MY NAVY YEARS +
1951- 1955
I served aboard the USS Norton Sound AVM-1 from March 1952, August 1953 and then to the USS Curtiss AV-4, from 1953 to 1955 when Honorably Discharged.
USS Norton Sound AVM-1
USS Curtiss AV-4
Newspaper article of test firing Regulus Missile.
The Norton Sound was the first ship to test missiles being fired from a sea going vessel.
During my time aboard the Curtiss,
the ship was assigned to the AEC,
(Atomic Energy Commission).
We paticipated in Operation Castle and Operation Wigwam, nuclear tests.
F-18 Breaking the sound barrier.
NEWLY COMMISSIONED USS GREEN BAY LPD-20
DAMAGE CONTROLMAN
2-ND CLASS 01/55
ACAPULCO, MX 1953
GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER 1951
TERRIER MISSILE MK-5 1970
CLICK ON ANCHOR BEND KNOT
SINK THE BISMARK
WW II TIMELINE FOR THE PACIFIC THEATRE
Japan declares war on United States and Britain
FDR SPEECH
