USS Indiana Guestbook Volume VI

Date :   11/19/07
Date :   3-29-08
Name(Last, First) :   Hartwig, Barbara ( Bauerle )
E-Mail Address :   barb4810@sbcglobal.net
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Brighton Mi
Comments :   My Father served on the USS Indiana. He was discharged on May 4th 1946. His name is Elwood L. Bauerle from New Boston Michigan and now living in Florida. Hes 82 y/o and doing great !!
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   yes - Father
Date :   3/11/2008
Name(Last, First) :   Raffaele, Jaye Marie
E-Mail Address :   beethovens_babe2001@yahoo.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Comments :   On Thursday May 6, Pasquale Chuck Tortorete passed away. He was 80 years old. Chuck served in the gunnery division of the United States Navy on the USS Indiana, during WW2 There was a brief but beautiful Military ceremony today at the grave site Chapel
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   no
Date :   09 March 2008
Name(Last, First) :   SCOTT Jr., Cecil
E-Mail Address :   psrwhiskey@bellsouth.net
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Mobile, AL
Comments :   My dad was a plank owner -Scott, Cecil P.- MM1- picked up the Indiana after bringing the Tennessee back from Pearl Harbor.passed away Mar 2001-did 22 years service-I followed with 24 years. May the Lord bless us all-sailors everyone.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   yes
Date :   Feb. 3, 2008
Name(Last, First) :   Sobbota, Anne
E-Mail Address :   sagegallery@mycomspan.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Bandon, OR
Comments :   Thank you for the information; your site is wonderful! My father, LCDR Harold Ellwood Downey, Jr., was aboard the Indiana during WWII and has recently passed away (January 25). I remember his stories of the ships collision. His service will be held at
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   yes - daughter
Date :   Jan. 13, 2008
Name(Last, First) :   Bricker, Shirley
E-Mail Address :   bricker1520@sbcglobal.net
Homepage URL :   www.brickersstickers.com
Location(City, State) :   Martinsville, IN
Comments :   Im very interested in learning more. My dad was a plank owner. I heard that they gave out pieces of the deck a few years back during one of the reunions. Does anyone know if descendents are able to recieve the planks?
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Yes
Date :   01-06-2008
Name(Last, First) :   Mick Schwartz
E-Mail Address :   hmstexas@comcast.net
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Knoxville TN
Comments :   I am trying to get a hold of the relatives of on eCE Prince who was an SK3 on the Indiana. My dad, also an SK, had his Blue jumpers all these years and did not realize it. My dad died two years ago and I want the Prince family to have them. can somebody p
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Herman Mitchel SK1
Date :   12/28/20007
Name(Last, First) :   Hopkins, David
E-Mail Address :   tadmhopkins@yahoo.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Greenwood, IN
Comments :   My great uncle Leo Bruck, Jr. served on the USS Indiana during WW II.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Yes
Date :   
Name(Last, First) :   Jim Dozier
E-Mail Address :   gatorleather@yahoo.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Louisiana / Florida
Comments :   Compliments on the fabulous site. My Grandpa served on the ship Mar 44 - Nov 45 and as a child I remember him telling me about his days in the Navy as a 5 gunner mate. One thing stuck in my mind...Indiana...and when I did a web search and found this site
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   
Family Member(Yes, No) :   yes
Date :   11/28/07
Name(Last, First) :   James Long
E-Mail Address :   51504x4@gmail.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Tollhouse, Ca.
Comments :   My father Walter F. Long served aboard the Indiana during WW11 I would like to get more info on his service. He passed away in 93
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   
Family Member(Yes, No) :   yes
Date :   11-22-2007
Name(Last, First) :   Ashmore, William
E-Mail Address :   gw_is_nice@yahoo.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Madisonville,KY
Comments :   I was born and raise in Northwest Indiana. Im a US Navy veteran Im proud to be a Hoosier. I support all things Indiana.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   no
Name(Last, First) :   Jerry Turner
E-Mail Address :   turn84cg@aol.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Millis Ma.
Comments :   Im from Bloomington In. and as a kid sat and played on the anti ac guns @ Memorial Stadium there on IU campus. Im a history buff and have just been trying to do some informal research on the Indiana. Since we live in Ma now I plan on going to see her sis
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   
Family Member(Yes, No) :   
Date :   November 15, 2007
Name(Last, First) :   Chatlin, Kathie
E-Mail Address :   kchatlin@yahoo.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Mesquite, NV
Comments :   Great information! My dad is Albert Browne. He was Senior Fire Controlman of his division. He has many memories of his time on the Indiana. Im very proud of my dad and everyone who fought to keep or country safe.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Daughter
Date :   Nov. 11, 2007
Name(Last, First) :   Deaton, Jack
E-Mail Address :   jackdeaton@roadrunner.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Westlake Village, CA
Comments :   Veterans Day, those of Us who served aboard the USS Indiana BB 58, War years 42 thru 45 , We Honor this Day and those who are no longer with Us
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   YES
Family Member(Yes, No) :   
Date :   October 17 2007
Name(Last, First) :   Ethan Davis
E-Mail Address :   
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Andover Massachusetts
Comments :   I am Edward Daviss grandson. He was a gunnery officer and was a commander.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Yes
Date :   10/09/07
Name(Last, First) :   Lewis, Paul
E-Mail Address :   plewis@courts.state.ny.us
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Jackson Heights, New York
Comments :   My father, Bernard Lewis, is alive and well in Queens, New York.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Son
Date :   10-4-2007
Name(Last, First) :   Susan Jo Meade
E-Mail Address :   MsMeade45@aol.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Placerville, Ca
Comments :   My Father : Joseph John Meade Gunners Mate 1st Class passed peacefully on to heaven in his sleep on 10-02-2007 at 0200hrs. God Bless All
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Yes
Date :   09/30/07
Name(Last, First) :   Walters, Dale
E-Mail Address :   dwalters0103@hotmail.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Tulsa, OK
Comments :   I was very impressed with this website. My father Donald Walters served on the Indiana from April 1942 to October 1945. He is still alive and doing OK. We are planning on going with Honor Flight to Washington in early 2008 to the the WWII Memorial.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   no
Family Member(Yes, No) :   yes
Date :   09-25-2007
Name(Last, First) :   Brinnon, Denise
E-Mail Address :   joeb@ponyexpress.net
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Saint Joseph, Missouri
Comments :   Just visited your website, GREAT job. I searched and found my fathers name - William Jacob Andrew. He was born February 10th, 1917 and passed away May 1st 1988. He had lots of stories about serving with a great group of men, and he was proud to serve his country.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Yes
Date :   8 Aug 2007
Name(Last, First) :   Ramos, Luis
E-Mail Address :   flyer333555@yahoo.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   Woodside NY
Comments :   Good website. I learned of the USS Indiana as I am a graduate of IU Bloomington, 2 Masters 86 and 88. Memorial Stadium had/has two 40 MM quad mounts and the mast. Are these still there? What happened to the ship? Scrapped or was a memorial made?
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   No
Date :   August 8 2007
Name(Last, First) :   Cheryle Lichtenberg
E-Mail Address :   lichdwemtcnet.net.com
Homepage URL :   
Location(City, State) :   George Iowa
Comments :   My Dad was on the USS INDIANA my Dad was Donald O.Gibbs Gunners Mate.
Shipmate(Yes, No) :   No
Family Member(Yes, No) :   Daughter

  

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