NEWS-01: Wanted: New Associate Editor-Advertising for the America Submariner.

Submitted by: Alfred H Singleman Jr on 6/30/2015

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Your American Submariner is produced each quarter by myself and two associate editors. We need to immediately fill a vacancy for one associate, the Associate Editor-Advertising. The position DOES NOT HAVE TO WRITE (so you can keep reading!!) for the magazine. But what he (or she) does do is keep track of the advertising space we sell for each issue and make sure I have the right ones when I start the production each quarter.

To do this, an applicant needs knowledge of Microsoft Word (letters to advertisers) and Excel (where we keep track of each advertiser’s account and payment history.) This job is vital to the magazine and ensures I have the correct ads for each issue and advertisers are paying for their space. The shipmate who does this job must have both Word and Excel software programs on their computer.

We can’t do all this for free. The current Associate Editor-Advertising, with my input, came up with a rate schedule for selling ads including approved specific discounts available to advertisers. Using this schedule, the Associate Editor receives & records ad payments. Checks are deposited or mailed to the American Submariner Treasurer.

If you can help USSVI by being a vital part of the American Submariner team, contact me no later than July 30, 2015. And don’t worry that we’ll dump you into this cold. Our current Associate Editor Diane Singleman will provide a detailed turnover.

Chuck Emmett, EDITOR

American-Submariner@cox.net

623-478-2653

Fleet Reserve

Fleet Reserve Association!
South Central Region!
2015 Regional Convention!
News Letter #2! !
Greetings Shipmates, Auxiliary Members, Distinguished Members and Guests! !
We are now less than 2 months from the Regional Convention and plans are starting to
come together. The convention dates are 12-15 August 2015. Some folks will arrive as
early as the 11th for convention prep, and most folks will depart on Sunday morning the
16th. 

The convention is being held at the same location as the mid year; the Downtown
Holiday Inn located at 102 Lake Street, Shreveport, La. The phone number for reservations
is 318-222-7717, and our code is “FRR”. Please be sure to give them the code.
They are all set up and are taking our reservations. Please let me or Russ Miller know if
you encounter any reservations problem at all.! !

The opening ceremony will begin at 0930 on Friday the 14th of August! !
Your Convention Committee is working to get some kind of activity scheduled for Thursday
the 13th of August, but nothing is firm yet; we will stay on it.! !
The theme for the welcome aboard party is a beach theme, so come prepared for some
beach fun.! !

The menus and meals order forms are forthcoming in the next few days. Please get
your meals order in to the Regional Treasurer S/M Mike Snyder as soon as you can after
receipt of the form. !
Of course the sooner the better because that makes it much easier to finalize convention
plans.! !
I am looking forward to a good turnout for our return to Shreveport so please do not
hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns.!
Bob Holcomb Jr PRPSC and Convention Chairman!
H: 512-295-3691!
C: 512-656-3226

USS CAVALLA IN SEAWOLF PARK

Once again USS Cavalla located in Seawolf Park  is under the gun of a large hurricane moving its direction. Several other military items could be lost.  

Patrick Joseph Predham Jr USS Sennet SS-408

Shipmates,

Received the following today, Saturday 6/13

PREDHAM, Jr., Patrick Joseph, 84, a longtime resident of Pawling passed away June 11, 2015 at New Milford Hospital in Connecticut with his family by his side. Pat was born in Brooklyn, NY to Patrick and Margaret Mary (Coady) Predham on August 24, 1930, attended Pawling School, joined the US Navy at age 17 serving in the Korean War on various diesel submarines including USS Trumpetfish (SS-425) and USS Sennet SS-408. After receiving an honorable discharge, he married Ann Clair (Gallagher) on October 19, 1954 in Brooklyn, NY. Pat joined the New York State Police in 1954, proudly serving as a Trooper for 21 years until his "retirement" in 1975. Since his "retirement" he was employed at: Neptune World Wide Moving in New Rochelle, Vanguard Tours in Ossining, along with teaching many Defensive Driving courses. He also volunteered his time for Boy Scout Troop 88 in Pawling serving as Assistant Scoutmaster and later Scoutmaster. Pat was also involved in coaching Little League, Pawling Fish and Game Association, Pawling Lions Club, Hasler-Kamp Post American Legion, and the Knights of Columbus. In his later years Pat would express himself in his poetry writing hundreds of poems showing joys, sorrows, and concerns. He also enjoyed ocean fishing trips, visiting New Hampshire, flea markets, and Irish music. He especially enjoyed a trip he took with his brother Bill in 2011 to Galveston, Tx for a USS Sennet Reunion. Pat is survived by his three children, Patrick and his wife Cathy Predham, Whitney Point, NY, John and his wife Kelly Predham, Sherman, CT, and Lisa and her husband Patrick Cody, Pawling. He is also survived by three siblings, his sister Dolores and her husband Thomas Dance, Pawling, and brothers, William and his wife Judy Predham, NH, and Richard Predham, Pawling; six grandchildren, Clair, Aubrey, Rachel, Avery, Brooke, Patrick Joseph "PJ"; as well as two great grandchildren, Kaylee and Evelyn; sister-in-law, Theresa Dugan and brother-in-law Charles Vorbach; and many nieces, nephews, along with extended family in Brooklyn, and friends. Pat was predeceased by both parents, Patrick and Margaret Mary Predham, his wife Ann Clair Gallagher Predham, his sister Margret Goodin and his Grandson Michael "Mikey" Cody. Arrangements are as follows, calling hours will be at Horn & Thomes, Inc. Funeral Home, 83 E. Main Street, Pawling, Monday, June 15th from 4-8pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John's Catholic Church in Pawling at 10am Tuesday June 16th. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat's memory may be made to: The Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 www.woundedwarriorproject.org or NYS Troopers PBA Signal 30 Benefit, 120 State St., Suite 2, Albany, NY 12207 / www.signal30.org For directions to the funeral home or to leave a condolence, please visit www.hornandthomesfuneralhome.com Published in the Poughkeepsie Journal on June 13, 2015 

Beneath the Waves: Submarine Stories of the Twentieth Century

Published by Skyhorse Publishing (release November 2015)

www.skyhorsepublishing.com

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The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea.

In Beneath the Waves, many brave men rode submarines to great depths and across the
oceans into unknown territory share their experiences, fears, and thoughts. They allow us
to travel back in time through their memories. Trained for years to keep
silent—for “loose lips sink ships”—many still believe what they know to be classified and 
refuse to disclose even the minutest of recollections. Others, however, want to leave
 a legacy of reminiscences for people to learn and live by—to know that freedom is not free.

Some stories will never be told. Held within the secret confines of their souls, these deep
sea veterans block them out for self-perseverance. Yet, there are others who will never
escape their own minds; they relive their underwater experiences over and over with
eyes open or shut.

Beneath the Waves is about teenage boys who left farms, small towns, and inner cities
to defend the United States and democracy worldwide. Signing up for United States
Navy submarine duty was an adventure of a lifetime during the early 1940s. Dreams of
torpedoing Japanese and German ships and subs consumed their thoughts. Those
who returned home as young men were older and wiser. Beneath the Waves was written
to honor these men—gallant heroes—who served and are serving today on submarines.

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