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ContentsClass Biography....................................................................................................................4
Editor’s Notes......................................................................................................................5
Trident Scholars...................................................................................................................7
Graduates Who Attained Distinction and Awards..............................................................7
Academy Activities Leadership............................................................................................8
Editor’s Caveat.....................................................................................................................8
TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................................................9
ANOTHER LINK IN THE CHAIN...............................................31
EDITOR’S CHOICE – Midshipman’s Evolution........................32Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - “And Bancroft Hall’s A Stage” .....................................32
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Lucky Bag..........................................37Chuck Hiles (9 th Company) – Our Yearbook .......................................................................37
1st COMPANY......................................................................39
1 st Co. USNA Vignettes .........................................................41Jack Balcom - Advice From a Roommate......................................................................41
Roger Saylor -Dashed Basketball Dreams.....................................................................41
Clay Stiles – 100 th Night Invitation .................................................................................41
Dan Rowe - The ‘Secret’ Air Shaft..................................................................................42
Clay Stiles - The Mouse They Gored..............................................................................42
John Long - Worms Too?...............................................................................................42
Tim Keating - Orrie Does it Again..................................................................................43
Fred Klein - The Best Prank Ever!!!................................................................................43
1 st Co. USNA Stories .............................................................44Grant Lee Graeber.............................................................................................................44
Pressing Greek Wine in Uniform...................................................................................45
Scott W McKenzie..............................................................................................................47
The Noon Formation......................................................................................................48
Vincent Novela Zabala Jr...................................................................................................50
First Day Transformation ...............................................................................................50
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Academia...........................................52Philip Parker (12 th Company) - We All Had Majors ...........................................................52
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES - Cheerleading.....................................54Ray Miller (29 th Company) - “The Bikes” .......................................................................54
2 ND COMPANY .....................................................................55
2 nd Company USNA Vignettes ...............................................56Carl Inskeep - Tear Gas On The National Mall...............................................................56
Leon Schierer – The Christmas Music Experiment........................................................57
Leon Schierer – Sudsing the Fountain...........................................................................57
2 nd Co. USNA Stories .............................................................59Carl Inskeep.......................................................................................................................59
Persistence Pays – A Love Story....................................................................................60
Larry Simoneaux................................................................................................................62
On Being AWOL.............................................................................................................62
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Ever........................................................................65
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC............................................68Pete Schneider (34 th Company) – Tea Fights .....................................................................68
3 RD COMPANY .....................................................................70
3 rd Co. USNA Stories .............................................................73Bradley Dayton Closson.....................................................................................................73
The Missing Man............................................................................................................74
Michael J Kehoe.................................................................................................................78
The Day I Realized I Would Survive Plebe Summer......................................................79
Greyhound Races...........................................................................................................80
James Joseph (Joe) Sheppard............................................................................................82
Joe Sheppard’s USNA Vignettes........................................................................................83
The Great Popcorn Caper..............................................................................................83
The Joe Sheppard Memorial Room...............................................................................83
Hunt and Kill Mission under the Sink............................................................................83
Sailing.............................................................................................................................84
‘Lady’ Meets the OOD....................................................................................................85
Plebe Boxing..................................................................................................................85
Jack Williams.....................................................................................................................86
A Room With A View.....................................................................................................86
EDITOR’S CHOICE – The Seven Mile Limit.............................88Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - The Ox Bow Innocents.................................................89
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Big Brothers......................................91Mike Stewart (7 th Company) - Being a Big Brother .......................................................91
SIGN OF THE TIMES – “Teach Me Tiger”................................95Jim Yeakley – 12 th Company ..............................................................................................95
4 TH COMPANY ......................................................................96
4 th Company USNA Vignettes ................................................97Alan Schaffter - Key West Diving – Rapture For The Deep................................................97
Steve Dunphy – Parents’ Weekend...................................................................................98
4 th Co. USNA Stories .............................................................99Mark Charles Scharfe.........................................................................................................99
‘Twas the Week Before Army/Navy and…..................................................................100
Robert W. Stuart..............................................................................................................104
The Longest Mile..........................................................................................................105
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – NAFAC............................................106Hugh Marcy (18 th Company) – Foreign Affairs Took Hold ...............................................106
5 TH COMPANY .....................................................................108
5 th Company USNA Vignettes ..............................................109John Muncie - Food Fight!!..........................................................................................109
Al Hutchins - A ‘Vulture’ Gets Grounded.....................................................................110
Bruce McClure - Welcome to Annapolis!....................................................................110
Wayne Peters - Hide and Seek – Navy Style................................................................110
John Muncie - An Army/Navy Bullshit Session...........................................................111
5 th Co. USNA Stories ...........................................................112Ed Ammons......................................................................................................................112
5th Company Color Parade 1971.................................................................................113
The Rest of The Story...................................................................................................114
Leo Orest Hura.................................................................................................................116
The Great Plebe Soccer Team of 1967.........................................................................117
Alfred G. Hutchins, Jr.......................................................................................................120
Al Hutchins USNA Vignettes........................................................................................121
Corpus Mortori............................................................................................................121
Window Closing Retaliation........................................................................................121
5 th Company’s Got Talent ............................................................................................122
Terry Kremian..................................................................................................................123
5 th Company and their ‘Blaze’ of Glory ........................................................................124
Bob Pearce.......................................................................................................................125
His 21 st Was Almost A Career Ending Event ................................................................126
Bill Meyers.......................................................................................................................127
100 th Night Hijinks ........................................................................................................127
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Salty Sam........................................129Perry Martini (9 th Company) – A Reluctant Volunteer ....................................................129
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Black Studies....................................131Phil Keuhlen (17 th Company) – Creating a New Academy Program ................................131
6 TH COMPANY .....................................................................133
6 th Company Vignette .........................................................135Jim Waddell – The Mystery Girl...................................................................................135
Chris Funke - USMA And The Chapel Lawsuit.............................................................135
6 th Co. USNA Stories ...........................................................137Jim Bolcar.........................................................................................................................137
Calling Coogan’s Bluff..................................................................................................138
Dave Martin.....................................................................................................................143
Mark Ablett’s Midnight Formation..............................................................................144
James Bryant Waddell.....................................................................................................147
Worse Than a Bull in a China Shop..............................................................................147
For Whom the (Reveille) Bell Tolls..............................................................................149
SIGN OF THE TIMES – POWs/MIAs......................................151Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) - The Rotunda Boards ...................................................151
EDITOR’S CHOICE – Emma Townie......................................153Jerry Geil-20 th Company ...................................................................................................153
7 TH COMPANY .....................................................................154
7 th Company USNA Vignettes ..............................................155Dave Miller - Mike Morrell’s Pseudo-cide...................................................................155
Mike Stewart – How Sleepy Hollow Got Me Fried......................................................157
Rick Ziska – What to do ‘After’ the Crash....................................................................158
Dave Miller - Adult Beverage Fiasco............................................................................158
Jerry Byrnes – The Ghosts of the Conyngham.............................................................159
Mike Stewart – Self-Restriction Blue and Gold...........................................................159
Bob Richardson – Beat Army Underway.....................................................................160
Dave Miller - Cramming For Basketball.......................................................................161
7 th Co. USNA Stories ...........................................................162Michael P. Morrell...........................................................................................................162
Coach Jack Cloud..........................................................................................................163
Who Flies? Who Buys?................................................................................................164
How Not To Become An Engineer...............................................................................167
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – WRNV Radio...................................171Dave Stahlhut (29 th Company) – The Life of a Tone-Deaf DJ ...........................................171
8 TH COMPANY .....................................................................172
8 TH company USNA Vignettes ..............................................173Scott-Burd – The Legend of Garry Jaunal....................................................................173
Scott-Burd – The Prankster..........................................................................................174
8 th Co. USNA Stories ...........................................................175John Scott Burd................................................................................................................175
The Ultimate Over-the-Wall or How to Steal Tecumseh............................................175
Hank Turowski (23rd Company) - Kevin Dolan The Thespian.........................................182
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Painting Tecumseh..........................184Brian Horais (8 th Company) – War Paint Art ....................................................................184
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Over The Wall...................................186Charles T. Carroll (31 st Company) - Risks, Rewards, and Motivations ............................186
9 TH COMPANY .....................................................................188
9 th Company USNA Vignettes ..............................................191Bill Emslie – Trident Project.........................................................................................191
9 th Co. USNA Stories ...........................................................193Bill Emslie.........................................................................................................................193
Porsche Overboard......................................................................................................194
The Interview...............................................................................................................195
Perry James Martini.........................................................................................................199
Salty Sam ‘71 Revisited................................................................................................200
William E. (Pappy) Yocum, Jr...........................................................................................203
Forgotten Rifle.............................................................................................................204
Guilty by Association...................................................................................................205
SIGN OF THE TIMES - The Dirty Dozen (Plus 2)....................208Submitted by the “Dirty Dozen”......................................................................................208
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Pop Music.......................................212Bob Wolnewitz (13 th Company) – What Could go Wrong? .............................................212
10 TH COMPANY ...................................................................214
10 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................215Dave Bloomer - Great Times During Plebe Year Meals...............................................215
Roger Franssen - Conclusion Jumping in College Park, Maryland...............................216
Jim Garrow - A Little Food from Home........................................................................216
Dave Bloomer - Hijinks at the Bridge Table.................................................................216
10 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................218David R Bloomer..............................................................................................................218
The True Legend of Rip Van Winkle............................................................................219
It’s All in the Professor.................................................................................................220
Roger A. Franssen, A Midshipman’s Bio..........................................................................222
February’s Song...........................................................................................................223
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The Honor Board.............................225Bill Nielsen (6 th Company) - The Honor Concept of the United States Naval Academy . 225
SIGN OF THE TIMES – “Strike Army”...................................227Tom Ledvina – 18 th Company ...........................................................................................227
11 TH COMPANY ...................................................................229
11 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................231Jack W. Frost....................................................................................................................231
EDITOR’S CHOICE – Coach Glen Warner..............................234(The ’71 Soccer Team) - “The Great One” .......................................................................234
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – NACA..............................................238Chris Funke (6 th Company) – A Blessing in Disguise ........................................................238
12 TH COMPANY ...................................................................240
12 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................241Lambert Heikes – Inflate Your What???......................................................................241
Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) - Ode To The Panther ................................................242
12 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................243Philip K Parker.................................................................................................................243
Admiral Calvert............................................................................................................243
The Mats......................................................................................................................245
Vulture’s Row..............................................................................................................247
Jim Yeakley......................................................................................................................251
Yeakley’s Story.............................................................................................................252
Maude Emerges...........................................................................................................252
If Called Upon to be a Panther, Don’t Anther.............................................................255
The Irish Pennant.........................................................................................................257
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Running From the OOD.....................263Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) – No Catch and Release Here ........................................263
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Reef Points.....................................266John L Morris (30 th Company) – Battle of the Rates ........................................................266
13 TH COMPANY ...................................................................267
13 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................268Rick Schuknect - The Dining-In Fiasco.........................................................................268
Barry Boswell – Out For A Beer...................................................................................269
Rick Schuknect – A Recurring Dream...........................................................................269
13 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................270Richard E Schuknecht......................................................................................................270
It Was Harley Any Accident at All................................................................................271
SIGN OF THE TIMES – ’71 Takes Command.........................273Mike Hecomovich (5 th Company) - Proving The Inmates Can Run The Asylum ..............273
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Ski Club...........................................275Steve Butkus (24 th Company) – Skiing the Ravine ...........................................................275
14 TH COMPANY ...................................................................277
14 TH Company USNA Vignettes ...........................................280Bob Goodwin - 100 th Night for the Class of 1968 ........................................................280
Denny Desmond – Fast As A Sunbeam........................................................................280
Denny Desmond – The Wig Incident...........................................................................281
Bob Capra – A Bill Organek Memory...........................................................................281
14 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................283Dennis Desmond..............................................................................................................283
The High Line and the Horse Collar.............................................................................283
Micajah Wilson Newman................................................................................................286
My First 24 Hours at USNA..........................................................................................286
The Boxer’s Rebellion..................................................................................................290
First Class Cruise Control.............................................................................................293
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Olmsted Scholarship.......................297Jerry Geil (20 th Company) – Foreign Studies ....................................................................297
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Lacrosse In Houston..........................300Ed Tilden (22 nd Company) - Houston, We Have Midshipmen .........................................300
15 TH COMPANY ...................................................................302
15 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................303Scott Hornung - Not Everyone Makes Admiral...........................................................303
15 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................305Jim Creelman...................................................................................................................305
Jim Creelman USNA Vignettes.....................................................................................307
Reef Points...................................................................................................................307
Academic Board Night.................................................................................................308
Jim Creelman - Navy Blue and Gold............................................................................308
Annapolis 500..............................................................................................................309
The USNA Immediate Bachelor’s Program..................................................................310
Scott Hornung..................................................................................................................312
Attention World!.........................................................................................................313
Don Williams....................................................................................................................315
Don Williams USNA Vignettes.......................................................................................315
Don Williams - Cold Duck............................................................................................315
Don Williams - Charter House Demolition Party.........................................................316
Don Williams – The Sponsors......................................................................................317
Don Williams - Cooling Off in the Reflection Pool.......................................................317
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – SCUBA.............................................320Jim Bolcar (6 th Company) – A Bi-Polar Adventure Club ...................................................320
The Qualification.........................................................................................................320
Being Instructors..........................................................................................................321
Diving Under The Ice....................................................................................................321
Talk About Cold...........................................................................................................322
Cave Diving..................................................................................................................322
Reef Diving...................................................................................................................323
Way Too Much Sun......................................................................................................324
EDITOR’S CHOICE – Spook’s Ball.........................................325
John L Morris (30 th Company) ..........................................................................................325
16 TH COMPANY ...................................................................327
16 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................331Jeff Albright – The Choir Goes to New York................................................................331
Mark Macklin - Skitmaster..........................................................................................331
Jay Minnich - My Youngster Cruise Experience - 1968................................................332
Paul Timmins – The Great Ice Cream Caper................................................................333
Jay Minnich - Firsty Cruise or How many Ships can I Go on in 1970?.........................334
John Calia – Singing in Saint Patrick’s..........................................................................335
Jay Minnich - The USNA Risk Course and the Final Call..............................................336
16 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................337Jeffrey H Albright.............................................................................................................337
The Night Before – Army 1967....................................................................................338
Close Encounter of Another Kind................................................................................339
Skip Clarkson....................................................................................................................341
Pensacola - Watermelons and Thunderstorms...........................................................342
John H (Jay) Minnich........................................................................................................343
Out of The Blue............................................................................................................344
William J (Jeff) Steelman.................................................................................................346
The Cruise Box.............................................................................................................346
The Green Wall............................................................................................................348
Perilous Leap................................................................................................................349
Boxing Class.................................................................................................................351
Close but no Cigar …Twice...........................................................................................352
The Academic Benefits of Being Knocked Unconscious..............................................353
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Race Relations..................................355Mike Hecomovich (5 th Company) – Alex Haley and Roots ..............................................355
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Jungle Warfare................................356Scott McKenzie (1 st Company) - Rumble in the Jungle – Summer, 1968 .........................356
17 TH COMPANY ...................................................................361
17 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................363
Tom Dussman – Fox Division.......................................................................................363
Phil Keuhlen – Pete Ibert’s Downfall...........................................................................364
17 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................364Phil Joseph Keuhlen.........................................................................................................364
A Tense Dinner With The Superintendent..................................................................365
The Press Gang.............................................................................................................366
Paul B. Long.....................................................................................................................369
Peanuts........................................................................................................................370
Charles William May........................................................................................................371
Lacrosse In The Astrodome.........................................................................................372
SIGN OF THE TIMES – My Rickover Interview......................374Dick Cooper (33 rd Company) - He Threw Me Out But Still Accepted Me ........................374
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC..........................................379Pete Schneider (34 th Company) – The First Homecoming Queen ...................................379
18 TH COMPANY ...................................................................381
18 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................383Mike Greene - The Wrong Academy...........................................................................383
Bill Brasel - The First Academy ‘Geek’?.......................................................................384
Mike Greene - Honor Bound???..................................................................................384
Jim Rehkopf – Clearing the High Bar...........................................................................385
Bill Brasel (w Hugh Marcy and Patrick Dunford) - The Blue Room.............................385
Excerpt from the 1971 Lucky Bag – Bob Chimenti’s Lapse of Judgement...................386
Bob Nelson– The SEAL Who Cheered..........................................................................386
18 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................388Mark Garland Cooksey....................................................................................................388
What I Learned Climbing Herndon..............................................................................388
Youngster Cruise on the USS Newport News (CA148)................................................389
Michael J L Greene Jr.......................................................................................................393
Dear Future CNO – I want to go to Vietnam...............................................................394
Daniel George Hickey......................................................................................................398
A Canadian Club Cruise................................................................................................399
Thomas Arnn Hayman.....................................................................................................401
Plebe Year Lessons that Last a Lifetime......................................................................402
Experience Matters......................................................................................................402
Beyond Bravery...........................................................................................................403
It Takes a Company......................................................................................................404
Missed the Bus at West Point and Ended Up in Hawaii!.............................................405
Andrew F. Mazzara..........................................................................................................407
The Almost Missing A-4 Skyhawk................................................................................408
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Dive Club........................................410Alan Schaffter (4 th Company) – Maybe It’s Better, Down Where It’s Wetter .................410
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Toasting Guests................................412Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) – A Bread Too Far ..........................................................412
19 TH COMPANY ...................................................................415
19 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................417Bob Morris.......................................................................................................................417
Abandon Ship!.............................................................................................................417
Best Happy Hour Ever!.................................................................................................420
20 TH COMPANY ...................................................................424
20 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................426Lucky Bag Excerpt – Sandy Bernard and Seagoing Collisions......................................426
Jim Bryant - “Kick the Collision Alarm”.......................................................................426
Kurt Holmquist – Ducati Memories.............................................................................426
20 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................427David Chaney...................................................................................................................427
Jerry Geil..........................................................................................................................428
Nautical Language........................................................................................................429
Torpedo los!.................................................................................................................431
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Handball.........................................433Dave Chaney (20 th Company) - An Intramural Sport Went National ..........................433
SIGN OF THE TIMES - Dark Ages Blues................................435
Keith Nadolski (30 th Company) - The Fight of the Century ..............................................435
21 st COMPANY ...................................................................438
21 ST Company USNA Vignettes ............................................439Bill Bashore – Last Man Inducted................................................................................439
Joe Wargo - How the Curly Shuffle Gave Me Confidence...........................................440
Bill Bashore – Plebe Year Highjinks.............................................................................441
Bill Bashore – Distress Call in the Stribling Tunnel......................................................441
21 st Co. USNA Stories ..........................................................442Harry W. Bashore, III.......................................................................................................442
A Brief History of 21st Company.................................................................................443
Mike Jastrab.....................................................................................................................446
Miss Colorado Meets Mister Jocko.............................................................................447
John Lowell McCorkle......................................................................................................450
I Was Once a Midshipman...........................................................................................451
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Trident Magazine............................455Tom Dussman (17 TH Company) – Tiny Office-Big Ideas ...................................................455
22 nd COMPANY ...................................................................457
22 nd Company USNA Vignettes ...........................................458Lucky Bag – How Not to be Famous Like Tom Hoffman..............................................458
22 nd Co. USNA Stories .........................................................459Richard Erben Alvarez......................................................................................................459
Coogan Gets Tough......................................................................................................460
Arlington R. (Bob) Miller..................................................................................................462
First Came The Buzz, Next Came The Rash, Then Came Navy Air...............................463
Ed Tilden..........................................................................................................................466
“…if They Can’t Take a Joke”.......................................................................................467
Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) .......................................................................................469
Tom Sydnor and My Crooked Hat...............................................................................469
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Underground Press...........................471Buck Collins (17 th Company) – Damn The Lit Majors .......................................................471
23 rd COMPANY ...................................................................472
23 rd Company USNA Vignettes ............................................475Don Rockwell - I Got the Brick.....................................................................................475
John Eldridge - Here I Am Mom...................................................................................475
Mike Hallahan - Starting From the Basics...................................................................476
John Feeney - Intro to the Naval Academy.................................................................477
Jim Hergenroeder – Tone Deaf....................................................................................478
Tom Gross – Doug Hits the Bullseye............................................................................478
John Eldridge - The Biggest Balls in the Hall................................................................479
Tom Stevens - Snow Skis and Summer Cruise.............................................................481
Hank Turowski - My Brother Can March.....................................................................481
John Schuyler – Accidental F Bomb.............................................................................482
Hank Turowski - Joe Boteler – The Plebe....................................................................483
Dave Odland - What It Looks Like...............................................................................484
Paul Swetland – Phantom Aromas..............................................................................484
Pat Doyle – Two Songs.................................................................................................485
John Eldridge - Pro Films..............................................................................................485
Mike Hallahan - Mistaken Identity..............................................................................486
Jack Conrad – Pick-up Basketball................................................................................487
Hank Turowski – John Feeney the Color Midshipman................................................488
Jim Hergenroeder - Pass the Brussel Sprouts, Sir!......................................................489
John Schuyler - The Roof is Peaceful As Can Be..........................................................490
John Eldridge - Hank’s Sham Shirt...............................................................................490
Dave Odland - Merry Popcorn!....................................................................................491
Paul Swetland - Naked Plebe Windows Detail............................................................491
John Eldridge – Soaping Michelson’s Fountain...........................................................491
23 rd Co. USNA Stories .........................................................493Charles Alan Perkins........................................................................................................493
Five Mids, One Cop, And The Commandant...............................................................493
What’s this Handle For?..............................................................................................494
Henry J Turowski.............................................................................................................496
The Other Side Of The Moon.......................................................................................497
Second-Class Motivational Comearounds...................................................................498
Charles E Wood Jr............................................................................................................501
A Wartime First Class Cruise........................................................................................502
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Weightlifting...................................504Dave Whitman (3 rd Company) – It’s Good To Feel Strong ...............................................504
24 TH COMPANY ...................................................................507
24 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................509Lucky Bag – The Little Chile Bean................................................................................509
24 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................510Pete Brady.......................................................................................................................510
John Paulson....................................................................................................................511
The Road to the 1970 Army-Navy Game.....................................................................511
Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) .......................................................................................515
Rick Hormel’s Naples Cruise Surprise..........................................................................515
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Institutional Power...........................517Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) - They Fried Them All! ...................................................517
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The Spiffys......................................519Roger Young (14 th Company) ...........................................................................................519
25 TH COMPANY ...................................................................523
25 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................525Ed Bouton........................................................................................................................525
My USNA Experience – Senseless Attrition.................................................................526
Karl Schwelm...................................................................................................................529
A Strategic Lacrosse Error............................................................................................530
Richard Francis Walsh......................................................................................................532
Walshing Mathilda.......................................................................................................532
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Sailing Squadron.............................534Ross Dessert (20 th Company) – Our Time on the Bay and Offshore ...............................534
26 TH COMPANY ...................................................................537
26 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................538Len Smith - My First Day as a Plebe.............................................................................538
26 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................539Leonard Gregory Smith III................................................................................................539
No Ticky - No Laundry..................................................................................................540
Facing the Music after Taps.........................................................................................541
“The Inner Workings…of My Chronometer…”............................................................542
Dogfighting The Air Force............................................................................................544
If The Stack Goes We Go With It ’71............................................................................545
SIGN OF THE TIMES – A Real Plebe Year.............................549EJ Bozarth (28 th Company) - Perspective From the 12 th Company ..................................549
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The LOG..........................................552Brad Foster (9 th Company) ...............................................................................................552
Brad Foster – The Brigade’s Magazine............................................................................552
27 TH COMPANY ...................................................................555
27 th Co. USNA Vignettes .....................................................557Mark Gardner – Plebes Watch Training......................................................................557
27 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................558Brenton C Greene............................................................................................................558
And the Lights Came On while the Speakers Blasted.................................................558
A4 Skyhawk..................................................................................................................560
John Lawrence Massie.....................................................................................................562
Disaster at Watch Inspection.......................................................................................563
Chariot Races...............................................................................................................568
Rex W. Settlemoir............................................................................................................572
First Class Cruise..........................................................................................................572
SIGN OF THE TIMES - Sleepy Hollow...................................578Bob Fritz (35 th Company) - The Real Legend ....................................................................578
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – USNA Glee Club 1967-1971 .............580Dennis Walsh (25 th Company) .........................................................................................580
28 TH COMPANY ...................................................................582
28 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................583Phil Williams - Ring Dance Trash Can Proposal...........................................................583
Phil Williams - Beware of Greeks................................................................................584
Phil Williams - There’s no ‘Sub’ In This Marine...........................................................584
28 th Company USNA Stories ................................................585Scott A Fry........................................................................................................................585
The Dishwasher...........................................................................................................586
Steven R Purdy.................................................................................................................588
National Champions Crew...........................................................................................588
Phil Williams....................................................................................................................591
A Marine at Annapolis.................................................................................................592
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Cannoneers .....................................594Dave Polatty and Dave Polzien (19 th Company) ..............................................................594
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Father “Jake”....................................596Tom Laboon (18 th Company) ...........................................................................................596
29 TH COMPANY ...................................................................597
29th Company USNA Vignettes..........................................598Dave Stahlhut - A Firstie of Note.................................................................................598
G Wiz Pickett – The Secret Television..........................................................................599
Dave Stahlhut - A Famous Firstie.................................................................................599
Ray Miller - Youngster Year Television........................................................................599
G Wiz Pickett – The Morse Code Spy...........................................................................599
Dave Stahlhut - Deutshe Panik....................................................................................600
Ray Miller - Graduate Record Exam Speed Record.....................................................600
Dave Stahlhut - Die Besten Pläne - Cambiarte............................................................601
29 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................603William E. Lukens.............................................................................................................603
Youngster Cruise UFO..................................................................................................603
Tiger Rules...................................................................................................................604
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Drums and Bugles ...........................607Ron Route (6 th Company) - Reflections - 1967-1971 .......................................................607
SIGN OF THE TIMES– Drags .................................................609Andy Mazzara (18th Company)...................................................................................609
30 TH COMPANY ...................................................................612
30 th Company Vignettes ......................................................613Henry Wilder - A Tribute to John Condon...................................................................613
John Morris - The Anatomy of a Weaponeer..............................................................614
Henry Wilder - Everyone Loves a Midshipman...........................................................614
Russ Shaw - The “tail” of the Nun and the Christmas Hound ...................................615
John Morris - ‘Morris’ Comes in Two Flavors..............................................................616
Charlie Harris - Hondula To The Rescue......................................................................616
Ed Carlton - The Oldest Salt.........................................................................................617
George Hondula - The JPJ Bust Caper..........................................................................617
John Morris – Field Stripping Comes in Handy............................................................618
30 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................619Ed Carlton........................................................................................................................619
Thankful At Thanksgiving............................................................................................620
Charlie Harris...................................................................................................................622
Boxing - Extra Instruction Not Required......................................................................623
Boxing Academics........................................................................................................624
William R. Hilton..............................................................................................................627
John M Tapajcik...............................................................................................................628
A Collision At Sea on Youngster Cruise.......................................................................629
A South African First Class Cruise................................................................................630
SIGN OF THE TIMES – NAVY Spells......................................633Hank Turowski (23 rd Company) .......................................................................................633
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Hop Committee...............................635Hugh Marcy (18 th Company) – Mrs. Marshall The Legend ..............................................635
31 st COMPANY ...................................................................637
31 st Company USNA Vignettes ............................................638Mike Gaffney - Cleaning Firesides...............................................................................638
Guy Snodgrass - Of Mice And Mids.............................................................................639
John Meister - Not A Fan of The Blower.....................................................................639
Charlie Carroll – Gunsmoke – Without James Arness.................................................640
Mike Gaffney - Taking A Powder.................................................................................640
Guy Snodgrass - Talk About Stones…..........................................................................641
Joe Enright - Sailing Away............................................................................................642
Charlie Carroll – Commander, Task Force...................................................................642
Guy Snodgrass - The Country Club..............................................................................642
Mike Gaffney - Good And Tired...................................................................................643
31 st Co. USNA Stories ..........................................................644Charlie Carroll..................................................................................................................644
Relations with Woo-Poos............................................................................................645
Company Commander into the Drink.........................................................................647
Guy Snodgrass.................................................................................................................650
Saratoga Brews Cruise.................................................................................................651
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Art and Printing..............................653Tom Ledvina (18 th Company) ...........................................................................................653
32 nd COMPANY ...................................................................655
32 nd Company USNA Vignettes ...........................................657Kip Hakanson - Easy Rider...........................................................................................657
Kip Hakanson – The Outsider......................................................................................658
Kip Hakanson – Vietnam Service.................................................................................658
32 nd Co. USNA Stories .........................................................658Ron Hewett......................................................................................................................658
Our Finest Hour!..........................................................................................................659
Kenneth A Marks.............................................................................................................663
Army – Navy 1967........................................................................................................664
Take a Bow, John Knight, You Deserve it!...................................................................665
SIGN OF THE TIMES - The Mandatory Chapel Lawsuit .........669
Phil Keuhlen (17 th Company ............................................................................................669
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – The BAC..........................................673Pete Schneider (34 th Company) – Go-Go Pep Rallies .......................................................673
33 rd COMPANY ...................................................................675
33 rd Co. USNA Stories .........................................................677John Closs........................................................................................................................677
Swim Call in Santee Basin............................................................................................678
USNA Century Club......................................................................................................679
Richard W. “Dick” Cooper , II ...........................................................................................680
Free For All Academy Lacrosse....................................................................................681
Demise of the Ancient Radio.......................................................................................682
Sharpshooting Orkin Man...........................................................................................685
Dining on Jewish High Holy Days.................................................................................687
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Masqueraders.................................690Mark Gardner (27 th Company) –Charming Mrs. Marshall for Fun and Profit .................690
34 TH COMPANY ...................................................................693
34 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................695Don Beckham - YPs On The Bay...................................................................................695
Chuck Janes - The Seawall...........................................................................................696
Don Beckham - The Haircut.........................................................................................697
34 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................699Charles L. Keating............................................................................................................699
Hallowed Ground OR Adventures in Sin City OR Welcome to the Jungle..................699
SIGN OF THE TIMES – ’71 Retention Rate............................702Bill Emslie (9 th Company)-Second Thoughts ....................................................................702
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Parachute Club................................706Dale Peterson (27 th Company) – First ECA Status ............................................................706
35 TH COMPANY ...................................................................708
35 th Co. USNA Stories .........................................................710
Sankey Blanton - Plebe Year Vignettes...........................................................................711
GPA Troubles...............................................................................................................711
Then The Gut Rebeled.................................................................................................711
Pajamas Are Not A Uniform........................................................................................712
What June Week?........................................................................................................713
I Had Missed The Ship..................................................................................................713
Life Aboard The Newport News..................................................................................714
After-Math...................................................................................................................715
Do The Math................................................................................................................715
Robert W Fritz..................................................................................................................718
The Untimely Death of Midshipman WT Door............................................................719
William R Nevitt, Jr..........................................................................................................720
Getting to Texas, July 1970..........................................................................................720
Night Swimming on the Severn River..........................................................................723
Troy K. Pyles.....................................................................................................................727
Second Class Hijinks.....................................................................................................728
Flagging Down The Admiral.........................................................................................728
The Disappearing Anchor Bell.....................................................................................729
A Real Fan Of The Mess Hall........................................................................................731
BRIGADE ACTIVITIES – Trident Scholarship.........................732Tom Stevens (23 rd Company) – Electrons and Oxygen Don’t Mix ...................................732
36 TH COMPANY ...................................................................734
36 th Company USNA Vignettes ............................................735Craig Welling - First Class Army Navy Weekend.........................................................735
Jan Milligan - And a Weekend in the Poconos............................................................736
The Lucky Bag – Clive Graham-Mister Clean...............................................................736
Stew Fisher - Bull Spratting..........................................................................................736
Jim Barron – Three Tales of Coffee..............................................................................737
The Lucky Bag – Sully Sullivan-The Old Man...............................................................738
Craig Welling and Jim Barron - The Red ‘V’.................................................................738
Craig Welling - The ‘Letter’..........................................................................................739
Jim Barron - June Week Cottage..................................................................................739
Craig Welling - Classmate ‘B’.......................................................................................739
Jim Barron - Hotel Bancroft.........................................................................................741
Craig Welling - Over the Wall......................................................................................742
Jim Barron - The Front Office ‘Oooppps’.....................................................................742
Craig Welling - Coogan’s Bluff......................................................................................743
Jan Milligan - The VW Bus...........................................................................................743
Craig Welling - Dubois’s Boys......................................................................................744
Jim Barron - High School Visitors.................................................................................744
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Hundredth Night..............................746Hank Turowski - (23 rd Company) .....................................................................................746
EDITOR’S CHOICE – Grand Summations..............................748Tim Burns (35 th Company) - Our Last Supper ..................................................................748
In Memoriam.....................................................................754
Published in 2019 by Paradigm Press.
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USNA Class of 1871
