USS MULLINNIX DD-944
29-30 April 1972
Midway (Enroute to Vietnam Gunline)
Midway Island – Home of the Gooney Birds
CO Cannon and XO Bell Coming Back From Ship After a "very short" Liberty in Midway Whilre Refueling
FTGs John Brock and "BO" Watching Arrival of CO and XO
The picture above is from the cruise book and was taken on Midway enroute to Vietnam. The Gooney Birds were home at that time. On the return trip headed in home in the fall of 1972, there wasn’t one Gooney Bird on Midway Island. They had migrated to their yearly northern home.
Mullinnix leaves Midway Island, steaming towards Guam on 30 April
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