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GRANDPA'S NAVY: June 2015
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Tuesday, June 16, 2015. June 16, 1995 - 20 Years Ago Today. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Hugh "Hughie" Nelson Siegel, USN. Commissioned March 11, 1919. Launched 1942. Discharged 1945, Joined US Air Force. Retired 1975. Embarked on Eternal Voyage June 16, 1995. June 16, 1995 - 20 Years Ago Today. This is perhaps the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: August 2015
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Sunday, August 2, 2015. Finalized Dace and Darter Patch Designs. I could have posted these a long time ago. These are the actual embroidered patches my grandfather designed and produced for the US Navy WWII Sub Veteran reunions. I have one of each in my possession. He designed both. I love these. The patches are really big, about the size of the bottom of a coffee can. Only the subm...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: Historical Image Archive
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Monday, March 23, 2015. US Navy sailors doing open order M1 rifle drill, presenting before an unidentified officer. Undated photo from Hugh's collection. Most likely in Australia. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Silent Service: Dace and Darter Attacks In Palawan. This is perhaps the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour ...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: Veteran's Day
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Tuesday, November 11, 2014. I will never know the full story of what you saw or what you did in service to our country, but I am grateful to be the grandson of a veteran. I will always look up to you as I always have, and honor your memory by keeping the past alive. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This is perhaps the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: February 2014
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Thursday, February 13, 2014. Like Father Like Son.Great Grandpa's Navy. This was one of Frederick's ships, the USS Indiana. It was a high-tech steamship for its time in that it had screw propellers instead of a side paddle wheel. And it had the revolutionary new Dahlgren guns on revolving turrets. This is a postcard from 1898/1899. How does all this relate to my grandfather's story?
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: What Really Happened to the Darter?
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Sunday, September 4, 2016. What Really Happened to the Darter? So far in this journal (online museum? I have provided all the evidence I can find about the Darter-Dace incident, and my grandfather's and his crewmates' gripping story. I even found what could be the last surviving copy of an eyewitness account, written by a Lieutenant-Commander aboard the USS Dace. There are two ways ...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: March 2015
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Silent Service: Dace and Darter Attacks In Palawan Passage. Late 1940's . Monday, March 23, 2015. US Navy sailors doing open order M1 rifle drill, presenting before an unidentified officer. Undated photo from Hugh's collection. Most likely in Australia. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Silent Service: Dace and Darter Attacks In Palawan. This is perhaps the most...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: How the Dace rescued Darter, an eyewitness account - Full text article
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Thursday, November 29, 2012. How the Dace rescued Darter, an eyewitness account - Full text article. By Lieutenant Commander R. C. Benitez, USN. The tomb-like silence that reigned in the conning tower was suddenly shattered by a series of explosions. "Depth charges! Exclaimed one of the quartermasters. Our high command fervently hoped so. Passage to the area was uneventful. Occa...
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GRANDPA'S NAVY: June 2014
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A man dies only when he is forgotten". AMERICA'S SILENT SERVICE - ON ETERNAL PATROL "Sailor Rest Your Oar and Be At Peace". Tuesday, June 24, 2014. What did Hugh do before and after the war? His old pal Tommy George (*actually his cousin) applied for a ham license the same day as Hugh. Hugh's call sign was K2CP and Tommy's was K2CJ. They remained friends until well into their 70's. Both Hugh and Tommy were licensed for over fifty years. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Hugh "Hughie" Nelson Siegel, USN. Co...
