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Contact Info
Home Town New Albany
Last Address P.O.Box 748 Kalkaska, MI
Date of Passing Jul 14, 2018
Location of Interment Rose Hill Cemetery - Empire, Michigan
Amatuer Radio Operator: (W8SKS) BATTLE STREAMER:VIET-NAM SERVICE
Employed by Shell Oil Co.from 13 Oct, 1980 to 1 July 1998. Retired on points. Old system 80 Pts, years plus age. Exploration & Production, Well Head Inspector, OCTG, NDT Inspector and Quality Control. Purchasing. Senior Inspector, Michigan Operations, OCTG and Wellhead Equipment. HAZMAT Coordinator
Weapons Systems History.
In Rating:
#1. 1952 to1956 - small arms/Light machine guns, 1911A1, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, Winchester Mod. 12 Pump, Thompson M4, M3 Grease Gun, Browning Bar .30 Cal.,Browning .30 Cal. .50 Cal.Machine Guns. Anti Aircraft Machine Guns, 20MM Twin, 40 MM Twin & Quad. Surface to Surface, Surface to Air Gun Mount 5" 38 Cal. Single open Gun Mount, GE Drive. 5" 38 Cal. Twin Gun Mount, Northern Ord. Drive
#2.1956 to 1958 - same as #1. with the addition of the 3" 50 single, 20 MM single, and 40MM Amplidyne Dr.
#3. 1958 to 1959, 5"38 Twin enclosed, Ford Drives, MT 55.
#4. 1960 to 1961, 3" 50 Cal. RFTwin, Amplidyne Dr., open MT
#5. 1965 TO 1965 GMLS MK. 7, TWIN TALOS LAUNCHING SYSTEM
ï#6. 1966 TO 1968, GMLS MK 12 MOD 0, TWIN TALOS LAUNCHING SYSTEM
Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)/ Yankee Station, North Vietnam
From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
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
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