Interesting Facts and Stories

[HOA_KSOP]

Throughout the USS Triton's (SSRN-586) secret mission to circumnavigate the world submerged, the only unauthorized individual to spot the submarine during those sixty days was a Filipino man on his canoe, who noticed its periscope, 1 April 1960.

They didn'y torpedo his ass? Dead men are the best witnesses...

 

[Gunner]

They tell no lies...

 

[Nort]

Dead men don't wear plaid.

 

[Louis]

Interesting !! After the plaque marking the location of the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri had become too worn down, each former crew member belonging to the Missouri Association was asked to supply a penny to be melted for a new plaque using the original mold. The coins were cut into slivers to ensure that every member's lucky penny was included in the cast. The new plaque was mounted in 1989.

 

[Gunner]

I don't think the Missouri was at Pearl Harbor when I was visiting there. Don't know how I could have missed it
Of course I was on my Honeymoon and was probably more focused on going back to the hotel room.

 

[mTk]

That might explain it all right.

 

[Meat Grinder]

Interesting !! After the plaque marking the location of the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri had become too worn down, each former crew member belonging to the Missouri Association was asked to supply a penny to be melted for a new plaque using the original mold. The coins were cut into slivers to ensure that every member's lucky penny was included in the cast. The new plaque was mounted in 1989.

Fun fact: The USA 1 cent piece (we don't "officially" call them pennies) hasn't been copper since 1982.

 

[Meat Grinder]

I just ordered a "Roomba" 405.

 

[Louis]

In this press photo (1944), John Basilone demonstrates how he fired the machine gun on 24-25 Oct 1942 from a prone position.
Basilone fired 2 x M1917 heavy machine guns during his Medal of Honor actions. Situated 2 ft apart, he would roll between the two, firing and loading. He kept his pistol on the ground beside him. The gun he brought over to that bunker was mounted on a 1919 machine tripod to give it a lower profile.
Unlike the Pacific HBO series he did not fire it off a sandbag, from the hip or a seated position. But it looks way more dramatic than lying on a swampy jungle floor.