Tom May

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1966 Cruisebook photo
1967-8 Cruisebook photo, L-R: Lancaster, George, Rudy Cartwright and Tom (cap)
   
SAR Det C pilots reunited on the USS Intrepid (CVA-11)  after the loss of Indian Gal 69 on a Shining Brass mission deep in NVN - L to R; Back Row: Ross Mordhorst, Buck Carlton, Vern Von Sydow, Bob Burnand, Doug Heggie, Vann Goodloe, Bill Roy, Ed Marsyla - Front Row: Tom, Leon Houglum, Bill Medley and Dave Murphy Flight deck photo, L-R: Cdr Lockwood, Russ McKay (second row in glasses), Tom and Rudy Cartwright, unknown Maintenance Chief, Hap Kreitlow (2nd from right) - can anyone identify the other folks in the picture or what the occasion was?
   
Snoopy welcomes Rudy and Tom May back after they were plucked from the Pacific on the night of 3 October 1967 by the USS John W. Thomason (DD-760) We made the Officers of the Thomason Wardroom honorary Raunchy Redskins as soon as we arrived in port - they reciprocated by making us honorary members of their wardroom Indian Gal 53 moves in to HIFR (Helicopter In-Flight Refuel) from the Thomason during the 1967-8 cruise

Updated: 04/03/11