USS John W. Thomason DD760 Association

I am looking for records for va benfits for the locations of the ship showing we were up the rivers of vet nam between july 1965 to late december 1968

Hi to the crew from JWT.during 1969-1970 I am looking to find anyone that may have been on the Bridge during one of the great storms and witnessed Executive Officer Zeller give a command  to SA Richard Pacheco To secure the forward hatch 40 to 50 foot waves were crashing over the bridge at the time and the forward was taking in a lot of water as it was wide open at the time. so if you were there or herd anything about it I would like to here from you,  P. S. any one know what the guy's name was that used to loan out money 5-for 10 and 10- for 20 he aways had card games going too

Served onboard JWT from 1956-1959  BT3

If  you live in or in the surrounding states of Minnesota and would like to get together for a day or two between May 20-22, 2011, please contact me.  Rob Kleinschmidt and I are getting together during those dates and would like to see other shipmates who served aboard the Thomason. Thanks

Just want to wish all of my fellow shipmates a Very Merry christmas and a Wonderful New Year whether we served together or not.

Hello: I am looking for a list of JWT's CO's for inclusion on our site www.navsource.org/archives/05/760.htm from May 1946 to 1949 when CDR Samuels took command sometime that year. Does anyone have any cruise books, or programs that may have dates and names in them ? Also if Secretary would contact NARA with a copy of the list that's on our page at archives2reference@nara.gov and provide address so request can be tracked you should get an answer, and you'll have a swell list to publish on your page as well. There's also missing dates from 1952 to 1970, and the name of the last CO is not positive as LCDR Angel J. Flores... Perhaps someone can verify name ?? I note some shipmates here that were aboard during those times in 1948-1949, and also in 1969-1970, and maybe they can help. Also if anyone has a program from ships decommissioning it may have a list of CO's in it, and the name of the last CO at least, and I'd love to have a copy of it. Also any biographies of CO's and thier pictures. Thank You, for your assistance, and I'm at your service.

My father, Willis G. Piltz, was a 1st Lt. on the 1955 Westpac cruise. He passed away in January 1994 and is buried in his hometown of Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

My dad was an SM3.  He passed away in April of 2004.  I would love to hear any stories and/or see any pictures anyone might have.  Fred Pitcher.

My father, Fred Pitcher, served aboard from 1959-1962.