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A US Navy ship was almost sunk by Iranian mines, the US Navy retaliated. No Higher Honor—The Road to Operation Praying Mantis, 18 April 1988 is a well-researched article looking back to a US Navy -Iranian Navy conflict in the late 1980s during the Tanker War.
H-018-1 Tanker War
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Persian/Arabian GulfOperation Earnest Will
Persian/Arabian GulfOperation Earnest Will
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"At home in America, when today reaches them, it'll be Flag Day. For us who wear the uniform, every day is Flag Day. It is said there will be no more wars. We must pretend to believe that. But when war comes, it is we who will take the first shock, and buy time with our lives. It is we who keep the faith. We serve the flag. The trade we all follow is the give-and-take of death. It is for that purpose that the people of America maintain us. Any one of us who believes he has a job like any other, for which he draws a money wage, is a thief of the food he eats, and a trespasser in the bunk in which he lies down to sleep."
The fictional US Navy Lieutenant Collins flag day speech from Richard McKenna's novel "The Sand Pebbles"
The fictional US Navy Lieutenant Collins flag day speech from Richard McKenna's novel "The Sand Pebbles"
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A different time in 1988. It is an interesting time in 2024 to see what Iran is doing and how differently the world responded in 1988. When someone asks "why do we need a Navy?" The answer should be "Because in the Navy, everyday is Flag Day" we should make sure that our Navy is a strong one.
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