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"Hi John ... Are you on Facebook? I have an active USS Walton DE-361 Group page there with a fair number of members. I think you would enjoy it. If you are on Facebook just search for USS Walton DE-361. It is a CLOSED group so you will need to…"
"Hi Kevin
He is a friend of mine and for sure I did send him the photos. Also the photos with the text on them were taken by another friend of mine. Not sure how they ended up on that web site but Jim at subicbaypi.com has original copies on his…"
He is a friend of mine and for sure I did send him the photos. Also the photos with the text on them were taken by another friend of mine. Not sure how they ended up on that web site but Jim at subicbaypi.com has original copies on his…"
"Just did a google search and found this web site with some Olongapo photos from around 1950.
http://tinyurl.com/6sdzer6
Attached is a photo of the Admiral Theater back then. It was still around during 1958-1960 when I was stationed at NAS Cubi…"
http://tinyurl.com/6sdzer6
Attached is a photo of the Admiral Theater back then. It was still around during 1958-1960 when I was stationed at NAS Cubi…"
"I was stationed at NAS Cubi Point from 1958 to 1960. Although I was attached to COMFAIRPHIL/COMFAIRSOWESTPAC I spent most of my time TAD at the NAS Base Radio."
"Very sorry to learn of your disability Richard. Asbestos is something always in the back of my mind due to my time on a DE. Hopefully hiding out in Radio on the 01 level was not to bad in that regard. That said, still spent time in other parts of…"
"Like LCDR Chamberiain I live in San Carlos. Joined USNR while in high school in 1955. Went to reserve meeting in big hanger on TI. Later attended and instructed at the USNR radio station on TI. About froze to death in those drafty old transit…"
"Thanks David. Yes, good books and I did read both of them some time ago but thanks for the heads up. And Tommy.. thankfully I was a RM3 and later RM2 the couple of times I hit the transit barracks on TI. Did have stand a couple of mid watches though."
"I served aboard the USS Walton as a RM2 and RM1 during 1961-1962 when the ship was pulled out of its reserve training status at TI to join the fleet due to the Berlin Crisis. The reserve crew road a 'troop train' from SFRAN down to NAVSTA LBEACH to…"
"When I came aboard the command I was a RM3 and later made RM2 while there. Hope to hear from some of the guys I was stationed with there."
"Went to Boot Camp in 1956 and also went to Radioman School there. Purchased my first pair of gabardine dress blues out in town. Loved the weather and was very glad I had not ended up at Great Lakes!"
"Spent many days on TI. First as a reserve attending drills in one of the big hangers, later at the Radioman School and several times in transit. About froze to death in those drafty old barracks when I returned from two years at NAS Cubi Point. Many…"
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got my share of ASBESTOS !! Every time the 5''/.38 or the 40mm AA guns went off,TONS of that NASTY STUFF came down on the bed clothing on our racks,foot lockers,our heads,and everywhere else...We slept in it,swallowed it,breathed it in the air.Those damn fine fibrous particles were EVERYWHERE! No one escaped it,including a former CO on my last tin can,the uss Basilone DD 824,who was reported to have passed from exposure from it. Go figure..........
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