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active duty and retired service members

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along with friends and family gathered

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in san Diego monday to celebrate the

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life and mourn the passing of Vice

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Admiral Paul McCarthy . Well by several ,

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McCarthy was flying for the Navy in the

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late fifties and flew for the better

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part of 30 years . He wound up being

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the seventh fleet Commander and that's

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spending time from prop aircraft all

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the way on up through through uh high

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speed jet aircraft . He's part of the

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legacy of naval aviation and the legacy

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of the navy That will be sorely missed

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by Senator McCarthy began his naval

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career , which spanned over five

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decades in 1951 and served with

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distinction as a naval aviator and both

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the korean and Vietnam wars . From

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Rosecrans National Cemetery in san

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Diego . I'm Petty Officer Stephen Votaw .