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Station keepers supporting a Reserve unit cruise
to warmer climes disembark from their R4D wearing straw hats. - Hal
Neubauer |
Station Keepers just off the transport from a VP cruise meet with the OOD on the ramp in front of hanger #1. Far right in straw hat is Jerry Steele. - Hal Neubauer |
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Party time once again finds, from the left, Chiefs
Phil Gagnon, Bill Kletter, and Ed Stillwell celebrating.- Hal Neubauer |
A social gathering of Chiefs with only one drinking was unusual. From the left, Bill Kletter, Harold Jackson, unidentified, unidentified, Al Wiese, and Ed Harker. - Hal Neubauer |
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The line crew take time out. Far
left is tail of a Grosse Ile SNB and in the background one of the many
blimps that visited the base. - Hal Neubauer |
Making Chief Petty Officer was a significant event in an enlisted man's career and typically marked by humiliating initiations. Here Phil Gagnon undergoes his initiation by swabbing the deck. - Hal Neubauer |
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The CPO Club was always a busy place. Here they are assembled to celebrate another event. (Perhaps quitting time) Far left front, Ed Stillwell and right center, Bill Kletter in dark glasses. - Hal Neubauer |
