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Notes on George Maynard Chute, III and Marjorie Anna Pino Chute:
Naval Occupation: Electronic technician's mate, non commissioned officer, USS New Mexico, 1945-46. He tells of boarding a ship in San Diego that was so overcrowded with additional men being shipped to Hawaii to join the New Mexico (being repaired after the bombing and fire described below), that he spent his first weeks aboard ship sleeping under a torpedo (one assumes unarmed) - and of clunking his head the first few times he sat up quickly. After a stopover in Hawaii to board his ship, they continued west towards Japan, with all expectation of being part of the invasion force. However, in the meanwhile the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Enola Gay had beaten them to Japan with the known results. By the time they arrived, they were no longer part of an invasion force, but a silent harbor witness to the surrender of Japan.
He also tells of arriving in Tokyo Bay and asking where Mount Fuji was - all he saw was a cloudy shoreline. A shipmate
standing behind him took his head and tilted it backward, and he then realized that Mount Fuji was in fact towering
overhead - he hadn't been looking up far enough to see it. He described the sight as "awesome." The photo is of that
moment: the U.S.S. New Mexico in Tokyo Bay, August 1945, with Mount Fuji towering over them.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
"While approaching her berth in Hagushi anchorage just after sunset 12 May, New Mexico was attacked by two suicides;
one plunged into her, the other managed to hit her with his bomb. She was set on fire, and 54 of her men were killed, with
119 wounded. Swift action extinguished the fires within half an hour, and on 28 May she departed for repairs at Leyte,
followed by rehearsals for the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. Word of the war's end reached her at Saipan
15 August, and next day she sailed for Okinawa to join the occupation force. She entered Sagami Wan 27 August to support
the airborne occupation of Atsugi Airfield, then next day passed into Tokyo Bay to witness the surrender 2 September."
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Mexico
After returning stateside, he worked as an engineer, focusing on both aeronautics and civil & industrial sectors, and he and mom raised their family in Pelham, Westchester County, New York. Later he worked as a consultant before retiring to a seaside home in Newport, Rhode Island.
Possibly the world's most bizarre sense of humor; tells terrible puns with a straight face; he and his brother Bob developed a "talent" of being able to lean far right and then far left in perfect unison without losing their balance; they are very entertaining at family picnics. Favorite pet: a golden retriever named "Charlie". Loves singing in the church choir; after retirement he and Marjorie traveled to the Yukon, Alaska, South America and his travel itineraries are legendary in their precision. As a boy, would take week long bicycle camping trips around Michigan; was an Eagle Scout. His campfire skills (later used to great effect in the family fireplace) are so complicated and spectacular, one hates to set a match to the final result. When the children were young, he invented an ongoing fairy tale/bedtime story in which all three children were royalty, and in which all household messages were passed from Jeeves the Butler to the "Royal Guards". The long line of echoing messages and subsequent replies, passed through the Royal Guards, went on for 10 minutes, much to the delight of his children, not knowing it was a ploy which gave him time to think up the next plot line.
Notes on Marjorie Anna Pino Chute
One sister, Kathryn Eugenia, who married Emery Seestedt, they live in Romulus, Michigan and Marine City, Michigan; 4 children: Ruth, Jean, Paul and Carl.
Definitely born at the wrong time – graduated from the University of Michigan School of Engineering at the top of her class at a time when she had to make a choice between being a wife/mother, or a career in engineering. However, she never regretted her choice, and did return to school in computer programming later in life; was a technical writer for the engineering firm which designed the Supercollider in Texas. Hated swimming; in previous experiences had "sunk like a stone"; one of her most terrifying moments was watching from behind a fence while 5-year old Jackie got out of a wading pool and jumped in the deep end of the adult pool to join her Dad unobserved by the wading pool lifeguard - and Dad was without his glasses and nearsighted (luckily, she'd managed to raise a child who was "part fish"; no harm done). Always believed that life was what you made of it; was always happy and cheerful; students she'd tutored at Pelham High School often returned to tell her how much she'd improved their lives. Is always the medical expert and the font of knowledge who knows everything there is to know about everything. Family saying: "I dunno, ask Mom."
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Birthdate also listed as March 8, 1931.
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Notes on Jacqueline Irene Chute:
Employed as a Technical Writer for a pharmaceutical company based in Rockland County, New York; prior to that, I was Administrative Manager for an advertising and media firm, based in Manhattan, for 15 years. I'm also the United States estate representative for the late Italian actor and director Rossano Brazzi (friends of the family) - thanks to this enjoyable occupation, I love spending time in Italy (and can even make myself understood, upon occasion!) and have become a passionate soccer fan. After twenty years in Yonkers, New York, I purchased a home at the top of a mountain overlooking a beautiful lake in Warwick Township, New York, where I enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings, quilting (although I call it "textile art" and hope no one notices I'm making a quilt), keeping track of Chutes, and, one of these days, plan to learn carpentry, so I can build gorgeous furniture for my house.
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