Public Information Office X-Division
The public Information office on Hancock was the center of Hancock's PR force, and administered under the Admin Department or the X-Division. They also published a Ships News Paper called the "Signature", "All Hands" and other publications. Here's an article sent to me by shipmate Gary "Ozzie" Osborne who stated: Jake Found this photo in my April 1971 issue of All Hands. It was in response to Z-Gram 68. The unidentified Squid is me. Photo taken by PH2 Ken Dean. Wish I could find My copy of the Carrier. There I am identified. Got to find my photos cause I just got a new scanner. And, yes Mike Postolan, Sr., (contributor of the Postolan Gallery) was my CPO on that cruise. Ozzie (PH3 Gary Osborne) Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:57 PM
The public Information office on Hancock was the center of Hancock's PR force, and administered under the Admin Department or the X-Division. They also published a Ships News Paper called the "Signature", "All Hands" and other publications. Here's an article sent to me by shipmate Gary "Ozzie" Osborne who stated:
Jake Found this photo in my April 1971 issue of All Hands. It was in response to Z-Gram 68. The unidentified Squid is me. Photo taken by PH2 Ken Dean. Wish I could find My copy of the Carrier. There I am identified. Got to find my photos cause I just got a new scanner. And, yes Mike Postolan, Sr., (contributor of the Postolan Gallery) was my CPO on that cruise. Ozzie (PH3 Gary Osborne) Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:57 PM
Gary 'Ozzie' Osborne, PH3 looks at his Civies aboard Hancock
It was their duty to send newsworthy information to hometown newspapers of the crew. If your parents at home ever noticed an entry in your local newspaper about you serving aboard the USS Hancock on Yankee Station, the news clip was furnished to your local newspaper by the PIO. Hannah played host to many foreign correspondents while deployed in the wars in which she was engaged, from WWII to the end of the Vietnam war. These correspondents worked with and through the PIO on Hannah. The following are a collection of General News Release Postings on Hancock... WWII newsclip - Courtesy of the Late Dr. Andy Gibbons of Logan, Utah. The Re-commissioning Ceremony on 15 February 1954 - Courtesy of Richard A. Kirsch, PH3, USNR-R, please visit Rich's Extended Middle Years Gallery In 1956, the Hancock Crew decide on a New Hancock Patch-Insignia as reported in the "The Catapult" - the Ship's newspaper of the time - Courtesy of CWO Wayne Erven, USN (Retired) USS Hancock is Home for 70 Viet Nam Strike Planes - An Ariticle appearing in the Minneapolis Tribune, dated May 30, 1966 (c) Minneapolis Tribune, 1966 - All Rights reserved (Article sent in by Bob Jenkins. Picture did not scan well enough to include here). Vietnam War Era Newsclip #2 - Courtesy of the Late David Lee Mercer, AMS3, USN
It was their duty to send newsworthy information to hometown newspapers of the crew. If your parents at home ever noticed an entry in your local newspaper about you serving aboard the USS Hancock on Yankee Station, the news clip was furnished to your local newspaper by the PIO.
Hannah played host to many foreign correspondents while deployed in the wars in which she was engaged, from WWII to the end of the Vietnam war. These correspondents worked with and through the PIO on Hannah.
The following are a collection of General News Release Postings on Hancock...
Special Kudos for Hannah and Crew during Operation Frequent Wind - 1975
From Commanding General to all men of the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade
* Articles followed by the (*) courtesy of Jack Downs of Midlothian, Illinois
Proof that WWI Flying Ace Snoopy arrested on the Flight Deck in the COD (Vietnam)* John Wayne, "The American" visits the Hannah, from an article in the Hancock Signature, June, 1972 * 2nd Graders' Gifts Brighten Hearts of Hancock Men - An Article in the Navy Times *
For those of you who are not familiar with the term 'Yankee' or 'Dixie' Station and how it came to be called that, I suggest you visit the following site for some History on the early beginnings of our involvement in the Vietnam conflict and the beginning of 'Yankee' and 'Dixie' Stations - Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam.
Some of the most poignant modern-day Naval Stategies were decided at these two Staging areas in theTonkin Gulf. It was from these two areas, that most of the resupply took place for our ground forces in country.
The following record tells of how we became entrenched in Vietnam, and the obtaining of most of this history we owe to our XO, Dennis F. Milliken, our Number One History Sleuth for 'Jake's 'Yankee Station' - USS Hancock CV/CVA-19 Memorial.
Visit the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club's Official Website