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  1. MotoDave soon to be off with his Stratocaster, like a fool still playing rock and roll.

     

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    MotoDave in Vietnam.  I was the LSE on that flight deck (yellow shirt, goggles and everything), waving in Helicopters (probably Sea Kings or Cobra gunships) while on plane guard for the Kitty Hawk et al, c.1968-72.  Some of my flight deck crew wore big heavy rubber gloves with a grounding chain to prevent shock. 

     

    While on the gunline off the VN coast, I was a lowly powder monkey down in the powder magazine way down under the front gun turret.  Probably not a great place for a smoke.  I think it would average about 115-125 degrees Fahrenheit in the powder mag.  6 hours on and 6 hours off, except that you were never off.  Flight deck on call 24/7.  

     

    I used to have many photos of Sea Kings and Cobras and Phantoms in real time operation, but someone lost them for me.  Wish I could have shared them with you.

     

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