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Sundowners -> Avatar Check (9/23/2018 10:09:27 AM)

New Avatar - My Dad onboard USS Randolph, CVA-15, in the MED in the early Fifties, maybe 1954. First deployment of the Regulus Missile, and Randolph's last deployment with a straight deck. She received an angle deck in 1955 modernization.




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 10:17:55 AM)

Nice..... Somehow I have 2 accounts on the Forum. Think this was the after-effects of Siltherine account consolidation.....




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 10:31:44 AM)

So here is a post-card of Randolph in '56 when my Dad left the ship.

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SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 10:39:31 AM)

This is a pic of my Grandfather (Dad's Dad) in Early Jan 1945 after completing basic in Maryland. As a Foreman at a Coal Mine in southern WV, he was not selected for service until Dec 1944. With 3 children, and being 35 years old, he was one of last big drafts for Pacific War. The issue was still in doubt in Dec '44.....

[image]local://upfiles/33299/584F8AEFD83A4C9E93881FD451490162.jpg[/image]




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 10:40:42 AM)

Apologies, Think I need to check the size of photo uploads first..............




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 10:44:32 AM)

Hopefully better resolution....

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SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 11:19:34 AM)

Rounding out this mornings caffeine fueled nostalgia trip is yours truly, Topside Maine, coming down the Cumberland River and performing my last re-enlistment. Circa 1995. That should be five-oh, only took nine years....

[image]local://upfiles/33299/A14364DD96884355B645D009715A1881.jpg[/image]




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 11:30:23 AM)

1997.... '95




Disco Duck -> RE: Avatar Check (9/23/2018 9:27:07 PM)

[:D]

Can you complete the line with the big photo? I think some of the text disappeared.




NigelKentarus -> RE: Avatar Check (9/25/2018 2:15:51 AM)

Just curious, you said last reenlistment, when did you retire? I retired 99 Feb on The Moose (Uss Moosbrugger DD-980).




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/26/2018 12:21:54 PM)

Its all there, just have to scroll to the right, a lot:)




SunDowner -> RE: Avatar Check (9/26/2018 12:23:43 PM)

I retired Feb '02 on USS Louisiana SSBN-743.




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