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Re: Re: Cuban Missile Crises |
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Ed Rabbitt |
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Apr 18, 08 - 4:24 PM |
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bugsbunny35@centrytel.net |
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Tom you are slightly wrong on this, I remember it well I had the watch on Monday evening after Bermuda when all hell broke loose. The Radio antenna was stuck up and the cables were torn loose in the sail. and we did not get a msg to go to cuba or to nlon for stores. Capt Homlberg was very upset after I told him about the msgs to the other boats. we did finally get a msg to go to nlon to have mast repaired. we pulled in on thursday evening and could not go home but could call our wives. The shop and all of us rms and of couse you were up to pull the mast, it was taken to the shop and repaired. the teflon swelled up in the warm waters of bermuda. after repair's we loaded stores and torpedoes and departed nlon on monday morning and patroled in the atlantic off of new york and ct. After a few weeks we went into quonset point for thanksgiving holiday, Capt holmberg let half of the crew go to nlon for thanksgiving of which I was one of them. after that we went out for a couple of weeks and then returned to nlon and normal ops which did include a week of sub school. I remember it well as the boats were being called and given plain language msgs under Flash conditions, (is war time highest priority msgs) I also remember Capt Holmberg having me tune into a broadcast to listen to what was happening.
Sorry Tom M'll never forget this epesode, hate to controdick you. |
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