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Posts Tagged ‘Yorktown’
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Henry and John Laurens
Posted: Sep 07, 2010South Carolinian Henry Laurens and his son John Laurens both played pivotal roles in the American Revolution. Both father and son’s life histories were influenced by events at Yorktown, Virginia. […]
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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 […]
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Japanese bomb and Ghost bomb strike Yorktown!!!
Posted: Mar 18, 2009Sixty four years ago on 18 March while conducting operations off Okinawa, the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was struck by a Japanese bomb at 1507 (3:07 PM) when a Judy dive […]