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Posts Tagged ‘USS Birmingham’
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First Combat Deployment Of Naval Aviators 1914
Posted: Apr 21, 2011On 21 April 1914, United States naval forces under Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher pushed ashore at Veracruz, Mexico, during a crisis precipitated by Mexican strongman Victoriano Huerta. Huerta had […]
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Centennial event on the USS George H. W. Bush, CVN-77
Posted: Nov 16, 2010This event onboard the USS Bush (CVN-77) yesterday, 15 November, was a part of a ceremony to commemorate 100 years of naval aviation. The original Curtis Pusher flown by Eugene […]
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The Amazing Fred Fox story!
Posted: Mar 28, 2009Sixty four years ago, the Yorktown (CV-10) was engaged in softening up Okinawa for the Army/Marine invasion on 01 April. On the morning of 26 March, VBF-9 and VT-9 off […]