| Name : Jim Doman |
21 Sep 2003
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| Rate/Rank : SMC |
| Years Onboard : 1983-1987 |
| e-mail : james.doman@navy.mil |
Comments : I was rereading a shipmates email and he mentioned the Vern site. Anyhow...I'd been on the site before and signed in (April 2002)but wanted to get an update. After looking at some of the posts I figured I needed to sign in again. Got together in Jax a few months ago with a couple shipmates...Brian Dineen and Pat "Sully" Sullivan. Had a few adult beverages (some things never change) and looked at a few old pictures. It was a great time. As for crew updates... Last I heard Mark Connor lives in Michigan, Brian and Sully are both in JAX. Mike Sutorus(ET) is a LT still on active duty, I think he and his brother are also in Jax. I ran into Andy Valentine at a Saints game in New Orleans (been awhile though). I ran into Frank Splendorio in Sigonella, Sicily at a
MAC terminal a few years back. I get emails from Bill "BRONC" Zimmerman, Bill Blevins, and as soon as I finish this post I'm going to write Pete Johnson. Lets start getting together or maybe try to set up a reunion.
I think Jacksonville FL. would be pretty central to a lot of folks. I'm only a ways up 95 in South Carolina. I know we'd have a great turn out. I also know that it is going to take alot of effort but know that if we all come together as we did when we were on the Vreeland then it CAN happen. I too have some pictures and will dig them out and get them scanned and sent to this AWESOME site!!!!! Great job nad we ALL appreciate having a place to tell and hear a couple sea stories from "Back in the Day"
Well shipmates one and all, take care and God Bless.
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| Notes of Interest : Memory lane time....The guy that swam back to the ship was an ET or EW named Hopper or Hooper, What a nut. Does anybody remember when we went to Haiti in the mid 80's? I thikn 1984 0r 1985. We
pulled into Port Au Prince and the Boatswains mate's paid $$$ and bartered with some mooring line to have the locals paint the ship. What was the other port in Haiti that we pulled into. If I remember correctly in was alot less populated than Port Au Prince. Either answer here or email me.
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