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Veterans Day, 2008--Vets Day music, Part 1

Nov 11, 2008, 4:24am

Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else

Veterans Day, 2008--Vets Day music, Part 1

The USS Merrill (DD-976), my second ship (where I spent the remaining ten months of my second enlistment), was home-based in San Diego. And it was the testing platform for the Tomahawk cruise missile. According to Wikipedia, the Merrill is no more--"sunk as target NE of Hawaii in 2003." Yikes! My first ship, the USS Lockwood (FF-1064), was recycled, says Wiki. Well, that's good. Very green. I approve. The Lockwood is pictured in the previous post, along with me on it. Save for the photo showing me on deck--that's aboard the now-sunken Merrill. [...]

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Veterans Day, 2008--Vets Day music, Part 2 Green Day, Britney Spears, More Up For 'Best Act Ever' at 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards “I AM AN AMERICAN: THE MAKING OF AN ANTHEM” DVD/CD TO BE RELEASED IN HONOR OF VETERANS DAY BY LEGENDARY “PHILADELPHIA SOUND” PIONEER KENNY GAMBLE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER ANNOUNCES ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS IN THE NAME OF RENEWING OUR NATION’S PATRIOTIC SPIRIT Tom Russell - Veterans Day: The Tom Russell Anthology Top 10 Americana Albums of the Decade: #9 - Rainy Day Music by The Jayhawks

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