which I've had the privilege of serving at: NTC Bainbridge, Maryland March 1943 USS Teaberry (AN-34) March 1943 - 1945 USNH's Everett, WA & Chelsea, MA January 1946 (medical discharge) Maine Air National Guard, Camp Keyes, Augusta, ME 1946-1947 Navy ORG. SURFACE DIV 8-49, Tulsa, OK 1950-1955 ***Returned to active duty 1955***  Receiving Station, Naval Station Charleston, SC 1955 USS Saratoga (CVA-60) Pre-commissioning, Naval Base, Newport, RI USS Saratoga (CVA-60) Plank owner, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY. Ship placed in commission '56. JO "A" School, Great Lakes, IL 1956 NAS Kingsville, TX 1957-1958 NAS Corpus Christi, TX 1958-1960 ComCruDesFlot THREE, Long Beach 1959-1962 ComCruDesFlot THREE flag shiften from the destroyer tenders Frontier, Bryce Canyon, Hamul, cruisers Topeka and Oklahoma City. (We also shifted our flag to the guided missile destroyer King (DLG10) in San Diego while I was there performing exercises off the coast of California. I served as Navy liaison in providing still photos for the building of studio props used in filming the TV series (Hennessey), (Ensign O'Toole) and (The Real McCoys) and coordinated other technical assistance as requested from the Hollywood Television and Motion Picture Industry. FHTNC Great Lakes 1962-1963 NAS Chase Field, Beeville, TX 1963-1965 Defense Information School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN Attended and graduated in 1966 from the Department of Defense Information School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, IN where the first Basic Information Officers Course was established for military public information officers. Naval Station Keflavik, Iceland & Armed Forces Radio & Television Station Editor, White Falcon. 1967-1968 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) 1969 NAMTRAGRUP Headquarters, NAS Memphis, TN 1969 1st Naval District Headquarters, Boston, MA 1969-1973 where I retired with ceremonies on board USS Constitution "Old Ironsides", the oldest Navy ship still on active duty.
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