Veterans On the Board
Were we ever really this young? 19 yrs. old. Just made L/Cpl. 4th from right, standing with AK.
They wouldn't let us keep 'em as souvenirs, though. My buddy Robert at far right with M14.
Captured NVA flag. Yes,they are holding it upside down for a reason. My buddy Robert on the right.
A smile and a joke for every occasion. KIA Con Thien. Think of him every day.
11 years later, towards end of 2nd hitch...... Didn't fit into civilian life very well, so went back in the service (Navy that time).
Built this car at the auto hobby shop on base when we were in port. Yes, I'm still wearing jungle boots. Kinda got used to 'em.
Except for turning and burning long hours keeping the subs patched up and on station, it was pretty laid back at the sub pier.
Was sent over to 32nd St. Naval Station on TAD orders to work on a pressure vessel in the reactor compartment of a skimmer once
and the OOD wanted to put me on report for being out of uniform. Had a long beard at the time and was wearing green coveralls and
jungle boots and a USS Dixon ball cap with my rank insignia on it. Surface fleet was sorta uptight about stuff like that.
OOD apparently wanted me to report in dress whites with haircut and shave and shoes shined and then change after I reported aboard.
We didn't have a Navy pickup handy, so I drove the Chevy and parked it on the pier near the brow. He wasn't very happy that, either. :D
When my '65 GTO ragtop was totaled, I built up the engine and swapped it into a '56 Chevy along with the Muncie 4-speed and a '69 Camaro SS396 12-bolt rearend.
'74 400 Pontiac short block, '68 428 cop car heads, Sig Erson cam, '66 Pontiac iron tri-power intake.
Note dealer only MOPAR 6-Pak carbs (factory high perf replacements for the production 440 6-Pak carbs) adapted to Pontiac intake.
Also ran 2-1/2" dual exhaust with MOPAR hemi mufflers and a '76 Cordoba rear sway bar on that car.
Front sway bar was from a new TransAm Firebird. G-60 15 radials put over 8" of tread on the road at all 4 corners. Handled really well.
Happy Motoring,
Harry
Were we ever really this young? 19 yrs. old. Just made L/Cpl. 4th from right, standing with AK.
They wouldn't let us keep 'em as souvenirs, though. My buddy Robert at far right with M14.
Captured NVA flag. Yes,they are holding it upside down for a reason. My buddy Robert on the right.
A smile and a joke for every occasion. KIA Con Thien. Think of him every day.
11 years later, towards end of 2nd hitch...... Didn't fit into civilian life very well, so went back in the service (Navy that time).
Built this car at the auto hobby shop on base when we were in port. Yes, I'm still wearing jungle boots. Kinda got used to 'em.
Except for turning and burning long hours keeping the subs patched up and on station, it was pretty laid back at the sub pier.
Was sent over to 32nd St. Naval Station on TAD orders to work on a pressure vessel in the reactor compartment of a skimmer once
and the OOD wanted to put me on report for being out of uniform. Had a long beard at the time and was wearing green coveralls and
jungle boots and a USS Dixon ball cap with my rank insignia on it. Surface fleet was sorta uptight about stuff like that.
OOD apparently wanted me to report in dress whites with haircut and shave and shoes shined and then change after I reported aboard.
We didn't have a Navy pickup handy, so I drove the Chevy and parked it on the pier near the brow. He wasn't very happy that, either. :D
When my '65 GTO ragtop was totaled, I built up the engine and swapped it into a '56 Chevy along with the Muncie 4-speed and a '69 Camaro SS396 12-bolt rearend.
'74 400 Pontiac short block, '68 428 cop car heads, Sig Erson cam, '66 Pontiac iron tri-power intake.
Note dealer only MOPAR 6-Pak carbs (factory high perf replacements for the production 440 6-Pak carbs) adapted to Pontiac intake.
Also ran 2-1/2" dual exhaust with MOPAR hemi mufflers and a '76 Cordoba rear sway bar on that car.
Front sway bar was from a new TransAm Firebird. G-60 15 radials put over 8" of tread on the road at all 4 corners. Handled really well.
Happy Motoring,
Harry
