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SM3
Operations 1968-1970
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Served
aboard
the USS
Kawishiwi AO146. from three tours off the coast of Vietnam. 1968-1970
We
were home ported in Subic Bay, Philippines. This is where I had my
first
experience jamming with live musicians.
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I was drawing in the air conditioned Admiral's cabin, while my shipmates were in hot tropical sun chipping paint. That was the life! The captain really liked my captain's chair with the toy wheel. I also drew the Special K on the front of the book, also the ships crest, that was hard! | ||||
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Jon
Bernard remembers: I
served with Tim Barron & he was one of the true characters of our
ship. While he was a legitimate 60's musician (with all that it
entails),
he was an alert, mature and savvy
watchstander
who did his job well. I always enjoyed a pilothouse watch if he was on
it. I remember when we were in port, he would occasionally take liberty
from the ship to go to downtown Honolulu to play in the band at huge
concerts
with the biggest acts of the day. I admired him a lot & it was good
to hear all is well with him. My only regret was I never saw him in
concert,
but everyone on board was familiar with his harmonica music. He could
get
a ton of sound
from a
simple
Marine Band mouth harp!
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