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"I remember being at my desk in the Operations Office. Just me an Lt. Smith at the time. Every seen an IBM typewriter fly, I have. It just sort of lifted up and headed toward the stern bulkhead at the speed of light. No time to grab it even though I…"
"Larry, looks like you had a wonderful successful career in the Navy. My only regret in life is that I did not stay in the reserves. Not only would I have retained and earned more benefits, I believe that I missed out on a lot fun. Some say the…"
"Do you remember Lt. Smith in Operations. Older guy at the time. Boy was he a great guy. Actually, what I liked about CATCC was watching the tv monitor and the radar indicator. It was actually more exciting for night quals. Events I remember was the…"
"Oops. It was an A4 not an A2 and a T28 not a T38. Long, long time ago."
"I think I got off the ship in June that year, can't remember exactly. I was transferred to VT3 in Milton for my last 20 months in the Navy. I was on the ship when we lost steerage trying to leave port and ran aground. I used to spend a lot of my…"
"My strongest memory of that event was the trip down to Corpus to chopper out to the ship. We left Pensacola 7 am, rode buses nonstop to Houston, took 10 minute break, back on and then Corpus. Took my shoes off on second leg. Wished I hadn't when we…"
"Hi Larry. I was on the Lady Lex from 71 through 72. Went through Hurricane Agnes in 72. That was a ride. Got back on base Sunday night, checked in at the front gate only to be told the ship was gone. What!! I missed ships movement, oh no. They drove…"
"Ran out of room. I saw a lot things happen on the Lex. Saw two T28 Trojans go down, lost one student in one. Saw an A4 lose engine control and go over. Saw an A7 launch and flame out and hit the drink. No one killed in that one. Had an A4 catch…"
"Sure am glad to find this group! My first station was USMACV Headquarters, Saigon, Vietnam (right next to Tan Son Nhut Airport). When my year came to an end there, I reported to personnel to fill out my request for my possible next duty station.…"
"1971-1972. YN4 David White, Operations Yeoman. Like D John M, saw a lot of stuff. Really grew up on that tour of duty. Typed a lot of messages for Dept. head, and Captain Jack. I typed the correspondence to put the original launch on NAS Pensacola.…"
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