Above, USS Randolph burns after P-38 crash -- seen from USS Texas Above, damage control parties extinguish fires on Randolph's deck June 7, 1945: the fleet temporarily retires from the war zone -- off the Philippines for replenishment. Randolph peaceful rides anchor as tank landing craft LCT...
Fernando Cuevashonored in Texas' Ennis Daily News in a two part story Click here for Part 1 (October 15, 2007)/Click here for Part 2 (October 16, 2007) Press Release- U.S.S. Mississinewa location found! Read Naval History Magazine's April story about finding the AO-59(must be a ...
Later, I was accepted to Dental Technician A School and served the reminder of my tour on Iowa in D Division. As a USS Iowa plank owner, I will always be grateful for the opportunity to have been part of something so special. Richard Hundley Hails from: Kingwood, Texas Division: 5 ...
Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, requiring a return to dry dock for repairs, which included cutting out a turbine, delaying her commissioning and deployment with the Navy. She was commissioned at Galveston, Texas on 9 June 2007. Kidd is currently homeported in Everett, Washington...
vessel to carry the nameNautilus, the vessel's predecessors included a schooner captained byOliver Hazard Perryduring theDerna Campaignand aWorld War IIsubmarine. The vessel's name also referenced Captain Nemo's famed submarine from Jules Verne's classic novelTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea...
In a dive, pilot Evans in his Texas drawl says "A've got it." click here Can you actually face it? The REAL speech that General Patton gave to his troops, not the clean-up version from the movie. YORKTOWN SAILOR SHIP'S STORE allied with SoldierCity.com A portion of your purchase ...
He began modestly enough as a cowhand on ranches in Texas and Oklahoma. Wanting to see the world, he worked his way on cattle boats, roped mules in Argentina, and broke horses for the British army in South Africa. It was there, in Johannesburg, that he got his start in show business....
Reminds me of the one I love, deep in the heart of Texas." I hated like that song then, but now Ive mellowed and think its a pretty nice tune. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX The final and most disastrous naval operation of the War was the invasion and taking of the island of Okinawa in April...
On Deck -- Just a Guy From Texas In receiving the Silver Star, Halbardier made light of his heroism, claiming that he was just a guy from Texas who could do a whole lot with simple stuff like baling wire. (In the infantry we called this kind of thing a "field expedient.") In an...
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