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
   
  1965, Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL), 176
School
Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL)

Company, Class or Division
176

Start Date 
Apr, 1965		  

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  176 Also There at This Training:
Name Co Ptn Start Date
Bailey, Robert, PO1, (1965-1991) 176 Apr, 1965
Russell, John, PO2, (1965-1978) 176 Apr, 1965
Spradley, Fred, CPO, (1965-1993) 176 Apr, 1965
Abraira, George, PO3, (1965-1968) 152 Apr, 1965
Achilles, Reginald, CPO, (1965-1985) 132 Apr, 1965
Anderson, Ed, PO2, (1965-1969) 138 Apr, 1965
Atwood, Charles Aaron, PO3, (1965-1968) Apr, 1965
Atwood, Donald, SCPO, (1965-1985) 152 Apr, 1965
Ball, Arthur Wyman, PO3, (1965-1968) Apr, 1965
Bardach, Robert Erle, PO2, (1964-1967) Apr, 1965
Berbert, Karl Robert, PO2, (1965-1971) Apr, 1965
Browne, Edward, PO1, (1965-1996) Apr, 1965
Bush, James S., SN, (1965-1969) 162 Apr, 1965
Bush, James S., SN, (1965-1969) 162 Apr, 1965
Caldwell, Dave, PO2, (1965-1969) 143 Apr, 1965
Calkins, Russell, PO3, (1965-1969) Apr, 1965
Camden, Francis Edward, PO3, (1965-1967) Apr, 1965
Cecil, John, SN, (1965-1971) 163 Apr, 1965
Chapman, Danny, PO3, (1965-1968) 147 Apr, 1965
Clark, Clinton, PO2, (1965-1989) Apr, 1965
Dagner, Edmund, PO3, (1965-1969) Apr, 1965
Daniels, Richard Lewis, PO2, (1965-1971) Apr, 1965
Delprete, Wes, (1965-1969) Apr, 1965
Dolloff, Robert (Dolly), PO1, (1965-1969) 170 Apr, 1965
Eldridge Sr., Paul, CWO4, (1965-1987) Apr, 1965
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