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LtCdr Joseph W. Cashin, Jr. 62-64
January 16, 2012

LCDR Joseph William Cashin, Jr., USN, Retired, of Mabank, Texas, passed on Monday January 16, 2012, at the age of 75. He died peacefully surrounded by his family and friends.

Born on December 3, 1936 in West Babylon, NY, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1954, to pursue his lifelong love of the water. After achieving the rank of AT-1, he was accepted in Officer Candidate School (OCS) which he completed in 1962. His career included flying Air Cap Barrier patrols in a "Willy Victor" squadron, as well as duty on the USS Oklahoma City, the USS Implicit, USS Illusive and the USS Fox. He also served his country proudly for three tours in Vietnam.

Post retirement, Joe enjoyed a successful career as a software engineer in the private sector. He gave of himself through volunteer work serving on the ETMC hospital board, assisting in restoration of Willy Victor planes, and providing his expertise to the development of the Henderson County emergency management plan. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the American Red Cross.

He is survived by his daughter Kathy Cashin McKinney and husband Greg McKinney, of McKinney Texas; His son Patrick K. Cashin and daughter in-law Janet S. Cashin, of Pearland Texas; He is also survived by grandchildren, Erin Clift,(Pearland, TX), Chelsea Porath (Dallas, Tx), and Megan Lish (Dallas, Tx); Brandon McKinney (Mesquite, TX) and Nathan A. Cashin (GM-3 USN); and five great-grandchildren, Emily, Kyla, Sammy, Daniella, and Elijah (Pearland, Texas).

You can see Joe's beautiful memorial video, set to the haunting background of Vince Gill's "Go Rest High On That Mountain," on YouTube.

For those of you who knew Joe, and even those of you who never met him, it woukd be nice to send a note to his daughter, Kathy McKinney.

You can leave a note in the Memorial Guest Book.

Hidden in Plain Sight
Deception in the U.S.

Military buffs, watchers of the History channel programming and survivors of WWII will recall the subterfuge that preceded the Normandy Invasion. It was called Operation Fortitude. Through the use of fake tanks, trucks, artillery and lots of phoney radio traffic, the Allies were able to convince the German high command that the Invasion of Europe would begin with a landing at Pas De Calais.

Foam rubber planes, plywood artillery pieces and inflatable tanks used in Operation Fortitude.

While trivia buffs have surely heard about this effort to deceive the Germans, far fewer have any knowledge of the campaign to hide the Lockheed Burbank aircraft plant in Southern California.

Now for the first time. you can see documentation of the efforts to keep our West Coast aircraft facilities safe from enemy eyes on the Plain Sight page.

This Just In - 2012 Reunion

2012 Reunion Information Now Available On The Reunion Page. More Videos Available In The Video Archive.

Welcome Aboard

New to the Crew for January: Chris Galeone, FTG2 78-79 New to the Crew for December: Jeffrey Cadwalader, FT2(SS) 93-98 New to the Crew for November: Mike Jackson, YN3 71-73 (See his Photo Album) Greg Montgomery, RMSN 74-76 See all the New To The Crew entries for 2011 here

2011 Reunion - Alaska Cruise

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My Uncle Joe

Almost seventy years after he was killed in action, I was able to uncover the facts that told the real story of his mission. This was more than his family was able to find during and after WWII. Click here to read the story.

Plank

Chief Dillon's Sub Topics

Recently, retired chief and Association secretary Paul Dillon, had the pleasure of representing the USS Oklahoma City Association at an awards ceremony being held by the USS Oklahoma City SSN723 at Subase New London. I presented the Commanding Officer Aaron Thieme with a check in the amount of $500.00 which is the Association's donation to the Boat's recreation fund. Also, I gave their Sailors of the Year $50.00 gift cards. It is our way of thanking all who serve on a ship named Oklahoma City... We are all Okcity proud.

RMCM Paul Dillon USN (Ret) presents a $500.00 Check to CDR Aaron Thieme Co of the USS Oklahoma City SSN723. CDR Thieme, MM2 (SS) Gary Penzion (Junior Soy), MM1(SS) Jeffery Mueller (Senior Soy) and RMCM Paul Dillon USN (Ret)

Reflections of the USS Oklahoma City (CL-91)

Several crew members from the USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) pose for a photo at the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. on Aug. 26. (From left to right) Ray Palumbo, Frank Zaccaro, Ralph Alfaro, Bill Crouch, and Fred Kapinos. DoD photo by Doug Moss Read their story at the DoD Live website.

Two Crews, One Name

CL91 Plankowner Ralph Alfaro was both surprised and honored when he recently visited the museum at the Portsmouth, NH Naval Shipyard. SKCS(SS) Jason Dinkel, Chief of the Boat (COB) of the USS Oklahoma City,(SSN723), presented Ralph with a plaque and a baseball hat from the Submarine. The boat is presently going through an overhaul at the shipyard.

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"As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given The Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his Name, because America gave him the White House based on the same credentials." --Newt Gingrich

SSN-723 Westpac Cruise 2004
Photographed & Compiled by
Shipmate Todd Selby, MMC(SS) 03-05

Click on the link below to see all the photos from the cruise. Allow from one to five minutes for the pictures to load. When you see the green arrow in the upper right hand corner, click on that to start the show. Slide Show

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