Posted on 03/09/2008 8:09:27 PM PDT by RDTF
A sailor on the Norfolk-based carrier Theodore Roosevelt died Saturday from a severe head injury sustained when the ship hit heavy seas off the coast of Florida, the Navy said Sunday.
The sailor's name was not released pending family notification.
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I was in Reactor (at first), then Engineering department until my EAOS in Feb 90. That first Med cruise was the easiest one I had ever been on. I don’t think we spent more than 10 days at sea between ports.
It was actually spring of ‘88
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