On August 21, 2017, Petty Officer II, Timothy Thomas Eckels Jr., USN, died suddenly en route to Changi, Singapore while serving his country aboard the USS John S. McCain.
Continue reading “Remembering IT2 Timothy Eckels, USN, Killed onboard USS JOHN S. McCAIN”
He married his childhood sweetheart, Jaime Scott and they moved to Virginia Beach to start a family. Continue reading “Remembering EW3 Ronald Scott Ownes, USN, KIA USS COLE”
“Little did she know she kissed a hero.”
By his wife: Barbara Lupton Continue reading “Remembering CT1 James Mahlon Lupton, USN, KIA USS LIBERTY”
June 4 through 9, 2019, NCVA National will hold their annual reunion in Portland Maine.
Check out the NCVA website for the latest updates and changes to all reunion information and activities: Reunion Information
Details and events follows:
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The aftermath of the attack, the Naval Board of Inquiry resulting in a decision that this attack was accidental, my own government ignoring what we had to say, has been devastating for me.
Continue reading “I was There When USS LIBERTY was Attacked (Guest Post) Part 4 of 4”
So moving forward to the trip to Malta, and on that trip, so many things went on. We had to turn the rudder manually as we had lost our after steering.
Continue reading “I was There When USS LIBERTY was Attacked (Guest Post) Part 3 of 4”
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