After graduation, John was a J.O. in gunnery in SARATOGA (CV-3). In January, 1941, he was assigned to BLUE (DD-387). Starting with Pearl Harbor, BLUE participated in all naval actions except Coral Sea, until she was sunk off Guadalcanal in night action in August, 1942. John received his wings at Pensacola in May, 1943, and reported to NAS Melbourne as instructor in F-4Fs and F-6Fs. He married Betty Monrose in October, 1943. They had four children-two boys and two girls-all are now married, with seven grandchildren.

Summer of 1944: NAS Fallon as XO of VF-5, transitioning from F- 6Fs to F-4Us. In January, 1945, he embarked in FRANKLIN (CV-13); after a day of attacks on 19 March 1945 against Kyushu airfields, FRANKLIN was hit and put out of action. John returned for two years in command of VF-4, the famous Red Rippers, flying F-4U4s. After a WestPac cruise in TARAWA, he returned to PG school in Annapolis, followed by a year at Princeton, where he received Navy's first MSE in advanced flight testing. Next was C.O. VA-15, with shakedown cruise in ORISKANY and a Med cruise in CORAL SEA. In 1952, he reported to Tactical Test at Patuxent, first as head of the fighter section, fleeting up to become Assistant Director. In 1953, John was Air Officer in TARAWA on a round-the- world cruise. In 1954, he became CAG-6 at Oceana, followed by Med Cruise in LAKE CHAMPLAIN. In 1956, he was BuAer Fighter Weapons Program Manager, responsible for introduction of the F4/Sparrow weapons system.

In 1958, John attended the senior course at the Naval War College. In 1959, he became C.O. of VA-43, a RAG squadron flying A-4Ds and F- 11Fs, later with additional duty as Commander Replacement Air Group 4. After a NATO tour in Paris, he took command of DIAMOND HEAD (AE-19). During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, he outloaded much of the ammunition from Guantanamo to Roosevelt Roads. In 1963, he took command of SARATOGA (CV-60) in Istanbul. Next was C/S of ComCarDiv 5 in TICONDEROGA in Tonkin Gulf. He returned to U.S. in February, 1965, redeploying to Tonkin in INDEPENDENCE in May, 1965, as TF-77 and also briefly as C.O. INDEPENDENCE. In 1966, John became OP-50B (Aviation Plans and Requirements) for 3 years. Final job as COMFLTAIR Lemoore, training 23 light attack squadrons and operating the Navy's largest jet base and introducing A-7E to fleet.

John retired 30 June 1970, having flown over 6,000 hours in over 170 different types/models of airplanes and with over 500 carrier landings. He was awarded two Legions of Merit. Soon after retirement, he married Jean Smith, whose husband had been killed in Vietnam. She also had four children--two boys and two girls, two now married, with two grandchildren. After retirement, he worked seven years for LTV on A-7E and spent three years at the University of Cambridge. This past year John received the distinct honor of being approved for membership in "The Early and Pioneer Naval Aviators' Association," better known as "The Golden Eagles."

For Bill an early brush with history came in October, 1940: a tour of the Lend-Lease bases in TUSCALOOSA with FDR and Falla as shipmates and the Duke of Windsor as the most distinguished visitor. Christmas 1940 saw TUSCALOOSA on the high seas taking Admiral Leahy to Portugal en route to his ambassadorial post in Vichy. Europe was on fire and smoke was in the air at Lisbon, host to displaced, misplaced, heroes and villains alike.

Bill's next stop was Brooklyn to lend a hand commissioning NORTH CAROLINA. Shake-down in the Atlantic was soon followed by a shake-up in the Pacific. Courtesy of a Japanese torpedo, N.C. returned to Pearl and Bill headed to flight training in New Orleans.

Flight training was completed at Pensacola, where, in 1943, bride, Jane, entered Bill's life. Op training and flight instructor duty in Jar was followed by the endless search for the all-but-extinct U-boat. Having witnessed the final agonies of the Nazi submarine fleet, Bill moved on to BuOrd in June, 1945. The war was winding down in Europe and ending with a bang in Japan. Son, Stephen, was born in Washington in 1946, followed by daughter, Karen, about a year and a half later.

From Washington, Bill et al headed back to Florida and a three- year stint with VX-I in Key West, then back up the East Coast again to the Naval Inspector of Ordnance on Long Island and an interesting insight into precision instruments and electronics.

Two years later, Bill moved on as Exec of TRIPOLI, a jeep carrier with a soul. Even the outlandish assignments of MSTS failed to dampen her spirit. In quick blurring succession there followed: a refresher instrument course in Corpus, a P-5M squadron command at Norfolk, the Air War College at Montgomery, Alabama, and Op-54 in Washington.

Bill's swan-song came in England on a NATO staff. Here the family had tangible and delightful recompense for years of living out of suitcases -- on which, strangely, they seemed to thrive.

The transition to civilian life was not unduly difficult. The Laffeys settled into The Cairn in Boiling Springs, PA. The academic soil is good here: Jane grew into a lawyer, Steve, a medical doctor and Karen, a PhD in physical organic chemistry and an M.D. Steve now practices Family Medicine in Maryland; Karen teaches Angioplasty at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City.

As it was when last reported, at the Cairn, there is a fire on the hearth, a song in the hearts, and the latch string is out to classmates, shipmates, and friends.

Bill spent his first two years in USS BROOKLYN with Bried, Hanson, Herrick, Hughes and Keough. He started flight training in New Orleans in the summer of 1942. Upon completion, he reported to VF-27, a carrier fighter squadron reforming at NAS Alameda. That squadron deployed aboard USS PRINCETON and participated in attacks on targets in Micronesia, the Marianas and the Philippines. Bill was shot down making attacks on ground targets at an airfield in Luzon, and after ditching in Lake Taal, was picked up by some minor league guerrillas. The routine consisted of not being in the same place two nights in a row. After a few weeks of this, it was determined that U.S. submarines were putting in at a point on the East coast. With some more concentrated hiking, they arrived at the sub discharge point. (Two escaped GI prisoners of war had joined the group some time back.) They were evacuated by USS CERO pronto. Aboard CERO, they were the target for: a large number of depth charges, a torpedo and a multi-engine Japanese patrol plane. Upon arriving in Saipan, LT Lamb jumped ship and begged airlift to Hawaii. By this time survivors from the sinking of PRINCETON were arriving back in Pearl Harbor.

Upon being returned to the States, Bill was reassigned as CO, VF- 51, then reforming in the Seattle area. He deployed with this squadron but saw no combat. Next, he was assigned as Navigator of USS LANGLEY, followed by Postgraduate School in Aeronautical Engineering. He became CO, VF-52, and deployed aboard USS VALLEY FORGE. This was a first. Never before had they attempted to operate a carrier with any appreciable number of jet aircraft aboard more than about 100 miles from an emergency field. This was because the jets had such limited endurance that in the event of a fouled carrier deck, some jets might run out of fuel before the deck could be cleared. The latter part of the deployment was occupied with hostilities in Korea.

Bill's next duties were: a year and a half on staff in San Diego; Armed Forces Staff College; two years in the Bureau of Aeronautics; two years on staff in Naples, Italy; a return to duty at the Naval Academy. There were two tours at the Academy with a year and a half between as Exec of USS SHANGRILA. A three-year tour of duty as the CO, NROTC Unit at RPI in Troy, NY, followed. Retirement was after a year at CNM in Washington.

After a year's refresher in mathematics at Duke U., the next active years were spent as a professor in the Community College near Annapolis, retiring in 1979.

Bill married Maureen McCann in 1942. There are four children. Bill and Maureen were divorced in 1981.

Gene's first duty was on board USS WEST VIRGINIA, where he served as a Gunnery Division Officer until the ship was badly damaged at Pearl Harbor. IN early 1942, he was ordered to be the Gunnery Officer of USS SHAW, and from then on until June, 1946, Gene stayed in the destroyer Navy, in USS AYLWIN, USS BARTON (moving up from Gunnery to Exec) and in his post-war command of USS PHILIP.

In the summer of 1946, it was time to go to school; Gene attended the two-year course in Applied Engineering at the Posgraduate School, then at the Naval Academy. From then on, it was to be engineering rather than gunnery. In succession he was Engineering Officer of USS PROVIDENCE and USS ROANOKE, and then, in 1951, Gene took command of USS BRAINE.

Back on shore, Gene was an instructor in the Department of Marine Engineering at the Naval Academy for three years, then to be the Logistics Officer on the CINCEASTLANT (NATO) staff. In this NATO billet, Gene was responsible for planning, "selling the plan" and beginning the construction of bases and communications facilities in the United Kingdom, Portugal and France, including the underground facilities at Brest. One vignette of his time in the UK was his arrest by the Thames River Police for being on the river in an unlicensed "coaching" boat, but when they learned that Gene was coaching the RAF crew for the Henley and Head-of-the-River crew races, the police cheered him on in his mission.

1957 brought a shift from NATO back to the U.S. to NORAD, as Commander Radar Picket Squadron TWO, consisting of 810,000 tons of radar picket ships providing continuous input to SAGE, the air-defense- and-warning system. Among Gene's responsibilities there was developing reporting techniques, circuit flexibility and plans for a new passive system.

Gene retired in 1960 and began a 25-year career with IBM, where his earlier years of education and training in engineering were put to good use. Among the many programs Gene worked on were several systems for the Trident Submarine and systems for commercial in-flight- air-control. Gene's health was always vigorous, exemplified by his many years of activity as a skilled horseman. He and Charlotte delighted in the years of pleasant association with classmates in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1985, however, illness overtook him, and after unsuccessful surgery, Gene died. Charlotte and their son, Del, and two grandsons live in Bethesda. Daughter, Ellen is in Winthrop, Washington, and their other son, John, is in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1989, Charlotte married Dewitt M. Patterson (USNA '39).

Unsat in eyes on graduation, Bill donned his one stripe as Ensign USNR, and reported for duty at the Naval Academy. Nine months later, vision recovered, he joined PC-450, operating out of Key West, as Exec. Moving up to CO in November, 1941, Bill laid claim to '40's first commission pennant. In the first month of the war, in command of a "task force" consisting of two subchasers and a converted yacht, he reached the peak of his naval career as "Senior Naval Officer Afloat, Florida Straits Area".

In April, 1942, reverting to mere Ensign, Bill first married Martha Elizabeth Clover, of Birmingham, Alabama, and then reported to new destroyer BEATTY. Convoy duty in the Caribbean and North Atlantic was followed by OPERATION TORCH, with BEATTY hotly engaged in the assault at Safi, French Morocco. In January of 1943 came orders to flight training. Highlights of the progression from Dallas to Pensacola to Daytona included pinning on wings in August and putting an antique SBD into a convenient lake in November.

In December, Bill finally arrived in the Pacific, to commission escort carrier SHIPLEY BAY and spend some months in the Gilberts and Marshall area. Then, in July, 1944, to light carrier BATAAN, as Assistant Air Officer. BATAAN, both nimble and lucky, dodged kamikazes and survived near misses with rare success. Nevertheless, orders to shore duty, arriving just before VJ-Day, were more than welcome.

Home on leave, Bill first made the acquaintance of daughter, Mary Anne, age 15 months, and then made a candid assessment of his prospects. As a result of the latter, he decided, with regret, to leave the Navy and seek a civilian career. After a couple of false starts with Firestone and Sears, he made his way to New York and signed on with the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Starting in 1947 on "Aviation Week" magazine, he moved on to assignments in Los Angeles and Atlanta and returned to New York in 1957 as an Assistant Vice President. He continued to serve in various executive positions, with a final tour as Vice President, Planning and Development, until his retirement in July, 1981.

Following retirement and a move to Florida, Bill has entered upon a second career, of sorts, with Bay County's community theater. He has appeared on stage in seven productions over the past several years, and currently serves as a member of the board and Treasurer of the organization. As a golfer, with a 12 handicap, he plays a distant second fiddle to wife, Martha, with a 6 handicap.

Dick was born on New Year's Day in 1918 in Washington, D. C., son of a Naval Medical Officer, oldest of six. He was schooled mostly in California. At USNA, Dick read widely and dabbled in various athletics. He reported to YORKTOWN as second division officer in ops around Pearl and in the Atlantic Neutrality Patrols. In late 1941, he went to radar school with the RAF. He was Radar Officer at the commissioning of HORNET, and went on to the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and the Battle of Midway.

In the fall of 1942, Dick married Ruth Richmond, daughter of a Naval Medical Officer, and she went with him while he attended SubSchool. He served in SALMON, moving up to EXEC, until decommissioning in 1944, then crew to STICKLEBACK till war's end. He was CO PILOTFISH in Operation Crossroads, which sank her. Next, he was first Naval District submarine reserve coordinator, then to a 3-year PG with MS in Bio&Nuclear Physics from UC Berkeley. After Staff duty with JTF 1, he recommissioned TRUTTA as CO. Next came commissioning as CO HARDER, then OP-365 (Nuclear Weapons) in the Pentagon. He went back to sea, PCO & commissioning CO of SEAWOLF (SSN 575), the second nuclear sub. In 1958, he went to OP-31X until he entered the National War College. Next was PCO PROTEUS (AS 19), the first Polaris tender. In 1962, Dick went to Pearl as N2/3 SUBPAC.

He retired in 1963 to become corporate planner for United Aircraft Corp. In 1973, they moved to Florida, where Dick became a real civilian in insurance, Chamber of Commerce, and writing. They have two beautiful daughters, Christine and Lucille. Awards: Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Navy Commendation, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Stephen Decatur Award, Marjorie Sterret Award.

Bill served his first three commissioned years in communications and gunnery in COLORADO, and then reported to Post Graduate School in Annapolis for the Applied Communications course. In December of 1943, he married Helen Clancy of Savannah and Atlanta and enjoyed a Bay Ridge honeymoon. His next assignment was to the staff of COMCRUDIV 12 for the final two years of the war, serving as operations officer during the Philippines, Borneo and Okinawa operations and finally in the release of Allied prisoners in Japan. This tour terminated with NROTC training cruises on the East Coast. His next assignment was as Staff Secretary and Aide to the Commandant of the Naval Base in Philadelphia.

In late 1946, Bill resigned his regular commission and attended the Wharton Post Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania to study for an MBA in banking and finance. Daughter, Anne, was born in February of 1947. The Lattimores returned to Savannah in late 1947 where Bill pursued a career in land development and residential construction. Daughter, Elizabeth, was born in November, 1948. Bill remained active in the Naval Reserve and served during the Korean Conflict on the staff of the Commandant of the Naval Base in Charleston.

The ensuing decades have been spent in Savannah, with Bill very active in the real estate business and in community affairs. Bill, Jr. arrived in 1954 to round out the Lattimore clan. Life has been very good to them -- the children have done well -- provided their parents with eight beautiful grandchildren ranging in age at this time from 21 to 6 years of age -- and, subject to the vagaries of the business cycle, the real estate business has provided the means for the family to enjoy many of the better things in life.

Bill retired from real estate in 1983, and he and Helen spent four years in Atlanta overseeing their interests in an international private college. They returned to Savannah in 1988 and reside at 23 Franklin Creek Road, North in The Landings on Skidaway Island where they continue to enjoy good health and a comfortable lifestyle.

Arky's first ship was USS PORTLAND. After Pearl Harbor, he joined many of his classmates in flight training at New Orleans and Jacksonville. After earning his wings, he was attached to a dive bomber squadron in Air Group 80, deployed on board the new carrier TICONDEROGA. During the Philippines Campaign, he was awarded a D.F.C. and an Air Medal. TICONDEROGA was hit by two kamikazes; Arky suffered 3rd degree burns on his arm and leg, and for this he was awarded the Purple Heart.

Before deployment, Arky married Anne Stewart in Norfolk on June 12, 1944. They had two children, Clark III and Susan Elizabeth. Their son died on June 6, 1985, after a stroke. Susan resides in Norfolk.

After TICONDEROGA duty, he was assigned to an air group on board an escort carrier, USS BOGUE. For a short time after the war, he was stationed in the Pentagon, and then again joined a number of his classmates at PG School. After two years at Annapolis, he went on to MIT, earning a degree in Aeronautical Engineering.

After school days, Arky went back to flying with an air group at NAS Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, he was sent to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where his illness was diagnosed as amyitrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease). He was retired from the Navy in April, 1950, with 100 percent disability, and in just two years, on May 29, 1952, he died at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, and is buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk.

Anne continues to live in Norfolk.

Norman's career did not follow the normal path of the USNA graduate. Due to defective vision, he was discharged upon graduation, commissioned in the Naval Reserve and placed on inactive duty. Subsequently, he was ordered to report 1 November, 1940, for duty at NAS Jacksonville. In July, 1942, a waiver for the physical disability was issued and the next week BUPERS issued orders for him to proceed to his first ship and "... upon arrival to assume command of that vessel ..."

That quoted phrase began a sea career of eight shipboard assignments, six commands and two tours as Exec, that spanned the next twenty-three years. WW II commands included first, two SCs and then after two years as XO of an AVP, CO of KITTY HAWK (AKV 1). In 1946, while serving as XO of an AKA, Norm was appointed a commissioned officer in the Regular Navy. 1947 brought orders as PCO/CO of an AK. In the '50s, Norm was CO of DD 804 and in the '60s PCO/CO of an AF.

After WW II, the sea billets were well interspersed with two overseas assignments and five shore billets, including one command assignment at the Underwater Weapons Engineering Center, Newport.

The civilian jobs held after retirement were all challenging and pleasant. Norm was with three small defense corporations in the Washington area. He was hired by the first company as an engineer, but when the opportunity presented itself moved into Controllership. This was a skill he had studied at George Washington U. while assigned to OPNAV. He later moved on to work in the Controller-Financial Management area for two other corporations and retired, as he had planned, on his sixty-fifth.

Norman married Mary Atkinson of Maysville, KY, in 1940. The marriage produced four sons, Norman III, Tom, and a set of twins, Charles and Sigurd. Mary lost a six year battle with cancer in 1982. In December of that year after nineteen years in McLean VA, Norm picked up his anchor and shifted berths to Maysville to be near his mother. Back in the Blue Grass, he found many old friends, particularly one high school sweetheart who had been widowed recently. It didn't take Juanita (Nee) and Norm long to realize that traveling the road of life together would be more satisfying and fun than jogging along alone. So now the highways and byways are well trod as they visit places, see sights, take photos and sample all the gourmet restaurants they can find.

Raised in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Dave entered the Academy from the enlisted ranks, having served in NORTHAMPTON and attended the Navy's prep school in Norfolk. Assigned to MISSISSIPPI upon graduation, Dave remained in her AA battery until September of 1943. December 7th of 1941 found the ship in Iceland, prepared to rid the seas of the Tirpitz. There followed months in San Francisco, "Pearl", the Fiji's and the Aleutians.

Dave detached from MISSISSIPPI in September of 1943. His bride of one week, the former Marilouise Sanford of Oakland, proceeded with him to that gem of the East Coast, Newport News, to commission the second HORNET, Miles Browning commanding. The best man at their wedding was esteemed classmate, Scott Goodfellow, who was reciprocating for an identical service Dave had performed for him two weeks earlier.

The HORNET proceeded to the war zone in January of 1944 and remained there until "felled" by the typhoon of June, 1945. She returned to the States for flight deck repairs and Dave proceeded to Harvard for a PG course in Naval Communications. (Really, R&R). Upon leaving the HORNET, Dave had progressed to the position of "Gun Boss" with the rank of LCDR.

Following completion of the PG course, Dave reported to Sol Phillips in Guam as his flag secretary. His cruiser division (TOPEKA, DULUTH, BREMERTON) visited ports in Japan and China in the Fall of 1946, and to this day, Dave says that cruise remains one of the most interesting that he ever made.

With decidedly mixed emotions, Dave resigned his commission in the Spring of 1947. A year later and following an extensive training period in the East offered by the Westinghouse Company, the Lewis' settled in Orinda where they have resided lo these past 40 years. During that time, they raised one daughter (now Mrs. Lawrence Petersen of Oakland). Dave was employed 8 years by the "We stinghouse" and 27 years by the Bechtel Corporation, retiring from the latter in 1983. In retirement, Dave happily pursues golfing, woodworking, gardening, traveling and socializing.

At the urging of his old "exec" from the HORNET, in 1949, Dave joined the Naval Reserve. (The "exec" was "Dutch Durfeldt, probably known to many of our fly boys). This was a most fortuitous move because it contributed to Dave's abiding interest in and attachment to the Navy, particularly the Naval Academy.

Upon graduation, Bill received orders to report to USS CALIFORNIA, AKA "Prune Barge." Following a memorable and historic June leave, he reported aboard at Bremerton and was assigned to the Engineering Dept. as Main Engine Division Officer. He was aboard CALIFORNIA when she was sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

In February, 1942, Bill returned to the states to report as Main Engine Division Officer aboard USS INDIANA, which was under construction at Newport News, VA. In May, on completion of sea trials, the ship proceeded to Noumea, New Caledonia, to operate with a task force during the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaigns.

INDIANA moved up to Pearl for some repairs then joined a fast carrier task force for the first raid on Marcus Island.

In 1944, after L.T.A. flight training at Moffett Field, Bill reported as Executive Officer of ZP-14, then became Commanding Officer of ZP-14, which provided anti-submarine coverage for traffic in and out of Norfolk and the east coast.

After VE Day, Bill received orders to report to USS RENO as Chief Engineer and remained on board in that capacity for the balance of the war. She was decommissioned and laid up in the reserve fleet at Bremerton, Washington.

Resignation from the Regular Navy was submitted and accepted in the summer of 1946, at which time Bill returned to Ruston, LA, to become active in a family-owned department store. He accepted a commission in the Naval Reserve and organized and served as Commanding Officer of a U.S. Naval Reserve Surface Division located on the campus of La. Tech University. During this time, he was promoted to the rank of Commander, with which rank he retired.

Business affiliations have been with Lewis & Company, Ltd., a 105- year-old department store, and Jaclin Corp., a timber and real estate development company, serving as president of both. Leisure time has been devoted to sailing, traveling and family activities.

Carolyn and Bill will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this year (now it can be told). Two daughters and two sons and their spouses have made them the fortunate grandparents of six granddaughters and three grandsons. Looking back over the past fifty years, they are thankful for a wonderful, devoted family, good health, a close group of classmates and a great life --who could ask for anything more?

Blaine divides his personal history into four major headings: the Navy, the Church, the family, and the art of lettering. Each has its own time, its own emphasis, its own rewards, its own demands, its own friends. The Navy had priority from 1935 to 1960, and then it was replaced by the Church for about 22 years, until 1982. Now, the family has more than it has ever had before. The art of lettering has been there always, but never in first place.

The Navy years began on board RANGER in 1940, then to flight training in 1942 and duty as a flight instructor before becoming X.O. of VPB-130 at Whidbey Island. The war was over before Blaine got to the Pacific, to command MAJURO ATOLL. In 1947, Blaine and family were at PG school. He married Mary Thompson in 1942; Anne Elizabeth was born in 1943, Mary Durgin in 1945, and the twins, Barbara Jane and Bonny Jean, in 1948. After getting his Master of Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, Blaine had squadron duty on both coasts and at Port Lyautey, and on board FORRESTAL, CORAL SEA, F.D. ROOSEVELT, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, RANDOLPH, and MIDWAY. His last duty was at Whidbey Island, where he decided to retire in 1960 and take up a second career in a full-time Christian vocation. After his Navy retirement, the old friendships in the Class of 1940, plus the monthly arrival of Shipmate, kept the Navy close to Blaine's heart.

"A Score and Two More" from 1960 to 1982, Blaine calls the "Church Years". In 1960, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating in 1963. His first pastorate was Calvin United Presbyterian Church in Hartsdale, NY. This was an enjoyable time, the people helping him to get started. In 1968, he accepted the task of organizing a new church development in Waterford, CT, next door to New London. He was designated the "Stated Supply" of the Waterford United Presbyterian Church in 1970, and its Pastor in 1974 a very rewarding experience, with hard work and close friends. They spent the four years before retirement serving the two churches of Port Henry and Mineville, NY, on Lake Champlain. They were appreciative congregations in a depressed area.

The Family Years began in 1982. By this time, their four daughters were college graduates and happily married. They gave them nine grandchildren: six boys and three girls, all "good looking and above average," naturally, The children live in CT, NY, PA, and CA. Blaine and Mary reunite with them in Vermont where two of them own cabins on the same mountain.

The Libbeys chose as their retirement home the Camden, ME area where Mary's twin, Barbara, and husband, Harold M. Lamb (45) live: first Linconville for five years; a short rental in Camden; and this year West Rockport where they have built their dream home. They cordially invite the Class of Forty to visit them there (two at a time if overnight!). Only 40 is 4.0!

Abe reported to SARATOGA at San Diego upon graduation, and remained on board until November, 1942, when he reported to New Orleans for flight training. In Pensacola, Abe stayed on as a flight instructor with several other classmates. While on Christmas leave before reporting to VPB-212 in Puerto Rico, Abe met Dorothy Ann Smith, of Traverse City, Michigan. Fate intervened with a nice assist in May, 1944, when Abe was ordered to a short anti-submarine warfare course at Quonset Point, and he enticed Dottie to leave Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY to visit him. Bachelorhood ended on that visit!

Abe was C.O. when the squadron was ordered to Norfolk early in 1945 and then to Whidbey Island for further training and WestPac deployment. Mary was born at Whidbey on February 2, 1946. In mid- 1946, Abe reported to ComFAir Seattle as Operations Officer and then went to sea as Operations Officer of ComCarDiv Three until June, 1948. Dottie moved to Coronado, CA, where Abe joined her occasionally. Jay's arrival July, 1948 balanced the family picture. Then followed three wonderful years at NAS, San Diego. During this tour, Susan made her appearance - also on February 2, 1950 -- so both girls are ground hogs! Good luck held on as Abe then took command of Utility Squadron 7 in the San Diego area.

This was followed by attendance at Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, in 1953, with subsequent assignment to the Pentagon. It was during this tour that Abe developed ulcers accompanied by certain other health problems. Abe insists it was not the strain or the tension of the job that brought on the ulcers, but fighting the traffic to and from the Pentagon. After a stint in the Naval Hospital at Bethesda and with health reasonably restored, Abe reported to ESSEX as Operations Officer. Another bout with the Medical Officers during this tour required a rather serious operation, but Abe snapped back to complete his shipboard tour. Next, Abe, Dottie and family enjoyed two and one-half wonderful years at NAS, Memphis. This was followed by orders as C.O., U.S. Naval Station, Kodiak, Alaska. Nature's rugged virgin beauty of Alaska completely captivated the Lincoln clan and Abe obtained a 5-acre tract at Twin Lakes on the Alaskan Peninsula. Abe and family left Kodiak in 1961 for a two year tour at the USNA as Head of the Math Department. His final tour was C.O., NAS Grosse Ile, Michigan, retiring in 1965 in Tempe, Arizona where he thoroughly enjoyed 15 years as a real estate broker. Health reasons (emphysema, diabetes, etc.) forced complete retirement in 1985 when the picture of Abe and Dottie was taken.

However, on things that matter, God has been very, very kind. Abe says unbelievable Dottie is his 24 hour nurse. All three of their children have expressed and demonstrated their unqualified love. They have many wonderful, loving friends. Eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren have given them a clear, beautiful preview of what is in store for the World. All's well !

Bill never got past plebe year; he was dropped for color blindness. Yet his attachment to the Academy continued throughout his life. He was a key member and the treasurer of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Alumni Association, and his fellow-alumni in Philadelphia, after Bill's death in 1979, sponsored a memorial chair for him at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. His wife, Jerry, has continued a close association with the Class of Forty, carrying on in Bill's absence.

When Bill left the Academy in 1937, he went to work for Atlantic Richfield, in their trucking fleet. He continued his education by going to night school, earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and a master's degree from Drexel in 1967. Bill worked his way up in Richfield until he was manager in charge of transportation. He retired from Atlantic Richfield in 1975, after 38 years of service, and then worked as a mechanical engineer for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington. He also worked for the Jones Motor Company in Spring City, PA, and at the time of his death, he was a senior technical analyst in the Datalog Division of the Chilton Company in Radnor, PA.

Bill was a member of the board of directors of the Professional Motor Transport Activities, Inc.; a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers; a past chairman of the central committee on highway transportation of the American Petroleum Institute; chairman of the board of the Private Carriers Conference, American Trucking Association; second vice president of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association; and publications committee chairman of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Bill was a former vestryman of the Nevil Memorial Church of St. George in Ardmore; a trustee of St. Peter's By The Sea Church, Cape May Point, NJ, and a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club, Cape May.

Bill is survived by his wife, the former Geraldine Clements, in Bryn Mawr; three sons, Robert Alan of Drexel Hill, PA, John David of Burbank, CA, and Stephen William of Bryn Mawr; a sister; and eight grandchildren.

Ash served in two battleships and a cruiser during WW II in both the Atlantic and the Pacific. His first ship, MISSISSIPPI, was in Iceland "in the war zone" on December 7 when battleship row at Pearl was devastated. His next ship, IOWA, took a cruise to the Med after commissioning to transport President Roosevelt and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Teheran Conference. On that trip, Ash had the conn when an escorting destroyer inadvertently fired a live torpedo at IOWA during a drill. Next came cruiser duty as Assistant Gunnery Officer of FALL RIVER. She fired her first shot en route to shakedown training in Guantanamo the day the big bomb was dropped in Japan, and she started her peacetime career by serving as the flagship for the atom bomb tests at Bikini.

Ash had met Gertrude (Kit) McCoy from Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, in D.C., en route to FALL RIVER, and they were married in Annapolis, April 7, 1945. August, 1946, brought shore duty at NROTC Villanova, and the arrival of their first child, Mary.

Then, after a tour as Flag Secretary of Atlantic Fleet Training Command in Norfolk and a year at Ohio State University getting an MBA, Ash became Fleet Personnel Policy Officer with quarters in Pearl City, Oahu. There he left Kit and their four children to report as XO of amphib ALGOL in Japan, to join them in California two months later. Three happy years in Coronado included command of DD GURKE and the arrival of two more daughters. Then to BuPers as Lieutenant Assignment Officer (when there were darn few lieutenants) followed by duty in SecDef's empire -- shortened by assignment to National War College. Command of destroyer tender YELLOWSTONE at Mayport, FL, was a delightful final sea tour (She won the "E"!). Command of Enlisted Personnel Distribution Office at Bainbridge, MD, provided Ash and Kit their only exposure to senior officer quarters -- complete with steward -- and it was delightful. Ash's final tour before retirement in 1967 was back in D.C. on the staff of Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

A second career took Ash and Kit to Aiken, SC, to work for classmate. Croswell Croft in a branch of Pyle National Company. Two years later, Aiken opted to build a state technical college, and Ash was selected to be Founding President. He enjoyed seeing the college double in size and grow to 1500 students before he retired in 1984.

Ash and Kit have built a home on Woodside Plantation golf course in Aiken and spend most of their time there, with only a couple of month's retreat a year to their vacation home on the beach in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Their children are in Rumson, NJ; Miami; Los Angeles; Durham, NC and Aiken, and they now have seven grandchildren.

Bruce was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. His first duty was in the gunnery department of TUSCALOOSA. In 1942, he completed flight training at Pensacola and reported to Patrol Squadron 205, operating in the Pacific and Mediterranean throughout WW II.

At war's end, a postgraduate course in aeronautical engineering, followed by a master's degree at MIT qualified him for duty at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren. His next tour of duty was in Panama as CO of Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 108. In 1950, he reported as Air Officer to ComOpDevForce. He was then assigned to Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis, followed by a tour of sea duty with VC-8, an atomic delivery squadron. Following a tour at the Navy's Test Pilot School and duty on the Staff of ComNavAir Test Center, Patuxent, he returned to sea as XO of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT with deployment in the Mediterranean. 1958 brought duty as a Plans Officer in Hawaii with CincPacFlt.

In 1960, Captain Lloyd returned to the Naval Test Center as Director of the Service Test Division and as Chief of Staff to ComNavAirTest Center. At this time, he flew a Sikorsky HSS-2 twin- turbine copter over a closed 1,000 kilometers course for a record 179.5 mph. He earned a reputation as a man who could fly anything, with or without wings; having logged over 6,000 hours and flown every type of aircraft in the Navy's inventory. He broke four International Speed Records in the HSS-2.

Captain Lloyd retired from the Navy in 1963 and joined Boeing's staff as test Pilot and chief engineer in the Vertol Division. He served in the twin posts for seven years, retiring from Boeing in 1970 to teach physics and math at Haverford High School. He retired from Haverford in 1983. During his "spare" time, he played golf, winning the Senior Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. He also devoted time to tinkering with automobiles and electronic equipment.

During the fall of 1986, Bruce was found to have lung cancer. He played golf and spent time with his family until one month before his death on 25 August, 1987. He is survived by his wife, Jane, of Newton Square, Pennsylvania; a son, Capt. (MC) Bruce K. Lloyd III, USN; daughters, Ainsley L. Perkins and Carol Anne Fagnan; and by three grandchildren.

After graduating from the Naval Academy, 1940, he was assigned to the Gunnery Dept. of LEXINGTON until it was sunk in the battle of the Coral Sea, May, 1942. This was the beginning of his service in the Destroyer Navy as Gunnery Off. in BOYLE; Gunnery and Exec. of HARRISON; Exec. of E.G. GREENE; C.O. of E.G. GREENE, MEYERS and PAUL G. BAKER. In 1946, Larry commenced his 1st shore duty as NROTC Instructor at the University of Illinois. Following this, he attended the NAVAL PG SCHOOL, received his BS in Ordnance Engineering. Another year of study took him to Purdue for his MS in Industrial Engineering, 1950. His next assignment was on Staff, ComCruDesPac, San Diego, where he met and married Margaret (Peggy) Hughes Best, June, 1952, and started a ready-made family with her four children.

In July, 1952, Larry took command of BRENNER. Following this tour, he and family, plus another daughter, moved to Forest Park, IL, where for 3 years he was Corn. and Exec. Off. of the US Naval Ordnance Plant. His next duty was Surface Ops Off. on the Staff, Commander Carrier Division One, San Diego. From here, Larry and family moved back to Washington, where he was Program Mgr. for Surface ASW Systems, BuWeps. His last sea duty was C.O. of RIGEL and of HYADES (short time). Before his retirement, 1965, he was Director for Program Development and Planning, OpNav, Washington.

Captain Lockett held the American Defense Medal with clasp; Asiatic-Pacific Area Medal with 10 stars; Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 star; World War II Victory Medal (Japan-China-Europe); Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.

From October, 1965, until retirement, May, 1985, Larry worked for N. Am. Aviation/N. Am. Rockwell/Rockwell International. His work included: Project Eng. for ASW Systems; Management Studies for-Fed. Judicial System, Dept of Labor, Postal Dept., HEW and FBI, Management Support to the AEGIS ship program and to Navy Electronic Lab., San Diego.

Larry died October 2, 1986, and is survived by his wife, Peggy, his children: Shelby, Barbara, Elizabeth, Lindsay and Mary Kathleen, eight grandchildren and a sister, Clodovia Lockett, SSND.

SOME PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES AND QUICKLY GO. SOME STAY FOR AWHILE, LEAVE FOOTPRINTS ON OUR HEARTS AND WE ARE NEVER, EVER THE SAME!

After graduation, Jim was off to SARATOGA. Two torpedoes later, flying seemed as safe and more remunerative. He began primary at New Orleans (an Epicure's delight) -- then Pensacola and on to Lake City, Florida, for advanced training in PB's. Jim was kept in Lake City (not an Epicure's delight) as a Test Pilot and then Maintenance Officer until OP-54's Don Gay was talked into a transfer to a carrier.

VJ Day -- the Magic Carpet to Manila -- back through the Canal to Norfolk. Mothballs. By this time -- married, a daughter and three resignations turned down by BuPers -- again, Don Gay and transfer to NAAS Mustin Field, Philadelphia, with an agreement to stay until June, 1947 (Jim bought a Bonanza and saw the country from the air). A year in law school -- University of Pennsylvania -- then 4 months in Philly, 5 months in Pittsburgh, 1 year in San Francisco, 2 years in Cleveland). With the next move to Saint Paul, he resigned, and went to Ottawa, Illinois, joining the Ottawa Silica Company.

Jim separated from his wife and moved to Saint Louis, Michigan. He became a stock broker, finally joining Dean Witter & Company, developed a new product, which was turned down by Witter but, embraced by E. F. Hutton. Jim married Audrie, whose six children were a wonderful, instant family. They built a home in the Florida Keys -- commuted to Manhattan four days a week, from Florida in the winter and Michigan in the summer. They have enjoyed scuba diving, fishing, traveling, good food and great wine -- interrupted by Jim's several heart attacks and open heart surgery. During all of it, Jim continued to work for E. F. Hutton as a Senior Group Vice President, responsible for the Consulting Services Department, the Bank and the Trust Company.

Jim retired and bought a home on Elk Lake, Michigan, and is Director and Consultant to Richard Schilffarth & Associates of Milwaukee.

Jim says that every year that has passed has made him appreciate more what he learned at the Naval Academy.

Dick was born in Virginia, Illinois, and entered the Academy from that State. His first ship after graduation was USS MISSISSIPPI, in which he served for two years before reporting for flight training. After earning his wings, his naval aviation career took him through several ships, squadrons and naval air stations. One unusual assignment was at NAS Coronado in 1949. At that time, it was the location of the largest Naval Officers' Club in the continental United States. In those years between WW II and the Korean War, Dick said it was the private enclave of retired senior officers. The onset of the Korean War brought hundreds of Naval Reserve Aviators to Coronado, many with their families. At Dick's instigation, the Commanding Officer fired the civilian manager, ordered Dick to put away his uniform for awhile, take over as manager, and welcome the reserves to the Club. Dick converted the Club from an "old-folk's home," operating at a loss, into the most successful Club in the Navy. Dick claims that it was at the Coronado Club that the "Happy Hour" was born, a term that became part of the language. Food, beverages, service and entertainment were excellent, and the sensitivities of the "elders" were offended only temporarily; everything was first rate and at prices a naval officer could afford. Dick's reputation at the Coronado Club spread, and he later built, remodeled and managed the Club at NAS Atsugi, Japan -- all the while serving as the station X.O.

But Dick's talents were not confined to managing clubs. In the 1950's, while Operations Officer on the Staff, Commander, Seventh Fleet, he tackled the serious problem of allocation of critical core materials to trigger atomic weapons -- allocation was determined by the projected needs of the Services world-wide. Dick took up the task of targeting for destruction by atomic weapons every conceivable source of threat in the Asian area to U.S. national interests that could be hit by aircraft from the Seventh Fleet. Dick flew to Washington to brief the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the results of his massive contingency plans, with the result that the Navy emerged with its fair share of the coveted ore. Dick was commended for this accomplishment. His postgraduate schooling in atomic weapons assemblage and airborne delivery was helpful in this major effort.

Dick retired in 1960, and for nearly three decades he bought, sold, managed and operated a variety of service-type businesses in the Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Cupertino, Tahoe City and Reno areas of California and Nevada. At the end, he was both owner and manager of a restaurant and bar in Reno, and operating a tax-advisory and accounting business.

Dick died of cancer at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Reno on 6 April, 1988. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann of Reno; three sons, Richard Hawley of Alameda; John Seth of Morgan Hill, CA; Timothy Robert of New York; by two daughters, Susan Long Poley of Santa Rosa; Sarah Long Johnson of Cotati, CA; and by three grandchildren.

After graduation, Jack joined USS PENSACOLA leaving her in February, 1942, for flight training. He was designated a naval aviator in March, 1943, and, between carrier qualifications on Lake Michigan and assignment as an instructor in flight tactics, he and Helen O'Brien were married on 1 August, 1943, in New York City. The Longinos, accompanied by Helen Elizabeth, aged six weeks, left St. Augustine, Florida, in August, 1944, and, via NAS SAN DIEGO, NAS SEATTLE and NAS QUILLAYUTE, arrived at NAS LIVERMORE where Jack took command of VF-40. The squadron deployed January to November, 1945, aboard USS SUWANEE, with Jack becoming CAG 40 in April.

After the war, night fighter school at Vero Beach was followed by two and one-half marvelous years in Paris where Michele and Virginia arrived. Two years in Aviation Personnel in OpNav was followed by two years in command of VF-61 at Oceana and flying from USS MIDWAY. In 1953, came assignment to Columbia University for Jack (where James Charles III joined the family), the first two years as Exec of the NROTC, the third year finishing his masters at the School of International Affairs. Jack went back to sea in 1956, first as Operations Officer, then as Exec of USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN. In 1958, duty as National Representative on the Staff of Commander Central Mediterranean gave the family two and one-half wonderful years in Naples. Back to Washington and two busy years in the Politico-Military Policy Division of OpNav was followed by a year at the National War College. Orders as CO, USS CANISTEO came in 1963, followed a year later by a return to LAKE CHAMPLAIN, this time as CO, with many special missions -- the most interesting being the recovery of GEMINI V with astronauts Conrad and Cooper after completing their record-breaking 120 orbits. Next it was back to Washington and the Office of Warfare Analyses.

Then in 1967, after selection to Flag Rank, the whole family headed for Stuttgart where Jack became Deputy Director for Intelligence at USEUCOM. In 1969, Jack became COMFAIR SAN DIEGO at North Island, taking over within a year as Commander ASW GROUP THREE. The GROUP deployed in USS TICONDEROGA, leading the first American Fleet into the Indian Ocean in many years. Next it was back to Washington and almost three years duty as Deputy Director for Plans at DIA. In 1974, Jack and Helen, accompanied this time only by two Siamese cats, headed for London and two exciting years attached to the U.S. Embassy where Jack was Defense Attache'. Jack retired in July, 1976, and after a very circuitous and amusing trip, he and Helen (with the two Siamese and a Yorkie puppy) headed for Switzerland, planning to spend a sabbatical year before returning to Washington and the "real world." Unfortunately, on March 13, 1977, Jack most unexpectedly died of a heart attack while skiing on the Schilthorn.

Fifty years' worth of living to put into three hundred and fifty words! Better start compressing early, Tad, you're already close to five percent shot. So let's try the seagoing side first. Cruisers, destroyers, more destroyers, a battleship, a cruiser command, unit commands. Commands -- that's what it was mostly all about. Seven of them at sea. But, no -- the people who helped you along the way, that's what it was mostly all about.

Memories? Your XO, as you took your first command at age 26 away from the nest in Colombo. "Cap'n, I've been on this ship from ensign up. Every CO has wiped off a propeller guard. Welcome aboard." Korea. You rapidly transitioned from an admiral's aide to a midnight highline for an on-bridge relief as CO. Took fifteen minutes. Gutsy? No, you just had a feeling of confidence in the men and the officers, and, how they handled you and themselves from the moment you swung aboard. Vietnam. The third squadron commander to Vietnam after the Tonkin Gulf incident. Rediscovering NGFS. No charts. Dependent on your whaleboat casting a lead, up an estuary off the river to Saigon. What great crews, to pull anything -- ANYTHING -- off.

Ashore? Merit badges. An MS degree from Harvard in nuclear physics / electronics. Founding father of the National Military Command System (NMCS), capstone of the World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS). National War College. First czar of the Navy's proliferating computers, in 1967.

On to civilian life in 1968, first a SINGER Company General Manager, then a White House supergrade, thence to ship design with RAYTHEON. Barb and Tad were married in 1979. Blessed with their wonderful children, they are: Pete Lothrop (USNA '66) and Gwyneth and their Sarah; Joan Lothrop Hetherington and Tom and their Lissa and Brian; Susi Lothrop; and Tom Gooch. Joyously happy, the Lothrops built their dream house on Hilton Head, SC. From 1982 on, their plans are to march into the sunset together, swinging a 5-iron, laughing, and making other joyful noises for many years to come.

Upon graduation in 1940, Warren ("Sunshine"), along with a dozen or so classmates, was ordered to duty in USS MARYLAND. Little did he know that this would be his Navy home for the next 6 1/2 years!

Assigned first as Assistant Navigator, he later became an F Division JO, along with John Mutty and Dusty Rhodes, prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. Later, back in the States for repairs and new equipment, MARYLAND then operated out of San Francisco while our carriers first slowed, then halted, the Japanese advance at Coral Sea and Midway. This is also, in May of ‘42, when Warren and Yvonne Belt (his OAO during the four years at Annapolis) were married in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, with his 4-year roommate, Bill Braley, as best man.

Later that same year, after John and Dusty had left the ship, Warren became Plotting Room Officer and remained in that job through the invasions of Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, Palau, and Leyte, and the battles of Surigao Straits. Transfers of others resulted in Warren’s assignment as Air defense Officer, just in time for the ship to be hit by a kamikaze in Leyte Gulf, and then by another one at Okinawa.

Back to Bremerton for major repairs and re-gunning, MARYLAND entered Puget Sound on VE Day. Two days later, Warren received ordered orders as Navigator. After six weeks, another set of orders, moved him to Gunnery Officer. Finally, ship was ready to return to combat and sailed through the Straits of Juan de Fuca - - - on VJ Day!

About a year later, properly "mothballed", MARYLAND was transferred to inactive status. Surely, Warren would now get his transfer. But NO, there was no room at the docks. The ship would have to be at anchor and provide its own security, power, etc., so Warren, 3 junior officers and about 85 men would remain aboard.

Six months later, in December, 1946, Warren had resigned his commission, and he and Yvonne, with their first-born, headed for Texas. After a couple of false starts in civilian life, Warren and Texas Instruments found each other for about 20 years while Yvonne supervised their three children (who are now two lawyers and a teacher). They then acquired a plastic sign and fabrication company and later, after selling that business, Warren finished his career as a small business broker. Oh, yes, he had accepted a commission in the Naval Reserve, and so he is now a Cdr, USNR, Ret.

Life has indeed been kind to the Lowerres and we thank the classmates of ‘40, with whom we share fond memories, for their participation and influence in our lives.

June '40: Commissioned Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve; ordered to Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, as student, Base Defense Weapons Course. Thence, upon graduation, to Second Defense Battalion, San Diego, as battery commander; later commissioned Regular USMC. August '41: to Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., thence to Second Battalion, Second Marines, San Diego. Upon formation of Tenth Defense Battalion, thereto, and subsequently to Twelfth Defense Battalion as a battery commander. January '43: sailed with Twelfth to Pearl Harbor, thence, in May, to Townsville, Australia, where unit became only USMC component of Army task force, seizing Woodlark Island (Murua), Trobriand Group, in the Coral Sea, within striking distance of Rabaul, New Britain.

December '43: unit sailed from Woodlark for Oro Bay, New Guinea, joining First Marine Division for assault on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Christmas day '43. Remained until May '44 then to Russell Islands, British Solomons, again joining First Marine Division for assault on Pelelieu, Palau Islands, September '44. In sum: Jan '43 - May '45: from Battery C.O. to Artillery Group X.O. to Artillery Group C.O. thence to stateside duty. May '45 - June '49: Marine Corps Base, San Diego; 10th Command and Staff Course, Quantico; CO Marine Barracks, NAD, St. Juliens Creek; CO Marine Barracks NAD, Iona Island; XO, later C.O., Heavy Antiaircraft Group, Guam; thence under secret orders moved Group to Camp Lejeune via Hawaii and Panama. Then detached to USMC Northeastern Recruiting Area, Phila. for three-year tour.

Oct’ 52- June 59: Second Special Senior Course, Quantico; Asst. G-3, FMFLANT; C.O. 2nd Bn, Sixth Marines (deployed to Med. as 6th Fleet Landing Force -- CTF 62); X.O. Marine Barracks, Guantanamo Bay (during peak of Castro revolution). June S9 -- July '63: Office of CNO -- Head International Plans Div. -- OP601D; Office of JCS, Pacific and Southeast Asia Division -- J5. July '63 - Aug '64: Senior Course, Naval War College, thence, upon graduation, to become CofS, Third MarDiv, on Okinawa, deploying to South Vietnam, for combat ops, 5 Mar '65. Aug '65: detached Third MarDiv to MCRD San Diego as CofS, later Asst. Depot Commander. June '67: Retired from USMC, becoming Steamship Executive, San Francisco.

1972 - 1975: General Manager, American President Lines and States Line Steamship Companies, Southeast Asia, based in Saigon, until city fell in April, 1975, and no more U.S. Flag ships could transit the Saigon River (Song Saigon). 1975 - 1977: General Manager, American President Lines, Okinawa, then Bangkok, Thailand, until retired '77.

En fin: Four grown children, five grandchildren. Met wife, Dorothy, in Saigon, where she was stationed, having been in CIA for 23 years; married in Bangkok. Finally settled, live in, and love, Virginia Beach.