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11-11-2013, 01:36 PM
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My dad was on the belleau wood during desert storm
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11-11-2013, 01:44 PM
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Happy Veteran's Day all. You may not be a Steeler fan but this says it all for me...
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”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe 
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11-11-2013, 02:14 PM
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In early August (?) 1990 we had to shorten our port visit to Seattle for the "Sea Fair" by a few days, because of the crap going on in Iraq. I had already submitted for terminal leave with my 25 days of accrued leave to end my 6 year stint, so I got off the ship on August 23, 1990. Looking at my DD-214, I see I still could have been kept in, because there were 2 more years of inactive duty left. I was aboard the Belleau Wood for 3 years, 7 months, and 9 days of Sea Service, making Westpac's in 1987 & 1989, Team Spirit both times. For a while we were even a temporary 3rd Fleet Commander's Flag Ship, which earned us a port visit to Acapulco, I'm sure by no coincidence. One of my top 3 favorite port visits. Rather odd, Wikipedia doesn't mention the Belleau Wood making Desert Storm. One of the last things I remembered about the ship was changing homeport to Sasebo, Japan, and it's decommissioning in 2005. I didn't even know they were the last U.S. ship to sail out of Subic Bay in the final withdrawal, in Nov, 1992.
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11-11-2013, 04:08 PM
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He was a dentist on the ship. I still have his hat from when he was on. I know for a fact he was on in 1990 because I was 3 and remeber him being gone that year.
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11-11-2013, 05:03 PM
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If he got on board before August 23, 1990, then we served on board together. I guess my confusion is with Wikipedia and it's lack of reference to the Belleau Wood actually going to the gulf for Desert Storm. I know there was talk about it during my last days onboard, but I never did confirm it. I was too busy looking for work 
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11-11-2013, 08:38 PM
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Didn't go to the gulf. Went to the Philippines and was in subic bay for a bit.
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11-11-2013, 09:45 PM
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That's interesting my dad was also on the Belleau wood as the supply officer probably 8 years ago. Now she's at the bottom of the sea...
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