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VC-66: 10 FEB 1944 - TROUBLE OVER WOTJE

Steve Banks posted on February 05, 2013 15:38
On 10 February 1944, Composite Squadron Sixty-Six (VC-66) aboard the USS NASSAU (CVE-16) was participating in the invasion of the Marshall Islands.&nb...

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VC-66: THE BEGINNING - 21 JUNE 1943

Steve Banks posted on June 22, 2012 13:37 Article Rating
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VC-66 PILOTS SEARCH FOR SUBMARINE PERISCOPE

Steve Banks posted on March 07, 2012 10:35
The following post was submitted by VC-66 T-1 and T-2 FM Wildcat pilot DeLoach Cope of Arcola, Mississippi.  It describes an incident that occurr...

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LIFE ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL (VC-66)

Steve Banks posted on February 07, 2012 10:57
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VC-66 SEA STORIES: "MAYBE THIS ISN'T SO GREAT SAID THE AIR FORCE PILOT"

Steve Banks posted on January 02, 2012 16:32 Article Rating
This VC-66 (T-1) sea story is courtesy of TBM pilot LTJG John "Jack" Dwight who passed away on 14 July 2010 at the age of 90.  Jack wrote to me o...

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VC-66 (T-1) & (T-2): TWO CHRISTMASES TO REMEMBER

Steve Banks posted on December 13, 2011 11:56 Article Rating
     On Christmas Eve 1943, Composite Squadron 66 (T-1) detached from the USS TRIPOLI (CVE-64) and reported to NAS San Diego to sp...

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During November 1944 - Passing The Torch

Steve Banks posted on November 07, 2011 11:17 Article Rating
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During October 1944 - Finishing The Fight And Going Home

Steve Banks posted on October 18, 2011 17:19 Article Rating
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During Late September 1944

Steve Banks posted on September 28, 2011 10:42 Article Rating
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VC-66's Finest Hour - Saving Ensign Thompson

Steve Banks posted on September 14, 2011 11:18 Article Rating
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During August 1944

Steve Banks posted on August 24, 2011 10:58 Article Rating
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A Few VC-66 End Of The War Stories

Steve Banks posted on August 15, 2011 12:14 Article Rating
Former VC-66 TBM Pilot, Dick Krost, advises: "On August 15, 1945 I was attached to Squadron VC-66-T2. On August 4th we boarded the USS Altamaha (CVE-...

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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During July 1944

Steve Banks posted on July 01, 2011 17:02
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During May and June 1944

Steve Banks posted on May 02, 2011 16:46 Article Rating
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67 Years Ago - VC-66 During April 1944

Steve Banks posted on May 02, 2011 16:42
As soon as their ASW training was completed and with little prior notice, on 30 March 1944, VC-66 was directed to report for duty aboard the USS AL...

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