Phil Elsner – Star Group Member
The best part of our Association Member group so far has been getting to see everyone interact and tell their ...
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A Family Tradition – The Henderson’s
Many of our members are the legacy of a sailor that served aboard the USS Yorktown. Their children join in ...
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We Were Sailors
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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Stranded in Rotterdam
By Steven R. Butler When the Yorktown left Norfolk in September 1969, I was on leave from my previous duty ...
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Memories of The Wife of A Yorktown Sailor
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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How Did It Start?
The following is from “ALL HANDS” of January 1967 and is reprinted with permission from that magazine. Paddle Landings Took ...
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Things I Remember
A story told by Ben Couillard: I remember that when I was 16, 17 and 18 years old, I was ...
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Veteran’s Corner
Among the many exotic ports most American Sailors visit when doing a WESTPAC – Western Pacific – deployment is Hong ...
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Behind Enemy Lines
This Story goes back over 50 years to the fall of 1961. I was on my third and final Far ...
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Traveling by Railroad in 1944
Written by William (Willie) Lagarde. When Yorktown pulled into Bremerton, Washington in Sep 1944 I was looking forward to my ...
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The Beginning of WestPac 1968
Based on the experiences of Melvin Bien and Art Francis I received a note from Melvin Bien shortly before Christmas ...
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My Recollections of the events leading up to “The Roll” experienced on October 3, 1969 by Yorktown
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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Chopper Down in the South China Sea
At the October 2015 Reunion of the Association, I enjoyed a long visit with Donald R. Heck and this is ...
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Magic Carpet II
Every old sailor is familiar with the “Magic Carpet” business at the end of World War II when personnel were ...
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