Tuesday, July 2, 2024

15 George Carlin Quotes-- Part 3: On Finding Happiness Through Possessions

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9.  ON TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN:  "Don't just teach your children to read.  Teach them to question what they read.  Teach them to que...
Monday, July 1, 2024

15 George Carlin Quotes That Are as True Now as They Were Then-- Part 2: On Buying Bottled Water

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Again, I accidentally entered these blogs onto this site and am too lazy to go back and retype them. 5.  ON ARGUING WITH IDIOTS:  "Neve...
Saturday, June 29, 2024

15 George Carlin Quotes That Are As True Now as They Were Then-- Part 1: 'On Consumerism'

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Well, I did an oops on this blog entry and the next three.  They should have been in Cooter's History Thing.  But, I am not going to ret...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part7: 'Ciest la vie'

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Pilots from spotter planes would fly inland, view German targets and radio in the coordinates from grids on maps to direct the ship's ca...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part 6: 'It Looked ike a Giant Kaleidoscope'

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"It looked like a giant kaleidoscope.  The sky was all lit up," Richard Ramsey said.  "There were many, many men shot down wh...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part 5: Like Field Artillery

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For D-Day, Admiral Morton Deyo chose the Nevada to serve as the "fighting battleship" where the officer would command Operation Ne...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part 4: A State License Plate for the Battleship

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In April of this year, the USS Nevada was honored with the debut of a commemorative Nevada state license plate called "The Battle Born ...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part 3: 'The Honor of Firing the First Shot'

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Dick Ramsey has received the French Foreign Legion of Honor and said he still has the letter sent by General Dwight D. Eisenhower telling th...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part 2: 'It Feels So Lonely'

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"It feels lonely," said Dick Ramsey, who at age 100 is talkative and spry.  "We're down to two people.  We had many reuni...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain

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From the June, 6, 2024, Las Vegas Review-Journal "It feels very lonely": 80 years after D-Day, only 2 USS Nevada crew members rema...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Death of 102-Year-Old Pearl Harbor Survivor Herb Elfring

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From the June 8, 2024, Michigan Live "He served his country and community.  Jackson Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 102" by Chloe Mi...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

WW II Vet Dies En Route to D-Day Commemoration-- Part 2:

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Robert Persichitti served as a radioman second class on the USS Eldorado, responsible for communications during the operations at Iwo Jima a...
Monday, June 10, 2024

WW II Vet, 102, Dies on Way to D-Day Event: Robert Persichitti

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From the June 6, 2024, Newsweek by Jesus Mesa. An American Navy veteran who was there when U.S. troops raised the flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 h...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day-- Part 5: Bombing the Germans

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"We did our job and we came home and that's it.  We never talked about it I think.  For 70 years I didn't talk about it," ...
Friday, June 7, 2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day-- Part 4: 'War Is Hell'

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Dozens of World War II veterans are converging on France to revisit old memories, make new ones, and hammer home a message that survivors of...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day-- Part 3: Parachutists

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Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day.  I am writing about it in this blog and my Cooter's History Thing Blog. Along with the men parac...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day Commences-- Part 2: Largest-Ever Air, Land and Sea Armada

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Part of the reason for the fireworks shows, parachute jumps and solemn commemorations and ceremonies  that world leaders will attend this we...
Monday, June 3, 2024

80th Anniversary of D-Day Commences

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From June 2, 2024, PBS News Hour "Week of ceremonies for D-Day's 80th anniversary kicks off with parachute jump over Normandy"...
Sunday, June 2, 2024

The Wreck of the USS-Harder (SS-257)-- Part 2: Locating the Wreck

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The submarines found targets.  In a battle with the Japanese escort ship CD-22 on the morning of August 24, 1944, the Harder fired three tor...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

The Wreck of the USS Harder (SS-257)-- Part 1

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From May 23, 2024 CNN "USS Harder: Wreck of famed US Navy World War II sub found off Philippines" by Brad Lendon. The wreck of one...