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My Page
by Nick Grande SK3
I reported aboard the USS Waller in January 1961. I was assigned to the Supply Division. I reported aboard SKSN and I made Third Class Storekeeper in March of 1961. I was later transferred to the USS Barton DD-722 in September 1961. The Barton sailed for the Med 3 days after I reported aboard. After we returned from the Mediterranean I was discharged June 3, 1962.
Previously stationed in Washington DC, I longed to be apart of the real Navy. With two years left on my enlistment, I wanted to experience world travel and feel the trill of the ocean. I soon found out after bobbing around Cape Hatteras with Task Group Alpha every two weeks wasn't what it was cracked up to be. My shipmates on the Waller were some of the greatest guys I've met in the Navy. I will always remember the experience.
My email address is Wallerboat@AOL.COM. What else?
Joe Toscano and Rick Elster
Rick Elster SK3
Nick relaxing at sea.
Joe and Nick
During my brief stay aboard the Waller, I worked in the Supply Division. Rick Elster and Joe Toscano were two shipmates I will always remember. During the 1999 Reunion, my wife Davee and I relived some wonderful stories with Joe and his wife Molly. Rick was unable to attend this year but plans to join us in 2001.
Joe and Molly Toscano and Nick and Davee Grande
