The Ole SEAL "HasBeans"   Page THREE

   

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.E-MAIL   Oct. 2005
From: Larry Bailey      larrywb3@cox.net
To: Maynard Weyers
Subj: A CHANCE ENCOUNTER


Maynard,
Last Tuesday I was flying from Greenville, NC, to Charlotte to catch a flight to Las Vegas to attend the Special Operations Assocation convention. I was sitting next to a young lady who inquired about why I was going to Vegas, which was to speak about phony SEALs at the SOA banquet. In the course of the conversation I spoke of the 35,000-plus phonies a bunch of us
have busted in the past decade or so. 

When we deplaned in Charlotte, I spotted a guy wearing both a tee shirt anda baseball cap with a Trident on them. I told the young lady that she couldactually get to watch a "bust," whereupon I walked over to this guy and began to ask him his class number. It was only then that I recognized Jim Janos, aka Jesse Ventura! He was on his way to Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA, to talk about third-party politics.

 Naturally, we had a chuckle and a few reminiscences before I had to go to my gate. Jim/Jesse certainly doesn't look like an ex-governor! Wonder who braids the two strands of his beard.
Larry Bailey,      EL Menos de Magnifico
PS: Feel free to put this on your net...it might be good for a laugh or two.

2nd EMAIL:
Razz;             

Last week. I was flying to Charlotte, NC, and was seated next to a young lady to whom I was talking about all the phony SEALs in the world.  We landed in Charlotte, and on getting off the plane I saw this big phony with a Budweiser on his tee-shirt and on his baseball cap.  I told the girl to watch--I'm going to show you how it's done.  I walked over to the guy and only then looked into his face; It was Jim Janos (aka Jesse Ventura). 

 I said, "Jesse,  you so-and-so!  What're you doing here?"  He replied, "Captain, what are you doing here?"  We had a nice chat about teams 'n' stuff, and then I had to catch my plane to Vegas.  He looked weirder last week than he does in this photo. 

 He was on his way to Washington and Lee University to lecture on third-party politics.  What else? Post this if you like.

 

Larry Bailey, CAPT (SEAL) USN Retired  

 

 
Admiral   Irve Charles Le Moyne, RIP

In 1946 Frankfurt American High School, located in the heart of Frankfurt, Germany opened its doors for the first time. Almost fifty years later those doors would close with a disheartening echo as the halls emptied for the final time. The class of 1995 would be the last to leave their mark.


 

 

 

              

 


Roy Dean Matthews, Doc Riojas, Thuy LDNN, lost a foot in one of our Ops.

 

            

 


  Dee Clark and Rip Collins

 
Joe Smith, Hqrts Plet PN2, was in ST-2
    

 


Solomon Atkinson

 

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John Roat & Campoli photographers Mate

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Don "Doc" Stone & wife Art

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Eddie Payne  &  John Griggs

 

SEAL Team ONE

              

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          "Doc" Plankowner UWSS                               John "Fly" Fallon

               

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     Fred Miller,    Linda Watson and "Patches" Jim Watson            

 

            
            Bob Shouse,Doc Riojas, Woody , John Hobbs, "King" Bassett

          
                                                                                               Glen Grinage

 

Chris Nicola


Young Lions get all the beautiful women

 
          Hyrum        Hyrum"Hank" Mullikin                                      Erasmo "Doc" Riojas

 

 
Harry Constance "Good to Go"    Erasmo Doc Riojas

            
 Jim  Hazelwood                     Dick Shay  Hershel Davis

                    
                                                                     Capitan Norman "Sky Fossil" Olson                John Francis Rabbitt

 

     


Dante has finally got an email address, go to his web site for it.  

 

         Dante's Down the Hatch      

      

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Erasmo "Doc Riojas & John Kirby

     
Jack & Sandra Harrington

 
Jerry Hammerle & Judy Northrup

            
                                            Mrs.  and Jim Hazelwood                                Rio   and Swede Tornblom

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                                    MOH Kerry

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Lourdes Tolentino "Doc" Riojas C.O.


Gene Cahill in center

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RD Russell The SEAL Archieves

 

 

     
Rio, Roy Dean Matthews, Hook Turre                                  Doc Rio and Stan Janecka in  Pine Key FL

 

    Dusty Rhoades  Rudy and Marge Boesch

         
Rudy and Marge Boesch


             Richard "Rogue Warrior" Marcinko,  His seadaddy Ev Barrett     and   Roy Boehm

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Erasmo"Doc" Riojas remembers his tour at SeaFloat with LCDR Sphinx, the Biet Hi, and the Sand Barges 1970.  Worse duty any Navy SEAL could be assigned to.  If you don't agree, ask  Gary Smith BMCM, he was there too.

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SEAL Team ONE guys                  

                                                                                                                                                                             

   

 

                        SEAL Team ONE

                  
                                                                                                                                                  

                                                    

                        

 


Gulfcoast SEALs

                           Schwallenberg                                                  Bobby G. Stamey

                                                 
                                           on left looks Like Jerry Waters and instructor Bobby G. Stamey 

 
Arles "Nasty" Nash,  Pete Stanley,  Dave "Little Fat Rat" Sutherland

  


Erasmo "Doc" Riojas USNavy SEAL COrpsman 

        
Lt to Right TopRow: USS SEALION SSAP-315; Sub Skipper, John Muckle,Ron Yeaw, Jim Wallace , Fred Toothman, Mr. Schutzman ? , Pete Girard, Joe Silva, Ron Rogers, Dr. Lee             Sitting:  Erasmo "Doc" Riojas, Mike McQuillis,  Blackiston, Jerry Waters     Our trip from Key West FL, to Panama City FL (rehersals on the offshore oil rigsusing MKVI rigs), then on to South America.  What a trip to be remembered by the ST-2 gang !   And as a bonus, liberty in Curacao !

--- Original Message -- 
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 1:43 PM
From: Ronald E.Yeaw, Sr.
To: 'Larry Bailey' ; 'Doc Rio' ; 'roy boehm' ; 'Tom Shoulders'
Cc: Ty Zellers

Subject: RE: Andy Hayden (SEAL) from the old days at ST-2 
All, 

I received a call from Roy Boehm and Andy today. Andy mentioned that he was wounded when Albrecht was killed. The only other thing he could remember was that Clay Grady was on the same op. He is unsure whether or not he received the Purple Heart (gave all medals to his brother). He was unsure as to Platoon or dates. He cannot get any verification from the Navy. 

After researching a lot of files, I found the platoon folder in question. I put a call on Andy's answering machine with the following info: 

I have both the Barndance Card and the Spot Report from the op. Date Time Group on the SPOTREP is: 031335Z AUG 68. 8th Platoon SPOTREP #9-58. 

Barndance Card info: 

a. Participants: LT Bob Gormley, LTJG Dave Purcelle, WO1 Jones, Hayden, MacDonald, Grady, Albrecht, Bowen, O'Bryan, Cyrus, Rabbitt. 

b. Friendly Casualties: 1 KIA (Albright ?); 1 WIA (Hayden ?). (does not list names). 

The SPOTREP does not include names of the SEALs who were KIA or WIA. 

Best recommendations I have are: 

a) Have Andy get letters from others on the op to verify his wounds, 

b) Have Andy contact Ty Zellers. Ty went through this process and was successful. Ty was able to get his medical records from the Navy verifying his wounds. 

I stand by to be of any further assistance. 

Ron Yeaw
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C.J. "Indian" Sweezy and  Erasmo "Doc" Riojas    

I noted the above picture of you and the  totally white-haired Sweesy. Do you remember when it was taken? Parrish, Detmer, me and Jerry played golf together for many years and I saw Jerry last at a reunion in Fort Pierce.  I  don't remember the year, but he had just gotten out of the "pen." Within the next year, he went off the deep end with his partying. He had  couple stints in the Portsmouth Naval hospital to dry out after acquiring pneumonia.  Best I remember he went through a couple of failed attempts to recoup his life. I recall that before he left for his son's place to start his life over, he destroyed a room at Gallagher's house during one of those Red Hart parties. May he and "Red" Rest in Eternal Peace.     Chuck Newell

NOTE: Chuck, best I remember, we were there at Ft. Pierce together when Jerry Sweezy and his son C.J. Sweezy Jr. and his wife attended together.  Jerry and I stayed at the same motel on the North Island.   Chuck, you remember very correctly.

Tom Blais, Jim Cook, and I drove to Portsmouth Naval Hospital to visit "The Indian"  during his first bout with pneumonia.  We could NOT see him because he was on life support and totally sedated.  "Eagle" Gallagher was in the waiting room and told us he was in a guarded condition.  

Upon Jerry's arrival in Shreveport LA to start his life over in the company of his son and wife;  CJ Jr. kept me posted and I spoke with Jerry on the telphone.  Jerry told me that he had gotten a job at a local golf course and was moving to his own apartment.   The next call i got from his son was that he had fallen off the wagon and was back into the hospital.

Bo Burwell was working here in Houston at NASA and on a weekend we drove up to Shreveport and saw Sweezy.  He was on life support, we sat there at his beside and talking about old times.   Way later when Jerry was extubated and talking, he told CJ that he remembered Bo Burwell and Doc Rio at his beside talking.   He was doing fine, eating, doing his beside physical theraphy and suddenly one day he had a cardiac arrested and they could not bring him back.   I don't remember where he is buried.

C.J. Sweezy Jr. to this day keeps in touch with me.      Erasmo "Doc" Riojas in Pearland TX

 

              

     

                                    
Kochy,Schultz,Riojas, Humphries, Hammerle, Frank Thornton      TyZellers        Frank Thornton

                     

                          
                                                                  Joe Thrift and  Blackie Meyers

                                 
                                                     Pete Mc Nair ,  Waddell, Sam Orr, and H.T.

                    
               Tom Blais                    Tom Hawkins          Bob Shouse                 Ray Tullis

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Tom  Keith   ST-2 'nam 

     

 
                   Erasmo "Doc" Riojas                            Tom  Truxell     ST-2       

 A seastory about  Mr. LT. Tom Truxell.   We were in Northern Germany on an exercise consisting of the North German Guard, the SAS, USA Special Forces, and USNavy SEALs (us).   Our squad had to check in by radio each night.  Steve "Doc" Elson was the radio operator.  On night Steve asked me to go with him atop this small hill so that he could set up his antenna and radio to contact the SAS camp in Hereford England.  We were covered under a poncho so that I could hold the flashlight so that he could do his dit-dat-dash stuff.   Suddenly we hear foot steps.   Steve continue to finish his message.  The sounds of foot steps kept getting closer and closer.  Steve packed up all his stuff and we were going to "beat feet" outta there.  When we came out from under the poncho, there were a bunch of cows standing around us!  We left in a hurry.   Steve found out the following night that he had lost his CLASSIFIED CODE BOOKLET!  Aw boy!  He told Mr. Truxull just kept repeating over and over for the next few days that he was going to get passed over for LCDR.  Finally Rudy BOesch told him to "shut up about getting passed over for LCDR."     end of story, this is no shit.   Tom did make LCDR.  

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                     Tom Blais                               Tom Hawkins          Bob Shouse                 Ray Tollison

 

                                    
UWSS Plankowner HMC                                                        John Rabbitt

                                    
                                              MOH, Mr. Kerry              Chuck LeMoyne              Lynch Jack  

    
Frank Thornton                           Billy Burbank        Tiz Morrison                     Sam Orr                H.T.

  
Capt. Heron

   

 
         Minh & "Eagle" Gallager

                       
                                   Jack Salts making HMC (SEAL) LeiLi Hotel Saigon RVN 1970

 

Marcus "Doc" Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL whose story of heroism in Afghanistan is told in his book "Lone Survivor," shared his world view at the National Rifle Association event in Louisville on May 16.
MY NOTE: Is this really Doc Luttrell?
            

                   

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