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Thank you for today's thread. God bless our Troops!
Thanks for the article on the composite bow, always enjoy such on weapons systems of yore.
La Diva.....I hope you are well. *HUGS* Thanks for today's history thread. And what a cute reindeer you have.
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Good morning, LaDiva !! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY! 
TROOPS!
Today's FEEBLE
YOKE :
Ma, MoJo, & Beachy are sitting in a diner, chatting about various things.
MoJo says, "You know, I'm getting really forgetful. This morning, I was standing at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember whether I had just come up or was about to go down."
Beachy says, "You think that's bad? The other day, I was sitting on the edge of my bed, and I couldn't remember whether I was going to bed or had just woken up!"
Ma smiles smugly. "Well, my memory's just as good as it's always been, knock on wood."
She raps the table. With a startled look on her face, Ma asks, "Who's there?!"
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| Sunrise | 7:11 AM (CST) |
| Sunset | 4:20 PM (CST) |
| Hrs. of Daylight | 9 Hrs., 9 Mins. |
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Good morning Everyone. Good morning to our
Military, our Allies and their families.
Good morning and thanks Diva for your continued history lessons.
WOW, I've managed to get here kinda early. I see we haven't even gotten to 100 yet. Where is everyone?
Well, we are starting to feel like winter here on the East Coast. Temps have really dropped and are suppose to stay that way all week.
I see a few new faces this morning. Must give them an official welcome.
Now remember, the Canteen is always open
So, come on in and sit for a while. There's alway plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS.
Hey Diva. Isn't it a little chilly to be showing that much skin? ;~>
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on December 14:
1503 Nostradamus, (Michael de Notredame), French astrologist/prophet/some say fraud, born in St. Remy, Provence, France.
1546 Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)
1829 John Mercer Langston 1st black to hold US political office
1830 Allen Thomas Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1832 Daniel Harris Reynolds Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1837 William Wells Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1895 George VI, king of England (1936-52)
1896 James Doolittle (aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII)
1897 Margaret Chase Smith (politician)
1909 Edward L Tatum, US, molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)
1911 Spike (Lindley) Jones (musician: drummer; band leader: City Slickers: Cocktails for Two, Der Fuhrer's Face)
1914 Morey Amsterdam (comedian, actor: The Dick Van Dyke Show; radio: NBC Monitor)
1917 Dan Daily (singer, dancer, actor)
1922 Don Hewitt, NYC, CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes)
1932 Abbe Lane (Lassman) (singer)
1932 Charlie Rich ('The Silver Fox': Grammy Award-winning singer)
1935 Lee Remick (actress)
1942 Dave Clark (singer: group: The Dave Clark Five)
1946 Patty (Anna Marie) Duke (Academy Award-winning actress: The Miracle Worker)
1946 Stan Smith (tennis: Amateur US Open Champ [1969], US Open Men's Singles Champ [1971], Wimbledon Men's Singles Champ [1972])
1949 Bill Buckner California, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
Today's classic warship, USS Edwards (DD-619)
Gleaves class destroyer
Displacement. 1,630 t.
Lenght. 348'4"
Beam. 36'1"
Draft. 17'5"
Speed. 37 k.
Complement. 270
Armament. 4 6", 6 .50 cal mg, 10 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.
The USS Edwards (DD-619) was launched 19 July 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Edward Brayton, widow of Lieutenant Commander Edwards; and commissioned 18 September 1942, Lieutenant Commander W. L. Messmer in command.
After brief service escorting convoys along the east coast and in the Caribbean, Edwards sailed from New York 8 November 1942 to join the Pacific Fleet. She joined TF 18 at Noumea 4 January 1943, to cover a large troop convoy bound for Guadalcanal. On 29 January they were attacked by a swarm of Japanese torpedo bombers off Rennell Island. Although most were driven off by the heavy accurate fire of the ships, enough broke through to put two torpedoes into Chicago (CA-29). Edwards with four other destroyers was detached to screen the damaged cruiser. On the following day, as the group sailed for Espiritu Santo, attacks continued. The destroyers put up a stout defense, but Chicago was torpedoed again and sank. Edwards rescued 224 of the 1,049 survivors. One of the other screening destroyers, La Vallette (DD-448), was also torpedoed; Edwards saw her safely to port before rejoining her task group.
Edwards returned to Pearl Harbor 27 March 1943 for overhaul, then set sail 16 April for the Aleutians. She saw action bombarding Attu 26 April, and as antiscreen for Pennsylvania (BB-38) during the landings of 11 May. The following day she teamed with Farragut (DD-348) for a relentless 10-hour depth charge attack on a submarine which attempted to torpedo the battleship. I-35 was forced to the surface and badly damaged by Edwards' guns before diving, only to be sunk finally by Frazier (DD-607).
Edwards continued to ply stormy Aleutian waters on antisubmarine patrol. In June 1943 she joined the blockade patrol which bombarded Kiska Island 2 and 12 August, and covered the landings on the 13th. After overhaul, she returned to Espiritu Santo in October for training.
On 8 November 1943 Edwards sailed to screen carriers in air strikes on Rabaul on the 11th. A flight of Japanese planes attacked her task group at noon that day; Edwards and her companions drove off or splashed every plane before it could injure any American ship. She screened the support force at Tarawa from 19 November, then escorted transports to Pearl Harbor on route to the west coast for a brief overhaul. On 3 March 1944 she arrived at Majuro off which she patrolled as well as screening strikes on Mili Atoll in the Marshalls and in the Palaus by carriers of the mighty 6th Fleet. In April she guarded the flattops as they launched air attacks on New Guinea in coordination with the Hollandia landings. Edwards also figured in the attack on Truk of 29 and 30 April.
From 12 May to 18 August 1944 Edwards' destroyer division formed the Eastern Marshalls Patrol Group. They patrolled off the Japanese-held atolls of Mili, Jaluit, Maloelap, and Wotje to keep the enemy from receiving assistance or evacuating. On 22 May she joined Bancroft (DD-598) to put several enemy batteries on Wotje out of action. Again off Wotje 27 June she ignored shore fire to rescue downed aviators drifting toward shore.
After overhaul in Pearl Harbor in August the veteran Edwards reported arrival at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 30 October for patrol. She joined the assault force for the landings at Ormoc 7 December. Here she splashed several of the hard hitting air attackers as well as aiding ships they had damaged. A resupply echelon to Ormoc met similar opposition but drove off the planes and got the convoy through. On 11 December, she took aboard casualties from Caldwell (DD-605), set on fire by a suicide plane.
The doughty battle-hardened Edwards remained in the Philippines, shepherding supply convoys through to Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Polloc Harbor, and Davao Gulf. On 9 May 1945 she arrived at Morotai to distinguish herself during the invasion of Borneo, returning to Subic Bay 12 July. She made one voyage to Iwo Jima, another to Okinawa to escort convoys, then sailed 16 September for the States. On 7 January 1946, Edwards arrived at Charleston, S.C., where she was placed out of commission in reserve 11 April 1946. USS Edwards spent the next twenty-five years in the Atlantic Reserve fleet. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in July 1971, she was sold for scrapping in May 1973.
Edwards received 14 battle stars for World War II service.
