[Bigiron] LCDR Joe Gardner, USN (Ret.) Father of US Navy H-46 Operations

[Dan Hartwell]

Received an email notification from my church that RADM Jesberg passed away Monday night in his sleep.
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https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/people-significance-helicopter-history/



https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/early-history-of-vertical-replenishment-h-46-operations-coc-speech-hc-8-12-jun-86/

Mike Reber, I scanned the1986  HC-8 COC speech and your original letter to Joe and uploaded them above……..mgb



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