Comments on: Status Report August 26th #2 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/ Details and Log reports of the search for the lost WWII Submarine, USS Grunion Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:41:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Lynnell M. Small http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30680 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:38:42 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30680 Marshall Van Woggeleums Father, Herbert and my Grandmother Grace were brother and sister. We have a copy of the sad letter that Marshalls Mother, Ella wrote to the Abeles Mother. Marshall Van Woggeleums Father, Herbert and my Grandmother Grace were brother and sister. We have a copy of the sad letter that Marshalls Mother, Ella wrote to the Abeles Mother.

]]> by: Andrew J. Nobles http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30509 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:29:28 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30509 Mr. Hunt, my name is Andy Nobles. John Wesley was my Great Uncle. My younger brother is named after him and his son is also. My email is regfcc@yahoo.com Mr. Hunt, my name is Andy Nobles. John Wesley was my Great Uncle. My younger brother is named after him and his son is also. My email is regfcc@yahoo.com

]]> by: john w. nobles, jr. http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30443 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:27:19 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30443 Mr. William Hunt my name is John Wesley Nobles, Jr. read your comment. Please get in touch with me. Thank you. Address is jwnobles1@verizon.net. Mr. William Hunt my name is John Wesley Nobles, Jr. read your comment. Please get in touch with me. Thank you. Address is jwnobles1@verizon.net.

]]> by: john w. nobles, jr. http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30442 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:26:08 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30442 Mr. William Hunt my name is John Wesley Nobles, Jr. read your comment. Please get in touch with me. Thank you. Mr. William Hunt my name is John Wesley Nobles, Jr. read your comment. Please get in touch with me. Thank you.

]]> by: Richard Crutchfield http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30357 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:36:46 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/08/26/status-report-august-26th-2/#comment-30357 This Email is for Brad. I just noticed a small article about finding USSGRUNION on page 23 of the LOS ANGELES TIMES of 24 AUG 07. Congratulations on your persistence and devotion. I lost my father, LT Jack Crutchfield, Engineering Officer, on the USS TRITON which you mentioned on several occasions in your summary of your Dad. I read all 29 pages. Recently, surviving family members of the TRITON crew have heard reports from retired Australian Royal Navy Aviators that a sub was sunk just out of Brisbane, Australia the night before the Triton was scheduled to return. Further, the fisherman that operate out of Brisbane contend that a large "snag" exists outside the harbor that fouls their nets. Tragically a fishing boat was lost there about 9 months ago, a result of a hookup on the bottom. Officially, we received word that the Triton was presumed lost due to enemy action off the Solomon Islands on 23 MAR 1943 -- I was 3 and 1/2 at the time. I would like to investigate this recent report of friendly fire, especially after reading your account of possible friendly fire incidents. I would like to contact you directly if possible, Brad. My Email address is "humanix@earthlink.net." My phone number is 805/686-4580 (Home) and 805/688-6862 (Office). I live in the Santa Ynez Valley on the Central Coast of California (pst). Reading your account of your Dad was like looking in a mirror! I believe my Dad was class of 1936, and had just received orders to report aboard another sub as Executive Officer when he was lost -- he never received the orders. Like you, my Dad deployed four or five months before the sub was lost. My mother and I also followed Dad to Pearl Harbor for a time in the early 1940's. As you know, Cmdr Mac Kenzie also had a reputation for taking it down the gullet. I noticed that the ship you are employing for your search of the Grunion had just returned from the Solomon Islands! How ironic -- that is an area We would love to explore. I believe there are many things we have shared in our lives without knowing each other. I hope that someone will relay this message to you so that you can respond. I hope to hear from you one day soon. Meanwhile, Iam thrilled foryou on your discovery of the USS GRUNION. I hope that you take solace in finding her, learn more about her fate, and experience the kind of loving closure that only someone like your self and I can truly understand. Sincerely, Richard R. Crutchfield, LT, USNR (Ret.) This Email is for Brad. I just noticed a small article about finding USSGRUNION on page 23 of the LOS ANGELES TIMES of 24 AUG 07. Congratulations on your persistence and devotion. I lost my father, LT Jack Crutchfield, Engineering Officer, on the USS TRITON which you mentioned on several occasions in your summary of your Dad. I read all 29 pages. Recently, surviving family members of the TRITON crew have heard reports from retired Australian Royal Navy Aviators that a sub was sunk just out of Brisbane, Australia the night before the Triton was scheduled to return. Further, the fisherman that operate out of Brisbane contend that a large “snag” exists outside the harbor that fouls their nets. Tragically a fishing boat was lost there about 9 months ago, a result of a hookup on the bottom.

Officially, we received word that the Triton was presumed lost due to enemy action off the Solomon Islands on 23 MAR 1943 — I was 3 and 1/2 at the time. I would like to investigate this recent report of friendly fire, especially after reading your account of possible friendly fire incidents.

I would like to contact you directly if possible, Brad. My Email address is “humanix@earthlink.net.” My phone number is 805/686-4580 (Home) and 805/688-6862 (Office). I live in the Santa Ynez Valley on the Central Coast of California (pst).

Reading your account of your Dad was like looking in a mirror! I believe my Dad was class of 1936, and had just received orders to report aboard another sub as Executive Officer when he was lost — he never received the orders. Like you, my Dad deployed four or five months before the sub was lost. My mother and I also followed Dad to Pearl Harbor for a time in the early 1940’s. As you know, Cmdr Mac Kenzie also had a reputation for taking it down the gullet.

I noticed that the ship you are employing for your search of the Grunion had just returned from the Solomon Islands! How ironic — that is an area We would love to explore. I believe there are many things we have shared in our lives without knowing each other. I hope that someone will relay this message to you so that you can respond.

I hope to hear from you one day soon. Meanwhile, Iam thrilled foryou on your discovery of the USS GRUNION. I hope that you take solace in finding her, learn more about her fate, and experience the kind of loving closure that only someone like your self and I can truly understand.

Sincerely, Richard R. Crutchfield, LT, USNR (Ret.)

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