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USS Haddo Newsletter Came Today, So I Am Writing to Let You Know That Bill Heuer Passed Away on April 17Th 2004 USS HADDO NEWSLETTER Volume 2 Issue 31 August 2005 Editors - Ray & Susie Butters E-Mail - Ray [email protected] the Gudgeon's "Find em, Chase em, Sink em." I was on FROM THE EDITOR the Spearfish evacuating nurses from Corregidor and The article below is one of those thought provoking the Skate when she surfaced at the North Pole. I have items that gets handed from submarine buddy to spent time in the Royal Hawaiian. For I am a submarine buddy. I think I can relate to each of the Submariner. paragraphs and I thought you might like a trip down I have gone by names like Spritz, Cromwell, O'Kane, memory lane too. Ramage, Breault, "Mush" and Lockwood. I have For I am a Submariner served on boats like the Nautilus, Thresher, Parche, by John Chaffey Squalus, Wahoo and Halibut. On December 7th I was onboard the Tautog at Pearl Harbor. I was also on the I served on the Holland over a century ago. And I still Tusk in 49 and sacrificed myself for my shipmates on serve to this day on the Trident, Los Angeles & Seawolf the Cochino. For I am a Submariner. class boats and look forward to shipping on the Virginia, Texas, and Hawaii. Places like Fremantle, I have stood watches in the cold of Holy Loch and the Rota, LaMadd, Chinhae, Pattaya, Sasebo, and Subic stir heat of the South Pacific. I know what the "41 For my soul. For I am a Submariner. Freedom" accomplished. I was on the Sealion at Cavite in 41 and the Archerfish in Tokyo Bay in 45. I have I rest in peace beneath many seas across this earth. I endured depth charges and POW camps. I was on the was on the Barbel off Palawan, the Scorpion off the Seafox when we lost five sailors to a Japanese ambush Azores and the Bonefish in the Sea of Japan. We gave on Guam. For I am a Submariner. them hell in the harbors at Wewak and Namkwan. I am a Shellback, a Bluenose, a Plank Owner, a MCPO of the I tip beers over sea-stories with my shipmates at yearly Navy, a CNO, and a President. For I am a Submariner. conventions. We toll the bell and shed a tear for our buddies who are on eternal patrol. Many pilots have I heard Howard Gilmore's final order, "Take Her been glad to see me, including a future president. I Down." I heard the word passed, "Underway on have completed numerous highly classified missions Nuclear Power." I have done every job asked of me, during the Cold War. Because "Freedom Is Not Free," from Messcook to Torpedoman to Motormac to COB to be assured that I am out there at this very moment. For Skipper. I know "Snorkel Patty" and Admiral I am a Submariner. Rickover. For I am a Submariner. I have twin Dolphins tattooed on my chest and twin 2006 HADDO REUNION screws tattooed on my ass. I know the difference by Ken Brenner between a Lady and a Hooker but treat both with equal respect. I know Georgia Street and Magsaysay drive. The time is drawing closer for our third reunion - And although the Horse & Cow keeps moving I will November, 2006! It doesn't seem like it's been that long always find her. I know the meaning of "Hot, Straight, since the last one in Groton (I think I'm showing my and Normal." For I am a Submariner. age). As a reminder (guessing that a lot of you could be I have stood tall and received the Medal of Honor and showing your age too!), the next reunion will be held at been thrown in the Brig for being Drunk & Disorderly. or near Pascagoula, Mississippi. This was our home I know the reverent tone of "Diesel Boats Forever" and port after Groton. Page 1 of 10 Here's what's happened thus far: make the process more equitable. 2009! That sure I've received some good information from the sounds a long way off. Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau. So here are a couple of my ideas (and believe me, if you They told me they help with military reunions all the have any ideas on this, do not hesitate to get them to time and will be glad to assist us - FREE! I've studied me). the packet and plan to contact this office again soon to On Sunday, the last day of the 2006 reunion, we meet to get some help with lining up a visit. When I told them select a volunteer from the reunion attendees to host the the projected number of attendees (between 100 - 200, I next reunion. At this meeting we do not decide on the hope it's closer to 200!!), they immediately location. I think the host for following reunions should recommended the Grand Casino in Biloxi. On be an attendee of the previous reunion because we can September 15, my wife Sandra and I will be driving build on the past and potentially make each following down to the area to visit the Grand Casino and any reunion better. Although it would probably be ideal to others they feel would have potential. I'll be looking at have the reunion in the host’s hometown, arrangements the facilities for the hospitality suite, decent group rate can be made long distance (Susie and I made all the for rooms, food costs, banquet facilities and food, arrangements for our Charleston reunion without parking, etc. In reviewing the literature they sent me, leaving San Diego). this hotel has the size meeting rooms we need. However, I plan to look at more than one facility to get As for deciding on a location, I think we should get a comparison. I will let you know the results in the next input from all our Haddo shipmates. If we follow the newsletter. existing process, the next reunion would be in San Diego; Haddo’s last home port. But, if we got an I spoke to Lou Storm recently. He is organizing the overwhelming number of requests to have it in the reunion golf tournament and hopes to go down in late- beautiful mountains at Estes Park, CO (I’m just making fall to look at facilities. I'll try to check those out as that up of course), it would probably increase our well when I'm down there in September and give Lou a number of attendees to follow the majority’s requests. preview. And how would we get these requests? We could revert Via the internet and phone, I'll be checking on things to back to the method we used to select Charleston and in do in that area. My report to you will include a list of the February 2007 newsletter poll everyone on the these activities, their location, and cost (if any). roster. The responses were sparse, but we made a Feel free to contact me with any feedback or questions decision based on the responses we did get. Another you may have about the reunion planning. My home way to poll everybody would be to add a place on the phone number is 770-205-6083, and my e-mail address web site for everyone to make their wants known. That is: [email protected]. may cause some work for Ralph Stroede, but it would PLEASE plan to attend our next reunion, the more that certainly be easier for Susie and me. Either way, we attend, the better it will be! tally up the responses and the majority wins. The only flaw is that the split of Central and Eastern states to God Bless - Ken Western and Pacific states is about 58% to 42%. Of course, we could work a ratio to make the FUTURE HADDO REUNIONS demographics equate, but that’s delving into a little too much detail for right now. At our first Haddo reunion in 2000, we had a meeting Sunday morning to get a volunteer to host the 2003 If you think I was kidding when I asked for your reunion and to vote on the next location. This was done thoughts on this, my last suggestion should calibrate among the Haddo shipmates that attended the reunion. your thinker. We could form a committee, meet at the At the 2003 Haddo reunion, we had another Sunday Horse and Cow some Friday night, hang a map on the morning meeting to do the same thing, but the wives wall, and pick some drunk at random to throw a dart at attended. This process has been the impetus for several it. Assuming the dart hits the map, the committee not-so-happy calls and e-mails. By the time I had would then be responsible for selecting the city closest started getting these calls, the 2006 reunion decisions to the wound. And if the dart misses, the committee were already made. Consequently, it wasn’t reasonable would have to schedule another Friday for a second try. to try to change that. But I did promise these people Call, write, or e-mail me. Oh yeah, you might also that we would take a good look at this process for the think about the time interval between reunions. Haddo 2009 Haddo reunion and make any changes that would Page 2 of 10 was commissioned more than 40 years ago and we have from the crew. I don’t recall Capt. Jack’s response, but lost a lot of shipmates since then.
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