Happy Thanksgiving

PaulH513 · 11-25-10, 10:34 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Pilgrims in the USA.

When you eat your turkey take a moment a give thanks to all the men and women in the military worldwide who fight terrorism each day.

When you watch football and enjoy the game with a beer, think of those who fight a war in a land far away and can not be home with their loved ones.

I salute those who courageously risk their lives each and every day so that the world will be free.

Jimbuna · 11-25-10, 01:06 PM

Have a great Thanksgiving Paul

PaulH513 · 11-25-10, 04:38 PM

Thanks Jim....I will save you the drum stick

desirableroasted · 11-25-10, 06:52 PM

And remember Squanto... the helpful Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter (they brought writing tables but forgot plows).

How did Squanto happen to know how to communicate with the Pilgrims?

He was kidnapped by the English in 1614, sold into slavery in Spain, emancipated by friars, traveled to England and lived there 4 years, then went back to North America with the cod fishers. Just in time to be on hand when the Pilgrims arrived, shivering and starving.

Squanto deserves, at the very least, a ship named after him.

Sailor Steve · 11-25-10, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Squanto deserves, at the very least, a ship named after him.

There was a USS Squanto. She was a Large Yard Tug (YTB-194). There doesn't seem to be any online information available. She falls right in between USS Osamekin (YTB-191) http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/08191.htm and USS Yonaguska (YTB-195) http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/08195.htm, so was probably the same class and looked like the pictures in those two articles.

HW3 · 11-26-10, 01:23 AM

Found some info on her here

http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s16/squanto.htm

Sailor Steve · 11-26-10, 09:46 AM

D'OH! I have that site in my links as well, but I hardly ever go there. Thanks for the update, HW3!

11-25-10, 10:34 AM	#1
PaulH513 Navy Dude Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 174 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Happy Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving to all the Pilgrims in the USA. When you eat your turkey take a moment a give thanks to all the men and women in the military worldwide who fight terrorism each day. When you watch football and enjoy the game with a beer, think of those who fight a war in a land far away and can not be home with their loved ones. I salute those who courageously risk their lives each and every day so that the world will be free. __________________ No Guts....No Glory

11-25-10, 01:06 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Have a great Thanksgiving Paul __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-25-10, 04:38 PM	#3
PaulH513 Navy Dude Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 174 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Thanks Jim....I will save you the drum stick __________________ No Guts....No Glory

11-25-10, 06:52 PM	#4
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	And remember Squanto... the helpful Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter (they brought writing tables but forgot plows). How did Squanto happen to know how to communicate with the Pilgrims? He was kidnapped by the English in 1614, sold into slavery in Spain, emancipated by friars, traveled to England and lived there 4 years, then went back to North America with the cod fishers. Just in time to be on hand when the Pilgrims arrived, shivering and starving. Squanto deserves, at the very least, a ship named after him. __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."

11-26-10, 01:23 AM	#6
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Found some info on her here http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s16/squanto.htm __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

11-26-10, 09:46 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	D'OH! I have that site in my links as well, but I hardly ever go there. Thanks for the update, HW3! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo