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12/07/05 - NNHS Newsletter -
Pearl Harbor Day
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date
which will live in infamy -
the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately
attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
- President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882 - 1945)
War Message to Congress, December 8, 1941 |
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"Tug boats push the
battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) to its new berth at Ford Island, on June 22,
1998, as it joins the USS Arizona Memorial (foreground) in Pearl Harbor, HA.
Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton signed the Donation Agreement on May
4th, 1998" |
"(The agreement allows)
Missouri to be used as a museum near the Arizona Memorial as symbols of the
beginning and the end of World War II. The Missouri was towed 2,600-miles
across the Pacific Ocean from Bremerton, WA." |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
It isn't time
for school break yet. It's time once more to do your homework:
http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/PearlHarbor/ph.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
http://www.ccdemo.info/PearlHarbor/PearlHarborDayRemembered.html
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm
http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/pearl2.html
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 11/27/05 - "Music for Pearl Harbor Day":
The attack on Pearl Harbor set in
motion the largest sea war in history. Nowhere is that war musically
depicted any better than in Richard Rodgers' score for "Victory At Sea".
Attached is a 117 KB (10 min 30 sec) MIDI file which excerpts all the major
and recognizable themes from the score. Best of all, it will not repeat
while subscribers are reading the Newsletter ... unless they click a link
and return.
The source site contains individual MP3 files for each of the sections of
the score for those who wish to hear more of the original:
http://victoryatseaonline.com/victory_music.html
I recall watching the series in first run in the early 50s. While it
certainly did not glamorize war, it surely intoxicated an impressionable 7
year old. And it was even more poignant in that my dad had REALLY been there
as a submariner. With all of that at work, how could I ever choose any way
of life except the Navy. Those themes still evoke very strong emotions in
me, and make me wish I could go to sea once again on an old destroyer. Those
who have been there know precisely what I mean; those
who have not will never know.
For a very evocative realization of a storm at sea, listen to this track at
about the 1:00 minute mark:
http://home.comcast.net/~pflyersboy/victory/mare_nostrum.mp3
You may already have considered this, but the
image for that newsletter must be the USS Arizona Memorial juxtaposed
against the USS Missouri, the "alpha" and "omega" of World War II in the
Pacific:
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Jun1998/980622-N-7749B-001.html
Other than Cesar Franck's
Symphony in D minor which will take you to Heaven and Hell and back again,
I know of no symphonic work which covers such a range of emotions as
"Victory at Sea". What a powerful MIDI you located! And the image you
chose is beyond perfection.
I used to watch that series
with my daddy as well. For an Army man, he had enormous respect for the
Navy and the job they did in winning that war. I cannot begin to imagine
how you must have felt as a child, or now, or during all the intervening
years as your career passed through so many stages. It overwhelms me to
even try.
When
Mr. Wilson chose an arrangement of that
piece for us to play in concert (was it in 1962?), I was so thrilled, for
so many reasons. The band had played it several years earlier, and I
was afraid he wouldn't use it again. Parts of it I can still play to this day, more than
forty years later.
Thank you, Captain. No one
could have done it better. No one ever does.
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 11/27/05 - "Pearl Harbor Day":
Re: CLIPART. If you are looking for some small images
of ships, you might look here:
http://www.navsource.org/
Specifically, some images of ARIZONA can be found here:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/39a.htm
but also have a look at the other pages of photos linked there.
Thank you, David. I did
look, but I decided to use only images of Arizona as a metaphor for all
the other
ships and lives lost on that horrible day.
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NEWBIES:
1. Bill Campbell ('54) of
VA - 12/06/05:
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Hi.
My name is Bill Campbell. I graduated from
NNHS in 1954. I live in Williamsburg, VA, and I would like to be added to
your mailing list. You may publish my email address if you wish to do so.
It is
billnn54@cox.net.
Thank you,
Bill Campbell
Welcome,
Bill! I posted both your name and your email addy on the Alumni Page
so that your friends can find you!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-list.html
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NNHS
Class of 1958 Holiday Dinner, 2005
Place: Hampton Yacht Club
Date: Monday, December 19, 2005
Time: 6:00 PM Social;
7:00 PM Dinner
Contact: Joe Drewry at
jwdvt@aol.com
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The death
of Arizona (BB-39), 0805, December 7 1941
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The forward magazines of
Arizona explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb. Frame clipped from
a color motion picture taken from on board Solace (AH-5). |
The forward magazines of
Arizona explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb. Black and white
photo from a picture taken from on board Solace (AH-5). Photo shows
greater contrast than the color one at left. |
The forward magazines of
Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb. Frame
clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board
Solace (AH-5). |
The forward superstructure and
Number Two 14"/45 triple gun turret of the sunken Arizona (BB-39), afire
after the Japanese raid. The foremast is leaning as a result of the collapse
of the hull structure below its front leg, following the explosion of the
ship's forward magazines. |
Arizona (BB-39) sunk and burning
furiously. Her forward magazines had exploded when she was hit by a Japanese
bomb. At left, men on the stern of Tennessee (BB-43) are playing fire hoses
on the water to force burning oil away from their ship. |
Arizona (BB-39) sunk and
burning after the Japanese attack. Her forward magazines had exploded when
she was hit by a Japanese bomb, resulting in the collapse of structure below
her two forward turrets and superstructure. The tug Hoga(YT-146) is
alongside, fighting fires on board the wrecked battleship. |
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Official U.S.
Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-K-13513, now in the collections of the
National Archive |
Official
U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-6683, now in the collections of the
National Archives. |
Official U.S.
Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-K-13512, from the collections of the Naval
Historical Center. |
Official U.S.
Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 97379, from the collections of the Naval
Historical Center. |
Official U.S.
Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-19942, from the collections of the Naval
Historical Center. |
Submitted by
Scott Dyben.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-32485, from the collections of
the Naval Historical Center |
From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI -
12/06/05 - "Snow, glorious snow":
| We had our first covering on Sunday
morning and then again this morning...I love it until about March and then I
hate it!
It sounds beautiful, Jean. Enjoy it
while you're able. Thanks!
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From Me ('65) of NC - 12/06/05:
Take some time
today to remember all the sacrifices that were made on your behalf by those who
have
kept our nation free, and voice a few words of gratitude.
Y'all take care
of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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"Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario"
- Richard
Rodgers
"Victory at Sea Symphonic Scenario" midi courtesy of
http://victoryatseaonline.com/victory_music.html
at the brilliant suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) (USNA
- '69) of VA - 11/27/05
Thank you so much, Captain!
Image of the
USS Arizona Memorial juxtaposed against the USS Missouri courtesy of
http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/Jun1998/980622-N-7749B-001.html
(DoD
photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kerry E. Baker, U.S. Navy)
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) (USNA
- '69) of VA - 11/27/05
Thank you once again, Captain!
Images of the Death of Arizona
(BB-39) courtesy of
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/39a.htm
once again at the suggestion of
Dave Spriggs ('64) (USNA
- '69) of VA - 11/27/05
Thank you once more, Captain!
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