JOHN BALDINO left a comment for Vicki Greenwood
"Vicki:
I read your list of duty stations, I was at Little Creek which was my last duty station in spring and summer of 1971 just before they moved into the new Boone Clinic. I spent time in Okinawa with the 9th marines at Camp Schawb where was the…"
Aug 21, 2019
JOHN BALDINO left a comment on Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA
"Jay,
So you left Balboa in Nov 68. I was still working on 21 1 then. So you were in the big grey ghost, right? Did you live in the barracks? The only nurse's name I remember from that building was a Miss Mersky (I think that was the spelling)."
Aug 21, 2019
JOHN BALDINO left a comment on Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA
"Jay,my corps school company got passed over for going to FMS out of school. I originally signed up for pharmacy school thats why I stayed at balboa after school. Most of my company, the ones who did not apply for C schools went to NH Yokosuka. After…"
Aug 21, 2019
JOHN BALDINO left a comment on Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA
"I saw the link for the pictures of the old hospital with the school and the new hospital. I was last in San Diego in 1984 and wish now I had taken some photos of the old place. I went thru Corp school Jan 68 to Apr 68. Then stayed at Balboa until…"
Aug 21, 2019
JOHN BALDINO left a comment on Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA
"Jay Swartz,
When you worked in the ER at Balboa, was there a guy with the last name of Kool who was from South Africa working with you?"
Aug 21, 2019
JOHN BALDINO left a comment on Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA
"Jay, I worked in the 21 building which was the building in front of the Admiral's house. It was the chest medicine building. We had active TB patients on the 3rd floor. After becoming senior corpsmen on the 1st floor, the commander who ran the…"
Aug 21, 2019