Location
Whittier, CA
"Oh I had forgotten what San Miguel does to you. Interesting that the San Miguel in Guam or Mexico didn't have the same effect as the Olongapo variety. Maybe it was the combination of SM and bar-b-q from the street vendors that had the lethal effect,…"
"I am helping refurb Sick Bay on the Iowa and wondered if anyone could tell me what the typical Medical Department complement would be: how many doctors, Chiefs, corpsman etc."
"Chief Stegal, my understanding is they never repaired turret two and the expense is one of the reasons Iowa was decommissioned before it's originally scheduled date. The intent of the Museum management is that turret two will never be opened to…"
"Funny all the pictures of NRMC Guam are from this angle making one think the hospital is on the beach instead of a cliff overlooking Agana."
"I need to retire!. There is a perfectly good battleship in Long Beach that needs an HM. All I need is time.
Ron, don't despair. If San Diego can have a dry land ship, USS Recruit then you can have one in Arizona. If I recall, there was a German POW…"
Ron, don't despair. If San Diego can have a dry land ship, USS Recruit then you can have one in Arizona. If I recall, there was a German POW…"
"My son just got his crow. I'm looking forward to tacking it on."
"Jose,
I left the Long Beach in June '77. I was an HM2. What division were you in?"
I left the Long Beach in June '77. I was an HM2. What division were you in?"
"When I worked in sick bay, some poor kid came down saying the bos'n had sent him for a case of clap. I told him he would have to see the supply corpsman in the pharmacy. The pharmacy guy said he couldn't authorize it and sent the kid to the senior…"
"Anthony,
I was an HM2 OR Tech on board USS Long Beach and spent a few weeks in Subic around Christmas 1976. Talked my doc into letting me go up to the hospital to scrub an inguinal hernia. Were you there then?"
I was an HM2 OR Tech on board USS Long Beach and spent a few weeks in Subic around Christmas 1976. Talked my doc into letting me go up to the hospital to scrub an inguinal hernia. Were you there then?"
"A couple of years back a very young sailor I knew was killed in a car accident coming home on leave. Permission from the president or not, I saluted that sailor as he lay in his coffin in full dress blues. His dad, (Marine but a nice guy anyway)…"
"Not a regulation haircut in the lot! Who is the guy with the 'fro'? Reminds me of a guy I worked with in Personnel, Cleophas Lyons."
"What were the school dates for 39-72?"
"Bob,
I should remeber you as at one time I think I could name nearly everybody there being I worked in Personnel. I also made it a point to personally screen and welcome every enlisted female reporting to the hospital. I have in front of me a…"
I should remeber you as at one time I think I could name nearly everybody there being I worked in Personnel. I also made it a point to personally screen and welcome every enlisted female reporting to the hospital. I have in front of me a…"
""Interviewing?" Is that what they call it these days? We called it "short arm inspection."
When my ship was heading to Subic back in '76, I started a VD Pool. For one dollar buy in, you could guess how many cases of VD we would log during a three…"
When my ship was heading to Subic back in '76, I started a VD Pool. For one dollar buy in, you could guess how many cases of VD we would log during a three…"
"Jim,
Do it. I would love to help with the Iowa project."
Do it. I would love to help with the Iowa project."
Comments
Did I ever ask you what company at Corps School? We were there at almost the same time! I was Nov, 72 through March, 73! Company 25A