From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) to 10/15/1986 ( USS Princeton CG 59 keel date ) is: 7826 days
7826 = 3913 + 3913
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 11/28/1976 ( I launched from the Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) to 10/15/1986 ( USS Princeton CG 59 keel date ) is: 3608 days
3608 = 1804 + 1804
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 2/9/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) is: 1804 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG59.htm
USS PRINCETON (CG 59)
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
Class: CG 47
Keel Date: 10/15/1986
From 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) to 10/2/1987 ( USS Princeton CG 59 launched ) is: 4272 days
4272 = 2136 + 2136
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/21/1969 ( I am Princeton University medical doctor degree graduate ) is 2136 days
From 11/28/1976 ( I launched from the Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) to 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 1980 days
From 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 10/2/1987 ( USS Princeton CG 59 launched ) is: 1980 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG59.htm
USS PRINCETON (CG 59)
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
Class: CG 47
Launch Date: 10/02/1987
From 1/29/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) to 2/11/1989 ( USS Princeton CG 59 commissioned )(Saturday) is: 9145 days
9145 = 1 + 4572 + 4572
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is: 4572 days
From 8/2/1971 ( I was Apollo 15 Falcon astronaut walking and driving on Earth's moon ) to 2/11/1989 ( USS Princeton CG 59 commissioned )(Saturday) is: 6403 days
6403 = 1 + 3201 + 3201
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/20/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut landing on the Earth's moon ) is: 3201 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG59.htm
USS PRINCETON (CG 59)
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER
Class: CG 47
Commission Date: 02/11/1989
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/9/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) is: 1803 days
From 2/9/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) to 1/16/1969 ( President Lyndon Johnson presents Congressional Medals of Honor ) is: 1803 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 1/16/1969 ( President Lyndon Johnson presents Congressional Medals of Honor ) is 3 days, 45 weeks, 9 years
'34-59' ( my birth date UK )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LyndonJohnson_MedalsAwarded.jpg
Image:LyndonJohnson MedalsAwarded.jpg
President Lyndon Johnson awarded Congressional Medals of Honor to the following servicemen on January 16, 1969. From Left to Right:
Navy Lt. Clyde E. Lassen, Ft. Myers, Florida
Marine Maj. Stephen W. Pless, Newnan, Georgia
Air Force Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson, Newnan, Georgia
Army S/Sgt. Drew D. Dix, Pueblo, Colorado
http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/vietnam-a-l.html
LASSEN, CLYDE EVERETT
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Helicopter Support Squadron 7, Detachment 104, embarked in U.S.S. Preble (DLG-15). place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 19 June 1968. Entered service at: Jacksonville, Fla. Born: 14 March 1942, Fort Myers, Fla. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as pilot and aircraft commander of a search and rescue helicopter, attached to Helicopter Support Squadron 7, during operations against enemy forces in North Vietnam. Launched shortly after midnight to attempt the rescue of 2 downed aviators, Lt. (then Lt. (J.G.)) Lassen skillfully piloted his aircraft over unknown and hostile terrain to a steep, tree-covered hill on which the survivors had been located. Although enemy fire was being directed at the helicopter, he initially landed in a clear area near the base of the hill, but, due to the dense undergrowth, the survivors could not reach the helicopter. With the aid of flare illumination, Lt. Lassen successfully accomplished a hover between 2 trees at the survivors' position Illumination was abruptly lost as the last of the flares were expended, and the helicopter collided with a tree, commencing a sharp descent. Expertly righting his aircraft and maneuvering clear, Lt. Lassen remained in the area, determined to make another rescue attempt, and encouraged the downed aviators while awaiting resumption of flare illumination. After another unsuccessful, illuminated rescue attempt, and with his fuel dangerously low and his aircraft significantly damaged, he launched again and commenced another approach in the face of the continuing enemy opposition. When flare illumination was again lost, Lt. Lassen, fully aware of the dangers in clearly revealing his position to the enemy, turned on his landing lights and completed the landing. On this attempt, the survivors were able to make their way to the helicopter. En route to the coast he encountered and successfully evaded additional hostile antiaircraft fire and, with fuel for only 5 minutes of flight remaining, landed safely aboard U.S.S. Jouett (DLG-29) .
From 2/5/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 8/24/1998 ( USS Lassen DDG 82 keel date ) is: 10062 days
10062 = 5031 + 5031
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5031 days
From 4/30/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 8/24/1998 ( USS Lassen DDG 82 keel date ) is: 5960 days
5960 = 2980 + 2980
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2980 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG82.htm
USS LASSEN (DDG 82)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Class: DDG 51
Keel Date: 08/24/1998
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) is: 4661 days
From 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) to 4/20/1994 ( space shuttle Endeavour STS-59 returns to Earth from Earth orbit ) is: 4661 days
From 1/19/1976 ( Public Law 94-479, General Of The Armies ) to 4/20/1994 ( space shuttle Endeavour STS-59 returns to Earth from Earth orbit ) is: 6666 days
From 1/29/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) to 4/30/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 6666 days
From 8/13/1982 ( premiere US movies "Fast Times At Ridgemont High," starring my wife, "An Officer And A Gentleman," "Pink Floyd The Wall" ) to 4/20/1994 ( space shuttle Endeavour STS-59 returns to Earth from Earth orbit ) is: 4268 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) is: 4268 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-59
Mission name STS-59
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch: April 9, 1994
Landing: April 20, 1994
STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle Program.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074899/quotes
Memorable quotes for
Midway (1976)
Officer on Midway: Send this right away.
Pvt. Dombrowski: Hey chief what's this?
[a message saying that Midway's pure water condenser is malfunctioning]
Pvt. Dombrowski: There ain't nothing wrong with our pure water condenser. I was just over there.
Officer on Midway: Dombrowski, send it!
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 3/14/1965 ( I am active duty Central Intelligence Agency officer ) is: 607 days
From 3/14/1965 ( I am active duty Central Intelligence Agency officer ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 607 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_12
Launch: November 11, 1966
Landing: November 15, 1966
Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program.
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 11/13/1969 ( UK film "The Dirty Dozen" ) is: 398 days
398 = 199 + 199
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 1/31/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics on this day ) is: 199 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061578/releaseinfo
Release dates for
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
USA 15 June 1967
UK 21 September 1967 (London) (premiere)
UK 13 November 1969 (re-release)
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chrono_astronaut.html
Chronology of U.S. Astronaut Missions (1961 - 1972)
1961
Mercury Redstone 3 - 5 May 1961 - Earth Suborbital (Shepard)
Mercury Redstone 4 - 21 July 1961 - Earth Suborbital (Grissom)
1962
Mercury Atlas 6 - 20 February 1962 - Earth Orbiter (Glenn)
Mercury Atlas 7 - 24 May 1962 - Earth Orbiter (Carpenter)
Mercury Atlas 8 - 3 October 1962 - Earth Orbiter (Schirra)
1963
Mercury Atlas 9 - 15 May 1963 - Earth Orbiter (Cooper)
1964
1965
Gemini 3 - 23 March 1965 - Earth Orbiter (Grissom, Young)
Gemini 4 - 3 June 1965 - Earth Orbiter (McDivitt, White)
Gemini 5 - 21 August 1965 - Earth Orbiter (Cooper, Conrad)
Gemini 7 - 4 December 1965 - Earth Orbiter (Borman, Lovell)
Gemini 6A - 15 December 1965 - Earth Orbiter (Schirra, Stafford)
1966
Gemini 8 - 16 March 1966 - Earth Orbiter (Armstrong, Scott)
Gemini 9A - 3 June 1966 - Earth Orbiter (Stafford, Cernan)
Gemini 10 - 18 July 1966 - Earth Orbiter (Young, Collins)
Gemini 11 - 12 September 1966 - Earth Orbiter (Conrad, Gordon)
Gemini 12 - 11 November 1966 - Earth Orbiter (Lovell, Aldrin)
1967
1968
Apollo 7 - 11 October 1968 - Earth Orbiter (Schirra, Eisele, Cunningham)
Apollo 8 - 21 December 1968 - Lunar Orbiter (Borman, Lovell, Anders)
1969
Apollo 9 - 3 March 1969 - Earth Orbiter (McDivitt, Scott, Schweikart)
Apollo 10 - 18 May 1969 - Lunar Orbiter (Stafford, Young, Cernan)
Apollo 11 - 16 July 1969 - Lunar Landing (Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins)
Apollo 12 - 14 November 1969 - Lunar Landing (Conrad, Bean, Gordon)
1970
Apollo 13 - 11 April 1970 - Lunar Mission - Landing Aborted (Lovell, Haise, Swigert)
1971
Apollo 14 - 31 January 1971 - Lunar Landing (Shepard, Mitchell, Roosa)
Apollo 15 - 26 July 1971 - Lunar Landing (Scott, Irwin, Worden)
1972
Apollo 16 - 16 April 1972 - Lunar Landing (Young, Duke, Mattingly)
Apollo 17 - 7 December 1972 - Lunar Landing (Cernan, Schmitt, Evans)
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 12/6/1988 ( Released in USA on video 1967 film "The Dirty Dozen" ) is 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 3 days
'1-59-33' ( my birth date US )
From 1/31/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics on this day ) to 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4538 days
From 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) to 12/6/1988 ( Released in USA on video 1967 film "The Dirty Dozen" ) is: 4538 days
From 2/6/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics again on this day ) to 12/6/1988 ( Released in USA on video 1967 film "The Dirty Dozen" ) is: 9070 days
9070 = 4535 + 4535
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 8/2/1971 ( I was Apollo 15 Falcon astronaut walking and driving on Earth's moon ) is: 4535 days
http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=92529
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Released in USA on video December 6, 1988.
During World War II, an American Major is given the task of recruiting 12 soldiers from an American military prison for a special guerilla mission that will give them the chance to regain their honor.
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 7/1/1993 ( USS Falcon MHC 59 keel date ) is: 7444 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 7444 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/MHC59.htm
FALCON (MHC 59)
MINEHUNTER, COASTAL
Class: MHC 51
Keel Date: 07/01/1993
From 4/14/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) to 2/8/1997 ( USS Falcon MHC 59 commissioned ) is 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days
'1-59-34' ( my birth date UK )
From 7/21/1969 ( was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 2/8/1997 ( USS Falcon MHC 59 commissioned ) is: 10064 days
10064 = 5032 + 5032
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5032 days
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 2/8/1997 ( USS Falcon MHC 59 commissioned ) is: 10347 days
10347 = 1 + 5173 + 5173
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.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/MHC59.htm
FALCON (MHC 59)
MINEHUNTER, COASTAL
Class: MHC 51
Commission Date: 02/08/1997
From 11/20/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 4/8/1985 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 keel date ) is: 5618 days
5618 = 2809 + 2809
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 2809 days
From 4/14/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) to 4/8/1985 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 keel date ) is 3 years, 359 days
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 4/21/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) to 4/8/1985 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 keel date ) is: 4735 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) is: 4735 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG59.htm
USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59)
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
Class: FFG 7
Keel Date: 04/08/1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper_L._Kauffman
Rear Admiral Draper Laurence Kauffman (1911-1979) was a pioneering underwater demolition expert and a renowned Navy educator, who served during the 1960s as 44th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. During World War II, he organized the first U.S. Navy Demolition Teams, which later gave rise to the SEALs.
In 1987, the U.S. Navy named one of its Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates (FFG-59) after Draper and his father, Vice Admiral James L. Kauffman (1887-1963).
From 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) to 3/29/1986 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 launch date ) is: 5620 days
5620 = 2810 + 2810
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 2810 days
From 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) to 3/29/1986 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 launch date ) is: 3555 days
3555 = 1 + 1777 + 1777
From 6/19/1968 ( my 1st Medal of Honor and I am U.S. military fighter jet ace during the Vietnam War ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) is: 1777 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG59.htm
USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59)
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
Class: FFG 7
Launch Date: 03/29/1986
From 7/21/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 2/28/1987 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 commissioned ) is: 6431 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 10/11/1976 ( Public Law 94-479, General Of The Armies, approved by President Gerald Ford ) is: 6431 days
From 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) to 2/28/1987 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 commissioned ) is: 3607 days
3607 = 1 + 1803 + 1803
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/9/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) is: 1803 days
From 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) to 2/28/1987 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 commissioned ) is: 5621 days
5621 = 1 + 2810 + 2810
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/11/1966 ( I was Gemini 12 spacecraft astronaut ) is: 2810 days
From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me ) to 2/28/1987 ( USS Kauffman FFG 59 commissioned ) is: 3918 days
3918 = 1959 + 1959
'1959 March 3' ( my birth date US )
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG59.htm
USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59)
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
Class: FFG 7
Commission Date: 02/28/1987
From 7/20/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut landing on Earth's moon ) to 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 4668 days
From 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 2/10/1995 ( USS Cole DDG-67 launched and I was the first Commanding Officer of USS Cole DDG-67 ) is: 4668 days
From 2/5/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 2/10/1995 ( USS Cole DDG-67 launched and I was the first Commanding Officer of USS Cole DDG-67 ) is: 8771 days
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding ceremony for my wife Phoebe and me ) is: 8771 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG67.htm
USS COLE (DDG 67)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Class: DDG 51
Launch Date: 02/10/1995
From 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) to 6/8/1996 ( USS Cole DDG-67 commissioned and I was the first Commanding Officer of USS Cole DDG-67 ) is: 7444 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 7444 days
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG67.htm
USS COLE (DDG 67)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Class: DDG 51
Commission Date: 06/08/1996
http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg67.htm
USS Cole (DDG 67)
Commissioned: June 8, 1996
About the Ship’s Name, about Sergeant Darrell Samuel Cole:
On August 25 ,1941, Cole enlisted in the Marine Corps for the duration of the National Emergency, and following a boot training at Parris Island, South Carolina, he was appointed to the Field Music School for training as a Marine Corps Field Music, the equivalent of a bugler. Completing instruction, he was transferred to the First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, and on August 7, 1942, reached the shores of Guadalcanal for the first American offensive of World War II.
Not too happy in his role of field music when he had joined a fighting outfit to fight and after acquitting himself meritoriously as a machine gunner in the absence of the regular gunner, he applied for a change in rating, but was refused due to the shortage of buglers. Cole completed his first overseas tour of duty and returned to the United States in February 1943, where he joined First Battalion, Twenty-Third Marines, then forming as a part of the Fourth Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. When the unit moved to California he again asked for relief as a Field Music and for permission to perform line duties, but was again refused due to the shortage of buglers in the Marine Corps.
During the first engagement of the Fourth Division at Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll, Cole, again forsaking his bugle, went into action as a machine-gunner. Four months later, when the Division stormed ashore at Saipan, he had been assigned to a machine-gun unit. Because of his proven ability in combat, he was designated a machine gun section leader. During the battle when his squad leader was killed, Cole, although wounded, assumed command of the entire squad and acquitted himself in such a manner to be awarded the Bronze Star Medal for "...his resolute leadership, indomitable fighting spirit and tenacious determination in the face of terrific opposition..." , He was also awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received in action.
A few days after the battle of Saipan, Cole, again led his squad ashore in the invasion of the neighboring islands of Tinian, where he continued to live up to his growing reputation as "The Fighting Field Music."
