My spouse, LNC Rebecca Landick, USN (Ret), and I are completely retired in Virginia Beach, VA, and ride our Harley trikes whenever we can, particularly on long distance runs. We are both members of the Patriot Guard Riders (PGR), District 5, Hampton Roads; and, I am a prior Chapter Commander for the Southern Virginia chapter of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (Virginia 27-1). Additionally, we are members of and ride with the Mustangs Motorcycle Club and Tidewater Virginia HOG (Harley Owners Group) Chapter. We usually trailer our Cocker Spaniel in her mobile home behind my wife's bike. We are, indeed, enjoying life to the fullest, riding in all directions, depending on the weather!!
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My best friend and spouse, Becca, is a retired LNC, retired Civil Servant and prior LEO. She is also the State Captain for the Commonwealth of Virginia's Patriot Guard Riders, and she's a Ride Captain for the Patriot Guard Riders, District 5, Hampton Roads, Virginia. Additionally, she is the CEO of the Horton Wreath Society, an organization which places wreaths on each veteran's headstone and combarium row every Christmas season at the Albert G. Horton, Jr., Memorial Veterans Cemetery, a state cemetery in Suffolk, VA. The Society collects contributions for the purchase of the wreaths each year, procures the wreaths and executes a wreath laying ceremony on a particular day involving family and volunteers. A daunting task as the cemetery grows in internments each year. In 2022, the wreaths numbered over 11,000...
Following USN retirement, I worked for Ford Motor Co for 10 years establishing Business Development Center models in Ford/Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in the Hampton Roads
area. Retired fully in 2005 and couldn't be happier in that decision!!!!
Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)/ Yankee Station, North Vietnam
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January / 1968
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April / 1968
Description Yankee Station was a point in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam used by the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes in the Vietnam War. While its official designation was "Point Yankee," it was universally referred to as Yankee Station. Carriers conducting air operations at Yankee Station were said to be "on the line" and statistical summaries were based on days on the line.
The name derived from it being the geographic reference point "Y", pronounced "Yankee" in the NATO phonetic alphabet. In turn the term Point Yankee derived from the launch point for "Yankee Team" aerial reconnaissance missions over Laos conducted in 1964. It was located about 190 km due east of Dong Hoi, at 17° 30' N and 108° 30' E.
During the two periods of sustained air operations against North Vietnam (March 2, 1965-October 31, 1968 and March 30, 1972-December 29, 1972) there were normally three carriers on the line, each conducting air operations for twelve hours, then off for twelve hours. One of the carriers would operate from noon to midnight, another from midnight to noon, and one during daylight hours, which gave 24-hour coverage plus additional effort during daylight hours, when sorties were most effective. However at the end of May, 1972, six carriers were for a short period of time on the line at Yankee Station conducting Linebacker strikes.
The first aircraft carrier at Yankee Station was USS Kitty Hawk, which was ordered there in April 1964 for the Yankee Team missions. Kitty Hawk was joined by Ticonderoga in May and Constellation in June, two months prior to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Ticonderoga and Constellation launched the first bombing missions from Yankee Station on August 5, 1964. Constellation was also the last carrier conducting operations at Yankee Station on August 15, 1973. USS Forrestal suffered a major accident while at Yankee Station when a series of fires and explosions on her deck killed 134 men and injured another 161.
A corresponding Dixie Station in the South China Sea off the Mekong Delta was a single carrier point for conducting strikes within South Vietnam from May 15, 1965 to August 3, 1966.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
April / 1968
Last Updated: Dec 22, 2023
Personal Memories
Memories USS ROGERS (DD-876) Combat Action Ribbon 22 Oct 1967
