Happy 47th, Wally! ....Keep smiling an make 'em wonder what you've been up to, "Little" brother! Semper Fi Sully
"Welcome Tour" time frame Now you've done it, Joe....(Made me think!). I remember it from about the time we went aboard the Valley For...
Yessir! If my (faulty) memory hasn't completely failed me, We (165 ) relieved 262 aboard the "Happy Valley" (Valley Forge, LPH-8 sometme in Jan' ...
"Welcome Tour" "Welcome Tour" was the call sign for HMM-165
Happy (belated) sixty-first, Joe. Keep smiling, and make 'em wonder what you've been up to !!
Ben McMillon Afraid so, Joe. Check the 165 website. In the photo section, Ben appears a couple of times on the 1967 page . I wasn't aware he'd...
The catalyst for my becoming a Marine Sharon, You won't likely remember me, but I met you (and Benny) when he was home on leave from "Boot Camp" ...
Absolutely! It's called (or was in '67) a Stability Augmentation System..."SAS" for short...Remember those 'salt & pepper-shaker' holes on the fu...
Thanks! Joe, Thanks for the kind words. I was a thoroughly unremarkable person at the time we served together. Rick Norris, Gary Zimmerman, Gar...
Charlie Vesey Charlie was, indeed, one of the "good guys". He was among my closest friends. He was a "FANTASTIC" tech. He and I worked 27 hrs. st...