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The Washington Post - remember when we had this delivered right to our room in Bancroft Hall?  Is it still true that Shirley Povich is the only man in "Who's Who in American Women"?

USA Today

- links major papers, news wires and notable commentators.

The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot - The Virginian-Pilot is one of the best sources of navy news and stories.
World News BBC - click on any picture for the full story as we are perceived from across the pond...
World Newspapers -  access to newspapers all over the world.
Your Local Newspaper - Here's a site which links to your local newspaper (or anyone else's) no matter where you are.

NASA Space Science News
Daily University Science News
The Weather Channel - You can establish your own personal weather page for any city or zip code.

•    The site's 'Related Links' provides many Navy-related sites of interest.  Also, over 250,000 individuals are listed in the site's on-line Navy Log, many with pictures, including some of our classmates and their antecedents or decedents.  Our Class Foundation made a donation to the Navy Memorial to ensure that our thirteen classmates who died in combat in Viet Nam were memorialized on the digital Log the Memorial maintains.

• BlueJacket.com - Naval Sea Service stories and graphics; remember how we were told endlessly, "this isn't the real  Navy!" - well, here it is:  complete with accounts of flogging and grog.  A 'real' Navy site created by retiree Gene Oleson -  nicely done!

• Haze Gray and Underway -  Naval History and Photography -  a favorite site of your Class Secretary - check it out!

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     The Virtual Wall Vietnam Memorial This excellent site contains memorial pages for each of our thirteen Vietnam fallen and is a work in progress to include all of those killed in Vietnam.

• The Center for Military Readiness - You may not be comfortable with all of the information presented on this site, but you will probably find it to be a useful source for matters concerning gender integration and other current issues affecting our armed services.

• The Patton Society - Honoring General George S. Patton, Jr., The Men Who Served With Him, And The Units He Commanded.
  Charles M. Province is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of The Unknown Patton, Patton's Third Army, and Patton's One-Minute Messages.

•  Australian Artillery Vietnam- THE PURPOSES AND OBJECTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY VIETNAM & GUNNERS NET OCA INTERNATIONAL IS TO CONSTITUTE A GROUP OF GUNNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING IN HOT SPOTS, AROUND THE WORLD.
  This group awarded USNA63.org the Australian Artillery Vietnam Award Of Excellence
    

CNN/Sports Illustrated - all scoreboards, news, and yes, even includes links to the Swimsuit issues ...

Books:  Book Lists and Reviews
    Book Group List - has links to suggested reading lists, the Modern Library "100 Best Books", the New York Times bestseller lists, and the Group's books read and rated for past years.

Funny Pages -  Links to jokes, cartoons, humor ...  even Dilbert and Garfield
Urban Legends -  Remember when we were growing up and we heard all those scary stories, like the couple parked on a secluded road and hearing on the radio about the escape of a maniac in the area who could be recognized by the hook on the end of his arm?   Well, now all those Urban Legends have
been captured for you in one web site!

Budget Summary  -  If you've ever wondered what happens in Congress to the Defense Budgets, here is a [somewhat lengthy] press release on the FY00 budget process, from the House Armed Services Committee.  Please note that you will need Adobe Acrobat viewer to read this document - here 'tis: .

 

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This page:  '63 Links to the World last updated:   6 June 2008

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