchange Program where he discovered the true meaning of the words "Beat Army!" Mike is a political science major in the 20th Company. He aspires to enter Nuclear Power School after graduation.

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An Ocean Away Jim Stavridis '76

DRUG WARS As the long, hot Summer of Washington draws to a close, you can still see the children playing "drug wars" on the streets. It is a game played by children with toy guns, play money, and plastic baggies full of white baby powder, meant to simulate cocaine. Some of the children play the policemen or the Drug Enforcement Agents, modeling themselves on the flashy, stylish undercover agents popularized in film and television—mini-Miami Vice squads, laughing as they pretend to apprehend their friends playing the drug dealers. It is a chilling sight.

Their older brothers and sisters are locked into the real game of drugs, living "the life," blasting up the George Washington Parkway at 70 miles an hour in the black Mercedes coupes, wearing new Reebok hightop tennis shoes and $2000 suits, swinging and rolling through a twisted dream of crack, cocaine, and marijuana: the party drugs. They buy and sell, carrying thousands of dollars of cash and the ubiquitous Saturday night specials, small handguns tucked in their pockets. It is a thin line indeed between the beginning and the end of childhood, and these days the distinctions blur on the streets of a city in late summer, a city that has seen too much.

It is a vision that is difficult to bear, and the latest move to combat drugs has been the introduction of bills in both houses of the Congress that would put the military full force into the drug wars. We have heard that drugs are a threat to our national security, and that only the military has thefirepower,the mobility, and the technology to make a dent in the daily influx of drugs into our society. As they survey the dimensions of the problem, well-meaning Congressmen have proposed that the Pentagon, as part of the 1989 defense spending bill, step up drug surveillance and interdiction efforts. The House in particular attached an amendment that would require the Defense Department to "substantially halt" the flow of drugs into the country within 45 days by sealing the borders against the flow.

Unfortunately, the answers in the drug wars are not as simple as turning the problem over to the military—in effect, calling out the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, in convincing the testimony earlier in the Summer, spelled out the reasons that the military should not be more involved in the drug wars; Cost: Estimates for sealing the border run from $20 billion a year and up. The prospect of creating an Army of the Rio Grande to seal the land border to the south is in itself a staggering

proposition, and would entail redeployment of an enormous number of troops. Likewise, the use of Air Force AWACS and Navy warships to patrol air and sea approaches to the United States would require restructuring our entire military establishment, probably with little real effect.

Efficiency: Military technology, while useful across a wide range of applications, has some limitations in drug patrol operations, not the least of which is excessive lethality. As a general rule, the high technology capabilities built into modern combat equipment to enable it to survive in war is overkill for working against small planes and boats. While the armed forces can easily handle anything the drug cartels could mount, it may not be cost effective to do so. AWACS, for example, flew nearly 4,000 hours last year in drug patrols, and effected two drug busts. The Air Force as a whole spent $2.6 million to make 10 arrests for a cost of nearly $500,000 per bust. Navy and Coast Guard spent $40 million to capture 20 boats at a cost of about $2 million per seizure. At the same time, more drugs were entering the country overall, and other military missions suffered.

Civil Libertarian Concerns: As Secretary Carlucci succinctly put it in Congressional testimony, "Our military is not trained to read people their Miranda rights. They're trained to shoot to kill." While the thought of the armed forces making arrests hardly conjures up a vision of the novel Seven Days in May or military coups, there is a long and honored tradition separating the military from civil prosecution.

We should think very carefully and understand the full philosophical and practical ramifications before crossing that bridge.

Opportunity Costs: Every U.S. military asset that is pulled into the drug wars is unavailable to execute the national military strategy, which is an on-going activity demanding the full play of already stretched U.S. assets. If more AWACS are operating in the Gulf of Mexico, there will be fewer airplanes and lower readiness in the Persian Gulf. Navy frigates in the Caribbean Sea means fewer frigates in the Mediterranean. Army blackhawk helicopters chasing fishing boats means less capability ready to chase Iranian boghammer boats in the Strait of Hormuz.

Obviously, there is not a one-for-one correlation in forces applied to drug wars falling out of specific overseas commitments, but the net result is similar to what the Navy faced in the late 1970s—too many commitments, too few ships, high operating tempo for deployed Fleet units, dropping retention, and material prob-

lems; net result—a downward spiral in overall readiness. In simplest terms, the sudden mandating of a mission that hasn't been carefully budgeted and approved in the normal process means cutting somewhere else. The armed services already face difficulties in meeting operating costs associated with Kuwaiti escorts, for example, and the potential costs of drug wars are far higher.

Having said all of this, what is the role of the military in facing this legitimate threat to national security? It could: In the rare instance where a drug cartel indeed brings a great deal of military force to bear, the U.S. military could support overmatched law enforcement agents. Examples might include neutralizing armed drugrunning ships or forays against drug production sites on foreign soil (when invited by host countries).

Continue to assist where possible and efficient in surveillance and transport missions.

The Navy and Air Force, in particular, have been devoting a great deal of operating assets to the drug problem over the past ten years, with some successes. These efforts should continue at a reasonable level, but should not be suddenly heightened as some of the Congressional bills call for. Training cruises and flights can double as surveillance missions, and Coast Guard Tactical Detachments (TACDETS/TACLETS) can embark on Navy ships for specified missions with good effect.

Perhaps most importantly, the military can help on the demand side, which may prove more effective than trying to choke off the supply. Military interaction in the community in drug-stop programs, lectures, adopt-a-school, and providing role models all offer superb opportunities. By using drug-testing, peer pressure, and a zero-tolerance policy, the military cleaned drugs out of the uniformed services in only a few years. Many junior officers and enlisted men and women are out in the community spreading the word. Ultimately, the nation must solve the drug problem on the demand side, because we will probably lose the battle on the supply side—there will always be corrupt officials, leaky borders, and internal sources of drugs.

Drugs are a threat to our national security.

Yet as comforting as it is to,figuratively,"send for the Marines," the use of pure military force will not solve the problems we face. The military has a reasonable role to play on both the demand and supply side of the drug wars, but ultimately it is a small part of the solution. /J-

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The Campaign for the Naval Academy What Is the Plan?

Vice Admiral Robert B. Baldwin USN (Ret.) Bob Baldwin "45 ser\ed in the cruiser BK.vilNGHAM for the remainder of World War II and, in 1947. he earned his wings. He thenflewAD-l's in VA^M off FRANKI-LN D. ROOSEVELT in the At-

lantic. Two years later, he was with VC-5. the Navy's first nuclear weapons delivery squadron.

He then entered the Test Pilot School at Pax River and later served in the Tactical Test Division as well as being an instructor In 1954, he transferred to VC-3 at Moffett as head of the F-3 Transitional Training Team. Subsequentiy he was XO, then CO of VF-154; had duty in BuPers; and sea tours as CO of VF-51 in TICONDEROGA; as ComCarAirWing 16 in ORISKANY;

CO of the oiler CfflPOLA; and CO of the carrier FORRESTAL. Selected for flag rank in 1968, he served as DCNO for Air and then commanded CarDiv Six in the Adantic. He was Deputy Chief of BuPers and, in 1973, was promoted to Vice Admiral. His three-star billets included ComNavAirPac, CoraSeventhFlt and Chief of Naval Personnel. Retiring in 1980, he was named Vice President of Au Magnetics Management, Inc., and from mid-1984 to '86, he was employed as a consultant. A Life Member of the Naval Academy Alvurmi Association, the admiral has served as President of the Association's San Diego/Coronado Chapter, as well as Vice President, Western Area, on the Board of Trustees. He was elected President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association in the Spring of 1988.

University fund raising is usually done by a Director of Development, who reports directly to the President. Since acUve duty officers in the Navy are forbidden to solicit gifts, the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy has relied on the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association for many years to raise money through aimual giving. Class projects, and bequests. So when it became apparent that the Naval Academy would not get the Brigade Activities Center unless private funds were raised to match the $13,000,000 authorized by Congress, your Alumni Association stepped forward and took on the task. The Superintendent obtained audiorization from the Under Secretary of the Navy to participate with us within specified limits.

The first step was to develop a clear statement of need, called a CASE Statement, followed by a feasibility study based on interviews of selected Alumni to evaluate acceptance of die need and to determine a feasible campaign goal. The Alumni Association engaged one of the most experienced educational fund-raising companies in die country to conduct this feasibility study. Their report confirmed good acceptance of the CASE Statement and recommended a minimum campaign goal of $20,000,000.

Widi diis favorable report in hand, die Trustees of the Alumni Association agreed to begin the Campaign and voted to obtain professional assistance. A contract was signed widi Ketchum, Inc. in July 1987 to

provide a Campaign Director to assist with the professional advice needed to properly organize and run this national effort.

At the same time the Trustees authorized the Executive Director of the Alumni Association to assemble letters of credit totalling $11,000,000 which were required by the Navy Department before a contract could be let for the construction of the Brigade Activities Center. Capt. Busik successfully accomplished this in time to obligate the government's $13,000,000 authorization for the building prior to the end of the fiscal year. The contract was awarded to the Donohoe Construction Company of Washington, D.C., in the amount of $23,836,000 completion scheduled for November 1989. The building, designed by Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall of Washington, D.C., is architecturally consistent with Nimitz Library, Michelson and Chauvenet Halls, and will be located on Isherwood Field in the space once occupied by Isherwood, Melville and Griffin Halls. Dirt has been moved and brick and mortar are coming into place.

During die Fall of 1987 and Winter of 1988, Leadership Gift ($1,000,000 or more) development meetings were held in 25 cities around the country to identify certain possible major contributors and to develop strategies for the Campaign in those cities. A most important step was taken in December 1987 when Dr. John McMuUen '40 was selected and agreed to serve as National Campaign Chairman. Dr. McMullen immediately set out to recruit Metro-Chairmen for each of the major cities so that training of campaign teams and solicitation of gifts coidd begin. His energetic leadership, wide acquaintance with corporate, foimdation and sports leaders across the country and his contagious enthusiasm make him an ideal National Chairman. His superb leadership backed by dedicated volunteers across the country will assure success in our Campaign.

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Naval Academy will take place during a gala dinner at the U.S. Naval Academy on 9 September 1988. Major contributors and key volunteers will be recognized on this occasion and all Alumni will be given an opportunity to contribute to the Campaign during the coming year. In the words of our Chairman, "as a nation and as individuals, it is time to give somediing important back to the Naval Academy for all it has given us."

I emphasize that this Campaign is time sensitive. The $13,000,000 of federal money for the Brigade Activities Center construction will be spent by the end of this year; after diat the bills come to us. The cash must be in hand, we are counting on you to reach deep and help.

Why Do We Need It? Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott U S N Ron Marryott, '57 was the 52nd Superintendent of the Naval Academy, having taken over in August 1986. After graduation, he went to flight school and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1959. He served in patrol squadrons in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific. In 1964, he was a "Bull" prof at the Academy. He alternated squadron tours with service in the Office of CNO. He was Commander, Iceland Defense Force, in Strategic Plans and Policy Division, and President of the Naval War College before coming to the Naval Academy. In August, he turned over command to RAdm. Virgil L. Hill USN '61.

As I travel around the country talking to Alumni Chapters and Parents Clubs, I have found enthusiasm and support for the Naval Academy's Capital Campaign which will be officially announced at a Gala Dinner in Annapolis on 9 September 1988.

The acceptance of the notion that Alumni, Midshipmen, parents of Midshipmen and friends of the Academy should pay for some of the program costs and facilities at the Academy provokes varied responses atfirstin these audiences, ranging from surprise and occasional objection to immediate acceptance or "I thought you'd never ask." More significantly, when the discussion is over and the questions answered, the acceptance and response of nearly everyone in these varied groups has been overwhelmingly favorable.

I would like, therefore, to share some of our thoughts about the need for a campaign with all of those we haven't been able to reach in visits to 25 major cities in the last 12 months.

The first question almost always has been "Why do we need a Campaign? Hasn't the federal government always appropriated money for the construction of buildings and for operating expenses, and shouldn't the Congress continue to do so?"

The answer is no. In the past the Congress has been responsible and sympathetic, but there have always been gaps between adequacy and excellence in government-funded programs at the Academy. These gaps have been filled by thoughtful, general Alumni and other private contributors. Many of us find it difficult to remember that this support extends to some significant granite and mortar needs in the yard. The first recorded instance of thoughtful Alumni filling a need in mUitary construction may have been one of the most significant contributions of permanent impact on the institution. Robert Means Thompson, Class of 1868, used his own money to commission Earnest Flagg, an eminent New York architect, to design Bancroft Hall, the Chapel and the academic buildings built in the early 1900's, which established much of the present appearance of the Naval Academy.

Older Alumni remember a major fund raising effort to replace the inadequate Thompson Field stands with the Navy and Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. We might remember, too, that Preble Hall which held the offices of the Naval Academy Athletic Association, was constructed with private funds.

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More recently, the Dahlgren Hall renovation which provided a Midshipmen's Reception Lounge, cafeteria, and a multi-purpose area that can accommodate our huge Homecoming receptions in the Fall and Club ice hockey games in the Winter was accomplished through private contributions. The attractive and extremely useful Robert Crown Sailing Center was completely funded by the Robert Crown family of Chicago, and many needed features were added to the Naval Academy Chapel through individual and class gifts.

One can see from the list of these privately-funded buildings that federal military construction appropriations have been limited for many years to housing, classrooms, library, laboratories and support structures such as roads, seawalls and utilities. Private support has been necessary to meet other urgent needs.

This brings me to the matter of today's number one priority need, the Brigade Activities Center.

Forty years ago, a Long Range Planning Committee, headed by Admiral Manning, advised that the Naval Academy needed a multi-purpose facility capable of seating the entire Brigade, faculty and staff for academic, professional, cultural, musical and athletic events. Subsequent studies in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s restated this need, but funding requests were never approved, even though most private and public universities today have such buildings.

In 1982, a detailed study was made of the need and potential uses of a multi-purpose activities center at the Naval Academy, and the design of some successful buildings of this type elsewhere were studied. In 1983 an architectural firm was retained to develop plans for such a center at the Academy.

In August, 1986 the Military Construction Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee would not authorize the full construction cost of the proposed building, but authorized the reprogramming of $13,000,000 in existing appropriations for construction of the Brigade Activities Center if an equal amount cound be provided from private sources. Navy dollars were reprogrammed for the proposed Brigade Activities Center and we accepted the challenge to raise $11,700,000 in private dollars in order to let the contract.

While some believe financing this building as a joint public and private venture is setting a risky precedent, the Navy Department's acceptance of this proposed manner of financing was based on a conviction that a need for this particular building has been repeatedly justified and this was the only way we were likely to get it.

The government's $13,000,000 of appropriated money will be spent before any drawing on private contributions. Construction began in the fall of 1987 after the Alumni Association presented an irrevocable letter of credit to the Navy Department pledging assets of the Association, the Naval Academy Athletic Association, the Naval Institute, the Naval Academy Foundation and the Naval Academy Memorial Fund against the amount to be raised from private sources for this building.

The immediate need to raise $11,700,000 for this building, and long standing requirements to finance a number of other urgent projects in the academic and professional areas made it obvious that the Naval Academy should undertake its first capital campaign.

Another question frequently asked is: Why shouldn't federal appropriations provide for operations and maintenance funds? They should; but again, the legislative history shows that basic maintenance needs have been met, but that gaps between adequacy and excellence have for many years been recognized and overcome by thoughtful and generous donors who were determined to keep the Academy in the front rank of our country's educational institutions.

The Marshall Cox Endowment for Foreign Language Training pays costs for approximately 85 Midshipmen to study languages in foreign countries during the Summer, The William H. G. FitzGerald Scholars Program sends one Midshipman to Oxford University each year.

The Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference, an immensely successful week of round-table discussions, seminars and talks by the country's leaders in foreign affairs for Midshipmen and 200 college students from the US and abroad is funded by the Alumni Association and corporate contributions. The Forrestal lecture series for all Midshipmen, occasional visits by distinguished professors, many of the Nimitz Library major collections, and a Leaders Forum at Annapolis for the top Midshipmen and Cadets of all Service Academies, are all financed through the Alumni Association by private and Class gifts.

The Naval Academy Command Seamanship Training program which gives 200 Midshipmen leadership experience at sea through offshore sailing, and the world's finest Varsity Sailing Program have depended for many years on generous donations of boats, money and volunteer coaching time.

The intercollegiate athletic program with 33 varsity teams are suj)ported by ticket receipts, dues and other sources of private funding.

More than 50 Midshipmen extracurricular activities—academic, professional, cultural, religious and athletic are supported by the non-appropriated Midshipmen's Welfare Fund and by contributions of the parents of Midshipmen solicited by the Alumni Association.

Ours is a proud record of achievement, representing intermittent solutions of pressing problems as donors became interested and available, and to the extent that contributions could be obtained. A far better solution for oiu" long term needs would be to establish endowments for professional and academic activities which have never received federal funding, thus providing a reasonably assured and predictable level of support for years to come. The Capital Campaign for the Naval Academy has recognized this need by creating Opportunities for the Named Endowments infiveareas of critical importance to the Academy. These needs are:

Endowment for Professional Development $2,000,000 Professional courses and training are an integral part of the Naval Academy curriculum. In addition to classroom instruction in areas such as navigation and naval science, all Midshipmen are required to gain practical experience at sea.

This experience comes during Summer deployment aboard Navy combatants, cruises aboard the Academy's 108-foot patrol craft, and aboard the Academy's sail training craft.

The Naval Academy operates one of the largest and most successful sailing programs in the world. The practical value of its Command and Seamanship Training program has been confirmed by professional examinations at the Academy and by the Fleet experience. During extended offshore cruises under sail. Midshipmen are trained and evaluated in command and leadership positions. They must also master the essential skills of seamanship and navigation and learn teamwork under stress.

The varsity inshore and offshore sailing programs have won an unprecedented eight intercollegiate national championships, the national intercollegiate windsurfing championship, and have consistendy triumphed in national "big boat" competitions.

Generous private gifts in the past have provided half of the offshore sailing fleet, all sailboards, and other support. These provided gifts are becoming much less available. An endowment of $2,000,000 will provide a dependable source of funding for key professional staff, and assist with essential afloat support.

Permanently Endowed Professional Chairs $1,000,000 Each To ensure the presence of academic leadership in specific fields of study, the Academy will endow a few professorial chairs. With this campaign, the Academy will establish chairs infieldsof special interest to the Midshipmen and the faculty such as Defense Economics, Advanced Ship Design, Computer Science, etc.

The costs in this program range between $100,000 for a one-time annual appointment to $1,000,000 for a permanendy endowed position. The Academy is seeking an initial sum of $2,000,000 for this purpose.

Endowment for Faculty Development $1,000,000 The support and encouragement of outstanding faculty members is critical to the Naval Academy's ability to respond to new developments in the field of study included in its curriculum. Faculty participation in a variety of activities, including postgraduate study, workshops, seminars, colloquia, and special scholarly projects, will be financed through the creation of a special $1,000,000 endowment.

Endowment for Faculty Research $1,000,000 The Academy's research program enhances and enriches its dynamic academic program. Research leads to better teaching and increased motivation in the classroom. A goal of this campaign is to provide seed money to support research interests of the faculty who are beginning teaching, but are not yet able to secure grants on their own. and to assist faculty members with established records who are moving into new or advanced areas of research.

Endowment for Midshipmen Extracurricular Activities $1,000,000 The Academy encourages Midshipmen to get involved in the Extracurricular Activities (ECAs) Program to develop academic, professional and personal interests and talents. More dian 60 ECAs exist, each supported with non-appropriated funds.

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There is not a credible reason for expanding the Naval Academy's institutional potential unless we have a clear vision of how our efforts of today will enhance and contribute to, the national defense, economic stature and social integrity of our nation tomorrow. Our graduates, regardless of length of service, must feel a long-term responsibility and commitment to make a difference in their own spheres of living and working and in the lives of others. We are dedicated to these values in preparing our Midshipmen as leaders and contributors to our nation's future well being in the total world scene.

I want to thank all of our Alumni for your interest in the United States Naval Academy. Your support will not only contribute to the success of the Alumni Association's Campaign, but will be an investment in the future of our nation.

Some, such as the Special Olympics Support Group and Big Brothers/ Big Sisters, are involved on community support. Others, including the Airborne Training Unit, Dolphin Club, Flying Squadron, Semper Fidelis Club and the Surface Action Groups, are directly related to fiiture professional service. A number involve musical activities, including the Drum and Bugle Corps, die Glee Club, Gospel Choir and the Trident Brass. In addition, club sports such as aerobics, cycling, boxing, judo, rugby, scuba, and Softball are ECAs, as are the academic clubs, religious organizations. Brigade publications, the Ring and Crest Committee and many others.

The only funding available to all these groups is the proceeds from the Midshipmen's Store and ad hoc private support. The $1,000,000 endowment this campaign will establish will introduce much needed fiscal stability to the ECA program.

1989 Register of Alumni Order now for delivery in December Here is why!

1. The 1989 Register will be mailed to advance buyers on or about 1 December 1988. A prepaid order now will guarantee delivery then.

2. Advance orders enable us to predict more accurately the number of copies we will need to print. When they are gone there will be no more available until the 1989 printing.

3. The 1989 Register will again be printed by electronic photo-composition, containing all the previous data plus the Class of 1988.

4. All previous Registers are out of date. Order now to catch up.

Please send me copies of the 1989 REGISTER OF ALUMNI at $22.00 each.

Name Address.

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE PERCEPT TO; RAdm. Robert W. McNitt, USN (Ret.) '38 FROM: VAdm. Robert B. Baldwin, USN (Ret.) '45 SUBJECT: Nominating Committee, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, 1988-89 Precept 1. In accordance with Paragraph 1 Article VI of the By-laws of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, a Nominating Committee consisting of yourself as Chairman and the following members is appointed: RAdm. Robert B. McNitt, USN (Ret.) '38 Past President, Alumni Association 90 Duke of Gloucester Street Annapolis, MD 21401 (H) (301) 263-9309 Capt. Roland Brandquist, USN '60 Trustee-at-Large Quarters K, NETC Newport, RI 02840 (H) (401) 847-5312 (W) (401) 841-3715/3431 Capt. Neil Block, CEC, USNR '61 Local Trustee, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter 7515 Wanda Lane Houston, TX 77074-6620 (H) (713) 776-2029 (W) (713) 977-0344 Capt. Leo Erck, USNR (Ret.) '33 Trustee-at-Large 4515 Willard Avenue, #2109S Chevy Chase, MD 20815-3629 (H) (301) 654-6522 Mr. Dennis E Haley '67 President, Philadelphia Chapter 1411 Sandy Hill Road Norristown, PA 19401-2602 (H) (215) 277-5507 (W) (215) 363-8300 Dr. Frederick Lippert III '56 President, Puget Sound Chapter 5615 NE Windermere Road Seattle, WA 98105-2857 (H) (206) 524-3494 (W) (206) 543-3690 RAdm. Roland Rieve, SC, USN (Ret.) '41 Past Treasurer, Honolulu Chapter 1157 Countrywood Lane Vista, CA 92083 (H) (619) 598-1457 LCol. William R. Roll, USMC '62 President, Annapolis Chapter 18 College Avenue Annapolis, MD 21401 (H) (301) 268-9287 (W) (301) 267-2555 2. The Nominating Committee, in accordance with the By-laws, shall submit to the Board of Trustees not later than 10 December 1988, a slate of candidates for the election to take place in the Spring of 1989 for the following officers whose terms will be for three years: Vice President, Western Area Four Trustees-at-Large The Executive Director will handle the actual transmission of the report of the Nominating Committee to the Board of Trustees and the publication of the Slate in the earliest possible issue oi Shipmate, as required by the By-laws.

NOTE: Past experience has shown that the Nominating Committee should exchange nominee information via a form similar to enclosure (2) with accompanying letters, such that the Chairman may call a meeting of the Committee at the time of the Fall meeting of the Board of Trustees in order to finalize the Slate. This Fall, the Board will meet 29 September 1988.

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

4. In accordance with this resolution, I wish to point out to the Nominating Committee that the membership of the Association is divided as follows: 47% Active Duty officers 28% Retired officers 25% No current active service connection The Board currently consists of 12 Trustees-at-Large of whom 6 are on active duty, 2 retired from the service, 2 in the reserves and 2 have no current service connection. Of these, 7 are in the Eastern Area, 4 in the Western Area, and 1 in the Central Area. The outgoing Trustees-at-Large consist of 2 active duty and 2 in the retired community.

5. The membership of the entire Board, consisting of 31 members (5 Officers, 1 Past President, 1 Superintendent's Representative, 12 Trustees-at-Large and 12 Local Chapter Trustees), contains the following year group breakdown: 1 in the twenties year group 3 in the thirties year group 8 in the forties year group 9 in the fifties year group 7 in the sixties year group 1 in the seventies year group 2 in the eighties year group Local Trustees whose term will expire at the Spring meeting are unknown since their election is entirely a matter of local elections. Please note, however, that local Trustees have in the past been elected from earlier classes, but we are noting a trend to younger classes. Currently there are 1 in the twenties, 3 in the forties, 5 in the fifties and 3 in the sixties. Also, please note that on the current Board the term of the Vice President Western Area will expire at the Spring meeting 1989 as well as four Trustees-at-Large. Their classes are: Vice President, Western Area— '45 Trustees-at-Large—'47, '60, '66, '80 6. In submitting nominees for Vice President Western Area, the Nominating Committee should give due regard to past service to the Alumni Association; to willingness and ability to provide liaison with individual Chapters of the Association; to availability to speak to any Chapter on request; and to selecting nationally distinguished Alumni capable of continuing the prestige and influence of the Association.

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

8. I further point out that it is particularly necessary to nominate only those who are members of the National Naval Academy Alumni Association and who are willing to serve. It is a most important consideration to determine if one's prospective duties, jobs or profession during the tenure in office will permit him to devote a reasonable amount of service to the organization, including reasonable expectancy of attendance at the Spring and Fall meetings of the Board of Trustees held at the Naval Academy in Rickover Hall. Breakfast and lunch will be served at Alumni House the day of the meeting. There will also be a reception at Alumni House the preceding evening. For your information, the two Board meetings that should be attended by the newly elected officers and trustees will be held on 25 May 1989 (Spring) and 26 October 1989 (Fall).

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

10. At the Spring 1976 meeting, the Trustees discussed the nominating process and the time involved in arriving at a Slate under the accepted guidelines of the past. The 1977 Nominating Committee kept an accurate account of time taken by each member and any other data which would help analyze the evolution. It is felt that the procedure followed since the analysis, which is reflected in this precept, places no undue burden on the Nominating Committee and permits a timely Slate to be produced.

ROBERT B.BALDWIN Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.), President 10

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Brigade Activities

The main event in Brigade Activities in the Yard is Plebe Summer.

The Brigade itself is scattered far and wide on the ships of the Fleet or as one wag once put it, "I went to Europe last Summer on my rich imcle's yacht."

Plebe Summer kicked off at 0800 on Wednesday, 6 July, when 1,350 members of '92 started the processing which for most will end when they toss their Midshipmen caps in the air in the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on 27 May 1992. Plebe Summer is but the prelude to four years of excitement and boredom; intensity and let down; adventure and routine; but above all an unforgetable experience. It may be tough right now. however, to convince '92 (or '82, '72, '62, '52, '42,

'32 etc.) that they will look back on it sometime in the fiiture as one of the happiest times of their lives.

How many Alumni would like to return to that happy interlude of their youth? Imagine a whole Summer with nothing to do but sail boats; tie knots; shoot rifles; swim; learn to march; read (Reef Points and Shipmate); see training films and only be responsible for yourself. Lest we get carried away by nostalgia, just reflect back and remember, "Those were the days, my friend!"

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here a few to take you back to those halcyon days of your youth.

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Homecoming Schedule of Events 30 Septeinber-2 October 1988 This schedule subject to change. Please check registration packet for updated schedule.

Friday, 30 September 0730-1800 0800-1900 0900 1000-2400 1130 1200 1210 1215

1300-1315 1300-1600 1330 1545 1600 1630 1630 1700 1800 1800 1930 1900-2200 2130-0030

Saturday, 1 October

Registration at Alumni House.

Midshipmen Store open to Alumni. Name tags from Alumni Association must be worn.

Alumni Open Golf Tournament, USNA Golf Course, North Severn. Shotgun start.

Taproom open at Alumni House; sandwiches and drinks available.

Aliunni House garden open for al fresco limch; Dixieland band entertainment.

Roman Catholic Mass in St. Andrew's Chapel.

Brigade noon formation.

Luncheon in King Hall for Alumni who are parents or legal guardians of Midshipmen. NOTE: Your Midshipman must purchase tickets in advance at the Accoimting Branch, Midshipman Food Service Division.

General visiting to Academic Departments, except those posted "No General Visiting."

YP tours of Naval Academy waterfront. Half-hour tour, departing on the hour and half-hour from Triton Light by Robert Crown Sailing Center. (No children under 12) Panetarium Show in Luce Hall.

Dress Parade on Worden Field.

Alumni vs. Midshipmen Squash Match, Halsey Field House.

Alumni vs. Varsity Lacrosse Team. (Seventh Wing Field) Roman Catholic Mass in Mitscher Hall Chapel.

Brigade evening meal.

Pep Rally, Tecuraseh Court.

Reserved tickets for Alumni Reception/Diimer transferred from Alunmi House to Dahlgren for pickup at 1900.

Jewish Service in Mitscher Hall Chapel.

Alumni Reception in Dahlgren Hall (open bar) and Dinner in King Hall (2030). Reservations required.

Dance, Dahlgren Hall. Informal, no reservations required (cash bar).

0730-1400 0730-1200 0730 0830-0930 0900-1000 0900 1100 1000-2400 1100 1235 1400 1700

Registration at Alumni House.

Midshipmen Store open to Alumni. Name tags from Altmmi Association must be worn.

Alumni "Jog/Run-in." Meet in front of Halsey Field House.

Two- or four-mile course in the Yard.

Visits to Company Wardrooms by sponsoring classes.

Class meetings, if scheduled.

Alumni vs. USNA Rugby Club. (Hospital Point) Roman Catholic Mass in St. Andrew's Chapel.

Taproom open at Alumni House; sandwiches and drinks available.

Brigade noon formation.

Brigade enters Stadium for march-on.

Navy vs. Yale Football. (Please request football tickets from the Athletic Association窶年OT the Alumni Association) Class Reimions and parties schedule.

Sunday, 2 October 0830 0900 1000-1600 1000-1700 1100 1100 1230 1400-1700 1700

Protestant Holy Communion in St. Andrew's Chapel.

Roman Catholic Mass in Main Chapel.

Midshipman Store open to Alumni. Name tags from Alumni Association must be worn.

Taproom open at Alumni House. Coffee, Sunday newspapers and drinks available.

Protestant Divine Service in Main Chapel.

Roman Catholic Mass in Mitscher Hall Chapel.

Noon formation.

Sailing, if boats are available. Check with Robert Ciﾂｫvm Sailing Center Roman Catholic Mass in Main Chapel.

PARKING A N D TRANSPORTATION Parking in Annapolis is always a problem. Therefore, arrangements have been made for FREE shuttle bus service from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Buses will originate at the"Stadium, with stops at Alumni House, the Visitors' Center, and the Midshipmen Store, then retrace that route. Service will be continuous from 0700 Friday until 0100 Saturday, and from 0700 to 1400 Saturday.

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Annual USNA Alumni Homecoming Golf Tournament 1988 USNA Golf Club

ENTRY BLANK DATES; FORMAT:

PRIZES;

NOTE;

Thursday, 29 September and Friday, 30 September 1988.

Scramble Thursday, tee times 1030-1430. Open to all USNA Classes who desire to play as a group; to individual Alumni; and to spouses. No handicap required. Limit first 120 paid players.

Championship Friday, shotgun start at 0900. Open only to Alumni with established USGA handicap (please bring card). Individual stroke play by flights limited to first 132 paid Alumni.

Team awards for scramble foursomes. Individual awards for championship; William B. Morrow Trophy for overall low gross; overall low net; and low gross and low net winners and runners-up in each flight.

1. All players must register at the golf course at least 30 minutes prior to scheduled starting time.

2. Your $30.00 fee includes; (Each Day) a. seat on cart b. 18 holes of golf c. mementoes d. refreshments e. award ceremony 1400 Friday f. donation to Navy Golf Team J. nniry tecs arc non-reiuncianie unciuues luciciiicni weaincrj. i ncy win DC USCO to neip ueiray tournaincnl expenses with remainder going to the Navy Golf'Icam.

4. You won't believe all the improvements made to the USNA golf course since last year. It's now the finest in the area!

Please print or type: Name

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Entry fee $30 enclosed

Please check as applicable;

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Enter me in the scramble on 29 September.

Enter me in the championship round on 30 September. My USGA handicap is I cannot play but have enclosed a check for $ in support of Navy golf.

I would like to be paired with;

Make checks payable to; USNA Alumni Association Attn; 1988 Homecoming Golf Alumni House Annapolis, MD 21402

Phone; (301) 263-4448

EXPANDED FORMAT FOR HOMECOMING GOLF! Last year's Alumni golf tournament on Friday of Homecoming Weekend was so popular that we had to turn away many applicants. Therefore in 1988 we're scheduling two tournamentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a scramble on Thursday, 29 September and the championship round on Friday, 30 September.

The scramble will be open to all USNA Classes who desire to play as a group; to individual Alumni; and to spouses. No handicap is required. Prizes will be awarded for the lowest foursomes. Tee times are from 1030-1430 Thursday, 29 September with a limit of 120 players.

The championship round will be open only to Alumni with established USGA handicaps. It will be individual stroke play with a shotgun start at 0900 Friday, 30 September Players will compete inflightsaccording to handicap with prizes for overall low gross (William B. Morrow Trophy); overall low net; and low gross and low net winners and runners-up in each flight.

Limit 132 players.

Players without handicaps will receive priority for Thursday, but those with handicaps may also play then, if desired, on a space available basis.

Reservations will be accepted in the order in which paid, so make your plans early. An entry form appears in this issue of Shipmate. Classes who wish to tee off as a group on Thursday please designate one Classmate to phone or write the Alumni Association (Attn: Mrs. Brashears) to request bloc starting times.

Refreshments will be available both days, and all prizes will be awarded at 1400 Friday. Enjoy, and rememberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all net proceeds go to the Navy Golf Team.

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ship in the Navy. It then occurred to me an inci- A Pferfect Record dent that happened to me while I was touring Shipmate: At the 7 May 1988 meeting of the Shipmate: With great respect and admiration the Soviet Union about 10 years ago.

U.S. Naval Academy Foundation trustees, sevfor Bob McNitt, I offer a different perspective I was sitting in the back of our tourist bus of RAdm. Charles C. Kirkpatrick '31. Uncle with one of our Intourist guides, who happened eral awards were made to deserving MidshipCharlie (never to his face) was more than the to be the KGB representative on board, when men, among them the H. McCoy Jones Award "Supe;" he was a leader and inspiration for we passed by the Russian cruiser on which the for athletic excellence, which was awarded to Crew Captain Michael J. Kraft. those of us priviledged to serve under him. My revolution started. contact with him as a Midshipman at the time In his introduction of Midshipman Kraft to I turned to Boris and told him that he should consisted of seeing him everywhere, doing evthe trustees, many of whom are past Superintell his people this ship was the fastest ship in erything, around the clock. It must have been tendents, CNO's, highly-decorated flag ofthe Russian Navy. He replied that this couldn't disconcerting for the Executive Branch to find ficers, and captains of industryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but mostly all be so because it was set in cement; to which I Uncle Charlie wandering around Bancroft Hall USNA graduatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Capt. Bill Flight emphareplied; "That is why it is the fastest ship in during evening study hour dressed in his Army sized the fact that Mid'n. Kraft had not suffered Russia."

B'robe. Besides all the other encounters with a demerit in his four years.

He had an absolutely perplexed face, and I him, I was at my desk in 6354 studying (a miraThe trustees interrupted him with a resoundcle for me; I must have been sweating some- had great difficulty trying to explain to him the ing chorus of Boo's! thing!) when the door opened. As a 2/c, I definition of the word "fastest." I don't think I James H. Carrington, '48 glanced over to see a B'robe and gave it no ftir- ever got through because by the time I finished ther thought who it was. This unmistakeable my long explanation, all elements of humor had Sea Sabers voice asked, "How's it going?" Brace up, been removed; and a question as to my sanity Shipmate: I read with interest my Classmate, sound off, then carry on. After a short conver- I'm sure was raised.

The question of insanity was complemented RAdm. Frank Adamson's accotmt of his tour of sation, his adios with "Beat Army" and he was on the final night when our group put on a se- duty in command of the KANKAKEE (AO-39) as off. ries of skits for our Russian hosts. My job was it brought to mind some similar experiences There are probably 6,000 or so Alumni out to write a couple of lines for a phony newscast. when I was C O . of the USS SALAMONIE (AO-26) about a year later on many of the same there who, everyone, can identify with this sceThe fine I used was "Half this newscast has nario about Uncle Charlie. What made him the been brought to you by Tass; therefore, it's a runs inWestPac and the Persian Gulf. Navigaideal leader in our eyes? When he reported half-Tass newscast." The Americans doubled tion was particularly hazardous there due to aboard, the rimior was that the Supe's job was over in laughter, and once again we saw the per- shifting sands and ancient charts (British Hydro Office circa 1867). next to retirement. Anyone becoming Supe was plexed looks on our guides. destined to retire out of it. Uncle Charlie disTo relieve the tedium of long days at sea I I'm sure my name is on their immigration pelled that rumor by being appointed to BuPers files because on entering the Soviet Union from sent away for a suitable number of fencing foils and his third star. In three short years, his en- Leningrad by train, I purpwsely left my copy of and sabres with masks and padded jackets. The couragements to anyone and everyone was well Playboy out on the seat to check their reaction. large expanse of deck made an excellent "Sala known. "You can do anything you want to do. There was great consternation on the part of the de Armas." The crew took up this new activity If you think you can, you wUI; if you think you customs people who kept looking at the maga- with enthusiasm after a period of preliminary can't, you won't." zine while I kept asking why it was a subversive instruction as to the rules and fimdamentals of There wasn't a pep rally in which Uncle magazine. I asked but really got no reply, be- swordsmanship before engaging in loose play, which was difficult to restrain at first in their Charlie wasn't the spearhead of stirring us up. cause their English was not too good. eagerness to engage.

This was the golden era of Navy Football too.

Thefinalstep was to bring me a long sheet of It also gave me an interesting activity, to act We had many gifted ball players. One "im- paper written in Russian, with the one word promptu" pep rally, during study hours, had the "Playboy" inserted in it which they asked me to as fencing master and revive whatever knowlBrigade rush Gate 3 and flood Maryland Ave. sign. They said I could keep the magazine un- edge and skills I had from Academy days and going to the Governor's Mansion to cheer and der cover if I left the same way as I came in. I having been officer representative for fencgenerally make noise. Most of us were in told them I wasflyingout of Moscow, and there ing on a previous tour of duty at the Naval B'robes or whiteworks trou. Uncle Charlie was would be no way to do that. They said, there- Academy. there in his B'robe. I suppose that the next day fore, that I must sign the sheet and they will Fortunately, the ship was in good material he probably, officially, promised to look into take the magazine, which they did. I'm sure the condition, just completing an overhaul at Pearl this matter when the Governor called. magazine was passed around to all the Soviet when I took over, so I could not be blamed for He wasn't just the Supe; he was the epitome customs officials, and I certainly hope they en- diverting the crew from the more mundane tasks of chipping and painting. Thus many fine of Navy leadership to us Midshipmen. It joyed it. days at sea were occupied in less than boring wasn't, "do as I say," it was "let's do it If you have not been to the Soviet Union, it is fashion. together." one of the most worthwhile trips you can take.

Philip R. Osborn '29 Steve McDonald '65 It is not entirely comfortable; it is not entirely pleasant; but it is absolutely and fascinatingly To Russia With Love Down At Sea interesting.

J. S. Sinclair '46 Shipmate: While recently reading the SecreShipnuite: My recent letter told of my near tary's Report from the Newport Alumni meetcrash landing on high rimning swells while flying, it was stated that MAINE was the longest ing from a cruiser in the Gulf of Alaska during

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the Summer of 1942. Having failed to recognize that there was no wind I did not descend rapidly enough and so arrived at the slick still about a hundred feet too high. Not landing would delay both the ship and the task force so I continued my approach; nose high, wings level, stick back and minimum throttleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the ingredients necessary to turn the plane into a high-speed down elevator. 1 may have been foolish in continuing the landing so close to the ship but subsequent taxiing to the sled and hooking onto the crane was much quicker than normal so, from the bridge, it appeared to be a better execution than that being done by other planes of the task force. Why didn't I report the popped rivets to the commanding officer? Read on and then judge.

Dead reckoning navigation, as practiced by cruiser and battleship based scout-observation seaplanes, was considered simple by many of those who didn't have to rely on it. Such navigation in the Gulf of Alaska, where the variation is abnormal, was difficult, to say the least.

Our search flights were generally four hours in length; every tiun in that area of high variation caused the magnetic compass to spin so excessively that we would be on oiu" new course for several minutes before the compass would setde down. Add the resulting errors to the other normal errors of judgement of wind direction and speed and then complex it further with possible unknown changes in course and speed of the task force. The sum total of these errors was enough to cause some planes to return to an empty sea.

One Friday afternoon we dropped anchor in Dutch Harbor. I immediately went to the bridge and asked for permission to hoist out our four SOCs for navigation training flights. I will remember forever the first response. "Why? You have all flown once this week." In such an atmosphere it was difficult not to be apprehensive and this feeling was furthered early one morning in bad weather conditions when we were preparing to launch even though the flagship was making no such preparations. I asked the commanding officer if he would be interested in my opinion of flying conditions. His answer was "No." Fortunately the flagship saw our preparations and sent a message to cancel the flight.

We were not always that lucky. On another day we were sending out all four planes on search missions under very threatening weather conditions. Task force instructions were to use radio only in case of emergency. Just prior to launch the commanding officer informed the pilots, "Being lost is no emergency." Four hours later, by which time the wind had shifted 120° and increased from 10 to 20 knots, two of our four planes returned and were recovered.

More than an hour later, after I had reminded the C O . that our planes were low in fuel, we received a signal from the flight asking for a steer from direction finding. Many minutes, which seemed like an eternity, passed as the question of replying was debated. Eventually a course to steer was sent by radio but within a precious few more minutes we received a final message, "Out of fuel."

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The Navy lost many pilots during World War II. In a three-year stretch of the war and while in several different squadrons my pilot losses varied considerably from a high of 39 percent in one month while shore-based in the Guadalcanal Campaign to a low of five percent in a six-month training period prior to deployment. Every loss was painful but none hurt so much as the loss of those four young men. How long did they survive? Should we have found them? I don't know but six months later one of the planes was found off the Farrallon Islands near San Francisco. The Japanese current did what we failed to do; it returned our plane.

Larry Pierce '38

De Gustibus . . .

Shipmate: John Sheehan's letter (June 1988) told of FAdm King's strawberries. It reminded me of the farmer who drove his cart with a load of manure past an asylum (rather, a home for the less-favored mentally). An inmate called, "What are you doing with that manure?" The farmer replied, "I'm going to put it on my strawberries."

"Gee," responded the inmate, "You should be in here. We get sugar and cream on ours."

Jack White '31

Happy Ending Shipmate: There is now a happy ending to the history of USS POTOMAC (AG-25), former presidential yacht. My article on presidential yachts in the May 1985 Shipmate left her salvaged from sinking alongside a NavSta Treasure Island pier (seized as a drug runner) and sold to the Port of Oakland for planned restoration and use in public relations. That work apparently was never done.

A new organization, Association for Preservation of the Presidential Yacht POTOMAC, has taken over the salvaged derelict from the port of Oakland. After persuading the Congress to appropriate $2.5 million, matching that amount raised privately, a restoration contract has been awarded, including new engines, to a shipyard in Stockton, California. When completed in about ten months the refurbished POTOMAC will be moored in the Port of Oakland as a tourist attraction. We wish the group well.

Roy Smith '34

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Call for Alumni Nominations.

Athletic Director Named.

'53 Pavilion Project

The President of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association has appointed RAdm Robert W. McNitt USN (Ret.) '38 Chairman of the Nominating Committee to nominate candidates for the offices of Vice President, Western Area and four Trustees-at-Large, terms to commence at the Spring 1989 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Election will be held on 17 April and the slate must be completed as soon as possible. The Precept of the Nominating Committee appears in this issue.

Please contact RAdm. McNitt or one of his Committee members as soon as possible with your recommendations.

RAdm. R. F Marryott USN '57, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, announced that Jack Lengyel, most recently Athletic Director at the University of Missouri, would succeed Bo Coppedge as Athletic Director for the Naval Academy. Capt. Coppedge '47 retired from the position he held for 20 years both on active duty and retired military status. Navy Sports in this issue contains a biographical sketch of Mr. Lengyel.

On 17 September the "1953 Pavilion" will be dedicated at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium.

Situated atop the hill at the apex of the Stadium horseshoe, the pavilion will provide a convenient, sheltered gathering spot for Naval Academy and Alumni groups to reserve for use at official, athletic and social functions held at the Stadium. The Class of 1953 has undertaken the planning, construction andfinancingof the pavilion as their Class project.

Alumnus Seeks Memorabilia on 1915 Fleet Review Dr. Alfred C Holden '60 is researching material for an article on the Presidential Review of the Atlantic Fleet in New York harbor in midMay 1915 by President Wilson. He would like readers having any photographs, personal memorabilia, programs and similar items to lend them to him for inclusion in the article. He would take care of the items, credit the lender and return them promptly after photographing them.

His address is; Dr. Alfred C Holden Professor of International Marketing Graduate School of Business Administration, Room 616 Fordham University 113 West 60th Street New York, N.Y. 10023 Tel (212) 841-5497

1 June 1988 MEMORANDUM To:

Chairman, USNA Class of 195} Pavilion Committee

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Director of Athletics, U. S. Naval Academy

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The following terms are agreed to by the UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION and the UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 1953 PAVILION COMMITTEE: The 53 Pavilion will be constructed at the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium during the period 1 April to 1 September 1988. The design and construction will be subject to the mutual concurrence of the USNA Athletic Association and the S3 Pavilion Committee.

The USNA Class of 53 will fund the design and construction of the S3 Pavilion through individual contributions made to the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association on behalf of the USNA 53 Project.

The 53 Pavilion will be dedicated at an appropriate ceremony on Saturday, I? September 1988 then turned over to the USNA Athletic Association in its entirety and in perpetuity as a gift from the USNA Class of 19S3 subject to the following conditions: •

The USNA Class of 1953 will have the right of first refusal to use the Pavilion for all homecoming football games at all class of 1953 fifth anniversary interval years commencing in 1988. In addition the USNA Class of S3 wiU have the right to use the Pavilion on one weekend of Its choice, exclusive of homecoming weekend, during each year's football season. The USNA Class of 53 wlU not be charged for Pavilion usage for either of these weekends.

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The United States Naval Academy Athletic Association may charge for aU other usage of the Pavilion to defer the costs of maintenance and operation. The USNA Class of 19S3 may contract for usage, outside that provided In the preceding paragraph, on an equal basis with other Naval Academy classes or other Interests the Athletic Association may designate as eligible.

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The USNA Athletic Association will endeavor to allocate use of the Pavilion on an equitable basis to all other Alumni Classes of the United States Naval Academy.

History Symposium The History Department of the Naval Academy will sponsor its ninth Naval History Symposium in 1989. Tentative dates are 18-20 October. The Symposium welcomes papers on all topics relating to naval and maritime history.

Proposals should be sent to Associate Professor William R. Roberts, History Department, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 21402-5044. The deadline for proposals is 1 February 1989.

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The USNA Class of 19S3 win bear no further responsibility or liability for the operation, maintenance or management of the S3 Pavilion subsequent to its dedication and gifting to the USNA Athletic Association. ^

Call for Oarsmen of the '60s Any Member of Navy crew teams '60—'66 wishing to row with the Class of '63 at its 25th Reunion, 30 September, please contact Craig Thrasher (716) 652-9516 (H) or 684-8060 (W).

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The building will contain approximately 4,000 square feet under cover and another 1,000 square feet of paved area adjacent to the front and sides. The designed capacity can accommodate 564 people. A service area will facilitate serving refreshments and allow caterers to set up for more formal gatherings. Heads are included for use before and after attending Stadium events. The pavilion and its immediate surroundings are cordoned off from the remainder of the Stadium grounds limiting access to the pavilion and thus maintaining privacy for the users. The funds for the construction of the pavilion are being provided by members and friends of the Class of '53 through the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

The dedication and acceptance of the pavilion will mark the completion of the planning and construction by '53 and a shift of the responsibilities to the Naval Academy Athletic Association. The Athletic Association will then own, operate and maintain the pavilion as part of the Stadium complex. The guidelines for use of the pavilion are shown here.

Alumni on board USS TRENTON (LPD-I4) deployed in the Persian Gulf. Both the MAGTF Commander and the ship's skipper are Alumni. Left to right: 1st Lt. Branch Wrzeszez '84,1st Lt. Jim Hinen '84,1st. Lt. Ron Dalton '85, Maj. Vic Thombs '76, Capt. Tim Kraft USMC '83. Col. Bill Ralcow '61, Capt. John Meyers USMC '76, Capt. Bob Nutwell USN '66, Ens. Harry Hughes '86, LCdr. Bennie Bennett '77, Lt. Sam Epstein '82, Lt. Doug Mitchell '79 and Ens. Mike Ropiak '87.

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Beyond Professionalism David Poyer Adapted from a speech given at Chauvenet Hall, USNA, under auspices of The Churchill Society, 19 April 1988.

The appe£U"ance of a new book is always a happy occasion for an author. In the case of this one. The Med, it marks the end of years of work. Those years took it from its first conception, in the darkness of a midwatch underway, through the long ordeal of research and writing, through battles with the commercial world of editors and publishers to preserve its integrity of vision.

It feels good to heft the finished work, and realize it came out better than I dared hope it would.

That process is over now. The Med has to make its own way. And it is. Publisher's Weekly compared it to From Here To Eternity. The British bought it for hardcover, and New York says they "don't do that" for American sea books. It's already a bestseller, a week after official release, and we've had eleven calls from producers so far.

So it's a success. But it's taken 12 years from the time I set out to be a writer. I feel that I paid, as the saying goes, my dues.

On the other hand, my wife wonders why it took me that long to get it right.

I want to discuss three things. First, a little about the process that took me from Midshipman to published author. Second, some feeling of how that process—which can be described as a search for truth—has been embodied in my books. And last, some words of wisdom, at the midpoint of my life, about what the concepts of duty and honor mean to me now, and how they relate to the search for ultimate meaning that, in the interstices of your day-to-day careers and lives, you wonder about now and will, I guarantee you, continue to until you die.

My journey as a writer began long before the Academy. I knew the first time I held a book that I'd write these magical things someday.

But the Academy for me was a ticket out of poverty and ignorance into a larger world. I was, I know now, also searching for selfesteem, of which I had very little at age 17. I wanted what anthropologists call "ascribed worth"—a status that accrues not from your own efforts, but by membership in an elite group.

The four years I spent at the Naval Academy were a mixed blessing. I did achieve that ascribed worth. I made it through—barely—and Shipmate, September 1988

gained a commission. And I got a solid education, which I could never have afforded alone.

But there was a price. The Egyptian goddess Maat used to ensure that for every piece of good fortune, misfortune of equal weight would follow. My prices were a broken marriage, an active career that can only be described as rocky, and an alcohol problem I'm still fighting.

In 19771 left the Navy determined to become a novelist. Up to that point I'd never published a word. I lacked the most basic literary skills— although I knew a great many useless things about the Brayton cycle and partial integrals.

My family, my friends, and even the editors I talked to thought I was insane.

I attacked literature with a technique I learned in Plebe Year: keep your head down, your mouth shut, and keep working. For the first few years I almost starved. I raided abandoned buildings for the Civil Defense rations in the basements. I sold my blood. I also admit that I took part-time jobs when I was really up against it. But always, always, I kept writing.

Things turned around, eventually. A measure of critical recognition came with my first hardcover, in 1983, which some of you may have read—The Return of Philo T. McGiffin.

And since then things have been, not always easy, but always improving.

Success, though—remember the balance of Maat?—brings its own stresses. Now I have to adapt to the idea that I'm no longer a private person. People recognize me, and the next book has to be better than the last. But I know I'll stay humble. My wife assures me of that.

Now let's talk about how this "search for truth" bit has gone.

I came out of the Navy angry. The separations of deployment had destroyed myfirstmarriage. I'd had, it seemed, the worst sundowners for commanding officers since Bligh. I became a civilian with a vengeance. In a way I hadn't grown up yet. And for some people, like me, it's hard to grow up when you wear a uniform.

They become the uniform instead; and polyester and brass learn nothing.

My early novels were adventure stories.

They were set in faraway places or in other times. Only in paragraphs here and there did I try to deal with real questions. I see now this was how I had to start. I wasn't ready, either to

expose my own pain and fear, or in terms of literary skill. Writing this escapistfictionallowed me to learn my craft thoroughly before attacking a big theme.

As my writing matured, and as I saw that injustice, prejudice, and blind ambition existed just as much outside the Navy as it did within, I perceived that although my experiences in it were sometimes bad, they had strengthened me. And with distance, I was able to see more good things about the Service. A reconciliation took place in 1981, when I joined the Selected Reserve. Once more I was back on a ship, with seagoing officers and men. Once more I was a leader. But this time it was easier. Something in me had changed. And there were changes in the Service too.

I found, at about the same time, that I was becoming able to deal with things that concerned me directly. And this is, I think, an inevitable progression for anyone who honestly tries for years on end to write as well as he can.

Why? Because all novels, even adventure stories and science fiction, are about ultimate questions. Alan Dean Foster says all novels are morality plays. Will Durant puts it differently, that literature makes sense out of the turbulent flow of events that seems to us too often to be nonsense. We read for many reasons, entertainment, information, escape, but the best books provide us with all of these and a coherent moral view of the world; one that enables us to live more fully. A truly great novel brings the question it treats before us so powerfully that we can make a decision about it there and then.

The first fruit of this matured effort was Philo T McGiffin, which exorcised, for me, much of the fear and anger I had felt up to then for the Academy. It was a catharsis, as well as a very funny book. Shortly thereafter, I began work on what will occupy the middle portion of my life: two series of novels of serious artistic intent.

Thefirstcluster is set in an imaginary county in northwestern Pennsylvania, where I grew up. It borrows the device of the imaginary county from Faulkner. Its theme, like the theme of everything I write, is the struggle between good and evil within the hearts of individuals. The Hemlock County novels take as a subset of that theme the struggle of coirmion 23

people against the greed and violence of the privileged.

The second line of work is an ambitious tetralogy of the modem Navy. The Med is the first of these to appear. It's set in the Mediterranean, as you might expect. I'm now working on The Gulf, its sequel, set in the Persian Gulf. A manuscript exists about Dan Lenson as an ensign, called The Circle , but I'm unhappy about the last third, so it's cooling off in the drawer.

And the last of the series, as yet uimamed, is set in the Caribbean.

In the Service we seldom face the most common conflict in American society: the choice between profit and values. We have a different battle. The theme of the Lenson novels, again briefly stated, is the conflict between the demands of duty and the requirements of individual integrity. Or, put another way: how can we reconcile our individual consciences, as beings with something roughly corresponding to immortal souls, to our roles within an institution that exists to do violence in the service of the state. Or, even more simply: which should we choose—that which advances our careers, or that which is right?

Why? It's selfish. Because I want a strong Navy; I value my freedom to say what I believe, and write the truth as I perceive it. But my freedom is not defended just because we have large numbers of ships and submarines, aircraft and Marines. There is a country that has more, but it has no freedom.

My liberty is defended by a strong Navy that is also competent, fearless, and honorable. And in a very few months you, in this room, are going to be the Navy and the Marine Corps; and in a very few years, it is going to be what you have made of it.

So here are my three guidelines.

1) Know your job. You may have heard of a man named Rickover. This was his message too. Make this your first priority early in every assigmnent. The reason is obvious. If you don't, you will make foolish decisions and perhaps kill people.

2) Care for your enlisted men and women.

This is basic leadership. But I say to you, don't just care for them before yourself. Care for them more than yourself.

The Academy which impresses us with so many excellent values, seems to have failed to impart this one effectively. In my experience, the stereotype of the Academy grad among Fleet enlisted is not flattering. We're seen as dedicated, smart, but also as ruthless and careerist.

There are some characters in my novels who don't see this as a conflict. To them obedience is an absolute value. I will only remark of them that that was the motto of the SS: "My honor is my loyalty."

And then there are those who deny the conflict in another way—who don't believe that 24

freedom needs defense, or don't believe there are jjeople in the world who intend us evil. For them I say only: they have been blinded by the peace and security that others have bought for them.

We need our armed services. And we need our best people in them. I am intensely proud of my active service, and I am proud today to be a Reserve Officer aboard USS ANTRIM. So although people like these are in my books, the characters who matter to me, and who I think matter most to the reader, perceive this conflict and do not avoid it. They struggle to resolve it in their own hearts, and they act on their solutions. And the long effort of writing this tetralogy—perhaps a million words in all—is really just my way of clarifying the answers to my own satisfaction. Everything else is a non-toxic by-product.

Now, obviously, if it's that hard to make it clear to myself, I'm not going to get it all across in just 15 minutes. But I want to leave you with some ideas to ponder. Three guidelines or goals you might think about, at this early stage of your careers.

Resolve now to reverse this stereotype in your own career. This is why you get a bigger paycheck: you're exjjected to make more sacrifices. If you want privileges you're in the wrong business. There will be many times in your careers when it will occur to you to blame your subordinates, when you'll be tempted to lie to cover your ass, when you will care less about their problems with their children or their health or theirfinancesthan whether they'll be aboard to work tomorrow. Don't give in to it.

It's not the chaplain's job. It's yours. Resolve

from the begiiming that yoiu- people are important, not you, that you are there for them. Because that, like it or not, is the way it really is.

3) And the last one, one you're not going to hear in leadership class, though it is really what we mean, at bottom, when we speak of honor.

And that is, renounce the idea that your career is all-important.

Near the end of The Med, Dan Lenson, who is, like me, still fumbling toward this ideal, says: "See, Sundstrom's always talking about 'professionalism.' I think what he means by it is careerism—what gets you promoted. But I think it's something else. A military man is responsible for the lives of others. That's why he takes an oath, like a doctor. And that's why it's important for him to know his job, and insist that the right things are done and the wrong things uncovered and stopped, not hushed up.

"Sundstrom, and the guys like him, don't see it that way. They're in business for themselves. But if we leave the Service to them, we can't bitch about its failure or waste or uiu'eadiness. And then when we need it, it'll fail, and we'll lose everything we have."

I want you to consider the possibility that in the long run, your fitness reports, your promotion, and your career, are not important. What is important is that you do what's right. How simple this sounds, and how hard it can be to live by in the Fleet! But if you can, you'llfindat the end of your service—no matter what your retired rank—that you are a whole human being, an honest one, and one you can spend the remainder of your life without regret or hate or shame.

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Those Durable Submersibles Om O, R and S Boats Captain Paul H. Grouleff USN (Ret.)

Considerable debate on submarines surfaced in Congress and the Navy Department in 1915 and continued, fed by the fears, fever and furor attending the war in Europe which was to become World War I, aka the "Great War." How many submarines should the Navy get, should they be large or small, where should they be built and who should build them, how were they to be used, all were heated topics of the discussions and debates. Out of all this flak 16 O-Class, 27 R-Class and 51 S-Class submarinesfinallywere authorized in Navy Building Programs of 1916, 1917 and 1918. Funding for their completion fortunately survived the World War I Armistice which surfaced to cut out or back money to fund requests/needs of the postwar Navy.

The first three O-Boats were laid down in March 1916 at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the last was commissioned in November 1918. Oddly enough, the last one commissioned was one of the first laid down. Of the remaining 13, one was built by Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, one by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, three by the California Shipbuilding Company at Long Beach, and eight by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts.

The 0-Class displaced about 500 tons on the surface, had a maximum speed of 15 knots on the surface on their diesel engines and 11 knots submerged on their battery, drawing current at the one-hour rate. They had four torpedo tubes in the bow, 18 inches in diameter, and a 3723 caliber gun on deck for surface armament. The complement was set at four officers and 25 men. Eight boats had been commissioned and were ready for active service in time to start out for the European theater of war but only got as far as the Azores by the time Armistice was declared. All 16 then operated either out of New London, Connecticut, training officers and men attending the Submarine School, along the East and Gulf Coasts or in the Caribbean using Coco Solo, Canal Zone, as a base. They also participated in the annual Fleet Exercises. In 1924, 0-11 to 0-16 were decommissioned and berthed at Philadelphia. Except for 0-12 they were struck from the Navy List and sold for Shipmate, September 1988

scrap; 0-12 was made available to the WilkinsEllsworth Arctic Expedition which hoped to reach the North Pole by submarine. In 1931 after being fitted out for this service she departed for Europe but broke down in mid-Atlantic.

USS WYOMING, then on her way to Europe on the annual Midshipman Practice Cruise, towed her to within sight of the Irish coast where the submarine's crew managed to get her going again. The polar probe failed and NAUTILUS, which 0-12 had been renamed, was sunk in deep water in a Norwegian fjord. 0-1 to 0-10, with the exception of 0-5 which had been rammed and sunk in Limon Bay, Canal Zone, by a United Fruit steamer in October 1923 with a loss of three men, remained in service until 1931 primarily for services to the Submarine School at New London. They were thenberthed with the Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia.

0-1 was struck from the Navy List in 1938 and sold for scrap. The remaining O-Boats, 0 2,3, 4, 6 to 10 were recommissioned early in 1941.

While making a test dive off the Isle of Shoals on 20 June 1941, 0-9 failed to surface. She went down in some 440 feet of water with all hands.

Salvage was not practicable. The rest of the recommissioned O-Boats operated out of New London indoctrinating officers and men attending the Submarine School. At the end of hostilities they were again decommissioned, struck from the Navy List and sold for scrap.

Of the 27 R-Class submarines, 14 were built at Quincy, six at San Francisco by Union Iron Works, and seven by Lake Torpedo Boat Company at Bridgeport, Connecticut. The seven built by Lake were of the same tonnage as the 0-Class and differed from them only in that their torpedo tubes were of 21 inches in diameter rather than 18 and mounted a 3"/50 caliber deck gun. R-1 to R-20 displaced about 700 tons on the surface. Their maximum surface and submerged speeds were the same as those of the O-Boats. They had four 21-inch diameter torpedo tubes in the bow and a 3750 caliber deck gun. The authorized complement for the R-Boats was four officers and 30 men. The first two were laid down at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy in October 1917 and the last one commissioned, also at Quincy, in December

1919. As they were commissioned they were put in full active service and operated in training, tests and in Fleet Exercises. In 1924 R-21 to R-27 were ordered back to Philadelphia where they were decommissioned and berthed with the Reserve Fleet. None was returned to active service and in 1930 they were struck from the Navy List and sold for scrap. R-1 to R-20 had been ordered to Hawaii and were based at Pearl Harbor. R-6 incidently, had sunk in San Pedro harbor in September 1921. She had flooded as the result of a malfunctioning torpedo tube but was refloated the following month and restored to active service. There was no loss of life in this incident. In 1923, R-6 again became notable. She was made available to 20th Century Fox for the film The Eleventh Hour, one of the early films showing submariners doing "their thing." In December 1930 the R-Boats at Pearl Harbor were relieved by S-Boats and returned to the East Coast. R-1, 5 to 9 and 15 to 20 were decommissioned at Philadelphia and berthed with the Reserve Fleet.

R-3 remained in active service operating independently in various tests being conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory and the Deep Sea Diving School plus visits to the Naval Academy to familiarize Midshipmen with submarines. In August 1934 she was ordered to Philadelphia, decommissioned and added to the other R-Boats berthed with the Reserve Fleet. R-8 sank at her berth in 1936. She was raised, struck from the Navy List and used as a target for an aerial bombing experiment off the Virginia Capes in the course of which she was sunk. R-2, 4, 10, 11, 13 and 14 remained in active service. They had been ordered to New London to furnish services to the Submarine School in connection with indoctrination and training of officer and enlisted students in attendance.

Soon after the war began in Europe in '39 we started getting our Reserve Fleet ships back in commission again. By early '41 all the submarines in the Reserve Fleet had been dusted off. The recommissioned O-Boats relieved the R-Boats at New London and they together with the recommissioned R-Boats were made available for various duties. They were assigned 25

coastal patrol areas off the Atlantic coast, acted as targets for ASW tactics, and in various sonar experiments. R-3,17 and 19 were transferred to the British Royal Navy. R-19 in that service was imfortunately rammed and sunk with all hands by a Canadian corvette in the Western Atlantic in June 1942. We lost R-12 off Key West with all her crew and a number of Brazilian observers in June 1943. When the war wound down in 1945 the R-Boats remaining were decorrunissioned, struck from the Navy List and sold for scrap.

The first of the 51 S-Boats was laid down on 11 October 1917 at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy and the last one at the same yard on 26 February 1921. All except the S-48 to S-51 were of single hull construction as were the O- and R-Boats, i.e., the main ballast tanks were within the outer (pressure) hull of the vessel.

S-48 to S-51 were of double hull construction, with the main ballast tanks between the pressure and outer hull of the submarine as in the case of all the World War U submarines. They were also of greater displacement, 1000 tons vs about 850 tons for the S-1 to S-47. They and the S-10 to S-13 had a torpedo tube in the stem as well as four bow tubes which all the Class had.

The torpedo tubes were 21 inches in diameter.

All of the S-Class had a 4750 calibre dry mount gun mounted on deck. Their surface and submerged sjjeeds were the same as those of the O- and R-Boats. The designed safe maximum depth of submergence was 150 feet.

Nineteen built at Quincy and 12 at San Francisco were Holland (EB Co) design. Eleven built at Portsmouth Navy Yard and eight built at Lake Torpedo Boat Shipyard in Bridgeport were of Govenunent design. Only one, built at Lake, was of Lake design. S-48 to S-51 were built at Navy Yard Portsmouth. The complement for all boats of the S-Class was four officers and 38 men. The first two S-Boats completed were commissioned in 1919, then eight in 1920, six in 1921, twelve in 1922,12 more in 1923, six in 1924 and the last four in 1925.

S-47, commissioned at Quincy on 16 September 1925 was the anchor of the lot. Between 1925 and 1931 46 S-Boats were in service.

In November 1920 two divisions had departed the East Coast destined to join the Asiatic Fleet. After transiting the Panama Canal they stopped by San Diego and Honolulu. They finally arrived at Cavite which was to be their base, in December 1921. They operated up and down the China Coast as well as in Phillipine waters. In 1932 one division was returned to Pearl Harbor. In 1936 S-42 to S-47, then the Eleventh Division, was ordered to relieve the division of Government-design boats based at Coco Solo. That division returned to Philadelphia to be decommissioned and berthed with the Reserve Fleet. By the end of that year, 1936, there remained in active service one division on the China Station in the Phillipines, 26

three divisions at Pearl Harbor and one at Coco Solo plus one S-Boat operating independently on the East Coast. Accidents claimed three of the S-Boats in the '20s.

Only some six months after conmiissioning, S-5 was lost in a dive off the Delaware Capes.

On 11 September 1920 the man responsible for closing the main induction valve delayed too long. The operating gear then janmied and although most of the individual compartment valves got closed; that for the forward torpedo room also jammed thereby flooding that compartment. The crew was concentrated back aft and the after main ballast and fuel tanks were blown dry so that some 17 feet of the stem rose above the surface as the submarine tilted. The crew managed to drill a hole through the hull after about three hours of hard labor. It was, however, too small to escape through. Fortunately the attention of two passing steamers was attracted to the plight of S-5. Engineering personnel from the steamer GENERAL GEOTHALS, with nothing but manual tools, managed to open a hole in the hull large enough to enable all of the submarine's crew to escape through. The battleship OHIO, which arrived on the scene later, attempted to tow S-5 into shallow water but the towline broke and the submarine foundered. No attempt was made to salvage S-5.

On the night of 25 September 1925, the steamer CITY OF ROME rammed and sank S-51 with a loss of all but three of the crew of 39.

S-51 was finally raised again in June of 1926 with a set of pontoons and brought to the New York Navy Yard. S-51 was not retumed to service. She was struck from the Navy List and subsequently sold for scrap. On 17 December 1927, S-4, while surfacing from a submerged run over the measured mile in Cape Cod Bay off Provincetown, Massachusetts was rammed and sunk by the Coast Guard destroyer PAULDING. Severe stormy weather thwarted rescue attempts. There were no siu-vivors. The submarine was finally raised on 18 March 1928, towed to the Boston Navy Yard, repaired and retumed to servicable condition. She was used in various ways at New London, Key West and Pearl Harbor until 1933. She then was laid up and in 1936 was taken out into deep water off Oahu and deliberately sunk.

By 1938, modem S-Boats authorized by Navy Building Programs of 1935 and '36 began to join the Fleet to back up the World War I S-Class which still represented the major number of submarines we had available for active service. Divisions of the new submarines augmented the S-Boats in the Phillipines and Hawaii. In 1940 recommissioning of the ten S-Boats remaining in the Reserve Fleet began so that by the Day of Infamy all the submarines we could muster were back in commission and the building of new submarines was accelerated. S-36 to S-41 on the Asiatic Station were

right in the thick of it from the start. When our forces had to fall back to Australia, Brisbane was their base. There they were joined by S-42 to S-47 which had come all the way from Panama to get into the fray. S-Boats from Pearl Harbor were ordered to Alaska to cover the front there. When the S-Boats which had been in Southwest Pac were relieved they, too, went up to Alaska after they had received an overhaul. There was some effort to modemize the old S-Boats but it was none too extensive. By early '44 there were sufficient modem submarines in the Pacific theaters of war to reassign the S-Boats to support duties such as targets for ASW exercises, sonar experiments and training. The recommissioned S-Boats on the Atlantic side operated mainly in the Caribbean to furnish various support services.

Six of the World War I S-Boats were transferred to the Royal Navy soon after we actively entered the war. One (S-25) was further transferred to the Polish Navy in exile. Unfortunately, she was sunk by mistake by Allied convoy escorts off Norway in 1942. There were no survivors. We lost six S-Boats during the course of the war. Two, S-36 and S-39, by groimding in the East Indies area and one by grounding in the Aleutians. Although the boats were lost all of the crews were rescued. S-26 was rammed and simk in the Gulf of Panama by her escort. Only three of the 46 aboard survived. S-44 mistook a Jap destroyer for a merchantman. She was unable to submerge and had to be abandoned in a sinking condition.

The Japs picked up only two of the crew. They fortunately survived the POW nightmare and were repatriated at the end of the hostilities.

S-28 operating on a submerged run off Oahu with the Coast Guard Cutter RELIANCE on 4 July 1944 failed to surface and communication with her was lost. The depth of water in which she bottomed precluded any attempt to salvage her. The reason for her loss remains a mystery.

By the end of 1945 all of the old S-Boats had been decommissioned and struck from the Navy List. Most of them were eventually sold for scrap. A few were used as targets for aerial bombs or torpedoes.

The crass definition of the old boats by a venerable Chief, "Hunks of sewer pipe riveted shut at both ends, full of farts and stinking feet" was perhaps closer to truth than poetry. Win, lose or draw the O, R and S-Boats merit full marks.

They were not only the source of a closeknit family of competent and ingenuous submariners who facilitated the rapid expansion of our submarine forces in World War II but continued to serve all during that war to help bring the Japanese war machine and economy to a groaning halt.

Sic transit tempos edax rerum.

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Ships Without Supply Officers Captain Donald I. Thomas USN (Ret.)

Destroyen haven't always had their own supply officers. Certainly we hadn't one in any I served in during the 1930s. The only "pork chopper" we saw regularly was the division disbursing officer who showed up on pay days with a satchelful of money. The ship's supplyrelated jobs, commissary, ship's service and stores, were of necessity performed by line officers on a collateral-duty basis. With no more than ten, but more often five or six officers, each of us junior officers had at least one such assignment. I'm siu'e it was the same in the submarines.

These supply-type jobs were govemed by regulations dealing with "Ships without Supply Officers." With the invaluable assistance of experienced senior petty officers, they weren't too time-consuming but all involved accountabiUty for govenmient funds and the risks of non-career-enhancing consequences were one's accounts to come up short. These perils were better known to our contemporaries who had completed the Supply Corps School at Philadelphia, then known as "Potter's Portsmouth Prep" ("Potter" for the name of the officer who ran the school, and "Portsmouth" for the site of the Naval Prison in New Hampshire where more than one malfeasing supply type was serving time). Those graudates were the pros; we were the collateral-duty amateurs.

Upon reporting to myfirstdestroyer, a brandnew 1500-tonner, I drew the commissary assigimient. It must have been regarded as the least desirable and most time-consuming of the three jobs, else someone more senior would have volunteered for it. I became responsible to the Captain for running the general mess, planning meals, ordering provisions, supervising the cooks and preparing the Monthly Ration Record which balanced the monthly ration allowance (in our case, 48 cents per man per day) against the value of provisions used. With good daily record-keeping by our excellent Chief Commissary Steward, there were rarely any surprises turned up by the month-end inventory of provisions. Unused cash balances could be carried forward to the next month, but negative ones had to be made up in later months as well, as explained in writing by the Captain.

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Ordering the food the general mess wasn't, in those days, just a matter of requisitioning everything from a Supply Depot or a supermarket-like stores ship. With the exception of a couple of antiquated "beef boats" like BRIDGE and ARCTIC which showed up every month or so in Long Beach or San Diego to resupply frozen meat, everything had to be requisitioned from the Naval Supply Depot or purchased from local dealers. The Supply Depots and destroyer tenders would fill requisitions for nonperishable items like beans, coffee and canned goods, of which our storerooms could hold at least a month's supply. Milk, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables had to be ordered from local dealers from a price bulletin put out by the Supply Depot. Particularly in the older destroyers, resupply of these items was frequent because their refrigerated spaces were very limited.

While in port, fresh milk and bread were picked up almost every working day. Because the destroyers were almost invariably moored at a buoy in San Diego Bay, the morning milk run was made by our motor whaleboat.

Buying from dealers involved considerable extra work: typing up the orders, picking up deliveries from the fleet landing, having them inspected aboard ship for quality and correct weights, and paying the dealers' bills.These bills had to be certified and signed in triplicate by the Captain and sent to the division disbursing officer for payment before leaving port or before the usually-allowed 2%-10 day cash discount ran out. Before sailing there was usually a flurry of activity involved in picking up lastminute bills and getting them certified for payment. In out-of-the-way ports where there were

no contract bulletins for fresh provisions, the ship had to advertise for bids and award its own contractsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or else do without.

Our daily ration allowance of 48 cents per man per day went further in those days of the Great Depression than one would now think.

Contract price for selected cuts of beef was about 15 cents a pound and milk was less than a quarter a gallon. One hundred dollars worth of fresh fruit and vegetables would have swamped a good-sized motor launch. Another favorable factor was that we could claim the ration allowance for every man assigned to the ship regardless of whether he showed up for meals.

Over weekends and around pay day, when only the duty section had to be fed, we would gain a welcome cushion for those days when three meals had to be prepared for all hands. Our commissary steward had the knack of accurately forecasting how many of the crew would be ashore and preparing meals accordingly. At sea he kept a careful eye on the weather, because when it was rough, only the hardiest eaters would show up for meals, or else the ships violent motion would limit the menu to cold sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs. He also paid a lot of attention to left-overs and rarely served items that the crew wouldn't eat even though they might be good for them.

During our annual Summer craises to Alaska, we found other small ways to stretch our meager ration allowance. When visiting remote places of Inland Passage commercial fishermen liked to come aboard to see our movies and would leave a number of fresh salmon at the gangway. Occasionally we sent the extra-duty squad ashore to dig clams or pick blueberries for pies. This helped reduce our ration cost even though most of the crew were "meat and potato" men who didn't think too much of seafood for dinner. Economies such as these allowed us to splurge on holiday meals, the cost of which greatly exceeded our ration allowance.

The Ship's Service Officer probably had the most thankless job of all. The running of any retail operation, regardless of how modest, invariably brings plenty of customer complaints about variety and quality of the merchandise and inconvenient hours of operation. Prewar 27

destroyers didn't have much room for a ship's store; usually it was in a space no larger than a deck locker or a large broom closet. There wasn't space for more than the essentials like toilet articles, cigarettes and candy. The profit from selling sea stores cigarettes at less than a dime a pack and nickel candy bars didn't generate much revenue for the recreation fund after paying the part-time operator a small salary.

Like everyone else, he was a watch-stander, and the store hoiu-s were limited to when he was off watch and available. The duties of the Ship's Service Officer would have been more timeconsuming and more thankless had there been a ship's laimdry, barber shop or soda fountain that are foiuid on today's destroyers. We just didn't have the space for any of these. Our laundry was done either by the destroyer tender or sent ashore, or else washed by hand. The ship's barber, if any, was a part-time volimteer whose equipment was a high stool and a pair of shears.

Quality of haircuts varied with the experience, or lack thereof, of the volunteer barber and, of course, the state of the sea.

The Stores Officer's responsibility was to provide and account for consumable supplies like toilet paper, rags, cleaning and housekeeping supplies, paint and engineer's stores. The ship received a quarterly allotment of money by which these supplies were paid. Each department head was given his share of this and was expected to run his department within that total. Near the end of the quarter there were the usual requests to the Captain for some reshuffling of allotments by those whose money had run out. As a last resort, additional allotments could be had from the Type Commander to meet unusual requirements, but you had to have a pretty convincing explanation to get these extra funds.

The Stores Officer also kept the books for the ship's equipage, which included the obviously-

valuable and pilferage-prone items like rifles, pistols, binoculars and sextants as well as a host of other articles for which personal accountability was required by regulations. It seemed that nearly everything portable was "Title B," for which a custody receipt was required and for which a survey had to be called before it could be cleared off the books and replaced.

There was a lot of signing over to do when one changed jobs or left the ship.

In retrospect, performing these supplyrelated jobs, while time-consuming when there were many other demands on one's time, was valuable in gaining an understanding of the business-oriented part of running a ship. In later years, it gave us a better understanding of the problems facing our supply officers.

Maybe, too, that's why my good wife trusts me with the grocery shopping now and then.

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Fanning in tiie Higti Andes Captain Edward L. Robertson, Jr. USN (Ret.)

Few naval officers have lived on farms while on active duty, and fewer will have actively engaged in fanning. However, as an active duty captain, I was a farmer for more than two years in the high Andes, just outside Bogota.

I first arrived in Bogota in 1952 on temporary additional duty from our Naval War College in Newport, and had been given the task of conducting a three-month course in Naval Logistics for the Colombian Navy. My wife and I were formnate to find a comfortable apartment in Bogota, and the Logistics course was successful enough to cause the Colombians to request that I return there the following Year as Chief of the U.S. Naval Mission to Colombia.

When I retumed to Bogota in 1953 with my wife and two children, I found that long-term rentals in town were exceedingly expensive.

Furthermore, as a result of my previous visit, I had soon concluded that the major task confronting our mission was one of persuading the Colombian Navy to do the things we suggested.

We could not give orders to anyone in the Colombian Navy to do anythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we could only try to persuade them to do as we suggested. It therefore occurred to me that I had better improve my command of Spanish, and also cultivate the friendship of as many Colombian naval officers as I could. I had also noticed that most North Americans I had met in Bogota during by previous visit tended to socialize with North Americans and not the Colombians.

This was a tendency I was determined to avoid.

In our search for quarters, wefinallyfound a small 20-acre farm on the outskirts of Suba, a village about 15 kilometers from downtown Bogota. The farmhouse needed repairs; telephone service and electric power availability were questionable. But the rent was low, and no gringos lived within miles of the farm.

What struck us most forcefully was the extreme beauty of the farm's surroundings. Don't get me wrongâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the farmhouse was no mansion, but it was set in a grove of eucalyptus trees on a gently sloping incline which ended just below the house. Beyond, the fertile mesa extended almost to the horizon, above which was majestic Mount Tolima, a snow-capped 17,000-foot volcano, with lesser jagged peaks surrounding it. The farmhouse itself, onestoried, with adobe walls and a red tile roof, Shipmate, September 1988

was in the shape of an ell, and the high walls around the patio completed the rectangular shape of the whole structure. There were also a barn of sorts, a hen coop and a duck pond. In the pasture beyond the patio, the windmill, which pumped water from the water table level and several hundred feet below the surface of the mesa to a water tank perched on a tower beside the house, was the only structure visible from the patio. And our nearest neighbors would be several hundred yards away. Here indeed would be peace and tranquility, as well as beauty.

Another factor which influenced thefinaldecision to rent the farm was that the high brass in the Colombian Navy who manned their headquarters in their nation's capital were almost entirely from the coastal cities. These officers found Bogota a very expensive and therefore a confining place to live. My little farm, or finca, would afford me the opportunity to invite them for outings in the country, thus giving me the opportunity to get to know them better and to discuss whatever we proposed. This virtue of our farm turned out to be a great asset to me and our Naval Mission.

We finally committed ourselves to leasing the farm, even though we knew that electric power was available only from 2000 to 0800 and that normal voltage was 150 volts, which of course meant that a transformer would be necessary. But even worse was to follow. The area in Suba served by the power company provided 150 volts all right at 2000, but shortly after 2000, the voltage would drop markedly as the night became darker and lights were turned on.

Then, as people went to bed and turned their lights off, it gradually climbed back up to 150 volts. These voltage changes almost caused us to give up our lovely little farm at the outset, for fear of ruining ah the electric equipment we had so carefully selected and shipped to Colombia. However, we were saved by a friendly electrical genius who found us just the right type of voltage transformer and showed us, after days of experimentation, that a resetting of the transformer at 2100 would afford protection to our precious possessions. This was a task which our cook performed faithfully every night.

The saga of our telephone service was a

much sadder one. We were told that all we had to do was to drop in at the telephone exchange in Suba and make arrangements to have our existing line connected. When I arrived, no one was in the office or exchange, which appeared to double as a family kitchen and storeroom.

The phone began ringing, and continued to do so for a good ten minutes, during which time several small children ran in and out of the room. Finally, an elderly woman entered and very politely asked me if she could help me.

Meanwhile the phone continued to ring. Finally, the woman reached out and pulled a plug out of her primitive switchboard, which stopped the ringing. She then began explaining what I would have to do to have telephone service, but at this point, I withdrew from further follow-up. I later found that I had been wise; my neighbors estimated that not one call in ten passed through the Suba exchange successfully.

I had assumed that my family of four could get along nicely if we had a maid and a parttime farmer. I ended up with six full-time employees: a cook, a chauffeur, a laundrywoman. two farmers and a cleaiiing woman. I hasten to say that the chauffeur was provided by the Colombian Navy, and that although the other five may not have been overly industrious, their pay was small and they were loyal.

The first of the employees we hired was Alfonso, who announced upon our arrival that he was the official major domo of the estate (and at that point he was caretaker for the owner). He was less than five feet tall and appeared to be half Spanish and half Indian, clad in an old black fedora and a ruana, which is a miniblanket with a hole in the center so that one's head can protrude though it. This is the habitual garb of the pasainos of the area.

Our cook, Obdulia, was next on board, followed by the assistant farmer, lavandera and housemaid. Only Obdulia lived in the farmhouse; the others dwelt in the village of Suba.

My normal routine was to meet with Alfonso in the patio about 0730, before I went to my office in Bogota, to discuss what work had to be done that day. Fortunately, he spoke good Spanish, but never in the whole time we inhabited the farm was I able to follow the devious process of his thinking. For example, after we 29

had acquired a few pigs at his request, he reported one morning that they had broken through our fence and were running loose on our neighbor's property. I suggested that the fence be repaired immediately. "No, senor capitan," he answered, "I will repair it this afternoon." "Why not now?" I asked. "Because from his house our neighbor cannot see our pigs. If I repair the fence, he will see me, but if I wait until 2 EM. while he takes his siesta, I can repair it without being seen." Needless to say, the fence was not repaired until that afternoon. I never heard any criticism from our neighbor.

Those pigs were not just any pigs; they were registered Diu-oc Jerseys. Alfonso had suggested that the pigs raised were inbred and small and that "we" could do the valley a valuable service if we bought some purebred stock and sold their offspring for breeding purposes.

Shortly thereafter, I encountered the Colombian Minister of Agriculture at a cocktail party in Bogota, who agreed to deliver a Duroc Jersey boar and three sows to my farm, to our amazement. They arrived a week later, and Alfonso was ecstatic. "Son magnificos," he kept saying. The boar, which truly was a beauty, was his special pride. A few days later, he announced that he had named him Simon Bolivar.

I replied that Simon Bolivar would turn over in his grave if he knew what had happened. "Ah, no, mi capitan. Simon Bolivar was our greatest man, and this is our greatest pig," he replied.

While the pig farming flourished (we sold well over a hundred shoats all together) we were acquiring other livestock: a dozen Rhode Island Reds to provide us with fresh eggs, some ducks, a brace of geese, a cow to provide us with fresh milk which we pasteurized ourselves, and a burro which had adopted our pastures as her native habitat and remained unclaimed by anyone.

On a Saturday noon I arrived back at the finca from my office to find Alfonso standing pensively beside the prostrate form of the burro. What ails the burro? I asked. "Perhaps we should send for the vet."

"No, mi captitan," he replied. "We of the mountains give them beer in cases like this."

"I have no beer in the house," I said.

"Give me a few pesos, and I will buy some at the tieruia."

I thought this over quickly, opened my wallet and handed him some money. On Saturday it would be difficult to find the vet, and just maybe Alfonso's proposed treatment might work.

Ten minutes later Alfonso retumed with not one, but three bottles of beer. He uncapped the first bottle, wiped the mouth of it on his trousers, which probably had not been washed in a month, and took a long drink from it. Then he uncapped a second bottle and ceremoniously handed it to me. Next, he opened the third bot30

tle, and bottle in one hand, thrust the other ration for a Sunday noon cook-out in the patio, hand out and somehow pried the burro's jaws Alfonso and Pedro the chauffeur arrived from apart, and jammed the bottle into the animal's the airport, having picked up a small rubber inmouth. The burro looked startled, and then flatable boat. I told them to put it in a storeroom emitted a loud belch, followed shortly thereaf- off the patio. I was happy to have the boat, ter by an earshattering report from her rear end. since there were lakes and marshes where fish Next, the burro staggered to her feet, and and game were abundant, but which required a calmly commenced grazing. boat to reach.

As they unpacked the container which held About a week later, the burro gave birth to a the boat, they were full of questions. "Mi, caphealthy burrito.

Soon after we had acquired our geese, there itan, is this truly a boat?" was a rash of burglaries in and around Suba.

"Yes," I replied, "but first it must be filled One evening when we had been out to dinner, with air to make it float." we retumed home and were greeted by a ca"How does one do this?" cophony of honks and hisses from the shrub"You see the air flask, and its hose fitting? berry in front of the house, where the geese had The fitting screws into the valve by your left nested for the night. Mindful of the legend of hand, Pedro." the geese who saved ancient Rome from surI resumed my work on the tables and prise attack by the Estriiscans, I decided to put benches. After several minutes, I heard a hissour geese in the patio every night. A few times ing noise, and tumed to see the rapidly filling after that we were awakened by their honking, yellow monster blocking the doorway which but we never experienced a break-in. It was im- was the only exit. Finally, Alfonso pushed it possible to come anywhere near the house aside and ran forth, followed by Pedro. One without alerting our trusty watchbirds. hand was holding his hat in place, the other The nights in the high Andes are cold in- clutching his ruana. "Ave Maria purissima y deed. We normally slept under two or three San Geronimo," he screamed, as the two ran blankets, and our fireplace was always lit be- out of the patio at full power toward the village.

About an hour later Father Jorge, the head of fore dark. We biu-ned soft coal in the fireplace, and also in the kitchen stove. This fuel was the local orphan asylum came to call. "What plentiful, appearing on the surface in several did you do to Alfonso and Pedro?" he asked, veins near Suba. What seemed less plentiful and I told him what had happened. "Well, I was kindling wood, locally called lenya pe- don't think they will retum. They are in Pepe's quena. I asked Alfonso to pick up dead tienda, drinking beer with a great crowd of branches for this purpose, but partly because paisanos. The last thing I heard them say was there was little lenya pequena around, and that you were in league with the devil!"

Father Jorge was right. Neither Alfonso nor partly because he had many other tasks, we always seemed to be out of it. Finally I asked if Pedro retumed that day, nor did either of them we could buy some. He replied that we could; ever enter our storeroom again.

The months slipped by, until it was time to the price was 24 pesos a cart load. Accordingly, I gave him 27 pesos and told him to order a leave Colombia. We had in the the meanwhile load, and pay the deliverer three pesos as a tip. been befriended by our neighbors, and been When I returned to the finca that evening I hosts many times to many Colombian naval ofasked if the lenya pequena had been delivered. ficers, their wives and their children. Alfonso Alfonso looked a bit sheepish and informed me was always present when the children came, that it had, but after unloading it and storing it and saw to it that each had his tum riding the in our coal bin, there had ensued a disagree- burro. These turns were never long because the ment over the price which had resulted in the children soon fell off, but the grass was so thick removal of the kindling from our bin and re- that none was ever hurt.

We were fortunate infindinga new tenant for loading it in the vendor's vehicle, which then the farm who bought all our livestock and most drove off.

"But you told me the price was 24 pesos. of our electric equipment, and hired Alfonso as well. On the day of our departure I entered the What happened?"

"Mi capitan, he delivered it in a truck in- barn to take a last look at Simon Bolivar, our prize boar, who now weighed in at well over stead of a cart."

"Was the quantity of lenya pequena the same 400 pounds. As I was looking him over, Alfonso came in. as if it had been delivered in a cart?"

"Simon Bolivar y yo, decimos vaya con "Si, mi capitan."

Dios, mi capitan. Es un buen campesino, y un "Then why should I pay more?"

"Mi capitan, delivery by truck is more ele- buen persona."

Tears were streaming down his cheeks. gant than by cart."

They were streaming down mine too.

As I pointed out earlier, I never learned to follow Alfonso's mental processes.

One Saturday afternoon, when I was refurbishing some patio tables and benches in prepaShipmate, September 1988

Navy Football A Proud Tradition Captain Raymond B. Wellborn USN

Navy football is a proud tradition. That statement should not be mistaken today as a eulogy for the past. It should be taken for what it is; a motivation for all who are striving to live up to it—and, a credit to all who gave of themselves to build it.

Just before the Army-Navy football game this past year, I read an article about the game in a national newspaper. It did not have a byline but was datelined: (AP) Philadelphia, December 5,1987. It was somewhat obsciu-ed on one of the inside pages of the sports section. Since it was one of the stimuli that urged me to write this article, let me share some of its text with you: Army hosts Navy today in the 88th football meeting of a series that for the last decade has lived on the ghosts of heroes past.

In years past. Army and Navy were among the top-rated college football teams in the nation and even occasionally contended for the national title.

But for various reasons their programs have slipped, and all that is left is its tradition.

They are competing for bragging rights at the academies and all the service stations around the world.

Most of the crowd (now) . . . is (just Alumni) from out of town and includes (some) highly placed Washington dignitaries.

There was a time that when Army and Navy came to Philadelphia for its annual extravaganza the excitement was so high as WilUam Perm's statue atop City Hall. Newspapers sent reporters to West Point and Annapolis. There were stories every day of the week before the game. Now, it's treated like just another game.

Yet, the intense rivalry survives!

As an aside, I have fostered the opinion that most, but not all, of those who chronicle the events of others have never experienced personally the same plight or sacrifices as those participating in the arena in the action on which they are commentating. Some years ago, I was interviewed by a sports writer in our locker room. Afterwards, I was not sure whether he knew if a football was blown-up with air or stuffed with rags. Over the years, "on other fields," I have experienced other such learned chroniclers. Similarly, I have always wondered if their expertise had ever been gleaned by any actual professional experience on the field for Shipmate, September 1988

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Coach Eddie Erdelatz—a real winner. Of course, individually, it felt great to win. But, Coach Erdelatz made us feel even better when he taught us how to share that feeling with one another as a team.

You want to see some bygone tough guys try to hide some teary eyes, then watch us now when someone sings, "It's Only a Shanty in Old Shantytown." It still brings back the memories of Coach Erdelatz singing it on special occasions at victory parties which were private to us. You would have had to have been there to understand what it means. The point is, it relates to the strength of the bond among us— and, with it, we won. We still believe we did what we did because we were coached and inspired to be winners.

Winning seemed to become a habit for us.

Our attitude reflected the habit and the way we viewed any circumstances or challenge. Being a winner seemed to exude from us. It became our life-style.

Of course, winning is as infectious as it is addictive. The whole Brigade was affected by our winning performances on the field. In tum, their boosted spirit and support poured back into us. We'd get stronger; they'd stand taller; we'd win again; they would cheer louder; the fire would burn hotter, and so on it went.

Winning promoted confidence in our abilities to succeed in anything. The feeling seems

to escalate from the playing fields to the Hall, to the classrooms, to the administrative offices, to the yard workers, to business and townspeople. It just seemed to spill over onto everybody around us. Even the Navy itself seemed to be stronger—and, for sure, more prideful.

The effect was amazing and very evident both inside and outside the Navy. It was indeed an adventure; and, you didn't have to sell the excitement—it came with the package. Better candidates, academically as well as athletically, were beating a path to our recruiters. Further, the experience of our successes helped us attain then, as well as maintain and promote now, a winning attitude. As such, that attitude has helped us lead and mold others. As many of you will remember, those were great days for all of us. You couldn't help but be proud!

Thirty years ago Navy's 1957 football team won the Lambert Trophy, symbolic of the Eastem Collegiate football championship. They also won the Cotton Bowl Trophy and were definitely a contender for the symbolic national championship, finishing third in the Associated Press poll that year. Army was also a contender and finished in the top ten, too.

In those days, the sports teams of both Army and Navy seemed to capture the enthusiastic support of the entire nation wherever they played. They were winners and, as such, were widely publicized throughout the country in the national media. People not only wanted to see, hear and read about them but wanted to be associated with them as well. Their winning image even reflected upon the armed services as a whole. As such, it seemed then that both were being proudly hailed as well as portrayed as "America's Team."

I was on Navy's 1958 Cotton Bowl team. The team's exploits and the contagion of winning was something you would've had to have lived to sense the experience. Let me relate how we were prepared to meet those opportunities and how the experience affected us all.

First, all of us who were on that team still believe today that we had to be coached to learn how to win as a team rather than by an outstanding performance of any individual. Even today, as we reflect upon our record and our 31

laurels, we still don't think we were that good, individually. Even though, in a relative sense, we may have been above average mentally, we always seemed to be considered too small and too slow physically. Our team performances, however, are a matter of record.

Somehow, someway, someone knew how to tap our individual drive and make a team connection. It was a masterful piece of work. We didn't overpower or bulldoze anybody; we just won. Sure, we had talent that could bum you if you let up. But even if you didn't let up, we seemed to be able to find a way to get to you— like a fire you couldn't put out. What fueled us must have been the stimulation of that inner strength that people have to have to persevere.

What developed was an attitude and an intensity to succeed—a will that could find a way.

Winning incites a meaningful spirit that gets stronger with every gain. It becomes a mounting deposit that can be tapped to get you through any setback. It can also be used to focus your energy and refuel your intensity to overcome a setback or even the next challenge. It is this kind of spirit upon which proud traditions are built.

Winning is infectious. It will definitely affect those around you and they, in tum, will want to identify with you. It will surely enhance the morale of all those who are supporting you because it also buUds purposeful pride in any organization associated with you.

It's human nature to rally to a winner. Our countrymen expect us in the armed forces to be winners—and, in time of crisis will demand it.

Even deterrence can be bolstered by a winning life style because of the demonstrated confidence in our abilities. We can in fact be resolved and stand tall in any arena.

Our years are yesterday's memories now, but as you would expect, we still reflect upon the good times we had together. One aspect of our coaching none of us could recall was ever being cussed at or being degraded. We were told what was wrong and how to make it right. Then, we practiced it. Even if you missed one, or dogged it, it always seemed to feel more like a debt you owed your teammates rather than something you got away with that a coach would have to catch. Further, neither do any of us recall ever staying at a practice later than the posted time scheduled for the workout. It was just that well organized—no tricks.

There are football stories—like sea stories, there are football stories. Most of them are told with a smirk, and smell of recycled vegetation.

This one doesn't. It's true—trust me.

So, this is about something that happened to me on that team. It's just one of many real episodes that happened during those formative school years. My teammates know very well of this happening. They may tell you the good part about the outcome but not the bad part about the onset, because they know it's per32

sonal to me. That's part of the clarmish code among us that we still enjoy. And, I am only telling you to make a point about the development of a winning attitude and a leadership attribute I call knowledgeable encouragement.

It was a wet, gray. Fall Saturday aftemoon in South Bend, Indiana. Right, it was Notre Dame versus Navy. The Irish were in the top ten, too, and had knocked off Coach Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma team's 47-game winning streak. We were as much as six-point underdogs in some newspapers.

It was late in a scoreless first quarter. I fumbled the ball right into Notre Dame's Dick Lynch's hands—and, he scored with it! Pshaw! (or, words to that effect). You think that hurts?

Of com-se it does. It hurts deep inside your gut.

Discouragement doesn't even come close to describing it.

Pull me out? No. The whole team came out.

We needed a blow. Sure. You know, get it in one sock. Right? Wrong! It was me!

Coach Erdelatz came over and said something to all of us. Listen? Me? No, I was looking down into the helmet that I had thrown to the ground.

Then, Coach Erdelatz came over by me. I saw his feet. He was going to say something to me\ He leaned over and spoke low.

He told me that I was pressing the ball too hard against my body and the inside of my arm.

He said to take my palm off the tip of the ball.

Just put onefingeron the tip and curl your other fingers around the end, he said. Then, he added, hold it firm with your thumb and your other three fingers.

I looked up. / listened! How did he know that? How did he see that? Magic? Maybe. We called him "The Eagle" because he saw everything—inside and out\ He straightened up and handed me a ball that he had picked up from somewhere. Then, in front of my teammates, he said, "That's it.

You got it?" Got it? Of course, it was a conditioned reflex for me to take the ball. I had done it thousands of times. We taught it at the Summer clinics to young aspiring kids along with other "secrets" of the game.

Wayne Hardin, oiu" backfield coach then, was right behind Erdelatz and he nodded to me.

Red Romo, our trainer, then and now, handed me a cup of water and nodded. Tom Forrestal '58, our quarterback, nodded and stood up next to me—with his helmet in his hands.

I stood up. We all stood up—with our helmets in our hands. The strength of the bond poured into me with the water. Snap\ That's the business sound a chin strap makes when you fasten it. Got it? We all got it'.

The "fix" had taken less than a minute of his time. We were back in the game on the next series. Magic? Maybe. We called him "The Coach"/or a lot more than just football.

We won that day and a lot of other days. I

still remember that day—and, the lesson for lots of other days, on lots of other fields. That was knowledgeable encouragement that dcty— and that's close to what it feels like when you get it.

Our striving for personal excellence was motivated more by support for, and from, each other rather than for personal recognition. A bond had formed and grew among us. It was an unspoken commitment we each made. As we gave more and more of ourselves in support of each other, the bond got stronger. The confidence we had in our own abihties became a confidence we had in one another. Individual arrogance died and a team spirit was bom.

As the bond strengthened, we did not seem to even think about losing because someway, somehow, we knew we could pull it off and win in the end. If we rationalized at all, we would just believe that we really didn't lose—we just ran out of time.

When it got tough or we got behind or even if our opponents were more skilled (according to the newspapers), the bond just got stronger.

Winning became more and more of a habit.

Siu'e, we had desire, but we had fun, too. We worked hard, with no fooling around. Then we hit the bricks just as hard Saturday night. Why not? We were wiimers. It was amazing—it became our life style.

Our '54 team had been pictured hanging out of a streetcar in New Orleans. They were labeled "A Team Named Desire" and then won the Sugar Bowl. Our '57 team was pictured relaxing with some cowgirls in convertibles in Dallas. We were labeled "A Team Named Fun" and then we won the Cotton Bowl.

The fraternal ties molded in those locker rooms, and in "Misery Hall," withstood the strain and pain incurred on the practice and playing fields throughout the country. You will not find any better friends than those who fought, and bled, alongside you. We were a team, but we were also a lot like a family—one with pride, arulpurpose] Even the coaches and the staff were pulled into that inner circle with us—around Coach Erdelatz. The camaraderie among players, coaches and staff is still enjoyed today. We are all old-timers now but the feelings we still share are as real today as they were then. We still come to the get-togethers because we still feel that bond. We write, we call, we get together, we rely on and confide in one another. We still sense the strength we get from one another.

That is one of life's great lessons—the strength of people united. It's a familiar theme—in this country.

We all take pride in what we do and what we are. We are all proud of our backgrounds, our school, and its reputation on and off thefieldof various endeavors.

Knowledgeable encouragement and "Victory With Honor" are part of our modus viShipmate, September 1988

vendi. It is not our belief that "The end justify the means." Degrading an individual or his efforts do not mold anybody, much less aspiring leaders of our country's armed forces.

We recognize with respectful admiration the courage and spirit of those who are participating now and playing their dues everyday. Their displayed determination and intensity throughout this past season showed strong character and a competitive heart. We, too, acknowledge that there was evidence of improvement in each succeeding game.

We, too, know the self-sacrifices any sport participant makes in preparing for a competitive engagement. Our young warriors there now are paying the price and it is getting higher everyday. They are leaming by experience that the dirt and hurt will wash off but the camaraderie of the team will live on.

Like us, they have all been charged to always act to bring honor and credit upon oiu' country

and the Navy as well as upon their families and those who love and support them. We understand their plight and are reaching out to help.

They have the right to our respect—and, our support.

Most of us realize that words and wishes do not buy guts and go. You have to reach deep inside yourself to pay that bill. When you are tired, and hurting, it will cost you all you've got to keep pressing on, with honor, to the finish. Then, even if exhausted, the exhilaration will burst inside of you when you raise your hand as: The Winnerl So, from all of us out here to all of you in the arena there, make yourself proud. Keep standing tall. We need you! Yesterday was ours. Today is yours. Tomorrow is somebody else's.

But, "Who has better right than we" to pull together as one and pass on what Navy Football means to us: NAVY FOOTBALL IS A PROUD TRADITION! ^

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Capitol Hill Lawrence J. Cavaiola

Senate/House Pass DoD Authorization Conference Report In mid-July both the Senate and House of Representatives passed the conference agreement on the fiscal year 1989 Department of Defense (DoD) authorization bill, thereby clearing it for the President. Because of the inclusion of certain arms control provisions, however, it was not clear whether the President would sign the bill, allow it to become law without his signature, or veto it.

The bill would provide $299.6 billion in budget authority for the upcoming fiscal year and about $294 billion in outlays, or actual spending infiscalyear 1989. In overall terms, the authorization bill made only marginal changes to the totals requested by the administration, cutting $100 million from the procurement request of $79.8 billion; cutting $200 million from the research and development request of $38.2 billion; and cutting about $200 million from the operations and maintenance request of $86.4 billion. Amounts approved for military personnel, military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy would be nearly identical to those requested. In fact, the conference report would shift only about $5 billion from programs originally requested by the administration to other purposes.

Turning to the major topics of the conference agreement, the bill contains several arms control related provisions. For example, the bill would maintain near U.S. compliance with the numerical limits of the unratified SALT II treaty by requiring the retirement of the ballistic missile submarine USS JAMES MONROE and

the withdrawal from service of the USS HENRY CLAY. The conference agreement would also make clear the intent of the Congress to keep to the so-called narrow interpretation of the ABM treaty in testing for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). While rejecting the moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons called for in the House-passed bill the conference agreement does require the Department of Energy to prepare for the eventuality of a comprehensive test ban at some future time. And although the conference report does not reestablish the one-year moratorium on testing of an antisatellite weapon, it does remove all available funds for the program, thus obviating any testing effort.

The conference report would also change several strategic programs in the administration plan. For example, the administration requested $100 million for the small mobile ICBM known as Midgetman, and nearly $800 million for a rail garrison basing mode for the 34

MX missile. The conference report would allo- prohibit cuts in Selected Reserve force struccate $250 million to each of these systems and ture except in the case of changes in mission, place $250 million into an "escrow" account to and would institute a series of reforms to selecbe used for either system at the discretion of the tion board procedures that would give boards next administration. The conference agreement more autonomy from service secretaries. would provide about $4.1 billion for SDI, a reIn a related area, the conference agreement duction of over $850 million from the admin- would make a series of changes to the joint ofistration request. The agreement would also ficer requirements of the Goldwater-Nichols "fence" funds within the SDI account in favor DoD Reorganization Act. Among the most sigof land-based systems and those that could pro- nificant would be a shortening of the minimum tect against accidental launch of an ICBM. The time for a joint tour assignment from three to conference agreement would also provide the two years for flag officers and from three-andrequested sums for the Trident II (D-5) missile. a-half to three years for other officers. The agreement would also extend the GoldwaterThe conference report also made several Nichols transition period to the end of fiscal changes to the positions of the Senate and House regarding military participation in the year 1989, and make changes in the standards interdiction of illegal narcotics. The House- for crediting officers with joint duty experipassed authorization bill had the stronger of the ence. On the other hand, the agreement would two provisions, calling on the Secretary of De- reduce the existing limit from 33 percent to 25 percent of slots that would otherwise have to be fense to employ military forces to substantially filled by joint specialists that could befilledby halt the flow of illegal drugs into the United States within 45 days. The House bill would combat arms officers. have provided arrest authority to military perThe conference agreement made relatively sonnel and permitted them, under certain cir- few changes to the administration requests for cumstances, to make searches and seizures of Navy and Marine Corps procurement prodrugs inside the United States. grams. In aircraft procurement, for example, The conference report puts the military into the conference agreement would add 12 F/A-18 the narcotics interdiction business by making aircraft to the request for 72 by adding $207 the DoD the lead agency for detection, moni- million to the requested amount. In the toring, and surveillance of drug smuggling ef- weapons account the agreement would add 300 forts by sea or air across U.S. borders. As such, Sparrow missiles and 800 Hellfire missiles to the military would receive a new mission the request, while cutting 110 Phoenix missiles should the conference report be enacted. The and 35 Tomahawks. In the shipbuilding acconference report would also provide $300 mil- count the agreement would cut one oceanolion, taken from other accounts, for use in these graphic research ship from the requested proanti-drug efforts, primarily for steaming and gram, and provide authorization to purchase an flying hours. The conference agreement would additional DDG-51 guided missile destroyer not provide military personnel with authority to from unspent funds appropriated in prior years. arrest suspected drug smugglers, preferring in- The major conference change in Marine Corps stead to rely on traditional law enforcement procurement would be the addition of 52 MlAl tanks to the request for 14. agencies for this role.

In the area of military personnel and comThe conference agreement would make relapensation, the conference report would make tively small changes to the strategic homeportseveral changes. The report would provide for a ing military construction program as outlined 4.1 percent increase in basic pay and a 7 per- in the administration request. Authorization for cent increase in basic allowance for quarters for the New York City homeport would be reduced all military personnel. Both increases would go by $10 million (to $44 million); Everett, Washinto effect on 1 January 1989. The agreement ington, reduced by $14.6 million (to $58.4 milwould also terminate the requirement enacted lion); Treasure Island, California, reduced by two years ago for a 6 percent cutback in officer $5 million (to zero); Mobile, Alabama, inpersonnel strength DoD-wide. Instead, the creased by $11.4 million (to $19.7 million); and conference made additional reductions in Army Pascagoula, Mississippi, increased by $8.2 and Air Force officer strength to those already million (to $25.7 million). undertaken under the fiscal year 1987 law, the The conference committee on the authorizasum total of which will result in a 6.1 percent tion bill this year included a total of 98 House cut in Air Force officer strength and a 3.8 per- members, 36 of whom are members of the cent cut in Army officer strength by 1990. In Armed Services Conmiittee. The other contwo other areas, the conference report would ferees were appointed to act on certain proviShipmate, September 1988

sions falling within the interests of their respective conunittees. The Senate conferees consisted only of the members of the Armed Services Conmiittee.

In approving the conference report both houses tended to vote along party lines, with Republicansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially in the Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; voting overwhelmingly against the report.

Lack of Republican support was largely due to the inclusion of the arms control provisions noted above, plus the outcome on certain strategic programs such as the MX/Midgetman issue.

Senate Appropriations Committee Completes DoD Mark In late-June the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) completed its work on the fiscal year 1989 DoD appropriations bill, clearing the bill for Senateflooraction perhaps by late-July.

With the House having already approved its version of the DoD appropriations bill, the prospects for an appropriation before the start of the new fiscal year are good at this writing.

In terms of aggregate numbers of such areas as military persoimel, procin-ement, etc. the bill would make relatively small changes in the administration request. In its distribution of funds by service, however, the bill would shift funds out of the Army, Air Force, and defense agencies accounts into procurement of equipment for the Reserve, special operations forces, and drug interdiction efforts.

In the overall manpower area the bUl would make only minor changes to the end strength requests of each service, preserving the requests for the Navy and Marine Corps and cutting slightly the requests of the Army and Air

Force. Reserve strengths would be approved as requested in the SAC bill. In a related area, the bill would provide the full 4.3 percent military pay raise requested by the administration.

In the operations and maintenance accounts for the Navy and Marine Corps the bill would reduce the request of over $26.5 billion by about $110 million. The bill would provide funds necessary for a 2 percent civilian pay raise, and would direct the DoD to absorb the additional costs associated with a larger pay raise. The bill would make a number of efficiency-related reductions, while at the same time adding to the account for Persian Gulf operations ($120 million) and repair of USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS ($96.5 million). The bill would require that any repairs undertaken on USS MIDWAY, homeported in Japan, be performed in the United States unless the Japanese government shares in the estimated $40 million repair cost associated with stability problems.

The SAC bill would make a few major changes in the Navy and Marine Corps procurement accounts. The bill would add three EA-6B aircraft to the request for nine, and 12 F/A-18 aircraft to the request for 72. In the weapons account, the bill would add 300 Sparrow missiles and 800 Hellfire missiles; and cut IIO Phoenix, 64 Penguin, and 325 SM-2 MR missiles. The bill would also zero the request of $17.6 million for the vertical launched ASROC in favor of a surface-launched version of the Sea Lance missile still in development. In the shipbuilding account the bill would make sizeable dollar cuts in the advance procurement requests for the DDG-51 and SSN-688 programs, and reduce funds for the Trident submarine and carrier service life extension programs. In addi-

tion, the bill would add two fleet oilers to the request for two, and six air cushion landing craft to the request for nine. The bill would eliminate the one oceanographic research ship in the request. In addition, the bill would provide for up to two additional DDG-51 guided missile destroyers, beyond the three requested, to be funded through a combination of unspent prior-year funds and reductions in fiscal year 1989 requests.

The SAC bill would add about $75 million to the Navy request for about $9.2 billion for research and development. Most of the addition would go for tactical programs.

The bill would establish a new account, Drug Interdiction, Defense, for DoD operations incident to surveillance and monitoring for illegal drug traffic. The committee recommended that nearly $200 million be appropriated for this account, most of which would go to steaming and flying hours.

Appropriations Process Update Congress is moving much more quickly this year in dealing with the 13 regular appropriations bills, many of which in the recent past have been rolled into large continuing resolutions after the start of the new fiscal year.

As of mid-July the House had passed all 13 bills, and the Senate had passed seven. Of these, one bill had already cleared conference and was awaiting presidential action, while one other was still in conference.

It still remains to be seen if this level of activity can be sustained in the relatively few legislative days left in this congressional session, or whether some kind of continuing resolution will emerge as in the last few years.

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A Few Inches From The Yard Midshipman Commander Michael K. Harnett '89 Editor's Note: The byline for the July-August colunm was in error. It was that of Midshipman Commander Andrew S. Johnson '88. Ens. Johnson was the columnist until relieved by the incumbent. Midshipman Commander Michael K. Harnett '89. The editor apologizes to the reader and the author for the error.

As this issue of Shipmate is being distributed, the Class of 1992 is receiving its first academic instruction at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Many of the Upperclass would say that the Plebes are in a very unenviable position. Others would argue that with the introduction of laptop computers for the Fourth Class and other innovations, now is an exciting time to study at USNA. In any case, there will be many academic related challenges for the Plebes before they climb Hemdon this Spring. I will discuss some of them.

For the last two years, the Plebes at the Naval Academy have all been issued Zenith model 248 desktop computers. These IBM compatible machines have been thoroughly integrated as a leaming tool at USNA. Mids often use the word-processing software available with the Z-248's to write papers for their English courses as well as courses in other departments. Computer science and math courses often require the Shipmate, September 1988

Midshipmen to write programs using computer languages accessible on the Zenith microcomputers. Of course, there are other less productive uses for the Zenith computers. There are a wide assortment of video games that are played on the computers. Oftentimes it is not the Plebes but the Upperclass who seem to be attracted to this kind of computer software. An Air Force Cadet explained to me over the Summer that many of his friends in Colorado Springs receive even more enjoyment from their microcomputers by converting their monitors into television screens with a few inexpensive accessories from Radio Shack.

The introduction of the Zenith laptop computer should prevent Midshipmen from using their monitors for the same purpose because of its relatively poor resolution. More importantly, the laptop, a fraction of the size of a Z-248 microcomputer, provides instructors at the Naval Academy with a greater opportunity to involve computers in their 35

courses. The laptop computer is smaller than most briefcases and can easily be operated in class or the library with the use of a battery pack.

Although the Midshipmen have witnessed dramatic changes in recent years such as the issuing of computers to all members of each incoming Class, there are some aspects of academics at USNA that do not seem to change. The "gouge" has existed somewhere at the Naval Academy as long as Midshipmen can remember—much to the dismay of many faculty members. Usually "gouge" refers to that information which is essential to know in order to pass an exam or meet some other requirement. Some Mids seem to think that pursuit of the so-called gouge is the only way to do well in a course at the Academy. These individuals usually pass on this advice to the Plebes in their squads.

Those who attempt to obtain the gouge for an exam, or what they perceive to be the gouge, without a good understanding of the course material that is about to be tested are invariably going to perform poorly.

Those who do the assigned material and study what is required and then attempt to obtain the gouge are destined to fair better.

"But if you do all the work to begin with, why would you even attempt to obtain the gouge?" asks the inquisitive Plebe. Because by attempting to acquire material from as many sources as are available, you improve your chances of performing well.

Introduction to Naval Engineering or ENIOO is an example of a first year course in which Plebes frequently attempt to obtain the gouge. As a Plebe, I found that after doing the homework assignments and reviewing them along with my notes, I was well prepared for the exams.

Attending review sessions also helped. During these extra instruction periods, some officers would plainly state what the gouge was. Other officers would declare that they would give no gouge and then proceed to give their best assessment of what would be on the next exam. In either situation, my performance on the ensuing exams was about the same. The reason for the similar results is that the only time that gouge is really helpful is when a Midshipman has a sufficient general understanding of the material to be tested to begin with. If an instructor is willing to give his or her summary of the lessons being studied, it can only be beneficial. Some would argue that if the instructor is not explaining exactly what is on a given exam, then he or she is not actually providing gouge. Maybe so; the meaning of the term gouge still comes imder speculation. Regardless of what you call it, there is no easy short-cut to doing well academically at the Naval Academy, and Plebes should not be led to believe otherwise. The best preparation for an exam is comprehensive—it includes all the pertinent material available— and a diligent Plebe should be encouraged to attend extra-instruction sessions when his or her instructor advises such. However, it would be foolish to rely entirely on this assistance to prepare for an exam.

Another situation in which the term "gouge" is often heard is when the Plebes receive advice on which academic major they should choose during the Spring of their first year at USNA. Upperclass Midshipmen have varying interpretations of what the gouge is for choosing a major, but most seem to agree on two things: electrical engineering is among the most difficult majors and the so-called "bull" majors are the easiest.

Electrical engineering along with most of the other engineering majors begins to instill fear in the minds of many Midshipmen while they are still Plebes. Some Mids say the electrical engineering major itself and the electrical engineering core courses which all Midshipmen take are justifiably difficult because of the standards that must be met in order to prepare Midshipmen to become competent naval officers.

Other Mids think that the members of the Department of Electrical Engineering are a sadistic group of professors who are determined to strip Midshipmen of their weekend eligibility (by giving them a failing grade each marking period) and make them suffer. Although the latter is almost certainly not true, it would be beneficial if the negative attitude associated with electrical engineering were not heaped upon the Plebes from the start of their academic career at the Naval Academy. If Plebes are made to think that most of the engineering majors, par36

ticularly the electrical engineering major, are unsurmountable, the results will be harmful to almost all the Midshipmen. Prospective engineering majors in the Class of 1992, for example, are going to be pushed into majors that they have less interest for, and more than likely, less aptitude for. The engineering majors at USNA are difficult, but if the young men and women in the Plebe Class are not capable of pursuing one of these degrees, there are probably few individuals their age outside the Naval Academy who can.

The other academic area of study that is often misrepresented is the so-called "Bull" major. Those who decide to study the social sciences or the humanities are destined to receive an indefinite amount of ridicule during their time at Annapolis—most of which is good natiu-ed but some that is not. Many of the Midshipmen who do not choose Group III majors (Group III majors are the humanities and social science majors) feel that the non-science/engineering majors have an easier academic workload than does a typical mechanical engineering major, for example. As a political science major, I believe that in many cases, this argument is valid. However, there are several qualifications to my response.

Economics, English, History, Oceanography and Political Science majors usually do less lab work than their Classmates who are engineering majors—although the Oceanography majors may justifiably disagree. The engineering/science majors also often take more difficult versions of the same course than do other Midshipmen. For example, although all Midshipmen take two semesters of electrical engineering, the Midshipmen with technical majors take a more difficult version known among the Midshipmen as "cables" and the humanities/social science majors take an easier version known as "wires." Maybe all the Midshipmen should study the same level electrical engineering courses as well as the same level for all other core courses. That would discourage Midshipmen from choosing non-technical majors for the wrong reason—that is, to avoid taking more difficult versions of core courses. The same track core courses for all major programs would also give more credibility to the Group III majors. Some lower track core courses could be kept intact for those Midshipmen who have trouble with a particular area of study, regardless of their major.

There are modified and preparatory Plebe English and math coiu^es for those that are not as well prepared for college level work as the rest of their Classmates. Why not utilize lower track courses in the same way with regard to electrical engineering and advanced calculus courses? This might help remove the stigma from majoring in a nontechnical field at the Naval Academy.

Some might argue that the pressure for the Plebes to major in an engineering field is necessary because the needs of the Navy dictate that the majority of USNA Midshipmen graduate with engineering degrees. If this is the case—and every year it appears as though it almost certainly is—maybe the admissions office at the Naval Academy should put an even greater emphasis on recruiting young men and women with a very strong interest in engineering. After experiencing the Dark Ages three times (wintertime Annapolis), I have found that the Mids that perform the best year-round are those that major in what they enjoy most, regardless of the grades they receive.

This year's Plebes will be no exception. Armed with microcomputers and the freedom to decide among 18 undergraduate majors, the Class of 1992 will participate in an academic program far different than those of earlier years. They will find it most fulfilling if they diligently pursue their bachelor's degrees without relying too much on any shortcuts— that is, "gouge." Further, the Plebes should choose their major area of study based solely on one criteria; they should study the field which they enjoy most. ^

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

Lengyel Appointed New Director of Athletics Superintendent RAdm. Ronald E Marryott, announced on 13 July the selection of Mr. Jack Lengyel (pronounced LING-ull) as the 27th Director of Athletics. Lengyel replaces retiring Athletic Director. John O. "Bo" Coppedge, '47 who steps down after 20 years at the helm.

Lengyel comes to the Academy after serving for the past two years as Director of Athletics at the University of Missouri and prior to that was Director of Athletics at Fresno State University.

In making the announcement, RAdm. Marryott said, "Jack Lengyel comes to the Naval Academy with a solid, proven record of accom- Navy's new Director of Athletics. Jack Lengyel—Photo by plishment and a creative, dynamic personality. Phil Hoffman He has demonstrated throughout his career a As Director of Athletics at Fresno State Unicommitment to the academic as well as athletic versity from 1983-86, he took on a program development of young men and women. This that was on probation upon his arrival and esphilosophy is especially important at an institu- tablished instimtional control and accountabiltion like the Naval Academy." ity for all booster groups, improved old faciliThe Supe added, "Lengyel is also a member ties and added new ones. He also implemented of the Naval Academy family, with sons David effective fund-raising and marketing strategies and Peter having graduated from the Academy and watched as eight sports achieved national in 1980 and 1984 respectively. He has an im- ranking during his final 18 months there.

"Any athletic program must meet the finanpressive background as a student, coach and administrator. He has been active at all levels of cial and academic parameters of the institution, athletics and has an outstanding reputation or it has no place at the institution," Lengyel within the National Collegiate Athletic Asso- said at the press conference introducing him to the area media. "I think I've demonstrated that ciation."

"I have always believed in total development I have afirmgrasp of those concepts, and that's of the student and student-athlete and there is the most important thing I bring with me.

"To be honest, there isn't anything to rebuild nowhere else in the country where you have a better opportunity to do just that than at the (here)," he said. "We will try to be creative and Naval Academy," explained Lengyel at the time utilize the assets we have."

Lengyel grew up in Akron, Ohio, and won of his appointment. "It has always been a dream of mine to be at an Academy, from when letters at Akron University in football, laI first began coaching. Little did I know that I crosse, swimming and track. He earned his would have two sons attend and graduate from Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education from Akron and later earned a Master of the Naval Academy.

"It was the Naval Academy I came to love Education Degree from Kent State University.

He received a commission in the U.S. Army and it's a dream come true to be its athletic diafter completing the ROTC program at Akron rector," he said.

Since 1986, Lengyel was Director of Ath- and later spent 12 years in the U.S. Air Force letics at Missouri where he fostered a philoso- Reserve, achieving the rank of Captain.

His coaching career spanned 18 years alphy of "service-service-service. When our fans come to the Yard, they should feel like guests in together at all three NCAA levels and he was our home," he said. "We need to be a family." head coach in the sports of football, lacrosse, He also was instrumental in promoting this baseball, wrestling, and swimming at the col"family" spirit throughout the state and ag- legiate level.

"I've taken the Jeep and dragged the baseball gressively marketed the Tiger football and basketball programs. In addition, he implemented field, washed the uniforms and picked up the his strong belief in the integration of academics players . . . When I talk with coaches about and athletics as part of the overall mission of their sport, they know I've been there as a the university and initiated a program that coach and that I can relate to them and their called for improvement of athletic facilities at problems," he says. the school.

Lengyel began his coaching career at the 38

University of Akron as freshman football coach in 1957. After a year as assistant football coach at Ft. Bragg, he was head swimming coach and assistant in football and track at Akron U. in 1959.

He spent a year as head track coach and assistant football coach at Barberton High School in Ohio and in 1961-62 was head baseball coach and head wrestiing coach as well as an assistant in football at Heidelberg College.

From 1963-65 he was on the Cornell University staff, serving as assistant football coach and head coach of freshmen baseball.

Lengyel was head football coach and head lacrosse coach from 1966 to 1970 at the College of Wooster.

In 1971, he was selected to rebuild Marshall University's football program after a fatal plane crash that wiped out the team and its coaches in 1970. He remained there for four seasons and then went into private business in Louisville.

In 1978 he became Associate Athletic Director and internal administrator at the University of Louisville, remaining there until 1980 when he was named Associate Director of Athletics at the University of Missouri.

In 1983 he moved to Fresno State and saw that school earn Pacific Coast Athletic Association championships in eight sports, in addition to the national rankings in football, wresding, volleyball, baseball, soccer, water polo, softball, men's cross country and men's track and field. Also, the Bulldogs were the NIT basketball champions in 1984 and the California Bowl Champions in football in 1985.

Lengyel and his wife, Sandra, have three children—David, a 1980 graduate of the Naval Academy and now a Marine Corps Reservist attending graduate school at the University of Missoiu-i; Peter, a 1984 graduate of the Academy and an aviator stationed in Jacksonville; and Julie, a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

Improved Midshipmen Eagerly Look Ahead to the 1988 Season All indications are that Navy's 1988 football team will be improved, mainly because of a better and more balanced offense, but to just what degree the improvement will amount to depends on whether the defensive unit can steady itself out and made a contribution.

Navy followers should be eager about the quarterback position, for the Midshipmen have two outstanding Youngsters—Alton Grizzard and Gary Mcintosh—battling there. With an improved passing attack and anticipated more Shipmate, September 1988

production out of the running back positions, the evaluation for the offensive unit is quite hopeful.

Second-year Coach Elliot Uzelac is not as hopeful about his defense, although there are five returning regulars who provide a base for the development of this unit.

"Overall, we are better than a year ago," says Uzelac. "But we still are a team that will have to play to its potential each and every week."

If there is a questiotunark on the offense, it is in the line where one only returning starter is available, tackle Tim Hofacre. But the Navy coaching staff was pleased with the progress of several players in this area during the Spring and believes it will have good mobility and be more physical this Fall.

Defensively, the Midshipmen are stronger in the defensive line and have some depth in the secondary. But there is still concern at linebacker where a runningmate must be found for last year's only regular in that area. First Classman Mark Pimpo.

The offense will also receive a boost from the presence of recordsetting placekicker Ted Fundoukos who has hit on 11 straight field goal tries over the past two seasons.

Just how young the Midshipmen are is borne out by the preseason depth chart. Only seven First Classmen are listed as probable starters, four on offense and three on defense.

A preseason evaluation by area shows: Quarterback: Unquestionably the strongest area on the team, with Grizzard, who started the final seven games last Fall, neck-and-neck with fellow Youngster Mcintosh, the transfer from the University of Maryland. Grizzard led the Midshipmen in rushing last year (519 yards) and was much improved with his passing in the Spring. Mcintosh is noted for his passing and showed he was most accurate during the Spring. But he also seemed to pick up on the running of the option-style offense that Navy uses. Uzelac claims he won't make a decision on the starter until Fall drills. Additional help at the position may come from First Classman Chris Cashman, a most improved performer.

Running Backs: Navy is seeking more speed from the running backs this year in an attempt to achieve more balance—that appeared to be accomplished in the Spring drills. Luther Archer, a First Classman who has spent the last three years with the Academy's lightweight team, has won one of the halfback positions, mainly because of his outstanding quickness.

And the other starter at halfback will be dependable Second Classman James Bradley, who was second in rushing a year ago with 426 yards on 95 carries. Bradley is a superb blocker and was tried some at fullback in the Spring, but then was moved back to halfback. Other halfback candidates include Youngster Jason Pace, who led the team in kickoff returns a year ago but missed the Spring with a pulled hamstring, First Classmen Chris Venezia and Joe Vitelli and Second Classman Mike Burns, all non-lettermen. The fullback position will be stronger in 1988 with First Classman Bert Pangrazio, this year's VAdm. Mack Award winner as the most improved player in Spring drills.

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Quarterback candidates Alton Grizzard Gary Mcintosh Photos by Piiil Hoffman

slightly ahead of Youngster Deric Sims, a fine athlete.

Receivers: The presence of somefinereceivers made the effort to establish a controlled passing game in the Spring go easier. First Classman Kevin Voss is a quality tight end who needs to add just a bit of intensity. He has shown he is an excellent receiver. Leading prospects at the wide receiver positions include Youngster Jon Neumann, First Classman Carl Jordan and Second Classman Shane Smith, all lettermen. Neumann had only five catches last season but is a solid receiver. Another Youngster whofiguresin the picture is Jerry Dawson, but he missed the Spring drills because of offseason ankle surgery. Speedy Second Classman Clay Stackhouse will probably rejoin the receiver corps after spending last year as a defensive back and this Spring at running back.

Offensive Line: The single returning starter in the offensive line, Tim Hofacre (6-4, 269), is a fine performer. He shifts to tackle this year after playing guard most of last Fall. One other letterman on hand is Second Classman Mike Sweeney (6-2, 243) and he'll line up at guard.

The other guard likely will be improved Second Classman Mike Maier (6-2, 260) while Second Classman Mike Kircher (6-2, 241) should be the other tackle. Youngster Bob Friedman (6-1, 233) is the top prospect at center. The back-ups Bob Weissenfels will help in the secondary—Photo by Phil Hoffman

in the offensive line are all Youngsters who have good size and potential—Greg HIatky (6-5, 245), Ben Meeuwsen (6-4, 247), Eric Lautzenheiser (6-3, 234), Stacey Overiin (6-3, 240), Pat Tighe (6-2, 232), Anthony Kawa (6-2, 240) and Tom Mayne (6-2, 238).

Defensive End: Hopefully the improvement in this area shown in the Spring will carry over into the Fall. Second Classman Mike Christ (6-5, 243) and Youngster Chris Janke (6-3, 232) are vying at one end position while twoyear letterman David Lowe (6-2, 211), Second Classman Jim Kirk (6-0, 218) and First Classman Chris Carlson (6-2, 211) are on the other side. Lowe is a Second Classman who missed the Spring again while pitching on the varsity baseball team.

Defensive Line: The Mids are stronger and have more depth in the defensive line than a year ago. First of all. First Classman Troy Holland (6-5, 242) was more consistent in the Spring—he has outstanding quickness and has been excellent at times over the past three seasons. Letterman Scott Prinz (6-4, 238), a Second Classman, is the likely other tackle while Youngster Chris Graham (5-11, 238) and First Classman Greg Reppar (6-0, 234) seem set at middle guard along with Youngster Andy Kirkland (6-1, 225), a surprise in the Spring.

Inside Linebacker: This is the big question area on the team. If it can be strengthened.

Navy should present a more solid defensive posture this Fall. First Classman Mark Pimpo (5-11, 220) was the team leader in tackles last year with 139 and uses his unabated intensity to make up for his limited athletic ability. Help for him could come from another First Classman, Ray Worthington (6-0, 220) who lettered at defensive end last year but missed the Spring with a hernia operation. He had 76 tackles in 1987.

Youngster Bill Bowling (6-2, 217) and First Classman Rich Giacin (5-10, 214) are two more hopefuls.

Secondary: Navy showed it was playing better pass defense as the Spring drills ended.

Also there is more experience in the secondary.

Second Classman Daron Fullwood started at corner last year but moves to strong safety this season while First Classman Jim Chatfield, last year's utility man, will start at shortside corner.

Second Classman Bob Weissenfels was vastly improved in the Spring and lines up at free safety. The wide corner prospects are First Classman Paul Day and Youngster Rodney Brown, a convert from running back. Youngster Bart LaRocca lettered at free safety in 1987 and can play either there or at corner. Two other Youngsters figuring to help are Scott Carson and Jay Harrell.

Specialists: First Classman Ted Fundoukos gives the Mids another offensive weapon with his placekicking. He was perfect on all 10 of his field goal tries a year ago and again this Spring was most consistent. The punting chores may end up going to a Plebe although Second Classman Gerard Shanley showed some promise near the end of Spring. Shanley, however, has never punted in a varsity game.

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a much stronger complementary passing attack. Defensively, the big worry will be at inside linebacker. Overall, Uzelac believes the program is "moving forward."

New Haven Classic at West Haven, Conn.; 18- Howler at Ocean City; 11-13 Nov., ICYRA 19 Nov., EC AC Championships (to be an- Singlehanded Championships at Coast Guard; nounced); 3-4 Dec, NCAA Regionals (to be 11-12 Nov., Fall Invitational at Charleston; announced).

Chesapeake Bay Crossing at Naval Station; 18Water Pob: 17-18 Sept., Eastern Invitational at 20 Nov., ICYRA Sloop Championships at Fielding Wins NCAA Postgraduate Navy; 22 Sept., U. of California, home; 24-25 Santa Cruz, Calif.; Vanderstar at Navy; 26-27 Scholarship, Academic All-America Sept., Brown Invitational at Providence, 1-2 Nov., Turkey Bowl at Old Dominion; 25-27 Recognition Oct., Eastern Invitational at Providence, 7 Nov., Timme Angsten at Chicago.

Ens. Leanne Fielding, a member of the Class Oct., at Army; 8 Oct., Mid-Atlantic Confer- A Reminder About Recruiting Rules of 1988, has been awarded an NCAA ence Tournament at West Point; 15 Oct., at Bucknell; 21-23 Oct., Mid-Atlantic ConferClarification of NCAA rules interpretations postgraduate scholarship. ence Tournament at Navy; 4-6 Nov., Eastern on recruiting of student-athletes has altered Fielding, a letterman on the varsity swimming team the past four years, is the 18th Naval Championships at Providence, 25-27 Nov., some of the information we previously provided you.

Academy graduate to receive an NCAA grant NCAA Championships at Berkeley, Calif.

Sailing: 3-4 Sept., Anderson Trophy at Yale; It is NOT permissible for anyone other than a since that program was instituted in 1965.

Pine Trophy at Coast Guard; Laser Opener at Navy coach to contact a prospect's coach, She was an honorable mention All-America after her solid performance on a relay unit at Navy; 10-11 Sept., Nevins Trophy at Kings school principal or counselor in an attempt to this past year's NCAA Division 11 Women's Point; 17-18 Sept., Women's Invitational at evaluate the prospect, or to visit the prospect's Hobart; Windsiu-fing Invitational at Navy; educational institution to pick up film or tranSwimming and Diving Championships.

MacMillan Cup Eliminations at Navy; 24-25 scripts in an effort to evaluate the prospect's acShe also this Spring was named to the secSept., Danmark at Coast Guard; Sloop Elim- ademic or athletic ability. ond Academic All-America team in the "other inations at Navy; Watergate at Georgetown; Again, you are allowed to scout or videotape sports category" by the College Sports InforCrab Claw on the Severn; Windsurfing at Coast football games to evaluate performance; you mation Directors of America.

Guard; NROTC Regatta at Navy; 30 Sept.-2 Fielding graduated fourth in her Class and Oct., MacMillan Cup at Navy; 1-2 Oct., can send newspaper articles about recruits to had a 3.91 academic average in Systems Women's Intersectional at Navy; Area C Mono the Academy; you can assist Navy coaches when they are recruiting in your area; you can Engineering.

Eliminations at Navy; Cary Price at Michigan; participate in "Blue & Gold" activities as long 8-9 Oct., Fall Invitational at Navy; Women's as they involve all prospective Midshipmen and Fall Sports Schedules (Tentative) Intersectional at Yale; 15-16 Oct., Hoyt Trophy the focus is not athletics; and you can answer Men's Cross Country: 17 Sept., St. Joseph's, at Brown; MAISA Mono at Navy; MAISA home; 24 Sept., Fordham, home; 1 Oct., Womens at SUNY; Dinghy Invite at Kings questions of a general nature by a prospective Georgetown, Syracuse, Rutgers, home; 8 Oct., Point; Sailboard Invite at Navy; Packer-Team student-athlete, but without going into a rePaul Short Invitational at Bethlehem, Petma.; Racing at Penn; District Championship at Fish- cruiting presentation or discussing athletics in 14 Oct., Pittsburgh, home; 22 Oct., Army, ing Bay; 22-23 Oct., Shell Trophy at MIT; any depth. The athlete should be referred to the home; 28 Oct., Heptagonals at New York City; MAISA Sloop at Navy; Area C Dinghy at coaches for follow-up.

Rememberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;YOU CANNOT contact a pro5 Nov., Colonial Athletic Association Cham- Georgetown; Fall Bowl on Severn; 29-30 pionships at Williamsburg, Va.; 12 Nov., Oct., War Memorial at Old Dominion; MAISA spective student-athlete, his parents, or legal NCAA Regionals at New Haven, Coiui.; 21 Boards at Navy; East Coasts on Severn; 5-6 guardians in person, by mail or by telephone; Nov., NCAA Championships at Ames, Iowa.

Nov., Atlantic Coast at Navy; Women's Atlan- you cannot contact a coach, principal, guidWomen's Cross Country: 10 Sept., Mt. St. tic Coast at Brown; Tom Curtis at Georgetown; ance counselor, etc. to obtain athletic, acaMary's and Toledo, home; 17 Sept., at Indiana Acors Thompson on Severn; Holloween demic, or medical information; nor can you request tapes from high school coaches. of Peimsylvania; 24 Sept., Penn, James Madison, Lehigh, home; 1 Oct., George Invitational NAVY'S 1988 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE at Fairfax, Va.; 9 Oct., Paul Short Invitational 1400 Sept. 3 JAMES MADISON Home at Bethlehem, Penna.; 22 Oct., Army, home; Home 1400 Sept. 10 DELAWARE 28 Oct., Heptagonals at New York City; 5 Nov., Home 1400 Sept. 17 TEMPLE ECAC/NCAA Regionals at Indiana, Penna.

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1330 Oct. 22 Pittsburgh nell; 28 Oct., at Penn; 5 Nov., Army, home.

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1400 Dec. 3 ARMY Wilmington; 25 Sept., at East Carolina; 1 Oct., Yale, home; 5 Oct., at UMBC; 8 Oct., Richmond, home; 12 Oct., George Mason, home; 15 Oct., West Chester, home; 22-23 Oct., UCLA Tournament at Los Angeles; 26 Oct., American U., home; 30 Oct., Mt. St. Mary's, home; 10 Nov., Army, home.

Women's Volleyball: 9-10 Sept., USNA Trident hohers that special person.

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Send news directly to Shipmate Elizabeth (Betty) W. Molten, widow of the late Capt. Robert P. Molten USN died on 23 March 1988. Mrs. Molten was a long-time resident of the South Carolina Episcopal Home in Still Hopes, West Columbia, South Carolina. Interment was at the Arlington National Cemetery on 2 May at 1100.

'But still when two or three shall meet, And old tales be retold . . . "

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Sec'y RAdm. J. R. Dudley USN (Ret.) 306 Edwards Ferry Rd., N.E., Leesburg, Va. 22075; (703) 777-3887 Sec'y San Diego Area: RAdm. Logan McKee USN (Ret.) 738 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, Calif. 92118 Happy Birthday to these Classmates bom in September: J. A. (Jack) Upshur, K. H. (Kent) Power, and M. C. (Muy) Barrett.

We beg forgiveness for no Annapolis-D.C. news in June's Shipmate. We missed the deadline.

Membership: 100% Fortunately our Coronado reporter, Logan, came through.

Send news directly to Shipmate.

Transportation problems limit our social activities, but some still occur. To observe his 90th birthday, the children of Charles Philip Woodson hosted a gala Membership: 71% party in Walnut Creek, California, last 24 April. To represent our Class, Anna Thayer (widow of Rufe), Send news directly to Shipmate and Dave Davis attended. R. K. reports it was a gala occasion with about 50 well-wishers attending which included grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We send our congratulations to Charlie and Virginia.

Membership: 100% Sadly, we report the death of our Classmate, L. S. (Sabe) Sabin last 2 June. The burial Mass on 8 June Send news directly to Shipnwte was attended by these who represented our Class: RAdm. E. Paul Abemethy and wife, Lucy, Capt. T. O. Cullins and wife, Helen, Capt. Duncan Curry and Membership: 67% wife, Dorothea, RAdm. L. McKee and wife, Elizabeth, Capt. J. A. Roberts, Capt. D. E Smith and wife Sophie, Cdr. L. S. Stafford and wife Rosella, Send news directly to Shipmate Cdr. H. T. Wray and wife Clara, Virginia Hickey (Mrs. R. E), and Louise Schell (Mrs. E. P). Pallbearers were: Cullins, Curry, McKee, Smith, and Membership: 71% Stafford, with three friends from La Jolla. Admiral Sabin's daughter, Anne, has suggested that memorial West Coast Reporter, Capt. George F. Chapline gifts be made to Naval Academy Foundation, 25 USNR (Ret.) Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, Md. 1327 Inspiration Dr., La Jolla, Calif. 92037 One joy for a Class Secretary is hearing from Classmates, or from our loyal widows, with news about their activities. Too often one wonders if their Membership: 75% activity is interesting. Of course it is. Lately we are indebted to Guy Chadwick from Old Lyme, ConSend news directly to Shipmate necticut, N. O. (Piggy) Schwien from San Antonio, Texas, Al Smith from Towson, Maryland, H. T. (Bunny) Wray from Coronado, and our regular helpers, Dave Davis and Logan McKee from the West Coast. Loyal widows who have written recently Membership: 100% are Becky Eggers from Bemidji, Minnesota, Tram Roland from San Antonio, Doris Hamilton, Louise Elmers, and Phronie Barbaro from the Washington area, and Gerry Wellborn from New Hampshire.

Membership: 75% Best wishes to our Navy football team and to Head-Coach Elliot Uzelac facing three tough games Send news directly to Shipmate this month.

West Coast The San Diego Chapter of the Class of 1921 held its Membership: 68% regular monthly luncheon at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, on Tliesday, 21 June. Present were Sec'y Capt. C. F. Swanson USN (Ret.) the following: Paul Abernethy, Logan McKee, Stogi Fairhaven, Apt.B-213, 7200 Third Ave., Roberts, Don Smith, Leo Stafford and Bunny Wray.

Sykesville, Md. 21784 The Secretary announced, with regret, the death of Class Correspondent, Mrs. W. P. Hepburn Mary Cronin on 11 June 1988. She was the widow of 11 B-1 President Point Dr., Annapolis, Md. 21403

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Joe Cronin, who died in 1973. In recent years Mary established her home near their daughter, Mrs. Frank E. Adams (Joanne), whose address is: 4065 Paduchah, San Diego, Calif. 92117. Mary was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea, as were Joe's. Mary is survived by the Adams family, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mary will be missed by all who knew her.

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Pres., RAdm. George Bauernschmidt SC USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Harvey T. Walsh USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr, #253, McLean, Va. 22101 Jim Riseley joined the Ninety Club as of 7 May. I called him and found out that while he had not moved, he had changed his telephone number to 623-4302. He reports that the family had a big gathering of 220 guests at a garden party in his front yard, his daughter had baked eight of their special cakes and had imported from California baskets of strawberries, dates and pecans. It was truly a fiesta.

Jim promised to send more details including the recipe for that special cake. I was shipmates with Jim in Quantico in '36-'37; in fact we lived in adjoining apartments for several months.

Nina joined with two other residents with 28 June birthdays, but much later birth dates, for a celebration at Vinson Hall. There were two highlights for me, first die presence of five, well almost five, Walshes of USNA vintage to wit, self, Tim '54, Dick '56, Tom '79 and Tom's son, Sean '08 (2008 that is).

The other was a 24" x 16" birthday greeting from Marjorie and Louis Bellis, '31, pasted on my door with the message "Only the Mighty Make Ninety," the 90 spelled out with bright new pennies. The other celebrants had similar greetings on their doors. Actually there were four celebrants as Mary Woodside of Greenwood, Mississippi, was visiting her twin sister, Esther Wyse, wife of Fred Wyse, '41.

So now 1 rest at 90; I'll bore you no more with that one. I look forward to Carlos Badger, Bobby Morse, George Watson and Roger Nelson making 87 in that order next year.

Having survived May and June with birthdays, a graduation and weddings from California to New Jersey and a side trip to Hudson, Wisconsin, we stepped right into July with the wedding of Sue Walsh, daughter of Joan and Dick Walsh, '56, and Capt. Jeffrey D. Thomson, MC, USA. The bride saved a dance for her grandfather whereupon two more granddaughters, a granddaughter-in-law and two daughters-in-law cut in, in succession. El Viejo was almost exhausted, but not really.

And speaking of USNA connections in one family, I mentioned in the July-August issue that Carlos Badger wondered if any family had exceeded the Badger and Crommelin record of four each. Depend upon Shipmate to keep us informed. The June issue includes a fine article about "One Man's Navy Family." Hjalmar Olsen enlisted as a seaman in 1880 and retired the 3rd time in 1919 as a Lt. Hisfivesons were RAdm. Charles E. '18; RAdm. Clarence E., '21; Shipmate, September 1988

LCdr. Earl K., '26; Capt. Robert 1., '33; and Capt.

Albert R., '38. Read all about them in the article written by Hjalmar's granddaughter and daughter of Robert, '33.

I just talked with John Parker and he is recuperating nicely after six weeks in the George Washington University Hospital. He will make a trip to New Hampshire about 8 July to serve as executor of the estate of his recently deceased sister John underwent two serious operations, spent six weeks in bed during May and June and lost 30 pounds. John will soon regain them; as of our 65th Reunion. I considered him one of our healthiest Classmates, closely rivalled by Bob McDonald and Jim Riseley who also attended said gathering.

And May ended with a shock for me. My good friend, Russell Sturges died on 29 May 1988, about six months after his 64th Anniversary. Russell and I made two Midshipman cruises together and served on MISSISSIPPI following graduation. Russell's active duty career had several anomalies. He was a Naval Engineering postgraduate but served as Commanding Officer of four BuOrd shore stations. Also, while he had several engineering billets at sea he also served as Commanding Officer of three ships during the period "34- "47 for a total of about seven years, an enviable record I assure you.

Requiem Mass was celebrated at the St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean, Virginia, on 1 June and interment was private in the adjoining cemetery.

The Class sentflowersto the church for which Dorothy has expressed her sincere appreciation. We have lost afineClassmate, shipmate and friend. Our deepest sympathies are extended to his widow, Dorothy, and her family. His obituary appears in Last Call.

Dorothy donated his Class ring to the USNA Alumni Association for its "Ring Bank." These rings are in addition to its complete collection and are lent to graduates who have lost theirs. Russell also had acquired four non-'22 Lucky Bags, "18, "20, '21, and "23 and Dorothy has passed these along to respective graduates or their widows.

The Alumni Association informed me of the death of Edvrard A. Ryan of Deerfield Beach, Florida, on 18 July 1987. Edward resigned during Plebe Year and my only information about him is his letter to our 1949 Roll Call when he lived in Chicago. Any information regarding survivors, if any, or other facts from which to prepare an obituary will be appreciated.

As you see my news, other than about Walsh, is sparse. PLEASE SEND ME MORE NEWS.

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Pres., Adm. Arieigh A. Burke USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. John R. Johannesen USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr, #103, McLean, Va. 22101 W Coast, Capt. H. H. Connelley USN (Ret.) 544 Silvergate Ave., San Diego, Calif. 92106 Before proceeding with this column, it is necessary to acknowledge a disturbing inadvertent omission in the Class roster published in Class news in the June Shipmate. It listed only 72 of the reported 74 graduates still alive (in the absence of news to the contrary), as of the date the column was written. The two omissions that should have appeared in the alphabetically listed roster were the follows: "Folk, 98, Connecticut" and "Sanders, 134, California."

The unique coordinated celebrations in Annapolis and Coronado, on the 65th Anniversary of Graduation Day was a pronounced success as a Class Reunion, noting that 23 Classmates and their wives, 17 Class widows, and 13 offspring participated.

Attendees at the East Coast Reunion at the Naval Academy O & F Club were; Joe Ageton with daughter Mary Jo Aagerstoun and Cdr and Mrs. C. A. J. Shipmate, September 1988

Rear: McLellan, Nager, McLaren, Carson, Hensel, Tbcker, Burke, Strauss, Jim Wood, Bernard, Gwathmey, Front: Johnson, Folk, Dusinberre. Johannesen. Barrett Welker with daughter Eleanor (Mrs. R. G. Kline); Libby and J. E. M. Wood; Katie King and Capt. and Mrs. John W King IV; Col. and Mrs. Louis A. Reinken Jr..

We are deeply grateful for the many excellent photographs provided by Anthony Kennedy 111, the son of our late-Classmate, "Tony." Some of them will appear in this and future issues.

West Coast Our West Coast 65th Reunion was held at the Amphibious Base, Coronado, on 7 June. Seventeen of us gathered there to meet, eat, laugh, chat and celebrate our graduation of long ago. Our group consisted of seven Classmates, eight wives and widows of Classmates, and two daughters. Present were; Madge and From near and far: Pierre Bernard, Annapolis; Mac Barry Chapman, Mike and Peggy Connelley, Fred McLellan. Seattle and Lydia Edwards, Frank and Jessie Good, Bill Lemly, Al and Lillian Olney, Bill and Iris Rassieur, Thelma Ward, and Put and Eleanor Storrs and their surprise guest Linda (Davis) Ferguson—the daughter of Burt and Donna Davis.

Earlier in the day we had been in touch with Elliott Strauss and exchanged felicitations with him, wishing for each other's group good health and happiness.

Their group at Annapolis greatly outnumbered us in the San Diego area.

We warmly welcomed all who were present. We were particularly pleased to have with us Lydia and Fred Edwards and Jessie and Frank Good. The Edwards flew into town on Monday, 6 June, from Annapolis for a short visit of about 45 hours just to have lunch with our group, and after a tour of beautiful V.»;i .^^ • "^^n* J'^'"'•»:„ San Diego Bay and another of the City, with our lunch sandwiched in between, they flew back home early Wednesday. All of us appreciated their efforts to Anne and Neb Keating, Florida, March 1988 be with us.

Our other out-of-town visitors were Jessie and Perry; Margaret Bennett with son Peter Bennett "56; Frank Good, who flew from their home in HarlinKeat and Pablo Barrett; Sybil and Pierre Bernard; gen, Texas. They arrived in town on 18 May, called, Bobbie and Arieigh Burke; Jewell and "Kit" Carson and generously invited us to have dinner with them. with daughter Mary Alice and her husband A. C. The next day they attended a meeting of representaBuckmaster; Sybil Cook ad her sister Shirley Smith; tives of the organization of Eagle Scouts of America.

Donna Cutts; Alice and Hank Dusinberre; Anne Frank was honored by the group for his long years of Grosvenor; Marion and Cabell Gwathmey; Janet and support and leadership of the organization. He was Wink Folk; Evelyn Huebl with daughter Sally Anne, made a life member of the Regency. wife of Thomas Moran "46; Karl Hensel with daughThen, for nearly three weeks, the Goods renewed ter Patricia and her husband Col. Tom Fields USMC friendships around Camp Pendleton, Fallbrook, and (Ret) and son Tom Jr; Greta Kennedy and sons AnPalm Springs. They were given the privilege of staythony, 111 and Jackson '61; Hazel Keith with Kaing in the VlP's quarters in Camp Pendleton. (Frank therine Haas Nicholson; Jo Johannesen; Margaret was the Commanding General of Camp Pendleton for and Henry Johnson; Betty Lindsay; "Pop"' McLaren a tour of duty about 34 years ago—and sponsored a with daughter Anne and her husband Mario Abbate; Class meeting and an overnight stay for our Class Mac McLellan with his son Peter; Bunny Murdaugh there. We never laughed so much in our lives before with son John; Pat and Bob Oakes; Isabel and Charlie or since.)

Nager; Beatrice and Elliott Straus; Linda Soucek While in that area, they were honored by invitawith grandson Curt Coughlin "80; Ruth and Tommy tions to breakfasts, brunches, lunches, dinners, and Tucker; Virginia Von Dreele and guest Dr. Cavparties. They are young enough to take it in stride. anaugh; Mrs. R. K. Walker; Dorothy Walton; "Jerry"' 43

They are fun to be with, and we certainly appreciated having them extend their visit to this area several days in order to take part in our Reunion. They flew home to Harlingen on Wednesday, 8 June. They left us many happy memories of our 65th Reunion.

As many of you abeady know, Kat Carlin wrote a history of "Coronado—the Enchanted Island."' but died before it could be published. It has now been published by the Historical Society of Coronado, and may be ordered from: C. H. A. Carlin Book Fund, 1030 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, Calif. 92118.

Total cost is $28 and includes tax, shipping, and handling. Mary (Carlin) King assures you it is a charming book of 312 pages of history with 500 photos and illustrations.

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Pres., VAdm. Ralph E. Wilson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. J. M. Kennaday USN (Ret.) RO. Box 53, Castine, Maine 04421 W. Coast, RAdm. S. E. Burroughs USN (Ret.) The columnist wishes to correct his statement in the May column on ages of grads predeceasing us. It should, of course, say most are younger than we.

Don't know how it got mixed up. More and more Classmates are checking in now that they know who the new secretary is. A letter from Don Walker in the Virgin Islands, where he'd lived and worked, very profitably, for years, was most welcome. He's going to estabhsh a scholarship for high school graduates in the Virgins so they can go to college. Some way to combat the drug situation there, evidently as bad as everywhere else. A noble idea. But he's also coming back to the States for a while, at least, and plans to gather at Morey's where Ed Woodyard, Hans Baldwin, John Shannon and the Wallers convene from time to time.

And just today (June 13) came another letter from the Wallers, at home again, but with enthusiastic accounts of their trip, and of meeting the RN friend and his wife and dining with them. The Wallers and the Franks had previously sent an airmail postcard, jointly, telling of their meeting. Today's letter told of more of their trip—and also of their intention of going to Korea to see the last of the Olympic Games!

They're an example to us! But recent news doesn't sound too good for the Olympics.

The columnist also has heard from his old shipmate, and roommate of COLORAIXJ days, Charlie McDonald. He"s the oldest member of Red Ruhsenberger"s Three Century Club and seemed frisky as ever. Very heartwarming. The TCC"s surviving members are now Red, Harold Hall, Deacon Cameron (he the victim of Pat Creehan"s goodnatured hoax about the "Bovril Party" in Greenock, First Class Cruise), Ralph McAfee, Noble Abrahams (another COLORADO messmate). Hap Goodall, Max Schreiner, Joe Daniel and Wayne Garnet. Hope they all live into the 21st century!

It would be good to hear from some of the TCC besides Red and Noble and Charlie. Red and Martha, by the way, are now planning a trip down the Mississippi on a paddle wheeler. The columnist also wrote Red to get his opinion on a 65th reunion. Red's against it, and also regional ones, or certainly in the Florida area, where they live. It seems there aren't as many in his vicinity as one would think, and many are not in good shape or apathetic. Rollo Wilson's thought on the subject will be asked, too, for the WB and A area, and Ev Burrough"s have already opted for the West Coast. It must be admitted that we may now be a little "made weak by time and fate," all right, even though we don't yield—except to such excursions. A regional reunion for us, here to a lunch at Morey's, which would be nearest for us, would mean two days on the road, both ways. It would be 44

helpful to hear from others on the subject. But also to hear any news from them.

The columnist did, however, receive a copy of the letter from the widow of Natt Hudnall to the Class thanking us all for theflowerssent by the Class. Alice Hudnall also wrote of Natt's fine spirit right to the end. He certainly didn't yield. Another example to us all.

Ev Burroughs wrote of visiting his brother in New Hampshire recently. Not very far from us—perhaps.

But he isn't blamed for not trying to get over here. He also reported that the Schultz's aren't in very good shape, and that Truman Hedding is moving (and has been asked for the address, when he learns it). He expressed thanks that he and Kay are fine.

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Pres., RAdm. Walter C. Ford USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Joseph H. Nevins Jr. USN (Ret.) Five Acton Place, Annapolis. Md. 21401 Father "Jake" Laboon, S. J. "44, Captain (ChC) USN (Ret.) once paid a tribute to the formation and maintenance of friendships engendered among Classmates by the Naval Service when he observed that, "We live together as students, play together, serve together and frequently are buried in the same cemetery."" An example of such friendship, respect and love was recently demonstrated by "Mike" Femio"s widow. Avis, in a letter in which she expressed shock and sorrow in leaming of the death of "Gus" Wellings who was in the Fenno wedding 60 years ago. In his memory and in admiration. Avis sent a generous check to the Class Fund. Her letter also contained references to happy memories of the China Station of 60 years ago!

Hunter Wood sent the photograph of Thorington.

Veeder, Dufek, Crommelin and Trainor in their exalted position of new 2nd Classmen exercising the new "rate" of pockets in the pants.

in San Juan, George says, was a bit nostalgic because he first visited there in OLYMPIA our Youngster Cruise (without a bride!) In May, George and Kay attended the reunion of LONG ISLAND (CVE-1) in

which George served from 1942-43 as navigator and later as executive officer LONG ISLAND was the only carrier protection for our battleships as a control force during the Battle of Midway. George opines that "formnately we did not make contact with any of the Japanese carriers!"" Amen! George and Kay hope to attend Homecoming this Fall. They have extended a gracious invitation to Classmates passing through Jacksonville to stop by ovemight and enjoy their hospitality and the beautifiil view from their home of the Saint Johns River The news from "Bevo" Bond in Coronado is that he and "Swede" Larson have quit golf. This leaves Benny Wright as our only user of the Municipal Course. The last time Bevo saw Beimy, the latter was using a cart instead of pulling one.

In June "Red Eye" Coleman and Kitty celebrated their 61st wedding aimiversary. Congratulations to you and best wishes from the Class.

The "Four Horsemen"" depicted are George O'Keefe, Jeane Clark, Cam Briggs and Marvin West enjoying the hospitality of Cam's daughter who staged the mini-reunion in March 1988 in San Diego.

George, Jeane and Cam were in WYOMING'S J. O. Mess in 1925-26.

Before Butch Parker and Louise left Annapolis in May to proceed by an intricate and deceptive zigzag plan to their Summer place on Lake Fenton in Michigan, Butch famished me with afive-pageaccount of their proposed activities for the Summer months. I followed but at a distance. Suffice it to say that they will be fully occupied, attending meetings of organizations, reunions and a yacht club cruise to the Bahamas. They plan to retum to their Florida home in September. Butch reported that Monty Eggers and Fran are on their annual Summer safari to Canada for the fishing.

The Class is shocked and grieved to learn of the death of Robert Henry (Bob) Gibbs on 25 May at his residence in Stuart, Florida. Bob served in the Special Service Squadron (1925-27) and participated in the Second Nicaraguan Campaign, later in submarines (1930-37) and ultimately commanded S-27. As Commanding Officer of the destroyer WAINWRIGHT, he performed escort of convoy duty in the Atlantic in WW II and participated in the Casablanca, Sicily and Salemo operations. In 1946-47 Bob commanded Destroyer Squadron 16. He smdied the Russian and Bulgarian languages as a hobby. After retirement in 1955, Bob went into teaching and was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A & M. Upon relinquishing his faculty post, he moved to Stuart, Florida, where he lived for 17 years. Survivors include two sons, Benjamin Gibbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, and George Gibbs of Montgomery, Alabama, and six grandchildren.

The sincere sympathy of the Class is extended to his family.

Our ranks continue to thin, this time with the loss of John James ("Duke") Laffan who died on 31 May 1988 in the Meridian Nursing Home, Westfield, New Jersey. Following graduation, Duke served in WYOMING, BAINBRIEXJE and ROCHESTER plus a tour

Four Horsemen George Bains reports his marriage on 1 January 1988 to Catherine Wortsman, a widow, in Jacksonville, Florida, in George's home with Navy Chaplain John Wesley Brown officiating and only members of the bride's and groom's families present. George and Kay honeymooned on a Caribbean cruise. Their stop

of instruction at the Torpedo School, Newport until 1932. That year he married Helen Sweetman of his hometown, Irvington, New York. Next he absorbed some additional instruction at the Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood, Maryland, and at the Line Postgraduate School in Annapolis. There followed a three-year cruise in destroyers GOFF, FAIRFAX and ScHENK. Subsequently he retumed to Annapolis as an instructor in the Ordnance Department of the Academy. After a year in Nashville, Duke commanded DALLAS on Neutrality Patrol (1939-40) and Shipmate, September 1988

then served as gunnery officer of BOISE through the first year of WW II, participating in the Battle of Cape Esperance in the Solomon Islands. From December 1942 to June 1943 he attended the Command Class at the Naval War College. This was followed by another tour in the Ordnance Department at the Naval Academy. In early 1945 he assumed command of Dix (AP-67) and participated in the Okinawa show and "magic carpet"" troop lift. From 1946-48 he served on the staff of ComNavPhil. In August 1948 he retumed to the States to duty as Professor of Naval Science at the University of Missouri. In 1951 he took command of DesRon 8 operating out of Newport. He relinquished this command in July 1952 to assume command of the New York Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Following retirement in 1955 as a rear admiral by virtue of having been awarded the Navy Cross, "Duke"" was an accountant for 14 years with the Joel Mitchell Associates in New York. Survivors include two sons, a daughter and eight grandchildren. The sincere sympathy of the Class has been extended to his family.

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Pres., RAdm. Kenneth Craig USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec"y, RAdm. J. W. Callahan USN (Ret.) 1138 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, Calif. 92118 618-435-5990 An anecdote from Fitzhugh Lee: In the mid-thirties Naval Aviation had two pilot training programs in effect. One was to continue training enlisted men to be "Naval aviation pilots"' (AP for short). We already had an 18-plane fighter squadron commanded by a commissioned Naval aviator. All the rest of the pilots were AP's. Other types of squadrons also had a few AP"s.

The other program was to give aviation pilot training to some selected senior officers in order to designate them as Naval Aviators. This was done in order to rectify a situation in which almost all the policy making billets at that time were filled by senior officers who often seemed to lack an appreciation of the important role and the needs of Naval Aviation in modem war.

In 19361 was aflightinstmctor in Pensacola. One part of the syllabus was instruction in formation flying. This was done in a three-plane formation with an instmctor and two students. I was an instructor and my two students were an enlisted musician (specialized as a bugler), and the other was then-Capt.

Bull Halsey. As we walked back to the hanger the bugler said to me, when Halsey was out of earshot, "He was pretty scary, wasn't he?'"

Kay and P. D. Stroop attended the Spring meeting of USNA Alumni Association Officers and Tmstees on 18-19 May. The big news at this meeting was initiation of construction of the "Brigade Activities Center" located on the former site of Isherwood Hall (the old "steam"" building). This badly needed facility is multi-purpose and will be large enough to handle the entire Brigade plus faculty, staff and additional visitors. The Congress has authorized about half the cost and requires the Navy to produce the other half from private sources. The Alumni Association has initiated a "Capital Campaign'" and our new President, Bob Baldwin '45, and the Executive Director Bill Busik '43, will have a demanding responsibility for the next couple of years!

We talked to Kack and Charlie Buchanan who were also in Annapolis staying with Mary Gail who is a permanent resident and very busy with volunteer work at the Visitors' Center and also involved with many other activites—all for the benefit of the Brigade. Incidentally, Mary Gail Buchanan was elected to Associate Membership in the Alumni Association at the Spring meeting.

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The Stroops returned to San Diego via Washington D.C. where R D. saw Betty and Ford Taylor and visited R D."s daughter Barbara and her husband Capt.

John Draddy USN (Ret.). Kay proceeded to Cleveland to check on her family there, Dr and Mrs. Gordon Bell and three grandchildren.

Recently, Isabel and Mort Fleming became greatgrandparents twice in the span of a few months. The mother of the most recent baby, entered the hospital at 1:30 A.M., returned home with her baby at 2 RM. and had her parents to dinner that same evening. At the time Isabel's and Mort's children were born Mothers had rest and relaxation in the hospital for five to ten days!

Ben Custer wrote: I was delighted to read of the exploits you-all had had in Australia and of course, felt envious that Betts and I could not have accompanied you. I have never been there and hearing your priase of the place, and people, adds to my desire to visit there and New Zealand whilst I'm still mobile.

Early this year as I realized that most of us are getting toward 'short-stay" I decided to get my surviving siblings to rally with me at the Jekyll Island Club. I had no trouble persuading my sisters to accept my invitation and after a lot of 'haggling" about the time and place, I got consent from my brother, a retired lawyer who lives in Reno. We had four days there in the middle of April and a lot of talking—all Custers—no spouses were invited, the weather was good (though a bit cold for the swimming which I carried on daily in the outside pool) and we had lots of pleasant walks and drives on the Island. I'd told Eleanor at that time that I'd write you-two-wonderfulfolk and report on our 'Golden Reunion". All of the siblings are my juniors. ril enclose a 'brief on the service for Royce Flippin. I'm devastated to learn of Virginia Perrill's death—she and Knox drove the 90 miles to Hueneme in December "86 to see me 'perform' in decommissioning NORTON SOUND. There were 31 captains between me and the young man who commanded— he was, in fact, six months younger than NORTON SOUND! I was really touched by the effort they had made and I made it a practice to phone them about once a month on Sundays and on one of those days Virginia told me that I couldn't speak to Knox, that she was just then in the process of writing me of his heart-attack and death three days earlier A Memorial Service for Royce Flippin was held 29 May at 1600. It was held in a large funeral home in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the adjacent town to Upper Montclair. There was a very large group attending the service. Friends and neighbors from the area and others from New York and Connecticut. The ritual was that of the Christian Science Church which included a number of moving testimonials to Royce and his work by friends and family members.

After the service there was a gracious reception in the Flippin home on Park Street. Elizabeth, their children and grandchildren all made us feel comforted and not sorrowful as we were celebrating a life, which had been full of years and honors.

All of the 1926 survivors in the area attended: Henry Bourse, Bruce Broussard, Ambrose Crowley, and Ben Custer.

We are sad to report the following deaths.

Etheridge Grant died 22 May 1988, at age 85.

He died peacefully at his home in Belvedere, California, following a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Marcia U. Grant, of Belvedere, his daughter, Margaret, the wife of Stephen Cassin Young, Class of 1950, of Sacramento, California, and three grandchildren.

His ashes will be scattered in the South Pacific from the USS ENTERPRISE as she returns to the United States in July and passes through the area where he spent the most important part of his distinguished career.

It is with great sadness that Jim Russell reports the death of our Classmate Gordon Alexander McLean on Friday, 27 May '88, at the McLean home on Whidbey Island in Washington State.

Evelyn McLean informed me by telephone today that Gordon (whom we also knew as "Scotch"') had a protracted illness. Last Autumn she herself had had a casualty. She slipped on the kitchen floor, fallen and broken a leg. So at one time they had two hospital beds in the living room of their beautiful home on the east shore of Whidbey Island. The beds were placed so that each occupant could look out over Skagit Bay and on east to the Cascade Mountains, and the always snowclad Mount Baker This was a view that Scotch loved so much.

At the time of death the McLeans had both son, Gordon Alexander McLean, II and daughter at home; daughter has already left to return to London. You may remember that she married an officer in the Black Watch Regiment of the British Army when the McLeans were on duty in London.

Evelyn said that Scotch died at 84'/2 years of age, and that they had been married for 57'/2 years. The McLeans and the Russells used to get together frequently at times like Army-Navy Game, Navy League in Seattle and Tacoma, and when Gerry and I were attending functions at N.A.S. Whidbey. Recently, however, we have not seen as much of the McLeans as we might like. Both Evelyn and Gerry are Seattle girls. They both belong to the Sunset Club in Seattle—A women-only club which appeals to my Scottish ancestry because the women have to sign all the chits!

Bill Pryor reported the death of Allan R. Joyce on 9 June '88 at Tuscon, Arizona. His ashes will be scattered at sea. He is survived by his wife Margaret, son Jack, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, who live in Spain. Margaret Joyce now lives at Valley Manor, 566 East Pina, Tuscon, Ariz.

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Charlie Carpenter phoned us of the death of Chester A. Kunz, who died 17 June "88 at Swathmore, Pennsylvania. He is survived by wife Carolyn Irene Leuenberger, three children, Chester A. Kunz USNA "58, Carolyn L. Kittle and Harriett R, Zielinski. There are five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mildred M. Jones died 27 May '88 after a short illness. Mrs. Jones lived in Coronado for most of her adult life. She was the widow of Navy Lt. Vemon Rex Hain, RAdm. James Haile Mini and and RAdm. Carroll Burgess Jones. She was the daughter of the late-Josie Buckmaster and the stepdaughter of the late-VAdm. Elliott Buckmaster She is survived by two sons, Elliott Hain Mini and James Michael Mini, a daughter, Ann Marie Berg, and four grandchildren.

A memorial service was held Saturday, 11 June at 11 A.M. at Christ Church, Coronado. Isabel and Mort Fleming and Joe Callahan attended.

The Class extends deepest sympathy to the families of those Classmates and widow that we lost in the past weeks.

Butch Parker, USNA '25, reported: On Saturday 10 June, I attended the wedding of William R. Smedberg V to a lovely young lady, in the Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Wash., D.C.—a church of which an ancestor was the rector 200 years ago.

Billy's Father is Bill Smedberg IV, Class 1951 USNA, and his mother is my niece, Ann Parker Smedberg.

The senior Smedbergs, Smeddy and Claudia, were present, as were other members of the families.

Grandmother Claudia isfine.I talked to Smeddy for a while.

Betty Wells hosted the '26 Class luncheon at her beautiful home and garden in Coronado, California on 23 June with the following attending: Al Bopileau and Laura Little, Martha and Joe Callahan, Isabel 45

and Mort Fleming, Bill Floyd. Hal and Fitz Lee, Helen and Andy Offutt, MaryBeth and Joe Stefanac, Kay and R D. Stroop, Marie Campbell. Dorothy Carroll. Alice King Davis, Ruth Reich, and Zoe Stout.

Al Boileau and Laura Little. Al's companion of 20 years, were married Saturday, 25 June 1988, at their home in San Diego. Family members were in attendance.

Does this surprise you? I think there are probably others who are or will be surprised. We kept this secret from Laura"s brother and her two sisters. After a quiet family dinner, at 8 o'clock, the minister came to the door, came in and was introduced as "Mr. Taxer"" Laura had them move to certain positions as a gag; had her younger sister hold a pillow—but not to look—on which I placed the ring. Then—bang—it hit them that a wedding was going to occur. It surprised them all.

The Class extends congratulations to the newly weds.

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Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton USN (Ret.) Exec. VPTES., Adm. Charles D. Griffin USN (Ret.) Secy RAdm. Joshua W. Cooper USN (Ret.) 400 Madison St., Apt. #808 Alexandria, Va. 22314 (703) 549-8708 As Summer sets in (with a vengeance), the urge to go somewhere, anywhere, is cropping up. Bunny and Don Griffin have shifted to their Summer home in New Hampshire. Karen and Ed Eckelmeyer are visiting their daughter in Portola Valley, their son in Noank, Coimecticut and planning to attend a ship reunion in St. Louis. Fred Hetter and bride are in their Summer home in Sweden. The welcome mat is out for Classmates who may be in the vicinity; (at) Hisholt 3 10 21 Sweden, Telephone 0430-42046. Tayo and Myles Hubbard joined us for the Alexandria Riverfest on the Potomac. We are looking forward to a holiday in York Harbor, Maine. Numerous 27ers are moving into the new retirement home at Ginger Cover in Annapohs.

Tom Greene, writing from Jacksonville, Florida, reports "suffering from old age in good health"'— "Nice Going, Tom, keep it so!" Dottie Caldwell has retumed home (Jacksonville) from the graduation exercises of her granddaughter, Neely White, in New Hampshire and a similar exercise for her grandson.

Lance Caldwell, in Illinois.

Marshall Smith reports that he narrowly missed representing the senior class present at the June Week West celebration by the San Francisco Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association. He was out-ranked by Lew Johns, "21, also a single class representative.

The Celebration was capped by a talk by the Chairman of the JCS, Admiral William Crowe.

Otie Gregg and Doris send glowing reports of their June visit to Great Britain which they covered in some detail along with their extended family. One catches theflavorof the excursion from this excerpt from Otie's letter; "Our trip via Britrail through Cambridge, York, Conway, Birmingham, Bath and Windsor topped off our wonderful experience with our very bright and precious grandchild who served both as inspirational guide and luggage carrier.

The San Diego-Coronado Chapter continues its stellar performance in mustering good attendance at regular meetings. On 31 May, 22 were present at the Admiral Kidd Club; Bobby & Clarence Coffin, Cliff Cooper, Florence & Ziggy Dawson, Sally & Dutch Deutermann, Dale Flynn, Emmie & Tom Hamilton, Harry Hummer, Mei and Meade Kitchen, Mims McKinney, Clare & Walter Price, Nadine & Robbie 46

Robinson, Nina & Oley Sharp, Anne & Alan Sutherland.

Nadine was unanimously elected as Treasurer and Scribe—relieving two men. Gill Richardson and Alan Sutherland who were warmly commended for jobs well done over an extended period. Mims McKirmey was appointed "Chief Call Girl"" to be assisted by Dale Flynn and Mei Kitchen. By way of explanation, these call girls are responsible for confirming reservations for meetings and relaying important announcements. The normination for President was delayed due to the absence of the incumbent, Larry Freeman who was away with Phyllis on an Hawaiian holiday.

Mei and Meade Kitchen had just retumed from a two-month trip to China, which included Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Nanking where they visited Mei's mother After the meeting adjourned, to distort the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Out of the Forum;"' in the hallway, there was a piano completely enveloped in a muslin cover. Some one said. Cliff Cooper could probably play that right through the cover. Coming up behind us. Cliff walked over to the piano and without a single exploratory note, played a few notes of his improvised jazz.

As of 4 June, the up-to-date report from Patsy on Gill Richardson's condition is: Gill has been hospitalized since 1 May. He had a stroke following lung surgery. He is now quite comfortable and is undergoing therapy."

The group met again on 28 June at the Officers' Club, Amphibious Base, Coronado. Present were: Muriel and Tex Anders, Bobby & Clarence Coffin, Rhyl & Larry Freeman, Tom Hamilton, Harry Hummer, Mei & Meade Kitchen, Natalie & George Kneupher, Walter Price, Nina & Oley Sharp, Anne and Alan Sutherland.

Muriel & Tex Anders retumed from the East Coast via the Panama Canal. Muriel saw the land of her birth for thefirsttime. Her father was involved in the building of the Canal—but since her parents left the area when Muriel was two months old, she doesn't remember too much about it. Tex, having had duty in the Banana Fleet ("28-'30) enjoyed seeing famiUar ground again.

Col. and Mrs. Bob Tilley, USMC (Harry's daughter, Rene) spent a week with Harry in May, incident to their daughter's graduation from San Diego State University. Bob is the Assistant Chief of Staff for Security at Subic Bay. Cliff Cooper's son. Cliff and daughter-in-law, Cindy visited with Cliff at La Mesa. The young Coopers make their home in Jidda, Saudi Arabia where Cliff Jr is in the banking business.

Andrew B. (Tooney) Buttrey died on 1 June 1988 at the Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California.

His commissioned service was brief due to physical retirement as a Lt. ( j g ) . However, he signed up for the duration of World War II, and retired again as a LCdr. Gifted with a winning personality and a delightful sense of humor, he was an asset to any gathering and a welcome shipmate. He was aptly described as "one of the most firey and likeable fellows you were ever likely to meet—a rabid southemer and a typical Tennesseean."" He will be missed by his contemporaries and the community of Fallbrook where he lived for some 40 years. His wife of 54 years, Marjorie, predeceased him in 1983.

The Class has contributed a donation to the USNA Alumni Association in his memory. See also Last Call.

George Heath passed away on 16 June at the Veterans Hospital, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Memorial services were conducted at St. Andrew"s Episcopal Church, Burke, Virginia. He will be remembered as a quiet man who served a full tour in a varied and

eventful career and managed to be where the action was.

He was a China sailor in the Iate-30s, during the period of the Japanese invasion of China's principal port cities. He had the distinction of serving in one ship, the heavy cmiser PORTLAND throughout World War n, participating in 32 Pacific engagements— during which time hefleetedup from Assistant Engineer to Executive Officer.

After retirement, he kept busy—he worked for various engineering, aviation and research firms, in support of AEC programs, design of aircraft and missile systems, and sea networks.

The Class has contributed a donation to the USNA Alumni Association in his memory. See also Last Call.

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Pres., Capt. Raymond O. Burzynski USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Albert O. Momm USN (Ret.) 121 Glen Oban Dr., Amold, Md. 21012 Fla. Corr., RAdm. R. N. Norgaard USN (Ret.) West Coast, RAdm. W. A. Cockell USN (Ret.) 3222 Browning St., San Diego, Calif. 92106 Northeast Corr., Capt. R. O. Burzynski USN (Ret.) Box 145, New Castle, N.H. 03854 Florida Retirements. Swede Norgaard tells us of living areas for those who might want to move to Horida. Swede says: "The Class of 1928, has a total of 26 family units (a widow counts as a unit) living in the state. But the units are scattered all over firom Pensacola to Key West in 19 different locations. Good variety."

Dexter travels. In early July, Ed Dexter reports from San Francisco: "Having a 5-day visit to the city which makes you feel young at heart. One of those is our amazing Classmate Bill Searles. Bedridden and stricken with MS for 18 years—yet his mind is alert but unable to speak . . . Off next for Tin Can Sailors' Reunion, Seattle, 5-10 July Then Maine, 4-25 August with Betty and relatives, 27 Sept.-l Oct. Aimapolis!!"

NAVTAG Awards by the BLC. During Commissioning Week at the Academy, your C/S represented the BLC in the annual awards made to the outstanding Midshipmen, the winners of the tactical competition on the Navy Tactical Wargame (NAVTAG), a computer-type trainer provided by the Office of Naval Operations, installed in Luce Hall. The winners this year were: Ist-place, 24th Co. ("Outstanding"') and 2nd-place: 2nd Co. The Outstanding Tactician award went to Midn.I/c Arthur R Drennan HI. The awards presented are in the form of a plaque donated by the BLC which is maintained in the winning company wardroom.

WHY THE "BLC?" How did this nickname come about? It was 1918: World War One had ended: it was "The war to end all wars." But there was a demand for a powerful U.S. Reet; keels were laid down for six fast battleships of the WASHiNGTON-class and six powerful battlecruisers of the CoNSTlTUTlON-class.

Then came the Washington Naval Treaty, where Britain, the U.S., and Japan agreed to limit ttie number of their ships of over 10,000 tons to a 5:5:3 ratio. This resulted in only three WASHiNGTON-class superbattleships of 31 knots; and the keels of the six CONSTITUTION battlecruisers (abeady laid down) ending up in the solitary conversion of two keels into the aircraft carriers LEXINGTON and SARATOGA.

So the need for young junior officers was reduced.

Where each senator and congressman had been allowed to appoint sufficient candidates to have five Midshipmen at the Academy simultaneously, the new law permitted only three, meaning that no new apShipmate, September 1988

pointments were available in the following year unless at least three graduated, or left the Academy for any other reason.

So, with the Class of 1924 graduating with 522, the Class of 1928 entered the Academy with only 316 souls! This was the smallest in the entire period from the Class of 1919 (entering with 241 appointees) to the present (Class of 1992:1350)! Thus the sobriquet BLC = Biggest Little Class for the Class of 1928.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sixtieth Reunion. Class of 1928 27-30 September 1988 Tues. 27th: Registration, Holiday Inn. 1730 Welcoming Reception, Hospitality Room.

Wed. 28th 1000 Class officers call on Superintendent.

1015 Buses leave Inn for Chapel Service, Mitscher Hall, followed by Class business meeting.

1200 Buses leave for luncheon site, Annapolis Yacht Club.

1400 Buses retum attendees to Holiday Inn. 1415 Historical tour.

1715 Buses leave Holiday Inn for Officers' and Faculty Club.

1730-1900 Reception for Superintendent, Commandant, and their ladies in the cocktail lounge, O & F Club.

1900 Dinner in Officers and Faculty Club.

After dinner, buses retum to Holiday Inn. Thurs. 29th 1000 Bus tour of new facilities at Academy; stops at areas of interest: midshipman's store, et al. (wearing 28's Reunion name tags required.)

1200 Buses leave for O & F Club for cocktails and buffet lunch.

After lunch, buses retum to Holiday Inn. 1900 Gala dinner dance, with music: Howard Room, Holiday Inn.

gang which he promises to do at the Winter Co-ed at the Annapolis Yacht Club. Bring rice.

More via Don. He has seen Marie and Bill Allen and passes the surprising news that they are abandoning Boca Raton and settling in Scottsdale, Arizona.

We believe they have kids there. Question: Will they be coming back to their farm in Maryland any more?

After Anne Moore visited the Bill Colemans across the continent in Oregon for the second time we used her entree to get the first word from Bill for a long time. He writes.

Sometime ago there was a question asked in the 29 Column as to how in the world the Colemans in Oregon, the Duvals in Texas, and the Moores in Birmingham, a strange combination of one Marine and two Navy EDOs, ever got together. Well, the answer is quite simple. In 1930, in Philadelphia, my brideto-be and I met twin sisters Anne and Laura Gugert through Fritz Lippert, and we all became good friends. In due course, Ann and Laura were bridesmaids at our wedding, and subsequently Laura married Bert Duval, and Anne married John (Dinty) Moore. During the ensuing years we all kept in touch, sporadically at times, and almost always by mail. Now and then we managed to visit in person.

Afterfinalretirement the Moores and Duvals visited back and forth frequently and travelled together often. About three years ago they came together to visit us. Since their spouses died a few years ago Anne and Bert have kept in close touch. Probably Bert would have come with Anne on her last visit here except for the handicap that he is recovering from a complete hip replacement. Complete recovery is a lengthy process, to which I can attest. Aren't a number of 29ers walking around us with ersatz hips? Lamar Curry has two and when I saw him in San Francisco in '87 he seemed very fit.

Bill added that their life in Oregon is pleasant though very unexciting.

Fri. 30th 0930-1100 All-American breakfast. Holiday Inn. 1100 Farewell and Departure.

(Class of 1928 Reunion ends) Later USNA Homecoming festivities start: 30 Sept. Friday night dinner 1 Oct. Saturday football game: Navy vs Yale

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Hon and Bill Coleman with Anne Moore Membership: 86%

Pres., RAdm. Roy S. Benson USN (Ret.) Sec'y RAdm. Cal Laning USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church, Va. 22041 Corr. Secretaries: Calif., RAdm. Chuck Triebel USN (Ret.) 17436 Bemardo Oaks Dr., San Diego, Calif. 92128 N. Calif., RAdm. Dick Ballinger USN (Ret.) 199 Thomdale D r , # 4 9 , San Rafael, Calif. 94903 Florida, Ed Dodson 2927 S. Atlantic Ave., # 6 0 1 , Daytona Shores, Fla. 32018 Down the aisle of crossed swords. In June, Don Eller and Jenny Bertsch were married in Charleston.

Jenny is the widow of Colonel Bertsch, West Point '24. Don says " Our paths crossed many times— many places—Alexandra, Naples (Italy), Nags Head, Key Colony Beach." Yr secty might add a few more locations from which Don has written in the course of his suitorship. As to the final location of their joined homes we have not heard. It is described as "Henlopen Acres" and their mailing address is Box 195, Rehoboth, Del. 19971. This seems close enough for Don to introduce Jenny to the AB&W Shipmate, September 1988

We have been checking up on recent addresses of our widows. Somehow it doesn"t work to publish in this column, "If you don"t get this, please write yr secty your correct address and the Class will see that you get your Shipmate." So we have been sending cards direct to our best known addresses, and report some changes. Mary Baird has moved to 2661 Tallant Rd., Apt. 529, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105, a retirement community called Samarkand. She is enthusiastic about the cultural facilities in Santa Barbara. In May, she visited Armapolis by sea, taking the YORKTOWN CLIPPER ship through the Intra-coastal canal from Savannah to Washington. (This is a new one to us.) She says there are three such ships, manned by enthusiastic college-age crews. Donna Keeler's address is still in Mountain View but she was not receiving Shipmate. That's been corrected. Step by step we'll get OAOs fixed.

To the silent company of those of us who cannot hear (e.g. Dinty Moore and Cal Laning) we must add one Herb Heimenz. Don Eller, who knows Herb well says that such deafness may be really just a matter of choice in old age for those seeking calm seas in a tumultuous society. Not so calm for yr secty, though. His aural difficulties in distinguishing the dentals and sibilants of the preacher result in hearing

apparent obscenity from the pulpit. How're the rest of your guys doing in church?

Joe Berkley complains about being fitted for his FIRST hearing aids. Also about the frequency of birthdays for his scions, who he says are having them faster than he does.

A few days ago we headed out of the Washington D.C. ozone concentration for the ancestral estate of our renaissance man, Kemp Tolley about 40 miles northwest of Baltimore. Once past Baltimore the atmosphere kept getting better and better Approaching the Pennsylvania border we turned off the York Road and reflected that if Bea and Cappy Kohr had only kept their ancestral estate near York we could have dropped in. Kemp and Vlada, on retirement, settled in their family home in a place not on the map called Monkton. They don't even need a street address for their mail. Bunking there is in a small doctor's free standing office. The entertainment schedule is continuous. That night Vlada and her Moscow mother set the table for ten, including the president of Goucher college and other notables. Yr secty was embarrassed for formal clothes, so Kemp put us in Russian blouses. With medals. Kemp wore a facsimile of "Hero of the Soviet Union" and yr secy wore an Iron Cross. Conversation out in this boondock was scintillating. A great way to live.

By the way, Kemp makes his own 140-proof elixir.

We carefully inserted another meal after sampling it before again taking the road. Years ago, on a visit with Gus Gray, we sampled enthusiastically. Two hours after taking the country roads home we found ourselves still in Monkton.

Kemp's old colleague in wartime Moscow, Chick Frankel, is off to Riga to check on glaznoz. Terry has lots of relatives around the Baltic. Chick says it's a sauna ever day.

The last book by Bob Heinlein is still on The N.Y. Times best-seller list. And in the '29 corporate office we are still getting notes of reminiscences about Bob. Ed Dodson remembers Bob on the fencing team with his roommate Delos Wait who was the team captain.

Nix Lidstone '30 sent clippings from Bellingham, Washington, which reminds us that Nix started in '29 with us. The list goes on—classmates are surprisingly impressed at the heavy national coverage of Bob's influence on literature of our day. Not many of our professional generation were science fiction afficionados. But their children and grandchildren knew his writing much better Two astronauts say their choice of career derived from Bob's serious extrapolations of space science. Much credit is due Ginny who served as his secretary and business manager.

She stays on in their recent home in Carmel and lately reports writing the 750th note of appreciation to letters of sympathy.

Book nook. Continue your education. Read Kennedy's recent tome The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. We've been hunting for someone to discuss it. It has forced the revision of the manuscript for our struggling novel The SDI War of Ninety Nine. Sex in the Kitchen will have to wait.

Phil Osborn had the privilege of swearing in his granddaughter Anne as a Second Lieutenant USA the other day. And she will be married to a First Lieutenant in the Fort Meade Chapel soon.

Two more sad losses for us this month. Chuck Triebel lost his Josephine in Rancho Bernardo. She has been such a cheering friend at so many of our gatherings and maintained her happy "hello"" over the phone no matter how she felt. She was buried at Annapolis with many of us present. And in late-June Saint St. Angelo succombed to a heart attack in Honolulu where he and Bev moved a few years ago from the West Coast. Bev continues on at the same address. We can only say that the Class shares the loss.

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Pres., RAdm. W. L. Chappie USN (Ret.) Exec. Sec"y, RAdm. W. T. Nelson USN (Ret.) 1004 Priscilla Lane, Alexandria, Va. 22308 Corr Sec"y, Mr. Fred Bradman 18139 Viceroy D r , San Diego, Calif. 92128 What a great year 1988 has been for stories of widower Classmates who have taken new brides. In January/February, we wrote about Mary and Joe Dodson; in April it was our great pleasure to write about Marie and Rebel Lowrance; and with several months yet ahead in the year, we can tell you now of another good man who discovered and wed a lovely lady: this time the lucky guy was Joe Hindman, who married Mia (say "My-uh"") McCarron of Abington, Pennsylvania, where Joe lives. Joe had served John Seargeant as John's best man when John wed the-then and still as now lovely Gertrude Gardner of Los Angeles, way back when. The Hindman/Seargeant familial relationship still endures. Thus, Joe thought to send Gertrude a picture of Mia and himself, taken within a few minutes following their wedding ceremony. We are the beneficiaries of Gertrude's thoughtfiilness in lending us the photo to serve as confirmation of what we have just written. We have congratalated Joe by telephone earlier; we take this means of expressing our best wishes now to the happy couple. If you want to do so, write to them at 1226 Rosemont Lane, Abington, Pa. 19001-3903.

Writing earlier about some of the great guys who left the Naval Service for a variety of reasons, we included a paragraph in May about Nick Blemker, who resigned following graduation. Our reward came in the form of an early June letter from Nick, for many years a resident of Augusta, Georgia. That's where Nick went to live in 1940. He sandwiched his USNR active duty service between business pursuits pre- and post-WW II and liked Augusta well enough to remain there. Apparently Nick enjoyed our mention of Blemker, Brokenshire and Bradman, a singing group of questionable quality, well enough to stir him to write: I took a short trip down memory lane when I read theClassof'30 section in the May issue. . . . I had forgotten the famous Harmony Boys until you jogged my memory. I don't know how good we were but, as I recall, we did have a lot of fun rehearsing and putting on our part of the show.

A short time ago, Roscoe Newman was in Augusta, visiting a member of his family. While he was here, he and Ed Montgomery and I went out to lunch together—I should say that Ed took us to lunch, since he paid the bill. At any rate, we enjoyed reminiscing a bit, and talked about a lot of things. . . .

Nick appended a note of inquiry about Class dues — a note which rather clearly tells us that some of us are sometimes forgetful of such matters. We had written in our April column about our fiscal year beginning on 1 May—about sending a check to Jim Howard at 502 Kentucky Avenue, Alexandria, Va. 22305. We are sure that those of you who haven't paid meant to do so when you read the notice, but laid the publication aside without recalling the reminder We think that's pretty normal for seniors. We are told that, in 1987, only 28 heeded the call (some, much to their credit, contributing extra amounts for prior years' lapses as well as to cover future years). But only 28! We have just gotten a 1988 to-date report and we happily pass the word that the early count stands at 35. But if you are one of those who have allowed the dues thing to go unnoticed, can we count on you to pause in your reading long enough to mail your check to our Exec. Treas? You'll feel better for having done so.

Jack Moreno tumed the clock back for us when he brought us his scrap book from Midshipman days.

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Mia and Joe Hindman along with an invitation to browse and to extract from it whatever we would. Portions of two Special Orders, two memos from the Commandant to Midshipman Moreno and a Massachussetts SPCA placard struck our fancy: -First, Special Order No. 89-27 dated 3 November 1927, proclaimed extremely early a.m. times for reveille, assembly for morning roll call, late bell, absent bell, march to breakfast and assembly for departure for Chicago. (Remember, we were Chicago bound to tie down a national football championship).

Then, in detail, were listed the charges being made against our pay accounts, including: railroad fare, $7.94; ferry charge, 200; lunch on ferry, $1.00; lunch on retum train, 750; cost of hotel, $2.00 for those not staying with relatives or friends; cost of tickets, one at $2.50 and one extra at $3.50; and, for incidental expenses (pocket money), $10.00.

-Two years later, there was Special Order No. 61-29, dated 22 November 1929, in connection with Dartmouth football game in Philadelphia: railroad fare, $4.40 (remember, Philadelphia was not so far away as New York); lunch on train going, $1.00; same, retuming, 750 (one wonders why it was 25% lower than two days earlier); seat at game, $2.50; cost of hotel room (Bellevue Stratford!), $2.50, again, for those not staying with relatives or friends, $2.50; baggage check and transfer, 200.

-Then, the two memos: one granting leave to Jack to visit his mother in Washington, D.C. (injured in a fall) from after breakfast formation 29 May 1928, to 2200 same date; the other, also granting leave to attend the wedding of his sister in Washington, from after noon-meal formation 18 January 1929 to 2400 same date. Note the two extra night-time hours, an indication that the Commandant not only knew well the attractions of the late night hours for young men, but apparently encouraged making the most of them.

-Finally, the Massachussetts SPCA placard, which declared: "REWARD offered by Massachussetts SPCA ($20.00) for evidence which will convict for the criminal offense of abandoning a cat." The Society appears to have taken a more lenient view of abandoning a "dog," which might have occurred if one had dragged an unattractive blind date following the wedding and allowed her to become lost in a crowd.

The total exercise left us feeling as if we had intruded into the personal affairs of another, because Jack's book, like our own, was the repository for remembrances of the most meaningful personal experiences of our younger days. How long since you have turned the pages of your own record of an earlier time? For a nostalgic high, try it!

In a mad rush to gain membership in our Octogenarian Society, six more Classmates are in line for acceptance in October: they are Harmon Briner

(2nd), Clyde Stevens (10th), Don Grant (13th), Bill Nelson (15th), Bill McKean (23rd) and Jack Moreno (27th). Bienvenu, mes amis\ While on that subject, here's something taken from Aubrey Bourgeois' 21 June letter: "Welcome to the 'Octo' generation! Actually, after you get over your initial surprise that you've 'come of age,' you get to enjoy the reaction of the younger generation—are you really that old? Wow! I just smile and count my blessings." Aubrey declares Marguerite and himself "in" for what he and others have referred to as "the 60th." All such inquiries are hereby referred to the Executive Committee of the Class.

Jim Howard has shared with us a 12 May letter from Ted Van Metre, whose wife Madeleine's death was reported in this column last month. Following are excerpts: A note to express my appreciation to you and the Class for the donation to the N. A. Foundation in Madeleine's name.

We have had a wonderful life here in WinstonSalem for the last 28 years. When we retired in Norfolk, Madeleine said ' . . . If we are not going to be an active part of the Navy, let"s get away from it.'

In spite of some good job offers in Norfolk, we came here and both actively participated in community affairs. Madeleine did more than I did. Am enclosing Arts Council tribute [CS note: The tribute took the form of a page-long resolution listing Madeleine's activities, reported last month, recognizing Madeleine"s many years of outstanding service and contributions].

The contrast with the forty-nine-and-a-half years of excitement with her makes this life now even more dull.

Justly proud of her husband's efforts in behalf of his community. Nova Domin recently wrote the following for us: Mush Domin was honored by Point Loma [San Diego] Village Association at its annual dinner meeting. He has been a member of the Board for some 14 years and was Chairman of the Association from 1975 through 1977.

Highlights of his Naval career as well as some accomplishments since retirement were recounted to 200 members and guests of the Association. It was recalled that, when he became a member, the Association comprised some 200 members; and today it has a membership of nearly 2,000.

Mush was credited with having spearheaded a move that ultimately rid Point Loma of its massage parlors, and [more than a score] of large unsightly signs that marred the landscape; also in bringing about the undergrounding of [electric] urilities on Point Loma by his untiring efforts and countless visits to City Hall.

A very unusual token of appreciation from the Association was presented to Mush—a combination clock/barometer/thermometer for his desk that he says never gets cleared. He has been Clerk of the Vestry of All Souls' Episcopal Church on Point Loma for 10 years and, what with golf once or twice a week, he says he manages to keep very busy.

This is the same Mush Domin for whom Nova expressed qualms about his ability to adjust his life style as both the end of his tenure as ComEleven and his retirement from active service neared years ago.

But Mush discovered his own fountain of youth at the bottom of a pool of constructive activities, and appears never once to have surfaced to look back. Congratulations, good citizen—good friend.

It was in the January/February combined issue of this publication that we first shared with you the word from Jack Edwards about Millie's battle to overcome the effects of an earlier encephalitic seizure.

Millie is still in there giving it her best shot, as the following excerpts from Jack's 11 June letter tell us, "Millie continues to improve. Her present day memory is coming back spottily, but is improving. She surprises me every once in a while when she remarks about something that she recalls from the pre-seizure days. The doctor says to be patient. That is something easy to say—but doggone hard to practice.

Shipmate, September 1988

58th Reunion However, daily, her improvement makes the old man happy."

We are proud to be able to claim friendship with this gallant ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;hang in there, Millie!

Jack also enclosed a copy of Benny Haven's daughters' (Maripat and Bemie) joint letter to him expressing their great pleasure at receiving copies of the June issue of this publication, with Jack's story about Benny.

June has always been the month for graduationanniversary luncheons. And so it was this year, as the two major concentrations of Class of "30 types gathered to recall a past filled with treasured memories amassed during the 62 years of our close association as Classmatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and as friends.

Here's what Jim Howard wrote about the gettogether of the Washington/Annapolis Group on 3 June; Our party at Annapolis at the USNA Officers and Shipmate, September 1988

Faculty Club is now past. The day was nice, on the cool side, a change from the usual Annapolis weather in June. Do you remember the June weeks with sweltering heat, parades roasting us all, and the 'hops' in wet full-dress uniforms? Yesterday was not like those. But it can be remembered as the [61st] anniversary of our very first sea duty. We embarked in [USS]

OKLAHOMA and NEVADA for the

first Midshipmen's cruise of the Class of 1930.

[Back to the luncheon] We had a fine group in both numbers and quality There were the hosts, Patty and Bill Snead; and what a wonderful job they did with the arrangements. And guests introduced

by Bill Nelson included Margaret Brook, Marion Lord, Denis Knoll (his two sisters all the way from Erie, Pennsylvania), Cici Howard, Mary Richardson (widow of A. F, ex-'30 later '31; as well as a special treat introduced by Bob Craighill, his daughter-in-law and the two sons of 'BB' Newell, our Classmate lost in HORNET during WW II. Son BB Jr., a retired Rear Admiral, accompanied by his

wife, may now, like Bob Craighill, be called 'Reverend'. Among the others were: Bill Moffett (Williamsburg), Ginny and Otis Earle (Heathsville, Va.), Peg and Carlton Adams (Charlottesville, Va.), Dot and Bob Moore, Madeleine and Art Owen, Ann and Jenks Jenkins (Bryn Mawr, Pa), Mia and Joe Hindman, Chief Masterson, Ethel and Girs Atkins, Lil Nelson, Margaret Whelchel, Kaye Simons and Bertha Jackson (Andy unable to attend). I was there, too, as were two guests of the Nelsons and probably some that I've missed. It was a great affair.

Then, the numbers; 19 Classmates, 13 wives, nine widows and three guests.

Dropping in to exchange greetings with old friends during the pre-luncheon exercise, was the very popular Kaye Hindrelet along with her visiting daughter Kathy and good-buddy grandson Mac Brydon of Irvington, Va., where husband/father Larry runs a bank.

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regulars Marie and Rebel Lowrance who were attending Rebel's adorable granddaughter Susie Lowrance's graduation from Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo; Ratti and Bob Trower, touring and visiting family members in the South, witnessing grandsonin-law's medical school graduation, as well as meeting up in Hendersonville, N.C. with Helen and Red Earl of Spartanburg, S . C ; as well as a few others, kept at home by their less than robust health.

Accompanying photos are the handiwork of Else Bradman, who was here, there and everywhere, catching the celebrants on film until time ran out on her before she could get everyone into her pictorial record of the event.

Next events upcoming: —Washington/Annapolis Group has not pubhshed schedule. Phone Ait Owen (703) 532-1240 or Chief Masterson (703) 920-6872.

—SW Area Group luncheons 9 September and 14 October, at San Diego MCRD COM. For more, phone (all area codes 619) Lee Boyle, 463-3430 or Rebel Lowrance, 435-3726. Ladies try Margaret Mc Knight, 291-4878.

The Prez sez, acknowledging Jonathan Swift as the author: "He was a brave man that first ate an oyster." That's '30 for this time.

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For our classes, we have only one textbook to study before entry . . . it is that well-known classic: New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers, honest.

From there we will visit some other non-Navy friends in the Midwest and take additional Elderhostel courses at Cranbrook. We'll give you a report on the Elderhostel experience on our retum.

(We all hope that this higher education doesn't adversely affect the genial Dub Johnson we all knew and liked . . . ) Ray Hunter went out West to check on Grand Canyon . . . and reports that it's every bit as grand as the travel advertisements make out. On the way back he joined Eleanor and John Kirkpatrick at Norfolk for the ceremonies commissioning the nuclear submarine OKLAHOMA CITY. Eleanor and John came with Ray to the mid-July "picnic" of the WashingtonAimapolis group.

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Jessie Bell MacDonald has moved from Williamsburg Landing in Virginia back to Cape Cod; her new address is: Hancock III, Apartment 27, Old Colony Way, Orleans, Mass. 02653. That makes two 3I-ers hving on the Cape the year-around, and three in the Summer (Lays, Ramages, and Jessie Bell).

Dot and Jack Parham seem to be getting closer to finning up their plans for a trip back East, as this extract from Jack's letter to Dick Peterson will indicate; Trying to arrange our trip back East is quite a headache . . . making sure we spend a little time with each of my four kids, seeing all of our Washington area friends, visiting Dot's relatives in Providence and New York, and seeing my stepmother . . . The only date I can say is firm is 25 September when my great-grandchild is to be christened. Already we have to cancel our reservations at Vinson Hall and make others because of conflicts in our present schedule. As of today, it looks as though we will go back East about 23 September and return after the Class luncheon in Washington, about 12 or 13 October. Of course all that is subject to change.

Dorothy and Dub Johnson, whom we had hoped to welcome at the Washington-Annapolis Group annual picnic in Annapolis, have other plans, as this letter from Dub tells us We had hoped to attend, but our predeliction toward self-improvement influenced us into trying the Elderhostel program this Summer.

Please give our regards to the luncheon attendees.

Dottie and I have fond memories of visiting with Georgette and Joe Thornton and of attending several luncheons where we thoroughly enjoyed meeting several seldom seen and not so well remembered Classmates . . . and even some seldom seen and not so well remembered ones. It was great to refresh the memories.

We shall be at the University of North Carolina from 10-16 July, visiting Virginia Head and Peggy and Jack Fitzgerald en route. At UNC we will be taking courses in The Cultural Ecology of Disease, Supply Side Economics, and Genes, Culture and Behavior . . . all this in 41/2 hours per day . . . most of the rest on the golf course, we hope.

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San Francisco Bay Luncheon June ' Dick Peterson sent in a very complete report on the doings of his San Francisco Bay Area group of 1931; here are some extracts from his letter: We had only 19 at our June luncheon, but it was a nice occasion. Just a bit about our luncheons: Ginny, my wife, has always taken the responsibility for decorating the tables (Moffett Field is bare-bones on such). This has run into quite an effort, since we have three large tables. For St. Patrick's Day, Ginny had special four-leaf-cloverflowers,signs for the tables, etc. I asked if any of our wives present would care to volunteer her services to contribute decorat-

ing for the June luncheon. Eleanor Smith (Ron's wife) did volunteer, as she had done for many other activities. As a novelty the Smiths raffled off a large basket of fruit . . . no money involved . . . the Tripis won the lovely thing and pledged to take on the job for the next limcheon. Several months ago Eleanor Smith ran off many copies of Navy and Marine Corps songs, and Phil Mothersill leads us in song (he also says the opening prayer). We have a private room, so I guess the noise is confined by closing the doors. The Smiths are really great. . . they also brought flowers for the tables, and Ron always sends a few dollars extra when signing up for the luncheon.

"While I'm on the subject . . . under new management, Moffett 0-Club now requires a minimum of 25 to reserve the private room. It was suggested that, since not all of our Bay Area group always attend, and the Class of 1930 in this area doesn't have enough members to hold such luncheons, we invite them to join us. This was overwhelmingly approved, and the idea was proposed that we also invite the Class of 1932.

The statistics on how many of our Classmates have passed away are saddening . . . I knew some so very well: C. C. Kirkpatrick, Doug Moulton, Rusty Williams, Willie Williamson, Frank Hoye (Frank lived just across the passageway our First Class Year, with Sid Freeberg) I roomed with Tom Tyra and Mike Gaasterland. and Tom died a few years back. I guess we're all approaching that undefined limit.

Just four weeks ago the cardiologists at Letterman implanted a pacemaker in me. I had a routine appointment there, and when they measured my vital signs they announced that I should have one. So here I am—my pulse never goes down to 38-40 now; it stays about 70 and I feel better, and don't get light-headed on occasion as I used to do.

Ellie Williamson, referring to Julie Becton's anecdote about Willie in June 1988 Shipmate, writes: I must answer Julie Becton's letter about Willie's adventures as Executive Officer of the STACK. STACK was on course, the carrier was not. Neither did they know they had crashed into their escort. They thought they had picked up a torpedo and as soon as they cleared (sorry. I don't remember how they did that) they took off at high speed and STACK was left to limp in to Philadelphia. I don't know how or why. but Philadelphia papers listed STACK as "lost at sea'.

This was before Pearl Harbor and STACK had been patrolling in the North AUantic. I remember that I had to send Willie two pairs of L. L. Bean's finest and heaviest wool 'long Johns'. The officers and crews of STACK did a magnificent job getting that ship back into port . . . unfortunately with no commendation, nor censure of the carrier. I rather think the lesson is: teach aviators more seamanship.

The SHIPMATE obituary for Frank Hoye, who died on 9 February last, had to go to press before full information of the naval part of his career (1931-45) was available . . . Frank had written nothing of it in his biographies in our three Yearbooks. His widow, Pauline, has kindly sent in a very complete account of what Frank did between graduation in 1931 and physical retirement in 1945; here are its highlights: 1931-33 Light cruiser MARBLEHEAD; 1933 Flight instruction at NAS PENSACOLA; 1934-37 Heavy cruiser NEW ORLEANS; 1937-39 PG Instructions in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; 1939-41 Destroyer BUCK; 1941-42 Staff, ComDesRon 30; 1942-44 Office of SupShips, Bettilehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts; 1944-45 Resident SupShips, Tood Pacific Shipyard, Seattle, Washington; and 1945 Retired for physical disability.

As an aside, Pauline remarked: There is an interesting quirk of fate, lady luck, call if what you will, but if Frank had not been detached from USS BUCK (possible throat cancer) and hospitalized, he probably would have gone down with her when she sank of Salemo. The senior surviving officer was his brother John, a lieutenant in Shipmate, September 1988

the Naval Reserve; Mike Klein lost his life in the sinking. His wife, Jackie, did a wonderful job educating their three children . . . we kept in touch till her death a few years ago.

It's been quite some time—much too long, in fact —since any of us has heard from . . . or about these widows . . . and we hope each of you gals will write in . . . a postal card is all that's needed . . . and say how you are and what you're doing. Since some of those listed may have moved to an address different from that in the 1986 Directory, we hope that any Classmate who knows their whereabouts will get in touch with them. Let's keep the 1931-Family together so that all of us who survive can join together in welcoming the 21st Century. This is the list: Connie Abbott, Catherine Adame, Jeannette Almgren, Mary Anderson, Dorothy Bate, Nell Blessman, Isabel Bradshaw, Esther Copeman, Lois Crane, Janet Day, Emme May Dillon Kay Durrant, Peggy Elden, Angle Engel, Betty Erickson, Faun Emest, Kathleen Fitts, Virginia Flaherty, Irene Flynn, Virgille Foley, Inore Fomey, Hildy Foster, Louise Genet, Mae Gray, Herme Harper, Louise Hogan, Elinor Holden and Elizabeth Hoskins.

Ruth Iverson, Maxine Jett, Kathleen Geyer, Carol Jung, Rip Just, Polly Keller, Lucile Knobeloch, Elizabeth Kunkle, Doris Kurtz, Liz Langdon, Nancy Lockwood, Isabel Lynch, Edna Maloney, Mary Mantemach, Norma Martin, Mary McAfee, Kitty McKaig, Fran McMartin, Emmy Moeller, Betty Morris, Elizabeth Mumford, Lou Myers, C. Nolan, Elva Norvell, Mildred Pearce, Heloise Phifer, Elsie Powell, Pat Robbins, Virginia Bev Scrivner, Margaret Sefcsik Laufent, Marie Shields, Fannie Smith, Blanche Snow, Grace Soucek, Ervina Stauffer, Edna Steele, Helen Steinke, Thelma Straub, Eleanore Swain, Carolyn Todd, Dodie Van Mater, Dotty Walpole, Alyce Weatherwax, Claire White, Merle Williams, Isabel Wirtz, Mary Wright and Pauline Young.

This Spring, Lou and Jack Crowley took a Mississippi River cmise and thoroughly enjoyed it; here's Jack's account of it: Though the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN, put into service in 1976, is modem in all her accommodations for 402 passengers, she maintains the aura of the Mississippi River of Mark Twain. Boarding via the "stage," so-called in memory of the show boats that paraded their cast as they moored to the shore, today's passengers are greeted by a southern belle, and photographed, a procedure that is repeated at every occasion and for which copies may be had at $5 apiece. The functionary who serves as master of ceremonies at all principal events is called the "interlocutor" and the riverorian conducts sessions daily on the lore of the river. As the boat pulls away from its mooring there is a caliope concert of songs

by Stephen Foster and of the river. Otherwise life aboard is much like that of any other cruise ship.

Contrary to thetimeof Mark Twain the channel is now marked by buoys, maintained by the Coast Guard. Distances are measured in statute miles and speed in miles per hour, the QUEEN proceeding at a stately 6 to 8 miles per hour.

The only other QUEEN plying the river and carrying ovemight passengers is the DELTA QUEEN,

which though smaller than the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN is more luxurious. The DELTA QUEEN was built in 1926 as an overnight passenger ferry between San Francisco and Sacramento. It was towed to New Orleans in 1946 and has plyed the Mississippi ever since.

The role of the captain, who is also a qualified pilot, is somewhat different than in naval procedure.

Though he is responsible for the safety of the vessel and makes the major 'go' or 'no go' decisions, based upon weather and river conditions, the handling of the vessel under way is the responsibility of the pilot. This presumably is so, as there are continually navigation and passing situations to be dealt with and the captain must be free to preside over various ceremonies with the passengers. There are two pilots assigned and they alternate on six-hour Shipmate, September 1988

Frank Hoye watches.

The pilot house has no wheel, but instead two chrome plated rudder bars each controlling a completely separate steering system. In normal operation they are linked together with only one system actuated and the position of the bars indicates the position of the rudders of which there arefive,three forward of the paddle wheel and two aft of the paddle wheel, all linked together mechanically. The vessel is equipped with radar and fathometer and maintains communication with all traffic within five miles ahead to resolve passing problems. Traffic moving down river has the right of way and determines whether it shall be a port-to-port or starboardto starboard passing. There are two powerful arc lights on the wings of the bridge, remotely controlled from the pilot house, that are in frequent use to locate and identify buoys and to survey approaching barge traffic. There is a prominent reminder to lower smoke stacks (which telescope) if necessary upon approaching bridges.

A very useful adjunct to facilitate ship handling in tight situations is the 'Bow thruster.' This was clearly demonstrated when the vessel was required to back down for about a mile in an approximately 200-ft. wide channel upon leaving Vicksburg via the Yazoo Diversion.

The paddle wheel is driven by two separate reciprocating steam engines connected by pitman arms tofive-footlong cranks, ninety degrees out of phase, at the ends of the paddle wheel shaft. The MISSISSIPPI QUEEN installation is the largest such plant ever built, each pitman arm being driven by a two-stage compound reciprocating engine with a lO-ft stroke. The H. R 400 PSl cylinder is 24" in diameter which then exhausts into the 32" L. R cylinder which, in turn, exhausts into the condenser.

Tours ashore were available as follows: Natchez—sightseeing in this city that has changed little since cotton was king, including conducted tours of two stately ante-bellum homes.

Vicksburg—A comprehensive tour of the Vicksburg battlefield as well as a naval display that features the remains of the USS CAIRO, a Union gun boat sunk in the Yazoo River by a Confederate torpedo (controlled mine) in December 1862. The salvaged parts—hull (with ironclad sections), boilers, guns, etc., are displayed in their appropriate places within an open-work structure that replicates the contour of the boat.

Baton Route—State capitol, old and new, governor's mansion, L.S.U., rural living display featuring structures, equipment and artifacts of a Louisiana plantation.

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Pres., Capt. Donald I. Thomas USN (Ret.) 4032 Liggett Drive, San Diego, CA 92106 Sec'y, Capt. T. A. Nisewaner USN (Ret.) 7121 Helmsdale Road, Bethesda, MD 20817 "Here and There With '32" The annual joint luncheon with West Point '32 at

the Annapolis Yacht Club on 11 May was another resounding success with 17 various Army types present to spark the occasion. Senior among the Army group present were Eleanore and Jim Woolnough, and tidbits of conversation with Jim brought forth the unusual fact that both Jim and his four-year Academy roommate, Bert Wheeler, made four stars. Many of us served on the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with Bert Wheeler and four stars couldn't have been awarded to two more capable gentlemen.

Among the other gracious members from the Army who were present were: their permanent Class Secretary, BGen. Archie Lyon and his wife Ellen, Ruth and John McCauley, Mary Ellen and Ward Gillette, Danny Sundt, Maryjane and Dan Sinclair, Ellen and Dick Hunt, Titter and Toughie Homer and one widow, Joslin Morris.

Our own group had a few noticeable absences, all out of town, such as Emily and Lloyd Mustin, Peggy and Jim Collett, Louise and Modoc Sunderland and that super fashion plate from York, Pennsylvania, Debbie Humes, who is always such a delight at these affairs but we still managed to round up a gregarious group of 30.

The true surprise of the day was the arrival of Harriet and Dave Scott all the way from San Francisco who timed their visit to see their daughter and grandchildren in Alexandria perfectly to attend the luncheon. Larry Smith, another out-of-towner, drove all the way up from Richmond to make the luncheon.

Others present were Janet and Bill Stuart, Marion and Mel Young, Mary Bruce and Howard Prince, Sara Ann and Carl Mott, Muriel and Barry Atkins, Ruby and Gerry Miller who are moving from Cockeysville to the Annapolis area within the month, Helen and Bob Maulsby with a guest from Annapolis, Frances and Will L Bull, Francis Foley, Andy Nisewaner who drove down from the Bethesda area with three widows, Mary Pierce, Teeny Leonard and Margaret Van Evera, our always super Jane Moncure, Emmy Marshall, the striking Wes Johnson looking like a million, an alert and outgoing Nona Ward and Ann Bom. A heavy downpour kept the contingent in the Club House at the Yacht Club for almost 45 minutes after the luncheon but evenmally everyone, some a bit drenched, made it home.

Don Thomas reported in from San Diego that he really didn't remember Fred Kirch who left us in January 1930 and who was reported deceased as of 7 February in Plainview, New York. However, Fred was kind enough to send in a generous check to Don to "Stamp out the Cash Bar" for our 55th Reunion.

Don commented that they had had a busy week with Emily and Lloyd Mustin in town for their daughter, Douglas's 50th birthday and the USS A T LANTA Reunion. Douglas and her husband. Dale St. Denis, had a huge party at their home in Coronado on 7 May with about 250 people of all ages present.

Lloyd is the senior living survivor of the CL(AA) ATLANTA which was sunk off Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. They had a small but pretty lively group over at the Town and Country Inn in Mission Valley for the Reunion and Lloyd says that the sea stories get better each year.

At the San Diego Class luncheon held at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Lloyd was encouraged to make an appearance and others present were Al Cope, Jack Kaufman, Bull Ovrom, Johnnie Fahy, Dick Best and Don Thomas. Dick Best had just retumed from a Battle of Midway seminar at NAS Pensacola and had a few words to offer about the seminar Dick Blair's wife, Bibsy, is very ill and in intensive care and he couldn't make it. There was no report on the whereabouts of Frank Parker or Rosie Smith, the latter probably being once again off traveling on his consulting business.

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On 1 May we lost another of that happy graduating group in June 1932, Earl R. Pinkston. He was not commissioned because of a vision defect but went into teaching and taught at Bullis School in Silver Spring, Maryland, from 1933-38 when he became a materials engineer at the National Bureau of Standards. In June 1942 Pinky retumed to the Academy to stay and from that day until 1980 he strove to teach Youngsters the fundamentals of physics.

No Classmate has been associated with the Naval Academy longer or more continuously than Pinky. He joined the faculty when physics was taught by the Electrical Engineering Department He was soon given the responsibility of creating all quizzes and preparing all final examinations for the department.

He was appointed chairman of the Physics Committee in 1960 of the then relatively new Science Department. Under his leadership, new faculty were hired whose specialties encompassed diverse fields of physics. The department grew from one general physics course to the present 22 courses and a physics major being estabhshed.

In an earlier letter. Pinky recalled a few milestones along the way. He was chairman of the department for eight years, he initiated the naming of Michelson Hall and participated in its design and construction, he was instrumental in the insallation of Sigma Pi Sigma, the first honor society of any kind at the service academies and participated greatly in the rapid expansion of the Physics Department to its current outstanding status. He also received many honors for teaching along the way and was known as an outstanding and exceptionally able lecturer Unfortunately Pinky had very little to do with the Class as the years rolled by, never attending our Reunions or luncheons but he was content to be outstanding in his chosen field. The sincere regret of the Class at his passing is extended to his widow Jerye and two children, Susan and Douglas.

An interesting Uttle letter from that Master Mariner out in the Sandwich Island, to wit one Growler Grouleff, indicated that now that the Spring session at the University of Hawaii is over, he is grasping at straws for projects to keep him busy.

He indicated that it is a matter of common knowledge that he is most undexterous with chopsticks. After a number of experiments he came up with the Mk X, Mod Y, Economy Failsafe chopsticks for undextrous and inept haoles. All one has to bring to a Chinese orgy is a piece of sandpaper and a rubber band.

One should have no problem even if they are inept or undextrous to modify the sticks fumished by the house so that one is prepared to shovel in your noodles like a veteran. He has appointed your secretary as the East Coast agent for this invaluable device but being inept with just garden variety tools I'm opening thefieldto any entrepreneur who choses to carry the ball for posterity. Just contact Growler Grouleff for details.

Growler did comment that, to be honest, the reason he was goaded into working out this clever chopstick device was that he and Jeannette had signed up to spend two weeks in Red China and for the honor of good old '32 he wanted to show those Chinese that we are right on the ball.

A fine little letter from Jack Homer up in Ironwood, Michigan, indicated that he and Jane had known Charlotte and John Spangler since their early days on BatFor Staff aboard CALIFORNIA under Adm. Brumby and that they were very easy people to be around. Another BatFor related casualty (indirectly) was that of our beloved Bianco Brumby.

Time indeed marches on! With less than half of the Class left, we'd better be careful crossing streets or driving in traffic. Jack is not at all worried about the A-bomb what with auto and snomobile accidents claiming so many victims, it seems to him that they are a much greater hazard.

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^ ^ ^ J Reception Desk at 55th. Marie Short and Al Cope

Harry Lockwood, Al and Lillian Kaplan

"Chief Labouisse and Johnny Fahy

Tish Cox, Douglas St. Denis, Lloyd Mustin and Ronnie Porter

Ann Thomas and Rev. Jack Homer John indicated that he and Jane are doing fairly well aside from a few aches and pains. John had gone up to the Duluth Clinic the previous Monday for a checkup on prostrate cancer from October '86. After looking at some x-rays, the doctor had told him to come back Tbesday for a bone scan. As a result of that he had an appointment with the radiologists a few days later for possible radiation treatment. He hoped that the gamma rays hadn't contaminated his letter.

One never knows these days—hving can be hazardous to your health.

Roland E. "Sti" Stieler writes in that it would be interesting to know how many other classes have such a prestigious organization as the "32-80er Club." It made one feel good to be recognized as President of this stalwart group of "old fuds." He couldn't help but recall the remarks of one of his 85year-old golfing friends made on Sti's 81st birthday, "People like us are almost extinct." Incidentally he felt that this was quite true as far as 32ers are concerned here in the Tacoma-Seattle area.

A delightful letter from Harvey Head stated that he and Naomi are firmly settled in Palo Cedro, a small rural community near Redding, Cahfomia, and near a son, daughter-in-law and grandson. They are in good health and participating in a number of activities—this by virtue of joining everything in sight, here and in Redding. It has added up to sorority. Dinner Club, Seniors in Retirement, Lion's Club, Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club, and golf club. This remote outpost of civilization no longer seems remote and they are glad that they made the move from Southem California after 30 years there. They like to think that they are growing old gracefully and count their blessings.

And, incidentally, we have two new members of the "32-80ers Club." They are Harvey H. Head dating from 18 May 1908 and Rollins H. Mayer dating from 30 Oct. 1908. Harvey commented that he will reach the age of senility before we go press and that he is very much alive at this time but "handsome and rich" are judgemnt calls and he hopes that the Board of Directors will take him on faith.

Rollo stated that he was scheduled to take his final examination for his PhD in Nutrition (specialization diabetes) this ensuing October In an attempt to get in a little practical experience he will be acting as a consultant in nutrition at the Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho, every other week. After October, Sylvia and Rollo plan a round-the-world Space-A trip where he hopes to look into how the Chinese treat diabetes with acupuncture. He even has an appointment with a Chinese doctor in Hong Kong if he can get there.

The last Washington-Armapolis Chapter Spring luncheon of the year was held on Wednesday, 8 June, at the Channel Inn with a sprightly tum-out of 18 to celebrate the occasion. As is our usual practice, no luncheons during July and August.

Present for the occasion were Janet and Bill Stuart, Marion and Mel Young, Helen and Bob Maulsby, Muriel and Barry Atkins, and charming Wes Johnson, an alert Nona Ward and a happy Anne Bom now freewheeling under her own power with no aids of any sort plus Francis Foley, Andy Nisewaner, Jim Collett and Larry Smith who once again drove all the way down from Richmond for the occasion. For the first time in ages the men oumumbered the girls—ten to eight. A rare occasion.

Ann Bom proudly announced that her grandson had just completed his Plebe Year at the Air Force Academy and Nona cheerfully announced that she was just back from a trip North to attend two graduation exercises. One was that of her granddaughter.

Dale Winindger, who had just graduated from Phillips Andover Academy (equivalent to High School) and a second granddaughter, Dana Winindger, who graduated from Princeton University. Dana is soon to be leaving for Japan where she will be teaching English to Japanese Executives. Exact location of prospective teaching city is unknown at the current time.

By the time the September luncheon rolls around several of those present will be moving into Ginger Cove, the new Retirement Home development in Annapolis. Those address changes will be given later.

One address change, however, is now certain. Teeny Leonard now resides at: 8101 Connecticut Avenue, Shipmate, September 1988

Apt. C-404, Chevy Chase, Md. 20815. Her phone remains the same: (301) 654-6255.

On 17 June there was a sad gathering at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the interment of the ashes of Mrs. Margaret Archer, Moe Archer's wife, in the Columbarium. Moe Archer and his daughter Mercedes flew up for the sad occasion and the services were beautifully conducted by a Navy chaplain amidst a whole host of friends and relatives gathered for the final services.

Among the Classmates and old friends to pay their final respects were Emily and Lloyd Mustin, Eddie and Andy Nisewaner, Mary and Warren Farmer, Janet and Bill Stuart and Erma Slayden (Al Slayden's widow) who was up from Florida visiting her daughter in the area. The needless loss of talent such as Margaret's due to a careless driver running a red light is hard to take. Life can be a pretty fragile thread.

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Membership: 84%

Pres., Capt. Raymond W. Thompson, Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., RAdm. Richard Lane USN (Ret.) 3500 Springland Lane NW Washington, D.C. 20008 In accordance with Article V of the Class Constitution, new Class President Ray Thompson has estabhshed an Executive Council consisting of himself, the new Secy-Treas. Dick Lane and "at least three other members of the Greater Washington Area," namely Champ Blouin, Leo Erck, Bill Macdonald and Smoke Strean. The Executive Council advises the President in matters of Class policy, approves the use of Class funds for non-routine purposes, and approves By-Laws estabhshed by the Class Officers.

The 55th Reunion resulted in total receipts of $19,133 and total expendittu-es of $17,842 with a balance (or "profit") of $1290. It has been customary at the past (5-year) reunions to make a contribution to the Naval Academy 33d Company of Midshipmen for their Wardroom. This year they are badly in need of a replacement refrigerator The Executive Council has approved the expenditure of funds from the 55th Reunion surplus for this purpose.

The San Diego Group held a monthly luncheon on 15 May with the following in attendance; Hank Monroe, Jeb Stuart, Rube Wagstaff, Al Felling, L. C. Conwell, Ken Mereke and Ace Ingals. At a luncheon on June 10 they were joined by John Gamon, Ed Grimm, Carl Jones, Bob Macpherson, Clayton Miller, Ed Miller, Bob Riddell and Henry Rumble. Al Felling is recovering nicely from eye surgery. Unhappily, John Gamon's grandson John, a talented musician, was recently lost in a car accident.

Sadly, there have been other deaths. Will McNenny was lost in an exchange of shots at his home with a would-be robber Gipsy Bell Dew was lost after surgery following a major heart attack.

Bob and Med Macpherson At the Washington Group luncheon on 14 June the following were in attendance: Charley Blick, Champ Blouin, Chick King, Don Lacy, Dick Lane, Bill Macdonald, George Miller, John Oren, Bill Pratt, John Ramee, Willie Seipt, Ralph Shifley, and Smoke Strean, Ray Thompson and Archie Wright.

Shelly Shellatarger reports an interesting trip visiting family around the country in connection with our 55th Reunion.

At this point, let's all plan to be there for our 60th, and assume that we shall be there.

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Membership: 88%

Pres., Capt. H. D. Fuller USN (Ret.) Corr Sec'y Capt. Roy C. Smith USNR (Ret.) 3730 Ramsgate Dr., Annapolis, Md. 21403 Let me remind Classmates, in general, but palsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; golfing or notâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of Ernie Christensen in particular that a memorial fund has been set up in his name at the Alumni Association to provide for an emergency communications system on the Naval Academy golf course. It would be easy if the Academy's budget could afford such an expenditure, but it simply can't and the Emest Christensen Memorial Golf Fund is the only answer Contributions should be made to the Alumni Association marked for the fund.

Following up last month's report on John Wiley's eye surgeries, the second cataract/implant operation was "spectacular" (a bad pun, John) and the overall result from both eyes is "like being born again." He enclosed a photograph with granddaughter but without glasses. John's base for the operations was his daughter's home in Buffalo, New York, but he did manage to get down to Washington for a couple of days to see his son. Jack, and to converse by phone with a number of Classmates. He's now back in Paraguay, somewhat miffed at having missed the Pope's visit, the biggest event there of this century.

Mary and Hi Smith have sold their Newport home and moved into a temporary flat in Annapolis waiting for their Ginger Cove quarters to be ready in midSeptember. We had them over for a pleasant welcoming dinner along with Margie Christensen. Their new Am Shade, Jack Coye, Becky Shade, Henry Strozier, Henry address will be Ginger Cove, 2901 Riva Trace ParkRumble and Betty Coye way, Annapolis 21401. One of the features of Ginger Cove is that Charlie Minter '37, chairman of the founding group, was Hi's Plebe.

At about the same time John McGoff wrote from Newport to inform me of the Smith's move. He added some data that Hi was too modest to mention. He had been a math counselor at Middletown High School for the past ten years and apparently much appreciated by officials, faculty and students alike. They combined to give him a gala despedida with many gifts and awards, and invited him to be the commencement speaker Well done. Hi. My other top correspondent, Mike Sellars, wrote that he and Mary Agnes were heading north in AuShipmate, September 1988

gust and September to spend a few days in Upper Michigan with Bernice and Bob Menges on their way to the annual WW II SubVets convention in Milwaukee. Mike also enclosed a photo sent to him by Jeri Jack Martin's widow, taken with "left, the Pop Gunns and right, a friend" on her West Coast visit last May As Mike said, "That gal really gets around."

Surprise, surprise. This old black shoe has become a "tailhooker," thanks to an invitation from VAdm. Bob Dunn, '51 DCNO (Air), for a small group of naval writers to spend 24 hours aboard USS AMERICA (CV-66) conducting carrier qualifications off the Virginia Capes. We flew aboard in a C-2 from the Navy section of Andrews AFB just in time for a hearty cafeteria-style lunch in one of the two adjacent wardroom messes. Then we were given the flag lounge (no flag aboard) as a base of operations and the flag bridge for observation. We watched carquals in TF-lSs, F-14s, A-5s (day only), and S-3s at roughly one-minute landing intervals, with occa-

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sional feed-ins of COD or other operational flights.

That went on from 1030 to 0300 and we all came away deeply impressed by the complex teamwork and dedication required of flight deck people working a steady 18-19 hours daily Of course we had tours of just about the whole ship plus briefings in all key areas and a long discussion period with the skipper.

Captain Lair, whose ideas on leadership explained why AMERICA was so obviously a very proud and happy ship. We all put on weight from tasty and plentiful meals but hopefully worked it off climbing anywhere from three to eight ladders plus long horizontal distances from here to there. The catapult shot off for the flight home was, like the arrested landing on board, a new experience for most of us and a fitting end to an eye-opening period of leaming how the other half lives and works. Late, yes, but better late than never.

On 1 July, Robert Dry called from Washington to relay best wishes from parents Kitty and Mel Dry in Florida and to report that both are doing well. He had just retumed from a visit to them in a respite from State Department foreign service duties.

Bev (Cdr. Beverly R.) Van Buskirk reports a change of address to 5122 E. Shea Blvd., Condo 1136, Scottsdale Ariz. 85254.

Recently I read a most interesting comment by Admiral Trost, the CNO, about USS SAMUEL B .

ROBERTS after hitting a mine in the Persian Gulf.

"Among thefirstreports sent by her captain was 'AH my primary combat systems are operational.' Here's a guy who's dead in the water, with all his main engineering spacesflooded,but he has auxiliary powerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; that class of frigate has two lowerable electric motors that propel him at the remzukable speed of two knots â&#x20AC;&#x201D;which at least got him out of the minefield. And he was ready to fight; that's the message he was telling his task group commander. That's what professionalism is all about." Amen!

A note from LGen. William James USMC (Ret.) provides a fine sequel to Bob Bengston's yam about his attache days in Stockholm. Allowing that he is the "Marine named Jones" mentioned in Bob's story about the Round Man, their mumal boss, the General went on to say that Marriner Bertholf, third member of the aides trio, also called him "February" because he was short and windy. Bob had made no mention of that, nor of the fact that the Round Man had talked the Navy into providing him with an old WW II harbor patrol boat which he fondly called his yacht. Nothing pleased him more than to invite "his three young aides," their wives and Swedish friends to cruise the Stockholm Archipelago on the weekends having drinks, etc. Only trouble was that the boat required someone to handle the bow and stem lines when leaving or arriving at the dock. This choice fell to two of his young aides. When James came aboard Bob and Marriner fancied that he, as junior member, would handle one of the lines and give them an alternate respite. When the Round Man approved of that idea James simply pointed out that he was a Marine, knew nothing about boats except to ride in them when the Navy took him someplace, had not attended the Naval Academy, and painted pictures of his treasured yacht experiencing all sorts of dockside troubles. The Round Man changed his mind in a hurry. From then on, when James and his wife were invited for a cruise, he lounged in the cockpit with the other guests and enjoyed the chagrin of his two senior contemporaries.

This column must end, unfortunately, on a sad note, the death on 1 July of Herm Kossler on I July at his beach home near Charleston South Carolina, the end of a long bout with cancer A contribution has been made in his name to the American Cancer Society. Btuial was in the National Cemetery at Beaufort. Ursula told me that a hospital check two months before had revealed the condition had become termi54

nal and nothing more could be done, so he came home to enjoy the time that was left with his family and friends. The Executive Editor of the Charleston Post-Courier, who had commanded a minesweeper when Herm was ComMinForLant, wrote a long and very moving tribute to him as naval officer and war hero, good citizen and friend. It's too long to reprint in its entirety but I will repeat the quote from a letter Herm wrote the Editor in 1980 when mass demonstrations were being held around the country against the new draft registration law: Citizenship imposes duties and responsibilities as well as giving usrightsand privileges and if we are to remain free, pride in being an American is a necessary ingredient. We have more freedom and more opportunity in America than in any other country.

Those who would cut the military budget to increase welfare payments should take heed to a statement I heard years ago, that the most important service our country can provide is to keep us alive and free. War is a result of military weakness, not military preparedness, and our security depends on our willingness to remain militarily strong.

Vaya con Dios, Herm. It was good to have known you.

And, while on the subject of the Hutchinson travels, they and the Detweilers, on 13 April, stopped to see Marion and Brooke Jennings in Wilmington, North Carolina. A picmre resulted, obviously taken

by Ida Mary. In a 9 June follow-up report from Brooke, he reported the arrival of their first grandchild, courtesy of their son, David B. ('69), who is now C O . of NiTRO (AE-23), and his wife, Sharon, a LCdr. in the Navy Nurse Corps. Marion keeps herself busy with church activities and bridge. Yard work keeps Brooke occupied along with a bit of golf "which is not at a stagnant level, having gone from bad to horrible. Of course, that was its bright side, it has to get better" Brooke recognizes that Wilmington is off the beaten path, but they would welcome any C/Ms who may venture into their area.

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Lou Detweiler, Brooke and Marion Jennings, Patsy and George Hutchinson Membership 86%

Pres., Capt. Jefferson D. Parker USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. L. M. Detweiler (SC) USN (Ret.) 6650 Van Winkle Dr., Falls Church, Va. 22044 Corr. Sec'y Capt. W. H. Packard USN (Ret.) 5600 Yorktown Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22207 (703) 536-7120 Last month's column exceeded normal limits and the following three items had to be moved up to this column.

Expanding on the June Shipnuite note that Sib Ward was visiting San Diego to attend his granddaughter's wedding. Sib, in response to a query, advised that the bride's name is Rebecca Ward, and the groom, Lt. Walter V. Hayes USN, is a Navy pilot.

They expect to make their home in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Becky is manager of a store. She is a graduate of William and Mary College.

Morrow Decker and his two youngest daughters, Samantha and Suzanne, left Vermont on 11 December 1987 for a three-month trip to Australia. They were met there by Judith Drake-Brockman who had accompanied Morrow to Homecoming '87. They spent Christmas and New Year's at Judith's daughter's home, south of Sydney. Then they crossed Australia by train (three days and nights). While in the PerthFreemantle area. Morrow went to see "Lucknow" (Judith's old home) which was a rest house for weary submariners between World War II patrols. (It is now a hospital.) Their next stops were Alice Springs, Adelade and Melboume before retuming to Sydney.

Their flight home included a four-day stop in Honolulu to visit Morrow's cousin, Evan Aurand ('37), and a four-day stop in Lakeside, California to visit Morrow's oldest son. Randy. They retumed to the snows of Vermont on 8 March. The two girls were glad to be home.

Patsy and George Hutchinsonflewout to San Diego to attend George's daughter's 50th birthday celebration at the Rancho Bemardo Inn. George also took advantage of the opportunity to join the '35 weekly luncheon on 5 May. Twelve locals were present for a very pleasant hour together (Normally the San Diego weekly luncheon is held on Wednesdays, except the first Thursday of each month to accomodate the golfers who tee off on Wednesdays.)

Relative to the notice in last month's column on the death of Dick Hale, a nice letter was received from his daughter, Carol, in response to Jeff Parker's letter. In accordance with the suggestion therein, the Class has made a contribution to the Alumni Association for the '35 fund in Dick's memory.

The Bay Area '35 luncheons of 14 April, 19 May and 16 June were held at Los Altos Golf and Country Club, the Presidio O' Club and ttie Palo Alto Elks Club, respectively, with seven attendees at the first two and ten at the third. Attendees at one or more were: Dixie Farrell, Bill Germershausen, Hersh Goldberg, Bud Gruner, Frank Hess, Jack Lofland, Ron MacMillan, Ralph Metcalf, Bill Samuels, Bill Sullivan and Frank Wheeler In between thefirsttwo luncheon dates, Frank Wheeler with Mary Lou, tripped to Spain and Pormgal, visiting Niecy and Bob Hinckley at their Spanish home. Frank brought a TV monitor to the luncheon on 19 May and showed a video tape of their trip. Hersh Goldberg missed the April and May luncheons, being East visiting family. At the June affair. Bill Samuels was on cmtches, following a hip operation.

On 9 April, the San Francisco Chapter of Submarine Veterans of World War II held "Skippers Night."

Bill Germershausen and Ralph Metcalf received 25-year service patches, indicating years of membership in the organization. Bud Gruner presented the Chapter with a check, representing funds from all the skippers in the area, for use in buying TV sets for the Veterans Hospitals. Other '35 skippers attending, all accompanied by their wives, were Frank Hess and Dixie Farrell. In response to a query. Bill Germershausen provided a list of '35ers who skippered submarines during war patrols in WW II. The total was 50. This list is being added to the historical statistics on the Class.

In response to a query, Dorothy and Dick Jack in the Orlando area, both wrote long and interesting letters updating their news. In brief, Dick's stroke of three years ago keeps them pretty close to home. His travels are reduced to going to "the doctor's office, the grocery store and the bank, in that order" He also walks his 16-year-old dog (or vice versa) a mile a day.

As for the Orlando area '35ers, Dick reports Katie and Bob Jackson are also staying close to home, and Bill Rossell spends his time watching the stock marShipmate, September 1988

ket and escorting attractive ladies to social events and the theater In a separate report. Bill advised he has a computer set-up which enables him to lose money more rapidly than ever before. Two former Orlando area residents have left: Pat Finnigan to Santa Rosa, California, and Gamby Gambacorta with Mary to Bumsville, North Carolina.

Isabelle and Henry Tipton celebrated their 50th wedding aimiversary by tripping to England and Scotland in May. Tip found a few roots in the latter A couple of responses to the query in the May column on who is still gainfully employed: Slim Barham from Oak Ridge, Louisiana, advises he is still running his family's business and serves as a director of a bank. John Middleton is still employed as office manager for Henderson Technical Corp. in Seattle.

Both expressed the fact that they are still working by preference and will continue to do so for as long as possible.

Last month's column mentioned Dollie and Dick Harmer being in San Diego. A query to them for more details encouraged Dollie, with Dick's approval, to write six pages of delightful chit-chat. To summarize, their trip to San Diego was for the annual Golden Eagle affair While south, in addition to lunching with Reg and Lou Bauer and Lucille Ruehlow, they had a fine visit with Helen and Bill Jackson in Encino, and they enjoyed exchanging family news with French Wampler's widow, Bette, in Long Beach. The Harmer contribution to this exchange included the facts that their son Tom has a ten-monthold daughter (when you read this she'll be 14 months); daughter Carliss is enjoying her work in the Seattle School District; and daughter Elaine has put her art education to work, the past three years, making Christmas omaments for stores as I. Magnin. As a general comment on their trip, Dottie stated "We 'country folks' seem to have a hard time negotiating the freeways, rapid traffic and unfamiliar changes in the places we used to know so well." But, then when they got back to Seattle, they found it has much the same traffic problems.

Regretably, it is reported that Jim Mini's widow Mildred Jones, died on 27 May 1988 in National City, Califomia. Mildred's memorial service was held on 11 June at Christ Episcopal Church in Coronado.

Class representatives attending were: Ralph and Katie Baum, Bill Guest with Byri Folta, Chariie and Mary-Jo Harris, Bill and Dotty Hazzard, Jack and Jerry McCormick, George McKusick, Dave and Norie Nash, Snuffy Smith, Mac and Ruth Wordell, and Jack and Irene Wilson. Mildred was also the widow of Lt. Vemon R. Hain, USN ('31) who was killed in a plane crash in November 1937, and of RAdm. Carrol B. Jones ('26) who died in May 1985. She is survived by: sons Elliott Hain Mini ('57) of Hartford, Connecticut and James M. Mini of Hilltown, Pennsylvania; daughter Anne Maria Berg of Alameda, Califomia; and four grandchildren. The Class has made a donation to the Navy Relief Society in Millie's memory.

Very belatedly, news has been received that Jim Reniers' widow, Margaret, died on 27 May 1987.

Their son, James, III, reported same from Houston following receipt of this year's Class Annual Letter, addressed to his mother in Westlake Village, Califomia.

And speaking of the Annual Letter, the item therein on the Memorial Chairs needs a correction.

The cost of the remaining benchbacks is now $300. each.

Phyllis and Rod Badger celebrated their 50th Anniversary by spending 2-21 June in Sacramento, with their daughter, Jennifer, and family (who had sent them non-cancelable roundtrip tickets), and then retuming to Falls Church, Virginia, for a celebration on 30 June arranged by their other three children and families.

Shipmate, September 1988

Jay and Swede Westin also celebrated their 50th anniversary during the week of 20 June when five of Swede's brothers and sisters plus about 15 children joined them in fun and frolic at Piscah View Ranch, about 30 miles from Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Ruth and Slade Cutter were in Aurora, Illinois' to attend Slade's 60th high school reunion and visit Sam Loomis's widow, Jean Luminals, when Slade suffered a heart attack. On 14 June, he had a quadruple by-pass performed at the Sherman Hospital in Elgin.

He came through the surgery in fine shape, returned to the Luminals home on 23 June, where Jean and her husband, Milton, are in charge of his rehabilitation.

(Milt had the same operation three years ago.)

Address changes; Don Clay has moved from Ellettsville, Ind. to 3213 Eden Drive, Bloomington, Ind. 47401; Bill Francis has moved from Salinas, Calif, to 325 Highlands Place, Harrisonburg, Va. 22801.

Late item; Dave McClintock's wife, Kirby, died on 6 June 1988 at Marquette, Michigan.

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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. William A. Ellis USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale, Va. 22003 It's hot, humid, early July day as we hit our "Mill" again to beat the September deadline, but by the time you read this is will be cool again and the '88 football season will have started a hopeful Navy year Tailgating will be in full sway on the first three Saturdays, and we'll hope to see many of you then. Now for a bit of news before concluding Part IV; "Down Under."

8 June concluded the ' 8 7 - ' 8 8 WB&A area luncheons for the Summer months. Held at Vinson Hall, 20 were present to enjoy the camaraderie of the social hour and an appropriate cool salad luncheon for the meal. Present were Nancy & Fred Bennett; Paul Bjamason; Dick Bradley; Mack Butler; Joe Coppola; Ede & Bill Ellis; Parker Folsom; Barbara & Jim Gray; Rosa & Frank Law; Jean & John Oseth; Margot & Onion Phillips; Bill Price; and Kathleen & Jack Ryder. The Phillips' reported their trip to France was wonderful; Dick Bradley told about Pat and his trip to Florida which included a visit with Ann & Warfield Bennett and Lil & Tom Dabney; and Joe Coppola reported that his biographical book about the Pacific War as well as several of his war artifacts had been accepted for inclusion in the collection of items displayed at the Nimitz Library in Fredericksburg, Texas. Mack Butler then reported that Tiny Small's Special Edition of The Caine Mutiny signed by Herman Wouk had been accepted by the Alumni Association as a gift from the Class for the collection of memorabilia on display in the Alumni House since Capt. Queeg was reported as being a member of our Class. Additionally, Mack reported that in accordance with the decision voted at the previous April luncheon, a gift of $3600 had been donated to the Vinson Hall Pavillion Building Fund as a Class contribution. There being no further business, the luncheon adjourned until the Fall.

We share with you John Alford's reply (6 May) to Mack Butler acknowledging the foregoing contribution: 'Thank you with all my heart for the magnificent response to my appeal of 13 April 1988. The Trustees are absolutely delighted with the extremely generous check in the amount of $3,600, and I have taken pains to insure that they recognize '36 as the first Class to make a Class gift to the Pavillion Building Fund. We thank you with all our hearts."

A note from Dick Pratt (10 June) brought news that Ann and he were back in New Hampshire after a

busy Winter which took them to many places including Portugal and Madeira. Said Dick: " . . . arrived here earlier than usual because of the wedding of Amy, our granddaughter, in Palm Beach. All our children made it except Ram who came down with the flu—two sons from Coronado, one from Houston, and a daughter from Maine. Amy is Rocky's daughter, so five of our six were on hand. . . . Enclosed is a flyer of possible interest for Shipmate if there is time. Any and all are MOST WELCOME." Dick's flyer to '36 unfortunately arrived too late for the July/ August Shipmate deadline, but this issue might reach some of you in time to make a reply to Dick. On Wednesday, 21 September, Jake Fyfe is scheduled to address the Tamworth Historical Society in Tamworth. New Hampshire. He has agreed to tell the story of BATHSH, the submarine he commanded during WWII, since Tamworth is the home of Nelly Fortier who christened the BATFISH when she was launched. Remnants of the christening champagne bottle and the silver bowl presented on the occasion are kept in Tamworth's Historical Society. In recognition of Jake, Ann and Dick plan to have a "Minireunion" for all available Classmates at their home in Tamworth. Jake's presentation is scheduled for 2000, Wednesday, prior to which the Pratts will be hosts for cocktails and dinner at 1700. Said Dick: "Do come and join us for this memorable event. Ovemight accommodations at nearby locations for all who can be with us will be arranged. Let's help Jake tell his story!" Those who can make it to Tamworth should contact Dick at Woodside, Fowler's Mill Road, Tamworth, N. H. 03886, or phone him at (603) 323-8772. In the meantime, our best wishes to Jake for a successful evening.

If you also celebrated your 50th Wedding Anniversary this year, we hope yours was the happy occasion that Ede and your CS enjoyed on 18 June, the day following our actual anniversary. Thanks to Ede's sister, a sister-in-law, and a nephew, they organized a big party that brought together some 40 members of the family to celebrate the occasion at our home in Annandale, to be exact some 12 nieces and nephews with their families from Okinawa, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, and Maryland, and two of Ede's brothers. Downing Street was really jumpin' that day with mucho food, mucho champagne, mucho booty, and a beautiful large cake all appropriately decorated for the occasion. With no family of our own, words cannot express our feelings and how overjoyed we were to be honored by so many of our loved ones. It will indeed be a day to be remembered for a long time to come. We hope all of you who also had a 50th faired out as well!

Conclusion "Down Under:" Twelve days on a cruise ship may have appeared to be a long time, but they went by very quickly, with something new to do and see each day. Thus leaving Wellington behind, it was hard to realize that we were now on the last leg of our sea voyage and en route to ourfinaldestination and disembarkation day at Auckland, a morning of chaos as those of you who have made cruises well know. Thus it was great news when they announced that those travelling independently—not on packaged tours— could disembark, claim their luggare, and be on their way. We of course were lucky because we had friends waiting for us on the dock ready to greet us and welcome us to Auckland as our hosts for the next five days, the part of our trip to which we had looked forward with much anticipation. Unfortunately, on the last night at sea, following the Captain's farewell party, Ede developed a cold and an ear infection which kept her in bed or at the local clinic most of the five days of our stay. Thus, your CS had all the fun and saw the most of the beauty and sights in Auckland.

Auckland, the capital of New Zealand from 1840 to 1865, is New Zealand's largest city (population 800,000), "a thriving seaport that manages to keep an easy-going, even provincial air." The city is built

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around more than 60 extinct volcanoes on an isthmus overlooking the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Tasman Sea on the other. As one approaches from the Pacific and enters the Waitemata Harbour you get a panaramic view of the large extinct volcano island Rangitoto on your left, the Harbour Bridge and suburban Devenport of your right, and the city of Auckland with its "spick and span look and inoffensive, high-rise, contemporary buildings" dead ahead. Once ashore, driving out to our hostess' home, we were impressed with the unlittered cleanliness of the streets; the bustling, hustiing crowds filling Queen Street, a "shopper's Heaven" that runs up through the center of town from the wharf area; the harbor filled with multitudinous sailing craft of every description—am told Aucklanders would rather own a good sailboat than own a car; and the lush green of the open park lands throughout the city. Travelling about it was easy to understand why today many cultures make up Auckland's ethnic character and make it a most exciting city in which to live.

Close by our hostess' house was one of the most interesting landmarks that can be seen from all over the city—the single tree and high obelisk atop One Tree Hill, the site of a former Maori village tiered around the sloping hill and now a place on which the towering obelisk honors Sir John Logan Campbell, "the father of Auckland." Not too far away we had Sunday Brunch at a restaurant atop Mount Eden, another extinct volcano. The drive up the 500-ft. slope provided a beautiful view of the city and harbor as well as a scenic view of the green volcano crater in which cattle were grazing, making it a very peaceful scene.

Highlight of the stay in Auckland for your CS was Harbour Day, an annual event when everyone who owns or has access to a boat is out in the harbor. On that day we had the pleasure offlyinga plane again after 48 years, a British Auster monoplane owned by our hostess' son, an author, editor, and aerial photographer of some note. As weflewover the harbor and Rangitoto en route down the coast to Pakanui, John wanted to get some shots of the harbor celebration and so said, "take over." It was great fun getting a hand on the stick again. We landed at Pakanui on a grassy strip with beautiful houses (not shacks) on either side, taxied over into someone's front yard, had lunch and a swim, and then took off homeward bound over the mountains to Ardmore, John's home base which houses manyflyingclubs, several of which were stillflyingvintage aircraft. It was a great day for yours truly!

In conclusion, we can best sum up our impressions of New Zealand by an excerpt from our ship's Berlitz Travel Guide: 'In today's terms. New Zealand sounds like the impossible dream: here is an under-populated island-country with gorgeous scenery, practically no pollution, a high living standard and a racially mixed population getting on well in a smooth-running democracy' We thoroughly enjoyed our trip 'down under' and recommend it to all.

Sorry we can't share our many photos with you.

We covered our trip home via LA and San Diego previously. 'Twas good to see those we visited and were amazed at the changes that have taken place in San Diego. We are also happy to report that since our last writing we have talked to Ginny Stark by phone and she is coming along very well in her recuperation from her stroke.

wife. Many of us in the Summer months of 1988 have celebrated wedding anniversaries. Anne and Jim Cruse summed it up with this little rhyme, "Me and My Mate, will soon celebrate our Forty-Ninth and Holdin', Phooy to the Fifty Golden!" Their anniversary was 9 June. With belated greetings to them, I am soliciting other wedding dates for suitable greetings in the Golden Year of 1989.

Gerry Child writes that he attended the Battle of Midway Symposium sponsored by the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola in May. He was joined by Syd Bottomley, Ace Barton, and States Mead for an excellent program on that turning point in the Pacific War. Gerry noted that on 5 June 1942 after being shot down in his RBY on the 4th he was rescued by destroyer MONAGHAN, which then joined the screen of stricken carrier YORKTOWN, and that he had the sad experience of seeing that ship succumb to a couple of submarine torpedo hits on 6 June. Your letter brought back personal memories, Gerry. Bill Crenshaw and I were the two '37 ship's officers aboard that fine carrier at Midway.

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Shortly after Gerry's letter, there was a long one with photos from Syd Bottomley telling of the trip to Pensacola and other travels—he writes: DJ and 1 teamed up with Ann and Tex Lander to make a lovely cruise on GOLDEN ODESSEY—Hong Kong to Singapore via Manila, Bali, and Semareng (Java). Five days in Hong Kong gave us a chance to shop and revisit old spots of Korean War days. Unfortunately, Hong Kong is now wall-to-wall with high rises. Kowloon is just as bad. The traffic is like Bangkok in the aftemoon. The Manila Hotel is just as lovely as before. The female denizens of Indonesia do not dress as we were led to believe in preWWII years. Singapore, on the other hand, was a pleasant surprise. Streets are still wide and clean, beautifully landscaped, and gin slings at the Raffles

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Hotel, just as tasty as on myfirstvisit in 1960. From Singapore weflewto Bangkok for two days at the Royal Orchid Hotel. This visit was fine, but too short and marred by an afternoon traffic jam in 90 to 100 degree heat when for three hours our bus's airconditioner solenoid kept overheating. What patience we still had was disapated by the long unbroken flight home. This trip, west to east is not recommended for our age group. DJ still hasn't recovered.

In early May, I went to Pensacola for a seminar, sponsored jointly by the Naval Institute and Naval Aviation Museum on the Battle of Midway. I stayed with Libby and Ace Barton, and it was a pleasant surprise to see Gerry Child who came all the way from Tacoma. I was disappointed to be the only attendee from VB-3, my old squadron. Incredible Victory's author, Walter Lord, and three Japanese participants were there to lend color to the event.

Thanks for the news, Syd, and I'll hope to get a later report on the May gathering of the San Diego LunchBunch, hosted by Bernie Bieri at the Kona Kai Club.

Word on 1937 offspring is always welcome.

Among many of our daughters and sons who follow a career in today's Armed Forces, Irene and Herb Hartman wrote about David, Capt. MC, USN, who is completing two years as Chief of Radiology, Naval Medical Center, Bethesda.

David has additional duty as Ass't Chief of Radiology of the Armed Forces Medical Services College, a tenant on Bethesda Hospital grounds. David was ordered to active duty in the Navy Medical Corps for his fourth year at UCLA Medical School and was commissioned a Lt. He spent four years at Bethesda as intern and resident, then two years as a radiologist at USNH San Diego. For the next eight years he was at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, at Walter Reed Hospital in DC. He is hoping to become Chief of Radiology at the joint Medical Services College. He bought a house in nearby Rockville and has lived there for the past ten years.

David has done better than I, making Captain six months before his 40th birthday.

The Hartman's daughter, Margaret is now associate vice president for Academic Affairs at Califomia State University in Los Angeles. Older son, Richard, is employed with 3M in St. Raul, holding a PhD from Ohio State in chemistry, and the inventor of a conductive adhesive-backed tape. A 1987 European trip took Irene and Herb to central and eastem Europe last Summer, and this June they are seeing Australia and New Zealand. Many thanks to both for all the news, and a trip report on Anzac land is awaited for a fiiture Shipmate.

The 104th Class of the Naval War College graduated on 17 June, and once again it was good to have a glimpse of Prue Colbert Mackall, who presented the Memorial Prize with Dick's name to Major Raul Cariker USMC. The award, given annually through the NWC Foundation, is for the best professional essay by a student in the current academic year. It was a particular pleasure to hear the name of Capt. Mike Currie, USN announced as one of the few members of the Naval Warfare Course who graduated "with distinction." Mike (USNA '67), son of Gloria and Speed, heads for the Pentagon and Op-50 where he will hold down the A-6 desk. Earlier in June he joined me at Newport's Reading Room for the weekly lunch of sea-story tellers. Naturally, he listened to a plethora of advice from former Pentagon dwellers. All enjoyed having Mike aboard and congratulations to son and proud parents!

From my cousin, David Wadleigh, has come further word on our Plebe Year Classmate, Given Brewer, who graduated with Dave in the Class of 1938, Massachusetts Instimte of Technology. Given died suddenly on 26 April 1987, while visiting a niece on Cape Cod. From M.I.T Given first worked for Lockheed Aricraft, then during World War II was in the bomber division of Ford. In 1950 he started his own stress laboratory and engineering facility at Shipmate, September 1988

Marion Massachusetts, expanding it from a $40 investment in his garage to laboratories that did almost $2 million wortti of business annually. In Who's Who in the World. 1980 edition. Given shared a spot near Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Survived by his wife, Heidi, two daughters, and a son. Given was memorialized this past June at the Portland Oregon International Congress of die Society for Experimental Mechanics. He was listed as "A noted consultant whose over 700 projects around the world were the epitome of practical engineering solutions to very complicated real-life problems, and whose lectures enthralled many generations of engineers."

Many Happy Returns for this month to Don Dean, who 50 years ago was working for the 1939 New York World's Fair, to Charlie Andres smdying art in NYC, and to States Mead who was with PanAm in the Azores—also to Henry Sipple aboard MEMPHIS, Bill Stevens (MINNEAPOLIS), Paul Hartmann, (PORTLAND), Don Mehlop (MISSISSIPPI), Charlie

Meigs (TENNESSEE with orders tofitout new DD F L EET), Bill Gregg (SAVANNAH), your CS (BROOKLYN), and John Simpson with Westinghouse Co. My memory of September 1938 is of the East Coast hurricane hitting New York Navy Yard with extra high tide—cruiser BROOKLYN appeared to be underway as our pier was completely under the East River!

Summer heat and travels kept the 9 June luncheon of the Washington-Annapolis Group to a count of nine regulars. Chairman Soucek, Treasurer Baer (who sent me the minutes). Bob Farrington, Ed Finney, Larry Brantley, Jim Denton, John Reese, Wes Steesy, and Fred Schneider Hank Rowe, en route back to Dallas after a trip to Scandanavia and England, was welcomed by the gang. Inspired by Willie Mack's hterary work, he is collecting data for a book about air warfare in World War II. Hank's 1940 duty with the Royal Navy and participation in the pursuit of battleship BISMARCK should give an excellent personal touch to his subject. The meeting heard of travel plans of the Hartmanns and a rumor that Ethel and Fred Janney retumed from an extensive European torn'. I'll hope to have more to report on these couples in a later issue.

A few more travel items have been received. Zeke Soucek is driving out to Oklahoma in late-June to meet his two sons and a grandson and to quote Zeke, "look at my 'roots' if you will for six days." Keep cool if you can, Souceks, it's dry and hot out there!

Bea and Larry Brantley departed 20 June for six weeks of seeing Scandanavia and the USSR by air, car, and ship. The ten-day tour of Moscow and Leningrad under Intourist will be of special interest in a rundown which I anticipate for a Fall issue. Margie and Walt Phaler wrote enthusiastically about their Maui visit in late-May and early June. Tennis, snorkeling, and beaching keep these San Diegans "revvin!" Bill Reynolds wrote from Marshall, Minnesota while visiting daughter, Charlotte, and her children, including nine-month-old Danielle, Bill reports he was a busy grandfather, helping with house repairs, and almost looks forward to retuming to keeping his Newport News lawn cut in the hot Summer months.

In the Summer issue I mistakenly advised that Wayne Brown would attend his 55th high school reunion in June—correction, it will be in October Hal Etchen reported that he celebrated his 75th in June, was now fully retired after a long career in engineering and finance, and was including several anecdotes of his life in the Navy during the war and later Walt Barry wrote of the great time he and Mary and the Curries had at the Washington-Annapolis luncheon in May where they had a visit with Jo and Bill Brinckloe before the latter head west for Carmel.

From Al Gerken has come another sequence in his reminiscences; taking destroyer WARRINGTON into the Melville, Rhode Island pier on a bitter day, and getting a "Well Done" from the awesome SOPA, Shipmate, September 1988

RAdm. "Spike" Fahrion, ComDesLant. Those were well deserved and did not come often, Al. Congratulations. Finally, dinner with Ed Spruance's sister, Margaret Bogart and her husband, Capt. Gerry, brought the sad news that Ed's widow, Jo, had died several years ago in San Francisco. Will have more news on Ed's family in a later issue.

Early this year Zeke Soucek produced an alphabetical roster of the Class of 1937 which with the help of many I have been updating and filling in during the Spring and Summer It contains, names, wives' names, known addresses etc. with information on Classmates whose names are on the Memorial. In typewritten form to fit a standard three-ring binder, the 29-page document is available to interested Classmates by writing your CS. Cost of printing and mailing is $3 per copy. It will be corrected as new data is received, with such information also going in this column. Let me know your desires. Classmates, and in the meantime, here's luck to our 1988 Navy football team who will be opening their season this month. For those of us who attend Homecoming— Beat Yale, Navy—there will be a gang of "Keep Revvin with '37" rooters in Memorial Stadium.

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Chairman Wash, area, Capt. J. M. McDowell USN (Ret.) 504 Canterbury Lane, Alexandria, Va. 22314 Corr. Sec'y Capt. Snowden Arthur USN (Ret.) 4600 Ashby St., Washington, D.C. 20007 By the time you read this, our Golden Reunion will be three months past. What a Reunion it was! If you took some picmres, please send me a couple and I'll try to run several of them every month for the next six months.

Most of this column will be occupied with material from John Saxton's speech in Mahan Hall presenting the Leadership Endowment Fund Gift, with Jim Andrews' Meditation at the Memorial Service for our departed Classmates, and with President Reagan's greeting to our Class on the occasion of the Fiftieth Reunion:

John Saxton and the Supe John's speech went as follows; Admiral Maryott. Ladies and Gentlemen: We have several things on our docket this morning in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1938 from the Naval Academy.

Butfirstwe want to thank Margaret and Al Laborde for the splendid reception they hosted for us last evening. It was indeed a very memorable and enjoyable

affair—and a repetition of their warm generosity.

Shall we stand and say 'Thanks'!

This morning we intend to reminisce a bit. and to present to the Superintendent an expression of our Class' appreciation of what the Naval Academy stands for and has meant to us throughout the years.

After that we will receive a briefing on the changes at the Academy—changes that have enabled it to adapt to today's social and technological world, and still retain the ideals and standards that prevailed in our day Looking back those 50 years—I need not ask how many of us remember who gave us our diplomas on this very day at this very hour—well, give or take a few minutes. Did I hear a whisper, FDR? It is also pertinent to mention that some of the young ladies who helped us put on ensign boards and second lieutenant bars are here today.

We have gone our various ways, mostly in the Navy and the Marine Corps, but many in other fields of endeavor. We have arrived at this point, as most classes do, with a special feeling.about those friendships we made—primarily with those strangers with whom we were forced to commingle beginning in the Summer of 1934—who, as time passed, became our best friends—and who are our best friends today, 50 years later.

We are thankful for the cohesion and friendship that have existed and survived in our Class over the years. We also acknowledge, and are thankful in equal measure, for the close friendships that our careers in the service have engendered among our wives.

At our 45th Reunion in Coronado we discussed the prospects and possibilities of a Class gift to the Naval Academy on the occasion of our 50th Reunion. This was by no means meant to downplay our earlier gift in 1946. That is the ashlar in the chapel with inscription 'Eternal father strong to save.' That is a memorial of timeless beauty and inspiration.

However, at our Coronado meeting the desire was made apparent for us to produce a 'living memorial'—one that would serve to inspire the Midshipmen as a concrete and lasting symbol—a symbol to remind them that those who have gone before believe in them and wish them well in their service of our country. So, we decided to support an effort by the Class to raise a fund of at least $150,000 over the nextfiveyears. The income from the fund would enable the Academy to sponsor annually a Leadership Seminar in which cadets from the other service academies could participate along with our Midshipmen. For the record, it should be stated that the Military Academy had already received a similar grant from a former Secretary of the Army, and had held such a seminar at West Point.

With a grant from the Naval Academy Memorial Fund, the Academy conducted its first leadership seminar in January 1984. Our Class, with invaluable assistance from the Alumni Association, has provided the resources for the subsequent four seminars while we were raising our endowment fund.

By June 1987, gifts to the fund totaled over $236,000. Income on the principal was over $36,000. Expenditures for seminars were just over $19,000, leaving a balance of just over $254,000.

Clearly, the generosity of our Classmates and their widows, and the prudent investment of the funds by the Alumni Association, enables us to meet and exceed our goal a full year ahead of our proposed schedule. Today, one seminar later, the fund stands at$275,000.

For a Class whose previous three gift endeavors had not exceeded about $5000 each, I think this is a superb accomplishment of which all of us can be justly proud. We must also give thanks to those individuals who I) conceived the need for a living memorial. 2) led the search to identify and promote the best project to fulfill the goal, and 3) carried out the fund raising.

And now a brief word on the seminars conducted to date: Members of the Class have observed them and we have sought the reactions of the participants, i.e.. Midshipmen and cadets and the senior officers of the four services. We are led to conclude that these seminars serve as valuable stimuli to all participants in their appreciation of the importance of leadership among the qualifications of our service 57

academy graduates. And we hope diat they will be helped—as the former Secretar)- of the Na\7. James Webb, emphasized to the Brigade here last September on the subject of leadership: "To aspire, not to mere adequacy, but to unexcelled excellence.'

Our original intent was to present to the Naval Academy an endowment fund, managed and accounted for by the Alunmi Association, that would support the leadership seminars indefinitely. However, recognizing that times change and that new ways of accomphshing our purpose may develop, we want to provide a degree offlexibilityto the Superintendent. We therefore stipulate that the gift, i.e. the income from the endowment, be used as the Superintendent deems most appropriate in the development and enhancement of qualities of leadership among the Midshipmen.

To transmit our gift to the Academy, a letter has been prepared addressed to the Superintendent. Admiral Maryott, the Class of 1938 is grateful for the opportimity to make this presentation and deliver our gift letter. (Gift letter follows) Dear Admiral Maryott: This lener presents our aspirations for the Class of 1938 Endowment Fund Gift to the Naval Academy on the occasion c^ the Fiftieth Anniversary of our graduation. It describes how we hope the income from the Fund will be expended, and explains why we think this gift will benefit members of the Brigade of Midshipmen for years to come.

The Naval Academy Alumni Association has accepted custodianship of the Class of 1938 Endowment Fund. The income from the Fund will be made available to the Superintendent to be expended as the Superintendent deems best to aid in the development of Leadership among the Midshipmen at the Naval Academy. To date this effort has taken the form cf an annual Leadership Forum attended by cadets and Midshipmen from the four Service academies. The Forums have been extremely well received by the attendees. An initial reaction to the Forums by some of our Class was that the benefit was limited to those cadets and Midshipmen who had already demonstrated qualities of leadership in that all the attendees were top stripers. Our concern was mollified with the institution cf the practice of videotaping significant sessions and making them available for viewing by other members (^ the Brigade. We encourage this procedure and hope that it can be expanded.

Our rationale for deciding on this 'living memorial' is several-fold: We are deeply grateful for having had the privilege of attending the Academy. We wish to affirm our support and continuing dedication to the Mission of the Academy. We believe that it is important that the Midshipmen be aware that those who have gone before them are deeply interested in their development and welfare, and that we want to help them become a part of a very special group.

Our gift to our great school carries with it our thanks and appreciation and the hope that it may contribute to the maintenance of the high standards so evident in the Brigade of Midshipmen. Sincerely.

John A. Saxten. Jr.. Colonel. USMC (Ret.). Class President.

Letter from President Ronald Reagan: / am pleased to have this opportunity to send warmest greetings and congratulations to the members of the Class of 1938. United States Naval Academy, as you gather for your 50th Anniversary Reunion.

Half a century ago. on the eve of World War II. you graduated from Annapolis and began to stand watch in defense cf freedom. You took your place in a long line cf valiant Navy and Marine officers who from our earliest years have gone in harm's way for liberty and country. You and your Classmates followed Old Glory proudly in World War II: many made the supreme sacrifice. You who returned have ever after, in peace and in war. borne eloquent witness to their service and sacrifice. You have shown as well how strongly you share their spirit of love of country, corps, and liberty. You have proved beyond

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measure that you still stand watch in our defense— and that you always will. That is yvur noblest decoration cf all. and I am prouder to salute you than words can say.

Again, congratulations and best wishes for a Reunion of good cheer, renewed friendship and happy memories for all. God bless you. and God bless America.

Jim Andrews' Meditation Why have we come here from near and far at considerable expense to celebrate die Fiftieth Anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1938 from the Naval Academy? This whole celebration which so many of you have helped Deke and Rab put together is, in fact, a Thanksgiving to the Almighty for what we are, for where we have been together, and, especially this morning, in deep gratitude for the lives of those Classmates and wives who are no longer with us. If thanking God 'for what we are' sounds a bit self-complacent, let me just say that there are very few Naval Academy graduates who are reluctant to say where they went to school. Obviously, there are none of those among us this morning. And it is a well known fact diat Naval Academy graduates attract the nicest women. That is what has made it all worthwhile.

I do, however, have a slight problem with all the stress being laid on our graduation aimiversary. I agree completely that graduating was an accomplishment, but getting into the Academy was no small achievement for many of us. and Plebe Summer was certainly an unforgetable experience. So. I propose that we also recognize this Summer as the fifty-fourth anniversary of our starting on that great adventure which has brought us here today. Those four years we spent here were very important: we learned a good bit in the academic area; we developed a sense of what was expected of junior officers; we got to know one another: and we developed an esprit de corps that becomes stronger with time.

Fifty years ago we were getting ready to go and report to ourfirstduty stations, either aboard capital ships in the Fleet on at Marine Bases ashore. There wer learnedfirst-handthe duties and responsibilities of officers, and we were accepted into the Navy-Marine Corps family professionally and socially.

World War n caught us about half-married and somewhat engaged. It was then that the new brides and the betrothed learned about separations. How many of us still have a laundry box full of those wonderful letters we wrote?

I think that it must have been during the period immediately after the war that it began to dawn on us that we had something special going for our Class. Our wives found that they liked the NavyMarine Corps life and the people; and their friends were generally the wives of our friends, and the bonds are lasting a lifetime. I think that this realization happens among all classes when we realize that those that we admired and got along with so well back then are going to be with us in the same endeavor for years to come. The difference was that we had more to be thankful for.

It is small wonder then, that we are here in a spirit of thanksgiving for those wives and Classmates who have gone before. Long ago we learned to accept the inevitability of death. It is nevertheless a painful ordeal for us and for those who have thereby been deprived of the love and companionship of a lifetime partner. Yet we fully subscribe to the wisdom of the poet that it is better to have loved and lost.

We have also observed or experienced the fact that the Lord lightens the burden of grief with the passage oftime;and so the happy memories of those earlier days and years become a sustaining source of comfort and joy. We trust that those who have been left, and those who will be left in the future, can be truly thankful and happy for the ones they have 'loved long since and lost awhile'.

All of us want this Fiftieth Anniversary Reunion, including this memorial service, to be rememljered as a time of happiness and thanksgiving. In giving thanks for the lives of those who were so close to us. we also recognize that there are many hearty souls

still among us, and that all of us will go in the couise of time.

In the interim we must recognize oiu' obhgation to contribute to the welfare and happiness of those who are alone in our Class group, our neighbors, and our Navy-Marine Corps Family. May we be ever mindful of the needs and wants of our '38 Family Members—whether the need be a kind word, companionship, material assistance, or whatever. And we must acknowledge the fact that, with the passage of time, there have been and will continue to be, changes in our societal and familial situations, to which we must adjust, and help others to adjust, so diat all of us may live out our lives in a thankfiil, devoted and happy relationship of close friends in our Navy-Marine Corps Family.

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Pres., Capt. George Duncan USN (Ret.) Box 123, St. Mary's, Md. 20686 Secy, Capt. W. J. Ruhe USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBeth Ave., M c U a n , Va. 22102 The Pajaro Dunes '39 reunion in late-May, on Monterey Bay. had to be a great satisfaction for Howie 'Thompson who made it go—for about 80 very satisfied and most pleased 39ers. Grant Rogers was a co-host, doing an exceptional job of spearheading the social activities. Carol and I moved into the Cypress 13 beach home along with Kathy and Bud Cooper. Margaret and Blackie Blackburn and Maddy and Ken Barker as housemates. Bud Cooper told of having "monthly Sunday gatherings in Honolulu with the families of 7 of their 11 children, who live in the Hawaiian area." He also rejiorted that the Japanese are buying up all the hotels on Oahu, recognizing that Hawaii's trade winds make it the most pleasant vacation spot in the Pacific, adding that Guam's economy is now mainly built on Japanese tourism, but that it's only a poor man's vacation spot compared to Hawaii." Blackie told of the geothermal plants in his Sonoma area which use the steam issuing from the earth to produce 40% of the northern Califomia's electrical needs. Ken Barker kept getting so engrossed in our breakfast talk that he let his toast bum. triggering off the smoke alarm which only Blackie knew how to tum off. Each evening, three of the houses held cocktail parties and then the people moved on to a candle-Iit catered dinner in a different house—with die 39ers juggled so that each person would eventually meet everyone else. I was told at one of the parties that Selly Graham didn't attend this year because he was running for Municipal Judge of Marin County. Up to now he's been an assistant district attomey in San Francisco "trying Hell's Angels, etc." Also, that Dick Dressling got a special award for the rehabilitation program he runs for discharged prisoners of San Quentin and for immigrants. Dick, who lives north of San Rafael, in a letter to Blackie Blackburn said. "The best prevention method to avoid a heart attack is to be a volunteer.

Believe it! When you see the many problems others have, you forget your own, and the peace of mind which comes with it is great." The Amorosa-Award given to Dick cites; "With the blind of Marin he is a reader, transporter and helps them get the proper exercise. With the hungry, he is Chairman of the Food Task Force of the Marin Interfaith Council which have seven pantries to feed the hungry on a daily basis. He's on the Board of the Emergency Housing Center and has taken care of three Afghan families.

(Dick says. "They are very ambitious and industrious people. I can see why the Russians are leaving.")

And, he's on the Social Concems Committee in his parish." I also heard that "Ned Beach is back from his two Viking Lines cruises where he entertained the passengers by lecturing on World War II history relative to the Japanese invasion of the East Indies and the Shipmate, September 1988

Duncan, Gulick, Rogers, Harris Battle of Midway." Tuesday night Jig Ramage put in an appearance—on his way to the Bohemian Club's aimual three-day drinking reunion on the Russian River above San Francisco. "Founded in 1872, it's the world's greatest men's party, with politicians of Califomia around to reminisce."

Wednesday morning a mob took off at 0730 for a nature walk (without the inveterate Sally Gulick, who in the past has led such forays but whose legs couldn't take it this year). According to Paul Dimburg all they really saw was a dead sea lion on the beach— half eaten by seagulls. On the rest of the hike they saw little because some young girl with a dog on a leash moved ahead of them scaring all the birds away.

(Unfortunately Grant had not planted any stuffed birds in bushes for the binocular people to study and oooh and aaah at). At 1030 two busses were loaded for a "mystery trip." As the 39ers got on our bus, my Carol noted that "everybody is wearing their hearing aids this moming." As Skeet Bemis came aboard I pleasantly remarked that he looked more handsome than usual, to which he said, "Your eyes are worse than mine and I've lost the sight in my left eye and my right isn't much better" Skeet said he'd seen Jack Bauer in St. Thomas earlier in the year and that Jack was sorry to miss Hilton Head but said he'd be at the 50th in Annapolis. Art Fischer told of his Alaska trip in his camper last year. "The bad roads were really rough on the tires—and it's even tougher on the wives." The bus took us to the seafood houses of Santa Cruz for lunch where we sat with Hazel and Hal Felix. They had bought a house in Palm Springs and are paying $40 a month to the Indians because they're on leased land, plus lots of other expenses, of course. Hal is Commodore of the Huntington Harbour Yacht Club which sponsors the two big catamarans which Dennis Conner is readying for a sailing race against the New Zealand monster 133-foot monohulled boat. Hal's Club was shortly holding a Shipmate, September 1988

Felix and golf prize commissioning ceremony for the U.S. catamarans— "which can make up to 30 knots in a stiff breeze."

Oh? After lunch our bus wandered around the countryside, convincing us that the mystery about the trip was how to get there—wherever "there" was. But we ended at the Abrams Planetarium at Hartnell College in Salinas. Had Howie told us where we were going, half of the crowd would have wanted out. But the show proved better than what we'd seen at the Hayden Planetarium in New York on our Second Class Cruise, so all were pleased about being "fooled into coming." As we left we had a Class picture, then noted a sign saying "Welcome to Professor Matsumori and his students of Miyagi University of Sendai, Japan." Since I'd just read about the Japanese buying American farm land, I could understand why they were sending in a team to leam the agriculmre of the Salinas area—the breadbasket of Califomia. (The Japanese are planning to take over our food production?)

Thursday morning at 0815 1 spotted only Maddy and Ken Barker and Grant Rogers striding along in response to the scheduled "Run and Walk for Fun" activity. Then I delivered Carol to the tennis court to play mixed doubles with Grant (winner of men's singles with Judson Rhode as runner-up) against Kathy Cooper and Paul Schratz, in the finals. Carol's instmctions were for me to "come back at 1000 and bring home the body." But at ten they were still playing and I had to counsel the players to hold down the cursing because I was recording this finals event for Shipmate—won by Carol and Grant. Kathy, winner of the women's singles, looked very professional, always bouncing the ball nine times before serving, just like Jimmy Conners. The Bridge Tournament at 1030 was expertly run by Dottie Hardy. Dick Zullinger with whom she makes a twosome, was most eager to show his bridge supremacy over her. With a great virtuosity for bridge he still had a nervous

Waring receives "Good Guy" award don't-look-over-the shoulder Satchel Paige fear that Dottie might be catching up, as the high scorers progressed toward the first table. Dick got there ahead of Dottie and won all the marbles. Joey Border was second.

At the banquet. Bob Truax showed up and told of now building two more big rockets on contract, in his backyard. And that he should have a space shot with a passenger in the next year When I introduced Carolyn Hammett, George Duncan's lady friend to Bob as a possible candidate for the first flight, Dick Tunnell said, "Do you really want to go in this pretty lady?" Grant Rogers as MC and with his slide show was great. He said that Elmo Waring, who received the Good Guy Award, had asked him earlier, "Do lemons have feathers" When Grant said "no," Elmo sadly said, "Then I must have squeezed a canary into my last drink." Grant followed Elmo's award with one to me—a handsome engraved bronze plaque with my Midshipman picture and a citation "From your Classmates of '39 for your special writings for Shipmate, Class interest, etc." Very touching. When Dick Zullinger, the proud(?) possessor of the Polythoopinator for the past year passed it along to Grant Rogers, for his year of worshipping it, George Duncan told about when he returned the gadget to Califomia three years ago. At Braniff's security check he was asked to unseal the box in which this precious contraption was hidden. George, rather than tearing the box apart, described it to the security woman, who said "Don't bother, I have two of those at home." The golf winners were Hal Felix and Winnie Ballinger We ended the evening with a standup singing of three verses of Navy Blue and Gold.

The superb brunch Friday morning, hosted by Howie Thompson from some extra money floating around, ended a very special get-together of 39ers.

But now on a very sad note, 1 have to tell of the deaths of four Classmates, since the last Shipmate.

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Four! George V. Rogers, who was still cheerful at the Hilton Head reunion died from cancer on 31 May. Jim Dare, who it was remembered was featured in Life magazine after the War, (probably because he was the handsomest man in the Class), died of a cranial aneurism 10 June. Joe Roper succumbed to his pancreatic cancer 27 May. and Chuck Simmons died on 28 June of complications, when in the hospital for cancer problems. All four were highly regarded and well remembered and therefore are greatly missed by the Class. We certainly share in the deep sorrow which surrounds the families of thesefineClassmates and offer our most sincere condolences for their loss.

An additional death was called in by Ed Castle of D.C.—still with the Corby Construction Co. and inadvertently confused with Charlie Cassel in a recent Shipmate issue. Ed reported that Jim Donohoe, Jr. who left the Academy with him Youngster Year and who graduated with him from Georgetown U., had succumbed to cancer on 8 May. Jim was President of J. F. Donohoe & Sons Construction Co.—which is building the Academy's new Brigade Activities Building.

A last-minute call from Red Balch told of the death of his roommate. Jim Irvine, on 2 July in Cantonment, Florida. Jim died of heart failure after a 7-year bout with bad health. Remembered as a wrestler at the Academy, he was not commissioned on graduation because of bad eyes. Our luncheon in Washington today will be saddened by this news, and all will want to extend their condolences to the families of the two Jims whose deaths have been added to the four previously noted.

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Pres., Capt. Ted Hill USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler PI., Alexandria, Va. 22302 WASHINGTON REPORT A solid 20 of the local PALS* (Potomac Area Lunch Survivors) rallied at the Arlington, Virginia, Army/Navy Country Club on the 2nd-Wednesday-ofthe-Month (8 June) to celebrate with comed beef and cabbage our 48th graduation anniversary (6 June 1940). President Ted Hill hosted the event. Others present included Barton. Bemdtson, Bowell, Burke, Carpenter, Cochrane, Desmond, Eckert, Hanley, Keister, Kronmiller, Michaelis, Rogers, Seim.

Sledge, Stirling, Vickery, Winters & Wolfe. We had heard that Dick Laning was in the area, staying with Bill Ruhe '39, but somehow never made contact. Bill Carpenter reported that the Class autobiographies for our 50-Years Book were starting to come in. Ed Sledge reported similiarly for the $25 'feed money' for Reunion 50 (NOTE: The foregoing is a sneaky subliminal reminder . . . ).

CASTINE CAPER XVIH—26 June to 9 July This column was written for you in Castine during CCXVIII with the help of a portable Brother/EP43, a dandy little 4-lb ac/battery typer At mid-point of the Caper a total of 38 Classmates plus Sally Bogardus (Oregon), Pat Champion (Georgia) and Charlotte Lamiman (Bethesda, Maryland), had already arrived at the Maine Maritime Academy with another five Classmates still due to come. An expected total, including wives, children, grandchildren and friends, will easily surpass 100; making Castine Caper XVIII another great success. The teamwork of Marguerite & Ted Rodgers, Margaret & Fritz Freund, Barbara & Phil Glennon and D'Arcy & Ned Bent in preparing and handling the many events has been spectacular. The weather exceeded the Maine Chamber of Commerce promises. And, among the many highlights was included lunch and a conversation with for60

mer Defense Secretary & Mrs. "Cap" Weinberger at the Bar Harbor Rot & Kettle Club. More later . . .

THE DISTAFF SIDE As noted above three of our ladies, Sally, Rat & Charlotte, made it to Castine this year. Jerry Lindsay was tied up in adding a new porch to her summer house on the Jersey Shore. It is hoped that more of the gals will join this growing "Clan of Sisters" for future Castine Capers . . .

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE First—a bit more of the D.C. Area scuttlebut: thanks to Norb Frankenberger confirmation has been received from Bill Busik on " . . . the assignment of the only 4.0 Class to space #40 for Homecoming tailgating . . . ". That is for the Yale game, Saturday, I October; and the space is on the stadium side of the quonset hut that you see on your port hand as you mm into the Main Entry Gate off Taylor Avenue into the West Lot. There will also be Classmates' cars with "40" flags marking the area.

Mike Hanley's task groups working on the assembly of data for the Archive Project are now up to Assignment #15! Part of the assignment is a recap of Assignment #6, which includes the very interesting question "Where were you on 7 December 1941?"

Now, surely YOU don't have to be coaxed to pass on that little bit of information to Phil Eckert, Ed Sledge or Mike . . .

A final news flash from the D.C. Area: Wick and our Middle Atlantic Veep, Tad Stanwick, left

Ace and Linda Campo with Isabel and Swede Carlson

"Cap" Weinberger and Ted Rodgers

" . . . for Belgium on 6 June for board meeting, and then on to Frankfurt, Zurich, Courmayer (Italy), Torino, Montpellier, Barcelona, Madrid, Salamanca, Bucaco (Portugal), Fatima and The Algarve. We remm I August. . . . " Thanks to Bill Carpenter the photos of the PALS' Mothers" Day Lunch are in, and are included with this issue.

In April and May Clare and EUl Hayes left 77 Sunshine Dr in Portsmouth, Rhode Island behind to attend a pair of weddings in the D.C. area, then joined forces with brother Jack and his wife Mary to tour Ireland, London, and various other places in June . . . then on to join the Castine Caper in July. This keeps them up in the front ranks of our travellin' folk.

As a Navy Relief volunteer, with over a thousand hours of service logged to his credit, Felix Englander made the pages of the Philadelphia Naval Base's newspaper Sea Breeze. With photograph . . . Felix recently repxirted: "Elaine and I keep busy in retirement between volunteer work locally, traveling & cruising, and of course family . . . We are looking forward to 40's 50th and hope to be counted among the survivors . . . ". Good luck to us all, Felix!

More travellers . . . Betty & Stan Wagenhals left Tennessee for EastMed in May & June; "Betty and I are enjoying three weeks in the Holy Land with King College (Bristol, Tennessee) smdents & profs. We took a course in archeology of the Bible so are getting quite a bit out of visits to the famous towns & sights. . . . " Betty & Stormy Karl, of Charleston, South Carolina, would like us all to know that daughter Karen's son, George Moraitis, Jr., is now Mid'n. Moraitis '92! Any other proud grandparents out there?

South Veep Jim Elkins has forwarded his current list of the South Area's WOWSA Counselors and reported on his & Carol's recent travels. In March they visited a daughter in Pasadena. Califomia. and Cissi & Cliff Bimdy; at that time in the Rancho Santa Fe area. Then they s p e n t " . . . the first week of May at Hilton Head and the last week of May and the first one of June in New England. . . . " A granddaughter graduated from Bowdoin College. Bmnswick, Maine, on 28 May: a grandson from Exeter. New Hampshire, 6 June. After that—visits to the Muttys in Portsmouth. New Hampshire, and to Claudia & Bob White in Contoocook were plaimed, followed by the wedding in Palm Beach, Florida, of nephew and namesake, James S. Elkins III on 18 June.

Whew!

And a letter from Tallahassee, Florida, thick with clippings from the local newspapers . . . and a message to the Class from Searcy Farrior (Jim Fair): "Dear Classmates, My closeness with y'all continues. Only wish I could be with you (reunions, etc.) instead of 'doing for democracy". This etemal vigilance exhausts. Stay young. Best always, & with deep love."

Up in New York. John McMullen was still retained to head up his company's business even after its sale, and still found time to lead a Naval Academy drive for $20 million plus in new fvmding. Meanwhile, over in Chicago Cros Croft, new Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the multimillion dollar First Illinois Corporation, finds himself " . . . in the middle of a $27 million fund drive for The Citdel. which I (Cros) attended for two years before entering USNA . . . ". Remember Searcy"s words gentlemen; Stay young!

From Columbus, Ohio, Helen & Ed Mason thank the Class for remembering their 50th Wedding Anniversary with flowers. Our pleasure, Ed. From deep in the heart of Manvel, Texas, Toni & Dick McElligott forward their personal RV commercial: "Tony & I owned an RV for 15 years so we know a good RVC/camping set up when we see one.

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Yes, Mates, sorry to report that Robert Dudley Kirkpatrick, also known as "Bob", "Kirk", or the ever-ebullient "TRUE BLUE"—for his gung-ho Navy spirit—died of a stroke in the Community Hospital of Monterey (California) on 6 June 1988; the 48th anniversary date of his graduation from USNA. In his characteristically outgoing way he had recently written to your secretary: "Dear Early, Our West Coast (SDiego) Reunion was one of THE best EVER. Harry's (Fischer) Committee did it all up Brown—or is it the Blue & Gold of those great Coffee Mugs which Shirley & I use daily! . . . ". That says it all.

USNA CLASS OF '40 ROSTER—CORRECTION #2 W. C. Bryan, 751 West Desert Trail, Green Valley Ariz. 85614; C. W. Bundy, PO BOX 1496, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. 92067; J. C. Cochran, Jim/Mira Frances, 225 Greenfield, Brandon, Miss. 39042; J. S. Farrior, 1613 N MLK JR Blvd.; R. E. Harris, 16929 Inglewood Rd. NE #C309, Bothell, Wash. 98011, (206) 488-7025; J. J. Hinman III, (407) 727-1361; J. A. Holmes, Memphis, Tenn.

38117-4002; R. K. Karl, Charleston, S.C. 29406; L. B. Libbey, 77 Chestnut St., Camden, Maine 04813; (Mr) J. C, Lockwood, Jim/Audrie, Box 129, Williamsburg, Mich. 49690, (616) 207-5272; R. W. Long, 311 Lorraine Ct., Reno, Nev. 89502, (702) 826-9726; (MRS.) Frank Midriff (Paddock), PO BOX 8206, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815; A. T. Nicholson JR, 812 Crossing Ct., Virginia Beach, Va. 23455, (804) 499-1323; (MRS.) R. Molton (AP Street), Kitty Rt 5, Box 345C, Charlottesville, VA. 27901, (804) 295-6959; J. H. Sims, 726 Lakeside Ct., Danville, Calif. 94526; (MRS.) R. B. Spencer (R Steffen), Dorothy; (Mrs.) W. E. Westhoff, 200 Joaquin Dr, Danville, Calif. 94526; J. H. Wright, The Oaks #213, 321 University Bl. West, Silver Spring, MD. 20901 * * * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0! * * *

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41 Mothers' Day Lunch Army-Navy Country Club COAST to COAST is the best we have seen & we have taken out a membership. For RVing, camping or putting up a vacation home you should consider this project. Membership entitles you to a 60% reduction on cruise costs, too . . . ". Isabelle & Virgil Gex ATTENTION! Please check this out.

Frank Hertel sends his thanks and appreciation to the Class for establishing an Arlington Flower Watch following the recent death and burial in Arlington National Cemetery of his long-beloved Alma. He added: " . . . One additional suggestion—the program needs to befinanced.Am enclosing a start. If more is needed, let me know. . . . "" Thanks to YOU, Frank!

Your very large contribution has been tumed over to our treasurer But—no further funds are necessary.

The Class treasury is in good shape for handling worthy projects.

Back in January of this year Isabel & Swede Carlson ventured westward from Los Altos, Califomia, to—among other things—entertain Linda & Ace Campo at the Army-Navy Club in Manila, R. P (NOTE: This was all that Swede told your secretary about his trip.) A fuller report followed conceming a Shipmate, September 1988

'40 mini-reunion in Sunnyvale, Califomia on 5 June (Anniversary 48 minus 1 day): "Some 21 Classmates and wives attended as follows—Clancys, HJ Smiths, Tackaberrys, Weatherups, Osbomes, WA Walkers, Sims, HG Carlsons, Foxes, DH Lewis's and Ben Frana. It was discovered that while Pat Clancy was SORA (or is it SOBA?) he also was the most junior in age! Everyone was reasonably healthy—except for—Larry Fox who hobbled on crutches thanks to a hip replacement; Ozzie Osbome dragging a broken foot to match Bettie Osborne's recently broken shoulder; and 'no-shows' Vic Matusek with recent back surgery, Marie Breault in the hospital, Marie Steuckert with recent surgery, Margo Wellman ailing and Bob Kirkpatrick with newly discovered blood pressure problem. Hopefully the ailing and the absent will be able to make our next gathering in October— in the San Ramon (Danville?) area, hosted by Judy & John Sims. . . . " Thanks, Swede. Great Binnacle List! Join you in best wishes for the ailing, and condolences to Shirley for Kirk's passing . . . who we shall remember always as "TRUBLOO" per his Califomia Rover-plate.

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Pres., Capt. Edward G. Miller USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Victor Delano USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda, Md. 20817 (301) 320-3887 As it is every year, the June co-ed luncheon at the Annapolis Yacht Club, graciously hosted by Winnie and Jack Rodgers, was great fun. After a tasty meal, our current (and still) president, Eddie Miller gave us a few bulletins before presenting our speaker Ken Tebo retired on 30 June from his teaching post at George Washington University and will take up golf in the Washington area after Marcie and he spend July, August and early September in Wisconsin. Next year's co-ed lunch will be earlier in June than it has been in order to make it possible for more people to attend since so many start on Summer trips by the middle of June. The tentative date for next year is 8 June but stay tuned. Mark your calendars! Eddie announced that Katie and Charlie Styer had come the furthest for the lunch which, according to my count, 62 attended and had a good time. Eddie also announced that all of last year's Class officers had been reelected except that Fred Ruder is replacing Andy Anderson as Assistant Treasurer since Meg and Andy are moving to the Williamsburg area, not far from Dana Maddocks. In case you did not save last year's list, here is the new one: Chairman—Miller, Vice Chairman—Marks, Treasurer—Hayler, Assistant Treasurer—Ruder, Secretary—Delano and Committeeman—Rogers. Finally, Eddie introduced our guest at the luncheon, Dr Elise Albert, Associate Professor of Physics at the Academy, who gave us a fascinating history of the Alvan Clark telescope and the original observatory at the Academy. Dr Albert 61

gave particular credit to the Midshipmen for wanting to pursue the project and for their invaluable contributions in working it through the Naval Academy process for projects of this sort. She spoke most highly of the unique, indeed remarkable quality of the lens which was made by Alvan Clark in 1857.

Clark was considered a "Rembrandt" among lens makers and this particular telescope was well known during its earlier life in the old Observatory at the Academy. In addition to thanking the Midshipmen for their continuing interest and hard work. Dr. Albert also thanked the Naval Observatory for its help especially with respect to the site location at Triton Point. Finally. IDr. Albert gave us an interesting description of how the telescope will be used when the installation is completed. I think most of us were quite surprised and most pleased to hear about all the uses to which this rebuilt observatory can be put. I believe I can speak for all who heard Dr Albert's splendid talk to the effect that she was most convincing about what an outstanding choice we have made for our 50th Anniversary gift. After the luncheon, many lingered to talk individually with Dr. Albert.

Now, some other gleanings from the lunch: Waldo Simons could not make it because he was up on the St. Lawrence River; the Tebos missed the lunch because they were in Orlando; Mary and Tom Wolfe missed the lunch because they left a couple of days before on a two-week tour of Italy; Carolyn and Charlie Nelson are moving to Sonoma for about five months and, if they like it, they might make a permanent change!

Living in the Washington area has many advantages. With three airports, it"s easy toflyout of town to almost anywhere and it is also on-line for visitors.

Among the latter who passed through and whom I ran into most accidentally were Ruth and Pat Murphy and Bill Lemos. The Murphys were on a continental swing to visit two sons who live on the East Coast and Bill was in town for the day on business. All looked great. It proves that you have to keep your eyes open when you walk around this city!

The Greenville, North Carolina newspaper included a nice story last April about our growing manuscript collection at East Carolina University. The Collection has acquired thousands of items so far— correspondence, journals, reports, memos, log books, citations, newsletters and scrapbooks from the Class of '41. The custodian states that it is the "first time, anywhere, that an entire class of the Naval Academy has undertaken to bring together the personal documentation of all of its members." Among the items already collected are anecdotes of service aboard USS HELM during World War II, eyewitness accounts of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, recollections of war duty on USS WEST VIRGINIA , naval engineering notes, records of an officer serving on USS SOUTH DAKOTA at the battles of Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal, a description of the buming and sinking of the carrier LEXINGTON, an account of service in the submarine THRESHER and mementoes from USS NORTH CAROLINA. Moreover, that is just a partial list. If you have something that you think might fit into the collection, send it along and I know it will be appreciated. Oral interviews are also included—15 were taped during last Febmary's Florida reunion— and more are on the way!

The Febmary 1989 Reunion in Hawaii is getting closer If you are planning to attend, please make certain that Ace Clark has been informed. Even if your accommodations have not yet been arranged, advise Ace as soon as possible that you will attend and you can send him your housing plans later We must have a minimum number of attendees to reserve the more desirable facilities for our social gatherings. Specifically, we must guarantee 100 guests to secure The Cannon Club for 7 February. Since Ace is doing this part of the arranging, it really is important for him to 62

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know how many are planning to come. So, if you have not yet iirformed him, please do so as soon as you possibly can. A simple postcard will do the trick.

Ace's address is: A. A. Clark HI, 46-416 Hulupala Place, Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744. A bulletin concerning reunion activities will be mailed to participants in October.

In May, Joe Taussig gave a most stirring address to the graduating class of seniors at Avon Old Farms School in Connecticut. Using examples of heroic performances by young American sailors during recent actions in the Persian Gulf, Joe pointed out that the new graduates are the same age as many of these new modem-day heroes so they have to consider themselves men and no longer boys. He attached special importance to the education they have already received but emphasized the even greater importance of the education upon which they are about to embark. Joe challenged the young men to follow a Ufe of action, to seek victory in all their endeavors, to keep objectivity in their thinking and to remember their commitment to the nation. Joe's talk was most inspirational and was roundly applauded.

Please do not forget that the 1988 Homecoming that will include a football win against Yale is not far off so be sure to make your arrangements.

I regret to have to pass along that our Classmate, Emery Casstevens, died last May in a nursing home in Chesterfield, Illinois after a long bout with cancer.

Cass had been a professor at Southem Illinois University for 25 years and taught business communication courses in the business management department.

To Paula and their two sons and daughters, I know that everyone joins me in sending our deepest sympadiy. Another one who has left us is Bill McReynold's wife, Ruth, who died in June after a long and courageous bout with cancer Services were held in the Memorial Chapel in Mitscher Hall at the Naval Academy followed by inurnment in the new columbarium at the Academy. Contributions in her memory may be made to the National Foundation for Cancer Research. RO. Box 577. Benjamin Franklin Station, Wash., D.C. 20044. Rutti and Bill had been married for orUy a short time before Ruth's death but we shall remember her from her attendance at various Class affairs. I am sure that Bill knows that he has our sympathy and support in his loss. Some time ago, I reported that we had seven missing Classmates. I have recently learned that one of the seven. Bob Harker, died of cancer late last year in Califomia after a long and difficult ilhiess. From Bob's sister-in-law, I also leamed that Bob's widow, Jean, is now living in Mississippi but, as yet, I do not have an address. I hope she can somehow sense the loss that all of Bob Harker's many friends must feel.

The only change for your directory this month is a new one for Meg and Andy Anderson: 110 Moody's Run, Wilhamsburg, Va. 23185.

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Pres., BGen. J. E. Click USMC (Ret.) Secy, R. S. Day CLU 2426 Chestaut St., Falls Church, Va. 22043 At this point, everyone should have retumed their ballot registering a vote for the Class officers for the period 1 January 1989 through 31 December 1991.

Hopefully, you will also have included the contribution to the administrative fiind with your ballot, as well as a bit of news for use in this column. If not. we did provide a retum envelope, so why not make use of it.

If all went as expected, Charley Payne is the new President, succeeding Jake Glick, while Jim Small is the new Vice President, and Rav Wilhite and I are Shipmate, September 1988

Lejeune Reunion-Walt Stegemerten, Jim Callender, Audrus Hicks, Peggy Glick, Nancy Callender, Al Hicks, Grace Woessner, Hank Woessner, Harriett Stegemerten and Jake Glick repeating as Treasurer and Secretary for which our collective thanks.

Jake Glick took a sabbatical from Class business in early June in order to divest himself of the position of President of the 6th Reserve Officers Class (ROC) which he had held for two years. The reunion this year was held at Camp Lejeune and besides Peggy and Jake, '42 was represented by Nancy and Jim Callender, Andrus and Al Hicks, Grace and Hank Woessner, and Harriett and Walt Stegemerten. You may recall that the 6th ROC included the Marines from our Class who reported to Quantico in January 1942. They were merged with the 3rd OCS Class which was made up of June 1941 college graduates who had been commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants in November 1941.

Having recently reported that Betty and Bill Kurtz had finally reclaimed their mountain-top residence outside of Front Royal, Virginia, I now add a footnote to point out that that house is for sale. If all is on schedule, they will now reside in a new house some 20 miles south of Denver Attended my 50th high school reunion over Father's Day. Mt. Lebanon High, some six miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, looks more like a junior college. Do not know if the present graduates seek to attend the Naval Academy in great numbers, but I take some pride in the fact that Charlie Allsop ("42) and Ed Taylor ('44) were high school classmates, while Joe Donahoe ('43), his brother, George ('46), Jake Laboon and Jack Shields (both '44), and Ralph Camahan ('47) were included among my high school compadres. Ed Taylor has retired to Williamsburg, Virginia, after recovering from a stroke and it was good to see him and his wife at the reunion. This was the first time I had seen most of my Mt. Lebanon classmates in 50 years, so this was quite a milestone.

It was also my first glimpse of Pittsburgh since 1955 and I was hard pressed to comprehend the fantastic change in the quality of life they have experienced.

The city fairly sparkles day and night. Just goes to show what Republican money and Democratic planning can do.

One of my classmates, who lives in St. Louis, was most impressed by the fact that I know Mo Murch.

Am not sure that her reaction was entirely positive, but that is understandable. Had she but known that Mo was even then at sea aboard a floating disco deep in a "Latvian minefield" (by his own reckoning), I am sure she might have been more certain. Had not been aware that something such as the "Finlandia 88" Intemational Philatelic Exhibition would get Mo's atShipmate, September 1988

tention, particularly since he reported the dollar is 'kaput' in Europe. Nevertheless, he was forcing himself to continue perhaps lured on by the non-stop beer and bratwurst intake while cruising the Rhein from Dusseldorf to Hamburg, or enjoying a layover in Hamburg, Copenhaven and Stockholm. Then too, he had been assigned the midwatch in the "Star Dust Lounge" aboard SS FINNJET (a 33,000-ton craft), as well as lifeboat #13 which was otherwise reserved for women and children only. Hopefully, Mo will have survived and will issue another communique shortly.

Followed up my 50th reunion with a mini-NA reunion at Bev and Jerry Clarke's home outside of Middletown, Virginia. Peg and Dave Bunting had come up a day earlier, so the stage was really set by the time I arrived. We three had roomed together and gone our separate ways within the submarine force over the years, but periodically have been able to hunker down for a spell of truth-stretching. Bev should have about mended by the time you read this and be getting about without cane or crutch. The rest of us will continue to do our thing, whatever Bob Reilly sent along Les Skidmore's address, as he is among the "lost" entries in the Register. Les is one of the Carmel-ites and lives at 20 Antelope Lane, Carmel, Calif. 93940. Along with Les, Bob reports contact with Ray Baker, Jonathan Barker, Bill Pellett, Joe Tully, Scroggie Wiley and Dick Zirker.

Bob runs into Joe all over the Peninsula, sees Dick a couple of times a week on the golf course, and visits Ray Baker when he can.

Pat and Swabo Rawson have put in a busy Spring and Summer The end of April, they were in Honolulu for the dedication of the 52 new boat plaques for the submarine memorial at the Sub Base, and had a great visit with Jean and Walt Price. They rebounded from that with a May visit to Portsmouth, England, for the International Submarine Gala. Rounded out the Summer with visits to and with family at Solomons Island; Albany, New York; and Brewster, New York.

Don Wilson checked in from Henrietta, Texas, in early June asking among other things for a bit of rain.

He was hoping to have a visit from his NA roommate, Dick Arey, who was headed his way on the trail of a General Grierson. Apparently the latter cut quite a figure as he moved from fort to fort in that area while pursuing the Indians following the War Between the States. Why Dick has chosen to research the General remains to be revealed.

In late-June, I enjoyed a brief conversation with

Frank Sellars. They had just moved from their temporary quarters in a hotel back into their home in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Frank was getting his strength back and was well on the road to recovery. While the tragedy of their son's death lingers, I am happy to report that the grandson was unharmed, contrary to earlier stories. Certainly, we all wish them well as life moves forward once again.

Will close with excerpts from a lovely letter Ann Beale sent along before she headed to Coronado and finally to England and Holland in late-Summer Honey Nyburg had been a house guest and was in great spirits following a brush with cancer Honey and Ann go back to Ottumwa, Iowa, and preflight school and first babies, so they had a bit of catching up to do.

Ann had also been a guest of Ginny (Ehreke) and Tom Smith on their RV excursion to Florida earlier in the year. In Sarasota, they joined Frances and Jack Frazier for dinner in the latters' waterside condo.

Ann obviously is enjoying life and feels the sand in her shoes keeps her traveling.

If you are planning to attend Homecoming, look for the Class of '42 sign along the northwest fence in the West Parking Lot. Rea and Bob Childers and Betts and John Higgins will be manning the fort.

Plan to come early and form up on them. Bring your own tailgate fixings and plan to stay after the game and chat at least until the parking lot begins to clear out.

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Pres., RAdm. Paul L. Lacy, Jn USN (Ret.) Corr Sec'y, Owen F. Keeler Jn 202 Meadow Gate D r , Annapolis, Md. 21401 Back in June, Jack Van Ness asked an interesting question, who was the first Naval Aviator in the Class of 1943? Jack nominated his companymate. Jack Stowe. Now, this month he has come up with an earlier nominee from Co. 4, Laughlin Barker, with a 12 December 1944 date. Dick Madson dug into his old strongbox and came out with a card that said 16 January 1945. Early, but not early enough to match Jack's 19 December '44 and now Bark's 12 Dec. Sorry, Dick! Scotty Umbarger, digging deep in his memory bank, nominated Bob Greenwood, with Al Rasmussen second and himself third. In the same mail. Bob Greenwood, had a slightly different version, viz: Al Rasmussen got his wings at Pensacola 7 Nov. 1944. I followed a week later on 14 Nov. 1944. He beat me because our program got a last minute twoweek delay.

The net narrows, and now Al Rasmussen apparently lays it all to rest with this; 1 thought everyone knew about the great Rasmussen-Greenwood race to be first Naval Aviator in the Class! You will no doubt get many replies on this subject. 1 beat Greenwood out by one week. We were both in the 'P-BOAT' program at Pensacola in 1944. All of the married guys stayed over at mainside (civilization) to complete their training. I, being a bachelor at the time, was sent to Bronson Field in the "boonies" of Perdido Bay. It was 'touchand-go' at both places until the finish by (at) Bronson by a nose. Bob and I kept close contact on this subject, so no doubt you will also hear from him too.

I have also heard that one of our Classmates who did not graduate, joined the Army Air Corps and may have been an earlier aviator. Or was it the Marines?

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Al enclosed a photocopy of a card that said, " . . . was appointed a Naval Aviator on October 31, 1944."

So now the list of early birds stands, at least in part, like this; Al Rasmussen 31 Oct. 1944 1st Co.; Bob Greenwood 14 Nov. 1944 2nd Co.; Scotty Umbarger 21 Nov. 1944 6th Co.; Buzz'Barker ^ 12 Dec. 1944 4th Co.; Jack Stowe 19 Dec. 1944 4th Co.; Dick Madson 16 Jan. 1945 11 th Co. Al, from that hst it looks like your claim will stand unless somebody found our Army Air Corps friend—and even if they did, which I doubt, you're still the gray bird among graduating "43ers!

Dick Madson. by the way, is a member of the illustrious order of Paddle Wheel Tail Hookers, having qualified in FM-2"s of USS WOLVERINE later in 1945.

Ed Cummings repiorts that he joined the Third Time Out group having retired for the third time 11 April. "Technically," he says, "it may be the fourth retirement since I "officially" retired in July 1986. Just 'finishing up a few items" over the last 20 months.""

Ed, 1 hope they gave you double pay for finishing those few items, or as one of my old CB buddies used to say, did you just decide that you hadn"t messed things up quite enough for them to miss you?

Somewhere on this page is a picture from Bill Busik "s visit to San Fran in January. Ed tells how come you "re looking at it in September: Ha\Tng carried it over 6.200 miles I'd better mail it before the fifth month passes. As you may know, I'm on the '43 committee for our night" at June Week West '88. After our plaiming meeting I promptiy left town leaving all in the able hands of Ed Kerr. Ed Dankworth and Bob Selmer. I may not even make it back for 24 Jime.

We left San Francisco in April and headed south to New Orleans for a few stops in that area. Turning north for Boston we stopped at Nashville for a short but pleasant visit with Betty and Charlie Robinson.

We had never visited that area before and were awed by the beauty of NashvUle. After Boston we got to the Washington/'Baltimore area where I got tied up in personal business. Did manage to see the Gikovics. Ohvers and Busiks. Nexttimewe'll have to spend more time and see more people.

'43 is still collecting medals and other emoluments of jobs well done—there's life in the old group yet!

One of the most recent to be recognized for outstanding contributions in the intemational field is Steve Anastasion. Steve has been awarded the Ordre National du Merite and named to the grade of Chevalier in the Order by the President of the French Republic.

Steve was honored for his work with France from 1974 to 1985 as U.S. Chief Scientist in the joint USFrance agreement on cooperation in oceanography.

The honor was presented by Eric Isphording, the Director of the Division of Intemational Research Program for the French Instimte for Research and Exploration of the Oceans, in ceremonies at the French Embassy in Washington. Congratulations, Steve, from all of us.

Some of you will remember how difficult it was for Vito Vitucci to walk at the reunion the Class had in Annapolis about three years ago. Because of the problems he was having, he had both hip joints replaced. Here"s the nice outcome—we now hear that he is playing racketball regularly! Now that Vito happily is operating on all pistons, it might be a good time to give you a little autobiographical material that he supplied Jack in connection with 4th Company history—there may or may not be some connection.

Frankly, I am somewhat in awe of this story and Til tell you why when you"ve seen it all. The supply of printer"s ink does not permit us to print it all in one issue. According to Vito here"s how it starts: Jim Lewellyn and I arrived in San Francisco in early October 1942 after graduating from Submarine School. We checked into the Mark Hopkins Ho64

again tomorrow. Our 22-year-old bodies initially were able to stand the strain, but after a week of this, Jim Lewellyn became bedridden with a medical problem which an expensive civilian doctor told us was minor. Alas, our ensign's pay and per diem were notrobustenough to handle the costs of medical care as well as the Mark Hopkins Hotel AND our 'operations' in San Francisco. Things became bleak.

In the nick of time we received a telephone call from Betty Jacobs, wife of Class of '43's own Bill Jacobs. Bill's ship had deployed and she had paid the next month's rent on their fumished apartment.

Then she leamed that Bill's ship was moored in Long Beach and she was leaving immediately to join him. She coiddn't get a rental refimd from the landlord, so she was leaving the key to the apartment with the receptionist in the lobby. We were free to use the apartment rent-free for the rest of the month. This we did. Jim Lewellyn soon recuperated and we resumed our assaults on the fruits of San Francisco, now at a woefully reduced pace.

That sounds distressing. But next month we will find out how our heroes managed to reestablish their command of Frisco night hfe!

Marguerite and Scon Umbarger at Pensacola, New Wings and a new daughter

San Francisco reception committee for Bill Busik. Kerrs and Cumminses

Steven N. Anastasion award tel and sampled San Francisco's goodies while we reported into the local Navy personnel office. There they told us that we were to wait for transportation to a Pacific port where we would report aboard a submarine, our first ship assignment. Twelve of our Submarine School classmates were in the same predicament. The Navy wouldn't tell us to which port or to which submarine we were going. They told us only to stay in San Francisco and for one of us to telephone dieir office once a day for news about our transportation; otherwise we were to stay out of personnel's hair.

The immediate problem was for us to sample ALL the delights of San Francisco in one night because that could be our last night in die USA. We phoned personnel repeatedly only to find that our ships had not come in and we would have to phone

On a more serious sadder subject, I regret to have to report the passing of three of our friends from the Class family.

George "Snuffy" Klauer died on 28 May in a San Diego hospital and was biuied at sea. Snuffy had retired from his second career as supervisor for the San Diego County Probation Department.

On the other side of the country, Adam Wozniak succumbed on Saturday, 2 July, at home in Daytona Beach, Florida. Adam had been fighting cancer for six years or more.

Bert Thompson has given us the sad news that Mjixine passed away on Friday, 8 July, in the hospital at Pensacola Naval Air Station.

I wish that we bad more details to give you, but I know that all of you join Shipmate and me in extending our deepest sympathy to the families of George, Adam and Maxine. Alumni House has the addresses of Mary Klauer, Alveta Wozniak and Bert Thompson should any of you like to communicate with them.

From time to time we have heard rumors that Betty and George Whisler were sailing around the simny parts of the world in their nice, big, comfortable cutter We managed to talk to some people who said they had seen them—some had even sailed with them, but we could never figure out exactly where they were.

Well. I must have missed a tum somewhere. Apparently they at least partially settled down a couple of years ago and George tells a little bit about the vagabound bit: Betty and I [now) have our anchor permanendy down amongst the pines of Carmel. Califomia. after a most enjoyable 4V: years (1980-1985) cruising the Bahamas and Caribbean on our PROVIDENCE, a CSY 44 mid-cockpit walkthrough cutter. We had frequent visits from family and friends for fun sailing, gourmet dining, and snorkeling in the warm, clear waters of the U.S. and British Virgins. Leewards, Windwards, and Venezuela. Ginny and Dan Freeman joined us for a Virgin Islands cruise, and we saw a lot of Jill and Larry Kurtz on the yacht MAID O" CRETE which was then homeported in Virgin Gorda. Our operating base was NavSta Roosevelt Roads. PR.. and we took occasional 'vacations' [Vacations?!?] by flying to Califomia, Europe or South America. It was a great life!

George, we all agree with that last sentence. Now that you have your land legs back—enjoy!

Due to my perpetually clean and decent lifestyle, abstinence from debilitating substances such as water and wholesome food, abhorrence of healthful exercise and my indulgence in good old Americanstyle lecherous pursuits, including jogging, ill-advisedly begun at age 58. it became necessary to remove and replace my left knee joint with a bionic version thereof. When I asked the surgeon if I could have the old knee bone for my dog, he said no, he wanted it for his. The operation was perpetrated on Shipmate, September 1988

3 March. I have since progressed from locomotion on six legs (walker) to four legs (crutches) to three legs (cane), the last of which transitions took place 12 weeks fromO-day. Golfresumptionis prognosticated for end Jime—intimefor June Week West, George also had a appropo joke, but my word processor tumed green.

Got another postcard from Ken Klofkorn. By the time you see this, he will befloatingaround England after a week in Netherlands and Germany, five in SE Spain and SW France, two in Switzerland and four or five in England. The way I would look at that is that it adds up to a lot of wine! He never tells me what else he does over there.

There"s more, we"ll see you next month, or hopefully before—at HOMECOMING! Dinner at the Center Concourse of the Holiday Inn in Parole, 1700 PM to 2400, roast beef or crab cakes; cash bar with dinner seating circa 1830-1900. Don't forget to send reservations to Ed and Pattie Robie, 220 Lookout Lane, Annapolis, Md. 21401, or wherever the flier you should have gotten told you to!

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Pres., Capt. Henry S. Barbour USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Wynn V. Whidden USN (Ret.) 6156 Loch Raven Dr., McLean, Va. 22101 Correspondent: Capt. Jack E. Godfrey USN (Ret.) 40 Franklin St., Annapolis, Md. 21401 From Moscow Your secretary and spouse, Melissa, in company with Dottie and Bill (Baldy) Chapman and Gloria and Bill Wakeland of '44 along with many other Alumni and widows from other classes, did the June tour of the Soviet Union sponsored by the Alumni Association. Following directly on the heels of President and Mrs. Reagan, we found the natives friendly and the Intourist Bureau attentive. Highlights of the trip were; Petrodvorets (Peter the Great's summer palace) on the Gulf of Finland; the Winter Palace and Hermitage Museum in Leningrad; the omni-present cucumbers (which were served for every lunch and dinner everywhere); the fine wines, brandy, and champagne made and consumed down in Tbilisi, Georgia; three cocktail parties (courtesy of the Alumni Association) in Leningrad, Krasnadar, and Moscow; a champagne luncheon in Gori, Georgia (Stalin's birthplace)—the only place where much pleasant talk is heard any more about "Uncle Joe;" the in-flight dinner of half a cucumber, a piece of cheese and a huidc of black bread served by AEROFLOT en route from Leningrad to Tbilisi; the wide choice of vodkas to be bought with dollars in the Berioskas (stores for foreigners only); the great dearth of anything worthwhile in consumer products to be bought anywhere with rubles; the magnificent Metro (subway) in Moscow (ride anywhere in town forfivekopeks); the friendly women and children of a state farm who showered us with roses, apples, and fresh-baked country bread; the stone beach, cold water, and seaside beauty of the resort city of Sochi on the black sea; and finally, the widely discussed "Glasnost" and "Perestroika" policies of Gorbachev from which the common man expects something better but really does not know what.

Our appreciation goes to the Alumni Association for a well organized and conducted tour of the USSR. Our only regret was that the portion of our planned tour to Armenia was canceled by the Soviet Government because of the ongoing political unrest down there. We highly recommend the tours sponsored by the Alumni Association.

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Bob Awtrey

Art appreciation

River men tion tour of the Mississippi in April and found that Kay and Ed Napier and Sheila and Bob Replogle were along with them Ruth sent us the photo of Bill, Ed, and Bob aboard the river boat NEW ORLEANS, and also the one of Bill and Tom Rhees doing a bit of art appraisal on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach.

Rags Muller has checked in after a long hiatus with news from the North country in Vermont. He and Myree will see us all at Homecoming on 1 October after they attend a reunion of his class at Webb Institute being held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where they hope to see Deannie and Dave Zachry in return for the Zachry's visit to Vermont two years ago. The Mullers, in company with '44ers Jane (Myree's sis-

ter) and Graham Clark, journeyed to Anchorage, Alaska for the wedding of the Muller's son, James, to Judith Christine Moe on 10 June. James, who got his master's and doctorate at Harvard, studied at Ecole Normale Sitperieure in Paris, and served as a White House Fellow, is a professor and chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Judith holds a Master's degree from the University of Washington in health administration. The couple will be traveling abroad for 15 months, basing in London where they will continue educational and writing projects, and both will serve as ambassadors for the Anchorage Winter Olympics bid. The photo is of the Clarks and Mullers at Beluga Point on Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage.

Bob Awtrey, as is his custom, has taken up a new sport. In the tradition of the Wright brothers, he went up to the North Carolina Outer Banks to do it—Kitty Hawk at Nags Head. He made 12 successful hangglider flights from a standing start after being properly instructed and was awarded a solo certificate.

The sequence of photos he sent us shows him in preflight hang check; at brake release starting take-off run; airborne, gear up; and gliding out.

A letter from Hank Gorman arrived just in time to inform us that he and Reg had gone out for the June Week West festivities and a 12-day visit in San Francisco. "44 was also represented there by Pat and Charlie Gardner, Louise and Frank Barton, and Madeline and Dave Roney. The Gormans also spent a day's visit while there with Pie and Leon Hernandez in Foster City and had a great time with the Gardners in Morago. Pat had been a wedding guest at the Gormans' Jacksonville wedding back in 1943.

Hank added that Aggie and Tom Walsh were in Palm Beach for a visit with their son, daughter-in-law, and first grandchild, Andrew.

In Memorium We are saddened to report the passing of two Classmates on 24 June 1988. William C. Amick, Jr. passed away in Bethesda, Maryland, after a long illness. Bill was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on 29 June with full military honors. The funeral Mass and ceremony was attended by many of his and Peg's friends and '44 Classmates. Bill was highly regarded by his many submariner shipmates and greatly respected by all his friends and Classmates for his integrity, determination, and fortitude.

Dan J. Rienstra, Jr. passed away in Houston, Texas. The funeral service was held in the Naval Academy Chapel on 29 June and his ashes were inurned in the Columbarium at the Academy. All of us who knew Dan remember his sparkling eyes, his quick wit, and his good advice to those who needed it.

We extend our deepest sympathy to Pat Amick, Maureen Rienstra, and both families on the occasion of their great loss. Bill and Dan were both a credit to their families, their country, and our Navy. Please refer to "Last Call" for their obituaries.

Secretary's Corner Here are some changes of address received by Wade Hiller, our Director of Registry. We will have more for you next month. Mrs. C. E. Hamlin (Rosalind), RO. Box 694, Colchester, Vt. 05446; Mrs. W N. (Gladys) Nelson, 356 Del Mar Ave., Chula Vista, Calif. 92010; Mrs. Joseph (Helen) Sharkey 298 Jarvis Ave. #A2, Holyoke, Mass. 01040; Mrs. M. M. (Carolyn) Elliott, 1320 Ridgeview Way Bonita, Calif. 92002; Mrs. R. S. Gauss-Eaton, 2039 N. Lake Drive #16, Milwaukee, Wis. 53202; Mrs. E H. S. (Jan) Hall, 854-N Ronda Mendoza, Laguna Hills, Calif. 92653; Bill and Sidney Upshaw, 1924 Hanover Ave., Richmond, Va. 23220; and Bob and Pat Apple, 17 Oak Tree Drive, Rancho Mirage, Calif. 92270.

Hope to see you all at Homecoming! . . . WVW.

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Jack Wilhehn, Tom Polk and Charlie Mize. Yes, there were tennis players; Bill Cosgrove, Doe and Bill McCulloch and an assist from an attractive '47 spouse. Peg Cosgrove claimed that she was the "Applauder." Oh yes, Pete Perkins was there with his new bride, Genevive.

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Pres., Capt. James F. Bradley, Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Chuck Priest, Jr. USN (Ret.) 6635 Langdon Ct., M c U a n , Va. 22101 (703) 821-2139 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dutch Schuiz USN (Ret.) 5100 26th St. N., Arlington, Va. 22207 (703) 536-7156 Change of Command ceremonies for the Association of the Class of 1945 were held at the 14 June luncheon in the Campaign Room of the Ft. Myer Club. Thanks to some fancy and '"heavy" footwork by our Vice President, Guy Best, the drinks were "on the house." The foto shows outgoing President George Ellis handing over to Jim Bradley the traditional tools of the office—two gavels. Why two? (I don't know the answer) After an extensive period of attitude adjustment, the entire slate was unanimously approved and consists of: Jim Bradley, President; Guy Best, Vice President; Chuck Priest, Secretary; Alf Bergesen, Treasurer and Bill Cosgrove, Vice President, Annapolis area. We certainly want to recognize the successful efforts of George Ellis over the last year in obtaining such outstanding speakers for the monthly luncheons. Our next luncheon will be on the second Tuesday, 13 September, at the Ft. Myer Club, so plan your business trips accordingly.

By the time this issue gets into your hands in early September, you should have received an August Class Newsletter from President Jim Bradley providing aU the necessary information for the 1 October 1988 Homecoming at Annapolis. See you at the tailgating under the green and gold '45 flag a block South of the Northwest comer of the parking lot and in section 104W in the stands. If you don't have the dope, better give me a call.

Bob Schanffler's Shipmate of 44 years, Jane, passed away on Memorial Day. Memorial Services were held on 10 June 1988 at the Ft. Myer Chapel followed by inurnment in the Arlington National Cemetery. Bob can be reached at 105-C Wood Duck Circle, Daytona Beach, Fla. 32019. And on 29 June we lost Fred Hale, 66, to chronic pulmonary disease. A complete obituary is contained in the Last Call section of this issue. The heartfelt condolences of the Class go to both surviving families.

The Class has an urgent need to communicate with Mr. or Mrs. Wilson Shafer. the parents of our Classmate, Bill Shafer, who was lost overboard from the submarine TUSK on 25 August 1949. Stu Bowcock had been in touch with the parents for some years at the address: 1112 Nancy Beth Drive, Kerrville, Texas 78028, but an Aprill 1988 letter to that address was retumed, "Unable to forward."' Those of you living in the Texas area surrounding Kerrville could do the Class a big favor to search the local directories and locate the senior Shafers. You see. Bill Shafer"s name was left off of the Class of '37 Memorial at the USNA Columbarium because BuPers claims that his body was recovered.

Gene Spangler's widow, Mrs. Audrey B. Lyons of 114 West Bay Avenue, Lewes Beach, Del. 19958, sent a foto of her grandaughter with the comment: Her name is Vicki Huber, daughter of Linda Spangler Huber, and she will be going to the Olympic trials in July in Indianapolis. Vicki is 21 and a junior at Villanova. She will be running the 3000 meters and a possible 1500 meters in IndianapoUs . . . think I may make the Army/Navy game this year.

Writing in for his Forty Years After fotos, John D. Kidd of Atlanta writes: I did a double take when I saw my name in the April issue of Shipmate. Sorry that I have been late in sending you my buck and some news. As for the news, things are fairly quiet here in Adanta—hot.

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The Cardinal in the Kremlin yes. I have retired from selling real estate and Mac and I travel North in the Summer and South in the Winter. We have just retumed from Cape Cod and expect to be back there in September.

And Jack Loveday has this to say: Enclosed is a buck for my picture. What a waste of money. Anyway. Jean and I are still living the good life in gorgeous (short of water) Carmel Valley.

In 1987 we bought a batch of time-share weeks from Fairfield Communities down in VenWra. Since then have been to Kauai. Oceanside and Bermuda. Went to Ocean Ridge in Edisto Beach. South Carolina, in April and fell in love with the Low Country. Edisto Beach. Charleston nearby, and the people we met. and bought ourselves a duplex within the compoimd at Fairfield Ocean Ridge. Will rent one side fidltime and the other side part-time so we canretumat our pleasure . . . Jean and I have 14 grandchildren, two cockatiels, Jose and Sam, who whisde Anchor's Aweigh constanUy. Speaking of Forty Years After Book fotos, I have pictures of the following which you can obtain by sending me a dollar bill and some news of yourselves; Doug Mclntyre, Tim Moore, C. F. Moul, Bud Nance, Frank Nepo, Paul Nuschke, Ray Oliver, Maurice Oberton, Tex Ostrom, Jack Pate, Gerry Patton, Len Fevelka and Bill Petrat.

Thanks to the efforts of Ernie Barrett, Larry Shaffer, Toxey Zeigler and Guy Best, the Spring Golf Outing and banquet at the USNA golf course on Friady, 10 June, was another successful affair. With 30 Classmates and spouses for cocktails and dinner at the Clipper Club, the golfers were in the minority but were duly recognized for their accomplishments on the field of play. As you might expect, J. T. Cockrill had low net; Doc Prothro was closest to the pin on the 19th hole; and Bill Campbell had either the longest ball or the longest balls. Ernie Barrett gave him three new ones so he is in pretty good shape for a senior citizen. Other golfers were Jean Losure, Betty Cockrill, Shirley Zeigler, Dick Wilson, Jim Bradley,

Tom Clancy doesn't have the only "mole" in the Kremlin. The foto shows our own Classmate, Jack Barron, doing research inside the walls of the Kremlin. He writes in early July: Back home and somewhat setded down after a three-plus week trip to Europe. On this occasion, in June, we visited five Eastem European countries and the capital cities of Prague. Warsaw, Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow and Leimingrad plus several very interesting side trips on our own. We particularly enjoyed Budapest and the scenes along the Danube . . . In Poland we arranged a special side trip to visit a Nazi concentration camp. In Lenningrad we arranged to see what they call their Naval Academy—a rather restricted visit. Besides photos, we have better thanfivehours of video tape.

Jack notes that the food was plentifiil but not the same as at home . . . Pat and Bob Swenson spent a month in Malaga, Spain in April. They were joined

by Roie and Fred Gore.

Around the World with Patsy and Gene: And now, patient readers, here is segment # 3 of Patsy and Gene Masica"s '88 world crusie on the SS SAGAFJORD. As you will recall, we left die happy travelers in Bora Bora in the South Pacific: Our first visit to Auckland. New Zealand was most enjoyable. An interesting city of 900.000 people spread out around the periphery of an interesting harbor . . . There are 45 islands in and around Auckland and yacht clubs, marinas and moorings surround the harbor. According to the last census, we were told that there is a boat for every 3.2 New Zealanders and I can believe it . . . The govemment of New Zealand is very socialistic these days and based upon several comments which were overheard, the present anti-US and anti-nuke feeling is not universal. There is a great deal of remaining good will and friendship for the WWU efforts of the United States . . . On leaving Auckland for the 700 miles to Christchurch, we ran into our first weather of the trip . . . Christchurch is a city of beautiful gardens with an annual competition of homeowners to see who can produce the most luxuriant flowers and shrubs.

(Next month we will pick up the indomitable couple in Sydney . . . ) Tales from Toon Town: Santa Barbara, Califomia is becoming known as a "Navy Town," thanks to our Navy Recruiter and Navy Liaison Officer, Bill Riordan, who is deeply involved in the visit of two fast frigates to that city to celebrate their aimual Semana Nautica celebration on 24 June . . . John and Maggie Mullen celebrated their 44th on 7 June and are looking forward to their big 45th and our 45th next year in Annapolis 9-11 June . . . Phil Erickson, a senior researcher for the Alexandria Archeological Project has an office in the Alexandria City Hall where he works on his book. One Thousand Pipers. the story of the first one thousand people who received public water in the City of Alexandria circa 1853. Vince Anania and Chuck Gardner will be happy when they can get the One Thousand Pipers out of their computers . . . Seen at the 9 June Naval Submarine League Submarine Symposium at the magnificent Mark Raddison Plaza hotel in Alexandria were submariners Hugh Murphree, Jim Bradley, George Ellis, Ernie Barrett, Carl Gronemann, Jack Knudson, Chuck Priest, Bert Findly, Frank Clifford, Tom Polk, George Peabody Steele and Will Adams. Turns out that Will Adams is the site representative for a corporation which is building the largest sports complex in the state of Wisconsin . . . John Gillchrist underwent a 12-hour internal plumbing operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital on Shipmate, September 1988

23 June. As of this writing (9 July) he is still on the critical list. I'm sure that both John and Rammy would enjoy a card or note from you at 4030 N. Stuart Street, Ariington, Va. 22207.

Overheard at the Submarine Symposium from Tom Polk; "You know you're getting old when most of the admirals look like kids."

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Pres., RAdm. Harvey E. Lyon USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr C. W. Kennelly II 7911 Sleaford PI., Bethesda, Md. 20814 Corr Sec'y "Daisy" Wilhoit c/o Tim Morton 25I-B Rinecrest Circle Maryville, Tenn. 37801 The next Big Event: 45th Reunion, 8-10 June 1990, Hotel Del Coronado. Washington, D.C. Area Class Luncheon, monthly, third Friday, Sept. thru May. Crystal City, Marriott.

By the time you are reading this we will have moved into our new "headquarters" in Townsend, Tennessee, however, at the time of writing we are in Seattle where Dick Daly has kindly offered the use of his word processor in order to keep me from reverting to the "backup" typewriter. While Tricia and I were busy selling our Solana Beach home. Chic Bowling was hard at work programming my computer and loading it with the names and addresses of the entire Class. This team effort began when Al Bowen picked up the information on tape from Alumni House and passed it to Leroy Jackson. Leroy's son-in-law converted it to disk format and sent it to me. When 1 ran out of time trying to make it work in my computer.

Chic took over and, after many hours, finished the job. At this point, I took the time to compare the Alumni House information with my files and then tumed the computer over to Chic for additional programming and safe keeping while we travel to Tennessee. Believe me, this has been a long, tedious process but will surely prove to be well worth the effort once I get my new office in operation. Again, I am deeply appreciative of all the help I have received, including those who made the contributions which paid for the hardware and software.

We departed Solana Beach in time to participate in June Week West activities in San Francisco as well as visit our children in the Bay Area. Unformnately, we were late arriving in San Jose, having some minor difficulty with our car, and so we missed what was described as an outstanding Class party Friday evening at the Marines Memorial. Walt Hall has promised to send me the list of those attending and I hope to include that in my next column. The Samrday evening cocktail party and banquet at the St. Francis was attended by locals Lorraine and Jack Bucknum, Carol and George Dickey, Nancy and AI Gaehler, Jean and Walt Hall, Bev and Jack Haller They were outnumbered by the visiting Classmates. The contingent from San Diego included Ed Ellis, Marigold and Bob Gorton, Rita and Fred Furland, Tricia and Daisy.

Martha and Jerry Lee came from Temple, Texas; Deimy and Mac (A.R) MacDonald from Seattle; Betty and Bob Schabacker from Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1st Co. When I discovered I had a new address for E. H. (Bud) Fisher in Rio Rico, Arizona, I wrote to him and received this immediate response; What an unexpected pleasure! Your letter brought back old memories. Actually, we have lived in the Soudiwest off and on for many years. My youngest son was bora at the NAS San Diego hospital. We bought this property about 20 years ago for investment or retirement, whichever would be more in line with the way we wanted to live. On retiring from the Babcock & Wilcox Research Center in Alliance, Ohio, we decided to go someplace where there were no lawns to mow, leaves to rake, or snow to shovel or Shipmate, September 1988

drive through. So . . . my wife, Pat, designed a house and last year we started to build, and finally finished in April of this year . . . We have also spent quite a bit of time travelling . . . all through the South. (One son is in Orlando, Florida, and another in Greenville, South Carolina). I think our favorite spot in the Smokies is Cades Cove. We took about six months in 1986 camping andfishingin the Yukon and Alaska. Our motorhome was perfect for Uiat trip.

4th Co. George Fetch (15th Co.) sent me a clipping from the Sunday, 12 June issue of the Los Angeles Times showing Stan Zipser, Jr. escorting a young deb to The Presentation Ball at The Beverly Hilton. Ever bit as dashing and good looking as his father!

6th Co. Stu Hancock (13th Co.) sent me a clipping from a Cazemnovia, New York, newspaper conceming the liver transplant surgery performed on Jeannie and Don Conover's son, Sam, at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh on 8 May. One of the requirements for transplant surgery is that the patient have relatives living nearby at all times so Jeannie and Don have been living in an apartment building specifically for transplant patients and their families 10 blocks from the hospital. Stu, who lives in Cazenovia and is well familiar with the situation, says: The not-so-good news is that the miracle cures of transplant surgery can mean financial disaster A good bit of the staggering cost is covered by Medicare and other government and private insurance, but a great deal of the expense is not . . . Don has not asked for help, of course, but I know he would be most grateful for any help he receives. He and Jean are wonderful citizens and much loved in the community. I'm sure that some of Don's friends and USNA Classmates would like to help. If so, the check should be made to John J. Hill, 66 Lincklaen Street, Cazenovia, New York 13035. Jack Hill is acting as treasurer.

I can't help but remember the time, years ago, when my wife, Dorothy, was in Mayo Clinic for heart surgery and we needed blood donations. The response practically flooded the Mayo Blood Bardc.

What a marvelous thing are Classmates! If you just feel like sending a few words of encouragement to Jeannie and Don, their address is Windward Wools Farms, 4986 Ridge Road, Cazenovia, N.Y. 13035-9311.

7th Co. We have been enjoying the hospitality of Edie Yferbury while we visit our daughter, Barbi, in Seattle and attempt to see Classmates whenever possible. Edie arranged a small Fourth of July party which was attended by Mary and Dick Daly, Dennie and Mac MacDonald, Nonie and Joe Skoog as well as Edie's son, Robin, and our daughter, Barbi, with Robert Fenton. The perfect way to celebrate Independence is to be with Classmates!

10th Co. Dan Good (Capt, Medical Corps, USN Ret.), the last Classmate to be retired from active duty in the Navy, has moved from Santee, California to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He writes: Because of years in grade and years of service, I was officially retired with an effective date of 1 July 1982 and some calculated 39 years of active duty; however, I was retained on active duty until 31 August 1983. I immediately started working with Sharp/Rees-Stealy medical Group opening an Urgent Care Facility in their La Mesa Clinic. That was fun, and a lot of work. I was practicing too many hours to be called 'retired'. Therefore, on 15 December 1986, I stopped all clinical practice. We sold our home in San Diego and moved back home to Colorado in January 1987. Since settling here I have been giving some insurance examinations and enjoying our children and grandchildren. The Retired Officers Association has an active group meeting at the Peterson Air Force Base. The Air Force Academy and Ft. Carson offers us their facilities.

Colorado Springs is a mditary town—even if it isn't Navy. Many of the "older" men I examine for insurance have had Navy duty and we talk about the good-old-days. Gloria and I are looking forward to

the Air Force-Navy Football Game in October here at Colorado Springs, but are not sure for whom to cheer Looking back I have had a good life—in the Navy and since. I would like to do it all again. Many of my (our) fondest memories are of the Navy and Navy people. Last month we attended the 35th class reunion for my medical school. Amazing how they are becoming so old looking. I am sure our Class of '46 hasn't changed.

12th Co. Had a long letter from Mae Snowden in Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. He says: Look at the date! Tomorrow makes 43 years out of the Yard. As you know, Evelyn and I decided to pack it in in D.C. and come down here where the traffic is less, the air is clean, and things are definitely more 'laid back' . . . You are correct—I did come from this area originally and we have had a dockside condo here for the last 13 years. We sold out in McLean, moved into the condo here on 1 Sept. '86 and immediately got wrapped up in new house construction which we have just finished. We're now in the new house, have sold the condo, and are going through the throes of final decorating. We're on the water (Bogue Sound) with direct channel access to the Intracoastal Waterway and also to the ocean.

Am now also scurrying around to get a boat pier constructed . . . Had a visit by Sam and Pat Fiske on their way to the Bahamas by sail last Fall and also on their way back to Annapolis in the Spring. Lots of laughs! Also, I was in a local restaurant about a year ago and looked up to see Dave Clement walk in. another 12th Co. type whom 1 had not seen since graduation. What was surprising was that he didn't look any older than he did as a Midshipmen. Must have been a soft life in the Corps! Another bit of trivia—we have a new grandchild (#2) of two months. He was here last weekend and was christened in the old family church (210 years of age) wearing my christening dress. How'sa that grab ya?

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Pres., RAdm. Ralph Carnahan USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Robert L. von Gerichten USN (Ret.) 8517 Lancashire D r , Springfield, Va. 22151-1307 Early May was a happy occasion for Rosemary and Bob Enright. They traveled to Hawaii for the Change of Command ceremony at which their son, Joe '71, took command of USS HONOLULU (SSN-718) on 10 May 1988. Shown in the accompanying photograph, taken at a reception following the ceremony, are Judy (Joe's wife). Bob and Rosemary and Joe Eruight. Congratulations Joe! Prior to the Change of Command, Sophie and Frank Elefante hosted a party at their lovely home for the Enrights and the rest of the '47 Hawaiian contingent.

Those present are shown in the accompanying photograph (left to right, back row: Steve Marvin, Bob Enright, Davey Crockett and Bruce Smith; front

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row: Ralph Barnard, Frank Elefante and Pat March). Also attending, but not shown, were Suzaime's husband Gene and Judi and Joe Enright.

Unfortunately, Dan Chadwick could not attend due to an illness in the family.

The regular monthly luncheon for the WashingtonAnnapolis area group was held on 9 June 1988 at the Fort Myer Officers' Club with 28 in attendance. In addition to the regulars, we were pleased to have John Cohoon from Westfield, New Jersey attend this affair. John happened to be visiting Charles Darby at the time. Just a reminder, try and plan your Washington, D.C. visits around our scheduled events as published in the April 1988 column. We would be most happy to see you and have you join us. At the luncheon, John Prehn reported on the testimonial diimer given in Bo Coppedge's honor on 7 June 1988 in Dahlgren Hall at the Academy. Approximately 600 guests were present to pay tribute to Bo and all he has done for the Academy and the Navy. And speaking of Bo, he and Ann have vacated their quarters at the Academy and have moved into their new home at 1766 Meadow Hill Drive, Annapolis, Md. 21401.

John Prehn also reported that Tom Hudner was in Aimapolis briefly for a Board of Directors meeting of the Alunmi Association where be was representing the Boston Area Chapter John also saw Wayne Warlick who was passing through Annapolis. Wayne and Rosemary have their home in Ormond Beach, Horida, up for sale and will be moving back to southwest of Austin, Texas. Wayne, please send me your new address when you have one.

Margaret and I had the pleasure of attending June Week West 1988 (JWW-88) in San Francisco on 2326 June and our hats are off to Anne and Sam Pillar and Bette and Windy Smith for the outstanding job they did in organizing and miming this affair. According to theflyerin the April 1988 Shipmate, Sam was head honcho and Windy was the treasurer, but I know that they and their wives had to spend many long hours in arranging this marvelous event. I only hope that they can now relax after sorting out all the records and details and start to enjoy life again after a job WELL DONE! Headquarters for JWW-88 was at the Westin St. Francis Hotel on Union Square. Thursday evening, 23 June, there was a No-Host Reception at the St. Francis. On Friday, 24 June, there was a ship visit to USS ROARK (FF-1053) at Treasure Island, bay sailing on boats volunteered by local Alumni and a Napa Valley Winery tour. Margaret and I together with Dusty Rodes and his guest Walla O'Donnell and others took the winery tour We visited the award winning Siverado Winery where the picture of Dusty and Walla was taken. This was followed by a stop at Domaine Chandon in Yountville, Califomia, to leam how various champagne is produced and to sample the products. Then on to the original Inglenook Winery where a delightful lunch was served together with a sampling of their wine.

Friday evening there was a combined '47, '49 and '50 Cocktail and Buffet Diiuier Party held on board the sailing ship BALCLUTHA at the Maritime Museum at the Hyde Street Pier Although the chilly weather and strong breeze dictated that this affair be held below deck instead of topside, it was another gaily event. On Saturday, 25 June, there was an early moming Fun Run (now there is a misnomer if I ever saw one—obviously I did not participate) followed by golf, tennis, ship visit and bay sailing. The visit to the USS ROARK was very interesting. This 4100-ton frigate is a far cry from the 2,200 and 2,250-ton destroyers on which some of us started our naval careers. But I think all of the guests were impressed by the knowledge and high caliber of the officers and men of this ship. Saturday aftemoon at 1400, there was a Alumni Assembly at the St. Francis Hotel at which the guest speaker was Bill Crowe. Bill gave an outstanding talk and, with no press present, enter68

Elefante party in Hawaii

Sam and Anne Pillar

Dusty Rhodes and Walla O'Donnell

Heininger and Cranes

George Amacker, Lou Romatowski

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tained any and all questions from the Alumni. We were very fortunate that Bill and Shirley, who attended all the major events, coidd take the time to attend. Saturday night there was a No-Host Reception and Dinner Dance at the St. Francis. This sparkling affair with delicious food and an orchestra playing oldies-but-goodies was greatly enjoyed by all hands as shown by the accompanying picture of the Heiningers and Cranes. Of course I would love to know what Dick Crane was saying to Betty Heininger—maybe Betsy Crane would too. I could run a "Caption of the Month" contest with this picmre. After a Chapel Service at Treasure Island on Sunday moming, a brunch was held at the St. Francis Hotel where the picture of Arme and Sam Pillar was taken. Unfortunately Bette and Windy Smith were busy checking people in and taking tickets and I missed getting a picture of them. The bmnch ended JWW-88.

The following members of the Class '47 attended one or more of the events during JWW-88: Bobbie and Bob Barker, Margee and Lou Brizzolara, Betsy and Dick Crane, Shirley and Bill Crowe, Marion and Dad Dadisman, Dawn and Chuck Doscher, Jan and Dick Gardiner, Donna and Dave Gleckler, Carol and Jarry Gronfein, Jean and Wayne Harbarger, Jean and Bill Harris, Tom Hartigan and guest Betty Guyler, Betty and Bo Heininger, Olga and Nat Heller, Virginia and Johnny Johnston, Shirley and Turner Joy, Helen and Red Laimer, Skip and Bob McKitmey, Phylis and Red Niedfeldt, Betty and Bruce Oliver, Anne and Sara Pillar, Mary Lou and John Richards, Dusty Rodes and guest Walla O'Donnell, Bette and Windy Smith, Roslyn and Bob Stegman, Virginia and John van Velzer, and Margaret and myself.

It is with sorrow and regret that I must announce the death of JoAim Bowling wife of Randy Bowling.

JoAnn died last January after a year-and-a-half struggle widi a brain tumor.

Received a short note from Lou Romatowski (Houston rancher; all hat and no cattle—see photograph). Lou had a short visit with George Amacker on 25 June in Churchville, Pennsylvania, while Lou was attending a wedding there. He reports that George is in vigorous good health, professionally active, and quietly proud of four children, but just let him expound on grandson, George Andrew Amacker, TV (called Drew because Georges already abound). When you see this George, please drop me a line and bring us up to date on the last 42 years.

Allen "Max" Maxfield reports that he has retired from U.S. Testing after almost 39 years service. He and Marjorie plan to stay in Glen Rock, New Jersey, where they have lived for many years. Max is now a substitute teacher (biology, history, computer apphcations and mechanical drawing). He is still quite active in church and Habitat for Humanity. They were expecting their seventh grandchild in July 1988.

Lew Taylor retumed from Ethiopia about seven months ago. Joe met him at the airport in Washington, D.C., and they drove back to Crowder, Oklahoma, stopping to visit with Joni and Beau Foster in Lexington, Virginia. Lew and Jo live on big Lake Eufaula in southeastem Oklahoma about 25 miles south of 1-40, and two miles off US-69 where the crappie fishing is reported excellent. Classmates are always welcome, just call (918) 334-3526. Lew was reported getting ready for a short job in El Salvador, but should be back soon.

Crump Grumpier reports that he and Barbara enjoyed a two-week (8-22 March 1988) cruise aboard the ROYAL ODYSSEY through the Panama Canal. The trip was made more enjoyable because they unexpectedly shared it with Mary and Del Grantham.

Mary and Art Moesta have moved from the Detroit, Michigan area to 1312 E. Dorchester Road, 5A. Summerville, S.C. 29483. Art indicates that Bill Crowe's speech to the Detroit Economic Club on 18 Shipmate, September 1988

May 1988 was a huge success. Bill's talk highlighted current naval obligations in the mid-East and what could be expected in the planned future. He received a standing ovation at the end of his remarks.

Ted Davis reports spending a lovely evening with Marge and Dick Amme and Novie and Frank Adams in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The Adams' new home is smashing in site and construction, on the water with pool, boat and golf course and all the amenities that make retirement bearable. Ted and Len were off to England and Ireland about 6 June 1988 so he should have plenty to report on their trip later He did mention that Anna and Andy Sides passed through Norfolk en route on a very extensive cruise on their yachtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;up the Hudson River to Albany, through the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario, up the Rideau Canal to Ottawa, east to Montreal and then down the Hudson. Karin and Stan Turner joined the Sides to Norfolk and others will join them at various points along the way. Dar and Elmer Kiehl and Ted and Len joined them for cocktails on the boat and then diimer at Waterside.

R. H. "Bob" Smith mentioned that he and Athena went on an East Africa Safari early this Spring. They visited the great game parks and found it all enchanting. I will try to find out more about the trip for next time.

Bob Erbland, Appleton, Wisconsin, was pleased to note Donna and Vern Dupy's move to Kohler, Wisconsin, as announced in a recent column. It doubled the '47 population in northeast Wisconsin.

Bill Blevins went into the hospital on 7 June 1988 to have his right hip replaced. By all reports he is recovering nicely although he claims it is just like Plebe Summer all over again what with all the physical therapy.

There is still more news, but space limitations dictate keeping it till next month. However, keep it coming, it all helps!

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Sec'y Cdr. Summer K. Moore USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria, Va. 22302 This is written in the dog days of early July, which diis year are for Fido. Washington is hot and dry like a lot of the country. This month, from down Jax way, we heard from Max Morris: Jinx and I continue to enjoy North Florida living.

Jax is a perfect location for us. It is large enough for the amenities we seek (including airline service) and small enough to be friendly, especially to Navy and ex-Navy people. We spend most of our weekends at Ponte Vedra Beach where we bought a home 25 years ago. The remainder of the time here we are in the city itself at our home in Ortega. Our homes are well located in terms of Classmates. In town, we have Betty and Bill Dupree a block or so north while Dave Hartshorn and his wife are just a block south. When at Ponte Vedra we often see Mary Ann and Norm Green, Julie and Jim Branson, and the Bruce Keeners. I think most of us will be at Homecoming; I know we will be there. We are also blessed with 'passing thru' Classmates now and dien. Recent ones have included Charlie Ogilvie from Winter Park and Tom Alexander from Thomasville, Georgia. I hope you and others will come by when traveling north or south to the sun via boat, auto or air. On the family front. Jinx and I enjoy having two of our three children here in Jax. Stuart graduated from Hollins in 1985 and she is an executive with Bamett Banks in Jax, Billy is corporate lending officer with the Florida National Bank. He and his wife, Beth, presented us with a lovely redhaired granddaughter, Mary Jane Morris, in January. Our elder daughter, Jane, is in Virginia Beach with husband Steven Estes ('75) of VF-41. They

Shipmate, September 1988

gave us our other granddaughter, Stephanie, two years ago. We try to gel up to see her regularly, too, but not as often as we would like to do. I continue to enjoy my writing and my work as head of the three Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, plus my personal professional and business activities. One of the latter is UK-based Seagull Ltd. so we are in London several times a year. Our house, which we bought joindy with several Jacksonville friends, is on Green Street in Mayfair, just around the corner from CinCUSNavEur headquarters in North Audley St. where I served in the 60's as aide to Admirals Page Smith, Dave McDonald, and Don Griffin. In two tours of duty we spent nearly five years in Britain, first with the Royal Navy on exchange duty and then in London. So, it seems normal and very pleasant for us to be living there again, off and on. Finally, and under the category of real fun, I had a chance to fly the FA-18 in April when the Blue Angels were here. They have a two-seater and were kind enough to invite me to take an offshore test ride the day before their performances began. The young 'Blue' let me work it out, including two touch and go landings on remrn to Cecil Field. By flying it, I have some time in all McDonnell carrier jets to present, beginning with the FH-1. Theflighttaught me two things.

First, the motor skills offlyingjets do not leave you, aldiough simulator time in the days before the flight helped. Second,flyingthese birds is a young man's game. I used muscles I haven't used in 12 years, and I ached in arm and leg muscles for a week or so. I'm glad to have had the ride.

Our wine man, Mike Robbins, of Spring Mountain and Falcon Crest fame, has been in the throes of disposing of that property and taking on new endeavors. The search for change of scene brought him East recently. My oldest son, Kitt, and his wife, en route to the Kentucky Derby on business, cruised through the Napa Valley in pursuit of their interest in fine wines and looked up Mike, who gave them a guided tour of his holdings. Kitt put Mike in touch with my daughter, Ann, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, so she could give Mike the benefit of her knowledge of that area, one of Mike's alternative new home locations. Mike is looking at several of the Eastem garden spots as a new locus of operations or non-ops as the case may turn out to be.

Bill Evans checked in via one of his colorful Australian post cards, extolling the everlasting virtues of the Down-Under, and commemorating the 40th anniversay of 4 June 1948!

Bill Chipman sent a note enclosing a clipping from the Virginia Beach (Norfolk) newspaper, covering the recent College Football Hall of Fame banquet in Kings Mills, Ohio, at which Dick Scott was inducted along with Fran Tarkenton, and Joe Steffy of Army. Bill and Marie continue to enjoy their Massanutten, Virginia, hideaway with seasonal golf and skiing, grandchildren, visitors, and all that good smff.

Barbara and Bill Chandler threw a 40th wedding anniversary party at their McLean, Virginia, home on 5 June, which included Tobin and the Moores, Martensons, and Sutlers, and a flock of old-old friends. There must have been a whole lot of commemorative parties, or at least dinners-out, around

the Class the 4th, 5th, 6th of June. Lordy, how time has flew!

A small gentlemanly group of 20th Company Classmates gathered recently to plan a company dinner in connection with the 40th Class Reunion. After having a couple of seasoned jokes superbly delivered

by Rube Prichard, Classmates Edelson, S. Moore, Doxey, and Holstein joined Prichard, lifting some cold ones, having a bite to eat, and getting down to business. The site was the small, little-known but strategically located Anacostia NAS "O"" Club. This spot known as the "River View" does indeed have a super view of the river, Haynes Point, Ft. McNair, and the old '\Vashington Navy Yard. The 20th Company plans a dinner on the Thursday preceding the Friday of the Reunion Weekend.

Several Shipmates ago, I wrote about Ralph Behrends and his failing health. Ralph's brother, Raul, who works for Ingalls' Washington office, called to inform me of Ralph's death on 29 May in New York City. He died peacefully in the presence of Paul and Paul's wife, and Ralph's son and daughter. Plans are for the ashes to be scattered in the sea off Oahu.

Ralph was determined to make the 40th, but he did make last year's Homecoming, his first.

More sad news. I received a Fredricksburg, Virginia news clipping from Dan Shockey, who lives in the country down that-a-way, detailing the death on 20 June after a long illness of Harry Partridge.

Graveside services with full military honors were held at the Quantico National Cemetery on 24 June.

I hope you all caught the news on 7 July, which should have had nationwide coverage (Rg. A12, The Washington Post), about Attorney General Ed Meese"s "profound apology" to Jim Beggs. Meese, in a letter dated 6/29, hand-delivered, said in part that he, Meese, had had an opportunity to review "the circumstances surrounding the wrongful indictment against you," and that "there is no way to undo the pain that you have suffered. Departmental officials, including some who have now departed, proceeded in this case on the basis of what proved to be an inaccurate assessment of the underlying facts."

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Pres., John F. Barrow Sec'y Capt. Peter S. Swanson USN (Ret.) PO. Box 2741, Ariington, Va. 22202 Asst. Sec'y, Capt. Warren P. Vosseler USN (Ret.) 2214 Chesapeake Harbour Dr E., Annapolis, Md. 21403 (301) 263-0373 Now here this! The U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1949 stands relieved of all active duty obligations! On 23 June 1988, in the Washington D.C. Navy Yard, VAdm. Glenwood Clark hauled down his flag in a dual change of command/retirement ceremony. Our last active duty Classmate stood down after 39 years of service. Glenwood had a distinguished career which ranged from being a nuclear weapons design physicist to serving as Director, Strategic Systems Programs where he was responsible for all aspects of the research, development production, and operational support for the missiles (Polaris, Trident I, and Trident II) on our ballistic missile submarines. For his final tour of duty, he had the distinction of being selected in June 1985 as the first commanding officer of the newly created Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the successor command to the Naval Electronic Systems Command, but with expanded responsibilities due to the coincident disesablishment of the Naval Material Command.

Glenwood, the Class is proud of you. You have served our country well and unswervingly for almost 69

four decades. So it is with great respect and admiration, we signal you: Well done! We wish you and Tookie all the best in the years ahead and hope you will find some time to join the Class for some socializing and catching up on the gang.

Mail responding to our May letter with the 40th planning information is stacking up. Anyone reading this who hasn't yet received their package with this planning information, contact your Secretary with your mailing address; we'll smartly send one along.

We still have some information garnered from our '87 letter that is of interest to the Class. Dave Woodard, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, had written that he had brain surgery in September '86 (tumor, benign) and had spent the past year getting well. He is 100% recovered and enjoying his second retirement from being President of the First State Bank of Taos, New Mexico. A very recent letter reported that he and Peppy are looking forward to the 40th and that they have purchased a condo in Honolulu where they plan to make a permanent home in early '89. Good luck in your island paradise, Dave.

Herb Butler, writing from Fairfax, Virginia, had written that his "87 travel included a week of skiing in Switzerland and a 2'/2 week tour in the People"s Republic of China, opining that "travel is apparently a family disease."' In a rundown about his family, he reported that his son and daughter-in-law. Skip and Karen, are in Gela, Sicily, where Skip is employed by Schlumberger Giimy and Bob, his oldest daughter and son-in-law, reside in Pennsylvania where Ginny is the cardiologist at the Univ. of Penn. large-animal clinic. She had visited Skip in Sicily en route to lecturing in Germany. (The previous Fall, she had lectured in Sweden and the Netherlands.) Herb's second daughter, Barby, and son-in-law, Carl, a registered nurse and Episcopal priest, respectively, are in Geneva, Illinois, and the proud parents of the Butler's only grandchild, Charles Asner who is now 2'/2.

Marion and Herb bodi are still working but plan on attending the 40th. Thanks for the news. Herb; we'll see you at the 40th.

We don't know if we should pass this next on except to note that we have just heard from Tom Seelye, up in New York—for the first time. He notes that he started a third career where he can continue to work for as long as he can make it into the office. The job?

Director, Employee Development responsible for training, performance, evaluation, etc., of the 2500 brown-uniformed traffic agents in New York City who give out parking tickets and tow cars away. What a job, Tom! Check in with us at the 40th and tell us how it"s going.

Ernie Sanders wrote from New Carrollton, Mississippi. He is still teaching high school math and physics. His "offspring update"" revealed that daughter Anne is an elementary school teacher; other daughter, Edee, is the wife of a Methodist minister and an elementary school teacher; and son, Edward, is completing his first year of Law School. Cheerie and Emie plan to retire when Edward finishes law school.

Ken Carr, currently a Commissioner with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, retired from the Navy in May 1985 and his term with the Commission will expire 30 June '91. He wrote that he plans to retire around Connecticut in the summers and somewhere warm in the winters—California, if he can afford it. Ken is planning to make the 40th and we'll see him and Molly there.

Jack Wynn wrote from Black Mountain, North Carolina, that he and Martha had just remmed from 16 days in England, Wales, and Scotland. They enjoy seeing Ginger and John Mallard, from time to time.

Jack also strongly suggested that significant effort be made to get the windows and former wives of Classmates to "join us in our celebration of good luck in surviving the perils of bad luck that took from us so

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and granted us a delightful, breezy. Spring day. We counted at least 60 '49er wives, husbands, and guests. The group's ages ranged this year from the oldest 49er present (whoever that was) to several attending grandchildren, the youngest of whom was eight-month-old Kelly Edwards, granddaughter of DeEtte and Pete Swanson. She showed up with her two brothers, Andrew, 2, and Bryan, 6. Other grandchildren included the Class' "Mascot," Ardis Barrow, 2—sole grandchild of our gracious hosts, the Beckwiths, and Flo and John Barrow, El Presidente tan grande—and Jamie Kemp, 2, grandson of Kay Smith who drove over from BerryvUle. Betty and Beck went to much effort creating a lovely, comfortable outing which included furnishing German beer, catering tasty German food, providing homemade bread, and providing plenty of table and chairs under the tall, shady trees on a bluff overlooking their pond. This pond was immediately dubbed Lake Beckwith on which there were two rubber dinghys each with plastic oars. In a burst of creativity by your secretaries, the first, annual Lake Beckwith Rubber Boat Race came into existence. Here is a picture of the leading (and only) contestants, Andy Nelson and Bart Bartholomew nearing the finish line. Note their relaxed, unfazed appearance; and note Andy's missing starboard oar. The race started from the dock, seven feet away. There also were brisk sales of our Class rain jackets of which there are only a few more, in case readers want to get one. We all had a marvelous time and send our special thanks to Betty and Reynolds for a fine and fim Class event.

Rubber dinghy race many of our good friends." The Class officers strongly endorse that suggestion. Jack, and hope our Class' widows and former wives will make their plans accordingly and join us for the 40th.

We heard that Gene Speckart may have suffered another stroke. Carol, however, assured us that it was a minor stroke and that, after undergoing a very delicate operation to clean out an artery. Speck bounced back and was in good shape and great spirits. We are glad to hear that news. Speck and Carol, and that the family is doing well. The Class sends its wishes for yoiu continuing health. Speck. Readers will remember that Speck was laboring for us as our fine Class Secretary when he suffered a major stroke that has kept him close to home.

For Washington metro area Classmates, what has become our Class' annual Spring Picnic was held on 4 June at Betty and Reynolds Beckwith's lovely suburban home in Vienna, Virginia. Rain threatened to drop on our picnic but the weather changed its mind

From Joe Dickson who lives in Dearborn, Michigan, came this newsy letter to John Barrow who wanted to share it with the Class.

Writing you a letter is something that I have had the best intentions of doing for sometime, but, unfortunately, I found myself procrastinating. I realize diat once you fall into that trap, nothing gets done.

So I will make an attempt of letting you know the happenings in the Dickson household since the 35th reunion. Although you may have known it. I had a heart attack the day after die A-N Game in '85. After all of the tests and what have you, I was told I had one blocked artery and onefilledwidi debris. I told my cardiologist that I really did appreciate his choice of words. My plans are to be at the 40th. It is extremely hard to realize that 40 years have slipped by and, in all probability, you have not done all of the things that you said you woiUd accompUsh with your life. I am stUl employed by Ford Motor, but I expect to hang it up sometime this year. What have I been doing? I guess traveling as much as time and finances will allow. Over Christinas 1987, Mary and I managed a two-week eastem Caribbean cruise.

This was rather interesting in that we visited six of the same islands that I had visited during my destroyer days. Then the first of February, we went to Newport Beach, Califomia, for areunionof my first ship after graduation (USS LYMAN K. SWENSON, DD-729.) My first skipper and exec, were present and, since we were one of die 'Sitting Ducks' during the Inchon Invasion in Korea, we had many tall tales to tell. What fun. While in Newport Beach, I tried, unsuccessfidly, to contact Ed Waller. As part of die reunion, we had a tour of die MIGHTY MO on which I had taken my First Class Cruise. From Newport, we ventured south where we had dinner one night widi Betty and Stan Counts and widi Carolyn Bourne, widow of Bill Bourne who was the best man in our wedding. In '49, as a green xxx Ensign, I could not afford the del Coronado, so this time we stayed diere. While diere, I had die opportunity to meet Connor, the skipper of STARS AND STRIPES which is quite a sailing vessel. I am very active in the Rotary Club of Dearborn of which I am a past president and a member of the board. I expect to be in PhUadelphia for the Rotary Intemational Convention . . . Although I am quite active in the local USNA Alumni chapter, I guess that I have really become a civilian. Since we are lost here in the Midwest, I very seldom see any other '49ers. Should a '49er ever venture into this area, he is either lost or

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had come for a definite purpose. Should anyone find himself here for whatever reason, the offer of a free meal is the bribe for a visit. The only '49er that was more or less permanent in the area was Pete Sarris. where he was employed by Merrill-Lynch. He is no longer listed in die telephone directory so I presume that he has moved on to bigger and better things. I tried several times to get him interested in the local Alumni functions, but he refused to participate.

Never did know the problem. Anyway, John, we are looking forward to seeing you at die 40th.

Thanks for that newsy letter, Joe. From Vuginia Beach, Virginia, Jack Hunerberg sent us a clipping from the June issue of Sailing magazine conceming Val Schaeffer. As we are always interested in the activities of the Class" real sailor, here are some excerpts: 'I have no horror stories to tell, unless you want to hear about the lack of wind.' said Val. 'I've spent die last 19 years looking for wind.' Val swears that in those years and die more than 300,000 nautical miles diat have passed since he 'cut the umbical cord', he has rarely had enough wind. Consider the last leg of his around-the-world cruise: it took 55 days to get from Cape Town. South Africa, to Grenada, West Indies . . . Val now contemplates the daunting prospect of going back to work. Work in this case will be plying the charter trade in the Virgin Islands. When I found Val on his boat in the lagoon of St. George's harbor, he was lowering his wife, Marsha, the cheerful New Englander who signed aboard in Turkey as first mate and gourmet chef, over the boats high canoe stern in a bosun's chair to repaint in Old English type the name: CAMAL0T(yes, withan A.) . . . CAMALOT also has what her owner regards as the two ingredients essential torelativelycarefree cruising—a strong and reliable engine and an autopilot. The 165-hsp., Munich-made diesel has chugged along without fail for, by Val's reckoning, more than 200,000 miles, up to 4,500 miles between refuelings. The electronic autopilot, made by Pinta of Surrey, England, is a strong, particularly capable member of CAMALOT'S crew that steered every minute of the way from Tahiti to Sidney—4600 miles in 26 days, with die course adjusted just once each day . . .

Chartering helped finance the decade-long sail around the world. In fact, business was so good in the Hawaii/Victoria, British Columbia, run that CAMALOT made the passage four times. For the last leg of the world cruise, though, there was but a single charterer, a sohtary gentieman who paid $2,000 for the seemingly endless Cape Town/St. George passage. As always, the fee included lessons in celestial navigation. All of CAMALOT'S miles, including seven Adantic crossings, have been sailed without satellite navigation or loran, Val points out with a touch of pride . . . So now its off to the Virgins where they will get into serious chartering. No charters are being booked, however, for the Fall of 1989.

That is when CAMALOT will sail north in a pilgrimage to Val's Naval Academy Class reunion at Annapolis. There, at the dock in the Academy yacht harbor, Val will hold court with one-time cronies aboard his rugged steel double-ender . . .

So sail her in, Val. We're waiting to greet one of the real sailors of the world and catch up on some real sea stories.

There was a light mmout for the June luncheon.

Attendees were: El President Barrow, Jack Benoit, Bob Clark, Karl Cook, Duke Francis, Ralph Ghormley, Roy Goldman, Ted Hammer, Mort Neely, Treasurer Andy Nelson, Paul Riegert, Pete Swanson, and Bark Wood. We heard at the table that Ted Hammer is closing on property near the town of Kilmarnock in Virginia's Northern Neck. He plans to build a house there into which he and Betty plan to move by Christmas. We wish you all the luck, Ted. We also understood that Wade Clarke planned to retire at the end of June.

"Pistol" Pete Williams wrote that he is looking forward to the 40th but, in the meantime, hopes to see some of us in Annapolis this 17 September when there is to be a special ceremony for our legendary 1948 football team. We hope to see you, Tex LawShipmate, September 1988

rence and our other Classmates who were on that great team, Pete. It will be a memorable event. He also sent in a clipping from the Miami Herald noting the death of a nongrad member of our Class, Bob Blum. The article said that Bob was a Millionaire apartment builder who could have been content counting his dollars but instead grabbed a moribund Miami Beach by the sand and made a city see things his way. 'He was the kind of guy who could take a locomotive going 100 miles an hour in one direction and take it and tum it around in the other direction,' said one of the city commissioners.

An editorial noted that if the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce stayed on Bob's innovative course, the city should indeed be richer for Bob Blum's having lived there and loved it. He died on 22 May from a heart attack. We send our sympathy to Bob's friends and family.

C. R. White also sent in a clipping revealing that our Classmate, Glenn Brooks, had passed away on 11 June from leukemia. At the time of his death. Bob was chairman and CEO of the Malt-0-Meal Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We checked the Lucky Bag to see what words were written there and found this: Soon after his arrival here [USNA], Glenn was rebaptized 'Horse,' a nickname more renowned thanKilroy'sorSmo's . . . Mentally gifted as well, 'Horse' could lay aside his texts early in favor of outside interests. His only worries were the barber shop and his non-reg argyle sox. Unpretentious and ever the first to wish one well, 'Horse' has the best wishes of all his friends for a future that is bound to be bright.

We are sorry to lose Glenn and to his family and friends we send our condolences. More details are in Last Call.

As the news circulates about Warren Parr's death, announced last month here and with details in Last Call of this issue, the responses have been unlike any your Secretary has seen before. It has become more and more apparent that he was a special person to the Class—Mr. '49. We already have received several letters from Classmates, many of whom upped their annual party donation to $49 in his honor, and a local group is thinking of buying a seat in the A/N Memorial Stadium in his name. Marge Kirk sent in a poem written in Warren's honor on the occasion of his 50th birthday on the 4th of July, 1976, when our country was 200 years old. We think she expressed it well then, "There are few like him in the U.S. Navy, Gung Ho all the way from sea to shining sea. Proud of the Brigade on the Banks of the Severn . . . " RETIREMENT DOPE. Dale Wilmoth reported that he has retired and moved to 2925 Forest View Circle, Franksville, Wis. 53126. Happy retirement.

Dale.

BULLETIN BOARD. Information from the annual letter with 40th planning information is rolling in. Donations to the party fund and news of your doings are welcome—but we have to get going on the recipes. No more procrastination! Please send in those main course recipes for our cookbook. Also, our Homecoming Bull-roast for this year will be held at the North Severn recreation area after the Homecoming game on 1 October. It's informal; plan on being there. You should have a flyer on this already (if our plans went right).

Until next month, keep whistling: Nothing Could Be Finer Than To Be a 49er!—WRV & PSS

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Pres., LCol. Robert W. Oliver USMC (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Wayne L. Jensen USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Ct., Chula Vista, Calif. 92010 Jesse Schultz sends "Greetings" from 753 Ashdale D r , Charleston, S.C. 29407. He reports Don

Fears and Bob King are in that area and doing well.

Zeph had been up north to Alexandria, Virginia, to attend the 3rd Annual Submarine League Symposium. During the meetings, which were held during June, he had the chance to compare notes with Bill Kiehl, Bill Hippie, Skip Orem and Pete Block and to break bread with Mary and Bob Oliver and Connie and Dave Emerson. He sent along some strokes for your Corresponding Secretary and believe me they are always welcome!

Charlie Hooper writes from 746 Chapel Ridge Rd. Timonium, Md. 21093 to say he had been waxing maudlin as he recalled memories from those much cherished years of yesteryear at USNA. Most recently he had brought to mind the occasion when he and Joe Howard had a wager on who could swim the Sevem River in the shortest time. In Charlie's words.

We started out on the radio tower side and, neckand-neck, were within 20 yards of the Academy grounds when to our surprise, we were surrounded

by Coast Guard boats and marine jimmylegs. They pulled us from the water and took us to the REINA MERCEDES for questioning—not knowing if we were Midshipmen or not. Instead of a commendable citation we received Class A's. One could have no more than 150 demerits in thefinalyear and a Class A carried 100.

To this day Charlie believes that it was because of the intercession of Joe's future father-in-law, Capt.

Freeman, that the Class A was commuted at a later date to a mere "pound of flesh." The thing that prompted Charlie to recall the episode was a fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association at which daughter, Ann, fighting a stong cross-current, swam the Chesapeake Bay—4,5 miles in 2 hours and 29 minutes. (The swimmers started from the spot where Adm. HoUaway partook in the bridge groundbreaking ceremonies while we were at the Academy and he was Superintendant.) It seems each succeeding generation is getting stronger The June '50 luncheon-get-together in Washington, D . C , had: Gayle May, Bill DeMers, Bob Oliver, Bill Kiehl, Walt Flint, Chariie Hirsch, George Nelson, Willy Ayres, Jim Lynn, Stan Krohn, Bemie Buteau, Pete Block, J. J. McNally, Howard Portnoy, Ward Lasley, Daryle Tripp, Don Jarrell and John Nolan. Stan Krohn reported that he now has grandchild number four, Michael Krohn. Howard Portnoy noted that his son, Ralph, completed the A-6 RFT and is now en route to VA-196 while daughter, Diane, is starting a course in master's of public health at the University of California at Berkely.

And in San Diego for the first Friday gathering at the Naval Station O'Club we managed: Mark Frudden (he has tumed share-cropper, Charlie Clark has the land in Lakeside and Mark helps with the planting and takes a 50% cut of the reapings), Dick Smith, Stan Neander (son, David, doing hydrographic survey work for NOAA in the Bay of Alaska says it is not really so bad as they get R & R in Dutch Harbor every three weeks), Dick Prescott (that prolific avocado tree is still providing for all of Southern California Class of '50), John Malloy (still insists he must practice more before he joins the every Monday group of Class golfers—and that 'class' is a play on words!)

Bill Grimm (daughter and son-in-law and two grandkids visiting from Denver), Frank Cassilly, Dick Thurston (health continues to improve each month), Dave Taylor, Wayne Jensen (reelected as President of the San Diego County Past-Grand Jurors Association after a strenuous campaign) and Gene Wisenbaker Noted in the San Diego Union for Sunday, 12 June, under one inch headlines of "Fowl is fare at 'Frank's duck farm' " was the story of how Frank Taylor was waging a one-man program in assisting the Ducks Unlimited efforts. In the story Frank goes into detail as just how to assist threatened ducks, feed them, care for them and ready them for eventual release to the wild. There is a lot of human interest there— Frank estimates he has saved about 40 of the guys to 71

date for which Ducks Unlimited and the Class of '50 thanks him. Fraidc also has a letter-writing campaign in which he presents excellent thoughts to the newspaper on possible solutions to the rising costs of automobile insurance rates in Southem Califomia. If they keep going up we may all have to give up our automobiles.

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Pres., Capt. John L. Woodbury, Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y Cdr. Jack Hamilton USN (Ret.) 9215 Cutting Horse Court Springfield, Va. 22153 Regret to inform you that we lost our Dick Keegan on 8 July after a long and courageous battle with cancer Details on Dick's life will be in an obimary either in this issue or October Dick had a varied life, as naval officer, lawyer, many years with NASA, Senate Armed Services Committee, private law practice, among other callings. We will miss him, and our deepest sympathies go out to Louise and the children.

Noted in a prior issue that Bill Robinson "53 had died. He was the quarterback of the 150s our last year, and the captain and inspirational leader of that mgged team was Bill Thomas.

Well, Bill Thomas hasfinallydecided to let someone else do the work for a spell, so on 30 June he retired from his post as vice president for Operations of Freddie Mac—the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to the uninitiated. He and Pat are still in the Washington area, and knowing Bill he will soon be hard at work on something else.

A feather in the caps of Pat and Lowell Stockdale.

Their son-in-law. Major John Kruse USMC '76, was presented the William R Clements Award as the superlative mihtary instructor at the Naval Academy for the 1987-88 year. Denise and John are now at the Defense Language Instimte in Monterey, prepping for a tour in Morocco. Guess where you'll find Pat and Lowell now and again for the next several years!

By the way, our new Class gift is the civilian instructor/professor equivalent of the Clements Award.

Another piece of good news is that our sponsored 16th Company won the colors this year. We"re planning a big feed for them at the Temple game on 17 September, so come join us—and bring some extra chow for them.

Matt Breen called from Florida in mid-July and said he"d received 30 responses to the Paradise Island vacation mailout his company sent to the Class. Eight couples were a definite yes, but we need more to hold the reservation. Although the deadline for making your deposit was 1 September, it may not be too late if you call Matt as soon as you read this. Come join in the fiin. You can"t take it with you!

Another piece of sad news, previously reported, was the death of Betts Sherman in Monterey, California on 19 June, with Dick Livingston at her side.

Those wishing to make a gesmre should send a contribution to the Hospice of The Monterey Peninsula, RO. Box 2480, Monterey Calif. 93942. Betts was close to Class activities in the Washington area when they lived in Annapolis, and we will all miss her very much.

Bob Adams called with some great news. He and Boimie Aasheim were to be married on 12 August in Longwood, Florida. Bonnie runs two Olin Mills photo shops in the area, and Bob works for Automatic Data Processing, Inc., involved with payroll check delivery. We wish you both the very best, and come join us for the 40th.

Bruce Meader has written a book, ASNE: The First 100 Years, for die American Society of Naval 72

Engineers. Congrats, Bmce! If you want a copy, send $7 to ASNE, 1452 Duke Street, Alexandria, Va. 22314 ($6 for ASNE members), and hurry while supphes last.

Lee Doggett justfinisheda two-year tour as President, District of Columbia Council of the Navy League of the United States. During his tenure, the D.C. Council grew to over 2000 members, was named one of the outstanding councils of the Navy League, and at the annual convention in Jacksonville, : "J i -'^^ Florida, was given the Superior Recruiting Support Wards and Bill Purse Award, the top honor bestowed by the Navy Recmiting Command to a Navy League Council. Lee was personally awarded the Secretary of the Navy's Meritorious Public Service Award. The medal and citation were presented by Adm. Frank Kelso II, the new CinCLant. Lee was also elected President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association of Greater Washington.

A nice note from George Yeager down Greensboro way. Jean and he have just become grandparents (welcome aboard!). They had a terrific trip to Australia and New Zealand this past January and FebmHelen Alvin. BUI Hutchison. John Alvin, Claire Hutchison, ary, stopping in Honolulu on the way out. Hit the hot Howie and Shirley Morris spots—Great Barrier Reef, Sydney, Brisbane, Melboume (liked very much), and in New Zealand stayed in Auckland, toured Rotarura, and visited Christchurch and Queenstown on the South Island.

Found the people very warm and friendly. This was an Alumni tour, hosted by RAdm. and Mrs. Robert McNitt, and highly recommended. George is having fun teaching and repairing and finishing antiques.

Important. The Homecoming party, 1 October after the Yale game, at Bay Ridge Inn, arranged by Ruth and Bob Small. Mailout was due in late-August to locals (D.C, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Barbara and Dave Pogue. John Tillson. PhU Pahl, Dana and Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Delaware). Others contact Ruth or Bob at their new Presh Tillson home: 874 Coachway, Annapolis, Md. 21401, tel 301-841-5167. Come join us for tailgate, game, and casual good time at Bay Ridge afterward.

Long note from Esther and Art Ward, who went on a safari of the Southwest, later to Califomia, and retum trip through the Grand Tetons and other parks of die Northwest. While in El Paso they had lunch with Bill Purse, as the pic shows. They did Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Carlsbad in New Mexico, and saw a bit of 'old Mexico". On to Portal, Arizona, where they spent one night at the Southwestern Research Station in the Chirachawa Mountains. Next Mary Stuart, Fred Graham. Dorodiy and Paul Byrae night stayed in the Crows Nest at Ramsey Canyon, a great place to watch hummingbirds. Note: they are rabid birdwatchers! Out of Tuscon they explored several canyons and mountains, the Patagonia Sancmary and the 'world famous" Living Desert Museum. Hotter than the dickens too! They later stayed at the Lawrence Welk resort before descending on Coronado to see many friends. At Del Mar they stayed with Presh and John Tillson. Disneyland with oldest daughter and two grandkids wore them out. Art wrote from San Jose, and then it was on to Lake Tahoe, Jackson Lake Lodge in the Tetons, Esther's home in Lakefield, Miimesota, and to Art's mother's in CinEleanor and Tom Bums. Mary and Paul Smith. Dick and cinnati. Hey, and they do this every year. Don't try to Claudia Rasmussen keep up with them.

And finally, June Week West a la '51, as reported

by John McGrew, complete with pics. Fred Graham called in late-June and said there was West Coast interest in Class crests, which we have no more. Maybe we can get a new batch (memo for Board). Anyhoo, JWW was in San Francisco, with '51 HQ at the Richelieu Hotel. There were 42 for dinner, including 22 mates: Alvis, Armstrong, Boakes, Bums, Busse, Byme, Childs, Cullen, Goumas, Graham, Hunter. Hutchison, Kremm, McCarthy, McGlohn, McGrew, Morris, Pahl, Rogue, Dick Bette Bohler, Robin McGlohn, Norm Busse, Mel and Nancy Rasmussen, Raul Smith and Tillson. Those who Gomas. Linda Terry Shipmate, September 1988

wanted to come but had conflicts were Arst, Francis, Boots Johnson, Langenberg, Price, Soracco and Surman. Dick Rasmussen took eight sailing on the Bay in his '59 Hinkley CLAUDIE. At the JWW activities, FX McCarthy won the tennis tourney and Dick Childs came in second in golf. Tillson gave a plea for everyone to join in the Nassau fling next Spring.

In the pics: (A)—Alvis, Hutchison, Alvis, Hutchison, two Morrises; (B)—two Pogues, Tillson, Pahl, daughter Dana Tillson, and Presh Tillson; (C)—McGrew's date Mary Stuart, Graham, two Byrnes; (D)—two Bumses, two Smiths, two Rasmussens; and (E)—Betty (Bohler) and Robin McGlohn, Busse, two Goumases, Busse's date Linda Terry.

In the next issue you'll be treated to the 10 oldest and 10 youngest in the Class, so stay tuned.

Last but by no means least. A call in early July from Chuck Waterhouse's widow, Johanna, said they were in New England and would be coming through town mid-month. Jo arrived with three lovely daughters, Lyn, Cris and Caytie, stayed two nights and toured the Academy. Wes Hammond was the duty guide and while he was pointing out to them the "new"" 8th Wing with "Now that wasn't there when we were here," he noticed another guy with a young couple pointing to the 8th Wing and saying, "Now that wasn't there when we were here." It tumed out to be Eppie Clark showing his daughter and son-in-law the Yard. The visit of the Waterhouse ladies brightened our home with their presence.

Again, if you've had second thoughts about the Nassau fling, call Matt Breen at once. And hope to see you at Homecoming. Ciao.

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Pres., MGen. WUIiam B. Maxson USAF (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Edwin L. Ebbert USN (Ret.) 2514 CulpeperRd., Alexandria, Va. 22308 By the time you are reading this, the Class of 1992 will be finishing their Plebe Summer. That event sets in motion our 40th. It will come sooner than we think. Wow!!

Jean and I were in Annapolis earlier in the Summer to attend a graduation ceremony for a NJROTC Leadership week. Selected highschoolers have been attending these courses for seven years. This was the first to be held at the Academy. Pretty impressive to reahze that these young men and women have given up a week of their Summer to live in Bancroft, get up at 0530, ran three miles a day and do other drills.

There was an air of excitement in the proceedings.

RAdm. Marryott reviewed the P-rade. Walking over to Dahlgren after the ceremony he shared with us that diis year there was the greatest ever percentage of acceptances for the incoming USNA class.

In the aftemoon we joined other Classmates at the Alexander's for the annual class crab feast. Attending were; Audrey and Jim Stone, Betty and Jim Fischer, Jim Quinn, Rita and Gamett Bailey, Nancy and Frank Hannegan, Joan and John Beecher, Jean and Leigh Ebbert, Lou McMillan, Sally and John Alexander, Virginia and George Lester, Jim Wilson and friend, Ginny and Marv Alexander, and Francoise and Al Bress. As was the case last year, the weather was gorgeous. The crabs were great and the conversation was lively. I hope to have information about the prize winners for the next column. Jim Quinn, as usual, was eating up a storm, and Virginia Lester was creating a Crabshell Pagoda. Ask Frank Hannegan about the time he was shifting places on John Alexander's boat and slid across a wooden seat full of splinters!!

A nice letter from Harry Bixby: The Keane's and the Bixby's did a little running around this Spring, mostly in northern Italy. The Shipmate, September 1988

highlight was an exotic 32 hours on the Orient Express which runs from London to Venice. Probably one of die least cost-effective modes of transportation in the world, but it sure is enjoyable. The pictures show an elegant lunch heading for the channel, and Peggy and Jim Keane ready for dinner The train is made up of beautifully restored cars from the 20's and 30's and the passengers try to capture that spirit in dress for dinner. In Italy we visited Venice, Lake Como, Verona, Florence and Rome—a wonderful 2'/: week trip.

Thanks very much for the news, Harry.

Lunch en route to the Channel A note from the USNA Alumni Association Chicago Chapter tells me that Jim Lovell has accepted the Metro-Leadership for Chicago's participation in the USNA Capital Campaign Update. They have commenced their Chicago solicitations.

Jim Quinn reports that he is arranging the Homecoming golf play for the class at the DWIGHT EISENHOWER course in Annapolis rather than at the Academy course. By this time you should have the details in the Homecoming mailouts.

P.A. Lindsay has sent me a fairly new ladies miniature that he would like to donate—either to the Class or to an individual who might have lost a miniature. He writes, "I sold out (from Maine) and moved to Texas last Fall. Built a house in the Hill Country west of Austin and am just enjoying puttering around in the great outdoors." Let me know if you have any ideas and I will pass them along to PA. It was nice to get a '52 golf hat in the mail the other day. I understand that John Beecher and Pete Barry really had a time recouping our money for the 35th Reunion favors.

1 received the news of Jack L. Wilson's death with sadness. He died on 20 June at his home.

Let me know what is going on in your life.

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Pres., Capt. Augustine E. Hubal Jr. USN (Ret.) Sec'y, D. B. Jones 6708 Pageland Lane, Gainesville, Va. 22065 It is mid-July and it is hot in the Washington area—100-I- degrees—remember how comfortable Bancroft Hall was in the Summertime? We are about

to make a short trip to Florida and if anyone asks why will probably say to escape the heat!

Steve Schoderbek, as promised, reported on the Albuquerque USNA '53 group's 35th Reunion party.

He says.

On 5 June, 10 Classmates and their spouses celebrated the 35th Anniversay of our graduation. We were pleased that Jody and Ed Opperman came down from Colorado Springs just for the party . . . I am enclosing a photo of the group. In the front row, left to right, we find Kay Fisher, Doris Conley, Berta Swan, Betty and Don Hente, Coreen Baker, and Phyllis Morgan. In the rear row: Steve Schoderbek, Jerry Swan, John Conley, Ed Opperman. Alice and Jerry Weinstein, Leslie Schoderbek, Jody Opperman, Sue and Max Wakitsch, Don Fisher, Howard Morgan and Don Baker (Steve adds) Don Fisher just changed jobs and is now with the USAF Weapons Laboratory; Jerry Swan is now a senior scientist with TRW; Max Wakitsch is waiting approval of his appointment as the Hungarian Pro-Consul for New Mexico; John Conley is a vice president with the BDM Corporation; and Dr Ed Opperman is eagerly looking forward to occupying the Peter F. Drucker chair of Management at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Steve concludes by asking us to note how young his group looks compared to the old people he usually sees pictured in the '53 column. He thinks living in New Mexico does wonders for one's looks and outlook on life. I think perhaps the hot bright New Mexico sun has seriously affected Steve's eyesight and fried his brain. I note he is wearing what looks like coke bottle thick prescription shades. Further, as an unbiased editor who sees pictures from all over, I think, with the exception of our ladies, we are all beginning to show signs of serious wear and tear But thanks for the letter and picture Steve. Hope at least some of you teeny hoppers show up for the big 35th.

The Rev. John Furgerson on 9 June wrote: Ifigureda short note was in order to let you know what I'm shifting anchorages. In about 10 days Alice and I will be moving to Lexington, Virginia, and I will be cutting my church work in half, serving only one congregation, in Glasgow, Virginia. Will hardly complete the move before departing for Detroit for about two weeks in early July. At Detroit I will be a clergy "Deputy' (Delegate) to the Triennial General Convention of the Episcopal Church, representing the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. Technically we have an 'empty nest': our daughters all expect to visit us this Summer to check out the new home. And assuming all goes well, we will have ourfirstgrandchild in October, just a couple of weeks after our 35th Reunion. And in lateOctober my church in Glasgow will celebrate its Centennial—so we are expecting to have a busy Summer and Fall.

Thanks, John. Their new address is: 11 Whitmore Street, Lexington, Va. 24450.

Tony Tortora writes Irene and I moved to Ocala last August. I am now fully retired and spend most of my time on the golf course. We live in a community known as 'Top of the World' which is a retirement village with all the

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recreational and community amenities one could desire. I am so busy now, I don't know how I ever found time to work. I have been very active in The Retired Officers Association, and I am on the board of directors in the Kingdom of die Sun Chapter of Marion County. In this capacity I had the pleasure of attending the Florida State Convention where our C.N.O. was the guest speaker The presentation he gave was inspuing and encouraging to all of die retired officers present.

Tony adds that he and Irene will be at the Reunion and that if any Classmates are looking for "near paradise in retirement" they should "stop by and see us in Ocala." Thanks, Tony. The Tortora's address is: 8663-G 93rd Lane, Ocala, Fla. 32676.

Mac Cramer got a note from Bob Foster, enclosing an additional donation for the Class project, in which Bob said "We (Computer Sciences Corporation) formed a joint venture with Raytheon called CSR, and won the Easter Test Range Technical Services Contract. I'll be the C.E.O. and live in Cocoa Beach. Come see us if you're down this way." Congratulations, Bob, don't know if Mac will see you in Cocoa Beach but Sally and I will try and stop by.

The July luncheon on 5 July was attended by: Ed Alves, Dick Avrit, Doug Binney, Irv Boeskool, Bmce Borthwick, Bill Campbell, Pete Carr, Ed Chase, Pete Conrad, Mac Cramer, Leo Cuccias, Joe DiGiacomo, Ed Dixon, Dave Frost, Art Gilmore, AL Glazier, Bill Goodwin, Don Holmes, Gus Hubal, Dave Jones, Pete Kucyk, Chuck Mumford, Merlin Norby, Bruce Ogden, Bill Ritchie, Cooper Scott, Hart Sebring, Buck Simpson, Dean Smith, Herb Tiede, Al Villeret, and Larry Watson. Pete Conrad, Mac Cramer and Bruce Borthwick reported that the Class project was moving along on schedule. The pavilion construction is going along fine—Mac checked it on the 4th of July and said the rough plumbing is in and the exterior metal structure was up. Bruce Borthwick said that as of 1 July we had collected $122,924.75 with more coming in weekly.

While that is an impressive amount it still is only about 40% of what we need to raise. So, get your donations or pledges in to the USNA Alumni Association—Class of '53 Project, Alumni House, Annapolis, Maryland 21402. It is a tax deductible donation and it will build a facility that will be used and appreciated by all Classes for years to come.

Bmce also noted that the Golden Phalanx list that ran in the July-August Shipmate inadvertently omitted Joe DiGiacomo, Don Holmes and Lew Sykes from the list of donors that had donated $1000 or more by I June 1988. He expressed his, and the committee's "apologies" to Joe, Don and Lew. I noted from Bmce's Golden Phalanx list of 40 that 10% (4) are from the 10th company—not having a company by company roster of the Class I don't know if any other company can beat that but would be glad to hear that several have or will. Incidentally, does anyone have or know of a company by company Class roster?

Bruce Ogden says everything is on track for the 35th. As of now there almost 300 Classmates signed up which means there will be about 600 of us at the various festivities planned for the weekend of 16-18 September Hope to see a lot of you there.

Got a call from Dean Strong who reported that the '53ers at June Week West in San Francisco, 23-26 June, included Carole and Kim Bassett, Peggy and Chet Barchiesi, Shirley and John Frier, Connie and John O'Connell, and Dean. He said even though the turnout was light it was a very enjoyable long weekend with golf, sailing, wine country tours, and Adm. Bill Crowe as the special speaker The weekend ended with a lovely bmnch at the magnificent St. Francis Hotel.

A Navy news release which only took three months to get to me announces that our Brad Mooney "has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional dis-

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Pavilion Committee tinctions accorded an engineer" Among other things the Academy of Engineering cited Brad for "pioneering development of effective systems and techniques for manned operations to the full depth of the oceans." Brad was one of 85 engineers elected to the Academy bringing the total U.S. membership to 1471, and the number of foreign associates to 118.

Brad is a research associate at Texas A&M University, a visiting professor at the University of New Hampshire, a consultant to SEACO, Inc., Kailua, Hawaii, a consultant at Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton and to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution at Fort Pierce, Florida. He is also an ad hoc consultant for six companies and on the board of directors for four other companies. In addition he is active on the Marine Board of the National Research Council, the Ocean Sttidies Board of the National Academy of Sciences and the Marine Technology Society. No wonder we don't see much of Marty and Brad these days—they are on the go all the time. Did talk to both of them the other day and they said they will be spending considerable time in Florida in the next year or two. We are already planning to have them visit us in Delray Beach next Winter Congratulations, Brad—we are proud of you!

Remember the Class meets for lunch on the first Tuesday of each month at the Ft. McNair Officers' Club at 1130. Everyone is welcome. The 35th Reunion will be in Annapolis from 16-18 September. If you decide at the last minute that you can make it, call Bruce Ogden at (301) 266-3932. We tailgate before and after each home football game in the East parking lot behind the Annapolis Elks Club at the Navy Stadium—come join us. Don't forget the Class project—we need your support with either an immediate donation or a pledge. Hope to see at least 600 of you at the 35th. Beat Temple! Keep the letters and picmres coming in—Thanks, Dave.

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Pres., Col. Fitz M. Woodrow Jn USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr R. K. Sheehan USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y Capt. William C. Greenlaw USNR (Ret.) 476 Lymington Rd., Severna Park, Md. 21146 What a difference 30 days can make! Last month I was begging for some mail, this month we have no

less than five letters for your reading pleasure. The first one comes from Mell Peterson: In a recent class column, I noted the letter from Walt Nix, whom I relieved as Chief, Navy Section, MAAG, Portugal in July 1980—diat reminded me diat I was remiss in updating you folks on die Peterson family. We remained in Portugal until late 1982, at which time I elected to retire because my wife, Corinne, had contracted cancer and required stateside medical treatment. We settled in Las Cruces, New Mexico where I tried my hand at teaching mathematics for New Mexico State University, several years managing a branch for a local bank, and again teaching, this time engineering subjects, for the same university. I'm still doing the latter and began my 16-week Summer vacation a few weeks ago.

To the Classmates and wives who knew her, I'm sorry to report that Corinne passed away on Labor Day (1 September) 1986. She was only in the hospital a few days—and was cheerful and positive to the very end. All three of our daughters were attending New Mexico State University at the time, and the four of us continued to keep busy on campus the rest of the school year.

Early this year, I married Carol Sholander, a widowed registered nurse from El Paso. Texas, at the First Presbyterian Church in Las Cruces. As we left the ceremony, I came to my senses andrealizedwe had four houses, three dogs, a cat. four turdes, and not to mention six grown children, and now we had to organize this somehow. Of course, we are extremely happy and are beginning construction of a fairway home at the Picocho Hills Country Club in Las Cruces.

I am sorry, but I doubt we'll make number 35 in the Fall. To all of you, good luck, good health, and beat Yale!

And from Joe (K) Anderson, Our son, Alan, completed his OCS course at Pensacola on 29 April 88 and was commissioned an Ensign USNR. All of the Anderson's attended die festivities. There was an added bonus for us—Ron Thurman. Chief of Naval Education and Training, was the guest speaker at the ceremonies. We have enclosed a photo on Ron, Alan and JKA. Handsome gang!

Hope to see you at McLeans in August.

That handsome gang From our Class Coordinator in the Deep South, Lu Yarger, A few lines to give you a quick update for Shipmate on the status of '54 in the Atlanta area. I haven't been providing much since I was succeeded as the president of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter by Paul Kellogg '65. The chapter is still active. We had our annual lobster feast with 120 of our hungry members indulging in fresh lobsters imported from Maine. These were accompanied by steamers, comon-the-cob. and all the trimmings of course.

Your old shipmate, George Henson. has gone to work with Philadelphia Electric Company. He is scheduled to retire from the Institute of Nuclear Power (INPO) on the first of August this year. He and Mary Jane are in the process of moving to Valley Forge. Walt Coakley has been promoted to Group Vice President, Training and Education, at INPO. Kitty and Bill Fields have relocated from Norcross, Georgia, to the vicinity of Lake Lanier.

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Their address is 3151 Clark's Ridge Road, Gainesville, Ga. 30506. Cyndiia and Dave Smith are still in the Adanta area.

I will be retiring from INPO at the end of this year. The next decision will befiguringwhat to keep busy with as a third career Maybe nothing?

Next is an Ed Tipshus update on the state of the Corps from '54, I have sent to all USNA Class of '54 Graduates who went into the Corps, and who I have an address for, an updated roster Some of the feedback has started to arrive, and I diought I'd get you something in the mail. More should be coming within the next couple of weeks.

My secretary received a call for me, and all the caller would tell her is 'Just tell Ed Tipshus that this is a former linebacker (I think he said famous former linebacker) that he knew, and diat if he knew what was good for him he will put me through.' Famous former linebacker? I kept thinking of all of the proball players who were linebackers, then pro football players, and was at a loss. I took the call, and could not at first identify the voice. He wouldn't give his name, but hinted that voices change over the years. I didn't tell him my HEARING HAD CHANGED over the past 20 years, but finally took a shot and said 'you don't sound like Tony Corrend!' Well surprise, surprise! Tony quickly shot his laundry number at me, and gave me an update on his personal data, and we discussed what was the FIRST thing that goes . . . and we yakked about old times, and after I mentioned to him about becoming a Life Member of the USNA Alumni Association, he said he will give Wes Hammond, '51, a call and do so.

Tony mentioned how he and Wes were in the same outfit as aides to then-Maj. Gen. David M. Shoup USMC when Tony resigned. Tony gets around, and he definitely said he will make the 35th Reunion, and probably a football game or two this Fall. I hope he makes the Homecoming Weekend, so he can add to die Middie tales that are told at the Saturday night party . . . like the one told about when he was on die Ed Sullivan Show widi Bill die Goat.

George 'Sea Dog' Ertlemeier called with an update on his personal data. I asked him where he got the nick name Sea Dog, and he told me I gave it to him as NAPS. Well! Then I remember that he was a sea-going Marine on MISSOURI before he got to NAPS. He ventured a guess on his laundry number, and to my question of what he is doing now, George stated he is now Intemational Marketing Manager for OptekTechnology, Inc., Dallas, and that will get him overseas about four times a year to Asia and Europe.

AND, he will not have to go C-130, the USS Navy Grey Line, do PT. every moming, or eat chow out of a metal tray. Not only that, but he stays in a nice hotel, and not a BOQ/VOQ tent. George swims every day, and he probably still looks the way he looked five years ago, and that was the way he looked 30 years ago.

Jim Forte sent a nice letter update on his personal data, and gave me his laundry number, I just happen to have an old USNA sock bag hanging in my den (don't ask me why). After 23 years in the Presbyterian ministry and 16 years at a church here in Clermont, Florida, I took early retirement (from die ministry, that is) and now I'm selling real estate, but still living in Clermont (722 Sunny Dell Drive, Zip 32711). My 'retirement' is actually anything but, because I'm working harder than I have in years, probably since USNA when I slugged uphill widi calculus and stuff like that. But unlike calculus, I enjoy real estate. I'm still married to the same lady I married 29 years ago; I still weigh 150 pounds (with most of it around my middle) and I still have most of my teeth and some of my hair I intend to be at the 35th. See you then.

I can sympathize with you on the hair bit, Jim. But, you really know how to get to a guy when you mentioned you are still at 150 pounds. Gloriosky, Zero! Jim could probably still fit into his USNA dress uniform! Calculus! It was a 'gasserof acourse!' I sort of gave up trying to understand it, and just threw

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back at them what they threw at me, and retained it just long enough to pass the final exams. I still have the book at home, and I go through it with awe! The pages are covered with pencil notes, comments on problems, underline formulae, and other equally currently unintelligible and unrememberable memorabilia. But, I remembered my laundry number! While I was in D.C. in June, Fitz Woodrow and Ernie Evans picked me up early one morning (0700) and we went to Marine Barracks at Eighth and I for a nice gathering for breakfast of the Congressional Marines.

Dick Alger also made it from down the street (Director, USMC Historical Foundation—at the old Naval Gun factory), and along with juice, coffee, rolls, and plenty of war stories, we had nice music by the USMC Band on the parade field. There were more USMC Generals that I have ever seen in one place except for the annual D.C. Marine Corp's Birthday Ball. They looked more ominous in their greens. By the way. Old Leathernecks, you can throw away your Summer service khaki uniforms. The Corp's did a few years ago, and now wear Marine Green all year round, except when they put on those funny suits with all those mixed up brown-green and black-tan colors.

Of course, we still have all of our pretty uniforms which are still the envy of haute couture of the Armed Services. No, I don't know what it means.

Dick Alger also sent me a nice note with his laundry number, and personal data update. He told me at the breakfast mentioned above, you need at least two hours for a visit to do the USMC Museum justice. I intend to send Dick a list of old USMC stuff I have (or can get at—my father-in-law was a Marine in the 30s, and still has his campaign hat). Dick's address at the museum is Marine Corp's Historical Foundation, BIdg 58, Washington Navy Yard, Wash., D.C. 20374 (in case you have something of historical interest you want to donate). Don't send it; send Dick a letter listing what you have, and he will let you know if the foundation can use it, or whether they already have a bunch or too many. For shipment of items, Dick can make arrangements for USMC shipment via one of the local recruiters/reserve I&I staff, provided they determine it is of historical use by the foundation.

While I was in D . C , 1 talked with Howie Hall a couple of times. Howie is doing one super job on keeping the Class roster, and a lot of other thing going. He helped me with some of the latest addresses for Marines, and I was able to give him a couple updates, and check notes and clear out bugs in our hstings.

Our last letter is a bit unusual—it comes from a member of the Class of '74 and is about his father Morgan R Ames, Jr writes.

Enclosed is a copy of a news article conceming my father, Morgan P. Ames. Dad was inducted last Fall as an honorary member of USNA Class of '54!

He has been active as a Blue and gold officer since 1976 when my younger brother, Chris Ames, Brigade Commander in 1976, graduated. I myself am a member of the Class of '74!!

Dad is faced with something of a dilemma this year since Navy plays Yale for Homecoming. You and I both know that Yale is being readied for the slaughter as our Homecoming "Fatted Calf—but Dad's initial tendency may be to root for his first alma mater since he was a member of the Yale Class of '41 and, later after WWII, Yale Law School '47.

How will he extricate himself from this uncomfortable situation? Serving these past several years as a member of the Naval Academy Foundation, will he sit one half on each side of the Stadium—or has he something more novel in mind!?!?!? Go Navy, Beat Yale!

The title of the article that Morgan sent about his father was "Yankee in British queen's court/Stamford lawyer Morgan Ames prepares to don wig, robe for rare, challenging role in Old Bailey." It seems that our honorary Classmate has recently become a

"barrister-at-Iaw of England and Wales." According to Morgan Jr. his motto these days is "Have Wig— Win Travel!"

Congratulations, Morgan, and thanks for the letter, Morgan Jr In fact thanks to all of you, to Mell, Joe, Lu, and Ed, for taking the time to write us a letter We have a couple of retirements coming up this month. Ted Walker is scheduled to retire as Commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command on 2! July and Ed Stevens sent me a copy of the announcement of Bill Thurman's retirement as Commander, of the Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Division of 29 July. On behalf of the Class, a "well done" to both of you on your long and distinguished careers. You've done the Class of '54 proud! May your second career be as successful as your first.

The annual Naval Submarine League Symposium, which was held on 9 June, provided the opportunity for a mini-Class reunion. Don Walsh was one of the main speakers at the symposium but I also saw Tom Albee, (the other) Joe Anderson, Jim Hay, Fred Kollmorgen, Jack Sabol, OV Shearer, Dick Thompon, and Herb Trenham.

By the time you read this the '88 Football Season will be upon us. If you don't have tickets already call George Zeberlein (301) 261-2071. He can fix you up for season tickets in the Class section or tickets for individual games. And don't forget to come tailgating before and after the game—East Parking Lot, down toward the Elk's Club. Look for the '54 banner As was mentioned earlier this year's Homecoming game is against Yale and is on 1 October The Class party after the game is tentatively scheduled to be held at Rip's again this year (that's the same place we've had it for the past couple of years). Looie Jordan has volunteered to run the show and expects to have the details in the mail soon. If you have any questions call Looie at (703) 553-0200 during the workday or you can drop him a note, send him a check, etc., at RO. Box 15128, Ariington, Va. 22215.

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Pres., Capt. John W. Renard USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Mr Clif Shumaker 8800 Old Courthouse Rd., Vienna, Va. 22180 The mayor of Winter Haven, Florida, Carl Strang, dropped me a note and clipping on Dr Denis Waitley's recent activities. It seems that he delivered the third Johnson O'Connor Memorial Lecture at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles back in February.

Denny is president of the LaJoUa Clinic Research Foundation and had another book published last Fall, Being the Best.

John Weaver assumed command of Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command on 23 June. Bravo Zulu, John; maybe now your golf handicap will join mine amongst the other kind of stars.

Jim Rothrock was in town in June from Dallas, Texas, as an exhibitor at the AFCEA Expo and was looking for a Class luncheon to attend. Bad timing, Jim, we are a little lax during the Summer.

Ted Parker said he had seen George Davis and Scott MacCauley while on a trip to San Diego.

George is retiring this Fall and Scott is already at work in the civilian world.

We had a reasonably good turnout at the July Class Luncheon here. Paul Sutherland did a great job of filling in for Denny Sullivan. Denny was in Walter Reed Army Medical Center recuperating from a "SHIPALT" to his Overboard Waste Discharge piping system. It's not clear why he subjected himself to Army practitioners for something that was obviously Navy kind of work.

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hearings timeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and there were stars galore. Showing up were Ted Parker, Jack Baldwin, John Nyquist, Tom Emery, Mai MacKinnon and Bill Smith. John told me that Powell Carter is coming back from Brussells to assume command as CinCLantFlt. Other than that, all I got was abuse from Tom about errors in the column. Can anybody remember how many times he's sent in something? I can't, so it would have to have been before 1974.

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Capt. James W. Blanchard Jr USN (Ret.) LCol. R. H. Lyie USAF (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. R C. Peterson USN (Ret.) 13007 Clarion Rd., Fort Washington, Md. 20744 It hardly seems possible that tailgate season will be upon us by the time you read this column. Classmates have been busy over the past few months and the accolades continue to accumulate. An article published in the Arkansas Democrat states that Mike Dwyer who is the executive director of Campus Operations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received an award. The AW "Doc" Zimmerly award was presented at a meeting of the Arkansas Association for Hospital Engineering. The honor, named for AAHE's founding president, recognizes exceptional leadership qualities and significant contributions in hospital engineering, telecommunications management or clinical management. Dwyer serves as an AAHE board member and chairman of the Association of Physical Plant administrators Medical College Committee. Congratulations, Mike. Keep up the good work.

On 23 July, under suimy skies, Tom Bruyere and Capt. Kathy Byerly were married at Lake of the Woods in Locust Grove, Virginia. Kathy has been a frequent guest at 56 functions over the years. We're glad to see her as an "official" member now. The Class sends its best to Kathy and Tom and wish you happiness in the coming years.

Another recent marriage in the area was celebrated when Joan and Dick Walsh's daughter, Susan, was married to Army Capt. Jeffrey Thomson, on 2 July in Old Town Alexandria.

My public apologies to Bob Jaeger who tried to come from Charleston, South Carolina, for a Class luncheon. The D.C. area luncheon for June was cancelled on short notice and Bob was left hanging out at Ft. Myer. Unfortunately 1 was out of town. I understand Bob managed to find the local Hamberguesa and enjoyed a Big Mac. The Class of 1956 award this year was presented to Ensign Stephen Rife by Doc Blanchard. Steve heads off to Nuclear Rower School after Summer Leave then on to a ship in Charleston.

As a welcome to the Class of 1956, Mary Gale Buchanan was presented a "56 plaque by Doc Blanchard. In the words of Mary Gale "I truly am proud to be included as an honorary member of the Fabulous 56 and sincerely hope you will call on me to help in whatever way I can as Class occasions arise"".

Again, Mary Gale, welcome to the group!

A usually reliable source in Washington informs me that Dean Sackett has received orders to report as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Japan. Dean, as you recall has been the JCS representative to the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks.

In other moves, Chauncey Hoffman has replaced Tropical WTiite 'A" for a pair of overalls. Chauncey has retumed to Pennsylvania to remodel the old family homestead and rock on the front porch. Changes of employment include Don Sacarob with Loral Corp. and Jim Dickey with DeRand.

Condolences are expressed to Connie Stevenson on the recent death of his father.

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Pres., LCol. George F. Warren USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Mr. Frank Barnes 218 Seminole Trail, Danville, Va. 24540 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. W. H. Peerenboom USN (Ret.) 1003 Rachel Lane, Vienna, Va. 22180 The big news of the Summer pertains to our first four star Classmate, Bud Edney, who has been named to duty as Vice Chief of Naval Operations. By the time this issue hits print. Bud will have been in the job for several weeks, so these congratulations and wishes for continued success may seem belated.

In any event, I know I speak for the entire Class when I say that Bud's illustrious career is a source of immense pride and satisfaction to every member of the Class. I can also say that Bud's elevation to four star rank is but the first of a number of others. Watch this column for other news!

The Summer of 88 has seen the retirements of a number of Classmates who, through dint of extreme hard work, careful planning, and the operation of some of the more obscure elements of the laws which govern such matters, have managed to stay on in the grade of 0-6 beyond 30 years. I believe the Classmate who will gamer the distinction of "last to go," is none other than Col. Dave Smith, USAF One might have expected this honor to go to a ship captian, in light of the tradition of the sea, but Dave outlasted all of us.

Congratulations, Dave, and welcome to the working Class. Other retirements were, fortunately, the subject of real correspondence, which is reported below;

The Ballantines My father, Capt. James C. Ballantine, Jr.. is a Classmate of yours. Heretiredfrom the Navy, and I wanted to announce this happily to his Classmates through Shipmate.

Although my father and Oliver North share the sameretirementdate. I May 1988. you can just bet which one is the greater hero in my book as well as my family's. My dad's last duty station was the Naval Sea Systems Command in Crystal City for the past three years. On Friday, 29 April, he was preEdwin L. Biggers

sented with the Meritorious Service Medal for the hard work and dedication he brought to the projects he worked on. As if that wasn't enough, of a compliment, the office presented him with a shadow box containing an American Flag flown over the Capitol, his medals, and brass plates stating his duty stations over the past 31 years. Quite a bit of work and time went into it. My dad was overwhelmed by the gift, as well as the speeches made by several coworkers. Admiral Heckman presented my mother with a certificate for her continued support and dedication throughout my dad's career; also a dozen red roses from dad, as well. My sister, Cheryl Ballantine and I also attended the ceremony, and were pleasandy surprised when we each were given a bouquet offlowersfrom dad. Classmate Fred Howe also attended. All in all, it was a ceremony my father and our entire family will always remember and cherish. We are so proud of my father and all that he has accomplished over the past 31 years.

Ixoks like dad will be (trying to!!) take it easy.

He plans to continue to assist and participate with the Naval Academy sailing team for thetimebeing.

Deep down, we believe he had been planning this when we moved to Annapolis in 1979. He so enjoyed being on the sailing team when he was a Mid. If anyone wants to get in touch with my father, he'll be easy tofindon one of the piers at the sailing center /s/ Brenda K. Quiim That has to be one of the most pleasant letters it has been my privilege to pass along. Our congramlations and best wishes too, Jim. The accompanying picture will be the envy of us all. One additional retirement to report is that of Captain Chuck Wilbur: Rear Admiral Holloway presented the Legion of Merit (Third Award) to Capt. C. H. (Chuck) Wilbur, USN. during retirement ceremonies on 30 June at headquarters. Naval Sea Systems Command.

Captain Wilbur, a native of Baltimore, graduated from Boy's l.atin School there prior to entering the Naval Academy, from which he was graduated with the Class of 1957. He received dual Masters' degrees in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering as well as a degree in Ocean Engineering from M.I.T. in 1966. During his 31-year naval career, attained qualifications as a Surface Warfare Officer, Officer deep sea and salvage diver, and Command of Submarines. From 1980-1985. he commanded the Naval Undersea Warfare Station at Keyport, Washington. His final assignment was as Director, Combat Systems Engineering Division at NavSea. His other decorations include two awards of the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, and various campaign ribbons.

Chuck graciously peimed a note to the above release pointing out that he still fits into his Plebe Summer issue dress whites. Using a phrase we have all come to love, he allowed as how he "just thought we'd like to know."" We congramlate you on your splendid career. Chuck. You know what you can do with your (non) waistline.

We have received the following press release from Hughes Aircraft Company "s Missile Systems Group: Edwin L. Biggers has been named vice president of product operations for die Missile Systems Group. Along with die new group assignment, he was appointed corporate vice president, and named to the company's Policy Board. He has been a Hughes employee since 1960, and has worked at the Tucson facility since 1983.

Congratulations, Ed. Those are some impressive achievements!

In some purely Class business news, our president, Fritz Warren, met widi a small group to draft a slate of Classmates to stand for election to the Class Executive Committee. That committee is established in our Class constimtion, and is responsible for the routine management of the Association of the Class of 1957. Committee members are elected for one-year terms by the Washington Chapter Plans are for that election to occur in September, and for the electees to commence dieir duties in October Nominees, who

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will be elected, in all likelihood by the time this article hits the street are: Chairman: Sam Coulbourn; Vice Chairman: Dave Cooper: Treasurer: Tom Sims; Secretary: Dick Scales.

In addition, there are three Committee members, who are, Joe Andrews, Jack Monroe, and Bob Albertson. We are all grateful for these guys agreeing to give of their time to help the Class. (In the event of a floor fight at the September luncheon. Til print a revised list.) That's it for now; look forward to seeing you at the Fall events. Keep the cards and letters coming.

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Pres., Capt. Paul A. Polski USN (Ret.) Corr Sec"y Col. Warren S. Walters USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Lane, Springfield, Va. 22151 (703) 321-9586 (H) Time for your annual dose of joumalistic pedantry, wherein the riddle of the name September shall be explained for your edification and wonderment.

Those of you whose Dago was a romance language have probably made the connection between the Latin root septem, meaning seven, and thefirstsyllables of the word. September is fully a Latin word, meaning seventh month. This doesn"t make a lot of sense now, but the Latin calendar started with the month of Martins, which put the right name with the right numerical month. Knowing all that, you are ready to make your own cognitive leap to the explanations of octo, novem, and decern, as well as love"ra and leave'm!

With that opening to boggle your mind, its time to move to the news.

As you read this, a suitcase should be hauled down from the attic and set on the bed in the guest room so that you may pack your 30th Homecoming attire in comfort. That should provide about three weeks of leisurely picking, trying on, and replacement of your wardrobe. Particularly the suits from Hong Kong that looked so great 15 years ago with those narrow ties!

One might also consider getting a '58 Lucky Bag out and refreshing one's memory on names and faces, at least your roommates, and perhaps your entire company. Don't forget to bring pictures of your kids and their kids so we can see how our '58 family has multiplied . . . and be sure to change the dime in your Reef Points for a quarter, as the price of a call has gone up in the last 34 years. Bring a camera for your own photos, even though there will be a professional photographer dogging our every step for three days snapping yearbook pictures, and stand by for a great weekend of renewing past acquaintances and retelling old tales.

Which leads to the heart-warming story of roommates and friends that was evidenced on 9 July of this year. On that Saturday, aboard the oldest United States warship afloat, USF CONSTELLATION in Baltimore Harbor, two of our Classmates completed their uniformed service with the Naval Reserve, and in appropriate ceremonies, were "piped over the side." Capt. Jack Nicholas and Capt. Bill Peters, along with three other Naval Reserve officers, were honored on the foredeck of the frigate by their shipmates. The guest speaker was RAdm. Jesse Hernandez, Commander, Naval District Washington, and joining in the celebration were the USNA roommates of the retirees, John Berry and Jim Adkins, as well as the present wives of all concerned. After the ceremony, guests were invited to a reception aboard the cmise ship CITY CLIPPER as she toured Baltimore Harbor. The accompanying photo, taken aboard the clipper, shows. Jack, Jim, John, and Bill savoring a special day in their lives. To carry it even further. Bill will continue his civilian work with the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins, where Shipmate, September 1988

his roommate, John, also works. Not to be outdone.

Jack, having also retired from his civilian job with NavSea, is currently employed at NUS Corporation, where his roommate, Jim, also works! Can it go further than that? You betcha! Bill is married to Carolyn, who is the cousin of Billie, John's wife. Got that?

Now, each of these couples had a daughter (second cousins) who got married this year, so the following announcements continue the story.

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On 19 March, Virginia Peters, daughter of Carolyn and Bill, was married in Greensboro, North Carolina, to Mr Gary Tadvick. The photo of Bill Peters dancing with the bride was taken by his roommate John's wife, Billie, whose cousin, Carolyn, Bill's wife, reciprocated by providing the picture of John Berry dancing with his daughter, Stacey, upon the occasion of her wedding to Mr Robert Isaacs on 14 May in Laurel, Maryland. And the others wonder why we say "58 is Great!"

June was replete with several Classmate retirements, among them Capt. George K. Coyne, USN, who retired on the 3rd of the month in ceremonies held aboard USS BARRY at the Washington Navy Yard. George finished out his career as the Dean of Research and Information at the Defense Systems Management College. The photo shows the guest speaker, RAdm. John F Calvert, Commander, Naval Air Test Center, presenting George with the Defense Superior Service Medal. Helping George get through the ceremony was his USNA roommate of four years, RAdm. Frank Butterworth, USN (Ret.), plus Classmates Frank Gamboa, Paul Polski, Chuck Smith, and Bruce Wilcox. George and Jane will remain in the area in their Alexandria, Virginia, home.

Also retiring in the D.C. area during the month were the following: Captains Frank O'Beirne, Carl Giese, Max Baldwin, Tom Maloney, and Gordon Goldenstein, all USN, and Col. Dick Binford, USAF Welcome to RetWorid, Classmates!

The active duty contingent that remains is still on the move. Here in D.C, RAdm,. Pete Hekman has become the head of the Naval Sea Systems Command, and RAdm. Dick Pittenger has assumed duties as the Oceanographer of the Navy. RAdm. J. D. Williams has left the Office of Program Assessment in the Pentagon for duty as Commander, Sixth Fleet.

Another mover is RAdm. Jesse Hernandez, who relinquished his Commander, Naval District Washington billet to get back to his native Califomia as the Commander, Patrol Wings, Pacific Fleet, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California 94035. With Jesse and Marge goes the '58 use of their quarters for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Our thardcs to both of you for being so generous to the Class, and to all these '58flagofficers, congratulations upon your new commands!

Helping to take up the void created by the departare of J.D. and Jesse is the arrival of Chuck! VAdm. Charles Larson, USN, completed his tour as Commander, Second Fleet, and has reported to Washington for Pentagon duty with OpNav. The Norfolk contingent will miss Chuck and Sally, particularly since Chuck bought the guys lunch aboard his flagship on 23 May, and they were working on a repeat.

The photo that records that happy occasion shows VAdm. Chuck in the company of Classmates Bill Byman, George Chafee, Lee Denny, Bill Dougherty, Bill Drury, Jack Dittrick, Dick Dunbar, Jack Gladin, Sam Gregg, Irv Goto, Bob Jones, Jim King, Marty Kuhneman, Jerry Larson, Chuck Larzelere, Bob MacGregor, Jack Matheson, Line Mueller, Carl Russ, and Sam Werbel. After the Montoya style luncheon, the '58ers were given a tour of the command center to see the state of the art in Fleet Commander's tactical displays and communications afloat.

A letter report from Pat and Jack Accountius, 11th Co., who have undertaken a change of location. Jack was working for Texas Instruments in Dallas, but transferred to TI in Sherman, Texas, about 65 miles north of Big D. This provided an opportunity to escape those terrible Texas summers, so the Accountius moved to an 80-acre spread in the Lake Texoma country, across the border in Oklahoma. As they are now empty-nesters, with all five youngsters grown and departed, they are devoting their time to raising horses, including Arabians, and feeder cattle. They 77

of impurities in solids. His investigations have been especially useful in describing the properties of ultrathin magneticfilms,afieldof intense commercial interest.

The holder of a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, Heiman was a postdoctoral fellow in die Department of Physics at Johns Hopkins from 1969-70.

RAdm. Larry B. Franklin, Commander, Mihtary Sealift Command Atlantic, was the principal speaker at the launching of TITAN ( T - A G O S 15), at

Chuck Larson's luncheon also had a Danish exchange student with them during the last school year. Classmates who make it down to that part of the country are invited to stop in at Chimera Ranch, Route 1, Box 259-5, Durant, Okla.

74701 for a visit. The challenge now is for the 11th Company gang to convince Rat and Jack to get back East for the Homecoming!

Unfinished business includes a photograph of the Spring golf outing by the Washington Chapter Liidcsmen. Standing on the deck behind the Class flag are: Bill Meisel, Harry Hurst, Bob Caldwell, Elmer Bridgman, Keith Bunting, Whitey Edwards, Tom Lamb, Charley Brooks, Clivie Goodwin, and Walt Reister The golfers have a continual series planned, and the coordinator, if you want to get up a game, is Whitey Edwards. He and three other Classmates even went to the Tournament Players course at Avenel to sharpen their games, but the only score divulged from that session was that of the man known as "Mr Divots," W. Elmer Bridgman, who blazed in with a 97. Is diat good?

We also have a report that at the commemoration of the new Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue, the Class of 1958 was represented by the presence of Carole and Jay Taylor, 1st Co., and their son. Ens. James T. Taylor III, who is carrying on the Navy tradition.

The June luncheon of the Washington Chapter was the Sayonara to Jesse Hemandez as he tearfully left our midst for his Califomia command, but it was also the unveiling of long-lost Classmate, George Peyton, who joined us. George entered USNA with the Class, but left at the end of 2d Class Year. He lives in Springfield, Virginia, has been working for the Federal Government all these years, and is a Life Member of the Alumni Association, but could just never break away for that long lunch hour with the Class. He now has retired from the GS ranks, and is searching for a position that permits luncheon attendance. It was also announced at the gathering that Sen. John McCain (Capt. USN, Ret., R-AZ) and his wife, Cindy, are the proud parents of a new son, their third child. Congratulations, McCains, you may once again be the holders of the '58 Stork Sweepstakes Award!

A short reminder from Tom Sinnott to Classmates, particularly those of you from the 21st Company. Tom is acting as the contact point in obtaining a Memorial Chair in the Navy-Marine Memorial Stadium for our late-Classmate, John McMillan. You may send your contributions to Tom, 2667 Ogleton Road, Annapolis, Md. 21403.

'58 Trivia: The answer to question posed in June about the smallest representation by state in our graduating Class is: Montana, represented by Pete Reynolds, and Utah, with Harry Brown. Pete's widow, Marilyn, still resides in Kalispell, Montana, and

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Harry now lives in Renton, Washington. Now a question for which there is no recorded answer Please give me a call on this one! Who in our Class put the cap on the top of the Hemdon Monument during June Week the end of our Plebe Year? Hasta Luego. WSW

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Pres., Cdr. Lloyd H. Adams USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. John A. Butterfield USN C/S, ComNavAirPac, NAS North Island, San Diego, Calif. 92135 Hello 59ers! Time for another chapter, a different verse. Hope to be better, never worse. Someone who is better . . . Neil Heiman . . . catch this: Neil Heiman, Ph.D., director of technology at Seagate Magnetics in Fremont, Califomia, was among 13 prominent intemational figures in medicine, science, engineering, and the humanities elected this Spring to membership in the Society of Scholars of The Johns Hopkins LJniversity.

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The Group The Society, unique in American higher education, honors former postdoctoral fellows at Johns Hopkins who have gained marked distinction in thehfieldsof academic or professional interest.

The newly-elected members attended an induction ceremony on Wed., 25 May, and Universitywide Commencement exercises on 26 May. Heiman developed important techniques using muon spin resonance to study the magnetic behavior

Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 18 June. RAdm. Bill Powell was the ranking member of the boards that picked staff LCdrs. for the Supply Corps and Limited Duty Officer Programs. RAdm. Dan Richardson put out a great msg praising some of the Lamps Mk ni folks who had been doing a super job out in the Persian Gulfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;good words from a good guy, who always remembers others! RAdm. Dave Rogers called from the Philippines to say that he and his Battle Group are a full up 'n ready round as they head to duty in the lO/Northem Arabian Sea. Note received from RAdm. Hank Mauz after we had provided some staff assistance during his visit to San Diego area and speaking at a DesRon Change of Command ceremony. RAdm. Guy Curtis spoke at a Washington area luncheon, and evidently it was "Flag day" . . . 59 RAdms. Denny, Franklin, Houley, Wheatley, et al, were in attendance. Guy recraited quite a "crew" to be there, as he "stroked" his way through a view of the Submarine Force.

Pat Schnauffer was in town for two weeks acdutra, some schooling over at Point Loma. Gary Geist also was in La Jolla for couple of days, in conjunction with some of his "Star Wars" work for the Navy, and while Priscilla, Gary and I were about to sit down at the Chart House (at San Diego Rowing Club) for dinner and a look-see at STARS 'N STRU>ES and New Zealand boats coming back from at-sea training, lo 'n behold Rat and Joni chose exact same time to stop by the restaurant, 'n sightsee, like us.

Timing great!â&#x20AC;&#x201D;we had short chat. Next day I did make a lunch date with Rat, so we had more time at Adm. Kidd Club, and I could pick up the "Schnauffer Log" . . . a few groups on the Northwest Gang as Pat put it: 1) We had seen Sandy and Vem Young at a Wetting Down Party m Seatde. Great Sea Stories on theucareer, plus the Brown Shoe caper between them and Nancy & Angus MacDonald. The Youngs having a great tour at Nav Base Seatde, and I suspect wUlretirein Seattle. 2) Visited son Patrick (an HM3 at Medical Branch Clinic, NAS Moffett Fid) and wife, and 4-yr-old grandson, R J. (Patrick John) in Santa Clara. Also stopped to see Nancy and Angus at their lovely quarters on the Presidio of San Francisco. Delivered the famous brown shoes; in fact wore them around the house and listened to the famous story, pulled die "gotcha" on Angus. The MacDonalds also plan to retire up in Seatde, depending on future job opportunities, so the number of 59ers up North is growing. 3) While in Santa Clara tried to get in touch with John Mascali. John has been up in Uie Bay Area for years, and went back to Pan Am. He was one of diose who waited a few years, 15 + , to berecalled.John and Diane are conducting tours on the side, over to Africa. Big John retired as a captain (in the Reserve) a few yrs ago, once had command of VP-91 at Moffett, about the time I was XO of VP-69. We saw diem last in March 87, and at the 25th in Annapolis (John M. lives in Saratoga, Califomia). 4) While seeing Patrick off at sea, from San Diego, on the USS NEW ORLEANS, visited with Frank Donovan. We had spent the 1st Class Cruise together on a 'tin can' that made a Europe trip. That was the cruise that convinced me to go Navy Ah . . . and watching poor Frank nearly die in the North Adantic from sea sickness, I figured he would go Air Force ground! Frank looks great!

(Note: he is! . . . and the old 'sea daddy' has tried to forget that sea sickness story . . . he's a true blue steamer now/does not miss the chance to get to

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Testing the capacity of Lloyd Adams's decks sea . . . as ComPhibGru 3 he was seeing one of his ships head off on deployment). 5) Joni and I are going back East in August to Pax River as I have to fly the 2nd E-6A during some testing with NATC folks. The production of die E-6 (the TACAMO bird) starts cranking up this Fall with Fleet Introduction in 1989.

THANKS PAT! . . . you keep a super log!

Note from "Fitz", the Chief of Staff for ComCarGroup Three: "as promised, enclosed are photos and write-up on the 59ers who visited with Dave Rogers with wife Barbie, and us Fitzgeralds."'

Dave Rogers, and his Chief of Staff, Mike Fitzgerald are in the Indian Ocean with CARL VINSON Batde Group. Before they left in mid-June several Classmates traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area for a few days to visit,reminisceand swap some sea (and civilian) stories. Joining Dave and Barbara, and Fitz and Ursula, were Judy and Skip Yerkes, Janet and Mike Asher, Meg and Kevin Mulkem, Barbara and Tom McReynolds, Margaret and Bob Pagnillo, Dick Baldwin and Tom Crompton. It almost looked like a Fourth Batt come around.

Not all those attending could make it to every event—but the schedule included a Samrday dinner hosted by Dave and Barbara at their Quarters at NAS Alameda. Typical of the evening was Mike Asher videofilmingthose present and comparing it with the Lucky Bag photo/bio to draw attention to those (few) changes that have occurred in the 29 years and a couple of days in the interim.

On Sunday, the focus shifted to the McReynolds hilltop hideaway for a spectacular lawn picnic up in the Los Gatos Hills. Mary Claire and Buz Hoover drove up from Monterey along with Astrid and Jaques Naviaux from San Diego, that added to die festivities.

On Monday, Ralph Christy joined in with those still in town and went aboard CARL VINSON for lunch in the Rag Mess. This was followed by a tour of the ship. That aftemoon the ship put to sea with Mike, Skip, Dick, Tom (I), Tom (2) and Bob telling the CarGru how it should be done. The gals went into San Francisco to shop and taste some of Califomia's finest and watched the guys go under the Golden Gate and out to sea to take die air wing aboard for the deployment. It was at this time that the visitors started to get nervous and took the first available COD back to Alameda. Memories of sea duty were sufficient that they didn't want to run the risk that Dave and Fitz might just take them along to WestPac! Joe Keeley, another super Classmate, who has taken the lead to rally 59ers and do something special. Joe made a max effort to get some 59ers out to share in a celebration. Unfortunately the only ones to make Cromer's bash were Joe McGlinchey, T. P. McReynolds, Wayne Hildebrand, and Joe Keeley. Joe works at Norden Systems, 360 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 2040, El Segundo, Calif.

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90245. Contact him at work (213) 615-0241, or at home (714) 751-6613. Keep up the great Alumni work, Joe! On Friday, 24 June, at the Fort MacArthur Parade Grounds, San Pedro, California, our distinguished Classmate, LGen. Donald L. Cromer relieved LGen. Aloysius G. Casey, '54, as the Commander of the USAF Space Division.

Not to be outdone by the Air Force, RAdm. Robert K. U. Kihune, ComCruDesGru Five, will relieve VAdm. George W. Davis, Jr. as ComSurfPac on 27 August in San Diego. Also, Frank Donovan will relieve Classmate RAdm. Ted Baker and Ted will become Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel (OP OIB) at NMPC in Washington, D.C. Another "faithful" with his report: On Sunday. 26 June, the Washington area 59ers gathered at our home (Dee & Lloyd Adams), some 50 miles southeast of Washington for the annual Family Picnic. Justfinishedbuilding a new house on farm east of Fredericksburg on the banks of the Potomac. Some 50 Classmates, wives, 'n kids showed up early in the aftemoon on what appeared to be a perfect picnic day. However one of those infamous thunderstorms forced everyone inside about 1430 and the rains did not let up until about 1700. With all power, electric, and telephones knocked out by the storm, 59ers did what they do best in such situations—tell a lot of sea stories and tip a few brews!

With plenty of good food and drink, a little charcoal BBQ pit was all that was needed. Picture was taken

by Ed Veazey's son Warren of all who were present; impossible to identify all. Some included: Adams, Ed 'n Alice Bannon, Russ Anderson, Mike and Karen Brown, Murray & Mary Ann Cheston, Bill & Joyce Clautice, Bob & Catherine Oakes, John & Norma Paine, Phil & Vallee Powers, Ted & Reggie Santos, Ed & Joy Veazey, John Walker, Ron & Nivia Woodaman, Dick & Ann Huebner, Alex & Louisa Castro, George and Jane Lehmberg. SUPER! Class Memorial Fund: Reminder! Now that we have identified the project, the patio area outside the new Brigade Activities Center, we need to keep those contributions coming!! All contributions should be sent directly to the USNA Alumni Association Annual Fund Drive marked "For Class of 59 Memorial Fund." We have collected about $70K to date but we need $180K more to fulfill our commitment to the Academy and the Alumni Association. Our goal is to not only reach $250K, but to have every 59er contribution so we can truly say 'It came from the whole Class'. If everyone in the Class gave at least $100 each year for the next three years, we would easily reach our goal. GIVE, PLEASE!!

Let's all pitch in and help reach goals by September '89; we intend to make a formal presentation of the gift to the Naval Academy at our 30th graduation Homecoming Reunion.

A "Christy-Gram" is next: Dear John, I appreciate your putting me in touch with Dave Rogers. Thought you might like to have a copy of the brochure/program Dave and Fitz put together. I was unable to attend all the festivities because I was in Providence, Rhode Island, attending my daughter Kay's graduation from Rhode Island School of Design. However, I was able to join the group for a delightful luncheon visit on Monday, 6 June, in VINSON'S Flag Mess. Dave and Fitz had even arranged a carrier-sized birthday cake for Dick Baldwin. Dick, as you may know, is with United Air Lines, and our lunch conversation added one more Classmate connection. Mike Sturges. is UAL's chief psychiatrist in Denver, and is responsible for determining which pilots can still fly those friendly skies. During lunch we also leamed for the first time in 304- yrs that John Turner was reported to provide the best 250 haircut in Bancroft Hall. All those yrs of rowing with him and 1 never found out! Furman Sheppard, Karl Moellmer and I were forced to do our own flat tops. Best wishes from S. Francisco, Ralph.

Nice note from Jacques Naviaux, Director of Marketing for Hughes Radar Systems Group, PO Box 92426, Los Angeles, Calif. 90009: Missed you and Frank Donovan at Tom McReynolds' where we gathered for a picnic prior to going on VINSON. Our son, Jacques II, graduated from USD last month, and was commissioned in the Marine Corps. He is attending The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia, with plans to enter aviation.

Jack backed up note with a call also; he had commissioned his son, and noted that in the NROTC Spring Commissioning Ceremony Program (covers 'crosstown', cooperative program in which a few area Universities are in NROTC, and there are a couple ceremonies, dates) I was scheduled to commission a young man. I too was proud to swear in a new Ensign, one of my former 'super sailors' at Souda Bay, Greece, from a few yrs ago.

Had a writer from Smithsonian magazine stop in the hq after spending some time on a carrier he's doing a piece on Naval Aviation. The gentleman lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania so 1 asked him to say hello to Skip Yerkes there for me. My old soccer teammate sent back his best and says 'he hopes you've leamed to kick with your left foot.' Some guys will never forget or give you any slack! George Yerkes' address is Box 142E, RD 2, New Hope, Pa., 18938; phone # 215-794-8692. Skip runs a consulting business in military sales, and may get out to San Diego one day. He of course was one of the attendees at the Rogers-Fitz fandango in the Bay Area.

Geoff Cant, 5601 Green Landing Rd., Upper Marlboro, Md. 20772, did not give me a kick . . . but he got hurt seriously almost a yr ago. Luckily my Plebe Summer roomie is a tough guy, and has made a good comeback. Seems he was out running early evening when a mini-bike with no lights hit him, and this was on the eve of Geoff leaving work with the Maryland State Legislature to join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He flipped over, and in so doing fractured his tibia; on crutches for 5'/2 months. He had to delay joining NRC for two mos, and they were good to keep job open for him. His office is near Rockville Pike and White Flint North; he works in the enforcement end of things. Hope you continue to mend, Geoff, and can get back to enjoying your running like you used to when we were living in Annapolis and enjoyed seeing you quite often.

I mentioned him earlier, and I want to tell you what a super guy Gary Geist is, and what an interesting assignment in the Navy he has. It is challenging work that is important to the Navy and the country, and he is dealing with some great minds in science and engineering. I hope to visit Gary in D.C. early Fall and see things from the inside and hope to time it when he is not down at Cape Canaveral. See ya—have a good Fall and "come on up" Navy in football this season!!

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Pres., Capt. Donald V. Boecker USN Sec'y, Capt. Patrick H . Sullivan USNR 250 Meadow Rd., Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 Yessir, it's Homecoming time again. For all of you who can't come this is our 28th year since graduation. To put things into perspective, the entering Plebe Class this year was bom before cordless telephones, microwave popcom, anti-skid brakes and the word "Classic" in front of Coke. The Plebes were bom into a world where Spiro Agnew was Vice-President, gasoline sold for 25 cents a gallon, and diapers were still made of cloth. Ah yes, time sure does improve things! Why just the other day I went to the store and paid over a dollar for a loaf of bread that used to cost . . . well, you get the picture.

It is my sad duty to report the untimely death of our Classmate Pablo E. Duran. in an accident involving a private plane off the coast of Panama. The information we have received is that Pablo was en route from Conta Island to his home in Panama City. With him were two sons and another passenger, none of whom survived. The accident is reported to be weather related, as there was a heavy storm in the area at the time. Pablo is survived by his widow, Estella Duran.

Her address is Post Office Box 8307, Panama 7, Republic of Panama.

Chet Hanson sent in a questionnaire response to tell us that he lives in Falls Church and is now the Director of C3 Engineering for Intercon Sys Corp.

His big doings this year are his forthcoming 25th Anniversary and the fact that he can still wear (unaltered) his Midshipman full dress uniform (don't you hate a braggart?). Chet plans to stay in the northem Virginia area and notes that he sometimes misses the Marine Corps, and all of our Classmates.

Don Hastings sent in a letter firom San Antonio, Texas; I should have written before but kept putting it off imtil received your dun letter Now I'm stuck with trying to summarize 28 years in a paragraph or two.

My wife. Barbara, is still die wonderful woman diat I dated my last two years at the Academy and married in April 1961. We havefiveboys, all in college, and more or less living at home. With a littie luck I'll have two graduates sometime in 1989. Like everyone else we have done the moving around bit including tours in Okinawa. Germany and the Pentagon. For virtually my entire career I've been in the Manpower and Organization business and wearing the black hat that goes with it. My current job is die Director of Manpower and Organization for the Air Training Command. The Air Force did send me to Texas Tech University to get a Master"s in Industrial Engineering and it has occasionally come in handy.

That tour also started the process of turning me into a Texan. Since then I am on my second tour and tenth year in San Antonio. Although we may not retire here, it's beginning to look like it. Being in the Air Force in Texas I don't get to see Classmates very often. In fact, I think that there are only two of us left on active duty in the USAF The last I heard BUI Ellington was stationed at Hill AI^ in Utah. When I was in the Pentagon back in die early seventies I did get togedier with Amie Dupont (USA). Fink Fischer (civ), and Hal Lansing (USAF). all First Company stalwarts. Back in 1974 I also ran into Tom Marti (1st Co.) at die AFSC. Since then it has been kind of lean. Don't want to spoil you. but I promise to write again in 28 years. In the meantime I'll be here in San Antonio drinking Lone Star beer and can be reached at 653-6327 (home) or 652-5537 (work).

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Lou Heacock wrote a note to update us on his time since he left the Navy in 1964. After attending the University of Kansas he went to work in BuShips for the next 10 years in the Washington area. For the next ten, Lou went to NavSec Mechanicsburg and S P C C In '84 he remmed to the Washington area to head up the Test and Evaluation for Trident Sonar Defensive Weapons Systems. In January '86 Lou headed the Logistics Engineering Branch of die SSN-21 (SEAWOLF) Project Office from which he retired in June '88. Now that he is out of the rat race, Lou wants to spend more time with his family. Lou, wife Phyllis and sons Bruce and Tim are all busy preparing for daughter Cheryl's wedding to take place over the Summer Lou, acting in the role of roving Class reporter, sent in a report on the promotion of Scott Logan to Rear Admiral. Scott, a fellow member of the first class of Destroyer School, is now in command of the newly commissioned Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (Naval Reserve Maintenance Facility) Newport, Headquarters Detachment 101. In his previous assignment as Commanding Officer, Iceland Defense Force lOL Scott served as a member of the Presidential Visit and Management Team for the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in 1986. In civilian life, Scott attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, receiving his J.D. in 1967. He was designated a Certified Financial Plaimer in 1976 and completed his master's in Law at Boston University Law School in 1978. Scott founded his own firm, emphasizing development and distribution of financial service products, with headquarters in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. ATTABOY Scott!!

From Ellicott City, Maryland, comes a brief note from M Szweda which tells us that he is about to retire from the FBI. Ed spent the last 23 years as a Special Agent. In August he begins a new venture as a private investigator with his own company, Szweda Investigative Services. His first assignment will be Souel, Korea for the 1988 Olympics. Ed has been happily married to Laura for 28 years. Three children and two grandchildren later the Swedas now finally have lots of time to play tennis, ride motorcycles, and do all those things two old "cranky"" folks should be doing.

That"s all the mail we have for this month folks.

Having told you about everything that was in the mailbag. I think Til go back to reminiscing about the year the new Plebes were bom. Do you remember that 1970 was before personal computers. VCR's. glasnost, new wave music, AIDS, the revelation of Nixon's plan to win the war, aerobics, and most of all, giant chocolate chip cookies? Yes, yes . . . it takes me back to my hero Spirow Agnew who is reported to have said; "If I have to go, 1 hope you can replace me with Famous Amos!"

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Pres., Capt. James Luper USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y Cdr. Jun Ibach USN (Ret.) 10425 Marbury Rd., Oakton, Va. 22124 (703) 938-0223 Virgil Hill, New Superintendent!!! RAdm. Virgil L. Hill was scheduled to relieve RAdm. Ron Marryott '58 as Superintendent of the Academy in ceremonies at the Academy on 18 August 1988. Since the column deadline for this issue is 18 July. I don't have any details other than the CNO was scheduled to be the guest speaker Full details will be in the next issue including the names of Classmates attending the festivities. Double congramlations are in order to Virg since he was promoted to rear admiral upper half (second star) by the last board. Way to go Virgil.

Received a note from Dennis Doherty enclosing information on the promotion of another Classmate.

Daniel R. Schroeder was promoted to the rank of major general, U.S. Army As of 20 June 1988, Dan was Commander, U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. When we last saw Dan in Washington he was Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers, United States Army. Prior to his present job, he was assigned as Chief of Staff, XVIH Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg on 7 August 1986. Our heartiest congratulations Dan. Thanks Denny for the update.

RAdm. Jierry Smith has orders to a cmiserdestroyer group in San Diego. Hope to have details next time around.

For any of you traveling to Europe, Chris and Rick Holly have been extended a year in Naples. Their son, Jim, will be a First Classman this year.

As, most of you know this was Bill Straight's last year at the Academy. He and Kathy will be moving back into their old home in Springfield, Virginia. Bill has been assigned as a Deputy Director of Plans (I believe). Defense Nuclear Agency.

That's it for this time folks. Guess you're taking a Summer break from sending me inputs. With all the Summer moves, changes of command, etc., how about making sure your old corresponding sec gets the word.

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Pres., Ken MacKenzie Sec'y, Howard Pinskey RO. Box 3380, Annapohs, Md. 21403 Greetings from AimapoUs. The Class of '88 is gone and the Class of '92 arrived 6 Jidy That's only 30 years after our great Class entered Gate 3. Tempus Fugits.

Homecoming '88 The Class is looking forward to seeing you at our 26th aimual reunion party. Our Class meeting and party will take place on Saturday, 1 October 1988 at 1700. The location is die USNA Officers" Club and the cost is $18 per person. Vic Gray is this year's chairman. If you need any assistance or reservations, please call Vic at (301) 266-8361, Ken MacKenzie at (703) 620-4806 or Howie Pmskey at (301) 263-1633.

BEAT YALE!! Yale??? and see you at the party.

Now for our Class news: Around the Fleet The names of two more Classmates can be added to die flag rank officers list. They are Hal Koenig and Willie Tirado. 1 spoke with Will as he was traveling from Newport back to Lima, Peru. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in the Pemvian Navy in July 1987 after having been selected for that rank a year earlier.

He is a submariner and is in charge of Pemvian naval submarine operations.

Hal left die Academy after Plebe Year and graduated from medical school. He then joined die ranks of Medical Corps and was selected for the flag rank in that Corps of the Navy.

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The Class sends congrafiilations to Willie, Hal, and their families on their great achievement and honor With these recent two rear admiral selections, our Class now has 17 members who have attained flag rank in the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

Our Army Classmate Joe Lane sends word that for the past two years he has been stationed outside Tokyo serving at Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of U.S. Army Japan.

Bill Miller was leading a group of Capstone fellows (selected for flag rank) through the area and the event called for the following photo.

In a colorful ceremony held at the Naval Station, Annapolis in June, Bill Roll retired from the Marine Corps. Bom in Pittsburgh, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1956 and was later selected through fleet competition to the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Bainbridge. As a captain. Bill went to Vietnam shortly after the Tet Offensive began in 1968 and was assigned as a rifle company commander in the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Danang. His company participated with distinction in operations. He began his Joint Staff Tour as Marine Corps Deputy Director, Electromagnetic Compatability Analysis Center, Annapolis in 1985.

On 7 June 1988, RAdm. Tom Mercer became Commander, Carrier Group Seven. The ceremony took place on board USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) at the Naval Air Station, North Island, Califomia.

On 14 June 1988, Capt. John White was relieved as Commanding Officer USS RALEIGH (LRDl). This change of command occurred at the Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia.

Financial News Our Class Treasurer, Lex Fleming provided us with a financial report which shows the Class has ftinds in two main accounts. We have $5,960 as of May 1988 in a Merrill Lynch Money Market Account and $39,621.26 as of 30 June 1988 in our '62 Fund administered by the Alumni Association. In addition Lex has audited the '62 Reunion fund and all accounts are in order with a nominal balance of $200 remaining in that fund.

'62 Class Fund As you can see our Class ftmd keeps growing, albeit slowly last year, until it now reaches almost $40,000. These fiinds will be used for projects suggested and approved by our Classmates. Please be prepared to discuss these projects through Shipmate or at our annual Class meeting to be held on 1 October 1988.

In the meantime when you contribute to our Class fund be sure to write " '62 Class Fund" on your check to the Alumni Association.

Many Classmates have written and suggested Class projects and these ideas and more will be offered to the Class this year for consideration.

That's our news this month. A lot is happening with our Classmates and families and Shipmate can keep us informed and together after 26 years.

Please keep those cards and letters coming in and we'll see you at Homecoming '88 on 1 October Until next month . . .

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Pres., LCol. Daniel A. Hitzelberger USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Michael H. Shelley 9915 Natick Rd., Burke, Va. 22015 Well, this is it: the last Shipmate column for your enjoyment before the gala 25th Reunion. Time has Shipmate, September 1988

indeed swept by us all. (If you don't believe that, take a close look at the faces of the Brigade when you're in the Yard for Homecoming.) Even diough the time is near, it is not too late to make your reservations to join us in Annapolis on 30 September For further information, call the Reunion Coordinator, Eli Dabich, at (301) 544-4141 or me at (703) 250-7411. We expect a great turnout, so you be there with us!

Dick Omohundro is planning a special reunion of the '63 members of the heavyweight and lightweight crews during Homecoming. These men are invited to meet at Hubbard Hall at 1400 on Friday, 30 September, ready to row. (After a number of years as a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch, Dick formed his own investment management firm in Boston.)

Our now-mature oarsmen, lacrosse players, gymnasts, and other N-winners (whether gold or black) can draw some inspiration from our swimming team captain Gay Hopkins. This letter from Gay's wife, Barbara, shows that there's still a lot of life in the Class of 1963: We are in our third year in Coral Springs, Florida, where Gay is employed by Siemens Telecommunications Systems. He loves it! I guess being close to the Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale and the new five-pool Mission Bay complex was moretiianhe could handle. His love for competition swimming was calling him back once again after a lapse of 24 years. He started back last year; he trimmed down right away and went at it with the same gusto as he did as a Plebe. In six months' time he entered hisfirstraces and received allfirstplaces, and also some ninth and tenth rankings in national standings. Since then he has collected a trophy and many first-place medals. Additionally, he has moved his national scores up to fourth and fifthplace in his age group. His 79-year-old mother also swims and holds many records both national and worldwide. (Barbara enclosed some newspaper clippings covering Gay's recent meets, including the Southem Regional Championship in April where his team won the title and Gay was the high point man in his age division.)

Ourfive-and-a-halfyear old son, David, is a fish, too. He frequendy joins Gay in racing the length of our pool. (Naturally, David wins.) Our second daughter. Nancie, graduated from high school with honorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;eighth in a class of 650â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and is attending Florida State University. We are grandparents already. Ourfirstdaughter has a two-and-a-half year old little girl. (Are we that old already?)

Well, that about sums us up . . . for now. See y'all at the 25th! GO NAVY! Thanks for writing, Barbara. How about you other ladies: who will write to me next? (I really do enjoy getting mail from the ladies of '63. They have better handwriting than their men and the stationery doesn't have food or beer stains on it.)

Lots of folks have been on the move this Summer Two changes of command occurred on 15 July: Dick Whelan was relieved as Commanding Officer of USS MOBILE BAY (CG-53), and Paul Tobin was relieved as Commanding Officer, Surface Warfare Officers School Command. Dick's next duty will be as Director for Manpower and Personnel, Atlantic Command, in Norfolk. Paul will become Director, Navy Information Resources Management (Op-945) at the Pentagon. I have heard that Joe Strasser completed his very successful tour as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in July and will go back to sea as Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group Three. Also leaving the Pentagon was Dave Oliver, who has orders to become Commander, Submarine Group Five. I understand that Art Clark has become Commanding Officer of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; along with that job comes responsibility for throwing a HUGE party or two the weekend of the Army Game.

Also on the move was Tom O'Brien, who sent this report:

I completed a most enjoyable tour as CO, USS CANOPUS (AS-34) on 9 July Besides tending the SSBNs of SubRon 16 and an occasional SSN visitor to Kings Bay, we managed to squeeze in highly successful port visits to Nassau, Annapolis, and St. Thomas during the past 12 months. It was a real thrill to sail my ship into the Yard after so many years!

Ann and I will be heading up to Northern Virginia for ourfirstWashington tour of duty (Op-981B). We anticipate housing price shock, but are looking forward to being relatively close to the kids while they're in college. Our son, John, is a silver dolphin-wearing Midn. l/c at USNA, and our daughter.

Mary, is a Freshman at James Madison. Our oldest child, Elizabeth (University of Virginia '87), is working for Georgia-Pacific in Atlanta.

You had reported Frank Cook as lost from view.

He and Fran are living in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where he is in the home construction business.

Thanks very much for checking in with us, Tom! Class of 1963 Foundation President Jim Ring has sent this news of the Foundation's recent and upcoming activities: At the Board of Trustees' meeting on 4 June, the Treasurer reported that we had an outstanding fund drive with over $45,000 raised. This was our best ftind drive ever, attributed in large part to the matching challenge posted by Tom Terwilliger and Jim DeFrancia who donated $10,000 each. Among the other donors who gave $1,000 or more to the fund were Dick Jones, Al Griggs, Dan Hennessy, Bill Penn, Bob Nelson, Dick Hyland, Ken Ramsay, Art Weidner, and Dick Miles. Our heartfelt thanks to these men and to the many other Classmates who contributed so generously to the Foundation. The success of the fund drive enabled us to raise the scholarship grants to $2,500 annually for each of the 24 smdents now receiving our assistance.

Harold Bahr has helped the Foundation by acting as a sponsor for Kurtis Lynne, the son of our late-Classmate Jim Lynne and his wife, who is also deceased. Kurtis has completed his Freshman year at LaToumeau College in Longview, Texas. Unfortunately, Harold has had to move and we are looking for another sponsor for Kurtis. If you can help, please contact Jim Ring at 1716 Stonebridge Road, Alexandria, Va. 22304. My home phone is (703) 823-0561.

Finally, in our quest to reach the sum of $100,000 by the end of Homecoming weekend this year we will have a raffle. Details will be forthcoming. The winner will receive $7,500; second and third place prizes will also be awarded. Only 250 tickets will be sold at $100 each. The winner will be announced at Homecoming, but you don't need to be present to win.

Thanks for your support to the Foundation. Please keep it up.

I have received a copy of a newspaper article reporting on RAdm.-select Dave Frost's assumption of command of the Naval Space Command on 21 March. It includes a review of Dave's career which I am sure you will find interesting. A fighter pilot, Dave completed two Southeast Asia deployments with VF-151 in the late 1970s, then served in VF-121, the F-4 training squadron, until 1971. His next duty was with the new Navy Fighter Weapons School, where he was an instructor, then the first Executive Officer, then the interim Commanding Officer at TopGun. In 1972 Dave was transferred to VF-154, and after two deployments with that squadron served as fighter placement officer at the Bureau of Naval Personnel. After transitioning to the F-14 Tomcat, he reported to VF-114 in May 1977, serving first as Executive Officer, then as Commanding Officer from 1978 to 1980. After a tour as Commanding Officer of VF-101, Dave transferred to OPNAV as F-14 Program Coordinator before becoming Executive Assistant to the DCNO for Air Warfare. From 1984 to 1986, he commanded USS SEATTLE ( A O E - 3 ) , then

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1986. Under Dave's command, each ship won the Battle "E" award: SEATTLE also received the Navy Unit Commendation. Very impressive!

So there we are, folks. Another good month for news, thanks to those good persons who have kept in touch with me. Isn't it YOUR tum to write or call me? The address is at the head of this report; my phones are (202) 287-5281 at work and (703) 250-7411 at home. Keep in touch! I'm looking forward to seeing you at the 25th Reunion of the Class of 1963 on 30 September Be there!

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Pres., G%! Thomas J. Swartz USNR Corr. Sec'y, Jerold F. (Jerry) Anderson 5173 Dungannon Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030 (703) 278-8277 Marcus Friedman sent along a nice note and a super photo. The picture was taken at recent conference at Dam Neck, Virginia. On the left is Hal Anderson who is now on CinCPac staff, Hugh Carroll, CO of the Fleet Combat Training Center at Dam Neck is in the middle, and Marcus, CO of the Naval Guided Missile School, Dam Neck, on the right.

We need your continued financial support of this most worthwhile program. Pledges and contributions should be sent to Bernie Maguire, 1899 Preston White Drive, Reston, Va. 22091. Remember that our scholarship fund is our "monument." Several years ago we agreed to this memorial. Please help us support it.

Remember that Homecoming this year is 1 Oct. Look for the '64 banner in the West parking lot for pre- and post-game tailgate parties. The next Washington area luncheon is 29 September at the Ft. Myer O'Club.

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Way to go guys! Lots of "incoming" this month so I'll get right on it. Lee and John Padgett wrote to say that John graduated on 17 May from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest and has been ordained a deacon. He'll be ordained a priest in the church in about six months. They"ll be assigned in San Antonio, Texas where John will be Assistant Rector at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Both of their girls are in college. The Padgett's new address is: 2002 Oakshire, San Antonio, Texas 78232.

Received a change of command invite from Mike Coyle. He relieved RAdm. R. E. Traister as CO, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on 27 May. Good Going, Mike! Ed McCann sent a great letter, which I quote as follows: Tve just retumed from Bill Fitzpatrick's change of command ceremony in Norfolk (more on that to follow), in which Bill took die helm of USS EMORY S. LAND (AS-39), an attack boat tender. Leaving the Nuclear Power Propulsion Examining Board on Anderson, Carroll, Friedman CinCLantFlt staff. Bill took command on 15 April.

The ceremony was full and proper, and as a taxpayer Marcus explains that his command is a tenant on I certainly felt much better than usual on 15 April to see where some of the bucks were going, and in Hugh's "base" although Hugh doesn't hold such a tiwhose capable hands some major assets were being tle. Marcus was very complimentary of Hugh's entrusted. Bill's background is described later efforts in miming the training center For example, Present were Classmates and Capts. Steve he said that the O'Club is acmally in the black largely Mladineo, serving in Plans. SubLant. and George due to Hugh and wife, Tina's efforts.

Rolletter, former deputy senior member of the NuHal now has two daughters in college, Hugh has a clear Power Propulsion Examining Board, serving daughter in her senior year of high school. Marcus with BUI. George and his wife, Cathy, are shortly en has a daughter at William and Mary and a son at route Yokosuka and SubGru Seven. Bill's speech was one for all of us to remember, described as a few Hobart. brief remarks 'to stand up to be seen, speak up to be Classmates on the move include Alex Krekich heard, and sit down to be appreciated." As the event who reported to the Second Fleet in Norfolk, Alex occurred the same day as the Submariner's Ball at had been CO of BELKNAP. Mike Hewitt as reported the Omni Hotel in beautiful downtown Norfolk, a few months ago, has left OP-02 and the Pentagon to there was lingering suspicion Bill was brief to allow take command of USS FULTON (AS-II) in New everyonetimeto go home and change and get down London. Tom Najarian is staying in Washington but to serious celebrating. Bill and Ginny had a full house of proud mother (Bill's) wearing her 65 crest will be moving from Crystal City where he was a and sundry others, all proud to share in Bill's acprogram manager to OP-51 where he will be the Dicomplishments. SubLant announced in his remarks rector, Naval Aviation Maintenance Program. that Bill and his new charge were heading to Diego On the civilian side. Bob Harvey has been proGarcia within the mondi. Those 65ers, both sub and moted to vice president of Metropolitan Property and surface types in the curry belt will have an opporLiability Insurance Co. in Warwick, Rhode Island. tunity to get together with Bill in the near future.

Bob has been in the property/casualty insurance inEarlier this month, at the Navy League Air-Seadustry for more than 17 years. He and his family now Space exhibit in Washington, I had a chance to talk live in Jamestown, Rhode Island. with Tim Nichols, who is manager of marine gas turbine sales for GE, and apparently doing a gangPlans continue for the 25th Reunion. We still need buster job from his Cincinnati office. I am still quite company reps for the 4th, 5th, 7th, 12th, 16th, 17th, active in the defense and aerospace investment 18th, 21st, and 22nd companies. Call me or drop a banking world, with the focus on merger and acnote if you're willing to help. The first mailout which quisition from offices of Robert Fleming, Inc.. the will include a survey of your plans will come in late Wall Street outpost of the London-Hong KongNovember or early December Tokyo Jardine Fleming operation. Recendy apThe Class Executive Committee agreed in June to pointed to the board of die American Defense Preparedness Association, I look forward to a bit more award college scholarships to several children of our contact with some of die Washington 65ers than I deceased Classmates. This will be the second year we was able to manage in the past. have made these awards.

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On the personal front, Sara and I were pleased at the recent birth in Febmary of a son, Henry Howland, who joins his three-year-old sister Sheffield Hall in our Oyster Bay version of pandemonium. In that some of us were a bit behind the power curve, and might be classified as late bloomers, it is interesting to realize that more of our Classmates are grandparents than new parents. At least there will be no shortage of Classmates to ask for advice on how to proceed from here in the child-raising department.

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(CVAN-71) as a commissioning sponsor, widitiesto Sagamore HUl, Teddy"s Summer White House.

When someone from 65 takes the helm, it would be fun to take another look at the ship. Speaking of Sagamore Hill, during the New York Stame of Liberty production in 1986, then-secretary John Lehman chartered die former presidential yacht. SEQUOIA, and steamed around to Oyster Bay to visit Teddy"s old place. The landuig party came ashore on neighbor Liz Roosevelt's beach, and headed up to die national monument. Rumors from the Park Service were that Mr. Lehman was hoping to run into Teddy's ghost and get some good political advice from another whose pohtical career was launched from the office of the Navy Secretariat. Assuming Mr. Lehman followed the advice he got, it was to head for Wall Street, at least for a while. Thaidc you, Paine Webber Best wishes and a Bravo Zulu for keeping the flag flying. If Jeff Lewis wants to put the Classrosteron a PC diskette, I'll be pleased to help with the copies!

It would be a great way to keep the Christmas card, meet-for-a drink, and when-you're-in-Topeka-lookus-up list handy. Sincerely, Ed McCaim.

Summarizing from Bill Fitzgerald's CoC bio, we find that after Boat School, NukeyPoo and Sub School he was assigned aboard USS TAUTOG (SSN-639) as part of dieir Pre-Com detail. In 1970, he became Engineer Officer aboard USS V O N STEUBEN (SSBN-632) and in 1973 commenced a tour as Navigator of USS BATHSH (SSN-681). After this tour and one as Engineer Officer with ComSubRon 18 in Charleston, he reported to USS M A RIANO G. VALLEJO (SSBN-658) as XO. BiU became CO, USS HENRY L . STIMSON ( S S B N - 6 5 5 ) in 1981

and then served as Deputy ComSubRon 4 in Charleston. He next went to ComSubRon 18, also in Charleston, until 1986 when he reported to the staff of CinCLantFlt where he served as Deputy Senior Member for the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board until executing his orders to take command of USS EMORY S . LAND. Bill has a whole passle of ribbons including the MSM and he and Giimy have three kids, Gregory, Taylor and William.

Received a copy of the FMC Gold's annual report.

It's a one-year-old company with 16 years of experience in gold mining, and has established a solid competitive financial position in the acquisition of mining claims and leases on gold and other precious metals.

The company had revenues in 1987 of over $153 million. It turns out that the President and Chief Operating Officer is none other than our very own Brian Kennedy.

Brian's company is the fourth largest gold producer in the U.S. If you wish to write Brian at his office, die address is 200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, III. 60601.

Skip Storey dropped me a note with an article he noticed in the Orange County Register's business section about die Rog. Roger Staubach is ofiening a West Coast office for his Dallas-based commercial real estate firm, that will be based in Newport Beach.

Roger's company, which has 140 employees and annual revenues of $12.7 million, specializes in finding office and retail space for clients, rather than representing developers who are seeking tenants. Roger's company traces its original growth to Texas land sales, which have dried up in the last three years, Rog's leasing business has blossomed from $60 million in 1985 to $77 million in 1986. His decision to Shipmate, September 1988

create a Southem Califomia office is an indication that his clients are heading for the West Coast and wanting Roger to represent them there. Roger's company has been listed inlnc. magazine's list of the fastest growing companies in the country for the past three years.

Jeff, as usual, sent me lots of sttiff, including a letter he received from Chris Glutting, who started widi our Class of '65, nnned back into '66 in June '62, spent some time with the class of '69 and graduated with die Class of '68. Actually, as Chris tells it, he was on a secret mission at USNA. You see, die Academic Board can do five things to a Mid: first, they admit each Mid; second, they graduate those graduating; third, they can kick a Mid out for academic, conduct, etc.; fourth, they can tum a Mid back to die next lower class; and fifth, in very rare cases, after admitting (or re-admitting) a Mid, they can advance a Mid to a higher class (but one must have completed Plebe Year for this). Chris says that his secret mission was to test the Academic Board to make sure they could perform all their functions.

They did all that to Chris during his unique stay at Canoe U. Chris just wound up two years in Panama and is now at JCS, J5 to be specific, dealing with Western Hemisphere issues. His new address is 2301 S. Jefferson Hwy #908, Arlington, Va. 22202, home phone (703) 685-3950 and office phone (202) 694-1331.

Received a list of the Classmates in the D.C. area who are on the calling list for the monthly luncheons held on the third Tuesday at the Sheraton National Hotel. Skip Moore is the one to contact if you'd like to get your name added to the 126 65ers already on it or if you'd like to volunteer to call up a batch of Classmates to engender attendance, now reaching 40-50 each month! Skip says he needs about another 13 volunteers. Skip's office phone is (703) 751-0913.

How about one of you sending me some photos of yolu group gropes?? One news release was sent to me; it's about Les Jacobi, who was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation while serving with ComSubRon 12 in Groton, Connecticut. During military exercises, Les contributed greatly to successful R & D of submarine warfare tactics in support of National Maritime Strategy.

Rest, coiulesy of Jeff and his neverending pursuit of updates to the Directory . . . Kris and Bob Stanfield wrote, noting that Jeff had Dick Olds as "missing," and to let us know that Bob sees him at the Santa Clara Valley Navy League meetings at Moffett.

Dick will check in later, but Bob has been promoted to Regional Vice President for Great Westem Bank and Works in SFran. His new work number is (415) 452-6726. Bob just opened four additional branches of GW Bank in his region, bringing to 20 branches that he oversees. Bob is active with the Naval Reserve at Moffett, and is now in the Volunteer Training Unit, following his tour as CO of the ASW Ops Center 1080 in October (Skip Moyer was the guest speaker at Bob's CoC). Bob sees Ron Wecht from time to time, as he works a couple of doors up the street from him as an attomey. Howie Koss wrote from Corpus Christi, where he's ComTraWing Four. He occasionally sees Carl Spangler who's OIC of the NavDaf, keeping all of the computers humming and the data flowing. Howie also indicated that Tom Moore retired there and is serving as the director of the free trade zone. Tom and Howie are also on the board of the local USO (Tom's the president). Howie has heard that Harry Hoffman is now serving in the USAF as a flight surgeon, but doesn't know where.

Fred Rowe is now Vice President, ManufacturingMemphis for Dixico, Inc., Box 670, Memphis, Tenn.

38101, (901) 948-5687. Fred has heard from Neil Duarte who is now President of Materials Testing Labs of Virginia. Bill DeFries sent along several corrections to his Directory listing. Bill and Vanessa's new Shipmate, September 1988

address is 29 Bella Vista Ave, Belvedere, Calif.

94920, (415) 435-6247. Bill is Vice President and Manager of Corporate Banking, Westpac Banking Corp. Tim Kelly expects orders this Summer to move from OP-44 to CO, Public Works Center, San Diego. J. J. "Joe" Kelly is now Manager, Plant Engineering Services with Babcock and Wilcox. His office number is (804) 385-3734. Joe sees Bob Starkey quite often. Judith and Amie Soderman checked inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;his new business phone is (214) 902-1100. Arnie wanted us to know that he went subs initially, then surface, then air . . . the ol' Triple Threat! Bill Kemph is a Ph.D. student in applied statistics at UC Riverside and works there as a research assistant. His phone number is (714) 787-3774.

Moke DeMatta is now a project manager for Advanced Technology, Inc. in the D.C. area; his phone number is (703) 769-3592. Mike Brown's address should read 3284 South Utah St., Ariington, Va. 22206; he's program manager. Surface Decoy Systems, SWL Inc., phones: (W) (703) 734-7853, (H) (703) 671-4714.

That's it for this month . . . I (as usual) am right against the deadline and already counting on the Shipmate Ed."s generosity for space allowance. Hope you"re enjoying your summer Dave.

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Pres., LCol. J. Michael Kelly USMC East Coast Corn and Corr. Sec"y, Cdr Mike Baird USN 63 Franklin St., Annapolis, Md. 21401 West Coast Corr, Robert G. Johnson Jr. 5705 Friars Rd., #51, San Diego, Calif. 92108 The Summer heat blitz has realy been awesome, but we all look forward to some cooler weather as the football team takes the field, and another academic year begins. In that vein, please keep in mind that Homecoming is 1 October The Homecoming Committee has planned another lunch and cookout dinner event at the same location as the previous two Homecomings. Before game festivities will start at 1100, and continue throughout the afternoon. It promises to be one of the best aftemoons you"ll spend, so try to be there. Also planned is a discussion on the progress of the Class Foundation, and who is being sponsored.

Those of you who read the April issue of Life, I hope recognized Jack Drake's picture. Jack was in charge of the investigation of the Northwest Flight 255 accident in Detroit, Michigan. Jack has been working for the National Transportation Safety Board since 1973. He has been promoted to Chief of the Investigation and Analysis Division, Bureau of Field Operations at NTSB. His new duties entail managing a group of investigators and an accident data system for highway, railroad, and aviation modes of transportation. Jack is married to the former Claire Wright of Chester, Maryland. They live in Columbia, Maryland, with their three terrific children; Bryan, 11, Lauren, 8, and Rachel, 6. They add a lot of excitement to Jack's and Claire's lives, andfilljust about all of their free time. Jack and Claire welcome hearing from any of us who live in or are passing through the area. Their address is 6827 Grimes Golden Court, Columbia, Md. 21045. Their phone number is (301) 381-3078. Jack says they give Washington tours, and the price of their basement accommodations can't be beat.

Back in 1987, while Bill Higgins was in Norway proposing to his now new bride Barbara Corcoran from New York City, his Reserve Center at Fort Schuyler, New York, called advising they had a flash message from the Captain Selection Board that he

was missing afitnessreport. Higgins said "Can't do a thing about it, I'm stuck in Norway." But fortunately, Duke Kokruda worked at ComSCCentEur with Bill.

He came to the rescue byfindingand faxing the missing report to the board. Bill was frocked to captain this year. Bill advises that he is still selling real estate, with four offices in Bergen County, New Jersey.

He has 100 sales associates, and his wife Barbara heads the Cocoran Group Real Estate firm with two offices in Manhatten and 110 associates. Bill says it's a competitive relationship. Barbara and Bill were married on St. Valentine's Day, this year. Congratulations Bill and Barbara.

Congratulations are also in order for Far Arrington and his new bride, the former Karen Ott. They were married 30 June this year, having met this January. The ceremony was conducted at the Naval Academy Chapel. Far says their two sons Dan, 11, and David, 8, are really into Boy Scouting. Far is getting quite involved himself. Their address is 13567 Tabscott Drive, Chantilly, Va. 22021. Telephone, (703) 378-6483.

Thanks to all who have donated to the Class Foundation, and especially those who helped Clay Spikes and Rufe Taylor locate our deceased Classmates' dependents. Your overwhelming support is a fitting tribute to their memory. That's about it for this issue.

Hope to see you at Homecomingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mike.

West Coast Out on the West Coast Roy Bell outdid himself again and had a terrific June Week West cocktail party at his house on 21 May. The catered affair was complete with a band and valet parking service. It was well attended by over 25 Classmates, wives and girlfriends. Some of the notables in attendance were John Grostick, who is on the staff of ServPac Four in Coronado. John and his wife Victoria have two boys ages 17 and 15 and live in Coronado. Jackie and George Conn were in attendance, George is stationed in Coronado and intends to put in a couple more years before retiring. They have a boy 18, Wylie, who is all-conference tennis and received a scholarship to play football as a linebacker at U.C. Davis.

Their girl is 16 and is a sophomore at Coronado High School. Incidently, George has been staying in shape playing tennis but he still pumps a little iron from time to time. He won the Navy Bench Press contest by bench pressing 135 pounds with 32 consecutive repetitions within a two-minute period. He was in competition with other naval personal 30 years and younger Congramlations George!!!

Carol and Beau Wiley attended. They had returned from Bill Spadafora's Annual Golf Shoot-Out in Pennsylvania at the Country Club in College Park.

They were joined by Dave Bill, who brought his sticks up from the Washington, D.C., area to participate. Penny and John Thompson live in Del Mar Califomia. John is an engineer with Saic, a government contracting firm in La Jolla. They have two children, a girl, 21, at San Diego State University and a boy, 17, at Torrey Pines High School. Others at Roy's party included Gary Grey, working in real estate in San Diego, Tony Morgan, also in real estate and development in San Diego, Cecil Boyd, who has been spending a lot of time on the golf course getting his handicap down to nearly 10, but he won't admit it, and Janet and Tom Kay. Tom is at Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego as a program manager holding a civilian billet. He has some complicated job that involves lasers, satellites, and submarines.

Sounds like something we were supposed to leam in Isherwood Hall!!!

Robin and Rusty Sheerer were at the party. Russ works for Tetra-tech, a computer systems firm as project manager on the federal side in San Diego.

They have two children, a daughter at the University of Hawaii and a son, 7. Pete Ginsburg looked well

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nourished and enjoying his retirement years. Goodie Their home address is 2531 Washington Way, Aland Brian Sibold have two children, girls, 12 and 14. ameda, CaUf. 94501.

Brian works for Energy Factors, a San Diego firm.

Marilyim and Mark Campign came down from San Juan Capistrano where Mark is headmaster at St. Margaret's School. He is in charge of all classes K-12. Bill Massicot is with ServPac, and looks like he is enjoying his time in San Diego. John Frederickson works for ETA Technologies in San Diego.

His phone number is (619) 546-7800. He sends all his best to his Classmates in the 23rd company.

Harry Thaite missed the party due toflyingcommitments but is alive and well and living in Coronado and flying for American Airlines.

Keep those cards and letters coming!!! See you next month.

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Pres., Cdr. David E. Church USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Jun McNeece USN 4839 King Solomon Dr, Annandale, Va. 22003 Where were we last time? . . . Al Lawver (just finishing up the Integrated Warfare Course in Newport) had just given us the lowdown on several Classmates when the Shipmate editor tumed out the lights.

If there had been room in that column, we'd have leamed diat Bill "Mac" McCarthy and Joe Gorman were in the same seminar with Al at IWC. Bill had finished his CO's tour in USS COCHRANE (DDG-21); he'll go to Fleet Training Group WestPac next. Joe did his CO's tour in USS CLAUDE V. RiCKETTS (DDG-5), and he heads to ComNavSurfLant next.

Al went on to say that Mike Martin is on the way to Washington and a job in OP-02, and Dave Candler is on the staff of ComSubGru Two in New London. Also in New London is Bob Mushen as CO, Naval Underwater Systems Center AI sighted Paul Ward an in earlier session of IWC, but didn't know where he finally got orders to . . . they changed several times. Sounds like Bill Norris, the submarine detailer at NMPC-42, was having an erratic season at the dart board. Before he signed off, Al said George Volkman and Dave Finch had retired, but he didn't know where they had gone to ground.

Let's talk "small world" for a minute. Ron Cornetta flies a Super King Air for Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (part of Chevron Overseas) in Angola. He was sitting in the back of a helicopter riding from Cabinda to Malongo (Malange?) in Angola. Tums out the guy next to him was Ken Waldorf (USNA '61), Chairman and CEO of Zapats Gulf Marine Corporation. It also tums out that our Classmate, Tom Ballentine heads up engineering for Zapats. Small world! (Ron, these place names are drivin' me crazy!

Move to Cleveland . . . and take Ballentine with you!) Ron says he's an unassigned (but Active Status Pool) Coast Guard Reservist who'd consider an interService transfer to Naval Reserve, if anybody knows how to do that. His mailing address is CPOI, BIdg A; PO. Box 5046; San Ramon, Calif.

Bill Bums sent a catch-up note. He said he served

Catherine and Bdl Bums Bill is now the Chief Engineer on USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70), and by the time you read this, he will be in the North Arabian Sea after stops in Subic and Singapore. He said when he got to VINSON, Willie Williamson was XO. Willie has since gone to command USS CORONADO. Bill ran into Soupy Campbell (XO, NAS Alameda) and Mike Samuels (XO, USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65)) in Alameda. Sounds

like above average '67 representation around the Bay. Bill promised to see who else he could tum up in the Joint Mid-East Task Force.

And now . . . the party! On the occasion of the 25th Aimiversary of the swearing in of the Naval Academy Class of 1967, Charlotte and Dave Church sponsored a potluck get-together at their digs in Annapolis on 26 June 1988. Attendees (in no particular order) were Jeannie and Mike Surdyk, Susanna and Ken Tuttle, Suzanne and Jim Buttinger, Kathleen and John Craighill, Denise and Doug Ogden, Nancy and Don Eraser, Rick Davis, Nancy and Steve Woodall, Walt Cover, Nancy and Ed Kerins, Bill McCracken, Eileen and Ken Findley, and Pat and Jim McNeece.

To pass on a favorite question . . . what do you remember most strongly about that day? A lot of us seemed to remember the feel of stiff, new White Works; the prickle of shorn locks down our T-shirts; and the smell of hundreds of hot, tired, sweaty young men gathered in Tecumseh Court to begin the collective (yet individual) voyage that brought us to today.

Remember?

Ah . . . but the potluck! The instructions from Charlotte were for certain people to bring main dishes; others, salads; and still others, desserts. Very good they all were, too. Dave got his customary five bucks for suds and soda, but everyone was supposed to (this is an accurate quote, here) "bring your own meat to B-B-Q." So we did. Some brought steaks, some lamb, all brought a cut of meat worthy of the station in life expected to have been achieved by such a tour as CO, USS BAGLEY (FF-1069). He left stalwarts as we. Except Harry, "H.C. Harry" BAGLEY in August 1986 to attend National War Col- Eraser, that is. With a swagger and a sneer he strode lege. It wasn't all work at National; he got to spend to the grill andflungdown that thang! Folded double, two weeks touring Eastem Europe . . . and he got it was. The women gasped; the men were agape; married. He sent a picmre (without much comment, Eraser just smiled. "Kielbasa," he thought to himby the way) of him and Catherine at their December self, "my own fitting symbol of that day a quarter 1986 wedding in the Naval Academy Chapel, but he century past."

It was really good fun, and a good time was had by noted that the European trip was a highlight. I wonder . . . Naaah, I'll just get in trouble if I keep this all, as they used to say in the old Sarcoxie Record. up! A belated "Congrats" to you both . . . really! Well, look . . . I'm going to the beach next week

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. . . hope I have fun . . . and I hope you all do, too, whatever your Summer holds. Be safe. That's it . . .

Goodnight!

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Pres. Cdr Kendell M. Pease USN Corr. Sec'y Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Road Annapohs, Md. 21401

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Pres., WUIiam H. Newton, m Corr. Sec'y Cdr. Pfeter Renfree USN 3825 S. 7di St., Arlington, Va. 22204 I did it again . . . put out some bum scoop and in came the letters and phone calls. I lied about the Class list getting out to the company representatives in May (remember I wrote that column in March). It tinned out to be three lists, and the logistics of copying and collating all that stuff was a tad more than a trivial undertaking. Anyway, as I sit writing this the envelopes are being smffed by a coerced "volunteer" downstairs. Sooo . . . company reps will have the lists by the time you read this article, except for the reps from companies 25, 29, 34 and 36 . . . they've yet to step forward. By the way, those are the latest results. I was having big time brain seizures while writing the last column that got published and fouled up the company rep information almost beyond recognition. First off, 34th company does not and never has had a volunteer Secondly, Carl Tankersly is the rep for 4th company (Mike Boyer your job with 6th company is still secure). Normally I blame editorial screw ups like that on the Shipmate staff, but this time I have to lay the guilt on my computer (it never could spell or count very well). In an attempt to stabilize everyone's obvious anxiety attacks I'll try to squeeze the whole hst in at the end of this treatise.

Now on with the news.

Ed Schwier was involved in a serious car accident in mid-May. On the way back to his ship, which is undergoing an availability in Norfolk, it appears he swerved to avoid an animal and lost control of his Ford Escort, rolling it over several times. Lots of intemal injuries and broken bones (both arms, left leg and jaw) were die result with an initial prognosis of guarded to poor When Jim Moses tried to send flowers from die Washington contingent he was told that Ed had died. But being the staunch 69er, Ed pulled through, and he's at home taking it easy on convalescent leave. There's a long road of recovery ahead, but we're sure glad Ed's still with us.

A couple of Command Change invitations have been received. John Hilburn survived die "grueling" pace at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and gave the helm of VC-10 up on 2 June. John's on his way to the Air Department on USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). Danny George also passed the baton, being relieved of command of VS-37 at NAS Nordi Island on 1 July Jack Martin is getting a "hardship" tour after being relieved as C O . of USS THORN (DD-988) on 31 July He's attending the Canadian National War College in Ontario. Have a Molson for me. Jack. It's a definite sign of "mattiring" when one's Classmates are mostly being relieved of command vice assuming it. The major commands, and indication of real "maturity" are still a few years away, thank heavens.

Nelson Blish forwarded a few hot tips from die Houston area. Tom Biddle has moved from his position as parmer at Mayer, Brown & Piatt to head up the oil and gas department at Andrews & Kurth. Dick Shipmate, September 1988

Bulger is retired and working as an instructor pilot for Continental Airiines. Tom Wojciechowski has moved without moving. He used to work for E. E Hutton, but now works for Shearson-Lehman Hutton. Same place, different company, but, hey, what's in a name? Nelson is still locked in tight at Cooper Industries.

Rusty Jones has provided me with the hot poop on our Marine Corps Classmates. The '88 moves look something like diis: Doug Berry to Navy JAG in D . C ; Bill Boese to MAG-32 in Cherry Point; Dave Clarke to Warfare Training Center in Quantico; Joel Cooley to the 1st MAW in Okinawa; Steve Fisher to the 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton; Bob Garner to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (yawn); Rusty Jones to the National War College (zzz); George Kuch to HQMC l&L; Ed Langston to the Air War College; Bob McDonough to the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort; Russ Stromberg to MAG-13 in Yuma; and Joe Wellington to MCB in Camp LeJeune. In total we have 37 Classmates who are still active duty Marines.

For a change of pace, let's look through the Fleet Home Town News Center press releases. I got two of interest this month, although they're fairly old. Dave Rose reported to USS CONYNGHAM homeported in Norfolk. Although the release didn't say it, I assume Dave became CO. Mike Malone assumed command in Febmary of USS STONEWALL JACKSON, home-

ported in Charleston, South Carolina. Previous to this tour Mike's previous assignments included Director of Fleet Ballistic Missile Training at Dam Neck, Virginia, and XO in USS HENRY CLAY.

Paul Johnston broke a 19-year oath of silence with some news from Illinois. Paul left the Navy in 1977 after Dli years as the flag lieutenant to Commander Patrol Wings Pacific at NAS Moffett Field. He moved quickly into employment with Mobil and is currently Operations Manager of a plant in Jacksonville, Illinois, 85 miles north of St. Louis. With Annette, two sons and a daughter, Paul has "planted roots" in the area for a while. Classmates he's seen include Terry Cullen who left Mobil three years ago to work with Steve Leaman and Billy Newton in Cleveland.

BUly has since left the group to start his own business. Myles Fisher is a head hunter in Pensacola and was planning or has been married by now in the USNA Chapel. According to Myles, we all have a one wedding allocation, and he wanted to take advantage of another good Navy deal. Phil Lame had a squadron in Pensacola, but has since moved onto a new, big carrier. Bruce Davey flies for Eastem (enough said there). Paul emphasized that although he doesn't live on the way to anywhere he would certainly appreciate hearing from the odd 69er who might drift through town. Thanks for all the scoop, Paul.

John Kearley just retumed from overseas after mming over the conn of USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF-1082) while deployed. In fine 69 fashion, John avoided the hassles of moving, leaving all the packing and shipping headaches to Jane and daughters, Emily, 10, and Leslie, 8. John got rewarded for his good job as CO by being assigned as an instructor at SOSMRC. Given the new location in Newport, that might not be such a bad deal. Classmates who were in Mayport with John include Guy Able as OinC of EMCT and Todd Creekman, CO of USS W. S. SIMS (FF-1059).

Mike Donilon volunteered to take the organizational cape for 30th company, and in so doing filled me in on his whereabouts. Mike left the Navy in 1975 and joined P&G(?) in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania.

Other Classmates there at the time included Eric Simmons and Frank Cumow. In 1980 Mike joined Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, ultimately becoming head of administration for the Ambassador Cards Division. He switched to General Electric in Shipmate, September 1988

1987 as head of human resources for the Financial Services Business headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mike, Jr just completed his frosh year (kind of like Plebe Year is now) in the honors law program at the University of Miami. The other son (name TBS) finished his first year at Charlotte Latin School with honors. Wife, Peggy, attained her MBA and is a CPA with a large textile firm based in Charlotte. The Donilons live on the third fairway of the South Course and encourage any Classmate passing through to bring his "sticks" with him. Mike"s number is (704) 846-3713.

Steve Hanvey has changed homes (28th companymates take note). A short update from Pheonix has Steve in the job of Advanced AH-64 Program Manager for the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company. Steve and Sara have a son. Bob, 14, and daughter, Mollie, 11, and enjoy living in the "Valley of the Sun."" Steven reports regularly seeing Pat and Shelly Buttrill in Tucson where Shelly is Director of Material for Hughes Aircraft Co. For us fortunate Washington bureaucrats, the luncheon schedule has been firmed up for the next year at Fort Myer Mark you calendars with the following dates: 15 September, 9 November, 11 June, 8 March and 10 May. Here's the list of latest company representatives for the Twentieth. Please get your vital stats to the reps to ensure timely mailings. 1 hope to have a meeting of the various committee chairmen soon and hopefully will pass some more info along next issue. Wayne Carver, chairman of memorabilia has asked for any input regarding ideas for memorabilia items and sources. He's got a good list worked up already, but he wants to ensure he"s covered all bases. He can be reached at (202) 692-0656 during the day and (301) 249-6108 on nights and weekends. Additionally, I can"t emphasize enough the need for reps to cover the missing companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;25, 29, 34 and 36. I need your help.

CLASS OF 69 TWENTIETH REUNION 27-29 OCTOBER 1989 COMPANY REPRESENATIVES 9-Mike Morrell 1-J. R. Hutchison 8307 West Boulevard Dr 7202 Ming Tree Ct. Alexandria, Va. 22308 Springfield, Va. 22152 (H) (703) 360-7176 (H) (703) 569-3249 10-Russ Stromberg 2-Dan Kollay U-Tom Verrengia 11564 Leehigh Dr Fairfax, Va. 22030 3980 Park Ave. Miami, Fla. 33133 (H) (703) 359-0914 (W) (202) 695-3330 (H) (305) 667-1471 12-Roger Henderson 3-Tom Nastro 141 Seaborne Dr Rte 5 Box 261 Bedford, Va. 24523 Yarmouth, Maine 04096 (H) (703) 586-4560 (H) (207) 846-3252 13-Carl Oosterman (W) (207) 865-6161 6900 Stonebridge Ct. 4-Carl Tankersly Alexandria, Va. 22306 4406 S. 4th St. (H) (703) 768-1339 Arlington, Va. 22204 (W) (202) 692-0744/5 (H) (703) 920-9628 (W) (202) 694-4840 14-John Feder 8514 Bound Brook Ln. 5-Vacant Alexandria, Va. 22309 6-Mike Boyer (H) (703) 780-0631 McAlester Anesdiesia (W) (202) 692-1040 2 Clark Bass Blvd. #104 15-Steve Ptttts McAlester, Okla. 74501 9407 Mt Vernon Cir (H) (918) 423-1399 Alexandria, Va. 22309 (W) (918) 426-5516 7-John Jacobs (H) (703) 780-0651 (W) (202) 887-5379 7604 Maritime Ln. 16-Myles Fisher Springfield, Va. 22153 Management Consultants, (H) (703) 644-2466 (W) (202) 692-7479 Inc. 8-Craig Lemrow PO. Box 12932 2708 County Line Dr Pensacola, Fla. 32576 Big Flats, N.Y 14814 (W) (904) 434-1175 (H) (607) 562-8304 (W) (607) 974-4215

17-Steve Ward 11205 Lapham Dr Oakton, Va. 22124-1317 (H) (703) 620-2279 (W) (202) 694-4115 18-Ken Estes 102 Simms Dr Annapolis, Md. 21401 (H)(301) 268-6795 19-Dave Prosser 123 Highgreen Ridge Peachtree City, Ga. 30269 (H) (404) 487-6263 (W) (404) 487-6136 20-Dennis Murphy 101 Rolling Meadows Rd. Madison, Conn. 06443 (H) (203) 245-4329 (W) (203) 442-4416 21 Rick Hillyer 15505 Barrington PI. Dumfries, Va. 22026 (H) (703) 680-0926 (W) (202) 653-1425 22-John Bowen Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. 101 West Broadway San Diego, Calif. 92101 (W) (800) 223-8575 23 Tom Pittman 3-B Port West Townhouses Swansboro, N.C. 28584 (H) (919) 326-1508 (W) (919) 347-2828 24-Charlie Pehl 12219 Millbanks Houston, Texas 77031 (H) (713) 568-1807 25-Vacant

26-Brian Engler 5918 Clermont Landing Ct. Burke, Va. 22015-2565 (H) (703) 250-6879 (W) (703) 824-2286 27 Bob Rachor 4112 Middlebrook St. Fairfax, Va. 22032 (H) (703) 250-4329 28-Steve Hanvey (H) (602) 835-9265 (W) (602) 891-3678 29-Vacant 30-Mike Donilon 10128 Patrick Henry Ln. Charlotte, N.C. 28226 (H) (702) 846-7313 31-Dave Deininger 2116 llth St. Monroe, Wis. 53566 (H) (608) 325-6394 (W) (608) 266-1192 32-Tom Cavanaugh 4 Porpoise Ct. Northport, N.Y. 11768 (H)(516)757-9886 (W) (516) 756-0202 33-Ed Schwier II Garth Dr Charleston, S.C. 29407 (H) (803) 763-6164 (W) (803) 743-5563 34-Vacant 35-John Adams 225 W. Highland Park Dr Keslo, Wash. 98626 (H)(206)423-9666 (W) (503) 455-2221 36-Vacant

Have a good Summer Cheers, Pete

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P r e s , Terry R. Huff Sec'y Cdr. Royal Connell USN 5360 Bladk Oak Dr., Fairfax, Va. 22032 Greetings all and welcome the kids back to school and the Brigade back to football weekends. Beat everybody!

I got another letter from Ron Machtley which I'll quote from liberally (conservatively?).

Some of us are CO's now, some of us are CEO's, and some of us are leading in other ways. I'm somewhere in the 'other' category right now, as a candidate for congress.

After graduation I spent almost six years in the surface fleet on board USS KOELSCH, USS NEWMAN K. PERRY and with DesRon 19. In 1976,1 left active duty for law school, and since then I've been an attomey and a drilling Reservist here in Newport.

It goes without saying that if any of you are in the Newport area, Kati and the kids and I would love you to stop by. But be warned: Kati might try to put you to work passing out 'Machtley for Congress' brochures door-to-door 1 would also point out that Ron would certainly appreciate any and all support we as individuals can give him. You can send your support to POB 243, Portsmouth, R.I. 02871.

My other news is slim indeed since every Summer you all put your writing hands on vacation but the FHTNC remembers me . . . Jon Jensen retured from deployment to the Med with HS-17. The Chicago Chapter of the Alumni Association reports the presence of Dale Stahl who moved there from New Jersey to take a vice presidency at Gaylord Container Corporation in Deerfield, Illinois. And Surface Warfare again touts the achievements of our Class noting that KIDD, with Dan Murphy commanding, won the "E" and that the following all had their assumped command: Skid Heyworth took over USS DEWERT 85

in April, Hank Prevette took over USS SUMTER in March and Clint Adams took over USS STEIN in January. Congratulations all.

And to the rest of you, come see me at the Annex, call me or come to the tailgaters . . . give me gouge!

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Pres., Peter P. Schneider Jn Sec'y Cdr. Bill Williams USN 307 Blue Cedar Ct., Millersville, Md. 21108 (301) 987-1327 Less we forget important dates this Fall, mark down 1 October as Homecoming, since you won't receive another reminder via Shipmate until after it's over. Hope to see everyone who can make it to our tent on the west side of the Stadium. We'll have our usual fare of sandwiches and liquid refreshments— all at nominal cost. And of course, there's the game against Yale.

Our relatively impromptu Summer get-together was held on 25 June at Luce Hall. Those of us able to make it had an enjoyable time while celebrating the Class of 1971-sponsored improvements to the Planetarium. You may recall that these were made possible by the initiative and generosity of Sankey Blanton. Unfortunately, Saidcey was unable to make it but we all toasted his Class spirit anyway. The two major contributions—a documentary film on the contributions of Naval Academy graduates in space—and a wall-sized mural of the same theme—were very well-received. Chris Weaver, who is by this time firmly entrenched in his studies at PCO school in Newport, did a superb job of setting up the evening.

Those attending were Chris and Chris Weaver, Jill and Gene Baker, Kathy and Brian Horais and their two daughters, Nancy and John Morris, Judith and Hal Cummings, Susan and John Hubbard, Hugh Marcy, Caroline and Doug Smartt, Jill and Scott Hornung, Suzy and Glen Montgomery, and Karen and myself.

Talked to Dave Leestma just before our "Shipmates in Space" party. Patty and Dave have lived in Houston for eight years now, and recently became parents of their 5th child, Mary. Dave will go into space again as a mission specialist on the third shuttle launch when flights resume. Bill Shepherd will precede Dave as a mission specialist on the second launch, and Frank Culbertson and Bob Cabana are waiting to be assigned. Just a little trivia here, but '71 has more astronauts than any other Class. Dave said he ran across Lou Vest, who is a Harbor Pilot in Houston.

Does anyone know where Doug Murphy is? The Class and Alumni Association would like to have his address, but more importantly, his Class Ring has been found in Califomia. If you know where Doug is please have him get in touch with Lt. James Riegart '82, at (415) 635-7336 or 522-7920.

Don Rockwell wrote from Charleston with some good news. Alexis and Rocky became parents of daughter Caitlin Alexis on 1 May, their second child in three years of marriage. Rocky is CO of DANIEL BOONE (Gold), and said that Charleston is getting its share of 71ers. Wally Wagemaker is on LEWIS AND CLARK, Steve Pelstring is on one of the boomers, Dan Whitford recently relieved on NARWHAL, and added that there are probably more but he just got back from sea. He's also invited everyone to drop by his house at 1227 Park Way Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 29464.

One press release this month. The Annapolis paper reports that Mike Lynch relieved as CO of USS BUTTLE at a Change of Command ceremony at Earle, New Jersey. Mike and Susan live in Easton. In other news, Dennis Viglienzone is alive and well working at Boiling AFB and living in Crofton, Maryland.

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Nick Pantelides (USNA Director of Admissions) reports that two more of our Classmates are doing their best to keep the USNA tradition alive. Stan Szemborski's son, Robert, and Dave Polatty's son, Dave IV, reported in on 6 July with the Class of 1992.

Stan is CO of the SSN CHICAGO and Dave is XO (or close to becoming CO) of VA-115, currently on M I D WAY. Nick told me that we've had quite a few Classmates active in recommending promising prospects for the Naval Academy. Neal Kinnear, who works for Sonalysts in Virginia Beach, Jack Conrad, Director of Wang Direct at Wang Labs in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Bill Cocos, who has a plumbing business in St. Louis, are all actively involved. And Greg Wright is also active, while also finding time to open up an OB-GYN Practice in Delmar, California. And finally, I got a call from Skip Wilhelm, who will be coming back as USNA's Director of Candidate Guidance sometime later this Fall. Lots of good news for this month; keep up the fine work. Bill.

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Pres., Cdr Alfred M. Joseph USN Sec'y Cdr Rich Robinson USN 1368 Marshall Lane, Virginia Beach, Va. 23455 It's difficult to believe that summertime has passed and that Auttimn is virtually upon us again. Homecoming will be held 30 September-2 October; hope to see you there. This year, the Class will have a "permanent" location for tailgaters after every football game in Annapolis; the area of the south (home) stadium parking lot next to the eastemmost entrance/ exit onto Park St, close to where we held our 10th and 15th Reunion tailgaters. (Simple directions for simple people; With your back to the center ticket tumstile on the home field side, walk directly away from the Stadium to the far side of the parking lot.) Look for the Class flag.

Bob Liggett, Jim Voter Jimmy Ellis, Larry Papineau, Steve JarreU Response to your scribe's call for information on those of you who are still "on the line" has been heartening. I received the following from Steve Jarrett: We have a bunch of '72 guys in Charleston and I tried to get some together for a picture before de-

ployment. Enclosed is a portion of us. We're taking over the commanding officers in Charleston, especially at SubGm Six. The 72'ers that I've located here include Gary Hammond (Fleet Mine Warfare Training Center), Pat Love (Fleet Mine Warfare Training Center), Scott Carmichael (CruiserDestroyer Group Two staff), and Bob Liggett (Just relieved as C O . of MSO's ILLUSIVE and LEADER

deployed to the Persian Gulf, ILLUSIVE went to the Persian Gulf then, after six months; ILLUSIVE and LEADER swapped crews. Bob is now the prospective CO. for USS BRUMBY (FF-1044) in Charleston af-

ter PCO School). Kevin Ferguson is prospective CO.

for USS BANCROFT (SSBN-643) in the

shipyard in Charleston, Jimmy Ellis just relieved as CO.

of USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657

Gold), Larry Papineau is CO, of USS VALLEJO (SSBN-658 Gold), Dan Keefe is CO. of USS ANDREW JACKSON (SSBN-619) just decommissioned in Charleston shipyard, and I'm C O . of USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629 Blue). Mike Tiemey tried to call me the other day after I deployed so I don't know where he's located here. (Scribe's note: Tiers lives in Clinton, Washington, and is with the Merchant Marine. He probably drove across country to attend a Johnny Winter concert or somefliuig . . . ) If you get to Charleston, look us up. I'm the only captain in Group Six with a coonskin cap with scrambled eggs. My wife, Elaine, and the boys live at 2387 Oglediorpe Dr., Charleston, S.C. 29414.

Our three boys are David, 9, Andrew, 5, and Paul, 14 months.

We may try for another picture this Fall if the guys can get together About one-half are deployed at any given time.

Thanks for the note, Steve. As for that photo, make sure you're wearing that coonskin cap next time.

Britt Watwood sends the following: Greetmgs from the Med. There are four of us 72'ers (that I know of) deployed to the Med on USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, and we are currendy

spending ten days in Palma. It's a rough life, but someone has to do it.

Steve Tomaszeski is skipper of the the SH-3 squadron on board (HS-5). He keeps trying to get me up in the air, but as any good brown shoe knows, helos don't fly—they beat the air into submission.

Steve Weatherspoon leads die world famous 'Pukin' Dogs' of VF-143. Right now, he's leading them into batde on the beaches of Magaluff. Finally, Don Carlson is IKE'S leading Admin Officer Between my job as Flag Commo and his, we keep everyone knee-deep in paper I'mfinishingup my final month as Communications Officer from ComCruDesGru 12, which is embarked in IKE as Batde Force 60. From here, I head to Washington for a joint job in the Defense Communications Agency. It'll be my first Washington tour, and Linda and the twins are looking forward to it, too. As those in 8th Company remember, Linda's folks live near Annapolis, so they'll finally get an opportunity to see their granddaughters, Melissa and Stephanie, on a regular basis.

Speaking of daughters, I got an aimouncement from Fay and Russ Poy that their daughter, Rachel, was graduating from Destrehan High School in Louisiana. Does diat mean we're starting to get old?

(Scriber's note: The operative word in that sentence is 'starting'; we're not there, yet.)

Bill Morris, who just left CruDesGru 12 for Washmgton, is setding into his new job at NavSea in die Mk 46 Torpedo Shop. Betsy and Chris are to join him this month. We're looking forward to seeing them again. My two roommates from USNA are also in die Washington area: Jim Darraugh with Barbara and daughter Jessie (just starting to walk), and Terry Schwieger and his wife Katie. It's going to be great seeing old friends again.

Great rundown, Britt (but if I give Tomaszeski any more press, I'm going to charge him advertising fees . . . ) Britt's address before the move: ComCruDesGru 12, FPO Miami 34099-4705.

The accompanying photo of "past roomies" was provided courtesy of Cindy Wolf. Of course, you all

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recognize the nose on the right (the good looking one) as none other dian Jed the Dog. What you may not know is that Jed is kind enough to take time out from his busy day to be photographed with John Mavar and Dallas Wolf. John was working/scheming widi Dallas earlier this year, but has since retamed to San Pedro to put together his realty and development business (Southem Califomia Investments, 820 S. Walker Ave #11, San Pedro, Calif.

90731; (213) 832-1287.) Dallas is still with ISA, Inc. in Port Hueneme along with Cindy, daughter Megan, 3, and, of comse, Jed. Their address: 60 Camino La Madera, Camarillo, Calif. 93010.

Selected shorts: Tom Powers reported aboard Naval Air Depot, Pensacola (used to be a NARF to you older folks out there who also remember when BOQ's used to be BOQ's before somebody thought up the acronym UOPH. . . ) Joe Glass is Chief Staff Officer for DesRon 22 in Norfolk. (Joe showed his ASW stuff working with us this Summer out near Bermuda during a Tailship Proficiency Training evolution.)

A word from our man with green eyeshades. Gary Hall advises that, as of July, we have raised over $5,000 of the $7,200 required to finance our Class Gift/Memorial. Now, as for the 700 or so of you who haven't yet found your wallets, a contribution of only $30 a year to the Alumni Association (earmarked for the '72 Fund) for the next several years will not only enable the Class tofinancethe memorial, but still put us in great shape for our 20th reunion in 1992. There is a lot of plaiming, work and sweat going into this project and, believe me, it's going to be a class act. If we come through with the remainder of the fiinds, we will present the gift to the Academy at this year's Homecoming Game. This is worth your attention.

It has been proposed that our Class should have a motto or one-liner similar to what several others classes have done ("Look Live with '45" or "Get it Done with '61"). Yours tmly will accept all proposals and print them in this column for the next several months.

Hope to see you at Homecoming. More to come.

D.O.

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Pres., LCdr. Skip Anderson USN Sec'y LCdr. Dave Schorn USNR Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center 6400 Bloomington Rd., Fort Snelling St. Paul, Minn. 55111-4051 Koimichi-wa '74! Time for another Class article.

Please note the change in mailing address. After 19 months as XO, leave and travel were a welcomed relief from the hectic life of shipboard duty. I think I might like being ashore for the next three years as Commanding Officer of the Reserve Center in St. Paul. With about 1300 drilling Reservists, my hands and weekends are now full. Where else can a person have such challenge with the opportunity to use knowledge gained as XO. The family is happy to be stationary for a while, although the price of homes caught us by surprise. Having never owned a home before, we are now knowledgeable experts on all the hidden costs of closing and owning on our own home. Minnesota is nice so far, although hot and humid for being so far north. We are located in a new development and have several lakes nearby for swimming,fishingand boating. The worst part of moving in has been accomplished and once again we have too much stuff! I am prepared for Winter and already own a snow blowerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;how's that for prior planning?

Help! How about some letters!!! Even what you did during Summer vacation will help share experiences with your Classmates.

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Pres., LCdr. Bruce Spalding USNR Sec'y Dirk R D. Mosis, HI 4409 Underwood Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21218 Greetings, Classmates! We look forward to seeing most of you at our 15th Reunion in a couple of weeks.

If you have not sent in your money and made reservations, it is never too late. Please contact Tom Storch.

While there was no mail to the mailbox this past month, I have talked to a couple of Classmates. Tom (T.P.) Gallagher is back in the Washington, D.C, area. While he was on board KOELSCH as the XO for almost two years, he was to go to War College in Washington, D.C. However, orders were changed due to the needs of the Navy and he is at the Pentagon at the Middle East desk. I had dinner with Tom; as always, a spirited political debate ensued. (I lost.)

Kathy and Patrick remain in Jacksonville while Kathy awaits orders, hopefully to join TR in Washington, D.C, and at their Annapolis home. They kept their home after they left the Academy two years ago. Welcome back to the area, Tom. It is with great sadness that 1 pass on the following news to you. Bruce Hargus' wife, Vivian, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, passed away after a long illness.

Bmce, our prayers are with you and your two sons. A request has been made that any donations be given to the Cancer Society. Mark Koring passed that news on to us. Mark, thank you for keeping us informed.

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So, Classmates, please bring all of your news with you to the football stadium for Homecoming and our 15th. One request that I do have is for all Company Secretaries to contact me with your name and address. Thank you. '73.

Mo Becker and daughter, Kelly EHzabeth, bom 10 February 1988 For example, Doug Thrash just finished his tour in Japan as Operations Officer of MWSS-171 located in Iwakuni. While on his one-year unaccompanied tour, Doug spent an enjoyable three months in the "29 Palms" of South Korea living in a "tent city"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;his first time on the cot since basic training! While in Japan Doug saw Henry Lane, who is the air officer on CamPhibGru One Staff. Sandy and Henry have a six-month-old daughter, Angela Meagan, who has Henry already wrapped around her finger Doug finishes his letter by saying that he is leaving California after almost 12 years (hard to take) and is moving to Quantico to attend the Command and Staff College. Best of luck to Barbara and Doug on your eastward joumey and high humidity living.

Here are a few hometown news releases. Jim Deppe is stationed on USS MCCLUSKY and is in the

San Diego area. Kevin Mukri is stationed on USS IOWA and operates out of Norfolk. Robert Welter is stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, South Carolina, and George Eustace is now at the Navy Public Works Center in Guam.

Time for a late letter from Mike Becker, who is Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Houston, Texas. Susie and Mike are the proud parents of daughter Kelly, born in Alabama on 10 February while Mike was attending the Air Command and Staff College. How about that big smile from Dad while holding Kelly?

One last note, Dave Lipinski is working on a steering committee that is pursuing the possibility of a major renovation of the Navy exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Please pass along your reactions to the current exhibit and any recommendations to Dave at (312) 828-4401.

More next month. Ciao, Dave.

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Pres., LCdr Craig R. Quigley USN Sec'y LCdr Michael C. Stichter USN 15222 Bicentennial Court, Chantilly, Va. 22021 Tel. (703) 378-1262 I've been trying hard tofigureout why theflowof mail has been so slow this Summer The best I could come up with is the fact postage went up to a quarter!

Fortanately, I've run into a few Classmates this past month and found a "dated" letter I had forgotten about.

Courtney Chinn has moved to northem Virginia to take a tam at the Pentagon. We had he and his wife Joan over for a cookout the other day. Their new addition Connor, is a pistol. He's real smart too. In fact he has leamed a lot of key Marine terms already, like ERRR, AHHH, and OOOOH! I see a 30-year man!

Courtney will be working in the nuclear weapons field and Joan will be with IBM in Crystal City. If you're in town give 'em a call or stop by. They're building a new home in Virginia Run, Centreville Va. Phone number's in the book.

This note is a little dated, sorry.

Debbie Donaldson writes: Couldn't resist sending you this picture of Craig Quigley and Tom, taken before the Va. Beach Shamrock 8K Run in Mid-March. The guys did well in spite of the allure of the oceanside scenery!

Tom is the Oceanography/Meteorology officer aboard the JFK, CV-67 and will make a Med cruise this Summer I believe Craig will be coming up your way for a DC. tour Tom just had an article ASW Megatrends published in the Naval Submarine League's April Review, and hopes to have some lyrics he wrote considered for addition to "Eternal Father" He's working hard on running 1000 miles on the JFK, and considering how much time he's out to sea, he'll make it in no time.

Hope all is well! Debbie Thanks Debbie, it's always nice to get a note from

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The Stichter's are on the road again this month.

I've been transfered to the Naval Air Propulsion Center where I hope to take over as the Director of Engineering. The job is a great one; full of challenges and a great group of professionals to work with. I can hardly wait to get started! I'll put out the new address next month.

Homecoming plans are the same as other nonreunion years. Look for a tailgate party in the lot before, during and after the game!

Not much else of news worthiness going on, so take care and I'll be looking for you at the Army/Navy game; where this year we will BEAT ARMY!

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Pres.. LCdr. Don Bringle USN Sec'y. Maj. Joe Buranosky USMC 10214 Commonwealdi Blvd.. Fairfax. Va. 22032 I oidy found one letter, a postcard, and a few Fleet Home Town News Center releases among aU of the junk mail that ended up in my mailbox during the last month. I was, however, fortunate enough to talk with Alex Cobble and William Brown on the phone during the last week. Alex and Virginia are both well, and they purchased a home in San Diego. Alex said that business has been good. William Brown called from Austin, Texas, where he is now involved with setting up a new church as an interim task before retuming to active duty in the Navy as a Chaplain; he received his flnal ordination as a Methodist minister at the end of May. Lt(jg) Brown CHC will be stationed at Pearl Harbor as the chaplain for a destroyer squadron.

MaryK and I got a postcard from Audrey Beth and Dennis DiLucente. Dermis has been around home for a while so he and Beth are enjoying Hawaii between deployments. The news releases I received said that Willie Harris is stationed with 2nd Force Service Support Group at Camp Lejeune; Gary Harrell recently reported for duty with VP-19 at NAS Moffett Field; and Dick Sears reported for duty widi HSL-35 at NAS North Island.

I also heard from Don Bringle; he isfinishingup a deployment aboard ENTERPRISE. Don is anxious to get started on the Class projects that I have mentioned in the last couple of columns. We first have to improve our membership stats in the Alumni Association so that we can reach a larger percentage of the Class. So far, I have three volunteers to be Class company reps: Ken Sichau—1st Co. Blaine Pearsall— 17th Co, and John Sarao—30th Company; I hope to hear from more of you in the next few months. As a company rep. we would ask you to try and update us on the addresses of all former company members— both grads and non-grads, and help with some of the tasks associated with upcoming projects. Our Class luncheon at the Washington Navy Yard was quite successful, and we would like to encourage some volunteers to set up similar gatherings in areas where a lot of Classmates are located. It is a great opportanity to see old friends, and it also affords us the opportanity to build a stronger Class organization. Please let us know if you can help out in this regard.

Since there are almost 500 Classmates, both members and non-members of the Association, for whom we don't have an address, I'm going to try and list some every month. If you see your name or someone else's for whom you have a good address, please send a card to the Alumni Association or drop me a line.

We have no address onfilefor: Mike Abbott, David Akey, Chris Alberg, Bob Adh-ich, Mike AUshouse, Rich Anders, Darrel Anderson, Randal Anderson, Howard Aschwald, William Atwell, Doug Austin, Norman Baer, Robert 88

Bagnall, John Ball. Ralph Bass, Greg Batti, Robert Beebe, Bob Belling, Terry Bentiey Bill Bevil, Clyde Black, Harry Blair, Jeff Bliss, David Boch, John Boggs, Kent Bolin, Charlie Boyd, Pat Brady, Nelson Breve, Steven Broadaway, Sta Brock, Alan Brown, Charles Brown, Enoch Brown. Paul Brown, Tim Browne, Malvin Brubaker, Ron Brunson, Henry Bryson, Edwin Buckley. Bayani Buclatin, Dale Burket. Hoyt Butler, and Bob Butt.

John Cabanis, Tom Cahill, Doug Campbell, Fernando Cardoza, David Cartwright. Robert Causin.

Steve Chapman, Kevin Cheatham, Mark Chidley, John Christraan, MUce Christy, and Bob Chronister It's probably going to take a full year to hst sdl the names, help us out if you can. We all shared a unique experience at USNA, whether it was just for Plebe Summer or four years as a Midshipman. We are all the Class of 76 and collectively we have the potential to make a significant contribution to those who come after us. Keep in touch.

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Rich Snyder reported for duty with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Califomia. Marine Capt. Bill Frost received a Navy Achievement Medal for his superior performance of duty while stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Additionally, he participated in exercise Dragon Hammer '88. The exercise conducted on the southem coast of Sardinia, Italy, brought together U.S. Forces along with those of Italy, France, Great Britian and die Netherlands for a combined amphibious assault. LCdr. Mark Brynestad participated in an exercise with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force while serving in USS RATHBURNE, homeported in Pearl Harbor The exercise was conducted in the Philippine Sea and surrounding intemational waters and tested ASW, ASUW, and AAW interoperability with the Japanese. LCdr. Bill Mickler reported for duty at the U. S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. LCdr. Scott Fogarty reported for duty with Commander Sixth Fleet, Gaeta, Italy.

That's all the news for this month. If you moved or have moved in the past and not dropped a line, please do so. Until next month . . . happy trails. Bill.

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Pres., Peter W. Grieve Lec'y LCdr. Bill MUlward USN 1026 Magnolia Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23508 West Coast, LCdr. Dempsey Butler USN 1222 East Pohiell Shore, Dr., Oak Harbor, Wash.

98277 Shipmates, it's time once again for the back to school issue! The kids are digging their feet in and moms are pushing them out the door, thankful that the Summer and all diat activity is over! How many of you took one of those vacations that visited all the family and relatives and seemed to wear you out more than you would have been had you not gone at all? I was one of them. For two weeks we traveled throughout Califomia making sure that time was equally spent at the various households. Bless them all, but they sure cantackeryou out! Ifinallyrelaxed a bit at home but was soon caught up in all the necessary "honey-do"" projects left over from sea duty. When will we leam?

This issue brings with it news of a couple of moves. Susan and Tim Lorentz, along with daughter, Katie, and son, Patrick, have moved to Orlando, Florida, where Tim is already enjoying his tour as Director of Stadents, Enlisted Department at Nuclear Power School. Susan mentioned that diey have already purchased their season pass to Disney World and are enjoying swimming—when it gets hot—in dieir pool at dieir home in Winter Park. Tough life, smile! Ron Sticinski with his wife. Cookie, have settled in Tybee Island, Georgia. Ron left the Navy in March and joined up with Intermarine USA as a quality engineer He is working on designing and building the lead ship of the MHC-51 class. He"s enjoyed the project, especially from the engineering side that a new design concept is being attempted . . . the entire ship is being built out of glassreinforced plastic! Anyway, they live on the beach and want people to look them up. Ron's address is RO. Box 1262, Tybee Island, Ga. 31328. Before closing, Ron also mentioned that he ran into three Classmates. He saw Mike Frick in Subic Bay en route to the Persian Gulf. Mike was serving as Engineer Officer on an unnamed CG. He also mentioned seeing Heinz McArthur and Mike Hammer in D. C. Heinz, wife, Cynthia, and two boys were in the process of moving out of the D.C. area where Heinz had been working as a computer specialist for the Marine Corps. Mike was working for NavSea, involved with deep submergence vessel design.

A column would not be worth reading if it didn't have a Fleet Home Town News release! Marine Capt.

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Membership: 84% Pres., Lt. Kenneth E. Waldie USN Sec'y Lt. Bob Schmermund USN (Ret.) 2917 Tapered Lane, Bowie, Md. 20715 (301) 390-6754 Fourteen years ago at this time we were completing our first week of Plebe Summer. Socks, jocks, and lock box; bilging our Classmates; "I'llfindout.

Sir!" and dreamy dioughts of "Yard hberty." We're havin" somefimnow. Rest assured veterans of that far off Summer, that it's hotter and muggier than ever . . . they must be havin" fits with the WBGT numbers. Or was it WGBT? I never could remember.

Anyway we "11 have plenty of time to gab about that on 30 September and 1 October at the big 10 Year!

This is the last Shipmate issue before that time, so let me quickly review a few tilings. Please keep in mind, this info is current as of this writing (15 July).

It is not too late to submit checks for Homecoming weekend. While we had a due date of 1 July, that was to spur you folks on to submit your money. As of now, we have about 250-300 folks signed up and we planned for a crowd of about 650. However, even if we reach that number we will do all in our power to accommodate anyone who wants to come. If at all possible, we don"t want to tum anyone away for Saturday"s events. So if you haven't sent your money in yet, give me a call and I'll let you know about availability. In regard to Friday's Alumni events, e.g., diimer in the Wardroom, you must contact the Alumni Association directiy per the info in Shipmate.

As for football tickets, you must contact the NAAA directiy at (301) 268-6060. If you have any questions, please call me. It's now or never. And now the news.

Jackie and Ron Uglow report that they're readying themselves for a big 10th company gathering and that Ron expects to play starting guard on the '78 championship pick-up B-ball team.

John Mathre reports the birth of a son, Erik Mark, in April. Erik joins sister Kristen and Annelise and Mom, Linda, in die Mathre household in Monterey where John is working on an MS in Engineering Science and Aeronautical Engineering. Also in Califomia is Dana Sales who is a real estate agent in Watsonville. Dana has been very active in community affairs serving as president of the school board, past vice president of die Califomia Jaycees and a major player in several drug abuse prevention programs. In fact, rumor has it that Dana may even reShipmate, September 1988

ceive an award from the WTiite House for his drug abuse work. Unfortanately he won't be able to attend Homecoming, but he and his wife Lynn, along with children Florenda, 3, and Raegan, 2, say hi to all 27th company buddies.

Joey Lynch, in his capacity as Safety Officer for Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five, reports that he will be arriving on 30 September via Navy Airlines for the Reunion and wants to know if he can bring me anything from the West Coast, e.g., "Lakers' caps, skateboards, or an 'awesome' vocabulary." Joey, all 1 can say is "Grody to the Max" and trade in that tofu for some National Boh and Maryland crabs.

Congramlations are in order for Lynn and A. J. Wise who had theirfirstchild, Wesley Stephen. A. J. says Wesley is ready for Plebe Summer of 2006; way to start "em early A. J. A note from Kim Miskowski reports that Ray Miskowski is on deployment as an admiral's aide serving in the Northem Arabian Sea. And Ray thought NAS meant Naval Air Station. Ray says it's pretty lonely out there, but his spades and pinochle playing is as good(?) as ever And Kim wondered where Ray's paychecks were going . . . While Ray is frolicking in the I.O., Kim is at home in Florida with daughters Megan, Kelly and new addition Casey (bom 9 March, a good Pisces person). Unfortanately the Miskowski's will not be able to attend the Reunion . . . Ray refuses to retum to Maryland until the Cohs come back to Baltimore. Johnny U where are you now?

Dave Hall reports from Connecticut that all is well in the explosive manufacturing business . . . in fact it's booming. Sorry folks, I just couldn't resist.

Dave, Mary, daughter Elizabeth, 5, and son Stephen, 2, are all doing great. Over Memorial Day they visited Janice and Rob Cloutier and their children Jackie and April.

Dave also reports that the foUowing weekend warriorsfrom'78 have been selected LCdr's in the Reserve: Mark Honeck, Scott Provow, Duane Schoon, Andy Cucca, Guido Manzo, Dean Mazetta, Dave Balestrieri, Jim Gillespie, Bill Hanna, Ed Henkler, Allan Kowadla, Ken Law, Rafael Luevano, Mark Munson, Chet Seto, Buck Wicklund and John Klose.

Dave is also in the Reserve, on board USS MILLER, and has also been selected for LCdr, but is awaiting the date to put it on. Congrats guys. Upon threat of losing an at-large vote, here's some news from Rich Cellon and his fellow bad boys. Itchy reports that Toby Buttle got married to a young lady named Jodie (you have my deepest sympathy, dear). Carmen and Rich were in from San Diego for the wedding along with Frank Mattingly, Mark Poston, John Sturges and Jim Degree. Apparently the guys used this as an opportunity to prime themselves for our Reunion festivities. In fact, this was verified from Intel community rep Jim Degree in a follow-up letter Jim reports that he and Tracey are now back in Califomia after a two-year tour in Rome with ComSixthFlt. It was a little scary at tiraes with terrorist activity. Love Boat cmises off of Libya and Lebanon, and drinking Biera Peroni instead of Coors Light, but all-in-all, Jim says it was a great tour. Back in the states, the Degrees now Uve near their folks and frequently visit with Jean (Jim's sister) and John Sturges. In fact, Jim and Trace lived with John's folks (Class of '53) when they first moved out there. As with the rest of the California gang, the Degrees are ready to party hardy at Homecoming. Watch out Annapolis! Retaming to Mediterranean waters, we hear from 15th companymate Charlie Hautau on board USS EISENHOWER. The IKE'S been on deployment for about 4'/2 months now and is due to retam at the end of the Summer In the meantime, '78 has taken control; Bob Ryan (VAW-121 maintenance officer), Charlie Dawson (Ike's Ops), Bill Yeager (Cat and Arresting Gear Officer).

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Being arrested as many times as Bill has, this job makes perfect sense. Also on board is Joe Gattuso (Va-46 Ops) Paul Susallo (DesRon 26 staff), Mark Bunting (official ferrier of KA6 tankers and the like), Leif Konrad (CATCC Officer) and Charlie who is VA-34 training officer. Charlie also confirmed

National Enquirer reports that the bachelor is a dying breed. Not only is Charlie married, but he has a 15month-old son, Andrew. Charlie married a former student, Jill, who is nowflyingT-39's out of Norfolk.

As luck would have it, the aforementioned Leif Konrad (also a 15th companymate) just purchased a house (though he doesn't know it yet) in beautiful Bowie, a mere cat launch from my house. While Leif was in the Med, his wife, Tina, daughter Jodie, 3, and mother-in-law, Betty, did all the house-hunting work and decided upon a house in Bowie. In fact they just spent several days with us while they were looking. Isn't it great the way guys go on deployments and say, "Oh by the way honey, while I'm gone, could you sell our house, buy another house and move the family 250 miles before I get back?" They don't make medals big enough to thank the Navy/Marine Corps wives for the jobs they do to support their husbands.

Sometimes I wonder if there could be a Navy without them. (Oh the wife's gonna love that!) By the way Leif, the fact that I get a 10% cut of all Bowie real estate deal had nothing to do with Tina buying here.

Chas also reports on Chris May who, along with his wife Denise, is living in Washington state. Chris is working on special projects at the University of Washington's research lab. Chris and Denise will challenge all comers on 1 Oct as they defend their sleaze dance title from the 5-year reunion. They were dirty dancin' long before Patrick Swayze. Another 15th company couple returning for the reunion will be Beverly and Case Runolfsen who are both serving in the Marine Corps and are soon to be stationed in the Washington D.C. area. From Japan, we hear from Prince. No not that Prince . . . Lloyd Prince.

Lloyd says all is well in the Far East, but is disappointed that he will not be able to attend Homecoming. Lloyd also says that Miguel "Disco Dahlgren" Becerril is now a professor of Economics at USNA. This from a who who every Saturday night would say, "Hey, Schmerm got ten bucks? Hey man, it's not for me, it's for my lady friend." First macro economics, then micro economics, now "Bessy" econimics. It is a wonder. Back in the States, Tim Dowding checks in from Westerly, Rhode Island.

After getting out of the Navy last year, Tim went to work as a senior analyst for Analysis and Technology in Connecticut. Tim is helping to develop training courses for Navy sonar techs on the new AN/ SQQ-89V4 sonar Though Lynn and sons, David and Daniel, are settling well into civilian life, Tim maintained his Navytiesby remaining in the Reserve with an Intel unit in New London. Tim's filling the oceanographer billet there and assists in determining environmental effects of weapons and sensors as it relates to SUB, ASW and Mine warfare.

Tim saw "Dr." Sam Tangredi recently on a trip to Newport. Sam is in fact defending his doctoral dissertation as I write this and should be Doctor Sam fairly soon. In the meantime, Sam is heading to San Diego as OPS on a DDG. Tim also bumped into Lafayette Norton who, as I mentioned last month, is living in New Mexico with wife Lena and children Michael and Jenna. Lafayette was selected to present a professional paper he wrote for the IEEE Journal (EE professional society). By the way folks, Tim foolishly volunteered to assist us in computerizing all the personal information you've sent back to me. We hope to have a Class information roster set up by Homecoming. By then Navy should be 4-0 and ready to go.

Next issue will include a 4th company update from Paul Masefield, a few rare photos and an etching of Bill the Goat. He really is old and gnarly. Until then, keep the checks comin' and remember those immortal Disco Dahlgren worlds, "I may not be good lookin', but I sure am lookin' good."

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Pres., Lt. Alex L. Urrutia USN Cort. Sec'y, Larry Kihistadius 4856 Bluebird Lane, Stephens City, Va. 22655 East Coast. J. E. McFadden 748 Trenton Ave., Sevema Park, Md. 21146 Ah, September, Fall, leaves, p-rades, march-ons, spartan workouts, tailgaters. Navy football, a chill in the air, and a nip in the drink. Where did Summer in Va Beach go? I'm not really sure but Summer was fun.

I ran into Jack Stumbourg on the beach and he is doing just great. Another babe on the way, due this Fall. Seems to be a pretty popular season for babies.

There may be a picmre of Jack with Douglas and Chip Jones with Taylor Chip is out of the Navy now and Chris and Skip are skill in. Chip and Lemoyne will be in the Virginia Beach vicinity as Chip will be working in Chesapeake. I can"t remember exactly what he is doing but it is something with ships and engineering. (Too much sun).

Conkey up in New York and I'll by giving a Giants scouting report next month. Of course, no one will care about football as those lovable Twins of Minnesota will be making their push for the Series!

Did I mention the Vikings? Is it time to go now?

What, no more letters? Hi Khaki.

On last bit of news, I received a letter from Michael West that offers to create some blazer crests, t-shirts, cuff links, money clips, tie clasps, lapel pins, and ladies' neck pendants with a customized '79 logo. There also do ball caps. Are we interested in doing something for our Ten-Year Reunion? Let me know. When we were Plebes, and I know you were too, he was the light weight crew coach. So he does have a connection with our class.

Stay gold. Larry K.

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Pres . Lt William W. Crow USN East Coast Sec'y, Mr. Gerald G. Smith 496 Woodshire Lane. Hemdon, Va. 22070 Northeast Sec"y, Lt. James Bradford McGee USNR 10 Ash St.. Amesbury Mass. 01913

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Pres., Dennis A. Sawder Sec"y. Lt. Peter Sciabarra USN 11566 Faison Way, San Diego, Calif. 92124

82 Chip and Taylor Jones. Jack and Douglas Stumbourg Mike Many is still with TI out in Dallas. And I know everyone will be relieved that Dave Knab has surfaced in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dave and Rossa have a two-year-old son. Dave is teaching 9th grade math and coaching varisty football and JV baseball.

Some guys never have to grow up. They are also expecting a second child in late-Summer or early Fall.

Nick Harris is assigned as the XO of a Naval Security Group Activity in Athens, Greece. Those dam hard luck tours! Nick will gladly let you know what they do but, of course, then he would have to kill you.

Nick has picked up LCdr and will be going to the Pentagon in the Fall (so I guess he"ll be at some ball games). Nick is married and he and Kathy have two boys, Jason and Brian. Nick ran into Steve Voetsch at a briefing. Steve is on the EISENHOWER with the Pukin Dogs in an F-14.

Jim Stokes and Eileen have four!!!!! kids and are living in the Joe Unger Memorial City, Poughkeepsie. New York. Jim works for IBM in the Data Systems Division. He heard from John Kaiser and Mary. They are out in Licolnshire, Illinois, where John works for Impell. Where are Eric Zeigler and Wally Stark?

Mary Etta and Ron Rahall are out in Califomia where Ron is stationed aboard USS ENTERPRISE. Ron was lucky to hit it on its way back from deployment and thus had a nice soiree with Mary Etta in Hong Kong. Just go ahead and send that silk shirt anytime now Ron buddy. Paul and Patti DiRito are in Bel Air, Maryland, with three children. Their latest arrived last June.

I had dinner in Annapolis with Jeff Johnson, Mark Decker, and Bob Tata. Everyone is doing fine and Jeff and Chris are adjusting to life as parents. By the time you read this I should have seen Phil Mc90

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Pres., Lt. Thomas P. Garrison, HI USN Sec'y, Lt. Gus Anderson USN MSC 1054, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Calif. 93943-5012 Greetings from Monterey! I did not receive a bunch of mail since I last wrote but I've got a bimch of pictares et al.

First, I received a letter from Scott Leftwich informing me of the death of Scot Harris, reported last month. In memoriam, Scott wrote: For diose who did not know Scot Harris as well as I did, he was the type of guy who excelled at everydiing he did. At dietimeScot was diagnosed as having cancer he was on his way to becoming a P-3 instructor pilot in Rota, Spain. Scot's tremendous inner strength and excellent physical conditioning allowed him to tolerate the most aggressive chemodierapy treatments. Impressed by his spirit and drive. Scot's doctors soon were asking him to help out with new cancer patients to serve as a role model and symbol of strength and hope in combatting the disease.

Even toward the end, Scot never lost the hope, drive, and inner strength, and he always maintained his sense of humor through it all. As I (Scott L.) spoke with him several months ago, he remained cheerful, warm and considerate, seemingly undaunted by the tremendous pain he had endured for nearly two years. He was at peace widi himself and content with his beautiful wife, Marti, and his young son, Tyler Scot Harris' life embodied the limits of the human spirit. He is one Classmate and friend I will never forget.

Not too much new is happening around here in Monterey. Some new faces have appeared however the faces are all familiar but I'm having a tough time remembering names. If you are in Monterey, stick a note in my box (SMC 1054) or give me a call at (408) 384-6484.

Ed Onon and son Pam and Ed Otton sent along a picture of Ed with his son, Geoffrey. Little Geoff was bom on 1 March while dad is in USS KISKA (AE-35). Ed is on his way to the I.O. by now. He passed along that Ralph Soule is in USS MISSISSIPPI which is out in the Adantic somewhere. Tom Perry is now CivLant and living in Annapolis with his family. By the way Ed, you were right. Still on the domestic lines, John Judge sent Shipmate, September 1988

along the pictare with Jack Wassink and his clan and John with his pair. The men were busy minding the troops while the ladies (Laurie and Molly) were out and about. Jack and Laurie are stationed down at Cherty Point where Jack is with VMAQ-2 flying EA-6Bs. Molly and John have been married for about four years now and they are in Chesapeake, Virginia, where John is Operational Test Director for the L.A. Class VLS. He"s widi ComOpTevFor Continuing with the domestic issue, Mike Ullrich and Ron Bethmann are trying to set up Rachel U. and Ronald B., Jr for the 2007 Ring Dance. The two kids looked like they want their parents to leave them alone. Ron and Ava are here in Monterey and Mike and Heidi are down in San Diego. The group got together up here in Mtry when Mike had a meeting (road-trip-type) with VX-4. Mark Wralstad is also with VX-4 and is to be married or should I say, was to be married 6 August, to Mary Sue Markel. Heidi and Mike speak to Monica and Kelly Baragar in S.D. frequently and the Baragars are looking to buy a house there. Sara and Rick Smith are still in Va. Beach and are expecting twins in the Fall. They already have a little boy, Timothy. Jan and Brian Gawne have had a baby girl but that's all the details that are available at the moment. Jamie and Bruce Bushong had a baby girl, Carly, a while back also.

Carrie and Ward Carrol are in P-Cola.

Now to the world of USS FORRESTAL . . . pictured are Jan Myers, Kurt Welty, Tim Canoll, Bill Meier, Tom Mascolo, John Price, Mike Shoemaker, John Bullock and Tommy Garrison. Tommy G. drops the note from the l.O. and also passes along that Tom Butterbaugh is out there, too, in USS SIMPSON (FFG-56). Tom should be back home by now. John Weidman was in Jax to visit and is now stationed with VT-86 in P-Cola and loving every minute of it.

John Bidlock has become one of the Fleet's first S-3A Viking Defense Combat Maneuvering instructors. Bull and Tommy G. went through the Top Gun Correspondence Course with VS-27, the S-3 RAG at CecU Field. Brian Hood went through Jax last January and said hello as he P-3'd his way from Diego Garcia to Moffett Field . . . the long way. By the way Brian, send Tommy the patches . . . patches . . . we don't need no stinking patches . . . Brian Newton, who is a training command LSO in Beeville, is doing a little "extracurricular . . . " at U of T. Dave Pine made his way thru Jax one weekend as 0-in-C of an F-14 RAG Det. Dave is an instructor at Oceana.

Tom Savidge asks Rick Nicklas, "Rick, I'll send you that $55 early next month." Tom and Beth are up at Whidbey Island after three years in Japan, Lance Brasher is at Harvard working on his MBA. Kevin and Tommy Garrison are doing well these days . . . as well as can be expected when they are spending time on opposite sides of the planet. Kevin is a CatScan Specialist in Jax and is spending her time off playing tennis, soccer, and Softball.

Joanne Cerasuolo sent along this picmre of the first "DC area Alunmae party." Anyway, the party was out at Lynne Coe Farlow's house and pictured are Lynne, Bemie Sepulveda '81, Sarah Kovel, Coleen Ellis, Joanne C , Carrie Coulter Dyer, Paul Hartzel, Barb Cmtchfield Raggo, and a mystery woman from the Class of '80. The second party is also history and was held at Rose McGrath Young's house a while back. Lynne is heading for San Diego where her husband is retiring, Sarah is going to Tampa, Carrie must have had her baby by now but no details are available, and Coleen is at Pax River Cathy McGurk Ripley had a baby giri, Candace, back in April and Cathy, Scott, and Candy are all in Norfolk. Joanne is now married to a civilian DOD employee named John and the two are settled into Maryland by now. Joanne will be Civlant come January.

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passed along that he, Jody, and the kids are doing just fine down in Jax. Clem is thoroughbred F/A-18 pilot who craves more flying hours. That seems to be the consensus among the airdales. That's about it for this month. This article was a bit longer than I anticipated. Keep 'em coming.

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Pres., Lt. James H. Flatley, IV USN Sec'y 1st Lt. Gary C. Schmidt USMC 547 Chadwick Shores Dr, Sneads Ferry, N.C. 28460 East Coast Corres. Robert Moran 204 Elizabeth Ave., Piscataway N.J. 08854 After five years this is my last column for Shipmate. Bob Moran (29) will be taking over as the East Coast Corresponding Secretary. Bob is very excited to be taking over this duty, and I think he will make an excellent correspondent for our Class. Please give him the same cooperation that you gave to me and the Class Column can only get better over time. Bob can be reached at the following address: Robert Moran, 204 Elizabeth Ave., Piscataway N.J. 08854.

Well, now to get into our Class news for this issue.

Received a nice note from Leigh Hopkins who reported that she and David (4th Company) are living in Virginia Beach. David works at ComNavSurfLant in Norfolk and is waiting to pick up Marine Captain.

Leigh and David had their second child, Theodore (Teddy), last December Congratulations! Their daughter, Sandy, will be four in May. Rich Rivera, one of David's roomies flies A-6's and doesn't live too far from the Hopkins". Thanks so much for dropping us a line!

Jerry Anderson wrote and had lots of news to pass on. First of all Jerry and Kathleen were expecting their second child this past May. They have a beautiful son already, Zachary, who just turned 3 this past May. Jerry passed his Engineers Exam last November, finished his last patrol on board USS JAMES MADISON and will be heading to Postgraduate School in Monterey to participate in the National Security Affairs curriculum.

Last October Craig Faller, his wife and baby girl visited with the Anderson's. They had a great time together. Jerry was able to see a few other Classmates at the Engineer's Exam and they included: Bill Bisenas, Eddie Halpin, Brent Flashawd, Al Silver, Perry Ramicone, Kevin Wetterskog, John Krepps, Ed Rhame and Vance Tisdale. Steve Man was in Kings Bay and proudly showed off his two beautiful daughters to Jerry. Steve is heading to Hawaii for shore duty. Scott Baer wrote to Jerry and mentioned that he was the new father of a baby daughter. Scott was in the process of job hunting as he is planning to leave the service. Jerry also heard from Ed Takesuye. Ed was stationed in San Diego aboard USS DRUM. Ed is preparing to rotate to shore duty.

Thanks Jerry for the update, hope to see you soon!

Got a great letter from Bill Lietzau. Bill and his wife Diane moved to New Haven, Connecticut, in August 1986. Bill is attending law school at Yale. He expects to finish up in about a year They are both anxious to see any Classmates visiting the New Haven area so look them up!

Bill has managed to keep in touch with some of our Classmates and they include Jennifer and Mike Stanton (03) (Mike is attending MIT), Ted SuMivan (04) (Ted is in Groton) Geri and Tony Basile (03) (they are also in Groton) and Kathy and John Farrell (03) (just passing through). Both John and Tony are proud fathers. Thanks to Mike Stanton's dogs, Diane and Bill are the proud guardians of a 65-pound black lab named Cleo. Thanks so much for writing Bill, I know

you are looking forward to joining the Marines after your duty up thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;wish you the best!

Will Hall sent off a letter with some info from all over the world. He first started out mentioning the members from the Academy in VA-22 (A7E's). They include: Jeff Hansen (82), Rob Fisher (82), John Foley (82), Jim Roberts (81), Mike Tranchina (85), Bill Loeffer (76), Doug Schultz (78) and Will Hall (83). They just won the Battle "E" for LatWingPac. Will with his usual flair jotted down some notes on other Classmates. Here goes . . .

Bob Papadakis (34)-B/N with VA-95 (A6E). He is leaving the ship to become a pilot. Mark Hopgood is a pilot with VS-21 flying S-3A's. He is spending lots of time on Diego. Rex Hayes is a pilot with HS-6 and is the Senior Lt. in the squadron. Tom Corcoran (19) is with ENTERPRISE'S ship's company. He will soon be out and working for Con Edison in New Jersey. Randy is a B/N with VA-95. Brian Hinkley flies EA-6B's with VAQ-I35. Bob Alcala (19) is an F-14 RIO with VF-213. Rich Growers (32) is the Flag Lt. to CCDG-3 . . . Skate Job! Todd Davis (31) is on USS MERRIL with the Battle Group, apparentiy cross decking to ENTERPRISE for vacations.

While transitting to the North Arabian Sea, Will saw Dicki Wehman who is a ground-pounder with VFA-132 out of Cecil. Will also saw Mark Dowd, Mike Keating, Alan Grace and Tom Tarquino.

Will also passed on some misc news . . . Joe Rixey (36) and his wife, Kathy are with VP-17 in Barber's. Dave "Ziggy" Groff is there as well. Mike Coughlin (15), wife, Julie and daughter, Amanda, are in San Diego at HC-11. Mike Shippee, wife, Patty and son, Conor, are attached to VFA-131 with CORAL SEA. John Butler, J. B. Davis and Iggy Hokay are also on CORAL SEA and were due home last April. Terry and John Snyder are stationed at Cecil Field with a VS Squadron. Sandy and John McCormick are in Jacksonville flying P-3's as well as Yo Hofner, Bill Frietag and Gail and Rob Hoskins. Ruth and Frank Vernet and their son, Alexander, are at North Island with the S-3 community.

Jim Boorujy (35) was a Nuke with TRUXTON in the ENTERPRISE Battle Group. He has now passed his Engineer's Exam. Al Tanski (30) was also on USS TRUXTON as the DCA. Steve Zotti (35) was on a Med Float with the 2nd Force Recon Battalion.

Morri Leiand and Craig Williams after Sergrad Tour in Meridian are with the FA-18 community at Cecil Field.

There are only four '83 Grads at LeMoore, and they include: Will, Dave Dober, Bob Baldocchi, Dan Dixon and just before moving to the East Coast, Bob Shoemaker. Bob Pirumian and Stephanie and Tom Dacey are with VA-176 on USS FORRESTAL. Greg Hall (34) is at North Island. Chip Molloy (25) flies F-I4'S out of San Diego. Eddie Solar, Al Vasquez and Dan Molther are SH3 pilots out of Jacksonville. Sandra and Dan Horan with their children are also at Jacksonville with the P-3 folks. Andy Loferski, Jack Henderson and A. L. Bowman fly A-7's out of Cecil Field while John Mullen flies out of Oceana, Virginia.

The big news is that Will will be getting married to his high school flame, Kim Leach, this July at the Naval Academy. Kim was a Navy Brat and was stationed in Panama where the two of them met in 1976.

We all wish you the best of luck and congratulations!

Also in the same envelope with Will Hall's letter was a note from Bob Papadakis. Bob was just finishing up his last month of a three-year tour with VA-95 (A-6's, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington). Also in Bob's squadron was Randy Mahr who. after leaving in January for their deployment will be heading back to the States in July. Randy is the squadron's Personnel Officer Bob was heading off to Pensacola in June for B/N to Pilot Transition Training and is very excited about his orders.

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Before deploying last January, Bob talked to Mark Russ who is a RIO in VF-11 aboard USS FORRESTAL. Mark is doing fine and his ship is to relieve ENTERPRISE. Todd Davis is aboard USS MERRILL and was able toflyout to see Bob, Will and Mark Hopgood on ENTERPRISE for a small Class reunion (milk shakes at midrats in the dirty shirt wardroom). Bob closed with the promise to keep in touch more often and No, he's not married yet. Thanks so much for your letter . . . keep us posted from Pensacola.

Now some news from Athens, Georgia, NSCS, the "Cradle of the Corps." Michelle and Joe Spruill left Charleston, South Carolina last January. Joe completed a split tour aboard USS JOHN C. CALHOUN and is now back at the Supply Corps School in The Spruills Athens, Georgia, teaching ensigns to be disbursing officers. Cathy Alexander is also an instructor in Athens teaching the Food Service/Retail Ops curriculum. NSCS is so far a great duty station in that the staff is small enough that everyone is like family.

Joe reported that the Supply Corps School is a great place to run into old shipmates. Troy Brannon and his wife Veronica were there with the Spruill's arrived. Troy had laterally transferred from line to staff and was going through the Basic Course. The Brannon's are now in San Diego where Troy is the Supply Officer on USS RAMSEY. Pat Ryan and his wife Nancy were also in Athens for the Basic Course and will soon be heading off to Norfolk to USS JOHN KING. Cathy, Joe, Troy and Pat were able to have their pictare taken together prior to their separation.

Dave Beemer passed through while taking a short course. Dave is heading to USS RANGER in San Diego to be the stock control officer Before leaving Charleston, Lenora and Kenny James stopped by the Spmills. Kenny and Lenora are still enjoying the Low Country where Kenny (Oceanography) is the "Base Weatherman." John Battle was also seen. JC is also an oceanographer guessing weather for NAS Jacksonville. Rumor has it that Daryl Lakins is hiding out on die new USS LEYTE GULF (CG-55). Has any-

one else heard from that old dog?

June and Ed Powell Joe and Michelle became the proud parents of their second child, Joe Jr. who was bom early A.M., 29 Febmary, a "Leap Year Baby"" Congramlations to the both of you and thanks for the letter Ed Powell sent his greetings from USS D. D. EISENHOWER. Apparently there are quite a few Classmates on board because he says that meals are lUce Class reunions. Aaron Bowman, and Andy Loferski fly A-7's in VA-72. John Gordon is flying F-14's in VF-143; Frank Watt is a RIO in VF-I42.

Jun Dee is a TACCO in VAQ-140 (EA-6's). There are a lot of S-3 Classmates on board. Jim Covelli and John Johannesen are flying while Chris Ballister and Dave Linton are hunting subs. Dennis Carr is also flying S-3's. Joe Ebert and Dan Molthen are flying H-3's. Dan and his wife. Theresa, have a little girl, Erin who will be one this Fall. Also on board IKE is Barb Bell's fiance, Dave Howe. Barb has orders to Test Pilot School, Pax River, Maryland.

Ed Powell just got married this January (in time to The McKavitts deploy to the Med). Poor timing for the honeymoon.

Ed married the former June Dolanskey from Miami.

Rich Schott was a groomsman. Rich is on the Iwo JiMAflyingH-46"s widi Jun McKinley in HMM-365.

Jack Henderson, Greg Olson and Tom Crompton were swordbearers. Jack and Nicole are at Jacksonville where Jack is flying F-18"s in VA-86. Greg Olson is an S-3 NFO also at Cecil Field. Tom is up at the Pentagon trying to get his foot in the political door 1985 Grads Jack Reape and Jeff Horton were also swordbearers.

Ed, Congramlations to both you and June. We all wish you the best!

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Jennifer is their second child and was bom 22 April 1988. When Bob is not busy changing their son Robby's diapers, he is serving as an instmctor at Reet Training Group in San Diego. Congramlations on your new little girl!

My apologies for not submitting Margaret and Tom McKavitt's picture of their new son in the last issue. Thomas Patrick was bom this past March and is the McKavitt's pride and joy!

Well that about catches me up for this issue. Again thank you for all your pictures and letters over the past five years. I wish Bob all the best in the writing of our column and can now say I will be one of the Class contributors. If any of you are in the Aimapolis area, please look me up. (There is only one Yustak in the phone book.) Hope to see lots of you at Homecoming. This should be a real fun year for all of us.

Take Care! Lisa Hi, everybody! I hope that all is well with you and yours. Like they say, "time flies when you're having fun." Consider that our 5-Year Reunion is just around the comer It was nine years ago that we were Plebes.

Before I get too far into the article, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Bob Moran (29). A shorttimeago I asked Lisa Mistak (30) if I could help her with writing our Class column in Shipmate. She has passed the torch to me. On behalf of all of us: Thanks for your time and effort, Lisa. Please send any information/ letters to me at the address at the beginning of the column.

Seamus Flatley (12) sends his regards to all and encourages each of us to attend Homecoming this year. If you have not responded to the survey/letter that was mailed to everyone give Jeff Zuschlag (14) a call of 1-800-368-5897. Operators are standing by More from Jeff later in this column.

Will Hall (35) is widi VA-22. He sent a very informative letter with updates on a bimch of people.

Wilhe Smith (29) and Bob "Piro" Pirouunian (02) are on USS FORRESTAL. Willie is MMCO for VAW-122. Bob is married and still loving A-6's in VA-176. Bob "Pappy" Papadakis (34) is off die ship and on his way to flight school. Will comments that Bob now wears a well deserved Distinguished Flying Cross on his chest. Congramlations, Bob! Todd Davis <31) is in USS MERRIL up in the Persian Gulfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;must be a hero by now. Joe Rixey (36) is on det to die PI and Diego Garcia widi VP-17. Jim Hart is/will be a Company Officer at USNA. (Will claims that this proves that they don't keep Midshipman records after we graduate!) Scott "Scooter" Purvis (36) is in DC. Rick "Stick" Haberstick (36) is going to Norfolk toflyUH-l's. Dave Dober (16) and Bob Baldocchi (17) were last seen cruising west on board die USS CARL VINSON. Tom Corcoran (19),

where are you? Rumor has it that you are a civilian.

Please write and let us know.

This just in from Dave "Eli" Pearson (25). Dave hasn't made it all the way back to Cape Cod, but he has made it back to the Recruiting Command unit at the University of Massachusetts, Phone: (413) 584-8241. He has been going to school, playing rugby, and also recruiting. Dave is getting married in AUentown, Pennsylvania, on 8 October Best wishes to you and your fiancee. J. P. Miller (25) was (allegedly) martied during July in Delaware. Anyone with information on his current whereabouts is asked to contact the local audiorities. Dave Kelley (06) is now a CEC Officer at Naval Station, Philadelphia.

Dave got hitched over Memorial Day weekend. Bill Williston (35) and his wife Faith now have a son, Billy. Congramlations Ma and Pa Williston! Bill is Chief Engineer on USS SIMPSON, homeported in Newport, Rhode Island.

Frank McNeil (22) has orders to Marine Barracks, Eigth and and Eye, in Washington, D.C. Frank writes that it has been his dream to serve there since he saw The Silent Drill Team during Plebe Summer Shipmate, September 1988

He also passes on mucho news on about 22nd Company: Brian Antonio's new address and phone number: 9 Rockaway Lane, Arlington, Mass., 02174. (617) 648-4436. Brian is doing graduate work at MIT. Graham Rossano is in the Mechanical Engineering program at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, He said that, "Califomia is great, but I still prefer New England." He is eagerly looking forward to being in an academic environment again. Ken Spafford is a senior writer in the Technical Publications department for Sikorsky and is enjoying his travel on the East Coast. He visited Lisa and Ken Switzer in South Carolina. They were doting a little Kendra, whose picture we have yet to see. How about it "Switz?"

Jim Sweeney spent Easter Sunday with Frank.

The two of them stood in as Godparents for Barbara (Connally) and Jeff Fletcher's son. It was a special ceremony and Jim and Frank were proud to take part.

Ed Logue is still keeping paradise in line out in Hawaii. Will Ed replace Magnum on CBS? Stay taned for details. Mike Hull (30) is in D.C. at the Joint Recruiting Advertising Program Office and boy does he have a good deal for you! Drop in anytime.

Dan Forney (06) wrote to tell us diat he has left USS BERGALL after 39 months were he was Main Propulsion Assistant and Weapons Officer He was diere thru a 28-month refueling overhaul at Mare Island, Califomia and for the subsequent sea trials. He and wife Debbie are now in Pearl Harbor Dan is Flag Lieutenant for ComSubPac. The children Mariah, 3, and Rick, 10 mondis, say GO NAVY! Question; Who is the Flat Lieutenant for ComSubGro Five in San Diego?

Answer: Joe Tofalo (06). Joe and wife Suzanne bought a house down the street from Anita and Brian Collms (06). Brian is the Supply Officer on USS GUITARRO. Both couples are expecting babies this Fall. Al Smith (13) has left USS AUGUSTA and is now at the Pentagon OP-092. (That's Intel for you spouses.) He and his wife, Lori, have bought a house and are doing great. Charlie Piersall (06) was the Weapons Officer on USS GRAYLING before reporting

to PG school in July. He managed to get married at the Academy Chapel on the way. Congratulations, Lt. and Mrs. Piersall!

The Weapons Officer on USS RICHARD B . RUS-

SELL is none other than Brian Fletcher (33). The USS HAWKBILL has two Classmates aboard: Paul Haynes (33) and Jim Drake (06).

"Good Job" to Hank Miranda (29). Hank received a letter of appreciation for his outstanding performance while serving with Commander Naval Surface Group, Western Pacific, Subic Bay, R.P I just called Jeff Zuschlag. He loves working for Smith-Barney in D.C. Jeff played golf with Matt "Whitey" Stapleton (24) eariier this week. Later this week Jeff is going to visit Jacksonville, Florida's resident F-18 ace: Craig Williams (14). It sounds like Jeff has mastered "making money the old fashioned way." Jim Guiliano (14) is still skating. He has simply switched from Dahlgren Hall to Newport, Rhode Island. (Please enclose a wedding picture with your rebuttal, Jim.) Travis Wallington (34) is ensuring that Midshipmen wear black socks and not gray. He enjoys "kicking back" as Officer in Charge of Uniforms at USNA. It was a close race for the post of Financial Advisor to the Commandant. "Donald Trump was not agressive enough," comments Financial Adviser, Greg Zingler (26); Greg's # is; (301) 267-2243. "Zu" told me, "Have everyone call Greg about Homecoming information, I usually tee off at 1430." Dan Evans (24) was married over Memorial Day Weekend. Joe Soto (14) is finishing up his MBA "somewhere in North Carolina."

That's "all the news that's fit to print" for this month. Send me some news and I'll send you a postcard telling you which issue it'll be included in.

Also, dust off those nostalgic photos of you and your roommate. Shipmate promises me that I'll get them back. (Yeah, that's the ticket. We return 15 . . .

27 . . . 83 . . . yeah, 100% of all pictures we receive!) Use a felt-tip marker, not a pen, to write on the back. Thanks for reading all the way to the end.

Brigade Seats. Bob. '83—A CLASS ACT

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Pres. & C/S, Lt. (jg) A. H. Hein USN 1333 Sharbot Dr., Va. Beach, Va. 23464

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Pres., Lt. (jg) Chuck Sharkey USN Corr. Sec'y, Lt. (jg) Pat Mooney USS LOCKWOOD (FF-1064),

FPO San Francisco, Calif. 96671-1424 Lt. (jg) Nancy Heckman USN 1201 Christian Court, Virginia Beach, Va. 23464

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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.

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Pres., 2nd Lt. Owen Duke USMC Corr Sec'y, East Coast, Ens. Jim Matheson USN West Coast, Ens. Tim Wolf USN Address for Class Correspondence RO. Box 87, Annapolis, Md. 21404

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Chapter News BOSTON LCdr. Horace R Rounds USNR (Ret.) 65 York Avenue Randolph, Mass. 02368 The Boston Chapter's last regular meeting of the 1987-88 year was held the evening of 8 June at the 57 Restaurant, Boston. Thirty-eight members and guests attended.

Our guest speaker was VAdm. Leon A. Edney, '57, Chief of the Bureau of Personnel and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. His presentation was based on three main topics: 1) The high standards of the United States Navy—Officers, enlisted personnel and its Fleet; 2) The necessity to U.S. Sea Power to permit freedom of navigation to merchant ships of all maritime nations; and 3) The greater education of the U.S. Citizen to understand the above and to appreciate fully the necessity of the strong U.S. Navy as it is today.

He spoke with great pride of the high moral and Shipmate, September 1988

technical standards of officers and crew. The drug problem which was serious as an aftermath of the Vietnam "No win" situation has been drastically reduced; any detected violations result in prompt disciplinary action.

His admiration of U.S. Navy women, both officers and enlisted was clearly stated.

A high percentage of the more than 50,000 women are at sea in positions of responsibility and command. However, women cannot serve on combatant ships except in the roles of instructors.

In closing, the Admiral stated his pride in being an Alumnus, a Naval Officer, an American and a Massachusetts Yankee. To all of which your secretary heartily concurs.

He thanked the Boston Chapter for inviting him, but the Chapter expressed a consensus that VAdm. Edney was the one who took time from a very busy schedule to come to Boston and make an outstanding talk for our benefit.

Alumni members at the meeting were; Ralph Gillette— '31, Harry Hull and Horace Rounds— '32,

Bob Wescott—'37, Bill Daly—'41, Mike Censale—'42, Tom Hudner—'47, Al Corderman— '51, John Devereaux—"53, Ted Edson and Charlie Rourke—'54, Jim Bligh, Bud Edney, Norm Kail and Dan O'Connell—'57, Jack Rennie—'58, John Edson— '61, Jeff Hollahan and Bob Sherer—'64, Greg Peterson—'68, Jim Ward—'69, Steve Raher—'76, Peter Grieve—'77 and Fred Sheahan—'78.

VAdm. John McCrea—'15, who is a member of the Boston Chapter as well as a neighbor of your secretary, regretfully declined my offer to drive him and Mrs. McCrea to the meeting.

CHARLOTTE John Plyler PO. Box 909 Davidson, N.C. 28036 The Charlotte Chapter held its 21 May meeting at the Epicurean Restaurant. A most enjoyable evening 93

was experienced by all present with the ambience intemipted only once, briefly, for business by Chapter president Wayne Henry.

Those attending the meeting were: Louise and Fred Hassenplug '45; Mary and Dick Fuller '45; Carolyn and Frank Deaton '47; Betsy and Harry DeLaney '47; Caroline and John Plyler '57; Kay and Bob Majeski '62; Julia and Wayne Henry '67; Judy and Dennis Rogers '67; Polly and Vince Putiri, Jr. '67; Peggy and Michael Donilon '69; Daphne Dwyer and Tom O'Brien '72.

Plans are underway for the Fall with a noteworthy constitaency already having ordered tickets and made reservations for the Navy-Citadel game in Charleston, South Carolina on 24 September. Many are planning to join the Charleston Chapter for a pregame tailgate party to which we have been graciously invited.

We are especially fortanate this year in that we have a second nearby opportanity to see Navy in action against South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina on 12 November. It is anticipated that a good group from Charlotte will attend this game. As more definite plans are developed, information will be mailed to the Charlotte Chapter.

It is also definite that we will have an Army-Navy game party in Charlotte on 3 December We are looking forward to an active year and hope that all Alunmi moving into the area or visiting will contact us.

NEW YORK John Palmieri 66 Clifton Rd. Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583 The New "Vbrk Naval Academy held its June dinner dance at the Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point New York.

The dinner dance was held at King's Point through the courtesy of Adm. Paul Krinski, Superintendent of the Academy.

After an introduction by Chapter President, Dan Kahn, Admiral Krinsky addressed the group. He spoke about the working relationship between the Navy and Merchant Marine Academy.

King's Point has a mandatory Navy program. All candidates at King's Point must be accepted as Midshipman in the Naval Reserve. They must be accepted and receive a commission upon graduation. In the past several years King's Point has graduated about 17% info the program.

In the class of 88 about 24 are going on active duty, 3 people in Nuclear Power program, 10 people in Navy Flight program, 3 Marine Corps officers. The Merchant Marine is the fourth arm of national defense. In World War II, Korea, and Vietnam about 95% of the cargoes to these places were carried by Merchant Marine ships.

Admiral Krinsky described the academy as a fouryear program to which all candidates must acquire a congressional nomination. They compete on a national basis. Stadents come from all states. Marine engineering and marine transportation are the principal majors at the Academy. Marine engineers are graduated as third assistant engineers, are licensed, and are qualified to serve at sea in the engine room.

The transportation majors are qualified deck officers. They are watch officers and third mates.

We had a wonderful evening, thanks to Richard Zino, '67 and his Ragtime Jazz group. See you in September

NEWPORT Capt. R.B. Connelly USN (Ret.) 21 Catherine Street Newport, Rhode Island 02840 The Newport Chapter met on 31 May at the Of94

ficers' Club, NETC, Newport. At dinner we elected Capt. Clyde Van Arsdall USN '63, Deputy to the President Naval War College, as First Vice President and Lt. Geoffrey Voigt USN '82, Oscar Company Officer at OCS, as Second Vice President. They succeed Capt. Dave Clark '62 who left to become Naval Attach^ Canada and LCdr. Pete Varsayni '76 who is now Commanding Officer of AFFRAY. Our President remains Professor Frank Snyder '48.

After dinner our guest of honor, Capt. Jorge Luis Colombo of the Argentine Navy, spoke on the Malvinas (Falkland) Conflict. A 1962 graduate of the Argentine Naval Academy, the captain was the commander of squadrons of A-4s and Super Entendards during the conflict. His squadrons sunk two ships with thefiveExocet missiles he started the war with and sunk two others by bombs. He flew to Port Stanley to test the airfield (which the Argentines had built for the Falklanders before the conflict) for possible use by his planes. He decided it was not suitable because of its short (3000 feet) runway and slick surface.

Captain Colombo analyzed the Strategic Assumptions, Institational Differences, and Diplomatic Results of the conflict as they pertained to the UK, Argentina and the US. Speaking only for himself.

Captain Colombo, "told it like it was;" he said the conflict was a War of General Stapidity and his ADC Major Misconceptions. All of Argentina's assumptions proved wrong, especially the belief that Britain would not react with military force.

The captain kept to the high ground of strategy and intemational relations during his talk; only during the question period did he discuss tactics. It was interesting to hear that: he couldn't attack the carriers because he didn't know where they were; Argentina refused Soviet offers of satellite intelligence and munitions; an Argentine submarine which shot three torpedoes at British ships (all three missed in part because their guidance wires broke) was held down for 24 hours by British attacks.

Capt. Colombo cited the inability of major powers to develop coherent and stable Third World policies which emphasize crisis prevention rather than crisis management. He stressed the need for North-South communication and understanding to attain the weight that East-West relations currently hold.

The captain felt that there were three Free World losers in the conflict (Argentina, the UK, and the US) and that the winner was the East窶年ATO ships were sunk and the East did not fire a shot.

We were told that the Malvinas are a national issue in Argentina, one that transcends the type of govemment in power The issue will not go away.

Attending there: John Zimmerman '29; Gene Henry '39; Pieter Hinkamp '42; Earle Trickey '47; Sid Merrill '34; Frank Snyder '48; Gordon Van Hook '51; Wirt Thayer '47; Fred Mathews '54; John Roenigk '34; J. B. Ferris '48 and his guest Walter Bergman; Associate George Smith and his guest Jerry McCarthy; David Karson '83; Joe Zacharzuk '76; Tom Gibson '79; Jack Wadleigh '37; Ron Machtley '70; Howard Burdick '56; Chris Nichols '61; Bob Connelly '52; Bob Bellitto '81; John McGoff '34; Dennis O'Meara '82; Jim Wright '58; Tom Weschler '39; Associate Harry Christensen, Roger Buck '50; and West Pointers Jack Bumey '46; Tommy Thompson '36; Bill Ennis '26 and Andy Low '42.

The Second Annual NAPS sports banquet to honor the teams and their Most Valuable Players was held on 11 May. Ron Brandquist '60 Commanding Officer Naval Education and Training Center, Newport was the host, and Navy football coach Elliot Uzelak the guest of honor and speaker From this observer's viewpoint Coach Uzelak was seen as a dynamic speaker and powerful motivator.

Ron was kind to invite representatives from the lo-

cal community, including several Newport Chapter members, to the dinner and ceremony. Among those attending were Chapter President Frank Snyder '48, Tom Weschler '39; Bob and Bunny Schmidt '56; (ex CO NAPS); Roger and Muriel Buck '50; Dick and Joanne Stengel '61; Bob Connelly '52; Duncan and Jeanie Ingraham '66 and son Duke who will attend NAPS 1988-89; and Bob Goodrum '77 (ex NAPS staff and presently working with teenagers in the local chapter of Younglife).

We met on Monday, 27 June, at the Officers' Club, NETC, Newport for cocktails, dinner and a seminar on "National Security Issues Facing the Next Administration." The seminar was led by Prof. Bill Turcotte '55, Chairman of the National Security and Decision Making Department of the Naval War College.

Bill introduced the subject by touching on the key issues he sees facing the incoming administration.

These include, the trade deficit (have we lost manufactaring competitiveness?); imbalance in our national budget (and ramifications of its solution by raising taxes and/or reducing expenditares); Gorbachev's effect on arms competition and Soviet adventarism; the impact of the European Common Market with its GNP almost equaling that of the U.S. (and the question of European defense burden sharing); the emergence of a 'capitalistic' China; and the balance of our strategic forces considering the vulnerability of our ICBMs. Bill then challenged the audience to respond to the question, "What would or should the next President think about these issues or are there others which he should put at the top of his agenda?" Discussion in the relatively short time remaining added, the impact of and response to terrorism, drug traffic and the use of the military in stopping it, implications of the evident lack of a national strategic operation plan, and the demise of U.S. self-sufficiency in critical raw materials and manufactaring capability.

The presentation was enjoyable and instructive and we were all impressed with Bill's professionalism and grasp of his subject. We envy the War College stadents who have the opportanity to participate in his seminars during their course of stady.

Joining us for dinner and the seminar, in addition to Bill's wife Joan, were. Bob Glover '61 (stadent at the Senior Officer's Material Course), Charley and Kack Buchanan '26, Sid and Row Merrill '34, LeRoy and Floride Taylor '35, Clyde Van Arsdall '63, Tom Lyons '52, Wendy and Joyce Morganthaler '52, Associate Harry Christensen, Ken and Benny Lyons '46, John and Lucy Roenigk '34, Brown Taylor '34, J.B. and Eileen Ferris '48 and their guests Walt and Jan Bergman, Wirt Thayer '47, Earle and Mary Trickey '47, Geoff Voight '82, Frank and Maggy Snyder '48, Sam and Susan Hester '73, Tim and Mary McCoy '39, Jane Moore (Sumner '48 working for a living in Washington, D.C), Bob and Pud Connelly '52, and West Pointers Bill and Fran Ennis '26, Jack and Mary Bumey '46, and Charley and Jackie Canham '51.

NORTH TEXAS Dick Goodspeed 2237 Hurstview Drive Hurst, Texas 76054 The Chapter is making a habit of tuming out in force for the monthly luncheon meetings. Forty-four Alumni attended the 3 May meeting, and brought along several guests. The speaker of the day was RAdm. selectee Bob Smith USNR, whofilledus in on "Current Issues in the Real Navy." In the brief time he had, he touched on budget, strategy, happenings, in the Persian Gulf, the sitaation in the Medical Corps, and the statas of the Naval Reserve.

Alumni present were: Koy Adams, '66; Pete Shipmate, September 1988

Baker, '57; Tom Boyd, '75; Ron Carbone, USCGA '66; Jim Colh, '74; Bill Connell, '67; Jim Cresap, '37; Phil Crosby '45; Granville Dutton, '46; Frank Edrington, '63; Ted Everage, '61; S. Filippone, '37; Dick Goodspeed, '50; Bob Gordon, '59; John Gorman, '64; Don Hackett, '64; John Hamilton, '68; M. Alex Harkins, '67; Bill Hebert, '82; Dan Hoffmann, '45; T Howell, '65; Mike Huber, '78; Dave Koch, '74; Maury Koelemay '72; Bill Lavallee, '55; Charlie Lyman, '61; Dick Lyons, '52; John Marshall, '64; Jay McKie, '47; Tom Meyer, '63; Pat Moran, '34; Marsh Nadel, '74; Preston Peak, '46; David Porter, '76; Dutch Royal, '50; Potsy Scoville, '64; Tim Sullivan, '67; Jim Tadlock, '87; J. C. Tipton, '58; Dan Weaver, '72; Fred Wiedmann, '46; Ray Wilson, '61; Burns Wood, '35; John Wroten, '65; and Ben Young, '45.

Attendance at the June meeting was a bit lighter, at 29 Alunmi and several guests. Don Hackett opened the after-lunch proceedings by welcoming Glenn Garfield, '91, whom the Chapter had last seen at the pool party for appointees a year ago. Then Dan Weaver announced the results of the tri-service-academy Alumni Softball tournament. As usual, we beat Army. As usual, also. Air Force beat us—but this time Air Force had to come from behind to win by just two mns. Wait 'til next year.

Jay McKie then reported on the statas of the Naval Academy Capital Fund Drive, and on the annual meeting of the Board of Tmstees.

Speaker for the day was LCdr. Ron Camp USNR whose active duty assignment is the Naval Control of Shipping Organization at the Panama Canal. He gave us a rundown on the Canal's history (the smallest toll ever paid was by Richard Haliburton, who swam through die canal and coughed up 36 cents for the privilege) and the political sitaation in Panama. It was a very interesting program.

Alumni present were: Pete Baker, '57; Bill Connell, '67; Jack Edwards, '47; Tom Felger, '66; Glenn Garfield, '91; Ray Garfield, '66; Dick Goodspeed, '50; Dick Grant, '52; Don Hackett, '64; M. Alex Harkins, '67; Dan Hennessy, '63; Gary Jaeger, '74; Maury Koelemay, '72; Frank Koye, '82; Bill Lavallee, '55; Tom Loftas, '72; Joe Manci, '50; Gary Mann, '72; John Marshall, '64; Jack McKie, '47; Pat Moran, '34; Hank Ochel, '61; Tom Peacock, '34, with wife, Margaret; David Porter, '76; Potsy Scoville, '64; Tim Sullivan, '67; Dan Weaver, '72; and John Wroten, '65.

The chapter held its aimual pool party for entering Plebes and their families at the home of Fran and George Goodwin, '48, on 26 June. Members of the Class of '92 who came were Chris Bacon, John Pickett, John Felarca, Chuong Do, John Oglesby, Nick Olivier, Matt Henson, Dirk Renick, Mark Roppolo, Erik Stohlman, John Handherr, Mark McGuire, Robert Boehning, Jason Bowers, and James Parker.

Also attending was Ches Snyder, '93, who is on his way to NAPS for a year.

About 20 Alumni members of the Chapter were there, most with wives and many with chidren, and several members of the Parents' Club also attended.

The total attendance was well over 100.

The Chapter's next meeting will be on 6 September—the usual monthly meeting that takes place at noon on the first Tuesday of every month at Belo Mansion, Ross and Pearl Streets, Dallas. We invite any Alumni in the area on that or a subsequent first Tuesday to join us.

ORLANDO Tom Utegaard 646 Friar Rd., Winter Park, Fla. 32792 Thefinalmeeting of the Orlando Chapter for the Shipmate, September 1988

year 1987-1988 was held on 10 June at the "Brass Anchor," Naval Training Center, our one and only meeting place. There were a fair number of attendees but it was obvious that a few of the regulars had headed north to escape the Summer heat. If they went too far north, they wound up in hotter temperatures than we have had here in Central Florida.

Outgoing President Craig Corbett sadly announced that our newly elected President and Craig's relief, Tom Bowman, had received a job opportunity in another state and would not be fulfilling his presidential duties with us. So it's back to square one and the rush of volunteers to take over has been scarcely noticeable. Somehow we'll muddle through—we always done so in the past. Unless otherwise announced, this will be my last input to Shipmate on behalf of the Orlando Chapter and Craig will be taking over from me. Believe me, it is a labor of love; not for the money involved. I'd say that even if they tripled my salary!

Program Chairman Bill Sims, '45, introduced his last guest speaker from the town of Windermere, Mr Gene Murphy who had spent many years with Kodak before his retirement and who, by his own admission, fell into a great job with the famous camerafilmcompany not knowing a thing about film or photography.

He presented a great narrated slide show demonstrating how to—and how not to—take portraits with the camera. Now that I have heard it, I can take pictures just like Karsh. (Reminds me of the lady overheard at a fancy resort: "I leamed how to play golf yesterday and today I am going to learn how to play tennis.")

As best as can be determined from postcard responses, the following Alumni, spouses, widows, and guests attended the June luncheon: Jerry and Betty Ball, '41; Tom Bowman, '71; Lou Branch, '49; Red Eye and Kitty Coleman, '25 and their guests.

Bob Coleman and his wife; Jim and Anne Conger, "42; Craig Corbett, "73; Jim Crandall, '75; Bob and Ruth Finlay '46; Wally Ebert, '30; Russ and Sally Hart, '29; Dick and Dorothy Jack, '35; Merle Johnston (W), '27; George and Bea Kohr, '29; Betty Lambrecht (W), '25; John and Eileen Long, '55; Mr and Mrs. John Mackenzie, '50; Virginia Marks (W), '38; R. N. Norgaard, '28; Mrs. E. S. Piper (W), '27; Dorothy Pryor (W), '29; Joie Ray, '29; Bob and Eunice Rice, '27; Bdl Rossell, '35 and his guest Martha Johnson; Mike and Mary Agnes Sellars, '34; Bill and Kay Sims, '45 and out guests. Gene and Dot Murphy; Bill and Anne Underwood, '42; Tom and Audrey Utegaard, '45; Ellen Wilkine (W), '24 and her daughter, Mrs. Marian Scobie and Bill Woodhouse, '81.

RICHMOND William E. Lewis, Jn 14608 Tranor Ave Chester, Va. 23831 .

(804-541-1755 H) (804-230-1398 W) The June meeting of the USNA Alumni Assn. took place at the Engineer's Club, Franklin St., Richmond at 1730. An excellent turnout of members and guests attended the annual Candidates Night and spent time sharing with friends that had not been seen for some time. The guest speaker was Dave Smalley '57, Asst.

Athletic Director for Admissions and Academics.

Dave was accompanied by his wife, Gerry Candidates and their parents included: Jeff Broderick and his parents Paul and Sylvia, Robert Duke and his parents David and Linda, James Neale and his mother Linda Amos. Dave addressed the candidates and discussed the opportunity that they were about to undertake covering the admissions process, athletics, academics, and the Alumni that they could join.

The calendar for the coming year was announced and confirmed with the Engineer's Club. A speaker from the Alumni Assn. is planned for the first meeting in the Fall. Fred Gambke '51 deferred his sports report to Dave Smalley '57 as part of his prepared remarks. Nominations for officers for the coming year will be sought. Brian Dolliver volunteered to host the Summer picnic and a date will be determined and communicated by note, shortly.

Members and guest present included: Bill & Kathleen Lewis "60, Fred & Eileen Gambkee '51, Brian Dolliver, George & Jackie Jensen '57, John & Darleen Kaufman '46, Ernie & Shirley Hipp '44, Rusty & Kathy Chain '60, Vance Berry '78, Jack & Pris Davison '43, Bill & Cathy Carmichael '63, Bill O'Flaherty '49, Jack & Nita Parry "67, Mrs. Norma Smith, James Neale, Mrs. Lynn Amos, Bob Shupe '61, Rodie & Rogie Williams '50, Fred & Ellen Wortham '43, Bob & Kathy Oakes '59, Dave & Gerry Smalley '57, Phil & Marylou Winston '33, Mike & Mary Soha '72, Robert Duke, David & Linda Duke, Scott Keyer, Marie (Bob) Keyer '24, Byron & Linda Parker, Owen & Kim McFadden '66, Jeff Broderick, Paul & Sylvia Broderick, and Bill & Nan Meyer '40.

SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. Burrill SC USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymote Way Sacramento, Calif. 95822 Twenty of us enjoyed our usual First Wednesday luncheon at Posey's Cottage Restaurant at noon on 6 July. We have developed and use a very efficient menu selection procedure which enables those with jobs to get away on time.

New President, Larry Pierce '38, conducted the meeting with skill matching that of Immediate Past President, Wally Nelson '35 who was present to lend any moral support necesary We gave hearty welcomes to Tom Langley '56 who is not only a new member, but new to the area, and Frank J. Blake '68, who was present for the second time. At the August meeting, it would be nice to have each of them tell about themselves.

Larry Pierce summarized the past financial year, during which only a portion of those 66 on the roster donated the $10 suggested, but we managed to come very close to breaking even.

Larry then talked about the 50th Reunion of '38, an extremely well planned and executed affair, the highlight being the memorial service in the Chapel attended by all those in Annapolis at the time. We also enjoyed a sumptuous buffet, cocktail party by Al Laborde '38, a trip to the renovated dock area of Baltimore, and ferry boat ride back to Annapolis in 15 knot seas. The meal on the ferry was superb and I did not note anyone seasick.

Larry then mentioned the upcoming request from the Alumni Ass'n. for funds for the projected Brigade Activities Center, costing $21 million dollars, for which Congress is willing to appropriate only half.

The Class of '38 has alreading donated more to the Alumni Ass'n. than any other class, but expects to do its part in this endeavor. That class has raised a fund totalling $275,000 to fund an annual Leadership Forum with cadets from the four service academies participating. Larry shares the view strongly expressed by this reporter that some of the participants should be people like me, who had the lowest "aptitude for Service" mark of anyone commissioned on graduation, 2.50.

Larry mentioned several times that if you planned to participate in a fiftieth or any other reunion, you should communicate with classmates about the subject matter to be discussed and events to be scheduled well in advance of the reunion, rather than awaiting the agenda developed by others.

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Larry also mentioned briefly the recent items about the stiff selection process currently in effect for Midshipmen and the fact that it may have been just as tough in 1934. This writer then told of the 400 fellow competitors in an exam for a Senatorial appointment and 50 in a competitive for an appointment by a U.S. Representative. It is understood that, at present, the selection process involves about seven, for each vacancy.

Treasurer Wayne Harbarger '47 related some of his experiences at this year's June Week West in San Francisco. He and Jean had left Sacramento with the temperatare 100-plus degrees and attended a class party on one of the several sailing ships in San Francisco. Wayne had worn a sweater and an overcoat and was just comfortable. He also mentioned the possibility of holding a future June Week West in Sacramento, with its world-famous railroad museum and new hotels. This would require much work by all of us in this chapter

Larty Pierce said that June Week West in 1990 might be in Colorado Springs, but not in conjunction with the Navy-Air Force game because of limited facilities.

Those not already cited, who contributed to the pleasure of the occasion, are M. O. Slater "47, Jean Harbarger '47, Don and Lorma Andrews '47, Barry WTiinlesery '49, Tom Hartigan '47, Doris Harvey '44, Bob Logan '43, John Haynes '55 and Lou Fifer '72.

teresting remarks about the Academy today made by Capt. H. A. Seymour, Jr., Director of Candidate Guidance. In attendance were Will Adams '45, Henry Banzhaf '33, Richard Bowers '64, John Camp (President) '49, Ted Cheney '58, Phil Cook '76, Phil Charest '53, William Clayton, Associate Member (Blue & Gold), Dirk Debbmk '77, Roger Ekman, Associate Member, Bud Lockwood '50, Dan Lyons '71, Guy Mascari '69, Win Williams '46, James Wish '45.

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Last Call "They shall grow not old as we that are left to 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 AMICK, WILLIAM CLYDE JR '44 (CDR USN RET), 24 June 1988, Bediesda, Maryland BEHRENDS, RALPH EUGENE '48, 29 May 1988, Bronx, New York BENNETT, WARFIELD CLAY JR '36 (CAPT USN RET), 30 June 1988, Panama City, Horida BROWN, RICHARD EGGLINGTON '40 (CDR USN RET), 7 July 1988, Bediesda, Maryland BUTT, CYRUS HUGH '44 (CAPT USN RET), 19 July 1988, Bediesda, Maryland CHILTON, HORACE DUVAL '46, 25 Febmary 1988, (Matairie, Louisiana) CUZNER, WILLIAM HERBERT '27 (CDR USNR RET), 1 July 1988, Lexington, Massachusetts DARE, JAMES ASHTON '39 (RADM USN RET), 10 June 1988, (Coronado, Califomia) DURYEA, HAROLD EDWARD '30 (CAPT USN RET), 25 June 1988, Tryon, Nordi Carolina FEENEY, RICHARD LOUIS '53, 20 April 1988, Levittown, Pennsylvania FORD, ARTHUR WOODFIN '11 (COL USA RET), 3 July 1988, Arlington, Virginia GALATL\N, ANDREW B. JR '36 (BGEN USMC RET), 29 June 1988, Alameda, Califomia

HEATH, GEORGE LUCIUS '27 (RADM USN RET), 16 June 1988, Martinsburg, West Virginia IRVINE, JAMES MCCABE '39, 2 July 1988, Cantonment, Horida JONES, JOHN WILLL^M '30, 7 September 1986, (Brent, Alabama) KEEGAN, RICHARD JOSEPH '51, 8 July 1988, Washington, D.C. KOSSLER, HERMAN JOSEPH '34 (RADM USN RET), 1 July 1988, Charleston, Soudi Carolina KUNZ, CHESTER ARTHUR JR '26 (RADM USN RET), 17 June 1988, Swardunore, Pennsylvania LONG, RICHARD WILSON '40 (CDR USN RET), 6 April 1988, Aubum, Washington MATHEWS, BOB ORR '24 (RADM USN RET), 13 June 1988, Denver, Colorado MOORE, WILLIAM MINGES '53, 25 July 1988, Vero Beach, Horida PARR, WARREN SHERMAN JR '49 (CAPT USNR RET), 21 May 1988, Coronado, Califomia PARTRIDGE, HARRY JR '48 (LCDR USN RET), 20 June 1988, Stafford, Virginia RICE, LESTER KIMME '24 (RADM USN RET), HALE, FREDERICK ARTHUR '45 (MAJ USMC 26 March 1988, (Los Angeles, Califomia) RICHARDSON, GILL MACDONALD '27 Ret), 29 June, 1988, Annapolis, Maryland HALLER, JOHN JOSEPH '46 (CDR USN RET), (RADM USN RET), 12 July 1988, San Diego, Califomia 3 July 1988, Danville, Califomia HARRIS, SCOTT MICHAEL '82 (LT USN), 26 RIDOUT, HORATIO '23 (RADM USN RET), 25 June 1988, Rock Hill, Soutii Carolina March 1988, Gulf Breeze, Horida

ARTHUR WOODFIN FORD 'U Col. Ardiur W Ford USA (Ret.) died of complications caused by arteriosclerosis on 3 July 1988 at Northem Virginia Doctors Hospital in Arlington, Virginia. At age 100, Col. Ford was the fourth oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy.

Bom in EI Dorado, Kansas, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of Kansas and graduated with the Class of 1911. Because of an eye problem, he was unable to serve in the Navy and, instead, was commissioned in the Army Coast Artillery.

The colonel served in France during World War I. During the 1920s he served in the office of the Army's 96

chief of ordnance in Washington, D.C. Much of his work concerned the development of artillery, tanks and fire control instruments.

He attended the Army Industrial College and the Naval War College. Col. Ford retired in 1948 after having served as Commanding Officer of Raritan Arsenal in New Jersey.

In retirement he was treasurer of the Rabun Gap Naguchee School in Dillard, Georgia. In the mid-1970s, he retired from that position and moved to Washington, D.C. His wife of 69 years, Caroline, died in 1982.

Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth S. Neyman of Washington, D.C. and Frances L. Knapp

RIENSTRA, DAN J. JR '44 (CDR USN RET), 24 January 1988, Houston, Texas ROGERS, GEORGE VAN '39 (CDR USN RET), 31 May 1988, Hilton Head, Soudi Carolina ROGERS, JOHN LUKE '79, 26 June 1988, Reston, Virginia ROPER, JOSEPH CLARK '39 (CDR USN RET), 27 May 1988, Fort Gordon, Soudi Carohna ROTH, EDWARD ELLSWORTH '21 (CAPT USN RET), 30 April 1988, (Santa Barbara, Califomia) RYAN, EDWARD ALEXANDER '2218 July 1987, (Deerfield Beach, Horida) SIMMONS, GEORGE CHARLES JR '39 (CDR USN RET), 28 June 1988, San Diego, Califomia STURGES, RUSSELL GROESBECK '22 (CAPT USN RET), 29 May 1988, McLean, Virginia TOROK, TIBOR THEODORE '28, 30 October 1987, Belvidere, New Jersey WALTON, JOHN NEWTON '17 (CAPT USN RET), 11 July 1988, Devon, Pennsylvania WEBB, ERNEST HENRY '21 (LCDR USN RET), 27 June 1988, Long Beach, Califomia WILLL\MSON, DELBERT FRED '27 (RADM USN RET), 3 July 1988, Albuquerque, New Mexico WOZNIAK, ADAM LEWIS JR '43 (CDR USN RET), 2 July 1988, Daytona Beach, Horida (

) around the place of death indicates hometown at the time of death when specific location is unknown

of Bridgeton, North Carolina, and four grandchildren.

ERNEST HENRY WEBB '21 LCdr. Emest Henry Webb USN (Ret.) died 27 June 1988 in Long Beach, Califomia. Interment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Califomia, beside the grave of his wife, Mable.

Bom on 16 July 1898 in Massachusetts, he was appointed to the Academy from Bristol, Rhode Island, entering in 1917, and was graduated with die Class of 1921 in June of that year. Service on various battleships and destroyers followed. While serving in USS MARYLAND at Navy Yard, New York, he married Shipmate, September 1988

Miss Mable Klein on 31 May 1923.

Destroyer duty followed, he being attached USS GILMER in 1928. A tour of duty in the Asiatic Fleet in early 1930"s found him in USS GUAM at Hankow, China. Uneasy relations between Japan and China at diis time caused American Naval Officers to be especially alert. Mrs. Webb, while living in Shanghai, was one of several Americans who were kidnapped and held for ransom by dissident Chinese. They were later released unhamied as reported in Time magazine.

LCdr. Webb was serving in USS PENNSYLVANIA, which was in Pearl Harbor Dry Dock when the Japanese aircraft attacked which caused President Franklin Roosevelt to name 7 December 1941 a "Day of Infamy." LCdr. Webb was named Officer-inCharge, Branch Hydrographic Office, Buffalo, New York, in 1943.

While serving as Commanding Officer, Naval Barracks, Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokem, Califomia. he voluntarily retired from active service on 1 November 1946.

He established his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada, and, with interests also in Long Beach, California, and spent much of his retired life commuting between those two cities. His wife. Mabel, died in 1985 after more than 60 years together He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

No children survive; he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Webb Natale, of Englewood, Colorado and Mrs. Stella Webb Tabor of St. Petersburg, Horida.

LORENZO SHERWOOD SABIN, JR. '21 VAdm Lorenzo S. Sabin, Jr USN (Ret.) died on 2 June 1988 of pneumonia and congestive heart problems at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, California. A rosary was said on 8 June at Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church in La Jolla, Califomia, followed by a Mass, and then burial at El Camino Memorial Park.

Bora in Dallas, Texas, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that State and graduated with the Class of 1921. Following graduation, he served in TENNESSEE, O ' B A N N O N , and at the Navy Torpedo

School. Service followed again in TENNESSEE, at the Post-Graduate School (ordnance engineering), in the cruiser AUGUSTA, and in Washington in the Bureau of Ordnance. He was gunnery officer on the staff of Commander Battleships in WEST VIRGINIA at the

time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In October 1942, he was named commander of the first flotilla of landing craft to cross the Atlantic and take part in amphibious assaults in Europe. He took part in the North African, Sicialian, and Anzio landings. Later, he had command of the Navy Close-Gunfire Support Group at Normandy, where he, additionally, was Navy Officer-in-Charge at Omaha Beach, as well as Assault Convoy Commander.

Later, the admiral had duty in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations here he participated in writing surrender terms for both Germany and Japan.

Post-war duty included Command of Destroyer Hotilla One in the Far East, Commandant of the Potomac River Naval Command, and Command of Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Forces. His final duty before retirement in 1961 was a Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in NATO. Residing in La Jolla, the admiral was a popular speaker at patriotic observances, at veterans meetings and Republican gatherings. He wrote numerous commentaries, columns, book reviews and letters to Shipmate, September 1988

the editor, published in both The Union and the Tri'oune. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, The Retired Officers Association, and the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club.

His wife. Bird, a daughter, Joann Peters, and a grandson, George William Meyer, J r , preceded him in death. He is survived by two daughters Anne Meyer of Camarillo and Paula Woods of Fairfax, Virginia; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

RUSSELL GROESBECK STURGES '22 Capt.

Russell G. Sturges USN (Ret.) died on 29 May 1988 at his home in Carl Vinson Hall, McLean, Virginia, where he had lived since 1979. A Requiem Mass was celebrated at the St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean on 1 June 1988. Interment was private in the adjoining cemetery.

He was bom in Concordia, Kansas, on 10 April 1899. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1922.

He first served in MISSISSIPPI and the in MARCOS

until 1927. He then attended the postgraduate course in Mechanical Engineering with one year at the PG School, Annapolis, followed by one year at Columbia University from which he received an MS in Engineering .

He then served aboard IDAHO for a year followed by two years in SOUTHARD (DD). His next shore duty was at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, ' 3 2 - ' 3 4 .

His first command at sea was in ALGORMA for three years and then two years at the Navy Yard, Bremerton, as Machinery Superintendent in building WILSON which he then commanded for three years, serving mostiy in the North Atlantic war zone. He continued on sea duty as Navigator of NEVADA for one year and then as Executive Officer.

He was then ordered to command the Naval Ordnance Plant, Milledgeville, Georgia, for two years followed by 18 months in command of the PIEDMONT (AD). This was followed by two years in command of the Naval Ordnance Plant, Macon, Georgia.

His next duty was as Commanding Officer of the Naval Ammunition Depot Seal Beach, California, from '49 to '51. His last tour of active duty was in command of the Naval Ammunition Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada, from which he retired on 1 July 1953.

Shortly after retirement he was employed for four years as a consultant with the Fish and Game Department of Califomia in the foothills of the Sierra Navadas. He then moved to Lexington, Virginia, and became a member of the faculty at the Virginia Military Institute teaching Mechanics and Engineering Drawing for two years. He then moved to Santa Rosa, California, and went into the real estate business for three years, retiring in 1962.

He then moved to Sonoma, California, where he lived for 17 years before moving to Vinson Hall in 1979.

He served as a lay reader in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Sonoma and was a member of the USNA Alumni Association.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Carpenter Sturges of the home address; a son, Frederick W. Sturges; two daughters, Mary Ellen Dickerson, and Dorothy Sturges Wigren; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

PAUL FREDERIC SCHOEFFEL '23 Cdr Paul E Schoeffel USNR (Ret.) died on 30 March 1988 of heart failure at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan where he was transported on the day of his death from his home in Franklin. He had been ill for about six months with a pulmonary ailment. Funeral services were held at a local funeral home, followed by entombment in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan on 2 April.

Born and raised in Freeport, Illinois, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from Illinois in 1919 and graduated with the Class of 1923. Following graduation he served as a junior officer in USS ARKANSAS until May 1925 when he resigned his commission and began a very successful career in the real estate business in Detroit, Michigan. His long career as a Realtor in the Detroit Metropolitan Area spanned the years 1925-1968, interrupted by active service as an officer in the USNR during World War II. His duty assignments during WWII included: Naval Reserve Midshipman School at Columbia University; C O . of Naval Training School for WAVES in Milledgeville, Georgia; Chief Staff Officer of an LST Flotilla in the 7th Fleet, South Pacific; and lastly at Great Lakes, Illinois on the staff of ComNine. He was retired from the Naval Reserve in 1952 in the rank of commander Upon release from active duty he re-entered the real estate business, self-employed under the name "Paul Schoeffel Realty," in Franklin, a suburban Detroit village of which he was one of the founding fathers instrumental in its development and incorporation as a town. After final retirement from business in 1968 he devoted much of his time to community affairs.

He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, the U.S. Naval Institute, the U.S. Navy League, Knight of the Golden Circle, Army and Navy Club, Washington, D . C , and Super-Senior Member, University Club of Detroit.

He is survived by his widow. Alma, 26340 Wellington Rd,, Box 3, Franklin, Mich. 48025 and his son, John R Schoeffel of the same address.

JOHN JAMES LAFFAN '25 RAdm. John James Laffan USN (Ret.) died on 31 May 1988 in the Meridian Nursing Home in Westfield, New Jersey. A funeral mass was offered in St. Anne's Church in Garwood followed by interment in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.

Born on 24 April 1902 in Irvington-on-the-Hudson. New York, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated in the Class of 1925. Sea duty following graduation was in WYOMING, ROCHESTER and destroyers interspersed with shore duty under instruction at the Torpedo, Chemical Warfare and General Line Postgraduate Schools.

From 1936 to 1938, duty was performed as an instructor in the Ordnance Department at the Naval Academy.

Three years of sea duty followed, in the cruiser NASHVILLE, as Commanding Officer of the destroyer DALLAS on Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic, and as gunnery officer of the cruiser BOISE in which he participated in the Battle of Cape Esperance in the Solomon Islands in WW II. In December 1942 he was a member of the Command Class at the Naval War College which was followed in June 1943 by another tour of duty in the Ordnance Department, USNA. In February 1945 he took command of the attack transport Dix in which he saw action against the Jap-

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anese at Okinawa. From 1946 to 1948 he was on the staff of ComNavPhil. Retaming to the States in August of 1948 he was ordered to duty as Professor of Naval Science, NROTC at the University of Missouri. Sea duty again followed in August 1951 when he became ComDesRon Eight, operating out of Newport, Rhode Island. He relinquished the destroyer command in July 1952 to take command of the New "Vbrk Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.

Following retirement in 1955 as a rear admiral by virtue of a combat citation with the Navy Cross, he was an accountant for 14 years with the Joel Mitchell Associates in New York.

Survivors include two sons, a daughter and eight grandchildren.

CHESTER ARTHUR KUNZ, JR. '26 RAdm. Chester A. Kunz, Jn USN (Ret.) died on 17 June 1988 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. A memorial service was held at Arlington National Cemetery on 24 June and another such service was held at Swarthmore Presbyterian Church in Swarthmore on 25 June. The admiral had donated his body to medical research and interment will take place at Arlington at a later date.

Bom in Kansas City, Kansas, he was a graduate of Wyandotte High School and was appointed to the Naval Academy from his native state. Graduating with the Class of 1926, he worked for the Army Corps of Engineers from 1928 until 1940. He lived and worked in Cleveland Park, Kansas.

Called to active duty in 1940, he was assigned to BROOKS and later took command of SKYLARK, LOESER and Destroyer Escort Division 32. He commanded that division during the assaults on Iwo Jima and Okinawa and received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V." Following the war, he served as Professor of Naval Science at the University of Kansas; President of the General Court Martial Board, 9th Naval District; Commanding Officer of PLATTE (AO-24) and YEL-

LOWSTONE (AD-27); and Head of the Sub-board of Inspection and Survey at Pearl Harbor He retired in 1957 and began a second career in local and state government; he attended the University of Pennsylvania and received a Master's in governmental administration. He held posts in Sunnyvale, Califomia; Seward, Alaska; and Philadelphia. He was executive director of the Regional Conference of Elected Officials from which he retired in 1968. He was active in church and community affairs, the Masons and The Retired Officers Association.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, two daughters, a son, five grandchildren, and four greatgranddaughters.

ANDREW BROOKS BUTTREY '27 LCdr Andrew B. Buttrey USN (Ret.) died on 1 June 1988 at the . ^ ^ ^ ^ U.S. Naval Hospital, \ ^ l ^ ^ ^ l Camp Pendleton, Califomia. Funeral services are to be conducted at the Arlington National Cemetary at a later date.

Bom in Huntsville, Alabama, he was brought up in Gallatin, Tennessee and obtained his early education there. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state to graduate with the Class of 1927. On graduation, he was assigned to the battleship PENNSYLVANIA. He was retired from active duty for physical reasons in December 1931 in the rank of Lt. a.g.).

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In February 1942, he retamed to active duty and served on die faculty of the NROTC Unit at the University of Southem Califomia. Subsequently, he was assigned to the Naval Ammunition Depot, Fallbrook, Califomia, where he remained until retirement in October 1946, with the rank of lieutenant commander.

During the post-war years, he settled in Fallbrook where he dealt in real estate. He was active in community affairs and a long time member of the Rotary Club.

He is survived by his daughter, Alison Brooks Cook of Fairfax, Virginia and two grandchildren. His wife of 54 years, Marjorie Elizabeth, predeceased him in 1983.

GEORGE LUCIUS HEATH '27 RAdm. George L. Heath USN (Ret.) died on 6 June 1988 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Memorial services were held at St. Andrew's Epispocal Church, Burke, Virginia.

Bom and reared in Pontiac, Illinois, he received his early education there and was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state to graduate with the Class of 1927.

After graduation, he served successively in the battleship, MISSISSIPPI, destroyers WHIPPLE, J.D. EDWARDS, SIMPSON, and cruiser, DETROIT, the Gen-

eral Line School, the Naval Observatory, battleship WYOMING, destroyer POPE, gunboat MINDANAO and

destroyer PILLSBURY, the latter three in the U.S. Asiatic Heet. While on the Asiatic station, he witaessed the Japanese invasion of China at Canton, Swatow, Tsingtao, and Shanghai. This was followed by a tour at the Naval Academy.

Throughout World War II, he served in the cruiser PORTLAND, working up from Assistant Engineer to Executive Officer during which time the ship participated in 32 engagements in Pacific campaigns. Portland was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for "outstanding heroism in actions against the enemy."

(Then) Cdr. Heath was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with combat "V" by the Secretary of the Navy for "heroic achievement."

Post-war duties included assignments at the llth.

Naval District, Fleet Training Group, San Diego, CO. of Attack Cargo ship ALGOL, CO. of Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, and the Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia.

During the Korean War, he commanded LSD Squadron One. While in Korean waters, ships under his command retrieved a Russian MIG aircraft "intact," which had not been accomplished before and which was regarded as a rare prize. In 1952, he joined the staff of the Amphibious Training Command, Pacific Fleet, where he remained until retirement in 1957.

In addition to the BSM and the NUC, his medals included those for Yangtze Service, China Service, American Defense, National Defense, AsiaticPacific with 16 battle stars. World War II Victory, Philippine Liberation with 2 stars, Korean Service, U.N. Service, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation.

After retirement. Admiral Heath was employed by Holmes & Narver, an Engineering firm which supported the AEC programs at Eniwetok and Bikini; General Dynamics and Ryan Aircraft Co., San Diego; and Sea Networks, Inc. at Annapolis, Maryland. He retired in 1971.

Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Heath of Burke, Virginia and Susan H. Parker of Springfield, Virginia, three grandchildren and two brothers, Herbert and Howard Heath of San Antonio, Texas. His wife, Thekia, predeceased him in 1982.

JOHN JOSEPH KEARNS '28 Mr John J. Keams died of Alzheimer's disease in Albany, New York on 24 February 1988. Services were held at the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Delmar, New York and burial was in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, New Jersey.

Bom in Paterson, New Jersey, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and entered with the Class of 1927. Because of injuries received during a Summer Cruise, he spent many months in the hospital and was eventaally tamed back into the Class of 1928. He remained with that Class for a few months before resigning. He then entered Georgetown University and eamed an undergraduate degree.

Mr. Keams was an executive with Mutaal of Omaha Insurance Co. until his retirement in 1980.

He also was a life member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret of Slingerlands. New York 12159; a son, John Jr, and a daughter, Margaret, and four grandchildren.

ROBERT WARD COOPER '31 Capt. Robert Ward Cooper USN (Ret.) died on 18 May 1988 m Casa Palmera Care Center in Del Mar, California. Memorial services were held at Mission San Diego de Alcala, and his ashes were scattered at sea in the Pacific.

Bom in Brooklyn, New York, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that State and graduated widi die Class of 1931. After preliminaryflighttraining at NAS Norfolk, and a tour of duty in the batdeship OKLAHOMA, he was ordered to NAS Pensacola forflighttraining and on completion was designated a Naval Aviator His pre-war duty assignments were in the aviation detachment of the heavy cmiser PENSACOLA, and in fighter, patrol, and torpedo squadrons.

In 1941 he was ordered as Air Operations Officer in the carrier LEXINGTON , a post he held till her sinking in die Battie of die Coral Sea in May 1942. In June 1942 he was ordered as XO of NAS Seattle; in 1944 he retumed to sea duty as XO of the escort carrier RUDYERD BAY, and in 1945 he was ordered as XO of

the carrier TARAWA. In 1947 he was ordered to duty as Operations Officer on the Staff of ComFairWestCoast; then in 1949 he went to Santiago, Chile as Naval Attache, after which he was assigned to the same duty in Helsinki, Finland.

Other duty assignments were: stadent at the Naval War College, Commander Striking Heet Representative at SHAPE, command of the carrier ANTIETAM, Deputy Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College, and ComFair Norfolk. He retired from active duty in May 1961.

His awards and decorations included the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V," the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 7 stars, the American Defense Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Chilean Mihtary Order of Merit, and the White Rose of Finland.

In retirement he entered the field of education as Executive Secretary of Claremont Colleges, later advancing to Director of Business Affairs for that college group. He held that position imtil his retirement in 1974.

In retirement he made his home in Coronado, Califomia. He is survived by his wife, Azile Catherine Kelly Cooper of 8 Gingertree Lane, Coronado, Calif.; by three daughters, Stephanie Louise Payson, Eugenia Mary Potter, and Paula Patricia Opela; and by seven grandchildren.

JAMES MC CLELLAN PETERS '31 RAdm. James McClellan Peters USN (Ret.) died on 12 April 1988 in Kailua, Oaho, Hawaii. Memorial services were held in Oahu Cemetery Chapel and inShipmate, September 1988

terment with full military honors took place in National Memorial Cemetery of die Pacific.

Bom in White Castle, Louisiana, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1931. He completed Preliminary Hight Training at NAS San Diego in 1931, and in 1932 was ordered to NAS Pensacola for flight training, on completion of which he was designated a Naval Aviator His aviation career began with assignments to VT-2 and then VT-1, after which he was ordered to NAS Pensacola for duty as an instructor. After a tour of duty in VP-7 he was assigned to the Aviation Utility Unit at Cavite, Philippine Islands, and following that, to command of Training Squadron 17 at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas.

Retuming to sea duty, he commanded Air Group 22 in die carrier INDEPENDENCE until her torpedoing off Tarawa, and then took command of Air Group One in die carrier YORKTOWN . When YORKTOWN re-

tumed to the U.S. in 1944, he was designated Commander Carrier Air Groups on the staff of Commander Heet Air West Coast, a post he held until the end of World War II His post-war assignments included service as a member of the Japanese Stady Survey Group; Director of Service Test at NAS Patuxent River; command of NAF Oppama, Japan; command of NAS Olathe, Kansas, and lastiy, command of the seaplane tender WINDHAM BAY. He retired from active duty in January 1955.

His awards and decorations included the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Hying Cross with three stars, the Air Medal, and the Presidential Unit Citation.

In retirement he became Director of the Intemational Division of Overseas Service Corporation for die Far East, a post he retained until 1957 when he retumed to Honolulu and attended the Business School of the University of Hawaii. He then engaged in die restaurant business, while continuing efforts to form a company to salvage sunken ships at Bikini and Tmk. He is survived by four children: James M. Peters Jr, Betty Santos, Lucinka Vsevolodovna, and James Akina. Also surviving him arefivegrandchildren and one great-grandchild.

HERMAN JOSEPH KOSSLER '34 RAdm. Herman J. Kossler USN (Ret.) died on 1 July 1988 at his home in Charleston, South Carolina, of cancer Interment was in the National Cemetery at Beaufort, South Carolina on the 4th.

Herman Kossler was graduated in the Class of 1934 and put in the standard j.o. tour in USS IDAHO before attending Submarine School. Service in ARGONAUT and NAUTILUS preceded WW II assignment

as XO USS GuARDHSH (four war patrols) and command of newly-commissioned CAVAL'LA for six more patrols.

Thefirstwas the best. His sighting report of a Japanese tanker group in the Philippine Sea provided the missing link between two separate Japanese combatant forces previously reported heading towards the Mariannas. Next day he sank the carrier SHOKAKU with a spread of six torpedoes. Later on he got a destroyer and several other ships, and was among those present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender.

His wartime operations earned a Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, and two Presidential Unit Citations. Later service brought two Legions of Merit and the Philippine Legion of Honor Shipmate, September 1988

Post-war duties included a tour in BuPers, submarine staffs in the Pacific, command of a division in WestPac during the Korean War, and a tour as Naval Aide to Ass't SecNav. While commanding Amphibious Group 2 in 1960 he was selected for flag rank, becoming Inspector General and Ass't Chief BuOrd followed by a tour as ACNO (Personnel). Admiral Kossler then served as ComMinForLant, Commander Naval Forces Philippines, and Commandant Sixth Naval District in Charleston SC, where he retired in 1973.

Within a month the Governor of South Carolina appointed the Admiral Chairman of the state commission planning for and later Executive Director of the Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston. His greatest acquisition for the museum was the aircraft carrier YORKTOWN , which was ready in time for the grand opening on 3 January 1976. In later years Herman and his successors acquired the submarine CLAMAGORE, the FLETCHER-class destroyer LAFFEY, and the nuclear merchantman SAVANNAH, making it one of the best museums of its kind anywhere. In 1978 he retired again but kept on with a lot of civic and volunteer activity, continuing what he had begun as District Commandant. In that tour he had been given the Outstanding Citizen Award for 1970 by the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, and the Outstanding Senior Citizen award when he retired in 1973. When he died the Executive Editor of the Charleston Post-Courier wrote a long and moving tribute to his greatly-admired naval hero and friend, Herman Kossler.

The Admiral was survived by his wife Ursula (18 Water Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401), a son and five daughters, and at least six grandchildren.

JAMES ASHTON DARE '39 RAdm. James A. Dare USN (Ret.), died on 10 June of a cranial aneurism. A memorial service was held in the Naval Air Station Chapel in Coronado, and his ashes were carried East by his son, James Dare, Jr, to be scattered on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Bom in the State of Washington, he was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1939. On graduation he was assigned to the battleship ARIZONA and in 1941 was transferred the battleship MARYLAND, serving on board her during World War II. In 1944 he entered Post-Graduate School, Annapolis, majoring in Advanced Ordnance Electronics. In 1945 he went to the Applied Physics Laboratory and worked on VT fuses while there. In 1946 he entered Massachusetts Institate of Technology, specializing in Ordnance Special Physics. Then in September 1947 he joined the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program at Sandia.

In July 1948 he was transferred to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Staff. In December of 1951 he took command of the destroyer D. H. Fox and operated with Task Force 77 and 95 in the Korean War. In October 1953 he reported to the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, as assistant for Nuclear Energy. In 1956 he took command of USS COMPASS ISLAND and in 1958 was transferred to the MIT

Instrument Laboratory as a research assistant.

From 1959 to 1961 he served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as Op 0-7G. In 1961 he went to the Naval War College for instruction and in 1962 transferred to the Staff of CincPac. In March he assumed duties as ComPhibRon 10, taking part in the landing at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In July 1965 he became Commander of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oaks, and in September 1966 he became the Deputy Director of DASA. In July 1968 he assumed duties as ComSoLant and in Feburary 1970 he became ComMineLant, soon to be combined with the Pacific Command to comprise

a consolidated command. In May 1972 he retired from the Navy but was recalled, for consultation on Mine Warfare, Haiphong, in June 1972. He retired once more in 1973 and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived until recently, when he moved to San Diego.

He is survived by his widow Jeanne H. Dare of 1522 First Street Apt. XIII Coronado, Calif. 92118; a daughter, Alexa Perrault; and a son Capt. James A. Dare, Jr USN. JAMES MC CABE IRVINE '39 James M. Irvine died of heart failure on 2 July in Cantonment, Florida.

Bom in Minnesota and appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from that state, he graduated with the Class of 1939. On 1 June 1939 he was honorably discharged because of poor vision and then commissioned an Ensign USNR in the inactive Naval Reserve.

He worked as Production Manager of Schaeffer Refrigeration Co. until 1940 when he joined Chevrolet Motor Co. In December 1940 he was ordered to active duty as Assistant Group Officer, Service Schools USNTC, Great Lakes, Illinois. He was appointed aide to the Commanding Officer of USNTC in 1941. In 1942 he was ordered to SCTC Miami, and Sound School, Key West.

In December 1942 he became X.O. of the destroyer escort CYTHERA and then became her Commanding Officer in 1943. Later in 1943 he took command of a Task Unit composed of Coast Guard Cutters and PC's. In 1944 he took command of the DE OTTER and took part in the sinking of a German weather-reporting submarine as well as accepting the surrender of another German submarine in May 1945.

In December 1945 he was released from active duty and in March 1946 he retumed to Chevrolet in Minneapolis as District Manager In 1949 he was made Chevrolet Zone Manager. In 1961 he was promoted to Regional Merchandising Manager for New and Used Trucks in the Chevrolet Regional Office, Chicago. He was promoted to Administrator, Chevrolet Sales Operations, Milwaukee Zone, in 1970 and then took early retirement in 1974 in order to farm acreage in Marengo, Illinois. He moved to Cantonment in 1981 due to ill health.

He is survived by his widow Archer D. Irvine, 2299 Country Place Circle, Cantonment, Fla., 32533; four daughters, Ferrell Irvine, Mrs. Patricia Jackson, Mrs. Susan Morris, Mrs. Nancy Emerson; and a son, James M. Irvine, Jn GEORGE VAN ROGERS '39 Cdn George Van Rogers USN (Ret.) died on 31 May 1988 of cancer at Hilton Head, South Carolina.

He was buried at Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors.

Bom in Ohio, he was appointed, after a year at Dennison University, to the U.S. Naval Academy entering with the Class of 1939. On graduation, he was assigned to the battleship NEW MEXICO and was later transferred to the destroyer MONAGHAN and was on board MONAGHAN at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

He served on destroyers in the Pacific throughout World War II, taking part in the major sea campaigns in the Marshalls, Coral Sea, Midway, the Aleutians, Guadalcanal, the Solomons and the Philippines. After the war he became the CO of the destroyer ENGLISH and later was ComDesRon 38, before reporting to the Naval Academy where he taught thermal dynamics.

In 1950 he joined the Staff of ComNavMarianas as operations officer in Guam. In November 1952 he took command of USS SAUFLEY (EDDE-465) operating out of Key West, Florida. In 1954 he became 99

Chief of Staff for Administration, Commander Naval Forces, Germany, at Heidelberg. In 1957 he was transferred to the Pentagon, where he was on the editorial staff for tactical publications for NATO, SEATO, etc.

On retirement in 1960, he joined Westem Electric Company in Columbus, Ohio, as a "Methods Developer" In 1970 he became an independent business consultant until hisfinalretirement.

He is survived by his widow, Ruth L. Rogers of 102 Maple Road, Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head S.C. 29928; a daughter Linda L. Miller; and two sons, Richard Bmce Rogers and George C Rogers.

GEORGE CHARLES SIMMONS, JR. '39 signed from the Navy, married, and went to work for Cdr. George C. Sim- Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation in Boston, mons, Jn USN (Ret.) Massachusetts. died on 28 June 1988 at During the next four decades with Stone & WebSan Diego Naval Hospi- ster, ex-POW Marsh Hamill and his family moved up tal, San Diego, Califor- through the ranks of the corporation and about the nia, following a lengthy world to various posts including England, Scotiand illness. A memorial ser- and Jamaica. Before his final illness he became a vice was held on 14 July Vice President of Stone & Webster and President and at the NAS North Island Managing Director of Jamaica PubUc Service ComChapel; his ashes were pany, Limited. scattered at sea.

He is survived by his wife, Joan Bowes Hamill of Bom in Washington, D.C, he attended high PO Box 115, Pahna Valley Calif., and by sons Marschool in Long Beach, Califomia, and was appointed shall Bowes and Peter Brady. to the Naval Academy from that State. He graduated JOSEPH CLARK ROPER '39 widi the Class of 1939 and had tours of duty in battleROBERT DUDLEY KIRKPATRICK, JR. '40 Cdr. Joseph C Roper ships and destroyers.

Cdr. Robert Dudley Kirkpatrick, Jn USNR (Ret.) USN (Ret.) died on 27 He completed flight school in the Fall of 1942 and died on 6 June 1988 of a stroke following a brief illMay 1988 of cancer at joined Carrier Group Four as a dive bomber pilot. He ness in the Community Hospital of the Monterey Penthe Dwight David Eisenserved in the European theater in RANGER in 1943 insula, Califomia. Cremation at the Littie Chapel-byhower Army Medical and in the Pacific aboard LEXINGTON as CO of the-Sea was followed by scattering of the ashes at Centen Fort Gordon, Fighter-Bomber Squadron 22. Following World War sea. A memorial service was held at the Chinch of South Carolina. A me- II, he served at the Naval Academy; was navigator of the Wayfarer in Carmel, Califomia, on 15 June. morial service was held the carrier PALAU; and became CO of Fighter SquadBom in Washington, D.C, a Navy junior (fatherfor the deceased on 29 ron 31 in Korea during the Korean War. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Capt. Robert Dudley Kirkpatrick USN '13), he May at the Stephen D. Retaming from Korea, he became Commander of was appointed to the Naval Academy from Alabama Posey Funeral Home in Test Training Unit One; served on the staff of Cin- and entered with the Class of 1940.

Aiken, South Carolina. His ashes were later inumed, CUSNavEur from 1952 until 1955; and dien served First duty assignment after graduation in June 1940 after full military honors were rendered, in the new for five years in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. was to the battJeship CALIPX)RN1A, sunk in the attack Columbarium in the Arlington National Cemetery.

Retiring in 1960, Cdr. Simmons worked as an engi- on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. After raising Bom in Tennessee he was appointed in the U.S. neer for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, and refitting CALIFORNIA, he served successively in Naval Academy from that State and graduated with Califomia. He retired from that position in 1974 due ALABAMA and destroyer HANK during WWU; finishthe Class of 1939. After graduation he reported to the to ill healdi. ing the war as Commanding Officer, HANK. After carrier ENTERPRISE and was aboard her at the comThe Commander was a member of the Naval two years as aide to Com6thHt and a tour in the mencement of WW II and participated in 14 engageAcademy Alumni Association, the Association of cmiser ST. PAUL, as navigator, he reluctandy sepaments in the Pacific war campaign. In 1944 he re- Naval Aviation, and was also a member of the Cororated from the Navy in 1949 for a career in the busiported to the Post-Graduate School, Annapolis, for nado Mens' Golf Club. ness world. an Ordnance Engineering course, completing his He is survived by his wife, Aime, of 1155 Star Park After nearly 20 years and a vice presidency with Master's work at Camegie Institate of Technology, Circle, #3F, Coronado, Calif. 92118; his sons, Market Research of America he joined the Carmel inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

George S. Ill and Scott; and a step-son, Lucien vestment securities firm of Yates, Downer, Dyer and In 1946 he reported to the heavy cruiser COHobbs.

Kirkpatrick, Inc., eventaally becoming president and LUMBUS as Gunnery Officer In 1948 COLUMBUS was owner of the company. transferred to the Adantic Fleet and made the MidHe is survived by his wife, Shirley Kirkpatrick of RICHARD EGGLINGTON BROWN '40 shipman Cruise and then in September 1948 CO2774 14di Ave., Carmel, Calif. 93923; a daughter, Cdn Richard E. Brown USN (Ret.) died of lung LUMBUS becameflagshipof CinCNelm with a homeKathleen Kirkpatrick of Washington, D.C; a son ailments at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, port of Plymouth England. In July 1949 he was Robert; and a stepson, Douglas Daly of Carmel, transferred to the U.S. Naval Ordnance Missile Test Maryland, on 7 July 1988.

Califomia.

Bom in Creston, Iowa, he attended Northwestem Facility, White Sands Proving Ground, Las Cruces, University before being appointed to the Naval AcadNew Mexico and assumed duties as Executive Officer and Operations Officer In 1952 he was transferred to emy with the Class of 1940. During World War II, he RICHARD WILSON LWiG '40 CruDesPac as a Prospective Commanding Officer was a Navy pilot, flying from aircraft carriers in the Cdr. Richard Wilson Long USN (Ret.) died on 6 and then assumed command of the destroyer MANS- Pacific theater. Later assignments included command April 1988 at the Veterans Administration Medical of the Naval Air Station, Alameda, Califomia; squadnELD in the Westem Pacific. In 1955 he reported to Center in Reno, Nevada, of cancer A memorial serthe Office of Naval Research as Assistant Head of the ron leader for anti-submarine warfare planes at vice was followed by inurnment at Sierra Memorial Armaments Branch, Naval Sciences Division. In Quonset Point, Rhode Island; and tours of duty in Gardens.

1957 he became Head, Surface and Amphibious England and in Washington, D.C. Bom in Virginia, Illinois, he was appointed to the Retiring from active duty in July 1960, the com- Naval Academy from that State and entered with the Branch of the Office of Naval Research; he retired mander imported and sold sailboats from England. from that position and the Navy on 1 September 1959.

Class of 1940.

After retirement he was Govemment Business He was a sailor and small-boat racen After two years in the battieship MISSISSIPPI he was A member of the Naval Academy Alumni Associa- ordered toflighttraining and was designated a Naval Planner in the Corporate Office of Borg-Wamer Corporation, Chicago. Following this he worked in the tion, he was also involved with the Antique Airplane Aviator After varied duties and commands in Naval Missile and Armament Department of General Elec- Association, the OX-5 Aviation Pioneers, and the Aviation through WWII and Korea he retired and settric in Burlington, Vermont. In 1964 he accepted a Tailhook Association. tled in Califomia.

Survivors include his wife, Maxine of 4608 Fesposition as Technical Planner for NASA in Greenbelt, After retirement from the Navy in 1960 and Maryland. At the Goddard Space Flight Center he sengden St., N.W, Washington, D.C. 20016. through the seventies and eighties he bought, sold, was a member of the team that built and operated the managed and operated several service-type busiworldwide tracking and data acquisition network for JOHN MARSHALL HAMILL '40 nesses in the Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Cupertino, the Gemini and Apollo Space programs.

John Marshall Hamill died on 5 May 1988 at his Tahoe City and Reno areas of Califomia. In addition, home in Palma Valley, Califomia, of cancer he operated an accoimting business until his final He retired from his NASA position in 1975 and beBom in Tlilsa, Oklahoma, he was appointed to the illness. came active in community affairs, first in Upper Naval Academy from that state and entered with the Marlboro, Maryland, and then for the past 10 years in He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann Long of Class of 1940.

Aiken, South Carolina.

311 Lorraine Court, Reno, Nev. 89502; by duee First duty assignment after graduation in June 1940 He is survived by his widow Marie Abbot Roper of sons, Richard Hawley of Alameda, Califomia, John was to the ill-fated cruiser HOUSTON, sunk in Febru319 Buck Hom Place, Aiken, S.C. 29801.

Seth of Morgan Hill, Califomia, and Timothy Robert ary 1942 in Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra of New York; and by two daughters, Susan Long with a loss of 700 lives. He was among the 350 surFoley of Santa Rosa, Califomia, and Sarah Long vivors captured by the Japanese and survived nearly Johnson of Cotati, Califomia; and by three four years of enemy prison camps. In 1946 he re- grandchildren.

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FREDERIC ARTHUR HALE, JR. '45 Maj. Frederic Arthur Hale, Jn USMC (Ret.) died on 29 June 1988 of respiratory failure at Anne Arundel General Hospital after a lengdiy illness. Memorial services were held on 5 July at the Naval Academy Chapel followed by inurnment at the new Naval Academy Columbarium on Hospital Point.

The Class sent a floral arrangement in his memory and many Classmates and spouses attended the services.

Bom and educated in Athens, Georgia, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated in 1944 with the Class of 1945 and a member of the 12th Company.

Following officers schools in Quantico and Camp LeJeune, he was sent overseas and participated with the 1st Marine Division in Okinawa and the Ryuku Islands. From 1945 to 1947 he was stationed in China. Other duty stations included Corpus Christi, Pensacola, Aimapolis, Korea, Camp Pendleton, Guam and New Orleans. He retired on 30 June 1964 and moved to Annapolis. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation and other foreign decorations.

Surviving are his wife, Ginny, of RFD#3, Ferry Point Road, Annapolis, Md. 21403; three sons, Frederic C and Timothy both of Annapolis, and James of Lawrence, Kansas; one daughter, Deborah Pittenger of New Haven, Connecticut; and his mother, Fanny Bowen Hale of Coral Springs, Florida. Memorial contributions may be made to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Lung Disease Research Fund in Baltimore.

ALBERT EARL ROSE JR. '46 Capt. Albert E. Rose Jn USN (Ret.) died of cancer on 17 May 1988 at his home in Tacoma, Washington.

Memorial services were held on 20 May at Oberlin Congregational Church, Steilacoom, Washington and burial took place at Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Kentacky.

Bora in Versailles, he was a member of the Class of 1946, graduating from the Naval Academy in June 1945. He served successively in the destroyers SATTERLEE, HENRY W TUCKER and NORRIS in the Atlan-

tic and Pacific.

In 1953 he received his master's in engineering electronics from the Postgraduate School in Monterey, Califomia. He then served as staff electronics material officer for ComCruDesPac; this was followed by a tour as Executive Officer of FECHTELER (DDR-870). In 1956, Capt. Rose was selected for Engineering Duty Officer and served in the office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair in Groton, Connecticut. During this assignment Captain Rose was assigned as the on-site project officer for the design and construction of the Polaris submarines, GEORGE WASHINGTON and PATRICK

HENRY, and as design officer for the follow-on SSBN-608 and SSBN-616 Polaris classes. For the remainder of his naval career Capt. Rose was involved in submarine design, construction and maintenance operations. Following the Groton assignment, he was assigned to the Charleston Naval Shipyard where he assisted that yard in preparing for and conducting overhauls of nuclear attack and Polaris submarines.

In 1964 Captain Rose was assigned as the Polaris Project officer and later as the submarine maintenance officer in the Bureau of Ships.

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Capt. Rose's final active duty assignment was as Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Groton, Connecticut from 1968-1972. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his performance as the Supervisor of Shipbuilding.

He retired from the Navy on 1 January 1973 and joined the Aerojet-General Corporation's SES Division in Tacoma, Washington as the SES Program Manager. Subsequently, he became director of the Tacoma operations until that facility was closed in 1977 upon transfer of the newly constructed Amphibious Assault Landing Craft for Navy tests.

Capt. Rose was a member of the Naval Institute, the Navy League and the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

He was married in June 1945 to Tevis Marie Owen of Versailles, Kentucky. They had two sons, LCdr. David Owen Rose, '69, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Richard Allen Rose, Evergreen, Colorado. The family home is at 7013 Citrine Lane, SW, Tacoma, Wash.

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His awards included the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and Special Commendation from the Army for exceptional service to SHAPE in 1986.

Captain Bird was an ordained deacon in the Presbyterian Church and served on parrish councils in military chapels. He was an active lay reader and substitute preacher He was survived by his wife, Steve-Anna, three children and two grandchildren. Mrs. Bird resides at 1311 Wembly Rd., Richmond, Va. 23229.

RICHARD LOUIS FEENEY '53 Richard L. Feeney died suddenly of a heart attack in a hospital near his home in Levittown, Pennsylvania, on 20 April 1988.

Born in Maine, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State of New Jersey and graduated with the Class of 1953. He served in the engineering departments on USS WILLIS A. LEE (DL-4) and USS

CHARLES SCUDDER BIRD '52 Capt. Charles S. (Chariie) Bird USN (Ret.) died of cancer of the prostrate on 10 November 1987 at SHAPE Hospital in Belgium. A memorial celebration was held at the SHAPE Chapel on 20 November, and his ashes were scattered at sea on 24 November from the USS RICHARD E. BYRD.

Capt. Bird, according to his wife Steve-Anna, "considered himself a peacemaker and (he) loved his work. He was retained on active duty for three years after the mandatory 30-year retirement period and finally, to keep him on the job, it was made a civilian post. He was Special Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe and was involved with NATO affairs conceming Greece and TUrkey "He worked at his hospital bed until the week before he died."

Bom in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1952. He served at sea from 1952 until 1965 aboard several destroyers and the battleship WISCONSIN. During that time he was Engineer, Operations Officer, Gunnery Officer, Navigator and Exec. He later commanded the destroyer escort CROMWELL and, from 1967 to 1969, he had command of the guided missile destroyer RICHARD E. BYRD.

Capt. Bird graduated with distinction from the Academy; eamed an MS in physics from the Postgraduate School in Monterey; and the License en Sciences Politiques (Etudes Internationales) from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

His shore assignments included staff duty with NATO's Political-Military Division; the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; duty with SHAPE in the Long Range Strategic Planning Branch; and on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet.

He was active in Boy Scouts and was himself an Eagle Scout. He also was a member of the Naval Academy Alurrmi Association.

BARTON (DD-722). Resigning in November 1957, he

then worked in the engineering field with the Cooper Bessmer, IMO DeLaval and Woodward Engineering companies. He received an MBA from Rider College in 1976.

At the time of his death, he was manager of the East Coast region for the Woodward Governor Company. He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and also of marine machinery associations.

Mn Feeney is survived by his wife, Barbara, of 55 Canoebirch Road, Levittown, Pa. 19057; six daughters; and two sons, all of Pennsylvania.

DONALD WAYNE MATHIS '63 LCdn Donald Wayne Mathis USN (Ret.) died of cancer in Memphis, Tennessee on 19 December 1987. Funeral services were held at the Raleigh Assembly of God Church and burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Bom in Jacksboro, Texas, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from Texas and graduated with the Class of 1963. He completed flight training in 1964 and served initially in VP-18 operating from Puerto Rico.

He attended the Navy Postgraduate School at Monterey and was awarded a Master's degree in Computer Systems Management in 1970. After a tour at the Naval Academy he retamed toflightduties with VP-23 at Brunswick, Maine. Shore duty in Virginia Beach was followed by duty with VC-3 in San Diego.

Hisfinaltour before retirement was as Air Operations Officer at Naval Air Station Memphis.

After retirement from the Navy in 1983 he remained in the Memphis area and worked with Senators Rentals and Central Technical Services Corporation.

LCdn Mathis is survived by his wife, Joyce; a son, Todd; and a daughter, Kristan, all of Cordova, Tennessee. He also leaves his mother, Eula Mathis, of Jacksboro, Texas, and two brothers and one sister Memorial donations may be made to the Naval Academy Class of 1963 Foundation, c/o Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

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"As far as I'm concerned, there isn't enough money in the Navy to get me to work on another plane. The Gulf of Sidra just clinched it for me.

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"We did it all. And we did it more— off a smaller deck.

"Any plane going up against the F/A-18 has met its match for maintainability And that's a fact.

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