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Good evening everybody,,,, hope everyone is doing well! ;)
We left Tennessee and we are now back in Viginia, I decided I didn't feel like driving another 4 hours into Lynchburg. We stopped in Jonesborough TN which is suppose to be the oldest town in the state,it looks it! It's home of a new distillery called Tennessee Hills,the young gentleman running the place is making some good hooch! ;) Bought a bottle of a 106 proof corn mash, great stuff smooth as silk! To me that was truely refined moonshine! :D Also bought a bottle of his lemon drop mash that was really good and it's a good mixer. Some good stuff and he has a nice operation. Funny thing is he buys his molasses from a town near our house! We wished him well and moved along! :cool:
Going to be checking out Lake Anna area tomorrow.

Chud, I did happen to pick up two real nice knives at Smokey Mtn. One was a lock blade made in Alabama with really nice polished rosewood handles and the second one was a hand made skinner out of N. Carolina. Neither one was any of their $10. specials! They do have some really nice stuff there you don't see in their catalog! ;)

BCC,,, that's a nice Cockapoo and it reminds me exactly of my last one,,,,they're great dogs and I hope you end up with him! ;)

Well I guess that's about it for me....goodnight all and drift on into the night!
 
Things learned today:
The gals pack big heat. Springfield .45's
The good Lord is still with Paul and missus.
Snubby might finally get some "relief" from
a drunken driver.
Rusty has started a War of (forget me not's)
that has me mumbling to myself.:):)
Nobody has posted Roxanne by the Police yet...:):)
Kwelske and Vonn are watching the southern border for us.
Loknload is getting tired of driving around on vacation.
(Been there, Done that brother)....
SW Mp15 is still in search of his next truck and is a great Papaw.

Nice warm day today here. Finally got up to 80 plus degrees.

Hope all is well for the whole drifter gang !!


Chuck
 
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May 11, 1945

The ship went to GQ at 0100 and remained there until 0530. Bogey reports came in all night but none were within firing range. As the ship was well covered with smoke I ordered half of the men below. With the dawn the men who rested worked the 200 tons of fresh and frozen food stuffs; the others slept. But at 0800 another alert was called and again half went to their stations, where they remained most of the morning. The Japanese were out in force. While we were not molested, those to the north were hit hard especially station 15, bearing 343T and only 35 miles away. Both Evans and Hugh W. Hadley were hit. The destroyers lost 58 killed and 96 wounded. After securing, all hands, including the officers and me, joined the crew in loading the stores. It is an all hands evolution that increases the esprit de corps of all...
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USS Evans DD-552

On 10 May, USS Evans and USS Hugh W. Hadley were assigned to Radar Picket Station No. 15, 40 miles northwest of the Okinawa Transport Area. The following morning, they and accompanying landing craft "pall bearers" were attacked by multiple waves of enemy Japanese planes, 156 at best estimate. Operating generally within supporting distance one another, Evans and Hadley successfully defended themselves for more than an hour until both they and their combat air patrol of Marine Corsairs ran low on ammunition.

An hour and a quarter into the battle, four kamikazes crashed Evans in quick succession, flooding her after engineering spaces. Without power, her crew resorted to using portable fire extinguishers and bucket brigades to save her. The attacks ceased as the landing craft moved in to assist.

Including the planes that struck her, Evans received credit for splashing 19 aircraft plus four more shared with Hadley, at a cost of 32 killed and 27 wounded. Together, the two destroyers accounted for a record 42 enemy aircraft. Both ships were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for this action.

Taken under tow, Evans made Kerama Retto on 14 May for emergency repairs and then continued under tow to San Francisco, where she was not restored but decommissioned on 7 November and sold for scrap on 11 February 1947.

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USS Hugh W Hadley DD-774

The champion kamikaze killer, holder of the all-time individual ship single-engagement anti-aircraft gunnery record—20 planes splashed plus three destroyed by hitting the ship in 100 minutes.

Hadley and Evans were attacked continuously by numerous enemy aircraft coming in groups of 4 to 6 on each ship. During the early period, enemy aircraft were sighted trying to pass the formation headed for Okinawa. These were flying extremely low on both bows and seemingly ignoring Hadley. The ship accounted for 4 of these. From 0830 to 0900 she was attacked by groups of planes coming in on both bows; she shot down 12 of these during this period by firing, at times, all guns in various directions. Evans was about 3 miles to the north, fighting off a number of planes by herself, several of which were seen to be destroyed. At 0900 Evans was hit and put out of action. For 20 minutes Hadley fought off the enemy singlehanded. Finally, at 0920, 10 enemy planes which had surrounded Hadley attacked the ship simultaneously: 4 on the starboard bow under fire by the main battery and machine guns; 4 on the port bow under fire by forward machine guns; and 2 astern under fire by after machine guns. All 10 planes were destroyed in a remarkable fight, and each plane was definitely accounted for. As a result of this attack, Hadley was (1) hit by a bomb aft, (2) hit by a Baka bomb released from a low flying "Betty," (3) struck by a suicide plane, aft, and (4) hit by a suicide plane in the rigging.

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Quick update for Paul if he's still in the waiting room.

4 to Nil
Blues with 5 minutes gone in the second.


Chuck
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Wahoo. Now 5 on the board for the Blue Note!

I am home for the day.

Candi was nodding off when I left. I gave her that hug from Ruthie on my way out.

The surgeon said that she made him work hard today as he was elbow deep to reach the kidney. Personally, I didn't need that visual, but it an interesting conversation starter.

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement, prayers, and kind words. You really don't know how much it helps. I share your stories with my wife, and she prays for you. Many hours of dialysis give her opportunity to do so. So it's not a one way street. She does the same for you. She still amazes me with her attitude through it all.

Some may think the drift is full of a bunch of loons. Well, they're right...but it's the nicest, most caring collection of crazies out there. Thank you.

Paul

Just pretend this is hwitty.
 
Rusty is right. It's not usually like this at all...Usually we're discussing world matters, geopolitical goings on...just all kind of weighty subjects. This is really more of a salon(not a Pretty kitty place!)a place for discussion of all things intellectual...
 
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