And thanks for helping honor our military, past and present.
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Posted on 12/07/2004 8:05:04 PM PST by Spotsy
BTT!!!!!!!
Glad to hear you check in re the fires. When I heard Indian Head..........
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Glad to see you during daylight!
Hey there, SSarge! *HUGS* Things coming along as expected? And where, pray tell, did you lose your suspenders??? Is The Boy's volleyball over? Enjoyed?
Greetings from the other side of the pond, JJ!
Stay dry!
This was a quote from one of the bigwigs some years ago: "One of these days, we will be totally paperless."
NOT!!
Yeah, I heard that long ago, and now it seems like we have MORE papers to file than ever before.
I never did find them, altho' the supply guy says I had them...
The Boy's last game was back last month. He's already talking about next year.
Things are about like what i expect: Hurry Up And Wait...
Sorry, the bigwig is dead WRONG!! It just will not happen. Paper is a security blanket, and gets more coveted with each computer crash. LOL!
OBTW!!! Have you had enough rain yet?
An excellent sign!
Good Afternoon troops!! Good Afternoon everyone! Here is today's humor attempt!
Two statisticians were travelling in an airplane from LA to New York. About an hour into the flight, the pilot announced that they had lost an engine, but don't worry, there are three left.
However, instead of 5 hours it would take 7 hours to get to New York. A little later, he announced that a second engine failed, and they still had two left, but it would take 10 hours to get to New York.
Somewhat later, the pilot again came on the intercom and announced that a third engine had died. Never fear, he announced, because the plane could fly on a single engine.
However, it would now take 18 hours to get to new York. At this point, one statistician turned to the other and said, "Gee, I hope we don't lose that last engine, or we'll be up here forever!"
I guess you could say that. There are two recording stations in Austin. Too long of a story to post today. One has Austin 20+ inches over normal for the entire year's totals.
The other has us only 19+ inches over normal for the entire year's totals. </sarcasm>
With almost one full month left, no telling what the final totals will be. My gauge at home is 18.75+ for the average annual totals.
Gotta wait til I'm home from work. Can't search from here. But...I will look tonight.
I can hear you now! WooHoo!!
*HUGS*
Today's classic warship, USS Dunlap (DD-384)
Gridley class destroyer
Displacement. 1,490
Lenght. 341'2"
Beam. 36'5"
Draft. 17'2"
Speed. 36k.
Complement. 158
Armament. 5 5", 4 .50cal mg, 12 21" tt.
USS Dunlap (DD-384) was launched 18 April 1936 by United Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., New York N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. Robert H. Dunlap, widow of Brigadier General Dunlap; and commissioned 12 June 1937, Commander A. E. Schrader in command.
Dunlap operated along the east coast on training duty, and in June 1938 served as escort at Philadelphia for SS Kungsholm, carrying the Crown Prince of Sweden. On 1 September she got underway for the west coast; except for a cruise to the Caribbean and east coast for a fleet problem and overhaul in the first 6 months of 1939, Dunlap served along the west coast until 2 April 1940 when she sailed for Pearl Harbor, her new home port.
On 7 December 1941 Dunlap was at sea bound for Pearl Harbor with TF 8 after ferrying planes to Wake Island. She entered Pearl Harbor next day and patrolled in the Hawaiian area until 11 January 1942 when she sortied with TF 8 for air strikes on the Marshals, returning 5 February. After taking part in the raid on Wake Island of 24 February, she continued to patrol in the Hawaiian area until 22 March, then escorted convoys between various ports on the west coast until returning to Pearl Harbor 22 October 1942.
Dunlap arrived at Noumea, New Caledonia, 6 December 1942 and operated from that base on training and patrol duty, and as escort for convoys to the Fiji, Tonga, and New Hebrides Islands until arriving at Guadalcanal 30 July 1943 for duty in the Solomons. On the night of 6-7 August she was sent with five other destroyers to intercept a Japanese force carrying reinforcements to Kolombangara. In the resulting Battle of Vella Gulf, a brilliant night torpedo action, the ably handled task group sank three Japanese destroyers and drove the fourth back to its base at Buin. They suffered no damage themselves.
After overhaul at San Diego, Dunlap sailed 23 November 1943 for patrol duty out of Adak until 16 December when she left for Pearl Harbor, arriving 6 days later. She joined the 6th Fleet to screen carriers in strikes of the Marshall Islands operations from 19 January to 4 March 1944, then touched at Espiritu Santo briefly before sailing for Fremantle, Australia, to rendezvous with the British Eastern Fleet. After training here and at Trincomalee, Ceylon, she took part in the strikes on the Soerabaja area of Java on 17 May, and next day sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 10 June.
Dunlap returned to San Francisco 7 July 1944 to join the screen for Baltimore (CA-68) carrying President F. D. Roosevelt for conferences and inspections with top Pacific commanders of Pearl Harbor and Alaskan bases. Detached from this task group at Seattle 12 August, Dunlap returned to Pearl Harbor. She sailed 1 September, bombarded Wake Island 3 September, and arrived at Saipan 12 September for duty with the Marianas Patrol and Escort Group.
Dunlap took part in the bombardment of Marcus Island on 9 October. On 16 October 1944 she rendezvoused with the 3d Fleet units for strikes on Luzon, then supported the Iandings At Leyte. When the Japanese forces made a three-pronged attack on the Philippines, she was underway for Ulithi but reversed course to screen TG 38.1 in its attacks of 25 and 26 October on the enemy fleeing after the decisive Battle for Leyte Gulf. Dunlap arrived at Ulithi 29 October for patrol duty and took part in the daring bombardments on Iwo Jima in November and December 1944 and January 1945. She returned to Iwo Jima 19 March to support its occupation, and until the end of the war patrolled to intercept Japanese ships attempting to evacuate the Bonins. On 19 June she sank an enemy craft attempting to evacuate Chichi Jima, picking up 52 survivors. Japanese officers came on board 31 August to discuss surrender terms for the Bonin Islands, and returned 3 September to sign the surrender.
Dunlap sailed for Iwo Jima 19 September 1945 touched at San Pedro Calif., and arrived at Houston Tex., for Navy Day. she arrived at Norfolk 7 November where she was decommissioned 14 December 1945 and was sold for scrap 31 December 1947.
Dunlap received six battle stars for World War II service.
Mine?
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