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50s FROGS ZINE
Volume 13 Page 4
QMCS Paul Mc Nally, USN, Training Class 7, COR 4/53
Paul was one of the finest frogs on the West Coast,
and maybe one of the strongest. He was a quiet man. We have had a difficult
time finding photos of him. His tendency was to be in the back row. But
here’s what he means to the teams. Here’s what other frogs had to
say about him.
FRANK TOMS: “All
I can think of was that as our instructor in Class 34, he was as good as they
get….soft spoken, hard as nails and
fair. He had the uncanny ability to push us to the limit and knowing when to
stop. He definitely had the admiration of his fellow instructions as well. He
toughened us up for the worst and did it with authority and always with
class. He was probably the instructor that I
admired the most. I was a touch knock-kneed and he used to tell me,
‘Toms you run like a splayed calf’. I remember Paul could hold
his breath 5 minutes and 5 seconds.
Paul and Bud Juric were mainstays at the training unit many
years. They certainly trained all Vietnam
SEALs and
Frogs.
ROY ADAMS: I worked in his office in his Imperial
Beach office in the early to mid
70’s. He was married to a lady named Edith. They left Imperial
Beach some time in the late
70’s and moved to northern California.
I don’t recall the name of the town (CRS you know?) I knew
he and his wife had one son and maybe more.
I worked at the NAB swimming pool prior to going through
training and Paul would come and practice holding
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his breath. It seemed to
me at the time he held his breath about 4
minutes plus.
I recall seeing a picture of his real estate sign on UDT12
building offering it for sale. I have no idea where that picture might
be. The mail jumps around. I know, but I tried to recall some history
from a long time ago.
DICK DICKERSON: A couple of years before we retired,
Paul and I got our real estate licenses. We were instructors in the training
unit and we always had some competition going as to who could sell and list
the most real estate. Paul hung his license with Lee Mather Co., and I hung
mine with Kinselle Realty. Even though we were
both “part time”, we were top salesmen. In our respective
offices, my wife Ann, was an escrow officer and handled all of Paul’s
and mine escrows. When Paul and I would be on an exercise in the
morning and return in the afternoon, the first thing we would do upon
retiring was to check for messages on a
large blackboard. The instructors would leave message for Paul to call escrow, except it was more fun to write
‘Paul call Dick’s wife’; in very large letters. He was a
Hell of a guy.
DENI PRICE: I remember that my mom and dad (Bud Juric) retired and went to sell their house in
Chula Vista, it had a slight problem with the floor. Well mama said that Paul
was in real estate, had worked with my Dad, and he was handling the house for
them.
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