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4-A Winfield (Kan.) Daily Courier, Tues., Nov. 10, 2015
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ed, though," Shively said.
So he enlisted in the
United States Navy atthe recruitment office in
Arkansas City. They told
him, however, they want-
ed him to graduate from
high school first.
As soon as he graduat-
ed in May 1970, he went
back down to the office
to formally file enlist-
ment papers.
"When I got home my
draft notice from the
Army was in my mail-
box," Shively said. "The
Army didn't get me
though 'cause I'd always
heard their food waslousy and I didn't want
any part of that."
Shively said growing
up he'd watched the tele-
vision series "McHale's
Navy."
"You know, it showed
them skiing behind theboat and having a really
good time," Shively said.
"I guess that's what I
wanted, but it didn't turn
out exactly like that."
But after four years of
active duty and two years
in the reserves, Shively
said he's glad for the
experiences he had in the
Navy.
One of his most mem-
orable Navy assignments
was the recovery of the
Apollo XV CommandModule as the astronauts
returned from their flight
to the moon.
Shively's ship, the USS
Okinawa, was the first
LPH-3 to participate in
the space program. In
April 1968 the Okinawarecovered the Command
Module of the Apollo VI,
the last unmanned mis-
sion of the series.
On July 26, 1971, a
Saturn V launch vehi-
cle boosted the Apollo
15 spacecraft from
Shively
(Continued from page 3)
The Apollo XV space craft is safely back onboard the USS Okinawa after itsmission to the moon. (Special to the Courier)
(SEE: Shively, page 5)
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