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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.
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Any one remember the details of Operation Snowy Beach which I believe took place January of 1972. We were supposed to support the Marines with an exercise on a beach in Maine. I remember the Maine governor was opposed for some reason and the mission was scrapped. However the Roosevelt continued to sail on up north. How far and where is what I would like to find out. We returned to Mayport at the end of the month before the long Med cruise started in Feb. Thanks. rcadude@yahoo.com
Served on the Roosevelt 1968-71 G division. Email Tippythehorse@aol.com drop me a line if you remember me. Thanks.
Nice site I was on the FDR, from1964 to 1968
V2-Divison ABE worked on the resting gear,
flight deck and below deck, Doing ok retired
living in Las Vegas,NV over 18 years now
Served on Roosevelt as FT3 for 1953 Med cruise. (A long, long time ago!) Sad to know ship was scrapped but have thousands of great memories.
Looking for some of my mates from the last cruise…Jessip, Williams, Wanta, Pollard…any of you guys or anyone else from those days want to connect up again?
served on the roosevelt from 1971-1975 diagnosed with multiple myeloma 2010
I had a claim go before the bva, it was remanded, i then had to have a c&p exam for chronic ptsd. The bva put on e benefits that they had decided on my claim and they would send me and my lawyer a copy of this. Does anyone have any idea how long it will take to get this in the mail. Thanks
I served on board the FDR during the 1972 Med Cruise when I was a PO 2 with VF41’s Airframes Shop. Night Shift Supervisor. Great to hear from any of the ol’ young guys. LarryLeug@Gmail.com
David H Brown from Montana, served with you on the Port Catapult, V2, FDR, contact me, i have some pics of some of the old crew , all the best!
Served on the Roosie from 1963- 1966. Initial assignment as Asst. DCA to Lt. Vern Hazard. Later to serve as the A Division Officer. Capt. Jerry Miller was my initial C.O.
Many fond memories of the Roosie and hope to be able to attend the 2015 re-union.
I can be contacted by e-mail at pjs821@gmail.com and look forward to making new contacts from our mutual service.
William, You’re now a member of the Facebook Group!
Plane captain with VF-11 Red Rippers. On and off the Rosie from Oct 1961 until Aug 1963.
Made the 1962 – 1963 Med cruise. My e-mail is arthur20@otelco.net
Would like to hear from anyone in VF-11 during this time frame. I have your DVD of that cruise. Great job on that. Want to join your group on facebook.
Served on Rosie from May 1967 to August 1st 1970 Catapult crew ABE-2
I SERVED ON THE ROSIE FROM 1971 TO 1975 BM3 3RD AND 2ND DIV.
Served on board 66-67 V-2 . Ran supply for the division. Made West-Pac and half Med cruise. Love hear from Jim Persise (eyes) and Sam Mahoney or anyone else from the division.
Tom Davidson Email pastcomm7@yahoo.com
I did most of med cruise on FDR 1972 with Va176. Was ADJ2. Ran night shift most of the time. Got out in aprox May 1972 at Krete. Had my A&P before USN so I thought airplanes was where I would end up. Wrong! Elevators until 2-2013. Did not get picture in cruise book! But got cruise book. Look forward to hearing from anyone. email cpower2004@comcast.net
Butch
I would like to hear new of anyone serving in 1969 and 1970. I hope everyone is doing OK. You may remember me as Bruce Duck because of my duck impressions.
Served aboard FDR from 1969-71 in X-Div. Print Shop worked with a great group of guys. Thank You Randall VanValkenburg JO3 for all your efforts getting X-Div. 1969-71 in touch with each other. Anyone who remembers me, I would look forward to hearing from you. Contact me via e-mail: flz1947@gmail.com
I was assigned to V-6 Division in May, 1965. Lt/Cdr. A.J. Smith Commanding.
I remember: L.R. Sherman, Larry Prosek , Jerry Etheridge, Ralph Manning (he was killed on the Forrestal). Also Bob Tedford and G. Kassebaum (whose favorite song was: “One, Two Three, that’s how easy it is to fall in love”) Also remember: Jose’ Gonzales and Chief Fisher.
I have my cruise books from the Med. and Vietnam.
Some good memories and some bad.
Thanks for the comment, Rich Siu; it’s good to know some of the VA 87 line are still out there. You didn’t leave an email address, but mine is pkannenberg@gmail.com I’d be glad to hear from shipmates, VA-87 line members, and/or from former denizens of AIMD Work Center 610.
Hi Pete (VA87)
You’re right about Ronald Rook. Do you recall who went in to clean up the mess? It was Lou Matty. What are you up to? I’m retired and live in NJ.
1972 Med Cruise with VA-15. Worked the paraloft. Came on board late in the cruise as a PR2.
Would like to hear from anyone who served with me.
Gary (Christian) Curtis PR 2
gcurtis927@email.com
shout out to the guys from V-2 Gear 1972-1976 GOOD TIMES BROTHERS. party time on the jax beach
Greetings to all Rosie shipmates & veterans! Thank you for your service to our country!!
I’m interested in finding any contact info on the folks who worked in the CR Division (Communications Radio) during the 1972 cruise. A few names that come to mind are CWO2 Wetmore, Pat Courtney, Don Novak, Jeff Brezius, Mike DeFranco, etc.
Any/all info will be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Terry Green
Aircrewman with VAH II on the A3D. We hit the rounddown one night May 7 1961. We lost all hydraulics,no tail bumper, no tail hook. Came within inches of being a fireball around 11 pm. Lt Knutson was my pilot . we had no radios but were escorted by 2 A 4s almost to Souda Bay. Ran out of fuel due to flying “dirty” which we never figured on preflight. We bailed out in the mountains in a valley near Kania Crete around midnight. One A4 ran out of fuel on runway and told ship he had seen a fireball. We were reported missing until around midnight when we were found AOK. Oh, we bailed out at 1500 ft and I had remembered previous flights around Crete where all you saw was boulders big as cars but we made it. Slept a few hours and had breakfast on a US Navy LST and then a WF flew us back to the FDR and was invited to the Bridge to be welcome back by the Captain E.W. “the Fox” Hessel. Ending a 12 hour getaway!!!