This section will continue to be added to for a short while. The scrapbook seems to also stop being added to
around the same time his service/travel Log Book stopped. Howard Boxed in Newport News, VA area prior to joining the service and continued boxing & wrestling in the Navy. Gitmo Newspaper with
Sporting news. At 6’3 he was Boxing 
in the
Heavy Weight Class In Fast-pitch Softball he was a Pitcher. his nickname was “Rip” because he could ‘Rip it” HIs first wife was Maria Caridad Bolivar. They married on Sept. 24, 1941 in Puerto RIco. The next day he left for Duty in St. Thomas. Seven short months later she died of Tuberculosis on March 26th in P.R. One day of wedded bliss and he never saw her again. The newspapers refer to the Gitmo team as “His team”. Not sure why. Avid HIgh-Dive competitor Wedding day They were always up for a girlie show, female impersonators or other live risque entertainment. They often went together or in groups or with other open-minded couples. This shot was taken on their wedding day. 1955 Hand-tinted photo of RIchard at
9 months. At The Copa Cabana in Miami These should mostly be around 1957
 While others saluted him, there was a time I could wrap him around my finger. It didn’t last long. We were encouraged to grow up fast and strong
 Richard kept an eye on me until he married when I was about 8. Most of the time it felt like I was in his pocket. He was patient.
 Always traveling every chance they could, it was like they couldn’t see it all fast enough.
 Living off-base in
San DIego
 Mexico, Cuba & Japan
 The family lived
on-base at
Gitmo
in Cuba
 They had a very active and colorful social life. Frequent activities at the CPO Club on Treasure Island involving trips into downtown San Francisco became a norm. Usually with an interest to explore the variety of ethnic neighborhoods. Early 6o’s
 While this would most likely fit in less than a wrist-watch... in the early 60’s, this was cutting edge technology. During the time he was Command Fleet Active Reserve, he took his military training into the military 
sub-contractor arena for 
on-going development. guess on this photo is mid-60’s One of his favorite places to get-away was Silver Springs, Florida He came back to it often after a finding it in the 1940’s. Having to see it one last time, they routed the trip through the springs. I think they have a photo of themselves in front of a specific tree from every decade. After 17 years of care at Oaknoll Naval Medical Center in California it’s ironic his last Military Medical care was In St. Petersburg, Florida, about an hour from his U.S. Paradise. This shot really captures the ‘eyes on the horizon’ I was so used to with him. No matter what the situation it seemed... it was like a mantra with him. He had a way of looking past or through you with some level of compassionate knowingness. He became a quiet man for the most part after 55 when the most awful of the cancers onset. When he spoke, people stopped to listen. In his later years, with such long and intensive cancer fights he seemed to take on a sort of sage like quality. They enjoyed a good opportunity to let their hair down. 
 HI Naval career included participating a variety of competitive sports teams. Fast-Pitch softball was one where he was a pitcher. He had been on a state championship team prior to his enlisted service. He married Press Wireless’ 1st female broadcast news personality Jeanne Fuller on Feb 10, 1945
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