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| Date | 02-16-2011 |
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| Message | R DIV 1-10-60/7-16-63. OVER THE YEARS THE ONLY GUYS I'VE KEPT IN CONTACT WITH ARE TOM BOWEN FROM BALTIMORE,MD.(NOW LIVES IN GLEN BURNIE)AND RON GARSKI FROM SHEBOYGAN,WI.(NOW LIVES IN NM. MAYBE SOMEONE OUT THERE MIGHT KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF BOB "PINKEY" NORWOOD FROM MN. OR FRANK"F.D." MONROE FROM TN.OR BILL SOUDERS FROM FL. OR BUDDY "NUCKEY" GREY FROM NY. THANKS TO WHOEVER STARTED THIS SITE. AS I READ THE POSTS ALOT OF MEMORIES CAME BACK. AS I READ I WAS ONCE AGAIN WALKING THE PASSAGEWAYS OF THE OLD RANDY.I HAD NO IDEA THE RANDY HAD BEEN SCRAPPED. GOD BLESS ALL. |
| Date | 02-16-2011 |
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| Message | i was transfered from the fdr cva-42 & came aboard the randy on 1-10-60. after about a month i went tad to cpo compartment cleaning with a guy named riffel from baltimore, brown from nc.,malzone from ny. after cpo compartment cleaning i went to the co2 shop under doug green, then clontz and then kelly. when i made sfm3 kelly wouldn't let me go;seems like i was always on somebodys hit list.(did i say "hit" list? i must have skipped a letter there(.then the pipefitter shop needed a po3 so, kelly let me go to the pipe shop.and i spent the next year leading a pipefitter gang. then finally i got into the metalsmith shop under cheif j b brannum. my son put me on to this site. the first name i recconized was dave davenport. i stood desk watch in d c central and dave's shop was next door.then i saw "fireball" robrets name. "fireball, as honrey as you were when we were serving together, i would have thought somebody would have shot and killed you along time ago.then, i saw don harter's name,from oh. don, i had a question i wanted to ask and never did.please contact me at [email protected] then i noticed ed mcgowan's name.as i said i stood desk watch in d c central and when i caught a 0800 watch "mac" was like clockwork, coming in for a permit to keep a door open.and, last but not least was j j stagg. i'll never forget j j,the first time i met him after i came on board. we met over by the laundry bags.he stuck out his hand and said" yeh, i'm j j stagg from "joisey city,joisey" lol. |
| Date | 02-16-2011 |
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| Message | i was transfered from the fdr cva-42 & came aboard the randy on 1-10-60. after about a month i went tad to cpo compartment cleaning with a guy named riffel from baltimore, brown from nc.,malzone from ny. after cpo compartment cleaning i went to the co2 shop under doug green, then clontz and then kelly. when i made sfm3 kelly wouldn't let me go;seems like i was always on somebodys hit list.(did i say "hit" list? i must have skipped a letter there(.then the pipefitter shop needed a po3 so, kelly let me go to the pipe shop.and i spent the next year leading a pipefitter gang. then finally i got into the metalsmith shop under cheif j b brannum. my son put me on to this site. the first name i recconized was dave davenport. i stood desk watch in d c central and dave's shop was next door.then i saw "fireball" robrets name. "fireball, as honrey as you were when we were serving together, i would have thought somebody would have shot and killed you along time ago.then, i saw don harter's name,from oh. don, i had a question i wanted to ask and never did.please contact me at [email protected] then i noticed ed mcgowan's name.as i said i stood desk watch in d c central and when i caught a 0800 watch "mac" was like clockwork, coming in for a permit to keep a door open.and, last but not least was j j stagg. i'll never forget j j,the first time i met him after i came on board. we met over by the laundry bags.he stuck out his hand and said" yeh, i'm j j stagg from "joisey city,joisey" lol. |
| Date | 02-14-2011 |
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| Message | I WAS ON THE RANDOLPH FROM DEC. 1958 TILL DEC. 1960 IN THE SHIPYARD. ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS A CRUSE BOOK FROM THE MED CRUSE OF 1958, THAT CAN LOOK UP OR KNOWS ABOUT THE HEAD OF ENGINEERING COMMANDER HOOVER, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND WHAT WAS HIS FIRST NAME. I UNDERSTAND THAT DURING WW11 HE WAS A MM1 AND WAS SELECTED FOR OCS, AND AFTER THAE WAS DROPED BACK TO MM1 AND LATER GIVEN HIS COMMISION BACK. ALSO THE HEAD OF MEDICAL AT THAT TIME HE WAS A COMMANDER I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME HE ALSO WAS A WW11 VET AND POW HE WAS ON THE BATAN DEATH MARCH, AND HAD A LOT TO DO WITH SAVING A LOT OF LIVES AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.HELP. [email protected] 248 390 0786 cell |
| Date | 02-13-2011 |
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| Message | I JOINED THE RANDOLPH IN EARLY 58 WHILE SHE WAS ON A MED CRUSE, I JOINED IN ITALY. THERE WAS A BUNCH OF US THAT WERE TAD ON THE USS SOLEY DD 711 OR 707 CAN'T REMEMBER. I WAS IN B DIV #3 FIREROOM. I NORMALLY STOOD CHECK WATCH (TEND WATER TO BOILERS) I SEE JACK RAFFERTY MADE A POSTING ON HERE I REMEMBER HIM FROM B DIV HE SLEEP IN THE SAME COMPARTMENT I SLEPT IN. HAS ANY ONE SEEN OR HEARD FROM DALE CRUMMI FROM THE UP OF MICHIGAN OR CHARLIE INGRAM BT3 FROM FL.? THEY WERE BOTH IN #3 FR. OR ANY ONE ELSE. I WAS ON THERE WHEN THE SECOND CLASS ELECTION WAS KILLED IN #3 FR WHILE STANDING A ROTATING WATCH ON #3 GENERATOR. I USE TO TALK WITH HIM WHEN HE CAME DOWN ON HIS ROUNDS. ANY ONE REMEMBER ALL THE RUSSIAN SUBS AND RUSSIAN SURVEY SHIP WE USE TO CHASE AROUND THE NORTH ATLANTIC? AND HOW THE RANDOLPH ENDED UP IN A COMIC STRIP OVER ALL THAT WENT ON UP THERE. ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT COMIC STRIP THAT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY BUT RESEARCH TOLD ME THEY STOPPED IT IN 1955. I WAS ON THE RANDOLPH FROM EARLY 1958 TO DEC. 1960, SO IT WASN'T DON WINSLOW. ANY HELP? CONTACT ME AT 248 390 0786 [email protected] |
| Date | 02-11-2011 |
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| Message | Thank you for maintaining this site I was onboard in 56-57 I was part of the Jet start gangand also in the battrey locker Iwas AEM3 |
| Date | 02-09-2011 |
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| Message | Looking for Donald E. Perry who served aboard the Randolph from 1955 until 1957. A short red headed Ky boy who is probably still in jail from selling all that moonshine. If he gets out I would like to hear from him. |
| Date | 02-08-2011 |
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| Message | In the mid 1960s I was 17 or 18 and a drummer in the Royal Scots Pipe Band. We played on the decks of the USS Randolf in the Firth of Forth off Edinburgh.I remember speaking to a guy in civies when leaving the port of leith, only to discover later he was the captain. At my age I was so thrilled at being on an American Aircraft Carrier. I still have the ships photograph. It has taken me until now through the internet, to realise the proud history of this carrier and its crew and of some of its sadness and that she has now gone. |
| Date | 02-06-2011 |
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| Message | Served 1964-1965 V-6 Division Sheetmetal Shop night check 1900-0700 Like to hear from anyone who worked with me or in any other shops. As time goes by names also go But I will always remember the good times and not so good ( few ) ALWAYS PROUD OF THE USN |
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