In the Fall of 1977 the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk left San Diego for the Western Pacific.
I was a 21 year old Second Class Petty Officer going on my first overseas cruise.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Thursday 10 Nov. 1977

"Busy day! Found out my transfer is effective 15 Nov. Got shots today, 3, and 2 or 3 more on Sunday. finally got mail at around 22:00. All I got was a bank statement and a bank receipt. Should be more tomorrow.

It looks like we may be heading towards that typhoon.

Had a 'Bear' fly over. Alerts most of the day.

I sure would like to hear from Diane or Sue."
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The "Bear" referred to, was a Soviet Navy reconnaissance aircraft which frequently engaged in a sort of cat & mouse game with U.S. forces during the Cold War.

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