Thursday, October 18, 2018

September 2018 monthly report by Charles Brecheisen

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your late monthly report for September 2018.

REUNION:  Today is the last day of the Altair reunion in Nashville, TN.  Wish I was there.

FINANCIAL:   The beginning and ending cash-on-hand is $326.92.  No income or expenses.  The beginning and ending savings balance is $10,229.19 with no income or expenses. Total $10,556.11.  

Please visit:
    http://www.ussaltair-aks32.org
    http://aks32.blogspot.com
    http://altair.smugmug.com (All Altair Photos)

All for now.....Best Regards To All.....Charles

August 2018 monthly report by Charles Brecheisen

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your monthly report for August 2018.

The biggest news for  August is the upcoming Altair reunion in October in Nashville, Tenn., October 10-14th.  If you need any additional information or forms, please contact me at cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us

NEW SHIPMATE:  Please welcome aboard Clark Graves, QMSN 1967-1968.  Shipmate Graves resides in Alton, VA.

FINANCIAL:  The beginning and ending cash-on-hand balance is $326.92.  No income or expenses.  The beginning and ending savings balance is $10,229.19 with no income or expenses.  Total $10,556.11.

Please visit:
    http://www.ussaltair-aks32.org
    http://aks32.blogspot.com
    http://altair.smugmug.com (All Altair Photos)

All for now........Best Regards To All..........Charles

July 2018 monthly report by Charles Brecheisen

reetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your monthly report for July.

REUNION REMINDER:  If you will be attending the reunion, please make your hotel reservations before August 23rd. to take advantage of the special Altair pricing.  There are 25 rooms blocked off for the Altair crew.  If you have any questions, please contact Dick Stader at 262.654.9202.  Thanks!!

FINANCIAL:   The beginning and ending cash-on-hand is $326.92 with no income or expenses in July. The beginning and ending of the savings account is $10,229.19 with no income or expenses in July. Totals is $10,556.11.

SHIPMATE PASSING:  The following shipmate passed away in February 2018:

    AMHAN, Ronald R., AMH3, 1963-1965

NEW SHIPMATE:  The following shipmate came aboard:

    STICKNEY, Herbert E., ADR3, 1963-1965; shipmate Stickney resides in Schenectady, NY; WELCOME ABOARD!!

All for now.  Any comments or questions, please contact me at cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us

Best Regards To All..........Charles

June 2018 monthly report by Charles Brecheisen

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your monthly report for June 2018.

I hope every shipmate and family had a great and safe July 4th holiday.

FINANCIAL:  The beginning and ending cash-on-hand is $326.92 with no income or expenses.  The beginning and ending Altair savings account is $10,229.19 with no income or expenses.  Total is $10,556.11.  

SHIPMATES:  Please welcome aboard new shipmates:

    King, Alton W., MM2 1961.  Shipmate King resides in Putney, VT

    Fitzsimmons, George F., MM2, 1964-1965; Shipmate Fitzsimmons resided in Riva, MD

    WELCOME ABOARD!!!

REUNION:  If you need any information on the upcoming reunion in Nashville, Tn, October 10-14th, please contact me at:
    cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us

All for now......

Best Regards to All..........Charles

WW 2 footage at sea.

Maybe this should be seen before the National Anthem is Played at football games.

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading-- Thomas Jefferson

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” --Plato

Monday, July 02, 2018

Book release

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  

Altair shipmate Doug Justice, MA3, 1964, has written two great educational and history books referencing noted people who served in military with the other book detailing the great and epic sea battles in World War II.   Shipmate Justice resides in Munford, TN.

At your convenience, please have a look at the referenced site.

Best Regards To All..........Charles

Publisher = "thebookpatch.com",
                     click - "bookstore"  click "Search"
                      Enter -"Those who served" or "Epic Sea Battles of WW2"

Then view details to see about the book.

Those who Served - an Educational and Historical look at Actors/Actresses, Sports figures, Politicians, Writers, Artist and Presidents who served in a military.  From the start of the US up to and including Afghanistan.
When I could find them, included a  picture of the person in a movie or TV  series or a profile  picture plus a  picture of them in uniform and some with a military picture of a plane or ship or whatever. 
Each Chapter is by the combat theater with the celebrities in Alphabetical order within the conflict they served in.  The Celebrities start with WW1 and the Presidents  start with the Revolutionary War.

Epic Sea Battles of WW2 - a historical look at the Allie and Axis Navies that fought in WW2.  Includes a chapter of the Jutland sea battle between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Grand Seas Fleet.  Includes a picture of ships from each Navy with lots of maps of actions.  Includes references of Navy Terms, US Naval ship naming conventions, Ship loses by Country, Battleship to Battleship comparison, Proximity Fuses.
Each Chapter is by year with the battles (as they occurred) month  by month. 

Doug

June 2018 by Charles Brecheisen

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your monthly report for May 2018.

REUNION:  If any shipmate needs additional info or reunion forms, please let me know.  I have put both info files into PDF form which makes it easier to use and print out.  

SHIPMATE MAILINGS:  After snail mailing about 140 plus reunion infos, I had about 25 returns for wrong/incorrect/etc addresses.  Even got a couple of "Deceased" notifications by the USPS.  Several returns included the correct new address and they were re-mailed.  Others I tried to track down and re-mailed and most came back as undeliverable.  

FINANCIAL:  The beginning and ending cash-on-hand is $326.92; no income or expenses.  The beginning and ending Altair savings is $10,229.19 no income or expenses.  Total cash-on-hand $10,556.11.

SHIPMATES PASSING:  The following shipmates have passed:

    Wingate, Kenneth, DCC, 1963-1964; passed about 10 years ago; widow has remarried.

    Beich, Dale, SK3, 1961-1964; passed 24 March 2018
         Beich Family, 315 Jefferson St., Sauk City, WI 53583-1108; 608-643-4265

    Pfrogner, Ray L., ET2, 1957-1958;  passed away in 2016
         Pfrogner Family, 408 16th St., Huntington, PA 16652;  814-643-6670

For additional info or questions, please contact me at "cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us"

Best Regards To All............Charles

PLEASE VISIT:  http://www.ussaltair-aks32.org
                             http://altair.smugmug.com
                             http://aks32.blogspot.com

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

April 2018 by Charles Brecheisen

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your monthly report for April 2018.

ALTAIR REUNION:  Several different emails  were sent out to 250 shipmates with reunion attachments of the registration form and the activity schedule.  I converted the uSoft Registration "Word" document over to a PDF file to make it easier to use.  I snail mailed 137 letters with info to those without computers.  I have gotten back over 20 from the USPO with wrong addresses, moved to addresses and a couple have passed away.  I found corrected addresses for 12-13 shipmates and have remailed.  Still got some back. Please let me know if any shipmate needs additional information. 

ALTAIR FINANCES:    The beginning April my cash-on-hand balance was $480.80 and expenses of $153.88 leaves a balance of $362.92.  Expenses were postage, printing, envelopes and labels.  The beginning and ending balance of the savings account is $10,229.19.  Total cash-on-hand $10,556.11.

ALTAIR SHIPMATES PASSING:  The following shipmates have passed:

    Keeton, Charles F., SK3 1962-1964; Passed 2016
    Morganelli, Arthur W., SA 1961-1963; Passed 2011
    Allan, Ronald C., LTJG 1960-1961; Passed November 2017

NEW ALTAIR SHIPMATES:  New shipmates have come aboard:

    Kelling, Brian W., SFM2 1963-1965; Resides in Panama CIty, FL
    Longo, Ignazio, PN2 1963-1964; Resides in Bogalusa, LA
    Maly, Thomas E., FN 1963-1964; Resides in Concord, ND
    Marinski, Joseph C.,  EM3 1963-1964; Resides in Bethel Park, PA
    Mayhall, Medford L.,  SK3 1963-1964; Resided in Silverdale, WA 

    WELCOME ABOARD TO ALL!  Thanks to Shipmate Bruce Davis for finding these Shipmates!

All for now.  For any comments or additional info, please contact me at "cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us"

Best Wishes To All..........Charles

Saturday, April 07, 2018

March 2018 by Charles Brecheisen

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Here is your report for March 2018.

FINANCIAL:  No changes from last month.  Beginning and ending cash-on-hand is $480.80; the beginning and ending savings balance is $10,229.19 for a total of $10,709.99.

REUNION:  Although I have sent out the reunion info on another email......I am attaching it on this email too.  The registration info is using Microsoft Word and the  reunion activities info is a PDF file.  If you need help using these files let me know and I will snail mail the info to you.  Looks like it's going to be a great reunion!!!

For questions and info please use 'cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us'

All for now.........Best Wishes to All........Charles

Thursday, April 05, 2018

Greetings Altair Shipmates.  Attached is the information for the Altair reunion in Nashville, TN, October 10-14, 2018.  This really looks like an exciting event!!

See https://www.gatheringsplus.com for information.

Questions or comments to "cmbaltairaks32 [at] fastmail.us or DIck Stader "dickandterry5 [at] sbcglobal.net"

Best Regards To All..........Charles