MikeC
Registered: 05/03/04
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I am adding this message to the forum for Frank Becker
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Where are all the guys that spent 2 1/2 years in the far east. Did all the crazy things we did! Sure would like to hear from them! Any and all, if you were there please contact me. I am trying to piece the whole cruise together, to send to the webmaster! Spent to many foggy nights to remember it all! hehehehehehehe
FRANK BECKER, BMSN, Leading Seaman, 1st Div.
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byrenconforti
Registered: 01/24/08
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rogdodg
Registered: 04/24/08
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Yes, I do remember the 1962 Cruise. I looked at the cruise book today. We hit more ports than I had recalled.
I remember you as a yeoman aboard the Higbee. I believe you also had a brother on the ship. I was in the Gun-Crew initially and later as a Quartermaster. My wife of forty-three years and I live in a small community of Mississippi, about 40 miles north of New Orleans.
Strange how after so many years of separation from the Navy I finally did a Google search today and came up with this site. I looked through some of the roster names from our time frame on the Higbee and was suprised how many I actually remembered.
Let me know where you are living and what's going on in your life.
Roger Ruiz
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Andy
Registered: 06/25/08
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My father Andrew Lenahan was on the Higbee during this time. I have a scrapbook with several photos from this cruise and will get them scanned and up here as soon as I can. He passed away in June 1998. Would like to hear from anyone that might remember him. |
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rogdodg
Registered: 04/24/08
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Quote: Originally Posted by AndyMy father Andrew Lenahan was on the Higbee during this time. I have a scrapbook with several photos from this cruise and will get them scanned and up here as soon as I can. He passed away in June 1998. Would like to hear from anyone that might remember him.
He was the boatswain in charge of the second division deckcrew, which I was a part of for a short period of time.
I remember your dad as being very fair to the new crew members and also quite good at doing his job. I was proud to serve with him.
I'm sure you were very fond of him as your father.
Roger Ruiz
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Andy
Registered: 06/25/08
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Quote: Originally Posted by rogdodgAndy, I knew your dad. Sorry to hear of his passing. I arrived on the Higbee in the beginning of 1961, and was assigned to the same division as your dad.
He was the boatswain in charge of the second division deckcrew, which I was a part of for a short period of time.
I remember your dad as being very fair to the new crew members and also quite good at doing his job. I was proud to serve with him.
I'm sure you were very fond of him as your father.
Roger Ruiz
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rogdodg
Registered: 04/24/08
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Andy, I'm curious as to was state your dad was from, and where do you and your family now live. For some reason I thought your father was from the New York area. My wife of 43 years and I are originally from New Orleans but now live in a small Mississippi community about forty miles north of New Orleans.
Like your dad I was also very attached to the Higbee. It was the only ship I was assigned to during my four year enlistment. We had a fine crew, and really got to see a lot of places in a relative short period of time.
Roger
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Andy
Registered: 06/25/08
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Quote: Originally Posted by rogdodg
Andy, I'm curious as to was state your dad was from, and where do you and your family now live. For some reason I thought your father was from the New York area. My wife of 43 years and I are originally from New Orleans but now live in a small Mississippi community about forty miles north of New Orleans.
Like your dad I was also very attached to the Higbee. It was the only ship I was assigned to during my four year enlistment. We had a fine crew, and really got to see a lot of places in a relative short period of time.
Roger
Roger,
You're close! My father was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of his years during and after the Navy in Long Beach CA. That is where I was born (1970) and after growing up in Orange County, went back to Long Beach at the age of 17 and have never left! I see the webmaster was also on the Higbee at the same time as you and my father. Im guessing that you two know each other?
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Andy
Registered: 06/25/08
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Andy
Registered: 06/25/08
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Great...It worked! Found this in a box of my fathers things today. I knew right where to put it! |
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Andy
Registered: 06/25/08
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