 Admiral in charge of the Navy fleet out there, and debriefed him and the commanding officer of the Newport News what happened. Tommy was picked up by a helicopter, flew to Da Nang, and then from Da Nang he was flown by a 141. Well, they flew Tommy straight to Clark's Air Force Base, and his first surgery went for 19 hours. And he went through 29 major surgeries after that. He spent almost six and a half years in the hospital.