My 20 Favorite US Navy Pics - 2007

My 20 Favorite US Navy Pics ^ | June 15, 2007 | Jeff Head

[Right Winged American]

Very nice, succinct reply. 4.0!

Do you know which carrier this is?

[Jeff Head]

No excuse in th e least...just fact. Look at the other Nimitz pictures on that page and you will see that they all say Nimitz and do not call out the individual hull numbers.

You can be as nit picky and honery as you wish, but it will not change the facts about what I did on the page or why.

Its amazing to me that a simple act of trying to honor our naval forces can be looked upon and nit picked in this fashion...but that's your choice.

I tried to give a civil response...but I guess I'll just choose to just ignore it from here on in.

[Jeff Head]

You are very welcome.

[Jeff Head]

Exactly. Wish we still had Reagan in charge. Perhaps, in these times, another such individual will come along. In our history as a nation, it seems that someone is always called or raised up when we need them...and then the people are wise enough to see it. Like was the case IMHO with Reagan.

[LibKill]

We were lucky to have one Reagan in our lifetime.

Another would be divine intervention.

[Jeff Head]

Well said. with the F4-Us on deck...that is from later in the war. Bunker Hill at Okinawa and the Kamikaze hits?

[AdvisorB]

Thank you, sir.

The pictures were given to me by my father who was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) for most of the Pacific campaign. They were taken on May 11th, 1945, the day the Bunker Hill was hit by two kamikazes, losing nearly 400 sailors and marines. My father was a corpman aboard the ship, and he tells me that all of his immediate friends perished on that day. He's ninety-one and it's still hard for him to talk about it. He gave me the pictures last year with tears streaming down his cheeks.

[Travis McGee]

How can you narrow them down? Any list must be 100s long, but this is a great start!

[Jeff Head]

May 11, 1945, USS Bunker Hill, CV-17, off Okinawa after two Kamikaze hits.

[Jeff Head]

I personally think the first was divine intervention. The dems controlled congress tightly...and then came Reagan and he was elected overwhelmingly in the face of that and then got a lot of things done, despite their control.

[LibKill]

THe Navy is 99% mechanics and cooks.

I assume you are making a (lame) joke.

1. The Marines are a department of the Navy. (The Men's department).

2. Naval Aviators (pilots to you) have a long and successful tradition of pounding our enemies flat.

3. Review the history of WWII. Without the Navy we would be speaking German, or Japanese.

[LibKill]

You may be right at that.

[Jeff Head]

Agreed...but 25 is my effort because I wanted high res pics stored out there and with all the other sites I have going...just did not have the room for more.

BTW, great to see you bro! Here's a couople of the newer sites you may not have seen.

AEGIS VESSELS OF THE WORLD

ROCN vs PLAN

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OF THE WORLD

...and now this one:

FAVORITE US NAVY PICS

[LibKill]

Back in the day, more that 20 years ago, there were Marine Detachments in U.S. Navy ships.

I was priviledged to serve in one. Not the easiest duty I ever had but one of the most rewarding in memories.

"A ship without Marines is like a pea-coat without buttons." (Admiral Farragut)

[AdvisorB]

"May 11, 1945, USS Bunker Hill, CV-17, off Okinawa after two Kamikaze hits."

Yes, the Bunker Hill was hit by the two kamikazes, and try as they might, the Japanese were unable to sink her. And BTW, that day she gave as good as she got.

When the smoke clear, the Bunker Hill limped back to Bremerton, bloody but unbowed.

[LibKill]

[Alamo-Girl]

Kewl! Thank you!

[LibKill]

I wish I was young again.

Imagine someone asking which ship you are on.

"I'm on the Reagan."

It would make me proud to say that.

[Jeff Head]

...and God bless her and all those men who served on her.

My Dad also served in WWII in the PTO. He was an executive officer on an LCI landing Marines on hostile beaches...but he was with MacArthur.

He always expressed his appreciation for the cover and protection that the escort ships and carriers gave his flotilla.

[BlessedBeGod]

Awesome! Thank you!