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Note from Harriet Jeffers about husband Bob Jeffers 60-62
Merry Christmas to all! We thank you for your prayers!
Bob had an MRI this past Wednesday at NIH and visits with the radiation oncology and neurology departments on Friday. We have a bit of good news as the swelling has gone down and he can go off his steroids. It also shows the tumor has shrunk. I believe the doctors were pleased. He will be seen again in two months.
He is getting treatment at the outside Oncologist every other week and sees the doctor on the week he does not have therapy, His spirits are good!
He keeps doing things as normal. We attend daily Mass and he serves, he still teaches religious education and other commitments he had.
We will keep you all informed. God bless all of you!
We wish you a Blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!
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3/22/2011
The museum sub Torsk SS423 was returned to Baltimore’s
inner harbor after a couple of months in dry dock. A group of volunteers and
museum workers were fortunate to be able to ride it back in. The trip only
lasted for a little over an hour but it was a thrill to be back on a sub at sea.
The last time for me was 48 years ago.
Tim-Judy and I recently attended my niece's wedding in Charleston, SC. We
visited Patriots Point where the Cold War Memorial is located. The sail and
rudder of the full size missile submarine is from the USS Lewis and Clark. I've
attached several photos of the missile sub. Notice that the grass ahead of the
sail looks like the hull is pushing water. Also, the grasses mimic the foaming
water. The granite monuments are dedicated to submariners serving during the
Cold War. One monument lists the submarines and the close-up is the USS Diablo.
See you at the Diablo Reunion Bill and Judy Davy
Halifax revisited
June 6, 2010
The Holland Club is
for USSVI members who were qualified fifty or more years ago. I was inducted on
the banks of the Susquehanna this May at a memorial service given by the
Keystone Base. My friend and fellow Torsk volunteer John Biesecker, who
qualified on the Toro, made arrangements with base commander Mike Sobkowski for
the two of us to be inducted together.
My thanks go to them and the very gracious Keystone USSVI Base.
USSVI automatically lists members into the Holland Club as they reach the fifty year mark If you have belonged to USSVI for five years and are a current member you might be already be listed. The majority of our Diablo crew has their 50 years in and the few remaining soon will have.

It is a thrill to have lived long enough to be a member and receive a certificate commemorating the event.
WW2 hero and fellow Diablo crewmate George Hinda is a member of the Keystone Base.
June 3, 2009
Hi Tim ...
Best regards,
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www.ussvi.org - Chief Technical Officer, US Submarine Veterans, Inc
Hi:
I am Alfred C. Grosskurth. I was Yeoman onboard USS DIABLO (SS479)
for about six months in 1957. Transferred to COMSUBRON TWO Staff.
Please add me to your lists. My address is (removed by Tim to protect
privacy) E-mail grosskurth@netzero.net.
If the reunions are close enough, I'll try to attend.
Alfred "Grasshopper" Grosskurth YN1(SS)
P.S. Few on board knew my last name, all new my nickname.
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A couple of pictures taken in Baltimore Harbor during the Army Navy game. The Swift can cross the Atlantic in two days. Some may recall we took 15 days in 61.

Dr Stacy (Calvert) Langsdale with parents Tim & Carol and husband Dan at graduation from UBC in Vancouver. May 07
Megan Calvert (center) ( a recent Peace Corp volunteer) taught English in Kyrgyzstan. This picture was taken Thanksgiving 2007 with her family
In February 07 I was once again at sea doing my maritime history lectures. This time on the NCL Sun in the western Caribbean. The ports were Costa Maya, San Tomas Guatemala, Belize and Cozumel. We left from New Orleans for two cruises.
From top left to right: waterfall in Guatemala, street in Guatemala, Costa Maya beach, River through Belize City, Tim with Rosemond the Caribbean middle weight champ, Bourbon St, a rental VW ($33.00) in Cozumel. The VW was a blast, it would not stay in gear, nothing except the engine worked including the seat belts. It was the most fun car I have driven in years.
In November and December 06 I was on the NCL Wind in Hawaii and had a whale of a time. I went with a friend a few days early and got to see Pearl Harbor. The sub is the Bowfin, the BB is the Missouri and the memorial I sure all of you will recognize. The deck gun on the Bowfin is a 5" 25 cal. Tim
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I love this whale. Would anyone care to donate $31,000.00 so I can have it.
