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Originally Posted by john rogers
I pulled in there the first time in 1970 or so and there were 4 British officers and NOTHING else there. Went back again in 1977 and it was amazing what we had done to screw up that little place. I was on The CGN35 when we towed a FFG that had had a fire into the inlet and along side a tender that we kept moored there as there was no pier yet! Last time was in 1984 as we needed to pick up some nuclear spare parts and the island supply folks were afraid to move them once they had been off-loaded from a place.
The mansion for years was used as a R&R "hotel with bar girls from the PI working there and E7 or O4 and above could spend a night there! Not any longer I guess?!
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Is that the mansion on the plantation on the other side of the atoll?
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Dave
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'76 911S Targa
'62 VW Type 1 Sunroof
'73 914 2.0 (1st Porsche, gone long ago but not forgotton)
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