Comments on: Five Days in May: The loss of the USS Scorpion http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/06/20/five-days-in-may-the-loss-of-the-uss-scorpion/ Details and Log reports of the search for the lost WWII Submarine, USS Grunion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: K. L HOWARD http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/06/20/five-days-in-may-the-loss-of-the-uss-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-60934 K. L HOWARD Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:02:35 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/06/20/five-days-in-may-the-loss-of-the-uss-scorpion/#comment-60934 IN MEMORY OF WM (BILLY) SCHOONOVER A YOUNG MAN FROM A SMALL TOWN, WHOSE FAMILY LOVES HIM DEARLY. HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER LOOKED FOR HIM ON TV TO TRY AND FIND HIM FOR MANY YEARS. HE KEPT HIS WORD AND NAMED HIS OLDEST SON AFTER HIS BIG BROTHER BILLY. HIS FAMILY IS ONE OF THE FINEST I HAVE EVER KNOW, BILLY'S MOTHER IS A VERY CARING AND DEVOTED MOTHER AS WAS BILLY'S FATHER AND HIS 4 BROTHERS AND HIS SISTER. BILLY WAS A VERY CARING AND COMPASSIONATE YOUNG MAN. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY. THE RUSSIANS MAY HAVE BLOWN UP THE SUB, BUT THEY DID NOT KILL THE SPIRIT OF THE 99 MEN ABOARD THE USSSCORPION. THEY SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTTEN, ON THE AZORE ISLAND LIES A PLAQUE DEDICATED TO ALLOF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY SO WELL AND GAVE THEIR ALL IN DOING SO. 99 YELLOW ROSES AND 99 WHITE AND 99 RED-AND DOG TAGS WITH EACH CREW MEMBERS NAME FOR EACH WERE PLACED OUT INTO THE SEA, MAY 3RD 1986 NO GREATER LOVE THAN A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER AND NO GREATER SACRAFICE CAN A MOTHER , A FATHER AND A FAMILY ALSO GIVE. MAY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, QUIET THE SEA-THAT BEAUTIFUL AZORE SKY-LIKE PARIDISE-SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND TRANQUIL PLACE.-MAY THE SEA BE CALM ON THE UPCOMING 40TH ANNIVERARY OF HER DREADFUL DAY MAY ALL THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES KNOW THAT EVERY SO MANY, REMEMBER WITH THEM. THANK YOU BILLY. AND ALL OF THE OTHER 98 MEN WHO WHERE THEIR WITH YOU. MAY THE LORD COMFORT THOSE WHO KNOW THE GREATEST PAIN IN THE WORLD-FOR IT NEVER GOES AWAY, UNTIL WE MEET THEM AGAIN IN HEAVEN. IN MEMORY OF WM (BILLY) SCHOONOVER

A YOUNG MAN FROM A SMALL TOWN, WHOSE FAMILY LOVES HIM DEARLY.
HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER LOOKED FOR HIM ON TV TO TRY AND FIND HIM FOR MANY YEARS. HE KEPT HIS WORD AND NAMED HIS OLDEST SON AFTER HIS BIG BROTHER BILLY.

HIS FAMILY IS ONE OF THE FINEST I HAVE EVER KNOW, BILLY’S MOTHER IS A VERY CARING AND DEVOTED MOTHER AS WAS BILLY’S FATHER AND HIS 4 BROTHERS AND HIS
SISTER.

BILLY WAS A VERY CARING AND COMPASSIONATE YOUNG MAN. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY.

THE RUSSIANS MAY HAVE BLOWN UP THE SUB, BUT THEY DID NOT KILL THE SPIRIT OF THE 99 MEN ABOARD THE USSSCORPION.

THEY SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTTEN,

ON THE AZORE ISLAND LIES A PLAQUE DEDICATED TO ALLOF THOSE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY SO WELL AND GAVE THEIR ALL IN DOING SO.
99 YELLOW ROSES AND 99 WHITE AND 99 RED-AND DOG TAGS WITH EACH CREW MEMBERS NAME FOR EACH WERE PLACED
OUT INTO THE SEA, MAY 3RD 1986

NO GREATER LOVE THAN A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER
AND NO GREATER SACRAFICE CAN A MOTHER , A FATHER AND A FAMILY ALSO GIVE.
MAY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, QUIET THE SEA-THAT BEAUTIFUL AZORE SKY-LIKE PARIDISE-SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND TRANQUIL PLACE.-MAY THE SEA BE CALM

ON THE UPCOMING 40TH ANNIVERARY OF HER DREADFUL DAY
MAY ALL THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES KNOW THAT EVERY SO MANY, REMEMBER WITH THEM.
THANK YOU BILLY. AND ALL OF THE OTHER 98 MEN WHO WHERE THEIR WITH YOU.
MAY THE LORD COMFORT THOSE WHO KNOW THE GREATEST PAIN IN THE WORLD-FOR IT NEVER GOES AWAY, UNTIL WE MEET THEM AGAIN IN HEAVEN.

]]> By: Dave Vennard http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/06/20/five-days-in-may-the-loss-of-the-uss-scorpion/comment-page-1/#comment-21649 Dave Vennard Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:13:56 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/06/20/five-days-in-may-the-loss-of-the-uss-scorpion/#comment-21649 I was on the Scorpion while it was in Naples Harbor. I was OPS officer on the USS Skill MSO 471 and the Engineering Officer and I went to the Scopion to visit a friend of the Eng. Officer. While transiting back from the Med to Chasn. SC we were ordered to backtrack several hours and search for debris in the water from the Scorpion. We discovered a tremendeous amount of debris--food garbage, personal items--shower togs, etc. The Captain of the Skill said it was nothing. Years later after reading Blind Man's Bluff (great book on Cold War sub tactics) and learning of the location of the Scopion I am convinced we did discover the debris field of the sub, but the Captain did not want to let the crew know. I was on the Scorpion while it was in Naples Harbor. I was OPS officer on the USS Skill MSO 471 and the Engineering Officer and I went to the Scopion to visit a friend of the Eng. Officer. While transiting back from the Med to Chasn. SC we were ordered to backtrack several hours and search for debris in the water from the Scorpion. We discovered a tremendeous amount of debris–food garbage, personal items–shower togs, etc. The Captain of the Skill said it was nothing. Years later after reading Blind Man’s Bluff (great book on Cold War sub tactics) and learning of the location of the Scopion I am convinced we did discover the debris field of the sub, but the Captain did not want to let the crew know.

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