USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Sherman, Larry

Service Dates: Sep 1971-July 1973 and July 1978-July 1979

Rank/Duty Assigned: First tour 3rd Class Petty Officer in Air Operations. Second tour 1st Class Petty Officer in CATTCC.

Comment: Received Navy Achievement Medal while serving as Air Traffic Controller during case III recovery with fleet A-7s on April 4th 1979 from Commanding Officer Captain P.E.Johnson, Commanding Officer, USS Lexington. There was also an article about it in the Magazine (Rotating Beacon) Spring of 1980.