Category: Shipmate’s Stories

CS1 EARL W. MARCHBANKS 17 April 1963 I Earl W. Marchbanks was born 13 March 1934, at Columbus, Georgia. My hair is gray and my eyes are brown. In my early years we moved...

It was with heartfelt sadness that I learned today of our beloved shipmate Tom Manley’s passing this morning (Saturday, Feb 9, 2008). Tom’s son Christopher called me at noon to inform me of his...

CS3 CARL ANTHONY MAIORINO – 21 November 1959 to 25 July 1963 I Carl Anthony Maiorino, “Cookie” was born 10 February 1941 at San Francisco, California. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I...

LTJG JOHN R. LUCAS 23 April 1960-63 I John R. Lucas, “Luke” was born 5 February 1937, at Visalia, California. Currently I am bald. My eyes are hazel. I commenced Officer Candidate School at...

EM3 JAMES HOOK 22 November 1964 I James William Hook “Jim” was born 25 November 1944, at Susanville, California. I had brown eyes and hair, which is now grey. I joined the navy in...

SKI CASEY GARCIA- 27 August 1961 to 63 I Casey Garcia was born at Brooklyn, Ohio. I served eight years in the Navy, the last two aboard USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD 754). In...

CS3 STANLEY KENNETH EDWARDS – 7 April 1961 – August 64 I Stanley Kenneth Edwards was born 20 February 1941 at Auburn, Maine. My eyes are blue and I had blonde hair. I enlisted...

ICFN LAWRENCE P. CUZZUPE 15 April 1964 I, Lawrence “Larry” Cuzzupe, was born 1 November 1944, at Eugene, Oregon. My eyes and hair are brown. My father was Italian and my mother was Irish....

SN WILLIAM CULBERTSON/SULLIVAN 7 July 1964-68 I William Culbertson/Sullivan was born 16 January 1946, at San Francisco, California. My hair is gray and I have green eyes. I enlisted in the navy at Daly...

FC3 JOHN C. ZARRO 19 October 1950