BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Annapolis -- US Naval Academy -- Memorial Hall

MD -- Annapolis -- US Naval Academy -- Memorial Hall:

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1. USNAMH_130106_048.JPG: Charles Vernon Gridley Captain United States Navy Born November 24 - 1844 Appointed to the Naval Academy from Michigan 1860 - Graduated 1863 Served with Farragut 1863-64 Commanded US Flagship Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay May 1 - 1898 Died at Kobe Japan June 5 - 1898
2. USNAMH_130106_053.JPG: Battle of Midway, World War II: This class of 1926 memorial honors classmates whose actions and skills were decisive in the Navy's victory at Midway, 4 June, 1942 Wesley Arnold Wright whose work on the Japanese code predicted the date of the Japanese attack. Clarence Wade McClusky who located the enemy fleet and led his air group in attack on the Japanese fleet. Maxwell Franklin Leslie who led his bombing squadron in the attack and completed the destruction of three Japanese carriers. The United States Navy's most important victory in the Second World War was the Battle of Midway.
3. USNAMH_130106_057.JPG: Herbert George Sparrow 4 Aug 1877 - 21 Jan 1924 Captain United States Navy USNA Class of '99 Concerned not for himself but for the safety of his men and ship he was finally overcome by heavy seas that for hours had swept the decks of the Tacoma.
4. USNAMH_130106_067.JPG: As a memorial of the Christian heroism of Lieut. Alfred Foree US Navy, who lost his life in the surf off Graytown, Nicaragua April 12, 1872 in a gallant attempt to rescue his commanding officer and boats crew from drowning. This tablet is erected by his admiring and bereaved brother officers.
5. USNAMH_130106_111.JPG: To the memory of Charles Flint Putnam master US Navy who volunteered for duty on board the United States steamer Rodgers, a vessel despatched to the Arctic Ocean for the relief of the Jeannette exploring expedition. After having gallantly succored his shipwrecked companions while returning to his station at Cape Serdze Kamen Siberia, he drifted out to sea and perished, along on the ice in Saint Lawrence Bay, Behring Straits, about January 11, 1882. This table is erected by his friends and brother officers in loving remembrance and as a memorial of his heroic sacrifice.
6. USNAMH_130106_131.JPG: In memory of Commander Charles J. McDougal, USN who was drowned in the breakers off Cape Mendocino, California, under the most distressing circumstances, when in the faithful discharge of his duty as inspector of the 12th Light House District March 31, 1881 Aged 44 years This tablet is erected to his beloved memory by his devoted sisters.
7. USNAMH_130106_140.JPG: Don't Give Up the Ship. Dedicated to the honor of those alumni who have been killed in action defending the ideals of their country. With immortal valor and the price of their lives these proved their love of country and their loyalty to the high traditions of their alma mater by inscribing with their own blood the narrative of their deeds above on and underneath the seven seas they have set the course they silently stand watch wherever navy ships ply the waters of the globe.
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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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