Shipmates in '64



Here are a few photos from shipmate Paul Tyson.

A country western band practicing in sick bay- left to right
LT John "Criss" Cross(SC), Supply Officer, (rhythm guitar and vocals),
Les Fermentel, SFP3, drums and Paul "Ty" Tyson, EMCS, lead guitar and vocals,
taken on 19MAY64

CAPT Marvin Barnett swearing Chief Tyson for
another six years- 19MAR64

The same ceremony, with...L to R
SKC Gene Benson, GMGC Dick Zeutschel, BMC Floyd Akers
and QMC Bob Walters- taken 19MAR64.
Chief Tyson recalls that the buckets on the table were topped with 1480 silver dollars- the rest of the bucket was beans. The photos were compliments of ComPhibPac's Public Relations section. 1