Dennis, Lester, CDR

 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
132X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer
Primary Unit
1967-1969, 132X, USS Bennington (CVS-20)
Service Years
1959 - 1980
Commander Commander

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Order of the Golden Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
VP-44  Golden Pelicans Association
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 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Kicking back and living the good life.  Active member of American Legion Post 397 of Creve Coeur Missouri. 

   

  1960-1964, 132X, VP-44

Lieutenant

From Month/Year
- / 1960

To Month/Year
- / 1964

Unit
VP-44 Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant

NEC
132X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Naval Flight Officer

Base, Station or City
Patuxent River

State/Country
Maryland
 
 
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 VP-44 Details

VP-44

Type
Aviation Fixed Wing
 

Parent Unit
Fixed Wing

Strength
Navy Squadron

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jul 2, 2008
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Pat O'Leary
Dick Marrack
Glenn Coulter
Marty Duling
Don Thune
Doug Orme
Fred Malvin
Jim Koenig

Best Moment
When I was assigned as Navigator to the Captain's crew

   

Worst Moment
When I broke my leg from parachute jumping

Chain of Command
C.O. Andrew Serrell

   

Other Memories
Deployment to Sigonella Sicily, 1961
Deployments to Lajes Azores, Argentia Newfoundland
Cuban Missile Crisis
The long November Partols
Being allowed to move away from the BOQ and into private housing as a bachelor
Living at a place named "Not Yet"

   
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21 Members Also There at Same Time
VP-44

Finney, Donald, LT, (1961-1972) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Nuzum, David, CPO, (1952-1973) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Beck, Wallace, CPO, (1959-1979) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Burdette, William, CWO3, (1961-1981) AX AX-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
HAWKINS, Elston, CPO, (1960-1980) AE AE-8319 Petty Officer Second Class
Knight, Cletius, LCDR, (1958-1982) PT PT-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McManus, Thomas P., PO2, (1958-1962) PH PH-8288 Petty Officer Second Class
McManus, Thomas P., PO2, (1958-1962) PH PH-8288 Petty Officer Second Class
Powell, Deldert, CPO, (1962-1981) PN PN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Romeo, Frank, PO2, (1958-1961) AE AE-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Wingate, Larry, PO2, (1958-1962) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Barrows, Grant, PO3, (1960-1964) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Burke, Dewey, PO3, (1962-1965) AWF AWF-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dotson, Doyce, PO1, (1959-1979) AE AE-7182 Petty Officer Third Class
Knox, Terry, CPO, (1963-1984) AT ATR-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Teetz, William, LCDR, (1963-1984) AX AX-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Hickey, John, CAPT, (1955-1978) Lieutenant
Orme, Douglas, CAPT, (1958-1989) Lieutenant Junior Grade
LaGue, Theodore, CPO, (1955-1976) Petty Officer First Class
Maher, Charlie, CPO, (1955-1974) AE Petty Officer First Class
Brower, Richard, SCPO, (1959-1980) AWO Petty Officer Second Class
Koenig, Jim, PO2, (1961-1964) Petty Officer Second Class

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