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10/13/13 - NNHS Newsletter - 238th Birthday of the United States Navy |
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“A
powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of Navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks.”
- President
Woodrow Wilson, 08 Dec 1914, An Annual
Message to Congress |
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10 Dec 1996 - Northern Puerto Rican Operations Area: USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) | 27 Aug 2004 - Naval Station, Norfolk, VA: A UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies over USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS George Washington (CVN 73), and USS Enterprise (CVN 65). |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We try to celebrate this day together every year. Sometimes we do, and sometimes we don't.
Hug a sailor today. Or salute one. Well,
okay, just thank one for their services rendered. I still would personally
prefer the hugging option.
I've assembled four truly special videos for you
- a birthday gift, as it were:
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85vsoVC98OY&NR=1 - Anchors Aweigh - full of surprises!
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AG18hA8H58 - Anchors Aweigh - US Naval Academy, 2006
BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g-f5KBB6ps&NR=1 - Brief History of the US Navy, 2007
BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cV1bNroT_I&NR=1 - US Navy Birthday Video - Fallujah, Iraq, 2008 (version played in camp)
HOMEWORK:
http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm
http://www.bluejacket.com/links.html
http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-birthday-u-s-navy.html
Happy Birthday today to
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15 -
17 - Betty Jean Dail Phillips ('57); 19 -
20 - Vera Lee Cutchins Hinnant ('57)
AND
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
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http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html
YESTERDAY IN WWII:
October 12, 1942 - Japanese ships retreated after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack.
October 12, 1944 -
The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders.
October 12, 1945 -
Desmond
Doss was the first
conscientious objector to receive the U.S.
Medal of Honor.
YESTERDAY IN 1963:
Saturday, October 12, 1963 - Footballer
Raimond Aumann was born in
Augsburg (District Oberhausen),
West Germany. Saturday, October 12, 1963 - Bull rider Lane Frost was born Lane Clyde Frost in in Lapoint, Utah. On July 30, 1989, at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after completing a successful 91-point ride on a Brahma bull named "Taking Care of Business", Frost dismounted and landed in the dirt. The bull turned and hit him in the side with his horn, breaking several of Frost's ribs. Lane initially rose to his feet, yelling at Tuff Hedeman for help. As he was running and signaling for help, Frost fell to the ground causing the broken ribs to puncture his lungs and heart. Lane was rushed to Memorial Hospital. On the discovery that Frost's heart injury was irreparable, the doctors pronounced him dead. He was 25 years old. Saturday, October 12, 1963 - Animator and screen writer Satoshi Kon (今 敏) was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. He died of pancreatic cancer on 24 Aug 2010 in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 46. Saturday, October 12, 1963 - Footballer Alan McDonald was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He collapsed and died on 23 June 2012 while playing golf at Temple Golf and Country Club near Lisburn, Northern Ireland at the age of 48. Saturday, October 12, 1963 - Baseball player Luis Polonia was born in in Santiago, Dominican Republic. |
THIS DAY IN WWII:
October 13, 1943 - The new government of Italy sided with the Allies and declared war on Germany.
October 13, 1944 - Riga, the capital of Latvia, was occupied by the Red Army.
THIS DAY IN 1963:
Sunday, October 13, 1963 - Author
Colin Channer was born in
Kingston, Jamaica. Sunday, October 13, 1963 - Automotive designer Chip Foose was born in Santa Barbara, California. Sunday, October 13, 1963 - Murderer Scott Andrew Mink was born. He was executed at the age of 40 by the State of Ohio on 20 July 2004 for beating his 79-year-old father and 72-year-old mother to death with a hammer. The crimes occurred on 19 Sept 2000, when Mink, angry with his parents because they hid his car keys to prevent him from leaving the house to buy drugs and alcohol, attacked William and Sheila Mink while they slept in their rural Montgomery County home |
From Bill Hobbs ('66) of Northern VA -
10/10/13 - "Doolittle Raiders ---The Final Toast to Come":
Final Reunion.... It's the cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/a-final-toast-for-the-doolittle-raiders.html
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From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon
('65) of VA
- 10/11/13 - "Kid Recites Bible - Then Busts Out George Strait During Pre-School
Graduation:
http://www.961theriver.com/pages/michelle.html?article=11346490
AWW!
What a hoot! Thanks, Joyce!
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The 1940s. ONE OF THE
BEST There have been many similar sites of the old days, but I think this is one of the best to bring up old memories. If you're younger than sixty, (forget it), because you won't understand. Otherwise: Enjoy. it takes a few minutes to load its worth the wait http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14612034/1940%3BsBB/1940%3BsBB.swf
OHHH!
This completely mesmerized me! Thanks again, Billy!
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From My Friend, Angela, of NC - 10/10/13 - "Applesauce Bread":
YUMMY! Thanks, Angela! ![]() |
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
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NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.com
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Anchors Aweigh
"Anchors Aweigh" midi
courtesy of
http://www.navychief.com/anchorsaweigh.html
"Anchors Aweigh"
original lyrics
and history courtesy of
http://www.navy.mil/palib/traditions/music/anchor1.html
Official U.S. Navy Images courtesy
of http://www.news.navy.mil
1 - 961210-N-0710M-001 (DECEMBER
10, 1996)--The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)
2 - 040827-N-4459K-002 Virginia
Beach, Va. (Aug. 27, 2004) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter assigned to the Search
and Rescue
Navy Flag Image used to create
Divider Lines courtesy of
http://www.4armedforces.com/product/0100_F2NS
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05 Animated Navy Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Hillsboro High School's Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines who served in the South
Pacific during WWII. Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06 Crying Baby clip art courtesy of http://www.barbspics.com/baby/babypage06index.html - 09/28/05 (resaved 02/27/09) Animated
Laughing Frog courtesy of
Wayne
Stokes
('65) of VA - 07/16/08
Animated Laughing Woman courtesy of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon
('65) of VA - 02/23/09 Animated
Laughing Jerry courtesy of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06 |