About Brownell Boat Yard We have been a family owned business since the early 1970s and are proud to be three generations strong. Boating is in our blood. We enjoy the activity of all things boats. The Brownell family has been on the water as sailors, divers, repair crews, salvage recovery, suppliers and expert craftsmen.…
Clyde, Ohio is a town located in Sandusky County about 40 miles southeast of Toledo. The city has a population of approximately 6,000 people. The community was founded by a young lieutenant who fought in many Indian wars. The town was not originally named Clyde. Before they were renamed Clyde, the city was called Centreville.…
I (Skloot 25). 1950 Lawrence is drafted for the Korean war to a medic unit at Fort Belvoir at…
Fort Sumter was first implicit the wake of the War of 1812, which had highlighted the United States ' absence of solid waterfront resistances. Named for Revolutionary War general and South Carolina local Thomas Sumter, Fort Sumter was one of about 50 forts assembled as a feature of the supposed Third System, a waterfront barrier project actualized by Congress in 1817. The three-layered, five-sided fort 's beach front situation was intended to permit it to control access to the basic Charleston Harbor. While the island itself was just 2.4 sections of land in size, the fort was manufactured to oblige an army of 650 officers and 135 cannons pieces. Development of Fort Sumter first started in 1829 in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, on a man…
American history-- compared to the rest of modern civilization has been a short one. Only 239 years ago did we become a nation; Over those 239 years we have been at war for about 222 of them. Some may call that an accomplishment and most others would call it an abomination. The war of 1812 follows the American theme of loving to push natives out of their home land. But, this war in particular goes a little deeper than just that.…
Myron Colburn Chapter One For most soldiers in the Civil War it was a horrible scary time. There was hardly any sanitation and absolutely no knowledge infectious disease. It wasn’t quite as bad in the Navy. Since the boats were close to the river shores and on coastlines, there were ports where they could restock their food more easily than ground troops.…
In 1812, the United States found themselves at war again with Great Britain 29 years after the American Revolution. Although, this was not unexpected, and tensions of going to war were growing. In 1800, President Adams agreed to the Convention of 1800; ending the alliance that had formed between the Americas and France during the American Revolution. Nevertheless, both countries violated American trading rights, with Britain often seizing and kidnapping sailors; called impressment. The Embargo of 1807 restricted trade of the Americas with other foreign countries including France and Great Britain.…
After training in Norfolk, Virginia, the Carters moved to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. There, Carter was an electronics officer on the USS Pomfret. In 1952 Carter was assigned to develop a nuclear submarine program in Schenectady, New York with Admiral Hyman Rickover. Rickover made an everlasting impression on Carter.…
Submarines also played an instrumental part in the Civil War. The need for them predominantly came about because Union warships would patrol the seas and formed a blockade of Confederate ships, which were coming with guns, gunpowder and shipbuilding materials for the Confederate soldiers. One of these ports was Charlestown, which was a major hub of trade (Walker 6). The Confederate soldiers needed to open up Charleston but they didn't have ships to go head on with the stronger and better-made Union warships. The obvious solution to them was the torpedo.…
While stationed aboard USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67), he earned Quality Assurance Safety Observer in G-3, G-5, and G-1 weapons divisions and earned NEC 9501 (Anti-Terrorism Training Supervisor Instructor); aboard HELMARSTRKRON (HSM 46) while brilliantly performing his primary duties as Ordnance Manager/ALPO, he immediately qualified as QA/SO and revamped a substandard ordnance program; while volunteering for Individual Augmentee during operation Iraqi freedom and Enduring freedom in Navy Provisional Detainee Battalion Ramadi TWO, he trained and qualified 163 Sailors and 27 coalition guard forces by-the-book…
moved more slowly and cautiously for lack reconnaissance and credible intelligence (Nickerson, 1967). When he originally held up at Bemis Heights, although his leading edge had skirmished with the American troops, he was likely unaware of the how close or how large the enemy really was. In August and October, as he sat waiting for reinforcements prior to the battles at Saratoga, General Burgoyne was unaware that the Continental Army was growing by the hundreds, and he would eventually have to fight a force over three times his size. Taking these things into consideration, it can be postulated that the British could have avoided the loss at Bennington. The assumption will be that instead of blindly sending Colonel Baum to Vermont, General Burgoyne sends a small scouting party to reconnoiter the area first.…
September 19, 1777, British General John Burgoyne achieved victory over American forces, which were led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. The battle resulted in the weakening of Burgoyne’s troops. Despite the fact they were weakened, they attacked the Americans once again on October 7th, at Bemis Heights, where they were defeated, forced to retreat, and surrendered ten days later. This American victory caused the French Government to enter the war as their ally.…
The Army Museum has been located at Artillerigården in Östermalm, Stockholm, since it was opened in 1879. The site has been used for military purposes since the middle of the 17th century, and the main depot of the artillery was located here for nearly 300 years. The current buildings were erected during the latter part of the 18th century. The museum was first known as the Artillery Museum, and changed its name to the Army Museum at the beginning of the 1930s, in order to reflect more accurately the focus of the museum. The museum underwent a major refurbishment and opened in new, modern premises in…
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What did the united states do to provoke Japan? Knowing that the united states and Japan do not have a good relationship may have caused the attack on Pearl Harbor. “An old order . . .…
Kim was later caught and put into the Marines as an English translator and a liaison to the United Nations this began in 1950, he served for 4 years then was released in 1954. This experience had a great toll on Kim’s life he was a wartime refugee and had to experience lots of loss and suffering. In 1955 Kim came to the United States. Kim was married and had two children. After Kim wrote…