| USS Vreeland Log, May 2004 |
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| Name : Brad Stallings |
2 May 2004
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| Rate/Rank : STG1 |
| Years Onboard : 86-90 |
| e-mail : ddg92cheng@aol.com |
Comments : Great site. I am still in the Navy nearing 20 years. I am now stationed in Little Creek as CO of USS THUNDERBOLT.
I'd like to say hi to Mike, Jeff Marshal, Scooter (she only had one leg), Capt King (nice Harley), Chris, Gene (I'll drink anything), Dude, Spike, Rob, etc......,
Dude made Chief and is in Mayport, Dave Renfroe works for Ocean Engineering, Tony Sahioun is in Jacksonville Florida, Gene Lovett is in California, Myron Long is in Jacksonville.
Mike Heintz where are you?
Jeff Marshal where are you?
Thanks for the memories!!!
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| Name : Wayne A. King |
6 May 2004
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| Rate/Rank : EM2 |
| Years Onboard : Comm-June 1973 |
| e-mail : kingwa@comcast.net |
| Comments : I served on the USS Vreeland from the time it was commissioned and then left in the summer of 1973 when I was discharged. I was honored to be a plank owner and it was some of the best years of my life.
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| Name : Richard "Ozzie" Osburn |
6 May 2004
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| Rate/Rank : BTCS |
| Years Onboard : 1972-1973 |
| e-mail : r.osburn@adelphia.net |
| Web URL : http://www.irememberhamlet.com/news/viewforum.php? |
Comments : I read Vladimir's entry to Vreeland's guestbook earlier tonight. And I logged-on to his website to read his account of Vreeland's encounter with the Russian cruiser "Zhdanov" in the fall of 1972.
(My tale can be found on this site under "The Greek Years".) AltaVista does a fairly good job of translating the text from Russian into English. I found it interesting that my sea-tale had been read by a sailor serving aboard the "Zhadanov" when the event occured... and he verified my account.
Some thoughts were lost in translation but it still makes good reading. And for you men who were aboard Vreeland during that encounter, you might want to look at his site. He has posted photos of Vreeland which I
assume were taken during that meeting. Who knows, maybe some of you will recognize yourself standing on the fantail.
Ozzie
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| Name : Gilbert F. Douglas, III |
14 May 2004
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| Rate/Rank : HM2 |
| Years Onboard : Aug72-Aug73 |
| e-mail : KE4NRL@BELLSOUTH.NET |
Comments : Greetings Shipmates…
I have followed the Vreeland site, contributed some photos and money; I can’t tell you how excited I am to see Vladimir’s account of our ships encounter in the fall of 1972. I was on the captain’s gig and I took quite a number of pictures. Many of them are very clear. If my memory serves me, they wanted us to turn the pictures in so the antennas on the Zhdanov could analyzed!!! I didn’t turn my in!!! OOPS… The pictures I took are slides and still retain their clarity. I will try to scan them and make them available. One of our Quartermasters, Chuck Wise, spoke some Russian and presented our ship’s plaque to the Zhdanov. I also have one of the “Family Grams” describing the encounter. Anyway, more later.
“Doc Douglas” Gilbert F. Douglas, III, HMCS, USNR(ret)
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| Name : Raymond Jolley Jr |
20 May 2004
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| Rate/Rank : HMC (SW) |
| Years Onboard : 1988-1992 |
| e-mail : jeep2001@mac.com |
Comments : Hello fellow Sailors,
It's me Doc Jolley. Back then I was an HM3 then Capped to HM2 on Christmas morning while in Panama 1991 I think. The Vreeland was my first ship and really the reason I have stayed in the Navy. From the Vreeland I went on to Independent Duty Corpsman School in SDCA and then to Sigonella Sicily. From there I went back to San Diego, Panama, USS Kauffman FFG 59 and then finally to Dahlgren NSW Center.
I've had a great career and have seen many places. I volunteered last year to go to Laos to repatriate the remains of POWs/MIAs. I've also spent time in the jungles of Colombia with a SEAL Team while stationed in San Diego. Nevertheless, some of my fondest memories have been with the Vreeland.
My CAP, SOY and SW were major highlights, not to mention good friends like Otis Blair, Jerry Carrillo, Ray Wogelmuth, Gene "Craig" Anthony, Norm Curtis, Shannon Reeder, Glen Felkel and Horace Blakely. The only one of you that I have seen has been Jerry Carrillo, who is now in Naples Italy... Jerry what's up!
I am married and I currently live in Fredericksburg, Virginia with my family. When I retire in 2005 I will be working as a Geriatric Psychologist in the National Capital region. Life has been very good to me.
Thanks to an e-mail from Dale Zalke, I found this site. May each of you have a great life and God Bless you and your family!
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