To: Eagle Eye; Joe Brower; Cannoneer No. 4; TEXOKIE; xzins; Alamo-Girl; blackie; SandRat; Calpernia; ...
Nearly 180 years after President John Adams commissioned this Navy base on the strategic shores of Pensacola Bay to help protect the Gulf of Mexico, the air station where Navy aviators earn their wings is bruised and broken. All 2,000 buildings on the base, including 577 homes, are believed to have been damaged. But no one was injured. "That's the best news we had.."
Ping.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Navy will call in the Sea-Bees and will have it back up in no time and we know the planes got moved out of harm. They're resilient down there have no fear.
My Dad is sad over this on a different count. He went through Cook and Bakers school in WWII at Pensacola NAS before being sent to the Pacific.
8 posted on
09/19/2004 9:46:53 AM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Is there a place to donate for clean up efforts? My dad was stationed there in the early '50s, I'd like to help.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
15 posted on
09/19/2004 10:30:30 AM PDT by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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