Pankonien, William
Parkin, Arther
Parris, Eddie
Peerson, Jack
Pinder, Marcel
Pinzon, Alfredo J.
Poisson, Conrad
Porteous, Joseph
Powers, Reginald
Proulx, Ronald
Puckett, Nathan
Rein, Randall W.
Richardson, Ramond
Rigdon, Charles E.
Rudd, Malcolm T.
Ryan, Randall M.
Ryder, William H.
Sanders, Morgan G.
Sandoval, Edward
Sapp, William C.
Schaaf, Donald T.
Scholly, Victor
Siciliano, Louis
Sitton, David
Smith, Jay

Smith, Jimmie C.
Smith, Richard L.
Starke, Martin
Staubs, Jr., William
Stelzig, Delbert
Stewart, Jack
Tahamont, David
Taylor, John C.
Terrell, Alex
Thomas, Albert E.
Thome, Christian R.
Tibbets, Joe
Trigg, George
Tucker, Milton J.
Walker, George
Wallis, Larry
Waymack, James L.
Webb, William H.
White, Eddie
Williams, Carlie
Wilson, Glen W.
Zinn, Franklyn K.
Zunick, Joseph L.

What a beautiful gift! What a reason to rejoice! Have you made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ? If not, He is knocking on the door of your heart. Ask Him to come into your heart and forgive you of your sins and He will. Colossians 2:13-14:  When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; He took it away, nailing it to the cross. As a Christian, we have a new nature. God has crucified the old rebellious nature and replaced it with a new loving nature. God has declared us not guilty, and we need no longer live under sin's power.

If you are aware of a shipmate or family member that is ill, I would really appreciate hearing from you. I have received names of a few shipmates and have been able to call them and encourage them over the phone. It is such a blessing to be able to talk with them and pray with them. I enjoy sending cards to encourage them. I have met some wonderful men and women this way in our Association. Please send me an e-mail and let me know of anyone that is ill or needs encouragement.

May God bless you and watch over you!

Chaplain Marvin Watson (RM-3)
P. O. Box 22878
Lincoln, Nebraska 68542
(402) 421-8957
E-Mail:  chaplain@usswhetstone.net

Ahamont, Tony T.
Alqueza, Christiano
Anderson, Foster
Bagley, Donald V.
Bailey, Finley A.
Barbarossa, Russell
Barber, George
Baxter, William
Becker, Leon
Bortle, Robert
Bourgeois, Clair C.
Bruce, Mavin D.
Bullock, Charlse S.
Burgess, Thomas R.
Burney, John L.
Burris, Richard E.
Callahan, Alvin
Chidester, Doug
Childs, Cecil C.
Cobb, John V.
Conine, Bob
Cooksey, Robert B.
Covino, Frank
Crenshaw, Edwin L.
Cruz, Antonio R.
Dailey, Wilbur A.
Dalton, Leo
Damron, J. S.
Davis, James
Dea, David M.
Dilley, Richard J.
Dixon, Thomas L.
Doherty, Harold E.
Dudley, Walter
Duerr, Joseph H.
Dyches, Archie
Dykas, Edward J.
Edwards, Thomas F.
Elder, Charles
Eshom, James M.
Esteban, Eduardo
Ewall, Hubert
Fern, Richard P.
Flowers, Charlie J.
Floyd, Brooks
Folks, Arlie Joe
Folks, Tracie F.
Follis, Jerry
Fontenot, Royle
Foster, Freddie
Frank, Victor K.
Franzen, Leroy C.
French, Dean M.
Fritz, Michael
Gafton, Frank C.
Gamble, William
Geedey, Paul C.
Gifford, Gilbert
Giovanetti, R. A.
Giusti, Julius
Glover, Joseph R.
Gold, Boyd O.
Gough, Terry G.
Gray, Amos

Greenhill, Edward
Harbin, Sammie
Hardy, George D.
Harrelson, Henry (Guss)
Harrelson, Lonnie
Harrington, Richard L.
Havelin, Wayne
Heitz, Richard
Henderson, Thomas
Henry, Donald
Hestla, Charles W.
Hicks, Vernon
Hinson, William
Holt, Dennis A.
Hooper, Everette
Houghton, Donald
Howell, Larry T.
Huckaby, Fuller O.
Hulon, Jack
Irvin, Herbert E.
Isaac, Reuben E.
Janssen, Howard J.
Jennings, Samuel S.
Jepsen, Darrell
Johns, Elwood
Johnson, Dan
Johnson, Michael E.
Kadinger, Robert J.
Ketchers, Lloyd R.
Klemm, Floyd P.
Kodesch, Charles
Koelle, Benjamin
Kress, Edward
Kvidera, Larry
Ladner, Winston
Ladson, Ulmer
Landon, Neal F.
Lanpkin, Gerald T.
Lattiner, Goerge
Ledbetter, Robert L.
Lewis, Ernest D.
Lohmann, Gayle A.
Lund, Larry Thomas
Macayan, Florentin
MacDonald, Paul J.
Maceri, Angelo
Machen, Elton
McCord, Warren
McCracken, Harry
McDouguald, Robert
McFadden, William
McInarnay, Michael
McMahon, Walter S.
Milligan, Delester, R.
Morrison, Joe
Morritt, Etrall
Murphy, Calvan H.
Murray, James L.
Nelson, Larry A.
Newell, Darrel K.
Olaveson, James L.
Osotio, Ricardo T.
Otoole, Edward M.

In The Gift for All People, Max Lucado describes the event of the cross in this way:  "Christ came to earth for one reason:  to give His life as a ransom for you, me, for all of us. He sacrificed himself to give us a second chance. He would have gone to any lengths to do so. And He did. He went to the cross, where man's utter despair collided with God's unbending grace. And in that moment when God's great gift was complete, the compassionate Christ showed the world the cost of His gift."

As you strengthen your relationship with Jesus, you will begin to understand the amazing trust that He died specifically for you. Though His sacrifice freed the world from the penalty of sin, Jesus was intimately familiar with you as an individual as He accepted and fulfilled His sentence of death upon the cross. The Bible tells us that God knew you before you were formed in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13:  For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb. God sent His son to die on the cross 2,000 years ago, God knew you and included the sins you would commit in the future among those to be forgiven.
 

FP 1951-55 REEVES, DAVID
  GLEN BURNIE, MD

GM 1963-65 SANDWISCH, LARRY
  DUNKIRK, MD

LTJG 1956-57 STOEPPELWERTH, WALTER  BETHESDA, MD

TN1 1950-52 WRIGHT, NORMAN T 
  STEVENSVILLE, MD

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