Meeting New Members

Short Bios

by Harry Cooper


WELCOME ABOARD to the following new Members

4201-1995 FRED GROGAN USA
4202-1995 MIKE SADOWSKI USA
4203-1995 BILL MARTIN USA
4204-1995 JEFF MARSON USA
4205-1995 LCDR STEPHEN KROTOW USA
4206-1995 TERRY KOZICKI USA
4207-1995 JAMIE McDERMOTT USA
4208-1995 P. WAGNER USA
4209-1995 EDWARD A. CLARK USA
4210-1995 RALPH L. NEWMAN USA

4211-1995 CAPT. Wm. McGONNEGAL USA
‘WILD BILL’ is retired but he was a US Navy boomer boat Skipper and was with us in Russia and Ukraine in 1995. He was a lot of fun and we were glad to have him along.

4212-1995 EUGENE EISENSCHER USA
4213-1995 IRENE MRACEK USA

4214-1995 CHIEF ROBERT THOMPSON USA
‘Old Bob’ is a retired US Navy Chief and he has gold hash marks from his wrist darn near to his hat! He was with us in Russia and Ukraine and is a great guy.

4215-1995 BARRY ROSEMAN USA
‘Old Bob’s’ son-in-law.

4216-1995 DOUGLAS LINDSEY USA
4217-1995 CHARLES WILSON USA
4218-1995 FRED ROMERO USA

4219-1995 GERALD MASON USA
CRAIG was a flier aboard a carrier-based S-3B VIKING; was Commander of Sea Control Squadron 32 (VS-32) flying off of USS AMERICA (CV-66). This is the same as the old ASW Squadrons. CRAIG writes: “I’ll keep reading the KTB Magazine with interest, hoping to learn a trick that will get the jump on a KILO or a 209. Keep up the great work.”

4220-1995 CRAIG FROH USA
4221-1995 PAUL CHANDLER USA
4222-1995 JEFFERY LONG USA
4223-1995 KEVIN CLARK USA
4224-1995 FRANK POKORNY USA
4225-1995 EASTERN NATIONAL PARK USA
4226-1995 ERIK HEIDE USA
4227-1995 BRIAN HASE USA
4228-1995 KENNETH GIRARD USA

4229-1995 ROGER BESAW USA
Serious model builder

4230-1995 KEITH PULLING USA

4231-1995 DIERDRE HESTER USA
With CBS News

4232-1995 ARTHUR DUNTON USA

4233-1995 JOHN BESANTE OMAN
Part of the recovery team salvaging the tons of silver from the Liberty Ship SS JOHN BARRY that was sunk in the Arabian Gulf by U-859.

4234-1995 HORST KLATT OMAN
HORST was L.I. on U-859 when they sank SS JOHN BARRY and is on the recovery team

4235-1995 CHRIS YOUNG USA
4236-1995 GARY CLAVELL USA
4237-1995 PHILLIP MAES BELGIUM

4238-1995 HELMUT WITTE GERMANY
CAPT. WITTE was a young officer or the light cruiser KÖLN when they cruised Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War. He was I.W.O. on torpedo boats, then served aboard the destroyer Z-22 and was one of the survivors when that ships was sunk in the Norway Invasion. He trained as a C.O. on U-107 under Günther Hessler than became Skipper of U-159 where he won the KNIGHTS CROSS.

4239-1995 RICARDO BONALUME BRAZIL
RICARDO is a journalist

4240-1995 WARREN ZORB USA

4241-1995 WILLIAM KLEIN USA
BILL is an American submarine veteran. He was with us in Russia and Ukraine.

4242-1995 JOAN STOUGH USA
4243-1995 FRANK TOROTROLLA USA
4244-1995 DOUGLAS NELSON USA
4245-1995 DAVID McCARSON USA
4246-1995 ELLEN SHEA USA
4247-1995 CHARLES HOFFERT USA
4248-1995 WALTER POESL USA
4249-1995 BOB CHESTER USA
4250-1995 MARK DAVIS USA
4251-1995 JEREMY LAWSON USA
4252-1995 ROBERT ULBRICHT USA
4253-1995 GREGORY DOUGLAS USA
4254-1995 GEOFF POLLARD ENGLAND
4255-1995 JAMES DELANEY USA
4256-1995 RUDY BILLER USA
4257-1995 SAMUEL KAHN USA
4258-1995 GEORGE WALTERS USA
4259-LIFE-1995 Maj. MIKE STACK USA
4260-1995 JOHN ZEISS USA
4261-1995 LELAN CALLAN USA
4262-1995 Dr. JOHN RATCLIFFE USA
4263-1995 JOE BRIGGS USA
4264-1995 MIKE WILKINSON USA
4265-1995 CHRISTOPHER COOPER So AFRICA

4266-1995 HON. ROBERT DORNAN USA
US Air Force veteran, currently serving in the US House of Representatives.

4267-1995 LANCE BURKS USA
4268-1995 ROB HALLORAN USA
4269-1995 BARRY JACOBUS USA
4270-1995 NILS GRAVILLIUS USA
4271-1995 ALEX VAROUXIS USA
4272-1995 JOEL JESSSEL USA
4273-1995 ART SMITH USA
4274-1995 JAY McFARLAND USA
4275-1995 GERALD DEHRING USA
4276-1995 BART VINSKEY USA
4277-1995 WILLIAM BALLIET USA
4278-1995 RADM JOSEPH PECK USA
4279-1995 EDWARD O’DONNELL USA

4280-1995 TOM SOUDERQUIST USA
Viet Nam era veteran, was a HAWK missile crew chief stationed in Germany.

4281-1995 CURT SHELTON USA

4282-1995 PETER van OPPEL USA
His brother rode U-166

4283-1995 PETER SCOLES USA
Destroyer escort officer 1943 through 1945 patrolling the North Atlantic

4284-1995 STEVEN JACKSON USA

4285-1995 ADM MIKE BOORDA USA
Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy

4286-1995 WILLIAM PUFFER USA
4287-1995 Maj. MARK GOLD USA
4288-1995 JOHN ZELLER USA

4289-1995 ADM I. J. GALANTIN USA
ADMIRAL ’PETE’ GALANTIN was Skipper of USS HALIBUT during WW II and is an accomplished author

4290-1995 RADM W. E. ELLIS USA

4291-1995 RICHARD LANDWEHR USA
Editor of ‘SIEGRUNEN’ Magazine 4292-1995 FITZ-EDWARD OTIS USA

4293-1995 CHUCK DAUKAS USA
CHUCK lives by the sea, and whenever he looks at the Montauk Light he thinks of REINHARD HARDEGEN using it & its radio beacon to guide U-123. CHUCK says that the soldiers of Germany have left an awesome mark in his own home waters. He is a teacher and an aspiring writer. He hopes to be part of a SHARKHUNTERS trip to Germany -- CHUCK, we are going again this September - come along.

4294-1995 GORDON RICHARDSON USA
4295-1995 ALBERT GONZALEZ USA

4296-C-1995 JAMES NECHTMAN USA
JIM is a security officer for a hospital; served four years in the US Army reserves and two years in the National Guard. His primary love is the German Army in both world wars, but he is interested in the sea war as well.

4297-1995 COLIN LASATER USA
4298-1995 GEOFFREY STIFF AUSTRALIA
4299-1995 BOONEN GERARD BELGIUM
4300-1995 ALAN FIRESTONE USA

Meeting MORE Members

We skipped over some Members a while back & are now catching up with their names here. Our apologies for this. WELCOME:

1951-1991 RICHARD JOHNSON USA
1952-1991 JOE URICCHIO USA
1953-1991 FRANK BEIER USA
1954-1991 CHUCK LINDER USA
1955-1991 JEROME MASON USA
1956-1991 STEPHEN AVETZUK USA
1957-1991 GEORGE COLE USA

1958-1991 TOM RACHELS USA
Retired C.I.A. AGENT

1959-1991 VADM KOMOROV RUSSIA
Retired, Deputy Chief of Staff, Soviet Navy

1960-1991 RICHARD FORTUNE USA
Computer whiz; will put SHARKHUNTERS onto the internet and worldwide web.

1961-1991 JIM BELL USA

1962-1991 RICHARD CROWE USA
Runs ‘ghost’ tours

1963-1991 THOMAS BEECH USA
1964-1991 BOB LANDRY CANADA
1965-1991 JAMES WHEELER USA
1966-1991 ROBERT CALDWELL USA
1967-1991 JOE ROSS USA
1968-1991 RODNEY BROWN USA

1969-1991 MITCHELL SULLIVAN USA
MITCH was a combat vet on USS HAMUL and he did a lot of work on U-505 to make her seaworthy once she was towed into Hamilton Harbour, in Bermuda. MITCH re-built the bow diving plane that was damaged when USS PILLSBURY got too close and the plane ripped a huge underwater gash in the DE.

1970-1991 RICKY BREHMER USA
1971-1991 DAN BURKOVICH USA
1972-1991 JOHN WATKINS USA
1973-1991 BERNARD WEST USA
1974-1991 DANA ZINSMEISTER USA
1975-1991 WILLIAM SIDDENS USA
1976-1991 DON CURSON USA
1977-1991 LCDR FRANK MILLER USA
1978-1991 STEPHEN MOY USA
1979-1991 JOHN HANKINS USA
1980-1991 DAVID EFFLER USA
1981-1991 ROBERT HORCHUCK USA
1982-1991 TED VASSIL USA

1983-1991 CLIFFORD PERRY USA
An American SubVet, ‘KIP’ rode USS BERGAL, USS CAPITANE, USS THREADFIN, USS CROAKER and USS SEA WOLF as well as the tender USS BUSHNELL.

1984-1991 GEORGE HARRIS USA
1985-1991 MIKE MANSFIELD USA
1986-1991 WES WINDHAM USA
1987-1991 J. RICHARD GREENWELL USA
1988-1991 FRANK KALBACHER USA
1989-1991 WALT WENDT USA
1990-1991 W. LARRY HOUSE USA

To these ‘new’ Members, we say WELCOME ABOARD! If YOUR Membership Number is between 1991 and 2150, please send some information about yourself. Don’t be a ONE-LINER.


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