Carrier Landings Still a Tricky Task on USS Hancock
On the USS Hancock in the South China Sea pilots face a demanding landing process aided by the Lens device. Lt. Tom Mineau explains the need to align a moving light with a row of horizontal lights to hit a four degree glide slope and avoid fatal misjudgments in the final seconds.
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Hancock
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Tom Mineau
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Inoculations for hepatitis given to Fort Sam soldiers
At Fort Sam Houston 600 soldiers received hepatitis inoculations over the weekend after a baker from two mess halls was hospitalized at Brooke General. In Monterey California a 19 year old Portsmouth Ohio soldier was found hanged at Fort Ord in the shower room, apparently standing on a can to affix a sash cord to an overhead pipe.
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Ft. Sam Houston
4Th Army
Brooke General Hospital
Monterey
Calif
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ft. Ord
Willie Perrin Jr
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