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Fort Snelling Monument - Fort Snelling National Cemetery
We had a wondrful time in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thanks so much to Robert and Kathleen Bergant for all the hard work desigining the monument and coordinating the installation; and to all the folks that had a part in creating and funding the USS Fort Snelling Monument. Bravo Zulu!
I want to get in touch with as many of my shipmates as possible! Please send me an email and I'll get the ball rolling. This period of our lives, believe it or not, molded who we are today...somewhat!
I ran the ship's store, geedunk,and inventory for over two years. So if you served on the Fort between 1972 and 1975 you know me! If you purchased cigs for 1.25 a carton, you looked me in the eyes.
Let's get acquainted again, it's not too late. My crew was Kevin Gibson, Bobby Whitehead, and Bo Bonds. Bo received an early discharge due to an unknown illness.
Come on Henry, Stevie, Joe, you guys are out there. Email me and I'll make sure we all get in touch! dunbarcbp@aol.com
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George Passed in 2012 See Obituary in the "Memory" page.
Ken Vey, George Wagner, and James Berry at the Navy Memorial Washington DC 9-24-2011
2011 Reunion Photo - Washington DC
Please note: Date you reported on board - It may need updating, I used the best info I had, however, many are incorrect, so please update your profile including your email if possible.
Please send this link to all your USS Fort Snelling LSD-30 friends, ask them to log in and update their profile.
Fellow shipmates and friends.
I have a suggestion, we all have many different
things going on during these hard times. It is like being on
a 9 month med cruise stuck on a ship with ray.lol
I think every one would like to hear how we are all doing.
Take a minute a post your fellow shipmate how you and your
family are doing.
I am in Florida without a girl friend(do not laugh)
my family are doing well and my third grand child should
be here around June.
STAY SAFE
DOMINIC QM2
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Did you attend the 2019 Reunion in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
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Planning to attend the next Reunion?
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How are you and your family doing? Handling the Coronavirus situation in you area?
Please advise. Remember your language, everyone reading may not understand sailor talk.
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Did you know that there is a video of the 2019 Monument Dedication on the web site?
https://youtu.be/kVz84Frh2dQ
Also we have a slide show. https://youtu.be/bIhz2D-E1xg
Go on YouTube search LSD 30
God Bless you all! Have a wonderful day!
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PETE KRINNER BM, USS FORT SNELLING (LSD-30)
It is with tears from my heart and a loss in my life that I inform
Everyone of the passing of Pete Krinner.
Pete on the on the Fort Snelling with me and Ray Batiato around 1969.
Pete was a Bosin mate and has been my friend for over 40 years
He lived in Long Island about 15 minutes away and we got together frequently.
He was a dedicated father and a loving husband.
We knew all of each other’s plans and dreams. We drank and laugh in recent months.
His wake included Naval Honors and a flag being given to his wife, I could not have been
any prouder of our US Navy then of that honor.
I also gave a Navy pin that was given to me by our shipmate “Tom Loughrey”, that will be
with Pete. He will be cremated and his ashes will be put in the ocean where we all belong.
I salute him and I and many others will miss him.
Pete and his wife Terry were active members of the Fort Snelling.
They attended our New Port Rhode Island reunion and I think Charleston, SC.
Dominic Gerand
ps I have a picture but unable to down load at this time.
My father James T. Berry was honored to serve in the US Navy from 1958 to 1962 and his years on the USS Fort Snelling were so special to him. The vanity license plate on his car read: "LSD 30"!
Dad passed away on July 1, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. He was so looking forward to this year's reunion in Newport.
I will be posting many old Fort Snelling photos and reunion pictures on his behalf over the next few months. Please contact me at colleenonline@cox.net if you would like a copy of any photos sent directly to you.
Thank you!
Colleen Berry Conway
Almost there. My wife and I will be heading for retirement in Thailand next month (November 2014). Old shipmates welcome to visit us.
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Would you please post this on the Forts page - it is concerning the Fort being Sprayed in 69. Ray
We invite you to share this announcement of a new study at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) with other interested individuals or organizations***
In response to the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 and an ensuing request from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the IOM has assembled a committee of experts to conduct an epidemiological study comparing the health status of the SHAD veterans with a comparison population. This study will build on knowledge gained from a prior study conducted by IOM between 2003 and 2007.
As part of the data collection process, the committee will plan and conduct meetings to receive suggestions and input from SHAD veterans about their experiences so that the study can be informed by the insights of these veterans.
The first meeting of the Committee on Shipboard Hazard and Defense will take place on January 19-20, 2012, in Washington, DC. A second meeting is planned for February 23-24, 2012 in California.
The charge to the committee and a list of the membership of the committee is available at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=IOM-BSP-10-08 and at an IOM study site: http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Veterans/SHADII.aspx
Background
From 1962 to 1973, more than 5,800 military personnel, mostly Navy personnel and Marines, participated in Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense) -- a series of tests of U.S. warship vulnerability to biological and chemical warfare agents. Only some of the involved military personnel were aware of these tests at the time. Many of these tests used simulants, which are substances with the physical properties of chemical or biological warfare agents, that were thought at the time to be harmless. The existence of these tests came to light many decades later.
In 2007, the Institute of Medicine??s Medical Follow-up Agency (MFUA) published a report on the long term health effects of participation in Project SHAD, based on the results of a health survey (the report is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11900). In the new study, an expert committee will work in conjunction with IOM's MFUA and build on knowledge gained from the previous IOM study. The SHAD II study will use the established list of SHAD participants and the comparison population determined from the prior study.
The results of the study will be reported in a brief IOM report by the study committee and an analytic paper for publication.
Input can be provided to the committee through written comments and materials submitted over the course of the study, and through brief presentations at the committee meetings that will be held in January and February 2012.
Written materials can be submitted to the committee through the IOM staff at the postal address shown below. Please note that any comments or materials submitted to the committee in paper or electronic form will normally become part of the study??s public record.
Questions about the study or providing materials for the committee??s consideration should be directed to study director Lois Joellenbeck (ljoellen@nas.edu) or program associate Jon Sanders (jsanders@nas.edu).
Lois Joellenbeck, Dr.P.H.
Study Director
Institute of Medicine
The National Academies
500 Fifth St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
202-334-1715
ljoellen@nas.edu