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cWat/»Very Close] Relates SutterSailor On Leave From Coral SeaBy ANDY GERBER“While at times we could see the outline of the coast of Viet—oNam and despite the fact that the Coral Sea was never under attack bv the enemy, we had the feeling that the war was very: close to us,” said PO 3/C Darrell L. Bell, 22. on leave here after; an 11 month tour of Viet Nam duty' aboard the carrier.An aircraft electronics technician, Bell said, “Each time theVulanes would take off on a mission you mentally said goodbv to he pilots. There is always the wondering inside you how manyif them will come back.” J ,visited Hong Kong, Japan andAt least 10 of thei didn’t. “We lost planes and pilots to the enemy — 10 that I know of — and after eachthe Philippines as well as Ha-mission there was the process of sweating out th* return of the planes and the little anxieties that eo with such awan.“About the only thing I can!say about such olaces is that! they are interesting but all havea sameness about them thatmakes you tire of them verytoIi ^ % ■ V » w •» • vw » - — i mrwait that you have to learn to quickly. It isn’t compara1 live with. It’s no fun,” he said, 'the states,” he said.“Most of the planes suffered. Bell joined ,he NavyJn Jan-, amage from ground fire, the uary of 1903 and is scheduled toget out this coming anuarv I hope the situation doesn’t;change. I’d like to get on withlots told us. But we were call-d out on alert and manned bat-e stations several times when: appealed that our returning;my college.lanes were being pursued by! He will rejoin his ^adrondigs. If there were Migs, they a heavy a tack gc°apever did put in an appearance. jWhidbey Island in ug ,tut we didn’t take any chances.!when his leave is over.atHOME ON LEAVE, PO 3/C Darrell L. Bell of Sutter/e stood our alerts.”“There were manv tense mo- ctents,” he sa d, “but I don’t DlVOIXC DSCF66link I’m at liberty to say any-ling about them.” IffBell, son of Mr and Mrs |Q ^UttCT WlT6points to the Viet Nam war theater where he spent the 11 months aboard thepastcarrier USS Coral Sea.4-H Club SetsIelvin Bell of Sutter, is a gradate of Sutter Union High— - - , After testifying her husband UfJjf|f|tf PdftVChool and Yuba College where drinks t0 excess and fails t0 llUIIUUy ■ Ul I ye majored in pre -engineering.) their family viola rhristma- Dartv t0 ^ helce plans to continue college,, sh,rIev was awarded an in- A Christmas party , aR;rhen he completes his service Lrlocutory d;vorce decree fromho™nA^uled foi, January. He will attend Bng-;Richard c shirley by j u d g e *ara has of the Dis-am Young University, he said.jRichard Schoenig in Sutter ^ ^Hn^b~ a ; Countv Superior Court. ‘awarded plans for the celebration wereDescribing life aboard the huge carrier. Bell said “It’s like living in a self-containedcity that is located on an island. Every facility is at hand. There’s a fire department, store, police organization, laundry, entertainment center, restaurant and in ourown^ase w lirport.Mrs. Shirley was --------custody of their two mino r;made at the meeting held at thechildren and Shirley was order-;Jack Gressett home an c ,ed to pay $100 a month for j dub has also planned afiIthe support of the c h i 1 d r e n. |tnp to the VubaCounty AirportThev had no community prop- TheY will tour the Mid-Cal PI -ertv ! tics plant there and later visiThe divorce was awarded onjthe Wary Aaron Museum uMarysville.si(grounds of extreme cruelty.Corroborating Mrs. Shirley’sThe 11 - month tour of duty;testimony was Vivian Voiles,the carrier was interrupted-her sister, xmt every 30 days by trips The Shirleys married Nov. 4JLaBarbara, Debbie Radle. Norto port for minor repairs and 1945. at Reno, and separated ma Ruble and Alexa MarchukNew members initated intlt; the group include Steven Gres sett, Loretta Sokolaski, Donreplenish some stores. He Sept 13 at Live OakDemonstrations were pres
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Marysville Appeal Democrat
Marysville, California, US
Sat, Nov 06, 1965
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