Daniel Glanz:
CLASS OF 1972
Coon Rapids Junior High SchoolClass of 1972
Coon rapids, MN
Coon Rapids High SchoolClass of 1976
Coon rapids, MN
Daniel's Story
By the Lord's grace I was gainfully employed (now retired) as a Fabrication Operator at the same business for a total of 44 years, and have been blessed with a daughter, son, and a granddaughter. My wife and I are still together. The family pictures are found in the middle of the military photos.
I have many sound memories of my time at Coon Rapids Junior and Senior High. Circumstances being as they were, my departure from CRHS was uneventful. I walked away from many people I cared for, and some of them I loved. My life from 1974 to 1976 is chronicled in the photos I've posted of the places I went to and served during my tour in the USMC. I don't regret being a Marine and am honored to have served with these men and women who died for their country. Many things happen during our day to day lives (as civilians) around the globe where our fighting men and women are called, and without hesitation perform their duties. And, usually without our awareness of the people we love being put in harms way. Sometimes, crises are brought to a successful conclusion and we are none the wiser about our nation's role or participation.
That being said, I am posting these period pictures to remind folks of the cost of freedom, and how much some have given. Also, here's an article (below) from the Los Angeles Times concerning the death of our own CRHS student Capt. Jeffery H. Tuset (class of 1976) while performing his duties as pilot of a CH53D Sea Stallion over the Sea of Japan.
Thanks, Danny Glanz
17 Missing in Marine Copter Crash Off Japan
May 07, 1985 From Times Wire Services
TOKYO A U.S. Marine helicopter with 17 people aboard crashed in the ocean off southern Japan Monday, disappearing with only a...Expand for more
n oil slick left behind, American officials said.
The CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter was headed for Okinawa when it reported mechanical problems and turned back toward Iwakuni, a Marine installation in southwest Japan. Another Sea Stallion reportedly traveling the same route turned back a few minutes later to search but spotted only the oil slick.
U.S. and Japanese patrol ships and aircraft searched the area, about 15 miles south-southwest of the island of Yakushima, but officials said they failed to find any survivors. About six miles south of the crash site, the Japanese coast guard did recover debris that might have been from the chopper.
The Sea Stallion, which officials said is similar to the Marine helicopter that takes President Reagan from the White House to Camp David, usually carries a three-man crew and is capable of holding up to 38 people. Marine spokesmen said that when traveling over water it is normally equipped with inflatable life rafts.
The missing helicopter was attached to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing of the 36th Marine Air Group at Camp Butler in Okinawa, and all of the missing are believed to be Marines.
A Washington spokesman said that relatives of nine of them had been notified by late Monday. The nine were identified as:
Master Sgt. John Nicholas Gruber, 38, of Aptos, Calif.; Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Bunn, 23, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Sgt. James M. Lizana, 25, of Pass Christian, Miss.; Staff Sgt. Paul M. Mello, 31, of Somerset, Mass.; Cpl. Robert J. Murray, 22, of Ferndale, Mich.; Sgt. Richard A. Piper, 26, of St. Louis; Capt. Jeffrey H. Tuset, 26, of St. Paul, Minn.; Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Agnew Jr., 21, of Villanova, Pa., and 1st Lt. James R. Reese, 27, of Bellmawr, N.J.
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