171017- Flag's Daily Briefing

Our Flag's Daily Briefing
for Tuesday, October 17, 2017

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

TODAY'S FLAG STATUS:

Across the USA, Our Flag flies at full staff.
[Click here to learn more about today's half-staff honorees and verify the latest flag status for every state (courtesy of FlagNotify.com)]


TODAY'S REMINDER FROM OUR FLAG:
... Largest Naval Battle in History ...

[ USS Princeton (light aircraft carrier) bombed by Japanese. Ship exploded later in the day. = public domain image ]

On this date, October 17th, in 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began near the Philippine Islands. It was the largest naval battle in history involving more than 300 U.S. warships and 67 Japanese ships and resulted in the destruction of the Japanese Navy including the Japanese Battleship Musashi, one of the largest ever built.

[ USS St. Lo hit by Japanese kamikaze =public domain image ]

[ Command ship of the Japanese Imperial Navy, Zuikaku, listing and nearly sunk, lowers its flags in defeat =public domain image]

[Serving up a slice of Americana]
[ ... One Week at #1 ... ]

[ On this date in 1998, "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies hits #1 in the US, where it stays for... one week. :) = fair use image ]

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