TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Class Biography ...... 4 Editor’s Notes ...... 5 Trident Scholars ...... 7 Graduates Who Attained Distinction and Awards ...... 7 Academy Activities Leadership ...... 8 Editor’s Caveat ...... 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... 9 ANOTHER LINK IN THE CHAIN ...... 31 EDITOR’S CHOICE – Midshipman’s Evolution ...... 32 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - “And ’s A Stage” ...... 32 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Lucky Bag ...... 37 Chuck Hiles (9th Company) – Our Yearbook ...... 37 1st COMPANY ...... 39 1st Co. USNA Vignettes ...... 41 Jack Balcom - Advice From a Roommate ...... 41 Roger Saylor -Dashed Basketball Dreams ...... 41 Clay Stiles – 100th Night Invitation ...... 41 Dan Rowe - The ‘Secret’ Air Shaft ...... 42 Clay Stiles - The Mouse They Gored ...... 42 John Long - Worms Too? ...... 42 Tim Keating - Orrie Does it Again ...... 43 Fred Klein - The Best Prank Ever!!! ...... 43 1st Co. USNA Stories ...... 44 Grant Lee Graeber ...... 44 Pressing Greek Wine in Uniform ...... 45 Scott W McKenzie ...... 47 10

The Noon Formation ...... 48 Vincent Novela Zabala Jr...... 50 First Day Transformation ...... 50 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Academia ...... 52 Philip Parker (12th Company) - We All Had Majors ...... 52 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES - Cheerleading ...... 54 Ray Miller (29th Company) - “The Bikes” ...... 54 2ND COMPANY ...... 55 2nd Company USNA Vignettes ...... 56 Carl Inskeep - Tear Gas On The National Mall ...... 56 Leon Schierer – The Christmas Music Experiment...... 57 Leon Schierer – Sudsing the Fountain ...... 57 2nd Co. USNA Stories ...... 59 Carl Inskeep ...... 59 Persistence Pays – A Love Story ...... 60 Larry Simoneaux ...... 62 On Being AWOL ...... 62 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Ever ...... 65 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC ...... 68 Pete Schneider (34th Company) – Tea Fights ...... 68 3RD COMPANY ...... 70 3rd Co. USNA Stories ...... 73 Bradley Dayton Closson ...... 73 The Missing Man ...... 74 Michael J Kehoe ...... 78 The Day I Realized I Would Survive ...... 79 Greyhound Races ...... 80 James Joseph (Joe) Sheppard ...... 82 Joe Sheppard’s USNA Vignettes ...... 83 11

The Great Popcorn Caper ...... 83 The Joe Sheppard Memorial Room ...... 83 Hunt and Kill Mission under the Sink ...... 83 Sailing ...... 84 ‘Lady’ Meets the OOD ...... 85 Plebe Boxing ...... 85 Jack Williams ...... 86 A Room With A View ...... 86 EDITOR’S CHOICE – The Seven Mile Limit ...... 88 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - The Ox Bow Innocents ...... 89 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Big Brothers ...... 91 Mike Stewart (7th Company) - Being a Big Brother ...... 91 SIGN OF THE TIMES – “Teach Me Tiger” ...... 95 Jim Yeakley – 12th Company ...... 95 4TH COMPANY ...... 96 4th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 97 Alan Schaffter - Key West Diving – Rapture For The Deep ...... 97 Steve Dunphy – Parents’ Weekend ...... 98 4th Co. USNA Stories ...... 99 Mark Charles Scharfe ...... 99 ‘Twas the Week Before Army/Navy and… ...... 100 Robert W. Stuart ...... 104 The Longest Mile ...... 105 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – NAFAC ...... 106 Hugh Marcy (18th Company) – Foreign Affairs Took Hold ...... 106 5TH COMPANY ...... 108 5th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 109 John Muncie - Food Fight!! ...... 109 Al Hutchins - A ‘Vulture’ Gets Grounded ...... 110 12

Bruce McClure - Welcome to Annapolis! ...... 110 Wayne Peters - Hide and Seek – Navy Style ...... 110 John Muncie - An Army/Navy Bullshit Session ...... 111 5th Co. USNA Stories ...... 112 Ed Ammons ...... 112 5th Company Color Parade 1971 ...... 113 The Rest of The Story ...... 114 Leo Orest Hura ...... 116 The Great Plebe Soccer Team of 1967 ...... 117 Alfred G. Hutchins, Jr...... 120 Al Hutchins USNA Vignettes ...... 121 Corpus Mortori...... 121 Window Closing Retaliation ...... 121 5th Company’s Got Talent ...... 122 Terry Kremian ...... 123 5th Company and their ‘Blaze’ of Glory ...... 124 Bob Pearce ...... 125 His 21st Was Almost A Career Ending Event ...... 126 Bill Meyers ...... 127 100th Night Hijinks ...... 127 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Salty Sam ...... 129 Perry Martini (9th Company) – A Reluctant Volunteer ...... 129 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Black Studies ...... 131 Phil Keuhlen (17th Company) – Creating a New Academy Program ...... 131 6TH COMPANY ...... 133 6th Company Vignette ...... 135 Jim Waddell – The Mystery Girl ...... 135 Chris Funke - USMA And The Chapel Lawsuit ...... 135 6th Co. USNA Stories ...... 137 Jim Bolcar ...... 137 13

Calling Coogan’s Bluff ...... 138 Dave Martin ...... 143 Mark Ablett’s Midnight Formation ...... 144 James Bryant Waddell ...... 147 Worse Than a Bull in a China Shop ...... 147 For Whom the (Reveille) Bell Tolls ...... 149 SIGN OF THE TIMES – POWs/MIAs ...... 151 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - The Rotunda Boards ...... 151 EDITOR’S CHOICE – Emma Townie ...... 153 Jerry Geil-20th Company ...... 153 7TH COMPANY ...... 154 7th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 155 Dave Miller - Mike Morrell’s Pseudo-cide ...... 155 Mike Stewart – How Sleepy Hollow Got Me Fried ...... 157 Rick Ziska – What to do ‘After’ the Crash ...... 158 Dave Miller - Adult Beverage Fiasco ...... 158 Jerry Byrnes – The Ghosts of the Conyngham ...... 159 Mike Stewart – Self-Restriction Blue and Gold ...... 159 Bob Richardson – Beat Army Underway ...... 160 Dave Miller - Cramming For Basketball ...... 161 7th Co. USNA Stories ...... 162 Michael P. Morrell ...... 162 Coach Jack Cloud ...... 163 Who Flies? Who Buys? ...... 164 How Not To Become An Engineer ...... 167 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – WRNV Radio ...... 171 Dave Stahlhut (29th Company) – The Life of a Tone-Deaf DJ ...... 171 8TH COMPANY ...... 172 8TH company USNA Vignettes ...... 173 14

Scott-Burd – The Legend of Garry Jaunal ...... 173 Scott-Burd – The Prankster ...... 174 8th Co. USNA Stories ...... 175 John Scott Burd ...... 175 The Ultimate Over-the-Wall or How to Steal Tecumseh ...... 175 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - Kevin Dolan The Thespian ...... 182 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Painting Tecumseh ...... 184 Brian Horais (8th Company) – War Paint Art ...... 184 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Over The Wall ...... 186 Charles T. Carroll (31st Company) - Risks, Rewards, and Motivations ...... 186 9TH COMPANY ...... 188 9th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 191 Bill Emslie – Trident Project ...... 191 9th Co. USNA Stories ...... 193 Bill Emslie ...... 193 Porsche Overboard ...... 194 The Interview ...... 195 Perry James Martini ...... 199 Salty Sam ‘71 Revisited ...... 200 William E. (Pappy) Yocum, Jr...... 203 Forgotten Rifle ...... 204 Guilty by Association ...... 205 SIGN OF THE TIMES - The Dirty Dozen (Plus 2) ...... 208 Submitted by the “Dirty Dozen” ...... 208 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Pop Music ...... 212 Bob Wolnewitz (13th Company) – What Could go Wrong? ...... 212 10TH COMPANY ...... 214 10th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 215 15

Dave Bloomer - Great Times During Plebe Year Meals ...... 215 Roger Franssen - Conclusion Jumping in College Park, Maryland ...... 216 Jim Garrow - A Little Food from Home ...... 216 Dave Bloomer - Hijinks at the Bridge Table ...... 216 10th Co. USNA Stories ...... 218 David R Bloomer ...... 218 The True Legend of Rip Van Winkle ...... 219 It’s All in the Professor ...... 220 Roger A. Franssen, A Midshipman’s Bio ...... 222 February’s Song ...... 223 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The Honor Board ...... 225 Bill Nielsen (6th Company) - The of the United States Naval Academy . 225 SIGN OF THE TIMES – “Strike Army” ...... 227 Tom Ledvina – 18th Company ...... 227 11TH COMPANY ...... 229 11th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 231 Jack W. Frost ...... 231 EDITOR’S CHOICE – Coach Glen Warner ...... 234 (The ’71 Soccer Team) - “The Great One” ...... 234 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – NACA ...... 238 Chris Funke (6th Company) – A Blessing in Disguise ...... 238 12TH COMPANY ...... 240 12th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 241 Lambert Heikes – Inflate Your What??? ...... 241 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - Ode To The Panther ...... 242 12th Co. USNA Stories ...... 243 Philip K Parker ...... 243 Admiral Calvert ...... 243 16

The Mats ...... 245 Vulture’s Row ...... 247 Jim Yeakley ...... 251 Yeakley’s Story ...... 252 Maude Emerges ...... 252 If Called Upon to be a Panther, Don’t Anther ...... 255 The Irish Pennant ...... 257 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Running From the OOD ...... 263 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) – No Catch and Release Here ...... 263 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Reef Points ...... 266 John L Morris (30th Company) – Battle of the Rates ...... 266 13TH COMPANY ...... 267 13th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 268 Rick Schuknect - The Dining-In Fiasco ...... 268 Barry Boswell – Out For A Beer ...... 269 Rick Schuknect – A Recurring Dream ...... 269 13th Co. USNA Stories ...... 270 Richard E Schuknecht ...... 270 It Was Harley Any Accident at All ...... 271 SIGN OF THE TIMES – ’71 Takes Command ...... 273 Mike Hecomovich (5th Company) - Proving The Inmates Can Run The Asylum ...... 273 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Ski Club ...... 275 Steve Butkus (24th Company) – Skiing the Ravine ...... 275 14TH COMPANY ...... 277 14TH Company USNA Vignettes ...... 280 Bob Goodwin - 100th Night for the Class of 1968 ...... 280 Denny Desmond – Fast As A Sunbeam ...... 280 Denny Desmond – The Wig Incident ...... 281 Bob Capra – A Bill Organek Memory ...... 281 17

14th Co. USNA Stories ...... 283 Dennis Desmond...... 283 The High Line and the Horse Collar ...... 283 Micajah Wilson Newman ...... 286 My First 24 Hours at USNA ...... 286 The Boxer’s Rebellion ...... 290 First Class Cruise Control ...... 293 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Olmsted Scholarship ...... 297 Jerry Geil (20th Company) – Foreign Studies ...... 297 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Lacrosse In Houston ...... 300 Ed Tilden (22nd Company) - Houston, We Have Midshipmen ...... 300 15TH COMPANY ...... 302 15th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 303 Scott Hornung - Not Everyone Makes Admiral ...... 303 15th Co. USNA Stories ...... 305 Jim Creelman ...... 305 Jim Creelman USNA Vignettes ...... 307 Reef Points ...... 307 Academic Board Night ...... 308 Jim Creelman - Navy Blue and Gold ...... 308 Annapolis 500 ...... 309 The USNA Immediate Bachelor’s Program ...... 310 Scott Hornung ...... 312 Attention World! ...... 313 Don Williams...... 315 Don Williams USNA Vignettes ...... 315 Don Williams - Cold Duck ...... 315 Don Williams - Charter House Demolition Party ...... 316 Don Williams – The Sponsors ...... 317 Don Williams - Cooling Off in the Reflection Pool ...... 317 18

BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – SCUBA ...... 320 Jim Bolcar (6th Company) – A Bi-Polar Adventure Club ...... 320 The Qualification ...... 320 Being Instructors ...... 321 Diving Under The Ice ...... 321 Talk About Cold ...... 322 Cave Diving ...... 322 Reef Diving ...... 323 Way Too Much Sun ...... 324 EDITOR’S CHOICE – Spook’s Ball ...... 325 John L Morris (30th Company) ...... 325 16TH COMPANY ...... 327 16th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 331 Jeff Albright – The Choir Goes to New York ...... 331 Mark Macklin - Skitmaster ...... 331 Jay Minnich - My Youngster Cruise Experience - 1968 ...... 332 Paul Timmins – The Great Ice Cream Caper ...... 333 Jay Minnich - Firsty Cruise or How many Ships can I Go on in 1970? ...... 334 John Calia – Singing in Saint Patrick’s ...... 335 Jay Minnich - The USNA Risk Course and the Final Call ...... 336 16th Co. USNA Stories ...... 337 Jeffrey H Albright ...... 337 The Night Before – Army 1967 ...... 338 Close Encounter of Another Kind ...... 339 Skip Clarkson ...... 341 Pensacola - Watermelons and Thunderstorms ...... 342 John H (Jay) Minnich ...... 343 Out of The Blue ...... 344 William J (Jeff) Steelman ...... 346 The Cruise Box...... 346 19

The Green Wall ...... 348 Perilous Leap...... 349 Boxing Class ...... 351 Close but no Cigar …Twice ...... 352 The Academic Benefits of Being Knocked Unconscious ...... 353 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Race Relations ...... 355 Mike Hecomovich (5th Company) – Alex Haley and Roots ...... 355 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Jungle Warfare ...... 356 Scott McKenzie (1st Company) - Rumble in the Jungle – Summer, 1968 ...... 356 17TH COMPANY ...... 361 17th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 363 Tom Dussman – Fox Division ...... 363 Phil Keuhlen – Pete Ibert’s Downfall ...... 364 17th Co. USNA Stories ...... 364 Phil Joseph Keuhlen ...... 364 A Tense Dinner With The Superintendent ...... 365 The Press Gang ...... 366 Paul B. Long ...... 369 Peanuts ...... 370 Charles William May ...... 371 Lacrosse In The Astrodome ...... 372 SIGN OF THE TIMES – My Rickover Interview ...... 374 Dick Cooper (33rd Company) - He Threw Me Out But Still Accepted Me...... 374 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC ...... 379 Pete Schneider (34th Company) – The First Homecoming Queen ...... 379 18TH COMPANY ...... 381 18th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 383 Mike Greene - The Wrong Academy ...... 383 Bill Brasel - The First Academy ‘Geek’? ...... 384 20

Mike Greene - Honor Bound??? ...... 384 Jim Rehkopf – Clearing the High Bar ...... 385 Bill Brasel (w Hugh Marcy and Patrick Dunford) - The Blue Room ...... 385 Excerpt from the 1971 Lucky Bag – Bob Chimenti’s Lapse of Judgement ...... 386 Bob Nelson– The SEAL Who Cheered ...... 386 18th Co. USNA Stories ...... 388 Mark Garland Cooksey ...... 388 What I Learned Climbing Herndon ...... 388 Youngster Cruise on the USS Newport News (CA148) ...... 389 Michael J L Greene Jr...... 393 Dear Future CNO – I want to go to Vietnam ...... 394 Daniel George Hickey...... 398 A Canadian Club Cruise ...... 399 Thomas Arnn Hayman ...... 401 Plebe Year Lessons that Last a Lifetime ...... 402 Experience Matters ...... 402 Beyond Bravery ...... 403 It Takes a Company ...... 404 Missed the Bus at West Point and Ended Up in Hawaii! ...... 405 Andrew F. Mazzara ...... 407 The Almost Missing A-4 Skyhawk ...... 408 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Dive Club ...... 410 Alan Schaffter (4th Company) – Maybe It’s Better, Down Where It’s Wetter ...... 410 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Toasting Guests ...... 412 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) – A Bread Too Far ...... 412 19TH COMPANY ...... 415 19th Co. USNA Stories ...... 417 Bob Morris ...... 417 Abandon Ship! ...... 417 Best Happy Hour Ever! ...... 420 21

20TH COMPANY ...... 424 20th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 426 Lucky Bag Excerpt – Sandy Bernard and Seagoing Collisions ...... 426 Jim Bryant - “Kick the Collision Alarm” ...... 426 Kurt Holmquist – Ducati Memories ...... 426 20th Co. USNA Stories ...... 427 David Chaney ...... 427 Jerry Geil ...... 428 Nautical Language ...... 429 Torpedo los! ...... 431 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Handball ...... 433 Dave Chaney (20th Company) - An Intramural Sport Went National ...... 433 SIGN OF THE TIMES - Dark Ages Blues ...... 435 Keith Nadolski (30th Company) - The Fight of the Century ...... 435 21st COMPANY ...... 438 21ST Company USNA Vignettes ...... 439 Bill Bashore – Last Man Inducted ...... 439 Joe Wargo - How the Curly Shuffle Gave Me Confidence ...... 440 Bill Bashore – Plebe Year Highjinks ...... 441 Bill Bashore – Distress Call in the Stribling Tunnel ...... 441 21st Co. USNA Stories ...... 442 Harry W. Bashore, III ...... 442 A Brief History of 21st Company ...... 443 Mike Jastrab ...... 446 Miss Colorado Meets Mister Jocko ...... 447 John Lowell McCorkle...... 450 I Was Once a Midshipman ...... 451 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Trident Magazine ...... 455 Tom Dussman (17TH Company) – Tiny Office-Big Ideas ...... 455 22

22nd COMPANY ...... 457 22nd Company USNA Vignettes ...... 458 Lucky Bag – How Not to be Famous Like Tom Hoffman ...... 458 22nd Co. USNA Stories ...... 459 Richard Erben Alvarez ...... 459 Coogan Gets Tough ...... 460 Arlington R. (Bob) Miller...... 462 First Came The Buzz, Next Came The Rash, Then Came Navy Air ...... 463 Ed Tilden ...... 466 “…if They Can’t Take a Joke” ...... 467 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) ...... 469 Tom Sydnor and My Crooked Hat ...... 469 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Underground Press ...... 471 Buck Collins (17th Company) – Damn The Lit Majors ...... 471 23rd COMPANY ...... 472 23rd Company USNA Vignettes ...... 475 Don Rockwell - I Got the Brick ...... 475 John Eldridge - Here I Am Mom...... 475 Mike Hallahan - Starting From the Basics ...... 476 John Feeney - Intro to the Naval Academy ...... 477 Jim Hergenroeder – Tone Deaf ...... 478 Tom Gross – Doug Hits the Bullseye ...... 478 John Eldridge - The Biggest Balls in the Hall ...... 479 Tom Stevens - Snow Skis and Summer Cruise ...... 481 Hank Turowski - My Brother Can March ...... 481 John Schuyler – Accidental F Bomb ...... 482 Hank Turowski - Joe Boteler – The Plebe ...... 483 Dave Odland - What It Looks Like ...... 484 Paul Swetland – Phantom Aromas ...... 484 Pat Doyle – Two Songs ...... 485 23

John Eldridge - Pro Films ...... 485 Mike Hallahan - Mistaken Identity ...... 486 Jack Conrad – Pick-up Basketball ...... 487 Hank Turowski – John Feeney the Color Midshipman ...... 488 Jim Hergenroeder - Pass the Brussel Sprouts, Sir! ...... 489 John Schuyler - The Roof is Peaceful As Can Be ...... 490 John Eldridge - Hank’s Sham Shirt ...... 490 Dave Odland - Merry Popcorn! ...... 491 Paul Swetland - Naked Plebe Windows Detail ...... 491 John Eldridge – Soaping Michelson’s Fountain ...... 491 23rd Co. USNA Stories ...... 493 Charles Alan Perkins ...... 493 Five Mids, One Cop, And The Commandant ...... 493 What’s this Handle For? ...... 494 Henry J Turowski ...... 496 The Other Side Of The Moon ...... 497 Second-Class Motivational Comearounds ...... 498 Charles E Wood Jr ...... 501 A Wartime First Class Cruise ...... 502 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Weightlifting ...... 504 Dave Whitman (3rd Company) – It’s Good To Feel Strong ...... 504 24TH COMPANY ...... 507 24th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 509 Lucky Bag – The Little Chile Bean ...... 509 24th Co. USNA Stories ...... 510 Pete Brady...... 510 John Paulson ...... 511 The Road to the 1970 Army-Navy Game ...... 511 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) ...... 515 Rick Hormel’s Naples Cruise Surprise ...... 515 24

SIGN OF THE TIMES – Institutional Power ...... 517 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - They Fried Them All! ...... 517 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The Spiffys ...... 519 Roger Young (14th Company) ...... 519 25TH COMPANY ...... 523 25th Co. USNA Stories ...... 525 Ed Bouton ...... 525 My USNA Experience – Senseless Attrition ...... 526 Karl Schwelm...... 529 A Strategic Lacrosse Error ...... 530 Richard Francis Walsh ...... 532 Walshing Mathilda ...... 532 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Sailing Squadron ...... 534 Ross Dessert (20th Company) – Our Time on the Bay and Offshore...... 534 26TH COMPANY ...... 537 26th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 538 Len Smith - My First Day as a Plebe ...... 538 26th Co. USNA Stories ...... 539 Leonard Gregory Smith III ...... 539 No Ticky - No Laundry ...... 540 Facing the Music after Taps ...... 541 “The Inner Workings…of My Chronometer…” ...... 542 Dogfighting The Air Force ...... 544 If The Stack Goes We Go With It ’71 ...... 545 SIGN OF THE TIMES – A Real Plebe Year ...... 549 EJ Bozarth (28th Company) - Perspective From the 12th Company ...... 549 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The LOG ...... 552 Brad Foster (9th Company) ...... 552 25

Brad Foster – The Brigade’s Magazine ...... 552 27TH COMPANY ...... 555 27th Co. USNA Vignettes ...... 557 Mark Gardner – Plebes Watch Training ...... 557 27th Co. USNA Stories ...... 558 Brenton C Greene ...... 558 And the Lights Came On while the Speakers Blasted...... 558 A4 Skyhawk ...... 560 John Lawrence Massie ...... 562 Disaster at Watch Inspection ...... 563 Chariot Races ...... 568 Rex W. Settlemoir ...... 572 First Class Cruise ...... 572 SIGN OF THE TIMES - Sleepy Hollow ...... 578 Bob Fritz (35th Company) - The Real Legend ...... 578 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – USNA Glee Club 1967-1971 ...... 580 Dennis Walsh (25th Company) ...... 580 28TH COMPANY ...... 582 28th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 583 Phil Williams - Ring Dance Trash Can Proposal ...... 583 Phil Williams - Beware of Greeks ...... 584 Phil Williams - There’s no ‘Sub’ In This Marine ...... 584 28th Company USNA Stories ...... 585 Scott A Fry ...... 585 The Dishwasher ...... 586 Steven R Purdy...... 588 National Champions Crew ...... 588 Phil Williams ...... 591 A Marine at Annapolis ...... 592 26

BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Cannoneers ...... 594 Dave Polatty and Dave Polzien (19th Company) ...... 594 SIGN OF THE TIMES – Father “Jake” ...... 596 Tom Laboon (18th Company) ...... 596 29TH COMPANY ...... 597 29th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 598 Dave Stahlhut - A Firstie of Note ...... 598 G Wiz Pickett – The Secret Television ...... 599 Dave Stahlhut - A Famous Firstie ...... 599 Ray Miller - Youngster Year Television ...... 599 G Wiz Pickett – The Morse Code Spy ...... 599 Dave Stahlhut - Deutshe Panik ...... 600 Ray Miller - Graduate Record Exam Speed Record ...... 600 Dave Stahlhut - Die Besten Pläne - Cambiarte...... 601 29th Co. USNA Stories ...... 603 William E. Lukens ...... 603 Youngster Cruise UFO ...... 603 Tiger Rules ...... 604 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Drums and Bugles ...... 607 Ron Route (6th Company) - Reflections - 1967-1971...... 607 SIGN OF THE TIMES– Drags ...... 609 Andy Mazzara (18th Company) ...... 609 30TH COMPANY ...... 612 30th Company Vignettes ...... 613 Henry Wilder - A Tribute to John Condon ...... 613 John Morris - The Anatomy of a Weaponeer...... 614 Henry Wilder - Everyone Loves a Midshipman ...... 614 Russ Shaw - The “tail” of the Nun and the Christmas Hound ...... 615 John Morris - ‘Morris’ Comes in Two Flavors ...... 616 27

Charlie Harris - Hondula To The Rescue ...... 616 Ed Carlton - The Oldest Salt...... 617 George Hondula - The JPJ Bust Caper ...... 617 John Morris – Field Stripping Comes in Handy ...... 618 30th Co. USNA Stories ...... 619 Ed Carlton ...... 619 Thankful At Thanksgiving ...... 620 Charlie Harris ...... 622 Boxing - Extra Instruction Not Required ...... 623 Boxing Academics ...... 624 William R. Hilton ...... 627 John M Tapajcik ...... 628 A Collision At Sea on Youngster Cruise ...... 629 A South African First Class Cruise ...... 630 SIGN OF THE TIMES – NAVY Spells ...... 633 Hank Turowski (23rd Company) ...... 633 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Hop Committee ...... 635 Hugh Marcy (18th Company) – Mrs. Marshall The Legend ...... 635 31st COMPANY ...... 637 31st Company USNA Vignettes ...... 638 Mike Gaffney - Cleaning Firesides ...... 638 Guy Snodgrass - Of Mice And Mids ...... 639 John Meister - Not A Fan of The Blower ...... 639 Charlie Carroll – Gunsmoke – Without James Arness ...... 640 Mike Gaffney - Taking A Powder ...... 640 Guy Snodgrass - Talk About Stones…...... 641 Joe Enright - Sailing Away ...... 642 Charlie Carroll – Commander, Task Force ...... 642 Guy Snodgrass - The Country Club ...... 642 Mike Gaffney - Good And Tired ...... 643 28

31st Co. USNA Stories ...... 644 Charlie Carroll ...... 644 Relations with Woo-Poos ...... 645 Company Commander into the Drink ...... 647 Guy Snodgrass ...... 650 Saratoga Brews Cruise ...... 651 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Art and Printing ...... 653 Tom Ledvina (18th Company) ...... 653 32nd COMPANY ...... 655 32nd Company USNA Vignettes ...... 657 Kip Hakanson - Easy Rider ...... 657 Kip Hakanson – The Outsider ...... 658 Kip Hakanson – Vietnam Service ...... 658 32nd Co. USNA Stories ...... 658 Ron Hewett ...... 658 Our Finest Hour! ...... 659 Kenneth A Marks ...... 663 Army – Navy 1967 ...... 664 Take a Bow, John Knight, You Deserve it! ...... 665 SIGN OF THE TIMES - The Mandatory Chapel Lawsuit ...... 669 Phil Keuhlen (17th Company ...... 669 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC ...... 673 Pete Schneider (34th Company) – Go-Go Pep Rallies ...... 673 33rd COMPANY ...... 675 33rd Co. USNA Stories ...... 677 John Closs ...... 677 Swim Call in Santee Basin ...... 678 USNA Century Club ...... 679 Richard W. “Dick” Cooper, II ...... 680 29

Free For All Academy Lacrosse ...... 681 Demise of the Ancient Radio...... 682 Sharpshooting Orkin Man ...... 685 Dining on Jewish High Holy Days ...... 687 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Masqueraders ...... 690 Mark Gardner (27th Company) –Charming Mrs. Marshall for Fun and Profit ...... 690 34TH COMPANY ...... 693 34th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 695 Don Beckham - YPs On The Bay ...... 695 Chuck Janes - The Seawall ...... 696 Don Beckham - The Haircut ...... 697 34th Co. USNA Stories ...... 699 Charles L. Keating ...... 699 Hallowed Ground OR Adventures in Sin City OR Welcome to the Jungle ...... 699 SIGN OF THE TIMES – ’71 Retention Rate ...... 702 Bill Emslie (9th Company)-Second Thoughts ...... 702 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Parachute Club ...... 706 Dale Peterson (27th Company) – First ECA Status ...... 706 35TH COMPANY ...... 708 35th Co. USNA Stories ...... 710 Sankey Blanton - Plebe Year Vignettes ...... 711 GPA Troubles ...... 711 Then The Gut Rebeled ...... 711 Pajamas Are Not A Uniform ...... 712 What June Week? ...... 713 I Had Missed The Ship ...... 713 Life Aboard The Newport News ...... 714 After-Math ...... 715 Do The Math ...... 715 30

Robert W Fritz ...... 718 The Untimely Death of Midshipman WT Door ...... 719 William R Nevitt, Jr...... 720 Getting to Texas, July 1970 ...... 720 Night Swimming on the Severn River ...... 723 Troy K. Pyles ...... 727 Second Class Hijinks ...... 728 Flagging Down The Admiral ...... 728 The Disappearing Anchor Bell ...... 729 A Real Fan Of The Mess Hall ...... 731 BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Trident Scholarship ...... 732 Tom Stevens (23rd Company) – Electrons and Oxygen Don’t Mix ...... 732 36TH COMPANY ...... 734 36th Company USNA Vignettes ...... 735 Craig Welling - First Class Army Navy Weekend ...... 735 Jan Milligan - And a Weekend in the Poconos ...... 736 The Lucky Bag – Clive Graham-Mister Clean...... 736 Stew Fisher - Bull Spratting ...... 736 Jim Barron – Three Tales of Coffee ...... 737 The Lucky Bag – Sully Sullivan-The Old Man ...... 738 Craig Welling and Jim Barron - The Red ‘V’ ...... 738 Craig Welling - The ‘Letter’ ...... 739 Jim Barron - June Week Cottage ...... 739 Craig Welling - Classmate ‘B’ ...... 739 Jim Barron - Hotel Bancroft ...... 741 Craig Welling - Over the Wall ...... 742 Jim Barron - The Front Office ‘Oooppps’ ...... 742 Craig Welling - Coogan’s Bluff ...... 743 Jan Milligan - The VW Bus ...... 743 Craig Welling - Dubois’s Boys ...... 744 Jim Barron - High School Visitors ...... 744 31

SIGN OF THE TIMES – Hundredth Night...... 746 Hank Turowski - (23rd Company) ...... 746 EDITOR’S CHOICE – Grand Summations ...... 748 Tim Burns (35th Company) - Our Last Supper ...... 748 In Memoriam ...... 754 Published in 2019 by Paradigm Press. All Rights are Reserved.