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I'll never forget 24 years ago today....

 
The above photos are both of the U.S.S. Stark (FFG-31).  The photo on the left was taken on May 17, 1987- as she gave way a bit after absorbing two Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi Mirage jet.  The "accidental" strike from a pilot who later claimed he thought the Stark was an Iranian oil tanker took the lives of 37 young men.  It remains to this day the last time an enemy projectile has hit a U.S. Navy ship.  The photo on the right shows the Stark's crew manning the rails as she arrived back in Mayport, FL on August 5th.
I'll never forget 24 years ago today, for this was the day before I entered the Navy.  On May 17th, 1987, I was spending my last day of freedom getting ready to head to the processing station.  My recruiter, a good man that the Lord called home a few years back, drove me to Montgomery where I spent the night before the madness was to begin.
Gregg Allman's "I'm No Angel" was the last song I heard on the radio, "The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman" was the last TV show ... more

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