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I don't remember the names of most of
these people, but I will give you as many as possible.
Top Row - left to right: Bob Ogden, Paul Blomberg, Dennis McBride,
Roger Vetter, Ralph Carpenter, "Chubbs" Clausen, Don Trimble, Holman,
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Middle Row - left to right: Gilbert Boissey, ?, Art Nelson, Terry
Davis, ?, ?, ?, Elmer Holiday, ?, Bobby Hall
Bottom Row - left to right: ?, Chief Dalhead, Larry Roberts, Jensen,
"Red" Johnson, ?, Harold "Pee Wee" Sandroff, Jay Smith, Chuck Baker,
Billieau (spelling), ? |
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Jim Kelp - RM3, my other best friend and
I. Apparently I must have
woken Jim up again as he forgot to put on his shirt. It's also obvious
that a bottle of bleach must have fallen on my head as my hair hasn't
been that blonde since I was 5 years old. |
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Surprised that you do not already have
this on your site - as there were, at least, a dozen copies of this
accidental triple exposure made and distributed to various members of
the crew. |
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Here's a pic of the USS Forrestal CVA-59
taken on the day before it
exploded on July 29, 1967. If you don't already know this story or if
you gotten conflicting reports about what happened, such as I have
over
the years, you can read all about the incident on the USS Forrestal
web
site. Moctobi was closest ship to the Forrestal when the explosions
began. |
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Jay Smith - EM2, waiting for me to get
relieved from watch so that we can hit the beach together. |
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Jay Smith |
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This next picture is gang of 6 minus 1 -
I'm the one taking the picture in this one. The red Ford Convertible
(1960 I believe) belonged to Jay
Smith. He was one of the few people on the ship whom had a car in
Hawaii - why do you think he was one of my best friends? Bobby Hall
also had a car (1957 Chevy if I remember correctly), but he could
never afford to put gas in it. |
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More of the gang. |
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Never pictured Jay Smith as a fisherman. I
think that he was only out there to impress his peers and he seemed to
be quite annoyed that I was taking a picture of it. I don't believe
that Jay or anyone else caught a fish that day! |
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Working |
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Still at work. |
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And still at work |
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Jim Kelp, myself & "Cookie," relaxing on
the mess decks. Can't remember
"Cookie's" real name. |
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There is no such thing as privacy on a
fleet tug. Jim Kelp brushing teeth. |
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Jim Kelp in the rack. |
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Jay Smith, Harold Sandroff & Bob Arnold
after a very rough night on
Hotel Street - I could hardly hold the camera straight. |
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The not so "Mighty Moc" in dry dock. We
would check on it occasionally
and hope that the work was not going too swiftly, as we were having
too
much fun living with shore duty! |
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Wasn't able to pose for this and take the
picture at the same time, so
I put my double in. Notice the lipstick on the cheek and across the
mouth. This was sent to me by a girl friend of mine in San Francisco
from when I served aboard the USS Markab AR-23. |
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Bob Ogden |
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You would think that, in a place this
remote, they would be happy to
see strangers. But, not this town! We saw them as we approached the
shore, but they quickly disappeared and we did not see a soul the
entire time we were on the Island. |
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Atka |
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Atka |
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Eskimo village on Atka Island, Alaska. |
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Here's one of me pretending to pose with
someone I know! I think that
his first name was Steve, but I have not clue as to the last. |
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Here's one of me pretending to abandon
ship. Notice how tightly I'm
hanging on to that cable - that water is cold man! |
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Me, pretending to be a anchor. |
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Here's Jim Kelp - RM3 pretending to swab the deck in Adak.
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Great Sitkan Island |
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Great Sitkan Island Expedition
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Great Sitkan Island Expedition |
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The road to Adak was not smooth! Old
salts, who proclaimed "I've never
been sea sick in my life" - they were all sick. It was "holiday
routine" all of the way to Adak! |
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Trawler ("Ivan") in Gulf of Tonkin. |
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Trawler ("Ivan") in Gulf of Tonkin. |
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Great Sitkan Island |
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This is one of my favorite photos! Rich
(can't remember for sure, but
I think his name was Gary Richardson - we called him Lil' Rich) is
talking on a telephone, which we confiscated from the grounded
freighter (there were no cel phones back then) and (while this is hard
to see - unless you zoom up on the photo) Bob Arnold has the cord
plugged into his A**. Great Sitkan Island. |
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Grab assing at Great Sitkan Island. |
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Not everyone likes to have their picture
taken! |