Szpyrka, Richard, RM2

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

Last Primary NEC
RM-2342-Teletype Repairman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Radioman

Primary Unit
1968-1970, RM-2342, USS Conflict (MSO-426)

Service Years
1966 - 1973

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Michigan

Year of Birth
1946

The current guardian of this Remembrance Page is Henry W. Piel (Hank, KQ1V, VPA), RM2.

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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Henry W. Piel (Hank, KQ1V, VPA), RM2

Contact Info

Last Address Bloomfield Hills
Date of Passing Oct 22, 2008

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)

United States Navy Radioman Association (USNRMA)


	1995, American Legion - Assoc. Page
	1995, Navy League of the United States - Assoc. Page
	1998, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
	2002, Navy MSO Association
	2003, United States Navy Radioman Association (USNRMA) - Assoc. Page
	2004, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
	2004, Mobile Riverine Force Association
	2006, Patriot Guard Riders

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Retired

MSO Websites:
NMSOA (Navy MSO Association)
MSO Radio Shack
Navy MSO ARC K6MSO
MSO Sailors Google Group
Collection of Minecraft Patches
Chain Locker All known MSO links

ETERNALLY

I made a choice some years ago
To sail the sea no more.
I don�??t regret the life and love
I�??ve made here on the shore.

But I�??m haunted by a temptress
My first true love, the sea.
My dark and stormy mistress
I hear her call to me.

I�??m torn between my life ashore
And the call to sail away.
My love, my life is needed here
I�??m duty bound to stay.

Yet, often I will walk the beach
Throughout the darkest hours.
To hear my lovers mournful call
To feel her awesome power.

Oh, cradle of all Earthly life,
Great mother of the sea.
Cast off the lines that hold my heart
And let my soul sail free.

In the end I will return to you
My final love, the deep.
I�??ll pull your waters over me
Eternally to sleep.

Other Comments:

HAM Radio Operator - W8MSO

Trustee of Navy MSO Amateur Radio Club K6MSO

Navy MSO Association - past President

Member of:
VVA Chapter 154
DAV Chapter South Oakland MI 19
American Legion Post 374
VFW Post 1669
Recipient of the SILVER ROSE
Patriot Guard Riders

Wooden Ships - Iron Men

Remembrance Profiles - 7 Sailors Remembered

Ahders, Fred, PO1	D'Alessio, Robert, LCDR
Hassman Jr., A. U., LCDR	Lasater, Mike
Raynor, Ennis, PO1	Root, Beryl, PO1
Townsend, Alvin, PO2

Operation Stable Door
From Month/Year May / 1965	To Month/Year August / 1971
Description TF 115 was responsible for the harbor defense and surveillance units in the ports of Vung Tau, Cam Ranh Bay, Qui Nhon, Nha Trang, and Vung Ro, Inshore Undersea Warfare Groups (IUWG) 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, operated a total of 16 large personnel landing craft, 25 Boston Whalers, and 8 picket boats in Operation Stable Door. The 45-foot picket boats, which began to reach Vietnam in June 1967, carried a crew of one officer and five men and two .50-caliber machine guns, twin-mounted. In each port the units constructed harbor entrance control posts and equipped them with radios and surface search radars.