Yoakum

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="057285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <B>VP-21 & VPB-111 Veterans Association</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="056d2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.vp-21.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.vp-21.org/"><U><B><U>Home</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biographies/Profiles"><U><B><U>Back to Biogaphies Main Page</U></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> (XYZ Biographies)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#larry_yoakum__atc_awac__usn_ret" TITLE="Yoakum"><U>Yoakum, Larry</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>         <A NAME="larry_yoakum__atc_awac__usn_ret"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>LARRY YOAKUM  ATC(AWAC) USN RET</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      <IMG SRC="2d258dc0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="476" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">      <IMG SRC="2d427790.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="377" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                 AX2 JERRY MALDOVAN &AX3 LARRY YOAKUM ROTA1967                                      NAS BRUNSWICK  2006</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div>                                                                         <IMG SRC="2d658da0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="474" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div>                                                                                PAM AND LARRY YOAKUM,HOULTON ME  2008    </div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >I WAS BORN IN ILLINOIS AND RAISED IN KENTUCKY. I ENLISTED 9JULY1964. AFTER BOOTCAMP </FONT></div> <div>     AT NTC GREAT LAKES, I  WAS ASSIGNED TO VT-5 IN PENSACOLA. I THEN ATTENDED AX”A” AT </div> <div>     NATTC MEMPHIS. AFTER GRADUATION I WAS ASSIGNED TO <B>VP-21 DEC 1965</B>. I WORKED IN THE </div> <div>    AVIONICS SHOP FOR AX1 “RED” WATSON. AFTER PASSING MY SWIM  QUALS I WAS ASSIGNED TO</div> <div>    CAC 14 UNDER THE PILOTAGE OF LCDR SHEETS AND LCDR LOCKE.  MY PLANE CAPTAIN WAS</div> <div>    WILLY SCHERBON, OTHER  CREWMEMBERS I FLEW WITH WERE, LTJG  MATTSON, LTJG NUTE, AX2    </div> <div>    JERRY MAL DOVAN, AT2 MIKE WEATHERINGTON, AE2 LOU SPICUZZA, AX3 GARY LABARGE, AD3 </div> <div>    SANDY ACURI, AXAN NICK MCBRIDE AND AO3 DAVE FRANDSEN. WHILE IN VP-21 I MET MY WIFE  </div> <div>    PAMELA ANN ESTES AND WE WERE MARRIED AT BAILEY ISLAND, ME. OCT 1967. AFTER A  </div> <div>   DEPLOYMENT TO SIGONELLA WE RETURNED TO BRUNSWICK WHERE I TRANSFERED  TO NATTC  </div> <div>   MEMPHIS AVI”B” SCHOOL MAR 1968.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>       AFTER B SCHOOL I WAS ASSIGNED TO VP-23. MY NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS NAS BRUNSWICK </div> <div>      OPERATIONS  WHERE  I SERVED UNDER CDR LOCKE AGAIN, AND ALSO FLEW ON ONE OF THE </div> <div>      LAST FLIGHTS OF THE P-2  ON DISPLAY AT THE MAIN GATE.</div> <bR> <div>       <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >MY SUBSQUENT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS WERE, VS-28, NAS NORFOLK, VAW-124, VRC-40,  NAS </FONT></div> <div>      KEFLAVIK AND NAS OCEANA, VA   WHERE I RETIRED 31 DEC 1990.</div> <div>  </div> <div>      SINCE  RETIRING FROM ACTIVE DUTY I HAVE WORKED IN THE SECURITY  ALARM BUSINESS FOR</div> <div>     18 YEARS. I LIVE IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VA WITH MY WIFE PAM,. WE HAVE A SON 38 AND A</div> <div>      DAUGHTER 40 AND 2 GRANDSONS, 8 AND10 AND A 6 YEAR OLD GRAND DAUGHTER.</div> <bR> <div>      PAM AND I WILL RETIRE FULLY APRIL 2009 AND PLAN TO START SNOW BIRDING TO OCALA FL</div> <div>      THIS COMING FALL. WE TOTALLY ENJOYED OUR ASSIGNMENT WHILE IN <B>VP-21.</B> AND WISH EVERY</div> <div>     ONE THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THE FUTURE.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>