Bill Barker was aboard Lipan from the mid to late 50's.

Lesko.JPG (28482 bytes) George Lesko  BM3 taking a group from Lipan, which is anchored out in background, to the beach where we were assisting in the filming of the movie South Pacific.  Oct. 1957. 
adak2.JPG (13357 bytes) Lipan all dressed up, Dress Ship, April 1959 Adak Alaska.
adak3.JPG (8343 bytes) Lipan Adak Alaska April 1959.
adak4.JPG (10013 bytes) Adak Alaska April 1959  Lipan Bringing aboard a local Aleut Indian that fell on the ice and was injured, wrapped in canvass to keep from getting wet. The locals brought him out in a canoe, we took him aboard the whale boat and then to a plane for a flight to see a doctor. 
adak5.JPG (11310 bytes) Ship forecastle all iced over.  Warrant Officer Brotherton in the middle.  Adak Alaska April 1959.
adak6.JPG (10839 bytes) Warrant Bosun Brotherton inspects the ice-coated forecastle in Adak April 1959.
Bill Barker running the motor launch.
Spino.JPG (15297 bytes) FN Spino showing that he's not afraid of any rough seas.
Then_Now.JPG (87643 bytes) Bill Barker as a Boot Camper and today.
 Lipan shipmates D.E. "Andy" Anderson and Bill Barker  . . . then and now.
Pict0018.jpg (17067 bytes) "Andy" Anderson, Bill Barker and unknown.
hong2.JPG (7972 bytes) Christmas in Hong Kong with the local kids and Bill Barker aboard Lipan.
hongKong.JPG (8869 bytes) Brown FN, Berry SN, the next two unkown, then Smitty
Brown.JPG (8555 bytes) Brown, an FN, bought every local kid a Christmas gift during a Lipan sponsored party.
hongkong.JPG (6034 bytes) Hong Kong cabbie, Bill Barker and maybe Ron Wilson.   1959.
modelT.JPG (18582 bytes) Bill Barker with model T car that the movie crew kept around the set. They wrote their names all over the car. Mitzy Gainer's name is on the car in front of me. They made us wear their shirts and white hats so we'd be all alike. Oct. 1957 while Helping make the movie, South Pacific. 
3guys58.JPG (14480 bytes) L to R BM1 Gorman, SN Barker, BM2 White in the berthing compartment. Circa 1958
adak.JPG (8943 bytes) Totem Pole, Adak Alaska, April, 1959.

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