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May 2009

Just Back From Vacation!

Pictures Are Here

2009 Index Charleston Light Houses, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Hunley, The Sub Clamagore, Powder Magazine, The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, USS Yorktown.

Fort Moultrie (Sometimes Called Fort Sullivan)

The first fort on Sullivan's Island was still incomplete when Commodore Sir Peter Parker and nine warships attacked it on June 28, 1776. After a nine-hour battle, the ships were forced to retire. Charleston was saved from British occupation, and the fort was named in honor of its commander, Colonel. William Moultrie. In 1780 the British finally captured Charleston, abandoning it only on the advent of peace.

After the Revolution, Fort Moultrie was neglected, and by 1791 little of it remained. Then, in 1793, war broke out between England and France. The next year Congress, seeking to safeguard American shores, authorized the first system of nationwide coastal fortifications. A second Fort Moultrie, one of 20 new forts along the Atlantic coast, was completed in 1798. It too suffered from neglect and was finally destroyed by a hurricane in 1804. By 1807 many of the other First System fortifications were in need of extensive repair. Congress responded by authorizing funds for a Second System, which included a third Fort Moultrie. By 1809 a new brick fort stood on Sullivan's Island.

The Hunley (No Pictures Were Allowed To Be Taken On Our Tour) But I Found These On The Internet)

Fort Sumter: Where The American Civil War Began

Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would try for nearly four years to take it back.

USS Clamagore (SS-343) Was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, built in 1945 and still in training when World War II ended. It was named for the clamagore or blue parrotfish Scarus coeruleus found in the West Indies and along the Atlantic coast as far north as Maryland.

USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Initially to have been named Bon Homme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while under construction to commemorate USS Yorktown (CV-5), lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation.

Note: Pictures Taken With A Kodak EasyShare DX6440.

Want To View All Of My Pictures In A Slide Show

May 2009

Me And Sue Went On Vacation

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April 2009 Files, 66 Gigs Were Added To The Web Site

April

There Is Currently 552,814 (485 Gigs) New Files In The \New\2009-04 - 552,814 Files Folder

Also I Bought A Few A.A. (Alcohol Anonyms) Grapevine Magazine Collections Dating As Far Back As 1951 (About $3,000)

I May Make Images Of The Pages (Stories) Available For Download In The Future

There Are Also Over 2,600 Alcohol Anonymous Speaker Files On The FTP Server Now.

Some Of Them Dating Back As Far As 1949

March 2009

I Have Added 32,246 Files, Over 072 Gigs To The System This Month

February 2009

I Added 2,512 Files, Over 37 Gigs To The System This Month

January 2009

I Added 17,054 Files, Over 100 Gigs To The System In December 2008

As Of Today I Have Added Over 200 Gigs Of Files For January 2009

December 2008

"The Listening Room" Ends Service

Effective December 31, 2008, "The Listening Room" Will Close And We Are Welcoming All Of Richard Mann's Customers to Our Site With A Free Download Account. Once He Closes Down All Credits For All His Users Will Be Credited, And Your Account Will Transfer Here To Us.

You Can Continue To Buy Credits In The Future Here At SpartaOTR.Com At A Reduced Cost Of $3.00 Per Gig To As Low As $1.95 Per Gig.

From The Listening Rooms Website

"The Listening Room"

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WWII War News Pages

November 2008

New Files: Nov - 2008 - 5,761 Files

September 2008

22-September-2008 I Took A Onboard, And Inside Tours Of The Battle Ship New Jersey, Olympia (Lunched In 1892 The Oldest Steel Ship Afloat), And The Sub Becuna (Lunched On 30 January 1944). Both Battle Ship New Jersey And The Sub Becuna Fought In WWII. The Battle Ship New Jersey Is The Highest Decorated Battle Ship. These Are Only A Few Of The Hundreds Of Pictures I Took.

Streaming: The Sub Becuna Slide Show - 2008
Streaming: The Battleship New Jersey Slide Show - 2008

Streaming: The Battleship Wisconsin - 2007
Streaming: The Battleship North Carolina - 2008

I Am Working On Some New Menus, And A Comic Page

New Files

Oct - 2008: New Files 5,151
Sep - 2008: New Files 3,546
Aug - 2008: New Files 2,120
Jul - 2008: New Files 1,735
Jun - 2008: New Files 1,556

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