Veterans On the Board

1966-1971 NAVY
USS Hornet CVS-12 Caught her on last leg of tour of vietnam, (flag ship for Admiral, but can't remember his name) back to Pearl Harbor to practice Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 pickups in the south pacific, then to Bremerton for decommisssioning, after a huge welcome in SanFrancisco and Long Beach

USSPRAIRIE -destroyer tender,subic bay Phillipines was my last duty station.

LOVED SERVING MY COUNTRY AND THE GIRLS IN YOKUSKA WEREN'T BAD EITHER


The first picture is of me in an F-16 on the flight deck of the USSConstellation, I was fortunate enough to cruise back to San Diego after I met my son who served aboard her during Desert Storm. It brought back memories for me. The Other Pics are of the Hornet and Apollo pickups.

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