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The 25th year commemoration on September 1 of the 1983 shooting down of KAL 007 has drawn this interview of a U.S. seaman involved in the search for the jumbo jet and witness to both the bravery of the South Korean search contingent and the intensity of the conflict between the U.S. and Soviet naval forces :
The Search for KAL 007
by Don Downing USN CW03
(The author entered the US Navy as an Operations Specialist Seaman(OSSN) in 1982 and while onboard USS STERETT (CG-31) advanced to the rank of Operations Specialist Second Class (OS2). While on STERETT he held many jobs including Chart Petty Officer. He is currently still on active duty as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CWO3) with over 25 years of service)
On September 1st 1983 the Soviet Union shot down Korean Airlines flight 007, which had strayed off course, killing all aboard. Since then there have been many investigations, documentaries, reviews, and conspiracy theories. Much has been said about the plane and the events in the air. Little has been said about those in the search area and what they endured and faced. This is one such story.
I was relatively new to the Navy, reaching 10 months enlisted and assigned to my first ship homeported in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. I had recently taken over the job of ... |
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