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USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Wright, William Richard

Email: wrwright1944@att.net

Service Dates: 1962

Rank/Duty Assigned: SA/G-2 (Armory)

Went aboard the Lady Lex while she was in Yokosuka, Japan about February of 1962 and was transferred to VF-162 at NAS Miramar before she left to go to Pensacola.  Had two brothers in VF-162 so they put me in squadron operations as Ops Yeoman.  Wish that I had stayed aboard the Lex for the trip around the Horn and then transferred to the squadron.

Primary job was cleaning the Landing Force Locker on a daily basis but I did get to shoot the shot line during replenishment.