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MY HUSBAND LAURIE KOEPKE SERVED ON THE BAILEY 65-70 BOUT PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER ON JAN252018 BUT LIKE ALL BLESSED NAVY MEN HIS BUDDIES WILL BE IN OSHKOSH WISC ON OCT 5 -7TO CELEBATE HIS AS WELL SHIPMATE DOUG KIELER JOE DRESSMAN DAVE HOYT MICK WORTHY WHO PASSED FOR HIM LAURIELOVED THE LORD HIS NAVY BUDDIES AND FISHING THEN HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS LIKE ALL NAVY MEN LAST HIS WIFE ANYONE WISHING TO JOIN US IS WELCOME HE TRIED TO FIND SO MANY HE REMEBERED WORD OF ADVICE HERE HE HANDLED RADAR AND AC TO DOC PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF HIS CANCER SO KEEP ALERT GOD BLESS THE MEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY

I served from 1965 till 1968. Worked in deck division as a SA then moved to Sonar as a STGSN. I really enjoyed my time on the Bailey.

Served on the Bailey from early1959 till mid1959 then transferred to Submarine school.