He had hoped to play professional baseball but his dreams and elbow were shattered by a bullet while
serving on the aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard in the Pacific.
Not exact matches
He began as an enlisted man
serving on one of the
aircraft carriers that were so fortuitously away at sea when the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor.
Dave was in the navy for many years and
served on 10 ships, destroyers and
aircraft carriers all around the world.
When he was in first grade, Max did a project about the USS Yorktown, an
aircraft carrier on which his grandfather had
served.
The national flag
carrier will
serve passengers from Maumere to Denpasar four times a week
on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday using ATR 72 - 600
aircraft that can accommodate 70 economy - class passengers.
In late 2011, an extended runway opened at TCI's gateway airport
on Providenciales to accommodate larger
aircraft from Europe; most major international
carriers serve the country.
Another friend is currently
serving as a senior officer
on an
aircraft carrier for the Royal Navy.