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| U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692 | ||||||
| Eric Bollin's Photograph Collection | ||||||
Operation Sea Dragon & Yankee Station
April 6 to June 15, 1967
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| On
Yankee Station, here operating with the USS Hancock (CVA-19) and the
Fleet Oiler USS Passumpsic (AO-107) |
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| Underway
Replenishment from Stores Ship, Oilers, Reefers, etc. kept us bust day
and night. The oiler above is the USS Kennebec (AO-36). The crates on
deck may have been the "mail" we were asked to take to the USS
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| The
Lonely Sea |
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| Operating
with Task Force 77, the destroyer in the lower row is the USS Forrest B.
Royal (DD-872), a part of DesRon 16 |
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| Our favorite
partner on Operation Sea Dragon, the Australian HMAS Hobart (D-39) here
refueling from the USS Guadalupe (AO-32) as we pull away from the
starboard side. |
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| The
rescue of 1LT Ronnie Randolph USAF whose F4C had been shot down over
North Vietnam on May 25th. |
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| Another
round of replenishments, this time with the USS Mars (AFS-1) |
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| Ship's work
never ends, we spent many a long day and night on these operations |
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| June
12, Captain
Beaman returns from the USS Sanctuary (AH-17) after successful surgery,
Sumner Side Boys looking sharp! |
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| Helicopter
Operations brought us mail, spare parts and ammunition, they ferried
personnel including our rescued pilot and CS1 O'Donnell suffering from a
kidney stone. We even refueled one of the birds as it flew next to us
with JP5. |
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| What made it all work - The Crew | |||||||
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| Jim Mullaney | Back:
Jan TenHoeve Front
L-R: Jack Rihlman, Maurice Warren & Ken Musgraves |
Front Row: Larry Allen, Ron Gray & Doug Harvey | Roger Travis | ||||
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| ?,?,?,?,? | George
Brock |
Earl Taylor & Nathan T. Steen | Carl Pease | ||||
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| Walter
Spillman |
Don Klaben | Kelly Brown (before) | Kelly Brown (after) | ||||
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| David Smith | Jim Mullaney | Harry Casey | ?,?,?,?,?
Closest: Frank DiBello |
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| Kelly Brown
(again) |
Eric Bollin | ?,? | Billie Wheeler & Jim Beasley | ||||
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| Eric ready
for Liberty |
Harry Casey | Kelly Brown (one more time) |
Harry Casey |
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| Bill Arroyo |
Harvey Brinkley | Maurice Warren |
Richard Wicke |
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| Steve Bishop | David Smith | Harry Casey | Arthur L. Clarks | ||||
Many thanks to Maurice Warren for help with who is who. If you know who any the unidentified are, please let me know.