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50S FROGS
ZINE
Volume 13 Page 8 (cont)
training and operations that I was part of.
ADDRESS: 2234 Berry RD,
Perkinston, MS
39573.
Email bilbonhi@datasyne.com.
Tele: 601-945-6524
LT PHILIP J. KOEHLER, USN. UDT 3/12. Training Class 6 COR 10/52
Phil entered the service in 1945. He spent time in fleet
service aboard the CA 139 (heavy cruiser) and as Excutive Officer of the Underwater
Swim School.
He spent nine years in service and was discharged in 1955. He is
a graduate with 16 years education.
He spent 31 years as a Vice President of Marketing and Sales. The family
resides in St. David, Pa, at Cantebury Lane. Zip 19087. Tele:
602-688-1657. He and wife of 50 years Virginia
have three children, Phil Jr.,
Edward, and Carolyn.
They have 7 grandchildren.
Phill had some dirty jobs during his service such as recovering
bodies of Marine airmen, diving on broken screws of an Ice Breaker at Borten
Island, founding Underwater
Swim School
School
in Key West
. FL and acting as first Executive Officer.
GM3 DON C. MARLER, USN, UDT 1/11 Training Class 6, COR
10/52
“Red” entered service in 1950 and served in the fleet
on USS Ajax LSMR 401 before training in UDT. He was discharged in
1954.
He was educated
in WSW and had worked with 1 year toward PHD and
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was a psychiatric social worker. He retired after 35 years
there.
Married to Sybil for 53 years; they
had one son Forrest. Address: HC 53 Box 345,
Hemphill, TX 75948 Tele: 409-579-2184.
Email: dcmsm@inu.net. He always
tells me he’s going to give me his team experiences. More
later?
BM2 GARRY. MEYER, USN UDT 5&13 TRAINING CLASS 6 COR
10/52
Gerry was on the USS Michell before training for UDT and serving in
UDT 1,3, & 13, where he was discharged to civilian life in 1955.
He had a posy doctoral as a Veteranian for 41 years retiring in 2000,
married to Jan Gayle for 53 years, they had three children: Jan, Gayle,
and Wendy.
They made their home in Reno,
Nevada.
Address Please send!
Email: renooohjoy@aol.com.
Tele: 775-851-0913.
He says: “I knew Paul McNally, Fins Foley…can’t
recall any at this time….Too much Kool Aid. “ This guy is going
back to childhood.
NOTICE:: To Branson Frogs: All of you Frogs who received
questionaires from me and are responding by mail, please don’t
set the material aside because you will forget. Get it in the mail while you
are thinking about it. I need photos, stories and bios because I
have a heavy load in the the next issue of the 50s Frogs
Magazine.
To other frogs. Postage is killing me. Please send two bucks to help
out, Thanks!. Don B. Editor.
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