I overheard a great story on the airport shuttle the other day. I was sharing the bus with some pilots and flight attendants for a regional carrier I do not normally use. The group was starting their day and it was obvious that the were familiar with each other.…
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Ed Offley details in great minutiae the destruction of the U.S.S. Scorpion by the Soviet Navy on May 22, 1968. I read this book because I had an interest in submarines from when I was a child. My father had books detailing all of the German U-Boats from WWI and WWII.…
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Program Guide, November 14-19, 1960
Sixty years ago my father was serving on board the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt in the mediterranean. In his day job he used a Babbage computer to calculate firing solutions. He was also on the ship soccer team. I thought I’d share a page from the ship’s newsletter, “PRESS-I-DENTIAL”, page 10, from May 1960.…
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April 15-30, 1960
April 15-30, 1960 Naples
Ship Newsletter. April 1960
