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ANTHONY J SPATAFORE CT1 DIRECT SUPPORT OPERATIONS - Jan/Jun 1962 |
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I reported onboard USNAVCOMSTA Cheltenham, MD November 1961. In
December I reported to USNSGA HQTRS 3801 Nebraska Ave, Washington, D. C. for special TAD assignment. A team of NAVSECGRU personnel were being assigned to the MSTS SHIP, LT JAMES E. ROBINSON T-AK 274 for special duty in the South Atlantic. The team consisted of one officer as OIC, ten CT’S and one Marine. We were to provide communication support for the mission. Upon arriving in New York and boarding the ship we found we had Army and Air Force personnel also assigned to the ship for special operations. We departed New York the first week in January in a snowstorm. We crossed the equator into summer. Since we had no offical designations we call our team 'NAVCOMMUNITECHO'. We designed and had a patch made showing a "SPRINGBOK". if anyone has a patch send it to Joe so he can post it on the web. Tony Spatafore |
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| LT JAMES E ROBINSON T-AK 274 |
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| Sunset in the South Atlantic | Either ships crew or our guys |
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| Army positions | Navy positions Copy fleet broadcast and transmitters |
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| Transmitters | Transmitters |
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| Copying fleet broadcast. Had to have broadcast sent on sub broadcast, 17 Khz, from Cutler, Maine, as signal would fade on fleet broadcast. |
Recreation |
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| City of Cape Town, our port of call, as viewed from Table Top Mountain. |
Another view of the city. |
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| Street scene in Cape Town. |
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| Soviet freighter in port. | Another view of Soviet freighter. |
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| Port scene on Cape Town Harbor. |
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We departed Cape Town in June. This time we flew from Cape Town to Nairobi, Kenya;
to Cyprus; then to London, England. We flew back to the states on a Quantus flight to New York. Tony Spatafore |
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