| Fifties Frogs Magazine |
Vol 7 |
|
Pg 10 |
Biographies |
|||
|
Home Page
Vol 1
(index)
Vol 8
(index)
|
LCDR Dante M. Stephensen LCDR Dante M. Stephensen USN Training Class 22, LCK 10/59 Dante entered the service in 1953. He had served in the National Guard between 1953-58. After UDTRA, he served in UDT-21 and SEAL Team 2. In all he saw 18 ½ years Navy.
L to R. "In 1960, I headed up the mission to capture a twelve foot chark that killed one of our officers while he was swimming Magens Bay, St. Thomas."
Dante is half way to a Masters Degree. In civilian life he is President of Dante Stephensen Inc. dba as Dante’s Down the Hatch Jazz Supper Club in Atlanta, GA. His place is a four time winner of Best Atlanta Awards. Legend: "We had 11 graduates from about 120 who began in Training Class 22. I was Company Commander and number 3 in the class." [ top ]
|
In Drager training our swim pair came in first overall in compass swims, Swim partner John "Eagle" Alexander TC 21, & bank president in Washington State.
SCPO Chester V. (Chet). Bright USN, Training Class early WWII Chet entered the Navy in 1941 and served on the USS Sampson, DD394, USS Wantuck APD, USS Bass, APD. And UDT-1 and 11 and also attended EOD School. He retired in 1962 with 20 years service. He became a Diving Officer with the US Navy Oceanographic Office. He retired from civil service 1972 in Washington DC. Legend: The day I was transferred into UDT after Team One lost two men (Satterfield and Fry). We were at sea off the coast of Korea and the Chief Master at Arms issued me a war bag. Most of the clothes and equipment belonged to the two men who had been lost the day before and their bodies were laid out on the large hatch aft. At this time I was thinking to myself: "You have made some big mistakes in your life, but this is the biggest. " [ top ]
|
||
