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  Domenic A. Ricci July 10, 2009 at 1:34pm

  i think we also ran into the Aussie's and went and drank on thier ship too...that was a hellavu holiday...i think i have a picture from the twin towers...have to find them...
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  Al Lieberman July 9, 2009 at 4:32pm

  Oh Piason! Do I remember that weekend indeed. What a ballbuster of a time. Anything we wanted was "on the house". Was it you with me when we met those dutch sailors from Holland who slammed down a few before we finished the first? That was a proud time to be wearing the whites. I remember making a few bucks sewing on stripes and hemming pants when they issued the cracker jacks. Thanks to Dave C for showing me how to use his sewing machine.
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  Domenic A. Ricci July 9, 2009 at 10:01am

  hey Al remember the 76 Bicentennial tour in NYC what a trip that was..alot of partyin I ended up on deck w/HMS Winston Churchill (all female crew ages 13-18 ) was in 7th Heaven..oh baby ( I was 19 )..that weekend was the only time wearing the uniform had its benifits...
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  charles KUNK kunkel July 3, 2009 at 11:16am

  i tried to look for wally,burnout, grogan, blaylock, jarvis,dean,lane, gilbert,etc couldnt find em, may need to use a P.I. or something.
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  Loren Miller June 27, 2009 at 10:20am

  If any one on the Buckeye site is interested the Forrestal is down in Newport RI I went down with my wife on our harleys about 5 years ago it looked pretty good was suprised was able to drive up next to it the saratga was docked next to it if you go on goggle earth you can zoom right in on them
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  Loren Miller June 27, 2009 at 10:10am

  Wow Paison this site is a trip I was just reading back all the comments and the good times had like the night of your new years eve party when wally crashed his camero what a night.
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  John Stempfle June 26, 2009 at 8:12pm

  Casano was a pretty good guy. Ruffin died because the angle the plane was in when you punched out. He basically skimmed through the trees across the ground. There was an instant of time when Casano got the wings level, and that's when they both should have ejected.
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  Domenic A. Ricci June 26, 2009 at 2:33pm

  Mitch you ugly sob remember me Paisano...you are right all those bungalows did look the same,ours was shared with the Coz and Gero,they were some wild wild times and I do remember losing that flight and going into the woods to recover what we could what a bummer because Rocky Cassano was my favorite officer...so you been catching with all the sea stories...hey I remember falling out of JB's jeep on VB boulevard man if I wasn't so drunk I would've broken my neck or something...JB drove me thru the front gates when I was leaving and on the radio,Freebird was playing so I stood and dropped my draws and gave the Navy one last salute....every time I hear Freebird I think of that moment..wow its funny how everything comes back...
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  Loren Miller June 26, 2009 at 1:11pm

  I was just getting off the bus from the chow hall when they were taking off and watched the whole thing go down it was the only time I have ever seen plane crash watched as Ruffin bailed out and the seat pretty much drove him into the ground cause they were only up in the air about 300-400feet,
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  Al Lieberman June 26, 2009 at 12:36pm

  Yes, I was there when that crash occurred.. You're right the BN was Ruffin and the pilot was Casano. I didn't participate in the recovery and clean up duty but theres a few here in the command who did.