Thread: DL flight diverts to Ascension

I remember taking our ship around the Chagos Archipelago in the I.O. on some kind of patrol we did with the Brits. We went to one particular island in the chain. I cant remember the name, but the Brits had layed out some water and provisions for hard up sailors on yachts travelling through the I.O and needed a place to recupe from the long voyages. We encountered a sailor from somewhere, I think England itself, and ended up handing him more provisions from off of our ship. This island we kind of sat off it for most of the day, the water looked so calm like GLASS. Hotter than hell as usual. Yea, here it is, it was the SALOMON ISLANDS. It was an atoll cluster of islands. Just like the rest or most of the islands in the Archipelago. I even found a link to it. I remember the name because I have heard of the Solomon islands of the Guadacanal, island groups of south of New Guinea and I found it peculiar that there would be something called the same over in the Chagos Archipelago. Tell you this, it won't be ever in my life that I'll probably ever see this island ever again. (Diego is a possibility via military charters.) Name of that ship I voyaged to the Solomon islands was called the MV LCPL Hauge. (Ships named after Marine Corps Medal of Honor winners of various wars.) Here is his information and citation for that award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_J._Hauge,_Jr. Here is a link on the Solomon islands on wikipedia. Salomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I was there somewhere around 1987 around Christmas time frame.