News & Events
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March Volunteer Profile – Dick Whitaker
Posted: Mar 01, 2009Our March volunteer profile is on PFC (Private First Class) Dick Whitaker. Upon his graduation from high school in Saugerites, New York, in 1944, the United States Marine Corp gave […]
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February Volunteer Profile – Bob Barkus
Posted: Feb 19, 2009Our volunteer profile this month is on Merchant Marine Bob Barkus. His father and mother immigrated to New York City from England in 1926. Bob was born in Brooklyn July […]
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Henry E. "Red" Erwin
Posted: Feb 10, 2009Today I met the granddaughter of Henry E. “Red” Erwin. Jennifer Michaels and her two sons, David (6) and Will (3), were here to visit the Congressional Medal of Honor […]
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Cold week at Patriots Point, but spring around the corner!
Posted: Feb 06, 2009It has been a very cold, windy week here at Patriots Point. I don’t remember a couple of colder days in the past ten years (30’s daytime, 20’s at night), […]
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Future Top Gun pilots!
Posted: Jan 28, 2009Every weekend onboard the USS Yorktown, scout troops camping aboard have the option of working on their aviation merit badge. At each class, the scouts also have the opportunity of […]
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Fifth graders crew YORKTOWN January to March
Posted: Jan 23, 2009The Yorktown comes alive during each cold or warmer morning from 22 January to 05 March as Patriots Point and the USS Yorktown (CV-10) host over 1400 fifth graders and […]
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January 2009 Volunteer Profile
Posted: Jan 08, 2009Our volunteers are key in helping bring the ships and aircraft of Patriots Point to life. Our first volunteer profile is on former World War 2, Marine Corps Dauntless and […]
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USS Yorktown awaits Apollo 8's splashdown! Borman reports moon made of American cheese!
Posted: Dec 27, 2008Nine hundred miles southwest of Hawaii at 9:31 AM (Houston time), the USS Yorktown (CV-10) awaited the splashdown of Apollo 8 just off Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll. Unlike previous […]
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Astronaut Jim Lovell says "There is a Santa Claus!"
Posted: Dec 25, 2008The TransEarth Injection, TEI, was planned for just after midnight on Christmas Day. A successful burn would put Apollo 8 on its way back home and Houston control listened carefully […]
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Christmas Eve and orbiting the Moon
Posted: Dec 24, 2008At 2:55 AM (Houston time) Apollo 8 was go for LOI (Lunar Orbit Insertion) burn. After travelling 234,000 miles the crew of Apollo 8 were about to go into a […]