June 30, 1929 - March 18, 2014
Glenn Kuhse after returning from the Mediterranean Sea in 1950.
Glenn Kuhse after returning from the Mediterranean Sea in 1950.
Glenn's funeral was under the direction of Oakdale Mortuary, Glendora, California, but their website had no obituary, just a bunch of current pictures and no other information.
Enlisted together June 30, 1948
Back: Donn Kelsey, Jim Farrell, Glenn Kuhse, Willis "Whitey" Lohmeier
Front: Alvin Kuhse, Charles "Tuffy" Schumann
One of the training exercises required us to make escapes from a depth of 50 feet with only a small Momsen Lung on our chests for oxygen and a rope to control our assent to the surface. We just about lost Tuffy but he finally made it. We trained at sea each week and it was tough going at times, but being all together made it easier. My ear drum ruptured and I didn't turn in to Sick Bay, the guys covered for me so I didn't get kicked out of the school. After graduating in the spring of 1949 the Kuhses got on the same sub at New London, I became a crew member on the USS Remora SS 487 at Mare Island, California, and the other three went to the Sub Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to join their subs.
Another little story was about our going to sea down the Thames River. There was a drawbridge that had to open in order for us to pass and the Skipper would toot our horn in order to get their attention to raise it. Sometimes we would have to wait awhile BUT when we returned the skipper said, "The crew is eager to get to town," so would give a toot but not slow down and if the bridge was not up he would dive until our decks were awash and we'd go right under it.
Born June 30, 1929 Manning, Iowa
Passed Away March 18, 2014 Pomona, California
Funeral Service Friday, March 28, 2014 at 5:00 pm Oakdale Mortuary's Sunset Chapel Glendora, California