http://vt17.com/blog The FIST of the FLEET -- where it began during WWII. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:54:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://vt17.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-41 Elizabeth Vandam Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:36:37 +0000 http://vt17.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-41 My father tells me stories of being an 18 y.o. sailor at the commissioning of the Bunker Hill. He flew in one of three planes invited to attend the ceremonies. His pilot was a young pilot named Grady Owens. Dad was stationed with Cdr. Whitaker at Chincoteague and remembers flying 'night and day' as the pilots were learning to become dive bombers. My father tells me stories of being an 18 y.o. sailor at the commissioning of the Bunker Hill. He flew in one of three planes invited to attend the ceremonies. His pilot was a young pilot named Grady Owens. Dad was stationed with Cdr. Whitaker at Chincoteague and remembers flying ‘night and day’ as the pilots were learning to become dive bombers.

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