SCUTTLEBUTT: THE lIFE AND TIMES OF EC \'ZEKE\' CORTEZ Jr., USNR, rt.

1. The Life and Times of Cdr. EC “Zeke” Cortez Jnr., USNR Not Just Scuttlebut Zeke’s mother Sophia was cousin of Imelda Chavez, wife of Senator Dennis Chavez, thus relating Zeke by blood to the Senator.

3. Theodora and Amarante Antonito

4. Antonito, 1918?

5. Antonito 1996

6. Sophia

8. Sophia settled in Las Cruces after a brief time as a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Los Brazos, then Santa Fe, and eventually becoming a contributing columnist to the Las Cruces Sun where she raised the three boys, Zeke, Hubert and Hernan.

9. Conejos Lake, Colorado

10. Peublo, Colorado, 1920s

11. Peublo, Colorado, 1920s

12. Peublo, Colorado. 1920s

13. Peublo, Colorado. 1920s

14. Colorado. 1920s?

15. Colorado. 1920s?

16. Colorado. 1920s?

17. Colorado. 1920s?

18. Conejos Lake, Colorado

19. Toulon, Southern France. September 29 th 1944

20. France 1944

21. “ Jake on watch” Nov., 1944. LCT 74?

23. Anzio Beach 1944

24. Bambi Ellis, with Zeke and ? Santa Fe. 1940s

25. Operation ‘Blue Jay’ Thule, Greenland 1952

26. ARL38-609-3-51, USS Krishna, Little Creek Virginia

28. Operation Silver Lance 1964-1965

29. Cdr. EC ‘Zeke’ Cortez Jnr., USNR 1965/66?

31. Captain Oliver inspects Ship’s Crew USS Okanagan 1964

32. USS Okanagan, Chinese Orphanage Taiwan, 1964

34. Florence Young

35. Belen 1980s Tam Family

40. Refueling at sea. 1964/5

41. Sea Power

46. Richad Jackson Secretary of the Navy