U.S. Navcommsta Londonderry Alumni Association
Our Favorite Links
The following websites may be of interest to you. To visit any of the Web Sites, click on the following address. For the last site listed, an e-mail may be sent by clicking on the e-mail address.
Member Links
Member Jim Gola (RM, 60 to 63). As you may or may not know, while stationed at Navcomsta Londonderry, Jim took advantage of the off time and painted in oils with the Irish Art Association. After some 40 plus years in architecture, Jim is back to painting again for his final career. He took an extended trip back to Ireland in 2003 and retraced many of his earlier steps. He is again painting scenes of the Irish countryside and Derry based on his 700 plus high resolution digitals taken on his last trip. To view the Irish portion on Jim's work, click on: Jim Gola's Art Gallery
Al Britnell, RMC USN (Ret), Doire website: home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-DoireRM
Member Bob Gradisher (RM, 64 to 67) wife Alice (from Derry) is an artist: www.muralpro.com
Gregory Allard, (RM 70-71). His business, Southwest Florida EcoTours, Inc., provides ecotours into Everglades National Park and the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary: www.southwestfloridaecotours.com
Fellow communicator, Michael R. Ellis, RMCS USN(Ret), has become an excellent author and his offerings center around Navy Communications, hero being RM2 Rigney Page - very interesting novels. Two to date and a third one on the way. The latest novel takes place at NCS Nea Makri (NGR). Terrific author and a must read for all intersted in Naval Communications in the era of 1950-1970. Links for more information and how to obtain these books are: Apollo Rises and Nea Makri
Membership Related Links
DO NOT be responsible for forwarding bogus "VIRUS ALERT" messages to all your friends. Two good sites to check out VIRUS WARNINGS to see if they're BOGUS are:
E-mail Chat Group for Alumni members, groups.yahoo.com/group/DerryAlumni
Military Related
Links
List of Veteran's Affairs Offices for all States: All 50 States
Radio Shack Equipment you haven't seen in a while: Navy Radio Gear
FRA: The Fleet Reserve Association, web site: www.fra.org
A musical/pictorial THANK YOU to our World War II veterans: "Before You Go"
Military Records: members.aol.com/forvets/htomr.htm
ONLINE Veteran and Military Personnel Locator/Registry: www.amervets.com/registry.htm (Info on accessing database: www.amervets.com/database.htm)
Medal Replacements and Medal Display Recognitions: www.amervets.com/replacement/other.htm
Recognition for a Medal you feel you deserve: members.aol.com/forvets/htom.htm
Free Veterans Directory: members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm
Search for someone who served in the military: members.aol.com/veterans/warlib46.htm
Vets Roll Call Site; locate old shipmates, www.vetsrollcall.com
Free service for Navy veterans looking for civilian careers, www.recruitnavy.com
Online database of U.S. Navy members (active, reserve, and retired) E-mail addresses, www.usnavyemail.com
Military Veterans On-line Data Base, www.vetfriends.com
U.S. Navy Ship's Company, www.hullnumber.com
The Navy Times, www.navytimes.com
Navy Ship's History and Photography, www.hazegray.org
U.S. Navy Radioman Alumni Association (USNRMA), www.radioman.org/index.html
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officers Alumni Association, www.goatlocker.org/cpo.htm
NAVCOMMSTA Thurso, Scotland, Alumni Association, takeoff.to/sac
USNTC Bainbridge Maryland Alumni Association, www.usntcbainbridge.org
Radioman "A" and "B" School of USNTC Bainbridge Alumni Association, e-mail Bill O'Donnell: Odusn29@aol.com We have word that Bill O'Donnell has passed away, so you may not get a reply.
Military Connections - Veteran Reunion and Military Database Searches: www.militaryconnections.com
Search for former Military members in the Veteran and Military Member Registry: members.aol.com/veterans/registry.htm
Navy Database for History, Ships, Reunions, Shipmates, etc.: www.theanchorstore.com/chief/
For you guys who worked in "Crypto": webhome.idirect.com/~jproc/crypto/index.html
For those who served on Carriers: www.flight-history.com
A Nationwide Veteran Organizations Directory: www.VetFriends.com
The Kitchen Table Gang, a group of retires dedicated to making life better for hospitalized veterans: KitchenTableGang
WARSHIP: the tale of the ships and submarines that changed the face of modern naval warfare: Navy Warships
Naval Service Resource Guide: Resource Guide
Home Page of The White House, Washington, DC: White House
Retirement Planner - Special Extra Earnings for Military Service: Social Security Online
Derry Related Links
City of Derry web site: www.derrycity.gov.uk
Web Site for the CITY OF DERRY AIRPORT: www.cityofderryairport.com
A Derry City Web Page with Lots of Information, www.derry.net
Derry Tourist Guide, www.visitderry.com
Derry Informational Guide, www.discovernorthernireland.com/search/rtos/derry/frameset-home.html
Derryman John Deehan, who now lives in Canada, wrote this 2003 article (originally published in the Derry Journal in August 2003) about his boyhood memories of the U.S. Navy sailors stationed in his hometown of Derry: "John Deehan Remembers"
Old Ghost Stories from in and around Derry: www.derryghosts.com
Over 100 of Photographer Eamon Melaugh's Pictures of Derry (1968-1974), cain.ulster.ac.uk/melaugh/gallery.htm
Derry City Pictures from the CAIN Project, Derry City
"Very Derry" provides access to a collection of Quicktime Virtual Reality VR) panoramas of Derry. Very Derry
"propertynews.com" provides access to a satellite photo imagery starting at Sperrin Park, with the capability to manuver all around the surrounding area allowing a "birdseye view". Outstanding resolution and clarity. Instructions are contained on the website, along with the icons to switch between "map" and "bird's eye view". propertynews.com
Guide to Late-Night Clubs, Eats, Hotspots and other stuff in Derry, www.knowhere.co.uk/165.html
The Derry City FOOTBALL CLUB's Web Page, www.derrycityfc.com
The Richmond Shopping Centre (Inside the Derry Wall), www.richmondcentre.co.uk
The Foyleside Shopping Centre (Outside the Derry Wall), www.foyleside.co.uk
Derry/Northern Ireland Newspapers Links
The Belfast Telegraph, www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Irish America Magazine, www.irishamerica.com
Irish Newspapers, www.irishnewspapers.com
Ireland's Eye, a weekly web-magazine on Ireland: Ireland's Eye
NEWSHOUND, a "news sifting" service for people interested in the Northern Ireland situation: www.nuzhound.com
MSNBC News Special Report on Northern Ireland, msnbc.com/news/536604.asp?0sp=N2bB
Derry Journal, www.derryjournal.com/
Search Notices - Announcements Ireland, announce.jpress.ie/
Derry/Northern Ireland Radio Station Links
Radio Foyle on Internet, www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radio
Derry Radio Station Q102FM Live Broadcast on Internet, Q102FM
Letterkenny's Highland Radio Live Broadcast on Internet, www.highlandradio.com
Irish Music on Sunday Afternoons (11:00AM-1:00PM): www.roi897.com
Derry/Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Links
Weather Forecasts for N.I., www.weatheronline.co.uk/Ireland.htm
Weather Forecasts for N.I., www.meto.gov.uk/datafiles/AAPMS.html
Weather Forecasts for N.I., uk.weather.yahoo.com/Europe/United_Kingdom/Northern_Ireland/index.html
Irish Identity: a site for the Irish, both at home and abroad, and especially the Irish Diaspora - all 100 million of us scattered around the four corners of the globe: Irish Identity
For the Erie Born and Raised - Find your old school friends: www.schoolfriends.ie/
Find old friends living in the UK: www.old-friends.co.uk
Northern Ireland Tours, Derry: www.irishtourguides.com
Cheap Flights to Ireland, www.oconnors.com/aerlingus
O'CONNORS Irish Travel (Check their unbeatable prices for airfares, etc.): www.ireland4less.com|
Abbey Bed & Breakfast, Abbey Road, Derry: www.abbeyaccommodation.com
The Waterfoot Hotel & Country Club, www.thewaterfoothotel.co.uk
Beech Hill Country House Hotel, www.beech-hill.com
Information on Ireland's Hotels, www.irelandhotels.com
Submitted by Declan Walls, his website containing useful information on businesses in Derry, www.thebestof.co.uk/cityofderry
Irish Football League, www.sportcentral.ie/
National Art Gallery, www.nationalgallery.ie
PalTalk:
Want to talk with old shipmates from NCS Londonderry? If your computer has speakers and a microphone, you can visit Paltalk Voice and Video Chat and download their software and set yourself up in just a few minutes. There is a group of alumni who meet on PALTALK weekday nights from around 8:00pm EST to chat. Look for a group under MEET NEW PEOPLE called 'Derry Alumni' and join in. It's Free.
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NAVCOMMSTA Londonderry Alumni Association
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Virginia Beach, VA 23471-5118
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