Edwards, Tom, MM3

Machinists Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
Primary Unit
1967-1969, MM-0000, USS Wainwright (DLG-28)
Service Years
1965 - 1969
MM-Machinists Mate
One Hash Mark

 Official Badges 

US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club Order of the Golden Dragon


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Chapter 12Post 2492, Imlay City PostUSS Wainwright Veterans Association
  1985, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 12 (Member) (Port Huron, Michigan) - Chap. Page
  1985, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 2492, Imlay City Post (Member) (Imlay City, Michigan) - Chap. Page
  2000, USS Wainwright Veterans Association - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

I retired 28 years as Experimental Test Driver in The Special Test Unit
with Ford Motor Company, Michigan Proving Grounds, Romeo, Mich.
Married with 3 daughters, and 3 Grandsons. The wife and I like to travel in our motorhome. We spend our summers at The Washakie Golf and RV resort in North Branch, Michigan. I love fishing for Walleye and Salmon in The Great Lakes.
I enjoy pen and ink drawing and scrimshaw on ivory when I find the time
I served on The USS NEW DD818 for 2 years went to Vietnam in 1967
put in for transfer to go back to NAM, 
got on the USS WAINWRIGHT DLG 28 for 2nd tour of duty 1968
   

PIRAZ Station SAR, North Vietnam
From Month/Year
January / 1965		 To Month/Year
December / 1968

Description
Forward most ship, off Hai Phong. Passive Air Control for USN Air Strike Ops over North Vietnam.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1967		 To Month/Year
December / 1968
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

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  • Alvarez, Jim, PO1, (1969-1991)
  • Banks, Jim, PO1, (1963-1970)
  • Brown, Ronald, SCPO, (1943-1968)
  • Buckles, Bob, PO3, (1965-1969)
  • Carroll, Francis, MCPO, (1959-1982)
  • Collins, Richard Steven, SCPO, (1964-1992)
  • Dill, John, CWO4, (1967-1997)
  • Doran, Leroy, LCDR, (1953-1975)
  • Dousay, Roger, CPO, (1965-1986)
  • Dowty, Bobby, LCDR, (1961-1989)
  • Dunlap, Richard, SN, (1964-1967)
  • Dwyer, Michael, PO2, (1967-1971)
  • Ebey, John, MCPO, (1963-1993)
  • Edel, John, SCPO, (1958-1983)
  • Estrup, Hector F. Jansen, SCPO, (1963-1980)
  • Farmer, Paul, PO2, (1966-1969)
  • Fraser, William, CPO, (1952-1972)
  • Gault, Harry, LT, (1956-1978)
  • Goodman, Donald, PO2, (1967-1970)
  • Griffey, Dale, PO3, (1967-1970)
  • Griffiths, David J, CDR, (1954-1980)
  • Hogue, Greg, CPO, (1966-2000)
  • Holihan, David, PO1, (1963-1969)
  • Hutchinson, James, SCPO, (1996-Present)
  • Jameson, Stephen, PO3, (1965-1971)
  • Kelley, Dave, PO2, (1963-1967)
  • Knowlton, Charles, SCPO, (1964-1990)
  • Lange, Bob, CDR, (1966-2000)
  • Lewis, Robert, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • Magaffin, Robert, MCPO, (1959-1982)
  • Marquis, Charles, PO2, (1966-1972)
  • MARTIN, KENNETH, PO1, (1960-1981)
  • Martin, Kenneth, PO1, (1960-1981)
  • McIntyre, Gary, PO1, (1965-1971)
  • Miller, Elden, PO1, (1967-1976)
  • Miller, Willard, CDR, (1967-1990)
  • Petrie, Jim, SCPO, (1963-1987)
  • Port, David, PO2, (1965-1969)
  • Pouwels, Dale, PO3, (1965-1969)
  • Preston, Edward, LTJG, (1968-1969)
  • Sand, Jeff, PO2, (1966-1970)
  • Schneider, Steven, CWO4, (1966-1996)
  • Schu, Jacob, PO1, (1964-1976)
  • Smith, Kenneth, PO1, (1965-1985)
  • Soules, Charles, CAPT, (1958-1989)
  • Sturges, Charles, MCPO, (1959-1980)
  • Sweeney, John, AN, (1964-1967)
  • Turnbull, Skipton, PO3, (1968-1979)
  • Turner, Gary, CPO, (1963-1976)
  • Walton, Robert Eslie, SCPO, (1967-1993)
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  • Williams, James, PO3, (1965-1969)
  • Willshaw, Frederick, PO1, (1963-1969)
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