U.S.Navy, Marines and othe Service members who visited the Pike

Greetings:
I served onboard the USS Garrard, moored at Long Beach in 1945. The Pike was a favorite meeting spot for all servicemen and women.
What great memories your wonderful Website brought back. Many thanks. Check our Website below. It also contains another Pike photo. 
The photo attached is of me and one of the local girls, named Susie.
Web Site: http://community-2.webtv.net/USSGarrard/USSGARRARDAPA84/
Very best wishes,
Dick Appleton (Cape Cod)
USS Garrard APA 84
USS Garrard, a 4,247-ton Gilliam-class attack transport, was built at Wilmington, California, and was commissioned in March 1945.

Looked at your website about the Nu Pike. I was stationed in Long Beach in 1969 while on the U.S.S. Long Beach CGN-9 in the Navy; I spent many a weekend starting in May of '69 and ending in August of '69 before going to Vietnam.
I remember that Roller Coaster although I don't remember going on it or not, and some ride that turned upside down when you went on it. I got sick on it from eating before getting on it more than once as well as a lot of sailors I knew.
And there was this show that had Hollywood Monsters in the show - Dracula, The Wolf Man, plus the Frankenstein Monster - I got scared by all three being only 19 at the time. That arcade was where I spent most of my time while visiting the Nu Pike.
Take care.
Dennis Lorch
Jesse Brown VA Volunteer Chicago, Il.

Larry Garrett and 2 shipmates from the USS DALE DLG19 while we were in dry dock in 1967 after a WEST PAC cruise and before another.

Battleship New Jersey's
(BB 62)

Spruce Goose