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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: Another Web icon gone.....
Bye, bye, GeoCities...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354730,00.asp |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Another Web icon gone.....
When this was announced back in May, there was some discussion about the USS CUTLASS page that was created by "Big John" Fredricks.
Not that I knew his well, but we did swap emails at times and did meet at several USSVI functions. I knew he cared about his page and his shipmates and would have liked to see it continue after his passing. His page is/was the only one out there as far as I can tell.
Without benefit of login/password info I took it upon myself to copy each of his not-too-many pages, reassemble them (minus a few corrections) and republish them H E R E in the hopes that a CUTLASS vet will take over maintenance.
Any takers?
Edited by PaulR 2009-10-27 6:16 AM
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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: Big John.
I was driving to work the morning Dave Stoops called me and told me Big John had passed away. Dave was a bit upset since he and Big John were on a work project together and had had dinner the night before. When he didn't meet Dave in the morning Dave went to the room but could get no response and became concerned and had the manager open the door. Apparently on getting back to the room the night before he sat on the bed and had passed away at that time since was still dressed as he had been the night before. Dave called me and asked that I put the word out. I called Ron Martini since I was driving at the time and asked that he pass the word.
RIP Big John.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1405
Location: Houston, TX (Best state in the US) | Subject: RE: Big John.
Ric is correct....At one point I had access to John's webpages but never put them in a file since he was only a phone call away if he needed help and less than 15 miles if he needed me to work on his PC.
I did save all of his first day covers (which are posted on an album on the USS PERMIT site) which included a bunch of submarine related cachets.
At one time I had all of his cachets for the woman doctor in the civil war (her name has been erased by a good scotch) but I don't think I have those scans anymore.
Most all of Big John's Cutlass and submarine memorabilia which was extensive was donated to a museum in Fredricksburg, TX. I have no idea what happened to the large collection of stuffed ducks that hung from his ceiling in his house in Deer Park.....
Big John was a true to life character for sure...he did not mince words and he said what he meant and meant what he said and if you didn't like it, you could pound sand. But he gave much to USSVI and we're much the richer for it.
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Another Web icon gone.....
