"Thank you for putting up this wonderful page in commemoration of the men of the Snook.
My father, Herman J. Greilich, would, in all likelihood, have been in this picture
but for a genetic accident - his teeth weren't straight enough for the submarine service. Back during the war,
it was possible to sign up with a buddy and get posted to the same ship. My Dad's best friend in the world was John
S. Parker of New York City. They grew up together, and decided to enlist in the USN before the war started.
They wanted to go for the submarine service. Johnny passed the physical, but my father didn't.
In his later years (he passed away in 1992), my father often recalled Johnny, and
the inconsolable loss he felt over his death. Johnny was a wonderful man. Very intelligent, could sing extremely
well, and was an inventor with an idea for a perpetual motion machine. Even though I never met him, his presence hovered
over us. I have a photo of him somewhere and will look for it. I cannot recognize him among the photo of the crew
- he could be any one of several people. God, they were all so young and with their lives before them.... Thanks again."
