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Faces of Civil War sailors from sunken USS Monitor reconstructed in hopes of identifying them
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| Saturday Mar 3, 2012
| Steve Szkotak
Posted on 03/04/2012 3:58:49 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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Face: In an effort to identify two Civil War sailors recovered from the shipwreck of the USS Monitor, Louisiana State University's FACES Laboratory is working on complete forensic facial reconstructions on the two men
Scientific operation: The facial reconstructions have been done on the cast skulls in an effort to identify the victims
Tracing the past: A diagram of where two skeletons were recovered when the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom
On board: The crew of the USS Monitor posing on the deck of the ironclad. Robert Williams, standing at the extreme edge of the photo with his arms crossed, is the likely candidate for the older sailor whose remains were discovered inside the wreck's turret in 2002
Let’s get these sailors moved on and into their final resting place.
R.I.P. shipmates.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:00:39 PM PST
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: SunkenCiv; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:02:40 PM PST
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Let us keep green in our minds the memory of those who sacrificed so much that the life of the nation might be preserved
Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:07:47 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
To: DogByte6RER
Fascinating! Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:08:01 PM PST
by
livius
To: DogByte6RER
Throughout our nation’s history, many blueunicorn6 ancestors have served proudly on US Navy vessels. They were mostly serving time in the brig, but there they were.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:08:09 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:09:37 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: blueunicorn6
lol
Maybe they were just sleeping it off in the brig so they would be ready for watch and to go to battle stations?
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03/04/2012 4:19:19 PM PST
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: blueunicorn6
Yer’ ancestors were lucky. My great, great grandmother sailed from Naples to Staten island and ended up in Canada..took the wrong ship.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:26:11 PM PST
by
max americana
(Buttcrack Obama is an idiot)
To: DogByte6RER
You’re being kind, but out family crest is a chicken running from a redcoat.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:26:31 PM PST
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: DogByte6RER
"Lets get these sailors moved on and into their final resting place."
Amen. Homeward bound. Sound eight bells.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:40:22 PM PST
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: DogByte6RER
Those massive dents just below the gun port always get me.
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:41:48 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: DogByte6RER
I was watching some show the other night and they were excavating ruins somewhere in the Middle East. And I wondered to my wife “How old does a grave have to be before you can rob it?”
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03/04/2012 4:45:12 PM PST
by
Terry Mross
("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Griffin)
To: theKid51
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:46:28 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
Swamped by high waves while under tow by the USS Rhode Island, the USS Monitor sank on December 31, 1862 off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 16 of the 62 crewmen were lost in the storm.
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03/04/2012 4:55:51 PM PST
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: PowderMonkey
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posted on
03/04/2012 4:59:01 PM PST
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
He looks taller than 5’8’’. In fact he looks to about 6 ft. And those burly arms. Looks like a big shootin’ son ‘o’ gun. I hope these two soldiers are identified or at least laid to rest with the proper respect they deserve.
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posted on
03/04/2012 5:10:38 PM PST
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jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
To: DogByte6RER
Who is there going to be who can identify them. It could only be done from photos.
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03/04/2012 6:12:57 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Terry Mross
It’s not the age of the grave, it’s whether or not you rob it with the government’s approval or not. Government sanctioned theft is ok. Haven’t you been paying attention lately? /sarc
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Thanks DogByte6RER.
Ordinarily this wouldn't be pingworthy, but the Hunley *may* be the consistently hottest modern history subject here on FR.
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03/04/2012 7:07:27 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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