Monday, June 3, 1968
[Page 139]. MON. 3 JUNE, 1968. UNDERWAY FOR S. SAR STATION. CONDITION III SET. CLEAR, HOT. 0830 — MAIL BROUGHT ABOARD BY SAR HELO. [crossed out] FROM USS TICONDER- OGA. 1-LETTER. 2- MOVIES. 0915 — REFUEL FROM USS KAWISHIWI (AO-146). 1800 — RELIEVE USS HALSEY (DLG-23) AS S. SAR SHIP USS D.J. BUCKLEY (DD-808) IS SHOTGUN SHIP.
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Context: On 5 June 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles after winning the California Democratic primary. This was two months after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Jun 20 Jouett Jargon carried a story about the resulting Presidential Commission on Violence chaired by Milton Eisenhower, which described investigating "political assassination, criminal attacks on individuals and civil disorders such as riots." [Jouett Jargon, 20 Jun 1968]
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Cruise Book
Cruise Book — Page 1USS Jouett (DLG-29) 1968 Cruise Book
USS JOUETT (DLG-29) 1968 CRUISE BOOK — PAGE 1
[Left page: blank gold/orange endpaper]
[Right page: title page on light blue stock]
THE
JOUETT
HERITAGE
A PICTORIAL
RECORD OF
A DLG FROM
KEEL-LAYING
TO THE COMPLETION
OF ITS FIRST
DEPLOYMENT
DEDICATED TO THE MEN WHO SERVED ABOARD HER.
Cruise Book — Pages 100-101USS Jouett (DLG-29) 1968 Cruise Book
USS JOUETT (DLG-29) 1968 CRUISE BOOK — PAGES 100-101
. . . . to solitary meditation.
[Photo: Young sailor in white t-shirt crouching on deck next to stanchions, contemplative pose]
[Photo: View from ship's superstructure looking aft, crew member climbing mast or rigging, deck equipment and ocean visible]
Helicopter operations continued at a
hectic pace during JOUETT'S second
period "on the line" in the Tonkin Gulf.
During this time, accident-free land-
ings rose above 200, and then above
the 300 mark.
Less common Helo operations in-
cluded personnel transfers from a
hovering aircraft. . .
[Photo: Sailor being hoisted up to helicopter by cable, dangling beneath the aircraft with landing gear visible above]
Cruise Book — Pages 102-103USS Jouett (DLG-29) 1968 Cruise Book
USS JOUETT (DLG-29) 1968 CRUISE BOOK — PAGES 102-103
. . . .And HIFR, or helicopter in-flight refueling.
[Photo: SH-3A helicopter (NAVY 57, HS-4) hovering above flight deck with refueling hose dangling, crew members on deck looking up]
[Photo: SH-3A helicopter in flight, seen from below/side angle approaching the ship]
[Photo: Crew members on flight deck handling the HIFR refueling hose connected to the hovering helicopter, ASROC launcher visible in background]