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Plankowner
Posts: 9164
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: November 22, 1963
One of those days you never forget where you were.
I was still in High School when the President was shot and killed. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 932
Location: Milford, PA | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I was at sea. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1268
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I was home on leave installing a wiper motor in my father's 59 Chevy wagon.I had orders to report to USS Sea Robin for duty on 23NOV.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2253
Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I was in DC at Anacostia NAS waiting for Skipjack to return from the Med.
D.C. was locked down tighter than a drum. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I was at Bainbridge, MD waiting on orders back to SUBRON 4.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1454
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I was in DamNeck,Va attending MT "A" School. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2490
Location: East Coast of Wisconsin | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I had already completed my 2 tours in the USN. I was employed at a dirt burner power plant as a boiler room helper (read oiler). Received a phone call to tell me the news. A definite shock to everyone. In reflection, Kennedy was a lot better thought of then than now. Probably due to the shenanigans of the Kennedy family since his death.
As I recall the military people as a general rule didn't much care for the "JFKs" inspired by someone who couldn't negotiate an after battery hatch ladder unassisted.
All in all, too bad a president of the United States could/would be knocked off with still ongoing BS as to who or why after 52 years!
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 996
Location: NE Florida | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
SO1(SS) in PCU Woodrow Wilson at Mare Island with a terrible hangover. My birthday is Nov 21.
Coyote
Edited by Coyote 2014-11-22 1:52 PM
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1814
Location: Boydton, Virginia | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
Aboard USS Atule in drydock, NNSY. Some of the crew drove up to DC to witness funeral procession. Wish I had done same.
Steamboat sends |
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Plankowner
Posts: 5024
Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
Entering the Excelsior Hotel in Christchurch New Zealand in search of food (early in the AM there) |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1262
Location: Va.Beach,Va. | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
Iwas in boot camp (Great Lakes) |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1602
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I was going to junior college and working three hours a day in a company sweeping the floors three hours a day for a $1.10 an hour. My only ambition was get a job that paid $2.50 so I could make three digits a week. The office secretary comes into my area through the shipping dock with the sun behind her. I could see through her thin dress and she tells me our president is dead. By far the most significant current news event I can remember.
Edited by Gil 2014-11-30 9:35 AM
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 590
Location: Colton, NY | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
Lines We Have Crossed
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Admin
Posts: 2297
Location: Renton, WA | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I was in 3rd grade ya bunch o' old geezers! |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 597
Location: Tucson, Arizona | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
standing watch on uss donner norfolk va working for flag office at ll00 plus sad day fell off my chair when news came over Loved Kennedy
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2672
Location: New Jersey | Subject: 3rd Grade???????????
Damn kid! |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2672
Location: New Jersey | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
USS Sirago SS485 was tied outboard a tin can in Karachi, Pakistan, the armpit of the world when word was passed over the 1MC late that nite about the shooting of JFK. Did not hear he was dead until the next day. Very sad. I liked him very much.
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2974
Location: Liverpool, England | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
Like everyone else here and around the world I know exactly where I was on that fateful day. I was in the engine room of HMS Olympus, up to my elbows in sludge fixing a failed oil/water separator when I heard the terrible sad news.
Although he was America's President, I think that most young people in the Western world welcomed a younger vibrant man at the helm of one of the worlds superpowers'. Like most politicians at that time he had served in the military as a junior officer with a healthy contempt for the upper brass. He proved his pragmatism by ignoring the military hawks who wanted nuclear war and after 13 scary days he faced down Krushev who blinked first by withdrawing his missiles from Cuba. I never bought into the concept of Camelot but I believed that his presidency was heralding in a brave new world order.
I admired Kennedy despite his detractors who focused on his womanising ways rather than his leadership abilities. Whatever went on behind closed bedroom doors did not detract from him making bold and positive decisions that alienated organised crime and anti-civil rights groups in the process. So hard to believe that 50 years later we are none the wiser as to the individuals or the group responsible for his murder. Only the rumours and conspiracy theories remain while justice itself has never been served.
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 853
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was handled properly. I'm on the flip side of all the rest of you concerning the man. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
JFK wasn't on my list of favorite people either. With him and his 2 brothers in upper federal government was beginning to look a weee bit suspicious to me back then.
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 619
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Ralph Luther - 2014-11-27 8:17 AM
JFK wasn't on my list of favorite people either. With him and his 2 brothers in upper federal government was beginning to look a weee bit suspicious to me back then.
Not like the Bushes, gimmee a break!
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1814
Location: Boydton, Virginia | Subject: RE: November 22, 1963
I lesser Statesman at the helm , and we would not be having this conversation after the Cuban Missile Crises!! Only the cockroaches would be left!
Steamboat sends |
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November 22, 1963
