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| U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692 | |||||
| Mike Raatjes' Memorabilia Collection | |||||
| The ad that got Mike to join us! | |||||||
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| Mike Butto & Me in Naples | Entering Monaco - See Don Gillis' Sea Story about the oil spill incident | A great job - the Scullery | Ready for Inspection - May 1971 | ||||
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| Mike's patch collection from the Med |
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| Seville, Spain |
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| The DASH incident aftermath |
Lookin' good in Mayport | San Juan - Feb 69 | HighLining with the USS Laffey | Our fancy Brow | |||
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| Venice, Italy |
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| FN Wilbur Snell | SH3 Mike Butto roaming the decks |
Captain Laighton | |||||
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| The Netherlands |
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| FN Larry Marque | SH1 Ramsey | SH3 Campbell unreping with an AOE |
Me in a sardine can | Off Pollensa Bay | |||
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| Pompei, Italy |
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| Running the MWB - 70 |
Who is Mae West ? | Recruiting Poster | Petty Officer of the Watch - Norfolk 72 |
Valetta, Malta - 69 | |||
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| Portsmouth, England |
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Running the Ship's Store |
"Woo-Woo" Wysack |
Wysack & Me |
The Honor Guard Rowan, Me & Reed |
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Rowan & Me |
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| Swim Call |
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| North Sea heading for Portsmouth - you can almost hear John Wayne yelling "HANG ON!" |
John "Baby Doll" Lindsay |
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| A big destroyer | Incoming! | The NATO Review |
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| Mike working? | Checking out the guns | Mike as Bow Kook | Mike studying for SH2 | Wysack & Me - Portsmouth Liberty |
Going on leave -1969 | ||
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| dressed for the NATO review |
The Toast of the Town | Our WWII plaque | |||||
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| Princess Grace stops by |
A little sunbathing on deck | ||||||
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| Retrieving the DASH |
Hope it's one of ours | ||||||
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| Charleston 1968 |
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| Malta |
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| relaxing | The mobile canteen? |
Pompei | back to work | ||||
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| Sumner in the news - caution this story is filled with errors |
Mike makes the news! | His favorite liberty port - GITMO | |||||
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| Do's and Dont's for visitors | Boot Camp Liberty Rules | Plan of the Day | The Memorial for Ronnie Spillman |
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| Change of Command 1968 |
Change of Command 1970 | ||||||
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| Thanksgiving 1968 |
Christmas 1968 | ||||||
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| Pass to the mess hall in Charleston while the ship was in overhaul | Mike and his wife "Sam" are volunteers for the USO and work for the Veterans Administration, supporting those who now walk in our footsteps | ||||||
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The small Zippo from the late 60's |
Our belt buckle from the late 60's | 70-71 Med Cruise commemorative Zippo |
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Earl Finch explaining to Mike how to make "SOS" taste good! |
Mike's Rating Patch |
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Many thanks to Mike for forwarding these pieces of our history