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 My family and I lived in Queijas Portugal on Rua A Lot 3. I had a large garage, but none of the two cars were housed there. I had a full bore wood shop set up in there. One of my 1st projects was to build our CPO MESS a rather large wood framed CHIEF's Anchor. As a CHIEF would arrive for duty, we would have a new brass plate made with his/her name and date of arrival. When that CHIEF later departed PCS, the plate would be updated with the departure date. Once, the wood framed CHIEF's Anchor outfit vanished from the bulkhead in the Senior Rates Mess. The local Brits told us they had burned it. But, what actually happened was the CPO Mess onboard the HMS Sheffield D-80 had taken it on board their Destroyer. They left port Lisbon with it hanging on their bulkhead. Several months later, the HMS Sheffield made port Lisbon again. Our US Navy wood framed CHIEF's Anchor outfit was found hanging on the bulkhead in good shape. Sheewizz, were we U.S. Navy CHIEF's happy about that. The reason was, later D-80 was hit by an Air to Surface flying tube from an Argie A/Craft. She later sank while being towed back to the UK. I wonder if that wood framed CHIEF's Anchor outfit is still hanging on the bulkhead there in the Oerias Senior Rates Mess or maybe in the MCPOC's office at Staff HQ. If anyone knows about that, please let me know. Thanks CHIEF Mac...
