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Blowing off the dust...
Does anyone still read this thing? I've had a hankering to write but only if there's an audience out there somewhere to read it.
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Ernie Harwell died today...
I remember when I was young, I had an old hand-me-down clock radio that was my dad's. It probably had some tubes in it because it took a few seconds to warm up when you turned it on. I would listen to WJR, 760. "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes". I listened to it because it was the station that dad listened to. J.P. McCarthy in the mornings ( Read more... ) -
Phil Harris, Captain of the F/V Cornelia Marie
53 year old Phil Harris, captain of the Alaskan fishing vessel Cornelia Marie and one of the most popular characters of the Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch" died this morning, less than a week after suffering a massive stroke.
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An Interpretation of History
Note: I think I've posted this on LJ before but, thanks to LJ's *awesome* (not) search feature I couldn't verify it. So I updated the information in it and (re)post it here. Enjoy ( Read more... ) -
Of the Troops and For the Troops...
The uniforms and equipment have changed but the mission remains the same as does the shared brother and sisterhood.
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
The Military Police of the Vietnam War from Jim Stewart on Vimeo.
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One more Fitzgerald posting...
One of the best tributes, certainly the best amateur one, I've seen to The Fitz. Combines Lightfoot's song with video and stills of the boat and audio from the Arthur M. Anderson, the freighter that was 10 miles behind and the last to communicate with Captain McSorley.
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34 years ago today...
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29 good men went down with the flagship and queen of the Great Lakes fleet. She was graceful and beautiful and a feather in any crewman's cap who served on her.
Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Music and lyrics ©1976 by Gordon Lightfoot
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on ( Read more... )
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