| 1970's Bios |
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Names C - D |
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| Silvino Castro: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
two tours - dates unknown |
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Designation: |
Army. Radio and TV. |
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Spanish news announcer |
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| SGT Johnny Caton: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
1970's |
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Designation: |
Announcer |
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Having been born in Panama, Johnny was well versed at broadcasting in both English and Spanish during his tour at SCN. |
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| Rosemary Chong: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
mid to late 70's or longer? |
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Designation: |
Typesetter |
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SCN Newspaper Typesetter on the Mergenthaler machine Worked at SCN many years. |
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| Joe Ciokon: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1959 - 1964 and 1974 - 1977 |
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Designation: |
Navy JO1 (later JOC) |
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TV News anchor. Worked at both CFN and SCN. Along with MSG Bob Foster and USAF Sergeant Ed Johnson were part the only four person news team. They all wore their respective uniforms on air and the navy white, army green and air force blue gave the engineers fits trying to chromakey. The other part of that news crew was Mrs. Silvia Thomas, volunteer that did the local weather and women's news. |
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A black belt in judo. |
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He retired as a Navy Master Chief and is a civilian employee in the Public Affairs Office of the Pacific Air Command in San Diego. |
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San Diego, CA |
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{joejtsu |
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| Richard Clark: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 60's - early 70's |
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Designation: |
Radio DJ |
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Was a radio DJ on the overnight shift. |
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Last known to be living in San Diego |
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| Tony "T" Clemento: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
1977 - 1981 |
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Designation: |
Radio DJ & TV Personality |
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Tony T (Tiger) was an on air personality. He was well known as a radio DJ and in his work on a few episodes of the "Que Pasa" TV program. He also directed some TV. Tony was the last DJ on the air when the Canal Zone era officially ended and the first DJ which entered into the era beginning the final 2 decades of transformation into Panama. The final song of the CZ era was "The Way We Were." Tony worked all of the board shifts from Graveyard to mornings. He finished his tour in Panama as the morning man but the afternoons were his favorite. He always ended his show with, "That's gonna do it for me. Tony T as always, stand tall and keep it ever ever so tight." Tony used to have characters on the show such as the Godfather and these adoring females who used to say his name in a very sultry manner. |
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On humorous note, after leaving SCN, Tony was on board ship for an oil company transiting the canal. The Canal pilot came on board, who usually goes directly to the Captain of the vessel but this time, he walked right past the Captain and put his arm around Tony and said, "Tony T, where the hell have you been?!! My daughter and I were just talking about you last night." The Captain talked about that incident for weeks! |
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Currently in Clarksville, TN working as an insurance agent. |
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{dachsie_daddy |
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| Tom Colvin: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 60's-early 70's |
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Designation: |
TV Sheriff Tom |
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Hosted the SCN Afternoon show as "Sheriff Tom." |
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| Bill Craig: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early 70's |
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Designation: |
SCN Newspaper |
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NA |
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Was from Norfolk, Nebraska |
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| JO2 Jeffrey L Curtis: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 70's |
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Designation: |
Broadcast News |
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NA |
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| Peter Cuzzo: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 60's - early 70's |
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Designation: |
Radio DJ |
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NA |
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| SFC Mortimer De Leon: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
64 - 66? and the late 70's two tours |
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Designation: |
Army. Spanish news. NCOIC Broadcast Operations & acting 1st Sgt |
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Was with the 74th Quartermaster detachment in the Panama Canal Zone where he was later transferred to SCN in December 1964 as the chief Spanish News Announcer. In addition to announcing the Spanish news on radio & TV, Mortimer also wrote and edited his own newscasts. Mortimer returned to SCN for a second tour as NCOIC Broadcast Ops and acting 1st Sgt |
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From Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Attended the University of Puerto Rico where he also played the Saxophone in the ROTC band. Joined the US Army in December 1962 where he attended basic training at Ft Jackson, SC and then attended Quartermaster school in Ft Lee, VA. He was transferred to Stuttgart, Germany with the 35th Quartermaster battalion where he served from 1963 to 1964. Mortimer planned to continue his education in Civil Engineering when he completed his tour of duty in the Army. |
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Current Location unknown, but a good possibility that he returned to Puerto Rico. |
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| Phil "Lane" Delaney: | ||
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early 70's ? |
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Designation: |
Radio DJ nights |
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NA |
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| Trivia: |
Came to SCN from recent duty in Viet Nam |
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| SP4 Diana Delap: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
74 - mid 70's |
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Designation: |
Army. Newspaper, Broadcast Ops |
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On Newspaper staff until moved to broadcast ops |
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| Del DeMontreux: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 60's, early 70's ? |
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Designation: |
Army. Radio DJ and TV news anchor |
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| Duties: |
News Anchor and radio DJ at SCN. |
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Became one of New York's top DJs at WHN (now WFAN). Was the famous Mets PA announcer for many years known as "Del who?" until his stroke in Sept 1999. |
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Most recent info: |
Del is continuing to recover from his stroke and lives in Maspeth, NY with his wife. Del will accept & read mail but may not respond. |
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Maspeth, NY |
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{Treux |
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| Steve Dick: | ||
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Current Status: |
FOUND |
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Tour of Duty: |
Nov 69 - Aug 71 |
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Designation: |
Radio DJ |
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DJ radio his first year at SCN. Due to his Kansas accent, he was assigned do a Country & Western radio show at 5 am even though that was not his specialty. Steve later did afternoon and evening shifts such as “Underground”. Steve soon became a video switcher (TV) for the remainder of his tour |
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After SCN, Steve worked as a radio announcer at a Radio/TV in Kansas and a photographer for the a well known Kansas Sports team. Married for many years and has two children. |
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Currently living in Lawrence Kansas working as a photographer for the KU Jayhawkers. Current passion is fly-fishing. Still trying to learn to play the guitar and speak Spanish. Doing well and very happy. |
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Lawrence Kansas |
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{rsteve |
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| SP4 James M. Didonato: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 70's |
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Designation: |
Newspaper |
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NA |
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| PV2 Luis A Dieppa: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 70's |
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Designation: |
Engineering |
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NA |
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| SSgt Terrt J Dischert: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Late 70's |
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Designation: |
Engineering |
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NA |
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| SSG Bill Donovan: | ||
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No photo available
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Current Status: |
Missing |
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Tour of Duty: |
Early to mid 70's or longer? |
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Designation: |
Engineer, Newspaper |
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Started out as assistant engineer for Henry Joiner maintaining the Mergenthaler. Replaced Henry when he left SCN. |
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