Years Served: 1962-1963…was aboard for the med cruise and the cuban crisis, assigned to the forward fire room
Years Served: 1966 1968…I went aboard the John W. Weeks in early 1966 where I served as a Gunners mate. I was in Mount 53. I was transferred as a GMG-3 to the USS Garcia DE 1040 in 1968, when the Weeks went into the Portsmouth Navy Ship Yards. I made the Middle East Cruise where I became a Shellback and then later a Golden Shellback.
Years Served: 1969-1971…Took Westpac tour 1969 was in deck division and made BM3 on board
Years Served: 1962-1964…While aboard the Weeks it seemed like we were always at sea or in the Med. Did enjoy the Suez Canal passage and crossing the Equator. I went aboard an SA and left a RM2. I remember most of the Radio Gang, Bill Self, Kelly Brown, Rosekrans, Blount. Would not take anything for the time spent on The J.W.
Years Served: 1962-1966…This was a time period in my life when I remember being given the foundations for being a man.
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Years Served: 1962-1963…was aboard for the med cruise and the cuban crisis, assigned to the forward fire room
Years Served: 1966 1968…I went aboard the John W. Weeks in early 1966 where I served as a Gunners mate. I was in Mount 53. I was transferred as a GMG-3 to the USS Garcia DE 1040 in 1968, when the Weeks went into the Portsmouth Navy Ship Yards. I made the Middle East Cruise where I became a Shellback and then later a Golden Shellback.
Years Served: 1969-1971…Took Westpac tour 1969 was in deck division and made BM3 on board
Years Served: 1962-1964…While aboard the Weeks it seemed like we were always at sea or in the Med. Did enjoy the Suez Canal passage and crossing the Equator. I went aboard an SA and left a RM2. I remember most of the Radio Gang, Bill Self, Kelly Brown, Rosekrans, Blount. Would not take anything for the time spent on The J.W.
Years Served: 1962-1966…This was a time period in my life when I remember being given the foundations for being a man.