On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 "R. Potter" Email address wrote: In your page "Looking For", I don't find the carrier, USS Bataan (CVL-29), which I served on during 1952-53. We had the Marine "Checkerboard Squadron" aboard and operated off the West Coast of Korea. Keep up your fine work. Rod Potter Sponsor of the Korean War Project
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 John Watkins Email address wrote: I noticed the absence of the USS Bataan CVL29 from your list of carriers serving in Korea. I served two tours of duty in Korea aboard the Bataan. I can tell you that I served on the BATAAN from May 1950 to the fall of 1952. John Watkins
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 SAM DEAN Email address wrote: WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS NEVER MENTION IN THE KOREAN WAR. I SERVED ON IT FROM JUNE 1952 UNTIL IT WAS DECOMISHEND IN LATE 1953. MADE TWO TOURS TO KOREA AND TWO OR THREE TO BOUIE 18 IN SASABO THANKS SAM DEAN TEXARKANA ARK ME2 RET Street: RT 8 bOX 216 City: tEXARKANA State/Prov: ARKANSAS ZIP: 71854 Country: USA Phone: 870 7726761 Fax: 870 7730871 Email: BDeereon30@aol.com Your Unit: USS BATTAN CVL 29