Banquet at USNA Stadium N* RoomSep 10, 2010
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My Laundry Number - 847, Stenciled on all clothing
George Martins, G. H. & G. W.
George W. & George H. Martin, Plebes outside the 2nd Wing of...
| The grand event of the reunion was held at the Naval Academy Football stadium in the N-Star Banquet Room. This facility built only 10 years ago, is located below the West stands of the field. It is reserved only for alumni. The name comes from the varsity sport letter 'N'. A star is awarded and worn alongside the letter for the sport in which Navy beat Army in their annual rivilry. Bronze plaques adorn the walls of the room for each graduating class. Our plaque was situated just above an occupied table and I was unable to obtain a good photo. Never the less, I got a close enough shot to show our roommate's name on our class's plaque, George George Fetterer, Soccer. Just before entering we met the other George Martin in our class. George served in my 4th Battalion, in the 14th Company. Plebe year we were assigned to the same French class which caused Monsieur Le Professor some grief. Later, in 1958 we were again together at Submarine School in New London, Connecticut, he in married quarters, while I in bachelor quarters. It is located at the mouth of the Thames River. It is also the home of the Coast Guard Academy, a facility, and the Connecticut college for Women!. In 1963, George dove the French Bathyscape TRIESTE some 8500 ft. deep, to locate and survey debris of the destroyed Nuclear submarine THRESHER. Two years later, in the ALVIN as Pilot, he descended 3500 ft. to locate and retrive the H-Bomb lost off Palomares, Spain. ALVIN was the first deep-sea submersible, built 1964, capable of carrying passengers, usually a pilot and two observers, she can plunge to a maximum depth of 14,764 ft. The TRIESTE, designed by Auguste Piccard, set the record for the deepest dive on record, which still stands, to a depth of 35,800 ft. in the Marianas Trench, 1960. It's occupants on that day were Piccard's son, Jacques, and Navy Lieutenant, Don Walsh. Don was in the class ahead of me '54, occupying the room adjacent to ours Plebe year. He and his roommates treated us very well, a valued mentor. Daughter Juliet was born at the Sangley Point Naval Station, located in Cavite, Cavite Province, Republic of the Philippines. The base was located on a spit in Manila Bay, about five miles from the capitol. |
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