Sixth Fleet memories2022-01-17T17:31:47+01:00

Our Life in France – by Kimball Medders

In 1965, my dad finished up his Masters degree in Educational Administration at San Jose State and reapplied for a principal position with the military dependent school system in Europe.  Dad had been [...]

By |22 December 2021|Categories: family, history, Memories, Navy brat, Photos|0 Comments

Interview Vice-Admiral Christopher W. Grady, US Sixth Fleet Commander

Interview of Vice-Admiral Christopher W. Grady (USN), U.S. Sixth Fleet Commander at that time, by Florent Plana. At Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) in January 2017, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Sixth Fleet's [...]

By |1 December 2021|Categories: Commemoration, Event, history, Memories, Navires, Sailors, Ships, Videos|0 Comments

Interview Philip A. Dur, US Sixth Fleet Veteran

Interview of Philip A. Dur, Rear Admiral US Navy Ret., filmed by Florent Plana on an original music of Baptiste Leblanc. At Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) in January 2017, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary [...]

By |31 March 2021|Categories: Commemoration, history, Memories, Mom Germaine, Navires, Photos, Sailors, Ships, Videos|0 Comments

Interview Thomas G. Lilly, US Sixth Fleet Veteran

Moving video of Thomas G. Lilly, Rear Admiral US Navy Ret., filmed by Florent Plana on an original music of Baptiste Leblanc. At Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) in January 2017, on the occasion of the 50th [...]

By |13 March 2021|Categories: Bloody Mary, history, Memories, Mom Germaine, Navires, Photos, Sailors, Ships, Videos|0 Comments

Gliding to the sound of a Boston Waltz – by Jean-Pierre Kolodziejski

My mother in 1935 My mother was Marie Bentaccordi. She met Tom Bradley at a dance, he was a sailor onboard the USS Omaha I believe; it could have been the USS Raleigh, [...]

By |7 June 2020|Categories: famille, family, history, Memories, Navires, Photos, Sailors, Ships|0 Comments

The Poops Lady – by Alice Grainger Gasser

My father was Lt. Cdr. Inslee E. Grainger.  Our family lived in Villefranche in 1959-61 when he served aboard the USS Des Moines and the USS Springfield.  I was only two when we arrived, so [...]

By |13 February 2020|Categories: Bloody Mary, famille, family, Memories, Navy brat, Photos, Sailors|0 Comments

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