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Years Served: My dad was on board in the Gulf of Tonkin…Hey everyone. I’m trying to learn more about my Dad. His name was Stuart Curtis Harrison from CA. He died in 1985 when I was 4 and I don’t really know much about him. I know he served on the Henderson in the Gulf of Tonkin. I think his job had something to do with either electronics or radar, again I’m not really sure. If anybody might remember him Id love to hear some stories or anything you can remember about my Pop. You can email me @ pluguglie435@yahoo.com if you may know anything about him. Thanks for your time! Matt Harrison, Raleigh NC

Years Served: 1971-1975…Reported aboard in Nov. ’71 fresh out of boot camp and spent my whole enlistment aboard. Recently have found several shipmates and put up a blog at WDBuds.Wordpress.com. There are also several people registered over at www.Destroyers.org, home of the Tin Can Sailors.

Years Served: 1959-1961…I remember Gary Troxel. He was striking for signalman, I was striking for radar. I left in 1961 for RD A school and retired as a CWO3 in 1990. Had a good life in the Navy. I got out of the Navy briefly as a first class and when I came back in 1966, I was sent to the Hendy Maru again after the fram job and she was homeported in Long Beach. Went to a reunion a few years back and met a few shipmates I had served with. Ken

Years Served: 1964 – 1968…I was in the DASH program during this period. Went aboard as AT-1 and Made Chief while on board. I retired in 1979 after 24 years as AVCM and spent 20 years with GTE in Massachussetts and retired in Arkansas.

Years Served: 1960-62…Webmaster, how do I contact Bill Mayne and Chester Lizak? Thanks, Gary