March 8, 2022

Once I Was A Navyman I like the Navy. I like standing on deck during a long voyage with sea

I had quite an exciting experience on my last trip to Korea. We were leaving Yokosuka, Japan and not quite

The GURKE was an exceptional ship and there are a lot of memories from the 1971-1972 period. One very interesting

Cdr. Edgerton, C. O. of the Gurke was fond of snakes. I recall we had at least 2 separate batches

Subject: Female StowawayDate: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:01:40 EDTFrom: Dimsum60@aol.comTo: tcheatum@gte.net When the Gurke took part in the Coral Sea

Subject: Gurke’s Pet WallabyDate: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 21:21:03 -0600From:”Bill Wible” wible@nmia.comTo:”Tom Cheatum” tcheatum@gte.net I am attaching some photos copied

Subject: NEWSLETTERDate: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 10:00:31 -0700 (PDT)From: BURIE CLEMENTSTo: Tom Cheatum I caught up with the USS Gurke

THE MAN WHO LICKED CANCER By A. E. HotchnerPublished in “Readers Digest” November 1951 The Navy perhaps means more to

I was a Second Class Aviation Storekeeper who got to go to OCS and as an Ensign was assigned to