STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST AVIATION MYSTERIES! Growing up my dad told me about this! THE MYSTERY OF FLIGHT 19! 5 December 1945, at about 1410, Five Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers carrying 14 men, were to fly to the Hens and Chickens shoals in the Bahamas to practice and then return to the Fort […]
Naval History
“Why is the star on the Senior Chief and Master Chief anchors upside down?”
Why is the star on the Senior Chief and Master Chief anchors upside down?” And I was asked this again recently. That’s a good question…… Most of what I have in my reference materials point to an unknown reason for them pointing down. In other words there is no reason…..that’s just the way the uniform […]
USS Indianapolis
NAVY HISTORY! Trivia: Do you know who Captain Charles Butler McVay, III is?! ANSWER: Charles McVay was the captain of the USS Indianapolis, which was torpedoed and sunk between Guam to Leyte Island on 30 July 1945 by a Japanese submarine. They’d “just delivered the bomb, the Hiroshima Bomb.” Of the 880 men who went […]
OATH OF ENLISTMENT!
OATH OF ENLISTMENT! Every young man and woman who has ever worn the uniform of the United States military began their service by raising their right hand in front of the flag and uttering specific words signifying their allegiance and dedication to duty. These sacred words are known most commonly as the oath of enlistment, […]
Harold “Pee Wee” Reese
SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW?! Trivia: Do you know who Harold “Pee Wee” Reese was?! ANSWER: Pee Wee Reese was a Major League Baseball player and a Navy Chief! Harold “Pee Wee” Reese was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and played with the Louisville Colonels in the American Association. When the Pirates’ minor […]