neo

yepper, that's the one. pilots name was vaden. hence the call sign of darth. there was a big stink. we did an airshow/dependants cruise and one of my crewmen wanted his wife to watch him fly. the choice was, he flew with no dependants or no fly with dependants. that accident changed the way the navy did some things. mike

did you get that?

yo neo! i was on belleau wood and peleliu.78-83. aircrew. flew aboard tarawa many times. like the day the harrier hit the side. we were assigned sar that day as your helo was transporting folks to and from the beach. where you at now. i lived in los alamitos to be close to the helo. mike