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In Reply to: RE: I had just turned 18 that July. posted by volunteer on July 20, 2014 at 06:31:07
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when they touched down I was in the shower on the SSBN 643 (a Polaris A3 FBM Submarine a couple of hundred miles off the Kola Peninsula pointing missiles (MIRV's) at Ivan.
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Trained a ton of corpsmen and women who went to Vietnam, most to the big hospital at Da Nang, but some went on to the elite air rescue groups in 'Nam.
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As much of a pacifist as I am, I sure dig the 'toys' developed for battle. I would cut off my pinky finger for a tour and ride in one of those submarines. They had showers in those things?
BTW I wasn't even born when Armstrong and company touched down.
Waxy- With the Reactor we had essentially unlimited energy, we'd be submerged on patrol for up to 3 months at a time, we made our own
02 and H20 from seawater we had 2 small private showers, we could shower any time.
Regards Ferd
Three months at a time. You fellas must have been pre-screened for 'cabin fever' tendencies. I guess you were probably kept busy enough so as to not have the time for the mind to wander. What kind of shifts were you on if you don't mind me asking… 12 hour?
Edits: 07/21/14
Depending on the circumstances at the time either 3 section (8hr) or port and starboard (12hr)
Regards Ferd
Wow! I was in the Air Force like Henry, but I was in the 19th TASS stationed with the 1st Air Cavalry at Phuoc Vinh, Vietnam. I think I missed the moon landing, too. ;-)
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What happened to all your good looks? (winky face)
John
There we were keepin the Bolsheviks away from the portals of Democracy, We are some seriously old farts ;-)
Kind Regards Ferd
> We are some seriously old farts ;-)
Oh, well. Such is life!
We were young once. ;-)
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