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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="176005f0ermwup.gif"> <div> <B>    </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" My"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>                                      My Novel                                                        </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" My"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bill's Navy</B></div> <div> <B>My next assignment</B></div> <div> <B>Heavy Attack Squadron Two</B></div> <div> <B>Whidbey Island, Washington  </B></div> <div> <B>1962-1964</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b0dcc20.gif" border=0 width="220" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b1900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The A3B Sky Warrior</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>I was on a 9 month Pacific cruise with the squadron</B></div> <div> <B>on the USS Coral Sea, CV-43 in 1963</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b2ec7c0.jpg" border=0 width="492" height="380" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The Coral Sea</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b3f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Entering Sydney, Australia Harbor, April 1963</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b4e05e0.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>I made the first sport jump in Australia by a member of the U.S. Navy</B></div> <div> <B>Taken at Camden Airfield ouside Sydney, April 1963.  I'm on the right</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b5cbd40.gif" border=0 width="203" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>After my landing at Camden Airfield</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1b6dd790.jpg" border=0 width="477" height="377" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>On 1 November 1963, I was commissioned to Ensign on the USS Coral Sea.</B></div> <div> <B>  The oath was given to Chief Benson and myself by our Skipper, CDR Small</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From Heavy Attack Squadron Two, I was transfered to Pensacola for Basic Officer's School and Flight Training.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Navy4.5"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b722250.gif" border=0 width="34" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Bill's Navy continued</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>