I added them to the first post on the tribute thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=154534

Patti
 

thank you so much Neal, I love what you have done. I want a copy of all the posts, are they printable. You can tell me when we meet in Houston. Really looking forward to meeting you.

Patti:yeah:

I never got the chance to meet Zeb and that I am sorry for. But I have touched a piece of his life. There is park at the old Naval Station Puget Sound (aka: Sandpoint) where they have taken old submarine sails and mademade them look like the fin of a pod of orcas. The first one I ever touch was this one from the USS Tullibee.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G7tEhpQglvU/Rv...0Labeled-1.jpg

Members on the Mod forum where asking about making a memorial mod in Zeb's honor. Tonight. I made this background which I can make into a loading scene. I thought since his family has been browsing the forum that they might want a to see it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...tzebalford.jpg

Your dad and all of you are in my daily morning prayers, girls, and i had a thought maybe in time you all could among you write down some of the stories you recall from his tales, and maybe others who knew him could help add some, and it certainly might be a way to honour and nurture your connection to him.

My grandfather was at sea for many years several generratoins ago and his career bridged the transition from steam to the modern fleet, air and nuclear, and we found he had kept an entire file cabinet of carefully written notes, stories and times he had seen, and we put some of them together in a memory book, modern software makes that very very easy to do. And he may indeed have written things that could be added too. just a thought.

God bless you all and all the familiy. :)

Tribute .
 

Rest in peace .

I SALUTE YOU :salute:

Patti
 

We tried to get Dad to write stuff down for years but I think we could all come up with some stories on our own, that is a great idea and I will talk to my sisters about it

Patti
 

Wow that is beautiful thank you so much. After waking at 4am this was a great way to start my morning. Is there anyway you can get this into something that the church may use on the program. here is the Pastors email and please ask him to call me so maybe it could be on the cover or inside of the program. bjohnson@second.org

Patti
 

Some of you have asked for stories about Zeb so here is one that describes the Alford household on Christmas mornings when we were kids in Groton.CT

We lived in a 2 story home right near the Thames River and we would wake up very early to try and see what Santa had brought us. We would wake Mom and Dad but had to wait for Dad to go downstairs to see if Santa had made it.

Mom would go to the kitchen to make coffee (at that age I could not understand how coffee was so good early in the morning) and all 4 of us would have to sit at the top of the stairs while Dad started a fire and to us it seemed like forever before he would finally say"come on down Santa made it here last night".

We went tearing down the stairs screaming and yelling with excitement and ran into the living room and started tearing open presents. I think it took all of 5 min to destroy the living room but I did the same thing to my daughter Sam when she was little so I guess the tradition goes on.

one of my favorite stories is one of our many drives across country going from CA to Ct in our non air conditioned car. It was hot and we were rambunctious to say the least. Mom would have just got us settled down in the station wagon to try and rest and all of a sudden Dad would start whistling the "Lone Ranger" tune and say Girls I think I saw Tonto up there on the cliff. Well up we would all pop and I swear that we all saw him too.
Thanks Dad for so many fun memories, I will try another one tomorrow.

hope they are not too borinig:D

Thanks to your message Neal.
Your pain is our.

Rest in peace Zeb.

Fadm Gryphon
 

Fadm Gryphon,
Your tribute was amazing-Thank-you for creating and doing that. It is so beautiful. I would love to see the subs with all their tales out of the ground where you saw that. How moving that must of been.
The poem, the picture, the concerns and from all of you is just so helpful to us all
Baby Katie

The fact that this sad occasion has publically drawn such heartfelt and emotional responses from strangers, friends and the community alike stands as testament to the nature and life of Capt. Zeb Alford. *salute*

My condolences.

Allow me to express my condolences to the family and friends of Captain Zeb Alford. Veterans of the military take so much with them in their passing. Their personal sacrifice is foremost, showing unyielding devotion to duty and country. These sacrifices are also passed down through the family who also play a key role in the support of the veteran in his (or her) duties as a military member. It's a team effort on the "home front" in which all play an important role.

Thank you Captain Alford and family for your service.

Video Memorial Tribute to Capt. Zeb
 

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1290

With Neal's permission I have used this thread to make a small tribute to a great man from the Subsim Community.

Forever Remembered at Subsim.

I already posted a message earlier in this thread, however upon reflection and further reading about this fine gentlemans life, I feel that I have to say more.
Capt. Alford was at the cutting edge of submarine development, serving as XO on the Tullibee and Captain of the Shark which to this day, I do believe, holds the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing.
Furthermore, he investigated the loss of the Thresher and helped improve submarine safety through the eventual Sub-Safe program and commanded the first submarine to receive the Sub-Safe modifications.
To this date, no submarine that has gone through Sub-Safe has been lost at sea.
Then I read of his efforts in the restoration of the Cavalla, and his work with energy companies. This is truely a man who works to benefit others, a selfless man and I regret not having met him.
But, from this subsimmer from the other side of the pond, I say thank you Captain Alford and may your seas be calm on your final voyage.
God bless. :salute: