We have our first listed Honorary Crew Member!
CTT1 John Whitmire was a rider back in the 74-75 time frame. (That would have been my first year at Texas A&M, to put that in the old man perspective!) I stumbled across John on a CT community website, while searching for former crewmembers. John generously agreed to let us post his photo of the boat, signed by CDR Arthur, the Bates' first CO. You can view the Logroom >> Ship's Archive article with photo here.
The Honorary Crew Members menu item under Honors is now active. After wrestling with this concept for a year or so, running across John's info made me realize that the concept of Honorary Crew Member existed way before I thought of it, and there must be many riders, midshipmen, and project staff that carry a Bates Honorary Crew Member card. Of course, that means that we have many more sailors that have served on the Bates under TDY orders that need to be tracked down. Any takers?
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