Any Navy Veteran who served from 2-Sept.-1945 to 26-Dec-1991, prevented World War III for 46 years. We must never forget those who did pay the Ultimate price with their lives. USS Scorpion SSN-589, and many others. I Salute your Bravery.....
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  • 8/8/2008
  • Served from March 1969 to 1984. Active duty from July 1969 to July 1973. Reserves from March-July 1969 and from July 1973 to 1984. Served at these bases; San Diego, Ft Allen, Ponce Puerto Rico, Philadelphia, Naval Reserve Center Mpls-St. Paul, MN, St Cloud, MN Pearl Harbor, Ford Island, HI, Great Lake Training Center, IL. Made rank of RM3/E4
  • Served from 1964 to 1968. Spent 1 year in Portsmouth Va. Rest of my time was on board U.S.S. Yellowstone AD27 out of Mayport Fla.
    Made 1 Operation Springboard and 1 Med. cruise.
  • Served at Hospital Corpsman School San Diego (1973), US Naval Reg. Med. Center Yokosuka (1974-76), 1st Marine Division Camp Pendleton CA (1976-77), Bridgeport CA USMC Mountain Warfare Base (1976)
  • Active duty from Oct 1986-Oct 1990 (inactive 1990-94). Duty station NAS Lemoore, CA
  • ACTIVE DUTY JAN 74 TO JAN 94. RETIRED MLC
  • Flew out of Pittsburgh to Great Lakes in October of 72. Walked off the brow of the KAUFFMAN in Jan 99. Had so much fun someone asked me to write a book about it. So I did.
  • I was in from july 1967 to october 1971.stationed at usnavsta annapolis md.NSA Danang. navsta Rota
  • I was in from June '70 to December '79. Stationed on both coasts, Rota, and 2 WESPACs. Took a trip to the Carribian to try to capture a Russian sub that had run aground. It got away. I took a picture of a communist tawler in Hong Kong.
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Cold War Service Medal-2015

On April 28. 2015 Congressman Steve Israel(D NY-3); as he has for the last several years, along with Congressman David Jolly (R-FL 13) and seven other cosponsors introduce H.R. 2067 The Cold War Service Medal Act 2015. This bill would authorize DoD to issue the Cold War Service Medal to those who served between Sep 1945 and Dec 1991.This bill has been sent to the House Armed Services Committee for consideration. Last year a similar bill went to the committee and just sat there till the end of…

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