US Navy Beach Jumpers Assoc.

ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 2022-2026 Pres. Larry Markaverich V.Pres. Paul Fisher Sectry-Treas. Roy Havekost Co-Treas. Carl Kilhoffer Chaplain Edward Salazar Chaplain Charley Collins SAA Roger Mills Membership Chairman, Ray O'Hara Association Historian, Dave Snell EMERITUS William Griffin, Treas. John Spielmann, V.Pres. Norris Fanning, Sectry-Treas. Michael Prince, Chaplain Frank Moore, V.Pres. BOARD of DIRECTORS 2022-2028 Chairmn. Roy Havekost Carl Kilhoffer Wayne Miller Tim Slattery Bob Danenhower EMERITUS Vince Piscitelli, Director David Glaza, Director John McLeod, Director Email: admin@beachjumpers.com OFFICE: 727-487-6252 FAX: 888-249-1769 U.S.N.B.J.A. 450-106 State Rd. 13N PMB #407 St. Johns, FL 32259 This association is comprised of former shipmates who served on active duty in a Beach Jumper Unit or other unit as defined in our association by-laws. Information may be contained on this website which was once classified but has since been declassified and is now available to the general public, however, many of our missions and duties remain classified to this day.

Beach Jumpers 1942-72 Beach Jumpers were U.S. Navy tactical cover and deception units which were organized under Admiral H.K. Hewitt, then Commander of Amphibious Forces and all U.S. Naval Forces in Northwest African waters and the Western Mediterranean. The concept for Beach Jumpers came about as a result of then Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks Jr., the Hollywood actor turned naval officer during World War II and having been detached from "Blue Water" duty on the high seas and assigned to duty with British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and the Combined Operations Commandos in England. Fairbanks Tribute

U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers Association (727) 4-USNBJA

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This website continues to be a work in progress !

Members and Associates: If you have moved since you first joined the association or if you have changed your phone number or email address since joining you need to update your information with our admin office. The association periodically mass emails our members with information. If your email address is not up to date, you are missing this information.

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will be activated on Oct. 1, 2022

2024

If you have not recently received an email from the Beach Jumpers Association your email address that we have on file may be out of date. If you want to receive notices that are emailed periodically send your name, member number and email address to us at: admin@beachjumpers.com and we will include you in the next email notice.

We understand that the mail service may have slowed down a bit, even though the cost of a first class stamp in now $0.66, so if you do not receive your card in a reasonable amount of time from the mailing date then 1/ is your mailing address up to date? or 2/ notify us so we can confirm the address to where the card was mailed. Thank you admin@beachjumpers.com

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“Fair winds and following seas shipmate” Member death notices are posted for 30 days from the date the association was notified. For previously ‘Deceased Members Personal Tributes’, ( note these pages are a work in progress, tribute page updates can be requested by family members or association members by emailing the obituary article or link to admin@beachjumpers.com ) 0-00-24

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Note: both the name line and unit line can only accommodate up to 32 characters each, a character includes a space and punctuation as well as a letter. Click here for more information on ordering.

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LT. Roy Coutinho BJU-1, 1970-1972 d. January 29, 2024 Memorial Page

From Admin: members for those of you still waiting for your 2024 member cards, they are in the mail. Sorry for any inconvenience but we had to recently replace our card printer as parts were no longer available, the machine being 15+ years old. If you are 80 yrs old, please email us the month and year of your birth so we can update your status to Life Member for your membership card each year. Email: admin@beachjumpers.com If you haven't yet submitted your 2024 dues go to https://beachjumpers.com/2024dues.htm for the current payment process. BJU-1 and BJU-2 members can request a unit specific member list (Microsoft Excel) with addresses, phone and emails via admin@beachjumpers.com . These lists, previously obtained by secure login, are no longer available online for security and privacy reasons.