City, State: Ramona, Ca Comments: Over the past weekend I uploaded seven new Scrapbook Naples pages containing forty-eight new photos, and added about a dozen new C1A photos. Have just updated the "Whats New Page" to reflect changes, so you can go direct to all the new/changed pages from the VR-24 Home Page. Check it out! I still have a few photos that I plan to post with short articles in new Ops Summary/Propwash Pages in the next few weeks. Am also looking for more photos and material for the web site. Thanks for your continued interest and support for the web site. Dick Prather, editor/manager
City, State: Perry, Ga. Comments: Very cool site. I have seen a lot of people here that spark a load of good memories. I reported to VR-24 in June 85 as a AEAA and left in Oct 88 as an AE2. Give me a hollar if you remember me hanging around.
City, State: Spring Hill Florida 34610 Comments: I was stationed at Port Lyautey from 1961 to 1963, as an airman, working at the air terminal, loading and unloading VR-24's aircraft of passengers and cargo. (The air terminal operations were transferred to Rota Spain in September 1963.) While in Port Lyautey I even managed to talk my way into being a guest air crewman on two occasions flying the VR-24 route. This was one of the most enjoyable times of my 28 year Navy career. Two VR-24 friends that i had while there, were Jerry and Rita pheiffer. ( i hope i spelled their last name right.) They were also there during my tour of duty. Anyone having any information on their present location would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all for the great VR-24 web site. George Niebler CWO-4 USN (RET) Spring Hill Florida.
City, State: Idalou, Texas Comments: Yeah, Commander Murphy became the C.O. after Commander Punches. He was his X.O. I remember Moose Carter. I can't remember those other guys. I was a loadmaster and AMH. I was there 91 to 92. Rich, are you the one that was good friends with Frances McNeil? Didn't he call you monk?
City, State: Kings Park ny Comments: i always wondered were you were steve and thanks. it was a good joke.
City, State: Reno, NV Comments: Wasn't the CO after Skipper Punches Cdr. Murphy?(Alan?) I am a little fuzzy as I was leaving VR around that time. I will always remember Rich R. as you played a practical joke on me my first week in VR. Sent me around Sig looking for an in-flight oxygen mask to fit my (allegedly) big face. Even had the XO Cdr. Dodd in on the joke. I wised up when I was told to put on an old gas mask coated in grease - I refused. If I remember correctly Dave Clark was in on the planning also. If anyone knows how Juan Sargent, Jeff Klement, Dan Ladewig or Dave Enscoe are doing, please let me know.
City, State: Kings Park ny Comments: Id like a heart felt thanks to Moose carter and jeff hugh for helping me find Mike Ashby long story short he live now about 10 mins from me and had dinner with him this past thurs. so thank you my brothers but here a Question i hope someone can e-mail back to me we were talking and the last skipper after Punches what was his first name we remember his last was smith just not to shore of his first?thank again
City, State: Corpus Christi, TX Comments: QLB. Served as a C-2A Plane Captain 7-79 thru -5-82. Where is Mr. Brewer? I asked some recently retired sailor AMS1 what did the Navy do without VR-24. C-2s are in Virginia and they detach overseas to serve the fleet. Horale Bro! I guess it is more cost effective! Any comments Bradshaw Buckaroos? Carlos B. Benavides
City, State: Naples, Italy Comments: It was great browsing this website. Brings back a lot of great memories. I was in VR from April 75 through April 79. Married a local sicilian girl in Dec 78. Hard to believe it will be 30 years in this December. Johnny Johnson was my Best Man. Tom Stayancho was my camera man. I did 31 years active duty and retired in 04 as a LCDR. I'm back in Naples working with SPAWAR. The old VR hanger is about the only structure still standing from 75. It's no longer used but brings back a lot of good memories every time I walk by it. Naples is not as fun as I recall but it's a living. I've found another great website to find old friends. It's http://navy.togetherweserved.com. I've found lots of old shipmates there. Be glad to hear from any old shipmates. r/Jim
City, State: Atoka, TN Comments: There are two photos on the Squadron Scrapbook sigonella page seven that the personell have not been identified. I can ID them. In the un-identified C-1A crewman photo that is AD1 John Tindal. Last time I saw John was in P.I. with a VP squadron. He was an ADC at the time. This was around 84. The gust from VRC-40 was not from 40 but from VRC-50. He was AMH2 J.D. Williams. This was around June of 81 about the time I transfered back to VRC-50. At the time VR-24 was running low on C-2 Loadmasters and VRC-50 was running low on C-130 Flight engineers I think. So both squadrons swapped some crewman for I beleive a 90 day TAD period. The three crewman who came to VR-24 were AMH2 J.D. Williams, AD1 Dave Berry and AD2 Stan Denkinger. It was quite uniqe. Dave Berry might have been sent from VR-24 det Rota. It was a while back so I might be a little fuzzy on that. Dave Berry was a C-2 crewman in VRC-50 back in the seventies. |
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