On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 "Sam P. Jewell" Email address wrote: 706 W. 4th St. Ada, OK 74820 phone: 580 436 2224 USS Kearsarge datein: Aug. 1954 dateout: Sept. 1973 I was on the USS Kearsarge with VF 141, CAG 5, from 10/29/55 to 05/17/56. VF 141 was flying F2H3 Banshee aircraft at that time. We had to go in drydock at Yokosuka Japan in January 1956 to replace a reduction gear and screw. That was the best liberty of my entire career. I was an AO 3 at the time. Sam P. Jewell