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Howdie Howdie Howdie! Looks like some of the old crew is still around... Looking for some the old R-Division snipes! Frank Zellers 12/31/03 1986-1989 DC2 Frank Zellers Send Email http://www.inlanddirect.com It has been a while since I have posted. Wanted to send my best to all of you. This February will be 8 years since my dear Rick (BT2 Rick Engels) has been passed on. I miss him dearly to this day! For those of you that don't know, I have been remarried now for about 6 years and am very happy. I am at home however, recovering from a stroke, just after Thanksgiving. I am too young for this (just 34)! I have graduated from a walker to a cane and my speech is still a bit impaired. I trust since God got me this far, He will bring me back all the way, in due time. Please keep me in your prayers as well as my poor, stressed-out husband. I hope all is well with all of my Pyro Pals & God Bless! 12/31/03 1988-1990 Kim Box-Engels (now Robbins) Send Email I am looking for Robert(Bob) Lindsey, Dean Owens, Roger Dardis or anyone that was a QM on board at that time. It was a joy serving on board the Pyro at that time. I was a young man at the time and I got to see alot of Japan and all of west pack. 12/30/03 Aug. 1962 To July 1964 Allan C. Kucera QM2 Send Email I am looking for Robert(Bob) Lindsey, Dean Owens, Roger Dardis or anyone that was a QM on board at that time. It was a joy serving on board the Pyro at that time. I was a young man at the time and I got to see alot of Japan and all of west pack. 12/30/03 Aug. 1962 To July 1964 Allan C. Kucera QM2 Send Email Merry Xmas to all the oldshipmates of mine. Working 2nd shift this evening...good! I can avoid the inlaws! 12/24/03 86-90 Cruz Send Email Aloha,everyone me again got the next 2 days off :} HEY,Spicer its fuzzy were you from New Jersey? tell Bos'n Dumas smitty is still kick'n and I'm seeing the Dead in Oakland for New Years eve,Miss Box Engels I hope your holidays season treats you nice!:} Still up here in Santa Rosa ,California working at wholefoods Market,this 2nd of January I'll be receiving my 10 Year chip {SOBER}A/A Has anyone heard from Slim Barry williams from Texas or Mike Williams from St.Louis,Missouri??? miss you guys and gals:{Marcus I hope kansas is treating you well did you get the card I sent? so is it true that Bittner died :{ he was my chief for a while he always thought I was strange :} its true maybe being a Californian from the bay area who knows,miss him :{ Well its like 1:23 AM in the morning Pacific time,not tired drank to much coffee,navey got me addicted to coffee,never used to drink it before,well gotta go Be WEll all feel free to E~mail me about anything Larry "SMITTY"Smith 12/19/03 7/86~ 7/24/90 Larry "Smitty"Smith Send Email FN Roy Went on to be a Hull Tech on the USS Boxer and am now an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps 12/16/03 April 1993 to May 1994 Clinton Roy Send Email ATTENTION ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND SHIPMATES; THROUGH THE EAGLE-EYE ATTENTION OF A FELLOW SNIPE, FOREVER AFTER TO BE KNOWN AS "HAWKEYE" WORRELL, A SENIOR MOMENT HAS CAUGHT ME WITH TWO ZIP CODES--- MEANS OUR BEER MONEY IS GOING TO THE GUY THAT IS LIVING IN MY HOUSE IN TENNESSEE---WONT DO!!! CORRECT ADDRESS IS FOR DUES AND ALL OTHER MONEY MATTERS IS: TOM SANBORN TREASURER USS PYRO ASSOCIATION 114 LONG POINT DR. ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. 31522 THANK Y'ALL AND SEE YOU IN THE LAND OF THE CRAWDAD IN MARCH-----tom 12/14/03 1967--1968 MPA tom sanborn Send Email go navy midshipmen they just beat army in football 34 -6 12/6/03 1979-1982 BOBBY HUNTER RM1 USN RET Send Email Hey, who's out there from my time period. I talked to Brad Westberry but the rest of you guy's seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth. 12/2/03 1980-1983 Sarge Send Email Please only shipmates! I hope I will see alot of old shipmates at the reuion. I plan to attend along with Mike Driscoll. If you can't make the reuion please give me a note by e-mail and let me know how you are doing. 12/1/03 John Parker (SK3) 1967-1969 12/1/03 !967-1969 John W. Parker Jr. (SK3) Send Email Happy Thanksgiving 11/27/03 1966 to 1968 Pat Wolfe Send Email Hey shipmates--- Please note my new address for all correspondence relating to the financial matters of the Association. In other words, where you send your money. Please don't send it to Tennessee any more. The hillbilly that bought my house is flush already and will just go out and buy some more hogs. Tom Sanborn 114 Long Point Drive St. Simons Island Georgia 37932 LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING Y'ALL IN THE BIG EASY NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! Tom Sanborn MPA 67-68 11/25/03 1967-68 tom sanborn Send Email Onboard from 81-83, RMC WHITE, RM3 B.D DAVIS,RM3 REYNOLDS, have some good memories of Mare Island. 11/22/03 2 Jeffrey Caffey Send Email I stumbled upon this site via Classmates.com, and I'm glad I did! I joined Pyro as a PN striker in November '68 while she was undergoing FAST conversion. Rode her down to Vallejo, then Concord for sea trials, then to WestPac for 8 months ending in August '70, then left as PN3 when my USNR active duty ended. Looking through the guest book, I don't see any sign of Bornes, Kadey, Grabenhorst, Fulcher, Arnold, Koolhoven, etc., but I'd love to catch up with any of my old shipmates! Regards, Pete 11/21/03 68-70 Peter Kipe Send Email Just wanted to let you know that my Uncle Carl F. Grieb died last February 2003. He served on the Pyro AE-1 during WWII. Repectfully, Thomas M Grieb HMCM(SS), USN, Retired 11/18/03 Thomas Grieb Send Email Anyone having information on BMCS Bittners death please let me know. I am also looking for BM3 Foelske, BM2 Dumas (May be LTJG or LT by now), LT Leisure, BM1 Payne and many others from Deck. Any that you may know where they are. Direct them to me. Thanks all!! Pat 11/9/03 86-91 Pat Marcus (BM3) Send Email Just discovered the PYRO web site; and I am enjoying the memories. Have thought about shipmates many times over the years and hope everyone is still kicking. I'm a retired auditor having spent most of my civilian time working for the Air Force, but I'm still a swabby at heart!Kip (Willy) Wilson 11/3/03 July 1964 thru June 1966 Kip Wilson Send Email Hey all. I see there are allot of you out there that I was stationed with. I am now living in Lenexa, Kansas which is a suburb of Kansas City. I work for Sprint Local Telecommunications as a Business System Analyst anlyzing computer systems and services for the company. Would love to hear from anyone that I was stationed with. 11/3/03 1986-1991 BM3 Pat Marcus Send Email on board from 1988-1993. rase division machinist mate. best ship board duty ever. anyone wanting to write please feel free to e-mail. 10/29/03 5 mm3 jeffrey kenney Send Email I just want to send out a big HELLO and Thanx TO MY MATES FROM "M" Division and all of the HOLE SNIPES that served with me . CPO Gannon, Mr. Greer esp. and to you ...Dean , Dust , Goose, Duty "E", Tony Lakey , Chuck Cody , Mike Flatten , Duane Bilbrey , John Wilberg . I hope you are all doing FANTASTIC !! Joe ** 10/28/03 1975 to 1977 Joe Graney Send Email I remember the days of A-Gang. Emerg Fire Pump, Emerg Generator and the boats. The emerg firepump was all the way forward and down, down, down (seems like three decks). Anyone know where Butch Adams EN2 in 1964 lives now? Can't make New Orleans but maybe next time. 10/23/03 Oct 62 -March 64 Tyler P. Montgomery Send Email http://www.xtalwind.net/~tmont/ for tom sanborn how do iget ahold of the ships roster and i can give some a few names of ae24 members and there last known commands i have been unable t locate them but if someone is interested in trying i will gladly give them up will be unable to make new orleans but looking forward to one i can attend in the future go getem pyro ae1/ae24 10/20/03 JAN 1979- JUL1982NAVY BOBBY HUNTER RM1 USN RET Send Email hey pyro manaics that were on board from jan 79 tto jun 81 rm1 hunter any of signal men or radarmen give me a shout 10/19/03 1979-1981 bobby hunter rm1 Send Email anyu of you pyromanaica from 79 to 81 send me some e mail// i was a radioman 1st class our skipper was cmdr sai manning/// any of the signalmen or os division i will answer you back/// 10/19/03 1979-1981 bobby hunter Send Email http://navytopgun2@juno.conm I was TAD to the USS PYRO the first couple of weeks of DEC 1972. She was my ride from the ammo piers Phillipine Island to the USS PAUL DE-1080 which was on the NGFS Gun Line VietNam. A helo picked me up from the PYRO and I rode the wire down to the PAUL a few minutes later. RM2 at the time. Retired RMC in Jan 1990 after 21 years active duty. 10/18/03 1972 RICHARD W. McDANIEL Send Email HEY PYRO CREW!!!! ALL AHEAD FULL!!! IF YOU THINK THIS TYPING CLASS IS FUN--WHY DONT Y'ALL COME TO THE PYRO REUNION NEXT SPRING (10MARCH-14MARCH 2004) IN NEW ORLEANS?? THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EYEBALL THESE OLD GUYS YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING ALL THESE LOVE LETTERS TO!!!---- AND MAKE SOME NEW FRIENDS TO BOOT IN THAT WONDERFUL CITY OF WONDERFUL FOOD, MUSIC, AND UNFORGETTABLE ENTERTAINMENT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU. GET YOUR RESERVATIONS IN EARLY TO THE HOST EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL AT 504-525-1993 OR THE MARRIOTT COURTYARD 504-598-9878. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE YET TO JOIN SOME 300 ASSOCIATION CREWMEMBERS THAT OUR OLD GIRL CARRIED AROUND AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. THAT WILL MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR STEAMING BUDDIES IN THE FUTURE THROUGH OUR ROSTER UPDATES AND NEWSLETTERS!!! SEE YOU IN THE LAND OF THE CRAWFISH PIE AND GUMBO!!!!! TOM SANBORN Treasurer USS PYRO ASSOCIATION 10/17/03 1967-68 tom sanborn Send Email hello, shipmates, how's it going. not sure if many of you remember me. i got this site from BOSN Dumas, a couple of weeks ago. hope to hear from you soon. 10/17/03 1987-1989 BM1 Carlton Spicer Send Email hello, shipmates, how's it going. not sure if many of you remember me. i got this site from BOSN Dumas, a couple of weeks ago. hope to hear from you soon. 10/17/03 1985-1989 BM1 Carlton Spicer Send Email Any of my former shipmates that are out there and remember me, drop a line!! Would be great to hear from any of you! Steve 10/11/03 1986-1988 HTFN Steven Poole Send Email WHATS UP ALL. I see Andy is still checking in, Will send you an Email soon, haven't talked to you in a while. I am finally getting married this year, held out as long as I could. Nov 22nd in Laughlin Nv. Its all over now!! 10/9/03 89-91 BT3 JON SEDLACEK " SED" Send Email Anyone out there that knows me?? Just found this web site. Steve 10/5/03 1971 to 1973 RD 3Steven Rudock Send Email TIMMY BLAKEBURROW??? WHERE ARE YOU?? 10/3/03 1986-1988 FN STEVEN POOLE Send Email Still serving after 25 years, now a DCCS in Ingleside, Tx. Made reservations for the reunion yesterdat hope to see some old R division folks there along with Tony Hartzer, Tony Waddell, and Sarge (Mark Sargent), if you guys see this entry give me a call or email if you don't have my number. Brad 10/2/03 1978-1982 Brad Westberry Send Email Great Times Good Memories Good Crew The site is Great. WAS only 18 years old back then I am enjoying this with my 21 year son who will be grad. with a degree in business best reguards to any former crew mates 1969/70 drop aline 10/1/03 1969 1970 James Thoms Send Email Great Times Good Memories Good Crew The site is Great. WAS only 18 years old back then I am enjoying this with my 21 year son who will be grad. with a degree in business best reguards to any former crew mates 1969/70 drop aline 10/1/03 1969 1970 James Thoms Send Email Kudos to this site! I enjoyed remembering the good old times on the USS Pyro. Even setting the record for 117 days at sea, now I am to old for that life style. Take care! 9/23/03 4/86 to 11/90 Cory "BoDawg" Bogardus Send Email Howdy, has anyone heard from a guy named Rod Gooden (Guru). He served onboard when I was there last report I had about him was from Gonshorowski a year or so ago. He was stationed in San Diego. The site is looking good, Take care and God Bless. Jim Atkinson (Nooner) 9/21/03 1984-1989 Jim Atkinson Send Email Yo swabbies, Anyone do 80 westpac with me. Had a great time,for most all of it. Hey Chuck Grayson,Lets hear from ya. Hey Joel,Where are ya. And Tommy Debar too. 9/21/03 79-83 Bm3 Chuck Wells Send Email Aloha,it's me Smitty it'sbeen a while since I wrote you folks,but been working alot of overtime at Wholefoods here in santa Rosa,California,I miss you guys & girls my mother passed away on August 7th,2003 so getting over mourning ect.,turned 38 on the 11th of August don't feel 38,this Friday I'm going to see "The De@d"at Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View I'm pyched can't wait,when I get some more time I'll send some pictures to this site,I may need to ask again how to do it? I would give almost anything to go back in time and do {Some} of the fun stuff we used to do on Libety :} this era were in right now is way to conservative for my blood :{ oh Well,some day we could write a book about it and that book would probably sell,my book would have color pictures in it so you would'nt get bored BE WELL and I'll try to E~mail again soon -"SMITTY" 9/17/03 7/86 ~7/26/90 Larry "Smitty"Smith Send Email HI..JUST A FEW LINES TO SAY HELLO FROM IRAQ..I AM CURRENTLY AN MP IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. JUST KICKIN BUTT OVER HERE. STILL LOOKING FOR BM2 RICHARD MARTINEZ, JOE MONTOYA. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT. THIS EMAIL IS MY WIFE'S. SHE IS TRYING TO HELP ME FIND THEM. WELL PEACE OUT. GOD BLESS 9/17/03 1986-1991 EM3 ALFREDO GONZALES "GONZO" Send Email I saw some old friends from my period of assignment and would like to see more, pass the SITE on. 9/17/03 80-83 SARGE Send Email Fellows, Write, willya? adzewar@yahoo.com Cheers, Andy 9/17/03 86-90 Cruz Send Email John-- Lets make sure they make a better bourbon and water on Bourbon Street than they did at Pauline's Club in Olongapo---of course you have never been there! SEE YOU IN NEW ORLEANS---10 MARCH--14 MARCH 2004 and Ill show you how to suck a head off a mudbug!!!! Regards, Tom 9/13/03 1967-68 Martz' Engine Room tom sanborn Send Email Lew-- Dont all plankowners get 3 dozen oysters on the house in March 2004 in the Big Easy? tom 9/13/03 1967-68 Engine Room tom sanborn Send Email HEY ALL I AM STILL AROUND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE BIG EASY 9/13/03 59-61 Lew Steele Send Email HEY ALL I AM STILL AROUND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE BIG EASY 9/13/03 59-61 Lew Steele Send Email Served onboard from 1990 - 1992. 9/10/03 2 Michael Clodfelter Send Email Am retired now and living in WV 9/6/03 1967 James Selvig Send Email just thought i would say hi to any of the crew 9/5/03 1989-02 em2 robert ainsworth Send Email I would like to get in touch with anyone who served on the Pyro during this time period. Also it would be great to see anyone at the next reuion in New Orleans. 9/5/03 1968 - 1970 John W. Parker Jr. (SK3) Send Email As I look around at the peolpe surounding us, and how society has become, I appreciate my military time more and more. The 2 WestPacs I made on Pyro were unforgettable. To say the crew was colorful, would be an understatement. To all who have served, I hope you have had a decent life. Fair winds and following seas. 9/4/03 73-75 Bruce Carlin MM1 USNR (ret) Send Email Looking for ETCS(SW) Robert Coleman,USN,RET. email address, or anyone who could bring mine to his attention! Thanks! (mathewsbb61@earthlink.net) 8/28/03 Mark Mathews, ETC(SW), USN, RET Send Email Looking for ETCS(SW) Robert Coleman,USN,RET. email address, or anyone who could bring mine to his attention! Thanks! 8/28/03 Mark Mathews, ETC(SW), USN, RET Send Email I am the 50-year old son of Gilbert Huey, Sr. who served on the USS Pyro (AE-1) during 1943-1945. My dad and I attended the 40 year reunion held in Iowa back in 1983. I am in the process of writing a biography of Gilbert Sr. and found this site while doing some research. Any information regarding him or the Pyro during the WWII era would be greatly appreciated. 8/27/03 Gilbert L. Huey, Jr. Send Email Hey crew--- Here comes your FIRST wake-up call. Do you know what a mudbug is? Ever eaten any? How about a crawdad? Or crawfish pie, or etoffe'? Ever seen the streetcar named "Desire"? Or dead folks buried ABOVE the ground? Or------ back to all the succulent oysters you can eat with red beans and rice and gravy? Have you ever had a bourbon and water while walking down Bourbon Street? You can have all this happen to you plus much more if you join us in the Big Easy for our next PYRO REUNION ----10MARCH--14 MARCH 2004. Better start to plan ahead NOW as our reunion crowds are growing evry year in numbers and ,more importantly, FUN!!!!!!! Host hotel is the centrally located, luxurious EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL 315 JULIA STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 (504) 525-1953 or: 1-800-EMBASSY When you contact the hotel mention the reunion to get the special PYRO rate. Please contact me for any additional questions you may have and Y"ALL COME JOIN YOUR SHIPMATES IN THE BIG EASY NEXT SPRING!!!!!!!! TOM SANBORN 8/24/03 1967-68 Tom Sanborn Send Email anyone remmeber seahorn 1st div.? he was from seattle wa. send email. 8/23/03 11/60 to 6/62 Dennis Love Send Email http://shipmates Thank you for the information of the where abouts of Pyro. Sure would like to go on her and check things out..........ahhhh the memories. I bet you could hear echo's of the past. "Grab that line, hoist that beem, all ahead forward, hey Hambone isn't that your 8th Captain Mast? (but we won't go there)." But then you can hear the echo's of the past.......just listen to your heart. 8/21/03 1974 - 1978 - 1st Division Jack Hamm (Hambone) Send Email To help put your mind at rest and questions at ease, our fair lady, the USS Pyro AE-24, was visually sighted by a Benicia resident and former Pyro crewman, at her usual Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet berth at Benicia the evening of August 20, 2003. She is moored alongside an AOE, probably the Sacramento, with a Battleship, believed to be the Wisconsin, a few piers away. 8/20/03 1963-1966 Ray Gillman RDC Send Email Hey Hambone, Pyro was, when originally retired, placed in the mothball fleet at Suisun Bay, which, as you remember, was just down the river from NWS Concord. However, it seems I heard somewhere that eventually she was taken to Bremerton where she was scrapped. Maybe someone on this site can tell us for certain. Otherwise, I wouldn't trade my years on Pyro for all the tea in China . . . although I might trade it for all the hookers in Olongapo City!!!! Hope you are doing well. 8/19/03 75 to 79 C.H. Williams Send Email Hey Everyone, Just touching bases looking for anyone who was on board Pyro #24 the same time I was. Still living in Sacramento, CA. Was driving down to the ocean and tried to get to the moth-ball fleet where Pryo is resting and could not get through. Does anyone know how to? Well, take care everyone. Hambone (Jack) :~) 8/11/03 1974 - 1978 First Division Jack Hamm (HAMBONE) Send Email Nice Web Site, I remember the USS PYRO when she visited Malta in the late 1960's at Birzebbuga. I got the opportunity to go on borad and visit on one of her open days to the people of Malta. Thanks for some good memories. Joe Minuti ( A Great Supporter of the US NAVY) 8/8/03 Joe Minuti Send Email GMG3 Fries, I have the shellback cert right in front of me. On 15 July 1991, we crossed at latitude 00000 and longitude 106(degrees) 04'E . Seems nobody will ever forget about our ailing air conditioners. 8/1/03 '87-'92 A-Division MM2 Jay Humiston Send Email This was great to fine the USS Pyro AE-24.. I was in engineering dept Damage control E-2. Just out of boot camp to come aboard my first duty station.Made first westpac cruise and Subic Bay was a education, More ways then one.After the tour in NAM the ship decided to go to Seattle for dry dock. Then I had orders to River Boat training coronado Ca.Off to the mekone Delta (Mobile riverine force. Now I'am working at Disneyland in the Fire dept. Capt. Bob Grout 714-781-4666 Day shift. By for now 7/20/03 Feb-67 to Dec67 Robert Grout Send Email was trying to reach Rick Tully--noticed in the latest newsletter that he and his wife, like my wife and I are Buffalonians 7/20/03 1959-1961 (NOT 61-63 as I said before) Harold W. Vail Send Email DEAR MR JACKSON HOW ARE YOU DOING ? WELL AS FOR ME IM DOING FINE. I JUST WONNA GIVE YOU YOUR PROPS ON BEING DDICATED TO YOUR JOB .IM NOY GONNA COMPARE YOU TO ANY OTHER STAFF BECAUE THAT WOULDNT BE FARE. BUT I JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU REALLY HELPED MY TIME GO BY FASTER. ,R JACKSON INJOYED THE WAY YOU INTERTAINED US LADIES. WELL IM NOT GONNA BOARD YOU WITH THIS LONG NOTE SO ILL JUST SAY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. LOVE MS HENDERSON CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS NOTE OF APPRECEATION . HOME (323) 7333- 222 CELL (213) 281-7044 7/18/03 7/18/03 MR . JACKSON Send Email DEAR MR JACKSON HOW ARE YOU DOING ? WELL AS FOR ME IM DOING FINE. I JUST WONNA GIVE YOU YOUR PROPS ON BEING DDICATED TO YOUR JOB .IM NOY GONNA COMPARE YOU TO ANY OTHER STAFF BECAUE THAT WOULDNT BE FARE. BUT I JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU REALLY HELPED MY TIME GO BY FASTER. ,R JACKSON INJOYED THE WAY YOU INTERTAINED US LADIES. WELL IM NOT GONNA BOARD YOU WITH THIS LONG NOTE SO ILL JUST SAY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. LOVE MS HENDERSON CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS NOTE OF APPRECEATION . HOME (323) 7333- 222 CELL (213) 281-7044 7/18/03 7/18/03 MR . JACKSON Send Email Hi guys, Is there anyone out there from the Westpac cruise of 62/63? What was the name of the shipmate who was knocked cold on a baseball field and Guam? I have tried to remember for years what his name was, but have been on unable to do so. He was hit in the head by a baseball hit by me. I went with him to the hospital and he was out cold for about 45 minutes. 7/10/03 62 -- 63 James P. Williams RD-3 Send Email Wishing everyone a Happy Fourth of July 7/4/03 67-68 C. Ray Nichol (Nick) Send Email | ||