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"bill were on line can i see the the base at McMurdo we had too go over on base too use office machine those guys are crazy. that was back in 63-64. old saying behined every tree is a naked worman iam still looking for that tree."
"bill task force 43 was 1963-1964 i was on board then that was the year jfk was shot i work in the office above engine room one. there is a web site twww.burtonislandisland.org that list more crew members."
"so you seen my picture I think my cruse was very interesting had a great skipper"
"hi Allen what year were you in the ice I was on the Burton island 1973-1974 "
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"welcome Thomas I was also station on the Apl-30 in Danang Sept 1966 thru Sept 1967 I also issue food to the u boats going up north did that for the whole year"
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Location
Vallejo, CA
Birthday:
August 13
Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Where were you or your family stationed?
uss navasota ao-106 1961 long beach. uss burton island agb-1 1963, operation deep freeze . danang vietnam 66-67. uss amphion ar-13 norfolk va. 1968. uss salish ata mayport fla 69. uss barnstable county lst-1197 71-72. usns dutton acunit 2 73. uss holand.as. brementon wash 73-74. uss nagra falls afs-3 76-79
Veteran of Foreign War
Vietnam
Current Status with the US Navy
Retired
Start date of your service
December 23, 1958
End date of your service
February 23, 1979
Comments
Richard, I noticed that you got to Great Lakes in November of 1958, the same month I arrived there! I was in Class 496 and started on November 4th. How about you?
Thanks Richard.
Good morning Richard
I spent 4 years on the 106, we did 3 WESPAC tours.
I suspect you live on the East coast, I'm originally from Philly, live in Kent WA. just South of Seattle.
We have a reunion coming up in March. I can send you details if you .like.
We have shipmates attend that were on board from Korea to the late '70's.
Richard,my ship had to set the SEA & ANCHOR DETAIL many times to get fuel & other supplies from AOs out there in the Pacific in '57,'58,'59...The only names of the AOs I remember is the USS ASHTABULA,and I don't recall her bow numbers,but we met up with a bunch of them,cause my skipper would run almost out of gas every once in a while,You might have been aboard & supplied my old tin can,who knows?
I rarely go on line and today I happened to view your comment and I am very appreciative of your condolences. During Vietnam, I was one of the "Spooks" on the Okie City and other vessels in the East China Sea.
I never went that far south except when we crossed the equator in'59 to go to Australia...But it was so bad one winter in '61 in Norfolk at the D & S Piers our 4" mooring lined were swelled up to about 6" or more with frozen ice.Glad I survived it...The quarterdeck watches where the wind blew thru the quarterdeck area were bad enough for me.I always thought it would have been much better if the OOD would have allowed everyone on watch to have a little something to sip on,but that didn't happen neither.
Yep!There definitely was a GM involved with hooking up to the iceberg,cause I used to be the GM that fired the SHOT LINE to connect to other ships for hi-line transfer ops,but I still think it was an awesome thing to do,especially the beer party segment!
That was quite a feat for the BMs to tie up to an iceberg,especially to have a beer party!!...Sound like there might have been a few GMs in that crowd as well,
I was in Da Nang in 1966 and 1969. Was a crew chief in the Camp Tien Sha Fire Department from June 1966 till June 1968. Left a short time after the airforce lost a fire crew and truck in the tet offensive.
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