Yorktown
photographers photographed each and every landing and launching of fixed wing
airplanes, regardless of weather. We wore green jerseys on the flight deck.
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Yorktown
photographers photographed each and every landing and launching of fixed wing
airplanes, regardless of weather. We wore green jerseys on the flight deck.
We were kind of like the 'death watch', in
case a plane crashed or something went wrong, we would have it on film or video
tape for the Navy to analyze. Here is PH3
Kraig Knutson, earning his $50 a month hazardous
duty pay as
the launch cameraman, standing on the flight deck of the Yorktown. His working
position was on the starboard side, forward, a few feet away from the noise, jet
wash, propellers, danger, catapults and launching aircraft. He is standing of a
catwalk which hangs off the side of the flight deck, about six stories
above the cold China Sea and warm Gulf of Tonkin.
The
other camera was a television camera on the island, at about the 07 level to
capture each landing. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, this closed circuit
television was broadcast to the Squadron Ready Rooms, the Air Boss, the Captain,
etc. There was also a camera right on the flight deck, under the wooden deck
as the planes came right at it.
Navy
Photographers on the Yorktown worked in both intelligence and in publicity. We
provided services to aviation, photo intelligence, public affairs and made nice
portraits of officers and petty officers for their service jackets. Pictured
here, Chief Petty Officer Photographers Mate Milton Putnam. He was a PH2 when
HS4, his squadron, was assigned to the Yorktown in 1968.
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