Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Reed, ADRCA; Rose, AMHC ; Fitzgerald, AECA ; Hockaday, ADCM ; Conley, ATCA-Pl ; J. O. Richardso (TOP): Robbins; Thronburg ; Roberts; Gobeli ; Duhon ; Hedwall ; Rost; Harriss; (MIDDLE); Conley, ATCA-Pl; LTjg. Eads ; Ens. Stover • LTjg. Bearden ; Richardson, AOC ; Brown ; Russell ; Stapp ; Ficklin; (KNEELING): Adams; Howe; Taylor; Parker; Ramsey; Cook ; Dennis ; Becker. M-f : 3 v - ' - -

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Cdr. C. R. Bradford Commanding Officer, VA-25 An offshoot of Torpedo Squadron Seventeen of World War II fame, VA-25, long- designated as VA-65, still flys the only combat prop plane on active duty in the Navy, the AD, Able Dog, Alpha Delta or just plain Spad. As dependable in its mission of attack bombing as the physical impression of durability she gives, this veteran first caught the fancy of the world in Korea by delivering large loads of conventional weapons, which earned them the title of workhorse of Korea. VA-25, designated as such on July 1, 1959, has made a total of five developments with the Midway, two being to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet and three to the Orient with the Seventh Fleet after the Midway ' s re-commissioning in 1957.

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(TOP): Hixson; Sula ; Ruffing; Miller, R. L. ; Foster; Jasper; Perkins; Sylvester; (MIDDLE): LTjg. Scoggin ; Marshall; Bivins; Miller, G. H. ; Curtis; Garrison; LT. Gales; (KNEEL- ING): Navarre; Cope; Millspaugh ; Fletcher; Smith. S iops Hat gars r