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October 4, 2004, Printable reunion forms are available on the main page. If you have any problems printing the reunion forms contact me, silverfoxsteve@msn.com or Jerry Emerson, pjemerson@Simflex.com and we will mail you a hard copy
August 6, 2004,
There is a Russian sub on public display in
Providence Rhode Island.
May 7, 2004,
USS Razorback SS394 returns
to US
February 23, 2004, A very nicely done tribute to the Navy and Marine corp. www.familytorn.net/navy-marines.htm
February 20, 2004,
Hello USS
Jallao Family, and Friends:
I
respectfully request you please sign, circulate, post to your web-site
http://www.petitiononline.com/pfcmongo/petition.html "For the CWSM."
Also, US
Senate Bill S 1841 and US Congress Bill HR 3388 both need
active
support to pass, with previous-posted US Congress Bill HR 3201.
Thank you for
your service. Peace to you.
Semper
Fidelis, Joe "Mongo" Martin
100%
Service-connected Disabled
American Cold
War Veteran
February 13, 2004, Steve Estrada, EM2-1968-72, will be heading to Iraq soon, with his Reserve Unit, he will be sending back some pictures for the web site. Lets keep him in our thoughts and prayers. His e-mail address in the crew list is current for those that want to wish him well.
February 6, 2004, Ernie Smith's mother passed away Thursday, February the 5th. Our most sincere condolences to Ernie and his family.
January 15, 2004, Following is the text of an e-mail sent to Frank Chandler regarding the disposition of the Jallao. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi, Frank:
How I wish she was still afloat!
Unfortunately, the USS Jallao (S-35 Narciso Monturiol) was scuttled
after decommissioned. However, the Officer's Chamber has been
preserved at the Navy Museum at Cartagena (Spain).
I will check if I have a picture of the
Officer's Chamber in its actual location and I will send it to you.
I am in contact with the crew of the USS
Bang and I use to publish and contribute with them, affording data about
the Spanish Navy period. I have some plans to put in contact the US
crews with the Spanish crews in order to share experiences and
remembrances.
If you need further details, don't hesitate
to contact me.
Best regards.
Jorge
Regards,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 13, 2004,
Please check out the 2005 reunion planning
page for an important update.
December 29, 2003, We are looking for information on a shipmate, Ed Litke, if you know of him or sailed with him please contact me. silverfoxsteve@msn.com
December 24, 2003, If you served honorably in the U. S. Armed Forces between September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991 you are eligible for the Cold War Certificate Program. For more information click on the following site, https://www.perscomonline.army.mil/tagd/coldwar/default.htm Many thanks to our good friend and shipmate, Luis Duran, for providing this information. Thanks Luis!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James Thomas Cotter, a former USS Jallao sailor went on "Eternal Patrol" on December 13, 2003 in Chattanooga, TN. Our condolences to the Cotter family.
November 17, 2003, If you have moved or changed your e-mail address recently, please let me know so that I can update your listing on the crew list. We want to be able to keep you as informed as possible and to facilitate communications between old friends. Click on the following e-mail address to make your changes to the crewlist. silverfoxsteve@msn.com
November 14, 2003, Come join us for a cup of coffee and some camaraderie at the 2005 Jallao reunion planning meeting on Monday December 29, 2003 at 1400 in Groton/New London CT. Jerry Emerson will be there to head the proceedings and Chief Constantino will be our host. All are welcome to attend. Contact Jerry if you can attend. pjemerson@simflex.com
Click on the following web site to see a beautifully done graphic animation video. http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1483260750
October 30, 2003, Russ Bryant would like to contact anyone that sailed with his father Harvey "Eugene" Bryant MM1 on the Jallao in 1944-46. He also sailed on the R-14. Please contact Russ at RussBryant@InfoAve.Net
October 29, 2003 Through the efforts of the Cold War Veterans Association we have gotten legislation before Congress to issue a Cold War Medal to all members of the armed forces who served from Sept. 2, 1945 to Dec 28, 1991.
I encourage everyone to write or e-mail your
elected representative to vote for H.R. 3201. The actual wording of the Bill
can be seen on the CWVA website, just go to
www.coldwarveterans.com
Silent Service videos available------- I’m sending this email to you as a Webmaster for one of our boats, as I am from the USS Sealion SS-315. My contact with you is in an effort to gain your support in getting the word out regarding the temporary availability of some of our made for TV, “Silent Service” episodes (the originals of which were produced back in the late 50’s & early 60’s by retired Rear Admiral Tommy Dykers).
These stories are not to be confused with later day (modern) features seen on the History Channel, nor A&E. These (black and white) “Silent Service” episodes have NEVER been rebroadcast nor made available since their original showings on TV. These are ONLY available through our source and only to our submarine community (not the general public). In other words; on “no other place on this planet” can you find these available.
If you would “please” contact your shipmates with the below info, I’m sure that it would be greatly appreciated by all since so many of “we bubbleheads” have been waiting for these episodes to “surface” again (pardon the pun). Anyone interested should email me for further (payment & availability) details after visiting our (temporary info) website. Thanks in advance for your support in this endeavor.
For information regarding the episodes and ordering same, please visit our temporary website at; http://www.donmac.org/clear/SSVT.htm
October 9, 2003
Shipmates:
Here's the official obituary for Bill Egerton.
I just received it from his daughter Becky. It didn't arrive in time for
the All Clear, so I guess it needs to go to all hands (all hands with
e-mail, that is). I modified it a bit to add his Navy service.
LITTLETON, NC--Clinton Williams (Bill)
Egerton, age 81, died on Friday, 5 September 2003 at his home in
Littleton. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, 9 September at
Littleton United Methodist Church with the Rev. David P. Haley
officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Bill was born on 10 April 1922 in Warren
County to the late Clinton Williams Egerton, Sr. and Rosa Farrah Egerton.
He was the owner of Egerton Grocery in Littleton. He was a member of the
Littleton United Methodist Church, the Littleton Lions Club, and American
Legion Post 308.
An Electrician's Mate Third Class, he served
during World War II aboard the submarine USS JALLAO (SS-368).
He is survived by his wife Lorraine H. Egerton
of Littleton; a son Clinton Williams Egerton, III of Brevard; two
daughters, Becky Egerton Alderman of Brevard and Barbara Egerton Holzworth
of Warrenton, VA; three sisters, Trudi Egerton May and Anna Egerton Brown,
both of Littleton, and Mary Ellen Egerton Gault of Morganton; and four
grandchildren.
Submitted by Jerry Emerson, thanks Jerry.
October 1, 2003
Check out the latest reunion update from Jerry
Emerson. Looks like Jerry is doing a great job getting things set up for us.
September 12, 2003 Check out the September Jallao Newsletter, written by Roger "Hoot" Gibson.
We would like to publish a shipmates biography in each newsletter. It doesn't have to be real formal, just what you are doing now and what you have done since leaving the Jallao. Please contact Roger to work out the details. rogerian@worldnet.att.net
September 11, 2003 To our fallen comrades at the world Trade Center and the Pentagon. "We have not forgotten"
August 18, 2003 Hello all, we just returned from two wonderful weeks in Hawaii. I will post some pictures soon. Sales are slow, please check out the ships store and the new items. All proceeds go into the Jallao reunion fund.
We are looking for input to the Jallao newsletter, please contact Roger "Hoot" Gibson with any news, sea stories or general information regarding our Jallao family. rogerian@worldnet.att.net
July 28, 2003 We have located some Jallao memorabilia with the name John M. Davis on it. If you know the whereabouts of John please contact me.
July 9, 2003
I have added a new page to the web site to
help us find our "Lost Shipmates' and friends. We need your help in finding
them, please click on the go button.
July 8, 2003 Ernie Smith and his wife Reggie were in Minneapolis for a Shriner's convention this week, Penny and I spent a wonderful evening of dinner and conversation with them, more talk about the Jallao and our families and lives since then. We hope to do it again soon. Steve
June 25, 2003 I have added a page that features a photo profile of our Jallao brothers that are on "eternal patrol." It can be accessed thru the photo gallery. Jerry Reid, EMC is the first to be added. If you want to feature a fallen comrade or family member please e-mail me. silverfoxsteve@msn.com
June 19, 2003 I just added some more reunion pictures under number 10 on the main page, and I am revising the photo gallery section to improve the download time. Click here to use the new gallery selection page.
June 16, 2003 A picture of Commander Carlson the last Jallao skipper and a copy of the last Jallao deck log entry are now in the memorabilia section
June 16, 2003 I have added a ships store to our web site, it is still under construction, but I will still take your orders via e-mail. Please visit and let me know what you think. All proceeds from the store will go into the Jallao fund for our next reunion. Earl Johnson is our fund banker. Click here to go shopping!
June 13, 2003 Roger "Hoot" Gibson has volunteered to publish a quarterly Jallao newsletter He did a such great job on the newsletter currently posted, see the rag hat labeled "reunion newsletter" on the main page. Let's take advantage of his great writing skills. We would like input from all of you, information on you and your family, pets included, pictures and news, anything you would like to have in the next newsletter. We decided at the May reunion that the purpose of our organization was to be strictly social in nature. A newsletter will help us to stay in touch and be more social. Please contact Hoot with your input at; rogerian@worldnet.att.net
June 6, 2003 We are gathering information in preparation for the next Jallao reunion, we need your input in order the make this reunion as great as the 2003 reunion. There are three open issues that we would like to resolve in the near future, and they are; 1. Where to have it, 2. What year to have it, and 3. What time of year, spring or fall. Right now there is some sentiment for returning to Manitowoc Wisconsin and some sentiment for having it at our old homeport of Groton Connecticut. We also discussed whether to have it in 2004 or 2005. Please e-mail me at silverfoxsteve@msn.com with your preferences on these three issues.
June 4, 2003 If you have reunion pictures you would like to post on the web page, please e-mail me and attach the pictures. silverfoxsteve@msn.com
June 3, 2003 Jerry Connolly is still recovering, from a stroke, in the Beechwood Nursing Center. He is making progress with the help of wife Patti and the support of family and some Jallao friends. Please send a card if you can, the cards he has received so far have been a great help and lifted his spirits.
Beechwood Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center
May 29, 2003 Kelley Nichols is looking for information or recollections of her dad, William J Wheeler, who sailed on the Jallao during the time the movie Parrish was filmed. Please e-mail her at kelleyanichols@cs.com
May 28 2003 We had such a grand time at the reunion that we are asking each of you to locate two Jallao sailors that are not on the crew list so that the next reunion will be even bigger and grander. I have already received three new names to add this week.
May 28, 2003 We have selected a new committee, pictured below, to head up the next Jallao reunion. Jerry Emerson will be in charge, with Warren Ellis assisting. We will also be setting up a ships store to sell Jallao items such as hats and shirts.
Back L to R, Jerry Emerson, Dave Rochville and Dennis Farley Front L to R, Warren Ellis and Steve Marquis A handsome group indeed!
May 19, 2003 We have been advised by the Connecticut Chapter of SubVets WWII that Philip E. Prior, a former Jallao sailor, has gone on to "eternal patrol" on April the 29th 2003. Our sympathies to Philip's family and friends.
April 25, 2003
April 25, 2003 There is an updated e-mail address for Mark Anderson, in the crew list. manderson6@cfl.rr.com
April 21, 2003
The following Submariners poem was sent in by
Don Tetschlag, thanks Don. "A
Submarine" This is a WWI poem found by a submariner at the Submarine
Base Groton, CT in 1966 Author unknown Born in the
shops of the devil Designed in the
brains of a fiend Filled with
acid and oil And christened
"a submarine" The poets send
in their ditties Of battleships
spick and clean But never a
word in their columns Do you see a
submarine? I’ll try and
depict our story In a very laconic
way Please have
patience to listen Until I have
finished my say We eat where're we
can find it And sleep hanging
up on hooks Conditions under
which we’re existing Are never
published in books Life on these
boats is obnoxious And that is using
mild terms We are never
bothered by sickness There isn’t any
room for germs We are never
troubled with varmints There are things
even a cockroach can’t stand And any self
respecting rodent Quick as possible
beats it for land And that little
dollar per dive We receive to dive
out of sight Is often earned
more than double By charging the
batteries at night And that extra
compensation We receive on
boats like these We never really
get at all It’s spent on soap
and dungarees Machinists get
soaked in fuel oil Electricians in
H2SO4 Gunners mates with
600W And torpedo slush
galore When we come into
the Navy Yard We are looked upon
with disgrace And they make out
some new regulations To fit our
particular case Now all you
battleship sailors When you are
feeling disgruntled and mean Just pack your bag
and hammock And go to "A
Submarine"
April 16, 2003.
To you who've never been and never will be It's hard to express the feelings of a sailor on a storm tossed sea With nothing to protect you but a ship of steel That shakes with each wave and makes you stumble and reel The sun disappears through a haze in the west and you're left with a feeling of deserted loneliness Strange ships sail these waters at night Only to disappear at the beginning of light At night they are seen topping a watery ridge With a skeleton crew and a ghost on the bridge So for you who've never been and never will be Have Love and faith for those who go to sea
© Jerry Reid, 1958, our shipmate
Did You notice...
that pale green so near white it's like a newt's belly is touching the trees again this spring
it's there again in the barely visible shoots of crocus cracking the earth
and that yellow you never see except in a spring sunrise is back again
it's almost as though they didn't know you had died
© Stan Crooks, April 2003
March 31, 2003.
Several JALLAO shipmates got together
yesterday (3/29) for brunch at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in
Londonderry, NH. It was a morning of getting to renew old friendships
from our Jallao days. Sea stories were swapped (some of them even being
believable) and we discussed our plans for attending the reunion. The
following shipmates attended:
Bill Allen (1958-60) NH
John Lindquist (1957-59)
Frank Conti (1958-62)
NH & wife Mary NH
Henry Gadreault
MA Jerry Reid (1962-66,68-70)
"Nick" Nickerson NH
& wife "Punky" VT
Harry Shuris (1958-60) MA
 L to R (rear) John Lundquist, Harry Gadreault, Jerry Reid, Harry Shuris L to R (front) Bill Allen, Bill Nickerson, Frank Conti
A good time was had by all and we look
forward to another JALLAO GTG sometime before the reunion. God Bless
America
Frank Conti January 23, 2003.
December 20, 2002. November 27, 2002. Beechwood Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center
November 27, 2002
November 27, 2002 November 27, 2002
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