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Updates of efforts to bring relief and reconstruction to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

By privateer Posted on September 28, 2017 Posted in Hurricane relief, Military, Photo gallery No Comments Tagged with Adventure of The Seas, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Royal Caribbean

Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernadez crew unloads supplies near port of Ponce, Puerto Rico on Sept. 27, 2017 Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

Updates of efforts to bring relief and reconstruction to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, arrives to deliver aid near the port …

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Shipmates of the USS Arizona rejoin the entombed at the end of their lives

By Ajay Posted on July 21, 2016 Posted in American Heroes, Military No Comments Tagged with Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona

D-Day Veteran Smokey Holcomb Gives First Person Account of Landings on Omaha Beach

By Ajay Posted on May 22, 2016 Posted in Author interviews, Military, Photo gallery, United States war ships 2 Comments Tagged with acting as a fort., armor piercing shells, Chris Holcomb, D-Day Invasion, Diane Holcomb, Ernie Powell was killed, Guam, invasion fleet, Iwo Jimo, Jack Holcomb, kamikaze attacks on ships, Kingfishers, Nellie Lee Holcomb, Normandy beachhead, Omaha Beach, USS Arkansas, USS Arkansas part of invasion fleet

U. S. Navy veteran Smokey Holcomb Photo by Ken Rossignol

The following is an interview I conducted with Smokey Holcomb, a Navy veteran who witnessed the D-Day invasion. By Ken RossignolTHE CHESAPEAKE TODAYLEXINGTON PARK — Rastus “Smokey” Holcomb served on the USS Arkansas and participated in 13 convoys across …

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