PH3, US Navy phylontheweb@aol.com 2303 Brigham St Brooklyn, NY 11229 philipflip2408@yahoo.com (646) 247-6494
I served from August 1964 to August 1967. I was sent to Great Lakes
NTC and was in company 444. This was from August 64 till November
when I graduated. After my first leave I was sent to Anacostia Naval Air
Station in Washington DC. I was assigned to special services where we took
care of all the troops in transition. After my year was up I was sent to
the USS Yorktown CVS-10 at Long Beach Naval Station. When I got aboard
I went to the ships photo lab and I asked them if i could come aboard.
They gave me a test in camera work and I passed and that was my station
aboard part of opperations. When we left to go to West Pac in December
1965 our first p.o.c was Pearl Harbour. From there we sailed to Japan and
from there to our first duty station, the Tonkin Gulf where we sailed up
and down from north to south picking up downed pilots and sending our aircraft
out to photograph all of the Russian and Chinese transport ships bring
in weapons to the VC and NVA. We did two combat tours and finally left
to go back to Long Beach. This was my tour of duty and if I could I would
do it again.
