Summary: In an innovative twist of fate, the decommissioned USS Valley Forge, an Essex-class aircraft carrier with a storied military history, was transformed into the fictional space freighter ...

A Naval veteran, his tour of duty was aboard the USS Valley Forge. He attended and ushered at First Covenant Church in Oakland for 20+ years.

In 1950, the first carrier strikes of the Korean War took place as the USS Valley Forge and the HMS Triumph sent fighter planes against North Korean targets.

He served in the navy from 1956 – 1959 serving on the Aircraft Carriers USS Leyte and USS Valley Forge. Son of the late Walter & Margaret Walsh, brother of the late Beverly.