My Final Re-Spot : A Young Sailor's Misfortune on the Flight Deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59

Wesley E. Etheridge

ISBN 13: 9798896390947

Edité par Kravitz And Sons LLC, 2025

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Survivors of the January 15th 1978 mishap believe that what happened on that evening was one of the greatest cover up's in US Naval Aviation history. But what really happened on that tragic evening when the FID was on Sea Trials off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida History and eye witness accounts reveal that unbeknownst to the Ship's Company and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen personnel that they would become participants of the second worst documented aviation mishap on the flight deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59. Our story is literally unknown. It's a contrast in the directions of the authors of this book, two U. S. Navy veterans, John Pugioti and Wesley E. Etheridge Sr., who at the very young ages of eighteen and nineteen both where on the flight deck that evening working as a team of two, as Fly-3 Blue Shirts. Ultimately, the mishap that occurred that evening, would exponentially dictate the direction of both young men's lives forever. In essence, it would be their 'Final Re-Spot' together and the last time they spoke or saw each other, until thirty-six years later.

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• Titre: My Final Re-Spot : A Young Sailor's Misfortune on the Flight Deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59
• Éditeur: Kravitz And Sons LLC
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9798896390947
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 235 L x 157 H x 10 P (en millimètres) 235 millimètres de largeur par 157 millimètres de hauteur par 10 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 314 grammes

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Synopsis

Survivors of the January 15th 1978 mishap believe that what happened on that evening was one of the greatest cover up's in US Naval Aviation history. But what really happened on that tragic evening when the FID was on Sea Trials off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida? History and eye witness accounts reveal that unbeknownst to the Ship's Company and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen personnel that they would become participants of the second worst documented aviation mishap on the flight deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59. Our story is literally unknown. It's a contrast in the directions of the authors of this book, two U. S. Navy veterans, John Pugioti and Wesley E. Etheridge Sr., who at the very young ages of eighteen and nineteen both where on the flight deck that evening working as a team of two, as Fly-3 Blue Shirts. Ultimately, the mishap that occurred that evening, would exponentially dictate the direction of both young men's lives forever. In essence, it would be their "Final Re-Spot" together and the last time they spoke or saw each other, until thirty-six years later.

À propos des auteurs

John Pugioti is an Italian American, he was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx, NY by his Italian immigrant parents John Nicholas and Rosalie Margaret Pugioti. He is a service connected disabled veteran and earned his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Lehman College.Two years later he earned his Master's Degree from Hunter College in Education. He is a former Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and anavid Harley Davidson owner and rider.

Wesley E. Etheridge Sr., is an African American, born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised by his parents Wassee and Mabel Virginia Etheridge. He is a service connected disabled veteran and Principal Consultant of GCS Facilitators and Consultants, the U.S., and internationally known "Leading Authority on Military Veterans and Anger Management." A Behavioral Influencer, Wes is a retired U.S. Navy Master Training Specialist (MTS), Diplomate Certified Anger Management Facilitator (DCAMF) and has a degree in Alcohol and Other Dug Studies from San Diego City College.