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All Hands
Please see Reunion Notes for the
2011 Reunion Minutes and Wrap-Up
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Anyone wanting to post anything here please email
the info to Fast Eddie Lynd and he'll make sure it gets put onto the
"All Hands" Page. Thanks.
Lyndkid@comcast.net
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Bravo - Zulu :
Richard Alvarado is doing a fantastic job finding Sea Devil Shipmates. I
think he has found about 20-30 just by name and little else info. Great
big help.
Now Hear This ......
Come November 11 USS Sea Devil SSN 664 will get underway
again. { Check out the "NEW Sea Devil" in
the Photo Gallery }
Mahalo
George [Boyle] Sea Devil Data Keeper
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FLAG DAY is Thursday, 14 June, 2007. Please display "The Colors".
The following is from USFlag.org
The History Of Flag Day
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday,
but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is
believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher,
arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School,
District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official
adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous
magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following
years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of
June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City,
planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his
idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of
Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in
Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the
following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution,
celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time
historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution),
the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893
adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others
in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th.
Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as 'Flag
Day', and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate
exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania
Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution,
Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of
Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893
in Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a
small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be
displayed on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as
the moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American
Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the
holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of
this association, the first general public school children's celebration
of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln,
and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he
repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am
what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright
gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag
Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially
established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th,
1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years
after Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that
President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each
year as National Flag Day.
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22 January, 2006
Many Thanks to Capt. Bob Cook for the following info:
Fast Eddie: You may be interested to learn that USS SEA DEVIL won more
than 3 Navy Unit Commendations. Here’s a link to the list. The page has
links to the individual citations. Sincerely, bob cook
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/r/b/rbc5/Unit%20Awards.htm
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22 Jan., 2006 ..... (Supplemental)
Gentlemen,
In my haste last night to put information out to you I didn't realize
that I was in the throes of a "Senior Moment" and as a result I failed
to include the following:
The U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington is having an open season on
enrolling in the Navy Log. This open season will last until the end of
July, 2006. There is no charge or commitment required of you and I would
urge all of you who haven't already enrolled to do so during this
period. This Log includes officers and enlisted and does not require
that you be a member of the Navy Memorial. The address is
www.lonesailor.org. Follow the links to the Log and the enrollment page.
I am sending the complete article containing the particulars to Fast
Eddie so he can put it on the web site.
I think that I am done, but who knows?
Mickey
"The Navy Log is the heart and soul of the Navy Memorial because it
represents people not hardware." said Retired Master Chief Navy
Counselor (SW) David Michael, the director of the Navy Log. "Their the
backbone of the Navy. The Navy is people, not ships and aircraft." The
Navy Log is the permanent public registry where Sea Service members and
veterans can record their service information - name, duty stations,
awards, photos and memories. Family members and friends can record
service information for veterans who are deceased or those who are
unable to record their own information. The Navy Log may be viewed at
the U.S. Navy Memorial, or via the Internet at www.lonesailor.org
<http://www.lonesailor.org/> . The goal of the Memorial is to record the
service history of all eligible uniformed individuals and veterans. "The
real reason to enroll in the Navy Log is to show Navy pride and to
record your service for history," said Michael. To enroll your
information or to enroll family members simply enter the appropriate
information at www.lonesailor.org <http://www.lonesailor.org/> . If you
have any questions, please contact the Navy Log Department of the U.S.
Navy Memorial, at 1-800-NAVY LOG (1-800-628-9564).
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26 October, 2005
I want to thank my SEA DEVIL shipmates for their support in this year's
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation - Ann Landers Race for Research in
Chicago. On September 24, I was one of about 1500 participants that
raised over $200,000 to help accelerate the search for a cure for this
cancer of the bone marrow plasma cells.
I finished the 5K walk in just over an hour and raised over $3900 to
help the MMRF continue their work as the number one funder of myeloma
research in the world. One of our distinguished shipmates
contributed the especially appropos amount of $66.40.
The MMRF has sponsored innovative research by funding more than 96
grants at 51 laboratories worldwide, played a vital role in accelerating
the development of lifesaving therapies, and is currently funding more
that 20 new compounds in pre-clinical testing and Phase I, II, and III
clinical trials that show promise in treating patients at all stages of
the disease. A cure has not been found yet, so there is a continuing
need for funding of innovative research. Contributions are still welcome
by check payable to "MMRF" or by credit card at http://www.active.com/donate/annlanders05/HAnders8
Checks can be mailed to me at 4209 Atwell St, Dryden, MI 48428. I can
also be reached at HAnderson64@charter.net
Thanks again, Shipmates.
Hal Anderson
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On the "All Hands" of 12/20/04 we lost the following shipmates due to
bounced addresses:
Kevin Arnett tnarnetts@comcast.net
Larry Nutt ylns1019@yahoo.com
Steve Schmidt sch367750@hotmail.com
Jeff Matthews jdmdjm@si-net.com
If anyone is in contact with them, please have them contact us with
their new address so we can get them back on the distribution list.
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