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**All HANDS*r FEE ARY 1968 ONE MORE RECRUIT FOR LASTSEPTEMBER 20 wasNewman tohave sevensons onactive Navy Day m TwinFalls, Idaho.Why? When JohnNewman joinedthe duty at one time. Hecause youngJohn Newman was Navy, his six brothers had ahead) Although almost everyacquaint- joining the Navy, that’s why. given the seaservice a total oj ance of the Newmans seemed to be The Governor of Idaho, a former nearly 50 years of active duty. Five on hand with congratulations, John’s Navyman himselfwas there.The brothers had seenservice in Viet- six brothers were nowhere to be seen oath of enlistment was administered nam and the sixth had pulled duty in Twin Falls. by none less thanCaptain W. R. in the Pacific. All of the well. Their absence, however, was easily traveled Newmans preceding John Gebert, Director of Navy Recruiting explained.They were all in U. S. forthe Eighth Area. Thecaptain, are Golden Dragons. Navyships and navalstations at whocame all the wayfrom San The six brothers have completed points between the west coast of the Francisco for the ceremony, also read the courses necessary for advance- United States and Vietnam. aletter of congratulation from the ment to the rate theyhold and, dur- ingtheir Navy careers, all the Secretary of the Navy. J OHN, although he merited special Radio commentators and reporters brothers with sufficient service have attention,was also acting as a werethere and so werenews pho- beenawarded the Good Conduct kind of ceremonialfocal point for tographers and television cameramen Medal. honors intended for the entire family. -their brightlights flooding the With half a century already be- KirbyNewman, Jr., the oldest of scene andtheir cameras snapping hindthem, the six Newman John’s brothers, missed the festivities and grinding away. brothershave a Navy service po- atTwin Falls because he was com- tential of 120 yearsbefore they Harold F. Smith, AE1, USN, the pleting his 16th year of active Navy Navyrecruiter atTwin Falls was would ordinarily join the Fleet service at the U. S. Naval Aerospace therefeeling proud of a jobwell Reserve. Recovery Facility at El Centro, Calif. done. It waslargely through his If John Newman goes for 20, this Kirby is aphotographer’s mate first interest thatthe day’s eventswere figure would rise to 140 years of class and, one might add, a first class takingplace. active duty in the Navygiven by photographer. Members of the Snake River the sons of one family. George Newman is also a photog- MothballFleet, a group of retired rapher’s mateand is atthe U. s. Navypeople fromMagic Valley, a Navyman? NavalStation Photo Lab onGuam. werepresent as wererelatives and It wasbecause John’s enlistment George is a 12-year Navyman. friends of John and his parents who, wassomething special in two ways. EdwardNewman, an 11-year of course, were there too. First of all, Johnhad workedpar- Navyman, is a machinery repairman So why should the brass, the press, ticularly hard just to join the Navy. and was serving on board uss Sperry the local citizens and all the relatives Secondly, John’s name on the enlist- (AS 12) when John joined the Navy. and friends of the family turnout mentcontract placed his parents Brother Joseph Newman was a bit just to watch John Newman become among the very few in U. S. history farther afield thanEdward. Joseph GONE NAVY-Seventhmember of the Newman family, John M., learnsthe Navy way in boot camp at NTC, San Diego. ALL HANDS S NAVY J OHN NEWMAN had not completed high school, buthe was advised by his brothers that thisin itself would not be a bar to enlistment in the Navy. He would have to pass the basic test battery, however. Several of the Newman boys had worked at civilian jobs before they begantheir military service. With this combination of educationand experienceeach of the six brothers beforehandhad successfully come throughthe testbattery given to prospectiverecruits. Their General Classification Tests also pointed the way tothe diverseNavy fields in which each was interestedand for which he was suited. Duringtheir service careers, the Newman brothers took advantage of theeducation available through the Navy-correspondencecourses, UnitedStates Armed ForcesInsti- DavidNewman, CYN3, USN Joseph Newman, BT2, USN George Newman, PH2, USN Edward Newman, MR2, USN CONGRATULATIONS-The governor of Idaho, Don Samuelson, congratulates John. Rt: Enlistment contract is signed. tuteand Navy schools-to increase came as nosurprise to John New- Petty Officer HaroldSmith, the the scope of their knowledge and to man’s parents that theiryoungest Navy recruiter atTwin Falls, took advance in their rating. son also wanted to join the Navy. John’s rejectionto heart almost as Those who had been in the Navy John’s sketchy education, however, much as John. He justcouldn’t let longenough to make a markfor conspired against him. The first time this happen. themselves had done well and were he tried, he failed the Navy test bat- With Smithat his side,John met considered to be good leaders, skilled tery. the Job Corps’ representative at Twin in their jobs and a creditto the It was a bigdisappointment for Falls and was accepted into the Job service. young John. His brothers were serv- Corps program-as a preliminary to ing in all parts of the world-and making his second application for the WITHSIX OF THEIR SONS already now it appeared he might not make Navy. in the armed forces, it probably it in the Navy. He made the gradewith the Job ~~ Full Crew for USS Siblings, and Others On Sep9 1941, 52-year-old marrieddaughter who apparently When Ernst Schneider, AN, USN Clarence Floyd Patten had the un- did not see her way clear to join the was stationed at NAS, Moffett usualexperience of enlisting as a Waves. Field, Calif. in 1956, he could claim fireman first class, USNR, in the The World War I1 era also saw ninebrothers who either had pre- presence of his seven sons who the seven Mazoway brothers, Louis, vious service in the Navy or who were also Navymen. Leo, Harry, Joe, John, William and were serving with him at that same The enlistmentceremony took Ed, all of whom arereported to time. placeon board uss Nevada (BB 36) have been on activenaval dutyat In the sameyear, seven children andthe sons who werepresent the sametime. of the Moses family of Coxton, Ky., wereGilbert Russel Patten, Allen Duringtheir days in the Navy,were serving in the Navy. Mayo Patten,Clarence Floyd Pat- the Mazoway brotherswere called Sets of twins and tripletsserving ten,Jr., and Myrne Roosevelt Pat-the Mazoway Task Force,which in one ship are well represented as ten-allof whom werefiremen first canbe taken as a tributeto their well as sets of brothers. In 1963, class. effectiveness. class. uss McCufery860), (DD for ex- Theother brothers were Marvin Family combinations are far ample, claimed seven brother com- KennethPatten and BruceCalvin from unusual in the Navy but somebinations and HelicopterAntisub- Pattenwho were watertenders sec- stand out from the others. No suchmarine SquadronTwo had five ond andthird class, respectively, accounting, for example, should brother combinations including two and Roy HartPatten, an apprentice omit families like theLeblancs of sets of identicaltwins. seaman. Litchburg,seaman. Mass. No mattermix how you them up Clarence Patten’s only remaining In 1951, the Leblancsnot only “father, son,brother, sister-the son laterenlisted, thereby making had12 sons anddaughters in the Navy canprobably come up with the Navy membership of thePat- armed forces, seven of the Leblanc the combinationwhich all goes to ten family almost unanimous. brothers had seenservice in the show that, for many, Navy life is a There was onlyone holdout-a UnitedStatesNavy. family affair. 4 ALL HANDS 8, ,, Corps and, after graduation in 1966, was hired hy the Department of Em- It’s All in the Family!,j: ployment. I’ That simple statement covers a lot TheNewman boys arenot what their de@ion bya third brother, of groundfor, as Smithsays: “John show bizmight call the only brother William,8 ;$$I eight-yearNavyman has carriedoutour suggestions act in the Navy. Thereare probably who becfme a data processing and recommendationsto theletter hundreds of them-some more un-technician,after changing his rating throughout the last two and one-half usual than others. from disbjksingclerk. years, and he has hadmany obstacles Recently, for example,James A. Withth$e brothers on stagewith thrown in his path during his time in Steib,SN, USN, reenlisted for six their c;o$puter act,fourtha the Job Corps. A tremendous amount years underthe Navy’sSTAR Pro-brother, j Harry,remains in the of determination.” gram and reported to Data Process- wings. lh!:ry, who persists in being John was gettinginto the swing ingSchool. “A” different, is a fire controltechnician of things now. His job with the De- Such an event, of course, is notaboard :i nuclearsubmarine. partment of Employmentindicates unusual in itself. James Steib‘s re- Withthree brothers on stage his progress: As one of the first enlistment,however, is extraordi- the act is complete. There are prob- youngsters fromMagic Valley to nary in that he has another brother, ably other families which have four graduate from theJob Corps, he John,who also requesteddata sonsserGing on active duty in the wentabout Twin Falls county, ex- processing-under the SCORE Pro- Navy but maybe three in one rating plaining the Joh Corps to high school gram. is, if you will forgive the expression, dropouts. Possibly bothwere influenced in unique. TheEmployment people liked John just fine and asked him to stay in that Drogram. He wasn’t having :ive morefraternal advice on how matches his determinationto enlist. any, 1 1. H~ wallted theingetto along in the Navy thanhethe markJohn Newman will make way to follow his brothersinto the wants Or needs.