Terry Hilton is my father's elder brother. He enlisted during the summer of 1951, and reported to boot camp at Great Lakes Training Camp followed by ordinance training in Jacksonville, Florida; Terry was then assigned to Naval Air Squadron VA105. His squadron was not permanently attached to any specific ship, but received temporary assignments to different ships as needed. They spent a significant amount of time aboard the USS Tarawa, including the good-will tour of the Mediterranean in 1953.
Link to USS Tarawa (CVA 40) Mediterranean Cruise Book 1953, which covers not only operations and ports of call for that year, but much about daily life aboard the USS Tarawa: http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv40-53/index.html
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