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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The U.S.S. FRANKLIN (CV-13) - (3/19/1945) - Jul. 21st, 2004
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| Mark Tidwell
Posted on 07/21/2004 12:02:36 AM PDT by SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
I must share the pain.
(note) you might want to have a lager heafty bag handy.
The Ghosts of War
http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i44/44b01201.htm
By CHRISTIAN G. APPY
For three decades American leaders have tried to bury memories of the Vietnam War only to have them pop up again like indestructible poltergeists. In 1991, for example, a few days after the Persian Gulf War came to its apparent end, President George H.W. Bush declared a double victory. Not only had the United States driven Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, he trumpeted, but we had also managed to vanquish the ghostly memories of a war that was lost a generation earlier on the other side of the planet. "The specter of Vietnam has been buried forever in the desert sands of the Arabian Peninsula," the president said.
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07/21/2004 7:01:11 AM PDT
by
Valin
(Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.)
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
07/21/2004 7:30:38 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: E.G.C.
Morning E.G.C. More hot weather coming today and it looks like for the rest of the week.
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07/21/2004 7:31:21 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: alfa6
Hi Alfa6. How long before you go back to night shift?
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07/21/2004 7:32:23 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Tax-chick
Morning Tax-chick
very messy, runoffs coming, and everyone will be exhausted and not speaking to each other by the general election.
I have the feeling this is goining to be one long, nasty election season.
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07/21/2004 7:33:42 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: U S Army EOD
Morning EOD.
When the Big Ben finally limped into port, there was a tradition where a bunch of the nurses used to get on the key and start singing Hiwaian songs and such as the ships came home. The singing started, but as they saw the ship and the damage it faded away to nothing but silence. About that time what was left of the band on the Franklin and the crew started up to the tune of The Old Gray Mare, "The old Big Ben she ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be------" Among the nurses and sailors up to Admirals, there wasn't a dry eye on the dock from the on lookers.Thanks for telling that story. It's so typical of America.
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07/21/2004 7:36:18 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: GailA
MMMMM! No Atkins at the Foxhole! :-)
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07/21/2004 7:37:02 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Darksheare
Morning Darksheare
she made it home only to be scrapped and sold to Japan as scrap steel.
It sure seems to be sad ending. I hate seeing any warhip scrapped.
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07/21/2004 7:39:25 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: bentfeather
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07/21/2004 7:39:40 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: The Mayor
Morniong Mayor
It wasnt until she was almost 30 that she finally found a Bible she was permitted to read.
Such a simple thing and yet we take it for granted in the U.S.
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07/21/2004 7:41:21 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Professional Engineer
Morning PE.
Thanks for the flag folding demonstration this morning.
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07/21/2004 7:42:39 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
, Lt. j.g. Donald A Gary, a 30 year navy veteran That didn't sound right, and I was planning to do more digging, then I read down to here:
He enlisted in the Navy in December 1919 and served continuously in the enlisted ranks until November 1943, when he received a commission as a Lieutenant (Junior Grade).
So both the Captain and this guy came up through the ranks. Perhaps that's why there was such concern for saving the enlisted men trapped below deck.
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07/21/2004 7:42:54 AM PDT
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PAR35
To: Samwise
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07/21/2004 7:43:32 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Valin
1997 200-year-old USS Constitution sails under its own power
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07/21/2004 7:49:05 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf
Thanks for the report on the USS Franklin Sam. I have a thread coming up on Father O'Callahan. ;-)
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07/21/2004 7:53:12 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Valin
Warning! major leftist propaganda barf alert
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posted on
07/21/2004 7:54:21 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Aeronaut
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07/21/2004 7:54:47 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: E.G.C.
Good morning EGC. How's your Dad doing?
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posted on
07/21/2004 7:55:20 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: alfa6
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07/21/2004 7:55:51 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: PAR35
There's a lot to be said for "coming up through the ranks". You don't learn everything in a classroom.
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07/21/2004 7:56:12 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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