WM HUGHES CRUMPLER said:
VIC WAS SO SPECIAL A FRIEND TO ME EVER SINCE WE MET FORMING UP HC-1 DET-2 FOR USS MIDWAY FORWARD DEPLOYMENT TO JAPAN IN 1972. WE DID SEVERAL VERY CHALLENGING FLIGHTS TOGETHER THEN AND CONTINUED TO REVAMP OUR UNIT ADAPTING IT TO LIFE IN JAPAN. WHENEVER/WHEREVER POSSIBLE I WOULD MEET HIM TO SHARE TIME TOGETHER: HIS CHANGE OF COMMAND, NHA-SIKORSKI EVENTS, VIC JR RETIREMENT AND SEVERAL VISITS AT HIS HOME. I TRULY LOVED AND RESPECTED MY FRIEND VIC.