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CRUISE
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VIDEOS |
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CRUISE BOOKS
This is one of the most complete collections of any ship's official cruise books. They have been digitized page-for-page on CDs in the Adobe Acrobat format that can be printed and punched for your notebook or spiral bound at any copy center, like Staples, Kinkos, or Office Depot.
$10 each plus S/H ($5)
Pass Cursor Over Book to see CD inside
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1951-52 Mediterranean Cruise (72 Pages) |
1957 Mediterranean Cruise (69 Pages) |
1958 Mediterranean Cruise (61 Pages) |
1959 Operation Inland Seas Task Force 47(60 Pages) |
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1962 Mediterranean Cruise (58 Pages)
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1964 Mid-shipman Cruise to Northern Europe (166 pages) |
1967 Vietnam Cruise (100 Pages) |
1970-71 Mediterranean Cruise (46 Pages) |
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1972-73 Mideast-World Cruise (67 Pages) |
REUNION "CRUISE BOOKS"
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2005 Reunion "Cruise Book" Athens, Tenn. |
2006 Reunion "Cruise Book" Buffalo, New York. |
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VIDEOS
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USS Charles R. Ware DD-865, The Story of a US Navy Destroyer, (25 min. Stereo). This World War II destroyer carried the name of LT Charles Rollins Ware from Athens TN, a hero of the Battle of Midway. She sailed the seas for 36 years until the Navy scuttled her on November 15, 1981. This is her story as told by the men that sailed her and remember her as they gather annually at the ship’s reunions. This action packed video includes: the dynamic evolution of the U. S. Navy’s Destroyer Service; the story of LT Ware’s heroism at Midway; a tour of the ship from bridge to berthing; the history of the ship from her launching in 1945 at Bethlehem Steel to her adoption by the City of Athens, TN, as her final home port. It includes the story of her survival from the “perfect storm” of Ash Wednesday, 1962; her involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis; and combat footage from Vietnam (where John learned to really respect her). This video plays continuously in the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum in Athens, TN as the orientation video for the ship’s artifacts rooms. (DVD)$19.95 |
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LIVING HISTORY PROJECT, VOL I PITTSBURGH, PA;
May 20, 2004 (1HR 20 MIN.) - Plank Owners: Robert
Ney PHM3, 1945 & Jim Docherty MM2, 1945; The Great Ash
Wednesday Storm & Cuban Missile Crisis: Ron Watt BT3,
1962-65, Jacques Duhon BT2, 1961-66, and the Cuban Missile Crisis Group;
Memories from the Signal Deck: Ron Aubele SM3,
1955-57; Kennedy Assassination: William Bingless YN3, 1963; The
Bargain Diamonds: Bill LyonsSK3, 1964-66; WESPAC
Cruise, Vietnam: CDR Joseph T. Neville (Captain), 1966-69,
Edward Luebke SN, 1966-69, and the Vietnam Cruise Group; Fire
at Sea and Rescue: Kevin Gleason RM3, 1970-73. (DVD) $19.95
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LIVING HISTORY PROJECT, VOL II ATHENS, TN;
Aug. 20, 2005 (2 HRS 37 MIN.) - Plank Owners:
Vernon L. Jarrett YN2, 45-46; Karl Zimmerman RM3, 45-46; Paul Kochersperger
SOM3, 45-46; Dan McLeod S/1C 45-46; Walter McCabe EM3, 45-47; James Hopper
ETM2, 45-46; Tom Vickery SN2, 45-46; Dale Bressler SN, 45-46.
Pre-Commissioning Detail: Jim Hopper ETM2, 45-46.
Memories of The Normandy Invasion aboard USS Fitch (DD-462), The Great
Ash Wednesday Storm, & Cuban Missile Crisis: CDR Norman
Bohan, CO 61-63. WESPAC Cruise, Vietnam, Operation Sea Dragon:
Jerry Alperstein SN, 66-67. DVD $19.95
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