Michael T Tracy left a comment for john k. schwartz
"I had purple welts from shoulders to the back of my knees!!  When and what ship were you on when you became a Trusty Shellback."
Aug 21, 2019
Michael T Tracy left a comment on Fleet Composite Squadron One VC-1
"My fellow VC-1 shipmate Phil McCullers visited Barbers Point last fall.  He said Nimitz beach is now public, the baseball fields are still there and the old barracks is now a half-way house for released state prisoners.  He did not recognize most of…"
Aug 21, 2019
Michael T Tracy left a comment on Fleet Composite Squadron One VC-1
"I served with VC-1 from 1969-1971.  I was assigned to the Targets division and was a drone technician and Pad Direct Control Officer for ground launching the BQM-34A.  Our crew launched the first drone from the new launch facility at Barking Sands…"
Aug 21, 2019
Michael T Tracy left a comment on USS Ticonderoga CV-14/CVA-14/CVS-14
"I served on the Ticonderoga CVS-14 from Aug 1971 to Aug 1972.  I was assigned to the Air Borne Radar Repair Shop in AIMD div.  I was aboard for the Apollo 16 recovery mission.  We also deployed in the South China Sea during my service as an…"
Aug 21, 2019