David R. White

Fayette, AL

Birthday: January 23

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David R. White left a comment for Richard F. Howell

"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…"

David R. White left a comment for Larry Sherman

"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…"

David R. White left a comment for Larry Sherman

"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…"

David R. White left a comment for Larry Sherman

"Oops. It was an A4 not an A2 and a T28 not a T38. Long, long time ago."

David R. White left a comment for Larry Sherman

"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…"

David R. White left a comment for Larry Sherman

"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…"

David R. White left a comment for Larry Sherman

"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…"

David R. White left a comment on USS Lexington CVT-16

"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…"

David R. White left a comment on USS Lexington CVT-16

"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.…"

David R. White replied to Tim's discussion when served in USS Lexington CVT-16

"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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Richard F. Howell November 22, 2010 at 5:21pm

I was on her for the Boston drydock trip. coldest this Alabama boy had ever been. I was in the hangerbay getting a coke when we ran aground. Scared me half to death. I was 17 at the time. I have alot of grate times and grew up alot on that ship. It is realy good to think back on those days. I was in V-2 Division from 1972 - 1975. I did not have the honer of working with Capt. Davis but remember him fondly.
Larry Sherman July 28, 2010 at 10:20am

A lot of the time, I was behind the plexiglass in CATCC with sound powered head phones writting backwards for commander Jensen and Capt. Davis. You probably remmember Ltcdr Carl also....he always cracked me up,,,he was always in trouble over some small thing or another...........
Larry Sherman July 28, 2010 at 12:41am

Dave did you make the trip to Boston for dry dock, that is where we were headed up through Cape Hatteras,,,,bad trip, lost POV'S & yellow gear vehicles off the flight deck, POV'S that individuals were alowed to take at their own risk, wiped off the flight deck from waves breaking over the flight deck...lost one vehicle(a chevy vet I believe, must have been an officers, didn't know many enlisted that could afford one of those) before we even left,, it fell off the lift the crane was picking up,,,, some had family members on board for the trip,, they got sick as dogs too....most had never been on a ship,,let alone a trip through Hatteras in November...great times....will never forget them........
Larry Sherman June 26, 2010 at 11:20am

Yeah, I thought that trip was comical, supposedly pulled out of P'cola to avoid the hurricane and ran right into, don't know if you remember Willis, he was a second class air traffic controller, he was sick as a dog....but even worse on the trip up through cape hatteras, he carried a garbage can around under his arm for about three days that trip...........loved both my tours on Lady Lex
Douglas Karr June 25, 2010 at 10:04pm

Welcome Aboard David! Thank-you for your service in Vietnam.

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