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Posted on 09/22/2004 8:05:30 PM PDT by SAMWolf
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REVOLUCION  Fidel Castro More than 500 people were tried and executed in Cuba, after appearing before the revolutionary judges. Thousands fled to exile in the United States. But to most Cubans, Castro was a hero. NATIONALIZATION Castro's new government nationalized millions of acres of Cuban land previously held by American companies and distributed it to the people. Castro flew to New York to speak at the United Nations. U.S. President Eisenhower would not meet with him. But Soviet leader Khrushchev was delighted to embrace a new revolutionary and offered Cuba economic assistance.  Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev Cuba decided to purchase oil from the U.S.S.R., but U.S. companies refused to refine it. Castro then nationalized the U.S.-owned refineries and other industries in Cuba. Washington retaliated with a complete trade embargo against Cuba. It also launched the first of several CIA campaigns to topple Castro's regime. BAY OF PIGS A plan to overthrow Castro was presented to the new U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, soon after his inauguration in 1961. CIA agents had been secretly training Cuban exiles to invade their homeland. They thought the Cuban people would welcome such an invasion and rise up to overthrow Castro. Kennedy agreed to the invasion plan -- but demanded crucial changes to hide U.S. involvement.  Castro, lower right, watches from a tank near Playa Giron during the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 On April 15, 1961, six U.S. bombers disguised as Cuban aircraft took off from Nicaragua and attacked Cuban airfields -- but caused only minimal damage. The next day, a CIA-trained force of 1,500 guerrillas arrived at the Bay of Pigs, 125 miles south of Havana. But their plans soon turned into disaster.  Kennedy, now faced with international condemnation for the bombing, canceled additional air support for the invasion. Castro's remaining air force quickly destroyed ships carrying vital ammunition supplies for the invaders. Without American air support or supply, the invasion force was quickly outnumbered and outmaneuvered. All of the invaders were captured or dead within 72 hours. MISSILE CRISIS The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion did not keep the United States from plotting new plans to get rid of Castro -- even assassination was carefully weighed. Cuba, meanwhile, looked to Moscow for military support. Nikita Khrushchev offered to deploy Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. After initial resistance, Castro accepted. By July 1962, the CIA had noticed an increase in Soviet ships heading for Cuba. By mid-October, U-2 spy planes flying over Cuba brought back pictures of ballistic missile sites.  Range of Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballistic missiles and SS-5 intermediate-range ballistic missiles, if launched from Cuba. With nuclear warheads less than 100 miles from the United States, the Soviets had the ability to strike without warning. Kennedy formed a special inner cabinet of advisers -- the Executive Committee of the National Security Council, or ExCom -- to weigh the options. Under consideration: a military invasion to topple Castro and "surgical air strikes" against the missiles bases. But taking either step without warning risked turning world opinion against the United States. Another solution was devised: The U.S. Navy would stop and search all ships heading for Cuba. Washington called it a "quarantine." AT THE BRINK On October 22, President Kennedy told the world about the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba and announced that a blockade was in force against all ships bound for Cuba. Kennedy demanded the removal of the missiles from Cuba. For several days the world held its breath as the United States and Soviet Union appeared to be moving toward nuclear war. Washington took its case to the United Nations and prepared for air strikes and a massive invasion of Cuba.  October 26, 1962: The U.S. destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy stops, boards and inspects the Marucla, a dry-cargo ship of Lebanese registry under Soviet charter to Cuba. Havana announced a "combat alarm" -- more than a quarter-million Cubans stood ready to repel a U.S. invasion. Soviet forces on the island were equipped with nuclear-tipped tactical missiles, ready to answer any invader. In the United States, a wave of panic buying swept across the country as people tried to prepare for a possible nuclear holocaust. And though Soviet leaders tried to keep the crisis from their people, the news was leaking out, raising fears. A WAY OUT On October 26, with tensions increasing, Kennedy received an offer from Khrushchev. The Soviet leader offered to withdraw his missiles from Cuba -- if the United States promised never to invade the island. The next morning, Khrushchev added another condition: the United States was to remove all its missiles from Turkey.  As Kennedy considered the options, the crisis escalated again -- when a Soviet-led Cuban missile battery shot down a U-2 spy plane. The Pentagon was prepared to bomb the missile site, as contingency plans required -- but Kennedy ordered that no action be taken. He wanted time to deal with Khrushchev. The president sent his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to meet with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. They struck a deal: Soviet missiles would be removed from Cuba in return for the unpublicized removal of missiles from Turkey. On Sunday October 28, Khrushchev announced the withdrawal of the Soviet missiles from Cuba. Under close American surveillance, Soviet ships took the missiles back home. The crisis was over, but both sides were well aware how close they had come to nuclear annihilation.
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Read: Luke 15:11-32
Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. —Luke 15:31
Bible In One Year: Song of Solomon 1-3; Galatians 2
A sociologist was writing a book about the difficulties of growing up in a large family, so he interviewed the mother of 13 children. After several questions, he asked, "Do you think all children deserve the full, impartial love and attention of a mother?"
"Of course," said the mother.
"Well, which of your children do you love the most?" he asked, hoping to catch her in a contradiction.
She answered, "The one who is sick until he gets well, and the one who is away until he gets home."
That mother's response reminds me of the shepherd who left 99 sheep to seek the one that was lost (Luke 15:4), the woman who searched for the one coin (v.8), and the father who threw a party when his wayward son returned (vv.22-24).
The religious leaders of Jesus' day resented the way He gave so much attention to sinners (vv.1-2). So He told those stories to emphasize God's love for people who are lost in sin. God has more than enough love to go around. Besides, those who are "well" and are not "lost" experience the Father's love as fully as those to whom He gives special attention (v.31).
Father, forgive us for feeling slighted when You shower Your love on needy sinners. Help us to see how needy we are and to abide in Your boundless love. —Mart De Haan
Good Mornning Bump to all the Foxholers
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Present!
We had a storm go by. It didn't give us any rain but it did have quite a bit of lightning with it. Our electricity went out for a few seconds.(Our computer was off during the storm so no improper shutdown) but the local ABC-TV affiliate out on hwy. 7 on the East edge of Lawton took a lighting hit around 5:30 AM. They came back on within seconds.
The storms have moved east of us now. There's some activity South of Wichita Falls but it's moving East.
040910-N-0000X-002 Gadsden, Ala. (Sept. 10, 2004) – Naval Recruiting District Montgomery, Commanding Officer Cdr. Greg LaFave swears in the McIntyre family by the Coosa River, Gadsden, Ala. The family of four from Gadsden, Ala., led by its youngest member 18 year-old Seaman Recruit Brandi McIntyre, far left, joined the U.S. Navy earlier this year. After Brandi’s graduation from basic training her family soon followed starting with her brother James "Jamie" McIntyre II, far right, 19, and then by her father James "Kerry" McIntyre, center left, 38, and mother, Angela McIntyre, center right, 37. The McIntyre’s join the thousands of Active duty and Reserve Sailors, who make up the world’s most powerful Navy and continue to help fight the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo (RELEASED)
Woah! Just how much can one family contribute? That's a lot of sacrifice.
The Penkovsky stuff is public domain except for the statements assuming the Soviets were aware of Penkovsky's activities. No Penkovsky materials I am aware of has become available since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Bay of Pigs stuff is public domain. The Sallinger stuff is also.
Morning, Sam! Happy .. umm .. overloading! :)
Good morning, PE!!
Fine Flag-o-gram this morning!! Thank You.
Most of today's liberals grew up outside the threat range of the medium range missiles. Most of today's conservatives grew up inside that circle.
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on September 23:
0484 BC Euripides Greek playwright (Trojan Women)
0063 BC Octavian (Augustus Caesar), first Roman emperor (27 BC-14 AD)
1745 John Sevier Tennessee, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn)
1800 William H McGuffey educator (McGuffey Readers)
1805 Matthew Adams Stickney Rowley Mass, numismatist
1816 Elihu Benjamin Washburne MC (Union), died in 1887
1816 Julius White Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1820 Thomas Kilby Smith Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull Ohio, feminist/reformer/free love/1st female presidential candidate
1852 William Stewart Halsted established 1st US surgical school
1869 Edgar Lee Masters poet/novelist (Spoon River Anthology)
1870 John Lomax Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist
1888 Gerhard Kittel German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons)
1889 Walter Lippmann NYC, journalist/political writer (Men of Destany)
1910 Elliot Roosevelt son of FDR
1917 Imry Nemeth Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948)
1920 Mickey Rooney Bkln NY, actor (Bill, Andy Hardy, Sugar Babies)
1926 John Coltrane saxophonist (Round Midnight)
1930 Ray Charles Albany Ga, singer/pianist (Georgia, Mean Woman, America The Beautiful)
1943 Julio Iglesias singer (Of All the Girls I Loved Before)
1944 Loren J Shriver Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS-31, sk:46)
1945 Paul Petersen Glendale Calif, actor (Jeff Stone-Donna Reed Show)
1949 Bruce Springsteen [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA)
1955 Patti Weaver WV, actress (Days of our Life, Gina-Young & Restless)
1956 Maren Jensen Arcadia Calif, actress (Athena-Battlestar Galactica)
1967 Harry Connick Jr singer (We Are in Love)
free dixie,duckie & sw
Today's classic warship, USS Patoka (AO-9)
Patoka class oiler
Displacement. 16,800 t.
Lenght. 417'10"
Beam. 60'
Draft. 26'2"
Speed. 11 k.
Complement. 168
Armament. 2 5", 4 40mm.
USS Patoka (AO-9) was laid down 17 December 1918 by the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 26 July 1919; acquired by the Navy from USSB 3 September 1919; and commissioned 13 October 1919, Comdr. E. F. Robinson in command.
Assigned to NOTS, Patoka departed Norfolk 4 November 1919 for Port Arthur, Tex., where she loaded fuel oil and sailed for Scotland, arriving on the Clyde 6 December. She returned to Port Arthur for more oil and got under way 9 January 1920 for the Adriatic Sea, arriving Spalato, 12 February. Returning to the United States in April Patoka went back to the Near East, arriving at Constantinople in June. After duty in the Adriatic and Mediterranean she returned to the United States, and served on both the east and west coasts until 1924 when she was selected as a tender for rigid airship Shenandoah.
A mooring mast some 125 feet above the water was constructed; additional accommodations both for the crew of Shenandoah and for the men who handle and supply the airship were added; facilities for the helium, gasoline, and other supplies necessary for Shenandoah were built; as well as handling and stowage facilities for three seaplanes. This work by the Norfolk Navy Yard was completed shortly after 1 July 1924. Patoka retained her classification of AO-9.
Patoka engaged in a short series of mooring experiments with the Shenandoah, which had reported to the Commander Scouting Fleet for duty 1 August 1924. The first successful mooring was made 8 August 1924.
In October, Patoka, Milwaukee, and Detroit, were assigned stations in the mid-Atlantic to furnish the airship Los Angeles with the weather reports and forecasts during her flight, 12 to 15 October 1924, from Germany, where she had been built, to Lakehurst, N.J.
During 1925 Patoka operated with both Shenandoah and Los Angeles in demonstrating the mobility of airships, and in reducing the number of ground personnel required to handle them. A projected polar flight by Shenandoah, using Patoka as her base of operations was canceled when the airship was lost in a storm 3 September 1925.
Between 1925 and 1932 Patoka operated with Los Angeles and served as her base of supply and operations on her long-range flights to Puerto Rico (1925), Panama (1928), Florida (1929), and during the fleet concentration off Panama (1931 ). During 1932 she also operated with the newly-acquired airship Akron, but the decommissioning of Los Angeles, 30 June 1932, foretold a rest for Patoka. She decommissioned 31 August 1933.
On 10 November 1939 Patoka recommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Comdr. C.A.F. Sprague in command, and reported to Patrol Wing 5, Aircraft, Scouting Force. Her classification had been changed to AV-6, seaplane tender, 11 October 1939.
On 18 January 1940 she departed Puget Sound and, after taking on fuel and cargo at San Pedro, arrived at San Diego on the 31st. She steamed for the east coast 5 February and reached Norfolk 25 March. Next Patoka was assigned to the Naval Transporta tion Service in June and reclassified AO-9, 19 June 1940.
On 13 August she departed Norfolk and sailed to Houston. Between August and December 1940, she operated out of Houston and Baytown, Tex., delivering fuel oil to Boston, Melville, Norfolk, Charleston, and Key West.
From March 1941 to September Patoka delivered fuel oil and general cargo to various units of the Fleet in the Atlantic Gulf, and Caribbean areas. On 28 September she departed Norfolk and proceeded, via Aruba, to Recife Brazil. Patoka made one more round trip to Recife before the United States entered World War II.
On 7 December 1941, Patoka was moored at Recife, acting as tanker, cargo, store ship, and repair ship. Here she supplied the units of Task Force 3 (later 23) with fuel, diesel, lubricating oil; gasoline, stores, provisions; and repairs.
Shortly after the turn of the new year 1942, she got underway for Bahia, Brazil, anchoring there 8 January. There, she received word that ships bearing rubber and other vital war goods had left French Indo-China bound for the Axis controlled ports in Europe. Patoka requested and received permission to patrol the shipping lanes off Bahia.
When she had completed her patrol duties she put into port and returned to Recife 22 January. Six days later she was bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, but en route she was diverted to Trinidad, B.W.I. Taking on fuel and stores she returned to Recife.
Standing out of the harbor 21 February, she again set course, changed several times to avoid reported submarines and reached San Juan, Puerto Rico 4 March. Her return trip to Recife was made without incident.
On 25 May 1942, while again returning to Recife from Trinidad escorted by Jouett, Patoka sighted an enemy submarine on the surface. Jouett attacked, forcing the U-boat to dive and continued the attack until Patoka had escaped.
Patoka remained at Recife, continuing to supply the ships of Task Force 23 with provisions, supplies and tender services until April 1943, with occasional trips to Puerto Rico and Trinidad for replenishment.
Patoka then got underway for home, reaching Norfolk 22 May for overhaul. She sailed for New York 6 August to join a convoy bound for Aruba, N.W.I. and resumed operations along the coast of South America.
In April 1944, she carried 62 prisoners of war (German naval and merchant marine personnel) from Rio de Janeiro to Recife where they were turned over to the U.S. Army.
Patoka departed 24 March and arrived Norfolk 6 April for an overhaul period, to prepare for duty in the Pacific.
On 15 June, Patoka departed from Norfolk for the Panama Canal and Pearl Harbor. There she was outfitted for duty as a minecraft tender and was reclassified AG-125 on 15 August. Shortly thereafter she sailed via Guam for Okinawa, reaching Buckner Bay 5 September.
Patoka provided the minecraft with tender services until 21 September at which time she got underway for Wakayama, Japan. Anchoring there on 23 September, she continued to provide logistic support to units of the 5th Fleet, servicing mine vessels of Task Group 52.6. She remained with the occupational forces until the spring of 1946, returning to the United States 10 March 1946.
Patoka decommissioned 1 July 1946, was transferred to the War Shipping Administration, was struck from the Navy List 31 July 1946, and sold to Dulien Steel Products Co. for scrap 15 March 1948.
GA, sw!!!!!!!!!
HUGS to sw and duckie!!!!
free dixie, bf
Subject: BLONDES
LOTS OF FUN TO SHARE...
FIRST DEGREE
A married couple was asleep when the phone rang at 2 in the morning.
The blonde wife picked up the phone, listened a moment and said, "How
should I know, that's 200 miles from here!" and hung up. The husband
said, "Who was that?" The wife said, "I don't know, some woman wanting
to know if the coast is clear."
SECOND DEGREE
Two blondes are walking down the street. One notices a compact on the
sidewalk and leans down to pick it up. She opens it, looks in the
mirror and says, "Hmm, this person looks familiar". The second blonde
says, "Here, let me see!" So the first blonde hands her the compact.
The second one looks in the mirror and says, "You dummy, it's me!"
THIRD DEGREE
A blonde suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her, so she goes out and
buys a gun. She goes to his apartment unexpectedly and when she opens
the door she finds him in the arms of a redhead. Well, the blonde is
really angry. She opens her purse to take out the gun, and as she does
so, she is overcome with grief. She takes the gun and puts it to her
head. The boyfriend yells, "No, honey, don't do it!!!" The blonde
replies, "Shut up, you're next!"
FOURTH DEGREE
A blonde was bragging about her knowledge of state capitals. She
proudly says, "Go ahead, and ask me, I know all of them." A friend
says, "OK, what's the capital of Wisconsin?" The blonde replies, "Oh,
that's easy: W."
FIFTH DEGREE
What did the blonde ask her doctor when he told her she was pregnant?
"Is it mine?"
SIXTH DEGREE
Bambi, a blonde in her fourth year as a UCLA freshman, sat in her US
government class. The professor asked Bambi if she knew what Roe vs.
Wade was about. Bambi pondered the question then finally said, "That
was the decision George Washington had to make before he crossed the
Delaware."
SEVENTH DEGREE
Returning home from work, a blonde was shocked to find her house
ransacked and burglarized. She telephoned the police at once and
reported the crime. The police dispatcher broadcast the call on the
radio, and a K-9 unit, patrolling nearby was the first to respond. As
the K-9 officer approached the house with his dog on a leash, the blonde
ran out on the porch, shuddered at the sight of the cop and his dog, and
then sat down on the steps. Putting her face in her hands, she moaned,
"I come home to find all my possessions stolen. I call the police for
help, and what do they do? They send me a BLIND policeman."
OK. Now forward this to someone else who needs a laugh today!!!
LOL.
Hi honey, we're home. Well, we're back at the hotel anyway. :-)
Hi CJ.
Good evening EGC. Storms gone yet?
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