USS Forrestal CVA 59 Detachment HC-2

http://twaintimes.net/hu-2/wboct65.html

http://www.forrestal.org/

This is a link to an article I found from the days when I was in the US Navy. It is from a Mediterranean Cruise I did on the USS Forrestal CVA 59. I am mentioned as one of the deck crew where my job was to land Helicopers on deck. It was a great time of my life and one I will not forget. Went to Italy, Spain, Malta, Gibraltar,Greece, France and returned by way of Bermuda. I enlisted in the US Navy on February, 23 1963 and was on active duty until July 1 1966 and then on inactive duty until February 23 1968. I spent some time in an aircraft maintenance group in Norfolk VA and was transferred to Helicopter Squadron HC-2 in Lakehurst NJ in May 1965 and was put out to sea on carrier qualifications aboard the Forrestal CVA 59 and USS Lexington CVS 16 out of Pensacola FL and back to Lakehurst NJ. Those were the good old days, when life was simple!