by alan | Jan 28, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
“DAMN THE TORPEDOES FULL SPEED AHEAD!” – Admiral David G. Farragut/The Civil War (Posted by L.H.K.) “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP!” – Captain James Lawrence/The Naval War of 1812 (Posted by L.H.K.) “PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE...
by alan | Jan 23, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By A. R. Graham Mount Soledad sits high above the Pacific Ocean with a breathtaking 360-degree view of San Diego. A concrete cross measuring 29-feet tall and 14-foot wide was installed in 1954 as a war memorial. As I walk around the towering concrete monolith, an air...
by alan | Jan 16, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Suzi Pignataro He’s been watching me for about forty minutes from behind a creased and dog-eared trade copy of Don Quixote. I guess a hippie chick stirring a pot of wax over an open fire on the beach might be more captivating than a self-deluded Spaniard –...
by alan | Jan 22, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Kimberley Graham Several years ago, when our children were very young, there was an adorable, friendly couple who lived a few doors down from us: Mandy ‘n’ Randy. Mandy was a civil engineer and Randy in flight command with the Navy. We lived happily near each...
by alan | Jan 19, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
Submitted by Ray Fletcher “Good Ole Days” The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She...
by alan | Jan 31, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Nina Odele I’m proud to be a Coronado resident. I love my Crown City and have been fortunate enough to live here most of my life. When I was a young girl in the 1960s, Coronado was all about the Navy. As it should be! Many of my childhood friends’ dads...
