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1. USNA_130106_011.JPG: ABOUT BEN MOREELL 1892 -1978 A brilliant engineer, industrialist, and humanitarian; noble in spirit and stature, dedicated to God and country. He was thirty years a naval officer, twelve years an industrial giant, fifteen more years a national spokesman. Commissioned in the Civil Engineer Corps during World War I, he attained four star rank in 1946, the first staff corps officer to be so recognized. As chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks during World War II, he directed a world-wide construction program, contributing greatly to victory in the Pacific and in Europe. He founded a naval construction force, the SeaBees, comprised of a quarter million men whose fame and accomplishments were legendary. He helped set the course for the 1955 - 1980 building modernization at the Navy Academy. He was honored twelve times with doctoral degrees, elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and was named as one of the ten leading construction men in the United States during the fifty-year period, 1925-1975. Ben Moreell possessed a warmth for people, born of his belief in the value of each individual. He left a legacy of creativity. He was a blessing to all who knew him and to countless others.
2. USNA_130106_017.JPG: ABOUT THE SEABEES Born in the early days of World War II when the nation was in dire peril, their mission was to build bases for the combat forces, to defend those bases, and to provide other support of whatever kind required. Organized and commanded by officers of the Civil Engineer Corps of the Navy, recruited largely from the building trades of organized labor, buttressed by the construction industry, the Seabees quickly proved their total competence. High morale, expert skills, versatile ingenuity, strong devotion to duty, and deep sympathy for the needy are the hallmarks of their record. Their motto "can do" symbolizes their tradition and their achievements. Generations of Seabees have added to the laurels of their forebears. In war and in peace they have maintained their high repute as builders, fighters, and humanitarians. -- Ben Moreell, Admiral, Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy
3. USNA_130106_032.JPG: 75mm. Howitzer Captured with its gun crew 16th August 1944 by the 8th Naval Beach Battallion [sic] and the 540th Army Engineers at St. Raphael on the French Riveria. This howitzer, set in a strong casemated position at the left flank of one of the assault beaches, was one of many guns which had been unsuccessfully used by the German Forces to prevent the American Occupation of the town of St. Raphael during the Allied invasion of the southern coast of France.
4. USNA_130106_056.JPG: Japanese Torpedo This type 93 Torpedo is the largest enemy weapon of its kind encountered in World War II. It is 29� feet long, 24 inches in diameter and carries over 1,000 lbs. of explosive in the war head. At the low speed setting of 40 knots a maximum range of approximately 30,000 yards is obtained.
5. USNA_130106_146.JPG: #4 The Naval War of 1812 in Annapolis: Joseph Nicholson Home Site and Bandstand: In 1814, when Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the poem, "The Defense of Fort McHenry," his wife's sister and brother-in-law lived in a house on this site. The poem quickly became famous when it was set to music and re-titled "The Star-Spangled Banner." The Nicholsons preserved the original copy of the poem in their house. After the house was removed to expand the Naval Academy, it was decided to place a bandstand nearby so that the Naval Academy Band could play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the site. This perpetuated the history of the site and its association with the music that officially became the United States national anthem by an act of Congress in 1931. This is the third bandstand on the site and dates from 1922.
6. USNA_130106_151.JPG: On this spot, where the inspiring strains of the Star Spangled Banner are heard each morning, formerly stood the home of Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key, to whom Key gave the original manuscript and who set the words to a popular tune of the time. Here the manuscript remained until the Nicholson house was torn down in 1845.
7. USNA_130106_161.JPG: #1 The Naval War of 1812 in Annapolis: Mahan Hall: U.S. Navy Trophy Flag Collection: Congress in 1814 legislated that all flags captured from an enemy in war by the U.S. Navy would be preserved and sent to Washington. By order of the President this collection was relocated to the Naval Academy in 1849 as an educational and inspirational tool. Twenty-five historic flags captured in the War of 1812 are shown in glass cases in Mahan Hall lobby and in the glalery of the auditorium, including the only captured Royal Standard. Mahan Hall, named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USNA Class of 1859, served as the Academy's library from 1907 to 1973.
8. USNA_130106_175.JPG: Naval School Founded October 10th 1945 James K. Polk President of the U. States. Geo. Bancroft Secretary of the Navy
9. USNA_130106_205.JPG: Capture of the Macedonian � The American Frigate United States � Commodore Stephen Decatur, cruising between the Azores and Cape Verde Islands on October 25, 1812, was sighted by the British frigate Macedonian � Captain John S. Carden, and the two ships joined action. A sanguinary fight was maintained, when after two hours, the Macedonian losing her mizzenmast and main topmast, became unmanageable and with 104 casualties out of a total of 254 and many of her guns disabled, hauled down her colors.
10. USNA_130106_216.JPG: #2 The Naval War of 1812 in Annapolis: HMS Macedonian Monument: Figurehead of HMS Macedonian. The classical head represents Alexander, the Macedonian who ruled Greece and much of the known world in the 4th century BC. It was carved in wood in 1810 to decorate the bow of the British warship named Macedonian. On October 25, 1812, west of the Canary Islands, the USS United States, commanded by Captain Stephen Decatur, captured the British ship in a two and a half hour battle. Its flag and figurehead were saved and preserved. The ship itself was repaired and served as an American warship until 1835. The original figurehead will be in the exhibition in Mahan Hall. An exact replica in bronze has been donated by the Naval Academy Class of 1973 and will be displayed in this location.
11. USNA_130106_234.JPG: THE TRIPOLI MONUMENT The oldest military monument in the United States honors heroes of the War against the Barbary Coast Pirates, the new republic's first war. In 1804, President Jefferson ordered the nation's tiny naval force to the Mediterranean to protect the expanding trade of the new United States against the pirates, who demanded ransom for safe passage of merchant ships. "Millions for defense, but not on cent for tribute" became the rallying cry for this war. Jefferson's action established the doctrine of extension of power overseas and created a permanent United States Navy. On "the shores of Tripoli," young Americans took brave actions against the pirates, including torching their own grounded vessel, the USS Philadelphia, to prevent her use by the pirates. Six men were killed before Tripoli's "pasha" relented. Congress cited them for their gallantry and Captain David Porter, one of the pirates' captives, instituted a campaign for a monument to honor his former shipmates, now heroes. The monument was carved in 1806 in Italy, of Carrera marble, and brought to the United States as ballast on board the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). From the Washington Navy Yard it moved to the west terrace of the national Capitol. It has stood at the Naval Academy since 1860. Renovation of the Monument was completed in June 2000 through the leadership of CAPT Warren B. Johnson '47, thanks to gifts from the VADM Eliot H Bryant & Miriam H Bryant Endowments and Friends of the Save the Tripoli Monument Committee.
12. USNA_130106_240.JPG: To The Memory Of Somers, Caldwell, Decatur, Wadsworth, Dorsey, Israel
13. USNA_130106_256.JPG: The love of Glory inspired them - Fame has crowned their deeds - History records the event - The children of Columbia admire - And commerce laments their fall
14. USNA_130106_261.JPG: Erected to the memory of Captain Richard Somers, Lieutenants James Caldwell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel and John Dorsey who fell in the different attacks that were made on the city of Tripoli in the Year of our Lord 1801 and in the 28[th] year of the independence of the United States
15. USNA_130106_270.JPG: As a small tribute of respect to their memory and of admiration of their valour so worthy of imitation, their brother officers have erected this monument.
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2013 photos: Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000 and Nikon D600. Trips this year: three Civil War Trust conferences (Memphis, TN, Jackson, MS [to which I added a week to to visit sites in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee], and Richmond, VA), and my 8th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Nevada and California). Ego Strokes: Aviva Kempner used my photo of her as her author photo in Larry Ruttman's "American Jews & America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball" book. Number of photos taken this year: just over 570,000.
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