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 | Hugh Daniel Eidson Born: January 18, 1947 Place: Jacksonville, Florida Ribault Senior High, Class of 1965. Dan is a former Aviation Firecontrol Technician, Bomber, 2nd Class Petty Officer and now lives in Tifton, Georgia. He would love to have Email from any former high school friends or members of the squadrons/duty stations he was stationed with. |
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1965 TO 1975 signed my induction papers. |
Chicago, Illinois Oct. 8 - Dec. 5, 1965. Company 577. MMG-1 James Pursiful Company Commander. | ||
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Dec. 1965 to July 1966. |
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| My work here at Meridian consisted of compartment cleaning. I lived in barracks 204 and worked the upper deck in barracks 203. Everyday I cleaned bathrooms and then swept, mopped, waxed, and buffed the passageway. On Fridays I cleaned the bathrooms (heads), swept, stripped the old wax off the decks, put down new wax, and then buffed the decks. If I passed inspection at 1000 hours I was released for the day. Usually I packed an AWOL bag and headed to Jacksonville (a trip of 525 miles - I hitchhiked).
Some names that I remember are: Howard Hobbs from Washington State, Myron Coolbaugh from upstate New York, L'Orange (one of my bosses) and Jeno (in charge of the guys on restrictions). | |||
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While stationed with VAP-62 I went:
TAD (January through March, 1968) to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico.
TAD (May through September, 1968) to the Naval Station, in Rota, Spain; then on to Stavanger, Norway for a six week stay and some fine liberty.
After returning to Rota we made a brief trip to the Naval Station at Naples, Italy, then flew to Athens, Greece to repair one of our planes and take some much needed rest (four days). Upon returning to Rota, our planes made a short trip to Turkey without the maintenance crew, returned to Rota and then we returned to Jacksonville, Florida.
TAD (May 1969 to September 1969) to the Naval Station, Agana, Guam with VAP-61;
We then made a short trip to Townsville, Austrailia in August to set up a detachment - had some wonderful liberty there, too - and then back to DaNang, Viet Nam. On August 7, 1969, I reenlisted for 6 more years while in DaNang. W.L. Bush, Jr. LCDR, signed my reenlistment contract.
| TAD to NAS Cecil Field, Jacksonville, for AN-APG-53 RADAR SCHOOL for work on the A-4 Skyhawk. | TAD (June 1970) to NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico for two weeks. Upon returning to Norfolk I asked for a transfer to "B" school in Memphis, Tennessee. | |
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| I served with VAQ-33 from 1 November 1969 to 16 June 1970. | ||
AVIATION FIRECONTROL "B" SCHOOL
NATTC Memphis, Tennessee, July 22, 1970 to April 13, 1971.
February 14, 1971 I surrendered to preach at the Broadmoor Baptist Church, Austin Peay Highway, Dr. Ira Cole was the preacher then. I also married the former Frances Poole. We have been together since June 12, 1971. One good friend I met here was Larry Parker, a Sargent in the Marine Corps, who now is pastoring in Spirit Lake, Idaho.
NATTC has officially moved from Millington, Tennessee to Pensacola, Florida. This transition took place about 1995.
NAS Cecil Field, VA-174 Jacksonville, Florida, April 21, 1971 to December 20, 1974 (In January 1973 I moved to TAD to AIMD until December 20, 1974, but was still assigned to VA-174). My primary responsibility was VIDS Board control. Here I maintained control of all operations taking place on our aircraft at any given time. One good friend was Don Trulson, who now is pastoring in Elbow Lake, Minnesota. While with VA-174 I went TAD on the USS Roosevelt, CVA-42 and on the USS Lexington, CVA-16 for pilot training qualifications.
NAS CECIL FIELD, FLORIDA, AIMD, Jacksonville, Florida, January 1973 to December 1974. My primary responsibility was repair of the AN-APQ 126 A-7E radar system. Though I had "O" level training, it was not until I went to VA-37 that I actually did work on the planes.
Some friends there were AQC Pust, AQ1 Lloyd Crimmins (now a retired Lt. Commander living in Boliver, Tennessee.) Another good friend was an AT-3 named Parker.
AN-APQ 126 RADAR SYSTEM
VFA-37, CECIL FIELD, FLORIDA January 25, 1975 to August 7, 1975. On board the USS Saratoga Jan. 75 to Mar. 75 in the Med. (This squadron is now VFA-37, as noted above, and is still the "Bulls", but now fly the F/A-18 Hornet. VFA-37 is now residing at NAS Oceana, Virginia.)
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I am always interested in learning the whereabouts of former Navy friends. If you were ever in any of these squadrons or duty stations and remember me, please send me an email. I would love to hear from you and tell all the wonderful things that God has been doing in my life these past 30 years and discover the wonderful things happening in your life, also.
Thanks for all the memories from these Navy squadrons and duty stations and the men who made them work. I'd love to hear from all of them again.
God Bless,
Dan Eidson
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