Loreen Gibbons

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Jerry Grigsby Aviation Officer Candidate School Photo. Photo Credit Naval Aviation Schools Command.
Loreen Student Nurse Photo. Photo Credit Saint Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing
Jerry and Loreen’s Wedding. Courtesy of Walker Family
P5 M Marlin flying boat seaplane flown by Jerry on his first Vietnam deployment. US Navy photo.
Jerry preparing to launch aircraft as Catapult Officer, USS Hancock CVA-19. Grigsby family photo.
Jerry in between launch cycles on USS Hancock CVA 19. Grigsby family photo.
Jerry on crew rest day in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Summer 1977. Grigsby family photo.
Grigsby Family Photo 1977, courtesy Olan Mills.
Lcdr. Grigsby’s Official US Navy photo checking into Patrol Squadron Nine 1977. US Navy Photo.
Photo Credit Ron Picciani
P-3 Cockpit view showing striped Emergency Handles just below the windshield and the small rpm indicator below the larger horsepower and turbine inlet temperature gauges.
Mark 7 life raft in heavy seas. Designed for a seven person capacity. Nine men boarded this raft. Within a minute of boarding the raft, five of them returned to the water attempting to drag it closer to Jerry Grisgby. Three of the five would later succumb to hypothermia before rescue.
Captain Aleksandr Arbuzov, master of the Soviet Fishing Vessel MYS Synyavin. Arbuzov family photo.
The crewmen who manned the lifeboat that rescued the ten survivors and recovered the three deceased crewmen. Arbuzov family photo.
Survivors waiting for an update on their return to the US after meeting with US Embassy Moscow personnel. Left to Right, Matt Gibbons, Gary Hemmer, Howard Moore, Dave Reynolds, Garland Shepard, Ed Caylor. Photo Courtesy of US Embassy Moscow.
Deplaning at Yokota Air Base Japan. Left to Right, Rear Admiral Lando Zech- Commander Naval Forces Japan, Ed Caylor, Matt Gibbons, John Ball, Bruce Forshay, John Wagner, Garland Shepard, Gary Hemmer. US Navy photo.
21 Gun Salute for Jim Brooner, Rich Garcia, and Randy Rodriguez. US Navy Photo PH2 Rodney Wright.
Saluting the three deceased Anti Submarine Warfare operators as they passed through an honor Guard of their shipmates. RADM Charles Prindle and his Flag Lieutenant Perry Martini salute far left.
The Doll House Jerry Grigsby was building for his girls to occupy his time in Adak. The Doll House was completed by the Loop and Smith families. Grigsby family photo.
April 30, 1979 Awards Ceremony in Hangar Three at NAS Moffett Field. Loreen Grigsby received Jerry’s posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross in a private ceremony. Crew Six Survivors and Crew Eleven rescuers received Air Medals with Bronze Star devices. Left to Right Kneeling Bruce Forshay, Gene Cummings, Howard Moore, John Wagner, Dave Reynolds. Middle Row, Len Northrup, Pat Conway, Matt Gibbons, Ed Caylor, Rear Admiral Charles Prindle, John Hampel, Bill Rattenni, John Ball. Back Row, Dennis Mette, Randy Luecker, Pete Geldard, Van Gamble, Hugh Littlejohn, Ed Flow. Missing Ron Price.
July 1980 Wedding, Seattle. Gibbons family photo.
October 1983 Dedication Ceremony for the Jerry Grigsby Survival Training Center. Photo courtesy NAS Pensacola Public Affairs.
Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby were joined by his brother George, sister Dona, and Mary and Lisa to witness the dedication and unveil the Plaque. Photo courtesy NAS Pensacola Public Affairs
2004 Las Vegas Reunion Remembrance Table for those lost. Still On Station, still wearing their Wings of Gold. Photo Courtesy of Bill Porter.
2004 Las Vegas Reunion Survivor and Rescuer group photo before things got out of hand.

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