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BILL FRENCH
Shipmate
11/17/2005
07:50:46
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 Subject: KING COMMISSIONING
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FORTY FIVE YEARS HAVE PASSED. SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY WE WERE STANDING ON THE FANTAIL OF THE USS KING DLG-10 PUTTING HER IN COMMISSION. WHERE HAVE ALL THE YEARS GONE?
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Dave Nesbitt
Shipmate
11/17/2005
08:04:28
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Bill, the first thing I thought of when I woke up this AM was; it's King's Birthday! You are right; where did those 45 years go? I went back to King in 1965 for a second tour, and in 1966 we (the ship) celebrated her 6th Birthday, to commemerate the event, all the Plankowners still aboard were presented with a ship's plaque (when they were made from brass). There were only five of us left at the time. My plaque still hangs on the wall in my study.
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Jerry Cook
Shipmate
11/22/2005
22:45:59
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I remeber working my butt off along with others in WD Division to get the ship ready for commissioning. I learned how to do a turks head, frapping, sewing with a palm. It was worth it. The King was the best.
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