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PSNS engineer brings Warrior medals home

By GREG SKINNER Kitsap Navy News

Retired Navy Lieutenant John Edmonston was barely back to work at the shipyard and being peppered by colleagues about his gold and bronze medals before he started planning to train for the podium at the next Warrior Games.

During his first trip to the Wounded Warrior Games – a series of Olympics-style sporting events designed and dedicated to the armed services’ seriously wounded, ill and injured athletes – Edmonston brought home a gold medal with the 200-meter freestyle relay

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“Little Indian,” a road captain from the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and a US Army veteran, carries the remains of Arnold P. Mauricette past sailors and Marines in the garden of the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office during Saturday’s Unforgotten Run II. The ceremony honored seven indigent veterans before taking the men to Tahoma National Cemetery for burial. GREG SKINNER/KITSAP NAVY NEWS-

Respect due every vet

Local veterans bury seven unclaimed brothers in weekend ceremony

By GREG SKINNER Kitsap Navy News

Seven indigent veterans took their final earthly ride in the plush leather backseat of a convertible Saab accompanied by a bottle of brandy and a cigar sent by fellow vets the men never knew.

Little is know about them in life except that they each, at one time in life, donned a uniform of the nation’s military – sailors, Army soldiers, airmen and one Marine. All seven have died in recent years and their cremated remains have gone unclaimed at the Kitsap County Coroners Office.

Saturday, with full honors, the mostly anonymous men were eulogized as brothers and sent off to Tahoma National Cemetery so that they may be known to history for their service to the nation at the very least.

“It is a frightening thing for human beings to think they could die and that no one would know to mark their grave, to say where they had come from, to note when they had been born and what the sum of their lives was,” said Fred Scheffler, retired businessman, former company commander, Army chopper pilot, decorated Viet Nam veteran and chair of the Kitsap County Veterans Assistance Program.

“In a greater sense we are their family because in life we have shared a common bond. They were our countrymen and at a point of time in their youth they left their homes and family and answered a call.”

Since 2008, the men’s remains have been accumulating at the Kitsap County Coroners Office. They’re deemed indigent when no one claims

them upon death, or their people don’t have $1,500 to bury them.

Coroner Greg Sandstrom said three or four indigent veterans arrive at his office each year – about 25 percent of the total number of indigent remains that arrive in his office.

The men did not die in combat as is normal for Memorial Day services, but they served during the Viet Nam era or after, save for one, Walter Autem, who died in a nursing home in 2009, a decade after his wife.

Autem served in the Army during World War II, but he did not join the rest at Tahoma. Instead, lady luck intervened to put him in the ground of Bainbridge Island.

Sandstrom said the Seabold Cemetery keeper noticed Autem’s name in the paper and remembered seeing it on a headstone with a date of birth and no date of death.

Everything matched up and now he’s next to his wife and near the friends he

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THIS EDITION Another job that couldn’t be done .....................pg. 2 Sarah Smiley ..........pg. 4 Kitsap, honor the living veteran ..................pg. 4 NROTC returns to two Ivy League scools after 40 years absent ..................pg. 14 pg. 2

Another one that couldn’t be done Keyport dive locker cleans up what others can’t

By GREG SKINNER Kitsap Navy News

A couple of times a year problems happen in federal waterways that require help from the best salvage and recovery teams in the business. When those teams can’t manage it, the Keyport dive locker gets a call.

Last year, the call came to float a gargantuan flood gate sunk fast on the bottom of a muddy river channel below Hugo Lake, Okla. Last month, the problem to be fixed sat upside down 65-feet below the surface of another Oklahoma lake.

A 49 ton self-propelled crane and several tons of associated equipment spilled off Kaw damn and into Kaw lake in January after the operator overestimated the capacity of the crane, which then tipped onto a large concrete piling and settled for just one moment while the operator stepped through a shattered window seconds

before the machine dove to the bottom.

Normally, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would use a local commercial dive company to handle the submerged needs of the large reservoir project, 91 miles northwest of Tulsa. Word got around the Oklahoma Corps offices of the Keyport divers’ stick-to-it-ness and success the year before. After the Corps consulted with Oklahoma salvage operations who passed on the job, a call was made to the Keyport dive locker.

Kaw Lake Manager Arlyn Hendricks has 34 years in the Corps of Engineers and said he had never seen a situation like the crane in his lake.

The Corps was pretty sure the large crane would not effect the hydrological engineering and design of the damn, but environmental concerns loomed with the diesel, fluids and batteries in Tulsa’s drinking water resivior, he said.

“The crane situation was totally different,” Hendricks said.

Chief Warrant Officer Eric MacDonald said the Kaw lake crane situation is just one example of the interesting salvage jobs his divers have opportunity to train on. Calls come in year round and the divers never know what

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Divers from Naval Base Kitsap Keyport work to attach heavy shackles to cable during the recovery of a 96,000 pound crane sunk 65 feet below the surface of Kaw Lake near Tulsa, Okla. Days of effort and multiple attempts put the heavy equipment on the beach 1,500 feet away. PHOTO SAMUEL SKAGGS. they might hear on their answering machine when they check in.

After returning from the Oklahoma job mid-May, two calls came in asking

the locker to do what others wouldn’t or did not want to do. One, clear an Oregon costal harbor of several 27-ton boulders washed into the way of

boat traffic by the March 11 tsunami triggered by the massive Japanese earthquake early that day.

Another, come to Alaska and recover a plane deep

in the water with passengers still aboard.

Community service is part of the reason Keyport

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Stennis CG drilling for sucessful deployment USS JOHN C. STENNIS, AT SEA (NNS) – The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG) completed a successful Composite Training Unit Exercise May 27 off the coast of Southern California.

COMPTUEX, a three week exercise required for each carrier strike group, and designed to drill every warfare area from subsurface, surface and air to practice responses to situations that may occur while on deployment.

JCSCSG is made up of John C. Stennis, CVW-9, guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), and DESRON 21; guided missile destroyers USS Kidd (DDG 100), USS Dewey (DDG 105), USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Pinckney (DDG 91).

“We all came together at the beginning of COMPTUEX as individual operating elements, and combined the forces into an effective strike

group that is ready to deploy,” said Cmdr. Stevin Johnson, strike operations officer.

This is the first time the strike group has worked together since last deployment.

Embarked Strike Force Training Pacific evaluators mentored the JCSCSG on integrated operational capabilities through a series of simulations.

Stennis simulated strait transits with other ships from the strike group; conducted multi-mission air wing operations; participated in replenishments at sea; and ran many shipboard drills.

“Like any evolution you have to meet certain requirements before you can get the grade of satisfactory,” said Johnson.

Unit specific training allowed the separate strike group assets to practice their roles individually, while other situations reinforced the strike group’s ability to integrate and operate as a

CHAT TER FLIGHT LEADER RESIGNS Blue Angles commanding officer Cmdr. Dave Koss this week resigned following a low-altitude maneuver last that led to a safety review and the cancelation of plans to fly during Memorial Day events and Annapolis.

The Navy demonstration flight team will finish the season under the leadership of Capt. Greg McWherter, the Angles previous commanding officer.

FOUND IN THE DEEP On June 12, 1943 a World War I era submarine used in training in the Florida Keys sank in 15 seconds, taking 42 of the 45 men aboard that day.

Researchers located and documented the wreck in 600 feet of water on May 24. All 42 bodies of the men lost in the sinking are believed to remain aboard.

Aviation Electrician’s Mate Airman Daniel Kaiser, from Pensacola, Fla., signals as an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is participating in a composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS (SW) KENNETH ABBATE. single force.

“As a strike group we have gotten much better at coordinating our efforts and achieving the desired goal through a united front rather than individual warfare commanders,” said Johnson.

With COMPTUEX complete, JCSCSG will begin a Joint Training Force Exercise.

“This is just the next step to a higher level of training and readiness for JCSCSG,” said Johnson.

“Next, we roll right into JTFEX and continue the same training we’re doing right now but in a more complicated scenario.

Another expedition planned for the spring 2012 with hopes of discovering clues to her sinking.

COMPTUEX and JTFEX prepared Stennis and the JCSCG for the upcoming deployment this year.

“COMPTUEX has equipped our Sailors to meet worldwide challenges in a safe and professional manner,” said John C. Stennis Commanding Officer Capt. Ron Reis.

“It has given our crew the confidence and knowledge to be able to execute mission requirements during deployment; from humanitarian relief efforts to dealing with piracy or warfare in any region of the world.”

There were 62 ship and boat hijackings in 2010 and 18 so far this year, according to Discovery News.

ANOTHER COMMANDER SURVEY SAYS, BOARD OF FIRED INQUIRY Without giving details of a pending investigation, the Navy last week relieved the commanding officer of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Rear. Adm. Greg Thomas. He was in command of the shipyard for less than a year following his predecessor’s own controversial departure.

The Navy said Rear Adm. Joseph Campbell has been named acting commander of the yard.

PIRATE PREDICTION Using data sets on ocean currents, weather situations, and shipping routes, the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey Calif. hopes to predict likely pirate attack locations for better Naval intervention and to relive the pressure on the shipping industry.

Navy capt. Owen P. Honors has included a online survey in his attempt to remain on active duty following the highly publicized relieving of his command after so-called lewd videos he produced and showed through the carrier’s internal programming while executive officer aboard the USS Enterprise. Honors faces a Board of Inquiry for his “XO Movie nights.”

Honors has posted a questionnaire/ sworn statement on his website, captowenhonors.com, seeking comments by those who served with him on Mount Whitney or as XO or CO of the Enterprise. Questions include, “Were you offended?” and “Did Capt.

Honors engage in misconduct or substandard performance?”

Kitsap, honor the living veteran During the past week I went to three Memorial Day observances – half for work reasons and half for personal reasons, but curiosity was the root for either.

Here in Kitsap County with one of the largest veteran and military communities in the state, and perhaps the nation, I wanted to see if people would turn out amid the long ongoing war to honor the hundreds of Kitsap County men and women lost to past fights pursued by our national leaders.

I’ve spent most of the Memorial Days during this past decade of war working as a reporter in cities without such a large presence of active duty and veterans – Boston, Chicago, Juneau, AK, Shelton, WA and Goldendale, WA. Based on what I saw at the three local GREG ceremonies, it would be more than fair to say that the turnout to honor the SKINNER dead in those places is nowhere near as robust as Kitsap.

The fantail of the Turner Joy Monday was standing room only as Rear Adm. Bob Hennegan, commander of Sub Group 9, choked up while honoring the memory of Adam Patton, a young 101st Airborne Division soldier from Port Orchard killed last week with five platoon mates in Afghanistan, along with the long-term tradition of focus on the dead of World War II. The Tolling the Boats was well attended by at least 100 members of the submarine and submarine veterans’ community that turn out to hear the names of submarines lost in World Ward II and remember the men if possible. Time has been long on World War II and only one man at the tolling ceremony, John Baker, hails from a time when submarines were all diesel and lost by the dozens to the Axis powers and, on occasion, friendly fire.

The largest memorial turnout by far was arranged for Kitsap County veterans who lived through their service years only to be lost to the community later in life.

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Chuck E. Cheese’s: where a kid can lose a parent Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Florida, we took our children to Chuck E. Cheese’s. The moral of that story was that we vowed not to make the same mistake twice.

Fortunately, our transfer to Bangor, Maine, made it an easy promise to keep. The closest Chuck E. Cheese’s is 2 hours south in Portland.

In the past three years, the only time we thought about Chuck E. Cheese’s was when the commercials came on the television, and, trying to hide our relief, we told the boys, “Gosh, it’s too bad there isn’t a Chuck E. Cheese’s here.”

But Lindell, our youngest and the only one never to have been inside a Chuck E. Cheese’s, was growing curious: “They say that a kid can be a kid there.”

“A kid can be a kid anywhere.”

“But they have a giant mouse, Mom.” I could not argue with that. The commercials persisted, making Chuck E. Cheese’s seem more and more like nothing short of a mini-Disney World.

Then, last month, we were passing through Portland, and I started to feel like a bad mother (the precursor to all regrettable decisions, by the way). There is only a small window of time

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during which a human can actually appreciate Chuck AVY E. Cheese’s. Ford, 10, had already passed that window.

ISE How could we deny Lindell the chance?

ARAH “Do you think we should MILEY take him to see the big C?” I asked Dustin, who knew exactly what I meant. It was a dangerous proposition. Once we spoke the words aloud, we’d be committed.

Dustin and I peered at Lindell in the backseat. He looked awfully sweet, his head leaning defeatedly into the side panel of his car seat.

Kids, what do you think about lunch at Chuck E. Cheese’s?” Dustin said.

You would have thought we’d offer him a winning lottery ticket. Actually, for Lindell, at least, this was better than a winning lottery ticket.

The backseat erupted in yells and applause.

Dustin and I tuned it out, immediately regretting our decision. We began our traditional argument over directions: “You need to take the next exit.”

“I know where I’m going.”

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Members of the Peninsula VFW Post 1854 Honor Guard wince at the high-powered report of their M1 Rifles during a salute aboard the USS Turner Joy during a Memorial Day service May 30, 2011. GREG SKINNER KITSAP NAVY NEWS

Region sailors take USO golf classic Kitsap Navy News

A golf team with Navy Region Northwest personnel and former Seattle Seahawks fullback Mack Strong won the USO Golf Classic last week.

Lt. Terry Hamer, Trident Training Facility; ETCS Brian Richardson, Trident Training Facility; YNC Steve Sauer, COMSUBRON 19 and CDR Dan Worra from Naval Air Station Whidbey played alongside Strong on the winning team at the Golf Club at Newcastle’s course.

The golf tournament is in it’s 16th year and raised $380,000 to support more than 500,000 local active duty service men and women, their families and disabled veterans.

“Supporting the USO and our local military is a civic duty,” said USOPA Golf Committee Chairman, Stan Harrelson. “Our brave men and women in uniform, and their families, deserve our respect and support.”

The tournament was the largest yet with more than 300 golfers playing over

a combined 36 holes on Newcastles’s Coal Creek and China Creek courses.

More than a third of those playing in the tournament were local active duty personnel.

This year’s golf tournament comes during a celebration of the USO operations in Puget Sound for the last 45 years.

New for this year’s tournament was an “All Services Team,” which was sponsored by Retired General John Shalikashvili and his wife Joan.

The day also included a post-tournament dinner celebration.

A summer of events is planned to honor the service that has for decades provided recreation and moral boosting programming for American troops stationed the world over.

On the schedule for July 5, the Lt. Dan Band, Founded by actors Gary Sinise and Kimo Williams will perform at Bangor. The Chicago-based cover band has become a regular on the USO circut.

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Gates: U.S. remains committed to ties with Asia PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII (AFPS) – There will be no “slackening” of U.S. commitment to Asia, even as the nation goes through tough financial times, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates Wednesday said.

The secretary stopped in Hawaii on his way to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where he will deliver the message that America is committed to Asia at that annual gathering of regional defense leaders.

“We are a Pacific nation.

We will remain a Pacific nation,” Gates said during a short news conference on the docks alongside the USS Missouri. “We will remain engaged and continue relationships with friends, partners, allies in Asia.”

The secretary also commented on Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s

strident expression of outrage over civilian casualties in Afghanistan. The secretary said he didn’t know the specifics of an incident in Afghanistan’s Helmand province that caused Karzai’s outburst, but noted that “this is a continuing challenge we face in the war that we fight in Afghanistan.” A joint Afghan and coalition investigation, he added, will get to the bottom of the incident.

“I think the joint investigations of these incidents when they happen are important so we can mutually figure out what happened and what, if anything, went wrong,” he said.

Gates also pointed out that the Taliban have no regard for civilian lives and have been responsible for roughly 80 percent of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan. They are

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates takes a tour of the USS Missouri Memorial June 1, 2011. Gates is visiting the memorial before going to a conference in Singapore. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST SEAMAN SEAN FUREY

not even seeking to shield themselves in civilian communities, he added, but are actively using improvised explosive devices to kill men, women and children.

“The Afghan people have put up with 30 years of war, and I think President Karzai is reflecting the pain and suffering that the Afghan people have endured,” he said. “At the same time, he and the Afghan people recognize that we are their ally, we are their friend, and we are trying to develop the capabil-

Feds dole out $37 million for veteran job training, most for homeless vets WASHINGTON (AFPS) – As part of an interagency effort to support America’s veterans, the Labor Department Wednesday

announced $37 million in grants to provide job training for about 21,000 veterans, many of them homeless or at risk of becoming

homeless.

The awards are intended to continue already successful programs into their second and third years.

ity to protect themselves so that the Afghan people can see an end to the problem.”

Gates received a tour of the USS Missouri during his short stay here. He previously had visited the USS Arizona Memorial. The Japanese sunk the Arizona

during the attack on Pearl Harbor that sparked U.S. involvement in World War II. The Missouri, moored about 100 meters from the memorial, was where the Japanese surrendered to the allies Sept. 2, 1945, to end the war.

“Visiting this ship and looking at the memorial to the USS Arizona the day after Memorial Day serves as a reminder of all those who served and made the supreme sacrifice for our country,” Gates said.

Twenty-two grants totaling more than $9 million will provide job training to about 4,000 veterans to help them succeed in civilian careers, Labor Department officials said. Those funds, provided through the Veterans Workforce Investment Program, emphasize training in “green” jobs related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, modern electric power development and clean vehicles.

“Our veterans sacrifice so much for our country, so it is important that we provide assistance to them when they return home from active duty,” Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis said. “These grants will help veterans access the resources they need to find good jobs and build a bright future for themselves and their families.”

Solis also announced 122 grants totaling more than $28 million to provide job training to about 17,000 veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

These grants, awarded under the Labor Department’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program, include $4.3 million for the Homeless Female Veterans and Veterans with Families Program and $3.9 million for the Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program that helps veter-

ans who have served time in justice facilities, officials said.

Homeless veterans may receive occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job-search and placement assistance and follow-up services, through the programs.

“The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program is recognized as an extraordinarily efficient and effective program, and is the only federal program that focuses exclusively on employment of veterans who are homeless,” Solis said. “I am pleased that the department can assist these veterans and their families.”

The Labor Department grants are awarded to state and local agencies, boards and nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated through first-year funding their ability to administer effective programs to veterans within their geographic areas, officials said.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen has been a staunch advocate of programs to support veterans who have transitioned from military service.

“They bring home a potential that is unimaginable for the future of our

country,” he said May 11 at Arizona State University’s Phoenix campus. “This is an exceptional group, and they will make a difference for a long time to come.”

Mullen recognized the Post-9/11 GI Bill as a big step in helping tens of thousands of veterans get the training and education many seek. But he also called communities a key part of helping combat veterans make a smooth transition following wartime service.

“If we can just open up our lens to be inclusive of them as they return home, with that little boost, I really believe they will take off and make a huge difference for the future,” he said.

Meanwhile, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki is leading President Barack Obama’s effort to eliminate homelessness among veterans by 2015.

“As the president has said, ‘We’re not going to be satisfied until every veteran who has fought for America has a home in America,’” Shinseki told the Marine Corps League in February. “If you wonder what I will be working on for the next several years, this is it. We will end veteran homelessness in 2014.”

More information on the Labor Department’s unemployment and re-employment programs is posted at http://www.dol.gov/vets.

DIVERS | FROM PAGE 2 divers take the jobs they do.

MacDonald said the Keyport dive locker takes only a few challenges each year outside their daily mission to support undersea warfare operations. Beyond community service, MacDonald said he wants the jobs for his divers to practice combat salvage and harbor clearing.

Only once since the Viet Nam War ended has the Navy deployed divers to clear a foreign harbor – Umm Qasr during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. MacDonald was there with Naval Special Clearance Team 1. The “side jobs� give him the chance to pass some of the trued knowledge and experience along to the next generation.

The “side missions� have the blessing of Keyport’s CO, Capt. Stephen Iwanaowicz. “Every time we come up with a crazy plan he says go for it,� MacDonald said.

The Kaw Lake plan included four semis of

equipment used to pull massive ships off shorelines – something that doesn’t happen much since the widespread use of GPS – enough airbags to float 110,000 pounds, a third-of-a-mile of thick cable, enough pulling power to move 200,000 pounds, ten divers and their equipment.

The rigging and floating part of the crane recovery went well for a zero-visibility situation and pulling across 1500 feet of open water to the beach was also smooth until the still-upsidedown crane snagged on a clay ledge a short distance from the beach.

The challenge for the divers quickly became an attempt to force 96,000 pounds of twisted and broken machinery over a 10-foot wall of dense clay.

Cranking the hydrolic pullers up 10,000 pounds at a time, the crane finally folded at 75,000 pounds.

Keyport divers found the crane still unbudgeable at 80,000 pounds of pull. “At 90,000 pounds stuff snapped,� MacDonald said. “After a couple of days you begin to wonder

Divers from Naval Base Kitsap Keyport discuss plans to pull 96,000 pounds of mobile crane, attached to straps, over a 10-foot wall of clay during a salvage dive in Kaw Lake near Tulsa, Okla. Days of effort and multiple attempts put the heavy equipment on the beach 1,500 feet away. PHOTO US NAVY. if they will get it out,�

Hendricks said.

After a night of thinking about trenching, a final re-rigged attempt at 96,000 pounds of pull,

the pile of twisted metal moved. Keyport’s efforts ended with a mess of metal on the beach and out of the drinking water.

Iwanaowicz supports

the dive work as good opportunity for Navy training and the communities get cleaned up waterways and marine infrastructure they need

to continue on with a normal life in their region. “It’s a win win situation all the way around,�

Iwanaowitcz said.

Second carrier named for Kennedy Lt.j.g. John F. Kennedy aboard the PT-109 in 1943.

Photo courtesy the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. U.S. NAVY PHOTO

CVN 79, honors the 35th President of the United States and pays tribute to his service in the Navy, in the government, and to the nation. The announcement fell on what would have been Kennedy’s 94th birthday. “President John F.

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BOSTON (NNS) – Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus Sunday announced the next Gerald R. Fordclass aircraft carrier will be named the USS John F. Kennedy.

The selection John F. Kennedy, designated

Kennedy exemplified the meaning of service, not just to country, but service to all humanity,� said Mabus. “I am honored to have the opportunity to name the next aircraft carrier after this great Sailor and inspirational leader, and to keep the rich tradition and history of USS John F. Kennedy sailing in the U.S. Fleet.�

Born in Brookline, Mass., May 29, 1917, Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940, and entered the Navy in October 1941.

During World War II, Kennedy took command of PT 109 at Tulagi Island in the Solomons, with a mission to intercept Japanese ships attempting to resupply their barges in New Georgia.

In the early morning hours of Aug. 2, 1943, Kennedy’s ship was inadvertently struck by an enemy ship and split in half. During the

course of the next six days, Kennedy led his crew members to safety and an eventual rescue. Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for the rescue of his crew and a Purple Heart for injuries he sustained when his ship was struck.

After his military service, Kennedy became a congressman representing the Boston area, he was elected to the Senate in 1953, and in 1961 became the youngest person to be elected president.

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As official indigents, their bodies were cremated and kept at the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office. Once identified as Veterans their burial prospects changed and the county Veteran’s Assistance Board took action to have them buried with honors due.

Saturday morning, scores of veterans, local dignitaries and politicians turned out for a ceremony that wrapped the seven dead men in dignity, song and a heartfelt eulogy for men unknown to the brother who wrote it. A collection of gathered uniforms stood sharp as the men’s boxed remains were loaded into the plush leather backseat of a Saab convertible for the ride to the national cemetery in Tacoma.

There is no real way to know the stories of the men buried because there is little or no record of their lives aside from a DD-214 with

their signature from the day they separated from service.

The ceremony, however, reveals a situation that is not shining, honest or upstanding. The men, all Vietnam Era veterans, were essentially left “in the wind� compared to the promises of benefits made by bureaucrats and patriotic types that sell “Duty, Honor and Country� writ large, yet fail to cover the longterm needs and cost of their wars well evident in the veteran community.

It is possible that the men were all lost to American society and Kitsap County at their own wish and or doing.

It’s true that some veterans prefer to keep a “safe� distance from everyday life in a country that little knows or cares about the wars fought.

Some, after the intensity of combat, believe that a calm morning sunrise, or a child’s laugh is more important than charging

up a corporate ladder or living in debt of the working-class to chase the standard “American dream� made less attractive by the reality of war.

In Kitsap County, nearly a third of all indigent deaths are veterans.

Perhaps the seven men’s lives and their newfound notoriety for being forgotten could stand tall and push local support of the 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs initiative to end homelessness among american veterans by 2015.

Obviously, the new programs with homeless prevention, housing services, healthcare and job training come too late for the men honored last weekend, but with the right pressure from the right volunteers, nonprofits and local leaders, the tall promises made to the current generation fighting to keep the American way of life viable might be kept.

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The remains of seven indigent veterans who died in Kitsap County sit in the back seat of a Saab convertable Saturday bound for Tahoma National Cemetery and their final resting place. GREG SKINNER / KITSAP NAVY NEWS

COLUMN | FROM PAGE 4 “Would you just let me drive?�

Those would be Dustin’s famous last words. Soon after, the red and orange striped building of Chuck E. Cheese’s appeared on the horizon to the right of the highway. “There it is,� Lindell

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yelled. “We’re almost there.�

Dustin turned right... onto another on-ramp. “What are you doing?�

I asked. “You were supposed to take the next right. Now we’re getting back on the Interstate.�

Chuck E. Cheese’s past on our left, and then it disappeared behind us.

Lindell pressed his hand against the glass window. “Chuck E. Cheese’s! There it goes.

Dad, why did you pass it?�

This was like showing a kid a giant Hershey bar and then telling him he is allergic to chocolate.

Lindell was screaming and crying. If he could, I bet he would have thrown shoes at us. “Parliment! Big Ben!� I said under my breath.

Next thing we knew, we were spiraling around the Chuck E. Cheese’s parking lot and up to another toll booth.

Hadn’t we just paid a toll?

Dustin handed the attendant a dollar. Then he took another wrong turn.

We were headed north again. Chuck E. Cheese’s was but a small dot in the rear view mirror. Lindell continued to scream.

About a half hour later, Dustin finally got us to Chuck E. Cheese’s.

Which is to say that

about a half hour later, we remembered why we hate the place. It was noon on Saturday; 20 birthday parties were celebrating at the back of the restaurant.

Dustin sat down on a sticky booth and said, “Don’t mind me. I’m just going to close my eyes and pretend I’m not here.�

We left two hours later with cheap loot that Lindell clutched in his hand protectively. At the exit, an employee asked to see our hands under a blue light. They do this to make sure that the correct parents are leaving with the correct children.

Everyone’s stamp should match. Dustin put his hand under the light. He was given the OK. I put my hand under the light, and it was bare.

My stamp had rubbed off. “Sorry,� the employee said. “They’ll have to leave with him.�

(Apparently this is all it takes to lose custody of your children.)

Dustin frowned and grabbed Lindell’s hand.

For a moment, he looked very very jealous. – Sarah Smiley is a syndicated columnist, author and Navy wife. Her column appears weekly in the Kitsap Navy News.

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Retired Navy Lt. Looks to next competition for more team and a bronze medal for the 4x100 meter relay. “Not as many as I hoped,� he said.

Edmonston was next in line for medals in two other events as well. A photo finish determined that he was fourth in the 100-meter with a time of 12.55 seconds and fourth in the 50-meter freestyle by a gap of .01 seconds, leaving him just off the podium in both. Edmonston said the races were neck and neck and that he takes consolation in the points scored for the overall team count. “I needed five more yards,� he said of the sprint.

This year Edmonston was also part of the ultimate warrior competition. A pentathlon of the 50-meter freestyle, 10-meter prone air rifle, 100 meter sprint, shot put, and a 30 kilometer cycling event make up the ultimate competition. “I was proud to be chosen,� he said.

Whatever efforts Edmonston made to ensure a medal or two during the games this year will likely be expanded upon to up his medal count during the next games.

With a clear expectation to be invited back, the athlete Edmonston will work weights and cardio five times a week – including a day dedicated to sprints and one to swimming – in to the life of the engineer Edmonston. At the 2012 games, he hopes to focus on six events. In the pool he’s after the 50 and 100 meter freestyle and the 100 meter backstroke. On the track, Edmonston will train to run the 100, 200, and 800 meter events.

The former nuclear officer said he was always into sports before a motorcycle accident, in which his helmet came off, broke his back, face and skull. Bedridden from fractures and muscle damage and with a traumatic brain injury, Edmonston was headed for a medical retirement from the Navy.

A year later, with an new engineer’s job at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the self-described “gym rat� has returned to being active and competitive as a normal course of

his life. “It was huge for me during the healing period,�

Edmonston said, of signing on for the games, growing to care for his teammates and feeling compelled to work hard to succeed for his coaches and teammates.

During the recovery time, which started while Edmonston was still on active duty, Edmonston found his way to a Warrior Games training camp through Safe Harbor, the Navy’s program to coordinate non-medical care of wounded, ill or injured sailors, Coast Guardsmen and their families.

Edmonston said he fell in love with the team and their over all spirit of competition and brotherhood.

It was a combination of motivational healing and his fellow athletes’ mindset that cemented his need to compete in the games on Team Navy/Coast Guard. “It helped with progression back to a real life,� he said.

The training paid off for Edmonston. The long week of athletic competition across multiple sports such as track and field, volleyball, basketball, cycling and swimming wore others down while he stayed com-

Leading the pack, Lt. John C. Edmonston, a member of Team Navy/Coast Guard, participates in the 30-kilometer upright bike road race at the second annual Warrior Games May 20, 2011. Warrior Games is a Paralympic-style sport event among 200 seriously wounded, ill, and injured service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS ANDRE N. MCINTYRE. petitive throughout.

Beyond personal goals and competition expectations Edmonston said he found the most inspiration

from this year’s games in the spirit, determination and style of a taxed-out teammate that finished a race as physical exhaustion

took over his body. The man had strong inability to quit during the 100 meter freestyle and finished dead last after taking multiple

breaks, he said. “It was over for him,�

Edmonston said. “He had nothing left.�

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RESPECT | FROM PAGE 1 grew up with, Sandstrom said.

Raymond L Cassalery, a former Navy man, was also laid to rest at Seabold as a courtesy, Sandstrom said.

Until recently the local veterans community was not aware of the situation at the coroners office with unclaimed remains of veterans stacking up or going into pauper’s graves.

If not for seven men’s veteran status, they would have eventually been buried in the county’s pauper’s grave during a triannual ceremony, without the honor due our nation’s veterans.

The issue became known to the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association through Sandstrom’s association with his own motorcycle club.

Word spread.

Sandstrom said the MC’s were heavily respnosible for the creation of the the original “Forgotten Veteran’s Run” in 2008 that saw six men buried as brothers and Saturday’s “Unforgotten” run.

Then as now, every effort was made to find anyone connected to any of the men buried, but Scheffler said each man’s history, aside from Autem, was a “total void.”

He searched as far as South Carolina.

“It’s a tragic thing to

have happen,” he said.

In a classic case of veterans taking care of their own, who’ve fallen through society’s cracks regardless of the promises of benefits made to them when they joined and served, armed with service records, Scheffler and the motorcycle club made sure the men were recognized for their service and buried with dignity due.

For the ride to the national cemetery, the men’s remains were placed into the back seat of the convertable which followed a state police escort. Filling out the courtage were scores of motorcycles and their riders, mostly combat veterans.

Recognizing that Memorial Day is for those who died in our nations wars, Scheffler said whatever else may or may not have happened in their lives the men at one point made a commitment to the nation up to and including the ultimate sacrifice.

“You can’t tell a vet just by looking,” Scheffler said during the eulogy. “He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life’s most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.”

Not forgotten: Robert E. Keen, USN, Charles E. Curlee USN, Brian P. Garcia, USN, William G. Brown, USAF, Carl G. Hasty, USA and USAF, Arnold P. Mauricette, USA, Monte J. Wehenkel, USA

Above, members of the local Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association lower their heads as their president, “Poet,” leads a prayer during a memorial service held at the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office for seven indigent veterans before laying them to rest Saturday with full honors at Tahoma National cemetery. Right, The remains of Charles Curlee and Brian Garcia are draped in the national colors before Saturday’s service.

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Casework assistance spans a broad spectrum from financial and legal concerns to correcting a headstone.

The Navy Casualty system for long-term care allows them to follow up with families after a death.

Family members may choose to release their contact information to TAPS so they can receive free immediate and longterm support services.

Once they consent, their information is provided to TAPS and the organization will immediately send a handwritten note and a resource kit with grief support materials.

Within two weeks, TAPS will personally contact the family and continue providing comfort and care for as long as they desire.

The Navy also follows up with the family a few months after the event and then again a year after the event. “We send the family members a letter at the 60-day point just letting them know we are still thinking about them, and to see if they are having any troubles getting their benefits and to let them know that we are here for them. A similar letter is sent a year later,� said Chief Logistics Specialist Gary Henson, Survivor Outreach & Long Term Assistance program manager. “TAPS is the closing link that we’ve been missing to have our complete chain of casualty care,� said Cmdr. Kevin Sutton, Navy Casualty and Mortuary Affairs acting director. “My office provides immediate assistance to families, financial benefits, travel to funerals, that sort of thing, but unfortunately once the benefits process is done we’re not equipped or manned to do long-term care for the families. That is what we’re getting now, courtesy of TAPS.

Sailors reenlist at Ground Zero site NEW YORK (NNS) – Marking a significant milestone in their careers at the most symbolic of places, 12 sailors and five Coast Guardsmen reenlisted at the site of the World Trade Center on May 26.

The group met inside Gate 7 on the southwest side of Ground Zero, where together they raised their hands and swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert Parker, commander, Atlantic Area led a group of five Coast Guardsmen and Rear Adm. Herman Shelanski, commander, Carrier Strike Group 10 led a group of 12 sailors in reciting their oaths, calling it an opportunity for enlisted service men and women to remind themselves why they serve their country.

“I have done a couple hundred of these, but it’s

kind of an emotional event here,” Parker said. “I can’t think of a better place to have yet another restart to what are the fine careers of these folks that are coming up through our services.”

The ground zero reenlistment was especially meaningful for Marine Science Technician 2nd Class Heather Clark, who serves aboard U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York from Fayetteville, N.C. “It is a real honor to reenlist here at ground zero,” Clark said. “I originally enlisted in the Coast Guard after 9/11, wanted to join something that is larger than myself and I really wanted to help people.”

Service members in town for Fleet Week had the opportunity to reenlist at some of the city’s most popular attractions. By far, the World Trade Center site got the biggest response, explained Michael Hurley

Rear Adm. Herman Shelanski, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, re-enlists 12 Sailors at Ground Zero May 25, 2011 during Fleet Week New York. Fleet Week has been New York City’s celebration of the sea services since 1984. It is an opportunity for citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see first-hand, the capabilities of today’s maritime services. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS ERIC S. GARST.

of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, who manages the World Trade Center site and said he receives a number of requests to host military promotion and reenlistment ceremonies.

“We had an extremely

high level of interest in this location,” Hurley said.

“So many want to recommit to their service here, at a place significant to all Americans.”

After repeating the oath, Engineman 2nd Class Edward Cooper, stationed

lone P-3 “Orion” as a silent witness to the historic ceremony.

In addition to speeches the ceremony included history displays of the squadrons that had called NAS Brunswick home, a slideshow of photographs, and other walks down memory lane.

Rich, a Maine native, reminisced about the powerful influence a childhood experience at NASB had on his decision to seek a commission as a naval aviator. He further shared recollections of his tour at Brunswick later in his career and the way the people of Brunswick welcomed and supported his family and command.

Music for the ceremony was provided by the Brunswick and Mt. Ararat High Schools bands, while PS1 Leonard Bell of the NASB Personnel Support Detachment sang the National Anthem.

The final touch was the lowering of the American flag for the final time at the installation.

Mid-Coast Regional Redevelopment Authority is charged with writing NAS Brunswick’s next chapter.

“The Mid-Coast Regional Redevelopment Authority has done a wonderful job lining up businesses for the Brunswick Landing, which is the new facilities

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Alejandro Benavides renders honors as Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Andrew Johnson lowers the American flag outside of the Navy Operational Support Center Brunswick, Maine, drill hall before a disestablishment ceremony in 2009. The last flag was lowered May 31, 2011. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS

on board USS John L. Hall (FFG 32), from Anderson, S.C. Had a chance to take in the sights of the construction going on all around and congratulate the other Sailors who had reenlisted alongside him.

“It is an amazing experi-

ence, everything that happened here on 9/11 – it’s just an amazing feeling it just gives you chills,” Cooper said. “Reenlisting here at ground zero is an outstanding feeling, there’s nothing like it.”

NAS Brunswick lowers colors for final time NAVAL AIR STATION BRUNSWICK, MAINE (NNS) – Naval Air Station Brunswick held its disestablishment ceremony May 31, ending 68 years of service to the Navy.

NASB, situated on 3,200 acres along Maine’s midcoast, originally opened in 1943, and was primarily used as a training base for the British Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. With the end of World War II, the base was put into caretaker status until it reopened in 1951.

In 2005, the base was tapped for final closure by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

“The sailors, civilians, and contractors of Naval Air Station Brunswick have done a remarkable job,” said Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations & Environment. “This is a major milestone, and I’m extremely impressed with everyone’s efforts to prepare the base for redevelopment.

This station has consistently met the deadlines and surpassed standards for redevelopment. It is my hope that the Navy’s departure will pave the way for future development and job growth in this area. If this can’t be a Naval Air Station, then it can be a business opportunity for the community.”

During the closing cer-

emony, other speakers also saluted the long years of service by sailors and civilians, and highlighted the tight bonds that grew between base personnel and the local community over the decades.

“We have been part of the community here,” said Capt.

William A. Fitzgerald, the base’s 36th and final commanding officer. “But that is only because the community embraced us. You welcomed us into your neighborhoods and schools. You allowed us to become part of the woven fiber of this area.”

In a nod to the base’s history, Capt. Fitzgerald honored several former commanding officers in attendance, presenting them with Naval Air Station Brunswick ballcaps and nametags.

Fitzgerald also presented plaques to representatives of the local communities and the state of Maine for their support over the years.

At its height, NAS Brunswick employed some 4,000 sailors and civilians to support the mission of patrol reconnaissance.

Many alumni returned to say goodbye to the base where they flew and serviced the P-2 “Neptunes” and P-3 “Orions” that made up the bulk of patrol reconnaissance history.

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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Yale University President Richard Levin sign a Memorandum of Understanding on May 26, 2011 that re-establishes the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps presence on the University’s campus since the 1970’s. U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS KEVIN S. O’BRIEN.

Naval ROTC rejoins Yale

NEW HAVEN, CONN. (NNS) – The Secretary of the Navy and president of Yale University signed an agreement May 26, to bring the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program back to Yale for the first time in almost 40 years.

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“A renewal of a formal relationship on campus will serve to bring dozens of new and talented officers who will carry on Yale’s tradition of service into the Navy and Marine Corps each year,” said Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.

“The presence of NROTC will enrich and strengthen both the military and the educational experience of all students.”

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“The new Navy ROTC unit at Yale continues the University’s proud tradition of educating students who serve our country’s armed forces,” Yale University President Richard C. Levin said. “From Lexington to Afghanistan, our students and graduates have contributed to the nation’s defense, and the return of NROTC will make it easier for the most talented young men and women who aspire to leadership in our military to gain a Yale education.”

“Together, we have made a decision to enrich the experience open to Yale’s students, make the military better, and our nation stronger,” Mabus said.

“Because with exposure comes understanding, and through understanding comes strength.”

The NROTC program develops young men and women morally, mentally, and physically, and instills in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, and commitment. The program educates and trains young men and women for leadership positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.

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NEW YORK (NNS) – The Secretary of the Navy and the president of Columbia University signed an agreement May 26, at a ceremony on board USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) formalizing their intention to reinstate Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps programs at Columbia.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger signed the agreement aboard USS Iwo Jima, which is docked in New York for the Navy’s annual Fleet Week activities.

The Department of the Navy and Columbia University announced the agreement April 21, after Columbia’s University Senate passed a resolution to explore increasing the University’s relationship with the Armed Forces, including programs like Reserve Officer Training Corps. This is the first time in

40 years the program will be in place at Columbia.

Under the agreement, the NROTC program will have an office on Columbia’s campus and active duty Navy and Marine Corps officers will meet with Columbia NROTC midshipmen during routinely scheduled office hours.

Navy and Marine Corps-option midshipmen will participate in NROTC through a unit hosted at SUNY Maritime College in Throgs Neck, N.Y. The NROTC program develops young men and women morally, mentally, and physically, and instills in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, and commitment. The program educates and trains young men and women for leadership positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.

Roughhead signs support for Guard and Reserve sailors WASHINGTON (NNS) – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead signed a Statement of Support for the Guard and Reserve to demonstrate the Navy’s commitment to its employees who serve in National Guard and Reserve.

Joining Roughead for the ceremony were David McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Ronald Young, Executive Director, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and Vice Adm. Dirk Debbink, Chief of Navy Reserve.

Before signing the Statement of Support, Roughead spoke of the vital contributions of the reserve component to current operations.

“We are really one Navy wherever you go. It’s great to see the contributions that all our Sailors make as well as the contributions others make to allow our Sailors to do what they do for the Navy and the country,” said Roughead.

The intent of the Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Statement of Support program is to offer employers a way to publicly proclaim their support for employee service in the National Guard and Reserve.

As part of the Federal government, Navy is called on by Congress to be a model employer of Guard and Reserve service members.

In signing a Statement of Support, employers and organizations pledge to fully recognize, honor and enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-Employment Rights Act and ensure managers and supervisors have the tools they need to effectively manage employees who serve in the Guard and Reserve while recognizing and supporting our country’s service members and their families in peace, crises and war.

McGinnis thanked the CNO for leading by example, highlighting the significance of Roughead’s public acknowledgment

of the Navy’s support and what it means to those serving in the military’s Reserve Components.

“When the leader of a company or government agency signs a Statement of Support, it sets the tone for the entire organization to not only comply with the law, but to create an environment of support and respect,” McGinnis said. “When a service member knows their employer supports their service, they are more effective employees both on the job and when they serve on duty.”

“I appreciate the CNO’s leadership and support for our more than 700 Navy Reserve sailors who also serve as Department of the Navy civilian employees, as well as those who serve in other components of the Guard and Reserve,” said Debbink.

“Those who employ these outstanding Americans also serve. With their patriotism and unwavering support, we can live up to our Navy Reserve motto: “Ready Now. Anytime, Anywhere.”

USS Franklin fought hard all the way through

airfields and Japanese shipping. On July 4, airstrikes were launched against Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima and Ha Ha Jima with Franklin battering land-based guns and sinking a large cargo vessel in the harbor.

Franklin moved on for airstrikes on Guam and Rota to soften them up for the invasion forces.

Two days of replenishment at Saipan permitted the ship to steam with Task Kitsap Navy News Group 58 for photo reconnaissance and The Carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) was airstrikes against the Palau Islands. Her rushed to the fleet in time for the end of planes took a heavy toll out of Japanese World War II in the pacific, but was no infrastructure. stranger to combat.

Franklin made another bombing raid Built at Newport News Shipbuilding on Chichi Jima and Ototo Jima in early and Drydock August before Co. in Virginia, taking a respite Franklin was ESTERDAY S LEET at Entiwetok for commissioned upkeep and recon Jan. 31, 1944. reation for three Displacing 27 tons, the carrier was 872 weeks before returning to the active war. feet long and drafted almost 29 feet., The Franklin then joined with the carriessex Class carrier had a ships crew of ers Enterprise and Bella Wood and San 3,448 men and 12 five-inch gun mounts.

Jacinto for missions in the Bonin Islands Franklin departed Virginia for Trinidad where she sank two cargo ships and left and a shakedown cruise. Franklin joined heavy damage behind.

Task Group 27.7 and sailed for San Diego In Saipan by Sept. 4, Franklin loaded and training before entering the war. In on supplies and steamed with Task Group June 1944 the ship sailed for Entiwetok 38.4 for an attack on Yap. via Pearl Harbor. There, she joined Task By the second week of October, Group 58.8.

Franklin was operating in support of Franklin sortied on June 30 for carrier Leyte. strikes on the Bonin Islands in support At twilight on Oct. 13, the Task Group of later assaults on the Marianas Islands. was attacked by four bombers and the Franklin’s planes blasted gun installations,

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This Week in Navy History June 5, 1917: the first naval aviation unit to reach France arrives at Bordeaux and St. Nazaire aboard the colliers Jupiter and Neptune. By the end of World War I, the Navy air command built a force in Europe to include 500 planes plus dirigibles and kite balloons on 26 air stations in four countries.

June 9, 1917: six armed yachts sail from New York for Brest, France as the U.S. Patrol squadron responsible for US convoys in French coastal waters.

Later the size grows to 38 destroyers, 16 armed yachts minesweepers, tenders and tugs.

June 8, 1918: U.S. Navy forces begin to lay mines across 240 miles of open sea from Scotland to Norway in attempts to pin German U-boats in the North Sea. The British deemed the idea undoable, prior to the US attempt. More than 70,000 mines were laid and an estimated six U-boats were destroyed.

June 4, 1934: the Ranger (CV4), the first carrier ever built from the keel up, is commissioned at 14,500 tons.

June 4, 1942: the Battle of Midway becomes the turning point for the war in the Pacific when Adm. Yamamoto launches an attempt to expand Japan’s defense p erimiter by taking Midway atoll – 1,100 miles west of Honolulu. US forces were aware of the battle plans, including a diversionary attack on the Aleutian Islands.

June 7, 1942: Japanese forces land unopposed on Attu and Kiska Islands, Alaska.

June 4, 1944: the U-505 is captured off the coast of Nor th Africa while homeward bound.

Depthcarged to the surface and abanonded by her crew the 505 is the only German U-boat captured during World War II. June 6, 1944: Operation Neptune begins movement

to the American beaches of Utah, Omaha, Juno Gold and Sword for the D-day invasion of German occupied France. More than 2,600 ships were used and the destroyer Corry (DD 463) is sunk by a mine off Utah Beach.

J u n e 7, 19 4 4 : t w o artificial harbors called “Mulberries” are created off the Normandy beaches to hasten the offloading of troops, which number more than 255,000 by June 18.

J u n e 7, 1 9 4 4 : t h e submarine Gudgeon is overdue and assumed lost.

June 5, 1945: the Third Fleet suffers 36 damaged vessels when caught in a typhoon off Okinawa. Later, a court of inquiry determined that Adm. Halsey and Vice Adm. McCain used poor judgement approaching the storm.

June 9, 1945: a wolf-pack of nine submarines called “ Hydeman’s Hellcat s” departs to attack Japanese shipping in the Sea of Japan. By June 20, 28 ships totaling 54,784 tons are sunk making the patrol one of the most successful of the entire war.

Damage in action of 30 October 1944. View showing work progress on 3 November 1944 at 1230 – flight deck at Fr. 125. SHIP’S PHOTO NO. 1003, TAKEN 3 NOVEMBER 1944, PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD PHOTO. carrier was twice narrowly missed by torpedoes. One Japanese plane crashed into Franklin’s aft decks, slid across and into the water. On the 14th, a fighter sweep was made against Aparri, Luzon. The carrier then steamed east off the Philippines to neutralize installations prior to the Leyte invasion. On Oct 15, Franklin was

attacked by three planes, one scored hitting a deck edge elevator and killed three and wounded 22 others. The carrier continued on and its planes hit Manila Bay destroying a floating dry dock, sinking several ships and shooting down 11

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Airstrike takes out sr. Taliban leader WASHINGTON, (AFPS) – An Afghan and coalition force killed Qari Musa, a senior Taliban leader, during a precision airstrike in the Talah wa Barfak district of Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, military officials reported Tuesday.

Musa was the senior Taliban leader in the district, officials said, and routinely targeted Afghan

government officials and Afghan National Police in the district. At the time of his death, he was gathering groups of fighters, including suicide bombers, to conduct attacks against Afghan security forces.

Musa also purchased weapons from arms facilitators to conduct ambushes, officials added.

The coalition force con-

ducted the May 23 strike after receiving reports that identified Musa and several insurgents operating at a compound in the district.

Besides Musa, two of his bodyguards and several other insurgent fighters were killed during the air strike.

No civilians were harmed as a result of the air strike, officials said.

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Japanese planes.

Franklin attacked surrounding airstrips as Allied forces landed on Leyte on Oct. 20. Four days later Franklin sank one destroyer and damaged two others. Along with three other task groups sped to intercept the advancing Japanese carrier force and attacked at dawn helping to sink four Japanese carriers and decimating their screening escorts.

After refueling, Franklin rejoined the action at Leyte on Oct. 27, by focusing attacks on a heavy cruiser and two destroyers south of Mindoro. Under way on Oct. 30, Franklin was attacked by three suicide bombers one of which hit the flight deck crashing through to the gallery deck killing 56 and wounding 60.

On Nov. 28 1944, Franklin left for Bremerton and repairs.

Two months later the carrier left Puget Sound for training and pilot qualifications before heading back to the theater in suport of the Okinawa landings.

Shortly before dawn on March 19, 1945 Franklin was closer to the Japanese shoreline than any other carrier during the war.

She launched a fighter sweep against Honshu and later Kobe.

A Japanese plan then came out of the clouds to make a low-level pass and dropped two semi-

armour percing bombs on the carrier.

One caused mass destruction after passing through the flight deck into the hangar deck with fire spreading throughout the second and third decks. The second bomb hit aft tearing through two decks setting off ammunitions and rockets.

Dead in the water 50-miles off Japan, Franklin was listing 13 degrees without radio contact and fires burning.

With 724 killed and 256 wounded, the remaining 710 officers and enlisted men fought to save their ship.

Franklin was towed by the USS Pittsburgh while repairs were made to the boilers and she resumed under her own power at 14 knots to a short stop in Pearl Harbor before heading for Brooklyn, NY where she arrived on April 28.

After the war, Franklin was opened to the public for Navy Day celebrations and placed out of commission on Feb 17, 1947 in Bayonne, N.J.. Franklin was reclassified as a training platform until scrapping took the carrier in 1966.

Franklin won four Battle stars during World War II.

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