Name: Jim Jondreau

Branch: U.S. Army, 1967–1968

Stationed at: Iron Triangle, Cu Chi, South Vietnam

Rating: Specialist E-5, Assistant to Communications Commander, 25th Infantry Division, HQ 125th Signal Battalion

Stationed at: Vietnam

Rating: QM3 (Quartermaster 3rd Class), Qualified master helmsman

Rich Cortez didn’t board Intrepid in the usual fashion. Originally serving on USS Constellation, he swapped ships with another sailor while Intrepid was steaming in the Gulf of Tonkin. He dropped down to the moving ship from a helicopter. He says, “I’ve never been a real fan of helicopters since then. But it was an interesting way to get on the ship.”