Name | Gary W Baker |
Retirement/Discharge Date | July 1979 |
Tour 1 Dates | Febuary 1977 - July 1979 |
Tour 1 Rank/Rate | MSSN |
Tour 1 Division | Supply |
NATO Mixed Manned Crew | No |
Comment | My time onboard was the highlight of my young life but I just did not know it and take advantage of it the way I should have. I was very proud to have served my country during this non-war period right after Vietnam and I obtained a great tradeoff cooking and baking and use that today. To this day I miss those days especially at sea where I feel God's presence in his massive creation and still to this day enjoy the high seas and being around the water and oceans. I miss the comraderie of my shipmates and the tours of other countries we visited and the times we crossed the Equator. I'm 55 years old now and I think about those days a lot and am back in the Norfolk area living now after my son was in and married out here. I would have loved to see the ship again. "Anchors Away" |
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