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It is with great sadness, we announce the passing of Roger Franklin O’Neal, who was born January 25, 1947 in Shelbyville, ...
March 19, 1945 - the USS Franklin was left a burning husk just off the coast of Japan, hammered by a brutal enemy airstrike ...
The USS Lagarto, built in Manitowoc ... Here's how & where to make payments. Manitowoc’s Franklin Elementary School one of 70 in state named ‘High Impact’ by DPI Alisa M.
While the USS Kidd remains at a Houma shipyard for much ... the same day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, the U.S. Naval Institute notes on its website. The Kidd was repaired and went ...
Almost 50 years on from its commissioning date, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap on Mar. 21, 2025, for a deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – March 19th marks 80 years since the bombing of the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan during World War II. Veterans of the USS Franklin and their families will gather ...
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The experience inspired Bob Siefker to write his own book, “A Commanding Presence: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and Her Skippers.” The remarkable tale grew out of an old school assignment.
The USS Franklin (CV-13) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier built and commissioned during World War II. She entered the conflict relatively late, joining the fight in January 1944, but that didn ...
where he worked on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin and later became a lithographer for a newspaper, he said. “Why me?” he mused of his survival. “Ah well, as they say in France ...
The ship heroically came to the aid of the carrier, USS Franklin, when that vessel was under attack and helped save many of her crew that were in the water. But while the Pittsburgh was known for ...