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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth ~ 25 December 2003
MoJo2001, Kathy in Alaska , 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

Posted on 12/24/2003 9:25:21 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank You to all our brave heroes and their families for the freedom we enjoy today. Have a wonderful Christmas and Hanukkah!! If you have any requests, one of the Canteen DJ's will be around today!! Stay safe!! Click on the ornaments to hear special music selections.

 


Click For Chanukah  Music!!!

Please click on the graphic to hear a wonderful selection of Chanukah music brought to all of us by JewishWorldReview.com. You will need RealPlayer to play the selection.  Happy Chanukah!!

 

 

The New Christy Minstrel - We Need A Little Christmas Kitaro - Jingle Bells (Instrumental) Martina McBride - Silent Night Brenda Lee - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear? The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (80s music Christmas song!)
Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run TLC - Sleigh Ride (Hip Hop Selection) Boyz II Men - Silent Night

 

Ella Fitzgerald - Frosty The Snowman Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (We Do Not Condone This Type of Reindeer Recklessness!) Lena Horne - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song Hark The Herald Angel Sings Jimmy Durante - Frosty The Snowman
 Christmas Medley (Instrumental) Harry Connick Jr - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer

 

 

 

Diana Krall - Jingle Bells Dolly Parton - Winter Wonderland & Sleigh Ride Ray Charles - Santa Claus Is Comin To Town
Hank Snow - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad Gene Autry - Up On The House Top (Ho! Ho! Ho!)
Irish Rovers (Irish Music) - Good King Wenceslas The Three Tenors - Joy To The World Frank Sinatra - Misletoe & Holly

 

 



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To: Kathy in Alaska; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Radix; LindaSOG; Cincinatus' Wife; SevenofNine; ...
And Merry Christmas to y'all, too!
81 posted on 12/25/2003 4:04:06 AM PST by JohnHuang2 ("GW is driving the Rat Lunatics into a deeper (QUAGMIRE OF) insanity every day," says Grampa Dave)
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To: armymarinemom

Hi Stu!! Thank you for serving this great nation of ours.
Prayers for your safety and success in Afghanistan.


82 posted on 12/25/2003 4:05:16 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Merry Christmas....from 1sgt Mike's family
83 posted on 12/25/2003 4:07:03 AM PST by mystery-ak (Mike...Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas...)
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To: tomkow6; SouthernHawk; Old Sarge; Hondo1952; HiJinx; blackie; USAF_TSgt; E.G.C.
Merry Christmas, Boys!!


84 posted on 12/25/2003 4:07:52 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
PEACE ON EARTH & GOD BLESS AMERICA

And a very Merry Christmas to all of my fellow God loving, freedom fighting, patriotic Americans. And a special thanks to Freerepublic.com. Freep on! God bless our troops and the noble cause they risk their lives for.

85 posted on 12/25/2003 4:10:19 AM PST by dokmad
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To: mystery-ak
Merry Christmas, Nancy and 1Sgt Mike and Jonathan and Brandon and the rest of the family.


86 posted on 12/25/2003 4:11:11 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: LindaSOG; USAF_TSgt; American Preservative; Alouette; Yehuda; yonif; Nix 2; knighthawk; SJackson; ..

87 posted on 12/25/2003 4:13:25 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: SevenofNine
Happy Holidays, Seven, and stay safe down there in LA.
88 posted on 12/25/2003 4:14:43 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: Oorang

Thanks, Oorand, for stopping by to help wish our military men and women holiday greetings.

89 posted on 12/25/2003 4:19:17 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
You should be in bed, Santa doesn't come if you're awake...LOL
90 posted on 12/25/2003 4:19:46 AM PST by mystery-ak (Mike...Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas...)
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To: dokmad
Welcome to the Canteen, dokmad, and thanks for helping wish our troops a Merry Christmas.
91 posted on 12/25/2003 4:21:09 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: carlo3b
Thanks, carlos, for stopping by, this Christmas Day.
92 posted on 12/25/2003 4:22:24 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: mystery-ak
Oops, you weren't supposed to notice. I'm going now before I fall asleep again. Santa, are you listening??? I'm gone!


93 posted on 12/25/2003 4:25:34 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Today’s classic warship, USS California (BB-44)

Tennessee class battleship
Displacement. 32,300
Length. 624'6"
Beam. 97'4"
Draft. 30'3"
Speed. 21 k.
Complement. 1,083
Armament. 12 14", 14 5", 4 3", 2 21" tt.

The USS California (BB-44) was launched 20 November 1919 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. R. T. Zane; and commissioned 10 August 1921, Captain H. J. Ziegemeier in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet as flagship.

For 20 years from 1921 until 1941, California served first as flagship of the Pacific Fleet, then as flagship of the Battle Fleet (Battle Force), U.S. Fleet. Her annual activities included joint Army-Navy exercises, tactical and organizational development problems, and fleet concentrations for various purposes. Intensive training and superior performance won her the Battle Efficiency Pennant for 1921-22, and the Gunnery "E" for 1925-26.

In the summer of 1925 California led the Battle Fleet and a division of cruisers from the Scouting Fleet on a very successful good-will cruise to Australia and New Zealand. She took part in the Presidential reviews of 1927, 1930, and 1934. She was modernized in late 1929 and early 1930 and equipped with an improved antiaircraft battery.

In 1940 California switched her base to Pearl Harbor On 7 December 1941 she was moored at the southernmost berth of "Battleship Row" and was with other dreadnoughts of the Battle Force when the Japanese launched their aerial attack. As she was about to undergo a material inspection, watertight integrity was not at its maximum; consequently the ship suffered great damage when hit. At 0805 a bomb exploded below decks, setting off an antiaircraft ammunition magazine and killing about 50 men. A second bomb ruptured her bow plates. Despite valiant efforts to keep her afloat the in-rushing water could not be isolated and California settled into the mud with only her superstructure remaining above the surface. When the action ended, 98 of her crew were lost and 61 wounded.

On 25 March 1942 California was refloated and dry-docked at Pearl Harbor for repairs. On 7 June she departed under her own power, for Puget Sound Navy yard where a major reconstruction job was accomplished, including improved protection, stability, AA battery, and fire control system.

California departed Bremerton 31 January 1944 for shakedown at San Pedro, and sailed from San Francisco 5 May for the invasion of the Marianas. Off Saipan in June, she conducted effective shore bombardment and call fire missions. On 14 June she was hit by a shell from an enemy shore battery which killed one man and wounded nine. Following Saipan, her heavy guns helped blast the way for our assault force in the Guam and Tinian operations (18 July-9 August). On 24 August she arrived at Espirit u Santo for repairs to her port bow damaged in a collision with Tennessee (BB-43).

On 17 September 1944 California sailed to Manus to ready for the invasion of the Philippines. From 17 October to 20 November she played a key role in the Leyte operation, including the destruction of the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Surigao Strait (25 October). On 1 January 1945 she departed the Palaus for the Luzon landings. Her powerful batteries were an important factor in the success of these dangerous operations driven home into the heart of enemy-held territory under heavy air attack. On 6 January while providing shore bombardment at Lingayen Gulf she was hit by a kamikaze plane; 44 of her crew were killed and 155 were wounded. Undeterred she made temporary repairs on the spot and remained carrying out her critical mission of shore bombardment until the job was done. She departed 23 January for Puget Sound Navy Yard, arriving 15 February, for permanent repairs. California returned to action at Okinawa 15 June 1945 and remained in that embattled area until 21 July. Two days later she joined TF 95 to cover the East China Sea minesweeping operations. After a short voyage to San Pedro Bay, P.I., in August, the ship departed Okinawa 20 September to cover the landing of the 6th Army occupation force at Wakanoura Wan, Honshu. She remained supporting the occupation until 15 October, then sailed via Singapore, Colombo, and Capetown, to Philadelphia, arrivi ng 7 December. She was placed in commission in reserve there 7 August 1946: out of commission in reserve 14 February 1947; and sold 10 July 1959.

California received seven battle stars for World War II service.

94 posted on 12/25/2003 4:29:44 AM PST by aomagrat (IYAOYAS)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Tonk!!! #50!!!

95 posted on 12/25/2003 4:34:54 AM PST by Fawnn (Official Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
(HUGS)Merry Christmas to you and yours, Kathy.
96 posted on 12/25/2003 4:49:24 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
97 posted on 12/25/2003 4:49:40 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
BTTT!!!!!!
98 posted on 12/25/2003 4:49:53 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: E.G.C.
Happy
99 posted on 12/25/2003 4:53:57 AM PST by Hondo1952 ("I don't guess people's hearts got anything to do with a calendar." Hondo Lane)
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To: Hondo1952
Holidays
100 posted on 12/25/2003 4:54:17 AM PST by Hondo1952 ("I don't guess people's hearts got anything to do with a calendar." Hondo Lane)
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