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703RD 1:05
At Dallas Naval Air Station, meanwhile, approximately
125 men and officers whose specialty is a military
jet get official word that they are reservists again.
Fighter Squadron 7-0-3 was one of six Naval Air
Reserve Squadrons mobilized last January during the
Pueblo crisis.
They spent
the nex months at bases in this country and
aboard the carrier Ranger,
Today, their commander Frank A. Liberato reads the
official deactivation orders, returning the squadron
to reserve status. Commander Liberatots final official
act as commander of the 7-0-3 is to present a special
Texas flag to Captain Davy Crockett,
the Dallas Naval Air Station. The 7-0-3
now becomes the 53-D-3 Reserve Squadron. Captain
Crockett says the new designation is a result of a
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: 703rd], script, October 26, 1968; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1037873/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.