Vic Socotra

VIC SOCOTRA was the Air Wing SIX Intelligence Officer on the 1989-90 cruise of USS Forrestal to the Mediterranean Sea. It was to be another in the ninety-odd such aircraft carrier deployments to that body of water, and was scheduled to accomplish the deterrence and contingency missions that had been common since the close of the second world war and the cold war. While deployed, the Berlin Wall fell, President Bush flew to Malta to meet Soviet Leader Gorbechev, and the 45-year Cold War...See more

VIC SOCOTRA was the Air Wing SIX Intelligence Officer on the 1989-90 cruise of USS Forrestal to the Mediterranean Sea. It was to be another in the ninety-odd such aircraft carrier deployments to that body of water, and was scheduled to accomplish the deterrence and contingency missions that had been common since the close of the second world war and the cold war. While deployed, the Berlin Wall fell, President Bush flew to Malta to meet Soviet Leader Gorbechev, and the 45-year Cold War essentially ended. See less