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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
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October 16, 1962 ? |
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Plankowner
Posts: 5024
Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: RE: Where Were You
Fixing a bulldozer in the Heavy Equipment Shop, McMurdo Sound, Ross Island, Antarctica. |
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Mess cooking
Posts: 7
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a glimmer in my father's eye..... |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 877
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Not even a thought in my parents' minds...
but my dad told me that he got recall orders, prepping him to go back into the USAF to do engineering work at MacDill AFB |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2357
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trying to work out the significance of this date in my life....
Hmmmmm.....pooped in my nappy for the 18 th day in a row? Kept my Mum and Dad awake for the 18th day in a row?Listened to my first Beatles song?....yeah, that must be it! 
without looking it up, I am assuming it has something to do with the Bay of Pigs fiasco?
Blue, wanna be history buff. *_* |
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Admin
Posts: 2297
Location: Renton, WA | Subject: RE: Where Were You
I was turning 8 yrs and 6 days old back in good ole DEEtroit. |
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Plankowner
Posts: 9165
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Where Were You
I was a Jr. in Hign school on that date. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Where Were You
RCK - 2007-02-28 1:22 PM
October 16, 1962 ?
ET "A" School, GLAKES |
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Senior Crew
Posts: 173
Location: Humboldt,Mi | Subject: RE: Where Were You
Submarine School,Groton,CT.Watching the all the submarines pulling out and heading towards Cuba. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
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I was on the Gudgeon about half way between Pearl Harbor and Seattle when we got radio traffic that instructed us to head to San Diego and load warshots. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 892
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas | Subject: RE: Where Were You
Instructor at the USNGMS Dam Neck teaching the DGBC ~ FTC(A)(SS) Ator |
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Senior Crew
Posts: 106
Location: Santa Fe, NM | Subject: RE: Where Were You
On the USS Bang at State Pier, New London. |
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Senior Crew
Posts: 159
Location: San Francisco Bay Area | Subject: RE: Where Were You
My only uniform at that time was a Cub Scout Uniform. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1455
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Not doing very well at St. John's University in NY academically, but I sure did enjoy being in sports, beer, and women. |
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Old Salt
Posts: 419
Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Subject: RE: Where Were You
1st quarter sophmore at Georgia Tech.
Attended the weekly meeting of my reserve unit, USNRSD 6-1, on the campus at Ga. Tech that evening.
I was SN(SU) at the time. |
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Old Salt
Posts: 359
Location: Saco, Maine | Subject: RE: Where Were You
Getting picked up from a Scout Meeting by my mom. She was scared to death and had the radio on in her '58 Chevy clunker. (the car I learned to drive on...) |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2540
Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: Where Were You
I had just turned the ripe old age of 11...in 6th grade...and something tells me this is leading up to the question...what is the significance of this date...
how about the Cuban Missle Crisis???
Patti |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 561
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Just got off the top side mid watch aboard the USS Balao north side pier 3 at Key West. On the other side of the pier was Pat Householder top side watch aboard the USS Chopper.
Little did we know that we would not get to sleep after we got off watch.
T.Spoon, DBF |
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Senior Crew
Posts: 173
Location: Humboldt,Mi | Subject: RE: Where Were You
""Instructor at the USNGMS Dam Neck teaching the DGBC ~ FTC(A)(SS) Ator""
You're the person who taught "Dr. Gonzo's Bazooka Circus" band how to play????Good job!!!!
Edited by 609EM1 2007-02-28 7:56 PM
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 892
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas | Subject: RE: Where Were You
Digital Geo Ballistic Computer ~ The hard drive was a large drum! The remainder of the unit was discrete components (transistors, diodes, etc.) mostly mounted on circuit boards.
Part of the MK 84 Fleet Ballistic Missile Fire Control System located in the Missile Control Center.
However, you didn't ask?
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1814
Location: Boydton, Virginia | Subject: RE: Where Were You
0400-0800 topside watch on Atule, Key West ( too bad I didn't know Tim Spoon and Pat Householder at the time). I was in charge of seaman gang and we had watertight integrity broke all over the boat. What a mad scamble! "Trouble south, heading North" was our battle cry as the entire Subron 12 steamed (on the surface) north towards Charleston and Norfolk.
Steamboat sends |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2561
Location: Rapid City, SD | Subject: RE: Where Were You
Let's see - I was 32 years old. I had an eleven-year-old daughter and a fifteen-month-old baby boy (born on the 4th of July). My husband was a police officer on the Rapid City Police Department. I hadn't yet gone back to school, so I was either cleaning house, cooking, or changing diapers. Or, playing with the cutest baby ever born. Well, one of the three cutest babies.
And, yes, I may have been glued to the radio or the television, wondering if we were headed for another war. However, if I'm remembering correctly, a lot of what was going on was not broadcast to the general public until it was resolved. |
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WWII Sub Vet
Posts: 135
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I was in New Orleans at the Airport, watching the Jets landing to re-fuel and then head SOUTHEAST.
Heady times but I guess I was too dumb to be scared.
Warshot |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Where Were You
I was onboard Odax 484 and had left the yards in Charleston close to that time. |
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Crew
Posts: 69
Location: Irwin, PA | Subject: RE: Where Were You
I was 4 years old, probably playing with tinker toys. |
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