Ship's Company aboard the USS Donner LSD 20
Jan., 1961 History is made by the USS Donner LSD 20 recovery of Chimpanzee HAM and NASA space capsule MR2.
Up Close - Ship's Company TODAY and in those sailor days many years ago!
Ron Luxon, MM3 May '62 Port Side 02 Level
1955-56 MM's (L-R) Ray Burghart,
"Woodie" Woodward, Unknown Visitor,
Melvin Sodders (deceased).
1955-56 Bob Geiger MM; Ed Pozdale MM and Ray Burghart MM.
Photos Courtesy of Dave Smith / Ray Burghart.
1961 Shellbacks - BT's Vic Dichiro (Front), Mazzella (Left) & MMFN Reed (Right).
1961 [L-R] Bob Fruge, Fred Nadolski & "Mac" Macilliam [foreground] port flight deck next to Captain's Gig.
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1961 Perkins (left) heading to the Donner // Bob & Barb Perkins - 2009
Photos Courtesy of Robert G. Perkins R Division.
Photo Courtesy of Vic "Chico" DiChiro BT3
Liberty Launch to Athens, Greece - 1960
Jerry Tesar (port side, second from bottom)
Solant Amity Cruise - 1961
L-R Front Row:
LT R.L. Hill (Operations), LCDR George Irish (XO), CDR Martin Cornetta (CO), Ensign Tom Ciccone (Disbursing), Ensign Terry McClosky (Communications)
Second Row:
LT Jerry Saucier (1st LT), LTJG Goslin (Engineering), LT Pete Hanneman (Chief Engineer), LTJG Lynn Giddeon (1st Div. Officer)
Photo supplied by CDR R. L. Hill, 1961-63
(some pictured are not named)
M. Stefanidis & J. Salmonese Cuba 1969
J. Gazdowicz, R. Outwater, M. Stefanidis
Med Cruise 1969
Mike Stefanidis Med Cruise 1969
