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All Hands Muster

Posted by John Haynes on August 1, 2014, 10:05 am

Good morning Sailors. It is a beautiful day in Indiana and a good time to hear from all of you. I pray all of you and your families are well. I can report all is well here. I walk our little schnauzer usually three time a day for exercise, more for me than the pup.
I received an invitation from Russia to attend the Memorial Festival ceremony of the Monument "In Memory of the Arctic Convoys participants" in St. Petersburg the last of this month. I did go three years ago for 10 days and spent time in both St. Petersburg and Murmansk, and had a wonderful time. I declined the invitation this time due to the hostile conditions in the area.
God bless all of you and your families.
John Haynes

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Posted by Leonard on August 12, 2014, 2:36 pm, in reply to "All Hands Muster"

Good Day Everyone!
I found this site after looking up one of my Dad's Ships that he'd served on while a member of the Armed Guard during WW2. (SS Elisha Walker). I myself am a retired Chief GM, USN that served from the Vietnam Era to the Persian Gulf Conflict. Anyway, my dad used to tell stories of being at sea, under attack by the Germans, seeing ships sunk in convoys, and of course getting to ports to deliver the cargo. He'd talk of fights in bars, seeing green water coming over the bow, etc. I was on destroyer sized ships myself (4 of them) but have always liked being around older veterans of WWII that seen war at sea.

Thanks for what you do. Bringing to life memories of others is a great thing. My dad is long passed but to me his memories and stories live on.

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Posted by Alvin bell on August 15, 2014, 11:29 pm, in reply to "Re: All Hands Muster"

I joined the Navy at 17 years old in 1943 retired June 1967 retired chief gunners mate.Served on ss fq Barstow ,ss. Kenyon and ms square knot.ran in convoy to Liverpool 4 trips until d-day lost ship on last trip.The ship we lost was the ss seakayThen transfered to west coast was on square know we were all the way up waiting to go to Japan if the war kept going.

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Posted by Bob Higgins on August 1, 2014, 12:57 pm, in reply to "All Hands Muster"

Reporting aboard. In good shape for the shape I'm in. God bless all us old salts

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Posted by Francis Kent on August 1, 2014, 2:07 pm, in reply to "Re: All Hands Muster"

Count me among those still on his feet, more or less. I'd like to say that all is well out here in California, but I can't. Various weather conditions (mostly a lack of rain) have combined to bring on a serious drought and the consequences are piling up. I don't know which is worse, drought or flood. I've known both and I could get along with neither

-- Fran

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Posted by Earl Moore on August 1, 2014, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Re: All Hands Muster"

Muster sounds like a word I heard used some time back. Just in case it is still used count me in as active and im going to play golf tomorrow. Earl

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Posted by Francis Kent on August 7, 2014, 4:11 pm, in reply to "Re: All Hands Muster"

A week has passed since the first of the month and only a handful of us have checked in. Are we survivors really reduced to so few? That's depressing, for, as the poet said, "no man is an island," and "do not send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." If there are some out there who are down with some debilitating illness and don't have the strength to sound off, I wish you well, and hope to hear from you later.
-- Fran

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Posted by Earl Moore on August 8, 2014, 10:19 am, in reply to "Re: All Hands Muster"

Fran Every where I go and there is an old fellow there he either has a cane, in a wheel chair, or not moving. Its pretty disturbing to be part of this age. Anyway, you are right we need to keep responding as long as possible. Bless all of you Earl

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