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  peter c derose August 20, 2018 at 12:16am

  Thanks for reply Don ! I guess about that's what would happen out in Antelope Valley ! Sure hope all those fires haven't mess you up . I remember some of those around the LA area plus earthquakes also in the early 70's . And I didn't think they would close the L-1011 plant ! I use to commute from near the LA airport to Palmdale till I rented a house there !
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  peter c derose July 16, 2018 at 10:07am

  Hi Don , Are you still living in Palmdale Ca ? I lived there back in 72-73 working for Lockheed at the L-1011 plant . Wasn't much out there them ! Have a great birthday !
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  Kaylynn S Wilster June 4, 2018 at 10:06am

  Dear Don,  Your comments are the main reason I joined RecceNet.  I know there are other  men, like yourself, out there who served under my beloved Captain and hearing from you, and perhaps them, helps so much.  I was blessed to serve him for the better part of 30 years and so thankful for the many sea stories, the new ones and the ones told over and over.  I never grew tired of hearing them.  He told me of Cdr. Meyer and I am too old to remember much, but I do remember he held him in high respect.  Finn remained an "officer and a gentlemen" up to the end and I will always be thankful for the honor of being his wife. His last "sea story" was in the form of an article for a magazine about the building of his last wooden boat.  Not sure how to get it out there for the RVAH community, but am working on it.  .  Thank you so much for writing.  Sincerely, Kaylynn
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  Wes Thompson November 12, 2017 at 7:12pm

  Hi Don, me email is wbt@prodigy.net.  ....Wes
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  Wes Thompson November 12, 2017 at 5:54pm

  HI Don, thanks for the welcome. Yes that is my name on the plate of the first deployment and install of the van complex at Rota.  .....Wes

  Thanks for the offer, I'd like an electronic copy of the nameplate if you can send it. 

  PS - Here's another RVAH website I discovered a while ago.  ===> http://rvahnavy.com/5home.html

  - Cruisebook website for the Saratoga that shows most of us. I don't remember when they took the pictures for the book but it might have been when I went out before the 1971 cruise to check out the on board SATE systems.  I found the website around the time of the decommissioning of the Sara. 

  ====> https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv60-71/246.htm 

  RVAHNAVY.COM
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  David H Small June 14, 2016 at 12:41pm

  Hi Donald,

  I actually observed a pilot eject just after takeoff. If I remember correctly he was flying an A-3. I was on the flight deck by the fan tail when I observed the plane go down in front of the Carrier, and then the pilot ejected. From my vantage point it looked like the carrier was going to run over pilot as the chute and pilot sank in front of the bow. Luckily they picked the pilot out of the water about 15 minutes later. He recovered. A harrowing experience to see.

  Dave Small
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  David H Small June 14, 2016 at 12:32pm

  Hi Donald,

  I got out in July 69 just
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  Mac McCord October 9, 2015 at 11:43am

  Thanks Don, I have been on here for a few years, just couldn't sign in with my old sign in and had to make a new one.  Bats forever..
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  Steven R. Ewing August 4, 2015 at 8:25pm

  Don,

  PS: if the photos you want to add are for the Last Full Measure of Devotion album please send them to rvahroster@gmail.com address, that way they can be added to the album. The only way you could do anything yourself would be to attach them as a comment to that album.
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  Steven R. Ewing August 4, 2015 at 8:20pm

  Don,
  
  Here's my theory: 1) At the top of any page on the site click on "Photos"

  
  
  2) Click "My Photos"

  
   

  3) Click "Add"
  

  

  4) Click the camera icon and a new explorer window will popup that will allow you to find and select your pictures on your PC