We will Miss you Fred...

I was just notified by his wife of the passing of Fred Bandy, former USS Caperton Sailor, and Editor of the USS CAPERTON Newsletter. I have been in touch with and maintained a relationship with many of the "Capes' sailors over the years. Fred was one of the men at the top of that list, he and his wife regularly emailed me to keep the roster current, and to make sure I knew what was happening with the 'goings on of the Sailors association. In return I was constantly sending emails I recieved from sailors who had found the website and were asking for info, to Fred and Marie Anne so that they could get them to the right people. Fred loaned me his prized copy of the '53 World Cruise book so that I could scan it, and we were in the process of getting a reprint finalized when he passed. To a large extent it was the encouragement of people like Fred and Marie Anne that kept me going on the USS Caperton Site. I will miss you Fred, and thank you for everything you have done.

Salvatore D. Bonnano  who served in the American and Asiatic-Pacific Theather of Operations aboard the USS Caperton DD-650 from 7-30-1943 to 9-11-1945 passed away on December 12, 1992.

Paul Ehrenfried, 87, from San Carlos, California, on April 18, 2008. B.A. in economics/journalism and a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Maine Masque, orchestra, Student Senate, Radio Guild, band, and worked on the Maine Campus. He was an early member of the Maine Bears jazz band. He was a veteran of World War II serving from 1942 until 1946 in the Navy aboard the USS Caperton in the South Pacific Theater and was involved in major battles against the Japanese.

Herman W. Gullett, a snipe on the U.S.S. Caperton during WWII, passed on April 24, 1999 of giloblastoma Grade 4 (invasive brain cancer).

To glimpse the character of Frank Joseph Vodhanel, who died of Leukemia on Saturday at age 81,

On behalf of myself & three brothers, It is with regret I inform you of my father’s (Carmen Romano) passing on August 20, 2006, losing his battle with lung cancer. My father proudly served on the U.S.S. Caperton between the years 1943-46.