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Bet Squadron commander was Capt. Drum. Ornery old duffer. His Exec was Richard Chamberlain, huge man, and a good pilot. Once in 1963 he was Second Pilot to the best ever, Richard Burton, commander of N28424 .Secretary of Defense of Peru got stranded in Texas, so we took a boondoggle and flew him back to Lima. Got drunk in Panama on warm green beer. . Crew mates somehow got me on the plane. Cdr. Burton shows up in shades and asked second mech if plane is gassed. "yes Sir, planes gassed and so is the crew"
WOW! That is awesome. I flew on a/c#609 VR-21 navy air transport aircraft form NAS Alemeda to NAS Barbers Point Hawaii in April of 1960, ironically 609 was also my company number in basic training at USNTC San Diego, California.
Getting old,and fingers don't work so well.. Should be VR21 and ADM U.S.GRAND SHARP,JR.Saw a picture of N28609 . One of my first flights was on 609 (WAKE,Johnson hauling hardware for Christmas Island bomb tests.
VT21 from 1960 to 1964. 1961-1964 Chief Dalton and I Crew members on N28424,CINCPACFLT.ADM. U S GRANT.JR.Discharged as he moved up to CINCPAC. ADM. SIDES,FELT,AND MOORER. BEST OF TIMES.
Ground Electronics 1968-1969
now the cane field out the main gate it al housing now no cane to burn
mele kalikimaka hauoli makahiki hou
looking for shipmate who work in air traffic control tower 1972-1975
it was there in 1972 but never seen a movie there
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