From: Paul Friswold
To All.
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 2:37 PM
Subject: RE: memories

What a thing to be remembered for!!! But I think you're right. The magazine was quite daring for it's time. I also remember the transportation provided by Bud (MISTER) Maurer between Philly and NYC. Really saved us both time and money, as he would never take a dime for gas (even though gas was only around a quarter a gallon in those days.

Paul

From: Joel Brandes
To: All:
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: memories

I remember Argentia and 50 foot tides. We walked straight off the quarter deck and when we came back all you could see was the mast. We made thje first Dew line cruise out of there.
If you recall we caught lobster and flounder there. Some of the guys went deer hunting. With all the extra food supply could buy more steaks.

From: Dick Beers
To: All:
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: memories

Dave Burnham (the Engineering Officer) was from Maine and was the expert fisherman. I remember his catching a flounder off the fantail. But my fondest memory of him was borrowing someone's car and approaching the gate at Pier 1. After receiving a salute from the Marine Sentry he put the car where he was used to in first gear forgetting that that was where reverse was in the borrowed auto. He shot backward, recovered and proceeded past the jarhead who threw another salute while not even cracking a smile.

I just hear from Bud Maurer after fifty years, his email is attached. Also tracked down Paul Jacobson and Russ Marcellus recently.

Dick Beers

From: Denis LaCrosse
To: Dick Beers
CC: All
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: memories

Paul,

We spent more than just one BSF in Argentia- it was on the way to station one, or two, or...

Pretty in summer, miserable in winter, it was really late fall when Frank Fenton and I went aloft to paint the 10 (4?) platform. Paint kept getting too thick because of the cold. Kept adding thinner. I dipped my brush in, a great dollop came out, and fell off. ComBarLant was passing underneath- we both hid!

Barbara and I are still talking about a road trip to visit New England and the Maritimes, perhaps nest summer.

Denis

From: Joel Brandes
To: All
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:25 PM
Subject: more memories

While in the yards in Philly does anyone recall trading 40 lbs. coffee cans for enough rubber tile to do all the compartment decks

I was never in Philly, but cans of coffee were pretty much legal tender to have work done.

From: Joel Brandes
To All
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 7:30 AM
Subject: memory test

There was an admirals inspection by Comdeslant, Adm. Arliegh Burke. We discovered a 1st class gunners mate, aboard, that had been a WW II Marine, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Does anyone recall his name ?

From: Denis LaCrosse
To: All
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: memory test

Whooeee! I remember a GM1, older, grey crew cut. Might have been him. Don't remember his name, but oddly, (this is in New England, remember?) while friends aboard ship, we were next-door neighbors for over a year without knowing it!

From: Michael Lambert
To: All:
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 8:02 AM
Subject: more memories

Joel did the slide get back to you? !!! Thanks !!!
The ET's used those cans of coffee to get crane operators to do jobs on the masts. I remember going into the yards at Boston and Philadelphia both while aboard the Pillsbury. I am now making correction to the Ships Crew Roster Page.

Thanks for all the help.

Michael F. Lambert ETC Retired

From: Michael Lambert [mailto:Fivekiller1N@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:23 AM
To: Richard M Beers Sr. 133
Subject: Photos

Dick:

Thanks for the Officer information .
I made the additions and corrections to the ships roster
Do you have a plankowners list, Photos, or other information that you would like to be posted? I have my own 35 mm slide scanner 1800 dpi, if you have slides that need scanned.
I have also become pretty good touching up age mold on slides
I wish Harry Treuer ET3 could have lived longer as he never got around to looking for his photos at his lake house.
I am just now getting back to my old self, looking for more people and photos.

Michael F. Lambert
Smyrna, Ga.

From: Dick Beers
To: 'Michael Lambert'
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:09 PM
Subject: RE: Photos

Dear Mike:

I don't recognize that name. It seems to me that there was a Radarman (1C?) named Wanzer but I can't recall his first name
I will look around for some old photos. I also think I have some 8mm film of the Pillsbury taking water over the bridge. If I were to get that converted to a CD can you display it on the web site? Thanks Again for the Great Web site, it's brought back many memories

Dick Beers

From: ANTHNY DIMITROPOLIS
To: Michael Lambert
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 8:09 PM
Subject: to say thanks

Just like to say thanks Mike its good to hear from members of the OLD Pill It's been many a years wish more guys would keep in touch with each other where all are getting old well thanks.

The Greek DC man

From: Bob Maurer
To: All
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Vanderslice

In a message dated 9/7/2006 3:15:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbrandes@dmv.com writes: Vanderslice was a slick arm RD 1st. and a great guy to work for.

Does anybody remember our first class who ran the CIC? He was one of the finest men I ever had the honor to serve with. He had about 9-10 years in. He used to get so seasick that he walked around CIC with a bucket around his neck. He never failed to show up for duty, no matter how sick he felt.

Last I knew, they wanted to discharge him. I remember writing a letter on his behalf. Anybody remember his name and his outcome ??

Speaking of seasickness.... I'm sure you all remember Captain (LCDR) Harmon. He got seasick as soon as we left port and we never saw him on deck for 2-3 days. Then he would recover and was fine after that. He was an old salt...came up through the ranks..

I think the first you are speaking of was put ashore in Argentia. I believe he was replaced by Chief Davis. All I remember about the first was he lived on saltines the whole time he was aboard. The first came from the Northampton and most likely went back to a large ship. When I left the Pillsbury, I went to a carrier, we were at sea for two days before I knew we left the pier. The bow stayed above water all the time.

Does anyone recall riding out a hurricane off the Carolinas ? I think we were told to strap ourselves into our bunks when not on watch. I do remember being strapped to a repeater in CIC

Note: Chief Davis was ETC

From: Paul Jacobson
To: bmaurer789@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Vanderslice

His name was Moore and he was terrific,but one captain put him ashore claiming he was being charged for having a full person in the Billet when Moore spent the whole time at sea lying on the transom behind the status board, eating saltines and drinking club soda, whereas anyone who klnew him better, knew he pulled more than his full weight.

Anway the transfer took place and know one heard from him for sometime, but about two pickets later, as I ws crossing the nest, I saw him stand a quarterdeck watch on another DER; Naturally, I was flabbergasted and asked him about what had happened, He told me that after being sent ashore, they sent him to a shrink for about a month, and cured his seasickness, and he'd already gone a picket on his new ship and had not been sick a minute! How do you like them apples? v

Paul J

Note:
Richard Thomas Moore Was an ET1

From: Michael Lambert
To: All
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: Vanderslice

Hi All:

I think the 1st Class you are thinking of was Clarence Eckhoff RD1, I never remember Moore ET1 being seasick..

Paul is right, his name was Moore.The Pill must have been a magnet for hurricanes. I broke my ankle in Gitmo and never saw the ship again. The one I'm referring to had to be while on picket in the fall or late summer of 1956.