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ambulance that was used to carry the body of John F. Kennedy from Andrews Air Force Base to Bethesda Naval Hospital was sold at auction last night for $120,000. Or was it?
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posted by fixedgear
on Jan 23, 2011 -
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On 14 April 1988, the missile frigate
Samuel B. Roberts was damaged by a mine in the Persian Gulf. Some 45 years before,
Coxswain Samuel B. Roberts was killed when he guided his boat in front of Japanese lines on Guadalcanal in an effort to distract their fire from a rescue party evacuating wounded marines. In between was the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, which on 25 October 1944 sailed into history in the
Battle off Samar. (Long post inside for history buffs.)
posted by forrest
on Oct 25, 2006 -
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