Bill Buckman, a shipmate of mine,  was an EM3 aboard Lipan from 1968 to 1970. 

	Bill visited me (Rich Tetrault) up in Lowell Massachusetts in 2004 and 2005.  He always grabs my Martin six-string and entertains us and this is a video I made of one of his impromptu performances in my living room.
	Lipan tied up at Adak Alaska in April 1969.
	The fantail during Special Sea Detail as we return from our second Adak cruise in May 1969.    Bill shot this from the bridge.    A Snipe on the bridge during sea detail?    That's "Tet" BM2 (his sea detail station) walking aft and pointing .
	Lipan tied up at Adak Alaska in April 1969.
	The view across the harbor at Adak Alaska circa 1969.
	Nice photo of Lipan conducting ops with another ATF.   Probably during ORI?
	Nice photo of Rick Abercrombie EM2 as he goes over the side in the diving hard hat rig.
	Talking with the diver below.  L to R is LT CDR.  Jospeh DeMarke our skipper.  "Pappy" Allen EN1 speaking into the transmitter and Morris SN who was Leading Seaman at the time.
	The Battleship New Jersey as she pulls past Lipan at Alpha Piers Pearl Harbor .  We saw the NJ many times during its re-activation for the Vietnam War but this was its very first visit to Pearl since being reactivated.
	Soviet Intelligence Trawler in the Aleutian Islands as we conduct nuclear tests.
	Nice candid "Hey guys!" photo.  L to R is Brooks FN, Kettleman, FN and an unidentified Lipanee.
	Caution.  Snipe walking topside.  Bill inadvertently steps in a bucket of paint.
	Norman Olsen SF3 and others enjoying some fishing  on the fantail.
	Rick Abercrombie EM2 in Midway.  Fishing in dress whites?
	Bill Buckman EM3 May 1970 just before he was getting discharged.  Bill played a mean guitar.  Love that hat, pipe and mustache.
	L to R John "Speedy" Gonzales, Rich Tetrault BM2, Bob Stradford SN, and Bill Buckman EM3
	Bill Buckman EM3 on the Main Board with his traditional "spaceman" helmet and goggles.
	Sitting Ben "Bean" Fuentes GM3.  2nd row L t R Purdy, Stradford SN, Trepanier SF3 (kneeling).  back row John "Speedy" Gonzales and Rich Tetrault BM2.
	Rick Abercrombie EM2 and a Goony bird friend on the Island of Midway.
	Bill on the gundeck May 6, 1969 as we head south into warmth from Adak Alaska.
	Diamond Head from the air.   While in Hawaii Rich Tetrault BM2 got his Private Pilot's license and took many of the guy's for a flight.  August 1968
	Waikiki Beach from the air circa August 1968.
	L to R Maurice Taylor QM2 (also a pilot), Leslie "Lucy" Sutton GMSN, Mel Israel SK2, and Bill Buckman EM3.  Maurice had flown the group to Hawaii, the big island, for a trip.
	Mike "mother" Spegal CS3 our cook.  Mike was a great cook and fed us all well, earning the label "ma Spegal".
	Mike "ma" Spegal even cooked for us in the apartment near the Ali Wai Canal
	Bill Buckman EM3 and Ben "Bean" Fuentes jamming in the park.  What sweet music they made and kept the crew entertained for hours upon hours.  Bean had a $25 guitar and saved up to by a Martin 12-string and then we buried the old guitar at sea.  Buck is playing his $5 guitar which he bought from a shipmate who got transferred.
	Proud Snipes.  L to R Chief Settles ENC, Trepanier SF3, Norman Olsen SF3, John Gonzales, and Abercrombie EM2.
	Ben Siebels EM1 and Bill Buckman EM3 on "the Board" during "Special Sea Detail".  Ben has a similar photo online here.
	Buddies.  Bill Buckman and Brooks.
	Bloom EN3 dressed for the weather in Adak Alaska and Speedy.    Needless to say, Speedy didn't linger outside dressed like that.
	Ship's party at Keehi Lagoon Hickam Air Force Base close to Alpha Piers in Pearl Harbor.  Recognizable guys L to R is Bouton YN2,  Mel Israel SK2, barechested standing is Jimmie Ventura RM3, "Fang" at the table end, Bloom EN3 and Abraham EM3.  Circa July 1968.
	Guys lounging around at the Ship's Party July 1968 at Keehi Lagoon.
	"Fang" at the Ship's Party July 1968.
	Two snipes (faces obscured to protect these poor innocents) who partied too hard and ended up "resting" in the Scullery where the utensils, trays, bowls, glasses, and mugs were washed.
	Morgan FN enjoying some topside weather.
	Riske on his bike.
	A baby Goony bird from Midway Island.