On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered remarks, which later became known as the Gettysburg Address, at the official dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War.
The full text of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is as follows:
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Christian M Pike, CTTC (EXW/IDW/SW), USN
November 19, 1981 – March, 13 2013
Have you ever given any thought to living in Kentucky? How about Kansas City? Tulsa? Had conditions been just a little bit different, NSA could have ended up in anyone of those places instead of here at Fort Meade.
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Captain Lewis Wells Comstock, USN
November 15, 1888 – June 8, 1975
LT Romano Rumbawa returned to Corry Station to attend the Cryptologic Resource Coordinator (CRC) course in preparation for his next assignment as the Amphibious Squadron-SIX CRC.
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November 13, 1942, USS Juneau sank after being torpedoed during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. 687 sailors including the five Sullivan brothers lost their lives. The brothers became national heroes and were the subject of the 1944 movie “The Fighting Sullivans.” Two ships have been named in their honor. The wreck of the Juneau was found in 2018.
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