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| Date | 2006-04-10 |
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| Message | John Ranger was my recruiter when I joined the Navy in late 47. His family and I have been close friends to this day. I am proud to have known John Ranger, my Navy mentor from almost sixty years ago, he meant as much to me as my dad. Robert A. Barth CWO USN (Ret) |
| Date | 2006-04-08 |
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| Message | My Uncle Bill (RM2C Claude William Lattin) was on the Houston and went down with her March 1, 1942. I was named in his honor and am proud of that connection, though I would have much preferred to know him personally. All of the men and women in the US military are my heroes, most especially my son, Air Force EOD TSgt Doug Moore, who has so far served 2 tours in Iraq, 1 in Pakistan following 9/11/01, and also volunteered for a compassionate duty assignment in Laos to help identify and return MIA remains from the Viet Nam era. Thank you, Uncle Bill, for being a wonderful role model! |
| Date | 2006-03-14 |
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| Message | Fred "Bud" Bourgoise was my father's close friend. He was on the Houston and died at sea after the Battle of Sunda Strait. Bud was mentioned in Bill Weissinger's book, Attention, Fool!. He was in the water after the ship sank, and spoke with Bill as they floated/paddled to Java. He never made it. Bud was from Houghton, Michigan, and attended Houghton High School and Michigan College of Mining and Technology. Thanks to all you heroes out there who served and survived, and to those who gave their lives. |
Private Message added 2006-03-06 |
| Date | 2006-02-22 |
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| Message | I'm trying to find out any information on my great uncle James watt. I have a brother names after him but my grandfather never spoke of James. Would love to hear anything anyone knew about him. |
| Date | 2006-02-02 |
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| Message | I'd love to hear from anyone that new my uncle Gilbert G. Carter from Whittier CA. On the logs from survivors of the sinking I saw in Commander Wm. Epstein's list of people in his raft 'Carter QM3/c,' that my have been him. There was also a Fred Carter on board (no relation that I know of) Thanks for all the work on this site, wish I could make the reunion.  |
| Date | 2006-01-18 |
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| Message | May God bless the souls of all those gallant seamen who were lost on the USS Houston including my heroic uncle Chief Electricians Mate Joseph Guy Comer. I hope to attend the 2006 reunion. Thanks. Jim Comer USAF Disabled Vietnam Veteran Life member VFW Life member DAV |
| Date | 2005-11-25 |
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| Message | My Grandfather, Earl C. Humphrey, served aboard the USS Houston. I am pleased to report his descendants are happy and free thanks to the bravery of men like him. Grandpa died in 2000, but he is always in my thoughts and memories. Jay, Andria, Zach Omaha, NE |
| Date | 2005-11-01 |
| Message | Thanks to all for veiwing this site. My brother was on the Houston, captured on Java after the sinking. He perished in Burma on Oct 1 1943 as a result of the terrible treatment endured as a POW.It took me 56 years to obtain for him the Purple Heart, but I did it. Good Luck to all friends of the Houston. My brothers name was William Charles Batchelor, Jr. |
| Date | 2005-09-17 |
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| Message | Thank you for the website. My uncle was a fireman deuce on the Houston when she went down. His name was James Clifford Ashton. I served in the US Navy for 20 years and did so in proud memory of an uncle I never met. They were brave men all. HMC(SW) P.T. Ashton USN Retired |
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