Shipmate Nov 2009
NOTE: The contents of this page will consist of all the news items for the class that don't fit into SHIPMATE due to the imposed limitations of 2,000 words (including the words charged for photos) for each class news column. The column will add the material for the succeeding issues of the magazine as they are mailed. At certain points, old news will be deleted to insure the page doesn't become overly long. The photos on this page may be clicked upon to enlarge them, so that you may see who is actually in the photo, a better arrangement than the "tiny photo" policy being utilized in the magazine. So on to what was to have been in SHIPMATE!
John
Gardener
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Note From Earl Farney|
Buff
and Jean Walter Report On Their European Cruise
Annapolis '58 - Special Dinner
Labor Day
Weekend at Mike and Eileen's Beach House in Nags Head Sept 2009
Pictures from the
Santa Barbara USNAAA Picnic on
Chet Nagle Has His
Novel Iran Covenant Published Jan 2009
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News From John Gardener
From Jim Fredericksen
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The
wedding picture of the Gardener
family and friends.
First
row: Jacqueline, Sean Sweeney, Jacob, Joeseph Sweeney, James Jr
Middle row: Joanne and I, Lauren Sweeney, the Osbornes, Janine
and Scott, Kathy, Carmen
Back row: John IV, Tim, John III, Becky, Bob and Kathryn Sweeney,
Josh, Jesse, Yvette, James Sr.
On November 27th, the day before Navy played the University of Hawaii at Aloha Stadium, the USNA ‘58ers living in Hawaii hosted a luau for our visiting classmates at Tom Jacobs’s home on the North Shore of Oahu. Thirty classmates and wives (including Earle Smith, ’57, who agreed to shed a year and become an honorary member of our class) feasted on kalua pig and chicken long rice, swapped lies over beer and wine, and had a hell of a good time in general. Bobbi Hasegawa, Frank’s wife, came with her usual carload of the most delicious pupus (hors d’oeuvres) this side of paradise. The final football score next day was a bummer, but the party was a gas!
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Kneeling L to R: Bruce Holmberg, Bob Green, John Davis Standing L to R: Frank Hasegawa, Jim Fitzgerald, Dave Ault, J.J. Seeberger, Jim Adkins, Bill Hemingway, Tom Jacobs, Chuck Larsen, Earls Smith (‘57), John Peters |
Judy Rachap dances a hula |
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| J.J. and Pat Seeberger modeled the ’58 aloha shirt designed by Joan Peters. | Jim Adkins, John Davis, and J.D. Peters swap sea stories |
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Frank and Bobbi Hasegawa brought two tons of pupus (hors d’oeuvres) and desserts. |
Allan Rachap tells lies to Chuck and Sally Larsen |
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Auntie Kanani and Randy sang and played all afternoon. |
0612 Tom Jacobs’s fiancée, Noelle Bombardier, gets to know Jim Fitzgerald and Earle and Sandra Smith. |
It’s very sobering as we reflect upon the productive lives of our
many deceased classmates. Yet, we take great pride in what they did, and
the number of people that they positively touched. .
. . fond memories linger on and on. Especially,
now in the Fall of the year, as we approach Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New
Year, their great contributions toward maintaining our wonderful American
freedoms become more brilliant and highlighted in our minds. God Bless
them, their friends, families, and loved ones.
I am privileged to continue my work in uniform, teaching high school ROTC
cadets, now in my 24th year of a ‘second career,’ and honored by
Air Force Headquarters at Maxwell AFB as the “most senior” JROTC
officer/instructor in the business. Recently, our cadet group had its
3-year Inspector General Unit Evaluation by a Headquarters rep from Phoenix,
Arizona. He checks high schools in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada,
Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii, Okinawa, and Korea. Our report
noted that we exceeded all standards, had no errors, and were on track again to
win the coveted “Distinguished Unit with Merit Award” in May, 2010.
Kids, at times, can be a big challenge, but their dedication, hard work, and
allegiance can also be so very rewarding.
Over 20 of our unit graduates are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan --- others in
various locations around the globe ---- many are flying aircraft and manning
missile silos. Former students are also in senior ROTC, and at the various
service academies
Cheers,
Earl
Earl
J. Farne
Col USAF (Ret
Senior Aerospace Science Instructor
Del Campo High School
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
21st Co/’58 is Great!
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Buff and Jean Walter Report On Their European Cruise Nov 2009
Jean & I plus our West Point class of 58 friends the
Puschecks just returned from a couple of weeks in Europe. We took in a seven day
cruise of the new MSC line ship Splendida. It was a very large new ship and we
were able to get adjoining cabins with balconies. We ate too much since it is
hard to resist the wonderful fair on board an Italian ship. We visited
Barcelona, Tunis, Malta, Messina, Rome, Genoa and Marseille. Seeing Carthage was
really to take one back a few centuries. I didn't take the flag to that stop but
I should have so I settled on one that I'm sure many of the class have been.
Having been to Rome many times in the past we concentrated on The Forum and Coliseum and of course you can see it in the Picture. Our grandkids in Nancy, France were on school holiday so we were able to enjoy a week with them as well celebrating Halloween with them.
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Annapolis
'58 - Special Dinner Oct 2009
Our
Annapolis '58 monthly dinner for October was on the 6th and it was a special one
for Peggy Kimbo. In case many of you are not familiar with Peggy, she was inducted
as an Honorary Member of our class some fifteen years ago. She started working
at The Little Campus Inn in 1957 and became a favorite of many of us. When the
Little Campus was bought and changed to the Irish Galway Bay Restaurant, Peggy
was continued as the Hostess. She took care of making sure all was set up for
our monthly dinner, including the small '58 flags on our tables.
Due
to Peggy's health she has been unable to come to Galway Bay for several months.
At the urging of Fintan Galway, owner of the restaurant, we had a dinner in her
honor and her daughter brought her to the the restaurant. We had a group of 30
that came to surprise her and wish her well and had good conversation with her.
Those
who attended were: Murray and Teddy Blank, Dick and Mimi Buss, Ken and Polly
Mitchell, Jack and Janet (Butterworth) Bouvier, Sandy McMcMillan, Mal
O'Donnell, Chuck and Sally Larson, Liles and Beckie Creighton, Jim and Ellen
Pierce, Bob and Becky Caldwell, Gordy and Ginny Schaaf, Harlow and Jean Manahan,
Myron and Kay Kandra, Jim and Julia Corder, Rupert and Joan MacLean and Walt
Mitchell.
It
was a very special evening and we all were very happy we could honor Peggy Kimbo
in this way.
Walt Mitchell
Labor Day Weekend at Mike and Eileen’s Beach house in Nags Head
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| Willinghams, Giglios, Seebergers, Mays & Jenkins | Another Great Meal |
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| Pat Seeberger, Pat Jenkins, Jeanne May, Eileen Giglio & Kathleen Willingham | Down East Rover with '58 Flag on Mast |
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| Down East Rover Crew |
Pictures from the
Santa Barbara USNAAA
Picnic on 7-11-09
Submitted by Gary Minar:
L-R are Vern and Fran Hanna, Jim and
Betty Higgins and Gary and Barbra Minar. Note that the book in
Gary’s hand was recently found being discarded from a local school
library. As Gary examined the book, he immediately saw Fred
Rosenberg’s picture (20th Co.), then at the July 11 USNA
picnic we found others that we recognized: George Greer, Frank
Gamboa, John McCain, Jim Higgins, Bill Oliver and maybe Bill Edewaard
(all from 17th Co.). The book is: Annapolis, The Life
of a Midshipman, by Jack Engeman, dated 1956, L of C # 56-8517.
It is a fascinating book for us alums, with 250 photos from about
‘54-‘59! We also found the book real cheap on Amazon.
Also saw Shorty and our favorite super sharp Marine Capt Parsons (19th
Co. Officer).
Anyone recognize anyone else?
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Photos from the book "Annapolis" The
Life of a Midshipman, by Jack Engeman, dated 1956. The book
has a lot of pictures from our era, and there were jersey class
dates from 54-59, if you looked hard. Some names were on
the jerseys, sometimes
not fully readable, but it looks like author was striving
for ‘anonymity’. Gary Minar |
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Chet Nagle Has His Novel, IRAN COVENANT, Published.
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| Chet Nagle -From Back Cover | Iran Covenant Dust Cover (See Dust Cover Text Below Chet's write-up |
My first novel will be on Amazon.com by 1 January 2009, at last, and the second follows as soon as the editing process is finished. Iran Covenant is the story of a clandestine attack on Israel by Iran – using a smuggled nuclear weapon – ending with non-nuclear strikes by Israel and the United States that destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The plot details how that could be accomplished without putting "boots on the ground." The 306-page novel may be purchased at www.irancovenant.com for $21.00 (which includes shipping and handling), or directly from me by calling (703) 684-1333, or from Amazon and major online booksellers, after 1 January. (104)
Besides all that, lovely and patient wife Dorothy and I have been tracking our offspring. Oldest son Chad, a lawyer, is teaching and working in Istanbul, second son Christian is writing and teaching in Japan, and daughter Susannah is in her final year at University of Virginia Law School. My plan is to have all that high-priced talent supporting their aging father in the manner befitting a member of the Great Class of ’58. I am not, however, counting on it.
Dust Cover Text
Fiction: Terrorism & Espionage
Naval
Academy graduate and Cold War carrier pilot, Chet Nagle
flew in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Then he joined International
Security Affairs as a civilian – leading to defense and intelligence
work in Iran, Oman, and many other
countries. Awarded the
Order of Oman in the battle with communist Yemen, he is now a
writer and consultant.
Advance Praise for Iran Covenant
Chet Nagle knows what
goes on behind the scenes in Middle East politics and the war
on terror. Iran Covenant is an action-jammed, headline-driven look at
reality in the
guise of a spy thriller. Characters are vivid, drama intense, and
depiction of a fanatical
Iranian regime all too real. Tom Clancy and Vince Flynn readers will
be thrilled.
- Arthur Herman,
author NY Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World.
Iran Covenant: a
page-turning tale of counterterrorism, as explosive as today’s
headlines. –
W.E.B.
Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV, best-selling
authors of Men at War.
Iran’s willingness to
use any weapon to defeat the US and Israel is deadly accurate
- more than many Washington insiders will admit. Iran Covenant is an
action-filled,
technically accurate novel -- or a scenario on which an intel forecast
could be based.
Either way it’s a ripping yarn. Chet Nagle knows covert weapons
systems and the men
who run them. – George
H. Wittman, columnist
for The American Spectator.
Nagle, a new voice in
the world of thriller writers, delivers cutting-edge, real-time
action in Iran Covenant. A novel every bit as intriguing as its title.
– David
Hagberg, best-selling author of
Allah’s Scorpion.
Not only does Nagle
know what he is talking about, he has lived it. And he can write!
That’s a rare combination. –
Tucker
Carlson, MSNBC
Commentator.
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