Thursday, May 24, 2007

USS Preble DDG-88

Why do I have that "memory" of that car wreck in Charlotte? I saw it happen in front of me in downtown. A car in front of me ran a red light and slammed into a woman's car. The woman's husband later sent me a letter thanking me for helping her get out of the car, which I think was on fire, or at least smoking. That letter was in a filing cabinet in that storage locker I lost control of after I became homeless. I can still visualize that wreck and stopping to see if they were all right. I was driving to that law firm where Tina Mason worked because I maintained their computers. I worked for a company named Eagle, which was based in Columbia.


It's looks like USS Preble DDG-88 might connect the Medal of Honor I might have earned on 6/19/1968. I further assume that the '88' connects to the Medal of Honor from 1988. The reason that Preble was selected for that particular ship could be because it was the USS Preble that Lt. Lassen was assigned to, according to what I read. I have been thinking that Lt. Lassen earned a Medal of Honor for rescuing me after I had been shot down while earning my first Medal of Honor. I was in extremely hostile territory and he managed to get me out.

Could this be because I earned my 5th Medal of Honor in 1988?

From 3/3/1959 to 11/9/2002 is: 15957 days
15957 * 0.3359 = 5,359

I have been thinking that I earned my first Medal of Honor in 1968, the second in 1970. My trip to the outer solar system, I think, was sponsored by Queen Elizabeth II, for which I was inducted into the Order of the Garter, among other awards, and for which I have artificial and symbolic memories. She might have sponsored all of my space flights. My third Medal of Honor was from 1981, the fourth was from 1986/1987, and the fifth was in 1988.

USS Preble (DDG-88) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
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USS Preble (DDG-88) was commissioned 9 November 2002 at the World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts.



The USS Lassen DDG-82 was the 4th ship of the 3rd sub-class of the Arleight Burke guided-missile destroyers. I assume that is because I graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 after 4 years of attendance. The three sub-classes might be because I graduated Princeton University, Oxford University, and then U.S. Naval Academy.

I noted earlier that the USS Princeton CG-59 was commissioned 359 months, 1 week, after 3/4/1959.

The ship before that was the USS Philippine Sea CG-58 and was commissioned, according to the source, on my 30th birthday. I assume the hull number was chosen as '58' because Philip is my father's name.

USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)

Commissioned: March 3, 1989



The USS Porter DDG-78 connects somehow, I assume, to when I began attendance at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978. Also listed below is an annoucement from President Reagan on the day I recognize as my graduation day from the U.S. Naval Academy. I also read a newspaper article dated 4/30/1982 that proclaimed that the U.S. was backing the British in the Falklands War and that their adversaries, Argentina, was 'stupified' by that announcement from the U.S. A few days later, the HMS Sheffield was hit and that was probably because I was on it and because it was retaliation for the sinking of the Belgrano.

USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is named after Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter.


Appointment of Roger B. Porter as a Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships

April 30th, 1982


I don't know why this is but the commissioning of USS Porter DDG-78 points to my first landing on the planet Mars. The Porter was commissioned on 3/20/1999 and I recognize 4/30/1982 as my commissioning date. I recognize the date 1/21/1976 as when I first landed on the planet Mars.

From 4/30/1982 to 3/20/1999 is: 6168 days
From 3/3/1959 to 1/21/1976 is: 6168 days