AITON, Don - Tombstone, AZ 64-67 and 78-Decom mail1 or mail2
*** FTCS - GM Div Talos Missile House, later FM Div Weapons System Chief
^^^ Now a senior UAV Systems Analyst for Joint Interoperability Test Command at Ft. Hauchuca, AZ. Also serce on the City Council in Tombstone, the "Town too tough to die."
ANDERSON, Terry L - Mt. Pleasant, IA 76-79 mail
*** FTM2 - FM Division - AN/SPG 49A radars & MAA force
^^^ Retired from USN in Aug '96. Now working in electrical repair and Bio-Med department of local hospital
APKARIAN, Terry - Southgate, MI 69-72mail
*** FTM2 - AN/SPG-49 Radar Director 6
^^^ Now Radar Manager for FAA
BACHMAN, Lawrence J. - Monroe, VA 74-76 mail
*** FTGC - Lead Chief of FG Div - Retired as CWO4
^^^ Currently Dep Sheriff in Lynchburg, VA & Firearms instr at Central VA Criminal Justice Acad. Wife Chiyoko and I live in Blue Ridge Mts of Amherst Co. - All children are grown & we have 2 grandsons
BEATTY, John R - Dayton, OH 73-75mail
*** FT3 - Talos Computer System (when a computer was as big as your family room and only had to do a few simple equations; Good times with Chopper, Whit, Sams, Gullette, Sanchez, Dubi
^^^ Currently VP of HR with three grown sons and a granddaughter. Still married to Mernieko (31 years)
BECKWITH, Gary - Oxnard, CA 76-79 mail
*** FTM1 - Missile house
BECKWITH, Steve - Bolton, MA 77-79 mail
*** FTM2 FM-Division - W2 Missile Guidance Radar
BENTZ, David L. - McMinnville, TN 76-77 mail
*** FT1 - Aft Missile House
^^^ Retired from Navy and then the Army
BERNINGER, Harold "Bernie" - Milan, OH 67-71 mail
*** FTM1 - Came aboard in 67 and left for the USS Long Beach in 71
^^^ Married with a son and daughter, both in college. Now mfg manager for Lennox International
BOUCHER, John T. - Sunnyvale, CA 62-64 mail
*** FTM3 - AN/SPG-49 Talos Tracking Radar
BRITTON, Robert C. - Griswold, CT 69-72 mail
*** FTG3 - FG Division working mostly gun director and related radars
^^^ Working as Electrician for a Connecticut Public Utility; Married with 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Looking foreward to early retirement to travel the open roads in a motorhome
BUTLER, Frank A - Charleston, SC 60-64 mail
*** FTMC - Was the first person in charge of the AN/SPG-49, Dir 5 later on to the Chicago and Long Beach. Made Senior and Master Chief and then LDO Commussion
^^^ Retired after 21 as LtCdr. Went to college and Law School and practiced law for a while - got bored, went sailing with wife for 12 years on a 32' sailboat
CAMPBELL, John L. - Glendale, CA 75-78 mail
*** FTGC - in charge of MK-37 Gun Fire Control System and Assistant 3M Coordinator
CASTELLI, John - Orange, CA 66-68 mail
*** FTMSN - Talos Missile Division, was also ship's DJ under the name "Lallapolluzza"
^^^ Single Dad, son Gabriel is 25. Now a teacher & coach (basketball & volleyball) at a Catholic School (22 years)
CAVELL, George H - Cape Coral, FL 60-62 mail
*** FTSN
CHAVEZ, Enrique F - Spring, TX 95-97 #1158 mail
*** FTCS(SS) - reported onboard just after the Oklahoma City bombing. I was in school in Groton, CT scheduled to come to the OKC. I was the Weapons Department Leading Chief. I guess Bubba Smith QMC was my buddy during the time on the OKC.
^^^ I work for Baker Hughes in the Houston Technology Center in Houston, Texas.
I am the supervisor in charge of 19 assemblers and electronic technicians
testing circuit boards. My hometown is El Paso, Texas
COLLINS, Blaine S. - Las Vegas, NV 76-Decom mail
*** FTG2 - Mark 25, Mod 3 Gunfire Control Radar
^^^ Married in 1979, have a son and daughter. Still working on radar for EG&G Technical Svcs
CURTIS, George - Covina, CA 67-70 mail
*** FT3 - Technician on the MK-111 Mod 0 fire control computer
DECK, Warren D - 71-73 mail
*** FTG2 - Worked mostly on FC Director; battle station was plot 5
DENNING, James E. - Dixon, MO 65-67 mail
*** FTM2 - Talos Computer Room.
DEWOODY, Ralph C. - Virginia Beach, VA 67-68 mail
*** FM2 - GM Division
DOMINICK, Douglas - Canton, OH 73-75 mail
*** FTMSN - 2nd and F Divisions. Played guitar and sang with buddy Robert Johnson; we actually won All Navy Talent Contest at Atsugi in 1973
^^^ Work at Aultman Hospital, also am One Man Band that entertains around NE Ohio. Very happily married and always want to hear from anyone who was on the Okie
DOWTY, Frank - Monroe, WA 63-66 mail
*** FTM1 - AN/SPG 49 radars and Talos computer system.
^^^ Went aboard in '63 and was in Pacific Missile Range on an exercise when JFK was killed. When the ship returned to the States, I was the driver that stayed in Japan
EALY, Steve - Columbus, OH 76-78 mail
*** FTM-3 - FM Div; worked on guidance radar for Talos Missile System. Best friend was GMM3 Bill Archibald
^^^ Live about 20 miles outside of Columbus with my wife of seven years, Ruth, and two dogs and a lizard
ENSTAD, Paul A. - Santa Maria, CA 68-71 mail
*** FTM2 - Ejoyed my time on the OK City very much.
^^^ Have a gas station, two wonderful kids & a crochety old wife that I love very much. Send me some mail!
FREEMAN, Jim - 76-78 #1146 mail
*** Worked on the Mk 25 Gun Radar for 2.5 years...Looking for former FG Div. shipmates
GALLAGHER, Thomas K. - Mitchellville, MD 77-79 mail
*** FTM3 - FM Division, W2 Missile Guidance Radar
GARCIA, L S - Albuquerque, NM 78-79 mail
*** FTM3
^^^ Now with Lockheed Martin
GARDOCKI, POhilip - Royersford, PA 77-79 mail
*** FTM2 - AN/SPG 49A Directors 5 & 6
^^^ Married with one child. Occupations include CatScan/Magnetic Resonance Engineer and currently a .NET computer programmer
GASSOWAY, Dan - Portland, OR 71-73 mail
*** FTGSN - FG Division - I enjoyed the liberty ports. I loved skin diving in Grande Island during the day and then going animal in Olongapo at night. I equally enjoyed the beauty and serenity of the sea as well as the insanity of the typhoons. There was plenty to dislike, but I am grateful that has faded and the joys have grown larger. I am still in contact with many friends from that time, including Bob Britton, Jerry Rodgers, Greg Laedlein, Mark Pelnar, Ed
Marcheleta, Daryl Streeter, to name a few.
^^^ I have had three heart attacks, two before I was 50, have died six times
during them. Am healthier now than ever (well, ALMOST!). I am going to Marylhurst University, majoring in Human Studies. Currently talent scout for a music distribution company. I'm looking for Bob Reynolds, Bob McGraw and Terry Conway; any leads out there?
GOOD, Bruce L - Deerwood, MN 62-64 mail
*** FTM3 - Also served on USS Chicago & Columbus
^^^ Semi-retired working part-time for an engineering firm. I have 3 1/2 grandchildren
GORISS, Leo - Coral Springs, FL 62-64 mail
*** FTM2 Missle Division
GREGG, Bill - San Jose, CA, 67-68 mail
*** FT3 - FG Division
GREIMAN, David - Garner, IA 63-65 #1100 mail
*** FTM2
^^^ I own a construction company but I now have my youngest son as a partner and let him do most of the work. My wife and I have 4 children + 5 and one half grandchildren
GULLETTE, Steven - Monument, CO 73-75 mail
*** FTM3 - SPG-49 (Dir 5), then to STERF working for Rick "The Eggs" Hammond. Good times with Robert Sanchez, Ed "Edo" Terrell, Doughboy Wilter and I still owe Donnie Slack for Wog Day '73
^^^ Retired from Navy as LT in '95. Now part owner of 2 real estate companies in CO. Still blissfully married to "D", Gary Kemmerling's cousin
HARSHNER, Louis - Pascagoula, MS 76-79mail
*** FTM3 - Now FCCM on my twilight tour aboard the USS Thomas S Gates
(CG- 51)
HASKETT, Joseph D - Camano Island, WA 63-65 #1159 mail
*** FTM2 - T3 Div - I was detached to USS Columbus CG-12 in Sep 65
^^^ Semi-retired from Boeing Aircraft, married for 39 yrs, living on a Small Island in Puget Sound abt 45 miles north of Seattle, Wa. Enjoying retirement and traveling
HAYES, Jim - Port Neches, TX 65-66 mail
*** FTG3 - Worked in Plot 5 & 6 and then mk25 radar on director 51 (where I was the day the LIFE magazine photo cover was taken)
HENSIEK, Leroy - Puyallup, WA 70-73 & 75-78
*** FTG1 - FG Division, Retired Navy
^^^ Managing VFW Post 2224, Puyallup, WA Phone (253) 841-9934 / 6362
HERMES, James - Oregon, IL, 62-64, mail
*** FT3 - Operated and maintained the MK-25 Radar
HIGBY, Thomas - Los Banos, CA 75-79 mail
*** FTM1 - FM Div SPG49s, Dir 5 & 6 - buddies were Randy Dugger, Larry DuBois, Albert (Skip) Pinney, Brian Donovan, Louis Harshner and Ron Parker, just to name a few
^^^ I've been a Mfrg/Product/Test Engineer & Production Supervisor for Hewlett-Packard and other semiconductor cos. However, I'm now a Farmers Insurance Agent with 2 kids, 1 grandson
HINES, Jim - Colorado Springs, CO 74-78 mail
*** FTM2 - FM Div, started in Missile House and finished in STERF lab
^^^ Buddies were Dough Boy (Don ?), Ed Terrell, Archer, Joey ?, Mike Danler, Skip Penny - Now programming customizations to help desk software
HUBBARD, A.L. - Vallejo, CA, 74-76, mail
*** FTM1 - Talos Computer Room
^^^ Favorite hobby: going to Subic City
JONES, Ray "Okie" - Watts, OK 62-65 mail
*** FTMSN - AN/SPS 49 #5 Fire Control Radar, retired as BMC
^^^ Am now a Bos'n in Merchant Marine working for Military Sealift Command. Married to a wonderful woman from Philipines, have two sons; one is GMC in Navy other works for Pentium Intel in Arizona
KEMERLING, Gary - San Diego, CA 67-79 mail
*** FTM1 - FM Division
KERZIC, Mike - Yuba City, CA 76-78 mail
*** FTM2 - Talos Missile House
^^^ Work for Caltrans as an Engineer
KINDELL, Jack - OH, 72-74, mail
*** FTM3 - FM Div. Talos Guidance and Telemetry
^^^ 12 years active, 14 yrs USNR. Retired as FCC
KIRK, John - Corvallis, OR 70-74 mail
*** FTM1 - FM Division - AN/SPG-49 Radar (Rm 5)
^^^ Now an Engineering Specialist for Hewlett Packard for over 20 years, married to Kathy for over 30 years and have three "kids:" Justin(76), Kylene(79) and Karalee(82).
KURET, Anthony J. - Raymond, CA, 62-64, mail
*** FT3 - Talos computer room; my brother William was assigned to the G2 radar station
^^^ Retired from Contract Job Shop in '97 and my wife and I are building our retirement home in Raymond, CA, a small town in the foothills east of Madera
LIPPENCOTT, David - York Haven, PA 67-72 mail
*** FTM3 - GM Div, Talos Missile House
^^^ Work for Defense Info Sys Agcy (e-mail at work:David_Lippincott@mech.disa.mil
LUDE, Gregory A. - Kettering, OH, 75-78 mail
*** FTM2 - FM Division, worked on Talos guidance radars and UHF telemetry gear
^^^ Now a school teacher, I'm an Electrical Engineer, retired from D.O.D.
MAHAR, Tom - South San Francisco, CA 76-79 mail
*** FMC - Fire Control Div
MALCOLM, Paul - Southgate, MI 71-75 #1220 mail
*** FTG2 - Greatest Duty ever. Found ot what the navy was reallly about on the USS Valdez FF1096. We didn't know how good we had it on the OKI boat until you experience duty on a can. I remember GJ (Getz) Ltjg Luckum, Ensign Schrader, Bob Reynolds, Bertrand (I spoke to him not long ago), Conway, McGraw, Kerls, Vaughn (running mate), Hunter, Wong, Lovelace, Chief Grose, Chief Bachman, Marchellata, Occasion, Streeter, Schmitka, Murphy, Nakiamahardgraves, Neusome. I have a copy of the 1971-1972 Cruise book
^^^ Still mariied to Mila (30+ years) 2 kids all grown up now, one grand daughter so far
MARINAK, Bill - Lake Villa, IL, 69-70 mail
*** FTG1 - Topside F.C. Equipment - FTGC, USN RET
MAROON, Peter M - Seattle, WA 76-79 mail
*** FTM2 - FM Div/ AN-SPW2 Radar. Transferred to USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) and completed tour with rank of FTM1 - best bud was Harrison V (Witt) Whittington
^^^ Now with Boeing as Antenna Analyst
MARSH, Robert C - Mankato, MN, 68-72 #1186 mail
*** FTSN
McCLELLAND, Daryl "Mac" - San Diego, CA 75-79 #01087 mail
*** FG2 - FG Div - Great crew, outstanding port visits. My brother was an FTM2 in the missile house
^^^ Ret as a LCDR (Ordnance LDO) 2003. I work for NAVSEA Port Hueneme as a Strike Force C5I Interoperability Proj Eng at the Integrated Combat Sys Test Fac in San Diego
McMANAMA, Kerry "Mac" -Kenosha, WI 76-78 mail
*** FTM2 - Fire Control Computer Tech for TALOS missile sys
McQUAY, James M. - West Linn, OR 60-62 mail
*** FT2 - MK49 F.C. Radar & Foreward Batt
MELTON, Loren R. - Port Hueneme, CA 60-64 mail
*** FTMC - Fox Div, Master Chief of the Command
MITCHELL, Jack - Hattiesburg, MS 77-79 mail
*** FTM3 - W2 Missile Guidance Radar. Crossed over to Blue Ridge with 9 mos to go
^^^ Work in P.R. for Univ of So. Miss. Married to editor of local paper, have 3 kids and a bunch of dogs
MUELLER, Bill - Sheboygan, WI 67-71
*** FTM1 - Mostly FM Division with 6 mos. in X Div as MMA.
^^^ Married 29 yrs. Received degrees in Electronics and Computers, now work for Kohler Co. as project analyst
MURPHY, Peter F. - Spring Valley, CA 69-73 & 79-Decom mail
*** FCCS - Worked on radar and computers for main and 2nd battery guns
^^^ For last 6 years, working as contractor for Foreign Military Sale/Lease of Decommissioned US navy ships. Now semi-retired but planning to start a new job in San Diego
NAUDUS, Stan - Fairfax, VA 76-79 mail
*** FTM2
^^^ I now live in VA with my wife and 4 children. I'm a civil servant working for the DOD
NOEL, Bruce - Livermore, CA 76-78 mail
*** FTM2 - GM Division - Supply and Damage Control PO
^^^ Currently Senior Engineer with Seagate Technologies
PEELMAN, David - Pearl Harbor, HI 76-79 mail
*** FT2 - Talos 49 radar
^^^ Now working for post office; still in pearl Harbor with wife Yoshiko
PHILLIPI, Brian - Temecula, CA 72-75 mail
*** FTM2 - FM Div, AN/SPG-49 Radar
PRENARES, Photeos G. - San Jose, CA 72-76 mail
*** FT2 - AN/SPG-49 Radar.
PRICHARD, Robert D - Buford, GA 64-66 mail
*** FTG3 - FG Div
^^^ Retired from USNR as LtCDR. Have a son and daughter; both have served 10+ years in naval reserve, and three grandchildren. Retired from Royal Insurance where I was an Industrial Safety Spec
RAMBO, James - Carpentersville, IL 69-73 mail
*** FTM2 - FM Div, Weapons Control.
^^^ Now Lead Engineer for Motorola Cell Div. Navy training sure came in handy!
RENARD, Edward E - Jessup, GA 77-79 mail
*** GMG3 - FG Div, 5" mount
^^^ Loving life in South Georgia
RIDDELL, Jack - Spring Valley, CA 75-76 mail
*** WO2 - Maintenance Officer foe Talos Missile System and Asst. FM Div. Officer. Retired Nov. 76 as CWO3
RIVERA, Joe - Buena Park, CA 63-66 mail
*** FTM3 - FM Div, SPG-49 radar tech
ROBERSON, Eldon W. - Norco, CA 60-62 mail
*** FTM1 - Div P.O. & Weapons Control Sta Maint P.O. - first PO to report to pre-commissioning detail in San Diego
^^^ Married 35 years with 3 children and two grandchildren. Retired after 38 years in the Navy, 9 active, the rest as Weapons Systems Analyst
SANCHEZ, Robert - Rohnert Park, CA 73-75 mail
*** FTM3
^^^ Best bud was Steven Gullette. 3 grown children and 2 grand children. Now Assoc VP and Investment Advisor for Morgan Stanley
SHAEFER, George - Oklahoma City, OK 68-78 #1106 mail
*** FTM1 - FM Div 49 Radar and System Test - Ran the Honcho with Burton + Whittington
^^^ Now a PMEL Tech for Raytheon at FAA Logistics Ctr in OKC
SCHAEFER, Steve - Sterling, VA 72-73 #01046 mail
*** FTM3 - Talos Missile Tech (the new Smithsonian Air & Space Museum has a Talos Missile on display)
^^^ Currently doing software development for major defense contractor
SCHMIDTKA, Lyle - Chesapeake, VA 70-74 mail
*** FTG1 - Proformed every task in FG Division
^^^ Now an Engineer for LockHeed and still married to Atsuko my Japanese bride of 28 years. We have 2 children and 1 grandchild. Thanks for the memories.
SHEFFIELD, Jim - Fairfax, VA 68-72 mail
*** FTM1 - Talos Missile System
^^^ Now an Engineer for Raytheon supporting Navy's AEGIS System, MK111 Computer
SIMON, Joseph - San Diego, CA 63-66 mail
*** FTG2 - FG Division
SKALA, George Jr. - Attalla, AL 69-72 mail
*** FTCM - Talos Missile System.
^^^ Working for DOD as Telecom / Computer specialist
SLACK, Don - Millersville, MD mail
*** FTM2 - Fox Division, worked in WDE and MK152 Talos Computer. Retired as FCC in 1989.
^^^ Retired 20 Years as FCC(SW). I now live in Millersville, MD with my Wife Sonho and two dogs. I work for NOAA controlling GOES Weather satellites. Check out my website: Don’s Weather Zone:
SPITLER, Ron - St. Louis, MO 63-66 mail
*** FTM3 - T-Division, Port Missile Check-out, then Special Weapons Office.
STEGALL, James - Maryville, TN 66-68 mail
*** FTC - Made Chief the day I was transferred to the Topeka
^^^ Retired as FTCS in '76. Work in civilian life as Quality Control Manager until a heartattack forced me to re-retire
TAYLOR, Larry M. - Cypress, TX 67-70
*** FT2 - FG Division
TEEL, Eldon - Hortense, GA 61-64 mail
*** FTM1 - AN/SPG-49 Radar Director #6, Talos Weapons System.
^^^ Retired 9/75 as FTCM, also served on CG10(Albany) and CG12(Columbus).
TERRELL, Edwin P. - APO 73-76 mail
*** FT2 - Talos Missile System
TYSON, Bill - Pensacola, FL, 76-78 mail
*** ETR2 - OE Division - TACAN Technician
^^^ Retired as LCDR
UMBREIT, Keith - Riverside, CA 70-73 #1147 mail
*** FTM2 - Worked in Talos Missile computer room on Mark 111 computer the
entire time aboard. Didn't know how good I had it on OK City until I
transferred to the Uss Bagley DE1069. That was very different
^^^ Still working on computers. Got a degree from Cal State Long Beach. I've been working for Unisys 28 years now. Still like to get out in the ocean in a power or a sail boat. I do lot of sailing now
VANDENBURG, Keith A - Liverpool, NY 63-65 mail
*** FTM2 - T Div, Missile House Stbd test bay
^^^ Retired from Gen Electric Co
WEZENSKY, Michael - White Pigeon, MI 67-68 & 70-71 mail
*** FTM3 - GM Division, retired as NCC(SW)
^^^ Employed in manufacturing quality assurance. My son is an MTC(SS) and wife is a DTC.
WHITED, Patrick J. - Columbus, OH 72-73 mail
*** FTSA - Plot 5
^^^ Now repair aircraft interiors for Executive Jet Aviation. My wife and I have a son and daughter. Still play the drums part time.
