U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692
The 60's & 70's

The collection of George Aichele (66-69) including 106 images from Fall 1966 operations and the Vietnam Deployment with many "people" shots 

The collection of Colin Benporath (67) including 12 images from his service in the Royal Australian Navy, his return to the HMAS Hobart from service aboard Sumner and reunion memories

The collection of Eric Bollin (66-68) including 331 images from the Vietnam Deployment covering the first stop in Yokosuka to the return to Mayport

The collection of Richard Borutta (66-69) including 8 images from the Vietnam deployment

The collection of Bobby Bourassa (62-63) including 45 images from the 1962 Med cruise, the Caribbean and Charleston
The collection of Harvey Brinkley (66-67) including 85 images from WestPac Deployments of the Sumner and Orleck.

The collection of H. Kelly Brown III (66-68) including 158 images from the Vietnam Deployment covering our first assignment in the Combat Zone to the return to Mayport

The collection of Tom Brown (66-67) displaying the contents of his jumper pocket

The collection of Dolphus Burton (68-70) including 24 images of the DASH and Drones, the 69 Med Cruise and around the old 692

The collection of Gary Carnot (66-70) including 20 images from the Vietnam Deployment,  Tunisia and "Man Overboard"

 The collection of George Casebeer (67-69) including 6 images from the 1969 Med Cruise in Lisbon and "Flags" in the office

The collection of Dan Coli (66-69) including 20 images from the 1969 Med Cruise

The collection of Ernie Dauzat (60-61) including 5 images from the Med/Persian Gulf cruise, also see Ernie's "Letters home from Captain Porterfield"
The collection of Ray Day (66-69) including 45 images from the 1967 Vietnam Deployment.

 The collection of Paul Delasco (61-64) including 26 images from the 1962 Med Cruise and operations in the Caribbean

 The collection of Robert "Duffy" Duffield (64-66) including 11 images from the Med Cruise and a remembrance of shipmate Glennon Marcussen TM3 who was later killed in Vietnam

 The collection of Bruce Fulbright (60-64) includes this photo from 1963 of a torpedo launching.

The collection of Joe Gall (61-63) including 12 images of the Sumner, his most important document, shots around the old AMS and Reunion friends

 The collection of Ray Garcia (66-68) including 27 images from the Vietnam Deployment

The collection of Don Gillis (70-71) including 9 images from his Navy Days including the Mediterranean Deployment of  1970-1971

 The collection of Frank Goetz (66-68) including 40 images from the Vietnam Deployment of 1967.

 The collection of Dennis Greene (65-67) including 282 images from the Mediterranean Deployment of 1965-1966, 457 images from the Vietnam Deployment of 1967 and an odds & ends segment with 60 images

 The collection of Don Hayden (61-62) includes 22 images, the Change of Command pamphlet from 1961, his Landlubbers Certificate and quite a few intellectual items created by Don during his time aboard

The Collection of Bob Hibbert (64-66) including 16 images from GITMO, the 1964 North Atlantic Cruise, the 1965-1966 Med Cruise and modern memories

The collection of Ed Izzi (66-69) including 47 images from the Vietnam Deployment, the Caribbean and the 1969 Deployment to Europe

 The collection of Gary Jensen (68-71) including 16 images of life aboard the Allen M. and a bit of Mediterranean Liberty, note the shots of the 5"/38 practice loading machine

 The collection of Billy R. Johnson (66-69) including 3 images from the Vietnam Deployment and a modern view of WHO

 The collection of Bill Jones (68-72) including 33 images from the Med cruises of 1969 and 1970-71 plus interior shots of shipmates hard at work

The collection of Chuck Kaake (66-68) including 4 images from the Vietnam Deployment and a shot from the Mayport parking lot

The collection of Bob Kelly (68-71) including 90 images from 1968 Refresher Training at GITMO and the 1969 Med Cruise

The collection of Ed Kirner (68-70) including 265 images from the 1969 Med Cruise, NATO Review,  "the BarBQ" in Palma, "The Party" in Naples and Homeport Mayport
The collection of Scott Kopfstein (66-69) including 18 images from the 1966 operations and the 1967 Deployment to Vietnam

 The collection of Captain Laighton (70-71) including 49 images from the Sumner's last Med cruise, Change of Command, the Presidential Review, Homeport Baltimore and Cudo's from the Fleet

The collection of Hank Lunki (68-71) including 303 images from Med Cruises, Refresher Training, the NATO review, the Presidential Review and life aboard with the Whirlybirds 
The collection of Gary Martin (66-69) including 2 images displaying a before and after comparison.

 The collection of Bob Misiano (66-68) including 56 images from the Vietnam Deployment and 2 images from operations in Key West.

 The collection of Bobby Moore (61-70) includes an image of Bobby cutting the Sumner's 25th Anniversary cake on the mess decks January 26, 1969

The collection of Chuck Morrell (64-67) including 49 images from deployments to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Caribbean area

The collection of Gerald Morris (60-61) including 22 images from the 1960 deployments to Canada, the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf 

 The collection of Bill Ortz (70-73) including 36 images from the 1970 deployment to the Mediterranean and life aboard the Allen M.

The collection of Norm Ostroy (72-73) including 8 images from Boot Camp, "A" School, Lakehurst and the Baltimore Piers as they appeared in 1995. 

 The collection of Jim Poston (61-63) including 10 images from deployments to the Mediterranean, life in the "Ping Shack" and one of Jim's old buddies

The collection of Mike Raatjes (68-72) including 122 images from deployments to the Mediterranean, England, Caribbean and back home in Charleston and Norfolk

 The collection of Paul Rando (65-66) including 9 images from Malta, around the Sonar Shack and a remembrance of Glennon Marcussen

 The collection of Doug Rinear (66-69) including 93 images from the Vietnam Deployment.

 The collection of Dave Robson (66-70) including 14 images from life onboard

 The collection of Paul Rosskamp (68-71) including 35 images from the 1969 and 1971 Med Cruises

The collection of Tom Schwartz (70-72) including 40 images from the 1971 Med Cruise and shipyard photos from the drydock in Baltimore

The collection of Doug Seal (66-67) including 119 images from the Vietnam Deployment covering Operations off North Vietnam to the return to Mayport 

 The collection of Gil Stafford (61-62) including 5 images from the 1962 Med Cruise

The collection of Dale Surber (67-71) including 91 images from the operations in the Caribbean area, Mayport, interior views and the 1969 Med Cruise

 The collection of Earl Taylor (66-69) including 31 images from the Vietnam Deployment

The collection of Jan Tenhoeve (65-67) including 15 images of shipmates, Sumner in print, making rate, Captain Beaman's Bronze Star and memories of a shipmate

The collection of Maurice Warren (66-68) including 3 images from the Vietnam deployment 

The collection of the Webmaster (67-69) including 31 images from the Vietnam Deployment

Other images from the Internet and various publications, currently 27 images are included


Mister Carter (1962 Cruise Book) and Me (1967 Cruise Book)


Allen M. Sumner Reunion Association Secret Weapon

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