Posted on 09/14/2001 7:01:35 PM PDT by Nitro
I am the American sailor
Hear my voice America
Though I speak through the mist of over 200 hundred years
My shout for freedom will echo through Liberty's hall for many centuries to come
Hear me speak for my words are truth, justice and the rights of man
For these ideals I have spilled my blood upon the worlds troubled waters
Listen well for my time is eternal yours is but a moment
I am the spirit of heroes past and future
I am the American sailor
My eyes have grown dim from the glare of sunshine on blue waters
My heart is full of star strewn nights under the Southern Cross
I have seen the sun set on a thousand lonely distant lands
Yet always have my people and their hopes lighted my horizon
Yes I am the American sailor
My standard is an outstreched hand of Liberty
My watchword is prepared and my joy is in the power of freedom
My spirit is The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights
I am Democracy's servant and I will serve her honorably ever again
Today my youthful spirit stands as it always has
A shining hope for peace, a tower of strength to my country
Today I serve around the world on land, in the air, on and under the sea
I serve proudly at peace armed with the fervent prayer that I need not be called again
Tell your children of me
Tell them of my sacrifice and my spirit that soared above their country
I spread the mantle of my Nation over the shoulders of the ocean and I shall gaurd her forever
I am her heritage and yours
I am the American sailor.
Now Sweepers!!
God bless our Sailors and our Navy.
My husband...... FallGuy here at FR, served on the USS Kula Gulf.
I loved that show until Steve Austin actually was portrayed pulling a guy out of his shoes and they made the wet finger-pop from the mouth sound!!
Also in the beginning of the show, that crash actually happened, the aircraft was an M2F2 and the guy survived but he lost an eye, truthfully!
Maybe that is what gave them the idea?
Well, that's better than "Hold all trash on station" when you're too close to the coast - which we did once for 5 days straight - no way to be "stealthy" in that situation...
"Without a strong Navy, we can do nothing definitive." - George Washington, Father of Our Nation. These words echo down through the generations, and had it not been for the Navy during WW2, we would've not won the war in the Pacific.
My first all time favorite quote is from John Paul Jones during his battle with the Guerrier " No Sir, I have not yet begun to fight".
My second most favorite line, as an Airedale is "Scratch one Jap Flattop!" Said by CDR. Wade McCluskey during the Battle of Midway.
Second most favorite line is from the Spanish American War, this one was said during the Battle of Manila Bay - "You may fire when ready Gridley!"
ORION...The Mighty Hunter
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