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!
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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
Barry Kennedy
UPDATED CONTACT INFO
I was in B Division 1971-73 including “the 1972 longest med deployment”. Kindofa metaphysical shipmate!
Updated contact:1block1island1@gmail.com
Hope to hear from anyone still here as such! 1block1island1@gmail.com
My Name is David Hamilton and I served onboard the FDR from 1968-1972 during which we were subject to JP-5 in our water by contamination. I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in early 2017 and went through two surgeries and two rounds with no success. On Oct. 17 2017 I had my bladder, prostate , and lymph nodes removed and a urostomy performed. At the current time I am cancer free but It is my contention that the water contamination had a pert in all this as the benzene in the JP-5 causes bladder cancer. I am fighting a losing battle with the VA as they tell me there needs to be documentation of the contamination. How does one get this documentation when the ship is scraped and most of those that served onboard are passed on. If you have any info I can use or you know of anyone with health related problems, please forward the info. Thanks, Your shipmate, David Hamilton RD2 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 e-mail:- rcher54@rcn.com.
v1 division 1973 to 1976. looking for old friends. gibbe60@hushmail.com
JHSteele MM3 I served on the Roosevelt in 1975 to 1977 down in engine rm. 4 and engine rm. 2 hey to all the guys been a long time. jhsteele@umd.edu
iwas on the rosie from 1970 to 1972 in the v-3 division. I remember lt rogers and lt luhl both good guys.i worked mostly in bay 2. good times.
roeinvestor@gmail.com
Looking for anyone that was on 72 cruise. Deck crew 3rd Division. Contact me at tmorgan54@windstream.net
I was on the Rosie 1971 Med Cruise, ADJ with VF84 “Jolly Rogers” worked launch deck (brown shirt) maint crew f4 B&J
Dave.chapman28@gmail.com
I was on the USS FDR [CV-42] 1974-1976 MM/FN Assigned to Engine room #4 M-Division .Looking for former Crewmates.
mmansfield4264@yahoo.com
My father, Elmer McClay, known as Mac, was a Lt. Commander on the FDR shortly after WWII, and raised in the Med. He was part of a rescue group that responded to a large earthquake in Greece. He was a pilot as well as a landing signal officer. dmcclay@optonline.net
My dad was part of the deck crew around 1970-1972,his name was Jimmy dockery,he never told me anything about that time,if was hoping to find some of his friends from back then to learn more about him.thank you for any help you can give me. keithdocwolf@yahoo.com
A B E V-2 gear
cpandsue@swbell.net
Served on the Roosevelt in 1970 with VA-15. Would love to hear from any I served with, particularly Willie Rodriqez. lonnie102@hotmail.com
I served aboard the Rosie from 68-71 worked in the Executive Officer Office for a few month and then finished my 3 tour in the Captain Office would enjoy to hear from some of my shipmates from those office. wvd3bbada@yahoo.com please contact me if you remember me
OZ Div 1975-76 to decommission. One Med cruise. Great memories. Dev, DJ if you’re out there love to hear from you. codiehart@yahoo.com
Hello,
My father will be 90 years old in April of 2019. He has his cruise books from all of his tours while in the Navy, except for the Mediterranean tour on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, 9/13/48 – 1/23/49. I would love to find a cruise book, or even a photograph from this tour. Is there anyone out there who was also on the USS FD Roosevelt during that time period? He loves sharing his memories from his time spent in the Navy. I would be very grateful as it would mean the world to my Dad!
Thank you,
Melanie
mdt44@comcast.net
Visiting on behalf of my father. He is Edgar E. Clark. You may know him as Buddy or Ed. He was on the Rosie from 1958-1961. He will be 80 next year and I always love to hear the stories he tells. If anyone one remembers him email me please. chuckclark89@gmail.com
S-2 division 72-75. I was also known as Tom T , Great and crazy memories I have! 3 med cruises. The hurricane on the way back from the med, Mayport , jacks beach. Any body out there from S-2 division? Danny Nicely Just wonder what ever happen to You my friend! Poppycva42@hotmail.com
AIMD
IM-1 Div
1974 – 1977
321jackfind@gmail.com
VF 84 71 – 73. jimburroughs@comcast.net
Looking for those guys from VA 87 during the 72 cruise.
Rghoskins100@Hotmail.com
letting shipmates know cyn3 Dan Funderburg passed away thanksgiving day . Dan was in cr div 65-68 kentanula@yahoo.com
V2 1965-1968
ke7amr75@gmail.com
Looking for shipmates. Longil@localnet.com
I was a BM from 69 to 72
pilotpopper@yahoo.com
Fly 1 Yellow Shirt for the 71-72 Med Cruises. William Kimm Miller, Earl Reople, John Sheets, Creole, 1st Class Hughes and memories of the summer 72 in Athens. What wonderful memories. Been trying to located William (Bill) Kimm Miller. Miss you my friend. 300wks@gmail.com