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Mount St. Helens erupts - May 18, 1980 - HISTORY.com

PO2 Mark Saffell

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I was stationed onboard the Enterprise at Bremerton WA and I left there just a few weeks before this happened.

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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St Helens was cool but I got it beat. I'm a Pinatubo Survivor. Largest Volcanic Eruption in a Century and I had a Front Row Seat.

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Capt Tom Brown

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Kinda made a mess of things over there. It was a good time to get out of PI and let them clean things u p.

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PO2 Mark Saffell

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Who can forget this image on this day?

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Capt Tom Brown

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Always remember the elderly gentleman who said he was not going to evacuate his nice mountain home no matter what happened. The volcano erupted and covered him and the home in ash.

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Mount St. Helens erupts - May 18, 1980 - HISTORY.com

Mount St. Helens erupts - May 18, 1980 - HISTORY.com

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