Left to Right
John "Sweetpea" Pearce, Jim "Willie:" Williams, William "Wild Bill" Elliott

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342), under the command of CDR DON FORBES,crossed it twice in 1968 during a 40 day period, once in the Atlantic and once in the Pacific, during a cruise around South America.  USS Chopper was a member of a U. S. Navy task force participating in Unitas IX, a series of joint naval exercises with five of South America's major sea powers.

Left to right: Mr & Mrs Dale Beal, Mr & Mrs. Marcus Haralson, Mr & Mrs. George Hubbard, Mr & Mrs. John Vintilla

Jim Murphree with the dirty duty - George Hubbard in the background taking matters into his own hands.

John Sutton, Tom Lapka, Walt Keller

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