A U.S. Navy deck-edge catapult operator gives the 'ready-to fire' signal to the catapult officer while launching aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS <i>Coral Sea</i> (CVA-43). <i>Coral Sea</i>, with assigned Carrier Air Wing 15, was deployed to Vietnam from 7 December 1964 to 1 November 1965.
LTJG M.J. Perez, USN
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/department_arch.html">U.S. Navy All Hands magazine</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah196512.pdf">December 1965</a>, p. 67.