Ok, ok… I have no doubt that it’s NOT a top seller, but it was cool that I found it recently. Here’s some shots of me in my younger days about the Montpelier (15 years ago this summer). They’re a couple of still-frames from a show (“Sounds of Discovery”) that appeared first around 1995. Bill Kurtis was the host of the show… and, though I provided a link to the site where the video is sold… no, I don’t get any royalties… not like they would amount to much… Oh, and by the way, if you are looking for an interesting show on submarines, this isn’t it. The show was directed toward middle schoolers, and in this particular episode, submarine listening devices are a sidebar to a story about tracking whales.
A shot of me giving a little instruction to a kid on the helm... the nub! 
Me (in the foreground) at the helm... my second favorite role on the sub... next to lookout that is, especially when in the Caribbean
Dick Stanley
August 21, 2010
Whoa. I’m way too claustrophobic for that. I even felt confined in the tanks, though my (army) branch was armor. Finally decided I liked the infantry best—feet on (usually) solid ground, out in the weather, where you could burrow into the soil for cover if you had to.
Robert Moore
August 21, 2010
I did a little time with a NC Nat. Guard MP unit before the Navy… but I hate their outdoor activities… submarines were far better in the way of living conditions
Andy Hall
August 21, 2010
That’s cool. My brush with Hollywood stardom came as an extra (among a hundred or more) in the background in a long, “establishing” shot in The Bermuda Triangle, more than thirty years ago. A friend of mine who worked at the Confederate Air Force (note ACW relevance!) got an even better extra gig, in a briefing room scene as one of the ill-fated aircrew of the infamous Flight 19.
Good times.
Robert Moore
August 22, 2010
It’s funny stopping frames just to get a glimpse of where you might be in a video production. My kids think it’s especially funny.
Dick Stanley
August 23, 2010
OT, have you got any Southern Unionist tales of Loudoun County? I’m specifically wondering about the Lovettsville area?
Robert Moore
August 23, 2010
A few from Loudoun Ranger Goodheart’s book, but I know there are more. Why do you ask? Connections there?
Dick Stanley
August 23, 2010
When the 13th Miss was at Leesburg, as part of Evans’ Seventh Brigade, they spent some time tracking down and taking prisoner some Union soldiers who’d crossed the Potomac to see their friends (and allegedly free some slaves) in and around Lovettsville—probably they were from there. I want to do a post on the action and the background.
Dick Stanley
August 23, 2010
I found the full text of Goodhart at archive.org. Some good background. But the Rangers weren’t formed until ’62. My interest is in Sept-Oct ’61, though it may extend into the spring.
Robert Moore
August 23, 2010
Hmmm… I might still be able to help. Give me some time to get back to you a little later today.
Dick Stanley
August 23, 2010
Goodhart has a bit of what I was after, though it differs substantially from the Reb version. No surprise there.
No hurry. I won’t post it before Sept. 2, and I can do my own hunting in the meantime. Thanks for the help.
Robert Moore
August 23, 2010
If you can narrow down to any of the names of the Southern Unionists, I can check Southern Claims Commission applications to see if they applied and if details are provided in the application (they usually are)