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Some of the memories I have from my time on the ship are while standing at the rail while anchored or tied to a pier. Once we were running a amphibious exercise a few hundred yards from shore on a small Island in the PhiIlipines
was leaning on a…
May 20
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How do you like my new shirt? The shirt is new but the white hat is over 50 yrs.
May 12
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Apr 29
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Apr 29
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That's not my ship shown here but this is about were we were anchored on our visit in 1971
Apr 23
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1971 on Westpac I made my first visit to Hong Kong. It was quite different than P.I. or Taiwan or Singapore. There were a lot more signs in English and lot of round eyed women which is something I haven't seen for several months. It makes me a bit…
Apr 23
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Apr 20
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Apr 20
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Apr 20
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Apr 20
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1971 aboard the USS Vancouver LPD2 wearing all my gear for Flight Quarters.My job was to give signals to the pilots during landing, and take-off. Landing Signalman Enlisted LSE
Mar 25
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Mar 11
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After we left Danang we went to Okinawa. to unload some of the equipment we picked up in Vietnam which needed to be repaired. Then we headed back to Subic bay P.I. for some home port liberty. Olongapo city here we come.
Mar 6
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After a couple days we arrive at Danang South Vietnam. The ship is guided to the Pier and tied up. We are only going to be here for a few hours. There are many work parties going on. There are a lot of of coming and going but we are not allowed off…
Mar 5
David De Rooy and Jim Decota are now friends
Mar 5
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After a short visit to Singapore we head south for the equator and arrive the next day and spend a day initiating pollywogs (myself included) into the kingdom of Neptune as Shellbacks.
Well that was fun, but now we set course to the North for…
Feb 25
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