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To: Stonewall Jackson

Getting PT-109 split in half worked out OK for a Kennedy.


26 posted on 08/12/2012 9:18:20 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Grounding an Oldsmobile didn’t seem to have any long term effects on another.


27 posted on 08/12/2012 9:19:18 AM PDT by Paladin2
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Getting PT-109 split in half worked out OK for a Kennedy.

His old man probably bought the Navy 10 new PT boats.

72 posted on 08/12/2012 11:09:39 AM PDT by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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Nimitz grounded the destroyer Decatur on a sandbar in the Philippines in 1908. He was court-martialed and received a letter of reprimand. It was early enough in his career that he was able to overcome the setback through tireless effort in a lot of seemingly unglamorous assignments for the time: work on subs and oilers for almost 20 years.

I don’t know if anyone in today’s Navy could repeat Nimitz’s feat.


73 posted on 08/12/2012 11:20:38 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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