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About this Site
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This website (10/15/2001) is dedicated in
honor of
the sailors (and all Vets for that matter) who served in Vietnam, the South China Sea,
and especially aboard the USS
Platte AO
24.
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I got the idea after finding two old cigar
boxes full of these photos. I wondered if someone else might like to see them
and maybe get a few laughs, before we are all pushing up daisy's.
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This site will be a photo essay on how things looked
aboard the ship and on liberty in the Far East.. My photos were all taken with a cheap
Kodak box camera and cartridge film. It's amazing that they still look pretty good
after 35 years. The black & whites were from the first generation of Polaroid
Instant cameras.
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There will be a "no-holds-barred" policy
with regards to the photos published on these pages. We understand that some of them could be embarrassing. For this reason some pages will be password
protected. You will have to request a password via email for
access.
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We expect work to begin in earnest sometime in early
Dec 2001, and continue for a long time after that. We hope that other old salts
will want to share their memories and contribute their collections. I will tell you how you can add you own stuff
later.
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If you have anything to contribute email me (Bill Glock
FTG3) at: ussplatte@glocktech.net. Myself, I sailed on the Platte from January
1966 through October 1968 (three tours of duty).
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NOTE: click on images in tables to bring up larger
pictures.
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