“I was an EM1 aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), just beginning my 2nd enlistment.”
After his death, were you put on any type of higher alert? Just curious. I imagine you would have been in during the Cuban Missile Crisis? An old friend of mine said that was a REAL scary time.
21twelve,
Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there was no change in our regular steaming readiness condition announced to the crew. I’m guessing that there probably was an increased level of awareness at the upper level of command.