[R-390] OT JFK assasination...

[Les Locklear]

We were out to sea off Cape Hatteras aboard the U.S.S. Independence CVA-62 when the Captain announced it over the 1MC system. Dead silence as I remember it, a very somber moment.

On another connected moment, a few weeks later, I saw Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on tv while on a weekend pass while  the ship was docked at pier 12 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Les Locklear
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cecil Acuff 
  To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [R-390] OT JFK assasination...


  Well I have to say one other major defining moment in my lifetime was the 
  JFK assasination.  Another time most folks probably know exactly where they 
  were at and what they were doing.

  We were stationed in France for 3 years and were visiting another family 
  that was stationed over there when news came across the TV.  The room went 
  silent...kids and all and the whole mood changed.  I was a little young to 
  know much about what was going on but I knew it was serious and very 
  historic...

  Cecil..
  K5DL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Dr Fred Hambrecht" <w4jle at w4jle.com>
  To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
  Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:42 AM
  Subject: [R-390] OT Apollo mission


  >I was at the Cape. My job was engineer on the lunar mission simulator. I
  > worked in the Astronaut training building. Knowing what to expect, 
  > Armstrong
  > scared the hell out of us when he stretched his fuel past the limits. He 
  > had
  > 12 seconds of fuel left at touchdown.
  > Fred W4JLE/NNN0AAG/NNN0GBS SC
  >
  >
  > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:11:33 -0700 (PDT)
  > From: wli <wli98122 at yahoo.com>
  > Subject: Re: [R-390] OT Apollo mission
  > To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
  > Message-ID: <499185.75040.qm at web110111.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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  >
  > I was 28, and had just gotten out of the FMF, and was raising a family on
  > the GI Bill.
  >
  > W. Li
  >
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