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"I was in the regular Navy from 1958-62, and USNR from 1970-78. If Roger C. Enright was there 1975-78, he was there when VP64 arrived each summer. Back then there were only 4 combat ready patrol squadrons on the East Coast. Each of us relieved the…"
"Wm. E. Gardner was in around the same time as me. However, I didn't serve on a tin can, just travelled on them from Guantanamo Bay to Jamaica for Liberty. I was in GTMO from 1960-62 and our only liberty was when a tin can would ask the Commandant…"
"I just got back from a wonderful week in Guantanamo Bay. If any of you ex-GTMOites would like to join us for next year's trip to Guantanamo Bay, go to www.gitmobay.org and join the Association. Details for next year's trip should be available within…"
"If everything continues to go well, members of the Guantanamo Bay Association will be going back to GTMO for a week, in March 2015. We are limited to 70 visiitors. Even though the buildings have changed dramatically, I am looking forward to this…"
"It sounds like we were in ECHO COMPANY together. I was a gunner on a light 30 machine gun crew. We may have been assigned to your platoon, sometimes. I only put 4 years in the regular Navy, but after I got married and had 3 kids, I joined the…"
"I was on the first floor of the same barracks. I don't know which direction was East and which was West. However, if you approached the back of the barracks from the swimming pool, I lived on your right side.
Charleston, SC is only a hop-skip &…"
Charleston, SC is only a hop-skip &…"
"It would be great if you and I got to meet and talk about our time in GITMO. I don't know if you have checked our website, but it might be difficult to get hotel reservations for the reunion. We already have somewhere around 80 people registered,…"
"Robert, you are eligible for the VFW because of your time in GITMO. Why don't you join us at our GITMO reunion this October, in Charleston, SC."
"Hi Glenn Duffy. We were at NAS Norfolk at the same time. I was assigned to the NAS Personnel Department. I got there in December 1958 and left in June 1960. My next two years were spent at GITMO."
"I don't know for sure. The first thing to do is fill out the application. Once you are enrolled in the prorgram, the medical staff that is assigned to you will answer all of your questions."
"Al, you should definitely register with the VA. You are entitled to medical benefits that could be very important to you in the future. I retired at age 60 with no other insurance. The VA took extremely good care of me including cataract surgery…"
"To Mike Sullivan, I think that you explained things to Al Lieberman in a fantastic manner. Yes Al..............you are a veteran, the same as any honorably discharged veteran. Although I am a life member of the VFW and member of the American…"
"Oh, so you were referring to the Captain of NSD, not the Commanding Officer of the Naval Station. Now I understand."
"The picture of the Admin Building is very familiar. I worked in the Naval Station Personnel Office, which was to the left as you came through the main entrance on the first floor. The Radio Shack was next to the Personnel Office. I used to…"
"Weren't the Captain's Office and the Radio Room both on the first floor of the Admin Building? They were in 1962."
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Location
Mount Wolf, PA
Birthday:
April 19
Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Where were you or your family stationed?
NAS Norfolk, NavSta Guantanamo Bay & VP64 at Willow Grove, PA.
Veteran of Foreign War
The Cold War
Current Status with the US Navy
Honorably Discharged
Start date of your service
June 30, 1958
End date of your service
August 31, 1978
Comments
Thanks for the invitation. I spent a short time in GTMO, Iprobably for some air exercises. Unfortunately It was so long ago that I can't remember much detail to talk about. Although I do remember that someone once warned me to shake out my boots before I put them on because there may be a scorpian hidden within. I also remember getting reacquainted with an old roommate from A school who was stationed there. I wish I can remember his name.
Thanks for the invite. October is far away. Let you know later.
Nice spring so far up here on the hill top. Tom
It doesn't look as though I'll be joing you in Branson. We have a lot going on this year and it is a little pricey when you add in air fare. But if it wasn't for other commitments, I'd try to make it. Thanks for the info on Navy Vets.
Eugene
Good to hear from you.
Dan
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