<![CDATA[U.S.S. Little Rock Association Message Board]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com 60 Wed, 16 May 2012 22:24:57 GMT <![CDATA[Sixth Fleet Command Change 1973]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5844711 June 11, 1973

Change of Command

Commander U.S. Sixth Fleet and Commander Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe

VADM Daniel J. Murphy assumes command from VADM Gerald E. Miller

Location – Hanger Deck USS John F Kennedy (CVA 67) -- anchored Gaeta, Italy


Change of Command Program -- page 2:

THE LAW

ARTICLE 5947, TITLE TEN

U.S. CODE;

“All commanding officers and others of authority in the naval service are required to show in themselves a good example of virtue, honor, patriotism, and subordination; to be vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are placed under their command; to guard against and suppress all dissolute and immoral practices, and to correct, according to the laws and regulations of the Navy, all persons who are guilty of them; and to take all necessary and proper measures under the laws, regulations, and customs of the naval service to promote and safeguard the morale, the physical well-being, and the general welfare of the officers and enlisted persons under their command or charge.”

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5844711 Mon, 14 May 2012 03:37:12 GMT <![CDATA[Mystery photo 25]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5771963 With help from the last message posted about the photo, I did a little research and think I've got the answer. Not from actual knowledge, but by comparing photos. In the "Google" bar at the top of most home pages enter Rock of Gibraltar, and click on "images". At the bottom of the 2nd page of photos, there is a oblong and narrow pic of the rock. Look at it closely, and you can see the land formation is identical to background land formation in the Mystery photo. Including the angled walls going up the side of the hill. Even though the "Rock" was my first stop back in Jan/Feb of 1967 when we relieved Adm Ashworth for 6th Fleet Command, I never saw this side of the Rock that I can recall. By the way, does anyone recall a banner we had hung on our ship that said "We're ready for Freddy" referring to Adm. Fredrick Ashworth ??? And being ordered to take it down immediately !

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5771963 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:38:42 GMT <![CDATA[MYSTERY PHOTO #24]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5737741 Frank Gates OPS 70-75
]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5737741 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:53:33 GMT <![CDATA[New Member ?]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5695383 Dave Holmes, 9267 U.S. 98, Lot 106, Dade City, FL 33525.  We will pass it on to him so he can contact you himself.  Meanwhile, since my wife retired in 2008 we have spent three winters in Las Vegas (Nellis Air Force Base campground)...and this year we are trying out Florida, tho we hit many military bases on our way from point A to B...(Fort A P Hill in VA, Parris Island in SC, Charleston SC MC Air Station; Quantico VA, Jacksonville FL Navy base, etc.)  Lots of travel in spring and fall, and in SW Michigan at a lake from April to October.  I've had several medical procedures on my heart....but the wife makes sure it keeps on ticking !  Gotta drive that motor home, ya know !?! 
]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5695383 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:58:22 GMT <![CDATA[INVESTMENT INFORMATION]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5692571 One of these ships had an outside company that came on board to solicit for investment options that I signed up for.
I can't recall what the name of the company is and once I left the Navy I lost all information.
Does anyone recall if this was on the Little Rock and if so the name of the investment company?
Bob Durant
]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5692571 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:43:08 GMT <![CDATA[TWA Flight 841]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5689791 I was sorting through my old papers and found a reference to TWA Flight 841.  The New York bound passenger jet was en route from Athens to Rome when it crashed into the Ionian Sea near the island of Kefallinia (Cephallonia), Greece, September 8, 1974.  The flight's first segment was from Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv to Athens. Little Rock’s communication group and Sixth Fleet Staff provided operational assistance as USS Independence (CVA 62) and USS Biddle (DLG 34) conducted search and rescue operations.  Responding at flank speed to the disaster, Biddle arrived at the crash area at 2030 local time.  Biddle’s boat crews, with the assistance of helicopters from Independence, recovered 12 bodies during the night.  There were no survivors from the 79 passengers and nine crew members on flight 841. 

 

The National Transportation Board later attributed the crash to a Palestinian terrorist bomb.


]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5689791 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:42:04 GMT <![CDATA[Anchor Point]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5686625
It's my favorite port.  Great food!  
Any idea?  
Photographed by J Meyers.



]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5686625 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:12:10 GMT <![CDATA[Little Rock Kids/Joshua Barney link]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5680494 My dad is Tom Santella and he served on the Little Rock from 1973 through 1976 when it was stationed in Gaeta, Italy. Just want to thank Art Tilley for adding the Joshua Barney School link to the Little Rock Association website. The pics that are posted on there are just simply amazing...brings back so many happy memories. We were truly all a family when we were in Gaeta and alot of us have stayed in touch over the years. And especially with Facebook we have found each other and even had a reunion last year! But there are a bunch of kids in the pics that are posted that I couldn't remember until I saw their faces again. It's really awesome...now I'm going to have to search for them...lol. Thanks again Art!!!

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5680494 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:11:55 GMT <![CDATA[Leonard J. Monks]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5677239
Wanted to let you all know. God Bless you all and Thank you so much for serving our country.

God Bless America!!! xox

     Irene Monks Kazan

(Click HERE to see Leonard's obituary)

(This message was originally received 01/18/12 at 10:24 PM. It was moved here from another Topic.)

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5677239 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:48:33 GMT <![CDATA[Amsterdam visit 1964]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5668942 Desperately seeking for pictures/images about the visit of USS Little Rock visiting Amsterdam in 1964. I was on board then when I was 10 years old, watching the show on the rear deck with the TALOS missiles. Now, I am 58, and planned to visit Buffalo's Naval Park in Oct. 2012 with my son. It will be my ultimate trip to the USA for the first time in my life and glad to visit "The Rock" after 48 years. Still owns a flyer from the visit in Amsterdam, but unfortunately no pictures. Who will be so kind to send me pictures from this visit in 1964 when the USS Little Rock barked at "Stony Head Pier" in Amsterdam and was the flag-ship in 1964 during an exercise in the Northern Atlantic and North Sea. I would be very surprised.
Regards from Joop, PA3JD (Ham radio on http://www.qrz.com)

Excuse me for my bad English language. I am Dutch, sri.But I do hope on a reply from you.pa3jd@veron.nl
Wish you all the best and 73.


]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5668942 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:40:41 GMT <![CDATA[Brown-Goo-Jelly MID-RATS]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5664150 I cringe at the thought of anything made with peanut butter and psychoanalysis might suggest I have lingering-dramatic Arachibutyrophobia; a fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of my mouth.  My tongue still revolts when I think of past abuses with Navy MID-RATS and grade-school lunches loaded up with the likes of peanut-butter-filled celery sticks, brown-goo-jelly sandwiches and peanut butter cookies.  I guess I should have joined the Navy’s boomer submarine service to feast on MID-RATS with hot steak sandwiches and gourmet soups – mess deck scuttlebutt confirmed that submariners got all the best food and it was nice to dream of such a cuisine paradise after throwing my peanut butter surprise MID-RATS into the trash can.  I wonder if the “New” Navy has removed peanut butter from the menu because of rampant peanut allergies in the general population.

Odd thing is I really like salted in the shell peanuts.  Boiled peanuts are a big yuck!    

If confession is good for the soul, here is mine:

PEANUT BUTTER LOVER

NOt

By John Meyers 

A strange tale this to hear it told,

still I have to tell it.

I will not eat peanut butter,

do not like to smell it.

That gooey brown stuff is a paste

that sticks inside my mouth.

It sneaks between my back teeth

where my tongue can’t get it out.

Some people mix it with grape jam

then smear it on their bread.

To find that mess in my lunch bag

is something that I dread.

I’m grateful that I have a choice,

I’ve other foods to choose.

Please offer me NO peanut butter,

You can keep that goo!

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5664150 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:02:42 GMT <![CDATA[Greg Knowles' Gaeta Musings]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5644748
Your comments are appreciated.

"In May 2010  I spent 12 days in Gaeta, reliving my stay there during 1967-69 when I was on the Little Rock. Not much remains rom so long ago. The Hideaway(?) and other bars and restaurants are gone, possibly because today's sailors are more career minded than we were. With so many of today's ships with civilian crew members, and with post-911 security concerns, I guess spending every free moment ashore to explore the culture of a foreign land is no longer encouraged.

Even with new facades and construction, I think I found the building in Gaeta where I rented an apartment with four other guys. It cost us each $15 a month, utilities included. We'd ride a horse carriage from Mama's Trattoria across the street to the Navy Exchange to buy Heineken for $3.20 a case. There was a bakery just down the street, and a cafe where you could get a Sambuca con moscas, which was a double shot of Sambuca liquor with a few coffee beans floating in it. The beans were supposed  to look like moscas (flies or bugs). You'd light the highly flammable Sambuca with your Zippo to cook the beans, put your hand over the top to extinguish the fire, then drink the licorice-flavored Sambuca and eat the crunchy beans. On more than one occasion I saw sailors forget to put the fire out first, and end up pouring burning Sambuca on their dress blues.

One Saturday morning a few of us took a series of cab and carriage rides east of Formia to the foot of the mountain with the "nipple" on top. That's the chapel that can be seen from the harbor. We hiked through small villages, vineyards and orchards and spent the night at the top. I doubt many sailors have attempted that. The view is amazing.

A friend drove us to  Monte Casino, that had recently been rebuilt after it was destroyed by bombing in1944 because aerial reconnaissance reported German soldiers inside the monastery. The Germans didn't show up until the place was bombed flat, and thousands died trying to take the hill. There are a bunch of cemeteries in the area that are popular with British, Polish and American men in their late 80s who fought there. I met a bunch of them.

Just about every weekend without duty we'd take a buggy to the train station and ride the express to Rome. I remember we were so flat broke we'd bum cigarettes and wine on the Spanish Steps and sleep in the Colosseum because we couldn't afford the $2.00 for a hotel room. Back then there were no chain link fences protecting ancient sites, all the doors were open, and there was no admission to anything. The only place you couldn't walk into at St. Peter's was the treasury and the Pope's quarters. The Pieta was touchable, as was everything else. Amazing.

The new part of town is much as I remember, with narrow alleys and lots of shops. The people are just as warm and friendly. And I had a ball. Stayed at the Flamingo Hotel, and discovered it has been host to many Navy events and people over the years.

I'd like to hear what others remember. And maybe learn where some of my shipmates have gone."

Best,

Greg Knowles, ETN2
USS Little Rock CLG-4
1967-1969
]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5644748 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:47:03 GMT <![CDATA[Bottom Up]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5586273 I would guess that most of the Gaeta contingent of Little Rock’s crew made it to the spot where I took this picture. 

Does anyone recognize it from the bottom side and have a memory to share?

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5586273 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:27:25 GMT <![CDATA[Buffalo 2011 Reunion Memory Books]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5585340
Our photographer, Don Zinteck of Photographics 2 in Buffalo, did his usual fine job in completing an impressively artistic product.

Additional copies of the memory book are available for sale through the ship's store.

If you wish copies of any of the candid photos or portrait pictures in the book, please see the message board item headed "2011 Reunion Photos."

Comments and questions at any time may be addressed to yours truly.

Regards to all - and enjoy the "memories."

Frank Berglas
Secty/Treas
(914)763-2187
fberglas@optonline.net

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5585340 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:35:22 GMT <![CDATA[LOCATE MY FRIEND]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5579619 I am trying to locate Gordon Mahoney FTG2 on board 1962-1965.  Anyone with any information please contact me at plcarlson@q.com  thank you

 

Larry Carlson

]]> http://kksears.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=5579619 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:08:46 GMT