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Old 29th Oct 2006, 13:34
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Originally Posted by Brian Abraham
When at Ellyson Field (Pensacola - US Navy helo training) in 1967 and 68 the astronauts used to come to work out on the TH13M aka Bell 47.
Brian-
I was in HT-8 a good bit after you (I bracketed both ends of my career there), and it's no longer at Ellyson (now an industrial park) but at Whiting Field in Milton. The photos of the astronauts (though a bit faded) were still prominently in place in the squadron building when I left a year ago. According to the squadron history link below, 14 of 15 of the original astronauts trained there.
As far as Vietnam exploits, I wonder if you might have known Clyde Lassen. Would have probably been there around that time, went on to win the Medal of Honor. He later commanded the squadron. More recently, an academic building at Whiting was named for him. Lot of history in P-cola... and we've got great shrimp too!
https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/tw5/ht8/history.asp
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