Lionel Olmer graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1957 and was commissioned as an Ensign after completion of OCS, Newport, R.I. in 1958. Following a brief assignment at Barin Field in Foley, Alabama, he spent 8 weeks at Imperial Beach, California preparatory to transfer to Kami Sea, Japan for a tour with the Naval Security Group Department. He later said that these two months proved exceptionally valuable because he learned the Morse Code which proved useful during later duty on “900 (submarines) Missions.”
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Born May 26, 1967, 34 years old
Rodney Ratchford tried to talk about his wife in the present tense. Amid the devastation at the Pentagon, where Marsha D. Ratchford worked for the Navy as an information technician, her husband had not given up hope. It’s what she would have wanted.
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May 14, 1975 – September 11, 2001
Petty Officer First Class Edward Earhart was an aerographer’s mate in the U.S. Navy. Earhart served on ships across the globe, helping the vessels navigate around sea ice, before being stationed at the Pentagon. The Kentucky native loved his job and even kept a picture of an iceberg as his computer’s screen saver.
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In April of 1965, MiG 17s were first noted in offensive posture, and on July 25, an USAF RB-66C aircraft intercepted FAN SONG B RADAR from North Vietnam, signaling the operational introduction of the SA-2 GUIDELINE missile system. These significant developments, coupled with the expanding air war, made it clear more on-track time was necessary. On September 3, 1965, VQ-1 first deployed an EC-121M “Willy Victor” (PR- 21, BuNo 135749) to Da Nang full time. This marked the establishment of a permanent VQ-1 detachment at Da Nang. Spooks assigned to these missions were ordered directly to “Senior Naval Aviator, COMFAIRECONRON ONE Detachment, Danang, Republic of Vietnam.” The official establishment of a collocated NSG detachment was still a few years away.
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Born April 20, 1962, 39 years old
Julian Theodore Cooper, known as ‘Coop’ to some, was born in Washington, DC on April 20, 1962. He departed this life on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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