USS Gunston Hall LSD 5
I wish to express my appreciation to the following people for the help given me by each.
Charles K. Smith, BM (43-45) Charles is a plank-owner and sent pictures from 43-45 for me to use.
Art Franks, SM2 43-45 Art is a plank-owner and sent us the beautiful shot of the well deck, unobstructed by the portable deck that was added later.
Bill Greene, RM (50-54) who gave us our first pictures and then wrote up the web site in our newsletter, "The Gunny Sack".
Jim Culp, EN (51-54) who contributed many of the pictures to help me build the site.
Doug Burley, BM (64-67) Doug converted color slides to a CD and sent me the CD to use on the site.
Norm Berenis, RD (52-55) Norm gave us the 1952 1955 pictures, which was the time period, I was aboard her.
Jerry Brown, ME3 (53-56) Jerry gave us the 1953 1956 pictures.
Jerry Hartenburg, ET2 (68-70) Jerry gave us the pictures during this time period.
Chuck Westbrook, MM2, (56-60) USS Tortuga LSD 26, for sharing his graphic expertise with me and for constantly pushing me to start a web site for my ship.
Bud Corner SN (57-60), Bud donated pictures of this time period, some of which depicted our ship in the yards getting rejuvenated.
Many thanks to Ted Reiley TE2. Ted donated these beautiful color pictures of our ship and its many ports of call.
I wish to thank Santiago L. Aversa for not only letting us use the Candido de Lasala Q-43 page on our site, but he also translated the text into English. Thank you ship mate.
Jim Hulse gave us these pictures covering the years 1959 to 1963. Jim was an SFM2. Thank you Jim.
This newspaper clipping was given me
by Walter Wierzbicki (Ski)
BM-3 1st div 1962-64 Thank you Walter.
Everyone that has visited the site and signed the guest book, further encouraging me in my efforts.
I wish to say to all the above
"Thank you so very much."
If I have
left anyone out please forgive me as
it was my intention to thank everyone
that contributed to the building of this site.