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  • Thank you for the welcome!

  • Thanks for becoming my online friend, Dave.  It so happens that I just got through telling Ron Zimmerman Sr of greatsitkin.org about the tiny Great Sitkin group on Navy Vets, + the fact that joining navyvets.com is free.  He is a dynamic person, so I'm sure he'll follow up.  As Ron wished me in a reply to an earlier email to him: Fair winds and following seas,

    'Shoes'

    USS GREAT SITKIN (AE-17)Association, a WWII C2-S-AJ1 "Victory" Ammunition Ship
    An association comprised of former crew members dedicated to the preservation of the memory of the former United States Ship Great Sitkin AE-17).
  • Thanks for the welcome, looks like an interesting forum. 

  • I did boot camp and hospital corps school at great lakes
    In 1970
    7o to 74 at chelea naval hospital 70 to 74
    My first paticent was a "self inflicted" gunshot wound from vietnam in the nerosurgery ward
    Later on to general surgery ward
    Great people and friends at both places
    Boston great town
    In 73 on to field medical school at camp mo#it in north carolina
    Then on to 2/6 with marines
    Cruise to viegas pr on uss fort snelling
    Then a med cruise in 73
    Great times there
    Keep it touch all
    Tomc
  • Thank you for the "Welcome Aboard", David! As soon as my arthritic fingers will let me, I intend to enjoy finding and reconnecting with former shipmates and some new ones as well!
  • Thank you very much.
    USS Ranger CV-61 1989-92
    V-1 Division ABH ROOFRAT
    Ship's Company
  • You're 100% welcome!  And thanks for YOUR reply to my question.  The 'y' at the end made me think it could be South Afrikaans because of the British influence there.  But then it's not much different in the US, is it?  But the fact that your dad came to this continent as an infant kind of dashes my hopes to converse with you in Dutch at a future re-union, although that doesn't lessen my looking forward to meeting you in person then.

    In a reply to Lee I wrote that my being Dutch earned me the nickname "Wooden shoes" on the Great Sitkin, later shortened to just "Shoes", so that's how I'll sign off from now on.  As I urged him in doing so,

    Hang in there and eat organic to stay healthy,

    Shoes

  • Thanks for the welcome, Dave.  Is your last name Zuid Afrikaans, Dutch or Belgian?  Although the name Brent is not really Dutch, I joined the Navy when I was still a Dutch immigrant with the last name Ottow - which isn't really Dutch either!  Changed it to Brent in 1982 after a magazine subscription came back with the last name O'How!  I guess the person filling my subscription was pulling his or her hair out wondering how to spell it, since I often crossed both 't'-s with one line.  But after numerous other misspellings like Ottwa, Otow, Ottou and even Ottawa, THAT was the last straw. You may have had the same kind of experiences with YOUR last name. Well, as one Dutchman to another, Het ga U goed (May it go well with you).  Martin Brent

  • I was at Great Lakes. Then on to Glynco GA, and first duty station was NAS Meridian, MS

  • I was fortunate.  I did 2 years at Cecil and then one year at CRB, RVN(considered Sea Duty) so I never was onboard a ship.//

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