lac ements , ▁like ▁me . ▁And ▁this ▁sort ▁of ▁half - mut in ous ▁gang ▁of ▁d raf te es ▁and ▁other ▁guys ▁who ▁couldn ' t ▁wait ▁to ▁get ▁out . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁difficult ▁time , ▁and ▁the ▁chief s ▁made ▁it ▁all ▁work ." ▁ ▁USS ▁Bun ting ▁( M HC - 4 5 ) ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁Must in ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁Lieutenant ▁( j un ior ▁grade ) ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁command ▁a ▁ship . ▁He ▁got ▁an ▁important ▁end ors ement ▁from ▁his ▁captain , ▁CD R ▁P ete ▁Smith , ▁and ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁the ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Person nel ▁gave ▁him ▁command ▁of ▁a ▁mine ▁h unter , ▁USS ▁Bun ting ▁( M HC - 4 5 ), ▁home port ed ▁in ▁May port , ▁Florida . ▁Five ▁years ▁junior ▁to ▁the ▁officer ▁he ▁rel ieved , ▁Must in ▁became ▁the ▁young ▁ski pper ▁of ▁a ▁crew ▁of ▁thirty ▁and ▁an ▁expect ant ▁father ▁as ▁well . ▁His ▁first ▁son , ▁Lloyd ▁M . ▁Must in ▁II , ▁would ▁arrive ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁tour ▁in ▁Bun ting ▁proved ▁extremely ▁reward ing , ▁though ▁not ▁without ▁its ▁challeng es . ▁Her ▁mission ▁was ▁to ▁identify ▁and ▁plot ▁all ▁min eli ke ▁objects ▁in ▁the ▁May port ▁Channel ▁and ▁approaches ▁to ▁maintain ▁an ▁accurate ▁plot ▁that , ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁of ▁war ▁and ▁Soviet ▁min ing ▁of ▁the ▁channel ,