Sandy's plan was 30 years work and 30 years play. Phase I started in USS PORTLAND (CA-33) in Pearl Harbor. He stayed with her through the first year of WW II; then flight training followed by a tour as Exec of VF-94 to finish off the war over Japan. After the war, Sandy had a short tour as Navigator, Exec and finally CO of USS COPAHEE (CVE-12), followed by three years in BuPers. From BuPers, Sandy was briefly Exec of VF-22. In July, 1950, he quit flying and went as Exec of USS WHITLEY (AKA-91). He spent the rest of that summer resupplying weather stations in Greenland and the Canadian Arctic. After shuttling cargo to and from various bases from Argentia to Trinidad, to the Sixth Fleet and Casablanca, Sandy assumed command of CHARLES S. SPERRY (DD-697) in August, 1952. He served in OpNav, 1954-1957, then went as Surface Ops and Gunnery, Staff, ComCarDiv Two. 1959 saw him in Oslo, Norway as Chief, Navy Section, MAAG. In 1961, he went to the National Security Agency and in 1963, he took command of the USS TELFAIR (APA-210). He was Chief of Staff, ComPhibTraLant, 1965-1968. Sandy rounded out Phase I, one year over plan, as Senior Member, Board of Inspection and Survey, Atlantic, and was transferred to the Retired List on 1 July 1971.

In November, 1945, Sandy married Julia Ann Chadwick of Norfolk. They had Stephen H. III, 1951; Hamilton J., 1954; and Helene D., 1961. The boys are married and Stephen has produced two daughters. Judy died in January, 1980. Sandy married Catherine D. Bain, also of Norfolk, in July, 1983. Kaki brought another son and daughter, both with spouses, and three more grandchildren into the family. The whole clan lives in Norfolk or Virginia Beach.

Sandy now is well into Phase II of his plan, having done nothing of note since retirement.

Mac was born in Brookville, PA, October 20, 1916, son of Harry and Agnes Black MacMurray, the second of six children. Following graduation from Brookville High School, in 1934, he attended Randles Preparatory School, in Washington, and entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1940. Upon graduation he served aboard USS ARIZONA in the communications department. In November, 1940, he was transferred to USS WARRINGTON as Ass't engineer, and served aboard in the Pacific and South Atlantic until December, 1942, when he reported to the commissioning detail of USS SAN DIEGO in Boston, as machine gun officer. While aboard, Mac applied for flight training, and received orders to USNR Air Station, New Orleans, in June. After two months of basic training, Mac washed out, and was ordered to USS TENNESSEE, undergoing reconstruction in Bremerton, WA. When ready for sea, TENNESSEE became part of the shore bombardment task group which participated in landings at Kiska, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Kavieng, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Palau, Leyte, the battle of Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

After the end of hostilities, TENNESSEE ended her career at Philadelphia, and Mac was assigned as gunnery officer in USS TOLEDO; then a tour with NROTC at University of South Carolina; exec of USS CORRY; duty with Fleet Training Group, Narragansett Bay; then CO of DE MAURICE J. MANUEL; followed by two years in Rio de Janeiro with the Naval Mission to Brazil; concluding his Naval career as production officer at USNAD, Crane, Indiana. Along the way, Mac was married to Martha Beatty, of Brookville, with whom he had three children -- Karen Elizabeth, James W. Jr., and Scott.

Upon retirement in 1961, Mac returned to Brookville and became a member of the McMurray Company, newspaper publishers, serving about seventeen years as editor of the Company's two papers. He was active in community affairs, serving on various boards, including YMCA, Brookville Hospital, Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association; Chamber of Commerce, Brookville Industrial Foundation, Brookville Kiwanis Club; and as deacon, trustee and elder of the Presbyterian Church. In 1981, Mac retired and in 1983, moved to Ft. Walton Beach, FL, where he joined the Kiwanis Club, the First Presbyterian Church, and has served in various capacities in both since.

Daughter Karen is now an art instructor in Dover, DE; son Bill, a Marine major, is liaison officer at the Taylor Research Center; son Scott died in an automobile accident in 1983. In Florida, when not otherwise engaged with his plants, he plays bogey golf with his brother-in-law, Jackson P. Culwell, USNA Class of '46.

After graduation, Edwin (Mike) reported to USS COLORADO and served as division and watch officer in the Communication and Engineering Departments (1940-1943). COLORADO operated in the Hawaiian area, Eastern and South Pacific. Having entered engineering duty afloat in 1942, Edwin then went to PG School for the N. C. and E. course and at MIT (1943-1945), and at the N.N.M. C. and the N.D. in the Washington area (1945). He received his Master of Science degree in Marine Engineering at MIT, Class of 1945.

Edwin was retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander on 1 January 1946 (service-connected disability) and was subsequently promoted to Commander. He was awarded the American Campaign, American Defense (with fleet clasp), Asiatic-Pacific and World War II Victory Medals.

He took interesting trips aboard Navy ships and aircraft and Air Force aircraft on a space-available basis in the 1960's and early 1970's. Edwin, a businessman, is presently employed as a director and the secretary of Cheraw Yarn Mills, Inc., Cheraw, SC. Ed serves as vice- president and National Council representative of the Pee Dee Area Council, B.S.A., Inc.; a trustee of the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina; a director of the U. S. Business and Industrial Council; chairman of Carolinas Kiwanis District Citizenship Committee; chairman of The Malloy Foundation and Historic Cheraw, Inc.; and as an active member of The American Legion. Edwin is a Ruling Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Cheraw, SC.

He has been S.C. Department Commander, The American Legion; president of the Pee Dee Area Council, B.S.A. Inc.; president and secretary-treasurer of the Cheraw Kiwanis Club; a distinguished lieutenant governor of a division of Carolinas Kiwanis District; a trustee of the Charleston Chapter, U.S.N.A.A.A. Edwin is an Admiral, N.C. Navy and a crewman, S.C. Navy. He was presented the Silver Beaver Award (1972) and the Distinguished Citizen Award (1985) by the Boy Scouts of America and outstanding leadership awards by the American Legion and Kiwanis. He received the Presidential Achievement Award (1982).

Ed is a member of the American Security Council, High Frontier, International Oceanographic Foundation, M.O.W.W., Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, R.N.C., R.P.T.F., Statue of Liberty Foundation (Charter Member), U.S.N.A.A.A. (National and Charleston Chapter), N.A.A.A., U. S. Naval Institute, V.F.W., TROA, Kiwanis International Foundation and other organizations. He supported the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial and the Korean War Veterans Memorial projects. Ed is a plank owner of the U. S. Navy Memorial and of the continental sloop Providence.

After graduation, Art reported to MINNEAPOLIS in Pearl, as Asst. Navigator, First Lieutenant, and B, M, and A Divisions Officer. He started flight training at NAS New Orleans and got his wings on 7 May 1943 at NAS Pensacola. On his way to NAS Vero Beach, he went via New Orleans and married Savilla Jane Jenny on 8 May 1943. In January, 1944, Art went to NAS Wildwood, NJ, and to VB-85 when it was commissioned on 15 May; he took command of VB-85 in January, 1945. Embarked in SHANGRI-LA, VB-85 began its combat operations on 25 April 1945. Art received two Navy Crosses, two DFC's and three Air Medals.

After WW II, Art's orders to two carriers were canceled before he could execute them and he was finally ordered to PALAU to be Navigator when it was commissioned in January, 1946. In July, 1947, he reported to the Service Test Division of the Naval Air Test Center. In 1951, Art took command of VA-55, which became part of Air Group 19 when it got aboard PRINCETON. Art was Acting Air Group 19 Commander for the last two months of the cruise. While flying from PRINCETON, Art got another Air Medal and a Purple Heart. In 1951, Art went to Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Pacific, in Hawaii. In 1953, he went to NAS New Orleans to be the Training Officer. In 1955, the Maltbys arrived in Naples, Italy, where Art was in the Readiness Office on the Staff of CINCSOUTH. In 1957, Art was at the Air Force Academy as Navy Liaison Officer. In 1959, Art was in Ankara, Turkey, for two years on the Combined Military Planning Staff of CENTO. After spending five months in the CNO Strategic Plans Division, in 1962 Art was assigned to the European Branch of J-3, JCS.

Art received a Temporary Disability Retirement on 1 July 1965 and was permanently retired for disability on 1 July 1967. After retiring, Art did virtually nothing. For six months, he sold life insurance. For 3-1/2 years he taught mathematics. For 3 years he sold correspondence courses. In 1973, Art was diagnosed at U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, as having multiple sclerosis.

Art and Savilla have six children (and sixteen grandchildren). Two boys: Arthur Lauren III (Larry), born 3/10/44, Robert William (Robert), born 3/25/59. Four girls: Savilla Jane (Jane), born 4/29/45, Mary Elizabeth (Ti), born 7/1/50, Catherine Diane (Diane), born 12/16/52, and Pamela Ann (Pamela), born 1/4/55.

In 1968, when the Gulf Coast Chapter was chartered, Art joined the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW), a patriotic non-partisan organization whose motto is "It is better to serve than to be served". Art has been active in the MOWW -- less so in the last few years when he has had to depend upon others for transportation.

Pre-Navy: (1917-1936)

Grew up in Memphis, TN, next to the tennis courts of the University Club. Began as a "ball boy," receiving $.10 for the first set, and $.05 for each succeeding one. After high school, attended Marion Military Academy, Marion, AL, prior to entering the Naval Academy.

Naval Caree: (1936-1960)

Naval Academy: (1936-1940) Along with the rest of the class, enjoyed a "routine" four years. Played varsity tennis for three years, and captained the 1940 squad.

World War I: Initial assignment was aboard USS MARYLAND, and Dave was lucky that the bombs and bullets missed him during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Completed flight training in torpedo planes, and commanded VT-32 aboard USS LANGLEY (CVL-27), January-September, 1944. Made strikes on some 19 Japanese islands with TF 38/58. Three DFCs, seven AMs, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Air Operations Officer, staff of Admiral Jerry Began, CTG 38.4/58.4. He was aboard USS FRANKLIN when she got clobbered some 60 miles off Kyushu on 19 March '45. Again, his luck held out!

Post WW I: After a three-year aviation ordnance postgraduate course, Dave was assigned as XO and CO of Composite Squadron THIRTY FIVE (VC-35), AIRPAC's all-weather, night attack squadron, flying AD-4N aircraft. In detachments, they were aboard every fast carrier operating in the Sea of Japan during the Korean conflict. Dave completed the Armed Forces Staff College course, and followed with duty in the Bureau of Ordnance and as XO of the Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis; then was sent to the recommissioning of USS LEXINGTON as Operations Officer. He took the LEX through her ORI and first WESTPAC deployment. A staff job with SACLANT/CINCLANT was followed by XO of NAS, Brunswick, and retirement in 1960.

Civilian Employmen (1960-1977): Seventeen years civilian employment. Worked for a couple of electronic houses around NYC involving active/passive electronic countermeasure systems, then joined Grumman Aircraft in their Integrated Logistics Department, working on space and aircraft programs.

Retirement(1978-present): Enjoying the good life; winters in Jacksonville, FL, and summers in Blowing Rock, NC. Frequent golfer (only when it does not rain) and hobble around some on the tennis court - - strictly doubles.

Persona: Married Memphian Fley Wooten in December, 1947; four children, Susan, David, Fley, and Christopher--three grandchildren; amiable parting of the ways with Fley in 1979. Wooed and wed a misplaced Georgia peach, Annette K. Davidson (homeport of Thomasville, GA) in 1984 -- she's the long-time director of the Memphis Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Technology. She's teaching Dave to enjoy symphonies now!

Ed Mason, Chairman '40 Class Crest Committee, resigned 2-8-38, married Helen R. Stone on 3-4-38, and became the first class member to celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary.

After leaving USNA, he earned a BS (Accounting) from Catholic University of America. Entered FBI in a GS-1 clerical capacity 7-29-40; appointed Special Agent, GS-9, July, 1941. Served in Philadelphia and starting 1-17-42 was assigned to Japanese matters in Los Angeles. Director J. Edgar Hoover opposed Army plans to move Japanese aliens and U.S. citizens from the West Coast but there was FBI work to be done. The U.S. Supreme Court, many years later, declared the Japanese moving unconstitutional.

In late 1942, Mason was assigned to FBI Headquarters for 4 years, during which he supervised 1100 people, researched matters for Director Hoover's articles. He was loaned to the Army Judge Advocate General's Office to set up a world-wide-program to identify, investigate and prosecute WW II war criminals. Assimilated rank: Colonel.

Mason was the youngest Special Agent in Charge of a Field Division, youngest Inspector, Chief Inspector and Assistant Director to J. Edgar Hoover. In that capacity, he was in charge of training for all FBI jobs worldwide, management of 14,600 employees and liaison with law enforcement in the free world.

He retired 6-11-65 and became P. R. Director for The Columbus Dispatch, prominent daily newspaper published in Columbus, Ohio. Later added duties were Security Director and Vice President Dispatch Charities. During those years, he earned a Masters Degree in Communications and Doctorates in U. S. History, and Management.

He holds Distinguished Service Awards from the Secretary of the Navy, The Ohio State University, plus dozens of citations for civic and charitable work.

He retired from The Dispatch 7-1-80 and became president of Ed Mason Enterprises. Ed is a professional speaker who has appeared in 49 states and many free world countries. Author of six books, four are in three hundred school systems. For thirty years, has had a daily radio commentary. Helen has always worked, studied, traveled with Ed even as he now serves as professor of a major university.

There are 3 children, 3 grandchildren, and much comfort and happiness all around. He continues as a member of USNA Alumni Association, a supporter of Navy Athletics and on many boards and trusteeships, including The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.

June 1936-June 193: USNA. Plebe football, Plebe & Youngster year wrestling. Lettered 1937-38. Starred. Physical discharge, eyes.

Sept 1938-June 194: Georgia Tech. BSME, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.

May 30, 194: Biggest day of his life. Married high school sweetheart, Janis, still married. Three children: Judi, ex-school teacher, married to Capt. John Stohlmann, USNR. 3 grandsons: Erik Stohlmann, (USNA '92), Robert 13, Scott 9. Bob & Janis have one son, Bob, lawyer in Atlanta; daughter, Debi, a screenwriter/actress in Hollywood.

June 1941-March 1946: Active duty in shipbuilding yards in USA in various Engineering roles, after repeated requests, transferred overseas in 1944. Hull Superintendent on repair duty. Returned to USA and put on inactive duty in December, 1945.

Januarv 1946-March 195: Sidles Co., Omaha, Nebraska. Contractor and distributor of air conditioning product. Started as a design engineer, finished as General Manager. Resigned to start own business.

April 1958-April 196: Organized & was majority owner of Climate Control Inc., Omaha. President. Offered to buy out minor partners, their counter offer was better. Sold.

April 1962-January 1973: Natkin & Co., nationwide Mechanical Contractor. Developed Joint Venture projects in Minuteman and Titan Missile programs, installations from Canadian Border to Texas and west to Vandenburg. To Houston as Exec. V.P., directed space program work from White Sands to Cape Canaveral, did majority of Houston mechanical work. To Omaha in 1968 as a "trouble shooter" working directly for Chairman. Resigned to move south.

March 1973-August 1978: Exec. VP, Eastern Regional Manager, Broyles & Broyles, Atlanta. Organized an Open Shop contracting company in 1974 and as President made it grow to $35 million a year by 1978.

August 1978-June 1985: Wallace International Ltd. Started as VP Administration, named President in 1979. In April 1985, international division was bought by a large Australian Contractor.

June 1985 to Presen: Formed Robert E. Mason Inc. as a construction consulting firm. Limited practice to three firms: Wallace O'Connor International Ltd (a UK registered firm) as Executive VP, Operations; Wallace O'Connor Inc. (a US organized firm) as President, COO, and O'Connor McMahon Inc., an asbestos abatement contractor, as Executive VP. Has been involved in construction projects on every continent and especially throughout the Middle East, Far East and Central America.

As Seniors in high school, Bill and his good friend Archibald Sampson, were receiving news of his plebe year, Richard Dalton Sampson, class of 38. In March of '35, Bill attended Bullis Prep School in Silver Spring, Maryland, William brother's and entered the Class of '40 on June 28, 1936.

He roomed with Al Bergner, plebe year; Bill Carpenter, Harvey Vogel and Wes Westhoff, youngster year; and Bill Sampson and Denny Phillips, second class year. All of Bill's roommates graduated, but two we've lost in the war. Bill Sampson was on board LEXINGTON at the time it was lost in the Coral Sea. He then obtained his wings and finished out the war, only to be lost in an experimental jet he was flying from California to Virginia. Denny Phillips also became a squadron leader and was lost over Korea. Bill Mauer received a Medical Discharge on June 1, 1939, as a result of a foot injury and was awarded a 10 percent disability pension based on Midshipman's pay; the pension then amounted to $6.50 and has spiraled to $73.00 per month!

1939 -1952: Bill sold insurance for Mass Mutual, became an Industrial Engineer with Carnegie Illinois Steel, then a Service Engineer for Linde Air Products Company, Products Engineer for Spaulding Fiber Company, a manufacturers agent for several companies producing automotive parts and accessories plus Railroad Contracting with Mid- Century Construction Company, before deciding to go back to school to become a Doctor.

1952 - 1957: After attending Northwestern University and University of Illinois for Pre-Med subjects, Bill attended the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine for four years and then interned for a year at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital.

1957 -1990: In Medical Practice, having had offices in Chicago, Deerfield and Zion, Illinois, and is now practicing in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Bill is certified in General Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He is now serving as Chairman of the American Board of Chelation Therapy, a board that gives written and oral examinations to physicians seeking Diplomatic Status in Chelation Therapy. The main thrust of his practice is preventive medicine, whereby the cause is treated instead of the symptoms, in a clinic known as The Kingsley Medical Center, Ltd.

Bill and his lovely wife, Judith, have a family of seven boys and four girls, ranging in age from 9 to 45, (2 girls and 1 boy adopted). They also have 6 grandchildren, (3 boys and 3 girls).

Poor eyesight forced Larry to leave the Academy at the end of youngster year, so he obtained his S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1940. He worked for Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh and then as chief engineer of General Sea Foods Corporation in Boston.

From April, 1941 to June, 1942, Larry was an ensign in BuShips. Then to USS MAHAN, (DD-364), in South Pacific until he made LT. The required physical brought up the question of eyes once again and that ended sea duty. Returning to the US, Larry married his wife, Joan, in San Francisco, in October, 1943, with Scott Goodfellow as best man and Vic Matusek as an usher. Warren Lowerre's wife, Yvonne, was there to lend support.

Next came duty as engineering member of INSURV, First Naval District, at BethHingham shipyard, and thus ended WW II.

After two years as Engineering manager of Seafoods Divisions of General Foods Corporation in New York, the McEwens came back to San Francisco in 1947 and he went to work for Chevron Corporation and attended night school to get his MBA. Recalled to active duty during the Korean War, Larry spent two years in BuShips and earned his third stripe.

Back at Chevron in 1953, he was Senior Marine Engineer, and then Senior Financial Analyst in Chevron Shipping Corporation, from which he retired.

Larry finished out his time in USNR and received Navy retirement as a Commander in 1977.

He now works two or three days a week as a volunteer for the Navy, teaching sailing, navigation, etc., and acting as fleet captain of the Treasure Island Yacht Club and skipper of a 46-foot Navy sailing ketch.

In the off season, Larry joins his wife in family history research, which provides a good excuse for traveling.

Born on 27 May, 1915, in the small mining town of Desloge, Missouri, Mac was appointed to the Naval Academy from that State. During World War II, he served in the cruisers SALT LAKE CITY, SAN JUAN and CANBERRA and on the Staff, ComCruDesPac in Pearl Harbor. Following the war, he was ordered to Philadelphia to place the carrier VALLEY FORGE in commission as gunnery officer.

Next came duty as an assistant professor of Naval Science in the NROTC unit at the University of Southern California. He returned to sea duty in June, 1950, in DeHAVEN (DD-727) where he was first Executive Officer and then Commanding Officer. Then came duty in Washington, on the staff of the Secretary of Defense, first in the Atomic Weapons Division and later in Special Projects.

After Washington came a three-year split tour as Executive Officer of FRONTIER and WORCESTER. In 1958, he was assigned as Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Pasadena, California, and then as Chief of Staff, ComCruDiv THREE. In 1961, he returned to shore duty as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans on the Staff, COMTHIRTEEN and COMNORTHWESTSEAFRON. Next he was Commanding Officer, MARKAB (AR-23) .

His last duty was Senior Member, Sub-board, Naval Inspection and Survey, San Francisco. After retirement, he settled in Arcadia, California, and worked as a Los Angeles County Deputy Assessor until he left that position in 1974.

His service awards include three Bronze Stars (all with Combat "V"), the United States Presidential Unit Citation with Combat Star, the Navy Unit Commendation Medal with Combat Star, the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 13 stars, the American Defense Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippines Liberation Medal, the United Nations Korean Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, the American Area Service Medal, Expert Pistol and other service and commendation awards.

Mac (Spanky) and Josephine have three daughters and eight grandchildren.

Terry's first duty was in USS PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38), flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, where he was first J.O. in Turret Two and was the Plotting Room Officer on 7 December, 1941. He participated in bombardments of Attu, Kiska, Makin, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and Saipan; the ship received the SecNav Unit Citation and he received a Navy Letter of Commendation. For extinguishing an ammunition fire in Turret I lower handling room/magazine, he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism.

Terry studied Design Engineering at the Naval P.G. School, graduating in December, 1945. He went to USS IOWA (BB-61) as Asst. Chief Engineer and then to Staff, ComBatCruPac, as Engineering Assistant. Taking command of USS MANSFIELD (DD-728) at sea in 1951, he spent two winters blockading the East Coast of Korea. He received a second Letter of Commendation for his Korean efforts, which included supporting a successful Canadian Commando raid in Wonsan.

At Mare Island Naval Shipyard, his designator was changed to Engineering Duty and he acted as Assistant Repair Superintendent for all surface ship repairs. He supervised, as New Construction Superintendent, the building of USS GRAYBACK (SS-574), designed to carry REGULUS I/II Missiles. He next headed the Technical Branch, at the Bureau of Ships, for Piping and Machinery Arrangements, which pioneered several important new developments in submarine silencing in the new THRESHER Class. He was Staff Material Officer for ComDesLant in Newport before going to the Boston Naval Shipyard in 1963 as Planning Officer. For three months, he was acting Commanding Officer. From 1966 to 1968, he commanded the Naval Applied Science Laboratory in Brooklyn, which later changed to Naval Strategic Systems Navigation Facility, continuing work for the POLARIS/POSEIDEN program.

After 4 years of night school, in Boston and New York, Terry received an MBA from St. John's University. He retired 30 June, 1971, with the rank of Captain, and later worked for Ingalls Shipbuilding as Manager, Project Engineering for USS SPRUANCE (DD-963) Class, and Director for Engineering for the LHA Project Office. Terry holds one half of a patent for an automatic life vest inflating mechanism which was invented at the Applied Science Laboratory. He is a registered Professional Engineer licensed to practice in Massachusetts. He is a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and Research Society of America.

He married the former Lucia Margaret Agan on 8 July, 1942, and has three children. Since 21 July, 1962, he has been married to the former Mary Jane McManus. They live in St. Petersburg, where Terry is a licensed real estate broker.

After 18 months on board OKLAHOMA (BB-37), he reported in December, 1941, to the AA Battery, 14ND, Pearl Harbor. December 7 might have been a fatal day for Mac, as it was for classmates Marshall Darby, Joe Hittorff and Irv Thompson on board OKLAHOMA, but Mac was not on board when the ship quickly rolled over after her port side was ripped out by Japanese torpedoes. Mac, like a few other classmates, had just got married, and was at home with his new bride, Bobbe, in an apartment on a hill outside Pearl Harbor. When he and Bobbe were awakened by a neighbor that morning, they looked out their windows and saw planes roaring by, with huge red balls on their wings. Mac headed for Pearl in his old Ford, but before he got there, OKLAHOMA was already out of action. In June, 1942, Mac joined CLEVELAND (CL-55) and saw action in Algeria-Morocco, New Guinea, Southern Solomons, and New Georgia. In 1943, he reported as Gunnery Officer of FRANKLIN (CV-13), where he participated in the Marianas, Western Caroline Islands, Leyte and Okinawa-Gunto Operations. Mac led the fire-fighting and damage control on the flight deck, "jettisoning the live and heated ammunition despite constant explosions and repeated enemy attacks." He was awarded the Navy Cross, Purple Heart, a Letter of Commendation with Ribbon and Combat "V" for extraordinary heroism.

After PG School and Comell, receiving a degree in Chemical Engineering (explosives), he was assigned as C.O., UDT-3, Pacific. During Korea, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Army Legion of Merit, the Silver Star Medal and other Korean Medals while serving as the C.O. of the Frogman Teams that cleared the mined passages for ships making landings at Wonsan.

After duty in BuOrd and AFSC in 1953, he was C.O., JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. (DD-850). In 1955, he reported as Production Officer, U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, IN, departing as C.O. In 1959, he was C.O., MONTROSE (APA-212). In 1961, after duty in BuOrd and Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, SC, he was ComPhibRon 7. For exceptionally meritorious service as Commander AMPHIBIOUS SEVEN in the Vietnamese area, he was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Legion of Merit. In February, 1966, he was ordered to duty on the Staff of CINCPACFLT. In 1968, he returned to Norfolk as ComPhibGru 2, and in 1970, he was assigned to Washington as Deputy J-4, JCS, where he received his second Distinguished Service Medal, and Legion of Merit. He retired in June, 1972, and returned to Honolulu. Mac died June 15, 1980, and was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) Honolulu. He is survived by his wife, Bobbe; daughter, Bette Louise Miller (CA) and son, William, Jr. (FL) and five grandchildren.

USS LOUISVILLE was "home" for the first three years after graduation. Shortly after joining, the ship made a "show the flag" cruise down the east coast of South America, then returned to the Pacific. During an overhaul period at Mare Island, Earl and Eileen were married in their home town of Allegan, Michigan. In August, 1943, orders arrived for flight training - Dallas, Pensacola and Melbourne. Daughter, Nancy, was born in Melbourne. After flight training, Earl became an AEDO, graduating from the California Institute of Technology in June, 1947, majoring in supersonic aerodynamics. Son, David, was born in 1947. Then came duty at Wright Patterson AFB as Piloted Aircraft Liaison Officer between BuAer and the USAF. The next tour was concerned with nuclear weapon's effects, graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, in June, 1953. Tours of duty at BuAer, COMNAVAIRLANT, and the Aeronautical Laboratory of the David Taylor Model Basin closed out his naval career, as of 30 June, 1960.

On 1 July, 1969, Earl joined Republic Aviation on Long Island, as an engineer in their Advanced Projects group, working on spacecraft programs. In 1965, Fairchild Industries took over Republic Aviation and they were transferred to the Washington area, where Fairchild’s space activities were centered at Germantown, MD. The most interesting contract was an Advanced Technology Satellite (ATS) which was a forerunner for the current synchronous communication satellites. It was launched into position over the equator south of the U.S. In cooperation with the government of India, it was moved along the equator to a position near Lake Victoria, Africa, and tilted to point at India. There, educational programs were beamed up to the ATS from India and relayed back down to receivers in villages throughout the country. Later, ATS was returned to its original positions and used in communication experiments with Alaskan communities.

Earl's final retirement was on 3 January, 1983, and from 1983 until the present, they have traveled, starting with the 1984 Olympics. They have made several trips to Europe -- France, the Scandinavian countries, England, and one Christmas/New Year season spent on the Costa Del Sol. After that month in Spain, their four grandchildren informed them that grandparents had a duty to put their buns around a family table at holiday time! They made one six-week trip around the world: Cherry blossoms in Japan; the Great Wall of China; Hong Kong; Bangkok (where the laundry came back gift-wrapped with an orchid on the corner); rode elephants in Nepal looking for tigers and rhinos; the Taj Mahal in India; sailed feluccas on the Nile; rode camels to the pyramids; and floated over the animal herds of Kenya in a hot air balloon.

Earl and Eileen live in a retirement community misnamed "Leisure World". With exercise classes, day trips, volunteer work, travel, clubs, etc.; they have yet to find the "Leisure".

Upon graduation, Mac reported to YORKTOWN in Pearl. Five months later, he was transferred to STACK (DD-406). The first winter of the war was spent on convoy duty in the North Atlantic, ending abruptly when the steamy STACK was rammed by USS WASP early in the morning of March 17th, 1942. STACK returned to sea for the invasion of Guadalcanal in August, 1942. In 1943, Mac was transferred to MIT, where he received his Master of Science Degree in Naval Architecture and Engineering. After a tour at the New York Naval Shipyard, Mac was assigned to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, where he obtained his Doctor of Technical Sciences Degree in 1950. After Zurich, he was assigned to BuShips in Washington, and in December, 1953, he made the difficult and critical decision to resign from the Navy. He became Chief, Office of Ship Construction and Repair, in the Maritime Administration. In early 1957, he left the Government and started in the ship repair business in Hoboken, NT. At the same time, he founded John J. McMullen Associates, a firm of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers where he still maintains his headquarters, now located in New York. During his tour in Washington, Mac met and married Jacqueline Joy Everhart from Mount Vernon, Ohio, in December, 1955. Jacqueline was in the Executive Secretariat at the State Department, and their family has now expanded to include Peter, 29, Catherine, 27, and John, Jr., 19. Peter was married in 1988, and is the Vice President of the New Jersey Devils Hockey team. Catherine was married in 1986, to James Blake and is the mother of a wonderful grandchild, James Blake, Jr. Young John is presently at Flight Safety International in Vero Beach, FL, working towards his multi-engine commercial license with the promise that he will complete his college education.

Although the choice of working for oneself may have been a questionable one back in 1957, it proved to be the right choice because Mac has enjoyed a varied career which included an active Naval Architect and Marine Engineering business with international projects throughout the world. In March, 1988, JJMA was merged into Talley Industries. In 1968, Mac was appointed Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the United States Lines, which was then operating a major international service of cargo and passenger ships. In 1971, he purchased Norton Lilly & Company, a general shipping agency business representing a multiplicity of shipping companies. The firm continues to grow. In 1975, Mac took on a special assignment, at the request of the Bank of England, to serve as the President and CEO of Burmah Oil Tankers, a subsidiary of Burmah Oil, Great Britain. This was a very difficult assignment, but it brought great rewards in the experience on an international scale. In 1979, he became Chairman and CEO of the Houston Sports Association which operates the Houston Astros, and in 1984, he followed up with the purchase of the Colorado Rockies and transferred them to New Jersey, now known as the New Jersey Devils. He remains engaged in these labors of love.

Ed believes he has enjoyed the best of both worlds: fourteen big fulfilling years in the Corps, and thirty-six more--so far--following his entrepreneurial nose. Ed was privileged to command five tactical squadrons -- two tours as test pilot. He served as Marine Planning Officer, COMAIRPAC; as G-3 Operations, MARTCOM; Command and Staff School; Strategic Intelligence School of US Army General Staff. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Star, and Air Medal and four Stars.

Ed would not trade what the Academy, the Marine Corps, and the Navy have made of him for anything on this earth. There were two disappointments: Naval Air Attache for Turkey -- budget cuts, and Astronaut program -- too old. With WWII and Korea in the history books, Mo opted to roll the dice and has never looked back. Born again is the way he puts it.

As Chief Executive, Manganese Corporation of Arizona, Ed pioneered beneficiation of low grade manganese ores via Heavy Media Separation technology to produce metallurgical grade concentrates meeting U.S.G.S. specifications for steel production, delivering over $20,000,000 of concentrates in less than two years from ore deposits which had been passed over by the big guys. The Corps taught him that nothing is impossible and invariably there's a former Marine around when your back's to the wall.

As C.E.O., Arguello Construction Company, he contracted the USAF Titan II Ballistic Missile Launch Facilities, operating the world's largest spread of mobile concrete delivery equipment over 500 square miles surrounding Tucson. With the Russians no longer on the beach, he took the company to Southern California to engage in freeway construction, where he learned a few things about the real world not taught in school.

In recent years, Edakamo applied his intuition to agribusiness enterprises. As founder of Double Eagle Fittings Company, he developed technology for production of large diameter PVC pipe fittings now used worldwide. As Chairman of the committee which wrote the ASTM standards, he was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

Ed also founded Resource Water Technology; Rain Mate Inc.; and Rain Mate International; which companies have pioneered drip irrigation projects in the USA and worldwide. His six patents helped put him in Who's Who in California.

Ed's long term goal -- really his passion -- for these companies is R&D leading to technology for recycling waste water (safe subsurface irrigation systems) for crop production, primarily for countries wherein both water and food are scarce and famine is day-to-day. Check back about 2000.

Russ enlisted in the Naval Reserve, 31st Fleet Division, New Rochelle, NY, in April, 1935, and in June, 1936, was discharged to accept the appointment (third alternate) by the Representative at Large from his state. His first duty station was in USS MARYLAND. He served on board BENHAM (DD-397), a unit of the screen of the Big "E" and one of its plane-guards, until BENHAM was lost in the Third Save Island Battle. After completing the communications course at PG School and electronics countermeasures training, he was ordered to duty on the staff of Com5thPhibFor / ComPhibPac.

In the second decade, Russ was CO of a 220-foot minesweeper and served on a CNO project, followed by assignments as Supply Officer of SHENANDOAH (AD-26); "bureau" duty; liaison with USA QM at Natick, MA; and staff, USCINCEUR in France.

In the 60's, Russ had his last tour of duty at naval district headquarters in New York City, as Comptroller and Assistant District Supply Officer. During that extended period, he was able to earn an M.A. at Columbia University Teachers College. For 18 years, he had taught mathematics in New Jersey and Massachusetts. For the last 7 years, he has been substituting for high school math teachers.

Their writer and librarian daughter, Jane, two granddaughters, stepson and husband live in Princeton, NJ; her twins live in Alexandria, VA.

Their Wellesley home is just a day's trip from their cabin overlooking the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. Fortunately, good neighbors care for their Massachusetts home each summer while they are enjoying the Canadian Maritimes and inviting friends to join them in Digby.

After graduation, Bill reported to USS SAN FRANCISCO at Bremerton, which proceeded to Pearl Harbor in time for the action on December 7, 1941. His two-year tour aboard SAN FRANCISCO earned him the Presidential Unit Citation with one star. His desire to fly led to NATRACOM in New Orleans and Pensacola. He and Nan married on May 1, 1943. NAS Beaufort next took up the Meyers' time, where Bill was a Flight Instructor. The first of their three children, Rawle, was born in Charleston in 1944. Two more children were to be added to the family: Ann Elliott, born on Guam in 1946, and William Rhett, Jr., in 1952 at Pensacola. (They now have six grandchildren.)

Bill returned to Annapolis for the PG course in Aerological Engineering in 1944. During 1945 and 1946, he served as Operations Officer in Air Wing 1 in Guam, earning an Air Medal. From here, he went to typhoon reconnaissance in the Pacific, a two-year tour in Guam with VPM-1 as Exec, then later in command. CNATRA staff, Training, at Pensacola, was the next stateside billet. Still in Florida, Bill served as Exec and CO of VP-23, the "Hurricane Hunters", in Miami and flew more than 40 typhoons and hurricanes. During the next two years, he served as Plans and Requirements Officer on CNATRA staff. RANDOLPH welcomed him aboard as Navigator in July, 1954. From 1955 to 1957, he was assigned to the Staff, U.S. European Command (CincEur) in Paris. He then attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, from which he graduated in June 1958. The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations was the heady atmosphere for him from 1958 to 1960.

In December, 1960, Bill was ordered to Iceland as Commander Naval Forces, a component of the Iceland Defense Force. He became the first Commanding Officer of the U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, when the station was established on 1 June 1961. The following June, Bill took command of AUCILLA, doing duty in the Mediterranean. In December, 1963, he took command of the aircraft carrier, USS ESSEX. Duty as Chief of Staff to the CNATECHTRA in Memphis followed in January, 1965. From July, 1966, to July, 1970, the locale was Washington, in OPNAV as a systems analyst and project coordinator, working closely with the Center for Naval Analysis. His Navy career came to a close on 1 July 1970. After a brief course in the new field of Air Pollution Control at USC, Bill was appointed Director of Air Pollution Control for the state of Virginia. This new career, technically challenging, was also highly political, and Bill served under four governors, three Republicans and one Democrat. He was asked to stay on for the next governor, but declined.

Bill retired for the second time in 1986 and is looking forward to more travel and lots of golf, and more reunions with classmates and their families.

Mike Michaelis' opinion is that putting two-score-and-ten-more behind is easier than putting it down on paper. It divides thirty- eight to twelve, in-and-out of the best Navy in the world. He says the in-years were better, but the out-years yielded more sleep and other pleasures like grand-kid watching which requires years to develop.

The "in" started with the battleship PENNSYLVANIA along with 12 other classmates, and ended with one classmate still in the Navy 38 years later. Like most classmates, the in-between was a balance of sea and shore with twenty-four changes in duty and only one change not requiring a change in homes. His comment, "How's that for a wife?" Five commands at sea, and three ashore were punctuated with four assignments in Washington and even one each in the great naval meccas of Albuquerque and Omaha, plus PG at MIT and the Naval War College. His "promised land" was to command the carrier ENTERPRISE, and his ultimate tour was Chief of Naval Material. It ended on 30 September, 1978. He reports the most singularly important event of the in was marrying his first wife, Rose, in 1943. Forty-five years later, his latest wife is Rose.

For the out-years, he has continued his interest in Naval Aviation, working in advisory capacities in the fielding of two first line naval aircraft, and has been involved with supporting organizations such as the Association of Naval Aviation (a past president), Naval Air Museum, and the Tailhook Association, as well as serving as director or trustee in other Navy supporting organizations such as The Retired Officers' Association, Naval Academy Foundation, and Vincent Hall Residence Foundation. He has headed a small company -- a minute one -- and served on corporate boards in the private sector.

When measured against the in-years, the out-years have been stable. Rose and Mike have lived in one location in Alexandria since matriculating-to-mufti and have had the unusual pleasure of gathering the entire family for special holidays more years than not -- unusual in the sense that Mike, Jr. is a career officer in the Navy, as is Polly's husband, Mark Capansky, and despite the fact that as of this writing, Mike, Jr. is commanding a missile destroyer homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and Mark is serving on the Staff of USEUCOM in Stuttgart, FRG. Polly is also in the Navy, but went into the Reserve after their second (grand) child arrived -- Alissa and Mark, Jr. Better locked-in regionally is Molly, a VP with Marriott, her physician husband, Dr. Ron Fine and their two (grand) children, Dan and Megan -- living in nearby Great Falls, Virginia.

A last quote from Mike: "Clearly, God has smiled on us and it's good to be a card-carrying member of the Class of '40".

Upon graduation, Bob reported to HELENA (CL-50) in Brooklyn. She arrived in the Pacific in time for Pearl Harbor. Although taking one of the first torpedoes, HELENA shot down nine planes. Bob was detached to report to BANCROFT (DD-598) and then as Engineer Officer of LARDNER (DD-487), under construction. She escorted a large convoy to Russia, then proceeded to Guadalcanal for the landings in the summer of 1942 and in the night actions that fall. Bob was detached in October 1942 for flight training. In 1943, he became an instructor in fighters at NAS JAX. On November 7, 1942, he married Elizabeth Thornhill Broome, who had been his date at the Ring Dance. Daughter, Lockett, was born in 1943, followed by son, Robert, in 1945. Bob was deployed with Air Group 15, then as CAG 32 embarked in CVL CABOT. In late 1945, he was X.O. of ADMIRALTY ISLANDS (CVE-99), operating in the Magic Carpet. In June, 1946, he reported to the Naval Academy to the Aviation Department: cruises to Europe with the midshipmen; Tennis Representative, and sailing the big boats.

In 1948, he was C.O. of VA-44. After a cruise to the Med aboard MIDWAY, he reported to the Sixth Fleet Staff as Aide to C6F. In 1951, he was ordered to the Naval War College to the C&S course, and remained as an instructor for 2 years. Second son, Stephen, was born in 1949 and second daughter, Leslie, in 1951. He was next ordered to Jet Air Group Three as C.A.C., deploying to the Med aboard TICONDEROGA (CV-14). After a ten-month-Med cruise, he returned for duty in Readiness and Training at JAX. The Millers thought of this city as home.

In 1958-1959, he was X.O. of NAS Norfolk. He was promoted to Captain, and in 1960, he was transferred to TICONDEROGA as Operations Officer, Car Div One Staff. During this period, he also rode MIDWAY and other carriers. At the start of the Vietnam War, from 1962 to 1964, he was in J-5, JCS (The Cuban missile crisis period). In 1964, Bob was C.O. of ALUDRA (AF-55) and made three cruises to the Far East. He was then ordered as C.O. of his old ship, TICONDEROGA, deploying to Vietnam, 1965-66, as Commander TG 77.7. On return to San Diego in June, he reported to INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62) as C/S of Car Div 6, deployed in the Med for ten months through the crisis in Lebanon. In the fall of 1967, he was ordered as Director of Command and Staff School at the Naval War College. His last Navy tour was as C.O., NAF Monterey, and Deputy Superintendent, Naval School. He retired July 1, 1971.

Upon leaving Monterey, Bob and Betty settled in Paso Robles, CA, where, with his two sons, he developed a general farming operation. During this period, Bob developed three apartment projects in Atlanta, including Plaza Towers, a large twin apartment building. Bob now owns the Candler Building in Atlanta. The Millers are living in Santa Barbara, spending each summer at their home in Osterville, MA, with their children and five grandchildren. Bob and Betty would love to see all who pass that way.

Monty served during all of World War II in battleship IDAHO and cruiser PITTSBURGH. Then, a brief post-war tour in cruiser ALBANY preceded PG training at The George Washington University Law School in D.C. While attending law school, he courted and married Mary Margaret Higgs, a Washington native. With his law degree, back to sea in 1949 in destroyer BORIE, and a tour in Korea during that conflict, for which a Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" was earned. Command of destroyer HANK followed. Then, another Washington assignment with Navy JAG.

Next, a staff tour with NATO in Norfolk, and a year as Executive Officer of USS NORFOLK before returning to Washington. There, for four years in the Office of the Navy Comptroller, Monty directed liaison between the Navy Department and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.

After a year in PACFLT in command of new attack transport PAUL REVERE, back to Washington as Executive Assistant and Senior Naval Aide to Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Logistics). Then, a final tour in OPNAV, providing staff support to Director of Navy Program Planning for amphibious, logistics and sealift forces.

In 1966, son (John Bernard) entered the Naval Academy. In the same year, with a Navy Commendation Medal for his tour in OPNAV, Captain Montgomery retired. For the next 16-1/2 years, he represented the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA), retiring in 1983 as VP and General Counsel.

Finally, a third career as President of Verlan Limited, the "captive" property insurance company he had helped organize for the paint industry while at NPCA. After three years at Verlan, Monty made his final retirement move on December 31, 1985.

Monty and Mary reside at 1423 Ironwood Drive in McLean, Virginia. Their son, John Bernard (USNA 70), is a Commander, Navy JAG Corps and their daughter, Barbara Ann (UVA '77) is the wife of a Navy Flight Surgeon (LCDR Peter J. Weimerskirch). A second son, William Robert, is deceased. There are four grandchildren: Jennifer Lynn and John Michael Montgomery and Brian Peter and Robert William Weimerskirch.

Russ reported to ENTERPRISE after graduation. He was on board, at sea, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. While in San Diego, he met Mary Louise Hathaway, a Navy Junior. They were married in Philadelphia on December 23, 1942 soon after his reporting to PRINCETON. After three years at Post Graduate School in Annapolis, Russ received his Masters in Engineering Electronics on May 31, 1947. Duty at the Navy Electronics Lab. in San Diego, on Air Pac Staff in San Diego, at the Boston Naval Shipyard, and the Bureau of Ships followed until his retirement in 1960.

For nine years, he worked for Boeing on the Saturn Booster Program. Then he obtained a Masters in Business Administration at Tulane. This eventually led to teaching at Trident Technical College in Charleston, S.C. for ten years.

November of 1982, Russ was found to have cancer of the colon and was given only weeks to live. He fought the disease and the pain for fifteen months but died on January 15, 1984. He is buried in Section 13 at Arlington National Cemetery.

Russ and Mary Lou had three children. Martha was born on November 11, 1943, at the Chelsea Naval Hospital, Marge on April 7, 1945, at the Annapolis Naval Hospital, and Russ, Jr. on November 5, 1950, at the San Diego Naval Hospital. Martha married an orthodontist, Tom Pavlick, three weeks after graduating from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. They live in York, PA, with their five children. Marge graduated from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana. She lives with her son in Belchertown, MA. She is the head of the Religion Dept. at Holyoke Catholic High School. Russ, Jr., graduated from Georgetown University and the University of Pittsburgh Law School. He is not married and lives in Atlanta.

Since Russ' death, Mary Lou has spent considerable time traveling. First there was an Alumni Holiday Tour to London, then the Orient Express to Venice, on to Munich and the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Another year it was the Panama Canal Cruise on the Royal Odyssey. There were two trips to San Diego, one for the '40 Reunion at the Hotel del Coronado and another to a San Diego State sorority gathering. Of course, visits have been exchanged with her three children and her three sisters, all in different states.

Mary Lou now lives in the retirement community, BROADMEAD, 13801 York Road, Apartment K-8, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030.

With no commission in the regular Navy due to defective vision, J. P. went on to Harvard Law School after graduation from USNA. The eyes were good enough for seven years of active duty as a Naval Reserve Officer during World War II and the Korean War. His last tour, attache' duty in the United States Embassy in Madrid, was an education that set him to thinking.

While still in uniform in 1945, J. P. won a bride in Marjorie Kuh, English teacher and graduate of the University of Chicago. After finishing law school, he spent eight years teaching law and sociology in Berkeley, Havana and Santiago, Chile. His first book, Pride of State, was published in 1959, and there have been five more since then. They all bear on foreign policy problems and especially on peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union and Cuba. Like most writers, he is waiting, not so patiently, for recognition and renown yet to come. His most important books are the three he is still working on. In the meantime, From Yalta to Disarmament: Cold War Debate (Greenwood Press) is in many libraries.

When Marjorie and J. P. returned from Latin America with their two sons in 1968, they settled in Oregon. Marjorie went to work at Oregon State University, earned her PhD and made a career of teaching English as a Second Language. He practiced law and continued writing on the side. She was invited to head up an English teaching program in Algeria, so J. P. went along to gather material for his fifth book. This threw him into a French sphere of influence and whetted his desire to look at the world from a European viewpoint for a while and get further into French history and culture. For the past five years, the Morrays have divided their time between France and Oregon. They like that and hope to keep on visiting Europe and Latin America from time to time. Five grandchildren add savor to life in their seventies.

After graduation, Ed, an eye unsat, took his discharge and application for a naval reserve commission into the civilian job market. When the draft started in a few months, he went on active duty with the training command in Florida for over three years during which he went to the Naval Radar course at Bowdoin-MIT. His next assignment was with the RINA at the GM aircraft plant in Trenton, NJ. He married Miss Roberta Neary during this assignment (1944).

His next duty was that of a ground person attached to Patrol Squadron VPB-138 which had its type of aircraft changed in midstream. This unit eventually went west to Hawaii and Okinawa (after the latter was neutralized).

At the time of the Japanese surrender, Ed was with the squadron on Okinawa. He departed Okinawa in September, 1945, to be demobilized to inactive duty on reporting to the Third Naval District. En route, he was promoted to Lt. Comdr., USNR by one of the last ALNAV's.

After terminal leave expired, Ed was employed by the Long Lines Department of AT&T as a plant engineer. After five years in several assignments, he transferred to Bell Laboratories (NJ) to work on military equipment design. After BTL dropped most of military development, Ed was assigned to groups whose objective was machine-processing daily business information into computer data banks.

Ed retired in 1982 with 36 years of Bell system service and in January, 1988, he and his wife moved to South Carolina where they currently reside. Ed and Roberta have three children, Dean-1948, Paul- 1951, and Julia-1956.

The first five years of Will's career in the Navy -- Academy and first year in USS MILWAUKEE -- were spent in active rebellion. Then Count Vronsky was ordered to the ship as Gun Boss. This made imperative a transfer from a sheltered billet as a deck Junior Division Officer. An obliging Executive Officer ordered the move to Signal Officer. Shortly the Communications Officer was transferred and suddenly Ensign Morton was Communications Officer and Ship's Secretary. The billet was interesting and challenging. The active became the passive. In September, 1942, he reported to NAS New Orleans for flight training. Unbelievable, to be paid to fly airplanes. Gradually in the next few years the rebel's blood turned to Blue and Gold.

First fleet squadron duty, beginning in October, 1943, was in Composite Squadron 81 as Executive Officer and torpedo bomber pilot. Embarked in USS NATOMA BAY, the Squadron had its first combat in the invasion of Leyte and the ensuing Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, October, 1944. Fall and winter followed with the invasions of Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Subic Bay and Iwo Jima, after which the tour ended. Next came duty as Commanding Officer, Fighter Squadron 41, cut short with orders to Staff, First Carrier Task Force in June, 1945.

Shore duty: January, 1946, to NAS Miami; Emma Payne Littlepage and Will married in the spring; they divorced in 1949. Two years in Pensacola were followed by two years as Commanding Officer, Bomber Squadron 7A (later VA-74 and VA-75) a dive bomber squadron deployed to the Mediterranean in USS PHILIPPINE SEA. Next, to duty in the Staff, Commander Naval Air Force Atlantic. Will married Mary Willis Lively Sweeney in the summer of 1950. In 1952, to duty as Operations Officer, NAS Alameda, and in 1954 to Commander, Carrier Air Group One, with a Pacific deployment in USS MIDWAY. This last operational flying billet seemed to end the challenge of the service but three shipboard tours proved otherwise: X.O., USS RANDOLPH; C.O., USS ALTAIR; and CO. USS RANDOLPH. Meshed within the later were two tours in OPNAV, two tours at the National War College, and duty with a NATO staff in Naples, Italy.

Retirement in 1970 followed duties as C/S, Commander Carrier Division Two; C/S, Naval Air Technical Training and the final year in BuPers. Willis and Will moved to Virginia Beach to have a go at selling real estate and some house remodeling. Willis Morton died after a 30 months down-up-down bout with cancer.

Sugar (Madeline) Welton Stormont and Will were married in 1980. In 1986, they moved to Islamorada, FL, to enjoy retirement outdoors. Life is sweet and the Mortons consider themselves to be among the luckiest.

Rick was on board HONOLULU at Pearl Harbor on "The Day of Infamy". Various missions ranging from Australia to Alaska preceded Rick's orders to Flight Training in October, 1942. Though aviation was his primary interest, Research and Development ranked a close second. An R&D assignment, per se, was not in the cards; but a number of innovative accomplishments surfaced along the way. After receiving his wings in May of 1943, he reported to the hush-hush night fighter unit at Quonset Point. Here, he converted the F6F Hellcat to two-place, to permit the design engineer of the gun-sight radar to see the targets on the scope in flight As flight deck officer of BOGUE -- hunting submarines quite successfully in the stormy North Atlantic -- he introduced a device to assist positioning airplanes on the catapult.

Rick's first command was C.O. of VF-74B. The war ended before any significant combat action. While Assistant Air Officer of LEYTE, he enjoyed the shakedown cruise to South American ports and a Med cruise -- Naples, Cairo, Istanbul. Between cruises, he married Anne Owens of Norfolk, thereby opening fresh fields for creative thought and action. During his three-year tour as a test pilot and engineering officer at NATC Patuxent River, he conducted the Navy's first cold weather test. With four aircraft in the Climatic Hangar at Eglin AFB, all systems (guns, engines, hydraulics, etc.) were cycled at temperature decrements down to -6B F.

While C.O. of VF-23, the squadron transitioned to jets (F9F Panthers) in record time and deployed to Korean combat on board PRINCETON. He was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. Among his innovations on this tour were a kneepad fuel consumption device and a uniquely configured survival gear vest. An assignment to JOC, Seoul, Korea, was followed by three deployments to WesPac as Air Operations Officer of CarDiv3 with TF-T7.

Upon retirement, Rick's aim was to refine and market his Teaching Machine invention, but it was ahead of its time and too complex for available capital. He then spent six years as a project engineer on the Apollo Program. As a General Contractor, he has built a dozen large custom homes with ocean views, in the shores area of La Jolla. This was a real windfall. Current land development ventures and innovative design projects are likewise achieving considerable success.

In keeping with this era of a "kinder, gentler" nation, Rick is relaxing in the beautiful La Costa area of San Diego County, overlooking a lagoon with lights across the water. Although Anne died in 1983, his daughters, Sharryn, Shelley and Gwen reside in the San Diego area. Rick's many interests include gardening, skiing, traveling and design.

Ed's first ship was LEXINGTON (CV-2), usually operating out of Pearl Harbor. LEX was at sea and missed the Japanese attack on December 7; but in the Battle of the Coral Sea, she was so badly damaged that she was abandoned and sunk. Ed then abruptly joined the Destroyer NAVY via a short swim to ANDERSON. He finished the war in destroyers PARKER. SPROSTON and SOUTHERLAND; and commanded Destroyer Minesweeper EARLE. These ships were engaged in convoy escort, the invasions of North Africa and Sicily, winter operations in the Aleutian Islands, bombardments of the Japanese-held Kurile Islands, the final massive strikes against Japan, and minesweeping in the South China Sea. In the midst of all this, on a free weekend in San Francisco, he met Marge Baum, doing her bit in the war effort. Two years and many letters later, he returned, found her still there, and they picked up where they had left off. On Easter Eve of 1947, they were married, in the Naval Academy Chapel; and in a few months were off to Boston, where Ed earned his Master's Degree from MIT.

Graduation led to his participation in the Korean Conflict, as Gunnery Officer of BOXER (CV-21). He next became a pioneer in the new PG course in Operations Analysis, then went back to sea as Gunnery Officer of the Atlantic Fleet Battleship-Cruiser Force. Ed paid his dues for the two technical PG courses with four tours of Washington duty. Dovetailed among these, he commanded Destroyer BUCK and Reefer VEGA in the Pacific Fleet, and Service Squadron FOUR in the Atlantic. His twilight tour was in the Department of Defense, and he retired from active duty on July 1, 1970.

Ed started his civilian career in the SPRUANCE Destroyer program at Litton Industries, and later taught Marine Engineering to Merchant Marine Officers. Following that, he became a Combat Systems Engineer at Raytheon for nearly eight years. In 1982, he again retired, and helped form a small sailing school. That effort was recently terminated, to gain more time to sail just for fun!

Marge and Ed live in Falls Church, VA, like to travel, and participate in Class and various volunteer activities. They enjoy the memories of both fair seas and foul weather they have experienced together; but also they look forward to seeing what the future holds in store.

Upon graduation, Marty was assigned to the heavy cruiser CHESTER, serving as J.O. and First Division Officer until January, 1942. In February, 1942, he reported to the new battleship SOUTH DAKOTA, also known as "Battleship X" and "Old Nameless". As 8th Division Officer, he controlled the forward automatic weapons, 20 mm. and 40 mm. quad mounts. SOUTH DAKOTA received its baptism of fire in the battle of Santa Cruz, during which she is credited with shooting down 32 Japanese planes. A few weeks later, 14 November, 1942, Marty received multiple wounds in the 3rd battle of Savo and was hospitalized.

Upon recovery, in June, 1943, through some quirk of fate, his new permanent orders were back to SOUTH DAKOTA, in which he served as senior assistant navigator and assistant engineer officer until January, 1946. During his two tours aboard SOUTH DAKOTA, he earned the Bronze Star with combat "V", Purple Heart, Navy Unit Citation, Asiatic- Pacific with 13 stars, and the Philippine Liberation with 2 stars.

In January, 1946, he reported to the AA light cruiser SPOKANE, serving as the engineer officer until June, 1947, at which time he reported to the Bureau of Naval Personnel for a tour which extended until June, 1951. During this time, he had collateral duty as a White House Aide.

Subsequent tours of duty included Operations Officer, ComCruDiv5; Executive Officer, assault transport ROCKBRIDGE; NATO Plans Officer, Iceland Defense Force; Director of Special Services and Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration, 3rd Naval District; Commanding Officer, refrigerator ship ALSTEDE; and Intelligence-Communications, Amphibious Schools, Little Creek. During his tenure as Commanding Officer of ALSTEDE (AF-48), that ship was ranked outstanding and earned the Battle Efficiency "E".

In 1954, Marty married Shirley Elaine Hopkins and they have been blessed with four fine sons, Martin Lee, Kevin, Brian and Craig.

After retirement in 1960, Marty commenced teaching secondary mathematics in the Virginia Beach School System. He subsequen~y became a senior high assistant principal and central office supervisor. He retired again in 1983 and is now enjoying the golden years in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Ray, a native of New York, was the manager of the track team and man-about-town at the Academy. On graduation, he reported on board VINCENNES, a 10,000-ton ASTORIA-class heavy cruiser, and was assigned as an assistant M-Division officer during overhaul at Boston Navy Yard. On the ship's return to sea in October, 1940, Ray was assigned to the 4th Division as its junior officer responsible for the 5"/25 gun battery; his battle station was that of spotting officer to correct the fall of shot of the main battery, three triple-gun 8"/50 turrets. In mid-1941, he became junior officer of the F-Division, fire control of the main battery. The ship was involved in "neutrality patrols" and convoy duty in the Atlantic throughout the year. By late summer, 1941, Ray was one of only four qualified Officers-of-the-Deck, which continued for the remaining year of the ship's life.

In early 1942, Ray was assigned battle station as Plotting Room Officer, in charge of the main battery fire control, stationed well below the ship's waterline. In March, 1942, VINCENNES joined the Pacific Fleet, where she participated in the launching of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo and in the Battle of Midway.

On August 7, 1942, the ship was a member of the gunfire support force at the initial landings on Guadalcanal. In the ensuing surface Battle of Savo Island during the early hours of August 9, VINCENNES was in the northern force, leading cruisers QUINCY and ASTORIA and destroyers WILSON and HELM. The attacking Japanese force of five heavy and two light cruisers separated into two columns as they came north, straddling the U.S. force. VINCENNES' main battery commenced firing during condition watch, ceased when the ship's captain came to the bridge, then resumed. It fired two salves under director control, but within the early minutes both of VINCENNES' main battery directors were shot out of commission. The ship was also struck by three or four of the enemy cruisers' torpedoes, one of which either directly flooded the Plotting Room or indirectly flooded it as the result of a hit in the forward fireroom, immediately aft of the Plotting Room. A few members of the Plotting Room crew escaped through a vertical trunk, but the majority did not survive.

Lieutenant (junior grade) Murry’s body remained with the ship when it sank. His surviving shipmates remember him with admiration and affection.

(Submitted by Ray Hundevadt)

June 6, 1940--the day it all started! With orders to USS MARYLAND, John flew to Long Beach to report. However, since the ship was at sea, he was "forced" to rent an apartment on the beach for the next three weeks and report (by telephone) each day. Finally on board, he found himself serving as JOOD before he had time to open his suitcase. He served as "F" Div. JO and Rangefinder Officer until the attack on Pearl Harbor. Following the attack, he became "F" Div. Officer and Plotting Room Officer. After a trip to Bremerton to repair the relatively minor damage sustained at Pearl, MARYLAND was ordered to San Francisco for a short time. However, it was long enough for his fiancee, Clare Hartnett from Holyoke, Massachusetts, and John to be married and go to Carmel for a short honeymoon. Incidentally, the Appletons, Lowerres, Kirks, and Trums lived in the same apartment building as they. In September, 1942, John was ordered to the Motor Torpedo Boat (PT) Squadrons' Training Center in Melville, R.I. Art Berndtson was a classmate, as was Jack Kennedy. After school, he was ordered to New Orleans as PXO of MTB Ron 14. However, shortly before commissioning, they were ordered to deliver the boats to New York for transfer to the Russians. Then it was back to New Orleans with the same assignments in MTB Ron 15. Their squadron was the first to be sent to the Mediterranean -- Gibraltar, Oran, Bone, Bizerte, Palermo, Capri, La Maddelena, Bastia, Calvi, St. Tropez, etc.

In 1944, John was back at MTBSTC as Senior Instructor. Clare and their first daughter joined him. She is now married to a CDR, JAGC. From there it was back to Annapolis as an Ordnance PG. Their No. 2 child was born just after John reported. He is now CAPT, USN (USNA '67). No. 3, a daughter, is married to one of those Navy types (now retired - can you believe it?). No. 4 is also a (USNA '72) grad. He is now a Quality Assurance Manager at Raytheon. No. 5, a daughter, is a Group Manager for Massachusetts Mutual. No. 6, a son, is a Contracting Officer at NavAir. No. 7, a son, is Yard manager at Little Harbor Marine. No. 8, a son, is a maritime attorney in Seattle. They now have 13 grandchildren.

The third year of Grad School was spent at Purdue, where John received an MS in Industrial Engineering. From Purdue, he went to USS PROVIDENCE as Gun Boss, then to CONY as PXO. When the PCO received emergency orders, he commissioned the ship as acting CO. Congressman Jack Kennedy gave the commissioning address. NOP, Forest Park, IL was his next stop. John was Industrial Officer (in charge of production). Then on to the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk. In 1954, he reluctantly handed in his resignation. Fortunately, he was hired by Raytheon's Lowell Plant (Sparrow Missiles), starting as Night Supt. and ending as Asst. Plant Mgr. In 1967, he transferred to the Submarine Signal Division as Product Line Mgr. (sonar systems for SSNs). John retired on January 1, 1984 as Mgr. Eng. Plng. & Admin. He is a CDR, USNR (Ret.)