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Shipmates,
Dedication of the plaque is scheduled for September 27, 2010 at 1100 hrs EST, in the Navy Memorial building, Washington, DC. If you plan to attend the dedication ceremony please notify the following by August 31,2010,
Don Hempstead 501-884-6242 or dhempj2@artelco.com , Paul Goldberg, 770-971-4539 or paulandella@comcast.net , or Casey Jones 814-837-8695 or casjones@verizon.net .
The plaque will help keep memories alive for several generations of our families.

                            Photos
When You Send Photos, Please include a stamped self address envelope and I will return them. You may also Email them  Keep them at full resolution

Dont forget to check the guest book once in awhile



PLAQUE DONATION FORM HAS BEEN ADDED

Sept 02, 2010
Larry Miler has changed Email address

August 28, 2008
Seem, Lawrence S. "Larry" has changed Email Address

August 23, 2010
David Arkwood PN2 1960s has signed in

August 16, 2010

Due to several requests & myself seeing it since my eyesite has been getting a litle weaker, I will be removing some of the red text & making the text alittle larger.



August 08, 2010
Wendell Hardin  '68-'70 has signed in

August 3, 2010
Joseph Fuller has signed in 1952- 1956

July 15, 2010
Donald Wright  RM3 '65-'67 has signed in

CDR F. J. Beitzer     1965 - 1967 added to Commanding officer list

July 14, 2010
Tommy Brooks has updated his Email address

Hultgren, Allan  1966 Has signed in

June 23, 2010
Photos from 2010 Reunion are now in the photo section  More to come

June 14, 2010
George Griffin has signed in


June 07, 2010
Larry Seem has updated his info Email address

Larry Miller mm2 Sunday, 6/6/10, 2:23 PM
 
Hello to all my shipmates. My loving wife Haroldine passed away on May 28, 2010. We had 37 years together and shared a lot of adventures. She was a beautiful woman. She was first runner up for Miss California in 1949. I miss her very much as do many others.

Larry Miller
  From: Napa, California
Email:  harry-larry@netzero.net




June 03, 2010
TAPS: Fritz Runne GM3, '44-'46 

June 02, 2010
Pat  O'Rourke  1967-1969 Has signed in

May 28, 2010
Lauretano, Ralph  1960 - 1962    RM3 - RM2 Has updated his info

May 24, 2010

added photo to the 1960 album - OC Division -  from RM2 Ralph J. Lauretano

Charles Hamilton 1950 has updated his info

May 12, 2010
History Section update 1958-1960 From Larry Miller

May 2, 2010
Jackie L Hutchins MM2 '57-61 has signed in

TAPS: Stewart, Robert 45-46  
            Quinn John J  44-46

April 12, 2010
Frank P Pizzo GM3 '44-'46 died March 2010

April 9, 2010
More names added to reunion list

April 2, 2010
Updated info on Frank Gardner

March 30, 2010
Russell (Marty) Martin '64-'68 BT2 hs signed in

March 29, 2010
Schetka, Roman  (Ron) 1964-'67 has signed in

March 27,2010
More Names added to the reunion list

March 20, 2010
Gary Hartsook has signed in

March 16, 2010
Paul F. Sheehan MM1 '44-'45. added to Honor Roll

March 12, 2010
Thomas Taylor 1951-54 hs signed in

March 10, 2010
Wales, Charles C. 1946 Lt Has Signed in

March 09, 2010

CAN YOU HELP?

Beck, Harry    deceased   Phone :478-933-5384 (daughter - Patricia Harrison)
Years/Date on board :exact date unknown/ 1940 - 1942
Email : triciaaharrison2004@yahoo.com
Looking for information on father's years in military; please respond if you remember him

March 05, 2010
TAPS: Clifford Martin 1961-63

More names added to Reunion list

March 03, 2010
Robert E. Stewart  1945-46 has signed in

March 02, 2010
Alex Rutherford 1944 has signed in

Feb. 26, 2010
Reunion food Menu Page

Feb. 3, 2010
TAPS: Richard L. Olsen 1944-1945

Feb. 2, 2010
Richard Camron '50-52 has signed in

Feb. 1, 2010
TAPS:  Ailes, Robert H.

Tiger cruise video on Video page

Jan. 31, 2010
Eberhardy Roger 1955 - 1957 Has signed in

Jan. 26, 2009
TAPS: CDR Carl Richard Berquist    CO 1956 - 1958

Jan. 15, 2010
Charles Turner has signed in

Jan. 12, 2010
TAPS:  RICHARD  A. EGGLESTON & NORMAN E. McLEOD

EMAIL CHANGE     Kleinedler Robert

Jan. 07, 2010
TAPS:  Dunne, Jeremiah 57-'58

Jan. 05, 2010
Taps:  Tim P. Burns 44-45 

Jan. 01, 2010
John wolfe 1959-1962 has signed in


Dec. 20, 2009
Capt. Rock 1952  & Ray Dash QM2 1954 have been added. Need more info

Dec. 18, 2009
Kenneth Stewart 70-72 BT2 has signed in

Dec. 17, 2009
2010 Reunion info added

Dec. 07, 2009
John Copeland RM3   64-66 has signed in

Dec. 02, 2009
New Video page has been added .

Nov. 29, 2009
John McCaffery, Jr has signed in 44-46 SM3

Nov 13, 2009
Bob;  I'm pretty much hooked now on the Journal style option for looking at photos, and I'm sure others would be also, IF they knew the difference and how to change it. If you hadn't had ask me to try it, I would have never 'accidentally found the option.

My suggestion would be to tell all the troops;
I would also mention
1. Let the photos load. Choose Journal style
2. Use your scroll bar (most important)
3. Journal stays with you, i.e. even after log out and entering the next day, you still have
   Journal................it does not default back to SmugMug after exiting.

Oct. 26,2009
Malcolm J. Edgerton Jr. 44-46 Has Passed away

Oct 05, 2009
New Photos added to 2009 reunion also 3 videos have been added to 2009 reunion.

Sept. 28, 2009
Russell Pruitt  '49-'52 has signed in

Sept. 22, 2009
TAPS: Donald Shawver '44-'46 died Nov. 5, 2007

Sept. 17, 2009
Petersen, Douglas ET3 65-67 has passed away

Sept. 13, 2009
Kreutzer, Gary has passed away

Sept. 11, 2009
Grubbs, Hugh Glenn Has Signed in  1943


Aug. 30, 2009
Mueller, Herman Has Signed in

Aug. 01, 2009
Larry Miller has added new comment

June 30, 2009
Robert  Weatherbee Has Signed in.

June 16, 2009
Charles Gregory has signed in

June  04, 2009
Phil Zipp 56-59 Has Signed in

May 26, 2009

Update on Admiral O'Brien From Joe Bauer

Yo Shipmates;
received a letter today from Wessie O’Brien, the Admiral’s wife.

I have been keeping in  touch with them by phone & letters. The Admiral has some memory & hearing loss.  But when I call him his wife answers the phone  and she says he gets so excited  when she tells  him it is me.   In today’s letter she said you should see his face light up when he hears from any of the Willard Keith crew.

I send him both letters & pictures.    So if anyone has a story to tell or some pictures to send to him it would be greatly appreciated.  It can be any kind of story or pictures, it matters not.   Wessie  said  he is on oxygen most of the time & he still  refuses  to use a cane

The Admiral turned 94  on Feb.14th ,2009.

His address  is:      Admiral  Leslie J. O’Brien

   5505 Rigel  court      Atlantic Beach, Florida      32233


May 24 2009
2009 Reunion Photos are in photo section

May 22, 2009
Stephen Brasher has signed in    1962-1964 RD2

May 04, 2009
R.A Anglin 46-47 has passed away


April 8, 2009
James Glasgow has signed in


March 31, 2009
Blanos, George Has Signed in

TAPS:   Anderson, Donald S.

March 27, 2009
TAPS: Spencer, Lawrence Robert    QM2   '44-'46  Passed away   01/31/97

March 16, 2009
Check out our new photo page

Feb. 25, 2009
James Willis has signed in

Feb. 23, 2009
Ron Gonter has changed his email

Feb. 15, 2009
Mitchell, Joe 1970's  & Farnham, James 1960's Have Signed in

Feb. 08, 2009
TAP:   Maynard D. Spekin, QMSC, '50 & David C. Holmes, LT, '44-'45 &
             Paul Lightfoot

Feb. 06, 2009
Added More Names to to Captain Page. Photos and Info welcome

Clayton Rand Adams Has passed away

Jan. 24, 2009
Ben Johnson 1956William Meadors 1971 have signed in

Joseph Carter Mccollum has passed on


Jan. 18,2009

George W. Wicklein WT2 '44-'45 has passed on

James Williams has updated his info

This graphic is by the creator of Dennis the Menace cartoonstrip...He rode on the Keith from San Francisco
to Los Angeles in the early years of the Keith..
Updated: September 2, 2010