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USS Boxer (CVA 21) WestPac Cruise 1955-56 Video

Footage by LCDR Charles D. Larson, USS BOXER, contributed by his son Ian Larson. The video consists of scenes from the USS BOXER during her Western Pacific Cruise from June 1955 - February 1956. Footage includes:

• - Port visit to Yokosuka, Japan
• - VF-144 F9F-5 Cougars ("404" and "414") landing
• - Underway replenishment (UNREP) with USS TOLOVANA (AO 64) and USS HARRY E. HUBBARD (DD 748)
• - VC-61 F9F-6P Cougar take-offs and landings
• - VF-142 F9F-6 Cougars
• - VC-11 AD-4 and VC-35 AD-5N Skyraiders
• - Flight deck operations
• - etc.

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