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Tony
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Tony West entered the U.S.
Navy in July 1966. After boot
camp in Great Lakes, IL, he reported aboard the USS Decatur (DDG-31)
as a part of her nucleus crew in Newport, RI. He became a plank
owner when the Decatur was commissioned in April 1967 in Boston,
MA. The Decatur traversed from Boston, MA to Long Beach,
CA (new home port). Tony received his honorable discharge
after leaving the Decatur in 1970 as an RD2. He rode the Decatur
during two WestPacs.
Tony has 2 master's degrees and is a computer systems
engineer. He has taught in the University System of Maryland, as an
Adjunct Professor, since 1993. He retired from the Federal Government with 34 years of
service. He has one son and three daughters. He enjoys his 3
grandchildren with his wife of 40 years, Karen.
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Ken Baughn |
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Marty Sweeney
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Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, moved to Overland Park, Kansas
in 1962, and graduated from High School in 1967. Joined the Navy in
1968, and went to Boot Camp and Service Schools in San Diego. Served a
few months on a Reserve Training DE, then assigned to the USS Decatur
DDG-31. Served on Decatur through the 1970 WestPac Cruise, and after
until Discharged in late 1971. Most of my working life has been with
Federal Government and Navy Department. Now I enjoy life teaching my
‘small flock’ eschatology, playing with my dogs, music, KC KS Police
Department Volunteer, CERT Team Trainee and VA Hospital outpatient.
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Dan Gromko
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Dan Gromko is originally
from Norwich, CT. He entered the U.S. Navy in September 1970. After boot
camp, RD "A" School and EW "C" School at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Center he served as an OS3 on the USS Decatur (DDG-31). In April 1974,
Dan was transferred to the USS Power (DD-839) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
until his discharge in September 1974.
Dan graduated from the University of Connecticut (Go
Huskies!) in 1978. He worked for GE in various locations for the next 30
years. He has one son and one daughter. He now lives with his wife, Lyn,
in Hinsdale, MA. Dan keeps himself busy with a number of church
ministries as well as playing golf and riding his motorcycle.
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Graduated high school in 1965
in San Diego, got my draft notice in 1967 so I joined the Navy in San
Diego May 1967. Storekeeper "A" school in San Diego. USS Decatur for
my entire hitch except 10 days on the USS George K. McKenzie stationed
in Japan. After 3 years, 8 months and 17 days in the Navy I started a
career in construction in Tucson AZ. After 27 years I went to work for
the State of Missouri in Maintenance and retired Jan 1, 2011 with my
wife Kathey. We raised 2 sons and one daughter and have 6 grandsons and
1 granddaughter.
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Tony
West and Mike Postolan
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After graduating from Basic in GLAKES,
I attended BE&E and IC "A" School in sunny San Diego. I reported
aboard the Decatur in June of 1976 as an ICFA. While aboard, I made
two WESTPACS and participated in the extraction of stranded US
citizens from Chah Bahar, Iran. The Decatur was then sent to the Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in Bremerton Washington for it's final
overhaul. In October 1979, I left the Navy as an IC2 and was hired
almost immediately to work for the Department of the Navy at PSNS as a
marine electrician. In 1983 I took a lateral transfer to the the
United States Department of State. In 2007 I retired from the US
Government with 32 years of service.
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