Saturday, July 28, 2007

USS Ray (SSN 653)

From 3/15/1998 to 3/15/2004 is: 6 years



Looking at the photo from "Tears Of The Sun" of Bruce Willis with the wound is just like looking at my scar in a mirror. His wound is on the left side while my scar is on the right side. But seeing that in a photo or on television makes it look just like I am looking in a mirror.



From 3/4/1976 to 7/28/1976 is: 3 days, 3 weeks, 4 months

3-3-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Arrow_%28F173%29

Commissioned: 28 July 1976

HMS Arrow (F173) was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow

An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.



They call this guy "Ray" in "Mission To Mars." He was 2359 weeks old on 3/3/1976. As I watching this movie again this morning, I noted he was called "Ray" by Cheadle, who was on Mars and he was singing a birthday greeting to another character. I also remember that cheadle is saying something about how Gary Sinise would be standing there with an expression on his face as though he doesn't really understand what is going on, or something like that, was the impression I got when I watched this movie again on television recently. I recognize the date 1/21/1976 as when I first landed on the planet Mars and 1/23/1976 as when I left Mars for Saturn. I am quite certain I went to see this movie in the theatre when it premiered in 2000.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000090/

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Date of Birth: 17 December 1930
Mission to Mars (2000) (uncredited) .... Ramier Beck




That day 7/2/1976 is the date I recognize when I arrived at the comet in the outer solar system, which I then successfully diverted on 7/4/1976. I assume I was asked by the U.S. Navy if I wanted to select the decommissioning date of the USS Ray and I made the proper calculations to create this detail.

From 4/12/1967 to 3/16/1993 is: 9470 days
9470 / 2 = 4735
From 7/16/1963 to 7/2/1976 is: 4735 days

From 3/3/1959 to 9/2/1965 is: 6 years, 5 months, 30 days

6-5-3

From 2/3/1964 to 4/12/1967 is: 5 days, 9 weeks, 3 years

59-3

http://www.navysite.de/ssn/ssn653.htm

USS Ray (SSN 653)

Commissioned: April 12, 1967
Decommissioned: March 16, 1993




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics

1964 Winter Olympics

Opening ceremony January 29
Closing ceremony February 9




From 9/15/1975 to 7/2/1976 is: 41 weeks, 4 days

41-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_%28album%29

Wish You Were Here is a concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July, 1975 and released on September 15, 1975 (see 1975 in music), the album would later be regarded as one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums. Its lyrics, composed by Roger Waters and concerning the music industry, question the market-oriented record companies' lack of understanding and interest for musicians. The album also pays tribute to Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's former guitarist and chief songwriter, especially "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", and the title track itself.




This was the final episode of "Adam-12," where the first part of that series finale aired the previous week.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0505380/

"Adam-12"

Something Worth Dying For: Part 2 (1975)

Original Air Date: 20 May 1975 (Season 7, Episode 24)



From 5/13/1975 to 7/2/1976 is: 59 weeks, 3 days

http://www.tv.com/adam-12/something-worth-dying-for-pt-1/episode/70901/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;22

Something Worth Dying For (pt 1)

Episode Number: 173
Season Num: 7

First Aired: Tuesday May 13, 1975

Reed sees the futility of his job and wants to do more to help society. So he volunteers to work on narcotics assignments for a month.




http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/tourists/gun_salutes.cfm

Royal Gun Salutes mark special royal occasions. On these days salutes are fired from locations in London and other authorised stations in the United Kingdom and the Union flag is hoisted on government buildings.

In London, salutes are fired in Hyde Park and at The Tower of London however, on State Visits, at the State Opening of Parliament and for The Queen's Birthday Parade, Green Park is used instead of Hyde Park.

The number of rounds fired in a Royal Gun Salute depends on the place and occasion. The basic salute is 21 rounds. In Hyde Park and Green Park an extra 20 rounds are added because they are a Royal Park.

Royal Gun Salutes in Hyde Park:

Salutes are fired by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery (41 Gun Royal Salute) in Hyde Park at 12.00 noon. They occur on the following Royal anniversaries, however gun salutes are not fired on Sundays, so if the date falls on a Sunday, the salute will take place the next day.

6 February - Accession Day, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne
21 April - Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen
2 June - Coronation Day , celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's coronation




The 1976 movie "Midway" is important to the events associated with me intercepting the comet in 1976. There are several clues associated with that movie and I believe it was created and produced to reflect that I was just about at the point of intercepting the comet when the movie premiered in the U.S. and that I was half-way through with my mission to the outer solar system. It was also probably done to represent the notion of '41' for the 41-gun salute, as some kind of connection to my approach to the comet and my work to divert it.

http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cv41.htm

USS Midway (CV 41)

Commissioned: September 10, 1945
Decommissioned: April 11, 1992




From 6/4/1975 to 7/1/1977 is: 758 days
758 / 2 = 379
From 6/4/1975 to 6/17/1976 is: 379 days

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000239/

Liv Tyler
Date of Birth: 1 July 1977
Armageddon (1998/I) .... Grace Stamper



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/

Angelina Jolie
Date of Birth: 4 June 1975




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074899/

Midway (1976)

Release Date: 18 June 1976 (USA)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074899/quotes

Memorable quotes for
Midway (1976)


Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo: They sacrifice themselves like Samurai, these Americans.


Ens. Thomas Garth: There's nothing to talk about, sir. You had your old pal Jessop ship me out before I could do something stupid; like trying to help the girl I love. Look, if you couldn't help, why couldn't you just leave it alone?

Captain Garth: I did all I could! A *hell* of a lot more than I *should* have!

[suddenly angry]

Captain Garth: You're being paid to fly fighter planes, not sit in your bunk and cry over your girl's picture! You better shape up, Tiger or some hotshot Jap pilot's gonna flame your *ass*!




http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463809/

Christina Kokubo
Date of Birth: 27 July 1950
Midway (1976) .... Miss Haruko Sakura




From 7/27/1950 to 7/16/1963 is: 4737 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/4/1976 is: 4737 days



http://www.amazon.com/Midway-Charlton-Heston/dp/6300181472

Midway (1976)

Customer Reviews

This review is from: Midway (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

Charlton Heston is terrific as Captain Matthew Garth, the fictional character in the script, who has to deal with his son (Edward Albert), in love with a Japanese-American girl (Christina Kokubo), who has been interned with her parents. This little bit of "romance" I imagine was included in the film to round out the "human interest", and though I could have lived without this non-historical addition, it is peripheral to the action.




http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566382/

Kent McCord
Date of Birth: 26 September 1942

"Adam-12" .... Officer James A. Reed (168 episodes, 1968-1975)

"Baa Baa Black Sheep" .... Capt. Charles W. Dobson (1 episode, 1976)
- Presumed Dead (1976) TV Episode .... Capt. Charles W. Dobson

"Galactica 1980" .... Capt. Troy (10 episodes, 1980)



From 7/2/1976 to 10/26/1976 is: 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days

3-3-3

http://www.tv.com/black-sheep-squadron/presumed-dead/episode/327/recap.html

Presumed Dead

Originally aired: Tuesday October 26, 1976 on NBC

Captain Charlie Dobson, a naval flyer, has been shot done and presumed lost at sea. He has actually been picked by the Japanese and put through an intensive brainwashing program. He is taken by submarine to just off Vella La Cava. The Japanese tell him they are planting a val bag on the beach with explosives and timers for him to use at a later time. He is then placed in an inflatable raft at sea near Vella La Cava.




President Ford presented 4 Medals of Honor on 3/4/1976. One was Admiral Stockdale. Another was Thomas R. Norris. The third one was Lance Sijan. This represents something of a death march that started for me after I left Mars as I was heading to the Saturn moon Phoebe for a landing before I intercepted the comet on 7/2/1976. I hit some kind of meteor storm that caused a lot of damage to my Project Orion space ship and I wouldn't have enough oxygen to return to Earth if I continued on my mission as planned. I made the choice to continue to the comet instead of returning to Earth for repairs, which turned out to be the best decision any Earthling has probably ever made.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=5662&st=&st1=

176 - Remarks on Awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Four Members of the Armed Forces.

March 4th, 1976

We are gathered here today to honor four Americans for exceptional military gallantry in the service of our Nation. All four of these men distinguished themselves above and beyond the call of duty. I deeply regret that one of the awards, to the late Captain Lance P. Sijan, of the United States Air Force, is posthumous. The other three, Rear Admiral James P. Stockdale, United States Navy; Colonel George E. Day, United States Air Force; and Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, United States Naval Reserve, are here with us today.


This is an additional observation I made about the Medal of Honor ceremony dated 3/4/1976 that I think is relevant to me. I find it curious the relationship of these dates I recently found on the internet. The first relationship points to my visit to the planet Mars on 1/21/1976. The second set of dates points to my next stop, which was the Saturn moon Phoebe. The ceremony where U.S. Air Force Captain Lance Sijan was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor was in between my visits to the planet Mars and the Saturn moon Phoebe.

From 4/13/1942 to 3/3/1959 is: 6168 days
From 3/3/1959 to 1/21/1976 is: 6168 days

From 1/22/1968 to 6/7/1976 is: 3059 days

http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SijanLP01a.htm

Lance Peter Sijan
Captain
480TH TFS, 366TH TFW, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
13 April 1942 - 22 January 1968
Milwaukee, Wisconsin



Sijan was probably a real officer of the U.S. military and a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War, but certain details about him were changed to provide support for protecting my identity, of which there would certainly be a tremendous effort by organized crime to pirate.

I probably knew Sijan, and all the other POW's in Vietnam, because that was one of my assigments. I had some kind of assignment, among my other activities for the United States goverment, for which ever intelligence agency I was assigned, as well as the U.S. Navy, to monitor the status of our people that were captive, as well as to try to get them out, if I could. I spoke the Vietnamese language fluently so I would dye my hair black and sneak into hostile territory to check up on our people. If I was going to be there for a while, I would cut off my hair. One time, though, I wasn't able to for some reason and my lighter colored hair started growing out and it was obvious my hair was dyed black.



From 3/3/1959 to 9/20/1997 is: 14081 days
From 7/16/1963 to 6/7/1976 is: 4710 days
4710 / 14081 = 0.334

3-3-4

http://www.navysite.de/ships/lhd5.htm

USS Bataan (LHD 5)

Commissioned: September 20, 1997

About the Ship’s Name, about the heroic Defense of the Bataan Peninsula:

Just ten short hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, Japanese planes again surprised US forces with an attack on Clark Field, the main US air base on the Philippine island of Luzon. Subsequent Japanese landings on Luzon took place on December 10th and 12th, and on December 22, after two weeks of diversionary tactics, a large Japanese invasion force landed at Lingayen Gulf. Japanese General Masaharu Homma, with a contingent of 80 ships and 43,000 troops, waded ashore through both a typhoon and the resistance of US trained Philippine reservists. Homma landed tanks and artillery later that day and began advancing south toward Manila despite the valiant resistance of Major General Jonathan Wainwright's Philippine Scouts.



The USS Wainwright CG-28 that I “remember” being assigned to in my artificial and symbolic was not a namesake for the General Wainwright of that reference for the USS Bataan LHD-5, but it is curious to note the relationship with 4/14/1977:

From 3/3/1959 to 4/14/1977 is: 6617 days

1966 January 8 >>> 6-6-1-8

http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg28.htm

USS Wainwright (CG 28)

Commissioned: January 8, 1966



From 7/16/1963 to 6/22/2002 is: 14221 days
14221 * 0.333 = 4735 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/2/1976 is: 4735 days

http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg86.htm

USS SHOUP is the 8th OSCAR AUSTIN-class Guided Missile Destroyer - a sub-class of the ARLEIGH BURKE-class. USS SHOUP is the first ship in the Navy named after General David Monroe Shoup, USMC.

Commissioned: June 22, 2002


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Shoup

General David Monroe Shoup (30 December 1904 - 13 January 1983) was a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and the twenty-second Commandant of the United States Marine Corps (January 1, 1960–December 31, 1963).

The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to

COLONEL DAVID M. SHOUP

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of all Marine Corps troops in action against enemy Japanese forces on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, from 20 to 22 November 1943. Although severely shocked by an exploding enemy shell soon after landing at the pier and suffering from a serious, painful leg wound which had become infected, Col. Shoup fearlessly exposed himself to the terrific and relentless artillery, machinegun, and rifle fire from hostile shore emplacements. Rallying his hesitant troops by his own inspiring heroism, he gallantly led them across the fringing reefs to charge the heavily fortified island and reinforce our hard-pressed, thinly held lines. Upon arrival on shore, he assumed command of all landed troops and, working without rest under constant, withering enemy fire during the next 2 days, conducted smashing attacks against unbelievably strong and fanatically defended Japanese positions despite innumerable obstacles and heavy casualties. By his brilliant leadership daring tactics, and selfless devotion to duty, Col. Shoup was largely responsible for the final decisive defeat of the enemy, and his indomitable fighting spirit reflects great credit upon the U.S. Naval Service.





The 12/8/76 release date for the album "Hotel California" was 5 days, 9 months, after 3/3/1976, my 17th birthday. I would spend my entire 17th year in deep space. The single "Hotel California" released on 2/22/1977. I think this song has something to do with me approaching the comet and then going on to the Jupiter moon Callisto, where my oxygen would run out. I think about the lyrics of "mission bell" has something to do with an alert that sounded when I was receiving a communication from Earth. The part about the candle makes me think of beginning to see the comet far off in the distance. The part about the smell of the colitas makes me think of where we stored all the rope on the USS Taylor. There is also the part about the "night watchman" which is probably something about the mission control back on Earth, which would have been manned 24 hours a day while I was in space.

From 3/3/1976 to 12/8/1976 is: 5 days, 9 months

'59'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California

Released December 8, 1976

Recorded March-October 1976

Hotel California was the Eagles' fifth album of original material and became a major commercial hit; since its release in late 1976, it has sold over 16 million copies in the U.S. alone, and is considered their best-selling album of original material. The album was at #1 for eight weeks between late 1976 and early 1977 (non-consecutively), and included two tracks which became #1 hits as singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "New Kid in Town", on February 26, 1977, and "Hotel California" on May 7, 1977.



From 7/2/1976 to 2/22/1977 is: 33 weeks, 4 days

3-3-4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_%28song%29

"Hotel California" was the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name, and was released as a single in early 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the Album Oriented Rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Don Felder.

Released February 22, 1977




From 4/14/1977 to 5/25/1977 is: 41 days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/

Star Wars (1977)

Release Date: 25 May 1977 (USA)




I looked at this one because it was the 17th shuttle launch. I turned 17 on 3/3/1976 and spent that entire year in space. I think this is supposed to be a 3-3-4 clue, along with other details, as described.

From 3/3/1976 to 4/29/1985 is: 3344 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-B

STS 51-B was the seventeenth flight of a Space Shuttle and the seventh flight of Challenger.

Launch: April 29, 1985
Landing: May 6, 1985 Runway 17




This was the pilot for that 17th launch of the space shuttle. I assume the objective was 4/14/1977 and it is only off by 12 days for this pilot of the space shuttle. I recognize the date 4/14/1977 as when I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet. He was the pilot of the 17th space shuttle flight and then he went on to fly on space shuttle flights STS-33 and STS-44.

The 17th space shuttle flight launched 3344 days after my 17th birthday.

From 1/7/1941 to 3/3/1959 is: 6629 days
From 3/3/1959 to 4/26/1977 is: 6629 days

From 4/14/1977 to 4/26/1977 is: 12 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_D._Gregory

Born January 7, 1941

Missions STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44

Frederick Drew Gregory (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut and former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael Griffin.