Here's where we'll list announcements, items of interest, and news about shipmates.
If you'd like to post information here, please click the link and let us know. Also, if you know the whereabouts or
how to contact other TCH shipmates who aren't TCHVA members or registered on our sailing list, please submit that information
as well so we may contact them.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to TCHVA Historian, Andy Roberts and family. Andy's mom passed away
this past week!
Looking for a TCHVA member who would like to help maintain this website. No knowledge of programming is needed. Click here
for more info.
Now
hear this! Will the following TCHVA members use the below form to update your email address. We're getting
"kickbacks" indicating your email address is invalid for some reason: CAPT James Stevens, LN2 Chester Boyd, STG1 Craig Cope
Attention TCHVA Members! - Has your email address or other personal
information changed? If so, please report it here so we can update our records.
"YA GOTTA HAVE HART"
Where did the phrase "Ya Gotta Have Hart" originate? Click here to find out!
Membership Drive - If your'e a TCH vet, we need your support! Our members have full and complete access to all TCHVA email addresses & phone numbers. Maybe your shipmate is waiting
to hear from you! If you are a TCHVA member and your'e not sure if your dues are curent, please email the Secretary
at the below link. If you renew now, the rest of 2009 is free! Your $20 dues will pay thru 2011! Visit
the "Join TCHVA" page to renew your membership. Thanks
Click here to email Secretary about your dues status!
Tommy Sexton found this link to a Turkish floating museum featuring the ex-USS Ainsworth. Click here!
Tommy Sexton also found the USS Paul. Click here.
Eternal Deployment:
James Johnson, nephew of SH1 Alan Johnson (Desert Storm era) advised us that Alan drowned in 1992. James requests
that if anyone knew Alan to communicate with him at james_johnson41@yahoo.com. Alan's name has been added to the Eternal Deployment memorial.
Very sad news: Our reunion planner, John Peterson passed away in July! Click here for details
Captain F. Richard "Dick" Whalen,
USN (ret), CO (81 - 83) is also an accomplished artist, specializing in marine art. Click the below links to learn more
about Captain Whalen and his art!
Click to read about CAPT Whalen's art!
Click to see CAPT Whalen's Ad
We received the following
from Steven Greisman: "I was a member of the US Naval
Sea Cadet Corps USS Wright Division that were guests abord the Hart when she called on Port Everglades Fla as part of Unitas
76'. Several of us were allowed to take the helm for a period of time. That is an experience I will never forget. I wore my
Hart windbreaker throught Jr. High." Thanks for sharing your story Steven!
We received the following
from "Thomas C. Hart" - Sir: According to family I was named
after the Admiral. My father was in the Army at the time of WWII. Thanks. Thomas C. Hart, Commander,
Support Services Division, South Windsor Police Department, South Windsor, Connecticut
Received the following from Richard
Wilkinson: "Ex-turdchaser aboard the Tommy Chuck, many good memories and good times. Seen things that I could
not have seen otherwise, being a countryboy from Arkansas, first ship, first time at sea, couldn't swim, Wow!!! What a rush!!!
She brings back good memories,times, and old friends that I wonder where they are now. Anybody remember 'the dwarf','R' division,
Philly shipyards, 1979-1983,original rough rider for big red, shortest hotsuitman in history."
 Received the following email from
Dean Hoover, a director of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association -" My name is Dean Hoover, a DESA Director and I would like your permission to reprint some of your sea stories
for the DESA Newspaper. Of course the writer would get credit for it. Also I would like to get permisson to get
to the crew email list as I'm the recuriter for DESA and the 1000 class guys are the ones to keep the DE history going as
there are no more DE's and never will be. Thank you, Dean Hoover MM3 ,USS Van Vorrhis DE-1028, USS Hartley DE-1029." Due to our privacy policy I was unable to pass on all the TCHVA members' email addresses but
I have linked the DESA website on our links page. I encourage all hands to consider joining DESA as it is a specific
organization dedicated to DE's and FF's. You can email Dean directly at DE-1029@mchsi.com. Those of you who have submitted Sea Stories should check the DESA site as they may be displayed there as well!!
Check out this great link to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - A great history lesson with lots of pictures.
Tommy Sexton has found some interesting
reflections. Click the "Navy Experience" link below to bring back some shared memories of
your Navy LIfe.
The Navy Experience!
| Photo courtesy of Capt Dick Whalen |
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| TCH transits Germany's Keil Canal enroute "Kieler Woche" |
Welcome aboard to the
newest TCHVA members & renewals: Ronnie Neas (EM3 75-78), Arthur Rutledge (EM2 74-77), Michael Kust (MMC 81-86),
Fred Longenecker (LT 84-87), CAPT J. L. "Skip" MacMichael (CO 83-85), Ronald Wilson (HMC 73-75), Andy Roberts (OS2
81-85), Randy Funkhouser (ETCS 88-91), Paul Dobrosky (ET2 89-93), Tim O'Donnell (MM2 86-90), James Hunt (LT 74-77), Richard
Berkstresser (MM1 84-87), Mark Cameron (RM3 73-75), Brian Franklin (EN2 87-90), Charlie Ellis (LT 84-87), Ronald Babb (ETR2
76-78), Bruce Nothem (SN 73-76), (Ronald Brown (MMFN 73-76), Richard Vaughn (BT2 73-77), Ronald Church (FTG2 73-77),
Lee Edwardsen (STG2 81-86), Dennis Baer (STG2 88-92).
Do you know about the "Golden Thirteen"? Click here to find out more about the men whose commissioning was truly historic!
What happened to RTC/NTC Orlando Florida? Click here to see for yourself!
All Hands (TCH Vets Only) - Click the "Yellow
Banner" below to visit the Ship's Office so you can add your name to the Master Sailing List for TCH!
Please take a few moments to read the below
poems: I think you'll identify with the themes! They do bring back memories!
Click to read the "Grey Destroyer Crew" Poem
Click to read "I was a Sailor Once"
Interested in a small scale model of the TCH? Patrick Burke submitted this for your consideration! Click here to view the
model.
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