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Back row :  AMH3 Rich Fortuna,  LTJG "Goggles Fitzgerald",  LTJG Paul "Ramjet" Whittington,  LCDR "Ratman" Sanford,  AT3 Dave Huntoon,  AMS2 Tony Youngblood,  AVCM Jack "MasterJack" Cragen,   AMHC Schafer,  AD1 Fred "Smokey" Steppe,  AQ3 Lenny Hollins

Front Row  AD3 Kirt Litzsinger,  AMSAN Ron Chaisson,  LCDR "Magnet" Regan,  AME1 Tony "I'm related to the "someone" by marriage" Bookout,   AE1 Willie Hinson,  LT "Twister" Young,  unk,  AMS3 Brian Wojeck 

From the "Ratman":  We only had A-7's on the first 2 or 3 DET's. Do you or any of the other guys remember the raw egg eating on the very first det. MCPO "Master Jack" ran Maint and I was DET OIC.

From Mike "Masterchief" Selke:  It was a A7 det, if I remember right we only had one plane down there at the time. I am not pictured and I know I was on the first det.

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Standing, left to right:  unk, unk, Chief Mike Selke, LCDR Regan, AN Brett Hastey, AMS2 Brian Moses, unk, LCDR Ratman Sanford, LTJG Grutzmacher, unk, AMS1 Don Wright, AO2 Donny Wilbur, Skipper John Milward.
 
Kneeling, left to right:  AN Bobby Wesson, LT Joyce Schmidt, AN Vic ?, AMH2 Tony Youngblood, AME1 Tony Bookout, AD1 Jerry Johnson, unk.