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Would like to hear from anyone that was in S.-3 division on the Rosie from 1973_74 …thanks..

left a message awile back but forgot to put email was in 3rd div. from oct 1974 to june 1977 anyone out there

served in 3rd div. from oct 1974 to june 1977 would love to hear from some old div. buddies

Aboard May 1963-Aug 1965. Started in 4th Division ( Liberty Boats, etc) Transferred into OI Division 64 Med Cruise. was on ‘65 Med Cruise until August. The Memories….Brooklyn Navy Yards May- Dec 63….Kennedy Assassination while in Bayonne having the mast put back on to return to Florida….Gitmo ’64….10 cent beer at EM Club…Watching the Marines,in conning tower looking into Communist Cuba. …The ’64 Med Cruise…All the places we dropped anchor…Barcelona…Velencia…Palma..Pollensa Bay Majorrica…Cannes..Naples..Taranto…Messina…Athens…Rhodes. WOW! Seeing all this on a 60’s E-3 paycheck!!…Sideswiping the Ammo Ship in the middle of Highlining Ammo and Bombs…Lookout Watch on mid watch off Sardinia Spotting a UFO? At 2 AM launching the CAP after it and the two VF-14 Phantoms come back empty…..Wonder to this day what it really was?

The Broken screw in September 64…we sail to New York have it fixed and sail back to complete the cruise in 10 days!…( Your in Good Hands with Brooklyn Navy Yard). Get back to Mayport 22 December 64. Next Med Cruise starts in June 65….I say Goodbye at Barcelona..go to Rota for 8 days,awaiting our turn to fly home….50 years ago this August..What a gig this,was..Fair Winds and following seas….let me hear from anyone.