Yesterday my hometown here in the Northland was the setting for the last place on U.S. soil for Pandas as the final three returned to China aboard a FedEx plane.
Pictured is this morning's snow from moments ago and yesterday's falling snow as their plane prepared for departure:
Added, are prior panda photos from the Beijing Zoo in China taken on the same day that we climbed to the top of the Great Wall of China:
FWIW, we made the 8,327 steps ascent in 40 and 80 minutes respectively, while Michael Jordan covering the same ground made it to the top in 27 minutes.
(His better time must have been attributable to the "Air Jordans" he was wearing.)
FWIW, we made the 8,327 steps ascent in 40 and 80 minutes respectively, while Michael Jordan covering the same ground made it to the top in 27 minutes.
(His better time must have been attributable to the "Air Jordans" he was wearing.)
FWIW, we made the 8,327 steps ascent in 40 and 80 minutes respectively, while Michael Jordan covering the same ground made it to the top in 27 minutes.
(His better time must have been attributable to the "Air Jordans" he was wearing.)
Yesterday my hometown here in the Northland was the setting for the last place on U.S. soil for Pandas as the final three returned to China aboard a FedEx plane.
Pictured is this morning's snow from moments ago and yesterday's falling snow as their plane prepared for departure:
And the snow has continued to fall setting a new record for yesterday with up to 20 inches falling:
The memorial services that were planned to be held today at Alaska's National Cemetary located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in conjunction with Veterans Day have been cancelled as a consequence of three record breaking snowfalls this week.
Below, through my narrative and photos, I offer a virtual Veterans Day Tribute to those who served specifically in World War II and who are buried there.
Among those who served in World War II and who are buried at Alaska's National Cemetery are a number of family friends from my father's generation in addition to my own father.
The subject National Cemetery is also the final resting place for a lone civilian not related to a family member who served in the military. That individual is Charles Jones who died at the hands of the Japanese who invaded the Alaska Island of Attu when he refused to repair a radio he had destroyed after sending the original message informing the world of the invasion. His having been killed during wartime while performing duties for the military garnered him a place of honor in the cemetery at what is now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
In addition there is a plot where non-Americans who served in World War II are buried which includes soldiers of the Soviet Union, Canada, and Britain.
That same plot was also once the resting place for the remains of 235 of the more than 2,600 Japanese soldiers who died in the Battle of the Aleutians in Alaska during World War II. In 1953 those remains were repatriated to Japan and in 1981 a headstone Cenotaph made of wood was erected in their memory. When it began to deteriorate it was replaced by another in 2002. Finally in 2018 on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Attu surviving family members in Japan along with the Japanese Americans in Alaska had a lasting headstone that was inscribed by a mason in Japan erected. Fittingly, present at its 2019 dedication ceremony were 120 Japanese troops who were in Alaska for a bilateral joint training exercise. It was also noted that 2019 signaled the beginning of a new era in Japan identified as Reiwa 1. (The eras in Japan correspond to enthronement of a new Emperor and in 2019 the grandson of Japan's Emperor during World War II became Japan's present Emperor. )
Pictured first is my photo of the Battleship Missouri as it is presently moored in Pearl Harbor. It was on the deck of this ship while moored in a Japanese harbor that the peace treaty was signed bringing World War II to an end.
(The photos following were all taken at the above described National Cemetery here in Alaska and include the referenced inscribed in Japanese stone Cenotaph.)
On the occasion of the Northwestern vs. USC Rose Bowl game,Charlton Heston, a Northwestern Alum, returned to that shooting location at Universal Studios where he had played the role of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's "Ten Commandments" There he entertained the Northwestern football players on their pregame tour of the studios and the waters were dyed purple in honor of the Purple Wildcats. On the following day when I and my sons visited, the waters were still purple.
I am curious if that photo may have even been taken on that occasion given that Charlton Heston is wearing a purple shirt.?
These flags once covered the coffins of veterans. They have now been donated to the cemetery and are displayed every Veterans and Memorial day all over the cemetery.
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Yesterday my hometown here in the Northland was the setting for the last place on U.S. soil for Pandas as the final three returned to China aboard a FedEx plane.
Pictured is this morning's snow from moments ago and yesterday's falling snow as their plane prepared for departure:
Added, are prior panda photos from the Beijing Zoo in China taken on the same day that we climbed to the top of the Great Wall of China:
FWIW, we made the 8,327 steps ascent in 40 and 80 minutes respectively, while Michael Jordan covering the same ground made it to the top in 27 minutes.
(His better time must have been attributable to the "Air Jordans" he was wearing.)
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Yay, Friday has arrived!
Revisiting....
The first Documentary Photographer Lewis Hine's photos from Early 1900s
Contrasted with my photos from the Late 1900s
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
The entertainment can never be overdressed....except in burlesque
got this in today a 1939-D Nickel with a reverse of 1938 PCGS MS65
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And the snow has continued to fall setting a new record for yesterday with up to 20 inches falling:
I really liked watching this show. i still watch the reruns too. Monk cracks me up
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"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
The sunset tonight from my backyard.
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The memorial services that were planned to be held today at Alaska's National Cemetary located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in conjunction with Veterans Day have been cancelled as a consequence of three record breaking snowfalls this week.
Below, through my narrative and photos, I offer a virtual Veterans Day Tribute to those who served specifically in World War II and who are buried there.
Among those who served in World War II and who are buried at Alaska's National Cemetery are a number of family friends from my father's generation in addition to my own father.
The subject National Cemetery is also the final resting place for a lone civilian not related to a family member who served in the military. That individual is Charles Jones who died at the hands of the Japanese who invaded the Alaska Island of Attu when he refused to repair a radio he had destroyed after sending the original message informing the world of the invasion. His having been killed during wartime while performing duties for the military garnered him a place of honor in the cemetery at what is now Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
In addition there is a plot where non-Americans who served in World War II are buried which includes soldiers of the Soviet Union, Canada, and Britain.
That same plot was also once the resting place for the remains of 235 of the more than 2,600 Japanese soldiers who died in the Battle of the Aleutians in Alaska during World War II. In 1953 those remains were repatriated to Japan and in 1981 a headstone Cenotaph made of wood was erected in their memory. When it began to deteriorate it was replaced by another in 2002. Finally in 2018 on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Attu surviving family members in Japan along with the Japanese Americans in Alaska had a lasting headstone that was inscribed by a mason in Japan erected. Fittingly, present at its 2019 dedication ceremony were 120 Japanese troops who were in Alaska for a bilateral joint training exercise. It was also noted that 2019 signaled the beginning of a new era in Japan identified as Reiwa 1. (The eras in Japan correspond to enthronement of a new Emperor and in 2019 the grandson of Japan's Emperor during World War II became Japan's present Emperor. )
Pictured first is my photo of the Battleship Missouri as it is presently moored in Pearl Harbor. It was on the deck of this ship while moored in a Japanese harbor that the peace treaty was signed bringing World War II to an end.
(The photos following were all taken at the above described National Cemetery here in Alaska and include the referenced inscribed in Japanese stone Cenotaph.)
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On the occasion of the Northwestern vs. USC Rose Bowl game,Charlton Heston, a Northwestern Alum, returned to that shooting location at Universal Studios where he had played the role of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's "Ten Commandments" There he entertained the Northwestern football players on their pregame tour of the studios and the waters were dyed purple in honor of the Purple Wildcats. On the following day when I and my sons visited, the waters were still purple.
I am curious if that photo may have even been taken on that occasion given that Charlton Heston is wearing a purple shirt.?
These flags once covered the coffins of veterans. They have now been donated to the cemetery and are displayed every Veterans and Memorial day all over the cemetery.
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