1st Sergeant Mike Flanagan USMC (Ret)/USS Kitty Hawk has
donated the hatch plaque for the Marine Detachment Compartment on USS Kitty Hawk.
When the Marines were ordered off the ship, they removed the plaque.
1st Sergeant Mike Flanagan has domated this plaque to the USSMA.
Thank you Mike! A great piece of history will be preserved for all to see.

Photos courtesy of Howard Fornof

Here are some pictures from the period 1964
through 1966 while I served aboard the boat!
This one was when the First Sergeant was leaving
prior to departing for WestPac in 1965.
Semper Fi
Howard Fornof