Yes...my buddy and I enlisted together and went to A-School together, but after that, he went to a training squadron on the West coast, and I went to a fleet attack squadron on the East coast.
He is still my best friend today, after nearly 45 years later. A gem of a man. I always know I can depend on him.
Endurance, indeed. :)
Sounds like you two need to celebrate with a bottle of Shackleton.
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The ship was launched on 17 December 1912 and was initially christened Polaris after the North Star.
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After Shackleton purchased the ship, she was rechristened Endurance after the Shackleton family motto, Fortitudine vincimus ("By endurance we conquer").
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Despite her change of name, she retained a large badge in the shape of a five-pointed star on her stern, which originally symbolized her name after the pole star.