Karl-Wilhelm Welteke – Philippine-Sailor

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Rainy Day, Karl’s Family, 2007 Aug. 9th

Rainy Day, Karl’s Family, 2007 Aug. 9th Rowena Reyes Welteke, Karl Welteke, Karl-Wilhelm Welteke, Karla Welteke, Manilyn Reyes Welteke, at Barrio Barretto,Manilyn Reyes, Randy Reyes ———————————————- Zg774. Manilyn, 18 now, Rowena’s cousin, has stayed with us since she was 14, is left. She goes to college now. Emi, right, is our house help and […]

Navy Divers & Friends on Liberty in Subic Bay

Zf684. From left to right, Karl-Wilhelm Welteke, Alan Yu, Charlie Moser, Dan, Scott Simms & Bill Loudermilk. I retired in 1991 and stayed in Subic, Alan Yu served as a SKC on the USS Beaufort with Bill Loudermilk, when the USS Beaufort sunk in Subic. Charlie Moser, we served together in 3 commands, Dan […]

Manila Bay Harbor Clearance

Manila Bay Harbor Clearance Zo625. One of many sunken ships, wrecks then, blocking the Manila Harbor in WWII. Image, curtesy of Pacific Paratrooper webpages. ——————————————— Eye Witness Account – Clearing Manila Harbor, lets start with this story. This is condensed from a story written by Rear Admiral William A. Sullivan and appears in “The Pacific […]

Navy Diver School, Second Class, San Diego 1963

A cargo barge, converted to a diving school was our main venue for class room and surface supplied diving training. This was on the Naval Station San Diego, 32nd Street. This is BM3 Karl-Wilhelm Welteke under the Navy Diver School sign on the diving barge in 1963. Navy Diver Second Class students at their morning […]