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Received an email notification from my church that RADM Jesberg passed away Monday night in his sleep. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Bigiron <bigiron-bounces@helobubbas.com> on behalf of retiredaffairs@nhahistoricalsociety.org <retiredaffairs@nhahistoricalsociety.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 13, 2025 7:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> BigIron Email List <bigiron@helobubbas.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bigiron] LCDR Joe Gardner, USN (Ret.) Father of US Navy H-46 Operations</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> LCDR Joe Gardner, USN (Ret.) Father of US Navy H-46 Operations</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/people-significance-helicopter-history/">https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/people-significance-helicopter-history/</a></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/early-history-of-vertical-replenishment-h-46-operations-coc-speech-hc-8-12-jun-86/">https://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/early-history-of-vertical-replenishment-h-46-operations-coc-speech-hc-8-12-jun-86/</a></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Mike Reber, I scanned the1986 HC-8 COC speech and your original letter to Joe and uploaded them above……..mgb</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Mike Brattland CDR USN (Ret.)</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Californian FB",serif"></span></i></b></p>
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