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VC-66: THE BEGINNING - 21 JUNE 1943
Steve Banks
posted on June 22, 2012 13:37
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VC-66 PILOTS SEARCH FOR SUBMARINE PERISCOPE
Steve Banks
posted on March 07, 2012 10:35
The following post was submitted by VC-66 T-1 and T-2 FM Wildcat pilot DeLoach Cope of Arcola, Mississippi. It describes an incident that occurr...
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LIFE ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL (VC-66)
Steve Banks
posted on February 07, 2012 10:57
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VC-66 SEA STORIES: "MAYBE THIS ISN'T SO GREAT SAID THE AIR FORCE PILOT"
Steve Banks
posted on January 02, 2012 16:32
This VC-66 (T-1) sea story is courtesy of TBM pilot LTJG John "Jack" Dwight who passed away on 14 July 2010 at the age of 90. Jack wrote to me o...
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VC-66 (T-1) & (T-2): TWO CHRISTMASES TO REMEMBER
Steve Banks
posted on December 13, 2011 11:56
On Christmas Eve 1943, Composite Squadron 66 (T-1) detached from the USS TRIPOLI (CVE-64) and reported to NAS San Diego to sp...
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During November 1944 - Passing The Torch
Steve Banks
posted on November 07, 2011 11:17
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During October 1944 - Finishing The Fight And Going Home
Steve Banks
posted on October 18, 2011 17:19
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During Late September 1944
Steve Banks
posted on September 28, 2011 10:42
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VC-66's Finest Hour - Saving Ensign Thompson
Steve Banks
posted on September 14, 2011 11:18
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During August 1944
Steve Banks
posted on August 24, 2011 10:58
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A Few VC-66 End Of The War Stories
Steve Banks
posted on August 15, 2011 12:14
Former VC-66 TBM Pilot, Dick Krost, advises: "On August 15, 1945 I was attached to Squadron VC-66-T2. On August 4th we boarded the USS Altamaha (CVE-...
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During July 1944
Steve Banks
posted on July 01, 2011 17:02
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During May and June 1944
Steve Banks
posted on May 02, 2011 16:46
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During April 1944
Steve Banks
posted on May 02, 2011 16:42
As soon as their ASW training was completed and with little prior notice, on 30 March 1944, VC-66 was directed to report for duty aboard the USS AL...
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VC-66's LTJG DeLoach Cope Reports On Some Good Hawaiian Liberty
Content Editor
posted on March 01, 2011 13:54
Thanks to former VC-66 pilot DeLoach Cope for submitting the following sea story: When VC-66 moved from Barking Sands on Kauai to Ford Island on Oahu...
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VC-66 (T-2) HISTORY
Content Editor
posted on December 30, 2009 13:52
The following history of VC-66 Tour Two (T-2) was compiled by former VC-66 (T-2) pilot Joe A. Mussatto. Composite Squadron VC-66 T-2 was re-f...
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VC-66 PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
Content Editor
posted on November 05, 2009 13:46
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION to t...
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VC-66 (T-1) PERSONNEL ROSTER
Content Editor
posted on January 15, 2009 13:39
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