USS Samuel Gompers Reunion
- Description: USS Samuel Gompers 2023 Reunion will be at Bally's Lake Tahoe Casino Resort June 22-26, 2023.…
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PASSING OF DE-1034 SHIPMATES
It is with a heavy heart that learned of the passing of two of my shipmates from the USS John R. Perry (DE-1034).George Cherry, SK2 on Feb. 1, 2020 and Thomas H. Sather, IC3 on Feb. 6, 2019.Shipmates you stand relieved… "We have the…
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Bill Parsons, STGCS
It is with a heavy heart that I learned of the passing of one of my shipmates...William (Bill) Parsons 74 of Sunbury, PA resided in VA Beach, VA passed peacefully at home with family on 3/04/2020. He proudly served 22 years in the USN, retired in…
Read more…Chelsea Naval Hospital, Ma. 1968-1971
My name is James(Jim) Knippel and I was stationed at the hospital during this time. I was a dental technician in the clinic next to PT behind the hospital. In 1969 I started to work oral surgery and over the next 3 years spent most of my time in the…
Read more…Agent Orange AS Cecil Field VF and VA 174
After Co 110 Orlando and AT A school I was sent to NAS Cecil Field VA 174 the wonderful E 9 Chief sent me to the Galley where the wonderful E 6 sea bee and I had a chat on my prior experiences with Lums the next day I was to learn potato pealing and…
Read more…USS Grayback SS-208
The USS Grayback SS-208, credited with sinking 14 enemy ships during WWII, was recently discovered off the coast of Japan with 80 entombed sailors…RIP
Read more…Recent suicides aboard the carrier George H. W. Bush
A very SAD & ALARMING news article today:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/navy-suicides-uss-george-bush.html:. My prayer and condolences go out to the families of OUR fallen service members, as always "WE HAVE THE WATCH".Lets all hope and pray…
Read more…THERE ARE SOME REAL PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD
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Read more…GROUNDING OF THE USS LEXINGTON (CVT-16) 31 MARCH 1973
USS LEXINGTON (CVT-16)This is a personal account by then FN Nelson J. Coleman.Grounding incident on 31 March 1973 while steaming out of Boston Harbor.On the morning of 31 March 1973 we were getting ready to get underway, as I recall it was extremely…
Read more…USS John R. Perry DE-1034 Family Gram from 1959
FAMILY-GRAM NUMBER TWO 1959The purpose of this family-gram is to keep the families and friends of the USS JOHN R. PERREY informed concerning the activities concerning the ship, past, present and future as well as to let you…
Read more…I came across this essay and thought it was a beautiful Memorial Day tribute. I hope you enjoy it.
I wrote this a while after I got home from Iraq, and I post it every year. Happy Memorial Day.
You’ve seen them. The old guys…
Grew up and lived in the Great Lakes area most of my young adult life and had the good fortune to get a call for shore duty as an instructor at GLNTC from 1963 to 1966. Below zero was a MILD term....it starts getting Chilly at around -40 deg's,…
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