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Plan Of The Day
Anybody know where I can view some old Plans Of The Day from the Big E from 1971? Or if some of you who served on her from that time, might have some old ones that you can scan and post? It would be awesome to see those again. Historical too. Tha
Read more…Indian Ocean
We were near India after being ordered there from Tonkin Gulf. A Russian warship had been tailing us for sometime and one day it huffed and puffed up along side us. We all waved and checked each other out. Excuse the ancient photo. Its an old sl
Read more…Back Then
I remember when I was on the Big E, (1971-72), some where in the South China Sea, maybe the Gulf Of Tonkin, that a Huey gun ship landed on our flight deck with a wounded gunner. I assisted the Chief Of Surgery that night in removing small bits of shr
operation praying mantis
anyone there when we sank or disabled 3/4 of the iranian navy in less than 1/2 hour
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