Bill's Navy
My next assignment
Heavy Attack Squadron Two
Whidbey Island, Washington
1962-1964
The A3B Sky Warrior
I was on a 9 month Pacific cruise with the squadron
on the USS Coral Sea, CV-43 in 1963
The Coral Sea
Entering Sydney, Australia Harbor, April 1963
I made the first sport jump in Australia by a member of the U.S. Navy
Taken at Camden Airfield ouside Sydney, April 1963. I'm on the right
After my landing at Camden Airfield
On 1 November 1963, I was commissioned to Ensign on the USS Coral Sea.
The oath was given to Chief Benson and myself by our Skipper, CDR Small
From Heavy Attack Squadron Two, I was transfered to Pensacola for Basic Officer's School and Flight Training.
Bill's Navy continued
