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| FRANK HACHEY'S NAVY DAYS |
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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY VOLUME IV 1955 - 1956 |
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| 1955 |
| FINALLY, I WAS GOING TO KOREA. WE LEFT ON UNCMAC ASSIGNMENT, POLICING DUTIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE KOREAN WAR, JULY 1954 ON THE HMCS HURON. FRANK HACHEY THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL AND WITH A STOP OVER AT PEARL HARBOUR, WE LANDED AT SASABO HARBOUR, JAPAN WHERE WE WERE STATIONED FOR ABOUT A YEAR. OUR DUTIES INCLUDE PATROLLING THE SHORE LINES AND THE SEA OF JAPAN BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SASABO. PART OF THE TASK WAS TO BRING PROVISIONS AND MEDICINE TO THE WAR TORN PEOPLE OF NORTHERN KOREA. I SAW SOME FAMILIES LIVING ON CROWDED SAMPANS FOR FEAR OF THE LAND. MANY MALNOURISHED AND SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS WITH NO PLACE TO LIVE. I THANKED GOD FOR THE BLESSINGS OF CANADA. FRANK HACHEY |
| THE RCN IS USING HELICOPTORS TO FIND SUBS AS PART OF THEIR ASW. FRIGATES ARE LARGELY EQUIPPED WITH HELICOPTERS AS SOVIETS NOW HAVE NUCLEAR SUBS. UNCMAC (UN COMMAND MILITARY ARMISTICE COMMISSION) SET UP TO SUPERVISE KOREAN ARMISTICE SIGNED IN 1953. |
| WITH SO MUCH TIME SPENT AT SEA, IT IS NECESSARY TO REFUEL THE SHIPS AT SEA. THIS IS DONE BY THE FUEL SHIP PULLING ALONGSIDE A DESTROYER TO REFUEL. IT BECAME A CONTEST WITH US CANADIANS AS TO WHO COULD REFUEL AT SEA IN THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME. WE WERE 5 MINUTES THEN 4 THEN DOWN TO ABOUT 2 MINUTES. WE KEPT BREAKING OUR OWN RECORDS. .FRANK HACHEY |
| THE REFUELING AT SEA CONTESTS |
| FOR THESE TOURS OF DUTY IN KOREA, WE ALL QUALIFIED FOR THE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING METAL. |
| HMCS HURON (ORIGINAL) TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER |
| 1956 |
| EGYPT CONTROLS SUEZ CANAL AND ISRAEL ATTACKS EGYPT. BRITISH AND FRENCH ATTACK PORT SAID, SUEZ CANAL. UNEF (UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY FORCE) IN EGYPT BEGINS. |
| THE YEAR AWAY IN KOREA WAS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR MY WIFE AND FIVE KIDS AT HOME IN HALIFAX. MY MARRIAGE WAS SUFFERING AND NOW I WAS STATIONED TO HMCS PREVOST, LONDON, ONTARIO. THIS TIME MY FAMILY MOVED TO LONDON WITH ME. WE ALL LIKED LONDON ONTARIO VERY MUCH. IT WAS SO CLEAN AND COLOURFUL. LONDON WAS BOTH THE HOME OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL RESERVE. FRANK HACHEY |
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| 1949 - 1959 |
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| MY NAVY 1959 |
| CONTINUE THE VOYAGE WITH NEXT VOLUMES |
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| PEACEKEEPING METALS |
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