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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Isadore Stessel - US Navy Blimp K-74 (7/18/1943) - Oct. 20th, 2004
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| March-April, 1997
| YNC Anthony Attwood - Naval Aviation News
Posted on 10/19/2004 10:28:37 PM PDT by SAMWolf
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To: E.G.C.
Morning E.G.C.
Cloudy and drizzle this morning. Mt Hood got over a foot of snow in the last 3 days.
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10/20/2004 6:51:18 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: GailA
Morning GailA.
That's just about enough coffee to hold me till lunch. ;-)
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10/20/2004 6:52:05 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: The Mayor
Morning Mayor
Grace is an unearned blessing to unworthy sinners.
Amen
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10/20/2004 6:53:13 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Valin
1935 Jerry Orbach actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing)
I love Jerry Orbach as 'Lennie' Briscoe in "Law and Order".
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10/20/2004 6:58:19 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: bentfeather
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posted on
10/20/2004 6:58:39 AM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
It's a bit foggy this morning. Should be clearing off hopefully soon. We have storms in the forecast for Friday.
Folks be sure to download the updates from Norton today when they arrive.
How's it going, Snippy?
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:20:25 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: SAMWolf
Thanks Sam for today's history lesson. This is certainly something we hear next to nothing about.
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:27:41 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Iris7
Wow. Nice guns. Thanks Iris7.
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:28:52 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: Aeronaut
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:29:16 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: GailA
Oh yeah, three pots ought to do for this morning. ;-)
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:30:12 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: The Mayor
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:31:16 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: Valin
1935 Jerry Orbach actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing) LENNY! He's the best on L&O!
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10/20/2004 7:39:19 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: bentfeather
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10/20/2004 7:51:17 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: E.G.C.
Morning EGC. Look at our long range forecast. (nope, I didn't make it up)
Thursday
Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 55 to 60. Southwest wind 10 mph.
Friday
Mostly cloudy. Rain likely early...then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs 55 to 60.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 55 to 60.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs 55 to 60.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs 55 to 60.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs around 60.
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posted on
10/20/2004 7:56:02 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: SAMWolf
One of the ships pictured is not a blimp. It is either the Akron or the Macon::
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posted on
10/20/2004 8:06:51 AM PDT
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PAR35
To: SAMWolf
I just returned from Operation Shoebox, and my fingers hurt from addressing shipping labels. Hobbit lass and school chums sent 140+ shoeboxes of items for the troops.
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posted on
10/20/2004 9:27:16 AM PDT
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Samwise
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To: PAR35
LOL. Just keeping you on your toes.
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10/20/2004 10:58:53 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: Samwise
Wonderful news. Thank you and hobbit lass!
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posted on
10/20/2004 10:59:37 AM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it
If I was on my toes, I'd be able to tell you which it was. The picture appears to be from the Goodyear facility, so location doesn't give a clue. I can't read the notation in the bottom right corner.
I'm leaning toward it being the Macon, but I can't point to any detail that would prove or disprove that.
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10/20/2004 11:42:39 AM PDT
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PAR35
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Posts like todays are what make the Foxhole so interesting. I never would have heard this story without this site.
One of so many young men who never returned from the war, never married, never had kids. But what he did saved two ships, many lives and led to the destruction of his killers.
I read Torpedo Junction a while back. It's an interesting little book about the early days of WWII in the East Coast shipping lanes. The U-Boats had a turkey shoot going and just one lone Coast Guard cutter out of Norfolk with ASW capability trying to stop them. It's a pretty depressing read until the end, when stubborn old Admiral King finally admitted he was wrong and began assigning destroyers to ASW duty and the shipping was organized into convoys.
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posted on
10/20/2004 12:16:04 PM PDT
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colorado tanker
("medals, ribbons, we threw away the symbols of what our country gave us and I'm proud of that")
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