http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry_class_frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry class (sometimes referred to as the Perry class or FFG-7 class), is a class of frigates named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. The class was designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels, capable of most naval operations, yet cheap enough to be bought in large quantities to replace World War II-era destroyers.
From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) to 9/25/1976 ( USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG 7 launched ) is: 593 weeks, 3 days
'59-33' ( my birth date US )
From 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) to 9/25/1976 ( USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG 7 launched ) is: 3606 days
3606 = 1803 + 1803
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics where I won Olympic gold medals ) is: 1803 days
From 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 spacecraft splashdown and I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) to 9/25/1976 ( USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG 7 launched ) is: 3602 days
3602 = 1801 + 1801
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 2/6/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics again on this day ) is: 1801 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG7.htm
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG 7)
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
Class: FFG 7
Launch Date: 09/25/1976
From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) to 12/17/1977 ( USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG 7 commissioned ) is: 4602 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4602 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG7.htm
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG 7)
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
Class: FFG 7
Commission Date: 12/17/1977
From 12/24/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) is: 4492 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4492 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) is: 6480 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is: 6480 days
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) is: 2981 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2981 days
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.
From 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) to 11/17/1996 ( premiere TV movie "Apollo 11" ) is: 10042 days
10042 = 5021 + 5021
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 5021 days
From 12/24/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 11/17/1996 ( premiere TV movie "Apollo 11" ) is: 10190 days
10190 = 5095 + 5095
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) is: 5095 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115560/
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV)
Release Date: 17 November 1996 (USA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
Lunar Module LM-5
callsign Eagle
Lunar landing
July 21, 1969 20:17:40 UTC
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program and the third human voyage to the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon
From 3/11/1962 ( Jeffrey Nordling ) to 7/20/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) is: 2688 days
From 7/20/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is: 2688 days
From 3/11/1962 ( Jeffrey Nordling ) to 11/19/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 2810 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 2810 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635139/
Jeffrey Nordling
Date of Birth: 11 March 1962
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Neil Armstrong
From 12/21/1955 ( Jane Kaczmarek ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 3978 days
3978 = 1989 + 1989
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is: 1989 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434223/
Jane Kaczmarek
Date of Birth: 21 December 1955
"The Simpsons" .... Judge Constance Harm
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Jan Armstrong
From 7/20/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) to 3/5/1989 ( Jake Lloyd ) is: 7168 days
7168 = 3584 + 3584
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/24/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is: 3584 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005157/
Jake Lloyd
Date of Birth: 5 March 1989
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) .... Anakin Skywalker
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Mark Armstrong
From 12/16/1955 ( Xander Berkeley ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 3 days
'1-59-33' ( my birth date US )
From 12/16/1955 ( Xander Berkeley ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 593 weeks, 3 days
'59-33' ( my birth date US )
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075359/
Xander Berkeley
Date of Birth: 16 December 1955
Apollo 11 (1996) (TV) .... Buzz Aldrin
From 5/20/1960 ( Tony Goldwyn ) to 2/5/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3913 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/19/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3913 days
From 5/20/1960 ( Tony Goldwyn ) to 4/21/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 4354 days
4354 = 2177 + 2177
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy SEAL ) is: 2177 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001282/
Tony Goldwyn
Date of Birth: 20 May 1960
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Astronaut Neil Armstrong
From 3/1/1956 ( Tim Daly ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) is: 3359 days
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 3/1/1956 ( Tim Daly ) to 7/30/1971 ( I was Apollo 15 Falcon astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) is: 5629 days
5629 = 1 + 2814 + 2814
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 spacecraft splashdown and I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 2814 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004857/
Tim Daly
Date of Birth: 1 March 1956
"Wings" .... Joe Montgomery Hackett
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Astronaut James Lovell
From 7/9/1956 ( Tom Hanks ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 7445 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 7445 days
From 7/9/1956 ( Tom Hanks ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) is: 7584 days
7584 = 3792 + 3792
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3792 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/
Tom Hanks
Date of Birth: 9 July 1956
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Jim Lovell
The Simpsons Movie (2007) (voice) .... Himself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8
Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program, in which Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to orbit around the Moon. It was also the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
NASA prepared for the mission in only four months. The hardware involved had only been used a few times—the Saturn V had launched only twice before, and the Apollo spacecraft had only just finished its first manned mission, Apollo 7. However, the success of the mission paved the way for the successful completion of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of landing on the Moon before the end of the decade.
After launching on December 21, 1968, the crew took three days to travel to the Moon, which they orbited for 20 hours. While in lunar orbit the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast in which they read from the book of Genesis. It was the most watched broadcast to date.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
Lunar Module LM-5
callsign Eagle
Lunar landing
July 21, 1969 20:17:40 UTC
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program and the third human voyage to the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon
From 7/21/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 7/13/1999 ( filming begins 2000 movie "Mission to Mars" ) is 1 day, 3 weeks, 359 months
'1-33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy SEAL ) to 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 6282 days
From 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 7/13/1999 ( filming begins 2000 movie "Mission to Mars" ) is: 6282 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=29030
Mission to Mars (2000)
Completed shooting October 20, 1999.
Began shooting July 13, 1999.
The year is 2020 and NASA has made another giant leap for mankind- successfully landing a team of astronauts on Mars. However, shortly after their arrival on the Martian surface, Mission Commander Luke Graham and his colleagues encounter something bizarre, shocking and chilling that brings about a catastrophic and mysterious disaster which decimates the crew. Graham is able to send one hasty cryptic message back to Earth before his nightmare begins. Haunted by the enigmatic last communication received from the ill-fated Mars One crew, NASA hurriedly prepares and launches a rescue mission to investigate the tragedy and bring back survivors- if any. Co-piloted by Commander Woody Blake and Jim McConnell, with colleagues Dr. Terri Fisher and scientist Phil Ohlmyer on board, the astronauts set out on a heroic six-month journey to Mars.
From 11/20/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 2/26/1996 ( filming begins 1996 movie "Mars Attacks!" ) is: 9594 days
9594 = 4797 + 4797
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 4/20/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut landing on the Earth's moon ) is: 4797 days
From 4/20/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut landing on the Earth's moon ) to 2/26/1996 ( filming begins 1996 movie "Mars Attacks!" ) is: 8712 days
8712 = 4356 + 4356
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/5/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 4356 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=28828
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Completed shooting June 1, 1996.
Began shooting February 26, 1996.
Amid speculation that a meteorite crashed to Earth from Mars some 15,000 years ago and contains indications of simple life forms, "Mars Attacks!" offers definitive proof of life on the Angry Red Planet. No single-celled organisms, these alien invaders are the big-brained variety with a flair for ray guns and planetwide pandemonium. Citizens of Earth face their doom with gung-ho valor and brainless abandon as little green men from outer space gleefully terrorize the planet in an all-star, cross-country sci-fi comedy.
Aliens invade earth pertending to be peaceful.
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 6/17/1997 ( Released in USA on video 1996 film "Mars Attacks!" ) is 13 days, 459 months
'1-34-59' ( my birth date UK )
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=28828
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Released in USA on video June 17, 1997.
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 7/23/1997 ( filming begins 1999 movie "My Favorite Martian" ) is: 10512 days
10512 = 5256 + 5256
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/23/1973 ( I passed the Multistate Bar Examination ) is: 5256 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=29234
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Completed shooting November 4, 1997.
Began shooting July 23, 1997.
An ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a real-life Martian whose space ship has crash landed on Earth. Believing this is the story of the millennium and his chance for a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes his plans to expose the Martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form with plans of his own. Obviously, Uncle Martin doesn't want to be identified. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars. They eventually become pals and join together to overcome the hilarious obstacles that confront them along the way
From 7/23/1973 ( I passed the Multistate Bar Examination ) to 6/25/1986 ( Proclamation 5506—National Homelessness Awareness Week, 1986 ) is: 4720 days
From 6/25/1986 ( Proclamation 5506—National Homelessness Awareness Week, 1986 ) to 5/28/1999 ( premiere UK movie "My Favorite Martian" ) is: 4720 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120764/releaseinfo
Release dates for
My Favorite Martian (1999)
UK 28 May 1999
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/quotes
Memorable quotes for
The Fifth Element (1997)
Leeloo: Leeloo Dallas mul-ti-pass.
Korben Dallas: Yeah.
Leeloo: Mul-ti-pass.
Korben Dallas: Yeah, multipass, she knows it's a multipass.
From 10/11/1976 ( Public Law 94-479, General Of The Armies, approved by President Gerald Ford ) to 9/21/1999 ( Released in USA on video 1999 movie "My Favorite Martian" ) is: 8380 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 6/25/1986 ( Proclamation 5506—National Homelessness Awareness Week, 1986 ) is: 8380 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=29234
My Favorite Martian (1999)
Released in USA on video September 21, 1999.
From 8/7/1955 ( Wayne Knight ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 6477 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing on the Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 6477 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001431/
Wayne Knight
Date of Birth: 7 August 1955
My Favorite Martian (1999) (voice) (uncredited) .... Zoot, Martin's Talking Space Suit
From 10/22/1938 ( Christopher Lloyd ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 12610 days
12610 = 6305 + 6305
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) is: 6305 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000502/
Christopher Lloyd
Date of Birth: 22 October 1938
Back to the Future (1985) .... Dr. Emmett Brown
Back to the Future Part II (1989) .... Dr. Emmett Brown
Back to the Future Part III (1990) .... Dr. Emmett Brown
My Favorite Martian (1999) .... Uncle Martin
"A modern comedy about love and intertia," according to the trailer for the 1993 film "Bodies, Rest & Motion," starring my wife.
From 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 7/27/1992 ( filming begins 1993 movie "Bodies, Rest and Motion," starring my wife ) is: 7168 days
7168 = 3584 + 3584
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is: 3584 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=25083
Bodies, Rest and Motion (1993)
Completed shooting August 27, 1992.
Began shooting July 27, 1992.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inertia
inertia
Physics. a. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_%28physics%29
In physics, motion means a continuous change in the position of a body relative to a reference point, as measured by a particular observer in a particular frame of reference. Until the end of the 19th century, Isaac Newton's laws of motion, which he posited as axioms or postulates in his famous Principia were the basis of what has since become known as classical physics. Calculations of trajectories and forces of bodies in motion based on Newtonian or classical physics were very successful until physicists began to be able to measure and observe very fast physical phenomena.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion
Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws which provide relationships between the forces acting on a body and the motion of the body, first compiled by Sir Isaac Newton.
Newton's laws of motion describe the acceleration of massive particles. In modern language, the laws may be stated as:
First Law
If no net force acts on a particle, then it is possible to select a set of reference frames, called inertial reference frames, observed from which the particle moves without any change in velocity. This law is often simplified into the sentence "An object will stay at rest or continue at a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion
In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion are three mathematical laws that describe the motion of planets in the Solar System. German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) discovered them.
From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) to 4/9/1993 ( premiere US film "Bodies, Rest & Motion," starring my wife )(Friday) is: 9475 days
9475 = 1 + 4737 + 4737
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4737 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106447/
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
Release Date: 9 April 1993 (USA)
Tagline: Nick is leaving. Beth is staying. Carol is waiting. Sid is painting.
Phoebe Cates ... Carol
From 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) is: 4586 days
From 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) to 2/4/1994 ( premiere UK movie "Bodies, Rest and Motion," starring my wife ) is: 4586 days
From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) to 2/4/1994 ( premiere UK movie "Bodies, Rest and Motion," starring my wife ) is: 7584 days
7584 = 3792 + 3792
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3792 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106447/releaseinfo
Release dates for
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
UK 4 February 1994
http://www.cswap.com/1990/Gremlins_2:_The_New_Batch/cap/en/25fps/a/00_26
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
:26:09
- Katie?
- Hi, honey. I'm almost ready.
:26:12
- I just gotta punch out.
- Hi.
:26:15
I'm not able to go out
with you tonight. I'm sorry.
:26:19
- I've got a meeting with some people.
- A meeting? Great.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/punch%20out
punch out
to bail out; eject from an aircraft.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701115/quotes
Memorable quotes for
"The Simpsons"
Homer the Great (1995)
Marge: Homer, a man who called himself "you-know-who" just invited you to a secret "wink-wink" at the "you-know-what". You certainly are popular now that you're a Stonecutter.
Homer: Oh, yeah. Beer busts, beer blasts, keggers, stein hoists, AA meetings, beer night. It's wonderful, Marge. I've never felt so accepted in all my life. These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA
AA
Anti-aircraft warfare, a military term for combat against airborne enemies from the ground
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ack%20ack
Ack ack
antiaircraft fire.
[Origin: 1935–40; for A.A. (abbrev. of a(nti) a(ircraft)) as said by British signalmen
From 2/14/1964 ( Zach Galligan ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4524 days
4524 = 2262 + 2262
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) is: 2262 days
From 2/14/1964 ( Zach Galligan ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4279 days
From 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) to 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding ceremony for my wife Phoebe and me ) is: 4279 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002090/
Zach Galligan
Date of Birth: 14 February 1964
Gremlins (1984) .... Billy Peltzer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) .... Billy Peltzer
"Star Trek: Voyager" .... Ensign David Gentry (1 episode, 1998)
- In the Flesh (1998) TV episode .... Ensign David Gentry
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 6/15/1990 ( premiere US movie "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," starring my wife ) is: 6332 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 6332 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099700/
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Release Date: 15 June 1990 (USA)
Phoebe Cates ... Kate Beringer
http://www.bolling.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123039255
Feb. 15, 1973: Operation Homecoming marks end of Vietnam War
by Andy Stephens
11th Wing Historian
2/12/2007 - BOLLING AFB, D.C. -- "Freedom has a taste to those who fight and almost die for it, that the protected shall never know."
--Written by an unknown author onto a cell wall in the Hanoi Hilton
This is a story of sacrifice and a promise redeemed to American servicemen who survived years of captivity as prisoners of war. When the social fabric of America was fraying at the seams and we were losing sight of our country's values, we learned about a different type of hero. These heroes so loved their nation that they were willing to endure any burden, though it cost many their lives.
It was late winter 1973, and Operation Homecoming made a nation remember again what a military uniform stands for. Bolling AFB did its part in creating a lasting memory.
Successful diplomatic overtures in Paris in January 1973 made possible the repatriation of approximately 600 Americans, all prisoners of war held by North Vietnam -- many for months, some for years. On Feb. 12, 1973, the first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war left Hanoi in a C-141A. Over the next six weeks, C-141As continued to cross the Pacific, bringing the former POWs home. Several of these Americans were brought to Andrews AFB, welcomed by people from several states. The Air Force Band from Bolling AFB played the patriotic music that heralded the return of heroes and the Honor Guard showed respect with the sharpest salutes. When national television showed a pilot step off a "Hanoi Taxi" and hug his wife and children, the American public could feel the spark of that family's hope.
But there was so much more that the American public couldn't see. Many former POWs had spent days at Clark Air Base in the Philippines recovering some of their strength and vitality after years of captivity. Almost every base across the country had a reception center where the former POWs could be reunited with their families. From the time the first flight left Hanoi, Air Force personnel from Bolling's 1100th Air Base Wing were preparing to help several Airmen with the next step - adjustment to life at home after their ordeal.
Starting Feb. 15, the1100th ABW took care of several Airmen who had come from the National Capital Region, helping many with their transition while arranging the best medical care possible to speed their recovery. Many of the details of this transition program have been lost, but what is known is that of the 566 servicemen returned to the U.S. during Operation Homecoming. 325 were Air Force and many resumed their military careers, proving that the repatriation program had provided adequate medical, psychological and emotional support for their needs.
But there was something else, a principle that drove the 1100th ABW and Airmen nationwide to provide the best care possible because these former POWs had borne a greater burden than any other, sacrificing their own happiness and comfort so others didn't have to. Every branch of the Armed Forces has a term for it. In the Air Force, we call it Service before Self. It is where the soul rests in the heart of our Airmen and, while their bodies may have been weak, they were stronger than many in the American public could believe. And we were awed by their iron will.
They told us stories about spirit, about how the American singular endures overwhelming chaos.
They lived stories about faith in the values of their nation, unbroken in the face of incomprehensible pain and sorrow.
Above all else, they shared with us a story about honor; the honor of American prisoners of war who bore the greatest sacrifices of their generation and the honor they brought back to their country -- enduring all so others didn't have to.
In bringing them home, they brought us back to where we needed to be and gave us hope for tomorrow.
From 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) to 12/5/1990 ( Released in USA on video "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," starring my wife ) is: 593 weeks, 4 days
'59-34' ( my birth date UK )
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=27229
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Released in USA on video December 5, 1990.
From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) to 7/27/1990 ( premiere UK movie "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" starring my wife )(Friday) is: 9207 days
9207 = 1 + 4603 + 4603
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099700/releaseinfo
Release dates for
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
UK 27 July 1990
"Against my wishes."
The Simpsons (Repeat)
13 KCPQ: Thursday, June 5 5:30 PM
Sitcom, Animated
Little Girl in the Big Ten
Lisa befriends college girls who are unaware of her age; Bart must live in a bubble after being bitten by a Chinese mosquito.
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Pamela Hayden, Harry Shearer Executive Producer(s): James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, David Mirkin
Original Air Date: May 12, 2002
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) is 10 years, 79 days
From 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 3713 days
From 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) to 9/19/1989 ( premiere TV series "Doogie Howser, M.D." ) is: 3713 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doogie_Howser
Original run September 19, 1989 – March 24, 1993
Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993), is a television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a brilliant teenage doctor who was also faced with the problems of being a normal teenager, despite having graduated from Princeton University at age 10. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, the weekly, half-hour "dramedy" Doogie Howser, M.D. starred Neil Patrick Harris as Douglas "Doogie" Howser, a child prodigy who after completing high school in nine weeks, graduating from Princeton at age 10 and finishing medical school four years later, became at the tender age of 14 the youngest practicing physician in the country.
From 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) to 6/15/1973 ( Neil Patrick Harris ) is: 950 days
From 6/15/1973 ( Neil Patrick Harris ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is: 950 days
From 6/15/1973 ( Neil Patrick Harris ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 2227 days
2227 = 1 + 1113 + 1113
From 6/15/1973 ( Neil Patrick Harris ) to 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) is: 1113 days
From 2/6/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics again on this day ) to 6/15/1973 ( Neil Patrick Harris ) is: 3417 days
3417 = 1 + 1708 + 1708
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 6/15/1973 ( Neil Patrick Harris ) is: 1708 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000439/
Neil Patrick Harris
Date of Birth: 15 June 1973
"Doogie Howser, M.D." .... Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser
From 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) to 3/27/1984 ( Emily Ann Lloyd ) is: 2823 days
From 10/11/1968 ( I was an Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 2823 days
From 2/6/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 3/27/1984 ( Emily Ann Lloyd ) is: 4798 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 4/21/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 4798 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515973/
Emily Ann Lloyd
Date of Birth: 27 March 1984
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Susan Lovell
From 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 11/1/1978 ( Mary Kate Schellhardt ) is: 3598 days
3598 = 1799 + 1799
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/5/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics again on this day ) is: 1799 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770788/
Mary Kate Schellhardt
Date of Birth: 1 November 1978
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Barbara Lovell
http://www.cswap.com/1995/Apollo_13/cap/en/25fps/a/00_42
Apollo 13
:42:57
Barbara. Barbara, we are going
to your father's broadcast.
:43:00
No! I'm never coming out!
:43:03
I hate Paul! No one else
can ever play their records again!
:43:07
She's still going on about
the stupid Beatles breaking up?
:43:10
'- They're not stupid! You're stupid!
'- Barbara!
:43:13
I know you're in mourning.
:43:15
I'm not going, Mom!
Dad won't know if we're there!
:43:17
The whole world is going to be watching
this broadcast, and so are we.
:43:21
Excuse me while I'-'-
:43:24
Okay, uh, good evening, America...
:43:27
and welcome aboard Apollo 13.
:43:29
I'm Jim Lovell, and we're
broadcasting to you tonight...
:43:33
from an altitude of almost
200,000 miles...
:43:37
away from the face
of the earth...
From 7/7/1964 ( Tracy Reiner ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 4525 days
4525 = 1 + 2262 + 2262
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) is: 2262 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718021/
Tracy Reiner
Date of Birth: 7 July 1964
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Mary Haise
From 11/19/1954 ( Kathleen Quinlan ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 6168 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is: 6168 days
From 11/19/1954 ( Kathleen Quinlan ) to 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics where I won Olympic gold medals ) is: 3369 days
From 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics where I won Olympic gold medals ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 3369 days
From 11/19/1954 ( Kathleen Quinlan ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 7653 days
7653 = 1 + 3826 + 3826
From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 3826 days
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000599/
Kathleen Quinlan
Date of Birth: 19 November 1954
The Doors (1991) .... Patricia Kennealy
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Marilyn Lovell
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 3/19/1990 ( filming begins 1991 movie "The Doors" )(Monday) is: 7829 days
7829 = 1 + 3914 + 3914
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/19/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3914 days
From 1/19/1976 ( Public Law 94-479, General Of The Armies ) to 3/19/1990 ( filming begins 1991 movie "The Doors" )(Monday) is: 5173 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 5173 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26212
The Doors (1991)
Completed shooting June 20, 1990.
Began shooting March 19, 1990.
A look at the enduring 60s rock group The Doors, fronted by Jim Morrison.
From 2/6/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 11/29/1995 ( I was test pilot for first flight of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ) is: 9062 days
9062 = 4531 + 4531
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/30/1971 ( I was Apollo 15 Falcon astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) is: 4531 days
From 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) to 11/29/1995 ( I was test pilot for first flight of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ) is: 5344 days
5344 = 2672 + 2672
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) is: 2672 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Hornet
29 November 1995
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a supersonic carrier-based fighter/attack aircraft. The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a larger and more advanced derivative of the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The Super Hornet entered service with the United States Navy in 1999, replacing the F-14 Tomcat since 2006 and will serve alongside the original Hornet.
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/fa18ef/fa18efmilestones.htm
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Sept. 19, 1995 -- F/A-18E1 rolls out at ceremony at McDonnell Douglas attended by 1,500 people. Adm. Jeremy Boorda, chief of naval operations, names the E/F the Super Hornet.
Nov. 29, 1995 -- F/A-18E1's first flight
From 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 9/19/1995 ( I was test pilot for the first F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ) is: 9764 days
9764 = 4882 + 4882
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 4882 days
From 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) to 9/19/1995 ( I was test pilot for the first F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ) is: 7018 days
7018 = 3509 + 3509
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 3509 days
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/fa18ef/fa18efmilestones.htm
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Milestones
Sept. 19, 1995 -- F/A-18E1 rolls out at ceremony at McDonnell Douglas attended by 1,500 people. Adm. Jeremy Boorda, chief of naval operations, names the E/F the Super Hornet.
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 4/12/1996 ( I was test pilot for the first F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ) is: 8460 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 8460 days
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/fa18ef/fa18efmilestones.htm
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Milestones
April 12-13, 1996 -- F/A-18E1 completes the first supersonic test flights for the E/F flight test program. The aircraft achieves a speed of Mach 1.1 April 12 and Mach 1.52 April 13.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_on_Through_%28To_The_Other_Side%29
"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_%28album%29
Released January 4, 1967
The Doors is the debut album by the band The Doors, released in 1967. It features the breakthrough single "Light My Fire"
http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Doors%20Lyrics/BREAK%20ON%20THROUGH%20(to%20the%20other%20side)%20Lyrics.html
You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run
Tried to hide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side, yeah
We chased our pleasures here
Dug our treasures there
But can you still recall
The time we cried
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Yeah!
C'mon, yeah
Everybody loves my baby
Everybody loves my baby
She get high
I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain us
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, oww!
Oh, yeah!
Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is straight
Deep and wide
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through
Break on through
From 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) to 4/12/1996 ( premiere TV episode "The Outer Limits, Inconstant Moon" )(Friday) is: 7467 days
7467 = 1 + 3733 + 3733
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/22/1969 ( I was Apollo 10 spacecraft astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is: 3733 days
http://www.tv.com/episode/21455/summary.html
Inconstant Moon
Episode Number: 34
Season Num: 2
First Aired: Friday April 12, 1996
Joanna Gleason (Leslie), Michael Gross (Stan Hurst)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667911/plotsummary
Plot summary for
"The Outer Limits"
Inconstant Moon (1996)
A physics professor sees the moon brighten dramatically one night. He surmises that the sun has gone nova and the world as we know it will be destroyed in a matter of hours. Sensing that the end is near, he resolves to spend the last night on Earth with [ the ] woman he loves.
"Is she really royalty? Or is she making it all up as she goes along?" the movie trailer asks.
http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi3665887513/
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 9/13/1993 ( filming begins 1994 movie "Princess Caraboo," starring my wife ) is: 12612 days
12612 = 6306 + 6306
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) is: 6306 days
From 4/30/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 9/13/1993 ( filming begins 1994 movie "Princess Caraboo," starring my wife ) is: 593 weeks, 3 days
'59-33' ( my birth date US )
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=130606
Princess Caraboo (1994)
Completed shooting November 9, 1993.
Began shooting September 13, 1993.
Based on an actual incident, the story of a beautiful young woman who appeared in 19th-century London wearing foreign clothes and speaking a foreign language, and was deemed by experts to be a princess from an exotic island.
Phoebe Cates : Princess Caraboo
