| USS Vreeland Log , January 2002 |
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| Name : Nicholas Busan |
22 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : OS2 |
| Years Onboard : 1971-1973 |
| e-mail : nbusan@ucsd.edu |
| Comments : I have great memories from my time aboard the Vreeland. A lot of good people and good times were had. Nice to see this site so that we can keep in contact.
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| Name : Taaffe |
23 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : YNC |
| Years Onboard : 72-75 |
| e-mail : jtaaffe@cox.rr.com |
| Comments : Web site looks good.
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| Name : Ernest Tomberlin |
24 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : SM3 |
| Years Onboard : 71-72 |
| e-mail : ettom723@bellsouth.net |
| Web URL : www.atlantawebservices.net |
| Comments : I remember a time when we were in GTMO and the CO called for everyone not on watch to come to the pier due to the fact some marines had ganged up on some of our shipmates.
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| Name : David Becker |
25 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : MS3 |
| Years Onboard : 80-82 |
| e-mail : domeright157@aol.com |
| Comments : When I picked up the Vreeland we were in the yards in Bath, Maine. We had to go about 25 miles to get to the ship where we were living. They made a old church across the street from BIW into a chow hall. Being one of of the cooks we had to take turns staying up all night.
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| Name : Mike Locker |
28 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : STG1 |
| Years Onboard : 86-88 |
| e-mail : kmlocker@bellsouth.net |
| Comments : I will always recall the Gulf of Sidra incident with the Libyans and the true friendships I made during my tour onboard.
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| Name : John T. Sparks |
29 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : MSCM (SW) |
| Years Onboard : 72-73 |
| e-mail : mcpojtsparks@hargray.com |
| Web URL : http://goatlocker.exis.net/powner/sparks.htm |
| Comments : Joined the Vreeland in Charleston, SC., just a few days before it deployed to Athens. I was an MS1 at the time, in whatever division it was called back then. A bunch of us got an apartment in Glyfada, and we could usually be found in or around Bobby's Bar on the square. I remember BM1 Rocky Mills, LT Rich Partin, who always got put in hack for hanging around with us enlisted guys, Jim Keen from Georgia, and others whose faces I remember but whose names escape me. I had a yellow VW van that would hold nine sleeping sailors traveling from Glyfada to Elefsis at 0400. Our gang was multinational; there was Vicki the English girl, Una the Irish girl, Rich had an Aussie girlfriend, and there were several more. I remember once when we...oh, never mind.
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| Notes of Interest : Check out my web page. I retired as a Mighty Master in '86 and I'm living in South Carolina. I work as a newspaper reporter and columnist. Getting itchy feet, however, so this will change in the next few months. Next I want to be an astronaut, or maybe a clown.
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| Name : Sean Hunihan |
29 Jan 2002
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| Rate/Rank : BM3 |
| Years Onboard : 88-91 |
| e-mail : seanhunihan@sbcglobal.net |
| Comments : I'll always remember going through the Suez Canal The Persian Gulf (Operation Desert Storm).and Liberty Call in Egypt & Nassua Bahamas.
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