News & Events
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Prelude to Memorial Day – You Should Have Seen It In Color
Posted: May 28, 2010If you are in the Lowcountry of South Carolina on Monday morning, come on over to Patriots Point for Memorial Day and help us remember those who gave all…our Memorial […]
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The Pacific Miniseries on HBO: Parts 9 and 10
Posted: May 18, 2010Part Nine: The largest land battle of the Pacific begins on the island of Okinawa, 01 April 1945. Eugene Sledge and his Marine buddies for the first time encounter large […]
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Preview to Patriots Point's Memorial Day program
Posted: May 14, 2010Patriots Point’s Memorial Day program will take place on 31 May at 9 AM in our Vietnam Support Base. Admission and parking fees will be waived until 9:30 AM. Our […]
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Okinawa, VF-9's Flying Circus and Bob Hope sixty-five years ago!
Posted: May 12, 2010On 12 May 1945 the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was finally underway for a respite from war. During the Okinawa campaign, the Fighting Lady had been at sea for 61 days […]
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The Pacific Miniseries on HBO: Parts 7 and 8
Posted: May 06, 2010Part Seven: Eugene Sledge and his Marine buddies continue to fight the Japanese on Peleliu. The fighting gets increasingly nasty among the Japanese controlled Umurbrogol Hills bristling with numerous caves […]
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The Pacific Miniseries on HBO: Parts 5 and 6
Posted: Apr 27, 2010Part Five of “The Pacific” Basilone is still on his war bond drive back in the United States with beautiful starlet Virginia Grey. Meanwhile on the island of Pavuvu, Eugene […]
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Laffey and Patriots Point Updates…
Posted: Apr 22, 2010The USS Laffey remains at Pier November on the old Charleston Naval Base, courtesy of the South Carolina State Ports Authority until June, when a decision will need to be […]
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Blue Angels wow scouts on Yorktown Saturday night!
Posted: Apr 21, 2010As the sun set Saturday, 17 April, on the Yorktown, the entire Blue Angels team (officer and enlisted) converged on Hangar Deck 3 to meet and greet our weekend campers! […]
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Blue Angels over Charleston Harbor & USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Posted: Apr 17, 2010The Blue Angels put on a dazzling display of airmanship today over Charleston Harbor and the USS Yorktown. The weather was beautiful, sunny, warm with a slight sea breeze out […]
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USS Laffey Attacked! 65 years ago today…
Posted: Apr 16, 2010One day after Yorktown’s birthday, 16 April marks the 65 anniversary of the Japanese attack on the USS Laffey (DD-724)…when I first arrived at Patriots Point I was talking with […]