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  Larry Kelly April 28, 2010 at 5:57pm

  Brock:
  Front row guy in the middle is me
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  Larry Kelly April 23, 2010 at 10:26pm

  last guy is sam wheatley
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  Kim Brockhoff April 23, 2010 at 11:34am

  Some familiar faces in the picture from the 72-73 Forrestal cruise I was on.Left row from left 2nd person is Krienke, than AMH-1 Wallace, and I think AE-3 Steve Gullion. Right row is VonFelt, AMH-2 Scott (Scotty) and the last guy's face is so familiar looking but I can't put a name to it ! I slept top rack and Scotty was directly below me on that cruise. Funny guy but boy did that SOB stink !!!
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  Larry Kelly April 22, 2010 at 11:56pm

  We'll try again

  
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  John Frejik April 22, 2010 at 5:07pm

  Not sure if anybody remembers me, but I was with VA-85 from October 74-75. Did my first cruise on the USS Forrestal and flew off at the end of the cruise to go to A-school. Later joined VA-34 for the balance of my enlistment.
  
  I worked in the airframes shop under Willie on the night shift. Don't remember his full name.
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  DaleW George April 13, 2010 at 9:08pm

  Hello black falcon members I remember all the people on this site that I served with from 79 to 81 hope time has treated all of you well heres a shout out to the line crew wish I had never went to shore duty missed being there with line crew no pink bellys and stencils in texas bunch of wimps hey Chuck thanks for the info Talk to you all later Dale george
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  Larry Kelly April 5, 2010 at 11:00pm

  I have a few pictures to upload. A couple of Ralph Porchelli, Stan Larson in Ordinance, Newcomb in Ordinance, and a few I don't remember who they are. When I figure out my scanner, I'll put them on this page
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  Staige Miller Jr March 8, 2010 at 10:45am

  It's amazing to me that a 1sts were immediately blessed with all the leadership skills the day they sew the stripes on. Some actually had the skills, but many others came up woefully short. Maybe times have changed since the '60s. I remember having a propellerhead for a Chief somewhere in there. What was a propeller Chief doing in a jet engine shop, on a carrier pulling duty in the Gulf of Tonkin?
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  Kim Brockhoff March 7, 2010 at 8:51pm

  Lamm was my first powerplants chief on Forrestal in '71. Kind of a goofball from what I remember but I was a young pup at that time so any chief was nuts I guess. The lifer 1st's and 2nd's in the shop were the good guys .
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  Staige Miller Jr March 7, 2010 at 8:27pm

  There isn't a "Godfrey," "Williams," or "Jenkins" in the cruise book, but there is a "Lamm" that I remember. He was E-6 at the time, but evidently made Chief later on. All I remember about Lamm is him talking about takin' a piss after sex to keep from getting VD. I didn't say anything, but science knows better than that. CDR Westbrook was finally made CO on the Connie. There were a bunch of us who made the America and Connie cruises. We didn't have much of a turnaround in those days. By the time the Connie got back to San Diego, I was a short-timer and was looking forward to getting out.