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080712-N-6764G-090 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 12, 2008) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Kaleb Brack monitors the damage control console in damage control central and provides training to Damage Controlman 3rd Class Nick Linia aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) during the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX provides a realistic training environment to ensure the strike group is capable and ready for its upcoming scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Goodwin (Released)
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From 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft ) to 9/12/1988 ( Proclamation 5858—National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1988 ) is: 2710 days
From 11/29/1974 ( premiere US TV movie "The Gathering Storm" ) to 5/1/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) is: 2710 days
From 10/11/1976 ( Public Law 94-479, General Of The Armies, approved by President Gerald Ford ) to 9/12/1988 ( Proclamation 5858—National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1988 ) 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
From 11/19/1969 ( I was Apollo 12 Intrepid astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 9/12/1988 ( Proclamation 5858—National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1988 ) is: 6872 days
6872 = 3436 + 3436
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 12/11/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3436 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=36355
Proclamation 5858—National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1988
September 12th, 1988
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
From America's earliest hours as a free Nation, we have known that the cost of liberty is steep. The bill has been paid in full by the courageous members of our Armed Forces. We owe a great debt to all who have served so faithfully and sacrificed so much for our land. Among their ranks are former prisoners of war and those still missing in action, including men known to be alive after the end of hostilities. We will never forget these gallant Americans, or their brave families, or our obligations to them.
We have a deep moral responsibility in this regard—a duty to make every possible effort to account for and return missing Americans to their homeland and to their loved ones. Until the P.O.W./M.I.A. issue is resolved, this issue stays, and will stay, among our Nation's highest priorities.
Similarly, our country has recognized the prolonged and acute suffering of the families of those who remain missing or unaccounted for. We pledge again our unflagging determination to obtain the fullest possible accounting of those still missing, to repatriate all recoverable American remains, and to relieve the suffering and uncertainty of their families.
We will also continue our intelligence efforts to confirm reports of Americans still held in captivity in Southeast Asia. Each of these reports is investigated thoroughly, and both the Executive branch and the Congress scrutinize them. We have not yet been able to confirm such reports; but, if we do, I have pledged to take decisive action to return our men. We have raised this issue repeatedly in negotiations with governments involved, despite their denials.
Our search for the truth is bound up closely with our heritage as a Nation that respects the inherent dignity and worth of every individual. Our liberty is secure because every life is precious to us; we, therefore, can write no final chapter to the story of those who answered their country's call and did not return. They gave without limit, and we owe them, and their families, no less.
To symbolize our continuing national commitment, the P.O.W./M.I.A. Flag will fly over the White House, the Departments of State and Defense, the Veterans Administration, the Selective Service System headquarters, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on September 16, 1988. It will also fly over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
In recognition of the special debt of gratitude all Americans owe to those who sacrificed their freedom in the service of our country and to their courageous families, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 453, has designated September 16, 1988, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day" and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this occasion.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 16, 1988, as National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day. I call upon all Americans to join in honoring all former American prisoners of war, those still missing, and their families who have made extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our country. I also call upon State and local officials and private organizations to observe this day with every appropriate ceremony and activity.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirteenth.
RONALD REAGAN
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/29/1974 ( premiere US TV movie "The Gathering Storm" ) is: 593 weeks, 3 days
'59-33' ( my birth date US )
From 6/19/1968 ( my 1st Medal of Honor and I am U.S. military fighter jet ace during Vietnam War ) to 11/29/1974 ( premiere US TV movie "The Gathering Storm" ) is: 2354 days
2354 = 1177 + 1177
From 2/9/1964 ( I was multiple Olympic gold medalist during Innsbruck Olympics ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 1177 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071536/
The Gathering Storm (1974) (TV)
Release Date: 29 November 1974 (USA)
Plot Outline: The story of British prime minister Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II.
Patrick Stewart ... Clement Atlee
