To: dutchess; Billie; Mama_Bear; jkphoto; ST.LOUIE1; snugs; silent_jonny; GodBlessUSA; Wolfstar; ...
I'll be off line for awhile today. In case any would wonder where I am...But I'll view/respond to/ contribute stuff on The Finest & Dose Threads asap upon my return home. Have a grand & happy day!
To: Billie; Diver Dave; DollyCali; dutchess; fatima; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; La Enchiladita; Lady Jag; ...
President Gerald R. Ford's Naval Service: (from www.geocities.com/ww2cvl/fordmontcvl.html)
In April 1942 Ford joined the U.S. Naval Reserve receiving a commission as an ensign. After an orientation program at Annapolis, he became a physical fitness instructor at a pre- flight school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the spring of 1943 he began service in the light aircraft carrier USS MONTEREY. He was first assigned as athletic director and gunnery division officer, then as assistant navigator, with the MONTEREY which took part in most of the major operations in the South Pacific, including Truk, Saipan, and the Philippines. His closest call with death came not as a result of enemy fire, however, but during a vicious typhoon in the Philippine Sea in December 1944. He came within inches of being swept overboard while the storm raged. The ship, which was severely damaged by the storm and the resulting fire, had to be taken out of service. Ford spent the remainder of the war ashore and was discharged as a lieutenant commander in February 1946.
8 posted on
12/28/2006 8:59:10 AM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Purple Mountains Maj
9 posted on
12/28/2006 8:59:54 AM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Purple Mountains Maj
We all have fun in the snow!!
16 posted on
12/28/2006 12:22:00 PM PST by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: Purple Mountains Maj
We all have fun in the snow!!
17 posted on
12/28/2006 12:22:25 PM PST by
Lady Jag
(Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid)
To: Purple Mountains Maj
How cute, but brrrrrrrrrr!
26 posted on
12/28/2006 12:53:10 PM PST by
Billie
To: Purple Mountains Maj
31 posted on
12/28/2006 1:42:24 PM PST by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
("A litany of complaints is not a plan." - GW Bush, referring to DNC's lack of a platform on ANYTHING)
To: Purple Mountains Maj
Hi Purple. Hurry back...we miss you!
33 posted on
12/28/2006 2:05:46 PM PST by
dutchess
To: Purple Mountains Maj
50 posted on
12/28/2006 4:01:04 PM PST by
jaycee
To: Billie; Mama_Bear; jkphoto; ST.LOUIE1; snugs; silent_jonny; GodBlessUSA; Wolfstar; TPartyType; ...
I made it home. This fella could have fit in yesterday on W F W but after the cool cat earlier I decided to post this sunny beach bunny as a polar opposite bookend!
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