Stanley Blaskiewicz, a shipmate of mine, boarded Lipan in 1968 as an SA and left in 1971 as a BM3.

Stan on the left with 3rd class cook Rollins.
L to R is Mike "Ma" Spiegel CS3, Paul Silman SM2, and Rich Tetrault BM2 mugging with somebody.  Dug Hadland FN is at the bottom of the screen.  Unknown who is playing the guitar.  Party was given by Atomic Energy Commission after mission in Aleutian Islands circa 1969.
L to R is Tim Worden, Billy Dale Thompson,  Rich Tetrault BM2 with flute, and Degunia
Soviet intelligence gathering ship shadowing us as we conducted  a mission in the Aleutian Islands for the AEC.  Stan took the picture through binoculars.
The Aleutians in Spring circa 1969.
USS Arlington, a communication ship, in Midway circa June 1969.  Lipan escorted two harbor tugs there from Pearl Harbor for a meeting between President Nixon and South Vietnam's leader, Thieu.
The Honor Guard as Air Force One lands with President Nixon.

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