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Lt. Gary Jon Meyer and Lt.JG Jack Babcock VA-196

BusyBee604

BusyBee604

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Renegade One said:
Yep..."Lest we forget." Thanks.
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I was in the Airwing (CVW-14) on VA-196's previous deployment on CONNIE in '67. The "Main Battery" paid a heavy price on that cruise also, including losing 3 out of 4 A-6s on 1 mission (5 KIA, 3 POW including their CO). A gutsy group, fer shure...1 crew, 2 Navy Crosses!
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I don't think LT Meyer & LTJG Babcock had joined VA-196 yet. RIP, you are not forgotten.
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BusyBee604 said:
I was in the Airwing (CVW-14) on VA-196's previous deployment on CONNIE in '67. The "Main Battery" paid a heavy price on that cruise also, including losing 3 out of 4 A-6s on 1 mission (5 KIA, 3 POW including their CO). A gutsy group, fer shure...1 crew, 2 Navy Crosses!
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I don't think LT Meyer & LTJG Babcock had joined VA-196 yet. RIP, you are not forgotten.
BzB
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BzB- LT Meyer had to sit out the '67 cruise because he was struck in the eye by a champagne bottle cork at a party for CO Profilet who was later shot down over Hanoi and became a POW. Meyer and Babcock had actually completed their last mission and volunteered to go on one more. A very gutsy group, indeed..
 
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