A Little Common Sense

BySteeljawscribe 30 March 2009

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

– Thomas Paine

Battle of the Coral Sea: Day 1 (7 May 07)

BySteeljawscribe 7 May 200728 March 2010

First, go over to EagleSpeak and read this very excellent account of how the US came to be involved in the Pacific to begin with. Then come back for the Battle of the Coral Sea. – SJS Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942 –The Events of 7 May 1942 …

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“Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is Not A Drill.” *

BySteeljawscribe 5 December 2016

*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor (In Congress, December 8, 1941) Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and…

Air Warfare | history lessons

June 4th, 1942

BySteeljawscribe 4 June 20093 June 2009

Pause… Ponder… Remember… Honor… From these honored aviators, Marines and Sailors – those departed and the few left with us, we draw our heritage…our ethos. May they and their actions this day never be forgotten. And from their stand, may we evermore draw strength. – SJS

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The Crucible: USS Franklin – 19 March 1945

BySteeljawscribe 19 March 200823 February 2015

Fifth ship of the Essex-class CVs. Fifth ship named for Benjamin Franklin… The date – 19 March 1945. Area of operations – fifty miles off the coast of Japan. Flight ops have been underway since before dawn, beginning with a strike against Honshu and another against shipping in Kobe harbor. On…

Flightdeck Friday | history lessons | Reflections

Flightdeck Friday (I): Ave Atque Vale – Three Years On

BySteeljawscribe 6 March 2015

Today’s Flightdeck Friday is a repost from the day when our extended family here learned of Lex’s passing out at NAS Fallon. It was a grim day – a hard day and as noted below, one myself and many of us who have hung up our spurs thought we were done with. In honor and…

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DDG-116: USS Thomas Hudner

BySteeljawscribe 7 May 20127 May 2012

File this under “Getting It Right”: IMMEDIATE RELEASEÂ Â Â No. 352-12 May 07, 2012 Secretary of The Navy Announces DDG 116 to be Named Thomas Hudner Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today the next Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyerÂ (DDG) will be named the USS Thomas Hudner. Thomas J. Hudner Jr., a naval…

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