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It looked a bit like this.
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but not like this.
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Just FYI I was a crew member aboard the Forrestal, not during that fire though.
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No kidding! What years? And thank you for your service!!!
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You are welcome.
I was aboard the “FID” (nickname the benign one) from 1976 to early 1978. It was my third and final warship of my career(1968-1991). As a Corpsman I spent half my career with the Marines.
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Wow! That’s quite some service! 23 years. Again, thank you! I’ve always been nuts about aviation. Particularly Naval aviation. Don’t get me wrong. The USAF pilots are top notch. I’ve watched both the Blues and the Thunderbirds at numerous airshows. But the carrier pilot is most unique. There’s something about putting that jet safely back onboard that pitching carrier deck, in complete and total darkness that sets them apart just a little bit IMO.
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Sometimes on rare occasions that does not happen. When flight deck crashes occur it is always a terrible thing.
I served just over 22 years as I had a bit of broke service.
There are USAF pilots, and allied nations that are carrier trained. Not many, but they are around.
I did not care for carrier duty myself. It was like living under an airport runway, which in fact was true.
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Siegfried Sassoon , a British officer decorated for bravery in WW1 , who would turn to poetry to express his outrage at the slaughter in the killing fields of “The Great War” .
SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES
I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
Siegfried Sassoon , a British officer decorated for bravery in WW1 , who would turn to poetry to express his outrage at the slaughter in the killing fields of “The Great War” .
SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES
I knew a simple soldier boy
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.
In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
No one spoke of him again.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you’ll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
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During my travels I ran across several military cemeteries outside the soldiers buried there homeland. These were mostly British and Commonwealth nations, and the USA. I was also pleased that they were kept in good repair and the graves decorated with flowers and flags.
When I was assigned to the NATO Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Sicily and this time I discovered a German cemetery. World War II era. I found the placed well maintained, but rather sterile looking. The following photographs are of that place outside of Motta San Anastasia Sicily. There are appx. 5,000 men buried there.
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When I was assigned to the NATO Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Sicily and this time I discovered a German cemetery. World War II era. I found the placed well maintained, but rather sterile looking. The following photographs are of that place outside of Motta San Anastasia Sicily. There are appx. 5,000 men buried there.
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A family seated (and sleeping) around a table covered with a woven striped ‘jajim’.
Under the table is a charcoal brazier providing warmth as children are seen sleeping with only their heads emerging from under the cover.
This set up, in Afghanistan, is called a ‘sandali’, referring to the covered table with a heat source underneath.
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Under the table is a charcoal brazier providing warmth as children are seen sleeping with only their heads emerging from under the cover.
This set up, in Afghanistan, is called a ‘sandali’, referring to the covered table with a heat source underneath.
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