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Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should...

The USS Memphis was a large armoured cruiser of 18,000 tons, originally named the Tennessee, and launched on 3 December 1904. Her boilers were coal-fired and she had two reciprocating engines which gave her a speed of 23 knots. Her main armament consisted of four ten-inch guns in twin turrets, and when she was commissioned these guns could outrange those of any battleship in existence. Her subsidiary armament included 16 six-inch and 22 three-inch guns. She was renamed Memphis in 1916 to release the name Tennessee for a battleship (BB43) which was then under construction. Many of the dock workers...

Families Brave Icy Temps to Welcome Home Memphis Story Number: NNS040122-05Release Date: 1/22/2004 10:57:00 AMBy Journalist 2nd Class Steven Feller, Commander, Navy Region Northeast Public AffairsGROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor subzero temperatures could keep 300 friends and family members of USS Memphis (SSN 691) Sailors from gathering at Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) Jan. 16 to welcome them home. Memphis returned to port on the coldest day of the year after a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. Although people lined the waterfront to greet Memphis, they were not left out...