Navy Unit Commendation (20April72 to Dec72)
Copy submitted by Kim Diemand Mar/Det 1972-73
Navy Unit Commendation (25Nov66 to 1May68)
KENTUCKY REUNION 2007
A BRAVO ZULU TO BILL & BEV FOR A GREAT REUNION

Here are some great photos from Larry Brown......click here
Daniel Davis shares his photos.....click here

A Christmas Story
1953 aboard USS Point Cruz CVE (119)
"Get that baby home for Christmas"

The ship's doctor takes it upon himself to save a Korean child. The spirit and actions of the good doctor and crew reflect the American spirit of compassion and goodwill.

alternate link for Christmas Story

Today, our American Troops continue this legacy of goodwill in Afghanistan and Iraq.
click here for story

placed here 01/04/05

This link reserved for you. Contact me if you would like to display your story. sam@star77.com



7th Fleet

USN - USMC - USCG - USAF - US ARMY

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page

USS Oklahoma City

USS Ranger CV(A)-61

Los Angeles Class Submarines

Naval History in Rhode Island

United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum

Wars and Conflicts of the United States Navy

Naval Historical Center

USMC/Vietnam Helocoptor Association

The Goat Locker

NAVetsUSA

Historic Naval Ships Visitor's Guide

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History of USS Providence
by Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships


Providence, Rhode Island
USS Providence "Namesake"

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

USS Providence (CLG-6, later CG-6. Previously CL-82), 1945-1980

Events 1972

A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History

USS Buchanan DDG 14

http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/index.html
An internet link of veteran records......Jack Reighley

http://kepler.pratt.duke.edu/USNRibbons.html
Ribbon Checker submitted by Don Harribine

http://www.hazegray.org/

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December 7, 1941
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2005
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

HAPPY THANKSGIVING Message from Chaplain Carter
of the USS Floyd B. Parks DD884

CLEVELAND CLASS SHIPS

MASTER AND COMMANDER

IN THE NEWS
....Former Providence Sailor Still on Duty CWO5 (MTS) Gary O. Suter

....Former Providence Sailor in Army Serving in Iraq SGT David
Gambill - Bravo Company

June 9, 1972 - New York Times Magazine"Banging Holes in the Land"
--The Vietnam war from the deck of a U.S. cruiser... an article by Donald Kirk

 

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