My Web Page

* My Web Site *

Disclaimer

Notice - The provider of this space Fortune City has added many links to advertising throughout this site. The appearance of these ads are not necessarily acceptable to me and thus does not constitute an endorsement of them by the webmaster R. O. Blankenship.

These added links are generally Green in color.

Photo by NormanWatson

This property is occupied by

R. O. Blankenship
2020 St. Elmo Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38127-4480

Retired Navy 1942-1964 as AVCM

Navy Memorial Log entry

My Family

R. O. and Anne Blankenship shortly before her death in 1992

Children:

Click on name below to view Family album.

Glenda Sue Caton
Carolyn Moody
For information on more Blankenships and Relatives please see my nephew Dennis Blankenship's site.

Anne was a licensed HAM radio operator with a callsign of N4ESN. Daughter Carolyn is also licensed as KA4ACO since 1978. I have been a licensed HAM radio operator since 1946 and my call sign is W4KGH. Other call signs I have held during this time are W2GJO, CN8EP, W6EYM and K4AFK.

Reunions albums and other pictures and information and links of interest for PBY squadron VP/VPB-54 members, family and friends have been installed on

VP/VPB54 Collection

I will store other pictures of events deemed to be of general interest to

anyone either connected with the squadron or interested in my family on this site.

In an effort to document some of the highlights of my navy career, I have added some pages at the link below.

Navy Career and early CCC information