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.�
Best Moment Found out that I was actually blind and the Navy gave me my "very first" set of eye glasses ever. Imagine that !!! Didn't know that I was missing that much around me...
Worst Moment In the hospital for a week during Christmas 1969. The nurses were pretty though!!! Ha. The Company Yoeman kept my homework and BootCamp assignments flowing to my hospital bed so that I was not set-back. Forget his name - but, thanks a bunch for your efforts. He figured out what the word "Shipmate" was early-on in his Navy Career...
Other Memories Squad Leader..
I had Battalion Hq's 4am to 8am telephone watch. A LCDR had the SDO watch all day and was to get off the same time as me at 8am. A little history first. When I was a kid and on camping trips or hunting trips with my Dad, my Dad's way to make coffee, in the morning, was to put water in a regular alm coffee pot, pour the grounds right into the water & then put a stick over the top to keep it from boiling over. Well, that's the only way I ever knew how to make coffee. Now back to my duty night. One of my duties was to prepare this 22 cup coffee maker for the SDO, so he could have his fresh coffee in the morning. Everything was there in the coffee-mess. I filled up the coffee pot H2O and dumped the coffee grounds right into the water. I went outside and looked around for a stick in the bushes that would fit across the top of it. I left all the other parts off to the side(what the hell is this stuff) was my question.. Ha.. The coffee was ready by the time the SDO was up, cleaned up, & dressed. He blew a fuse when trying to get his coffee out of that pot. I had to explain my whole procedure from back in my younger days to him. After that, he thought the whole matter was really funny and stopped bashing my ears with a string of not so good words. After he settled down, he called around to find more extra coffee grounds at another location. He watched the phone while I went to fetch those coffee grounds. Then we had a training mission for teaching me how to use this type of coffee pot. I never heard another word about it - not even from my Company CDR. To this day, I now know how to use a 22 cup coffee maker. Ha Ha.