by Herbert L.
While stationed
at MOTU Norfolk, Virginia, I was to meet the USS Caron (DD-970) in Messina,
Sicily, to repair an MK 86 transmitter problem. After a day with no ship in
sight, I spoke to the port captain and was told the Caron was “Fini.” I called
the unit in Norfolk and was advised to go to the MOTU in Naples to catch up
with the ship. After a long train ride up the spine of Italy, I reported to
MOTU and caught an S2F to Souda Bay, Crete. I boarded a tanker, the USS Neosho,
and after three days, I was helicoptered to the Caron. She was repaired and an
assistance call from the O'Bannon fielded the call and after correction
returned to the tanker. Debarking in Sardinia, I flew to Rome and then CONUS.
This is the short story.
