170825- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Friday, August 25, 2017

The Beacon of Honor - Awakens Our Flag ... to Inform and Inspire Citizens of...

TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff, except in TN and CT. In CT, Our Flag flies at half-staff to honor U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, who was killed during the USS McCain ship collision on Monday.
In TN, the Stars&Stripes is at half-staff to honor a recovered and now finally identified World War II veteran, Marine Corporal Henry Andregg Jr. killed during the Battle of Tarawa.
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TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... America the beautiful ...

[ Yosemite National Park view of Half Dome and high Sierra mountains to the east. = image by BoH ]

The United States National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916 by our Congress' National Park Service Organic Act. The National Park Service (NPS) is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. President Woodrow Wilson signed the law and spelled out the NPS mission "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
Currently, the NPS has more than 20,000 employees managing 417 places -including 59 national parks.

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TODAY'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS COMMEMORATION
... casualties from the USS McCain ship collision ...

After more than 80 hours and 2,100 square miles of searching the U.S. Navy has called off its search for the 10 missing sailors from Monday's USS McCain ship collision.
Only one body was recovered. So, declared deceased is
Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, from New Jersey
and declared missing are these 9 sailors:

Electronics Technician 1st Class Charles Nathan Findley, 31, from Missouri
Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Abraham Lopez, 39, from Texas
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Kevin Sayer Bushell, 26, from Maryland
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jacob Daniel Drake, 21, from Ohio
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Timothy Thomas Eckels Jr., 23, from Maryland
Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Corey George Ingram, 28, from New York
Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, from Connecticut
Electronics Technician 3rd Class John Henry Hoagland III, 20, from Texas
Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Logan Stephen Palmer, 23, from Illinois

We pray for these sailors and their families in mourning.
We, also, thank these 10 sailors for stepping up to uphold America's freedoms and fight to liberate others.

[Go here to read short stories about each of the 10 sailors]

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[ Serving up a slice of Americana ]

[ Bruce Springsteen's 'Born to Run' album debuted on this date - August 25, 1975 ]

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