
Shipmates' Memories
Richard E. Barker ET2 (RIP Alvord, TX)

Remember how we got mail when we were
operating with carriers? You think that gal in the AOL ad is excited when she
says "I've got mail!" - you should see a sailor!

A great shot of a "fish"
leaving the torpedo tubes!

Looks like US Naval Station Long
Beach with USS Preston (DD-795) tied alongside and the hospital ship USS Hope
(AH-7) in far background.

Not sure where there was but might
have bin at Amami Oshima, Ryukyu Islands, during our assistance mission there.