We have completed a change where family pictures and stories are presented.
I have moved our family's US Marine pictures from the USMC links to our "Family Today" link, located on the Dave Brouchoud Collection link.
This "Family Today" button is on the upper left bar of links.
Your Editor is the first USS Helena Shipmate to use this feature.
Others are encourged to submit pictures and stories for their "Family Today" links.
Posted 27 June 2008
Did you know that all CA 75 sailors and Marines are eligible for the Cold War Recognition Certificate?
To apply, you need a copy of your DD-214 for service verification.
Posted 23 May 2008
My trip to Great Lakes, IL on 22 May 2008 was successful. I met John O'Gorden in building 3 which houses the model of USS Helena CA-75.
To access the model index page, click HERE.
Signed--Dave Brouchoud, web page author. Posted 23 February 2008
Neal Hammon tells us he has sold over a hundred books to shipmates for twenty bucks including postage.
"The Forgotten Ship in the Forgotten War"
A new book by Neal Hammon.
For more information click HERE
To order a copy, make your check out and mail to
Neal Hammon
SSN 725 sailors who served up to December 1991 are also eligible.
If you do not have your DD-124, you can apply for a copy.
Click HERE!
After a few sea stories were exchanged, my camera and I went to work.
Many pictures taken by me, added to the 6 furnished by John will give viewers a chance to see the model from all angles.
Viewers will note light reflections in many pictures. Look past these distractions and marvel at the detail of the model.
They have been well received, even by those who were not on the ship in 1950-1951.
It is about his experiences on the USS Helena during the beginning of the Korean War (about a year, during 1950 & 1951).
The book will come equipped with some of my cartoons and photographs.
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