Category: Shipmate’s Stories

Manley, Tom

Manley, Tom

It was with heartfelt sadness that I learned today of our beloved shipmate Tom Manley’s passing this morning (Saturday, Feb 9, 2008). Tom’s son Christopher called me at noon to inform me of his...

Maiorino, Carl

Maiorino, Carl

CS3 CARL ANTHONY MAIORINO – 21 November 1959 to 25 July 1963 I Carl Anthony Maiorino, “Cookie” was born 10 February 1941 at San Francisco, California. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I...

Lucas, John

Lucas, John

LTJG JOHN R. LUCAS 23 April 1960-63 I John R. Lucas, “Luke” was born 5 February 1937, at Visalia, California. Currently I am bald. My eyes are hazel. I commenced Officer Candidate School at...

Hook, James

Hook, James

EM3 JAMES HOOK 22 November 1964 I James William Hook “Jim” was born 25 November 1944, at Susanville, California. I had brown eyes and hair, which is now grey. I joined the navy in...

Garcia, Casey

Garcia, Casey

SKI CASEY GARCIA- 27 August 1961 to 63 I Casey Garcia was born at Brooklyn, Ohio. I served eight years in the Navy, the last two aboard USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD 754). In...

Edwards, Stan

Edwards, Stan

CS3 STANLEY KENNETH EDWARDS – 7 April 1961 – August 64 I Stanley Kenneth Edwards was born 20 February 1941 at Auburn, Maine. My eyes are blue and I had blonde hair. I enlisted...

Cuzzupe, Larry

Cuzzupe, Larry

ICFN LAWRENCE P. CUZZUPE 15 April 1964 I, Lawrence “Larry” Cuzzupe, was born 1 November 1944, at Eugene, Oregon. My eyes and hair are brown. My father was Italian and my mother was Irish....

Wright, Clayton

Wright, Clayton

FTG2 CLAYTON C. WRIGHT 19 May 1961-63 I Clayton C. Wright “CC” was born on 12 August 1942. I enlisted in the Navy at Kansas City, Kansas on 26 May 1960, and went to...