Date: 20 December 2004
Name: Dan R. Burnett
Email: burnetdr@dow.com
Where are you from?: Santa Fe, TX
Years aboard Gurke: 1967-1968
Comments: MR3 Would like to hear form some of you guys if you remeber me. I have been in touch with a couple of old shipmates and if all goes well we will be at the reunion in Tunica in April. Hope to see some of you there.

Date: 12 December 2004
Name: Bob Mergel
Email: rmerg@optonline.net
Where are you from?: Wal, NJ
Years aboard Gurke: 1973-1974
Comments: Please respond with some Vietnam history, ie shadowing the Coral Seas and the Midway. Combat pay and tours we made in the Gulf of Tonkin. I have no medals for my memories. I servered proudly as did the rest of you. I would like something to pass on to my son as my legacy.
Regards Shipmates,
Bob Mergel

Date: 9 December 2004
Name: Leonard Evans
Email: lenlin@att.net
Where are you from?: Londonderry, NH
Years aboard Gurke: 67-71
Comments: GMG3 SERVED FROM 67 TO 71. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM GEAROLD HIGHLANDER , BOB COFFIN , OR BARTON AND THE REST OF THE GUNNERS

Date: 7 December 2004
Name: name here
Email: dian@jcis.net
Where are you from?: Elmira, CA
Years aboard Gurke:
Comments: I am looking for any information about my Great Uncle, GEORGE D. NELSON First Class Commissaryman. He was aboard the USS Gurke during the Korean War and possibly the beginning of the Vietnam War. Any help will be greatly appreciated, as I am attempting to put together his service record for my son, Command Master Chief Maurace Clark. Thank you, and God Bless All of you. Dian Beard/Ingle dian@jcis.net

Date: 13 November 2004
Name: John Eggers
Email: tgaeggers@aol.com
Where are you from?: Loveland, CO
Years aboard Gurke: 1971-74
Comments: I was a radioman onboard the Gurke from May 71 to March 74. Some most unforgettable years I must say. Speelman, Yetter, Harmon, Army, Anderson, Johnson and Brummett were just a few of the radioman I recall with great admiration. We spent a lot of time in the Tonkin Gulf tail-gating the Midway and had our ships parties at Suzie Wong's in Hong Kong. My regards, John Eggers

Date: 8 November 2004
Name: Ralph A. Miller
Email: mastermachram @yahoo.com
Where are you from?: Dahlonega, GA
Years aboard Gurke: 1952-1957
Comments: Engineering MM2

Date: 5 November 2004
Name: Travis Murphy
Email: Thursdayfan2000@yahoo.com
Where are you from?: Crestline, CA
Years aboard Gurke: None
Comments: My Grandfather, Walter Lee Murphy, was a crewman aboard the U.S.S. Gurke and I was interested in what it was like because he died when I was very young. Your site was very interesting and helpful if you have any other information you could e-mail me that would be much appreciated. Thank you: Travis

Date: 24 October 2004
Name: William R Helman
Email: billhelman.come
Where are you from?: Reynoldsburg, OH
Years aboard Gurke: 1959 thru 1962
Comments: mm2nd

Date: 24 October 2004
Name: Gary Lewis
Email: none
Where are you from?: Seattle, WA
Years aboard Gurke: 1958-1961
Comments: Gary Lewis was originally from Wyoming,l when he entered the Navy.He retired from Ma Bell, in Seattle, and lived there until he passed away in Sept. of 2004. He is survived by his wife, three children, and two grandchildren

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