509th Airborne, Vincenza, Italy
- Loved to jump
- Unable to adjust to civilian life
- Brilliant w/computers
- Couldn't keep humiliating jobs
- Devastated he didn't make the "big game": Desert Storm
- Ended his life July 1991
- IBM called 2 wks later
Miss you big Brother...
@wreckless237 @Paultheheretic Wait a second...after decades of Christian hand-wringing over the "relatively of truth," it's now you Christians who have embraced it in every aspect of your daily lives, your Faith, & in the "witness" you present.
The cowardice of your life is noted.
You have nothing to say.
Being asked this constantly as of late. We have a post for everything! Enjoy:
Here Is What Each Of The Navy’s Ship-Launched Missiles Actually Costs
Story:
https://t.co/H5NcacUtZz
A U.S. Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior from Heavy Attack Squadron 10 (VAH-10) Det.42 the Vikings flies past the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1966/67 shot (USN NMNA)
@aniemyer@AncientSubHunt@Humbledore Years ago I spoke to a retired officer who knew him as a peer. He was on active duty and well respected when Run Silent was published and made into a movie. That fame cost him admirals stars from a (jealous) silent service who considered that a distraction.
Hubble captured the heart of the Trifid Nebula in this beautiful #HubbleClassic view.
This is a star-forming region within our own Milky Way Galaxy, at a distance of about 9,000 light-years.
A group of recently formed stars is visible near the center: https://t.co/hTKEulcsD5
"Everyone had heard of the Glowworm. She had gone down with her guns blazing, and even then she had managed to ram the German heavy cruiser Hipper."
--Douglas Reeman, "Killing Ground"
@Humbledore@AncientSubHunt I read so very many of his novels as a teen back in the 60s. In the last few years, I’ve revisited several, and gotten so much more from them. He really was a most talented writer.
@Rich_Ships No...and no document pops up via Google that shows the actual cable...which I expected.
It may be with the Imperial War Museum, but they tend to be tight asses about everything.
@DramaWarship@AncientSubHunt A seagoing tug would retrieve the orphaned 100-foot bow section, which the tug crew nicknamed the USS McKeesport after a neighboring city. “Sighted the suburb of Pittsburgh and have taken it in tow,” the tug crew reported.