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ĘI was a midshipman 3/c joining my first ship on my youngster cruise in 1955. I had joined the NROTC unit at Iowa State Unversity in the fall of 1954 fresh off a farm in Southwest Iowa. Going to a great naval ship was a really big deal. |
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Personal Experiences
USS Albany CA-122
Sailor=Tom Jetton My father used to tell when he was aboard ship just prior to |
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I joined Albany in mid-June. She was in port in Norfolk and the mids joined her to participate in the International Naval Review in Hampton Roads that year. Our cruise was to Norway and Sweden returning by way of Guantanamo and participating in a shoot off Culebra. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All in all, What an experience for a fresh of the farm kid. |