Hi there,
My name is Alan Beredeski, and I was an EM3. I went
aboard the Liddle in May of 1963, and served aboard her until I was discharged
on 13 May 1966. I remember Hurricane Flora very well, what a ride that
was! I also remember the ride we had from Portsmouth, England, going back
to Norfolk across the North Atlantic. I think that was a rougher ride
than the Hurricane. I remember going to Panama, but I never got to town,
we got there the day the Panamanian revolution started, and all we got for about
6 weeks was "beer on the pier". When I went aboard the Liddle,
my two brothers were already serving aboard her, Phil was an ET1 and Dick was a
YN3. As you probably heard already,
someone figured out the letters and number APD 60 stood for:
"A" for Alan (18 yrs. old)
"P" for Phil (22 yrs. old)
"D"for Dick (20 yrs. old)
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My E-mail address is: aberdeski2@comcast.net
Have a nice day.