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| Name: | Bob Gill |
| E-mail address: | robert.gill@bms.com |
| Comments: | Thirty six years ago on May 9th 1972 , nine aircraft were launched off the Uss Coral Sea (CVA-43) with four MK-52 mines each to be dropped into Haiphong harbor. The 3 A-6's were from VMA-224 (Marines)& 6 A-7's were VA-22 & VA-94. (USN)The 3 minemen on board (TAD) were Mnsn Tim Mercier from Berlin, N.H., Mn3 Roland Pusher of Hershey, Pa. & I was the Mn2. A guy named Daniels was the Mn1 but transferred off in Feb. of 1972. With a lot of help from the AO's of G division we were able to put these mines together for "Operation Pocket Money" ordered by then Pres. Nixon to stop the flow of supplies into North Vietnam. Thanks! |
| Name: | john williams |
| E-mail address: | jhwilliams.j@gmail.com |
| Comments: | stationed subic 83-83 charleston 86-89 med ret in summerville sc |
| Name: | ML Gartner |
| E-mail address: | mgartner@akroncantonairport.com |
| Comments: | My father, Bill Moncrief, was in the Navy and was on the USS Lindsey on April 14, 1945, when 2 Japanese kamikazes hit it.
He passed away in 1962, when I was still quite young, so never really got to know him. If anyone has information on this minelayer, or by any chance, remembers my father, I'd love to hear from them. Thank you. |
| Name: | ML Gartner |
| E-mail address: | mgartner@akroncantonairport.com |
| Comments: | My father, Bill Moncrief, was in the Navy and was on the USS Lindsey on April 14, 1945, when 2 Japanese kamikazes hit it.
He passed away in 1962, when I was still quite young, so never really got to know him. If anyone has information on this minelayer, or by any chance, remembers my father, I'd love to hear from them. Thank you. |
| Name: | Steven Miller |
| E-mail address: | maquino600@cox.net |
| Comments: | Was a yeoman in Mine Shop, Subic Bay from May 69 to Dec 70. Currently in La Mesa, CA. |
| Name: | N Wicke |
| E-mail address: | norman.e.wicke@navy.mil |
| Comments: | 1962 Subic Crew Photo.Third row next to Shaw is MNSN F.L. Quick,. No #7 from the left is Me, N.E. Wicke, MNSN.
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| Name: | N.E. WICKE MNCS, Ret |
| Comments: | 1962 Subic Crew Picture,
Third row next to Shaw is MNSN F.L. Quick,. No #7 from the left is Me, N.E. Wicke, MNSN. |
| Name: | Phil DeChene |
| E-mail address: | pdechene@triad.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://home.triad.rr.com/aom/index.htm |
| Comments: | Has anyone been having problems posting in the visitor's log? There has been a gap in postings from 25 March to 26 April. If there have been problems hopefully they are over now. Maybe it's just spring fever.
Phil |
| Name: | Bill Fortner |
| E-mail address: | mk27@httswireless.com |
| Comments: | Just checking. |
| Name: | Phil DeChene |
| E-mail address: | pdechene@triad.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://home.triad.rr.com/aom/index.htm |
| Comments: | I have added a photo of the 1962 Naval Magazine Subic Bay Crew at http://home.triad.rr.com/aom/PicsSubic.htm. The photo was provided by MNC Chin Sing and the names of the individuals were provided by Jim McDonough, Bill Roberts and Bill Fortner. There are some recognition differences and I have shown them in the listing. If anyone has any other thoughts on who is who please let me know. I have also added other Subic photos to the same page that used to be on individual pages.
I have also combined some individual Azuma Island photos to one page at http://home.triad.rr.com/aom/PicsAzumaIsland.htm Phil |
| Name: | Lee N. Ostrander |
| E-mail address: | leepluspam@verizon.net |
| Comments: | Pam and I are closing AOL Internet and are going to start using Verizon Internet (along with FIOS TV). Please update any and all AOM Address sites with our new Verizon Address. Thanks, Lee. |
| Name: | Larry W Finley |
| E-mail address: | connielexus@aol.com |
| Comments: | Would love to be added to the list of the men on the USS Engage MSO 433
Thank you for this opportunity.. Larry W Finley SN3 |
| Name: | JAMES STULTZ |
| E-mail address: | gunnerstultz@hotmail.com |
| Name: | Ron Swart |
| E-mail address: | swartre@knology.net |
| Comments: | In 1913-1915 Baltimore was converted to a minelayer, recommissioning for Atlantic Fleet mine warfare operations and training service in March 1915. In March 1918 she went to British waters to take an active role in the fight against the German U-boat threat. From then until late September 1918 Baltimore helped lay extensive anti-submarine minefields between Scotland and Ireland, and in the North Sea. With these tasks completed, she steamed back to the U.S. a month before the World War I fighting ended.
1915 USN's 1st minelayer commissioned, former cruiser Baltimore. Baltimore became part of the Pacific Fleet in September 1919. In July 1920, as the Navy implemented its system of ship hull numbers, she was designated CM-1. The old minelayer went to Pearl Harbor early in 1921 and decommissioned there in September 1922. For nearly two decades, Baltimore was inactive at that base, serving for part of the time as a storage hulk. She was present, though in derelict condition, during the devastating Japanese air raid that opened the Pacific War on 7 December 1941. Sold in February 1942, the partially-scrapped ship was finally scuttled at sea on 22 September 1944. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/c3-cm1.htm |
| Name: | Bob Gill |
| E-mail address: | robert.gill@bms.com |
| Comments: | My wife and I have been married for 30 years in April. We may take a trip down to Charleston & Atlanta soon. I hope to visit the Yorktown museum at Patriot Point. |
| Name: | Tom Kopecky |
| E-mail address: | kopecky@centurytel.net |
| Comments: | Reservest, Mineman A school 10/66 to 3/67 Nav Mag Subic Bay,PI till 9/68 retired, currently living in NE Arkansas |
| Name: | John Bray |
| E-mail address: | brayj@guam.navy.mil |
| Comments: | Rick Holcomb,
Great to see a post from you, it has been many a year since we last saw each other in Guam (1986). Please e-mail Nancy Gilbert (Harper) as she is looking to contact you. Her e-mail address and post are 4-5 posts below this one. John (still in Guam) |
| Name: | rick holcomb |
| E-mail address: | garland.holcomb@q.com |
| Comments: | I been trying to get a hold of AOM for quite some, I wish to join the Association.
Thanks Rick Holcomb MN1 USn (RET) |
| Name: | bill scribner |
| E-mail address: | scribnerbill@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.scribsmoving.com |
| Comments: | I am looking for a website that may list living members of my fathers old mine sweeper the USS EXCEL.
Thank you for your time Bill Scribner |
| Name: | VICTOR C. RAZZUOLI |
| E-mail address: | VCR52102@AOL.COM |
| Name: | Larry Johansen |
| E-mail address: | USN1951@cox.net |
| Comments: | MN2 1951-1955 Served on Azuma Island from 52-55 Japan
Any more of you guys from that era? |
| Name: | Don Jones |
| E-mail address: | jodo496Usn@aol.com |
| Comments: | When I joined the Navy, at 17, it was for what was called a "Kiddy Cruise." I was to be discharged the day before my 21st birthday. But, being a Mineman in the greatest Navy in the world was such a special calling and so much fun I stayed on active duty for a few days short of 32 years. Many of the fine Minemen who helped teach me and further my career have passed on, but I also want to thank those that I served with who might happen to read these words. Since my last 3-years were with the Naval Intelligence Support Center (NISC) and thinking that I was too young to really retire I rejoined NISC as a civilian in May, 1986. During the next 17 years as a foreign Mine Warfare (MIW)analyst I got to work with Minemen from other countries who were equally proud of their weapons and MIW expertise. I was lucky to have been able to gather intelligence overtly in the following countries: Turkey, Kuwait, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, former East Germany, Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania, and South Africa. When I finally got around to retiring in late 2003, someone calculated that I had been with the Navy for 49 years and six months. Good luck to all who might pass this way. |
| Name: | Steve Jacques |
| E-mail address: | steve.jacques@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Hello Minemen,
my grandfather, Ronald Denessen, served on USS Symbol (AM-123) during WWII (he may have also served on the Idaho for a while). Unfortunately, he passed away in 1974. If any of his shipmates are still out there, I'd love to hear any stories you'd share. Many thanks. |
| Name: | Phil Beckwith |
| E-mail address: | wyomnc@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I see the MNCS Hajnal has passed. I only served one short tour with him but I remember him as being cheerful, loved a good joke and he took care of the supply part of the division. May he find all of his shipmates in that mine shop all of us are destined to call our final duty station. May the coffe pot always be full. God Speed shipmate. |
| Name: | GERALD LEE DOMINICK JR |
| E-mail address: | SCROOGE727@SBCGLOBAL.NET |
| Comments: | WAS A MINEMEN FRON AUG. 1982 TIL AUG 1988 IN THE GREAT LAKES RESERVES. |
| Name: | Ron Swart |
| E-mail address: | swartre@knology.net |
| Comments: | Douglas Allen Clark
Douglas Allen Clark, 71, transferred his letter of life from earth to heaven on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at Bay Medical Center. Doug was born May 21, 1936, in Barre, Vt. His formative years were spent in Gary, Ind., graduating from Edison High School. He then achieved a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in mechanical engineering, from Purdue University. Following completion of an ROTC commitment with the U.S. Army in Virginia, Doug was employed as a civil servant with the Navy for 38 years, working at Yorktown Mine Warfare Center in Virginia and the Coastal Systems Center Laboratory in Panama City Beach, Fla. Doug is preceded in death by his parents, Warren and Grace Thompson Clark; his brother and sister-in-law, Rob and Kay Clark; and his first wife of 26 years, Barbara Pumroy Clark. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Daphne Wilson DuKate Clark; daughter, Shari Jean McClellan of Stafford, Va.; stepson, Robb Davis and wife, Adrienne, Panama City Beach, Fla.; stepdaughter, Alyssa Blaire Davis of Apopka, Fla.; two grandsons, Thomas Palmaz and Ryan McClellan; twin nieces, Lisa and Laura; great-nieces, Rachel and Shauna Reynolds, all of Kansas City, Mo.; two stepgrandsons, Shane and Bryce McClellan; and a dear stepgrandddaughter, Devyn Shea Davis of Panama City Beach, Fla. A celebration of the life of Doug Clark will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, on the Palm Court Terrace at the Bay Point Marriott Resort. A Witness to the Resurrection Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church with internment following in the Clark family plot at the Williamsburg Memorial Gardens in Williamsburg, Va. Doug served as president of the Williamsburg, Va., Jaycees. He was an elder in three Presbyterian churches, serving for more than 18 years. He served as commander of the St. Andrew Squadron of the United States Power Squadrons and was a certified instructor and administrative and executive officer. He also served as a director of the Bay Point Yacht Club, president of the Men's Golf Association and a member of a wonderful camaraderie of golfers in the Rat Pack, president of the Bay Point West Homeowners Association and trustee for eight years. He was extremely honored to have been inducted into the NCSC Hall of Fame in 1998. Those desiring may make memorial donations to the Building Fund of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Panama City, Fla. A special thanks is conveyed by his family for the exemplary care offered by the staff of the SICU of Bay Medical Center and Drs. William Dent, D.B. Hurst, Rodney Morris and Hasem Mubarak. Wilson Funeral Home Family Owned Since 1911 Panama City, Fla. 785-5272 214 Airport Road |
| Name: | jc stiegler |
| E-mail address: | jcstiegler@gmail.fr |
| Comments: | I found your association by surfing though MW link, I am actualy servicing in the minewarfare force of the french navy and I'll be glad to talk about our stories, so leave me a message |
| Name: | Kenneth Roberts |
| E-mail address: | kenny.roberts@ngc.com |
| Comments: | It is with great regret and deep sadness hat I report to you and that our dad, Earl
L. Roberts passed away on Friday February 8 2008. Attached is a copy of his obituary. Below is our contact information. Kenneth Roberts February 11, 2008 To: Obituary Desk From: Nelsen Funeral Home (757) 565-1141 FAX: (757) 564-6833 3785 Strawberry Plains Road Williamsburg, VA 23188 Funeral Director: John Love Dateline: Williamsburg Mr. Earl Leon Roberts died February 8, 2008 in Williamsburg. He was born on December 13, 1926 in Alta Vista, KS, the son of Allen Dale Roberts and Pearl Ina (Chitty) Roberts. Mr. Roberts earned his GED from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1974 and graduated Magna Cum Laud from Saint Leo Junior College in 1983. He retired with the rank of Commander United States Navy after thirty years of service in1974 having received the United Nations Medal and several Bronze Stars. Mr. Roberts was recently preceded in death by his loving wife of 55 years, Edna Ardell S. Roberts, as well as his parents and an older brother, Russell E. Roberts of KS. Earl is survived by his brother Lonnie Carroll Roberts of Clearwater, KS, and sister Norma Allene R. Dinwiddie of Independence MO; his four grateful and loving children, Vicki Lynn R. Henry of Williamsburg, VA, Sharon Kay R. Terjak of McKenney, TX, Kenneth Earl Roberts of Yorktown, VA, and Nancy Jean R. Coverdale of Portland, OR; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Friends are invited to gather from 9:00 to 10:00 AM on Tuesday February 12, 2008 at Nelsen Funeral Home, 3785 Strawberry Plains Road in Williamsburg, where the funeral service will begin at 11:00 AM Janna Roche, Chaplain at Patriots Colony of Williamsburg, will be officiating. Burial will be in Williamsburg Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Williamsburg Branch Office, 263 McLaws Circle, Suite 203, Williamsburg, VA 23185 or to the James City County Rescue Squad. Nelsen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ON-line condolences may be registered at www.nelsenfh.com. |
| Name: | Nancy Harper Gilbert |
| E-mail address: | nancygilbert@templeinland.com |
| Comments: | Hi all,
I started snooping around on the net to see if I could find any MN contacts when I found this site. I was active duty from 1984 - 1990. I would love to hear from anyone that served during that time frame. Additional email address is emmentoo@yahoo.com. Take care, Nancy |
| Name: | Donald T. Maynard |
| E-mail address: | hollypop1@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | My Dad, served on the USS EARLE DMS-42 back in 1945 to 1947 |
| Name: | David Brummell |
| E-mail address: | david.brummell@dodig.mil |
| Comments: | MN1 retired 1991
NR MOMAG 905 MOMAG UNIT 5 SPECBOATRON TWO (NSWG 4) |
| Name: | MN2 Vinny Tata |
| E-mail address: | vealt04@aol.com |
| Comments: | To all of my fellow Momagers. I hope you and your families have a wonderful 2008. |
| Name: | BRYON CASS |
| E-mail address: | BARBSBRYON@COX.NET |
| Comments: | SERVED FROM JUNE.78-DEC.81
STATIONED MOMAG 8 GUAM JAN.79-JUNE.8 MOMAG 9 SUBIC BAY JUNE.79-DEC.81 ANY FORMER BROTHERS WHO REMEMBER ME DROP ME A LINE |
| Name: | Bill Nelson |
| E-mail address: | nels8695@bellsouth.net |
| Comments: | Just wanted to shout out to all my fellow Mineman. I hope that you all had blessed Holidays and a good start to the new year. I am doing well down here in FLA. Feel free to Email me and let know how you are doing.
Take care Bill |
| Name: | James A Gore |
| E-mail address: | jamesagore@gmail.com |
| Name: | John Bray |
| E-mail address: | brayj@guam.navy.mil |
| Comments: | I read the sad news of Tom Sannino's passing. Tom was my Chief in Subic in the early 1980's and he will surely be missed. I was eye witness to the absolute best dressing down and ass-cheweing (bar none) in my entire Naval career and it was delivered by none other than Tom.
Rest in peace Tom |
| Name: | Phil DeChene |
| E-mail address: | pdechene@triad.rr.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://home.triad.rr.com/aom/index.htm |
| Comments: | I received an e-mail about the death of Joe McGimsey MNC Ret. It stated that he retired to the Calif. desert. and died there in the 70's.
If anyone has more specific information (When he retired and when and where he died) Please e-mail me so I can properly list him on the TAPS Page. |
| Name: | Carl House |
| E-mail address: | investigations2020@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I was with MOMAG from 1972-1976. Just like to say hello to all of you. I was in Sicily, Scotland,Crete, and then back to Scotland before discharging in Charleston S.C. I have been trying to track down some of the guys I was in MOMAG with, but so far I have not had any luck.
So God bless you all!! Carl House |
| Name: | John Merrell |
| E-mail address: | johnmerrell@merrells.info |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.merrells.info |
| Comments: | I read in the "Dashpot" that Tom Sannino had died. Tom was in my Mineman "A" school class in 1973. Tom had gotten out and decided to get back in. He got back in to become a Mineman. I am glad that Tom made Chief.
My wife and I both knew Tom and she was also sad to hear of his passing. He was the reason that Ann came down from Nursing School in Richmond to visit me in Charleston. Subsequently Ann became my wife. Tom will surely be missed. |
| Name: | Jim Hawks |
| E-mail address: | hawksjb5@aol.com |
| Comments: | Thought some of you old timers could help me.
I've been trying to contact D.G."Hutch" Hutchison. Last word I had, he was enjoying retirement in Hawaii. I have his e-mail as bingo7@gte.net. Betty and I are planning a trip to the Islands in Feb. and I'd like to look him up. Any help would be apreciated. Hope all former and current Minemen have a great New Year. |
| Name: | EDWARD R. HAYSLER |
| E-mail address: | ATEUPED@HOTMAIL.COM |
| Comments: | JUST WANTED TO SAY HI TO ALL THE MINEMAN WHO SERVED WITH ME.DROP ME A LINE. |
| Name: | Mathew Ellis |
| E-mail address: | greeneviewram@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | My grandpa was on the USS Cardinal (AMS 4) Minesweeper. He past away on Thanksgiving Day '07. Since his death I turned 18 and enlised in the Navy in his honor. I love and miss him dearly.
In Memorial of Floyd Thomas Ellis. Ohio |
| Name: | Richard Sample |
| E-mail address: | ricksample@hotmail.com |
| Name: | Kenneth A. Rodgers |
| E-mail address: | one69nova@aol.com |
| Name: | Rita Nicely |
| E-mail address: | rjnicely@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May the joy of the season remain with you throughout the year. God Bless and take care! |
| Name: | Daniel Stewart |
| E-mail address: | danandbevsfarm@juno.com |
| Comments: | forgot to post Marshall Pallett's funeral site. See below
http://www.lifestorynet.com/memories/14139/ Please leave a message for his family; experiences with Marsh, etc. HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!!!! |
| Name: | Daniel Stewart- MN3 1961-1965 |
| E-mail address: | danandbevsfarm@juno.com |
| Comments: | Belated Merry Christmas to all Minemen. I just learned today that a dear Mineman friend from my Navy days died on 5/25/06- Marshall Pallett (MN3)He spent from 1965-1967 as a member of the UDT team so if their are any ex Minemen,UDT or Seals out their that recognize his name and want to remember his name on the funeral website, I think his family would very much appreciate flashes from the past. I've been looking for him for the last 4 years and only found him today; too late to renew our friendship.
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| Name: | Richard Duffner |
| E-mail address: | richardduffner@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | My father Alvin L. Duffner served on the Uss Strive Am117 as the chief quartermaster. We are looking for anybody who served on the Strive during WW 2. I can be reached at the above e-mail address. |
| Name: | bob gormley |
| E-mail address: | puk2u2@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://homebiz4u.bravehost.com |
| Comments: | Hello All,
Merry Christmass and Happy New Year. Still fishin in good ol´ Central America. A great get-away and livin is slow here, many Mayan Ruins to explore. Be cool and nice to read the posts from folks I know. gorm....... |
| Name: | CasinoSing |
| E-mail address: | chin.sing@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments: | Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!! Hope everyone has a happy & safe one. |