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Fish on Line
Navy from 1965 - 1969, My Brother was on the Carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD - CVA 31 ... I got Brother buty on the same ship.. as an enlisted man I was able to do once what very few Sailors have done -- I got to land on a Carrier out at sea... In the Mail Plane. I flew into Travis Air Force base on a Mats flight then see Hundreds of miles of the Back Country of the Philippines getting to Subic Bay Naval Station. My Job was Aviation Ordnance, mostly on the Flight Deck.. Both of those Bases are now closed due to the Volcano eruption in the Philippines..... I thought of retirement till the Navy talked me out of it
Take offs and landings on a aircraft carrier is a real ride. I have had a bunch of them. A3s ADs, CODs, and last but not least HELOs... Last flight physical was in 1967. Things have gone downhill since then....Or should I say roundhill.
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