I was fresh out of radar school and assigned to VQ-2 (Navy reconnaissance squadron) in Rota, Spain just a week or two before this happened. In fact, I was doing squadron gate guard duty when the Six Day war broke out. Since I had only been in the squadron for a few weeks I hardly knew anybody so I was ordered to check EVERYBODY’s ID. That got me the stink eye when the CO and XO arrived.
I was also on gate guard duty when the “spy plane” referenced here returned to Rota. To this day, I have a number of very close shipmates (better than friends) who were on the mission.
Lots of memories. Period.