The Specialists (1975) (TV)
Release Date: 6 January 1975 (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713975/
Maureen Reagan
Date of Birth: 4 January 1941
The Specialists (1975) (TV) .... Dr. Christine Scofield
The Tom Hanks movie "Joe Versus the Volcano" premiered precisely 3 years, 3.4 months, after 11/25/1986. I recognize the date 11/25/1986 as when my family had a funeral for me, thinking I had been killed in Africa. I wonder, though, if this movie and "Cast Away" represents what they thought happened to me. The movie "Cast Away" would be more accurate of the cover story, while this movie incorporated certain elements of my cover story about what had happened to me in 1986 and 1987. The part about him and Meg Ryan floating on the luggage in the ocean is what stands out most in my mind. I also probably fried my brain to some extent as I was running across the Sahara. I don't think I even had any clothes there for a long time.
3-3-4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Release Date: 9 March 1990 (USA)
This is the woman who portrayed "Private Ryans" wife in "Saving Private Ryan" after they got old. She was 59 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, old on 5/5/1982. Maybe the real clue is about when the Sir Galahad was hit later during the Falklands War. I have written several times that I think that was the basis for that scene at the beginning of the movie. An exact match of the dates might not matter as I was witness to violence on many days during that time period of the Falklands War.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126402/
Kathleen Byron
Date of Birth: 11 January 1923
Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Old Mrs. Ryan
The actor who portrayed the old "Private Ryan" is 33.34 years, older than my wife, Phoebe.
33-34
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949599/
Harrison Young
Date of Birth: 13 March 1930
Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Ryan as Old Man
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 02/06/07 7:35 AM
I woke up from a dream earlier that was Navy related. There were several images that I remembered from the dream that I cannot articulate though. But what I remember is that I was on ship, probably a CVN, and we were part of a group of Navy ships. We were out to sea but it seemed to be a small sea, or maybe a large bay off the ocean. Something about restricted maneuverability; part of the dream I can't articulate. The plot to the dream is that we were opposing an enemy force that was in the same area. It seems there was an enemy carrier there too. I somehow infiltrated the enemy carrier after leaving my carrier. At some point, I can remember trying to determine if two ships far off in the distance and approaching was the Perry-class FFG and Burke-class DDG part of our group. Then I might have been on one of our submarines that was trailing the enemy carrier but I can't actually visualize the submarine. What I can visualize is that I was underwater and I could clearly see 3 enemy submarines guarding the enemy carrier. It seems improbable the I could see such a configuration in real life though as I doubt that would be close enough, even if the water was clear enough, to see all of those ships together like that. I think I might have directed the Burke-class DDG to fire at the enemy submarines. I can't remember what happened after that but I do remember it was an important detail during the dream that the 3 enemy submarines had disappeared. Then I was on the enemy carrier. I planted two small but very powerful bombs and I actually stayed in the compartment where they exploded. I took cover behind something but that seems ridiculous considering that the explosions sunk the enemy carrier. I have some kind of image of a large ocean wave after the explosions. Then I dived out a screen window on the carrier, but the first one I tried going through was too narrow and I dived through the other one, knocking off the screen as I went out, which seems a quirky detail. Then I was falling feet first into the water that was a very long ways below. There were a lot of survivors from the carrier already in the water and I almost hit one as I entered the water. I started swimming and it seemed that it didn't take me very long until I could touch the bottom and I could walk up the shore. There were a lot of people around. It wasn't so much the kind of beach you would imagine, but it seemed to be the kind of crowd you would see at a beach, although I can't remember any people getting suntans. I remember talking to Thedia and her mother but it gets kind of fuzzy at that point. I want to say I was wearing the khaki uniform of a U.S. Navy officer and I had on an orange kapok lifejacket, although it seemed smaller than the kapok's I remember. I think Thedia asked me something about whether I had caused that enemy carrier to sink but I told her I couldn't talk about it. Then I might have activated a rescue beacon in the lifejacket and a USN Seahawk helo flew in and picked me up.
02/06/07 3:37 PM
Some time after I wrote about that dream this morning, I started thinking that what I was really dreaming about was when the troop carrier Sir Galahad was bombed. I started thinking later that I was standing on deck and watched two bombs drop from an Argentine jet and explode near me just before I dived behind a bulkhead or something. There is more to this than I can figure out how to articulate. I just can't put it into words because...I don't know. I guess that after the bombs exploded, I might have been knocked unconscious and by the time I came around, a lot of people had already jumped over board and then I jumped over board. The ship must have been near the shore so it didn't take me long to swim in. I wonder if there isn't something mixed into that dream with the events on the Sheffield and then the Roberts. The three submarines make me think about the Roberts. But, just as I was writing that, I thought, or was it 3rd Marines? Does such a unit even exist? But maybe that is why the submarines - it was actually the Marines, or whatever the British call them, I am not certain.
02/06/07 4:16 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marines
The Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navy's light infantry. They are also the United Kingdom's amphibious force and specialists in Arctic and Mountain Warfare.
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HistoryOriginThe first unit of English Naval Infantry, originally called the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot and soon becoming known as the Admiral's Regiment, was formed on October 28, 1664, with an initial strength of 1200 Infantrymen recruited from the Trained Bands of London as part of the mobilisation for the Second Dutch War. It was the fourth European Marine unit formed, being preceded by the Spanish Marines (1537), the Portuguese Marines (1610) and the French Marines (1622). Later followed by the formation of the Dutch Marines in 1665. James (later King James II), the Duke of York, Lord High Admiral and brother of King Charles II, was Captain-General of the Company of the Artillery Garden, now the Honourable Artillery Company, the unit that trained the Trained Bands. The Regiment was very distinct, being dressed in yellow rather than the red of the other Regiments until 1685. The name "Marines" first appeared in official records in 1672.
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The Falklands War provided the backdrop to the next action of the Royal Marines. Argentina invaded the islands in April 1982. A British task force was immediately despatched to recapture them, and given that an amphibious assault would be necessary, the Royal Marines were heavily involved. 3 Commando Brigade was brought to full combat strength, with not only 40, 42 and 45 Commandos, but also the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Parachute Regiment attached. The troops were landed at San Carlos Water at the western end of East Falkland, and proceeded to "yomp" across the entire island to the capital, Stanley, which fell on 14 June 1982. Not only was 3 Commando Brigade deployed, but also a Royal Marines divisional headquarters, under Major-General Jeremy Moore, who was commander of British land forces during the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Sir_Galahad_%281966%29
Sir Galahad (L3005) was the name of a LSL (landing ship logistic) belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, part of the British fleet. She was a 3,270 ton LSL built by Stephens and launched in 1966. She could carry 340 troops comfortably or 534 in austere conditions. Beaching cargo capacity was 340 tons, and could include 16 tanks, 34 mixed vehicles, 120 tons of petroleum produce and 30 tons of ammunition. Landing craft could be carried in place of lifeboats, but unloading was mainly handled by three cranes.
Galahad was active during the Falklands War. On May 24, 1982 in San Carlos Water she was attacked by A-4Bs of the Argentine Air Force (FAA) and was hit by one 1000 pound bomb which did not detonate and strafed in a following wave of attack aircraft. On June 8 in Bluff Cove, together with Sir Tristram, she was hit again by two or three bombs and was very badly damaged, while unloading soldiers from the 1st Welsh Guards. 48 were killed in the explosions and subsequent fire. Later the hulk was towed out to sea and sunk by HMS Onyx (S21); it is now an official war grave, designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act.
A significant proportion of the fatalities (32 out of the 48 dead) were from the Welsh Guards. See Casualties of the Battle of Bluff Cove for further details. Guardman Simon Weston, a survivor of the Sir Galahad who suffered 46% burns, had his story widely reported, including a number of BBC documentaries.
Other units affected include 3 Troop (of 20 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment) was temporarily attached to 9 Independent Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers and was being transported on the Galahad to provide engineering support following the landings. Engineers feature prominently in contemporary footage showing two whalers landing survivors, with Captain Foxley (commander of 3 Troop) directing the rowers and Sapper Parslow being one of the first men to jump out to pull the boats on shore. 3 Troop comprised approximately 40 men and lost 2 dead and about 10 wounded in the attack on the Galahad.
RFA Sir Galahad on fire
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server?show=ConMediaFile.20152&outputFormat=print
RFA Sir Galahad burns after being hit by three 1,000 lb bombs, delivered by Argentinian A-4 Skyhawks in dive attacks. This attack killed 48 personnel (UK MoD image).
http://www.ausairpower.net/Warship-Hits.html
http://www.ausairpower.net/Sir-Galahad-MoD-S.jpg
