European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 2007 Page 6 Glenn Angeles times former Crew members of the destroyer Dale gather for a reunion in san their exploits have been chronicled in the Book tales from a tin can the uss Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo tales of tincan7 sailors Wii vets life changing tour chronicled in new Book by Tony Perry los Angeles times san Diego they were incan sailors once and now Treyve come some probably for the last to re member shared dangers and shared two dozen Navy veterans of world War ii who served aboard the destroyer Dale were in san Diego this weekend to remember a ship and a War that changed their it began on at Pearl Harbor when the Dale was one of the few ships to get under Way and escape the japanese at the Dale was one of the first ships to take the fight to the new Downing at least one Japa Nese maybe More that Bru Tal in three plus years of the Dale took part in Battles from the aleutians to winning 12 Battle stars before sailing in Triumph into san Diego Harbor on a heroes Welcome from haunt been Back to san Diego since that he remembered racing off the ship to find a wedding ring for his Girlfriend Back there were other Battles fought against the Japa Nese and one memorable one against the a typhoon that Sank several ships in the a the Dale listed at 55de water was coming Down the said luckily we were All working so hard we didst have time to get Earl from a Rural Community East of san remembered fighting a no medically Superior japanese Fleet in the Battle of the Koman Dorski we had to they had us said for Jack of Long the hours after the Dale got out of Pearl Harbor on 7 remain a japanese submarine was i looked and two torpedoes were coming directly at Pettit my hair stood straight up but they passed directly below Dale alums have gathered periodically Over the years although their numbers have a few attended this year in wheel Mary of said her John of was upset when it looked like he would not be Able to dad had a Small stroke and he was bummed out that he might not be Able to be self but Cruces doctor changed his medication and cleared him for the he packed his bag on sunday even though we didst leave until self the highlight of the reunion was a trip to the the air Craft Carrier turned museum moored at the in the hangar Michael Keith a writer and radio talk show Host from Santa read from his recent Book tales from a tin can the uss Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo for his Olson gathered 424 stories from 44 Dale sailors and presented them in chronological his Robert Pat of served aboard the Dale from after Pearl Harbor to the decommissioning in new York on while the Dale sailors Are pleased with Michael olsons they bristle at the notion that their service was somehow extraordinary or More important than that of others in their Genera there was a War and we had a Job to do and so we did said Harold of and is there a lasting moral in the tale of the Dale and its War time service said Pat it Doest make any sense to make War if you dont have he peace is Wii fighter Pilot Robin Olds dead at 84 los Angeles times retired air Force Robin a world War ii Ace fighter Pilot who later commanded an air Force Wing that shot Down seven communist migs Over North Vietnam in the biggest air Battle of the Vietnam has he was a former commandant of cadets at the air Force died of congestive heart failure thursday at his Home in Steamboat according to the air Olds was the 44yearold commander of the 8th tactical fighter Wing based in Thailand when he worked out the details and executed the Mission known As operation in supersonic dogfights Over the red River Delta Northwest of Hanoi in january Olds and his fellow f4c phantom pilots shot Down seven migs with out losing an aircraft Olds personally downed two of the Olds was married to movie actress Ella Raines they divorced in 1975 Morgan he is survived by daughters Christina Olds and Susan Scot Risner a granddaughter and a Fred survivors Book upsets father of fallen Seal by Michael Rothfeld new Day the father of Michael a Navy Seal who was killed in fighting in Afghanistan in 2005 and who is under consideration for the medal of Honor for tuesday called the first Public account of the Mission by its Only survivor a disservice to the men who former Petty officer 1st class Marcus spoke about the june 2005 Battle in which three seals were killed on abcs today his appear Ance was timed to the publication of his Lone in an interview with today Host Matt Luttrell spoke of How the four seals were discovered hiding out on a Mountain Side in Eastern Afghanistan by three local Goat herders while they waited to kill or capture a High ranking Taliban he said the four men voted to spare the herders but that 45 min utes later they were surrounded by 80 Taliban killed were Petty officer 2nd class Danny and Petty officer Matt in the Abc interview and in the Luttrell describes a discus Sion by the four seals and then a vote to let the herders that said Daniel Mur is a far cry from what he said Luttrell told the Murphy family not Long after the death of their that directly contradicts what he told Murphys Mother Mau myself and Michaels brother John in my said Mur who watched Luttrell on Tele vision but said he Hast read the he said that Michael was Adamant that the civilians were going to be that he want going to kill innocent peo ple Michael  put that up for in the who was subordinate to Murphy on the casts himself As the Deci Sive player in the writing that he cast the deciding vote to release the he says he was torn Between his warriors soul that favored an ice cold military decision to execute these and his Christian soul crowding in on Luttrell could not be reached and his publicist declined to according to the Murphy was against killing the herders not out of moral considerations but seemingly selfish he said Axelson was in favor of kill ing the while Dietz said he didst senior chief Petty officer Scott a Seal spokesman in san declined to discuss specifics of Luttrell Book but said it had been cleared ahead of the spokesman said the offi Cial rules of engagement in play for this incident remained Classi in nearly All situations in experts the killing of civilians can be considered in the Book and Lut Trell said he regretted the Deci Sion to spare the herders and upset Daniel Daniel Murphy said that was a disservice to the memory of his son and the two others who he said his son would not have changed his mind even though he knew the Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross for the in the he describes Murphy As an Iron souled Warrior of Al most unbelievable he said Murphy went into dangerous open ground to Call for help kept graduation Teddy bears tall fast worldwide shipping a Ilove you in a big Way email my service Sipf my my 4 phone 18002389487 f Fol it i i Al i Olds