10
Jul
Going to War
The dog dung of doubt clung to every story line I constructed so carefully in my mind. How exactly do
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Rod Johnson
10
Jul
Frances Rebecca Ousley
I was assigned to the Naval Staff overseeing the construction of the new Naval Air Station in Meridian, Mississippi in
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10
Jul
Hurricane Hunters NAS Jacksonville
The Hurricane Hunters were a different group of guys than any I had encountered before in the Navy. They were
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10
Jul
Shipyard Shenanigans and the Caribbean
Some time later, we were back at the Des/Sub piers. The CO had the con - meaning he was the
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10
Jul
USS Conway DDE 507: Sea Stories from 1958/59
began my career as a naval officer in the traditional manner on a small, blue—water, fighting ship. In May
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10
Jul
100th Night
In my mind, my four years at the US Naval Academy has had a defining impression on me. As I
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10
Jul
1957 Corvette
During Christmas vacation at home in 1956, Mom and Dad said they would make the down payment on a new
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10
Jul
Shore Leave As A Midshipman pt II Paris
We (Al, Kevin, Jimmy, and I) talked while waiting to board the train that would take the New Jersey'
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10
Jul
Shore Leave As A Midshipman
We were an unlikely bunch, four teenagers from different parts of the country thrown together on our first cruise as
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09
Jul
University of Alabama and the US Naval Academy
In my eighth-grade grammar school class, we were offered a trip to Washington to see our government up close.
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