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Dr. Donald E. Olofsson
May 28, 2024
Captain Jack was a great man.
We worked together on the Star of Chicago. He was the ship's captain, and I was one of the restaurant managers while I was in medical school.
He recommended me for the US Navy Scholarship program for medical school, and I was awarded the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), probably because he had recommended me.
I served in the US Navy for 12 years after that and loved every minute. The Navy is a great life.
What a kind man. He graced us with his presence and attended our wedding at the Drake Hotel in 2002.
He will be missed, and I will remember him in my stories.
It was my honor to have known him.
Roy Russell
July 23, 2020
I just had to say something about Capt Day (as I will always know him). I first met him when he and the Manatra I visited the Great Lakes Training Center in 1963/64. I was a young sailor (E-2) going to school there. He invited me to ride the Manatra back to Chicago which I did. I became a regular crewman and stayed with Capt Day and his mother every weekend that I did not have duty. I became part of their family. I went to church with them and visited their family in and around Chicago. They were wonderful people. When the Manatra went out, I went along as the helmsman. I did this for the period that I was stationed in Great Lakes. After that the Captain, sometimes with his mother, came to my wedding in Baltimore; and then when I went to Purdue and graduated, he commissioned me as an Ensign in the US Navy. He invited my wife and I to the USS Chicago commissioning ceremony in Norfolk which my son helped out with the logistics. I last saw Capt Day in 2013 when my wife and I were passing through Chicago on our way from Milwaukee back to our home in Florida. So I guess I have known him for over 55 years. He is one of the most influential people in my life; and although we have not been in touch much over the past 40 years I will miss him, but I will always remember our last meeting when he was 94 and he took my wife and I to lunch and we reminisced about our times together on the Manatra I. If anyone remembers those days, please drop me a line (email: [email protected]). RIP dear Capt. [Jack] Day.
Diane Stalmack
July 1, 2020
We lived across street on Wallace Dr, from 1983-2000, he was best neighbor we've had in our lives. Enjoyed him raising the USA flag in am & taking down in evening. We joined him on the Odyssey where he brought our toddlers to Captains quarters. He was so kind, wish we never moved.
Pat
June 29, 2020
Jack was a dear soul, kindness personified, a true gentleman, and a person of abiding faith. He was thoughtful, moral, and true. It was a privilege to know him.
Mark Szewczyk
June 16, 2020
Jack Day was a superb leader. Jack exemplified being a Captain and I will always be proud to have sailed with him on Manatra and other vessels.
CDR Joe Rank, USN (Rey)
June 14, 2020
Jack was a great friend and influence for me and my children. Many fond memories from my tour at the Navy Office of Information, Midwest. Jack was a active member of the USS CHICAGO (SSN 721) Commissioning Committee and maintained his connection to the submarine and its crew to the very end. Fair winds and following seas, Captain.
AZ1 USN
June 14, 2020
Shipmate.. Rest In Peace...
Fair Winds and Following Seas
We have the Watch...
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