After struggling for four years to pass the eye examination, Ernie finally could not make it in first class year, and although graduating with the class, he was not commissioned because of being an eye 'unsat'. He returned to civilian life and joined the Bendix Corp., Teterboro, NJ, working for another USNA Alumnus, Pat Moran '35. Ernie was later transferred to another Bendix facility in Philadelphia, PA. After a period at that location and during WW II, he was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve and reported to USS YORKTOWN.

At the end of the war, he was married to Belie Muir in Seattle, WA. He then rejoined the Bendix Corp. for a short time, after which he was employed by the Applied Physics Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD, and Vitro Laboratories, also in Silver Spring.

In 1956, he was transferred to Vitro's New York operation, and moved to Oradell, NJ. Since commuting to New York was not his 'cup of tea', he accepted a position with the Kearfott Company, Little Falls, NJ, as Program Manager of various defense programs. One such program led to a 3-year assignment, commencing in 1977, in Norway at a large Norwegian defense contractor facility. He regards this period as one of several highlights in his business life.

Upon return to the U.S. in 1981, he rejoined Kearfott (then a division of the Singer Co.) and visited a number of foreign countries prior to his retirement in 1984. He has maintained his home address in Oradeil, NJ, but enjoys as much time as possible in his 'vacation home' in Windham, NY, where skiing (he's fair) and golf (he's lousy) get a bit of attention, plus enjoying the plain old country woods. He has also maintained a consultancy relationship with the Norwegian company with which he was previously associated.

Ernie has two children and three grandchildren, all of whom keep him and his wife young. Belie and Ernie have taken several trips abroad as well as within the U.S. Their other diversions include participation in various programs at their church in Ridgewood, NJ. Both are enjoying good health and continue to lead a full and active life.

Bud reported to USS ARIZONA upon graduation. Fortunately on Pearl Harbor Day, Bud was ashore or this biography would probably have ended at this point. He was then sent to the staff of Patrol Wing Two stationed at Ford Island. After five months enjoyable duty with the aviators, he was ordered back to work as turret 3 officer in ALABAMA being fitted out in the Norfolk Navy Yard. In the spring of 1943, ALABAMA operated in the North Atlantic between Scapa Flow and Iceland. That fall, the Big "A" joined the Pacific Fleet and saw action in every campaign up to Okinawa, at which time she was ordered back to Bremerton for much needed repairs. On the homeward voyage, Bud, then a LCDR, was made main battery officer. On the return trip, he received orders to the staff of COMBATDIV 2 as Operations Officer. At the end of the war, Bud resigned because of "unsat" vision.

Upon returning to his home, a seashore resort on the Jersey coast known as Manasquan, Bud started a lumber business. He was fortunate in getting in on the ground floor of a building boom but after that had to work for a living.

Life in Manasquan has probably not been as dramatic and exciting as a career would have been in the Navy, but there were many good points that must be considered. The town has a wonderful country club, is on the ocean, and has a beautiful river (the northern terminal of the Inland Waterway).

The oldest son, Doug, has taken over the lumber business and his grandfather's fuel oil business and has done an outstanding job. Among other things he has presented the Schafers with a wonderful grandson, Garrett The second son, Scott, now a doctor, is married and doing exceedingly well in his fellowship for cardiology at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Bud managed to keep busy in local organizations as the first president of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, past president of the Navy League, and as appraiser and director of the Manasquan Savings & Loan.

The Schafers now reside at 34 Forest Ave., "Boxwood," where Bud's love of the sea can be satisfied with a walk on the boardwalk and a dip in the Atlantic. A sincere invitation by Bud and his good wife, Ruth, is extended to all hands of '40' to stop in and enjoy the pleasures of the Jersey Coast.

Ray's first ship was USS DETROIT, which was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. DETROIT subsequently transported the Philippine Government's gold and silver monetary reserve, which had been removed from Corregidor by submarine, from Honolulu to San Francisco. Detached from DETROIT in December, 1942, he went to flight training. Designated Naval Aviator in 1943, he was ordered to NAS Melbourne, where he completed fighter training and carrier qualification, and later served as an Assistant Instructor in fighters. In 1944, he was a student in aeronautical engineering (armament) at the Naval PG School, Annapolis. Ordered to MIT, he received the degree of Master of Science (aeronautical engineering) in August, 1946. Ray next went to BuAer, in the Armament Division. In 1947, he was designated AEDO, and in 1949 he reported to the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, PA, and in 1952 became BuAer Rep, Cleveland. Returning to BuAer in 1955, he served in the Armament and Avionics Divisions. After attending the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1960, he returned to Johnsville as Director of the Aeronautical Electronic and Electrical Laboratory. From 1964 to 1965, he was BuWeps Rep at Westinghouse, Baltimore, after which he served as Missile Development Officer in BuWeps. In May, 1966, he assumed duty as Executive Director and Acting Assistant Commander for Research and Technology, NAVAIR. In 1968, after being promoted to Rear Admiral, he was assigned as Assistant Commander for Research and Technology in NAVAIR. In 1971, Ray became Vice Commander of NAVELEX, and in 1972, he became the Commander, where he served until retirement, June 30, 1975.

In 1968, he was awarded the Legion of Merit for the development of research and technology management in NAVAIR. He received a second Legion of Merit in 1972, for weapon systems advances, a new air- to-air weapon system for joint service use, and other technological innovations. He received a third Legion of Merit upon retirement, presented by classmate Admiral Mike Michaelis.

Ray died on July 5, 1985, and is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. He and his wife, the former Margaret Grace Croke of Lakewood, OH, had ten children, Raymond John, Jr., Thomas Edward, Jeanne Marie, Mary Ann, Margaret Grace, Carol Louise, Susan Joyce, John Michael, Laura Ellen, and Robert Lawrence. As of 1989, there were 33 grandchildren. Margaret continues to live in Elkridge, MD.

Ray was an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; a Trustee of the Naval Historical Foundation; a member of the U.S. Naval Institute; Army Navy Club, Washington, DC; Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; the National Rifle Association; American Radio Relay League; and The Quarter Century Wireless Association. He was also a Registered Professional Engineer in Washington, DC.

During World War II, Warren served in the battleships NEW MEXICO and IOWA, and then in WYOMING, the old midshipman cruise ship. WYOMING had been converted to an experimental gunnery ship, involved in developing the then new electronic fire-control computers, in order better to cope with the Kamikaze threat. Most of 1946 was spent on the staff of Commander, Training Group, Atlantic, breaking in new ships and crews at the Guantanamo base.

Near the end of the war, Warren's father and only brother died within a month of each other and Warren resigned from the Navy and returned to Minnesota in 1947 to operate the family business. This was a satisfactory occupation for a time, but there was a lure to visit places he had not yet seen and he eventually sold the business and started doing extensive traveling on all continents, including Antarctica.

His background as a Minnesota landowner with a keen interest in wildlife helped to give his early retirement a worthwhile purpose. At home, he is active in wildlife and wetlands conservation. Abroad, he studies wildlife as a volunteer naturalist affiliated with several conservation agencies.

Following his 1975 marriage to the German-born nature-writer, Vera Groschoff (who has published 30 animal books in Bern, Switzerland), and encouraged by Vera, Warren became a certified scuba diver at age 60; he has since logged more than 300 dives. Their diving base is their second home on St. Vincent in the Windward Islands, but they occasionally go on diving trips in other locations in the tropical seas. They would be happy to meet any classmates traveling in the Eastern Caribbean.

Victor was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the bombing by the Japanese. His ship was alongside another which received a direct hit and 1000 lives were lost. He went on to be Aide to Rear Admiral Jennings and Equerry to the Vice Commodore of the Fleet.

After the war, he was Assistant Naval Attache' at the Embassy in Rome. He was made a Knight of Malta by the Vatican for his services to the Country. Ambassador Dunn regretted his leaving in 1949 and praised his expertise as an aviator. He returned to Washington before leaving the service at which time he held the rank of Captain.

He returned to civilian life, pursuing his flying career. His business interests included Air Associates New Jersey and Intercom in Madrid. In a private capacity, he flew all over the world and his ability to speak five languages fluently enabled him to enjoy every experience to the full. Janet was privileged to fly with him on two memorable occasions. He flew her on the first occasion in a Cessna 401 from New York to Gander, across Greenland to Iceland and down to Prestwick, Scotland. The second time was to Africa in an Aerocommander, from Las Palmas in the Gran Canaries to Dakar, Ghana, Togo, Abidjan and Cabon on the Equator. He flew on to Luanda in Angola; she returned to Toulouse in a Trans Gabon aircraft and from there to Paris and Belgium, where he joined her four days later. He used to fly single-engined Cessnas from New York to Ireland -- if the wind was in the right direction! He was an adventurous man and very courageous. Janet did not meet him until 1960 and so, she says that this biography is rather sketchy, but she felt she should contribute and not let his song go unsung.

Victor died in London in December, 1974, aged 55, of malaria contracted on one of his many visits to Africa. He has a son, Charles, who was just seven when his father died. He is now a stockbroker in the City of London and Janet is sure that his father would have been proud of him, as she has been, for these two fine men in her life.

On graduation, Bill was the sole Forty assignee to USS WASP and recalled from graduation vacation to dwaddle in Boston harbor and await the tender mercies of C.O. J.W. (Blackjack) Reeves and the charms of North Atlantic Neutrality patrols.

In 1942-43, it was USS INDIANA commissioning and high speed transit to the South Pacific to support Guadalcanal ops. Thereafter it was precommissioning USS MONTEREY in Philly with a great gang aboard including a subsequent President of the US -- one Jerry Ford whom Scott broke in as OOD -- and also a future SECDEF, Tom Gates, the ACI officer. They made a rapid transit to Central South Pacific parts for the big push to Guam/Okinawa.

PG School in Annapolis then beckoned and coincided with the end of WW Ii, but it also heralded service in the big BBs: NORTH CAROLINA, NEW JERSEY and BATDIV staff, Midshipman cruising, all with post-war undermanned crews, no picnic.

In 1948, the long suffering seafarer was waylaid by Thelma Freeman of His Majesty's British Consulate, Norfolk, and diplomatically absconded to the hinterlands of Halifax, NS, to get married amongst the hospitable RCN. There valiant attempts were made to instruct the "Long Cs" in US communications & tactics at HMCS STADACONA. This tour, needless to say, provided great bliss.

Numerous communication-amphib assignments provided the background for arrivals of Mary, William J., and Cecilia. With these attendant duties, ALAMO (LSD-33) provided too much Far East cruising and became a last sea duty tour so that a Pentagon stint of timewasting teapot tempests provided transition to USS OUTSIDE in 1962, where ITT/COMPUTER SCIENCES proved much less exciting but a more rewarding home and family lifestyle. Post-war peacetime endeavors to simplify and to make DCA world-wide C&C communications more efficient/economical through simulation studies were interesting and challenging to Bill, if not to God, country and the DCA. Post-retirement employment ended with Raytheon where a reunion with some of the old Blues of Class of Forty was most pleasant.

Second retirement is easy to take between Florida, Bethany Beach, McLean and San Diego/Annapolis reunions. Staying healthy long enough to enjoy Northern VA area associations with the 1940 USNA group poses the only problem.

During 28 years of commissioned service, Harv served afloat in MEMPHIS (Atlantic neutrality patrol and WW II South Atlantic), as gun boss in INDEPENDENCE (WW II, torpedoed at Tarawa, returned as first night carrier), Staff, COMCARDIV FOUR, (WW II, Okinawa), Staff, COMCARDIV FIVE (WestPac), Flag Secretary, COMSECONDFLT, CO BARTON (Korean War, hit by shore batteries at Wonsan, heavily damaged by floating mine at night in Sea of Japan), Ops Officer, COMDESFLOT FOUR, CO NEOSHO and COMDESRON SIXTEEN (Dominican crisis). Shore assignments (all in Washington) included OPNAV (Op-23 - revolt of the admirals, 2 tours in Strategic Plans) and OSD (Policy Planning Staff and Deputy Director for Nuclear Manning, European Region). Harv also had a tour in Paris with the US Mission to NATO. He attended the Armed Forces Staff College and the National War College, and served on the Faculties of the Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School and the National War College, as well as being an Adjunct Professor at the Defense Intelligence College after Navy retirement. He was awarded the Legion of Merit twice (one with combat V), Bronze Star twice (both with combat V), Navy Commendation (with combat V) and Joint Services Commendation.

Attending night classes, he earned an MA in international relations from the University of Maryland and was admitted as a PhD candidate (completed all but dissertation). He also went to Middlebury College (German PG) and the American University of Beirut (Middle East studies). In 1949 and 1961, he won the Naval Institute Prize Essay Contest.

After retiring from the Navy in 1968, Harv worked briefly for a think tank and then was recruited into the Foreign Service (Minister- Counselor, 2-star equivalent) to serve 5 years in Brussels as Director for Nuclear Planning on the NATO International Staff, supporting the Nuclear Planning Group of NATO Defense Ministers.

Retiring again in 1974, he worked as a consultant for several think tanks and still serves as Executive Director of the National War College Alumni Association. For 13 years, he has been a volunteer income tax preparer for the elderly, foreign-born and low-income.

Harv married Betty (Elizabeth C. Rice) in February, 1944. They have 3 daughters (Sandy, Darcy and Cinny) and 5 grandchildren.

Couldn't ask for a better life!

The ships that Herschel served in were NEW MEXICO, HUGHES (DD-410), H. A. WILEY (DM-29), and LAFFEY (DD-724). Shore duty was served at the following places: CINCPACFLT HQ (Pearl), OPNAV (Pentagon), CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT (Norfolk), and the U.S. Naval Weapons Plant, Macon, Georgia.

In July, 1960, Bobbie and kids accompanied Herschel to West Lafayette, Indiana, where they spent a year while he earned an MS degree in Math and Science. They then moved to Lookout Mountain, TN, and have lived there ever since. Herschel taught at the local university until retirement at 65, while Bobbie taught for 15 years in Lookout Mountain Elementary. She would travel during the summer on 3-week trips to Europe or places in North America. Bobbie has been president of the Women of the Church (Episcopal), her garden club and a Morning Study Club. He serves on the board of the Chattanooga Tennis Association and on committees occasionally. Volunteer work takes about 8 hours per week and is rewarding. Since retirement, they have enjoyed several ship reunions and vacations about twice a year on Hilton Head Island, SC. The DD LAFFEY is still afloat in SC!

There are five grandchildren, two of whom live nearby with their youngest daughter, Mary. Terry, the second oldest, is an attorney with C & B Consulting Group in St. Louis. Suzanne lives in Atlanta with her husband (with IBM) and son.

Herschel and Bobbie look forward to seeing all of the class again at the 50th. 40 really is 4.0!

After graduation, Dick served in MARYLAND, and BISCAYNE, before going to Submarine School in June, 1942. Assigned to BALAO, building in Portsmouth, he made four war patrols in the Southwest Pacific. From 1944 to 1945, he was Exec of THREADFIN, (three successful war patrols in the Japanese and Yellow Seas). He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" and two Navy Letters of Commendation with the Combat "V".

After the war, Dick served as Squadron Operations and Gunnery Officer on the Staff of COMSUBRON 3 and then reported to ComNavTraCen, San Diego. After three month's duty as Flag Lieutenant and Aide to the ComNavFor, Far East, based in Tsingtao, China, in 1948, Dick became Exec of VOLADOR. In 1949, he was C. O. of BLENNY. In 1952, he was ordered to BuPers as Head of the Officer Training Section. Back to the Pacific, he served on the staff of COMSUBRON 7 in Pearl and then became ComSubDiv 12. In 1956, he was Exec of the Submarine Base at Pearl , and two years later, he joined the staff of COMSUBPAC. In 1960, he became PNS at Oregon State University.

Since leaving the Navy in 1962, to accept a position in the Oceanography Department at Oregon State University, Dick has followed various fields in the civilian world. After a two-year stint with the academic world at OSU, he became a stockbroker, remaining in Corvallis, where he was firmly anchored and simultaneously motivated by a new five-bedroom home and four children, the first of whom was entering college! Fortunately the surging 60's stockmarket and a frequent glance over his shoulder spelled success. However, never content with a good thing, he was susceptible to the glib talk of the OSU athletic director and found himself as the golf coach, a fine job working with fine young men at equally fine country clubs. However, one thing was lacking, pay! So, after thoroughly enjoying himself for four years, it was back to work.

Work this time was selling commercial and industrial real estate in the neighboring town of Albany. Since the three girls and son, Dick, had departed the nest, (2 grads, Stanford, 2 grads Univ. Oregon) he moved to Albany and a much smaller house near his work, and near the golf club. Actually he hasn't really worked the last five years except for the digging, hoeing, raking, etc. demanded by that gardening demon, Betty; he thought she was more a party girl than a gardener when he met her in 1941. However, Betty and he spend much time on I-5 traveling from Seattle to San Diego for short visits with the four kids and three grandkids. Dick keeps up with OSU athletics and is a big booster of the Beavers.

Gene joined the Navy upon graduation from Humboldt High School in 1934. While in the Navy, he received an appointment to Annapolis from a Democratic Congressman from Iowa for the class of 1940. Upon graduation from Annapolis, Gene was assigned to various ships, including battleships CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON and MASSACHUSETTS and cruisers BOISE and RICHMOND. CALIFORNIA was among the first to use radar, which more or less revolutionized modern warfare. Gene missed the attack on Pearl Harbor by about 6 months. While in MASSACHUSETTS, the ship was among the first to use the 16-inch 50-caliber guns, in an attack on a French ship JEAN BART, which was tied up to the dock in Casablanca. It was no contest since JEAN BART was restricted in its angle of train. Later, it was discovered that some of the projectiles, weighing over 2,000 Ibs., failed to detonate upon impact, a problem which was later corrected. While in BOISE, Gene participated in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. At about this time, as Gene recalls, the first use was made of guided missiles dropped from aircraft by the other side. He completed his active shipboard duty in RICHMOND, which was decommissioned in 1945. Gene resigned from active duty in 1947 and entered the Naval Reserve. After 17 years in the Naval Reserve, he retired as a Commander.

As a civilian, Gene functioned as an Electrical Engineer in various capacities with companies which included Honeywell, Westinghouse and Lockheed. During this time, he migrated from Pennsylvania to California, where he now resides. After his second retirement as an Engineer, about 1975, Gene obtained a Real Estate License and is dabbling in Real Estate when not fishing, golfing or gambling to keep the old parts in working order.

Meanwhile, Gene had acquired a wife, four daughters, two granddaughters and a grandson, who are also residing in California.

On graduation Sid reported aboard OKLAHOMA (BB-37). He was aboard on the morning of December 7, 1941, when OKLAHOMA capsized at Pearl Harbor, courtesy of the Japanese Navy. He escaped from below decks unscathed and eventually joined INDIANA (BB-58), under construction at Newport News, Virginia. He ran the port five-inch battery in that ship until December, 1943, when he left to join HANCOCK (CV-19), fitting out in Quincy, Massachusetts. As gunnery officer, he again saw action in the Pacific; he was detached in July, 1945, and spent the next three years in Annapolis, studying electronics engineering.

From 1948 to 1951, he served on the staff of ComDesLant in Newport, Rhode Island. During this period, his designation was changed to Restricted Line -- Engineering Duty.

From 1951 to 1954, he was in Washington in the old Bureau of Ships, Ship Electronics Division. From 1954 to 1957, he served in the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, first as electronics officer and later as a ship superintendent and assistant repair officer.

From 1957 to 1959, he served with the Branch Office of the Office of Naval Research in London, doing liaison work with the British, French, Italian and Norwegian navies.

From 1959 to 1963, he was again in Washington in the Bureau of Ships. He was then ordered to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. There he served as production officer for four years before returning once more to Washington in 1967, this time to the newly formed Electronics Systems Command. This was his last job on active duty: he retired in January, 1969.

On retirement, he worked briefly in industry, then returned in 1971 to his home town of Batavia, New York. There he took over the family insurance business, in which he is still active at the time this is being written.

Sid has been married since 1945 to the former Jane Woodward Blewett. They have three children.

After graduation, Speedy's initial duty in LOUISVILLE was followed by sea assignments in a battleship, 2 carriers, 2 more cruisers, 2 destroyers, 3 transports and finally a mine squadron. Interspersed were flight training and designation as a naval aviator; Washington duty in BuPers and OPNAV; 2 NROTC assignments, one at University of New Mexico and the other at Princeton University; a London tour with NATO in the ASW hardware and tactics business; command of the LANTFLT Undersea Warfare Command and finally Defense Department Quality Assurance boss for the five-state southwest area where he was retained involuntarily for one year past the usual 30.

In 1943, Speedy blind-dated and later married Jacie Huie of San Antonio, TX, proving to himself the truth of the rumor that all Texas girls are beautiful and fun to be with. They acquired three children in the following years. The older daughter married a USNA-63 member after a romance that began at an Academy "tea dance". The younger, a Trinity University graduate, is married and deeply involved with experimental theater in San Antonio, TX. Three grandchildren, schooled mostly in England, are in east coast colleges or graduated therefrom,

After retirement in 1971, Speedy entered the construction business; building multi-unit apartments and light commercial buildings in Dallas, TX. Jacie had opened her own business during the final tour in Dallas, concentrating on satisfying a growing demand for fine English and Continental antique furniture, decorative accessories and art objects. After about five years, Speedy gave up construction to assist Jacie in her business. They later moved it to the historic village of Salado on the edge of the famous Texas Hill Country, about 150 miles from Dallas. They maintain headquarters in Salado where Speedy has the distinction of being the only ex-Navy career officer in town. He spends his time managing the properties Jacie and he have acquired along the way and designing, building and hopefully selling handmade custom furniture. In addition, they have a home away from home in Santa Fe, NM.

As one of the class "eye unsats," John served during WW II as a reserve officer. After the war, while in BuAer on the Secretariat of the Aeronautical Board, he was transferred to Regular Navy status and designated for Aeronautical Engineering Duties only. After receiving an MBA from Harvard Business School in June, 1950, he had a tour in the Overhaul and Repair Department at NAS, Alameda. Subsequent tours were as Head, Program Branch, Maintenance Division, BuAer; Staff Aircraft Maintenance Officer, ComNavAirPac; Assistant for Contract Administration in the Office of BuAer/BuWeps General Representative, Central, at Wright-Patterson AFB; a student in the 1961-62 resident class at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces; and a final tour as Director, Military Personnel Division, BuWeps, with additional duty to the Chief of Naval Personnel.

At retirement in August, 1965, John and Julia (Judy) Greenbank had been married just over 23 years, John Jr. (Jack) was nearly 22 and in the Army, Jeff was almost 19 and at Ohio State University, Susan was 15, and Melissa 11. John, Judy, and the two girls moved to Hayward, CA, where John was appointed an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at California State College, Hayward. Concurrently, he enrolled in the doctoral program of the Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, from which he was awarded a PhD in Business Administration, in 1971. Meanwhile he was appointed Chairman of the Department of Management Sciences, School of Business and Economics, California State University, Hayward. Except for academic year 1974-75 as Professor of Business Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, John and Judy stayed on at Cal State, Hayward. Jack graduated from San Diego State, Jeff from Ohio State, and Susan and Melissa from the University of California, Davis.

Since promotion to the rank of Professor Emeritus of Business Administration in 1983, John has continued his association with Cal State, Hayward, and his work with the Purchasing Management Association of Northern California. Other activities include academic accreditation assignments from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, work with the local YMCA, and service with various Rotary International programs -- all these when John and Judy are not traveling around the United States visiting children, grandchildren, and old friends.

Ray was ordered to report to CASCO, new construction, at Bremerton, WA, after graduation from University of California at Berkeley Naval R.O.T.C. Unit. Two years spent in the Aleutian Islands were interrupted by a torpedo and installation of a new engine room.

After returning to Attu, Aleutian Islands, he was sent to Lighter-Than-Air flight training at Moffett Field, California. A year of anti-submarine patrol in the Caribbean followed.

Final active duty was in air navigation school, Clinton, Oklahoma.

In 1943, Ray married Barbara Ann Gingg of Berkeley, California. They built a home on La Loma Drive, in Los Altos Hills, California, and had two children, John and Ann. John graduated as an aero space engineering major in the USNA class of ‘80.

Ray is retired and living in Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California. P. O. Box 2207, Olympic Valley, California 95730.

Having spent most of WW II in one of the old battleships (IDAHO), Ed saw duty convoying in the North Atlantic until Pearl Harbor and shore bombarding in the Pacific thereafter, until ordered back to P.G. School in late 1944. Fortunately, in late 1942, IDAHO went in Bremerton Navy Yard briefly, and he had been able to get leave and fly east and marry Mary Parran in a USNA chapel wedding.

At P. G. School, he was in the first Ordnance Engineering class to take the guided missile course at CAL TECH. Graduation was followed by duties on Projects NIKE, SIDEWINDER and TERRIER/TARTAR (which became the Navy Standard Missile). Then came tours at Sandia Base, NM, in nuclear warhead development; Naval War College, Newport; and BUWEPSREP at the Navy guided missile production plant, Pomona, CA.

Along the way, the first youngster, Edward, arrived in 1948, and the second, Anne, in 1950. Edward is now a partner in the Baltimore law firm of Piper & Marbury; Anne also lives in Baltimore and has just graduated from the Maryland Institute of Art.

After retiring from the Navy, Ed spent the next 15 years with Burroughs (now Unisys) Corporation managing its work developing and producing automatic field checkout equipment for PERSHING missiles; en-route air traffic control systems for FAA; computerized inventory control systems for Navy spare parts (STOCKPOINTS); and installing the data processing and display systems in NORAD's Command Center in Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain.

The last few years with Burroughs were spent in its Defense Systems Headquarters in Washington (actually in McLean, VA). This move happened to coincide with family plans and, when Ed retired from Burroughs, the family remained right there, enjoying the comradeship of '40's Washington/Baltimore/Annapolis group. Another ‘40-benefit they have taken advantage of to the fullest are the "Castine Capers" which Ted Rodgers made possible and nurtured into becoming an annual two-week '40 reunion at the Maine Maritime Academy.

First duty after graduation was in USS SALT LAKE CITY as Assistant Navigator and then a Gunnery Division Officer. Roy saw action in the early Pacific Island raids, the Guadalcanal landing, and the Battle of Cape Esperance, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V as Turret I Officer. Next was Submarine School, January-March, 1943, and then USS PETO, in which he made seven war patrols serving successively as Torpedo and Gunnery Officer, Engineering Officer, and Executive Officer. He was awarded the Silver Star as Assistant Approach Officer on his sixth patrol. In April, 1945, he took command of USS SEARAVEN and participated in Operations Crossroads at Bikini during the summer of 1946.

He and Thelma Scott of Oklahoma City were married September 22, 1946. There followed tours as Inspector-Instructor of Naval Reserve in New Orleans; Executive Officer of USS QUEENFISH; and command of USS POMFRET.

Fraser joined the family by adoption in November, 1951. Roy III and Anne arrived in August, 1952, while Roy was on duty in the Atomic Energy Division of OPNAV. After serving successively as Submarine Squadron Seven Operations Officer and Commander Submarine Division Seventy Two, it was duty in BuOrd and BuWeps. In November, 1961, Roy commissioned USS WINSTON as Commanding Officer, In June, 1963, he was assigned to the Office of Naval Material and was active in organizing and establishing the Antisubmarine Warfare Systems Project as Director of the Weapons and Launcher Office.

Roy retired 1 July 1966, to teach math at Casady School, Oklahoma City, and Fort Worth Country Day School. In May, 1973, Roy and Thelma returned to Oklahoma City where Roy sold real estate until retiring in November, 1978. Since then it has been golf, fishing, travel, volunteering and serving the Episcopal Church in various capacities, including three years as Secretary of the Convention of the Diocese of Oklahoma. He and Thelma make their home at 3008 Huntleigh Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73120.

April, 1942, he married Anne Burr, lifelong sweetheart and Ring Dance/June Week "drag. Had 39 happy years, including 20th and 40th reunions USNA40, until Anne died July, 1981, from cancer. Two sons: Haywood Jr, Ph.D. Astronomy, faculty Univ. of Florida; Montie, real estate management in Raleigh; two brilliant grandchildren. November, 1983, married Vernon Smith, widow Naval aviator. Reside 2217 St. Mary's St., Raleigh 27608 and townhouse NC coast. Enjoy golf, tennis, boating. Active Episcopalian.

On graduation/commission, reported COLORADO (BB-45) in Long Beach, assigned "A" Division. Maneuvers off West Coast and Hawaii 1940-41 (beautiful Hawaii then). Docked Bremerton June, 1941, for modernization. Station change in Pearl Harbor with WEST VIRGINIA early December delayed for technical problems. Departed Bremerton, March, 1942, cruised West Coast, Aleutians, then SW Pacific backing initial invasions Pacific islands. Served as "A" Division Officer/Engineering Watch. Promoted with USNA40 to lieut. j.g. and lieutenant.

February, 1943, ordered BuPers Officer Detail in Washington. Scheduled on flight Fiji to U.S., was bumped from plane by a senior; plane crashed in California, killing all aboard.

On settling in DC, profuse hemorrhaging from pulmonary TB nearly fatal. Minus most of left lung, transferred to Denver hospital May, 1943, for recovery. Retired USN June, 1944, for physical disability. Released hospital April, 1945, moved to Raleigh.

Began civilian employment December, 1945, as engineer with Wright Machinery Co. (Sperry Corp.). Enjoyed 13 years of machine development and sales, last 3 as General Manager packaging Machinery Division.

Next employed American Machine & Foundry Co. in Raleigh developing cigarette machinery and military hardware. Manager of Raleigh Laboratories AMF last 4 years.

Joined R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, February, 1967, to develop licensing RJR technology. New to the tobacco industry, such licensing generated royalties of several million dollars annually. As president of Arjay Equipment Corp. (RJR licensing subsidiary), worldwide travel was a fascinating bonus. Retired January, 1983, age 65, retired to Raleigh.

Upon graduation, Snuffy's first duty was in WEST VIRGINIA, which was terminated with a swim across Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Then followed a two-year tour in TENNESSEE. Next came Sub School and assignment to TINOSA with duties ranging from J.O. to Exec in the conduct of six war patrols and the receipt of both the Silver and Bronze Star. Next came command of BARBERO and the end of World War II.

In September, 1946, Snuffy went to sea as XO of CHUB and married Florence Porter of Watsonville, California. He immediately set sail for the Western Pacific and North China (Tsingtao). In early 1947, the Smiths reported to the Naval Academy for duty as C.O. Small Craft Facility and welcomed their only daughter, Nan. In 1949, they returned to the Pacific with daughter plus first-born son, Gregory, (father absent for this birth) for one year in GREENFISH. Thence to BUGARA as C.O., and another trip to the Western Pacific during the Korean conflict. Second son, Bartley, arrived during this tour -- again with father absent.

In 1952, it was off to New London for five years with duty as Sub Base E & R Officer, Budget Officer, Industrial Relations Officer, Squadron Ops Officer, and finally as a Division Commander. In 1957, the Smiths headed west to Mare Island for duty as Chief Staff Officer Sub Ad and in 1959 proceeded to Peru as Chief of the Naval Mission. 1962 took the family to Key West for Snuffy to command BUSHNELL. Onward to Washington in 1965 to the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and subsequent retirement.

In 1966, Snuffy went to work for Lockheed at Sunnyvale in the Ocean Systems section of R & D and the Smiths settled in Los Gatos, CA. The Lockheed years (14 in all) encompassed many assignments, such as Chief of Safety and Certification for all LMSC Marine Products which included the design and construction of the Navy's DSRV. This and other Sub Sea Systems involvement led to receipt by Snuffy of SAFE Society's National Hydrospace Award for 1971. The major assignment at Lockheed was as Operations and Program manager of a multiple unit operation involving the Hughes Mining Barge (HMB) and the Global Marine-GLOMAR EXPLORAR for operations in the deep Pacific Ocean.

The Smith children and grandchildren (4) now reside as close as Los Gatos and as far away as southern England. Visits to and from all of them have brought much joy. However, his greatest joy besides his good health is the love, guidance, and emotional nourishment Snuffy received from his mate of 44 years.

After graduation from the Academy, Jim served as a gunnery officer aboard the USS QUINCY (CA-39) until August, 1942, when the QUINCY was sunk at the Battle of Savo Island. Thereafter, Jim served in the Atlantic aboard USS DALE (DD-353) and USS FULLAM (DD-474) until April, 1943.

From May, 1943 until June, 1945, Jim attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a masters degree in Naval Engineering. After tours of duty in Norfolk, Virginia and Bremerton, Washington, Jim was assigned to the Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in ship design, construction and repair, including design of FORRESTAL-class aircraft carriers. In 1954, Jim retired from active duty, having reached the rank of commander. Thereafter, he continued his service in the Naval Reserves, achieving the rank of captain.

After he left active duty, from 1954 to 1962, Jim was an executive with Chrysler Corporation's Missile Division, where he was engaged in the design and construction of various rockets and missiles, including the Redstone, Jupiter and Jupiter-C, in association with the Army and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1961 and 1962, Jim was the first president of Chrysler's Space Division, headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he supervised the development of the Saturn booster rockets which ultimately powered man's first flight to the moon.

From 1962 through 1981, Jim was an executive with Dresser Industries, Inc., where he was vice president and general manager of Dresser's Asian heavy machinery operations headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

After his retirement in 1982, Jim maintained a residence in New Orleans and a small farm near Kiln, Mississippi. Jim passed away on November 22, 1987, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Lucia B. Smith, his mother, two brothers and a sister, three children, five stepchildren, and twelve grandchildren.

Jim lived a full and wonderful life. He travelled all over the world and enjoyed significant personal and professional achievements. He had the blessings of marriage, children and good friends. Jim is remembered by his family and friends with much love and affection. He was a good and decent man who quietly set a fine example for others to follow.

Fifty years! Things were different then. Roger remembers them well. The Laws of the Navy were straight. Routines were strict. But that is not the way it is today. He's retired and busy. There has been a new lesson every day; then and now. Lessons learned at the Naval Academy served him well through twenty years of service in cruisers, submarines, destroyers, and atomic energy; later seventeen years of teaching; and now in retirement. Roger particularly recalls one seamanship instructor who instructed him not to get married without assuring that the girl already had a fur coat and her appendix out. He got 50% on that test later when he met and married Cissie. He learned to like the music that drifted up from Smoke Hall. He still likes the same music, even after considerable pressure from six children and five grandchildren.

Roger studied the French language at Annapolis and only visited France twice. However, the Navy sent him on a two-year tour as Submarine Advisor to the Argentine Naval War College, Spanish language required. He learned to like the ocean, quite a lesson for a boy raised in Nebraska who had never seen the ocean before arrival at Annapolis. Today, fifty years later, he sails when possible and teaches boating classes for the Coast Guard Auxiliary. During the summer of 1972, he made a canoe trip of 1,100 miles from the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Canada to the Arctic Ocean. In 1980-81, he helped restore a Viking ship and took her on a voyage of 3,500 miles.

He learned wrestling and physics while at the Naval Academy. After retiring from the Navy in 1960, he taught high school physics for seventeen years. During much of that time, he also coached wrestling. All USNA graduates remember being asked "What are you famous for, mister?" He used that line in his teaching. During the 1960s and 1970s, Cissie became a Roseburg radio personality. He learned to hit the books as necessary while at the Naval Academy. He knows of no classmate who has attended more different colleges and universities than he, thirteen in all. It surprises Roger that he can be so "educated" and yet not wealthy.

Today life is different. Routines, music, technology, values, and women are different. And some of their friends have passed on. Today, Cissie and Roger live on a 20-acre farm near Roseburg, Oregon. She keeps horses and numerous pets. She cooks for all the family and friends who enter their house. He tends horses, pasture, fence, raspberries, and sugar beets. He works Oregon trails or goes boating when the weather is right, if the family has not gathered, and if there is no important community meeting. They get fresh air, exercise, and they stay healthy.

Howard was born in Brooklyn, New York and was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state. After graduation, his first tour of duty was in the gunnery department of the light cruiser HONOLULU. In 1943, he completed flight training at NAS Lakehurst and reported to Airship Squadron II. Later that same year, he reported to Airship Wing One for duty as Gunnery and Training Officer.

In 1945, he completed a postgraduate course in aeronautical engineering, followed by a master's degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His next tour of duty was as XO and Engineering Officer at the Naval Airship Experimental and Test Facility. Then, XO of Airship Development Squadron II at Key West.

In 1952, Howard reported for duty as Head, Airship Design, Bureau of Aeronautics. There he was involved with the design and procurement of the new airships ZPC, ZPN and ZPNW.

In 1957, he returned to sea duty as XO SEMINOLE, spending three tours with her in WestPac. He took command of TWINING in 1959 and had another tour in WestPac.

In 1961, it was to duty as Assistant Insmat, Newark. Then, to the Naval Applied Science Laboratory as Plans and Policy Officer. He retired from the Navy in 1965. He joined Boeing/Vertol in 1966 as supervisor of Quality Assurance Audit Function until retiring in 1970.

They moved to Springfield, PA, near Boeing, in 1966. Having moved about every two years while in the Navy, living in one home for the last twenty-two years has passed quietly and pleasantly. Of course they have visited around the country but navigate back to San Diego two or three times a year to visit their son's family and to enjoy their one granddaughter.

Joe first reported to YORKTOWN, served with her in the Atlantic, Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, until sunk in the latter battle. Returning to the U.S. after his rescue, Joe served in BuPers from 1942 to 1945. He then was sent to Harvard for two years to earn an MBA with distinction. He then went to become O-in-C, NPO, Pearl Harbor for two years. After that, it was to Norfolk, where he was O-in-C, NPO there until 1952. Joe was C.O. of ORION (AS-18) from 1953 to 1955. He was back ashore at BuShips until 1959, and SUBLANT FORCE SUPPLY OFFICER until retirement in Madison, CT, in 1960. He then became Vice President of ZIPCO (manufacturers of nylon zippers), then at Electric Boat from 1963 to 1968, and finally at Yale University until 1983.

In Madison, he was active in local democratic activities, on the Board of Selectmen for 6 terms and in other civic activities. The 11 Snyder children and 16 grandchildren are scattered across the country, except the oldest son, who is in foreign service in Austria.

President Nixon labeled the 20th century as "The Bloodiest and the Best" in his book 1999. Having lived a big chunk of the 20th it's clear to Bill that he has been blessed with the Best of that Best. His 50-year trip began with orders to CA-29. It was with a sense of adventure, challenge and romance that he reported along with Kit, Butch, Jimmy, Rosie and fun lovin' Kelly. Romance came first with arrival in paradise where six bits bought two double carnation leis! Then there was a challenge with his "A" Division assignment and fresh water shortage at sea. So, Bill dumped corn starch into the evap's and it worked! Nine years later, he learned it was SOP in all new construction. It was rewarding that the idea had helped in that long trek to Tokyo and many a sailor had known more than salt water showers.

Adventure came too with a "Good Will" cruise to Australia. What a career intro! December 7th; the Marshalls; Pacific patrols; Coral Sea; Guadalcanal and the Savo fiasco. 1943 brought flight training, Florida and TBM's. An ASW command was next; flying off BOGUE; then a U- Boat kill just before VE day; off to Pac as Air Boss of a night CVE.

Post-war jobs included: CarDivFive, NAB Orote, NROTC - USC; and FAWTUPAC (Barbers Point). Red tape came then as Bill was BuAer Rep Columbus, OH; riding herd on NAA with a full bag of USAF/USN contracts. What FUN! Then USS PRINCETON Air Group, Exec at Kodiak, and a super year at ICAF. T'was a non-fun final act with three years in OPNAV. That tour and non-selection vectored Bill toward greener pastures. Those 20 years also provided a full house in terms of poker and reality: 3 Kings/2 Queens.

Post - "20" there has been a life o’plenty in the form of News Director (radio station); setting up the NJROTC Unit at Adm. Farragut School; a new wife and second family; publisher/editor of Financial Magazine, and 10 years in the fast lane of a Commodity Futures Broker. That experience provided the thrill (?) of being sued for a million. Thanks to justice, Bill is healthy and wiser. Today as he looks about, he counts 31 who call him Dad, Grand-pa, Grand-Da or Bill -- with some affection - he thinks. Truly it's been a great 50 years. So great he might choose to repeat it with perhaps the class of 21 or 2240. If he does, and he hears that line "Only '40 is 4.0," he'll remind 'em that that tag belongs only to the very FIRST USNA Class of '40.

After graduation, Karl was assigned to USS OMAHA. He will always remember being Officer of the Deck on December 7, 1941, and receiving the radio message: "Pearl Harbor under attack, this is no drill." He received orders to flight training in 1942. Primary training was in N-2S biplanes and fighter training in the Brewster Buffalo, Wildcat and Corsair. Night fighter training was very interesting, they were breaking in a new gadget, airborne radar, mounted on the Hellcat. Karl became a night fighter instructor and later assigned as Exec of Squadron VF(N)-91. They were deployed to WestPac in BONHOMME RICHARD. Night landing techniques on the carrier were clever, but very primitive by today's standards. After about 40 night landings, he gained confidence, maybe too much confidence, hit the aft turret and burned. Spent a year in the San Diego Naval Hospital getting plastic surgery. The docs did a fantastic job, and he returned to flight duty. In 1946, he attended PG School at Annapolis in aeronautical engineering. Then, on to the University of Minnesota for his MSAE. At the University, he met and married his classmate, Lucy Luck.

He then transitioned to jet fighters and became Exec of VF-31. He returned from the Med and received interesting shore duty, as OIC of a project, flying instrumented radio controlled fighters and bombers over the A-bomb tower bursts in Nevada. Next, Karl served as CO of VF-33, toured the Med again and returned to be Exec of Night Fighter Training Unit at Key West. In 1958, he was caught for a Washington tour with BuAer in Fighter Design. He went to helicopter school and back to BuAer in Rotary Wing Design Branch.

After retiring from the Navy in January, 1960, he first administered a wind tunnel laboratory at the University of Minnesota. He became interested in ballooning technology and has stayed with R&D and manufacturing in LTA aircraft ever since. Sport ballooning has been both a professional pursuit and a passion. In 1973, he established a (then) world altitude record for manned hot air balloons, 31,000 feet. He was the first person to receive the Montgolfier Diplome from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale for a hot air balloon feat. In 1973, with two partners, he started manufacturing hot air sport balloons. The company, "The Balloon Works", produces one of the most popular sport balloons. Karl left in 1978 to establish "US Airships" in Texas to build small airships for advertising missions, but after two exciting years, the lack of capital ended the venture. He went on to work for ILC Dover as a design engineer for inflatable devices, e.g., balloons, tethered aerostats, shuttle space suits, and hyperbaric chambers.

In May, 1987, he married Jaime Wright. They moved to Colorado and are perched on a mountainside near Fort Collins. They are self- employed as consultants, Karl in lighter-than-air technology and Jaime in the food industry and as a doctoral candidate at Colorado State University. They now have more time to enjoy their five children and five grandchildren.

While at the academy, Randy's design for the crest of the 1940 class ring was approved. The sketch of Bill the Goat on the current Class of 1940 roster is his. During the early years, Randy tried many pursuits. He painted murals in Las Vegas saloons (when it was a dusty little town); contracted with the U.S. government to capture wild horses in Death Valley; and worked as a horse-riding stunt man in Hollywood. He began to write and illustrate meticulously researched historical magazine articles and information on horses and horsemanship, published not only in the United States but England, France, Germany and Australia. Fascinated with the history of the U.S. Cavalry, he painstakingly researched over twenty years in order to illustrate and write THE HORSE SOLDIER, a four-volume work. With over 500 illustrations, many in color, the volumes depict every aspect of the uniforms and accoutrements of the U.S. Cavalry from 1776 to 1943. Randy published other works and illustrated for other authors. He worked in all mediums, oils, pen and ink, water color, tempera and clay.

For a congenital heart defect, not discovered until 1957, he underwent pioneer open heart surgery, the fourth patient in medical history to have this surgery and the first to survive it. He was given five years to live, but managed twenty! He spent the last three years of his life in a wheel chair, which he called his "Iron Steed." A blood clot destroyed the retina of his right eye, a difficult blow for an artist, but he continued to produce sculpture and paintings with the same dedication to detail. In 1970, Randy and his wife, Dorothy, moved back to his beloved Texas.

Randy received numerous plaudits and awards, the most notable being the American Exemplar Medal (their highest honor) from the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, for the Bicentennial Year 1976. This award had only been presented seven times since 1949. The plaque reads as follows: "Proud of his American Indian ancestry, this philanthropist has continually striven to inculcate in the public mind a sense of civic pride and appreciation of national heritage. Speaking eloquently through pen, brush and clay, he preserves for future generations the spirit of the Old West. This spirit of fidelity to truth, personal responsibility and freedom has sustained him through personal adversity just as it has sustained America throughout its history." There were many other awards. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the prestigious Company of Military Historians until his death on January 17, 1977. At his memorial service in Stephenville, Texas, he was eulogized by Major General George S. Patton III, a long time friend. Though Randy Steffen's life work was basically involved in the history of the U.S. Cavalry, he loved Navy traditions and the academy. He signed most military correspondence with a big BEAT ARMY!

When Ensign "Stookie" reported to USS RALEIGH in Pearl Harbor, he joined Bill Game and Jig-Jig Coyle as JO's aboard. They were also aboard on 7 December for the Japanese attack. Ships he served on during WW II soaked up three torpedoes and a bomb but he lucked out without a scratch; he also lucked out in 1942 by pursuading the sweet Marie to become his bride.

In 1946, after six years at sea, he was ready for an assignment to the Posgraduate School at Annapolis. It turned out that the Aerological Engineering Curriculum was a tough way to learn meteorology. Graduation led to weather assignments at Kodiak, Alameda, Norfolk, Morocco, Miami, Kodiak (again), Monterey (NPCS ), Guam, COMPAC at Pearl, and Alameda (again). These weather assignments were interrupted during the Korean War when he went back to line duties in Amphibs. In 1969 came retirement and he, Marie and their two sons, Jim and Tom, returned to Monterey and built a home on a lot they'd bought while on duty at PGS. They haven't moved since.

Retirement pay was supplemented by: employment with a Litton unit which assisted the Army in developmental field exercises to test new tactics and equipment; teaching at the Junior High School level for a private school specialized in the education of problem children who ranged from brain damage cases to bored brilliance; and as a meteorologist/oceanographer for Ocean Data Systems, Inc. Interestingly, ODSI sent him and Marie to Tehran, Iran, for six months to assist in a study concerned with establishment of a Marine Weather Service for the Shah's government -- a year later, the Shah was deposed (no correlation).

Then at the magic age of 62, when he became eligible for Social Security, he retired from his "retirement jobs" and enrolled at the Carmel Art Institute to scratch an itch he'd had since the Third Grade. After a year's intensive training, he rented a studio in town where he paints daily for fun and sometimes profit. His subjects are mainly local scenes and portraits which he does in oils, pastels and water-colors.

Harry passed all courses in his plebe year, but departed from the Academy in June, 1937, unsat in eyes. He went on to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he was a distance swimmer, and earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering in June, 1940. He joined Public Service Electric and Gas Company in South Jersey as an engineering cadet, for hands-on training in gas distribution. In the fall of 1940, Harry was accepted into the Naval Reserve as an Ensign, and was called to active duty in June, 1941, in the Industrial Department of the Philadelphia Navy Yard -- duties, Assistant Ship Superintendent for machinery in submarines, destroyers and carriers.

In mid 1942, he applied for sea duty and was sent to diesel school, then rode an LST down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans and Panama City, FL, where he was an instructor for crews of LST's coming out of shipyards in the region. In March, 1943, the LST Flotilla Staff was ordered to the West Coast, where they sailed for Sydney, Australia. From Sydney they went to Townsville for several months, then on to Milne Bay, New Guinea, training for amphibious warfare. Action began on 3 September 1943, landing at Lae, New Guinea -- two LST's torpedoed. Then followed landings at Finchhafen, Cape Gloucester, Hollandia and Biak, and in November, 1944, landings at Leyte Gulf, after which Harry was detached. He rode a transport through the Panama Canal to Philadelphia, then went to Charleston Navy Yard as a Ship Superintendent, converting destroyers to DMS-type. At war's end, this duty turned into mothballing returning ships. He took a 3-month course in Management Engineering at Rensselaer in 1966, and returned to Charleston until 1948, when he was transferred to BuShips.

After only two months in BuShips, Harry went in May, 1948, to the Persian Gulf as a petroleum inspector for two years, then returned for duty in the Submarine Supply Office in Philadelphia. Next came BuShips in 1953, Office of Naval Material in 1956, Maintenance Officer on the staff of ComServForLant in 1958, Industrial Manager, 9th Naval District in 1960, and retirement in August, 1961.

Harry attended Georgia Tech to earn a BS in Industrial Engineering in 1966, and then went to a Civil Service position in maintenance, at Naval Ship Systems and Naval Sea Systems Command. He retired from the Civil Service in 1984 and has worked with H&R Block during tax preparation seasons since then.

Harry married Malema (Lee) Copeland, from South Carolina in November, 1950. Their children: Virginia, born 1951 in Philadelphia, AB, U.Va, 1973, Penn. U. Wharton School of Finance, 1980, single; Elizabeth (Beth) born 1954, Bethesda Hosp., grad. U. So.Car., married, daughter and son; Richard, born 1960 at Charleston, Wake Forest U., 1982, BS Chem., U. Md., 1984, BS Chem. Eng., GWU, 1988 Master's in Eng. Admin., married, daughter, then twin girls.

After John's initial duties in the cruisers CHESTER and MONTPELIER, he was off to flight training. In November, 1944, he married Mary Lou Hatcher and they headed West, she to Long Beach and he far away in a PB4Y squadron. At war's end, he was navigator of MAKIN ISLAND, then it was duty on Guam while John flew PB4Y's again. In 1947, they went to Annapolis for John to attend PG School. Air University as an exchange student was followed by two years at Port Lyautey, when John had a P4M ECM outfit. There was time for travel through North Africa, the Med and Europe. In 1952, it was back to BuAer where, next year, son, Richard Winn, was born. A year later, John took command of VP-18 at JAX, where, in 1955, Dierdre Anne joined the family. 1956 found John at the Pentagon, then X.O. of VALLEY FORGE. After a year at the Naval War College and a tour in 1962 as C/S, Naval Air Bases, 12ND, John became C/S, Severn River Naval Command.

The Strakers were nicely settled on the Academy grounds enjoying the good life in the groves of academe, when almost immediately, they found themselves living in a double Quonset hut on Okinawa, with occasional family togetherness between Dad's briny forays to Singapore, Manila, Bangkok, Saigon, Cam Ranh, Danang, Taiwan and all points north, as C/S PatForSeventh Fleet/Taiwan DefCom. In spite of the war situation, it was great duty for them all.

Following Okinawa, there was BuPers duty and then retirement. With the offer of a great job in D.C., they overcame their Washington area prejudice and bought their "permanent home" at Lake Barcroft, 9 miles, as the crow flies, from the office at Dupont Circle. Five years of ever- worsening commuting convinced them to pull the plug and head for Florida, their original retirement objective.

This time they did buy their "permanent home" on one of a group of ten islands in Clearwater Bay, linked by causeway to the town and the beach. With water all around them, and with their dock at the back door, their primary interests have centered around boating and the yacht club. They have had six boats, sail and power, but their favorite was a Grand Banks trawler, in which they logged over 2000 hours in five years, from North Carolina to the Dry Tortugas, throughout much of the Bahamas, up and down both Florida coasts. They even got into building boats (see photo), the first effort being a Swampscott Dory, which became a prize winner, as well as a reminder of John's boyhood in Swampscott, MA, where he had the identical boat at age 12. Having sold the trawler, they now try to take a couple of months each year to travel leisurely outside the States, one country each year: New Zealand, Austria, Yugoslavia, Scandinavia, Switzerland, etc. For 1990, however, it will be Annapolis.

As the 50th approaches, they are thankful for their continued good health, for their two kids who have never given them a day's trouble, for good friends and a happy home. They hope that life has been equally good to each of you and yours.

Abbot Street was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 18, 1918. He died there on October 30, 1959. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School, he attended Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland for a year before entering the Naval Academy in 1936. On graduation, he was assigned to the cruiser MILWAUKEE, in which he served for two years before going into flight training. In 1942, he married Katherine Ruthenburg.

After graduating from flight school, he was a flight instructor in land-based bombers in Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1945, he was sent to Whidbey Island, Washington, during which time his first son, David Prince Street, was born. His next duty was in Hawaii. In 1947, he resigned from the Navy to go into the family steel business with his father in Richmond. His second son, Stephen Singleton Street, was born in 1947. Two more children were born in 1951 and 1954, Katherine and Melinda. After the family business was sold, Abbot joined a real estate firm where he worked until his death from cancer.

His widow married Robert Olton, an Episcopal minister, in 1968. David and Katherine are lawyers in Washington, D.C. Melinda is married to Robert Robbins and lives in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband and two daughters. Stephen lives in Alaska with his wife, Issa, and three children. David has four children, Katherine, none. Kitty and Bob have lived in Charlottesville, Virginia for over twenty years, frequently visited by their seven children and numerous progeny.

Sully was born in Pittsburgh, PA, December 1, 1916. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Francis Sherman Sullivan. Sully's first duty was on board the battleship USS NEVADA, in which he served as a junior officer in the engineering department from July, 1940, until January, 1941. He then served in cruisers -- USS AUGUSTA and USS MONTPELIER -- until January, 1943, as electrical engineering officer in the former and as radio officer in the latter. He then was assigned to the battleship USS NEW JERSEY in the gunnery department. He left this ship in July, 1946 to attend PG School, then reported to the Hurricane Weather Central in Miami, Florida, serving there until May, 1949, as executive officer. While at PG School, he married Delight Anderson at Greenwich, CT. He became senior flight aerologist with Patrol Squadron 23, then left this duty in September, 1950 and was assigned to the Fleet Weather Central in Norfolk as executive officer.

In June, 1952, he became executive officer and later Officer-in- Charge, Fleet Weather Central in Miami. He was transferred from this duty in December, 1953, to the cruiser USS LOS ANGELES in the Pacific, serving as operations officer in that ship. The landing ship USS CASA GRANDE was his next duty. He served as commanding officer from July, 1955, to December, 1956, at which time he was selected to command the destroyer USS PUTNAM. He served in this command until reporting to the staff of SACLANT, as Executive Assistant in the Plans, Policy and Operations Department. In March, 1960, Sully assumed command of USS SHASTA, where he served until reporting to EPDOLANT to assume command in 1961. He held this position until his retirement as a Captain on 30 September 1964.

Next came the 1970's, devoted to Academia, and Boy Scouts. On August 20, 1970, Sully received his Master of Science in Education from the Darden College of Education, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. In June, 1975, he was awarded the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Education from the College of William & Mary for 30 semester hours of graduate study beyond the Master's Degree. He taught math at Kempsville High School and Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, and he was Administrator of Advanced Studies at Tidewater Community College. Sully again retired, and also from his Boy Scout Troup, with its 4 Eagles.

Since 1969, Sully owned large motor yachts and, until his death on 10 March 1990, traveled the Eastern Seaways with his wife, Dee, six sons and twin daughters -- and his dogs. Sadly, son Lawrence, was killed in 1981. Dee and the other children survive: Waiter, USNA Class of 70; John; Mark, USNA Class of '74; Kerry; Kraig; Jan; Jill; 1 grandson and 3 granddaughters.

Stew reported aboard USS CALIFORNIA at Bremerton for duty. He married his high school sweetheart, Marge Bird. After successful sea trials and a brief West Coast Training assignment, the "Prunebarge" joined the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Shortly thereafter, while on a fleet exercise, unidentified periscopes were sighted and the ships returned to Pearl. What was thought to be a realistic air-raid drill turned out to be the real thing! Two torpedo hits, the third deck awash in oil, fires out under the on-line boiler, the sky raining smokeless powder from the USS ARIZONA, the ship listing 13 degrees, brought the orders to flood the magazines and abandon ship. He swam to Ford Island amidst burning oil slicks, a most disgraceful way to leave the Prunebarge on December 7th!

The only bright spot was "Temporary Orders": to the 14th Naval District and command of XYP 161, Inshore Patrol Sampan Group. Promotion was rapid; in just one month he became the Commodore of XYP Div Two, Task Force 4.6.6. His "op-orders" permitted fishing off the Kona Coast while investigating the coves of the Big Island to detect Japanese logistical support to their miniature subs. Three months of playing Robinson Crusoe was enough; he rejoined the patched-up CALIFORNIA to return to Bremerton for a major refit, and the launching of Larry.

Early in the spring of 1944, it was back to sea, with two & a half stripes, as Main Battery Assistant and a thirst for revenge; he had his fill: Leyte Gulf, Surigao Straits, Lingayen Gulf, Saipan, Tinian, and Guam!!!

Orders (May 1945) to the US Naval Academy (Postgraduate School) for a three-year course in Electronics Engineering was a welcome change of duty. Upon graduation and after a short tour of duty with Destroyer Flotilla Two, he received an "EDO" designation and a most rewarding technical career. It included the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the Office of Naval Material, the Bureau of Ships, and the Navy Electronics Laboratory. Along the way, Janis, Julie, Virginia, and Carol SWACKER were added to the roster.

Retiring as a Captain in 1964, he began a second career as head of Research & Development for the Manson Laboratory Division of Hallicrafters, Weston, Connecticut. A beautiful romance with Bunny Charlat ended his rocky first marriage and the Defense Industry association. They moved to Dallas, Texas, 1966, to establish Texas Institute, a Data Processing School, where after twenty-four years they still find great satisfaction providing training for career-minded young people.

Upon graduation, Swep was ordered and reported to USS INDIANAPOLIS in Pearl Harbor. He was aboard her when she departed Pearl Harbor on December 5, 1941, to deliver reliefs to Marines on Wake, Johnson and Palmyra Islands and to test Higgins boats. INDIANAPOLIS returned to Pearl Harbor on the following Saturday. When the fleet left Pearl Harbor in 1942 for the Battle of Midway, INDIANAPOLIS went to Kodiak, Alaska.

In October, he went to Tacoma, Washington, to USS CORE (CVE- 13), and served aboard her in the Atlantic Ocean during the summer of 1943, during which time she ran convoy duty. Her planes sank 9 German subs.

In October, 1943, he reported to USS SAN JACINTO (CVE-30). On 27 August 1944, he was ordered as Gunnery Officer and was promoted temporarily to Lieutenant Commander as of 20 September 1944.

He served in SAN JACINTO until the war was over and was out of the states for 17 months. During that time, SAN JACINTO was the only aircraft carrier in the Pacific that was not hit by enemy fire. She destroyed 12 Japanese planes with her 20's and 40's, including four kamikazes, and was awarded 8 battle stars.

He was an instructor in physics at the Naval Academy School Year of 1946-47. He resigned from the Navy 16 June 1947, and went into the produce business in Greensboro, NC, with his father-in-law. He retired from the Naval Reserve in February, 1955, as Captain USNR (Retired).

He is still working in the produce business at Biggers Brothers in Charlotte, NC.