[SMCARA] Happy Veterans' Day

Thu Nov 13 10:20:12 EST 2014

Great story, Gene! Agree wholeheartedly with your comment: " WHAT A TIME TO BE AN AMERICAN!"
I wouldn't trade a minute of it.

I joined the Naval Reserve in 1962 (to avoid ARMY ROTC!) in college, and then: 
USNR Sub School, New London CT.
USS Tench (SS-417) during active duty as QM3.
Officer Candidate School, Newport RI.
Mine Squadron TEN, Charleston SC (Minesweeping boats).
USS Limpkin (MSC-195) (Coastal Minesweeper, Charleston SC.
Air Training Command, Pensacola FL and Corpus Christi TX (Wings of Gold).
VP-18, Roosevelt Roads PR. (SP-2H Neptune ASW aircraft).
VP-24, Pax River, MD (P-3 Orion ASW).
VP-30, Pax River, MD (P-3 Instructor pilot).
Fleet Air Keflavik/NATO Staff, Keflavik Iceland (CO of Flag Admin Unit and TSC Director).
VP-45, Jax FL. (P-3 Orion, Maintenance Officer).
VR-24 Det, Rota, Spain (C-130, Executive Officer).
VX-20, Pax River, MD (P-3/C130/UC12, Operations Officer).
Retired and stayed at VX-20 as OPS and P-3/C130/CV880 Pilot.
Finally hung up the spurs in 2006, with a little over 14,000 hours in the logbook. 
Fly a desk now.

It's been fun! 
Only got shot at once (Beirut, 1982), and they missed! Except for the "Cold War", that was my only "combat".
Also, all my landings and takeoffs are equal!

Tom/W4OKW, ex K1AST, WA4DGM, VP2MTC, and EA7BXP

-----Original Message-----
From: SMCARA [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eugene Guazzo
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 6:24 AM
To: Dave Q
Cc: smcara at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [SMCARA] Happy Veterans' Day

I was in the Navy twice, but never saw combat ...  first time was as a 19/20-year old on the "Mighty Mo" (BB 63, battleship) on which the Surrender had been signed ending WW II, but I had missed the War. We were the first Task Force to return to England after the war, AND WHAT A TIME TO BE AN AMERICAN! Everywhere we went ashore on liberty, people, simply stopped us on the street, and thanked us. For me, it was embarrassing. I would tell them I had not been in the war. --- "That's OK, Yank, thank you." ... They were still under rationing. Yet, no where could we pay for meals, or even buy tickets to the theater. For American Servicemen, everything was "no-pay... free" WHAT A TIME TO BE AN AMERICAN!
   The second time was the Korean War, but I was in the Atlantic Fleet!
...  Ain't that life?   Thank God ---
     73 ---   gene guazzo   KA3ZZF

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Dave Q <quickskys at gmail.com> wrote:

> As one vet to another, Thanks for your service.
>
> US Navy  Oct 1969 to Dec 1977
> Boot Camp - Great Lakes, IL
> Machinist Mate A School - Great Lakes
> Submarine School - New London, CT
> Nuclear Power School - Bainbridge, MD
> Nuclear Submarine Prototype (S1W) - Idaho Falls, Idaho Submarine 
> Emergency Welding School - San Diego Eight deterrent patrols aboard 
> USS Henry Clay  SSB(N)-625 - Stationed in Pearl Harbor with the boat 
> making patrols out of Guam Shipyard - Portsmith, NH
> MM1(SS)
>
> There are only two types of vessels in the sea...... Submarines and 
> targets.
>
> 73 Dave - W3DLQ
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Daniel Metcalf <kb3uun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I would like to take this moment to thank all of you who have served 
> > this nation through military service. THANK YOU!!!
> >
> > Enjoy this beautiful day and please have fun!
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan Metcalf - KB3UUN
> >
> > c. 301 769 1111
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