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Posts Tagged ‘Navy’
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Centennial of Naval Aviation
Posted: Oct 21, 2010Next year, 2011, will mark the centennial of Naval Aviation in the United States Navy. It will be a year marked by many celebrations and remembrances across the nation of […]
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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 […]