Mike Ames replied to Tom Lewis's discussion Cuban Blockade
"The first campaign of the AFEM was the Cuban Missile Crisis and the award was issued for military service between October 1962 and June 1963. Following this original issuance, the AFEM was made retroactive to 1958 and issued for actions in Lebanon,…"
Aug 21, 2019
Mike Ames replied to Tom Lewis's discussion Cuban Blockade
"I was too young to be in during the Cuban blockade but I am a plank owner of VA34 that was re-commisioned on 1Apr70 at NAS Oceana. We made our first deployment aboard the Kennedy to the Med later that year. Fond memories. An old AO2."
Aug 21, 2019