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At random: “What wordy praise can one give such men as these; men who … follow unhesitatingly when in the vicinity of minefields so long as there is the possibility of targets … Men who flinch not with the fathometer ticking off two fathoms beneath the keel … Men who will fight to the last bullet and then start throwing the empty shell cases. These are submariners.” - Eugene Fluckey in his final war patrol report aboard USS Barb

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Don Gentry

Posted 2009-01-17 8:56 AM (#23647)

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Subject: On this day.... Nautilus

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090116005003&newsLang=en

miss lumpy bumps

Posted 2009-01-17 7:24 PM (#23661 - in reply to #23647)

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Subject: RE: On this day.... Nautilus

"UNDERWAY ON NUCLEAR POWER"...the famous words that were uttered by Cmd. Eugene P. Wilkinson, Commanding Officer of the USS Nautilus SSN571 at 11 AM on this date, Jan. 17, 1955.

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Donald L. Johnson

Posted 2009-01-19 10:19 PM (#23706 - in reply to #23647)

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Subject: Speaking of Adm Wilkinson...

Got this from the Shipmate who recruited me into the Navy & Subs - passed to him from one of his shipmates on USS Halibut.
It aired on December 7th - Pearl Harbor day. Also features the late Cdr. Joe McGreivy.

"This San Diego TV report is GREAT .... watch it !
How old is Adm Dennis Wilkinson, first skipper of SSN-571"

http://www.kusi.com/features/davesworld/wonder/36133754.html?video=pop&t=a

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