MARK HITSMAN

Mark was aboard the Ranger 1977-80

                  USS RANGER the night before the 79 cruise

                              Mark was 18 or 19 in this picture. He stayed up 3 days to clean tubes in 1a and 1b boilers(Mark is top left)Marks says his nick name was 'pigpen'. He said he could just look at a peice of machinery and get dirty.  

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