navy: Bogart and the Navy.
- 01/15/15 12:33 AM
Bogart was a lover of the sea and enlisted in the United States Navy in the Spring of 1918. He served as a signalman aboard the SS Leviathan, a troop transport ship. The Leviathan had previously been the Vaterland, a German passenger ship which had been seized by the Americans at the outset of their entry into the conflict. During her time in service she transported over 110,000 American servicemen to Europe.
Much of Bogart’s time in the Navy was spent after the official end of hostilities ferrying soldiers back and forth between Europe and North America. Despite this however, he still managed … (0 comments)
navy: Dolphins, U.S. Navy Spies
- 01/06/15 11:58 PM
Dolphin spies Dolphins have been serving in the U.S. Navy for more than 40 years as part of the Navy’s Marine Mammal Program, and they were used during the Vietnam War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. These highly intelligent animals are trained to detect, locate and mark mines — not to mention suspicious swimmers and divers.
For example, in 2009 a group of bottlenose dolphins began patrolling the area around Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington. The marine mammals are on the lookout 24 hours a day, seven days a week for swimmers or divers in the base’s restricted waters.
Audie Murphy, from Texas, served as a infantryman in WW-2 was the MOST highly decorated soldier in US Army history. He also won several medals from different countries. According to the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, VA, Matt Urban of Michigan was awarded 29 medals, as many as Audie Murphy, for his service in WW2.Urban's Medal of Honor recommendation was somehow lost in the shuffle, so he did not receive his MOH until the late 70s. … (1 comments)
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a retired United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E". At 1,123 ft (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel in the world, a record which still stands. Her 93,284-long-ton (94,781 t) displacement ranked her as the 11th-heaviest supercarrier, after the 10 carriers of the Nimitz class. Enterprise had a crew of some 4,600 service members.
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