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HU16 Sea Plane stuck on reef Reference in on remote Atoll.
Kapingamarangi Atoll https://atolls.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/jhh2020 |
NAS Agana big fields between barracks & aircraft hangers
On the HU16 Search and Rescue plane
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Search and Rescue plane I was a aircrew of
Funny the grass leaves would move
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On the runway Naval Air Station, Agana Guam
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While in high school in 1967, I joined the US Navy Reserves - home base, NAS Grosse Ile,
Michigan, USA. October 1968, I went on active duty. First on NAS Grosse Ile, Michigan. Then January 1969, I was transferred to the US Naval Base, Treasure Island San Francisco Bay, California. April 1, 1969, I was transferred to Naval Air Station (NAS) Agana Guam To October 1970. I was in barracks 16. Attached to the Operations division with Chief Alves and Chief Willie Williams. I replaced AZ2 (Aviation Maintenance Adminstrationman) Mercer Cleland and Tony Wolf (AZ3) I spent my time working on Yellow Sheets in the logging engine hours and maintenance tracking in the maintenance department of aircraft Grumman HU16 and Helicopters UH34 and Constellation C131. However, I was a crew member on the Grumman HU16s. Thought they were able to land in the water. I never had the opportunity to do so. I became an aircrew member on the search and rescue airplane HU16 seaplane. En route from Taiwan, our plane got his by lightning during a storm, and the nose cone got burned out - that is where is radar is, and we had issues getting back to NAS Agana, Guam. (Fire Department saw we were ok for no fire damage.) |
The gray and yellow sea plane in the above picture was what we landed
on the little flight strip in these videos in 1970 http://pacificworlds.com/yap/memories/memory5.cfm |
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Back in the day I wasn’t so lucky to have resources like these.
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Military Assignment Guam
Orders to Guam? Have you received orders to Guam? Don't think of it as a year or more out of your life. This is a real opportunity for you and your family. Guam is real Pacific tropical island paradise and popular tourist destination with plenty of activities to keep you busy during your days and nights. Guam offers wide beaches, snorkeling and scuba diving, deep sea sport fishing, world class golf courses, lush tropical jungles and a rich cultural and historical heritage. The Commander Naval Region Marianas main base and Andersen Air Force Base maintain large, well stocked commissaries and exchanges, well equipped and managed Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) clubs and facilities to include golf courses, scuba and snorkeling training and tours, private military beaches a marina and other dedicated military recreational facilities. Guam's location approximatley midway between between Hawaii Japan make an ideal hub for travel back to the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Australia anf the exotic Far East. While we canot cover everyting Guam has to offer in this limited space, we believe the information on this site will provide a good start planning your move. In many cases, we do not try and duplicate information available elsewhere, but point you to sites with the details you need.
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