Re: Looking for signalmen, quartermasters, or ops personnel from '71-'75.
Joe...
Rick Holt here;
Did you come onboard just after the STANAVFORLANT cruise? I am dealing with oldtimers disease now.. I have one of the cruisebooks from that deployment, and remember most of the guys in the radio and sig shacks from that time, but a lot of changes took place between then and the planned deployment to the MidEast. I remember RM2 Boogie Brown, Ken Lee, Dominic DellaBarba, Glenn Boldt, Don Hubsch, Henry Valdez.. and..... I will probably think of the rest about 2AM - which is really bad since I have to get up at 0500 to get myself geared up for Sunday School and Worship.
Where is it that I can look up the guys who were in the shack when I came aboard in Jan 70? And who was the chief when you came aboard?
Re: Looking for signalmen, quartermasters, or ops personnel from '71-'75.
Rick,
I Don't know about when you went aboard in 70 cause I didn't until 72. I was not in the Stanavforlant cruise book. In the 73 Mid-East cruise book I am the 1st class in the OC Division picture. We didn't have a Chief billet in the OC Division while I was aboard. John Connolly and I were the ones in charge in the Shack and Sig. Bridge. If you don't have that cruise book go to the web site noted in a few messages up from this one. Nice to hear from you.
Re: Looking for signalmen, quartermasters, or ops personnel from '71-'75.
Don, I came onboard in 1970 during the Med cruise and discharged in mid 1973. SMC Forrest was leading PO at that time. Others were Jim Lipka, John Frantz, Jim McGovern, Joe Watson. Also Bill Rowe and Joe Thoueau. I remember you coming on the signal bridge. I also went on the STANAVFORLANT cruise and the overhaul in Charleston and then GITMO. If you get this please let me know. I have tried to get in touch with other SM's but no avail.
Re: Looking for signalmen, quartermasters, or ops personnel from '71-'75.
Hi Don,
I was an RM, and I remember you in the ops compartment. I was aboard the Adams for the 72 Stanavforlant cruise, and the 73 Mideastfor cruise. Remember CO Donald Gurke, and the XO (I believe his name was Sheridan). Remember your SM gang, as we were pretty much tied at the hip with you guys.
Good times!
I'm from Brooklyn, NY, but I've been living on the New Jersey shore for 33 years. Looking to move south soon.
