I served aboard USS CORAL SEA (CVA 43) from June 1970 to 26 January 1974. CS3 S2 division. I left the ship, applied for a Civil Service job at Naval Hospital San Diego. I started work 4 march 1974 as WG -02 3566 Janitor! I retired in 2000 as a Hospital Administrator GS 11-10, (Went to SDSU on the G.I. BILL nights). I am so thankful for my experience aboard CORAL SEA ! I loved it , and I hated it!. I just turned 71 in 2021 (December 16) FARE WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS CORAL SEAMEN!!!!!
Was a CS2 on her at that time so we must have known each other. I had the after bake shop at the time. Got out and ended up as a MSW and worked for the Army for 28 years.
I was in Marine Squadron VMA (AW) 224 during this time. I was a Plane Captain . I have awesome memories of 1972 including the mining of Haiphong Harbor. I remember the USO show. I saw some of my old buddies from Ordinance. I remember their faces but not their names. Sure wish I could talk to some of them.
@@kellywilson8440 Those are my friends in the video. I was a plane captain on the coral sea. If you notice they loaded all the bombs by hand on the aircraft carrier. Back on land they loaded them with SATS loaders. I watched them go from skinny weak Marines to pumped up bodybuilders in a few short weeks aboard the coral sea. Good times, bad times.
@@TexarkanaPrepper Friends you will never forget im sure those days were the best , Thats how we loaded our ordnance on our f-18's aka (fleetloaded) by hand anything under 1000 lbs , Best shape of my life but back and knees are done for because of it , I sure miss those days and like a redo . Thanks for your service brother and plane captains Rock ! Did the 87/88 med-cruise on The Coral sea .
I was a LTjg on board the USS Waddell DDG-24 which escorted the Coral Sea to and from Westpac for that deployment and provided plane guard duties during some of the time on Yankee Station. This brings back many memories.
What a different world, a different war. So many things to focus on, I liked the Red Cross ladies dancing with the sailors, and that one young sailor bashfully not wanting to dance.
@@charlesbukowski9836 no, yellow shirts are plane directors, brown are plane captains,carry chains and do pre inspections for next flight and strap pilots in and chain aircraft down when landing
@@tonytumbaga7365 not for the rightwing politicians of both parties thst pushed Afghanistan Iraq and Virtnam on us. Who won the last wars? General Dynamics won. If you had invested 10000$ in General Dynamics in 2001 that stock woukd be worth 130000$ today .
Our Vietnam Vets are in their 70’s and early 80’s. They will die off in the 10-15 years. We now have thousands of Iraq 2 PTSD troops thanks to Dick Cheney falsifying evidence to invade Iraq and our VA system cost $249 billion annually. We can build 20 Ford Class carriers every year for that money, rather than 1 every 3 years as currently.
I served aboard USS CORAL SEA (CVA 43) from June 1970 to 26 January 1974. CS3 S2 division. I left the ship, applied for a Civil Service job at Naval Hospital San Diego. I started work 4 march 1974 as WG -02 3566 Janitor! I retired in 2000 as a Hospital Administrator GS 11-10, (Went to SDSU on the G.I. BILL nights). I am so thankful for my experience aboard CORAL SEA ! I loved it , and I hated it!. I just turned 71 in 2021 (December 16) FARE WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS CORAL SEAMEN!!!!!
Was a CS2 on her at that time so we must have known each other. I had the after bake shop at the time. Got out and ended up as a MSW and worked for the Army for 28 years.
Amazing footage. I was an 8 year-old headache at the time, shuttled back and forth between Manila and Subic. Miss my parents terribly.
What did your dad fly?
@@charlesbukowski9836 a desk, lol
@@nanii414 oh LOL well the planes don't go zoom zoom without ink!
I was in Marine Squadron VMA (AW) 224 during this time. I was a Plane Captain . I have awesome memories of 1972 including the mining of Haiphong Harbor. I remember the USO show. I saw some of my old buddies from Ordinance. I remember their faces but not their names. Sure wish I could talk to some of them.
My Ordies putting in work , Great video and sure would like to hear the audio on these old clips !
Was you in 224?
@@TexarkanaPrepper No sir VFA-131 Wildcats out of NAS Cecil Field fla 85/88 .
@@kellywilson8440 Those are my friends in the video. I was a plane captain on the coral sea. If you notice they loaded all the bombs by hand on the aircraft carrier. Back on land they loaded them with SATS loaders. I watched them go from skinny weak Marines to pumped up bodybuilders in a few short weeks aboard the coral sea. Good times, bad times.
@@TexarkanaPrepper Friends you will never forget im sure those days were the best , Thats how we loaded our ordnance on our f-18's aka (fleetloaded) by hand anything under 1000 lbs , Best shape of my life but back and knees are done for because of it , I sure miss those days and like a redo . Thanks for your service brother and plane captains Rock ! Did the 87/88 med-cruise on The Coral sea .
I was an armourer in the Canadian Air Force, 1981-2016. "C" man on CF-101 primaries, "B/C man secondaries, and load crew on CF-18's. Good times.
You have to hand it to the entire crew, they are the tip of the spear, we are very fortunate indeed.
VMA(AW)224 starting at 1:09 was the unit I joined in 1977. Many of the old hands were there.
I was a LTjg on board the USS Waddell DDG-24 which escorted the Coral Sea to and from Westpac for that deployment and provided plane guard duties during some of the time on Yankee Station. This brings back many memories.
Midway swabby here...Ahoy 43 and Saluuute'''
What a different world, a different war. So many things to focus on, I liked the Red Cross ladies dancing with the sailors, and that one young sailor bashfully not wanting to dance.
.HMAS Hobart was tired up next to her in Huners Point Naval Shipyard late 1972 .
April 26,1972 50 Year ago I was Born September 20,1972
Happy belated Birthday!
5:51 where can I get this black jacket?
Caught carrier in Phillipines, 1975 vf 111 f4 phantom plane captain
The next day VF-51 lost a F-4 to a MIG-21 crew became POW's.
I was on it 1975 vf 111 plane captain
@@robertferguson9764 are the yellow shirts officers only? and I assume the brown shirts are E6 and above?
stupid ROE I assume?
@@charlesbukowski9836 no, yellow shirts are plane directors, brown are plane captains,carry chains and do pre inspections for next flight and strap pilots in and chain aircraft down when landing
@@charlesbukowski9836 brown shirts are e1 to e4, e6 is the supervisor
Served vfa-137 med cruise 87-88 89
Me too! Steve Kimble
MarDet on the Coral Sea from 77-80
That was .y Sqaudron vf111 plane captain 1975
A war we lost
A war we should never have fought
2 million indochinese men women and children were killed
@@tonytumbaga7365 not for the rightwing politicians of both parties thst pushed Afghanistan Iraq and Virtnam on us. Who won the last wars? General Dynamics won.
If you had invested 10000$ in General Dynamics in 2001 that stock woukd be worth 130000$ today .
We did not lose this as a military. Our Government lost the war for us
Where’s the sound- boring without it - I was aboard when this was made.
You should have recorded the sound
You need music!!!!
Our Vietnam Vets are in their 70’s and early 80’s. They will die off in the 10-15 years. We now have thousands of Iraq 2 PTSD troops thanks to Dick Cheney falsifying evidence to invade Iraq and our VA system cost $249 billion annually. We can build 20 Ford Class carriers every year for that money, rather than 1 every 3 years as currently.
Lol made 2 west pacs on it
Sucks without music