USS John Marshall (SSBN-611) passing in front of Downtown San Francisco (July 1976)
courtesy of Mike Baerga
USS John Marshall (SSBN-611) passing in front of Downtown San Francisco (July 1976) courtesy of Mike Baerga |
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| REUNION PHOTOS The reunion photos have been uploaded to two galleries. Sorry for the delay. The first gallery is courtesy of Dave Cosgrove CLICK HERE to view Dave's photos. The second gallery is courtesy of a professional photographer CLICK HERE to view. |
| REUNION UPDATE The attendance list is up to 64 & the dinner guest list is at 108. I am sorry for the late notice, but as it turns out we will need some additional information from the people that would like to tour the sub base and maybe tour a submarine (if possible). For each person we need:
Here's the list as of 6/22/09: 1 Adams, Kevin 2 Baker, John 63 - 65 3 Barker, Roger 73 - 77 4 Bessette, Mark 71 - 73 5 Boccio, Tony 66 - 69 6 Burke, William 8 Cosgrove, Dave Keith 74 - 77 USA Cornwall NY 9 Crockford, Richard 72 - 77 10 Cowles, William 77 - 80 11 Davis, Keith (Jake) 73 - 77 12 Deem, Herman 13 Demerast, William 14 Dickinson, Bruce 62 - 69 15 Dolgos, George 66 - 69 16 Dorman, Mike 66 - 73 17 Drennan, Pat 71 - 74 18 Dunsavage, Jim 72 - 74 19 Dyckman, Dennis 73 - 77 20 Elliot, Bill 72 - 74 21 Frank, Don 77 - 80 22 Flynn, Bill 68 - 70 23 Gamby, John 63 - 66 24 Griemsmann, Bob 64 - 66 25 Gunn, Pete 60 - 63 26 Hanna, John 63 - 66 27 Hansen, Marty 60 - 63 28 Harris, Glen 76 - 79 29 Heeger, George 61 - 65 30 Heers, Terry 63 - 68 31 Heins, Kenny 67 - 70 32 Helm, Dick 73 - 77 33 Herpin, Bernie 73 - 76 34 Honsberger, Charlie 63 - 65 35 Ingraham, Roy 61 - 64 36 Jones, Jensen 67 - 70 37 Kucinski, Joseph 66 - 71 38 Maggi, Roger 39 Mayo, Margi 40 McDowell, Dave 71 - 72 41 McMurray, Tom 78 - 83 42 Miller, Harry 66 - 69 43 Monroe, Richard 74 - 75 44 Moody, John 76 - 79 45 Oliver, Herndon 76 - 79 46 Piazza, Mike 47 Plumpton, Tom 76 - 77 48 Rodimon, Gary 73 - 76 49 Rolla, Larry 76 - 78 50 Rosellen, Dieter 72 - 74 51 Rotondo, Michael 52 Russ, Alberet 53 Shuster, John 64 - 69 54 Seals, Greg 73 - 77 55 Shoemaker, John Rice 73 - 76 56 Suplicki, Edward 64 - 68 57 Trobridge, Steve 58 Ullman, Harry 77 - 81 59 Vleck, Ralph 60 Ward, Ron 61 - 63 61 Wood, Bryan 73 - 75 62 Wurtz, Richard 63 Wysuph, Alan 73 - 76 64 Young, Francis 61 - 63 65 Zach, Dennis |
| New Way To Stay In Touch With JM Shipmates One of our shipmates has created a group on Facebook for John Marshall Crewmembers. This is a great way to interface with all of our shipmates. If you already have a Facebook account, you can join the group by searching for USS John Marshall SSBN-611/SSN-611. If you don't have a Facebook account, go to http://www.facebook.com and join. It's free and a great way to stay in touch with everyone. |
| 2009 Ships Reunion (Groton, Connecticut) – 7/2/09 to 7/5/09 Thirty-nine shipmates have paid to attend the reunion in July. The banquet dinner guest list is now at 73. The dinner costs is $50 per person. We would like to have the guest list finalized by June 18th. Make check payable to: John Marshall Reunion Fund c/o: Dave Cosgrove 3453 Mallard Creek Run Williamsburg, VA 23185 Here is the tentative schedule: Thursday 7/2 - Informal reception in the hotel Friday 7/3 - Golf (to be arranged by others) Tour of Sub base (& sub if available) Saturday 7/4 - Golf (to be arranged by others) 4th of July Parade (Guests of USSVI Groton Base) Banquet Dinner ($50 per person) 1. Hotel – please make your reservations if you plan to stay at the hotel & have not done so. The room rate is $129/night. 2. Ball caps and nametags – the $50 payment will also include a USS John Marshall ball cap for the crewmember (not their guest). We will order a few SSN-611 caps in case there are crewmembers from the SSN conversion. We will also order extra ball caps for individual purchase ($9). A John Marshall lanyard & nametag will also be provided. 3. Sub base tour – please let me know if you would like to visit the sub base. There is a good chance we will also be able to tour a submarine. We may be limited to the number of people we can bring on the base. 4. Base bus – we have arranged for a bus to take us to & from the sub base (expect to pay $5 or $10 for the bus service). Individual vehicles will not be permitted on the base. 5. Activity list – a list of local activities and attractions is provided below and attached to this e-mail. 6. Photographer – a photographer will be at the event to take individual & group photos. There is no cost except for the photographs you purchase. 7. Golf – we have not selected any courses or reserved any specific Tee times. 8. Banquet dinner – please contact me or Dan Moss know if you have any special dinner requests or diet restrictions. 9. USS Nautilus – the museum will be open during our visit & will set up a “Welcome USS John Marshall” banner. Please contact one of the coordinators if you have comments or questions. * Planning - Dave Cosgrove dcosgrove@printpack.com * Alumni Membership - Al Patzke NewsDesk@ssbn611.org * Hotel & lodging - Gary Rodimon rodimon@sbcglobal.net * Banquet - Dan Moss dansam54@hotmail.com * Family activities - Charlie Honsberger ckhonsberger@msn.com * Military activities and Reunion Announcements - Alan Wysuph awysuph@austin.rr.com Here’s the list of crewmembers that have sent the payment: 1. Adams, Kevin 2. Barker, Roger 3. Boccio, Tony 4. Cosgrove, Dave 5. Crockford, Richard 6. Davis, Keith (Jake) 7. Deem, Herman 8. Demerast, William 9. Dolgos, George 10. Drennan, Pat 11. Dunsavage, Jim 12. Dyckman, Dennis 13. Gamby, John 14. Griemsmann, Bob 15. Gunn, Pete 16. Hanna, John 17. Hansen, Marty 18. Harris, Glen 19. Heeger, George 20. Heins, Kenny 21. Helm, Dick 22. Herpin, Bernie 23. Honsberger, Charlie 24. Ingraham, Roy 25. Jones, Jensen 26. Marvin, Mark 27. McDowell, Dave 28. McMurray, Tom 29. Moody, John 30. Moss, Dan 31. Oliver, Herndon 32. Rodimon, Gary 33. Rosellen, Dieter 34. Seals, Greg 35. Trobridge, Steve 36. Ullman, Harry 37. Ward, Ron 38. Wysuph, Alan 39. Young, Francis |
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Shipmate Glenn Harris, is Commander for a new USSVI Base: the Carolina Piedmont Base, located in Monroe NC. The Base got started with 19 members. IMPORTANT Reunion Information The Post Reunion Issue FamilyGram can be downloaded by clicking here. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to read the FamilyGram. If you did not receive the FamilyGram via email please contact Al. Your email address is bouncing! We continue to have a VERY LARGE NUMBER of bounced emails. If you are reading this here and did not receive an email from me then your email is bouncing. Active paid members of the Alumni Association have the ability to login to the site, update their email addresses as well as look up shipmate contact information. Alumni membership is currently set at $175/lifetime and $20/year if you prefer to pay by the year. If you are not a current paid member of the association won’t you please consider joining (or renewing)? Membership information is available on our Website. If all else fails shoot me an email or give me a call and I’ll walk you through it. Your dues go to cover the cost of the site including Web hosting services as well as partially offset reunion costs. For example, we had to pay a $500/deposit last year when we signed a contract with the hotel. march 24, 2005 - i must be getting old: I've looked and looked in response to any email I received from Skip Wurz regarding the following photo (click it to enlarge it):
Greetings shipmates, On one of the Big John’s web sites there is a long thumbnail collection of photos. In one photo, a group of twelve M-Div Gold shipmates are gathered between the LiBr machine and the port surge tank. The photo, taken in ‘71 or ’72, identified several members of the guys in the photo, but not all. So I am here to identify them. The guy closest on the right hand side of the photo is me, Richard (Skip) Wurtz. I came on board Nov. 64 as an MM3 (SS) and left in Aug. 72 as a WO1. I was the ALPO when the photo was taken. As far as I know I was on board longer than any other crew member. Over my left shoulder is Chuck Bailey, an ELT. The last time I saw him he was an LDO Lt. Tucked in between my cheek and right shoulder is Randy Tomcalla. Next to “Tomcat” on top is “Duck” McCann, can’t remember his first name but he always talked like Donald Duck, hence the nickname. Below Duck’s eyes is Lee Heideman. The guy in the porkpie hat is Bill Lang. He works at INPO in Atlanta and we visit often. To Bill’s right is Mike Dorman, the leading ELT. His nickname was “Ceekus Maximus”, or “Dudley”, plus several others. A great musician who now has his master’s degree in sociology or something like that, and teaches high school in Orlando. Some day ask him about MS-56. He ended his navy career as COB on a boomer. Right below Dudley is Mike Andreas, “Shag”, because he had such long hair. Don’t know where he is now. To the right of Shag and Dudley is Rick Schmid, an artist par excellence. He is a graphics illustrator for Overhead Door company in Ohio. The guy wearing the beret and cigarette dangling in his mouth is Steve Michael, “Angel”, a big Harley Hog rider. He is a wilderness guide in Montana or some other western state. Tucked high on the left side of the photo is Mike Taylor, “Suzie Sightglass”, as he cracked about five surge tank sight glasses when he was replacing the glasses. The big blurry guy close in on the left is Joe Kucinski, “Ski” of course. He quit the Navy, joined the Coast Guard, had an active career, was VP in a small shipyard, and is now retired. Don’t remember who took the photo or where the rest of the Div are, probably in the “kip”. I would hope that whoever posted the picture would add the remaining names to identify those guys. Best regards, That would be me Skip and I guess I have you covered. Al March 22, 2005 - Gone are the days: Where your only choice (or option) was a "gray one or a black one". Oh to be young and stupid once again. If you're curious about what this is all about; sit down, take a stiff drink, and click here. MISS sUB LIFE? Click here. A touch of gallows humor. USS JOHN MARSHALL PIPING TAB! Special thanks go out to Mike Piazza for his hard work. The much talked about and admired piping tab from our San Diego reunion has been scanned and is available on the site. WARNING...This file is 189MB (that's right -- MEGABYTES!). When you get it you will realize why it is so large. The quality is outstanding! Thanks again Mike!! Unless you are on a high speed connection you want to think a very long time before you attempt to download. It will probably take hours to download on a dialup connection. On a high speed cable connection I'vegotten reports that download is a bit under 30 minutes on average. The file is optimized for the Internet and begins to display as soon as the first couple of pages are downloaded. The entire tab consists of 156 pages in full color. Okay, everybody's been warned -- you want it -- click HERE. Enjoy! USS JOHN MARSHALL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BYLAWS. Click here to read the JMAI Bylaws. Please send any comments, thoughts, or concerns to me and I'll take care of incorporating them or responding back with reasons why they can't be. I'll get Dave and Doug onboard with any changes. |
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