Post #4 "Night Sky"
I would have just let this go if not for the local live tv-news coverage I remember from early this morning.
Especially meaningless to you unless you watch the episode and unless you are capable of independent thought and don't have to be explained everything and you have any intellectual-curiousity.
Night Sky
"La Capilla"
Video-serial season 1 episode 2
Franklin York: I'm not playing!
From 4/18/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Petty Officer Second Class Fire Controlman (FC2), from my official enlisted United States Navy records: during USA Armed Forces Expeditionary Operation Earnest Will with my personal participation and commendation - CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computer Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) - aboard the USS Wainwright CG-28 US Navy the United States Operation Praying Mantis ) To 5/20/2022 ( ) is 12450 days
12450 = 6225 + 6225
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/18/1982 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA: Executive Order 12394 - Incentive Pay for Hazardous Duty ) is 6225 days
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1989/may/surface-view-operation-praying-mantis
U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE
The Surface View: Operation Praying Mantis
By Captain J. B. Perkins III, U. S. Navy
May 1989 Proceedings Vol. 115/5/1,035
After thinking this communication over, the Joshan's CO apparently decided to go out firing and launched his only remaining Harpoon. The three SAG Charlie ships, now in a line abreast at 26,000 yards, and the Bagley's LAMPS simultaneously detected the launch and maneuvered and launched chaff. The Harpoon passed down the Wainwright's starboard side close aboard (the seeker may not have activated) and was answered by a volley of SM-1 missiles from the Simpson and the Wainwright. Four missiles fired; four hits. An additional SM-1 (a hit) and a Harpoon (a miss, probably resulting from the sinking Joshan's sudden lack of freeboard) were fired, and the patrol boat was eventually sunk with gunfire.
SAG Charlie had still more opportunities to modify the Iranian naval order of battle when an F-4 made a high-speed approach just prior to the sinking of the Joshan hulk (SAG Bravo also detected approaching F-4s, but those dove to the deck and departed as they reached SM-1 range). The Wainwright is SM-2 equipped. As the F-4 continued to close, ignoring warnings on both military and internal air defense circuits, the SAG Commander fired two missiles and hit the Iranian aircraft.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-04-19/news/8803100021_1_iranian-vessels-antiship-harpoon
Chicago Tribune
Navy Rises To Occasion In Duel At Sea
April 19, 1988 By David Evans, Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON — For the first time in more than 40 years, enemy warships have seriously challenged the U.S. Navy at sea. The Navy won - decisively.
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Spokane Valley police searching for suspect after attack at apartment complex
The victim received head injuries and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. According to police, the victim was alert and talking.
8:30 AM May 20, 2022
- posted by me, Kerry Burgess 3:00 PM Pacific-time USA Friday 05/20/2022
