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22 Sep 2011 – Willard E. Bedford
from Jacksonville Beach,Fl
Adm Ferris was an oustanding CO of the USS Coral Sea (CVA43). I served under him from Julu 1968-June 1970.
My deepest sympathy.
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3 Jan 2011 – Jan Heffernan Mannion
from Camino, CA
I wanted to contact Ann Ferris. My brother, Tom Heffernan, was a friend of Ann's during high school years. I recently came across some cards from Ann when I was going through Tom's mementos. Tom, my sweet, funny brother, died on September 22, 2010. I thought you would like to know this, Ann.
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29 Oct 2010 – Tom McEnaney
from Kirkland, WA
Admiral Ferris shared equally of himself with the lowest ranking crewmember as well as the highest ranking officers. As an E-3, I was invited to Admiral Ferris'(Captain Ferris at the time)cabin to dine. The living example of what was true humility was never forgotten. It was an honor and privlege to have served with Admiral Ferris aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43).
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28 Feb 2010 – Kay Unwin
from St. Helens
"I am sending this message with my deepest sympathy To the family of the late James, I am the daughter of the late Margaret Mooney(Elizabeth Mooney's sister) so we are related and I can see from the Photo of James the very strong likeness the Mooney family had.
Sent with love Kay Unwin.
Posted by Kay's son John (john@unwin.com)
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22 Jan 2010 – Mike
from Plainview, Texas
Jim,
So sorry to have learned of your Dad's death. He was a great man and Naval Officer. I fondly remember him taking you and I to school activities a couple of times in Corpus - remember the 'Ocean'.
I am currently deployed in support of OIF/OEF and hope that we might regain communications.
All the best...
Mike Keller
Michael.Keller@US.Army.mil
Michael J. Keller, COL
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19 Nov 2009 – David P. Woods
from USA
As an Aviation Boatswain's mate aboard the Coral Sea from 1967 thru 1969 I hold my memory of Captain Ferris as a man who cared deeply about not only his ship but most of all the men under his command. I clearly remember lying under the #3 arresting gear engine in a pool of hydraulic fluid performing a repair and seeing a pair of brown shoes and trousers. It was Captain Ferris. No other commanding officer before or after would have bothered to show his face below the 02 level to personally che...
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3 Aug 2009 – Albert Bodt, M.D.
from Lancaster, CA
I spoke to Admiral Ferris in October of 2006. I had looked for him for all these years since he was my skipper on the Coral Sea. He told me then that he had had a bout with cancer. As a physician, I was concerned, and when I heard last year of his passing, I was not surprised but never the less saddened. James Ferris was a giant in my eyes. We, as crew aboard the Coral Sea during the period between March of 1968- and March of 1969 were the luckiest sailors in the Navy. He was constantly in conta...
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25 Jul 2009 – Bob Clark
Ann,
I came across this website. How are you?
We dated our senior year in high school. I was a lifeguard at the officers pool and you worked at the gate.We lost touch after that.It would be fun to catch up.
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