Yokosuka Microwave Tower
3 Years Have Gone By...
April 10, 2007
I hadn't thought about it until today, but I just realized that it's been over three years since I put up the Yokosuka Microwave site. It seems to me that I started it only a few months ago. Where does the time go?
Since the beginning, we have managed to locate 16 former shipmates. I guess that's not so bad considering how long ago our Yokosuka experience was. I have managed to talk on the phone to most of you and amazingly everybody sounds the same, even though most of us show the effects of the years that have gone by on our faces, "and" waistlines. :o)
Well, maybe we'll find a few more in the next 3 years. Missing in action that I personally knew are Rodney Heslip, David Simpson, Don White, The two Radiomen Steve and Craig, Rex Lawyer, Brian Meeks, the Yeoman bodybuilder, David Luksich, Warren Mccleary, the guy I went to C school with at Great Lakes and was stationed at Atsugi who smoked a pipe and wore glasses, Jimmy Brown, and Mr. Carlson.
Of course I would have liked to talk to Joe Moskal... who can forget Joe?
Steve,
Feel free to post a comment in the forum.
Microwave Site Personnel
The following Yokosuka Microwave Techs and Chiefs have registered:
Steve McArthur
Dallas Van Slyke
Jay Jernigan
Wally Swigert
Frank Dietz
Lyle Emmons
Wally Hunt
Greg Truchan
Dave Wilkes
Tom Mills
Chief Ron Highburger
Dave Gindele
R.T. Dravis
Richard Turner
Steven Schmidgall
Richard (Rick) Bowhay
Earl Desmond
Terry Swanson
James Dalenberg
Ken Homola.
John Brouse
Bill Shingledecker
Rod Heslep
Yokosuka Microwave Site
Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site.
The purpose of this site is to allow all Navy ET's, RM's,
or Officers who were connected with the Yokosuka Microwave
Communications Site in Yokosuka, Japan a place to post
information, stories, and photos of your tour of duty.
This project was started March 18, 2004.
Your first step is to register by clicking the 'New Account Signup'
link on the left side of this page.
Use your first and last name as your username. The only requirement for registering is that you were somehow involved with the Yokosuka Microwave Communications Site or personnel [Spouses and former spouses are welcome to register :o) ].
After you register, I will email your password to you and you will have access to all the features of this site and will be able to upload your photos, create multiple web pages (recollections) with images, and participate in the forum. You can create as many recollection pages as you have stories to tell. Please allow me at least 24 hours to send you your password.
This is a permanent url and as time goes by this site should
evolve into something that the Yokosuka Microwave Site
personnel, their dependents, grandchildren, and friends
should enjoy for years to come.
Since this is a new project more features are in the works,
so please visit often... you never know when that long lost
buddy will show up as a new member.
Thanks,
Steve McArthur
My email address is:
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I'm entering some of the names of people I remember in
the hopes that the search engines will pick them up and
maybe someone looking for them will find this page.
Please excuse the misspelling if I get your name wrong...
it's only been 34 years!
Dallas Scott Francis Van Slyke
Jay Jernigan
Wally Swigert
Don White
Rick, Richard, Bowhay, Bohay
Joe, Joseph, Moskal
Frank, Franklin, Dietz
Lyle Emmons
David Simpson
Lt. Robert Carlson
Chief Solomon
Rich, Richard, Turner
Warren Mccleary, MaCleary, Mac
Richard Dravis, RT Dravis
Jimmy Brown or Jimmie Epinet? I bought my little red Honda
sports car convertible from him.
Rodney Heslip, Hayslip, Heslep
Steve McArthur, MacArthur, Mac
David, Dave Wilkes from GA, Georgia.
Wally Hunt
Two new names submitted today (June 11, 2004) by Wally
Swigert who arrived at Yokosuka in 1967.
Bruce Livensparger, & Dennis Sharon
Lyle Emmons brought up a name today (June 17, 2004) that
doesn't ring a bell with me: Ray McDonald.
Wally Hunt contributed Brian Meeks, a former Yeoman (weight
lifter). Also, RMC Widman and Pete Heindel.
Fred Floyd along with Rick and Greg Truchan were the first MW
Division Techs - having been reassigned to MW from the
ComSta
There are several others that I can picture your faces
clearly but I just can't remember the names.
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The following list of names was gathered by Lyle Emmons when he
put together a reunion in the early 1980's. Some of the
names are duplicates.
Benjie Altheimer LTJG
Jimmy Bannister (Submitted 9/12/2006 by Dave Wilkes)
Charles Beard Chief
Johnny Bedrick
Rick Bowhay
Richard Bowhay
Jimmy Brown
Jim Brown
Brian Burtenshaw
Robert Carlson LTJG
Bob Carson
Dan Chambers (Submitted 1/22/2006 by Dave Wilkes)
Bob Cushman
Bob Christoff
Frank Dietz
Rich Dravis
RT Dravis
R T Dravis
Richard Dravis
Lyle Emmons
Fumico Emmons
Jimmy Eppinette
JIm Eppinette
Craig Fawley
Jim Gauthier
??? Gilliam
Dave Gindele
David Gindele
Craig Harper
Pete Heindel
Peter Heindel
Rodney Heslep
Rodney T. Heslep (Arizona)
Rod Heslep
Ronald Highburger Chief
Ron Highburger
Chief Ron Highberger
Wally Hunt
Wallace Hunt
Jay Jernigan
Chuck Johnson
Charles Johnson
Joe Jurofcik
Joseph Jurofcik
Rod Ketcher
Rodney Ketcher
Ken Lawler
Kenneth Lawler
Rex Lawyer
Bruce Livensparger
Dave Luksich - Changed his name to Lukson
David Luksich
Dave Lukson
David Lukson
Steve MacArthur
Steve McArthur
Warren Macleary
Mac Macleary
Steve Mazzara
Ray McDonald
Raymond McDonald
Gary McKean
Ken McLaughlin
Randy McNaught
Tom Messina
Tom Mills
Thomas Mills
Yoko Mills
Terry Molder
Dave Moody
David Moody
Joe Moskal
Joseph Moskal
Lloyd Schamber
Steve Schmidgall
Dennis Sharon
Denis Sharon
Dave Simpson
David Simpson
??? Solomon Chief
Chief Solomon
Raplh Stingley
Wally Sweigert
Wally Swigert
Greg Truchan
Steve Turmis
Steven Turmis
Richard Turner
Rich Turner
Dallas Van Slyke
??? Weichman Chief
Chief Weichman
Don White
Donald White
Dave Wilkes
David Wilkes
Dallas just remembered another name today August 25, 2006.
Rodney Boedecker
Rod Boedecker
Rodney Bodecker
Rod Bodecker
The purpose of intentional mispellings is so the search engines
will pick them up in case someone mispells a name when doing
a search.
The following was added by Terry Swanson November 18, 2007
A group of 8 ETNs arrived in Yokosuka in April 1968 and were the first group to work with Rick Bowhay. The USN rushed us out of Great Lakes for an urgent 2 year duty assignment and would not allow us any leave before we left. When we go to NAVCOMMSTA, nobody even knew we were coming and they had us sweeping out the caves behind NAVCOMMSTA for the first two weeks--HURRY-UP-AND-WAIT! We attended the NEC radio school in Mukiagarawa and then some stayed in Yokosuka and others moved to different Kanto Plain Microwave sites:
Dennis Sharon assigned to Atsugi
Gary Kaplan went to Negishi
James Dalenburg went to Negishi
Todd Wilkinson went to Kamiseia (see additional comment below)
Terry (Tiny) Swanson ETN2 at Yokosuka until 11/68 transfered to Negishi and was at Kisarazu Microwave site for 2 months in the middle of Yakuza country
Ishigaki san was the NEC rep/engr at Yokosuka until July 1968. They were still troubleshooting and testing the signals levels until about June 1968, when everything was finally FIVERS at the FCC17 patch panel.
Todd Wilkinson and Terry Swanson were assigned to NAVCOMMSTA Kodiak, Alaska after leaving Japan and worked at their microwave facility (FCC17 & FRC84 7 GHZ radio). When we left Kodiak we drove our motorcycles (1969 Honda 450 and 750--mine) down the ALCAN highway before it was paved to Seattle. It was nine days of rain and snow. From there Todd road to Milwaukee where he married Marilyn and I road down to San Diego to the USS Constellation. Todd had five children and worked as an air traffic controller. In 1976 while driving home from work he was T-Boned by a drunk driver in a van and died.
Others I remember at Negishi in 1968-70 are:
Chief Widman
Chief Navarro
Larry Francis Utt
James Dalenburg
Gary Kaplan
Steve Lathrop ETN2 (in charge of site in 1968)
Harold (Smitty) Smith
Terry (Tiny) Swanson
End of Terry Swanson post.
Yokosuka Microwave Communications site in
Yokosuka, Japan 1969, 1970
Created on 02/04/2003 10:24 AM by install
Updated on 01/12/2008 12:47 AM by admin
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