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One of the many reasons...

I am proud to be born and bred in the USA....



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"Hey, it looks good on you though..."

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  • BobC
    BobC Member Posts: 5,515
    A different time

    I grew up in Quincy, Mass and can remember the USS Long Beach (CGN-9), being built at the Fore River ship yard in the 60's. As a teenager I can remember watching that ship come by the beach and thinking how grand she looked. That yard built the Wasp before WWII and a lot of other fighting vessels before and after the war as well.



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard#U.S._Navy_warships



    The shipyard has been closed now for at least 20 years, all those jobs are gone  Most of the guys i grew up with finished high school and went into the military, some of them never came back. That was a different time and it's one I miss, most people were willing to put their lives on the line for this country.



    Bob
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  • bill_105
    bill_105 Member Posts: 428
    edited November 2013
    Surely an engineering marvel

    Walking through those boats is awesome. The name thing is a bit odd to me. When do we get the Richard Nixon:)?
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