HAVE YOU CHECKED THE HOME PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFO?
I have managed to resurrect some of the Guest Books from the previous FDR Websites. There are some that are lost forever but this is the best there is at the moment. There is a lot of good stuff there.
Click on the year you want to view. Click on the left arrow at the top of your browser to return to this page.
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MISUSE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN COULD BE AN INVASION OF PRIVACY!
Sign in using the comment form at the bottom of the page and please leave a valid email address. It will NOT be viewable to visitors! If you want to hear from your shipmates leave your email address IN THE MESSAGE ALSO.
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Please put your email address in your message so your shipmates can get back to you (if they can remember you).
There is software on board that makes it unreadable to the “bots” who collect that sort of stuff.
All entries must be approved before they will appear in the book. Any inappropriate entries, as well as those with invalid email addresses, will be deleted and will not appear. I check daily so don’t despair if your entry doesn’t appear immediately.
Due to a rash of automated spam messages we now use “captcha” authentication. Just enter the “captcha” code and then SUBMIT. Don’t worry about upper or lower case….either will work. If you have trouble reading it just click the little button to the right and it will “refresh”. Thanks!
Many shipmates have told me, via email, about having visited this site. Oddly many have not left entries here for their shipmates to see. THEY do wonder how you are and probably would love to hear from you. This is a great way get back in contact.
REMEMBER….THE ONLY WAY FOR YOUR SHIPMATES TO GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU IS HAVING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR MESSAGE
For YOUR protection – No home phone numbers or addresses please. Please save that for when you make email contact.
REMEMBER….IF YOU WANT TO BE CONTACTED MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE BODY OF YOUR MESSAGE
Ahoy mates!!! Great seeing web site. i was on ROSIE from late 1974 to end of 1976. Really enjoyed it. Wish I would have stayed and made a career out of it. But I was young and dumb. I am on Facebook if any one cares to chat. Best Regards, STEVE GUILLORY
Looking for anyone that served with my father Herbert H. Saberg on the FDR i guess around 1963-64.
I was on the “Filthy-Dirty & Rusty” 57/58. Anyone remember the
“Litter Bug Patrol”????????????
Served on the Rosie from 1962 to 1964. B-div. 1c and 1b boiler rooms.
Served 75-76. Radioman 3rd class and DCPO.
Was on FDR from 73-77 got out after the Rosie was towed to Norfolk. M Div. #3 engine.
cbromanowski@Gmail.com
I was an ICFN to IC2. On board from May 1961 to June 1963.
Served aboard Nov 1970 to July 1974 A-Division
West Pac 66 – 67….. Med 67 – 68 AO … G Div
please help
yes my name is Steven king my father was on USS FDR 73-74 i believe his name was Benny Ray King I am wanted to learn more about my dad service in the navy bc he has passed on now so i hope i hear from someone
served on board 1971-74 s7 division
I was on USS Roosevelt for 2 year tour (est. 1956 and 1959) while serving in the Corps.
ETNSN from October ’72 to April ’74
Served aboard 1976/1977 Med Cruise, anybody got pic of us ramming the Liberian freighter in the dead of night? Anybody got any pics of the galley crew?
served 71 72 med cruises out 73
My father Gorman Sr. served aboard the Rosevelt in the forties, circa 1947-49. If there is anyone who served with him or relatives who might have photos of the crew back then I would love to chat with you maybe swap photos, I have very few. My deepest respect and admiration for all who served and are serving our country. Thank you Gorman jr.
looking for decommisson crew members that was in va barracks in 77 early 78 remember the tugboats and taking out the portholes because they didnt have anything thing for us to do standing watches in a trailer onboard the rosie at night big holes in hangerbays didnt want to fall in them end of a great ship end of a great time 8
onboard 74 78 in the yards in va served with ensign barton in the barracks at yard stood watchs while they cut holes in hangerbays did we make the decommison crew list? still got your coin? where can we find that list? good people goodtimes
Served 68 to70 shake down to gitmo and virgin islands and big hurricane then med cruise served v1 div. as elevator op. and flight deck control spotter for Ltcdr Robert Hogue. great time and wished i had stayed in. Any body remember me e-mail jwfairchild7@gmail.com
Communications Division – Signal Gang, SM3, through July ’77. LCPO – SMCS Randolph. Lots of memories. Former shipmates can contact me at rat454bigblock@cableone.net
Came to the Virginia Beach reunion this year, first one very glad I came. Was on the Rosie fron December 70 to July 72 AT3 in AIMD
I was in VF-11 as a parachute rigger and servered on the FDR from 1958 to1961 Great memories. My e-mail duckycuz@optonline.net
Hello to all my heros.
My name is T. Williams, on behalf of my father (Charlie F. Williams) I’m trying to locate any fellow shipmates that served with him between 1976-1977 USS Roosevelt and 1977-1980 USS Saipan LHA-2. Anyone with any information please contact me at pt20tigga@yahoo.com Thank you.
The good old days.
If any people were commissioned in 1951, im at baron7@townisp.com
I was on board when we collided with that Liberian freighter in the Med. I’ll never forget that night!