Greene was my home from 65 to 67. Vietnam in 66 as a GMG3. Best time of my life. Got to see the world.
I served in66 on Vietnam cruise with all the stops and action. Remember Subic bay,hongkong,Japan, national china for screw repair. Played lots of plane guard for the Connie. I was EM at time. Just installed AC before cruise. Sleeping on deck in Guam because couldn’t get shore power.
I remember sewing up Kleaver’s hand after it ran into a pane of glass. I was a DK wannabe at the time. Finally made it to “A” school and ended up at Dam Neck. Left Greene just before decom
Dk2 on Greene from 1970-72. Remember Ltjg Kinder, my boss, Dietz and Patie were captains on the ship. Shipmates friends Benny Morris, James Bramble, Houston Akshire, Jack Marzilak plus last names Harwell, Harp, Mann, Remember lots of faces as I was only Disbursing Clerk. Did 2 Med Cruises, 1 North Atlantic Cruise, training at Gitmo and dry dock at Portsmith VA. Remember beer machines in barracks.
I was on the USS Eugene a green DD1 from the Aprill1967 to October November ‘68 the best years of my life I was a commissaryman I remember going to South America Africa around the horn up to Mauritius the other side of the Africa running the ground going to Pakistan for dry docks coming back also doing some Apollo recovery ship movements also a NATO Cruise from the northern Atlantic had a ball love to hear from my old shipmates Samuel benefield and Roy or Honda that were also Cooks our night Baker had to leave the ship and left me with a radio that I put a loan on but she never did get a back the money I think the radio still in the garage somewhere I have a ship designed on my tombstone with 7-Eleven on the hall I remember cheap lieutenant decorman the day he told me if I asked for seasick pills one more time he threw my ass overboard never got seasick from that day on and yes I was in some tremendous storms aboard the cruiser Boston and the destroyer escort couch in the Pacific in Atlantic got out 71 raised the family lost my son and 05 in Iraq now I’m a gold star father chunking away like we always did in the Navy that day at a time a chip at a time it took me many years I understand why the bosons was always chipped and paint give him something to do I remember going across the equator and the chief I think or he could have been first class borderman was the baby big belly full Grease also remember taking midship North after that across the equator if any of you guys are still alive my email is posted on the green page give me a buzz I have nothing to do but sit here you’re truly a brother of the greene
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Greene was my home from 65 to 67. Vietnam in 66 as a GMG3. Best time of my life. Got to see the world.
I served in66 on Vietnam cruise with all the stops and action. Remember Subic bay,hongkong,Japan, national china for screw repair. Played lots of plane guard for the Connie. I was EM at time. Just installed AC before cruise. Sleeping on deck in Guam because couldn’t get shore power.
I remember sewing up Kleaver’s hand after it ran into a pane of glass. I was a DK wannabe at the time. Finally made it to “A” school and ended up at Dam Neck. Left Greene just before decom
Dk2 on Greene from 1970-72. Remember Ltjg Kinder, my boss, Dietz and Patie were captains on the ship. Shipmates friends Benny Morris, James Bramble, Houston Akshire, Jack Marzilak plus last names Harwell, Harp, Mann, Remember lots of faces as I was only Disbursing Clerk. Did 2 Med Cruises, 1 North Atlantic Cruise, training at Gitmo and dry dock at Portsmith VA. Remember beer machines in barracks.
I was on the USS Eugene a green DD1 from the Aprill1967 to October November ‘68 the best years of my life I was a commissaryman I remember going to South America Africa around the horn up to Mauritius the other side of the Africa running the ground going to Pakistan for dry docks coming back also doing some Apollo recovery ship movements also a NATO Cruise from the northern Atlantic had a ball love to hear from my old shipmates Samuel benefield and Roy or Honda that were also Cooks our night Baker had to leave the ship and left me with a radio that I put a loan on but she never did get a back the money I think the radio still in the garage somewhere I have a ship designed on my tombstone with 7-Eleven on the hall I remember cheap lieutenant decorman the day he told me if I asked for seasick pills one more time he threw my ass overboard never got seasick from that day on and yes I was in some tremendous storms aboard the cruiser Boston and the destroyer escort couch in the Pacific in Atlantic got out 71 raised the family lost my son and 05 in Iraq now I’m a gold star father chunking away like we always did in the Navy that day at a time a chip at a time it took me many years I understand why the bosons was always chipped and paint give him something to do I remember going across the equator and the chief I think or he could have been first class borderman was the baby big belly full Grease also remember taking midship North after that across the equator if any of you guys are still alive my email is posted on the green page give me a buzz I have nothing to do but sit here you’re truly a brother of the greene