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Sep 1966 - Mar 1968
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Picked up Gemini 2 capsule India Ocean on USS-LA SALLE.LPD-3, Oct.1966. Shellback
Mediterranean cruise with HS-9 aboard USS AMERICA CVA-66. JAN-SEP 1967.
Also went on NATO cruise on USS ESSEX CVS-9 sometime in 1968 and another cruise aboard USS WASP I believe in 1969 in HS-5, HS-9 decommissioned. Blue Nose. Transferred to VT-9 Meridian, Mississippi around 1970 became AE-2. Qualified for AE-1, but left service at expiration of enlistment. My name at the time was ELJA JAMES CRUZ. My best memory was lying down on flight deck of USS La Salle on the equator at night with no moon and seeing a gazillion stars. My saddest memory is watching them load about 35 body bags from the USS Liberty to my ship the USS America in June 1967.
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