Krafft, James, ABC

Aviation Boatswain's Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
AB-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Boatswain's Mate
Primary Unit
1989-1991, AB-0000, USS Forrestal (CV-59)
Previously Held NEC
ABE-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate Launch/Recovery
Service Years
1946 - 1991
AB-Aviation Boatswain's Mate
Nine Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge US Naval Reserve Honorable Discharge




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)American LegionAviation Boatswain's Mates Association (ABMA)The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)
  1991, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) - Assoc. Page
  1996, American Legion - Assoc. Page
  1999, Aviation Boatswain's Mates Association (ABMA) - Assoc. Page
  2009, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

My wife developed Alzheimer's in 2008. May 2010 she has Leukemia will be terminal according to her Doctor's. Erma passed on 21 August 2010.
My Site www.jmktoday.com  and developing another stream of income. 
   
Other Comments:

Joined 7 June 1946 served until 1948. Renlisted 15 November 1950 discharged 1960 and joined the Naval Reserve program. Recalled in 1982 at the age of 52. They didn't have enough  ABEs for
the USS Saratoga which was being recommisioned in SLEP. (Service Life Extension Program) in Philedelphia. After the Super Sara I went to HSL-36, Mayport for shore duty and retired from USS Forrestal 31 March 1991. Started drawing Social Security June1991. 3/1/2012 enjoying good health.
   

 Remembrance Profiles -  7 Sailors Remembered

  1957-1960, AB-0000, Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, VA

AB-Aviation Boatswain's Mate

From Month/Year
- / 1957
To Month/Year
- / 1960

Unit
Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, VA Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class
NEC
AB-0000-Aviation Boatswain's Mate

Base, Station or City
Norfolk
State/Country
Virginia
  
 
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 Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, VA Details

Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, VA 		Redesignated NS/Base Norfolk

Type
Communications 		 

Parent Unit
Naval Air Stations
Strength
Base

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jun 5, 2008
   
Memories For This Unit

Other Memories
Worked 2nd Shift at MATS Air Terminal.
   
Yearbook
 
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54 Members Also There at Same Time
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Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, VA
Russell, Allard, CAPT, (1940-1962) OFF 131X Captain
Winters, Theodore Hugh, CAPT, (1935-1961) OFF 131X Captain
Sargent, Gerald Hornor, CAPT, (1943-1977) OFF 410X Commander
Seymour, Howard Alton, CDR, (1942-1964) OFF 410X Commander
Wilson, David, CPO, (1952-1974) PH PH-8148 Chief Petty Officer
MacLean, Donald, PO1, (1953-1961) EN 4319 Petty Officer First Class
Bissonnette, Richard, PO2, (1954-1957) AG AG-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bobetich, Victor, PO2, (1960-1964) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Flynn, Oren, PO2, (1958-1962) AT AT-6622 Petty Officer Second Class
Garrett, Gene, PO2, (1957-1962) AT AT-8326 Petty Officer Second Class
Martin, John, CPO, (1959-1978) AO AO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Rollins, Jr., Johnnie, SCPO, (1953-1982) AD ADJ-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Vickery, Gwynn, CWO3, (1955-1975) ET ET-1444 Petty Officer Second Class
Zachwieja, Walter, PO2, (1957-1961) AMS AMS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Brunk, Judith C., PO3, (1956-1959) PH PH-8126 Petty Officer Third Class
Cadieux, John, PO2, (1956-1960) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Carter, Jim, PO3, (1957-1961) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Eagle, Glenn, PO3, (1956-1959) AD AD-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hogaboom, Fred, PO3, (1959-1963) AK AK-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kellett, John, PO1, (1958-1978) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Kellett, John, PO1, (1958-1978) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Killey, Art, PO1, (1958-1983) RM RM-2304 Petty Officer Third Class
Kuster, Lamar, PO3, (1959-1962) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Sloan, Terrance Patrick, PO1, (1955-1966) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Spaulding, Richard, MCPO, (1957-1986) PR PR-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Wade Sr., Kenneth, PO1, (1958-1969) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Wolf, Joseph L., PO3, (1957-1962) PH PH-8288 Petty Officer Third Class
DANWEON, THERSA, SN, (1956-1957) DT DT-0000 Seaman
Trapp, Art, HN, (1959-1963) HN HN-0000 Hospitalman
Menetre, Lawrence, AN, (1955-1957) AK AK-0000 Airman
Struzik, Wayne, PO3, (1957-1963) ADJ ADJ-0000 Airman
Smith, Christopher, SA, (1957-1958) RM RM-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Soulis, Janis, SN, (1957-1959) YN YN-0000 Seaman Apprentice
Trolia, Thomas, AN, (1958-1962) AN AN-0000 Airman Apprentice
Beckley, Janice M., SN, (1958-1960) RM RM-0000 Seaman
Burch, William Oscar, RDML, (1927-1962) OFF Rear Admiral Lower Half
Fitzgerald, William Charles, LT, (1956-1967) Petty Officer Second Class
Shepperd, Dale, CPO, (1955-1974) Petty Officer Second Class
Niehaus, James, PO3, (1959-1963) AMS Petty Officer Third Class
Hathaway, Richard, PO1, (1960-1980) SK Seaman
Sweeney, Joseph, PO3, (1959-1963) Seaman
Brown, James, PO1, (1955-1977) Airman
Lorenz, Jim, PO2, (1959-1962) AME Airman
Handley, Ralph, SCPO, (1955-1979) Seaman Apprentice
Glidewell, Bob, CPO, (1958-1978) Constructionman Apprentice
Scott, G. E., PO2, (1960-1966) AA Airman Apprentice
Martin, Frederick, PO3, (1957-1961) SA Seaman Recruit
KOCH, George Price, RADM, (1933-1971) Captain
Altmann, Richard Gustaf, RADM, (1943-1975) Commander
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD)
Easterday, William, AN, (1959-1962) AK AK-0000 Airman
AOMD
Roberts, Raymond E., PO2, (1953-1957) Petty Officer Second Class
Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA)
Merritt, William, CPO, (1958-1976) DP DP-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Special Weapons Unit Atlantic Fleet (SWULANT)
Young, Wilbur, PO2, (1956-1960) ET ET-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Tullio, Thomas, SN, (1956-1958) SN SN-0000 Seaman
Donley, Arthur, PO1, (1954-1959) Petty Officer First Class

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