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Lipan Shipmates with the shirts and hats at the Lipan dinner on
Friday the 23th of October. It was a fun night and we had a total
of 15 Lipanees attend the NAFTS Reunion. |
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Lipan ladies were all smiles at the Lipan dinner. |
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The scene at the Lipan dinner. |
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Bill & Nancy Chapin chat with John Lesjack. Joe Wilson in the
back ground and Gary Leurding with his Army hat on. Although Gary
started out on Lipan he ended up as a career Army type. |
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Shipmates Alex Mosqueda (yellow shirt) and Bill Buckman chat with
Barb Tetrault and Lupe Mosqueda (back to camera). |
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Alex and Lupe Mosqueda at the NAFTS Banquet. |
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Lipan Shipmates L to R (Standing) Alex Mosqueda, Jim McMahon, Bill Buckman (Seated) Rich Tetrault and Jim Kinkella at the NAFTS Banquet. |
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Bill Buckman with Barb Tetrault. |
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Bill Buckman wins tee-shirts in the raffle at the NAFTS Banquet.
Jim McMahon's wife, Patti on the left and Alex Mosqueda's daughter,
Christine, on the right. |
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Everyone has a good laugh as Bill wins a second batch of tee-shirts. |
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L to R Alex Mosqueda's daughters, Christine and Lisa, pose while
Bill gets into camera position. |
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Lipan Chief Engineer in the early 70's, Tom Thomas, cuts a dashing
figure at the NAFTS Banquet. |
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Tom Thomas chats with NAFTS President, Rodger Dana at the NAFTS
Banquet. |
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Everybody wants to photograph Rich Tetrault, Bill Buckman, and Alex
Mosqueda. |
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Rich Tetrault at Alcatraz, one of the places we visited during the
NAFTS Reunion. |
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Tom Thomas at Alcatraz. Note all the ship's patches on Tom's
Jacket. He's been aboard a half dozen or more ships in his career,
mostly ATF's and ARS's. He started out as an enlisted
Electriciansmate and ended up a full Lieutenant before he called it
quits. |
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Lipan guys at the North Point Vista near the Golden Gate Bridge on a
bus tour of San Francisco. |
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Lipan gals at North Point Vista. |
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Fireman Rich at a Pumpkin Farm in Sants Cruz. |
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Lupe Mosqueda and Barb Tetrault. |
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Alex and Lupe Mosqueda rest while we tour the decommissioned USS
Hornet Aircraft Carrier during the NAFTS Reunion. |
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Rich and Barb do their best to duplicate a "Pilot's Pose" in front
of an A4 Skyhawk on the flight deck of the USS Hornet in San Francisco. |
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NAFTS members tour the flight deck of the Hornet. |
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Jim Clancy and John Lesjack pose for the camera. John got
Lipan embroidered tee-shirts and albums for all Lipan attendees donated
by a former crewmember's sister |
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Lupe and Barb snack at the NAFTS Reception. We had
complimentary hors doueves and beer & wine during the event. |
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The folks at the NAFTS Reception. |
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Bill & Alex in the berthing compartment of the Presidential Yacht,
Potomac, during the NAFTS Reunion. We had a nice trip aboard the
vessel on a blustery day. |
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Alex and Lupe brave the chill and make their way to the bow of the
Potomac. |
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Chris, Alex and Lisa pose for Lupe aboard Potomac. |
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Alex and Rich with Potomac behind them. |