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Today on Intrepid


February 21, 2012



     1966:

Diary of Larry Blackburn (Jax Operating Area): “0730-1930 - Flight operations. 0400 - medical evacuation of appendicitis case by helicopter to Naval Hospital Jacksonville; our surgeon was off ship.”

 

1967:

Diary of Larry Blackburn (Norfolk Naval Shipyard): “Crewman painting hull fell from scaffolding into water when rope broke, striking leg on protruding pipe. Sent to US Naval Hospital Portsmouth.”

 



Today in Naval History



1861 - Steven R. Mallory, a former chairman of the U.S. House Naval Affairs Committee, is appointed
            Secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States.
1943 - American forces land unopposed on the Russell Islands, 30 miles northwest of Guadalcanal,
            beginning the advance through the central Solomons.
1944 - U.S. Marines, with support of naval bombardment and carrier aircraft, secure Eniwetok Atoll.
1991 - Marine AV-8Bs conduct bombing runs off the flight deck of USS Nassau (LHA 4). This is the first
            time in history that Marine AV-8B jump jets have conducted combat missions from a helicopter
            assault ship.


 *Today on Intrepid  is an on-going record of actual events that happened on this day on USS Intrepid. Data sources include Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum collection diaries and U.S. Naval Records, as well as secondary sources.


If a former Intrepid Crewmember wishes to contribute their 'Today on Intrepid' hi-light, please send to:

 

Jessica Williams, Curator of History, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, One Intrepid Square, West 46th St. & 12th Ave., New York, NY 10036-4103, Tel: 646-381-5241     Fax: 646-381-5249

Email: jwilliams@intrepidmuseum.org 

 

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                                                and will continue to serve our nation in uniform


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