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Whale Photos Pg. 29

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"Skipper"

Bill Fries, former Skipper of VAH-2 receiving an A3 model presented to him last year at the Heavy 2 reunion in P'cola.
"Centurions"

VAQ-132 Centurions; 1970 deployment to Yankee Station onboard CVA-66 USS America. The names listed on the photo.
"Det Rota"

VAP-62 Det 19-64 Crew; 1964 deployment to Europe working out of Rota, Spain.
 

l-r; PH3(AC) Roger Eidenschink, Lt. Herb Nickel, Ltjg Perishio

 
VAQ-132 Enlisted Flight Crew; 1970 deployment to Yankee Station onboard CVA-66 USS America.
 
Front Row: ATC "Doc" Henderson, AOC-CN John Day, ADJ3 "Stoney" Burke
 
Back Row: AMS1-CN John Houch, PH1-CN Roger Eidenschink, AE3 Tom Buck

 
This picture was taken aboard the Ranger in 1962 or 1963. Jones is holding the upper part of the Goddess's body. The statue stayed in the VAH-6 ready room for most of that cruise before disappearing again. That's the last time he remembers seeing her.

from Robert Terry Jones, VAH-6, USS Ranger Det.
VAP-62 Photo Dept. 1964

(Front Row L - R) Ph2 Cooper, PH1 DuBois, PH1 Wormold, PH3 Lyons, PH2 Palmer, PH2 Ross, PH2 Cole, PH3 Shiplett, PH3 Eidenschink

 (Back Row L - R) Lt. Nichols, Ltjg Watt, AN Smith, PH3 Solari, PH2 Preplica, PHC Tuthill, PHC Milligan, LCDR Smith, PHC Cook, PHCS Conlon, PHAN McClain, PH1 Pudsey, Ens. Larsen, Lt. Jacobs
Top Row:  John Sells, two unidentified AD pilots, Nick Nickerson
 

Bottom:  Unidentified AD or A4 pilot, Bob Flynn, Mexican Cutie, Jim Johnson, Fred Solomon
VAQ-135 Det 5 1972 USS Hancock. All the below photos are from this detachment, either on ship, Cubi Point, or DaNang.

Submitted by Marty Welch
Landing in DaNang
"FART"

Fleet Air Refueling Team

Greeting party at Cubi carrier pier"

l-r: Marty Welch, ?, ?, Greg Sinnett, Henry Wrobelewski, Chief Edman Zelinski, Make Parman, ?, Randy Gosch
"H-Burger Flag"

Taken at NAS Agana Guam.

l-r: Jim Robbins and R. Dagenhart

"Beer Cooler"

Looks like a parts can to me! Located on the inside of the greeting party van.
l-r: Greg Sinnett, Mike Parman, Randy Gosch, and Henry Wrobelewski
"Sam Buster"

1972, DaNang, documented SAM intercepts or jams.
"Launch"

1972 USS Hancock (Hanna) launch of the whale on Yankee Station.

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