In the context of my artificial and symbolic memory, I can "remember" Tracie Rhodes wanting me to ask her father, Joseph, for permission to marry her. Tracie's birthday, in the context of my artificial and symbolic memory, was July 16th. We met when she started working at the First Federal bank in Greenville, although she worked at the branches in Clemson, South Carolina. Her job was to restock the ATM machines with cash while my job was to repair the machines if they broke down. She would call me out if any repairs were needed. Her mother was named Betty, same as my grandmother. She had an older sister and a younger brother.
T R A C I E
T A R C E I
T A R 3 5 9
Thomas Allyn Ray 3-59
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146068/
Joseph Cates
Father of actress Phoebe Cates
"Buck Rogers" (1950) TV Series (producer)
"The $64,000 Question" (1955) TV Series (producer)
"The $64,000 Challenge" (1956) TV Series (producer)
The Last Married Couple in America (1980) (executive producer)
I'll bet that I made some jewelry trinkets on every space flight I made from Gemini 12 and on that I later was giving to Phoebe in the 70's and later. I probably made the trinkets while I was in space and the Moon and then on the planet Mars, the Saturn moon Phoebe, and the Jupiter moon Callisto. I took the materials with me into space and then crafted some kind of message onto it and then gave it to her later on some special occasion.
I having been having more specific thoughts about what I think are the calculations I was making to navigate into orbit of Callisto. It is all really not unlike the fire-control solutions I have talked about in the past, as associated with the Fire Control Technician of my artificial identity. I imagine, or actually remember, that I put a lot of effort into letting gravity determine my part as I entered orbit, or at least as much as I could let gravity control my path. I probably had to make some kind of thruster burn at some point. But what I always wanted to do was to think of my navigation in terms of how sailors were dependant on the wind long ago before powered ships came into existence. The reason is that I wanted as practice as possible because I could always depend on gravity more than I could fuel, in that there was an abundance of gravity, depending on the right conditions, just like the wind. I wanted to save my fuel as much as possible in case there wasn't any wind, or gravity, as the case may be, to keep my ship moving. I can almost visualize myself making these calculations and pondering the variables, but I can't quite put it all together enough to articulate. I imagine myself working out the variables associated with the position of Jupiter, for example, and then plotting my travel so I could apply some kind of formula that would tell me how much Jupiter was going to pull me or push me away from my target of the Jupiter moon Callisto.
I recognize the day 6/7/1976 as when I landed on the Saturn moon Phoebe just before I intercepted the comet on 7/2/1976. The decommissioning date of the USS Forrestal CV-59 puts that date at the mid-point.
From 3/4/1959 to 9/11/1993 is: 12610 days
12610 / 2 = 6305 days
From 3/4/1959 to 6/7/1976 is: 6305 days
http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cv59.htm
USS Forrestal (CV-59)
Decommissioned: September 11, 1993
From 7/2/1976 to 4/11/1992 is: 15 years, 9 months, 9 days
9 /30 = 0.3 month
From 7/2/1976 to 4/11/1992 is: 15 years, 9.3 months
1-59-3
http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cv41.htm
USS Midway (CV 41)
Decommissioned: April 11, 1992
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
From 7/27/1950 to 7/16/1963 is: 4737 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/4/1976 is: 4737 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463809/
Christina Kokubo
Date of Birth: 27 July 1950
Midway (1976) .... Miss Haruko Sakura
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)
Hurricane Gracie was a 1959 Atlantic hurricane. "Grace" was the name of "Harry S. Stamper's" daughter in "Armageddon." He also refers to her as "Gracie" in the movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gracie
Hurricane Gracie was a major hurricane that formed in September 1959, the strongest during the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season. Gracie was a storm that was very difficult to forecast, with its movement unpredictable.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/
Armageddon (1998/I)
Release Date: 1 July 1998 (USA)
Bruce Willis ... Harry S. Stamper
Billy Bob Thornton ... Dan Truman, NASA Administrator
Ben Affleck ... A.J. Frost
Liv Tyler ... Grace Stamper
This is only 1 day from forming a '4-14-77.' But even as '3-14-77,' I think something is important about that date. It was precisely 1 month before I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet and I have been thinking that is a relevant date.
From 7/16/1963 to 11/8/1991 is: 3 days, 1477 weeks
From 2/17/1943 to 7/4/1976 is: 33 years, 4 months, 17 days
30 * 0.59 = 17.7 days
From 2/17/1943 to 7/4/1976 is: 33 years, 4.59 months
334-59
http://www.navysite.de/cv/cv16.htm
USS Lexington (CV 16)
Commissioned: February 17, 1943
Decommissioned: November 8, 1991
The USS Brooke FFG-1 was decommissioned 333 weeks after 4/30/1982. That is the date I recognize as my commissioning day from the U.S. Naval Academy.
From 4/30/1982 to 9/16/1988 is: 333 weeks
http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG1.HTM
USS Brooke (FFG 1)
USS BROOKE was the US Navy's first guided missile frigate. Decommissioned on September 16, 1988, BROOKE was given to Pakistan in February 1989 where the ship was renamed KHAIBAR.
Commissioned: March 12, 1966
Decommissioned: September 16, 1988
From 4/14/1981 to 2/8/1997 is: 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days
1-59-34
From 2/8/1997 to 6/30/2006 is: 112 months, 22 days
30 * 0.75 = 22 days
From 2/8/1997 to 6/30/2006 is: 112.75 months
'11-2-75'
http://www.navysite.de/ships/mhc59.htm
USS Falcon (MHC 59)
USS FALCON was the 9th ship in the OSPREY - class of coastal mine hunters.
Commissioned: February 8, 1997
Decommissioned: June 30, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1
Launch: April 12, 1981
Landing: April 14, 1981
The first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, was launched April 12, 1981, and returned April 14. Space Shuttle Columbia orbited the earth 36 times in this 54.5-hour mission. It was the first US manned space flight since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 15, 1975.
From 7/16/1963 to 5/7/1999 is: 35 years, 9 months, 3 weeks
3-59-3
http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG31.HTM
USS Stark (FFG 31)
Commissioned: October 23, 1982
Decommissioned: May 7, 1999
"ciao"
"CIA officer"
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: July 31, 2006
Right after I read over this crew list from STS-72, I remembered something from the Wainwright. We had a new Fire Controlman report to our division to work in the Fire Control Radar center. I can't remember his name, but I think he had been stationed on the flag ship in the Med that was, I think the Belknap, which was the lead ship the Wainwright belonged to. Apparently because he had been stationed in the Med, unlike the rest of us having been stationed stateside, he used to always say "Ciao." We had a debate in Missile Plot one day about the correct spelling of "ciao." I told them it was spelled "ciao" but someone else said it was spelled as it was pronounced "chow." I decided that this guy from the Belknap would know the correct answer and called over to 55-bravo to ask, but he didn't know. Anyway, maybe this memory is a result of knowing this astronaut named Leroy Chiao. Hell, maybe that was my alias for this flight, now that I think about it. As I wrote, in 2004 I think it was, "Leroy" was one of my nicknames on the Wainwright, as was "Homer" and "Birddog."
I was 35.9 years old when Belknap decommissioned.
From 3/3/1959 to 2/15/1995 is: 35 years, 349 days
349 / 365 = 0.9
From 3/3/1959 to 2/15/1995 is: 35.9 years
http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg26.htm
USS Belknap (CG 26)
Commissioned: November 7, 1964
Decommissioned: February 15, 1995
This is the ship that my half-brother, Kevin Wayne Burgess, from my symbolic and artificial memory, was stationed aboard. He was a U.S. Navy nuclear-qualified Machinists Mate. I couldn't "remember" the name of the ship but I always "remembered" the unique superstructure. I wrote about this detail in my journal a few years ago.
From 9/9/1961 to 5/1/1995 is: 33 years, 33 weeks, 3 days
3-3-3
http://www.navysite.de/cg/cgn9.htm
USS Long Beach (CGN 9)
USS LONG BEACH, the third ship in the Navy to bear the name, was the first nuclear powered surface warship in the world and the first large combatant in the US Navy with its main battery consisting of guided missiles. She was also the first American cruiser since the end of World War II to built entirely new from the keel up, and, when completed, boasted the highest bridge in the world. She was also the last warship to be fitted with teakwood decks.
Commissioned: September 9, 1961
Decommissioned: May 1, 1995
From 3/3/1959 to 4/14/1977 is: 6617 days
6617
66-1-8 (1966 January 8)
From 11/18/1965 to 11/15/1993 is: 335.933 months
33-59-33
From 11/14/1965 to 6/12/2002 is: 13359 days
1-33-59
http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg28.htm
USS Wainwright (CG 28)
- decommissioned -
- sunk as a target -
USS WAINWRIGHT was the third ship in the BELKNAP-class of guided missile cruisers and also the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. After decommissioning, WAINWRIGHT was berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, PA., until she was sunk as a target during a missile exercise in the Atlantic Ocean on June 12, 2002. US warships participating in the joint US and British exercise were USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56), USS MITSCHER (DDG 57), USS BRISCOE (DD 977) and USS HAWES (FFG 53).
WAINWRIGHT was last homeported in Charleston, SC.
Commissioned: January 8, 1966
Decommissioned: November 15, 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang
The Battle of Ia Drang was one of the first major battles between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during the Vietnam War.
The two-part battle took place between November 14 and November 18, 1965, at two landing zones (LZ's) northwest of Plei Me in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. The battle derives its name from the Drang River which runs through the valley northwest of Plei Me, in which the engagement took place. "Ia" means "river" in the local Montagnard language.
Representing the American forces were elements of the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry, the 2nd Battalion 7th Cavalry, and the 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry of the United States Army. The communist forces included the 33rd, 66th, and 320th Regiments of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as well National Liberation Front (NLF) of the H15 Battalion.
The battle is the subject of the critically acclaimed book We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young by Harold (Hal) Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In 2002, Randall Wallace depicted the first part of the battle in the film We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson.
From 3/3/1959 to 10/20/1992 is: 33 years, 33 weeks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_Soldiers_Once_..._And_Young
Released October 20, 1992
We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War. It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of Ia Drang. This battle was the first large-unit battle of the Vietnam War; previous conflicts involved small units and patrols (squad, platoon, and company sized units).
Friday, 3/1/2002
Sunday, 3/3/2002
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Release Date: 1 March 2002 (USA)
Plot Outline: The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
From 3/3/1959 to 11/14/1965 is: 2448 days
From 6/17/1963 to 11/14/1965 is: 881 days
881 / 2448 = 0.359
3-59
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001427/
Greg Kinnear
Date of Birth: 17 June 1963
We Were Soldiers (2002) .... Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
The USS New Jersey BB-62 was re-commissioned on 12/28/1982, according to the following information I found on the internet. That was 3 days, 34 weeks, after 5/1/1982. I would expect that date to align with 4/30/1982, because that is the date I recognize as when I graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. There might be a reason I don't remember yet. But I don't think it is a coincidence that the New Jersey was the first of those battleships to be brought into active duty and because I recognize that I got my first college degree from Princeton University in New Jersey. It makes sense that this ship was re-commissioned to time with my graduation from another college.
From 5/1/1982 to 12/28/1982 is: 3 days, 34 weeks
3-3-4
http://www.navysite.de/bb/bb62.htm
USS New Jersey (BB 62)
Fourth [and final] commissioning: December 28, 1982
From 6/7/1981 to 4/28/1984 is: 3 weeks, 34 months
3-3-4
http://www.navysite.de/bb/bb61.htm
USS Iowa (BB 61)
USS IOWA was the first ship in the United States’ last class of Battleships.
Third [and final] commissioning: April 28, 1984
From 6/7/1981 to 5/10/1986 is: 59 months, 3 days
59-3
http://www.navysite.de/bb/bb63.htm
USS Missouri (BB 63)
Second [and final] commissioning: May 10, 1986
USS MISSOURI was the third ship in the IOWA class and the last battleship commissioned by the United States Navy.
From 5/13/1987 to 10/22/1988 is: 1 year, 5 months, 9 days
1-59
http://www.navysite.de/bb/bb64.htm
USS Wisconsin (BB 64)
WISCONSIN was the fourth IOWA class battleship and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name of the state.
Third [and final] commissioning: October 22, 1988
