I also was in Norfolk and came up to phily on the Boxer, i can still remember standing on the flight deck of the Boxer and watching the Hawk coming down
the Delaware River I never saw something so big.I was
also in the 3rd div. with Binning and I was on the Hawk from 1960 to 1963 BM3. and a plank owner.
Rich Ech
IN Jan 60 OUT DEC 63
Yep. I was there, TAD's all over. Fort Mandan LSD-21 for a while, Cleaned Freshwater Sides on John R. Pierce. On the Boxer. Always waiting for the Hawk! Made the trip around the horn. Worked with Nick Albanese in M-Division. Made west-pac cruises and was pulling into Sasebo Japan where i was getting off to go back to the states to be discharged and that was the morning that JFK was assasinated. Finally made it to the states. What an experience the Kittyhawk was.
I still write to Nick and a few other M division guys.
How the years went by..
