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FTM-2 Floyd Jackson and an
unidentified shipmate prepare to hoist the Party Kite |
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Second Division hoists the Party Kite
enroute to Subic Bay 1968 |
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A bar-b-que on the fantail, July 18,
1968 enroute to Subic Bay. |
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Ramsey bar-b-que well underway. Hope
they don't call GQ again. |
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Fantail Cookout |
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BT-2 George Marina at the Fantail
Cookout |
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Fantail Cookout |
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Fantail Cookout |
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Fantail Cookout |
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Fantail Cookout |
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Fantail Cookout |
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BTC Tullos at the Fantail Cookout |
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Fantail Cookout |
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Helo on approach for refueling. |
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"Loosefoot six-two" being
refuled by Ramsey in Tonkin Gulf. |
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SN's Millington and Senko refueling an
HS-8 helo. Taken 3 JUN 68. |
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SN Millington and SN Brewster receive
mail from helo. MAIL CALL!! |
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Refueling "Loosefoot 55" in
Tonkin Gulf, 29 JUN 68. |
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Loosefoot five nine in for refueling |
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Motor whale boat drill. |
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Well, we're in the water and nobody
fell overboard. Now what? |
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U.S.S. Buchanan (DDG-14) makes
approach for hi-line transfer in Tonkin Gulf. Taken 28
JUL 68. |
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Torpedo hi-line transfer from U.S.S.
Buchanan in Tonkin Gulf, 29 JUL 68. |
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Ramsey waits in line at the "gas
pump". U.S.S. Bennington (CVS-20) and U.S.S. DeHaven
(DD-727) refuel underway from U.S.S. Navasota (AO-106). |
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Ramsey refuels underway from
Bennington. |
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Leaving Subic Bay, P.I. to avoid a
hurricane. All hands were well underway to a good
hangover at the ship's party on Grande Island when word
came for a bug out. We caught the edge of the storm
anyway. Taken 28 JUL 68. |
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Difficult to capture the beautiful
blue color of the sea with a Polaroid. |
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Unidentified shipmate, FTM-2 Dave
Grinnell, SK-3 Meyerson, RD-2 Bill McElhiney at Sea
Detail 1968 |
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BT-3 Bob St. John, BT-3 George Potak,
BT-3 Ackie Joe Bond, Olongapo City bar |
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Ralph McInvale, Ackie J. Bond, Mark
Stoffer, Donald Weir. Front, George Potak |

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Ramseyites visit the Polynesian
Cultural Center on Oahu 1968 |
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BT2 Walker, MM3 Stroud, MM3 Bob
Gonyeau, BT3 Bond. |

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BT-3 George Potak |
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BT-2 Bond, MM2 George Dunn |
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SN Bob Taylor on watch |
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BT-3 Ray Gartner by the starboard
torpedo tubes |
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BT-2 WJ Kellum, MM-2 George Dunn, MM-2
Larry Simon |
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MMFN Lewis |
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EM3 Gene Shelly, EM3 Norm Miller.
Prepping Norm for the best beard contest |
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FN Donald Weir |
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FN St. John, BT-3 Bond |
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BTFN St. John at the Polynesian
Culture Center 1968 |
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Ltjg Bialowas on the Nagasaki tour |
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BT-3 Sam Jones, BT-3 George Potak, SN
Bob Millington |
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BT-2 W.J. Kellum in the fireroom
between the feedwater booster pumps |
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USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752)
comes alongside |
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BT-3 Ackie Bond, BTFN Robert St John |
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BT-3 Ackie Bond, BT-3 George Potak |
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Bar girls in Sasebo, Japan |
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Smoke in Pearl Harbor
The auxiliary boiler and the diesel generators were
started at the same time by coincidence. The diesel smoke
was normal, the black smoke from the boiler was not. |