EM2 Rich Stressler

Going Postal!

I had this story written down for a while but I didn’t submit it until I had it confirmed by another shipmate. I served on the Joey from Feb. 1973-Aug 1976. During my time on her we had a Postal Clerk who was very dedicated to his work and for the most part he kept to himself. A lot of us thought he would make the Navy a career. That notion changed when his time came to get out. As he was departing the ship with his duffle bag on his shoulder, he saluted the OD, then the Flag and walked down the gangplank where he took his duffle bag and threw it in the nearest dumpster! (I personally did not see this but I heard rumors that he threw it in the water midway down the gangplank). I can’t remember his name – maybe one of you knows it – but he had a strong foreign accent, possibly Czeckeslovokia or some country like that.


EM2 Rich Stressler

1973-1976