Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer Story

Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer Story

by | Jan 11, 2023 | AD-19, News, Story

Jim Jewell’s “Steel Decks and Glass Ceilings – A Navy Officer’s Memoir” describes the first assignment of women for shipboard duty on the USS Yosemite. One of those women officers was Lieutenant Deborah A. Loewer, that achieved a long and...
Tell Us Your Story

Tell Us Your Story

by | Jan 8, 2023 | AD-19, Inform, News

The USS Yosemite Association Website has a new feature to capture the stories of the crew. We all know we lose shipmates every year, and our USS Yosemite’s oral history is slowly being lost. Our goal this year is to capture as many stories as possible from the...
Vincent Diomede’s Story

Vincent Diomede’s Story

by | Oct 28, 2022 | AD-19, News, Story

Nineteen-Part Video of the USNM Interview with Vincent Diomede The story of United States Navy Veteran, Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Vincent Diomede was presented on July 2022 on the United States Navy Memorial website as the featured article of the month. We...
Buffy Lin Levasseur’s Story

Buffy Lin Levasseur’s Story

by | Oct 28, 2022 | AD-19, News, Story

Local Veteran Shares Story of Service Aboard Destroyer Tenders in U.S. Navy A young Buffy Lin Levasseur had finished her high school education in 1986 while employed as a sitter for a military family at Fort Carson, Colorado. Inspired by a number of relatives who had...