Location: U.S.S. Enterprise Date: APR 1966 Photo credit: Navy Contact: "Whizzer White" Description: 1965-66 Combat Cruise: FRONT ROW KNEELING, L to R: 1. Lieutenant Commander John Robl; 2. Lieutenant Loren "Brownie" Brown; 3. Lieutenant Commander Ken Dickerson; 4. Commander Otto Krueger, Commanding Officer; 5. Commander Jack Wynn, Executive Officer; 6. Lieutenant Commander Gordo Stephens; 7. Lieutenant "Irish S+12" Schwarzenbach; 8. Lieutenant Junior Grade Jeff Miles. REAR ROW STANDING, L to R: 1. Ensign Doug Bailey; 2. Capt Ira Anderson, USMC; 3. Lieutenant Junior Grade Ken Blood; 4. Ensign Bob Chernow (killed in civilian plane crash near LA about 1989); 5. Ensign Bob Malm, Air Intelligence Officer; 6. Lieutenant Virgil (Virg) Jackson; 7. Lieutenant Commander Paul Raysin; 8. Lieutenant Commander Neil Harvey; 9. Lieutenant Le Linquist; 10. Lieutenant John "Teach" Matechak; 11. Lieutenant Dave "Whizzer" White; 12. Lieutenant Junior Grade Steve Phillips; 13. Lieutenant H. C. Shew - New Maintenance Control Officer. This group photo was taken onboard Enterprise (CVAN-65) about April 1966 in Subic Bay, Phillippines --- because Lieutenant Charlie "Badnews" Baldock and Lieutenant Junior Grade Bill "Ensign Pulver" Shankel are not in the picture. The Skipper's #401 was being flown on March 18, 1966 by Charlie Baldock when he was shot down south of Vinh, and spent almost seven years as Prisoner Of War (POW). We didn't learn of his POW status until much later. . . he was carried Missing In Action (MIA) for a long time. (Commander Krueger never forgave Charlie for getting his plane shot down!!!). Bill Shankel was shot down December 23, 1965 while on an Alpha strike on the Hai Doung Bridge between Haiphong and Hanoi. Wiz White had traded Squadron Duty Officer (SDO) days with "Ens Pulver," as luck would have it Lieutenant Junior Grade Shankel was shot off of Commander Krueger's wing. Just think, ol Wz could have had a colorful relaxing long-term vacation in the Hanoi Hilton. Bill was carried as MIA until June 1966 when his picture was played up by the New China News Agency and he spent till February 1973 as a POW. Two others, Lieutenant Commander Mark Tiderman, and Lieutenant Frank Compton are not pictured either... they were both shot down by one SAM on March 17st --- both were killed in action (KIA). So the picture above had to be taken after March 17, 1966. While in port following that line period in Subic Bay, the ship's photogs were taking pictures for the cruise book.