Comments on: Status Report September 5th http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/ Details and Log reports of the search for the lost WWII Submarine, USS Grunion Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: ET1(SS) Graham Parker http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-32170 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:35:42 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-32170 Amazing, guys! As a fellow submariner, this is definitely a GREAT feat! Congratulations! Travel safe back to Seattle. Amazing, guys! As a fellow submariner, this is definitely a GREAT feat! Congratulations! Travel safe back to Seattle.

]]> by: Mark Turner http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-32019 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:01:33 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-32019 Regarding how the world is reacting, here is a letter that ran in the Raleigh (NC) News and Observer yesterday (5 Sep 2007): In regard to the Aug. 25 article "Word on WWII sub lifts N.C. family" concerning the discovery of the World War II USS Grunion: We are experiencing the same emotions as the relatives of Moore J. Ledford. Our family also had a member who was missing in action. My father found out that his brother-in-law was MIA the night before he, himself, left for the war. My aunt, whose husband was on the Grunion, was eight months pregnant with her first and only child. The Abele brothers, who initiated and privately funded the search, have provided so many answers and closure for the 70 families who lost loved ones. The many months of endurance, devotion, faith and hope led to the discovery of the ship's remains at the tip of the Aleutian Chain. Their team of "Sub Ladies" worked very hard for several years to locate relatives of the men lost at sea. I cannot say enough about Bruce, Brad and John, whose father was the commander, Mannert Abele. To quote my cousin, Nancy Kornahrens Stark, born one month after the submarine disappeared: "The entire Grunion family is indeed blessed by the Abele sons who provided both the passion and funding for this amazing search." Linda Tripp-Corbin Raleigh http://www.newsobserver.com/print/wednesday/opinion/story/692500.html Regards, Mark Turner www.markturner.net Regarding how the world is reacting, here is a letter that ran in the Raleigh (NC) News and Observer yesterday (5 Sep 2007):

In regard to the Aug. 25 article “Word on WWII sub lifts N.C. family” concerning the discovery of the World War II USS Grunion: We are experiencing the same emotions as the relatives of Moore J. Ledford. Our family also had a member who was missing in action. My father found out that his brother-in-law was MIA the night before he, himself, left for the war. My aunt, whose husband was on the Grunion, was eight months pregnant with her first and only child.

The Abele brothers, who initiated and privately funded the search, have provided so many answers and closure for the 70 families who lost loved ones. The many months of endurance, devotion, faith and hope led to the discovery of the ship’s remains at the tip of the Aleutian Chain. Their team of “Sub Ladies” worked very hard for several years to locate relatives of the men lost at sea.

I cannot say enough about Bruce, Brad and John, whose father was the commander, Mannert Abele. To quote my cousin, Nancy Kornahrens Stark, born one month after the submarine disappeared: “The entire Grunion family is indeed blessed by the Abele sons who provided both the passion and funding for this amazing search.”

Linda Tripp-Corbin
Raleigh

http://www.newsobserver.com/print/wednesday/opinion/story/692500.html

Regards,
Mark Turner
www.markturner.net

]]> by: Charles Strang http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-32009 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:42:06 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-32009 To Kale: Thanks you for the Great shots of the Volcano and have a safe voyage home. To Bruce: Hope your video problems are resolved easily. If at all possible any heads up regarding Television Air Dates for material would be great. Again, Thank you to everyone involved in your project. DBF Charles Strang To Kale: Thanks you for the Great shots of the Volcano and have a safe voyage home.
To Bruce: Hope your video problems are resolved easily. If at all possible any heads up regarding Television Air Dates for material would be great.
Again, Thank you to everyone involved in your project.

DBF
Charles Strang

]]> by: Joseph Mancuso http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-31966 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:23:08 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2007/09/05/status-report-september-5th/#comment-31966 Bruce, The photos posted for Sep 2nd are good shots of the boat. Were you able to get any port or starboard photos that show the entire boat. I'm sure the videos from the ROV have some excellent footage. Considering how deep the boat is and knowing the test and crush depth of this class of sub, I am impressed with what her remains look like. Do you have any idea when video footage would be available to look at. Bruce,

The photos posted for Sep 2nd are good shots of the boat. Were you able to get any port or starboard photos that show the entire boat. I’m sure the videos from the ROV have some excellent footage. Considering how deep the boat is and knowing the test and crush depth of this class of sub, I am impressed with what her remains look like. Do you have any idea when video footage would be available to look at.

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