memoir but there was no contact person listed
for the Seid. So I sent in an e-mail saying I'd be willing
to be a contact person and that I'd also like Sheldon Elliott
to contact me. A couple of months later he did. Sheldon
has been very friendly and helpful, and sent me a number
of photos which I used in dad's memoir.
Then in August of 2001 I received an e-mail
from the son of another Seid vet, saying his dad was interested
in getting in touch with other Seid shipmates. So I thought
I'd set up a web page to facilitate the whole "contact person"
job.
My dad always spoke highly of the men he served
with. If this helps any of you guys get in touch with each
other so you can shoot the breeze, that's great with me.
My mailing address is Scott Craft / 3057 Highland
Drive / Carlsbad, CA 92008.
The link below labeled "DE Sailors Assn" takes
you to www.desausa.org, a site which is another way to contact
former DE crew.
The "Seid bio" link takes you to the Seid
biography at www.hazegray.org, which is taken from "Dictionary
of American Naval Fighting Ships (1976) Vol 6" (available
in many public libraries).
The "USS Slater" link takes you to the web
site for the USS Slater, a DE that's still floating and
which people can visit, located in New York state.
At the bottom of this page are links to the
3 other pages on this site:
- photo
The "Photo" link takes you to a page containing
a photo of the ship, and a photo (in 2 pieces) of the crew.
(Sorry the files are so big -- it's a long download. But
feel free to make copies if you like.) If you'd like a hard
copy of either photo, just let me know. There's also a link
there called "Seid specs, photos" which takes you to the
Seid page on www.navsource.org which gives the Seid's specs
and has some more photos courtesy of Sheldon Elliott.
memoir excerpt -
This page contains an excerpt from dad's memoir
-- it deals with the action at Okinawa.
guest log -
The guest log is an easy way to leave contact
info. But any comments are welcome.
