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Our First Line of Defense Celebrates 50 Years of Navy Day
Navy Day observances on October 27 1925 mark the half century of the United States Navy. The article honors sailors from Shenandoah to PN 9 aviators and notes the Navy as Americas first line of defense across sea air and space strengthening national unity and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Navy
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pacific
United States Navy
Coolidge
Congress
Board
Marine Committee
Second Continental Congress
Esek Hopkins
Hopkins
Alfred
Alfred the Great
John Paul Jones
Great Britain
Irish Sea
North Sea
England
Ireland
Scotland
Thames
Gert
George Washington
Washington
Britannia
America
Josiah Tattnall
James Hope
Edward Seymour
Dewey
Manila Bay
France
Sloat
Stockton
California
Mania Bay
Santiago
United States Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
John A. Lejeune
Johnny
Nicaragua
Santo Domingo
Haltl
Chateau-Thierry
St. Mihiel
Bois de la Brigade de Marine
Perry
Japan
North Pole
Smyrna
Earth
Themelves
Pesce