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The new HBO 10 part miniseries on The Pacific has been out for two weeks now with Parts 1 and 2 showing the last two Sundays. The story of our Pacific War is seen through the eyes of three young...
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[/caption] Today a group of former VF-14 pilots from the 1950's arrived at Patriots Point for a reunion on the USS Yorktown (CV-10). VF-14 is the Navy's oldest active duty fighter squadron and is...
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It is confirmed that the Blues will fly two shows over Charleston Harbor between Mount Pleasant and Charleston. One on 17 April and one on 18 April from 2 to 3 PM. The Blue Angel team will also speak...
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[/caption] Just released on the Patriots Point web site it has been announced that the USS Laffey will be moving to a new berth on Shem Creek. Mount Pleasant town officials are overjoyed at the move...
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Not only are the Blue Angels going to fly over and around the Yorktown at Patriots Point this month...on Monday morning we had an amazing sight viewable from the flight deck of Yorktown. At 6:05 AM...
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In the next two segments of the miniseries we see the results of riding the roller coaster of wartime emotions...from joy and life to horror and death...it is a tough life for young soldiers, some are...
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[/caption] Our April volunteer profile is on Hank Siegfried. He grew up in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania and graduated from high school in 1957. In November he was invited by his Uncle Sam to enlist in...
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[/caption] The Blues arrived a little ahead of schedule as they made their initial passes over USS Yorktown at 10:08 AM on the Fighting Lady's 67th birthday today, 15 April. As they arrived from Navy...
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Yesterday we celebrated the 67th birthday of the USS Yorktown's commissioning at Norfolk, Virginia, 15 April 1943. Present for our ceremony were plank owner (and original crewmember) Rev. Harold...
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[/caption] One 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 a...
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[/caption] The 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 of the south...
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As 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! Every pilot, except LT C. J...
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The 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 made before hurricane season...
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[/caption] Part 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 Sledge catches...
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[/caption] Part 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...
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On 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 and steamed over 35,000 miles. She had...
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Patriots 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 guest speaker will be Colonel Myron...
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[/caption] Part 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 numbers of...
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If 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 Day ceremony begins at 9 AM...
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[/caption] The Patriots Point Curatorial/Exhibits department has just exhibited a display on World War II posters, which includes Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms painted in 1943. In 1942 President...