|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Register | Video Directory | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Games | Today's Posts | Search | Chat Room |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Maybe one of you "more experienced" gentlemen may have known my Dad
One of my greatest sorrows is that one year after I joined the Navy, my hero-of-a-Dad passed away. I grew up as a child staring at his neat collection of Navy aircraft models on his dresser, which defense contractors had given him. He had A-4s, an F-4, Vigilante, F-8U Corsair, a Demon, and a few others I can't recall... not to mention the numerous photos and plaques on his bedroom walls.
Being a brat growing up through the Post-Vietnam era, I never really asked him much about the Navy. Then at the age of 26, I joined "to get an education" as so many others did. Well, I sure got one alright. I wound-up being part of a VS squadron which set nearly every record in the book. What a great team VS-38 became. But as I noted above, Dad passed away before I could spend time with him gleaning any pearls of wisdom from an "old-school" guy who helped to write the book on Naval Carrier Aviation. To any WWII era Navy men who may read this, my father is Paul Max Harbaugh, (Cdr. USNR Ret.) He flew TBMs and SBDs, in the South Pacific aboard the USS Lunga Point. At the end of his 23 year career in 1965, he was stationed at NAS Miramar attached to CVG-12. To those interested in reading an article he wrote for a 1962 issue of Naval Aviation News , entitled, "Where Stands the LSO"... please go to the LSO School at NAS Oceana. http://www.nasoceana.navy.mil/lso/US...icerSchool.htm I also submitted an original copy of the very first LSO NATOPS Manual, complete with his photo on the cover. Thank YOU veterans for giving me the opportunity to live free. Dana F. Harbaugh Former AW2 Naval Aircrewman S-3A Viking Tailhook SENSO VS-38, CVW-2, USS Ranger (CV-by-God-61) Desert Shield / Desert Storm / Kurdish Invasion Night Armed Scouts for AirWing 2 |
Sponsored Links |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Post also on Navy Forum, and General Forum, and PM (Private Message) to Scamp and Boats... for starters.
#2 and counting. We need a few more Squids around here. So, get your avatar of choice up there... we do have some branch loyalties that get expressed on Patriot Files from time to time |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Avitar...can't find the one I want...
I was looking for either the Naval Aircrewman Wings "of Gold" or the enlisted rating badge insignia of the Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator... Did a quick search on the Net...all to no avail...none in jpg format or were too large for your system...
Ideas? HB |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
USS Lunga Point Alumni Assoc/CVG 12
USS Lunga Point
Mr. Frank Caffrey Phone 605-594-3923 48268 256th St Garretson SD 57030-6055 Or Ship: "USS LUNGA POINT (CVE-94) & SQUADRONS" Contact: GUS YOUNGKRIST Address: 5525 FLAMINGO RD City: LAS VEGAS State: NV Zip: 89103 Phone: 702-251-7930 CVG 12 Alumni Mr. Dick Weston phone 978-546-9753 72 Penzance Rd Rockport MA 01966 |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Yes sir...
Thank you for the information.
HB |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
"Her Gentlemen from Vietnam" | 82Rigger | Vietnam | 7 | 01-04-2005 10:10 AM |
Maybe one of you "more experienced" gentlemen may have known my Dad.. | Hardball | Navy | 11 | 10-05-2004 11:12 AM |
Maybe one of you "more experienced" gentlemen may have known my Dad... | Hardball | General Posts | 0 | 03-11-2004 07:28 PM |
"Moderate" Republicans being "strong-armed" by the Bush Administration. | Gimpy | Political Debate | 2 | 06-07-2003 02:31 PM |
"Conservatives" show how their "agendas" harm true american heros'! | Gimpy | Political Debate | 0 | 04-30-2003 10:25 AM |
|