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Parche SS-384 & SSN-683 Dinner Party Thursday evening at the Chevy's restaurant located in the Hilton main floor. It was put together by the Parche 1 crew but they invited us and we had a really good time as can be seen by the photos below. What a great bunch of people. It would have been fun if we all could have served together on either Parche. I'm not sure who consumed more adult beverages the Parche 2 crew or the Parche 1 crew and wives. |
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 Harold Staggs, Bob Swanson, Dave Hall, Dave Manns |
Carl Vozniak and Arlene |
 Arnold Bashwimer and Gus Kulick |
 Bob Hall and Dave Manns |
 Wayne Pickett |
 Kay Staggs and Frances Silva |
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Rauch Mr. & Mrs. Jim Campbell |
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 John Dale |
 Dave Hussey & son David |
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Parche Hospitality Room
A gathering of two crews for a single purpose, camaraderie! An excellent room even by Parche standards. Had a three stool bar which was good unless we had a couple of two-stoolers from the Horse & Cow wanting to pay lip-service for old times sake. We had several people from other boats walk into the room and donate dollars for ice cold refreshment. Even Capt. Charlie Mac Vean came in and told sea stories which were very funny. Sure was nice hearing stories from behind a pair of gold dolphins. Another Seawolf pal was Scott Jaklin who told me to tell Mike Bridges that he is a pussy. Several sea stories were told from our Parche 384 brothers. Many of which were about the second and sixth war patrols where there was much excitement and fear. One shipmate stated he stopped counting at 87 for the number of depth charges he had heard until ordered to his rack for some shut eye. I don't know how you could think of sleeping. An interesting story is that no one from the 384 crew had seen Ed Rauch since the war and many had assumed he was dead. Then weeks before the convention he called one of the crewmembers and stated he would be there. |
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 John 'JJ' Lynch & Gus Kulick |
 ????? & Thorton Hamlin |
 Bob Irwin |
Harold Staggs |
 Dave Hussey (384 Plank Owner) with son David and grandson Mike |
 Brian 'Woody' Woodson, Scott Jaklin, Wayne Pickett, & John Dale Who let the puddle-puppy in here? |
 Bob Irwin, Sandra Anderson, & Mary |
 Ed Rauch & Bob Hall |
 Dave Manns |
 Scott Jaklin & Wayne Pickett |
 John 'JJ' Lynch, John Cameron, Cal Colavechio |
 Dave 'Hippie' Landerman |
 Quentin Brown & Dave Hussey |
 Peggy Jensen & grandson Eric Leduc |
 Bob Swanson, Dave Hussey, Harold Staggs, Sam Roberts. Dave Hall |
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 Wayne Pickett & Greg Smith |
 Harold Staggs & Sam Roberts |
 Ken Riley & Dave Hussey |
 Ken Riley & Wayne Pickett |
Brian Woodson, Ken Riley, Wayne Pickett, looks like I am reacting from a wet-willy from Woody (JD) |
 Barb Swanson |
 Elvie Jackson and J. B. Messer Two of our own Parche plank owners that came to the convention |
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 Wayne Pickett and Cal Colavechio Counting up the days donations to the Parche Association |
 Dan Dahms Radioman 1979-1984 |
 Greg Smith Interior Communications 1983-1987 |
 Russ Addis Storekeeper 1980-1982 |
 Gary "Wingnut" Johnson Machinist Mate 1978-1982 |
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 Jack Higgins Not a Parche sailor (I think he was on the Bang). He was staying down the hall from the hospitality room. He gave up trying to quiet us down and ended up joining us everyday for drinks. |
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BEER BUST Thursday September 4, 2003 Free beer and German food. What more can a bubblehead ask for? There must have been a thousand of us there. |
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Memorial Ceremony
A very moving ceremony the Parche 384 crew holds to remember their shipmates on eternal patrol. First each shipmates name is called out who is present and each answers "Here". Then each crewmembers name who is on eternal patrol is called out once and if no answer is repeated then followed with one ring of the ships bell. This continues until the list is complete. The ships bell is rung twice for the two men lost at sea during the fourth war patrol. The Crew of the 384 asked us if we would like to participate in reading our roll call. We were honored and included our known names of shipmates on eternal patrol. |
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 Bob Silvas delivering a moving speach starting the ceremony. |
 Jim Campbell reading the "384 Roll Call". |
 John Dale reading the "683 Roll Call". |
 Linda Colavechio answering questions as to the current status of the Parche Association. Also discussed was plans for the Parche 683 decommissioning in 2004. |
 The USS Parche SS-384 and SSN-683 crews |
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 USS Parche SS-384 Back Row: Arnold Bashwimer, ????, Bob Irwin, Bob Silvas Front Row: Dave Manns, Jim Campbell, Carl Vozniak, Harold Staggs, Bob Hall, Quenton Brown |
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 USS Parche SSN-683 L-R: Dave Winnington, Greg Smith, Albert Stoll, Dick Litscher, Ken Riley, J.B. Messer, Cliff Hamilton, Wayne Pickett Brian Woodson, John Dale, Charles MacVean, Steve McKee, Cal Colavechio |
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