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Shipmate ISSN 0488-6720 (USPS 494-440)

October, 1989

Volume 52, No. 8

Executive Director W. S. B U S K '43 Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

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

Campaign Corner Romance of the Seine

by Col. John A. White USMC (Ret.) Profile of 1993 The Boat Club

by Capt. Gary Hall USN (Ret.) You Won't Believe Me But I Didn't Even Have a Clock

by Capt. LodwickH. Alford USN (Ret.) Another Homecoming; 1953

by Cdr. Herbert Kriloff USN (Ret.) Getting There Is Half the Fun

by RAdm. Peter B. Booth USN (Ret.) Reflections of a Non-Career Officer

by LCdr. Phillip K. Parker USNR

Editorial Assistant CORDELIA RICHARDS

DEPARTMENTS Contributors' Biographies An Ocean Away All Hands Officers and Trustees The Mail Boat Capitol Hill A Few Inches From the Yard

Administrator, Computer Services GLENN R. RANDALL

COVER

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

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Contributors' Biographies

CAPTAIN GARY H. HALL USN (RET.) Cary Hall '40 was in CALIFORNIA when she was sunk at Pearl Harbor. He remmed to the States; got married and reported to COLUMBIA for the rest of the war until she took one of three kamikazes in his air defense station. He returned to the States to study PG Ordnance Engineering. He commanded two destroyers, CoTTEN (DD-669) and CHARLES S. SPERRY (DD-697), DesDiv 222 and NROTC Unit, University of Minnesota. In 1962, he commanded NEOSHO (AO-48). "After arriving at a peak of influence and power as a First Classman, editor of The Log, captain of a battalion ketch, MPO of his company, Capt.

Hall's authority steadily declined until the impact of McNamara's stupidities caused him to retire in 1963." After retirement he was engineering vice president of Southern States, a maker of high voltage switches; then a consulting engineer In addition to other political positions he served a term on the Military Academy Board of Visitors. This is his fifth Shipmate article.

CAPTAIN LODWICK H. ALFORD USN (RET.) Wick Alford '38 went to PHOENIX (CL-46) on graduation and in late 1940 went to the China Station for duty in STEWART (DD-224). After she was lost in Java, he returned to the States to commission MOBILE (CL-63). He took part in several Pacific campaigns and rehimed to commission BENNINGTON (CV-20) as Gun Boss. After Iwo Jima and Okinawa he attended the Naval War College, had several staff tours and then was CO of RENSHAW (DDE-499). After Korean combat he returned to OpNav and then attended the National War College. Following a tour on ComDesLant he commanded DesDiv 202 and then YOSEMITE (AD-19). After a brief tour in OpNav, he commanded DesRon 22. He earned a Master's (International Affairs) from George Washington University and did the final tour in OSD, retiring in 1967 and remming to Georgia in 1973.

COMMANDER HERBERT KRILOFF USN (RET.) Herb Kriloff '39 has previously contributed to Shipmate. Initial sea duty on graduation lasted six years. Member of the Asiatic Fleet on outbreak of World War n, he commanded SCOGGINS (DE-799) and MASSEY (DD-778). He is a

graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College. On retirement he joined Sperry Rand Corporation as a research engineer in sonar development. He lives alternately in upstate New York and on the Portuguese island of Maderia where he also maintains a home.

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. He attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he earned his MA and PhD. He then served three years as the commissioning Operations Officer in USS VALLEY FORGE

(CG-50). He is currently serving as a strategic planner on the CNO's Executive Panel (OP-OOK) and is slated to duty as Executive Officer in USS ANTIETAM (CG-54). He has won the Arleigh Burke Award, the City of Newport Award, the Newport Navy League Award and several writing prizes, as well as coauthoring the new ninth edition of The Division Officer's Guide.

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 1960, 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 F. BATES Tom Bates has been the Sports Information Director REAR ADMIRAL PETER B. BOOTH USN (RET.) for the Naval Academy Athletic Association since August 1973, coming here after a six-year tenure at Pete Booth '56 served in BUCK (DD-761) on graduation and before attending flight school. Further assignments were on both coasts in eight different fighter Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. His Naval Academy football brochiires have been cited seven squadrons. He commanded SYLVANIA (AFS-2) and FORRESTAL (CV-59). Shore times for their editorial excellence by the College duty included Stanford University for a MBA, aide to CNO, Op-05 an Op-06, Sports Information Directors of America. He is a Chief of Naval Air Training, Chief of Staff, Third Fleet and U.S. Readiness 1960 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Command. After retiring in 1986, he served as second mate on CONSTITUTION, his eldest son, Daniel, graduated from the Naval was President and CEO of American Cruise Lines and is now President of EuAcademy in 1987. ropa Cruise Lines in Pensacola.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PHILLIP K. PARKER, USNR Phil Parker '71 entered the Nuclear Power Program after graduation, making four patrols on SIMON BOLIVAR and serving as an instructor at the S3G Prototype. He left active duty in 1976 and began an engineering career in the Baltimore-D.C. area. He currently works for Computer Technology Aerospace as an integration and test engineer for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope project. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and is active in the Naval Reserve as an Engineering Duty Officer. He and his wife, Pam, live in Columbia, Maryland with their three children.

JOSEPH G. HERLIHY Joseph G. Heriihy '90 is our voice from Bancroft Hall. Joe was bom in Charleston, South Carolina, but grew up in Maine. He is a political science major from the 21st Company. He is involved in the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference, and teaches Catholic Sunday School. He aspires to a career in the Surface Nuclear Navy. Joe has three younger sisters.

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"INTO THE PIPELINE" One of the unique aspects of the naval profession is the existence of a training "pipeline" of schools that precedes an officer's return to sea duty. After even a brief period ashore, today's naval officers are sent (at considerable expense in travel and per diem costs) to a sequence of schools that help prepare them for the sea.

For example, a young surface line division officer may go ashore after a three-year tour afloat as Combat Information Center Officer and Communications Officer on a guided missile destroyer. For the sake of our example, he then spends two years ashore in a job in Washington in the Office of Legislative Affairs, where he performs many exciting tasksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but gradually experiences an erosion of his shiphandling and tactical warfighting. At the end of his two-year tour ashore, he is selected to return to sea as a Department Head on a guided missile cruiser as the Operations Officer.

It is at this point his "pipeline" of schools begins. In this example, the officer will begin with six months in Newport, at the Surface Warfare Officer's School. Here he will be confronted with a multi-faceted curricula that includes engineering, tactics, threat capabilities, leadership, shiphandling, general marine operations, minesweeping, amphibious operations, antisubmarine warfare, antiair warfare, communications, and literally dozens of other topics. The officer's instructors will be, for the most part, hand-selected lieutenant commanders and commanders who are experts in their individual fields.

After completing this rigorous six months, the officer will attend an additional group of schools that tailor his training for the particular job he has been assigned at sea. In our example, the officer would then attend a four-week school at the Atlantic Fleet's Tactical Training Group in Dam Neck, Virginia. Training there will include an in-depth immersion in advanced Battle Group and Battle Force tactics, including complex war games. Following this advanced tactical training, the officer might then attend advanced "hardware" schools that focus on the individual warfighting systems aboard his shipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Harpoon, Tomahawk, Aegis, or the like. Each of these schools can take between one and eight weeks.

Finally, our hypothetical officer tnight attend several other shorter schools, including firefighting, damage control, security management, or navigation, for example. These may range in length from two days to several weeks.

They might vary in location among Newport, San Diego, Norfolk, Mayport, Long Beach, Charleston or several other locations.

All told, the pipeline for a senior lieutenant or junior lieutenant commander returning to sea duty in the surface Navy after a two-year hiatus could range up to nine months. With certain billets or ship-types (notably Aegis cruisers or precommissioning assignments), that pipeline could be even longer.

In the other warfare communities, similar situations exist, although with somewhat different emphasis. In aviation, pilots and naval flight officers return to their fleet seats via the Replacement Air Group (RAG), training squadrons set up for each type of aircraft. The aviators proceed through the training syllabus at a varied pace, depending on their seniority, experience, and individual tactical and airmanship skills. While time in the RAG varies widely as a result, four to six months is typical for midgrade officers returning to the cockpit from a period away from flying.

For submariners, the pipeline includes a strong emphasis on nuclear engineering as well as tactical warfighting. For example, commanders moving to their first command spend time in an engineering refresher course held in Washington, D.C., as well as attending a more tactically oriented Prospective Commanding Officer's course in New London. The latter includes significant time underway. All told, the submarine community invests roughly six months in its officer pipelines.

This process does not stop at more senior levels. The commanding officer of an Aegis Cruiser, for example, will attend the Prospective Commanding officer (PCO) course in Newport; Aegis school in Dahlgren, Virginia; the Tactical Training Group course in San Diego or Dam Neck; Tomahawk and Harpoon Cruise Missile courses; and spend time with the type commander (Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific or Atlantic Fleet). Even Flag Officers on their way to command of Carrier or Cruiser/Destroyer Battie Groups attend sessions at the respective Fleet Tactical Training Groups.

There is a considerable cost involved in all of this superb training. First, it is financially expensive for the Navy. Most of the schools involved are relatively short, requiring the payment of per diem (often more than $1(X) per day) to the officers attending the courses. This reimburses the officers for the cost of attending the courses, usually held in locations away from their current duty station or ultimate

homeport. Second, the long pipelines often constitute a de facto "deployment" away from family for over six months. Most mid-grade officers have school-age children and are therefore unable to bring their families with them for the months of "school hopping" in the pipeline.

They are thus forced to fly or drive home for weekend visits (when within range), and end up with a great deal of separation as a result.

Third, providing the training is expensive from the school-house side of the equation. Highly skilled officers and enlisted men form the "faculties" of the training pipeline, expensive trainers are required to provide realism to the process, and overhead costs are high. Fourth, time spent in schools, while valuable in and of itself, is ultimately time spent away from actual, hands-on flying and shiphandling. Time at sea is the ultimate resource for an officer's career development; the pipeline takes him or her out of purely productive work and into a "receive only" mode. Overall, the pipeline concept is expensive for the Navy at a variety of levels.

So, is all of this useful and worthwhile, justifying the considerable expense in both monetary and personnel terms? The answer is yes, particularly in an era of increasingly complex and technical warships and aircraft.

Today's Aegis cruiser, F/A-18 fighter-attack aircraft, and Los AwGELES-class SSN-688 (I) submarine are challenging, cutting-edge platforms. They are good representatives of the overall increasing complexity of the Navy. The range of tactics they are required to execute, from independent steaming for intelligence gathering through integrated Battle Force operations, is vast. The cost of failure at both a monetary and a political level is high. Yet much of their operation still devolves to the individual judgment and seamanship/airmanship of a relatively small group of officers. The training of this select group must include a wide array of subjects, from simple mechanical operations to advanced tactics. An average of six-to-eight months of pipeline training does not seem' excessive.

While the Navy must maintain a high degree offlexibilityin pipeline assigrmient (permitting validation of courses for previous attendance or experience; or acceding to Fleet needs in accelerating pipelines when required), the concept is sound. In an era of complex warfighting requirements, officers moving toward the Fleet must arrive ready to fight. There is little time or opportunity to leam after checking into today's warships and squadrons in today's environment of the potential "come as you are" war. + Shipmate, October 1989

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Campaign Comer CAMPAIGN REACHES THREE^JUAKTER MARK

The Campaign for the U.S. Naval Academy being conducted by the Alumni Association has reached the three-quarter mark of its minimum goal of $20,000,000.

To date $14,739,585 in cash and pledges have been received.

Of the total contributed or pledged, $11.6 million has been earmarked by donors for the Brigade Center and $3.1 million designated for the academic/professional/ECA endowments of the Campaign.

A breakdown of gift sources is as follows: Alunmi, faculty, staff, parents 61.8% Corporations 26.5% Foundations 6.2% Friends 5.5% In addition to the campaign being conducted by over 70 Naval Academy Classes, metropolitan area campaigns are underway in a number of cities, including Annapolis, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego and Seattle.

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Romance of the Seine Colonel John A. White USMC (Ret.)

A Naval Academy Alumni Association contingent and Northwestern University alunmi were,aboard M.S. NORMANDIE on her inaugural trip up the Seine River (the French pronounce it "La Sen(d)") from Honfleur, Normandy, France, in June 1989.

Alunmi gathered at Churchill Hotel, London, for a champagne welcome reception.

London sightseeing tours followed for two days. Then, buses carried us through East London and the green country-side of England to Dover. A jetfoil took us from the White Cliff port. Skinmiing the surface of the near calm English Chatmel, it took 36 minutes to make the 23-mile crossing to Calais. A baggage handlers' strike made us hoist our suitcases to waiting buses. Five hours later we crossed the bridge over the Seine estuary and proceeded to Honfletir and boarded NORMANDIE. A brand new ship, 1,375 tons, 300' long, 35' beam, she has aflatbottom with a 4'/2' draft and makes 12 knots top speed. She has 53 double cabins, shghtly smaller than those of cruise ships, and is quite comfortable. Cabins on the upper deck, costing $1(K) more, are preferable to the lower ones for convenience in going to the dining room and lounge.

The first highlight came in an excursion to Omaha Beach, site of one of the invasion landings on 6 June 1944. One the way, the Caen Peace Memorial, a splendid white stone building, featured films of the Western Front of World War 11. Continuing, after lunch, the famous Bayeux Tapestry chronicled the Norman invasion of England in 1066. As you walk along the 75-yard tapestry a hand-set receiver provides a running commentary describing each numbered picture. Then, to buses for a ride to sandy Omaha Beach. A veteran of the landing gave his account Of getting ashore under intense German fire. From him one can visualize the terrible carnage of battle. Beautiful manicured lawns of cemeteries. Allied and Gernam, memorialize the great sacrifice in lives.

Early the next morning NORMANDIE cast off and headed up the broad Seine to where it narrowed to an average width of about 200 yards.

The first overnight stop came at Rouen, capital of Normandy, and home of Notre Dame Cathedral, being renovated to its former grandeur.

The outside walls showed ravages of fire with darkened splotches. A half mile walk through the gate of "Gros Horloge (Great Clock)" led to the flower decked center of the city. There loomed "Cathedrale Jeanne D'Arc." Inside, curving cherry wood rafters supported a similar curved ceiling. Iimnediately outside, a 40' pole marked the site of the saint's burning at the stake. On return to the ship, a band awaited our arrival and greeted us with The Star Spangled Shipmate, October 1989

Banner followed by the stirring La Marseillaise. We welcomed the mayor and other city dignitaries at a convivial reception.

At Andelys came an excursion through Lyons Forest and to Gaillard Castle, high above the Seine, built in the 12th century for Richard Coeur de Lion. The next day brought a visit to Giverny, home of Claude Monet, impressionist painter, and its magnificent gardens.

The Seine has a series of river locks, about 1,000' long, some single, others double, for river boat and barge traffic. NORMANDIE transited six locks from Caudebec to Paris. The locks permit the river level at Paris to remain constant.

NORMANDIE's cuisine proved outstanding in quality and service. A variety of red and white French wines met with our approval. Table girls outdid themselves to please. Cabin attendants did their best to make us comfortable. A Londoner, the piano player obliged in the lounge in the late morning, at the cocktail hour and after dinner. He played "Golden Oldies" of 1920's to the '40's.

Alumni of both groups were superior people, both in charm and life accomplishments. Capt.

Dan Truax USN (Ret.) '59, and his charming Ona, represented the Alutnni Association. To single out any other persons or couples would be unfair to the rest.

NORMANDIE cruised up and down Parisian waters and to her mooring place on the Left Bank close by the Eiffel Tower. About 200 guests came aboard for the largest reception of the trip. Madame Chirac, wife of the Mayor of Paris, with her entourage, climbed the gangway. I recognized her as the smartest dressed lady in a gray Glen plaid suit. I started a round of applause, not accorded any previous guests.

She beamed a big smile of appreciation and a friendly hand wave. The Paris orchestra welcomed her with a flourish of trumpets. They played some rock, some roll and "Oldies." I approached the leader and sang the opening bars of, and the band quickly broke into Anchor's Aweigh. A Northwestern enthusiast followed and soon came Go U Northwestern.

ROMANCE OF THE SEINE ended the morning of 7 June and we disembarked for a "Bicentennial" tour of Paris to include "must see" places. Preparations for the big celebration were underway with much of the city streets torn up, particularly that area of Arc de Triomphe. The tour announcer informed us as we rode down Champs-Ely sees, the common reference to it is simply, "Champs." Notre Dame Cathedral meant an hour-and-a-half pause to join a huge crowd of visitors, French and foreign. I have fond memories of my first visit there in 1930. The post card salesman, with furtive gestiu-e opening his coat lapel and whispering, "Psst, buy feelthy pictures?" No more! The hawkers, pestering as before, now sell only clean, conventional postcards.

The MUST SEE of the Bicentennial is the "I. M. Pei Pyramid" in Louvre courtyard, the new entrance to the noted museum.

After the Louvre, a taxi took us for lunch to famed "Maxims." Two blue-uniformed guards barred the entrance. After a futile inquiry I finally understood, "No tie, no jacket, No Entree.

As we turned up Rue de Royale I said to them, "You treat us like peasants. No wonder they revolted 200 years ago!"

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Col. Winfield Wade Sisson, USMC, '59 Honor Scholarship

Pacific is scheduled to appear in Shipmate in April 1990.

Col. Winfield W. Sisson, U.S. Military Academy, Class of 1930, has recently made a significant gift to the Naval Academy Alumni Association in honor of his son, Col. Winfield Wade Sisson, USMC, U.S. Naval Academy Class of '59.

Col. Sisson created created a Charitable Gift Annuity with a gift of $100,000 to endow two honor scholarships within the USNA Foundation preparatory school program.

Wade Sisson was an "Army Brat" who spent part of his youth at West Point where his father was twice stationed. Wade, however, opted for the Naval Academy, was graduated with the Class of 1959, and chose the Marine Corps.

He did not return from an air mission over Vietnam in 1965. Tentatively identified as a POW in 1966 and 1968, Wade was listed as MIA until 1983 when he was declared PFOD (Presumed Finding of Death) because of a lapse of time without further information.

Col. Sisson has established similar preparatory scholarships at West Point in honor of his son.

By using the Charitable Gift Annuity as the vehicle for his gift to the Alumni Association, Col. Sisson not only honored his son and benefited the Naval Academy, he also realized a significant tax deduction for his gift, and will receive an annual income for life from the annuity portion of the gift.

LOS ANGELES EVENTS

Dual Memorial Recently, there was unveiled in a small club in Washington, D.C., a memorial to the Constitiition and to USS CONSTITUTION.

The memorial consisted of an 18-inch block of oak from the keel of the original USS CONSTITUTION mounting two silver plates, one of "Old Ironsides" under full sail and the other describing the origin of the keel section.

The memorial was unveiled by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, formerly of the Supreme Court assisted by Midn. Jeffery M. Tomlin '89 and Midn. Bryan D. King '89.

All members of the club were present including: Adm. Jerauld Wright '18, Adm. James L. Holloway, III '43, RAdm. John D. H. Kane, Jr. '42 and former SecNav Graham Claytor.

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Col. Winfield Wade Sisson USMC '59, MIA Vietnam, 18 Oct. 1965

Chief Justice Burger, Midn. Tomlin, Midn. Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;photo courtesy Adm. Wright

New Orleans. As a condition of her return and in recognition of her dual nationality during more than 45 years of service she will be known as CABOT/DEDALO, the latter being her name in the Spanish navy.

CABOT is the last known survivor of a class of carrier which was converted from light cruiser hulls of the CtEVELAND-class to carriers to fill an urgent need in the early days of the war in the Pacific. Her original designation was USS WILMINGTON (CL-79) before she was converted while still on the ways.

Ernie Pyle, the late war correspondent, dubbed CABOT the "Iron Lady." She earned nine battie stars on the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon and was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. Her air groups were credited with destroying more than 250 Japanese aircraft and bombing or torpedoing 265 enemy vessels.

The return of CABOT/DEDALO was sponsored by the Navy League of the United States.

An article on CABOT'S wartime service in the

Birthday Ball The Los Angeles Chapter will hold its sixth annual Birthday Ball Saturday evening, 7 October 1989 to celebrate the 144th Anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.

This event will be held in the Adm. Halsey Room, Officers' Club, Naval Station, Long Beach, Calif. The program will be as follows: 1800 No host bar 1930 Opening ceremony 2000 Dinner 2100 Closing ceremonies There will be dancing until midnight in the main dining room adjacent to the Adm. Halsey Room. The cost will be $20 per person. For reservations or further information contact Joe Schroeder '45, Chairman, at 213/498-2348.

Alumpiad '89 This year's renewal of our traditional "Sunday in the Park", with Alumni, wives, kids and grandkids celebrating our century-old friendly rivalry with the "Pointers," is scheduled for Sunday, 22 October. Stimulating contests such as touch football, softball, volleyball, tennis and other events will be capped off by an "all you can eat and drink" BBQ picnic at unbelievably nominal costs. This activity is tentatively set for the Naval Station, Long Beach but a new venue is being investigatedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;MCAS, Tlistin. A flyer with complete details will be mailed out in October. For details, contact Dean Strong '53, Chairman, at 213/472-2009.

Garden Club Sells Mums and Seeks Members The Naval Academy Garden Club is a vital member of the Naval Academy "team." It has been in existence for over 50 years, pursuing one of its main objectives: assisting in the protection, preservation, and beautification of the grounds of the Naval Academy, a National Historic Landmark. It was organized in 1934, and has been a member of the National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., and The Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc. (District 11) since 1953. With 80 members, it is a wealth of talent and knowledge, shared freely with the Academy and Annapolis. As one walks around the Yard, one can spy many past Garden Club projects: numerous tree plantings such as the dogwood trees at the Admin Building, cherry trees by the sea wall and at Hospital Point, pin oaks in the Stribling Walk area, and crepe myrShipmate, October 1989

that don't have a few hours to spare but still want to support the Garden Club's efforts beyond football mums, direct donations are most appreciated. Contact the President: Susan McCoy, at 30 Upsure Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

tie bushes on Worden Field; also, many flower beds such as the tulip beds in front of the chapel, flower tubs at the Academy gates, and annuals and low junipers around McDonough Hall.

The football mums sale is the important fundraiser for NAGC, which enables them to carry out their many continuing projects. A football mum bought in September, shines in another bright way at the Academy throughout the entire year. The garden club decorates the Yard at Christmas, giving hundreds of hours freely to make bows, wreaths, and swags in time for the hanging of the Greens, not only in the Yard, but also on State Circle and at the Hammond-Harwood House. "May Day" dawns with huge May Baskets loaded with Spring flowers hanging from the great gates at the Academy entrances. Beautification plantings bloom throughout the seasons and across the years.

USNA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OFFICERS President VADM. ROBERT B . BALDWIN USN (Ret.) '45

HOMECOMING PARKING This is a correction to the information on page 10 in the September Shipmate: Parking in Annapolis is always a problem.

Therefore, arrangements have been made for FREE shuttle bus service from Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. Buses will originiate at the Stadium with stops at Alumni House, the Visitors' Center and the Midshipmen's Store and retracing the route. Service will be continuous from 0700 Friday until 0100 Saturday and from 0700 to 1300 on Saturday.

A green thumb is not a membership requirement. The only thing required is a smile and that old "can do" attitude. Check die WAB for notification of meetings. Join NAGC! For those

Stadium parking fees are: $3 on Friday; $4 on Saturday. No overnight parking is permitted

Rancho Santa Fe, California Vice President (Eastern Area)— ADM. ROBERT L.J. LONG USN (Ret.) '44

Annapolis, Maryland Vice President (Central Area)— MR. JAY G . MCKIE '47

Dallas, Texas Vice President (Western Area)— CDR. D. MICHAEL YOUNG USNR (Ret.) '66

Bellevue, Washington Executive Director— CAPT. WILLIAM S. BUSIK USN (Ret.) '43

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

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The Mail Boat John Paul Jones Birthplace Shipmate: In view of the article by Admiral Wright and the letters in Mail Boat about the birthplace of John Paul Jones, I thought that the enclosed photograph might be of interest to your readers. It was taken in July.

A plaque (dark rectangle at the entrance) reads: COMMODORE JC»IN PAUL JONES ILLUSTRIOUS NAVAL HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BORN HERE JULY 8. 1747 THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE IN MEMCSY BY THE NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION

John Paul Jones birthplace

AND THE ARMY AND NAVY CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVCtUTKXM BOTHC»^ WASHINGT(»J, D C , UNITED STATES C*^ AMERICA A.D. 1953

William Outerson '32

The Green Sneakered Lady Shipmate: Don't know exacdy where in the myriads of trivia I learned this term, but a "Green Sneakered Lady" is a person buried in the lower echelons of a bureaucratic organization, who, though having very little rank in the strucmre, iii the area of her (or his) responsibility is absolute power. The "Green Sneakered Lady" is indeed the heart, guts and major mover in any bureaucracy. When you have fotmd her (or him) and she agrees to help you, all you have to do is to ask.

Case in point: In the mid-'60s I was skipper of a grand old tin can, USS GOODRICH (DDR-831). A super ship, a splendid crew.

Many parts were original and some were in sad shape. My worst trial was the ship's motor whaleboat which in a fit of total disgust I dubbed "The Ship's Clown." It would start, usually, and even get away from the ship's side.

Sometimes it would go as far as two miles.

Then it would stop, refuse to start and require a tow. It had been through countless tender availabilities and a few yard overhauls. Each time it would be returned, "fixed." Not so. Though I was angry enough with the damned thing, my division commander (ComDesDiv 82) was an additional burden, as he usually rode us, and diough the "Ship's Clown" flying his grand little red & white burgee often carried him grandly from the ship, it never brought him back. When we finally returned from our last run to the Med. and I was about to retire, I decided that the best gift I could leave this wonderful, long-suffering crew was a new, fiberglass, beautiful, dependable boat. But the doing was something else. I tried again to get it 10

surveyed. Response: "Repaired." I knew in my heart, mind and soul that solution was not the answer I needed. I went up to the boat deck and kicked the "Ship's Clown." It hurt my foot, but a plan began to evolve . . . find a "Green Sneakered Lady." Ha! That tremendous power could solve anything.

Next morning, armed with the telephone number of the switchboard in the Bureau of Ships I went to the community telephone on the pier and dialed it. Thefirstreference I received was to a number at which the person who answered had never heard of a motor whaleboat.

But, nevermind, the day was young and there were many more niches to search. At about the tenth switching a very quiet lady's voice said, "Small boat division." I held my breath for a bit and said, "Do you perchance handle the distribution of new motor whaleboats?" "Yes," she responded, "How can I help you?" Again my respiratory system failed to function normally as I related to her my predicament. "You poor man," she said, "I have no boats headed your way today. Would tomorrow morning be alright?" At thattimeI resumed my self-control and in my best commanding officer's voice I assured her that would be fine and after thanking her for her efforts told her we would be ready to take the new boat on board. As the "Green Sneakered Lady" has special powers beyond her sphere, we were moored to the pier, port side to, with the boat dangling in the davits.

After I hung up, and with complete disregard to what anyone might think of a senior Commander doing a couple of "high fives" with himself and a few Toyota jumps, I calmly returned to the ship to begin preparations. First, I asked the Chief Engineer to get all the paperwork on the "Ship's Clown" and stow it on board. Next, I asked the First Lieutenant to remove all portable gear from it, to send someone up the pier to get a whaleboat cradle and to tow it alongside us. Next, I asked him to place my nemesis upon it with paperwork on board and tow it halfway to the tender at the head of the

pier, and also to leave the boat falls extended. I entertained no questions. Certainly, I enjoyed a poor night's sleep, and, most assuredly, I was on board early the next morning. And, then, sure enough, at about 1000 there arrived a huge seini towing a trailer loaded with beautiful, new boats. The driver came up to the Quarterdeck and asked for me. I identified myself. He said, simply "Sign here." I did. Then I called for the First Lieutenant and asked him to hook on to the boat that was under the davits and haul it on board. I thanked the driver and he left.

Full of myself and bursting with joy I sent the following message to the tender CO: "26' Motor Whaleboat No. is on the pier. She's yours." I never heard another word about the "Ship's Clown" and I never told anyone on board how we came to have this new boat. But with few exceptions, I had never been so happy in my life!

I was a "Green Sneakered Lady" later in life as I was the Rockwell International contractor representative at Keimedy Space Center for all matters relating to emergency procedures and Apollo and Space Shuttie flight crew rescue equipment, procedures and training. How's that for a niche?

Henry M. Waddeil '46

Bug Killers Shipmate: In the course of preparing the Class story of die Class of '40, for our 50YrBk, Bill Lanier found the following ditty which may be of interest to those now protected by effective bug killers.

Second Class Cruise, Summer of 1938, on USS FAIRFAX, (DD-95), old four-stack destroyer that turned out to be infested with bedbugs of unbelievable tenacity, immime to insecticides and resistant to blowtorches. The following was left on the bulletin board, as a warning to the next occupants: In our bunkroom louses grow.

Between the bodies, row on row, That mark our place, and in the night.

The bugs still madly crawling, bite.

Scarce sleep for we who lie below.

We are half dead. Short days ago.

We lived, were clean, but now we know, For now we lie where louses grow.

Take up our quarrel with the foe, To you from falling hands we throw, The blowtorch, brothers, hold it high.

If ye break faith with we who die.

Ye shall not rest, for bedbugs grow.

In this bunkroom, here below.

Gary H. Hall '40 Shipmate, October 1989

AWOL vs. PAL Shipmate: A letter in the May Mail Boat from my Classmate, Dudley Holstein, concerning his arrival at the Academy as a Prisoner at Large (PAL) has prompted diis letter. I think I can do him one better [Ed. Or worse?]. I arrived at the Academy AWOL! It happened in this manner. In the Spring of 1944 as a high school senior, I received orders to report to the Academy for a physical in late Jime. At about the same time I received orders to report to the V-5 Program at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, about five days prior to the Naval Academy date. Trinity College was and is afineschool but it took me about 26 seconds to opt for the Academy where I duly reported on the appropriate date. There the duty officer noted that I was five days AWOL from my scheduled appearance at Trinity and I was logged in as an apprentice seaman assigned to REIN A MERCEDES. After a brief hiatus caused by the 4th of July weekend some legal genius figured it all out. I was discharged from my apprentice seaman status "at the convenience of the government" and, after passing the physical, l)ecame a Midshipman.

Perhaps a more tmique event occurred this Spring when Dudley and I became shipmates for the second time after a 37-year interval.

This time was aboard my sloop. THE WIND'S WILL, on a cruise from Washington D.C, to St. Michael's, Maryland. The first time was on board MIDWAY (CVB-41) in die early 1950s.

John B. Mencke '48

Turret Explosions Shipmate: In tie July-August Shipmate you asked for information of turret explosions prior to the recent on on board IOWA.

down into the tray like so much butter.

Navy Regs were changed almost immediately to state that all guns must be unloaded through the muzzle immediately.

F. B. McFarland '40 Shipmate: In seeking information about turret explosions, your item in the July-August All Hands indicated that there had been an explosion in USS SOUTH DAKOTA which caused the flooding of TUrret II. The explosion was not during afiringexercise but during the taking on of ammunition.

To my knowledge, diere were two explosions of 14" bombardment (reduced charge) ammunition aboard USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38).

These occurred during onloading of ammunition at Eniwetok at anchor, and in preparation for the bombardment of Saipan preparatory to the landings there on 15 June 1944.

The first explosion occurred topside on the forecastle near Turret I. The reason was unknown. The resulting fire was promptly extinguished with already charged and led-out firehoses nearby. The ammunition lot was offloaded and another lot was on-loaded.

The second explosion occurred as a powder tank was being transferred through the open door between the magazine and the lower handling room of Turret I. The resultingfirevented up the striking down hatch, burning several men to death. At least two men survived in the magazine from the fire because the burst tank

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1 July 1907, my uncle perished from injuries received in a turret explosion on board the batdeship GEORGIA. He had been graduated with the Class of '07 but was still a Midshipman at sea per the procedure of the day.

He survived a transfer to the hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but died thereafter.

James H. Cruse '37 Shipmate: On 7 August 1942, the left gun of a twin 5738 gun mount on USS SAN JUAN ( C L A A - 5 4 ) exploded killing five men and severely injuring twelve others as well as causing considerable damage to the mount.

The gun was at "Cease fire" after it had fired several hundred rounds in a short period of time. She was supporting the landing of the First Raider Battalion on Tulagi.

No other gun in the history of Naval Guimery had ever fired so many rounds so quickly and thus the barrel was very hot. Since Navy Regulations called for waiting 30 minutes before a breech could be opened and the charge and projectile unloaded, the ship was not worried.

But this extremely hot barrel was transferring its heat from the barrel to the projectile which "cooked off." The projectile explodedfirstand then the powder cartridge exploded. The resulting explosion pushed the breech block

shielded them. The magazine and lower handling room wereflooded.The reason for the explosion was unknown.

T. T. McGillicuddy '40

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ProfUe of 1993 The United States Naval Academy Class of 1993 took the Oath of Office to become Midshipmen in the United States Navy on 3 July 1989. Statistics about the Class of 1993 are representative of the backgrounds and qualification sought in entering Midshipmen.

Applicants and Nominees Applicants (includes nominees) Number of applicants with an official nomination Nominees qualified scholastically, medically, and in physical aptitude Offers of admission Admitted

15,507 6,351 2,364 1,709 1,403

College Board Scores (Scholastic Aptitude) Verbal Math 3% 34% 38% 54% 48% 12% 11% 0% 576 665

Score Range 700-800 600-699 500-599 400-499 Avg. Scores

American College Testing Program Scores Score Range English 30-36 6% 25-29 52% 20-24 40% 15-19 2% Avg. Scores 25

Math 66% 28% 5% 1% 31

School Honors and Activities Percent Student body/council/govemment president or vice president Class president or vice president School club president or vice president School publication staff National Honor Society Varsity Athletics Varsity letter winners Dramatics, public speaking, debating Leader of musical group Eagle Scout Boys/Girls State or Nation ROTC, NROTC, AFROTC Sea Cadets

10 13 28 26 58 85 79 67 9 9 20 7 1

Rank in High School Class First Second Third Fourth

fifth fifth fifth fifth

Percent 82 14 4 0

Geographical Distribution Midshipmen were admitted from every state in the nation. The Class of 1993 also included Midshipmen from each of the following countries: Honduras, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Peru, Singapore, Thailand; and two each from Jamaica, Malaysia and Philippines.

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Previous College and Prep School The Class of 1993 includes 29 percent (400) from college and posthigh school preparatory programs; 14 percent (202) from Naval Academy Preparatory School; 6 percent (85) from private preparatory schools; and 8 percent (113) who have completed at least six months of study at a college or university.

Minorities and Women The Class of 1993 includes a total of 262 minority Midshipmen with ethnic backgrounds as follows: Black (89), Asian/Pacific Islanders (46), Filipino (24), Hispanic (89), and Indian/Native American (14).

One hundred thirty women Midshipmen were admitted with the Class of 1993.

Sons and Daughters of Alumni The Class of 1993 includes 63 sons and 8 daughters of Naval Academy Alumni (5 percent of the Class).

U.S. Naval Academy 1951 Capt. Arthur R Ismay USN (Ret.) Mid'n. David K. Ismay 1954 Cdr. Robert M. Olsen USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Peter M. Olsen Capt. Robert G. Tolg, Jr. USN (Ret.) Mid'n. John D. Tolg 1956 LCdr. James W. Bruso USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Brandon A. Honeycutt 1958 Cdr. Walter E. Bridgman, Jr. USN Mid'n. Walter E. Bridgman IB Capt. John T Kennard DC USN Mid'n. John D. Keimard Cdr. John J. Seeberger USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Michael S. Seeberger 1959 Paul T Converse Mid'n. Charles L. Converse Capt. John Dachos USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Sarah A. Dachos Capt. Thomas W Habermas USNR (Ret.) Mid'n. Stephen C. Habermas Cdr. Arthur Merz USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Eric L. Merz 1960 Cdr. Jerry A. Cooper USNR (Ret.) Mid'n. George H. Cooper William E. Lewis, Jr. Mid'n. Andrea L. Lewis William T. Parlette Mid'n. Stefan T. Brunnschweiler 1961 LCdr. Milton H. Jones USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Corrine R. Jones Roderick L. MacDonald Mid'n. Jonathan D. MacDonald LCdr. Walter E Strobach USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Michael S. Strobach 1962 Capt. Ronald A. Boss USN Mid'n. James R. Boss RAdm. Stephen K. Chadwick USN Mid'n. Jonathan L. Chadwick Col. William G. Chavanne USAF Mid'n. Todd W Chavanne Col. Robert W Falkenbach USMC Mid'n. Robert W. Falkenbach, Jr. Shipmate, October 1989

Cdr. Carl A. Moritz, Jr. USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Chandler S. Nelms Herbert O. Sprague Mid'n. Stephen O. Sprague U.S. Naval Academy 1963 Capt. William S. Johnson Mid'n. William S. Johnson, IV Capt. Robert A. Maier USN Mid'n. Steven R. Maier Cdr. John J. Pfeiffer USN (Ret.) Mid'n. James B. Pfeiffer Michael J. Rubel Mid'n. Michael J. Rubel, Jr. Capt. Frank R. Whalen Mid'n. Scott R. Whalen Ronald J. Wills Mid'n. Edward J. Wills 1964 Capt. Louis W. Amy m USNR Mid'n. Matthew L. Amy Charles F Durepo Mid'n. Douglas W Durepo Cdr. Frederick S. Hall, Jr. CEC USN Mid'n. Andrew J. Hall BGen. Charles C. Krulak USMC Mid'n. Todd C. Krulak Cdr. Ro T Milanette USNRR Mid'n. Ro T. Milanette LCdr. Thomas O. Murray USNR Mid'n. William T. Murray Joseph J. Rudy Mid'n. Melanie J. Rudy Cdr. Charles J. Trease, Jr. USNR Mid'n. Mark J. Trease 1965 Lt. Kennedi J. Andrews USNR Mid'n. Justin R Andrews Brian F Lantier Mid'n. Brian C. Lantier Carl D. Lawley, Jr. Mid'n. Michael D. Lawley Capt. Francis D. Schlesinger CEC USN Mid'n. David J. Schlesinger Robert E. Stevens Mid'n. John D. Stevens Donald B. Tulodieski Mid'n. Christian M. Tulodieski 1966 Capt. Philip A. Bozzelli USN Mid'n. Joseph R Bozzelli Capt. Brian S. Cronyn USN Mid'n. Dennis Q. Cronyn Capt. Thomas I. Eubanks USN Mid'n. Kelly A. Eubanks Perry H. Graves, Id Mid'n. Christopher T. Graves Capt. Paul M. Huber USN Mid'n. Mikel R. Huber Duncan N. Ingraham Mid'n. Duncan N. Ingraham, Jr. *Maj. Dean H. Matzko USMC Mid'n. Jay A. Matzko Capt. Clifford A. Wiese USN Mid'n. Clifford T. Wiese LCdr. Anthony F. Zallnick, Jr. Mid'n. Tiffany M. Zallnick 1967 Cdr. David H. Finney USN (Ret.) Mid'n. Matthew D. Finney Capt. Donald D. Geismar, Jr. USN Mid'n. Michael S. Geismar Capt. Bo G. Lindfors USN Mid'n. Erick C. Lindfors Shipmate, October 1989

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The Boat Club Captain Cary Hall USN (Ret.)

From the occasional comments in Shipmate it seems that present-day Midshipmen and officers sail together comfortably in the Academy's great fleet of sailing craft in peace and contentment. In that time long, long ago, before World War II, the Boat Club was a center in the war between officers and Midshipmen.

(We were never "Mids," always "Midshipmen" with each syllable rolled out in a glorious march of pride.) The Boat Club manned four 50-foot ketches and there we had a chance of winning a few batties to make up for our frequent losses in Bancroft Hall.

The officers of the Executive Department, in those days before leadership became a science to be taught, devoted themselves to foiling the schemes that we of the Regiment were always concocting to "beat the system." We suffered grievous losses to Uncle Charlie and Uncle Beanie and all those devoted officers who so imaginatively sought out our devicesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but we never gave up. The Boat Club was the only activity that offered any hope of winning batties, and attracted those of us devoted to the prospect of beating the system.

In 1934 some thoughtful officer, noting that the sailing activities of the Regiment were limited to the small open cockpit knockabouts and half-raters which composed the Academy fleet, conceived the idea of converting some excess 50-foot motor launches to sail so that Midshipmen could gain some experience with larger sailing craft. This brilliant officer, who probably later went to some effort to conceal his identity, somehow managed to get approval of this idea and the funds to do the job in Norfolk.

To present-day Midshipmen, accustomed to sophisticated sailing vessels and the hundreds of large sailing boats rafted on the Sevem, these ketches would be unbearably crude. Before the day of thefiberglasshull the expensive maintenance required for a wooden boat was such that few owned boats and there were probably less than a dozen private sailing craft moored in the Sevem and College Creek. The ketches were, in their day, a desperation measure to give us sailing experience, but they proved to be a prizedfieldfor an occasional vicShipmate, October 1989

tory in the never-ending war with the Executive Department.

The four heavy 50-foot motor launches were fitted with cabin trunks for most of their length with a decked steering station between the forward and after cabins. The forward cabin was huge, with a dozen double-ranked pipe bunks, a small galley and a head. The bunks were provided with oilcloth-covered mattresses and the upper bunks came down to make backs for the lower bunks, providing seating for die folding table amidships. The after cabin had only two bunks and a head. Between the two cabins there was the bridge, over the fuel and water tanks, and the engine room, where an enlisted machinist's mate operated the diesel engine in a polished and immaculate space, with his bunk folded against the bulkhead.

The two masts and their booms were wood and had to be pulled, scraped, and varnished every year or so by the Midshipman crew. The two cabins had large glass windows with sashes which slid vertically down into the hull and were held up by a leather strap hooked over a screwhead. The sails were canvas that had to be carefully dried when dampened. We weren't always meticulous about drying sails, so that the narrow peak of a sail, weakened by rot, would sometimes carry away letting the heavy boom fall on whoever happened to be below, an interesting experience begetting a big lump of seagoing knowledge. The most burdensome aspect of the conversion for those of us who had to maintain the boats in the afternoons of Fall and Spring was the varnish on the decks and the sides of the huge cabin trunks. We never achieved anything but a temporary victory over the acres of vamished wood even though we sanded and varnished for hours when weather permitted. When the weather didn't permit and we vamished anyway, as we did, the varnish petulantly curled away and we had to start over.

Under sails alone those heavy hulls could, in a 20-knot breeze, get up to six knots although we were usually happy to have enough wind for four knots. The engine, flat out, could take us along at six knots. In a hurry, which we often were, both sail and diesel might get us a knot

over six knots. The engine was operated by our enlisted machinist's mate engineer in response to bell signals. One of the engineer's main concems was to shut down the engine when we ran aground, a frequent occurrence, to keep mud out of the water jacket cooling the engine.

There were four ketches, one for each of the four battalions, ALLIGATOR, BULLFROG, CROCODILE, and TURTLE. The unknown christening officer stumbled on finding an amphibian whose name started with "D." Each ketch had a First Classman skipper, who had overall charge of his battalion's ketch during his First Class Year. In my Class, when I had my first command, CROCODILE, Ed Sledge, Igloo Thompson (killed at Pearl Harbor), and Neil Fisher were the other captains. Our ships were notable in lacking in tautaess but they were always meticulously clean for the Friday inspection. The three of us who survived World War n made captain but none made flag rank if this interests those of you who want to evaluate the ketches as leadership schools.

Our reward for the varnishing the topsides and painting the hull and polishing the brightwork and scrubbing the bilges was weekend sailing trips, from Saturday noon until Sunday evening formation, free on the Chesapeake, far from the careful supervision of the Executive Department. We would sail until late Saturday, then go into one of the towns within a 30 or, at most, 40-mile range of the Severnâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;St. Michaels, Oxford, Betterton, Rock Hall, or up the Chester River to Chestertown. Our southern limit was Cambridge, up the Choptank River, our northern, Havre de Grace with that difficult entrance chatmel. Baltimore was officially forbidden and, except for a rare hurried visit, we avoided the dark piers of Baltimore Harbor.

Once tied up we disguised ourselves as natives in blue wool drill shirts and blue uniform pants and set out to taste the wild delights of the Eastern Shore. This satumalia usually consisted of having a couple of beers with the watermen in a nearby joint, a crime of unmentionable wickedness if detected by the officers of the Executive Department. Sometimes we would hitchhike to Easton and taste the cosmopolitan pleasures of 15

that Eastern Shore metropolis.

We really wanted to meet young women, beautiful and mysterious, but in those days they couldn't be found in waterfront joints. Once Phil Eckert met, at a party, a girl who actually lived on the Eastem Shore, and her mother had our whole crew to spend the night in their large home. It didn't work out very well, no adventure, and none of us ever saw the girl, her friends, or her mother again. We were a lot more interested in the search than in the finding.

Introduction to the Boat Club and the ketches commenced Plebe Year when Plebes were valued as a willing labor force to paint, varnish, polish, and clean the ketches for the Friday afternoon inspection. The captain of REINA MERCEDES inspected the four ketches every Friday afternoon during the Fall and Spring and passing this inspection was a necessary requirement to make the weekend cruise.

Those who worked made up the weekend crew with the Plebes in the group overjoyed with a vacation from their harried life in Bancroft Hall, while most of the upper classmen were perhaps more interested in sailing, or meeting a mysterious girl in some waterfront adventure.

After noon meal the rations for the trip, three meals, were drawn from the Mess Hall and carted down to the boat. There was always enough to feed twice our number. There would be sliced roast beef and sliced ham, ready for sandwiches, which was what we mostly ate.

There would be tomatoes and lettuce and gallon cans of string beans and asparagus which we never opened, along with gallon cans of orange juice with that acid taste that few leamed to enjoy. We had ice for the small ice box where the milk and butter were stored. There would be eggs and bacon for breakfast, and cookies and cake, with gallon cans of canned fruit, and a host of other foods, all nutritious and wholesome. There were probably occasionally some who prepared meals on the little propane stove and maybe even some who cooked more than eggs and bacon for breakfast, but this was rare.

Mostly we ate as the mood moved us, and what we could easily assemble without any effort.

Unless there was a calm we always sailed all Saturday daftemoon. Although all of us valued our freedom from regulations, we also reveled in sailing, and even in the stolid, slow ketches it was great. We never reefed in any wind, rather glorying in the worst gales the Chesapeake could give us. The ketches were ballasted beyond belief, so that we never had the sort of heeling that tender boats experience. On a calm day, we would try water skiing, using the brow issued for dockside use as a water ski and whizzing along at our maximum six knots.

This low speed experience convinced those of us who tried it that water skiing would never catch on. We would also swim on a calm day, somehow never seeming to be bothered by the 16

jelly fish that are such a nuisance now. It may be because we always swam well out from the beach.

Although we sometimes sailed all night, usually we headed for a small town for the night. Many Chesapeake Bay towns can only be reached by local knowledge of the channel.

Our technique was awkward but effective. We would head in on the best course we could figlu-e from the chart, charging ahead until we grounded and the engineer scurried below to shut off the diesel. Then we would carry out an anchor, heave off, and try another direction.

We grounded the unprotesting massive hulls of our ketches so often, doing this, that we became expert at getting off just minutes after touching, carrying out an anchor in the dinghy and hauling off astern. Rock Hall was one of the towns we approached this way. Of course, once in, the watermen would tell us which of the stakes in the water we should have followed to carry our six-foot draft into port. They seemed to take immense delight in our method of finding the chatmel.

Occasionally, we would miss a turn in a dredged channel, as at Knapp Island, and run full tilt into the solid mud side of the channel.

The suction of the mud would conquer our best efforts heaving on the anchor, until we kept tension on the anchor chain for a few hours and the working of the boat would free us. Once we grounded in a storm with the wind astern while seeking shelter around Love Point in the Choptank, and we were unable to get off until the next morning. The hull pounded on the bottom and, overriding the anchor, forged it into a pretzel, but with no harm to the hull. Getting off the next day, we found beer at the ferry landing and spent a thoughtful Sunday moming, contemplating the hazards of the sea.

Fog never deterred us. Our technique on getting back to our berth astern of Luce Hall was to head for the western side of the Chesapeake at a point well below or above the Sevem, maybe a few miles south of Sandy Point. When the water shoaled to perhaps seven or eight feet we would follow this sounding, heaving the lead continuously, until we dipped into the Severn and finally saw the searchlight that REINA MERCEDES would direct out towards the harbor entrance when there was a fog and we were out.

Since we always seized this legitimate opportunity to be late, we would get a special meal in the Mess Hall and saunter up to study hour with some claim to adventure.

Although the weekend cruises were frequent, there was also a provision for day cruises on Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and we were permitted to take drags! Chaperones were, of course, required. Our technique for this was to arrange for some officer, not in the Executive Department, and his wife to agree to be chaperones but to have some problem that prevented their joining us. To my knowledge no ketch EVER

made a Sunday cruise carrying chaperones. We were protected by the fact that if detected there was no specific regulation we could be charged with violating. Maybe our adversaries in the Executive Department chuckled at our imagined victory. The non-appearing chaperones were always amused and willing.

The Sunday cruises shoved off before Chapel time with the same over-generous allotment of food that the Commissary Department gave us for weekend cruises. On Sundays, however, there were always a few eager drags who would prepare a lunch from the makings provided and we generally ate a lot more sumptiously than when we were on our own. Drags changed in the after cabin when we drifted for swimming. With a dozen or more couples on board there was really no need for chaperones, although I have been later informed that as Midshipmen we were disappointingly lacking in enterprise, whether with or without chaperones. On Sundays, when we returned to our mooring, we would sail in and make the mooring under sail, a proud achievement under the eyes of the Sunday sightseers.

After the ketches became the beginning of the Boat Club, VAMARIE, a 72-foot racing yacht and a champion sailer of that time, was donated to the Naval Academy. The skippers for VAMARIE were officers so that many of us stuck with freedom from officer supervision in our slow, poor-sailing ketches, while other Midshipmen whizzed by in VAMARIE at 15 knots. Then First Class Year the three yawls.

INTREPID, ALERT, and RESOLUTE were built for the Academy and true racing sailing became a possibility. The year we graduated HIGHLAND LIGHT, 62-feet, was donated. All

these boats were fast, true racers, not like obscure Chesapeake harbors on Saturday night!

No casual grounding for them!

The most memorable of our cruises was during the long Fourth of July weekend Second Class Summer, when we were able to go all the way to the head of the Bay and through the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal into Delaware Bay. This was a great adventure, a cruise in far waters. We found out that all bay-front towns are alike.

All of us who experienced the independent joys of the ketches and were members of the Boat Club remember that time and those experiences with particular pleasure. Perhaps the fine officers of the Executive Department, while noting at the time that our Aptitude for the Service grade should be appropriately lowered for our success in beating the system, also realized that we were gaining more seagoing knowledge in those clumsy old ketches than in our more formal studies.

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You Won't Believe Me, But I Didn't Even Have a Clock Captain Lodwick H. Alford USN (Ret.)

After reading and re-reading my fine Classmate Eli Vinock's splendid piece in the June 1988 issue of S/iipmare entided "88 - '38 = 50," I tried to light off my memory computer bank and write to ask if he would mind a nitpick or two.

My nitpicks center around his statement that the largest number of our Class of 1938 sworn in as Midshipmen at one time was the 75 enlisted men from the Fleet on 6 July 1934. As I remember, there were 74 of us enlisted who passed the Spring 1934 entrance examinations at the Naval Academy Preparatory Class, Norfolk. Similar to the way we all remember exacdy when and where we were when we heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the death of F D. Roosevelt and John F Kennedy, I remember all the details when I got a telegram from our Classmate E. J. Kemp saying simply "Congratulations Midshipman Alford." I was on leave in my hometown and I will never forget the euphoria.

Returning to Norfolk from leave we enlisted travelled as a group to Annapolis on 5 July 1934 and remained overnight on REINA MERCEDES. In those days it was a Receiving Ship as well as a place of incarceration for Midshipmen miscreants. The next day, the 6th, our papers were to be processed; we were to be discharged as enlisted men and marched over to Bancroft Hall to be swom in as Midshipmen. Well, the group was marched over and swom all right but two of us were left behind, Charlie Pond and myself. There may have been two or three men in the group who had not attended the NAPC but had passed the examinations and proceeded direct to USNA from the Fleet. So Eli may still be right that it was 75 swom in on 6 July. Others may be able to supply a firm figure.

What happened to Charlie Pond and me was sort of a Catch 22 situation. As we assembled on deck of the REINA MERCEDES on the morning of the 6th to be marched over to Bancroft Hall, Charlie and I noted that the person taking the muster was an old shipmate of ours. I remember him as Lieutenant Commander (mustang) William F Roseman. Charles remembers him as a warrant boatswain who had given him a bad time on board the battleship MISSISSIPPI. Shipmate, October 1989

As Mr. Roseman read off the names, each sailor in tum would leave the REINA and fall in in ranks on the pier. At the end Charles and I were left standing without our names being called. We made anxious inquiries and were told by Mr. Roseman with seeming pleasure that we did not qualify because we did not have enough sea duty. To qualify for the Academy, an enlisted man had to have at least one year of service, nine months of which had to be sea duty on a ship in full commission.

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I learned that while our records were being processed on the REINA, a nosy smart-ass yeoman had noted Charles and I had spent sometime in the hospital and had alerted the Executive Officer or Mr. Roseman suggesting the time under treatment was not sea duty. In early January 1933 Charles and I had been sent from the Norfolk boot camp to the battleship MISSISSIPPI then undergoing the last of a three-year modemization in the Norfolk Naval shipyard.

There was hardly anything on the ship above the main deck and the commission pennant was lashed to one of the deck stanchions. She had not been to sea in over two years and was in terrible shape. Primary duty for seamen second class was chipping paint and redleading double bottoms. It was dangerous work. Every day someone would be overcome with fumes, pass out and have to be hauled out by the coxswain of the work detail. Just about every day someone would have to be sent to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital with lead poisoning. The problem was recognized and most of us were rotated for a week of R & R at Virginia Beach.

But sooner or later it would get you and sure

enough Charlie Pond and I were hauled off to the hospital but not at the same time. I don't think ours was even diagnosed as lead poisoning, but it was insidious and made us susceptible to colds and infections. Fortunately Charles went back to duty after three weeks. But I came down with colds, fever and a severe ear infection which resulted in a very dangerous mastoid operation. It was over two months before returning to MISSISSIPPI.

There were about six of us bluejackets on board bucking for ensign. At one point we petitioned the commanding officer to allow us to work half days and study for the exatninations the other half. But the skipper was a tough old bird and the word came back saying in effect "hell no, tum to." He was Capt. W D. Puleston, '02 and probably one of the last of the old time iron man skippers. He had a mouth full of gold teeth and when he opened up it was a flashy affair. Woe betide the sailor who mistook that for a friendly smile. Some sailors swore he was tattoed from head to foot but I remember only one or two.

Actually "old Puley," as he was sometimes referred to, was a very respected naval historian, student of Mahan and seapower advocate.

He had written several scholarly books including a history of the Dardanelles Campaign in World War I. But he never made admiral and one can only speculate whether he was treated with disdain by his superiors as was Mahan who was sometimes dismissed as a "mere scribbler."

But now, in the early Fall of 1933 it was time for us Naval Academy candidates to get some real sea duty so we could qualify. The "Home Ship" as MISSISSIPPI was known in the Fleet had completed her modemization (see 1938 Class Ring) and for the first time in three years was ready for sea. As we headed down the Elizabeth River, past Norfolk and the Naval Base it was heady stuff for young bluejackets who had never been to sea. From the shipyard out through the Virginia Capes to the sea buoy, it was rumored down on the mess decks that the old man had run through the entire watch list.

As each OOD made some mistake, he would summarily be relieved by old Puley and sent to 17

his room, calling his relief on the way down. I can only speculate how many were hacked.

Proceeding south down the coast for sea trials and shakedown the ship was diverted to Cuba because of one of the perennial revolutions. We were ordered to patrol off Havana and show the flag. But this was the height of the hurricane season. You guessed it. The ship was hit by a horrendous hurricane and tossed about like a cockle shell. Boy, did we get sea duty in a hurry! I have been in two of the great Pacific typhoons and this was the equal of any of them.

I wish I could describe it as well as our fine Classmate Ray Calhoun did about those in his superb book Typhoon. I have always maintained that one month of sea duty was the equivalent of nine months ordinary sea duty and we should have been qualified on it alone.

Many were the colorftil comments down on the mess decks including those of our illustrious Classmate William Patrick Riesenberg (God Rest his soul). Those of you who knew him well will understand just how droll and incisive he could be. Bill was himself the son of an old time colorful sea captain and author. Fortunately, the ship retumed to Norfolk in time for Bill, Charlie Pond and myself to be transferred to NAPC before thefirstclasses began in November.

Now, back on the REINA, Charles and I put up a hell of afightabout that so-called missing sea duty. We based our argument on the fact that our time in the hospital was temporary duty undergoing treatment and not a permanent change of station. We persuaded Mr. Roseman et al to refer the matter to BuPers (then Bureau of Navigation). While we wait for an answer I am assigned to mess cook duties on the REINA. By this time I am mumbling and talking to myself. I had done my share of that on MISSISSIPPI. I forget how long it was before we got an answer but I'll be damed if BuNav did not back up Mr. Roseman and that smart-aleck yeoman. Typical BuPers decision! So it was back to sea for us.

Fortunately Charles had only three weeks to make up and was transferred to the old fourpipe destroyer CraLDS then engaged in daily orientation trips out of Aimapolis for the new Midshipmen. Charlie has regaled me with fimny stories about this time during which he was sometimes kept company and assisted by former enlisteds now Midshipmen friends while he chipped, wirebmshed and painted the fantail and depth charge racks.

And where did aspirant Alford go to make up this missing sea duty? Back to the Norfolk shipyard and duty on the battleship IDAHO also undergoing a three-year rebuilding. She was in worse shape than MISSISSIPPI was when I reported on board that ship. Some sea duty! But IDAHO was in full commission. So I chipped, wirebrushed and painted red lead in double bottoms for two more months. Down in the bowels of that great ship, my vision blurred and 18

my senses reeling from paint fumes, I was really muttering and talking to myself. Believe me it was character building. Finally, my "sea duty" was accomplished and I travelled alone by overnight steamer from Norfolk to Washington, thence by WB & A to crabtown.

On 12 September 1934 John Eckhardt and I were swom in as Midshipmen, the last two of our Class. I'll never forget it because one Oscar C. Badger swore us in one breath and in the next breath royally chewed me out for wearing my hat in Mem Hall. Those of you who had been on the receiving end of a dressing down by Oscar Badger, knew you had been had by an expert. So I was on report my first minute as a Midshipman.

Now the upj)er classes were returning from "Sep" leave and it was time to present the Fourth Class to the Regiment. For the first formation I did not yet have a blue uniform although I had been measured. Jakie Reed & sons just had not time to produce. At one point the company officer Butch Humphreys (Charles O.), with a straight face pretended to discuss seriously that I should show up at formation in white works. Then he leaned back in his chair and laughed uproariously because he knew the First Class would have killed me if I had shown up in white works. He arranged for me to borrow a blue suitfromsomeone about my size until my own were delivered. I cannot remember who that Classmate was.

You may know that in those days all the rooms in the second batt were two-man rooms and by the time I got there I was odd man out. I lived alone my entire Plebe Year. I know you won't believe me but I didn't even have a clock or watch. How I siu-vived I'll never know. I did develop a sort of sixth sense as to when the next class or formation was about to bust. My first brush with academics was the final examination for the Plebe Summer math course for which I had not attended a single class. I got 1.5 on the examination so at the beginning of the academic year I was unsat and on the tree. Took me until February to pull sat窶馬o Christmas leave but plenty of extra instruction and a steely determination not to let the system beat me. I

had worked too hard to get where I was.

Completely missing out on other aspects of Plebe Summer was largely made up by my two years service as a bluejacket. But now comes Youngster Cruise and more long term, darker ramiiications of entering the Academy two months late began to show up. As you know a certain part of our pay as Midshipmen was set aside each month as a reserve for our uniform outfitting on graduation. Any excess over that reserve after incidentals and the princely sum of $2/month spending money were taken out, could be used on the Youngster Cruise, say the trip from Edinburgh to London, or could be used for Youngster "Sep" leave. But for me because of that missing two months I had no excess. Consequendy, no cmise side trips and no "Sep" leave. I didn't mind because I wanted to get in some more extra instruction and avoid the terror of bilging I had experienced Plebe Year.

Now comes Youngster Christmas Leave and I have a little excess money on the books but not enough for a roundtrip railticketto my home in Georgia. Sending home for money was out of the question. As a seaman my pay had been $36/month and I had been sending money home to my recentiy widowed mother to help out with my younger siblings. This was the depression, folks, which came to Georgia ten years before it did to the rest of the country.

Then, as you know, FDR cut our seaman's pay to $30/month. Soon after becoming a Midshipman our $2/month cash was cut to $1.75.

Money-wise I seemed to be living out a familiar maneuver known as "advancing rapidly to the rear."

Just a few days before Christoias leave was to start, some anonymous persons, without my knowledge, went around and took up a collection of enough money to piece out my rail fare.

I was embarassed and my pride was hurt. But then I began to realize what it truly means to be Classmates. I went. It was the best leave of my life. I met my future bride. ^

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Shipmate, October 1989

Another Homecoming, 1953 Commander Herbert Kriloff USN (Ret.)

All this happened long ago. Much of it, far away.

Homecoming. Not the kind you're thinking of. This was to be a family reunion. It started in Genoa, Italy. The imcertain end, Norfolk.

We were at sea, headed for Genoa. My relief was aboard, hopefully signing tumover papers in my cabin while I soloed in the sea cabin above. My final days in MASSEY (DD-778), a World War II 2,200-ton destroyer. It had been a grand cruise with a HUK group, plying waters of the East Coast, die Caribbean, the North Atlantic, and now the Mediterranean with the Sixdi Fleet-July 1953. Although die Korean war half a world away was grinding toward a halt, Soviet naval vessels, our protagonists, had not, as yet, become unofficial members of our Med formations, nor did they bug us in other ways. These waters were still 'All Yank'.

But the night before arrival in Genoa, a temperamental turbine gave up the ghost. We sailed on one engine to the harbor entrance where Signore Piloto boarded, grabbed the reins, and sped us inside for a Med moor. Unfortunately for us no tug was available. More unfortunato, when the order to let go the anchor was given, it refused to drop. However, in suimy Italy all things right themselves and shortly we were secured to the dock. The pilot, well stuffed with sea stores and wardroom chow, wobbled off believing his feat equal to that of Columbus arriving in the new world.

Our previous port had been Valencia, Spain, where we'd passed a pleasant week inclusive of bull fights, official parties, and some all night brawls in local bistros. None of the crew jumped ship, much of the paperwork had been signed, and the week in port flew by.

Early in our Valencia stay, Carlos, one of my favorite JOs knocked on my door with a request. He'd met a most wonderful maiden, but couldn't see her againâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;unless several of our officers would attend a dinner at her home.

There was her mother plus an attractive friend, a divorcee, who lived across the hall. Carlos had promised to deliver the present CO(me), plus my relief, for the entertainment of both Senoras.

It was a special dinner, all seven of us in starched whites and the ladies suitably decked Shipmate, October 1989

out. Papa, after being introduced, sauntered off to his club where he supposedly passed most evenings playing cards and cultivating his cobbers.

The main problem at dinner was language.

The hosts only spoke Spanish. I was elected interpreter, but my schoolboy Spanish came slowly, like drops of water from a leaky faucet.

When I hit my bunk later that night I'd never been so exhausted. What really disturbed me was my relief who seemed to have unlimited capacity for drink. This was okay with me except that on our retum to the ship he became abusive to the steward's mates. Another thorn in my craw was that he'd been aboard a week. I wanted to be relieved, but he begged off saying he had little experience in destroyers and needed time to watch all that went on. Yet, when we got underway, he stayed in the sack reading Mickey Spillane, until the spirit roused him to the bridge.

Now that we were in Genoa, change of command day duly arrived. I mounted my favorite tomato box, suitably covered for the occasion, then threw pearls of wisdom to the multitude. It was an address such as Moses must have given before casting the tablets from Mount Sinai.

Lucky for me my relief also turned up and gave forth with another spiel. We shook hands. The officers then shouted me a small party at a local club. I was given a cocktail shaker and glasses as a goodby present. I was touched. They'd been a good bunch, and efficient. I had enjoyed my two-year tour, and on arrival at my next station was officially informed that we had won the squadron E for the year, best ship of the eight.

Fate had decreed tumover on 3 July. Next day, the 4th, I arrived at the train station for the ten-twenty to Naples. Mobs surged in and out the edifice as if it were the Toonerville Trolley expanding and contracting. I discovered that the Fourth, for reasons never clear, was also an Italian holiday Over these platforms I lugged two suitcases, presumably filled with wet cement, onto a train passageway I sat on one of the suitcases like a dog marking his territory.

This was embarrassing since I was in uniform.

Decorum has its limits however, and I wasn't about to stand for seven hours. Besides, it was hot and airless.

The conductor pranced through the clogged passageways like a sheep dog climbing the backs of his flock. The shine on his aged, dark holiday uniform was blinding. An immense leather suitcase hung at his side with the trappings of his tradeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tickets, a punch, timetables, bills and coins. He jostled whatever riders contested his right of passage. As the train rolled off and all hope seemed lost, a young, attractive lady touched my arm. "Hey bub, where ya headed?"

I was grateful for the seat she arranged for me in a crowded compartment. On my right sat a hefty young mother with her infant. Then, as the train lurched along, without warning, she whipped out lunch for the baby. The child should have been arrested for the zest he exhibited in attacking his dinner. It could easily have resulted in bodily injury. Male passengers showed sharp interest, but I naturally averted my puritanical glance.

On my other side was a young Italian man, mustachioed, but badly dressed. He spoke a confusing brand of English and told me he was a photographer. When asked if I'd like to see his work, I politely nodded. He then opened a series of 8 x 10 photos of the most pornographic nature I'd ever seen. It was doubly embarrassing as he described the details of his work in a loud, raspy voice. This was not to be my day.

After arrival in Naples I passed two so-so days in a second-rate pensione. Being a footloose, grass widow bachelor was okay except that I was lonely and the time dragged. Finally my stateside hop took off. An old, unpressurized DC-4 filled with 40 passengers, mainly women and children, plus a load of freight which included two airplane engines being returned for overhaul. Most of the seats were bucket type, but I was senior enough to sit with the ladies in a poor man's version of an airline chair. All seating was fixed so that passengers faced the rear. One wondered if the pilots did the same.

Flying this trip in one of today's jets might be eight or nine hours. Flying unpressurized in this old DC-4 made each of the four legs seem at least nine hours. Our initial leg was to Port Lyautey, an air base in Morocco where Ed 19

Micka, my close friend and Qassmate, died when shot down in an early World War n invasion. A DE was subsequendy named after him.

In 1940 we shared an apartment on Sydney Place in Brooklyn and had a high old time.

After refueling at Lyautey we took off for Lajes in the Azores. By now most of us were aheady tired and bored, but the drone of the engines seemed comforting and distant. Some of the kids, now rejuvenated and full of P&G, hid behind crates or chased each other up the aisles to insure no one rested. Just as I was dropping off, box limches were passed around. No mistaking these were right out of mom's kitchen.

No 21 Club or Maxims for us tonight. Much later the dots below enlarged and wefloatedto a gende landing at Lajes, Terceira Island, Azores.

Our next landing was not to be like this one.

After a goodly wait at Lajes we loaded up once again. New faces among the crowd provided a welcome variety. Those disembarking, had they known what was to come, would have waved imcertain goodbyes as we wobbled, ftilly loaded, down the long strip and into the air.

The day was fading as we headed west and north toward Argentia, Newfoundland, but the weather was good. Large, cumbersome fork lifts had moved more cargo into the cabin, and a pronounced vibration shook us up. Simple harmonic motion? The kids settied down and for six hours we plodded on. Argentia was estimated at 0200, about three hours hence.

Patches of fog started to enfold us. The sky, when we could see it, was pitch black with occasional streaks of lightning in the distance.

Now and then heavy bumps threw us around and forced us to om- seats with belts fastened.

The fog continued to thicken and wingtip lights were mostiy obscured. Cabin confidence lowered, especially when one of the pilots in a B-17 leather jacket hastily ran aft instead of walking slowly, exuding confidence at intent observers. Under their cowlings, the beet red engines looked menacing as the pilot shoved extra heft into them.

About 30 minutes to go. We were really being thrown around now, so hard that some of the kids began to cry. Most nestled closer to mum. Those of us in uniform kept a stiff upper lip, hoping someone up front had a handle on the situation.

The engines dramatically changed sound and we started to lose altitude. A high pitched voice on the PA system told us that we had lost an engine. Right side. I spotted the prop slowing down. It was almost feathered but kept twirling for a couple of unsettling minutes.

After ten minutes the aircraft seemed more serene as it nosed through the denser fog. Much of the fuel must have been bumed off because pitching and heaving recommenced and became more rapid. Lightningflashesstroked the 20

cabin with an eerie blue color. Although a couple of passengers gleamed a smile, the rest of us sat motionless. I scanned the heavy facial creases on the prematurely aged boatswain's mate next to me and wondered if fate was to grant more time to deepen the lines.

Another change in engine noise, and the two port engines began to moan as if in protest to their increased revs. Breaking through a clear patch gave me a view of the starboard wing.

Both engines were dead. No aimouncement this time.

Minutes passed like hours and the remaining engines slowed as we made a couple of large tums. Still zero visibility. There was no doubt that a radar-controlled landing was in progress and we were identifying ourselves on the screen. Slowly losing altitude, we went into a long, final descent. I suspected that with only half power we couldn't again fly off if we missed our approach. After agonizing minutes a faint light could be seen below, and at the same instant we touched down. My hand was white from gripping an armest. Most hadn't realized that we'd been flying on two engines.

In the cockpit the crew were busily retrieving their angels from the heads of pins.

It took a day and a half for repairs, plus time for checkrides. Then we boarded for the last leg to Norfolk. Weather was good, and our box lunches tasted like goiumet fare when we realized how lucky we'd been.

I was to be met by my wife and daughter that warm, suimy moming. We swept onto the landing strip at Norfolk. After parking at the terminal, amidst gold braid and aiguillettes, I spotted my big angel and the littie one. Mum was scratching the litde one's back as her wings always had an itch. ^

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Shipmate, October 1989

Getting There Is Half the Fun Rear Admiral Peter B. Booth USN (Ret.)

Retiring from the United States Navy after 30 plus years, I wanted to do something different in a second career. I had read all the books and listened to a good many sea stories ranging from "Walking the Appalachian Trail," to l)eing a "Beltway Bandit," or teaching. What I ended up doing was sailing as Second Mate aboard a large cruise ship out of Hawaii. What an incredible experience!

By virtue of my Navy experience (destroyers, several carriers, supply ship,) I qualified to sit for the Coast Guard Master's exam. During my last year of active duty I managed a great deal of spare-time study in celestial, rules of the road, ship safety, stability, and ship's business. To make a long and intense story very short, I managed to pass the exam (eight four-hoiu- tests in four days—90% required on celestial and rules of the road). That httle piece of paper I count as one of my more significant lifetime accomplishments.

My objective was to become a ship's master for several reasons: It was different—no doubt.

In almost all cases Carolyn (wife #1) could join me.

Pay was good.

I absolutely enjoyed the sea, ships and crews.

The realities of the industry soon hit me as I received nice letter after nice letter along the lines of "all of oiu" captains are non-U.S.," "we've reduced the size of our fleet and . . . " and in a few, no answer at all. There was however one US Flag Company, American Hawaiian Cmise Lines, whom I heard was looking for a captain.

The company operated two ships out of Hawaii, CONSTITUTION and INDEPENDENCE.

Launched in 1951/52 in Quincy, Massachusetts, they were some 30,000 tons and 679 feet. Both had been extensively modified with very nice interiors and bow and stem thrusters. Four boilers provided turns for about 23 knots although the SOP was for only two boilers on the line, giving a top speed of about 17 kts. Safety-wise, the ships are 100% in accordance with rather exact and frequently inspected USCG requirements. About 850-900 passengers are carried and about 330 crew.

I arrived on board as the second mate and took over at 1145 on a Saturday. The uniform was vintage U.S. Navy tropical white with the Shipmate, October 1989

shoulder boards of a lieutenant except with an anchor. The captain was retired USN, Larry Kelly. As I greeted passengers in Honolulu that first day on the 1200-1600 watch and toured the ship, I felt like a J.O. again.

My job as second mate consisted of eight hours of watch standing per day (seven days per week), running the fantail for sea detail (which we did twice a day) and the responsibility for all firefightingand damage control equipment.

The routine was the same 52 weeks a year.

Seven days to four different Hawaiian Islands —a phenomenally beautiful itinerary. Generally we would sail at night and be in port during the day.

My first underway watch was the 00000400 Sunday, en route from Honolulu (we got underway Saturday at 2100) to ISE in the calm waters of Maui. My total watch team consisted of myself, a lookout, a helmsman and a standby watch awake in the crews lounge.

The bridge and chart house are incredible, 64' from wing to wing! Polished decks and gleaming brass were everywhere. It was the cleanest, most sparkling bridge I have ever seen. Equipment-wise it was equally as impressive.

Just aft of the bridge was a 15 x 15 foot square room called die fire control room.

Basically it was a DC central, but far more automated. For example, with one switch, I could close all 35 hydraulically operated watertight doors on decks at and below the waterline.

With another switch I could shut off all air supply on the entire ship and with yet another I could close all 150 fire screen doors (doors that simply closed when power to a holding solenoid was cut off). There was a very antiquated but functional air sampling device that continuously sampled air from about 27 places on the ship—if it sensed smoke a loud alarm went off.

Another more modern system of 157 heat detectors will immediately pin-point hot spots. I might note that all of these safety devices were checked regularly and all worked.

That first mid-watch was fairly simple, but as with any simple evolution the consequences of making a mistake were enormous. The major responsibility of course is safe navigating.

On that watch we had the lights of Honolulu until about 0200 and then picked up the westem most light on Molakai (visibility is incredible).

The radars were like a moving map display, very precise and there was a combination Omega/Sat Nov. receiver that very accurately gave your position. I would plot the ship's position every 15 minutes and lay out a DR for another 30 usually with a line or two of bearing, a radar range, and cross-checked with the Omega and Fathometer. Lest one might consider this an overkill, when cruising that close to land, on a passenger ship, at night, at up to 17 kts, with no one looking over your shoulder or CIC backup, makes for one very attentive and precise navigator.

Once we had cleared Diamond Head small things needed attention. For instance, the dress lights needed to be doused—you took care of it. Log needed to be filled out^you took care of it. The phone rang—you took care of it.

Communication to the engine rooms was by telephone (two of them—no squak boxes).

Bottom line is that the mid-watches were never boring, but rather a challenging mental exercise in doing the best possible job.

My stateroom was on the top deck and not bad for a second mate. Private head with shower, large bed, desk and couch and two port holes. It was cleaned daily with fresh towels and the bed changed twice weekly by one of the cheerful room stewardesses. Throughout my eight weeks, I would get about two 3'A hour sleeping periods—never more than 3'/2 at a time. So it was to bed at 0415 then up at anywhere from 0600 to 0700 depending on when we would enter port.

My second main duty was to run the fantail for sea detail. We would be on station 30 minutes prior to the sea buoy with a crew of six guys lead by one of the assistant boatswain's mates on board. Aside from the line handling, there was always a dialogue from "stem to bridge" on the radio as to how close the stern was to shoal water or piers or other ships. We 21

could get five large lines plus a wire over, and secured in about 10 minutes. I became a relative expert in getting die right tension on the lines and working well with the bridge. Always there would be about l(X)-plus passengers on the next deck up offering gratuitous advice (mostiy from World War n retired Navy people—more on this later). "My" guys always had a good attimde and worked hard. The fantail and my crew took me back 30 years to the USS BUCK (DD-761) when I was second division officer. At the conclusion of each docking, the 1st mate, chief mate, 3rd mate and I would gather in the bridge to tell the captain (who is his own pilot) what a great job he did.

Andfinally,my "spare" time responsibilities entailed checking the watertight doors daily (all 37) and periodic checks of the 119 fire stations, and all C02 and chemical extinguishers.

(The third mate had life-saving equipment— boats etc. and the first mate bridge related duties such as charts, pubs, radar, etc). These duties took about three hours per day and involved daily forays to every nook and cranny of the ship in white overaUs not only checking and inspecting, but fixing. We also practiced lifeboat drills at least once a week. I had all 12 port-side boats and became an expert as to the right way to lower, crew, and operate the boats. We would lower the boats into the water and, except for two with engines, start operating the handpowered propellers. The captain would watch the evolution with gritted teeth. That not withstanding, in an emergency, we were well trained in handling the lifeboats.

Ship handling had to be the most fun of all the week's evolutions. Despite its size, the ship was remarkably nimble. Both engines were quick to answer bells. The bow and stem thmsters were controlled directiy from the bridge.

Excepting Honolulu, all the ports were tight.

From a technical standpoint the ship handling was by the book and done conservatively and extremely carefully. The margin for error was narrow—the closeness of the shoal rocks and coral a constant reminder of attention to detail.

Tugs were not used.

Our Captain would always work the ship parallel to the pier and work it in slowly. I might add, that because of the various gangways (baggage, crew, passenger) it was a delicate act to get them all optimized to the satisfaction of the chief mate. There was a constant dialogue between Captain, Chief Mate, Bow and Stem to work the spring lines to get and hold position.

We were blessed with very litde tides and currents, but more often then not got 25-plus knot winds particularly at Hilo and Nawiwiliwili. On one occasion, we were backing out of the berth at Hilo with a solid 25 kts blowing hard on our starboard bow. Normally the Captain will back the ship until about 75 yards from shoal water directiy stem with its bow pointing 22

towards a narrow rock-lined breakwater entrance about 500 years ahead. He would then "power" the ship out with full bells to both engines and some right rudder. But just as he was getting way on, the port engine lost power and of course the bow started drifting left. Opting to press on, he saved the day by backing on the starboard engine and using the bow thruster (which was ineffective above about 3-5kts).

Fortunately, the engineers were able to get some tums in the port engine. From my vantage point on the fantail, I opined that the Captain had done a spectacular job and (privately) that if needed, the water tight doors would have all worked.

I stood the afternoon watch in port. I would check lines, tour passenger spaces, have a coke on the pool deck, chat with passengers, check water tight doors and, in general, be visible about the ship and alert to potential safety problems. Though not particularly challenging, these watches were always fun and passed quickly.

After watch I would try to get in a jog, workout in the gym or just relax until evening meal.

The "hcensed" officers on the ship had their own wardroom type mess on the top deck of the ship. By licensed, 1 mean the Doctor and Nurse, the Engineer and his assistants, the mates and a few others. The food was exacdy what the passengers had and was dumb-waitered to our level. Suffice it to say, the food was incredibly good and varied.

And like most wardrooms, we had a lot of laughs at chow time. Everyone was friendly and up-beat. There was a comfortable banter between tables and a seating/pecking order— engineers, mates, Chief Engineer. The engineers were always dirty, the deck officers spotless in white, the Hotel Manager (more on him later) and Chief Engineer (in coveralls) hard at business and throughout, a few light insults pertaining to the others' profession across the room. A fun time!

This routine went on seven days a week. No days off and time off only to the extent it could be squeezed in between watches and collateral duties. For the officers, this routine worked out to about 80 hours per week. Most would work at least six months before taking a vacation.

The crew was on a similar regimen, but were limited to four months on and then a mandatory two months vacation (without pay).

The 332-member crew was represented by two unions, both of which paid much less than the old-time U.S. unions, but far more than an equivalent foreign crew. Our Chief Mate, working about 11 months a year, would make about $55K as compared to a good friend of mine for a US oil company as Chief Mate operator who made $90K for seven months work. 1 made about $1000 per week gross which sounds generous, but one must keep in mind that represented a considerable amount of responsibility

and about 80 hours per week.

The crew pay for a petty officer equivalent for his four months worked out to about $15,000 for four months (that once again is for 80-1- hours per week, 7 days per week—no days off). On his two-month forced vacation, he got about $200 unemployment and $100 vacation pay per week or about $1200 per month.

As with the officers, your total room and board is covered while aboard ship. Not too bad! The fees to join the officer's union (MEBA) were S2500—going to $5000.

I need to digress briefly and describe the ship organization. Basically, there are three departments. The Hotel folks, the deck gang and die engineers. In addition there were always several others such as store people, beauty shop, entertainers, doctors, etc. Of 322 people, the engineer and deck had about 25 each and the hotel the rest. Important point: The Captain is in command and in charge of the ship from a safety and navigational perspective only. The Chief Engineer runs the plant 100%—the Hotel Manager runs anything to do with passengers food, staterooms, money, entertainment, etc. There was a fine line as how far the Captain could go to influence "his" ship.

Two examples come to mind. I went with our Captain one day to "inspect" the galley. Suffice it to say that from a cleanliness perspective it was total disaster. Organizationally, it seemed to be an equal disaster. But the food that came out of the galley doors to the two dining rooms, was simply astronomically good and well served. Well the Captain complemented some and grumbled to the Hotel Manager about numerous problems and the Hotel Manager dutifully took notes. A similar repeat of this occurred the next week in the storage and refrigeration areas (which were in quite good shape, taken care of by the same person who had hardly left the ship in five straight years).

And the Captain would randomly inspect crew rooms to check for neatness, and anything else he wanted to check. Bottom line is that the Captain was in "command," but tread a fine line as to his degree of "control."

The crew, overall, was an absolute piece of work! They were generally up-beat and positive and hard working. Discipline-wise they were amazingly well-mannered. They were a nice cross-section of what America is all about and a delight to work with.

There were no "Sirs," but always the crew were respectful of the officers. 1 was known mostiy as "Peter" by the crew and "Mate" by the deck and engineers. Disciphne was fast in the case of those few that broke the rules.

One example comes to mind. Despite the fact that drinking was allowed by all in the crew when offwatch the only incident I saw involving excessive drinking occurred on my watch after underway from Hilo at 2300 at night. We had just cleared the breakwater and 1 was busy Shipmate, October 1989

turning off lights, talking to the ER, worrying about a tug in tow ahead, and navigating the ship so as to pass 1000 yards off a point of land.

My helmsman was a person I had come to admire—a native Hawaiian named Len. Once before I had thought he had been drinking before a watch and counseled him. I noticed on this night that he was about 20 degrees off heading and called him to "mind his helm."

Well as it tumed out, he was snockered—no doubt. Result was that he was relieved of the helm and off the ship, never to retum, the next morning—paid off in cash. As it tumed out, he had been wamed before about drinking. What a shame!

Bottom line is that the crew had fun. They sometimes took the rules to the outer limit, but the penalty for over stepping the bounds was simply dismissal. Despite the opinion that these jobs were not too good pay-wise or working-wise, they were jobs and there were always well qualified folks standing in line.

The best accolade I heard of the crew came from Kathy—a cheerful, smiling hairdresser who was valiantiy trying to get my short hair to "style." She said of her life aboard ship; "It's like a smaU town—Everyone knows each other.

No worries—no commitments—no house.

Crew is good—they work together and get along."

As with any ship or business, the key to success is the professionaUsm and enthusiasm of the crew with leaders who care and pay attention to them. This crew was marvelous— spirited, friendly, upbeat, hardworking, disciplined and morally correct. I say this for 90% because in any ship you do have your 5% "average" and 5% below par (not UNSAT or they wouldn't be there).

The ship existed for the sole purpose of making money for AHCL. It was always practically filled as was her sister ship. All of the cmise ships plying the US trade are foreign crewed (at much less pay) and do a good job.

But "my" ship really had the spirit and it showed—the ship was neat as a pin, the passengers were well taken care of and a commitment to excellence abounded. The crew made it happen.

Leadership-wise I can cite lots of good examples. I also saw some rather lack-luster nonleadership which I'll omit. I'd like to single out a few of the good examples: The Captain— Larry Kelly. Retired Navy Captain—worked his way up from 3rd mate aboard CONSTITUTION. An incredibly competent ship handler.

Passengers loved him. Friendly, but not too friendly. Was all over the ship. Threw party for crew with his own money. He led the ship to excellence.

Louie the Assistant Bos'n. Worked the topside decks at night with a crew of three and the fantail for sea detail. From San Diego, soft spoShipmate, October 1989

ken, hardworking—his guys knew where he stood. I saw him get really mad one time when two of six guys were late (by one minute) getting the crew gangway up prior to VW. He took care of his guys but was tough.

Manfred the Hotel Manager. Of German origin, weighed at least 250 lbs. Brought up in old school of "service to the passenger." Trying hard to make it afive-staroperation with a fourstar interior structure. Totally involved and committed. Worked 18 hours a day. Leads by personal example—out in front. Superb sense of humor and perspective.

Steve the Chief Mate—Came up through the "Hawsepipe." Thirty-five years old, good looking and confident. Prowls the ship 24 hours per day, mixes well with passengers, handles normal XO duties with a staff of two (literally).

Knows what has to be done and sees that it gets done. Always has a smile. Would make a good Captain.

Tom the Assistant Purser. Young, confident, enthusiastic. Is all over the ship passengerwise. Handles his people easily. Chats with passengers and handles numerous problems well. I liked him because he wanted to be a Naval Aviator (one year too old). Embodied the spirit of the younger crew members.

The engineers were almost a breed unto themselves. Once I got past the protective covering, they were a marvelous lot—hardworking, always fixing and more often than not grumbling about the deck officers. The plants ran all the time except for a very occasional shut down of one when in port. PEB-wise they would not have come close. With three men total on watch per space (one BT, one Oiler and one 3rd Engineer). These guys really knew the plant; what to do if something went wrong and how to fix it.

The Chief Engineer was a four-striper and had quarters identical to the Captain. The older engineers seemed to rarely smile—the younger ones did.

OveraU it was a good and spirited crew that I considered well led with a few exceptions.

Now let me tum to the passengers. We would

have about 850 embark every Saturday (as did our sister ship INDEPENDENCE). Most of the folks were retired and elderly. Almost all were exceedingly cheerful and inquisitive—one lady was back on her 14th trip ( " . . . . she liked Captain Kelly . . . "). There was always more to see and do than time available. People had a genuinely good time!

I need to be allowed an editorial input in this article as it relates to the sad decline of our maritime strength—the Merchant Marine cruise ship business as a case in point. There are literally dozens of large cruise ships flying foreign flags entering and leaving US ports daily.

These are ships and crews that may not be available to us in times of crisis.

CONSTITUTION and INDEPENDENCE are

the

only US cruise ships in operation. They could be available to transport troops and bulk cargo.

What capability! I would guess that with cots and stacked bunks (similar to the old APA's), more than 6000 troops could be transported anywhere in the world at about 550 miles per day. We spend literally tens of billions of dollars buying extremely expensive airlift aircraft, but procure little for the ships that will ultimately carry some 95% of all goods and personnel in a NATO or SWA scenario. Some small defense-oriented building and operating subsidies need to be provided so as to enable the US to compete in the cruise ship building boom now on going to the tune of about 50 ships. End of editorial.

The ship had problems to be sure. But overall it was a most enjoyable and professionally rewarding experience. The beauty of it all was just incredible. One late afternoon incident sticks in my memory. Carolyn was aboard during my last week and as we picked up the anchor and headed from Kona on Hawaii to Nawwiliwilwi, the porpoises were playing, the visibility was absolutely unlimited, the Captain was on the PA system telling everyone to watch for the green flash of the sun as it set, the lights of Kona were behind us. I was reminded of the unending beauty of the sea.

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Reflections of a Non-Career Officer Lieutenant Commander Phillip K. Parker USNR

The Navy can be a very small world, as we've all found out from time to time. Upon joining my present Reserve unit, I saw two famihar faces, Capt. Bill Norman, USNR, who as LCdr. Norman was a "Bull" Prof during my days as a Midshipman, and Cdr. Ed Blackwood, USNR, who as Lt. Blackwood, taught me Reactor Plant Operations at the Mare Island Nuclear Power School in 1971.1 was headed for ACDUTRA at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and noted from the overhaul schedule that my old ship, SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN-641) was due to finish up while I was there. I remarked to fellow submariner Blackwood that BOLIVAK was being overhauled again, 21 years after commissioning. "No!," he said, "are those ships really that old?"

"Yep," I answered, "commissioned in October 66. I just looked it up. I'll really feel old when they de-commission BOLIVAR." "BOLIVAR and LEWIS AND CLARK were the real Cadillacs of that class," he reflected. I smded, remembering that I had used just that analogy to describe BOLIVAR to my brother after my second patrol. I resolved to go aboard and have a look around if she was still at Portsmouth when I got there.

Checking in at Portsmouth, I was heartened to see sailors in SIMON BOLIVAR ball caps on the waterfront. Three days later, my day happened to end across the street from where the 641-boat was moored. I stood in a light rain on the dock looking at her for a moment. Submarines, especially modem nuclear submarines, are singularly un-interesting ships from the outside. They are not cluttered with weapons, antennae, small boats, etc., like surface warships. Nevertheless, I could see from the outside where a few changes had been made since I last walked off her gangplank in Rota, Spain, in 1974. I saluted the topside watch and explained my purpose. He was dialing below decks to the duty officer when the Commanding Officer came across the brow and cordially introduced himself after remming my salute.

After hearing that I was a BOLIVAR alumnus he cheerfully granted permission for me to go aboard.

I entered the ship via the control room hatch 24

on the fairwater. This is probably the most awkward hatch to go down, and I noted that I lacked Lt. (j.g.) Parker's agility. As my knees came even with the hatch coaming, the smell hit me. Submarines have a unique and unmistakable odor. It is a special combination of diesel and hydraulic oil, refrigerant and ozone that a crewman never forgets. I could be deaf and blind and still know whether or not I was below decks on a submarine. The control room had grown larger in my memory. As 1 stepped onto the deck, it remraed to its true dimensions. Even a big submarine is a pretty cramped place. The control room was the scene of one of my best moments aboard BOLIVAR. It was my first patrol as a fully qualified officer and I was Officer of the Deck. I took the ship to periscope depth, completed the periscope depth evolution and was retiumng to patrol depth when a WSRT (Weapon System Readiness Test) message came in. We went to battie stations and completed the test. Nothing extraordinary, but I had been in charge, and it was all done quickly and competendy. Whenever I had a success like that in the Navy, I thought, "This is how VAdm. Calvert (the Superintendent during my time) wanted me to tum out . . . ". Whenever I had a success in the Nuclear Power Program, like passing the Engineer's exam, my thoughts towards Adm. Rickover were quite different; more along the lines of "Ha! I beat you, you old sonofabitch!"

The comparison taught me that the man at the very top is not all that distant from those at the very bottom, and that he has a profound influence on the working atmosphere of his organization. I found that I preferred the style of an Admiral Calvert.

I exchanged some small talk with the XO, and moved on. In the Torpedo Room a MK 48 torpedo rested on its skid. We weren't fortunate enough to have MK 48's on my patrols. We carried MK 14's, that wonderful steam driven relic of WW II, (If it was good enough to fight the Japanese, it's good enough for you, kid!), and MK 37's, a homing torpedo with 1950's technology designed to defeat submarines comparable to the German Type XXI U-Boat. I was glad to see die MK 48.1 spent a long afternoon

in the Torpedo Room while FT2(SS) Larry Harris patiendy taught me how to rig that compartment for dive. One of the by products of the submarine officer qualification process is that it introduces the new officer to the crew and he leams to appreciate their skill and knowledge.

Harris was certainly one of the best.

Moving aft from the Torpedo Room, I came to the Wardroom/Stateroom area. This was somebody else's home now, and I didn't want to be too intrusive, but I had to look in on Stateroom 1.1 really used to live in there? With two other people? Things had changed a great deal.

I remember having the classic submarine "coffin dream" on the lower bunk. In my dream, I was inspecting in the crawl space between the main turbines when somebody came and stood on the deckplate so I coiddn't get out. I started to bang on the deck plate to get him to move when I was awakened by Lt. (j.g.) Jeff Babitz on the middle bunk, who wanted to know what the hell was the matter with me!

In the Wardroom, the ship's officers seemed to be conducting duty section business. The happiest moments in the Wardroom were spent whipping the Navigator at cribbage. The worst were spent listening to the COs particularly scathing critique of our underway evolution at the start of my second patrol.

Fiuther aft was the galley and crew's dinette.

The crew's dinette was always the scene of "hump night" celebrations, halfway through a patrol. I remember few of the specifics about the hump night activities, except the usual "Miss Bolivar" contest and the ballad of the "Wild hish XO." What I remember most is the feeling that no other talent show on earth could possibly be as funny. Everybody roared with laughter. After one show was breaking up, the CO asked me, "Phil, would you ever try to tell anybody outside the Navy what goes on at a hump night celebration?"

"No, sir!"

"Why not?"

"Captain, they just wouldn't understand!"

"Good boy!"

I passed up Lower Level Operations (Crew's Berdiing) for the same reason that I didn't spend long in die WR/SR area. 1 would liked to Shipmate, October 1989

have seen die Battery Well again. I was flat on my back in the battery well with Petty Officer Beemis one night when a "zinger" (large ship not detected by sonar) passed overhead like a freight train. "If he's a deep-draft and he hits us," I remember thinking, "this is just about the worst possible place to be! I'll have to get Beemis out of here first!" It was encouraging only in the sense that I was thinking of the Petty Officer's safety ahead of my own. I was thankful that my good intentions were never put to the test.

I retiu-ned to Upper Level Operations and went all the way forward to the IC Equipment Space. This had been my study hall on BOLIVAR. It was one of the few places where there was a desk that somebody else didn't always need. The CO/XO staterooms were immediately aft. When the Operational Reactor Safeguards Exam team came on board, they would borrow these rooms for a while to conduct interviews. ORSE boards were never fun, and it was always clearly a "them vs. us" situation. During my last ORSE on BOLIVAR, the interviews were conducted on the surface in heavy chop on the way into Rota, resulting in a lot of mal-de-mer. I had the great satisfaction of having my interview in the CO's stateroom cut short so that the board member could excuse himself to make use of the CO's head!

I proceeded on through the control room and down into the bowels of the Lower Level Missile Compartment. When I finally got fully qualified, I had time to lift weights and exercise down here while underway. 1 had berthed in the Mid-Level Missile compartment on my first patrol (since we had an extra officerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the prospective engineer, and I was definitely "George") and had received an important lesson in submarine crew relations. I was asked, politely, but firmly, to wipe up the shower when 1 was finished, since this was not officer country and nobody was going to do it for me! In the Upper Level Missile Compartment I had what must be my finest experience in the Navy. I was being transferred at the end of the patrol and ICCS(SS) Spear and I had been detailed to place customs seals on the crew's personal baggage that had been assembled in the MCUL for the flight home. Chief Spear was the Leading IC Man during my tour as IC Division Officer, on the previous patrol.

We chatted about this and that as we went down the rows of baggage when he stopped and said "Sir, I've seen a lot of junior officers come and go during all these years but never one I respected as much as you." I was deeply moved.

Everybody gets some praise from his superiors now and then, it's part of providing motivation, but sincere praise from below has a special quality to it. Those simple words of approval from that veteran Chief did more for my self image than anything anybody has ever said to me before or since. I thanked him and noted Shipmate, October 1989

that I had been particularly fortunate in having such fine sailors as we had in the IC Division to work with.

As a Reserve Officer, 1 was forbidden to enter the Engineering Spaces, so I headed back forward. I would have liked to walk through "the plant." I spent a lot of time back there and worked very hard to become a competent watchstander. Some officers seem to be natural watchstanders. I wasn't, so the fact that I eventually became pretty good at it, meant more to me than it might have to others. I had done my best work and made my worst mistakes in the Maneuvering Room of BOLIVAR. I have a Polaroid snapshot of myself and MMCS(SS) Harry Thomas taken by the door outside the Maneuvering Room. When I was fully qualified and assigned as Main Propulsion Assistant, I decided to make a good detailed inspection of the Engine Room. Flashlight and note pad in hand, I swung through the Engine Room door and began to look around.

"What are you doing in my Engine Room ?", demanded Chief Thomas.

"Getting Qualified," I replied, so as not to have to admit that I was inspecting his spaces.

He grinned to acknowledge the ruse. I would "qualify" about once a week, and he would see to it that all the leaky valve stems, missing lock-wires, etc. that I happened to write down as I was "qualifying," got fixed. The Engineer and I drafted a letter of commendation for him and he thanked us like we had put him in for the Navy Cross. "You did more for us than we did for you," I told him.

Prior to one crew change, Capt. (later RAdm.) S. A. White, the squadron commander, came down to inspect our reactor compartment. As the Engineering Duty Officer, I escorted him. As a Lt.(ig), I was pretty much in awe of a four-striper. When he had about seen enough, his tone became less formal and more personal.

"Are you married, son?"

"Yes, sir."

"Any children?"

"Yes sir, I have a son."

"And how old is he?"

"About four weeks now," I said, making it obvious now that I hadn't seen him yet.

He smiled warmly and extended his hand in congratulations.

"Don't feel bad," he told me, "I was there for only three of my seven!"

It was a strange feeling to become a father to a child half way around the world, but Capt.

White's conversation with me helped to put it in perspective.

As I returned to the Control Room, a Chief was engaged in the ancient submarine ritual of qualification, in this case giving a young supply officer a Ballast Control Panel check-out. The Below Decks watch was a reincarnation of sailors I remembered from the past, sort of a Petty Officer Everyman, a little pudgy, didn't need to shave every day, and of general good humor.

"Do you guys sell ball caps?," I asked, "Something that I always wanted from BOLIVAR and never got was a ball cap."

"Oh, yes sir!" Below Decks responded, "Officer's Dolphins and scrambled eggs?"

"I don't rate any scrambled eggs."

"Well, not NOW you don't!"

Petty Officer Everyman was the eternal optimist. Just the same, I took one without the scrambled eggs.

I had leamed from the XO that the current Chief of the Boat was a Master Chief Fire Controlman who had been a First Class Petty Officer during my time aboard. I walked across a brow to the crew's living barge and found Master Chief Herb Thomas in the COB shack, a little grayer around the temples, still squinting and full of good humor. "You look familiar but, . . .". I reintroduced myself and it all came back to him. We caught up on old shipmates for a while and he invited me to the CRO club a couple nights later for a few beers and more detailed reminiscence. I met him in civvies so it wouldn't be evident that he'd brought an officer to the Chief's Club. He came off the brow with a package under his arm that turned out to be a beautiful, enameled ship's plaque that I'm sure he'd bent the rules some to provide me. We had a wonderful and well fueled evening. Chief Herb, like all good chiefs, had an extrafivedollars for one of his leading PO'S that had run a little short, afirstclass petty officer who earned my endless gratitude by refusing to believe that I was old enough to have been an ensign in 1972. I took my leave feeling very glad that I had taken the time to visit the ship. The plaque is now on my office wall, with a picture of SSBN-641 at high speed on the surface and my certificate of being qualified in submarines.

A few weeks later, thinking about my whole Navy experience, I decided that I would like to go down to Annapolis and visit the place where the whole adventure had begun. I had wanted to go down on 28 June 1987, exactly twenty years after the Class of '71's first day at the Academy, but a distinct lack of family interest in participating in Dad's nostalgia trip led me to postpone the outing until Independence Day week-end, when they were all away. The weather was miserable, that terrible combination of heat and humidity on the Chesapeake 25

that was very hard for a young man from the mountain valleys of Montana to adjust to. I had thought about going down in my jogging outfit.

THAT would be the way to remember Plebe Summer, I thought, double-timing around Farragut Field in the heat! Fortunately, good judgement prevailed over sentiment and the running shoes stayed home. One of the benefits of being an Alunruius, after all, is that you're no longer REQUIRED to run around Farragut Field! Unlike BOLIVAR, the Naval Academy's changes are very visible. The new Nimitz Library and Rickover Hall, with it's modem computer facilities, are just two of the new facilities that would have been very welcome in 1971. LeJeune Hall, with its impressive Natatorium, Wrestiing and Gynmastics rooms are big improvements over what we had 20 years ago. Internally, too, I think the Academy is a different place. Efforts begun by Adm. Calvert to improve Plebe Indoctrination seem to have come a long way. I have the greatest respect for Jim Webb '68, but I do not remember my Plebe Indoctrination in the same affectionate way that he describes the process in his book "A Matter of Honor." Nor am I quite comfortable with the way Classmate Dave Royer romanticized the process in his book. The Return of Philo McGifftn. If you take an objective look at our Plebe Year, it was poor training, a big red ass, and provided some justification for Adm. Rickover's criticism of the Academy as a place that encouraged "prolonged adolescence." I don't remember that many upper class trying to "make you bigger than yourself," as Webb puts it. Mostly, I remember a few Midshipmen who should have been more mature wasting a lot of our time with frat house harassment and their personal details. Most of it had nothing to do with naval training or character building. It provided some physical conditioning, certainly, but even in 1968, Coach Lenz and Coach Cantillo were successfully lobbying to get physical conditioning out of the Hall and into the RE. Department, where it was both safer and more effective. These problems may never be completely eliminated, but the Plebe Indoctrination system described in recent Academy literature also seems to be an improvement over 20 years ago. Academics has grown also, with more variety and relevance in the courses offered while maintaining the core of engineering fundamentals for all Midshipmen. In short, a little reading and a tour around the old school gives one a feeling of a healthy, vibrant, and dynamic institution.

I started my tour near the Visitor's Center, walking around the sea wall to the Sailing Center. I was somewhat surprised, since it was Independence Day, to hear cadences called and see platoons of double-timing Fourth Class in gym gear. I walked over for a closer look. Like their predecessors in Platoon K-30 of 1967, this platoon was all male. Also like their pre26

decessors, they double-timed to blood thirsty drill cadences about killing Viet Cong. Blood thirsty drill cadences are a necessary part of any basic training experience, but they must be up to date. However one feels about the Viet Nam war and why it turned out the way it did, it seems evident that that one's over. You might as well chant "Remember Pearl Harbor!"

Is there a reason to take these tours if you didn't make a career out of the Navy? Why look back? Obviously, I didn't think everything about the Navy was that terrific, or I'd still be on active duty. Mostly, I was bored. My reasons for getting out were summed up at one time as, "If I have to observe and critique another radioactive spill drill, I'm going to throw up!" I never found all the professional satisfaction I was looking for when I became a civilian, but I felt better for trying. What then, did I get out of the nine years of my life that I spent in uniform?

The rewards are intangible. I think they can be best illustrated by describing an experience of a couple years ago. I was on an airplane returning to Baltimore after a business trip and I started a conversation with my seat mate. He was, as it turned out, stopping off in Baltimore to visit his son, a Youngster at the Academy.

The boy was doing well, and wanted to be in submarines when he graduated (smart kid!).

He had told his father many stories including how he had been at the helm of USS NEW JERSEY steaming out of New York after the Statue of Liberty Centennial celebration. I offered my congratulations and related a couple of my own favorite stories about the Academy and the Navy. The man, a successful engineer and businessman, grew quiet for a minute, and said, "You know, four years or so in the service wouldn't have hurt me. I wish I'd done something like that."

I have discovered that "mid-life crisis" is not an altogether imaginary condition. When I start to think about what I have done with the first half of my life, I am grateful that at least 1 don't have to say "I wish I'd done something like that." The Naval Academy and the Navy gave me that chance to "do something like that" and in so doing enriched my life.

The next platoon to come by was co-ed, and even in formation, they were setting a pace that would have probably left me behind, reinforcing my decision not to jog around the Yard! Following the activities to Hospital Point, I saw that the purpose of all this movement was to provide the Plebes with a Fourth of July picnic and some good old competitive sports, like Tug-o'-War, for their holiday recreation. It appeared to be quite a success. As one group trotted off to their next event, 1 spied a copy of Reef Points in the gear left behind. 1 picked it up and looked through it. It was a little bigger than the one I canied (which I still have), and a little changed, but rest assured "Table Salt" is still in it.

Ifinishedthe day by walking back acrOss the bridge and marveling at LeJeune Hall. The wrestiing areas reminded me of that glorious Second Battalion wrestling team of the Fall of '70. Coached by yours truly, who also wrestled at 150 lbs., we won the Brigade Intramural Championships. To those who don't appreciate the Academy's emphasis on athletics, I would respond that coaching that team was probably the best leadership experience that I had in four years there. In the old dusty lock box, underneath the afore-mentioned dog-earred copy of Reef Points is the congratulatory note the Battalion Officer sent me after the Big Win. My pilgrimage complete, I departed for home and a cold beer. t

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House Passes Fiscal Year 1990 Defense Authorization Bill By a vote of 261-162 the House of Representatives in late July completed action on the fiscal year 1990 Defense authorization bill, approving a spending plan close to the budget "summit" agreement level of $305.5 biflion.

The House-passed bill made substantial changes to the administration's strategic modemization plan and added about $1.8 billion in equipment not requested in the President's budget. These additions were sustained in both the House Armed Services Committee's markup of the biU and on the House floor on a 143-278 vote against restoring the President's budget for procurement items.

The budget request was actually for the next two fiscal years, 1990 and 1991, in accordance with current law enacted four years ago. On the recommendation of the committee the House approved authorization of very few programs for fiscal year 1991, the total amounting to less than $4 billion.

Approval of the $305.5 billion budget level portends the fifth straight year that the defense budget will fail to keep up with inflation. In this case the level would be one percent below the anticipated rate of inflation for fiscal year 1990.

Navy and Marine Corps Programs. Major House changes in the administration request occiured in the Navy budget, specifically the aircraft procurement account. As submitted the budget sought no funds for production of the F-14Dfighter,seeking instead money for the remanufacture of older F-14s to the "D" configuration and to shut down the F-14 production line. Citing the shortfall in Navy combat aircraft the House, approving the plan crafted by the committee, opted to continue production of new F-14Ds for one more year, adding 12 aircraft to the budget request. The House bill also delays the remanufacture effort for one year. A total of just over $1 billion, most from the F-14D remanufacture request, was placed in die F-14D line.

The budget request also sought to kill the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, requesting no funds for either research or procurement. The House disagreed with this position, opting instead to restore $157 million of the $1.42 billion originally requested for V-22 procurement and increasing V-22 research and development from the original request of $221 million to $351 million. The procurement funds would be the minimum needed to begin procurement of die V-22 in fiscal year 1990.

In order to pay for other add-ons to the budgetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;most notably a $1.2 billion package of equipment for the National Guard and Reserve Shipmate, October 1989

componentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the House agreed to reductions in several programs, including a $230 million cut in the planned multi-year purchases of F/A-18 and E-2C aircraft.

In the weapons prociu-ement account the House reduced procurement of the MK-48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) torpedo to the low-rate level instead of the full-rate level in the request. Cutting $162 million and 140 torpedoes from the request the committee cited disappointing operational test results as the reason for its action.

The House adopted the entire shipbuilding and conversion request, but made a few additions as well. A fast sealift ship program was included in the bill, the purpose of which is to build a prototype ship capable of speeds in excess of 35 knots that would be the precursor of a new class of fast sealift vessels. The House bill also added funds for two additional coastal minehunters, and agreed to fund the refueling and modernization of the aircraft carrier ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) in the shipbuilding account.

In another area, the House agreed to a modemization package for the Navy's 100-plus frigates, designed to improve their ability to defend against low-flying missiles and to bolster their antisubmarine warfare capabilities. Included were additional funds for the Phalanx close-in weapon system, automatic detection and tracking equipment, electronic countermeasures equipment, and radar signature reduction techniques.

The House made no changes in the $1.2 billion request for Marine Corps procurement.

In action related to the Naval Academy, the House followed the cominittee recommendation to deny the requested $24 million for expansion of Bancroft Hall.

In the research and development account, the House agreed to the addition of $185 million for work on submarine and antisubmarine warfare technologies. These additional funds would be divided between the Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARRA). On a larger scale, the House included an initiative to revitalize the technology base, adding over $400 million to the $3.3 billion administration request for all services, and specifying that this area should grow by at least two percent above inflation over the next several years.

Changes in Other Areas. In the area of military personnel and compensation the House agreed to the administration request for a 3.6 percent across-the-board military pay raise beginning on 1 January 1990. It also agreed to increase aviation career incentive pay from the current $400 per month to $650 per month for

those with more than six years of aviation service. In other action, the House-passed bill included a package of special pays for physicians with more than six years service that would increase annual salaries by about $8,000. The bill also included a major initiative in military child care, directing over $70 million more into the construction of child care centers and specifying a package of legislative changes that would increase the number of child care employees, combat child abuse and promote safety, and set up parent partnerships with child development centers.

Among other actions, the House set a lower statutory ceiling on the number of troops that can be stationed in Europe, cutting about 15,000 positions to reflect the elimination of the cruise missiles and Pershing II missiles through the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. The House also agreed to a shift of over $400 million from the budget request for overseas construction projects, about three-quarters of which would go into domestic family housing projects.

The House dealt the administration a series of setbacks on its strategic nuclear forces modemization programs. The House reduced the budget request for the Strategic Defense Initiative by about $1.7 biUion to $3.1 billion, some $700 million below the level recommended by the Armed Services Committee. It also cut $300 million and $500 million, respectively, from research and procurement of the B-2 (Stealth) bomber program. The administration is seeking a total of $4.7 billion for the B-2 program in fiscal year 1990. (B-2 budget figures were recently declassified; they reveal a total of $22 billion spent on the program to date.) Although refusing to kill the B-2 program outright, the House specified a series of testing milestones the aircraft must pass before further purchases will be allowed and directed the Department of Defense to come up with a less expensive version of the program as a prerequisite for its continuation.

In actions related to modernization of the ICBM forces, the House voted down all procurement funds for the rail-garrison basing mode for the MX missile, opting instead for $600 million in continued research and development. Just prior to final passage of the bill the House also voted to scuttle the $100 million sought for the "Midgetman" small ICBM program. In another vote on strategic forces, the House defeated 83-341 a move to halt the backfit of the Trident II (D-5) missile into the first eight Trident submarines.

On a final note, the House shifted a portion of the funds cut from the MX rail-garrison basing procurement into a variety of military con27

struction projects. Included among these are $5 million for an addition to the academic library and $11.7 million for a classroom/applied laboratory facility at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Senate Completes Action on Fiscal Year 1990/1991 Defense Bill In early August the Senate completed action on the fiscal year 1990/1991 national defense authorization bill. The bill, which passed on a final vote of 95-4 would authorize the requested $305.5 billion for defense for fiscal year 1990 and over $200 billion of the more than $320 billion sought for fiscal year 1991.

The Senate-passed bill upheld most of the budget request submitted by Secretary of Defense Cheney in April. For example, the Senate refused to add the purchase of new F-14D Tomcatfightersto the budget, sticking instead with the requested program to remanufacture six aircraft in 1990. On the other hand, the Senate did add $255 million for research and development of the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft when none had been requested; the Senate upheld the administration plan to halt procurement funds for the new aircraft.

In other matters of interest to the Navy and Marine Corps, the Senate approved a plan to transfer A-6 Intruder attack aircraft from the Marine Corps to the Navy to help alleviate the Navy shortfall in A-6s. In return the Marines would receive upgraded F/A-18D aircraft. The Navy shipbuilding request was approved as submitted with three exceptions: the Senate added funds forfiveadditional air cushion landing craft (LCAC) to the nine requested; added funds for long lead procurement associated with a prototype fast sealift ship; and shifted the funding for the refueling and modemization of die aircraft carrier ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) from the operation and maintenance account to the shipbuilding account. In the Navy's weapons procurement account the Senate increased funds for purchase of the Trident II (D-5) missile to speed up deliveries to the Fleet and reduced by 40 the procurement of the MK-48 (ADCAP) torpedo.

In the area of manpower, personnel and compensation the Senate approved the requested 3.6 percent across-the-board pay raise effective 1 January 1990. The Senate also agreed to a substantial increase in aviation career incentive pay along the lines of the House-approved plan; and agreed to increase the selective reenlistment bonus ceiling from the current $30,000 to $45,000, a move designed to help with retention of nuclear-qualified persotmel. The Senate bill would cut about 1,300 from the requested active duty end-strengths in both fiscal years 1990 and 1991 to preclude the reassignment of billets to be cut by the Department of Defense from various headquarters staffs.

On a vote of 55-45 the Senate agreed to modify a provision in the bill as reported by the Senate Armed Services Committee that would have increased by three years the active duty service obligation of graduates of the Naval Academy, Air Force Academy, and Military Academy. On an amendment by Senator Lott (R-Miss.) the 28

Senate agreed instead to extend by one year (to six years) the active duty service obligation.

The House bill does not contain a similar provision. In an action similar to the House the Senate included a provision that would permit the President to vacate the promotions of officers in pay grades 0-4 through 0-8 within 18 months of an officer's promotion to that grade. This provision would expand a similar authority in current law that applies only to promotions to pay grade 0-7, and is, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee report, expected to be applied to officers who fail to perform satisfactorily in their new grades. In an action related to civilian personnel, the Senate bill contains a provision that would permit the Secretary of Defense to exempt up to 1,000 positions in scientific, engineering, professional, or managerial positions from the "dual compensation" restrictions contained in current law.

Tbrning to other items of interest, the Senate took a series of substantially different positions from the House on strategic forces. The Senate bill is much closer to the administration request in almost all cases, although there were some differences. For example, the Senate-passed bill would reduce procurement funding for the B-2 Stealth strategic bomber by $300 million and impose a set of restrictions on the obligation of procurement money based on achievement of test milestones. The Senate bill contains a total of $4.5 billion for the Strategic Defense Initiative, about $400 million less than requested. Unlike the House, however, the Senate bill would uphold the administration's position on modemization of the ICBM force, including about $1.1 billion for the rail-garrison basing of the MX missile and $100 million for die Midgetman.

The bill would also add over $400 million for cleanup of contaminated nuclear weapons production facilities and $450 million for use of the DoD in the interdiction of illegal narcotics.

The Senate bill would also add about $400 million for additional equipment for the National Guard and Reserve. Additionally, the bill approves funds requested for base closure and realignment totaling $300 million infiscalyear 1990 (a reduction of $200 million from the request) and $500 million in 1991.

On a final note, the Senate bill would establish a nine-member commission to study the concept of national service. Members of the commission would be appointed by both the President and the congressional leadership to examine the costs and benefits of various national service concepts. A report would be due by mid-February 1991.

House Passes Military Medical Claims Bill In late June the House of Representatives passed the bill H.R. 536 that would allow claims against the United States by members of the Armed Forces for negligent medical care.

The bill is similar in scope to bills passed in both the 98th and 100th Congress; neither of those bills was taken up by the Senate.

The bill would permit active duty military personnel to bring suit against die United

States for damages for personal injury or death resulting from negligent medical or dental care provided in a medical treatment facility operated by die DoD or any other U.S. agency. The bill would apply only to care provided in noncombatant situations.

If ultimately enacted H.R. 536 would provide a limited exception for medical malpractice to die so-called Feres Doctrine, which arose from a 1950 Supreme Court case. As interpreted by the Court in Feres, the Federal Claims Tort Act does not permit military persotmel to sue the government for damages arising from government action or inaction.

House Approves Fiscal 1990 Military Construction Appropriation In late July the House of Representative gave approval to the fiscal year 1990 military construction appropriation bill. Prior to voting 382-29 to approve the measure the House narrowly avoided a vote that would have suspended application of the Base Realignment and Closure Act for 14 bases.

The bill would provide $8.7 billion for military construction and family housing activities for the upcoming fiscal year. This would be about $140 million more than sought by the administration, but about $260 less than appropriated last year. When the $500 million earmarked in the bill for the base closure effort is taken into account, the bill would actually be nearly $800 million below last year's level.

The bill would provide $1.2 billion for Navy and Marine Corps construction work, about $400 million less than last year. Among the changes that would be made in the bill are an increase of $6 million for a new computer center at the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center at Monterey, Califomia, and $20 million for a new industrial wharf at Mayport, Florida.

The bill would conform to the authorization bill in denying the $24 million requested for expansion of Bancroft Hall. Consistent with the budget request, the bill would provide $63 miUion for the Navy's strategic homeporting efforts in Mobile, Alabama; Staten Island, New York; Pascagoula, Mississippi; Ingleside, Texas; and Everett, Washington.

The bill would provide about $920 million for family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps, about $120 million more than last year.

The bill includes construction of over 1,300 new housing units in California, as well as new units in New York; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Iceland; and the Philippines.

As reported by the Appropriations Committee the bill contained a provision that would have suspended actions to close or realign 14 bases until the General Accounting Office issued a report indicating whether net savings could be achieved at each base within six years.

The House struck the provision on a parliamentary procedure, thus avoiding a vote on this issue of continuing controversy.

House Passes Fiscal Year 1990 Defense Appropriations Bill Just prior to leaving for its month-long August recess the House of Representatives, on a Shipmate, October 1989

vote of 312-105, gave its approval to die fiscal year 1990 Defense appropriations bill.

In broad terms the bill would cut about $2 billion from the amount requested for the Department of Defense for the upcoming fiscal year. Across the various bill tides, it would cut about $95 million from military personnel, $345 million from operation and maintenance, over $3.4 billion from research and development, and $200 million from a variety of other accounts. The bill would add nearly $1.5 billion to the prociurement accounts.

Considered by service, the bill would cut about $50 million from the Army, $5.8 billion from the Air Force, and about $1 billion from the Defense Agencies. The bill would add nearly $3 billion for the Navy and about $1.5 billion for procurement of Guard and Reserve equipment.

In specific areas of interest to the Navy and Marine Corps the bill would add roughly $32 miUion to the requested amounts for military persotmel. It would provide the requested active duty end strengths and provide for an increase of 300 in end strength for the Naval Reserve. In so doing, the bill would not go along with the reduction of about 460 Navy active duty slots recommended by the House-passed authorization bill. The bill would add nearly

$120 million for Aviation Career Incentive Pay initiatives.

In the operation and maintenance (O&M) accounts the bill would cut about $205 million from the nearly $26 billion requested for Navy O&M and add about $140 million to the $1.7 billion for Marine Corps O&M. Recapping the major changes, the bill would add nearly $200 million to reduce the backlog of ship maintenance, $50 million for aviation depot maintenance, $100 million for medical programs, $200 million for real property maintenance, and $50 million for Persian Gulf operations.

The bill would cut over $235 million from automatic data processing, $200 million from stock fund cash, and $100 million for various legislative/management initiatives. For the Marine Corps the bill would add $100 million for various readiness initiatives and $50 million for real property maintenance.

In the procurement area the bill would add $3.1 billion for Navy and Marine Corps procurement items. Among the highlights, the bill would add funds for a total of 24 F-14D fighter aircraft and for long-lead funds for the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft. These actions parallel actions taken by the House in the authorization bill.

The bill would also add funds for 12 EA-6B aircraft, with committee direction that four go to

die Naval Reserve. The bill would cut nearly $350 million from advance procurement funds for the F/A-18 in a move to cut off the multiyear procurement of that aircraft. In the shipbuilding account the bill would add nearly $2.5 billion, including funds for a second (unrequested) SSN-688 class attack submarine, full funding of the refueling/modemization of USS ENTERPRISE, two additional coastal minehunters, and $1 billion for fast sealift ships and tankers. Only the additional minehunters appeared in the House-passed authorization bill.

Thrning to the research and development (R&D) account, the bill would cut the requested $9.8 billion for Navy R&D by about $65 million out of the DoD-wide cut of nearly $3.5 billion. The House-passed bill would add over $350 million for development of the V-22 aircraft and nearly $80 million for advanced submarine technology and antisubmarine warfare research. On the other hand, the bill would terminate or reduce substantially a number of programs, including new gas turbine engines; the NATO A AW system; the supersonic, low altitude target; and an advanced low frequency sonar. Programs that would be cut back include electric drive propulsion research and development, surface antisubmarine warfare, and advanced aircraft subsystems.

A Few Inches From the Yard Midshipman Joseph G. Heriihy '90

From across the country and around the world, the Brigade of Midshipmen retumed for the 1989-90 Academic year on Monday, 21 August. With all the confusion brought about by the numerous meetings, moving into new rooms, looking for long-lost uniforms and recounting the many adventures of Summer, those first two or three days served as a rather rude, if not quick, awakening to the reality of another year with Mother B. It took about that long to feel like we never even left the Academy for Summer Cruise and Leave. While the routine and lifestyle commonly associated with Bancroft Hall have remained virtually constant, each year continues to bring both excitement for the opportunities presented by our new privileges and a little apprehension for the many new challenges we have yet to face.

For the duration of Plebe Year, one of the greatest tools we have for keeping the Fourth Class in line is their fear of the unknown. That very same fear brings back a few "fond" and humorous memories of my Plebe Year. For instance, the fear of what I was supposed to bring on Induction Day upset my mother more then it did me! I recall her being angry with me because the running shoes I bought were not on the Academy's suggestion list. In the end, it did not matter because we were all issued regulation foot wear. Another popular fear is the infamous "Black Sunday" which follows Parent's Weekend. My ClassShipmate, October 1989

mates and I had all been forewarned about it with proclamations such as, "Well Mr. Heriihy, you think everything will be fine now that Parent's Weekend is here, don't you! Guess again. Maggot! Wait until it's over!" At the completion of that weekend, the upperclass had to rub it in by waiting in the windows giving a minute by minute countdown while we struggled to deal with the emotions of saying good bye to loved ones. "Fifteen minutes. Maggots! Good bye. Mom! Good bye, Dad!" (followed by a lot of sadistic laughter!). When wefinallygot the courage to go back into Mother B., "Black Sunday" turned out to be an evening of athletic contests between platoons to help get us back into a positive frame of mind. "Black Sunday" is different for everyone. The upperclass on detail for the Summer's Plebe Class decided to really milk the fear of the unknown for all it was worth. The silent treatment was put into effect immediately upon their return to the Hall after completing Parent's Weekend. Everyone went down to evening meal as usual, but the upperclass remained absolutely silent. Halfway through dinner, all the upperclass got up and left King Hall leaving the Plebes all alone to contemplate their fate. They did not have to wait long as the silent treatment ended as soon as they retumed to their decks.

As the Plebes start settling in for their first taste of college academics, they can begin wondering about all the other traditions here in 29

Modier B. Besides the basic Plebe-type duties of memorizing rates, delivering laundry, leading the songs during football marchovers and awarding the "Brick" to deserving upperclassman, the Plebes may expect to have many other events to look forward to and some to dread.

Some examples of the fun things are football tailgaters, dining-ins, the Plebe mixer (where unknowing female college freshmen are shipped in for dancing), Army-Navy week and, the big event, climbing Hemdon at the beginning of Commissioning Week. The not so good things include academics, physical tests, "Dear John (Jane)" letters and listening to friends talk about all the fim they are having at their respective schools. In the end, nothing we tell the Plebes as upperclass can really prepare them for what they will experience this year. It all comes down to something we discovered when we went home that first time and got to swap war stories with our old buddies. It is impossible to explain an experience like Plebe Year, or for that matter, the Academy in general.

The fear of the unknown and learning how to deal with it are as vital to Plebe training as teaching them how to manage their time.

Next to First Class year. Youngster Year is perhaps the most enjoyable because, despite administrative efforts to include them in the training process. Youngsters are inevitably lost and forgotten amidst all the other activies going on. Of course, they do not normally mind being forgotten since it gives them more time to struggle with the burden of what to do on the weekends they now rate taking! Yes, I know! Many of those reading this never rated taking a weekend during their Youngster Year! But, we did not write that policy, we just make sure the time is well spent. The physics department usually arranges to help out in that area!

This year marks the end of switching or "scrambling" the Plebes to different companies at the end of their Plebe Year. For those not familiar with what "scrambling" was or why it came about, there were roughly two reasons. One purpose was to redistribute the talents and population of the Class so that any one company which lost a disproportionate number of Plebes or specially talented Plebes, such as athletes, could start over with a fresh group of Youngsters roughly equivalent to all the other companies. Another reason for the scrambling was to give the Youngsters a chance to make a new name for themselves in a new company. This was especially important to those who had a very difficult Plebe Year. Apparently, the results of this test did not justify the cost of moving the Youngsters around. As a result, the Class of '92 will remain in their Plebe Year companies. There are many opinions among Midshipmen for and against scrambling, most of which are dependent on how each individual handled Plebe Year. I remember being disappointed to leam I would be separated from a group of people I had come to think of as almost family. However, after moving into my new company and now having spent two years there, I am grateful I got the chance to meet a new group of people which I might otherwise have never known.

The Second Class are beginning a very difficult year as they take over the training of the Plebes while trying to maintain an acceptable academic average. This year is not without its high points though.

"Two for Seven Night" is celebrated by the entire Class with sort of a mini-beer bust. By remaining at the Academy through this celebration, they willingly exchange their first two years with no obligation for seven years commitment. Two to graduate from the Academy and five years service in the Fleet afterwards. Other high points include "Meet the Second Class Night" which marks the official changeover for the Plebes from Summer to Academic Year. They celebrate this event with a little motivational "cheering" led with great enthusiasm by the Second Class standing eye to eye with them. I remember this evening as being very exciting because of the feeling of power which the Plebes' helplessness and dependence on us created. At first, the time and effort required to train the Plebes did not seem like it would be that difficult.

However, after the academics (especially electrical engineering) started to close in and we all became more involved with our respective 30

activities, the true demands of leadership started to show themselves.

Many of us probably fotmd TIME to be our worst enemy and had to budget it accordingly. The Plebe training system, although unlike life in the Fleet, continues to train not only the Plebes in basic skdls, but also teaches the upperclass about some of the pressures and feelings of being responsible for someone else's well being and pierformance.

Finally, there are the First Class. We have now taken fiill control of the Brigade and for one oh so short year, the underclass will look to us to set the example and lead them with confidence. My one big concern is that all of this is a cruel dream and 1 am actually still in the middle of my Plebe Summer struggling to believe I wUl be a "Firstie" someday.

Fortunately, this is not the case and besides the responsibdities, we may also start using the many privileges that come with it. First Classmen today have what seems like uidimited freedom when compared to our previous years here. We may now keep our cars in the Yard, begin our weekends after our last military obligations on Friday and walk around town in civilian clothes like normal college students. These small privileges, combined with others, go a long way towards making this final year the year whose oidy equivalent is supposedly being an admiral.

We are excited, if not just a litde bit intimidated, to have finally reached a point in our time here where we can make all those changes we could not do as underclass. One in particular comes to mind, and that is to "Beat Army!", badly, in the Meadowlands this year. See you all at the tail gaters before the game! Go Navy! Beat Army! *

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Shipmate Book Selections

The Inside Story of America's Nuclear Propulsion Program!

"This book is probably as close as we will get to an inside view of what happened in the reactor development shop."

- Norman Friedman Defense Consultant and author of Submarine Design and Development "Rickover and the Nuclear Navy has copious citations, more than enough to give future researchers into Rickoverania plenty to chew on. It's interesting especially to individuals like myself who were privileged to work with him - and fundamentally admire him, warts and all."

- Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) Author of Run Silent, Run Deep and former submariner

No book will ever come closer than this to providing an inside overview of Admiral Hyman Rickover's nuclear propulsion program. The author, an Atomic Energy Commission historian assigned to the admiral's office, observeti ili' program and its controversial leader in action from 1974 to the day Rickover retired in 1982. Francis Duncan had free accos.^ !<• files, documents, and personnel at every level of involvement. The result is a thorough, balanced record of what may well be the navy's and the nation's most important and far-reaching project of the twentieth century.

400pages. 50 illustrations. Index. *236-2. List Price: $28.95. Alumni Price: $26.06.

Great Naval Biographies: Flights of Passage Samuel Hynes. An immensely readable account of a young World War 11 pilot's rites of passage from untrained cadet to war-weary aviator, from youthful innocence to manhood. Certain to become a classic.

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Alfred Thayer Mann The Man and His Leners

Bull Halsey A Biography

A Journey Amongst the Good and the Great

E. B. Potter. The most thorough and balanced study of Admiral William F. Halsey yet written that candidly acknowledges the shortcomings and impressive accomplishments of this charismatic Worid War II naval hero.

Andy Kerr. From his youth to his days as a lawyer in the E-Ring of the Pentagon in the 1960s, Kerr's reminiscences offer illuminating vignettes of national figures and fascinating insight on controversial political issues of the day

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

Championships on 20 November at the Naval Academy Golf Course.

Winter Sports: Eddie Reddick, Jr. of Four members of the Naval Academy's var- Cheverly, Maryland, men's basketball; Tawny sity cross country team, including the 1988 Petrick of Loysville, Pennsylvania, women's team captain, were killed in an automobile ac- basketball; James Lawless of LeBannon Towncident near York, Pennsylvania on Monday, 14 ship, New Jersey, men's fencing; Frederica August, while preparing for a week of volun- Spilman of Fullerton, Califomia, women's tary preseason conditioning. fencing; Joe Gannon of Union, New Jersey, The Four were staying at Gifford Pinchot men's gymnastics; Ann Marie Katcharian of State Park in York County, and were part of a Fairfax, Virginia, women's gymnastics; Tony contingent of this year's squad who were under- Sanjose, Jr., of Ft. Washington, Maryland, going the conditioning program which has been pistol; Will Suggs of Clarion, Pennsylvania, ritraditional with Navy's men's cross country fle; Troy McClelland of Yakima, Washington, squash; Jim Ball of Towson, Maryland, men's program.

Those killed in the accident included First swimming; Heidi Savage of Durham, North Classman Robert Packowski of Arlington, New Carolina, women's swimming; Efrem Venters "Vbrk, and Second Classmen WilUam Donovan of of Honolulu, men's indoor track; Racquel Houston, Texas; Donald Landry of Arlington, Williams of Eva Beach, Hawaii, women's inTexas; and Andrew Myers of Greeley, Colorado. door track; Jean-Jacques Lopez of Dakar, SeneMidn. Packowski had won nine varsity let- gal, men's volleyball; and Scott Schleicher of ters at the Naval Academy, three each in men's Allentown, Pennsylvania, wrestling. cross country, indoor track and track and field.

Spring Sports: Tim Peifley of Whitehall, In addition to serving as captain of last year's Pennsylvania, baseball; Pat Flood of Golden, team, he was captain-elect of the 1990 Naval Colorado, heavyweight crew; Tom Callender of Academy track andfieldteam. He participated Liverpool, New York, lightweight crew; Tara in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Cham- Traynor of Philadelphia, women's crew; Daryl pionships in 1987 and 1988 and was in the Potter of Virginia Beach, golf; Brian Keith of SOOO-meter steeplechase in the NCAA Divi- Camillus, New York, lacrosse; Pat Walker of sion Track & Field Championships in 1987 and Billerica, Massachusetts, tennis; men's track 1989. He finished eighth in the latter event in and fieldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be announced; Honore Mealey this year's meet. of Spokane, Washington, women's track and Midn. Donovan won a letter in track and field; Keith Davids of Miami, Florida, interfield as a steeplechase runner this past Spring collegiate sailing; and Daniel Gordillo of Lakewhile Midn. Myers had one letter in cross wood, Ohio, offshore sailing. country and two each in indoor track and track All are First Classmen with the exception of and field. men's basketball Eddie Reddick who is a SecMidn. Landry participated mostly with the ond Classman. junior varisty team in cross country and track but also comjjeted in a number of varsity meets. Service Academies Sign Pact With Liberty Bowl to Serve as Host Team Captains Selected for 1989-90 A historical agreement with the U.S. Air Academic Year Force, Military and Naval academies was conCaptains for Navy's intercollegiate athletic cluded in Memphis, 7 August by the Liberty teams were announced by RAdm. Virgil L. Bowl Football Classic as Academy senior representatives and Bowl President Frank Crump Hill, Jr. Fall Sports: Tim Barkdoll of York, Pennsyl- signed a contract that will put one of the teams vania men's cross country; Maria Filonczuk of in the Liberty Bowl game over the next five Cheektowaga, New York, women's cross coun- years.

The signing ceremony, held in the ballroom try; footballâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be announced; David Haas of Boulder, Colorado, and Charles Vickers of of the Omni Hotel that was crowded with repreSeaford, Delaware, 150-pound football; Scott sentatives of dozens of military organizations, Benedict of San Rafael, Califomia, soccer; media and other guests, capped a three-year Stacey Dannenberg of Yuma, Arizona, women's behind-the-scenes campaign by Liberty Bowl volleyball; and Mike Peterson of Philadelphia, Executive Director and Founder Bud Dudley to involve the Falcons, Black Knights and Midwater polo.

Navy is to be the host site for the 1989 NCAA shipmen in the Bowl.

The Academies-approved agreement calls Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country

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for the Conmiander-in-Chief s Trophy winner to represent all the military as the home team against a selected non-rrulitary opponent. If Air Force, which is a member of the Western Athletic conference wins the WAC, it is required to go to the Holiday Bowl. In that case, the Academy with the next best record could be chosen at the option of the Liberty Bowl.

"This is the most important development in the Liberty Bovyl's 31-year history," said Dudley, the dean of bowl directors. "Our board has been seriously concerned about the drop in atr tendance in recent years. This agreement will get us back on track and put new life, new financial support and new awareness into the Liberty Bowl."

"The United States Naval Academy is extremely pleased to be associated with the Liberty Bowl and Bud Dudley," said Navy's Director of Athletics, Jack Lengyel. "The Liberty Bowl has traditionally been symbolic of many of the same ideals espoused by the Academies, such as commitment to the high ideals of patriotism and integrity, and I feel that the winner of The Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy serving as host will provide a national forum for all of us to display that conmiitment.

"We look forward to the opportunity to participate in this game.

"There's a new saying in 'The Yard' at the Naval Academy: BEAT ARMY AND AIR FORCE AND GIVE ME LIBERTY!," concluded Lengyel.

The three athletic directon. Col. John Clune of Air Force, Carl Ulhich of West Point and Jack Lengyel, were united in their support of the tie-in with the Liberty Bowl, calling it a new era for Academy football.

Dudley said that fans could now follow the Academies throughout the season knowing that one of them would get an automatic bowl bid, much like the winners of the SEC and SWC go to the Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl respectively. He said that heightened interest and awareness would translate into improved attendance and television ratings because of the nationwide interest in the Army, Navy and Air Force football teams.

This year's game will take place on Thursday, 28 Dec. with a 1900 kickoff. It will be televised on the Raycom Network and broadcast worldwide on NBC Radio and the Armed Forces Network.

Influencing the Board's decision was the fact that in recent years service football has greatly improved. Last year Alabama escaped with a 29-28 victory over Army in the Sun Bowl.

Also, the winner of the Commander-in-Chiefs Shipmate, October 1989

Trophy has nearly always had a winning record.

The Bowl has hosted only one service Academy since it was founded in Philadelphia in 1959 when heavy favorite Ohio State garnered a 31-28 victory over Navy in 1981 in one of the most exciting games in Liberty Bowl history.

Dainard's Discipline Drives Her and Team to Lofty Goals Navy's women's volleyball coach Jan Dainard says she likes to put up motivational signs for her team to read, and unquestionably they've been helpful, but the real key to Dainard's success at the Naval Academy may be the discipline she personally possesses and the discipline she brings to her charges.

"If 1 tried some of the things we do here in women's volleyball at other schools, they'd drop like flies. This is one of the reasons I sought the job here at the Naval Academy, the fact that I would be working with people who know what discipline is about," explains Dainard who is starting her sixth season as the head coach of the women's program for the Midshipmen.

Women's volleyball may be the most successful of the 10 varsity sports for female Midshipmen at the Academy. It earned three consecutive berths in the NCAA Division n Women's Volleyball Tournament and had three straight first-place rankings in the Atlantic region in the past three years.

Dainard notes that she happened to step in as head coach "at the right time. I came here as an assistant to Lt. Cindy Schendel and she had just started to get some quality players. I've been able to attract a few more and keep it going."

Even though Navy is able to nab only one or two "blue chip" volleyball players each year, Dainard notes that the big contributor to the soundness of the program in recent years is the development of the slightly-above average or average performer.

"A prime example of this would be our captain for 1989, Stacey Dannenberg. She was being recruited for basketball here but the coaches in that sport thought she might be better suited for volleyball.

"She was an excellent blocker yet lacked the fundamental skills needed in the sport. She has worked on the latter and now is a possible allregion performer," points out Dainard.

Dainard believes the emphasis she has placed on fundamentals has played a major role in Navy's ability to earn spots in postseason play in recent years.

"If you come to my practices, you'll see some of the same drills in preseason every year.

We start with certain basics and we perfect them because I believe we can beat teams that run an offense by us having the basics down," points out the determined Dainard.

Dainard listsfivebasics that she has her team work on each yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;passing, serving with power and accuracy, correct footwork for the setters and proper setting of the ball for the hitters, defense and positioning.

"I never have to ask my players to do something twice during a practice session and my players are always on time for practices," comShipmate, October 1989

Navy Women's Volleyball Coach Jan Dainard

Associate Director of Athletics Larry Travis

going through so we change the tempo of practice for a few minutes by playing freeze tag and dodge ball to set their minds at ease."

Dainard believes that one of the problems facing women's volleyball at the Academy in its early years was that "we didn't know how to win. We'd get close but couldn't quite get there. That's when I went to using some motivational techniques.

"Those have helped and I also believe we now play with more confidence. Our mindset now is no one can beat usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if we lose we weren't ready. That coupled with our stressing of basics has helped us when we get to five-set matches. We are usually strong in that fifth set.

"We were faced with the same thing against Army until last Fall when we beat the Cadets for the first time since 1982. We kept getting close but couldn't quite make it. That win was a big hurdle for us to get over from a confidence viewpoint."

Dainard was a three-sport star while at Ithaca College in upstate New York, lettering twice in volleyball and softball and four times in bowling. She was ranked 10th in the state of New York among collegians at one time and still sports a nifty 170 average in bowling.

Dainard says she still "shakes myself over being here and that we're winning. The year (1986) we won 45 matches (a school record, while losing only seven), I wondered what was going on! The players that year never needed a pep talk. They just went out and did it."

Dainard was named Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 1986 and received a similar accolade following the 1988 season.

In 1987 the Midshipmen were ranked as high as 13th in the country and at the end of last Fall's campaign were 20th in the country.

Dainard is quite active in the administration of the sport in the east, serving as the American Volleyball Coaches Association Atlantic Region Chairman, the NCAA Atlantic Region Chairman and as a member of the ECAC Selection Committee.

Two Named to Athletic Association Positions

Director of Promotions/Marketing Tom Harp

ments Dainard. "When a ball drops to the floor (meaning no one went after a hit), they automatically know to run a 'suicide drill' (a series of sprints)."

Dainard does not allow problems in Bancroft Hall to be brought to practice either. "I don't want those affecting practice. Yet when it is an examination period, I realize what they are

Larry L. Travis, former Director of Athletics at Kansas State University, has been named to the newly-created post of Associate Director of Athletics at the Naval Academy, while Tom Harp, Director of Athletic Promotion and Marketing at Indiana State University for the past three years has been named Navy's Director of Sports Promotions and Marketing.

Travis, 49, was Director of Athletics at Kansas State University from 1985 to 1988 and served as Assistant Director of Athletics at Georgia Tech from 1982 to 1985.

"Having been the athletic director at Kansas State and assistant athletic director at Georgia Tech, Larry Travis brings a wealth of experience to his position at the Naval Academy," noted Lengyel. "I had the opportunity to work with him in the Big 8 and he is an excellent administrator and will be a valuable asset to our athletic program."

A native of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Travis was a third team All-America guard. Academic All33

America and All-Southeastem Conference selection in 1962 while playing for the Gators. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and Health from Florida in 1963 and earned his Master of Science in Physical Education and Health Secondary School Administration from that school in 1969.

Travis began a coaching career that spanned 18 years by serving as head freshman coach and then offensive line coach at Florida from 196366. He then was offensive line coach at the University of Kansas for four yean before moving to the University of Mississippi from 1972-74 where he served first as offensive line coach and then as defensive coordinator. In 1975-76 he was offensive coordinator at the University of Louisville and from 1977-79 was assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech. He was Tech's offensive coordinator for the 1980 and 1981 seasons before moving into the administrative side of Tech's Department of Athletics.

Harp, who once served as an assistant coach for the Midshipmen football team, replaces Sandy Vura, who recendy resigned to accept a position in the Department of Athletics at American University.

"I am very pleased to have Tom Harp as our Director of Promotions and Marketing," said Lengyel. "He brings Division I experience and a diversified business background to his new fwsition with the Naval Academy Athletic Association. One of his primary responsibilities will be to promote season football and basketbaU ticket sales and to increase our conamunity and corporate involvement in our new NAVYFEST tailgate area."

Harp is a native of Bamesville, Ohio, and a graduate of Muskingimi College, where he played quarterback on two Ohio Conference championship teams.

He spent 23 years as a football coach, the first five at Carrollton and later Massillon, Ohio, high schools. He was on the staff of the late Earl Blaik at Army as backfield coach and chief scout from 1956 to 1961 when he was named head coach at Cornell University. In five seasons with the Big Red, Harp's teams went 19-23-3 and produced three Ivy League mshing leaders.

Harp was appointed head coach at Duke University in 1966 and led the Blue Devils to a 5-5 mark in his first season, including a 41-25 triumph over archrival North Carolina. Overall, his Duke squads had a five-year record of 22-38-1.

Harp spent the 1972 season as an assistant at the Naval Academy and then was appointed head coach at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, in 1973. The Sycamores went 20-31 over the next five seasons while moving from Division n to Division I. Harp then entered private business in 1978 and remained there until his selection as the Director of Athletic Promotion and Marketing at Indiana State in 1986. Among his duties there were development of promotional events with local businesses for various athletic events at that school, securing of corporate sponsorship for programs, posters and schedules, and plan34

ning and implementation of promotional programs for pre-game, halftime and post-game activities.

1986, Whitaker attended Naval Supply School in Athens. He then served as a supply officer on USS Mn.WAUKEE for the past two years.

Four Coaches Appointed to Navy Staff

Smalley Resigns as Women's Basketball Coach

The Naval Academy has appointed Ron Lievendag as head men's gymnastics coach, Ens. Garry Yuen as head women's gymnastics coach, Richard Deladrier as head men's and women's fencing coach, and Lt. (j.g.) Kylor Whitaker as assistant men's basketball coach.

Lievendag had served as Navy's interim head men's gymnastics coach in 1988-89, guiding the Mids to their third straight Eastem Intercollegiate Gynmastics League title. A 1984 graduate of SUNY-Cortland, Lievendag had been assistant men's gymnastics coach at the Naval Academy from 1984-1989.

Lievendag captained the SUNY-Cortland gymnastics team his junior and senior seasons and was honored as the Most Valuable Athlete at Cortiand in 1984. He was also an eight-time All-America while at SUNY-Cortland.

Yuen is also a graduate of SUNY-Cortland, where he was a six-time All-America. He captained the Red Dragons to the Division n national championship in 1986, his senior year.

Holder of a black belt in karate, Yuen has most recently served as karate and gymnastics instructor at the Orlando International Aquatic and Fitness Center in Orlando. He has also worked as an instructor in the physical education department at the University of North Carolina, where he received a Master's Degree in exercise physiology in 1988.

Deladrier had served as assistant fencing coach at the Naval Academy since 1983, and takes over the head coaching duties from his father, Andre, who guided the Mids for 32 years.

Deladrier is the third generation in his family to coach fencing at Navy; his grandfather Clovis had coached the Mids from 1933-48.

A 1971 graduate of Notre Dame, Deladrier served as captain his senior season, leading the Irish to a sixth-place showing at the NCAA Championships. Deladrier eamed All-America honors that season, and retumed to Notre Dame in 1972 as an assistant coach.

Deladrier coached the St. John's College fencing club in 1973, and served as a volunteer assistant at Navy before joining the staff fulltime.

Whitaker is a 1986 Naval Academy graduate who made significant marks on the Navy program as a player from 1982-86. A native of Lebanon, Oregon, Whitaker ranks ninth on Navy's all-time career scoring list with 1273 points, third in career assists with 453 and fifth in career free throw percentage (78.5%). His 169 assists during the 1984-85 campaign is the fifth best in a single season.

Whitaker was an integral part of Navy's most successful season ever in 1985-86, helping the Mids to a 30-5 slate. His 23 points early in the second round of the NCAA Championships paced the team to a 71-70 victory over Cleveland State to advance to the Eastem Region finals, where the Mids fell to eventual runner-up Duke.

After graduating from the Naval Academy in

Dave Smalley '57, women's basketball coach at the Naval Academy for the past 13 years, has resigned from that position to devote more time to his position as Assistant Director of Athletics for Admissions Coordination at the Academy.

"Dave Smalley has developed the Navy women's basketball program into one of the best in the East," said Lengyel. "Time and again he has shown what an excellent coach and teacher he is with his abiUty to bring along young players. His teams were always fundamentally sound and played with great intensity.

"Being the women's head basketball coach and assistant athletic director was a very demanding personal schedule," explained Lengyel. "And while we will be losing an excellent basketball coach, the Naval Academy Athletic Association will continue to benefit from his extensive knowledge of the recmitment of student-athletes and from his newly-added responsibility as the NAAA's liaison with the NCAA." "It's with deep regret that I give up coaching of the Navy women's basketball team," said Smalley. "It's meant so much to me especially since I've been a part of the program fi-om the beginning.

"It was a tough decision because I had become so attached to this program and its players and watched the sport grow here," added Smalley. "The women who played for us did a fantastic job and I thank all of them for the effort and time they gave to make women's basketball at the Naval Academy successful. We had a good tenure."

The only women's basketball coach in Navy history, Smalley guided the Midshipmen to a 179-119 record in the sport's 12-year varsity existence at the school. The 1988-89 team finished 16-10, Smalley's 10th winning season in those 12 years.

Smalley's teams recorded back-to-back 18win seasons in 1981-82 and 1982-83 and the 1986-87 team finished 18-8 and captured the ECAC-South Division II Championship.

Smalley is a 1957 Naval Academy graduate and returned to the Academy as assistant coach in men's basketball in 1962. In 1966 he was named head men's basketball coach, a post he held for 10 years, producing a 94-130 record.

He has served as Navy's Assistant Director of Athletics in charge of admissions for studentathletes since 1979. In that capacity he handles the admissions process for recruited athletes in all of the Academy's 33 varsity sports.

A successor to Smalley as women's basketball coach was expected to be named late this Summer. â&#x20AC;˘

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Pres. and Sec'y Adm. Jerauld Wright USN (Ret.) 4101 Cathedral Ave., Washington, D.C. 20016 Winifred Levering Holman Dodge, wife of RAdm. F. Rifcy Dodge USN (Ret.) died on 7 April 1989 in McLean, Virginia. RAdm. Dodge still lives at Vinson Hall and is in good health, alert and interested in life.

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Sec'y, Capt. C. F. Swanson USN (Ret.) Fairhaven, Apt. B-213, 7200 Third Ave. Sykesville, Md. 21784 Class Correspondent, Mrs. W. P. Hepburn 11 B-1 President Point Dr., Annapolis, Md. 21403 My pump priming in the July-August issue has spawned more correspondence from Classmates. A letter from Joe Lademan reports that he isfinephysically and as happy as can be. He gets special pleasure out of his old leather chair as he looks out on the Pacific.

Jolm Bull dropped a note to comment on the TOP SECRET surprise birthday party his wife arranged for him. It was duly noted in the July-August column.

Bennie Ward wrote to thank me for the list of living Classmates. He contrasted the large number on the list with the small number who attended the Class luncheon in Annapolis five years ago.

Alex Diepenbrock also thanked us for the list of living Classmates. He observed that there were no two Classmates living in the same city. He feels this may be one reason why we don't gather local news items concerning Classmates. Alex says that except 36

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

for service during the Great War, he has been civilian-oriented since 1919. He does read Shipmate with interest, however. He suggests that at age 90-1- it's hard to get up enough energy to do anything more than watch the grandchildren grow. That's difficult for him since he was near-sighted at graduation, which prevented his being commissioned, and it has gotten worse with old age because of glaucoma and cataracts not to mention oldtime myopia. He recommends that perhaps the Class should solicit all hands to send in a resume of their activities since retirement. Such items would be a treasure trove of interest for the Class column. He ended by saying, "It was a fine feeling to get a touch of Navy again."

Alex's recommendation is a splendid one and I look forward to receiving a flurry of resumes that I can pass on to Shipmate. Let me hear from you.

Harry Markell.

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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., Coronada, Calif. 92118 This October we send birthday greetings to A. J. (Tony) MacNamee in Scottsdale, Arizona, L. S. (Leo) Stafford in San Diego, D. (Deke) Hyatt in Orono, Maine, and A. V. D. (Al) Smith in Towson, Maryland. All are in our nineties.

An occasional foggy moming in Leesburg reminds me of San Pedro when we stood watch that Fall of 1920 on the deck of USS ARKANSAS, anchored in battleship row. The breakwater which protected San Pedro Harbor was not long enough to protect the entire battleline from Pacific Ocean swells. Often the lower grating of the accommodation ladder would submerge. Lively stepping was in order to avoid a wetting when leaving or coming aboard. The mournful sound of the foghorn at Point Firmin Light was echoed by the siren on the light at the end of that breakwater Ships' boats were guided to ships which used the 'at-anchor' ships' bell sounding the hull number of the ship, it was 33 for ARKANSAS. Is this practice still in use today, some 70 years later?

Our ranks of Classmates continue to shrink. We got a letter from Ruth (Mrs. H. E.) Aken of Rye, New York, to tell us that Harold had died on 17 July 1989 at United Hospital, Portchester, New York. Following services on 21 July at Rye Presbyterian Church, his ashes were inumed at the church's columbarium. Ruth is blessed by having their three children and ten grandchildren to comfort her One grandchild. Dr. Rand Aken McNally (MD), is a Naval Academy graduate. Class of 1976. As a Marine Officer he qualified as Naval Aviator and served aboard FORRESTAL. He resigned as a captain, USMC, in 1982 and studied medicine at Southwestem Medical School in Texas, and now lives in Rye, New York. His grandfather, Harold, had resigned as ensign in 1922 and lived in Utica, New York, where he was City Engineer. In the mid-1920s

he joined Cannon Mills, and continued until he retired as Vice-President in 1960 and then formed his own company. Harold had been a loyal supporter of his Ahna Mater and his Class organization, and was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association.

We send oiu" sympathy to Ruth and the children and grandchildren.

West Coast The San Diego Chapter of the Class of 1921 held its regular monthly luncheon at the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, on Tuesday, 25 July. Present were the following: Paul Abemethy, T. O. Cullins, Logan McKee, Stogi Roberts, Don Smith, Leo Stafford and Bunny Wray.

Stogi Roberts' new address is: 911 F Ave., Coronado.

Four of those present had served in DDs, as ensigns, on the China Coast, at the same time. Much talk about adventures while on Shore Patrol in Shanghai.

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Pres., RAdm. George Bauemschmidt SC USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Harvey T. Walsh USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr., #253, McLean, Va. 22101 George Bauemschmidt wrote informing me of a letter from the wife of George (Gus) F. Romy who joined the Ninety Club on 22 July. We all join in greetings, Gus, and those of us who are already members sayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"Welcome to the Club." Our Lucky Bag included a note to the effect that Gus was a "confirmed Red Mike" but left that select group on the West Coast during our Second Class Cruise, apparently for all time as Gus resigned shortly thereafter.

His address is: 62 N. Sheridan Ave, IndianapoUs, Ind., 46219, the same as it was in '49. I'm sure it was a great party, Gus. Art Bryanreftimedto Vinson Hall after a vacation in Tenerife where herenewedhis international friendships, American, EngUsh, Spanish, Scandinavian, ItaUan and Hindu. He appeared glad to be home again.

In mid-July Phyllis Pleasants wrote informing me of the death of our Arthur L. (Ashm") Pleasants on 5 July 1989 in White Stone, Virginia. Ashur had been in poor health for a number of years. He had moved to White Stone upon retirement where his home overlooked the Rappanhanock River.

In retirement, Arthur was active in his community and had taught over 600 local children to swim. Phyllis wrote that it was virtually impossible to mention his name to anyone in the area imder 35 without their saying: "I know himâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he taught me how to swim."

So, Arthur's Class swimming numerals as a Mid stood him in good stead. However, his athletic prowess was in lacrosse for which he was awarded numerals, NAs and probably "INt" First Class Year when Navy won the intercollegiate championship for George Finlayson in his 12th and last year as Navy Coach.

So, again, we lose afineClassmate, shipmate and Shipmate, October 1989

important teaching position as a civilian professional, hisfirstemployment in a new career which began following years of sttidy at the University of Virginia Graduate School from which he was awarded a doctorate in electrical engineering in May of this year.

Upon graduation from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1980 he was commissioned in the Marine Corps, became a helicopter pilot after designation as a naval aviator and served as such until he resigned his commission as Captain USMC in 1985 after 5 years service and enrolled at the University of Virginia as mentioned above.

As you may have noticed, progress of the "Campaign for the Naval Academy" is reported on page 6 of every issue of Shipmate. The fund raising campaign will continue throughout the year. When you send your contribution, remember to identify it with the Class of '23 for Campaign for USNA. The picture of USS OLYMPIA on the cover page and the related story on page 31 of July-August S/i!>mate reminded us that we were members of the "old Navy," and recalled memories of our Summer Cruise in 1922 when that historic ship was one of the four ships in the Practice Cruise Squadron. Fifty-three members of our Class were attached to OLYMPIA of which number, nine are among the living, viz., Harry Downs, Don Felt, Cabell Cwathmey, Bob Huntington, Don Kelsey, Bob McCormick, Al Maher, Packy Schade and Bill Stock.

friend; we shall miss him. Our deepest sympathies are extended to Phyllis, their sons, Arthur L. Ill, and John Bagby, both of '50. The Class had made a memorial contribution in his memory to the USNA Alumni Association. His obituary appears in Last Call.

The Alumni Association informed me of the death of Alonzo (A!) Tyler in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on 6 July 1989. Al was a widower but is survived by a daughter, Wanda lyier Will of Philadelphia and a son, John Townsend, of Mesa, Arizona.

Alresignedupon graduation and then eamed a JD at the New York University Law School. He practiced general and admiralty law in New York City. He was recalled to active duty on 25 April 1942 for almost four years and served in Cherbourg, France.

After being inactivated 12 Feb. 1946 he joined our Bruce Miller in the Insurance Co. of North America in the maritime loss division. He continued with them until retirement. We have lost another Classmate and friend and shall miss him.

Our deepest sympathies are extended to his daughter, Wanda, and son, John, and their families. The Class has made a memorial contribution in his memory to the USNA Alumni Association. His obituary appears in Last Call.

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Pres., Adm. Arleigh 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 The

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As of 1 August 1989, seven Classmates have confirmed travel arrangements to be in Bath, Maine on 16 September to attend the Launching; they are: Bob McCormick, Neb Keating, Don Kelsey, Charlie Nager, Elliott Strauss, Jo Johannesen, and Fop McLaren. It is too early to predict how many others may be present since all graduates of '23 whose addresses are listed in the 1989 edition of the Register of Alumni (corrected to 1 October 1988), have received invitations from Bath Iron Works Corporation; with the invitations was included an RSVP notice which stated that the RSVP card enclosed must be retumed prior to 25 August in order to get admission tickets for the event.

The prospective commanding officer of USS ARLEIGH BURKE is Cdr. John D. Morgan, Jr., USN.

The Bath Iron Works photo reproduced elsewhere in this column, shows him being congratulated by Arleigh; the picture was taken in the BIW Executives' Office several months ago on the occasion of a visit to Bath to view the progress of constmction of the ship.

Referring to the article entitled "New Ships to be Named for Alumni" on page 18 of July-August 5/iipmate, attention is invited to paragraph 3 thereof which states that STOUT (DDG-53) is named for the late RAdm. Herald E Stout '26. It is significant to note that he was the CO of CLAXTON (DD-571), one of the eight DD's in the famous DesRon 23, "The Little Beavers." Also interesting is the fact that STOUT is now being built in Bath. (DDG-52, the second of the Burke-class destroyers, is being built by Ingalls in Pascagoula.)

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Cdr. John D. Morgan, Jr. and Arleigh

Two more Classmates become nonagenarians in October, viz.. Jack Curry of Washington D.C. on the 15th, and Walter Goldsmith of St. Petersburg Fla. on the 29th. Upon request, they provided recent photos for this column in October Shipmate. The one of Jack was taken in July of this year shortly before he retumed from the Bethesda nursing home where he was confined many months while convalescing after his second hip operation, the first of which was in April, 1987. The one of Isabel and Walter Goldsmith was taken in 1984.

On 3 August 1989, Kathryn and Don Felt celebrated their Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary in Honolulu where they have made their home for more than 40 years (before and after Don retired as CinCPac in 1964). In late June and early July of this year they vacationed in Virginia Beach, where their son and family now reside, having recently moved from the Washington Metropolitan area. Their son is RAdm. D. Linn Felt, USN (Ret.) '53.

The grandson of our late Classmate Ira Kimes, William ha Clement, '80, son of Col. D. A. Clement, USMC (Ret.) '46 and Jeanne K. Clement, is now a member of the Faculty at the U.S. Naval Academy in the Department of Engineering and Weapons. We applaud his achievement of being appointed for an

West Coast For lack of more and better news of our Classmates, the following is submitted for your inspection and judgement.

Al OIney, Put Storrs, and Mike Connelley met at the North Island O' Club for lunch on Friday, 4 August 1989. Al fumished the transportation for the three of us. Murr Arnold had intended to be with us, but had cancelled out for health reasons. We had a very pleasant hour or so, but we missed Bill Lemly.

Bill had always been with us until his death on 27 October 1988—the old "Navy Day" But that day was erased some years ago when a new group of kids took over the govenmient. They decided there should not be a Navy Day—nor an American-owned Panama Canal, either, for that matter.

But our Class still has the one and only Cabell Gwathmey to help us laugh it off. There are few things in my world that can match the fun-making ability of Cabell. So let me help all of you to enjoy by quoting the man. The letter contained a large picture of three free-swinging monkeys enjoying life immensely in a huge cage (the picture must have been taken in our San Diego Zoo). Quote: "As soon as I saw it, I was reminded of the days when we, too, were young, gay, and quite irresponsible. I was impelled to send it to you knowing of your deep cormnitment to zoo inhabitants everywhere. Observe how unimpeded by equipment they are in their blissful, blythefial play— happy little gibbons.

"Remember Ham? He was our first astronaut— sponsored by the Navy, you will recall. My recollection of Ham includes the cartoon of him sitting behind a big mahogany desk in the Pentagon briefing the next group of aspirants for orbiting. He remarked, 'Everything goes fine until you get out to about 350,000 yards. Then you must have another banana.'

I think it was a Chiquita banana—my favorite."

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and the Secretary's careers duplicated each others for five years, in 16" gun battleships at first, then two more in the Special Service Squadron. But unlike the Sec, who "Joined the Navy to see the world" (and saw a good deal more than the sea) Ralph resigned in 1929. But he joined the Reserve and became a captain and served through WW II in destroyers and minesweepers. No decorations according to the Register, but a useful contribution to the war effort. He was in USS BORIE but evidently before she sank U-405, and sank with her, as described in an earlier column. But a reserve officer captained her then.

Now Ralph lives alone at the same address that's in the 50 year Cruise. Says he loves to read but his sight is failing and the Sec encouraged him to see an optometrist or opthalmologist, as wonderful things are being done for eyes now. He was told, too, about "Stogi" Roberts, and his successful implant at age 90.

Another letter from a USS ELLIS shipmate, who writes he remembers Seymour Apple well as "always talking." As was guessed, he was an engineer, but now has a successful fumiture business. This other shipmate is the one who visited George Mattuci some time ago and gave a good report of him. He wrote that he'd try to see George again but would phone him first. No answer yet from George to the See's condolences, but he may now be living with one of his sons or daughters. The shipmate has been written and thanked, and asked to keep the Sec posted.

A brief but most interesting letter from Red Rulisenberger, in which he complained of an error in the 40-year Cruise. He's tieen advised to consult the 50-year one, in which, it's sure, there are no errors at all. He and Martha are soon off on another Mississippi River "cruise"—and the Sec has just been re-reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyerl The secretary's one schoolmate with whom he's still in contact in Mendham New Jersey, where he had a year of grammar school and three years of high school, wrote him a long, cheerful and newsy letter about goings on there, mentioning several people he knew there, and others he knew of. And just this moming at a benefit breakfast for his church two of his former Maine Maritime Academy students, both still going to sea, came over and spoke to him warmly. As someone recently wrote, teaching doesn't make you much money, but its rewards can be great indeed. At the breakfast he also saw a former student of his who is now on the staff of the Academy.

He had been on the recent cruise and told of the ship getting to Copenhagen, Denmark, by an unusual route—through the Kiel Canal, up through the Great Belt and then down the Sound. Since they had been in Portsmouth, England, that was indeed a little shorter and easier than around the Skaw and then down the Sound as the secretary has always done before.

The secretary is pleased to see in the July-August Shipmate which came today, 22 July, that his recollections of the '22 friends contributed about a fifth of the '22 column. But he was sorry to read of the passing of one of those mentioned, Dick Taylor. He must write Dorothy. Both of them have visited us here and we've visited them when they were at their Summer home not far from there.

A good letter from Marie Keyer identifying Bob in the CALIFORNIA JOS photo in the June Shipmate. He's sitting on the deck just over the "for" in CALIFORNIA. The two unidentified in the other photo are, she thinks, Roy Hartwig and Luther Replogle. So that's a help. She'll be written, too.

Where is Raoul Waller? Want to hear from him about a 65th.

But also heard from an old USS CLEVELAND shipmate. Didn't really know him in CLEVELAND but lie became a captain, as several other good enlisted men did and for a while was executive officer (now called 38

Commandant of Midshipmen here at the Maritime Academy for a while). Lives here in Maine but not near. He's another to write but he'll probably be first, as he's pretty lonely.

"Small time, but in that small, most greatly lived this star of England" wrote Shakespeare of Henry V. The same might be said of many of our Classmates— Henry Drexler, Ham Dugan, Heruy Harrison, Don Willis (the Sec saw him crash but didn't realize till long after who it was). Later, but still in their prime, Lawrence McPeake, John Waldron, Ev Abdill, Cromwell, Dick Baron, Hopping, Ginny Hayter Probably others, but enough. Fortunate indeed are "We few, we happy few" (also from Henry V) to still be here, especially those in pretty good shape.

All the letters have been written and will be off in today's mail, the first available. Some others whose time was small are Hyman, Bedford and Max Stormes. One other whose name the Sec can't recall, took me, I think to Guantanamo in his four piper, USS YARNALL—and 1 never saw him again. He was lost at Guadalcanal in the bad early days of the war, as were most of these though some were in the last days, oi kamikazes, like Ev Abdill. And sad to say, many others never lived to serve in WWII, for natural reasons. Look in the 50-year Cruise.

It's odd that in the days of the battleships we all thought sea battles were going to be like Jutland, and von Hase's Kiel and Jutland was one of our bibles.

Battleships did much good work in WWII in shore bombardment, developed to a high art since our amateurish attempt at Culebra in the late thirties. But there was only one old-fashioned action ever fought, at Surigao Straits and that was extremely onesided.

As Samuel Eliot Morison wrote, "Farewell to the battleship!" The carrier is doubtless queen of the seas now, and it's an expensive mistake to keep the four lowAS in commission. That's been expressed editorially in one of the best Maine papers, which we take, simultaneously with the See's letter to our daily, also a good paper giving the same opinion.

Well, only mail today is a notice from Ed Woodyard aimouncing another gathering at Mory's of Ed, John Shaimon, the Baldwins, Don Walker and Raoul Waller. Very nice, but that's where Raoul has been instead of answering the See's letter now two weeks old! All very convivial and good news of Classmates, but too late for the Sec to even phone them a toast, as it was 20 July. But he'll write Ed personally as well as putting it here. A good mini-reunion, but how about a general one, as Raoul seemed to be so enthusiastic about? And others who are really interested want to know, too, as they're keen to go if there is one. But should hear from Raoul soon. Ed's been thanked.

The notice from Ed also said, "We here mutter to ourselves the Old Guard dies but never surrenders."

Good for them, and so may they. But the original of that was probably never written or spoken, for the French general Cambronne has denied it—and it didn't happen at Waterloo, for the French guards did both, and fled the field in disorder before the British guards. It was the end of the battle, and Cambronne was in Wellington's headquarters a prisoner of war.

Well, there was a 65th, and have to write about it this way, now. But the secretary has sent word to just about everyone interested. Raoul Waller will organize it, but where do you suppose they are at this writing, in late July? In the USSR, or getting nearer to it! Talk about the wild wandering Wallers, as they're just back from a trip to Califomia! Ah, you that's young! As Long John Silver might have said.

The secretary is trying to get a family representative at the Reunion, preferably one of his own generation.

There is one left, a cousin, and he's written her.

Seymour Apple, reported above as a former shipmate in USS ELLIS, wrote again, saying he'd like to read the See's Men in Ships and will be written how he can do so. He evidently is doing very well, which is good to hear.

A surprise letter from "Dutch" Duerfeldt, '25, a very short-time shipmate in USS CLEVELAND. He's been sent a copy of the CLEVELAND "Cruise" from Men in Ships and written. Evidently he preceded the Sec in the ship perhaps a year, as he served under a different exec, whose name the Sec recalls as having been relieved by Henry Shields, '11, who was very kind and helpful to the Sec. The See's one surviving Kennaday cousin won't be able to represent him at the 65th because of other commitments, but she wrote him a very sweet note regretting the fact, and saying she'd be greatly honored to do so were she able. The Sec was very touched, and wrote her so, but he'll send a message to be read there, which will also appear in the October column. It's wonderful to have such warm relations with family. And also with Classmates—when they write, which hasn't been much lately.

The secretary now remembers the name of that Classmate who ferried him down to Guantanamo in USS YARNALL. It was Tom Eraser, whose time was indeed short. He was lost in USS WALKE in the Battle of Savo Island.

A note from Gertrade McPeake saying she wouldn't be able to attend the 65th due to two family weddings in quick succession. She's been written, agreeing, but urging that her daughter, Rosalind, and her husband, who's a retired Commander and a USNA grad, go to represent her, though they may be involved in these weddings, too. Also a note from Noble Abrahams. No special news but will be answered soon.

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Pres., RAdm. Walter C. Ford USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Joseph H. Nevins, Jr. USN (Ret.) 3204 River Crescent Dr., Annapolis, Md. 21401 Our Coronado connection, "Bevo" Bond, writes that George Purmont attended June Week West in San Diego. George was the only 25-er there and was senior by eight years among those present. He sat with '33 and had a good time. Cam Briggs gave a spectacular cocktail party at NAS North Island for 120 guests including all Classmates in the area who could come. His son and daughter were there. The Haralson Smiths went to Alaska by air and rettimed by ship. The ship went to Valdez but they saw no signs of the oil spill. Perhaps they were in the wrong part of the Sound and the oil had moved out to sea.

They saw few birds but plenty of seals. "Swede" Larson was married on Bastille Day in 1928 in San Diego. When Swede and his bride were married they wondered why there was so much celebration!

Lunching in Annapolis: Kay Bains, Cham Ford, Henry Ford, Jane Pyne, George Bains A good letter from George O'Keefe reports that he took a vacation from unpacking in his new quarters and took to the road in the R.V. He visited his son, Geof, over Father's Day and then went on to Monterey. George saw Earl Stone, '18 in Carmel who seemed in good health and still active in the Maritime Museum there as he has been for many years. He and George put WISCONSIN in commission in '44, as Shipmate, October 1989

C O . and Exec respectively. George's next stop was Pacific Grove where he saw Helen Schultz, "Tiny's" widow. She was in the infirmary at Canterbury Woods where she lives now. She was in good spirits and expecting to retum shortly to her apartment. After spending the Fourth of July with Geof in San Miguel, George retumed to Laguna Hills to continue unpacking. While the Graubarts were in Califomia in July for their annual month's visit to Lucile's home state, George took advantage on several occasions of "Speed's" daily 1700 Happy Hour.

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Marge Lyman. Ambrose Crowley and Beppy Eakins at O & F Club, Annapolis

Pres., RAdm. Kenneth Craig USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. J. W. Callahan USN (Ret.) 1138 Glorietta Blvd., Coronado, Calif. 92118 (619) 435-5990 Our Class President Kenny Craig reported that it is too hot to play golf. He hasn't been on the course for two months. He said Dutch Duerfelt who lives at Azalea Trace in Pensacola stopped by for a short visit with the Craig's. The Wendell Klines and Johnny Fosters are also residents in Azalea Trace.

Phylhs and Sparky Scrymgeour's joumey to Texas in their motor home: We left San Onofre, on Camp Pendleton early Sunday moming, to avoid as much San Diego traffic as we could. On 1-8, descending the east side of the mountains, there is quite a lot of 6% grade, with several warnings. It doesn't sound like much, but they have provided runaway lanes where you wind up on a six-foot high pile of gravel. The thought is quite enough to keep one alert—no cruise control and soft music here!

About eight miles from the base of the mountain our heat indicator went right to the top of the dial and then droppedfromsight. Next there were clouds of steamfromunder the dashboard—very little visibility and too, too warm. We couldn't understand it on a down grade. We didn't dare tum off the ignition because then we would lose both power steering and brakes. After five more miles of this we pulled into an isolated service station in the desert. I went under their canopy as the weather was 110 degrees and we did not know how long we'd be there.

The attendant said there was a good mechanic in Ocotillo, the small town nearby. For a $20 deposit he came out and looked us over, when we had cooled down a bit.

He said our thermostat had stuck because of corrosion (we get a lot of that) and that he would have to go to El Centre, an 80-mile round trip, to get another. He went off and Sparky tried to take a nap and I sat down to brood awhile.

Needless to say he could have charged us just about anything on a Sunday afternoon! Well the damage was $60, including the $20 deposit—are there some good people in this world or not?

We arrived in Waxahachi without further incident, but a bit apprehensive.

Joan, Sparky's daughter, and her nice husband Regis, threw a wonderful all-day party with four generations attending. She got some photographs— with the fourth generation in Sparky's lap. They live on a small spread, which is now within the circle of the Super Collider scheduled for Waxahachi. Everyone had a great time and celebrated Joan's birthday and Sparky's 85th. The kids all rode the horses, but after exchanging a rather penetrating glance with one of the horses, I decided that riding was no longer for me.

Late in the day, when everyone was collecting sleepy babies, the sky darkened and we had golf ball-sized hail, sheet lightning and wind.

A few days later there were tornado warnings, one touching down within a mile of where we were.

The TV showed the wind gauge at DEW airport indicating gusts of over 110. The tree shading our coach split in half—it fell parallel to us instead of on us. We delayed our planned departure one day, hoping the wind would lesson. It did and we left after a Shipmate, October 1989

were inurned on 21 July at Fort Rdsecrans Nationn!

Cemetary, San Diego, Califomia, with services and military honors. He is survived by his wife iJeien. whose maiden name was also Offutt.

The services were attended by many of their friends from San Diego where they had spent their Summers, returning to Florida for the Winter months.

Attending the services from northern Califomia were Helen's sister Mrs. Frank Carter, a brother Ralph Offutt, a nephew Dr Wayne Carter, a niece Mrs. Paul Wilkinsen and her daughter Mrs. Janay Stewart.

Kay and P D. Stroop, Isabel and Mort Fleming and Martha and Joe Callahan attended the services and extended their sympathy and that of the Class to Helen Offutt.

Helen Offutt will retum to their home at 43 Fort Royal Isle, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33308, where she will reside. Helen expects to eventually make her permanent home in San Diego.

Isabel and Mort Fleming hosted a delicious Class luncheon, the hors d'oeuvres were outstanding, on 26 July at the Officers' Club, Sky Room, Naval Air Station, North Island. The Flemings brought Isabel's 93-year-old sister, Dora Keet, to the party. She was a very interesting conversationalist. Those attending the party were Kay and P D. Stroop, Isabel and Mort Fleming, Phyllis and Sparky Scrymgeour, Kibby Linaweaver and her daughter Ann Smith, Ruth Reich, Doris Crissman, Loraine Oberholtzer, Helen Offutt, Marie Campbell, Dorothy Carroll, Ella Graff Mac Millan and her daughter-in-law Joan Graff, Betty Wells and Alice Davis, Martha and Joe Callahan.

2nd Lt. David Moore '89 and grandfather, Ambrose Crowley

Ann Smith, Alice King Davis, Helen Offutt. P D. Stroop happy visit. There were heavy gusts all the way to Califomia, causing me to hang onto the steering wheel pretty tight. We were glad to get back to the beach!

Anderson Offutt died on 3 July at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His body was cremated and his ashes

A letter from Ambrose Crowley: My grandson, David Moore, graduated from the Naval Academy and his brother, Michael, became a Youngster, so I have another graduation coming up in 1992.

My wife, Nancy, and 1 spentfivedays in Annapolis and had a wonderful time. Since this was the first time 1 attended a graduation since 19261 can report that the place had changed a great deal, mostly by enlarging, but without changing the basic character.

We had brunch on Sunday in King Hall, went to the Mid Store where I leamed that the 1926 Class Pin is no longer made (my daughter, Suzanne, wanted one to add to her 1989 and 1992 pins), and to a concert in Memorial Hall by the Women's Glee Club.

Monday there was a performance over the Sevem, viewed from the greatly enlarged Dewey Field, by the Blue Angels and it was spectacular. It was a perfect day and there were thousands of people absolutely awed by the performance.

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Tbesday I had a party at the Officers' Club for David and it was a big success. Marge Lyman and Beppy Eakens represented the Class and Mary Gale Buchanan, a friend of David and Suzanne, and many of the Yard officers and their wives lent a Navy and Marine Corp touch to the party. Michael expects a similar party in 1992.

The Superintendent's party for the families and friends had to be held over two days, a total of 4000, and it went very smoothly.

Graduation was held in the football Stadium. A total of 1076 received their diplomas and commissions. Everything is on a much bigger scale then in 1926, but I must say it was done very efficiently.

David was one of 46 who got letters of Commendation for Leadership from the Sup't. and it went into his official service record.

I passed over our going to the Color Parade on Warden Field; this was really one of the highlights of the week. There were literally thousands of people there and I was never so impressed and proud to have been a part of the Academy and the Navy.

All in all it was a wonderful week and every day was sunny and beautiful. I couldn't do it every year, but it looks like 1992 1 will have to plan on.

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Pres., RAdm. Thomas J. Hamilton USN (Ret.) Exec. VPres., Adm. Charles D. Griffin USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Joshua W. Cooper USN (Ret.) 400 Madison St., Apt. #808 Alexandria, Va. 22314 (703) 549-8708 As we contemplate the dog days in the nation's capital, we note that everyone who has anywhere to go has gone—and there is a paucity of material in the mailbox that is suitable for Shipmate; so, we have dredged up a vignette of life in the light cruiser MILWAUKEE, circa 1932-33, entitled: The Pike— During the salad days "when we didn't know that we had it so good," the marginal stretch of Long Beach between the Fleet Landing (Pico St.), and the city center was an institution: a fun zone with a camival atmosphere. Just about anything could be found there: fast food, circus-like attractions, confidence games, girls looking for sailors and vice versa, where anything could happen and usually did.

In USS MILWAUKEE, there were some 65 men assigned to my 6" gun-division. They were about evenly divided between the Irish and the Poles: strong, individually and collectively, dependable but sometimes unpredictable. On this occasion, two worthies from my division, Moroney & Chicka, both Seamen 1st. Class, set out for an evening's "liberty."

After landing at Pico St., the first several blocks led them via The Pike which was cranking up for the evening's gaiety.

The scene now shifts to the ship where Capt. Burton H. (Bummy) Green ('05) was holding Captain's Mast. Also present were: Capt. G. C. (Soldier) Meints, U S M C , legal advisor, Moroney & Chicka (along with others who were being examined for alleged wrongdoing) and myself, representing the men of my division. Moroney & Chicka were charged with numerous misdeeds including breaking & entering. When their turn came, Moroney spoke up for both himself and Chicka. "We was walking down The Pike, Tliesday evening and two girls passed us.

They tumed around and asked, 'Do you want to come with us?' They looked alright so we said, 'Sure!' We continued our walk and shortly turned off The Pike and followed the girls up a walk leading into a house.

A party was in progress inside—suddenly, a girl stuck her head out of a window and screamed: 'You can't let let these men in—they're from the MILWAUKEE!' The girls with us who had been very friendly, quickly separated and ran into the house and closed and locked the door."

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Our two sailors felt that they had been led down the garden path—they had been promised a party and without explanation, the invitation had been rudely withdrawn. Their reaction was instantaneous. Since the door was locked, they tried the window and in the trying, the window was broken. By this time, the local police had arrived—and Moroney & Chicka were gathered in.

At this point, Capt. Green drew himself up to his full height of 5'-5" straightened his cap and asked: "Why wouldn't they let you in—because you were from MILWAUKEE?" Moroney replied: "It was because their husbands was on MILWAUKEE." The punishment meted out was nominal.

BAC Fund Drive—As of the end of July, cash contributions from the Class for the Brigade Activities Center amount to $36,040. In addition, pledges have been made in the amount of $6,550. Contributions for endowed chairs and Faculty Development are not included in the above totals.

The West Coast groups continue to uphold high standards for getting together as is indicated below.

As reported by the very efficient Nadine Robinson, the San Diego County Group drew a total of 16 on 25 July for luncheon at the Sandpiper Club, Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado. Patsy Richardson was absent, recovering from knee surgery. She says that she is looking forward to dancing. Nice going! Nina & Oley Sharp rehimed from a trip to New England points which included a visit with Bunny & Don Griffin at their Summer home in New Hampshire.

The weather and golf combined to make it a most pleasant holiday. Jane & Walter Winn, whom we haven't seen for quite a while, joined us and were warmly welcomed. Bobby & Clarence Coffin finished an appointment at the hospital in time to join us—Clarence is recovering quite handily from heart surgery. Sally & Dutch Deutermann tried hard to work a little time between moving preparations but had to cancel. A note from Dutch explained the circumstances and says they'll make the August meeting, if they're still invited. They received an affirmative reply. Mei Kitchen always finds time for her "Call Girl" duties, no matter how busy she may be, a service for which we are grateful.

Harry Hummer read his "poem of the month," dedicated to Larry Freeman: 'Professor Winchell said "Theat you Thections Tsir" 1 said "Thections Theats" and caused quite a stir, Two weeks on the RIENA was not hard to do.

While Larry eamed his letters in soccer and crew.

Then came Phyllis, his bride to be, Now just retumed from their anniversary.

Sixty, that is, recalling fond memories.'

Olive Dalton tells us that Jack is getting the best possible care at a new facility that has the most up-todate treatment for Alzheimer's. It is near Long Beach where their son, Richard, lives.

Those who were with us are: Cliff Cooper, Bobby & Clarence Coffin, Barbara Curtis, Dale Flynn, Phyllis & Larry Freeman, Sys Gazze, Harry Hummer, Dick Levin, Nadine and Robbie Robinson, Nina & Oley Sharp, Jane & Walter Winn.

Ed Eckelmeyer reports from Los Angeles—Our L.A. Class Group departed from our usual routine of 'no meetings during the Summer months' and held one—all three of us—20 July at Tip's Restaurant in Valencia. The usual three, Scoles, Nation and I attended. Despite the distance Bill Nation must drive to attend our luncheons, he was the one to urge continued meetings during the Summer. Bakersfield is not exactly a Navy town and Bill likes to come down and get the latest scoop on Navy topics.

Red Scoles and I hope to get down to see Bill Kern one of these days. There is a matter of 100 miles driving over Califomia freeways to consider.

At our luncheon, we hashed over the usual subjects—the proposed Cat-Cap Medicare changes, the

DC-10 crash, and our various aches and pains and who is still alive or not kicking.

Our August break has worked very well. From the fastness of York Harbor, Maine, there is a considerable movement of fishing (and other) boats going and coming, lobstermen at work, seagulls scanning the fruits of low tide—and the best air that God ever created. Novelty stores are putting tip for sale tin cans which are supposed to be full of Maine air—at a dollar each. Half tempted, we tumed the notion aside after reading the fine print on the cans which indicated that air and cans were products of Boston. Interrupting our strenuous activities, we journeyed inland to accept the hospitality and lunch with Bunny and Don Griffin at the elegant Bald Peak Colony Club in New Hampshire. The welcome mat was out, as usual!

On a more somber note, we were sorry to leam that Knick Knickerbocker's widow, Virginia, passed away in November or December of 1988, thus outliving Knick by three or four months.

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Pres., Capt. Raymond O. Burzynski USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Albert O. Momm USN (Ret.) 909 Topmast Way, Annapolis, Md. 21401 Fla. Corr., RAdm. R. N. Norgaard USN (Ret.) 121 Phelps Ave., Winter Park, Ha. 32789 W. Coast, RAdm. W. A. Cockell USN (Ret.) 3222 Browning St., San Diego, Calif. 92106 Northeast, Capt. R. O. Burzynski USN (Ret.) Box 145, New Castle, N. H. 03854 The BLC team of Ski Burzynski, Mac Leary, and Matt Radom have gotten together the BLC's 60th-Year Book in print as of mid-August. Ski is forwarding the 100-plus copies en masse to your C/S to be mailed by the Alurrmi Association to individual Classmates and widows.

The Class President's letter, which will be sent along with the book says, in part, "I am requesting a contribution of ten dollars or more from all Classmates for their copy. All widows are being sent a gift copy with the appreciation of the entire Class for their unforgettable part in keeping us together . . . It has been a pleasant, happy experience to add the 7th Edition of the 28er to our BLC history."

Ed Dexter writes in late-July that he will be in Seattle For family wedding—'not mine'—then to St. Louis for Tin Can Sailors' Reunion—650 strong and boisterous, fun!—Maine—joined Betty Berry for fun vacation after just acquiring first driver's license ever—now she is my chauffeur. On 8 July back to Florida. August 12th to London via CONCORDE. 20 August retum to New York City via SS QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

Regards to all

my

Classmates.

Duke Merson, in regards to a news item concerning Tom Wicker and Owen Lattimore involvement in Joe McCarthy's attacks against supposed Communists in U.S. State Department in 1953, Duke remarks: As you may or may not know, when I went to Washington in 1953 to take IIA out of the State Department and transform it into USIA—an independent agency, my boss and I bore the full brunt of Joe McCarthy's attack. I must confess that while Joe's methods were often crude and baseless, the fact is that the U.S. Government had been infiltrated by many whose loyalties were questionable. Unfortunately both the Naval Academy and the Navy itself reflect much of this cockeyed liberalism, which has made it difficult to vindicate justice in the case of Adm. Kimmel and Gen. Short. I continue to fight for justice which has been a meaningfiil theme in my life from my earliest days as a Plebe at the Naval Academy.

Shipmate, October 1989

(Corresponding Secretary's Note: Check the page squence in the 60th Book; notify your Secretary if any pages are missing.)

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Pres., RAdm. Roy S. Benson USN (Ret.) Sec'y, RAdm. Cal Laning USN (Ret.) 6404 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church Va. 22041 Cort. Secretaries: Calif., RAdm. Chuck Triebel USN (Ret.) 17436 Bemardo Oaks Dr., San Diego, Calif. 92128 N. Calif., RAdm. Dick Ballinger USN (Ret.) 199 Thomdale Dr., # 4 9 , San Rafael, Calif. 94903 Florida, Dot Flatley, Box 81, Barstow, Fla. 33830 Under the guidance of Roy and Phil, our Reunion, the Sixtieth, gets imderway. In spite of many regrets ascribed to health problems of one partner or the other, it looks like 30 couples and, for the first time, a few widows will gather together in Crabtown. No dancing this time, so perhaps some feel safer. We can never forget the opening numtier of the orchestra at our dance after diimer at one of our last gatherings.

Roommates, "wives," Jimmy Foley and Jimmy Hezlep advanced to the center of the ballroom and gave a rendition of our first dancing lesson in Mem Hall of a few years before.

Cut out this column and bring it with you to the Reimion. It repubhshes the song written for another reunion by our Class Poet, Henry Ford. Along with Eternal Father it will again be sung.

REUNION (4Stli) SONG (T\me of Auld Lang Syne) Class of 1929, U.S.N.A. Oh Classmate hold your toast aloft.

And here's a toast of mine, And let us pledge in tempers soft.

The Class of Twenty Nine.

The roaring twenties saw us sign, For school at Sevem tide.

Less derby hats and coonskin coats.

With bath tub gin aside.

There gala days befell our lot, With drags from schools a score, As Holton Arms, and other's charms, Like stars from Baltimore.

Then when our time to leave fell due.

For most to sail the brine, Old dire depression struck the land.

At worst in Twenty Nine.

We've passed through dearth, and also war, And heroes fill our scrolls, While tombstones say whose laid away, Remembered from old rolls.

But meeting here in Seventy Four, Our lasting scores in line.

We pledge our host, in twinkling toast.

Long live old TVventy Nine.

Wm. E. Pbrd, Col. USMCR, Ret. Houston, Texas Henry was succeeded as Official Poet by Knight Pryor. We are sad that neither are with us now, but Knight's last poem, read at last reunion, will be reviewed. It described in detail our present conditions of health and romance.

Yr Secty and Micky have sent in our contribution to the Brigade Activities Building fund. Have you?

Although we do not favor the elevation of the social status of the Mids above that of the spoiled scions of Princeton and Yale, we hope that this center improves the weekend entertainment beyond that offered to our drags in the late Twenties. Ah me! With our stipend, it was all we could afford on a weekend to provide our OAO from Bryn Mawr with a modest meal at the Golden Pheasant! (PS. We lost herâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she married the son of the president of General Electric.)

We've received a letter from young Mr. Dan Wright of Caro, Michigan, asking if we have any stories to tell him about his great-uncle Thomas Rex Wilson, known better to us as Doc Wilson. Doc was little known to yr secty, a lowly member of the B squad of the wrestling team where Doc was heavyweight star, so we looked up his roommate. He was Al Loomis and beyond correspondence. We did describe some of Doc's rambles on the football field.

The Register states his early death at Pensacola, so we guess he was a casualty of the flight school there.

Has anyone some recollections to pass to his grandnephew? Will relay.

Excerpts from a letter from Madrid natives JoAnn and Dick Visser: Madrid . . . if we hadn't grown up with it, we might not love it as we do. Traffic is unbelievable with great delays in getting anywhere, at times a total collapse, so that people miss planes, engagements and so on. Besides, if you get anywhere,

Boxing team at Cornell: front: Spike Webb, Gerin, Weintraub, Collins, second: Jim Foley, ?, Dick Ballinger: third: ?, Savvy Ricketts Shipmate, October 1989

there is seldom a place lo park and then your car is likely to be br(ii..en into. Robberies, holdups, drug addiction, tenorisl actions and the like have not decreased . . . on the contrary . . . yel much of the free world seems to be the same and worse in most big cities.

We recently had a very interesting day in Barcelona. VAdm. J. D. Williams, Commander Sixlh Fleet, invited Dick and several officers lo join him on board the flagship USS BELKNAP for the naval review in honor of the commissioning of the aircraft carrier PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS. Wives were also invited and we enjoyed lunch aboard. King Juan Carlos reviewed the Heet with Queen Sofia. There were some 16 or more ships from NATO nations, all full-dressed. Quite a thrill!

Mary Baird, now Mrs. Cecil Hefner, has corrected her address to be 2661 Tallant Road, Apt. 623, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105. Our Florida Corresponding Secretary, Dottie Flatley pleads travel and no voluntary communications from Classmates. She visited Janie Hall in San Diego and they dined with one Ziggy Dawson '27.

A walk in the Academy grounds will be dedicated to Johnny Davidson by the Superintendent in October followed by a memorial service in the Chapel.

Ramy Ramsbotham has been honored by the Connecticut League of Historical Societies with an Award of Merit. The citation reads as President of the Stonington Historical Society . . . the League salutes him with a hearty Well Done!

Stonington is a seaside town of much the ambiance of the village setting for the TV series Murder She Wrote. Ramy there was the star of the Stonington Players. [Mr. Victor Boatwright writes.]

He was the lead of The Man Who Came to Dinner, that Broadway play in which Wolcott starred for a long nm. And he starred in The Warrior's Husband, and was the squire in Tom Jones. Certainly, in the eyes of the town he was top banana here for years.

His sight has failed badly, but he is still sharp and greatly loved by the people here in the village of Stonington.

This year our tomato patch has home few fruits.

Blossoms, yes, but the bees to fertilize them don't seem to be around. Way back when our Classmates were reaching the ranks of RHIP some of us had station commands where our own home-grown vegetables were coming out of our ears. The Supply Depot of the Destroyer Base at Newport was one, and there its C O . , Gus Gray, enjoyed the traditional privilege of a greenhouse and vegetable garden of great fecundity. He and Jo had quarters in a large, gracious, ramshackle house, falling down here and there, but still equipped with a gardener and chauffeur. Jo dispensed the flowers like a landed gracious lady and dirtied her hands in the huge nursery whose seedlings were becoming 30-foot trees and the bushes becoming impenetrable. Gus ate himself into a hospital and early retirement and the spread soon was elevated to become quarters for ComDesLant, Charlie Weakley. While Gus was enthroned, we used to sit in the big kitchen with the gardener and chauffeur (no mess boys) and talk about old times. The chauffeur spoke of his days as a chauffeur for the Vanderbilt's Summer cottage of 50 bedrooms, "The Breakers." Remember our party there after coaling ship on First Class cruise? The chauffeur said that in Summer weeks, he would fetch the papers from town and lay copies before the doors of 50 guests . . . Somewhere the sun may be shining upon a land of RHIR but it shines no longer in Mudville.

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Pres., RAdm. W. G. Chappie USN (Ret.) Exec. Sec'y, RAdm. W. T. Nelson USN (Ret.) 1004 Priscilla Lane, Alexandria, Va. 22308 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Christian L. Engleman USN (Ret.) MP0.82R Skamania Mines Rd., Washougal, Wash. 98671 Jack Edwards reports on 7 June he wore a "T" shirt that had inscribed on its front "40TH FOR THE 2ND TIME!" It was his 80th birthday Congramlations, my friend! HereportsMiUie is doing much better. Jack mentioned he was bom on 3 Jime, graduated from the Academy on 5 Jime and was married on 7 Jime—a few years apart. He is quite deeply and pleasantly involved in computer utilization. If any others of you are finding computers useful, write in and tell us about it.

Just received the sad news that our Classmate Thomas Kenneth "Kip" Wright passed away on Monday, 19 June 1989. Our Class sends our condolences to his widow Nancy Holcomb Wright and her family whose address is #36 Crosscreek Road, Birmingham, Ala. 35213 (tel 205-871-9621).

The report on Kip Wright was received from Sandy Hayward. Sandy and Grace nowfiveat 1408 Lyttelton Street in Camden, S.C. 29020 (tel 803-432-8253). Sandy sounded just great and apparently is in fine health. Sandy just bought a computer and is learning how to run it in preparation for writing his memoirs at the suggestion of the children. He congratulated me for accepting the appointment as your CS but I told him I wasn't sure how long I could last trying to follow or coming anywhere near equalling the superb performance of Fred Bradman over the last several years. We all miss Fred greatly!

Nice letter fiom Bill Moffett saying he would be attending our son Mark's wedding in Virginia Beach come Septeml)er. Perhaps we could organize a miniClass meeting in SE Virginia at that time using the wedding for an excuse. Any ideas from some of you?

Mailc just left the Navy and USS SARATOGA on 5 June; while his ship was in Portsmouth for overhaul he met lovely Lyim Schooley of Virginia Beach about a year ago and now we will soon have a daughter-inlaw. I asked Bill, he being the youngest in the Class, how about preparing to take over this job from the original oldest. He said thanks for the compliment but considering the fact he can't even run a typewriter, let alone a computer word processor, he would have to forgo the pleasure. The next in line in my sights is Jack Ekiwards. Maybe I can get him to prepare for the job and he not only types but is handy with computers and word processing.

Speaking of computers, just heard from Mike Block and he has a new computer and word processing program. Says when it arrived from the States it wasn't working and had to ship it back for repairs.

Nancy and I visited Mike and Dottie a couple of years ago and it was great fun. They have a completely equipped cottage for guests on their grounds and it's like staying in a luxury hotel. He is unbelievable in playing "gin rummy." Mike would welcome any Classmates coming through, and with neighbors like Jack and Hortensia Amsbury next door, you're in for a wonderful experience. Mike's address is Apartado 190 Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. If you are anywhere near Guadalajara, don't miss seeing him! We had diimer at a beautiful restaurant one night and in an effort to get the check 1 said to the waiter, Hagame el favor de deme la carta. The waiter obligingly brought me the dinner menu. 1 found out, when I tried to tell the waiter that 1 meant the check, he informed me that Senor Block had already taken care of that. What a guy. Near Mike's home, there is a quaint 42

little town with a beautiful old Catholic Church— probably around 200 years old. The example of Spanish type architecture is magnificent. The village has numerous intersting shops selling silver jewelry, etc.; leather goods; clothing, unusual fabrics of Indian design; and—I could go on and on. If one is a "shopper," this is indeed a place to have some fun!

Both Chief Masterson and Jim Howard sent me the fall Annapohs Group schedule of events at Annapohs if not otherwise noted: 9/16 B'VXI football & Tailgating; 9/23 Citadel football & Tailgating; 9/28 Stag Luncheon ANCC; 10/7 AF football & Tailgating; 10/28 James Madison football & Homecoming; 11/9 stag luncheon ANCC; 11/11 Syracuse football & tailgating; 12/14 Christmas coed luncheon Bethesda O Club, guests welcome. Chief says our kids are more than welcome at the tailgating events. I am going to get my daughter, Ginnie Kuhn, to represent me down there now and then. She Uves in Sevema Park, is the mom of my two grandchildren and is married to a remarkable scientist named Phil. Chiefs new address is 3440 South Jefferson Street #915, Falls Church, Va. 22041, tel: 703-578-7566.

Jim Howard tells us of the funeral of our Classmate Rudolph Charles Bauer, on 19 July 1989, in Arlington. Rudy died at his home in Florida. Bob Craigliill also sent word of Rudy's passing. We all send Margaret and her family our condolences. The last address I have for Rudy and Peggy is PO Box 537, Fort Pierce, Fla. 34954. He would have been 83

Margie and John Azer, Ed Caimick on 18 September.

Have a note from Ed Day '31 via Jim Howard sending a picture of Marge and Jolm Azer and Ed Carmick taken on 15 June at the 0-Club at NAS Moffett Field. Picture was sent to Ed by Dick Peterson saying the group had a good time especially with two musicians there, Phil Mothersill playing the tmmpet and Jack Dorsett playing the banjo. Phil leads them in prayer and song.

Speaking of Moffett Field, read an inspiring article in the Summer 1989 issue of Wings of Gold in which it noted that Moffett Field in Califomia was named after RAdm. William Adger Moff^ett, Class of '80, who was lost in the dirigible USS AKRON, on my 27th birthday, 3 April 1933. The article had the title of "The Father of Naval Aviation: William A. Moffett." What a grand tribute to Bill Moffett's father. 1 would feel real proud if someone wrote an article like that about my father who pioneered this great state while it was a part of the Oregon Territory.

Received a jolly letter from Bill Doyle on 30 July congramlating me for "getting caught" with the CS job. Thanks a lot! I nowfindout that Bill Snead, on a visit with Bill in April, suggested Bill for the job of CS. For your info I'm aheady tired of it and 1 now have Bill Doyle, Bill Moffett, and Jack Edwards targeted among my potential replacements. Which one of you will spell me when I go on vacation this Winter?

Last time I saw Bill Doyle was at our 30th Reunion in 1960. His lovely, Virginia, passed away and Bill has been married to his attractive Ella May for some

20 years now. Bill and Ella May live at Merritt Towers #209B, 250 South Sykes Creek Pkwy, Merritt Island, Fla. 32592. Bill was reminiscing of the days when we both were in New London attached to the submarine forces circa 1940. He still travels a lot and just finished a cruise on the Mississippi River in July. Great to hearfi-omhim.

On 14 July, Nancy and I flew to the LA area to attend the funeral of a dear friend, Lt. George "Popeye" Friedl, who was a shipmate of mine during WWn. A great international engineer, prominent businessman, outstanding naval officer, loving family man, Friedl was much admired by many Academy graduates. We will miss Pop)eye. Also, while in the south, we spent an aftemoon and evening at the home of Milhe and Jack Edwards. They Uve in a beautifiil stucco house, nestled up against the foothills of the local mountain ranges, complete with swimming pool, garden, citrus trees and computer den. What a nice home at 2146 East Chevy Chase Drive in Glendale, CaUf. 92106, tel: 818-244-0312. Jack prepared a deUcious chicken and rice curry dinner accompanied with about 20 spectacular condiment dishes.

MiUy, as always, was a gracious hostess and she is recovering nicely fix)m her recent illness. Before we left. Jack picked a lemon from one of his frait trees and gave it to Nancy to take with her. It is still sitting on our kitchen counter proudly weighing in at 1.3 pounds and looking more like a half-size yellow football! What a nice way to hve. I'll never forget the day Rosy Rosasco sprained Jack's ankle with an uppercut to the jaw in an exhibition boxing match when we were R/A ensigns on the battleship CALn=ORNiA. Jack is doing things in the field of genealogy on his computer. Anyone interested should get in touch with him as to his program for such.

Mail delivered to our box at the ranch entrance was pilfered on 10-11 July. If anyone sent me information which should have been included in this issue and does not so appear herein, it would have missed my deadline if it would have arrived either of those two days. First time we have had any problem like that in the 23 years here.

Today, on 1 August, while I was writing this report at approximately 1630 PST, the ranch house shook for a second and then was jarred with a big bang that sounded like something breaking the sound barrier. It tumed out to be an earthquake with the epicenter only about eight miles southwest of the house—close enough for it to grab our attention. We hve on a timtier ranch in the foothills of the Cascades, 27 miles south of the crater of Mt. St. Helens, and the plates under us apparently are moving around a bit. Real sporty event but fortunately its intensity was only about 4 on the Richter Scale. The San Francisco quake was around 8, some 10,(X)0 times as strong.

Something like that would get more than just your attention!

Report from the Southwest USNA '30 Group shows they have elected new officers for the year.

President—Mush Domin; VP—Johnny Gragg; Sec/Treas—Roscoe Newman. Roscoe is the workhorse and may be contacted at 1868 Willow Street, San Diego, Calif. 92106; Tel: 619-223-0482. Roscoe sent me the roster of the group and if anyone would like a copy contact either Roscoe or me. They had a 9 June luncheon meeting at the MCRB 0-Club celebrating the 59th aimiversary of our graduation. Present among the couples, singles, widows, relatives and guests were: Bean, Bowen, Boyle, Bradman, Burden, Chappie, Clark, Coates, Connor, Daly, Dornin, Edwards, Gragg, Jennings, Kinert, Lawver, Lewis, Lowrance, Luongo, Lynch, MacArthur, McClain, McKnight, Moreno, Newman, Newton, Price, Sanders, Sargeant, Trower, Wagner, and Wilbome.

Forty-eight persons were in attendance. That must have been a great meeting.

Great letter from Fog Hayes thanking all of you for Shipmate, October 1989

remembering his beloved wife Olive. He continues congrahilating me for becoming your CS and noted that he was a neighbor and close friend of Fred Bradman during Fred's tenure in the job, knows the time and effort the job will take and knows I have a large pair of shoes to fill. 1 know it, I know it, and it scares the hell out of me! I'm already searching for someone to relieve the watch (see above). Fog continues saying, after reading myfirsteffort, he is confident that '30 will continue to enjoy the same fine coverage we had in the past. Fog, most of the data on the first one that you congratulated me on was handed to me by great guys like Jim Howard and others.

Rebel Lowrance wrote to let us know that Alston Maury Boyd passed away at the age of 83 and had this to say about Al: Al and I were close friends for many years and I treasured that friendship. We were in the same Submarine School class at New London in 1933, then in the same submarine squadron in the Asiatic Fleet for three years, then in the same submarine squadron in New London for a year, and then we attended PG School at the same time. After retirement we had many pleasant visits in Gales Ferry, Connecticut.

Along with his many friends, I will miss this gracious and interesting character. As stated at his memorial service: 'If he could tell us how he wanted us to remember himâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; I think he'd say we should dry our tears and smile.'

Your C/S remembers Al once saying, "Eat light, wear white, drive careftiUy and SALUD!" That's -30for this issue.

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Dodger batboy? Al Wilson

Mary Richardson, Les Wood, Cesca Steere Membership: 87%

Pres., RAdm. Raymond P. Hunter USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Edward M. Day USN (Ret.) 6214 Winston Dr., Bethesda, Md. 20817 W. Coast, RAdm. Andrew J. Hill USN (Ret.) 1295 Bangor St., San Diego, Calif. 92106 By now you should have received Ray Hunter's letter about celebrating the 60th anniversary of our graduation from the Naval Academy. The Class Executive Committee decided against having a reunion on the scale of the previous ones (e.g., our 55th) in favor of regional ones, which involve much less travel Ruth and Sherry Betts, Ruth Day

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and hotel expense, are less demanding on the part of a chairman and staff, and which most probably would include more of us. Your ideas on this are solicitedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; but if you have any grandiose ones, be sure to include the name of a certified volunteer chairman (Not Johruiy Webster!). We'll summarize the replies and let you how the write-in vote goes.

Phyllis Holtzworth wrote a set of verses describing her emotions during Emie's funeral services with full military honors at Arlington National Cemtery last May. Her words express so well the emotions any widow must feel in the same circumstances that we have sent a copy to all widows of Classmates who rest in Arlington, in the thought that they would like to share Phyllis' thoughts and feelings . . . and certainly she would be glad to hear from any who read those verses.

Floyd Myhre's widow. Jay (Jeannette), suffered a stroke in April and was hospitalized in Washington Rehabilitation Center for a month. Now she has been moved to Manor Care Nursing Center in Towson, Maryland, and is improving in recognition and mobility, though paralysis of her right arm is expected to continue. We all wish her well and hope to have her back with the Washington-Annapolis group before long. Meantime, she would welcome letters from Classmates.

Bobby Theobald, who appeared to be in good health at the Washington-Aimapolis Group picnic on 11 July, suffered a massive stroke two days later and was hospitalized in Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he died on 18 July. Memorial services were held in the Naval Academy Chapel on 26 July and interment was in the Naval Academy Cemetery.

He was one of the youngest members of our Class, and all who knew him will recall the enthusiasm with which he undertook any task. He was on the wrestling and lacrosse teams, and as a First Classman commanded the fourth platoon of the seventh company as Midshipman Lt(jg). Much of his sea duty was served in destroyers, and as Executive Officer of the destroyer SMITH that he eamed the Navy Cross for his successful efforts to save the ship after a Japanese pilot crashed his plane, torpedo and all, into her forecastle.

Classmates join in expressing our deep sympathy to Peg and members of the Theobald family. Bobby held the affection and respect of all who were privileged to know him.

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Bunny Brunelli is home in Virginia Beach after four weeks in hospital following surgery. Lib says he lost 40 pounds in the process . . . but has already gained 20 of them back . . . good advertisement for her cooking. We all hope for continued good news from Bunny.

Red Ramage is currently a patient at National Institutes of Health, across the street from Bethesda Naval Hospital, and is undergoing a newly-developed treatment. Between treatment periods he is given his hberty card, and we hop)e to have him back with us again soon at the Washington-AnnapwUs Group luncheons.

AUce Uehling had planned to leave her home in Carmel, Califomia, in October and move to Army Distaff Hafl in Washington, D.C, but a change of plan will see herremainingin Carmel where her new address will be: 8545 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, Calif., 93823. Ahce has sold (In Washington terms "divested herself offinancialinterest in") thefirmshe estabUshed, Mothers-in-Deed, Inc. ("Placing motherly types in motherless homes"). After having the satisfaction of seeing it grow from a one-girl, onecustomer undertaking to one which has made over a thousand placements all over the country and brought comfort to many motherless homes and children.

Jack Lawrence, who suffered a severe stroke in San Francisco airport on 27 June and was hospitalized for nearly a month in the Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame, Califomia, has beenflownto Honolulu where he is a patient in arehabiUtationhospital. Alvey Wright saw Jack and reports that he is making progress inrecognitionand abihty to move his limbs.

Mary is back home in Kauai and we all hope Jack will soon be able to rejoin her there.

Al Wilson, one of our prominent author Classmates, is at work on a sequel to his book No Experience Required in which herecountedhis boyhood adventures up till the time he entered the Naval Academy. 'The new book will continue the story from June of 1927 to modem times, covering four years at Annapolis, 11 years of commissioned service, and his experiences in quite a number of positions in the civflian world. Al's style of writing is most entertaining and, the new book should bring many a chuckle to readers, whether or not they know Al. Recently, Al made the headlines in a local Cambria paper: "Local Dodger Fan Meets Top Player"; the article goes on to say: Cambrian Al Wilson has for many years been trying to fight off a guilt complex regarding his 'wasting' so many hours watching baseball on TV. Then, recently, he was lured into a baseballwriting contest by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and became one of the contest's three wiimers. The contest, titled 'Meet Your Favorite Dodger' required contestants to write a letter answering the question, 'Who is your favorite Dodger, and WTiy?' Wilson fell for the challenge and named Jeff Hamilton, the Dodgers' new third baseman. The awards package and honors for submitting the best letter included a trip to Dodger Stadium as a guest of the management, a photo with your favorite Dodger, plus a Dodger cap, yearbook, and four choice tickets in reserved seats behind home plate.

A thrill was being introduced, over the giant Diamond Vision screen,fromthefieldto the 30,0(X) fans, he added. I didn't have to make a speech . . . they made one for me, taking remarks from my letter and mentioning that I have followed the Dodgers since Ebbets Field days in Brooklyn.

All I had to do was wave my Dodger-blue cap to the crowd.

Wilson was a baseball coach in the Navy and boasts that he had some great teams. '1 know it's a httle boys' game', he said, 'but there are millions of oldsters who can never let go'. The paper even included photos of Al and the bat that was presented to him, marked with his name, and titled: 'Al Wilson shows his winning style at bat'. This could all have been foreseen by reading Al's Luck)' Bag biography where it tells us 'baseball is his one and only true love'.

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The August luncheon meeting of the WashingtonAnnapoUs Group was well attended, those present being: Bucky Bouve, Jack Chew, Jack Crowley, Ed Day, Joe Gardiner, Ray Hunter, Al Mathers, "AB" Metsger, Carl Mott, Jack Miner, Gov Ritchie, Joe Thornton, Ted Torgerson, and Johnny Webster.

Johnny Webster gave an account of the recent trip he and Virginia made to Russia as part of a group of some 250 people. The points about the trip that Johnny highUghted were: —Taking advantage of a five-hour stopover in Frankfiirt to rest at the Sheraton Hotel adjacent to the airport.

—Photographing railway stations is not allowed.

Johnny asked "Why? . . . and was told: "No reason, just the rule." Despite this, Virginia did manage a photo of one station on the line to Leningrad.

—They rated the food mediocre to poor . . . green peas at every meal. Fortunately they brought along some Granola bars to supplement the diet.

—A shotof vodka comes to about $2.50 . . . but one travels the length and breadth of the subway system for about eight cents.

—Some of the customs inspectors in Moscow went through everything with afine-toothcomb; others just stamped the papers and waved the voyagers on. Johnny and Virginia switched lines to one of the latter, natch!

Class cocktail party: Francis Foley, Nona Ward, Jim —The EngUsh-speaking tour guides were entirely Manwaring frank in discussing the poor economic conditions in Thanks to a letter from one very alert Juan Russia and, in fact, engaged in a give-and-take disDomenech down in Puerto Rico who sent a picture cussion of them with a professor of economics in the from The New York Times Magazine showing some tour group, broadcast over the ship's loudspeaker officers from Time and headhghting "Time Inc. system.

—Aremarkablejob has been done on restoration Means Business." The item that hit Juan's eye was that the new President of Time Inc. was Nicholas J. of museums and buildings of artistic and historical Nicholas and Juan wondered if he was the son of significance in Leningrad; preparation for this began Nkholas J. Nk^olas in '32. during the war.

A letter to Sue proudly confirmed the fact and gave With our loss of Bobby Theobald, Class statistics are: Classmates hving—196; Classmates de- a lot more info about the family. A quote from The New York Times Magazine is very pertinent. "At the ceased—321; Unknowns—49.

Throughout the part of our Lucky Bag titled "Class fulcrum of power (at Time Inc). Nick Nicholas, a soft spoken but tough minded M.B.A., is a first-geneiaHistory," there mns a series of letters, written by an imaginary Midshipman R. L. McArthur. Of course tion American bom in Portsmouth, N.H., the son of you havereadthem—but the question is: Who wrote an AnatoUan Greek immigrant, who graduated from them? Al Wilson wants to know, in coimection with Annapohs. He overachieved his way through PhilUps the book he is writing . . .so, if you have any clues, Academy, Princeton and the Harvard Business School. In his own elegant eyrie on the 34th floor, let Al know. amid ceramics from Spain and momentos of a Kenyan photo safari, Nicholas laments a threat he perceives to "any really independent joumahstic voices in this country'."

Membership: 88% Sue stated that she must admit that Nicholas J. Nicholas Jr. (he has since dropped the Jr.) is indeed Pres., Capt. Donald I. Thomas USN (Ret.) "my boy." She often thinks of how proud Nick would 4032 Liggett Dr., San Diego, Dahf. 92106 have been to see how well young Nick is doing.

Sec'y, Capt. T. A. Nisewaner USN (Ret.) At the time of writing Sue had just retumed from a 712 Hehnsdale Rd., Bethesda, Md. 20817 month in Louisville to be with one of her twin daugh"Here and There With '32" ters Suzie who had just had a malignant tumor reIn the last days of the fatal iUness that sent our dis- moved fiom her left lung. Fortunately it had not tinguished and esteemed Classmate William "Bill" spread, the operation was a great success and Suzie is Miller on to service under another command he had now homerecoveringvery nicely. to spend endless weeks in the hospital and, Rosa, to Sue says that she has no desire to visit St. Croix be near and convenient for either quick or prolonged again especially since she lost Nick there but she does visits, moved to an apartment near the hospital. That travel. Last year she spent a day on St. Johns with old apartment is now her permanent home and the old friends on her way to Mexico, South America and the homestead is being renovated and will be either put Panama Canal. Also, a few months later, she spent on the market or taken over by one of the children. some time at "Bitter End" with her boys in Tortola.

Her new address is 830 West 40th Street., Apt. 856, Sue now has seven beautiful grandchildren one of Baltimore, Md. 21211. The new phone number is whom is graduating this May with Honors in Philoso(301) 243-5806. phy from Duke University where both Peter and A few others also have had address changes. Lynn Jinny graduated 25 years ago. Their second son is T. Elliott's new address is: RO. Box 427, Missouri also at Duke, currently a freshman.

City, Texas 77459. Joel C. Ford's latest address is Sue has another son Peter, age 47, who is doing PO. Box 2035, Glenview, 111. 60025. Frank E. extremely well and lives with his lovely wife and "Wiggie" Wigelius has a corrected address of: The three children in Concord, Massachusetts. Peter, afBarrington, Apt. 120, 901 Seminole Blvd., Largo, ter working and managing Ely Lilly Pharmaceuticals Ra. 34640-7444. in Denmark and Sweden for years, finally resigned

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and, with another young man, bought a plant in Watertown, Massachusetts, where they manufacture "medical devices." Peter and his wife bought and renovated an old mill, a true landmark, and now it is a real beauty both inside and out, something to be proud of and always fun to visit. Peter is also quite a sailor (did he inherit a love of the sea?) and has a 50foot boat he keeps in South Dartmouth near his Summer home. He is also planning on building a house in Casa Grande on the West coast of Florida and move his boat there. Sue was happy with the mere thought because they would be closer.

The final member of the family, Sally, fives with her husband Ken and their two boys in Tampa so Sue sees them often. Ken manages the Scherer Corporation Pharmaceuticals in St. Petersburg and the two boys are enrolled in the University of Virginia and Gettysburg College.

Credit should be given to Charlotte Grider down in Memphis for passing on to Jerry Miller the clipping from the Memphis newspaper telling about Bobby Fulton's address at the National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Jerry Miller and John Grider were roommates at the Academy and the families have maintained a close interest ever since. This was covered in the last issue of Shipmate but Charlotte was not given due credit.

That he was formnate to be a "survivor" came home to Jerry Miller a few days ago. He was mmmaging through some letters dating back to the days of 1927 when he was a seaman recmit and entering the Naval Academy Preparatory Class (NAPC) at Hampton Roads. Classmates at the NAPC have been decimated like the rest of '32 but from those early days at Hampton Roads he remembered, particularly.

Ken Letts, Lloyd Mc Alpine, Ski Sosnoski, Ennis Taylor, Dick Gregory, Ralph Humes, Loki Mang, Ray Pitts, David Harold McDonald, Paul Shovestul. Corky Ward, Bill Vanous, J. A. Thomas, Dusty Rhoads, Freddie Wolsieffer, Bill Partridge, Kenneth Todd and Don Van De Water. All entered the Academy with '32 but several dropped out along the way. Requiescat in pace\ Thming to a happier aspect, Jerry commented on all the good things that come to us survivors. He and Ruby saw their two sons on Father's Day, both well and doingfinein their chosen work. The Millers have five married granddaughters, with five great-grandchildren and still another due this Fall. They have Shipmate, October 1989

been in their present quarters for exactly a year and a day and are very happy with them. On balance their state of health is quite acceptable. Praise be! And we wish we could will the same good circumstances to everyone else.

The remainder of the Washington-Annapolis Chapter who did not, for some reason or other, make the Bermuda Cruise, held their usual second Wednesday of the month luncheon on 13 June, our last until September. This time the locale was shifted to the Officers' Club at Fort Leslie J. McNair and they got a splended reception with good food and good service with slight difficulty only in parking. All seemed to prefer it to the Channel Inn. A total of 21 were able to make the luncheon with the assemblage consisting of: Muriel and Barry Atkins, Francis and Will 1. Bull, Lloyd Mustin, Marion and Mel Young, Pauline and Walter Innis, Helen and Bob Maulsby, Muriel Wellings, Jane Moncure, Mary Pierce, Margaret Van Evera, Mary Bruce and Howard Prince, Janet and Bill Stuart, Ann Bom and Jim Collett.

Will 1. Bull reported on a recent cruise that Frances and he made on CROWN ODYSSEY from San Juan to Lisbon. It was a delightful trip on a beautiful new ship about one-year-old with all the amenities one could wish for. It carries about 1000 passengers in luxury with terrific service. Frances and Will I. had to miss the Bermuda cruise because their granddaughter was getting married that week and it took priority over everything else.

Howard Prince reported that the roof is now in place on our Class Memorial and that it is truly beginning to take shape. Al Shinn wrote to suggest that we go for a proper "dedication" of the memorial during Homecoming so that it canfitin with the other scheduled activities of that week-end and allow a greater number of Classmates to attend. All Classmates will be kept informed.

Al Bowser thoughtfully writes in (mid-June 1989) to give a report on the Hawaiian contingent. This group now consists of Priscilla and Dick Lambert, Jeannette and Growler Grouleff, Betty Lee (Pressey) Berger (on a part-time basis only) and Betty and Al Bowser. However, Betty and Al were scheduled to remm to the San Diego area soon where they will take up residence in their second home at: 17806 San Pablo Drive, Lake San Marcos, Calif.

92128. Their California phone is: (619) 487-0318.

This shift is only for the rest of 1989.

For the local Hawaiian February 1989 Alumni luncheon Dick Lambert, Growler GroulefT and Al Bowser were not only present but were the only guys attending on time. For the May 25th Alumni golf tournament at the Navy-Marine Corps Golf Course.

Al was the only '32-er entered but no comments in regard the success of his venture.

For the June Alumni luncheon one again found Dick Lambert, Growler Grouleff and Al Bowser in attendance but they were outranked in time by Al's guest, Cdr. "Chick" Chandler (SC) USN, Class of '31.

Our very active Magruder Tuttle and Dot are at it again. In April Magruder, one of the founding fathers of the Naval Aviation Museum was honored by the Museum for his sponsorship of a very special Cessna O-l Bird Dog observation aircraft.

Curtently on display at the museum, the tiny oneseater aircraft played a special role in what can only be described as a unique event in the annals of naval aviation during the evacuation of Vietnam during April 1975.

An 30 April 1975, during the fall of Saigon, South Vietnamese Air Force Major Bung-Ly (pronounced Lee) loaded his wife andfivechildren into the Cessna and flew seaward toward the American fleet in the South China Sea in a daring attempt to save himself and his family from the advancing communist forces of North Vietnam.

Spotting the carrier MIDWAY (CV-41), her flight deck cluttered with helicopters Lee made a low pass over the carrier. Because the Bird Dog didn't have a radio, Lee attempted to communicate with the ship by dropping a note onto MIDWAY'S flight deck. On the third pass his crude communication effort succeeded. On a torn navigation chart, the Major had written: "Can you move those helicopters to the other side, I can land on your runway, 1 can fly 1 hour more, we have enough time to move. Please rescue me. Major Bung-Ly, wife and 5 child."

On the bridge of the MIDWAY, Capt. L. C. Chambers assessed the situation. The hangar decks were filled to capacity. There was no place to move the Huey's to. But, if he didn't make room for the Bird Dog to make a landing, it would be certain death for the Major and his family. With no other plausible course of action, Capt. Chambers ordered several UH-1 Huey helicopters pushed over the side.

The way now clear, the neophyte pilot tumed into the grove and guided his place, minus a tailhook, toward the ship. Crossing over the fantail he touched down, bounced, touched down again and rolled to a stop.

Of the more than 3,000 refiigees brought to safety via MIDWAY, the seven who came aboard in the Bird Dog are best remembered. The dramatic landing inspired the crew of the MIDWAY to adopt the Lee family and establish afiindto start them on their new life in America.

To honor Adm. Tuttle for his role in preserving the 0-1, the entire Lee family and the former MIDWAY skipper, now a retired rear admiral, were reunited during the 21 April dedication ceremony. The Lee family are now residents of Winter Park, Florida, and are rapidly liecoming outstanding American citizens.

In a separate note Tut gave the real reason why he and Dot decided to sponsor the Cessna aircraft. They had two sons who fought in the Vietnam War, and one son, 2nd Lieut. R. E. Tuttle USMC, who was the 1967 USNA heavyweight boxing champion (also his graduation year) was killed in Vietnam. Further, he had a son-in-law who was in an operational squadron on MIDWAY at the time.

Our hard-charging Harvey Tschirgi and Jeaime have decided to give up on Grundy Center and have moved to Texas. Their new address is: BGen. H. C. Tschirgi, 7304 Good Samaritan Court #329, El Paso, Texas 79912. Phone: (915) 581-7758. He added that he and Jeanne expect to be back for Homecoming this Fall. We will welcome them with open arms.

Elizabeth "Bo" Seager, widow of our late Jack Seager, who predeceased her by only four weeks, died on 1 July 1989 after a lengthy illness in a nursing home in Catonsville.

After graduation from the Maryland Institute of Art as a young woman,"Bo" taught art in the Bahimore City Schools and later became supervisor of art for the entire School District. After settling in Sevema Park, she also worked for ten years with Historic Annapolis as a tour guide where she was affectionately known as the "Eager Mrs. Seager."

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Pres., Capt. Raymond W. Thompson, Jn USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., RAdm. Charles A. Blick SC USN (Ret.) 2725 31st St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20008 (202)745-1891 The San Diego Group's monthly luncheon on 14 July was attended by Jack Coye, Helen and John Gamon, Jean and Charlie Duncan, Ed Miller, Karin and Henry Monroe, Maggie and Al Felling, Lee and 45

Bob Riddell, Jeb Smart, Maud Fredericks and Jean Hampton. Eddie Frederick's youngest brother. Buddy, also attended. Buddy is a professor at William and Mary College and was in San Diego for the dedication of a model of the USS WASP to the memory of Eddie.

The Jolly Rogers, the story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squardron VF-17 wasreviewedby the noted author, Robert Sherrod, in the August issue of the U.S. Naval Instimte Proceedings. Sherrod unstintingly praises Tom's book and places it among the top three of World War II aviation combat stories but states that as a professional account of his squadron's four months war, Blackburn's book "has no peer" In the name of the Class, a memorial contribution has been made to the American Heart Association in memory of William A. (Mike) Hunt, Jr. Mike's widow, Eleanor, isresidingat 1901 Waterway Boulevard, Isle of Pahns, S.C. 29451.

Hart Kait '34, Owen Vaughan '32 and Howie Kuehl

Howie Kuehl, along with Beth and Tom Long, attended the Naval Academy Alumni Picnic in Santa Barbara, Califomia, on 22 July. To prove it, Howie provides a photo of Owen Vaughn '32, Hart Kait '34 and himself, taken, where else, on the golf links. All three of these worthies were in the same Battalion (4), same Company (8), same Platoon (4) and same Squard (4) at the Academy. 'Tis a small world.

Lee and Bob Riddell are doing a great job in keeping the spirit of 33 ahve on the West Coast. They are hosting a Class Bar-B-Q in August at the Admiral Kidd Club in San Diego. Bob is our Vice President, West Coast.

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foursome and led off the shotgun start on hole number one. The foursome was Fid Murray, John Condon, Paul Savidge and Roy Smith. The only score we'll mention is that Roy missed the money by only three strokes after taking a quintuple bogey ten on the fourteenth.

Les Schulz has done what we wish all Classmates would do, send me an updated biography for Class and Alumni Association records where it wiU be available for historicalresearchbeyond the inevitable obituary. Les had some fascinating chores during December of 1941 when he was on code and crypto duty in the White House map room. On the evening of the 6th he personally dehvered to President Roosevelt the text of one of the last diplomatic messages from Tokyo, on which he later had to testify before the congressional investigating committee. In Admiral Layton's book Ami/ Was There Les is credited as the first person to tell the President that Singapore had fallen.

Les still remembers Roosevelt coming to the map room to read the messages he had received.

Mickey Champlin says that since his 1980 retirement as a municipal judge he has occupied himself with fund raising for the Peralta Hospital and the Lincoln Center for Abused Children in hometown Oakland, Califomia. "It's on my own time and there's no pressure, so itreallyis fun," says Champ.

John Harllee wrote that Helen and he made a very pleasant cruise of the Westem Mediterranean in the

DAWN PRINCESS and are now looking forward to the

Alumni Association's Danube River cmise in October-November. So are we, for that cruise ends in Vienna where Aim and I have never been and we're staying over for sometime afterward.

A former shipmate of Bill Guthrie has sent me a current address for Fran, his widow since 1972. She fives at 6575 B Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad, CaUf. 92009.

Word came tiiat Charlie Paine died on 21 July in his hometown of Incline Village, Nevada, on Lake Tahoe. The remains were cremated for burial at sea later on, as he had requested. Hisfirstwife, Cecille (or "Beanie"), died in 1959, leaving three children, and in 1964 he married Frances Cole of San Francisco. After physical retirement as a commander in 1946, CharUe spent the next 30 years in industrial engineering with Spreckles Sugar, C. F. Braun, and the Bechtel Corporation before retiring again to setUe in Incline Village. I remember "Bod" from Second Class Summer leave; we spent a week at his family's Summer home at Small Point Beach, Maine (flie coldest water I ever swam in) and a week at mine in Cooperstown, New York. Somehow Bod had an in with the family dmggist in Maine so that we always had a pint of good Kentucky prescription bourbon for the evening. A contribution has been made to the '34 BAC Fund in his memory.

A note from Gail Harbold Reeves expressed the family's thanks and appreciation for its contribution to that fund in memory of Butch.

Ed Batcheller invited my attention to a passage from David Brinkley's best seller Washington Goes to War that had infuriated Aime.

On the military posts surroimding Washington and on many others the unwritten but well understood rule was to leave West Point or Aimapohs and immediately pursue one of the principal requirements for a successful career in the professional military: marrying money. Money was essential for the kind of entertaining that led to promotion. It was essential for the proper houses and grounds for lawn parties, the white gloves and silver tea services, the well-tailored uniforms, the well-dressed wife able to play her role and defer charmingly to the higher ranks, the Irish setter romping handsomely on the lawn, and the other elements of military successâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; facility with a bridge hand, a golf club, the foxtrot at the Officers' Club, and the side-by-side doublebarreled shotgun, preferably a Purdy, for bird hunting.

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Pres., Capt. H. D. Fuller USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Roy C. Smith HI USNR (Ret.) 3730 Ramsgate Drive, Annapolis, Md. 21403 It seems as though most of us are recovering from that great 55th Reunion or suffering from Summer doldrums, for there has been very little new input for this column beyond two local bits. Remember; no news from Classmates, no news column.

Bill Martin hosted a co-ed WB&A luncheon on 22 June at his lovely home overlooking the Potomac just below Mount Vemon. After ample attitude adjustment, the party adjourned to the nearby ShangriLa Restaurant for an excellent four-entree Chinese lunch. Present were the Bertholfs, Bradleys, Fullers, Grallas, HarUees, Kellers, Lawsons, MacLeods, Moores, MuUans, Ourses, Rings, Rosenbergs, Savidges, Bamey and Roy Smiths, Bengston, Corbin, Dutton, Hoffman, Jim Johnson, Murray and Les Taylor. The photographs indicate the happy ambiente prevailing, not even spoiled by Eel Dutton being persuaded to tell an involved story of how he acquired his nickname. There are other versions.

On 26 June the Naval Academy golf course hosted the annual Vinson Hall ftind raising golf toumament with 144 players. Once again '34 provided the senior 46

Bill Martin's lunch party

Chet Siver

It is at least doubtfiil that any of us had such objects in mind in 1934 as the road to success but, since David was not bom until 1920 it is certain that he didn't get his information from personal observation.

With a lot of extra space available, here are three more pictitfes from the Reunion in Coronado, thanks to Link Gebelin. Yesterday we received another batch from Ed Lee (our professional photographer), for which we are most grateful. Others from that collection will appear in later columns.

And here's one of Chet Siver that appeared from some long lost archive, apparenUy taken during Shipmate, October 1989

World War 11. Maybe Chet would care to identify it in exchange for the original.

Reading of the manifold scandals of corruption and ethical violations in government and the Congress lately, I'm reminded of another Spanish proverb: La burocracia es omnipotente, y el dinero es su teniente. (Bureaucracy is omnipotent and money is its lieutenant.)

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Najmien and Eric Barr

Chick Clarey, Mill Gralla Shipmate, October 1989

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Pres., Capt. Jefferson D. Parker USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., Capt. L. M. Detweiler (SC) USN (Ret.) 6650 Van Windle Dr., Falls Church, Va. 22044 Con-. Sec'y, Capt. W. H. Packard USN (Ret.) 5600 Yorktown Blvd., Ariington, Va. 22207 (703) 536-7120 A delayed report was received on a delayed 50th anniversary celebration held on 22 March by Margot and Nick Doukas at a dinner party at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot O'Club in San Diego. In addition to family and other friends. Class representatives attending included the Barnes, Bauers, Flachsenhars, Bill Guest with Beryle Folta, the Harrises, Kleins, Nashes, Peppards, Schocks, Stiesbergs, Bub Wards and Wilsons.

Buck Winfield's widow, Margaret, died suddenly of heart failure at home in Fairfax, Virginia, on 20 May 1989. Funeral services were held at St. John's Episcopal Church in Centerville on 24 May, followed by interment with Buck at Arlington National Cemetery. She is survived by: Dr. John (MD) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Peter of Culpepper, Virginia; Edith Pacey at the family home in Fairfax; Lucy Berkebile of McLean, Virginia; and seven grandchildren. Margaret (nee Katterfield) graduated from Stanford with a major in nursing, entered the Navy Nurse Corps and met Buck at Cavite, PI. They married there in early 1940. The Class expressed its sympathy to the family and made a donation to St. John's Episcopal Church in Centerville, in Margaret's memory.

It is also regrettably reported that Walt Walter's wife, Maijorie, died in Panama City, Florida on 22 July 1989. Funeral services were held on 25 July at the First Baptist Church of Panama City followed by interment in the Oakland Cemetery. John Jay from Atlanta served as a pallbearer. Besides her husband, she is survived by daughter, Roberta Hudgins III, of Panama City; son, Walton III, of Lakeland; four grandchildren; one sister and one brother Marjorie (nee Stevenson) was a volunteer in the local Cancer Clinic, a member of American Red Cross and St. Andrew Bay Yacht Club. Class condolences were expressed to Walt and a Class donation was made to the First Baptist Church of Panama City in Marjorie's memory.

Dave Kaigler's widow, Margaret, and Pete Petrie's widow, Eunice, sent in contributions to the Class General Fund in memory of their husbands.

Eunice is a regular attendee at the luncheons of the Orlando, Florida Chapter of the Alurrmi Assn.

Warren Armstrong reports from La Jolla on his trip to Budapest, Hungary, to see his newly arrived and only grandchild, Paula Marie, daughter of his son, Bruce, and wife Christine of Cologne, Germany. Herewith is a picture of Bruce, Warren and Paula Marie. Another highlight of the trip to Budapest was being in "Heroes Square" on 16 June when 250,(XK) Hungarians honored Irrue Nagy and other previously discredited leaders of the crushed 1956 uprising. He also went to Cologne to meet and visit the parents of his daughter-in-law, to take a trip on the Rhine, and to sample the local wines and beer His son works at the U.S. Embassy at Budapest and

subequently was very much involved with the visit of President Bush to that city in mid-July Warren rettimed home on 23 June "to dry out and go on a diet.

(Try crepes flambe, smothered in chocolate sauce at 11 PM, accompanied by gypsy music, as a dietary routine.)"

Poppy and Clagg Claggett also proudly report the arrival of their second grandson, Ian Claggett Vickery, on 2 July 1989. Amne and Ian are doing fine.

Ida Mary and Lou Detweiler made a sight-seeing trip to Turkey and Greece 5-28 May with an "Art Barn Assn." tour group. This visit to the crossroads of civilization included two weeks in Tlirkey (Ephesus, Pergamum, Ankara and Istanbul) and one week in Greece (Thessalonika, Athens, Delphi, Mycenae). The pace was exhausting and rugged, but Lou judged the tour very worthwhile.

Georgia and Arnold Johnston's granddaughter, Janice Kinsella, is a member of the USNA Class of 1993. Midn 4/c Kinsella graduated from the Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia, in June 1989. Georgia, in McLean, Virginia, very proudly reported this development.

John Middleton in Bellevue, Washington, reports he is still working at his part-time job for Henderson Technical Corp. in Seattle. He drives his Superbeetle Volkswagen to the basement parking in his office building and rides the elevator to hisfloor.He has had to discontinue attendance at the Alumni Chapter meetings because there is no elevator in the building where those meetings are held. Stairs are a deterrent to his mobility but not to his spirit.

A letter from Bob Phillips in Highlands, North Carolina, reports that their daughter, Sally Lee, who lives and works in San Francisco, gets back to see them (Bob and Sally) occasionally. Their other daughter, Robin, is married to Hugh Thompson ('65), and they live in Derwood, Maryland, with their two children. Hugh is with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He was in nuclear subs until he resigned from the Navy and then got his master's in Nuclear Science at Georgia Tech before going to work for the Govemment. Bob says that, except for a visit

by Mary and Ed Outlaw, they haven't seen any Classmates in a long time. They'd be delighted to see any who come through their area.

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Ginger and Bill Wideman, from San Diego, celebrated their 50th anniversary in mid-May by taking their son. Bill, J r , and his wife, Barbara, on a oneweek cmise of the Westem Caribbean, including stops at Grand Cayman and on the Yucatan Peninsula to see the Mayan ruins. Bill and Ginger renewed their marriage vows in the ship's chapel with the children serving as their attendants.

Ruth and Slade Cutter left home in San Antonio on 25 May in their motorhome, headed north to Idaho Falls, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park, into Canada to Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and over to Vancouver, then down the coast to San Diego. There they had a great visit with Peg and Lou Bauer and also had a dehghtfiU overnight with Marge and Flash Flachsenhar. Flash prepared a dehcious champagne and waffles breakfast. Slade attended a '35 weekly lunch in San Diego and enjoyed seeing the 11 local attendees.

On 28 June, Pat and Bill Samuels hosted their annual luncheon at die Los Altos (Calif.) Golf and Country Club. It was a fine affair enjoyed by: Norma Barrows, Red Blount, Alice Cochran with son Dale, Eleanor and Dixie FarreU, Virginia and Bill Germershausen, Hersch Goldberg with Jane Blumberg, SaUie and Bud Gruner, Fran Henry, Dorothy and Frank Hess, Helen and Ralph Metcalf, Ruby Risser, Nancy and Bill SuUivan, and Mary Lou and Frank Wheeler.

Herewith, a picture of the crew that stuffed and addressed the Class's Annual Report for 1988-89 (1 to r): PhyUis Badger, Mech Mecklenburg, Bobo and Marion Thomson, Lou Detweiler, Rod Badger and Jess Gay. Ida Mary Detweiler took the picture and served refreshments when their labors were completed.

In response to the Class Annual Report, several C/Ms paid up their Class dues (some into the 21st Century) including: Brad Bennett, Dan Franks, Holy Lee, Bill McManus, Rhodam McEhoy and Jim Wolfe. The one dollar a year dues still seems to be holding, thanks to these advanced payments.

The correction to Lou Ayer's address in the March column should be fiirther corrected as shown in the address change paragraph l)elow. Lou was remarried on 26 November 1988 to Theda, his first wife, Betty, having died in October 1987. We welcome Theda to the Class family and look forward to seeing them both at the 55th next April in Coronado.

Corrections and changes to the 10 June 1989 Class Address List: Lou Ayers' street name should be Crestwood Drive; Ralph Baum, 913 1st Street, Coronado, Calif. 92118-1303; Al Bowker from Hawaii to 3427 Soufliwood Dr., Oceanside, Calif. 92054; Don Clay's zip should be 47401; Bob Foster, 6243 N. Ponderosa Way, Parker, Colo. 80134; Margaret Kaigler. One Virginia Ave., Apt 316, Rehobeth, Del. 19971; Doyen Klein from Califomia to 10450 Lottsford Dr., Mitchellville, Md. 20716; John McQuilkin, 685 Guadalupe Ave., Coronado, Calif.

92118; BUI Messner from Coronado to 3205 W Storey St., Midland, Texas 79701; Patty Murdock, 400 Parrel Dr., Apt. 303, Ft Wright, Ky 41011; Bob Phillips gets mail quicker at Rt 2, Box 134 instead of Horse Cove Rd.; Nick Paulos, 4904 80th Ave Circle East, Sarasota, Fla. 34243; Bill SulUvan, 22941 Stonebridge St., Cupertino, Calif. 95014; Frank Walker, 4370 Chatham Dr., G-301, Longboat Key, Fla. 34228; Billie Ward, 422 Trail Ridge PI., Santa Rosa, Calif., 95409; Ruby Risser, 24 Salt Landing, Tiburon, Calif. 94920.

One other change, Fred Brooks is in the Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts. On 3 October, Betty will be moving to a retirement village and her address will be: Brookhaven at Lexington, Unit 351 Cambridge, Lexington, Mass. 02173. This will put her nearer to Bedford and Fred.

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Pres., Capt. Frank G. Law USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas. Capt. O. M. BuUer USN (Ret.) 625 Timber Branch Pkwy, Alexandria, Va. 22302 Corr. Sec'y Capt. WilUam A. Ellis USN (Ret.) 4101 Downing St., Annandale, Va. 22003 As we write, die Summer is half over, but by the time you read this the '89 football season will be underway, hopefully for a "Beat Army" Navy-year, or better yet, a "beat all" Navy-year. Not much news this month, so we can only hope that no news means good news and that you all have had a very enjoyable and pleasant Summer even if we didn't hear from you.

'Nuff said???

We've spent the early Summer at home trying to keep up with the yard work and at the same time trying to stay out of the bhstering heat with its July temperatures approaching very close to 100°F. However, at this moment we are about to hit the road again, this time for Yellville, Arkansas, in the lower Ozarks where we're sure it wiU be much cooler, and then home by way of Davenport, Iowa. It has been many years since we last motored down the Shenandoah Valley and across that wide state of Tennessee on into Arkansas. So we are looking forward to seeing what changes have taken place over the last two decades or more.

Speaking of traveUing, Dick Bradley's card (24 July) from Richmond, Kentucky, was a beautiful picture of White Hall, Warfield Bennett's ancestoral home which his sister and he gave to the state of Kentucky and which is now a historical site. Said Dick: . . . Pat and I spent a nice afternoon with Ann and Warfield's son Bill at White Hall, a most interesting place. It was thefirstin Kenmcky to have indoor plumbing—a tank on the top floor collected rain water for distribution throughout the house. It also was thefirsthome in Kentucky to have central heating—one missing brick in eachfireplaceadmits heat from a wood fire box in the ceUar. Also many gorgeous antiques. It was a wonderful visit, especially seeing Bill Bennett's 2,2(X)-acre farm surmounting the beautiful countryside.

Dick says not to miss visiting White Hall if you are ever in Kentucky.

Not to be outdone by the many other travellers in the Class, Jimmy Rutter's note (14 July) reported that Ruth and he had just completed a round-trip drive to Valdez, Alaska, via the Alcan Highway.

Leaving Port Ludlow on 6 June, Jim's birthday, they took access route "D" and crossed over into British Columbia at Abbottford. Wrote Jim: We used the Milepost to great advantage, and anyone plaiming a similar trip should have this excellent publication backed up by the AAA material which was most helpful. From Abbottford we wound our way to Dawson Creek where, 'Mile One' post is located. Then we headed west and northwest taking it easy by driving only 300-4(X) miles per day and shift-drivers every 1(X) miles or so.

Reservations along the way are desireable at certain times of the year but really not necessary if you get up early and move out about 0600, stopping early. We do not recommend Watson Lake as an overnight stop; poor lodging and poor food. Speak-

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ing of food, we had a few 'fair' meals, but don't expect to find a breakfast place open for business before 08(X); the Canadians just don't get up early. RVs were present in vast numbers, but by starting early we found that the RVers were stiU asleep; at least until 0900.

We bad no tire or other car problems, but the last 20 miles from the Yukon "Territory into Alaska proved lo be some of the worst roads encountered.

Alaskan roads were, on the whole, much better even though in June there was much repair work in progress fixing fixjst heaves et cetera. We took the Tok cutoff down towards Valdez and encountered a lot of repair work going on there. However, the Richardson Highway on into Valdez was very good.

In Valdez, where our son, Jim, ID, hves with his wife, Kathy, and their two sons, the population is normally about 3,000, but with the much publicized Exxon oil spin in being it had increased now to about 9,000. The natives are looking for the first snowfall when the 6,(XX) extras will leave since they are Exxon people or others attracted to the pay to clean beaches; a very poor situation with the public parks being used by transient campers and there being no bathing facilities or sanitary facihties available for many.

Jim, ID works for Alyeska and has since the pipe line was opened for business. He and his family are doing fine and have no plans for leaving. Kathy is a Customs Officer and Ukes her work, but the 'spill' has increased her work even though it occurred at>out 30 miles south and the oil was taken by wind and sea on a southerly course leaving nothing at all visible in Valdez.

Our return trip was uneventful except for poor two-lane roads. We took seven days returning with only one problem—the Yukon Territory has a fuimy and hard to understand law about the use of headlights at all times. We found that in Whitehorse, the capital, only about 40% of the Yiikon-plated cars honored this law.

Back in Washington State we had intended to use the ferry on our retum to Edmonds across to Kingston, but the line of ferry boarders was about two or three ferries long. Thus we went around through Tacoma and on up through Bremerton to Port Ludlow. People not familiar with the Puget Sound area tend to forget what a huge body of water it is. In conclusion, we are back home now. and we both heartily recommend the trip; ONCE!!

Thanks Jim for your very informative account of your trip which in comparison with our "Down Under" story probably should be entitied "Up Over."

We'll take your advice should we ever make the Alaskan trip.

Frank Law's hospitalization mentioned last month was prolonged when he had to undergo fiirther surgery that was not anticipated. Am happy to report that he came tiirough it successfully and at this writing is home and recuperating slowly. We all wish him well.

Mack Butler along with Kathleen and Jack Ryder were among those attending the World War n Submarine Veterans Association Reunion in Reno, Nevada, in August. Mack was particularly looking forward to the trip since it was a special reunion of his USS LizARDFiSH shipmates.

Just as we ended this month's column, a note from Pat Bradley brought a picture of yours truly and "Annie B" Bennett at dinner at Charley's Place during her visit up north as reported in September Shipmate. We enjoyed our short visit with "Annie B" and we hope she wiU rettim again soon for a longer visit.

That's it for now. See you next month.

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Pres., Capt. A. H. Soucek USN (Ret.) Sec'y-Treas., RAdm. D. G. Baer USN (Ret.) Corr. Sec'y, RAdm. John R. Wadleigh USN (Ret.) 313 Swan's Wharf Row, Brick Market Place Newport, R.I. 02840 Shipmate, October 1989

September's Shipmate carried a "preliminary" listing of Golden Wedding anniversaries in the Class.

Here are many more, some omitted from the Summer hsting, and the rest, Auhimn celebrants: Rita and Ady Adelman; Uddie and Spike Barkley; Donnie and Bush Bringle; Missy and Charlie Dodds; Helma and Dave Dressendorfer; Marguerite and Willy Dye; Flomarie and Bamey Flenniken; Dotie and Pete Friedrick; June and Jack Gibson; Ethel and Fred Janney; Constance and Ralph Kissinger; Jean and Swampy Lajaunie; Marie and Jack Reid; Dorothy and Jesse Robinson; Gloria and RoUo Ross; Vivian and John Shaffer; Mary and Zeke Soucek; Jane and Chuck Stein; Lannie and John Taylor; and Louise and Tony Zavadil. Please send any corrections, and to all 1989 50th Year celebrants, "Many Happy Returns" on yoMr day!

From Fill Gilkeson has come a photo of 1937's Golden Eagles at their 1989 convention in Norfolk.

Thanks, Fill, for such a fine shot of the Class "Early and Pioneer Aviators," and apologies to Red Hessel for not noting his presence in the September Shipmate writeup.

Wyman Howard phoned that he and Lil retumed in early July from attending the swearing in of USNA 1993 in front of Bancroft Hall on die 5tii. In the Class was Jim Henderson, son of daughter Prudence, and the second Howard "grand" to enter the Academy.

Wyman HI is a member of 1990 and was off in San Diego undergoing Seal training when his cousin was entering as a Plebe. Lil and Wyman celebrated their 50th at the Army Navy Club in D.C. with a cake, decorated by F*mdence, lit with candles for 10 HowardVan Hook forbearers and offspring, who attended USNA. One more is setting his sights, Kent Howard for the Class of 2004.

Jane and Bob Tate wrote of coming north via Auto Train from Florida and their regrets for missing the May "Spring-Fling" of the Washington-Annapolis gang. Bob added a sea story for this 100th year of the Eiffel Tower, writing In the Summer of 1936 we were in Paris, on leave from the Middle's Drillron, moored in Cherbourg.

One night Fog Blasdel and I decided we needed a look at Paris from the Eiffel Tower. Since it was closed for the night we climbed up through the girders to the second platform and had a beautiful view of France's largest city. Ah youth!! Sorry no pictures of this escapade, Jack, but here is one of our three Maddox grandchildren, advertising Navy winter sports on the slopes of Utah.

Bob also sent in his 50 year memoryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;marching up Market Street for the opening of the San Francisco World's Fair as a platoon leader in SARATOGA'S landing force. Thanks, Bob. When this column is printed, you and Jane should be returning to New Smyma Beach for the Winter En route home after the Supply Corps Mississippi River cruise last Spring Jane and Chuck Stein spent several days with the Messenheimers in Bradenton, then stayed for a week with their son in Satellite Beach, Florida. Chuck noted that besides some excellent fishing they had a terrific view of the launching of DISCOVERER. I am sure that Al Gerken also saw this from his Merritt Isle 10th floor apartment.

June Week West in San Diego drew Iris and Rivers Morrell, Virginia and Tom Seitz, and Connie Savage as participants according to Frank Shamer, who helped arrange for golfing events. Walt Phaler was busy getting sailboats lined up for visiting graduates in the San Diego area, using his own for a sail with the Seitz and Connie Savage.

Other San Diego news came in from Frank Shamer who wrote: The '37 LunchBunch (coed) gathered at Coronado's Le Meridian Hotel on 11 July with Lois and Bob Erly hosting. On hand were Judy Ferrara, Peg and Bemie Bieri, Fill Gilkeson, Jeanne and Skeeta Gardes, Anne and Tex Lander, Ellie and Vic Wildt, DJ and Syd Bottomley, Marcia and Ed Arentzen, Donnie and Bush Bringle, Connie Savage, Edie and Shipmate, October 1989

Golden Eagles: Hessel, Cousins, Minter, Gilkeson. Hartman, Bringle, and White

Bob Tate's Navy booster.

Bud Hall, Bebo Carroll, Sally and Frank Shamer, Doty and Ralph Benson, Larry Julihn and fiancee, Dixie Steele, Ginny and Mel Cooper, and Claude and Ginny Bailey (ex-Ball). Claude, '34, is an exofficio 1937 member. The setting on the bay side of Coronado near the old ferry landing provided a great view of San Diego and its bay. The sky-line is much different than in our youth. One asks, 'Where is the El-Cortez?'

This was first word received that Dick Ball's widow, Virginia, and Capt. Claude Bailey, USN (Ret.) were married on 22 April at Christ Episcopal Church, Coronado. Their address is 1430 6th St., Coronado, Calif. 92118, and it's a pleasure to welcome Claude, whom many of us have known for the past 56 plus years, into the '37 arena. Come check up on your Plebes at our 55th, Claude!

September 30 is the date set by Larry Julihn and Dixie Steele, friends and fellow churchgoers in La Mesa, for their wedding. Larry is confident that his eldest son, Larry, Jr (Capt. USN, USNA '65) will be on hand, en route from his present assignment as operations officer. Sixth Fleet to duty in the Office of SecDef. The three other children, all on the West Coast, are going to try to be on hand. Felicitations from us all to Dixie and Larry. I'm hoping for more in a later column including a photo of bride and groom.

Jim Cruse, learning through the Naval Aviation Museum Newsletter of a reunion of VF-6, reformed in 1943 under the command of Butch O'Hare, has sent a copy of our 50 Year Fix as a Class Gift to Mark Maxwell, nephew of deceased pilot Bill Davis, VF-6. The reunion was held at Mt. Prospect, Illinois Holiday Inn, near O'Hare Field on May 4 - 6 . Hoping for a reunion report from Mark, 1 would like to hear any words about Butch's actions while skipper of this squadron in Central Pacific strikes, before he became

Margie and Walt Phaler, Tom and Virginia Seitz, and Connie Savage Commander Air Group 6 at the time of the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943.

Vignettes about Golden Anniversaries are trickling in. From Sandy Sanderson: In 1939 I was aboard ARKANSAS on a Middy cruise when 1 found out my orders were being sent for Asiatic Fleet duty. 1 knew that if 1 got married after getting these orders, BuNav wouldn't pay Cookie's transportation west. Jack McCain, later Admiral, USNA 1931, was embarked with our Midshipmen. Jack had a brother-in-law who worked for the Herald Tribune, Bert Andrews, who was able to make arrangements so that when ARKANSAS reached New York on our cruise, Cookie had arrived from San Diego. We were married in the Andrews' house with Roberta and Jack McCain as matron of honor and best man. A week later my orders arrived and we went off towards Shanghai where 1 joined cruiser AUGUSTA !

From Frank Shamer: Sally and 1 celebrated our 50th a couple of days early on Father's Day week-end in a family gathering worked up by our girls, Kay, Clare, and Gayle.

Held at the Boat House Hotel and Restaurant in Encinatas it produced 60 attendees from places as distant as Anchorage, the East Coast, and Paris. People became acquainted with relatives about whom them knew very little.

From Jim Gustin who is now back in LaCrosse, Wisconsin: It will be 50 years for Madge and me in 1990. She sailed to Manila by EMPRESS OF RUSSIA in late Spring of 1940 and we were married on 20 June.

Frank Rydeen was best man for our Manila wedding while Ray Snodgrass was an usher. Cliff Hocker had the duty in USS PAUL JONES that day And from Joe Gerath a thank-you for a congratulatory card and the followingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;"Dot has agreed to try for another 50! Things down in Annapolis have

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changed since we were here, see enclosed photo."

The photo was a classic, showing a massive prospective Navy lineman in the Class of 1993 at induction formation of 11 July. Next to him was a lady Plebe barely five feet tall.

Don Baer has sent minutes for 8 June and 13 July monthly gatherings of the Washington gang at the A & N Country Club. Besides him and Chairman Soucek, Jim Cruse, Jim Denton, Wes Steesy, John Reese, and Schnitzel Schneider were on hand for both meetings, Larry Brantley, Buck Wilsie, and Fog Blasdel only in June with Jack Slaughter, Bill Mack, and Charlie Minter in from beyond the Beltway in July. Jim Cruse thanked die group and all Classmates for remembrances and kindness at the time of his Anne's death. Jim Denton reported progress in rebuilding his Annandale house after a wall cave-in from flooding in May rains. A Homecoming letter will be forthcoming soon for Classmates in range of Crabtown, giving plans for a tailgating area before die James Madison football game and details of a Class ditmer at Randall Court, program similar to 1988.

Best wishes to Binnacle List Classmates: Gerry Joyce battling on in Virginia Beach with slow recovery from a stroke; to Gene Rankin recovering after kidney surgery in Balboa Hospital, San Diego; and to Hal Etchen recovering from a stroke, at home in Vallanova, Pennsylvania.

Al Waugh, was at Submarine School for his birthday in 1939. Others to whom go birthday greetings this month and their locales 50 years ago are: Charlie Dodds, Charlie Gibson, Syd Bottomley, John DeVane, and Roger Mehle, all under flight instruction at NAS Pensacola; Wes Steesy, Hal Usher, and Bernie Bieri at Supply School in Philadelphia; Larry Julihn (SAN FRANCISCO), Charlie Burch (PENNSYLVANIA), Si Ramey (WATERS), Paul Byrum (SARATOGA), Ady Adelman (Mar Bks, New York NYd.), Walt Stencil (NORTHAMPTON), Jack Gibson (ASTORIA), Fred Janney (BUCHANAN), Vic Wildt (BOISE), John Dyson (ELLIOT), Fill Gilkeson (RANGER), Bill Sims in theater operations, Dallas, and George Chipley back in St. Louis in civilian life.

Always seeking 50 years stories, celebrants.

HOMECOMING 1989 will be upon us at the end of this month. May this gathering on our 52nd year away from Bancroft's corridors be a joyous and well attended reunion. Keep Rewin with '37!

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Pres., RAdm. Robert W. McNitt USN (Ret.) Chairman, Wash. Area, Col. R. C. Berkeley, Jn USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Snowden Arthur USN (Ret.) 4600 Ashby St. N . W , Washington, D.C. 20007 A Homecoming reminder: The Alumni Association has assigned '38 Space # 2 0 for tailgating at the football game.

Bob Huron and Ed Conrad both sent in copies of obihiary notices for Classmate Fred Knipp who died in Boston on 21 July. Fred resigned from the Academy shortly before graduation and then sttidied naval architecttire at MIT. During World War 11 he served at the Fall River Shipyard in Quincy as an architect. After the war he pursued a career in real estate. He was a partner in the Kmpp Brothers real estate development firm in Boston. He was a benefactor of Ben Gurion University in Israel. Our condolences to his widow Selma and her daughter Karen.

John Ferriter submits the following: The Naval Academy Alumni Association Phonathon held in June resulted in pledges and gifts of nearly $3 million toward the construction of the Brigade Activities Center.

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The Class of '38 can be very proud of standing number one (You heard it right—No. 1) in average pledges of over $14(X) among the 82% of our Classmates with whom we were able to talk. In total money pledged we were the seventh class overall, with $130,000. We would like to have pledges from those we were unable to contact (out of town, bad phone connection, at a cocktail party, etc.) Please join the gang and send in your tax-free pledge— which can be stretched over three years—to: The USNA Alumni Association, Alumni House, Annapolis, Md. 21402, Atto: Chairman, Activities Center Fund Raising Drive.

In a letter on the same subject dated 24 July, Bob McNitt noted an even better record for '38. He wrote, "To date, our gifts and pledges amount to $179,750, the largest amount pledged by any Class.

This figure does not include corporate matching gifts, pledges for an unspecified amount, or a very generous lead gift from Al Laborde before the Campaign was publicly aimounced.

Alison Fryer sent a note thanking '38 "for all their caring" about Norm during his illness. She also sent in a nifty snapshot of two white-headed lovers relaxing topside on a ferry leaving Morocco last April.

We also have four more snapshots from the 50th Reunion, courtesy of Herb Mandel and then two reports from San Diego. This is a rather short '38 column, which suits me just fine. I'm overwhelmed by the mass of unfinished research to be done on a course I'm going to give to some Senior Citizens next Spring entitled, "Two Perspectives on World History: A comparison of the views of Oswald Spengler (Decline of the West) with those of historian William H. McNeill (Rise of the West)." Both of these thinkers foresee some kind of a Universal State or Empire emerging in the next century. I'm trying to identify the "major recurring characteristics of a Spenglerian Culture" for each of the Babylonian, Egyptian, Classical, Indian, Chinese, Arabian, Amerindian, and Westem cultures—quite a job! Spengler is still very much alive. Henry Kissinger wrote his undergraduate thesis at Harvard on Spengler, Toynbee and Kant.

About a week before Richard Nixon resigned from the Presidency, Kissinger presented him with a copy of The Decline. Although Spengler's views are not curtently fashionable, they could be if a crisis emerges in foreign affairs. As FAdm. Emest J. King remarked when President Rooseveh sent for him to head up the Navy after Pearl Harbor, "When the going gets tough, they always send for the sons of bitches."

Bob Worthington reports from San Diego as of 13 July The '38 Clan informal gathering at the Admiral Kidd Club for our monthly ration of lunch, location, and laughs occurred on 6 June. Lee Rogers advised me that 1 was volunteer of the month to send in the Shipmate report. Not having my secretarial equipment at hand, I took no notes, scribed or mental.

However, I recall that those present were Bill (F. W.) Brown, Klippel, Henry, Ogle, Ready, Rogers, Saxten, Worthington, and Zimanski. Olsen's absence was noted and excused in hopes that he will share the salmon booty that he will bring back with him from his annual Summerfishingtrip to the far NW comer of Califomia. Here comes the Judge Bill Brown and Randy Klippel expounded on OIlie North, impeachment of the Supreme Court, a Stars and Stripes Amendment, and the evils of the Rockefeller cartel. Someone passed the word that Bill Finn was hospitalized, recovering from open heart surgery and not desirous of visitors—the old grump! Dan Henry related a non-stop string of sea stories—what a memory! Everybody said something, but I'll be damed if I can remember what.

Oh, yes, I mentioned the new son which 1 presented to Peri on our 27th wedding anniversary, an orange and beige tiger-striped kitten named "Pumpkin." I even told a joke, but I've forgotten what it was. I do remember that it wasn't a very good joke. Aren't you glad that I don't write this every month? I am!

Bill Ingram, Alan McFarland, Andy Olah, Betty McFarland Shipmate, October 1989

Frank Zimanski reports from San Diego as of 4 August.

Our August luncheon feahired BUI Finn as principal speaker. He had all the credentials to qualify.

He recently joined the local ranks of Pat Callahan and Jake Ready who underwent multiple heart by-pass surgery. Bill's detailed account of his experience sounded like pure fiction-tragic-comedy.

Happy to report that Bill's case is almost closed. On this luncheon occasion he was bright, cheerful and apparently back to battery. On a sadder note. We reflected on the tragic fate of Sonia Surface. We conveyed to Hank our heartfelt sympathy and closed our meeting with a moment of silent prayer on behalf of Sonia and her family. In attendance were: Bill Brown, Ready, Henry. Jensen. Lee Rogers.

Ogle, Radiff, Worthington, Callahan, Firm and Zimanski.

Frank Jones phoned in a report on the inumation of Sonia Surface at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 14 August. Henry asked that his gratitude for the many expressions of sympathy from Classmates be put into Shipmate. At Henry's request the Class of '38 made a donation to the Naval Academy Capital Campaign Fund instead of sending flowers.

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Pres., Capt. George Dmican USN (Ret.) Box 123, St. Mary's, Md. 20686 Sec'y Capt. W. J. Ruhe USN (Ret.) 1310 MacBedi Ave., McLean, Va. 22102 The good photos of couples this month are the product of George Duncan and Bill Dawson.

George took the pictures of the guys in their black sweatshirts at Pajaro Dunes and Bill took the guys in Ught colors on the '39 Hawaiian cruise.

On the Hawaiian cmise in June there were several more items of interest I failed to note. Pres Shamer was seen everyday in the deck pool with a rope tied aroimd his waist and the other end of the rope tied to the ladder That way he could stroke vigorously and get nowhere in the tiny f)ool. It gave him more exercise than trying to do laps. 1 found that trying to swim in a small pool while the ship was rolling heavily was no cup of tea. One moment I'd find myself higher than the scuppers and the next, headed for the bottom comer of the pool. Also, when INDEPENDENCE was approaching Hilo, on "the big Island"â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at 2 a.m. in the momingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;many of us got up to see the flaming river of lava which flowed down to the sea. It was a great sight. Paul Schratz came back from his trip to the Kilauea volcano in a foul mood, as some young jerk had deliberately steered his car into the side of Paul's car, as Paul was trying to pass.

Then the guy took off in a hit-and-mn act, with Paul chasing him wildly down the steep winding road.

Paul finally forced the guy off the road and got his driver's license data. Now to handle the damages in a no-fault insurance environment. Any lawyers in the Class to handle this one? (It was enough to spoil Paul's day ashore.) Maddy and Ken Barker had the bad fortune of missing the ship when it sailed from Maui. They had to fly to Honolulu late at night to recover their baggage at debarking. Up practically all night, Maddy collapsed on the back seat of my car and slept all the way to Pearl, when we went out to the party thrown by Bud Cooper and Joe Vasey. Joe and Bud sent me a note saying; "The Vaseys and Coopers enjoyed being with the '39 group. The BOWHN crew said they were the best bunch of people they've ever had at the Park (Bowfin Park). And, we are much appreciative of the '39ers' gifts to us and the contribution of some $189 for the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association."

The Northern Califomia '39 Group sent in the very good picture shown here, taken at a luncheon in San Francisco: top row, Eddy, Furlong, Peg Palus, Shipmate, October 1989

Helen and Gene Hayward

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Northern Cahfomia Contingent Worden, Blackbum, Scott, Graham and Joyce Moredock; 2nd row, Marian Gumee, Bev Worden, Berta Dressling, Peg Graham, Margaret Blackbum, Ursula Spector, Chris Scott, Helen Eddy, and Pat Jarvis: bottom row, Palus, Jarvis, Spector, Moredock, Gano.

The note that went with tiie picture said that John Dolan looked fine when seen a few days before.

The funeral on 19 July for Means Johnston, Jr, our 4-star Admiral, at the Fort Myer Memorial Chapel, saw a great number of 39ers gather with their wives to show their high regard for this very special Classmate. Admiral Tom Moorer, giving the eulogy, said, "His death is a great loss to our country" and that Means was "a true Southern gentleman in every sense." The jobs which Means held during his long Navy career made him one of the foremost and best of representatives of the Navy in Congressional circles and in the highest echelons of our govemment. '39 can be proud to have had Means as a good friend— one who shared many of the interesting experiences of his career with many of us at the many Class functions which he supported so strongly. So, we all share in the sortow at his loss and have great sympathy for his family for being deprived of this very warmhearted husband and father.

The Chinese massacre of students at Tiananmen Square in Beijing made having a son—Richard—in China, a most worrisome and often sleepless affair.

Fortunately, although all of his students walked out in mid-May and demonstrated in the streets, he wasn't fingered for special treatment—although he was identified as being close friends with some of the leading student organizers of the peaceful demonstrations. Heflewout in July, but expects to go back "in about two months."

In a dedication P-rade on Worden Field on 26 May, retiring faculty were honored. Capt. Vadym V. Utgoff '39, was made an Associate Professor "Emeriti." (A person retired from professional life but permitted to hold the rank of his last office as an honorary title.) Professor Utgoff, indeed!

As of this moment, George Duncan says that all of the 170 rooms at the Holiday Motel have been reserved by 39ers and that he's gotten 20 more rooms at the Quality Inn beyond Annapolis—of which 16 have already been spoken for. George will work to get more rooms if necessary. He wants to make sure that every possible 39er attends the 50th, but his job is getting tougher the longer the decision to attend (and get rooms) is delayed. George also needs a good count on who is going to what event so that he can line up sufficient bus service to get all of us there and 52

back—wherever at the 50th. Even if greatly delayed, send in the form he sent you. The further along we progress towards the 50th, the more I realize how lucky we are to have such a dedicated hard-working Class President. Out to the West Coast, back again, out somewhere else, all on Class business working on the "details." The Class gets stronger and more sociable. So let's hear it for George!

Murray Frazee dropped a note about his being the official representative of the borough of Gettysburg at the launching of the USS GETTYSBURG (CG-54) at Bath Iron Works, Maine, in July We'll see him at the 50th—he's promised.

Fred Clarke had a note on the July luncheon of the San Diego contingent, reporting that only ten showed up due to vacations, etc.: Dexter, Dawson, Fischer, Bemis, Clarke, Jolly, Lank, Hooper, Barker, and Mathews. But what he wanted emphasized was that his contingent of 39ers are having their Army/Navy/ television party again at the Quail's Iim at Lake San Marcos—and along the same line, they've slated the Fifth Occasional Floating Cocktail Party and Luau for 28 July in 1990. Everybody around is welcome!

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mum and the open bars flowed to a maximum. The inscription on the plaque said it all: "Art served his Country with distinction and was a credit to the game of tennis throughout his lifetime. He is remembered fondly by his many friends at Army-Navy Country Club and throughout the world." To the best of my memory this was a First for A-N. Shakespeare would have said of this warm and good man "Goodnight, sweet Prince . . .". (Thanks to the everthoughtfull Phil Eckert for copying the above inscription for Shipmate.)

PALS* (*Potomac Area Lunch Survivors) Bill Keating and Hugh Vickery are back home after hospital stays involving pneumonia and replacement of the aortic valve, respectively. Harvey Vogel, medivac'd up from Florida to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington D.C. for Chelation Therapy was in their Ward 64 during August. With the two Bills, Carpenter and Dr. Mauer, looking over their shoulders the army docs have decided to proceed with arterial transplants instead. They reason that Chelation is better adapted for work on clogged veins. Harvey reports some success thus far. But your prayers will help.

Castine Caper XIX Just in case you would like to check into the nearest horse's mouth for preview information of the next Castine Caper XX '90—here is a fairly complete fist of the '89 caperers: Andres, Benjes, Bent, Maxine Brown, Bundy, Chase, Clagett, Bulfinch, Clair, Clark, Dick Coshrane, Collins, Eckert, Forter, Freund, Gex, Glennon, Pat Gray, Hanley, Loretta Hechler, Heimark, Ted Hill, Karl Keister, Laffey, Jerry Lindsay, Charlotte (Lamiman) Patterson, Blaine Libbey, Kaki MacGregor, Jr., (Sandy grumped at home) Marks, Michaelis, Schafer, Seim, Sledge, Lucy Stefan, GG Williams, Utley, Winters and the Rodgers.

Margaret and Fritz Freund were remembered by their friends and Classmates with a mallard-duck telephone. Fritz's Castine Caper Division Commanders, Phil Glennon and Ned Bent presented the bird with a minimum of oratory. Henceforth when Fritz calls home to check in with Margaret the telephone will not ring . . . it will QUACK! Homecoming 5, 6 & 7 June 1990 You should all have received Mike Michaelis' 2nd letter concerning the '90 Reunion by July/August. In it was a list of 40 families who had sent in their $25 'seed money' and a hotel registration card for the Radisson Annapolis—that's Annapolisl There are other Radissons in Alexandria, Virginia & Washington, D.C. Let Mike & Co. know your plans. And,

Pres., Capt. Ted Hill USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. Leigh Winters USN (Ret.) 418 Tyler PI., Alexandria, Va. 22302 Washington Report Once again the old see's face is RED. We reported last month (Shipmate, Sept. '89), with misguided enthusiasm, that "Over $100,000 was raised in pledges by . . . (die '40 Phonatiion Team) . . . " Not tme. A congratulatory letter from Bill Busik '43 sets the total at just $98,375. Not quite in the top third of the 33 classes canvassed. So, who will rescue Uncle Early's veracity(?) with a quick donation of $1,626? And how about that three-year effort to raise a total of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS for Forty? We are just commencing to receive your affirmative response. After all, if John Mac can kick in a cool 'mil'. . .

In honor of our late RAdm. Arthur Esch a memorial consisting of a weather plaque (barometer, thermometer, clock, etc.) was unveiled by his widow, Jo, at the Tennis Center of the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlmgton, Virginia, on Sunday, 13 August.

Thanks to members Bob John Robertson and VAdm. Jerty Miller '43 oratory was held to a mini- Mary Anne and Phil Eckert with Grayson Boehm Shipmate, October 1989

LET'S GET ALL THE BIOGRAPHIES IN FOR THE 50-YEARS BOOK! The Distaff Side A letter from her son, Robert Hedrick of Elm Grove, Wisconsin, tells of Peg Hedrick's death by accident: Mother died on January 16th after suffering a fall from the balcony of her 11-story apartment at the Riviera 615 Condo in Pensacola . . . Memorial services were held in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church . . . like Dad, she requested any remembrance be in the form of a donation to the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at NAS Pensacola. She is survived by her sister, Nancy Corkhill, who was also living at the Riviera, and by her brother. Cdr. John B. Robertson n (Ret.), who lives with his wife Betty in Honolulu. I am her only offspring.

Great-Grandmother Pat Champion reports from Tate, Georgia: Charles Connor Champion was bom 26 March 1989. to Charles H. Champion III and wife Cindy A week after Connor's arrival his father, our 23-yearold grandson, was robbed and shot in downtown Atlanta. He received severe trauma to his spinal cord and is now a complete paraplegic. He spent two months in the Shepherd Spinal Center where he received extensive rehabilitation and is now getting around well in his wheel chair and driving his car with hand controls. He graduated firom college in December and was to report for active duty as a 2nd Lt. USAR a week after he was shot. His career plans have changed dramatically and he is now a management trainee for Days Itm at their corporate headquarters in Atlanta.

Our sincere condolences, Pat, to your family of Charr^s\ A p.c. from Helen Longino in England dated 28 July: ". . . Having a marvelous hot Summer in England with James (age 11)—a grand challenge to get around London without being stopped by the strikes . . . at Heatiu-ow now having a tour of CONCORDE. See you in August . . .".

And, in accordance with instructions from WOWSA mentor, Ed Sledge, gallant newly widowed Jo Gray typed a five-page summary/log of her activities directly following the sudden and unexpected death of her beloved Oz Gray. Ed Sledge with Harv Seim will incorporate parts of her opus in the next WOWSA project. In its entirety her thoughtful work is an excellent guide to follow after the death of a husband. As an example: " . . . I leamed when Betty Aim Taylor caUed that uncontrollable chills, sleeplessness and panic were the norm . . .". Anyone wanting a complete copy please send your request to the sec. And our thanks to Jo Gray.

News from Here and There The only reason Clare and Ed Hayes did not include CCXIX, Castine, in their '89 travels, a good one—son Ted " . . . had severe knee surgery performed, and we felt it important to stay close to help Betty with the four kids. . .". Good choice, Ed. See you at CCXX, God willing.

Thanks to Bill Lamb for this new address locating the late Cy Radford's Barbara: Mrs. C. S. Radford, 41 Kingston Way # 9 , Duxbury Mass. 02332.

Phone: (617) 585-9097. Shipmate will follow.

A brief newsnote from Ocean City, New Jersey: Two roommates got together in July to reminisce and retell old tales when Savilla and Art Maltby from Pensacola, Florida, visited Eleanor and Jim Coyle in Ocean City, New Jersey. During the visit Jim's son, Michael NA '65, stopped briefly en route a shipyard commanders' conference in Philadelphia. Michael is the present Commander, Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Another new address: E. D. Morrison has departed New Jersey. The new address is 12 Hojie Lane, Pawleys Island, S.C. Thanks to GG Williams in Norfolk—a partial update for our 50-Years Book people on the late Louie King.

Shipmate, October 1989

Louie had prior enlisted service in the U.S. Navy from 12/12/33 until he entered USNA. He completed 20 years of active duty on 11/11/57. To receive the retired pay of a colonel (USMC) he needed two years of active duty in grade, which he attained on I July '59.

The Register lists him as BGen. (Ret.) and deceased in 1960, without listing the combat decoration that probably gave him a 'tombstone' promotion.

And we no longer have Mary's address after Cleveland, Ohio.

The good news from Bal Harbour's Ralph Gerber: In answer to . . . query about the youngest child (in '40), I have one younger than '76. Bradley (Gerber) was bom in December I978\ Class of 2000?"

Make it a year later, Ralph. Then Bradley can say "ONLY '01 IS # ONE!" The bad news is that Ralph reaches the 70 milestone in November. There goes the last of our sexygenarians . . .

In August, Dorthe & Cary Hall departed Georgia for the Gotten reunion (Gotten, cotton??) in El Paso; in Octot)er the Columbia Reunion in—wherever . . . Cary further reports: In November the travel agent who runs tours to battlefields. Valor Tours, and with whom 1 am working up a cruise of the Slot, in the Solomons, for our CruDiv, has a cruise out of Hong Kong which will probably be captured by pirates in the China Sea and we will be held for ransom. I think Ned Beach will be on this cruise, telling us all about the submarines in WWn. Anyway, we are booked, heaven knows how I got involved. Dorthe wants to see Kuala Lampur, wherever that is, and Bangkok, and Singapore, and places like that which all pretty much look alike as far as I can teU. A quick p.c. from the Republic of South Africa by Gayle & George Kittredge indicates that the '40 contingent who travelled to SafariLand in July ". . . hadaball!. . .". I believe it. More on this later.

Thanks to Mary Anne and Phil Eckert for a good photo of the two of them together with Grayson Boehm taken in front of Grayson's San Diego home earlier this year.

And, oh yes, Frances and Harry White were headed for Calgary, Canada, in late August to visit daughter Ellen; thence onward to Lake Louise, etc.

It's the best time of the year for Westem Canada. Eat your hearts out, peasants.

That's it for now. We'll promise to get to our mates in Texas and the West next month. * * * * ONLY FORTY IS 4.0! * * * *

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Pres., Capt. Kenneth M. Tebo USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Victor Delano USN (Ret.) 7111 Pyle Rd., Bethesda, Md. 20817 (301) 320-3887 Helen and Joe Hoker went to last January's Inaugural Ball at the Washington Hilton where they danced to the music of the forties on the same floor as President Bush and Vice President Quayle. Joe claims he had to starve for a couple of weeks in order to get into his dinner dress uniform and, quite naturally, Helen did not have that problem. It was an occasion not to be forgotten.

Last Winter and Spring, Jackie and 1 suffered through a variety of ailments. In her case, a leg broken in 7 places just above the ankle but OK now; in my case, asthma and leg damage from a golf ball. In sympathy, a friend sent me the following which you might enjoy, too: The tusks that clashed in mighty brawls Of mastodons, are billiard balls.

The sword of Charlemagne the Just Is ferric acid, known as rust.

Delanos, Charbonnets and Whidden '44 The grizzly bear whose potent hug Was feared by all, is now a rug.

Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf And 1 don't feel so good myself.

The ailments are past now, so all is well!

The Vails took a trip last Surrmier that included Santa Fe, New Mexico where Pete rediscovered the effect of altitude on the cocktail hour—shortens it, that is! Willie De Venter works hard at keeping the West Coast luncheon group organized and usually 53

gets a good and interesting tumout. In July, it was Bennett, Buell, DeVenter, Jones, Kelley, Mclntryre, Merdinger, Steen, Silverman and Wolfe who made the gathering. If I have it right, these lucheons are on die 3rd Tuesday, 1130-1330, at die MCRD "O" Club but you can always check it out with Willie D at 619/442-1508. From Sherman Oaks, Dave KIme says that the Los Angeles '41ers do not get together as much as the San Diego group so he does not see too many Classmates. Late last Spring, however, he did get together with Dave Byrd for a round of golf in Palm Desert where Dave is very happy in his new condo at Ironwood Country Club.

Remember the trip that the Engles and Hokers took through Mexico where theyfinallywound up visiting Shine Payne, Alec Hood. Honey Nyburg. Ray Wilhite Gerry Reeves in Arizona? Shirley contributed the accompanying pictures and also her own comments on the Mexican trip. Although she says it was a "super" trip, theridethrough the canyon had its scary moments. After seeing crumpled passenger cars wrecked at the bottom of one of the deep canyons, Shirley wasreUevedto end the trip all in one piece. A lot of maigaritas and laughs kept the Engles and Hokers on the right track. After much too long a time, the Charbonnets have surfaced againfromtheir hard work on the farm in Virginia. Since live shots of Mary and Pierre are hard to come by, you'll just have to take the others in the picture as part of the price you pay!

Kay Cole, John and Betty Welsh. Dick and Ruth Opp Mac McLellon reports from Florida that Dick Yvonne and Monte Padget Wright stopped by for a visit on his way to Sarasota.

Dick had been in the Southeast part of China during the Tiananmen episode. He tried to get to Beijing but all the transportation was closed to foreigners. As of his visit with Mac, Dick was undecided about where to go next.

Homecoming later this month is a big beat James Madison Day followed by cocktails and diimer at the Rustic Inn on West Street of which you should already have the details separately. If not, give Jack Rogers a caU and try to be there.

The editor of our Golden Lucky Bag, Jim Jamison, says that the biographies he asked for are coming in but some are still missing. If you have not sent Swabbo visits Peg and Frank Tafalo yoius in yet, please do so as soon as possibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;time is getting short. There is room for about 200 words so meeting a good cross-section of Classmates. So, please put them together and send them in pronto! come on over!

As we know, Harry Kelley and Bob Knight spend Also, many biographies that have reached Jim came much of their summers in the Adirondacks and are without photographs. In each biography there is room for two pictures of your choice. Since pictures add a close enough to see one another from time to time. lot to the biographies, please pick out two from your Harty was kind enough to call and exchange some collection and send them in to Jim. In summary, Jim "hip" talk with me in late-July. You will remember needs a 200 word biography and two pictures from that Harty had both hips replaced many years ago and is the real expert on this surgery. He pressed me to those who have not already sent them in.

Last month, I gave you a change to the Engles' ZIP have the surgery and then followed up to make sure code in Florida and asked others to send me their new that I was behaving while healing. Harry's two ZIP codes. Getting these new ZIP codes should speed daughters live in Maine, so he planned to visit them up receipt of all the bulletins that will be coining out and also look in on Sue Parsons. He also had a chance about the 50th Reunion. Many years ago, our ZIPs in to visit with Sandy Backus. Having kept in touch the Washington, D.C. area were changed but we still with them over the year, he reports that the ladies are get cards and letters addressed totiieold ZIPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;these well and getting on with their lives.

Had a lengthy report from Isobel and Grif Scartake a week or two longer and some still using the old ZIP may not have gotten here at all. So, please give borough amplifying the initial report of his malaise me your new ZIP! Now, here is a correction to Dave and gradual recovery. The doctors finally diagnosed his problem, which developed on 7 April, as a double Kline's ZIP code in Califomia: 91423. cerebal hemorthage. After some heroic endeavor in the local emergency facility, he was transferred to the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. Having Membership: 76% been hospitalized only once before, and that an overnight before entering the Naval Academy in June of 1938, he was totally unprepared for the devastating Pres., RAdm. C. N. Payne, Jn USN (Ret.) effects a three-week stay in the hospital can create.

Sec'y R. S. Day, CLU Between that and die effects of the stroke, he came to 2426 Chestiiut St., Falls Church, Va. 22043 understand and appreciate the need for intense physiHomecoming is in the air and, as they do at every home game, the John Higgins and the Bob Childers cal therapy. After a fourth week in Daytona, he was will set up a '42 corral near the fence on the north- sent home and is continuing his exercises and PT at west of the parking lot. It's a "bring-your-own-every- home and at the local clinic. His immediate goal is to thing" meeting place, but you can always be sure of begin driving once again and to take his place in one

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Alnora and Charlie Bishop with Barb Sewell

Bill Arthur. Barb Sewell and John B. Davis

Wes. Charlie and Milo Des Granges

of therealestate caravans later this year, and we wish him well.

Ed Gallagher, who billed himself as "Ever-Ready Eddie," forwarded a sample of his work supporting Charlie Bishop's report last month of the Bountiful June Week West Bash Alnora and Charlie hosted at their hillside hacienda overlooking San Diego Bay. The Gallaghers had been East for a short visit in June, but only had had time to visit ye olde homestead in Fort Sumner, Maryland. Fortunately, they were able to visit with Nancy Wilhite, an almost neighbor, but missed Ray who was attending tiie montiily Class luncheon.

Pat and Swabbo Rawson continue their frequent visits about die country, many times in conjunction with the Submarine Veterans of WWII activities, and at other times visiting their extended family and just looking up old friends or joining various Class activities. Recentiy, Swabbo was driving around the Ozarks and dropped in on Rivers and Buck Shaw.

HereportsBuck is still giving fiill attention to his social work and is dealing almost exlusively with battered women at present. Swabbo has proven to be a great source of both news and photos over the years.

Pat denies that she also doubles as a photographer while accompanying him on the junkets, so we have torelyon his identification of places, events and participants. In past montiis, tiiey have visited witii Peg and Frank Tofalo, entertained Jeanne Wahlin, and been a part of the annual Sweetiieart luncheon at Fort Meyer and the Spring luncheon in Annapolis.

Following an exchange of phone conversations with Gene FarreU in San Diego and Bob Armistead Shipmate, October 1989

m SeatUe, am happy to share with you an article prepared by Gene covering a fascinating trip they made with Leo Culjat die end of May. Class of 1942 USNA Newsletter Item From the Great Northwest comes word of a sailing foray into Canadian waters by three Classmates.

Skippered by her owner, Leo Cu^at, and crewed by Bob Armstead and Gene FarreU, the Cal-30 sloop GAMINE (French for gypsy) sailed from her homeport, Des Moines, Washington, 5-23-89 and retumed three weeks later, having logged some 400 nautical miles through the U.S. San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands of Canada and the Strait of Georgia. None of the three had been shipmates with each other before. A three-week cruise in close quarters with shipmates not fully compatible can be a very long time. But this story has a quite different ending.

The highhghts of the cruise, Gene wrote, were many. Foremost was the thrill of sailing in the wakes of the early explorers of those pristine waters, the redoubtable Captains Juan Perez (1774), James Cook (1778) and George Vancouver (1792). Vancouver surveyed and named most of the places we visited, but he overlooked the gem of them all. Princess Louisa Inlet. We didn't, however, thanks to the expert local knowledge of Bob and Leo, and the superb boathandling of the latter.

On 30 May, following her transit of the Strait of Georgia, GAMINE rounded Sechelt Peninsula, tacked north and entered Jervis Inlet under the shadow of giant Texada Island off the port bow.

Hours later, we were abreast Malibu Rapids, the swift, narrow and tortuous gateway to Louisa.

There it was obvious why Vancouver had missed it: By ignorance . . . or perhaps, prudent intent. It is barely visible from seaward, but if you sight it, you know something special is hidden there. At ebb tide it looks Uke a torrential creek, cascading over and aroimd huge boulders. Twice each day it swallows, then regurgitates 6,000 acre feet of water through a fuimel scarcely 100 feet wide. To say we powered through is misleading. Even though GAMINE'S auxihary was revving full bore while Leo battled the tiller to maintain a decent and safe heading, we were flushed through, at 10 knots yet. Inside there is a profound, abrupt change. An enchanting world of virgin forests and snow-capped peaks opens up, towering over a placid, mile-wide mirror winding six miles, like a Norwegian fjord, to its fascinating terminus at Chatterbox Falls, one of a dozen sister waterfalls sfreaking down thousands of feet of sheer granite. No civilization. This is a provincial marine wildemess, 40 miles from any road or village. The only sounds are the murmur of the falls, the haunting cry of a loon, and the whispers from the wings of an eagle descending to her nest in a tall fir tree.

We could have lingered for days in the luxurious soHtude and beauty of that extraordinary retreat, but we stayed only for two. Long enough to unlimber our sea legs on a mountain hike; enjoy the sensual, if somewhat stimulating, pleasure of a glacier-fed washdown; and for Bob, the official photographer of the cruise, tofilmsome breath-taking scenes. Other of Bob's many talents surfaced during the cruise, crab trapper, for instance. For reasons inexplicable, Leo's trap and three incarcerated Dungeness crabs stil abide at the bottom of Galiano's Montague Harbor. Ask Bob about the reliability of a sisal bowline.

Also, he is a yam spinner without peer. From the Boxer Rebellion to the Viet Nam War, this China station Marine junior has an anecdote for every occasion, and always a new and entertaining one for 'attitude adjustment' hour. Additionally, Leo and Gene proclaimed him the champion ice chipper of all time.

Leo's talents deserve special mention, however.

Ashore, he can smell a bakery farther than a seagull can a herring. He proved himself a benevolent and forgiving skipper of a sometimes inattentive crew, diverted from their duties by the magnificent scenes of our Odyssey But most of all he was a friend. It was, therefore, no surprise to us that he had friends in almost every port, to wit: At Oak Harbor, we had scarcely tied up in the marina before Bud Lasell, '39 drove up to announce that he would chauffeur us to the commissary to 'provision ship' for the craise.

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and to dinner thereafter with his wife, Betty, in their beautiful Whidbey Island home. At Salt Spring Island, GAMINE enjoyed (briefly) the hospitality of a private mooring, property of a Royal Vancouver Yacht Club friend. Later on, Mike Douglas, owner and skipper of DORADE, a beautiful 54' Sparkman & Stevens yawl, winner of trans-Atiantic and Fastnet ocean races in 1931, welcomed us to "Four Winds" in Opcas Island's West Sound. And Ted Ayers entertained us at Kingston in his 30' Nonsuch, POLECAT, (a popular name for many shroudless/stayless Freedom-class yachts).

Along the way we hailed many other yachts and watercraft, but the most magnificent and beautiful of all was the Chilean bark ESMERALDA on the northern leg of her annual midshipmen's cruise.

Gene had sailed in her in 1962 during naval mission duty in Latin America, and subsequently, as a CinCPacFIt representative, welcomed her to Hawaii in 1966.

Escape from civilization is, at best, a temporary interlude. But our transition back to the real world was cushioned by port calls along the Sunshine Coast: Secret Cove, Smuggler's Cove, Gibsons and Point Roberts. Back in the U.S., we paused at the charming Norwegian village of Poulsbo, and at Ports Hudson, Ludlow and Madison. Also Port Orchard, in the lee of Bremerton's Naval Shipyard, home of such WWII ghosts as BENNINGTON, ORISKANY, HORNET and AJAX. The stark silence of the yard was quite a contrast to the furious industrial activity we remembered from the early 1940s.

The climax of our homecoming, however, was the gracious hospitality of Leo and Margaret who, on 14 June, hosted a dinner party at their Bellevue home to celebrate the ending of a happy cruise, and to launch Gene on his way home to Anne in La Jolla.

The salty trio toasted their bonds of friendship, forged half a cenhiry ago in Bancroft Hall, and perpemated by the camaraderie of their recent association .Also, they hoisted their glasses to their spouses who had granted them liberty for their prolonged venmre. Seattle area guests in the Culjat home for the occasion were Bob and Colleen Armstead, Ced and Ann Bergquist, Jack Burton, George and Arlene Folta and Art and Vi Tagland . . . all in good spirit and health.

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Pres., RAdm. Paul L. Lacy, Jn USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Owen F. Keeler, Jn 202 Meadow Gate Dn, Annapolis, Md. 21401 Remember last month we were talking about all the zooming and traveling everybody is doing these days and I guess we concluded that going to sea—or flying over it—is a dam sight more pleasant when 1) you don't have to do the work and 2) you can take your girl friend along! No sooner had we fired that off to confuse the publisher when Les Heselton informs us that he managed to get his girl friend (Jane) aboard for a cruise on one of his former homes, USS NEW JERSEY, and he sent along a picture to prove it! Here's how he explains himself: Jane and 1 had the opportunity to participate in a NEW JERSEY dependents' cruise from Long Beach to San Diego, since 1 had been one of the original plank owners of the ship. This scene shows us off the coast on a very calm but chilly day. The trip was quite a nostalgic experience, coming some 45 years after 1 had last gone to sea in the battleship.

And it doesn't look like he had to do any work either Les had another item confirming a rumor you last saw in this space [He's making me out to be a very good prophet so far!]: "I think that we are somewhat committed to moving to Annapolis, since we have our house here up for sale and are negotiating to build a place there."

Somewhat committed? Just a little bit pregnant?

There's a big hole in the ground down the street here that has your name on it, Les—and somebody is pil-

Third Batt: Smith' Ault, Rowland-Fisher, Julian, Hansen, Cobb, FIrshner, Cooper, MacKellar ing rocks in it. We're looking forward to seeing you all real soon!

It being October and all that means that the football season is taking on solid shape (Go Navy!) and the snowbirds are tuning up for the big race south in a month or so. Just to give you all a preview of what happens—many times over—here is a shot from last year's snowbird camival. Geo and Wes Burnett were

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visiting the Robies at Vero Beach, at a nice place where they (the Robies) go to for a couple of months each Winter. Where Pattie and Geo were when this snap was made has not been disclosed. To keep things in balance, Wes—and I think Geo—are now (this is August) hiding out in New Hampshire. But that's the way it goes in Crabtown—too cold in the Winter and too hot in the Summer! Look out, Ed, with tiiat kind of advertisement, here they all come!

We can't talk about snowbirds without giving due credit to the permanent tropical birds who pay the taxes and keep the place going. One of them, Roy Gallemore, sent a post card saying that he and his bride had had a visit from Bert Thompson who not too long ago moved into a place not too far down the road from their place in Barton, at Rt. 2—Box 20, Zolfo Springs, Ra. 33890 and his telephone number is (813) 735-0582. The bad news was that Bert had had to change his plans about joining the DELTA QUEEN cruise in September. The good news was that he was looking good and looking healthy.

Not too long ago you remember Jim Gillin helped us find our Color Girl, Ruth Cowin. A service for which we are gratefiil indeed. But that wasn't all that was in his letter. Here's the first part: With all the "who's on first' debates—I wonder how many others, besides myself, enjoyed the experience of steaming 'inside' the Barrier Reef off Australia during the war. It is of interest to note that on the West Coast of Austraha. the shore navigation lights were kept on all during the war. Without them, there was no safe way to navigate Grafton, Cook or any of the other passages through the Great Barrier We had our ASDIC dome wiped off by a coral head and we were in 30 fathoms of water. I transferred from PT twats to USS TULSA which was sort of a McHale's navy with tonnage. We convoyed between TownsviUe, Caims and New Guinea, in constant company with the Australian Navy to the point we referred to our ship as His Majesty's Royal Austrahan Ship TULSA. We wore Aussie shorts and half-Wellington watch boots as uniform. Even old Dan Barby, the Phib force guru, had hisflagaboard TULSA and wore the same uniform. The ship was maimed with Asians most of whom had been aboard for at least three years. They [the ship] came out of China just before the war broke out, steamed through the Japanese fleet in the Macassar Straits, picked up survivors and the dead from USS HOUSTON and was thefirstAmerican warship to hit Austraha, making Darwin about 26 December. (I was not aboard during this episode.) She still had 10 rice-bowl Chinese aboard and I was undoubtably the only ensign in the US Navy that had his own Chinese room-boy.

Steaming with the Aussies had compensation.

When anchored in some God-forsaken spot like Thursday Island or Morobe, we would be entertained aboard their ships, usually HMAS SWAN or LATROBE, before dinner. As they had a wine mess, this was considerable comfort to us all. In return, we would invite their wardroom sans the duty officer over to take evening meal with us. Paradoxically, due to a quirk in reverse Lend-Lease, we had more Australian t>eef than we could eat. Even the crew would complain about "Steak again?!" So this friendly barter made things quite hvable.

Of course, a two weeks dockside overhaul at Wooloomooloo, Sidney didn't hurt especially when it took over ten weeks. When I got back to the States, it took me two months to get on my side of the road when driving!

There's more to this tale, but there are future issues of this mag too! Seems to me 1 remember some mmors about Jim having some other "firsts" to his credit as well. If he won't tell, 1 won't. 1 could be wrong but maybe Jim will straighten me out!

Heard from two other CaUfomians this last week—Bob Karl weighs in from Pacific Palisades and Bart Connolly from Meadow Vista, somewhere between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe—nice long letters. Bob, bless 'im, typed his so neatiy I can use the Alumni House scanner on it. Bart, you and I are more

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kindred souls than I realized. My handwriting got so bad that I started using that steam lettering they tried to teach us. Now my printing is so bad nobody can read that either! But never mind, it was good to hear from you and 1 think I captiired it all except the last two lines. First, Bob Karl seems to have gotten the wanderlust bug a bit too: During this last May. my wife, Alice, and I had an occasion to try a httle salt-water cruising and to-

Jane and Les Heselton

Wagners '46. Bermaims '45. Bob and Ahce Karl

50 years ago. Room 1239: Don Millar, Jack Barren, Joe Volonte, Joe Devlin gether with Liz and Paul Wagner of '46, we booked a craise from Fort Lauderdale. Spending a few days in the Caribbean, we vrent through the Panama Canal at the time Noriega was kicking up a fuss. No problem, however, as the transit was smooth and most pleasant. The last time I went through the Canal was in 1943 when attached to USS SIGSBEE (DD-502). Nothing much has changed except the 'mules' are now of Japanese manufacture rather than GE. (To me this was a disappointment.) (It's a big disappointment to GE, too. Bob.] On the way up the Pacific Coast of Mexico, we stopped in Puerto Vallarta and there moored directiy ahead of us was a 445-class tin canflyingthe Mexican colors. Paul and 1 tried to find out the name of the ship when itflewthe U.S. flag but we were unsuccessfiil. None of the crew on watch could speak

EngUsh and neither Paul nor I have any significant control of Spanish.

Bob and Alice also ran into R i u and Cliff Bermann '45 while on die cruise. He also mentioned four grandchildren, all belonging to son. Bob, who just retired as a colonel from the Army Medical Corps.

And what does he do with the rest of his time?

Our oldest daughter. Betty, and I have a loose arrangement in the horse business—there's no money in it—and with a newly arrived filly we now have four hay burners, which accounts for some of my time of which there seems to be a shortage. (I think the weeks and days are shorter than they used to be.)

With too httle time my bass boat is wearing out under its cover and myfirearmsare wearing out sitting in the gun cabinet.—Any and all '43ers have an invitation to visit us at: 15%1 Miami Way, Pacific Palisades, Calif. 90272.

A lot of us hadn't heard from Bart Connolly for a long time and we were wondering what he had been doing. Well, here's our chance to catch up: Had a great career and retired when Pers told me my sentence would involve another tour in The Round House. Having already spent four D.C. tours and tired of watching the heavies devour each other, I decided to throw in the—[Os. Note: Towel, sponge, or ??] and left in November 1969. or was it '70? In any event, picked up a Master's in Education and took a job in Aubum. Califomia (the foothills) where I toiled as a counselor and a coach (fooAall and track) for 12 years calling it a season in 1982 after a somewhat debihtating series of operations; was lucky and came pretty well back to battery.

Wrote a book with which I'm done working—Fly down the Road over the Steel Mill and Bomb the— House.—Shorttitle.Vietnam: We Bombed the Outhouse. Served two years on the local Grand Jury and now reside in a spacious home (fivefireplaces,two snooker tables and a walk-in refrigerator) in a spot called Meadow Vista (between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe).

Plan to leave next month for a few days with Jim Kelley in the Vancouver area—he is now an international developer erecting a marina, mall et al at Sydney. B.C.; then X-country to see Mary and Gus Brady in Concord, my brother on the Cape and misbehave myself in Ocean City. New Jersey, at a reunion of my old squadron, VA-16. Was surprised, pleasandy, to leam that all or nearly all of those still tracking plan to be there. 'Twas the highlight of my career and 'twill be great to see the group after 35 years. If any of you guys/gals get out this way give me a call at (916) 878-1382—lots of room and really quite lovely with lots to see.

George Cornelius forwarded a letter from Jack Barrett that surprisingly enough to some of us takes him out of Hawaii. Here's what he says: Joan and 1 are up to our ears playing catch-up.

After a rather sudden decision to leave beloved Hawaii for the Great Northwest (driven by a desire to be more accessible to our grandchildren as they grow and to expose them more to the beauty and pleasure of water, mountains and trees) in August, we left here in September for a three-week trip that ended in Corpus Christi. San Antonio & Austin with Hurricane Gilbert.

Jack and Joan now hve at: E 18227 Hwy 106 West, Belfair, Wash. 98528.

Barretts in Hurricane Gilbert, Karls in Panama witii Noriega and Lacys in China witii Deng. Looks like '43 hasn't lost its taste for adventure—or is it just a bad sense of timing?

Here's the dope from George Grkovic concerning the '43 Homecoming diimer in Annapolis: The gettogether will again be held at the Holiday Itm (off Riva Road in Parole). The cash bar will open at 1700 after tiie Navy-James Madison game and dinner will be served about 1845. Roast prime rib or crab cakes can be selected as an entree. The tab is $30 per person. To reduce expenses, only Classmates living in Maryland, D . C , or Virginia will receive individual flyers. Anyone outside that area who wishes to attend the dinner, please send a check made out to Class of '43 Homecoming by 21 October to George Grkovic,

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2801 Deepwater Trail, Edgewater, Md. 21037. Indicate desired entrees on check.

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Pres., Capt. Henry S. Barbour USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Wynn V. Whidden USN (Ret.) 6156 Loch Raven D r , McLean, Va. 22101 Correspondent: Capt. Jack E. Godfrey USN (Ret.) 40 Franklin St., Annapohs, Md. 21401 Homecoming The weekend of 27-29 Octoh>er is the Homecoming celebration this year. There will be the usual Friday night cocktail party/mess hall dinner for all hands who get their reservations in early enough to the Alumni Association (with checks). At the game on Saturday, 28 October '44 will have its usual reserved tailgate parking area, with guidon flying, directiy on the left as one enters gate # 5 to the Stadium parking lot on the West (Blue) side of the Stadium. It is suggested that you get there early to avoid the crush of traffic. Following the game, we will again repair to the B.PO.E. clubhouse on the East side of the parking lot for cocktails, dinner and dancing. You should have received a flyer on this event by die time you read this, and hopefully you will have sent your check for $44 per couple to Charlie Miller, 1741 Long Green Drive, Annapolis, Md. 21401.

Progress on 50th Anniversary Memorial We are pleased to publish the resuhs of our fiscal year 1989 (ended 30 June) efforts toward funding "The 1944 Room" in the new Brigade Activities Center. Out of 721 potential contributors, 341 Classmates and widows contributed $60,110.33. Adding to this amount contributions from prior years, the grand total on hand stands at $68,785.77 as of 30 June. We are particularly proud of the generous contributions from our '44 widows. Bless you all!

In fiscal year 1990 we believe the Class can do better than the 47% participation cited above for 1989.

Remember, our goal for 1993 is a grand total of $200,000 to finance completely "The 1944 Room."

The goal is well within reach at this point.

'44 Directory Update Wade Hiller reported that change # 2 to our 44th Reunion Directory was mailed in late July. Wade has extra copies of the Directory proper available which can be obtained by writing to him at 3174 N. 21st Street, Arlington, Va. 22201.

In Memorium Robert T. Miller, our Plebe Year Classmate who eventually retired from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel, passed away early in July in New York. The funeral was held on 17 July in Arlington National Cemetery. We extend our condolences to his widow, Marie, and the family. She may be reached at 233 Broadway Circle #342A, Machias, N.Y. 14101.

Mail Bag Bill Burlin wrote us another of his long, newsy, and interesting letters. He and Peg had a Summer Cocktail gathering for many of their neighbors and friends to which they invited the other two '44 couples with homes there on Cape Cod, Flo and Don McClenahan and Margery and Don Storey. It was the first time that Bill and Don had seen one another since graduation, so they had a great time rehashing the intervening years. The McClenahans and Burlins had not seen each other over last Winter since the McClenahans "snow bird" it down to Tarpon Springs, Florida when the days get gray on Cape Cod. The two Dons and Bill had a blast dragging out old memories of Academy days and recounting their many individual experiences since then. They all agreed to get together again soon and hopefully to include Regina and Bill Keightley, who live no more than 30 miles south of the Buriins—but across Nan-

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Mike Casey, June Dankworth tucket Sound on the island of Nantucket.

Bill and Peg had a fine motor-home trip in June to visit their architect son, C.W.B., III, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, then North into Canada's New Bmnswick Province to see the town of Chatham, namesake of their home town in Massachusetts. The architect son is doing well specializing in residences of the "shingle cottage" type, such as President George Bush's place at Kennebunkport. Bill says he's available for design contracting with anyone interested in that gorgeous Maine area.

Secretary's Corner 1 hope that all of you realize that the material for this issue was received prior to the submission deadline on 14 August, and the month of August has been historically notable for its dearth of incoming mail.

There is obviously just too much swimming, golfing, tennis, and traveling going on to allow time for writing to your secretary. I beg you to get back to your pens and typewriters sometime soon. The photos are of Tom Rhees holding down the Eiffel Tower in June and of Mike Casey and June Dankworth at the "Sweetheart Luncheon" last February.

See you at Homecoming 1 hope . . . WVW.

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Pres., Capt. C. A. Gardner USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Chuck Priest, Jn USN (Ret.) 6635 Langdon Ct., McLean, Va. 22101 (703) 821-2139 Corr. Sec'y, Capt. Dutch Schulz USN (Ret.) 5100 26th St. N., Ariington, Va. 22207 (703) 536-7156 Many Classmates have known that Hope and Dick Alexander were producing wine at their estate in Middletown, Rhode Island, but it wasn't until 1 received a piece from the Spring 1989 New England Wine Gazette, graciously provided by the Corresponding Secretary of the Class of 1937, RAdm. Jack Wadleigh USN (Ret.), did 1 realize that Dick has really hit the Big Time! A few paragraphs from the Gazette will give you the current picture: When Vinland Wine Cellars opened its doors to the public on 29 April at the Eastgate Center in Mid-

dletown, it was the culmination of a joumey almost as complex as the winemaking process itself . . . grapes in a small one-acre test plot . . .

Today he has 16 acres planted in his Hopelands Vineyards and a winery that comprises some 8300 square feet located in a complex of stores at 909 East Main Road . . . Vinland Wine Cellars is a much larger winery than that which Captain Alexander envisioned in 1976 when he planted hisfirstvines at Hopelands . . . Supporting him in this commitment is his family His wife, Hope, is Secretary of the company, and two of their four children and their spouses are members of the board of directors.

You too, can see the winery and take a 40-minute tour ending up at the Tasting Room on your next visit to Newport.

Yvette and Willy Ferguson didn't waste much time in hitting the road after the 45th Reunion. Willy sent this interim report from the field: After the Dedication Ceremony, we went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where we had dinner and spent the night with Giovina Shuman. She related the funeral artangements Bill had made before his passing. They included the song, 'When the Saints Come Marching In' and a bagpiper—a light and courageous ceremony . . . In Plattsburg, New York, had lunch with Nancy and Mai Collin . . . Heading West, we stopped at Overland Park, Kansas for dinner and an overnight with Betty and Bob Hayes on 10 July. Bob is still wheelchairbound but very hopeful that his therapy will improve his mobility. Their home is magnificent with excellent modifications to accommodate the wheel chair . . . Our next Class visit was with Paule and Merrill Kelly in Bellingham, Washington, on 19 July. We got in a little golf and a lot of bull . . . We next tried a visit with Helen and Bud Geneste in Friday Harbor, but the ferry skeds didn't cooperate so we settled on a fonecon . . . On 23 & 24 July we spent a restful break with Joann and Jack Riley at Mutiny Bay on Whidbey Island . . . We're currently in the SFran Bay Area and are scheduled to leave on I August for Hawaii.

They are likely to see Evans (Paliku Kanaiaupuni) King while there.

From 11912 Westgate Circle, Overiand Park, Kans. 66213 comes a short note from Betty Hayes commenting that Bob had received letters from Al Olsen, Jack Baron, Jack Peters and Frank Clifford.

She adds, "What a great group—this Class of '45!"

Herb Foorman of Carlsbad, Califomia, sent a dollar and some news in retum for his Forty Year After Book fotos. He notes, "Not much news. Beth and 1 are in good shape. We each have had some old age repairs . . . We sold our salmon fishing business after the '86 season, but have been to Alaska each season since."

Wally Regets sends a sad note from 23 Centerville Highway, Lyle, Wash. 98635: "It is with a heavy heart that 1 inform you that my wonderful wife passed away on 2 July 1989 of cancer We had a rough year but at one time entertained the idea of the 45th Reunion. Billie was almost a childhood sweetheart and I will miss her terribly." They were married on 8 June 1944.

Fairfax City, Virginia and Jack Kalina made the front page of the 1 June Washington Post with an indepth article telling how the townspeople have cooperated " . . . to bring the city back to the way it was when people moved here: a httle country town with trees," said Jack Kalina, a member and former Chairman of the city Community Appearance Committee." Under Jack's leadership, the city has received more than a dozen community awards. And, can you believe. Jack works at least one day a week as a volunteer researcher at the Museum of Natural History on the Mall. However, did he find time to Chair the 45th Reunion Committee? Thanks to Phil Erickson for sending me the clipping.

Redskins Sidelines and other notes: Looks like the Redskins got off to a good start in the pre-season games. They are due for a trip to the Super Bowl this 57

year . . . And how about Navy? When I received my season's tickets to the home games on 5 August, I almost sent them back to the Athletic Association when I found that the Air Force game had been scheduled on the same weekend as the Annapohs Boat Show!

Traffic in Annapohs is impossible on good days.

With the Boat Show it is just plain gridlock. One wonders why the Athletic Association and the City Council can't resolve their scheduling conflicts? . . . But, thanks to Al Olsen for sending the handsome program of the Sea Gate Dedication Ceremony on 10 Jime 1989 to each of the 713 Classmates for whom the Alumni Association holds valid addresses . . . Of these 713 hving Classmates, 207 are Life Members of the Alumni Association, 283 annual members and 224 are non-members. By 1982, we had cut the Phantom count to 33, but for reasons unknown, it now has risen to 41. Yes, our deceased have increased to 183. . . . 23 July was a memorable day for Rachel and George Ellis as they held a housewarming for friends at their attractive new home on Mill Creek in Annapohs. Several guests arrived by water, mooring their 44-foot Chris Craft to the Ellis' pier . . . Have you received yoiu copy of the VCR tape of the 45th Reunion? . . . Trivia: Out of the 73 Class columns appearing in this edition of Shipmate, how many fist the fone number of the Class Secretary? Ans: four. Does that send a message?

You know you're getting older when you discover that this issue marks my 15th anniversary of preparing this colunm.

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Pres., RAdm. Harvey E. Lyon USN (Ret.) Sec'y Mr. C. W. KenneUy, H 7911 Sleaford PL, Betiiesda, Md. 20814 Corr. Sec'y "Daisy" Wilhoit RO. Box 156, Townsend, Tenn. 37882-0156 The Next BIG Event, 45tii Reunion, Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, Califomia, 8-10 June 1990.

Chairman: Capt. Ed Ellis, USN (Ret.) 3650 Caminito Cielo Del Mar, Calif. 92130. (619) 755-5019.

Washington, D.C. Area Class Luncheon. Monthly, third Friday, September thm May. Crystal City Marriott.

Starting in June I got "serious" about the business of "lost" Classmates and am happy to say that there are now only 33 graduates in that category, which originally numbered 63. I'm just about ready to tackle the non-graduates, a much more difficult simation. The impetus, of course, was the desire to make sure as many as possible are informed of the BIG 45th next year.

1st Co. Chuck Grojean and his youngest son, Peter, have invested in and are operating a mobile home park in San Antonio. Chuck says after they have taken it through its first two or tiiree years they will possibly invest in another one. While this is going on, they have sold their former residence and are living in a condo while Chuck is building Joanie's new house, which he says: "takes understanding, patience, love, tact, forbearance . . . all under the heading of training, as one of my skippers once said.

2nd Co. Jim (J. T.) Smith retired August from Magnavox Govemment and Industrial Electronics Company where he had been President and Chief Executive Officer since 1981, adding the title of Chairman in August 1983. Jim, a Naval aviator, resigned from the Navy in November 1954 and joined Magnavox in 1955. He says: "We plan to stay in Fort Wayne but no doubt will be spending more time on the East Coast at our Summer home in Stone Harbor, New Jersey."

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Jim Smith ing of "Diz" Dehn's wife. Jinny, on 6 April in Pensacola.

3rd Co. Finally tracked down Jack Martin in San Francisco, not far from his last known address in Moraga, Califonua. Someone gave me the lead that Jack had played football for the Rams in the fifties but the Rams office said their records didn't go back that far. Doesn't that make you feel young! Not even the NFL Alunuu Association knew Jack's location (a deficiency since corrected. Rather than tackle two letters I'll let them pass it to the Rams).

4th Co. 1 was attempting to locate Saul Auslander and hit a blank wall in Sherbom, Massachusetts, so asked Jack Walsh (2nd Co.) to give me an assist. He wrote: "Having PGed in Intelligence I used the approved method and looked in the Framingham phone book. 1 called the only Auslander (initials L.M.) in the book and Saul answered the phone. ViolaV Over a montii later, Saul responded in a letter to me which goes a long way to explain why 1 go to all the trouble to locate a "lost" Classmate. He says: Out of a clear blue sky, Jack Walsh phoned me several weeks ago. He said he was trying to locate a Saul H. Auslander, not really identifying himself.

Cautiously, I responded, 'I am he.' Thoughts raced through my mind attempting lo define who might be the caller. I had visions of a salesperson, or the IRS, or some other unwelcome intrader on the other end of the line. And so, when Jack explained that the purpose of his call was to find another lost FortySixer, namely myself, his voice had a lovely ring. I plead guilty to the charge of not keeping in touch with you and the rest of the Class. Quite often memories of the Academy and life as a Midshipman seem to come to the fore. In retrospect, I recall those days with fondness, nor would I change any part of them, if I could. Please add my name to your roster and keep me posted on coming events. I wish very much to participate in fiiwre Class functions. As to what has transpired in my life since last I was in con-

tact with you about 20 years ago, it hasn't been dull.

I've been married twice and am the father of seven children. My second marriage is now approaching its 20th anniversary. I spent approximately 25 years on Wall Street, some of which were quite successful and others were a dismal disaster. Like the Dow Jones Average I had my undulations. Approximately seven years ago, I was offered and accepted an opportunity to teach Fmance at Bendey College.

This gave me the impems to leave the hectic Wall Street scene, a treadiiull, and settie down to a more serene existence. At present I am a tenured professor of finance at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. I love teaching and have no plans to retire. To conclude this saga, one of my sons has served in the Green Berets; another son is now in New Guinea with the Peace Corps; one of my daughters is a college professor; and another is a practicing, hcensed psychologist. Also, I have l)een blessed with a wonderful two-year-old grandson and life goes on. I would truly welcome hearing from any Classmates. 'Daisy', I can't thank you enough for tracking me down. The task of keeping tabs CHI aU of us errant Forty-Sixers must be endless.

See what I mean?

Stan Zipser has moved his Los Angeles law offices to the 12th floor of a new office building on Wilshire Blvd., not far from his Westwood home.

Lilian has an adjoining office where she represents Haman Scandinavia Group Tours. At least one son has an office on the same floor. Neat! Stan doesn't keep so busy that he couldn't take time off to participate in the ISJewport to Ensenada yacht race in a boat owned by Dan Struble, '83.

Recentiy heard from Dr. Tom Watt in Montgomery, Texas. After he retired from the VA in March '86, Tom set out with Anne on a five-month motorhome tour which included the Southwest, West Coast, Canada and New England. After that they designed and built their "dream house on the water at Lake Conroe in a deUghtful subdivision called April Sound." Tom says it is about 50 miles northwest of Houston and convenient to the Houston Intercontinental Airport, and adds: "Y'all come!"

Ruth and Dick Gieser have left the Philippines and are now back in the DaUas office of the Wycliffe Bible Institute. They were in Arlington, Virginia, in May visiting one of their children and Dick said he had an opportunity to talk on the phone with Tom Faulders. Unfortunately, they couldn't arrange a visit.

6th Co. John Giedt was successful in locating another "lost" Classmate, Clarence Couture (16th Co.), and included the following update on himself: I retired from active duty in 1967 after a short tour at Wright-Patterson AFB. I took a position in a BF Goodrich aerospace plant in Troy, Ohio. The plant manufactures aircraft wheels and brakes. I retired from BFG in 1981. Since then Dolores and I have done a littie traveling, loafed, done a bit of volunteer work, loafed, done a httle fishing, loafed, etc.

And speaking of Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;another "lost" Classmate, John Langford, was found to be living in York, South Carolina. Since I knew John to be a lawyer, I asked another lawyer, Hal Jacobs from Columbia, South Carolina, to assist me in locating him. John says: I retired from Honeywell, Inc.fiveyears ago and have been mainly an organic gardener/damn poor golfer in the interim. For the past two years I have served as York City Municipal Judge, supposedly a part-time affair. The alcohol and drug problems we encounter, however, make it almost a fiill-time crasade . . . My wife. Susan, and I are anxious to attend the 45th Reunion and plan to make an extended trip with the Coronado stop as the centerpiece.

And that, my friends, is die very first letter I have ever received from John Langford and, consequendy die first time I have written about him in diis column. Persistence wins!

7th Co. When I (temporarily) lost track of Charlie UUman in Miami, I wrote to him via the Univ. of Shipmate, October 1989

Miami and regained contact, even tiiough Charlie had retired a few years ago "to pursue what was then my avocationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tropical horticulture." His tropical nursery is called "Heliconia Haus" and some of Charlie's tropical plants are now attempting to relocate in the Smokies with Tricia's tender loving care.

Right away I put Charlie to work helping me to locate "lost" Classmate, Irvin McKeand (4th Co.). At least Charlie was successful in locating Irvin's brother living in Nashville, Tennessee, but, so far, I haven't heard from Irvin. Takes time.

8th Co. Bud Lonergan responded with the following note (in part) after I found a new address for him in the '89 Register of Alumni: We spent a night with & wereroyallyentertained

by Tex Corrigan in San Antonio. He has a magnificent home surrounded by a wild animal park & large private lakefilledwith exotic birds. It's really something. We sold our La Jolla house and are spending the Winters in Indian Wells and Summers here at Lake Tahoe. And I sold my small interest in the San Diego Chargers. I figured that I had suffered enough. Luckily I have a lot of hobbies, all of which 1 need improvement in, so there is no time to be bored, even after 21 years of retirement.

9th Co. Bob Banks, who worked for Pomona Supply Company in Greensboro, North Carolina, and who has been "lost" for ages, has finally been located in Danville, Virginia. It is interesting that a letter written to Bob in care of the company was retumed marked "unknown" whereas a letter written to the company produced a reply and Bob's address. Persistence wins again!

12th Co. When I wrote to John Burhans to confirm an address in La JoUa, 1 found that he is hving in Coronado. When I wrote to John Jacobsen in Lynchburg, Virginia, to see if he knew the whereabouts of Todd Waldron (5th Co.) John brought me up to date on himself and also included a bit of historical data: I retired from Babcock & Wilcox six years ago.

Since then 1 have been enjoying the lot of a senior citizen. In October, Marie and 1 had an enjoyable visit with Slade Rathbun (20th Co.) and Becky Rathbun at their home in Laguna Beach. I hadn't seen Slade since graduation. Prior to entering the Naval Academy, Slade and I, along with Joe McPartland. '47, Warren Dietrichson (9th Co.) and Ed Kingsbury (15th Co.) left New York with our Reserve Division for active duty. We went to Norfolk where we joined up with a Reserve Division from Detroit for about eight weeks basic training.

Art Napior '47, and Bob Looker (2nd Co.) were in the Detroit Reserve Division. We all took the NAPS examinations there and a year later retumed to the same barracks for NAPS. In the interval, Slade, Joe McPartiand, Ed Kingsbury and I attended the aviation mechanic school in Chicago.

John included a couple of old NAPS photos which I will print one of these days when the column gets slimmer than now (if it ever does!). John identifies one Marine-person as Gib Gibbons but it sure looks a lot more like Bob Mott. We'll see. "Daisy"

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Pres., RAdm. Ralph Carnahan USN (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. Robert L. von Gerichten USN (Ret.) 8517 Lancashire Dr., Springfield, Va. 22151-1307 It is with great regret that 1 must report the death from cancer of Rafael Hipolito "Fico" Cevallos, Captain (Ret.) Ecuadorian Navy, on 22 November 1987 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Our deepest sympathy and prayers go out to his wife Olga in Eucador It is with great regret that I also must announce the death from cardiac arze&t, after a long period of illness, of Donald William "Hag" Haggerty on 19 July 1989 at his home in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Our deepest sympathy and prayers also go out to his wife Mary Carol "Mac" Haggerty.

Shipmate, October 1989

Front: Barbara and Lou Larcombe, DarKiehl; rear: Dan and Virginia Bailey, Ted and Len Davis, Pat and Nick Nicholson, Elmer Kiehl

Bus and Jean Cobean. Nick Nicholson at Nelson's Cove, Antiqua

Sybil and Jim Stockdale JWW '89

Claire Collier, Swede and Genua Hanson, Jim Collier

Dan and Bev Mahoney, Bob Barker, Anne Pillar, Bobbie Barker, JWW '89

It is also with great sadness that 1 must announce the death from cancer on 24 July 1989 at the Bethesda Naval Hospital of Norma Joy McDonald, the beloved wife of Wes McDonald. A memorial service was held on 28 July 1989 at Christ Episcopal Church, Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, followed by inurnment of her ashes at Arlington National Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society. Our deepest sympathy and prayers go out to Wes and their children. LCol. Thomas O. McDonald USMC, Kathryn M. Overman, Joy A. McDonald and Toni M. McDonald.

On a much happier note, 1 received a short letter from Jim Collier in Santa Rosa, California, announcing the marriage of Edgar Guest "Swede" Hanson to Ragenna Grace "Genua" Wislicenus on Satiirday 24 June 1989, at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Kenwood, Califomia. Swede's first wife, Dottie, died several years ago. Claire and Jim repre-

sented the Class, Class tie and all, at the wedding which included a Navy aspect in that the cake was cut with a Navy sword and a new granddaughter, courtesy of Ragenna, wore a dress with "Navy Girl" on it.

Jim went on to say: Things still go well with Claire and me here in Santa Rosa. Daughters and grandchildren all of the time, taking care of and riding horses, and gentleman farming. Last, but not least, plenty of forays into the surrounding wine country for tasting.

A letter from Bill Blair, Huntington Beach, Califomia, reports on a couple of his interesting pasttimes, he goes on to say: 1 am getting more and more involved in soaring.

Recently, the club (Cypress Soaring) took three of its sailplanes up to the high desert near El Mirage Lake for the Summer. Lift is great, but it's hot and very dusty. Usually you can't see much on takeoff due to the dust.

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disc somewhat like a frisbee. It's good exercise and quite challenging. I'm a long way from par so far.

Visited briefly with Stuart Smith and his wife Dottie in Santa Cruz recentiy. They are and have been deeply involved in smdies and seminars in Christian Science.

Received a nice letter from John "Nick" N K hotson from La JoUa, Califomia: During May and June, Pat and I finally had the opportunity to visit friends and relatives on the East Coast. We saw many Qassmates at the aimual Naval Submarine League Symposium in Washington and Pat and Roy Atkinson in Carhsle. Pennsylvania.

We managed to get pictures of some of the Norfolk/ Virginia Beach group while staying with Barbara and Lou Larcombe. Lou took us on a cmise of the harbor on his boat during the Harbor Festival and miraculously avoided a single colUsion despite the horrendous traffic.

The highhght of the trip was a week in Antiqua with Jean and Bus Cobean where the body surfing, tennis and dancing were superb.

I have shifted from full time line management to part-time consultant andfinallygetting enough time to play tennis. We still hve in La Jolla, Califomia, and see Joan and Dick Bivin. Cita and Jim Barry.

Rosemary and Matty Matthews and Lil Cummings frequenUy. Classmates give us a call if you are in the area and bring your racquet! (Tel: (619) 454-9624) Wirt Thayer reports that he has retired from the business end of the newspaper operation (The Newport Daily News). Shirley and he are dividing their time between their house in Newport, Rhode Island, and the old family homestead at 52 North Main Street, Bristol, New Hampshire. Shortly after Wirt retired, Shirley feU and broke her right hip. After a total hip replacement operation by Dr. James P Studder, '68, she is on the mend as she can now walk without the use of a cane and can go up and down stairs without assistance. This coming Winter, during the months of January and Febmary, they hope to travel to Florida and Southem Califomia visiting friends and attending ship reimions.

Our Class President, Ral|A Carnahan, has had a trying Spring and Summer. Ralph suffered a sUght heart attack in March. After extensive consultation, he underwent an angioplasty procedure at the George Washington University Medical Center on 4 May to correct an almost completely blocked artery. Comphcations from this landed him back in the hospital for a week in mid-June at Bethesda. On 4 July he underwent a single bypass operation at Fairfax Hospital in Northem Virgiiua and as of time of this writing (13 August) he is now at home and seems to be progressing nicely. He retired after six years as Vice President of die Navy Relief Society on 31 July 1989.

On 31 August 1989, Doug Sloan wiU retire, after more than 20 years, from The George Washington University and Medical Center where he was Director of Procurement and Supply. He and Mary will remain in their home in Washington, D . C , part time until about the first of the year when they will move to their home in Leesburg, Virgiiua full time.

Thanks to Dan Mahoney, Sam Pillar and Dusty Rodes I received news and pictures of June Week West '89 which was held 22-25 June 1989 in San Diego, Califomia. The Class '47 were represented by Bobbie and Bob Barker, Betsy and Rich Crane, Dawn and Chuck Doscher, Jan and Dick Gardiner, Carol and Jerry Gronfein, Lila and Jim Jameson, Fran and Mai Jester, Virginia and Johnnie Johnson, Bev and Dan Mahoney, Betty and Bruce Oliver, Anne and Sam Pillar, Dusty Rodes and fiancee Walla O'Donnell, Louise and Bill St. George, Sybil and Jim Stockdale, and Liz and Don Wallace, all of whom attended one or more of the many events in various numbers throughout the weekend. (CONGRATULATIONS to you and Walla, Dusty!) The couple who came the farthest were the Doschers who motored in from Florida while the Mahoneys were in

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second place having arrived from Texas in their motorhome as part of a four-week tour. The Mahoneys retumed to Texas by way of Lake Tahoe and Colorado. From all reports, a grand time was had by all. Dusty reports three hours sea duty during the cruise of San Diego Harbor on the trawler owned by Jim Hearts. Dusty also understands that the tour of a nuclear submarine was outstanding although he didn't make the tour himself. Dan claimed the tours of the carriers LAKE CHAMPLAIN and

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TION were very pertinent in seeing how much the Navy has changed. He claims to have recognized die bell and voice tube but littie else. On Sunday evening after the official events, the Doschers, Mahoneys and Pillars were joined by Rosemary and Matty Matthews for a pleasant dinner at the Brigantine. Sam Pillar reminds everyone to keep the last weekends in June 1990 and June 1991 in mind because June Week West '90 will be held in Monterey, California, and June Week West '91 will be in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

John Prehn sent me a very interesting chpping from the 22 June 1989 issue of the Annapolis Evening Capital. The article was about the newly-formed Association of Color Girls of the Naval Academy and a reception that tiiey held following the practice P-rade for Graduation Week 1989 (no longer June Week as it is held die last week in May). In one of the photographs accompanying the article was a picture of Dottie Wilson, wife of Jim Wilson, who was our Color Girl in 1946 togetiier with tiie 1989 Color Girl, Jennifer Wright, both of whom represented the 24th Company.

John Prehn also forwarded a copy of the Naval Academy Foundation Annual Newsletter which pictured all the Foimdation-sponsored candidates that entered die Academy on 3 July 1989. In fact, 102 of the original 108 recipients of scholarship entered the Academy this year. Two of these were of particular interest. One was Richard Neil Massie of Houston, Texas, who was the Class of 1947 Honor Scholar, who received the scholarship created by Bob McKinney and who attended the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico, for the past year. The other was James Mural Mills, ID of Bay Shore, New York, who was die Walter G. "Tad" Moyle, Jr. Honor Scholar, who received this scholarship created by Mr. Gerald A. Freed and who attended the Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania for the past year.

Art Holfield is moving to Xenia, Ohio, effective the first of September 1989. His new address is 141 Hardacre Drive, Xenia, Ohio 45385.

For those of you that may be interested, but hopefully not any time soon, any Naval Academy Graduate who dies and is cremated is efigible to be inumed in the Naval Academy Columbarium on Hospital Point. This can also include a Memorial Service at die Naval Academy Chapel witii appropriate honors.

The unmarried widows of graduates are also eligible.

Further details can be obtained from the Security Office at die Academy telephone (301) 267-2498. No advanced reservations are allowed. In lieu of calling die Security Office, give me a call at (703) 978-7230 and I will supply the necessary details and/or Naval Academy Instruction covering the Columbarium. At die present time, we have two Classmates inumed in die Columbarium, Luke Sisson and Tom Bell. But pleaseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;STAY HEALTHY!

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Sec'y Cdr. Sumner Moore USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria Va., 22302 At this August writing for Uie October issue, I have a lot of copy for a change. Who knows, maybe it won't all fit and I'll have to save some for the next

Bob Gieger. Syble Gieger. Will Simon, Mary Jane %ung, Ruth Simon. Diana and Paul Keenan

"Squire Flo\d" Young issue, but don't stop sending letters. There's stiU Febmary ahead.

This from Nev George, who has never graced this colunm. It's so good I'm going to give you the whole thing: I'm afraid I am one of the '48 graduates who, while not lost, has been 'misplaced'. This is my first letter to Shipmate about my doings, but better late than never.

My wife and I have wanted to attend one of the reunions or homecoming gatherings of '48 but it just hasn't worked out as yet. Hopefvilly, after retirement we can participate in some of the fiinctions of our Qass.

Ohve and I are begiiming the last year of a threeyear assignment in Singapore with American Overseas Petroleum Ltd, a jointiy owned affiliate of Chevron and Texaco. I direct the Singapore Ltd. a jointiy owned affiliate of Chevron and Texaco. I direct the Singapore operations of Amoseas. which involve, principally, logistics support for Chevron/ Tfexaco producing and exploration work in Indonesia through various other affiliated companies, with the largest being Caltex Pacific Indonesia.

In mid-1990 we will return to the East Bay of San Francisco, near our two daughters, to retire after 33 years with Amoseas and Chevron. Our Singapore "tour of duty" follows periods in Dallas. New York and San Francisco and has been an outstanding opportunity in all aspects of our private as well as professional lives here.

A highlight of the past year has been the several occasions when we have been able to enjoy the company of a number of Navy-retired Academy grads of several different classes. During a Scandanavian cruise last Suimner we shared two pleasant weeks with Bob and Claire Cults '38 and John and Emily Shipmate, October 1989

John and Nancy Kem after swearing in son. Dabney. with son, Jim

Lochner, Gildard, Buhrer, Carlquist Gore '39. Several weeks ago Jim and Mary Kiimear '50 (Texaco CEO) visited Singapore with several senior business associates and their wives from Texaco and Chevron. Diimers and daytime activities provided several good opportunities to reminisce about the good old Academy days. A snapshot shows Jim and me during a Singapore harbour craise through offshore islands, with various oil refineries and storage facilities.

In late-June, Joe and Mary Dickson ('49) visited us for several days subsequent to a Rotary convention in Korea. Joe and I were shipmates on LYMAN K. SWENSON (DD-729) during die Korean conflict and although we have corresponded regularly, we have not seen each other for 39 years! We and the ladies had a great time catching up on our experiences. Another photograph shows the four of us at a local Singapore hotel.

We would like to hear from old friends and shipmates and for the coming year can be reached at 82 Grange Road, #22-04, Singapore, 1024. After July 1990, our residence address will be 1916 Lakeshire Drive, Walnut Creek, Calif. 94595.

A quick note from Paul Keenan describing another Summer mini-reunion, of which this Summer seems to have spawned a number Paul provided a couple of photographs, too. He writes: Recentiy, Floyd and Mary Jane Young hosted Gassmates and spouses at 'Greenland' in Leesburg, Virginia. The fortunate guests were Bob and Sybil Gieger, Si and Ruth Simon and Paul and Diana Keenan.

'Cjreenland', a raral estate, was originally built in 1790 and has been totally restored to recapture its historical uniqueness. The estate belonged to Mary Jane's great-grandmother, who raised her family on the farm while her husband was serving as an officer

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in the Confederate Army.

The original farm's vast 328 acres has since been sold and subdivided. The Young's purchased the last of the 18'/2 acres and residual bams of the property.

They have recentiy employed a Brazilian horse breeder who oversees the land now. Hope we can get some hot tips!

Our get-together at 'Greenland' gave us all a good time. Bob and Si were roommates in the fighting 19th company and Floyd, Si and Paul were shipmates on the PRINCETON . Since we are at that age, we added up the children and grandchildren we collectively had and it came to 19. Not bad for such a young looking crowd!

Nancy and John Kem recently celebrated a family event of considerable interest and sent a note and a photo: Greetings from St. Augustine. Seems the only time 1 correspond is when a son is commissioned, which was the occasion of the enclosed photo. I put on the uniform to swear in Dabney who graduated from Jax U. and is now in flight training. Jim flew down from Newport where he instructs at SWOS. Nancy and I are no longer ranning bed & breakfast (after five years and lots of interesting people) so have plenty of room for friends passing through. Try 298 St. George St., St. Augustine, 32084.

In the last issue, I was able to put in a brief announcement of Bob Schwoeffermann's death in San Diego. Harvey Humphrey has followed up with a letter and a copy of his remarks made at a memorial service for Bob on July 22: Bob was recovering, at his home in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, from six-way by-pass surgery performed at Balboa Naval Hospital (7 July) when, on the moring of 17 July, he returned to the hospital while experiencing chest pains which tumed out to be a heart attack. Everything went south from there and Bob succumbed in the early moming hours of 18 July. Classmates attending the service, other than yous truly, included Ayers, McCord, Fred Nelson, and John Davis' widow, Kitty. Dick Gardiner ('47), John Van Sickle ('47), Bill Anderson ('49), and Zug Zastrow ('52) were other recognizable attendees.

Bob is survived by his wife, Gloria, and the five children of their marriage: Susan (Charleston, South Carolina), Sally (Santa Rosa, Califomia), Catherine (Binghamton, New York), Robert, Jr. (Portland, Oregon), and John (Chico, Califomia).

I include Harvey's remarks because he speaks for all of us: His naval career began in the Sunmier of 1944 when he entered the United States Naval Academy.

He scored thefirstof many touchdowns as a running back in September 1944 as the Midshipmen Plebe football team routed Columbia University's junior varsity 66-0 in their opening football game. He graduated on 4 June 1948, as the Brigade SubCommander. He took as his bride, Gloria Bimrose, the day after graduation, after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. 1 know the feeling because 1 took Jane as my bride on the same day. An incident happened in the Winter of 1952 which directly led to an arthirtic hip and 'the limp' of which we are so famihar. Robert was piloting a single-engine combat aircraft and upon taking off from NAS, Sewell's Point, Norfolk, his engine quit. He dead-stick landed among a myriad of coal cars in a railroad terminal at the end of theranway.Accompanying the flowers which were sent to the hospital by the coaches and friends who were on duty back at the Academy was this poem: 'Coming down the ranway, motor going strong/it happened on a Monday that, suddenly, something went wrong/Somewhere in this land of ours the sun was shining bright/but it wasn't in the freight yard where you ended your brief flight.' Well, sir, when Gloria read that poem to Robert, it prompted a laugh. Can you imagine how that must have hurt with over 100 stitches in his face? He, also, broke his ankle in that mishap which necessitated the insertion of a pin, and from that came 'the limp'. Robert had a distinguished and highly-decorated service career. A few of the high points include being: Navigator and Operations Officer of the carrier ENTERPRISE, Commander of a carrier-based squadron of attack aircraft in the Vietnam War theater, and Commanding Officer of the

ammunition ship HALEAKALA, which he skillfully navigated up the Mekong River to resupply a contingent of U.S. troops. I can't imagine taking an ammunition ship up the Mekong under the conditions which prevailed at that time. It was an awesome accomplishment for which he was highly decorated. Robert retired in 1975 after 31 years of distinguished service. During those years he spent a disproportionate amount of time at sea with the operating forces. A few years subsequent to his retirement from naval service, he and Gloria moved to San Diego. Robert was a leader among leaders. He was well liked and respected by his superiors, his contemporaries, and those he commanded. We entered the Academy together; we were football and track teammates; we were married on the same day; we were members of the same 4-some when he got his only hole-in-one; we've celebrated many anniversaries together. He was my fraternity brother, dear friend and confidant. I'll miss him.

Maggie and Frank Snyder have been living tranquilly up Indian Avenue in Newport (Portsmouth) for almost 10 years, during which time Frank, who came to Aquidneck Island to retire, has been toiling at the War College. He was recently a recipient of the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award: For outstanding meritorious service as Head, Planning and Decision Making Division since 1985 and as a Professor of Operations at the Naval War College since 1980. Professor Synder conceived and developed a course in military operational planning and decision making that has spearheaded the renewed interest in coherent campaign planning throughout the joint maritime theaters of operations. This course has been more highly valued by students, with each year it has been taught. To ensure the currency and relevancy of this course. Professor Snyder thoroughly revised the United States Navy publication, NWP-11 Naval Operational Planning. Through extensive research, he has maintained his faculty and his curriculum on the leading edge of developments in the areas of joint operational planning, command and control, and international law. He had made invaluable contributions to the developing area of joint doctrine.

The citation goes on to describe other activities during this period including writing a widely-acclaimed course on Command and Control for the National Defense University. In 1986-7, he was NWC Federal Employee of the Year. So, congramlations to civilianized Frank Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;well done!

In next month's column, look for rundowns on The Aimual Ball Splash Party, the Lochner Bash down in Annapolis, and more from Larry Dorsey and Paul Riley. Meanwhile, this from Gene Spalding finishes off the bit about Peg and Randy Patterson tiiat appeared in the last issue: Amante and Roger Carlquist had a farewell picnic in June for Randy and Peg, who indeed pulled up stakes in late-June and moved out to the Great Northwest so Randy could canoe and dumb mountains before he had to enter a retirement home. I thought climbing to our seats in the second tier at the Academy Stadium was enough exercise at our age. I am sending some pictures I took at the picnic. John Holland, shown with Peg H. and Randy, has taken over from Randy responsibility for the stakes and signs for use at the tailgates at the football games. This means showing up about 1000 on game day to stake out the area, or doing it late Friday after the state cars are removed. Hopefully, those Classmates who live in or near Annapolis and like to tailgate will give John some help. Corinne and 1 are leaving in early August for a six-week trip to the West Coast and will visit Randy and Peg and a few other Classmates. Hopefully, 1 will have some photos of these visits when we retum just in time for the Navy-Brigham Young game. One must always keep his priorities in order. 1 just noticed in the Retired Officer magazine for August that Bob Enderbrock died. He and I were in the 16tii company First Class year. He was living in Texas.

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in mid-May in Washington, D.C. We were deUghted to get a note ftt)m Jim Carrington '48 which said.

Membership: 71% On April 24.1989, my son, Tim, called to advise Pres., John F. Barrow Kay and me of the birth of hisfirstson (and the first Sec'y, Capt. Peter S. Swanson USN (Ret.) grandchild to carry OR the family name), James Reaves PO. Box 2741, Arhngton, Va. 22202 Carrington. He is to be called 'Reaves' after a very Asst. Sec'y, Capt. Warren R Vossler USN (Ret.) dear friend of mine, and someone admired by all our 2214 Chesapeake Harbour Dr., E. family—Reaves Baysinger '49. I consider it a Annapohs, Md. 21403, (301) 263-0373 great compliment to me and a tribute to Reaves and die Baysinger family.

This is the month! On 26 October, early arrivees of Thanks, Jim, for your thoughtful letter; we greatly the Class will begin assembling at the Radisson Anappreciate it. From Tex Lawrence in San Diego napohs Hotel for the 40th Reunion. Incidentally, your came a commencement announcement stating that on secretary attended his 45th high school reunion in 9 June '89 he earned his Assoc, in Arts (AA) degree Pocatello, Idaho, in June. It was such fun and a great in Physical Education. He added a note saying that he dry run for our 40th. It proved that years don't fade planned to drive north to see his daughter, Sandy, and the memory as much as some might think. In just a Tom Hudner '47 and Robert Selle her Coos Bay, Oregon, kids. Then he was going to fly matter of minutes all the essentials of what we knew to Paris to continue with his French lessons and then dal of Honor wiimer, Thomas J. Hudner, '47, at a about one another in earher yearsfloodedback and in retum in September Tex plans to be at the 40th. We meeting of the Board of Directors of the USO Counno time the memories and conversations were flowsend our congramlations on you getting your degree, cil of New England. [Many of us will never forget the ing. So, we think our 40th will be a great one and all Tex; see you at the Reimion. bravery Tom showed in Korea on 4 December '50 of us are looking forward to renewing many old Retirement Dope. Awhile ago John Vice afwhen he crash-landed his Corsair in an attempt to friendships. Bless us all, the wide and the short and firmed that he'd retired 1 July '88 after 42 years of save his wingman, Jesse Brown, the Navy's first die bald. govemment service. Now he's staying busy taking black aviator, who was pinned in his airplane after Our July luncheon was attended by El Jefe John being shot down by enemy gunfire. Though Jesse courses and woiking in thefinancialplanning and tax Barrow, Jack Benoit, Karl Cook, John Draim, Norm Brown could not be saved, it wasn't for lack of exceparea. His doctors have recommended that he avoid Larson, Bill Myers, Andy Nelson, Pete Swanson, tional bravery and super effort by Tom and a rescue stress due to blockages in the arteries—though he's and Barkley Wood. Around the table we heard that hehcopter pilot.] Robert also attended the annual notreallysure he's foUowing their advice. His family the John Draims and John Alvises are going to va- convention of the Navy League in May in Washstatistics are: 4 children; 3 married; 5 (JC. John is cation together for three weeks in August in France ington. There he met these 49ers active with the planning on making the 40th. and England. That's a good match because John League: Chuck Stiles, Wally Valencia, Chip HigCharles Mark, who Uves in East Meadow, New Draim speaks both French and 'Texas'.

York, wrote that he planned to retire at age 65 on 1 gins, Red Cobb, Tom Linton, and Guest of Honor, August '89, after 37 years as assistant foreman and Ourfirstlook in the mail bag brings us news ftxim the Secretary of Energy, Jim Watkins. Robert added Fred Wilder in Clearwater, Florida. He writes. then foreman of CBS television's Scenic Carpenter that Red's brother, Calvin, '46, is the new President In one of my rare lucid intervals, I came across Shop in New York. He wants to divide his retirement of the Navy League. Thanks for the picture and all the May '88 planning letter re our Class' 40th Reyears between Melboume Beach, Horida, Lake Sathat information, Robert. union. 1 felt sure I had sent this in last year, but then, candaga in the New York Adirondacks, and East From our former Class Secretary, Paul Riegert, who knows? [You guys all say the same thing.

Meadow. He continued, Fred.] Anyway, this is either a belated response or came this news.

Jean and I have 6 wonderfiil C: 4B and 2G. Oldest 'back-up', but I did want to be sure I'm on the Ust My son, Paul, graduated with the Qass of '89— son. Charles, USNA '79; son Bill graduated from for fiirther information . . . I can't seem to locale 40 years after we did! He was a Foundation Scholar St. John's, Long Island, New York; sons Wayne and any 'retirement and employee benefits' department of our Class. He was elected VP of his Class and Scott are with CBS television; daughter Lynn is a in my law office and apparentiy am going to have to was President of the USNA Fellowship of Christian free-lance artist; and daughter Betty is an office keep working if I want lo keep eating. Dot and 1 see Athletes. He was afirststring 150 lb. football player a lot of and enjoy our family. #1 Son, Gregory, is a manager and budding artist. who won MVP in the '88 Army game and was a 1st CPA and lax attorney (LLM) with die Tampa office Charles is planning on getting to the 40th, too. string conference selection. He remains at USNA as of Arthur Anderson & Co. He and his wife, Susie, a 150 lb. football team coach until January '90 when Helen SomerviUe wrote us concerning our menhve here in Qearwater and have our only two GDs: he transfers to Quantico for Marine Corps Officers tioning her running abiUty in the July-August colWhimey, 3, and Brook, 1/2. #2 Son, Stephen, is a School, Uience to Pensacola and flight training. He umn. She said she didn't fiiush first in the Bermuda podialric surgeon who practices in Clearwater and is said he was proud and grateful to have been sponlOK meterracebut was thefirstin her age group to do assisted by his wife, Debbie. My sons are apparsored by the Qass of '49. so.

She wrote, "My time of 48-1- min. for lOK, as entiy never going lo amount to anything, one being a Well, we're proud of our 40-year "offspring" too, quoted, is not quite fast enough to take top honors. I lawyer and the other a doctor. But our daughter has just as you are, Paul. We wish him well in all his fuenjoyed beuig (Jueen for a Day, though. Thanks," it aU together and is an airline pilot, currentiy flying ture work. Thanks for sharing this with us.

And thanks for putting us right, Helen; good and conDC-8's with United Parcel Service out of Louisville Voss Vosseler heard from Angelo Semeraro in tinued luck in your future runs. but still living with her airline pilot husband, Steve.

May that he, Angelo, had arranged with the USNA Finally, it is with regret that we advise the Class of Dot works in my office as a paralegal doing mostiy Alumni Ass'n. to have a memorial plaque dedicated administrative work and the income and estate tax the death of two Classmates. We were informed that to our late Tony Palazzolo. It was to be emplaced in rehmis for estates and guardianships. Youngster last February Capt. Richard A. Parker, USAFR Sect 104, Row 7, Seat 5 dining Graduation Week. He year 1 was 'clipped' by Don Wbitmire (so they told (Ret.), a non-graduate, had passed away. Then we wrote. me when I came lo) in afieldball game and spent six were advised ttiat, in July last, Kenneth L. Butler weeks in die USNA hospital with both knees in a While I won't be able to be there, I have asked a had been killed in an automobile accident in Califorcast. Forty years and a couple of plane crashes later, family rep, my daughter in the Class of '92, to see if nia. To die Parker family and to Elizabeth BuUer and this caught up with me and I had to have a total arshe can possibly be at the dedication of the memorial her family, the Class sends its deepest sympathy and tificial joint replacement of both knees, in August plaque. I do plan to make it to the 40th at which time condolences.

'88. The recovery has been painful and slower than I will schedule a visit to Tony's grave in Arhngton.

With sorrow we report the passing of yet another hoped, but 1 am continually improving and grateful Voss also mentioned the circularity of receiving Classmate. On or about 29 July '89, Walter J. B^jlo be walking again widiout a cane—at least for Class news.

It goes like this: Jack Landers (Masdick from Yukon, Pennsylvania died of heart failure. short distances on the 'straight and level'. Looking sachusetts) phoned Voss (Annapolis) to say that Bill forward to seeing you and DeEtte and many of our Though Walter was not married, we join with his Russ (Louisiana) saw a New Orleans newspaper statother good friends and Classmates at the 40th. family, employees, and many friends in expressing ing tiiat Pat O'Keefe's (Massachusetts) son, Shawn, We're looking forward to seeing you, too, Fred. our condolences. More information should be in Last Here is some information that came in a few has been nominated to be Asst. Secty. of Defense Call. months ago; we're sorty there wasn't room to print it Comptroller (Washington, D.C). [So much for news We also have leamed die sad news that Hugh Althen. Steve Gilles wrote briefly from Utica, New gathering; but we don't know how Shawn's nominaber's wife, Barbara, had lost her battle witii cancer York, that he and Rena just had their 12th GC; the tion has came out.] We do know tiiis, tiiough: E^ and had passed away in die early hours of 8 August. father is Lt. Robert Bowers USN, Engineering Of- Waller is a Lockheed Corporate Staff VP for ASW She died at home witii her loved ones near. Barbara ficer on USS GALLERY (FFG-26). Steve is still at Systems heading up the new Washington, D.C. ASW was always such an entiiusiastic supporter of die work selling life insurance and pensions. He plans to Technology Center witii plannedrepresentationfrom make the 40th.

Class; she will be greatly missed. The family plans to six of die companies in the Lockheed corporate faminum her remains at the Academy Colubarium. We ily Ed joined Classmates Walters, Gussow, BeckRobert Selle, from Boston, sent in two items of send our deepest sympathies and profound conwith, Josephson, Shapiro, and Vosseler at die 29th interest. First he enclosed his pictiire taken with Me- National Security Industrial Ass'n. ASW Conference dolences to Hugh and die family.

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A Homecoming administrative note: due to heavy demand for botii walking tours (Annapolis and the Academy) scheduled for Friday 27 October,tiieyare beingrescheduledso tiiat a person can make both of tfiem. Exact times and starting places will be posted in die daily Reunion Plan of the Day That's it! So, once again we remind all: Nothing could be finer than to be a '49er!

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Pres., LCol. Robert W. OUver USMC (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Wayne L. Jensen USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Ct., Chula Vista, Calif. 92010 A Cessna aircraft flight simulator located in Long Beach wasrespwnsiblefor bringing Frank Roth out to Califomia from his abode in Virginia. Frank is still active in the business offlyingthe Cessna 141 mainly on missions of mercy and he wanted to get some simulator time to improve his proficiency in the aircraft.

Of course, Frank still has all the eye charts memorized. So, on short notice we were able to get Frank over to the San Diego Aerospace Museum for a personal tour by your Corresponding Secretary. Then Frank was up to La Costa to see Phyl Howard and Charlie Dunn play in a golf toumeyment. (I think tiiey came in second.) And then on the 6th of August we were able to gather Phyl and Joe Howard, Judy and Mark Frudden and Wayne Jensen (Dorothy was still on her Princess Cruise deployment in the Med) and Frank hosted us to lunch at the Casa de Bandini in Old Town San Diego. It was a delightful time with many memories rehashed. If we ever had any doubts that tourism was the number one industry in San Diego, those doubts were dispelled as Old Town on that Sunday was choc-a-block with folks from around the world.

Betty Whittie writes to say that shefindsit difficuU to beUeve that it has been three months since she returned to Macon from Califomia where son, Jeff, was married. Betty says, "Yes, Monterey, California has to be on a par with Tara, but I never thought I would admit that." Betty also had good news for the MS Society—that the Macon golf toumament brought in anotiier $50,000 for MS. And tiiey have already signed with Ben Hogan Tours for the 3rd week in April in 1990 with a seven-day week format—just like the main tour events!

Frank Beal sends news from 190 Crestvue Manor Dr., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15228 and sends along a photo of himself and Caryl taken at Tisisat Falls of the Blue NUe near its source in north westem Ethiopia. Frank admits that a tourist finds some difficulty in getting around Ethiopia, and it is hard to leave America's most livable city, but it is tmly spectacular country.

Tom Ross reports that the Aimapolis '50 Chapter had nine at the Friday, August 4th, luncheon at USNA Officers' and Faculty Club: John Cavanaugh,

Mark Fradden and Harry Hussmarm Shipmate, October 1989

No. 3 Gerty Coleman, Ed Greenberg, Ed Grunwald, Tom Noble, Tom Ross, Phil Ryan, Daryle Tripp and Jim Wilkins. Daryle was over from his home in Mt. Vernon to work with Phil Ryan on locating our missing Air Force Classmates for reunion in the Fall of '90. It was reported that Len Greene of the Annapolis group has been back in Bethesda Naval Hospital for several weeks, but family reports are that he's improving and due home shortly. We are saddened to report the news of the death of Richard W. (Dick) Duggan on 18 July at Virginia Beach. Services were conducted at the Fort Myer Chapel, with burial at Arlington National Cemetery. There for the services were Bets & Phil Ryan, Aim & Tom Ross and Jim Wilkins together with Chuck Greenwood who did an admirable job of relating Midshipman days with Dick as "wife." Dick is survived by his wife Jean, sons, David and Matthew, and daughters, Christianne and Mary. The family suggests contributions are appropriate to the Washington Metro Area Chap-

ter of the Huntington's Disease Society of America, 8606 Kenilwortii Drive, Springfield, Va. 22151. We reported last month of the passing of our Classmate, Ray Fahs and Al Register writes from PO. Box 764, New Canaan, Ct. 06840 to say that he and Jerry BIyde were able to attend the memorial service held for Ray and they were reassured to see how well Mary Ellen was adjusting.

Ward Lasley sends news of the Washington, D.C. doings. For the August gathering they managed: Willy Ayres, Jim Lynn, Jerry Coleman, Daryle Tripp, Tom Ross, Pete Block, Bill Kiehl, Jack Ryan, Bob Oliver, Arnold Austin, John McNally, Fred Beck, Bob Mandeville, Dick Powell, Bob Bisselle, George Nelson, Stan Krohn and Ward. Arnold Austin had just retumed from three months in France with Jackie, mostly in Cannes. He reported strong tugs at his heart strings seeing USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) anchored off Cannes, still on active duty in the Navy after all of us have retired. Tom Ross reported that this year's Plebe Class numbers just over 1400, but with fewer women than before. Willy Ayres was planning a trip to Aberdeen, Scotland, for the wedding of his son. Bill, to Jenny Halliday, and John McNally had just retumed from a northem European cruise through Scandinavia. John and Fran were accompanied by Claire and Dick Miller. They got the chance to compare Leningrad with westem cities and came to the same conclusions. Bob Bisselle has retired from banking and is now president of the National Postal Forum. Photos enclosed of the normal San Diego '50 Group— 1) Front (L to R)—Dave Taylor, Bill Grimm and Frank Taylor; Rear (L to R)—Dick Smith, Wayne Jensen, Gene Wisenbaker and Dick Martin.

2) (L to R)—Bob Muck and Dick Prescott; Rear (L to R)—Dick Thurston, Mark Frudden, Tom Kolstad, and Cecil Kempf.

3) (L to R)—Chuck Robertson and Stan Neander; Rear (L to R)—John Malloy, Frank Cassilly, Charlie Clark and Cliff Skinner The '50 San Diego gathering at the 32nd Street Mariner Officers' Club saw: Mark Frudden, Dave Taylor, John Malloy, Tom Kolstad, Lee Baggett, Chuck Robertson, Dick Smith, Bill Grimm, Dick Prescott, Wayne Jensen, Stan Neander, Dick Thurston, and Frank Cassilly. The previous Saturday the San Diego Union had carried an article on the awakening of influence of charismatics in religion and the Assemblies of God came off very well as an influential branch of the movement. Well it so happens that our own Tom Kolstad is the Minister of Pastoral Care at that church. On Sunday, 13 August, the senior pastor was out of town at a convention and so Mark Frudden and Wayne Jensen got to hear Tom preach on "A Pilgrimage of Faith." It was a very pleasing experience to claim Tom as one of our own—that plus a 26-voice choir and seven-piece orchestra! When Harry Hussmann was in town from El Paso we got a picture of him standing alongside

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Mark Frudden. The San Diego Group wasreadyfor '50 day at die races at Del Mar on 25 August, on NBC Nightiy news, we had the chance to see Stan Neander's son, David, in and imderwater sequence as he dived from the NOOA ship F.MRWEATHER in the assessing of damage to marine life in Alaska.

This proved that they were doing more than just going up there to eat the salmon. Dorotiiy Jensen made it back from her 17-day deployment to the Mediterranean and observed that she didn't understand why I ever complained about deployments, "They are a dehght." She recommends London. Lisbon, Casablanca. Gibralter, Cannes. Portofino, Livomo, Civitavecchia, Barcelona. Florence and even Manchester and is ready to go again.

Regret to report that Dick Anderton died of cancer at his home in Tempe. Arizona on 30 July. A viewing was held on 2 August in Tempe. Bill Thompson talked with Agnes, and we sent flowers. Hopefully will have an obimary for the November Shipmate. Our sympathies to you, Agnes, and to son Mike. Dick was a fine Marine and a good friend; he will be missed.

Paul Tuzo received a nice note from the Charleston Museum, thanking the Class for our gift in memory of Sam Jones who was the Assistant Curator. Paul, by the way, spent three weeks 'chaperoning' Mids on a sailing race from Annapolis to Newport to Bermuda to Marblehead to Annapolis in mid-July. The Mids did not heed Paul's advice and took the wrong course to Bermuda, finishing dead last. Moral for the day: Never, never ignore Paul's advice. You out there in the hinterlands will never know Memberhsip: 71% how fortunate you are to have Angus MacTuzo as your Treasurer.

Pres., Capt. William S. Thompson USN (Ret.) Class notes. The July limcheon was held at the Sec'y, Cdr. Jack Hamilton USN (Ret.) Capital Grill, Embassy Suites Hotel in Crystal City 9215 Cutting Horse Court on 11 July, not the 4th because of the holiday. Mike Springfield. Va. 22153 lacona brought a lawyer friend who discussed the matter of wills and other documents and detaUs of which we and our wives should be aware. Wills, powers of attorney (Navy Federal, for example, only recognizes one vahd in the last five years), DD-214 for proof of retirement or separation from the service, i.e., get your affairs in order and keep 'em that way!

As youreadthis, you should already have received our Annual Report mailout with much news and a new directory. Hope you'll be generous with a 'small' donation to defray directory printing and maUout costs. Thanks.

Also, you should be receiving/have received the flyer for the Homecoming party 28 October at the Bay Ridge Inn, following the James Madison game.

We normally send the flyer to only N.J., Pa., W.V, D.C, Md., Va., Del. and N.C. If you're elsewhere and want to join in, please call Ruth and Bob Small. who are running it again this year. Cost should be about $50 per couple.

Something else to mark on your calendar. The Winter Formal will be held at Boiling Air Force O Club on 17 February, 1990 natch. Tony Thorne is the maestro for the affair.

A bit of Marine trivia. Question: How many members of '51 held regular commissions in the Marine Corps? Answer in November issue.

'Am beholden to John McGrew for the first pics of June Week West. In the pics: A) Jack and Cynthia Nunneley, Presh and John Tillson: B) Claire Hutchinson, Dick and Bobbye Childs, Paul and Dorothy Byme, Bill Hutchison; C) Pat and Tom Edwards, Mary and Paul Smith, Betty Bohler and Robin Mc(31ohn, Des Desrosiers; D) Dick and Barbara Seymour, Genevieve and Howie Ruggles. Chas and Marie Duke, Bill Purse and guest. John says Monterey is the JWW scene next year, with Joan and Frank Hunter as local coordinators, and an assist y from Boyd Johnson down San Luis Obispo way, also Dick Livingstone and Bill Surman from the Monterey area. Friday, 22 June to be exact.

JWW Cell C John had lunch in May witii Dave Soracco and Jim Hunt on Mercer Island, Seattle, and spent a night witii the Childs in Shelton. John spends part of his time at his Sea Ranch home on the Sonoma County coast 60 miles west of his regular dwelling in Santa Rosa, and is thinking about a home in Ashland, Oregon. Since Califomia is projected to fall into the ocean, he is planning ahead! Oh-oh, John has another tour proposal in mind.

Sam Latimer and son. Randy, visited Harry Cooper in Springfield, Missouri, for several days of flying in a J-3 Cub and Pitts Special. Then tiiey all flew to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for die EAA annual flyin and air show. They ran smack into Lew Powell in JWW Dynamic D front of the F8F in The Eagle Hangar of tiie Air Mu-

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seum. So they snapped it for posterity, all smiles are Harry, Lew, Sam and Randy. Sam also said he talked witii BUI St. Lawrence, who has recovered well from back surgery and is dividing his time between Virginia Beach and a condo in Key West. Bill occasionally ferries yachts hitiier and yon to pick up some mad money.

A surprise note from Alfonso Saenz down Ecuador way. saying Marta and he would be in the States this Fall and plan on attending Homecoming.

The note, addressed to the Pres., was quickly answered to Al's Miami address. Hope he doesn't have the dates mixed up.

Whadya know, another Eagle! By Fuller chimed in from Jax Beach, saying all three of his girls were married, has two grandsons and two granddaughters, and son Bob is flying A-6s off the AMERICA (naturally the greatest ship ever built!). The pic shows By in his Pitts Special, and hefliesout of St. Augustine.

He bought his own aircraft when Bob Dunn retired and took him off his fuel allotment schedule. But he's selling the Pitts because, on a trip to Oregon, he saw, thenflew,a Bucher Jungman. fell in love with it and bought it. The B-J was used by the Germans to train

John and Presh Tillson

Another Red Baron Shipmate, October 1989

the Luftwaffe prior to WWII. By runs a small barge and tug operation out of Green Cove Springs in his 'spare' time.

A long letter from Ed Carter, his quadrennial effort. He was honored on 6 Jime last by having Carter Hall named for him at Dam Neck Guided Missiles School. Carter Hall houses some of the most important training facilities for the surface fleet. Ed retired as ComOpTevFor in '85, and he and Billie moved to the north side of Hampton Roads for two years. He accepted an appwintment as a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses in '87, and moved to Alexandria, Virginia. Ed also mentioned that Carter Hall is right across the street from Hemdon Hall, named for our Bill. Ed and Bill both sang in the Chapel Choir all four years at the Academy. Small world! And Ed, please give the Logs to me for our 40th—they'U make a nice display.

Had a nice note from Helen Gillespie, saying she had received the extra copies of Shipmate with Chuck's obit. After finishing her school teaching this Summer, Helen traveled east to visit daughter down at Pax River, then went to Arlington and noted that Chuck's gravestone was aheady in place. She also received the DD-214 form which they couldn't find.

This form is vital to you and yours, and you heard more about this in the mailout.

Got some more address changes, and they were noted in your new directory. However, it was nice to hear from Phil Pahl, who moved exactly two doors, and from Bill Vonier, who came back to God's country (Pennsy that is) to live. Bill says he still does some consulting, and traveling, and getting settled in the new home, and looks forward to participating more in our numerous activities.

The last of the Bahamas bunch pics shows the romantic Clausners and the dashing Tillsons. All for now. See you at the tailgates!

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In the news— John Beecher received a lovely note from Maxine Keefe which he quotes in part: Thank you for the wonderful, thoughtful memorial for Tom. 1 truly appreciate the kindness that Tom's Classmates have shown. 1 remember seeing the seats with the name plates and made a mental note that 1 would do this for Tom if he preceded me, but you (John Beecher) and his friends accomplished this so quickly. Thank you! It is simply beautiful! I would like to personally thank each one of you.

Thank you, John.

As we remember the 20th anniversary of our landing astronauts on the Moon, Hork Dimon sent me a clip of a Baily Banks & Biddle ad which featured Gen. Tom Stafford. As chairman of the board at Omega Watch Corp. Tom was scheduled to be at a

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Pres., RAdm. John Beecher USN (Ret.) Sec'y Capt. Edwm L. Ebbert USN (Ret.) 2514CulpeperRd., Alexandria, Va. 22308 The fuU lunar echpse was visible from Washington D.C. It brightened up a rather dismal August, what widi die rain and lack of sun. It is hard to imagine what we will be experiencing in October. Homecoming and all!!

John Beecher reports on the ceremony where Wayne Hughes received the Vance R. Warmer award, Friday afternoon, 21 July, 1 was privileged to attend a ceremony in the CNO's Conference Room al which Capt. (Professor) Wayne P Hughes was presented the Vance R. Wanner award by the Military Operations Research Society. This award, which is the highest given by MORS, was jointiy presented bytiieVCNO, Adm. Bud Edney, USN and the PastPresident of MORS, RAdm. Skid Masterson, USN (Ret.). Scattered among the many active duty flag officers and distinguished operations researchers in attendance were our Classmates Lou McMillan, Bill Rowden, Hork Dimon, and Doug Payne.

Wayne defined Ops Research for the assembly by quoting the late-Damon Runyon: 'The race doesn't always go to the swiftest, nor the battle to the strongest, but that's the way lo bet'. To which Wayne added: 'We ops researchers help figure the odds.'

Wayne spoke at the July luncheon held in Washington. I understood the sea stories were excellent.

Attending: Pete Barry, Howard McCollum, Jim Troutman, Dick Denfeld, Dick Smith, John Beecher, Jerry Rapkin, Al Bress, Jim Fischer, Toxey Califf, Bill Studabaker, Jim Brickel, Bill Laux, George Lester, Scott Gray, Doug Lock wood, Brice Bradshaw, Paul German, Hork Dimon, Gamett Bailey, Wayne Hughes, Bill Roberts, Dick Chase, Marv Alexander, Shipmate, October 1989

Jack Pohlman, Vince Manara, Paul Tetreault, Dick Laulor, Tom Julian, Ron Hattin, Bob Phillips, Woody Ramsey, and Bob Lancaster.

Had a nice letter from Bill Busik, a thank-you for our efforts in gifts and pledges we made during the Phonathon. The Class contributed and/or pledged $82,635. This does not count the unspecified pledges. Overall the Phonathon netted $2,772,883.

I'm sure that they would be glad to accept more.

On the road again Baily Banks & Biddle store showing a new product.

Recreational Research Bob Morris checks in with a report of his new adventures. His note described what's going on with 'Recreation Research' in the Great Southwest.

First of all. from 27 May through 14 June, I was on a 1500-mile bicycleridefrom San Diego to Albuquerque, New Mexico, via the Colorado Rockies. I took along an altimeter and have enclosed our itinerary showing the 65,830 vertical feet we climbed during the entire ride. On my retum to San Diego on 16 June, 1 got the bicycle cleaned up and on 24 June I flew up to San Francisco to join an American Youth Hostel group (10 people) to ride down the coast 700 miles to San Diego. "Thatrideinvolved only a climb of 12,700 vertical feet. Botii trips were SELF CONTAINED . . . that is, NO station wagon or vehicle support of any kind. We did stay at hotels and motels and that was most appreciated. The photos is of 'Stonewall' (my bicycle) and me riding in the desert from Brawley lo Blylhe. If any of our Classmates (you) see this rig on the highway, please stop and offer me cold water!!! On 3 August, I'm off to Europe with my bicycle to ride through southem Scotiand, the Cotswolds of England and the Loire Valley in France. I'll fly back to the States on 7 October.

Keep it up. Bob, and thanks for the report. From the Albuquerque trip data. Bob shows that they traveled between 40 and 142 miles per day. Most were in the range of 75 to 80 miles.

Among the many pieces of mail that came in was the current announcement of a complete course in Program Management offered by the American Graduate University and Procurement Associates. A featiired uistmctor is Oliver H. (Bob) Tallman. The

write-up includes . . . "During 27 years in the U.S. Air Force, he served successively as a jet fighter pilot, project engineer, research scientist, combat squadron commander, chief system engineer, system program director, and senior research and development manager" During the week 1 spent in Newport this Summer at the Naval War College, 1 had the opportunity to talk with Wendy Morgenthaler. His is looking great, and is still deeply involved with the Naval War College Continuing Education Program.

The scene is aboard MAINSQUEEZE (Tom Thawley's 24 foot J-24) located in waters off the eastern shore near St. Michaels. It is midday and the winds are almost calm, the only motion is caused by the waves of the motor boats traveling the river. Tom has a fouled spinnaker halyard, and needs to get up the mast in order to free it. A makeshift boatswain's chair consisting of a cushion, and the spare halyard is rigged, and his makeshift crew (two Jeans and me) are pressed into service. Inch by inch Tom is hoisted up the mast, first above the spreader, and finally he is able to get at the fouled halyard. At this point a passing boat makes some extra waves and Tom is given a bit of a ride. The deed done, we slowly bring him down; 1 for one am breathing a sigh of relief. Overall, Jean and I had a delightful sail with Tom and his crew.

Dick Denfeld has himed his business over to his sons, and is adjusting to a retirement life style. Pete Barry continues to do battle with the forces in Washington on behalf of the Grumman Corporation. One of the issues was the continuation of the F-14 line at Bethpage, New York. It appears from the Washington Post accounts that they were successful in keeping it open. 1 leamed from John Beecher that Nancy and Bill Maxson are making plans to move to Florida.

1 had an interesting call from an elder USMA graduate, who began the conversation with "How do I transfer my Alumni status to USNA?" Seems he was reacting to the selection of a woman as the Corp's First Captain. In the end he just wanted to talk a bit about the changing times. 1 was happy to oblige.

I received a letter from John R. Woodward, l U , who is looking for booklets and information on merchant ships, especially Liberty ships produced along the East Coast during WWII. His address is 410 N. Palm Street, Jessup, Ga. 31545.

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Pres., Capt. Augustine E. Hubal, Jn USN (Ret.) Sec'y, D. B. Jones 6708 Pageland Lane, Gainesville, Va. 22065 I've just come back from the August luncheon and even though the Shipmate deadline is two weeks away I'm working on the column now because there is so much news it will probably take me two weeks to type it all. What a nice situation to be in!

First, the Third Annual Class of '53 Cruise took place between 17 and 29 July on Princess Cruise Lines M.V.

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brand-new, 63,000-ton luxury liner. She is the fourth largest cruise ship in the world with a length of 806 feet, a beam of 105 feet, and a height of 154 feet. This cruise departed from San Francisco, sailing north to Victoria, Vancouver and Port Hardy, British Columbia, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay National Park and Sitka, Alaska, before remming at 22 -(- knots to San Francisco.

Sally and 1 went out to Califomia a week early to visit friends and relatives before the cruise left. We visited our old neighbors in Palos Verdes a week after our old house had just been resold for $504,000 more than we sold it for—I'm sure we are probably the only people who sold two homes in Califomia and didn't make money.

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At any rate we got to San Francisco on Satiirday aftemoon, 15 July, and met Mary Lou and Earl Griggs at tiie Vintage Court Hotel. The Griggs had arrived there a day earlier and had spent most of Saturday touring the wine country in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. We went out to dinner at the Shadows, a restaurant that sits up on Telegraph Hill and has a lovely view of the Bay. On Sunday we played the San Francisco tourist bit, rode the cable cars, did Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39 as well as the Cable Car Museum. We went to the Top of the Mark but couldn't get in for a drink as they were only serving brunch there at the time. Later that aftemoon we met Libby and Frank Brady and Nell and Art Gilmore when they checked into the hotel. An hour or so later, Anne and Chauncey Schmidt, from nearby Woodside, showed up as did Myra Bearman and Sue Reindl. We all went out to RAFs, an Italian restaurant that Anne and Chauncey recommended.

The Schmidts are fine. Chauncey is in business for himself now, having recently sold his Bank of Califomia to the Mitsubishi Bank. He and Anne promise they will make the 40th Reunion. It was good to see them again. The next day we all did a httle more sight-seeing in the moming and the Griggs and Sally and 1 went to a restaurant called the Tadich Grill for lunch. It had been recommended by one of Earl's law partners and it was great. 1 had the biggest and best prawns I have ever had and Earl had a fish stew that he said was marvellous. And then it was time to head for Pier 35 and STAR PRINCESS. While waiting to board we ran into Pauline and Tyke Furey, and shortly after boarding we met Carole and Kim Bassett who had come up from Palos Verdes. Thus began 12 days of fun.

The weather was cool—we wore sweaters almost every day—which was fine for those of us who had come from the heat of D.C. The day in Glacier Bay was downright cold but the scenery was so spectacular and the hot drinks were so available that no one minded the cold. We had two adjoining tables in the dining room and we swapped around from table to table so that everyone got to know everyone else pretty weU. Kim Bassett went fishing in Port Hardy and got his limit of four big salmon which we ate that night and Frank Brady and Earl Griggs caught several big halibut in Ketchikan which we also ate. If possible, the halibut was better than the salmon. In Victoria we all toured the magnificent Butchart Gardens which are so beautiful it's almost worth the price of the cmise to see diem. We took a city tour of Vancouver and a walking tour of Gastown in Vancouver, which was fun. Saw bald eagles and porpoise in the remote Port Hardy area and Sally and 1 think we saw a pod of killer whales there as we departed.

Ketchikan was misty and drizzly but fun. Nell and Art were enamored of the Gilmore Hotel, the Gilmore Mall and the Gilmore Restaurant. Art also made a visit to Dolly's House which is now a museum but had been one of the better known houses of ill repute. In Juneau most of the crowd got toflyover the icefieldand glaciers that make Alaska so spectacular.

And a bunch of the group flew out to Taku Glacier Lodge for a salmon bake. Earl Griggs, our seafood expert, says not only was it the best salmon he has ever eaten, but the local Chinook beer that they served was the best beer he had ever drunk. Skagway, with its wooden sidewalks and frontier look was interesting. Most of us rode the White Pass and Yukon Railway's narrow gauge train to the top of White Pass which the gold miners of '98 had to climb on foot with 2000 pounds of supplies—they say it took 15 or more trips to get all the supplies up the mountains.

Glacier Bay was cold and misty and the glaciers were huge; on the way out we started seeing whales and wound up seeing quite a few over the next couple of days. Sitka was unique with its onion-dome church and Russian background. We caught it on a lovely 66

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sunny day which the natives said was unusual. Before wereboarded,Mary Lou, Earl and I decided we had to have a final bottie of Chinook Amber to bid farewell to Alaska. The next two days seemed to fly by as the ship really moved out heading home to San Francisco. The seas were relatively calm throughout the trip but still everyone was impressed with how comfortable the ship was. About the only place you could feel any pitch or roll at all was all the way forward on die top (14th) deck in the "Windows to the World Lounge" (which was where we usually met every evening before dinner for a drink or two) and even there it was hard to tell we were steaming through the open ocean at 22 knots. We went under the Golden Gate early the moming of the 29th and by about 1000 we were on a bus to the airport and heading home. It was a great trip and the only thing that would have made it better was if more of you had been with us. For next year we are thinking of either a seven-day cruise from New York to Bermuda and retum in late-May or early-June, or a nine-day cruise between New York and Montreal or vice versa with stops at Quebec, Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Bar Harbour and Newport. This latter cruise will be during the early Fall when the Autumn color is at its peak. Let me know if you are interested in one or both.

A letter to Gus states that Harry Bergbauer is back in the fold. Harty retired in 1983 and since then he has been working on his PhD at Penn State in Geopolitics and National Security. In June of 1988 it was discovered that his long-standing chronic bronchitis was really just a manifestation of asbestosis, the old Navy disease. Since then Harry has physcially gone downhill to total disability due to very restricted mobility. He says "It's a drag, but could be worse for—as some might remember—1 never was all that athletically inclined and, hence, do not find my relative immobility as confining as would have a more active person." Harty's other news is that he and his wife, Christabel, have moved into a condo just across the creek from the Naval Academy. While his prognosis is undeterminable, his present plans are to continue work on his dissertation, and especially on a book for which the dissertation forms the basis. "Tho unable to get out much, we would be delighted to see any of the Class that find themselves back this way."

The Bergbauers new address is 312 Sevem Ave., Apt. W300, Armapolis, Md. Thanks for the report Harry, and I'm sure we all hope that the asbestosis gets no worse and that the book and the dissertation are very successful.

Bud Kauderer sent in a picture showing Mike Davis, Dick Wright, Don Upshaw, Gus Hubal, Carl Trost, Bud Kauderer, and Art Gilmore which was taken at the May 1989 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Submarine Technology Seminar. Carl was the guest speaker at the banquet and Bud was Symposium General Chairman.

"Thanks, Bud. A press release from Peabody Engineering reports that Frank Lammers, President of Peabody, has been elected President of the American Boiler Manufacmrers Association (ABMA). Frank has served on the ABMA Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 12 years and previously held the positions of Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President.

ABMA is a trade association of 85 member companies that design, market, manufacture, and erect steam generators and combustion equipment for utilities and industrial users throughout the world.

Frank's election marks the first time in ABMAs 101year history that the president has been selected from a company not directly involved in boiler manufacttiring. Peabody makes bumers, ignitors, bumer controls and other combustion equipment. Frank, who went to Notre Dame before coming to Navy also has a MBA from the Bemard Baruch School of Business at Shipmate, October 1989

the City University of New York. Frank and his wife Patricia live in New Rochelle, New York. Congratulations, Frank.

Leo Cuccias sent in a note and picture reporting that the "Third Annual 12th Company Gold Toumament was held at NAS Patuxent River on 4 June 1989.

The sterling participants were Pete (Anyone need insurance?) Conrad, Frank (1 never sit with the Class at football games) Brady, Dean (I'm as cuddly as ever) Smith and Leo (The only honest one in the group) Cuccias." Leo says Frank won all the money. "He deserved it too. He pleaded that he needed strokes because #1, he hadn't played in years, #2, he was recovering from a severe case of walletitis and # 3 , he had Dean Smith as a partner The first two reasons are ridiculous!" [Sec'y's note: Check die quotation marks guys I'm just passing these words along—1 didn't write them.] Leo added "The quality of the play did not match the comradeship enjoyed—only one of us broke 100 BUT we will challenge any other company—anytime, anyplace, any wager Duffers like Ostronic, Somers, Bell and their ilk are welcome to try. Make our day!" The picture shows the fearless foursome with their bridges relaxing on Pete Conrad's hand-buih (?) deck near Pataxent. Thanks, Leo, and let us know if any other company dares to accept your challenge.

Bill Ramsey sent Irv Boeskool a short note relating his actions since his February retirement. They have been in five houses in four months housesitting for friends. Now Bill has taken a position with CTA Incorporated in Rockville, Maryland, and started work on 17 July. They have taken an apartment of Grosvenor House in Rockville and have bought a place on the water near St. Michaels, Maryland.

Their address at St. Michaels is Rt. 1 Box 559, St. Michaels, Md. 21663; the phone number there is (301) 745-3795. The phone number at the Rockville apartment is (301) 492-0259, and his work phone is (301) 816-1424. He and Scottie are planning on being at the Wine and Cheese and we look forward to seeing them there.

Margot and Tom Southerland are back in Australia. They sent us a post card of Ayers Rock right after they hadfinishedclimbing up it—all 1174 feet.

In the log at the top Tom says he wrote USNA '53.

They were going to Melboume when they left Ayers Rock, having already been in Cairns and the Darwin area. They also were going to Sydney and Brisbane after Melboume. This was their fifth trip to Austrailia and it has been the coldest. They are looking forward to tailgating at one of the games this Fall.

Thanks again, Tom. Dave Young sent Gus a letter and me a card but 1 can't report on anything he said because Dave says he has been in Shipmate too much.

Phil Charest sent in a long letter describing the one-week training session he just completed at the Naval Academy for Naval Academy Information Officers (Blue and Gold Officers). Phil is the Blue and Gold Officer for S.E. Wisconsin. As such he is the primary contact for all the young men and women in his area who desire to attend the Naval Academy. He briefs and counsels them on nomination and admission procedures, shows them and their parents and excellent video entitled "Naval Academy Challenge," interviews all assigned candidates, assists in the Academy's minority recruitment efforts and continually emphasizes the challenges and opportunities the Academy's multi-dimensional program provides.

During the week that Phil was at the Academy they were briefed by everyone from the Superintendent down to the upperclass Mids as well as by the Alumni and Athletic Associations. They lived in the 7th wing of Bancroft Hall, ate in King Hall and while they didn't have to take part in the 0545 exercise program, they did watch. Phil says, "That by itself was exhausting." He concludes by saying that on comple-

tion of the training he "spent ten wonderful days visiting my five children in the Philadelphia area, with my wife Kathy, and now am please to be back home in Racine." Thanks, Phil. It sounds as if you have found a most rewarding way to occupy a lot of your time. Did you hear of or run into any other Classmates that are Blue and Gold Officers?

At the luncheon Hart Sebring announced that the ballots for Class President will be mailed to all of you by mid-August. His nominating committee picked four candidates all of whom indicated they would be willing to run and would be happy to serve if elected.

While the nominees weren't announced at the luncheon Hart has since informed me that the candidates are Jim Harris, Bud Kauderer, Bill Ramsey and Carl Trost. The Class will be honored no matter who is elected. Also decided at the luncheon was that there will be no special Class function at Homecoming this year other than our usual tailgate and the Friday night cocktail party and dinner in King Hall for those wishing to attend. Al Villeret showed up wearing a sling and sporting numerous bumps and bruises. His van was hit and flipped. Fortunately Al and his passengers were all wearing seatbelts which kept them from more severe injuries. Eddie Best announced that Jim Baldinger was going to interview for a job in the D.C. area—another candidate for the tailgate parties. Bruce Borthwick stated that we are over $310,000 in cash and pledges for our project with 393 Classmates and five widows contributing.

Let's all send in a little bit more to raise the final $15,000. Bruce also reported that the list of deceased Classmates who died before the pavillion was dedicated is almostfinaland now stands at 133 names. He is sure of 132. The only questionable name is that of Jim Pope. Jim was a non-graduate who we understand died, but that has not been confirmed. If anyone can confirm Jim's death, let Bruce know. This is the only holdup to casting the plaque. There were 37 Classmates at the luncheon.

Bud Kauderer still has golf shirts for sale at $22 and crystal plates for $25. Send your orders to Bud at 3204 Cantrell Lane, Fairfax, Va. 22031.

Picmres this month include the aforementioned short of the '53 attendees at the Submarine Technology Symposium, a shot of Frank Lammers, the new President of ABMA, a shot of the 12th Company golfers and their ladies at Judy and Pete Conrad's pad, and of course there are some pictures from the cruise. The big one shows the whole '53 gang on the spiral staircase before one of the formal evenings.

The shot with Ship's Captain Augusto Lagomarsiiu and acting ship's Chaplain Monsignor Servinsky shows all of us except the Bassetts. Capt. Lago was also the Captain on FAIRSKY last year and he now thinks that the Naval Academy and '53 are one and the same. Monsignor Servinsky also has a tie with the USNA, as his uncle was the Catholic Chaplain when we were Mids. Another shot shows the Gilmores, Bassetts, Jones and Fureys at dinner, thefinalpicture shows Jones, Gilmore and Schmidt having a 10th Company mini-reunion in San Francisco.

I'm out of space—will have to save a letter and several pictures from Dean Strong reporting on June Week West until next month. Remember Class luncheons are on the first Tuesday of every month at 1130 at the Ft. McNair Officers' Club. Send your orders for shirts and plates in to Bud Kauderer and your contributions for the '53 Project to the Alumni Association. Send your news and pictures in to me (except for news about Dave Young). Mail your ballots for the new Class President promptly and if you out-of-towners want a say on who the lower level officers will be come to the luncheon at Ft. McNair on 7 November and help elect them. See you at the tailgate. Go Navy, beat everybody, Dave.

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Pres., Col. Fitz M. Woodrow, Jn USMC (Ret.) Sec'y, Cdr. R. K. Sheehan USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y Capt. WUIiam C. Greenlaw USNR (Ret.) 476 Lyminton Rd., Sevema Park, Md. 21146 If you are still planning to attend any of the ThirtyFifth Reunion activities on 6th, 7th, or 8th of October but haven't made reservations, please get in touch with George Zeberlein immediately. His home phone number is (301) 261-2071; business number is (301) 261-2852.

If you're not planning to attend, we'll miss you because the "35th" is going to be a super affair. As of 14 August, 260 Classmates have signed-up to attend the festivities running from Thursday through Sunday.

Don't forget that everyone, even if you aren't staying at the Radisson, is invited to attend the wine and cheese Welcome Aboard Party starting at 1830 on Thursday at the Annapolis Radisson Hotel.

The Eighth Annual '54 Class Picnic was held at Claire & Charlie McCleans' place in Deale, Maryland, on 5 August. There were, coincidentally, 54 Classmates who signed-in plus 89 family members and guests. We feasted on roast pig, hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, com-on-the-cob, steamed clams, and, of course, crabs. Our thanks to Claire and Charlie for being such gracious hosts, to Howie Hall for running tiie show, and to Jack Wildman for the photos. The following wives and Classmates attended: George Abbey, Marty and Denny Ager, Dick Alger, Joan and Ray Beck, Dora and Jimm Bell, Patsy and Bob Bums, Barb and Herb Crane, Yvonne and Lee Curty, Ellie and Ed Dawson, Ann and Chuck Deppish, Emie Evans, Rita and Neil Fertaro, Marge

and Fred Franco, Smoky Gard, Alice and Ted Gerst, Anne and Dave Gunt, Patricia and Basil Gray, Peg and Bill Greenlaw, Joyce and Bamey Greisen, Ann and Howie Hall, Cheron and Bill Hargrave, Jack Heil, Shhley and Bob Hertes, Nancy and Dick Hollenbach, Pat and Herb Hope, Bea and Jon Hurt, Billie and Joe Jennings, Louie Jordan, Jan and John Juergens, Joan and Jack Keating, Priscilla and Fred Kinley, Theresa and Alex Korbeck, Kathleen and Bill Land, Grady Lee, Ron Lief, Gail and Phil Livingstone, John Lyding, Claire and Charlie McClean, Joan and Malt Malteglioti, Sally and Skid Masterson, Jean and Scott Mobley, Miki and Jess Owens, Alethea and Leo Parent, Marilyn and Walt Rigterink, OV Shearer, Barbara Ann and Bob Shields, Donna and Ned Shuman, Terri and Steve Sinko, Shirley and Noel Smith, Jan and Ken Stanley, Marge and Mario Stefanelli, Margaret Mary and Bemard Storck, Linda and Jauncy Sweet, Nina and Denny West, Peggy and Jack Wildman, and George Zeberlein.

Received a letter from Talbert Fuel Systems of Allentown, Pennsylvania, informing us that Steve Sinko has been appointed executive vice president.

The company "markets low-pollution fuel and fuelinduction systems for automobiles and trucks." The accompanying bio mentioned that Steve had eamed two degreesfromLehigh University and a law degree from La Salle University. Sounds like a busy guy.

Congratulations, Steve! Cheers, Bill

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Pres., Capt. John W. Renard USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Mr. Clif Shumaker 8800 Old Courtiiouse Rd., Vienna, Va. 22180

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Co-chairmen, Class Executive Committee Capt. James W. Blanchard, Jn USN (Ret.) LCol. R. H. Lyle USAF (Ret.) Sec'y, Capt. R C. Peterson USN (Ret.) 13007 Clarion Rd., Fort Washmgton, Md. 20744 Ed Martin's Retirement: BiU Neel, Pete Vogelberger, Ron Thunman, Ed, Bill Greenlaw, Charhe McClean, Dick Dean, Guy Many thanks to Dan Garges, Bud Alexander, CarCane roll Franklin, Hoppy Hohenstem, Jim Johnson, Leo Koerkenmeier, Frank LaMotte, Chan Medwedeff, Don Sacarob, Bob Scanlon and Frank Smith for conducting the '56 portion of the Alumni Association Phonathon in support of the new Brigade Activities Center After two days of calling Classmates duoughout the nation, 134 pledged a total of $101,775 with an additional 153 members pledging to contribute undeclared amounts. Based upon their contacts, much of this column provides a few notes about some of those people contacted. (Tough way to get inputs for die column.)

Having resigned after service aboard USS TOLEDO (CA-133) Bill StUes attended Harvard Law School and is now practicing law in Miami while putting number 6 tiuough college. Phil Sullivan, who still considers himself as the last Classmate to get married, reports that his young daughter was diagnosed as having leukemia. Although currentiy in remission, prayers of Classmates are appreciated and hopefully she will recover. Phil, our prayers and tiioughts are with you.

Jack Kinert left the great Norttiwest (temporarily) to attend son Kent's (Lt(jg), USN) wedding at Little Creek Amphib Base. AttiieUniversity of Oklahoma, Walt Stammer is manager of the Urology Department. Also in die Okla. area Fred Spellman is fully retired and spends much of his time as a Scoutmaster witii plans to backpack through New Mexico in the near future. Out Albuguerque, New Mexico, way.

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Leo Stockham is an independent consultant and meets with John Conway frequently for dinner He also maintains a regular cortespondence with Charlie Chavarria.

Huntsville, Alabama, is currently home to Bob Sampson and Frank Tatom. Bob is with the local Chamber of Commerce and Frank the founder and President of Engineering Analysis, a high tech firm tiiat has been going strong for 11 years. Also down towards die Gulf Coast, Ben Jack Kinney is in the final steps of opening a "bed and breakfast" in New Braunfeis, Texas. (Ben Jack, if you expect free advertising in this column, you'll have to send us a map and directions to get there!)

In the transportation business. Bob Williams has moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, to join his brother's firm and Dan Hughes runs a taxi business in Hyannis, Massachusants, after retiring from the Postal Service. Meanwhile in the Big Apple area, Tom Bruyere and John Arwood are working hard to establish a waterbome service from New Jersey to Wall Street. Foin boats are currently in operation with more planned. The Washuigton, D.C. area has a need for you guys.

Colorful Colorado boasts at least three 56ers with George Gollehon teaching high school math in Colorada Springs; Hal Bauduit in Boulder; and Ken Fetch in Denver Hal is managing to hobble around on crutches due to a knee deterioration but has a law degree and is in the process of trying to support the USAF. Ken has been with Coldwell Banker since leaving the Air Force in 1963.

West Coast news flashes report Mario Sanchez Carrion living in the midst of the Silicon Valley with the new title of Director of Intemational Sales with ITT. Paul Cusisk is winding up a career in the Space Shuttle Program and Gerry Fulk has broken out the books to establish his teaching credentials.

The Midwest contingent includes Dave Shelso as Field Director for Northwest Mutual in Nebraska since 1978 and Ken Miller with East Ohio Gas in industrial marketing. From beautiful downtwon Blue Springs, Missouri, Brian Walker proudly reports son Jim graduated cum laude from Xavier University this past June.

Saudi Arabia is home for Steve Wise as he faces another two years there with Sperty Intemational as a consultant. Joyce will be joining him this month to help make those years enjoyable ones.

Closer to home, I'm told that Jack Smallman is recuperating from restorative surgery for a detached retina and doing well. George Biles received his Doctorate in Human Resources Management from Ohio State and is on the staff at American U. A special assignment with the General Services Administration is forthcoming and will take most of his time. Meanwhile, Bill Henry manages to put real estate aside every Saturday that Navy is at home and gets to the NMC in time to reserve the '56 tailgate area for the '56 out-of-towners coming to the game.

Next D.C. area luncheon is scheduled for Tliesday 14 November Hope you can make it to Fort Myer to join the group. Remember, wives and guests are always welcome.

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Pres., LCol. George F. Warren USMC (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y Capt. W. H. Peerenboom USN (Ret.) 1003 Rachel Lane, Vienna, Va. 22180 I am at a lost to explain what has lit the fire, but this has been a banner month in the mail bag. We have no less than seven inputs, which is certainly a record since I've been doing this job in the past four years. I will report them in the order received: The first is from Fred Howe, reporting recent happenings at his Shipmate, October 1989

workplace, Booz Allen Hamilton. Fred included a fine piece from the BAH intemal newsletter on Classmate Ray Stoetzer: Stoetzer retires. Ray Stoetzer, a member of Booz Allen for 13 years has retired, after serving as a principal in the Engineering Logistics and Training Division. In 1976, Ray was put in charge of a six-man team and a small contract lo provide program management support to the newborn Trident Submarine Acquisition Program Office. The rapport thai Ray and other leam members achieved with NavSea brought program expansion to include technology transfer in support of the joint US-UK Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Program, as well as to include support to the Los Angeles-class Nuclear Powered Fast Attack Submarine program in areas of submarine silencing and safety. Ray will now be working as Director of Procurement for a regional govemment agency. (Fred informs us that the agency in question is none other than Washington's famous Metro, and that Ray will be in charge of getting new rail cars, which are produced in Italy.

There always was an affinity in the Fourth Company for things Italian. Ray has continued that tradition.)

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Island. Needless to say, it was a proud moment for Maxine and I! This now brings to three the number of '57 Fourth Company who have sons flying helicopters. The other two are Jim Beatty and Gerry Sedor, whose sons fly Marine H-46s.

I can also report the visit of Alma and Gerry Sedor to San Diego for the marriage of their daughter. Margaret. Gerry is to be congratulated (additionally) on attaining his Doctorate in Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. He hopes to have a teaching position there by the time this is read by all hands.

We also had a chance lo meet all five Sedor offspringâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jim and wife Ann, John and wife Val, Kathy, and Elizabeth. It was real pleasure for the Gimbers and Beattys to attend the wedding and meet all of them. Gerry got lots of pictures, and I'll rely on him to fill in other spots in the column.

One other aspects of his work at the University was his help with a human-powered submarine. It was one of only three of 20 to finish a race held in Riviera Beach, Florida last June. USNA was tops overall (naturally).

Al Hemphill sent a letter, along with a Polaroid picture of himself and his late-model 760 Volvo, sporting Califomia "57USNA" plates. I describe the picture only because I'm not sure the publisher can reproduce it. Al's epistle reads: Just thought 1 would submit our entry into the license plate sweepstakes. We have had this California plate for several decades, and it was graced several cars, but we may be giving it up in a year or so.

We have loved our time in Califomia (Poway), in fact, we have not left the state since graduation (this has to be some sort of record! Ed.) but the state is becoming a bit crowded, and we are considering going on the road in a motorhome for a year or so, and then settling in the Seattle area, either on Whidbey Island or the San Juan Islands. After Oak Broadcasting System was sold, I retired as Chairman, and have taught computer science al National University for the past four years. Now the time is coming to stop and smell the roses. When Jean and 1 finally decide to retire to the Seattle area, this plate will be available. We will inform the Class well in advance so any interested Classmate can apply in a timely manner. PS. Are any Classmates on Prodigy?

Having just retumed from a brief vacation in Seattle over the Seafair weekend, I can attest to the wisdom of Alan and Jean's choice, but offer the information that the locals are a bit testy about the influx of Califomians crowding into their heretofore well guarded secret enclave.

Our next input is from Bruce Tapper, who wrote from his home in Syracuse that he recently helped his mother celebrate her 90th birthday. Congratulations!

His mom remains pretty sharp, according to Bruce, and even took the trouble to point out that Bruce was getting a bit rotund. Back to the obstacle course, Bruce! He indicated that he will be attending both Homecoming and the Army game at the Meadowlands. Look forward to seeing you there.

The Thomas boys: 57 And while on the subject of the famous Fourth Company, the next is from one of their stalwarts, Harry Gimber, who writes from lotusland west (Coronado): Maxine and 1 have just returned from our firstever visit to Pensacola and the aviation environs thereabout. An interesting place for a former submarine and surface warfare officer. While there, we pinned the wings of gold on Jamie Gimber, Ensign, USN. His next tour will be to leam the intricacies of tiie SH-60B Lamps helo with HSL-47 at NAS North

Fred Howe also provided a clip from Defense News which reads: McDonnell Douglas has promoted Patrick Henry to Vice President offlightand laboratory development. He was previously director offlighttest and operations.

Congramlations, Pat, from all of the Class. That is quite an accomplishment, and we are really proud to bask in your reflected glory!

Jim Poole, President and CEO of Poole Enterprises Inc., of Mount Vemon, Virginia, writes: Ever since Pat and Dave Rosser's visit (see photos) I have been planning to report the event.

The pleasure of their retum visit in July, in company with Dave's newly-graduated daughter Jenny, reminded me that 1 had neglected to do so. After threats from Ginger (their severity will remain undisclosed to comply with good taste in family-oriented publications), 1 decided I'd best get off the dime and produce.

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Rossers. Got lo discuss Dave's fimd raising career with a major hospital in the Clearwater. Florida, area. His '89 goal of S8.5 million will be easily achieved. Perhaps Fritz and our Qass project fundraisers can use some of that talent.

During their visit in July. Dave's object was to tour his daughter through the Boat School, and regale her with sea stories about the "good old days."

Ginger and I couldn't join them, but 1 wx)uld have loved to hear what he said. I wonder how long his nose is now! Fortunately, the Brigade was gone, making it much easier for Dave lo protect his very attractive daughter from those curming Midshipmen. Dave said the welcome mat is out for any Qassmates coming lo the Tampa area.

Heard form my old roomie, Scotty Crichton.

Seems that Scotty got tired of French as an everyday language, even though he was a Dago cut in it. He has relocated from Montreal to his family home in Elyria, Ohio. I know he would be most pleased to hoist a few with anyone passing through, and would appreciate hearing from Qassmates. His address is: I. R. (Scotty) Crichton, 9688 E. River Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035. Tel. (216) 323-7027.

As you can see from the letterhead, Poole Enterprises is real. After 3'/: years as a 'highway helper' and finding out that it was profit, not dedication to any uniformed service, that motivated the corporate fiDlks in that business, I decided to strike out on my own. I am now a helper' to 'highway helpers', more commonly called a consultant. Contrary to popular behef, it is not a particularly lucrative occupation. It does, however, keep me out of trouble, allow me to support Ginger and her rising career more actively, and have fun. Can't ask for much more than dial.

Our final input has to be a Piece de resistance . . . the accompanying photo of Dave Thomas and his four (count them) sons, aU graduates! Dave writes: The enclosed is a picture of myself and three of his brothers making sure that the oath really 'took' when my youngest was swom in at graduation in May. I wasn't sure that Fred Howe would beheve that the end had come without photographic evidence, so here it is. Briefly, left to right after yours truly are, Lt. Dave Jr., '81 currentiy a J.O. Detailer, and just selected to LCdr. this Sununer; Lt. Greg, '82, an ED stationed at SupShips Groton; Capt.

USMC Doug, '84, who teaches at the Artillery School at Fort SiU Oklahoma, and Ens. Chris, '89, who will go to USS HAWES (FFG-53) in Charleston

after a Sunmier teaching Plebes to sail, SWOS, etc.

Not much else is new. Aim and I still live in Potomac, in what is still not quite an empty nest but getting closer to being so. Like everyone else in the D.C. area, looking forward to Homecoming. Class events, etc., and would like to see/hear from any Qassmates passing through.

The youngest should do all right, having his brother as a detailer. It's an improvement over "cousin" detailing that used to be in vogue.

Finally, if the editors can cram any more news in, I yr Sec'y report that I have found new work, having left Saatchi & Saatchi when the brothers decided to sell the part of the company for which 1 worked. I now work at The American Tmcking Associations, doing whatever I can to advance the industry. Since as of this writing 1 have only been there five days, 1 am unashamed to report that it probably isn't noticeable just yet, but I will keep you posted. In the meantime, love those 18 wheelers!

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Pres., Capt. Paul A. Polski USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Col. Warren S. Walters USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Lane, Springfield, Va. 22151 (703) 321-9586 (H) At last, October, and a chance to get caught up on some of the events that took place in the lives of '58ers diuing the Summer of '89. In the last column.

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John Wyatt we mentioned RAdm. Ral|di West heading for duty as the Superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School. There were also other Class flag officers on the move. Representing the Marine Corps, MGen. Gene Deegan (20th Co) and Nancy have contributed a cross-coimtry move to the column. Gene relinquished command of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and 7tii Marine Expeditionary Brigade at 29 Palms, Califomia, to MGen. John Hopkins '56 on 18 July From the High Desert, die Deegans retumed to Washington, D . C , where he will take on the position of Deputy Director for Operations witii tiie Joint Chiefs of Staff in tiie Pentagon.

Anotiier Califomia Classmate, RAdm. Jack Adams (4tii Co) also contributed a move, only dus time the move was all the way across the San Diego Bay. Jack was relieved of his duties as Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Wing, Pacific Fleet, at North Island on 28 June. Several San Diego Chapter '58ers were present at the ceremonies to make sure Jack got tiirough die process. The photo shows Jack flanked by Curt Sword (9tii Co), George Myers (16tii Co), Lance Massey (lltii Co). Russ Blatt (23rd Co), and Bob Harshberger (21st Co). Also in attendance, but too fast for die camera, were Pete Nystrom (24th Co) and RAdm. Jesse Hernandez (3rd Co), Commander Patrol Wings, U.S. Pacific Fleet. After die ceremonies. Jack and Ann drove across tiie Bay Bridge to die San Diego side, where Jack was ensconced as the Commander, Naval Base, San Diego.

A planned move for another of our flags was announced during the Summer, to be enacted in November Pacific Gas and Electric Sacramento Valley Region offices aimounced that RAdm. Ben Montoya (5tii Co), the Chief of Civil Engineers for the Navy, will join their firm as manager of the Sacramento Division in November. Ben and Ginny will be heading back to Califonua where is all started, but somewhat upstate from the home stomping grounds aroimd Indio. All this combines as sort of a low-cost announcement of retirement for Ben, and a standby notice for the Washington Chapter to get ready for appropriate ceremonies piping Ben over the side. It also signals the start of negotiations for use of the Montoya season tickets at USNA football games!

To all our flags, congratulations on your continued service and success. \ b u do the Class proud!

A quick note from "JP' Seeberger (10th Co) to update our data on Classmates with USNA offspring.

His son, Michael, has entered USNA with the Class of 1993, after a year at the University of Virginia and participation in NROTC. JJ's oldest son, Scott, is also a USNA graduate. Class of "87, and is flying P3s out on the West Coast. JJ and Pat also extend an invitation to Classmates who are roaming around in the Shenandoah National Park region to drop by Deep Run Farm in Madison, Virginia, and enjoy some Blue Ridge Mountain hospitahty with the Seebergers.

Another '58 offspring who entered with the Class of 1993 is John Kennard, son of Donna and John Kennard (7th Co), who are still hving in the Puget Soimd area. The tradition continues, what with the three '58 juniors in this years Plebe Class: Bridgman, Seeberger. and Kennard.

Lee Holthaus (4th Co) sent in a couple of pieces of information. One concemed the Campaign for the United States Naval Academy Phonathon which was held during the early Summer C)f the 32 classes that participated, the Class of 1958 placed third in obtaining the greatest amoimt of money pledged to the fund, with an aggregate of $168,417. The Classes of 1946 and 1951 topped our figure, but what is not shown is the amount the Class of 1958 had already stashed with the Alumni Association for our Class gift, an amount around $70,000. When combined with our pledged funds, and some further Class contributors who are still working out their pledges, we are doing well on our commitment to the Class gift!

Well done, Classamtes!

The second item that Lee sent through the mail was a document that ties in with the history of our Class. Lee's parents were acquainted with one of the members of the Eisenhower cabinet, who sent to them a typed copy of the speech the President gave at our graduation. Excerpts of the speech are contained on the 45 rpm recording of our graduation ceremonies, but the entire speech is probably not well remembered due to the excitement of that day. If any of you are historical scholars and would like a copy of the words that President Eisenhower delivered on 4 June 1958, drop a hne and we'll share a look at the Holthaus Papers!

A visitor at the July luncheon of the Washington Chapter provided the information that John AJan McNamara (21st Co), has retumed to his original home of Cleveland, Ohio, and is involved in an investment company there. Of greater importance is tiie discovery tiiat John is the current holder of the '58 Diaper Sweepstakes award, being a first-time fatiier (with his first-time wife) of a four-month-old baby.

John is one of our seldom-heard-from mates, so the details are a bit sketchy The visitor was that other Cleveland Classmate, George McNulty (21st Co), also no slouch m the Diaper Sweepstakes a couple of years ago. George was in Washington on business, and you may recall previous mention of his firm, PLS Intemational. which inspects pipelines from the inside with a variety of remote control cameras and TV Shipmate, October 1989

devices. There has to be something in the water in Cleveland that works on guys named McN! Two Virginia residents have sent in photos to give us a peek at their personalized license plates. John Wyatt (22nd Co) is the proud possessor of "USNA 58R," and Bruce Wilcox has two plates, "58 GR8" and "58 NAVY." Any more out there?

And that brings us to the end of the October (written in August) news, and lead to . . .

'58 Trivia: That blue wooly blanket is still in use by numerous Classmates 35 years after being purchased. That's not bad for a product that cost you $8.60 in 1954! Now a memory dredger. On your first night in Bancroft Hall, your special instructions directed specific action conceming your white hat.

What were you required to do? Hasta luego! WSW.

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Pres., RAdm. Francis R. Donovan USN Chairman, Ex. Comm., Cdr. Lloyd H. Adams USN (Ret.) Cort. Sec'y, Capt. John A. Butterfleld USN (Ret.) c/o Center for Corporate Health Promotion 1850 Centennial Park Dr., Suite 520 Reston, Va. 22091 HeUo 59ers— This is thefirstepistie from me at my new location/ new job/new life. I am working for The Center of Corporate Health Promotion in Reston, Virginia, as the Manager of Operations for Informed Care. The latter is an exciting new program I am working on (and very hard 1 should add), that should be operational by 1 Ian. '90. The Center is a super company with good leadership, a record of success, and a growing company with energy and pizazz. We have contracts with 7000 -I- companies (providing services and benefits to over 700,000 employees), and business is good . . . but we are always looking for more. Fiteess, health promotion, lifestyle change, doing something right for oneself are behefs this organization holds dear, and so it is easy for me to feel right at home here already.

Priscilla and I departed San Diego on the official day of retirement from active duty in our beloved Navy, the 1st of July, and we headed East for a long desired vacation/travels across our beautiful country, and a chance to see some friends and old haunts along the way. Pris was quite a trooper as we drove thru the Southwest when it was 110° consistently, brilliant suimy skies, and no air conditioning in our little Honda. But if the pioneers could do without some of the so-called "needs" of today, guess we could as well. We saw much of Arizona and New Mexico, before a wonderful few days of real R & R at Crested Butte and Copper Mt., Colorado. It was a treat to spend an evening with Brenda & Don Smith, in their lovely home atop at mt ridge just west of Denver. Don is doing a terrific job as the President of Continental Express. Pris had a ball getting to know Brenda better;tiieytalked til the air was blue. We had a fantastic meal enjoying Brenda's kitchen talents and we stayed ovemight with the Smith's before pushing off for Colorado Springs and a nostalgic visit at the Air Force Academy. We spent three of our happiest years there when I was on exchange duty teaching in the Political Science Department (plus serving as an advisor, OinC of a large cadet activity, and doing lots of flying). The family loved it there, and our youngest, Molly, named because she was our Colorado baby and tmly an unsinkable Molly-type, wanted us to take pictures of her first home. We ate at a couple of our old favorite places and then headed for Dalhart, Texas, and fun-running the streets early one moming as the cowboys wondered who the strange folks were out running with neon colored shorts and wild sun Shipmate, October 1989

glasses. 1 freaked them out a bit when 1 strolled into a real western cafe for breakfast in a neon pink shirt. . . that is okay for Southem Califomia, but in the Panhandle . . . stick to boots, jeans and a conservative shirt.

Well we meandered out of town (luckily not ridden out of town on a rail) and drove cross Oklahoma; stopped to visit Don Smith's hometown of Clinton.

Saw Arkansas and lots of states before a stop in Pensacola, and a chance to see our two grandkids who were visiting there, on a vacation from Coronado, Califomia. They had lived with us for most of the past year, and once we left the West Coast, "Nana" Priscilla was really starved for contact with her Christy and Kevin.

We then went to Jax and saw son Andy and new bride. Attended a wonderful wedding of a former Midshipman we sponsored back in 78-81 while stationed at the Naval Academy. Lt. Bill Kovach, was the last of the gang of guys we sponsored from the Class of 82, who finally made the plunge into marriage. It was a great reunion of old friends and families. A beautiful wedding and grand reception along the water in Orange Park, Florida. Next on to Riviera Beach and 10 days of fun and sun with Pris' Dad and his wonderful new wife. By the end of July it was time to get back to the work force . . . and so here 1 am . . . happy, busy, glad to be back East (at least for a while) and near family and lots of friends, and to be gainfully employed, and in a field 1 truly believe in.

Enough about me for now . . . let's move on.

Judi and John Collins are back in Coronado, and so many friends there are happy to have that dynamic duo back in the area. Judi remains active with BUG (Bay Users Group), swimming in the Masters Program, and doing so many things to make life better for others and to put a smile on many a face. John is working again with Honeywell in San Diego, and he can be seen at swimming, running and triathlon events regularly. 1 was thrilled to see them at our retirement ceremony . . . along with other 59ers who were so good to take time out for a special day for the Butterflelds.

There is aflurryof activity by Tony Marks and the Reunion Committee guys around the D.C. area, to insure that Classmates get on the stick, get their reservation form, requirements/requests, special order (some neat '59 3()th Reunion Memorabilia is being offered so don't be late . . . or play catch-up as fast as you can and place your order). As part of our 59er package upon artival, we will get two ball caps, one key chain, one coffee mug, and two name tags . . . all highlighting our great Class of 59 and the big 30. But make sure you check out the tote bag, bathrobe, golf shirt, sweater, rugby shirt (one of our favorites), wine glass & carafe, and plate items. It is going to be a super event to long remember and the memorabilia will mean more and more as the years go by. 1 certainly want to thank our hardworking Committee members already for making the event possible . . . THANKS! Here's latest lineup of events: Friday evening cocktail epic in Dahlgren Hall (still billed as the world's largest sour hour under one roof); Saturday's Tailgate, football game, and the gala at night at Capers Restaurant (very special place with exquisite cuisine and even beyond home-cooked, very carefully prepared food from beginning to end); Sunday Chapel services and Brunch; and at some point there will be a most meaningful dedication of our Memorial Plaza at the new Brigade Activities Center Classmates are coming from literally all over the world to be here— don't miss.

1 was sorty to miss the last Class luncheon at Ft. McNair, just after I had pulled into town. Some 20 -(gathered; no official speaker was scheduled, but Lloyd asked a couple Classmates to provide an update. Bud Mcfarlane was kind to oblige, and described the interesting work in which he is currently

involved. He is working with leaders in Third World countries (business, political, legal, etc.) to effect important nation-building-type programs. Bud is focusing on countries in the southern portions of SE Asia. He is looking good himself, and is doing well with new endeavors; Gary Geist mentioned he and 1 best keep in touch with Bud as we may want to be considered for employment in some way with one (or many) of Bud's programs. Incidentally, Gary also retired on 30 June and had a smashing ceremony and evening reception (a few glasses smashed I am told . . . not in anger, but in true celebration fashion). Brenda only gave him two weeks off cuz he needed to continue to provide his share of the house payments (a grand house in Northem Va. area). Gary went to work on 17 July for a firm that is doing business in the Navy end of SDl matters. Gary of course had come from tremendous experience in that field . . . a namral choice for an excellent new position he now holds. Congrats Gary.

Al Boyle ("Yogi Bear" to many) was at the luncheon. A few years back Al had journeyed to Omaha, Nebraska, because he was much involved with a big project that was devoted to construction of a command center. When that was completed in late '88, Al was out and about looking for new employment. He was back in D.C. to look after the house he still owns/flx-up time. Don't know where job search and plans for settling will take him, but we wish Al all the best.

Steve Snyder is doing great; still the "czar" in the utilities world with Washington Gas & Electric (hope 1 got that cortect... no offense to the gas 'n go, stay charged-up set), and an activist in all Class matters.

Steve's son, who had put time in as a corpsman in the Navy, is now working in a chiropractor's office in York, Pennsylvania, where his wife works as a nurse . . . nice family. Steve was looking forward to a lateSummer vacation with mini-family reunion on an island off North Carolina. 1 think his daughter is living in Madison Wisconsin and the Snyder's 13-month-old granddaughter were to hit the beach also—hope 'twas a super time folks. We sure miss our grandkids.

Imagine there will be a mass exchanging of pictures at our 30th . . . many of us are happy to show off our grandchildren now, whereas about 29 or 30 years ago it was our pets or latest automobiles that got all the play. Times and situations change. Steve mentioned that Tony, Griff Hamilton, and Jim Regan had been working hard for the Class, and were concemed that only 182 had signed up for the Reunion . . . we all hope there was a last-minute groundswell (and folks like mefinallyremembering to answer their mail. . . but for me the delay/time on the road/forwarding of mail gave me an excuse . . . ok, ok . . .still a bit of a sea lawyer 1 guess).

Talked with good friend, active 59er, alway upbeat 'n positive Gary Smith. He gave me tidbits about luncheon and what goes with 59ers. He and 1 share an interest in mnning and staying fit. We were comparing notes about latest injuries and how it goes. We hope to have gotten together by the time this appears in print for a good run together Also 1 hope a few 59ers will have made a max effort to lift themselves out of bed on Homecoming weekend Sat. moming to go out for the Alumni Jog-In (that 1 started back in '78 when I was Chairman for the Weekend . . . one of my collateral duties back then as a division director at USNA). 1 am running fewer miles and much slower these days (the years and injuries take their toll . . . and priorities, jobs, etc.), but 1 love to get out there so I will represent 59 along with some other hard core types . . . including my dear wife Priscilla.

Best of luck to Jim Cartwright, as he makes transition from mid-Summer retirement to a new job. Jim will be flying with Presidential Airlines out of Dulles. He was to start a training program with them in late-August.

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Had a very dear note from Doug Volgenau . . . great guy! He congratiilated me for my Naval career, but just as important to me were his words "We have enjoyed your bright and thoughtful comments in Shipmate and tmst that you will find time to continue. Your efforts are widely appreciated." Thanks, Doug! I hope the sentiments are shared by a few, and the darts 'n daggers are few and far between. And, yes, I shall try to continue my writing/reporting efforts, that is if the Class wants me to continue and you don't want a change in style, authors or what have you. I talked briefly with Frank Donovan. All seems weU with that clan, even though now two of the kids are way out on the West Coast, and most of the family is back East, in Vienna, Virginia. Young Frank is stationed at Camp Pendleton; daughter Amy is StiU a surface warfare officer aboard a San Diegobased tender Hope to see the Donovans soon!

Saw where RAdm. Bill Houley headed the Navy board that screened submarine officers for commanding and executive officer assignments for the upcoming year. The hands of fate reside in some powerful 59ers for sure!

That's news for now from the lovely pathways and bikeways of Reston, Virginia. Hope it is easier for you guys to keep cards 'n letters 'n infoflowingto me now that I am close to the hub of 59er activities once again. RISE AND SHINE 59!

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of golf togettier at PG School. (64-66) andttienI lost track of him only to run into him about 10 years ago in Miimeapolis where he was employed by DaytonHudson. For some reason 1 feel the bond we all share growing stronger widi each passing year. I look forward to the 30tti and hope to see a great turnout in 1990.

We also received a letter this month from Al Ames in New York City.

Here is the update of my life story, and with one exception I am very pleased with the way things worked out for me and I doubt that any of this could have been possible if 1 hadn't attended the Academy.

After graduation I reported to Pensacola and dien Corpus, getting my wings in October of '61. I reported to VP-18 in Jacksonville where IflewP2s.

Believe it or not. I t>ecame the most junior plane holding PPC in the Navy in '63. After a tour in Iceland and two Unitas operations, where 1 was able to renew friendships from Youngster Cruise in Rio, I was transferred to NAS Jax Operations while awaiting retirement for an arthritic condition I contracted.

I was retired medically in Sept. '65 and came to New York City and became a stockbroker. 1 did that for a few years, had a great time, made some money, married a Sweetish lovely and moved to upstate NY to raise cattie. The marriage ended and rural life was causing brain atrophy so 1 sold the farm, and traveled around the country ending up in Vermont where I ran aflyingschool and a construction company. The brain drain continued so I moved back to the Big Apple and began a career in the film business. I have my own company and produce TV commercials and industrial films. 1 remarried after I moved back to NYC and that lasted for eleven years until, unformnately, my wife died of cancer a year and a half ago, the one exception. 1 have a step-son.

Marco. 19, who hves with me. WTiile returning from afilmshoot in Austin, Texas. I ran into Glen Phillips on the plane from St. Louis to NYC. We renewed and reviewed histories and old times. Glen hasn't aged a day. curse him. other than that he should tell his own story and it is a good one. 1 have also been in touch with Charley Delia Penita and have been out to New Jersey to visit him. Charley still looks the same but he is a bit more ornery and would have as much trouble as 1 would in making any weight closer to what he wresded in the Boat School. I have a place in upstate NY on one of the premier trout rivers in the East and will take down the posted signs for any Classmate whofly-fishes.I am in the prxjcess of building a new house on the property. My spare rime is obviously spent fishing but 1 also garden in order to raise fresh veggies for my gourmet cooking and in the last year or so I have been dabbling with script writing. I extend an invitation to all to come fish in "my river." My number is (212) 348-4377. weekends it's (914) 439-4165.

Bob Baker in Edmonds. Washington, tells us that he resigned in '67 and worked as an electrical and electronics engineer in aerospace. Presentiy he is in private practice as a professional engineer in Washington State. On the weekends he has leamed how to ketch trout, to like camping and to ski in Winter. He has become active in the Puget Sound Alumni Association and met a lot of great folks. Bob would like to hear from any Classmates passing through or vacationing in the Seattle area.

worked for General Telephone for four years in North Carolina and Georgia, joined Northwestern Bell in 1974 and have been with diem ever since. I have been regularly ruiming for die past 12 years mainly to keep my sanity and preserve my deteriorating body. It has become an important part of my life and I hope to keep al it as long as I am able. I became an avidfishermanwhile living in Minnesota and will retum there in about a week for some vacation fishing with some buddies. Over the years I have run into numerous Classmates including my old roommates Lowell Webb, Chuck Cook and John Sharp. I saw John at the 2Slh Reunion.

Lowell's family and mine became very close al PG school and I managed a visit widi his expanded family in Picayune. Mississippi, diis past October. I have visited with Chuck Cook in Seattie where he and his wife Pat have built a beautiful home on Mercer Island. Also, Wayne Griffin and I played a lot

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Pres., Capt. Donald V. Boecker USN Sec'y Capt. Patrick H. Sullivan USNR 250 Meadow Rd., Santa Cruz, Cahf. 95060 Well, he said, I have just finished weighing myself. Congramlations to me, I've lost 25 pounds!

That's the good news. The next news is that I've got to go out and buy new clothes. At first I thought I'd just go to the back comer of the closet and bring out all of the suits that had slowly shd aft with each added pound. Hmmm, definitely all severely out of style . . . guess I've been a chub longer than I thought. My kids, of course volunteered to help me buy clothes.

Have you every gone shopping with your offspring?

Wild colors, pleats, extra-large sizes and bizarte designs . . . Well, you get the picture. I couldn't bring myself to do it their way . . . too conservative 1 guess. I've bought a new set of pinstripes for business and we're now negotiating on the casual clothes.

I'll keep you posted.

Received a nice letter from Duane Beck, who writes: 1 have been married lo the same wonderful woman (Sally) for 28 years and we have three great daughters, Lori, Kristin and Tracy. Lori and Kristin are married and Tracy is still single. All of them live in the St. Paul area while we havefledto New Jersey where I took a job with Bell Communications Research last October. I left the Marine Corps in December 1970 after tours in Twentynine Palms; Okinawa; USNFG School; New River; Viet Nam; and Camp Lejeune. 1 continued on in the Reserve and retired in June 1980 eligible for a deferred pension at age 60 (coming up faster than 1 thought). I

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he sent us amply shows. The Balash's live in Santa Barbara where Steve is a Crimial Law Specialist, certified by the State Bar and practicing in criminal defense work. He has defended clients against charges involving almost every major crime. On the weekends Steve likes to ride his Harley-Davidson.

Nolle Bell wrote that he is working on the Strategic Defense Initiative down in Huntsville, Alabama. He is heavy into computers, from Zenith PC to Cray XMP14. He can still fit into his own Midshipman full dress (Ed: So can 1, Nolle, but congratulations anyway!) Nolle is into gardening, computers, MENSA, dancing, romancing, and travel.

From Lufkin, Texas, Jerry Benson sent in an update to tell us that he and Mary are still happily married (theirs was the second wedding in St. Andrew's Chapel following graduation). Jerry is still active in the Naval Reserve and is also the USNA Information Officer for his local area. As of this past July, Jerry opened a new brokerage branch office called East Texas Securities. He enjoys the securities business and spends many of his evenings and weekends doing office related work. Weekends are also the time to relax, when not on Reserve duty, practice the banjo and also work on a book. Son, Ted, entered the Naval Academy Class of '92 this past year and the Bensons were at Parents Weekend as well as Homecoming last year. Second child, Liz, graduated from Texas A&M in May and is entering the UT College of Pharmacy this Fall. Oldest daughter, Mary Kay, was married in Dec. 1987 to Corey Billington, a fellow industrial engineering smdent at Stanford. They both work for Hewlett-Packard in the Bay Area. Jerry also sent us a "quick story" from the past: I think it was Spring of 1959 and Paul llg was a 2/c Midshipman in charge of one of the two busloads of Classmates to make a three-day visit to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. I was Paul's Midshipman Executive Officer, or in charge of die other bus. Paul and 1 were matched up with two Cadets (our hosts and roommates) who were as nonreg as you could find! At 0200 on Friday moming, one of the Cadets awakened us, gave us a set of jungle fariques puUed inside out, gave us a flashlight each, and said: "come one, we are going on the mole patrol." Paul and I were determined to do anything our hosts would do. We crawled through a window, into a steam mnnel, amongst the scurrying rats and roaches, we explored all the secret passages of the undergroimd spaces at USMA. We roamed the entire campus, from roof tops, the Commandant's offices to the stage door trap door in a major assembly hall. Chased by the security patrol, we successfully remraed to our host's room a couple of hours later. ,We were never caught and that made us feel at bit invincible. Well, now I'm a bit older and wiser and 1 know that luck has a lot to do with success. 1 hope this httle tale from the past won't change Paul's continuing good luck.

Perry Benson checked in from Lynn Haven, Florida, to say that he is: 1) divorced, 2) still on active duty, 3) Commanding Officer of the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, and 4) owner of a relatively large and reasonably empty house in Panama City. In his spare time Perry is Commander of the Panama City Beach Police Department Reserve/Auxiliary Unit. In the latter capacity he acts as a field supervisor for the Reserve program's Beach Police. The photo shows Peny in his altemate occupation's working clothes.

Got a questionnaire response from Bill Cartwright, now living in Oakton, Virginia. Bill reports he is still single, spent 10 years in Saudi Arabia on large construction projects for Flour, Northrop and Aramco as Engineering Planning Manager and Construction Superintendent. Bill also lived in Margella, Spain, during this period. He travels frequently, vacationing in Spain and trying to sell the house in Marabella. That's Bill in the snapshot in front of his villa in Spain with his Dutch girl friend. (iordon Caswell in Springfield, Virginia, sends Shipmate, October 1989

that he did his quick 20: the second ten were in the Pentagon where he had an office on every deck but the third. He is now working for a company called ESL, so is his Plebe Year roommate Dick Shawkey.

They both wish that ESL stood for Extended Sex Life! (CIS: Don't we all!)

RAdm. Hank Chiles sent in the enclosed June '89 picture from the CinCUSNavEur Flag Officers' Conference showing Hank, Paul llg and Dick Macke.

Frank Clark writes from Altoona, that since graduation he served four years in the USMC, worked for Exxon for 22 years in engineering and construction. He had tours in the Philippines, Singapore, Canada, New Jersey and Texas. He quit in 1985 to volunteer with a Christian organization working with the poor in Applachia. He spent three years with them and is now traveling full time. In 1987 he spent four months in Alaska. This year he will spend about four months in the Canadian Maritimes and New England. For excitement last year he traveled for a month in Egypt and Israel.

That's the bottom of the mailbag, gang. Good thing, too! I've decided to buy some sharp clothes after all. In fact, have you heard, zoot suits are coming back. If I can just pick one up quickly, why, I might just be a fashion trendsetter for the first time in my life! See you here next month . . .

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Pres., Capt. James Luper USN (Ret.) Corr Sec'y Cdr. Jim Ibach USN (Ret.) 10425 Marbury Rd., Oakton, Va: 22124 (703) 938-0223

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Pres. Ken MacKenzie Sec'y, Howard Pinskey RO. Box 3380, Annapolis, Md. 21403 Homecoming '89 Our aimual Get-Together will be held on Saturday, 28 October 1989 at the Naval Academy Officers' Club. The party will commence after we beat James Madison. If you have not received your reservation form or need additional information please call Howard Pinskey (301) 263-1633 or Ken MacKenzie (703) 620-4806.

See you the end of this month.

Tom Hitchcock, Mike McGrath, Bob Byme Tradition Neil Sapp writes us from Miami and sends along the following letter and photo.

The enclosed photograph (Ed. See '86 column) is of my oldest daughter, Erin, and her husband, Lt(jg) Daniel L. Beldy IV '86. They were married at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Miami, Florida, Thanksgiving weekend, 26 November 1988. Several of Dan's Classmates were in die wedding. From 1962, Susie and Doug Cotton and Elaine and Bob DiAiso were able to attend. My hope is that Steve Chadwick will read this and receive my heartfelt thanks for providing me with this extraordinary son-in-law.

When Steve was Commandant he provided (at my request and their chagrin) boUi of my daughters with well-selected, blind-date escorts for Homecoming '85â&#x20AC;&#x201D;both girls were then attending the University of Maryland in College Park. Erin and Dan made a match and the rest is history. Thanks again, Steve!

At this writing, Dan is justfinishingthe A-7 RAG at NAS Lemoore, Califomia, and will report to his first operational VA squadron at NAS Cecil Field, Florida in mid-August. Erin plans to resume her career in advertising design and graphic art after they are settled. I request my Jacksonville Classmates keep a protective eye out for them.

June Week West The West Coast celebration of June Week was held this year in San Diego. Arnie Hafner supplied the copy and the pictures.

June Week West was a great success and the proof is in the enclosed photo showing the Friday night kick-off cocktail party at die quarters of 'Capt. San Diego.' For those who don't follow the Guinness Book of Records, John Kelly holds the record for 'Number of Continuous Tours in San Diego in Totally Awesome Quarters.' This set is at NOSC, on the bluff which overlooks Coronado and (naturally) the entire city of San Diego. John is Chief of Staff for Lou Glenn at ComTraPac and he and Judy asked us to begin the Weekend festivities at their home.

Front: Jerry Munger, Roger Ramsey, Amie Hafner, Dick Lee, Bill Smith, t-red Badger; Rear: Lew Glenn, Steve Todd, John Hinkle, Mick Andrews, Gill Marshall, Brian Monaghan, Fred Perrill, John Kelly

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The blowout lastedtillthe wee hours and (rumor has it) John saw the sunrise as he was helping the diskjockey pack his equipment.

We were aU warmed up for the Saturday dinner dance. Part of the reveh^ was over Fred Badger and Gill Marshall who prevailed at the day's golf match by being '. . . low (and?) gross . . .' (I didn't get a picture of that, though.) Lynn and Dick Lee were still among us as Dick hasn't yet reported as CO NavAstroGrp. John Hinkle. now Director of Maintenance for San Marcos School District; Brian Monaghan, recent "Lawyer of the Year'; and Dick Andrews. Corporate Guru at TRW, led the fight song chorus (Mick remembers different words than I do). Steve Todd, ComPhibRon 5, is on his way to be the Head Aviation Detailer. Fred Perrill and Roger Ramsey play at computers while Bill Smtih and Jerry Munger are still flying. The Badger Group,' Fred's Executive Recmiting Firm (retained), is in its tendi year. Gil Marshall is VP Operations at Collins Construction and yours truly is still a college professor. My number is (619) 744-6527 and anyone coming to San Diego ought to check in so we can include them in the activities. Next year June Week West is in Monterey. Califomia.

Oarsmen at die 25di

"Old Men and the River" Tom Hitchcock, Mike McGrath and Bob Byrne are seen relaxing after kayaking and rafting the Colorado River between Moab, Utah and Lake Powell.

Tom's wife, Juhe, and father, Don, along with his stepson, Jeff, and Marlene McGrath joined the boys on the river. The scenery and rapids were both spectacular and everyone enjoyed the total relaxation.

Dave Griggs Memorial Service Classmates Pete Golwas, Jet Tipton, Joe Shaw, Bob Deputy, Roger Kisiel, and Bill Heme attended the memorial service held for Dave on Monday, 19 June 1989, at the NASA-Johnson Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. The service included a procession, reflections, the Navy Hymm, a reading, meditation, a sermon, solo,reflectionand prayer, and the recession. Pete said it was a moving and fitting tribute to a good friend and Classmate.

Dave's wife, Karen, and daughters, Ahson and Carre, wrote the Class thanking us for our flowers, thoughtfulness andrespectthe Class showed for Dave and his family The Griggs family requests that any donations be made to the "Dave Griggs Naval Academy Scholarship Fund" c/o The Astronaut Office, the Johnson Space Center, Code CB, Houston, Texas 77058.

'62 DC Classmate News Steve Lingley, our Class statistician, has prepared a '62 Washington Area Class List and a summary of Class statistics including active duty, retired, reserve, deceased and other information. If you would like a copy of tiiese, call Stew at (703) 841-8827 (office) or (703) 556-0144 (home).

The area Class luncheons will be held on 9 November, 18 January, 22 March and 17 May. The luncheon Tom Hall's promotion coordmator is Rich Rice. Call him at (202) 696-3804 (office) or (202) 398-6314 (home) for information. tion, contact Dick Omohundro at (617) 350-5721 or That's our Class news for October 1989. See you at Craig Thrasher at (716) 684-8060. Craig sent along Homecoming later this month. If you can't attend, a photo of the guys who assembled at Hubbard Hall your cards, letters and photos could substimte. the weekend of our 25th Reunion. The faces may not Until next time . . . show up too well in print, but you can see that at least the oars were well artanged. Left to right are Mike Pero, Jim Fontana, Ted Krohne, Dick Jones, Tony Womble, Chuck Adams, Rich Rogers, Teb Bowman, Membership: 62% John Anderson, Craig Thrasher, and Dave Konold.

Coxswains kneeling in front are Dick Omohimdro Pres., LCol. Daniel A. Hitzelberger USMC (Ret.) and Felix DeGolian. John Boley and Hugh Schall Sec'y, Michael H. Shelley were tiiere too, but didn't row.

9915 Natick Rd., Burke, Va. 22015 In late-June I was standing in the dark in a parking Last month I made the exciting announcement that lot down die road, waiting for AAA to come and tow our Crew Team Classmates have raised funds and my daughter's car. Out of the fog (well, not really; it will donate a new, eight-oared shell to the Academy WAS very humid and fog would have added to die at 1600 on Friday, 27 October, during Homecoming drama) came a fellow on his way to the video store. weekend. The shell will be named "Class of 1963." If He almost passed by, but paused and asked if I had you missed the notice and would like more informa- attended the Naval Academy. Well, what could I say?

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The mystery man in the trenchcoat (shorts and a T-shirt, actually) was Brian Perkinson, who hves just down the road but whom I hadn't seen in many years. An EDO, Brian is Program Manager for the new Aegis destroyers. He's been involved with the program for three-and-a-half years and had just rettimed from the shipyard in Philadelphia, where the prototype power plant was put on line with great success. Brian's oldest son was commissioned as an ensign last Winter (with dad administering the oath).

While waiting for his intelhgence school to l>egin, he spent two mondis aboard USS YORKTOWN, whose Constmction Officer had been his father. SmaU Navy . . . The Perkinsons' second son is majoring in computer science at (jeorge Mason University, and their daughter is a high school smdent here in Fairfax County. Brian proved his engineering skills by startLog our stalled car in short order, so I cancelled the tow. The Classmate System still comes in handy.

Eighteenth Company Classmates should make contact with each other, or with me, for some news about one of their own.

On 16 May at NAS Keflavik, Tom Hall became the 22nd Commander of the Iceland Defense Force, commanding more than 3,200 military personnel representing all branches offlieArmed Forces. Additionally, he assumed the tides of Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik; Commander, Iceland Sector Antisubmarine Warfare Group; and the NATO tide of Island Commander, Iceland. Tom's had an interesting career in VP aviation, spending all of hisfleettime with the P-3 aircraft. After flight training, his initial assignment was with VP-8, the first squadron to operate die P-3 and the first East Coast P-3 squadron to deploy to Soutiieast Asia. From 1968 to 1972 Tom was first a Company Officer, then Executive Assistant to the Commandant of Midshipmen. During that time he also eamed a Master's degree in Public Personnel Management from George Washington University After a tour witii VP-23 in Bumswick, Maine, Tom attended the Command and Staff course at the Naval War College, then served in various billets in the Bureau of Naval Personnel from 1975 to 1978. He retimied to VP-8 and during 1978-1980 was first Executive Officer, then Commanding Officer. Tom completed the one-year course at the National War College in 1981, tiien served for ten montiis in OP-901. From June 1982 tiuough June 1985, he was Chief of Staff to Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik. Moving directiy to another island. Tom became Commander NAS Bermuda, remaining there for two years before retiuning to Washington for duty as a member of die CNO Strategic Stiidies Group. In September 1988 he became Deputy Director of Naval Reserve, remaining in that billet until retuming to Iceland. The photo shows Barbara and young Tom attaching Admiral Hall's new shoulder boards at die Pentagon several montiis ago. (Your secretary has a special interest in tiiis story: Because Icelandic law prohibits die importation of most animals, die Halls' dog is serving a two-year tour as watchdog and rhiShipmate, October 1989

noceros chaser at the Shelley home. Another example of the Classmate System at work.)

Last month I reported on the 7 July celebration of the 30th aimiversary of the formation of the Class of 1963. Larry Marsh has submitted a note and a photo of a groupftximthe "famous" 20th Company taken at die party in Bethesda that night. Left to right are Tom and Juhe Robertson, Jack and Linda Reed, Dan and Karen Koczur, Sheila and Ralph Stowell, Charlie Robbins and Patricia Smitii (Charlie'sfiancee),and Barb and Larty Marsh. In his note, Larry reported tiiat diese six guys and Chad Pennington, who also lives in the D.C. area with his wife Kim, have been getting together monthly for lunch. Anyone else from die 20th who passes through D.C. is encouraged to call (they're all in the phone book) and join them for lunch.

More news of people in motion: Harry Salmon relieved Mario Fiori as Commanding Officer of the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Newport on 31 August. (I don't know what's next for Mario and am depending on him to let me know.) Jerry Mulholland retired from the Navy at the end of July and is now Supervisor, Ship Structures Group of A.T.&T BeU Labs, just across the highway from the Pentagon. He and Betty continue to tend what must be one of the largest and most productive blackberry patches in this part of the state. Art Walther completed his two-year tour as Commanding Officer, USS McKzE (AS-41) on 5 August. His next duty will be as Chief Staff Officer, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego.

Finally, here's the latest report from our West Coast keystone, Phil Marsden: June Week West '89 was held in San Diego and a few '63ers made it to the festivities. Shown in this pictiu^ are Dottie and Bill Hughes, yours truly, and Patti and Dave Myers. Linda and Dave Oliver were also present but too busy socializing to get into the photo. BiU is completing a submarine squadron command tour and transferring to D.C. Dave Myers works with a local medical supply firm.

Dave Oliver is Commander of Submarine Group Five here in San Diego (Bill's immediate superior).

Ken Carlsen was recently relieved as Commander of Carrier Group One in ceremonies here aboard USS CONSTELLATION. He's on his way to Norfolk to take command of the Naval Base. Your peripatetic West Coast reporter has been hard-pressed to make it to all of these events!

Thanks, as always, Phil-san.

We hope to see lots of you good folks at Homecoming this year. You should have received information in die mail about the tailgate party and the Class dinner after the game on 28 October. (If you didn't, write or call me for details. Home: (703) 250-7411, Work: (202) 707-6367.

Let me hear from you soon now, y'hear? Your letter is overdue, and we're anxious to hear what you've been doing and who you've seen.

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Pres., Capt. Thomas J. Swartz USNR Cort. Sec'y, Jerold F. (Jerry) Anderson 5173 Dungannon Rd., Fairfax, Va. 22030 (703)278-8277 We are starting to come down the home stretch in our planning for the 25th Reunion. More on that later in the column. Mail has come in at a faster rate as everyone makes plans for the Reunion. However, Maury Kemple wrote to say he'll be at sea for the 25di, altiiough hopefully will be starting for home about that time. Maury is embarked on USS NASSAU in command of PhibRon 8. He enclosed a recent picture taken on USS NASSAU that shows him with Butch Christie who commands CAG-13 on CORAL Shipmate, October 1989

SEA, Ward Clark of SAN JACINTO and Bobby Sut-

BIDDLE, and the reception at the Commandant's

ton, CO of T S. GATES.

home. Joe Prueher has graciously extended that invitation. Up-to-date information will be available at the Class reception desk at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel.

As mentioned in the two previous columns, I sign off with this article. I have been writing to you for twelve years and it has been my pleasure to do it. We have shared each other's joy's and heartaches and the Class of 1964 became my extended family. Thanks so much for all your cortespondence—that is, after all the strength of this column, and thank you again for letting me share it with you.

Bob Gault has agreed to be the new corresponding secretary His address is: Allen Photo Service, 2800 Shirlington Road, Arlington, Va. 22206 God Speed!

On board NASSAU

Maury commented on how he had enjoyed doing the work-up and deployment with this group. Once in the Med, NASSAU was heading for Monte Carlo for the 4tii of July, then later to Haifa, Israel for upkeep.

For the record Maury noted that he and Ward both celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaries at sea (6 June). Judy will visit Maury with their youngest daughter in France this Summer Their oldest daughter is expecting her first child very soon. By the time you read this the Kemples should be grandparents.

Another 25-year anniversary was celebrated on 3 Jime when Scott Russell '89, son of Mary Ann and Jay Russell, was married to Kathy Graves of Annapolis. The martiage was 25 years to the day from '64's graduation. Jay and Mary Ann celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary three days later on 6 June. Mary Ann had fallen on some ice back in March and broke her left leg in three pieces. She recovered just in time for Scott's graduation and wedding. Scott and his new bride are spending the Summer in Annapolis while he teaches sailing to the Plebes. Then Scott will be going to Newport for SWOS school before reporting to PENSACOLA in Little Creek. By the way. Jay is now

working for General Electric in Moorestown, New Jersey. He and Mary Jane are looking forward to the 25th.

Several Classmates and wives gathered at the Navy Yard in Washington on a refreshingly cool evening in August to honor Joe Prueher, Commandant of Midshipmen. The reception was hosted by the Commandant, Naval District Washington on board BARRY (DD-933) as part of the Navy's Summer Pageant '89 program. Among those present were Priscilla and Norm Ray who had just remmed to Washington from Jacksonville. Norm had been CO of NAS Jacksonville is now the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.

Over the years all of us have heard dozens of Joe Satrapa stories, but the latest has to be the best. Joe is an instructor pilot as the Naval Strike Weapon Center in Fallon, Nevada. Last April, while test-firing a weapon he lost his right thumb when the weapon sheared, seriously damaging his hand. However, Joe was very fortunate as doctors saved two of his fingers and told him it was possible to replace his thumb at the expense of his big toe. Joe was all for the plan and the ten-hour operation was successful. He hopes to be back flying within a year. Joe Satrapa, the only Navy pilot with a big toe for a thumb. By the way, Joe is married and has a seven-year-old daughter As you read this the 25th Reunion is just a few weeks away. As the column is being written in midAugust your registration forms are arriving at a rapid rate. Bill Sargent reports receiving 10-15 a day. It's difficult to say at this point how many will attend, but we're hopeful we'll have at least as many as attended the 20th—perhaps more. If for some reason you haven't responded and nowfindyou can attend please give us a call and we'll do our best to accommodate you. You should have also received your second mailing by now telling you of the Friday activities. There is the open house on Grant Fulkerson's ship, USS

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Pres., Capt. Wyman Howard USN Sec'y, Cdr. Dave Anderson USN (Ret.) 7845 Bellakaren PL, La Jolla, Cahf. 92037 (619) 588-0281 (H): (619) 573-8944 (W) Been doing a lot of traveling in July, and as usual am right up against the stops on making the deadline for this column . . . sooooo, if you're reading this in October instead of September . . . you'll know I missed h. Mea culpa in advance. Have a whale of material this montii (way to go, guys!) so I'll get right at it. Attended Doug Katz's change of command back in May, where he was relieved as CO, USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). Mick Mickelson, Pete Gness, Denny Wedekind, Paul and Diane Reason, Tim and Marie Kelley, Dave and Ann Gillespie, Denny and Karen McComb, Bill and Judy Criss, Bruce and Betty Liska, Bruce and Marsha Kenton, Mike and Joan Paul, Glen "Ace" and Sue Welch, George and Alice Hurley and Pat and Missy Donnelly all attended the splendid ceremony and reception. Many of us also hung around to fete Doug and Sharon at the Long Beach O'Club for dinner that evening. Doug and Sharon are now ensconsed in their digs in Annapolis, while Doug commutes to D.C. tofightthe Pentagon battles for OP-32, as Director, Surface Warfare Division.

Doug's change of command was followed the next day by a party in San Diego, hosted by Cindy and Bob "Goose" Gosnell, at their home near where "Goose," Denny McComb, Pete Lumianski, Pat Donnelly and others are developing another of the Pointe Resorts. Many of us who were in Long Beach for Doug's festivities attended a gathering at Goose's San Diego home and then drove out to San Diego Bay for a cruise of the harbor on his yacht. Those who 1 haven't already mentioned who took part were: Mike and Cheekie Dudine and Dave Schlesinger. Later, in late June, as part of June Week West '89, Barbara and 1 hosted quite a few of our San Diego Classmates at our house for a party. The Kelleys, Schlesingers, Dudines. Reasons, Hurleys, Welches, Kentons were there along with Steve and Betty AUman, Jasper Johnston, Frank and Sandy Corah, Craig Clark, Bill and Penny Hunt, Bob Wahfeld and Dick Scuba.

Received several other change of command invites in the last month or two: Bill Hancock was relieved of command of USS WORDEN (CG-18) in Pearl on 21 July; John Stein was relieved of command of USS ALABAMA (SSBN-731) (Gold) on 28 July at the

Bangor, Washington Naval Sub Base; Denny Neutze was relieved of command of the Naval Legal Service Office in San Francisco on 28 July (next assignment: Commander, Naval Investigative Service Europe, FPO New York 09510; local address: 7 Nortii Audley Street, London, Wl, U.K.); Mike Coyle was relieved of command of the Pearl Harbor Naval 75

Mike Paul, Pat Donnelly, Bruce Liska, Tim Kelley

Barbara and Dave Anderson, Alice and George Hurley, Ace and Sue Welch

Marsha and Bruce Kenton, Nick Nickelson, Ann Gillespie, Barbara Anderson, Dave Gillespie

Doug and Sharon Kat/ Shipyard on 9 June and took command of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 30 June.

Don Pilling wrote a note and enclosed a photo showing ComCarGru Six (RAdm. L. W. "Snuffy" Smith, '62) the battle group commander for a recent Atlantic Fleet exercise, with his three principle warfare commanders, all members of the Class of '65 . . . probably a "first." Left to right in the photo are Don Pilling (ComDesRon 26), RAdm. Smith, Pete O'Connor (CO, USS YORKTOWN) and Bill

Paul Robinson. Wyman Howard

Ed Hlopak in wrong headgear at FMC Gold Co., 200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, 111. 60601. It hiras out that Larry Brady also works for the FMC Corp. He's vice president for corporate development, having moved up the ladder from manager of various divisions, to general manager, agricultural chemical group to VR

Newlon (CO, USS WAINWRIGHT).

Nick Paldino updated us with a letter in June. He retired from the USAF on 1 August 1989 and has joined GEC-Marconi as manager of their Washington, D.C. area operations. His new address is 1215 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Ariington, Va. 22202, (703) 553-5582. His lastjob was director of armaments cooperation division for the U.S. Mission to NATO. Nick looks forward to hearing from and seeing Classmates in the D.C. area. Nick saw Doug Norton in early June; Doug and Janey area heading for USNA for a stint as head of the Intemational Studies Dept.

Nick ran into Lanny Watkins who is also considering retiring this year. Dan Flanagan has a new firm: it's the Flanagan Group, Inc., 11 Canal Center, Suite 250, Alexandria, Va. 22314, (703) 739-8833 and 76

Don Pilling, RAdm. Smith, Pete O'Connor, Bill Newton Capitol Hill, 115 C St., SE, Washington, D.C. 20003, (202) 546-0144. Dan's group is involved in legislative, govemmental, intemational, national security, strategic planning and public affairs consuhing. Received some pretty classy literature on Brian Kennedy's company, FMC Gold, of which I've written about in a previous article. Brian's company is one of the most profitable precious metal producers, rankingfirstamong major North American gold companies in retum on investment. FMC Gold discovers, acquires and develops additional reserves of precious metals. Brian is President and COO. If you'd like some more info on his company, you can write Brian

Amie McKechnie wrote about meeting Ed Hlopak again at their respective sons' graduation week at West Point in May 1989. Ed had written earlier about being surprised to be sitting next to the McKechnies at the swearing in ceremonies for their sons back in 1985 . . . when both families initially discovered they had sons in the same USMA class!

Amie sent a couple of truly amazing photos. Look below and see if you don't think Amie's and Ed's sons don't look exactly like what their dads looked like when they graduated from USNA back in '65! Arnie's son, Scott is going into armor (basic in Fort Knox, Ky, then to the 3rd Infantry Div. in Germany) and Ed's son, Ed, Jr, is going into artillery The other photo in incriminating, in that it shows Ed wearing and Army ballcap (however he is cartying a USNA bag).

Amie is still Director of Supply and MCAS Cherry Point, Nortii Carolina. His address is 303 Jefferson Shipmate, October 1989

Drive, Havelock, N.C. 28532. Hope a lot of you saw tiie terrific article on Roger Staubach in the 11 June I9i9 New York Times Magazine. It featured a story on Roger's superb business acumen and how he's developing his real estate business. He recentiy wooed die legendary Texas deal maker, Richard Rainwater to be part of his business.

News releases this month: John Mitchell relieved as Commander, Destroyer Squadron 12 on 30 June aboard the Mayport, Florida-based USS TATTNALL (DDG-19). John and his staff exercise command and control over 9 of the 33 ships based in Mayport. John is originally from North Carolina and is in his fotntii consecutive tour in Mayport. He was CO, USS FAHRION ( F F G - 2 2 ) , tiien CSO of DesRon 8 and tiien Mayport Naval Station's CO prior to this lastest assignment. John was awarded the Legion of Merit upon his rehef of command of the Naval Station in early June.

George Hurley has passed the Califonua State Bar Exam and is now practicing law for the offices of Mulvaney & Kaplan in San Diego. His office phone is now (619) 238-1010. George and Alice live in Chula Vista. Talked to Skip Storey recentiy. He's still with Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach and runs into Chris Manger, an Orange Coimty opthamologist every now and then. Skip says that Don Brown is StiU a test pilot for Douglas. Dan Mitchell owns the Littie Kanawha Nursery at 104 Redwood Lane, Kennett Square, Pa. 19348, (215) 444-1140. Glen Weeks is a lawyer with Northem Telecom, in Richardson, Texas. Glen was originally with the Surface Navy, on a DDG out of Pearl, and XO of an LST, Weapons on a Yokosuka-based DD, Instructor at the Oregon State NROTC, and as a civiUan, he received a dual JD and MBA from the Univ. of Washington and was in private practice for six years before hooking up with NoTelecom. Fotmd a photo of Wyman Howard being reheved by Paul Robinson as Exec. Ass't for Adm. Heckman a few months ago.

Rest of this material, courtesy of Jeff Lewis, who continues to send me copies of directory updates that you all mail in to him. Bobbette and Don Johnson were in Yohohama. Don took a leave of absence from World Airways to fly for Japan Air Systems. They are now back home at 14226 Sobey Road, Saratoga, Calif. 95070. Bob Hennessy, Col., USAF is currentiy director of operations for the 7th A.D. at Ramstein, Germany; expects to retum to SAC or the 8th A.F. at Baricsdale in a couple of years. Mitch Henderson is still with AT&T, new phone number: (203) 449-2808. Kim Vamager is is still with Glidden Paint, new address though: 22910 Imperial Valley Drive, Apt #710, Houston, Texas 77073, (713) 893-8882 (O), (713) 443-6940 (H). My ol' roomie, Jim Taylor is now in NavSea 07 for about a year then on to a Shipyard Command tour Ray Barrett is working for Computer Sciences Corp. in Virginia; he and Kathy have two girls ui college. Dave Bell is still a pilot for Eastem Airlines, address R D # 3 box 542, Back Brook Road, Ringoes, N.J. 08551. John Bromberg is director, administration, Aerotest, 2062 Business Center Dr., Suite 230, Irvine, Calif. 92715, (714) 851-1006.

Mark Muhsam is director. Middle East Sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, RO. Box 3703, MS 76-70, Seattle, Wash. 98124, (206) 237-2683. E m i e Flynn is now VP and Counsel of Southem Title Insurance in Charlottesville, Va. Stan Carter is Assistant Dean, School of Business, Florida A&M University (904) 893-0234 (H), (904) 599-3565 (O).

That's enough for a while. If you haven't got your contribution in to the Campaign for the USNA (I'm sure most all of you heard from Wyman, Pat Cooper, Dick Genet and/or others about this worthy effort a month or so ago), it's not too late. Also Pete Gness is still eagerly awaiting payments on the 25th. If you've previously sent him $50, he's looking for another Shipmate, October 1989

S350 to put toward the many terrific Class activities planned for October 1990. Pete's address is 3966 Woods Edge Drive, Davidsonville, Md. 21035, (301) 261-7032. Til next montii, Dave.

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Pres., Capt. Fred P. Moosally, J n USN East Coast Sec'y, Cdr. Mike Baird USN (Ret.) 63 Franklin St., Annapolis, Md. 21401 West Coast Cort. Robert G. Johnson, Jn 5705 Friars Rd. # 5 1 , San Diego, Calif. 92108 Not much in the mail bag this month, but 1 have a few items of interest. Frank Blanchard reported for duty with the Commander-in-Chief, Naval Forces Europe in July. Dick Sidney writes from Norfolk that he just reported to Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Forces as the Assistant Chief of Staff (Air Warfare). It's his first staff job in 24 years. Since being in Norfolk he has encountered Sandy and Jim Powell and Charlie Pfeifer. Jim has been retired about four years and is in a partnership. He also builds back yard decks on the side. Charlie is also retired and working for Technology Applications, Inc. This montii you will be receiving an annual report from the Naval Academy Class of 1966 Foundation.

Please take the time to read it. It does more than just tell you how we spend your donations. It illustrates the benefit those dollars provide to assist the dependents of our deceased Classmates in obtaining a college education. Our Foundation was created as a memorial to those Classmates. Please note the Foundation has a new mailing address: U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1966 Foundation, RO. Box 6428, Annapolis, Md. 21401.

Homecoming is 28 October. We'll have our tent up in the usual location, so those who can attend the festivities should plan on an aftemoon and evening of fun and good cheer Those in the Washington area wUl receive a flyer outlining the details and cost. See you tiiere and let's BEAT JAMES MADISON!!!

Thanks to everyone who cast their vote for Class President. 1 am pleased to announce that Capt. Fred Moosally is our new President. Congratulations Fred!

As I said in tiie beginning, the mail bag was light this month. Don't hesitate to write with newsworthy anecdotes or just to let me know you've moved. The Twenty-fifth Reunion is coming up, and we want to reach as many Classmates as possible with the information. If you've moved recently, send me your new address. Until next month—All the best!—Mike

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Pres., LCdr. David E. Church USN (Ret.) Sec'y LCol. Jim McNeece USMC (Ret.) 4832 King Solomon D r , Annandale, Va. 22003 3—Jim Aldrich, Jr. 17—Jim Ehmer 1151 Colonial Road 12514 Danbury Way McLean, Va. 22101 Rosemount, Minn. 55068 (703) 821-2731 (612) 423-4786 5—Jim McNeece 19—Jerry Jacobs 4832 King Solomon Drive 35 Cedar Brook Drive Annandale, Va. 22003 Toms River, N.J. 08753 (703) 425-1380 (H) (201)255-3963 (703) 243-2500 (O) 21—Rick Amber 12—Wayne Henry 12728 Sunlight Drive 2404 Rockville Creek Drive Dallas, Texas 75230 Charlotte, N.C. 28226 (214) 701-0456 (704) 365-1879 (H) 26— Bud Barnes (704) 373-4484 (O) 4225 Hennosa Drive 13—M. A. (Tex) Harkins Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 5309 Meadow Crest 28—Chuck Scherck Dallas, Texas 75229-3026 9 Gulf Pointe Court (214) 750-8729 (H) Bloomington, til. 61704

32—Lou Romano 49 Elbow Hills Road Brookfield, Conn. 06804 A tip of the hat to Alex (Tex) Harkins. I was sitting there fat, dumb, and happy after my vacation thinking 1 had another week or two before my Shipmate deadline. When his letter arrived and I went to put it in my "pending" file, I noticed I was about to blow the schedule. Now we'll see how good the Postal Service REALLY is! Sure hope you get to read this one.

Back to Tex . . . He said he needs the addresses of Don Downing, Mike Singleton, and Dennis Lucas to round out his first whack at compiling the 13th company list of addresses. You guys drop him a line.

He also related news of his Summer trip. He and wife, Cecily, went on a long Summer drive which included a stop in Portland, Oregon and a visit with Bob (Ike) Eisenbach, Tex's Plebe Sununer roommate. He sent a picture of the whole crowd: Tex, Cecily, Ike, Sherty (Mrs. Ike), and Luke H. are in the back; Morgan H., Murphy H., Morgan E., Robin H., and Matthew E. are in the front. He goes on:

Tex and Cecily, Ike and Sherry and friends Sherry and Ike hosted the Harkinses for a two-day visit which included a terrific and expertly guided tour of Portiand and its suburbs. Sherry is a special ed teacher and Ike is changing careers from speech pathologist tofinancialplanner. Ike also stays busy being a director of Ollie North's Defense Trust which brings him to Washington, DC. every few months. Tex is still a Dallas consultant and software developer, but he and Cecily are hoping to move to the Portland area. Let Tex know of any job/work opportunities in that locale! Eisenbachs are at 10446 Mortac, Thalatin, Ore. 97062, (503) 692-3602.

Tex continued his trip to Anaheim, Califomia, for die La Leche League Intemational Conference.

Cecily is on its board of directors. He played answering machine tag with Pete Thompson and was unsuccessfiil in arranging a visit while there. Pete is a sales representative with Tandem Computers; he and Susan live at 22326 Valdmosa, Mission Viejo, Calif. 92692, (717) 830-8191.

In Dallas, Tex works with Bill Connell, an active Blue & Gold Officer, on various North Texas Alumni events. Currentiy they are part of a group trying to raise funds for the Campaign from area companies. They also do fund raising for the Jesuit high school where both have sons! Bill is a program manager at Rockwell; he and Carol Uve at 2325 Regal Road, Piano, Texas (214) 596-5232.

Tex mentions the Campaign for the United States Naval Academy. 1 got a note from the Alumni Association reporting on the Phonathon: it brought in $2,772,883 in gifts and pledges, not including any corporate matcliing gifts nor any unspecified pledge amounts. That's still signiflcantiy short of the $20 million goal, so you guys (and there are 193 of you) holding unspecified pledges don't forget us. For the 127 Classmates who made solid pledges, your average pledge was $697.40, and the total pledged by '67 was $88,570.

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Question for Wayne Henry; Do you have control of your wife, Julia? 1 got a card from her volunteering you to be the 12th Company rep for the Class. She didn't send a copy of a Power of Attomey or anything, but I'm going to accept her nomination and add your name to the (growing) list. Just keep her away from the title to your car, Wayne. (See how easy it is Ladies? Go on,reallylive. Volunteer the old man!)

Got a note from Rick Amber (in his own hand) saying he'd be the company rep for 21st Company. He says he has a pretty good list left over from the 20th, but if anyone has an update, get it to him.

This from Tom Knudsen: Just a quick note to let you know I'm on the move again . . . this time to Stockholm, Sweden. I've been appointed managing director of DuPont Scandinavia and will have responsibility for all the Conoco and DuPont businesses in the four Nordic countries. I doubt if there's a very active Alumni Association there, but I'll stay in touch, and 1 definitely plan on being back for the 25th.

Tom, Buzz and Budd Budd Goodwin sent a photo (Tom Schodowski, Buzz Lawlor, Budd left to right) taken at his house on June 17, 1989 for a going away/retirement dinner for Buzz. The accompanying letter: Tom pracrices law here in New Orleans at the Interaarional Trade Center with emphasis on admiralty and maritime law. Tom is married to Carmen, they have no children and live near the lakefront.

Buzz and Susan have two kids. Buzz left June 22 for Cape Kennedy to start civilian life as a safety engineer for Lockheed at their NASA facility there. The Lawlor's son is a senior at Archbishop Shaw High here in New Orleans, so Susan and kids are staying here for one more year. Susan teaches middle school. Buzz will remm in late-July and earlyAugust to move them from base housing to civilian quarters.

Life is about the same for me, however, I have resumed my regular running routine after six months' layoff and a month in the hospital. Have lost half of the 20 pounds 1 gained in the hospital.

Gravity plays hell on one at 45.

Please encourge visitors to give me a call when planning to be in New Orleans; 1 have excellent accommodations at my house. Phone (504) 899-8719 (h) or 566-0542 (w).

Hey, listen . . . thanks for all the mail the last couple or three months . . . it makes my job easy and gives you a more fun column to read. All it takes is a postcard and a couple of lines, and 1 can sometimes generate a whole paragraph. Of course, if you're one of those people who worry about truth and accuracy, you should probably do a bit more . . . whatever That's it. . . Goodnight!

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Pres., Cdr. Kendell M. Pease USN Corr Sec'y, Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Rd., Annapohs, Md. 21401 Here we are into Fall and I hope you're all catching your favorite teams each weekend. By the time you read this we will be well into the season here in An78

napolis. Dependent on how efficient our Postal Service is, some of you may receive this just before the big BEAT AIR FORCE weekend. Those of us living here plan to park our cars and put away the keys since that big game and a very popular boat show are both scheduled for that first weekend in October! Anyway, on to the news. . . .

Did receive a few pieces of mail since last month.

Barnaby Ruhe sent me a nice letter highlighting some happenings in his life of late. Bamaby is now Dr Ruhe having received his doctorate from NYU. His thesis was on "Shamanism and Contemporary Painting Process," or as he explains it, how painters give up control in an activity and "let go" to allow inmition to enter . . . O.K.! Bamaby spent about 10 years in research and hefiguresthat when they saw he wouldn't quit, they decided to award him the degree to get rid of him! I'm certain it was well deserved, Bamaby, and congratulations from the Class. Barnaby is the art editor for the art periodical Art/World and is still active with the U.S. boomerang team. He continues to paint oil portraits to pay the monthly rent! Thanks, Bamaby, for the latest news on your busy, interesting, and colorful life.

Received a short letter from Paul Wilson. Paul reports that he recently happened to visit Cheyenne, Wyoming, and met Dan Still's mother and father.

Dan's oldest son who is apparentiy a pretty fair soccer player, just accepted an appointment to Air Force.

(Guess we can't get all the good ones!) Paul just joined the staff at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan for a oneyear tour He hopes to assume XO duties of the NROTC unit at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque) when he retums from Japan. Good luck Paul, and enjoy Japan while you're there.

Pat Sabadie sent a note as he was departing the D.C. area for his next assignment. Pat is the new XO of Readiness Support Group Mayport, Florida. He sort of expects that to be his twilight Navy tour and plans to settle in the area. The Sabadies' oldest son, Erik, will be starting school at Boston College this Fall. Pat is serving his second year as president of the Spina Bifida Association of America. The Sabadies have been very active with this worthwile organization for many years as their youngest son, Mark, was bom with the birth defect. Mark, by the way, will be a junior at Bishop Kenny High in Jacksonville. Thanks for the note, Pat, and all the best to you and your family in Florida. We'll miss you at the local luncheons.

Speaking of our local D.C. area luncheon. One was held thefirstThursday of August, but since 1 was spending a peaceful week in the mountains of westem Maryland, 1 was unable to attend. It was reportedly a small gathering but enjoyable nevertheless for those who were able to make it. We will be meeting on 5 October for a Beat Air Force luncheon and then next on 7 December Still gathering on those appointed Thursdays at about 1145 at Ellington's in the Embassy Suites, Crystal City (Ariington), Virginia.

Please come.

A couple final notes before 1 close for this month.

Received a news release on Jay Johnson. In July, Bob Wittenberg '66 relieved Jay as Commander, Carrier Air Wing One. The ceremony took place on board USS AMERICA (CV-66). Jay will be assigned to the CNO's Strategic Studies Group at the Naval War College in Newport. Also, 1 mentioned last month that Kevin Delaney assumed command of the Naval Air Station Jacksonville. 1 stopped in to see Kevin briefly while I was on a business trip to Jax in early August. Kevin is applying his tremendous enthusiasm to a very challenging and interesting new job.

No question that NAS Jax will benefit during his tour there.

And that wraps it up for another month . . . Hope this finds you all well and finds our Navy team into a winning season for a change. Also, don't forget to write! . . . Leo

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Pres., William H. Newton III Corr Sec'y Cdr Peter Renfree USN 3825 S. 7th St., Ariington, Va. 22204 THIS IS THE MONTH! If the Reunion Committee hasn't thought of it now, it's probably too late. Reservations continue to trickle in as I write this in August.

We have nearly 400 responses with over 80 percent of those planning to attend one or all of the functions.

We'll use all the allocated rooms in the BWI Marriott, and I've talked the management into increasing our number, so I doubt anyone will have to stay in the altemative lodging, the Marriott Courtyard.

The disc jockey is on contract. He's a local Baltimore celebrity called The Beach Bum. He's a semi-permanentfixttireat a well known night spot in Baltimore, and hosts a dance party show on the local cable network. Additional entertainment is being investigated.

The Committee is still looking at ideas for decorations at the hotel, unique, noteworthy activities at the game, etc. If you have a novel idea or suggestion please get hold of one of the Committee ASAP Although we're getting down to the wire here, no worthwhile input will be ignored. By the way, if you're coming to any of the 69 Reunion Committee sponsored events and have not received a confirmation notice from us, give me or Steve Ward a call. Somebody screwed up. Here's the latest Committee fist: Lodging, Pete Renfree, (H) (703) 486-0392, fW) (202) 475-1864.

Tailgate, Al Cipriani, (H) (301) 263-2659, (W) (202) 939-6616.

Transportation, Mike Michaelis, (H) (703) 824-8188.

Memorabilia, Mary Carver (Wayne), (H) (301) 249-6108.

Entertainment, Jack Steere, (H) (301) 757-4883.

Banquet, Dennis Yatras, (H) (703) 683-1283, (W) (703) 549-3505. hifo Management, Steve Ward, (H) (703) 620-2279, (W) (703) 648-3824.

Finance, Bob Rachor, (H) (703) 250-4329.

You're probably asking what else has been going on in the lives of the old and dangerous (or is that rich and famous?) since most of the recent columns have been relatively short and concentrated on Reunion info. 1 apologize to all readers and particularly to those who have sent me inputs for the column that have gone unpublished. The best way to remedy the situation is probably to find another secretary volunteer(?), but barring that, have patience and I will attempt to catch up on all past news in the next few issues.

After near total recovery following his life-threatening car accident, Ed Schwier is "back in the saddle again." He dropped me a letter on Sheraton Grand Hotel stationery reporting his efforts to date getting ready to assume duties as the Director of Operations/ ACOS for Ops on the CoMidEastFor Staff. Ed is going to a year unaccompanied assignment, but he says he may opt for two years if the follow-on job is a good one. 1 think the accident had some lingering effects on this man's reasoning! Anyway, Donna and the family are staying in Charleston. Son, Mike, 19, is a sophomore at The Citadel and is rooming with John Stockdale, son of Classmate John Stockdale.

Donna and Ed celebrated theu- 20th wedding anniversary this year with a Mongolian barbeque. Among the attendees was Louie Giannotti, CO of USS HALYBURTON. Mike Worley, Chief Staff Officer of DesRon 4, was unable to make it.

Ed is also the 33rd Company Reunion rep, and he reports to have located everyone but T J. Burdick, R. T Colton, W. A. Doig, J. H. Gray E. S. Kendig and D. E Purser If anyone knows the whereabouts of these guys, let them know what's going on regarding Shipmate, October 1989

die Reunion. They can call me for details. By die way, Ed's coming back from the Persian Gulf for the Reunion on his once-a-year leave. Now that's dedication.

Jack Lahren is also OUTUS playing carrier battle group ops instructor to the Brits and other Allies.

Widi wife, Sandy, and children, Jeff. 14, and Annie, 11, Jack has seen a lot of the United Kingdom as well as France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The Lahrens roll back to the States in October for a stint in Southem Virginia where Jack will be assigned to ComOrange in Norfolk.

Now for some dribble, here's the latest Fleet Home Town News releases. John Hazelrig reported in May for duty with the Naval Air Reserve at NAS Point Mugu, Califomia. Jim Speer spent the Winter and Spring in tiie Persian Gulf aboard the guided missile frigate HAWES. If I remember right, Jim was C O . , but the news release failed to mention that tidbit.

That's about it for this month. More update in November See you all at Homecoming. BEAT JAMES MADISON. Cheers, Pete

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Pres., Terry R. Huff Sec'y Cdr. Royal Connell USN 3 Wood Rd., Annapolis, Md. 21402 Greetings all, and welcome to the middle of the first semester Since I'm writing this the week before classes begin it's a little tough to tell you how great the tailgates have been and what the team has been doing, but there are some things we can predict with some accuracy. The Plebes are enthusiastic and Bill die goat, for instance, is as irascible as ever. Homecoming is upon us and if you haven't yet gotten your tickets, you may end up sitting in the eighth wing parking lot. Only one more year until the BIG Twentieth Reunion Buzz. You should have received a mailing from us that tells all about it but, in case your mail forwarding is a little slow . . . We are setting up our base of operations in the BWI Marriott hotel, we've got over 200 rooms set aside for us there. There will be some rooms in the Holiday Inn at Parole but they aren't going to hold them for much longer, if you are really set on staying in Annapolis you can make arrangements there, but it will be inconvienient. There will be a banquet with dinner and dancing on Saturday night at the BWI hotel. The weekend's events run something Uke this, Friday aftemoon. Homecoming parade; Friday night, the Alumni cocktail party in Dahlgren followed by dinner in King Hall (the mess hall); Saturday, tailgate, football, tailgate, Class Dinner We'll have busses mnning from the hotel to the Academy for all of the events, including the annual "let's see how many people we can pack into the Midstore" contest. We'll be offering some special mementos of the weekend as well. You have probably noticed that I have steared clear of the oI' bottom line. How much is this all gonna cost me? 1 don't know, some will undoubtedly think it exorbitant, 1 apologize; some will think it worth the price, 1 agree.

Whatever the final figure, we need an indication of interest and we need seed money to get the orders started. With that in mind please send a check for $75 (we were going to get gungy and make it for $70, but inflation hit us) made out to: "USNA Class of '70" to Fred Hall, 4 Old Station Rd. Sevema Park, Md. 21146. We also need an idea of which of the above events you'll attend. Remember, this is the gouge for NEXT year, 27 October 1990. This year we'll have the normal Class tailgate (that's normal tailgate, not normal Class) at the Stadium. Our spot this year is number 15, right next to the street entrance to the parking lot on the water tower side of the field.

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Now then, my big news is that within three days of running the story on Tony Ford's ring he called me from St. Peters, Missouri, looking for his ring. Jack Richardson was the kind soul who filled him in. See, there is a good reason to subscribe to Shipmate other than to get my scribblings in the mail. Anyway, I gave him the information on who found it and 1 guess he called and has gotten it back, although 1 haven't gotten any feedback on that. Tony did say that he has never been to Port Hueneme though, so there is a mystery on how his ring got to the bottom of a hole out there. If anyone has more details, please send them along, it sounds like quite a saga. Tony is the manager for training for TWA out in St. Louis.

1 spent the first week of August manning a USNA recruiting booth down at Ft. A.R Hill, Virginia, during die National Boy Scout Jamboree. We did very well thank you, despite living in the concrete tent the Army euphemistically called a "BOQ." It did give me a chance to speak with a couple of Scout dads like Al Rundle who brought his family down for the day from Pennsylvania. That old Eagle Scout Dennis Murphy showed up in leader's uniform even. After being relieved as C O . SPADEFISH he is up at NavSea in Washington.

In the bits and pieces area, I got an invitation to Carl WeiscopFs change of command from JARRETT. And the latest issue of Perspecitve notes that Ken Slaght is the new Materiel Professional Community Manager in OP-01. His previous tours include C O . of FLINT and deputy director for information resource management for JCS. Speaking of that, it is interesting to note that as we approach the 20-year point, our Classmate Brad White has taken over in the NMPC office that does retirements. And finally, we managed to get over $70,000 in pledges for the Class gift to the Brigade Activities Center That doesn't include unspecified amounts or regular gifts to the fund. Please remember to be as generous as you can for at least the next two years so that we can help support the old school house.

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Pres., Peter P. Schneider, Jn Sec'y Cdr. BUI WilUams USN 307 Blue Cedar Ct., Millersville, Md. 21108 (301) 987-1327

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Pres., Cdr. Alfred M. Joseph USN Sec'y Cdr. Rich Robison USN 12695 Catawba Drive Woodbridge, Va. 22192

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Pres., Craig Dawson Sec'y Dirk RD. Mosis III 4409 Underwood Rd., Baltimore, Md. 21218 Football Season is upon us! If you are in the area, please stop by '73's tailgate. BYO Whatever! We are located in space 30 (along Cedar Road) on the west side, near '45, in the same general area as in the past.

One of the Class officers will be there as a rallying point. Tom Storch will be there selling '73, with crest, polo shirts and '73 football jerseys (and, maybe, some more 'cheesers'!!). Be there. Beat 'em all!

Debbie and David Hoagland write from San Diego.

It is great to hear from one of my Marine-aidebuddies . We were with a couple of outstanding Gen-

eralsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mize and Reidâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in Southem Califomia in '75-'76.

Debbie and I retumed from a long overdue (7 years for me) trip back home to see family and friends in New Jersey. We had planned our trip around our 20di high school reunion (Debbie and I graduated together) and then learned about the gathering that you were planning in Annapolis. We arrived in New Jersey on 28 June and had planned to drive down to Maryland on Friday. Unfortunately, my recovery from a severe back problem is not totally complete and the coast-to-coast plane flight had me hobbling for several days and not up to a 4- 5 hour car trip. This was only the second plane trip I have been able to make in over 15 months so 1 didn't want to jeopardize the rest of our vacation by trying to overdo it in thefirsttwo days. Without going into a long-winded medical history, 1 have been dealing with a back problem for almost two years and just in the last six months have made some major progress in my recovery. I have been going through exercise Uierapy with a former Marine by the name of Pete Egoscue. You may have read about him as he is the fellow who has been treating Jack Nicklaus for a back ailment. 1 was really fortunate to find him.

The '73 Reunion got high marks from Bill Clair who was able to be there. Bill drove up to New Jersey to spend an aftemoon with Debbie and me and he caught us up on the guys that he saw. Bill is handling the Navy Satellite Program at NSWC Dahlgren, Virginia. Just to bring you up to date since we last saw each odier out in the desert at 29 Palms . . . I am a Project Manager with Hughes Aircraft Company in San Diego. After 1 hung up my Marine Corps uniform, I went to work for Computer Sciences Corporation for six years and am now coming up on myfifthanniversary with Hughes. One of the programs 1 am working on is the Advanced Combat Direction Systems (ACDS) which will be a great system for the Navy carriers and craisers in a couple of years. Debbie and 1 love our home in Scripps Ranch (even more so after experiencing the 'hot & muggies' in New Jersey for two weeks). We have stayed in close touch with Gen. and Mrs. Emie Reid, who you'll remember from our days as aidesde-camp. They have adopted us as part of their family which is nice, since both of our families are on the East Coast.

If you ever have an occasion to come to San Diego, please take time to call or stop by for a visit.

David, thank you so much!

Carol Peal writes from Conyngham, Pennsylvania. The Peal's, Stovers, McKeones and Kings met at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, for a week of vacation this Summer (That's why they did not join us on the 30th of June). They stayed on the Vanderhorst Plantation on the beach and had a beautiful time. In all, there were eight adults and ten children. Everyone got along terrifically.

The stats are as follows: Mike and Carol Peal with Melissa, 10, and Megan, 5. Mike is still supervisor of Operation Training at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Power and Light. While Mike has held that position, PP&G has maintained a 100% passing rate of their licensed operators with the N R C In addition, Mike's programs have been evaluated twice by INPO and have maintained accreditation by them. Congrats, Mike!

Carol is busy with the girls, PTA, RIF, Girl Scouts and recently chaired the Capital Fund Drive for the Girls Scouts raising $25,000 for capital improvements at the camp. They raised over $35,000! (Carol, we can use you with our Class fundraising drive!)

Anita and Chuck McKeone are in Dumfries, Virginia with Christina, 12, Elizabeth, 9, and Gregory 3. Chuck is in Crystal City and travelling quite a bit.

Pat and Dan Stover are in Hot Rock, Tennessee, near Pat's family with Erin, 7 and Christopher, 4.

Dan is an independent consultant and they are living on a farm and are building a magnificent house. Pat is still the owner of Crayon Comer, a day-care/nursery in Womelschorf, Pennsylvania.

Nadia and Kim King are in Huntsville, Alabama, with Sean, 12, Ryan, 10, and Samar, 6. Kim is a gov79

ftals, McKeones. Kings. Stovers emment employee in Htmtsville and he and Nadia have opened a Comic Bash store. Nadia completed her Master's in Counseling and has a job with the school district.

Carol, thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the family. The picture of all famihes is attached.

We just received an announcement of Wes Bergazzi assuming command of the DAVID R. RAY (DD-979) at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Congrats, Wes! Max Lenden is Commanding Officer of VP-56 in Jacksonville. Tom Peeks is CO of VP 9 at Moffett.

John Japontich has received his MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. John is a Senior engineering Manager for Baxter Healthcare Corporation and hves in Lake Villa, Dlinois. Steve Ingram is now Commanding Officer of the Fleet BaUistic MissUe Submarine JAMES MADISON, homepOTted in Charleston, South Carolina. Congrats, Steve.

Andy Mechling is a Commander and is serving with Commander, Fleet Air Westem Pacific, Naval Air Facihty, Atsugi, Japan. "Panda," let us hear from you.

Tom Kilcline is serving with Commander, Second Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia. Sam Graham is with the Eighth Marine Corps District, Marine Corps Reserve, Overland, Park, Kansas.

John Sporaco received a Meritorious Service Medal while serving with an ROTC unit at the University of Michigan. He received his medal in recognition of his work as Caribbean and Central American Desk Officer on the Staff of the Director, Naval Office Technology, Transfer and Security Assistance.

Congramlations, John!

Congratulations are in order for the Class of '73 on the Alumni Phoneathon for 1989 for the Brigade Activities Center It is difficult to go into all the numbers and statistics, but compared to Classes which graduated between 1966 and 1976, we ranked in the top two or three with regard to average pledge, and tied for first for percentage of people pledging. We ranked second in total dollars pledged. Hats Off! Bravo Zulu!

The Class Officers met a couple weeks ago and have a number of things in the works. Some of those includeredraftingof our Class charter by John Simcox. Bill Holmes, who is a CEC at Programs in Washington is educating us on a project that the Class could do over the next several years that would be highly visible in the yard. We are making early preparations for our 20tii Reunion in 1993. All Class Officers were present at the meeting, and we found out that John Yacchus is now engaged. Congratulations, John!

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Please send in those cards and letters. If you are a company rep, please let me know. I haven't heard from too many of you lately. We will begin to make an all out effort to get new addresses for Classmates with whom we have lost contact for the 20th.

'73!

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Pres., LCdr. Skip Anderson USN Sec'y LCdr. Dave Schom USNR Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center 6400 Bloomington Rd., Fort Snelling St. Paul, Minn. 55111-4051

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Pres., LCdr. Don Bringle USN Sec'y, Maj. Joe Buranosky USMC 10214 Commonwealtii Blvd., Fairfax, Va. 22032 Correspondence has been slow during the Summer months; 1 know that a lot of you have been on vacation or in the process of moving. Let me give you a quick update on the Class project, and where we stand with our organizing effort. As of the end of July, we had given $14,019.33 and received $775 in matching gifts for a total of $14,794.33 toward oin ultimate goal of $50,000 which we should easily surpass—keep up the good work! We still need reps for 14, 25, 29, 31, and 36; please help us out if you can.

John Allen has received a spot for us to gather after die home football games in Annapolis this Fall—look for the Class at Spot One off of Taylor Avenue just up fromtiieElks Club intiiepaved section oftiieparking lot. We don't yet have a designated spot for the Homecoming game; look for the 76 flag.

We had another Class luncheon at the Washington Navy Yard. Thanks go to Chuck Litz for setting it up. John Drerup, Dave Papak, Mike Prendergast, JR Knight, Francis Devereux, Mike Bos worth. Chuck Cole, Steve Giorgis, Rick DaPrato, Jim Janosek,

Mike McConnell, Chuck Litz, and myself were in attendance. We're going to try and get a committee togettier to start planning for the 15th Reunion; if you have any thoughts on it or can lend a hand in setting it up, please let us know.

1 did receive one letter this month from Brant Carter who is employed as a project manager with TRW in Sunnyvale. Califomia. As a Reservist he is serving as Executive Officer of Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 103 out of Treasure Island in San Francisco. Brant attended the Mid-Grade Surface Warfare Officer's/PCO Course for SelRes at Newport. Rhode Island, and he ran into Brad Little and Kent Kochsmeier who were also attending the course. Brad is living in Los Angeles where he director of marketing for Emerson Computer Power, and Kent is living in Colorado Springs where he is working for Martin Marietta.

Just a few final notes from Navy Hometown News Releases—Tom Kennedy is serving aboard the destroyer USS LEFTWICH, homeported in Pearl Harbor, and Jeff Lambert is aboard die guided missile cmiser USS STERETT, homeported in Subic Bay. I hope to hear from more of you in the coming months and to see some of you in Annapolis during the Fall.

Best always, Joe.

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Pres, Peter W. Grieve Sec'y, LCdr. BiU MUlward USN 1026 Magnolia Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23508 West Coast, LCdr. Dempsey Butler USN VA-185. FPO San Francisco, Cahf. 96601-6240 Shipmates, before I start with this month's column, I must report on the death of another Classmate.

Steve Garcia died on 8 August while preparing for an air show at Whidbey Island, Washington where he served as a VA-128 instmctor. Steve came to the Academy from Las Cmces, New Mexico, and quickly estabUshed himself as a leader in 16th Company and then in the Brigade as Operations Assistant.

He had a distinguished flying career and was highly respected by squadron shipmates. We will miss him.

Services were held at Fort Bhss, New Mexico, on the 15th. Our thoughts and prayers are extended to his wife, Bonnie, children, Jami and Kelly, and to the rest of his family. Donations to the American Cancer Society may be made in his name.

The Fall season has fuUy emerged with cool momings, changing tree colors and Homeconung!! This year we hope to have at least one get-together planned in addition to the tailgater Check in at the Alumni tent for the exact location of the tailgater and further information on other planned activities. If you are going to the dance on Friday night, let's see if we can set up a '77 table centerline on the main deck of Dahlgren in the lounge area. Whoever arrives first take the lead in claiming a table and in keeping the Class of' 79 out of die way!!! Come out and meet the new Class Officers and enjoy some good times!

I received one Fleet Home Town News Center release noting that John POlcari was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for meritorious service while serving at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London. Well done John! Next montii 1 plan on including all the great information that was included on die ballots. I've been toldtiiatthere is a substantial amoimt so standby! Until Homecoming, happy trails . . . BUI.

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Pres., Steve Maloney Sec'y, Vince Balderrama 10 De Marchis Drive Shelton, Conn. 06484 Autumn is upon us. For those of us in eastem climes, lawn mowers give way to leaf blowers and rakes. Madras prints are replaced with soft flannels, rugby shirts and school sweats. A cool chill is in the air and armchair quarterbacks busily warm up their elbows for the long season of 16-ounce curls, flex tiieir remote control thumbs over four channels of continuous game coverage and strain their vocal cords witii screams of "It WAS GOOOOD, Ref! . . . I'd NEVER have called that play! . . .

INSTANT REPLAY!" A new Plebe Class is entering a season of touchdown human funnels and push-ups.

While across the globe, echo thoughts of Blue and Gold and nostalgia falls upon us . . . reminiscences of seasons past. . . . For those of you fortunate to relive those days at home games this year, be certain to catch the '78 tailgaters. This year we are trying to make it easier to spot. Rather than trying to recognize stupored Classmates and follow them about a meandering zig-zag which would make even the best torpedo-evader proud, instead go directly to the EAST Parking lot, near the Elks Club. Along the tree line you'll spy a '78 Banner and some Blue and Gold traffic cones, not to mention your euphoric Classmates. (Remember just roll'em over so the brass buttons don't show!) . . . Come join us in the festivities!

Mike Crisp should be back from lO/WestPac. In July he wrote that he'd been homesteading in the fighter community out on the West Coast. (Actually, the "Homestead" is in Poway, Califomia according to Mike's wife Jane and sons Tommy, 3'h and John Henry, 1. After two tours flying F-4s on the MIDWAY (with an admiral's aide tour wedged in) he transitioned to F-14s in '86. Upon his retum with VF-1 aboard die USS RANGER he'll be going to VF-124 in Miramar for instmctor duty. Bob Stuart and Tom Trudell were RANGER shipmates of Mike's, flying A-6s and E-2s respectively. Mike also noted that Eric Nelson and BUI Poole are still on active duty in Hawaii. John Martin is out of the Navy, working for Hughes in Los Angeles. Mike Galpin is withVF-21 and tile last Mike knew. Bob Fallon was at VF-126 in Miramar. Mike and Jane want Classmates to know die "Welcome" mat is always out if you in happen to be in the area.

I don't know whether it's an indication that we are getting senior enough to requhe higher level training and schools, or that the Navy/Marine Corps has come to the realization that we are sorely in need of some education, but either way we have a large contingency going through PG School in Monterey. It must have been a Class writing assignment, because for some reason 1 got two letters from students of "Pebble Beach U" within days of each other The first came from big Jeff Carpenter. Jeff's gets the "1 know where EVERYBODY is award" as his letter was bursting with info! Get your scuba masks on 'cuz here go the floodgates: Chris Burgin is a stockbroker in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Scott McKee and Scott Provow are both Delta pilots. McKee is living in Annapolis and Provow in Granbury, Texas. (Those of you who read last month's column know that's old news about Scott Provow.) John Wissler is still in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton. Jerry Schwartz an admiral's aide in Washington, DC. Steve Sutton is working for a major oil company in Nashville, Tennessee. Charlie Love is working for Texas Instruments in Dallas.

Mark Boensel is attending the Naval War College.

Matt Pasztalaniec is serving his department head Shipmate, October 1989

tour in an F/A-18 squadron aboard MIDWAY. Carps confirmed Mike Crisp's news that Bob Fallon is at Miramar flying in an adversary squadron. Gary Rupp is out of the Marine Corps, believed to be selling insurance in the Chicago area. John Simmons is an MD in Geneva, Alabama. Charlie Nickell is working at a nuclear plant in Columbia, South Carolina, as is Otto Bulich in Calvert County, Maryland. Paul Lynch is back in A-6s at Oceana. Mark Broome is with the FBI and living in Tampa, Florida.

Vinnie Rossitto is an EDO at Dahlgren, Virginia.

Also at PG School are: Doug Ray, Larry Price, Ned Davis, John Hollyer, Vance Moore, Gary Evans, Rich Holzknecht, Charles Bell, Jim Small, Hank Van Oss, Kevin White, Paul Blais, Craig Cowen, Jim Pelton, Mac McKeon, Andy Winns, Kevin Cheezum, Mike Combs, Gary Shaw, Dan Bamd, Dave Barile, and Rick "Pogo" Reece. Any of you desiring to get a hold of Jeff can reach him at the library at PG school (aka 19th Hole) or better yet, 22 Mervine Street, Monterey, Calif. 93940.

The second letter was from Vance Moore who sent a picture of what looked like a typical Monterey "study session"â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gathered with Vance around a bucket of brews were Ned, Craig, Mike, Larry, and Ken. According to Vance's letter there are "a ton (approx.-30)" '78ers at PG school. As Jeff's letter proved there are fewer numbers than that, but I'm sure the combined weight is more than a ton!! Still, that estimate's close enough for govemment work and partial credit, Vance. Thanks for the scoop, guys.

Monterey study session The last letter comes from Charlene and Skip Bayes, complete with sketched artwork of an H-3, home and family. (If that was Kenneth's handiwork you have a talented and budding artist. If one of those was Skip's, as the note hinted, I wouldn't get out the Navy . . . ) In May Skip transferted from USS NIMITZ to NAS Jacksonville. After completing the HS RAG he'll report to HS-7. They are all excited about the move and more ecstatic to have joined the ranks of the mortgaged as they just bought their first home!

It's in Orange Park, Florida, near the air station. It sounds great and has all the features that have Elizabeth and me envious (lots of bedrooms, big kitchen, bay windows, pool . . . plenty of beer . . . ). Charlene noted that Skip especially loves the built-in sprinkler system. (Hey, get him out of the sprinklers . . . you've got a pool now!) As for the kids. Ken is now in the third grade. Not to be outdone by her big brother, Angela is also in schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;pre-school that is.

It was really an upbeat letter as is Skip's way. The only down side was his inquiry about my old copper 280Z(*sigh*) . , . I no longerown it. After 126,000 miles of great memories (and a few speeding tickets) it became a casualty of my married conversion and domestication. 1 still pine away each time 1 see one drive by . . . 1 wonder how many of you players in the "Great Z-buy of the spring of '77" still own your bullets?

The Reserve Majors' list came out in the Navy Times and I noticed Greg Baur was on the list. Also

Congrats again to Tim Hanifen. He picked up his 2000th safe flight hour award (a major milestone in an aviator's career), but more importantly he was augmented back into the Regulars. It's tough competition, especially for re-treads, but we're all happy to note you made the cut and will be around the Corps for some time to come!!

Since 1 have the space I'm able to follow up on some of the backlog of FHTNR's, so I'll capsulate them: A June FHTNR reported that LCdr Al Nugent received a Meritorious Service Medal for his service as the DCA aboard USS CONSTELLATION. The

award was for a specific action in containing a fire which lasted 23 hours in the machinery spaces. It read Al's "leadership and extensive knowledge of firefighting procedures, made him instrumental in containing a fire and preventing major injuries to personnel." Way to go Al!! Capt. Carl J. Gavin is an instructor at VT-10 in Pensacola. In July he was named Instructor of the Quarter for the squadron.

Gary Leaman is with HSL-35 in North Island. From the bio section of the FHTNR I saw that Gary also picked up an MS at Monterey. (Boy, all these Master's degrees are giving me an inferiority complex.)

Warren Robinson pinned on his LCdr. in July and reported for duty at SWOS Command in Newport, Rhode Island. Whew, that's all the "official" press news.

The last bit concerns some Class business . . .

After a little volunteerism on your part (accent on little) and some extensive phone recruiting and clever coercion (deflned-blackmail) by our President, Jock Maloney, the results of our great Company Rep search are in. Here they are, by company: l-Bob Schwanke, Qtrs L-2, Atrim Dr. Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17055 (717)795-8285, (W) (717) 790-2759

19-Tom Abernathy 211 C Barry Rd., West Point, N.Y. 10996 (914) 446-6706, (w) (914) 938-4754

2-John Semcken 704ASteriing Ave., Soudi Pasadena, Calif.

91030 (818)441-9074 (W) (213) 629-5200

20-Mike Shinego 9112 Frenchman's Creek Dr. Phoenix, NY. 13135 (315)695-5903 (W) (315) 456-0603

3-Alan Jaquith 12504 Forty Oaks Ct. Hemdon, Va. 22070 (703) 430-0267 (W) (703) 683-8430 X476

21-Scott Provow 100-5 Anaconda Trail IH Granbury, Texas 76048 (817) 573-0258

4-John Gardiner 5654 Mount Bumside Burke. Va. 22015-2143

22-Dennis Reilly 8502 Heron Pond Lane Fairfield Station, Va. 22039 (703) 690-8548 (W) (301) 657-7860

5-Shaun Bradley 1550 Terrell Mill Marietta, Ga. 30067-8409 (404) 988-0886 (W) (404) 952-2930

23-John Cramer 510 Norton Lane Arnold, Md. 21012-2358 (301)757-1680 (W) (301) 765-6929

6 John O'NeUl 2826 Penny Pond Lane Annapolis, Md. 21401 (301) 266-6267

24-Glen Wheless 1261 Paramore Drive Virginia Beach, Va. 23454 (804)481-2163 (W) (804) 433-2935

7-Lloyd Prince Air Department

25-Tom McMahon (Current Address/Ph # not available at this time)

USS MIDWAY (CV-41)

FPO San Francisco, Calif.

96631-2710 8-Kevin Walsh 12120 Presido Way Woodbridge, Va. 22192 (703) 491-2029 (W) (703) 683-8430

26-Alex Callas 4003 Adrienne Drive Alexandria, Va 22309 (703) 360-8044

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9-Lee Yarberry 2305 Swensberg NE Grand Rapids, Mich.

40505^(066 (616) 363-8303 (W) (616) 363-1601

27-Volunteer needed

10-Al Baker Qtrs 749A, Naval Station Charleston, S.C. 29408 (803) 747-6693

28-Dan Fanelli 8636 Pepper Bush Lane Germantown, Tfenn.

38138P (901) 756-8332

11-Walt Brown 5913 Carters Oak Court Burke, Va. 22015 (703) 978-6843 (W) (703) 764-1373

29-Rick Anderson 3 Jonquil Court Fredricksburg, Va. 22401 (703) 898-7242 (W) (703) 732-6469

12-John Rudder 6125 Hyacindi Dr. Alexandria, Va. 22310 (703) 548-3400 (W) (800) 336-9000

30-Bruce Gearey 3510 Beech Run Lane Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17055 (717) 732-6469 (W) (717) 790-4451

13-Sean Coffey 300 W. 72nd St. #6B New York, N.Y 10023 (212) 769-3169 (W) (212) 373-3331

31-Volunteer Needed

14-Don Beverlin 354 Ashley Drive Coppell, Texas 75019 (214) 393-1917 (W) (214) 462-0380

32-Ray Kwong 1866 East Queens Court Crofton, Md. 21114 (301) 261-0626 (W) (301) 979-0005 Fax (301) 721-5679

15-Bob Schermund 2917 Tapered Lane Bowie, Md. 20715 (301) 390-6754 (W) (202) 245-6343

33-Brent Obenour 15452 Indianola Drive Derwood, Md. 20855-2708 (301) 217-0510 (W) (301) 984-3313

16-Damien Bonvouloir 7431 Duddington Drive Alexandria, Va. 22130 (703) 971-0036

34-Dave Wilson 105 Fair Oaks Court Newton, Pa. 18940 (215)531-6978 (W) (215) 326-4600

17-Herb Jensen 820 Bloomfield Lane Aurora, 111. 60504 (312)851-2798

35-Rich Jesmonth 4760 Peacock Rd. Pensacola, Fla. 32504 (904) 479-8785 (W) (904) 433-8553

18-Rob Ctoutier 178 Woohnans Lane Mt. HoUy, N.J. 08060 (619)778-2121 (W) (215) 591-824

36-RaIph ScafBdi 1530 W. Gonzales Rd. Apt. 146 Oxnard, Calif. 93030 (805)485-1325 (W) (805) 982-4721 X229

The purpose behind the reps is to assist in fostering Class communication, comraderie and Class "networking." You'll be hearing from your rep in the near future to update a locator sheet and seek your help in finding our "lost souls." The company reps will be forwarding that information to our Class historian, Tim Dowding (who's done a bang-up job for us!).

Tim will then input that into our data base. The goal is to try and get 90% of our Class located by the end of the year which will lead us to be able to publish a Class news directory sometime next year. This is a big step toward enhancing our Class' active role in the Alumni Association and promoting more activities among ourselves. Well, that's all folks . . . see you at the tailgaters and keep those cards and letters coming in!

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Pres., Lt. Alex L. Umitia USN Cort. Sec'y, Larry Kihlstadius 4856 Bluebird Lane, Stephens City Va. 22655 East Coast, J. E. McFadden 748 Trenton Ave., Sevema Park, Md. 21146

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Happy Homecoming!

I am sure that we are imdefeated now and rolling towards the big Reunion. As I write this, we have money rolling in so it looks as if we will be able to pay some bills. This column has to be short because it has to be mailed today. I am siu^ that next month's will be longer since I am getting lots of phone calls.

John Byzewski is a rugby legend now and is deployed to Okinawa. John, I'll try to get you a beer!

Gary Herbold is wandering around as the S-41 think for 2nd Mar Div, 4th battalion. I am now officially unable to speak Marinetalk. Tom Brandl and Sharon are in Camp Lejeune and should be at Homecoming with some luck. Rick Fitzwater is also still in but I can't figure out where. Jeff Johnson and Chris just had a baby girl, Kelly, in August. Kelly is their second. Lorie Forman aka Dancer and I talked today, she and Mike are now at Pax River. They have two boys.

Bob Graham and Maria are not to be outdone as tiiey have four boys. Bob is on deployment and headed for PG School in late-Fall. Kelvin Womach is up in Newport, Rhode Island, with Peat, Marwick and Main. He and Marlene are enjoying it. Rich Lanning is up in New Jersey working for GE and is married to Alex which I guess is short for Alexandra? Tom Herrmann and Betsy are up ui Connecticut. Tom fiiushed Harvard and is in some good deal development program with United Technologies. Jim HUlan and Sylvia are out in California. Jim went to the Air Force Top Gun school. They have one son and are at Point Mugu. Gary Gearing and Lisa have three children and are fivuig in the Pittsburgh area. Gary works in his family business that is involved in coating metals, I tiiink. Paul Hatch and Mary-Ann have a girl named Lauren. They are in the D.C. area where Paul is a broker Tim Dumbauld and Kathy are also in the area but on the Maryland side. Tim works for Beta, Inc. I warned you it would be short and it is. See you at Homecoming! Larry K

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Pres., Lt. WUUam W. Crow USN East Coast Sec'y Mr. Gerald G. Smith 496 Woodshire Lane, Hemdon, Va. 22070 NE Cort., Lt. James Bradford McGee USNR 10 Ash St., Amesbury, Mass 01913 HELLO '80 I know it has been a long time since I last wrote an article and I've almost forgotten how to type. I have plenty of mail so I can't use that as an excuse, would you beheve I've been too busy teaching Kobo how to be a godfather? Anyway, I hope that the worst is behind me. Some quick admin notes and then I'll pass along the news. Monte Burke has offered to set up some rooms for Homecoming 90 and you should contact him directiy at 333 Rector Place, Apartment 3A, New York, N.Y. 10280. We are looking for Classmates to help organize the ten-year and I would like someone to head the event. Please contact me for details. Finally, we need to form an election committee for our 10-year elections. I understand that Crowdaddy may not run again and I know that I'm not doing the Class any good based on my recent performance. I feel tiiat doing tiiis column for the past nine years has been extremely rewarding and I thank everyone who put up with my antics, but 1 feel that my editorial style is growing stale and could use some new ties. Speaking of which, Greg Hunter and Edie gave birth to a baby girl, Daniele Lacee, on 7 August in New Bern, North Carolina. Huntinan has finally decided to settie down and I understand tiiat he's adjusting quite well.

Dave Arnold has recentiy retired as tiie Rec Services Officer in NAS Adak and is now working as a

Software mgr for UTL Corp in Richardson, Texas.

I received a long letter from Mike Reed who, with wife Katherine and daughter Jeanne, hves in Coronado where he is the navigator on N E W ORLEANS. Mike is company secy and passes some info on: The Clement's: Dave and JJ are fine and they have a new addition so Congrats are in store! Maura was bom in April '88 and is doing well. Jeffrey is making it through the two's and isn't too "terrible." Dave received the award given to the Navy JAG of the Year (Nice Going!!) and the family got to travel to Toronto, Canada, for the awards ceremony. Dave has received orders to Newport, where he will be an instmctor at the Naval Justice School.

The Gildner's: Will and Ann are doing fine. Jeanne and I had dinner with them here in San Diego last Fall. 1 am happy to announce that Will has made captarn before the rest of us . . . tiiat is Will has crossdecked into the Air Force. Yes, he is flying for the Boys in Blue.

The Haley's: Char wrote that JR should have his wings before Christmas and they would be back in Oak Harbor by Jan. Hope this letter catches you.

Congrats on receiving your pilot wings and in 14 montiis!! You must not have had the student pools that some of us did. The boys are fine though the moves have been toughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Johnny has been in four schools in two years.

The Herrscher's: Dan and the clan are here in San Diego. Dan is out of the Navy and working for Lifecycle Engineering. He was hired as an engineer and is working preventative maintenance programs. He is still in the Reserve and is the ship control and supply officer He driUs on USS COPELAND. The Lair's: Brian, Jeanette and the boys are doing weU and surviving in Corpus Christi. He is still flying for Customs and enjoying it and looking great!! If anyone passes through Phoenix, you should give them a shout. Brian, if you ever head this way with one of those Custom birds give me a call.

John Link is doing well. He is still at Three Mile Island working with reactors.

The Peters: Matt and Liz started last year in D.C. where Matt was in the Program Appraisal Division of OpNav. From there he received orders to San Diego and TAO School last June and then onto the ComCaiGru-1 staff aboard CONSTELLATION. The Shettie's: Mike, Charity and Sarah moved to Norfolk in October where Mike is a "Shooter" aboard ROOSEVELT.

Jerry Chandler and BUI Webber wrote from the Moslem world. Chan and Webs are hanging out together at the Bahrain Pool, the garden spot of the Arabian Gulf. Chan is back in the Navy and is flying on the ELROD. Chan will be back in NAS JAX m October and would like some of the fellas to stop by and see him. Webs is OIC of the EOD det out of Sandy Eggo and is spending his Summer vacation in Bahrain. Webs had his first male issue and is departing for Guam, another great island, in November. He wants anyone, except Crowdaddy, in 29th, to see/call him at 736 Iris Ave., Imperial Beach, Calif. (92032).

Alex Funke dropped a line from Colorado Springs where he lives with his wife, Joan and three daughters. Pup received a master's in Construction Mgmt from Stanford and started a hotel renovation company in Colorado. I understand he's coming back to Annapohs next year to redo the THRI-IFT Inn. I'm going to close now, but 1 still have at least ten letters to catch up with so don't despair. Please start thinking of Homecoming because we need lots of help in order to make it a success. I'll see everyone at the tailgaters this season, it promises to be a good one. I understand the football team won't be too bad either.

Shipmate, October 1989

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Pres., Dennis A. Sawyer Sec'y Lt. Ptter Sciabarra USN 11566 Faison Way, San Diego, Calif. 92124 Greetings '81 Well, we are once again into NAVY FOOTBALL season and Carol and I are looking forward to seeing many of you at the Syracuse game next month. This was arelativelylight month for correspondence, but we did hear from a few new somces.

First off this month Ireceiveda card from Judy and Mark Schanuel aimouncing die bhth of their daughter, Samantha Lee, on 6 January 1989. Mark and Judy also have a 3'/2 year old son, David. Mark will be leaving the Navy at the end of October and will be working in the D.C. area for Xerox. Mark and Judy are living in Walkersville, Maryland.

Ireceivedtwo letters with overlapping information on the sub community from Dennis Murphy and Keith Bowman. Both are at SOAC in New London.

Murph passed on die following extensive list of sub drivers and their new assignments: Dave Marquet, USS WILL ROGERS, engineer, Charleston; Paul Ims, SPADEHSH, engineer, Norfolk; Keith Bowman, BEN FRANKLIN, engineer, Charleston; Ken Voorhees, Omo, navigator, Bangor; Charles Voss, CASIMIR PuLASH, weapons, Charleston; Dave Portner, TUNNY, engineer. Pearl Harbor; BUI Hlopak, BALTIMORE, navigator, Norfolk; BUI Drake, CINCINNATI, navigator, Norfolk; Scott Waddle, KENTUCKY, engineer. New London; Dave Rich, TENNESSEE, navigator. Kings Bay; Greg BUly, GROTON, weapons. New London; Bob MUler, STURGEON, weapons, Charleston; Randy Burke, OLYMPIA, navigator. Pearl Harbor; Russ Grocki, HAWKBILL, navigator. Pearl Harbor; Mike Shields, LEWIS AND CLARK, engineer, Charleston; and Mike Johnson will be the weapons officer on a SSBN in Charleston. Besides his extensive Ust of sub assignments, Murph also passed on much of the following news: Dave Rich has a new daughter named Mary, their second child, and Cindy and Mike Shields were married four years ago and have two adopted girls (2 and 5). Mike Mahre has finished his first year at Stanford and is engaged to Kelly with a Summer '90 wedding planned. Frank Marco has alsofinishedhisfirstyear working on his MBA at Harvard. Chuck French left Hawaii in August as well as the Navy and started work on his master's at Yale. Vmce Hartmann is in the CEC in Guam witii Jenny and his two girls, Kelly and Katy Rick Martin recently left Pensacola where he was an instmctor and is going to the staff on ComCruDesGm 2 at Charleston. Rick and Meredith have two girls and a boy. Murph meanwhile has headed to Bangor, to be the engineer on NEVADA. Thanks for all the news to both Murph and Keith. (Pictures to follow next month).

Well, I'll bring this month to a rapid close as again we push the envelope of deadline time.

See you next month and GO BIG BLUE! Ski

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Pres., Lt. Thomas P. Garrison, III USN Sec'y, Lt. Gus Anderson USN MSC 1054, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, Calif. 93943-5012

Shipmate, October 1989

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Pres., Lt. James H. Flatley, IV USN Sec'y 1st Lt. Gary C. Schmidt USMC 547 Chadwick Shores Drive Sneads Ferty, N.C. 28460 East Coast Cort., Robert Moran 204 Elizabetii Ave., Piscataway, N.J. 08854 Hello. Steve "Jet" Carroll was in the Persian Gulf not long ago on board USS LEFTWICH. More recently he is back from his tour in Barber's Point, Hawaii. He is now with HSL-40 in Mayport, Florida; he is going to be an instructor for H-60 helicopter personnel.

Brook Schurman called to say that he is still at Camp Pendleton at the School of Infantry. He'll be there for another year. Brook also passed on that he heard that George Fears has gotten out. George is this true? Brook was in New York for his grandmother's 83-plus-lO birthday.

Rich Davidson reports that he has finally done something worthwhile and that pleased his wife.

What did he do? He wrote to Shipmate. Denise and Rich are stationed at Camp Smith, Hawaii. He's in the Aviation Logistics Department of FMFPAC; they artived 4 August and have been toughing it out in Waikiki while waiting for housing. They have a son who will be one-year-old on 3 September (Psst, Rich you forgot to tell me his name. Don't let Denise read this.) Gloria and Joe Schoppy are in Annapolis. Joe is teaching Weapons to poor, unsuspecting 2/C on ProTraMid. They are enjoying a nice shore tour with their boys, Joey and Nicholas. The Davidsons will be in Hawaii for three years and invite people in the area to contact them. Take care. Bob. '83â&#x20AC;&#x201D;A CLASS ACT

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just finished his tour aboard USS DRUM. JeffGianguUli will be moving to Washington, D.C. to be a submarine detailer Word has it that Jack Lerchbacher will also be attending Harvard Business School with John Morrow. Chuck Cox is out and begins law school at Michigan.

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Pres., Lt. (jg) A. H. Hein USN Acting Cort. Sec'y, Blake D. Ratcliffe 3632 Anchorage Cove Triangle, Va. 22172 Hey 84! Yes, 1 am guilty. No, last month will not become a regular affair. I however sometimes suffer from human frailties as well. Since last time I wrote much has occurted. The Summer is past and football season is upon us. Homecoming is around the comer First, the hometown news releases. Rob Richardson eamed his gold dolphins. Derek Hudson put on his water wings. Noel Enriquez is aboard the USS PRINCETON in Long Beach, Califomia. Dave Schmode has tumed to civil engineering. Sam Ridder has moved to Camp Pendleton, Califomia. Tom Watson is at 2nd FSSG in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. Doug Cassidy is aboard MIDWAY out of Yokosuka, Japan. Mark Heaphy is a hero, having just eamed a Certificate of Commendation for his amazing sense of duty, etc. Mike Jones just reported to NAS, Norfolk to become a member of Fleet Composite Squadron-Six. John Augustine completed winter mountain warfare training in Bridgeport, Califomia.

John Morrow sent a smattering of news from all over Bob Syring and his wife, Wendy, are stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Bob is with CTF-74. John saw Bob when the CHICAGO stopped there on his last cruise. Kurt Scott and Anita are the proud parents of Alec Beecham. Kurt will be joining John as a civilian soon. Kurt plans to attend business school at die University of Chicago. Bayly Taff and Kim have added a daughter. Bayly was last known to be tramping the hinterlands of Australia with Joe Cook. Kurt and Joe bodiflyS-3s off the RANGER. Joe and his wife. Missy, will definitely be at Homecoming. Chris Haugen

Kylor Whitaker, Gary Price, David Robinson Paul Barr sends news that he and Jeanette will be at Homecoming. I ran into Carlos Kizzee the other day at the quick stop here in metropolitan Dumfries.

Carlos is attending law school at Georgetown on the funded law program for the Marine Corps. Scott Campbell was designated one of the top ten pilots on USS NIMITZ. Scott is with VA-146. Scott's call sign is "noodle" although some of you may prefer "all wet." Mike Jelepis has reported in from various points afar. Mike is working on his MBA. Mike is studying at Wharton. Chuck Harber is in Virginia Beach martied to Kathy.

Twenty-first company continues to be the mainstay for news. Club 21 definitely is loaded with a bunch of social butterflies. Scott Newman has been checking out the hot spots of WestPac. Scott has been to Karachi, Pakistan and Perth, Australia. Bob Ernst is at sea. Doug Suriano is at the Defense Communications Agency. Jon Hartman is studying computer systems management. Bill Mergen is on his way to the Med with FORRESTAL. Chico Menendez is the admiral's aide for ComSouthLant. Chico supposedly has wedding bells in his future??? Don Griffin, writer of the 21st Company letter presently, sends that he is with VP-5. Griff sends that there are a number 83

of 84ers in VP-5. They are Scott Porter, John Johnson, Andy Ponsiego, and T. D. Smyers. The group should be touring South Americarightnow.

That's it for now. There are still a few pictures and letters in the bag I need to get out, but I haven't imcovered them yet. Once I clear the garbage from my move I will get them out to you. Onefinalreminder, pictures must uiclude an Alumnus to be included.

when he is not coaching littie league baseball. Tom Cly borne is in Pensacola, starting the Marine NFO pipeline. He transitioned from Marine Corps Supply, where he served at Camp Pendleton. While in California, Tom shared an apartment with Rob Cissel.

Tom is now rooming with Dan "Chester" Ballard, who is also in the Marine NFO pipeline. Dave Price

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completed his tour on USS DETROIT (AOR-4) and is on the pre-comm crew for USS NORMANDY (CG-60)

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Pres., Lt. Chuck Sharkey USN Cort. Sec'y, Lt. Pat Mooney USN 22 Westover Drive Gautier, Miss. 39553 It's me again. Ireceivedonly one letter in my mailbag, and due to the paucity of other news, I will reprint the major portion of the letter It comes from Capt. Fred Triggs, Class of 1961, who is assigned to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff m Washington.

It is actually a copy of a letter originally sent to RAdm. John Johannesen (Ret.), Class of 1923, for inclusion in their Class column, but as is obvious after reading, the Class of 1985 is also involved. Anyway, here goes: I graduated widi die Qass of 1961. Way before I entered the Academy, my mother used to tell me of her days at Smith College where her house mother was the widow of an admiral. It sounded as if that grand lady ran the house like a good wardroom. My mother loved to teU me how a few years before she was at Smith, her house mother's son, who was a Midshipman at the Naval Academy, used to visit. Of course he cut a wide swath.

As Paul Harvey says, now for the rest of the story.

Not long ago, when I was visiting my mother in Chatham, New Jersey, she introduced me to 'the nicest retiTBd captain' whom she had met at church.

In the process, she related her tale to him. Imagine our surprise when he repUed, 'I am Bud Field. I am diat Midshipman.' Wells Field then went on tofillin more of the details of those pleasant days. From the way he gets around now, I can well imagine the swath he cut then. I just hope I am doing half as well in 2026.

To complete the circle, Capt Field's grandson Lt. GordcMi Ballard, '85 is also a surface warrior and is doing afinejob here in the Pentagon until he can escape back to sea.

I apologize to everyone who feels I quoted too much of Captain Triggs' letter, but I feel the majority of you will agree that the entire story is more interesting than if I had tersely stated that Gordon was serving at the Pentagon. I hope so anyway.

As for me, things in Mississippi haven't changed since my last letter, we are taking custody of CHANCELLORSVILLE this montii, and commissioning is still scheduled for 4 November Sly Mata just successfully completed the first in a long series of engineering inspections (some have the gall to call them assists) last month when SurfPac's Mobile Training Team gave them a thumbs up on CG 62's Pre-Light Off Evaluation. That's all for now, write when you can. Pat Here it is time again for me to write. It seems like I just wrote the last one.

This month there were only two letters. Probably because I deployed well before the article was due and had only tiiese letters to take witii me.

The first letter is from Del Becker and Tony Delgado. Del is assigned to the Navy Office of Technology Transfer and Security Assistance at the Pentagon. I bettiieydon't go by NOTTASAP Del finished

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Tony and Mary Delgado fice as Del. Andy and his wife, Terry, were stationed at Camp Pendleton where Andy was a Communications Officer. Del says he and Andy have the Beltway Bandits eating out of their hands. Tony Delgado finished his tour on USS CALLAGHAN (DDG-994),

where he served as MPA and Navigator making both around-the-world and Persian Gulf deployments.

Tony now works as a Surface Detailer for YG 87-88 along with Chuck Sharkey. I'm sure their faces will grace a few dart boards. Congratulations go to Tony and Mary. They were married in March at the Naval Academy Chapel. Terry Howell was the best man, with Del Becker and Tom Clyborne as groomsmen.

Tom Kerber, Donna and Jim PetrUle, Helen and Dave Tuten, Dave Price and Reginald Rhoe were able to attend the wedding.

Steve Perry and Michelle were married on Oct. '88 in Burnt Hills, New York witii Del Becker, Mark Brooks, and Mike Klooster as groomsmen. Steve and Michelle live in San Diego with the littiest Perry.

Steve is stationed aboard USS CHICAGO (SSN-721).

The httiest Perty is a puppy. Sharon and Mark Brooks are in Jacksonville, where Mark is flying F/A-18S. Mike Klooster is hving in Charleston, with his wife, Jeanne Marie. Mike and Tom Kerber are aboard USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629). Terry

Howell and his wife, Jan are hving in Fredericksburg, Virginia, after Terty held every job imaginable on USS STEPHEN W. GROVES (FFG-29).

Terty is an Aegis Instructor at NSWC Dahlgren,

Charleston. Dave and Helen have a son, Seth, and a new-bom. Donna and Jim Petrilla are stationed in Rota, Spain, where he serves as a Cryptology Officer. They have two children, Ryan and Brittany. Ed Kenyon, who roomed with Tony Delgado from graduation untU last month, is stationed on USS KiNKAiD (DD-965) as MPA. Ed put in quite a few 18hour days to get his engineering plant in projier operating condition after a year in the shipyards. He is deployed to the Persian Gulf. Ed is engaged to be married this Winter to Diana Benya, a Navy Nmse stationed at Balboa Hospital in San Diego. Dave Kyto obtained his Master's Degree from the University of Michigan right after graduation. He has finaUy found his way to the Fleet and is stationed on the attack sub USS DRUM (SSN-677) in San Diego.

Reginald Rhoe completed his tour aboard USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9), and took die CV RIP option

and is in the engineering department on USS FOREST AL (CV-59). Mike Morris was sent by the Marine Corps to Diego Garcia, the Garden Spot of the lO. He actually likes it thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;imagine that. Miriam and Aaron Mearig are at MCAS Tustin, where Aaron is flying CH-53'S. Denise and Bob McArthur are at Camp Lejeune, where Bob is turning into a computer genius. They have one son, Joshua, and are expecting their second child. Robin and Bob Underwood are finally at MCAS El Toro, where Bob is flying F/A-18S. Del bumped into EUen Coyne at EX. McRory's in SeatUe in April. Ellen is at NAS Whidbey Island as an Aviation Maintenance Officer.

My second letter is from Jeff Sigler. He is m Hawaii with VQ-3 as an Airbome Communications Officer (ACO). Jeff is enjoying Hawaii as well as the frequent short (underlined) two-week deployments to die West Coast. Kathy McCartan and Sue WeUs are also ACO's at VQ-3 along witii Todd Landefeld, who is an aircraft commander. Jeff also wrote with die news that Joanne Goodwin was killed. For tiiose of you who missed the announcement Joanne was killed in Charleston when a hurricane blew a tree down in her car as she was driving.

This was going to be the end of my article, but we just had our first mail call since the crossing and I

a tour aboard USS REASONER (FF-1063) m Dec. '88

with a majority of die time as the ASW Officer Joe Beadles deployed with REASONER for a few exercises, as part of an HSL-35 det. He isflyingH-2s in San Diego. Andy Bellas is working m the same of84

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Tracy joined Max in Singapore while Max was over there in a WestPac cruise. He is the Reactor Training Officer aboard USS CALIFORNIA. Phong Nguyen has broken into the publishing business by selling a short novel he wrote. Debbie and Chuck Merritt have had a rough time of it lately. Before Christmas they were able to torn Europe and Chuck was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for work as DCA and the ship's quality assurance program manager Chuck was hoping to be in town when his and Debbie's baby was due, but the baby came late and he had to leave die day before the baby was bom. Kenneth Raymond was bom 14 Feb. and weighed in at 8 lbs and 4 oz. Unforttinately he was born with a collapsed limg and had to be sent to another hospital for care. Debbie had to stay at the first hospital to finish the cesarean procedure dictated because they thought Kenneth was two weeks late. As it tums out they induced labor early. As far as Tom knew, Debbie and Kenneth are now doing fine. Then, a couple of weeks later. Chuck was in a severe accident and had to have hip and ankle surgery He is expected to be in the recovery process for a long time with the ankle brace coming off in Sept. and additional hip replacement work after tiiat. This will most likely take a year. I know everyone will join me in wishing Chuck a speedy recovery and he, Debbie and Kenneth the best of luck. Karen and Dave Peterson are keeping extremely busy. Dave is going to school and Karen is working for McDonnell-Douglas Helicopter. Katie and Tom Plofchan are working at down-shifting from life in the fast lane. Andrew Timothy was bom in March, six weeks early. He had to spend several weeks in the intensive care niu-sery because his lungs were not quite developed. He is home now and just doing well. Probably exercising those lungs and driving Katie and Tom crazy. Because Andrew was bom early, Tom had to rejoin the work force. While waiting for school to start this Fall, Tom waited tables for Coleman is assigned to USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41). four months. He says he now has an appreciation for Tun Croy is aboard USS BERKELEY (DDG-15) out the benefits that our education provides. Though I'm of San Francisco. Anne and Dan Derbes have transnot sure what drinking copious amounts of alcohol ferred to the D.C. area and bought a house in Woodhas to do with waiting tables, but. . . Since May he bridge, Virginia. Dan is assigned to the Ceremonial has been working as an independent consultant on a Honor Guard and Anne is working for BuPers. Their project for North American Electric Reliability son, Danny, is growing like a weed. The word on Pat Council which has been both interesting and profitaDunn is that he has moved back home because he got tired of eating cold spaghetti out of a can. He is in ble. He and Katie just bought a house in CharlotJoisey working in recmiting and trying to find guys tesville, and plan to keep their house in Springfield, to join the Navy. Hefiguresif he gets enough guys Virginia, as a rental unit. Eric Quinn decided not to from the area to join the Navy he can quit and make a tie the knot this past June. Since he did it the day bekilling as a speech therapist for Uncle Sam. Jim fore the wedding, they decided to have a reunion. Jim Grimson, Tom Hobbib, Jeff Hamman, Pat Dunn, Grimson is home for the 10 and doing well. Jeff The Garcias, The Browns, The Boehles, and The Hamman recently returned from his first six-month Derbes' all were there. Kathleen and Charlie Smith cmise to the Med. He visited St. Tropez, Rome, are in Annapolis and expecting their first child.

Egypt, Turkey, Timisia, Palma and the local Charlie is in the Naval Science Department and 7-Eleven. Jeff is not yet married and Tom says he too should have taken a Pro-Dev cruise to Bermuda. wants to name his first child after Pat Dunn. Jeff Henson, his wife, Karen, and son, Andrew, are in Beth and Mike Taylor are living in Virginia Beach.

North Carolina where Jeff is attending law school at John "Ergo" Walters is back in the States after his fifth-place finish in the Olympics. He saw Dan Duke University. Jeff decided to let the Navy pick up the tab on this one. Jeff should tie available for his old Derbes in Newport and told him he is now trying to get his career back on track. Maybe 1 should say company-mates to exploit in terms of his legal experience. Pat Dunn may need some help as an awful lot of stroke. people are naming their children after him. Tom says Whew! Now for the people I've vistied or talked the kids are all short, too. with. Tony Ruiz is back home in Homestead, FlorTom Hobbib made his way East and stopped by ida, and working for the Florida Dept. of TransportaTom's place, apparently to watch Tom paint his hall- tion and preaching for the Jehovah's Witnesses. Anway. Tom (Hobbib) has a house in San Diego with a gle Bariosik is the legal officer for a squadron at Jacuzzi, but can't find anyone to share with him on Miramar. She is keeping busy rebuilding VW ena permanent basis. Liz-Anne and Chris Hodges gines andfixingup the house. 1 must say the house is looking really good. Maribeth Smith is an aircraft helped Kaitiin celebrate herfirstbhthday and bought a family mobile to help with the one on the way. commander with HC-1 and now has to compete with RAG students for flight time. She earned a SAR Michelle and Glen Langford are in Yokohama, Japan, where Glen is the Boilers Officer for USS (Search and Rescue) pin after rescuing the survivors of the H-60 crash by the Coronado Bridge. Roger MIDWAY. Glen's marriage was the instant family type, as Glen is now father to Clifford, 6, and Mi- and Andrea (Webb) Phelps are doing great. Andrea is the Disbursing Officer aboard USS MCKEE. Roger chael, 4. Tracy and Greg Maxwell are making good is the Flag Lt. for RAdm. Strassor and having an abuse of the "Join the Navy See the World" slogan. received a five-page letter from Tom Plofchan. So here goes.

After quite a greeting discussing higher virtties (pizza and beer) and die ABC's, Tomrelatedtiiefollowing news: PhUUp Albert is back in the States and livmg ui Torrance. He is presumed to be well but dial's not certain. Tom spoke with Kelly and Mark Andreas in early June. Mark says everything is in fine order, and they are enjoying the perils/joys/pitfalls of owiung a new home. Mark is the Schedules Officer and Division Officer for the aircrew at VS-30 at Cecil Field. Mark won't be haze gray and underway until next year. Dave Atkinson is tiie Assistant Security Officer at Naval Support Activity in New Orleans. While he was in Adak he stashed a bit of cash and went down under to enjoy the sights of New Zealand and Austrailia. Now die owner of a duplex in die uptown section of New Orleans, Dave is occupied with looking for the girl of his dreams. All are invited to stay with him in town, but he says weekends are the best time to visit. Mark and Lisa added to their new home in Charleston, the sound of a little Boehle.

Anna Lee weighed 6 lbs and 2 oz. Mark Boehle has been busy with the everyday crises and having to quaUfy while in the shipyard. Tom says he thinks Dan Doelsche is deployed but can't verify. Erin and Rich Brown are living m Jacksonville where Rich is a Flag Lt. Rich says he is enjoying it but I would be willing to bet that he hasn't had any free time to remember what fiin is. Laura and Mike Casey have also added to their household. Patrick Michael was bom on 20 April and weighed 7 lbs and 4 oz. Pat is the spitting image of Mike. Tom said when he first saw Pat he thought Mike had shrunk in the wash cycle. Pat was named after Pat Dunn and George Michael. Mike is getting ready to spin the wheel for his next assignment. Lyim and Mark Colby are doing fine. Their son, David, will be two in August. Austin

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solute blast. I also ran into Randy Gels who is flying S-3s, with 1 believe VS-31. Kelly (Myers) Manning and her husband, Tom, were at the Phelps' while I was doing my visiting in Califomia. She is keeping herself busy at work, still with the SeaBees, and enjoying the married life.

Well that is all for now. 1 wish everyone the best and if you aren't having fun, you aren't doing it right.

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Pres., Lt. (jg) Paul S. Gibson USN Cort. Sec'y, St. (jg) Joseph J. Luntz USN 376 Center St., #119, Chula Vista, Calif. 92010 Wendy Chord-Kobler extends greetings from Miramar. A Pensacola girl, she married George in May of 1988 and has followed him since. She writes that George has just completed the F-14 RAG along witti Wright McLeod (VF-1) and Jeff Ruth (VF-2) and is now assigned to VF-24.

Along the way, she's met several of George's companymates. Michael Mishik; Scott Quilan (F-18s), Kathy and their son, Shane; and Holly and Lenny AguUar are all doing well in El Toro, Califomia.

Others she's met, but doesn't know their status are: Dan Grennan, Matt Hickey, Buddy Stewart, and Kent Paro.

She also wants to hear from other 86'ers. So please write or phone them: 10022 Paseo Montril, #216 San Diego, Calif. 92129 (619) 538-0622 and tiiey can keep everyone informed.

Phil Vance sends a note while on MOBILE BAY'S (CG-53) first deployment. He enclosed a photo of himself, little Jimmy Vance, Kevin O'Malley and Kevin's soon-to-be wife, Rosemary Carlin, while visiting the Jacksonville Zoo.

Kevin O'Malley, Phil and Jimmy Vance, Rosemary Carlin As stated in Patty Vance's letter, which should have been in last month's issue, Kevin and Rosemary will be married this December at the Academy, and hopefully, Patty will have given burth to their second child by now. Also, Phil adds that Dave Sheridan, (ordnance officer), and Mark Daghir (HSL-44 Det) are enjoying the fun of a Med deployment and emphatically statesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Haze Gray and Underway is the only way!

Fran Sullivan also sends a picture and a note. The picture was taken last 15 July at the NAS Oceana O'Club, where Sarah and Fred Rupp had their wedding reception. Those pictured from right to left: Chris Soler (HM-14, RH-58s), Fran (USS PAUL, EMO), Fred (VA-75), and Kevm Milliken (USS CHARLES F ADAMS). Additionally, Fran says that Fred will be soon moving to D.C, after completing his tour A one-line letterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rich Barbon proudly an-

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long stint as Boilers Officer. Jim retumed from a surfing safari around South America as SAMPSON was a member of die UNITAS XXIX Task Force.

Jim emulated Alex Hailey and wrote a journal about meeting his relatives entitied, "As The Screw â&#x20AC;˘Huns."

Hi guys. It's me Jim. I would not let Theo write about himself; no doubt he would write a lot of false flowery statements telling us how great he's doing and how he is staying out of trouble. I'm sorry to be the t)earer of sad, if expected,tidingsbut this is not the case. Ted is as he has always been; doing quite well at his love offlying,though devoting all other sparetimeto die pursuit of happiness and hedonistic well-being. He is contemplating buying his fourth car, a Corvette, at which point I just sigh and grab our Total bowls, throw them in the sink and proceed on my way to work. (Us surface guys have to go to work at 06(X), not the lenient 09(X) required by our brown shoe coimterparts.)

In any case, we wish to extend an invitation to all of you to come and visit us in our happy home in Nepmne Beach. Enjoy 1989 and come see us some time.

WeU, that was an interesting one. I'd like to finish up by saying that I spoke to Scott Dubov. He was leaving to go out to sea for a few weeks. His wife, Debbie, is still due with their second chUd and Scott would like to say that Gordon Fogg, who just finished the F-14 RAG in Oceana is doing weU. Please keep sending the letters.

I nr lil:: Koblers Wedding 7 May 1988

nounces the birth of Uttie Richard Bradley. Dad cut the umbifical chord with his K-BAR and promptiy posted his Khe-Sanh sign over the nursery door Here's a newsletter from an anonymous other It was written last Christmas, so it's out of date. However, it'll shed fight on the many of the previously immentioned 86'ers: Jim Blastos is making final preparations for his 14 Jan. wedding to Kim Trickey. They are to be married in Norfolk where Jim is flying CH-46s as a member of HC-8.

The Bogdans recendy joined Jim and I in Jacksonville. They are having a house built and hope to move in this Feb. Ken is in the P-3 replacement squadron and upon completion, will join VP-5. As we predicted. Ken and Cathy are turning out to be the happy loving couple that Joe Jackson sings about. Perhaps someday Jim and I will achieve this status.

Pup is serving on board our newest carrier, ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72), when he is not busy working on one of his three cars or sailing his 21 ft.

Catalina on the waters of the Chesapeake. Pup is still a charter member of the He-Man Women Haters Qub and is showing no signs of weakening.

Jeff is finally on his way to die A-6 RAG in Oceana. He and Ellen willtiethe knot this Feb. in Annapolis. It will be interesting to see how he will respond to going back to work after a year off of idyhc bhss.

Brian Edmonds is racking out in BANCROFT (the sub, not die hall), the only difference is now he doesn't have to leave die bUnds down all the time; as we all know, the submariners are always operating in the vegamatic mode, in which there are only two speeds . . . slow and all stop.

Rich and Patricia are in BeeviUe, where Rich is still struggling with medical problems. The latest word was diat he had yet to complete more than his first few flights in die T-2, it seems he has to retire diat laminated SIR chit.

Bruce is winding down his first tour with VTC-21. He returned in August from a long tour of the Med. that was littered with port visits. Bruce's next tour will probably be with the Naval Intelligence Center in D.C. Bruce and Debbie are still dating; wedding bells in die future? Who knows?

Our token Marine, Gregg, is in the Huey RAG on the West Coast. When hefinishesup he'll head back East to New River, North Carohna.

Mike Pietkiewitz is the commo on board AUGUSTA, a LA-class out of New London. He can never say where's he's going or where's he's been, only diat "the land bums his feet." Rest assured that Mike is stUI getting plenty of quality liberty in Boston.

Gucci is a SWO qualified officer on board USS CARON. He is purported to be doing well but when last seen, he was standing in the comer of the O'Club mumbling how many days he has left in the Navy . . . perhaps Gucci has seen the light after all.

Marie is back from her self-imposed exile in Diego Garcia and is working for one of the F-14 squadrons at Miramar. We haven't heard from her and

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Pres., 1st Lt. Owen Duke USMC East Coast Sec'y, Ens. Jim Matheson USN West Coast Lt.(jg) Tim Wolf USN Address for Class Correspondence PO. Box 87, Annapohs, Md. 21404

The Beldys

'87 In General Where's Combread????? Anyone seen that mystical flying heap of burning white works lately . . . last word we got was that he was seen drinking a few "pops" with "Awesome Dawson" in San Francisco . . .

Gabe Gomez has made it through the E-2/C-2 pipeline, battered and bruised, but winged nonetheless . . . anything else is gravy, right Gabe . . .

Have fun at SERE school . . . Laura Lott is out at sea on USS M O U N T BAKER (AE-34) . . .

John Tigani is on USS JOHN HANCOCK (DD-981) where he is die fire control officer as well as die "Bull" Ensign . . . John was awarded his Surface Warfare pin and had his pictiire in the Navy Mirror in Mayport, Florida . . .

In Virgiiua Beach, Virginia Dawn and John Ploiu-de have a new son, Mark Edward, who was bom on 30 December 1988 . . . just m time for a tax deducation . . . good deals just never cease to stop . . . John is on USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT out of

Chris Soler, Fran Sullivan, Fred Rupp, Kevin Milliken know not what she does.

Thibs has one flight to go as an A-6 BN in the RAG. After the holidays he will be joining one of the Fleet squadrons in Oceana. He traded in his battie weary Jetta for a slighdy sportier RX-7. No doubt some sort of requirement for a jet jock such as himself.

J.T eamed his wings earlier this month and will be heading West to become one of the dying breed of A-7 jocks. He still plays rugby and will be playing for the Navy's senior side in New Orleans in Jan. J.T has been dating a young stewardess; this will prove to be a brief lapse from his good standing in the He-Man Women Haters Club.

James and 1 are living together in die Jax area and are terrorizing the local bars as always. Jim has just become the Navigator on board SAMPSON after a

Norfolk . . . Also in Norfolk are Diane and Mike D'Ambra who, too, should be parents anytime now . . . According to Mike's brotiier Chuck, Mike is on USS JOHN MARSHALL where he paints the anchor chain . . .

Orlando Gotay is ui Gaeta, Italy where he is a regular Don Juan, and everyone imderstands what he says . . . he says he gets all tiie Italian modeltype girls because he speaks the language . . . Sure Orlando . . .

"WUd" BUI Hallahan wrote a nice long letter, but die dog ate it . . .

E.U. MUler, Graig Perri, John Weaver and Joe Buenavista must be on die Navy's first manned flight to Jupiter because nobody knows where tiiey are . . . If you have any information that may help us find these fine young sailors please help us, we are about to resort to pictiires on milk botties . . .

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"Is diat Danzer in the middle'" Sherty and Jeffrey McGarry are on tiieir way to Yokosuka, Japan for Jeffrey's second tour . . . He will be an assistant resident officer in charge of construction at the OICC Far East . . . Rich Ewing and John "WUdman" Tigani (whom we saw earlier) came to Jeffrey's wetting down party last June . . . oh the stories we could tell . . .

Matt "1 wanna be a dentist" Early is flying P-3s with the VP-24 "Woodpeckers" . . .

Kanen and John Polowczyk have celebrated their second wedding anniversary, and Matt "Clubber" Sampson would send a very expensive gift, but he doesn't have an address. . . .

Dave Rathbun is living the rough life flying P-3s out of Pax River . . . He spent the past two months in the Canary Islands where his aircraft was "done broke" and he had to spend the rest of his stay working on foreign relations and public affairs for the Navy . . .

Scott Bowmer (USS INGERSOLL DD-990), roommates Jun Thien (USS BREWTON) and John Dachos also on INGERSOLL and about 60 of their closest friends, recentiy held a party with the one and only MoJo Hand "Rocking the beach" as Scott put it . . . the party was in honor of the dude who invented surfing . . .

Seem Okinawa is really kickin' . . . "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" just played at the Camp Schwab theater . . . Chris Johnson and BUI Hallahan just retumed from the field, running from packs of wild dogs and killing enemy spiders . . . good training . . . Bill claims to be the first '87ertobe wounded by friendly fire . . . Bill and his platoon went to Ranger School this past Winter and his patrol was hit by mustard gas . . . Bill's exact words were "It sucked!" . . . After being scrubbed down and displayed to Russian observers, the patrol was back on their feet and in the field, and not five hours later, one member stmck an old ISSmm canister full of nerve agent, while digging in . . . This all happened months after Bill blew out an ear drum in a SMAW backblast and was later caught in a 81 mmm mortar bareage, so if you see a lieutenant in the field with the rest of the platoon 1000 meters behind . . . It's probably "Wild" Bill and his gang of nasty doers. . . .

Guess who got his wings . . . You got it . . .

Christopher E. Dunphy is now officially a designated Naval Aviator . . . Now for the good deal of the century . . . Chris will be flying for the next three years out of the Philippines . . . What a deal!!! so if anyone has any points of contact left over from Youngster Cmise, send 'em over Chris' way . . .

Congrats Vark . . . Your mom is so proud of you . . . How's Kev'???

So ends another exciting month with the Class of '87 . . . Remember to update your addresses with Shipmate and send us some pictures of your friends doing stupid things, they'll love you for it . . . See Ya, Owen . . .

West Coast Hello all! It's been awhile, I know; I've been behind so I'll try to catch you up on what's happening Shipmate, October 1989

Tough guy with his friends in Fuji

Voder wedding out here as best possible.

John Loesch and Roy Ledesma have moved to Coronado from Imperial Beach. Their place is a block from North Island and conveniently close to the package store. John eamed his SWO pin back in December and Roy eamed his water wings in April. For your information, Roy is not married . . . yet.

1 ran into Amy Donovan on the Fourth of July here in Coronado. She is First Lieutenant on USS

ACADIA. Amy informed me that Mary Balch and Michelle LaForge are going to be her new roommates while they fly helos at North Island.

Ed Schofield is also living on Coronado Island. He is a rotor aviator at North Island as well. Ed passed on that Doug Wilson received his jet wings not too long ago. Congratulations Doug.

My roommate, Ty Keith, is the new CIC Officer on USS HALSEY. While awaiting HALSEY'S overhaul period, ly is enjoying the inport life and working hard on his tan. Marc Firlie received orders to USS HALSEY as Fire Control Officer He first must attend approximately six months at various schools on the East Coast. Marc's present ship, USS WILSON, is getting decommissioned.

Neighbors Steve Otto and Ruben Soto are getting new jobs on their ships here in San Diego. Ruben is slated as the new Electrical Officer on USS ELLIOT. Steve will be ASW Officer on USS O'BRIEN when they finish their present overhaul.

Marriages never seem to stop for our Class it seems. Kathy and Mike Browne were married the first week of August at the Chapel. Undoubtably, 26th Company was well represented and continued the traditions started at Dave Kless' wedding. Mike is flying P-3's in Mayport. Beth and Tony Sindoni were married on 9 September at the Chapel. Funny, we all saw this one from the start. It was just a matter of time. Tony is a ship driver down in Mayport. Word has it that Bob Misch is also headed for the altar.

Best wishes to all three couples on their fiitures together Bob Parker and Dan Bates were attendees at the ComNavSurfPac ball back in May. Both are hard working black shoes here in San Diego. Lou Gregus was spending some time in town awhile back attending school prior to reporting to USS TEXAS. I received a post card from Mike D'Ambra while on his Med deployment. He's doing well, but anxiously awaits his retum home to Norfolk. Mike and his bride, Diane, are expecting their first child early this Fall. Details as I get them will be forwarded.

For your information, Willie Jett is now an assistant basketball coach at Comell University. Mike Woolfolk is a television reporter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. David Robinson's brother. Chuckle, is a Plebe this year. He will hopefully be playing varsity basketball this season. Good luck to Chuck, and to David as he enters the NBA this Fall.

I'm looking forward to hearing from anyone headed this way. I'm sure there is plenty to add to these columns, so please let me know. Again, sorry for not getting more info out to you sooner Surf's up, gotta go. Hello to all and ELB. Later, TJW. East Coast Oh there it is . . . I just found my typewriter, it's been hiding from me for months. I'll never make it as a reporter, deadlines scare me; or maybe I'm just lazy!

Headline this column: Jim Hibbler is scamming on his best buddy's sister; Kathleen and Jim Miggins are getting married in Houston on 25 November!

(Sony it took so long kids). Other Nuptial news includes a similar sister-snagging, Steve Yoder married the former Annie Gregus (Lou's sister). See the picture (from left Ed Schofield, Andy Lennon, Steve, Lou and Randy Ferguson); Steve and Annie are in Mayport where Steve's tertorizing the skies in his H-3.

I just got off the phone with Jack Kennedy and Dave Fluker in San Diego. 1 was just out there as part of my "Goggles Paisano Across America Tour" (do 1 really drive that bad??); anyhow, they had amassed an incredible list of whereabouts which I will now share with you. As per normal, these are mostly aviation but 1 hope that will soon change as I am going back to civilization. I'll start with the West Coast people. At North IslandflyingH-60s are John 87

pool picture is an honorary member of our Class (nudge-nudge, wink-wink). Well, I am off to the post office to get this in on time. I'll be m Virginia Beach for a few years so call if you're in town. I should be able to get better Class gouge now that I am in the mainstream again. Also, we are hoping to get a minireunion going for this year's Homecoming game. In the meantime cruise, fly, dig or submerge safely.

Drop a note and or picture in the mail and send those extra diousands to the BAC. See ya!! Jim Matheson

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Pres., Ens. Kennon A. Artis USN Sec'y, Ens. Kathleen Toomey USN RO. Box 40, CODE 450, CFAY FPO Seattle, Wash. 98762-1100 I'm trying something new: starting the colunm the week before instead of the day before it's due. First to identify one of the pictures from last month. The singer "kneeling" is Mike Davis aka "The King." He is famous around Japan for his skill on the karaoke (singing machine) and continues to send all the women of Yokosuka flying to his side.

Some short San Diego news from Michelle Turner, thefianceeof Jeremy Turner. They are scheduled to be married 27 January at the USNA Chapel (if Pete Wetting down party Callahan is interested). Jeremy and Andrew Waters Peters, Jun Kushner and Ed Schofield. Flying H-2s are both on the USS Kinkaid which is making a are Dom Oddo, Rich Ewing, Doug Blackburn, cmise through the Gulf. Jeremy is finding himself Waft Keyes, and Dave Fluker. John Vertel and very busy as MPA. MkheUe LaForge are in die CH-46 RAG. Ron The next greetings are from Guantanamo Bay, Higgs is an S-3 NFO. At Miramar in VAW-110 are Cuba courtesy of Eric Veil. He didn't want us to Jim Peters, Gunnard Buzzard, Jason Pugh and think that life was too easy for himself, Bobby Simi SheUey O'Malley. Jack Kennedy is now in VAW-116 and Art Crowe (we forgot to mention him a couple of on RANGER and Don Ward is m VAW-113 on INDY months ago) at Emerald Isle. Along the side is a pic(How's Boo-Boo's hairdo??). In 'VF-124 are aspiring ture of six USNA grads at Combat Engineering RIO's Ben Griffith (Digging those beach volleyball School on 14 June. From left to right: Eric Veit, Jeff games), Mark Ruggiano, John Craig and Brian Reagan, Brian Bartholf, Scotty Kisch, Art Crowe, Noyes. Joe "Montana" Van Helden is ourfirstTomand Bobby Simi at the top. At school, they leamed cat pilot out West. how to build things and blow them up—basic grunt Moving even further north, Al Coleman and Tom work. Scott is going to 9th Engineering Support BatVannatta will be technobrats LQ die F/A-18 at talion on Okinawa (we'll be neighbors) while the rest Lemoore; and you thought Kingsville was bad?! Up of the crew is staying at Camp Lejeune. Eric is in in die NW, at Whidbey are A-6 NFO's Tony Ferrari, Cuba as a Platoon Commander of Bravo company on PhU Cobb and Dave Sewell. Mike Martin and Bob a four-month deployment. He's spent his time trying Donahue will be wrestling some elk as EA-6 irontofigureout his job and looking at Cuban soldiers and masters. Eddie McGee and Mike Herrin are at El Dave Bumham minefields on the other side of the fence.

Toro as Marine A-6 NFO's. There are loads of people Japan while Mike "Sibe" Mologne might be the first Nuke news from BUI Seaman while he was on an at Moffett; Jeff Hoffer, Pat Curtain (just had a new 87er to go back to USNA; 1 guess he's going to over- horn bus ride through Idaho. Nuke Power Class 8807 baby, name and rank unknown), Barry Brock way as see those piledrivers that always seemed to be going is 50% quahfied. 8808 about 25% and 8901 has just well as all the namesfromlast article. Out at Barber's while you tried to sleep. artived in beautiful Idaho Falls where prototype is m Point are Dave and Erica (MUes) Smith, Kim and Shifting back to the East Coast, Jacksonville is a die middle of die desert which explains why Bill is on Mark Joslin (and soon to be junior) and recentiy hot spot: Jim Fisher, Mike Wooster and Sully are a bus for an hour with time to write. Although he says Matt Miggins (did you take the time machine?). flying the H-2 at Mayport while Kevin Coyne is fly- the outdoor life is "awesome" because they ski every ing it at Norfolk. Flying the H-60 in Mayport are Lee weekend and day off as well as camp in Yellowstone It isreallyquite easy to see everyone in San Diego, Miller, Larry Britt, Jeff Danielson and Joe De- and Grand Teton National Parks. Class 8807 will be it's a matter of going to Miramar on Wednesdays, MCRD on Fridays and hitting the Pennant on the paula. At Jax in P-3s are Scott MUler, Greg Sear- reporting to: Bill—USS ENTERPRISE, Dave Newgent, and Joe (see the picture of me) Lauletta. Up ton—USS ENTERPRISE, Derrick Camarigg—USS weekend. I was amazed at all the people. Oh yeah, the SEALs hang out at an Irish Pub on Coronado; I in Bmnswick are Todd Bollinger and Mike Bran- WILLIAM H. BATES. Shannon Kowane—Uss Crrv saw Tom Casey tiiere; he's outtiierewith JT Hall. denburg. Thus far at Oceana are A-6 Bn's Scott OF CORPUS CHRISTI, Al Perpuse—USS VINMacFarlane (1 saw him at a restaurant, full details of CENNES, Jerry Dickerson—USS MERRILL, Tom At MCRD I saw Todd Beuchs and Jay McKelvey who are transitioning to recon. Also at Pendelton are his engagement to follow) and Steve Smith. Mookie Zwolfer—USS PROVIDENCE, Dwight FontUla— Olin FUyaw (do you still ride a Harley?), Rob Wilson is the only pilot. In VF-101 are Rio's Dave USS BATON ROUGE, Rob Carlisle—USS RAY, Bisalon and Jason Wong. JC Wilson and myself are Dan Widdis—USS STURGEON, Tim Conway— Roberson, Paul Mack, Enoch Blazis, Steve the new pilots on the block. Kathy and Charlie USS TRUXTON and Doug Hansen (87). Dave NewRackow and Kelli and Tad Northcott and Ernie Hayes. 1 didn't make it to the Pennant this time (I was Daniels are in Norfolk. Guy Braden is on a sub in ton is getting martied in December to Sarah FuUerin detox) but here's a list of "blackshoes who have Norfolk while Todd Burkett is deploying on one of ton-Smith of New Zealand whom he met while skiing reportedly been seen there": Jack Franchi (the Plebe tiiem Boomers to Scotiand. Oh yeah. Keane Bean in Breckenridge. Tim Conway is martying Wanda got his wings and is a station pilot at Pax River audio visual king), Nick Cipriano (who recently got Little of Maryland in August. Bill, Dave, Al and Rob married), John Loesch, Rudy Gespin, Tom Coyne, It's good to be out of Texas,finally.We had some are off to Surface School while the rest are New Brian Maloney, Marc Firley, Roy Ledesma, Dan fun though, including a killer wetting down party in London-bound. Class 8808 has just started standing MacMUIan and Mike Lavigna (whom I saw at a May (so it's a lil late); anyhow see die picture and see watches and includes: Mike Binnix, Mike Giedratis, party also). who you know. All these people will be getting their Neil Giles, Dan Hensley, Scott Minium, EJ Strasser, wings the next 6-8 months. More later Almost for- Drew Wannamker, Dan Bacon, Carl Kolex, Andy Some CEC news: Robin Young isfinishingschool got tins picture: Dave "The Kid" Burnham on his Rander and Zach Scruton. 8901 has Al Flanagan, and then she's off to Diego Garcia (what a deal), Patti Corsello is in San Diego, Jeff McGarry is in trusty steed. Oh yeah, the "big" girl in the front in die Keith Miller, George Palmer, Pete Yanakakis. John 88

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Zimmerman and Sean Penrod. Other people Bill has heard from: BUI Skinner is married to Laura, living

mings and Shannon Workman, who are rooming together. That covers the few silly souls learning to fly jets here in Mississippi.

Some news from non-aviator types: Jim Schwab finished nuke school and is heading up to Balston Spa. Dave Wheeler is already there and between classes has managed to, uh, well, er, his wife Lynn is expecting—Congratulations!!! George Turner is spinning tall tales in Charleston—Hey George how 'bout them Senators!!! Paul Dolan is finishing up his master's degree at Georgia Tech before getting married and heading down to P-cola. Your welcome, Paul.

Well, Kathy, that wraps it up. Take care.

on Guam and deployed on the USS NIAGARA FALLS.

Andy Howell is stationed in Oakland on USS KANSAS CITY. Barry PhUHps and Paul Pullen are in

Sacramento going to P-3 Navigator While on his way to Idaho, Bill stopped in Pensacola and saw: Todd Bibza, John Ross, Sam Scaffo, Jim Butler, Frank Cart and Mike Guertera at SeviUe Quarter which just reopened this Winter Second Class Summer memories!!!!

While we're on the subject of Pensacola we've got lots offlyboy news. Copied directly from the letter of Juan Segovia, Tom Trotter and Jim Campbell.

A bunch of us incarcerated here in Meridian are dioroughly amazed diat although we've been Alumni for a full year now, we have yet to see our names in print. So we decided it wasfinallytimeto spread some dirt.

A long, long time ago. in a place far, far away, we arrived fat, dumb, and happy in Pensacola. Finding a place to live was no problem: The Midlighter Apartments were at hand (ie., 9th wing). Among the numerous X-Mids residing there were Dan Koerscbner and Mike Rose. The two were quick in starting tradition in our new-found homes, and began hosting the ever popular 'Fajita Friday,' a weekly gadiering spot for non-singers ('Out in the west Texas town of El Paso . . .') and beer drinkers.

Both Mike and Dan are now in BeevilleflyingT-2s, and both have already solo'd. Not to be outdone, Mike Chesire, Bill Hiscock, and Jim Campbell began another weekly tradition, Saturday moraing Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Pee-Wee's mandated screwdrivers for the courageous and screaming the word of the day 'ZizzyBaluba!!!' Chessy, that wild and free soul we all know and love has been tamed by Tabby the Tiger. Chess'll be heading west to that big vacuum cleaner in the sky (S-3s in San Diego). Billy Hiscock, Billy Hiscock, Billy Hiscock is a horse's . . . Well, Billy is in VT-4 die 'Killer Ducks' learning toflyE-2s along with Chet Lemon (only one M). Bravo Zulu, or should we say Bravo Tango!!!

Some other Boat Schoolers at The Midlighter were Brian Davis and Erik Myhre, who are now living in a house near Whiting Field. Brian is a rotor head and should be winged in August, and Erik can be found either flying RIs or fixing his engines. Hey guys, any skiing accidents lately? Eric Savage, another Midlighter resident, is flying the D.C.Pensacola express more than his T-34.

Other people who we left behind in Pensacola who helped make the Primary experience complete include: Dave Cleary (an F-14 RIO), Dave Madigan, Jim Lanoue, Paul Pensabene, Mike Milo (Props), John Bailey (Props), Chris Warren (Props). Ed Grinnel (Props), Bill Daly (Props).

Sam ScafTo (Props), Todd Bibza (Helos), Chris Neugebauer (Helos) and his wife, Ruth (Miller), Judy Kempisty, Patty Turney, Tom Ferguson, Steve Erickson, and many, many others. If we

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Future Playgirl centerfold

Learning to build and bum missed you, suck it up and write your own silly letter Well, now we're in Meridian, home of the Jimmie Rodgers Museum. It was also the strategic center of the South during the Civil War, and boasts two fully stocked McDonald's. Yes, we are talking metropolis. However, there are enough Canoe U graduates to get together on weekends and road trip back to Pensacola, or have a few brews and sing The Goat is Old and Gnarly. In attendance are such derelicts as Jim Rossi and JC Silvey. Jim and JC room together and can be found commuting to Pensacola on a weekly basis. Tom Schrantz and Murray Cook are living together pillaging the local Meridian women.

Some accomplishment guys. Scott Lowry can be found bumming free room and board off of Jim Campbell, Tom Trotter, and Juan Segovia. Tom can't cook, Juan's jokes are as bad as ever, and Jim still thinks he's seventeen. Todd Hickerson and Steve Pontell are both in town, as are Missy Cum-

About the same day the Meridian letter arrived so did one from Beeville thanks to Mike Rose. The two letters almost overlap because this one also mentions Fajita Friday and includes a picture as proof that such a "beast" did exist and was attended by our Classmates. It seemed that Mike and Dan Koerschner were trying tofigureout a way to celebrate a rigorous week offlyingover Pensacola. What started as a few of the boys coming over for a "brew and a fajita" on Friday night blossomed into a full-scale weekly party. Shown is the last Pensacola Fajita Friday: 12 pounds of steak, nine pounds of chips, a gallon of picante sauce and who knows how much beer The evening was topped by the singing of Marty Robbin's song El Paso and a visit by the local police who encouraged the party to continue but the noise (singing?) to stop. Now for the history of this motley crew.

Dan Koerschner, Van Boudreau and Mike are sharing a house in their own little El Paso, Beeville, Texas where they are in jet training. Other known "jet jockeys" in the group are: Tom Warner in Beesville, Ford WilUams and Tom Hole in Kingsville, Juan Segovia, Tom Trotter, Jim Campbell, Shannon Workman, Steve Hooper, and Liam Merrick and his new wife, Wendy, in Meridian, Bill Hiscock, Chet Lemmon[sic], and Jack Thompson all in T-2s in Pensacola, Fred Severson and Brian Davis flying helos and Mark Damisch and Tim Reicher flying props in Corpus Christi. Mark Butler is still in Primary. Finally, Mike Chesire, Gregg Martin and Matt Aaron arefinishingup NFO training in Pensacola. Mike wants to add that the 40 or so girls that were there are standing behind the camera—and the Brooklyn Bridge is for sale again—nice try!

Some 36th Company news from Chris Schaien Steve Pontell is in Meridian training for jets. Jerry Stokes received the honor of training toflythe valiant E-2s. Clay Cosby got all the way to hisfirstflight before Navy medical got a hold of him and changed his mind from jets to submarines. Clay changed his Florida residence from Pensacola or Orlando and is now in Nuke School. Anyone needing a place to stay while visiting Disney World should give Clay a call.

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Scott "Fuzz" McClure finished primary on the Commodore's List and headed to Kingsville to pursue a career in jets. Scott Wheatley got props and will soon be heading to Texas. Kevin Head finished Supply School and is now in Jacksonville. Rumor has it that Kevin has "toned down" and has been dating one girl for a year?? Bert Pridgenfinallymade it out of TBS and has reported to Pensacola. Sixth Company has also been doing its share of moving around.

Brad Cox got props and went to Corpus. Mike Newman got helos and is trying tofigureout how to make something without wingsfly.Tom Zohlen, 6th company's "Wild Man" is settling down, too. He and Sue Ellen wiU "tie the knot" next year. Jerry Whitman also got engaged—beheve it or not. Tom and Jerty (just like the old cartoons) both did time at Army bases and "doing time" is what it was. According to Chris "they are more screwy than we are." Dave Wells finished TBS and went Okinawa for a year.

He's a Comm Officer so a lot of people are expecting caUs. Finally a htUe about Chris: hefiiushedprimary and is flying heUcopters for HT-8 in Pensacola— should have wings in November After four-anda-half years hefinaUygot engaged to Lori and will be

married next 19 May at the Chapel. Congratulations and thanks for a great letter.

Uth Company news from Steve Ellis at SWOS School in Newport. His roommate Allen Ormand Mitchell finally got his medical brain together and married Melaiue Janette, a Uniformed Services student from Michigan. His brother was the best man, but the wedding party also included: Charles Marks, Steve ElUs, Dan Hebert and CharUe Howsare. Making appearances also were: Henry "Chick Magnet" Marxen, Todd Odegaard and Dan Garcia (he left with his potential future bride from the wedding). The only really unusual occurtence was when Al showed up late for the ceremony. During the "night before" in Georgetown, it seems that he was "misplaced" and missed all the rides back to the hotels. At 0600 he was found sleepuig in the Foggy Bottom Metro Station by local authorities who "escorted" him back to the hotel to getreadyfor the wedding. Well, that's surely something to tell your grandchildren about! Other people Steve has seen at SWOS DCA School include: Dave Hallisey, Mike Kaufman, Fritz SchliUer (married), CharUe Marks (two speeding tickets on his birthday) and Brian Falke.

News from Mike Coleman who just took over the Radio Platoon, Comm Sqdn 28 at Cherry Point and is loving it. One week after reporting he went out on SoUd Shield 89—out of die pan and into die fire. (I take it someone out there knows what Sohd Shield is, 1 certainly have no clue). He's enclosed a picture of himself and Suzanne Yarrington, his new wife as of 22 July. Also working with or near Mike are: Tom Arnold and Scott Peterson—Comm-O for die 2nd LAAD Bn. Other news: Ron Startzel is headed to Corpus Christi for more training, Jim Stewart has begun school in P-cola and confirmed that he intends to remain a bachelor Beth and Frank Mays are in New York; but, Beth never gets to see him because he's too busy playing with reactors.

Finally, 1 hope this all fits. Randall Doane sent a pictiire of himself and Al Davitt ('82) entitied "Bridging die gap, '82 to '88. Al Davitt and Randall Doane report that dive school is pure hell." By now, Randall's graduated and is off to Charleston and die MCM-1 Avenger Maybe we should send a copy of this picture to Playgirl for pubhcation.

Well, I've stiU got letters but no space. Thanks for aUtiienews! KT

video of die Class of '92's assault on the Hemdon Monument.

Members of the Chapter bringing a dehcious meal and creating a suspenseful atmosphere for those about to become Midshipmen included: Cis and Lee Swepston, '40; Carohne and John Plyler, '57; Jean and Peter Duffey '62; Kay and Bob Majeski, '62; Mniam and Jeff Searcy, '62; Dottie and Jeff Kirkland, '64; Marlene and Bob Lewis, '64; Juha and Wayne Henry, '67; Peg and Pete DuRocher, '71; Brenda and Mark Lohsen, '72; Bryon Dolan, '76; and Jo Anne and Steve Schemmel, '79.

A number of Charlotte Alumni are planning to attend the Navy-North Carolina football game on 30 September and to cheer Navy on to victory. We also have under way plans for our annual Army-Navy game party on 9 December.

Ditka's City Lights will most definitely be the place to be on that date for aU Middies and Whoopoos in the Midwest.

Ourfirstevent of 1990 is scheduled for 24 January (Wednesday) evening. Our guests wiU be Athletic Director Jack Lengyel, and Football Coach EUiot Uzelac. This will be a special and unique event to invite friends and acquaitances, young and old, who may have an interest in the Naval Academy and Navy sports. Set the date aside.

The reports from Lake Forest were along the lines of "nicely done!," "food excellent!," "fascinating torn," and so on. You get the idea—the Bradley Brunch was a hit!!

On Simday, 23 July, Nancy and Tim Bradley '48 were the gracious hosts for a brunch at their Lake Forest home. In addition to the festive bnmch, the Bradleys arranged for a viewing tour of the much talked about (read, infamous!) $10 million renovation of Lake Forest's beach facilities. Those who took the side tour were suitably impressed.

Lots of new faces, too. Enjoying that Summer Sunday were Charlie Silsbee '25 with his daughter; Vivian and Vemer Soballe '38; Shirley and Willy Nybing '42; Claire and Jack Martin '44; Ron Martin '45; Alice and Grady Zilligen '45; Jane and Tom McCook '46; Pat and Rich Moore '46; Joan and Ollie Hallett '47; Nancy and Tim Bradley '48; Burt Kleinman '48 and guest, Christa Donnelley; Shirley and Mike Bemgard '49; Claire and Jim D'Orso '52; Barbara and Pat McCool '56; Mary and George Dempsey '57; Ann and Ted Alexander '59; Joel Febel '60 and guest; Monty and Clint Johnson '60; Stephaiue and Mike Nadolski '63; Lilhan and Jack Mumaw '64; Elaine and Geno Hardman '66; Karen and Dave Lipinski '74; Susan and Tom Huisman '77; Karen and Jun Bland '78; Kafliy and Pat Blake '81; Susan

Chapter News

AKRON George Garton 1616 Pauh Street Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614 The Akron/Canton Ohio Chapter met 28 July at Portage Country Club for its quarterly luncheon. In attendance were Don Black '51, Rick Childress '54, Bob Manser '60, John Jahant '47, Hugh Benton '52, Bob Davidson '53 and George Garton '59.

Discussion centered around the September outing aboard PORTAGE PRINCESS cmise vessel scheduled for 9 September The charter cmise will depart at 5:30 p.m. and rettun at 7:30 p.m. Dinner will follow at Anthe's at Portage Lakes.

The group also agreed to join with the Akron/Canton Navy League in hosting an event for area Midshipmen over the Christmas hohdays.

CHICAGO CHARLOTTE John L. Plyler, Jr. PO. Box 909 Davidson, N.C. 28036

John G. B. Howland 1807 Glenview Road Glenview, 111. 60025 (312) 998-6688

On 25 June, the Charlotte Chapter had a covereddish supper at the home of Jeff and Miriam Searcy to give a send off to four Charlotte area members of the Class of '93, James A. Delaroderie, Mark A. Imblum, Keitii W O'Connell, and R. Scott Thomas.

Famihes of these incoming Midshipmen were included m the festivities and all enjoyed hearing from Alumni varying versions of what Plebe life would be hke. To assure die uicoming Midshipmen that every Plebe Year does have an end, Jeff Kirkland shared a

Last call to make your reservations for Saturday, 4 November, when Navy takes on Notre Dame at South Bend. Buses will be arranged to take us down to cheer the Big Blue Team on to victory. Call Willy Nyburg '42 at 656-4300 for bus andticketinformation.

Saturday, 11 November—The USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) to be commissioned in Newport News.

Satinday, 9 December—The Army-Navy game.

This is the rubber match as it's all tied up at 41-41-7.

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Cowan '81; Michelle and Bill Angeloni '87.

Willy Nyburg '42, Tim Bradley '48, Jim D'Orso '52 and Jim Lovell '52 were on hand a few days later on 26 July at the Midland Hotel for a joint presentation by Adm. William Crowe '47 and Marshall Sergey Akhromeyev, former Chairman of the USSR Joint Chiefs of Staff and now Special Adviser for National Secinity Affairs to General Secretary Gorbachev. The session was sponsored by the National Strategy Forum. The attendees considered it an historic occasion.

PHILIPPINES Como. CarUto Cunanan PN c/o ALUSNA, USDAO Manila San Francisco, Cahf. 96528 The USNAAA (Philippme Chapter) tendered a farewell dinner for Ron Bach '66 who is due for reassignment to Florida. Carlito was joined by wife Liz, Pacita and Rudy Bermejo '54, Chuck Agustin '60, Isabehta and Vic Mamon '61, Mar Baltazar '66, Hec Atienza '83, Jun Ylanan USCGA '83 and Ben Batoon USCGA '85. The association gave the Bach's an Oriental treat at the Han Court Restaurant, in Quezon City Ron Bach, who married Cathy here, spent four pleasant years in the Philippines and was actively involved in Alumni Association affairs. Ron never failed to provide the USNAAA Philippine Chapter witii a video coverage of the annual Aimy-Navy footbaU game, which were always viewed together with members of the West Point Society of the Philippines at die Army-Navy Club of Manila. In preparations of Alumni get-togethers, Ron was always there to assist in rounding up hard toreachAlumniresidingoutside of Manila. The members of the Chapter presented Ron with a plaque in appreciation of his dynamic participation in Chapter activities. Ron acknowledged the gesture and remarked that he will miss friends and acquaintances once he is in Orlando, Florida. We hope that die sunny weather of Florida, comparable to die Phifippine Summer climate, wiU provide Cathy and Ron a smooth transition.

The USNAAA in Orlando wUlfindCathy and Ron Bach as worthy members to welcome in their local chapter.

SACRAMENTO Capt. John C. Burrill SC, USN (Ret.) 5840 Wymote Way Sacramento, Calif. 95822 Although our hard-working telephone committee had produced a projected attendance of only 22, we managed to welcome a total of 28 people by opening the adjacent non-occupied room at Posey's Cottage restaurant, lltii and "O" streets, on the first Wednesday of August. Atma Blank, 7 months, brought her parents. Rich and Ruth Blank '68. Anna will be a star member of die Class of 2007! She was easily die best behaved person present.

Others present: Wally and Jean Nelson '35, Larry Pierce '38, John Burrill '38, John and Catherine Sedwick '43, then granddaughter, Jennifer Rhodes, Joe and Cay Drachnik '43, Don and Lorraa Andrews '47, (Don gets much kidding because of a local radio personality with the same name). Bill and Betty Spencer '47, Ed and Mary Lee Axtell '48, John Haynes '55, Tom Ross '57, and Bmce Friederich '57, Earl and Merle Famey '58, Dennis Joyce '61, our FBI man who caught the people who set fire to Harvey's Casino at Lake Tahoe several years ago (Dennis also was the winner of the six-kilometer run at a recent JWW), Jack Everett '64, Steve Berg '66, Terty Brown '67, Frank Blake '68, and Larry Endacott '77. We were Shipmate, October 1989

all sorty to have Lany tell us that this was sayonara for him as his job is moving him to Dallas. We especially miss our younger members.

Another of the young, Scott Brummett '83, who is still on active duty as an Air Force pilot at nearby Beale Air Force Base, was kind enough to visit anotiier member, Tom Hartigan '47, in the air terminal at Beale Air Force Base at the start of Tom's remarkable, very lucky, space-available trip across country and on to Europe. Tom at one point contemplated a commercial bus from Charleston to Dover AFB, Delaware, but discovered there was a free military charter shuttie plane to Philadelphia. On arrival at Phila, Tom expected to find all the seats booked to Frankfort, Germany, but discovered there were 12 "noshows." Tom was 11th on the list; however number ten was an Army sergeant, with wife and baby, retuming from leave, thus bumping retiree Tom. Just as the plane was taking off, a sailor came streaking up waving papers, saying, "1 have orders!." Thus, the sailor bumped the sergeant and farruly, leaving room for Tom. Who says the Navy does not take care of its own?

Safely ensconced on the plane, Tom was delighted tofindhis seatmate was David Holahan, Class of '90, 14th company, who was going to Paris to study French on a scholarship funded by the Alumni Ass'n.

Midshipman Holahan was most anxious that his gratitude to our Association would be printed in the forthcoming issue of Shipmate. Tom assured him that the faithful scribe of the Sacramento Chapter would submit this item.

Tom's letter was posted from Zeppelinheim, Germany. (As one who passed the German translator exam on graduation even though the not overly bright lieutenant on the staff of the Academy in 1934, my Plebe Year, forced me to take Spanish because it would be "easier for me," 1 advise the readers that the name of that German place means "home of the Zeppelins.)

Back to our August meeting, with no program scheduled, Steve Berg, President, asked us all to take tums introducing ourselves. All did well except this reporter who not only failed to state his name but also what brought him to Sacramento. For the record, it was because, contemplating retirement in June 1962, when with prior enlisted service, 1 would have had 26 years for pay purposes and my last pay raise as a captain, 1 placedfirston a nationwide written (five hours) and oral (about 25 minutes) exam for Comptroller of the Califomia Dept. of Transportation, a job too good to pass up and, therefore, retired early in April of '62 and moved to Sacramento. 1 actually moved to Sacramento in February, using two successive leaves from the Navy to begin work here on 13 Feb. then took off a day from the state job to retum to Treasure Island for the retirement ceremony, 1 April.

Jack Everett mentioned forthcoming Sea Power Ass'n functions including the Navy Ball on 14 October, for which he has only 10 tickets.

A show of hands indicated much interest in a bus trip to Beale.

SAN FRANCISCO Tim FarreU 2591 22nd Avenue #204 San Francisco, Calif. 94116 (H) (415) 566-3183/(W) (415) 648-0505 The San Francisco Chapter held its May meeting on Wednesday, 3 May. Some 50 members gathered for dinner followed by a presentation by our own Chapter Treasurer, Bob Stanfield '65, a regional VP for Great Westem Bank. Bob gave an interesting talk, followed by lively discussion, sharing with the members present his insights into the savings and loan situation, its history, current status, and future.

The final meeting of the 1988-89 season was a luxurious "Dinner Cruise on San Francisco Bay" aboard CAPTAIN HORNBLOWER, Saturday evening, 24 June. Senior class represented was '33 by Henry Stiirr, junior class '76 by Tim FarreU, and mostrepresented '65 with four Classmates on board.

Those present enjoyed a wonderful dinner, clear weather for spectacular views, and live music for dancing. The only business conducted was the election of Chapter officers for 1989-90: President, Gary Thomas, '63; Vice-President, Bob Stanfield, '65; Treasurer, Windy Smith, '47; Secretary, Tim FarreU, '76.

The 1989 San Francisco Chapter Membership Directory was mailed to all participants. A limited number of copies are still available from the Chapter Secretary. The drive is now on for the 1989-90 Mailing List and Directory. Members of the Chapter are invited to get on the mailing list to receive a notice prior to each Chapter meeting or activity, and to be listed in, and receive a copy of, the 1990 Membership Directory. The annual mailing and directory fee to cover the costs of production and mailing is $15; please send a check payable to "USNAAA-SF" along with directory information to the Secretary at the above address.

The Board of Directors met in August to discuss plans for the upcoming year. In addition to our dinner meetings the first Wednesday of the month at the NAS Alameda Officers' Club, the Board is looking into a variety of other activities including, perhaps, dinner on board one of the ships homeported in San Francisco Bay, a joint Dinner-Dance with the local West Point Alumni Association, and a special dinnerdance, cruise, or other activity as a last meeting in June.

The San Francisco Chapter meets thefirstWednesday of the month, September through June, at the NAS Alameda Officers' Club. Cocktails begin at 1830, followed by supper at 1915. All Alumni, spouses, and guests in the area are welcome to attend.

SANTA BARBARA Capt. H. Hart Kait USN (Ret.) 877 La Milpita Road Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105 At last, this lovely city of "Viva la Fiesta" and soaring out-of-sight home prices is back again in print. Since a year ago, we had two well-attended dinner meetings at Montecito Country Club, and now on 22 July our 20th annual picnic at Manning Park.

Alumni, spouses, and guests numbered 112, capacity for the site.

In all, 31 classes were represented at the picnic, members coming from Thousand Oaks to Santa Maria and from the ocean to the Santa Ynez Valley and spanning from '24 to '78. Our perennial Alumnus from San Diego, Henry Rumble '33, begged out because of a date with surgery. We had lots of logistic support with Bob Puddicombe '45 providing brawn and his truck, Tom Long '33 and Doug Haigh '52, helping make the area shipshape, Karole Christian decorating the tables, Dorma Riordan whipping up delicious dips, Beth Long tossing her tangy salad, BiU Spangler '46 bar-tending, and Hart Kait '34 assisted by Neil Ammerman '54 broiling the top sirloin steaks. All joined in singing the Navy songs, finishing at twilight with Navy Blue and Gold. This was one of our best occasions.

The officers from last election are: Bill Spangler '46, pres.; Bill Kelly '59, v. pres.; Julio Giannotti '67 and Steve Von DoUen '76, members; and Hart Kait '34, sec'y-treas. For the Fall meeting we may have the Army-Navy Game brunch. Untapped Alumni write to the sec'y. (687-7278, phone). A newly printedfive-pageroster of our membership can be had for the asking.

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Howie Blum '45, Helen & Rod Borum '53, Winnie & Stu Bowcock '45 (new members, and he won the 50/50 at the meeting), Carolyn & George Cairaes '35, Gene Chandler (Capt. Ralph '41), Nancy & Russ Croft '44, Polly & Keith DeMott '57, Carolyn & Stanley Dodd '48 (new members), Ginny & Joe Go Navy, Beat Army!! That was the theme of the Elmer '47, Mary Anne & Jim Eri '56, Ginny & Jim latest event, a BBQ sponsored by the West Point Ferguson '46, Louise Gallery (RAdm. Phillip '28), group from the Space Coast area, which included the Sheila & Joe Gildea '53, Ray Hartell '27 and his members of our Naval Academy Alumni Chapter As brotiier, Sally & Russ Hart '29, Anne Mae & John it tumed out, USNA Alumni attendance outnum- Heintz '44, Janet & John House '25, Jo Ann & Dick bered the USMA alumni by about two to one. Great Jortberg '45 (we were happy to see Jo Ann looking so ttim-out, and lots of enjoyable times by all present. great), Anne & Frank Keith '47, Margaret & Stu We had a very diverse group this time, and I am Marcotte '57, Melaine & Mike Matson '80 (new pleased to report that we have gained some more of members), Bonnie & Tony Miller '58, Ed Peresluha tiie youngster set among our ranks. As of tiiis writ- '57, Marita & David Seckinger '72 (new members), ing, we have some 153 people on our listâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;115 Ann & Bob Sellars '61 (new members), Callie & Alumni, 16 widows, 10 Midshipmen, and 12 parent Duke Snyder '56, Donna & Ted Speaker '50, Terty & club members. Our membership keeps increasing, Joe Sleekier '58, Dianna & Mark Stephenson '77 thanks to our many active members. (new members). Norma & Joe Taylor '49, Jean & The July meeting was held at the Patrick ATO Warten Taylor '45, Dee & Joe TUcker '38, Henry Yacht Club, where people were seated both inside the Waddeil (and his wife) '46, Helen & Russ Ward '42, club area, as well as out on the patio. The weather and Midshipman Sherrie Swain '92. From our parhad been rather threatening during the day and we ents club we had Marvin & Kay Swain, and Margie feared it could carty into the evening, however, no Thompson and friend.

Our membership is growing so fast I am pleased to wet skies for this event.

Attending the meeting for USNAAA were: June &

Ed Peresluha P 0. Box 1807 Cape Canaveral, Fla. 32920

report it is beconung nearly a fuU-time job keeping the roster cunent. It is always a pleasure to welcome new members aboard when they come to the area.

Visitors are also always welcome. We did have one couple visiting from Clearwater, and I regret I did not write down his name, but he is the Blue & Gold coordinator for that area, and was here with his lovely wife visiting his Classmate. We will attempt to correct this omission for future publication, as I don't want to eliminate someone's name when he is an Alumnus and did attend the meeting.

September will find us at the Eau Gallic Yacht Club for lunch, and the topic will be presentation of the new slate of officers for 1990. Elections will be held at the October meeting, and the new officers will take office in January 1990.

The November meeting will be held at the home of Warten & Jean Taylor '45. Further information wiU be published as available. The date will be the Saturday before Thanksgiving (thkd Saturday of the month). We look forward to seeing many members attend this meeting. The enthusiasm and attendance during the past year have been wonderful.

If you are moving into the area and would like to attend, please contact us at the above address.

Last Call Requiescat in Pace ALLISON, BYRON LEE, JR '42,1978, (Barrington, Illinois) AUERBACH, EDWIN HARVEY '24 (MAJ AUS RET), 22 August 1989, Montgomery, Alabama BOYD, ALSTON MAURY, JR '30 (CAPT USN RET), 17 July 1989, (Stockbridge, Massachusetts) BRAJDICH, WALTER JOSEPH '49, July 1989, Yukon, Pennsylvania BROWDER, JOSEPH BRIGGS '35, 26 March 1989, Atianta, Georgia CEVALLOS, RAFAEL HIPOLITO '47 (CAPT RET), 16 November 1987, Guayaquil, Ecuador CLEMENTS, ROBERT EMMETT '40 (CAPT USN RET), 16 August 1989, Jacksonville, Florida DALTON, CARL MALCOLM '27 (RADM USN RET), 24 August 1989, Long Beach, Califomia DONOVAN, WILLIAM J. JR '91 (MID'N UNS) 14 August 1989, York County, Pennsylvania; auto accident FLEMING, ARTHUR JOSEPH JR '25 (CDR JAGC USNR), 7 August 1989, Rosemont, Pennsylvania GARCIA, STEPHEN ARNOLD '77 (LCDR USN), 8 August 1989, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington; aircraft accident ARTHUR LEE PLEASANTS, JR. '22 Capt. Arthur L. Pleasants, Jr USN (Ret.) died on 5 July 1989 in his home in White Stone, Virginia, of intractible heart failure as a consequence of coronary artery disease from which he had suffered for several years. He was buried at Christ Church, Irvington, Virginia, after a graveside service in accordance with his desires. Chaplain Frank Smart, '37, officiated.

He was bom in Richmond, Virginia, was appointed the the Naval Academy from that state and graduated with the Class of 1922.

Following graduation he served in the cruiser, PITTSBURG, in the Meditcrtanean and then successively in the PARROTT (DD), TEXAS ( B B ) , TRACY

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HAGGERTY, DONALD WILLIAM '47 (LT USNR RET), 19 July 1989, Lake Bluff, Illinois HANSON, MURRAY '33 (CAPT USN RET), 4 July 1989, (Naples, Florida)

HUBBARD, MILES HUNTER '27 (RADM USN RET), 30 August 1989, Washington, D.C. KRUPP, FREDERICK '38, 21 July 1989, Boston, Massachusetts LANDRY, DONALD LEE '91 (MID'N USN), 14 August 1989, York County, Pennsylvania; auto accident MACMILLAN, OSCAR DAVID '41 (CAPT USN RET), 9 August 1989, (Summeriand Key, Florida) MESSENGER, KEITH SHOWALTER '46, 17 December 1975, (Houston, Texas)

MILLER, DONALD ARTHUR '43 (CDR USN RET), 13 August 1989, (Sunnyvale, California) MYERS, ANDREW GENE '91 (MID'N USN), 14 August 1989, York County, Pennsylvania; auto dccidcnt NICOL, WILLUM JACK '46 28 June 1989, Saratoga, Califomia OGDEN, DANIEL MAXWELL '26, 1 October 1988, (Irvine, Califomia)

(DD) and CHAS. AUSBORNE (DD). His first shore

duty was a recruiting officer in his hometown of Richmond. He married Phyllis Bagby of Richmond on 4 April 1925 while serving on TEXAS. Then followed tours on LANGLEY (CV), GOFF and ELLIS, both DDs. He retumed to recruiting duty based in Omaha, Nebraska, with responsibility for three states.

He then served on MISSISSIPPI (BB-41) after which he served as Captain of the Yard, Naval Station, Tlituila, Samoa.

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OLSEN, CHARLES EUGENE '19 (RADM USN RET), 25 August 1989, Coon Rapids, Minnesota O'MALIA, ROBERT JOHN '54 (CAPT USN), 25 August 1989, Liverpool, New York PACKOWSKI, ROBERT P. '90 (MID'N USN), 14 August 1989, York County, Pennsylvania; auto accident PARKER, RICHARD A. '49 (CAPT USAFR RET), February 1989, (Fairview, Pennsylvania) RABE, RICHARD DEAN '46 (LCDR USN RET), 24 July 1989, Spokane, Washington SEYMOUR, ERNEST RICHARD '53 (VADM USN RET), 18 May 1989, Vienna, Virginia WILLIAMS, THOMAS HOWARD '42 (CAPT USN RET), 3 August 1989, Asheville, Nortii Carolina WINNER, CRAWFORD DOUGLAS '42 (CDR USN RET), 29 July 1989, Shelton, Connecticut ZEILER, SAMUEL FRANCIS '34 (BGEN USMCR RET), 3 March 1989, Encino, Califomia (

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in the pre-WW II "Neutrality Patrols" in the North Atlantic.

During the war he served as Navigator and then as Executive Officer of WYOMING (BB) and then as Fleet Personnel Officer for the Atiantic Fleet.

Following the war he commanded GENERAL PATRICK (AP) and then AUBURN (DD). He then served as Chief of Staff, NOB, Guantanamo, Cuba. Following this detail he served as Commanding Officer of the Naval Research Branch of ONR in Boston and exercised supervision of all scientific projects for ONR in the area. His last active duty was as Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Receiving Station, Brooklyn, New York, from which he was retired on 30 June Shipmate, October 1989

1953.

He was awarded a Legion of Merit Medal for service during WW II. He spent his entire retired life in die White Stone where his home overlooked the Rappahanock River He made a hobby of teaching the local children to swim and taught over 600 during tiiose years.

He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Bagby, of Route 1, Box 145, White Stone, Va., 22578; two sons, Cdr. Arfliur L. Pleasants, III, USNR (Ret.), '50, of McLean, Virginia, and LCdr. John Bagby Pleasants, USN (Ret.), also '50, of Grafton, Virginia; two grandsons, John Bagby, Jr and Jeffrey Roland.

ALONZO LEWIS TYLER '22 Cdr. Alonzo L. Tyler, USNR (Ret.) died at Uie Unitarian Universalist House in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on 6 July 1989. A funeral Mass of Christian Burial was said at the Notre Dame De Lourdes Catholic Church of Swarthmore, Peimsylvaiua. Interment was in the Edgewood Memorial Park, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.

He was bom in Nebraska on 23 August 1898, was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state and graduated witii tiie Class of 1922.

Heresignedupon graduation and obtained a JD at die New York University Law School. He married Ruth Townsend of Montclair, New Jersey, on 1 July 1926. He practiced general and Admiralty law in New York City untilrecaUedto active duty 28 April 1942 in WW n. He served until 12 February 1946, mostly in Cherbourg, France.

After being inactivated he joined the Insurance Co. of North America and became an Executive beforeretiringin 1963. He moved to Swarthmore upon joining INA and maintained the same address the remainder of his fife. He wife, Ruth, had died about 1978.

He is survived by a daughter, Wanda Tyler Will, of Philadelphia, and a son, John Townsend Tyler, of Mesa, Arizona; five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

and command of Destroyer Flotilla Five. Shore duty assignments in that same period included Staff of the Line School, Newport, Rhode Island; Naval War College; Strategic Plans Division of OpNav; and Deputy U.S. Naval Representative on the Military Staff Cominittee of the United Nations. He retired from active duty in July, 1961.

His awards and decorations included the Navy Cross, the Silver Star Medal, die Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V," the Navy Commendation Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation, plus campaign medals among which was the Asiatic-Pacific witii seven battie stars.

In retirement he made his home in Annapolis, Maryland, serving as Executive Dhector of the Naval Academy Foimdation, as manager of an Arlingtonbased construction firm, and as Instructor of Naval Science in die Junior NROTC Program of Northwestem High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, finally retiring in 1973.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Sigrid Norman Theobald of 5106 River Crescent Drive, Annapolis, Md.; by a son, Robert A. Theobald III of Bethesda, Maryland; by a daughter, Mary T. Majors of San Diego, Califomia; by a sister, Mrs. James L. Brainerd of Bonego Springs, Califomia; and by six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

CHARLES BODWELL PAINE, JR. '34 Cdr. Charles B. Paine, Jr USN (Ret.) died on 21 July 1989 in Incline Village, Nevada. His remains were cremated for later burial at sea as he had requested.

After graduation from die Naval Academy Cdr. Paine served four years in SALT LAKE CITY before attending Submarine School. From there he served in SALMON for a year and then was transferted to PENNSYLVANIA where he remained until 1943, including being aboard during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor After instmction at the Damage Control School in Philadelphia he served in VICKSBURG until 1945, when he was ordered into hospital. He was retired for physical disability in 1946.

ROBERT ALFRED THEOBALD JR. '31 Following retirement, Cdr. Paine joined Spreckles Capt. Robert Alfred Sugar Company of San Francisco and a year later Theobald Jr USN (Ret.) shifted to C. F. Braun & Company of Alhambra. In died in Anne Amndel 1960 he joined the Bechtel Corporation of San FranMedical Center, Annapcisco and worked there untilfinalretirement in 1977. ohs, Maryland, on 18 With all three companies his work areas were plant July 1989 after a stroke. design, plaiming and scheduling, and design and Interment took place in project engineering for petrochemical and other prothe Naval Academy Cem- cess plants. In later years his work also included manetery, and memorial seragement-level cost control; project and divisional, vices were held in the operational and financial reporting for pipefine and Naval Academy Chapel oil field production services. on 26 July 1989.

Commander Paine retired from Bechtel in 1977 and settled in Incline Village on Lake Tahoe. His first Bom on 17 September 1910 in Portsmouth, New wife, Cecille (or "Beanie") Kane died in 1959 and he Hampshire, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from die State of Califomia and graduated with the married Frances Cole in 1964. Survivors include his wife Frances (PO. Box 6893, Incline Village, Nev. Class of 1931. After serving in die battleships MARY89450-6893); three children from hisfirstwife; and a LAND and NEW MEXICO he was ordered to the debrother and sister stroyer DALE, and in 1938 was assigned to duty as an instmctor in Marine Engineering at the Naval Academy.

THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMS '42 Capt. Thomas H. Williams USN (Ret.) died 3 AuRetinning to sea duty in 1939, he served in the degust 1989 in Asheville, North Carolina. Services stroyers RODGERS, CHEW, and PORTER, and in 1941 was ordered as Executive Officer of the destroyer were on 4 August 1989 in Newport, Tennessee.

Bom in Georgia and appointed to the Naval AcadSMITH, later fleeting up to Commanding Officer In die Battle of the Santa Cmz Islands m 1942 his suc- emy from that state he graduated in December 1941 cessfiil efforts to save SMITH and her crew after a Jap- with the Class of 1942. After graduation, he served a anese air attack won him the award of the Navy year in the cmiser CHICAGO until she was sunk near Cross. His next duty assignment was that of com- Guadalcanal. He then served in submarines with four mand of the destroyer JOHN W WEEKS, after which war patrols in PERCH. After the war he had an assignhe was ordered to duty as Chief Staff Officer, Staff of ment in England involving captured German U-boats. He had assignments as Commander SubmaCommander Task Flotilla Three.

His post-war sea duty assignments comprised duty rine Division 33 and Commander Submarine Squadon the Staff of ConDesLant; command of DesDiv-42; ron One. He attended the Air War College and had a command of the attack cargo transport RANDALL, shore duty tour on the faculty of the Army War ColShipmate, October 1989

lege. His last assignment was Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics Headquarters, Sixth Naval District, Charleston, South Carolina. He retired 30 June 1969.

Tom immediately began his second career in the field of investments and finance. He opened an office for Robinson-Humphrey Company, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. He retired in January 1986 as a First Vice-President (Sales) of Shearson-American Express.

He is survived by his wife, Emma Lee Stokely Williams of 34 Woodbine Place, Hilton Head Island, S.C. 29928, and a sister, Mrs. Louise WUliams McMillon of Lawrenceville, Georgia.

CRAWFORD DOUGLAS WINNER '42 Cdr. Crawford Douglas Winner USN (Ret.) died 22 June 1989 at the Watch Hill Manor Nursing home in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was bora 19 August 1920 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

A member of the Naval Academy Class of 1942, he saw action in the South Pacific until 1945. He served as a Naval Aviator from then until his retirement in 1963. Doug held degrees from the Naval Academy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as well as a bachelor degree in business from the University of Minnesota.

He was a member of Sigma Xi and the Naval Academy Athletic Association. Commander Winner was also a life member of Fairweather Yacht Club in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

He is survived by his wife, Naomi Berry Winner, his mother, Henrietta Kutcher Winner and his brother Bruce A. Winner He also leaves two daughters, Nancy Louise Winner and Catherine Anne Bumett, and two grandchildren.

RAFAEL HIPOLITO CEVALLOS '47 Capt. Rafael Hipolito Cevallos, Ecuadorian Navy (Ret.), died on 16 November 1987 in Guayaquil, Ecuador from cancer Rafael Cevallos was bom in Bahia, Ecuador on 5 January 1923. After being appointed and serving one year as a midshipman at the Ecuadorian Naval Academy, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1943 as a foreign student with the Class of 1947.

Upon graduation in 1946, he was commissioned an Ensign in the Ecuadorian Navy and served as an observer in the U.S. Navy destroyer ELLISON. Following Damage Control and Boiler Schools in Philadelphia, he retumed to Ecuador in 1948 and was assigned as Assistant Engineer of the frigate GuAYAS. He became an instructor at the Ecuadorian Naval Academy, Salinas and then served two years there as the Executive Officer After tours as the Commanding Officer of the frigate CALDRON and the frigate MANABI, he was ap-

pointed Port Captain at Puerto Boliosy He attended the U.S. Naval War College and the Intemational Teachers Program at die Harvard Business School and was then assigned to the staff of the Chief of Staff, Ecuadorian Navy. He then served three years as their Naval Attach^ to Chile followed by a tour as squadron commander of a squadron of frigates.

He resigned from the Ecuadorian Navy in 1965 and was appointed Executive Director, Manta Port Authority in 1966. In the mid-1970's he resigned this position and became president of an export-import business located in Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador.

He is survived by his wife, the former Olga "Cocho" Proano, of their home in Ecuador and six children (four boys and two girls) all residing in Ecuador 93

Expressions of sympathy may be made in die form of donations to the Chick Evans Scholarship Foimdation, Golf, m. 60029.

In January 1984 he began type training m the A-6E Intrader with the "Golden Intraders" of Attack Squadnm 128 at Whidbey Island, Washingttm. From September 1984 to November 1987 he served with the "MUestones" of Attack Squadron 1% on board CONSTEPHEN ARN(HJ) GARCIA '77 STELLATION (CV-64) as Tactics officer. Line Divisita LCdr. Stephen A. Garcia USN, died on 8 officer, and Aircraft Division officer. WhUe attached to VA-196 he made a "Pineapple" cruise, two WestAugust 1989 at Whidbey Pac Indian Ocean cruises, and a NorPac cruise, acIsland Naval Air Station, Oak Harbor, Wash- cumulating over 350 arrested landings. In December ington, when the A-6E 1987, hereturnedto VA-128 fw a tour as an mtsractw Intruder aircraft he was pilot in the A-6E and also served as Personnel officer.

Plans and Programs officer, and Crew Training pUoting crashed during officer. a practice air show. A memorial service was Since childhood Steve had been an avid outdowsheld on II August at the man and was known to take leave to coincide with Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Chapel, followed huinting seascm and take every opportunity he could by the customary "Missing Man Formation"fly-byof to spend a few hours at the local fishing hole wifli A-6E aircraft. Funeral services were held in Las family and friends. He excelled in sports, earning Graces, New Mexico, with interment at Fort Bhss AU-liistrict HonOTable MenticHi at quarterback durNational Cemetery, Fort BUss, Texas, on 16 August. ing his senior year at Las Graces High School.

Steve was bora and raised in Las Cmces, New He often referred to himself as a "scholastic slave" GYATT and BAILEY and the destroyer escort CoOLBAUGH. He resigned from the Navy in 1949, Mexico, and attended Las Graces High School. He during his four years at Annapolis. His Qassmates, was appointed to the Naval Academy from the State especially those from the 16th company, wiU remembut remained in the Naval Reserve.

Retuming to the Philadelphia area, he became a of New Mexico and graduated with the Class of 1977 ber him as "Perdo" or "Hose," a Qassmate and friend that always managed to find the bright and humorous funuture manufacturer's salerepresentativeuntil re- with a Bachelor of Science degree in PoUtical Sciside of almost any situation, and the one whose "carecalled to active duty in 1951 and assigned as an in- ence. Upon graduation, he spent six months at NRD packages" included joke books as weU as cookies to stmctor at the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida. Albuquerque, New Mexico, on recruiting duty before satisfy his appetite for humor Steve was a model husReleased from active duty again in 1953, he returned commencing flight training at Whiting Field in band, father and officer and will be missed by those to the Philadelphia area and resumed his career as a Milton, Florida. On 19 October 1979 he was desigfurniture manufacturer's sales representative. He nated a Naval AviatOT and was sent to North Island who knew him. while at the same time happy to have had the opportimity to have known him. moved to the Chicago, Dlinois area in 1955 where he Naval Air Station, San Diego, Califonua for type LCdr. C^reia's awards include the Navy Achievecontinued his careerrepresentingthe Union National training in the H-3. ment Medal, Navy Unit Commendaticxi (erne star).

From May 1980 to October 1982, he served with Funuture Company of Jamestown, New York.

He was a member of the Naval Academy Alumni HC-1 Det 2 on board MIDWAY (CV-41) m Atsugi, Meritorious Unit Commendation (one star). Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense RibAssociation, and as an avid golfer, he was member Japan as NatOps officer. Safety officer, and (JuaUty Assurance officer. While attached to HC-1 he made bon, and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (fDur for many years of the KnowUwood Coimtry Club. stars). He is survived by his wife Bcmita Christine He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mary Carol three Indian Ocean deployments and his squadron Brown "Bonnie" Garcia, his daughter Jami Marie, "Mac" Haggerty. who resides at 606 Smith Avenue, was credited with rescuing 19 people from being lost and his son, Stephen KeUy, all of Oak Harbor. WashLake Bluff. lU. 60044; and children, Stephen M. at sea. Of those at-sea rescues, he was pilot-in-comingtcn; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Garcia of Haggerty of Evanston. Illinois; M. Nord Haggerty mand for two of them, one of which involved rescuLas Graces, New Mexico; his brothers Arthur Benand Dana C. Haggerty of New York City; Mrs. ing an A-7E pilot who ejected from his aircraft durSuzaime H. CarroU of Deerfield. Illinois; W. Quintus ing night carrier operations. In October 1982 he jamin Garcia of Santa Fe, New Mexico and Fredrick Haggerty of Denver, Colorado; D. Christopher Hag- reported to VT-23 in KingsviUe, Texas, for jet pUot Ronald Garcia of Las Graces, New Mexico; and his gerty of Jamestovkn. New York; and six grand- training, and on 18 October 1983 he eamed his jet sister Joaime Garcia Skilhnan of Fayetteville, fiortb Carolina. wings after completing advanced training at VT-22. children.

DON.\LD A^TLLIAM ILAGGERTY '47 f* Lt. Donald Wilham Haggerty USNR (Ret.) died at his home in Lake Bluff, Illinois, of cardiac arrest on 19 July 1989 after a long illness.

Memorial Services were held at the First Presbyterian Church, Deerfield. Illinois on 21 July 1989. His ashes were inmned in the church columbarium in the church beU tower.

Dcmald Haggerty was bora on 12 October 1924 in Warren. Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Sugar Grove Vocational High School, Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania. After attending the Randall Preparatory School. Washington, D.C, he was appointed to the Naval Academy and entered with the Class of 1947.

Upon graduation m 1946, he served in the destroyers

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hivestment Counsel Austuie Crowe '65 Registered Investment Advisor Representative 1392 N. University Dr, Plantation, Fla. 33322 (305) 424-1783 Law Offices

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RING INFORMATION U.S.N.A. Graduates of Classes 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, may order Josten's Official and matching Miniature rings, contoured Wedding Bands. Write Vernon R. Gatley, 3191 Nathan, Grand Junction, Col. 81504, phone (303) 434-5599.

U.S. Naval Academy Wedgwood Dinner Plates For Sale.

Mint plates in various colors. Each plate has its own view. Individual scenes include: Maham Hall, The Chapel, Dahlgren Hall, Dress Parade, Old Main Gate, Post Graduate School, Old Fort Sevem, Old Midshipmen Quarters and Bird's Eye View Of Naval Academy. Call: (212) 689-3991. Write: 64 Springwood Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937.

SAIL THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS— Explore this unspoiled paradise aboard my luxuriously-appointed 42ft sailboat. Bareboat or crewed. All details are handled for you. For information, pictures phone (215) 434-7602.

PORTUGAL—ALGARVE Beautiful villa overlooking the sea at Albufeira.

3 double bedrooms, 2'/2 baths. Weekly or monthly rent includes utilities, maid, gardener Tennis, golf nearby Four hour drive from Rota Naval Base. Available Apr thru Nov. For information, pictures write Harrison, RO. Box 6865, Providence, R.I. 02940

WE PAY TOP PRICES for tine books and autographs BOOK GUILD OF PORTSMOUTH 58 State Street Portsmouth, N.Y. 03801 (603) 436-1758

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Chuck '63 or WH '66 SPADAFORA 349 N. 4th St., Indiana, Pa. 15701

^fic Wayside Inn 'Bid and "Breakfast Visit our I9th century stone farmhouse located Just outside the EUicott City historic district We offer two suites with private bath, and two rooms with fireplaces, sharing a bath. Shopping or sightseeing in EUicott City are only minutes away.

Other attractions include Baltimore's Inner Harbor (20 minutes), andAnnapolis (40 minutes). CaU or write for brochure and availability (301) 461-4636 4344 Columbia Road EUicott City, MD 21043

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Picture "feurself With The Fleet Landing Family.

Distinguished Retirement For Surviving Spouses.

If you're the surviving spouse of a retired or former military officer, we've got the plans for you. Fleet Landing, a planned, not-for-profit lifecare retirement community, offers a secure lifestyle full of companionship and activity in sunny Atlantic Beach, Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just ten miles east of Jacksonville.

First Class Services.

Your life at Fleet Landing will be carefree, because we'll provide a host of services and benefits that cater to your every need. An on-site Health Center staffed with skilled nurses will be available at greatly reduced rates for outpatient services or emergency nursing. We'll also provide maid and flat linen service, all regular grounds and home maintenance, plus banking, postal services and fine dining daily.

Renews Old Friendships.

Since Fleet Landing is specifically designed for military officers, spouses Naval Continuing Care Retirement Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors RADMJosephL. Coleman, VSN(Rtt),President Capt Carl D. Simonsen, USN (Ret), Vice President Capt Frank W. Allcom III, USNR (Ret), Secretary Capt' Lenson W. Graves. (CEC) USN (Ret), Treasurer

and surviving spouses, you'll feel right at home because you'll have so much in common with old friends... and new ones. Participate in organized activities such as arts and crafts, sports or bridge. Or simply relax and enjoy the heated pool, tennis courts and walking paths. Planned transportation to the greater Jacksonville area will also be available, giving

you the freedom to explore at your leisure.

You Belong With Us. After all you've given, take time to plan for your future and consider what Fleet Landing has to offer. Let us show you that the military does take care of its own. Send in the coupon or call us today to schedule a visit.

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HORNET TALES

"They offered me the chance to go back to another plane, but I didn't take it. No way. Once I strapped this plane on I didn't want toflyanything else.

"Right away I loved everything it gave me to work wdth. Air-to-air, air-to-groimd all wrapped up in ,^ one tight little package.

"But it wasn't until this strike exercise up in Fallon, Nevada, that I leamed I could really trust this bird to bring me back alive.

"Fourteen Hornets are heading into the target area, six of them strikers. Those six are split into three groups of two. I'm leading

"Geez, it was just beautiful. In one precise, fluid motion I'd gone from air-toground to air-to-air and back again!'

the third group. We're carrying Mark 82 bombs, 500 pounders, plus a couple of Sidewdnders and Sparrows. '-^ "The first section is off and egressing the area. The second section is just into its run.

"I'm coming into the target area now, doing about 500 knots right on the deck. Five miles out, I pull my nose up about 45 degrees. Right then I spot a bogie. He's up there circling the target at about ten, maybe 15 thousand feet. I hit the button and immediately I'm air-toair as I pull up to greet him.

"A little thumb action and I've got it locked up. I shoot off a Sidewdnder—and nailhim!^'^ have the mission to complete so I switch back to air-to-ground. I pull upside dovm, roll over and come in at about 45 degrees, drop my bombs—bull's eye! Geez, it was just beautiful. In one precise, fluid motion I'd gone from air-to-ground to air-to-air and back again. I've got a dead bogie and my bombs off— double trouble for the bad guys from one pilot, one plane. It's only taken a few seconds and virtually no effort. It couldn't be easierf'

THE F/A-18. FAMILIARITY BREEDS AWE.

The F/A-18 strike fighter is a highly effective force multiplier—om plane with one pilot capable offlyingmore tactical missions more effectively than any other Naval aircraft. HometTales are taken from actual F/A-18 pilot interviews. Do you have a true Hornet Tale? Write to: McDonnell Douglas, Hornet Tales, P. 0. Box 4105, Hazelwood, MO 63042.

McDonnell Douglas prime contractor, Northrop principal subcontractor.

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