Edward Nelson

Admiral Nelson's signature, which appears on my USCGA diploma, has a special meaning for me. In 1983, he literally offered me a second chance to graduate from the Academy after receiving a recommendation from an Executive Board that I be disenrolled for poor academic performance. Years later, Admiral Nelson told me the backstory behind his decision to save my career and the pride he felt watching me graduate a year later. I will forever be in his debt. May he rest in peace.

I FIRST MET ED WHEN I I WAS SENT TO PORT ANGELES,WN IN 1966 MY FIRST DUTY STATION AS AN AVIATOR.
HE WAS THE OPERATIONS OFFICER AND I LIKED HIM AND JOYCE FROM THE START. HE WAS MY CO WHEN I RETIRED IN KODIAK, AK . I THINK FONDLY OF HIM OFTEN. WE HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH JOYCE,, LOVE AND PRAYERS, TED AND DARLENE BRYANT ([email protected])

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO JOYCE AND ED'S FAMILY. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH HIM IN PORT ANGELES,WN AND KODIAK, AK. DARLENE AND I HAD THE WARMEST REGARDS FOR ED AND JOYCE.
TED AND DARLENE BRYANT(tedar60@bellsouth,net)

Edward Nelson Jr. was my mother Marilyn's ,eldest brother and an uncle to my two brothers and I.
"Uncle Eddie" we called him I remember mostly when I was little and he would kid around and give me fun nicknames.
Our family would visit on certain occasions at the academy, like Thanksgiving, where we had some fine memories there at the Admiral's mansion.
My uncle came and visited one time when I was little and he used to smoke a wooden pipe that he held in his teeth.It smelled so...