On 11 Nov 2005 05:07:00 -0800, wrote:


DSK wrote:
on the 11th hour of this day World War 1 ended in Europe. It was called
the Great War, the World War, the War To End Wars. A bit naive perhaps.
But it's worth remembering.

Something to remember from later wars:

The only destroyer to sink a battleship
http://tinyurl.com/7p58s

I think they should have a USS Melvin and a USS Barry K. Atkins on the
Navy list.

A bit of the background story
http://www.battleship.org/html/Artic...ory/Leyte0.htm

This is an interesting web site, a personal look
http://www.riverinesailor.com/Tango1.htm

More recent history
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html

the percentage of U.S. military personnel who witnessed someone being
killed or wounded: 36% in 2003
50% in 2004
47% so far this year.

We should thank our veterans and those currently in uniform every day.
Not to make too big a deal out of it, but our every day life has been
shaped by the freedoms that these men & women fought for. It is an
enormous duty, not undertaken lightly, and we should not dismiss it
carelessly... and I personally don't think we should remember & honor
them only once a year. But today is a good day to do so.

Regards to all
Doug King



Indeed. Happy Armistice Day. Happy Veteran's Day.

My maternal Grandfather served in WWI. He was a Lt. on Destroyer
Escorts in the British Navy. I have his personal log or journal he kept
during his naval service. His entry for this day was very simple: In a
large hand, he wrote across almost the entire page, "Thank God! It's
Over! Peace at Last"......and then below noted the orders to cease fire
at a certain time.

I thought it was interesting that when the order went out to cease
fire, it wasn't to cease fire "immediately", but rather later on in the
day. I guess the idea was to allow enough time for the order to be
communicated to most of the units on both sides of the contest.

Thank you!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes