Yorktown Stories

The best part of our Association Member group so far has been getting to see everyone interact and tell their ...
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Here at the Association we love to give our members and prospective members, the opportunity to get to know our ...
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Many of our members are the legacy of a sailor that served aboard the USS Yorktown. Their children join in ...
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1958-59 Far East Cruise By Terry G. Fritz. Ed’s Note: This is the third part of a multi-part piece written by ...
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By Steven R. Butler When the Yorktown left Norfolk in September 1969, I was on leave from my previous duty ...
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By Lorena R. Farrar In August 1955, my soon-to-be husband, Ted W. Farrar, was unexpectedly transferred from the Air Traffic ...
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The following is from “ALL HANDS” of January 1967 and is reprinted with permission from that magazine. Paddle Landings Took ...
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By Art Francis This piece is a composition based on information received from Dan Bernath, Steven Butler, Neil O’Connor, Dave ...
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A story told by Ben Couillard: I remember that when I was 16, 17 and 18 years old, I was ...
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Among the many exotic ports most American Sailors visit when doing a WESTPAC – Western Pacific – deployment is Hong ...
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This Story goes back over 50 years to the fall of 1961. I was on my third and final Far ...
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Written by William (Willie) Lagarde. When Yorktown pulled into Bremerton, Washington in Sep 1944 I was looking forward to my ...
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Based on the experiences of Melvin Bien and Art Francis I received a note from Melvin Bien shortly before Christmas ...
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Written by Clement D. St. Louis, AGC, USN (Ret.) OA Division CPO on 10/03/1969. As I recall vividly, I had ...
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At the October 2015 Reunion of the Association, I enjoyed a long visit with Donald R. Heck and this is ...
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Every old sailor is familiar with the “Magic Carpet” business at the end of World War II when personnel were ...
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It was December 27th, 1968 when Apollo reentered the pull of earth’s atmosphere and Yorktown recovered Apollo 8. A Yorktown ...
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On January 21st of 1943 (or January 22nd according to Mrs. Roosevelt), the USS Yorktown CV-10 was launched into the water, ...
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Two years after the Formosa Resolution was passed to ease tensions between communist China and Taiwan, Chinese communist leader Mao ...
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It was June of 1960, and the USS Yorktown CVS-10 was in route to Manila to provide support to President ...
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A heavily damaged Yamato smoking from attacks by Air Group 9. It was 1945 and the war was coming to ...
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On March 14th 1945, the USS Yorktown CV-10 departed to begin preliminary work for operations in Okinawa, scheduled for the ...
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