Tom Krauser, MM1(SS) B 72-74: the Association Reunion Because No One Initially Is It Spring Yet!!! I Hope the Volunteered to Host the Next Reunion
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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!! VOL. 2020 #3 MARCH 2020 USS HENRY L. STIMSON ASSOCIATION SSBN655 NEWSLETTER Association Officers & Board of Directors 2018 - 2020 PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER OUTGOING PRESIDENT Tom [Marie] Krauser Steve [Terry] Novic Nick [Linda] Nichols Ken [Diane] Meigs Ray [Rita] Kreul Other Positions 2018 - 2020 HISTORIAN / CUSTODIAN WEBMASTER / NEWSLETTER CHAPLAIN STOREKEEPER / SHIPS STORE Larry [Linda] Knutson Nick [Linda] Nichols Jake Morris Jim [Suzie] Weaver From the Association President - In the past we have come close to cancelling Tom Krauser, MM1(SS) B 72-74: the association reunion because no one initially Is it Spring yet!!! I hope the volunteered to host the next reunion. This is your ground hog is right this year and time to shine. winter is almost over. Marie and I If you have any questions or concerns for the went to Baton Rouge to see my board, please feel free to contact us so we can daughter Amy in January and I address them. worked on her ―Daddy Do‖ list for most of the time —————————————————————— I was there and still did not get it finished! Then REUNION CONTROL CENTER we went to Port Lavaca, TX to see my mother and 2020 Stimson Reunion family. The weather was fairly good (around 70 October 7-11, 2020 compared to upstate NY). Hotel: Holiday Inn Dick Young and the reunion committee have 1717 Airport Exchange Blvd. the 2020 reunion in Cincinnati Ohio in good shape Erlanger, KY 41018 and people are sending in their registrations. The reunion will be here before we know it! Time to Shipmates, start making plans to attend. Look for Dick‘s First of all, some personal news. I‘m quitting updates in the newsletters. my job at VW and starting a new job, if you can Shipmates…every reunion we struggle to get a call it that on February 29. Here is a picture of my shipmate to host the next reunion and only at the new office: last second does someone step up and volunteer. I'll be working my dream job at the local county We are NOW ASKING our shipmates to golf course in the Pro Shop, its about 10 minutes consider hosting the next reunion in 2022. Please from the house. Our county has 6 golf courses consider and submit possible sites to me and the total. And I will be adding money to my retirement board BEFORE this reunion so at the reunion we fund since I retired from the county in 2001. All the only have to vote on the actual site. FREE golf I can play!!! 1 [email protected] —————————————————————— From the Association Historian/Memorabilia Custodian - Larry Knutson, MMCS(SS) B 79-81 USSVI-Charleston Base: If you were on the Gold Crew during any portion Bob Weeks was the CO you completed a check-in card for him. The box of cards is now held by our base secretary. If you would like a copy of your card sent to you please contact our Reunion Info: Secretary at [email protected]. Shipmates, not much new to report on the —————————————————————— reunion. All the plans have been in place for From The Editor months. Check the 655 website for all of the <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> details. 34 registrations have been received so Eternal Patrol (EP) Page Updates far; you can view the attendance roster on the One of my least favorite and most depressing web. Don't forget the deadline for the early jobs to do in this newsletter is to add names of our attendance prize of 2 free rooms is April 1st, shipmates to the Eternal Patrol List. Before I add drawing to be held during the reunion. Your early anyone‘s name I do my best to verify the shipmate registration is appreciated and will be a big has passed away. You would not believe how help on planning. Also, check our ships many emails I receive saying that xxx has passed FaceBook site. I post a different plane that can be and when I ask for more info the common story is seen at the WPAFB. Just type in USS Henry L that so and so sent me an email, I saw it on Stimson in the search bar. Facebook, or my favorite...I haven‘t heard from Short and sweet, don't want to keep repeating him in a long time. myself. My verification methods include, online Please contact me if you have any reunion obituaries from funeral homes, Legacy.com, the questions. Our goal is to get our shipmates USSVI National EP List, Stimson shipmates who together, relive old times, tell a few sea stories send me verifiable info, and family members who and provide a good time for all. have contacted me via email or phone call. Any Questions please feel free to contact me Additionally, I have been very fortunate to have using the Reunion email address. //Dick Young a super-sleuth who has helped me tremendously. 2 He has been doing a great service to our Stimson LOST CONTACT WITH THESE SHIPMATES Association with his computer searches to find After sending the October and November anything he can on our shipmates who have newsletters I received bounces from the following passed away. Don Ort, The info he locates is Stimson crewmembers. If anyone can give me a used extensively when setting up the shipmate‘s current and good email address on these shipmates memorial page on the website. I will very much appreciate it. LKA = last known The process of entering any shipmate into the address Eternal Patrol List is as follows: Boggs, Charles ‗Chuck‘ [LKA: Largo FL] Receive info from somewhere/someone of the Wise, Bill [LKA: Philadelphia PA] death. Hobart, David ‗Dave‘ [LKA: Sweet Home OR] Verify - verify - verify Brittingham, Richard [LKA: Two Rivers WI] Change the online Sailing List to indicate the Appel, Al [LKA: Stonefort IL] shipmate is on EP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Add his name to our separate listing that is Sharing Pictures with Shipmates: used for our EP service during our reunions If anyone has pictures you would like to share Add his name to our EP webpage with your shipmates please follow the directions in Establish a memorial page on the website for this link and I will be glad to put them in the the shipmate. These can be found on the EP newsletter. webpage by clicking on the shipmate‘s name if Picture Upload Instructions (to Dropbox) there is a link indicated. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remove his email address from my broadcast —————————————————————— email address book. In cases where he was The Lean Submariner married, I will attempt to contact the widow and Here‘s the latest posts on the blog. Still going see if she still desires to receive the strong. The link to his blog is newsletter. If so I will send that to her each https://theleansubmariner.com/ month. ***** As you can see, this is a lengthy process and if Fast Attack Submarines in 1958 – Refining it wasn't‘ for the help of Don and other shipmates the Concept by Mister Mac - In 1958, the race it would be an impossible task. to build better and faster submarines had I would also like to thank all of you who have already been underway for a few years. Admiral contacted me with EP info on our shipmates. I Rickover had previously stated that the Nautilus hope I don‘t forget anyone but if I do, please know design was only the beginning of the evolution. that your input has been invaluable to our Stimson By 1958, the world of underwater warfare was Association. rapidly taking shape IMPORTANCE OF Don Ort Debbie Marzan NUCLEAR PROPULSION – 1958 ALL HANDS Steve Mauldin Ray Kreul MAGAZINE Nuclear […] Read more of this Gerry Weeks Tom Vaughan post Russ Kury Jeff Bricmont ***** Todd Stowell Bob Sands The Heart of Freedom by Mister Mac - The Jamie Thurber Alan Edmiston Heart of Freedom It‘s interesting to see the Elliot Rada Loree Riggs young people of today flocking to a man who is Russ Kearney Danny Sine a professed socialist. Bernie no longer even Janet Kelewae Cindy Murray makes a pretext of someone who embraces Larry Hibert Chuck Hladik traditional American values. He continues to David Huckeba Phil Bettencourt point out the difference between the ―classes‖ John D. Fleming Jerry Blevins and the ―masses‖ which are all code words used Marietta Smith […] Read more of this post <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ***** 3 War in the Pacific – February 1945 by Mister ETC(SS) Jesse Raymond Koontz ? 68-70 Mac - Originally posted on Departed on Eternal Patrol 24 August 2018 theleansubmariner: The war in the Pacific (Verified by USSVI) was raging at full force in February of 1945. The battles in the Philippines were brutal and MT?(SS) Kenneth E. Coffey G 76-79 costly for the warriors and the people who Departed on Eternal Patrol 13 September 2004 lived there. Iwo Jima was about to be invaded (Info update by Steve Mauldin & Debbie Marzan) costing the lives of many brave American ===== Marines and Japanese defenders. Back… The direct link to the Association Eternal Patrol Read more of this post page is: http://ssbn655.org/eternal-patrol/ ***** eternal-patrol.html USS Pittsburgh SSN 720 Closing Remarks _______________________________________ from Admiral Douglas Perry by Mister Mac - As part of the chronicling of the activities related to the Inactivation of the USS Pittsburgh, I reached out to the major WELCOME ABOARD: Found & Updated participants of the event. This is the last Shipmates installment and contains remarks made by the (Shipmate has contacted us to be added or have guest speaker RDML Doug Perry, Commander info updated on our Sailing List.