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A battle he'll never forget
South Bend TribuneEven after almost 70 years, Ray Micin-ski, of South Bend, wonders if he was shaking because he was cold or because he was scared. It was the morning of April 16, 1944, and he was a 19-year-old gunner’s mate on the USS Gandy, a destroyer escort....Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Tampa, New York City
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On Location: Mayor Bloomberg touts production industry in N.Y.
Company TownIn a bid to expand film and television production in New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg along with the city’s film commissioner Katherine Oliver on Monday announced the opening of five new soundstages at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn Navy Yard.... -
Lake JROTC cadets visit Washington D.C. for class credit
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelAir Force Junior ROTC cadets from Mount Dora and Eustis high schools who recently made an eight-day trip to Washington, D.C. and toured the Pentagon will earn class credit for their efforts. Cadets from both schools got to visit monuments, Arlington... -
Unemployment: How to get ourselves out of the job crisis
Opinion L.A.President Obama and unemployment: Factories, auto manufacturers, healthcare providers and retailers are hiring, reports The Times' Don Lee, but the unemployment rate is nowhere near the magic 8% pundits say we need to reach for President Obama to win... -
Tinley Park gets its own piece of ‘Old Ironsides’
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsVillage Clerk Pat Rea brought a special piece of history back home with him from the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston Harbor last week. Rea, …... -
Big guns at the Battle of Craney Island
I've been thinking a lot about gun tubes over the past few weeks while completing the stories for my current series on the War of 1812 in Hampton Roads. Though far smaller in size and armed with far fewer guns, the 15 American gunboats that attacked HMS...
Tags: Hampton Roads, War of 1812, Wars and Interventions, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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War of 1812: Gunboats attack off Newport News Point
Two centuries after prowling into Hampton Roads, the size and power of the British fleet sent to punish the Chesapeake Bay region during the War of 1812 can be hard to imagine. Just one of the Royal Navy's massive ships of the line boasted 74 guns,...
Tags: Hampton Roads, War of 1812, Wars and Interventions, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Former Naval Academy instructor sentenced to 60 days
A former instructor at the Naval Academy was sentenced Monday to 60 days in a military jail for indecent acts, fraternization and conduct unbecoming an officer stemming from an incident with two female midshipmen in 2011, an academy spokeswoman said....
Tags: Trials, Punishment, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Barack Obama
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Former academy instructor acquitted of rape of midshipman
A former instructor at the Naval Academy has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault in an alleged attack on a female midshipman two years ago, an academy spokeswoman said Sunday. Marine Corps Maj. Mark Thompson, 43, was found guilty of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Barack Obama
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Three Naval Academy football players investigated in alleged sexual assault on female midshipman
The Navy is investigating the alleged sexual assault last year of a female midshipman at the Naval Academy by three members of the football team, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed Friday. The woman has told investigators she remembers little of the...
Tags: Media Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Punishment, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Side Dish: Spinny Beer Days, Philly Beer Fest
SPINNY BEER DAYS FEATURES RARE BEERS Fourteen rotating taps and 350 bottled brews make Spinnerstown Hotel a magnet for beer geeks. At Spinny Beer Days, May 31-June 1, owner John Dale has planned eight days of exceptional beer experiences, and Chef...Tags: Festive Events, Animal, Lifestyle and Leisure, Alcoholic Beverages, Arts and Culture
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Ironclad on a rampage
No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at Portsmouth’s Gosport Navy Yard prepared to...
Tags: James River, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Hampton Roads, CSS Virginia, U.S. Congress
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May 31, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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