To: exnavy
I think the Navy started their academy in the 1820’s. I actually have a 1939 copy of their year book. The second highest combat death rate for their class in academy history.
15 posted on
08/27/2023 10:55:26 AM PDT by
mware
To: mware
16 posted on
08/27/2023 10:58:08 AM PDT by
exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: mware
I have read many stories of the pacific theater. Love history.
18 posted on
08/27/2023 10:59:26 AM PDT by
exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: mware
1845, thanks to George Bancroft, then Secretary of the Navy.
38 posted on
08/27/2023 11:33:42 AM PDT by
DPMD
(ua)
To: mware
For some reason, I have the yearbooks 1965-1968.
40 posted on
08/27/2023 11:34:44 AM PDT by
DPMD
(ua)
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