Right after the US Navy - worked for and later retired from TandyCorp.
Besides my Hobbies, I have a"myself only" lawn mowing/trimming
service in my local neighborhood, which I retired from in 2013.
Other Comments:
1. My daughter April was born in Naples Italy. My son Chris was born in
Lisbon Portugal.
2. Sailor Of The Quarter: NavalCommunicationsStation Keflavic Iceland.
3. Sailor Of The Quarter: NavalCommunicationsDetachment Sigonella
Sicily Italy - twice.
4. Sailor Of The Year: Naval CommunicationsDetachment Sigonella
Sicily Italy - once.
5. Letter Of Commendation 19Feb1975 Commander In Chief U.S.
Naval Forces Europe - Adm H.E. Shear.
6. I am a Weather Spotter for the local buro of the National Weather
Service in NewBraunfels Tx. Reporting radio-net Ham-repeater is in�
Satler Texas.
7. Member 280 and NetControl: TinCanSailors HamRadioNet on
14.255MHz USB every Sunday afternoon at 20:00utc. If you are active
duty, retired, or othewise & an X - Tin Can Sailor plus a Ham Radio
Operator - please check into the Radio Net and ask for the paperwork
by mail to become an active member of the TCSailors Ham Radio Net.
I am the administrator "on this Navy-TWS Web-site" for the Tin Can
Sailors Radio Net - "Special Interest" group�in the�"Military Asso
Membership section.� If you have any questions or need help on listing
the TCS Radio Net on your Navy-TWS web-profile in the Military Asso
Membership section of your profile, please contact me at the Private
Email address above.
7a. Member & ChiefStaffOfficer:: �National Association Of Destroyer
Veterans -- Texas Desron-Two located in San Antonio Texas.
8. Member of the American Radio Relay League.
9. Member of Kendall Amateur Radio Society(KARS) Boerne Texas, which I resigned from on 12 Apr 2016.
10. Founding contributor�of�The VietNam Veterans Memorial "The Wall"
in Washington DC.
11. Recipient of the "US-ROC Mutual Defense Commemorative Badge
from Taiwan ROC - Ministry Of National Defense Mr. Tang Yiau-ming"
for service�on 3 - 15 Jan 1973 - Taiwan.
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12.�My Dad was in the US Army AirCorps during WW-2. Tail-gunner and
bombardier on B-17's flying from Ipswich England over Germany. He
Passed in 1984. Dad has a brick in memory of -�in the sidewalk of The
Japan Peace Garden at the Adm Nimitz Museum in Fredricksburg Tx.
13. My Uncle(dad's brother)�was in the Army Signal Corps during the
Korean War. He passed in 1960.
14. My�dad's 2nd Cousin was in the US Navy WW-2 on the BattleWagon
USS Tenn - a gunners-mate. He passed in 2001.
15. Mom's dad Fred K.�was in the US Navy 1913-19�& during WW-1
was on the USS Olympia Cruiser No6. Spent time before and after the
USS Olympia on 7 other surface craft, uncluding the USS Bainbridge
Destroyer No1 &�USS Palos Gunboat�No16�on the Yangtze Riv in China.
He passed in mid 1930's. Gramps was a steam-engine mec, welder, &
shoveled coal in the engine room. A PO 2/C and later made PO1/C
on board the USS Olympia. His job on the USS Palos was the same
as Steve McQueen in the movie "The Sand Pebbles" - a classic... He
died early in life(after his Navy duties)�as a result of asbestos and coal
dust. He never had shore duty. All duties were on 8 diff USN WarShips.
16. My brother's son is currently in the US AirForce - expects to stay
until retirement. One tour so far in the Iraq Theater of Operations.�
Other Memories Just after arrival, in Aug 1970, Hurricane Celia came ashore in Corpus. Gust of 180mph winds registered at the Naval Weax Service Fac on our base. Most of the "new" base housing units were turned to toothpicks. All of the Navy Dependents were moved, prior to the storm, into the brick barracks. Good thing. Our transmitter site, a remote facility and the receiver site at the main Communications Center lost all the antennas. There was extensive damage done to the roof of the Main Admin Building, where the CommCenter was located. Lots of water into our space and equipment. One of our Chief RM's was friends with a Ham Radio Operator out in town. That Ham loaded us a Swan 250 Xceiver and a wire antenna for emergency comms with CommEight in NewOrleans LA. We strung the antenna between a couple of palm trees left standing close to our CommCenter. I ended up at the NavyMARS Station, in one of the airplane hangers. We also had a radio link with CommEight from there. It was a massive self-help project to clean up the base and rebuild the inside of our CommCenter. A real mess to remember, but in the end, all turned out well. Down town Corpus was a total mess. No road signs, no water, no telephone,and no power - for the longest. I think 13 people were killed in our area, but don't remember any Navy Pers on base getting killed.
